frederick douglass ain't a second baseman for the baltimore orioles. but actually said some stuff that could inform policy and transform donald trump. it would be a heck of a thing to see him engaging the black history he easily spouts. >> and to this sermon the church said. >> amen. the book is called "tears we cannot stop" a sermon to white america. just hit the new york times bestseller list. only mike dyson can get blurbs from toni morrison and steven king. i wanted to add that. >> i did say beloved, but it is a horror show. >> thanks for watching, as always, keep the faith. >>> for more information on today's show, visit tavissmiley@pbs.org. >>> join me next time for a conversation with bascar sancar. that's next time. >>> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >>> good evening from los angeles, i'm tavis smiley. the future of free trade is very much in doubt. many of donald trump's campaign promises on the issue of trade have already broke down. find out the difference between what trump said and what he's doin

. >>> the phillies continue to hit the long ball in clearwater, three more homers again the baltimore orioles, the first against tommy joseph. he smacks one that lands on the tiki bar if the left field stands, he had 20 homers in limited bats. and he is looking to make the team as joseph's backup at first base and aaron au pair goes deep and the phillies win 7-5. >>> the sixers have the night off and life without joel embiid continues with miami. and he is out indefinitely. the sixers lost to the golden state warriors and to say the sixers were sloppy that is an understatement. the sixers lost 119-108. >> and the new football coach jeff colins is on the for months and he recently had his team hook up with the philadelphia fire department for what those brave men and women call the five alarm workout. >> five alarm workout -- [ alarms ] >> they are the best at what they do. this is not the average workout but what we do at the academy. -- ♪ ♪ >> they went out at 5:30 in the morning and extended an invitation to you jim if you would like to join them tomorrow. >> uh no. terrific. i admire what

a second baseman for the baltimore orioles a guy that's getting more recognition, that could be an acceptable faux pas, but he speaks often in terms without the deep knowledge of the community and variety of experiences that constitute that community and the people who make it up an leaders who make it up. he meets with entertainers and athletes but avoids meeting with other people who might be helpful with feedback except for those who echo his own out look, so because of that, and that he's not intimately connected to this culture might be seen as a general faux pas. >> sean spicer was asked about this recently an he said look, president trump has been meeting with african american leaders recently met with martin luther king's son but when you look inside the room it was mostly trump staff and supporters, ?k 26á7 naacp, or black caucus, sean spicer says they have a whole month of things planned what can they do to be more inclusive. >> if they were to meet al sharpton, the national black women's roundtable, there are so many other organizations that are interested in developing an agenda,

basically, and this is my characterization, that frederick douglas is a second baseman for the baltimore oriolesgetting better and more notice, it is apparent here that this president is not intimately familiar with or conversant with african-american culture, the interests that define us, but by reaching out to talk about what goes on in inner cities, by talking about the crime that besieges these african-american cities and by speaking to the needs that we have, thank god he's not just meeting with entertainers and performers but actually meet with people whose responsibility it is to address the serious and sustained issue of african-american culture politically and who are sworn representatives, who have taken an oath of office to represent those interests to the american people and as a result of that have much more intelligence to respond to president trump. >> so i wonder, bruce, is there a feeling, is anyone conveying to the president some of those concerns? i mean you heard michael talk about the apparent assault on women, on black people. is there anyone who is able to deliver a messag