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Good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. day 921 of the trump administration. the president has now attacked the city of baltimore and he begins another week embroiled in a new controversy involving race. after his relentless attacks over this weekend on maryland democratic congressman elijah cummings, a 23-year veteran of the house, son of former sharecroppers, cummings represents a majority black district that includes baltimore and a large scrounge area. he's chairman of the powerful oversight committee that is conducting several investigations into the admin...

They know the truth about the greatness of their city. i'm hopeful that in a few short years we'll have someone in the white house that wants to uplift cities across the country and not berate cities. this is someone who, as i said, let's just -- even if you say that everything that he said about baltimore is true, everyone is working hard to do their best to make baltimore as best as it can be. he's the dealer of the cards. if we have a bum hand, he's the dealer of the cards. he could help us do better. i would tell them not to be dismayed. people don't believe too much from what comes out of...

Cummings. robert costa reports trump was, quote, looking for a reason to attack. they write that reason came early saturday morning after a baltimore-area republican, quote, appeared on "fox and friends" talking about video footage she had seen depicting cummings' district as overrun by trash and blight. they also report trump's broad side against cummings was a topic of discussion during two white house meetings monday morning, one with senior staff, one with a broader group of the communications team. internally there was some agitation and discomfort with the attacks. in the wake of all of ...

It is true, as you know better than most people on the planet today, the crisis they have dealt with from crime to drugs to public education to vacant buildings. however, it is bracing to look up at the television and see the headline that the president attacks baltimore. how has it been on your end on this day? >> the way i was raised, it's not what people call you to, it's what you answer to. so when the president made those remarks about baltimore, i know that not to be true. do we have blight? yes, we do. do we have areas where there's rat infestation? yes, we do. is it the entire city? th...

It a culture of silence. i was at the capitol this afternoon as they came back for votes at the senate. senator romney, senator fisher of nebraska, senator lee of utah, so many republican senators, no comment, please call my office, don't really want to talk about it. didn't want to engage on this issue about congressman cummings. >> mayor, what's your advice? i'm sitting thinking of cleveland, state of ohio, all great towns just like baltimore, maryland. what's your advice to those who may be next up on the hit list? >> i would tell them to speak their truth. they know the truth about the gre...