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A new national pride is sweeping across our nation. and a new surge of optimism is placing impossible dreams firmly within our grasp. >> all right. that was a week ago. that was president trump, that was his first address to a joint session of congress. obviously, a lot has happened since then. but one thing that was notable about that speech, the president, who had been so combative and engaged in so much fighting with his opponents, was trying to strike a more unifying tone in that speech. of course, that is something that otherwise has not necessarily defined his presidency in its early day...

And competitive. it's tough to be a democrat these days. hillary clinton suffering a stunning loss in the presidential election. >> this is not the outcome we wanted. >> reporter: president obama flying off into retirement. republicans in control of the house, the senate and most of the nation's governorships. today the stakes are high as democratic leaders prepare to elect a new chairperson. this morning seven candidates are hoping to become chair and lead the party out of the wilderness. the front-runners, former labor secretary tom perez, backed by former vice president biden. >> we need a ...

Is win elections. that means go to 3,143 counties all over this country. turn on in the off-year and focus on turnout. that's how we succeed. >> mayor? >> there's no question we have to bring the fight to donald trump. every falsehood met with fact and outrage with response. but it's also not all about donald trump. we got to get back to talking to people and about people in terms of their everyday lives. not just politicians, ours or theirs. talk about your values and every time he does something that insults our values and hurts real people and doing it every day, we have to stand up for peo...

That county. she can do something elsewhere she doesn't have to sign gay marriage certificates if she doesn't want to. but if she's going to do that job she has to do it for everybody. >> matt lewis, a little statistical perspective here, this is not the first u.s. supreme court decision that has been defied in various jurisdictions around the country. we have exactly three counties in the united states that are trying to defy this. that's three out of 3,143 counties. so this is almost, not quite, 1,000th of 1% where this resistance occurs. the good news is look at how much compliance there ac...

That's three out of 3,143 counties. so this is almost, not quite, 1,000th of 1% where this resistance occur cans. the good news is look at how much compliance there actually is out there. that means every single county in mississippi, every county in alabama, every county in state s where you may expect resistance to pop up. >> that's a good point. you put it in perspective. the vast majority of conservative s and elected officials who are conservatives believe in the rule of law. i'll be honest, i personally don't think that a cake baker should be compelled to violate their rights of conscien...