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elijah cummings has not been very vocal. but the president, once again, tweeted this morning, and this is what he said. he broke his silence saying really bad news. the baltimore house of elijah cummings was robbed. too bad. well, hallie, that is in fact, true. elijah cummings's house, there was an attempted burglary early saturday morning. elijah cummings's office confirms that and puts out this statement this morning giving a little bit of details. they say an individual attempted to gain entry into my residence at 3:40 a.m. on saturday. it says he was notified of the intrusion by a security system, and he scared the intruder away by yelling before the person gained entry into the residential portion of the house. and so, hallie, what's important to note is that this attempted burglary actually happened before the president started tweeting about elijah cummings early sunday morning. these are all the details we had. we were just notified. we will give you any more update we have once we do have it, hallie. >> we appreciat
elijah cummings has not been very vocal. but the president, once again, tweeted this morning, and this is what he said. he broke his silence saying really bad news. the baltimore house of elijah cummings was robbed. too bad. well, hallie, that is in fact, true. elijah cummings's house, there was an attempted burglary early saturday morning. elijah cummings's office confirms that and puts out this statement this morning giving a little bit of details. they say an individual attempted to gain...
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that cummings' baltimore home had been twitter, really bad news, the baltimore house of elijah cummings was robbed. too bad. that got trump some unexpected criticism. republican nikki haley, trump's former u.n. ambassador tweeted this is so unnecessary. illinois republican congressman adam kinzinger wrote this is so beneath the office you hold. it's childish, and it's getting really old. >> this afternoon the president tried to back down that criticism. >> the tweet itself was just really a repeat of what i heard over the news. i know his house was robbed, and i thought that was too bad. that was really just -- that was really not meant as a wiseguy. >> this comes after the president kept up his attacks on cities at a rally last night in cincinnati. >> it's been total one-party control of the inner cities. for 100 years, it's been one party control, and look at him. we can name one after another, but i won't do that. because i don't want to be controversial. >> well, president trump once again trashed baltimore and other major cities last night. >> look at los angeles with the tents and
that cummings' baltimore home had been twitter, really bad news, the baltimore house of elijah cummings was robbed. too bad. that got trump some unexpected criticism. republican nikki haley, trump's former u.n. ambassador tweeted this is so unnecessary. illinois republican congressman adam kinzinger wrote this is so beneath the office you hold. it's childish, and it's getting really old. >> this afternoon the president tried to back down that criticism. >> the tweet itself was just...
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maybe i don't like elijah cummings. maybe i think mostly the problems are self-inflicted. but i can't really think of myself as a good, fair person if i cosign this kind of foolishness. >> you know, i want to play a little bit, he is now doing this riff about how terrible america's cities are, which again i think is pretty explicitly racially coded. i want to play the riff about how the places in america that he is, again, they're his constituents as much as they're anyone else's, how terrible they are. take a listen. >> you sear our inner cities. we spend billions and billions and billions for years and years and years, and it's stolen money, and it's wasted money and it's a shame. the homicide rate in baltimore is significantly higher than el salvador, honduras, guatemala. i believe it's higher than -- give me a place that you think is pretty bad. give me a place. the guyayn. i believe it's higher than afghanistan. the conditions in nancy pelosi's once great city of san francisco are deplorable. look at los angeles with the tents and the horrible, horrible disgusting con
maybe i don't like elijah cummings. maybe i think mostly the problems are self-inflicted. but i can't really think of myself as a good, fair person if i cosign this kind of foolishness. >> you know, i want to play a little bit, he is now doing this riff about how terrible america's cities are, which again i think is pretty explicitly racially coded. i want to play the riff about how the places in america that he is, again, they're his constituents as much as they're anyone else's, how...
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so he wants to talk about elijah cummings' district, fine. but if he wants to talk about poverty and he cares about poverty, now he's saying he cares. he ought to talk to the people who run or who ran the places he is president of. he might want to talk to mick mulvaney. mick mulvaney who is his acting chief of staff, just looked it up, just to make sure that i wrote it down properly. 22% of the people in that district are poor. right? so if you want to talk about kentucky, which is one of the poorest states in this country. in fact, the ten poorest states in the united states, nine of the ten are trump states. louisiana, mississippi, west virginia, alabama, arkansas, kentucky, south carolina, arizona, and georgia. these also happen to be some of the states with the most violence, the most murder because they have no gun laws essentially. so gun murder is higher in those states. baltimore doesn't even make the top ten poorsz cities in the united states. as a matter of fact, the district that mick mulvaney used to be the congressman of has a p
so he wants to talk about elijah cummings' district, fine. but if he wants to talk about poverty and he cares about poverty, now he's saying he cares. he ought to talk to the people who run or who ran the places he is president of. he might want to talk to mick mulvaney. mick mulvaney who is his acting chief of staff, just looked it up, just to make sure that i wrote it down properly. 22% of the people in that district are poor. right? so if you want to talk about kentucky, which is one of the...
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the president tweeted, really bad news, the baltimore house of elijah cummings was robbed. too bad! . some of his former officials felt he was being is a sarcastic. what do you make of this battle he's waging and his latest tweet digging into the culture wars. >> he doesn't have to mention any particular representative by name. but when you make -- decide to make the urban areas or cities the center piece of your wrath, you know what you're doing. you're making it about other people. despite the fact that much of what he's talking about and the problems that plague inner cities, you can make the same conversation about rural areas. he should probably go visit the appalachian mountains. this whole play is able doubling down on tribalism. this is a president who can't run on the tax plan, can't run on building the wall, can't run on successes in trade. the only thing he has is racism. without racism the emperor has no clothing. and his hope ishat -- make as many white voters go to their corners as humanly possible and that african-americans last tim, and this is real, they will -- the
the president tweeted, really bad news, the baltimore house of elijah cummings was robbed. too bad! . some of his former officials felt he was being is a sarcastic. what do you make of this battle he's waging and his latest tweet digging into the culture wars. >> he doesn't have to mention any particular representative by name. but when you make -- decide to make the urban areas or cities the center piece of your wrath, you know what you're doing. you're making it about other people....
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they called him elijah, not even congressman cummings. he was one people who called on people to go home during the curfew, people really listened to him. he's almost like a mayor of the city. people really do love and respect him. do you think attacking by someone who is respected and well loved inside his own city is a way to endear yourself to the people of baltimore and a sign that you want to help them if you are president? >> i don't think attacking is a part of fixing anything across any issue. it needs to be more about solutions, not tearing anybody down to stand on anybody across the board. there are folks in this city that may for some reason still have a fondness for congressman cummings, but there are a lot of folks that don't. but again, that's personality, that's not the issue. the issue is who is going to do what to fix the issues in baltimore city, and that's where the conversation needs to go. >> let's talk about some of the solutions that are out there, because we know -- 22% poverty in the city of baltimore. that's seve
they called him elijah, not even congressman cummings. he was one people who called on people to go home during the curfew, people really listened to him. he's almost like a mayor of the city. people really do love and respect him. do you think attacking by someone who is respected and well loved inside his own city is a way to endear yourself to the people of baltimore and a sign that you want to help them if you are president? >> i don't think attacking is a part of fixing anything...
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cummings. is he going to say you know what? this is going to kill me among whites in the suburb. you can't be overly racist. you can't have people expect to like you if you call yourself a racist or act like one. >> there is one thing known for trump. he is known for introspection and insight. thing is something guttural. he cannot deny it or contain it. people have been telling him forever tone it down. you're making too big splash, you're risking too much politically, but he can't help it. a lot of people ascribe this to some grand strategy about ginning up the base, and maybe that is there. but my suspicion is and from talking to people who know him, this is just who he is. he can't stop it nor will he. high,er is trump moments ago talking about the squad. that's the four women, of course, on the progressive side of the democratic party and american cities. let's watch them and then joel responds. >> the are democrat party is now being led by four left-wing extremists who reject everything t
cummings. is he going to say you know what? this is going to kill me among whites in the suburb. you can't be overly racist. you can't have people expect to like you if you call yourself a racist or act like one. >> there is one thing known for trump. he is known for introspection and insight. thing is something guttural. he cannot deny it or contain it. people have been telling him forever tone it down. you're making too big splash, you're risking too much politically, but he can't help...
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elijah cummings went to back for mark meadows earlier this year, defend him on the floor as a communist for not being racist. matthews thanked him for that. has mark meadows been seen at all out front saying my good friend elijah cummings is being treated horribly by the president? no. >> yes, had you a statement in which he lumped cummi think they're both racist. the other thing i mentioned is the vote in the last eruption of this, there was that vote that resolution notice house to condemn trump's comments, four republicans crossed over. one of the republicans who crossed over, susan brooks from indiana, had just announced a few weeks earlier she's retiring. but i'm wondering, phil rucker, maybe you have insight into this, we have seen a spate of republican retirement announcements in the past week. i'm thinking of susan brooks opinion other republicans all of a sudden, it seems like there's a sudden rush of it. is it related to the president in the last couple of weeks really stepping up this particular approach? >> the truth, steve, is we don't entirely know but i don't suspect it's
elijah cummings went to back for mark meadows earlier this year, defend him on the floor as a communist for not being racist. matthews thanked him for that. has mark meadows been seen at all out front saying my good friend elijah cummings is being treated horribly by the president? no. >> yes, had you a statement in which he lumped cummi think they're both racist. the other thing i mentioned is the vote in the last eruption of this, there was that vote that resolution notice house to...
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cummings and degrading the city of baltimore and refer to immigrants in the terms since he came down the escalator, you know, in 2015, so i mean, i think that it's going to be interesting to see as bob said kind of how we go forward and what changes in this going forward. >> indeed. >> the tone. >> this bears repeating, you see the graphic at the bottom of your screen. we were dealing with, you know, past couple of weeks that saw him feuding with these four congresswomen and calling out elijah cummings and degrading the city of baltimore and refer to immigrants in the terms since he came down the escalator, you know, in 2015, so i mean, i think that it's going to be interesting to see as bob said kind of how we go forward and what changes in this going forward. >> indeed. >> the tone. >> this bears repeating, you see the graphic at the bottom of your screen. 31 souls going on about their lives entering a summer weekend are no longer here among us and it happened in the space of 13 hours. to our big four guests starting us off tonight, sam stein, robert costa, erin and raul, thank you
cummings and degrading the city of baltimore and refer to immigrants in the terms since he came down the escalator, you know, in 2015, so i mean, i think that it's going to be interesting to see as bob said kind of how we go forward and what changes in this going forward. >> indeed. >> the tone. >> this bears repeating, you see the graphic at the bottom of your screen. we were dealing with, you know, past couple of weeks that saw him feuding with these four congresswomen and...
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the baltimore house of elijah cummings is robbed. this is the president of the united states tweeting about it. nakie haley, who served in the trump administration, u.s. ambassador to the united nations, left by all accounts on good terms, largely refrained from criticizing him, former governor of south carolina. she tweets four words, this is so unnecessary about the president bragging about a congressman's house being robbed. kellyanne conway, counselor to the president responds, this is so unnecessary. and tru trying to send a couple messages. >> might be a race against pence and haley on the republican side. but i'm trying to think, every modern president that i have seen as endured some form of criticism from their own party. sometimes they grouch about it in private but they recognize they have to take it. this seems like a clear illustration, here's a former administration member who doesn't think the president should go on twitter and sarcastically talk about a congressman's house being robbed and senior white house adviser g
the baltimore house of elijah cummings is robbed. this is the president of the united states tweeting about it. nakie haley, who served in the trump administration, u.s. ambassador to the united nations, left by all accounts on good terms, largely refrained from criticizing him, former governor of south carolina. she tweets four words, this is so unnecessary about the president bragging about a congressman's house being robbed. kellyanne conway, counselor to the president responds, this is so...
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he can't put elijah cummings life in danger, make comments about -- >> do you think he exploits comments about race. >> i think he does. and there have been questions, should democrat candidates call him a white supremacist or nationalist or racist, is that taking it too far. i don't think it is. >> biden won't do it. >> biden is straddling on the line. >> the tier 1's aren't doing it. if you're a tier 2, you have basically nothing to lose by calling out what you actually see. >> 1% in the polls or less, you got nothing to lose period. >> michael, i'm giving you a joke here, but the fact is trump doesn't like it. >> i can't imagine any white person not liking being called racist, so i guess i sort of understand that. i'll let democrats figure out if that's what they want to call the president. i have seen no quantidata to su this is moving the needle one way or the other. if you believe he's a racist, you formed that view likely around charlottesville or maybe before. if you don't think he's a racist, that's a view you held before. while i understand democrats that are throwing meat to t
he can't put elijah cummings life in danger, make comments about -- >> do you think he exploits comments about race. >> i think he does. and there have been questions, should democrat candidates call him a white supremacist or nationalist or racist, is that taking it too far. i don't think it is. >> biden won't do it. >> biden is straddling on the line. >> the tier 1's aren't doing it. if you're a tier 2, you have basically nothing to lose by calling out what you...
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. >>> meanwhile, oversight chairman elijah cummings joined a gun control rally in baltimore. >> we are fighting for the soul of our democracy, and the laws are not going to change until we get many people, many others, to join in with us to be a part of this revolution. and it must be a revolution. i do believe we have a country where the people are afraid of the government. we have to twist that around. the government's got to be afraid of the people. >> all right, joining me now jonathan allen, nbc news national political reporter and hanna trudeau, with the daily beast. let's start talking 2020. senator elizabeth warren rising in the polls. a ugov poll is one point behind john biden. that's within the margin of error. what is warren doing right or what is biden not doing right? >> with warren, she has ha steady rise. the last few months there have been serious moments for her, the first two democratic debates were widely seen as huge successes for her or her call for impeachment which was very exciting for a lot of democrats. you have seen her money rise. and really more than any ot
. >>> meanwhile, oversight chairman elijah cummings joined a gun control rally in baltimore. >> we are fighting for the soul of our democracy, and the laws are not going to change until we get many people, many others, to join in with us to be a part of this revolution. and it must be a revolution. i do believe we have a country where the people are afraid of the government. we have to twist that around. the government's got to be afraid of the people. >> all right, joining...
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cummings represents baltimore which the president called rodent infested. how much does that piece of this overall narrative about the president play into your decision on impeachment? >> you know, i had four categories of concern that i think could be translated into articles of impeachment, and one of them is that, the debasement of the office with overtly racist language, you know, debasing and degrading whole communities from mexicans to the city of baltimore. to belittling members of congress, not even understanding where in fact they were born or where they came from telling them they should go where they came from, that kind of behavior is simply not acceptable in the chief executive of this republic. and that's why the founders to protect the republic put the provision of impeachment in the constitution. >> to put a finer i don't want on it, when you put your statement out about this, you hit the president for racism, xenophobia and bigotry. is there any way to, you know, setting impeachment aside, is there any way to work with the president if you
cummings represents baltimore which the president called rodent infested. how much does that piece of this overall narrative about the president play into your decision on impeachment? >> you know, i had four categories of concern that i think could be translated into articles of impeachment, and one of them is that, the debasement of the office with overtly racist language, you know, debasing and degrading whole communities from mexicans to the city of baltimore. to belittling members of...
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>> elijah cummings. every person on stage should have said something about elijah cummings. >> exactly, or last week, the week before when he attacked women of color and told them to, quote, go back where they came from. >> good lord. >> you had a crowd in north carolina that sound ed like the were chanting out the same things you might have heard in nuremberg, when hitler talked about gypsies, yous or it was other people that that regime didn't like and they're chanting "send her back, send her back." talk about that. don't talk about arcane debates. donald trump promised universal health care and then said no, i don't support universal health care. he broke that promise. not only did he break that promise, he has been trying to dismantle the affordable care act bit by bit, piece by piece, trying to gut the health care protections afforded to americans when that legislation passed, whether you're talking about pre-existing conditions, whether you're talking about keeping your kids on your health insuran
>> elijah cummings. every person on stage should have said something about elijah cummings. >> exactly, or last week, the week before when he attacked women of color and told them to, quote, go back where they came from. >> good lord. >> you had a crowd in north carolina that sound ed like the were chanting out the same things you might have heard in nuremberg, when hitler talked about gypsies, yous or it was other people that that regime didn't like and they're chanting...
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and it makes me think that in the last ten days, you know, if the attacks on elijah cummings motivated emmanuel cleaver to go from sitting with pelosi on this issue to essentially going in another direction, what is the last 72 hours do these democrats that are sitting on this edge? >> i think the pressure just keeps mounting and mounting. and, frankly, a lot of people are fed up. the president has in some people's minds, really continued to push the buttons in this country that are division, that are racial incense activity, that are in some people's minds racist. so i think what you have is members of activities, i just came back from dayton, ohio, and of course that shooter was not linked in the same way as the el paso shooter was to the president's rhetoric. but what you have is a city that has embraced proimmigrant policy. so i talk to people about that. and there are people who are fearful for their lives. this is not just people wanting to see the president make policies or change something that might be a little bit different. what people have are people saying i don't know if
and it makes me think that in the last ten days, you know, if the attacks on elijah cummings motivated emmanuel cleaver to go from sitting with pelosi on this issue to essentially going in another direction, what is the last 72 hours do these democrats that are sitting on this edge? >> i think the pressure just keeps mounting and mounting. and, frankly, a lot of people are fed up. the president has in some people's minds, really continued to push the buttons in this country that are...
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the president launches an attack on baltimore and elijah cummings and suddenly we're not talking about the robert mueller hearing, not talking about jeffrey epstein. the president goes after the squad and suddenly the entire democratic party stands together and the squad is elevated so the president can advance a narrative that the entire democratic party are far left progressives. and the president wanted a rate cut and we know the trade war helped him get one. john harwood, thank you so much. >> well, that might be, steph, the answer to your question about why he would risk the economic damage of these tariffs. >> inside the mind of donald trump. neither you nor i have the answer. all right. thanks, john. we have two big stories when we come back. on the accused child rainist jeffrey epstein. number one, his reported plan to seed the human race with his dna. sorry if you just had lunch. let me ask you something. can the past help you write the future? can you feel calm in the eye of a storm? can you do more with less? can you raise the bar while reducing your footprint? for our 100 y
the president launches an attack on baltimore and elijah cummings and suddenly we're not talking about the robert mueller hearing, not talking about jeffrey epstein. the president goes after the squad and suddenly the entire democratic party stands together and the squad is elevated so the president can advance a narrative that the entire democratic party are far left progressives. and the president wanted a rate cut and we know the trade war helped him get one. john harwood, thank you so much....
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elijah cummings' home was broken into, too bad. and the president posing and clearly enjoying and snarl involved in the enrapture of the crowd that he's aroused, all of his words, his behavior lead to one thing and one thing only. what are the democrats going to do? i hate to inject politics into this but i have to tell you looking at a field of the people running for president there's one issue i have not heard as an american citizen being mentioned in these debates. and it's who are we morally as a people? and there is only one issue now confronting this america of ours. this country that's so deeply divided, so torn by racial animosity, by gun violence, there's only one issue -- who is going to succeed this man? who is going to come to the presidency, with the moral authority that this country needs, with the honesty, with the ethics, with the character to be president of the country, to lead this country out of where we are right now. that's the only issue it's bigger than any program or any policy. my thought to you -- my ques
elijah cummings' home was broken into, too bad. and the president posing and clearly enjoying and snarl involved in the enrapture of the crowd that he's aroused, all of his words, his behavior lead to one thing and one thing only. what are the democrats going to do? i hate to inject politics into this but i have to tell you looking at a field of the people running for president there's one issue i have not heard as an american citizen being mentioned in these debates. and it's who are we...
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the baltimore house of elijah cummings was robbed. too bad. which certainly feels like a sarcastic comment about a sort of very sad event. to be fair, the robbery reportedly happened a few days ago, prior to the president's tweet storm about the congressman. but it seems as if the president is gloating about something that happened to cummings' home, which goes to show you once again there are very few lines that he is not willing to cross when it comes to trying to score points against political enemies and how he wants to make the fate of urban cities, democratic controlled cities, part of his re-election campaign. >> elise, final thoughts? >> i just can't deal with it, joe. what kind of human being rejoices over someone's home getting robbed? it is absolutely disgusting that this man is the president of the united states and the republicans are standing behind this kind of morally reprehensible rhetoric that's an ongoing, minute by minute occurrence. >> all right. well, let's just keep our eye on the ball and not avoid the obvious, which is
the baltimore house of elijah cummings was robbed. too bad. which certainly feels like a sarcastic comment about a sort of very sad event. to be fair, the robbery reportedly happened a few days ago, prior to the president's tweet storm about the congressman. but it seems as if the president is gloating about something that happened to cummings' home, which goes to show you once again there are very few lines that he is not willing to cross when it comes to trying to score points against...
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cummings is a base play. they don't seem to fit into his play book right now when he believes it and members of the nra makes up a huge part of his base. >> bill kristol, about the polling, do you believe any of it? do you believe any of the national polling? is it relevant to you? >> some what relevant. he does not say where he'll be 1 or 15 months. i think annie mentions the attack on congressman cummings and the floor and representatives and the rhetoric about invaders and obviously terrible el paso shooting. we forget this, six weeks ago, people were not sure they thought that may work and a lot of democrats were kind of worry and he's so good at this. it seems pretty clear from the polling we have the work that it is not work. he lost some voters and i see before a couple of focus groups of soft trump supporters and people voted for him saying this is a little too much. a little disruption had been fine and he's vulgar, we can liver with that and some of the tweets. now, we are talking about dividing the
cummings is a base play. they don't seem to fit into his play book right now when he believes it and members of the nra makes up a huge part of his base. >> bill kristol, about the polling, do you believe any of it? do you believe any of the national polling? is it relevant to you? >> some what relevant. he does not say where he'll be 1 or 15 months. i think annie mentions the attack on congressman cummings and the floor and representatives and the rhetoric about invaders and...
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. >> congressman elijah cummings was among the hundreds of people taking to the streets this weekend in all 50 states to demand congress do something about gun violence. and a new nbc news wall street journal poll out this morning shows that there is broad support for action after the mass shootings in el paso and dayton. 89% favor expanding background checks to all gun sales. 76% support red flag laws that allow police to remove guns from those considered to be too dangerous. and 62% support banning the sale of assault weapons. the issue has also galvanized candidates on the presidential campaign trail. >> what do we teach our children? we can't protect you, so we're going to send you to school and teach you drills about how to hide and shelter in place. >> it truly feels like this time is different. we've got to make sure it really turns out to be different, and that means ensuring there's a political penalty that anyone who blocks common sense gun reform supported by a majority of the american people. >> universal background checks makes sense, it'll save lives. red flag laws will
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elijah cummings wrote, quote, the trump administration has virtually obliterated line separating government policy making from foreign and corporate interests. as an example, the report says that barrick and trump campaign chair paul manafort worked together during the campaign to try to put language that had been drafted by saudi and emirati officials into a trump energy speech. emails obtained by "the new york times" show manafort and barrick discussing how to change trump's speech and even republican platform language to quote make our gulf friends happy. then during the transition barrick negotiated with the trump administration for a position as middle east envoy or ambassador to the uae while at the same time pushing for the flynn saudi nuclear plant which would benefit flynn and his friends. the plan would also give barrick's saudi friends the nuclear technology they wanted. and also barrick was planning for his own company to purchase the american manufacturer of the nuclear technology that the saudis would be buying. and voila', everybody gets rich. barrick and flan and flynn's par
elijah cummings wrote, quote, the trump administration has virtually obliterated line separating government policy making from foreign and corporate interests. as an example, the report says that barrick and trump campaign chair paul manafort worked together during the campaign to try to put language that had been drafted by saudi and emirati officials into a trump energy speech. emails obtained by "the new york times" show manafort and barrick discussing how to change trump's speech...
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he attacked baltimore for several days as well as its congressman, long-time congressman elijah cummings who is african-american. then we see the rhetoric and the handling of the shooting in el paso. this is part of a strategy, by the way, that the president has for his reelection where he wants to use cultural divisions, he wants to use race to divide the country and to mobilize, to galvanize his white supporters in 2020, and it's probably going to continue, and i'm sure we'll continue to see the democrats label him a racist in the presidency. >> michelle, as i welcome you to the broadcast, i have this for you from jennifer rubin. on trump conspiracy theories -- this is from the "wall street journal." there is a simple formula for responding tho these episodes. one, reaffirm that they are baseless crazy theories, 2, remind americans that as president, trump has access to the very best intelligence but instead prefers to spread rumors, and 3, trump's microphone is the loudest in the world, and whether he intends to, his words will stir some unstable and/or evil people to act, and 4, in p
he attacked baltimore for several days as well as its congressman, long-time congressman elijah cummings who is african-american. then we see the rhetoric and the handling of the shooting in el paso. this is part of a strategy, by the way, that the president has for his reelection where he wants to use cultural divisions, he wants to use race to divide the country and to mobilize, to galvanize his white supporters in 2020, and it's probably going to continue, and i'm sure we'll continue to see...
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we had almost three weeks now of trump, his racist attacks on the squad and baltimore and elijah cummings. from the moment he rolled down the escalator in 2015. it brought this pressure cooker around him and the outrage. >> message back to democrats, this is such a moment in time, whatever network has the next debate. whoever it is, every candidate asked questions about single payer insurance and climate, say those are critical. we will focus now on the safety, the core safety and decency of the american public. our safety is at risk with assault weapons. republicans won't do anything about it. there is good and evil and hate. don't just leave it at racism, good and evil. racism is one of the pieces. do not let it go. do not let the moderators take over. if you are leaders, it succeeds everything else. we are in a good versus evil moment in this country and one of the wars we are seeing it play out, free elections, kamala, pete, everybody, don't let us news goofy people get you off topic, take over the debates, and guys, stay together on this one. that's what leaders do. we need you now.
we had almost three weeks now of trump, his racist attacks on the squad and baltimore and elijah cummings. from the moment he rolled down the escalator in 2015. it brought this pressure cooker around him and the outrage. >> message back to democrats, this is such a moment in time, whatever network has the next debate. whoever it is, every candidate asked questions about single payer insurance and climate, say those are critical. we will focus now on the safety, the core safety and decency...
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the baltimore house of elijah cummings was robbed. too bad. john allen, that our president talks that way publicly, as people in our jobs like to say, has been baked into the cake, but someone theorized to me tonight that you can draw a bright clear line, from comments like that, including that, to these defections and retirements we are watching before our very eyes. >> i think that is absolutely true, brian. i think some of these republican lawmakers are frankly tired of defending the president, and some cases they know that it is going to be difficult for them to win re-election. will hurd, the congressman from texas who won the last race by a handful of votes and going to be in a difficult spot to win re-election this time, certainly he was called upon every time he came on television to defend the things the president was saying. i talked to a bunch of republicans in various walks of life around washington today. they were aghast at what the president had tweeted. it is very unusual to see schadenfreude about someone else's home being inv
the baltimore house of elijah cummings was robbed. too bad. john allen, that our president talks that way publicly, as people in our jobs like to say, has been baked into the cake, but someone theorized to me tonight that you can draw a bright clear line, from comments like that, including that, to these defections and retirements we are watching before our very eyes. >> i think that is absolutely true, brian. i think some of these republican lawmakers are frankly tired of defending the...
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cummings and degrading the city of baltimore and refer to immigrants in the terms since he came down the escalator, you know, in 2015, so i mean, i think that it's going to be interesting to see as bob said kind of how we go forward and what changes in this going forward. >> indeed. >> the tone. >> this bears repeating, you see the graphic at the bottom of your screen. 31 souls going on about their lives entering a summer weekend are no longer here among us and it happened in the space of 13 hours. to our big four guests starting us off tonight, sam stein, robert costa, erin and raul, thank you very much. >>> coming up, a call for courage and action against gun violence from a lawmaker that calls el paso home and what law enforcement is and should be doing to try to better prevent what we've just witnessed if such a thing is indeed possible. "the 11th hour" just getting started on a monday night. hour"g started on a monday night. to be their best, kids need good nutrition. and practice... lots of practice. get them started right with carnation breakfast essentials. it has protein plu
cummings and degrading the city of baltimore and refer to immigrants in the terms since he came down the escalator, you know, in 2015, so i mean, i think that it's going to be interesting to see as bob said kind of how we go forward and what changes in this going forward. >> indeed. >> the tone. >> this bears repeating, you see the graphic at the bottom of your screen. 31 souls going on about their lives entering a summer weekend are no longer here among us and it happened in...
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he talks to members of congress like elijah cummings and others and makes all kinds of tweets that infers all kinds of things the tone at the top must be set immediately and we can therefore move the legislation and moves. first, you would expect that the leader of this country and those in the leadership would say, hold it. full stop. we're not going to tolerate this behavior. whatever you're thinking, whatever your mental condition, you will not be allowed to move in this way without having the full force of the government come down to deal with you. and that is not happening. we're running around, trying to long for what is in our face. we're dealing with white supremacists in this country. they took the lives of 20 people today. 20 people. >> the last time we had an example of this in charlottesville, the president had a very easy road to walk on. he was not able to negotiate it. since the president's first tweet, since we've learned about this posting that he put up. this is a line, a road this president has great difficulty in navigating. if it hasn't happened before, do you hold an
he talks to members of congress like elijah cummings and others and makes all kinds of tweets that infers all kinds of things the tone at the top must be set immediately and we can therefore move the legislation and moves. first, you would expect that the leader of this country and those in the leadership would say, hold it. full stop. we're not going to tolerate this behavior. whatever you're thinking, whatever your mental condition, you will not be allowed to move in this way without having...
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the attacks on elijah cummings and american cities. that's where the campaign wants to focus. we will see a run to that. >> and the central issue that the president has been campaigning since day one, immigration. >> yes. >> all right. jonathan, stick around for us. congressman carlos, thank you. and anita as well. >>> hiding in plain sight, the madam of jeffrey epstein, maxwell, spotted for the first time since his death. where she was seen and what impact the scandal could have on her as well. >> the president wants to make greenland great again. greenland great again. who's dog is this? it's my special friend, antonio. his luxurious fur calms my nerves when i'm worried about moving into our new apartment. why don't we just ask geico for help with renters insurance? i didn't know geico helps with renters insurance. yeah, and we could save a bunch too. antonio! fetch computer! antonio? i'll get it. get to know geico and see how much you could save on renters insurance. about the colonial penn program. here to tell you if you're age 50 to 85 and looking to buy life insurance o
the attacks on elijah cummings and american cities. that's where the campaign wants to focus. we will see a run to that. >> and the central issue that the president has been campaigning since day one, immigration. >> yes. >> all right. jonathan, stick around for us. congressman carlos, thank you. and anita as well. >>> hiding in plain sight, the madam of jeffrey epstein, maxwell, spotted for the first time since his death. where she was seen and what impact the...
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. >> with the house back in democratic control, katy and i went to see representative elijah cummings. just recently he was the target of one of the president's twitter tirades. but when we met, he was about to take over as chairman of the powerful house oversight committee. >> let's talk to you about oversight. how high on the list is emoluments and the d.c. hotel? >> very high. we're going to looking at emoluments, we're going to look at the d.c. hotel. >> the votes from the midterms were still being counted when president trump began to push back against investigation. >> are you offering a my way or highway to the democrats? >> not at all. >> you say if they start investigati investigating you, you can start investigating them -- >> better than that. all it is is a war-like posture. >> the president is trying to fight back against you, he's calling it presidential harassment. >> i don't try to stop the president from doing his job. my job as a member of the congress is to be a check on the executive branch. so you can call it whatever you want, it's me doing my job. this is americ
. >> with the house back in democratic control, katy and i went to see representative elijah cummings. just recently he was the target of one of the president's twitter tirades. but when we met, he was about to take over as chairman of the powerful house oversight committee. >> let's talk to you about oversight. how high on the list is emoluments and the d.c. hotel? >> very high. we're going to looking at emoluments, we're going to look at the d.c. hotel. >> the votes...
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. >> obviously headed up by elijah cummings. they've run baltimore into the ground. sdplr . >> reporter: and now on the politics of israel. a day after the stock market dropped over 800 points, he tweeted it would show great weakness if israeled would allow collegeresswoman talib and omar to visit. >> the things they've said, omar, talib is disgraceful. so i can't imagine why israeled let them in. >> this is a president fuelling such visive divisiveness and treating sitting members of congress -- i don't can care what party you are in. this is wrong. >> the director of the economic counsel, mr. kudlow. let me start with what you see from the white house, the private sector seems to be concerned about particularly the trade war with china that there are some rough waters ahead, maybe a recession. that those odds have risen. what do you see? >> i sure don't see a recession. we had some blockbuster retail sales consumer numbers towards the back end of last week. really blockbuster numbers and in fact despite a lot of worries with the stock market, most economists toward
. >> obviously headed up by elijah cummings. they've run baltimore into the ground. sdplr . >> reporter: and now on the politics of israel. a day after the stock market dropped over 800 points, he tweeted it would show great weakness if israeled would allow collegeresswoman talib and omar to visit. >> the things they've said, omar, talib is disgraceful. so i can't imagine why israeled let them in. >> this is a president fuelling such visive divisiveness and treating...
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the baltimore house of elijah cummings was robbed too. bad. former u.n. ambassador nikki haley taking aim at her old boss tweeting this is so unnecessary. adding her own dose of sarcasm with an eye roll emoji. the concern about cummings coming days after attacks even calling him a racist. trump said he was misunderstood. >> that was really not meant as a wise guy tweet. i mean his house was robbed and it came over the news. >>> so here's what the move looks like. the president said when he announced dan coats' departure august 15th is when he would leave. you need to have an acting in place. now the deputy dni is respected intelligence officials by name of sue gordon. by law she would be elevate philadelphia they don't have anyone in place. the issue is they have an acting director. that person needs to be senate confirm. now there is some indication that the president won't go with sue gordon, at least that's what a lot of lawmakers think. but the president himself said he's a big fan of sue's. he has two decisions to make. who will be interim and who wi
the baltimore house of elijah cummings was robbed too. bad. former u.n. ambassador nikki haley taking aim at her old boss tweeting this is so unnecessary. adding her own dose of sarcasm with an eye roll emoji. the concern about cummings coming days after attacks even calling him a racist. trump said he was misunderstood. >> that was really not meant as a wise guy tweet. i mean his house was robbed and it came over the news. >>> so here's what the move looks like. the president...
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he said, you know, the elijah cummings thing might had some impact on me. like i can't say it was a zero percent. this moment may have an impact. this is one of those where, you think if it's about mueller it's one thing but this isn't way to keep democrats from siegning up for impeachment. >> the president is using his office to incite insecurity in a hundred million people households. when we talk about this people of color, we imagine it being a sliver of community. >> did he even say hispanic yesterday? >> no. >> when you read the creed of this individual who got into his car, drove ten hours to the safetiest city in our country, the safest city and targeting -- a city 85% latino and not only lifted the tweets of the president of saying invasion but also connected it again to the hispanic vote. it's very clear that what he sees as a threat and we have to make sure we stand as allies and saying this is not the america we are. when we talk about this hemorrhaging of republicans from the house and not taking re-election, there's hemorrhaging of republicans
he said, you know, the elijah cummings thing might had some impact on me. like i can't say it was a zero percent. this moment may have an impact. this is one of those where, you think if it's about mueller it's one thing but this isn't way to keep democrats from siegning up for impeachment. >> the president is using his office to incite insecurity in a hundred million people households. when we talk about this people of color, we imagine it being a sliver of community. >> did he...
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overnight chairman elijah cummings wrote -- >> as an example, the report says that baric and paul manafort worked together to try to put language drafted by saudi officials into a trump energy speech. emails obtained by t"the new yok times" show them discussing how to change trump's speech to "make our gulf friends happy." then baric negotiated with the trump administration for a position, pushing for the flynn-saudi nuclear plan that would benefit flynn and his friends. the plan would also give bar k barrack's saudi friends the nuclear technology they wanted and he was planning for his own company to purchase the nuclear technology the saudis would be buying, and everybody gets rich. barrack and flynn and flip's partners continued to push for this dole from eal from inside administration. even as career government officials warned that it was unethical and possibly inlegal because it would be an end run around congress. and we learned this week that it's not just congressional investigators who are interested in tom barrack. "the new york times" reports that prosecutors have been looking
overnight chairman elijah cummings wrote -- >> as an example, the report says that baric and paul manafort worked together to try to put language drafted by saudi officials into a trump energy speech. emails obtained by t"the new yok times" show them discussing how to change trump's speech to "make our gulf friends happy." then baric negotiated with the trump administration for a position, pushing for the flynn-saudi nuclear plan that would benefit flynn and his...
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elijah cummings wrote the trump administration has obliterated the lines normally separating government policymaking from foreign -- from corporate and foreign interests. the report says that barrack and trump campaign chair paul manafort worked together to try to put language that had been drafted by saudi officials into a trump energy speech. emails obtained by the "new york times" show them discussing how to change trump's speech to, quote, make our gulf friends happy. then during the transition, barrack negotiated with the trump administration for a position as middle east envoy to the uae while at the same time pushing for the flynn-saudi nuclear plan which would benefit flynn and his friends. it would also give barrack's saudi friends the nuclear technology they wanted. and he was planning for his own country to purchase the manufacturer of the technology that the saudis would be buying. and everybody gets rich. barrack and flynn and flynn's partners continue to push for this deal from inside the administration and for at least the first year of the trump administration. even as c
elijah cummings wrote the trump administration has obliterated the lines normally separating government policymaking from foreign -- from corporate and foreign interests. the report says that barrack and trump campaign chair paul manafort worked together to try to put language that had been drafted by saudi officials into a trump energy speech. emails obtained by the "new york times" show them discussing how to change trump's speech to, quote, make our gulf friends happy. then during...
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attack elijah cummings, the chairman of oversight. called him a racist this week. when he had defended white colleagues in the congress and where his constituents are large part white. you mocked his burglary. you called me a bigot, a racist, said i don't like whites even though for 25 years you say you know me. why did you call me after you were elected president and ask me to come and meet with you? i've worked with presidents i disagreed with. i disagree would bill clinton on the crime bill but i work would him on civil rights. i work would george bush. this nation will work with you if you stand up and show you're big enough to be president. clinton and bush and obama were big enough for the job. let's see how bigging you are tomorrow. can you pull the country together or can you just sit in the dark and tweet against people that you think helps energize your base? that does it for me. thanks for watching. i'll see you back here next saturday 5:00 p.m. eastern. up next "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> this sunday domestic terrorism in el paso and another m
attack elijah cummings, the chairman of oversight. called him a racist this week. when he had defended white colleagues in the congress and where his constituents are large part white. you mocked his burglary. you called me a bigot, a racist, said i don't like whites even though for 25 years you say you know me. why did you call me after you were elected president and ask me to come and meet with you? i've worked with presidents i disagreed with. i disagree would bill clinton on the crime bill...
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. >> that was congressman elijah cummings speaking in baltimore minutes ago at an anti-gun rally. he spoke about the death of his nephew due to gun violence. two weeks after the shootings in el paso and dayton a big weekend for gun violence prevention, activists, survivors and lawmakers. they are taking part in more than 100 rallies across all 50 states in what's being called a weekend of action to demand that the u.s. senate pass legislation to require background checks on gun sales, on all gun sales. but will this national show of force be enough to convince lawmakers to take real action on gun control? back with me now, sar jo longwell and alexander hefner. sara, background checks. in this latest fox news poll, fox news, there's overwhelming support for universal background checks, 90% in favor. this is a fox news poll. what is going through mitch mcconnell and the republicans in the senate mind that they cannot come back if it's just a half a day and deal with this issue in light of what we've seen just over the last two weeks? >> yeah. the pressure on them is immense. i menti
. >> that was congressman elijah cummings speaking in baltimore minutes ago at an anti-gun rally. he spoke about the death of his nephew due to gun violence. two weeks after the shootings in el paso and dayton a big weekend for gun violence prevention, activists, survivors and lawmakers. they are taking part in more than 100 rallies across all 50 states in what's being called a weekend of action to demand that the u.s. senate pass legislation to require background checks on gun sales, on...
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elijah cummings saying too bad, exclamation point. i think he bears responsibility or makes it easy to blame him for acts like this, given statements like that, even though he did tweet something seemingly appropriate today. and i do think that trump has sort of brought on increasing sort of brutality towards the political -- our political opponents that is generally unwelcome. >> can you defend any of this? the president's words and statements. do you believe he's contributed to this toxic view? >> i disagree with cory booker. i don'tb think you blame a pall it titian. you blame the person who did it. i blamed oswald, brener, james earl ray, hinckley. haunting charles whitman who, when i was a small kid in elementary school went to a tower and shot students from a tower in austin, texas. i didn't blame linden been as johnson but there's no doubt the presidents to the come out with a strong -- listen, there are white nationalists and nuts and dangerous people including my state that need be called out. that attacked my car just blocks
elijah cummings saying too bad, exclamation point. i think he bears responsibility or makes it easy to blame him for acts like this, given statements like that, even though he did tweet something seemingly appropriate today. and i do think that trump has sort of brought on increasing sort of brutality towards the political -- our political opponents that is generally unwelcome. >> can you defend any of this? the president's words and statements. do you believe he's contributed to this...
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cummings apparently his house was burgled. he was robbed or an attempted robbery before the whole controversy. i guess a week ago saturday. but not only that, but now nikki haley, interestingly, is tweeting that this is so unnecessary. taking a shot at president trump. >> really i think one of the first times you've seen her do that since leaving office. i thought that was pretty astonishing. it happened moments ago. this president is doing what we saw him do as a candidate. he's entering the culture wars. he's digging in and getting criticized for what a lot of people are saying, look, these remarks have racial overtones at best or in some cases actually racist according to those who are criticizing him. i can tell you i've been talking to some of his advisors who say there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of strategy this time around. there's some concern. what is the broader goal here? in 2016, he was talking about immigration. he was talking about the border. in this instance, some close to him have said it seems like he's j
cummings apparently his house was burgled. he was robbed or an attempted robbery before the whole controversy. i guess a week ago saturday. but not only that, but now nikki haley, interestingly, is tweeting that this is so unnecessary. taking a shot at president trump. >> really i think one of the first times you've seen her do that since leaving office. i thought that was pretty astonishing. it happened moments ago. this president is doing what we saw him do as a candidate. he's entering...
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he is using it to beat up on elijah cummings and using l.a., he is using these examples not to further the discourse but undermine it. to see donald trump as the worse example of racism and the structural issues that undergirt the kind of things he's saying. when he's out of office we'll still confront problems in los angeles and baltimore and unequal access to educational opportunities and tax bases that punish some and reward others. these structural issues and overincarceration. >> michael, good to talk to you, as always. >> thank you, my friend. >>> let's turn to the economy now and more breaking news. just moments ago president trump signed the two-year budget bill. we'll get to that in a moment. but it's also job's day and i want to lay out numbers. every first friday of the month we get the jobs report for the prior month. the bureau of labor statistics which is part of the department of labor reported that the united states added 164,000 net new jobs in july. the unemployment rate holding steady at 3.7%. this comes just a day after the stock market took a serious hit following
he is using it to beat up on elijah cummings and using l.a., he is using these examples not to further the discourse but undermine it. to see donald trump as the worse example of racism and the structural issues that undergirt the kind of things he's saying. when he's out of office we'll still confront problems in los angeles and baltimore and unequal access to educational opportunities and tax bases that punish some and reward others. these structural issues and overincarceration. >>...
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cummings and cities, the minority-majority cities, culture issues, even plastic straws. that sort of stuff is going to be in the president's arsenal right now as he tries to distract from the impact his china trade war has had on the economy and the very volatile markets. >> i have no doubt about it. jon allen, the president gave us positively catskills material tonight on social media. "at least her grandmother won't have to see her." is there a strategy here? is someone with a straight face able to make a mathematical argument that this is a path to victory which all efforts ideally in the white house political shop should lead to? >> yeah, i'm not sure anyone has ever had a borscht belt strategy for winning before, brian. the stand-up comedy routine may not extend that far. there's been bible belt and southern strategy. i'm not sure that will work. if he gets down to the point where he's talking plastic straws, that may be the last straw for the american public if that's all he's got to talk about. i think it was very weird today, speaking of congresswoman rashida tla
cummings and cities, the minority-majority cities, culture issues, even plastic straws. that sort of stuff is going to be in the president's arsenal right now as he tries to distract from the impact his china trade war has had on the economy and the very volatile markets. >> i have no doubt about it. jon allen, the president gave us positively catskills material tonight on social media. "at least her grandmother won't have to see her." is there a strategy here? is someone with a...
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cummings, trump the racist will be part of his historical legacy. and now you have the economy starting to deteriorate a bit around the edges, whether or not that's going to be a recession or not, i don't know blue there's enough alarm bells on there for a president who is routinely attached his reputation to a strong economy that's a job creating economy and markets are going bananas. when you start to see fraying around that, i think he's worried and i think he sees that gaining traction in a way he can't control and he can't control the fact that he's being labelled as a racist and these two things are squeezing him like a vice and what do-- >> i ask you because you cover that building and that president, at the moment, you know, the economy seems like a big change and to hear him, you've seen him say after everybody at the white house, well, we're not paying for a payroll tax and says, i've been looking at one for weeks. you know, he says the economy is doing great but we still need 100-point rate cut -- basis point cut from the fed care and con
cummings, trump the racist will be part of his historical legacy. and now you have the economy starting to deteriorate a bit around the edges, whether or not that's going to be a recession or not, i don't know blue there's enough alarm bells on there for a president who is routinely attached his reputation to a strong economy that's a job creating economy and markets are going bananas. when you start to see fraying around that, i think he's worried and i think he sees that gaining traction in a...
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we saw him continue it with the attack on baltimore and their african-american congressman elijah cummings. we'll continue to see this through november of 2020. there's a strategy that trump is employing to try to use these divisions in order to galvanize and motivate his own white supporters to maximize the turnout of trump voters in some of these important states that are going to be up for grabs in the presidential race. >> thanks to all. >>> coming up, grief into action. we'll talk to a father, the father of a young boy killed at sandy hook elementary school about the latest massacres and what he's doing to try to stop the next one from happening. you're watching "andrea mitchell reports." stay with us on msnbc. ching "anl reports. stay with us on msnbc. so, every day, we put our latest technology and unrivaled network to work. the united states postal service makes more e-commerce deliveries to homes than anyone else in the country. of course he's got plans. with labor day deals starting from 20% off, bookers are leaving summer with no regrets. it's labor day! book a place to stay and
we saw him continue it with the attack on baltimore and their african-american congressman elijah cummings. we'll continue to see this through november of 2020. there's a strategy that trump is employing to try to use these divisions in order to galvanize and motivate his own white supporters to maximize the turnout of trump voters in some of these important states that are going to be up for grabs in the presidential race. >> thanks to all. >>> coming up, grief into action....
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. >>> donald trump out today with a sarcastic tweet calling out democratic congressman elijah cummings basically for being the potential victim of a burglary say too bad and saying he was being a wise guy. contex cummings, baltimore and democrats at his rally. >> the rage-filled democrat party senior trying to tear america apart. the homicide rate in baltimore is signif cabinetly higher than el salvador, honduras, guatemala guatemala -- >> does political rhetoric have consequences? look at the scene outside the rally. >> hey, hey. [ bleep ]. >> i'm joined for a special discussion with jameel smith. his recent article is called "trump's racism is a national emergency." he's been reporting and documenting a lot of these issues for a long time. what do you see as coming to a head here? >> i see that trump's rhetoric is manifesting itself obviously you see in violence but also we see his rhetoric manifesting itself in this kind of mob mentality. that's what's really dangerous. we're seeing it continuing to spread throughout the country manifest itself not just in this kind of one off viole
. >>> donald trump out today with a sarcastic tweet calling out democratic congressman elijah cummings basically for being the potential victim of a burglary say too bad and saying he was being a wise guy. contex cummings, baltimore and democrats at his rally. >> the rage-filled democrat party senior trying to tear america apart. the homicide rate in baltimore is signif cabinetly higher than el salvador, honduras, guatemala guatemala -- >> does political rhetoric have...
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cummings and baltimore and then last night he was carrying on about inner cities. and it's more -- seems more than a flirtation with racism. it seems like all out dating. >> yes, it is, it's marriage basically. and i just have to push back a little bit. in did not start with donald trump, okay. let's not forget that sarah palin was out there whipping up those crowds and talking about president obama and highlighting his quote unquote otherness. and all the ugliness that we saw that came with president obama's election and the rice of the tea party and the racist stuff we saw then. to david's point, i think trump bought brought out the racism that's been dormant and behind the scenes. we heard the recent reagan nixon tapes anwar president reagan everyone's favorite lauded republican president was calling black people monkeys and everybody laughed. it's been part of the for decades. and donald trump embraced it. and now people feel emboldened in the country to talk about it freely. >> there are people in the republican party fighting back against the idea that losing
cummings and baltimore and then last night he was carrying on about inner cities. and it's more -- seems more than a flirtation with racism. it seems like all out dating. >> yes, it is, it's marriage basically. and i just have to push back a little bit. in did not start with donald trump, okay. let's not forget that sarah palin was out there whipping up those crowds and talking about president obama and highlighting his quote unquote otherness. and all the ugliness that we saw that came...