Commencements since becoming president. It comes after the white house fallout of the sudden dismissal of james comey during the fbi investigation into possible ties between the Trump Administration or rather trump campaign, i should say and russia. Now this is as four candidates prepare to interview today for the fbi director job. We have a team of political reporters and analysts standing by here. Lets begin with cnn washington Correspondent Ryan Nobles who is at the commencement. You see him there on the left. What are you hearing from the crowd there . I understand theres about 7,000 students and families who will be watching. What are they saying . What do they expect . Reporter well, this is expected to be a pretty friendly crowd for the president. This is a group of people and voters in particular that generally supported him during the election and, of course, here at Liberty University their president Jerry Falwell jr. A very influential evangelical leader that allowed the th
family members still stand by their choice. i don t think there will be any one time oh, okay shouldn t have voted for him, he was not the her joy thought he was. like he wasn t a hero to begin with. you didn t vote for him thinking avenues hero. i have trust issues with the former president. and the president before that. so the idea of trusting this president, or not trusting is not new. reporter: this is the kind of dialogue you ll find at the white s dinner table. intense. we get very intense and passionate. there s a lot of us so it s hard to talk at the dinner table. reporter: this weekend it s trump s turn to talk in lynchburg a place that welcomed him as a candidate and now as president. this part of virginia is home to some of trump s steadfast supporters as the city republican vice chair. he was part of the reagan revolution. it s important for people to come to lynchburg, meet voters,