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Meadows brought a special guest, lynne patton. a trump administration official. as if she were a live prop. trotting her out in an attempt to prove that this president couldn't possibly be a racist. i have a black friend, prop. a black employee. prop. c'mon, y'all. >> laura: c'mon, y'all. >> listen, we can talk about this all night long. there has been a lot of headlines today. i think that the bottom line is this. in congress, what we need to do is seek the truth. the truth is that cohen was given 30-minute opening statement by the democrats. that i don't remember. i have been on the oversigh...

>> no, do not call mr. meadows a racist. >> laura: wow! joining us now is lynne patton who didn't get a chance to respond yesterday but does tonight. lynne, first, great to see you. >> always great to be here. >> laura: how did that moment feel to you? >> well, you know, laura, for me, the only prop in that room as sean hannity just said was michael cohen for the democratic party. i was never there to represent my entire race. i was there to represent one man. one man who has done more for the black community than the last probably three presidents combined. not only has he just created urban ...

In fact, it has to do with your claim of racism. she says that as a daughter of a man born in birmingham, alabama, that there is no way that she would work for an individual who was racist. >> to make a note, mr. chairman, just because someone has a person of color, a black person working for them does not mean they aren't racist. the fact that someone would actually use a prop, a black woman in this chamber, in this committee is alone racist in itself. >> mr. chairman, i ask that her words be taken down -- >> i we -- i reclaim my time -- >> mr. chairman. >> would you like to rephrase that sta...

Wolf. >> arwa damon reporting live from irbil in iraq. be careful over there.viewers, h for watching. i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. "outfront" next, mueller about to make his move. cnn learning he could wrap up the russia investigation as soon as next week. will mueller have a smoking gun? plus, the white house bracing for a shakeup. could the director of national intelligence be out? and breaking news, the "empire" actor who claimed to have been the victim of a racist, homophobic attack, is now officially a suspect. let's go "outfron...

Rushed in for one reason, this looks like the absolutely perfect storm anti-trump story, didn't it? it was a couple of guys, a couple of white guys wearing "make america great again" hats, who had launched a deliberate and savage attack on a gay, black actor, and had done so because they were pro-trump. that was the whole narrative that jussie smollett had told everybody. he's been on national television to reinforce this. he's given a very clear account of this appalling, racist, homophobic attack. the only problem is it looks like -- i hesitate to jump in with complete certainty here, becaus...