let's rip on immigration and the profanity laced comment he is reported to have insulted haiti el salvador and several african countries. and thousands rally in pakistan to protest against the grain and murder of an eight year old girl they demand to know why police force is so slow to react to the child abduction. plus scaling new heights we need an incredible rock climber from hong kong who is determined to fulfill his dream despite losing the use of his legs. i'm sorry kelly thanks so much for joining us german political leaders have been negotiating throughout the night here in berlin trying to see if there is enough common ground to enter formal coalition talks thursday was the last day of exploratory talks but no one. has yet emerged from the chancellor angela merkel has been heading a caretaker government since the national election more than one hundred days ago she and her conservatives are in talks with the social democrats led by martin schultz to form a new government as the talks began yesterday merkel was cautious about the outcome of a list of us. or can often there are stil

the united states where president donald trump has come under fire after reportedly insulting haiti salvador and several african nations in a in an outburst trump is said to have asked why are why are we having all these people from blank countries come here well according to the washington post newspaper the president became frustrated during talks on immigration lawmakers are trying to put together a reform package that includes protection for the children of undocumented migrants and given them almost daily controversy around trump some critics have asked is he fit to be the u.s. president all term is due to undergo an annual medical check later today as allegations over his physical and mental health abound to well the white house says the results of the health check will be made public has more slurred words at the end of a major speech in december the united church thank you very much fueled a flurry of speculation about donald trump's health. trumps the oldest person to become president in american history he was seventy when he was sworn into office he doesn't drink or smoke but he m

insulting language to attack legal protections for immigrants from african countries, as well as haiti and el salvador. more violent protests in pakistan over the rape and murder of a six—year—old girl, and the 12 similar murders over the past two years. the new york times was barred from publishing any more classified documents dealing with the vietnam war. and steven spielberg speaks to us about his new film, the current climate in hollywood, and donald trump. rescuers are using helicopters, search dogs and thermal imaging equipment to try to find eight people missing in california since the devastating mudslides on tuesday. 17 people are known to have died when a torrent of mud carrying boulders the size of cars smashed through the town of montecito. at least 500 homes have been damaged or destroyed. james cook reports. turn around! the flash—flood's right there, the flash—flood's right there! get out of here, go! this was the moment it began. oh, my god, mom! and then panic. close the door! it was a million miles an hour, in slow motion, if that makes sense. i clicked into survival gear, survival

approves visas but in a private meeting a proposal to restore protections to immigrants from haiti el salvador and certain african countries who were until recently protected from deportation reportedly prompted the president to question why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here. he then suggested that the united states should instead bring more people from countries like norway whose prime minister he met on wednesday that's the races the women norwegians are white they're northern europeans he was referring earlier in his vulgar comment to africans and haitians who are mostly of african descent this is these are racist comments who said things like this before when he talked about nigerians who won't go back to live in huts and he talked about the haitians who bring aids to the united states these are all confirmations of war a lot of people have long suspected that he harbors racism republican representative mia love a haitian american responded on twitter saying the president's comments are unkind divisive elitist and fly in the face of our nation's values this b

part of a series of early morning tweets donald trump denied media reports that he had called haiti el salvador and african countries shitholes during a meeting with senators on immigration but he did admit the language used was tough he also denied saying anything derogatory about haitians other than haiti is obviously a very poor and troubled country we've got time to do but democratic senator dick durbin present at the meeting says the president did say it and called trump's words vile and racist hate filled with which it is said there were people in the statements made by the president have caused international outrage prompting reaction from the spokesman of the high commissioner of the united nations these shocking and shameful comments from the president united states. i'm sorry but there's no other work around can use. the reaction from african countries was equally strong i've never been to the guy but. he's not going to expected from some would yield is neutral going to from drugs. standard procedure back in the united states members of the president's own republican party are also di

that he had called haiti el salvador and african countries shitholes during a meeting with senators on immigration but he did admit the language he used was tough he also denied saying anything derogatory about haitians other than haiti is obviously a very poor and troubled country if more were here to standing beside the president in the oval office was dr martin luther king jr's nephew later he told al-jazeera he believes trump has much to learn about tolerance but is not hateful i honestly don't think the president is a racist i think he's racially uninformed we've got time to put democratic senator dick durbin was at thursday's white house meeting and says trump made the controversy all comments words he calls vile and racist. hate filled for which it is said there were people. traps comments have stung many in the country including the tens of thousands of haitians who came to the united states after the devastating twenty ten earthquake it was kind of disturbing you know it was hurtful to my community. my current members of the president's own republican party have distanced them

slightly different matter than the dreamer issue in recent months, when it comes to haiti, when it comes to el salvador, the trump administration has been removing the temporary protection status for migrants coming from various countries, people have been coming from haiti as a result of natural disasters in that country over the last several years and also from el salvador, the administration removed that tps, that status from the countries. that came up in the context of that conversation and apparently, according to to the washington post, that is when the president made that remark. and so, obviously, you know, that kind of language is just going to cause damage over here at the white house with an issue that is already been one that has been very difficult for this president. we should also note, wolf, we have gone back to the white house. we have asked the white house whether or not the president actually made these remarks. they have not commented. they have not gotten back to us that the point, yet. >> really stunning with stunning indeed, and the wall street journal interview stunning as well

the support of president donald trump according to several reports the president referred to haiti el salvador and african countries as quote shitholes during the discussions christian salumi has more days after president called on lawmakers to find a compromise on immigration reforms a small bipartisan group of six senators say they've done just that the agreement was expected to include funding for border security protections for undocumented immigrants brought to the u.s. as children and changes to the way the state department approves of these sites but in a private meeting a proposal to restore protections to immigrants from he salvador and certain african countries who were until recently protected from deportation reportedly prompted the president to question why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here. he then suggested that the united states should instead bring more people from countries like norway whose prime minister he met on wednesday that's the racist element norwegians are white their northern europeans he was referring to earlier in his vulgar comment

so it doesn't matter if they're from nigeria, haiti, el salvador. >> i get your point.t does seem to matter to the president. ana, go ahead. >> listen, the reason that this country is great and the reason people want to come here is because this country has been built decade afterdeck aid from the very start by people fleeing political persecution, by people fleeing shut holes. they came from shitholes in africa and shackled from the bowels of a ship and whipped and beaten and auctioned like property. a lot of them are buried in arlington. maybe when he was busy dodging the draft to vietnam, instead of talking about shitholes and be a public shameless racist should take a walk outside the white house and see the names imprinted on the wall and see how many people come from shitholes. that is who built this country. that is who today is working just steps away from where i am. they are working at the gaudy gold la may hotels. it is is way my congresswoman, republican congresswoman, ileana ros-lehtinen said he is a racist. even rick scott, his mini me, distanced himself f

the president targeted people from haiti, el salvador, and africa. hena doba is here in new york with the details. hena, good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. president trump's dismissal of haiti with that vulgar expression has create anger from both sides of the aisle and around the world. the president suggested instead the u.s. should allow more entrants from countries like norway. after coming under fire for some racially charged comments he reportedly made immigrants, writing in part it's my duty to protect the lives and safety of all americans. we must build a great wall. the president's comment came on a meeting. he used an expletive to refer to afri africa, haiti, annals el salvador, saying, quote, why are we having all these blank countries coming here. his prime minister he met with on wednesday. they condemned mr. trump's remarks. >> the statements of the president are reprehensible, racist. >> several lawmakers took to twitter. senator orrin hatch wrote in part i look forward to getting a more detailed explanation regarding the presid

el e alboroto con las declaraciones del presidente trump insultando a va a varios paÍses de haiti y el salvadorntas de los periodistas no tuvieron respuesta y trump se fue sin decir nada el evento era recuerdo de martÍn luther king jr., dicen que los demÓcratas invitaron todo y uno de los asistentes a la reuniÓn insiste que usÓ esas palabras y ademÁs varias veces, julio vaqueiro tiene el informe. >>> el presidente solo quiere inmigrantes blancos dicen aquÍ es un racista agregan y haitÍ no es como lo describe donald trump el presidente insultÓ a haitÍ el salvador y algunas naciones africanas >>> es inaceptable escuchar esas declaracioness insultantess y despectivas >>> hoy en su cuenta de twitter una vaga declaraciÓn. el lenguaje usado por mÍ no fue ese. >>> momento saliÓ al frente el senador por illinois dick presente en la reuniÓn el presidente dijo sÍ hizo esa referencia llena de odio >>> sus comentarios fueron desafortunados dijo paul ryan presidente de la cÁmara de representantes. la polÉmica llega en medio de las negoc negociaciones entre a partidos y la casa blanca para salvar a 800 mil d

president asked in the ninety years derogatory language to describe countries like haiti el salvador and parts of africa it's a ledge donald made the comments during a white house meeting on draft immigration legislation but the claims have already drawn outrage from around the world including from the united nations who put call vill from the u.n. human rights office says if true the president's remarks were nothing but racist these shocking shameful comments from the president of the united states sorry but there's no other work on can use but racist you cannot dismiss the entire countries and continents shitholes whose entire populations who are not white. formal welcome. well we think being gaining reaction in some of the countries at large they refer to what they're saying with. this that means that he's a president who's destabilizing a president of all the words who is unacceptable in the name of the haitian people we as part of a patriotic emergency that is a party for real change in haiti we demand that donald trump apologize before the entire african continent as well as be

have made during an oval office meeting they speaking about protections for immigrants from haiti el salvador and african countries he said this is a quote by are we having people coming from shithole countries coming here person salome has more from new york. well the comments were made in a private meeting with the senators to discuss compromise legislation on immigration reform two days after the president held this bipartisan congressional meeting calling on women lawmakers to do just that come up with a compromise on immigration and not only did he make disparaging comments about these countries he went on to ask why the united states didn't get more people coming from places like norway this was one day after he met with the prime minister of norway so he was responding specifically to a proposal by senators to restore some protections to immigrants from these countries haiti el salvador and some african nations demonstrators in tunisia have burned down a security base near the algerian border apollo's days of violent protest against planned price and tax hikes more than three hundred t

and donald trump has also come under fire after reportedly insulting haiti al salvador and several african nations in a foul mouthed outburst trump is said to have asked why are we having all these people from s. whole country is coming here according to the washington post newspaper the president became frustrated during talks on immigration lawmakers are trying to put together a reform package that includes protection for the children of undocumented migrants . now given the almost daily controversy around trump some critics have asked is he fit to be u.s. president trump is due to undergo an annual medical check later today as allegations over his physical and mental health abound the white house says that the results of the health check will be made public has more. slurred words at the end of a major speech in december the united church thank you very much fueled a flurry of speculation about donald trump's health. trumps the oldest person to become president in american history he was seventy when he was sworn into office he doesn't drink or smoke but he makes no secret of his love f

president reportedly bristled at it because he said it would allow in countries in africa el salvador in haiti and he described those as undesirable countries although he used a far more explosive expletive to describe those places now the question is is he in fact a racist because in that conversation he said he would rather take in people from countries like norway which are majority white well years of the president had to say about that. thank you believe. me this isn't just a question being bandied about whether or not president donald trump is racist this has an actual impact the republicans need to pass a budget their charge of the house and the senate and funding for the government runs out this coming friday if they can't pass something well then they'll face a partial government shutdown democrats have unique leverage because they need their votes in order to keep the government going so there are democrats who are saying they're simply not going to vote for it in less they get some sort of immigration deal they see this as their point of leverage and they plan to use it so right now

president is reported to have insulted haiti el salvador and several african countries and scaling new heights we need an incredible rock climber from hong kong who has. been determined to fulfill his dream to despite losing the use of his legs . i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program and thank you for joining us we begin here in berlin where german political leaders are reported to have reached a breakthrough in pre-columbian talks chancellor angela merkel's conservatives and the social democrats led by martin schultz negotiated throughout the night to find the common ground needed to enter formal coalition talks now merkel has been heading a caretaker government since the national election more than one hundred days ago she and her conservatives have been in exploratory talks with the social democrats since sunday for more let's bring in our political correspondent rupert vietor volves who is standing by at the social democrats headquarters where the talks are taking place and rupert i'm looking at the scene there behind you it is quite different from the scene that we saw about an h

language to describe african countries haiti and el salvador. attracting condemnation. hundreds of people have protested. seven years since the revolution that spock's the arab spring but as. many of the issues that brought people to the streets then are still problems today. a day of national unity into his year people from all walks of life conversion here on happy bookkeeper square to commemorate the two thousand and eleven pro-democracy movement that brought the end of president. and his government and spread across the arab world the event comes at a time of uncertainty there have been protests nationwide in response to austerity measures recently implemented by the government many here say those measures we not improve the lives of the poor and could make things worse. the party is celebrating here today don't represent us the youth for them the revolution was just a pretext to get power but it's still the old elite that governors. things got better after the revolution it's true we've got poverty and unemployment but that's something we'll fix one day but i want

meanwhile president trump has denied using vulgar language to describe haiti el salvador and several african nations is reported to have made the remarks that it is during a meeting on immigration at the white house mr trump has admitted to using tough words but not the ones that have been attributed to him a number of african and haitian politicians have denounced the comments is racist. sometimes the presidents share dealing is unwittingly troublesome on friday he made an appearance with the nephew of martin luther king jr in honor of the famous american civil rights campaigner just as accusations of racism were being hurled at him from around the world at a meeting of republican and democrat senators on thursday the president is alleged to have said. why are we having all these people from s. dot dot dot a whole country's come here. this was trump's alleged angry reaction to a compromise proposed by senators on immigration reform they are willing to restrict the so-called green card lottery but want to retain limited protected status for people from el salvador haiti and certain c

president donald trump a racist reportedly use a swear word to describe haiti el salvador and african nations during a meeting on immigration his knowledge deny denying using the excuse that the united nations says it's concerned about the number of arrests during anti-government protests in tunisia more than seven hundred seventy people have been detained in the past week demonstrators are angry at plans to raise taxes and the price of basic goods and the european union is welcoming progress made in germany to form a coalition government after months of uncertainty chance that i'm going to merkel and the social democrats martin short have agreed to move forward with formal negotiations. more now on our top story and present our times reported use of a vulgar term for african nations and haiti joining us now is a calander who is the african union spokeswoman she is via skype from addis ababa in ethiopia thank you very much for speaking to us the president now denies using derogatory language what is the afghan union's reaction when we happy that he's reacted. because if the comments i

outrage thursday over a racist comment in which he said the u.s. should limit immigration from haiti, el salvador, and african nations in favor of immigrants from countries like norway. trump made the remarks during a meeting with congressional leaders amid discussions over the trump said, why are we having all these people from [bleep] countries come here?" trump's latest remarks come just after his administration announced it is ending temporary protected status for up to 250,000 salvadorans who have been living in u.s. since at least 2001. last year, the trump administration announced it is also ending temporary protected status for tens of thousands of haitians, nicaraguans, and sudanese immigrants living in the united states. this is haitian grassroots activist rene civil. >> donald trump is more than just a cancer on the world and not just drop the world, but particularly for the american people. he is a president destabilizing, a president of vulgar words who is unacceptable. amy: trump's remarks prompted "the new york daily news" to publish a banner headline on the front page featuring tr

calling countrieies like haiti,l salvador, and the continent of africa s-holes.anwhile, trump himself denies being a racist, claiming on sunday that he is "the least racist person." pres. trump: no. no, i'm not a racist. i'm the least racist person you have ever interviewed. that i can tell you. amy: that was president trump speaking to reporters on sunday. yet, over the last year, trump has repeatedly faced national and international condemnation over his comments and actions. trump has tried several times to ban citizens of some majority-muslim nations from entering the u.s., executive orders that many called muslim bans. the president refused to condemn the deadly white supremacist violence in charlottesville, virginia in august in which ku klux klan members and other far-right extremists attacked anti-racist counteter protester, killing 32-year-old heather heyer. instead, trump blalamed both sis for ththe attacks and claimemed there were "very f fine people" among the white nationalists. trump has repeatedly attacked african american nfl players who take the

after hearing about an immigration plan that includes protections for people from haiti, el salvador and some african countries trump reportedly said why are we having all of these people from expletive countries come here? the white house is not denying his profane remarks. >> the question he asked was very rhetorical. why are we taking people from countries that produce high instances of illness and violence. >> chairman of the hispanic republicans says it was just president trump showing his new york upbringing. >> would i use that terminology, no, but i'm not the president. >> the bay area action committee says there's no i couldn't have indication for his attack. >> we think it's disgusting what he said, it's a reflection of his mind-set, his racism and his white supremacy. >> congressman mark desaulnier is weighing in. >> it's loathsome. i'm not a supporter of the president. i'm not a fan. >> trump's twitter account has been silent about the subject although many others including dianne feinstein used media to denounce his words calling the comments disgusting. some people want

he was talking about immigrants haiti, el salvador, and other african countries. he said he would like to see more immigrants from countries such as norway. all of this putting in jeopay reforming daca. the president also reiterating the need for a border wall. many lawmakers taking to twitter, reviving charges the twit -- reviving charges the president is a racist. the white house did not deny his comments, saying the president supports immigration policies, but welcomes immigrants who can contribute to our society. reporting live, suzanne kennedy, good morning washington. and diplomatsers playing defense. many denouncing the president's message. reaction is swift from lawmakers, using strong words. let's look. in aor marco rubio, decide who we allowed to what countryed on they are coming from. he is one of many talking. , sheis chelsea clinton says immigrants from el salvador, haiti, and the countries in africa likely helped build your building. they have certainly helped build our country. tim kaine said all haitians have aids. nigerians live in cuts. this is w

questioning why the united states should accept immigrants from places like haiti, el salvador and africad suggested, instead, the u.s. give preference to immigrants from places like norway. the remarks were criticized by many members of congress. the un human rights office and the government of haiti as well. >>> 40 u.s.

after hearing about an immigration plan that includes protections for people from haiti, el salvador and some african countries trump reportedly said why are we having all of these people from expletive countries come here? the white house is not denying his profane remarks. >> the question he asked was very rhetorical. why are we taking people from countries that produce high instances of illness and violence. >> chairman of the hispanic republicans says it was just president trump showing his new york upbringing. >> would i use that terminology, no, but i'm not the president. >> the bay area action committee says there's no i couldn't have indication for his attack. >> we think it's disgusting what he said, it's a reflection of his mind-set, his racism and his white supremacy. >> congressman mark desaulnier is weighing in. >> it's loathsome. i'm not a supporter of the president. i'm not a fan. >> trump's twitter account has been silent about the subject although many others including dianne feinstein used media to denounce his words calling the comments disgusting. some people want

there has been reaction from african nations, also highlighted, el salvador, and the un to remarks made also haiti donald trump in the oval office in front of senators and a bipartisan meeting where he apparently talked about african countries and haiti being shithole countries. we are joined from nashville by dr arikana chihombori-ouao, the african union's ambassador to the united states. i wonder what the african union's response has been to the office of the president. i know you said he has been racist. but what is the next step to deal with this? as the african union we were quite appalled. infuriated, outraged by the comments. for a country like the united states, which is a valued partner for the africans, this was quite a shock. president trump appeared to say today that fewer immigrants from africa, more immigrants from norway. do you think president trump's statements have been racist? his words will speak for themselves and for himself. what i can say unequivocally is that our contributions to the united states, as africans who came electively, and as africans who came in shackles, and

. >> president trump is once again denying he used an expletive to describe people of haiti, el salvador, and south africa. and he's facing charges of racism. >> i'm not a racist. i'm the least racist. >> those in the room during the immigration meeting in the oval office where president trump allegedly made the comments have differing accounts of what was said, but lawmakers from both parties are concerned the controversy could compromise the by par san plans. >> i hope they come together not to fight politics but to come up with a solution to address this challenge before us. >> several democrats say without a plan in place on daca to protect immigrants brought to the u.s. as minors, they won't vote for a budget deal. the deadline is friday. that's when the government would run out of money to operate and could shut down. >> i for one will not vote for government funding until we get a deal on daca. >> president trump is blaming the other side of the aisle for the collapse of negotiations on immigration reform, tweeting, do ka is probably dead because the democrats don't really want it

president trump faces blistering criticism for using a vulgar expletive to describe haiti, el salvadorcan nations. this morning, he says, quote, this was not the language used. plus, the president also cancels a planned trip to london that would have likely faced huge protests. >> a powerful new storm builds snow and ice to tens of millions in the west and parts of the east. in california, mudslide survivors tell their stories while searchers keep searching for missing people.

achieved great results and us president donald trump said hold water after reportedly insulting haiti el salvador and several african nations around the world the story of the wife. giving rose has ever spoke personally. grocery store. now nearly four months after germany's general election political leaders have finally agreed to enter formal coalition negotiations and social democratic leader martin shields announced a breakthrough aftermath an old night talks here in berlin bringing the country a step closer to a new government but it doesn't mean the deal is done political leaders now have to convince their parties to give the green light to formal coalition negotiations. it was a long time coming including a twenty four hour marathon session last night now there's an agreement on paper but with some rough edges the three parties are working from very different platforms and promises to constituents tired but proud the three party has announced a successful outcome and some compromises they say they can imagine working together in a grand coalition. i think this document is a result of some g

president donald trump has disputed reports that he used a vulgar language to insult haiti el salvador and several african nations multiple witnesses say the president asked lawmakers and advisors why are we having all these people from various countries come here before going on to suggest that the u.s. should accept the immigrants from places like norway instead mr trump tweeted that he didn't use the words reported but admitted that his language had been tough. for her with a database washing cars one and cost and found number one catherine wander in kenya's capital nairobi catherine told me about the push for. well the african union has made it clear that they are condemning this statement saying that they're actually surprised by it and they were very keen to remind president donald trump that the u.s. economy was actually aided by you know immigrants from africa who had taken here for as slaves to work in the fields and in america so that was this strong statement that came from the african union but we also have the president of botswana who said you know that he's equally appal

house, republics in congress pressure to provide some sort of relief forfr the people from haiti, el salvador and some of those african nations that event shut out from the temporary protected status program. the present administration, trumpp administration has eliminated temporary protected status for haiti, for el salvador, nicaragua and for sudan so far and they still may cut off protections for more countries. maybe they feel some pressure to reinstate those in some way or to protect people fromop those countries in some way but when we talk about the overall bill to protect dreamers, deferred action for childhood program he ended months ago at how much has changed or he justw came back n twitter this morning blasting democrats what he called the terrible proposal that the pitch to him yesterday during the meeting. i don't know how much this moves the needle. we're going to be talking about in the be a lot of anger at the president over this comment but i don't know if he changes the sort of inner workings of that negotiation process. >> host: phone numbers on the bottom of the screen fo

>>> democrats introduced a resolution to censure the president over his vulgar comment about haiti el salvador and african countries.>> the president did not respond to questions but to lawmakers who were at the oval office meeting confirmed he did use the profanity. democratic senator dick durbin said he used vulgar language repeatedly. two republicans in the meeting say they don't recall what language the president use. today house speaker paul ryan had this reaction.>> i read those comments last night. first thing that came to mind was very unfortunate and unhelpful.>> after the speaker made the comments open congressman properly responded saying no speaker ryan it is more than unfortunate it is racist. you need to support a vote to censure the president. >>> immigrants and those who support them in the bay area are outraged by the comments. a local el salvador ian woman said she is infuriated. >> reporter: millie known as the problem solver or the mother teresa of san francisco city hall dedicated 30 years of her life to public service.>> i love this country very much.>> reporter: is 78-ye