hello i'm don jordan in doha with a quick reminder of the headlines here on al-jazeera at least twenty five people have been killed and many more injured after a highly a bridge collapsed in the italian city of genoa it came down during heavy rains sending vehicles plunging around one hundred meters to the ground rescue workers are still searching for survivors. after days of heavy losses the turkish lira recovered some ground on tuesday president russian type one has called for a boycott of u.s. electronic goods in retaliation for what he says is an economic attack on his country on friday washington impose new sanctions and response to the detention of a u.s. pasta. the largest and most comprehensive report into child sex abuse by catholic priests in the u.s. state of pennsylvania has been released it details allegations of assaults on minors by so-called predator priests and suggests there could be thousands of victims spanning a seventy year period. you see church officials routinely and purposefully described the abuse as forcefully and wrestling and inappropriate contact it was n

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mike, en aparente referencia a michael jordan. don lemmon tambiÉn es un afroamericano.inteligente. es la congresista demÓcrata por california tambiÉn afroamericano. melania trump volviÓ a desmarcarse de su marido de forma pÚblica. parece que lebron james estÁ trabajando para hacer buenas cosas para nuestra naciÓn como siempre. incluso, se ofreciÓ a visitar una escuela que lebron estÁ patrocinando su ciudad natal. este prominente republicano dijo que los demÓcratas son los que dividen al paÍs. los demÓcratas responde que la realidad de por sÍ misma y que trump calificÓ gente muy fina los supremacistas blancos de vigilia. --virginia. muchos de ellos ha repetido muchas veces que trump es un racista. >> dijo que los mexicanos serÁn violadores, se pasÓ diciendo que los negros hay que votar los del paÍs. --botarlos del paÍs. se refiriÓ a ciertos inmigrantes como animales. tambiÉn dijo que los inmigrantes deberÍan reírse como insectos. el tema del racismo serÁ tambiÉn un punto importante en las prÓximas elecciones. pablo gato, univisiÓn. ramÓn: en otro orden de informaciones l

don lemon. he made lebron look smart, which is not easy to do and adding i like mike, a rrchs to michael jordan.ool for at risk children he is opening in akron. james accused using sports to drive people apart. >> he is using sports to divide us. sports has never been something that divides. it's always something that brings people together. >> don lemon tweeted who is the real dummy? a man who puts kids in classrooms or puts kids in cages? he added #be best, a reference to the 50 late's anti-bullying campaign. she was speaking out, praising james saying it looks like lebron james is looking to do good things on behalf of our next generation and that she would be open to visiting the i promise school in akron. >> venezuela's president accused people in ma'am of trying to kill him. soldiers scattered when drones carrying explosives detonated while he was giving a speech. the blast injured several people, but maduro unharmed. >> some parents looking to refill their epipen prescriptions before school starts are discovering it's in short supply. one mother in dallas said she was forced to pay $700 f

don lemon. he made lebron look smart, which isn't easy to do. i like mike. that was a reference to michael jordan, who said through his spokesman afterwards that he supported lebron james and the amazing job he is doing for his community. joining me are professor cornel west of harvard and princeton and cnn political commentator paris denard, former black outreach for president george w. bush. professor, i'm wondering what you make of this which is just the latest example of the president criticizing a well-known african american person on intelligence. >> well, i think we need to keep the focus where it belongs because it's clear that president trump doesn't focus on what he ought to. the focus is on first gloria marie james, a mother, a magnificent black woman raise as magnificent son and becomes one of the greatest athletes in the history of modern times who then use his greatness to serve others. 230 very precious students of

don lemon. he made lebron look smart, which isn't easy to do." the president added, "i like mike!" an apparent reference to michael jordan. earlier this week, lebron james spoke with cnn's don lemon about a school for at-risk kids he's opening in his hometown of akron. in the interview, james accused the president of using sports to drive people apart. >> he's kind of used sport to kind of divide us. and that's something that i can't relate to. sports has never been something that divided people. it's always been something that brings someone together. >> reporter: during the trump presidency, no nba championship team has celebrated at the white house. this year, the president said james' cavaliers and steph curry's golden state warriors weren't even asked. >> i didn't invite them no, i didn't invite lebron james, and i didn't invite steph curry. >> reporter: the president also rescinded an invitation to the warriors in 2017 after curry said this. >> i don't want to go. that's really it. >> reporter: at the time, james himself took to twitter, calling the president a, quote, bum. >> bum. we call each other all the time. he

hello i'm don jordan and the top stories here on the al-jazeera iran is back on the u.s. sanctions up to donald trump on the nuclear deal the president has warned the international community to ties with tehran but the european union is encouraging member countries to keep doing business with iran particle hain reports from washington. the u.s. plan when it comes to iran hurt the economy hurt the people forced the government to agree to change much of its foreign policy the policy is not regime change but we definitely want to put maximum pressure on the government and it's not just to come back to discuss fixing a deal that's basically not fixable dealing with the nuclear weapons aspect we want to see a much broader retreat by iran from their support for international terrorism their belligerent military activity in the middle east and their ballistic missile nuclear related programs all things around is unlikely to agree to still is the partners in the nuclear deal are urging dialogue we really just encourage we united states to start talking. in order to be able to fin

don lemon, he made lebron look smart, which isn't easy to do. the president adding, i like mike. an apparent reference to michael jordan. ier this week, james spoke with cnn's don aut at-risk children he is opening in his hometown of akron. in the interview, james accused the president of using sports to drive people apart. >> he's kind of used sport to kind of divide us and that's something that i can't relate to. sports has never been something that divides people. it's all been something that brings someone together. >> reporter: and cnn's lemon firing back, criticizing the president's immigration policy, tweeting, who's the real dummy? a man who puts kids in classrooms or one who puts kids in cages? he added, #bebest, a reference to the first lady's anti-bullying campaign. melania trump speaking out, her communications director issuing a statement, praising james, saying it looks like lebron james is working to do good things on behalf of our next generation and that the first lady would be open to visiting the i promise school in akron. elizabeth herr, abc news, new york. >>> coming up on "this week with george step

don lemon, he made lebron look smart, which isn't easy to do. the president adding, i like mike. an apparent reference to michael jordan. this week, james spoke with cnn's don lemon about a school for at-risk children he is opening in his hometown of akron. in the interview, james accused the president of using sports to drive people apart. >> he's kind of used sport to kind of divide us and that's something that i can't relate to. sports has never been something that divides people. it's all been something that brings someone together. >> reporter: and cnn's lemon firing back, criticizing the president's immigration policy, tweeting, who's the real dummy? a man who puts kids in classrooms or one who puts kids in cages? he added, #bebest, a reference to the first lady's anti-bullying campaign. melania trump speaking out, her communications director issuing a statement, praising james, saying it looks like lebron james is working to do good things on behalf of our next generation and that the first lady would be open to visiting the i promise school in akron. elizabeth herr, abc w yo >>> coming up on "this week," george s

don lemon. he made lebron look smart, which isn't easy to do, the president adding, i like mike, an apparent reference to michael jordanhool for at-risk children. he accused the president of using sports to drive people apart. >> he's kind of used sport to kind of divide us, and that's something that i can't relate to. sports has never been something to divide people. it's always been something to bring people together. >> reporter: and cnn's lemon firing back criticizing the president's immigration policy, who's the real dummy, a man who puts kids in classrooms or one who puts kids in cages. he added #be best, a reference to the first lady's campaign. melania trump speaking out, issuing a statement praising james saying it looks like lebron james is working to do good things on behalf of our next generation and that the first lady would be open to visiting the i promise school in akron. elizabeth hur, abc news, new york. >> an interesting back and forth over the weekend. our thanks to elizabeth for that. lebron really hasn't said anything about it. michael jordan weighing in saying he supports lebron. i wanted michael

don lemon. he made lebron look smart. i like mike.o referring nba legend michael jordan. why the anger? earlier this week on cnn, james the slammed the president. >> what ir noticed o the last few months, he used sport tos divide and sports has never been something that divides people. it has been somhing toogring peopleher. >> reporter: this is the latest battle line with the president and .hletes. trump is a frequent critic of nfl playersne who for the national anthem. >> won't you love to see the owners who disrespect the flag to say get tha son of a bitch off the field right now. he's fired. >> reporter: the president is also sparring with china over trade. >> china is not too happy with me. i h great respect for present xi. >> reporter: china is ready to retaliate. threatening new fees to import $60 billion of american goods. in response to the trump administration'sirst wave o tariffs. >> our workers and our country got ripped off. >> reporter: the president said he could ratchet up tariffs on another $323 -- $200 billion on chinesego ods. >> do not under estimate the president's

don think. positive you find that latin america has seen. this time on al-jazeera. hello i'm down jordan joe how are the top stories here al-jazeera australia's treasurer scott morrison has been chosen to be the next prime minister to go to the peace and the ruling liberal party has replaced malcolm turnbull with it in the job for less than three years turnbull had survived a leadership challenge as recently as tuesday. it is being i challenging time to be prime minister but i'm very proud of our record i'm very proud of my government my ministers record in achievement so i want to thank them i want to thank omar colleagues i want to thank my staff kathy novak has more. compared to malcolm turnbull scott morrison would be considered more conservative but throughout this leadership crisis morrison had been standing behind malcolm turnbull his treasurer and he had previously that mars and that is served as immigration minister and you could see that malcolm turnbull was pleased that if he was to lose his job that the person who would be stepping in would be scott morrison so i think those

jordan edwards. new details this morning. >>> on the heels of white house counsel don mcgahn's departure, another bombshell as a second white house legal evening legal be gone in 48 hours. >>> farewell to an american patriot as the family of senator john mccain mourns his death and celebrates his life, we're learning that one very prominent political name was not invited to his funeral. >>> to a new york style street fight of a debate between two-time governor andrew cuomo and challenger cynthia nixon from "sex & the city" fame. >>> after saving his life, the son follows in dad's footsteps in one of the most dangerous cities in all of america. "early today" starts rights now. >> good morning. i'm marlie hall. >> and i'm phillip mena. we begin this morning with breaking news. the former texas police officer convicted of killing an lrnedis fate. roy oliver was sentenced to 15 years in prison and fined $10,000 for the shooting death of 15-year-old jordan edwards. oliver was convicted of murder in the 2017 shooting on tuesday after responding to a house party, oliver opened fire on a car leaving the home, fata

don lemon. he made lebron look smart, which isn't easy to do. i like mike", meaning michael jordanver lebron. trump was angry because lebron said trump was using sports to divide people. i guess he's never been in new york when the yankees play the mets. but that's an entirely different thing. michael jordan released a statement saying he supports lebron, and then melania came to lebron's defense. through a spokesperson, the first lady said it looks like lebron james is working to do good things on behalf of our next generation. lebron opened a school for at-risk kids in ohio last week that guarantees college tuition for every child who graduates. of course the last time trump opened a school, the students sued him for fraud and won $25 million. so i'll let you decide who the dumbest don on television. [ applause ] meanwhile, russia has a plan to improve relations with the united states, and that plan involves none other than steven seagal. on saturday, the russian foreign ministry posted this on twitter. steven seagal, who is a russian citizen, has been appointed as a special repr

jordan member of the house judiciary and oversight committee. chuck grassily was comfortable -- concerned about the white house losing don mcghan. let that happen @real donald trump. >> i think don mcghan is a darn good lawyer. if he wants to leave and the white house is fine, the president is okay, that's the white house decision. i think the president got a good legal team around him. mr. guiliani and mr. flood. i think what we do know is mueller's investigation now 15 or 16 months, not bit of evidence, not one bit of evidence there's been a coordination between the trump campaign and russia. >> martha: we haven't seen the report yet. you don't know what robert mueller has. >> come on, everything we've heard -- we've learned all kinds of things about what the fbi did wrong. we learned more yesterday when we deposed mr. ohr. >> martha: you poke -- you spoke to bruce ohr. rachel maddow was concerned. department of justice losing bruce ohr and you guys grilling him yesterday. >> i don't know exactly what these targeted attacks by white house and republicans will do to the justice department and the fbi when it comes to fighting r

don lemon. he made lebron look smart which isn't easy to do. i like mike, an apparent reference to michael jordanbut jordan is siding with the current king of the nba, saying in a statement, quote, i support lj, he's doing an amazing job in his community. first lead melania trump supported james, her spokesperson saying her platform centers around visiting organizations, hospitals, and schools. in ohio, the president leaving behind the james feud, instead praising republican congressman jim jordan who is embroiled in a scandal on whether he ignored sexual abuse when he was a wrestling coach at ohio state university. jordan denied the allegation. >> what a great defender he's been, what great courage. there's a brave, tough cookie. i don't want to wrestle him, he's tough. >> reporter: tara palmieri, abc 7 news, washington. >>> chaos erupted on the streets of venezuela as explosives dropped from the sky. the venezuelan president is said to be the target. officials are warning people to shelter in place. >> reporter: overnight, dramatic video showing pandemonium as venezuelan president nicolas madur

president trump on twitter insulting both don lemon and lebron james and what happened in the 24 hours after is so interesting. you know? you saw michael jordanven melania trump all standing up for lebron james. an interesting combination of figures. here is part of the statement from melania trump. remember, this is all about lebron's school and his foundation in akron, ohio, that is helping the community. so melania trump came out and said, sounds like he is doing great work. community and, quote t looks like lebron james is working to do good things on behalf of our next generation. the first lady encourages everybody to have open dialogue about issues facing children today. here is a key part from the first lady's spokeswoman stevan grish grisham. you can imagine that moment, right? if president trump is criticizing lebron james intelligence and the first lady goes and visits the school? well, we will see if that happens. this is another example of the first lady really publicly distancing herself from her husband. she doesn't have to comment. she didn't have to weigh in. but she decided to do that and, as a result, here we are. >> doesn'

lebron james, and in doing so, he praises michael jordan, saying in a tweet that lebron james was just interviewed by the dumbest man on television, don lemon. he made lebron look smart, which isn't easy to do. i like mike. >> as i say often, i am the least racist person that anybody's going to meet. >> plenty to despair about there in that montage of clips. back to the first thing we heard, him talking about both side, two sides. there is such division in this country, and this president sees things in such a binary way. look at where we've come or haven't come in the last year, what do you think? again, he's missing an opportunity here this weekend to make any attempt at unifying the country in any way. >> back to what i was saying about the president enabling white supremacy. he can claim all he wants he's not racist, but if you are saying that at a white supremacist rally there are good people on both sides, then you are in essence promoting it and saying it's okay and you are encouraging it. that's a problem this president has had, is he's never actually stood up straight and gone against the wave there. but i also think kind of

don lemon. he made lebron look smart, which isn't easy to do. i like mike -- an apparent reference to michael jordan. but jordan is siding with the current king of the nba saying in a statement, quote, i support l.j. he's doing an amazing job for his community. first lady melania trump's communications director also taking a different position, supporting james, saying, quote, her platform centers around visiting organizations, hospitals and schools, and she would be open to visiting the i promise school in akron. but in ohio the president leaving behind the james feud. instead praising another one of the state's luminaries, republican congressman jim jordan, who has been embroiled in a scandal over whether he ignored sexual abuse when he was a wrestling coach at ohio state university. jordan denies the allegation. >> what a great defender he's been. what courage. i'll tell you what, there is a brave, tough cookie. i don't want to wrestle him, he's tough. >> reporter: that ohio crowd seemed to be standing by jordan, giving him a hero's welcome, even chanting "speaker of the house." he's seen as a to

don lemon. he made lebron look smart, which isn't easy to. i like mike. mike, of course, is michael jordan. jordan came to lebron's defense saying, quote, i support l.j. he's doing an amazing job for his community. first lady melania trump also came to his defense saying it looks like lebron james is working to do good things on behalf of our next generation. for more on all of this, i am joined by gabrielle bruni and michael steele. michael, i want to start with you except that i don't really know where to start. >> there is no place to start. >> this is a favorite son of ohio. this is not a situation where lebron is out there making a political statement of his own volition. he is out there promoting a school for underprivileged children in his home city. >> he's made a commitment of $41 million to this community and helping these kids. i would daresay more than we've ever seen come close from the president in this area, in this space. so to even enter this space the way the president did is insulting in that sense. but then to sort of talk about yet again when it comes to an african-amer

don lemon. he made lebron look smart, which isn't easy to do. i like mike, a reference to michael jordan. new school for at-risk children that lebron had just opened in his hometown of akron, ohio. the interview included james' negative assessment of the trump sayi saying trump used sports to divide it. james has received support from michael jordan. a spokesman for the legend says he supports james, adding he is doing an amazing job for his community. first lady melania trump commended him on his schools, saying she would be open to visiting his facility. her spokeswoman said in a statement that mrs. trump was not taking sides on the matter. >> it is like the united states saying on, you know, december 8, 1941, we're not taking sides in the matter. >> just over five years ago, donald trump had nothing but praise for james, tweeting, congratulations to king james on winning athlete of the year in last night's espys. lebron is also a great guy, joe. a great guy. >> yeah, you know, eddie, you could almost hear, this guy sounded like an old, grumpy, white racist grandpa in queens, you know,

lender roan james was interviewed by the dumbest man in television, don lemon, made lebron look smart, i like mike as in michael jordanetball player than lebron james. since lebron is an la guy and you're an la guy who are you going to defend lebron or mr. trump? >> first of all, there's no love lost between don lemon and me. when i heard donald trump call him the dumbest man on tv i echoed the thought. the reason trump was oh upset is because lebron james said it was trump who was using sports to, quote, try to divide us, close, quote, trump is not the one who took the knee unless trump made him take the knee, that's what bothered trump, it bothered trump that don lemon referred to donald trump as racist, journalist referring to trump as racist, donald trump is a racist, for lebron james to accuse trump of causing division when it was the players who took the knee just made trump very upset and i don't blame him. stuart: is this dislike of president trump really that common amongst black folks in america? actually the popularity of trump is rising, his popularity probably twice of what it was a few weeks ago, it's ab

don lemon. he made lebron look smart which isn't easy to do. i like mike. john kasich says rather than criticize, celebrate his charity efforts to help kids. all around, he is better than michael jordan that hard fought debate. what's your take on what the president had to say about one of ohio's favorite sons? >> the president is always interested in race baiting. he's always interested in finding a black person or brown person to call dumb or stereotype in some way. this is consistent. i will say this. i love don lemon's reply to that, who's dumb, the person who's building schools for kids in akron, ohio or the person who's separating kids from their parents and putting them in cages. lebron james has done so much good work for akron which is part of my district, he has done so much work for the boys and girls clubs, youth clubs there, the schools there, millions and millions of dollars over his career. he has been one of the premier citizens for the city of akron, not just the star basketball player and great role model, but he has given back. we showed up at one of the youth centers a few months back. they received boxes of shoes and clothes and uniforms. they were sent without a

don lemmon.he made lebron james look smart which isn't easy to do. i like mike, he said in apparent reference to michael jordan. there is an ongoing argument about who is the best basketball player in history. lebron james funding a school in ohio where he grew up. his interests overlap with the first lady. the first lady today issued a statement which reads in part, it looks like lebron james is working to do good things on behalf of our next generation. and just as she always has, the first lady encourages everyone to have an open dialogue about issues facing children today. melania trump in a statement also say she was willing to visit the i promise school in akron. no word yet whether lebron james has extended an invitation to the first lady to visit the school. blake: thank you, rick. arthel: a federal judge dealing another blow to the trump administration over daca. ruling the government must fully restore the program. protecting hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants who were brought to the country as children from deportation. ellison barber is live in washington with details. was this a surp

don lemon. he made lebron look smart which isn't easy to do. i like mike. pete: you know who that mike is. michael jordan o'neal. we will oftentimes play clips of things that he has said. i admire people that he speaks his mind and obviously can he do that he doesn't get in the weeds and doesn't get so divisive. griff: great point. abby: you don't want sports to become political. you want to watch the game and relax. griff: look at the comparison you laid out though. literally we had last week lebron james bashing the present administration. and where was shaquille o'neal? in the water with great white sharks doing shark week which is where we want to see when you have a crossover super star in sports you want to see them in another environment. you don't wants to see them regardless of your politics weighing into the political fray of partisan. pete: lebron is opening a school in akron, ohio. it's a wonderful thing. great to see athletes giving back. you want to see that. but, leave it there. and he actually -- lebron actually proactively brought up trump in that interview. don lemon didn't say what do