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Good day. Im kendis gibson. Another week, another racially charged fight. Coming out of the white house. Democrats are defending a congressman and the city of baltimore after a racially charged tweet. The president on the twitter offensive this morning accusing the democrats of playing the race i will ask his former aid e if e has a point. Democrats are gearing up for a second crack at the debate stage. We will show you how the frontrunners are preparing. It was a crime that shocked a nation. A newly married Police Officer murdered in rome. Two American Teens are accused of the crime. The new image reportedly of one of the suspects blindfolded and in handcuffs. We begin here in the u. S. President trump picking up where he left off in the battle over baltimore. Again, doubling down on his criticism against prominent black lawmaker Elijah Cummings and his majority black district. A day after heated rhetoric from the president referred to baltimore as, quoting here, rat infested mess. No human being would want to live there. In a new attack, trump tweeted that its sad cummings has done so little for the people of baltimore. Even went on to accuse democrats of playing the race card. Today lawmakers denounced the president s racially charged tweets. Our president has a hate agenda. He doesnt have a policy agenda. I absolutely think its important to call it out for what it is, which is racism. The president is as he usually is or often is, disgusting and racist. It didnt stop there. Maryland lawmakers and residents responded with anger and the the Baltimore Sun saying its bettervermen in your neighborhood than to be one. We have a president ial strategy. We dont know whats behind it. Its the president s impulses. We dont know how long he thought about this. We have Administration Officials going out and trying to offer a rationale for what the president does. Those two things might not be related. Simply because officials are on the sunday shows talking about why the president is doing something doesnt necessarily mean that that was the impetus, thats why the president is doing it. That said, lets listen to how mul ve mulvaney is explaining away what the president is doing. You know this is a majority black district. He says, no human being would live there. Do you understand thats offensive to the americans who do live there . I understand that everything that donald trump says is offensive to some people. Keep in mind, two weeks ago the president said things that were critical of aoc and her squad and was accused of being a racist. A couple days later, pelosi said things critical of the same group of people and she was defended by the media and by folks on the left for not being racist. No human being would want to live there. When donald trump this is perceived as racist. Do you understand why . I understand why. That doesnt mean its racist. The president is pushing back against what he sees as wrong. Its how he has done it in the past. He will do it in the future. Thats a warning. If you are going to go after the president through legitimate investigation or through rhetoric, the president will hit back. That seems to be the justification the white house officials are offering. The president is counter punching, he is retaliating. One thing thats clear about this is that the president likes these debates. We saw him start off a couple weeks ago with the four members of the squad. The four lawmakers of color. At a certain moment, maybe a candid moment, the president said, i dont know whether this helps me politically, i dont know if its good or bad. Its clear he likes to do it. One thing clear, were talking about the president going after a lawmaker from baltimore and the state of the city of baltimore. Lets bring in the panel right now. Joining me is Christine Pelosi and the daughter of nancy pelosi. Omarosa, former white house Senior Adviser and rick tyler, msnbc analyst. Welcome to you. What a day to be alive and to be here. Omarosa, to you. You have called the president racist in the past. Before he said anything about the squad or the city of baltimore. What do you make of him doubling down on these remarks . First of all, this debate about what he said is racist or not, it becomes a point where america has to decide, is this a person that they want to lead them. We have to really decide also, what are we going do about his racist statement and actions. I believe america will say enough is enough. Having sat at the table with mulvaney and donald trump and listened to the rhetoric they spew about americans, its very clear that this president is a president of a select few and not all. He took an oath of office to represent everyone from baltimore to california to michigan. He is failing at that. As a result, i believe that donald trump will not be elected reelected again come next fall. Interesting prediction. You made the right prediction previously that he would be elected. Your mother is the house speaker. You live out in San Francisco. Nancy pelosi is from baltimore. She tweeted that cummings was a champion for civil rights and that we all reject racist attacks against him. In response, the president tried to drag her district into the fray, tweeting the conditions in San Francisco are failing badly and unrecognizable as well. As you know as well, your grandfather represented the Third District there in Baltimore Area. He was the mayor of the city. Whats your gut reaction to this . My gut reaction is, as april ryan was having us tweet yesterday, we are baltimore. My uncle was the mayor. Happy birthday. His birthday was last week. My mom and sisters were with him. Were very proud of our baltimore roots. Were proud of the civil right traz decisirights tradition that comes out of baltimore. Donald trump has been a racist for many decades. We know this. When my uncle was mayor of baltimore and working with Martin Luther king, they had such a thing as an i am an american parade. He told me he was booed from one of the end of the parade to another because their definition of an american wasnt somebody working with Martin Luther king to integrate. It was his vision. That remains the vision of the vast majority of americans. We know that we have a racist past. We know that we have to move forward as a country. Demography important. We know nancy pielosi led the recruitment of candidates representing that. We have the most Diverse Congress in the history of the United States, led by the House Democratic majority. A majority, women, people of color, lgbtq americans. They are Holding Donald trump accountable. Accident want anyo he doesnt want anybody holding him accountable. He cant take it when its women and people of color. Thats why he is trying to distract with the racism. Were not going to let it happen. Rick, i need to get you to weigh in on this. First, here was congressman will herd earlier. Sgli think these tweets are different than the ones from a few days ago when he tells someone to go back to africa or whatever country. Thats in essence telling someone because you dont look like them that you are not american. My style is to talk about what unites us. I think thats something thats better long run. The only africanamerican republican in the house of representatives. Rick, you are a republican. Do you get the sense that this is all to gin up the base for the president . Whats at play here . The president clearly wants to have this fight. He is choosing Elijah Cummings for a reason. He didnt just mention Elijah Cummings. He specifically mentioned baltimore. The city of baltimore is one of the Great American cities. It has one of the greatest medical facilities, johns hopkins, the best known in the world. For cummings district. It has a great baseball team. Its a wonderful city. That district is 59 africanamerican. It also the Median Income is 11,000 higher than the rest of the country. Its a very educated district. Everything he tried to say about the africanamericans who live there is false. What donald trump should know about rat infested places is he inherited half a billion dollars from his father who made his living as a slumlord of rat infested places. What does donald trump try to do to help people who dont cant afford Public Housing . Nothing. He is a hypocrite, as usual. How do republicans continue to defend this sort of divisive language . I have given up on that. Theres no Republican Party anymore. Its not recognizable. Its a trump party. I dont know if the Republican Party will revive itself or come back. The current party, i dont want anything to do with the trump party. Its just sad. The Republican Party i think has a great history and a great story. Its destroyed. Its not it shouldnt be tra attractive to anybody. I think thats sad. I think thats sad for the two party system that we have. Omarosa, you have been there in the white house. You have been in the oval office with the president. Give me a sense into the mind of the man or into the heart of the man. Whats behind all these tweets, these racial tweets . Its an excellent question. The bible says that your words reflect whats in your heart. Donald trump does not have a heart for leadership, a heart for leading Diverse People or diverse communities. Some of the stories that have come out about him referring to africanamericans as s holes as you see him going after africanamerican members of congress, whether Maxine Waters or do you think stevphen miller is behind this . One baltimore timore time. Do you think Stephen Miller is behind this rhetoric . We used to blame steve bannon or Stephen Miller. At this point, we have to just come to the realization that donald trump is showing his true colors. That donald trump is at his core, at his heart, a racist, bigoted, evil, hateful person. Now that we have realized that, that he is showing it every single day, with every single tweet, what are we going to do about it . Its enough is enough. We do not have a president , a leader. We have an empty suit sitting in the office masquerading as a president. What he is doing is not president ial. Christine, do you think that the comments he made about the district that you lived ein, t your mother represents, is it saying im not racially charged with my tweets about that black neighborhood in the Baltimore Area . Look, im targeting San Francisco. Lets back up a minute. You opened the segment by showing video of mulvaney trying to Say Something that wasnt true, about Elijah Cummings. Investigating the president. I remember when networks, including this one, made a big deal about Hillary Clintons personal emails. Cummings is subpoenaing those personal emails of the president s top advisers who are members of his family, including his soninlaw, who has operating apartments that have infestation themselves in baltimore and other places. Also, Elijah Cummings spoke with passion twice last week. Once when he talked about calling the Border Patrol head to task about children in cages. Lets be real. Werenorwegians. Were caging black and brown people. Thats what cummings was confronting him with. That was the truth. The second thing cummings did after Robert Mueller testified was say, this is a moment when we dance with the angels. People will ask us, what did you do . What did you do to stop what was happening in this country . That was a key we have a president working for putin, not for us. They bring up the scarcity argument. They were fine with the tax cut for corporations next are not fine with helping poor people. Every time democrats talk about conditions at the border, every time democrats say we need to do something for humane immigration, trump will bring up, well, why dont we take care of Homeless People . Here is a radical thought. Why dont we take care of everybody . Instead of making a scarcity argument, make a community argument that we can welcome human beings into our country in a humane way and we can solve the problems in our own communities with some help, not racism from the president. I have been to the city of baltimore. It has its issues. But its a beautiful place. Christine, you know it well. So does omarosa and rick. Thank you. Rick will be back with us later. The showdown in mo town. With just about two days to go until the Second Democratic debate, some of the frontrunners are campaigning while others are in full debate prep mode. A live report coming up next. 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Shaq is joining us live. I didnt realize that the province of ontario is an early voting province. Reporter its not. But there were a few dozen supporters and spectators there at that pharmacy. The focus of this trip was to highlight the high cost of prescription drugs in the United States. Senator sanders got on a bus in detroit. He went over to windsor, ontario, with a group of 12 type i diabetics. People who need insulin and take it daily. They need it to survive. They were able to get it at a lower rate. One family describing saving 10,000 on just a sixmonth supply. Listen to how another patient explained it to senator sanders earlier today in that pharmacy. It typically is retailed 26 to 30. As oppose to 300. This lasts one to two weeks. I need this to stay alive. This is our life support. 7. 5 million americans depend on this every day to stay alive. Reporter we heard emotional stories of what families are doing if they cant afford this insulin. Some going without electricity. Some people rationing their insulin to make it last longer. We saw his big speech on medicare for all. We have seen him go back and forth with candidates explaining his health care plan. While he didnt mention President Trump in this trip and while he was in canada, he was trying to point out a promise not kept by President Trump. Thats to lower the price of prescription drugs. We want to see where this goes and where this goes from here. Interesting, indeed. Thank you. Joining me is philipe rines. Also cohost of unredacted. You see sand oerers on the camp trail. Shouldnt they use these days to prep . I mean, not just on the trail. He seems to be a little past the trail. True. You dont see people in a different country that much. I dont know, bernie k i can do the math that fast. Bernie has probably had the last debate experience than anyone else on stage. Thats not to advocate that he shouldnt be prepping. I can see why he would want to do this. Doing a message event before a debate is part of prepping. Its part of the leadup. He is reinforcing his greatest strength in terms of what he stands for. Its something he will echo during the debate. Rick, as you know in the first debate, harris had that standout moment, a calculated debate moment against the frontrunner joe biden. The vicepresident is saying that he wont be so polite. What do you expect the tone on wednesday . Well, look, i think all the other people who are if you take candidates five through 20, right, and combine all their support, joe biden is leading them all. His support is more than all of them. None of them are going to make the next debate unless something happens for them. Those are the ones he has to worry about. I dont anticipate harris will come after biden as hard as she did the first time. She ended up in the first place. She was embarrassed by it. She made a big deal about this bussing and that joe biden didnt support a program. Then when she was asked whether she would support a federal bussing program, she said no. She would support a local bussing program. That was exactly joe bidens position. You see in the polls, biden is where he started. Before the last debate. Joe biden cant have a bad debate. He has to be more greaaggressivd more prepared. As he know, race is going to be another issue. President trump is ginning that up. Maybe he is doing that on purpose. I dont know. He has to be prepared for all the incoming. There are about half of these people who are not going to come back the next debate. They need a moment this time. As you know, senator cory booker recently has going after biden. You get a sense that he will go after biden when theyre on the same stage come wednesday night. Is that the key to sticking around and standing out, this conflict . First, it is important to note that the biggest pressure people have on the debate stage now is to get to the next debate. This one is a little different in that there are seven weeks until the third debates in september. But the pressure is there because the requirements double. In terms of senator booker, i think it brings up an important point. If you remember before the first debate, before what turned out to be the biden harris interaction, the week before that booker and biden were kind of tangling about a phone call they had where booker told him he was disappointed in comments he was making. Booker seemed to be signaling at that point he was going to come into the debate maybe having something to say. It brings up an important point. People didnt have great first debates. Obviously, the vicepresident , beto orourke is another one and people who dont matter. Dont come back the next debate and overcompensate. If someone thought that joe biden wasnt aggressive enough, you dont want to come back and be a mad dog. The only thing, as rick pointed out, that joe biden has got to do, he has to not have a bad debate. He doesnt need to attack senator harris. He does not need to attack senator booker. Theres a risk in doing so. He has to defend himself. But defending yourself is different. If his game plan is come i agree i dont think harris is sitting there rehearsing another attack like the one she did. She doesnt need it. Shes probably practicing for almost certainly of the vicepresident coming after her, either on the exchange or something on disappointment about her having a relationship with being friends with his son and how he was disappointed, which i dont think would go over very well. We will leave it there. Thank you. Still ahead, fighting back. A president ial twitter attack on the congressman and the city of baltimore. Now the citys largest newspaper is using its editorial pages in a scathing oped aimed back at trump. 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The Editorial Board saying, we will tell the most dishonest man to occupy the oval office, the mocker of war heroes, the gleeful grabber of womens private parts, the serial bankrupter of businesses, the useful idiot of Vladimir Putin and the guy who insisted there are good people among murderous neonazis that he is not fooling most americans into believing he is slightly competent in his current post. Joining me now is chief White House Correspondent for the New York Times peter baker and professor dr. Kay whitehead. Welcome to you. Peter, let me start with you. Whats at political play here for the president . Is he trying to start a race war . Obviously, its a continuation what he has been doing with the first term democratic congresswomen of color. He decided picking at the racial scabs is a good play for him. He is trying to push back on critics. Congressman cummings has been one of his toughest critics, particularly on the border. It doesnt bother him people see this as racial. Otherwise, he would landle hann a different way using rat invested and no human would want to live there, he had to know would inflame racial animosity. He got pushback, not just from baltimore but national politicians, democrats and some republicans are unhappy about this. He says he is not the one playing the race card. The democrats play race cards by interpreting his remarks that way. In the meantime, obviously, this solidifies his base for many people. Does he run the risk of losing many of the voters that he will need because of this sort of tweeting and this rhetoric . Can you hear me . I can hear you now . Thank you. This idea go ahead. Please finish. Donald trump made it a habit to go after people, to attack, to find a way to get people to move back, to find a way to get people to react. This is part of his policy. This is part of his strategy. All we end up doing in Donald Trumps america is we hear him Say Something, we react, we defend, we get hurt, we push back. He pivots, turns and does it again. Will he lose his base . No. Because his base supports him exactly where he is. Donald trump has not changed. His base has not changed. We have to figure out a way to go forward without always having to be hurt, to react, to defend. But find a way to move this man out america. Were fighting for what this country will look like when donald trump is finished with his presidency. I want to see how our local affiliate was covering all of this. Getting the reaction that from people who actually live in that district. Here is a look. Were asking people if they have seen the president s tweet. Cummings district is a rodent infested mess. Baltimore . What do you make of that . This shows why were in the situation we are in. Well, we are all entitled to our opinion. We all know who donald trump is. Kay, does the president have a point about the district . I think the president is way off. By just focusing only on baltimore city. We are not the only problem city in this country. Were not the only city that has problems whether it comes to housing, whats happening with some of the thing s he pointed out. What we expect from the president is to give us a policy, to give us a plan how to move forward. By focusing only on baltimore city, making it seem as if its the only city in this nation that has an issue, by saying no human being would want to be there, be making it seem like the 600,000 or so of us are actually subhuman, by focusing on it that way, then whatever the point is of the president s tweets, it looked like it was racist, it sounded like it was racist. Thats the way we took it. Thats why we have to push back. We are not saying we dont have problems. Were saying were not the only city. Were looking to the leader of the country to give us policies so we can move forward as a city, so we can be better. Well said there. Peter, do you one of your latest articles refers to past comments that were made by the president about countries and regions with predominantly black populations. Its a trend that has continued well into his presidency, as we see now. Seems to be cropping up a lot more and more. Is it happening more often than before, in your opinion . Well, look, he has played along the racial divide throughout his career, not just in politics but in business and entertainment. We did a story about a week ago in the New York Times recalling how when he was had the television show, he proposed one season to have a team of all white contestants versus a team of all africanamerican contestants. He doesnt mind pitting people again each other in order to achieve his goals, whatever they may be. Whether they be ratings, whether they be political power or so on. He doesnt see race the way a lot of americans see it, which is something to bring people together. He sees it as a part of reality. If he plays along racial stereotypes, its that he is telling the truth in a way others dont. You are right, this has gotten under a lot of peoples this has been very disturbing to a lot of people. He talked about john lewis of atlanta, his district. He talked about these african nations which were using a very crude term to talk about african nations when he describes a place in america as being filthy or rat infested, its not a majority white district. Its usually majority black district. Thats what gives rise to the complaint that he is playing along racial stereotypes. Thats certainly the way its perceived by a lot of people. He doesnt seem to really either be sensitive to it or be concerned about that. Peter, while you were speaking, i should mention the president tweeted about this topic. Saying, theres nothing racist in stating plainly what most people already know, that Elijah Cummings has done a terrible job for the people of his district and of baltimore itself. Democrats always play the race card when they are unable to win with the facts. Kay, you are the baltimore resident here. Africanamerican woman. He is targeting this africanamerican predominantly black neighborhood. Whats your reaction to that . Donald trump you get the sense that democrats are playing the race card . No. I feel donald trump is playing the race card. He did it when he went after john lewis. He did it when he went after the squad. Did he he did it when he went after african countries. When he uses derogatory language, go back to where you came from, thats but this sense of who belongs here. Specifically, was referring to that community and his tweet saying, he has done a terrible job. Has cummings done a good job there . Elijah cummings has done a wonderful job. If you look at his district, which is 59 africanamerican, which has a 60,000 Median Income, its actually moving forward in terms of baltimore city. He has not done a horrible job. His district does support him. Im not sure why it gets confusing. It seep seems like whenever we back against donald trump and we point what he is saying is racist, we get maybe you should invite the president to come for a visit. Im sure he i would love to support it. A 40minute drive to the east. Come down. Kay and peter, lets hope its a good welcome. The impeachment debate. Democrats having to clarify their use of the i word while going after this. E going after this it. garbled . Its so painful. Good point thats why esurance is making the whole experience surprisingly painless. So, you never have to talk about it. Unless youre their spokesperson. Esurance. Its surprisingly painless. Cake in the Conference Room showing em youre ready to be your own boss. Thats the beauty of your smile. Bring out the best in it with crest 3d white. Crest removes 95 of surface stains. In just three days. When crabe stronger. Strong, with new nicorette coated ice mint. Layered with flavor. 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There are articles of impeachment that have been recommended to the committee. We are investigating. Determining whether we should report those articles to the house. Right now, the most important thing is to obtain the grand jury material, to see the evidence. The standard the court has set that we have set for the court is are we preliminary to a potential impeachment. I believe we are. I worry about the message of taking impeachment case to trial, losing that case, having the president acquitted and having an adjudication that this is not impeachment. He has done many impeachment offenses. He has violated the law six ways from sunday. Thats not the question. The question is, can we develop enough evidence to put before the American People . Joining me now for this immeei impeachment debate, chris dicky and ben wittis. Welcome both of you. Ben, i want to start with you. Did nadler and schiff do a good job this morning in trying to explain where the democrats actually stand on all of this . They have a little bit of a problem in that dance, which is that theyre trying to stand in one place for one purpose and in a slightly different place for other Public Purposes. In court, in this litigation that they filed on at the end of the week, it is significant legally whether or not they can say there is a process antecedent to an impeachment going on. That has implications for the law of the way the d. C. Circuit court of appeals has thought about these grand jury questions in the past. So its really useful for them for that litigation purpose to have Something Like an impeachment inquiry going on. On the other hand they are clearly reticent for Public Purposes about saying that theyre working on anything like an impeachment of donald trump. Thats not where the leadership is. Thats not where some of them think this is safe politically to be. Theyre trying to, i guess, for purposes of one audience, have an impeachment process going on and for purposes of another purpose audience, not have an impeachment going on. Thats a very hard two step to do. It really is getting to a Pivotal Point for the democrats and the democratic leadership on capitol hill. Chris, as we just heard, the congressman there schiff, he worries that a failed impeachment fight in the senate could actually set a bad precedent. What political implications would you say could democrats actually face if they are worrying about precedent over Holding Trump accountable . I think the goal of the democrats and a lot of people is to get donald trump out of office one way or the 50. I think a lot of people who want to impeach him are thinking thats going to achieve that goal. Occasionally, the russians, when they look at this, have maybe a clearer idea of things than a lot of people in the United States and the American Press do. When the mueller hearings were still going on, russian state tv was watching them very closely. They repeated what he was saying, including about obstruction of justice, including about the russian interference in the election. But then they pulled up a poll that cnn shows in march that showed that nobody who was asked, not anybody, zero of people when they were asked, what issue would cause them to vote one way or the other in the 2020 elections, 0 said the russia investigation or russian interference with the elections. Thats the kind of number that the democrats are looking at. This is not an issue that is going to win them the senate, thats going to win them the house or win them the presidency. T the issue people did cite was immigrations. If thats true, then the democrats could be in a lot of trouble. Immigration and health care. Ben, this past week the Senate Intelligence committee released their own russia report detailing how moscow actually targeted the election systems in all 50 states. Today, that committees vice chair revealed how secure our electoral process is ahead of next year. Take a listen. What we are hearing from attorney generals and secretary of states across the country is they need more help. What we are hearing is that there needs to be that paper ballot backup. Who could be against that . What we are hearing is the manipulation they are using through facebook and twitter and the fake accounts is something that pits american against american. The question to you, whats next when it comes to the government and taking on Election Security . We saw a dramatic and very rare act of bipartisanship in the senate with the relesiase o that report, which is a substantial and serious document that i encourage people to sit down with and read. Its not that long. Its about 65 pages. Its really harrowing in a lot of ways. It has both democrats and republicans on it. Then within 24 hours of the release of that report, we had a total breakdown of that bipartisanship with respect to moving Election Security, actual legislation. Members in the senate, republican and democrat, agree on the scope and seriousness and severity of the problem. They agree about what russia did. They just dont agree about whether theres anything the senate should do about it. I think thats a remarkable portrait of the bipartisanship the senate is capable of and where that breaks down and how it doesnt arrive at anything like action. Chris and ben joining us here. Thank you. We have breaking news news well get to. Well be right back with that, next. T to well be right back with that, next lets go my car insurance, so i only pay for what i need. And this is me now any physical changes to this mans appearance are purely coincidental. Only pay for what you need. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. 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Reporter according to the New York Times dan coats will be stepping down as director of the dni, thats director of National Intelligence. This coordinates the difference intelligence agencies that come in. It was created after 9 11 to make sure you have someone over seeing the cia. Nbc news has not confirmed this. We know dan coats and the president havent had the smoothest relationships. He was one of the original members of the president s cabinet. He was ambassador to germany. Hes very well respected. He and the president never really got on a personal basis. You saw that when andrew ya mitchell asked dan coats about the upcoming summit that was Just Announced by the president at the time between Vladmir Putin and donald trump. He was reaction was oh gee, that will be interesting. He had an awkward pause that made a lot of Television News a lot of time on cable television. This is another cabinet official leaves the trump white house. Well work to pin this down but this is an porn one. Well see what the president says and if he tweets anything about it. This is one we expected some time ago, right . Reporter yes and no. There are a lot of rumors that you chase down here at the white house or real reporting of rumors. Who am i to say what the difference is. It was clear the president wasnt entirely happy with dan coats. It wasnt as clear as this was as far along as times and axios are reporting. Thats an indication this really accelerated. The role is to brief the president but mostly the briefing is done from the cia, either the director or a senior briefer. Coats and the president never really had the same chemistry. Its an establishment republican. Sometimes thats mark against you with donald trump. When we had the last cabinet departure and the president brought him out there on the south lawn and talked about this, at the time we were trying to tabulate all the people that have left. When you look at the president s cabinet, hes lost about 50 of his original cabinet members including Homeland Security director, two of them. Chiefs of staff. Theres been remarkable amount of retrition. He doesnt value experience because hes so quick to cycle in and out. The president has dismissed some. Other people have left. Mike pompeo started off at cia and is state but he could always leave to run for senate in kansas. Hes been one of the longest serving members of the trump administration. Hang on there. I want to get over to Jonathan Swan from axios who helped to break this story. This is your reporting. Any idea who may replace him . Just to be clear, the story i broke was that texas representative John Radcliff is favored to replace dan coats as director of National Intelligence. I dont have any reporting in my story about dan coats intention to step down or timing on stepping down. In the last couple of weeks r radcliff has firmed as his favorite. As with anything with donald trump, he would change his mind at the last minute. Pretty confident he will pick radcliff. Im seeing you reporting right here. There was something that happened behind the scenes, in particularly this week that made this texas republican congressman gold in the president s eyes. The president was thrilled by radcliffs admonishment of Robert Mueller in last weeks Judiciary Committee hearing. He said he admonished mueller for making the statement he exonerates donald trump. He said thats not a prosecutors special prosecutors Job Description to determine innocence. You cant charge of crime. Just a relevant data point, he had radcliff in his short list for replacing Jeff Sessions as attorney general. It was really down to william barr, radcliff and maybe one other person. Hes been on the president s radar for quite some time. No doubt the hearing helped him. All right. If you dont mind hanging on for a few more minutes with us as we get to top of the hour and we welcome some new viewers who might be joining us here on the east coast and west coast. The breaking news is theres possibly another big shakeup. Dan coats is expect eed to step down soon. Its been rumored for quite some time. He had an especially sharp exchange with Robert Mueller this week during the special counsel hearing earlier this week and the president liked that performance. Does this put us in any kind of danger . What impact does this have on National Security in. The dnis role is a funny role. It kind of shifts depandsing on who is in it and what the relationship is. Dan coats to his has not sort of burned up the place with his personality by any means and a lot of people kind of joke about him and make fun of him but the truth of the matter is that he has accomplished something pretty substantial, i think, in his time in that office which is that hes kept it out of the president s ire and so if the fundamental job of every agency has right now particularly the agency heads of the security oriented and intelligence components is to prevent their attack by the president , coats has been pretty effective at shielding his agency from that. The most famous of those was the aspen incident last year. But theres been a few others as well. These have clearly angered the president at him and now hes kind of at the end of his line, i think. The danger here is that you replace him with somebody who is much more of a trump loyalist and then that allows the cre creepicree creeping component of the agency. Lets rerack the tape and show what you were talking about. The telling moment with Andrea Mitchell at the aspen Security Summit last year. We actually dont have the sound on that. Peter baker, youre reporting on this. What more are you learning . As jonathan mentioned earlier, John Ratcliff had been on the president s radar screen for a while. The president met with him on july 19th to discuss this possible appointment. It was only a few days later we had this hearing that youre referencing the screen is showing now. Literally days after talking about this appointment, John Radcliff showed himself being one of the president s pierfier defende defenders. We dont know yet timing. Dan coats has been rumored to be leaving for a while. Its possible he hangs on for a little bit. Its not a done deal that John Radcliff gets the job. He does seem to be favored. There are people that have doubted. Jared kushner is said to be one of them. It would be a significant change in this agency, in this department. He was part of the establishment that President Trump disparages. Someone from axios is still with us. Jonathan having some reporting saying that the representative in texas is likely to replace dan coats as director of National Intelligence whn ever that happens. New york times reporting it could happen within a few days. Jonathan i read some time ago that the congressman devin nunes was being considered. I cant confirm that. Im not saying its inaccurate. I just havent been able to confirm that with my own reporting. Im told hes unlikely to get the job and that really ratcliff is in position to get it. The president views is really important to understand how the president views the intel yelige community. Its unlike any other president we have seen in modern times. The president views the Intelligence Community as this deep state, quote, unquote, full of hostile people who are in the shadows trying to bring him down. That is his world view. Hes always viewed dan coats as somebody who is weak and doesnt fully have his back. Jonathan, what qualifies John Radcliff for this role besides doing good tv this past week with the mueller hearing. His background is he was a u. S. Attorney, Eastern District of texas. Hes been a member of congress for a few years. Hes never held an intelligence role. That is his background. Interesting. Well have to be confirmed by the senate. Does he face some roadblocks at all . Thats a good question. Its a little early to say. His resume doesnt jump out at you in terms of intelligence, background. On the other hand hes the president s pick and absent some sort of scandal. The Senate Republicans have shown a great deal of deference to the president s decision on these kinds of things. He boasted he arrested 300 illegal aliens in a single day. Thats something that would appeal to the president. We dont know yet how the senate would greet this. Senator coats is one of their own and hes well liked among republican senators. It depends in part on how senator coats cast his departure whether if its done in a micable way. Thats one way. If its done under protest, thats a different thing. Its not a clear thing that John Radcliff will be touted for this. What are some of the other names that you mentioned . Ive been covering trump for your years. You always have to do these hedging sentences. He could always change his mind but the consensus among senior Administration Officials is its going to be radcliff. You can never bank on anything until trump announces it. Peter, what do you make of all this . I was trying the count how many people have left the administration. This is the second cabinet minister to leave the administration this month alone. We have so many people who are in acting roles in important roles there at the white house. Thats exactly right. He finally got confirmed this last week, mark esper, the secretary of defense. We went without a confirmed secretary for seven months. Thats pretty unusual if not unprecedented. Its the cycle of this particular administration. They have burned through more people than any administration in modern times, no question about it. Were heading to a point now soon and the president has been told this where you pretty much have to be locked in through the reelection. Usually by august or september of the year before a reelection campaign, youre not supposed to be leaving or changing major personnel at that point. Were heading toward the team hes going to take into that reelection year although again, anything happens with this president. You cant make any predictions. We have that clip from the summit from last year. The Security Summit with Andrea Mitchell. Take a listen. We do not. An drdrea mitchell is joining mn the phone. Are you there . I am. What do you make of this change now . I think its a real set back for the Intelligence Community. Dan coats has been someone who came in as a former senator, former ambassador. Did not have a whole lot of experience in intelligence per se and exceeded expectations in the way he managed the Intelligence Community and in the honesty of his direction and testimony and the advice he gave to the senate which is a big part of his job. He seemed to get along very well with gina haspel. Hes in charge of 17 intelligence agencies as reconstructed 9 11 when the reorganization of intelligence is done to try to provide better communication and fewer breakdowns of stove piping as they said after 9 11 so every bit of information would be shared across lines, across agencies. Most notably as you pointed out year ago, almost exactly a year ago, he gave a very honest answer to the surprising announcement by the white house on twitter that putin would be coming to a summit with the president of the United States only days after a disaster summit in helsinki when the president had sided with putin over his own intelligence advisers on the key question of whether russia attacked our elections. The situation never really cleared up. It was made worse last spring when in his testimony as head of intelligence, he sat there along with the other leaders and said it was the unanimous opinion that kim jongun had no intention to denuclearize. That led to the president berating the Intelligence Leaders publicly calling them clowns. This has not been a good relationship. Theres been names floated. A lot of energy on the part of some very conservative critics of the Intelligence Agency on the republican side. Did we lose andrea . We do have the sound bite from last year at the aspen summit. Lets play that. I do want to say we have some breaking news. The white house has announced on twitter that Vladmir Putin is coming to the white house in the fall. Say that again. Vladmir putin coming did i hear you . Yeah, yeah. Okay. Thats going to be special. We laugh if we werent crying at moment in hearing that. What did you think it meant when he was saying this . Was he out of touch with what the president was doing . The real message is not that he was out of touch but the white house was making decisions without consulting any of the National Security officials other than john bolton. Whether it was a communication from putin directly, spoken to bolton, bolten spoke to Sarah Sanders and said tweet this out. There was no communication with the Intelligence Community, no advice after the criticism of the summit days earlier. No communication, based on very good sources, with the secretary of state even though he was an ally of the president. The decision for this to be taken by the president and john bolton, National Security adviser traditionally would have said let veess have a meeting this. Lets discuss it. That would have been what any of his republican or democratic predecessors would have done. He gave the orders to sanders to tweet it out. I know the coats people had been in touch with the National Security council only shortly, within minutes of before he appeared with me that day just to check and see if there was anything that had come up. That information was not disseminated. It was an impulsive decision by the president or he didnt think and his National Security adviser didnt say a decision this big should have been vetted. Or think the dni should have it. The news at the quarter hour that the director of National Intelligence, dan coats, is expected to step down as soon as this week. What do you make of timing . You know the president started a fight with the city of baltimore and the city has been fighting back. He started the race war last week with the squad. What do you make of the timing of this . I would say just from a Foreign Policy perspective its terrible timing. Theres not been a confirmed defense secretary from december until last week. Dan coats was at mark espers military reception ceremony and the president attended that just a few days ago. The fact is, they have so many acting secretaries to get someone confirmed now. Congress is gone. The senate would have to hold hearings in september. This is the most important intelligence job in our government. We have a very well respected cia director but the director of National Intelligence sees things that the individual agency heads dont see and have that broad overview is very important. To have a shake up right now for personal and petty reasons. Not for any cause is pretty extraordinary. I think that especially if hes going to be replaced by someone who is not fact based. Certainly the questions that congressman radcliff asked at the hearing of mueller were not fact based. That will have tremendous affect on the morale of the Intelligence Community. People are professionals and been baddgered and beaten since the first day of this administration. Hes criticized them publicly and ever meetings with vladimmi put putin. Theres a lot of reasons why theres level of concern. The president says he knows more than the intelligence people on all of this stuff. Who is there within the administration at this point y say to say to the president youre wrong. Theres people who know more. Mike pompeo would come to mind. Whether hes willing to confront the president privately that way remains to be seen. Theres no evidence that some of those best people in Foreign Policy have been willing to talk back to the president on issues like whether or not hes probablily thought through the iran decision and what the next steps would be. Theres a lot of questions about this at home and at broad. Dan coats is very admired in the senate and so this would be a change that would not be very popular with a lot of senators who worked with him when he was a senator and admired him when he was ambassador to germany. All right. Thanks for you and your time and analysis on this breaking story. Its been a long 20 minutes or so. Mr. Watwatkins, you know dan co. You know him well. Hes the guy that got me involved in politics. Way back when. Im afraid to say how long ago. Are you surprised by this move move . Im not surprised by it. I knew he might be leaving soon. He encouraged me early on. He used to work for dan quayle. What kind of role do you think he played in this administration . Was he saying to the president , listen, mr. President , you know theres something wrong over here. I think he was willing to tell the president the truth rkts what he needed to hear. That may not have always been popular with this president. Are you surprised he lasted this long . A lot of people who have said things to the president are not there. Hes lasted longer than a lot of other people. Theres no doubt about that. Should we be frightened hes leaving . Shes suhes such a well res guy. Im sorry sto see him leavin. Up next, President Trump race and his base. Democrats are calling it a president latest attacks racist. Are they playing on trumps turf and the fight for 2020 . Turf and the fight for 2020 i dont keep track of regrets. And i dont add up the years. But what i do count on. Is boost® delicious boost® high protein nutritional drink has 20 grams of protein, along with 26 essential vitamins and minerals. Boost® high protein. Be up for life. Termites, were on the move. 24 7. 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So come ask, shop, discover at your xfinity store today. Were back now with the o outrage out of baltimore. Residents and the newspapers are hitting back at President Trump following his rationcially char remarks. In passionate editorial, this was incredible. The Baltimore Sun saying its better to have rats in your neighborhood than to be one. Just moments ago a new tweet from the president High Pressure hes doubling down. He says if racist Elijah Cummings would focus he just continued. You see it. We can move on. Lets bring in our panel. Hes calling Elijah Cummings raci racist. Welcome to all of you. Mara, lets start with you. The Washington Post reports that trump camp hopes that race can actually serve as a big thing for him come 2020. Well next years deplorables 2. 0, perhaps. Donald trump knows how to talk about race and how to talk about racism to his base. He is racist, clearly. He knows how to motivate people by dividing him. Thats not the only way to win an election. Its just the laziest, lowest way. I would say the democrats would make a huge mistake if they try to ignore the racism and talk about other policy issues. They need to do both. I have a different take on this than a lot of people do. I believe they need to go directly at the racism. This is a battle for the moral soul of america. Its not just a policy issue. I think its really important that this is defined for what it is which is a fight between america and trumpism. As far as trumpism goes, they ran with that deplorable thing when Hillary Clinton called his voters the deplorables. Do you get a sense youll see tshirts that say im a racist. You can go after the racism without calling wide swaths of the country bad people. The racism is the enemy. Not one another. Well, i would say that if youre supporting donald trump at this stage in life, in our political life which feels like a thousands years. I feel a thousands kreeyears ol. If youre still supporting donald trump at this stage, youre racist. I think its very true. We need to call a spade a spade. We need to say the truth which is that how can you look at Donald Trumps tweets, listen to him tell people to go back to their country, listen to a whole rally of people chant, send her back and us not talk about the fact that Hillary Clinton was right. They are deplorable because they are a basket full of racists. Here is what Bernie Sanders was saying about all of this and get you to weigh in. I do find it interesting that when we have rural republican districts with life expectancies going down and people are struggling and people are struggling in rural america, suburban america, our job is to bring people together to improve life for all people. Not to have racist president who attacks people pbecause they ar africanamericans. Thats a disgrace and thats why we will defeat this president. I want to get your reaction to all of that. Youre the republican here. Also the son of an immigrant. The son of an immigrant. Id be very angry if somebody to my mother go back to where you came from. I get the sense youre a person of color. I am. Cool. On top of all of that you have been privy to a lot of these tweets. If i get stopped by a Police Officer theyre not going to say are you a republican or democrat. Im a black man. I get treated like black men get treated everywhere. I have a vested interest in t l telling the truth in my life. Im not name calling anybody but i said the tweets were racist. If people from of european descent were told to go back to europe, germany and norway then i could say everybody is getting the same treatment. Its always brown people and black people. I think there are people many the Republican Party who dont like the tweets. They dont like whats happening with regards to race. They dont like the division. They dont like the racist tweets. Maybe in some cases they like some pieces of the policy. They dont like whats happening with immigration and how its happening, how its unfolding but maybe they like the tax cuts. Maybe they like what he did with prisons, with the prison reform. Theres some republican who is will justify some bits of the policy. There are others who ought to be speaking out who arent. There ought to be a lot of elected members of congress and the senate who should speak out whether or not they lose their district or not. Have we heard tim scott in. Be a patriot. I dont care what your Political Party is. Be a patriot. If youre there, youre there to serve the people. Youre there to do what is right. Youre not there to serve yourself. Youre there to serve the public and make the country better. Sf well leave it there. Thank you. Well be back with you. Still ahead, where is former president obama amidst all of this talk about Race Relations . Why has the first black president been mostly silent . 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All of the same mind set. Its just going to keep going. Yesterday obama himself endorsed his former staffers opinion piece tweeting ive always been proud of what this team accomplished during my administration but more than what we did, im proud of how they are continuing to fight for an america thats better. Joining me now are two of the cosigners of this letter. Thank you for being here. Thank you. Kimberly, let me start with you. Where has president obama been in all of this . He said hes happy youre continuing this fight but it seems as hes been a little bit quiet. This is a fight that belongs to all of us. This is a fight that belongs to citizens and people who care about this country which is all of us. I think i trust the president and his need to step back. His inviting us to take on the work and thats what we have done in penning this oped and in the work thats being done by many former obama appointees who are in communities across the country. There was this one quote that stuck a cord with me. It reads in part now send her back. Black and brown people in america dont hear those chants in a vacuum. We felt the full force being shouted in our face, whispered behind our backs or hurled at us. Can you please share your own experience with all of this. Right. And why this rhetoric is dangerous. As soon as i saw the comment it was a slap in the face for me. Im a public servant. After graduating college i went into Public Service in order to make our country better. Ive heard the chants from Elementary School to high school. Im from the United States. Im working day in and day out to make the United States better. The comments toward black and brown representatives that trump continuely lashes out at these members of congress, hes not responding with any policy proposals. Its just blatant hate. We need to get to a better place. Listen to what the congresswoman had to say about trumps latest attacks against minority lawmakers. He continues to say things about American Cities all across this country. Look, our president has a hate agenda. He doesnt have a policy agenda. Thats ha he falls down on. This hate agenda is seeping into policy making. Do you kind of agree with that, the president has hate agenda . What were seeing is really concerning where our senior leaders, including the president , are promoting an active agenda of trying to t divide people by race and hitting one community after another. Thats not an agenda ma moves us forward. Its not an agenda Many Americans subscribe to. Thats why its so important that we speak truth to what we need to do to move things forward for our country. Another cosigner weighed in on obama breaking his silence. Here is a listen. My goodness, you have to speak out every single day if we were going to critique the rhetoric and tone and policy of this administration. What he said is important is all of us should speak up. When issues are critical, he does add his voice to the equation. Hes measured about it because he really wants the next generation to whom hes passed the baton to speak up and lift their voices. She says that obama is being measured but its the same thing i said, do you think the president should be speaking out more . Right. I think the president has pasted the torch to next generation. I think another thing hes no longer the president of the United States. Hes the first black president of the United States. Were having all these race issues right now. Thats sort of like saying reverend al sharpton just pass it on. You protested during the civil rights era. Youre good. You have to pass it onto a new generation. Whos the new generation . Right. The next generation of people make up the u. S. Halls of congress right now. I think we saw with the blue wave right now or the last election cycle theres wave of young immigrants who came into congress whether thats on the federal, state or local level and those are these are the folks going to lead the chapg that president obama inspired starting in 2008. I think as a private citizen hes limited in what he can do. Well leave it there. Thank you for your fulltime ti sunday. Beyonce starts another internet sensation. Brown skin girl the best thing in the world her new song brown skin girl is celebration of beauty and a rare bright spot in National Conversation on race and its going viral. Understandably. Well talk about it. Ing viral. Understandably well talk about it. Getting dressed can be rough. Downy free gentle has no perfumes, no dyes and softens clothes. Laundry isnt done, until its done with downy. Liberty mutual customizes your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. I wish i could shake your hand. Granted. Only pay for what you need. 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Dan coat, the director of National Intelligence is expected to step down from his post in the coming days. Hes been at odds with the president on a number of issues and trumps attacks on the Intelligence Community. The president has said to be considering a representative from texas. Hes a republican and is a possible replacement ratcliff is a staunch defender of the president and had his audition moment this past week when he grilled Robert Mueller at the judiciary hearing on capitol hill. Thats breaking news right now. Dan coats might be stepping down. A couple is going to court saying their denied their surrogate daughter her u. S. Citizenship. Treating as if she was born out of wedlock because shes only biologically related to one of the dads. A spokesperson declined to comment citing pending litigation. Thank you for joining me. If you have a surrogate and the surrogate is born out of this country, that child is a u. S. Citizen, right . Yes, we would think so. For you all its not . The federal law is clear that the child is born abroad to two parent who is are married. That child is american. At least one of the parents is american and in our case were both american. Our child was born abroad and we are married. Whn when we went to get to our daughters passport, it was denied. Just unbelievable. I imagine you have your lawyers trying to fight this. We havent heard from the state department. Our only interaction has been at the embassy that day. We saw it was very clear. We were very confident that we were just going to pick up our daughters passport. We thought theres no way shes not american. There at the window, they asked us a lot of questions. They kept us for a long time. A lot of different samesex couples came and went. They said to us until the rules change, your daughter is not american and you can try to return home with her on a tourist visa. Just absolutely unbelievable. What are you doing . Well, we really kind of panicked for a while. We found the great folks at immigration equality in Law Firm Morgan lewis thats acting pro bono on our behalf. They have drafted a complaint and filed against the state department. Were hoping a federal judge will look at our family and see were a family just like every one educational and grant our daughter her citizenship. At this point you cant travel outside of the u. S. I assume she has a passport from a different country . We cant all travel at moment. Shes stuck here until this matter is resolved. Which is the least of our problems. We dont mind being stuck here in the usa. The issue is just the anxiety it causes us as a family know we have a child thats out of status in this country. We are people who have always followed the law and done everything we tried to do everything right. Its just very disconcerning for us. Fellas, gay marriage that approved by Supreme Court three years ago. 2015. Four years ago. Im sure a lot of people in movement thought were in the clear. Youre in the clear. Does this make you feel like a second class citizen yet again . Thats such a great question. Thank you. Were both 38. We have been through a lot. We were married actually in 2015 in new york a month before the Supreme Courts decision and in our lives we have lived through aids. We have lived through dont ask, dont tell. We have seen the tide turn in this country. In 2015 and since then, we started to feel confident that were accepted. Honestly, we are. We live in the south. We live in atlanta. We dont know the way our neighbors vote. But we stand in a culdesac with them every day. We are parents alongside them. This really is a very nasty moment for us. We thought this was behind us. No, its not over. The government, at least this one, is questioning our marriage. Thanks to both of you for your fight. I know a number of people who are going through the same fight in the washington, d. C. Area, friends of mine. Thank you guys. Thank you so much. Its time for the good, the bad, the ugly. Were going to do it a little bit different this time. End on a high note. Lets bring back bara and danielle. They have been waiting all hour for this moment. What was your ugly for the week . My ugly is that as the president and the republicans have attacked black and brown americans, gay americans, we have not heard other voices or enough of them speaking out against this. We really need americans to stand up for one another. Especially white americans. Thats really important. But also i would imagine, you would like to hear some black republicans who speak up. I would like to hear white republicans, which is the majority of them. I would like to hear republicans, democrats, Little League coaches. If you are not talking about this in your classroom and you are a teacher my mother is a teacher. This is the issue. This is the president s issue. This is the defining issue of our time. Will we stand up for one another as human beings, as neighbors, as citizens . I think the silence is deafening for a lot of black and brown americans right now. What was your ugly . My ugly is the case of francisco galecia, the young man detained by i. C. E. For 23 days even though he was carrying his birth certificate, i believe, his Social Security card, all indicators born in the usa. He is an american citizen. He was detained for 23 days. I believe lost 26 pounds. For us to say that what donald trump is doing at the border isnt a form of a concentration camp, isnt denying people their basic humanity even for some americans. Even for some americans, is obscene. Thats right. I think the stories that we are hearing we heard one from a gay couple as well, that we are hearing out of borders in this country, are very disturbing. For how we treat human beings, whether they are citizens or not. But also the idea that citizens are being detained shows you the rule of law is breaking down and trust is breaking down. That is just integral to democracy. We need to do everything we can to depend it. You werent feeling Mitch Mcconnell this week. I dont feel Mitch Mcconnell. Lets just be clear about that. Moscow mitch. His decision which is trending. Which i love. His decision not to do anything about our elections and a bipartisan bipartisan legislation, three bills came up for him to be able to put out for the senators to vote. The grim reaper has decided not to do it. Which makes we believe, i think he may know whats going to happen in 2020 like last time. Your good. The resignation of the governor of puerto rico was inspiring, because it shows that when you protest, when you take to the streets peacefully, you can bring about change. I think theres others american bhamericans who can say they can be inspired by that. Your good . My good is always beyonce. And brownskinned girls. Not just beyonce. No. Let me tell you something. When i heard the song for the first time, i actually cried. I cried because i was saying during the break is that, it was a really difficult week for black people. This song was just so inspiring and so beautiful and just reminded us we matter, were seen. It was just the most. Lets play the sound. What it has you saw lupita and the school kids. We want to hear them and hear the words and see them enjoy the skin that they are in. We have the kids as well . Kids all over africa, brownskinned girls all over have been celebrating. Its beautiful. We needed it. After all of this, we needed it. Appreciate it. Thank you. More on the breaking news. The New York Times reporting that dan coats, the director of National Intelligence, will step down in the coming days. The Democratic Candidates making their preparations before they square off for the second time on tuesday. 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