and this is one we haven't discussed at all in our hour. i just got it. the president had his physical at walter reed and question tell you the military doctor who oversees the exam said it went exceptally well and the president is in excellent health. more details will be released after the weekend on tuesday. that does it for "the beat". i'll be back here monday night at 6:00 p.m. eastern. "hardball" starts now. >> let's play "hardball." good evening i'm chris matthews in washington one day after yesterday's now infamous oval office meeting, president trump's expletive of choice is reverberating around the world. as "the washington post" was the first to report, the president

said, why are we having all these people from s-hole countries come here. speaking of immigrants from haiti, the president said reportedly, why do we need more haitians, take them out. the president is unrepet event. the this morning he issued a statement on twitter saying the language used by me was tough but not the language used. the president disputed part if not all of what he reportedly said, never said anything derogatory about haitians other than haiti is obviously a poor and troubled country. everyone said them them out. i have a wonderful relationship with haitians, probably should record future meetings. among the lawmakers in yesterday's meeting. dick durbin was the first to say he did use that language, not

once but repeatedly. >> he said, haitians, do we need more haitians, and then he went on and he started to describe the immigration from africa that was being protected in this bipartisan measure. that's what he used these vile and vulgar comments calling the nations they come from shitholes. not just once but repeatedly. i think back to presidents throughout history and cannot imagine a moment where a president sunk to that depth. that's what breaks my heart. >> that's a good man. anyway, responding tom cotton and david purdue said we do not recall the president saying these comments specifically. i love the we do not recall. however, south carolina's post reports that senator lindsey

grandma confirmed the comments, saying the comments were basically accurate. graham who stood up to the president yesterday said all those attending the meeting know what i said and how i feel. it was against this backdrop we witness a contrast at the white house. where they honored dr. martin luther king at the white house. when given the opportunity to apology for his comments, he remained silent. >> will you give an apology for the statement yesterday? are you a ray cyst? will you respond to the serious questions about this statement, sir? we are talking to the president. mr. president, are you a racist? >> that was april ryan making that request.

hosti joining me is joy reed, and a poll cyst at the "the washington post," and eli stoker. he has no politics, just an analyst here. let's start with joy. i love you on friday because then everybody knows you're on the weekend. the word, i don't know why we don't say it, it's sort of our deal here at nbc and m nbc. it's how he sees countries where people are black. >> yeah where my parents came from. i was on text, e-mail and phone with several haitian friends who were infuriated. when you think about the efforts they have made to contribute to

this country, to creating the culture of new orleans, fighting in the civil war, they fought in word war ii and then if you go to africans. this country was built by the back breaking free labor of africans. the house he lives in was built by african hands who got nothing in return. and african-americans have asked this president for basic respect, he hasn't given it. as a child of immigrants myself i was disgusted by his comments but i'm more repulsed by people like lindsey grandham who can't come out and condemn him. how shameful, they sit around and listen to this and don't have the courage to do what dick durbin did. shame on lindsey graham. >> in this history lesson we are

reminded of. most of us come from grandparents from other parts of europe. the african-americans you meet on the street have been here for hundreds of years before us. that's just a fact. also by the way add to one more iconic reality, i think it was the lady of freedom on the top of the capital building was put there by slaves. your thoughts? >> i do agree with joy. the most shameful thing, we have accepted and we know this president is a racist and to quote his own staff, a dope, is the behavior of the republicans. to have mr. cotton and mr. perdue jointly say we have no memory of this. how cowardly is this. you either remember something like that or you're going to cover for him. they know it's wrong, won't say

it and have the cguts to keep their mouth shut. >> durbin said he used that term a lot. >> how do you forget that? >> i would hear it. eli, you have to be the anchor person on this conversation. i don't know what you can add. >> i don't know what you can say. i was in the room today when the president was reading from a piece of paper the remarks about mlk, and ignoring the shouted questions at the end. to sit there and know this is a comment he made yesterday, a racist comment and to see him there today extolling the virtues of martin luther king -- >> how would you like to be ben carson, whatever you think of his politics he's a good guy. but he has to play the part as an african-american cabinet member. >> he doesn't. he can leave. that's what bothers me -- >> you mean quit. >> yes. not a single person walks out the door and says no this is a

bridge too far. what is the matter with these people? >> there's a behavior by all republicans that goes beyond any of these moral questions. they march in line like north korean infantry men, they just do. let's get back to that, joy, why do republicans say yes, sir every time trump says do this? >> i don't know. there are different ways to look at it, i agree with jennifer, ben carson does not need to be there. he has a career and reputation distinct from donald trump. donald trump disparaged him during the campaign and now he's as supine as the rest of them. and the rest of the african-americans, trump's friends, darryl scott entering on his behave, they're grubbing for position and looking for something for themselves. none of them have any credit with the black community -- >> you don't know their motive. >> they're there. they're decorative. >> they call them the worst kind

of -- >> they're there. they're decorative. people in a co-equal branch of government who represent states why do they feel they have to bow down to this president? >> not that these are the only two options, but the republican party doesn't behave like that. as i mentioned, some of trump's allies found ways to defend the remarks. the senator running in ohio said many share his beliefs. >> he lamented about the immigration program in front of him, what's your reaction to that? >> i said all along, the president many times said what people are thinking. i learned as a business guy you have to be careful what you say. i always say judge the president after four years. let's judge the president after what he eve done, not what he

says. >> what do you think of that in ohio, eli? is that going to sell with republican suburban items? >> no. this is what we've seen since the inception of the trump presidency. none of this is new. the language was shocking yesterday but none of this is surprising. this is who donald trump has been and shown himself to be over decades in this country. he was elected largely by a movement fuelled by his unsubtle brand -- >> he seems to accept norwegians are okay. >> and white southern evangelicals who are continuing to applaud him. talk about shameful, these are people who are religious leaders saying it's appropriate? >> that takes away any fig leaf the white house could use to say he didn't mean racist. when you're saying we don't want people from those countries, black and brown, but we'll take

it from norway where the white people are. and the white house didn't push back. >> it reminds me of the "saturday night live" skit. meanwhile, house speaker paul ryan called the president's remarks unfortunate. let's watch. >> i read those comments later last night, so the first thing that came to my mind was very unfortunate, unhelpful. we've got great friends from african in jansville who are doctors, incredible citizens. i think it's important that we celebrate that. >> senator john mccain, respect for the god given dignity of every human being no matter their race, ethnicity or other circumstances of their birth is the essence of american patriotism. our immigration policy should reflect that truth and our elected officials, including our

president, should respect it. jennifer? >> you know, how pathetic is paul ryan, how far he has fallen. he says it's unfortunate. it's unfortunate when i get a run in my stockings. this is not unfortunate. it's outrageous. this is a man who has been proimmigration his life. >> let me go to joy on this. i think everything paul ryan hears or thinks has to do with his agenda. it's not personal. it's the objectivist goals he has. less taxes, less entitlement programs. that's his goal in life. anything that advances it is fortunate. anything that doesn't is unfortunate. he doesn't care about these issues of how we should talk as american. >> there's been a more single minded politician than paul ryan. he wants to repeal the great

associate, new deal, he wants that gone. it's one of the darkest chapters in the trump era is paul ryan revealing himself. the other person you played on fox news said is true in a sense because donald trump was elected -- if you go back and look at the data on the election of donald trump racial grievance was a driver of getting across the finish line. he played to people who have what they call economic anxiety but he supplied them a job to their pain, if you're losing your jobs it's not because your employer is greedy, it's because of brown people. you should feel good about blaming measuxicans for your wo. and any republican looking to get re-elected understands that racial grievance is a big part driving republican voters, at least that voted for trump.

>> it's like the lbj quote, if you want to get the white people, just tell them they're better than the worse of the black people. and also voting for rich people as they basically take their money. the president has a history of these types of remarks, i've been saying it since we heard of trump for president candidate. >> trump comes along and says, birth certificate. whether or not that was a real certificate, because a lot of people question it, i question it. they're bringing drugs, crimes, they're rapist. >> we're building a wall between here and mexico. >> donald j. trump is calling for a complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states. >> his wife, if you look at his wife she was standing there, had nothing to say, maybe she wasn't allowed to have anything to say. >> we have a representative in

congress who they say was here a long time ago, they call her pocahontas. >> look at my african-american over here. are you the greatest? >> i don't know anything about david duke, okay. i don't know what you ooefr talking about with white supremacists or white supremacy. you wouldn't want me to condemn a group i know nothing about. >> but you also have people that were very fine people on both sides. >> this wasn't the first time the president showed such disdain to the country of haiti. the "new york times" reported in december he said haitian immigrants all have aids. the white house denied it. joy, this weekend i think the story has legs i expect you'll get to it tomorrow with "a.m. joy." >> absolutely. i think the big question is in a sense for democrats. how do they continue to sit across the table from this man.

the question was asked when hoe hired steve bannon, why democrats would sit across the table from him them or after charlottesville, so the question is whether or not there can be good faith notiegotiations with such a person. with stephen miller and the attorney general whispering in his ear. i think democrats need to make a gut check, is it worth sitting around the table with this man -- >> i'm betting republicans to be rubbl republican. >> they'll fall in line like you said, the north korean infantry. >> thank you all. coming up, what is the rest of the world hearing in trump's language on countries he doesn't

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welcome back to "hardball." the president's vulgar comments made headlines across the globe, from el salvador to haiti to this kenyan cartoon. the world did not take the president's comments lightly. >> haitian americans fought along, side by side with u.s. solders for the independence of this country. we've been a good friend,

neighbor, partner over the years. >> these are shocking and shameful comments by the president of the united states. there's no oir word to use by racist. >> the government of bots wan nasaid today, they have inquired from the u.s. government through the ambassador to clarify if they're included. considering the the historical reality of how many africans arrived in the u.s. during the slave trade, this flies in the face of all accepted behavior and practice. ambassador thank you for joining us. because of your background, i've wanted to have you on. tell us about your background and how that sort of educates you to the damage this does.

>> chris, thank you for having me on. you had me on eight years ago after the devastating eith r earthquake in haiti. and at that time we saw the heart of who americans are. this moment does not reflect that, but it ises a stounding. as you know, i am haitian american, my parents are from haiti. i was born in the congo and i have a long career of service to -- and partnership with people on the continent. so this is personal, it strikes right at home, and when one considers that on this day, 200,000 haitians lost their lives and we're fortunate and blessed to have the partnership of the united states where they could come, seek opportunity and restore themselves to mark that anniversary and dr. king's holiday with these reprehenceable remarks from donald trump is beyond the pail. not surprising from him, but i'm

astounded to see the lack of fierce rebuttal from republicans like paul ryan. >> i was lucky to be out of the country the last several weeks from south america. and i have to tell you -- you've been our ambassador to south africa and travelled the world. do you get a sense when people hear trump talk along this vulgar line that they hear our country? how do they separate trump from the country he's been elected to be president of? i just worry they think he's our spokesperson? >> all americans should be as concerned about that as you are. you were a peace corp. volunteer, you understand the deep reservoir of goodwill we built through those kinds of partnerships, i have friends who are in the diplomatic core career foreign service officers who have given the best of

themselves to represent america over seas and they are disoriented in this moment. they're constantly being asked to explain one outrage after another from the occupant of the oval office. they struggle to do so as we saw with the resignation today of our ambassador to panama. of course, they lean on our founding documents. they lean on a history of openness and inclusion. they lean on the history of irish americans like you who when they first came to the united states were subject to ugly vitreal but who organized themselves, voted and became full participants at the table of democracy and made remarkable contributions. so to lean on that history and help those overseas understand that our better angels will continue to govern immigration policy, trade policy and security partnership. >> it's become a tougher argument for all of us. president trump appeared to

assume that african immigrants won't help the united states economically. but immigrants were more highly educated. they noticed that more had a bachelor's degree or higher, compared to 29% of the foreign-born population. people from africa are more educated than other parts of the world. nigerians are the most highly educated with 57% of those two countries having at least a bachelor's degree. let's talk up africa. the anc in south africa, who had a couple bad leaders, looks like they have a great one now. tell me, give us some good news about south africa if you can. >> i'll give you good news about the region. it has the fastest growing economies in the world.

we know there are young people there more innovative than anyone on the plant. in south africa alone, chris, there are over 600 u.s. companies that are building industry, that are responsible for over 10% of the economy in the region and they -- this is ibm, google, the ford motor company. they tell me the employees in south africa are the kind of employees they need all around the world and that's true all throughout the region. a few years ago you had me on your show with a young woman who was part of president obama's young african leaders initiative. i remember how blown away you were by her, and how clear she was she was not coming to the united states to learn and seek a handout, but coming as a partner and bringing those skills to her community in south africa as a way of transforming her country.

these are rich, deep partnerships, these are vital cultures and these are people who when they come to the united states make a contribution that's over and above what we could possibly hope to obtain. so leaders in the u.s. right now, republicans who are hearing these comments and not speaking from a place of outrage need to understand that our economic progress in the future, our security in the future are dependent on these people in south africa, nigeria and haiti. >> for everyone listening, i want-to-you to say that's my voice of america. he speaks for our country, the country we love. thank you for coming on. up next, president trump cancels his upcoming trip to london and blames president obama. you figure. once again he has his facts screwed up and showed a need to

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visit to london. the president tweeted this after hearing that: according to the state department and the u.s. embassy itself it was george w. bush's administration that decided to relocate and build the new embassy in london. it's another incident of president trump attacking his predecessor let's take a look. >> in the last eight year it is past administration has put on more new debt than nearly all of the other presidents combined. >> we've gotten rid of a lot of bad pieces that were signed by president obama. they voted because they believed the lies of president obama. i don't draw red lines. president obama drew a red line and i was the one that made it look a little bit better than it was, but that could have been done a lot sooner. they ask me what about race

relations in the united states. i have to say they were bad under barack obama. that i can tell you. >> i'm joined by ashley and david. ashley, can you give us a sense from people hearing about this now, trump saying i decided not to go to london not because of the bad press, because they don't want me, but because i don't like the relocation of the u.s. embassy. how's that square with the kr chronology? >> squares with a pattern that president trump demonstrated previously, which is he does not like to be publically humiliated or insulted or wounded. so he will sort of pre-empt something bad or embarrassing by making an announcement like this on twitter. as you know, of course, it was not president obama who actually moved the low case of the embassy, which was president

george w. bush who made that decision in 2008. and it was moved for security reasons. so he's incorrect to attribute that to president obama. but it does seem like him sort of pre-empting what could have been an uncomfortable visit for him to london. >> you know, david, it seems to me you and i have been watching this, the europeans don't like this guy -- most of the world doesn't like donald trump. >> yes. >> i was, as i said, in south america recently, they don't like him because they think he has a race problem, does look down on people of color, and most of the world i've been around is people of color. and british people don't like him because of his manner i think and his language. >> he's vulgar. but most americans aren't liking him as well. >> what about his excuse? >> he doesn't have an excuse. this is a guy who has a long history of racial controversies, if you want to be polite about it. you and i spent many years and

very confrontational when he was a birther. i don't think there's any way to the see it without having some racial aspect to it. it was the first african-american president, and he kept claiming, there when there was no evidence, that he didn't belong there, and yet mitt romney accepted his endorsement. so i think he's been enabled by republicans and the election only taught him that he can get away with saying the worst things. and even paul ryan during the campaign when he was talking about mexicans being rapists and went after an american judge for a mexican heritage. ryan said these are racial issues. yet he succeeds and he's only learned up to now that he can get away with it. >> it seems an old excuse, a tackling dummy for him, barack obama. let's talk about the embassy.

it's in a beautiful part of london, a wonderful leafy neighborhood, who wouldn't want to wander around the neighborhood. but in cases of security they have moved the embassy outside the city to put the bunkers up and the cement up, but isn't that what trump demanded that we should be tougher in putting up our defenses in diplomatic faefts? isn't this what he wanted. >> this was not a decision that president trump made about the embassy. it was, again, a george w. bush decision, but the president has a lot of frustration about inheriting problems from his predecessors, that's something he's voice repeatedly. while it fits in line with wanting to secure americans abroad, it wasn't his decision. and it seems like a flimsy

excuse to get out of a visit to london that was not going to be particularly enjoyable for him. >> it's not even a problem. you can -- moving the embassy was judged by security experts that it was necessary. and the embassy is being built, it's not plagued with issues. so he's creating a problem that doesn't exist. so he can blame barack obama. >> it is for the peanut gallery, the far right people that buys anything he gives him. so a friday night they say you know we had a problem with the embas embassy, no we didn't. the problem is with trump. up next, this was the week president trump was supposed to push back charges he was not fit for the office of president. clearly that plan went out the window a couple days ago. you're watching "hardball."

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bipartisan meeting with house members and senators on immigration reform. it was a tremendous meeting. actually it was reported as incredibly good. and my performance -- you know, some of it called it a performance. i consider it work. but it got great reviews. >> welcome back. that was president trump basking in the blow of his immigration meeting this past tuesday. for a short time it seemed to disspell charges. trump started the week with that show of deal making on immigration only to reverse course the next day. let's watch. >>. >> i have having the democrats in with us is absolutely vital because this should be a bipartisan bill. it should be a bill of love. we can do that. it also has to be a bill where we're able to secure our border.

>> we don't need a 2,000 mile wall. we don't need a border -- >> would you be willing to sign an immigration deal that does not include funding for the wall -- >> no. we need the wall for security, for safety. >> on thursday the president complicated matters by ranting to senators about immigrants from s-hole countries being allowed to enter the united states. he also tweeted about a bill and then reversed course two hours later. and then told "the washington post" i probably have a good relationship with kim jong-un. when asked about his tweets you see that a lot with me. and then somebody is my best friend. what a week.

>> beth, i want to start with you. he seemed like he was on a -- sort of parol this week, prove he's not as gnutty as michael wolff portrayed him. >> if you're referring to the bipartisan meeting where he invited cameras in, he's trying to show he can function, run a good meeting, seek input and sound plausible as a president. i found the whole conversation a little bit off. because michael wolff's thesis is not the president is unstable. it's his staff does not believe he's up to the job. and that was bourn out in that meeting. he didn't know anything about what he was discussing on daca. he was willing to take diane feinstein's idea to get a deal it took republicans to step in and say no that's not what you

want. he also dealt with this as a tv producer. he said i hope i gave you guys enough material. >> that's how he fixes a problem. he also referred to it as a studio. >> the presidency is a reality tv show for him. that's 2 way he's taking this on. he did it as a candidate, he's doing it as president. the other thing that i would add is that every time they say, that's not me, they say that donald trump is going to turn a corner, right? he's really going to be presidential. days later we see the real donald trump. he can't help himself because he is truly who he is. which is there is no mystery to him. >> do you think he's politically smart? >> no. >> why would he say in front of durbin and a bunch of democrats, a lot of them progressives why

he use tha use that term -- i can't say it on television. but he used it. they're going to -- by the way, how is he going to get a democrat to cut a deal with him on immigration if he made those comments about the people involved. >> we're in an even numbered year which means these people have to stand up to voters this year, and the democrats are going to say, the last person they want to stand up with is donald trump. i think when we see him say things like this in a private setting, there is a bit of a thought that he's the president, he can do these things because he's in charge. it's a little bit of a fairy tail version of a presidency. >> you have to cover the straight news for us. where does he stand on daca, beth? >> he wants a deal. any deal. he said send me something i can sign. you guys work out the details. he did tweet quite a bit this

morning that he will not accept a daca that doesn't address chain migration, the family migration. also he want it is wall. other than that he's flexible. >> "the washington post" is starting to give him the wall. anyway, we have to lighten this up a little bit. i asked virginia's governor how he would respond to physical provocations by donald trump if he would run. you remember this? watch this weird movement by president trump. he notched up closer to hillary clinton while she was trying to answer questions. i asked the governor what he would do if trump tried that on him? >> what would you do in a debate with him if he tried that? if he came over and leaned over back of you? >> you'd have to pick him up off the floor. >> okay. okay. you mean you'd deck him? >> listen, this guy got in my

space, you want to get in my space. i said, chris, you punch me i'm going to punch you back twice as hard. this guy thinks he can intimidate everybody, it's disgraceful, embarrassing. when we take him on back in his face with the facts, don't take anything and hit hit him back as hard as you can. if he ever leaned in my space, that would be the last time donald trump did that. >> what did you make of that. >> i thought he was disrespectful to hillary clinton. suggesting she should have punched trump in the middle of a televised debate. but democrats want somebody who is going to take the fight to trump. that's what terry was doing. so the talking about getting up in his face, that's what democrats want. >> everyone is trying their stuff out. >> they're in the process of testing their foils, one against trump -- >> or the nice oprah.

>> the nice celebrity oprah version. and then the bookish foil. folks like cory booker -- >> rhodes scholar booker. >> i think the focus has to be 2018. if you want to stop donald trump, if democrats want to stop donald trump, democrats have to win back congress. >> i disagree. i want to see greatness and leadership. they're going to win in '18. >> they have to win back in '18. >> you're going to win the house this year anyway. up next these three give me something to talk about over the weekend. you're watching "hardball." ings. because i am cured with harvoni. harvoni is a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. it's been prescribed to more than a quarter million people.

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we'll see congress acting quickly to try to plug hole in the tax code already. >> so i know we've been focusing on all the crazy things that donald trump has said, racist things that he's said. and we have to chase these headlines and cover it, which is very important. but there is one thing we have to keep our eye on the ball, protecting bob mueller and the russia investigation. we have 700 events across the country already. we have over 182,000 people who have committed to take to the streets if donald trump decides to go that route and fire bob mueller. >> moveon.org does not want to move on from this? >> we just want to protect democracy. >> president trump had his physical today. there is no legal requirement for a president to have an annual physical, nor to disclose its result. it is simply a convention that was adopted in the middle of the 20th century, also releasing taxes. he's not releases his taxes, we'll reif he releases the results of his physical. >> i want him to release his grades in school. tell us your grades. there's no audience did it of

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woodrow wilson spoke of making the world safe for democracy. franklin roosevelt of the four freedoms. ronald reagan of our country being a city on a hill. now donald trump speaks, speaks for our country, speaks for america. do the peoples of the caribbean and africa think we americans see their countries as no more than holes of human waste? do they ignore the peace corps volunteer living and working with them? do they ignore the u.s. program begun by president george w. bush to fight hiv/aids? do they ignore everything good about our country when they hear the u.s. president say what they just did? donald trump wants to be liked but so do most of us, we want our country be liked, even perhaps especially by people who will never have the wealth to visit here, or come in actual contact with one of us. it would be great if this president were to make some effort now in the next few days to try and change the condescending message he has sent to an entire continent. i spent two years working in africa with the peace corps teaching business to people who

could not have treated me better, more warmly. it would be good if our country, if our president, began to act and speak as nice to them. that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "all in with chris hayes" starts right now. tonight on "all in." >> mr. president, are you a racist? >> trump ducks the question. >> mr. president, are you a racist? >> as we get the complete story of the president's slur in the oval office. >> he repeated that. he didn't just say it one time. >> tonight the exclosive reaction to trump's racist remarks in the white house. the relative silence from republicans. >> very unfortunate. >> and maxine waters and richard blumenthal on what democrats should do next. plus the new "wall street journal" report on a trump world payment to a former adult film star. >> does anyone really believe that story? >> and what we learned from trump's big day at the doctor. >> a great, great success.