lebron james is interviewed by the dumbest man on television, he made lebron looks smart which is notto do. i like mike which seems to be a reference of the debate of which player is the greatest of all time. is the president fanning the flames of what is seen as a cultural war. joining me now or political consultant, thank you both for being on. this is basketball and politics and culture and all comes together in this. we have seen nba players and people into the broader community spear of the back and forth between the president and lebron. >> the first of which the nba is by far all the professional sports socially active sports. that goes back to decades, bill russell and -- akron did not start with lebron, it goes back with many, many years. nba players are encouraged to be socially active. if you remember after travon martin, the miami heat players came out wearing hoodies. several nba players and donovan mitchell and all stepped up and defended lebron james. if you notice that trump sent out his tweet, lebron james did not send anything about it. he does not need anyone to def

the president lashed out at both don lemon and lebron james, saying don's dumb and so so lebron. and then he says, i like mike. we'll get back to that. but what's happened today is really interesting. lelen fired back. lebron james tried to ignore it and just work with the students of the school. but some reporters asked malia tru -- melania trump for a reaction because cnn used #bebest and here is the first lady's statement. she's definitely siding with lebron james over her husband. melania trump say, it looks like lebron james is working to do good thipgngs on behalf of our next generation and the first lady encourages everyone to have an open dialogue about issues facing children today. here's the whole thing. she says, as you know, mrs. trump has traveled the country and world talking about their well being, healthy living, and the importance of responsible online behavior with her be best initiative. her platform centers around visiting organizations, hospitals, and schools, and she would be open to visiting the i promise school in akron. it's almost as if melania trump is

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trump versus lebron. how the president's tweet insulting the basketball star's intelligence is receiving backlash, even within his own white house. >> bums. me and my friends call each other that all the time. i'm not his friend. i don't want to see that on a note. >> if you don't run, trump is going to win. would you run? >> in that case, i may. >> what to make in the battle against king james and the president. >>> a report on why the president may be worried one of his sons is in jeopardy because of the 2016 trump tower meeting. >>> why success for the democrats could be historic for the house speakership. >>> we begin with a warning by president trump to republican critics, particularly those seeking re-election. president trump was in ohio last night, but not mentioning anyone by name. >> how do you get 100% of anything. you get somebody, i don't like trump, i don't like our president. he destroyed my career. i only destroyed a career because they said bad things about me and you fight back and they

lebron came into the nba out of high school.s is a guy who was raised by single parent and he is married and has three kids and he's a responsible parent. you know he's with the boys when they are playing basketball. you see their highlight films everywhere. he started the school. he talked once about not being able to get to school for a long stretch of days. he did not have a bike. and so everybody who is in the school and lives beyond that two miles radius gets a free bike. who thinks about things like that only someone who has been in that position not having things. >> and he did not forgot where he comes from. >> lebron james is an extraordinary businessman. he didn't go to college. he started in basketball when he's in high school. i talked to people that known him, he went to cleaver land ve he's an incredible student who learned how to make millions of dollars and now he's an activist and educator. >> melania trump broke with her husband and this is what the first lady broke. looks like lebron james is working to do goo

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and that was a reset. >> even when you have lebron respect and lebron money. do you think it's harder now? or it's always been there. we're just seeing it because of cell phones. >> i think it's always been there. but i think the president in charge now has given people -- they don't care now. they throw it in your face now. >> do you -- would you ever run for office? >> run for office? >> would you ever be a politician and run for office? >> i don't think so. i don't think so. i sit here and say i don't think so. i don't know. >> i'm being serious. if someone tried to recruit a lebron to run for president, they said listen, they've got no one, if you don't run, trump's going to win, would you run? >> well, in that case, i may. yeah. if they have no one. i believe there is some people out there. i hope. let's see first. let's see first. >> but you would run? >> let's see first. >> the last question is what do you hope happens from this school? because i got to tell you, i walked through. i am impressed. everybody is impressed. this is a great thing you're doin

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and that's what i see in brother lebron.her for that. >> paris, what does it say to you that the president doesn't focus on what dr. west is talking about and what melania trump certainly was trying to focus on and instead just goes after him calling him dumb. same with don lemon as he has called maxine waters, low iq, and others. >> what we know about this president is he doesn't attack first, but he always responds. he responds if he feels something is said about him that is negative or harsh, he'll respond to someone that is black, he'll respond to someone that is a woman, he'll respond to someone that is white. that's just how the president was when he was a private citizen, a candidate and now the president. the real focus should be on the president supporting things like charter schools and school choice and parental choice and trying to figure out ways how we can improve school systems across the country, not just in akron, ohio, which i think is a positive thing. but i think and hope that lebron james and others will

i was interviewing lebron james.to attack me. >> you didn't that night, but, don, you have called him a racist -- you've called him a racist. it is a punch to the throat of the president and he punches back and that's totally fair. >> how much more evidence do you need? how much more evidence do you need? being a racist does not mean walking down the street calling people the n-word. it is what you do, your practice. it is what you say, how you treat people, who you hang out with, it is what comes out of your mouth. it's not active like, oh, my gosh, you catch someone in the act being racist. you judge people on their lies and their action. and that's what i've judged from his action. and know this administration is fact challenged but all you have to do is look at the facts. >> no, i'm not -- >> yes, you are. this is again a whole bunch of things that are not related to each other and tries to get around the actual facts we put on the table. that's what you do. i've seen you on television a million times and it's ki

melania trump has sided with lebron. and if anything, i think lebron should return the favor because if there is anyone who can tell her how to get out of an unhappy relationship, it's him. relationship, it's him. we'll be right back. (thomas) nice choices! you see, now verizon lets you mix and match your family unlimited plans like you mix and match your flavors. so you get what you want, without paying for things you don't. number 6. i know. where do i put it? in my belly. (vo) one family. different unlimited plans. starting at $40 per line on the network you deserve. ♪ it's so hard to believe ♪ but it's all coming back me. ♪ baby, baby, baby. all you can eat is back, baby. applebee's. >> welcome back to the daily show. back in may, back in may president trump said he was pulling out of the iran nuclear deal, for a lot of obamas-- i mean reasons. and tonight it becomes official. >> at midnight tonight the united states will reimpose sanctions on iran months after president trump announced he was unilaterally pulling ou

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you have him rage tweeting at night complaining about don lemon and lebron james. and his wife telling him to knock it off. >> she doesn't speak out often, kate, which is what makes this really poignant. she is perhaps most vocal when she disagrees with her husband. >> that's an interesting point. this isn't a first lady we hear from a lot. she is pretty quiet, not a big speech give. typically this isn't someone we hear from. i think what brian says is interesting. it's hard to examine the marriage of any couple. but we have watched melania trump try to assert independence and fire wak she has said on the campaign trail i to tell him the tweets will get new trouble. he is a grown up he does his own thing. she has said before i am my own person. i am strong. don't feel sorry for me, et cetera. this might be her way. and i think it is, of fighting not back but sort of expressing an opinion that might not be the reflection exactly of her her husband thinks but it's what she thinks and feels. it's important the first lady is able to do that. and she does it despite the

lebron james 'home state. let's talk about it with cnn national political reporter for real clear politics. and cnn political reporter "washington post" columnist kathryn rampell. what do you make of the first lady contradicting her husband, taking sides with lebron james in this spat, even making sure to note her be best campaign. >> and that she would in fact be open to visiting lebron james's felon throppic inhibitingive. it does fit into the be best campaign such as it is. it seems to be about encouraging good behavior amongst children and being a good role model. and who the better role model is it the person achieving great success and welt and chose to give it back to the community or the person who also achieved great wealth and decided to use other people's are the charitable donations to pay off his legal disputes and buy por traits of himself? one of these two figures seems to fit more squarely into the role model that melania trump has been advocating for children. >> we know the president likes to

"lebron james was just interviewed by the dumbest man on television, don lemon. he made lebron look smart, which isn't easy to do." the president added, "i like mike!" an apparent reference to michael jordan. earlier this week, lebron james spoke with cnn's don lemon about a school for at-risk kids he's opening in his hometown of akron. in the interview, james accused the president of using sports to drive people apart. >> he's kind of used sport to kind of divide us. and that's something that i can't relate to. sports has never been something that divided people. it's always been something that brings someone together. >> reporter: during the trump presidency, no nba championship team has celebrated at the white house. this year, the president said james' cavaliers and steph curry's golden state warriors weren't even asked. >> i didn't invite them no, i didn't invite lebron james, and i didn't invite steph curry. >> reporter: the president also rescinded an invitation to the warriors in 2017 after curry said this. >> i don't want to go. that's really it. >> repo

and here's the other thing about lebron james. he has led an impeccable public life, and now he's helping at-risk third and fourth graders. think about the tired story line here, kasie, okay? he's not just wrong. he's not just disagreeing with lebron. he has to call him dumb, too. and in the aftermath and in the shadow of it, how is that working out for him so far? >> you just got -- weigh in on that, that no black athlete who want to sit across from the and here's the other thing about lebron james. he has led an impeccable public life, and now he's helping at-risk third and fourth graders. think about the tired story line here, kasie, okay? he's not just wrong. he's not just disagreeing with lebron. he has to call him dumb, too. and in the aftermath and in the shadow of it, how is that working out for him so far? >> you just got -- weigh in on that, that no black athlete who want to sit across from the president. >> we haven't seen that at all. and one of trump's advisors, darrell scott, one of his black advisors has been workin

doesn't like lebron. he likes mike. not the first time melania dunked on the donald. welcome to "the lead," everyone, i'm jake tapper. the russia investigation, led to a stunning admission. president trump yet again changing the entire story surrounding the now infamous 2016 trump tower meeting admitting for the first time the only reason for the meeting was to get dirt on hillary clinton. this was in response to a story in "the washington post" and another of which sources close to the white house told kaitlan collins and myself that president trump is increasingly worried of whether his son donald trump jr. might be legally exposed in the special counsel's russia investigation. this concern according to sources particularly about mueller potentially touching don jr. is leading to the president's increasingly frenzied public agitation sources tell us. just like that, president trump put that agitation on full display tweeting in response to the reporting of cnn and "the post," quote, my wonderful son don

he tweet the his support for lebron james.he president and his tone in this criticism and the attacks against black athletes made imimpossible for people like michael jordan who remained quiet on issues of politics to not simply just stand by on the sidelines and weigh into that? >> i think too, severing about politics now. and the president is certainly responsible for making it that way. he has seized on especially the protests in the nfl. but all kinds of issues that are political issues raised by athletes. he seized that as an opportunity. so i think he absolutely sees a value in politicizing the sort of cultural things like professional sports. >> randy moss' induction into the pro football hall of fame drew quite a bit of attention for a statement he made. he was supporting a tie with the names of black and brown victims of police violence. in fact, here's what he told their families. listen to this. >> so, you know, what i want to be able to express with my tie is to let the families know that they're not alone. you kno

he made lebron look smart, which isn't easy to do. i like mike. that was a reference to michael jordan, who said through his spokesman afterwards that he supported lebron james and the amazing job he is doing for his community. joining me are professor cornel west of harvard and princeton and cnn political commentator paris denard, former black outreach for president george w. bush. professor, i'm wondering what you make of this which is just the latest example of the president criticizing a well-known african american person on intelligence. >> well, i think we need to keep the focus where it belongs because it's clear that president trump doesn't focus on what he ought to. the focus is on first gloria marie james, a mother, a magnificent black woman raise as magnificent son and becomes one of the greatest athletes in the history of modern times who then use his greatness to serve others. 230 very precious students of

lebron james did have some criticism for trump in the interview. to be honest, but lebron said he would not sit down with the president if invited. that might have poked the president in some way. so you have president trump on twitter insulting both don lemon and lebron james and what happened in the 24 hours after is so interesting. you know? you saw michael jordan, hillary clinton, and even melania trump all standing up for lebron james. an interesting combination of figures. here is part of the statement from melania trump. remember, this is all about lebron's school and his foundation in akron, ohio, that is helping the community. so melania trump came out and said, sounds like he is doing great work. community and, quote t looks like lebron james is working to do good things on behalf of our next generation. the first lady encourages everybody to have open dialogue about issues facing children today. here is a key part from the first lady's spokeswoman stevan grish grisham. you can imagine that moment, right? if president trump is criticizing

a couple days ago the first lady sided with lebron james after her husband tweeted this, lebron jamesrviewed by the dumbest man on feflgs, don lemon. he made lebron look smart, which isn't easy to do. i like mike. right. so that was the president's response. and melania let's just say did not sing that tune. jeremy diamond, our white house reporter is on this. this is not the first time that his own wife has disagreed. >> that's right. she has done so in the past often via her own spokeswoman. it's interesting when we talk about the trump administration and people close to the president we are often talking about them defending everything the president says regardless whether it is true or not, regardless of whether it's right or wrong. now we are seeing several people close to the president seeming to distance themselves to some of what he said. let's start with melania trump, the first lady who of course broke with the president on the issue of lebron james after the president criticized him in that tweet you just showed the first lady released this statement saying it looks like le

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food as it should be. >>> i'm with lebron james. going to let you come to ohio, president trump, and do your race-baiting and make your racial statements against people in ohio or anywhere across the country. whether it's lebron james or maxine waters or anybody else, that ain't playing any more, president trump. >> that's congressman tim ryan of ohio last night with strong words for president trump after the president insulted lebron james on twitter. i want to bring back in caitlyn huey-burns and jim scott and joining me in new york, brandon robinson, the host of the scoop radio broadcast. let me get your reaction to that tweet. the president went to ohio to deliver a stump speech for a republican candidate last night. >> how convenient. >> didn't come up in the speech he gave. your reaction to what he had to say. >> how convenient that lebron james leaving ohio, going to l.a. that was the tempest storm the president was talking about on saturday morning, no less. listen, this is a guy who opened the school just this week. i promi

. >>> the massive twitter attack on lebron james and how the first lady is taking lebron's side, someing. hope you're having a good one. we're at msnbc headquarters in new york and here's what's happening now. we begin with breaking news. president trump's legal team speaking today on the chances of a sit-down with special counsel robert mueller and what they will do if mueller is forced to issue a subpoena. here's more on that. >> the president is clear he wants to interview. i will tell you his legal team is concerned. i make this joke that no matter what the legal team recommends, if we recommend the president were to give the interview, which i think the inclination is not at this point, but if the recommendation was give the interview, you'll get 12 lawyers on there saying i can't believe sekulow or giuliani or the other lawyers allowed the president to do it. if we say no, we're not going to do the interview, the same 12 lawyers are going to say, gee, what are they hiding? a subpoena for live testimony has never been attested in court for the president of the united states, and

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in fact she's firmly supporting lebron james.at she says sw how she's breaking with the president in a moment. but i want you to see and hear what the president saw. the interview that inspired him to insult lebron james and my fellow cnn anchorer, don lemon. here's just a portion of it. >> you've heard what the man in charge what the president has said about marshawn, about steph. >> cappernic. yep. >> what's up with that? >> what's up with that is all wrong. it's not up, it's down. and for him to like i say use sports to kind of it vide us is something i can't sit back sw not say nothing. >> you tweeted about -- you tweeted about when steph curry taegs you called him a bum because steph had already said i'm not going to the white house stpwhrp he already said he wasn't going tried to use that afterwards to say you're uninvited. you can't uninvite me to something i am not even going to. he's a great kid, comes from great background, great father so many kids, white, black, hispanic love what he's toing and rightfully so. there's

he made lebron look smart, which isn't easy to do. i like mike. >> something that we're not used to as a president to go off on social media. >> look at the president himself. i really don't think he's any smarter than who he's talking about. >> reporter: others say it's racial. the president questioning the intelligence of two african-american men in one tweet. >> it's not a debate at this point. >> he called for the prior president's birth certificate, i want to see his iq test. >> reporter: the controversial the 22 came just hours before air force one touched down in lebron james' home state, ohio, where the president is stopping for gop candidates. >> for the senate we have to get jim. we just have to get him in. because senator brown is not going to vote for our judge. >> reporter: the president was back on twitter tonight, this time taking aim at democratic opponents instead of professional athletes. we're hearing the first lady herself is also not a fan of the president's message. >> reporter the first lady talking about the sc

lebron james new school for at risk youth in akron, ohio. take a listen to what lebron james had to say about president trump in that interview. >> i believe our president is kind of trying to divide us. but i think -- >> kind of? >> he is. he is not i don't want to say kind of. he's dividing us. >> what would you say to the president if he was sitting right here? >> i would never sit across from him. >> you would never. don't want to talk to him? >> no, sit across from barack though. >> in response president trump then attacked the intelligence of both don lemon and lebron james in a tweet. you're a former assistant attorney general for civil rights, a lot of observers out there saw the president's tweet as yet another example of the president's racism. do you agree? >> well, you know, it's hard to argue with that but it's nothing new and the tweets are all the same. they are all about -- they are all about division and they are often -- or usually about the president. i think obsessing about the president's tweets and his rants really don'

lebron james puts them in school. >> right. that's what put melania over the edge. >> look, he's obviously wholly triggered, at the same time -- again, one doesn't want to get away from that. yes, it's getting crazier because there is more -- the walls are closing in. a lot of different metaphors around this. but it's getting more serious for him. he is triggered. he does watch television. he hate watches morning joe. all those things are true. yet at the same time, if the reality is that your legal jeopardy and political jeopardy are getting worse, the only you've done that worked in is push up mueller's negative with the republican voters, it's worked, it's not surprising he's doubling down because he doesn't have anything else. >> that's the only tool he's got. aaron, i heard last week before he sent out the tweet on thursday, calling on sessions to end the mueller probe, that he was, again, musing to confidants about firing sessions. is that still a flash point? that's still something people are having to go into mueller's

to me that's how the lebron piece sort of played out.ist and despicable and really has to stop insulting the intelligence of african-americans, it's getting a little tiresome and really this narrative of him as a racist is only deepening. so this goes to the second point, jake, you and i were talking about this, this goes to so much of his strategy, which is about dividing us as a country, which is about along racial lines and along ethnic lines, attacks on muslim americans and african-americans, journalists and then exploiting that fear and division in ways that are helpful for him and frafrpgly help the russians. >> all i can say the democratic party has been doing that for decades. you even saw it. kamala harris defending the divisive politics. democratic party has been divided along race and class in every other thing -- i understand you don't like it. i understand -- >> let me run that sound bite that he's referring to, senator kamala harris, democrat from california spoke at the net roots convention in new orleans and possibly runn

and lebron is breaking with that tradition in a big way. he has been very involved with black lives matter. he said that the killing of trayvon martin was a life-changing event for him. so when trump is saying he likes mike, he's saying i like my black athletes to smile and play and be quiet. >> and perform essentially. michael steele, what do you think? >> i think she's absolutely right. i thought it, she had it. that's exactly what you have here. it is almost as if i like my black athletes when they stay in their place. and the fact that you have a number of -- a growing number led by individuals like lebron coming out and filling the space, the public space, they don't see it so much as political activism, they see it as articulating deep-rooted concerns within the black community and responding to the white community through the president's auspices in a way that says, no, this far, no further. this is the ground we're staking, these things matter to us. for someone like lebron, he's putting his money where his mouth is every single day

lebronjames lebron james is lebronjames is without lebron james is without any lebronjames is withoutd for the la la kers, sports. when he recently signed for the la lakers, it made the headlines, but he has found himself in the news again because of his criticism of donald trump. on cnn, he accused the president of using sport to split the us apart and it is not the first time he has spoken out against mr trump.|j is not the first time he has spoken out against mr trump. i am not going to let him, while i have this platform, it any individual, no matter the power, no matter the impact that he should have, or should have, ever use sport as a platform to divide us. in an angry tweeds, donald trump fired back at both the basketball star and the news network, saying... it is farfrom it is far from the first time that athletes, or cnn, have angered the american president. earlier this year, mrtrump american president. earlier this year, mr trump cancelled a traditional visit to the white house by the super bowl winners after most of the philadelphia eagles's players said they did not want

he didn't say he was against trump, just tepidly for lebron. about as weak a statement as he could have made. >> and what the pictures will look like when you see the first lady should she go to this very community project that lebron invested in. >> yeah, this is reminiscent of the child separations that we had earlier this summer where she kind of came out as against that, she went to the border of course that all blew up because her shirt that said i don't care do you, all of the headlines ended up being about that. but that was another division where she decided to go see something sort of dividing with her hufs and tmust and the pres. and of course going to a school that lebron just started does mark a clear division between the first lady and the president. >> all right. thank you all. >>> there is a new proposal to the white house from special counsel robert mueller. team trump meeting this weekend to draft a response. what is on the table and what team trump says is off-limits. s, diabetic nerve pain, these feet... ...raised a good spor

i want to focus on what we heard from lebron james in the clip at the top.ports historically, traditionally, being this unifying force. what has the president been doing with sports? how has he up-ended that over the course of the administration? >> i think it's a little bit shaky to assume that the president himself is the one that's up-ending all of sports. this environment has always existed in the united states throughout the entire history we've seen black people. the athletes are only here to entertain us. but at the same time, we are seeing a new difference in what the presidency is doing and using governmental power. this is no longer fodder for a red base. this is no longer words he's using before rallies. this is policy and sweeping across the political right where republicans all over the country are using this in attack ads, using this to raise campaign dollars, to the point where the president is disinviting athletes from the white house. it's no longer just fodder. we have to believe this is policy from the right. a directive from trump. and th

he made lebron look smart which isn't easy to do. adding to the drama, today, the president traveled to campaign for a gop congressional candidate in james' home state of ohio. governor john kasich chimed in. rather than criticizing king james, he should be celebrating him for his charity work, and efforts to help kids. in a statement, a spokeswoman for first lady melania trump said it looks like lebron james is working to do good things on behalf of our next generation. and, that mrs. trump would be open to visiting james' school. >> wouldn't you love to see one of these nfl owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say get that son of a [bleep] off the field. >> reporter: in june, trump disinvited super bowl champions the philadelphia eagles james weighed in at the time while playing in the nba finals. >> i mean, i know, no matter who wins this series, no one wants to invite us. >> reporter: weijia jiang, cbs news, the white house. >>> we have breaking news out of redding. another death in the car fire. this time, a pg&e emplo

he made lebron look smart, which isn't easy to do. in that cnn interview, james was asked if he thinks the president uses african-american athletes to distract people. >> whenever there is something, he's in trouble, he can't wiggle out of something, he'll bring up the national anthem thing and kneeling or standing. do you think he uses black athletes as a scapegoat? >> at times, at times, and more often than not. i believe he uses anything that is popular to try to negate people from thinking about the positive things that they can actually be doing. >> well, with us now from birmingham, england, is scott lucas, he teaches international politics at the university of birmingham. thank you for being with us. we're going to talk about lebron james in a moment. i want to start with the russia investigation with you. sources close to the white house telling cnn the president is growing concerned the investigation is creeping closer to his son and perhaps his son-in-law jared kushner and perhaps that's what's behind his increasingly frenzi

that is what lebron james is talking about. in the piece that lebron james was interviewed, he was talking about the way he is funding new schools and giving kids access to resources and education that they would not have. a pillar in his community. he has talked about the way the president has stoked racial tension. we have seen that in the way he went after the nfl with the protests. he used the bully bull ppulpit bully. >> you have lebron james and don lemon. high profile african-american men. he has a history of using almost race as a wedge issue. talk about the implications of that. he is just unapologetic about it. it is frustrating to so many people. >> exactly. interestingly, a poll out a month ago showed half of the country asked if the president was racist. said yes. we know the president likes to talk about the culture wars. i talked to republican strategists across the country and they say the culture war rallies up the support of the base they need in the tough conteco contes contests. >> this is strategic. >> yes.

but he refrained from criticizing nba superstar, lebron james, on his own turf. after insulting his intelligence on twitter just hours before, the reaction against that has been strong. first lady melania trump weighed in, saying this in a statement through her spokesperson. it looks like lebron james is working to do good things on behalf of our next generation. the statement continuing, the first lady would be open to visiting the i promise school in akron. joining me now is sports writer davidson and mike pesca. mike, i want to start with you. get your reaction to the president's tweet and the backlash that's followed. but it strikes me, when you look at it in contrast to the event last night, he didn't talk about it in ohio. it's another example of the president, with real bombast, saying something on twitter, saying something in a statement, but then not doubling down when he goes to a place where it would actually very acutely matter to people. >> yeah. and also not be popular. so i think perhaps we give president trump some credit for knowing how to rile u

he made lebron look smart which an easto do. a spokesperson for the first lady said it looks like lebron james is working to do good things on behalf of our next generation. he donated millions of dollars for free tuition, uniforms and meals for students. president trump left for a rally in ohio this afternoon. there's a special election there on tuesday. the democrat is making a run for a longtime republican seat. >>> still ahead, reigniting the passion for space travel. native is set to lead the u-s into the next era of space flight.. (sot nm) * it's finally game time, the whistle's about to blow its that kind of excitement* this is nicole mann from petaluma. she's among 9 >>> a bay area native is set to lead the spaceflight. this is nicole man from petaluma. she's among nine men and women for the first time who will use a commercial rocket to reach the international space station. david begnaud reports from houston. >> reporter: for the first time since 2011 we are on the brink of launching american astronauts un-american roc

president trump slams nba star lebron james in a late night tweet. the attack coming days after james slams the president in a tv terview. >> what i noticed is he used sports to divid us. >> this as president trump wecalates his war of words with china. are live with the latest. >>> holding strong. an around the clock watch on the viinia dam which could burst and flood the town below with 17 feet of water. evacuations in place, but hope this morning that the dam wil hold as more than 30 million people from maryland to maine deal with another day of relentless rain and possibility of flash flood. >>> on defense. embattled ohio state football ssistant urban meyer and coach breaking silence aboutiche domest violence allegations of zach smith by his-w e. >> i never hit her. >> and meyer admits he did know d reported them in 2015. is this enough for the coach to keep his job? >>> those stories and harvey weinstein fights back. could flattering e-mails from accuser after an alleged attack help him get his criminal case tossed out? >>> a huge honor for the

lebron james is another one. >> no doubt they are successful people.od points about the character of don, of lebron james, who i admire, i don't know him personally, but trump supporters i've seen on twitter arguing that this isn't about race, he's an equal opportunity attacker, he doesn't just attack people of color. he called steve bannon sloppy steve, he attacks his attorney general. do you think this is different? >> yeah, i do. it seems to me that when it comes to african-americans, when it comes to black people, he seems to go to the low iq dumbest person in the world attack quite often. it is his go-to when it comes to african-americans, that they are dumb. that is certainly not the case. don lemon and lebron james have got far better vocabulary and grammar skills than donald trump does. look, forget whether they are -- what they are, and everything they've done. donald trump is the president of the united states. and he's going on twitter, this platform with 50-some million people that follow him, to attack a man like lebron james and don lemon

questioned the intelligence of cnn anchor don lemon and nba star lebron james. that would be emmy and edward r award winning don lemon and four time league mvp. trump took that shot at james as he walked don lemon through the new elementary school for at risk children that he recently opened in his hometown of akron ohio. school where kids receive free transportation within two miles. free bikes with bike helmets. free uniforms, food pantries for family and free tuition at the university of akron when they graduate. makes this claim even more off key. >> this is probably the most proactive administration we've got in urban america and faith based community in my lifetime. bill 60 years old in december. to be honest, this is probably going to be -- i'm going to say at this table, most problack president we've had in our lifetime. >> uh-huh. >> joining me now is sports contribute for forbes and author of white like me. that pastor is one of the fa favorites of donald trump who claims donald trump is the most p pro-black president ever. you're laughing. why are you

lebron james' home state. this rally comes as the gop scrambles to hold on to what had been a reliable congressional seat, all ahead of a must-win special election. kristen. >> and the midterm fever is on, all right, geoff bennett, thank you for that report. >>> extreme heat returning to the western portion of the country tonight. temperatures are expected to reach the high 90s in northern california tomorrow and the region will heates in the triple las vegas could get to 112 degrees. northern california isn't alone in its suffering f therom hot weather. a heat wave is also sweeping through europe creating extreme conditions. our matt bradley has that story from portugal. >> reporter: in a tiny portuguese village, the fire alarm is low tech. emergency professionals are more like volunteers. but the fear of forest fires is as high as the soaring temperatures. last year, this region was ravaged by fires that killed more than 60. "last year's fires were terrifying. they were all around us," said adalina. meteorol

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honduras y nicaragua nos con otras cosas el trece trump atacÓ al foro tisht mÁs grande tel mundo lebron primera dama melania trump. >> esta maÑana el presidente trump en guerra con lebron james en twitter escribiÓ. (twitter en pantalla) . >>> se referÍa a la leyenda de michael jordan pero por quÉ el ataque. >> esta semana en cnn james criticÓ al presidente. >>> esta es la batalla mÁs reciente entre el presidente y atletas profesional ha sido un crÍtico constante de los jugadores de fÚtbol americano que se hincan cuando suena el himno nacional. >> en septiembre incluso pidiÓ que los despidiera. >> esta vez michael jordan dijo que apoya a lebron james porque estÁ haciendo un gran trabajo a la comunidad. >> en efecto, la entrevista fue para hablar de la apertura de una escuela que lebron james ha abierto en ohio para apoyar a niÑos necesitados por eso lanzÓ una pregunta al aire. (twitter en pantalla). >>> usÓ el hashtag un guiÑo a la campaÑa de la primera dama. >> en esta avalancha de reacciones, la propia oficina de la primera dama felicitÓ esta tarde a lebron james por su labor social. >

lebron james acaba de ser entrevistado por el hombre mÁs tonto de la televisiÓn.ia de trump a la de personas afroamericanos. esta mna acusÓ a maxime waters de ser poco inteligente. es la congresista demÓcrata por california tambiÉn afroamericano. melania trump volviÓ a desmarcarse de su marido de forma pÚblica. parece que lebron james estÁ trabajando para hacer buenas cosas para nuestra naciÓn como siempre. incluso, se ofreciÓ a visitar una escuela que lebron estÁ patrocinando su ciudad natal. este prominente republicano dijo que los demÓcratas son los que dividen al paÍs. los demÓcratas responde que la realidad de por sÍ misma y que trump calificÓ gente muy fina los supremacistas blancos de vigilia. --virginia. muchos de ellos ha repetido muchas veces que trump es un racista. >> dijo que los mexicanos serÁn violadores, se pasÓ diciendo que los negros hay que votar los del paÍs. --botarlos del paÍs. se refiriÓ a ciertos inmigrantes como animales. tambiÉn dijo que los inmigrantes deberÍan reírse como insectos. el tema del racismo serÁ tambiÉn un punto importante en

michael jordan released a statement saying he supports lebron, and then melania came to lebron's defensethrough a spokesperson, the first lady said it looks like lebron james is working to do good things on behalf of our next generation. lebron opened a school for at-risk kids in ohio last week that guarantees college tuition for every child who graduates. of course the last time trump opened a school, the students sued him for fraud and won $25 million. [ laughter ] so i'll let you decide who the dumbest don on television is. [ cheers and applause ] meanwhile, russia has a plan to improve relations with the united states, and that plan involves none other than steven seagal. on saturday, the russian foreign ministry posted this on twitter. steven seagal, who is a russian citizen, has been appointed as a special representative of the russian foreign ministry in charge of the #russia u.s. humanitarian ties. well, there you go, vladimir putin officially trolling us now, right? [ laughter ] he is doing a really good job. you have to hand it to him. here they are together. putin on the left,