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Lets just -- even if you say that everything that he said about baltimore is true, everyone is working hard to do their best to make baltimore as best as it can be. hes the dealer of the cards. if we have a bum hand, hes the dealer of the cards. he could help us do better. i would tell them not to be dismayed. people dont believe too much from what comes out of this presidents mouth. so i would not be dismayed. know their truth and continue to speak it. >> congresswoman, the question i just aske...

>> do you agree with the president that elijah cummings is racist? >> heres what i think. i dont think either congressman cummings or president trump are racist. i think that they disagree, but you can disagree with someones ideas but not disagree with their color. >> here for our lead-off discussion on a monday night, donna edwards, former democratic member of congress from the state of maryland, a "washington post" columnist juana summers. robert costa, national political reporter for "the was...

Is a disgusting rat and rodent-infested mess. maybe he could help clean up this very dangerous and filthy place, no human being would want to live there. next day in an apparent reaction to the outrage that followed his words, the president then posted this. if racist elijah cummings would focus more of his energy on helping the good people of his district and baltimore itself, perhaps progress could be made in fixing the mess hes helped to create. tonight we got this, elijah cummings never went...

Diversity, changing demographics, a republican stronghold for years, but weve seen democratic gains in recent cycles. for the republicans, talking to john kasich tonight, he called it a culture of silence. i was at the capitol this afternoon as they came back for votes at the senate. senator romney, senator fisher of nebraska, senator lee of utah, so many republican senators, no comment, please call my office, dont really want to talk about it. didnt want to engage on this issue about congressma...

Public service for someone who in the highest post in the world, who could do any number of things to be supportive to baltimore and other cities that are suffering, decides to just point out problems instead of raising -- lifting a hand to say how can we work together to solve some of these problems. pointing them out is useless. >> congresswoman, next to you, as i heard someone dispense tough love in the democratic party tonight, just expressing shock, revulsion, and moral outrage isnt going t...

Good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. day 921 of the trump administration. the president has now attacked the city of baltimore and he begins another week embroiled in a new controversy involving race. after his relentless attacks over this weekend on maryland democratic congressman elijah cummings, a 23-year veteran of the house, son of former sharecroppers, cummings represents a majority black district that includes baltimore and a large scrounge area. hes ch...

They know the truth about the greatness of their city. im hopeful that in a few short years well have someone in the white house that wants to uplift cities across the country and not berate cities. this is someone who, as i said, lets just -- even if you say that everything that he said about baltimore is true, everyone is working hard to do their best to make baltimore as best as it can be. hes the dealer of the cards. if we have a bum hand, hes the dealer of the cards. he could help us do bet...

Cummings. robert costa reports trump was, quote, looking for a reason to attack. they write that reason came early saturday morning after a baltimore-area republican, quote, appeared on "fox and friends" talking about video footage she had seen depicting cummings district as overrun by trash and blight. they also report trumps broad side against cummings was a topic of discussion during two white house meetings monday morning, one with senior staff, one with a broader group of the communications...

It is true, as you know better than most people on the planet today, the crisis they have dealt with from crime to drugs to public education to vacant buildings. however, it is bracing to look up at the television and see the headline that the president attacks baltimore. how has it been on your end on this day? >> the way i was raised, its not what people call you to, its what you answer to. so when the president made those remarks about baltimore, i know that not to be true. do we have blight?...

It a culture of silence. i was at the capitol this afternoon as they came back for votes at the senate. senator romney, senator fisher of nebraska, senator lee of utah, so many republican senators, no comment, please call my office, dont really want to talk about it. didnt want to engage on this issue about congressman cummings. >> mayor, whats your advice? im sitting thinking of cleveland, state of ohio, all great towns just like baltimore, maryland. whats your advice to those who may be next u...