angry, negative reaction from african countries after the way the president of the united states described africa today. that's certainly not going to make the lives of u.s. military personnel any easier over there barbara starr. thanks very much. erin burnett starts right now. outfront next. breaking news. vulgar, ugly, unacceptable. the president's own words about people of color. plus, more breaking news overnight. trump, in a new interview released moments ago seems to hint at having a relationship with kim jong-un. how two trump tweets sent washington into a downward spiral today. let's go out front. good evening, i'm erin burnett. outfront tonight, whites only. president trump using an ugly, vulgar description. with members of congress, there

were a lot of people in the room describing haiti, el salvador and african countries as quote, s-holes. he didn't say it that way. he was unpresidential. let me read the full quote. why are we having all these people from s-hole countries come here. this is between trump and lawmakers. the account made by "the washington post." the source tells cnn this is how it happened. dick durbin was talking about the list of countries with temporary protected status of immigration. when durbin got to haiti, trump asked why the u.s. wants people from haiti in the united states. just to be clear about what he meant, trump added, the united states should get more people from norway. that's right. fewer people from haiti, el salve dor, africa and more from norway. enough said. outrage over the remark has been swift and furious. democratic congressman, elijah

cummings saying icon democrat this statement from the office of the presidency. i will always fight against the vulnerable and bigotry in all forms. the president's comments are, quote, further proof that make america great is really make america white again, agenda. on the republican side, one response from congresswoman mia love of utah. she's haitian-american tweeting the president's comments are unkind, divisive, elitist in the face of our nation's values. this is unacceptable from the leader of our nation. my parents came from one of those countries. the president must apologize. sarah is outside the white house. sarah, not only does it sound like an apology is not coming, the white house does not deny the president said these words. >> reporter: that's right. as you pointed out, it doesn't include an apology or denial. we haven't heard from anyone in the white house insisting this

didn't happen. a spokesman here put out a lengthy statement. here is a portion of what it says. president trump is fighting for permanent solutions that make the country with people who can contribute. one of the things white house staffers are talking about privately, one of the things my colleague, caitlin collins said is the notion staffers believe that the president's comments are going to resinate with his base, they are going to play well with the base of supporters that elected him. it is worth remembering, on election night when president trump was victorious, when it was clear he was going to be the next president of the united states, he said in that acceptance speech, he wanted to be president for all people. back to you. >> thank you very much, sara. joan walsh is the nation's national affairs. paris bernard, april ryan is going to join us in a moment.

white house reporter. paris, let me start with you. how do you defend this? >> i'm not here to defend it. i think it's hard to defend something that is unsubstantiated and based off -- >> i have to jump in here. that defense is not going to work tonight. not tonight. deny everything else he said. they denied everything in the michael wolf book. they denied everything. they are not denying this. you cannot hide behind that. >> thank you for your extended commentary, erin. if you allow me to speak, just like the michael wolf book, you have people who are not coming out and saying who they are. if this is what you think the president said, come out and say it. these white house staffers who allegedly said this will resinate with the base, that is offensive and just like the white house staffers who said things in the wolf book to say

things to derail this presidency. the underlying assumption is this president is a racist. the narrative you are leading with is the president is racist and the base is racist and will appreciate things that are racist. that's 100% false. i would not have used those words if they were used. at the end of the day, the president is focused on a good deal for the american people. >> stop there. i want to let april get in here. april ryan is with us. i just want to make it clear, i'm going to keep making it clear. when he says things, they deny it. they are not denying it. i would like people in that room to come out by name. i agree with you. the bottom line is, he said it and he is not denying he said it. april? >> that's resounding for the president of the united states when he works with other countries to say things like this. um, paris, if you say it's not racist, there's a racial ting to

it. i talked to the naacp, hilary shelton of the naacp who said when you look at the word racist, how it comes together, it's racial prejudice and power. he says that begs the question of, was this a racist statement? racial prejudice and power makes racism. that's what the naacp says. for a president of the united states who deals with other countries, he is not diplomatic. this is ugly at the face. it was just flat out wrong. we don't hear those kind of things from that office, the highest office in the land. >> right. that is the crucial point here. i want to say, we talked about the condemnation. it is bipartisan. i want to make the pounlt, overwhelmingly, more democrats have come out. so far, mia love and orrin hatch have come out. we have heard nothing from republican leadership.

i look forward to getting a more detailed explanation regarding the president's comments. part of what makes america special is we honor the best and brightest. you heard mia love's powerful comments. two democrats have spoken out on camera. >> he does things that i never thought i would see come from the president of the united states. this is extremely damaging. it is very, very hurtful. >> we are traumatized, as a nation, by this president and how he behaves. he is certainly not behaving presidential. >> this is beneath the presidency. he doesn't get what makes america great. >> okay. that's three democrats, two republicans. where is the republican leadership? >> first of all, i have a worldwide exclusive for you tonight, erin. my understanding, from a very good source, he didn't say s-hole, he said s-house.

s-house is less frequently used. >> to make the point, you are not trying to say there's a difference between the two things. >> this is a vulgar way of speaking. we don't want the president of the united states to talk this way, especially if it is going to be repeated outside the room. the level of freak out goes to how the elite on the right and left of the country has got so disconnected on common sense. these countries you are referring to are basket cases. they are disaster areas. the point he was making within the context of the immigration policy discussion is we are much better off with people of higher levels of education and skill -- >> i want to get to that point. if you are going to say that, you need to answer why he said i want more people from norway. >> you want to know why? you want to know what? what happened this week that had something to do with norway? the leader of norway was here and they were talking about that. >> the last white person in the

room? >> come on, look. if we move to a system like canada and australia, points based, merit based and skills based. people from norway don't want to come here. you get more south and east asians. >> they did come here when they were a basket case and moved to the midwest of the country and have contributed greatly. that is what happens. that is what happens, people come from countries, they join this country and make it greater, whatever their color. >> so many people are stuck on immigration policy, where they think it's the early 20th century forever. you can have a lot of low-skill people who want to work hard and it will be fine because there's endless manufacturing jobs. that's not how we work. >> they said the reason they are ending these protections for haitians is those countries are no longer basket cases and they can go back. >> you are contradicting yourself. if you say they shouldn't go

back because they are dangerous and violent. >> i don't have a left position. both countries have a lot of problems. a lot of these people have lived here 10, 12, 17 years. they haven't caused trouble, they have jobs. there's something cruel about displacing them and something racist. i will say it, the backdrop to this that we have to look at is donald trump is speaking to his base because he's been catching hell from his base for two days. i didn't interrupt you. i don't know i haven't been to either place. why are you interrupting me. >> you can't answer that question. >> it's none of your business, actually. >> it's not a matter of where you want to live, it's a matter of whether an individual can be productive. hold on. april, i hear you trying to get into the conversation. >> let me say this, former head of the rnc, the republican national committee, michael

steel said, this white house is trying to control the browning of this nation. we are now actually seeing the majority of kids, babies being born in this nation that are brown and, you know, to hear this, it goes right back to that point. michael ske michael steel, former head of the rnc, the president, during his campaigning, he talked about the other in terms of us versus them. this is going back to that. you can play politics with it all you want. this is definitely a dividing statement, a moment of division. you also go back to charlottesville. we heard this when the president was going back and forth. both sides are wrong. >> they are good people. >> yeah. >> i want to read part of the statement from the white house where they did not deny

comments. they say like other nations, merit based immigration, president trump is fighting for solutions to make our party stronger welcoming those to contribute and simulate into our great nation. combine that with, as you say, s-houses, they are saying if you are from an s-house, you cannot contribute to our economy. that is what they are saying. >> the level of education in this country, the level of skills is not high. not by fault of those who live there, they have broken political seasons and economic systems. they have political strife and war. that is not good for the people living there. like, canada and australia, they emphasize merit. there's nothing racist in that policy. again -- if you have a system like that, you have more south asians and east asians. is that wrong? is there anything wrong with them? >> i can agree.

i can hear april saying that is wrong. these are white nations. this is a discriminatory approach. it's casting out people who made homes here and did well here because they happen to be brown. it's happening. face what he is dealing with today. two days ago, he made the mistake of saying he wanted to craft a bill of love on immigration and sign anything they brought to him. he's been getting hammered the last two days. they are going after him. this is him turning around. he's got the megaphone now and shouting to his base, these are s-house, hole countries, i hear you. >> we are going to take a pause here. i want to make a point to your point. the president knew full well when he said in the room, this was going to get out. he knew that. it's not like he didn't think this was going to leak out. s next, reaction from the president from capitol hill.

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we are continuing to follow the breaking news and reaction after the down right offensive comments from president trump that put the white house in damage control. lawmakers are outraged and speaking out after president trump, during a private oval office meeting with members of congress, questioned why the united states allows people to come from haiti, el salvador. the president added, the u.s. should get more people from countries like norway. one white house official predicting to cnn the racist remark will resinate with the base. we are out front live on capitol hill as more people are starting to react. what are some of the new responses you are hearing? >> reporter: there is swift reaction from democrats and

republicans. this is in from former cia director, john brennan. leading liberty, founding fathers and generations of right thinking americans are weeping over the atrocious comments attributed to donald trump, who continues to demonstrate daily, he is a deeply flawed person. that is from the former cia director. many democrats on capitol hill are charged up over the comments. one democrat calling it point-blank racism on the part of president trump. other choice words from democrats, an embarrassment, disgraceful, small minded on the part of president trump. the chair of the black caucus saying these comments are further proof that his make america great again agenda is really a make america white again agenda. it's not just democrats. republicans are charged up about this as well. we heard from congresswoman maya

love, a republican. she said the president's comments are unkind, di- devisive. maya love is calling on the president to take back those comments and apologize. we are hearing from senator hatch. he says he looks forward to getting a more detailed description and explanation regarding the president's comments from him. those are a lot of questions from republicans and condemnation as well. >> thank you so much. our panel is back. joan, the first republican we heard from publicly was orrin hatch. will we hear from paul ryan, mitch mcconnell? >> i hope so. i hope we hear from lindsey graham, who was in the meeting himself. graham and durbin ran into the meeting believing they were going to have the donald trump they had two days ago drafting

the bill of law and wanting to do something in a bipartisan fashion. they found senator tom cotton, much more hard lined on immigration. it is clear the president shifted. what they came to do was not going to get done and to make a point about it, he used this lovely expletive. it really does signal, erin, a shift in wanting to make it very public from the kinds of things he said and got praise for two days ago. >> april, that's an important point to make here. he knew this was a public forum. it's members of congress. what happens in that room does not stay in that room. >> right. right. he wanted it to trickle out to show his base. the poll numbers, depending on who is giving the poll, 32%, 35%, maybe 40%. he wants to shore up that base. this book did not do anything for his image, it made it worse. i'm going to go back to your

guest who talked about the education of immigrants. i want to read something from the center for american progress. december 20th, 2012, five facts about black immigrants and the united states. go to fact three. i want you to follow it. three, black immigrants are one of the most educated immigrant groups. they have more college education and higher rates of degree attainment than any other immigrant group in the united states of america. this is fact. so, the problem is, a lot of times we get into these discussions and start talking what i feel, what i feel. people need to deal with fact before they go out there. it's unfortunate that the american president, who sets the tone, who is the moral leader is starting the discussion and it's going the wrong way. unfortunately, we have people on the panel speaking ill informed about things, about a group he seems not to understand. there are a large portion of

people who hail from or descendents from these countries. i'm five generations removed from the last known slave in my family. you know, african-americans or africans enslaved in america helped build this build thag is the backdrop behind me. helped build a portion of this country. it's a slap in the face. that's why you are hearing from the head of the black caucus, elijah cummings. maya love from haiti. this is a very, very serious statement from the president of the united states of america. >> what do you make of that when you look at that fact? putting into context the president said he didn't want people from the countries and added he wanted more from norway. >> again, i think he said norway because in a meeting -- >> you keep saying that. you think he would have said i

want people from nigeria. >> we want people with higher levels of education. we have a lot of immigrants from mexico and other countries. they are hard working, but a lot of them don't have high school degrees. it's very hard for them to succeed in a 21st century economy. april, i'm happy to look at that and see doctors and lawyers. >> back up your statements with facts, not what you feel. >> that is a fact. we can e-mail about it afterwards. >> i don't want an e-mail. tell me where you got it from. i don't want an e-mail. >> let's talk about mexico. you think most of them have degrees? >> she said black. >> we are not talking mexico. don't back pedal. don't back pedal. you are causing more of a problem. >> you said the president would have been happy to say -- hold on, hold on.

let me ask you this question. paris -- he was specifically referencing black and hispanic countries, those are the ones that were referenced. i was referring to april when referring to black education. i want to ask about something you said. the president would have said i want more nigerians if he was in the oval office yesterday than the president of norway. i want to remind you, the president said, nigerian immigrants would never go back to their huts in africa. that's a report from "the new york times." he denies it. are you sure he would have said i want more nigerians? >> if the president denies it, that's what i have to go on. to this point, going back to april's issue about facts, what we are doing here, we have to be careful. april went into this about all the african countries. that is not what this alleged incident is about. the president allegedly responded to them asking about

certain african countries. we don't -- we don't -- we don't know what -- we don't -- >> educational institution, higher education. you should be able to throw facts back, but you are not. >> april, if you would be quiet -- >> you don't tell me to be quiet. god bless you. >> okay. i want to play one thing the president said. >> why are you on the show -- >> paris, you have had a chance to speak, plenty of chance to speak. >> you cut me off most of the time. >> it is necessary, my right and my job. i want to play something, paris, that goes to the point you are making and you can use it if you can. this is the president talking about indian students, who happen to be brown and why he wants them to come to the united states. here he is, march, 2016. >> har vard, first in their

class and come from india. they set up companies and employ lots of people. many people want to stay in this country. somebody that goes through years of college in this country, we shouldn't kick them out the day they graduate, which we do. >> joan, the point they are trying to make, is he trying to make it socioeconomic today? >> not with these statements. i know he said that in the past about indian immigrants. we could have a long us cushion about race in america. there's a spot for indians and asians. they face racism. when we have these discussions, they are perceived as bringing something to the country and others are not. someone who is the granddaughter of irish immigrants. ireland was once considered a s-hole, house, whatever country.

irish were told they need not to apply. so, our ideas about people, they can start out cruel and they can change. what this president has done is pull us backwards, not toward the irish, but toward a mentality of looking at certain people as having little or no intrinsic worth and putting us against each other. these words today are ugly and racist. >> we are going to come back, all of you. i want to hit pause z. more on the breaking news and another breaking story, president trump hinting at having contact with kim jong-un. what, specifically, is he talki talking about? chaos caused by the president's tweets among his own party. kind of looks like a monster coming to eat ya. holy smokes. that is awesome. strong. you got the basic, and you got the beefy. i just think it looks mean. incredible. no way.

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all right, my panel is back. rich, let me start with you. we have a new comment from a

republican from oklahoma about the president saying quote, if the comments are accurate, they are disappointing. i would not talk about these people because they are images of god and have dignity. >> we have been through so many controversies like this. they are all consuming for 36 hours. no one can talk about anything else. republicans condemn them. they are like how do you escape from this one, then on to the next. playing him talking about indians is evidence what he is talking about is emphasizing skills. i don't know how it's racist to say indian college graduates should come here and stay here. if you have a point system, no one is suggesting racial elements. if you are from haiti, you have a good chance of coming in. if you are a college graduate from india, you have a good chance. >> are you questioning what is a basic premise of the united states, no matter who you are

you can come here and become great, no matter how small you are or how little you have. you can become great. if we say, you know what, if you are from a country that's not able to give you that, forget you. is that american? >> we have never had totally open borders. >> we are talking about allowing some people to come here. >> look at the history of immigration policy. it's ebbs and flows. times of high levels and times of low levels. we have been at high levels for a long time now. the system was created in the mid-20s century. it behooves us to look at places like canada and australia, which aren't racist, closed societies, but emphasize skills to have people come into their country and succeed. it doesn't mean we should have refugee programs and some element of family reunification. they are people that don't necessarily have skills and more

tired. >> the president is against chain migration, which is what you are referring. >> you are going to have some, no matter what. >> let me ask you, april, the president is defeating any point that could be in the message. the conversation started with dick durbin and people with protected status. it enables them to come to the united states. they are talking about whether that needs to be reconsidered. as an example, nicaragua designated because of a hurricane. the government is saying homes have been rebuilt and congestion restabilized. that was 1999, a long time ago. maybe there is an argument to reconsider some of these things. does the president lose any high ground that he had having that conversation by saying what he said today? >> yeah, he does. when this conversation began, he said he was going to do this in

love. you know, you have so many immigrant people, immigrant families here who are scared of the pain when this president was elected because they knew he could possibly start sending some of their family members back home. so, if i was called on a couple days ago, i was going to ask, talk about the love. but, right now, the love seems to be missing. it seems to be more division. i want to go back to a point you made. i think about the immigrants from haiti versus the immigrants from cuba. there's always been a different scenario in this nation when it come toss haitian immigrants how they sit back and others are allowed to stay. haiti is one of the poorest nations in the western hemisphere. at the same time, when you think of this, they suffered a d devastating earthquake during the obama administration. >> the anniversary is tomorrow, 2010. >> now, they are talking about sending them back, you know?

they are trying to rebuild. also, tomorrow, this white house is going to celebrate mlk day? it's interesting mlk day is monday. i think about the inconsistencies of what this president says, the love then you think immigration and think about the muslim ban that was mostly muslim nations. it goes back to the other, which he rose to this office with his base from. so, it's racially hinged. you know, if the president doesn't see that something is wrong, the empathy is not there with this president.

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president trump says he's got a good relationship with kim jong-un. this is the same person president trump called a maniac, little rocketman. in an interview with "the wall street journal," trump says i have a good relationship with kim jong-un. i have relationships with people, i think you people are surprised. when asked if he spoke with him, he said i don't want to comment on it. i'm not saying i have or haven't, i just don't want to comment on it. peter nicholas interviewed the president. were you surprised by the comments? >> reporter: i have to say i was. it was surprising to hear president trump has any kind of relationship with kim jong-un, which is what he told us during our interview. it was surprising. have you talked to kim jong-un and he said, he wouldn't answer the question. it seemed clear, there was something in his head that he

was thinking about. there was something concrete that he had in mind. he was open to a diplomatic track. some of his tweets have been bombastic and talking fire and fury and using arsenal against north korea. much more placated in our interview. >> it was concrete in mind that he was trying to convey. >> yeah. >> obviously, as you point out, in diplomatic relations to open the door and there was a conversation, although, very much in line with what he likes to do, open the door and not answer the question. trump called kim a maniac, a bad dude. kim has called trump meantally d derranged. >> he said this is a tactic he uses. it's not personal.

it's something he does and doesn't necessarily mean this person is forever in the doghouse with him. it's something that he's doing with strategic purpose in mind. he talked about this and other contacts and talked about steve bannon and having moments as well. it's kind of the way he operates saying nothing is permanent with him, it's a negotiation and transactional. >> which is incredible, opening the door to steve bannon. the quote to you was, referring the tweets with kim jong-un, you will see that a lot with me, then suddenly, they are my best friend. i could give you 20 examples, you could give me 30. >> it's hard to imagine how you come back from calling the leader of north korea short and fat or little rocketman. he is saying this is not done cavalierly. it's done with a strategic purpose. we have to see how it plays out.

it's an open question how kim jong-un reads the tweets and messages. does he understand what is in trump's head? >> thank you very much for giving us details on that. now, i want to go to former cia, michael hayden and the director of the nsa. let me start with you, dr. hayden on this, what the president was trying to say, these tweets are not done cavalierly and done with purpose. do you buy it? >> i think there's a bit of strategy behind them. i don't think they are artfully done. the advisers would oppose the language he uses. as peter suggests, there are two off ramps to the crisis with north korea. one is fire and fury here. the other is negotiations here. right now, the president's language is over here with negotiations. i view that as a positive development. >> obviously, there's no

diplomatic relations. we know there's back door conversations, however, the president opening the door to possibly having direct talks to kim jong-un. not confirming it, but opening that door. is there a way the president of the united states has a direct relationship, a phone call with the north korean dictator? is that possible? >> i seriously doubt it and doubt whether the president has a relationship with kim jong-un. that was put out there. i think it was unartful. again, that's more positive from my point of view than fire and fury and annihilation. >> peter talked about the talked with north and south korea. kim trying to separate seoul and washington. the quote was z, if i was them, i would try. i'm president, other people aren't. i know more about wedges than any other human being that's lived. general, you ran the national security agency, cia, is he

right on this? he knows more about driving wedges between people? >> i have no idea about the president's way to drive wedges, but he is correct the north koreans are trying to create between us and south korean allies. frankly, although we want to isolate the north koreans and keep step on their part. frankly though we want to isolate the north koreans and keep pressure on them, north has used this opening with south and upcoming olympic games to get a little bit of a breather and dialogue with someone else. i understand why the north did it, actually understand why the south did it. there are limits with regard to how far the south can go though with their dependence on the american alliance. >> you also heard that president met with members of congress about immigration. quote why are we having all these people from s-hole countries coming here. white house has not denied any

of this and continued to say should bring in more people from countries like norway. reaction? >> we all should be a bit embarrassed, ashamed and collecti collectively a little bit frightened. the president of the united states is not appealing to your angels or our nation's values. >> do you believe from your perspective what he said was racist? >> i don't want to make a personal judgment on the president. think it was totally inappropriate. i don't know of any other example in recent american history, we have a mottled past, but recent history where a president says something in environment where as you suggested he knew it would become public. >> you ran the national security

agency and you know the law on spying on americans and foreign nationals on american soil better than anyone else out there. president tweeted that house votes on controversial fisa act today. this is the act that may have been used with the help of the discredited and phony dossier to see badly surveil and abecause the trump campaign by previous administration and others. tweet obviously had factual inaccuracy. but he was advocating to vote no. got a phone call from speaker ryan after that tweet and two hours later seemed to correct it. going back on twitter. with that said, i have personally directed the fix to unmasking process since taking office. tod today's vote is about surveillance of foreign bad guys on foreign land.

he didn't understand the law? >> original accusation is incorrect and president trump's fbi and nsa has said it's uncorrect. that's one. number two, incoherent in terms of what was voted on by american congress today. had nothing to do with any targeting of americans. so i fear it betrayed a real lack of understanding on the part of the president as to what this issue really was. >> thank you very much general hayden, as always, appreciate your time. next, breaking news, reaction worldwide to trump's comments about s-hole countries. ? what's the value of a walk in the woods? the value of capital is to create, not just wealth, but things that matter. morgan stanley

and returning to breaking news. president trump's racist comment. the president referring to immigrants from places like africa, haiti and el salvador as being from s-hole countries, wishing for more immigrants from places like norway.

condemnation growing. former president of mexico, vicente fox, no friend to this president and using profanity in that regard. donald trump your mouth is the foulest s-hole in the world. with what authority do you proclaim. america's greatness is built on diversity. have you forgotten your imgrant background donald. not going to defend the way fox put this but point he he makes, america's greatness is based on diversity. what is your reaction to the comments by president trump? >> extremely unfortunate. message that people all over the world are getting from president trump sadly, if you're not white, you're not welcome. we've never had that message before. lady liberty out there in the harbor of new york, such a sad

day. but from the beginning he insulted mexicans as rapists and drug dealers. went after haitians, they all have aids. nigeria, all go back to huts. north africas and muslims. in one case or another, black or brown people. message is crystal clear. whether you call it racist or not is beside the point. it's message to the world. if you're not white, you're not welcome. >> jim acosta reporting. breaking news here. source familiar with the oval saying that the president specifically referring to temporary protected status for haitians who came during the earthquake said quote, why do we need more haitians? take them out. that's a new comment that came in addition to what he said about s-holes. >> why do we need more haitians,

take them out. as if get rid of all of them here legally or illegally, lot came over in crises, permitted by american law. just can't tell you how offensive that is to so many people who are proud to come to america, this has always been -- ronald reagan used to say we ais spire to be the city on the hill. to be sending these messages to the world is not only a retreat from leadership we've all talked about, but sending a chilling message about what kind of america donald trump has come to represent and what he aspires to. >> phone call -- only if educated, wealthy, all those things, at very least that's what he's saying. >> absolutely. american people are better than

this. i don't think the majority believe this. we have latent racism and sometimes overt. we're more generous people. after world war ii we restored the health of worst enemies, worked with them and welcomed to this country. i don't think we've lost that america. lot are going to rebel against what president is saying, want to go back to who we really were, a great people. good evening, the president of the united states is tired of so many black people coming to interest country, immigrants from haiti and africa being allowed in. quote, who i are we having all these people from shithole countries coming here. reported and not denied by president or people around him. tired of africans and haitians, went on to say would like more p