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That meeting. but in this new administration, relations already very friendly and the white house my door wide open. the state department and the national security council reportedly no idea this invitation was coming from the white house. backlash outside the administration has been a little more overt. human rights organizations saying this invitation puts blood on donald trumps hands, makes him morally complicit in future killings in the philippines. democratic senator chris smauv on the fore...

That meeting. but in this new administration, relations already very friendly and the white house door is wide open. the state department and the national security council reportedly had no idea this invitation was coming from the white house. backlash outside the administration has been a little more overt. human rights organizations say this invitation basically puts blood on donald trumps hands, makes him morally complicit in future killings in the philippines. democratic senator chris murphy...

Chris murphy from connecticut, "we are watching in real time as the american human rights bully pulpit disintegrates into ash." of course, duterte famously cursed former president barack obama, but he seems to have an affinity for president trump. he said "we both like to swear. away.ittle thing, we curse right we are the same." he called former president obama a son of a whore. poppy? >> ivan watson, this affinity as you reported on for a long time seemingly for strong men leaders. ivan watson ...

Self-defense. but on top of that, you have the fact that duterte is essentially a self-confessed killer. listen to him talk about his time as mayor of davao city. >> i did kill. i was only three months mayor in 1988. at least i kill to protect people. i am not a dictator killing my political opponents to stay in power. >> reporter: so, how would it look to have a self-confessed killer in the white house? thats a big question and part of why human rights activists, and of course, democrats like t...

Pulpit disintegrates into ash." now, its notable that duterte is well known for being a brash speaker. thats part of why filipinos like him. he seems to have affinity for trump. he says that, hey, were similar. we both like to swear a lot. he did not like former president obama. he said obama could go to hell and he called him a son of a whore. poppy? >> and hell be at the fwwhite house in a few weeks. >> joining us now, former ambassador to the united nations, former secretary of everything, bi...

Ago. take a listen. >> i did kill. i was only three months mayor in 1988. at least i kill to protect people. i am not a dictator killing my political opponents to stay in power. >> reporter: hes also said hed be happy to slaughter drug offenders, comparing them to jews who were murdered during the holocaust. he later had to apologize for that. its that kind of language that has attracted criticism from human rights groups, and of course, from the democrats. youve got the senator, chris murphy fr...

>> reporter: of course, human rights activists and the democrats, they have criticized this invitation to duterte to visit the white house. chris murphy, senate democrat from connecticut, tweeting, "were watching in realtime as the american human rights bully pulpit disintegrates into ash." duterte seems to admire trump. he famously said, "we both like to swear, we curse right away." so, this strongman seems to have a lot more respect for trump than he had for former president obama, who he call...

Rights bully pulpit disintegrates into ash." the white house showing that human rights is not the biggest priority when it comes to negotiating and dealing with strongmen. you do have to point out that duterte was dramatically elected in the philippines, a longtime traditional ally of the u.s. dave? >> that is flat out staggering. ivan watson, thank you for the insight. we appreciate it. president trump refusing to rule out military force against north korea following the latest missile test b...

Big picture, there are a lot of human rights groups upset about this, part of the statement that the white house released, they talked about the war on drugs essentially in the philippines, not saying that people who are involved in drugs are among the people who have been killed. chris murphy says were watching in real time as the american human rights bully pulpit disintegrates into ash. what do you make of that in. >> i think chris murphy is right. i think america has always been a nation tha...

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