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Mattis falls into that category. >> here at the white house, under the leadership of general kelly, we're a team. we're ensuring the president gets the information he needs to make incredibly important decisions. >> my next guest has a unique perspective on this relationship between the military and the white house. astrophysicist and director of the hagan planetarium in new york, kneel degrasse tyson. you recognize him from shows like "the big bang theory" or his "snl" impression by kenan tool son, or with bill nye posing with a presidential selfie. the author of 14 books including the new "a...

For a couple of reasons. he has been controversial within the white house. on the one hand, he comes with a lot of experience from the bush administration. a lot of people who are sort of nervous about president trump point to him as an adult in the room, sort of a savvy, responsible person making grown-up and responsible decisions. so they are going to be sad to see him go. among other people, there's a sense that hagan was a bush loyalist and not really a trump loyalist. and that created some dissention based on some trump loyalists circulated a joking meme. it said make america bush again. ...

This president, in particular, wants to say, look, i have nothing to learn from president obama. i have nothing to learn from president bush, et cetera. we're going to go through a lot of things again. what is clearly going to happen, i think, is ahagan is in singap working out the logistics. i think we'll have a summit. >> let me ask you this. when it comes to preparations for the summit, we are, as i mentioned, 15 days out. it doesn't include the travel time to get over there, the prep and all that. there is a limited amount of time to get ready. the former cia director was talking about thi...

Idea. >> had e would say he was tired. sleep almost all the way here. >> reporter: in june, an emergency phone call from utahal division of family and child services, his mother and stepfather r5e69ed f edarrestedg and admitted to something unthinkable. when hagan's sister was born they knew she would be addicted to heroin since her mother used during the pregnancy. the stepdad told police he secretly rubbed opioids to prevent her from going into withdrawal and having seizures. >> they realize they can keep the babies from having symptoms a period of time. get discharged then they might bypass...

Gums to keep her from showing signs of withdrawal. hallie, in utah, the state of utah, nearly 1 in 20 babies is born with opioids in their bloodstream. >> when you listen to stories like hagan's, he's one example of something happening again and again in this country. >> reporter: yeah, and it is happening to hundreds of thousands of kids. >> so the president, you know, my day job is over at the white house, said more than eight weeks ago he would declare a national emergency when it comes to opioids, that still has not happened to this point. >> reporter: it has not happened. and the white ho...