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Saying that he used tough language in a meeting about protecting d.r.e.a.m.ers. i want to bring in now cnn political commentators van jones and also iesha conners, a former deputy director of african am engagement. van, the president trying to cast doubt now on doubts he called african countries shitholes. do you think anybody is buying his denial? >> maybe some are. i understand what he actually said was shit house, and not shithole. one thing i want to point out is not just the comments are ra...

Intervention that makes him a normal person that doesnt spew hate and racism that feeds a base so i think dr. king would do nothing but pray for him. >> thank you. >> your welcome don and thank you for what youre doing. >> now want to bring in analyst and commentators. hello and thanks for coming on everyone. lets see, shermichael, some supporters of the president are telling me president trumps remarks were about economics not about race but thats not what he said is it. >> no its not what he s...

Finally general, does this give information to north korea that they would not have otherwise? >> well, yeah, i think its -- weve seen this on bomb threats in cities and universities where people start jerking our chain, and i think the north koreans just got told, weve scared these people, you know, theres 320 million of them and they put themselves into a panic. we didnt even do anything. i think one of the best points was made though by a couple of your commentators earlier. the thing we have...

Pretty calm. he was willing to sort of talk about anything we wanted to bring up. >> right. you know, hes good one on one. he likes to be tested. thats why i keep saying, come back to us, mr. president. nobody makes the case for you as well as you do yourself, and you got plenty to make the case for these days. michael bender, thank you so much. its great to get the insight of the person who was actually asking the questions. appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. >> so lets unpack a little bit...

Levelheaded people to be strategic rather than outraged. otherwise it becomes a sky is falling situation every time he says something dumb or stupid or racist. heres why im not outraged. because people of color warned you. you called us racists or race baiters. im not mad that you called me those things because im not one of them. so why are you mad if someone calls you a racist if you know youre not one? think about that. if you know youre not a racist, then why are you mad about it when someon...

P presidents comments are unkind, divisive, elitist and fly in the face of our nations values. my parents came from one of those countries. the president must apologize to both the american people and the nations he so wantonly maligned. the outcry over the presidents remark has been global. mexicos former president fox twooeted at trump, your mouth is the foulest shithole in the world. americas greatness is built on diversity or have you forgotten your immigrant background, donald? as for rea...

I think you people are surprised." thats just one eye-popping headline from the interview. theres lots to talk about. we have political commentators symone sanders and jack kingston with us. theyll chew on the things that were said, but i want to get the facts first. we have one of "the wall street journal" reporters, spent 45 minutes with the president today, michael bender, hes also a cnn political analyst. michael, thank you for joining us. >> hey, chris. >> so theres a lot in here. people sh...

Commentators -- good even to all of you. molly, going to start with you. what was your immediate reaction to hearing president trump call african countries and haiti shithole countries? >> quite honestly it was, this again? >> yeah. >> it just seems like this is donald trumps whole world view that he has been expressing, pretty much explicitly from the very beginning of the campaign and before that. this is a man who believes that people are different from one another, different kinds of people ...

You never equate anything with white supremacy and hate. we dont do that in this country. the president did. this is who he is. and it is no small irony that oprah does come to mind for me. do you remember what oprah said when she was asked the greatest lesson, the greatest advice she ever got? she quoted a now deceased maya angelou, may she rest in peace. when someone shows you who they are, believe them. the question is, does it make it okay, if the president said this, and his base would agre...

What the values of our country are. so, i really applaud all the commentators both on the left and on the right. republicans democrats, independents who have stood up for what america is about. and im sorry to go on, but its just been such a crazy 24 hours. the president said hes not going to london because of our embassy when, in fact, its concerns about protests because he turned his back on europe. he has tweeted all kinds of things about the foreign intelligence surveillance act, which is co...