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we had president clinton the other night and star of the joanie loves cahchi. i bet they miss the good ol days when clint eastwood spoke to an empty chair. our special guest from the great state of minnesota, senator klobuchar. thank you for being from the state that gave life to tim kaine, our next vice president. [applause] our guest is someone who has broken quite a few glass ceilings in her lifetime too. the first woman elected to the united states senate from minnesota, amy klobuchar. [applause] thank you. hello, virginia. what a great day you guys had yesterday, huh? [applause] you re like the happiest delegation next to minnesota, okay? so it is great to be here with susan. thank you so much. my husband john is here, in the typical husband moment when she said in biden way. bfd. he turns to me, that means like i wasn t following it, you know, that is the thank you, thank you, john. really nice. and we loved, i loved hearing this week from your great governor, gove
friends first friday morning. jillian: thank you for starting your friday with us. let s get to this. go to the nations capital where razor fences and barbed wire are lining the street ahead of the inauguration. todd: griff jenkins joins us with more on security measures. reporter: it was surreal driving in because national guard troops from 7 states locked the city down in the capital to the white house. in the green zone in baghdad, streets blocked by guard trucks, checkpoints, numerous places, starters soldiers armed with rifles as mike pence received a security briefing at the white house assuring the american people in a safe inauguration and the troops protecting it. be vigilant, respect the unified chain of command, looking after your people and we will deliver to the american people. a safe inauguration. we will swear in a new president and new vice president. todd: at the briefing a chilling threat assessment from fbi director chris ray. we are seeing an ext
protesters are taking action against the prosecute s crackdown. activists say the recent wave of arrests is striking fear into families who pose no criminal threat. ice officials say that the arrests were in fact routine. nbc s gabe gutierrez joins me from atlanta. gabe? hi, there, amon. there were several arrests in atlanta alone. ice officials say these were routine law enforcement operations, but immigration advocates say this is what they have feared. on the same week that protests ecorrupted in arizona as a mother convicted of using a false social security number was deported. families of undocumented immigrants say they are now living in fear from california with donald trump being president, i see no hope for us. to north carolina.
this week immigration and custom enforcement raids in at least six states. ice says the raids were routine, no differentiate than those in the last administration. this is where the raid happened. this is where the rai she says ther
and more often, and even giving names. we re also keeping an eye on the deadly weather situation. at least two dead in tornados in oklahoma. an update on that this hour. stick around with that if you re on the road or in the area. starting in japan, president trump getting ready to meet with prime minister shinzu abe. the prime minister and i talked a lot about trade and military and various other things. i think we had a very productive day. then there s the tweet from the president before all that action that is still reverber e reverberating, quote, north korea fired off some small weapons which disturbed some of my people and others but not me. i have confidence that chairman kim will keep his promise to me. but those other people the president speaks of is japan itself. japan is in range of many of the short range missiles. kristen weller traveling with the president. this does underline the complexity of the way that international security works in that region, nu