including senator ben sas of nebraska, who tweeted, john lewis and his talk have changed the world. but vice president elect mike pence said questions of trump s legitimacy are out of bounds. and to say that donald trump will not be a legitimate president was deeply disappointing to me. at a martin luther king celebration today in miami, the congressman who still bears a scar from the bloody sunday march on selma did not respond directly to trump. you must never, ever hate. the way of love is the better way. the way of peace is a better way. the controversy unfolding as the country observed dr. martin luther king jr. day underscored trump s challenge on race in america, four days before taking office. at trump tower, the president-elect meeting with martin luther king iii. king said he disagreed with trump s characterization of lewis, but tried to lower the temperature of dispute, as he said his father would have done. no, absolutely i would say
eve celebration today. more than 6,000 uniformed officers control times square including the members of the n.y.p.d. s terror force. william bratten appeared on morning joe urging people to come out and celebrate the new year. come on down. we re going to have the best party in the world. new york times square new year s eve event is the iconic new year s eve event. we are the world s celebration of the new year. we ll have over a million people and it will be safe. with me now is a former asis stant agent. don, i appreciate your being with us here this ewe near s eve.
celebration today, today s declaration of victory comes nearly a week after u.s.-led air strikes targeted isis bases around the city. and that allowed the iraqi army with the help from a coalition of shiite militiamen to invade the city. arwa damon visited tikrit earlier today and filed this extraordinary report. reporter: we re in tikrit city center. this is the main road that leads through it. the tank behind me right there is one of those belonging to the popular movement units. you also have iraqi police. that building we were told had a sniper and a suicide bomber in it. and over here you see what was tikrit governorate. this is one of the many buildings that isis fighters had
second i hope we talk about the need to deal with the debt and deficit. it is impending crisis if we don t deal with it. we have record levels of debt. it is something president talked about early in his first term. something we get back to that and make great progress. jon: senator portman, from ohio, thanks for coming on. we could talk about some of this stuff all day. take care. jenna: iran flexing its nation s military might. where the ships are headed causing serious concern. we ll talk about that. the weather is not only thing causing trouble for new jersey governor chris christie s inaugural celebration today. what he has to say after the swearing-in on the scandals rocking his second term. oh!
phone rings. you did did it say president of the united states on the caller id? it actually said blocked, lauren. so unfortunately, i couldn t get the number to call air force one back. the next time i would like to talk to the president. but it is not every day that you get a call from the president of the united states on board air force one. but if there is any occasion that warranted it it was the occasion of this celebration today. the fact that the supreme court struck down proposition 8. and we are here today celebrating what will very soon be the resumption of marriages here in this great state. dustin, you were in the courtroom for some of the arguments in these cases. we talked about it then. did it feel to you back then, at the argument stage, that this is where we would be today? yeah, i always had faith that