. >> do we need more hatians? and then he went on when he started to describe the immigration from africa calling the nations they come from shitholes. >> president trump, haiti is not what he called it. >> we should hear from some of the republican house members who were in that oval office meeting. >> how many times are you going to be required to go up and say no, i don't agree with what the president said and move on to the next question. >> every time. >> but if it's every day, no, i don't think every time. >> did it make you say maybe i'm not going to vote for donald trump. >> crude, but i can live with it. >> this is "new day" weekend with victor blackwell and christie paul. >> we are always so grateful to have your company. welcome. we want to talk about this morning the global backlash against president trump here. world leaders, organizations, slamming his comments as quote, racist, shameful and outrageous. the african union is demanding an apology from the president after he reportedly asked why the u.s

sources tell cnn when the sources turned to hatians the president asked why do we want more hatians and african americans in the u.s.? the president's comments shocked lawmakers who were there. the hatian government discussed some of the president's remarks. >>> if you're expecting a response to the controversy from the white house it may not be today. there is no briefing on the schedule before the president leaves formar-a-lago. >> king's daughter bernice has since weighed in with tweet. only in a country still haunted by white supremacy and hounded by racism would a sitting president feel comfortable degrading africa and haiti while praising norway. don't pretend as though mechanic hasn't been racist. >> the president told aides he thought the media was blowing his comment out of proportion. a white house official tells cnn is that story may enrage washington, but will likely resonate with trump's base. for more, let's go to sarah murray at the white house. >> reporter: good morning, dave and christine. president setting off a fire storm on thursday when in a private meeting with law

have been here for very, very long time, hatians give their blood foreign dependence of this country here, in that sense, and we continue to crib greatly, you have haitian university president z, who are nurse is, cabbies, so for the. contributors to this society. i'm making a plea to him, request to him, to company him personally, in our communities, in miami, in boston, even in the area here, he doesn't have to travel very far to actually get a sense of who we are as a community, the long relationship that has existed between the people of the united states and haiti over the years. >> so i ask him, did he think that the president owed the haitian people or the american people apology. he said yes. but more importantly to the american people. he said the haitian people have received overwhelming response from americans through emails and calls over to the embassy, apologizing for the alleged statements. >> it seems like this is another instance of one headline over shadowing other actual more substantive issues, let's take closer look, how it could impact his presidency moving forw

. >> hatians have been very, very long time. hatians lost a life, give their blood foreign dependence, and we continue to crib greatly, you have haitian who are university presidents, college professors, who are nurses, who are cabbies and so for the. so we've been great contributors to this society here and more importantly the two people we've been working jointly over the years, working as neighbors, as partners, so quite surprising and disappointing to hear that such statements were allegedly made by one of the most important men in the world. >> the ambassador was also disappointed when story is dominating the headlines on what's the eighth anniversa ry of the earthquake that devastated haiti and killed more than 300,000 people and left 2 million homeless. >> it is regretable that actually i'm here with you discussing some statements that were made that were detrimental, quite not good for the people of haiti, even the people of the united states, rather than talking about the challenges haiti has faced more importantly the

the hatian government summoned the top u.s. diplomat there to discuss the president's remarks. >>> if you are expecting an on camera response from the white house it may not be today. there is no briefing on the schedule before the president leaves to spend the weekend at mar-a-lago. we're told the news about the president's remarks broke just as he was recording a video message for martin luther king day. >> perhaps a touch of irony there. king's daughter bernice weigh in with this tweet. only in a country hounded by race uchl would a sitting president feel comfortable degrading halfry africa and pra norway. >>> administration sources say the president told his aides he thought the media was blowing his comment out of proportion. a white house official tells cnn the view there is that this story may enrage washington, but will likely resonate with trump's base. for more, let's go to cnn's sarah murray at the white house. >> reporter: good morning. president trump setting off a fire storm on thursday when in a private meeting w

. >> do we need more hatians? and then he went on and he started to describe the immigration from africa calling the nations they come from shitholes. >> president trump, haiti is not what he called it. >> we should hear from some of the republican house members who were in that oval office. >> this is "new day" weekend with victor blackwell and christie paul. >> it is the beginning of martin luther king jr. weekend. dedicated to justice, equal rights, opportunity for many but the president of the united states is facing growing international backlash for comments that a racist. >> the african union is demanding an an polg after he reportedly said he did not need more immigrants from quote, shithole countries. and democrats are now leading an effort to officially censure the president. all of this as the president spends the weekend at his resort. >> we're going to start with abb abbey phillip in washington. the president now has gone to his beach resort but washington still reeling after these comments on thursda

but they talk it down over his vulgar comments about hatians, salvadoreans and south africans. >>> membersf a boat. >>d

you are hatian american, what's your reaction to the way the story has developed over the weekend to is now. >> what i can tell you is donald trump is a boarish brag get racist. that is a fact, the truth. we have a long laundry list of things he's done in the '70s with racism that he did against black people, and in the '90s with the central park five, in 2011, with birtherism. and most recently with mexicans being called rapists, the muslim ban. and it's not surprising he's lying. he lies all the time. there's a report that came out today that says he has lied or misled over 2,000 times since he took office, since he took the white house. so it is not surprising. one thing i want to make the comparison to, who do you believe, dick durbin, who's trying to save kids, keep kids here, or do you believe a racist who lies constantly? >> jonathan, i want to look at what jeff flake had to say about this, because he's indicating that he and other senators shortly after the meeting heard a version of this that was the dick durbin version. let's listen to this. >> i was in a meeting directly a

ostly first generation, a lot of hatians and cape verdians. people, i have no issue with them. what i do have an issue with is system is broken and you know why it is broken, gentlemen? host: tell us, tom. caller: we have too many illegals in the country, what is not to understand? we had a policy last 30 years, eally started with jimmy carter, where you, you know what, come in the country to gally, we're not going enforce immigration laws, okay. so no, i'm sorry, i support this president, i belong to a labor union for 35 years. for democratic president, but this guy was ears. to my host: mr. johnson? problem agree we have a with undocumented immigration, we have too much undocumented immigration. unitedtion coming to the states should be legal. the problem is that we have an immigration system that has the sand in d in terms of the economic and labor force realities of today. truth is that we do have a lot of jobs growing in the high spectrum and lls have a lot of gaps at the low end of the skills spectrum in labor market. that is not an insult to u.s. workers. of workers are

. >> do we need more hatians?d then he went on and he started to describe the immigration from africa calling the nations they come from shitholes. >> president trump, haiti is not what he called it. >> we should hear from some o

miami to address the community, so we're inviting him back to come and discover the communities where hatianse. come to boston, mr. president. come to miami, mr. president, and discover the resiliency and discover exactly what this community of haitians are doing and the immigrants as well. we hope he will take the time to see the contribution as a community we continue to provide here in this country. >> woodruff: do you believe the president owes your country an apology? >> if something were said, just if i were to come and step on your foot accidentally, it's just good manners. again, we don't want to keep this conversation as to who said what. something was said in the name of haiti that we find regretful and unfortunate because this fits into greater narrative of a government we're trying to address, too much stigmas and stereotype about the country of haiti. so we hope this is a new beginning of a new conversation about the country of haiti and its people. >> woodruff: we were talking about your own personal experience. you came to the united states as a teenager. >> yes. >> woodruff: y

it is alleged president trump questioned why the us would admit hatians or people from countries in africaay. majority whi one lawmaker democratic senator dick did your inch of illinois who attended the oval office meeting confirming mr. trust used the foul language. he says president trump said things that were hate filled and racist. >> that's when he used vial and vulgar comments calling the nations they come from (beep) exact word used by the president, not once, but repeatedly. >> now, two republican senators david purdue of georgia and tom cotton of arkansas said in a statement we do not recall the president saying this comments specifically. the president in a flurry of tweets and the white house continue to deny the exact wording, but concede there was tough language used. still, even some within the president's own party are trying to be careful as republicans, democrats, still trying to broke area deal on daca, civil rights leader jessie jackson also weighing in. >> first thing that came to my minds was very unfortunate, unhelpful. >> little problem with that sound bite, but you

. >> hatians followed the rules, too. people who came here under tps, they followed the rules too, my brother. that's how they got here. >> it was a temporary solutions. and now what the president is saying is let's have a comprehensive immigration strategy. >> he could have said that. he didn't. he said, hey, why are you making this deal offer to me right now that if we want to do daca, you have to have the tps people in here? why do we have to have people from these lousy countries? why can't we have more people from norway? that is about wanting special type of people. >> isn't that what was said in 1965? >> he doesn't want theeopl who are from those places, corry, just own it? >> didn't the liberal line of the senate, ted kennedy, say the exact same thing in 1965? are you accusing him of being racist. >> what did he say? >> he said, this is going to preclude people from western europe from coming in and we're going to get people from africa and other countries that aren't from western europe and they're going to overr

but they talk it down over his vulgar comments about hatians, salvadoreans and south africans. >>> members jump off a boat. >>> and a turkish airliner plungings over a cliff after skidding off a runway. we'll show you everyone survives. >> plus cbs health reveals first on "cbs this morning" how it will alert customers to digitally altered photos in beauty ads. >>> but we begin this morning with today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >>> a missile may impact on land or sea within minutes. this is not a drill. >> i was totally freaking out. >> i thought, oh, my god, this is it. >> the fcc investigates the false missile alert. >> it caused a panic attack. >> i take responsibility for it. >> this is unacceptable. it has to be fixed and people need to be held accountable. >> do you think president trump is a racist? >> i'm thinking he is a racist. >> i did not hear a derogatory comment about individuals. >> i am the least racist person you have ever interviewed, that i can tell you. >> a casino boat erupts in flames just off florida's gulf coast. everyone made it safely ashore. >> if t

ostly first generation, a lot of hatians and cape verdians. people, i have no issue with them.i do have an issue with is system is broken and you know why it is broken, gentlemen? host: tell us, tom. caller: we have too many illegals in the country, what is not to understand? we had a policy last 30 years, eally started with jimmy carter, where you, you know what, come in the country to gally, we're not going enforce immigration laws, okay. so no, i'm sorry, i support this president, i belong to a labor union for 35 years. for democratic president, but this guy was ears. to my host: mr. johnson? problem agree we have a with undocumented immigration, we have too much undocumented immigration. unitedtion coming to the states should be legal. the problem is that we have an immigration system that has the sand in d in terms of the economic and labor force realities of today. truth is that we do have a lot of jobs growing in the high spectrum and lls have a lot of gaps at the low end of the skills spectrum in labor market. that is not an insult to u.s. workers. of workers are moving