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Nice. Reporter new york. Thank you so much for joining us again tonight. Up next is ac 360. John berman in for Anderson Cooper tonight. The president says hes an Excellent Guy, so why did he just give him a shove out the door . Was it something he said . John berman here in for anderson. Those are the two questions tonight about departing white House Counsel don mcgahn. Mr. Mcgahn found out he was departing the same way secretary of state Rex Tillerson did, by reading the president s twitter feed. That tweet says white House Counsel don mcgahn will be leaving his position in the fall, shortly ...

The president out over something that is just completely reprehensible. i don't know how lindsey graham manages to look his african-american constituents in the eye the next time he's down in south carolina. he probably just doesn't care. the way that he responded, it shows that he really didn't think that it was that big of a deal when i hate to say if you are not cognizant of that history. >> you have talked about the danger of donald trump's rhetoric to real danger in this country. >> my first assignment in the fbi was to the state of georgia. i have worked clan rallies, cross burnings and ...

Of the democratic party. if you look at the polls, the generic ballot, who would you vote for for congress can act a democrat or republican connect the democrats today -- it's not working. donald trump will try to demonize people of color. it will be done today, people crossing the border tomorrow. and somebody else between now and election day. most of the public is tired of it. they just don't -- >> harris: i'm going to step in here. you hit the race button pretty early in the hour. i am surprised that you don't say that the president is dinging them on their policies and their ideas. by the...

The republican party. and the only way they can do that was to tap the race button and say go ahead, it's okay. and he did. and they did. and that was the only card they had left to play, and they played it. and they aren't going to go quietly. that's why you look at the cowardice of the 15 or 20 republicans in the senate who are quiet. i'm not talking about bob corker, flake, who's the other one that went out the back door. >> sass. >> that's not courage. that's making sure you have a job somewhere after politics. courage is standing up being a true pay trtriot like we had in 1776. who's the ...

It's race. this is about -- this is about the republican party or a wing of it going this is our last chance to save the party. the only way they can do that is to tap the race button. >> emily: so this is the first year of the american icon awards. the focus of it per the creator is to recognize and honor people that have made significant leadership contributions that make positive impact on society and inspire others. >> greg: why wasn't i there? >> emily: next time. so given that, would you say that it's selfish and kind of short-sighted and detracts from that message for robert de niro and...