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Staff, so did bill clinton and george h.w. bush. president trump would be well served to have people of color in his white house and tell him exactly what it is people of color think, whether its positive or negative, because a lot of people of color are very angry. >> ultimately this is bigger than the use of the "n" word. this is about perceptions, about understanding. you saw that when asked a question about the presidents use of the "n" word, sarah sanders quickly went into something about j...

Tolerant or continuing a tone off offin -- of intolerance. >> so what would the president need to do to redeem himself. is there some action the white house could take or what can they do, is there anything they could do to change their -- the perception of the white house and this president on this issue? >> well it is not a perception. it is a reality. and so if this white house would like to change the statements -- that theyve made, the policies that they have advanced, the appointments they...

Because it was such an important time. this is the flashpoint, right? >> yes. >> so now what? >> i think it still goes back to that and we have to have a k conversation about the biases and the perceptions when it comes to the people of color and people that are different in the country and different groups, and so we have to have that and we have to have that honest conversation if we are truly willing to move forward. >> and quickly as you can, because i have one or two more questions, and so ...

Man and the tough times make us stronger and tougher, and talking about people walking in the middle of the road and walking in the middle of the road -- >> because you took off the bulletproof vest and joined the protesters to lead a peaceful march. go on. >> i took off the vest, because did not want the people to think that i needed protection from them. i wanted them to know that i was them, and i also wanted to walk proud in the uniform to let the law enforcement men and women out there be j...

Studies do suggest being more attractive can help you up the career ladder in pretty much any industry a lot of it has to do with perceptions good looking people are often judged as being better at their jobs. the face of success these men are c.e.o.s of major corporations and in general the worlds movers and shakers are more attractive than the average person. a range of empirical studies indicate a link between physical attractiveness and professional achievement in other words the more attrac...

>> here at the table for the hour, steve schmidt and matt miller. but first, to react for the first time, single threads -- different threads of a single story. questions about russians and contact with people in the presidents inner circle. former cia director john brennan, lucky for us, now a senior national security and intelligence analyst for msnbc and nbc news. i understand now, sitting here today, why donald trump a week or so ago said dont believe what you see, dont believe what you hear...

Perceptions in terms of his thought to be divisiveness? >> well, i think for some people the stance on the economy is a step in the right direction. but i think for a large majority of other african-americans, i think that were still all wrestling with comments and other things that in many ways whether intentional or unintentional come across as disrespectful or prejudice and things of that nature. i think there is a lot of hurt. and i think that one of the things that we have got to learn to d...

You were wearing when youre amongst all these people. was that supposed to be like an icebreaker? or did you have people saying, hey, can i get one of those shirts? >> reporter: i did. we had some of that. but no, a biker rally is really about flying your colors. whether you ride an indian or a harley. i was proud to represent the mothership, as it were, especially in this age. and yes, i did want to kind of test the perceptions. and the first guy who rented me my harley came up and said, are yo...

The details are and suggests essentially that the mueller investigation is over, there couldnt be any more to investigate, its simply over and makes the point were going to a report, quite confident there wont be charges against the president or close to the president. calls michael cohens a scumbag never called as a witness because he has that credibity problem for recording the president, his client and as to whether there will be an interview, wouldnt rule it out. they had trouble getting con...

Border doesnt change. i think this investigation by and large, the american people according to polls have made up their minds and like everything else with the trump presidency, 50 plus percent dont like him, 40% like him. i dont think anything i heard today from mayor giuliani is likely to change that. >> to be clear the helsinki summit did change things and polls did change after that. taken most recently after that did show particularly as weve been pointing out in the three states, michigan...