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,
thank you. right there on the right-hand side of your screen we see from moments ago the president as he arrives taking some steps down to the waiting car and on his way to liberty university. as the president prepares to speak there in lynchburg, some waiting to hear from him are still conflicted over their support for the president. let s go to another part of the city there, lynchburg, another cnn correspondent spoke with a family that is mixed on their support. not all of them supported him, the president. reporter: hey guys, good morning. there seems to be, many constituents in the heart of the bible belt who are not sure what to make about president trump s recent tweets and behavior. what we did find the president still enjoys the benefit of doubt from many of those in the heart of the bible belt and we found that was at play under one family s roof. they call it the white house of
lynchburg. the white family tackles everything at the dinner table from projects to politics behind the controversial firing of fbi director james comey. those who are, which is the majority here, those who are pro trump voted for trump, i think something like this doesn t, isn t going to shake them one bit. reporter: larry white and his wife kathy are raising their family in lynchburg, in the center of virginia but leaning right more than 50% of the city voted for donald trump. we all basically have the same world view. a christian world view. but when it gets into politics there s certainly going to be some variation. reporter: the whites are highly conservative but also conflicted when it comes to their views on president trump. i didn t actually vote for him. reporter: 23-year-old ana white is one of the few in her family who didn t cast a vote for president trump. recent trump tweets have reassured her of her decision. her president trump voting
the billboard music awards. sunday, may 21st eight seven central only on abc. welcome back. coming up in two hours from now, president trump is set to deliver the commencement address in liberty university in lynchburg. and this comes as the firing of fbi director james comey. it seems a long time ago given the amount of news we have had since then. we have eliza collins with us and gabby moore. i ll keep you updated. we expect president trump to board air force one shortly.