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thanks for joining us. civil rights and congressman refusing to share the stage with the president. showing it an insult for those being honored. we'll show you protests. >> this is incredible tribute, not only to the state of mississippi, a state that i love, a state where i've had great success. this is attribute to our nation at the highest level. >> plus all eyes on alabama where the special senate race remains too close to call which just days to go. president trump makes another public endorsement of the em battled candidate roy moore. question here will the presidential push be enough to put enough ahead doug jones. and allegations of sexual misconduct. latest law make tours resign and national reckoning happening there. but we'll start this hour with the president's remarks at the opening of the mississippi

civil rights museum which just happened. a ceremony attended by hundreds but noteworthy who was not there. john lewis decided not to attend in protest of the president being there. >> the civil rights museum records the oppression, cruelty and in justice inflicted on the african-american community. the fight to end slavery. to break down jim crow. to end segregation. to gain the right to vote. and to achieve the sacred birth right of equality. [ applause ] that's big stuff. that's big stuff. those are very big phrases. very big words. >> nbc jeff bennett live near mar-a-lago where the president is spending most of this weekend. and president pretty much stuck to the words on script as you

watched and i watched as well here. but the reaction there was somewhat controversial for some who were there. now the president is headed back to where you are at. >> reporter: yeah, that's right. to your point, he quite literally stuck to the script reading from his prepared statement for much of his speech. talked about ending slavery and break down jim crow. then name checked martyrs of the civil rights movement, like martin luther king, but also the one murdered by civil rights. one he did not mention was john lewis as you mentioned boycotted. he said the president's presence there make a mockery of the proceedings. mainly because he took issue with the president's policies and his statements. statements in the past about, for instance, racial violence in charlottesville, starting his campaign last year by attacking

mexican immigrants. and so john lewis spent the weekend in alabama campaigning for doug jones, democrat in that race. as you know president chosen can dit is roy moore. so even though the president seemed to hit all of the right notes in terms of symbolism, they say there is lot left for him to do. >> in west palm beach where the president is right now. thank you so much, sir. at this time the president is talking about memphis. take a listen. >> among those we honor are the christian pastors who started the civil rights movement, in their own preaches like martin luther king, a man we have studied and watched and add mired for my entire world.

that we are all made in the imache of o image of our lord. >> take a look at this image. standing by john lewis at his side. john lewis refusing to share the stage with president trump. lewis along with tom son of mississippi said this. president and hurt full policies are insult to the people portrayed in the civil rights museum. the white house disagreed calling the absence unfortunate. here are some comments he made so far. then we'll get reaction from our panel. >> i'm building a wall, okay, i'm building a wall. i'm trying to keep business out of mexico. mexico is fine. >> he's ha mexican american. >> he's a middle east mexican heritage and he's very proud of it. >> look at how much african-american communities have suffered under democrat control. to those i say the following, what do you have to lose?

>> you had a group on one side that was bad. and you had a group on the other side that was also very violent. and nobody wants to say that but i'll say it right now. >> wouldn't you love to see one of these nfl owners when somebody disrespects our flag, to say get that son of a bish off the field right now. out. he's fired. he's fired. >> you were here long before any of us were here. although we have a representative in congress who they say was here a long time ago. they call her pocahontas. but you know what, i like you. >> and the word pocahontas a racial epithet. with me congressman, former vermont governor, former dnc and howard dean. and news one now roll lynn martin. starting with you on this, roll land, let's focus on the

importance of this museum of what it stands for, of why on this day some of are looking at those in civil rights of many decades, like john lewis, yourself and others rksz looking at this and saying this is good, this is opening today. >> no, actually i can't say that, because what is flying outside of that very museum is a state flag with a confederate hate symbols on it. i had her on my show yesterday she made that particular point. you still have the present goff nr and previous governors defending that racist flag in that particular state. you still have that going on. and so you might be opening a museum, but you still have the symbols of hate. let me also remind you that the desk of a senior senator right now in the united states senate, that is the desk of jefferson davis, greatest traitor in american history, mississippi, they have their statues are coconfederate generals.

you know what that means, they are domestic terrorists. so although mississippi is oemg the museum they still have a long way to do to release the past and come into the 21st century. >> governor, as you look at the museum opening today, and roland is clear, he has objections to the flag flying above it, what does the opening of this museum mean to not only where we are at today on the state of race and i played some of what the president has said so far on that very topic, what do you think this says? bas based on the back and forth we have seen so far with john lewis specifically, not deciding to be there? >> well, first of all, i don't know what's in the museum. so that depends. i don't know what the depictions are like. second of all, i think john lewis made the right decision. donald trump stt most divisive president we've had in our lifetime. while martin luther king was protesting, and later he was

sued by the justice department by refusing to rent to black tenants. so this is exactly the wrong guy to come down and open a civil rights museum. i think the idea of a civil rights museum is it a good thing in mississippi. step forward. but i don't think you have donald trump one of the most divisive figures in american history open the museum if you want anyone to take you seriously. >> john, when you look at those who decided not to attend, the mayor also deciding not to tend the opening today. some of the thoughts that roland said that represented in the museum and outside itself the flag, does this takeaway what might be a great day for this new museum the country's civil rights museum? >> i think it could have been a great day for america. when i look at this i think john lou cyst a great american. but we had an opportunity today to put all politics a side transcend being a republican and democrat and say when it comes to civil rights, to racism,

we'll all stand together shoulder and shoulder wanting to show america we are united moving forward. yet he and others chose not to come. and their criticism was donald trump came. i can only imagine the criticism if donald trump was invited and chose not to come. he would have been criticized for that as well. so i think this was a missed opportunity. >> i'm sorry, richard, i have so ten in here. john, let me remind you have something i can't stand there and look at donald trump talk about mississippi and issue of voting when he was a fraudulent voter fraud commission denying black folks to voechlt i can't listen to those comments when right now the north carolina republican party is doing everything they can to voter suppression bill. we are dealing with reality. if donald trump wants to show me something, tell me when he will sit down in the civil rights leaders. you tell me when donald trump

will tell bob -- no, john, john. i'm speaking of present day civil rights. part of the problem we have today is we want to reflect on the past when you have a president who right now is denying civil rights to americans in the 21st century. >> but why not use today to start a dialogue to build off that? >> no. >> but by not showing up doesn't help. >> go ahead. >> first of all, john lewis didn't show up. he's in the museum. >> roland, go ahead, governor. >> the trouble is he's the wrong guy to do it. nobody trusts donald trump. no african-american certainly don't trust them protecting their vote. he's the wrong guy to open the museum. you want dialogue, let's get something done, donald trump is interested in one thing, donald trump. we like someone to talk to who is interested in america. >> in the last 24 hours we also

have heard from the president because he was in pensacola, florida, all be on this topic of how to discuss race and how to discuss other issues related to the elections happening in alabama. so i want to play just two pieces of sound here. that which roy moore the candidate said on race related to race here in terms of how to make america great again. and then the president's remarks right after that in what he thinks endorsing again here openly during this rally of roy moore. let's play that. >> what does make it great mean? >> i think what was great at the time was families were united, even though we had slavery, that cared for one another. people were strong in the families. our families were strong. our country had a direction. and we corrected many of the problems. >> this guy is screaming we want roy moore. he's right. so get out and vote for roy

moore. >> all right. let's put those two together. roland, as we heard there from the candidate, and we hear the president on the very topic bring in what we were just talking about, which is racial sensitivity. >> he's supporting a guy who actually told a reporter, a black reporter the last time america was a great nation was when our families were together. and, yeah, we had slavery. guess what? black families were not to the. they were broken a part. this man has no business being in the united states senate. he has no business representing folks in alabama especially african americans. this is the cradle of the civil rights movement. and roy moore has no concern whatsoever for the interest of people of color. so i would hope folks turn out and send a powerful signal that alleged pedophile has no business in the important chamber in this country. >> how did he answer this answer of one of the great times of america, and, again, the pain

those were beaten and killed during this time, and he says the way he alludes to slavery in his very answer, how could he have done better 0en that? >> well, first of all, i think we are combine two things that have no relationship. all he's saying in alabama is there an election tuesday. instead of washington telling you how to vote, this should be left in the hands of alabama. >> he was actually answering the question how do we make america great again. he said let's look back to one of the great times. and many of the great times was not one of those great times. >> we are not going to relive history. >> we don't want to. >> but i think we all agreed many of these things the country did in the past universally we agree, whether it was race relationships, whether it was relative to women in the workplace, all those things we could have done better. and we all agree with that. that doesn't mean that over time this still wasn't a great country. we did many great things as well. and i think it's actually insulting to imply that this hasn't been a great country over

many years. discussion we should be having, how do we become unified again on things we should be universal on. standing up for civil rights problems. standing up for men and women in the workplace. standing up for religious freedom. why kwant we all agree on that. >> quickly to you, go ahead governor. >> i don't find his argument could be confusing. donald trump is the most divisive person i've said before ever been in the presidency of my lifetime. i think he's the wrong person. our country is not going to be divided until we have a different president, excuse me not going to be together again until we have a different president reaching out to everyone. >> john, i'll a wait for you and other republicans as to stand up against republicans in north carolina. i'll wait for you to stand up against republicans who are preventing folks formerly incarcerated being able the right to vote. i'll wait for you to stand up

against the people who are denying opportunities for after car african americans incorporate america. if you want to be the hand, i'm saying please do so, but i want you to bring some of your republicans along and see if they'll have the guts to do it. i dare say they won't. >> we will get back down on the ground there in alabama and discuss exactly what's happening with the race, sexual misconduct certainly a big part of it. we wanted to focus again on it the opening of the museum there. the civil rights museum in mississippi. thank you all. you all have a good saturday. >> thank you. one of the top advisers, scope of the special counsel. the warning the fbi gave hope hicks shortly after trump took office. plus the controversy over conversation between father and son. needles.

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thanks for sticking with us. new dp new details. according to "the new york times" hope hicks one of president trump top sizer did meet with special counsel robert mueller team on thursday and friday. the report here saying fbi firms warned hicks about russian operatives contacting her during the transition period. separately, there was a new

research poll that finds 59% of americans believe senior trump officials likely had improper campaign contacts with russia. also this week on the russia front donald trump junior offering testimony for eight hours. while the fiance much georof ge papadopoulos speaks out. take a listen. >> constantly in touch with high level campaign officials and never took anything unauthorized. >> constantly in touch you say with members of the campaign. was he in touch with the chief strategies steve bannon? as far as i know, yes, steve bannon, michael flynn. >> joining us now natasha, political correspondent with business insider, justin miller national editor at the bee. thanks for being here.

>> natasha, let's start with this, when we got the news that donald trump junior said i'm not going to answer this question, basically, because of attorney-client privilege, and during the call there were two attorneys there, one for both the president and donald trump juni junior. is this proper? was his answer usable here? >> well, the democrats say no. and many legal experts were quick to weigh in on this saying the attorney-client privilege is not a rationale argument and not a legitimate one. in my conversations with the democrats on the house intel committee, they have indicated they are actually going to bring back or they would like to bring back donald trump junior, but it's really going to be up to the republicans to do that. so what they are going to do is they are going to start to present legal argument tos to t majority arguing why the attorney-client privilege defense really doesn't hold up. >> if this is not legal, justin, what might donald trump junior face? >> well, as long as republicans

are in charge of the committee that he testified in front of, i don't think anything. it's hard to imagine that they are going to hold him in contempt. the committee has been very favorable towards trump. now he can't do this or he can try to do this, if he's in front of a grand jury or in front of robert mueller, for that point he would face consequences, not least among them is contempt. >> contempt. the other character talking about in this investigation from the mueller team, natasha is george papadopoulos his fiance speaking out to them. what is the takeaway? and might it be used against papadopoulos? >> definitelily introduces two new players in terms of their connections with bannon and flynn. of course they are not commenting. it solidifies this idea that papadopoulos felt emboldened enough during the campaign to make all these contacts with high leaf tell campaign

officials. had him emailing lewandowski at the time. and paul manafort trying to set up this meeting between putin and donald trump. now the question is why did he feel like he was important enough on the campaign to make all these contacts with these high level campaign officials and continue to do so through september? why did he continue to represent the campaign even through january after trump was inauguraled? these are all questions that mueller of course is going to want to find out. and now that papadopoulos is cooperating with him, there is no doubt in my mind that he will, you know, discover the answers. >> donald trump did tweet about papadopoulos saying that, you know, he came to the campaign, few people knew the low level. check the dems. saying he's not a coffee getter which was one of the quotes papadopoulos is. why is it more important for mueller to be not low level but

medium level but having a lot of touch points? >> i think you just answered it. the more touch points he has with senior members of the campaign, the more that mueller will be able to work sort of through papadopoulos's story and talk to other people and learn what they knew. and then more importantly compare the stories to what papadopoulos said and their fellow campaign members. >> hope hicks here, natasha, getting the outreach, right. and some are saying if the outreach came to hope hicks, that maybe the well isn't as deep as some had thought. right. because if the well was deeper in terms of the touch points with russia, this would have happened way way before and it wouldn't be hope hicks being reached out later on in the time span here. >> right. so many former intelligence officials and national security experts i've spoken to have pushed back hard against this idea. that just because the russians were trying to cultivate a new source, new asset such as hope

hicks that that kind of discounts the idea that the trump campaign as a whole was having contact with the russians. there is it really -- the idea that the russians wanted to communicate with hope hicks, at the heart of that is that they wanted to get to donald trump. now these maybe new russians who entered the picture after trump was inaugurated or ones that were trying to in filtrate the campaign from the beginning of the we don't know. but the basic issue here is that they felt like the trump campaign and the trump transition team was friendly and that they could cultivate them as assets. >> donald trump the president arriving there in west palm beach, florida, headed to mar-a-lago. just real quick here justin, deutsch bank, big deal? >> so robert mueller has subpenaed records to trump associates. big deal? could be. deutsch bank was one of the few lenders that was willing to give trump money or lend him money after he fell on to hard

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the thomas with 140,000 acres burned. scott jones joins me from ventura, california. scott, the headline now the l.a. times right now is firefighters has been able to take a turn. but boy it still looks really tough. >> reporter: that's right, richard. and what happens oftentimes in a fire this size, this thomas fire, you get a one step forward, two steps back sort of situation. so where i am, south, kind of in the south and east end of the fire, truly starting to lift some of the evacuation orders. you have utility crews coming in here. but at the same time north and west of here, into santa barbara county actually imposing new evacuation orders. so still trying to get a handle on this as you mentioned 148,000 acres, that is area roughly the size of the city of chicago. and the fire did indeed turn deadly. confirmed death as a result of

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welcome back. president trump in jackson, mississippi, just a short time ago, spending 90 minutes on the ground, speaking to the opening of the latest civil rights museum in the country. civil rights icon john lewis though protested and decided to skip the event. also congressman thompson and the mayor of that city, jackson. take a listen to president talking to late activist med garr. >> he joined the army in 1943 when he was 17 years old. fought in norm andy second world war and when he came back to mississippi he kept fighting for the same rights and freedom for his courageist leadership in the civil rights efforts. he was sa nassassinated by a member of the kkk in the

driveway of his own home. >> with mississippi reaction to the president's speech. christen. >> hi richard good afternoon to you. president trump stuck to his script when he spoke here at the civil rights museum in jackson, mississippi. paid tribute to all of those who have fought hand risk their lives in the civil rights movement. particularly focused on med garr evers, shot in jackson, mississippi where he lived with his family. his widow was here today as well as brother. greeted him on the tarmac. president trump talked about the significance of people like med garr evers. i spoke with people here today, they said that they were largely pleased with the president's remarks. he didn't talk about the controversy at the backdrop of his visit. the fact that there were dozens of protest es that greeted him or the fact that many decided to

boycott including congressman john lewis who said his mere appearance was hurtful. because he says the president has done more to divide this country to unite it. but i did talk to a lot of people after this event today. here's what they had to say. >> i felt the need to be here based on the sacrifices that had been made by a number of people that you will see in the museum. and i thought it was my responsibility to be here for them since they are no longer with us. >> the important thing is to engage. and i think if they would have come and been able to meet the president and talk to him, something could have come out of that. >> those who boycotted today's events point to the fact as candidate mr. trump did struggle to win over african-american voters. and as president he's had a number of different instances which have created controversy, including his response to the clashes in charlottesville, for example, which turned deadly. however, i spoke to one white house official who said that

they wish that those who decided to boycott had actually attended because today should be focused on unity, not about divisions. richard? >> christen, thank you for that report. joining us now is democrat tv new york. representative. thanks for being here today. >> thanks for having me. >> disrespects what the civil rights movement has been for our count country. does it disrespect the visit by this president? >> well, i think that john lewis and thompson got it correct in deciding not to show up. on the one hand, we have representative thompson who is a well-respected member of the national black caucus, someone involved in the civil rights movement in mississippi in a significant way. and of course john lewis civil rights icon almost lost his life on the bridge during bloody sunday fighting for the right to vote. on the other hand we have had donald trump birther and chief, who has never missed the

opportunity to fan the flames of hatred wherever he think it's in his best interests. in the 1970s it was the trump administration sued by the nixon for racial discrimination refusing to rent apartments to africans americans. in 1980s led latinos wrongfully accused, and imprisoned for a crime they didn't commit. then of course we know that he led and perpetrated the racist lie that barack obama was not born in the united states of america. and that's before he was sworn into office. he comes into office, you have embracing neo nazi in charlottesville, continuing to play political footcy with david duke, brigade . that's why we thought there was no sincerity the president

showing up in mississippi. >> some would say the understanding and the years and the depth and the root of this is not well-known. for instance when the white house press secretary was alluding to civil rights leaders seemingly not understanding here. when we talk about mr. lewis, he is that icon. he is that civil rights leader. >> that's absolutely correct. john lewis was involved in freedom summer 1964 and even prior to that had been arrested and spent time in mississippi protesting against the racist jim crow segregation that existed in the deep south at that particular time. remember, richard, this is a president who during black history month earlier this year seemed to suggest that frederick douglas was still alive. he's got no real authentic understanding of the journey that african americans have been on. if many of us had actually thought this represented a genuine change of heart, then perhaps it's a moment we could have embraced. but no reason to believe when

you look at the entirety of his presidency and ts 70 years prior to his presidency, that he's been on god's green earth, this was anything other than a political stunt. >> it is a structure pillar what we are as americans, not a positive one, but most would agree here. let's move to the museum itself, really something here for the state of mississippi. some of the details coming out, 7 galleries in a circle central place called the little light of mine. has a dramatic sculpture in the middle there. also has interactive, gallery of a giant tree with jim crow images as images of leaves around it. what might this mean for the state of mississippi for those who are in the south? and remembering, you know how it works, when you see it face-to-face, it means something different when you walk through a museum like that. >> well, we've come a long way in america. certainly in mississippi. but we still have a long way to go. remember, the confederate battle plague that has been a source of great controversy in this nation

still is embedded in mississippi state flag. now, it's important that this museum mark the sacrifice of individuals like mega evers and james meredith who helped to integrate one of the universities down in mississippi and the progress that has been made overtime. but we still have voter suppression and mass incarceration, still have a criminal justice system still in desperate need of reform. police brutality. so hopefully the journey travelled as reflected in this museum will inspire others to continue to fight. >> i want to finish with what evers said, obviously the spouse of evers and civil rights in her own right. and she said this to the jackson free press, we are being challenged in similar ways to the past. we are still suffering from some of the same ills. i believe in the state of my birth that is something i never thought i would say, both

buildings share the same heart. she feels like she is supporting what is happening today yet at the same time understands boy we still have a way to go. echoing what you said. >> absolutely. these are very schizophrenia times in acknowledging the progress that many have brought forward through their sacrifices during the civil rights era and between before that in terms of fighting against slavery in this country which was the original sin in the united states of america. all the way through the progress of having someone like barack obama elected nation's first african-american president who did a great job over eight years, only to be followed of course by donald trump, who many of us are concerned has set us back. but america has always been on a journey, a long ma jess tech march toward a more perfect union, and we'll continue that fight and get over the finish line no matter how long it takes. >> also saying during the

ceremony here, we came from a place, in her words here, dark evil, period of hatred of my native state. but going on here, as they were looking at the museum here, that they have much more to do. what would be that much more to do? what might this president be able to do to be more sensitive? and talking about going deeper, at least in understanding some of the roots. >> well, this is a question about policy. and donald trump is a president of the united states of america. jeff sessions is his attorney general. he's embraced the law and order, so-called tactics of the past. which have resulted in america having 5% of the world's population, 25% of the world's incarcerated individuals, a majority of those individuals being blacks and latinos, many are there for sentences that are woefully corrupt in the context of the penalty not matching the

crime. low level drug offenders, for instance. that burden has fallen on african americans. we need to make sure everyone can vote. vote of suppression has become a phenomenon, particularly in states like north carolina and alabama. and president can show leadership in that regard. instead he's been doubling down. >> congressman, thanks for coming in. representative jeffries of new york. democrat. thanks so much. still ahead unrest in the middle east, day of rage after president trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. we are live with the latest global reaction. things than rheumatiod arthritis. before you and your rheumatologist move to another treatment, ask if xeljanz xr is right for you. xeljanz xr is a once-daily pill for adults with moderate to severe ra for whom methotrexate did not work well. it can reduce pain, swelling and further joint damage, even without methotrexate.

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palestinians claim jerusalem is their capital too. but israel showed them just who runs this city. >> i'm being pushed. we found ourselves directly in the middle here. the israel security forces are trying to break up the demonstration before they are able to congregate. for the palestinians this is their way to say they don't

accept this. it was aggressive but over quickly. >> richard engel caught in ha clash between protests now marking the third straight day of protests following president trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as capital of israel. let's go to cleave global correspondent bill nilely. bill, how intense were the demonstrations today? >> reporter: yeah, good afternoon, richard. a little like yesterday, but really this was less palestinian rage than ritual. you might say same old stone throwers in the same old locations. let me take the west bank, first of all, because that was the scene today of the more serious troubles when dozens of youths were throwing stones, and rubber bullet and live bullets and

there were several injuries there. here in jerusalem, just behind me at the whales of the old city, about 60 youths again throwing stone met by police on horse back. this was a become and forth that lasted several hours. i would call it squirmishes, not really serious trouble. more serious was israel warplanes were in action in gaza, they targeted four buildings which they said that were being used by the terror groups hamas, four people killed, including two gunman claimed by hamas, and they were buried this afternoon. meanwhile, not just on the streets, but the palestinian anger about president trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital is being seen in palestinian government circles as well. palestinian president mahmoud abbas is to snub vice president

mike pence when he comes here in about eight days time. they need to make a decision to make. do they make this the third uprising. mahmoud abbas does not want this. what does he want? is it possible he can persuade president trump to change his mind? i don't think anybody thinks so. so what does he want? what is achievable? that is his issue. the protest today, richard, to go back to your first point, yes, it was the third day. but you have a sense here that possibly the momentum of these protests is slowing down. today perhaps not as violent as yesterday, which was a day of rage after twrie day prayer. so the question really is where do the palestinians both the leadership and the street fighters or the stone throwers,

where do they go from here. >> bill, 20 seconds here, is the united nations security council going to meet? >> reporter: yes, they are meeting. arab league. prime minister netanyahu is on his way to france, he'll meet macron and european union on monday. lots of talks. but president trump really unlikely to reverse the decision. so the question now is it what can be done. and what is the united states position? will it remain, can it remain as mediator between israelis and palestinians? >> big question. bill neely there for us live in jerusalem in the middle of all that. thank you, sir. president trump arriving in west palm beach as a controversial visit to mississippi museum. we'll break down the backlash in just a bit. than you anyway.

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