it appears and that's why i said i'd love to hear from ms york john herself it appears that the target of her comments it was ok because they were white americans only thing i know is that she says these were just jokes i don't believe that you could use those same comments and joke about women or joke about blacks or joke about any other group and have it be seen as ok because you're just joking we shouldn being gauging in rhetoric where you cast aspersions or you group people according to race that shouldn't happen the new york times ought to be trying to set an example when daniela bloomberg blumberg wrote a piece for the business insider defending the right of a straight actress to play a transgendered person she was actually fired her piece was removed and she was encouraged to find new employment for her insensitivity there was no insensitivity demonstrated she was just giving an opinion this young is giving a is making a statement that is not true there should never be a statement where you cast all whites or all blacks in any grouping and target them and treat them as if they'r

ms. times" "the new york let's go to john in florida, independent. caller: good morning.irst i want to state i respect c-span. they give a voice for everyone, not just cnn for left or fox for the right. i am an independent and i grew up in a family of democrats, but i learned. i worked for nasa in a physics lab and i think the younger --eration getting over to donald trump, i have various certificates from the college because they teach the constitution. i voted for trump because i am a ted cruz guy, but he did not get in. i would never vote for hillary clinton. she is the most corrupt individual around. one last thing i would like to say is trump is not against media. he is against fox news -- fake news. mostch fox, fox is the consistent, open, free speech news channel you have on television. i appreciate c-span. you have a great day. host: sort of related to what you are talking about, the president also tweeted this this morning, responding to attorney general jeff sessions' statement yesterday. he said ex-nsa contractor to spend time in jail. who is the nsa contractor