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As the naacp begins their annual convention this weekend, president trump will not be there. he declined their invitation. the group responded with this statement. during his campaign, president trump asked, what do you have to lose? well, this is the second time president trump has refused an offer to speak at our annual convention. we get the message loud and clear. now that we're six months into his presidency, what concrete progress has been made to reach out to minority communities? joining us to discuss, bruce lavel lavelle, executive director of the national diversity coalition for trum...

Version of islam. >> well, it's a goal to confront radicalism but not primarily islam but radical islam is evil and should be confronted here and elsewhere. >> reporter: what we're hearing from people very much seems to be on message with the government, prepare to put aside what they hefrd in the past, give him a clean sheet, opportunity to start over here. >> striking that through all of that campaign rhetoric, he has chosen saudi arabia for his first international trip, first visit, and they're quite honored that he has. if you have been covering what goes on for so many years through the o...

That's unfompbt. whenever you have a summit, you like to see concrete progress. we would have hoped president would have been able to convince the chinese for it's in their interest for them to put more pressure on north korea. >> with you encouraged or discouraged or is there any reaction to what seems to be a minor shake-up at the nsc now that mike flynn is out, general mcmaster is exert is his authority and k.t. mcfarland will be nominated for ambassador to singapore. >> we feel more comfortable steve bannon if he was out completely not just off the national security council. that was welco...

Just establishing relationship with president trump will not be enough. in order to improve relations there have to be some real changes. and that could be in syria, more cooperation. it could be pulling russian troops out of eastern ukraine where there's a simmering conflict. or it could be something else, for example, there's a nuclear arms treaty, the inf treaty, which russia is apparently violating. so some kind of concrete progress has to be made in order to have a better relationship. >> but see i just want to go back to that notion because i know that putin does yearn to be very respect...

Just over a week from today iran will start getting rid of its uranium stockpile. that's according to the white house that says iran will dismantle infrastructure that makes high-level enrichment possible. it's part of a deal that was first announced in november. in exchange some sanctions against iran will be eased. president obama calls it a big deal saying, quote, with today's agreement we have made concrete progress. i welcome this important step forward. we will now focus on the critical work of pursuing a comprehensive resolution that addresses our concerns over iran's nuclear program, e...