sarah sanders: he does. [laughter] the president is one of the most dynamic figures we have ever seen. he is somebody who knows how to drive a message, knows how to drive a narrative, and certainly, somebody that has such a great understanding of the power of the press. absolutely, he weighs in. i think that is one of the reasons he is in the white house, because he does understand the power of the press and dynamic of it. and how to operate within the system. >> you are smiling. sarah sanders: i am a happy person. >> in regard to how the white house is portrayed, if you watch cable news, some call it a reality show, what is it like on the inside? sarah sanders: you have some of the most incredible people you will ever find, working extremely hard and doing everything they can to make our country a little better today than it was yesterday. people here really love america. they want to see the very best that we can make it. that is what we are here to do. if you walk around and see the time and hours and ded

sarah sanders: everybody can figure that out. >> sarah sanders, thank you. sarah sanders: thank you for having me. , the conversation with the chief justice of the, john roberts, from the digital conference before circuit, live today at 3:30 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. the c-span bus is traveling across the country, on our 50 capitals tour, it stopped in fairbanks, alaska, asking people what is the most important issue in alaska. >> i was born and raised in fairbanks, alaska and the most important issue to me is walls our society seems to be putting up. nation built on immigrants and diversity, we are finding it hard to embrace our differences. that is creating great divide. and more complex we need at the conflictscomplex -- we need at the moment. problem solving skills more important, not how we are different, because differences make us great. >> the most important issue to , we have ay misconception that we are falling behind. that is not the case. important for the public to understand we need to work hard

sarah sanders: i appreciate that. i saw the comments by former president clinton and appreciated that. >> has there been one day on the job most memorable to you, or a moment? sarah sanders: there have been a lot. we are on the front row of history. the president is one of the most dynamic, and engaging individuals i have ever been around and every day there are incredible moments we get to be a part of. every day we step foot in this building is an honor and privilege. i am thankful i get to be a part of it and part of what the president is doing. >> when we last talked, we talk about your father, does he give you advice? sarah sanders: sometimes, sometimes i take it and sometimes i do not. my dad and mom are both proud of my ability to be here and they are parents, they will be proud no matter what i do, they are very encouraging and supportive. glad i have a few people i know will be on my side. >> when they see you behind the podium, how do you work the room regarding to the questions? an approach in terms of who

sanders: good afternoon. many by now have heard that i was asked to leave a restaurant this weekend where i attempted to have dinner with my family. my husband and i politely left and went home. i was asked to leave because i work for president trump. we are allowed to disagree, but we should be able to do so freely and without fear of harm. and this goes for all people regardless of politics. some have chosen to push hate and vandalism against the restaurant that i was asked to leave from. a hollywood actor publicly encouraged people to kidnap my children. and this weekend, a member of congress called for people to push back and make clear to those serving their country in this administration that they are not welcome anywhere, anytime, for anything. healthy debate on ideas and political philosophy is important, but the calls for harassment and push for any trump supporter to avoid the public is unacceptable. america is a great country, and our ability to find solutions despite those disagreements is what ma

sarah sanders: we are finalizing the process. i will confirm mike pompeo's comments and will refer you to the state department and its prominent defense. thank you and have a great day. house briefing wrapping up just now and the senate judiciary committee held a hearing on hillary clinton email investigation which ended within the last hour. here is a portion of the hearing. we start with michael horowitz's opening statements. mr. horowitz: thank you mr. chairman, members of the committee, thank you for inviting me to testify today. page00 plus report provides a thorough and comprehensive and objective facts of the fbi handling of the clinton email in the station. it was the

sarah sanders was asked about this. and the first requests was does the president believe that undocumented immigrants have no due process rights. >> thousands of illegal aliens are removed every month without seeing a judge. just because you don't see a judge doesn't mean you are not receiving due process. >> multiple reporters tried to get clarification. but sanders repeated the answer and said the president wants secure borders and congress should step up and work with the white house to fix the system >> so unless congress acts, nothing is actually going to change the administration is not changing anything right now when it comes. >> you mean are we walking around making up laws, no, because we are not the obama administration. we are enforcing laws that are on the books and asking congress to do their part and pass new legislation to fix our immigration system. >> the white house can try all it want to blame past administrations. or blame congress. but that doesn't change the fact that it was this administration's

sanders. not that i'm calling her a butt head or anything, but you know. and two, she's being herself discriminated against because of who she works for. like i said, i worked for a boss that was a butt head. i've had customers come in and show them to the police, literally in the store in front of me, and try to get me to deal with them, and i told them to leave. that was because of their actions. crazy. whoip protesters were protesting the homeland security -- homeland security secretary when she was eating at the mexican restaurant, that's different, because they did it on their own versus the restaurant's actions with sarah sanders? caller: i don't think it should be legal for anybody to come into anybody's business and protest. no, that is different. but i'd like to know if the restaurant of the hen place asked everybody else who they were for. you know, what political party they were for and made them leave, too. host: our independent line from jamaica, new york, we'll hear from duane. g

sarah sanders not allowed to eat. the owner asked her to leave. we will discuss this.ders seemed prepared to send out her story on h heher owe -- her official white house twitter account. that is the answer to the situation? i don't want to lose sight. as far as we know, there are 2,000 children separated from parents living in shelters across the country this morning. when will they get home? do not lose sight of them. it is unclear what the timeline is to get them back to the parents. wherever you are on the immigration discussion and debate, everyone should want clarity on that. everyone should want clarity on your hair, dave briggs. >> i'll leave it this way, j.b. i think we have something. michelle gave me a new look. >> the carefully tussled look. >> john, the stories with sanders and fallon are the perfect stories for where we are as a society in 2018. probably not a positive reflection. >> next it will be kids cartoons. >> agree with everything dave says, but i cannot take him seriously. >> we will go to commercial break in a moment. i have a comb. thank you, j

. >>> plus, 86-sarah huckabee sanders. a little restaurant is in the news for asking the press second tower to leave. >> this is not about religion, it is about an administration that espouses religion and hate. >> questions on whether the owner crossed the line. >>> and victory lap. why history is being made in saudi arabia. >>> new details from the trump administration on how many children remain in detained centers as a result of the zero-tolerance policy. the department of homeland security released a fact sheet late last night saying of the 2,053 children in custody, 522 of them have been reunited with their parents. the agency also pointing out that 83% of these children in custody arrived in the u.s. unaccompanied by a parent. and it is unclear exactly when more families will be reunited, but dhs says the process typically begins shortly after parents go through their court proceedings. part of the administration's new plan includes contact information parents can use to find out about the whereabouts from their chi

the chef said sarah sanders just sat down here at the restaurant. the employees are uncomfortable. what do you want to do? the owner came down and took a few minutes and realized it really was the white house press secretary along with seven or eight other people at a big table and she talked to the staff briefly about what to do. the point here some of the staff members are gay and some of the staff members had very serious concerns about various trump administration policies. they had concerns about what sanders had been defending from the white house podium for the past year and a half. so the co-owner said tell me what you want to do and he'll do. they agreed that they would ask sanders to leave and that is what happened. "the post" goes into details they know that this area of virginia voted 2-1 in favor of president trump so this is not some sort of blue enclave in the middle of virginia. this is a red part of the country and, yet, because the staffers were uncomfortable with sanders being there, and, more importantly, uncomfortable trump admi

. >> i'm not worried about sarah huckabee sanders. i'm worried about millions of kids. >> this is "new day" with alisyn dam rot ta and john berman. >> welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. this is "new day". it's monday, june 25th, 6:00 here in new york. alisyn is off. erica hill joins me again this morning. also joining us, john avlon. everyone welcome at this restaurant this morning. farm to table. and stphepb. the president is trying to grab more power and upend the legal system. undocumented immigrants who cross the border, no judges, no executi executive. the trump administration claims it has a plan for reuniting the thousands of families it chose to separate, but it's not clear how, even less clear when. some 500 children have been reunited with their parents, but 2,000 remain in custody scattered around the entire country. >>> meantime, lawmakers looking at the situations described it as prison-like. republican leaders say the white house supports it, despite telling lawmakers not to waste their

huckabee sanders' rights when they asked her to leave? well the judge is here judge and andrew napolitano with some analysis on this next. equity trades are just $4.95. so no matter what you trade, or where you trade, you'll only pay $4.95. fidelity. open an account today. trish: early in the hour i spoke with former governor mike huckabee about his daughter sarah. he defended her as she got booted from that virginia restaurant. here is governor huckabee listen >> well, it's an incredible thing when people in the name of their liberty want to deny someone else there's, and if you're in the hospitality business your number one goal is to be hospitable. the owner of that restaurant was not hospitable. trish: was she within her legal right? the lack of respect for poll differences i say has gone way too far and this is disgusting to see frankly right now as a country, apparently this owner of the restaurant, according to fox news senior judicial analyst judge andrew napolitano had every right to say i don't want you here. explain. >> first l

so the idea of booting sarah sanders out.history of kicking people out of restaurants or not serving them is usually something done by people who have intolerance. she was trying, the owner, making it a progressive statement. in the end, she looks small and made sarah sanders a bit of a martyr. >> and david, the president told sarah sanders to lead with this at the briefing today. and it definitely has the opposite impact that who ever these people are yelling shame or kicking her out of a restaurant. we should have a difference of opinion without attempting to accost people in public life. >> absolutely. nobody was happier than donald trump. it allowed him to depict his people as victims. even though he has encouraged crowds to attack reporters. and saying he wanted to punch a protester in the face. laced with some nasty personal incivility. so but this was an opportunity for him to turn the tables. and he seized it and he sent her out there to say it. despite the obvious point that he and she frankly are in no point to lect

huckabee sanders: ayesha. reporter: thank you. so you said that you -- that the president is prepared to talk about security guarantees for north korea. we have seen in this administration that you can -- that when new administrations come in, they can undo things that prior administrations have done. how can president trump guarantee long-term security for north korea and for kim, in particular? secretary pompeo: well, look, we're going to have to do things that convince chairman kim that that's the case. all right? that's what we'll have to do. so let me give you an example. we are hopeful that we will put ourselves in a position where we can do something the previous administration didn't do. right? they signed a flimsy piece of paper, and we're hoping to submit a document that congress would also have a say in -- that would give currency and strength and elongation to the process, so that when administrations do change, as they inevitably do, and this one will -- six and half years from now -- when that takes place, that chair

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sarah huckabee sanders. queen of the press room and mother of lies. ( laughter ) ever since a virginia chicken restaurant asked her to leave this weekend the big debate in america has been do government officials have the right to be left alone when they're off the clock? if sarah huckabee sanders gets asked to leave a restaurant, or if kirstjen nielsen is heckled while she's eating mexican food, if stephen miller is out on a date and somebody-- i'm messing with you. that will never happen. come on. ( laughter ) no, no, no, for real, for real. the question is, is it right for people to protest government officials if they see them in public? and if you listen to a lot of cable news pundits, they have the answer. >> we need to stop all this and begin to behave in a civilized manner. >> if we can't agree to disagree and let each other be, and neither side wants to do that, it becomes a problem. >> there are certain lines i think that even in this breakdown of civility we've had in politics thateople realize yo

sanders isn't the only trump aide or ally to face critics in recent days.rida attorney general pam bondi was heckled at a movie theater in tampa on friday. >> shame on you! shame on you! >> reporter: homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen had to leave a mexican restaurant in d.c. last week as hecklers protested the administration's immigration policy. critics also rallied outside her virginia home. >> no justice, no sleep! >> reporter: anger and confrontation are nothing new in american politics. they seem to peak during the 2016 campaign, when mr. trump taunted opponents and encouraged violence during rallies. e i'd like to punch him in the face, i'll tell you. ,> reporter: back then, prominent democrats urged restraint. >> our motto is, "when they go low, we go high." >> reporter: but over the weekend, california congresswoman maxine waters urged fellow democrats to keep it up. >> and if you see anybody from that cabinet in a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline station, you get out and you create a crowd! ( cheers and applause ) and you

we are looking at left ward poll and we've got socialists now winning much the way bernie sanders won the 21, 22 contests two short years ago. ainsley: what's your reaction to the way rhetoric of maxine waters, folks coming to pam bondi and sarah huckabee sanders, the rhetoric is hitting fever pitch and we know that sarah sanders is getting secret service at her house, what's your reaction? >> my reaction is difference, ainsley, between rhetoric and social media muscle and cable news and people inciting for crime and violins. the case of actor -- who i forgot about in california, he has a new movie coming out. it's a great fanfare, he's actually had tweeted out that someone should go to her house and take her children, god for bid. this is not insulting all the stuff that we are u to around here, insulting what somebody said or how they look, where they work or what they wear, this is calling for something much deeper and that's very, very concerning to many people. i also hope, a number of these executives in the media who are on top floors of building are paying very close attention

we have seen the bernie sanders wing of the party suffer in midterms so far. and last night, rather, but we saw a new candidate who either had bernie sanders endorsements or who were avid supporters and n theirers wi primaries. so those divisions in the 2016 presidential election are not over. marylandsaw those in as well. expand on that? carryingen jealous is the democratic primary for maryland's governor. it is probably the biggest win for the progressive wing of the party so far. been jealous is the former naacp fromdent who had support bernie sanders and california senator kamala harris, and had a credit -- crowded primary to take on larry hogan. the reason democrats are so because larry hogan is representing a state that tends to vote democratic, and he whichernor in a year in democrats are feeling enthusiastic. while he is still highly popular --maryland, been jealous been jealous -- ben jealous job is to chip away at that and increase the sentiment that democrats have been feeling so far. host: and mitt romney one in utah on the republican side. guest:

and good for sarah sanders -- to say that -- or huckabee sanders that i'm not going down alone and intinue to perpetuate this lie and they know good and well that the president could change this policy of separating families and they should come out and say mistakes were made and we're going to change this policy, the president has instructed us to change the policy and that is exactly what we'll do and not separate children from families. >> 58% of the republican base supports the policy. scott, do they need do to do it? this is an administration to be frank that seems a lot more interested in pleasing the base than doing things for independents and democrats as well. >> the rest of the country largely disapproves of it. there are a t-- are a lot of republicans on capitol hill that disapprove it. and they need to get pass legislation that deals with this outside of policy and executive order and do it via actual u.s. laws. the president always had the right instinct on this. do away with this piecemeal immigration via executive order and by laws. they are on the cusp of moving in th

t what did you think of how sarah sanders kept responding in that briefing? >> well, it's just i mean clearly the preds thinsident th this is a very strong political issue for him. that's why he continues harping on it. none of this makes any sense today. the event you just showed pictures of is just odd. it's the president standing up there without really explaining what's actually happening. clearly sarah sanders did not want to engage on what this issue is really about and whether the president understands the full dimensions of it. and i think that that will lead a lot of people to wonder, you know, why he doesn't want to dig more into it, why he just digs in on things like this and end up in the situation that he did today. >> pamela brown i believe is ready for us. she was in the briefing. no pamela. let's stay on the eagles and then we'll come back to pamela's question because it was great on following up on the president's dictating that misleading statement after the trump tower meeting. in fact, let me go there because, you know, the news came out y

trade your temperature rise over sarah sanders restaurant owners that sanders wasn't welcome becausewho she worked for. welcome to "america's news hq" from washington on this sunday. i am leland vittert. back here for a second day for slutty but no dice. >> and kristin fisher in for elizabeth prann and this makes all about immigration that is exactly where it ends. president trump is playing up immigration in a major campaign issue in las vegas yesterday. the president blasted democrats saying they were weak on border security. ellison barber has more details the white house for president trump has been blasting democrats on this all week. >> the president though publicly three times yesterday. he talked a lot about immigration at the rally in las vegas. with former governor mike huckabee. he said the u.s. needs to move towards a merit pay system. this morning he treated democrat asked a lot don't resist. doing a far better job than bush and obama but we have strengthened security at the border. two days ago the president seemed to encourage inaction on capitol hill to eating republi

sanders asked to leave because she was member of the trump administration. during today's press briefing sanders said pitical disagreements should not lead to uncivil behavior. take a listen. >> we're allowed to disagree, bute should be ableo do so freely and without fear of harm. this goes forpl all p regardless of politics. some have chosen to push hat and vandalism against the restaurant that i was asked to leave from.od a holly actor publicly encouraged people to kidnap my children. is weekend a member of congress called for people to push back and make clear to thoserving their country and this administration that they are not welcome anywhere, anytime, for anything. althy debate on ideas and political philosophy is important. buthe calls for harassment and push for any trump supporter to avoid the public is unacceptable. >> sarah huckabee sander starting that statement read today as she started t white house press concerns. again, the red hen restaurant is in it is closed today amid the backlash from this decision. but news 4's derrick ward i going to

thanks sarah sanders sarah how could you sanders was asked to leave a restaurant this weekend because. the staffers were uncomfortable and owner gave them the choice do you want to serve and she politely asked her to leave and she laughed and of course she tweeted out from her press secretary account about this business and there's some been all that. with the sarah sanders incident also you know you have two major cabinet members and major members of the trumpet administration has spoken out and spoken pretty racist lee racist about the border crisis and they're going in a mexican restaurant some people are giving them a rough time there i mean it's just obedience but it's relatively so during things that it's called civil disobedience for reasons of time when it's really it's really hard for him and you go. my god we only have everything in power in the world but let's cry about it some more now what the washington post editorial board actually to let the trump team piece that down that road lies a world in which only the most zealous sign up for public service and that benefits no

harassment not on the menu at this restaurant, displaying their support for sarah sanders.ith reaction pouring in on that one. heather: election upset. 10 term incumbent congressman joe crowley losing the new york primary to a self proclaimed socialist with no experience. is this the first major sign of democrats moving further left? joining me is republican strategists ned ryan. thank you for joining us, appreciate it. >> good to be with you. heather: let's begin with the race results in new york, the big surprise. we can take a look at the numbers that came in, joseph crowley with 42 points, 27% of the vote and alexandria cortez with 57.13% of the vote. a big surprise for democrats. i was listening to shannon bream who was trying to get in contact with alexandria, her campaign and the crats didn't even have a telephone number for her. >> this was a huge shock, he is not only a 10 time incumbent but a fourth ranking member of the democratic caucus and the race wasn't even close, 15 points, beaten by 28-year-old socialist running for the first time and it is another story h

sarah sanders, his spokesperson, has become the face of this administration. you know, some people are offended by the idea of baking a cake for a gay couple. they find that morally offensive. some people find the idea of tearing children away from their families and then lying about it morally offensive. and don't want to be part of that. it's a -- i think it's a difficult issue. i feel very badly that her children, her family, had to witness that. but i also think there's -- look, you make choices in life. you make choices in life. and there is a cost to being an accomplice to this cruel deceitful administration. >> so jack, how do you see it? is this potentially just the beginning? boris just helped recall, you know, for homeland security secretary, you know, she got jeers when she was at a restaurant. steven miller just did as well. and now sarah sanders to be asked to leave reportedly by the owner of the restaurant. is this an indicator of things to go, to come, that people are feeling, you know, emboldened to express themselves in this manner? >> well, i

sarah huckabee sanders is a phenomenal person.rked with her on the campaign, and she just wants to serve her country. and these types of establishments if they don't want trump supporters there, if they don't want people who work for the administration there, they should simply just put a sign out on the door or in the window because i'm sure many people like myself wouldn't want to spend our money there anyway. cheryl: yeah, that's interesting. well, sarah sanders former governor huckabee responded about this whole incident to fox just a few moments ago. i want you to listen what he said. >> it's an incredible thing when people in the name of their liberty want to deny someone else theirs. and if you're in the hospitality business, your goal is to be hospitable. the owner of that restaurant was not hospitable. in fact, a little unknown fact about this story is after sarah and her husband left and the family relocated to the owner across the street, the owner of the red hen then organized an effort to go scream at them at the side

rather than refusing to serve a fine person like sarah huckabee sanders. if a restaurant is dirty on the outside it's dirty on the inside. that's a completely different tone. she will be asked to address that today. i presume we won't get it answered. >> this is really where the big issue is right now. when you look at what's going on with the immigration issue, she's going to be asked over all, what is the current state of play. no one knows where we are at under that current state of play, what is the latest numbers on the reunification of these children with the families, the last numbers we saw, we believe a little officer 500, has that number increased. on top of that, what is the administration doing to work with congress to try to get something done. what are they doing? well, the easy answer to that is, if they're doing nothing, but by doing that we're not going to get a resolution without some help from the white house. and then, of course, we saw the president urge the gop to just abandon efforts on immigration all together. let's wait until afte

sanders could have said i got it wrong. instead. >> he didn't dictate, but, you know, like i said, he weighed in and offered l any father would do. >> this is a reference with a letter back to the outside counsel. this is pertaining to a letter from the president's outside counsel. >> what is your basis for saying it? >> i would not get into a back and forth. i would encourage you to reach out to the outside counsel. >> i think we need to be clear. rudyi may be out there and say these people made mistakes. sarah sanders did not say that. she did not address why she made the initial comment shed. have . as you pointed out, there were many things she could have said yesterday to reporters. she could have said here is the reason why i made the initial comment. i was mistaken. here is my corrected statement. she did not do that. i have to think until she -- and she is about to take the podium in an hour -- until she explains clearly why she made those contradictory statements or made something that clearly is not true months ag

when the owner quietly informed sanders that she made the staff uncomfortable, sanders left immediately and her group even offered to pay for their appetizers. but the owner did not charge sanders for the food the group had ordered and the cheese plates they had eaten. so, sweet new way for trump officials to get a free meal. ( laughter ) you know you're gonna get kicked out eventually, so go hog wild on the app order. "hi, we'll have an order of jalepeno poppers, the hummus plate, the twice-baked potato skins, and a filet mignon as a starter. you just recognized us? we'll take that to go." ( laughter ) ( piano riff ) ( applause ) but free cheese! free cheese! free cheese! yes! ( laughter ) but free cheese or no, sanders wasn't going to let this slide. the next day, from her official white house twitter account, she twote: "last night i was told by the owner of red hen in lexington, virginia to leave because i work for @potus and i politely left. her actions say far more about her than about me. i always do my best to treat people, including those i disagree with, respectfully and will

why the business owner asked sarah sanders to leave, and the death threat. people are now tting. >> announcer: news 4 begins with a storm team 4 weather alert. >>> good evening, everybody, erika gonzalez. we've had to cut into programming this evening to bring you updates on weather. we are in weather alert mode tonight. straight to storm team meteorologist somara theodore with the current advisories and what people need to watch out >>> we're not in the clear yet. people still under a severe understorm warning. that storm brought a tornado warning earlier. right now the tornado warning is expir expire ed. take a look at the map. the instability is south of the beltway. 's expired for central prince william county. but still in effect for parts of stafford. take a look at the storm. this severe thunderstorm warning in effect until 6:30 p.m. as you can see, lots of lightning, heavy rain, continuing to track to the east at 20 miles per hour. here is an area that's getting slammed, manassas, brentsville, very heavy rain with the deep red color. moving of the ea

i'm not worried about sarah huckabee sanders. about the african-american kid in school who gets harassed by kids who think they have a license to harass because the president said so. i'm worried about the hispanic citizen who is called ms-13 because the president calls immigrants members of ms-13. i'm not worried about sarah huckabee sanders. i'm worried about millions of kids who are seeing a different america. >> it is hard to have lectures on civility from the trump administration. the president yesterday is attacking -- he started his campaign calling mexicans rapists. yesterday he is attacking democrats. sarah huckabee sanders' father is tweeting attacks and nancy pelosi being supported by ms-13 gang members. i think that is the challenge here which is this week has been a particularly tough week in that the trump administration has a policy which most americans do think is a policy debate but is frankly imoral. >> governor mike huckabee tweeted something in which he called people who asked his daughter to leave a restauran

how is jay sekulow and sarah sanders both made the mistake.ime to publicly correct his alleged mistake. a key point of fact, isn't this sort of thing you get wrong because of some kind of snafu? yesterday sarah sanders refused to address the issue and today the stone wall got even higher. >> once again, i am not going to go into detail and go into a back and forth. >> why can't correct the record now? >> i am not going to go into -- >> i am not going to go into back and forth to that. >> was your statement accurate or inaccurate? >> again, i don't want to get into a back and forth. >> we just want to know if it was accurate or not. >> i know your goals is to get into a conversation that deals with outside counsel and i am not going to do that today. >> jeffrey toobin and anne milgram. >> the air force one statement is important. it is not just some tangential issue where the white house got caught in a lie. it is centrala mueller investigation. part itel t lyin about the investigation and lying about what went on with russia and the trump camp

in a torrent ant "-trump and and eye-sanders voices praising the owner for taking a stand.he owner stephanie saying there are moments people need to live their convictions. this appears to be one. our attempts to speak to the owner didn't get far. she wouldn't go beyond tweeted comments. there's such a frenzy to the sanders tweet is about a quarter million and counting giving oxygen to a heated national conversation over programs unexpected place where's our politics leave a bitter taste. >> thank you. in south carolina, a republican congressional candidate who got a lot of attention after president trump endorsed her and she won acritical and stable afr being injure in a car crash she and friend were drive being their car was hit by another car driving in the wrong direction. the driver in the other car was killed. arroga arlington airington defeated mark sander in a primary earlier this month. >>> there's severe weather to contend with stretching from the south nearly 40 million affected by the storm. >> you see the thunderstorms are possible stretching from dallas to mem

i'm not worried about sarah huckabee sanders.in school who gets harassed by kids who think heavy they have a license to harass because the president says so. i'm worried about the hispanic kid, the hispanic-american citizen who was harassed at school and called a member of ms-13 because the president calls immigrants from hispanic countries members of ms-13. i'm not worried about sarah huckabee sanders. i'm worried about millions of kids that today are seeing a different america. the. >> i would just say, it's hard to have lectures on civility from the trump administration. i mean, just yesterday -- >> i wasn't lecturing you. it wasn't a lecture. >> i think she's referring to sarah sanders. >> the president yesterday is attacking -- he started his campaign, calling mexicans rapists. he yesterday is attacking democrats. sarah huckabee sanders' father is atweetitweeting attacks on n pelosi. ms-13 gang members. i think that's the challenge here, which is really this week has been a particularly tough week in that the trump administr

what possible cause of action could sanders have against this restaurant? >> if the restaurant violated sanders rights because they discriminated against her against the human rights act which does not allow places of public accommodation. and it should be interpreted broadly an end political belief's sources of employment, where you live or where you work cannot be held against you in denying service. >> laura: this is a source of damage, what kind of damages? >> if there were leftists trying to put this in force, they would put this business out of business as we have seen in other positions. >> laura: "the washington post" said, no cause of action here, they said sarah sanders is out of luck. what is your thought? >> i don't applaud the action but i don't think there's a cause of action there. our legislature, and virginia were anywhere else has to make it very clear that they do not allow disk termination based on political beliefs. they have to prove and at this location, the red hen, they always stop people with these particular personal or political

john, you heard today sarah sanders, i can't talk about it. obviously she was very happy to talk about it and give a very definitive and explicit answer last summer. now the lawyers have come out and said the answer is untrue. now she says she can't talk about it. how big of a problem is this? >> well, erin, i happened to be watching the briefing today on . sort of reminisced as i was watching it on poor ron ziegler who found himself in inconsistent stories. what ron did, he finally got to a point where he declared all of his prior briefings inoperative. that could happen here. and i also thought about how those press secretaries who have had a journalistic background have dealt with the situation, like gerald terrahost, who was gerald ford's pre secretary for a short while. because when ford pardoned nixon, terrahost said, i've had enough, i've told the press this wouldn't happen, so i'm out of here. so i don't know how she's going to handle this, but she has lost credibility. >> i mean, april, this is the issue. you're in that room, that pre

sarah sanders has become the face of the administration.ome people are offended by the idea of baking a cake for a gay couple. some people find the idea of tearing children away from their families and lying about it morally offensive. you make choices in life. and there is a cost to being an accomplice to this cruel administration. >> i'm going to choose to keep trying to be a decent human being. you go to yelp on the restaurant and after yesterday, this is just a perfect example of where the country is right now, it has been bombarded with either a one star or five stars. no in between. >> i wonder where it's coming from. >> i go with michael jordan. when they wanted him to at the height of his fame endorse a democrat in a senate race in north carolina where he's from he basically said, no, i'm not going to endorse a democrat. he said no, republicans buy sneakers too. it's about freedom of business and say hey, you want to have a marketplace that's open to everyone. that's what michael jordan said. he's a pretty smart businessman. this re

let's get after it. >>> independent senator bernie sanders here right now. only a few months from the midterm elections. donald trump's approval rating on the rise. here are the numbers. was about 39, 40, now 44% in a new poll. economy is up. penchant for punching opponents and ceding animosity apparently paying off in the polls. we see in the numbers the race for congress is unusually tight. why are democrats and senator sanders confident they can regain the majority? let's test. senator, thank you for joining us. a true pleasure. i appreciate it. >> thank you for having me, chris. >> when we look at the poll numbers, i know you hate polls but apples to apples, the numbers now close to where obama was right before his first midterm. why do you believe trump will suffer the same fate obama do d or akin to it where the out party, the democrats, regain the majority? >> i think for a couple of reasons. one of the reasons the poll numbers are going up is the economy is very strong. worldwide, what we are seeing now is relatively low unemployment rates, japan and

said she did not make sanders pay for the appetizers she order despite sanders offering to do so. many took tohe yelp page to bo criti and depend the decision. sarah's father and former president criticized the red hepp on twitter accusg them of bigotry. a transgender says she was an c. kicked of cuba lobe ray. charlotte cler works for the human rights campaign. she wasn't allowed to use the women's resist strewn. she claims it wasat discrion appear was forcibly removed from ste rerant. she was there for a bachelorette party. dc police were called and they affirmed her rights. mayor burst responding on twitter saying i'm so sorry this happened to you, i'm glad dc police we there to uphold our veils. cuba libre said the plan to immediately retrain their entire staff to ensure that doesn't happen again. >> all right. time now is 7:08. ill ahead a water bottle battle. the viral woman calling policeom on aan selling water botts. >> more protests overnight in pittsburgh over deadly shooting of an unarmed teen-ager. >> a day decades the making, what women in one middle eastern country c

bernie sanders went in and supported him. he was a sanders supporter in the 2016 race. this is another notch of victory for the sanders progressive wing of the democratic party. finally, mitt romney, we remember the 2012 republican nominee, it looks like he's headed to the united states senate. he easily beat mike kennedy last night. >>> in the meantime, let's bring in nia ma lee qaa henderson. this is a race that ended up being squarely about gender, squarely about race, squarely about generation, and squarely about the future of the democratic party. as david said, i think democratic leaders have to be waking up this morning saying, oh, boy, we've got to reassess. >> that's right. this means a lot for those folks who think in november if the democrats take over the house that nancy pelosi should once again assume the gavel. they're the top sort of leadership of the house democrats. they are older. they're in their 70s. even stenny hoyer is going on 80. he was thought to be neck in line. they have to really rethink this. they have a restless number of younger democrats

white house press secretary sarah sanders dodges questions about why she told reporters the president had no role in drafting a statement defending son's meeting with russians when his lawyers say he dictated the entire thing. why wouldn't the white house admit that it changes itstory. >>> first appearance. after more than three weeks out of the public eye, the first lady is scheduled to attend a white house event this hour honoring gold star families. why has she waited until now to appear in front of others. and replacing kim's generals. kim jong-un purges three of the top military leadersad of the summit with president trump. tonight new details of the upcoming meeting and how it may be influencing kim's decision. i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> we're following breaking news. the white houseeppered with questions about a false statement made and about president trump's claim that he has what he calls the absolute right -- his words -- absolute right to pardon himself. we'll talk about congressman john garamendi and ou

another hand for senator bernie sanders. [applause] >> thank you. >> here's a look at some upcoming book fairs and festivals happening around the country. on june 16 the dr presidential library was the roosevelt meeting bethel, they are (from life and tenure of americans 32nd president. later this month in new orleans at the american library association annual conference featuring a keynote talk by former first lady michelle obama and then from july 11 to the 14th, it's the annual libertarian conference, freedom fest in off-base. for more information about their and watch our previous coverage, click e book fairs on our website, booktv.org. >> .. who voters are and what motivates them, the kind of data that can help you extrapolate what they are going to do and why they're going to do it. it's the kind of thing that both lehman and so-called experts who barely know nothing

before bernie sanders became an avatar, there was a third rail. the key point is if the american people, the swing voters, folks in the center are given a choice between the party of trump and sanders, that will leave even more folks feeling politically homeless. and it sends a difficult signal about consensus government going forward. >> interesting you point out the policies. i want to throw this to you. she is very much in favor of abolishing i.c.e. and we have seen more democrats fully start to come over to that way of thinking. >> this has been a big movement. although bernie sanders, who she worked for, wouldn't go that far and wouldn't completely support that policy. so it's not one that is completely taken over that wing of the party yet but clearly yet another -- i wouldn't say it is a full-on litmus test yet, but it is a calling card for which wing of the party you're representing if you say i.c.e. should be shut down. >> talking about immigration, counselor, if i could go to you with this federal judge that ruled that the administration

thanks so serious and sara how can you sanders was asked to leave a restaurant this weekend because. the staffers were uncomfortable and owner gave them the choice do you want to serve and she politely asked her to leave and she laughed and of course she tweeted out from her press secretary account about this business and there's some been all that. with the sarah sanders incident also you know you have two major cabinet members and major members of the trumpet administration has spoken out and spoken pretty racist lee racist about the border crisis and they're going in a mexican restaurant some people are giving them a rough time there i mean it's disobedience but it's relatively so during scald civil disobedience for a reason it's really it's really hard for him and you've got. michael we only have everything in power in the world but let's cry about it some are now what the washington post editorial board actually to let the trump team piece that down that road lies a world in which only the most zealous sign up for public service and that benefits no one let me ask you first is i

sanders says negative discourse must end. we are allowed to disagree but we should be able to do so freely and without harm.the incident sparked backlash nationwide including democrat maxine waters encouraging the public to push back against members of the trump administration. "you tell them they are not welcome anymore, anywhere"the president fired back...first tweeting about "filthy canopies" at red hen" and later calling rep. waters "an extraordinarly low iq person". brie jackson/ correspondent: sarah huckabee sanders is among a handfull of adminstration officials ridiculed in public recently. members of congress are now urging the public to focus on november elections instead. congressman earl blumenauer/ (d) oregon: democrats should welcome a contest of ideas and a contest at the ballot box not shouting at restaurants sanders say healthy debates over key issues like immigration should continue. america is a great country and the ability for us to find solutions despit

and it wasn't just sara sanders denying it, remember when the meeting was first revealed. jay secelo said over and over, it wasn't a lie. >> he didn't dictate, he weighed in, offered suggestion, like any father would do. >> i wasn't involved in the statement drafting at all, nor was the president. the president didn't sign off on anything. i do want t clear, the president was not involved in drafting the statement, it came from donald trump jr. >> let's go to our chief white house correspondent standing by in that briefing room, and jim how does sarah sanders explain is one? >> it's going to be tough, brooke, i'll make a prediction here, the expression you're going to hear over the next hour, i'd like to refer this to the president's outside legal team. i don't think sarah sanders is going to want to answer a lot of those questions, especially questions about comments she made last year, when she was asked whether the president dictated or had anything to do with this memo back in june of 20 2016. we know that is not the case. there are other legal questions that are going