here is what he said about that in a part of the interview posted on npr's website. it's just a distracts distraction for him he has said this himself in the press or publicly that he really wants to reach out and have a good relationship with say, russia in the same which he does with xi from china and hopefully kim interest north korea. but -- you best but he is hesitant to do that right now

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in an interview with npr, that a year is long enough to conclude there's nothing there. >> the president keeps calling the russian investigation a witch hunt. do you think it's a witch hunt against the president? >> from what i read in the newspaper, something that has gone on this long without any real meat on the bone suggests to me that there is nothing there relative to our president. >> is there a cloud because of it hanging over this white house? >> yeah, you know, there may not be a cloud, but certainly the

here's what he said about that in a part of the interview posted on npr's web site.im, he has, you know, he has said this himself in the press or publicly that he wants to reach out and have a good relationship with, say, russia in the same way he does with xi from china and hopefully kim from north korea but he's hesitant to do that because of what you say is a cloud. joining us now is zerlina maxwell, maria theresa kumar and msnbc contributor which makes me the only person on this screen not wearing red. welcome to both of you, zerlina, wow, i don't know what to make of this. we're embarrassed -- the president is embarrassed because when he meets foreign leaders like netanyahu who is under investigation in his own company, that's the problem. >> i think in the week we learn there's a connection between the kremlin and the trump campaign and his associates, i find this out of touch, i think kelly for all the credit and his military career that he deserves and the thought he was going to rein in donald trump, he hasn't done that. he's bought into the thinking of the

john kelly getting a lot of blow back for what he said during an npr interview and what he said about undocumented immigrants. >> let me step back and tell you that the vast majority of the people who move illegally into the united states are not bad people. they're not criminals. they're not ms-13. but they're rural people, third, fourth, fifth, sixth grade educations are the norm. they're coming here for a reason and i sympathize with the reasons but the laws are the laws. >> it will be interesting to see how sarah sanders responds to this. while he's getting a lot of push back, the president has been more extreme. kelly saying most people who come are good people. we've heard the president say some people who come are good people but mexico isn't sending its best, it sending rapists and criminals. how does she thread that needle? >> john kelly and the president pretty much see eye to eye on these issues. these likely will not be comments that get the president's attention, that cause him to say anything. we've reported extensively in the past that john kelly is an immigration hardl

he goes on to share an anecdote telling npr quote, i did my first off the record, but after about sixb one of the reporters said to me, look, you are our worst nightmare. this place was a clown show before you showed up. we didn't think this president would last a year or 18 months. the leaks all but went away, so sorry, but you got to go. >> all right. so john kelly's also facting criticism over fact comments that he made about immigration. >> the vast majority of the people that move illegally into the united states is not bad people. they're not criminals. they're not ms-13. but they're not also people that would asim plasimilate into thed states. they're coming here for a reason and i sympathize with the reason, but the laws are the laws. >> so according to npr's transcript he goes on to say quote, a big name of the game is deterrence. the chief of staff also defended the administration's new zero tolerance policy that would separate immigrant parents from children saying quote, the children will be taken care of, put into foster care or whatever, but the big point is they elected

here is what he said about that in a part of the interview posted on npr's website. it's just a distracts distraction for him he has said this himself in the press or publicly that he really wants to reach out and have a good relationship with say, russia in the same which he does with xi from china and hopefully kim interest north korea. but -- you best but he is hesitant to do that right now because of what you say is a cloud. joining us now is zolina. theresa khurram. msnbc contributor which makes me the only person on the screen not wearing red right now. zirlina. i don't know what to make it this, the president is embarrasses ds because he he meets foreign leaders like netanyahu who is under investigation, that's a problem. >> in the week we learn there is a financial connection between the krem rein potentially and the trump campaign and associates, i just find this a completely out of touch. i think john kelly for all of the credit and his military career that he rightly deserves and the thought that he was going to rihn in donald trump he hasn't done that. he

my views are reflected in the latest npr, closed quote. secretary carter recognizes that the new npr is not starting or participating in an arms race. simply responding to a deteriorating threat environment. on the question of affordability, let's keep in mind, these three secretaries of defense from both parties have called nuclear deterrence our number one priority defense mission. secretary carter says, it's affordable, it's of fundamental importance. it's not a large part of the acquisition budget or the defense budget, but it is extremely important. so i'm confident these programs are affordable. closed quote. secretary mattis sums it up much better, i think. he said, quote, america can afford survival, closed quote. i agree, america can afford survival. i urge a yes vote on my amendment and yield back. >> ranking member? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i agree that it is -- sorry. i will speak in opposition to the amendment. i agree that it's essential to recapitalize our nuclear force and nuclear posture, you should do that. i agree tha

this is from an npr story in 2012. today, new york farms generally higher undocumented workers more than guestworkers. it is not across the board, but the guestworker program is bureaucratic, it requires a lot of paperwork, and you do have to pay people at a particular level. so many farms have now turned to undocumented workers. those populations are vulnerable and have limited ability to advocate for their labor rights. farms are able to use these populations in concert as they work and need crops to be picked. some of these guestworkers are actually -- if i was a u.s. citizen i could ask for more money, walk off the job and get an easier job. and the department of labor says, this is a strategy to pay people less. the department of labor says, you and i know the reason you bring in jamaican and mexican workers is control. they are abused. the can't leave. don't push it under the rug. you know more than all of us. you see every day. and what farmers say is we have , such a small margin. if there is a bad season, if i

he told npr this. quote, it may not be a cloud, but certainly the president is somewhat embarrassed, frankly. he's now backtracking on that statement saying i actually corrected it to say distracted. it's untrue. it's a witch hunt. right? it distracts him. not too much, but it's unfair. so from embarrassing to distracting, i'm curious, dan, you think trump, what he thinks about this comment? >> i don't think trump actually listens to npr. because most liberals are big fans of that radio station. i'm sure trump saw the comments. i think sometimes he's happy to see his aides get put into the fire instead of him when here walking about rudy giuliani. i think the heat is on rudy instead of trump, and i think trump is willing to let john kelly kind of wave in the winds as long as he doesn't make these types of comments more often. because trump does not like to be a person who is embarrassed. kelly was a little too truthful here. >> isn't that still embarrassing his administration? these are people who work

there's seven minutes of audio published today by npr.said he can't remember how long the conversation lasted but characterized it as starting off reasonable and escalating. something referenced in the recording. here's some more. >> i am warning you, tread very [bleep] lightly. what i'm going to do will be disgusting. do you understand me? don't think you're going to hide behind your pen because you're not. >> back in 2015, cohen characterized his words as inarticulate, saying mack's questions sent him into a tail spin. we also reached out to michael cohen for comment but haven't heard back. wolf? >> thank you. >>> more breaking news tonight, america's top diplomat says real progress has been made in the last 72 hours for reviving the u.s., north korea summit. secretary of state mike pompeo meeting with kim jong-un's former right hand man. kim yong chol is expected to deliver a letter from north korea's dictator to president trump at the white house tomorrow. let's go to senior diplomatcorrt michelle kosinski. where do things stand now?

he told npr the bt is somewhat embarrassed about the mueller investigation. he said every time world leaders come to the white house, they want to talk about it and that occupies his attention but we caught up with kelly briefly. he said not embarrassed but the president is distracted by the russia investigation. president trump is either embarrassed or distracted by the russia investigation hanging over the white house. tonight that's the sentiment from white house chief of staff john kelly going where few aides have gone before, saying the president is embarrassed by special counsel robert mueller's probe. >> it may not be a cloud but the president is embarrassed when world leaders come in, the first couple might revolve around that. >> kelly backtracked hours after the npr interview. he said he meant to say investigation into the collusion in the 2016 campaign was a distraction, not embarrassment. >> it's untrue, it's a witch-hunt and a distraction. but not too much but, you know, unfair. meanwhile, a feud wit escalated white house aide said "he's dying an

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in this case, just an npr interview that backfired. >> it was a rare interview, and it was interesting. it was a wide-ranging interview. he covered a lot of topics. one thing i thought was really interesting was that he really sought to stress his relationship with the president. >> mm-hmm. >> the time he spends with the president. you know, hours a day. that they are close. and this obviously comes after, you know, sort of months of speculation about that relationship and a lot of reporting about how that relationship has cooled, that they don't have the same, you know, bond that they once did, that he doesn't have the same kind of influence in the west wing. so it seemed he was trying to send a message there. we'll see if that holds. >> josh gerstein, catherine lucy, jennifer rodgers, our sincere thanks for spending a part of your friday night with us after what's been another long week. we appreciate it. >>> coming up for us after a break, steve schmidt will join us with his reaction to a white house that cannot and will not apologize to john mccain, who is fighting terminal cancer.

this is according to peter navarro who went on npr to declare steven mnuchin's

in the meantime, a portion of today's washington journal with npr justice correspondent carrie johnson. >> carrie johnson is back at our desk one day after rob daynstein appeared at a law event. he was pretty tightlipped about most aspects of his role overseeing the mueller investigation, but -- some members of congress have drawn of impeachment for rod rosenstein. explain who is behind that effort and white they are looking to impeach him? host: it appears to be focused on the -- guest: it appears to be focused on the house freedom caucus, led by mark meadows. they have issued this draft of impeachment for allegedly not sharing information. what democrats in the house say is that this is all subterfuge the robert mueller investigation into russian interference. explain the process for impeachment. is it the same as and teaching a president? guest: is -- it is an intense process. -- two actually impeach somebody like the deputy attorney general would require two thirds of a majority vote of the senate. most -- believe there is no chance this will happen to rod rosenstein, but it is cer

then white house chief of staff john kelly told npr undocumented immigrants don't have the ability to assimilate into the united states. it was his reaction to jeff sessions separating families who cross the border into this country illegally. >> michael cohen making more headlines. at&t's chief executive telling employees that the company made a quote big mistake when it hired michael cohen as a consultant. >>> it all start when a trump communications aide, kelly sadler sat in a meeting and said that it didn't matter that senator john mccain opposed gina haspel to head the cia abuse he is quote dying anyway. that's according the three sources with direct knowledge of the meeting. senator mccain's daughter addressed the comments this morning on theview. >> kelly, here's a little news flash. this may be intense for 11:00 in the morning on a friday but we are all dying. i'm dying. you are dying. we are all dying. and i want to say since my dad has been diagnosed -- it's almost year, july 19th. i feel like i understand the meaning of life. it is now how you die. it is how you live. >> ri

nina martin and, who is the npr reporter? >> [inaudible] >> yeah, yeah, the propublica/npr series has been really phenomenal. and i think one of the things that i really liked about that series is that they've done great job of kind of showing that these, this problem is not just about sort of lack of access to care or health disparities, but really is sort of about treatment disparities. and, you know, black women have, like, four times the rate of mortality to white women and that is not just due to, like, higher rates of health conditions among them, it really is sort of about racism and sexism. so, yeah. that's one of the things that i'm, like are, really hoping that people who have been working on that issue sort of talk about some of the ways that the things i talk about in the book sort of play out in that context. because i think they absolutely do, i just didn't include it in the book. >> i'm curious, you know, i'm sure you had an idea where this was going to go when you started writing. what were your biggest surpri

for the latest, we're joined by npr's carrie kahn, who is back in mexico city after leaving tijuana last night. carrie, thanks for joining us. what's the latest on this group of people and how ma are being allowed into the united states to apply foasylum? >> as you said, there were eight last night, and at about noon ocal time in tijuana they let in about six more. so it's akl trof asylum claimants they're allowing into the port ofen try. >> yang: carrie, what are the conditions you saw at the port ofen try? >> you have 140-some from the carthan, mos, children, laying on blankets on the concrete wi tarps. but what also happened is word dwowt out that the central americans were, there and these migrants also started showi up, and they were very upset because they had been in tijuanm e than a week waiting. they had an informal list who alwould be able tointo the u.s. facility. i said, how many people are on this list, and the n told m there were 300, twice as many of the central americans. b and theyegan starting to form tents and tarps there. so you have this huge encampment of 450 some c

wolf tells npr, quote, i wouldn't change a single word.an interview airing today on the fresh air radio show, wolf said she did not expect this level of controversy but is glad she stuck to her guns. >> i'm more surprised on what they're focussing on rather -- because i think i said more controversial things than the actual jokes that they're focussing on. i wanted to do something different. i didn't want to cater to the room. i wanted to cater to the outside audience and not betray my brand of comedy. >> the head of the correspondent's association expressed regrets that the jokes overshadowed the dinner's celebration of the first amendment. others say the reaction is overblown given the president's sustained attacks against the news media, including the white house press corps. michelle wolf said i think they have preconceived notions of how women will present themselves and i don't fit into that box. do you agree with that? >> i don't know. i will say this, the last six or seven years we've been debating the relevance of the white house

assume that the chief of staff will be asked about john kelly, something he said in an interview with npr, once again accused of insulting immigrants. >> he seldom gives interviews. today's his birthday, we should point out. he did talk specifically about immigration in some pretty touch terms. let's take a listen to what he said. >> let me step back and tell you the vast majority of people who move illegally into the united states are not bad people, not ms-13. they are not people that would assimila assimilate easily into the united states. they're come hearing for a reason but the laws are the laws. >> certainly throwing a lot of immigrants in one basket there, suggesting they're not educated and rural. of course the comments may sound somewhat harsh but john kelly is a fairly tough immigration hardliners. it's one of the reasons the president picked him to be his chief of staff. we do know that immigration is a boiling point here at the white house. he's frustrated with his own officials and own aides for not doing enough in his view to secure the border. we do not know if the preside

. >>> john kelly gave a rare interview this week which aired yesterday on npr. the former general is rarely seen on the sunday morning round table circuit. when he speak, his words receive particularly scrutiny. these made headlines. kelly's assessment of those who move illegally into the united states noted they are not bad people but that they don't have skills. when asked about whether pulling out of iran nuclear deal harms relations with the u.s. ally, kelly said he didn't think so given it was quote a horrible deal. then there was this. when he asked he thought the russian probe was hanging over the white house, kelly said this. >> it may not be cloud but the president is world leaders come in. first couple of minutes might revolve around that kind of thing. >> you have to think that quote didn't play so well with the boss. a reference to netanyahu. later when questioned by cnn, kelly said distracted was a better word choice than embarrassed and he repeated the president's mantra that the probe is a witch hunt. >> in an npr interview you said the president

i was listening to npr this morning. there is going to be a story on the news this afternoon. if you are looking -- listening to npr this afternoon, they are actually doing a segment about guestworker programs and the aging population. if you look at these men, they are not young. many of these men are older, and what does this mean for them as workers. and also, what is the commitment these farms have made to them. do they need to hire these workers year after year because they have made a commitment to them, or do they have to go with less expensive workers? one author argues there is a move from guestworkers to undocumented workers. generally york farms hire undocumented workers more than guestworkers. it is not across the board, but the guestworker program is bureaucratic, it requires a lot of paperwork, and you do have to pay people at a particular level. so many farms have now turned to undocumented workers. those populations are vulnerable and have limited ability to advocate for their labor rights. farms are able to use these populations in concert as they work and nee

telling npr that the probe was an embarrassment, quoting him, embarrassment for the president. he later attempted to clarify that statement at the white house rose gordon to cnn's jeff zeleny. and let me apologize in advance for, you know, there is some background music so it may be a little distracting but just listen closely. >> in the npr interview, you said the president is somewhat embarrassed by that. >> actually corrected it and said -- >> okay. >> distracted? >> it's not true. it's a distraction. >> all right so julian, which statement do you believe? >> i think it's a little of both. i'm sure there is a sense of embarrassment when he's meeting with leaders from overseas and he's being asked about these kinds of questions and the story of the potential corruption of an election comes up. but it is a distraction. that's empirically true. this is a story that keeps coming back. it doesn't goway. it consumes a lot of attention. even if those moments of the month when president trump has policy decisions and policy progress to talk about his supporters, he can't get away fr

to resolve the issue for those on tps and he has to stop saying i'm on npr. salvatore yans have families here. now step up and do your job and stop shirking your responsibility and tell the president of the united states you don't need the congress of the united states to do a single thing. this is an executive authority in your hands. you're the ones that -- >> you just think he's playing to the audience. >> look. all i know is he's not fulfilling his responsibility when he comes on a radio programened knows the exec branch of government, is the ones that have caused for hundreds of thousand of people who are here legally in the united states. and he made them undocumented and eligible for deportation. so they can continue to feed this kind of senne phobic racest nonsense. he's got to fill full his responsibilities. he's got to act. >> thanks for coming. appreciate it. >> "outfront" next, we have breaking news coming in. michael cohen reached out to the ford motor company to offer insight into president trump and special counsel robert mueller now wants to k

president trump's chief of staff john kelly gave a rare interview this week which aired yesterday on nprlike his predecessors, the former general is rarely seen on the sunday morning roundtable circuit. when he speaks, his words receive particular scrutiny. and these made headlines. kelly's assessment of those who move illegally into the united states, for example, noted they are, quote, not bad people but they don't have skills. when asked about whether pulling out of the iran nuclear deal harms relations with u.s. allies, kelly said he didn't think so given that it was a horrible deal. and then this. when asked if he thought the russian probe was hanging over the white house, kelly said this -- >> there may not be a cloud but certainly the president is somewhat embarrassed, frankly. when world leaders come in, the first minutes of every conversation might revolve around that kind of thing. >> you have to think that quote didn't play so well with the boss. andy carney at politico characterized it as a surprising comment to make about a president who rarely admits any personal weakness o

john kelly, chief of staff, has given an interview to npr. he is talking about what he wishes had happened at the beginning of this administration. here he is. >> in retrospect, i wish i had been here from day one. >> how so? >> because in terms of staffing or serving the president, the first six months was pretty chaotic. there were people hired that maybe shouldn't have been hired. >> i don't know how president trump will feel about it being called chaotic. we know when he said things before in an interview, it has come back to haunt him. >> well, that's true. he's been honest before in a way that the president doesn't like. but the president has booked this disis sent enough now to i think lead us to believe that the relationship is strong enough. and i think kelly is right about that. perhaps where we're wrong is thinking that trump will take that as an insult. i think the president doesn't mind the chaotic approach. he certainly doesn't mind berating people in his cabinet or having people pitted against each other. i think he probably th

minutes of every conversation might revolve around that kind of thing. >> in that same interview with npry, known as an immigration hard-liner, said most of the immigrants crossing into the u.s. are poorly educated. >> the vast majority of the people that move illegally into the united states are not bad people. but they are also not people that would easily assimilate into the united states. they are overwhelmingly rural people. in the countries they come from, fourth, fifth, sixth grade educations are kind of the norm. >> the united nations agency is reporting that north korea's government has promised not to carry out unannounced missile tests as well as other activities that are hazardous to commercial aviation. pyongyang also says it's nuclear arms program is, quote, complete. >> the move comes ahead of president trump's meet with north korean leader kim jong-un next month where many topics, including pyongyang's nuclear program are expected to be discussed. and while tensions between the u.s. and north korea appear to be calming, the u.s. military isn't, of course, letting down its

mccain's health, the chief of staff john kelly is trying to clean up his own comments after telling nprthat president trump is, quote, embarrassed by the russia investigation and that it lacks, quote, real meat on the bone in his words. retired marine general saying he meant the president is distracted, not embarrassed by special counsel robert mueller probe but the tape seems to say otherwise. kaitlin colins is back from the white house. really a remarkable shift on some very important words there, kaitlin. >> reporter: jim, i believe the phrase is damage control. now we don't often here from the chief of staff john kelly and the last time he did an interview he said that the president's views on immigration had evolved and the president quickly rebuked him for saying as much. so it seems like john kelly is trying to steer clear of something like that happening again. president trump in the rose garden today. while his chief of staff john kelly is back in the spotlight, revealing that president trump is embarrassed by the mueller probe and investigation he has repeatedly dismissed as a

, the comments from john kelly certainly drew attention today when he said in a rare interview with npr, the president was embarrassed by the russia investigation. he said it is something that is always on the topic of conversation when world leaders come to the white house. so i caught up with john kelly in t -- the rose garden and asked him about that. he said, no, i didn't mean embarrassed, i meant distracted. president trump is either embarrassed or distracted by the russia investigation hanging over the white house. tonight that is the sentiment from john kelly, going where few aides to the president have gone before. saying the president is embarrassed by special counsel robert mueller's probe. >> there may not be a cloud but certainly the president is somewhat embarrassed frankly when world leaders come in, the first couple of minutes of every conversation might resolve around that kind of thing. >> kelly backtracked hours after the interview and telling cnn in the white house rose garden he meant to say the investigation into russia collusion in the 2016 campaign was a distracti

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a rare foray into public statements and media, in this case an npr interview that backfired. >> >> it was a rare interview and it was wide ranging, but one thing i thought was interesting was that he sought to stress his relationship with the president, the time he spends with the president, hours a day, this comes after months of speculation ant the relationship and reporting about how the relationship has cooled, that they don't have the same bond they once did, that he doesn't have the same influence in the west wing so it seems he was trying to send a message. we'll see if that holds. >> josh gerstein, catherine lucey, jennifer rodgers, thank you for spending another friday night with us after what's been another long week. >>> coming up after a break, steve schmidt will join us with his reaction to a white house that cannot and will not apologize to john mccain who is fighting terminal cancer and later what the chief of staff meant to say about his boss the president. "the 11th hour" just getting started at the end of the week on a friday night. (vo) we came here for the friends.

chief of staff john kelly told npr it's a tough deterrent, while the doj labeled it zero tolerance.his is the press release from when they introduced the policy in april. here's the attorney general explaining it. >> if you cross the border unlawfully, then we will prosecute you. if you are smuggling a child, then we will prosecute you. and that child may be separated from you as required by law. >> as for all those headlines involving 1,475 missing kids, there was some confusion initially that the kids missing were the ones separated from their parents. those kids that were deemed lost were children who had crossed the border as unaccompanied minors. here's the deputy secretary of health and human services, the agency that places these kids, explaining why hhs says that they are not actually lost. >> they are not lost. they have been placed in the vast majority of cases with parents or close relatives. the only reason why people believe falsely that the children are lost is because that sponsor does not answer the phone when we make the call after 30 days. >> for more on this and w

here's a promo clip from npr pittsburgh i don't think -- i think they have preconceived nof how womenselves. i don't fit in that box. >> shannon: she went on to say she wouldn't change a single word. this is a fox news alert. hours before his self-imposed may 1st deadline, we are learning tonight that president trump has made a decision on this controversial steel and aluminum tariffs. kristin fisher is tracking all for joining is now the latest of ailments. >> this decision, it really came down to the wearer, making some of our allies very nervous. less than four hours before tonight's midnight deadline, the white house announced it would delay a decision about whether to close -- impose steel and the aluminum tariffs. those countries have additional days to negotiate. if the president's remarks at the rally on saturday or any indication, he does not appear willing to be ready to back down. >> disastrous trade deals which i am straightening out, and i am not saying hey, there may be a little pain for a little while but ultimately for my farmers, i love my farmers. they are great patr

npr it the same thing to signal transparency and willingness.ews channel brought in counsel as well and that shows a transparency and willingness to address problems with sexual misconduct. i don't understand why nbc isn't do it but i think it can and it should. >> so when they say we found no evidence indicating that any nbc news or today show leadership or others in position of authority received any complaints about lauer's workplace prior to november 27th, 2017, all four women who came confirmed they did not tell their direct manager or anyone else in position of authority with their position of authority about their sexual encounter with lauer. >> we have a problem with nbc news where we really need to get at the full truth. this is a news organization that is supposed to be about the truth and free speech. the problem is they're not making women fully free to speak. if you're a news organization that's about freedom of speech, you have to let your employees be free to speak as well and nbc can do it. the workplace will be better if they ha

in an interview with npr chief of staff john kelly spoke about the russia investigation's impact on thesident. >> the president keeps calling the russian investigation a witch-hunt. do you think it's a witch-hunt against the president? >> from what i read in the newspaper, something that has gone on this long without any real meat on the bone suggests to me that there is nothing there relative to our president. >> is there a cloud because of it hanging over this white house? >> well, yeah. you know, there may not be a cloud, but certainly the president is somewhat embarrassed, frankly, when world leaders come in, bibi netanyahu was here, he's under investigation himself, you walk in, the first couple minutes of every conversation might revolve around that kind of thing. >> kelly later told reporters the word he was attempting to say was distracted, not embarrassed. but either way if you're innocent, why are you embarrassed or distracted by bob mueller's investigation into russian meddling in our democracy. joining us now is presidential historian jon meachem. his new appropriately timed

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eric deggans covers tv and culture for npr and joins me now. eric, this obviously is not the first time that roseanne barr has said incendiary things. she has issued racist tweets in the past. she has promoted awful and vile conspiracy theories. but i guess this was too much for abc. what do you make of their decision? >> well, this was first time she had done something like that in the wake of the show's revival airing on abc. and it happened at a time when all eyes were on diversity issues. this is the day that starbucks, for example, chose to retrain a bunch of its workers in the wake of its own problems with racism. so i think abc acted swiftly, sent a message that open racism would not be tolerated, even if it was expressed by one of its biggest stars. and given that abc is owned by disney, i think perhaps they acted to counter something that went counter to the disney brand, which is all about inclusion, inclusivity, family friendly programming. it seemed as if they had to act to preserve their larger brand. >> brangham: it seems when the

the other fascinating example of that was kelly's interview with npr. every time he opens his mouth, he puts his foot in it. and in this case, not only with outrageous comments about immigration, but i found fascinating what he had to say about the fact that he thought the white house press corps was out to get him. to take him down personally. that's ludicrous. it's absurd. so john kelly has gone from sort of the angry get off my lawn guy, who attacked representative wilson, to a kind of one-man pity party. you know complaining that he had to take a pay cut to do the job. it's really not pretty to watch. >> i'm curious, eddie, why you think we are hearing about this comment about john mccain's health. al who do you explain these incidents getting leaked? >> somebody in the white house is not the ivanka story that michael talked about. it's really a sense that someone in the white house, wants to give the american public a sense of how, how problematic, how deep the problems run. and so this idea of revealing you know the crudeness and cruelty of sadler

. >> guest: hello, wait -- >> caller: i discovered him on an npr program on sunday night where his commentary was so brilliant and i miss you there. anyway, i'm in north joyner and i hope you and your wife, deborah, will come and i'm in more county north carolina and you can fly into carthage and have lunch at the pic in pig and maybe you can go to raleigh and meet our wonderful governor and other wonderful people. my hometown is rollie but now i'm a small-town girl. thank you so much for writing this book. i can't wait to read it. >> host: thank you, marian, i was going to ask him about thed. crush comment first but -- [laughter] >> guest: no, i'm proud. >> host: let's talk about that you are a licensed pilot and starting with deborah, what was it like to do this by playing? >> guest: it was wonderful and convenient. there are 5000 small airports on the country so we could go just about any place we wanted to go and it was wonderful from the point of view of the journey. it was part of this.et as you fly around and go into a town you get a sense from looking down of where you are going wheth

this part of kelly's interview with npr. >> they are also not people that would easily assimilate into the united states. they're overwhelmingly rural people. in the countries they come from, fourth, fifth, six grade educations are a norm. they are coming here for a reason. and i sympathize with the reason. but the laws are the laws. >> he and about 20 other republicans are taking steps to force a debate and subsequent vote on a series of immigration bills including both daka and border security. this is a discharge petition. something paul ryan doesn't really want to proceed with. talk about what you're doing and why. >> we want to discharge petitions to legislation can come to the floor. it would go to the senate of the united states. we need six or seven or eight more republicans. and to have all the democrats join us. >> is it the queen of the hill. it would have to haved majority. >> you would have a unanimous voice behind you and get the necessary votes from republicans? >> i certainly hope we would have unanimity on the other side. we need some more republicans. we are working t

. >> white house chief of staff dismissed criticism of the policy shift saying with an interview of nprsaying the children will be taken care of, put into foster care or whatever. >> trevor: foster ware or whatever. totally makes it sound like you care. was he that nonchalant when he was in the marines? jerl, what's the plan of attack? when i give the signal, we go in with the guns, then, something-something, then whatever. ( laughter ) when the policy first started, i think president trump was probably thrilled. he's, like, we're taking kids away from their parents. pack your bags, eric! we're going to the border! come on, eric, let's go! ( laughter ) ( applause ) as it turns out, the blowback from this policy has been so fierce that even president trump the now going, uh, it wasn't me. >> president trump falsely laid the blame for the policy separating children from their parents at the border on the democrats. the president tweeted out saturday morning, put pressure on the democrats toned the horrible law that separates children from their parents once they cross the border into the

but over the weekend trump's chief of staff and kaw kaition grinch john kelly went on npr and immigratione up and this is what he had to say. >> let me step back and tell you that the vast majority of the people that move illegally into the united states are not bad people. they're not criminals, they're not ms-13s. >> trevor: i'm not going to lie. it is nice to hear someone in the administration, especially trump's top guy say mexicans aren't all criminals. but any compliment that weak is always a little suspicious. if a parent teacher conference started that way you know that something crappy was coming. >> the teacher was like now let's step back for a second. your son timee isn't in ms-13, however-- so look, if john kelly stopped there, that would have been fine, i could go home early. but you've all seen the show and you know how this works. so let's hear the rest. >> they're not criminals, they're not ms-13. but they are also not people that would easily assimilate into the united states. they're overwhelmingly rural people 6789 and the countries they come from, fourth, fifth, sixth