next speaker, please. >> hi, my name is thomas wright and i've had a lot of issues in just getting to stability. i had mental health issues growing up. i recently found the value of community in helping myself. i found that when i gave -- when i was concerned about others, i was -- i didn't have to think so much about myself and so it's lead me into community work and i'm now at city college, studying to be a community health worker and i'm learning a lot and the more i do it, the more i see the importance of community and i think that's what city college is -- part of what city college makes it so good is it brings people of all diverse culture and groups together. there's people in my class, my community health worker class who don't have english as their first language but we make connections and i think that's what is important. in san francisco, especially. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> i want to make you aware of the cuts imposed on the library. just last week we found out that our budget was reduced by 16% for next year and the own wa ony to absorb those cut

thomas wright a senior fellow at the brookings institution and the director of institution center on the united states and europe. >>> while the president is traveling overseas there is more problem back home. the house judiciary committee will hold a series of hearings on june 10th on the mueller report. nadler said russia attacked our elections to help the trump campaign win. mueller confirmed these revelations and has left congress to pick up where he left off. the hearing is titled, quote, lessons from the mueller report, presidential obstruction and other crimes. it will feature former white house counsel john deen who pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice during watergate. joining me now joyce vance, msnbc contributor and a big treat to have you here. doesn't happen all that often. great to see you, joyce. joyce, tell me about these hearings. where do they fit in the pantheon of things that are going on right now? are they notably important or are they mostly for appearance? >> i think these hearings have the potential to be extremely important. one of the issues that democr

let's stay with that now and go back to philippa thomas at buckingham palace. wrighted to yesterday's pleasantries, more controversial compared to yesterday's pleasa ntries, shall we say? —— today might be. yesterday's pleasa ntries, shall we say? -- today might be. it could be pretty lively. issues like climate change or huawei, the chinese tech giantand change or huawei, the chinese tech giant and whether it has a place in addition 5g networks. those kinds of issues may well be on the agenda when president trump needs theresa may. it is also a question of who else he might meet. bringing out guest back in, greg swenson, a merchant banker here in london but also a spokesperson for people overseas full up their other formal meetings but also quite a lot of interest in whether the president might endorse a candidate for conservative party leadership. yes, it is an exciting moment for the candidates. my guess is any one of them would like to have endorsement or at least acknowledgement of this president. it could be an institute — make interesting informal moment. the n

. >> angela wright, said that joe biden does not owe her apology but clarence thomas does. do you agree with that? >> that's a personal choice. that's not for me to agree or disagree. i don't think we should have to choose because there's a lot of people responsible for what happened in 1991. >> what about clarence thomas? >> he's in a leadership role. that's part of the reason others stepped up to testify. >> have you ever heard from him since? >> no. >> would never expect? >> no. i don't expect to and i certainly won't be getting in touch with him. >> really remarkable interview by andrea there and the spokeswoman for joe biden's campaign responded said they have nothing to add. >>> coming up, on edge, tensions rises as the u.s. blames iran for those attacks on commercial tankers in the persian gulf. that's ahead right here on msnbc. persian gf.ul that's ahead right here on msnbc. this time, it's his turn. you have 4.3 minutes to yourself. this calls for a taste of cheesecake. philadelphia cheesecake cups. rich, creamy cheesecake with real strawberries. find them with the