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Group of pastors who support him and been to the white house before. this meeting was planned a couple of weeks ago but the pastors came out to reporters to defend president trump against the allegations of racism. but they did not defend the specific comments that president trump has been making all weekend about elijah cummings, al sharpton and the city of baltimore, jake. >> abby phillip, thanks so much. and lets reiterate the point that abby made but also bill crystal made on twitter and l...

He has insighted situations of racism where people are going into public spaces, restaurants and gas stations being told to go back to their country, theyre being called the n-word, and there are videos that endlessly online that basically trigger people of color to feel very, very insecure right now in this country. that is what the president has done. this is the environment of his total and complete making. this is also not just a ponce to people challenging the presidents children. when i ra...

>> well get to that in the next block. >> -- and a slumlord. >> and people in baltimore would deny that baltimore is a city that needs help and has problems. senator -- im sorry, jen, let me show you this tweet from president trump. crazy bernie sanders related baltimore to a third world country and based on that statement, bernie is a racist and here is a clip of bernie sanders after the visit to baltimore in 2015. take a listen. >> anyone who took the walk that we took, we took around this nei...

More details but according to the police there in rome, the two men have admitted that they were part of the crime. >> got it. stay on it for us, stephanie el um. "the lead" with jake tapper continues right now. president trump once called elijah cummings a terrific guy. i wonder whats changed. "the lead" starts right now. president trump launching a new round of attacks on maryland congressman elijah cummings and his baltimore district and hinting that the strategy may be part of his re-ele...

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Baltimore. thousands of human beings call the kushner company the landlord in the baltimore area and claim they lack proper plumbing and have rats in the ceiling. their story next. and plus a day away from the democratic debate, kamala harris unveils a new health care plan and what bernie sanders has to think. thats next. stay with us. with the sleep number 360sm. adjust your comfort with your sleep number setting. so, can it help us fall asleep faster? yes, by gently warming your feet. but ca...

Him that he is the president of all of the people of the united states of america. if those conditions existed anywhere, it is his obligation, i would think, to direct his hud secretary to work whatever policy changes need to happen in order to fix that. but instead he has decided to pit american against american. city against city. urban against rural. white against black and brown. and that is what i find sinister and certainly beneath the office of the president. >> and it is not difficult to...

Children and the killer, including possible white supremacist influences. welcome to a special edition of "the lead." were live outside of the fox theater in zroidetroit with the politics and president trump digging in on exposing a common theme by attacking a lawmaker of color and this time going after democratic congressman elijah cummings and his district of baltimore. trump launching 16 tweets on saturday calling baltimore, quote, a disgusting, rat and rodent-infested mess and saying of th...

>> reporter: president trump escalating his attacks on house oversight committee chairman elijah cummings. saying his baltimore district has the worst crime statistics in the nation, 25 years of all talk, no action. so tired of listening to the same old bull. and expanding his attacks to include civil rights leader and tv host al sharpton who trump claims hates whites and cops. for the second time in two weeks, trump using language like infestation to describe the places where people of color li...