senator dick derbin was the only democrat in the room. several african countries salvador. when derbin says the president interrupted. >> that's when he used those vile and vulgar comments. the exact words used by the president not just once but repeatedly by the countries. >> we should bring in more people from places like norway. republican senators tom cotton and david ferdu also attended the meeting. theyish issued a joint statement saying we do not recall the president saying these comments specifically. >> president trump denied use the language in these questions. but neither he nor the white house disputed comments that he suggested immigrants from other countries. >> so first thing that came to my mind was very unfortunate, unhelpful. >> the controversy could derail negotiations over immigration reform including protection if lawmakers don't reach an agreement by january 19th, the talks may spill into a spending deal to keep the government open. weijia jiang pbs news the white house. >> the president's comments came as senators came on a detailed bipartisan. so the

meeting, lindsay graham saying he spoke directly to the president after he made those comments and dick derbin calling out the president's comments as being racist. the president had a martin luther king jr. event at the white house and i want to play a little bit of what martin luther king's nephew said about president trump right after that meeting. >> i don't think that president trump is a racist in the traditional sense as we know in this country. i think that president trump is racially ignorant or racially uninformed but i don't think he's a racist in the traditional sense. >> not exactly a ringing praise there from someone who was hat the white house with president trump yesterday and of course right after that event the president was peppered with questions by reporters about whether his comments were in fact, racist. >> all right. thank you, abby. >>> so antonio okafor, whose parents are from nigeria as well as wendy osofo. ladies, we appreciate you being here. wendy, of course was born in nigeria, so i do want to start with you antonio i want to start with you. so let's play a part