my colleague andrea mitchell talked to jim bennett.'s son this afternoon about his father's comments. here's a piece of that interview. >> he kept coming back to that idea in the last weeks of his life as he was struggling with the complications from the stroke. and he would bring it up. he brought it up in a phone interview he had with a local newspaper here and it was very difficult for him to talk. he was struggling with the effects of the stroke but when he was talking to the newspaper, he said there are lots of muslims out here and they are wonderful. took him a while to say that and they weren't quite sure what the context of that was. i explained what he had said in the hospital. that was something that was of deep concern to him not just in his dying days but in the last few moves his life. my mother talks about him coming home for christmas, coming home to salt lake city and seeing a come in the airport who we went up to and said i'm grateful you're in the country and i would like to apologize on behalf of the republican party

jim bennett, this.or joining us. >> appreciate the opportunity, lawrence, thank you. >> tell us that story, of that moment, when your father turned to you and said this. how you were surprised by it, what you learned about his thinking? >> i think you described it pretty well. it was surprising. we were on the lookout whether or not my father would be confused or lose mental capacity after a stroke. when he asked, are there any muslims in this hospital, we were concerned. it was clear, he had an agenda in mind. i want to walk up to every one of them, thank them for being in this country and apologize on behalf of the republican party for donald trump. i was talking to my mother. she said, this is not something brought on by the stroke. when traveling utah, he walked up to a woman in the airport, said, i am grateful you are in this country, and i would like to apologize to you on behalf of the republican party. this is not just as he lay dying the last two months of his life. >> i do know that he receive

. >> i interviewed jim bennett last week, he said his father informed and imparted by his women faithhe muslims ban was felt strongly on his death. donald trump really hurt the party and he was apologizing individually to muslims he met at the airport for donald trump's comment. >> i saw senator bennett and i knew him well and respect him and it is a great loss with him. i feel that he has to be more inclusive. politics is a game of addition, it is not a game of subtracting. people want to see inclusiveness, we are all americans welcoming to a republican party. as ronald reagan says if you agree 80% of the time and if you disagree 20%, you are not my ene enemy. >> how does he say about things he said about muslims and other minoriti minorities? >> action speaks more than word. you have to prove that you are inclusive. >> fred mallic, thank you very much. >> up next, will hillary clinton will be able to win if she's the nominee. a lot more coming up on our washington journal polls coming up next on "andrea mitchell reports," msnbc. it's hard to stop a trane. really hard. trane. the mos

is meeting as many as 15 leading conservatives today, including former republican senator jim demint, barry bennettr trump adviser, and commentator glenn beck. >> i just want to listen. i want to look mark zuckerberg in the eye and get a gauge of him as a man and see is he telling the truth? >> reporter: zuckerberg says he called the meeting to have a direct conversation about what facebook stands for. it's a response to accusations made on the tech news size gizz modeo by anonymous former facebook workers. they claim editors of the web site's trending section routinely blocked conservative issues. zuckerberg wrote, "we have found no evidence that this report is true." but matt schlapp, s declined today's invitation because facebook scorned his organization in the past. >> when we went to facebook and said, "would you work with us? would you show us how to use facebook better, would you help us get our conservative message out," they were not interested in assisting. >> turkish david green sees the facebook meeting as evidence the first amendment is alive and well on the internet. >> and i think it

is meeting as many as 17 leading conservatives today, including former republican senator jim demint, barry bennettor trump adviser, and commentator glenn beck. it was a long over due meeting. i recommend that mark zuckerberg took the time to talk too conservative leaders about some of the struggles and challenges he has faced recently. >> zuckerberg said he called the meeting to have a direct conversation about what facebook stands for. it is a response to accusations made on the tech news site gives anonymous facebook workers. >> they claim editors of the web site's trending section routinely blocked conservative issues. zuckerberg wrote, "we have found no evidence that this report is true." ort matt schlapp, of the american conservative union, said he declined today's invitation because facebook spurned his organization in the past. ou when we went to facebook and said, "would you work with us? would you show us how to use facebook better? would you help us get our ldnservative message out?" they were not very interested in assisting. >> facebook hasn't done anything wrong. >> attorney david gre

jim demint president of the heritage foundation and barry bennett senior adviser to donald trump's campaign. last week gizmodo broke the news that facebook employees have a lot of leeway in picking the trending topics and weed out politically conservative stories. the company later revealed within the team that humans had more decision-making control versus the algorithm than previously thought. gizmodo technology editor michael nunez says facebook employees also favored liberal stories in the trends section. >> you can't call that a trending news section if these topics aren't legitimately trending in the first place. >> now, glenn beck, who got a personal invitation from zuckerberg posted on facebook about the upcoming meeting saying it will be interesting to look into the eye as he explains and the win for all voices if bee can come to a place of real trust with this powerful tool. it's closed door, no media. not sure when it's happening today. live in menlo park, kiet do, kpix 5. >>> new this, morning the house is set to vote on a scaled back plan to fight the zika virus. the $622 milli

among the expected attendees, senior trump adviser barry bennett, former senator jim dement, tv and radio host glenn beck. >> i just want to listen. i want to look zuckerberg in the eye and get a gauge of him as a man and see, is he telling the truth? >> reporter: it was one of the topics censored in its trendy news section according to reports by the tech news site gizmodo. an anonymous former facebook staffer told the outlet that facebook employs manipulated user data to routinely suppress news stories of interest to conservative readers. >> i don't think it's a situation where all of facebook is in on some plan. um, i -- i don't think that. >> reporter: some are ready to listen to what zuckerberg has to say, not everyone has rsvp'd yet. >> i think this is a pr ploy and i think i would have just been, um, a prop in a meeting. >> reporter: matt is chairman of the american conservative union. >> what we want is transparency and fairness of in how they report and how their formulas work on the news. that's all we want. >> how to know what's trending -- >> reporter: facebook says it has no

. >> jim gray, thank you. >> paul bennett laid to rest. this month from complications of pancreatic cancer and a stroke. he served three terms in the senate and had a reputation of a republican that got things done in the senate. and he was one of the first incumbent booted out in a rise of tea party anger. he was 82 years old. >> and a hiker are hanging on the side of the cliff. it is it our top story. as we go across america. california, a woman clinging to rocks. 200 feet down the side of a cliff. it happened on griffith park in los angeles. rescue crews, strapped her to a harnest and guided her down safely. she was not hurt. >> texas, crews imploding the stadium in waco. city officials say they plan to sell the property to revive the neighborhood. >> back in california, a package thief caught in the fact through a cell phone video shot by a homeowner. apparently stealing packages off of his doorstep. he threatens to call the police. they got multiple tips after posting the video to facebook. she faces a felony grand larceny charge. and

conservative commentator and radio host, dana perino fox news anchor, jim demint president of the heritage foundation and barry bennettenior adviser to the donald trump campaign. last week, tech news site gizmodo said facebook employees can pick any topic they want. they weed out politically conservative stories. the company later revealed that within that team, humans actually had more decision- making control against the algorithm than previously thought. gizmodo technology editor michael nunez said those facebook employees favored liberal stories over conservative stories trending organically. >> you can't call that a trending news section if these topics aren't legitimately trending in the first place. >> reporter: glenn beck posted on facebook he will be here today about the up come meeting with zuckerberg saying it will be interesting to look into the eye as he explains and a win for all voices if we can come to a place of real trust with this powerful tool. no word on when the vips will start arriving. no media allowed on the facebook campus. live at menlo park, kiet do, kpix 5. >>> there could be changes soon

among the expected attendees senior trump adviser barry bennett, jim demint, tv and radio host glenn beck. >> i just want to listen. i want to look mark zuckerberg in the eye and get a gauge of him as a man and see, is he telling the truth. >> that was one of the topics facebook reportedly censored in trending news section according to website giz moda, a facebook staffer told outlet facebook employees manipulated user data to routinely suppress news stories of interest to conservative readers. >> i don't think it is a situation where all of facebook is in on some plan. i don't think that. >> some are ready to listen to what zuckerberg has to say, not everyone has rsvped yet. >> i think this is a pr ploy. i think i would have just been a prop in a meeting. >> chairman of american conservative union. >> what we want is transparency and fairness in how they report and how their formulas work on the news. that's all we want. >> how to know what's trending. >> facebook says it has no evidence of any political bias and is conducting a full investigation. >> facebook needs this crisis to g

is meeting as many as 15 leading conservatives today, including former republican setor jim demint. barry bennettck. >> i just want to listen. i want to look mark zuckerberg in the eye and get a gauge of him as a man and see, is he telling the truth? >> reporter: zuckerberg says he called the meeting to have a direct conversation about what facebook stands for. it's a response to accusations made on the tech news site gizmodo by anonymous former facebook workers. they claim editors of the website's trending section routinely blocked conservative issues. zuckerberg wrote, "we have found no evidence that this report is true." but matt schlapp of the american conservative union says he cl organization in the past. >> when we went to facebook and said, would you work with us, would you show us how to use facebook better, would you help us get our conservative message out, they were not very interested in assisting us. >> facebook hasn't done anything wrong. >> reporter: attorney david green, who defends civil liberties at the electronic frontier foundation, sees the facebook meeting as evidence the f

conservative radio host glenn beck, former senator jim de mint and barry bennett are three of those headingadquarters of facebook tomorrow. now, they are there to discuss these allegations that the social media giant downplayed conservative content in its trending topics section. miguel almaguer is outside of facebook's headquarters in menlo park, california. >> reporter: hey, tamron. it will happen here tomorrow. conservative leaders meeting directly with mark zuckerberg. it's an important meeting that officials say could get to the bottom of some fairly serious allegations. the meeting at facebook headquarters is private, but this morning an emerging profile of those planning to attend. conservatives like glenn beck, dana perino and senior advisor to the trump campaign, barry bennett, will all have face time with facebook co-founder mark zuckerberg. >> no one else in the world has the ability to reach as many people as they do, so they have a big responsibility to play it down the middle. >> reporter: the sitdown comes after fallout that facebook suppressed conservative stories from its u

among expected attendees, senior trump adviser barry bennett, former senator jim demint, and tv and radio show glenn beck. >> i want to listen. i want to look mark zuckerberg in the eye and get a gauge o him as a man and see is he telling the truth. >> reporter: that was one of the topics facebook reportedly section, according by gizmoto. an anonymous facebook staffer told the outlet that facebook employs manipulated user data to routinely suppress news stories of interest to conservative readers. >> i don't think it is a situation where all of facebook is in on some plan. i don't think that. >> reporter: some are ready to listen to what zuckerberg has to say, but not everybody has rsvp'd yes. >> i think there is a p.r. ploy. i think i would have been a prop in a meeting. >> reporter: the chairman of the american conservative union -- >> what we want is transparency and fairness in how they report and how formulas work on the news. that's what we know. >> how to know what's trending -- >> reporter: facebook says it has no evidence of any political bias but is conducting a full investigati

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bennett. david: empty romney former digital director, zac move fat. and former senator jim demint. robert gray outside of this off the record session. robert, facebook has billion daily users. base took has to get the conversation right but i know a lost conservatives are skeptical. what are you hearing there? reporter: there is a lot of skepticism out there, deirdre, for sure. the meeting, sit-down starts officially in half an hour's time, across the street behind me in the headquarters there. some of the folks attending i would say, cautiously optimistic. they say facebook is at least addressing the problem head-on and taking the right step by having this sit-down. dana perino for one saying it is a fixable problem. mark zuckerberg as you mentioned is denying there is any human bias in here. one thing they will be finding out more about is the algorithm. how do things trend on facebook? it was long believed there was simply an algorithm decided it by whatever was most popular in feeds. turns out according to allegations from unnamed former facebook employees, that indeed humans w

bennett, senior political adviser. kelly ann conway, president of a pro cruz super pac. matt lewis and scottie nell hughes. you heard jim acosta saying an unprecedented level of confidence from the trump campaign. but he has been a little more careful in front of some states. if he wins big tomorrow, social security as he thistle, is it over? >> it is. three weeks ago, we were counting any delegates from indiana. >> really? none. >> and tomorrow night we're going to do very, very well. very, very well. >> what do you say to that, kelly ann? three weeks ago counting on none. and now when you look at the polls, the polls may be wrong but you've got ted cruz behind 15 points right now. >> according to one poll. as was the cruz plus 13 poll that seemed like an outlier also. one poll last week, and the nbc poll. a 28-point difference. the truth is probably somewhere in between. but to barry's point, i think the trump campaign does the best job of all in playing the expectations game. we didn't expect to win wisconsin, so we didn't. we expected to not do as well in northeast. did even better than we thought. >> they're doing