With sharks yesterday and thoady its like water park i watched jaws in homage of the show. Griff, why you got to do the real thing. What is it, National Water park day today . Yes. So we brought our own water park to the show. If youre in the area, come on out. Were going to get wet later on. Theyre competing and ill be the junl. Good stuff. If im the judge its going to be tough. Thats true. First in this country always news. And we start with this. President trump doubling down on his criticism of maryland congressman Elijah Cummings. This as the Democrats Use this as their latest attack on track. Mark joins us with more on the battle over baltimore. President trump has tweeted several times about cummings and cummings district. The latest tweet overnight, the president wrote quote, so sad that Elijah Cummings has been able to do so little for baltimore. Baltimore ranks last in every category. Congress cummings was born and raised in baltimore representing his district since 1996. He fired back writing, mr. President i go home to my district daily. Each morning i wake up and fight for my neighbors. Its my moral due toy to fight for any constituents. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi calls cummings a champion for civil rights and also writing we all reject racist attacks against him. Now this back and forth comes after republican strategist was on fox friends saturday discussindiscussing what she foe baltimore area. A lot of people said he hasnt been there in a while. Its atrocious. There are homeless addicts, needles that they have used. And its really right next door. Baltimores mayor is pushing back calling the president s comments unacceptable. This is the front page of the Baltimore Sun, says trump blasts city and cummings. The story getting a lot of attention all over the country. Thank you very much. This is a feud back and forth which of course nancy pelosi and others, as theyve done in the past, always will say well President Trump is a racist. This is what, hes making this about race. When you step back and look at the conditions in west baltimore, im not from there, whether its education rates, crime rates, its a systemic culture of poverty who trapped a lot of people there who felt like theyre left behind. Its the men and women who deserve the same choice and anyone does. Thats the case that President Trump is making. If youve represented that district or 10, 20 years and youre not doing everything outside of the box to make it better, are you doing enough . Cummings has a large district, baltimore and above it. Were not talking specifically just about baltimore but that is his area, west baltimore is a part of it. We got trust into the conversation in the wake of the freddie gray riots that we saw in 2015. But the homicide rate is up 18. Pete compared to last year, 184 homicide this year compared to 156 last year. If you look at nonfatal shootings from 2018 to 2019 you have a 31 increase and perhaps some of what mark referenced showing are some of the harshest hit areas. And unfortunately west baltimore mahas the same challenges that e saw four years ago. There are parts that this doesnt apply to and parts that do apply. Ive said this since day one. When you try to engage issues like this on twitter, President Trump often does, i know he feels like hes reaching the heart of the people. You have to be careful when you read it. When you read no human being would want to live here. Even if youre wellintentioned trying to draw attention to people who have been left behind and you feel like youre being a voice for those people when they elected representatives in many cases have in a sense abandoned those areas and not really given the Due Diligence to those areas, i understand that intention. But sometimes it doesnt read necessarily. You have to realize that there are People Living there and they may not be able to pick up and leave. And maybe they dont want to. Maybe they love baltimore and theyre fighting hard every day to have their elected representatives hear them. I would be careful having debates like this on social media. But me brings attention in niz own way and he believes giving voice to people who have been voiceless for a long time, including one baltimore resident, talked to the cameras about Elijah Cummings and his feud with President Trump. Listen to her. He has never done anything for not one person i know of. I never heard anybody say anything about him. Donald trump this and donald trump that. Why is this man taking care of people at the border. We hungry. We need a place to say. Its sad. Hes worried more about them than his own people. It breaks my heart to see this. Youre the chairman of the overnight committee, youre doing all of this but are you fighting for Charter Schools, are you fighting for the people that lift people out of their situations and give them a choice . This is key to hear from the residents. People argue that politicians go into washington, d. C. And become a political minnesotas with democrats and republicans alike, and they forget the people that elected them. They forget the local issues because they become embroiled in the national politics. Cummings is out there talking about issue of the border and National Issues a lot. This may have been a way for residents of that district to redirect his attention and say hey listen, dont forget about us. Youre talking about the conditions on the border all of the time. What about the conditions here. You have a good point about whether this should be debated on social media and a lot of people feel that the president was wrong to go after cummings in this way. But that doesnt put a limit on this discussion. Its worth pointing out whether or not hypocrisy exists in this debate unleashed. If you look back to 2015, i mentioned the freddy gray riots, president obama, april 28th, 2015, obama calls the riots quote criminals and thugs and then oosk this Baltimore Sun head line december 8, 2015, brand2015Bernie Sanders calls i. Is this a reaction that he had . He walked in the neighborhood and talked with residents, visited. Here is sanders in his own word. Anyone who took the walk that we took around this neighborhood would not think you are in a wealthy nation. You would think you are in a third world country. Were talking about a community in which half of the people dont have jobs. Were talking about a community in which there are hundreds of buildings that are uninhabitable. Yeah. And once again. Third world country. I dont think this came at all from a racist place at all. Of course not. Bernie sanders was trying to draw attention to a reality and saying listen, whats going on in this area of baltimore is not good for the people of baltimore who are there trying to get the attention of elected officials. I have a national platform. Let me make that case. I do think its better to do it vocally in front of a camera. Why is it better . Its the a new medium. When youre on social media, youre often inclined to vomit out word. You Say Something, you cant take it back once its out there. Sure you can. You tweet something, you correct it if you want to. You hear the tone of his voice and the inflection of his voice. I think were arguing over a medium. They make the same critique and Bernie Sanders wants socialism. Cummings was not a cosponsor of the investing in opportunity act. Does he believe in investing in Charter Schools . Lets have a debate about policy. They both diagnosed the problem. They did but i will argue when you cannot hear the inflection in someones voice. And the same way i could make a comment to either one of you on twit thary would read differently than if i sat at a podium and said it in a microphone. You dont hear where im coming from as in the same way on social media. This is for everyone who holds a position of political leadership. If youre going to tweet something, once it get out there it sticks and its hard to take it back. It will be in front of a podium before. Say i before you tweet. We all saw it. Just do it. Are we going to hear about this on tuesday night when we get to the next democratic debates . What was joe biden remember, Kamala Harris made race front and center if an uncomfortable way for joe biden. Well hear what joe biden has to say. We have michigan voters who are slamming the front rupper out there. Take a listen to this. Joe biden, in my opinion, is Hillary Clinton 2. 0. Hes just about the worst thing that the democrats could do. Some havent forgiven biden about his recent comments. I did not buy his explanation and i do not feel that he gave a authentic apology. You have a problem with biden and his support of the crime bill. It eradicated my community. Clearly indictments that have been made of him by his opponents are sticking to voters. I hope joe biden studied. I said listen, i dont know why he showed up and it seemed like he hadnt been prepared on the issue of civil rights. His record is shaky to some. Hopefully hes able to answer. I dont think that Kamala Harris is going to back down when she saw that was an issue to help her get momentum from people in the polls in the country. Biden has to move it forward to attack trump and not having no answers for the past. Hes going to have to. But its go time for the lesser known candidates, the onepercenters out there. How about the zeropercenters. Bill deblasio. It turns out even his own staff thinks that his president ial bid is basically a joke. Heres a quote from an article that came out from the New York Post. I think he knows that he cant win. Its just a lot of eye rolling. Hes doing it because he has a big ego and needs to prove something and i dont think hes going to quietly go away and become a an adjunct professor. You know when you have a bad day when youre a di kid and yor mom said, youre still number one in my book. Imagine his mom saying, you should just step out. I talked to democrats and republicans and everybody has had enough of him, particularly when he was out of new york city during the blackout. Talk to the nypd officers here. Every time theres a major issue that happens in new york that needs to be addressed by him, hes somewhere else doing something else. Weve got a lot this morning. Pour a cup of coffee. Tell us what you think about fox friends, baltimore or deblah mo. Mexico, a new push to create jobs in honduras. Retired i. C. E. Director tom homan weighs in next. Thats coming up. Whos dog is this . Its my special friend, antonio. 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There were two mueller was in front of two hearings, the Judiciary Committee and then the Intelligence Committee run by adam schiff. Did you learn anything new about russian interference . No. I read the report, cover to cover. And the part about russias systemic and sweeping interference, efforts to interfere in our election, hacking into the Democratic National committee, weapon uponnizing information through wikileaks, using our social Media Networking to mount influence operations all with a kremlin return address because putin no knew that was the besty to soil our democracy, there was nothing new to me expect obviously the partisanship that were seeing. They love the see it bleed over into health care reform, Immigration Reform and other things as well. Chairman nadler of the Judiciary Committee now subpoenaed grand jury testimony from mueller because presumably mueller didnt provide the answers that the chairman wanted. The president tweeting about that saying, quote, we gave nadler and his trump hating dems a complete Mueller Report, we dont have to, and mueller himself, now both were a total bust and they say it wasnt good enough. Nothing will be good enough for them. Do you think the move to subpoena grand jury testimony is a bridge too far . Whats interesting to me when i read the report is how little was redacted. The russians used the Internet Research agency to run the social Media Network intrusions in our country. No much was done that was meant to be discovered. Im not sure any more information is going to help much. Lrt. All right, dan. Thanks very much. Have a good sunday. As 2020 dems gear up for round two of debates this week, will faith play a role in the spich to voters . Jonathon morris, his take on whether theyre doing enough to address voters religious beliefs. Well tell you coming up. Here, it all starts with a simple. Hello hi how can i help . A data plan for everyone. Everyone . 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As 2020 democrats prepare to take the debate stage this week, will faith be a part of the discussion and could they be underestimating how much voters value their faith. Here toway in jonathan morris. What do you think . It drives me crazy when politicians use religion to make political points. Ive seen them on issues at the border and immigration. Do you think this is going to continue to play a role, not only religion but peoples faith to try to appeal to the evangelical voters . Its a little bit like when you speak spanish and you try to speak spanner. If youve seen cor cory booker,o else did it. A couple of others. Beto orourke. Exactly. If you dont speak spanish, dont speak spanish. I would say the same thing. If faith is not a big part of your life, if religion is not a big part of your life, dont fake it because people know it. So just dont do it. On the other hand every one of these issues you mentioned immigration, how about health care. So many of the big issues right now during this president ial election have moral element to it, ethical elements to it. And you have to come up with deep reasoning. You cant just say my faith tells me that youre wrong. No. You have to give explanations. Republicans and the democrats. We have a montage of the candidate stumbling. Speaking spanish . I would love to see it. Take a listen. Im walking the way of religious progressives. I stand before you today clear eyed about the fight ahead and what has to be done. With faith in god. In terms of uncertainty i often turn to scripture for inspiration to keep the faith and to stay in the fight. So those are pretty benign examples. But your point is if its authentically of who you are, let people know about it. Its part of how they decide whether to support you. But if you pander as a politician, people are going to see through it. Thats why trump does a great job of getting through all of that stuff saying this is what i believe. Even when he says crazy stuff. People have saying at least he tells us what he thinks, what he believes. Whereas when youre using faith just to tap into an audience, it doesnt work. Im not suggesting thats what theyre doing in these clips that we saw. But if you believe it, show it. But if you dont, dont even talk about it. Whats interesting is what does the electric know. I think a lot. What americans know about religion. This is a general perspective. 80 know the christian tradition. What is easter. 60 know the meaning of ramadan. Think about immigration, for