Arpaio. In the next hour, a lot more people are here. More than 10,000 people have signed up on facebook to participate in the protest. The rally begins in about two hours. Right now, the police are doing a good job keeping both sides separate. The s. W. A. T. Is here with rifles. Gary, thank you very much. The mayor of phoenix opposed the president s visit. He is a democrat. In a recent oped, he accused the president of dousing racial tensions with gasoline and he fears he may be looking to light a match. I spoke to the mayor before we went on air. You called on the president not to come to phoenix. Im wondering what your concern was, is it just the possibility of the protest, certainly there are a lot of Trump Supporters there that want to see him tonight. I felt after the tragedy in charlottesville, which happened just a short time ago, the president failed moral leadership after
charlottesville. His failure to condemn the racism and the nazis there, to have a Campaign Rally here in phoenix, arizona so shortly thereafter, you put it together, it was such a dangerous combination that i thought the rally was not the correct thing to do here in phoenix. Are you concerned about what may happen tonight in terms of any conflict between protesters . Tefirst, we have just receiv word that Sarah Huckabee sanders indicated that the president will not pardon Sheriff Joe Arpaio tonight that. Is a great victory for so many people that have been asking the president not to do that. That would be such a volatile thing to do. And because of that, im much more confident that today is going to be calm and peaceful. In addition, were so lucky here in phoenix to have a great police chief, a great Phoenix Police department. Theyre working with federal and state authorities. Theyve got an incredibly complicated but good plan for
tonight. And i have the highest level of confidence that theyre doing Everything Possible to make sure were peaceful here in phoenix. You feel like if he has pardoned announced he was going to pardon Sheriff Arpaio In Phoenix tonight, that would have been potentially incendiary . There is no doubt about it. The Singular Purpose would have been to inflame passion to pardon sheriff arpaio, who internationally is a cartoon character. But here locally its possible. He terrorized the lives of so many latino residents. They couldnt go to school or work without fear of facing criminal sanctions for literally doing nothing. He faced a crime, a civil rights trial that he lost. And he was found to be in criminal contempt. So our sheriff has been criminally convicted. And for the president to do that at a Campaign Rally in front of 10,000 people would the only purpose would have been to
enflame passions. And yes, i was very concerned about what that might do on the streets of phoenix. Because the president has backed off because of the advocacy of so many leaders here in phoenix, i have a much higher level of confidence that the rally and all of the people expressing their First Amendment rights will do so in a peaceful environment in phoenix tonight. In front of an adoring crowd, the president often responds to the crowd and plays off the crowd, and weve also seen in the past Sarah Huckabee sanders saying one thing, the president doing something else. So it is still very possible tonight he will either speak about sheriff arpaio or announce that hes going to pardon him if that is what he intends to do. You are correct. He might do that. Theres nothing we can do about that, other than his Press Secretary indicated its not going to occur tonight in this politicized environment, so shortly after his failure of moral leadership, after the
tragedy in charlottesville. Yes, if he were to go against what his Press Secretary said today, it would be a very bad thing and a potentially very volatile thing here in phoenix. What about you know, slightly more conciliatory tone he took last night at the beginning of his address to the nation about afghanistan, seemingly addressing the aftermath of charlottesville, although he never mentioned the community by name. Were you impressed by that at all . No, i was not. And by the way, Speaker Paul Ryan was not impressed either. I saw his town hall which he also acknowledged that the president fell short after charlottesville. So these been bipartisan condemnation of the failure of moral leadership by this president after the tragedy of charlottesville, which obviously these White Supremacists openly marched. A young woman was tragically murdered by a neonazi, and the president should have been unequivocal thats not
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york Times National reporter shares the byline and joins me now. Ummm, is mcconnell not sure that President Trump will serve his full term . What does it mean he may not be able to salvage his presidency . Hes expressing pessimism and frustration in a range of ways, anderson. But from the getgo of this story, it was clear that the Senate Leader is really telling people close to him, people who are supportive of his agenda in general and who he relies on to pass legislation and support the party on the national level, he no longer feels that President Trump can be counted on to be a dependable partner for him in governing or in politics either. That goes for the 2018 elections, potentially 2020, as well. The last time they talked is august 9 in a phone call that ended up in a Shouting Match. So its nearly two weeks ago was the last time they had any direct contact. Theres been staff contact, but
republicans are coming up on a number of really important Governing Deadlines in september. At this stage of things, you would expect to have direct conversation with the president. Really the most important man in congress, that is not happening. Based on your reporting, part of the Shouting Match was over the president s anger that Mitch McconnellWasnt Doing Enough to protect him from the Russian Investigation . Thats right. A couple of people briefed on the phone call said there was fuming about the health care issue, but really the great bulk of the call and most of the heat on the call was directed on that russia issue, the sense that this is Out Of Control and republicans dont have any back. I want to read you something, an amazing detail. It says in a series of tweets this month, President Trump criticized Mitch Mcconnell. So according to your sources,
the president believes the Senate Majority leader should be running interference on the russia investigation. He feels that republicans in congress ought to be not advancing what he views as investigations that are unfair and detrimental to his political interest. I think in some respects it reflects that the president is something of a political amateur. But its also just a sign of the depth of his defensiveness on this issue. When ever youve had republicans criticize him on russia or maybe theres something there, it gets the president upset and he expressed that directly to Senator Mcconnell. Its so interesting what is the president s strategy on this, to not only publicly go after Mitch Mcconnell in tweets and comments, but to have this personal animosity and Shouting Matches. One wonders is there a strategy here or just President Trump unable to control himself in certainly the sense on the
hill is that there is not this plan to get results from this congress. Republican senators and donors do feel whats happening at this point is the president is Holding Grudges against members of his own party who he feels have processed him and hes more focused on those grudges than on crafting ledge heytive resulegi results. Another piece says that she could only accompany him on Air Force One if she committed to voting for the health care bill. And she declined saying she hadnt seen the bill. We know there are hard feelings about the health care issue. I think the depth of those feelings is maybe a little more tense than is widely recognized. Certainly fromfolks around mcconnells operation, and he has through his behavior, made it harder to do anything else, like tax reform or even basic stuff like funding the
government. Incredible reporting. Thanks so much. Join joining us now is leon panetta and david gergen, who has worked for president s in both parties. Secretary panetta, how significant is it that mcconnell is questioning whether the president can salvage the mess hes made of his presidency . Well, its a very important statement that reflects a real breakdown between the president and the Majority Leader in the senate. Look, i know Mitch Mcconnell. He is a hes a pragmatist. Hes somebody who likes to get things done. He works at his job, and i think the fact that he fought very hard for the health care bill, lost it by one vote. To then have the president come after him and be critical of what he did, particularly a president who is all over the
place on health care, from repeal to covering everybody, and then use some of the strong arm tactics that you talked about that blew up. I just think its a reflection at this point in time that there is a real breakdown between the president of the United States and the leader of his party in the senate. And it doesnt bode well for getting anything done this fall on major issues. David, do you see a strategy here by President Trump to do this . Have you ever seen a relationship between a president and his partys leader in the senate thats more dysfunctional . I dont see any strat skri at a strategy at all. I see a temperament problem, how well suited donald trump is or not suited for working with the senate. Its so important to go back to the basics. The senate and the house are coequal form a coequal branch of government under the constitution. They are as powerful and to be as respected as the presidency itself. In fact, its article i is about the congress and article ii is about the president. The founders saw the congress more important. But to go beyond that, the Senate Members still think of themselves as belonging to a club. Each party has its own club. And for mcconnell, who is a proud man, this is insulting to be treated this way by the president , and it is driving him away from the president. Interestingly, that fascinating story in the New York Times says that the Business Leaders who deserted the president have now started to gravitate to mcconnell as the person they ought to work with. This could well turn out to believe, before its over, that
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trying to do the best they can. I agree. It goes back to what leon just said. Thats the way he did business in new york, the way he conducted business. You can talk to any number of people that did business with him there that tried to bully him, tried to strong arm him and would get very aggressive if they didnt go along with what he wanted. Thats just who he is. Its time to reject the excuse that hes an amateur. Hes been on the job seven months. He wanted this job. Its not an excuse any longer, well, i dont know my way around. Ive seen a lot of president s who come to town who are not familiar in washington, but they learn on the job quickly. Bill clinton was an example of that. It took him a while, he stumbled in the beginning, but he learned and he grew into the job. And we havent seen that here. One of the things, anderson,
thats really interesting, we see a little more order and we saw it in afghanistan, the generals clearly are starting to have some impact inside on at least policymaking on afghanistan. But the generals dont know anything about politics, either. I dont see the team around him that knows much about governing and about the politics of trying to build the Republican Party. Secretary panetta, how important is that to have that team around him . It seems like with h. R. Mcmaster, cohen, he has a lot of experts in their field on policy, but politics is a whole other different matter. The president , i think, thinks that hes the smartest guy in the room. And thats the biggest mistake a president can make. And i think when it comes to political decisions, when it comes to decisions involving domestic policy, i dont think
he listens very well. And so the result is, he hasnt been willing to build the kind of team that he built on national security. Hes built a strong team on national security. Thank god hes willing to listen to them. What he needs to do is to build that same kind of team when it comes to the legislative challenges he faces on the hill. The economic challenges that are facing this country. Hes got to be able to have a team that can do the job, because frankly, he cant do it. Hes not built right to be able to do this. Hes going to have to rely on good people who are willing to reach out and try to develop coalitions in the Republican Party, respect the leaders on both sides, and try to develop the kind of coalition that can pass tax reform, that can pass funding for infrastructure, and do the things he wants to achieve. If hes not willing to do that, then i think nothing is going to happen. I appreciate your time. Thank you. When we come back, what do you wear on a Government Plane on a visit to one of the poorest states in the country . If youre the treasury secretarys wife, you wear as much Designer Clothing as you can, then you instagram about it and belittle somebody who criticizes you for it. The latest on her, ahead. Unstop right there
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designers. Lintons instagram started to pick up steam. One instagramer, who was offended by the post, was an oregon mom named jenny miller. Glad we could pay for your little getaway, deplorable. I didnt know who she was. To then be Tagging Everything she was wearing with all these expensive european Designer Names just seemed ridiculous and quite frankly, offended me as someone who paid for part of their trip. Reporter but it didnt end in. Instead of letting it go, she ripped into the oregon mother of three, with a long, konld se condescending rant. She said, cute, ahh, did you think this was a personal trip . Adorable. Before it was over, linton called miller adorably out of touch, suggesting she go chill out and watch the new game of
thrones. There are probably better ways to spend her time and money than trying to make me feel bad about my simple, cute life. Reporter luis linton, a former actress, has long touted her wealth and hollywood lifestyle. Of all things she played Marie Antoinette on csi. Keep in mind, they were visiting kentucky, one of the poorest states in the country. That only added to jenny millers frustration, who felt linton could have done something to help the children of kentucky instead of bragging about her expensive wardrobe. Jenny miller didnt even know that linton had responded to her, until her sister told her about it. It was as tone deaf as her original post, and that it was very ironic that she was calling me out of touch and assuming things about me and just being so condescending and so incredibly rude. Reporter jenny miller didnt drop it either, posting again, apparently i offended this deplorable girl i had never heard of until today. According to my 22nd google search, shes married to an old rich guy in a wedding attended by other couples of similar age and beauty gaps. But that post never made it to lintons instagram page. By then she changed the setting to private. This was hardly the first time linton was caught up in controversy. Last year, the memoir she wrote about her time in zambia in the 90s when she was just 18 also got her in hot water. In the book titled In Congo Shadow she painted herself as what critics called a white savior, when she wrote about becoming a central character in the horror story of the war in the congo. She wrote, i try to remember a smiling, gaptoothed child with hiv, whose greater joy was to
sit on my lap and drink from a bottle of cocacola. The Washington Post says the book was panned as racist and full of misrepresentations and ridiculous cliches about africa. She later apologized for offending anyone and pulled the book from sale. Randi kaye joins me now. Today, another apology from linton. Reporter absolutely. This afternoon, she issued a statement through her publicist saying, i apologize for my post on social media yesterday as well as my response. It was inappropriate and highly insensitive. In addition to that, the Treasury Department has said the couple will be reimbursing the government for lintons travel and she does not receive compensation for products she mentions on line. Anderson . Why does she have a public t publicist . Is she an actress . She was an actress from
scotland. Shes done a little bit of television. But she also has done some acting as well in hollywood. All right. Thank you very much. What do you make of this, kirsten . Well, i mean, first of all, the post came off as something you would expect from not just a teenager, but a very nasty teenager. This was just really kind of unbelievable how nasty she was to this woman. You know, separate from the fact that its just bad judgment to be the wife of a Public Servant posting these kinds of pictures with all these hash tags of expensive things. That bag that she was carrying ranges between 10,000 and into the hundreds of thousands. For the bag . Yes, for the purse she was carrying. This is when youre going to a state where the whole country theres a lot of
suffering. But in that state in particular. Looking at this photograph that she posted, thats not a photograph she took, but a photograph she had to search out somebody else took or asked somebody to take or somehow she searched it out and intentionally posted it. And its not just that she hash tagged the designers, she tagged the items in the photograph, so that any time anyone searches for that bag, that photo will pop up if you look under hermes bag. This is what teenagers do. Its all about exclusion. Not only showing how great a time youre having and how great you are, but that other people are not having this time. And thats what this seems to be about. How do you see it . Clearly, i think as randi said in her piece, she played Marie Antoinette, who is famous
for saying, let them eat cake. So to the degree you said in terms of what all you have to do to get this on, its way beyond with me with regard to the dwram. B instagram. But she went out of her way to do this. Were seeing this with others in this administration that have money is they just dont understand that what theyre saying and what theyre doing is out of touch with the average american person. And as they were just returning from kentucky, those people, average Median Income, about 0,0 40,000. They just dont understand that kind of post and extravagance and calling attention to it is insulting to the american person. The peoples billionaire people referred to him during the convention. What iss so concerning about this, the things she said to this woman, is this idea that theyre making this huge sacrifice by working for the president of the United States. Her husband is working for the
president of the United States. Hes the head of the Treasury Department in the United States of america, and its a sacrifice to her to be married to this person. We all know its not because hes making A Billion Dollars this year or however much he used to make. That mentality, which we also hear from the trumps a lot, of how much they have given up to serve in the government. When in fact for most people serving in the government is a huge honor. The honor of most peoples lives. Exactly. A couple things to point out that are moot points at this point because were well beyond this. But its not uncommon for spouses to travel with Cabinet Members and others in the administration. They need to reimburse the cost of the travel. And moving forward, i think its imperative, one of the things that she says, shes talking about the sacrifice. Its a blessing to do this. And if nothing else, this is an important lesson to learn. Shes not a public figure being a spouse of a cabinet member. But its an important lesson
that everything you say and do, not just represents you, but in turn the administration. So hopefully this h be a good lesson for her that in the future you need to be more careful what you say and the implications. So if shes using her vast resources to employ a publicist, and i dont know if the publicist had anything to do with this photograph, but maybe consult the publicist, somebody with a clear head, or even ask the husband, is this a good idea for me to like be i dont understand why they dont know this. I dont understand why they dont already know that this isnt a good idea. Thats why im getting lost. I dont understand people that think attacking somebody in that manner on instagram, your adorable Little Family because theyre not super wealthy, i am just lost as to why someone has to educate this woman about that. I mean, lets be honest, its tacky and disgusting. Its vulgar. My mom always said, she knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. She knows the price of her purse and she wants everybody to know shes wearing whoever underwear. That will be the next hash tag. I think her apology was sincere. It wasnt one of those apologies that, im sorry if i offended you. And it was eight hours too late. Youre just a sweet heart. The woman who responded to her, theyre trying to raise money for her friend who had a stroke. So hopefully that person will receive a lot of money from her. Thanks. Coming up next, tensions boiled over last night in Charlottesville City Council meeting. When the meeting resumed, protesters sounded off. Well talk about their outrage when we continue. When you have allergies, it can seem like triggers pop up everywhere. Luckily theres powerful, 24hour, nondrowsy claritin. It provides relief of symptoms that can be triggered by over 200 different allergens. Live claritin clear. Somewhere along of selfdiscovery a breakthrough. Its in our nature to need each other. Hard Exhalation honey . Can we do this tomorrow . grunts of effort can we do this tomorrow . If you have Heart Failure symptoms, your risk of hospitalization could increase, making tomorrow uncertain. But entresto is a medicine that was proven, in the largest Heart Failure study ever, to help more people stay alive and out of the hospital than a leading Heart Failure medicine. Women who are pregnant must not take entresto. It can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. Dont take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren. If youve had angioedema while taking an ace or arb medicine, dont take entresto. The most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure, kidney problems, or high potassium in your blood. Tomorrow, tomorrow. When can we do this again, grandpa . Well, how about tomorrow . Ask your doctor about entresto and help make tomorrow possible. When youre close to the people you love, does psoriasis ever get in the way of a touching moment . If you have moderate to severe psoriasis, you can embrace the chance of completely clear skin with taltz. Taltz is proven to give you a chance at completely clear skin. With taltz, up to 90 of patients had a significant improvement of their psoriasis plaques. In fact, 4 out of 10 even achieved completely clear skin. Do not use if you are allergic to taltz. Before starting you should be checked for tuberculosis. Taltz may increase your risk of infections and lower your ability to fight them. Tell your doctor if you are being treated for an infection or have symptoms. Or if you have received a vaccine or plan to. Inflammatory bowel disease can happen with taltz. Including worsening of symptoms. Serious allergic reactions can occur. Nows your chance at completely clear skin. Just ask your doctor about taltz. Nows your chance at completely clear skin. I wanti did My Ancestrydna and where i came from. And i couldnt wait to get my pie chart. The most shocking result was that im 26 Native American. I had no idea. Just to know this is what im made of, this is where my ancestors came from. And i absolutely want to know more about my Native American heritage. Its opened up a whole new world for me. Discover the story only your dna can tell. Order your kit now at ancestrydna. Com. When heartburn hits fight back fast with tums chewy bites. Fast relief in every bite. Crunchy outside. Chewy inside. Tum tum tum tum tums chewy bites. Protests, looking at a protest outside a Confederate Monument on the campus of North Carolina in chapel hill, one of many recently. More news out of charlottesville, virginia, tonight. The First City Council meeting since last weekends tragedy
spiraled Out Of Control, when protes protesters took over. They said lawmakers have blood on their hands. Ed lavendera has more. But thats not the rules. We dont do that. Reporter this was just the beginning of the Charlottesville City Council meeting. Demonstrators filled the chambers, and within minutes, took control of the room. Youve been called to order so yul have to be removed. Reporter police removed and arrested three people from the chambers, two protesters climbed on top of the Council Members podium, and unfurled a banner that read blood on your hands. Demonstrators blamed city leaders for not stopping the unite the right rally. Organized by White Nationalists and neo nazis that led to the death of Heather Heyer and two Virginia StatePolice Officers killed when their helicopter crashed while on patrol near the clashes. Blood on your hands somebodys got to be held accountable for not only the blood of those three lives but for every Jeer Thinjury that ha this past weekend. Reporter the city council
members left the room and shortly after the televised feed cut off. When the meeting resumed, Charlottesville Residents Unleashed a furious litany of criticism on the council especially mayor michael singer. You guys need to wake up and smell what youre shoveling. You really do. We need you to have a solution. We need you to protect our city. I warned you. Ive had enough. Weve all had, absolutely had enough. The statue needs to come down. You need to grow a [ bleep ] spine. Get the statues down, all of them. Get them down. Reporter demonstrators accused City Officials and police of not doing enough to protect the counterprotesters on the streets. All had multiple opportunities to intervene and did not intervene one time. We tried really hard to get the rally out and a federal judge a federal judge forced us to have the rally downtown. Reporter again, mayor singer shut down the meeting and left the room. Im canceling this meeting. Reporter the mayor returned
to chants that he should resign. Singer must go singer must go what are you all going to do when they come back . Because they are coming back. Theyve already said so. What are you all planning to do when they come back . Those statues are still there. Thats their beacon. Reporter city leaders have taken the first steps to remove the two confederate statutes in charlottesville but that will take some time to work out. In the meantime, city leaders plan to cover the monuments in a shroud until theyre removed permanently. Its a move that likely wont calm many in charlottesville, as city leaders brace for an open Town Hall Meeting on thursday. Ed lavendera, cnn, new york. With the president facing criticism for his comments on the violence in charlottesville, as we mentioned h eed he is out tonight in arizona where he hopes to flplay to his base at Campaign Rally. Hell be greeted by supporters and protesters in the streets. Crowds gathered at the Phoenix Convention center where hell speak in about an hour. Miguel marquez is there. What are the crowds like where you are, miguel . Reporter well, they are growing and angry. Shouts of justice and shame as the Trump Supporters go into the arena there. Im going to show you some of the groups that have shown up here. Antifa, militant Antifascist Group just showed up here in masks. They say they are not intent on causing any militant action today. But i want to give you a sense of just how big this crowd is here. Its probably 2,000, 2,000plus. People keep pouring in from over on this side, but if you turn around this way, you can see over there by those balloons, thats where the main brunt of the cloud crowd is, thats where the Convention Center is, thats where they are shouting at the Trump Supporters as they go into the Convention Center. Still an hour away from the president actually speaking here. Its not clear whether these crowds are going to stay. Phoenix Police Treating this like a major event like the super bowl, essentially, saying it is all hands on deck for them. They have all Law Enforcement agenciy ies including the natio guard on alert for this hoping
nothing goes wrong. I can tell you, there is a very, very big contingent of police here. One thing that they have done, theyve blocked off streets around the area so that no one can drive a car into this. They have the dump trucks and barriers across all the streets of this area hoping they can stave off any sort of issues. There were some moments earlier today where the direct where there was direct sort of confrontation between Trump Supporters and people who do not agree with the president , but those seem to have calmed down. Phoenix police using mainly officers who are ununiformed, literally, to get in between the protesters on both sides. Let them have their say, but at the same time, not let it get beyond just screaming and shouting. Anderson . All right, migmiguel, were going to check in with you throughout the next hour. Up next, well take you inside the Convention Center, see Whats Going On there, as we await the president s speech in phoenix. Wheres gary . saved money on Motorcycle Insurance with geico. Goin up the country. Later, gary i have a motorcycle wonderful. Im goin up the country, baby dont you wanna go . Im goin up the country, baby dont you wanna go . Geico motorcycle, great rates for great rides. And lifes beautiful moments. Ns get between you flonase outperforms the 1 nondrowsy allergy pill. It helps block 6 key inflammatory substances that cause symptoms. Pills block one and 6 is greater than 1. Flonase changes everything