go inside the cell and have a seat. >> drug problems led to donald stokes in jail as well. possession conviction, and now is only two days away from his release. in the meantime, he holds a job delivering meals and clothing to other inmates. >> we're going to be doing that shortly here. we get to go pick up all the clothing, and every one of these guys comes down, and we hand it back and forth through that slot. so at no time do we get actual personal contact with these guys. some of them are looking upward to 10, 15 years each for the most random thing, you know, and knowing that i'm getting out in two days doesn't make me the most popular guy. >> stokes has mixed feelings about his upcoming release. >> well, it's, oddly enough, a little intimidating. when i was taken into custody, i had just checked into a motel room. 20 minutes later i walked out to my car to go get a cell phone charger, and there was a gun pressed against my head. they said, get down on the ground. my probation violation had popped up on the grid, and i was taken into custody with no shoes, no jacket, j

another member of the squad is stoking the feud with donald trump. representative ilhan omar says

democratic congress women donald trump call them foreign born troublemakers and told them to go back to where they came from democrats have described a treatise hate filled in stoking white nationalism john hendren has more from washington. president donald trump is being accused of stoking anti immigrant fervor on twitter he wrote on sunday it's so interesting to see progressive democrat congress women who originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe loudly and viciously telling the people of the united states how our government is to be run the president continued why don't they go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came well as many people pointed out on twitter there's only one problem with that everybody knows the group of democratic house representatives he's talking about all of them women are mostly from the united states only one of them omar of minnesota is actually born outside the u.s. she was born in mogadishu but all 4 of the women in that group of democratic congresswoman responded on twitter rashida to lead who is a muslim but born in detroit says you want a respons

denounced a political stunt the signed to frighten emigrant communities and fire up the donald trump base. he is stoking fear and trying to pit immigrant against citizen. it's very cynical. comes,e moment of truth suddenly it's all fear and no action. >> cop annnnounced ice would ben targeting millions of illegal immigrants. have decided not to emigrate -- -- cooperate. performance.ed their >> this is against specific individuals who had their day in court. we are merely executing this lawful order. haveprecedented numbers arrived at the southern border. most of them clean poverty and violence in central america. thousands are being held in badly overcrowded detention centers. this could be severely worsened if mass roundups begin. africa, jacobuth zuma is being investigated. it's being televised and will go on and so friday. the allegations relate to his nine years in power. been a drive to remove me. i wish it would disappear. has conspiracy against me times whenhed at there are things to be done. claire: we are covering this story. we talked about the allegations against zuma. thatis has given eviden

well democrats have described the tweets as hate filled and stoking white nationalism john hendren has more from washington. president donald trump is being accused of stoking anti immigrant fervor on twitter he wrote on sunday it's so interesting to see progressive democrat congress women who originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe loudly and viciously telling the people of the united states how our government is to be run the president continued why don't they go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came well as many people pointed out on twitter there's only one problem with that everybody knows the group of democratic house representatives he's talking about all of them women are mostly from the united states only one of them omar of minnesota is actually born outside the u.s. she was born in mogadishu but all 4 of the women in that group of democratic congresswoman responded on twitter rashida to leave who is a muslim but born in detroit says you want a response to a lawless and complete failure of a president he is the crisis he's

in person and on camera, donald trump continued to stoke controversy. pres.mp: they can do what they want. they can leave, they can stay, but they should love our country and work for the good of our country. >> he is talking about the four new members of congress. he singled them out for criticism, telling them to go countries,ir own even though they are american, but because of what they look like, many say those are blatantly racist comments. vote on asaid it will resolution to condemn what they describe as his racist comments. the president responded on twitter, writing "those tweets were not racist. i do not have a racist bone in my body. the so-called vote to be taken is a democratic con game. republicans should not fall into their trap. this should be a vote on the filthy lies told by the congresswomen." the leadership of the party is still clearly with him. president is not a racist. i think the tone of all of this is not good for the country. but it is coming from all different ideological points of view. that is the point. to single out any segment

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from democrats have described the tweets as hate filled and stoking white nationalism john hendren has more from washington. president donald trump is being accused of stoking anti immigrant fervor on twitter he wrote on sunday it's so interesting to see progressive democrat congress women who originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe loudly and viciously telling the people of the united states how our government is to be run the president continued why don't they go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came well as many people pointed out on twitter there's only one problem with that everybody knows the group of democratic house representatives he's talking about all of them women are mostly from the united states only one of them omar of minnesota is actually born outside the u.s. she was born in mogadishu but all 4 of the women in that group of democratic congresswoman responded on twitter rashida to leave who is a muslim but born in detroit says you want a response to a lawless and complete failure of a president he is the crisis he's

president donald trump continued to stoke controversy and do what they want they can leave they can stay but they should love our country and they should work for the good of our country he's talking about these 4 new members of congress he singled him out for criticism telling them to go back to their own countries even though they are american but because of what they look like many say those are blatantly racist comments now the house says it will vote on a democratic backed resolution to condemn what they describe as his racist comments the president responded on twitter writing those tweets were not racist i don't have a racist bone in my body the so-called vote to be taken is a democratic congress came republicans should not show weakness and fall into their trap this should be a vote on the filthy language statements and lies told by the democrat congresswoman just over a dozen republicans of criticize the president but the leadership of the party is still clearly with him. right not a raises and i think the tone of all of this is not good for the country but it's coming from all

donald trump told the group to leave the u.s. and go back to where they came from democrats have described the tweets as hate filled and stoking white nationalism john hendren has more from washington. president donald trump is being accused of stoking anti immigrant fervor on twitter he wrote on sunday it's so interesting to see progressive democrat congress women who originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe loudly and viciously telling the people of the united states how our government is to be run the president continued why don't they go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came well as many people pointed out on twitter there's only one problem with that everybody knows the group of democratic house representatives he's talking about all of them women are mostly from the united states only one of them omar of minnesota is actually born outside the u.s. she was born in mogadishu but all 4 of the women in that group of democratic congresswoman responded on twitter rashida to leave who is a muslim but born in detroit says busy you want a respons

president donald trump continued to stoke controversy can do what they want they can leave they can stay but they should love our country and they should work for the good of our country he's talking about these 4 new members of congress he singled them out for criticism telling them to go back to their own countries even though they are american but because of what they look like many say those are blatantly racist comments the president responded on twitter writing those tweets were not racist i don't have a racist bone in my body the so-called vote to be taken is a democratic congress came republicans should not show weakness and fall into their trap this should be a vote on the filthy language statements and lies told by the democrat congresswoman just over a dozen republicans of criticize the president but the leadership of the party is still clearly with him right all races and i think the tone of all of this is not good for the country but it's coming from all different illogical points of view that the point to single out any segment of the us i think is a mistake democrats just

president donald trump continued to stoke controversy can do what they want they can leave they can stay but they should love our country and they should work for the good of our country he's talking about these 4 new members of congress he singled them out for criticism telling them to go back to their own countries even though they are american but because of what they look like many say those are blatantly racist comments the president responded on twitter writing those tweets were not racist i don't have a racist bone in my body the so-called vote to be taken is a democratic congress came republicans should not show weakness and fall into their trap this should be a vote on the filthy language statements and lies told by the democrat congresswoman just over a dozen republicans of criticize the president but the leadership of the party is still clearly with him right now all races and i think the tone of all of this is not good for the country but it's coming from all different illogical points of view that's the point to single out any segment of the us i think is a mistake democrats

donald trump told the group to leave the u.s. and go back to where they came from democrats have described the tweets as hate filled and stoking white nationalism and the immigration and customs enforcement raids have reportedly begun donald trump had announced that be a crackdown on under commended workers and 10 cities this weekend religious leaders in houston texas pledged to provide sanctuary for those facing deportation it is part of trump's larger program to discourage central american migrants from traveling to the u.s. . tens of thousands of people have protested against what they say is beijing's growing political influence in hong kong's affairs but what started as a peaceful march in the suburb of shot in ended in violence as riot police charged towards demonstrators in a shopping center. and representatives from both yemen's government and who the rebel fighters have met for the 1st time in 5 months during the meeting which happened aboard a u.n. vessel both sides have been tasked with pulling forces out of her data the redeployment from the key port city is a critical part of the sweden cease fire deal reached in decemb

another member of the squad is stoking the feud with donald trump. representative ilhan omar says the immigration policies are racist quoting you should all end this charade and except this racist president wants every black, brown person deported and muslims band. is immigration policy says as much, the president has repeatedly counted the squad by saying they hate america. >> the trump administration set to make the next move it says will help manage the overwhelming crisis at the border. critics say it will terrorize people. the acting director of us citizenship and immigration services, good to have you with us tonight, sir. >> always good to be with you. >> this new policy set to go into effect tomorrow, dianne feinstein says it is just one more attack on our immigration system and the rule of law. ashamed the president feels the need to go after immigrants in this manner. your response? >> it is a head shaking surprise to me when i hear elected senators and the bill this is based on his bipartisan who still oppose enforcing the law. the 2004 re

donald trump. two, they wanted to stoke their commitment to keep the demonstrates out of the white house.imply be curious about what the other side is up to. whatever the motive, what struck me is that these voters from trump land on thursday night were intrigued enough to stick around watching democrats for the whole two hours. and for that reason, i think it makes sense for those who see themselves as democratic leaders to think about getting those watchers of democratic candidates to become democratic voters. i'm simply noting that there are people out there searching for a political home. it makes sense for the democrats to put out the welcome mat. and that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "all in with chris hayes" starts right now. >>> tonight on "all in" -- >> all the people in the administration who have done this, who have permitted it are guilty of child abuse. >> new detailses on the terrible conditions inside detention camps, brought to light in a government report as the house oversight committee prepares to investigation what's happening to migrant kids. >> thi

because they're in a mode of trying to stoke this further. and, look, donaldill elevate people that they -- that they believe are going to do harm to the party's long-term image. look, when ted cruz came along in 2012, there were a lot of republicans who lost their minds and thought he was the second coming and basically he became this force inside the party that was a big divider. >> yeah. >> in a lot of things that they were trying to get done in the minority. and so there are some parallels between trump -- ted cruz and aoc in a lot of ways. very popular with the -- an edge of the base and, you know, very aggressive as a new member. >> yeah. and you also have as a member of the tea party. go on. i know you want to jump in. what did you want to say. >> yeah, do i want to jump in. here's the thing, we're trying to denigrate these women, which i completely disagree with. >> who -- >> i'm not denigrating her at all. >> generally. the leadership, the conversation is, oh, it's only 20% of the democrats might be progressives. >> but that's facts, though. hold on.

bush did this, they were able to stoke racial fear and resentment without resorting to social media. donald trump is following the playbook >> reporter: a new poll shows that the president's approval rating went up to five points among republicans after his attacks on the four congresswoman. he also lost support among independents and democrats, so his overall approval rating stayed about the same. >>> i am elizabeth cook at the live news desk. the president is speaking just a few moments ago at a rally with supporters in greenville, north carolina. president trump pressing his reelection case to voters and gloating over the failure of an impeachment motion in the house that had little chance of passing. >> i just heard that the united states house of representatives has overwhelmingly voted to kill the most ridiculous project i have ever been involved in, the resolution, how stupid is that, of impeachment. >> what happened to me with this witchhunt should never be allowed to happen to another president of the united states. never, ever again. >> reporter: president trump went on to thank t

she accused the president of stoking white nationalism and said donald trump is the crisis, and he needs to be impeached. there is also new york's, she tweeted you are angry because you can't conceive of an america that includes us. you rely on a frightened america for your plunder. joining me now is a texas congressman. the president's tweets fit an established pattern going back to the 1970s really when federal officials found evidence he refused to rent apartments to black tenants. but what makes this time during his presidency so different, i think, is the total silence from republican lawmakers. what do you think accounts for that? >> well, it's very interesting. i think they have a huge responsibility to speak up because this president is taking america back in time. david earlier said that it's as racist as it was prior to the civil war. so he's been so negative for our country. i think these four women who were elected to the united states bring an important intellectual perspective of america to the united states congress and they make us richer as a body. i think republican rep

and president being accused of stoking white nationalism and one said donald trump is the crisis and needs to be impeached and on top of not accepting an america that elected, you can't accept that we don't fear you either. republicans rejecting the statement too. this is from meghan mccain. this is racist. we don't tell people we welcomed into this country to go back. this is the thing. why don't they go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came. that's what we're looking at today. that part reads for most who come from immigrant and minority families as this. go back to your country. go back to where you came from or people like you or who look like you don't belong here in the united states, but i do. or it sounds like it's my country, not yours. that's what a statement like this sounds like. it's not left or right. it might be seen by some as backwards coming from the president of the united states. joining me now, reverend al sharpton, victoria, and kimberly. rev, was this statement racist? >> absolutely, unequivocally racist. go back to

well, we've got a lot to get to today including the latest on donald trump's re-election strategy of stoking white resentment. the international reaction to his racist attempts against four congresswomen of color and the latest reporting how his team tried to amid the bail out. you haven't heard from michael coman letly because he's in prison but back in february trump's long time fixer gave that testimony in congress mincing no words calling trump a con man, a racist and a keto. and pulling back the curtain on trump world to reveal a vast operation of lies and crimes including the then candidate trump directing a hush money plan. during the 2016 election for stormy daniels, a porn graphic film actress who alleged an affair with trump. this week the department of justice closed it's investigation involving trump and its payments with a federal judge in manhattan oring the release of some investigative documents. the most explosive details offer more confirmation that trump knew about the hush money payments and was personally involved, something he has actively denied. the documents detail t

certainly a great and juicy story to cover, it sdrakts and it only i feel like stokes the rancor within the ranks over th donald trump. >> this was the challenge with pelosi being the speaker. you have to remember, aoc did not commit to supporting nancy pelosi. that's why she beat joe crowley in that primary. this is a feud that goes back a long time. i know that congresswoman presley didn't want to use that word. it's a feud that some of my sources on capitol hill told me had died down a bit because these members had found their place. they had found a way to, you know, express their concerns without being disruptive to the larger caucus. i think the dynamics have shifted. the bill that passed a few weeks ago, some of the fights around president trump and impeachment, i think that's intensifies a lot of the tension in that caucus room. i think we're going to see more type of eruptions like this. >> my thanks to you both. joining me now is congressman eric swalwell. this isn't an abstract argument for you because you're living this. what's your take on this feud -- feud is not the word i want. the power struggl

maybe this is just what the donald trump reelection strategy looks like. find something racist to say or do that stokes outrage and stoke it every way you can, hope that it engenders a response that calls out an actual rebuke of the president which then keeps it going longer for him and gives him another lily pad to jump from which he can further escalate from which he can further escalate. you do all white rallies between now and november 2020 and it will be alternating to lock her up and send her back and whatever comes up next. but if this iteration of racist demagoguery from the president is being done deliberately and right now because he is trying to distract from something else in the news, not just because he likes doing this now and this is how he is running for reelection and make us not pay attention to somebody else, that's not an unprecedented thing. that's on brand. he does this a lot. less than two months into his presidency when news coverage snowballed about undisclosed meetings that trump's attorney general and others in his administration had had with russian officials during the cam

we saw throughout the 2016 campaign president trump or donald trump, candidate trump, you know, really making a lot of racial comments that stoked these sorts of controversies. >> maria teresa, to his point, he has been making these points from the get-go. remember the first time we saw president trump when he announced he was running, going down that escalator, and what he said about mexicans. so your reaction to these tweets and why we should think anything else would come from the president. he won being this guy. >> exactly right. i don't know why anybody is surprised the person sitting in the white house right now is the racist-in-chief. he let us know who he was from the very beginning the moment that he started talking and espousing birtherism. he should have been basically dead on arrival when he came to someone going and voting for him. what he knows how to do is how to get under people's skin and try to divide americans. let's not forget, 3 million more americans voted against this president than for him. and so the majority of americans recognized what he is doing is wrong. he is playing a strategy of recognizing he j

donald trump. >> yes. look, i think there is a big difference between fighting for what you believe in, fighting for the american people and engaging in, you know, as nancy said rancid behavior, stoking the key to understanding donald trump is donald trump cares about one thing -- donald trump. and by that measure he has been a success but by every other measure he has been a failure. the situation at the border is worse. donald trump has failed. the situation with north korea has not made any demonstrable progress. he has failed. when it comes to health care he's failed. when it comes to rising wages he has failed. so i think by every demonstrable measure, you are right that our job is yes to take it to donald trump to draw a contrast. this election will be both a referendum on donald trump and a choice between him and the person on the ballot that's representing the democratic party. but that's not sufficient. that in order to be successful in this election we have to do more than just be the anti-donald trump. we have to explain to the american people what we are for. and i don't think these two things are mutually exclusive. i want to see the democrats focus more on the economy,

stoke for his own political ends. >> the justice department closed the investigation of the michael cohen case in which federal prosecutors said donaldirected him to commit the crimes and thehim, the crimes which michael cohen is imprisoned tonight. if you're elected president, would your attorney general reopen that investigation and examine indicting donald trump? >> this is what i would tell my attorney general. you treat him like you would treat any other citizen. i believe if he were treated like any other citizen, he absolutely would be prosecuted. he'd be behind bars. >> secretary coors, we're going to try to squeeze in a break. i want to discuss your policing reform proposals when we get back. what i heard you say this week on this matter, which is the strongest statement i have heard about police use of force by a presidential candidate ever, which as you know, doesn't have a lot of competition. it's not something a lot of candidates talk about. we're going to do that right after this break. >> thank you. after this break >> thank you i switched to liberty mutual, because they let me customize my insurance. and as a fitness

he blames donald trump for almost every racist incident that's happened in this country even before trump was president. he has relied so much on racist animosity and stoking but he doesn't seem like he can take the heat himself. >> yeah, that's the irony, charles. let's remember how joe biden launched his presidential campaign. he didn't talk about the working man, the middle class. he didn't reach out to those blue collar workers you would have expected him to reach out to. he started with the contrast, race related, going harkening back to charlottesville and he was going to be the great uniter. i don't know if anyone told him but he's not who his former boss is. i think he relied quite a bit on that relationship being president obama's right hand man as kind of his black street cred and so i think that puts him at a great disadvantage, so when he starts to come out, you know, honestly whining he's being targeted unfairly, he's brought it on himself. i think his contenders recognize that his track record is an achilles heel and they are going for it. charles: by the same token, since kamala harris has catapulted to your point, she's under some scrutiny

donald trump intends to run for a second term. whether you think this is intentional political strategy or just can't control himself, the racism, the xenophobia, the stoking of people's worst impulses, this is the trump 2020 campaign. not the economy or jobs or some normal political thing. it's just this. which means that even if we wish we could just ignore trump's provocations on a day like this, we cannot. and so we're going to talk more this hour about his vitreal. we'll be joined live by the reverend al sharpton who came to the defense of cummings and his city and earned his own attacks from the president for that today. and also by michael steel, the former lieutenant governor of maryland and former head of the republican national committee. the two of them came together to defend baltimore. but on a day like today when so much oxygen is being eaten up, understandably so, by what the president says, it's important to also pay attention to what the president is doing. one of the things we learned from the mueller report is that "lock her up" was not just something donald trump said at political rallies to get the base all pumped up. once he became pr

are stoking white nationalism because you are angry that people like us are serving in congress and fighting against your hate-filled agenda. congresswoman rashida tlaib writing this. yo, real donald trump, i am fighting corruption in our country. i do it every day when i told your administration accountable as a u.s. congresswoman. detroit taught me how to fight for the communities you continue to degrade and attack. keep talking. you'll be out of the white house soon. and congresswoman ayana presley writing this. this is what racism looks like. we are what democracy looks like. and we're not going anywhere except back to d.c. to fight for the families you marginalize and vilify every day. all right. so let's talk about all of this. political commentators karen finney and maria cardona joining me. >> hey, fred. >> wow. boy, this is a lot. >> gosh, maria, does this only stir up some of the president's supporters? or is it detracting those, even though we have not heard from many? >> i think it absolutely stirs up the president's supporters. look. this is why he does it. but interestingly enough, fred, i also think he does it because he doesn't know what to do with these four young

are stoking white nationalism because you are angry that people like us are serving in congress and fighting against your hate-filled agenda. congresswoman rashida tlaib wrote this. the real donald trump, i am fighting corruption in our country, i do it every day. when i told you your administration accountable as a u.s. congresswoman. detroit taught me how to fight for the communities you continue to degrade and attack. keep talking, you'll be out of the white house soon. and congresswoman ayanna pressley writing this. this is what racism looks like. we are what democracy looks like. and we're not going anywhere except back to d.c. to fight for the families you marginalize and vilify every day. cnn's white house correspondent boris sanchez following the details here. so the house speaker, nancy pelosi, hit back at trump. what did she have to say? >> reporter: hey, fred. yeah, despite some recent friction between house speaker nancy pelosi and some of these congresswomen that the president is referencing, specifically over their use of social media, pelosi is coming to their defense. she's writing that president trump's tweets are xenophobic and meant to divide. she goes on to s

outcome that we saw from donald trump saying go back to your countries that you came from and if you don't love it, leave it. all of that is coordinated and manufactured to stoke've seen it, we feel it and they're going to continue on because they believe it's a winning strategy. >> so when we saw the president in north carolina this week and the crowd started yelling, "send her back, send her back" and he stood there 13 seconds, have it on videotape, and as they continued to shout this, and he later tried, the next day, to disassociate himself, then he came all the way back and supported it. you're saying that crowd could not have done that 13 seconds without the section leaders letting them do it, cheering him on and not trying to shut them up? >> if he wanted to shut it down, he would have looked to his right which is where the lead is standing, and he would have given a signal. they would have been shut down immediately. the way that he stepped back and he basked in the glow of these ugly chants, it indicated to the section leaders to let them keep going, to stoke them up, to keep it going. and so the segment leaders were probably also cheering as well. i

a president that stokes racism, pweus ol'ry and fear instead of trying to uplift the country and help solve problems. >> we they are do not want to make any night all about just donald trump. they want the conversation to be on policy, what their visions are for the future if they were to be elected. somebody else with a you could say arguably similar vision is senator elizabeth warren. how much do you see your candidate engaging her tonight? >> you know, they both are friends. you hear both senators repeat that over and over again, which is a beautiful thing. and when senator sanders was asked this question, what will we see tonight, he said you will see intelligence. and i agree with him. both senators have a vision. they both are competing for the presidency. but you can compete for the presidency and you don't have to get down in the mud with each other. let's compare policy positions, establish who would be the strongest candidate to defeat president trump. that's what that's about. they don't have to get dirty with each other to do that. we will see intelligence tonight between those two candidates. some folks on the progressive side of the ledger believe it w

he was stoking the flames in a party where they've given permission for this type of racism. the other story coming out of it, it's a remarkable contrast between donald trump as candidate and everyone else who denounced it. understand what kamala harris did thursday night, she hurt two people very badly. she drew blood from joe biden and she showed she could go toe to toe with donald trump. joe biden responded saying it's wrong to peddle racist narrative. he called it out. donald trump's family actually amplified and that's the contrast between the two candidates. >> that's a great point. if you demonstrate that between the two parties, that is the choice. there's now an entire party that stands for the amplification of racist smears and an entire party -- that's a brutal primary fight. they're being civilized to one another because they view that in interest of the party but they want it badly. >> trump jr. offered an excuse, not an apology. you have to believe if this was in the other direction, donald trump would have been all over twitter announcing what happened. this is part of 24their brand. >>> and despite controversy, mayor pete is still ver

donald trump rally. what he said was deliberate because he was looking at the teleprompter. it was written down. there has been a deliberate choice to focus on these four women, stokes taken some delight in it over the past few days. on sunday when his initial tweets come out, sometimes he tweets and backs off but he repeated this with some energy on monday in talking to reporters, in describing it as something that's helpful politically. he is uniting the democratic party behind these four congresswomen and he is making them the face of the democratic party and they are the most outspoken, most liberal voices in the party. they've been extremely critical of him and at some point is critical even of their own leadership, for not doing enough to stand up to him. it is dangerous because we saw last night, whatever he says, they are enthralled, the crowd, and they are used to this because there has a lwa ys used to this because there has always been chanting at this rally is, in 2016 and beyond, they seem to almost revel in the freedom to be able to express his opinions. that's what i find most disturbing. he is always talk about, from the beginning, his unwillingness

donald trump. indeed he was heckled as he spoke a couple of hours ago. african americans pointed to the inherent conflict of a president who's been using race to stoke divisionsegarded as a place where the foundations were laid for what would become america. the first legislative assembly met here a00 years ago in what was then the colony of virginia. right here in virginia your predecessors... virginia is our home! yet four centuries on, an invitation to the current head of national government to come and commemorate that moment led to protests. he said, you cannot send us back. a reference to recent comments by president trump that led some to refuse invitations to this event. in the posts on twitter he told several black and ethnic minority members of congress that they should return to the crime infested places they came from. it angered me. because i don't feel he was just talking to those four women. he was talking to me. it says something about modern america that some democrats are choosing to boycott an event here at what is regarded as the birthplace of this country's democracy. because it is being attended by the elected president of the united sta

donald trump attacks people -- >> this is perceived as racist. do you understand why? >> i understand why. but that doesn't mean that it's racist. >> doing this is stoking racial resentment left and right. he's done it multiple times this month alone. he obviously thinks this is good politics inside the republican party. do you think it's good politics inside the republican party? >> chuck, let's look at what he said. and why he did it. congressman cummings sat there and attacked our border patrol acts. this reminds me of what happened -- >> that justifies a racial resentment tweet in response? is that presidential leadership? >> look, i didn't -- i didn't do the tweets, chuck. >> so matt gorman, you can see that was senator rick scott, republican of florida, after mick mulvaney had trouble answering these questions. so how -- are republicans just going to continue to defend what the president is doing, or essentially refrain from criticizing him, which kind of amounts to the same thing? >> i think there are a couple differences. the think the view go back where you came from and series of tweets and these. first of all, congress is not in session to pe