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and thank you for watching newsnight. laura coates live starts right now. >> call it the one 800 doge hotline. republicans demand elon musk keep them in the loop on government cuts. but will musk giving them his digits be enough to give them some sway? plus, president trump's trade wars took another wild turn. now markets and frankly, americans are trying to figure out exactly what comes next. and target becomes, well, a target for rolling back dei programs. why is it facing boycott when other companies are not? one faith leader heading the charge is my guest tonight on laura coates live. so elon musk has a message

for republican lawmakers. call me. call me on my cell phone on the doge leader making the rounds on capitol hill tonight. he didn't bring his cost cutting chainsaw, but he is handing out his personal number to republican senators who are worried that his government cuts are getting too close to the bone. >> yeah, it's, uh, something. 80808. >> try to figure that one out. now, the beef between the world's richest man and nervous republicans isn't just a clash of egos or some kind of political contest, but many gop lawmakers, they are hearing a lot from their angry constituents. and if they have to answer for musk, they want to make sure they know what's being asked. some are pushing for a law that will codify the cuts. we're also hearing from one gop congressman tonight who says musk told house republicans that he has no involvement in the firings of federal

employees. >> so the people, when they cut off all the they got rid of all the probationary guys, that wasn't a doge decision. i did not know that until this evening. >> he said that they were not involved in the firing. >> no. the individual departments were. and so the assumption was made by the doge guys that the departments would know the right people, you know, who are being unproductive. uh, and reward the people that are being productive. but apparently they just took the departments, not doge just said, everybody that's not been here for a year is gone. >> assume my dad always told me, when you assume you make an out of you and me, huh? the people getting fired, it probably doesn't matter who's actually handed the pink slip or who is handing it out. take the va where more than 70,000 jobs are on the chopping block, according to a memo obtained by cnn. of course. now, while the trump administration is forging ahead

with cuts, the president is hitting the pause button on part of those 25% tariffs on all goods from canada and also mexico. specifically, they won't apply to carmakers for the next 30 days. now, a reminder this is after he first announced tariffs on mexico and canada last month, only then paused them for 30 days. just two days later, they officially went into effect yesterday. and now we're at this new month long pause for carmakers. the constant on and off again. it's made the markets look like a bit of a roller coaster. the dow was in a tailspin for the first two days of this very week. after the auto exemptions were announced just yesterday. well, trump might phrase it something like green baby green. we know the president is fixated on how his policies are impacting the markets. a source telling us that trump says he was paying or was paying close attention yesterday at the tumble, was a jolt inside the west wing. but it's not just the markets that are feeling the whiplash, the kind of now you see them, now

you don't. tariffs have always been pretty dizzying. well, for our allies take canada for example. >> as far as i'm concerned, the tariffs are still on. we will not relent. and i apologize to the american people. it's not your fault. there's one person again to be blamed and that's president trump unpredictability is one of trump's trademarks. >> so is using leverage to get exactly what he wants. there's a lot at stake. prices for american consumers, the health of the economy, how other countries perceive the united states. and the question tonight, is it a winning strategy or a gamble that could backfire? with me now, michael schnell, congressional reporter for the hill. brad todd, cnn political commentator and republican strategist and cnn political commentator. karen finney, also here as well. michael, let me turn to you, because the gop is pushing back on these doge cuts. are they upset or taking issue with the cuts themselves or the process

to actually have these cuts? >> i think it's certainly a little bit of both, particularly in that senate gop meeting this morning. some of these republican senators had raised concerns about the communication process. a lot of folks felt like they were caught off guard by a number of these cuts. susan collins said that herself last week, saying it's something new every day. that's what led to that phone number being given out to those republican senators. so i think strategy on one end is the problem. but on the other end, some lawmakers are raising concerns about the substance. i spoke to congressman derrick van orden, who you just saw on your screen before a republican from wisconsin. he said that he raised concerns in the house gop meeting with elon musk tonight about the impact that some of these cuts could have on farmers and veterans. so it's both strategy and substance. again, as elon musk is really going full steam ahead with this effort to reduce the size and scope of the federal government, he's admitting some mistakes and some republicans are keeping him accountable. >> and there is that point, brad, about whether he was the one firing people or not. and i have to say, i mean, i don't

think people thought that elon musk was personally firing individuals, but it was the directives of sorts or a pressure campaign. can he really escape the blame for that or the accountability? is it really such an epiphany to the for the republicans? >> i think he's going to take plenty of credit when this is all over with. and, you know, last night you see the polls quickly about the state of the union. 60% of the american public likes what president trump had to say about cutting waste, fraud and abuse and reducing the size of government. you know, the cuts you mentioned there to the veterans administration, for instance, we're just talking about going back to the size of the department was in 2019. every american company has shrunk over the years due to waste and fraud and abuse and efficiency measures. i think the regular taxpayers think that it's past time for us to reduce the size of government in washington, and while there certainly are going to be some mistakes made, as he admits, and they're going to have to correct some of those things, i just don't think that the voters are going to be upset that they see people in washington finally trying to shake things up. >> i think everyone agrees with

the premise of they don't want fraud and they don't want waste. i think the difference is in the execution. >> oh, 1,000%. i mean, let's talk about what's happening at the va. i mean, 9 million veterans in this country get either mental or physical health care from the veterans administration. my own father actually had his cancer diagnosis from his va doctor who said to him in 2016, you got to go see an outside doctor, because if you wait, you'll be dead before we get to you. and if you think about the expansion from 2019 to today, it's because of the pact. act 740,000 veterans signed up for health care. why? because of burn pits, something president biden knows something very personally about, but also covering health care services. going back to the vietnam era, where we have veterans who are still suffering injuries around access, having been exposed to agent orange. so this is the exact kind of underscores that point, right?

it's the why that actually matters. it was the expansion of services to cover more veterans. and in fact, over the last ten years, one of the efforts that the va has been undertaking is to reach out to more veterans to make sure they know these resources are there. and what's interesting, this is where i think the tension is really hitting. part of the reason that they've sort of kind of taken a step back and said, some of these things are going to be reevaluated over the summer, is the recognition that va groups across the country, and we're talking about in our own network. we've seen republicans who voted for trump pushing back, saying, this is not what i voted for. and i think that's the pressure that some of these republican members are feeling. they're like, wait a second. >> what can i ask you, though? and, you know, i, i respect your mind so much, and i'm not meaning this in any way. why are the democrats not as effective as you just now articulating a reason and a counter? i mean, i that's what baffles a lot of people. the point that she's

raised are cogent. they are sound. >> i would push back. >> a little bit more unanimous on it. >> the pact act karen's right about the pact act with the burn pits. that is partly responsible for the va's added responsibilities. but that's not all. joe biden added plenty of bureaucrats to the va department. they found $3 billion in consulting contracts, 2 million for organizational training culture. well, we can get rid of a lot of that stuff. >> but that math isn't math, because actually, even i looked at a defense publication that talked about actually, when you go into the math on some of that, we're talking about actually part of those contracts are about actually people sort of assessing disability, which is all about whether or not you're going to actually get access to health care, and that's going to impact the rest of your life. it's actually about cancer diagnosis. i mean, those contracts, like we've seen, frankly, with doge, when you click in and really look at what they do, again, it's taking a chainsaw versus saying, let's take a beat. and look, i think they did the right thing in that they're slowing it down. and that's the thing they should be doing across the federal

government. >> are you telling me, though, we can't cut waste out of the department of veterans affairs? >> absolutely not. but you know what? >> democrats aren't doing it. >> but you know where they could have started instead of firing the ig. how about starting with the ig report where they had he had identified $45 million in potential cuts. they just fired. >> where is the democrat proposal to to shrink the government and to get rid of federal employees? >> i think what democrats were saying was, let's work together on this, because even republicans, though even we're not in charge, y'all are in charge. and even republicans said, hold on. even republicans said today to musk, hey, you know, if you want to make this the force of law, we're going to have to do it, and they will have to bring us in, and we have to do this through rescissions. i don't think they're going to get the 50 votes from from republicans, and i don't think they think they're going to get a majority of republicans in the house for some of these. >> you know, what there is there is support in other areas. and that has been a big area. michael is on tariffs in particular. right. the idea of people agreeing with the premise of the united states consumers being able to benefit from what products are on. but of course, the mechanism, by doing so,

trump has been dialing back yet again on tariffs after there was pressure from the automakers evaluate how members of congress are viewing his tariff strategy. is this politically sound or getting a lot of pushback? >> i think we're going to hear from a lot of republican lawmakers who say this is part of president trump's strategy. he threatens to put tariffs on the table. he puts down a, b, and c of things he wants to be accomplished, and he uses it as a negotiating tactic. but as we see some of these tariffs on mexico and canada start to go into effect, the prices and the stock market changes are going to be difficult for republican lawmakers to defend up on capitol hill. we always say it's the economy, stupid. it always comes back to the numbers. republican lawmakers were already seeing it are heading back to their hometowns. they're having these town halls, and i suspect they're going to get an earful from some of these constituents when they see the stock market tumbling and they see prices continuing to decrease because of these tariffs. now, that could be difficult in the interim, but i think a lot of republican lawmakers are still going to want to stay with the argument that this is all part of the process. it's going to take a

little pain to then get the benefit. >> that was the point that trump made last night. a little bit of discomfort. is that going to carry water? >> this is a balancing act for donald trump. there's certainly risk with tariffs. there are risks that prices could go up. there are risks that that that instability could cause problems in the business cycle. but there's also a lot of value in it. you've already seen honda civic, for instance. honda motor company is now going to make their civic hybrid in indiana and not mexico. apple's now decided they're going to have half $1 trillion of new factories in the united states. these are direct results of the threat of tariffs. trump is trying to reset the corporate mindset of where you manufacture things and force companies to pull as much as possible back to the united states. the threat of tariffs can be a very good tool for that, but there is certainly risk if he goes too far with on again, off again on some instability. but i don't think you can rule out the fact that this will have a positive impact. i mean, currently, right now, if you're an american lumber business, you think canada's duties on lumber are way too high. if you're in the dairy business, you think their duties are way too high. so a threat of canadian tariffs might

cause some recalibration to that. there's a lot of value to it. if he plays the game right. >> i think just politically look the rubber is meeting the road with the american people and that it doesn't matter whether you're a democrat or republican. that's where we're going to figure out whether or not this is politically smart or not, because part of the pressure republicans are actually putting on the white house is about the fact that they are getting contacted by their own people in their districts. they're getting contacted by veterans groups, they're getting contacted by people who are losing their jobs and communities that are really suffering. farmers, for example. so i think, you know, and then we've got to do the budget. and so the layered impact of all of those things that we're going to see. was this a smart move or not? again, as you pointed out, laura, it's the way that you do it. >> and of course, some, you know, american workers are in favor of tariffs or the american consumers might not be. and of course, both parties have to think about that. thank you everyone. well, look tariffs may be off for automakers but not

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export to china that's affected by these tariffs, with trade totaling $12.76 billion. and china has now imposed an additional 10% tariff on soybeans. last night, trump addressed his tariffs, admitting that there would be some disturbance felt. he also took the time to address farmers directly. >> the tariffs will go on agricultural products coming into america and our our farmers starting on april 2nd. it may be a little bit of an adjustment period. our farmers are going to have a field day right now. so to our farmers have a lot of fun. >> joining me now is a soybean farmer, caleb ragland, who voted for president trump. he's also the president of the american soybean association. caleb, thank you for joining. i'd love to get your reaction to what president trump had to say last night. thank you. what did you think when he said to have a lot of fun? >> well, a trade war is not a

soybean farmers definition of fun. we went through this a few years ago in 2018, and the effects on the soybean, um, production in the united states and our prices was devastating. uh, china is the number one export customer of us soybeans. uh, at that time, it was accounting for nearly $20 billion, and we lost about. we lost 71% of the ag trade to china with soybeans. and we have not gained back the market share that we had at that time. at that time, one out of three rows of soybeans you see growing in the field went to china. and now we're around one out of four. but that's a big gap that we've lost and our competition has picked that up. and that has hurt our markets. >> so these tariffs that might shift that even more away from

your advantage right. >> absolutely. absolutely. from what happened last time. >> yeah. >> well we're very concerned that the agriculture economy is in a tough spot already. and basically implementing tariffs is like you added a tax on our customers that are going to buy our products. so that means our soybeans are going to cost more. so they're going to look to our competition and other countries to find a better a better value. and so if we have less demand for our product and they're going elsewhere, that's going to further depress prices. they're received by the farmers. and the farm economy is already struggling. and now we're looking at another shot across the bow. and that's 180 degrees from the fund. we've heard talked about the american farmers need free trade and need market. our american soybean association has for many years advocated for free trade and free markets, and no tariffs on the products that we grow and sell. and that's what we need.

if we don't have exports, we don't have a good soybean economy. >> we're talking about extensive and devastation to the livelihoods, frankly. also. so a major part of our economy and exports on the points you've raised, trump announced carve outs for the auto industry and a delay of, i think, a month before they be re-implemented. are you lobbying the white house for a delay or carve out for soybean farmers.? >> every day we challenge the white house. let's find let's find a way to make a deal with china. let's, uh, let's do a new trade deal right now. we had the phase one trade deal during the first trump administration. if we could do a proactive trade deal now up front, instead of a year or two down the road after major devastation is done to the agriculture economy and to the to the rural communities all across this country, the agriculture dollar, they say, turns over 6 to 8 times in the

local communities. and if you take that away, it means that there's a lot of small businesses, there's schools, churches that are devastated by this. we end up losing people in rural america. that's who does a lot of the living and dying and working in this country. and we need to keep that strong, because when we keep the backbone of this country strong, we keep america strong. we need a strong agriculture, strong rural communities. >> caleb, look, i was raised in minnesota. i know the impact of our farming communities and rural communities. and just i wonder, you voted for president trump. what would you say to him now if he were listening to you as one of his supporters and voters? >> well, i have great respect for the president. i think that he genuinely does care about our country. he wants to get out of control spending, uh. reined in. he wants to reduce regulations and apply common sense. and my challenge to our president is to use common sense in this

situation. if you take away key markets from our farmers who we know he supports, that's going to mean that we're going to make less money. we're not going to be able to stay in business. we may have to seek other careers. there may be less children that are able to come back and be the next generation on our family farms, and that is a life changing event, and we need to really think about the secondary effects of these decisions and how these things trickle down. >> did you think that this would happen? >> and i believe. when we knew when this was discussed, that it was a possibility, and certainly anytime there's a choice in an election, you have to look at positives and negatives and there's a lot of positive things that president trump brings to the table. uh, he's a strong leader, and i think he's going to do a lot of good for our country. but we need to make sure that farmers, and particularly soybean farmers, do not, uh, become the sacrificial lamb for the greater good. and the bigger picture here, and i

hope that we can come to some, um, good compromise and do something that works for everyone involved. >> caleb ragland, thank you so much for joining thank you i want to take a quick step back, because the trade war with mexico and canada and china isn't the only, well, chaos that's been started by this new world vision. it's also trump's foreign policy plans as well. the white house confirming it is talking directly with hamas to free the remaining hostages in gaza. that's a break from the long standing norm that the united states does not negotiate with terrorist organizations. meanwhile, the administration has stopped sharing intelligence with ukraine. it's part of a pressure campaign to bring ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy back to the negotiating table. and for his part, zelenskyy says he wants to talk peace and both sides have agreed to meet in the near future, according to a top zelenskyy aide, it would be a

turnaround from the white house clash that ended with no security deal and dimmed some hopes about a deal to end end russia's war in ukraine. i want to talk more about this with michael weiss. he is the editor of the insider, which focuses on investigative journalism in russia. michael zelenskyy. he keeps pressing for security guarantees, and the u.s. is pushing for a mineral deal. will either side get what they want? >> i don't think so. i mean, reuters is reporting today that suddenly the united states wants to renegotiate the minerals deal, which as of last friday was done and dusted, just waiting for the signature so that that indicates to me that donald trump wants to extract even more natural resources and more concessions from ukraine. you're getting this line from the gop and the white house that cutting off intelligence, vital intelligence sharing with ukrainians, stopping military aid, literally planes in route to poland turned around in mid-flight that this is all a way to kind of show zelenskyy who's boss. and yet, the

washington post reports today that coordinate packages for himars operators in ukraine in terms of firing 40 miles beyond the contact line, these stopped being provided as as long ago as a month. so it seems to me that maybe donald trump had a problem with zelenskyy's outfit right after the inauguration, when we were ready to invade denmark or go to war with mexico. i think what's happening here, quite frankly, and a lot of europeans that i'm talking to, are beginning to see the writing on the wall, and a lot of ukrainians are seeing the writing on the wall. what is happening here is the united states is trying to strategically realign with russia, and trump sees ukraine as one of two things an opportunity to advance rapprochement with russia, or an obstacle in the advancement of that rapprochement. and insofar as he sees it, as an obstacle, ukraine and its president exist to be punished and abased. and that that, i think, is going to continue for the foreseeable future. >> yet the administration claims that they are only trying to get negotiation and leverage to end

the war in ukraine. we'll see it continue to evolve. i want to turn to gaza. the administration is taking the unprecedented step of negotiating directly with hamas to free the remaining hostages, usually against american policy. as you well know, to directly negotiate with terrorist organizations. but president trump did this in the past with the taliban, for example. is this now the new blueprint? >> well, i mean, he also put out on truth social a direct threat to hamas and the people of gaza, saying that, you know, this was their last chance. they have to release the hostages and the dead bodies of the hostages that they've killed. otherwise, the people of gaza, you know, they'll all be dead. i mean, this indicates one of two things. number one, a contra to what trump and his his officials are saying with respect to russia, you can threaten an enemy in pursuit of diplomacy, if indeed diplomacy is what you're after. and number two, you know, are we talking about the collective punishment of palestinians? if a terrorist organization refuses to play ball with the united states? because it certainly sounds that

way to me, reading what trump is putting out there, i'm frankly surprised there isn't more outrage at that statement. but then again, i think our standards are being lowered in fast and furiously all the time here. so maybe i'm behind the curve. >> the threshold is indeed changed throughout the years. i'll give you that. michael weiss, thank you so much. next, paddles. pink protest democrats antics last night at their presidential address have a lot of people shaking their heads, including my next guest, democratic congressman ro khanna. >> when my doctor gave me breast surgery for my copd, things changed for me. breztri gave me better breathing, symptom improvement and reduced flare ups. >> breztri won't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. it is not for asthma. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure before taking it. don't take breztri more than prescribed breztri may increase your risk of thrush,

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now you know. >> while president trump took a victory lap during last night's speech before a joint session of congress, some democrats decided to protest. representative al green heckled trump over potential medicaid cuts while waving his cane. he now faces censure. a few house members walked out midway through the speech. others held up paddles, calling out trump's falsehoods in real time. now, the reviews of democrats conduct is, well, harsh, even from some of their own. senator john fetterman of pennsylvania thought the response lacked decorum and played into trump's hand. he posted on x a sad cavalcade of cell phones and unhinged petulance. it only makes trump look more presidential and restrained. the democrats tactics also became the butt of late night jokes. >> that is how you save democracy by quietly dissenting or bidding on an antique tea set. it was hard to tell what was going on on. i'm. i'm just

kidding. that was very cool. democrats. in fact, i made my own sign. >> joining me now is democratic from california, congressman ro khanna. congressman, thank you for being here. you see the paddles? they did not go over well. they did not have one. you did not have one. why was that the tactic, do you know was that planned. why. >> well look, i am actually in agreement with senator fetterman that there has to be some decorum to the chamber. i mean, maybe it's because i. >> was born. >> in pennsylvania, grew up in pennsylvania. most people there decent, they're patriotic. they expect you to listen. and we could have stood when we did. you know i did. when the president came in. you don't have to applaud when you disagree with him. stand for the 13 year old boy who has cancer and then go out and tell the facts, which is that he's not telling the truth on social security. i mean, there is not this 20 million people of fraud. he's cutting medicaid. he's having mass firing of veterans. i mean, 80,000 people possibly

being laid off at the veterans affairs. that's what we need to be emphasizing. instead of colbert making fun of that. now he's making fun of democrats. >> and by the way, i mean trump at one point baited democrats or challenged by saying, no matter what i do, i'm paraphrasing him, you won't stand for anything to the point you raised. why was there not more unanimity about, well, things that had common ground? >> well, the day before, i actually was the only democrat who went to first lady trump's roundtable because i supported the take it down act. now, what is the take it down act? it is saying that if you have sexually explicit a.i. generated images of young people, the social media companies need to take it down. that's common sense. it passed the senate 100 to 0. why shouldn't democrats support some things we agree on? and then oppose these mass firings? oppose the medicaid cuts, oppose blanket tariffs that are causing harm in the economy. the case we ought to be making against president trump is it's chaos,

chaos. it's governance by chaos. well, we've got to be the responsible party to be able to make that. >> well, one of the things that congressman al green did was stand up. he was saying something to the effect of, you don't have a mandate to cut medicaid. he was escorted out eventually. he's now facing censure. republicans in the past have at different addresses by a president, including president barack obama. they have lashed out. is this fair to treat him with censure, or was he also wrong? >> i don't think he should be censored. and look, he's a 77 year old african-american gentleman who has seen civil rights. i'm not going to tell al green what he should do or should not do, but what i will say is that, in my view, we have to uphold a decorum, whether it's a democratic or republican president. i didn't like it when republicans heckled president obama, and i don't think it's effective to be heckling donald trump. i mean, his next time we have a democratic president, which we will. are we going to say that the republicans aren't going to listen? i just don't think we can be better than that as a country.

>> the decorum that is absent, perhaps in some arenas, is also seemingly absent in places like, well, committee hearings. you were actually at the house oversight hearing today with four liberal city mayors, and there was a lot of heated moments, but especially between congresswoman ayanna pressley and also chairman comer. listen to this data from texas shows that u.s. >> born americans commit more rape and murder than immigrants. >> and this trend of you all trying to get thrown out of committees so you can get on msnbc is going to end. we're not going to put up with it. chair. procedural subramanyam. >> of this committee. >> you can go you can go with mr. frost and mr. green. >> reclaiming my time. >> that's what you want. no, no. mr. president, i've been very i have been very accommodating to you, mr. chair. i take particular. umbrage as a survivor of. sexual violence. go. >> i will. >> enter into. >> the record. this is my right by the way, after about six hours, this hearing wrapped up and comer said this was the best

behaved. >> the oversight committee had been. can the committee get anything done? there are actually serious matters. the idea that one could speak up and be accused of just looking for a soundbite and clickbait, that seems to be a theme. >> well, look, representative pressley is not one to be sensational. she's actually very, very substantive. she was just trying to enter something into the record there. i think she had the procedural right. i think chairman coleman should have just said, okay, we'll enter it into the record and let's focus on the issues. but, you know, this is why people laugh at congress. they look at this and they say, this is not how a kindergarten class behaves. this is not how high school behaves. and it's a demerit on all of us. and so my view is let's argue the issues. there are plenty of places that donald trump is failing the working and middle class. but let's be the bigger party. let's let's. i actually still agree. i'm one of the few people who still agrees with michelle obama when she said, when they go low, we go high. and you know where that comes from. it doesn't come from weakness. it comes from doctor king, it comes from john lewis.

it comes from a history of oppression when the stacks is against you, you show your inner strength and you rise above and you inspire. that's what i want the democratic party. >> to do. is it still politically effective? >> i think so. i mean, look, i would argue that doctor king and john lewis faced much worse odds. they faced a much tougher america. and they they had far fewer resources, but they knew that if they had the higher ground that people would respond to it. and i'm not saying we we have to be saints like they were. i'm saying that we can punch back on the issues, but let's carry ourselves with a decorum and a respect. and you look at john f kennedy, you look at barack obama. those are the type of democrats who end up inspiring the nation. >> we shall see. congressman, thank you so much for joining. >> thank you. >> well ahead, it was an a.i. tool meant to generate opposing perspective. but then it came up with pro kkk arguments. now the billionaire owner of the l.a.

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monday, readers clicked it and it read this local historical accounts, occasionally from the 1920s. klan as a product of, quote, white protestant culture responding to societal changes rather than an explicitly hate driven movement minimizing its ideological threat. no mention of the klan's violent and racist history. joining us now is cnn chief media analyst brian stelter. brian, glad to see you. i mean, this tool was designed to give l.a. times readers opposing viewpoints to its opinion stories, but obviously they got the history wrong. aside from that limitation, of course, of a.i., what's the takeaway for you? >> yeah, this columnist was saying, in essence, we can't forget the past. we can't forget this racist history. and then the a.i. tool comes along and tries to whitewash the history. you know, the a.i. bot is there. according to the l.a. times, to provide different views on the topic. but in this case, it basically both sides. the kkk, the idea of both sides

ism. you know, it's a problem in politics where you treat all, you know, different sizes being equally right or wrong. well, in this case, the kkk is just plain wrong. the a.i. bot said otherwise. it's bad enough when humans do this, or it's even worse when a chatbot does it. >> i mean, the l.a. times billionaire owner is named patrick soon-shiong. he called this tool an experimental, evolving technology. so is that code for right? i used it too soon. >> maybe so. he sends the election. soon-shiong has been trying to figure out ways to draw in readers and appeal to both conservative as well as liberal readers. he says he's worried about people not hearing each other, listening to other sides. and if we take that in good faith, that's an understandable concern. but to bring in a.i. might be the wrong approach to the right problem. he's saying that using a.i., he can provide a greater variety of points of view about subjects. but you know, that may help earn trust. but a case like this also shows how that can backfire.

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>> they are. >> definitely in the f a f o stage. >> that was a small taste of the uproar caused by target's recent move to roll back its diversity policies. and tonight, faith leaders in the black community are pushing back. kicking off a 40 day boycott of the company. now, why is target. well, the target after the murder of george floyd and the ensuing protest, the company became one of the most outspoken corporate supporters of dei. but now, as the new administration cracks down on dei, they're changing their tune. joining us now is one of the faith leaders calling on his congregants to partake in the boycott. bishop reginald jackson bishop, thank you for joining us. can you just describe what you're hoping to achieve through this boycott? >> well, we want to send a message to the corporate community. if you can't stand with us, we can't stand with you. if you can't help us to advance, there's no need for us to help you to advance. our dollars ought to count for something. and so our dollars also ought to stand for

something. we want to send that message to corporate america and target because of its rescission of decisions already made, is a prime example. >> there are other companies that have rolled back their policies. target's not alone in this space. why is target the bullseye? >> well, we looked at different figures and all and blacks contribute an overwhelming amount of funds to target. and so target. becomes one of the better choices for us. that does not mean there will not be others added, but it means that target is a good place for us to start and send a message. it's important we send a message. >> it's only been about a day. i do wonder why the 40 day. is that correspondence something in particular that's just a key figure? >> 40 days really is a mess as it relates to the lenten season. today is ash wednesday, the beginning of lent. it reminds us, for example, of the 40 days with the children of israel. so

it's to send a message that this is not just about finances, but it's also about principle. it's also about justice. it's also about calling people to conscience. so it's trying to send a message that there's got to be something that we stand for and some principle we believe in. >> there is a concern of prospective collateral damage on entities that are in support of what targets rolling back. i want you to listen, bishop, to a perspective that has been spoken about by melissa butler. now, she happens to be one of the ceo of the largest black owned makeup companies that actually is carried in target. listen to what she says. >> of course, we were disappointed, just like many of you, when we learned that they were rolling back their dei initiatives. we do have power in our dollars. um, but i do want to make sure that we are aware that, you know, bye. by not shopping in these stores, you are also impacting the hundreds

of black owned businesses and women owned businesses. and, you know, brown person owned businesses that are in these stores. >> it's a double edged sword. what's your reaction? >> well, let's deal with reality. we understand that there are black vendors who are involved with target. we've said to our people and we've made a very strong point that you can still shop with them online. you don't have to go in the store to support them. so support them online. >> what's the difference, then, bishop? if you're going to support them, the money goes to the same pot. >> well, no, because the fact of the matter is the arrangement that many of these vendors have with target, those those vendors benefit from their relationship with target. and so we're not trying to destroy any of these black businesses. but the second thing is, if we do nothing, then we say to the country, well, what they're saying really doesn't matter. we don't want to hurt anybody. we're not going

to bother anybody. and the best thing to do is to do nothing, which i think is really hypocritical and foolish on our part. >> oh, i see you're saying you can support the individual vendor online, but just not you're not going to target.com and walking into the store. i understand. you know, one of the things that this president donald trump has spoken about is about dismantling dei more broadly. in fact, last night in his address to congress, he expressed as much again, listen to this. >> we've ended the tyranny of so-called diversity, equity and inclusion policies all across the entire federal government. and indeed the private sector and our military. and our country will be woke no longer. >> bishop, many are turning to their faith leaders to try to process moments like that. what are you telling them? >> well, the fact of the matter is, they don't want us to be woke. they would prefer us to be

ignorant. and the fact of the matter is, the black church has a responsibility to help our people not only to be awake, but to be informed and to know the truth. and the reality is, all of this is about diversity, equity, and all of that being bad for america. the fact of the matter is, america's greatness comes because of its diversity. this stuff about make america great again, let's be blunt and honest. it's really about turning back time to a period when they thought america was great, when people of color and blacks, you stayed in your place. as the president said, there are some black jobs. those black jobs were menial jobs. we resent, and we reject the inference that any blacks who gets promoted is because of tokenism and not because of merit. we resent the notion that anybody in a position of leadership who is white. they've earned it. if you're black in there, you didn't earn it. you got it because of some special privilege. all that speaks of is white privilege. and the fact of the matter is, and our white

sisters need to understand all this, make america great again. it doesn't include them either. it's really to benefit white men. i never understood what they meant when they said the angry white male. why are they angry? they were running everything. so the fact of the matter is, we've got to make it clear that diversity is a blessing to this country, that inclusion is a blessing to this country. if this country doesn't believe that, take down the statue of liberty and let's move on. >> will your message be received? is the question. bishop reginald jackson, thank you for tonight. >> delighted to be with you. >> thank you. and thank you all for watching. anderson cooper 360 is next.