"politics nation." up next, deadline white house with my f hi, everyone. . that wraps it up for us. it's 4:00 in new york and the hits keep on coming for donald i'm richard lui. you can follow me on twitter, trump and his white house. instagram, and facebook. the president trying to steady for now, i turn it over to himself after high profile referendum al sharpton and "politicsnation." political embarrassments on big issues like health care and the border. and his white house working overtime to fend off legal threats from an emboldened and empowered democratic run house good evening and welcome to with no shortage of scandals and crisis to investigate, after a "politicsnation." tonight's lead, an old saying i full week of self-inflicted policy chaos, trump is back at grew up with in brooklyn is the border today making the don't write checks your behind can't cash. for two weeks now, president trump has the press insisting that no one wants to see the now-completed mueller report made public more than him. but as congressional democrats ready subpoenas and members of

special counsel robert mueller's team criticize attorney general william barr's trump-friendly summary of the report as not the exoneration republicans want it to be, president, bring it on, suddenly needs a minute. while barr readies his own heavily redacted version for release as early as next week and senate republicans do their part to keep us in the dark, this week even blocking a resolution to make the report public for the fifth time. but while the gop continued to protect their guy at the nation's expense, i hosted dozens of actual public servants and the 2020 candidates raring to take this president down at my national action convention in new york. we'll hear in the hour about the return of what many, not me, but

many of called the sharpton primary. but first, let's meet our panel. joining me now, christine greer and noelle nikpour, republican strategist and author. kn why is the president not doing what he said? he said he wants to put it all out there, and now that the senate and some committees in the house are saying let's put it all out there, give the to us, he said as late as today on twitter, maybe i want to read it first myself claiming he's not read the report. >> maybe he does need to see what all is in there before he is so gung-ho on releasing it. as far as trump and his base are concerned, they are enjoying benefits from a good economy and from other policies that he's made good on. you release something that he is

pushing to say release it, release it, let's have everybody look at it and then he pulls back on it, this could signal that there is a problem, that this is not going to be shining a good light on trump so there could be some hesitation right there. >> now, christina, the fact is that the more they kind of, like, do the moon walk here on this, the more it raises suspicion among those of us that have those suspicions, that they're hiding something here. why would his reading it first matter if we're going to see the report, him reading it or not reading it, the report should be what the report is. >> indeed. and rev, i just want to make a quick correction. i'm an associate professor for all the academics watching. >> huge difference between associate and assistant. my apologies. >> just a touch. no problem. but you know, rev, what's so important about this report is

that it doesn't -- i don't necessarily think all 320 million americans need to read it right now, but someone needs to read the proper report that robert mueller put together. he put together summaries and also we know that there are members on the judiciary committee who should see the full report. i think the president should definitely see the full report, as should the democrats and all the members on the judiciary committee, and maybe members of congress. that's 538 people, so i do not know if everyone needs to see that right now. however, we know this president has always said there's nothing to see, there's no news, it's a witch hunt, and it's just a figment of the democrats' imagination. if that's the case, let us see all 400 pages. my book is almost 200 pages. if someone gave me a summary of my book that was four pages, we know it would be grossly inadequate and i would want someone to read all 200 pages to actually understand the full thought process and the argument that is such. and that's what i think many democrats and other americans

are looking for the president to actually come out and say and push to do. we know that's probably not going to happen. >> particularly when we hear staff members from the special counsel's office saying that the summary given by the attorney general didn't speak to really what the report says. let's look at this. here's judiciary chairman jerry nadler making clear where things stand. >> to do our job, we need the mueller report. not the attorney general's summary, or a significantly redacted version of the report that the attorney general has offered to give us. >> we have ample reason to suspect the administration's motives, and we know the doj is simply wrong to withhold that information from all of us. >> the attorney general who

wrote the summary was one that wrote a whole paper before he was attorney general questioning the whole investigation, questioning mueller's appointment. so to go by his summation, particularly now when we have some of his own -- some of the staff from the special counsel saying that is not what the report says in spirit, you look at it and there is the very real possibility that they found a lot of inappropriate or some inappropriate or unethical behavior, or they said we can't indict a sitting president. we just don't know. >> i'll tell you, there's obviously something in there that is not flattering to the president or his brand. you know, he's very presks of his brand and what's out. and if he says something that he

doesn't like, he tweets and says that's not true, with crowd size, health care, anything. the mueller report is going to be difficult for him because he has announced that we need to go ahead and let it out, that he's exonerated, now he's pulling a little bit back on that because i think there could be information, who knows, that somehow maybe you don't want to be pushing, pushing to get this out for everybody to see. on the other hand, you know that barr is going to redact that and redact that to where we're going to have, you know, not really much to look at. so i can understand congress' need to have the full report to be able to see how they derived at this. it's natural to want to do it, but it's also, i can see where president trump may now be stepping back on something just like when you said when the checks, cashing, helping me now be regretting why did i push for

that. >> christina, the other problem with the redactions is that they could say grand jury violation because some of it is grand jury material, which a judge can tell them they can release that, it's been done in the past. and the other, national security. and the question that comes is who decides what is national security concerns? are they appointees of this president that decide this is something that hurts national security, and we don't have others to see? why wouldn't the congress at least be able to see the whole report so we know that they're not putting their finger on the scale when they talk about we got to redact this for security reasons? >> right. and i think that there's a very large fear by the president because the democrats are now in

control of the house, and you have respected members of congress like jerry nadler, who have longstanding positive reputations on both sides of the aisle with his colleagues. so he's going to do a thorough job in the judiciary committee. we know all the subsequent committees will want to do a thorough job. obviously the more members of congress who has this report, obviously the greater chance for leaks can occur, but keep in mind the scope of the report is whether or not this particular president colluded with russia. that doesn't mean that bob mueller is exonerating him for all the other possible crimes that he's maybe laying out in this report. we know the state of new york, they have lots to keep themselves busy with. as robert mueller started to pull certain threads, we're not sure if he put these questions in the report to say, no, i don't necessarily -- i have not seen the report, right? no one has. we've only seen the summary.

so in the report we don't know what is there, and that is why so many members of the american public just want to know what has happened turnover last two and a half years or more. >> we know what's been made clear, even in the summary by attorney general barr is that he did not exonerate him on obstruction. even barr had to say that. so we know that as christina outlines this, there are areas where he can't be exonerated. >> that's probably why he's not so gung-ho anymore on having that full thing released like he wanted to earlier. >> like he said he wanted. >> yeah. he's looking at russia collusion as a whole. he feels like he's exonerated, but there are other things in there, and i am not so sure that he wants that out because it's going to be on the front page of every paper, it's going to be 24/7 on every news channel. >> my panel, including associate

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who is a sexist, who is a homophobe, who is a xenophobe, and who is a religious bigot. i wish i do not have to say that, but that is the damn truth and we got to say it. >> for the better part of this week i heard dozens of the biggest names in american political life, 2020 candidates, trail blazers of all stripes relate their experiences to black voters at this year's national action network convention, and among the pioneers we were fortunate to host, was former senior adviser to president obama, valerie jarrett, whose new book "finding my voice, my journey to the west wing and the path forward" in an inside look at a very different white house from the woman closest to its historic

president. she joimns me from chicago, former senior adviser to president obama, valerie jarrett. let me say, ms. jarrett, that i read this book, and it is an excellent book, not only in terms of politics and the white house, but finding your own voice and helping people discover their purpose and their calling in life. i think it is as much that as anything as well as some inside anecdotes along your journey. >> thank you so much, reverend sharpton, it was terrific to have an opportunity to be with you at the national action network conference. you know, we were all calling it the sharpton primary because every democratic candidate was there making their case. so i was honored to be there, and i love that you gave me a chance to talk about my book. it is called "finding my voice." it's my journey and how i learned to go from a very shy,

painfully shy, in fact, young girl into a woman who found her voice, learned to trust it, and tried to use it to be a force for good and to help others, empower them to find theirs. >> let me ask you this. i don't want to ask you about the candidates because i know you have not decided to support anyone as i have not either. but president obama, who you know as well as anyone in the world and who has neutral trust between the two of you, a few hours ago in berlin, germany, said this. >> one of the things i do worry about sometimes among progressives in the united states, maybe it's true here as well, is a certain kind of rigidity, where we say, oh, i'm sorry, this is how it's going to be, and then we start sometimes creating what's called a circular firing squad.

where you start shooting at your allies. >> when i heard him say that, i thought about many times in the eight years he was in office, he experienced that and you and i talked often and sometimes i had to deal with some of that as one that believed in what he was doing, and you had to deal with it every day, every hour. do you feel that if we get into this purist kind of mode, of who's 100% progressive or 100% moderate, that we end up messing up what could be a very easy debate among ideas and policies and go for what the democrats are really saying is the goal, and that is to retake the white house and the u.s. senate? >> so i would say two comments on that, reverend, sharpton. first of all, i think it's important that the candidates, and i said this to all those who asked for my opinion, make an

affirmtive case about what they stand for. be honest and authentic, and really say this is where i'm coming from, this is my expertise, and this is how i'm sure i can execute my vision and earn the trust of the american people based on their vision, not criticizing somebody else, but what do you believe in? and the other thing i would say is, look, one of the advantages of the democratic party is we have a big tent, lots of ideas. they are all welcome. we are not polarizing. we're trying to bring everybody in. and in washington you have to compromise. it cannot be a dirty word. you got to figure out how to not let perfect be the enemy of the good or you won't get anything done. so figuring out thousand reach out to the other side of the aisle and seeing if there's room for compromise, and that doesn't mean walk away from your ideals and values.

but you do try to look for km d common ground. we have an embarrassment of ridges. there are terrific candidates out there and i want them to stay optimistic and describe how they want to serve our country and how they're going to look out for the american people. this generation and position us to be competitive for the next generation. >> you're hometown where you grew up and served in many different capacities just elected the first african-american female mayor, who is also openly gay. you have been very instrumental electing the first african-american president. as you look at this where we are seeing certain doors open that were not taken for granted just a dedicated and a half or two ago, how does that make you feel? i mean, you literally helped

barack obama's career from his first race and saw him sworn in, the first african-american president, and you live in a city where a black woman is the mayor in chicago, the third largest city in the country. >> it's historic. that's absolutely true, but as you and i have discussed many times, we cannot take one bit of progress for granted. there were millions of people around the country who helped elect barack obama. lori lightfoot here in chicago built a big coalition of folks. it's one thing to win campaigns, it's another thing to govern. so you have to remember you're not in this by yourself. in order to keep moving forward, you need to stay in close touch with the people you are serving and make sure that you are representing them to the best of your ability. this isn't supposed to be about you and your short-term political interests, it's about service. if we keep our focus on that and not look at this once you're elected as a popularity contest

and just seeking the support of your base, but to realize that you represent the entire country, which gets back to the earlier comment. you can't just say my way or the highway. you have to listen to voices, including those with whom you might disagree. >> now, "finding my voice," i had the audience riveted when you talked about how you started out as a shy, young girl, didn't like to speak, and everyone sees you as this international figure that is so eloquent, so well poised. how did you get from that shy girl to being the valerie jarrett the world knows that sat with the queen of blend and dealt with the poorest people of the mississippi delta? how did you make that journey? >> a lot of it started in chicago. i had parents that gay me an enormous amount of support and set high expectations, but also

gave me a safety net when i stumbled and fell. but i think i learned to trust my voice, that's the quiet voice inside of us. when i took this leap of faith and left my big corporate job at a law firm and joined the administration of mayor herald washington, the first african-american mayor of chicago. he just won his second term and i thought let me see if i can be about something bigger than myself where i can give back to the city that i love so dealer and make sure that people who haven't had a seat at the table, who haven't been represented have a passionate advocate on their behalf. so first i learned how to advocate for them and then i learned to advocate for myself. i'm a strong believer in public service, and i'm really glad i started at the local level in a city as great as chicago because many of the lessons i learned in terms of listening and staying in touch with the people you're there to represent, in terms of being able to be open to a wide range of ideas and prospectives,

it allowed me to go into a business and it served me for the eight years i had the honor of serving in the obama white house. >> one of the things you talked about in the book that really captivated the audience is that you had parents that were well accomplished, they were professionals, yet they still faced barriers, yet they did not in any way surrender to the barriers. they kept pressing ahead and that they instilled in you. i got the message when i finished the book that you were trying to inspire that in others, whatever their race or gender, whatever their orientation, that you can make it, you've got to persevere, and even those that started more accomplished are still going to face challenges and challenges you must face and you must be able to defeat them.

>> and you have to be resilient. reverend sharpton, my mother used to say to me when i complained, who told you life was fair? it isn't necessarily me it fair you have to be resilient. when you hit a bump in the road and in my book i described a lot of the bumps in the road that i hit. the question is what are you going to do about? are you going to get back up or be reminiscent asilient? you have to absorb a fair amount of pain once you're in the arena, but you can't get numb to it and you can't let it eat you alive. so i say so young people who might be afraid to take risks the way i did, you have kind of a straight line that you're pursuing, that you need to look at life as an adventure. and the adventure is in the zig zag, getting outside your comfort zone. the adventure is in knowing that if you do stumble and fall, that you have the ability to get back

up. it's not about being fearless because i'll tell you, i'm always afraid. it's about overcoming your fear and having the courage to know that if you keep trying and you just keep pushing, you slowly but surely will make progress. another piece of my message in that book, to the young people, you have to be civically engaged. the democracy rests upon your engagement. if you don't like what's happening in washington, don't shun it. if you don't like what's happening at the local level of government. don't shun it. vote, get involved, and figure out what you're going to do to empower the voices of yourselves and others to be a force for good. >> thank you, valerie jarrett. the book is called "finding my voice. my journey to the west wing and the path forward." up next, whoever ends up being the 2020 democratic nominee will be more qualified to lead this country than the

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>> i'm under audit, but that's up to whoever it is. from what i is 100% on my side. >> president trump continues to hold his ground againstffts that he release his tax returns. he even told some of his advisers that he would fight the issue all the way to the supreme court, hoping to stall it until after the 2020 election. so why are democrats in congress pushing the president on this issue, given that 2016 voters didn't seem to care? back with me, christina greer, associate professor of political science at fordham university, and know el nick por. why are they going at this with such a regime energy, and why do you think the president is

resisting with such real energy? >> i think that the democrats are still curious as to whether or not there's something in the president's tax returns that will show whether or not he has relationships with foreign entities or exorbitant amounts of debt that could say his behaviors, policies, and opinions towards particular foreign entities or corporations, either american-based or foreign based. i think those are legitimate questions. the fact that every single american is expected to pay their fair share of taxes, we've seen several instances of celebrities going to prison for not doing so. this particular president we know for a fact has add times overvalued his properties when it suited him and undervalued his properties when it suited him such that he could always come out on top, just like the casino magnet that he was. if he's not under audit, then i

think many members of particular democratic congressional committees want to know exactly what is in those taxes and whether or not it's affecting his behavior in a policy standpoint, not personally, but whether or not his tax returns are affecting the policies that he is making whilst in the white house. >> wasn't this exacerbated by the fact that his own attorney, michael cohen, testified that he would devalue or increase value based on getting some kind of deal, dealing with insurance? we're not talking about whether he has a debt here. we're talking about his lawyer. >> right. >> he was in the middle of these deals saying there was possible game-playing with how they recorded certain income. >> right. >> i don't know if that was on tax returns or insurance applications, but it would seem that someone would want to know if he did it one place, is it

possible it's on his tax returns? >> when we watched the michael cohen trials, michael cohen was a very big confidant of the president. one of the things we were looking at when we were watching the trial was, you know, was tax, things that are going on. but remember, aoc, alexandria ocasio-cortez, she brought up a very interesting point about insurance and whether or not there might have been a potential to look at insurance fraud, dealing with some claims that had been made. i think with the release of the tax returns, i think that there could be a feeding freenzsy. i think the president knows there could be a feeding frenzy. he didn't know he was going to be running for president. he has probably done a lot of business tricks. he's been in real estate, he's been a mover and groover. he's filed for bankruptcy. >> several times.

>> who knows what's in the tax returns? he may not even know the full depth of what's in his tax returns. and to have them out for a feeding freenzsy for people to be talking about with the 2020 election, that's not a good move and he's going to fight and try to keep those close to the vest. >> here's speaker nancy pelosi, christina, once again explaining the law to donald trump. >> the law is very clear. the law says that upon written request from the chairman of the committee on ways and means or the chairman of the joint taxation, that would be either one of those other two. but the secretary shall furnish, shall, not may, should, could, shall furnish such committee with any return or return information specified in such request. >> so speaker pelosi, christina,

is reading the law, that this committee has raised a question, they want the returns. the secretary shall give the returns. what is this about, i'm under audit, therefore i don't have to do it when the law explicitly says what it says? >> right. this is where the president, it would behoove the president to actually surround himself with people who have read the laws of the united states and know how to obey them. nancy pelosi has been a dedicated public servant for many decades, so she knows the law. this is in the vein of lbj. president johnson knew the law backwards and forwards. and nancy pelosi time and time again has walked donald trump through what actual u.s. law is

to help him understand that as the executive of it united states, he should be the one that leads by example and follows the law to the fullest extent. that's not something that donald trump has ever done as a citizen of the city of new york. this is why, again, i say the attorney general of new york state, letitia james is going through his tax filings because this is someone who always skirted the law. people who have married into his family have done so, and have paid the price for doing so. yes, i agree with know elle, 100%. he's not someone that thought the law applied to him. as he's seen several times from 40 plus years, the law didn't apply to him. now as president of the united states he's hoping that same sort of air of good feelings will continue, but not when the congress is saying there are certain things that we must do

as public servants for 320 million services. >> they're saying they'll subpoena them. >> i think they're going to buy time. i think they're going to write responses to their requests. the name of the game is to keep these from being released until the elections are finished. and that's what i think they're going to do and trump has vowed that he is not going to release them and he's going to fight tooth and nail. he's going to have a team around him and i think that even though nancy pelosi is reading the law, i think that he is going to k p keep, you know, getting information back and forth to where he stalls it ask stal. she's right. it doesn't behoove him to release it. it is a feeding frenzy that will last for months. presidential hopeful john delaney announces his commitment

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i'm tim ryan and i'm running for president of the united states of america. [ cheers ] >> during the past week, we learned of two more congressmen who are joining the ever-growing field of 2020 presidential candidates. congressman tim ryan of ohio and congressman eric swalwell of california. i had a chance this week to meet

in person with most of the 2020 candidates during the nan convention. one of them was the first to announce his bid back in 2017. he joins me now, former democratic congressman of maryland, john delaney. congressman, you were vessel received at the convention and you talked about a commitment to black america. one of the things, i think, with socialism of you coming forward and speaking to those issues, it shows the democratic party is not running away from black voters saying they have nowhere else to go, but really dealing with some of the issues and despite the fact that there are some saying let's get out of identity politics, i think straes abrams said at the convention best, i don't want to lose my identity in order to engage in what i consider right politically for the country.

>> i haven't heard that. i want to thank you for having me. i really enjoyed it and the conference was terrific. and i did announced my compliment to black america and i talked about the things i want to do in education in particular. as you know, we have a system in terms of how we fund education in this country that is fundamentally unfair and it's racially unjust in many ways. and i have plans to containing that, which include early childhood education, which i think every child should have as a right. i talked about education and all the things we all want to do to fix our broken criminal justice system. i talked about my plans for universal health care. but what i really focused on, as you know, reverend, is my plans to make sure we're investing in people in every community around this country. i always believed nothing happens unless someone some new ideas for how to really get both public and private capital flowing to these communities so

we create jobs in these communities and create opportunities to lift people up. >> now, one of the things we also raise, i raise with every candidate, is the issue of reparations at the nan convention and the answer for the most part was the same, watch this. >> if that passes and you are president of the united states, would you sign that bill? >> yes. >> of course. >> i support congresswoman jackson lee's hr had 40. >> yes, i would. >> yes. >> when i am elected president, i will sign it. >> yes, i'm going to pass it. >> of course, i would sign it. >> yes, i would. >> i firmly support congresswoman jackson lee's bill. >> and this is congresswoman jackson lee talking about a commission to study reparations and how it could be done, and even with issues that not so long ago were not in the mainstream political discussion, the democrats are not shying

away from it this time, congressman. >> i think we know specifically as it relates to the question of reparations, i think we all know this terribly long shadow of slavery, the most immoral thing this country has ever done is still affecting peoples' lives and i think we're all committed to make sure equality is not just a word we all throw around, you know, in speeches and in conferences, but it's something that we live in this country. so, yeah, i think that was a great clip. i mean everyone leaned in to it and i'm glad you asked the question of everyone. >> now, how in a field that is seemingly ever widening do you distinguish yourself? you've been one of the first to announce, you've been to iowa, how do you distinguish yourself in this type of campaign which

so many -- with so many contenders? >> with good ideas. obviously this should be a battle of ideas of the that's what a good primary is about. i'm very much a solutions oriented person, because i think the democratic primary voters should be asking the candidates, what do you stand for and how are you going to make it happen? because we can't wait any longer to do so many of these things. i used to say in my prior life as an entrepreneur before i ran for congress, the cost of doing nothing is not nothing and we've paid a huge price, right, in so many aspects of our society for our failure to get things done. so i think this election is increasingly going to be about how you going to make some of this stuff happen. i distinguish myself there because i have real solutions that i believe i can get done as your president. so i've got a great operation on the ground in iowa, new hampshire. i think i've got the biggest operation in iowa at this point. i've got eight offices opened all over the state, same thing in new hampshire and i'm really engaging with voters, meeting them on their doorsteps and in

their living rooms and talking to them about how i want to solve these problems, how i actually want to get this stuff done and really rethink our future together. i am a more centrist oriented candidate which i think is what we need as a country to not only win against donald trump, but also to govern successfully, to create the kind of coalitions that we need to get something like expanded early childhood education or to get universal pre-k as something that every young person in this country gets as a right. to get that stuff done, you really need to build coalitions and i believe i know how to do that. i was ranked one of the bipartisan members of the congress and i think i can go toe to toe with anyone on this notion that i can actually get this stuff done. >> and in the debates you hope that it is a debate around ideas and policies and not a lot of personal attacks? >> it shouldn't be any personal attacks. listen, i think every democrat who's going to get on that debate stage is basically fighting for the same thing. we're fighting for a future that

is more just, more prosperous and more secure for all of our citizens. we're fighting for this notion that every one deserves an opportunity no matter what the conditions of your birth, we're fighting to build that better future and confront some of the big challenges we face, whether it be climate change or income inequality or the fact there's tremendous concentration of opportunities. so i think it should be respectful. i think we should lay out how we're going to make these things happen and i think the democratic primary voter is going to get behind the person who they think will be the best leader and how i'm defining the best leader is someone who can actually bring this country together because as you know, reverend, because you talk about this so eloquently, we're so terribly divided right now and we've got to restore this notion of common purpose not only so we feel better about ourselves but so we can get real things done that matter to the american people. >> i'm going to hold it there. thank you very much, john delaney. up next, my final thoughts.

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voting for your favorite has never been easier. just say "vote for world of dance" into your xfinity v-mo. um jennifer, it's called a voice remote, not a v-mo. yeah, i just think v-mo has a nicer ring to it. so, just say "vote for world of dance" into your xfinity v-mo to choose your xfinity fan favorite to join the world of dance experience on my "it's my party" summer tour. cast your vote by saying "vote for world of dance" into your xfinity x1 voice remote. or as j-lo likes to call it, your v-mo. the issue of race should not be one that is pushed to the side because if we're going to deal with the racial divide and the continued institutional racism in this country, we have to deal with it head-on and those that seek to lead cannot lead without dealing with it. and this is not a partisan issue.

some say, well, the democratic candidates came to national action networks convention, but we've had republicans speak there too, bill o'reilly, sean hannity, newt gingrich came and spoke with me. i will release the photo if i need to remind him. so don't attack those of us that want to see in the center of american politics that we deal with a central problem in this country and that's equal protection under the law and fairness to everyone. the way to deal with it is to discuss it, confront it and solve it. don't finger point at those that have the courage to raise it. that does it for me. i'll see you back h