Minority leader Chuck Schumer. A new president about to take control. What can we expect on day one . From abc news, its this week. Here now, coanchor martha had. Good morning. Welcome to this week. The trump transition is shifting sea from the hustle and bustle of the big city to the Country Estate played the gracious host to a parade of cabinet prospects. This is not your usual transition. Years passed all the work was done behind closed doors. The interviews private, off camera. But not this time. Theres the president elect welcoming mitt romney. Discussing world affairs. Letting buy gones be bigons. Hes being talked about as theres general james mattis being considered for secretary of defense making quite an impression. Just a brilliant wonderful man. What a career. Were going to see what happens. But he is the real deal. But before we get too swept away by act two, we need to press pause, rewind. Because this week we learned a lot about the next president , the bottom line, the man throughout the campaign will continue to court it. Three moves this week, in particular, enraging some liberals cheered by trumps base. Well dig into that with trumps new chief of staff reince priebus, former cia director and our own Pierre Thomas in a moment. First, what we learned this week. Youll be so proud of your president. Youll be so proud. First lesson, to the victor the rewards are huge. Jeff, come up. Wheres jeff. Get over here, jeff. Theres the early endorser senator Jeff Sessions. Welcome to my hometown, mobile, alabama. Sessions stuck with trump throughout the campaign. Through the highs and lows. Even after that access hollywood tape. Exaggerating a little bit. I dont know he said he did that against their will. His department. Trumps other picks so far, loyalists who share his world view. Reince priebus gets chief of staff. Steve bannon, trumps chief strategist. Mike flynn, National Security adviser and mike pompeo gets the cia. A second lesson for trump, its family first. This is the moment and donald trump is the person to make America Great again. Will have formal roles in the white house trumps family appears to be wielding enormous influence in the transition. Ivanka and her husband are the power couple to watch. Here he is strolling the white house grounds with obamas chief of staff. And ivanka right there this week for trumps first meeting with the head of state. A third lesson of the week, trump will be trump. So get used to it. We saw that friday night in new york at the broadway show hamilton where there was some boos for Vice President elect pence. And an unusual direct appeal from the cast. We are the diverse america who are alarmed and anxious that your new administration will not protect us. So the president elect who made this promise during the campaign im go to be so president ial that you be people will be so board. Safe and special place, the cast of hamilton was very rude last night to a very good man, mike pence. Apologize. And the fourth lesson, the election didnt settle the argument. In fact, we could be at the beginning of a long political and cultural war. Trumps headlines already taking heat. Flynn is under fire for calling islam a cancer and his tweet that fear of muslims is rational. Bannon charges of antisemitism and racism and sessions who 30 years ago was rejected by the Senate Judiciary committee for a federal judge ship. I am not a racist, i am not insensitive to blacks. I supported civil rights activity in my state. Denying those charges to this day. The next Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer told me sessions will get some hard questions. These are troubling things. Ask a lot of questions, very thorough questions and then make an opinion. And lets dig deeper on that controversial pick for attorney general. Senator Jeff Sessions. Were joined by our senior justice correspondent Pierre Thomas. Let me ask you how intense do you expect this confirmation process to be . Extremely. We saw a level friday we havent seen for quite some time. Yoha Congressional Black Caucus saying it was appalling. Supporters of sessions saying hes a good man. Hes got a long outstanding record they say. A person of high character. Senator cruz calling him a man who would protect the constitution and the rule of law. But the drama however intense it may be, will be short lived in the sense that the republicans the harshest allegations is hes racially insensitive and some critics say racist but he has passionately denied that but was rejected as a federal court judge back in 1986. A lot of the allegations of racism, and thats a really charged allegation by the way, stem from that particular confirmation process which he was rejected in. A black colleague said that sessions called him quote, boy about what he said to quote, white folks. He passionately denied that. If you look back at the hearing, it was dripping anger was dripping from his lips as he described his disgust, and people who support him point out the fact that he has prosecuted members of the kkk and supported efforts to honor rosa parks. So lets assume as you said that he is confirmed. Justice department . What kind of changes . I think youll see pretty dramatic change quickly. Number one, on the issue of immigration. He will be among those cheerleading trump to overturn all the executive actions that president obama took in terms of immigration, on transgender issues. The Justice Department has been supportive of transgender children going to public bathrooms with the sex they identify with. Thats likely to change. And on the issue of race and policing. Will he be as f support of africanamerican communities that often feel they are overlooked and neglected and treated unfairly by the police remains to be seen. Just quickly, what about more investigations into Hillary Clinton or the Clinton Foundation . He has been very critical of the fbis investigation of the hillary emails and suggested that the Clinton Foundation needs far more investigation. So stay tuned. Thanks very much for joining us pierre. Plans for the economy and claiming at least one victory this week with the auto industry. He also had to settle a major lawsuit against Trump University for 25 million. For more on that and his other legal challenges lets bring in our chief business and economics correspondent rebecca jarvis. Trump tweeted he settled the University Case to focus on his presidency. Do you think thats the reason and there are more cases out there with so what does he do . Reporter martha, ive talked to a number of legal experts about this. There was little upside in letting this Trump University case go to trial. The new York Attorney general had called it a fraud from beginning to end. Donald trump and his lawyers thought they had a case here. But when you get into the trials of cases like these first off, it could have been a distraction and second of all, they bring up private and business dealings that can frequently be have out there or even want to deal with. He has more than a dozen other cases, donald trump, where he is personally named and you will likely see those cases go the same direction. And you know trump strategist steve bannon is pushing for a trillion dollar infrastructure program. What are they envisions and who would be the big economic winners there . Reporter well, we know the size of it. A trillion dollars. Its something it is a major issue that donald trump campaigned on. This infrastructure plan. One key question is how it might be paid for on the campaign trail donald trump talked about for example, potentially borrowing money with Interest Rates as low as they are but now the details seem to be inclined towards tax cuts for private companies, tax credits for private companies to do infrastructure programs. For example, building out our the issue is how these private Companies Might mon ties that. If youre a private company and building a bridge, you might want to put a toll on that bridge. That will be a question Going Forward and a question about how many jobs get resolved as a result of it. Because of what types of projects we actually see happen. And quickly, more on jobs. Was ford his first big win with the company saying they will not move some production to mexico or was his claim of victory a jobs werent at risk here. In fact, the mkc, the car in question that was supposed to be moved from the plant in kentucky to mexico was not going to cost any jobs. They were moving it to make more room for the ford escape, a popular car here in the United States. The mkc will stay in louisville, kentucky and not move to mexico to that preexisting plant. Thats a win in terms of keeping a car here in the United States thanks very much rebecca. And now lets bring in the president elects new chief of staff reince priebus. You see him yesterday joining in the transition meetings. Mr. Priebus joins us now. Lets start with the meetings that president elect trump had this weekend. What can you tell us about the meeting specifically with mitt romney, how likely is it he could be the next secretary of state . Well, first of all, this all started back on that morning when president elect trump said to all americans no matter who you are, your race, gender, background, look, i want to lead all of you, i want to make all of you proud of the work were doing and he wants to be a president for all people. Hes bringing america together. Thats part of what happened yesterday with governor romney coming in bringing people in that were once rivals saying lets lead together, lets talk about the future of our country. They did talk about opportunities for governor involved but it was also a coming together moment to say i need to lead everyone, i need you onboard and i will tell you it was a very substandtive conversation ranging from all levels of National Security, domestic policy, foreign hot spots conversations that run the gamut and i will tell you it was a very, very good, cordial, how likely is it that he could be secretary of state . Is that a possibility . Well, i think anything is possible. But were talking to a lot of people martha and certainly governor romney is a talented person and its possible but were also talking to a lot of others and youll see the list today. Folks coming in if. Obviously Rudy Giuliani has come in and nikki haley. General kelly is coming in today possibility for secretary of state . Sure, of course. I think what americans really need to see though is a president elect thats working 15 hours a day in meetings alone bringing in the most talented people in america to get advice, the counsel, the conversation, thats what i think people should take from these meetings and he ought to be commended for the work hes done in bringing our country general jim mattis, a marine corp. Legend. The troops do love him. Mr. Trump seemed before impress bid him. Whats the likelihood he could be secretary of defense . I think its a very real possibility. But obviously, weve got more work to do martha. He is a hero of our country and for everyone in america. I think hes a figure that can bring america together. Someone you can point to no would respect and someone certainly more than capable of leading the department of defense at a time when we need to get serious about isis and our security around the globe, whether it be china, north korea, syria, libya, you know as well martha, youre an expert at these things, we need leadership and certainly general mattis is a leader and president elect trump loves leaders like general mattis. Lets talk about another be mike flynn who he has chosen as National Security adviser. He is highly admired for his work as an Intelligence Officer but has a history of controversial views about islam. He said in an interview in july and at a conference in august that islam is not a real religion but a political ideology masked behind a rel religion. Is he in line how President Trump views islam . I think so. There are some aspects of that faith that are problematic and we know them. We have seen it. It certainly isnt a blanket for all people of that faith. But mike flynn is one of the most highly respected Intelligence Officers in america. Certainly no one can deny that. He is someone that has been at Donald Trumps side for now a very long time. Its someone who the president elect respects and trusts and hes an unbelievably gifted smart person lead that post with honor and dignity. Lets talk about immigration. Will president elect trump suspend all immigration from regions compromised by terror as he said and what countries does that include, saudi arabia, turkey, pakistan, france . Well i think what he said obviously that policy will be spelled out more clearly once once he confers with the leadership and the state department and the secretary of defense. Clearly this is something that has already been articulated both in the house and senate and by president elect trump which is we will pursue policies to temporarily suspend immigration from areas that harbor and train terrorists until better vetting is put together. Where that is, what countries those are, what areas talking about, that will be articulated at a later time. Is there a possibility of france . Martha, look, like i said, were not going to get into all the details of where these hot spots are at. But that policy will be more closely articulated once the team is in place. Just so you understand, this is not some sort of out of left field policy. This is something that has been sitting many different times in the house and the senate that the president wouldnt support. Lets move to mike pompeo. Candidate trump said he wanted to bring back water boarding and worse and picked cia director. Will he ask his republican control congress to pass a new law to get rid of the current law which bans water boarding . I think we have to take a deep breath and realize what people are seeing happening in this new administration which is the best and the brightest of all even some rivals like ted cruz. We talked about mitt romney. The best and the brightest. Mike pompeo was number one at west point. At the top of his class at harvard law school. Editor of the harvard law review. Highly respected. Praised from all angles. These folks, these smart people along with president elect trump will formulate that strategy. They will confer with generals in the field. And they will do everything they country here and abroad every day they wake up in the morning. Lets move to senator Jeff Sessions. As we said senator sessions has been accused in the past of making racially disparaging comments. Now his nomination is opposed by let me read the list. The naacp, the Congressional Black Caucuses. The American Immigration council. Does all that opposition from minority groups give you any pause . Happened 30 years ago. Look, you have to look at this mans life. Hes an unbelievably honest dignified man who started his career working against George Wallace who then spent 15 years in the department of justice and u. S. Attorney for 12, ag for 2 filing desegregation lawsuits all over alabama and voted for the civil rights act. Voted for eric holder. He worked his heart out to give medal. This is a man who has spent his entire life fighting for a quality freedom and opportunity. Its an honor to have senator Jeff Sessions accept such a post. Hes an incredible man. Even the people 30 years ago that voted against him said they regretted it. And that he was a great man and this is something that i think is very political, very unfair. And i would hate to be judged and i think everyone out there to be judged over a phrasing of one single thing ive said. Look, hes a good man. He will be confirmed and he deserves it. Okay. One final question on senator sessions. Hes questioned the investigation of Hillary Clintons email server and said clinton violated the law with the Clinton Foundation and Lieutenant General flynn led chance of lock her up but the Republican National convention. Is there selection and indication that trump will order clinton . No. Their suggestions for nomination is an indication of Donald Trumps willingness to do everything he can to follow through on his Campaign Promises but also protect our country here and abroad. It should be a great sign for americans hes leading by bringing people together to make our country great again. Thanks very much for joining us mr. Priebus and congratulations to you. Thank you. Coming up, much more on more big name guests today. The powerhouse round table is standing by. Plus President Trump will face a flurry of Foreign Policy challenging. How will his new National Security team handle them . Ill talk to the former director of the cia next. Announcer this week with George Stephanopoulos brought to you by voya financial. Who are you . Yep, vern from voya. Why are you orange . Thats a little weird. Really . Thats the weird part in this scenario . 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Hes known for ringing early alarm bells about the growing threat of isis and for his controversial views on islam. Trump also named a new cia chief, republican congressman mike pompeo of kansas. First in his class at west point, pompeo was elected in the on the House Intelligence Committee. A fierce critic of the Obama Administration especially on benghazi, the iran deal and efforts to close the prison at guantanamo. Lets dive into what that means for your security and americas Foreign Policy joining us is the former director of the cia and head of the nsa, general michael hayden. Welcome general had den. Good morning. Before trumps win you called dangerous. Joining about 50 Top Republican National Security officials and expressing your opposition. Now that hes won you say its time to give the president elect a chance. Lets go to those National Security picks. He has tapped congressman mike pompeo to be the next cia director. You were cia director. Does he have enough experience for the job . I think so. I was actually heartened by that pick. I actually am aware that the i mean hes got as much experience going into that job as leon pennetta did and i think leon did a wonderful job and highly regarded at the agency. People know him from the House Intelligence Committee and have always said he was serious, studied the issues and worth talking to. Now, i get that political patina with regard to benghazi. Even when that was going on they had time to disss been critical of the Intelligence Agency doubting whether russia was behind the hack. How will that go over with career intelligence people . You said theyre looking forward to mike pompeo. That doesnt go over well. Why are we doing this if youre not paying attention to it. Its not so much the president disagreed based on facts. He dismissed it. Look for facts. One of the things let me go to this. Congressman pompeo defended cias detention and interrogation techniques saying these men and women are not torturers, the program being used were within the constitution. President elect trump has gone further saying Harsh Interrogation Tactics like water boarding should be used again. You were there. Should that be brought back . Number congressman said is correct, this was done within the law. Done by people who did it reluctantly. Not out of enthusiasm and produced good intelligence for america. Bringing it back is a separate question. Which some people would argue with you on. Well, its very important. Lets begin with actually detaining people under the laws of armed conflict. We dont do that. Outside of iraq and syria. Unless were going to put something into an article 3 court. Accuse them of something, we dont hold them as an enemy combatant for their intelligence values. The first step, lets start to do that and lets question them and then if the current lawfully authorized techniques are insufficient, lets have a conversation about them at that time. Okay. Lets move to retired Lieutenant General mike flynn. Right. Praised for his intelligence gathering and techniques. Is he security adviser . Very important job. Youre right. Mike has been very, very successful. But by and large hes been successful at the tactical operational level. This is a Strategic Global job. So i think hell be stretched a bit by this. Mikes got great ideas. But unless youre hiring a skocroft in that job what you want is a process guy in the job. Makes sure all elements of the government have a voice. Were seeing all these generals, general mattis. Donald trump said he was smarter than the generals. Why all these generals . Maybe there are some generals that actually know stuff. Let me get Foreign Policy questions. Iran, trump hates the deal. What happens . What we talk about the deal thats whats happening in the next ten years. What i think they ought to the Current Administration is Holding American policy at large towards iran hostage to the deal. We dont push back on iran in a whole bunch of other places. My first step if youre asking me for recommendations is stop doing that. Push back on the iranians in iraq and syria and push back on them in the gulf. Then if the iranians want to walk away from the deal, fine. The second thing, martha, is not the deal for the next ten years, its what happens after ten years. Because all those provisions start to bleed off. I think thats the conversation we need to have. Quickly, if you can, i hate to do this so quickly, isis, can they really do anything different . We seem to be making progress . We are. I think we have been late in light under resourced, overregulated and in a pretty good place now. Were going to squeeze them. Theyre going to end existence as the islamic state. 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Once you lose an election like that, you look it straight in the eye, you dont flinch, you dont blink and you try to examine what you did wrong. We did not have a strong bold economic message. Edges and not just a message, but a platform. Thats what we need. And thats what i aim to do as leader. Were going to have a very, very strong and bold economic platform and message. Whats the message . We shouldnt just do a little thing about college. We should make College Affordable for everybody and make sure that everyone gets out of college debtfree. We shouldnt just say well change the trade laws a bit. We need dramatic change in the trade laws. We should close all of these h loopholes. Many of these issues donald trump supported in the campaign. We challenge him to work with us on those issues and not work go against them and break his promise to the blue collar people because the Republican Leadership or the republican establishment doesnt like them. The republicans now have both chambers of congress, the government. Isnt that a mandate . Look, as you know, democrats got a majority of the popular vote, hillary did. When hes opposed to our values were going to go after him tooth and nail. For instance, were not going to let him repeal dodd frank or the rules we put in place to limit wall street. Theyre going to regret the day they try to repeal the aca. So when we oppose trump on values or of his presidency taking a dark divisive turn, were going to do it tooth and nail. Trump rode this populist wave with anger against elites and big banks and i know you take pride in your middle class neighborhood but some look at you as representing wall street. Youve raised a lot of money from wall street over the years. Are you really the right leader at this time . I believe i am. Wasnt running, Elisabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders supported me and the conservative members of our caucus and i think they believe i am going to focus like a laser on the middle class and those trying to get there. I want to know what your relationship is with mr. Trump . Im sure you know him. I do. Youre both new yorkers. He gave more than 8,000 to your campaign. Yes. Look, i know him. We were at meetings together but i dont know him very well. President ial campaign which i found disappointing in a whole lot of ways. My hope is with donald trump is what president obama said, that the presidency is a sobering, i think those were president obamas words, experience and he will rise to the occasion. But if he doesnt, you know, hes going to find the Democrats Holding his feet to the fire. Schumer says theyll hold his feet to the fire but donald trump has already reaching out to him tweeting just this he is far smarter than harry reid and has the ability to get things done. Good news. Lets take all this and the rest of the weeks news to our powerhouse round table. Abc news, political analyst matthew dowd, abc news contributor and senior espn writer elsie granderson. Bloomberg political reporter Jennifer Jacobs and the host of nprs morning edition steve inskepe. I want t these early appointments say to you about a Trump Administration . Matthew . They say to me that he is not going to exercise leadership hum humbly in this. Hes going to stick to what he campaign on. Every single one of his appointments werent reaching across a diverse america. As Chuck Schumer said a plurality voted for clinton. Judge donald trump on his actions. Most americans are open to his leadership. Not surprising he put these people in place. Were going to have to judge on the actions post january 20th. Mitt romney. What does that tell you and what does it tell you about mitt romney . Why would he go there if he doesnt get a cabinet . I thought Chris Christie won the award for the big butkuser how do you find someone like evan macmullan and then a week later youre kissing the ring which is what it looked like. It says more about romney and who he isnt more so than who donald trump is. Why do you think he would do it . Power. Why does anyone seek an office like that . I think romney cares about the country and presidency. So i wasnt surprised he went. I would be shocked if he took a with steve bannon, trumps chief strategist, told you this week his former colleague has no prejudices. Will bannons association with the so called its there and real and part of the conversation. There was a convention of people in washington this weekend. Youre correct that people who know bannon and spent tim bannon say he doesnt seem to be an overt racist but in interviews has talked about embracing the dark side of how there is power in the dark side of the argument and this is a guy who wants to break a lot of china. Youre talking about the Hollywood Reporter interview saying darth vader, cheney. These are the comparisons. Who is steve bannon. I dont know the man. I dont think a lot of people known his person sewn nah and this gets back to something matthew pointed out. Im not sure there was attention paid to donald trump during the campaign, but there was really attention paid to what he would do when he would governor. When i interviewed across the country a lot of voters including people who voted for trump there were people who would look at different statements that he made and say i dont know if i support that but i dont think hes going to do it. I dont think he means that. Were finding u out he did mean kushner, Donald Trumps soninlaw. Very influential with his fatherinlaw. Do you see him joining the administration and what kind of difference does that make . Does donald trump really need him there . I think its inevitable. I think he leans on his soninlaw so much that it would be impossible for him to not be advising him and asking him for his opinions. But with steve bannon, he is hes the one going to be whispering in trumps ear. Hes a fascinating guy. He was listed as a navy sailer. He made millions at Goldman Sachs in investment banking. He drinks at cafe americano with five shots of espresso in it. Up until midnight. Not that theres anything wrong with that much caffeine. The man who gets up at 2 00 every morning. I know his left is underestimating him and spending time casting him as this evil character. Who knows whether he is or not. But hes plotting behind the scenes to bring jobs. Hes all about bringing capital to the American Cities and this big infrastructure plan. I think he appreciates that the left underestimates him. I want to ask you, hes looking at a lot of people who have been in uniform all these bannon has experience in the military. Pompeo was at west point. Why all the people in the military . Well, one, i think he likes to surround himself with people that enhances his stature. It goes against what he said during the primaries which was the generals dont know anything. By the way, the general is in the room now. I want to touch on something really pointed in this is you said it earlier in the show. I think this is not the of a battle but its actually the enhancing of a battle thats going to exist in america regardless who donald trump you saw on election day the country have a split decision where they wanted to go. Whether a transformative country or reformative country. All his appointments represented a previous time. We had an election day of one candidate get the popular vote. We had candidates on election day who werent able to appeal both Political Parties unp unpopular. Both candidates disliked on election day and now were set for this immense battle of where we are that i dont think is going to be settled in the next two or four years. We have a generational battle of what country we are. On that note, 100 days, what do you think he gets done . Theres a piece in the Washington Post talking about trump will be the first tru what does that mean and what does that mean for him the first 100 days . I mean its funny to characterize him as a conservative. Hes been in the public eye for more than 30 years. Hes not a true conservative or democrat. He will be independent and making things up as he goes along and leaning on people to make him fill in the blanks. Hes definitely going to attack the Affordable Care act. Doesnt disenfranchise so Many Americans . There are other laws that conservatives do like such as you can keep your kid on until theyre 25. Preexisting conditions. A lot of things about the Affordable Care act hes got to handle while he takes care of that and the other thing is immigration. I dont know if the wall is going to go up. Maybe some design plans. Jennifer, i want you to put your old hat on moines register. You were there 12 years. Look at what the country is talking about, what donald trump is talking about right now. View it from those rural areas or from the heartland. Do they look at the press and see were whining about him not having a press poll. They look at these appointments how . Theyre going to want trump to stick with his Campaign Promises and be the revolutionary who smashes washington and replaces it with something. Theyre looking for him to build have a plan written up for building wall using fees and not involving the mexican government. Whether trump does something with it who knows but its there. They want him to be a law and order candidate and build a strong military. The Iowa Republicans will be watching for him to follow through. The question becomes do their lives economically change . Does a 55yearold person in iowa, a guy or gal, does their life thats a question whether donald trump could do something about. Thats something theyll be tracking no matter where they are in the country. Steve i want comments about the hamilton coding. What did you make of that . Let me back away from the firestorm that was igniting when mike pence goes to hamilton. Hes booed a bit and gets the statement from the cast and trump tweets about it. Everybody is taking advantage of that in different ways. My home state governor went to hamilton. Saw the well reviewed Program Based on American History and its fine that they let him know what they thought. And fine they let him know what their concerns are and it is a reminder of what matthew pointed out and what schumer pointed out. Trump won the election but lost the popular vote. Theres more than a million and a half more people who voted for clinton than for trump and the challenge for this administration is whether they ca and get the confidence of the entire country or battle with half the country. Im putting up my pen and its very appropriate because this is what our friend gwen eiffel used to do when she was out of time. Well be right back to our friend and colleague. Listening to me you think i become cynical after all the years i spent in washington but i am skeptical perhaps. Thats an occupational hazard. But i am not cynical. Sinnics think they know the answers and then they stop listening. Skeptics always have more questions to ask. But we are willing to be persuaded to the honesty of an alternate point of view even though we dont share it. Is it possible to be optimistic i think so. Thats our friend from Pbc Gwen Ifill who we lost this week to cancer at age 61. She was the moderator of washington week, the anchor of pbc news hour and a favorite here at our round table. We wanted to pay tribute today with some thoughts from each of you. Steve. Heres something i think most people did not realize. Gwen moderated a president ial debate early this year in and almost nobody except the people closest to her new she was suffering with a disease that would kill her and she did that debate anyway and nobody watching on television knew the difference. She was tough. Chef had integrity and ill miss her. I saw her last about a month and a half ago. She asked me to be on her show the day the access hollywood tapes came out and she had a lot to say. In the green room she was vibrant. Rome and what was on her mind was the opening of the national africanAmerican History museum. She had been invited to an event at the white house and to be there with the first black first lady was something also. And ive been on the same side of her with the media and opposite sides with her. She was an unbelievable journalist. Lots of integrity. I recall they call it nd she was a great mentor for me. I just have to share this story. I ran into her during the rnc. Not many minority. Eating a bowl of chicken wings. I go girl what are you doing eating all these chicken wings around these white people. She reminded me to always bring your true authentic self no matter what the environment is. And that smile. My own final thought on gwen. She had a moral clarity and not punditry, not opinion he gets a lot of compliments. He wears his army hat, walks around with his army shirt looking all nice. And then people just say, . Thank you for serving our country . And im like, thats my dad. Male vo no one deserves a warmer welcome home. Thats why were hiring 10,000 members of the military community by the end of 2017. Im very proud of him. Thats all for us today. Thanks for sharing part of your sunday with us. Check out world news tonight. Have a great day and a very, sharyl 60,000 employees secure more than 100,000 miles of borders and coastline. But to criminal drug cartels, all that security looks a lot like opportunity. What kind of money can the illegal activity bring in for a corrupt agent . They could, in theory, make more in an evening than they, in scott walk the beat with a British Police officer and something may seem amiss to the average american. Theres no gun. Very recently, the government decided tackling terrorism, meant gearing up. Weve got to make sure that the officers who we are asking to run towards danger have the protection and the means to deal with the incidence. Sharyl 93yearold john