secretary devos has been pushing to expand vouchers for years even though research clearly shows that voucher programs don't work. in fact, the academic outcome for students who use voucher programs to attend private schools is abysmal. a "new york times" article from february of this year reported on three different studies of large state voucher programs in indiana, louisiana, and ohio. each study found that vouchers negatively impact results in both reading and math. in louisiana's voucher program, public elementary school students who started at the 50th percent i'll in -- percentile in math dropped to the 26th percentile in a single year. harvard education professor martin west said that the negative effect was the largest i have ever seen in the literature. he was talking about all literature, the entire history of american education research. secretary devos is a serious threat to our public school system and a threat to the quality of education in this country overall. i have pushed as hard as i could to protect our students from what this administration has been trying to do.

you got devos-ified.ification of donald trump. ( laughter ) now, a little bit later, a reporter reminded him how numbers work. >> you said today that you had the biggest electoral margin since ronald reagan, with 304 or 306 electoral votes. in fact, president obama got 365 in 2008-- >> well, i'm talking about republican, yeah. >> --president obama, 332, and george h.w. bush, 426, when he won as president. so why should americans trust-- >> well, no, i was told-- i was given that information. i don't know. i was just given-- we had a very, very big margin. >> i guess my question is, why should americans trust you when you accuse the information they receive of being fake when you're providing information that's-- >> well, i don't know, i was given that information. >> stephen: how presidential. it really reminds me of harry truman, who so famously said, "look i don't know where it's supposed to stop, i was given that buck." ( laughter ) and trump proved once again that he is consistently inconsistent. >> i

alison: the less than the warm welcome the education secretary betsy devos got in baltimore. kellye: i'm kellye lynn in northwest where the app is bringing video act what do you think? hey, think ben will like it? yeah, was i the only one hearing the angelic music? i'm serious, i never know what to get him. just tell me you got him fios too. sigh. mrs. layne, fios is a 100% fiber-optic network. that, plus this sick console, he'll be like whaaaaaattt. your new tech is best on the 100% fiber optic network. so get fios. now just $79.99 per month with a 2-year price guarantee with a 2-year agreement. >>> in tonight's spotlight on education, we go to the northwest and kellye lynn shows us the interactive experience. >> the eighth graders are about to embark on a mission to mars. >> explorer, do you accept your mission? >> it's cool. it's something new. we haven't doe this ever. >> gather the evidence and take wheels. >> it looks like a interactive experience on the inside. >> they will be learning about science and exploration but also how

i have to remind you ted cruz was the 51st vote to confirm betsy devos. someone who supports betsy devos or jeff matier who called transgender children part of satan's plan, who believes in conversion therapy, who even senator grassley disavowed. >> i understand that. that's something texas will have to deal with. let's stick to the comparisons here, and especially for our nationwide audience. you have to look at the demographics of alabama. i'm not sure if texas has the same demographics, but african-american voters made up 29% of the vote in alabama yesterday with 98% of black women, 93% of black men casting their ballots for doug jones. so what lessons do you think should democrats take from this when it comes to minority voters not only in texas but around the country? >> it means that everyone is important, and we can't write anybody off, or importantly, take anyone for granted. texas is a state that is 41% hispanic. we have to be within every community and within the communities of our communities. it means that when i'm in houston i'm also in the f

a proposal to give tax exempt status to a religious college in michigan that has ties to education devos... an idea that was eventually nixed from the bill. he also stresses the bill would balloon the national debt, which he believes would send some u-s companies overseas. new details in the firing of "today" show host matt lauer. n-b-c news executives are saying they confronted lauer about misconduct rumors weeks before his first accuser came forward. they say in that meeting, lauer denied any wrongdoing. he was fired last week due to those allegations --- n-b-c says an investigation is underway, the company's president is promising swift action against anyone who knew about his behavior and didn't report it. lauer's contract remains in question -- n-b-c says he's not getting paid anything more past his last day. after he firing, lauer apologized what is being said about me is untrue or mischaracterized, but there is enough truth in these stories to make me feel embarassed and ashamed." lots of excitement for the 40th annual kennedy center honors ceremony. five people who have helped sh

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a carveout for one particular private university, funded by betsy devos's family that eric prince herrother, who's trying to get a deal with the government to run the war privately in afghanistan was involved in. if we're talking about a swamp, this would be the definition of it. >> oh, absolutely. this is a case where the republicans want to put a tax on endowments of schools, but -- except for this one school that betsy devos funds, that's going to be the exception. the real example of the powerful and influential coming in and getting a special deal. and that bill, the 500-page bill is full of majors like th smeas that need to be gotten rid of. >> there's things like getting rid of an exemption for high medical experiences f. this is an endowment that most schools use to build up their funds. what are they thinking on a bill like this? >> what i said on the floor was this was a whorrific plan to begin with, this was taking away financial aid for students in need. the whole thing was ill conceived, the overlying bill was ill conceived and this loophole, this earmark for this school

on thursday, education secretary betsy devos held a form on integration and education. this is just over two hours.

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so betsy devos, who was confirmed 50-50, if doug jones is now the senator, betsy devos is not confirmedmore power and leeway in the nominations. it's important to see what mitch mcconnell has said. they have taken their shots down field and we're in the middle of bull season on repeal and replace, tax reform. they are now going to have to move to a more bipartisan way of trying to create legislation, whether that's infrastructure, whether it's something more small. so the coalition is going to include more democrats. everything is going to take 60 votes and there is just a lot less leeway for republicans to work with. >> if they are moving towards a more bipartisan direction, do you think doug jones may actually go along with republicans on some things or when you look at what a slim margin this was that let's say he won by and perhaps he his calculus is that he won't be re-elected, is he just going to go with democrats? >> you've heard doug jones talk about this. he said he's not going to be someone who sticks 100% with democrats or republicans. it's really important to talk about the

betsy devos says some loans will be wiped out only partially depending on the current income for formerudents. that decision will affect 20,000 students whose claims were not decided by the time president trump took office. >>> new this morning the california state computer network appears to be back up and running this after a melt down caused by a construction glitch in sacramento. yesterday morning crews cut a fiber-optic fiber line. it knocked out networking systems for nearly 30 state agencies. that includes cal fire's website which only came back on line about two hours ago. here is what people to do to find information instead. >> in the thomas fire case we have fire information being posted on santa barbara county's website, ventura county's website. >> other departments knocked offline including california state parks and human services as well. they are all back online. crews worked throughout the night to fix that problem. >>> coming up next on "today in the bay," nbc bay area responds. >> flowers for mom that never arri arrive. i'm consumer investigator chris chmu chmura. nb

on thursday, education secretary betsy devos held a form on integration and education. this is just over two hours. [applause] sec. devos: thank you so much and welcome everyone. it is great to see you all this morning. today'su for attending first of two summits on individually -- on innovation in education, and a special thanks to those who will present this morning. we are grateful to have so much knowledge and expertise in one room. we are eager to hear from all of the. before we begin, i want to say a word about innovation. barked on a am school tour -- i embarked on a school tour. continue to travel the country to see the work being done, and i have been inspired by the innovative educators and administrators i have met. there is still not enough. we need more. the reality is that there are a number of challenges and opportunities facing higher education, and washington, d.c. does not have all the answers. government is not the best at finding new solutions to tough problems. government isn't the best at being flexible or adaptable to a changing environment. gover

everything with the word obama on it at all of the agencies, and we have our education secretary betsy devosemolishing public education which is awesome. we'll get rid of the epa. the american people know how to take care of the environment. farmers love their land. and they know what to do. they understand it. and they will go out and vote trump. on a scale of abraham lincoln, donald trump. make america great again. >> switch all the obamas into reagans for now. >> christian values always. >> why do people reject the trump brands and continue to eliminate all the republicans running. >> look what we did in alabama. a stronghold in the republican party is a strong state. we are probably going to take 2018 because the republicans can't do anything, and donald trump is wanting to drain the swamp and the only swamp they got draining is the republican party. after of the senators don't even want to run. they can't even work with him. so we'll be the party unity. we have always been a imraifort unity. look at this tax reform. we didn't even want to play tonight because we weren't going to get a v

betsy devos in education, scott pruitt at the epa. jeff sessions at justice., "time" magazine got it wrong. when not naming the president its person of the year in 2017. by their own definition the person who most affected the news and our lives for good or ill and embodied what was important about the year, was absolutely donald trump. joining me now to discuss, douglas brinkley, a presidential historian and history professor at rice university and larry sabato director of the center for politics at the university of virginia. larry, he's getting lots done, but without popular support. can that continue? >> i doubt it. look how difficult it was to get that tax bill passed. and he never could get obamacare repealed. i know about the individual mandate being abolished, but that's not the same thing as abolishing obamacare. this is with a new presidency usually coming with some kind of honeymoon. republican majority in both houses, i grant you thin majority in the senate. but still most majority, gate a great deal done. while certainly trump has accomplished som

in her message of congratulation, secretary devos commended t visionaries, innovatorsand leaders who are preparing every child for a bright future. mr. kelly: i'm proud to join her in congratulating the teachers and administrators of greenville and laurel as well as the families o these students for the love and support they provide. most of all, i want to congratulate the students themselves for a job well done, they are truly a credit to pennsylvania's third district and to our country. it is an honor to represent them in the people's house. yield back. ms. jackson lee: mr. speaker, i the house judiciary committee and serve as the ranking member on the crime, homeland security, terrorism, and the house judiciary committee and serve investigati which means that i deal with every single federal law enforcement entity across the nation. i am disappointed and i am outraged of the language from the commander in chief to suggest that the f.b.i. is in tatters. we have agreements and disagreements with the chief law enforcement agency, but the work of these men and women froketting us in t

there were such an adverse reaction to betsy devos being approved as secretary of education. chuck schumer identified me as a target that they were going to go after. the press was merciless, dishonest. some other interview we can talk about the fake news during his confirmation process but i got beat up. badly. it made some liberal republicans a little nervous. you start off losing two. you have the tube it didn't vote for vets he wouldn't vote for me no matter what i did. the longer this one on the more the press could focus on me and distorted stories and the more nervous it made me. the press reported high hadn't filed my government ethics papers and there must be something wrong. i was the first data file. i filed january 30th. the problem was the government ethics wouldn't react to my papers. they sat on them for six or seven weeks. in the meantime the press keeps beating me up and schumer makes me the target. some republicans got nervous and i didn't want the president to suffer something on the senate floor that had my name attached to it. >> host: you were or are por

100 synthesizers and electronic instruments that are all from anything from recent to back before devo."(nat-batman theme)over on the d-c comics side of superhero town, danny elfman revisited his 19-89 "batman" theme for "justice league.""it was really fun, it just felt like easy and natural and even more delightful for me was revisiting a little bit of john williams' theme, that was..." (nat-kiss)in hollywood, i'm rick damigella. (vicki) damigella. (vicki) (vicki) a little star wars fan in phoenix that needed a prosthetic hand received a very special gift this holiday season jacob was born with just a thumb and partial fingers on his right hand, making it hard for the 5- year-old to grip a baseball bat. a local non-profit built him a prosthesis, but it's no ordinary prosthetic hand. they made him a storm trooper hand, playing off his favorite movie.. star wars. most insurances wont cover prosthetics for kids because they grow out of them too fast. and that's when the group stepped into help.

today betsy devos announced a new process.k at the income to look at the value of the education and then decide whether to forgive the loan partially or in full. larry: the big stadiums are certainly built to last. this is part two of the georgia dome demolition. no buses come in the way. remember the shot from the weather channel view for the first one? two massive walls were still standing on both ends of the ends zone if you will as the original demolition took place before thanksgiving. alison: wow! europe's top court says uber should be regulated like a taxi company not a tech firm. so this ruling comes from a lawsuit in spain, a group of the taxi drivers says uber had an unf because some of the drivers didn't have licenses to drive taxis. they called on uber to be subject to the same regulations as the traditional taxi companies. but ride share argues that uber should be treated as technology platform connecting drivers and riders. larry: coming up, it may look real but it's not. what you need to know so you don't fall v

100 synthesizers and electronic instruments that are all from anything from recent to back before devo that i've collected through the years."(nat-batman theme)over on the d-c comics side of superhero town, danny elfman revisited his 19-89 "batman" theme for "justice league.""it was really fun, it just felt like easy and natural and even more delightful for me was revisiting a little bit of john williams' theme, that was..." (nat-kiss)in hollywood, i'm rick damigella. ( will ) coming up on the kron 4 morning news ... even the moon is ringing in the new year. what it will look like on january first. do you need the most trusted battery this holiday? maybe not. maybe, you could trust the world would be just as happy without them. (screaming) or, you could just trust duracell. ♪ it's beginning to look a lot like christmas ♪ or, you could just treally?racell. really? really? really? really? see zero in a whole new way. get zero down, zero deposit, zero first month's payment, and zero due at signing on select volkswagen models. now with the people first warranty. new year's day will bring t

melanie: students have protested over the last few weeks, saying that betsy devos shouldn't be invitedeak because she is hostile to public education and indifferent to civil rights. >> you should be so proud of yourself. of course, they are no stranger to protest like this one. in february of last year protesters try to stop you from entering jefferson middle school in dce -- in d.c. -- spokesmansport says that security plans are in place for today's speech. whom adrianna: there is a rally outside the center for disease control office because of a washington post article that said that the trump administration recently banned seven words and fruit -- seven words and phrases including fetus, evidence-based, and science-based. at 8:20 the protesters went to shout those in a show of support for scientists. are we alone in this big universe? apparently the pentagon will pay millions to figure out if the truth is out there. >> look at that thing. that mysterious black object that was recorded in 2004, it was part of the pentagon's advanced aviation threat identification program. they ran th

trump made early in his term have gone forward and we've gotten to see scott pruitt and betsy devos and ryan zinke. this is the presidency culminating with the tax bill m december that has come to this point. the trump of accomplishment. >> jon: a snippet of what you wrote. an atmosphere of eternal trumpian battle and mayhem dominated the early period of the presidency. he was making stellar quality appointments to his cabinet and key white house policy roles but it was hard to focus on them or their agreements some people think it's intentional. the president likes his democratic critics, for instance, to go after whatever his last twitter tirade is and ignore the judicial appointments, the cabinet appointments and some of the more subtle elements of his presidency. >> you know, consider that in the first six months they tried to do obamacare reform and that failed. it is very hard to legislate amidst this kind of distraction and mayhem as i call it. but in the final three or four months when things had calmed down congress took on the tax bill and able to legislate without the weight

. >>> this is the brother of education secretary betsy devos. also recognizable as founder of the controversial iraq war era security contracting firm blackwater. he was a trump donor that electoral cycle. erik prince. also the subject of a bombshell "washington post" report in april that he as emissary of the incoming trump administration had gone to secret meeting in the transition in seychelles islands with emissary from vladimir putin's office. subsequent reporting revealed that the russian he met with was head of the russian sovereign wealth fund, fund that's subject to sanctions by the u.s. government. we now know because transcript of his testimony to house intelligence committee has been released today, based on the transcript he denies he went to the meeting in the seychelles on behalf of the incoming trump administration. also denies that he had any idea before he got halfway around the world to seychelles islands, no idea while he was there would be meeting with this head of the russian sovereign wealth fund. had no idea that's what h

a spokesman later told me that betsy devos was not among them. jim? >> lauren, thank you.new jersey's long attempt to open up sports betting could pay off today. during arguments in front of the supreme court, several justices have said that they would be in favor of dispelling of the law that would ban it. all major professional sports leagues in the u.s. are against changes to the law but courts expected to rule in june. >>> if you're thinking about giving the gift of a lottery ticket, officials want to remind you to use good judgment. it should not be given to children. it's not against the law to gift them but lottery officials say research suggests it is not always a good idea. now here's a look at other stories making headlines county-by-county across our region. in camden county, a man is charged after a shootout with a metro police officer. sir lawrence shirah is charged with unlawful use of a weapon around 4:00 yesterday morning. police found ross and expired gunfire. no officers were injured. >>> in north hampton county, medical records were found in a recycling

the education departments, secretary devos' infamous for going places and they find out after it happens or while it's happening. there are other agencies that we'll people don't pay a whole lot of attention. there was recently a marijuana protest done in the urban development office where people were handing out free joints to staffers and no one knew it was happening, no one covers it. so there will always be a battle for access and attention over transparencies, so that is nothing new. >> interesting. let me ask you about this piece, it's a warning from, i should say a warning to president trump from former texas congressman ron paul. tell us what he said. what that's all about? >> certainly, congressman paul is worried the current economic boom may not be such a great thing that it may belie things with the economy caused by inflation and personal and corporate debt and ron paul who, of course, ran for president in 2008 and 2012 and had a huge following, he says if the economy does poorly before theic election, president trump can see a strong challenger, perhaps a libertarian. >> le

education secretary betsy devos has been criticized for installing the process for 95,000 claims. >>>rvice lyft is courting drivers. lyft drivers will receive tuition discounts ranging from five to 20's %. they can take english as a second language, classes, ged courses, bachelor's or master's degree from more than 80 nonprofit universities, to quite frankly, drivers must complete at least ten rides for lyft in the current or previous quarter and at least ten rides per month. >>> next here at 10:30 the president wants to send american's astronauts back to the moon >> what it could mean for all nasa. >>> the dow and s & p 500 finishing at new al time highs after dropping following the explosion at a subway station. another positive side of the economy helinvestors, restauran leading the pack, and it will soon be easier to watch nfl games on mobile devices because the league and verizon announcing a live streaming that will allow fans to view games airing in local markets on verizo aol and it's for free. regardless of which mobile network you use. the new deal takes effect next month, j

in just a moment secretary devos oh, but before she does just what wanted to say couple housekeeping things. we have bottled water and coffee in the back seat can feel free to partake. and there are restrooms at the ends of the holes. if you do leave the building you can come back in but you have to go through security again, so just wanted to warn you about that. those of you who will be participating in the conversation, you have microphones in front of you, you do need to turn the von when you're about to talk. there's a button that says talk. the red light will come on which will tell you microphone is active. when you're not speaking please turn it off. we would appreciate that and you would probably prefer we don't hear any private conversations. those who are speaking today will ask that you keep remarks to about ten minutes. i will be sitting next to the secretary tied up at the head of the table, and i will try not to be obnoxious but i may waive or give an indication if you're getting close to the ten minutes and ask you wrap up quickly when that happens. we are looking for

other members of his cabinet like multimillionaires wilbur ross and betsy devos are going theire enormouslyn investments. at the same time, it will create a lot more work for lawyers. any businesses, because of the new partnership rules, are going to split themselves into two parts or three. that will require a lot of legal and accounting work to reorganize these businesses. it will make them less efficient, but it will save them taxes. the way to think about this bill is, this is a shopping list for the clients of goldman sachs. donald trump ran for president saying he was going to drain the swamp in washington. what he has really done is turn it into a paradise for goldman sachs and its clients. amy: this is senatator bernie sanders speaking about the impact of the republican tax bill. >> after he raised the deficit by $1.4 trtrillion by giving hue tax part to the wealthy and large corporations, , you're g g to c come back and you'rere goio cucut versusecurity, medicare, and medicaid, and education and the needs of working families. what kind of decency is there when we have legislation t

education secretary betsy devos says some loans will be wiped out, only partially depending on the currentat'll affect about 25,000 students whose claims were not decided by the time president trump took office. >>> coming up, holiday heist caught on camera twice in one night. one item stole than has owners really upset. >>> hey folks before we go to break, i want to show you how to join our community on the waze application. leverage the power of us all. let's go to our waze app, and in the bottom corner, there's a magnifying when you fire up that app. click on that, then you'll click at your name at the top. that's your profile. scroll down to see teams and you'll pick ours, nbc bay area wazers. that's how you join the community. we'll get back to you right after this break. camera. a man breaks into a south bay archery shop, taking some potentiay >>> a holiday heist caught on camera. and the man breaks into the south bay archery shop, taking some potentially dangerous items. >> it happened early tuesday morning in downtown gilroy. nbc bay area's ian cole has more. >> he sort of looked o

let's look at what's happening in terms of education and betsy devos is doing in doe. let's look at what's happening in epa and urban communities that are disproportionately experiencing environmental racism. what we see here is the revenge of old white men. we see it in his cabinet, in the white house, we see it in those gatherings outside of senator scott, we see it in those gatherings in front of the white house to celebrate some legislative achievement or deregulation. what this is in my view is the last gasp of a version of america that the demographics say is in effect dead. and the implication for black communities and for black people and for communities of color generally is deepening precarity, deepening sense of threat. i just want to say in light of what james mentioned earlier, we just lost erica garner. erica garner was the daughter of eric garner who said i can't breathe and who died at the hands of new york police. >> at 27. >> at 27, leaving two babies behind. and what we know is that erica was fighting for a more just america. donald trump has engaged

for example, controversial education secretary, betsy devos, would not have been confirmed if they would have had one fewer republican vote. several other nominees would not have been confirmed without vice president vice president mike pence coming in to cast the deciding vote. beyond that, remember the dramatic moment when jm caohn mn cast a vote against obamacare repeal that changed everything. that vote would not have even happened, because procedurally, the measure would have died before it made it to that point. there was another measure that would not have happened to strip funds away from planned parenthood. and another measure that allowed them to politic making it easier for people to sue banks and credit card companies, republicans didn't want that, they would have failed, wolf, if they didn't have every republican vote. >> tom, when all of this started, did republicans have any idea they might lose the seat? >> no. i mean, this seemed like a sure thing. jeff sessions left to become the u.s. attorney general. when he left, the governor of alabama appointed a reliable republica

with that be the devos family? >> i have no idea and it doesn't matter. >> do you know who put the provision in here? >> i advocated the provision. >> what does it have to do with taking title iv money as to whether .-dot your doubt it can be taxed. sounds like to me it's apples and oranges. what in the world it do those two have in relationship with each other? >> are you finished with your question? >> yes. >> i will answer again because i already answered in this. you may choose to disagree and that is fine, but my view is a college that chooses to say we don't want federal taxpayer dollars and therefore saves the taxpayer i don't how many millions altogether usually thousands per studentnt, i think it's reasonable that a college that chooses to not put that imposition on federal taxpayers ought to be able to be exempt from the tax to be available to any college that made that choice. several colleges in america make this choice o and any other that choose to would be able to do the same. >> the rationale is if

baroso, er and john there are a couple republican donors and eric prince from betsy ter, related to devos, it is possible, but i just wonder about the targeting the money comes from. host: did the alabama loss by steve bannon's ability to make this run at primary?ns in the that it seen impacted -- there is there is always someo to blame for abandoning roy moore. there is always someone to blame. steve bannon can convince ealthy republican donors, this is a cause worth fighting, the money can be there. before thenutes left program ends today. city.waiting in new york line for democrats. us?you with stick by your phone, rob, we'll diane.to connecticut -- ost: christmas hangover sorted out for you. talk about house members. you talk about the low-hanging the house and the house members that democrats need to going to take back the majority, what is some of the more reaches, there is candidates, house republicans who haven't been in races for a long time, find themselves in competitive races, talk about a of those. guest: some are in districts illary clinton won, such as john culberson. rorba

serves as a watchdog and she urges us to stay vigilant especially in the time of donald trump and betsy devos where i fear these colleges and coming back. i have many questions about how to reinvigorate career and technical education. one of the things i spent time discussing was the need to reinvest in community colleges and we must ensure that all high school students have work experience, not just middle and upper-class students and not just 40 hours of community service but real commitment. i even suggest in the book service year for all americans which i envision a national program where all young people have a chance between high school and college or as part of their senior year to work deeply and daily in an area that speaks to their passion. in this book, those who know me, i take on the current obsession with high-stakes testing, this is one of the reasons there is no longer room in the curriculum for career and technical education. we have become so focused on ranking students in schools that we have lost sight of the importance of teaching empathy and how to get along with those d

he is also the sister of -- he is also the brother of education secretary betsy devos. after trump took office, prince publicly pitched a plan to privatize the u.s. war in afghanistan. another member of trump transition team, cia veteran john maguire, is also reportedly working with prince on the new privivate spies and d global rendition plan. the intercept reports prince may have foreshadowed his new proposal in a 2016 interview on former white house chief strategist steven bannon's radio program, in which prince proposed reviving a version of the cia's vietnam war assassination scheme known as the phoenix program. phoenix like program. the phoenix program was a root canal done -- >> this is the phoenix program of vietnam? >> it was a vicious but very effective kill/capture program and in and that destroyed the viet cong as a military force. that is what needs to be done to the funders of islamic terror, and that would be even the wealthy heretical islamist billionaires funding it from the middle east and any ofof the illicicit activitieses they are involved in. amy:

jackson took his hand and these are van buren's words with the clearest indication and a tone if tirely devoed of passion or bluster, he said, it bank, mr. van buren is trying to kill me? but i will kill it. well, van buren explained that he kept its secret up until then for the fear that in his words was interpreted and well, van buren was right to worry and as reckless and vindicative. it eviction in 2015. by the way i have no opinion on that. no opinion. they want to change the faces, that's fine with me. but calling for jackson's eviction, the new york times charged him with wantonly and outrageously destroying the bank which is, as the times announced was a predecessor. i'm not going to persuade you closing the bank was wise. i am going to persuade you that the concerns that motivated it were far from merely personal. at the heart of his so-called bank war were issues that were serious and weighty. serious and weighty then, perhaps still today. so let me begin by setting the stage. congress had chartered or incorporated the second bank of the united states until 1836. remember that year.

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testimony, eric prince, the infamous founder of black water, brother to education secretary betsy devos and trump advisor. it was revealed that during the transition, he met with a well-connected fanser and according to his testimony, they too discussed ending the regime against russia. days after michael flynn, the national security advisor, the president of the united states pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi about discussing sanctions with the russian ambassador. in that case, flynn and consist lee yak were specifically talking about the new sanctions that were meant to punish russia for interfering on donald trump's behalf. that turns out was not flynn's only conversation about the the future of russian sanctions. according to a whistle blower. flynn told a former business associate, get this, on inauguration day that sanctions against russia would be, quote, ripped up as one much his first orders of business inside the white house. flynn had been boricing on plan to build nuclear power plants in the middle east in partnership with russian interests. and according to to the whistle

although we shouldn't be surprised, as the senate also confirmed betsy devos for secretary of education tom price for secretary of health and human services, and a haunted doll as secretary of commerce. [ light laughter ] but we would hope that once he officially had the job, perry would try to learn more from someone like his predecessor, dr. ernest moniz, a nuclear physicist. interesting fact -- moniz became a nuclear physicist when his high school guidance counselor took a look at him and said, "it's either that or ben franklin impersonator." [ laughter ] but according to a source cited in a "vanity fair" report from july, perry barely spent any time with moniz. ac sources, he writes that "'perry has no personal interest in understanding what we do and ange,' a d.o.e. ld me in june." he's never been briefed on a program. not a single one, which to me is shocking. but in perry's defense, he doesn't really need to be an expert in nuclear energy when his boss already has such a good handle on it. >> you know what uranium is, right? it's a thing called nuclear weapons, and other things,

betsy devos as the secretary of education or scott pruitt for that matter as head of epa. what was the worst political move, jason, in 2017? >> i would actually have to say it was the travel ban. not only was that bad domestic policy, not only did it break up families and expensive, not only did it basically turn into a recruiting mechanism for people abroad who want to attack the united states, it also empowereded all of donald trump's enemies. if we remember, when the first travel ban came through, the aclu got a year's worth of donations within a weekend, within a weekend. so he began, he began his presidency by not only offending the world and a racist dangerous policy but also demonstrating he can empower his enemies. >> robert who is one that is the republican on the panel and survived 2017 -- >> barely. >> congratulations. >> -- there was, if i can be benevolent as we end the year, there was some outreach under some former republicans to try and bring people together. i remember john mccain stopped a woman from attacking muslims in exchange when running against pres