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Develop in the united states. thatcher, reagan, blair, clinton, now brexit and trump. they seem to sync up. kiir simmons, batty, eli, thank you for joining us. appreciate that. and again, we are waiting there at the pentagon, back up on your screen, that is the swearing in ceremony for donald trumps secretary of defense. general james mattis, expected to get under way any minute. also shortly after that ceremony, the president likely to sign another executive order. maybe several executive order...

President trumps first visit to the state department -- excuse me, the defense department as commander in chief. a live picture here from the pentagon, donald trump there for the intering in of james mattis as his defense secretary. now mattis was confirmed by the senate last friday. he was officially sworn in that evening. he has been on the job since then. this is the most ceremonial swearing in. cameras, speeches, pomp, circumstance, that sort of thing. we are also expecting though that on th...

Youre looking live inside the pentagon there. donald trump is in the building. they are getting ready -- and you can see everybody is stand pg sop we expect this will be getting underwait in just a minute here. this will be the formal -- excuse me, the ceremonial swearing in of james mattis. again james mattis was actually confirmed last friday. that was date donald trump was sworn in as president, as soon as he was confirmed, there was a hastily arraigned, very private behind the scenes ceremon...

Pentagon correspondent is standing by. hans obviously the question, that is not very specific what i just read in terms of criteria. do we know how any of that is going to be determined? >> well, thats what the pentagon is going to be figuring out, steve, also importantly, what the state department is going to figure out. defining extreme vetting, and what that means is going to be a task for the state department. the pentagon component to this, potentially, they could be required and this is in...

You think they do. i think voting works. i think unless you get democrats especially minorities and young people to understand, you cant be a sprinter in politics. youve got to be a long distance runner. you cant just vote in presidential elections and feel satisfied because the governments being taken away from you. >> thats right. but chris, heres the thing. you cant just vote but in between you have to be engaged. thats whatting in north carolina. forward together movement is keeping people e...

It is a locally grown organic movement that started in 2007, has continued through now with the north carolina naacp at the helm of it, and really bringing together people across racial lines, across economic lines. the people who are being arrested are doctors and nurses. theyre teachers. theyre firemen. you name it. weve had city councilmen from varsities throughout the state being arrested because people are saying no to this agenda of extremism, no, you will not cut a gaping hole in the safe...

President. >> see, i havent turned her into a hardened partisan just yet. >> theres time. >> then i had to explain to ella how voting works. she was outraged, outraged when i told her kids arent allowed to vote. she was ready to take to the streets, but it was bedtime so that had to wait. i have had to justify my own voting intentions. whats wrong with mitt romney? is he mean to animals? i swear, she really did ask me that. i didnt have the hard to tell her. i had to address her criticisms of my...

The students forms. the state threatened to charge her as a criminal for turning in voter registration forms just like she did every year. now the state of florida says the teacher has violated the states district new voting law signed by the new republican governor of florida scott and facing thousands of dollars in fines trying to register her students to vote. the state also threatened to prosecute her on a felony count because she was a teacher carrying out the reagan youll part of her lesso...

Voter registration forms just like she did every year. now the state of florida says the teacher has violated the states district new voting law signed by the new republican governor of florida scott and facing thousands of dollars in fines trying to register her students to vote. the state also threatened to prosecute her on a felony count because she was a teacher carrying out the reagan youll part of her lesson plan in this is how voting works. now its a whole different lesson in this is how ...

Different after she handed in the students forms. the state threatened to charge her as a criminal for turning in voter registration forms just like she did every year. now the state of florida says the teacher has violated the states district new voting law signed by the new republican governor of florida scott and facing thousands of dollars in fines trying to register her students to vote. the state also threatened to prosecute her on a felony count because she was a teacher carrying out the ...