so, president trump's strategy is to get his base to the polls for the midterm elections, divide the country, and play on fears of undocumented immigrants. that's why he tweeted out that racist web ad. i want to bring in now jamal hill, a staff writer for the atlantic. welcome to the program. >> been a long time coming, don. thank you very much. >> what do you think of this ad? >> you know, i think every day we're all sort of collectively traumatized by some of these racist acts that go on in this country. the disappointing and heart breaking part is the president is supposed to be a better example and set a tone for the rest of us. unfortunately he hasn't done that. and he's failed morally as a leader. he's brought us to a collective low that i never thought i would see in my lifetime. i've certainly read about how bad things have been at different points in this country. while we have experienced racism and other isms throughout our lifetimes, we always were trying