i think there are things that need to be resolved -- mike wu got the majority of the african-american vote. i think that is really important. when we look back in 25 years to cast it as african-americans against asians, and two minutes later you get the majority of the black vote, that saying something. >> he was sort of the heir apparent. he was on the ballot. is that something that -- did you see that? >> when i was a teenager in th ' '60s when l.a. and other cities were having riots, what inspired me was people like tom bradley who represented more than one group. >> and john mack, tom bradley as you all know, was mayor for 20 years, ran six times, won five times, five consecutive times, never happened before, will never happen again, but what is amazing for me is that every time he ran, the number of black people in the city proper was going down. what do we make of the fact that 25 years later, largely on economics and not necessarily crime that it is not necessarily where it is. >> in a way it is, but i think black folks now are more disbursed. we're living all over the city, no

mike, let me begin wu. what was the message that this president can feel most proud of? >> i think the message he can feel most proud of is that he did not with a broad brush condemn the islamic faith. he said very clearly this is a fight between us, the decent people, and the evil people. and we together must partner to do this and fight them on our own. so i think, you know, for all doom and gloom about whether president trump can handle himself on this big stage and this tight rope, i think he did a fair enough job of saying listen to the world's most popular religion, we're with you, we can't be there by ourselves, you've got to get out in front, but we're there and it's america -- it's not america alone. it may be america first, but it's not america alone. >> muhammad, did this message offer kind of an olive branch? was it an indicator that there is a greater commitment to strengthen the relations between the u.s. and muslim community? >> well, i think certainly the message was that the united states is seeking to strengthen its relationship with its allies t. may n

mike. >> in clarity. >> in clarity. perhaps it's exhaustion. perhaps it's the weight of the job. >> anxiety. >> perhaps it's anxiety. >> wu those are all real conditionsbe he's not sleeping at all. we don't know what it is. we're not analyzing anything -- >> not diagnosing. we're analyzing, that's for sure. >> we're not diagnosing anything, but there is no doubt that there is something impacting his thought process. perhaps it is exhaustion. >> and the presidency, impacting the presidency. >> and this country. somebody needs to get in there and say -- especially his foreign policy leaders saying you have got to stop talking about the philippines, stop talking about north korea. >> who would that be? reince priebus. >> mattis, mcmaster, tillerson. >> they can't, because they're there, mike barnicle, they are in place. >> mcmaster is really the one. >> i'm going to go on a limb and say they probably are trying and they can't, and that's the problem. >> it seems to me that's a reasonable conclusion. you guys have been saying that about the foreign policy team for a while. >> these are the strongest leaders our country has to offer. do you think they woul