joining me now is florida congresswoman, fredricka wilson. congresswoman, you said you are boycotting because it will be full of innuendos and empty promises. you are not going. so say no matter who the president is, members of congress ought to respect them and go. why are you joining three or four of your colleagues in this bold step. good morning reverend al. i have a footprint in mother land that i started four years ago would bring back our girls. i have a soldier from my district who was killed in africa. >> so that's our mother land. that's a place that i feel so insulted when he called us us shitholes. i represent so many haitians, they are my friends and co-workers and students. i am africa. so i cannot sit and watch the president and give him that honor. i believe the state of the union message is an honor that is afforded the president by the speaker who invites him to deliver in the state of the union. i don't want to give him that. that's just me personally. >> ncongressman, let me go back to what you said. you talked about the y

. >> here is what fredricka wilson thought he meant to see. she will not be at the speech. >> i don't think he deserves to be honored at this time after being so hateful towards black people. and, then, black countries, haiti and the whole continent of africa. >> darlene? >> well, it's an interesting point that she makes. president trump talking about black unemployment being the lowest that it's been in a long time is a point he's been making for the past couple weeks or months in tweets and speeches. >> yeah. >> it's just him taking credit for whatever economic improvement or gain has happened under his watch, whether it is a direct result of anything he's done since he's taken office. >> i appreciate that respect. i'm going to ask you two to stick around. peter baker, thank you for talking. i want to talk about the backdrop. when we talk, we are remiss to not talk about words, the russia investigation, the record low poll numbers for the president and the possibility of maybe a reset. according to 538, president trump has the lowest average

. >> sandra: there is a democratic fredricka wilson changing topics, she's coming out as the fourth lawmaker or governor to boycott the president's first state of the union address. it's coming a short time from now. over his alleged remarks last week. involving some countries, including haiti. she said the president demeans the presidency on his remarks about haiti, el salvador, and several african countries. she said his comments were racist and incendiary. >> who cares whether she goes to state of the union address or not? >> sandra: she joins another group of lawmakers who say they are going to sit this one out. in addition -- >> there were up to four. >> sandra: i'm asking you about it because clearly they are trying to make a statement. we do have other democratic lawmakers who planned to make statements and other ways by protesting the speech such as wearing black to show their support for victims of sexual misconduct. this will be the president's first state of the union address. we are still a time away from then. we have to see how things change. this is a statement some democratic