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The federal government and with contractors for the lgbt community. that's great. but at the same time, we see these executive orders, draft executive orders being circulated that basically take the hull out of that boat of protection. so the executive order that president obama put into place is really a boat of protection for the lgbt from discrimination and these executive orders would actually gut that. you would be left with a boat with sides and nothing to prevent you from drowng. don't forget, donald trump also said that ted cruz's discriminatory amendment that would allow people to -- ...

Are attacking the lgbt community. if you're attacking the muslim community, you're attacking lgbt people. if you're taking away rights of women, you are attacking lgbt people. if you're attacking people of color, you are attacking lgbt people. this divide and conquer, this whirlwind that we're on, has just got to stop. and people have to be able to rise up and say enough. i think we're all exhausted from this carousel that we've been on. and, you know, if these things like draft executive orders don't have any weight, then someone's got to come out there and stop it. someone's got to close the...

Or the u.s. presence in afghanistan. no major policy shifts there. secretary mattis is really taking the time to meet with commanders and talk to allies and get his assessments of what is going on. they are taking a wait and see approach. one thing that raised issues when draft executive orders made its way to the media over torture techniques or setting up safe zones in syria, something that is challenging for the military. those were not necessarily discussed in detail with the pentagon before it got to the media. that could be an issue down the road. as far as we know right now, officials a...

>> you're now the president. do you want waterboarding? >> i will rely on pompeo and mattis and my group and if they don't want to do, that's fine. if they do want to do then i will work toward that end. i want to do everything within the bounds of what you're allowed to do legally. do i feel it works? absolutely i feel it works. >> the question of torture came up in this abc news interview tonight because this morning -- late last night, actually, the "new york times" reported draft executive orders were circulating in the white house that would move toward bringing back torture and reopening...

Mr. sanger, nice to have you here. thank you for coming in. >> great to be back with you. >> do you have insight in terms of this disavowel by the white house? it came as quite a surprise. >> it did. i don't know where the document originated. it could be that these draft executive orders since they'll be signed by the presidents are circulating within the white house among white house staff, among white house lawyers, going through all the review you would expect. so where the document had its origin is less interesting to me anyway about where it is being edited, massaged, changed and the de...