>> is kamala black, yes or no?i'm going to speak on that but to me no. >> is kamala black, yes or no? >> i share that same view. >> is kamala black, yes or no? >> i heard she's half black and half asian. >> greg: when i played a audio on my sirius xm radio program, many said those men were the exception not the rule. some described them as low-information voters no different than you'd find among whites. ah, yes! the infamous sum! and it's the sum that allows another white jackass to say black folks' opinions on race don't matter unless, of course, they agree with this white guy, but that's the dems. they no longer look at people, individuals as unique but as part of a group. so you're not voting for the moron who screwed up the border and hid biden's dementia. no, you're voting for black women. but harris's identity parade began with joe choosing her for her race and her gender and yet point that out, that's racist. we're supposed to pretend it didn't happen like that time kudlow showed up at my place in broken ha

we know there are a lot of african-americans of mixed race heritage but are still identified as black. kamalas went to howard university, a historically black college, she is in alpha kappa alpha, part of the design nine african-american sororities and fraternities. she has lived her life as a black woman. the move to undermine the authentic experience of black people plays out different context. in this context, it is a denial that a black woman could be president of the united states. that racial and gender barrier of one of the last symbolic barriers that we have to break. laura: i wanted to ask you about a survey that dates back to 2022. it found that races vary -- it found that 76% of black americans say being black is extremely or very important to how they think about themselves. what happens to black americans when someone who is in a leading position like donald trump just openly russians who is or is not black? >> i think it makes black americans think about the solidarity of their shared history. in certain ways, trump and these allegations against kamala harris, just like the alle

kamala's race. spoiler alert: she's black! so let's get into it with another edition of "indecision 2024." ] ♪ ♪ yesterday, kamala harris announced her vice presidential pick is tim walz, minnesota governor and guy who just found a quarter behind your ear. and last night, she took her shiny new running mate out for a spin at a rally in philly. >> violent crime was up under donald trump. that's not even counting the crimes he committed. so say it with me, we aren't going back. [crowd chants "we aren't going back"] we aren't going back! in minnesota, we respect our neighbors and their personal choices that they make. [cheers and applause] even if we wouldn't make the same choice for ourselves, there is a golden rule -- mind your own damn business. [cheers and applause] >> michael: whoa! whoa! a minnesotan saying "damn?" that's spicy! but if you watched this rally, it's clear that democrats are in a much happier place than they were a few weeks ago. they're like, "why do my hands keep banging together like a seal? are the corners of my mouth going up? why? am i sick?" even i felt it, and i'm d

because his policies benefitted the black community more than kamala harris's. country is in too bad of shape to be so sensitive. black communities are furious that kamala harris, a black woman, flooded their neighborhoods with migrants and showered the foreigners with welfare. and she didn't show up today. >> my message is to stop people from invading our country that are taking, frankly, a lot of problems with it. but one of the big problems and a lot of the journalists in this room i know and have great respect for, a lot of the journalists in this room are black. i will tell you that coming -- [ laughter ] >> coming from the border are millions and millions of people that happen to be taking black jobs. you had the best -- >> what exactly is a black job, sir? >> a black job is anybody who has a job. that's what it is. anybody who has a job. and they're taking the employment away from black pay people. it's an invasion of millions of people, maybe 15, 16, 17 million people. i have a feeling it's much more than that. and everyone's been seeing what's happened.

combative as he took questions at the national association of black journalists convention in chicago. trump questioning vice president kamala harris's race. vice president harris is the first black woman and asian american to serve as vice president. trump trying to cast doubt about kamala harris' racial identity, but was fact-checked on that stage by our own rachel scott, who was one of the journalists asking the questions today. tonight, the white house is responding and what the harris campaign is now saying. rachel scott leading us off from chicago. >> reporter: tonight, in an often contentious forum before the national association of black journalists, former president donald trump challenging vice president kamala harris' racial identity. it came after i asked trump about his supporters' attacks on harris as a, quote, dei hire, dei being short for diversity, equity, and inclusion. do you believe that vice president kamala harris is only on the ticket because she is a black woman? >> well, i can say no, i think it's maybe a little bit different. so, i've known her a long time indirectly, not directly very much. and she

trump, in a conversation with blacks, says that kamala is neither black nor white.s always, jean-pierre could not do without. when asked about haris's racial identity, she replied that a white person could identify as black. on the contrary, after such an answer everyone turned pale. report by valentin bogdanov. donald trump went to the chicago convention of black journalists with the hope of meeting kamala haris face to face, but she chickened out. but telekillers appeared on the scene and immediately opened fire on the republican. many people think that you don't belong here. you did making false statements about nicky hell and barack obama, saying they were not born in the us, which is not true. you told four colored congresswomen, us citizens, to go back to where they came from? firstly i don't think i've ever been asked in such a terrible manner, neither hello nor how are you, you're from abc, they and fake news, terrible tv network, i think it's a shame, i came here with good intentions , i have done a lot for black people, including creating jobs, but the obj

black? cigarette kamala harris is of course both indian and black. but donald trump knew that. te house was powered by the lies to and make no mistake, that is what he was doing deliberately when he falsely questioned kamala harris's likeness. he knows very well the unwritten rules of black race mixed identity embedded in the society from slavery. as pointed out in "the "new york times" magazine, quote, people like donald trump forget that when a city in america by quote, such a thing there was something nefarious or politically contrived about a mixed race person claiming blackness of her identity was acting as if the choice had not been made to harris when she was born to a black father. he goes on to point out the roles of race would still govern society today date back to slavery when european colonists decided who could be enslaved and who could be free. they began drafting systems of racial classification. children of european men and black enslaved women were black and inherently, inflatable. their whiteness was not recognized. nicole had jones says, the belief that black

>> yeah, i hadn't heard this whole kamala isn't black, kamala harris isn't black thing before, so thati understood that this is a new attack line. positioning her as a person who flip-flops on things. however, it kind of initiated her flip flopping on her identity, however misleading and false that is, and her background, educational background. but, yeah, it was a little surprising, a little stark, especially in a room of many many black journalists and on stage with three black journalists interviewing the former president. >> congresswoman, wa went through your mind when you heard these comments? >> well, it was staggering, actually, i mean, i think that donald trump continues to struggle with the way it is that he is going to run with kamala harris as an opponent. but it really showed his lack, the way america is. he has never heard the term biracial before. i think, you know, kamala harris identifies as both an indian woman and a black woman. she went to a historically black college and university, howard university. and so i just think that donald trump continues to dig himself i

we galvanized around the call for there to be a black woman vice presidential nominee and became now vice president kamala harris. for the last four years we have been meeting most sunday nights around issues to help uplift the power and collective image of black women and to help elect black women up and down the ballot in our personal capacity. on, july 21 we had a meeting that was already scheduled and it was one of those were if you knew, you knew. that night we had 44,000 women join us on that call, and it's been -- it kicke off a lot of inspirationd around the country galvanizing around kamala harris. it is good to be here on this historic day. host: were you surprised about the popularity ms. harris had once candidate is the -- once the candidacy was announced? guest: you know, i think as black women we always knew there is something special about vice president harris. she has been the governing partner of president biden for four years. we knew that hopefully this moment would come. we didn't know when it would come, because black women had been very vocal about our support of president biden and

and why isn't kamala talking an attacks egregious on why? maybe the black community sees kamala different than we think. >> i don't know. maybe this issue of kamala's p race isn't as potent as weote th think, and that's a good thingin ,because this shouldn't be about race. and that's exactly how trumpdoin whether even knew what he was doing or not. >> shifted the debat se. >> everybody's now talking g ab about what trump needsou to do to win and what he touched on in his reference to kamala's mixed race. she uses this side sometimese the other side. the other time for political opportunity. gets to the hearher sidet of kar harris. peophe's fakise and there's nothing wrong with people with mixed backgrounds identifying in differentxe ways at different times. it's natural. polis are phony,e is and kamala is a careerreer polpolitician who goes where wn the wind blows and changes positions. daowsy to day, changes accents. >> she does what's easy in the n moment so she can't get pinned down. everybod dy knows people like kamala harris. she's the kind of girl who

the first black president vice president of the united states it is in fact, black do you believe that vice president kamala harris is only on the ticket because she is a black woman. well, i can say no, i think it's maybe a little bit different, so i've known her a long time indirectly, not directly, very much. and she was always of indian heritage and she was only promoting indian heritage. i didn't know she was black until a number of years ago when she happened to turn black and now she wants to be known as black so i don't know if she indian or she blacks. >> he has always has a black eye recent college, i respect either one, but she obviously doesn't because he was indian well, the way and then all of a sudden she made a turn and she went she became a black just to be clear, sir i think somebody should look into that too. >> alright. said somebody should look into that too. and at this hour, trump is tripling down on the attacks against harris, just to be clear, harris's of other words you make and her mother was indian. she is both black and indian descent. and trump is now posting crazy camilla's sa

kamala harrill.s didn't. >> donald trump didn't have to go to the national black journalistife is os convention in chicago. >> what just happened could even cos t him votes. vot >> but he wanted to goes because as president, he wants to work for them. >> kamala not showintsg up is taking the black vote for granted. if you're invite takind into soo someone's house and they disrespect you, it doesn't matter who the y are, what they look like, black, female, whatever. >> trump doesn't tolerathee disrespect. and his president, whether you like him or not, whether he makes you feel uncomfortable or not, that's the attitudeand o you want in a leader, someone who works for your vote. and he doesn'tthat's allow the country to be disrespected. why not look pretty? i >> but it works. and his presidency proved that. >> mr. nice guy. joe biden and laughing kamala harris politically correct.t bu but cowards won't stand up for our sovereignty or our safety. so what if biden and harris say all the right things and don't make you feel anxious? countrie s and mess f your feelings or the problem? id >>

black american. by the way, white americans know that kamala harris is black. part of the experience of being black in america is the fact that we actually can't change the color of our skin and we don't want to. we're proud to be black. to be black is to be american. this is something that donald trump is afraid of at this point. he doesn't know, he doesn't have answers for the american people. he doesn't have anything to offer except for more racism. that's what we've turned to. i mean, this is bankrupt, and i don't think that it's going to -- it is going to make him feel good. it is going to play well with that part of the base, but this is not going to expand the tent. i think this was desperate, and i think it shows he knows he's in trouble. >> reverend al, we have known donald trump for a long time. you've known him longer than i have. what we saw yesterday is just another exhibit of a badly damaged man on stage. i don't know about you, but watching him, it occurred to me that the culture has passed him by. he is playing an old school politics that has al

black. so i don't know >> a republican presidential contender donald trump questioning vice president kamala harris's black identity during a tense interview in front of an audience of black repeatedly sparred with the 3 black women moderating the event will trying to appeal to black voters. it could be the most racially charged moment of the election season. so far. and already the harris campaign has responded saying that trump's remarks are part of the chaos and division of his campaign. but others say this is all part of trump's plan to fire up his supporters. sandra mitchell reports. >> well, first of all, i don't think i've ever been asked the question so it's such a horrible manner. first question. >> we don't even say hello. how are you? >> a combative former president trump on stage at the national association black journalists convention you to start a question and answer period, especially when you're 35 minutes late because you couldn't get your equipment to work in such a hostile manner. i think it's disgrace. trump complaining about the delayed start, the audio quality for me t

black. so i don't know issue. >> republican presidential contender and former president donald trump questioning vice president kamala harris's black identity during a tense interview in front of an audience of black journalists in chicago today, trump repeatedly sparred with the 3 black woman moderating the event while trying to appeal to black voters. it could be the most racially charged moment of the election season so far already the harris campaign has responded saying trump's remarks are part of the chaos and division of his campaign. others, however, say this is all part of trump's plan to fire up his supporters. sandra mitchell reports. >> well, first of all, i don't think i've ever been asked the question so it's such a horrible manner. first question. >> we don't even say hello. how are you? >> a combative former president trump on stage at the national association black journalists convention you to start a question and answer period, especially when you're 35 minutes late because you couldn't get your equipment to work in such a hostile manner. i think it's disgrace. trump complaining about the delayed s

they cut him off. >> trump, speaking to the national association of black journalists, questioned the race of vice president kamala harris, whose father is black, born in jamaica and whose mother was born in india. >> she was always of indian heritage and she was only promoting indian heritage. i didn't know she was black until a number of years ago, when she happened to turn black, and now she wants to be known as black. >> trump also blamed harris for the surge of migrants crossing the southern border. >> i will tell you that coming coming from the border are millions and millions of people that happen to be taking black jobs. you had the best. >> what exactly is a black job, sir? >> a black job is anybody that has a job. that's what it is. anybody that has a job. >> all right, the white house is calling trump's comments repulsive and insulting. harris in houston last night reacted to trump's comments about her racial identity. >> and it was the same old show. the divisiveness and the disrespect. and let me just say, the american people deserve better. >> also, last night, trump returned to pennsylvania for the

forty-five rsvped it to the black journalist convention and played the race card. >> do you believe that vice president kamalaris is only a ticket because she is a black woman. >> i think it's maybe a little bit different p. or she was always of indian heritage and she was only promoting indian -- indian heritage. i didn't know she was black until a number of years ago when she happened to turn black and now she wants to be known as black. is she indian or is she black? [ simultaneous talking ] a. >> i respect other one but she obviously doesn't she was indian all the way and then all of a sudden she made the turn and she became a black person. >> i think somebody should look into that to when you ask in a very hostile and nasty tone. >> do you believe that vice president kamala harris is a de i hire. >> i don't know could be paired. >> jesse: last night we said we had no idea how this was going to play. but the dust is starting to settle and we are picking up a few clues. the media barely covered trump's comments today. if these comments were supposed to be devastating to the trump campaign, the media would

barack obama came in and got your support from bl black men. kamalay, she has been a terror to black men. you look at who she looked up and how she looked them up and to look back and to see that she so liberal on immigration. right? if you are illegal immigrant, she pushes to let you out of jail. now, you look back at her record as attorney general, she locked blackman up there and so what, if i'm an illegal immigrant you want to show me a favor by the black man locked me up? of course you will not get the black vote. we see through that and we see through the race baiting and you can't come every four years and try to appease black folks and think we are going to support you. i think it will be a failed effort and i think the more kamala speaks, the more you will see pushback who she really is. we need her to speak, talk, and they will try to keep her in the basement like joe biden. they will never go front and center like they did with president trump being asked questions and not have a script in front of you to read from. i think that is the bigg

i mean, the fact that on day one, you know, you had black women for kamala, then black men, white womenthat was powerful. but we also had, which probably wasn't as much advertised, a focus on our latino voters as well as aapi, and so, this campaign has really invested and is investing millions of dollars to go to places where people are, meet them where they are, and that's also including black and brown radio, news outlets, and others as well, so it's going to be both on the ground, but also make sure that we communicate the message out that this is about an opportunity economy, not trickle-down, not going backwards, but about going forwards, and i think our messengers, our message, are the things that are going to be inspirational to the voters. >> congresswoman, thanks so much, and good luck in your senate race. >> thanks so much. thank you, andrea. >>> and high alert. next, thousands of protesters descending on chicago over a host of causes, but primarily to put pressure on the democrats about the war in gaza. you're watching andrea mitchell reports on msnbc. you're watching andrea

do you believe kamala harris is black? > i believe kamala harris is whatever she says she is, by believe importantly president trump is right, she's a chameleon. she pretends to be different in front of another audience. go ahead. >> it's a ridiculous question, jonathan. i have to say to see a white reporter ask another white person whether or not they believe kamala harris is black. the entire premise is wrong. maybe the question could have been do you think that the comments made about the racial identity is racist? i personally think they are. or what does he think about his own children's racial identity given the fact he's the father of two biracial children? i just think this entire conversation is wrong. and about kamala harris' racial identity and then using that as a premise. we've been doing that for a long time. >> seconded. moving on to the next agenda item. let's listen to what he had to say on abc this week. for the vice president to do interviews with the press. >> i mean the bottom of the ninth inning, right

now, of course, trump is saying that kamala isn't black. longmaner than trump has been a republican. [ cheers and applause ] and if he keeps sliding in the polls the way he is, the only way to keep kamala out of the white house is if he buys it and refuses to rent it to her. [ laughter ] of course, kamala's getting broad support. they got black men for kamala, white men for kamala, latinos and asians for kamala. they even have republicans for kamala. [ cheers and applause ] republicans for kamala. i guess donald trump will finally know what it's like when you get left for a younger woman. [ cheers and applause ] but seriously, kamala knows the truth about the american dream, that hard work is not alone -- enough -- hard work alone is not enough to succeed. that you need access and information and opportunity, and she knows that some folks are all denied those very things. as president, she will give each and every one of us a fair shot in life. [ cheers and applause ] but i have to admit i didn't always believe that. i mean if you told me th

blackness an actual campaign strategy. minutes after leaving the stage trump wrote on social media crazy kamala saying she's black, this is big deal. this evening as crowds gathered for a rally in harrisburg, pennsylvania, the trump campaign projected above the stage an image of harris next to a headline that reads "california's kamala harris becomes first indian american u.s. senator." then at that same rally trump campaign advisor and lawyer alina hobba wept after vice president harris directly about her identity. >> i'm going to speak to you, ms. harris. i am a strong woman, a mom, a lawyer, and an american. and unlike you, kamala, i know who my roots are. i know where i come from. >> so that is the trump strategy to win black voters this november. that is the strategy. and then there is the harris strategy. an hour ago vice president harris made remarks at the convention of the sigma gamma ro sorority, ones that make up the divine nine. these fraternities and sororities have a century long history of political organizing, mobilizing voters in black communities across the country. and this year with kamala harris atop t

black woman. that's what he did. his shoves list, susan rice, val demings, kamala harris. all of them, black women. it's ridiculous. the question -- [laughter] but also what do you make of all the media criticism of donald trump for saying kamala harris wasn't really black and then decided to become black? >> let's start here. for decades, the national association of black journal withists has been an organization that has stood for the diversity of newsrooms, that has stood for the affirmation and confirmation and uplift.ment of black journalists. i do think there's a lot of folks who are members of that organization felt like there was problems with inviting donald trump because of the stance he's taken, the attacks he's made on black journalists as well as his issues with policewoman people, period. now with that being said, i think you have to zoom out a little bit to talk about how we got here. president trump for the ors past two or three weeks has struggled to own the news cycle, a place he's usually had. howard: sure. >> i think he went into this audience, he went into a room of black journalists with a pre

black journalists convention. questioning vice president kamala harris' race. vice president harris is the first black woman and asian american to serve as vice president. tonight, the reaction from the white house, and what the harris campaign is now saying. rachel scott, who was one of the journalists asking the questions, standing by live in chicago. >>> we're also tracking breaking news involving the 9/11 accused mastermind, khalid sheikh mohammed, and two co-defendants, held for years at guantanamo bay. tonight, more that two decades after the attack, federal prosecutors have reached a plea agreement. mary bruce standing by on what this means. >>> tonight, tensions growing in the middle east. there are new reports this evening iran's supreme leader has now ordered a direct attack on israel after the assassination of the hamas political leader who was killed while visiting tehran. iran saying it was israel, and the attack coming just hours after israel confirmed it killed a hezbollah commander in beirut. >>> here in the u.s., firefighters battling dozens of

black. >> vice president kamala harris's campaign response to former president donald trump's comments about her black identity. when fun time. >> from the bay area's local news station. you're watching kron. 4 news. >> good evening and thanks for joining us for kron. 4 news at 10. i'm dan thorn and i'm noelle bellow, a rude awakening for a cancer patient in berkeley this morning when he lost his home in a destructive fire. the van he lives in was parked next to a building that went up in flames before sunrise and now his doctors helping to raise money for him. kron four's gayle ong spoke to his doctor and joins us in studio now with the story. gayle. >> danna? well, we're told the man was supposed to start a new chemotherapy this morning, but now he has to wait at least a week that fire not only take away his home, but also his way of paying for cancer treatments. >> and early wednesday morning fire in berkeley damage. ryan sixes van. the van was parked next to this building on himes avenue near 7th street. a passerby woke 6 up and that's how he says he got out. grabbed the dogs, got m back

worth noting, today, the accusation of racism on the part of trump is trump denying that kamala harris is black. although he was really just asking about it. the interchange has not been sufficiently played in full, where he was pressing the reporter to define dei. she kept on saying diversity, equity, and inclusion, which is not what he meant, he wanted what does that mean more broadly? she finally said do you think she was chosen just because she was black? it was at that point that trump said, well, she hasn't always been black. so he didn't answer that more direct and difficult question. but let's notice, john, in the past, american racism which was extremely real -- we were definitely a white supremacist country -- claiming that somebody was black placed on the one drop rule. that was seen as the pariah status. what we have today, it is somehow racist to imply that somebody is not black. let us just notice that that represents a seachange in america's ideas about race, what they received idea of racism is. host: do you think it is a seachange specifically for this election, this time, or i

. >> reporter: he dismissed vice president kamala harris' black heritage when asked about some republican lawmakers' comments attacking her as a diversity, equity and inclusion hire. >> she was only promoting indian heritage. i didn't know she was black until a number of years ago when she happened to turn black and now she wants to be known as black. >> reporter: trump has been heavily courting black voters but faces a new dynamic with harris as the presump testify presumptive democratic nominee. >> it's bringing everybody together for a good cause, which is to make sure that we have democracy and that we have somebody in there that's looking out for the rights of everybody. >> reporter: tonight vice president harris speaks to a historically black sorority in houston, a network of voters that began mobilizing for her after president biden dropped out of the race. cbs news has learned harris is expected to announce a running mate by monday. the short list includes popular democratic governors and arizona senator mark kelly. >> i trust she will make that decision on her own terms when she

blackness and campaign strategy . minutes after leaving he wrote crazy kamala harris is saying she is indian, not black. this is a big deal. stone cold phony. she uses everybody including her racial identity. this evening as crowds gathered in pennsylvania, trump campaign projected an image of harris next to a headline that reads california's kamala harris becomes first indian american u.s. senator. then advisor and lawyer went after vice president harris directly about her identity. >> i am going to speak to you miss harris. i am a strong woman, a mom, a lawyer and an american. unlike you, i know who my roots are and i know where i come from. >> that is the trump strategy to win lakh voters. that is the strategy. then there is the harris strategy. an hour ago she made remarks at the convention of the sigma gamma rho sorority. one of the nine most prominent black fraternities and sororities. ones that make up the divine nine. these fraternities and sororities have a century long history of political organizing, mobilizing voters in black communities across the country. this year with kamala harris at th

biden pick kamala because she was a woman and she's black. and obama picked biden because he's white and he'n picks dead. >> yes.an so i think really going to see like this is them all out. they're not fooling around . and if you look at his record, he's actually to the left of onmala on the thingsthurton the rest of the country is very divided over, which would be blmon thing, the trans issues and law and order. so it's going to be interesting to see how they spin this. but this is what i don't understandundersta. why are they trying to dress him as up as a folksy mr.em up rogersas meets ward cleaver whe he's a radical? >> charlie. any >> do you think she had anying role in picking him and did they have timehim have t vet hi? because this i mean, this guys u is nuts. tsi don't care if he looks like your high school baseball coach, football coach, football coach, wayne white, which is crazy, right? >> i think they both showerar afterwards. maybdse. maybe you're right. this doesn't really make that sense because for someone like kamala harris,

black woman. it is a type of dei. reagan brought that dei approach. fact. that's the content for this woman in history tonight as kamala harris was elected to run for president. she is this long historical path of black women fighting and sometimes rising in civic and political life. >> kamala harris will replace fellow democrat barbara boxer as the next u.s. senator from the golden state. >> have knew confirmed that clinton has conceded to donald trump. >> one name you're going to be hearing a lot about is kamala harris. >> who has succeeded in justice for all. black women who are too often overlooked but so often proved they are the backbone of our democracy. >> tonight i reflect on their struggle. their determination, and the strength of their vision to see what can be unburdened by what has been. and i stand on their shoulders. >> what can be unburdened. and how do black women as harris put it, look at this next effort to calcify that backbone she mentioned. so that we may have a purelistic. in our room we have on the walls a lot of the experiencings and the history that we want to learn from and that may yet infor

black. i guarantee you this, kamala has been black a lot longer than trump has been a republican. keeps sliding in the polls the way he is, the only thing that can keep kamala out of the white house is if he buys it and refuses to rent it to her. of course, kamala is getting broad support. they have black men for kamala. white men for kamala. latinos and asians for kamala. they even have republicans for kamala . republicans for kamala i guess donald trump will finally know what it's like when you get left for a younger woman. but, seriously, kamala knows the truth about the american dream. that hard work is not enough alone to succeed. you need access and information and opportunity, and she knows that some folks are often denied those very things. as president, she will give each and every one of us a fair shot in life. but, i have to admit, i didn't always believe that. if you told me that 50-year-old me would be on stage supporting a prosecutor and a teacher -- there is no way that i would have believed you, but because of that i made assumptions about kamala's record, and i of

trump is saying kamala is not black. i guarantee you this. been a republican. [cheers and applause] and, if you keeps sliding in the polls the way he is the only way he is going to keep kamala out of the white house is if he buys it and refuses to rent to her. kamala is getting broad support. they have black men for kamala, white men, latinos and asians. they even have republicans for kamala. i guess donald trump will finally know what it is like when you get left for a sugar woman -- a younger woman. [cheers and applause] but, seriously, kamala knows the truth about the american dream. hard work alone is not enough to succeed. that you need access and information and opportunity, and she knows that some folks are often denied those very things. as president she would give each and every one of us a fair shot in life. [applause] but i have to admit i did not always believe that. if you told me the 15-year-old me would be on stage before a prosecutor and a teacher -- [laughter] there is no way that i would've believed you. but because of that i

analysts asking for black men if they had heard a black man that are going to vote for donald trump, all for raise their hand and then asked if kamala harris changing the race, changed that with their black male friends and all four said no, it did not. what's your take on that? >> i don't think that's true at all the fact of the matter is i don't believe for one moment that don't know. we'll yet 50% of the african american vote. that's not going to happen. i know what this it was, 13% they said before i questioned that number as well. i don't think for one moment that her entrance into the race did not change anything. with black people i don't know who those people were i could not see them but i would hope that they do not reflect what's going on in this country. i know this they do not reflect the black people that i talked to him and i'm in haiti, me, african methodist episcopal. i'm a third of third-degree prints all mason. i'm a member of the divine nine, not interact with all of these people. and i do not see 15% among them voting for donald trump and every one of them have been energized by the entrance of omelette harris i

black. >> race baiting. donald trump questions kamala harris' racial identity at a contentious interview at a convention of black journalists. her response. >> the divisiveness and the disrespect. >>> this morning, the fallout and reaction to the former president's false comments. >>> good morning, i'm michael george in for anne-marie green. well, first he called for the death penalty of the now-exonerated central park five, then he falsely claimed former president barack obama wasn't born in america. now donald trump is facing growing backlash after questioning the racial identity of vice president kamala harris during a combative interview in front of a jeering crowd of black journalists. cbs' leah mishkin joins us from london with the latest on the controversy. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, michael. i know a fellow reporter who was at the national association of black journalists convention, and he was shocked by what he was hearing. look, there was controversy surrounding this event before it even started. the nabj was getting backlash for inviting trump to spoke. -- to speak. the co-chair of the

of course, trump is saying that kamala isn't black. >> i guarantee you this. la has been black a lot longer than trump's been a republican and if he keeps sliding in the polls the way he is the only thing, the only way he can keep kamala out of the white house is if he buys it. >> and refuses to rent it to her of course, kamala is getting broad support. they got black men for kamala, white men for kamala latinos and asians for kamala. they even have republicans for kamala republicans will come, i guess donald trump will finally know what it's like when you get left for a younger woman hey but seriously, kamala knows the truth about the american dream that hard work is not alone enough hard work alone is not enough to succeed, that you need access and information and opportunity and she knows that some folks are often denied those very things. as president she will give each and every one of us a fair shot in life but i but i have to admit, i didn't always believe that i mean, if you told me the 15 year old me would be on stage supporting a prosecutor and a teac

dominated today's news cycle after his appearance of the black journalist convention, giving as good as he got, even adding that he did not know kamalace at the convention, effective? why or why not? >> i did not like the strategy but i give him credit for, as you said, standing his ground and holding his own. but if i were advising him i would say very little to gain, i probably would not have advised him to do that. >> trace: bill. >> credit for going in there. he knew he would get aggressive questions. i don't think it served him well playing the identity politics game. there's so much to go after harris for as far as her record on the border, inflation. when you start going down the road of black versus indian, identity politics, that's the game democrats want to play. >> affective, i don't think that's the word. he was thrown to the wolves out the gait. but like everybody says, i mean the way the questions were asked, they were hostile and i don't think it benefited anyone to be honest. >> trace: yeah. >> i thought it was super effective. i ran for office in 22. one of the biggest things i learned is the fact that people need to

and the surging democratic candidate kamala harris. >> nbc's trymaine lee sat down with that group, blackight, and i'm curious about that conversation, what did they tell you? >> when we see this new energy breathe into kamala harris' campaign, it hasn't missed black men. there is this air of excitement. as is typical, it is also bounced out with a little bit of skepticism, considering the way that black men have traditionally been engaged with the political process. while this group on the south side of chicago, which could be a world away from where we are now gave their frank and candor opinions, it was a balanced bag. check it out. >> i want to ask you brothers, how are you all feeling about this election? how are you feeling? >> i kind of feel cheated. i kind of feel like i'm being forced to make a decision that i don't want to make on either candidate. one is because one of the persons just shouldn't be dealing with humanity altogether. and the other person, i don't know much about her. and she's been in office for the past three and a half years. i don't feel cheated. i feel excite

well with black voters when he was running against joe biden, probably because black people don't [bleep] with ghosts but kamalaris is now stealing back some of his flack support. so today trump sat down with an interview with the national association of black journalists and things got off to a rocky start. >> a lot of people did not think it was appropriate for you to be here today. you have pushed false claims about some of your rivals, from nikki haley to former president barack obama, saying they were not born in the united states, which is not true. you have told four congresswomen women of color who were american citizens to go back to where they came from. you have used words like "animal" and "rabbit" to describe black district attorneys. you've had dinner with a white supremacist at your mar-a-lago resort. so my question, sir, why should black voters trust you after you have used language like that? >> ronny: tough question... but hey, at least this is a good chance for former president trump to address the concerns of black voters by answering with civility and grace. >> well, first of all, i don't t

association of black journalists in which trump tried to claim that the first black and asian vice president in american history, kamala harris, just happened to turn black only recently, after that train wreck of an appearance, trump has spent the last 24 hours doubling down. at trump's rally after that interview he used the jumbo tron to display articles about harris' indian american heritage. and this morning he posted this image of vice president harris with her indian family members. apparently in trump's mind you can't be both black and indian at the same time. and because trump is trump, he's now gone back to his roots, reposting this screed from conspiracy theorist and right-wing activist laura loomer showing kamala harris' birth certificate. loomer claims that somehow the birth certificate proves that harris, the daughter of a black jamaican man, is not black. that is how donald trump spent his day, doubling down on racist comments and pushing birtherism 2.0. meanwhile, vice president harris spent her day at the funeral of democratic congresswoman sheila jackson lee. congresswoman lee represented parts of hous

is he's going to come out next week like, "kamala harris is not black... and mindy and b.j. together. do the right thing, b.j. make an honest indian out of her." and also, this doesn't even prove his point! he's saying that kamala identified as indian and not black, and this is a video of her saying, "i am half indian." what does trump think the other half is, woman? "she's half indian, and half woman." that's one thing. how does this guy not understand what half means? he constantly tells us he's a genius, but he can't comprehend a goldendoodle? also, by the way, trump doesn't get to decide how black a black person is. only kendrick lamar can do that. so kendrick, weigh in here. meanwhile, the trump campaign has indian problems of its own. j.d. vance has been getting attacked by white supremacists because his wife is indian. and if you're thinking, "wow, if someone insulted my wife, i'd go apeshit on them," then you are not j.d. vance. >> look, i love my wife so much. i love her because she's who she is. obviously, she's not a white person, and we've been accused -- attacke

say, but i didn't say anything, yes no, for god's sake, kamala anyway, you’ll win, you’ll say, who is she, african-american or indian, she’s blackican-american, american with asian roots, but now i don’t understand, i need trump to sort this out, trump’s help to andrey, please give me anyway explain who kamala is he quickly, some of those who support you, including republicans of the us congress, called vice president kamala haris the first black woman of asian-american descent to serve as vice president, is included in the main party card was. "no, i think it's a little different, i've known her for many years, both externally and personally, she has always been of indian origin, she has always promoted indian origins, i didn't know what was black, she has always identified herself as a black woman , she went to a black college. i respect both of these groups, but she obviously doesn't, because she was indian all this time, and then suddenly she changed her mind and became black. well, i defined her, in fact, as she is . herself defines. don’t laugh, that’s when she says some phrase, don’t laugh after that, so what she’s trying

has the political kind of kamala harris, black white male or female. if you really look at her climb from city attorney to da to attorney general, to u.s., senator, to vice president, no man or woman has that background. if you study and i have for hundreds of years. so the reality is kamala harris is not being respected for what she represents. she's more in the largest state with the largest diverse population in america. about 8 times here in california, conservatives in the central valley liberals in the northern california, there are all kinds of people in southern california. but kamala harris has done well again and again. and people continue to underestimate and i think they do it at their at their risk because she continues to win. and i think again, the messaging that put forth is that she wants a better america old american not break, make america great again. but make america middle class again. and i think that's what of kamala harris's agenda is. it's a continued the biden agenda, which is an extension really of the old civil rights, demo

i wanted to show up for the black community. and then kamalaris, you told me she was going to be here. now she's not here. y'all are 35 minutes late. i'm a busy man. and the equipment is not working. it was hard -- if you watched the whole thing. harris is asking questions. he says harris, i can't hear i o -- i can't hear your questions. she really stuck to the issues. but the first question right out of the gate was critical of him. and so he is like, listen, y'all didn't tell me the truth about kamala being here. y'all are asking me these tough questions right out of the gate. no thank you, no welcome, mr. president. thanks for being here. i understand that perspective. he was set up for that right from the get-go. >> brian: karen, "the washington post," just because the former president showed up, she stepped down as co-chair. she is basically a lot of people protested. >> ainsley: criticized for inviting him even though it's a tradition, brian. >> brian: why wouldn't you invite him? he it is a president running for president again. his poll

he wrote quote, crazy kamala is saying, she's indian, not black. this is a big deal, stone cold phony. she uses everybody including her racial identity. i know we don't have to continue to emphasize this, but if kamala harris is the first black vice president, the first indian american vice president. and what she has done is historical. i just want to leave that there, but look, i do want to add some context here as well when we talked to donald trump's senior advisers leading up to the nabj panel. they had said that more than any other media appearance that donald trump has done in the last several months. this had the opportunity to go sideways. it's very clear. i think we can all agree that this did go sideways especially when he is still very committed to trying to siphon off many of these, you know, more minority votes, particularly black voters and hispanic voters and i think his comments yesterday, trying to push him on very legitimate questions about why black voters should vote for him he instead went on the attack. omar. >> and again, tha

trump's interview at the national association of black journalists convention yesterday and his appearance prompting a wave of backlash after a question, kamala harris is identity as a black woman? >> and repeated his claim that undocumented migrants are taking quote, black jobs. trump's interview comes as he tries to build momentum with black voters and he was making inroads with that group until harris entered the race. and on that note, our panel is back to discuss this two i want to stick with that with those numbers we were just looking at because the trump campaign was really zeroed in on, on trying to go after black voters, especially black men, were they saw biden's numbers softening and that whole dynamic has really been turned on its head in the last ten days now, we saw kamala harris in atlanta with a largely black crowd a lot of young people are really enthusiastic, more than 10,000 people in that crowded showed how much the race has changed, how much the enthusiasm is behind harris, not only as the first woman potential president, but also the first black woman to potentially be president. and donald trump has is having to deal w

go to the national association of black journalists and question whether kamala harris is really black or not. this is what happens, and this is how you can tell that this race is changing, because what happens is when donald trump is ahead and he feels like he's comfortably ahead, he is willing to go with conventional, smart political advice. as soon as he thinks it's getting close, he goes back to the greatest hits. you saw this at the convention when he didn't think he was getting the reaction he wanted from the beginning of his speech. he went back to the greatest hits. you saw it at the nabj, and you saw it last night in atlanta. >> george: attacking the republican governor. >> right. now here's brian kemp who he has attacked mercilessly since 2020. sponsored a primary candidate against him who by the way, kemp got 70% of the vote against in the primary, beat trump's endorsed candidate, and this is a guy who won big in 2022 when lots of other republicans up and down the ticket, including in georgia, were losing, and so to attack kemp is a stupid thing, but this is who he is, georg