and of course the chairman of the oversight committee, elijah cummings. mark: let's turn to the big news of the day. the french yogurt maker agreed to build -- bill -- purchase white way. is this the chief executive laying down his marker? their biggest acquisition in 10 years so i think you could say so. he came in about a year ago. he is really transforming the portfolio by adding sorts of products like soy milk, protein shakes and kale. mark: is he overpaying? thomas: that is a good question. people are saying it is quite a high price. then again, it is the fastest-growing food company in the u.s.. if you look at the shares right now, they are trading a tiny bit above the bid which would indicate that some investors are speculating that maybe somebody else may come in. it's rare to find a company in the food sector that's having such strong growth. they had something like 19% average growth over the past four or five years. danone need this acquisition? thomas: they have claimed that they didn't need to make a big acquisition, but then of course they g

congressman elijah cummings is here as well. now we will listen in to senate candidate tammy duckworth. >> you, you are not fit to be the commander in chief. my fellow americans, we can choose a different path. ten years after my helicopter was shot down almost to the day i got my most important job. i became a mom. and we named our little girl after abigail adams, who urged her husband to remember the ladies. my abigail already knows that women can fly helicopters in combat and in 102 days when we elect hillary, my daughter's first memory of a president will be of a woman. >> tammy duckworth has a strong shot at being senator from illinois, combat veteran, worked at the department of veterans affairs as well. we'll be right back. hear it all... and feel it all... all summer long. ♪ jeep renegade -- it's how we live 4 by 4 summer. ♪ you can help prevent blindness in undernourished children across the globe by getting your vitamins at walgreens. walgreens. at the corner of happy and healthy. right now with card, select centrum vi

that is how we save the future for our children as elijah cummings told us, we have already borrowed the world for them for a moment. now let us go forward. let us put an office a president who can actually deliver on this , and let's make sure she does. god bless. [applause] . . . >> so, for this moment i speak as a grandmother, as a teacher, patriot,er, as a proud and as a proud delegate in support of hillary clinton. [applause] and i have the honor of being the final speaker here, and i am not going to repeat what my brothers and sisters have just said, that this is a moment that shows who the democratic party is, a party of people, a party like fdrn, but a party that both dreams and does. believes,at not only but has the moxie, as my grandmother would have said, the common sense know how about how to get things done, about how to make sure that we can reach common ground so that we protect the environment for our children and grandchildren and ensure we have the best engine of economic growth for a middle-class that any nation in this world has, and that is what this substitute d

the platform chair, elijah cummings, is firing this crowd up. take a listen.o, the beauty of -- the beauty of commercial breaks. we were showing you some hillary clinton's past speeches here, but that was elijah cummings, a clinton supporter, firing up bernie supporters. i've got another panel here, beth is here, chris, alex seitz-wald, we'll be hearing from them in a minute. but later on thursday, i want to get back to hillary clinton here. she'll be speaking from the podium. and it's a big moment. first-ever woman nominee for a major party. there's been no organization that's been pushing this harder than emily's list. and they want to take a big victory lap this week. but it's getting tough to take a victory lap today. i want to talk to her about that. so now live from independence mall in downtown philly is stephanie schriock, president of emily's list, a big clinton supporter. a lot of people believe she will be the next full-time chair of the dnc. stephanie, weekend to the show. >> thank you, chuck. great to be here. >> i want to first start with what ha

joining me now by phone is congressman elijah cummings, a democrat from maryland. i know we are going to talk with you about gun reform efforts but i have to ask you -- were you surprised when you heard former house speaker newt gingrich say those words? >> i was surprised that ed ihe it and i was surprised that he had taken the opportunity to actually try to put himself in the place of african-american men and people as we go out every day just trying to live our lives, obey the law and always have the threat of what happened in st. paul and what happened in baton rouge, happening to us or our children. >> yes. >> i have not met yet one african-american woman, by the way, who did not tell me that they cried when they saw the situation in st. paul and in baton rouge. but, at the same time, joy, there is a very -- another part of this. they need to -- i think newt, he gets this now. our humanity and my humanity also cause me to have pain, tremendous pain when i see a law enforcement officers shot down. i mean, it was despicable what happened to them and he mourn for

we were ready to pass the major reform act and my cosponsor on the bill was elijah cummings. we have fought for two congresses to get it passed. that's a pretty darned happy event with the speaker signing of the bill. eli usha cummings was a good partner on that because the left and right have a vested interest in transparency. >> host: sometimes you find it and sometimes you don't. you have a chapter in your committee did investigations on that. there's a lot of talking points that go across this and my recollection of this is when some documents turn of out to he been subpoenaed that haven't been produced turned up in the freedom of information that was under tremendous pressure to say this i isn't the end of it, they are hiding something. this issue doesn't go away during the campaign. >> guest: you're exactly righ right. it went very deep and this was the situation in which we had an obligation to investigate. they become so close they want to avoid embarrassment in the pentagon. your foreign affairs committee becomes so close and the state department they want to cover th

>>> from baltimore, maryland, elijah cummings. . we've been talking about how americans right now are sick and tired of what's been happening in washington. and you were just telling me, when we worked together so closely, how much things have changed since we worked on the committee together. >> i think it's much more toxic now than it was in the past. when we worked together, we were able to accomplish a lot of things. and it was based on mutual respect. we've gotten away from that, and i think that's one of the reasons why the american people are so upset. >> so what's happened? >> i'm not sure. i think that, you know, the economic times, people are not able to see a future for their children, that their children are going to do better than what they did. >> i think that's it right there. >> they're very upset. they don't feel that government is solving their problems. >> right. >> and in many instances working against them. i think when you listen to elizabeth warren, when she talks about the reading of the system, people feel

we'll ask congressman elijah cummings how to bring both sides together.eye opener at 8:00. >> it all started with a call that protesters were trying to get on to the interstate. then we heard protesters hurling bottles at officers. >> investigators are trying to determine whether anyone may have had prior knowledge of the attack. heme eme is family. wives and daughters remembering loved ones, police officers rallying around one of their own. >> the outpouring of support in the community and throughout the united states has been absolutely outstanding. >> the president was in europe to try to alleviate tensions. now he'll try to alleviate tensions here in the u.s. >> secretary of homeland security with commissioner bratton sending a message we're not anti-police. so the president wants to send that, but on the other hand he wants to speak to the legitimacy he sees in the african-american community. >> some police departments have used them to deliver tear gas, but for a police department to use a robot to kill, that was unprecedented. >> take a look at the

were listening, there were a lot of people holding up signs for tpp, chanting against tpp while elijah cummingsas speaking, which i know a lot of cummings' supporters feel was very disrespectful. ben jealous, former head of the naacp is speaking right now, sanders supporter. let's listen. >> i'm proud to be one of the 1,900 delegates here tonight from the bernie sanders campaign. [ applause ] bernie will be here tonight, and as he said to us today, today is our day to begin to unify so we can defeat donald trump. and i'm looking forward to joining him along with all of us to take back the senate, elect state change makers, defeat trump, and make hillary clinton president of these united states! [ applause ] and i am proud to support this platform, the most progressive platform in the history of our party. it empowers us all to pull together and win big victories at the ballot box and beyond. you see i hail from the great state of maryland. we are staying where democrats have shown when we all come together as one, we win more, bigger, and better victories faster. four years ago when it seemed l

maryland congressman elijah cummings call the request "devoid of any fax." -- devoid of any facts." tomorrow, clinton will hold a rally with senator bernie sanders, where he is expected to endorse her. trump willow, donald hold a rally with indiana governor mike pence, reportedly on the shortlist for the vice presidential nomination. iftrump picks him, it has to be this week is friday is the deadline for pence to file paperwork for his reelection. housebuilding. it was found in bathroom sinks in the reagan -- rayburn office building. i say that 99% of the water the building is safe. last week, elevated levels were found in the canon office housebuilding. dogl ahead -- this little is a survivor, but it's not his legs getting the attention. it is his voice? [howling] meet magic will mike, his name. making his way into everyone's hearts, next. and we continue right now to follow the protests in atlanta. these are live aerial pictures of what is happening right now. there is word that police in atlanta have made arrest tonight. right here, a crowd remains. they have not dispersed yet. t

my sponsor on that bill was elijah cummings. we had fought to get it passed and that's a pretty darn happy event. i was with the speaker at the signing of the bill. elijah cummings was a good partner on that because the left and the right have a vested interest in transparency. >> some days you fight and it works and sometimes you don't. i want to get to something that is still hot in the news and that's benghazi. you have a chapter on that. your committee did an investigation. other committees did investigations. there are a lot of talking points that go across on this. my recollection is that when some documents turned up that had been subpoenaed by your committees and elders turned up in a freedom of information act the speaker was under tremendous pressure to say this isn't the end of it, they're hiding something. about what your committee did and your feelings as it moves on. this issue doesn't go away during the campaign. it showed the tip of the iceberg on the whole e-mail issue that hillary clinton. >> your exactly corre

today on the fbi's investigation into hillary clinton's e-mail servers, maryland congressman elijah cumming asked the fbi director to step in. >> you have got to get hold of this issue. it is so painful. i can't even begin to tell you. >> reporter: and just a short time ago, a justice department spokeperson said the d.o.j. would monitor minnesota's state level investigation but not begin its own. at least not yet. reporting live, >> dozens gathered at dew point circle. they walked around the entire circle for more than an hour. organizers put together the protests of social media. some people found out about it. one participant said she felt it was important to make her voice heard. >> we comply with the law. we're put on trial. >> we mind our business, walking down the street. and we're put on trial. we just want to breathe. >> more people are expected to attend a protest tonight at the white house. >>> well, the hashtag, philando casstyle -- castile. and sterling are trending. >> some saying, i don't have the words i just but sam writes, he didn't deserve to die. but he wasn't an angel wi

my cosponsor on the bill was elijah cummings. we had fought through two congresses to get it passed. we got it passed. that's a pretty darn happy event. i was with the speaker on the signing of the bill. elijah cummings was a good partner on this because the left and the right have a vested interest in transparency. >> host: there's a rhythm to government where you fight some days and works could sometimes you find and it sometimes you don't, as you know. i want to get to something that is still hot in the news that and benghazi. you have a chapter on that. your committee did an investigation. other committees did investigations. there are a lot of talking points cross-purposes on this. my recollection is that when some documents turn up that had been subpoenaed by your committees and others that had not been produced, turned up in a freedom of information acty, the speaker was under tremendous pressure to say this isn't the end of it, they're hiding something. why don't you talk about that. whackerout committee did with it, your

committee cochairs, elirley frank and dann malala, as well as the platform committee chairs, elijah cummingsnd the members of the platform committee. thank you. ♪ representativeme robert brady from pennsylvania. mr. brady: welcome to my district, and welcome to philadelphia, the city that has made america free to date makes street again. -- makes history again. this is the home of the liberty, but independence and liberty have never been given. we have to fight and defend these principles each generation. that has been the work of the brave men and women of the armed services. to all of you who have loved ones serving, thank you. to all who have defended our freedom but never came home, those missing in action, we remembered you. you are not forgotten. americans living in freedom, each of us has a responsibility to always remember the sacrifices of those that did not come home and those whose safe return we're still waiting for. we hold them in our hearts every single day. across this great land and throughout greater philadelphia, in venues from city hall's to sports arenas, an empty chair

they had cory booker, elizabeth warren, elijah cummings, and, of course, senator demi lovato.va longoria was there, sarah silverman, and this was just night one. at this rate on thursday they'll bring out, like, abraham lincoln. he will come out and be like, "i came back to vote for hillary clinton. and to see the rest of that play was watching. ( laughter ) this time i want to sit in the back." so many stars, so many stars. and just like-- just when you were like, you know, how can they top all this? how can they improve on this? is when they brought in the supernova, michelle obama. >> today, i wake up every morning in a house that wassibility by slaves. and i watch my daughters two beautiful, intelligent black young women playing with their dogs on the white house lawn. >> trevor: i feel like people cheered early on the slaves part. they were excited. "i grew up in a house built by slaves." and they were like, "i live in a house--" yay! built by slaves. i felt bad for republicans last night, whatever your politics, you have to admit these days they can't bring that kind of

they had cory booker, elizabeth warren, elijah cummings, and, of course, senator demi lovato.d this was just night one. at this rate on thursday they'll bring out, like, abraham lincoln. he will come out and be like, "i

and house democratic, elijah cummings made a plea to fbi director james comey. >> we can't allow blacken to continue to be slaughtered. i woke up to my wife literally crying watching the tape and i hope you watched them. there's something wrong with this picture. mr. director, if you do nothing left, you have got to help us get ahold of this issue. >> and we'll have more reaction from across america later in the broadcast. and the hearing was called by republicans to grill him over his recommendation not to charge hillary clinton in the email scandal. more on that from jan crawford. >> the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. thank you. >> reporter: for more than four hours, fbi director james comey stood his ground. >> i did not coordinate that with anyone. the white house, the department of justice, nobody outside the fbi family had any idea what i was about to say. >> reporter: democrats call the republican-led hearing a sham. >> everyone knows what this committee is doing. sgl tod >> reporter: but comey said he was eager to testify. >> i think she was extremely careles

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intelligence and understanding and a special thank you to my colleague and friend, congressman elijah cummings, and drafting committee members. please stand and be recognized. many are sitting over there. thank you so much. my friends, we are two weeks away from our convention and four weeks away from it electing a democrat as the next president of the united states of america. [applause] feels so good to say that. thanks to your work, the state of our party heading into the convention and general election will be strong. i know the efforts you have all made not only to be here, but to contribute with your ideas and passion in the run-up to today's meeting and i thank you for your commitment to our party and this process. looking around this room, i have no doubt that the hopes, dreams, and aspirations of the american people are well represented here in orlando this weekend. when you finish your work today or tonight, the american people will have a clear choice -- a party with a nominee committed to moving america forward versus a candidate committed to pitting people against one another in a

and at a conditional hearing, house democrat elijah cummings made a plea to f.b.i. director james comey. >> we cannot allow black men to continue to be slaughtered. this morning i woke up to my wife literally crying, watching the tape, and i hope you watched it. there is something wrong with this picture. mr. director, if you do nothing nels your 2,000 plus days left, you have got to help us get ahold of this situation. >> dubois: and we'll have more reaction from across america later in the broadcast. now, the hearing at which you saw the f.b.i. director was called by republicans to grill him over his recommendation not to charge hillary clinton in the e-mail scandal. more on that now from jan crawford. >> the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? >> i do. >> thank you. >> reporter: for more than four hours, f.b.i. director james comey held his ground, staunchly defending the independence of his investigation. >> i did not coordinate that with anyone. the white house, the department of justice, nobody outside the f.b.i. family had any idea what i was ab

that is how we save the future for our children as elijah cummings told us, we have already borrowed the world for them for a moment. now let us go forward. let us put an office a president who can actually deliver on this , and let's make sure she does. god bless. [applause] >> so, for this moment i speak as a grandmother, as a teacher, patriot,er, as a proud and as a proud delegate in support of hillary clinton. [applause] and i have the honor of being the final speaker here, and i am not going to repeat what my brothers and sisters have just said, that this is a moment that ikfds, tt bo dreams and does. believes, not only but has the moxie, asy grandmother would have said, the common sense know how about how to get things done, about how to make sure that we can reach common ground so that we protect the environment for our children and grandchildren and ensure we have the best engine of economic growth for a middle-class that any nation in this world has, and that is what this substitute does. but i'm going to ask all of us this, just like my brother ben did, which is with this p

congressman elijah cummings.hanks for being here. >> good morning. >> what does hillary clinton need to say tonight? >> she needs to say that she's on the side of americans. and that she's going to do everything in her power to deal with the issue of income inequality and give people a sense of hope that their children will do better than what they're doing. one of the reasons why bernie sanders has done as well as he's done is because so many people feel that government has left them and that government doesn't hear them. in some instances, government is doing them more harm than good. i.e., flint, michigan. so she has to come and say, okay, he's now passed the baton on to her, she's got to be in a position to say, i've got this baton, and i'm going to run with it. >> so what do you say to the voters out there still making up their minds who are looking at the problems? you come from baltimore. i walked those streets with you. you know that the prosecutor just said no more charges in the freddie gray case, i'm d

elijah cummings called the test devoid of any fact. meanwhile, they rejected the request the clinton be denied intelligence briefings. jummy: a big morning for clinton on the campaign trail area the clinton campaign says that during this morning's rally, sanders plans to endorser. telling reporters that the two campaigns are coming together over issues of health care and a $15 per hour minimum wage. this comes two weeks before the democratic convention in philadelphia. also today, donald trump will .old a rally with mike pence the former congressman is reportedly on the shortlist for the vice presidential nomination. if trump takes him it will have to be this week. friday is the deadline for him to file paperwork or his own reelection. people in parts of central minnesota are dealing with severe damage after tornadoes swept through yesterday's twisters lou a roof off the buildings in two counties. entire neighborhoods are devastated. received at areas the one foot of rain. autria: veronica: that's the same system that will be making it

a special thank you to my colleague and friend congress and elijah cummings -- congressman elijah cummings. thank you for your dedication and your service. thank you so much. [applause] my friends, we are two weeks away from our convention and just performance away from electing a democrat has the next president of the united states. [cheers] [applause] it feels so good to say that. thanks to your work the state of our party heading to the convention and the general election will be strong. i know the effort you have all made not only did he hear but to contribute your ideas and your passions in the run-up to today's meeting. i thank you for your commitment to our party in the process. looking around this room i have no doubt the hopes, dreams and aspirations of the american people are well represented here in orlando this weekend. when you finish your work today, or tonight, the american people will have a clear choice. a party with a nominee committed to moving america forward versus a candidate committee to hitting people against one another in a timely our leaders to help bring us all

>> it seems that he was liked -- mark: if elijah cummings is getting heckled, what would you say thatcratic party. >> this is a uniting moment. whatever you think about debbie wasserman schultz, it is time for her to move on. mark: all right. we shall see. harold, optimism at heart -- think you both. and we come back, what donald trump is up to this week. we are in philadelphia. you can listen to us on the radio radio on bloomberg 91 -- 98.1 fm. we will be right back. ♪ ♪ mr. trump: i think the convention was very, very successful. i don't know about hillary clinton's on likability, my likability. i think -- ♪ that was a clip of mark's interview with donald trump for our episode of "the circus." trump and his team has made it clear they do not expect to conceive the spotlight to clinton world this week. trump and mike pence will have a q&a -- ask the trump anything -- and there are new polls. a cnn poll shows a 10-point swing in trump's direction the past 10 days. 45%s leading clinton 48% to . of that change almost entirely from independents. if true, that's a pretty healthy postconve

we asked congressman elijah cummings how to bring both sides together.-opener" app8:00. >>> started with a call protestors hurled bottles at police. >>> trying to figure out if anyone else had prior knowledge of this attack. >> what is emerging, family, wives and daughters remembers loved ones. police officers their own. >> outpouring throughout the community and the united states has been absolutely outstanding. >> the president was in europe to try to alleviate tensions. now he'll try to alleviate tensions here in the u.s. >> the secretary of homeland security with commissioner sending a message, we're not thti-police. e president wants to send that. on the other hand, he wants to also speak to the legitimate fears he sees in the african-american community. >> some police dtmeparents used them to deliver tear gas. for a police department to use a robot to kill, that was unprecedented. >> take a look at the count in the stands today. -- got it. [ laughter ] i got it, i got it! >> i told you we should have brought the glove! >> pictures worth 1,000 words

intelligence and understanding and a special thank you to my colleague and friend, congressman elijah cummings, and drafting committee members. please stand and be recognized. many are sitting over there. thank you so much. my friends, we are two weeks away from our convention and four weeks away from it electing a democrat as the next president of the united states of america. [applause] feels so good to say that. thanks to your work, the state of our party heading into the convention and general election will be strong. i know the efforts you have all made not only to be here, but to contribute with your ideas and passion in the run-up to today's meeting and i thank you for your commitment to our party and this process. looking around this room, i have no doubt that the hopes, dreams, and aspirations of the american people are well represented here in orlando this weekend. when you finish your work today or tonight, the american people will have a clear choice -- a party with a nominee committed to moving america forward versus a candidate committed to pitting people against one another in a

elijah cummings, congressman from maryland, is starting off the maryland -- >> let's go to him. this is the best television i have seen in years. i'm having such a good time. >> that's where we'll be. >> -- the home of the great, great senator barbara mikulski. who in 1986 became the first woman elected to the united states senate from maryland and the first marylander and woman to chair the united states senate appropriations committee and of course, the leader of the chair tonight, the home of stephanie rawlings-blake. madam chair, we are elated to cast 36 votes for a truly great man, bernie sanders, and we are excited and we are happy to cast 84 votes for the next president of the united states of america, hillary rodham clinton. >> maryland, you have cast 84 votes for secretary clinton and 36 votes for senator sanders. thank you again. massachusetts. massachusetts, you have 115 votes. how do you cast your votes? >> madam secretary, i am honored to stand here today representing the commonwealth of massachusetts, where since the colonists dumped tea in boston harbor, we have w

elijah cummings made a statement. he said republican after republican praised director comey's impeccable record of independence right up until the moment he issued his conclusion. since republicans disagree with his recommendation, they are doing what they always do, using taxpayer funds to continue investigating their baseless claims in an effort to bring down secretary clinton's poll numbers. other republican conspiracy theory is falling away. is he calling this out as a political motive? >> it will be interesting to see how the questions proceed during the hearings. i think there is a legitimate congressional interesting in this in that comby interpreted the law farther than what congress had done when they wrote the law. the reason i'm laughing is the transparency argument that hilary just made is completely ridiculous. if you look at the tale of two press conferences that the rnc put out today, they list five lies hillary said during the year and they say she said she turned over all work related e-mails. that's

the democratic member, elijah cummings from the benghazi context as the democrats' leader on some ofd one who has been more sympathetic to what hillary clinton has done. which, of course, breaks largely, i would say, fairly on partisan lines. but not completely. the other big difference with the benghazi hearing to this one, brian, is as you well know from covering both stories, in the benghazi hearing, so much was known, and there was a feeling of sort of sifting through what we already knew. hillary clinton's famous question, what does it matter whether this was caused by a video that was misunderstood or something else. the problem is people are dead. and when she said that, and when many people responded to that, it was all basically what i would call a lot of relatively known information that was being fought over. the difference today and what i think makes today more high stakes for the parties involved, there so much we do not know. this entire inquiry up until this week was not discussed formally by anyone in the government on the fbi side, law enforcement or doj, because it

convention hall one day this week and a bernie sanders supporter got into the face of congressman elijah cummingsaid to him and yelled at him and said you're going to support someone who is losing in the polls to donald trump. it got really heated and a cummings aide pushed this guy away. >> for younger voters, it's their first love, first time in politics and harder to get through that one. everybody, sit tight. >>> up next, both sides are studying the map and doing the math. behold the power of protein in birds eye protein blends. ok. they're delicious side dishes with the protein of beans, whole grains.. ...and veggies! mmm good. my work here is dooooone! bird's eye protein blends. so veggie good. ♪ the sun'll come out for people with heart failure, tomorrow is not a given. but entresto is a medicine that helps make more tomorrows possible. ♪ tomorrow, tomorrow... ♪ i love ya, tomorrow in the largest heart failure study ever. entresto helped more people stay alive and out of the hospital than a leading heart failure medicine. women who are pregnant must not take entresto. it can cause harm or

. >> i agree largely with the sentiments of elijah cummings. at race if we're going to change it. we've been looking at it the same way 20 years and here's where we are. first i want to say my deep sympathy for the peep of minnesota, people of louisiana, people of texas and dallas and i'd like them all to remember though the incidents happened in different ways they all share together as americans. we share the violence together as americans. so maybe whites have to look at it differently and blacks have to look at it differently. whites have to realize black african-american men have a fear and some may consider it irrational but it's a reality and exists and there's a second reality in the black community and the second reality is there's too much violence in the black community. a black will die 1% or less at to the hands of the police and 99% of the hands of a civilian, most often another black. so if you want to protect black lives not just against police which happens rarely and with tremendous attention and every 14 hours in chicago. eve

i agree large which with the sentiments of congressman elijah cummings.he reality is we have to look differently at race in america if we're going to change this. we've been looking at it the same way for 20 years and here is where we are. and we both have to try to understand each other. first, let me say my deep sympathy for the people of minnesota, people of louisiana, people of texas, and of dallas. and i'd like them all to remember that although these incidents happen in different ways, they all share together as americans. we share this violence together as americans. so maybe whites have to look at it differently. and blacks have to look at it differently. whites have to realize that african american men have a fear and boys have a fear of being confronted by the police because of some of these incidents. some people may consider it rational. some people may consider it irrational. but it's a reality. it exists. and there is a second reality in the black community. the sec reality in the black community is there is too much violence in the black co

one of them is the veteran maryland member of congress in the democratic party, elijah cummings standing with kelly o'donnell. >> reporter: congressman cummings, you could hear the crowd that was really feisty while you were making your remarks. what does this convention need to do tonight to come together. there seems to be a lot of unresolved energy here. >> i think there are a lot of bernie's people mainly concerned about the tpp. i was responsible for drafting the agenda, the platform. i can tell you that bernie got about 90% of what he wanted. his fingerprints are all over this. bernie also said this is one of the most progressive platforms that he's seen. >> reporter: as a result of how well he did during the primaries, right? >> not only that how well he did during the platform process. i think bernie has to come out here and unequivocally say he supports hillary clinton and i think the first lady has to come out here and talk about why it's so important to be a democrat. one of the things i've emphasized the republican party has done every single thing in its power to stop people

elijah cummings in the previous hour talked about the push for voting rights, push for women's rights in a way to say to sanders' supporters that we're all in this party together. and i thought it's clever i think they'll do more anti-trump rhetoric. in presenting the people they presented so far, the little girl, karla ortiz, astrid silva and the colins' brothers. it's an implicit critique of trump and trump values and democratic party values. >> look, what i saw last week, whenever you talked about immigration, it was almost a criminalization of that whole community. tonight you're seeing a humanization of that community. and that little girl had me crying up here. >> me, too. >> to hear that little girl, to see it through the eyes of a child that you have to be afraid that your mom and dad won't be there for you. i think that's an important contribution that they're making tonight and i'm proud of them for doing that. >> i'm wondering how it reads beyond a democratic audience. tweeting out tonight, tonight's message hillary clinton won't enforce any immigration laws at all? >> no.

maryland representative elijah cummings urged comey to work on the violence against african-american>> this morning i woke up to my wife literally crying watching the tape and i hope you watch them. there's something wrong with this picture. >> comey says the fbi is already investigating the baton rouge shooting and will likely be involved in today's shooting in minnesota. >>> testimony wrapped up for the day in baltimore in the trial of the fourth police officer charged for his role in the death of freddie gray. the events started with a surprise of sorts when prosecutor announced they would drop one of the four charges against lieutenant brian rice. no explanation was him from commenting outside of the courtroom. he waived his right to the jury trial and is et willing the judge decide the case. two other officers have been acquitted and a mistrial in the other. gray died in april of last year, a week after suffering a neck injury while riding in a police van. >>> a judge is hearing arguments in a federal class-action lawsuit filed by a republican delegate to the national convention

elijah cummings saying we need to stop the slaughter of black men.it really has become numbing. >> the incident we've seen this week are yet again forcing children to ask really tough questions. the adults, we watch it on social media and we text and people talk to one another but when it comes to children growing newspaper a world that they they talk about it with their parents about what is happening in our community? >> it's a difficult conversation to have but a necessary one. i think what a lot of parents are saying is it is age appropriate for very young children. it's going to differ from what you're talking to them about versus a teenager who walks to school on their own, telling him how to engage and interact with police. it's definitely a very difficult conversation to have but a lot of parents and experts are saying it's not something we can shield children of color from. it needs to be addressed and talked about, especially in such a multiracial society. many multiracial family structures. a lot of people are going to be having big conver

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there's a big political divide of course, democrats including elijah cummings from maryland and others defending the director. republicans saying that he made a major mistake. this hearing could go for quite some time in response to the investigation, paul ryan, the republican speaker of the house said that he wants quote, appropriate sanctions against clinton. he asked the director of national intelligence to keep clinton from receiving anymore classified briefings for the rest of her campaign. >>> oral arguments are under way right now in a class action lawsuit brought by a virginia republican delegate to the national convention. beau carell doesn't want to vote for donald trump, but according to state law, carell and other gop delegates are required to vote for the winner of the state's hearing, a democrat, is defending the state law saying carell knew the rules when he became a delegate. and he's now trying to undermine, he says, thousands of voters at the last minute. >>> president obama is on his way to poland for his last nato summit. some are calling this nato's most important

we will have representative elijah cummings. we'll ask him about gun control.ow morning at 10:00 a.m. eastern. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm alex whitt here at msnbc headquarters in new york. we have breaking news from asia. if you are just waking up that hostage siege in bangladesh is over but not without a costly toll. it left at least 20 civilians de. military officials in bangladesh say six attackers have been kill. gunmen stormed the holey artisan bakery on friday evening. it caters to foreign dignitaries as well as forces. it came at the end of a 12-hour standoff. army officials say most

laura, i want to get to manu up on the hill, our congressional correspondent, with elijah cummings, the ranking democrat on the committee. get reaction to what we just heard. >> thanks, wolf. mr. cummings, thanks for talking to us. some pretty sharp criticism from the fbi director about the way hillary clinton handled classified intelligence. do you have any concerns about the way she did handle classified intelligence? >> sure, i have concerns. and i'm sure that she has her own concerns. she's already admitted that she made a mistake. so -- but i think the more significant thing here is that this was an effort to -- i think -- to attack the fbi director, and again his reputation is impeccable and he was not shaken. he made it clear that he treated her like he would treat any jane doe. and he said that if he had treated her differently -- that is, if he had prosecuted -- recommended -- made a recommendation for prosecution, that that would have been a double standard against her. in other words, that he would have treated her wrongfully as opposed to a regular person. and he said that h