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seated on your soil, don't be surprised that you will harvest sharia law. >> there have been muslims in the world. can you keep them out of north america or western europe? >> i think we have to. >> that was far right politician wilders speaking at donald trump's nominating convention in 2016. now, wilders has won major victory in the netherlands. another troubling sign of the rise of far right extremists getting elected around the world. also tonight, an extended reprieve from the fighting in gaza. as more hostages are released in exchange for palestinians imprisoned in israel. ...

Marker of how deeply vaccine status has burned into the political psyche in our country. one state already, montana, has made it illegal for different employers to discriminate against people who are unvaccinated versus those who are vaccinated. and my colleague points out the states doing this and pushing this are the states that have higher rates of unvaccinated people. so i think it's something to keep tracking and see as, you know, more people become vaccinated, more laws get relaxed, how many states follow through on this or if it's more bark than bite. >> the emerging political signaling...

But not necessarily from leaders. >> karen, your colleague points out, outside republicans close to the president said they are increasingly about his ability to withstand a revived pot sleight on his behavior toward women amid the dramatic attitude shift. a number are wary of the political costs if the president goes on a sustained attack against his accusers. but it certainly seems ifst there is that concern and it's expressed to him, based on what he tweeted to kerstin jill brand he doesn't seem worried about it. >> although picking senator jill brand as a target is sort of interesting beca...

Mentioned, chris stirewalt. what do you think? >> this actually reminded me, lyndon johnson, he was the one that made it a primetime address. he needed it because he had come to the presidency under distress. he needed a way to put a stamp on it and say this is mine and i'm really president. and have the pageantry. trump did that tonight, he looked like the president and acted like the president, which he did not necessarily do in the inaugural. what matters here is -- and my colleague points out, tomorrow is what counts. the stagecraft and all the things. he said a quadrillion and things abou...

Try to block general mattis? >> look, i'm open to it. i haven't made a decision on the waiver in part for me, i will be interested not only in what general mattis has to say but who else does the president-elect have in mind? is he going to appoint another general, another admiral to run the office of the director of national intelligence? he is looking at a number of other high level appointments of military personnel. that would cause me greater con sternation about violating or creating an exception to this rule that people need to be out of uniform for seven years before they are appointed...