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from within his own party, is stepping down at the end of his term in 2018. considering stepping down. this after publicly questioning trump's fitness to lead just last month. let's turn to our panel today. rick stangel who was under secretary of state for public affairs. katie packer beason who was the deputy campaign manager for mitt romney. and mark moriale is the presidentth in ceo of the national urban league and a former mayor of new orleans. let me start with you and ask you, tim scott's effort to come and try to educate the president is noble. so i don't want to criticize tim scott, but what does it say about this moment that we find -- >> tim scott was very strong after charlottesville. >> we were together. >> some people were surprised he was so strong and resolute. but if you know tim scott, it's absolutely clear that on that issue, he will not yield.
planned. one thing i'm looking forward to, we're going to honor dick hatcher shall t er hatcher, the mayor of gary. this is the 50th anniversary of the era of african-american mayors in the country. it was in '67 that carl stokes, the late carl stokes and dick hatcher, who remains with us, were elected on that day and ushered in an era where african-american men have served with distinction in big cities and small communities all across the nation. >> now, let me ask you, mark, the urban league has always been n n nonpartisan and had the embrace of all administrations. i remember when you first came in as president of the urban league over a decade ago, even president george bush, who many of us were protesting, came and spoke at the urban league.
convention in stlu. louis is abt the work that the urban league is doing, the discussions we need to have around the future of black america, how we've worked in ferguson to try to help the community turn the corner in a positive way with the new facility that we're doing. we're going to focus on helping people connect to jobs and children going back to school. >> and i'll be joining you there, certainly great work. >> thank you, reverend. >> and as you continue as a strong advocate, if they're not reaching out to you, i don't know what i can say. thank you, mark morial. we'll be right back. last year, he said he was going to dig a hole to china. at&t is working with farmers to improve irrigation techniques. remote moisture sensors use a reliable network to tell them when and where to water. so that farmers like ray can compete in big ways. china. oh ... he got there.
better training about how to use force, including deadly force, and there is no point in having the cameras if the police can turn them off. police not being accountable is the reason why we want body cams in the first place so they ought to be on all the time. >> all right. thank you, michael and paul. >> thank you. >> great to be here. now a developing story. in texas at least eight people have been found dead in the back of an 18-wheeler in san antonio. 30 others were taken to area hospitals. many in critical condition. police say all the victims appear to be undocumented immigrants. stay with msnbc for more updates. up next, what is the state of black america in 2017? we'll ask mark moriale, president of the national urban league.
joe earl we are in year the national urban league released the 41st edition of its annual state of black america report and to crib the report's own language if full equality in 2017 was a pie then black and hispanic americans would only get about three slices and even that is newly threatened in the trump era. it's against this backdrop that the national urban league will host it's 2017 conference in st. louis this week. joining me now is marc morial, president of the national urban league and former mayor of new orleans. marc, looking forward to joining you at the conference and it is where we were just three years ago dealing there with the
ourselves will continue to adapt to new threats, understanding that our basic core principle is to the territorial ambition, it's not aggression towards others, but it is simply to defend prosperity and liberty and the sovereignty of countries as we have done for a very long time now, as we have done together for a very long time. chris jansing. >> thank you, mr. president. as you know, the national guard is now on the streets of baltimore. the latest aftermath if a series of what have been high-profile confrontations between black men and police officers and there seems to be growing frustration among african-american leaders that not enough is being done quickly enough, mark moriale of the urban league says the u.s. is in a state of emergency of tremendous proportions, the president of the naacp legal
law enforcement who is deceased and looks like it didn't have to be that way. >> tom fuentes, should a reserve deputy, a volunteer, if you will be involved in a sting operation of this nature? >> no. i don't think so wolf. and i think that's why probably the department is being so defensive because this is a management decision that they put somebody out there. now, they may have serious budgetary constraints like other law enforcement agencies and want to use reserves but in this actual situation, with a potentially dangerous arrest of a subject selling guns no, i don't think it should be anybody but a full time police officer and i think the fact that the department put that person in the position is why they're defending themselves now? what do you think marc morial. >> one thing interesting he's the sheriff's sugar daddy and is provided free trips and all sorts of eethings to the sheriff and that's the reason why he has this special status as a reserve
south carolina's law enforcement division its agents got to the scene less than an hour after the shooting and referred them to his attorney before that agency could even interview slager the attorney at the time david aylor issued a statement claiming they wrestled for control of slager's stun gun. the law enforcement division interviewed slager the very next day then they charged him with murder and slager's attorney quit the case. he's now got another lawyer who is not commenting on any of this. >> all right, brian, thanks very much. with us now in "the situation room," philip banks, the former chief of department for the new york city police force. also joining us the national urban league president mark moriale and tom quentis. the passenger from walter scott's car says he doesn't know why scott ran out of that vehicle. we've all seen the video by now but he also says scott certainly didn't deserve to die. what's your reaction first of all to the shooting. >> well basically, wolf what i
i'm not sure. >> what do you think, mark? did race play a part in this? >> i'd say this wolf. in the case of this officer, all three people walter scott and the other two incidents even if he were clear, involved the use of force, questions about the use of force and were all african-american men so that suggests a racial dimension but whether race is a factor or not in my view is that it is it was wrong, wrong and wrong no matter who the perpetrator or the victim was in this case. it was a wrong-headed heinous criminal act. >> let me ask tom to talk about him. the ex-police officer now charged with murder. he refused to speak to investigators on the day that of the shooting saying he was being represented by an attorney. was arrested only after being interviewed a few days later