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December 9, 2017
Of these nfl owners when somebody disrespects our flag to say get that son of a bitch off the field right now. out, hes fired. hes fired! >> white house press secretary sarah sanders struck back at the boycott saying its unfortunate that these members of congress wouldnt join the president in honoring the incredible sacrifice civil rights leaders made to right the injustices in our history. the president hopes others will join him in recognizing that the movement was about removing barriers and ...
December 9, 2017
The rhetoric was different than we normally hear from donald trump, the speech patterns, god-given dignity for every soul, a future more just and free. i thought he began, this is video of him earlier touring the museum, it was pretty poignant, he specifically brought to everyones attention, medgar everss brother and widow. >> he was careful to stay on script and recognize the somber tone that this is not a moment to go off on political tensions, in an inappropriate context. he spoke about racia...
December 9, 2017
Every citizen as an equal child of god. [applause] >> four days after he was murdered sergeant evers was laid to rest in arlington national cemetery with full military honors. he lies besides men and women of all races, backgrounds and walks of life who served and sacrificed for our country. their head stones do not mark the color of their skin but immortalize courage. their memories are carved in stone as american heroes. that is what medgar evers was, a great american hero. that is what others...
December 9, 2017
Citizen as an equal child of god. four days after he was murdered, sergeant evers was laid to rest in arlington, national cemetery with full military honors. in arlington, he lies beside men and women of all races, backgrounds and walks of life. who have served and sacrificed for our country. their head stones do not mark the color of their skin but immortalize the courage of their deeds. their memories are carved in stone as american heroes. that is what medgar evers was. he was a great america...
December 8, 2017
Its not up to me. and the president has said we want to keep this seat republican. the rnc is the political arm of the white house and we want to support the presidents agenda. >> reporter: yet another controversy awaits the president on his southern swing, after trump scheduled a stop to attend the opening of the mississippi civil rights museum, two black congressmen say they will not attend the event. john lewis, a civil rights icon and bennie thompson say theyre skipping the event because pre...
December 8, 2017
Reaction says, we think its unfortunate that these members of congress would not join the president in honoring the incredible sacrifice civil rights leaders made to right the injustices in our history. the president hopes others will join him in recognizing that the movement was about removing barriers and unifying americans of all backgrounds. the interesting part of that, of course, is that john lewis certainly an icon of the civil rights movement and benny thompson both saying they dont want...
December 8, 2017
President in honoring the incredible sacrifice civil rights leaders made to right the injustices in our history. the president hopes others will join him in recognizing that the movement was about removing barriers and unifying americans of all backgrounds. what was your reaction to sarah huckabee sanders tweet, which is in response, of course, to john lewis? >> this white house, time and time again, needs education. if you go back to black history month, they fought frederick douglas was stil...
December 7, 2017
Incredible sacrifice, civil rights leaders made to right the injustices in our history. the president hopes other will join him in recognizing it was about removing barriers and unifying americans of all backgrounds, jake. >> thank you so much. my panel is back with me. i want to talk about -- ill talk about that issue in a second, but first, congressman rogers for people who dont know, youre a former fbi official. fbi agent. and when you were chairman of the house intelligence committee, this w...
December 6, 2017
Donald trump jr. will appear before the house intelligence chica committee in just a few hours to answer questions behind closed doors. here to discuss this is jackie speier a member of the senate economy. >> the conversations with wikileaks will be a hot topic this morning, and the trump organization and the number of russians that have purchased interests or condominiums and the extent to which those individuals have criminal backgrounds. >> why isnt this an open door -- >> very good question....
December 5, 2017
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