good day. i am sheinelle jones at msnbc world headquarters in new york city, keeping tabs on a busy day of events today. that includes a series of rallies against the trump administration as demonstrators sound off about the president's immigration policies. meanwhile, the president is getting ready for a rally today in melbourne, florida, and he says in a tweet that he has a lot to talk about. we're gauging the impact of the devastating rainstorm in the state of california that's already claimed the lives of four people. but first. >> they pay for mammograms and birth control. you cannot just -- >> where can you and i agree that we can provide those services -- >> planned parenthood, less than

3% of the services they provide is abortion. none of that 3% is funded by you! [ cheers ] [ cheers and applause ] >> angry constituents at town hall meetings in new york and elsewhere voicing their concern over the repeal of obamacare. this is one in asheville, new york. republican congressman tom reid is hosting a number of them today including one in great valley. beth fouhy is there right now. she was also in asheville earlier. what's the mood? is it similar in great valley to that in asheville? >> reporter: good afternoon, sheinelle. we are here in great valley. lots of people have already shown up. we are still an hour away from congressman reid arriving here. the atmosphere is party-like. they're making signs, sharing signs with each other,

exchanging ideas on the questions they want to ask the congressman when he gets here. the tone in asheville got rough there for congressman reid. he was confronted with a couple hundred supporters. 90% at least were concerned about the trump administration and efforts to repeal and repair obamacare and efforts to cut planned parenthood. let's take a listen to a few of the constituents there to see what they had to say about congressman reid. >> i really -- unhappy the people who aren't listening to him, including me. i am trying to hear. it's very unfortunate that he isn't being able to be heard as he should be. >> i can't hear anything. because the microphone is not loud enough to be heard. >> do you think the crowd is energized? >> i think the crowd is energized. i think the crowd is very supportive of their beliefs, and i think they feel that tom reid is not listening to them.

i am glad so many people showed up because i think he's going to see that there are people that support these things. my message to him, i hope he listens to the people and just not call the people protesters. >> reporter: what's the main issue for you? >> the main issue for me is the environment. >> reporter: well, to his credit, congressman reid is one of only a handful of republican members of the house who are holding town hall meetings around their districts. he said he wasn't afraid of confronting critics. i spoke to him after the meeting. >> i wouldn't say it was rough. this is democracy. and this is what it's all about. to represent people, you have to listen to people. there are people who are very passionate that disagree with us, and i respect that. there is a frustration definitely on display. that's why we wt to come here and hear what the frustration is all about, what is causing that frustration and can we move together in solutions.

>> reporter: so there you have it, congressman reed saying he is not bothered by the protesters showing up. he went to another town hall in asheville. he has four in one day. back to you. >> beth fouhy, thank you for that report. other political headlines now. what you are seeing here is a rally in dallas under way to protest president trump's actions on immigration and refugees. president trump is getting ready to hold an event of his own. that will take place in florida and is being billed as a campaign-style rally just a day after holding a similar event at a boeing plant in south carolina. >> we love our workers, and we are going to protect our workers. we are going to fight for our jobs. we are going to fight for our families, and we are going to fight to get more jobs and better-paying jobs for the loyal citizens of our country. believe me.

another republican lawmaker is now calling for an investigation into russia. senator marco rubio took to twitter last night to say, quote, i am now very confident senate intel committee i will serve on will conduct thorough, bipartisan investigation of putin interference and influence. senator rubio's tweet came shortly after he and the intel committee met with fbi director james comey behind closed doors on capitol hill. the growing concerns come at a time when michael phelps vice p pence is trying to reassure nato leaders about the u.s. commitment. >> with regard to ukraine we must hold russia accountable and demand they de-escalate the violence in ukraine. the united states will continue

to hold russia accountable, even as we search for new common ground which, as you know, president trump believes can be found. >> joining me now from west palm beach, florida, is nbc's kelly o'donnell. can you talk about the strategy behind these rallies and what else the president is doing today. >> reporter: for president trump, he has talked about for a long time, really, since the election, a desire to stay connected to his base of supporters and americans more broadly and that he enjoyed the experience of rallies, talking about his ideas and feeling the feedback from the crowd. so, in that way, it's not a surprise, but this is the first time we are really seeing it. when you say "campaign-style," sheinelle, it even goes beyond that in look and style. white house staffers says it will be paid for by the campaign committee which still exists. they'll take care of those costs and repay the taxpayers for portions of the expenses related

to this. that makes it a bit different. for the president, it's a chance to continue what's been a pattern of working weekends. we've come to florida with him a number of times. this was his habit and routine before he was president, to spend his winters in florida at his palm beach home. so he is continuing that now as president and trying to include some work activity. so the rally later today in orlando, also today since roughly 9:00 this morning, he has been at one of his golf clubs where we are told that he is holding meetings, doing calls, maybe having some recreation time. we don't have a specific readout of that. the intention is for it to be both work and relaxation over the weekend. the rallies are a way to get him outside the white house, outside the bubble of washington, and honestly, he has felt that he has been successful in that kind of venue where he can speak with either prepared remarks or sort of riffing about his own ideas and experiences. we saw a bit of it yesterday in

south carolina where he attended an event for boeing with their new dreamliner. celebrating an american company. they're also the makers of air force one. he talked about jobs, he talked about some of his plans, but not the kind of heated rhetoric that we've seen in the campaign season. so perhaps today he'll feel freer to have a more campaign-style voice. i would expect he'll criticize the media. i would expect he'll criticize democrats in the senate for not seating his cabinet as quickly as he would like. those kinds of things we would anticipate today. the president has also been using twitter a little bit today, talking about the crowd he expects later today in florida, in orlando, and it's goingo be a familiar location, because when we checked, we saw he held a rally here back in september. so it will be a little bit of a nostalgia moment for now president trump reliving maybe a bit of the campaign season. sheinelle. >> look at those lines. that says a lot.

nbc's kelly o'donnell. thank you. for more unless. seema meta, and heidi przybyla. another busy saturday shaping up. good afternoon to both of you. >> good afternoon. >> thank you. >> heidi, no one has talked -- no one talked after the meeting between fbi director comey and members of the senate intelligence committee, however, we have been talking about the fact that marco rubio sent out that tweet. what can we interpret from that? >> we can interpret the senators believe there is something there that needs to be looked at closer and that members on both sides are committing to this being a bipartisan process, with i -- which is good. remember, flynn and his ouster and the phone call is just one thread in this story which has been going on for at least six months. we have had, basically going back to trump's -- then-candidate trump's final news conference that we heard

him at, remember, when he called on the russians essentially to hack hillary clinton. that was the last time we heard from them. of course, that's exactly what they did. now we are finding out that it wasn't just flynn's contact with putin around the time that the sanctions were enacted but there were several contacts over the course of the campaign. this is the second trump official to be felled by his connections to russia. we also had paul manafort. so there is something there that members from both parties think merits further investigation. >> seema, that said, how much appetite does congress dominated by the house and the majority in the gop and senate have to investigate the president and how long might they tolerate events like his news conference on thursday? we talked to two republicans on the show today. they're both cool as cucumbers. you just saw that linep there with people who are waiting for this campaign-style rally event. it is so long. people are so supportive. doesn't that -- does that play

into it at all? >> i think it does. if you look at members of congress, you certainly have some senators and members of congress who would spoken out about things they don't like. but he has the votes. as long as he continues -- they like his supreme court nominee, they like the vast majority of his cabinet picks. as long as he continues to do things like that that make them happy, we are seeing a difference between talk versus action. as long as the president continues to follow an agenda they like, i don't think we'll see that much disagreement. in terms of rallies, all presidents do this. they go across the country to sell their policies. president obama's first trip in 2009 was to elkhart, indiana, to sell the stimulus. i think what's unique with president trump is how much he feeds off his crowds and his rallies. it invigorates him and convinces him he is on the right path and

convinces him that people support him. i expect we'll see more of this with him than others. >> maybe it will give him a boost to do another press conference like from thursday. i'll play a clip from that and then we'll talk. >> i turn on the tv, open the newspapers, and i see stories of chaos, chaos. yet, it is the sxaexact opposit. this administration is running like a fine-tuned machine. >> president trump says all of this reporting of chaos is essentially false. what's really going on behind the scenes here? do those inside the white house feel chaos or everything running smoothly? i should say the "new york times" reports his advisers suggested he not hold the thursday news conference. i talked to a strategist earlier. he says chaos is not even a fair word. >> don't believe me. believe your own eyes. look at some of the things that have happened with the travel ban being turned around by the courts, puzder being voted down,

not even coming for a vote, then flynn being replaced, which is really unprecedented within the first few weeks of the administration. so you don't have to even believe the latest news report out of the "new york times" or the "washington post" to see that there is a level of dysfunction in this administration that we have not seen even notwithstanding the fact that many new administrations who come in have growth pains. so this is, you know, the attacks on the media i want to bring up as well. that is the one thing that is different. it's different because he is going to do this in a campaign-style format. and fund-raising off of it. they sent out fund-raising letters, the nrcc did, after trump went after the media in the full-frontal assault. he has a stake now in going after the media. it makes you wonder in terms of the timing of this russia story why, despite the fact that he has been using the media all

along, why is there an urgency now to discredit particular news organizations who are investigating this story further? i leave that as a question. >> seema, you want to weigh in on this? it's not just saying, oh, the media, they get on my nerves. it's that they're fake and are an enemy of the american people. using the word enemy. that's powerful. so if we in the media report on, i don't know, something in russia or something like that, are we fake? is it a strategy on his part? talk about that a little bit. >> every president does not necessarily like the media. by its very nature it's a sometimes tense relationship. however, in terms of him tweeting yesterday that the media is the enemy of the american people, i do think that's a level of overt hostility we have not seen before. whatlse i find fascinating about it, though, is he has been a master at using the media for his own ends for decades. in the '80s as a real estate developer in new york, in the

2 2000s as the host of "the apprentice." he used the media successfully to achieve his goals. as the media reports about russia and other controversies, i believe he is sort of laying the groundwork and the foundation -- he laid the foundation a while ago but he continues to lay the foundation of saying "fake news." if you look at his supporters -- the press conference, i think a lot of people looked at the press conference as very unusual and just not something we had seen before. if you look at his supporters, they loved it. >> yeah. >> there is a message to, you know, the media, to americans overall and then there is a message to his base which i expect more of tonight at the rally in florida. it's targeted at them. >> we are not an interest group. we are a democratic institution. we are many, many people of different backgrounds and ethnicities. it's just not something that makes sense to categorize the media as a singular entity.

>> i have to leave it there. take a moment, pause and look at this screen right now, the three of us. >> right. >> there you go. >> all right. heidi and seema, thank you for talking with me. >> thank you. speaking of the media, the unusual exchange between the president and a member of the press, and the striking reaction. i'll speak with political commentator roland martin about that coming up next. what powers the digital world. communication. that's why a cutting edge university counts on centurylink to keep their global campus connected. and why a pro football team chose us to deliver fiber-enabled broadband to more than 65,000 fans. and why a leading car brand counts on us to keep their dealer network streamlined and nimble. businesses count on communication, and communication counts on centurylink. imagine if the things you bought every day earned you miles to get to the places you really want to go.

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president trump is preparing for a campaign-style rallyay in melbourne, florida, much like the one in south carolina yesterday. it's scheduled to begin at 5:00 eastern and we'll certainly bring it to you live. to the latest fall out from this exchange on thursday over a possible meeting with the

congressional black caucus. >> with who? >> are you going to include the congressional black caucus and hispanic caucus. >> do you want to set up the meeting? >> no. >> are they friends of yours? >> joining me now, roland martin, the host and managing editor of news one now. what was your initial reaction to the exchange between president trump and april ryan when he said, are they friends of us? do you want to set up a meeting? >> easy. this is a president with no clue what he's doing or what he is talking about. it also shows, being a man from new york city he doesn't understand the african-americans who are in congress from his own area. congressman gregory meeks. congresswoman yvette clark. all representing new york in congress. dude, do you even know what's going on? to say, will you set it up? after the news conference i

called the special adviser to donald trump. she was actually at the swearing in of the congressional black caucus. she said she has been talking about congressman cedrick richman, the new chair, about setting up a meeting. so he is not even talking to the black folks who works for him! >> you mentioned congressman gregory meeks. he gave this exchange on air yesterday. let's listen and then we'll talk. >> it would have been funny if it wasn't so serious. you know, to hear the president of the united states ask a reporter to reach out for a meeting with the congressional black caucus who deals with the legislativagen is kind of funny. i would say to him. utilizing his word you know, he should use his african-american. i think he has one. maybe amorosa. >> it's what you just said. our criticisms like that, are we talking it too far or is it just

real? >> no. i left out congressman hakeem jeffrey. there are more african-americans in congress from new york than any other place. it was offensive to ask a reporter, do you know them? are you set up the meeting? you are the president of the united states. you had a call with congressman elijah cummings after you saw him on "morning joe." why would you ask april ryan when you could call a guy you already talked to? then president trump lies about congressman cummings refusing to meet with him. saying he listened to chuck schumer. chuck schumer is in the senate. cummings is in the house. if cummings is going to talk to anybody he'll talk to democratic leader nancy pelosi. this is, again, another indication of a president with no clue what's happening on capitol hill. it was a joke, it was embarrassing. he needs to learn how to be president. i don't know if there is a book

of cliff notes or something along those lines, but he might want to read it. >> i want to ask you about the lines we are seeing for his rally in melbourne. you mentioned hakeem jeffreys. he made this statement when referencing the potential meeting with the cbc. i want to talk about that too. >> we're looking forward to an open dialogue. steve bannon, however, should not be in the room. he is a stone-cold racist and white supremist sympathizer. it would be hard to participate if he was there. >> steve bannon said brighteitb was the home for white nationalists and white supremacists, period. so, to have that person as your chief strategist, yes, it would be problematic for the congressional black caucus. i would advise the president to

have reince priebus in that meeting, individuals who understand the policies and issues and concerns of the congressional black caucus. i understand exactly what he is saying. they've been talking about a potential meeting, the congressional black caucus. yesterday i had congressman emanuel cleaver and congressman carson. congressman carson said he would attend. congressman cleaver said he hasn't come to a conclusion yet. you can expect some members of the cbc will not meet with trump. by the way, the congressional black caucus is the largest caucus in the democratic caucus. president trump needs to understand, if you want to bring up democratic votes, you need to talk to them. >> here is what keri lucas said on air this morning. >> it's not just donald trump

being mow you overzealous and saying the media is biased. everybody knows the media has been biased for a long time. the media has to do their jobs but also try to earn back the trust of the american people and show a little bit more objectivity than they have been. >> does she have a point? >> i don't give a damn what she has to say. no, she doesn't have a point. here is the reality. president donald trump has lied consistently. his representatives. kellyanne conway, they've lied. sean spicer has lied. they have lied. and so you are getting called out on it. this is simply a waste of time. donald trump, what heants to do is deflect. he wants to sow seeds of discontent. he wants us in the media on the defensive trying to defend ourselves. no. it's very simple. you continue to lie. you are going to get called out lying. i have a segment on my show

called #trumpliesmatter. every time he lies, i am going to play that. the attacks on the media will not work. play to your base, fine. but do your job and stop whining about the media. the problem is, he is a media blow hard he loves the attention. i don't care about his criticism of the media. >> with ten seconds left, we had two republicans on today. both have said, you know what, yes the country is divided. there is nothing we can do about that. he's still getting things done. we keep showing the live pictures in florida, the line ares out of control with people saying right on, we love what he's doing. look at the lines, these people love him. >> of course they do. those are the people who voted for him. they're going to get disappointed when he takes their health care because they're whining about that. when he doesn't bring the high-paying manufacturing jobs back what will they say then? sit back and wait and see what happens. they'll go, oh, my god, he was

lying then and he is lying now. >> i have to leave it there. thank you very much. president trump's rally i just showed you in florida, still three and a half hours away. already look at the turnout. we'll take you there in just a moment. there are over 47 million ford vehicles out here. that has everything to do with the people in here. their training is developed by the same company who designed, engineered, and built the cars. they've got the parts, tools, and know-how to help keep your ford running strong. 35,000 specialists all across america. no one knows your ford better than ford. and ford service. right now, get the works! a synthetic blend oil change, tire rotation, brake inspection and more -- for $29.95 or less.

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welcome back. i am sheinelle jones here at msnbc world quarteheadquarters york. president trump's campaign-style rally is not starting for several hours, but already people are lining up to get inside the venue in melbourne, florida. l let's go to the location. set the scene for us where you are. >> reporter: you said it right, sheinelle. this is donald trump's first campaign event as president. it's not set to start until 5:00 p.m. eastern, but you can already see the line behind me stretches out for several blocks. people have been here since very

early this morning. in fact, the first person in line came here at 4:00 in the morning. when i said campaign event, that's what i meant. that's what press secretary sean spicer called it. this campaign event is happening on donald trump's 30th day as president. exactly 1,354 days before the 2020 election, sheinelle. i want to talk to some people to see why they're here. some drove from very far away. let's talk to some folks. sir, can you tell us why you're here today. >> support mr. trump. >> reporter: are you hoping to hear anything specific today? >> i think that anything that he says will be a move forward, a step forward, and that's what i want to hear. >>epter: breitbart wrote he has had a particularly tumultuous week, mr. trump. are you hoping this week will turn the tide for him? >> he'll turn the tide for himself. you are going to have ups and downs. if he keeps doing what he is

doing, we'll all be great. >> reporter: did you feel the need to support the president, sir, after the week he has had? >> i have been supporting him all along. absolutely. >> reporter: sheinelle, president trump is visiting his winter white house, if you will, mar-a-lago. it's the third weekend in a row that he's been here in florida. as i mentioned, this is his first campaign event. this event was completely organized by the trump campaign. folks like the one we just spoke with had to register online at the campaign site and give out information like their e-mail and other things that could later be used for campaigning in the future. >> thank you, marianna. let's give you a moment at the munich security conference that russia won't like. could it have a souring effect on the trump administration's relationship with the kremlin. we'll talk about it. i've found a permanent escape from monotony. together, we are perfectly balanced,

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overseas the vice president made his first major foreign policy address earlier today, promising an unwavering commitment to nato and a strong position against russia's actions in ukraine. lucy joins us from germany. >> reporter: i think the atmosphere is the room is a fairly good indication to reaction to vice president's speech. we heard muted, luke warm, applause, no standing ovations. the vice president, his comments reflecting the nervousness that america's allies feel about the state of relations going forward. look, donald trump has said a lot of things that have rattled europe. he has questioned the merits of nato, calling the alliance obsolete. he has expressed his admiration for vladimir putin at a time when russia is quite literally redrawing borders. what we heard from the vice president was his declaration of the unwavering commitment to

nato and to europe. the tough talk on russia also. he promised to hold russia accountable starting with the situation in ukraine, calling on russia to use its influence to de-escalate the violence there. we know that he met with the leader of ukraine, petro poroshenko, for a one-on-one talk later. no details about what came out of the discussions but certainly something that sends a strong message to russia. the russian foreign minister took to the tstage with a different tone, blaming nato for the tensions in europe. he declared the end of a western-led world, saying the time when the west calls the shots is over. if we are seeing hesitation and nervousness on the part of european allies, where russia celebrated the trump victory with champagne they're taking a

more cautious approach. >> thank you for talking with us. let's continue with this. bringing in ambassador christopher hill, dean of international studies at the university of denver. the ambassador to iraq under president obama. good day. >> good day. >> first the foreign policies agenda. can we say in your opinion there is one that you can discern? >> it's kind of hard to say. you get one message from the president himself and then from senior people around the president, including the vice president, you see some reassurance that things will coinue. the fact that vice president ke pence went to the munich security conference and kind of gave assurances to nato allies about the prominency of nato and put down the marker about a better need for sharing. there is no questioning of the importance of nato there, no questioning of the european alliance. this is music to the ears of the

europeans. what they worry about down the line is whether this is, in fact, president trump's view. and they also worry about the fact that, when you look at some of these important agencies, such as the state department, you have a -- you have a secretary of state, and then he seems to be sort of home alone. there doesn't seem to be any other appointments yet and that's worrisome to people. they like to see teams. foreign policy is a team sport, not an individual encounter. >> i am glad you mentioned that. i'm going to ask you about rex tillerson and the vice president. first i want to play the president's response about recent moves by russia. take a listen. >> it would be great if we could get along with russia, just so you understand that. >> you mentioned the spy vessel off the coast of the united states. >> not good. >> the president has insisted that the reporting on this has made it more difficult to forge a relationship with that country. what are your thoughts? >> viewed in a certain respect,

he has a point. let's try to stop throwing these ad hominem attacks at putin and see if we can discuss and work together. in short, a trump reset button of the kind we saw at the beginning of the obama administration and the kind we saw at the beginning of the bush administration. what is really different, though, is the degree to which he seems to do these sort of gymnastics in order to defend what russia is doing out there and avoid any kind of criticism. youknow, again, i understand the t, you know. when you criticize someo harshly in the media, it kind of makes it difficult to deal with them the next day. but this is well beyond that. and i think there are a lot of people, including in the u.s. senate, who are kind of wondering what's going on here. because this is a president who does not shy away from saying what's on his mind about seemingly everyone else, whether it's television talk show hosts

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will no longer seek that status. it's an immigrant haven, with a cuban-born mayor of miami. what does this mean to communities like this if it keeps happening? >> we see the pressure from the federal government. in the case of miami, we saw the pressure give way to saying, we're going to cooperate and not act as a sanctuary haven for undocumented people. unlike here in austin, texas, which is a sanctuary city, it has gotten a lot of heat not just from president trump but from our own governor. some of it is internal politics within a city. the other part that is undeniable is the pressure from the federal government. let's not forget that donald trump pegged his campaign on fighting illegal immigration, on building the wall, on deporting criminals or maybe more than criminals. so he has to make good on this promise, especially to all of those supporters who right now are lining up for the campaign

rally. >> let's talk about daca. >> it's a difficult subject to me. it's one of the most difficult subjects i have. you have these incredible kids, in many cases, in the in all cases, they were brought here in such a way -- it's a very, very tough subject. we're going to deal with daca with heart. >> do you believe him that he'll handle it with heart? >> he says this. yet, we saw last week a dreamer, a daca recipient in seattle being detained. there are allegations that he admitted to being a gang member, that has been refuted. so if we take president trump at his actions that we saw during the i.c.e. sweeps, that a daca recipient was taken into custody, then you start saying, does he really mean he has a heart with regards to all these children who were brought over as children? maybe this was the exception to confirms the rule of him not

messing with daca. regrettably, i am feeling more pessimistic than taking donald trump at his words. >> your thoughts on the latest tweets by immigrations and customs enforcement. reports of i.c.e. checkpoints and raids they say are false, dangerous and create mass panic and put law enforcement in unnecessary danger. they say any groups falsely reporting these activities are doing a disservice to those they claim to support. what do you make of this? a form of damage control? i was surprised, quite frankly, that i.c.e. was tweeting. >> first of all, panic is a terrible thing to see within the latino community. we have been seeing it, translating into parents keeping their kids home from school because they are scared something will happen to their kids or to themselves while their kids are at school. what we need here, though, is to rely on the immigrant advocate community to put out information

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thousands of people are expected to gather in new york's times square tomorrow for the "i am a muslim 2" rally. a show of solidarity with american muslims. in the wake of president trump's immigration ban. joining me now is the co-emcee

of the event, deen obeidallah, and hosts the deane obeidallah show on sirius xm. thank you for talking to me on a saturday. >> thank you for having me here. >> tell me how this get started? >> it's russell simmons and rabbi shire. these have been working together for years on bringing people of different backgrounds and faiths together. it was their idea. i'm happy to be a part of it. it's going to be 65 degrees in february, proving that god might be muslim. the mayor of new york should be there. standing up together saying, we're all muslim, we're all american, we're not going to divide us by faith or race or sexual orientation in this country. we're going to stand up united tomorrow in times square to make that point to the whole world and especially donald trump. >> dean, you noticed in your piece that barely half of americans oppose the president's immigration ban.

a lot of them support what the president is doing. >> it is concerning. and i am muslim. our community is small in this country. we're 1 to 2% of the country. it's getting out more, getting in the media, building these coalitions, working together, standing up for other communities in times of need, so we know we have their back and they have hours. that's part of it. it's misinformation. i'll be blunt. donald trump ran a campaign so much of it was ginning up fear of our community, from islam hates us which he said, to thousands of muslims cheered o 9/11, which was a lie. that muslims are hiding terrorists in our midst in this country. that's not accurate. and his muslim ban. we're trying to cut through that. it's the idea of martin luther king says love drys out hate. that's not what we're using, we're using love, not hate. the muslim community, we're so inspired by so many of our fellow americans who came out to stand with us across the country, 30 different cities that opposes muslim ban. and in time, i have great confidence in my fellow

americans that the good of all of us comes out. >> dean, i remember, i was sitting right here in this chair one of those saturdays, when the immigration ban played out. how did that affect you personally or did it? >> very mgs emotional. the muslim community during this campaign felt very alone. we did see other signs of people standing with us. since donald trump got elected, we have seen a spike of hate crimes against our community, more bullying of muslim children in school. but this great outpouring of people, no religion to all religions, standing with us in the airports, in the streets. it makes our community feel like we're not alone an tat a time when donald trump has made us feel alone. it was a great moment. cathartic for our community and powering. so we are looking forward to an i am muslim rally tomorrow in times square. it's going to be great. a few hours, stand there together, united, that's the beauty of america. we're embracing our diversity, not dividing us by our faith or our race.

>> well, dean obeidallah, i know our crews will be covering it tomorrow. thank you for your time on this saturday. >> thank you. >> that wraps up this hour of "msnbc live." keir simmons anchors our next hour live from munich and he'll size up vice president pence's first performance on the world stage. i'm sheinelle jones. have a good day. ake on a new jo, or fill a big order or expand your office and take on whatever comes next. find out how american express cards and services can help prepare you for growth at open.com.

good afternoon. i'm keir simmons, live from munich, germany. a global campaign underway this weekend to overcome that difficult week for president trump. this evening, the president himself rallying supporters in florida, after giving a surprise news conference on thursday, and appearing before supporters yesterday in south carolina. while here in germany, an international charm offensive in the buildings behind me. all meeting with world leaders here. trump's secretary of state was in europe this week, but do they speak for the president? i asked vice president