jeff mason. he covers the whoouite house. if you want to ask questions, 202-748-8000 for democrats. 202-748-8001 for republicans and independe independents. there's a budget to be considered. ella nilsen, where are we as far as the house and senate coming to sol resolve and resolving the budget issues? >> yeah, this is sort of the one area where hopefully democrats and republicans can work together on some legislation. i think that there are still some things that need to be hammered out with budget caps and kind of spending caps. that is something that last i heard house majority leader steny hoyer is negotiating with senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and republicans. said that he is feeling confident that congressional republicans want tole to to a deal on spending caps and on a budget. he's feeling less confident that the white house wants to come to a deal and that mick mulvaney will work in good faith with democrats to do this. but, yeah, this is a big thing. i think democrats want to be seen as a party that can pas

and jeff mason with reuters. ben, let me start with you.ly here, the federal government asked for help from big tech companies on this exact issue. explain what went down and how you see facebook's role in this. >> this is the first census that will be predominantly taken online. if they encounter really bad information first it could really mess things up. facebook and twitter specifically are very good at this. very good at the narrow tasks where they say on these two delays, please don't mess this up. they did a better job than they probably have ever done. they cracked down on memes. they had a thing called a war room at facebook. they cracked down on really specific disinformation. they are worried about specifically here, saying, hey don't fill out the census if you're this or that. that's what they're really worried about. that's why they jumped in here. if they commit to two or three days really focusing on this thing, they can pull it off. it's the longer information they can't really do. >> what about other, like, twitter, social

jeff mason, white house correspondent for reuters. jeff, begin with you.t appears the republican tack here -- and we will come back when those leaders take questions on this topic. it feels the republican tack here is listen, we are going after their positions and we have every right to do that. which is an interesting line to walk here, because they're not saying as the president -- at least not yet, they're not saying as the president did, yeah, if you hate the country, leave the country. these people hate the country and they support terrorism. they're taking a more nuanced position, are they not, saying we're disagreeing on policy here. which is actually not what the president has been saying. >> i think that's the point. of course, it's okay for people to disagree on policy. this is what the u.s. democracy is about. that's what congress was set up for. but that's not what the president is doing with the tweets and with the rhetoric that he has addressed for u.s. congresswomen. so it makes sense for congresswoman cheney to come out and say that. it doe

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. >>> joining us for our round table this morning, jeff mason of reuters. he covers the white house. and ella nilsen of vox. she's their congressional reporter. thanks for joining us this morning. >> thanks for having me. >> jeff mason, let's start you, the president's tweets specifically toward some democratic members of congress, tell us the reaction that's getting since those tweets wfr delivered. >> well, there's been a lot of outrage over them particularly from democrats but others as well. i mean, it's considered, many people are viewing them as

. >> and joining me now as we are await a briefing from jerry nadler is jeff bennett, jeff mason and margaret crossen, nan donna edwards, now a washington post opinion writer. jeff bennett, at the white house, you've covered the white house and the hill. the white house obviously watching this, the jerry nadler briefing. he's probably going to talk about don mcgahn and the legal steps to get mcgahn, a reluctant witness. >> reporter: house democrats are going to get access of the grand jury material. they also intend to go to the courts to reaffirm their oversight authority and responsibilities, really, to get don mcgahn the former white house counsel who was a key player in the mueller proceed to testify before that committee. this is part of the process that nancy pelosi says she wants to see play out before house democrats move or potentially move towards impeachment. again, today, we heard her reiterate she's not against starting impeachment proceedings against this president, she's just not for it right now. she wants democrats to be able to be in the best position to make the bes

jeff mason, white house reporter for reuters is back with us.you first and remind people if they're not familiar with this story, the highlights. >> it's been a lot and you kind of summarized it well there. yes, he came into that press conference and placed a lot of blame on other attorneys, we're the super heroes, we jumped in and we actually helped bring some sort of agreement which was the big shady agreement as we can probably call it, and he didn't apologize. he wasn't sorry for anything that came of it. >> and actually when he was asked by a reporter would you give epstein the same deal again, he didn't say no. >> right, he didn't say no. he kind of said we can't turn back the clock in a sense and try to sort of think about what we gave him and think was it good or bad because you have to take it in that reference. but the other thing is he said he happened the president's support. but we also know the president has been very careful about distancing himself from epstein from the very beginning. in that sense it's not surprising but this i

joining me now, jeff mason, white house correspondent for reuters. jeff, the tanks, the military, the flyovers, i mean, it had all of the optics the president wanted, but it rained on his parade. what are you hearing? >> well, i was out there for it actually, and it did rain off and on throughout the day. but he was able to give his speech. the flyovers did occur and the crowd showed up. that was one of the concerns that apparently some of the white house had was that it might not have a big turnout. the president certainly viewed it as a success, but you are right to say that it was a celebration as much of the military as anything else. he has taken some criticism for that. >> his speech seemed pretty neutral. there were concerns he would go off script and become very partisan, though, there are reports that invitations were partisan, seating was partisan. but he kind of remained neutral in terms of partisan issues, in terms of his speech, is that correct? >> reporter: yes, that is correct. that is a departure for president trump because he does oft

jeff mason, margaret talev, good to have you. thank you. >> as the president tweets and golfs today, some of the top 2020 candidate are hitting the campaign trail while others are laying low and preparing for the upcoming debates in three days. what's it going to take to stand out in the crowded field of candidates? we'll talk to a debate expert next live in the cnn newsroom. be right back. with moderate to severe crohn's disease, i was there, just not always where i needed to be. is she alright? i hope so. so i talked to my doctor about humira. i learned humira is for people who still have symptoms of crohn's disease after trying other medications. and the majority of people on humira saw significant symptom relief and many achieved remission in as little as 4 weeks. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened; as have blood, liver, and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart f

jeff mason, doug heye, thank you. >> more on the breaking story.coast guard is worried about the amount of water that could fall and already 100,000 people are without power in louisiana and we'll go live to the storm zone next. you're live in the cnn newsroom. >> the powerful storm barry, right now slamming parts of the louisiana coast and dumping dangerous amounts of rainfall on the area, rain that is still falling and is expected to get worse. the mayor of morgan city, louisiana, tells cnn every resident of his town is without power right now. we are seeing downed trees and littering the roadways and water creeping into 75 miles west of new orleans. i want to bring in meteorologist reed timer in louisiana. how much storm surge, first of all, are you seeing there? >> reporter: right here on the other side of the levy it is not quite as bad and you can see the water is coming up and over top of that levy right now and that's deep and that's the storm surge on the gulf of mexico side and protecting the town of midway all of the way up and this is a

we have white house correspondent for reuters jeff mason and cnn military and diplomatic analyst, retiredr admiral john kirby here to discuss this. first off, jeff, how did this become a ticketed event? >> well, the white house is saying that the tickets is going to be kind of a vip section near the lincoln memorial. they're saying the tickets will be for military people, friends and family, people who might otherwise have been on the white house south lawn for this event. usually presidents hold a fourth of july event but do it at the white house and bring in military people, bring in staff, let them bring their families and kids and they get to hang out on the south lawn and watch the fireworks. so they're saying that ticketed part is for them. >> so that's a big event normally at the white house but this is a much bigger event that encapsulates everyone on the mall which is important to note. it becomes part of that larger celebration that's on the mall. >> much bigger, yes. >> so what was your reaction, admiral, when you heard about the tanks, all the military equipment that's going t

let's bring in jeff mason white house reporter for reuters, the president is making the case that thehese raids isn't really going to make a difference. is that how you see it, jeff? >> well, i'm not sure how this matters how i see it. but i think you're rights that he's making that argument and he's -- suggesting that it is not going to have an impact. i think that there has been an already because you've had -- advocacy groups coming out with suggestions to people who might be affected by these raids on what to do if i.c.e. members come to their doors. there have been advice and ideas if, you know, some have been told not to open their doors. told about been told about their right all of that really is a function of the fact that the president has warned about this. all of that said i think it raises question of -- in some ways this president trump really just wants to message to go out to his political base that this is something he's doing. because it is a promise that he made, and it is certainly in line with his policies both as a candidate in 2016 now as the president of the un

coming up, reuters white house correspondent jeff mason and fox congressional reporter ellen mills and will join us to talk about the week ahead in washington. the economic policy institute heidi shere holt and michael farren of the mercator center will discuss the pros and cons of raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour. watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern this morning. join the discussion. c-span's live picture here from gilford, new hampshire as senator kamala harris greets supporters. she is expected to at a private residence. she and other presidential hopefuls have been making stops throughout the state this weekend. several presidential polls show the senator between 6% and 7% in support. you can see the crowd

jeff mason, colleen nelson, thank you both so much. everybody else, tough luck. you've got to stick around. >>> coming up, much more with president trump's fight with the squad. two mayors will be here not only on the uproar but how the nation's fight is leaving the rest of the country behind. >>> up next, shocking new allegations involving jeffrey epstein and women during the time period he was technically in jail. you have got to hear this. own trailer. ♪ wheeeeeee! believe it! geico could save you 15% or more on car insurance. let's see, aleve is than tylenol extra strength. and last longer with fewer pills. so why am i still thinking about this? i'll take aleve. aleve. proven better on pain. high protein. low sugar. tastes great! high protein. low sugar. so good! high protein. low sugar. mmmm, birthday cake! pure protein. the best combination for every fitness routine. >>> in just 24 hours, a judge will be making the decision whether jeffrey epstein should be released from jail. and we're going to talk about a passport that was found in a safe along with a pi

a brief time ago, i spoke with jeff mason, white house reporter for reuters.de we saw the pre come out with mr. acosta. what does that say about his departure? jeff: it says a lot insofar as the president has seen a lot of cabinet secretaries and staff membs go who he has fired or have resigned, and the fact th he gave him a sendoff suggests that he does like the secretary, updoesrt him, and perhaps was disappointed he decided to resign. but he accepted the resignation, and there were probably political reasons for that.ca nada: the polireasons i guess being this cloud over the ite house of the epstein case, president trump making it clear he had a falling out with mr. epstein. how much does the white houso haverry about that? jeff: number one, having his labor secretary on his way out means every time there is a news story about epstein, there is not necessarily this connection emphasized about acostell. that is one reason he said he wanted to leave, that he wouldn't be a distraction. as for president trump, he said he had a falling out with epstein years ago, but they had one point d

coming up, reuters white house correspondent jeff mason and fox congressional reporter ellen mills and will join us to talk about the week ahead in washington. the economic policy institute heidi shere holt and michael farren of the mercator center will discuss the pros and cons of raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour. watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern this morning. join the discussion. c-span's live picture here from gilford, new hampshire as senator kamala harris greets supporters. she is expected to at a private residence. she and other presidential hopefuls have been making stops throughout the state this weekend. several presidential polls show the senator between 6% and 7% in support. you can see the crowd gathering on the backyard of the house in guilford. [background chatter] announcer: as we continue to look at the live picture, on friday, linda tanner endorsed senator harris saying in part, kamala harris is far and above the rest indirectness and poise in asking the tough questions. if there is one thing i have learned in the legislature, you have to

for around 10 s this morning, jeff mason of reuters who covers the white of fox wholan nelson was their congressional reporter, thank you for joining us. let's start with you, the president tweeted toward some democratic powers of congress. tell us the reaction since those tweets were delivered. guest: there has been outrage over them particular from democrats but others as well. many people are viewing them as racist. the president suggested that three or four -- four members of congress who are women of color should go back to where they came from. three out of the fort of them were born in the united states and the other was an immigrant or is an immigrant. this is sort of part of a pattern that his critics see as engaging and racial baiting and outrage to essentially white america or white supremacists. the president denies that in the he is notund him say engaging in racism and is just talking about love of country and objecting to some of the things they have said. in terms of the pattern of some of his behavior, they really object to the suggestion that he is racist.there were pe

. >> with me now, jeff mason who uju reuters andok former feder prosecutor and cnn legal analyst mariottiso the u.s. supqq court weighed in calling the administration's effort to include this question contrived. and now maryland direct court has instructedym the administration to mitt submit information justifying the citizenship question. so where is that going? >> i don't thinkçó for the trum administration this going time is not on their side. the constitution saysjf that the has to be a census every ten years. fedeu>& law says the census has to go forward april 1st of next year. the trump administration made previously clear to the courts tpa out by the end of the june. i don't think there's enough time for the trump administration to come up with a new justification and try toÑiÑ clean this uppi at the courts. i think it's going to end up not work for them. á5átrj mr. law and order and the u.s. supreme court has weighed in saying this is not advisable, they don't see how this would yet the president is now talking aboutÑi executive orders. so what is the driving force here for the w

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joining me now, betsy woodruff and jeff mason.retation on how this is all unfolding. >> chief of staff mulvaney has introduced a significant straw man argument on one of those sunday shows where he suggested the only thing cummings is doing is working on oversight of the executive branch. that's factually incorrect. he's spent a huge amount of his time focused on description drug prices. something he highlighted on twitter yesterday and something the president himself says is a top priority. thest ki it's kind of thing that could result in bipartisan cooperation especially given the huge problem people of this country have. especially necessary medications like insulin and inhalers. it's just factually inaccurate. this is not unusual from this white house when it comes from efforts the try to engage in rhetorical contortions to criticize opponents. it's not usual. it's not outside the norm and all white houses sometimes will use these kind of tactics but many this case it just bears repeating that the claims the chief of staff mad

morning, reuters' jeff mason and vox's ella nilsen will join us about the week ahead in washington. then, the economic policy institute's heidi shierholz and michael farren of the market is center will discuss efforts to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live today at 7:00 eastern. join the discussion. tonight on "the communicators," congressman ro khanna, who represents silicon valley, talks about the big issues facing the tech industry and the oversight role of congress. foodessman khanna is any by "washington post" reporter greg timber. >> people are outraged. ways -- >> absolutely. we need to pass strong privacy laws. i have an internet bill of rights which articulates a few things. we should never have data collected without knowing about it and our consent. we should know what is happening with our caterer. in the cambridge analytica case, facebook should have had a responsibility to immediately notify people when they were transferring their data. people should have also been able to inquire at any point with facebo

. >> joining us from washington, jeff mason. there is a lot there in this interview with joe biden.me that the campaign is trying to unload this in the early days in the race. >> i think you are right about that. this has had some publicity but is likely to get even more as the campaign heats up. certainly if vie certainly if vice president biden were to become the nominee, these are the types of things president trump would go after. having hunter talking about his addiction history and spilling it out is a way for him and the campaign to get this information out. >> let's circle back to the g20 summit and that exchange where he joked about election interference and he said to putin, hey, don't interfere in our elections. where does this leave the topic of election interference come 2020? when it seems the president not taking russian interference seriously with every intelligence agency saying it is clear with the mueller report saying it is clear that russian interfered in our elections? >> it is worth pointing out, this is the first time they have met since the report came out.

joining me is jeff mason, white house correspondent and john begans, former speech writer, now with ak, white house warriors, how the national security counsel transformed the american way of war. congratulations on the book. >> rouhani today making this threat. we don't know if he will carry it out. but it is alarming, the inspectors say that after 15 months of complying they've broken out of the you have got a tough national security adviser who has been criticized for running the agency and other things. how does that play into your research? >> this is for the first time in a long time, the national security adviser made the decision to downgrade the process, make it harder for opinions to get through the white house and the oval office and agree information to get there. it becomes critical in moments escalating tensions with iran. that puts us in a lot of risk. >> senior officials telling me that bolton is actually despite the criticism from the president himself is closer to where the president stands particularly on the north korean policy and that it is the state department i

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mauling him away, and jeff mason, white house correspondent with waiters traveling with the presidentjersey. let's start with you. can you get a sense from your sources the white house believes they can win this legal fight for the senses question or is it something that they feel like they need to at least fight for. >> doesn't mean they don't think they can win but the shows they are fighting on it. his administration indicated this week it would not continue to push for it after the supreme court decision and now he and those around him are trying to say, hey, look, we are still in on it, still working on it. even if it does not end up going through or standing up to the legal scrutiny that it will no doubt phase. >> mollie, does this fight play well with his bass? >> this is an important issue that needs to be fought for. on the merit of this information, asking a question about citizenship is something that a lot of people think important and if you look back at censuses, there were questions of this nature in all but one of them, which is the immediate previous one. but it also

joining me now is nbc white house correspondent kristen welker, julia ainsley, jeff mason, and msnbc contributor barbara mcquaid. christen welker, let's talk about why we're expecting this news conference. the president pushing for a citizenship question on the census. and our first team led off this morning with a question, they say is pushing for a citizenship question as valuable for trump as getting one? look, one thing we know about president trump is that he always wants to be seen putting up a fight. sometimes that matters as much if not more than the actual result. right? break down the raw politics at play here. >> i think this is about raw politics. this is about the fight. the president wants to be seen as tough on this issue. it's his signature issue, it's deeply controversial as well. and of course he was blocked by the supreme court, which effectively said you haven't provided a good enough explanation for why you feel you need to add this citizenship question. this is something that energizes president trump's base and so even if he proposes this executive order, even

jeff mason, white house correspondent for reuters. this back-and-forth and how it falls, where the fallout is after this now we are on, what, day to go, day three of? >> for most people watching is a really depressing episode. the political class just really being very self-indulgent, somewhat decadent, and getting involved in this kind of virtuous -- your racist, your racist. nothing practical that affects anybody's life in the real world but since we are having a conversation, i think it is important for everyone who's got a platform to condemn racist speech and hateful speech but with got to be consistent about it, not just what we saw on sunday, and i think it was those things, but also what we've seen from some of these members of congress. if anti-semitism for me is part of hateful speech and racism and it's not just that, if the language about -- this for me is the most offensive of part what's going on at the border, describing most people at the border who are trying to protect the country and help people and manage a chaotic

the british ambassador and this whole issue and acosta, just another potential scandal, jeff mason, our friend and colleague from reuters is in the oval office and is tweeting that the president said the labor secretary acosta has been an excellent labor secretary. at least what we're hearing now -- that tape will be played back -- he's right now defending acosta. i want to ask you about the british ambassador. you know him well, you know the job of ambassadors. this leak they're investigating, but somebody, some country or somebody internally. somebody most likely who has their own ax to grind had it in for him. >> the knives were out in whi whitehall. i find it many things that are ironic. one of them is he was invited to this white house treasury dinner for the visiting -- >> most ambassadors are not. >> most ambassadors were not. if he was doing such a bad job, if he was such a terrible person as president trump has been saying, why was he invited? >> he's a player. >> it's the misfortune that he got caught by this leak saying to his government what every ambassador i talk to around

bloomberg political reporter and reuters white house correspond jeff mason. good to see you both. does the president see this as politically advantageous for this sitting president to use these words to behave in this manner to insult and denigrate so many? >> it's the core of his play book. i mean, president trump has always used a kind of raw form of nativism and racial appeals to try to turn out his base of voters, and it's very clear he is leaning more and more heavily into trying to mobilize that group of voters to show up and vote. and it's his answer, it's his answer to those people as to what their problems are. you know, it's kind of a tribalest, fundamental, prime, call it what you want approach to getting people to think people who don't think like you or look like you may be part of the problem and reason for your economic troubles. it's not a play book i think will expand his reap of support. but he believes he can win re-election by turning out those people and super charging that vote. >> it is unusual for a former president to weigh in on a sitting president. even

. >> jeff mason, there's some reporting that president trump got a briefing on the 2020 democratic candidates and that he was told, one, biden is a threat. that's not entirely new, but also harris as well, specifically in michigan. and it's notable president trump has not gone after her personally. and i wonder from trump's perspective in your view are those the biggest threats to his reelection? >> well, i think the campaign and his advisers have definitely been eyeing joe biden. and many of them when i've spoken to them feel very confident they can attack joe biden because of that long record that you're seeing the democratic candidates and his rivals attack right now. so in many ways if vice president biden ends up being the candidate for the democrats in 2020 obviously this primary will help him strengthen his own argument against the type of attacks president trump will take against him. but, yes, jim, i think you're absolutely right. the trump folks see him as a potential threat and see kamala harris as well as someone who's a rising threat among the candidates who might be his rival in

here on set with many, eliza collins, and jeff mason, reuters white house correspondent.start with ha my sources are saying. i heard from jay sekulow about that emoluments case that just broke calling it a complete victory. i know both of you are looking in all things political. >> i'm looking at bernie sanders and his fundraising. he was outraised by pete buttigieg, joe biden and elizabeth warren. buttigieg and biden are using big-dollar donors. warren is not. my sources saying on the sanders campaign that he's sticking with this. he's going all the way to the end. >> okay. >> they're not worried about being outraised because they say small dollars mean that he can keep tapping the same people and he's not backing out. he's going all the way to the convention. >> jeff, you're looking at the other side of the aisle. >> yeah, there's been a lot of attention to the democratic race. >> referee: but on the republican side they raised a bunch of money for president trump and are spending that money and time building a ground game for a get out the vote effort in 2020. and usin

jeff mason, white house correspond of a reuters and former cia analyst and nationally syndicated radio thoughts on this late edition and kind of laying out the blueprint here. >> i think that to have a late addition like this is consistent with everything that we seem along the process of the way this report has been handled publicly, which is that it is increased, i think, no one's faith in the institutions involved of an approach that is going to be responsible and that's going to stay away from being a real circus. the fact is that mueller is going to come before the congress and say -- stick to i think most of the report, but i can't see any situation where this is not going to end up being shaded in ways that are trying to damage the president further to get him to try to go further than what the report said. democrats are going to try to do that over and over again. it's just going to be a circus-like atmosphere and is not going to be the kind of thing american people deserve. >> bret: the doj wrote this letter saying he should -- mueller should stick to what's in the report. bac

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extensive russian interference and are here to help unload all of this, and understand all of it jeff masonracy. malcolm, i want to start with you, the first section of the mueller report details how russia is using social media to warp narratives and divide voters. how so? and should we be scared? >> the mueller reports findings are about all of the activities that russian intelligence and their subcontractor, starting in 2014 and culminating in 2016. we're -- the report is actually three years behind russia's efforts and what they did. and what they did was created meta narratives, simple phrases and activities that are easy to understand, and they propagated using facebook, twitter and all other platforms out there on social media broadcasted and amplified the message they wanted to get donald trump elected president. are they doing it now? yes, they are. but they're now using other techniques including more use of humans and you have people in the united states who like russia's message and are assisting them. >> you get a sense they're ahead of the game? >> as far as this goes? >> malc

joining me now, betsy woodrough, reporter for the daryl beast, and msnbc contributor, jeff mason, whitedent for reuters. big welcome. always good to see you. i'm curious what both of you are hearing about the mystery around the vice president being called back to washington. betsy, you first. >> it's a mystery to folks i reached out to on this particular topic and people in the white house are adamant that there was nothing particularly dangerous or sinister about the reasons for him being called back but ultimately what this ep co so -- episode reminds us is the white house cares about their reputation with the public. all presidents and all white houses sometimes say things that aren't true, and sometimes push out messages that are contrary to facts, sometimes in more dramatic ways than others. in this case, the trump administration has largely just entirely jettisoned much of this historic tradition of white houses trying to maintain credibility with the public and that's part of the reason that this bizarre episode with the vice president is generating as much eyebrow raising as it

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jessica tarlov and jeff mason, reuters white house reporter. chris, you first. bombshell or dud?e two choices, dud. i would say this up front. i do think bob mueller is a hero for what he did in vietnam. great career as a prosecutor. yesterday was the super bowl for him and even democrats are criticizing him. >> jon: he didn't want to be there. he went in there not wanting to testify. >> right. i think you could tell that. he didn't want to be there. unfortunately what i think it will do for all the people who said for the past two years it's a witch hunt. people say it was a witch hunt and run by staff, his performance yesterday will give fuel to the fire for those people who said that because he said he didn't know who fusion gps was and basic things. if you watched that and you like trump you're more behind trump. if you don't like him you still don't like him. >> sandra: some of the far left are conceding the hearing wasn't the bombshell that some had hoped for. michael moore of all people tweeted out his reaction. trump must be gloating in ecstasy. because trump understands

for around 10us this morning, jeff mason of reuters who covers the white of fox wholan nelson was theiral reporter, thank you for joining us. let's start with you, the president tweeted toward some democratic powers of congress. tell us the reaction since those tweets were delivered. guest: there has been outrage over them particular from democrats but others as well. many people are viewing them as racist. the president suggested that three or four -- four members of congress who are women of color should go back to where they came from. three out of the fort of them were born in the united states and the other was an immigrant or is an immigrant. this is sort of part of a pattern that his critics see as engaging and racial baiting and outrage to essentially white america or white supremacists. the president denies that in the he is notund him say engaging in racism and is just talking about love of country and objecting to some of the things they have said. in terms of the pattern of some of his behavior, they really object to the suggestion that he is racist.there were people on the