Good morning. Im al sharpton. Thats how donald trump has been speaking about minority groups over the past 14 months. But this weekend something new. After being criticized about talking about blacks to largely white audiences, he made his first visit to an africanamerican church in detroit. I will always support your church always and defend your right to worship. So important. I am here today to listen to your message. I just want to let you know that i am here to listen to you. Trump was obviously outside of his comfort zone but he was respectful and was treated respectfully reading from his prepared notes, trump tried to address topics of concern to africanamerican voters. I believe we need a civil rights agenda for our time. One that ensures the rights to a great education. So important. The right to live in safety and in peace and to have a really, really great job, a good paying job and one that you love to go to every morning. And that can happen. I fully understand that the Africanamerican Community has suffered from discrimination and that there are many wrongs that must still be made right. They will be made right. I want to make america prosperous for everyone. I want to make this city the economic envy of the world. We can do that. We can do that again. Its good that trump came and said he needs to do more than talk the talk. He has to walk the walk. Thats what voters want. Photoops arent enough. And we havent seen specifics on much of anything. Will his policies help or hurt africanamericans . Protesters outside the church were clear on what they thought. Well have more on the politics in a moment. But first, lets bring in the pastor who hosted donald trump and interviewed him this weekend. Bishop wayne t. Jackson, Senior Pastor of the great Faith Ministries and cofounder of the Impact Network. Bishop, thank you for being here this morning. What kind of reception did donald trump get from your congregation because he seemed a little uncomfortable. What was the reaction . He wasnt uncomfortable. When he came in as he said, he didnt know what to expect because its been a lot of hospital hostility concerning his candidacy in the Africanamerican Community. There were a lot of protesters out there protesting his appearance at the church, but he came in and did the interview. I did the interview with him. Thats how it started. The interview was supposed to be and was with Impact Network and he wanted to sit down and speak to africanamericans. We know that hes been speaking basically to white audience about us. So he was trying to find a place that he felt he would be treated fair and he came in and did an interview and he came into service and you know, reverend al, africanamericans know how to have church. He got involved and felt comfortable there and my people received him because i teach love. I dont teach hate. I believe god is love. We may not agree but dont hate on each other. Your hate is worse than my hate and my hate is worse than your hate. In the interview, did he give any specific policies . He said he wants to see blacks prosper more. He said he wants to deal with discrimination. Did he say how he was going to propose that be done in a specific way and did he say that he had done these things in the past because i have known trump 35 years in new york, good and bad, you know i led marches on him and been to events that he was more civil and we would talk in a way that was not as confrontational. But i dont know that hes ever been to a black church before. Ive never seen him work with black business or black organizations in terms of social justice issues. Did he get specific in the interview . You know, not being able to give all of the specifics of the interview, let me just start by saying this. Im not a journalist. I dont claim to be a journalist. I wanted to sit down with him to talk about key issues that i have concerns with and a lot of africanamericans have concern with and that is shooting of unarmed black males. You have one side of the law that favors the white person who was charged and another one thats on the other side of africanamericans and we can see clearly that we have seen africanamericans shot in the back, running, pursuing a police officer. These are things thats concerning me as a father of nine children, grandfather of 19 grandchildren. You know, when you look at what just happened the other day, a young white boy gets out of jail. He gets six months for raping a girl unconscious girl and he didnt even do six months. I came from the streets. I understand law and all of that other stuff. Its what frustrates people when you see he gets out of jail after doing three months. Didnt even do six months. Six months, you know did trump address any of this . Did he say what he would do to deal with this inequality in your interview . The point of it was this. I was able they afforded me 30 minutes. I tried to get as much as i can his staff tried to stop the interview because we went over time and one thing i give him this much credit. He told them, wait a minute, let me get some more answers for bishop because his whole staff was moving him from one place to the other place. We did talk about things. We dont get into specific policy. Did he say he was going to continue talking to you or other blacks or people that are involved where they would get down to specifics . Exactly. Im a preacher. Im not a politician as i said. I asked him if he would talk to you. I said these are men that you need to sit down and talk to you. I said would you talk to cornell brooks and naacp and the doctor from the National Newspaper of publisher association. He said he would do that. You can talk to him about that. Youre more schooled than me. I just think that this is a first step. We have to talk. We dont talk then were going to have that distance and we need to sit down and even jesus said, come, let us reason together. We need to reason together because were going to live in this country, were going to sit on top. We do have to reason together but we have to repent. Did he repent of any of the ugly venomous things that hes been saying . You know, i asked him about his christian faith. I asked him what did he feel about being a christian. He began to talk to us about that. Youll see the interview. The interview will come up. I really believe that hes trying to come in and do whats right. Again, i want everybody to understand this. If you go in my office, you will see nothing but democratic politicians on my wall from obama to clinton to gore to you said this is not political. Im glad that you came as head of the church and as head of a network to make that clarification. I thank you for being here with us this morning. And i thank you for sharing with us and well watch what he says to you when the interview airs on impact. Thank you, bishop. I hope you sit down and talk with him, reverend al. Its going to be a different kind of conversation. Well see. Thank you so much, bishop. Youre welcome. Joining me now for more on all of the trump minority outreach is president and ceo of vote latino and also robert, msnbc contributor and former adviser to president bush. Thank you both for being here. Good morning. Do you think trumps visit to a black church was as much about white voters as it was africanamericans because he really didnt give any specifics. He didnt lay out any policies. He didnt address some of the bigoted stuff hes said about the president in terms of the birther stuff and what he said around latinos, women, even a disabled man. Was this trying to appear to white voters that hes not racist without committing anything to minority voters . This is about white voters in the suburbs of detroit. Obviously donald trump wants to win michigan. Youre not going to do it by going into detroit. Hes going to do it by going after white suburban women as i mentioned in the downstate of michigan and also outside of philadelphia and ohio. What you saw yesterday with donald trump was someone that read from a script. He seemed to be overly humble. Speaking only above a whisper. When i heard him speak, he appeared to be softspoken and very kind of, like, this is who i am. This is the new donald trump. He was reading. He wasnt just speaking. He was reading every word including scripture like its the first time he saw it. To your point, whats interesting about him reading that script was he was in fact reading but every now and then he would put in a Donald Trumpism by adding thats a really good point or whatever the case may be. It didnt come across as sincere. I understand why he did it. The africanamerican people that were in that church yesterday and obviously it was very heavily scripted in terms of who got tickets and who didnt get tickets, they were respectful of him. They listened to his points. Putting a positive spin on this, donald trump should give credit for going into detroit and for going into that church yesterday. Kudos for doing that. For your earlier point i heard you ask the question four separate times with the bishop, what about the specificity about anything. He didnt go there. He didnt go there. Maria, let me play something for you why im in so many ways passionate about this. Let me play something for you and get your reaction. So as i prepare to campaign all across the nation and in every community, i will have an opportunity to lay out my plans for economic change, which will be so good for detroit and so good for this community because were going to bring jobs back. I will have a chance [ applause ] thank you. Were taking them back from mexico and everywhere else. Theyre gone. Even when he seems to try to act as though hes reaching out, he still has to take a jab at mexicans. I dont know what jobs he said were taking back from mexico. I dont know blacks working in mexico. I dont know what hes talking about there. It seems like he just had as to take a shot at somebody. Its because what hes trying to do is create a wedge between the Africanamerican Community and the latino community. When he did that hateful speech in arizona, if you noticed, reverend, he kept talking about vouchers. Nobody knew what he was talking about except again when he went to the church he started talking about the idea of School Choice because he knows that education resonates strongly with the Africanamerican Community and he knows that it also reminding people that theyre not where they want to be is because of the neighbor next door that looks brown. Hes creating that wedge issue. Thats why hes so dangerous. His composure yesterday in the africanamerican church was not that dissimilar from when he stood next to the president of mexico being sedated and on behave saying this is the person youre talking to and then the only thing that was missing was for him to go into another nationalist rally right afterwards for americans to realize he doesnt change. Let me ask you this, maria, because im out of time. When you look at the hispanic numbers in the polls, Hillary Clinton is at 65 . Donald trump is at 24 . Can trump really win with numbers like that . He cant. And mitt romney won with 27 and everybody in the Republican Party knows thats why they did that autopsy. Hes just doing everything in the opposite because again trying to win the white vote and trying to create increasingly wedge issues within the Africanamerican Community and thats a danger. What he stands to is actually everything that is against america. If he really cares about the Africanamerican Community he would be talking about issues and talking about people that at the end of the day we talk about healing. Not spewing hate. Not talking about how the reason that theyre in their plight is because of their neighbor next door. Its incredibly dangerous. We are unfortunately out of time. Maria and robert, thank you for being on this morning. Thank you for your time. Thank you. Happy labor day. Ahead, the lead poisoning crisis in indiana with generations of kids at risk. Well talk to a mother whose children have been affected and later, oneonone with sean combs on music, education and whats at stake in 2016. Dont pacify yourself. Revolutionize the game. Make them come for our vote. Using 60,000 points from my chase ink card i bought all the fruit. Veggies. And herbs needed to create a popup pickyourown juice bar in the middle of the city, so now everyone knows. We have some of the freshest juice in town. 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An entire neighborhood built for decades ago on the site of a former lead factory. Children have been poisoned. About 1,100 people have been told to move from their own homes for their safety. Their homes will be demolished, but theyre not getting the support they need to actually find a new place to live. Now residents and investigators are demanding answers. Chantal allens daughter is one of the children in the complex that tested positive for lead. Six times the safe limit. The test was a year ago but she didnt get the results until a few weeks ago. Some residents tell us they cant find apartments with housing vouchers theyve been offered. This woman is now trying to keep her 8monthold off the ground inside and outside. When east chicago said we had no knowledge of the contamination, the documents prove otherwise. Were learning tonight some of the contaminated lead may be inside the homes as well. Now the epa says theyre also finding high lead levels inside. 40 of the 70 units tested so far. Joining me now is a resident of the housing complex. Shes part of the federal housing complaint filed in this crisis. And the lead attorney, director of housing justice. Thank you both for joining me. Thank you. I understand three of your kids have elevated levels of lead in their blood. First, how are they doing . Theyre okay. Its just they are asking more questio questions. Their behavior is starting to change. Youve been ordered out of your home and told that theyre going to demolish your home. Where are you going to go . Thats the same question im asking right now. How do you all expect for us to jump up and leave the place that we call home because the situation that you guys didnt handle properly. Its very devastating. I cry myself to sleep every night trying to figure out what safe place im going to find for my children. Its hard to find a safe place nowadays. Kate what kind of support are the people being given . This is certainly no doing of their own. Theyre being told their homes are going to be demolished. What kind of support have they been given . Unfortunately theyve been given very little support. And what support theyve been given isnt formal. Its not structured. Its not written down so that we know that every resident is entitled to it. We are asking questions to this day who will get security depopd deposi deposits, will they be given help moving . Help to identify new Housing Units for these families and at every point were told well get back to you. Families are moving out because theyre scared and they feel that their children are unsafe to continue to live there. Theyve known about this situation for decades. This is not new information. Why hasnt there been anything put in place to help these citizens and to get some emergency relief for them . Those are the questions that we are asking. Why now . Why wasnt this brought out earlier . Why, most importantly, werent these families directly informed about where they were living and the potential Health Consequences that had for themselves and their children. You know, your governor, the governor of indiana, mike pence, is running for vice president. He visited louisiana after the flood. Has he visited you and any of those in his own state that are facing this lead poison crisis . Have you seen the governor in east chicago and are you aware of him visiting you or any of the others that are situated in this crisis in his own state . No, sir. Kate, have you heard of the governor coming there or dealing with this issue in a forthright manner . Im not aware of governor pences office being involved. I believe state senator Lonnie Randolph has been in contact with his office. I dont know that anyone from his office has come to the site. According to the cdc, lead poisoning in kids can increase their risk for slow growth and development, learning and behavior problems, hearing and speech problems, brain damage. I mean, dont the children affected by this need and deserve longterm help in this matter . They absolutely do. This is a crisis similar to flint. We need to support these families for the longterm. This needs to be a multipart investment in the health and wellbeing of these families. What would you like to see done . Youre a mother. Some of your children already have high levels of lead poisoning. What would you like to see done . What would fairness and justice look like to you in this matter . Right now is to make sure that my kids on every level is okay as far as health, education and a place to lay their head. Right now im not getting any of that. Its like, okay, they dont tell me what you should do for them to bring lead down. Theyre not giving me all of the information that i really need. What i really would like to see is for my kids to continue to be healthy but it will affect them in the long run. I would like for them to be in a neighborhood or something where its livable and safe and right now its not safe at all. They want us to go somewhere but we dont have any other place to go. Shaunte oberry and kate walz, thank you for your time. We hope the very best for you and your family and i promise well stay on this story. Please do. Thank you. Thank you. Coming up, the 2016 fight after labor day from the debates to the ads to the surprises. Also, the politics nation interview with sean combs. Been making dog chow for 36