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and about our ability and responsibility to do something about them. we didn't trust government. authority figures, or anyone over 30. and in large part, thanks to years of heavy aushlties. civil rights and poverty, no. we were asked if people of color, minorities, immigrants would be treated with dignity and respect. and by the way, we were furious about the past presidential election. a man whose presidency would end
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in disgrace with his impeachment for obstruction of justice. after firing the person running the investigation into him at the department of justice. [ cheers and applause ] but here is what i want you to know. we got through that time, and we started to thrive as our society changed laws and opened the circle of opportunity and rights wider and wider for more americans. we revved up the engines of innovation and imagination. we turned back a tide of
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intolerance and embraced inclusion. the we who did those things, were more than those in power who wanted to change course. it was millions of organize nay citizens, especially young people. who voted, marched, and organized. now, of course today has some important differences. the advance of technology, the impact of the internet. our flag meanted media landscape make it easier than ever to splinter ourselves into echo chambers. we can shut out contrary troiss, avoid ever questioning our basic assumptions, extreme views are given powerful microphones.
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laters who will exploit skepticism. and here is what that means to you, class of 2017. you're graduating at a time when there is a full fledged assault on truth and reason. just log on, just log on to social media for ten seconds, it will hit you right in the face. people denying science. concocting elaborate hurtful conspiracy theories about child abuse rings in pizza parlors. undocumented fears about immigrants, muslims, minorities,
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the poor. turning neighbor against neighbor and sewing division at a time when we desperately need unity. people are denying things we can see with our own eyes like the size of crowds. and then defending themselves by talking about "alternative facts." but this is serious business. look at the budget that was just proposed in washington. it is an attack of unimaginable cruelty. and the most vulnerable among us. the youngest, oldest, poorest,
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and hard working people that need a little help to gain or hang on to a decent middle class life. t gross ri under funly under fu health and an attempt to combat the opioid adduction. it puts the our nation at risk. and to top it off, it is shrouded in a trillion dollar mathematical lie. let's call it what it is. it is a con. they don't even try to hide it. why does all of this matter? it matters because if you're leaders lie about the problems we face, we'll never solve them.
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it matters because it undermines confidence in government as a whole. which, in turn, breeds more cynicism and anger. but it also matters because our country, like this college, was founded on the principals of the enlightenment. in particular, the belief that people, you and i believing what is the life blood of a democracy. not only wellesley, but the entire american university system. it was funded on those ideals.
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we should not abandon them, we should revere them. we should aspire to them every single day in everything that we do. and -- [ applause ] there is something else. as the history majors among you. here today, know, all too well. when people in power invent their own facts, and attack those who question them, it can mark the beginning of the end of a free society. [ applause ] that is not hyperbole, it is what authoritarian regimes throughout history have done. they attempt to control reality. not just our laws, and our
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rights, and our budgets, but our thoughts and beliefs. right now some of you might wonder why am i telling you all of this? you don't own a cable news network. you don't control the facebook algorit algorithm. you aren't a member of congress. yes. [ cheers and applause ] because i believe with all of my heart that the future of america, indeed the future of the world, depends on brave, thoughtful people like you, insisting on truth and integrity right now every day. you didn't create these circumstances, but you have the power to change them.
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>> the disdant play write, the first president of the czech republic, wrote "the power of the powerless." he said the moment that someone breaks through in one place, when one person cries out, the emperor is naked. when a single person breaks the rules, everything suddenly appears in another light. >> what telling us is that if you feel powerless, don't. don't let anyone tell you that
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your voice doesn't matter. in the years to come, there will be trolls galore, online and in personal, leaguer to tell you that you don't have anything worthwhile to say, or anything meaningful to contribute. they may even call you a nasty woman. [ cheers and applause ] some may take a slightly more sophisticated approach. and say "your elite education means you're out of touch with real people." in other words, sit down and shut up, in my experience, that is the last thing you should ever tell a wellesley graduate.
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and here is the good news, what you learned these four years is preci precisely what you need to face the challenges of this moment first, you learned critical thinking. i can still remember the professors that challenged me to make good decisions with real deliberation. i know we didn't have much of that in this past election, but we have to get back to it. after all, in the words of my predecessor in the senate, everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.
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and your education gives you more knowledge. it gives you the spour topower what you know. you are beginning your career with one of the best educations in the world. you have a responsibility, to give others a chance to think and speak for themselves and to learn from them so we can have the kind of open, fact-based debate necessary for our democracy to thrive and flourish. and you may convinced to change your mind from time to time. take it from me, the former president of the wells college of young republicans.
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>> second, you learn the value of an open mind and an open society. at our best, our college and universities are free marketplaces of ideas, embracing perspectives and backgrounds, that is our country at our best, too. an open, inclusive, diverse society is the opposite of an antedote to a closed society where there is only one way to think and act. here you worked hard to turn this idea into a realitity. and you have shared your own stories and at times, can that is taken courage. but the only way our society
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will ever become a place where everyone truly belongs, is if all of us speak openly and honestly about who we are, what we're going through, so keep doing that. and let me add that your learning, listening, and serving, should include people that don't agree with you politically. a lot of our fellow americans have lost faith in the existing economic, social, political, and cultural conditions of our country. many feel left behind and looked down on. their anger and alienation has proved a fertile ground for false promises and false information. their economic problems and cultural anxiety must be
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addressed or they will continue to be foot soldiers in the conflict of us and them. millions of people will be hurt by the policies, including this budget being considered. and many of those same people don't want dreamers deported welcome or health care taken away. many don't want to restreet on civil rights, women's rights, and lbgt rights. so if your out reach is rebuffered, keep trying. do the right thing anyway. we're going to share the future, better to do so with open hearts and minds that's closed minds and fists. here at wellesley, you learned
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the power of service. because while free and fierce conversations in classrooms, dorm rooms, and dining halls are vital, they only get us so far. you have to turn those ideas and those values into action. this college has always understood that. the motto which you heard twice, already, to minister today is as true as it ever was. you think about it and it is an old fashioned renders of president kennedy's great statement. ask not what your country can do for you, but ask what you can do for your country. not long ago, i got a note from a group of wellesley alums and students that supported me in the campaign and they worked their hearts out. like a lot of people, they're
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wondering what do we do now. i think there is only one answer, keep going. don't be afraid of your ambition. of your dreams. or even your anger. those are powerful forces, but harness them to make a difference in the world. stand up for truth and reason. do it in private and conversations with your family, your friends, your workplace, your neighborhoods, and do it in public. media posts, social media, grab a sign and go to a protest. make defending truth and a free society a core value of your life every single day. so where ever you wind up next, the minute you get there, register to vote. >> while you're at it, encourage others to do so, and then vote
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in every election. not just the presidential ones. bring others to vote. fight every effort to restrict the right of law abiding citizens to be able to vote. get involved in a cause that matters to you. pick one and start there. you don't have to do everything, but don't sit on the sidelines. and you know what? get to know your elected officials. if you disagree with them, ask questions. challenge them. better yet, run for office yourself some day. now, that is not for everyone, i know. it is certainly not for the faint of heart, but it is worth it. as they say in one of my
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favorite movies, "a league of their own." it is supposed to be hard, the hard is what makes it great. the day after the election, i did want to speak, particularly to women and girls --g stubbornness. and remember, you are even more powerful because you have so many people supporting you, cheering you on, standing with you through good times and bad. . you know our culture celebrating
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people that appear to go it alone. but the truth is it is not how life works. anything worth doing takes a village. and you build that village by investing love and time into your relationships. and in those moments for whatever reason, when it might feel bleak, think back to this place. where women have the freedom to take risks, make mistakes, even fail in front of each other. channel the strength of your classmates and experiences. i guarantee you you will stand up straighter, feel braver, knowing the things you joked about and even took for granted can be your secret weapons for your future. one of the things that gave me the most hope and joy after the
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election, when i really needed it, was meeting so many young people who told me that my defeat had not defeated them. and i will devote my future to helping you make your mark in the world. i created a new organization called on ward together to help train and recruit future leaders. the work never ends. when i graduated and made that speech, i did say, ensome of you might have pictures from that day with this on it, the challenge now is to practice politics as the hart of making what appears to be impossible,
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possible. that was true then, it is truer today. i never could have imagined where i would have been 48 years later. certainly never that i would have run for the presidency of the united states, or seen progress for women in all walks of life over the course of my li lifetime, and put millions of more cracks in that highest and hardest glass ceiling. because just in those years, doors that once seemed sealed to women are now open. they're ready for you to walk through, or charge through. to advance the struggle for equality, justice, and freedom. so whatever why jobs are today, dream bigger. where ever you set your sights,
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raise them higher. and above all, keep going, don't do it because i asked you to, do it for yourselves. do it for truth and reason, do it because the history of we' wellesley and this country tells us that it is often during the darkest times when you can do the most good. double down on your passions. be bold, try, fail, try again, lean on each other, hold on to your values, never give up on those dreams. i am very optimistic about the future. because i think after we tried a lot of other things, we get back to the business of america. i believe in you with all of my heart. i want you to believe in yourselves. so go forth, be great, but
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first, graduate. congratulations! >> good day, i'm andrea mitchell in washington watching hillary clinton just completing her commencement speech today at her alma mater. she was the speaker at her own commencement in 196. joining me now, two fellow road warriors from the 2016 presidential campaign. and you also had covered hillary clinton at the state department along with me when we travelled around the world with her. this is a speech that reflected more self confidence, and the first time i heard her directly go after president trump. >> certainly since the election. she went after him on policy grounds, grounds of legitimacy. she had specifics. she called his budget a kahn and
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ticked off the reasons she finds it objectionable. but mostly it was a speech aimed at young women. the people she feels were inspired by her, and who she very much doesn't want to disappoint. and it was a much more, i think, speech aimed at the resistance, that she says she is now part of, and the women's role in that, than it was about the election. >> and the comparison is explicit with the 1969 speech when she gave when richard nixon had been in office for about a year. >> we were furious about the past presidential election. of a man whose presidency would
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eventually end in disgrace with impeachment for obstruction of justice. after firing the person running the investigation into him at the department of justice. but here is what i want you to know, we got through that tumultuous time. >> ashley parker, she went for it. >> she absolutely did. that was definitely, i think, one of her most pointed lines. she didn't need to name president trump there for the comparison she was making. the hillary clinton that, in the campaign, even though it didn't end the way she wanted, she sort of trolled him where she could elicit a tweet, but she mentioned that and then did quickly move on to a more positive call to action that was optimistic, inclusive, and encouraging. saying "we will get through
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this. that was part of the speech, too. a call to the resistance, a peach for wom speech for women that was positive and forward looking. >> and the reflection on getting through the past six months, let's listen to some of that. >> you may have heard that things didn't exactly go the way that i planned. but you know what? i'm doing okay. [ cheers and applause ] >> i have gotten to spend time with my family, especially my amazing grandchildren, i was going to give the entire commencement speech about them but was talked out of it. long walks in the woods. organizing my closets, right? i won't lie, chardonnay helped a
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little, too. >> she is trying to reflect the sense of humor that people found appealing when she was in the early months of the campaign. this is such a hard time for her as she is writing this book, and people close to her hoping that she becomes more self reflective about the pitfalls along the way, but we know from talking to people close to her, they really do blame the media largely for the love affair with donald trump, even when the media were criticizing trump, and pointing out flawing, he was getting all of the objectixygen. >> right, they had a central complaint since the dawn of trump's candidacy, which is the double standard argument. frankly a number of his republican primary challengers had the same complaint, he was tweeted differently than they
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were, held to a lower standard for policy, accuracy, probity. and she had that argument all along, and many people that work for her, are close to her, believe that the media bought into it and treated trump like a carnival act that was fun to cover, and that she suffered badly as a result and it was a great contributing factor to her loss. she didn't really go into a lot of forensics on the campaign here. i mean she has -- >> unlike her previous appearances where she spent too much time picking it apart. sh was more uplifting. the comparisons to the hillary clinton, hillary rodham, ahead of t -- head of the young republicans, but was criticized by some for critiquing the commencement speaker. she was the student speaker and she critiqued ed brook, the
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commencement speaker. she was already challenging the establishment in, some would say, a very positive way. when we finally think about the role that she will play going forward, it has to be especially agonizing to be watching the unfonding, slow unfolding, if you will of this investigation. that jim comey may have been inspired by a fake russian e-mail trail and document that lead him to believe that loretta lynch was in fact colluding, to use a current term, with democratic operatives and he had to come out on july 5th and give a catalog of the problems with clinton. >> you're exactly right. i think it is def stating for her to watch because what we're seeing come out in the media is in some ways what her campaign was complaining about at the
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time, and saying this really hurt her, that everything comey did, from the first news conference to the end, lead to her losing the election. you also saw that even though she didn't win, she was doing a call for truth and injustice, and i think that is her role going forward. >> meanwhile, we're tracking to major stories. first in europe, president trump doing damage control with g 7 allies after the public scolding. and some very insulting comments about german exports to the united states. and jared kushner saying he will be looked at as part of the fbi's expanding nefgs. it could flood the trump white house. joining me now is peter
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alexander who broke the jared kushner story. he is, according to his conversation, cooperating and willing to cooperate and he is not in the same category at mikimik michael flynn. >> yes, we're told by multiple u.s. officials that jared kushner, the president's son-in-law, is under fbi cross-suit any right now. we don't know precisely what the activities are that drew this interest in from the fbi. what is interesting would be in december, how he meat with the russian ambassador to the united states. he is the same person that michael flynn spoke to in december, lying about that or at least misleading the vice
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president that lead to his firing. we also know that kushner had a meeting with a russian man who was a head of a russian government backed bank as well. that would certain i will be something they will be interested in. i just heard from a white house official a few minutes ago that jared kushner is back in the white house on the job today. >> and kristin welker, it was just a disaster, a missed opportunity and then so because the nato allies were so insulted by the speech, the push, the affect, especially in the way he extolled the dictatorial rulers. >> that's right. he was very clear that he was not there to lecture, and yet yesterday, durng the nato suit, at is exactly what he did. he gave this lecture to the
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other nato allies about the fact that they need to start paying their fair share, saying that american taxpayers are bearing the brunt, and you could see them looking at each other, glancing, and it was a very striking moment. i get the sense that they were expecting some type of bravodo from president trump, but they were not expecting him to be as insulting as they felt he was. you have that incident today. you also have the fact that during a meeting with eu leaders, he criticized germany. he said they're bad, very bad. his top economic advisor trying to clean that up. saying he was not talking about all germans, just the way they have handled trade. but that created an awkward backdrop between the president and angela merkel today.
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there has been a lot focus. creating a complicated backdrop, with other issues in the backdrop. >> kristen welker, thank you. taking a deeping dive, julian smith, she w deputy national security advisor for vice president biden, and jeremy bash, former chief of staff at the cia and the department of defense in the obama administration. welcome both. first, the nato meeting, you know nato well, he did not reiterate support for mutual defense. >> that's right, there is only one thing they want today hear at this meeting and that was that the united states would maintain their commitment.
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an attack on one is an attack on all. members of the cabinet said it, but they needed to hear it from trump himself, and now they're questioning clor whether or not united states will be there if they get a in behind somewhere. >> and it is exacerbated by his relationship with putin. wasn't there attempts to rewrite the speech to get that language in? >> supposedly there was an attempt to get their hands on the strepeech and try to make t tone just right to they could make it a win. the europeans came hoping to meet trump halfway. they want to spend more on defense, and now they're
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wondering whether or not they can take the tough political decisions. they lost the potential for a big win yesterday in brussels. >> and it is hard to patch that up. >> and the secretary of the of state. we should be doing that, putting our arms around our friends in a time of need. i think overall the trip was successful. the stops in jerusalem were designed to send a signal that the u.s. is moving away from
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iran. i think in europe that was a missed opportunity bay they are deeply concept all skeptical wi coziness with russia. >> iran is doing some very troubling things in the region, they are advancing ballistic missiles. they're backing the assad regime. i think we should a clear idea about whatments in the society we should be watching oreaching and perhaps this is something we should leverage. >> to be continued. thank you for coming in. slam dunk, despite an assault charge, greg gianforte, a congressman, comes out on top. we go live to big sky country next, stay with us.
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montana's greg gianforte. he has to face a court citation for knocking down report er ben jacobs, a reporter. first to you, greg, people were saying they admire what he did, they were supporting his getting physical with a reporter. >> it is not exactly a scientific survey, but of all of the folks i talked to at polling places and around town, i didn't meet a single person who would change their vote away from greg gianforte because of this incident. several people said they liked it, that he was a fighter. doubling down on the idea that the media is the enemy and he will stand up to any enemy of montanans. is may have boosted his turnout.
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>> gianforte is being portrayed as an outsider with real world experience, they won't hold this against him in washington in the republican caucus. >> no, they're not we see the increased triabbalization. i want to make a fact here. donald trump may not be directly responsible, but he is the role model in chief and the bully in chief here and i think what you're seeing is a redefinition of masculinity by some people on the right that masculinity, being described at manly for beating up o a reporter. moving lines, people finding
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ways to normalize and accept things that were previously unacceptable, and see conservative talking heads and thought leaders justifying this criminal attack on a reporter is one more akfespect of the way w have moved the lines in our culture. we wonder what signal is sends about what sort of behavior is acceptable. >> and there is implicit in all of this is the anger at the media, and the president calling reporters the enemy of the people. the rhetoric about the press has become so kpas per raexasperate. >> conservatives used to say ideas and words have consequences, and that there is something to dislike the media, think they're biassed or unfair, but there have to be lines in a
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peaceful civil democratic society. they this is a new reality and normal in the era of trump. coming up, dollars and cents, how the budget could impact rural areas. one congressman on the front lines of this battle joining me, next.
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partnership. this was a program that president reagan started. i worked at the department of commerce. it helps small and medium sized manufacturers. my sense is it was zeroed out. i am convinced if the president met with the manufactures benefitting from the program or you met with them, he would probably want to quadruple the budget. >> the program under the reagan
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administration was designed to be temporary. in fact, you're only supposed to be on it for six years. there have been folks on it for decades. >> a congressman questioning white house budget chief on capitol hill this week. joining me now is the democratic congressman on the armed service committee as well as budget. you come from silicon valley. you're interested in economic empowerment and jobs. you look at a budget and see this program is zeroed out and say what's going on here? >> it's surprising. it would help the very people that president trump said he wanted to help. this program helps manufacturers, small manufacturers, medium manufacturers compete in a global economy, and it was a reagan initiative. that's the shocking thing with this budget. he's cutting things that would create the jobs that he promised. >> you teamed up with of all people, hall rogers, the republican veteran congressman from kentucky from appalachia.
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you come from silicon valley. you were trying to figure out new jobs for young people as code writers. >> my district 50% foreign born. his district 99% district born in the united states. trump carried his district. i went there. they had coal miner kids excited about learning google software and getting $50,000 jobs. they have a sense of the future, hall rogers calls the area silicon holler. one of the parents of the budget, the appalachia regional commission funds these things. they're funding coal miner's kids to get jobs in new industries. anyone going down there would say let's quadruple the budget. they say the democrats oppose everything, but if the president were to come and say i want to fund appalachia regional commission, he'd get people like me saying do it. >> i remember when bobby bird
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put that into the budget, it became a prize to some people. some people called it pork, but it has a purpose, especially now with the coal industry on its last leg. >> my sense was go down there and see what the program is doing. they're paying people for getting train and leading to jobs, and these are folks who want the new industries there. and that's what the funding is going for. it's a success. we don't have to be ineasing it. i often say for the president who made his whole reputation on theapprentice, you'd think he'd want to fund apprenticeship programs. this is what he campaigned on. he said i'm going to give hope to folks and new jobs. hall rogers is showing how it's done. some of us just want him to put the funding behind it. >> mark zuckerberg, someone you know what your part of the world, was the commencement speaker at harvard. let me play a bit of that speech. >> but we live in an unstable
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time. there's pressure to turn inwards. this is the struggle of our time. the forces of freedom, openness, and global community against the forces of authoritarianism and nationalism. forces for the flow of knowledge, trade, and immigration against those who would slow them down. this is not a battle of nations. it is a battle of ideas. >> he dropped out of harvard. had a little bit of success after that. now he's back as the commencement speaker. some people looked at that speech and said this guy might want to run for president someday. what do you think? >> who knows. he's making a good contribution to politics. his point is that google and facebook are creating a sense of a global community where we can actually know what's going on, and china and india and pakistan. and that's a good thing. but we have to figure out how to get more people participating in the technology revolution and
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at arlington national cemetery the acting secretary of the army joined the old guard on thursday for the annual flags in tradition before memorial day weekend for more than 60 years
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they've walked the sacred grounds placing one flag at each grave marker of each fallen hero. tomorrow join tom brokaw for a special presentation of the greatest generation. that's tomorrow at 9 p.m. eastern right here on msnbc. craig melvin is next. >> thank you so much. a good friday afternoon to you. craig melvin kicking off this holiday weekend from mvs nbc. hillary clinton delivering a rousing speech to the graduating class of her alma mater pulling no punches when talking about president trump. also family ties. jared kushner now under the fbi microscope in their russia investigation. why they think he may have information about russia's influence in the presidential election, and overseas offensive. president trump wrapping up his first overseas trip as commander
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in chief in italy. but were his meetings with world leaders effective or offensive? we'll get to that in a moment. we start with hillary clinton just a half hour ago she wrapped up that commencement speech at wellesley college. taking no prisoners. her chief target? president trump and the assault she says he is waging on the truth. clinton also made a very stark comparison between events now and during water gate going so far as to use the i-word in her comparison, impeachment. here are a few of the highlights. >> we were furious about the past presidential election, of a man whose presidency would eventually end in disgrace with his impeachment for obstruction of justice. afteriring the person running the investigation into him at the department