. >> next, a discussion on eugenics. this was recorded at the national history meeting and washington, d.c. it's just under 15 minutes. at theour guest is history of medicine department. before we get into your history, i was just curious to know that johns hopkins, one of america's top medical schools and top hospitals has a history of medicine department within the school of medicine. why is it important for the school of medicine to study history of medicine? ms. nurridin: some of the greatest physicians at johns hopkins believed understanding history is an important way to understand the events. the department was started in 1929. it is the first department of history of medicine in the united states. they really were excited about using knowledge of the past to benefit medical knowledge in the present. we keep that tradition going and have expanded on it in a lot of ways to think about the role of humanity and thinking about the current medical ethics and problems that come up in the hospital nowadays. we like to th

and a wrong way to do eugenics. nowadays it is a bit more controversial because of the types of associations we have with the term. the questions never really go away. the idea we can improve people on a biological level is still inflected in a lot of scientific practice. susan: as you pursue your phd you have a particular area of interest. would you explain what you are delving into? >> it is still a very preliminary but what i'm interested in looking at is the ways in which african americans in particular new -- use these ideas of eugenics and looked can be called racial science to think about racial improvement and racial equality. thinking about how science and medicine can be mobilized for the political project of black liberation. dates what are some key in the study of eugenics and the black population? -- a fewdin: key dates that are important of the founding of certain types of eugenic institutions like the eugenics record office which was started in the early 1900s. the founding of the american eugenics so

. >> eugene robinson also joins us. eugene, this is what i call the bob runson president telling people who is to blame. they want the economic crisis back. i guess i know the answer to my question before it even tumbled out of my mouth. people tried to tell the president the truth or educate him. i've been on the road since before the inauguration interviewing the kinds of voters that gave donald trump his victory. they didn't want their father's steel jobs back. they want new and better jobs. they want to gain new skills, to gain president technological jobs that are coming to these centers. even erie, p.a., a county that flipped for donald trump. they don't want to build trains any more. they want the high-tech jobs that will elevate their family out of that sort of economic rung. so, even the message is a little off for the people he's trying to reassure. >> well, you know, i think it's off and you think it's off, but look, this is -- number one, this is one thing, the one thing i would argue, that donald trump has

ginger and eugene hang out. we want to talk about something else happening right now at the supreme court. stick around for former secretary james baker he's on with andrew today. >>> we're going to go back to the developing news of the supreme court. within the last ten minutes, a big story we're watching this morning shashd not slip under your radar. t happening now. justice ts are hearing arguments on a landmark case or gerrymandering. that's when politics draw district lines to help or hurt the other party. the overhaul at issue today was to get rid of a gop congressman. this is not just about democrats, a lot of these cases come from republicans who control 2/3 of state legislatures. going into this thing justices seem split. pete williams at the supreme court to explain why this could be so significant. >> reporter: also le, the supreme court has said in the past that a state can go up too far if it drives up districts with race if account, race gerrymandering. this raises different questions about partisa

. >>> let's bring in alley vitali and eugene scott. aly, let's start with you and what you heard during president trump's speech last night including his comments on north korea, what was your biggest take away? >> we keep saying when he goes on these campaign rallies that he's back in campaign mode but i feel like every single time the president leaves the white house and does any kind of speech, even if it's not necessarily on the technical campaign trail he's able to lapse off script and be in a place where he's comfortable. it's as good a time as any to remind that these rallies are as much more president trump as they are for the people he is out there for. last night the only real race -- the only real ray -- sick saccone specifics we heard from the president were the top five reasons to vote for him in pennsylvania. we heard a quick mon kerr given to his opponent, he called him lamb the sham and then he really went off on 75 minutes of other things. so, yes, we heard that sound on north korea, we also heard him talk about the de

back with us, reporter for "the washington post" eugene scott. eugene, good to talk to you again.ob mueller's team is looking into what trump knew and when he knew it about the dnc e-mail hack during the campaign. what is this line of questioning tell you? are they honing in on the president in their investigation? >> absolutely. there's quite a bit of attention being paid to trump associates who have been in communications with wikileaks. you may recall long time gop strategist roger stone had been in communications with the julian assange and there were other efforts from wikileaks to contact donald trump jr. and so there's just a desire to know how much of this went all the way up to the top, what type of response there was, and if there was support for the hacking of these e-mails and any type of collusion in terms of interacting with wikileaks. there are just questions that remain to be figured out regarding trump and also those who worked on the campaign. >> let's turn to the gun control debate here. as we've been showing sort of that stunning meeting from yesterday with pre

why is this case such a big deal, eugene?> as you know, the trump international shoelthotel is a relatively new hotel in the area. those invested in the hotel haven't been able to see a difference in business since trump went to the white house compared to the time they were involved in the industry before trump came to washington. and they believe that there are government koofficials coming fm across the world staying at the hotel to gain favor with president trump. >> i want to turn to capitol hill now, eugene. this is pretty interesting stuff. all 22 women senators are both sides of the aisle sent a signed letter to senate leaders demanding a vote to change the way the senate deals with sexual harassment. are we likely to see this deal come to a vote with when congress returns to session, eugene? >> well, these lawmakers are certainly hoping so, as are their allies in congress who care deeply about this issue, as well. so far, we have not heard a response from mitch mcconnell or paul ryan. but this is a very real concern

both gentlemen are msnbc political analysts, eugene, to you first.re people seeing this as something pernicious? >> well, you know, because it walks talks and quacks like a duck. start with the census. it's supposed to count everyone who's here, regardless of citizenship. >> it's the whole ball game. >> everybody who's here. a lot of decisions apportioning federal benefits and representation in congress, and things depend on that census, so it's very important. to put a citizenship question on the short form that goes out to everybody, not the long form that goes out to a sampling, but on the form that goes to everybody, can only intimidate and discourage those who are not citizens. >> what would that be? >> you're going to answer that, no, i'm not a citizen, if there's any question about your right to be in the country or even if there isn't a question, you're nervous before it, because you know that donald trump is president and jeff sessions is attorney general and you think they may try to kick you out, you're going to be a lot less likely to sen

can you read in anything of that when it comes to this, eugene?well, i think it just suggests the seriousness of this. you know, repeatedly the white house press secretary has said that this is a non-issue, doesn't matter to the american people, that would not be true if we see people getting lawyers to protect themselves, especially lawyers at this level of expertise. this just shows how much of an issue this can be. and to mon's point, we saw later in this week porn star jessica drake came out also saying she perhaps was involved in a situation. so there could be more. we're only like what, 14, 15 months into the administration. to think this could be the end of the story just won be wise at this point. >> i hadn't heard of her when it comes to that even before this. before gou i have to ask you about this. c-pac. when you -- you received that strong reaction from the crowd when you said this. >> i'm disappointed in people on our side. >> okay. >> for being hypocrites about sexual harassers and abusers of women who are in our party who are sitti

just look for a rain cloud, that will be eugene, you know? and so i actually got to eugene, oregon, and it was a serious, professional opera, and they dressed me up as a corpse which took forever to about put all of this makeup on and my job was to lie in this bed like this while these people shrieked. you have no idea. i'm just not a fan, you know? really, they are loud though, they're like-- like nascar loud human beings. but anyway, and it's hard, it's really hard to lie still and amazingly difficult to do and the thing is, i was-- the corpse went on like after a little while like 15, 20 minutes in opera and the stage hands are not into opera. they're watching a playoff games, with the miami dolphins, i happened to have an investment in this game and i was very involved. the corpse was sitting back there and they said you've got to go on. get in the bed for this scene. and they said, but-- and i'm kind of-- the game is back on forth, back and forth and close and the sta stagehands say the bed is at the edge. stage so we can keep you up-to-

> next, a look at the 1968 presidential campaign, the race started with candidates including lbj, eugene mccan carthy, robert kennedy, ronald reagan, george rommy, nelson rockefeller and george wallace. it was hubert humphrey who faced richard nixon. a conversation with pat buchanan and barbara perry director of presidential studies at the university of virginia's miller center. this is 90 minutes. >>> on the last evening in march 1968 the stage was set. shortly before 9:00 p.m. washington time in the midst of last minute electronic preparations president johnson put the finishing touches on his address to the nation. finally with the reassuring presence of his family seated nearby the president was ready to the president was ready to deliver one of the most important speeches of his entire life. a speech that would alter the course of world history. >> good evening, my fellow americans. tonight, i want to speak to you of peace in vietnam and southeast asia. no other question so preoccupies our people. no other dream so absorbs the 250 million human beings who live in that part of the wo

alton eugene. >> alton eugene. >> jimmy: or eugene alton.nd you just got back from milan? right? >> i just got back from italy, like, two days ago. yes. >> jimmy: what were you doing? >> there's snow on the ground which is bizarre. i'm expecting like "call me by your name," like summertime and it's -- >> jimmy: it's snow. >> it's snow. but it's beautiful. yes. >> jimmy: yeah, it is so gorgeous. why were you there? vacation? >> i was there for a convention called good-bye con. and so what good-bye con is, they took shows that were going off the air and it was like our final farewell. so it was like, a little bitter sweet, a little sad and depressing in a way. but it was "teen wolf," "vampire diaries," and some people from "pll," "pretty little liars." >> jimmy: i mean, come on. [ cheers and applause ] that actually looks kind of fun. i think it's nice. you get to see your fans. >> but it's crazy to see all the, like, these are like the cult followers all in one room. so, like, 2,000 -- not only "pll" fans but "teen wolf" and "vampire diaries.

reporter for "the washington post" back with us, eugene scott.y explosive stuff, this new reporting from the "new york times" and your colleagues at the post about these efforts to establish this back channel between the kremlin and the incoming at administration last year. >> it seems it's pretty inconsistent, what's coming from those affiliated with trump about how intentional these meetings were or how coincidental they were. but what is clear is that conversations did happen, topics like oil and commodities and improving relationships between the u.s. and russia did take place before trump entered the white house and these are part of the ongoing investigations from the mueller probe about inappropriate communications and involvement with those affiliated with the trump campaign and those affiliated with the russian government. >> eugene, let's switch gears for a moment and talk about the stormy daniels lawsuit. the president has in the past, as we all know, weathered several sex scandals without suffering too much political damage. is this o

tell eugene that his game of thrones got a chuckle out of our starting line. well did, mr. robinson. >>> if it is thursday, steel yourself for what is to come -- >> tonight protectionism and promises of new jobs. the global ripple effect of the new tariffs on steel and aluminum. >> by contrast we will not place

in 2014, neonics were banned by the cities of eugene, oregon and spokane, washington on municipal property. the u.s. fish and wildlife servicce announceced pe refuges b by 2016. and the white house launched an initiative to strengthen federal action to improve pollinator research and ............ >> there are things that we can't control or not easily

joining me, eugene scott and erin, good morning. eugene, i want to get to something your washington post said was talk to stormy daniels ahead of tonight's broadcast. what is she saying and is she prepared for everything that is to come? >> she said in that article that she actually is prepared. she's been in the entertainment business for years and has been used to international attention. in is a completely different level of attention and take completely different space she's used to separating in. granted, though, this is not the first time we've seen this type of overlap in terms of these types of scandals and politics. so, it appears that her team is taking note of what went well in the past with individuals in her position and what went poorly and trying her absolute best to make sure she is not treated unfairly. >> daniels' attorney tweeted and made a couple of clear points here. note, not all of our evidence will be mentioned/displayed tonight. that would be foolish. we're not sure what cbs will include but we know a lot of

i did not either. >> let's go back to the announcement of eugene mccarthy. who was he and why was his voice so important in the 1968 campaign? >> gene mccarthy was a senator from the midwest who had been a professor of economics and sociology. very aloof and he entered the race as the piece candidate. he got students to support him. he got them to shave their heads and cut their beards. he was the young people's candidate, the upper-middle-class bang candidate for the democrats. if you put the personality of gene mccarthy next to lyndon johnson, they thought they would be running to get the nomination, you could not have found two more different personalities. but he was definitely the antiwar candidate and comes with an seven percentage points of the reason johnson dropped out. guest: johnson's name was not on the ballot. he won the race with 49% as a write in. half thought that johnson had not been tough enough on the war. i will say april 2 when they got to wisconsin, mccarthy just walked up the floor with johnson there and i think his guys had holes and

and we want to begin with the announcement by senator eugene mccarthy in november of 1967 to seek the democratic nomination, the tet offensive began january 30th of 1968. richard nixon formula enters the presidential sass race on a november 1 and george walls february 8th. president johnson wins the new hampshire primary by narrow ily against eugene mccarthy and a few days later robert f kennedy announcing in the russell senate office building. he is entering. lyndon johnson then two weeks later announcing he won't seek re-election. and april hadth dr. martin luther king assassin eighted. hubert humphrey entering in 19. kennedy shot after midnight on the day of victory of the california primary and dies on june 6th, 1968. richard nixon accepting the republican nomination in august of that year. later in august hubert humphrey accepting the democratic nomination in chicago amidst the riots. richard nexten elected president in 1968. we want to welcome barbara perry from the miller center. and thank you for joining us. and pat buchanan for the purposes of this decision was a nixon aid in

eugene mccarthy was no better -- guest: yeah, for his consistency. host: what was going through the country after the assassination of senator kennedy? guest: horrible shock, as you can imagine. imagine this, two months after martin luther king's assassination, so here are political leaders, social activists, being gunned down. and bobby kennedy, ironically, has been the person to rise up on that april 4 nights, 1968, in indiana and they were campaigning for the indiana primary, which he would win. his first primary. and he gets the work he comes in to indianapolis going to speak to an african-american segment of indianapolis that martin luther king has been shot and he the people, one of the best political speeches in the history of the united states. there is no script. he does not take our thoughts and prayers are with the king family. and you can hear the cast in audience -- gasp in the audience and that is the only city that doesn't go up in flames that night. to think two months later he is assassinated -- i read the biography of his mother and

. >> one democrat, senator eugene mccarthy, defied precedent. platform, peace. >> eugene mccarthy does something that's taboo. he comes out against a sitting president from the same party. >> mccarthy came in from left field. he was not thought of in the front rank of presidential contenders. but there was a great deal of frustration and even despair among the young. eugene mccarthy gave them hope. >> i'm a volunteer for senator mccarthy, reminding everybody to vote in the primary. >> from nbc news election central in manchester, new hampshire, this is the news. >> if mccarthy gets as much as 30% of the vote or more against an incumbent president, he can legitimately claim an important victory. >> mccarthy didn't win the new hampshire primary. but he took enough votes that it scared lyndon. >> he got 42% of the vote, but mccarthy was a nothing, an upstart. if mccarthy could draw blood, johnson was vulnerable. >> they said '68 was the year. i think march the 12th is the day. [ applause ] >> how does this strike you? you're not disappointed he did

guest: eugene mccarthy was the senator from the midwest.e had been a professor of economics and sociology. he was very professorial in his demeanor, cool, aloof. he was the antiwar candidate. coterie of got a students to support him. some of them who might have been in the hippie realm shave their beards and cut their hair and "be clean forves gene." he was the young people's candidate, the intellectual candidate, the upper-middle-class candidate for the democrats. if you put the personality of eugene mccarthy next to johnson, you could not have found two more different personalities. he was definitely the antiwar candidate going into new hampshire and comes within seven percentage points of the incumbent, which is part of the reason johnson dropped out. guest: i cannot believe it was political malpractice. johnson's name was not on the ballot. race with 49% as a right in. out half ofrned those who voted for mccarthy thought johnson had not been tough enough on the war. april 2 when they got to wisconsin, mccarthy wiped up the boards with j

eugene gu, you have worked at the local v.a. and national -- in nashville. your thoughts?> a lot of this is a consequence of what it means to have elected a reality tv show guy who stuck qualified to be president, who is now hiring all of these people were not qualified to be secretary of education like betsy devos or now the secretary to the v.a. ronny jackson. earlier, he had even tried to appoint his personal pilot to be head of the faa. ronny jackson, who has no experience running a large federal agency, i think earlier in your segment you talked about how the v.a. is the second-largest federal agency with a 200 billion dollar budget. ronny jackson has no experience running that. as a resident who has worked at the v.a., another benefit of having a single provider, national integrated system in which to care for all of our veterans. when we have a veteran coming from miami to nashville, i can plug all of his records because there's a standardized medical system or we can look at all of the veterans imaging, medical records will stop we do not have to call another hospi

. >>> let's bring in political reporter for the "washington post," eugene scott. and chief washington reporter for the "boston herald," also msnbc contributor, kimberly atkins. we saw mar anna there asking folks to raise their hands if they plan to vote in november. a year ago, there was the women's march. and there have been a lot of folks who have said there is no coincidence you had that massive march, and now you have a record number of women running for office in this country at the state level, local level, and do you think that that is going to be the case this time around? that we are going to see more young people than usual voting in midterm elections? >> i think we will. one thing i talked to a lot of these young people about is what happens after today. what happens when the march is over, what happens when the headlines have dropped away from gun violence. and that's the first thing they talked about is political engagement. not just voting. but the organization that they have been doing, using petitions. using other things to reach out to other young

host: what happened to senator eugene mccarthy after the assassination of robert kennedy? barbara: what happened -- i listed where he stood on the delegate count at the time the robert -- that robert kennedy won the california primary and sadly was assassinated, he was running a distant third. so, he became disaffected in the race. it became clearer as they got 'closer and closer to chicago that humphrey had the rank and fall -- the rank and file of the democrats. he had mayor humphrey on his size -- on his side. we mentioned george mcgovern. he was drafted by some of the pro-kennedy forces. even though robert kennedy was gone, there was another person in the race. he became embittered by what happened to him -- he waited until very, very late in the game. barbara: when i ran against the president george h.w. bush, in new hampshire, iran into -- i ran into mccarthy. he said, don't worry, pat. you don't have to win you just have to beat the point spread. [laughter] host: democrats line. caller: yes, i am also a veteran. he had a cause. a couple of my friends died in vietnam

and david hall who was the number one on the democratic side in new hampshire for eugene was there. and i met him for the first time and i was listening to him it made me think about having something on the exact day here at the statehouse to commemorate that primary. and i asked if he'd be willing to come to it, and he was very happy about it and he said i hope you do this, but i'm not sure if i'm going to be able to be there. and we lost him a year ago in february. he knew obviously at the time he didn't have a lot of time left. so that's how this began. that primary was the last primary to be on our traditional town meeting day, which is the second tuesday of march. we have not had one since on that day, but everyone before it that was the 13th presidential primary that we had. and i thought it would be a good idea to have instead of people that have read the history books about it to put together a group of people that were here, that were participating, that were part of it. but five of the ten here at this table weren't old enough to vote because you had to be 21. that was the

our guest is eugene daniels. graduate of harvard state university. -- .ou can also send us a tweet the house and senate are now in recess for the next 16 days. this is just the beginning of a demonstration and a movement. how do continue that if you whicht gun legislation these students advocated yesterday? -- sounded like there will be an annual march possibly and they are inspiring a lot of people who are just in d.c.. we talked to people who drove up from florida. these people will go back and ask for the states to do something. is it -- it is also a states rights issue when they talk about guns. they hope they can move that into some kind of federal legislation. phone calls, ron is first up from pennsylvania, good morning. i have i'm a veteran, had guns sins i was a little kid. we used to go to high school, we had hall monitors, the doors were locked when it was time to be in class, and when you are out in class, your questioned why you are out. if you did not make it into school before they locked the side a

obviously, that he had worn adidas his whole life, but he was right there in eugene, and we had a smallugene, and the guy who ran the office became his brother practically and ultimately convinced him to switch to nike, and he was really our first real prominent track and field athlete. david: you went after others. phil: sure. david: how hard is it? you have to pay them to use your shoes or they just like it so much they use your shoes? phil: they all just like it so much, they wear them. david: really? phil: no. [laughter] david: ok. phil: no, obviously if they are good enough, they demand an endorsement fee from us or whoever they are going to wear. other than steve, the one that comes immediately to mind is michael johnson at the 1996 olympics in atlanta, wore the gold shoes, which lifted us significantly. david: and you made those shoes? early on your head, was it john mcenroe? he would from time to time lose his temper, and did that reflect poorly on your shoe? or you didn't care about his image? his image was he was a great tennis player, but sometimes he would lose control, some

santa clara deputies responded to a welfare check at the home of 87-year-old eugene craig in saratoga back in september of 2016. deputies say they were unable to contact craig when they arrived. when they entered his home ... police say craig was holding a gun. he then pointed the gun at deputies ... and that's when one deputy shot him. craig died at a hospital. the deputy says he shot craig because he believed he was a threat. happening today students are returning to class after threatening graffiti was found at a santa rosa school. the willowside middle school was placed on lockdown yesterday and students were sent home early. kron 4's lydia pantazes is live at the school this morning with the details. lydia. ( lydia ) graffiti threatening to kill people at a bay area school has been found again....this time in santa rosa.the very serious message was found in a boy's bathroom threatening to kill teachers and students." willowside middle school students and teachers were locked in their classrooms for more than an hour as sonoma county sheriff's deputies canvassed the area.there wer

realized nothing has changed and him as a russian person asking for political reason for being here if eugene is in this camp you begin to target and you know attacked you keep why did. his people kind of cease in security but finally it's doesn't work any need to talk about. are you able to provide safety and security for people who ask for political asylum in this country her husband's killers remain unknown and she accuses british police of taking too long to investigate this time authorities aren't waiting to start hunting for clues. you're watching the news in berlin do stay tuned for the bundesliga show which is coming up in just a minute with my colleague mike thompson more news is also back at the top of the hour and in the meantime do follow us on social media we are at news thank you for . my first by saying also sewing machine. where i come from women are bound by the social rules even something as simple as learning how to write a bicycle isn't. since i was a little girl i want to talk about bicycle off my home but it took me years to get my. filing the game bob invention by me an

groups organize the rally and launched the offensive in january saying the region's kurdish wife eugene militia is a terrorist group linked to kurdish insurgents in turkey. slovaks police say they've released the suspects detained in connection with the murder of german list. after holding them for forty eight hours the maximum period permitted under the law could siac had been working on a story about the influence of the italian mafia and slovakia he and his girlfriend were shot dead last weekend. in sydney thousands of people gathered in the streets to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the city's gay and lesbian mardi gras parade admits the colorful rainbow colors and extravagant floats was pop superstar cher making a surprise appearance it's the first parade since australia legalized same sex marriage. a massive storm system has knocked out power for more than a million homes in the eastern united states the storm known as the nor'easter has pounded coastal areas with massive waves and caused widespread flooding while inland residents had to deal with heavy snow of least five pe

joining us josh miller and barbara mcquad and eugene robertson. and josh, i want to go to you on managing stories like this. i have known of situations in government where someone was actually planning to leave and then some kind of cloudy situation developed involving a hint of scandal of some sort and those people decided to stay a decent interval extending their stay a matter of months if necessary in order to make it clear their leaving had nothing to do with that controversy that had suddenly erupted. when you see this departure today after her testimony yesterday and -- with the special prosecutor investigating, is it easy for you to believe that this is something that had been long planned and there's nothing sudden about it? >> lawrence, i think it's probably -- it's at least possible, maybe even likely that both things are true. she had been contemplating and thinking about for several months t leaving the white house but after her experience before the committee yesterday and the way her testimony was reported publically that was essenti

this is in loving memory of howard eugene smith. >> thank you, supervisor. supervisor fewer? spie supervisor kim? >> theank you. i also have an inmemoriam and that is jessica smith. she was an accomplished artist, an accomplished pianist, who live index rincon hill for the last 25 years. she attended the berkeley college of music in boston, receiving a bachelor's degree and performance art. she's a classically trained concert pianist who knew how to play bach by heart, and she recorded for a and m records. she moved to hollywood in 1980 as new wave, goth, and punk and synth pop was starting. while she was a contemporary with cyndi la u9d per -- lauper and gwen stefani, neil young wrote a song about her, an unknown urban legend in 1992, where he wrote somewhere on a long highway, she rides a harley davidson, her lock hair flying in the wind. she appeared in many magazines and was featured in a coffee table book, chicks on bikes, and starred under her stage name, goth girl in a discovery channel movie, motorcycle women, and she wrote the sound track to that movie. she was the f

the guy who ran the eugene office became his brother convinced him to switch to nike.e was our first prominent track and field athlete. david: d you have to pay them to wear your shoes or do they like it so much that they wear them? phil: they just liked them so much. david: really? phil: no. they demand in endorsement fee from us or whoever they wear. the olympicson at in atlanta wore the gold shoes. david: you made the shoes. yourmcenroe was one of players. hisould occasionally lose temper. with that reflect poorly on your shoe? sometimes he would lose control. that did not bother you? did it help sales? phil: the latter. he had a bad temper. temperedlmer had a bad as well, but he would keep it -- had a bad temper as well, but he would keep it under control. he was probably one of the most exciting players of his era. in private, he was a perfect gentleman. he was just so intense, it would get away from him at times. he was unique in that he lost his temper a lot. know: i did not really john mack about as a tennis player, but early on, the office next to mine was hel

panel is here, eugene robinson, andrea mitchell, . >> welcome pback. we have andrea mitchell. and national political commentator for national news. >> where do we start? >> i want to start with north korea. andrea this was in politico. it was a blind start from a former bush administration official nervous about this trump-kim jong-un meeting. it says this. nervous about this kim jong-un meeting. "trump does not have bad meetings. he has had bad phone calls. this is going to be a huge victory how doesfo any meeting between trump and kim not turn into a victory for the north koreans? >> it's hard to imagine how he does it. first of all, they've had a victory by setting the terms and by having the meeting, itself, as you point out. this is what all north korea leaders wanted, three meetings, legitimacy from an american president it was not prepared. there was no rhetoric. we do not know what he is really offering and the treasury secretary repeated the phrase, de-nuclearization, our object siv de-nuclearization of the korean peninsula. >> that is a trap the korean peninsula mean

joining us now, eugene scott. good to have you with us this morning. what's been the reaction to this plan that the president unveiled yesterday? it's not the first time we've heard him propose controversial measures like the death penalty for drug dealers, but how much support realistically is there for this? and are there potentially a lot of legal challenges to it? >> well, there is significant support among his base. you may have noticed while watching his speech that he got a bit of a standing ovation from those who gathered. but there are real concerns from those outside of trump's base about the legality of all of this. i mean, when you think about the eighth amendment to the constitution, it addresses cruel and unusual punishment. and there are also genuine concerns about who could be disproportionately impacted by this. we have data that shows that people of color and people from low income communities are much more likely to be placed on death row than people outside of those demographics and they're repeatedly concerns about just how often p

but what's really amazing about all this is that these coaches have bypassed cities like by eugene and shanghai to come here to what really is a very out of the why remote town it just shows that those in the know think that this here is the future of chinese football. not that the students themselves same that interested in the home grown lee. will miss the fact and only when they do it with omega the new year me oh you're going to go on the day. that owns your. ass. and me. to want to join char don't tell the sunny come on my ideas are sound i was young. male count. i am. from the cold mountains of jodan more than a thousand kilometers to the east it's now a bustling city of millions. here astride the entrance signs free is already living in the chinese football dream. he's one of the staff foreign players for the local club. and asked me to and that's. so easy he's taken to some of the local customs. sheesh that's a really cold day or. chucking it down outside come and sought in this. boy was very briefly yeah basically i mean the chinese are very set in their ways when it comes to

right, eugene? >> same thing. >> every thursday jean and vivian wood volunteer at the s pca of southwest michigan. >> they clean, sweep, change litter, socialize, and love on these furry friend of ours. >> hi, how are you? >> even playing a bit of hide and seek. >> here comes. they're do-able. and they're very generous. they're kinds. >> the spca here or anywhere for that matter wouldn't be the thriving shelter it is without volunteers like jean and vivian. executive director katie timber says there wouldn't be nearly as many adoptions, either. >> they're more likely to find a home as somebody pays attention to them, socialize z with them, and last night we had three kitties get adopted. that's the rewarding part, see them go home to their forever home. it always makes you feel good. >> but not just about petting their head. >> this one is new. >> the woods can't not volunteer, it is who they are, it is where their heart is. >> it is. i think service is important for people. and to share what we hav

joining for are "washington post" columnist eugene robinson. nbc news chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell, matt bai, columnist for yahoo news and peggy noonan, columnist for "the wall street journal." welcome to sunday, it's "meet the press." >> from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> good sunday morning. to be frank, we're running out of ways to say we have never seen a week like this before. let's review. monday, former trump campaign aide sam nunberg insists he will not comply with a subpoena. by friday, he was apairing before r before the grand jury. tuesday, trump's decision to slap tariffs on steel. wednesday, we learn president trump's lawyer obtained a restraining order to prevent stormy daniels from talking about her alleged affair with the president. wednesday night, mueller has learned that a secret meeting before the president took the oath was designed to create a back channel to the russians. thursday, president trump signs proclamat