ilhan omar aoc want to take that away from us. that's why it's so important that we have someone in congress like me, a conservative counter punch to them to be able to fight fire with fire. jedediah: now, of course, several key issues that are important in the country right now, the economy being key. so, you have five other primary candidates that you have to kind of beat before you can get to charlie crist who we know, you know, basically every day stands for something different depending on what the public wants to hear. so what makes you different from those other primary candidates? why should people say well this candidate really gets what's going on in the country and is going to help me in my situation? >> sure. well, i think it's important to understand that we need to have a congress that is controlled by republicans. i think what people have seen is they are tired of nancy pelosi having the gavel. they are tired of the constant going after our president, the impeachment, the investigation. and they want to see someone

the dummies there are almost as angry as ilhan omar was.atched jeb bush's former flak to talk to the rest of us about smear campaigns. >> mike flynn's lawyers have been engaged in a smear campaign very, very similar come up out of the same playbook, from the same fbi leader. >> the idea that they could do this, this is the collapse of the justice department. this is apolitical and incredibly destructive thing. >> it's not good for morale and is not a fair outcome in this case. >> today with seeing the political corruption of the justice system that mike flynn has long been calling for. the justice department have nothing to do with it. >> this is an absolute injusti injustice. >> tucker: so what exactly are these people saying? they suggested their goal was to "get him to lie so we can prosecute him or get him fired. it's not speculation, the fbi wrote that down on paper. flynn faced a maximum of five years in prison. our people really arguing that his prosecution was a legitimate? are they really arguing they should be behind bars? would h

the dummies there were almost as angry as ilhan omar was.atch jeb bush's former flak take a break from sucking up to harvey weinstein like noah oppenheimer to talk about smear campaigns. >> mike flynn's lawyers have been engaged in a smear campaign very similar torn out of the same playbook as the smear campaign donald trump rank, against the same fbi leaders. speak with the idea that the sajustice department could do this, you called it stunning. it's past stunning. this is the collapse of the justice department. this is a political and incredibly destructive thing. >> it's not good for the rule of law. it's not good for morale, and not a fair outcome in this case. >> today, though political corruption, and michael flynn has long been calling for a period of the justice department had nothing to do with it. it's just the white house 100%. >> the fix is in, this is an injustice. t >> so what exactly are these people saying? what argument are they really making? mike flynn was set up by corrupt law enforcement officials and suggested their go

minnesota congresswoman ilhan omar joins us next. [music] [music] especially in times like these, strong public schools make a better california for all of us. >>> let's turn back to the turmoil in minnesota, with the breaking news overnight. with us now on the phone is congresswoman ilhan omar, whose district includes minneapolis. she's out with a brand new memoir titled requests this is what america looks like, my journey from refugee to congresswoman." great to have with you us. thank you for joining us. this was the second night in a row of protests and obviously tensions remain high. are you bracing for more of those scenes today, and how does this deescalate from here? >> thank you so much for having me. we're really, you know, heartbroken just watching our city set ablaze, quite horrifying for many to think of the death of george floyd, another innocent man murdered by the police in our community. there is extreme frustration that we keep finding ourselves in this position, as a city, and you know, anger really is boiling over

congresswoman ilhan omar, we appreciate you joining us. stay safe. your community, man, literally is just in chaos, as are other cities around the country. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> we're going to get to some of the other scenes happening around the country. what you're looking at now is new york city. this is i'm told a nypd cruiser that is on fire. is this in times square? do we know exactly where it is? it is in union square. i want to get now to -- what you're hearing is our correspondent shimon prokupecz who is in new york city. what is happening? >> reporter: people have been gathered here protesting all day, and into the night here now. we were over here coming to a bank. there's a bank that's behind our shop here. windows were destroyed, broken out, and as that was going on, we looked over to this side. and there you see -- that's actually a police van, a police van that is on fire, and there are no fire trucks. a fire truck did drive through, but it was going to another scene. we don't know how this happened, but protesters

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. >> minnesota representative ilhan omar call for immediate federal investigation. >>> a new york womanas been fired by her investment firm after her confrontation with a man in new york central park went viral. she is white and he is black. it all started after he asked her to leave her dog. >> sir, i have to ask you to stop. please turn your phone off. >> please call the cops. >> i'm going to tell them there's an african-american man threatening my life. >> please tell them whatever you like. >> there is an african-american man recording me and threatening me and my dog. i'm sorry, i can't hear you either. i'm being threatened by a man in the ramble. >> the incident sparked an emotional reaction from "cbs this morning" anchor, gayle king. as it followed the report of the minnesota man who died in police custody. >> i'm speechless about what we see on television this morning. it feels to me like open season and it is not a safe place to be in this country for black men. today it is too much for me. >> the woman in the central park video, amy cooper, later apologized and returned the do

i still hope we have ilhan omar. you have both written books about what america is from two very different perspectives. your perspective is unique. tell us about your dad, your father 50 years ago faced police violence and that is a big part of that story. tell us about that. >> well, first, thank you for having me this morning. you know, i'm a child of the civil rights movement. my father february 8, 1968 was shot by law enforcement in south carolina. it's a tragedy that oftentimes goes unremembered in this country. three young men were killed, henry smith, all the officers were tried, all found not guilty. they charged, tried and convicted my father of rioting. he was the first and only one man riot in the history of this country. and i say on that night injustice left mothers without their sons and left the pages of my state's history you the stained blood red and my sister born without her father. but, in my book, "in my vanishing country" is something ali was talking about what we're seeing. i was so disappoint

greg: my favorite part of this whole story, ilhan omar said that gwen verdict was part of white privilegebout privilege, i cannot marry my sibling, i have three sisters, i cannot marry any of them. you want to talk about privilege omar. dagen: i will leave that alone, not legally but i know something about this. greg: it was hypothetical. coming up something scarier than a pandemic, i think we found greg: spelling bees gone, killer bees on. the giant killer hornets from asia have lived in america, that means it's time for a segment were calling -- as if we did not have enough. greg: yeah, scary, first spotted in washington state last fall, asian giant hornets earned their murderous moniker how they aggressively attac attack their victims with high doses of venom. in the case of bees they rip their heads off and feed the corpse to their children. it sounds like my ex-wife. kidding, i have no ex-wives. that are still alive. ♪. greg: so, what does it feel like getting stung by one of these things, if it's anything like getting tattooed, this guys going to lose it. [shouting] greg: i am like

. >> ilhan omar says she believes joe biden's accuser tara reade but still says she's going to vote forthe former vice president, omar telling a british newspaper, quote, justice can be delayed but can never be denied. responded to critics on twitter saying in part the leaving survivors is consistent with my values, yes, i endorse, i didn't pick him as our nominee, i will vote for him and help defeat trump. meantime it is the final day for people in pennsylvania to submit an application of vote by mail for the june 2nd presidential primary, the first time pennsylvania can apply to vote by mail. officials say will give vulnerable residents a safe way to make their voice heard. so far 1 million people have applied to get ballots from home. >> floridians flock to beaches across the state during memorial day weekend define social distancing measures laid out by state leaders. >> we got slammed. disney is close, universal is closed, everything is closed so where did everybody come? on the first warm day with 50% opening everybody came to the beach. it was a potentially violent situation. we

. >> biden accuser tara reade getting support from ilhan omar who says she believes her.llegations are bringing attention, both favorable and unfavorable to her claims as defense attorneys are reviewing her work as an expert witness and to mystic violence cases and her attorney just dropped representing her in the biden case. mike: thanks a lot. law enforcement officers in three state spending their memorial day on the hunt for a ruthless killer. >> reporter: the college student on the run, 23-year-old peter is accused of two brutal murders, the fbi joining the case as law enforcement tackles how to track someone during covid-19. >> people start wearing masks, harder to identify people wearing masks. it's possible facial recognition will not allow. >> reporter: police they don't approach to find a dangerous, not call 9 one one. after the string of violence that started in connecticut friday morning, accused of stabbing two men and killing one of them, 62-year-old, stealing food, his gun and a truck before ditching the hostage and that truck in connecticut where investigat

i've heard from ilhan omar. i've heard from some democratic leaders. would love to hear from some republican leaders. please call in and talk to me. i want to hear what you have to say about this. i really do. i want to hear what the president has to say. i really do. i want to hear from everyone. but so far i have heard nothing. and you know who i also want to hear from? i want to hear from -- this is who i want to hear from. and i'm going to call people out. because a lot of these young people, not all young people are out there looting and rioting. we heard from young people who were out there because they were upset about what's happening in their country. and they are taking the leader, stepping into the void, and fighting for what's right. they're stick and tired. but yet the people who have made it, many of them who are of color, and white folks as well, they are -- these young people have put themselves on the line. they have nothing. they're not wealthy. they're poor kids, a lot of them who are out there. but a lot of people i asked to come on

. >> reporter: congresswoman ilhan omar reacted to mister floyd's death from the steps of the capitol building. >> to watch our city burn is really one of the most devastating things that has happened the anger and the frustration that people feel. >> reporter: washington's top two leaders are following the case closely and are expressing similar reactions. >> i think what i said was not good, it was not good. very bad. >> to watch mister floyd be murdered in a video, at a time when we are also sad to begin with, is always tragic. >> reporter: the likely democratic presidential nominee, former vice president joe biden, is calling for an independent probe by the justice department's civil rights division. >>> there were also protests in downtown los angeles for second day. at one point demonstrators surrounded a chp cruiser on first street. there is no word of any arrests being made there. tonight the lapd says it will make every effort to facilitate peaceful protests. there was a large protest and i in denver near the state capital building with hundreds of people in the streets. ther

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joining me now is minnesota congresswoman ilhan omar. congresswoman, thank you for being with us tonight. >> it's great to be here with you, al. >> let me ask you, you have been advocating as we are dealing with the height of this pandemic, you've been asking for forgiveness of student loans, you've been asking for a freeze on present and mortgages. explain why in this whole economic downturn that the pandemic has set that you're saying we're not going far enough, people are being hurt and we need to give them relief. >> well, thank you, al. i mean, as we think about this pandemic, it's not just a public health crisis, it is truly an economic crisis. we're seeing, you know, nearly 30 million americans who are currently unemployed. because of this pandemic, we also know that the social, economic, environmental injustices that have been pervasive in this country are now being laid to bare and so many people in minnesota weren't able to pay their rent on april 1st, they weren't able to pay their rent on may 1st and now, as we are looking at

ellie and omar has a tough race ilhan omar has a tough race. to the aocs and omars in the race because they have no power but biden is giving them your life.in it's kind of baffling. >> tucker: it's not baffling once you understand that's what we candidate does, they pander to the fringes. >> when you have something liket in pennsylvania that'll be a battleground, you have people in a tough spot when it comes to an employment because of the pandemic. but the energy jobs, they are in particular danger of not even coming back. if they can't come back quickly. if they think joe biden is going to bring on aoc as the climate advisor, game over. p i think president trump will be able to win b those voters overa quite handily.hi >> tucker: he doesn't need to do this but he's doing it anyway which tells you something pretty weird. >> i mean he was able to win this nomination by knockingo thm down and now he's embracing them. it doesn't make sense. >> tucker: it's very strange! i think he's a vessel for othe others. that's maybe the worst thing. thank y

my favorite taken them i will shut up, i love congresswoman ilhan omar who says the verdict, this isreat, the verdict is proof of white privilege. so this guy was nearly destroyed but he wasn't because he was white. i am more interested, i admire her because of her unique privilege. i have three sisters, juan. i never once tried to marry one of them because the other two would feel very rejected. they would be so upset if i try to marry one of my sisters. so i admire. >> emily: ew. >> juan: jesse, based on what the president said today, he thinks a lot of this isn't about fbi misbehavior. if that's the case, then why did he fire flynn and plead out that flynn was a liar? >> jesse: it's not about fbi misbehavior. it's about obama. it's an obama scandal. this goes all the way to the top, juan. this guys going to go down as probably the most corrupt politician ever and you know why? because winners write history, and donald trump won in 2016. he's probably going to win again and each day he has his guys in there looking around, they are finding more and more evidence that this thing was

joy reid joins me after this and she will be talking to minnesota congresswoman ilhan omar.ood weekend. >> they're aiming their fire now. they're working towards us. get back. get back. get back. he's hit. step back. watch it, guys. we got gas here. all right. back up. back up. back up. back up. they're now moving toward us, they're now moving toward us. there was -- >> they're shooting. >> they're shooting. put your helmets on. miguel, stay with me. we got gassed. continuing to fire at us. there we go. here is the gas canister. there has been no provocation, joshua. there was nothing that happened whatsoever. the police pulled into the intersection, unprovoked, right into the middle of the crowd. split the crowd, started firing in both directions, they now have fired at us. anybody here hit? the gentlemen next to us got hit. and that is what has happened. this is the first interaction we have seen tonight with the police, those are police with national guard, they continue to move. we got hit unfortunately with tear gas. without our masks on because it was that fast. we, by

plus, he speaks with minnesota congressman ilhan omar. and he speaks with president trump's national security adviser robert o'brien. all coming up on "this week." >>> for now, let's go back to eva in minneapolis. >> whit, now back to a night of growing protests across the united states. here in minneapolis, where the incident that sparked this rage happened, the minnesota national guard was in place overnight to meet protesters. abc's alex perez is also here in minneapolis with me. alex, good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, eva, take a look at the scope of the damage here. it's not an exaggeration to say some parts of minneapolis right now look like a war zone. now, unlike nights before last night authorities showed up with a full force, a massive force of manpower, they confronted protesters and arrested them. overnight, clashes erupting on the streets of minneapolis. police firing tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters violating the city's curfew. met with the full force of the state's national guard. for the first time in 164 yea

ilhan omar has had a really tough race. listening to the aoc and omar because they are dwindling in power but joe biden keeps giving them new life. it's kind of baffling. >> tucker: it's not baffling once you understand what you just said, which is this is what weak candidates do, they pander to the fringes because they haven't shored them up. >> writes, and so i think that if you have something like pennsylvania, that's going to be a battleground. if there's no doubt about that. you already have people in a tough spot when it comes to unemployment because of the pandemic. but the energy jobs, they are in particular danger of maybe not even coming back if they can't get back quickly and if they think that joe biden is going to bring on aoc as a climate advisor, then game over, i think the president trump probably at least be able to win back those voters quite handily in pennsylvania. >> tucker: that's such a smart point and as you noted, he doesn't really need to do this, but he's doing it anyway, which tells you something

vermt indepeent senar beie s sanrsrs andinnesota decratic cgressmemr ilhan omar have ined morthan 3 3 lawmwmers arou the wor calling for the cancellation of poor nations' debts as they struggle with the covid-19 crisis. this comes as the united nations warns as many as a half a billion people could fall into poverty due to the pandemic. in a letter to the leadership of the world bank and the international monetary fund tuesday, senator sanders writes -- "in the face of a horrific pandemic and a worldwide recession, we cannot allow poor countries to dedicate money that should be going towards protecting the health and safety of their people to pay off unsustainable debts. we cannot allow these countries to be deprived of the resources they need to purchase food, medicine, protective gear, and medical equipment." brazil saw its deadliest day of the papandemic yet tuesday, wiwh over 880 new covid-19 deaths confirmed within 24 hours. brazil is already the latin american nation hardest hit by the pandemic, and d the sixth mt affected country in the world, ofofficially recording 178,000 cas

and we're joined now from minneapolis, congresswoman ilhan omar. thank you for joining us this morning. i know you've been in the community day and night for the last six days and urging people to stay home after the curfew. did the national guard get things under control last night? >> i think last night the community did feel safe to know that there will not be a burning of their businesses and their homes. we were obviously worried and feeling terrorized about that prospect. but there really was also many people who chose to demonstrate and not abide by the curfew, who felt like they also thought were terrorized by the presence of tanks, by the presence of the national guard and a militarized police, and so for us, it's -- what we're trying to do is trying to figure out something between extreme aggression and ways to figure out how to not get our city burned down. it's a challenge. as you said, george, our country is in pain. people can't get that image of george floyd having the life choked out of him by a police officer, who was supposed to p

eamon mohyeldin will be picking up coverage on the other side of the break, joined by congresswoman ilhan omarstate has seen a lot of unrest after the unfortunate death of mr. floyd. good moves. or hydration. neutrogena® hydro boost. the number 1 hyaluronic acid moisturizer instantly delivers 2 times the hydration. and keeps hydrating all day long. running dry of supple, bouncy skin? never! hydro boost. pair with hydro boost wipes to cleanse and hydrate. neutrogena® >>> good morning everyone. i'm eamon mohyeldin at msnbc world headquarters here in new york and a lot of breaking news happening this hour, including unemployment claims now reaching more than 40 million since march. we'll have more on that, and the very latest in the fight against coronavirus in a moment. >>> but first, chaos in minneapolis. overnight, as protests turned deadly. a shooting by a store owner, leaving one person dead. this according to police, flames and tear gas lighting up the skies on night two of the protests over monday's death of george floyd. the handcuffed black man who died after a police officer neilneil kn

stuff there about nancy pelosi and her being terrible, they have a thing attacking congresswoman ilhan omar of minnesota, although it is possible that is just a pinned thing they keep on the front page of all times, they have multiple stories up on their front page of mark zuckerberg from facebook, they've got two different articles attacking two different cnn journalists up on their front page, this is all like their above the fold big headlines and if you scroll down and scroll down and scroll down, eventually you do get, they do, ultimately get to, oh, yeah, 100,000 americans dead. they do get to it eventually. it comes around. it's interesting, though. increasingly, around the country, not in national news outlets like that, but around the country local news outlets and local officials too are only keeping one eye on that larger national picture you that see reflected in those acute ways in national media. you see local officials and local media keeping one eye on that larger national picture. but only one eye. because really, the other thing they've got to focus on is the fact that thi

colleagues, today i'm introducing a resolution in support of representative ilhan omar's rent cancellation act 2020, and along with supervisors ronen, supervisor haney, mar, walton and fewer, and i'm calling upon california's leadership at the national level to join us in support of this critical measure. we know that even before the coronavirus state of emergency, thousands of san franciscoians were struggling to make ends meet with estimates showing that the average renter was already paying nearly half of their monthly income on rent. and as we enter this seventh week now of the shelter-in-place, we know that this already dire situation is only getting worse. and i know that many of you, like me, have been responding to calls and emails from constituents who are deeply worried about how they will survive the coming months and years as we weather this crisis and its aftermath. this is a time for elected leaders at all levels to step up and to take bold action and i know that my colleagues on this board have heeded that call. i want to thank in particular supervisors ronen and haney for l

make you wilt, today, tomorrow >>> now to our abc news exclusive with minnesota representative ilhan omaresswoman." after being uprooted from her home at age 8 and four years in a refugee camp before coming to the u.s., she became one of the first two muslim women elected to congress and earlier this morning i spoke with her. congresswoman omar, thank you for being with us. before we get to your book, this weekend you were quoted in a london paper saying you believed tara reade and said yesterday in a tweet that believing survivors of sexual assault is consistent with your values but you also made a point of noting that the interview was done weeks ago so the question today is do you still believe tara reade? >> well, first off let me say i plan on supporting and helping the vp, joe biden, in defeating trump. i think this is one of the most important elections of our lifetime and we all have to do everything that we can to restore our democracy and instill hope in what's possible. i also think that it's important for us to create a space where we allow for survivors to come forward and th

to tell workers to go back to work, to put themselves under dangerous conditions, according to ilhan omard times. maybe he's just trying to walk that back maybe to win a little bit more of the public. stuart: you think he's being facetio facetious? susan: possibly. stuart: selling possessions? susan: yeah. i definitely think he's being a little facetious in that regard. he has a lot of money. he's worth over $40 billion. probably going to get a payday of $750 million if he gets the market cap to stay at $100 billion plus over six months. stuart: facetious, saying my stock price is too high, i've got too much money. susan: possibly. stuart: who could get into the mind of elon musk. maybe we should have him on the show. >>> president trump threatening china with new tariffs because of china's handling of the virus. senator from wyoming, john barrasso, joins us now. mr. senator, i know that we want to hold china accountable but there's something that really troubles me in all of this. one of your colleagues in the senate, along with newt gingrich, they are saying that we, america, should not

ilhan omar and others there is no strong leadership in minnesota to come in and say we are going to getce in this case but we are not going to tolerate the kind of lawlessness that ruins people's lives. ruins people's businesses and ruins people's neighborhoods and communities. that's what it has devolved into and that's why the president feels the need to step in. steve: pete, talk about ruining lives and businesses show you one of the owners of a jewelry store who was burned out. here is lloyd drilling talking about when he can come back, if ever. >> it's a tough one to come in and see, you know, what started years ago and now the -- now it's just complete devastation. it's just like a hurricane came through. busted every piece of glass there is. old nice cases probably not another store around like it. and i don't even know if we can rebuild something like this. steve: he has doubts whether or not can he rebuild. keep in mind, before this, you had the coronavirus. and that already presented challenging circumstances for a lot of small businesses. and now this? where is that guy going

ji paul very much the mentor to aoc to ilhan omar and big part of the progressive jamila jay paul setook calculation rising to immense power in the house and don't under estimate this was a statement of her voting against it to say listen, not only do i want 90% of everything i want 100 percent of it. it comes as a political statement i think at a time when unfortunately our lawmakers should be trying to deliver for struggling americans out there. you see people in crowded food banks trying to get fed. have you more than 36,000 americans unemployed. pete: very, very tone deaf. i hear from people all the time. they are in states with maybe they have high covid-19 rates. maybe they have low. they ultimately say i'm a tax paying citizen of this country. i'm a free citizen. allow me to make a choice. the bailout that i want is the ability to go back to work responsibly and provide for my family. don't give me a one size fits all answer. i don't need more money from washington. i need to open my business and bring my employees back to work. sell the things in this great capitalist country