emhoff has two adult children from a previous marriage to kirsten emhoff.hey divorced when their kids were still young. ella is now 23, a fashion designer and model in new york who became an influencer of sorts during the 2020 campaign. and 28-year-old cole is recently engaged and working in hollywood. how have they adjusted to being in the public eye even though they're not here? they're emhoffs. >> i'd say -- ella's in the public eye with her career. i think she's out there. i'm so proud of her. still her dad. i see what she's doing, and i'm always thinking about her as her dad. cole's doing his thing. he's getting married next year. he's also in the entertainment industry. so we talk a lot. i don't see him as much as i can, but we're talking at least four or five times a week, facetiming, texting. one of the things i love, i'll be walking in and -- as we now know the vp can't text, so she's on the phone with the kids and i'll come in, and she's laughing. like, oh, who's that? it's ella or cole. like normal. we want to be parents first. and as intense as

emhoff has two children from a previous marriage to kiersten emhoff.vorced when their kids were still young. ella is now 23, a fashion design are and model in new york who became an influencer of sorts during the 2020 campaign, and 28-year-old cole is recently engaged and working in hollywood. how have they adjusted to being in the public eye? even though they aren't here, they're emhoffs. >> i'd say ella's in the public eye with her career. i think she's out there. i'm so proud of her. so her dad, i'm always -- i see what she's doing and i'm always just thinking about her as her dad. cole's doing his thing. he's getting married next year. he's also in the entertainment industry. so we talk a lot. i don't see him as much as i, can but we're talking at least four or five times a week facetiming, texting. one of the things i love, i'll be walking in and as we now know, the vp can text. so she's on the phone with the kids and i'll come in and she's laughing and i'm like who's that? well, it's ella or cole. it's normal. we want it to be parents first. as i

we're going to be talking to you about your interview with the second gentleman doug emhoff. very curious about that. >>> now a new cruel chapter for the families of murder victims in uvalde, texas. demanding answers where the director of the texas department of public safety telling them they did not fail the community. we were at that meeting and joinls us live. what else did you hear? >> yeah, certainly a lot of pain. five months later defending the actions of his agency. a painful moment for the families. the families came to the meeting for answers, demanding answers. they were told they were going to get their questions answered. they were told they were going to get information. instead they got more finger pointing and excuses. >> raw emotion erupting at a meeting where frustrated family members expected to hear some accountability about the 77 minutes it took for law enforcement to kill the shooter in uvalde. >> he should have been terminated within 10 minutes, period. plain and simple. >> what were they afraid of, sir? >> reporter: aiming their frustration directly

i've been wanting to talk to doug emhoff for a long time.writing a second playbook there has never been a second gentleman because there has never been a female vice president. we talk about that. and sort of the gender-bending idea of what he does, and the idea of being a supportive male partner. take a listen. >> i think there are a lot of men who intellectually want to support their female partners. and then when it gets to that point, it's hard. >> yeah. >> it's hard on your ego. you say you have a healthy ego. have there been moments like that? >> yeah. like i said, you have to put your ego aside, though. and it's not about you. and i will be on -- i'll be giving speeches. and one of the things i say is men need to support women. >> don't just think you're being supportive. don't just say you're being supportive. be supportive. >> one, it's the right thing to do. and then, okay, you need to actually do it. don't just think you're doing it. and the women in the audience start looking around and smiling. sometimes it's hard, and sometimes

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so as part of your incredible series, you sat down with the first second gentleman doug emhoff and ithe business world. what did he tell you? >> well first, we talked about the -- several firsts that he and more importantly his wife are presenting or making history with. by being in these roles. one of them is the fact that doug emhoff is the first jewish person in any of sort of the four roles, president, vice president, first lady or now second gentleman. and they put a mezuzah on the door post of the naval observatory where they live. it is something that jews put there as a way to commemorate or remember god's commandments. and he wanted to do that to make a point for a lot of reasons. one of which is that there is a rise in anti-semitism in america. and he wants to use his platform to speak out. he did release a statement most recently about certainly the kanye west controversy saying that hate has no -- and anti-semitism has no place in america. so that is one of many things, erica, he and i spoke about as we walked around the naval observatory. one was the fact that he has old

it's going to be with doug emhoff, the country's second gentleman.about his experience with anti-semitism, let's listen. >> have you been the victim of anti-semitism? >> it's interesting. i have been around it when people don't realize i'm jewish. and a lot of times in the business, in my business career, i'll be in a room, people are having their drinks and talking, and someone will make an anti-semitic remark. not realizing that i'm jewish. >> what do you do? >> sometimes i would say something, sometimes i should have and i didn't. depending on the circumstance. i look back now, and i'm mad still. i wish -- there's a few moment thats wish i would have said something. but you're young, you're in the business world, you just don't know how to react. you know, that's why i'm always going to speak out and live the way i'm living right now. >> what else did you take away from your conversation with him? that was so interesting. >> there's so many firsts that both he and, more importantly, that the woman he's married to, the vice president, are bringing

and we had the convening and this was under kathy emhoff, who was the president and ceo of montpelier at the time. we convened 50 museum professionals and practice partners, and it was the most amazing event. it really was. i just never felt that much energy in the room. you had noted scholars. you have professionals like myself, and they had descended and descendants who had worked on the property for 5 to 10 years. and i think the moment that gave both of us chills was when one woman was talking about. she was on the dig and she found a brick and the brick had a child's thumbprint in it. and because she's a descent dent from mount peltier, she said, that could have been my ancestor. i am here discovering something that they literally made. they left their imprint here. and it just it just changed frame of reference of what these plantations do and how they can influence and get people greater, buy in and support, but. but i'm sorry. go ahead. no, that was a beautiful example. another moment that was powerful. you remember when we sat around the reconstructed cabins? yeah, right. fir

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let's talk about this special interview you have that's going to be airing this weekend with doug emhoff with the second couple. it is that he's the first man, but also he's the first jewish person to be in this role. and they at the naval observatory they put up a misuzza, it's a commandment of god to have it at the gates of your house. have you been the victim of anti-semitism? >> it's interesting. i have been around when people don't realize i'm jewish. a lot of times in the business, in my business career i'll be in a room and people are having their drinks and talking and someone will make an anti-semitic remark not realizing that i'm jewish. >> and what do you do? >> and sometimes i would say something. sometimes i should've and i didn't, depending on the circumstance. and i look back now, and i'm mad still. there are a few moments that i wish i would have said something. but you're young, you're in the business world, and you just don't know how to react. that's why i'm always going to speak out and live the way i'm living right now. >> and he is speaking out. we spoke just before

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in 2021, doug emhoff became the first-ever second gentleman and also the first jewish person in the role about leaving his job to support his wife and the message he hopes to get across to all men in my new cnn special "being the second gentleman." do you think there are a lot of men who intellectually want to support their female partners, and then when it gets to that point, it's hard. >> yeah. >> it's hard on your ego. you say you have a healthy ego. have there been moments like that? >> yeah, i -- like i said, you have to put your ego aside, though. it's not about you. i will be giving speeches, and one of the things i say is, men need to support women. >> don't just think you're being supportive. don't just say you're being supportive. be supportive. >> one, it's the right thing to do. and men, you need to do it. don't just think you're doing it. then the women in the audience start looking around and smiling. sometimes it's hard and not what you expect, but it's the right thing to do. if i can get an example doing it, i'm grateful for that. >> you can watch the whole special "being

dana, you have a special coming up on saturday night, eight eastern, i know you sat down with doug emhoff, the second gentleman of the united states. what did he have to say? >> anderson, in the series, i try to talk to people who are in the news, tried to get to know them, what it's like to be them. i've been wanting to talk to him for a long time, because he's writing a new playbook. there is never been a second gentleman, because there's never been a female vice president. so, we talked about that and set up kind of the gender bending idea of what he does, and the idea of being a supportive male partner. take a listen. >> i think there are a lot of men who intellectually want to support their female partners, and then when it gets to that point, it is hard. it's hard on your ego. you said you have a healthy ego, have there been moments like that? >> like i said, you have to put your ego aside, it's not about you. i will be giving speeches and one of the things i say is men need to support women. >> don't just think you're being supportive. don't just say you're being supportive. be sup

and candidly, i have been fascinated with finding that out from doug emhoff, for almost two years sincew there's no manual to be the second gentleman, because it didn't exist before, but to be the second spouse. >> there's no manual. and dr. biden said as much to me. because i did ask her, well, you have this role, what can i expect? she said, first, you won't believe me if i told you. and, two, it's just going to be different for you, because you're a man and she's a woman. and you're the first one and kind of the times we're in right now. just be yourself, be authentic and support her. >> reporter: the term "second lady was was was first used in the 1990s but there wasn't a roll until pat nixon started campaigning with her husband. there are five second ladies, jill pence. >> i talked to mrs. pence. >> reporter: was she helpful? >> she was. we had a good conversation. she was most helpful having been in the residence right before. there's a lot of -- you know, it's nonintuitive things that happen. living in this type of situation. >> reporter: like what? >> she was very helpful. just

meanwhile our dana bash sat down with the second gentleman doug emhoff.of that exclusive conversation. >> i think there are a lot of men who intellectually want to support their female partners and then when it gets to that point, it's hard. >> yeah. >> it's hard on your ego. you say you have a healthy ego. have there been moments like that? >> yeah. like i said, you have to put your ego aside and know it's not about you, and i will be -- i'll be giving speeches, and one of the things i say is men need to s support women. >> don't just think you're being supportive. don't just say you're being supportive. be supportive. >> one, it's the right thing to do, and then, men, okay. you feed to actually do it. don't just think you're doing it and the women in the audience start looking around and smiling. sometimes it's hard and sometimes it's not what you expect, but it's the right thing to do, and if i can set an example doing it, i'm very grateful for that. >> join dana tomorrow night for the second gentleman. it begins at 8:00 p.m. right here on cnn. >>> wel

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and second gentleman doug emhoff the first jewish spouse said that they're facing an epidemic of hatek out against anti-semitism. no person of any faith should have to fear violence because of what they believe. still aed had, we'll move back to politics and take a look at what is happening right now in georgia. the state is recording record high turnout during early voting. but stacy abrams says voters are still being suppressed. we'll have her explanation next on "way too early." we'll have her explanation next on "way too earl y. tide pods ultra oxi one ups the cleaning power of liquid. can it one up whatever they're doing? for sure. seriously? one up the power of liquid, one up the toughest stains. any further questions? uh uh! one up the power of liquid with tide pods ultra oxi. think he's posting about all that ancient roman coinage? no, he's seizing the moment with merrill. moving his money into his investment account in real time and that's... how you collect coins. your money never stops working for you with merrill, a bank of america company. ♪♪ ♪ a bunch of dead guys made u

shelby and emhoff and what to me, a little differently maybe.can extremism, and that they simply are not willing to acknowledge and stand up to this president about climate change, about election denial, all of those kinds of things. that is why we need a big victory this year. to finally put those people and those views and those stances to rest. >> senator, it's always good to see you. thank you for taking time to be with us. appreciate it, senator sherrod brown is a democrat of ohio. i appreciate that he introduced fast food to the conversation this morning. after the, break the january six committee is asking the secret service to spill some secrets. the committee wants information about contacts between the secret service and members of the far-right extremist group, the oath keepers. the oath keepers ♪ (customer) save yourself?! money with farmers. (burke) that's not wrong. when you bundle your home and auto policies with farmers, you save yourself up to twenty percent. (customer) that's something. (burke) get a whole lot of something with