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He's an icon, a key figure in the american army over the last 40 or 50 years to whom all officers looked up to. >> ambassador, in recent years we saw colin powell do something we'd not seen before. he spoke out against donald trump and his enablers and earlier this year he said he no longer considered himself a republican. is his brand of republicanism, is it gone for good? >> well, look. i can't speak exactly the that point, but what i can tell you is that his position on policy issue after policy issue, he put practical approaches and principle and integrity above everything else, so he was ...

And as referenced, people thought he could become president. he was leading in the head to head calls in the hypothetical matchup. he even won the vice presidential primary in new hampshire for the republican party if you can believe it. he got three electoral votes. was the powerful grip colin powell had as someone who could serve our country with such distinction, overcome racism, overcome being from chief immigrants. for colin powell, he has had a lot to teach those of us who have warned in public service and those of us who care about the fate of our country and our world. >> admiral, last...

Immigrant. he describes in the book don't be charlemagne. it's pretty good for all of us. in other words, keep your ego in check. another point that strikes a lot of us in uniform, but veterans and those on active duty, we remember general powell. he was a great secretary of state and national security adviser. before that he was an army soldier wounded in vietnam, got the soldier's medal for rescuing others in vietnam, and always that combat experience shaded the advice he gave to presidents, to cabinet officers, to cap weinberger, all that jeremy and others have discussed was shaped by his e...

To offer the world, an interest to defend, but, boy, when we use our power, we'd better use it carefully and with position. >> wow. a practical leader, something we don't hear about very often. ambassador, what will you remember most? >> following up on jeremy's point, i think colin powell had a very clear understanding of the distinction between all of america's interests and america's vital national interest. he drew the line that american military power ought to be applied when our vital national power was at stake. >> admiral, when you think about your time knowing him, do you think his se...

In 2015. right after these pictures were taken, members of trump's own security team allegedly assaulted the protesters in an attempt to break things up. the protesters say trump and specifically his rhetoric about mexican immigrants laid the groundwork for the attack. it is one of ten civil cases against trump, and that is on top of the criminal investigations that are going on in new york, d.c., and georgia. i want to dig deeper and bring in tom winter, who is covering the deposition. tom, on my drive into work today, i saw the reporters lined up in front of trump tower. not something i have...