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are part of a movement. when did it begin? what are its goals? a university of chicago historian takes me down the long road to the el paso massacre. >> also, trump versus xi. america versus china, the trade war heated up this week in a big way. >> they were taking hundreds of millions of dollars a year out of the united states and somebody had to make a stand. >> is it good for america or for anyone? larry summers, the former treasury secretary, weighs in. but first here is my take. president trump has set off what could end up becoming a full-blown trade war. as we go down this path, it is worth keeping something firmly in view. tariffs don't work. i'm not spouting free market theory. i'm simply making a political observation. there have been many efforts in recent decades to help industries in decline in america. i can think of no case where tariffs have worked to reverse
facilities, separating families, deporting people including americans. and it's not only changed the fabric of america but changed how the world is looking at the united states of america. on the front page of the paper there were quotes from this gunman saying i was trying to shoot as many mexicans as i could, and we didn't hear anything from the president of the united states for 48 hours. people here have noticed that and they're talking about it, ali. >> the right to down-play this specifically ideological complex of the el paso massacre is an apparently self-serving effort to absolve this president of moral responsibility for his damaging rhetoric. this too shouldn't wash. the president is guilty in a broad sense of a form of incitement. to stephanie's point this is as clear an opportunity as one gets for republicans to be able to say this isn't america, this is a bridge too far.
apply for asimem when they've reached america and on american soil. and what's happening now is they're going in detention facilities, separating families, deporting people including americans. and it's not only changed the fabric of america but changed how the world is lookinga at th united states of america. on the front page of the paper there were quotes from this gunman saying i was trying to shoot as many mexicans as i could, and we didn't hear anything from the president of the united states for 48 hours. people here have noticed that and they're talking about it, ali. >> the right to down-play this specifically ideological complex of the el paso massacre is an apparently self-serving effort to absolve this president of moral responsibility for his damaging rhetoric. this too shouldn't wash. the president is guilty in a broad sense of a form of incitement. to stephanie's point this is as clear an opportunity as one gets
congresswoman from el paso. the congresswoman whose district includes the site of the massacre this past weekend. it was said by veronica escobar. it was said here on our air on msnbc. in the immediate aftermath of the el paso massacre, on monday night, after the massacre had happened on saturday. i didn't expect congresswoman escobar to say this at all or anything like it, but since she said it on monday night, i have to tell you, i have not been able to get this out of my mind all week long. >> we need the president to accept responsibility, apologize, and take back those words. so that his followers, the people who cling to his every word, who follow his rallies, who get riled up and excited about the bigotry that comes from his speeches at those rallies, they need to hear that the president acknowledges that he was wrong. and that his words were wrong, and that every human being has
this self-proclaimed racist massacre in el paso just this week. you know, if the president of our country were so inclined, because of this anniversary and because of what just happened in el paso this week, this would be kind of the obvious moment -- this would be a propitious time, one might imagine, for the president to finally take back what he said about charlottesville in the immediate wake of that riot and murder. as you no doubt recall, the president described people on the neo-nazi side of those protests in charlottesville two years ago as very fine people. if the president wanted to, this weekend might be a symbolically appropriate time. if it's ever going to happen, this might be the symbolically appropriate time for the president to say, he didn't mean to say that. he takes back what he said about there being very fine people on the neo-nazi side in charlottesville. he could do that. i mean, it's interesting, as we head into this weekend, i have felt this charlottesville anniversary looming more than i do most things. and as that has been approaching, i have been stuck all week on something sort of big-hearted and i think wise that was said by the
that big proud racist white power display in an american city, that anniversary coming this weekend, so closely on the heels of our country's worst-ever terrorist attack targeting latinos and immigrants. this self-proclaimed racist massacre in el paso just this week. you know, if the president of our country were so inclined, because of this anniversary and because of what just happened in el paso this week, this would be kind of the obvious moment -- this would be a propitious time, one might imagine, for the president to finally take back what he said about charlottesville in the immediate wake of that riot and murder. as you no doubt recall, the president described people on the neo-nazi side of those protests in charlottesville two years ago as very fine people. if the president wanted to, this weekend might be a symbolically appropriate time. if it's ever going to happen, this might be the symbolically
>> we need the president to accept responsibility, apologize, and take back those words. so that his followers, the people who cling to his every word, who follow his rallies, who get riled up and excited about the bigotry that comes from his speeches at those rallies, they need to hear that the president acknowledges that he was wrong. and that his words were wrong, and that every human being has value. >> that was congresswoman veronica escobar on monday. the congresswoman from el paso. so soon after the el paso massacre in her district and in her community. and she was answering a question there about why she had say that she didn't think it was appropriate for president trump to come to el paso in the wake of the massacre, given his own words about an invasion at the border. words that were echoed, if not quoted, by the shooter. the way he had talked about
appropriate time for the president to say, he didn't mean to say that. he takes back what he said about there being very fine people on the neo-nazi side in charlottesville. he could do that. i mean, it's interesting, as we head into this weekend, i have felt this charlottesville anniversary looming more than i do most things. and as that has been approaching, i have been stuck all week on something sort of big-hearted and i think wise that was said by the congresswoman from el paso. the congresswoman whose district includes the site of the massacre this past weekend. it was said by veronica escobar. it was said here on our air on msnbc. in the immediate aftermath of the el paso massacre, on monday night, after the massacre had happened on saturday. i didn't expect congresswoman escobar to say this at all or anything like it, but since she said it on monday night, i have to tell you, i have not been able to get this out of my mind all week long.
value. >> that was congresswoman veronica escobar on monday. the congresswoman from el paso. so soon after the el paso massacre in her district and in her community. and she was answering a question there about why she had say that she didn't think it was appropriate for president trump to come to el paso in the wake of the massacre, given his own words about an invasion at the border. words that were echoed, if not quoted, by the shooter. the way he had talked about immigrants. the way he has talked about people from mexico in particular. the way he has talked about border communities, including el paso. she was asked to explain why she thought, given the president's remarks of those kinds, he shouldn't come to el paso after the shooting.
countered among the dead, but we're told two employees were wounded. jim? >> brian todd, thank you. tonight, as we're learning more about the apparent motive in the el paso massacre, president trump is sounding upbeat about the prospects for new legislation to address gun violence. but we've heard talk like that before, only to see him backtrack under pressure by fellow republicans and the nra. we're joined by cnn white house correspondent caitlkaitlan coll. kaitlan, the president spoke at length with reporters before starting his vacation. what did he say? >> reporter: he said he's not calling on congress to cancel their vacation and come back to down, but he says when they do, he does want them to do something. and even though he maintained he does have tremendous support among the republican party for those tougher background checks, that's not something they've ever been able to move on before, and so far, jim, we haven't seen any movement on it now. in a week where 31 people were killed in mass shootings, president trump is claiming tonight that republicans are behind him on background checks.