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We are here to celebrate the swearing in of america's new secretary of state mike pompeo. [ applause ] >> this day is a testament to your exceptional skill, mike, the skill and service that's been honed over a life time no matter where you went. we are joined by mike's wife susan and his son nick, and i want to thank you both for sharing this wonderful moment with us all. thank you very much. thank you. [ applause ] >> mike is a true american patriot. he has devoted many years of his life to defending america beginning when he entered west point, and as you all heard, he

This opportunity, and for the many blessings he has granted to me in my life. my wife susan and my son nick are two of the greatest of these. they are my number one fans most days, and they have shown unyielding support to me throughout my confirmation process than at any other stage of my public service career. i love you both very, very much. [ applause ] >> i want to thank john sullivan, deputy secretary sullivan. yeah. john, thank you. thank you for your service in this interim period. [ applause ] >> mr. president, i also want to say thank you to you. you have entrusted me with a weighty ...

Ainsley: our next guest knows the reality of this epidemic all too well. her name is sue. she lost her son nick to opioid addiction. this sunday she is accepted ago to the president putting a name. she writes nick's addiction became noticeable and began to bear its ugly head. nick came to us and revealed he had a drug problem and needed to go to rehab. he was addicted to opiates and i had to google what an opiate was. she joins us now. sue, first of all, i'm so sorry for your loss. i cannot imagine. i'm a mother, too. you are the mother of three children and you lost nick four years ago when h...

Faces. >> the girl who never dated was swept off her feet. emily and alex married may 10th, 2003. >> how many people? >> oh, i would guess at least 400. >> that's big. >> for an italian wedding it's maybe mid-size, but. >> the couple had a son nick and a year later alex took up emily's parents on an invitation to move to boone. >> it was an open offer if he wanted to come and work for fairway. >> her father offered alex an opportunity as a family member to move way up the ranks and at my husband's encouragement, he went. >> alex took an entry level job at a fairway store near boone. the beckwi...

I have my good luck rock right here. so tell me about the rock. well, this is a rock that i got in high school. - you kept it? - yeah, i kept it, ever since 12th grade. me and a buddy of mine had a big cooler of beer and we're standing up drinking beers, and we picked this thing up and went, "oh, this looks like the cro-magnon man." you know, we had a little beer buzz on. it looks like a skull, and we went, "that's a good luck rock." and i gave it to my buddy to keep, and we argued about it, and i said, "no, you keep it ." so he had it for a while, and got married and had kids, and went throug...