then w when i heard that donald trump said that frederick douglass has done an amazing job i thought, ok, well, this gives us an opportunity to be able to introduce and talk about his legacy and his life to a wider audience. amy: amazingly, frederick at some was trending point on thursday. he was as popular on social media as beyonce and her pregnancy announcement. >> i have two young daughters. they were very proud that frederick douglass was number one over beyonce. amy: this is an incredible education moment. can you talk about frederick douglass's life and what people around the world should know about him? >> both of my ancestors, frederick douglass and booker t. washington, were born into slavery. they were born into the most horrific conditions at a human being could be subjected to. but yet through the power of education, both of my ancestors understood from a very young age that education equals freedom. and for frederick douglass at the age of nine years old, he was sent from eastern shore of maryland where he was born on a plantation to go to baltimore to be the house serva

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and on the first day of black history month, getting to know frederick douglass. >> frederick douglass is an example of somebody who's done an amazing job. >> when "all in" starts right now. good evening from new york, i'm chris hayes, just over 13 months ago donald trump called for a "complete and total shutdown of muslims entering the united states." today according to the trump administration that has nothing to do with its ban on travel and people from seven muslim majority countries. here was white house secretary sean spicer earlier today. >> i think the president's been clear his number one goal is not to target any one religion but places and areas we believe there is an issue. that's what the executive order was all about. he understands it's not a religious problem, it's a radicalization problem. there's a big difference between islam the religion and radical islamic terrorist. >> first thing this morning, the president himself weighed in on twitter. "everybody's arguing whether or not it is a ban. call it what you want, it's about keeping bad people with bad intentions out o

frederick douglass, lance watson, rudolph mckissick. i can name them. if they knew the talent that these people possess. what i wanted to do was translate the extraordinary capacity to preach, i'm a practitioner, but when i hear them preach, i want to give my license back. i wanted to combine that with what i knew to be the ability of the black pull pet to speak directly to white america. >> martin luther king jr., i wanted to harkin back to what dr. king was doing, and dig deep into black rhetoric and say, this is what we want to give you, i'm a scholar, i got a ph.d. but i wanted to go back -- old people said i had my burnin' before i had my learnin'. how do we give an adequate picture. i knew that preaching was the basis of it. paul tillic said, i reserve one arrogance, when it comes to theology, germans have it. when it comes to preachin', we killing that name. you all do something else, do scooby doo or something, we're killing the american preaching. >> yet there's a fine line -- you don't want to be guilty of preaching in a way where you misconne

[ laughter ] and not his full biography, just simple stuff like, is frederick douglass alive?aughter and applause ] and yet -- [ applause ] and yet, the day in trump land, somehow managed to get more insane, because by wednesday evening there was a report from the associated press, that the phone call with mexican president enrique pena nieto over the weekend, trump threatened to send u.s. troops to intervene in mexico's war with drug cartels. the associated press, which claimed to have reviewed a transcript of the call, reported that trump told pena nieto quote, "you have a bunch of bad hombres down there. you aren't doing enough to stop them. i think your military is scared. our military isn't, so i just might send them down to take care of it." [ light laughter ] hombres. i like how trump thinks threats will go down better if he sprinkles in some sixth grade spanish. [ light laughter ] ou necessito el bombo, kapeesh?" [ laughter and applause ] and apparently -- that wasn't the only rocky call trump had with a u.s. ally, because on wednesday "the washington post" reported th

president, a tough act to follow, but you don't have to be black to know at least a few facts about frederick douglasse's been dead for more than a century. and even though president trump noted the contributions of people like douglass and dr. martin luther king jr., he couldn't resist painting a grim picture of black america, again. >> we need safer communities, and we're going to do that with law enforcement. we're going to make it safe. we're going to make it much better than it is right now. right now it's terrible. if you remember, i wasn't going to do well with the african-american community, and after they heard me speaking and talking about the inner city and lots of other things, we ended up getting -- i won't go into details, but we ended up getting substantially more than other candidates who had run in the past years. >> joining me now is james peterson, msnbc contributor, and aisha moodie-mills, president and ceo of the victory fund. let me go to you first, james. president trump clearly not knowing frederick douglass was no longer with us for over 100 years, but aside from that, really

. >> frederick douglass is an example of someone who has done an amazing job and being recognized moremore i notice. harriet tubman, rosa parks and millions more black americans who made america what it is today. >> would have invited frederick douglass here but died in 1895, not clear from the comments and got criticism from that. does he sound like kid who hasn't done his homework michael? >> a kid. >> absolutely. as professor at georgetown -- and i wrote in the "new york times." never seen a president so blatantly unmolested by enlightenment. not concerned with the facts, the sophisticated determination of the facts and understanding history in context. if he were to be serious about the history. martin luther king and frederick douglass said what to the negros 4th of july, martin luther king said sorry it conclude that most americans were unconscious racists and harriet tubman who freed slaves. if he -- would have to be critical of his administration. lack of curiosity and knowledge and ability to relate what happened in history to what is going on now bespeaks gross ignorance abou

the meetings with frederick douglass are infamous. after douglas leaves, johnson turns his secretary in says i that, but heike did not use that term. he was a really bad guy. he actually wins the word over be canada's worst president is -- worst president over buchanan because he squanders it. look at the second president johnson. nation and pushes for civil rights. what is surprising is a large number of northerners and southerners who said and 1865 it is over. james long street writes editorials saying we are a conquered people. won,ught, we lost, they and now we need to accept whatever rules they impose on us and move ahead. you have ultimate photographs. charleston is burned, richmond is burned. the south has lost hundreds of thousands of young men. chance to really start fixing things. it will be easy, of course not. but he is digging in his heels and he says to people he appoints when congress is out of session, these military governors of the south. in florida they say it's a white man's world. the only important battle fought

this is spicer. >> about frederick douglass being recognized more and more. do you have any had to what specifically he was referring to? >> i think he wants to highlight the contributions that he has made and i think through a lot hethe actions and statements is going to make, i think the contributions of frederick douglass will become more and more. amy: and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. nermeen: and i'm nermeen shaikh. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. it was a chaotic day on capitol hill wednesday. the senate confirmed exxon ceo rex tillerson by a vote of 56 to 43. reuters reports it was the closest vote, by a wide margin, for a secretary of state nominee in at least a half century. three democrats backed tillerson's nomination -- mark warner of virginia, heidi heitkamp of north dakota, and joe manchin of west virginia. the senate judiciary committee also approved the nomination of senator jeff sessions to be atto

this president brought up frederick douglass, do you understand how frederick douglass treated abraham met and lincoln still had him in the white house. called him excellent slave hound. frederick douglass said this man seems to want to continuously make him look silly. blistering critic of lincoln and lincoln still invited him into the white house because he realized that frederick douglass had something he needed. needed to reach out to black people, particularly the soldiers in the civil war. >> charles. >> this idea is hurt my feelings or letter tone wasn't right or april's tone not right. get over that. >> don. >> one more second. >> i have to go to break. >> talking about his base. your base as president is the whole country. >> go ahead paris but hurry please. >> at end of the day the president understands who he is, president of all people. he actually said i would love to meet with the cbc and he wants to. is going to meet with hbcu college presidents. le already had a phone call with congressman cummings, said we have more alike than we disagree on, especially on jobs and inf

critics say the president seemed to reference a still-living frederick douglass, the former slave and abolitionist died in 1895. >>> it is february 1 and we are off to a fairly mild start to the month. nbc 10's first alert chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz is back with the weather for your neighborhood. >> we got up to 50 today. well above average, we just got through january which was very mild, more than five degrees above average. it's 43 now in philadelphia. the average high is 41. so not exactly the frigid day but it won't warm up as much as it did during the day today. readi i redding 36. numbers aren't that low for this time of year. allentown 33. whitehall 33. bethlehem and he easton at 32. they will be in the teens by friday night. nothing on the radar close in and the story is we've got colder winds during the day tomorrow. they'll gust over 25 miles an hour so you should feel that then you're going to feel these winter temperatures friday and saturday 30s during the day. teens in suburbs and winds on top of that making it feel colder but it will warm up next week

speaking of frederick douglass as though making contributions now doesn't leave me confidence in the fact that donald trump can tell the past from the present and given the tone and tenor of his presidency, the -- harken back to the times tubman lived. >> why taken out of context paris? >> play the whole tape. it speaks for itself. he was by no means talking as if frederick douglass is alive and well today. >> i heard it right here. >> i was in the room. i understand what he was saying. >> i would come if i was invited. >> that's your problem simone. you should never t. >> don't tell many what i should never do. >> don't turn down a seat at table. >> i do have a seat. >> you don't have. you said if you were given a seat wouldn't go. problem with congressman lewis. said wouldn't invite donald trump to selma. that's a problem. >> real effort connecting to the african-american community. >> start over we didn't hear. >> i don't need donald trump to give me anything. 47-year-old black woman on cnn first and foremost. donald trump needs to talk about real policy and prescriptions for the

tubman,ike harriet frederick douglass, booker t. washington, rosa parks, the greensboro students and the african-american medal of honor recipients. among so many other really incredible heroes. it is amazing to see. we did a pretty comprehensive tour. but not comprehensive enough so i will be back. because i could stay here for a lot longer. believe me. it is really incredible. i am deeply proud that we now have a museum that honors the millions of african-american men who built our national heritage, especially when it comes to face, culture and the unbreakable american spirit. my wife was here last week. and she took a tour. and it was something that she is still talking about. yvonne could trump is here right now. and it really is very special. it is something that, if you want to know the truth, it is doing so well that everybody is talking about it. i know president obama was here for the museum's opening last fall and i am honored to be the second sitting president to visit this great museum. etched in the halls that we passe

. >> frederick douglass is an example of somebody who has done an amazing job and is being recognizede. >> trevor: "is frederick here now? ( laughter ) stand up, fred, stand up. where's fred? are you-- are you fred?" "i'm ben carson, that's who i am." "well, tell fred i'm a big fan. tell him i'm a fan." now, they only let the cameras in for the beginning of this whole thing, but i wish so bad i could have heard the entire discussion because the parts we heard were so amazing. >> i was recently contacted by some of the top gangs in chicago for a sit-down. they reached out to me because they associated me with you. they respect you. they believe in what you're doing, and they want to have a sit-down with lowering the body count. i got that straight from the street. no politicians, straight street guys, but they're going to commit if they lower the body count, we'll come in and do some social programs. >> trevor: so, wait, we're supposed to believe these gangs told this dude to tell trump that they respect him. which, by the way, what does that say about trump? "yo, b., we saw, man, yo,

this was just the first day of the month. >> reporter: he made that comment about frederick douglassing recognized more and more, do you have any idea what specifically he was referring t to? >> press secretary spicer: i think he wants to highlight the contributions that he has made, and i think through a lot of the actions and statements he is going to make, the contributions of frederick douglass will become more and more. >> reporter: very quickly, can you clarify what was meant by we are putting iran on notice? >> press secretary spicer: as i mentioned, general plan and the nsc staff will have a briefing at 4:00 to go forward. i think we want to make very clear that we felt as though their actions were both provocative and in violation, making sure they understood that we were not going to sit by and not act on those actions. i am not going to go any further than that. >> reporter: can i ask about the confirmation hearings. how does this president planned to get chuck schumer on board with his pick for the supreme court, neil gorsuch, when he has referred to him as a clown and ac

reporter: today he made the comment about frederick douglass being recognized more and more. do you have any idea what specifically he was referring to? mr. spicer: i think there's contributions -- i think he wants to highlight the contributions that he has made and i think through a lot of the actions and statements that he's going to make, i think the contributions of frederick douglass will become more and more. reporter: very quickly, can you clarify what was meant by we're putting iran on notice? mr. spicer: i think general flynn and the n.s.c. staff will have a briefing at 4:00. they can go forward. i think we wanted to make very clear that we felt as though that -- their actions were both provocative and in violation. making sure that they understood we were not going to sit by and not act on those actions. reporter: are you building the case -- mr. spicer: i'm not going to go any further than that. reporter: let me ask about you the confirmation hearing. how does the president plan to get shuck schumer on board -- chuck schumer on board with his pick for the supreme c

well, frederick douglass has been dead for 122 years. on the campaign trail, mr. trump took issue with heaarriet tubma on the $20 bill, suggesting she appear on the $2 bill, a denomination that doesn't even appear anymore. these are icons who represent a lot to an important segment of americans and suggests that the president is tone deaf when it comes to issues important to black americans. >> he pledged to confront racism and create a a divided country. do your listeners believe the president? >> let me say first, pat, the people that i talk to want to believe the president. they want him to address black issues in a meaningful way. but they're telling me that means listening to a wider circle of people beyond forensic who voted for him or the few that get an opportunity to visit the white house. the president's missteps over his first 30 days in office aren't sitting well with rhonda who lives in prince george's county. she calls the president's visit to the african-american use i'm a photo op. she wants to know if he learned anything while he was there. she an

at the newly reopened frederick douglass community center. >>> president trump leaves washington for weekend away from the white house since taking office. >> he's going down to florida to spend time at his mar-a-lago estate. before the president left for palm beach, he imposed new sanctions on iran and set is stage for another showdown with democrats. >> reporter: we begin with iran where the u.s. pushed and iran is pushing back sanctions against some american citizens, insists that they are not going to be pushed out of this nuclear deal. president trump today on iran. >> they're not behaving. >> reporter: his administration announced new sanctions on 25 individuals and companies tied to iran's missile program and its elite special forces unit. his response to iran's missile test on sunday. >> i hope that iran realizes that after the provocative measures they've taken that they understand that this president, this administration is not going to sit back and take it lightly. >> reporter: some law makmakers concerned how the president is handling iran. there's support on capitol hill

the frederick douglass statue which was erected in 1956 is the first statue erected to frederick douglass in his native land. digless was born a slave in the state of maryland in 1818. and a professor here on this campus, james e. lewis, hand-sculpted this statue that is in front of the holmes hall building in 1956. the relief bronze which hance schuller created. the negro college bronze. at the top you will see a long negro college mural done by charles stallings in 1954. a very important mural to this campus. and then to the campus buildings both old and new that are on this campus that are contributing historic and significant were designed by some of the nation's most influential african-american architects including albert irving casel who was born in towson, maryland not far from this campus and became one of the nation's foremost african-american architects to hilliard robinson who was trained by albert casell and became one of the nation's most prominent public housing architects to louis fry who was the first african-american to graduate from harvard university with a masters in

soan "frederick douglass is a example of somebody who's done an amazing job, and is being recognizedd more i noticed." [ light laughter ] now here we learn, he likes frederick douglass so much that he thinks he's still alive. [ laughter ] i think that's great. "harriet tubman, rosa parks, and millions more black americans, who made america what it is today. and paris." now, i don't know who paris is, but here he starts talking about someone named paris. "has done an amazing job in a very hostile cnn community. he's all by himself, you'll have seven people and paris. [ light laughter ] and i'll take paris over the seven --" dwarves? [ light laughter ] "but i don't watch cnn, so i don't get to see you as much as i used to. i don't like watching fake news, but fox has treated me very nice. wherever fox is, thank you." he's talking about jamie fx i want to thank my television star over here, omarosa's actually a very nice person, nobody knows that." [ laughter ] what better way to celebrate black history month, than by throwing some shade. "so, i want to thank everyone for being here. it

as if frederick douglass was still alive. so if anyone has any questions about the relevance of black history month, we can start by noting that perhaps it's important to make sure that the nation's commander in chief understands the contributions that african-americans have made to the united states of america, going all the way back to the boston massacre. where one of its leaders, chris pus atucks was the first attucks was ispu one of the first americans killed in connection with the boston massacre, challenging the unjust taxation policies of the british empire. now, 45th president of the united states of america asked the question over the last several months, what exactly do black folks have to lose? many of us were perplexed by that question given his history. and actually think that you've lost your mind if you come to the conclusion that the current occupant of 1600 pennsylvania avenue has any interest in making a positive difference in the lives of people who have color generally, african-americans specifically. per

frederick douglass once said there is no progression without struggle.ther words, he was noting what's taking place in the streets today, that is resistance. and people are resisting the injustices of our time. so i'd like to visit the museum with him. but not paying homage to the past, but taking note of the courage we need in the present. >> sounds like you're open to that idea if the president were to reach out to you. he says he's going to do much better in 2020 if he runs for re-election. he thinks he can get a majority of the african-american vote, very quick question -- what does he need to do to build up that support in the african-american community? >> it's not about polls. it's not about politics. it's about policy. and you don't suppress our votes and then ask us for our votes. respect the voting rights act. respect what we sacrifice for. and stand behind policies that support the aspirations and ambitions of not only african-americans but america. don't play us cheap. >> cornell william brooks of the naacp. thanks for coming in. >> thank you

did you visit the frederick douglass exhibit? >> i've wished him the best. >> seth: you know frederick douglass is dead, right? [ laughter ] >> seth: will your son eric play an important role in your administration? >> i don't think i've ever spoken to him. i don't think i've ever met him. [ laughter ] >> seth: you've never met your son eric? >> i don't think i ever met him. now it's possible that i walked into a room and he was sitting there, but i don't think i ever met him. [ light laughter ] i didn't talk to him ever. >> seth: sorry, dude. [ laughter ] a lot of people are worried about you having the nuclear codes. can you say something about nuclear weapons to put us all at ease? >> you know what uranium is, right? this thing called nuclear weapons and other things like lots of things are done with uranium, including some bad things. [ laughter ] >> seth: we're [ bleep ]. [ laughter ] hey, why haven't you ever come on my show before? >> doesn't have good ratings. [ audience ohs ] >> seth: i have a question for you. why is chris christie so sad? >> drugs

>> i think the contributions of frederick douglass will become more and more. >> will become more and more. okay. >> it feels like it's total chaos at the white house. this is supposed to be the honeymoon. how could trump blow the honeymoon? he's had three of them! >> we have breaking news tonight about the white house drowning in its own leaks before even completing its first two weeks. we have never seen leaks like this in a presidency that is 13 days old. and we have never seen leaks like these from any presidency at any time in our history because since the invention of the telephone, no president has ever been so completely incompetent and buffoonish on a phone call with the leader of a foreign country. tonight we have reports of the president's behavior on two phone calls with two foreign leaders. and it is worse. it is worse than i imagined in the worst case scenario. much worse. insulting the prime minister of australia while having no idea that australia has stood by us like no other ally. marched into battle with us where no other ally would go, including vietnam. something

he began publishing a newsletter and later joined frederick douglass to aid publications in rochester, new york. delaney recruited thousands of men to the union army. martin persuaded president lincoln to create an all-black or led by african-american officers. delaney was commissioned a major , making him the first black line officer in u.s. army history. hethe post-war years, contributed to civil rights for african americans. he's considered by many to be the father of black nationalism. aaron: for more stories from "military times" black history month, go to militarytimes .com/blackhistory. that is it for this week's "defense news." for more on the latest, visit defensenews.com. thanks for joining us. i am aaron mehta. [music] >> dr. charles stanley: as long as you and i are alive, we have the responsibility of being fruitful all the days of our life. and i wonder sometimes if some people shorten their life because they're not useful. they come to the point in life and they say, "well, i'm fifty-five and i've got sixty-two, let's see, i've got seven more years to live and then i'm

again, frederick douglass played a pivotal role. while he insured african american men could fight in the union army, he was also influential in a constant dialogue with president lincoln to ensure that freedom came through the emancipation proclamation and the 13th amendment. we would be remiss if we told the story of the civil war and left out the story of women's involvement. when you visit, you will also see artifacts that speak to the efforts of charlotte, who educated many of the people at mps.e contraband ca you will see the story of harriet tubman, which many of us know she was the underground railroad, but also served as a union spy. you will also see the story of susie king taylor, who served as a nurse and opened up her own hospital. why don't we go forward and look at some of the artifacts that speak to the freedom during the emancipation. how do you tell a whole population of people that they are now free? in fact, those same man that frederick douglass fought for to ensure that they were able to fight for freedom on th

there is one of frederick douglass, for instance. that would have been made in the mid-1860's.logy, affect photography is a brand-new form andechnology at the time, one of the pin types from the 1860's is probably the oldest image in the collection on display. host: about 50 feet behind us is words offall in the martin luther king. what does it represent? guest: we build a commemorative space with a large, round waterfall and a series of votes on the wall -- quotes on the thatbecause we felt individuals visiting miss musing on that may need a space in which to gather themselves, in which to think back, memorialize their own family experiences. to a knowledge the pain and the that the african-american experience in the united states represents. it wasnner of speaking, modeled after the hall of remembrance at the holocaust museum. the variousequate museums of conscience around the world, the holocaust museum, the museums of the jewish experience in germany, and so there is a moment where we wanted to provide people with the opportunity to quietly remember. host: let's go to west

at the state of education in america, and clearly our president did not know that much about frederick douglasslived in the 1800s and actually died around 1895. he talked about him as if he was still a contemporary figure. in spirit, yes. if you need to know a little bit about african-american history, this is the month for it. we're in february. in philadelphia, you can go to the african american museum in philadelphia. if you're in new jersey, you can go to the new underground museum in burlington county or the one right here in philadelphia. >> all right. jeff? >> is there a new tone among democratic leaders in philadelphia and harrisburg? this past week, mayor jim kenney addressed the greater philadelphia chamber of commerce at the annual mayor's luncheon and said he will not be proposing any new or increased taxes in his budget for this coming year. and in harrisburg this coming tuesday, governor wolf will not propose an increase in the sales or income tax. sounds very republican-esque to me. maybe they're reaching out. >> okay, jim? >> monica, kudos to new attorney general josh shapiro. t

. >> can you set up a meeting for me with beyonce, jay-z, and frederick douglass?n: yeah. >> stephen: heart a lot of great things. >> jon: you can come, too. ( applause ) >> stephen: and finally, cbs' major garrett asked the question swirling all week: what trump will do about the heightening tensions with russia. >> yeah, i'm not going to tell you about anything i'm going to do. i don't talk about military response. i don't say i'm going into mosul in four months. "we are going to attack mosul in four months," then three months later, "we are going to attack mosul in one month." "next week, we are going to attack mosul." >> stephen: that was the president unveiling his two new characters: "military guy" and "dictator giving a press conference." ( band playing ) >> stephen: we have a great show for you tonight! sally field is here! ( cheers and applause ) stick around! this presidents' day, get to nissan now... ...and save on a lineup with intelligent safety features... ...and america's best truck warranty. take on the e