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By the way it was the bush administration who took this decision to move -- >> youre letting facts get in the way of a good argument. mark, back to immigration. one thing i wonder is whether when donald trump makes these kind of comment the shithole comment, he is trying to remind his base, hes, in fact, with them. because, of course, the conversation before that had been that donald trump had gone soft on immigration. that he was now talking about a bill of love, a pass for dreamers, comprehens...

Would say things that sounded more like jeb bush than donald trump. thats a long standing strain with the presidents comments. but, it never ends up turning out that way. and as to your point about whether his comment about these countries was a calculated move, i dont think so. i think president is kind of a man in the street. his gut reaction is the first thing that comes out of his mouth. so, no. i think what we saw in that meeting where he seems to be agreeing with the democrats and telling ...

Whether or not of negotiating with this person. what are you hearing out there? do democrats think they should still stay at the table which is what rand paul says they should do? >> i dont understand how we should go on with this. really quick, joy, i never had the luxury of debating if donald trump is racist or not. i dont think black and brown people ever had this. i dont know why the shithole comment is -- >> were cable. >> or cable, exactly. well, i dont know why this was the straw that bro...

>> senator rand paul, his comments on this issue are ridiculous and theyre irrelevant. this is the problem when you have a debate when it comes to the issue of somebody racist and not racist. and so we begin to debate the frays and the words. you look at the actual policies. this is the mistake that we have been having all week as a result of this shithole comment from president trump. thats the mistake. were focusing on, well, what about these countries? we focus on these countries and the hist...

Which is a totally different issue. >> right. it destroys their brand or impacts their brand. it hurts their brand. the president is hurting the brand of the party of lincoln. the party of abraham lincoln. the president said this is not true or at least he suggests its not true. the language used by me at the daca meeting was tough, but this was not the language used. a reference to the shithole comment. he wants to change the subject here. i never said anything derogatory about haitians other t...

This reporting and on the campaign trail, he had a starkly different message for haitians in miami when he was courting their vote. >> i will be your champion. >> reporter: the presidents shithole comment just the latest in a pattern of racially charged remarks. >> i would like to have him show his birth certificate. >> theyre bringing drugs. theyre bringing crime. theyre rapists. >> you also had people they were very fine people on both sides. >> reporter: he is still insisting hes not a racist...

The white house. >> the president spent last night phoning aids and allies and friends asking them how that thought the shithole comment were playing out in the press. >> this is the presidents conversation last night. one official reports this as a victory lapse. >> when the president seems to be in a position where hes under sieged, he seems to retreat back to his base. there is a strong push back from the hard liners involved in the immigration discussion when it appears that group of six dem...

Kneeling for the national anthem. >> get that son of a pitch off the field. >> reporter: it comes after mr. trump made similar comments at a different oval office last summer, claiming all haitians have aids. and once nigerians see the u.s., they will never go back to their huts. on the campaign trail, he had a starkly different message for haitians in miami when he was courting their vote. >> i will be your champion. >> reporter: the presidents shithole comment a pattern of racially charged rem...