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I understand they're supposed to go inside the imperial palace? >> that's right. so basically it's considered a state call. they'll go inside the imperial palace. the pomp and pageantry will carry on from here. clearly a lot of planning and thought has gone into this as the japanese welcome president trump. it is a very important alliance between u.s. and japan. and so they want to make sure that they roll out the red carpet in more ways than one for president trump. so discussions will continue between the president and the emperor. and it's interesting to note because we were all sort of loo...

Doubled down on the rhetoric about joe biden and it was a strange moment for him to do that abroad. >> you talk about his mind being on domestic issues. we he saw that in a series of tweets that the president put out this morning or this morning east coast time, tonight before his state banquet tokyo time, talking about impeachment, talking about democrats, the congressional oversight. clearly it is -- >> every time there was a break in the schedule, he was on twitter, tweeting about impeachment, tweting about the rolling thunder, tweeting about sports events and political events that are goin...

Would get two senators. the big states would get two. the tiny states would get two. i can see how that was fair at the time. they never dreamed there would be one day a state call to california with the population almost the size of england and that delaware would become even smaller in relative size to what it was then compared to the big states, when it was a founding member of the united states of america. the population gap between the big states and the small states is bigger than ever and keeps getting bigger all the time, so the votes of new yorkers and californians become worth less e...

11,000 people from my tiny little state call or write me to oppose her nomination. almost no one has called to support the nomination. that's extraordinary. >> i know that my phone lines i assume all of our phone lines have been bombarded by calls. have you got a call or two yet? only senator burr can't remember those calls. >> this is a strategy. let's face it. that's why senator scott got all the calls he did. that's why i got all the calls. that's why my wife gets calls. my son gets calls on cellphones. to deliver a message to me. >> on cellphones. whether or not this is a strategy, senator...

Have been shut down over the past week with so many callers weighing in against betsy devos. every office is receiving tens of thousands of letters asking the senate to reject her. almost 40,000 have come in to my office alone. >> over 3,000 people have contacted me opposing her, i've had 20 contacting me supporting her. the phones are ringing to 12 to 15 calls a day. some senators are not answering their phone. >> i've never seen folks in connecticut respond to a nominee like they did after that hearing. since the hearing, i've had 11,000 people from my tiny little state call or write he to o...