>> the words and his action tend to speak like one who knows something about being a racist. it must be in liz dna, in his makeup, but it's frightening to have someone in the office of the president in 2018 speaking the way that he's speaking. >> the political fallout, tougher sledding for an important immigration deal and deepening republican worries that the president is leading his party into a midterm election disaster. >> first thing that came to my mind was, very unfortunate, unhelpful. >> plus, among several shifts and flips this past week, this. why is the president suddenly suggesting he might not be willing to answer questions in the russia meddling