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Adams called out black lives matter speeng of blm, richard, activists for not protesting deaths from crime. there is major hypocrisy when it comes to blm and what they find abhorrent, if you will. watch this and then i'll have you react. >> how do you get a handle on this crime in the city, mr. mayor? >> by being consistent with our message. where are all those who stated black lives matter? if black lives matter, then the thousands of people i saw on the street when floyd was murdered should be on the street right now. they can't be hypocrites. >> julie: three minutes left and i want you both...

Welcome back. you're watching msnbc. lawyers for president trump say he should not agree to sit down with special counsel robert mueller. that is according to "the new york times," saying, quote, lawyers are concerned that the president, who has a history of making false statements and contradicting himself, could be charged with lying to investigators. can you believe that's what's being said about our president? this comes in the midst of mueller's ongoing investigation of russia's interference in a 2016 presidential election. let's break this down. i want to bring my panel in. a political r...

Matt first. college faced criticism over performing. president yet to make final decision. what should they do? >> if i was president would say you go. reminds me of jimmy carter boycotting olympics and russia. ultimately a mistake for the kids and in this case the musicians and in that case the athletes. i don't view performing at inauguration as endorsement of a politician, it's a celebration of the peaceful transfer of power. it's incredible opportunity to be part of something really big and would be a mistake to not let these kids go. >> simone, you say historically black college founded b...

Have you been working 18 hours today? >> when it's you calling, it's easy. >> that's very kind. i'll go to matt first. top stories of the year. what does -- what did "time" determine to be the top story of the year? >> we had a presidential election. >> did that happen? >> yes. i think the general, the rise of pop you lymph in the united states, but all over the world, really, sort of shook a lot of people up and will be a story that's definitely going to continue into 2017. >> yeah, absolutely. and joan, that is something that i think americans, we're very compartmentalized in our own country...

>> right. sneers the -- >> no we'll go to matt first. >> this is great. look i think that what donald trump is talking about which is objectively true. there are people who have handled classified information -- >> how is that -- >> look when i answer could i please answer without interrupting because robert goes answer. leapt me answer and then you can ask another question. other people in this country have hand classified information in a reckless manner in which hillary clinton has handled reckless information and they are in the jail. members of the military are in jail. no question there'...