actually joining us on skype now from guatemala city. who's the editor in chief of the news and analysis website no modern it's nice to have you with us you will have heard what john was just saying there talking about the new president or the man who is claiming victory at least wanting to bring in investment believing that can change the country do you think he's realistic in that goal. many thanks for the invitation come i don't think it's realistic but the my lai not that attractive for investment that can. over think. we don't have a great expectational some him if you see the results we have already 90 per cent of the vote that he will be the next president but it has been the low was certain that my credit history only a. 3rd of 38 percent of the people participated in this election because the elections were were full of all mistakes. illegalities and he's not a man. to be a good c.e.o. of what the model. even so it looks like he will win this election and his biggest. issue i guess to deal with is migration isn't it i think john

i mean, pretty much everyone i talked to who arrived in guatemala city on that flight, you know, i wasn'tpeak to them during the flight, that was one of the rules, but once they were on the ground in guatemala and released from custody, i was able to talk to several of them and pretty much everyone said they planned to turn around and head back to the united states as soon as they could. keep in mind for most of them they have their whole lives here in the united states, spouses, american-born u.s. citizen children, car payments, jobs, things like that. you know, it's kind of the only life they know at this point and they're going to be desperate to get back to it. >> so the u.s. government is going to send these immigrants, pay money, send them on a one-way ticket out of america and these immigrants say home is america. just quickly, how effective does the government think this will actually be? >> they think it's one of their most effective deterrents and they're very determined to keep doing it. they consider this consequence delivery. if the cross the border illegally and are in the c

and the 2nd a lack of jobs that leads to guatemala city more people to the u.s. border than any of the country is probably why it is that all the way the problem is that since there's no work in guatemala many people migrate and sometimes it's sad what happens to those who die or get killed while searching for a new future to help their family get him a taste promised to stop creating jobs by increasing tourism and foreign investment to build what he calls an economic wall it's going to be tough inequality is deeply ingrained in a country that's the biggest economy in central america but in which more than half the population live in poverty is way off confirming added to all this is an unexpected challenge a deal just signed by the outgoing president with the u.s. it says that migrants crossing the country mainly from honduras and el salvador have to ask for asylum in guatemala rather than continue to the states if it's ratified it could mean tens of thousands of new arrivals mr jim at day doesn't want that deal but he may have to take it us a threatening tariff

there are areas on the outskirts of guatemala city where not even the police like to go. on however will not be deterred. you wouldn't want to be here after 5 pm it's too dangerous that's when the gangs come out and get down to business. and her team of volunteers talk to people in fight them to take part in activities such as soccer she's courageous people get killed around here all the time. about 10 homicides are committed in guatemala every day. we meet some kids it's only afternoon but they're already high. and we encounter a gang member who tells us what happens when people are out of their heads. you want money to get high. you don't care if it's somebody who works hard or if they're poor you just want to hold a knife to their throat and take their money. the gangs have lookouts monitoring their territory. another gangster boasts about his extortion racket. if they don't want to pay we shoot them i say you don't want to pay ok fine i turn and leave and the others attack you. and that's that. the neighborhood is also full of trash. as team up planning a cleanup camp

minister ina ten months over his role as police minister in a police operation which took part in guatemala city cleared of the charges. he is a conservative voice in guatemalan politics and has been around for many years, pushing for example the idea of bringing back the death penalty for those found guilty of going crimes. in terms of the current issues facing guatemala, namely corruption and immigration, he takes two positions. on corruption, he would not invite back the united nations task force on corruption in guatemala, which was very popular with ordinary people, but not pop like with business and political elites. and in terms of immigration, he has also said he would not back the safe third—party definition with the trump administration that would allow washington to deport unsuccessful asylu m washington to deport unsuccessful asylum seekers in the us to the central america nation. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: they were schoolfriends until the berlin wall divided them. now, nearly 60 years later, they meet again for the first time. the big crowds became bigger as the time

. —— there is the live scene from guatemala silly —— guatemala city.ll grant has the latest on the vote count. we are getting the first partial results. polls haven't been closed for long but the electoral commission gives an advantage to the right—wing candidate, the former prisons minister, alejandro giammattei, and it does look like he has a several percentage advantage at this stage, but there are still quite a lot of votes to be counted, particularly from some of the more remote parts of guatemala. turnout was very low. in some areas, just as little as 17, 16% of the electorate. some higher, some like 40, 45% but nevertheless, we can sense there has been a real rejection of this election by ordinary voters. why is this election important at this point in time? well, the person who takes over from jimmy morales has a very complicated job on their hands. first off, there is a lot of people who want to leave guatemala and head north as part of the sort of groups of migration that is heading towards the united states. they need to build jobs and devel

and the 2nd a lack of jobs that leads to guatemala city more people to the u.s. border than any of the country and probably why it is that on the way the problem is that since there's no work in guatemala many people migrate and sometimes it's sad what happens to those who die or get killed while searching for a new future to help their family get him a taste promised to stop creating jobs by increasing tourism and foreign investment to build what he calls an economic wall it's going to be tough inequality is deeply ingrained in a country that's the biggest economy in central america but in which more than half the population live in poverty as we all confirm it added to all this is an unexpected challenge to do just signed by the outgoing president with the u.s. it says that migrants crossing the country mainly from honduras and el salvador have to ask for asylum in guatemala rather than continue to the states if it's ratified it could mean tens of thousands of new arrivals mr giamatti doesn't want that deal but he may have to take it us a threatening tariffs of

and the 2nd a lack of jobs that leads to guatemala city more people to the u.s. border than any of the country is probably why it is that all the way the problem is that since there's no work in guatemala many people migrate and sometimes it's sad what happens to those who die or get killed while searching for a new future to help their family. promise to stop creating jobs by increasing tourism and foreign investment to build what he calls an economic war it's going to be tough inequality is deeply ingrained in a country that's the biggest economy in central america but in which more than half the population live in poverty this way i'll confirm it added to all this is an unexpected challenge to do just signed by the outgoing president with the u.s. it says that migrants crossing the country mainly from honduras and el salvador have to ask for asylum in guatemala rather than continue to the states if it's ratified it could mean tens of thousands of new arrivals mr doesn't want that deal but he may. to take us a threatening tariffs you know. one other thing he do

and the 2nd the lack of jobs that leads to guatemala city more people to the u.s. border than any other country. the problem is that since there's no work in guatemala many people migrate and sometimes it's sad what happens to those who die or get killed while searching for a new future to help their family. promise to stop creating jobs by increasing tourism and foreign investment to build what he calls an economic wall it's going to be tough inequality is deeply ingrained in a country that's the biggest economy in central america but in which more than half the population live in poverty is where they are confirming added to all this is an unexpected challenge a deal just signed by the outgoing president with the u.s. it says that migrants crossing the country mainly from honduras and el salvador have to ask for asylum in guatemala rather than continue to the states if it's ratified it could mean tens of thousands of new arrivals mr jim doesn't want that deal but he may have to take us a threatening tariffs of not. one other thing he doesn't want the u.n. backed a

and the 2nd a lack of jobs that leads to guatemala city more people to the u.s. border than any of the country is probably why it is that on the way the problem is that since there's no work in guatemala many people migrate and sometimes it's sad what happens to those who die or get killed while searching for a new future to help their family. promise to stop creating jobs by increasing tourism and foreign investment to build what he calls an economic wall it's going to be tough inequality is deeply ingrained in a country that's the biggest economy in central america but in which more than half the population live in poverty as we all confirm it added to all this is an unexpected challenge to do just signed by the outgoing president with the u.s. it says that migrants crossing the country mainly from honduras and el salvador have to ask for asylum in guatemala rather than continue to the states if it's ratified it could mean tens of thousands of new arrivals mr jim doesn't want. but he may have to take us a threatening tariffs of not. one other thing he doesn't wa

nothing on site here in parts of the atlantic heavy rain across parts of central america panama city guatemala managua you're going to see some very heavy rain over the next few days that is going to continue as we go towards wednesday as well ground is saturated here so mudslides landslides could be an issue but up towards kingston it is going to be a nice day in jamaica with a temperature of $33.00 and then very quickly across parts of south america we're going to be seeing a nice day over here towards rio de janeiro maybe a passing shower pushing through but over here towards what is that is it is going to be a cool day with you with a temperature of 10. perception is validation we believe want to be seen but in one life time we cannot see everything. we would lie under the experiences of others and the legacies of previous generations. of that testimony we would know very little. with this documentaries that open your eyes on al-jazeera. and as a product and with the top stories on al-jazeera argentina's conservative president maurice your marker is valid to win a 2nd term despite a shock

and the 2nd a lack of jobs that leads to guatemala city more people to the us border than any of the country is probably why it is that all the way the problem is that since there's no work in guatemala many people migrate and sometimes it's sad what happens to those who die or get killed while searching for a new future to help their family get him a taste promised to stop the creating jobs by increasing tourism and foreign investment to build what he calls an economic war it's going to be tough inequality is deeply ingrained in a country that's the biggest economy in central america but in which more than half the population live in poverty is way i'll confirm it added to all this is an unexpected challenge to do just signed by the outgoing president with the u.s. it says that migrants crossing the country mainly from honduras and el salvador have to ask for asylum in guatemala rather than continue to the states if it's ratified it could mean tens of thousands of new arrivals mr jim at day doesn't want that deal but he may have to take it us a threatening tariffs of not. one other t

there are areas on the outskirts of guatemala city where not even the police like to go. out man however will not be deterred. he wouldn't want to be here after 5 pm it's too dangerous that's when the gangs come out and get down to business. and have team of volunteers talk to people in fight them to take part in activities such as sokka she's a courageous people get killed around here all the time. about 10 homicides are committed in guatemala every day. we meet some kids it's only afternoon but they're already high. and we encounter a gang member who tells us what happens when people are out of their heads. you want money to get high. you don't care if it's somebody who works hard or if they're poor you just want to hold a knife to their throat and take their money. and the gangs have lookouts monitoring their territory. another gangster boasts about his extortion racket. that if they don't want to pay we shoot them i say you don't want to pay ok fine i turn and leave and the others attack you. and that's that. the neighborhood is also full of trash. as team of planning

to turn guatemala into a buffer zone to stem migration will john holmes with us now in mexico city keeping an eye on things i imagine migration as it is across central america will be a very big election issue. yet huge in guatemala right now and one of the reasons you just talked about it a deal done with the united states now the details of that there are this migrants coming through guatemala many of them are going to be from honduras and el salvador they have to arsk for asylum in guatemala rather than go through to the united states if this deal is ratified by the guatemalan congress and that would mean that tens of thousands of people that before would be just passing through having to stay in guatemala and asked for asylum there now this is a country in which more than half the population lives in poverty and which almost a 1000000 children suffer from malnutrition so of course voters a many politicians as well are asking themselves how exactly is this going to happen and it's going to work now the 2 candidates the left standing in the election of both said that they're not happy ab

to turn guatemala into a buffer zone to stem migration home and keeping an eye on things from mexico city's polls closed what's the rundown from here when might we start getting an indication hopefully within the next couple of hours we'll start to get the preliminary results from this we and presumably many other people in guatemala being clicking refresh repeatedly on the electoral authorities website where the results will come in but nothing yet so at the moment we can do is wait and talk about the issues that are at stake here and you mentioned possibly the one that's been dominating the news and that's the migration deal between the united states and the outgoing now guatemalan president jim immorally is not deal basically means that anyone heading through the country may meet those people would be from honduras and el salvador going to the united states will 1st have to ask for asylum in guatemala and that could possibly maim tens of thousands of people arriving in this country if that deal is ratified by the guatemalan congress and isn't rejected by whoever the new president is now

from the scene and find out there and early next year we're going to go to mexico city and we're also going to be in guatemala so we're doing our whole tour of latin america that's going to be exciting maybe do some special side interviews coast into the you tube channel for our spanish speaking audience loves us to death. has led us well maybe not to death i don't you know in mexico that's not go there and the thing is you know of course that the mexicans and colombians and argentineans and earth lions they all kind of have their own dialect way of saying something so it's going to be very confusing for you but nevertheless we're going to stay here in america for these headlines in this episode of kaiser report human tragedy on the diseased streets of san francisco worse than slums in brazil and india of course you could tell you know we were recently in san francisco talking about our shadows and we did walk across the city well n.b.c. news has done a study and actually spent some time go through 153 blocks of san francisco and what they found was pretty appalling the n.b.c. bay area investigative unit surv

from the scene and find out there and early next year we're going to go to mexico city and we're also going to be in guatemala harra so we're doing our whole tour of latin america that's going to be exciting maybe do some special side interviews coast into the you tube channel for our spanish speaking audience that loves us to.

guatemala. the other half of the city are the thousands of people at the border city who have been deported or whoe waiting in mexico to start that asylum process. we spoke to a couple of young men. take a listen. >> what do you think of everything that's happening with president trump and all of this? >> you know, i actually understand, you know, what a president -- i mean, what trump is trying to do. he's trying to protect his country. >> what was that like? people talk about it all the time but what is it like? >> it's horrible. you're living a different life and all of a sudden you end up being somewhere elsewhere you don't know nothing. >> reporter: people feeling very out of place growing up in america and ending up in southern mexico. both of those individuals had been previously deported by the trump administration. the other thing that is important to note as we're down here along that southern border with mexico city but whether we're in mexico city or there, the thing that's also having an effect are these i.c.e. raids and the shooting in el paso. people here are talking about both of t

panama but really it is mostly dry as we head on towards guatemala of the yucatan peninsula and into southern sections of mexico still a few. city and 30 celsius across in havana. zira. hello and welcome to the al-jazeera news hour live from my headquarters in doha with me and it's the problem coming up in the next 60 minutes south korea scraps and intelligence sharing packed japan as a political and trade dispute undermine security cooperation over north korea. brazil's president says farms could be illegally allowing the amazon to bird but wants foreign powers against meddling. risking a new arms race moscow and washington trade accusations of the united nations after a new american missile tests. and u.n. investigators say the scale of sexual violence against the by myanmar's military shows genocide of the 10. bell south korea is ending an intelligence sharing pact with japan and yet another escalation of tensions between the neighbors japan has called decision regrettable and has summoned the south korean ambassador with a deal was aimed at sharing information about threats caused by north korea and its messala nuclear progr

from the scene and find out there and early next year we're going to go to mexico city and we're also going to be in guatemala so we're doing our whole tour of latin america that's going to be exciting maybe to do some special side interviews coast into the you tube channel for our spanish speaking audience that loves us to death. has led us well maybe not to death i don't you know in mexico that's not go there and the thing is you know of course that the mexicans and colombians and argentineans and earth lions they all kind of have their own dialect of a way of saying something so it's going to be very confusing for you but nevertheless we're going to stay here in america for these headlines in this episode of kaiser report human tragedy on the diseased streets of san francisco worse than slums in brazil and in of course you could tell you know we were recently in san francisco talking about our chattels that we did walk across the city well n.b.c. news has done a study and actually spent some time go through $153.00 blocks of san francisco and what they found was pretty appalling the n.b.c. bay area investi

on criticism of the majority african-american city of baltimore the homicide rate in baltimore is significantly higher than el salvador honduras guatemala i believe it's higher than afghanistan thousands of supporters have lined up for hours to attend the rally he's always saying the truth and i don't know how that's racist to just say a place is trash he's not racist at all he's just merely pointing out the problems that exist in our society and we're just going to have the correct trump pointed to the declining number of border arrests as a product of his hardline policies despite criticism of his ministrations detention of children in squalid conditions trump lauded his crackdown at the border and the numbers are way down you'll see that way way down. democrat lawmakers care more about illegal aliens than they care about their own constituents they put foreign citizens before american citizens we're not going to do that the last few days have seen the democratic presidential candidates in the spotlight and back to back televised debates with trump attacking their performance polling shows democratic front runner joe biden leads trump

tel aviv, gaza, mexico city or el paso, they can be in guatemala or if you feel, or somalia. india.hose of us on the outside, more social movement activists, as opposed to insiders, we have to be able to speak our truths and bring power and pressure to bear, even as we connect with various politicians and statement. part of the reasons that i spend time with bernie sanders is not because i think he is pure and pristine, but in many ways, he is the last hope in terms of dealing with the planet in catastrophic mode, dealing with their protest wealth inequality, dealing with the legacies of white and male supremacy, transphobia, how do we keeeep track of jewish, palestinian humanity, arab humanity? what kinds of politicians will speak to those issues? very few. most of them are so adjusted to the unjust status quo food benefit from the oligarch and plutocratic money. bernie is one of the last hopes, not the last hope, but one of the last hopes, as our empire undergoes such decline, even as we lurch for real democratic awakening and a weakening -- regeneneration. nermeen: you mention th

across into panama 31 degrees celsius the high at 25 in guatemala bit cooler with the clouds and a wet day in southern mexico and 24 in mexico city. captaining a leading youth team at 16 years old takes determination. to that staying on top of your game. whole family bands together and shares a sacrifice. it is necessary for a song to have a shocked at becoming a professional footballer. home game on a. welcome back top stories here this hour pakistan is expelled india's ambassador suspended trade of a new delhi's decision to revoke the special status of indian administered kashmir indian security forces are imposing that across the region. and the un says it's alarmed by an upsurge in the violence the yemeni port city of aden at least one person has been killed and 2 seriously injured during clashes between government forces and u.a.e. backed militia. puerto rico's new governor has been sworn in the 3rd person to hold the office in less than a week the appointment of the justice secretary one of the asker's follows weeks of political turmoil in the u.s. territory. now they've been protests against the u.s. president in texas and

guatemala some coming presidential runoff. and in sports a 5 star performance from manchester city as they begin the defense of their premier league title. had some very impressive weather calls much of the northeast and eastern regions of china in particular with the watching the progress is typhoon kima it will continue to weaken but very very slight still quite a significant storm for the next couple days producing some very heavy amounts of rain also just to the west of shanghai but sunny very unsettled a couple of days ahead with the chances of flooding rains and damaging winds meanwhile for the south hong kong 32 celsius with the rain in the forecast where you for the next couple of days you can see by monday it does carry away from shanghai but the rains a very heavy out towards much of the west that we had for the tools the south those ranges generally being kept away from bourne use the marshes so quite a bit of cloud in the forecast but the rain with that really staying much further to the north as you can see but particularly heavy across towards mamma in fact 12000 people have been displaced because of the floods has b

city. the clues police are releasing this morning in its latest homicide. >>> plus, guatemala's newly elected president promising to end violence. what he says he will bring back in the form of punishment. coming up next for you. you are watching today in the bay. nonprofi t. visit gcu.edu/online >>> 5:23. continuing coverage now of a deadly weekend shooting in san jose. police are still searching for the gunman. it happened saturday night near the corner of story and king. the victim was shot in his car. he died later at the hospital and so far no suspect description and the man who was shot hasn't been identified. this is the city's 22nd homicide this year. >>> new details on the escaped inmate captured over the weekend after an intense manhunt in tennessee. >> state agents yesterday captured curtis watson about ten miles from the prison where he escaped wednesday. investigators believe he killed a prison administrator of a his escape. she lived right across the vita from the facility. a couple in tennessee noticed watson season morning on their home security cameras. agents captured him hi

across into panama 31 degrees celsius the high at 25 in guatemala bit cooler with the clouds and a wet day in southern mexico and 24 in mexico city. scholar and lawyer. and politician. radical and prison in a 2 part series oh just 0 world tells the story of one of the most enigmatic figures in sudan's turbulent history. whose influence is still felt on events in the country today. to robbie's life and politics on al-jazeera until now the coverage of latin america and most of the world was about covering khuda todd's tragedies 1st quake's and that was it but not how people feel how they look how they think and that's what we do we go anywhere 5 and a half months are demanding a good education system that was introduced. in latin america al-jazeera has come to fill a void that needed to be filled. under the pradhan and these are the top stories on al-jazeera pakistan has expelled and the ism basta and suspended trade of the new delhi's decision to revoke the special status for andy the minister made indian security forces are imposing a clampdown on the beach and. the u.n. says it's alarmed by the escalation of violence they get ma

coalition of largely taking control of the city after days of fighting exposed a rift in the alliance fighting the hutu rebels and polls have closed in guatemala in a runoff election for a new president the winner likely to face major challenges implementing a deal with the u.s. to turn the country into a buffer against migration. israeli police have moved into a mosque compound in occupied east jerusalem following a standoff with palestinians at one of the gates to the site dozens were injured when officers set off some grenades and moved people out it all began when right when jewish groups demanded access to the compound on the muslim holiday of. our force that has more. chaos in confrontation inside the mosque compound on the 1st day is either allowed her. usually non muslims are barred access on muslim holidays but for a 2nd time this summer significant dates for jews and muslims have overlapped and for a 2nd time israeli security forces decided to allow in jewish groups having said they would only do so if they assess the security situation is favorable. towards him or thought if the extreme right wing government in the state is supporti

on criticism of the majority african-american city of baltimore the homicide rate in baltimore is significantly higher than el salvador honduras guatemala i believe it's higher than afghanistan thousands of supporters have lined up for hours to attend the rally he's only seeing the tree and i don't know how that's racist to just say the place is trash and he's not racist at all he's just merely pointing out problems to be exist in our society and we're just going to have to correct trump pointed to the declining number of border arrests as a product of his hardline policies despite criticism of his administration's detention of children in squalid conditions trump lauded his crackdown at the border and the numbers are way down you see that way way down. democrat lawmakers care more about illegal aliens than they care about their own constituents they put forward citizens before american citizens we're not going to do that the last few days have seen the democratic presidential candidates in the spotlight back to back televised debates with trump attacking their performance polling shows democratic front runner joe biden leads trump by 8

in criticism of the majority african-american city of baltimore the homicide rate in baltimore is significantly higher than el salvador honduras guatemala i believe it's higher than afghanistan thousands of supporters have lined up for hours to attend the rally he's always saying the truth and i don't know how that's racist if to say a place is trash he's not racist at all he's just merely pointing out the problems that exist in our society and we're just going to have the correct trump pointed to the declining number of border arrests as a product of his hardline policies despite criticism of his ministrations detention of children in squalid conditions trump lauded his crackdown at the border and the numbers are way down you'll see that way way down.

guatemala. imagine the difficult position that puts this country in. add a cityuthern border, thousands who have been deported are stranded, unable to go south. don't have money. unable to go north. we have sound. take a listen. >> what do you think of everything that's happening with president trump and all of this. >> you know, i actually understand what the president is trying to do. >> what is it like to be deported? >> it's horrible. you're living a life, a different life. all of a sudden you end up being somewhere else where you don't know nothing. yeah. >> make no mistake, these are people who feel like foreigners in mexico, the trump doctrine of immigration is one that is completely void of my compassion, stephanie. >> all right. cal perrey, thank you very much. carlos carbelo, thank you for your insights. >>> the president speaking to reporters right now. we will have the sound as it comes in. you're watching msnbc. comes in you're watching msnbc. but we're also a cancer fighting, hiv controlling, joint replacing, and depression relieving company. from t

rains really expanding further on tools guatemala and also into much of the yucatan peninsula so $32.00 in cozumel we could get the thunderstorms 25 inmates go city similar sort of story even some rain showers in atlanta with a high there of 33. an estimated 100000 lives cruelly ended over a century ago. a distant past not to the descendants of the sultan. a tale of colonialism and racial supremacy unravels in the quest for justice and recognition of the sacrifices of tribal people to maybe. skulls of my people a witness documentary. welcome back you're watching the al-jazeera news hour with a reminder of our top news stories israel has been 2 prominent u.s. democratic congresswoman from entering the country because of what it describes as activities against israel. and. has planned to visit israel occupied. palestinian territories this week and. as president donald trump is holding his 9 make america great well again in new hampshire it's the 1st state that handed him a 2016 presidential primary victory hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside the rally. and an iranian oil tanker sealed off the coast of gibraltar by british marines has been cl

cities. the homicide rate in baltimore is significantly higher than el salvador, honduras, guatemala. i believe it's higher than -- give me a place that you think is pretty bad. give me a place. the guy says afghanistan. i believe it's higher than afghanistan. in our country, think of that. >> you know, there were a lot of protests, trump was sort of walking across the stage. sniffing, you know how he does. breathing it all in. willie, he sort of -- he had this thing down that he's actually amping up his on-stage performances. he actually reminded me -- you see the austin powers movies? >> yeah. >> did you see the austin powers movies? he reminded me at times of the fat bastard, it's a character. it's a character in austin powers. and he's sniffing and looking around -- thank you, thank you. i thought he was going to say, get into my stomach at one point. he's just really starting to take on this role of dear leader. you can see it last night more than usual. he's amping it up. he's amping his audiences up, amping up the racial attacks and the demagoguery. this is a guy -- he is as da

cities. the homicide rate in baltimore is significantly higher than el salvador, honduras, guatemala, yet democratsnd they have run it for many years want to spend hundreds of billions of dollars on illegal migrants instead of supporting their own struggling altecommunities. >> laura: the president highlighting, or course, the failed liberal policies that brought once great cities like baltimore to the brink. we also learned that congressman elijah cummings had his baltimore home robbed just hours before the president's criticism last weekend. here to discuss all this, cornel west, professor of philosophy at harvard university and niger ennis, national spokesperson for the congress of racial equality. niger, start withy you. we hope the burglary of a congressman's home wasn't too serious, but there is kind of a a sad irony to this, isn't there? >> yes. the deputy police chief of baltimore was mugged. it is an outrage. i think brother west and i and you would agree onle this. one-party rule in any country any state, any city, be it from the left or from the right is unhealthy. baltimore has been und

cities. the homicide rate in baltimore is significantly higher than el salvador, honduras, guatemala. i believe it's higher than, give me a place that you think is pretty bad. give me a place. the guy says, afghanistan. i believe it's higher than afghanistan. in our country. think of that. >> now, you've argued that the media shouldn't get caught up in these comments. the root of the problem is a lot deeper than that. what is your argument here? >> well, look, on the one hand, you could go to baltimore right now, go to southern baptist church and he will tell you far before trump made these statements, he was concerned about baltimore. he is in the hood. he is in the midst of the inner city there. there are devastating consequences to our neglect and abandonment there in baltimore. not using the city offense predicament to bring judgment to himself and his lack of, you know, political will to change it. that is the president. he is using it to beat up on elijah cummings and using l.a., he is using these examples not to further the discourse but undermine it. to see donald trump as the