how do you think charter schools will fare under betsy devos? guest: charter schools are basically a creation of state law, so if the federal government plays an ancillary role, it is important, but ancillary nonetheless. betsy devos and the department of education will continue to allow the federal moneys that are provided to schools to follow the student who, you know, that they wanted to provide the money to. right now, sometimes that money gets hung up either at the state or the local district level. it would be important to have that money follow the child. are ways andthere facts to help with charter school facilities that the federal government can play, and we will see what happens with that. we are hopeful with that. host: several parents with experience with charter schools. gail is in albany. good morning. c-span duringyou, the gentleman from florida i think really reflected the crux of the matter. this is about money. redirection ofhe our taxes. were andeman, sir, you are apolitical person that is now working as a -- at a for-profit

we're doing it, betsy devos, she's doing a terrific job. highly respected. tremendous track record. but she's got one of the toughest jobs of any of our secretaries, to me, she's got one of the toughest jobs. it's a pretty tough -- there are some pretty tough jobs out there but she's got one of the toughest jobs.

we're also told that randy weingarten has agreed to tour a charter school with betsy devos.eone fairly familiar with the charter school moovrvet in this country. as i understand it, you run charter schools there in new orleans. what do we know about the charter school movement in america as it stands right now? >> we know that governments changes, which essentially is what a charter school does, is change the governance structure, is not a factor that's going to revolutionize education. so after about 20 years of research, we know that on average charter schools can do well under certain conditions. but that doesn't say much because traditional schools under certain conditions can do well. i think randy visiting a charter school will be good, but remember, she has aft members who are in charter schools, who run charter schools. so naethat's of interest to sho her members that are in charter schools that she is affable towards them. >> we have to move past this rhetoric of all charter schools are bad, all traditional schools are bad, and move towards some of the issues that h

and we counted it as a victory that zero democrats voted for betsy devos to a slayer.t is not that she is so much worse as apartment education secretary -- although she is their bad -- it is that voices were heard. people in alabama, georgia, minnesota -- across the country, what you will see is people stand up for progressive values, and that is how we will win a legislation and elections. host: our next call from jacksonville, florida, independent line. caller: good morning. i have a comment in an idea, and i hope you will comment on it and give me just a moment to explain it. i have been trying to organize a pledge, called take the which means you vote out every single incumbent. what this would do is it would eliminate all the money and the lobbyists because there would be no point in finding an incumbent for reelection if they knew that the people were going to vote on every incumbent level, democrat or republican. that is my comments, and i am wondering if you could comment on the effectiveness of a movement like this. guest: i think that is a really interesting

>> jon >> stephen: it's like betsy devos always says, there's no "i" in education, the way i spell it( laughter ) so when was the last time we were shooting a show? 10 days ago. >> jon: yeah, yeah. >> stephen: ten days ago. it was that night that trump hit syria with 59 tomahawk missiles. and, obviously, when you're bombing another country, that's a decision you take very seriously. he did it in the situation room with all available intel. just kidding. ( laughter ) he was eating dinner at mar-a-lago with the chinese president, as he explained in this hard-hitting interview with maria bartiromo. >> when you were with the president of china, we are launching these military strikes. was that planned? how did that come about that it's happening right then? because, right there, you are saying, a reminder here's who the superpower in the world is. people want to hear the answer to this. i have had -- i have watched speculation for three days now on what that was like. >> when did you tell him? >> but i'll tell you. >> before dessert? >> stephen: "when did you decide to bomb those people?

yeah, we lost on betsy devos. she is in there. but by golly, we made the fight.d there are a lot of people paying attention to what's going on. being in the fight changes things. it's energizes things. it keeps people connected to each other. second one, we cannot shoot at everything that moves. we just can't. we just have to let some of donald trump's craziness go. because this is no longer about what he says. this is no longer about how crazy his hair look, whatever. it's really about the things he is doing. because the things he is doing to take the legs out from underneath america's middle class, to line his own pockets instead of working for the american people, those are the things for which he will be held responsible. and the third thing we've got to do is we've got to talk about our values. we've got to talk what we get up in the morning for and why we fight all day long. a big part of what try to do in this book is i tell a lot of stories. stories about people who worked hard, who played by the rules. gina who did it all. gets a college diploma. it all

education secretary betsy devos is with us live.this administration make schools in america great again? tlands, too. tlands, too. because safety is never being satisfied. and always working to be better. >> shannon: fox news alert rising tensions with north korea. world leaders urging president trump to exercise restraint as the rogue regime threatens to sink one of our aircraft carriers along with things like all-out nuclear war. >> bill: it will be a very busy week around her. president trump speaking with the leaders of china and japan last night. nikki haley says it's a watershed moment in u.s. foreign policy. >> it's a new day when you have china and the united states working together on a statement to condemn north korea. they've put pressure on him. he feels it, what we have said from the beginning and what i'll continue to say is the united states is not looking for a fight. so don't give us a reason to have one. >> shannon: we have live fox team coverage. we'll begin with benjamin hall from london. tell us more about this

president trump's nominee to head the e.p.a., scott pruitt, and trump education secretary nominee betsy devos from her hearing. >> i only got one question today. hy is it so difficult for us to figure out how to focus on outcome versus to get so hung up on process? ms. devos: senator, i think that's a very good question. and i think we could have a very robust debate in this room about that, but i think that human tendency is to protect and guard what is because change is difficult. and yet, we see the fact that there are millions of students who are simply not getting the opportunity for an equal opportunity for a quality education, and we try to tinker around from the top and we try to fix things. but it becomes more about the system, i'm afraid, than it does about what's right for each child. senator burr: do you believe that -- senator sanders: do you believe that climate change is caused by carbon emissions by human activity? mr. pruitt: as i indicated in my opening statement, climate -- the climate is changing and that human activity contributes to that in some manner. senator sanders:

also work mentioning here, that is the brother of betsy devos. and the connection appears to go even further with revelation that russian spies actually tried to recruit former trump adviser carter page before he joined -- a couple years before he joined the trump campaign. the investigation which, as you know, was stalled by all of that partisan infighting is finally today getting back on track with committee members actually meeting. let's begin with jeff zeleny. we just heard that meeting between you and wolf blitzer and that house intel committee, adam shadam schiff. what was the thrust of that conversation? >> when you listen to congressman schiff talk overall, one of his biggest points is that he believes the white house is trying to, in his words, cause people to lose focus of the actual russia investigation to get caught up in who was looking at what document where and who was being invited into the white house. congressman schiff told wolf blitzer that the unmasking is not the same as surveillance and the same as leaking here. unmasking

they say betsy devos has great interest in program. >>> marijuana smoke in on capitol hill but endeds today. >> you just witnessed a first amendment rights being violated. i hope the whole nation is witnessing this >> it comes four days after police arrested protesters who gave away pot near the capitol last week. it was all done in conjunction with 4-20. they're looking to lift federal he prohibition. they're calling for restrictions on pot use lifted in the district. >> basically we have legalization without commercialation in the nation's capitol. it's working for the home growers but not for people who live in federal housing. we need to address those laws. it's not working for people who accidently stroll into a federal park. it's not working. we had an increase the nation's capitol. >>> r >> the protest was set to take place on the first day since 4-20. >>> barack obama made his first public appearance since leaving office. he addressed college students and commuter organizers at the university of chicago, the former president provided advice on a number of issues that included

program, looking at president trump's cabinet, with portions of the confirmation hearings from betsy devos. scott pruitt and others. trump andt, president the president of italy. they held a joint news conference. first, we will take a look at their briefer marks in the oval office. president trump a great welcome to the prime minister of italy. we are going to have a long discussion. >> thank you. i am really pleased to be here. visit ining for his sicily next month. president trump i look forward to that. thank you very much. thank you. thank you. president trump: thank you, very much. prime minister, welcome. great honor. thank you. it is wonderful to have you in our wonderful people's house known as the white house. so many great italian friends are with us today. and we

secretary betsy devos. thank you. [applause] >> so it has been all of our experience that those closest to the problem are best equipped to solve it. that means empowering parents, teachers, state and local leaders, not the federal government. time and time again we've seen that one size fits all policies and mandates from washington simply don't work. we can't have a cookie cutter approach to education. each state and each school have different challenges. each individual student has unique needs. our solutions should be as varied as the students we serve. the every student succeeds act was a good step in this direction giving flexibilities to states to best meet their needs. we're going to implement this law as congress intended and not how the previous administration dictated it. when we give power back, students benefit. this executive order puts us on that track. i thank the president for signing this executive order and for his commitment to an education policy that puts students first. it's my honor now to intr

administrator seema verma, secretary betsy devos, and, of course, my good friend from south carolina who is a very tough competitor, i want to tell you -- nikki haley, ambassador. she is doing fantastically well. [applause] and we're also joined, of course, by florida attorney general, highly respected, pam bondi. so i want to thank you, pam. thank you. [applause] elaine chao, our secretary of transportation, who's a real expert. she was secretary of labor, but she said, i really wanted to be secretary of transportation. that's a real expertise, and she's doing incredibly. she would have been here, but she's celebrating the 50th anniversary of the department of transportation right now as we speak. and we're going to work on infrastructure and we're going to put up one of the big and great infrastructure bills of all time. [applause] we're going to get our infrastructure fixed in our country, and we're going to rebuild our country, and that's what we need. lots of jobs, also. and i want to thank ford -- you saw their big announcement yesterday. and so many others are announcing treme

eastern, we will continue with the personal profiles of president trump am including betsy devos, ben carson and scott pruitt. >> states need to enter into agreement about water issues. >> friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, maria shriver and positions testify before the senate committee on aging about research on curing alzheimer's. >> i believe getting more women into clinical trials could possibly lead to the cure for all of us. >> next week at 8:00 p.m. on c-span. >> this weekend on the presidency. discuss the relationship between alexander hamilton and george washington at the new york historical society. here is a preview. >> i want to read you a quote from hamilton. people have often taken two quotes i think out of context. one is at one point he says "washington was a great shield for me," and immediately if you are a jeffersonian, you say, see, he used washington. at one point in hamilton's relationship with washington, washington says to him, i want you to come see me immediately. hamilton says yes. marquisinto the lafayette and stops to chat for a while for this young and charming

our education secretary, betsy devos is also here. stand up. thank you, betsy. [applause] secretary devos is working to make sure our workers are trained for the skilled, technical jobs that will, in the future, power our country. joined byed to be students from gateway technical college and remember, the , ryane president albrecht. thank you. great job. [applause] thank you very much. your partnership with snap-on is a great idea of why vocational education is the way of the future. we had vocational schools that were great in queens. we don't have schools like that so much anymore but we are bringing them back. these are very talented people that love that type of work. it really is great work. are going tohools be a great factor in the trump administration. together, we are going to do everything in our power to make --e more on x are stamped make sure more of our products are stamped "made in the usa." [applause] to startays, we used using it again. watched asg, we have our factories have been closed and our jobs have been sent to other faraway lands. we lost

prince was a major contributor to trump's campaign and brother of betsy devos who now serves adds the president of the secretary. to distract from probes into the russian connection from three days now he's been tweeting an attempt to from possible conclusion between his campaign and russia. referring to his story on fox this morning, for example, trump tweeted such amazing reporting on unmasking and the crooked scheme against u.s. by fox and friends spied on before nomination, the real story. from there the president went back to his rear-view mirror, the giant one, did hillary clinton ever apologize in receiving the answers to that debate? just asking. this is the president of the united states. attacking nbc news, when will sleepy eyes chuck todd start talking about the audio surveillance scandal. they're following in line on that point. three out of five pollsters don't oppose an fbi polls. 65% who do want to get an investigation going by the fbi. well, trump meanwhile seems desperate to distract attention from any investigation about anything the president may have done to thank

. >> thursday that :00 eastern, personal profiles of president trump's cabinet, including betsy devosin the ben carson, and scott pruitt. >> states to join together and enter into an agreement to address the epa to serve -- serve the role it is supposed to serve. that should be celebrated. friday at 8:00 eastern, maria shriver and position -- agingians testified on about research efforts to cure alzheimer's disease. >> studying women and getting more women into clinical trials could possibly lead to the cure for all of us. >> this week at 8:00 on c-span. >> c-span takes a look back at the white house easter egg williams hosted by the last four presidents. it is to take place on capitol hill until congress, worried about damage to the capitol grounds, passed a law banning the practice. two years later, president weatherford behaves opened the grounds to children on easter. [indiscernible]

but first, betsy devos. >> i have only got one question today. us to it so difficult for figure out how to focus on outcome versus to get so hung up on process? i think that is a very good question and i think we could have a robust debate about that. the human tendency is to protect and guard what is because change is difficult. thatet, we see the fact there are millions of students who are simply not getting the opportunity for an equal opportunity for a quality education. we tried to tinker around from the top and we try to fix things. systemmes more about the then what is right for each child. that climateieve change is caused by carbon emissions, human activity? as i indicated. he you were not here but as i indicated, the climate is changing. activity contributes to that in some manner. senator sanders: in some manner? scientists who wrote articles in peer-reviewed journals believe human activity is the fundamental reason. do you disagree? >> i believe the ability to measure with humanion the degree of activity contributing is subject to deb

first, betsy devos, education secretary nominee. >> i've only got one question today. us to it so difficult for figure out how to focus on outcome versus to get so hung up on process? >> senator, i think that is a very good question. i think we could have a very robust debate in this room about that. but i think that human tendency is,o protect and guard what because change is difficult. and yet we see the fact that there are millions of students who are simply not hitting the opportunity -- getting the opportunity for an equal education. and we tried to tinker around from the top. ittry to fix things, but becomes more about the system, i'm afraid, than it does about what is right child. >> do you believe that climate change is caused by the emission , by carbon emissions, by human activity? >> senator, as i indicated in my opening statement, the climate does contribute it in some manner. >> 97% of the scientists who wrote articles in peer-reviewed journals believe that human activity is the fundamental reason we are seeing climate change. do you disagree with that? >>

eric prince is the brother of betsy devos, education secretary. but today, both prince and the white house deny that this meeting was arranged on behalf of the trump administration. but as this all trickles out, it's part of that information about back-channel meetings in addition to these that we're hearing about. of course, we know last week jared kushner's meeting that happened back in december it came out that he met with the chairman of a russian-run bank. this all just adds to the questions as the fbi investigates the question, did trump associates collude with the russians? kate? >> more questions rather than less. jessica, thanks for laying it out for us. it is confusing to follow the developments. you almost need a flow chart. let's discuss this and more. where do things stand with the investigation on the house intelligence committee? let's find out. democratic congresswoman jackie speier is joining me now. she sits on the house intelligence committee. congresswoman, thank you so much for the time. i know you'll be gathering in a few min

eastern, continued personal profiles of the cabinet, including betsy devos, tom price, ben carson, and scott pruitt. >> the states should join together and inter-into an agreement to address water quality issues and involve the epa to serve the role it is supposed to serve. announcer: friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, maria shriver testifies before the senate committee on aging about research efforts to cure alzheimer's disease. >> i believe studying women in getting more women into clinical trials could possibly lead to the cure for all of us. announcer: this week at 8:00 p.m. on c-span. we want to welcome david wasserman, cook political report. good sunday morning. guest: thanks for having me back. host: this is a headline from "the washington post." don't hit the panic button on trump. what is the challenge, what is the opportunity for the g.o.p.? guest: midterm elections are still 19 months away. so far the three months of the trump presidency has felt like three years. we don't know what the political environment will be like in 2018 but the first year, first couple months of a preside

eastern, continued personal profiles of the cabinet, including betsy devos, tom price, ben carson, andcott pruitt. >> the states should join together and inter-into an agreement to address water quality issues and involve the epa to serve the role it is supposed to serve. announcer: friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, maria shriver testifies before the senate committee on aging about research efforts to cure alzheimer's disease. >> i believe studying women in getting more women into clinical trials could possibly lead to the cure for all of us. announcer: this week at 8:00 p.m. on c-span. we want to welcome david wasserman, cook political report. good sunday morning. guest: thanks for having me back. host: this is a headline from "the washington post." don't hit the panic button

nomineeave education betsy devos -- secretary of education nominee betsy devos. >> why is it so difficults to figure out how to focus on outcome? >> that is a very good question. we could have a very robust debate in this room about that. to protect andis guard what is because change is difficult. and yet, we see the fact that there are millions of students who are simply not getting the an equalties for opportunity for a quality education. around from the top and we try to fix things, but it becomes more about the system than it does about what is right for each child. >> you believe that climate change is caused by the omission, by carbon emissions from huon human activity? >> the climate is changing. human activity contributes to that in some manner. >> 97% of the scientists who wrote articles in peer-reviewed human activitye is the fundamental reason we are seeing climate change. you disagree with that? >>

now all we're worried about is, what is betsy devos going to do? forget betsy devos. i want to know what you're doing in your school board. this gets me all worked up. you know why? because the two hardest to reform institutions in america are k through 12 and higher education. they don't want to change. and if they don't, they will be disintermediated with echnology. mr. cook: and from "the daily beast." gov. kasich: i read your stuff too. well, not yours, but i read "the daily beast." >> i wonder to what extent you think that investigations into the trump orbit and their relations with the russian government is an important issue to investigate and a reasonable issue to investigate and whether you think that the ongoing investigations by the house and senate intelligence committees are credible or if we need some sort of outside body, like a select commission, to investigate it? gov. kasich: of course it's legitimate to find out what happens. i don't read this story every day, i just don't. i saw adam schiff over in munich, i said, adam, you're a smart guy, you coul

his sister, betsy devos, education secretary. he was lingering on the edges even though he was never a formal member of the campaign or transition team. he was in the building, he was meeting with transition officials, he was offering advice on many issues. we learned about the meeting in the seychelles some time ago. it took us a while to figure out who had participated. when we learned it was erik prince, it sort of made sense. he sort of would be ideal as kind of a person you would turn to to have a back-channel communication with moscow. >> greg, and i'll open this up to the others. the white house said erik prince had no role in the transition. he was not officially involved in the transition. so the push-back has been as one of the administration sources told nbc news, this is ridiculous, basically they said. greg, i want to get your take on that. should that be the end of the story? >> that's true, and that's what our story says. however, that doesn't mean -- he has multiple, you know, web of connections with trump people.

a small group showing their disapproval of betsy devos, calling her welcoming her. stepping out of her suv, security close by, the reception inside, youthful, warm, patriotic. >> it was a wonderful, wonderful welcome here and just seeing the faces of the children that i had the opportunity to meet, that's the best. >> reporter: compare that with one of the secretary's first local school visits, to jefferson middle school academy in february. protesters blocking the doors. her bodyguard having to guide her back into the suv, taking her through a back entrance to get into the school. she's now guarded by u.s. marshalls. their presence clear through the halls of the school. it didn't stop the secretary from stopping along the way to greet students with special needs. >> you're doing great. >> reporter: and to meet with military families. april is the month of the military child. >> i hope to encourage her and others to advocate to not cut, you know, childcare in general. >> reporter: lieutenant colonel robe obligate showed up in uniform but speaking mostly mom, she exp

. >> also, education secretary betsy devos for restoring state and local control of our schools. thank you very much, betsy. we're empowering those who know our students the best, by far the best, right, betsy. they're the parents and teachers so every child has a chance to succeed. in fact, we're proud to have some of those wonderful teachers here with us today and we'd like to welcome all of them to the white house. it's a great honor. [ applause ] i also want to thank local leaders for joining us, including new governor of alabama, fantastic, i've been hearing about you for years in the most positive ways. i'm not surprised that you're governor of alabama. congratulations. governor branstead who will be heading out to china. they love the soon-to-be ambassador. he also loves china. they are looking forward to seeing you. thank you, governor. [ applause ] >> governor sandoval, we want to thank you and everyone else for being with us for too long, a federal government has imposed its will on state and local governments. the result has been education that spent more and achieves f

the perfect time. [ cheers and applause ] i saw that trump appeared with education secretary betsy devosrday. trump had three words for betsy. really exceptional job. betsy said, i have three words for you. thank you. [ laughter and applause ] this is pretty big, president trump has abandoned his plan for the u.s. to withdraw from nafta even though it was a key issue during the campaign. i guess he wants to focus on a a different nafta called north americans for twitter attacks. [ light laughter ] that's right, trump had threatened to withdraw from nafta and he has been talking to canadian prime minister justin trudeau and mexican president, enrique pena nieto, about it a lot. now, many people say that trudeau and pena nieto are some of the best looking world leaders but i think all three of the nafta leaders have a lot going for them. take a look at this. ♪ [ cheers ] [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i figure they all got something going. >> steve: they got it. they got it going on. >> jimmy: meanwhile, trump just released his new tax plan and treasury secretary, steve mnuchin, said that it would

he is 2 brother of betsy devos, the education secretary for donald trump. a lot of the contacts lead directly to donald trump. >> thaert. let's remember how erik made his money, blackwater, one would say this firm subject to acts of rurts abuses and other things in iraq. his background i describe him as when you're a hammer, everything looks like a nail. sort of a military type aggressive person, and so the amazing thing about the washington post story is not only that the meeting happened, erik had to have known his contacts with the trump administration, even if the meetings were benign, but also this whole notion of the back channel. i don't get it. it keeps coming up with the trump administration. they were about to be a president. it was about to be official. you don't need back channels. >> unless there's some sort of a smoke there. jim, here's the thing. erik prince had a point of view of russia. he went on steve bannon's bright batter radio station. he defended loudly the russians against accusations of hacking the clinton campaign chairman. here he

. -- betsy devos, she is busy showing children her collection of tears.ot of people think betsy devos is out of touch with america but you listen to me every morning she is up at 5:00 , a.m. putting children on their bike to school, don't you tell me she is out of touch. has anyone seen rick perry the energy secretary? i have a feeling he is sitting in a room of plutonium hoping to become spiderman. [laughter] now a lot of people think that steve bannon is the reason donald trump dog whistles to racists. that is not true. is steve bannon here? i do not see steve bannon. i do not see steve bannon. not see. nazi steve bannon. nazi steve bannon. [laughter] frederick douglass is not here, that is because he is dead. somebody please help the -- someone please tell the president. [applause] mike pence wanted to be here, his wife would not let him take -- would not let him because apparently one of you ladies is ovulating. good job, ladies, because of you we cannot hang out with mike pence. [laughter] ivanka trump is not here either, i wish she was. if she was h

in my eyes it sounds like it has been privatized by millionaires, billionaires like betsy devos. never had experience in education. so i believe public schooling is better because you've got a diverse array of different children and you have more teachers there. especially young teachers. we need more young teachers. but i think privatizing and charter schools, i believe privatized by investors and billionaires. question give me the -- the answer i want to know? is it privatized? guest: the answer is no. charter schools are public schools. here's another thing. charter schools serve a greater percentage of minority students as well as those who are qualifying for free and reduced lunch. so what you are seeing is a greater focus on those students who need it most and the families who otherwise would not have choices other than their traditional public schools. but it is important to know charter schools are public schools. host: public charter.org in their wrapup of some of the numbers in this country, we are seeing the city with the highest percentage of public charter schools st

tonight, scott pruitt, betsy devos, and others and that begins at 8 p.m. eastern a, davideek on q and mccullough on his book the american spirit, who we are and what we stand for. a selection of his speeches going back to 1989. >> the 20th century senator who has been written about the moat -- most is david mccullough. do you remember how you went about preparing for the speech? >> hardest i've ever worked on anything i have ever delivered from a podium. >> david mccullough on his book, the american spirit. a selection of his speeches going back to 1989. that is on sunday p.m. eastern at c-span q and a. prescription drug addiction in the united states. this discussion includes a doctor, else

part two of our special program begins with education secretary betsy devos.he was narrowly confirmed by the senate in february with vice president mike pence casting the tie-breaking vote. the daughter of a wealthy michigan family and the wife to

betsy devos said purple. >> steve: wow! [ applause ] purple.jimmy: this next poll asked do you put half and half in your coffee? half of the people said, "yes, i use half and half." half of that many people said, "no i don't use half and half." and half of half of that many people said, "half milk, half half and half." [ applause ] half, half and half? >> steve: i'm a three quarters. >> jimmy: thank you. the next poll asked, how do you express your views? 60% said by posting on facebook. 25% said by talking to friends and family in person. 15% said by retweeting someone else's views to make me seem smart. [ applause ] close to the bone! next they asked, what do you do to relax? 25% said have a glass of wine. >> steve: mm. >> jimmy: 30% said exercise. 45% said i am relaxed, you're the one who needs to relax! [ laughter and applause ] keep asking me questions all the time! next poll asked, 'sup? [ light laughter ] 100% said -- nothin'. [ laughter and applause ] >> steve: nothing. >> jimmy: nothing. last poll asked, what do you use to do your taxe

this is from bernie sanders and betsy devos. they both wrote, "this is bananas."nders posted a picture of neil gorsuch being appointed to the supreme court. and betsy devos posted a >> steve: wait. [ laughter and applause ] >> jimmy: close. >> steve: almost. >> jimmy: next one is from kellyanne conway and donald trump. they both wrote, look who's here for their annual visit. kellyanne conway posted a a picture of the easter bunny, dontald trump posted a picture of melania. >> steve: wow. that's not -- [ laughter and applause ] >> jimmy: she's allowed to show up. >> steve: yeah. >> jimmy: she's allowed to show up when -- and just chill. every other week. next, we have one from jared kushner and jeff sessions. they both wrote, if you need me, i'll be at my summer house. jerry kushner posted a picture of a house in the hamptons, jeff sessions posted a picture of the keebler elf tree. >> steve: wow. >> jimmy: he lives there? [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: his summer house? >> jimmy: his summer house? the next on is from kendrick lamar and mike pence. they both wrot

juan: wilbur ross, betsy devos. >> it is him is like a shocking parody, as if they're trying to true,we all know is dramatically true, and we're going to show it to you. in interesting question but the one you raise, is, how are they maintaining support of the people there kicking in the face? that is not uninteresting. if you look into it, there is a number of factors. first of all, many of the trump voters -- white working class voters -- quite a few of them voted for obama in 2008. you go back to the obama campaign, the exciting words were "hope" and "change." -- item usually agree with sarah palin, but when n she asked where is this hopepe and change stuff, she wasn't talking nonsense will stop it quickly became clear there is no hope and the is no change. the working people work dissolution. you could see it in massachusetts, think when kennedy died, the liberal lion that w was going to be a vote to replace him in 2010. amazingly, a republican won in democratic massachusetts, kennedy's seat. and union voters did not vote for the democrats. they were very upset by the fact , they

he had no formal role in the transition but his sisters, betsy devos. prince himself a major trump donor. he visited trump transition offices back in december. one of the journalists who broke this story joins us. tell me, where was this meeting and why was this meeting? >> so this meeting happened in a set of islands in the middle of the indian ocean weeks before trump's inauguration. it was arranged with the help of united arab of emirates as back channel communication between the trump team and russia. erik prince has deep contacts with the trump white house and met with a russian, a wealthy russian individual with close ties to putin. the agenda is not completely clear. one of the things we're told they discussed was try to find ways to drive a wedge between russia and iran. >> why did it have to be a back channel meeting? we're learning and know during that time, general flynn who had then been named as national security advisor he had kaktsz with the russian ambassador. why did erik prince have to do this? >> that's a really good question. it does

student at ashland elementary greeting betsy devos.s school chosen given its strong military ties. the kids raising their hands, they're children of military service members. >> my mom doesn't fly in to save the day. well, sometimes she does. >> reporter: the secretary reading them a book about a military mom who does it all, or at least tries to. >> i'm a working mom. my husband also works. >> reporter: this lieutenant colone version of that story. >> and i'm active duty air force. i have three boys, 8, 6, and a 2-year-old who we're trying to potty train. >> reporter: her oldest two kids at her side. she joined a round table discussion with the secretary. other military parents chiming in. >> your child is in a school where they accept you, they understand your situation, and they can relate. >> reporter: the colonel stressed the need for childcare. >> care that works with a military schedule and summer programs are a real need. so i'm hoping, if not yourself or ivanka trump, somebody takes it on and really solves it for us, because i