isis has officially claimed responsibility for sunday's attack in garland, texas, which left two suspects dead after they opened fire outside an event featuring cartoons of the prophet muhammad. in an official radio broadcast, the extremist group said the assailants were soldiers from the "caliphate" and warned that worse things were ahead. the statement, while full of alarming rhetoric offered no proof as to how and if the group was involved even indirectly in the texas shooting. meanwhile, we are learning more about the two phoenix roommates suspected of carrying out that attack. the fbi said they were monitoring one of the suspects elton simpson, but that there was no sign of an imminent attack. simpson had been convicted in 2011 of lying to federal agents about his plans to travel to somalia. moments before the shooting on sunday, a twitter account believed to be simpson's posted a message with the #texasattack. the other suspect, a

34-year-old, was described as a devoted dad who moved from pakistan to the united states after his parents' divorce. his mother told "the dallas morning news" that he was raised in a normal american fashion. i don't know if something snapped or if elton simpson was just working on him. joining me now, nbc's waj kahn. let me start with you first about what you found out in terms of those who knew nadir from his time in pakistan. what can you tell us? >> hi alex. it seems like he was a normal cool kid in school in high school. he made most of the school teams. was in the school play. the lead actually. the girls used to swoon over him because of his american good looks. and he was not a quiet, strange kid. he was a popular kid. and when his parents split up

he went to the u.s. with his mom. he went to high school in salt lake city. and went on to the university of utah and that's where things went south for him. but essentially kept in touch with his network of friends here until right to the very end when he dropped out of college and then things went south. a good smart kid to begin with in high school. >> let me follow up on that. so he was in touch with folks on the ground in pakistan until recently? >> reporter: he was in touch with folks on the ground until things went south for him in college. he dropped out, never finished his dental degree. had a child out of wedlock. spoke to friends, told them he was struggling. the friends of his who he spoke to said that they over the years kept track through social media and saw his posts about islam become more and more radicalized, something which didn't happen while he was in

pakistan. that in this struggle this lonely struggle in the u.s. is where his extremist views really found a new way, a new form. >> let me go to you. in terms of a pattern we're seeing obviously each of these suspects is different. but the pattern in terms of -- it's usually a pair of young men. one of whom seems to be more radicalized and offers a sort of radical tutelage to a younger or another man, whether it's a brother, as in the tsarnaev brothers or the koachi brothers or in this particular case. tell me what you think about that model as far as something the fbi or counterintelligence services may now be working on. >> i believe most lone wolf operatives or individuals who might become disenfranchised have to find some sort of support system or some sort of backup. and they find that with their peers, whether their peers

adhere to the same ideology peers who attend the same places of worship people who go to school or college with them. but, you know, there is usually one or two individuals in their environment that ultimately supports them. and i've coined as peer pressure and peer support system where you have somebody who is not only supporting you in your endeavor, but also pressuring you to carry it out. and ideology is extremely strong. so, you know they need this kind of support system to make this ideology cement. >> waj, does it sound like he was particularly captivated by isis? was it blanket jihadism? what sense do you get? >> reporter: no, that's not the sense we're getting here. he's been cited as a pretty agnostic kid, which a lot of mixed roots kids in pakistan or

anywhere frankly tend to be. he according to his friend never attended friday prayers at school which was pretty mandatory for most of the muslim kids. but he never attended those prayers. stuff like that. it wasn't there. his friends who were in touch with him tell us very interestingly, that when things broke down economically for him, he had to support his child out of wedlock, his brother went into a juvenile facility. that's when he opted for this version of islam. and that's when he lost touch with most of the people on the ground there. >> and we have no sense of -- you talk about the radical strain of islam that he became more involved in. we have no sense of sort of where that was coming from?

>> reporter: we do know after a failed attempt at a business at finishing school, at his marriage, he essentially decided to go his own way. he stopped living with his mother and his grandmother who he was in touch with. he lost track of his friends. he in fact has started picking fights with his friends on social media over here making some very radical statements and they were turned off by that. so he started really upsetting people on the ground as well because of his behavior. people here asked his father for an intervention, to call him back to pakistan to straighten him out, maybe get him a job. his father agreed, but this was just very recently but there were never really any follow-ups. >> isis is claiming credit for the attacks in texas, or the attempted attacks.

how feasible is it that isis was actually directly involved in planning any of this? >> i don't believe so. i don't believe isis had any hand in planning plotting orchestrating, or even directly being in touch with either of the attackers. i believe isis capitalized on this incident to put itself in the spotlight and have a high added value to its propaganda machine. and in the sense, an attack in the heart of the united states on an exhibit that is insulting, you know, the grand majority of muslims around the world seems to put isis not only in the spotlight, but it also is trying to present itself as a defender of all muslims around the world. it's purely propaganda value that is getting out of it. >> thank you guys both for those updates. >> thank you. >> sunday's attacks in garland, texas, targeted an event that featured incendiary images of the muslim prophet muhammad. tonight in new york city

another group attacked for its depipgsctions of the prophet "charlie hebdo" will be honored with the prestigious freedom of expression award. but that honor has not come without controversy. at least 200 members of the pen association, including three authors, have signed a letter protesting this evening's event. they write, pen is not simply conveying support for freedom of expression, but also valorizing offensive material. joining me now is a fellow at the center of national security at fordham law. thanks for joining me. christopher, let's talk about what this event is. i mean it is really dividing people in terms of whether it's appropriate or not to be giving charlie hebdo this freedom courage award. tell me why you think it is worth giving to them. >> the first thing to be said is

that "charlie hebdo" is not pamela gellar. >> who was behind the group that held the event in texas with the caricatures of muhammad. >> and she has single mindedly set out to challenge islam and really to offend muslims around the world for many years now. we in america, after the attacks on "charlie hebdo" saw a handful of covers that to our eyes were obviously pretty questionable, that depicted the prophet muhammad. but those are really only six or seven of "charlie hebdo"'s covers in the last decade which is to say 500-plus covers of their magazine. their primary targets for their political satire are actually groups like the national front championed within france as an anti-racist magazine. they are not a magazine that expressions a xenophobic group.

so honoring them is about honoring a group of journalists who believe strongly in the importance of this kind of satire and testing the limits of what's offensive, and lost their lives for that. >> let me ask you. i feel like there are muslims in the world and muslims in france who would probably have a different assessment of "charlie hebdo" and take more pointed offense at some of those covers than just kind of how they should be examined in the broader context of "charlie hebdo's" work. what do you think about this event? >> the first thing that needs to be said is obviously we're against violence and in favor of free speech. my discomfort with what "charlie hebdo" does -- and i totally agree that it's not pamela gellar, is more of a moral argument. that they can do it but why are they doing it is really helpful at this time. that's how i feel about the awards as well. in this climate, with this kind of distrust with this racism and prejudice on both sides, between muslim communities and

western communities and those of us in the middle i'm an american muslim are we really making things better or are we making things worse? what is the advantage to doing this? what is the goal in doing this? >> in the article in the letter that some of these authors sent they say that -- i mean, one of the reasons they take issue particularly with this award is that they see "charlie hebdo" is continuing to marginalize or punch down on an already marginalized group of people which is france's muslim population. they are already living at the margins of society, you know. it is not the same satirizing them as it is catholics in france. what's your response to that? >> i heard two of the staffers speak at a pen panel this morning. one of the things that they said is that they have an archaic spirit, where what they're trying to combat is all forms of institutional power. >> but not all anarchy is the same, right? >> but if you look at their

works, they don't target impoverished french muslims living in the outskirts of paris. >> well, i mean, they did have a 2014 cover with a group of head scarf wearing pregnant nigerian women shouting don't touch our welfare, which was not a fundamentalist satire, that was a marginalized sector of the french -- >> so i would compare that to a lot of people remember last year, stephen colbert used chinese stereotypes as part of a segment that was supposed to mock dan snyder, the owner of the washington redskins. and a lot of asian-americans were offended by them and they said, we recognize that the point was satirizing racism but the images still offended us. >> is it the same satirizing chinese americans as it is muslim americans? >> no it's not, because muslim americans are -- you can bash american muslims or muslims

generally and make assumptions that you can't about other communities. i'm not upset by the satire. i'm all for free speech, even offensive speech. >> let me play the devil's advocate, though. chinese americans didn't threaten jihad. the counterpoint is they're going to be made fun of or they are subject to critique because of this present violent cloud around some strains of the muslim faith, or some people who profess to be jihadists pushing forward the muslim faith. >> that's the one side of the conversation. many folks in the muslim world believe, and not without reason, that america actively inhibits their freedom of speech. we've actively prevented the exercise of freedom of speech for hundreds of millions of people for years and years and years. we're arming dictators. that's taking away people's freedom of speech. that's killing them in the streets. so what's the difference? >> well, christopher, when you talk about the role that muslim

americans -- the sort of -- i won't say third rail. the faith, the muslim faith at this moment in america is -- i mean there's so much debate around what constitutes an accurate representation of muslim faith, who the right ambassadors are for it. for pen to choose this moment to celebrate "charlie hebdo," is that not directly sticking an eye into the sort of face of political correctness, and is that the point? >> i don't think it's the point. but pen is an organization that is dedicated to free expression. and it is a fact even if it's an uncomfortable fact that one of the threats in the world today to free expression is a particular strain of extreme radical islam that wants to prevent expressions that they view as blasphemous. and the people who targeted "charlie hebdo" were not targeting them because they felt that they had offended this impoverished muslim minority in

france. they were targeting them for blasphemy. i think it's within the context of there being a global movement to restrict speech in the name of blasphemy laws that pen has decided to give an award to victims of violence surrounding this particular issue. >> so let me get your thoughts on that. that this is the precise moment to be doing this. leak you can really argue the counter for each single point on whether you should or should not do this, right? >> sure. it's difficult for me because i'm a big believer in freedom of speech. i'm very much for that. >> and i think most of these authors are. >> of course. and i think the people for it or against it they're all for free speech. but look, many people in the muslim world believe certain things about americans or christians or jews that are offensive. and in this climate, would we honor people who engage in those stereotypes or would we think to ourselves, is now the right time? is this really the right thing to do? do we not also have a calling as

writers, as thinkers, as artists to call people together, to bring them together in a productive way? there's ways to be critical without being offensive. >> and that is also a sentiment that's expressed in the letter that these authors wrote. there are so many journalists who are facing dire circumstances, whose courage is challenged who have overcome seemingly insurmountable challenges to get the story, to cover the moment and they are not being honored for their courage. >> well one is. an azerbaijani journalist who has been imprisoned by the regime for her writing is also being honored. it isn't quite fair to say that pen has decided that this is going to be the only free expression issue that we're going to try to call out. >> it's certainly just the most high-profile, right? thank you guys both for your time. >> thank you. after the break, hillary clinton is in las vegas and betting on immigration reform but will it pay off?

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hillary clinton is heading to vegas, making a high stakes bet on the future of immigration reform. in just about 90 00 minutes, clinton will host a round table at a largely hispanic high school in las vegas, where she is expected to make a call for a path to full and equal citizenship for undocumented immigrant immigrants. a preview provided by the campaign says "we cannot settle for proposals that provide hard-working people with merely a second class status." that language appears to draw a sharp contrast with former florida governor jeb bush who has said he supports earned

legal status for undocumented immigrants. and this being cinco de mayo jeb had his own message today saluting the special relationship between the u.s. and mexico. >> clinton's immigration event comes as our new poll shows her favorability falling amid increased exposure on the campaign trail. clinton is dead-even, a downward shift from her ratings in march. one problem, clinton's marks for being honest and trustworthy are down by 13 points from last year. that number is unlikely to be helped by today's release of "clinton cash," a book scrutinizing donations to clinton family charities. and yesterday, clinton's lawyers said the former secretary of state will testify just once

before the house select committee on benghazi regarding both the consulate attack and her use of a private e-mail account. clinton's lawyer says she is available the week of may 18th. joining me now is senator joe manchin, and glen thrush. senator manchin, let me start with you. hillary clinton going on the record about immigration reform. given all the swirl around all things clinton how important is it that she gets this proposal this statement correct? >> well my recommendation to my friend hillary would be look at what we passed in the senate in a very bipartisan way. the bill was worked by republicans and democrats equally. it came out to be a very good piece of legislation. it's something that would secure our borders first. it would give a pathway to legalization. for people to learn english, pay their fines, get in line and there's a process, and we get rid of the undesirables people

who came here for the wrong reason and committed the crime. i would encourage her to look at that one there. it's already passed through senate in the most toxic atmosphere you could be in. it's already passed that that's. >> senator marcin, marco rubio, who is also running for president, was instrumented in the passage of that. >> yes. >> and i guess how much is that an issue for hillary clinton if she's going to try and wrap her arms around immigration reform someone else who's a competitor is deeply involved on that very piece of legislation. >> basically, there's nothing wrong with it. they both have the same interest in it. and they basically have the same input and basically come up with the same conclusion that it's good. marco, as you know got some fall-back from that and kind of walked away from it. he was involved in the drafting of it and i thought did a good job, contributing to it coming from a different point of view. but with that being said if you have something good, everyone's afraid about who gets credit. who can i blame? who's at fault? and that we should be looking

at, did we do something good? did we all contribute to it? is it a good product? is it a good policy for our country? and i think you'll find hillary not being afraid to give credit where credit is due, if people worked in a very positive way. >> glen speaking of marco rubio, you interviewed the author of "clinton cash", who today said he likes marco rubio. i wonder how much does that further the chatter, especially from team clinton, that this book is a partisan hit job. >> oh i got some interesting e-mails. not just from team clinton, but from some jeb bush people who have noticed that he said he spent the last four months looking into jeb bush's private business deals. so that's kind of an interesting dynamic, too. but yeah there's a lot of interest in that stuff. one of the other things that he said to me was he blamed the clinton folks for leaking all the advanced copies and details of the reporting so that it would have less than a bang. the book is kind of old news on the day that it comes out, which is an interesting thing.

but i do think we're -- >> wait do you think as a reporter that's true, glen? because i feel like after those -- if they were leaks, the look has had a lot of legs in terms of a discussion point at least. when we talk about analysis of the 2016 race and how it's shaping up. >> oh i think it has a ton of legs. i don't think we got our copies from there. i think we got them from bookstore bookstores. >> downloaded them illegally on the internet? >> just downloaded them and broke into private businesses to obtain them. no, but i think when you have the president of the united states in kenya yesterday spending a good period of time answering a lot of these charges and not in that instance particularly convincingly yes i do think this stuff has a lot of legs. >> senator manchin, we know hillary clinton's legal team has said she will be available to testify in front of the house select committee on benghazi. how much damage do you think trey dowdy and his folks can the to clinton on the subject of benghazi at this point? >> well you know we're one

year, six-plus months out, so we're 18-plus months away from the collection. i don't know how long they can keep certain things alive when there's no foundation or nothing found to be concrete. mistakes were made, and i'm sure that you know my heart goes out to those families who lost their loved ones and i think all of us feel the same way. but they just keep beating this up because of the political rhetoric that goes on and on and on. sooner or later, they've got to move on to something that has merit to it or shows that it would intend to have merit to it. but i can't tell you that they're going to stop, and i don't think it's going to do anything differently than what it's done now but speculation. but, you know we would think that sooner or later, we've got to get to the meat of the problem in the united states of america, getting our financial house in order making sure we have a candidate that knows what's going on, how to hit the first day running, and that's why i've supported hillary and i think she's prepared to do it. talk about all this cash and

everything else out there. the bottom line is how was the cash used? how was this money used? was it used to help peel around the world and around this country, to better their quality of life or to protect them to a certain extent, or was it used for themselves? that would be a tremendous hurdle for clintons. if not, let's move on to this -- >> do you think there's a genuine question there, senator? >> oh yes. there's no problem with that. and i think they're trying to answer it. i think those are public records as far as the money that's coming in. they're looking at that. where the money's been going. how it's been spent. it's tremendous. there they're a tremendous draw around the world. >> do you still have questions about how that money was used? >> no no. i have seen a lot of the good that the money has been used to. if there's something i don't see, and someone proves it to be factual, that could be a concern and they're going to have to answer it. but all this speculation just because they've had a tremendous amount of support financially. has that been because we've been able to help hiv around the

world, ebola, whatever it may be tsunamis, all these disasters that's been going on? are they able to be on the front line to bring attention to it so we can bring relief to people's lives? i'm trying to get them involved in west virginia. we have areas that need help there. i'm trying to make sure that their attention is being brought to that. so if money is being used in coming in to help people to help improve the quality of life, we should be looking at that. but we're chastising people probably afraid to ever go out and get scrutinized on these things and i don't know. >> glenn, there's a concerted effort here to turn the page away from the swirl, some of the comments bill clinton made earlier in the week to get hillary clinton back on to the substance of her potential presidency immigration reform. the policy stuff. how much of that is an uphill climb? >> first i've got to say something to senator manchin. now would be the time to make the ask in terms of west

virginia senator manchin. don't wait. >> thanks glenn. i'll take that to heart. >> don't wait. >> thank you. >> yes timing is everything. >> as he knows. he's one of the best retail politicians i've ever seen. in terms of the -- yes, i think she does have to turn the page. this is an entirely legitimate issue. nevada has always been at the epicenter of a lot of problems. i remember eight years ago, we weren't so much talking about immigration reform in nevada. we were talking about all these foreclosed homes. it was ground zero for that crisis. so this is what the clinton campaign wants to do. they want to pivot to substance and blame the media for not pivoting with them. >> politico's glenn thrush and one of the great retail politicians in the united states of america senator joe manchin. gentlemen, thank you guys both. >> thank you. see you, glenn. coming up the republican candidate who won iowa in 2008. he just threw his hat into the 2016 race. we will tell you who it is just ahead. your pet... could you love him any more? probably not.

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and now, on to other stories rocking the galaxy this tuesday afternoon. can mcdonald's recover from its identity crisis? the gowns sparkled and the tuxes were crispy last night, so why is mayor bill de blasio being criticized for skipping the ceremony? but first, today president obama nominated joseph dunn for the next chair of the joint chiefs of staff. dunnford's first task coordinating the federal government's takeover of texas with martial law. wait, what?

the latest conspiracy theory from the right wing centers on jade helm 15 an eight-week-long military training exercise that begins in july. the controversy began when the army released this map detailing the fictitious battlefield, a map that designates texas and utah as hostile territory. the map quickly gave way to rumors about corporate complicity and secret tunnels. >> they want to hide this for the troops brainwash them the local police and the citizens. they're having delta force, navy seals with the army train to basically take over. this is over the top. texas is listed as a hostile sector. now, of course we are. we're here defending the republic. this is in preparation for the financial collapse and maybe even obama not leaving office. i mean i'm telling you, this is so huge. >> joining members of the tinfoil hat brigade was texas governor greg abbott.

he is in office right now. whose skepticism last week led him to direct the state's national guard to "monitor" the exercises. and then of course there was senator ted cruz. >> in my office we've reached out to the pentagon to inquire about this exercise. we're assured that it is a military training exercise. the federal government has not demonstrated itself to be trustworthy in this administration. so the natural consequence is that many of the citizens don't trust what it's saying. >> yesterday, the pentagon responded jade helm is a long planned and coordinated exercise. we are not taking over anything. but then again, that's what they would say, wouldn't they? joining us is writer for last week tonight with john olver kevin avery, senior editor ken smith, and david coring. where do we begin with this story? >> if you take the words jade

helm 15 and rearrange the letters, it does said third term for barack obama the socialist. >> yes it does. >> so there you go. a coincidence, david? >> i don't think so. i'm surprised as we watch alex jones's regular show about this that rand paul who has often been an alex jones guest, wasn't there for that particular segment. i wonder why, too. >> were you surprised, david? i mean alex jones talking about the sort of planned federal takeover in the state of texas doesn't seem that surprising. but the governor of texas and a man who's running for president of the united states seemed to be giving quarter to these conspiracy theories. >> the last time i saw the governor of texas was at the white house correspondents dinner -- >> well, humble brag. >> two weeks ago. he was looking at all the stars around us and his eyes were as big as a texas field. so i don't know why he was there rather than back home preventing a federal takeover of his state. people out there ought to be

asking questions about that. >> wal-mart had to issue a statement yesterday dismissing rumors that tunnels were being built by the u.s. military beneath closed wal-mart stores in an attempt to launch a takeover of texas. >> i mean it's really interesting. at a time especially when texas is implementing all kinds -- or at least considering all kinds of abortion bills that are extraordinarily restrictive. and we're dealing with literally the police occupation of cities that we're worried about an alex jones -- >> federal government takeover. >> about a takeover with a military exercise. >> i mean the unfortunate part of a lot of this conspiracy theory making is that it trickles its way from the fringes into some parts of the conservative platform right? i mean we have had obamacare death panels which started on the fringe and worked their way up to the presidential stage. fema concentration camps, gun

confiscation. >> those are real alex! >> yes, exactly. and ted cruz is a legitimate politician that is talking about this stuff. >> well, maybe. >> well that's true. >> correct me if i'm wrong. we have texas already, right? don't we already have -- it's in the country. >> we collect taxes and everything. >> texas doesn't want to believe that. what do you want to open like a disney texas? what do you think we're taking over? we already have texas. >> wait a second guys. texas does have oil. >> that is true. that is true. so we're going to invade a place, it's going to have to have oil. >> why would a republican be scared of invading a land to get more oil? that's what i'd like to know. >> that is a very very important point, kevin. dear texas, you're already part of the united states. we're going to move on. today, sandwich chain panera bread says it plans to ditch over 150 artificial ingredients from its products. that announcement came one day

after the mcdonald's new ceo laid out his strategy to turn around the sagging sales of a company currently ensnared in what is seriously being called a mcidentity crisis. do you go to mcdonald's? >> not anymore, not anymore. >> when did you stop going? >> i stopped going when i -- when i started wrestling in high school pretty much. and i decided -- like you know this is probably not in the best of my interest for my diet plan. but in all seriousness, i still go. i went on a reporting trip i was just in ferguson. you know where you going to go? it's like, they've got great wi-fi. i didn't order any food. but i still went. >> that's where they're at. it is a place -- for people who are, you know, for the majority of the american public, it is becoming a place of last resort or a place of wi-fi. and that therein is a problem, and i guess i wonder can mcdonald's making healthier food

or a $5 sirloin burger will that change people's perception of mcdonald's, and motivate them to go eat there? >> i feel like if you're mcdonald's, this is what you do to get people into the restaurant. big sign out front that just says bathrooms open to the public. boom. hey. here we go. pit stop. >> david, is there something disconcerting about a restaurant that sells itself on a bathroom? >> well, i think it would be if they chose that strategy there. i mean i remember very clearly the day i stopped going to mcdonald's. it was when i got food poisoning there in 1981. i haven't eaten a burger since. they have a problem because their business model is out of step with where americans' health nutrition, and even recreational ideas about food are changing. but still, mcdonald's is a place where very low-income families go for very cheap food and for them, it actually can be a destination spot for their kids. but that's not good for those

families when it comes to a health perspective -- >> and they're increasingly waking up to that. >> it's not enough to support mcdonald's in the long run. >> there's an increasing awareness about mcdonald's not being the best place to feed your kids, and presumably, we're moving towards a society. >> i blame michelle obama. there's another thing that obama has ruined. >> taking over the chicken mcnugget. >> at this point, most people feel like people go to mcdonald's to ask where they can find a restaurant. >> do you know where i can go to get some fries around here? okay, and then there's then. 2016 wannabe lindsey graham has a message if the supreme court doesn't rule their way on same-sex marriage get over it and move on. >> being for traditional marriage without an months if i is where i stand. if the supreme court rules that same-sex marriage bans are unconstitutional, then that will be a defining moment in that debate and it will be time for us to move forward as a society.

>> so that's it jamil. if the supreme court makes gay marriage the law of the land everybody just needs to move on and deal with it, just like they moved on and dealt with boehnercare. >> this is sort of like the texas thing. america already has moved on. it's nice that he's planning to join the 21st century if the supreme court tells him to. but at the same time i feel like it's actually bad tla the idea that the supreme court rules on something means that we should stop debating it. i don't think that's the case. >> that's very intriguing. >> i don't think that's the case with republicans. it hasn't been the case with roe v. wade. i don't think that plans are going to take heed. >> so you think feasibly we may not move on and also it's good if we don't move on. >> indeed. >> i need to get to this story. because i have things to say about it. at last night's metropolitan museum of art gala there was

kim kanye, there was sarah jessica parker. but there was not mayor bill de blasio. this did not go over well in some circles. "the wall street journal" reports that the couple are largely no-shows at new york city's high society affairs which some see as a snub to the philanthropic community. kevin, bill de blasio was not wearing his finest last night, therefore he is snubbing new york's elite. >> first of all, isn't it sort of -- it's a costume type of -- >> well this one was sort of the focus was chinese influence on fashion. chinese design. >> i don't know. i feel like you get to -- don't you become mayor so you can just go oh, i'm not going to that. >> yes that's the point of being mayor. >> just so he can go you know what -- >> i feel like this is a broader criticism, david of mayor de blasio, who i think some of new york's wealthiest do not think has been sufficiently

deferential enough to the top of the upper crust of new york society. >> it seemed to me like a bad scene out of the last batman movie. you know with .01 percenters saying the mayor is identifying too much with the rabble of new york city and not their own crowd. i mean i think he should put out a statement and say sorry, i was changing bed linen in a homeless shelter last night. couldn't make it this year. maybe next year. see you at the shelter next week. >> did he weirdly call the mayor vain? i think that's what he did. >> but in a different way. can i just say one thing as an asian-american. there was a lot of dressing as the empress dowajer from 100 years ago. head dresses chinese style. one of the few asian designers -- look at that.

there were not asian people wearing crazy empress dowager head dresses like that. just a memo. maybe chinese fashion has moved into the 21st century. there's vera wang who is not wearing a head dress at all. i have to go, because we've totally run out of time. thank you, guys, for your time. >> sure thing, alex. coming up loretta lynch embarksem embarks on her first trip as attorney general. i will tell you where and with whom she met, that's next.

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