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Taking you back to live pictures of andrews air force base, the president making some introductions now as he gets ready to spark some debate. he started it as announcements were made earlier. the president announcing his proposal officially to open offshore areas to oil drilling for the first time. we just heard from interior secretary ken salazar on this, and now we're hearing from the president. let's listen. >> so i'm very grateful to the work that he's done culminating in one of the announcements we're making today. it's also good to see so many members of our armed forces here today. and...

Often -- maybe wedge issue is sort of lierghter term than i nd to use, but are good for his base. he thought the kneeling with the nfl and the than national anthe great for him. there was a period when we couldn't understand why he was doing this. but he believes that at least among his supporters, this is what they wanted to hear. >> the nfl folded like a cheap tent. the argument they're making today around fox news is that roseanne barr had a first amendment right to be a racist on twitter. nfl football players don't have that same first amendment right to kneel in silent protest. >> it's so...

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Announced his initial decision to withdraw, there were calls to say he shouldn't be doing that. this is almost an 18-month campaign by the pentagon and military lead to convince him to make the decision that he ended up making today. >> reporter: add to that, chuck, people on capitol hill, some allies concerned about the void that would be created if the united states left, on the other hand, you have a president who campaigned on getting the troops out of iraq and afghanistan and afghanistan was supposed to be the easier place, right? but he laid out what the concerns of those military folks ...

The laid back atmosphere and authentic mexican food. christy welcomed us into her home to share three family recipes that are legends on the casa vega menu. lovely kitchen, lovely home, you've got stuff already prepared. ready for you. this pretty exciting because casa vega has been around for a long time since 1956. exactly yes. wow. and who is this fine gentleman here? 56 wonderful years. i've been to the restaurant before and this is just exciting because there are recipes that people have started their own generations too but this has been around for a while. i'm excited so what are making...