after the president described cummings' district as a disgusting rat and rodent-infested city now, cummings blast week blasted the security head in a hearing, something that apparently caught the president's attention. >> what does that mean what does that mean when a child is sitting in their own feces? can't take a shower. come on, man >> reporter: cummings tweeting, it is my constitutional duty to conduct oversight of the executive branch, but it is my moral duty to fight for my constituents. >> the president here has some beefs with congressman cummings i understand that. i don't think that's the way to fix them. >> he engages in what's known as racial priming basically, using this language and taking actions to try to get people to move into their camps by racial and ethnic identity.>l newspaper in a scathing editorial blasting the president, writing, quote, better to have some vermin living in your neighborhood than to be one. president trump is digging in, tweeting, there's nothing racist in stating plainly what most people already know. elijah cummings has done a terrible job for th

today the president without offering any evidence accused cummings and the city of squandering, even stealing billions in federal funding. >> the most unsafe city in the country, in our countryis baltimore. it's received as much money -- it receives top of the line, billis of dollars. somebody said $15 billion over a short period of time. the if you look at what i've done for african-americans, it's more than almost all presidents. >> now, the baltimore sun lked to the president's claims that you just heard there about $15 billion being squandered or stolen, and they say that's going back a decade. the city has receivedne nowhere that kind of money. they just count asked over $2 billion, and "the sun" also say2 sin05 the city's inspector general's office has looked into nearly 1,300 allegations of fraud or waste and they reported recovering less than $10 million so the accusations and the charges just don't seem to add up. jim, back to you. >> some fact-checking there. leon harris, leon thank you. well, the second democratic presidential debate is just hours away. d this time it'setr

he's very willing to work with baltimore including elijah cummings. >> reporter: he talked about chi and tokyo and compared baltimore to a cancer patient. >> you can put a nice suit on it and try to ignore it, but that cancer is going to have a devastating effect. >> reporter: dr. carson who spent more than 30 years practicing in baltimore was called out publicly by many city leaders includi brandon scott. >> dr. carson to compare a city to a cancer patient is utterly disrespectful, but sinc we're using that analogy, what we nee fromthe federal government and his administration is not try t ma feel better. we want to cure the disease. >>> tempers flare, fists fly. the massive brawl on t baseball diamond. >> reporter: i'm adam tusk. how do we fix i-95. i present the dily grind. i'm going to show you some new numbers on just how bad it gets coming up jo and we've got an alert for those of you who watch over an antenna. starting thursday afternoon, you'll have to rescan your n televisio in order to continue to watch us.is thsn't for viewers who have cable of satellite tv. it's just forh

unified with the two chairmen of the two most powerful committees, adds am schiff, jer nadler and elijah cummings. there were talks maybe there to be turf wars, infighting and lack of unified strategy and they have made a very, very concerted effort to present a unified front. if they don't look like they have a unified front that makes it much, much easier for supporters of the president to say what the heck is going on here, what are you doing? if you don't have the support of your speaker and your going to try to get impeachment out of committee and onto the floor, good luck. >> congresswoman jackie speier, this is what she said about the timeline for impeachment. >> if we don't take action come september 1st, then we should just shut it down because we're not going to be able to do anything at all. i feel strongly that we should, but i think we're running out of time. >> speaker pelosi, karoun, said she's not trying to run out the clock. make no mistake she's not moving towards impeachment. there is a clock and it is ticking very loudly. >> there is a clock, exactly. you get into 2020 and too

laura: as the democrats get ready to squareid off, prt trump is still attacking congressman elijah cummings. his recent comments has raised controversy, and today his appearance in jamestown, virginia, to mark the anniversary of ameri democracy was met by protest. many black lawmakers boycotted the event, and mr. trump was heckled. from jamestown, the bbc's chris buckler reports. chris: jamestown is regarded as a place where the foundations were laid for what would become america. the first legislative assembly met here 400 yea ago in what what was then the colony virginia. pres. trump: right here in virginia your predecessors -- >> you can send us back! -- can't send us back! rgia is our home! chris: yet four centuries on, an invitation to the current head of government led to protests. he said, "you cannot send us back," a reference to recent comments by president trump that led some to refuse iions to this event. in the posts on twitter, he told several black and ethnic minority members of congress that they should return to the crime-infested places they came from. >> it angered me, bec

'tacked the congresswomen, he's attacking elijah cummings. who else is he going to attack? >> last week cummings called the president a racist for telling four non-white democratic lawmakers to go back to their home countries. three of them were born here, all are u.s. citizens. >>> we have much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, we'll take you live to washington, d.c., for our weekly interview with chuck todd, moderator of "meet the press," plus a perfect day to go to the beach but if you live in tiburon, think twice, all because of something in the water. we'll explain, next. >>> welcome back. it's sunday. it's time for "meet the press" preview. our political analyst dr. larry gerston joins us and so does chuck todd, nbc news political director and moderator of "meet the press." hey, chuck, how are you doing? >> happy sunday, chris and larry. >> happy. the mueller report, has anything changed? >> well, i think you have democrats still with the same dilemma and i think you have in the house of representatives you see they're almost now evenly divided between thos

bet will come up in the debate tonight, president trump'sac attks on democratic congressman elijah cummings and on the city of ltimore. overnight, the president escalated that with a new series of tweets. nbc's chief white house correspondent hallie jackson has more for us. good morning. >>hey, willie. good morning to you. listen, some allies of the president are hesitant about h relentless attacks on prominent african-american democrats, but that is not stopping president trump, who is again goingfter congressman elijah cummings, tweeting overnight that cummings, who heads the oversight co should investigate himself over why baltimore struggles like poverty and crime. another target of his attacks, the reverendl sharpton, is firing back, accusing the president of trying to sell racist behavior. >> new fallout as president trump draws defenders to the white house, after publicly t describing city of baltimore as infested by rats. language derided by his opponents as racist. >>o you believe today was an attempted damage control by president trump? >> no, i don't. >> we have a president who w

at least chairman cummings says that they failed to comply, handing them over in a timely manner. and a contempt vote. they push back as did republicans, we are also providing you with these documents. for that reason, they move forward with the contempt vote. they may push back on that as well as republicans on the panel saying that they are providing these documents, it's taking us a little longer because we are trying to figure out what we were able to hand over to you, cummings pushed back on that saying, we've given you months, a lot of the documents you've given us have not been in line with the subpoenas. frankly, they've been heavily redacted or publicly available so we will take the next step for holding you in contempt, the white house said they were asserting the executive privilege over these documents which means that the lawmakers would be able to proceed that time. they were thrilled about it. they spoke out forcefully against the white house executive action but said that they would move forward with the contempt vote regardless. >> this is the the documents the wh

this time he's taking aim and congressman elijah cummings of baltimore. the president tweeted that cummings district is quote far worse and more dangerous than the u s mexico border. >>the president went on to say that baltimore is a quote disgusting rat and rodent infested mess. those tweets came after congressman coming slammed the acting homeland security secretary over conditions at the border at a hearing earlier this month. since the tweets were sent the hash tag we are baltimore became the number one trending topic on twitter as people came to the defense of comings and the city. >>i guess everybody to 7 just above the assault, including me we're not going to ignore anyone. the grating moments in and as the victim he said know what. >>speaker of the house and bay area congresswoman nancy pelosi responded to the president's comments tweeting quote rep com means as a champion in congress and the country for civil rights and economic justice. a beloved leader in baltimore and deeply valued colleague. we all reject racist attacks against him and suppor

chairman elijah cummings has invited him to testify on july 23rd. >>> a man is in custody in london for breaking into buckingham palace. police say the 22-year-old climbed over the palace's front gates at 2:00 a.m. yesterday morning. queen elizabeth was there at the time. the intruder was not carrying a weapon and authorities say the incident is not being treated as terrorism. >>> new york city loves winners and loves parties. >> the two came together as the big apple celebrated the world champion u.s. women's soccer team. thousands of people lined the streets along manhattan's canyon of heroes, cheering from the ground and tossing tons of confetti from the air. the route ended at new york city hall where co-captain megan rapinoe wowed the crowd even more during the team's introduction. she said the back-to-back champs are all about diversity. >> we have pink hair and purple hair. we have tattoos and dread locks. we got white girls and black girls. and everything in between. straight girls and gay girls. hey! >> hey, now. >> yep. rapinoe's social message also called on everyone to love

not only to cummings,ut to that entire city that he represents. > tracie potts, live for us on capitol hill this morning, thank you. >>> in the hours after president trump's tweet about congressman cummings anltimore, "the baltimore sun" editorial wrote, quote. >>> a judge today will hear arguments on a lawsuit filed by president trump hopes to block a house committee from h seeing new york state tax returns. the lawsuit was filed in d.c. last week. the president's attorney calls the request to see the tax returns presidential harassment. in response the committee filed its own lawsuit against theea trry department and the irs, both who have refused to turn over the >>> another member of the trump administration is stepping down. dan coats, the director of nati al intelligencep intelligence chief in the country, is resigning. the president is already working to replace him. jummy olabanji joins us wit more. >> more than two and a half year, dan coats overseen 17 different intelligence encies during the time he found himself at odd with the president on north korea and russia. coats dou

el distrito de cummings es un Área infectada de roedores. >>> donde solo las ratas pueden vivir, esta es una ciudad limpia y no sÉ en que se basa el presidente para tratar de a la ciudad de baltimore de esa manera. >>> santos conoce bien la ciudad y considera que el presidente exagera, especialmente cuando escribiÓ que ningÚn ser humano quisiera vivir aquÍ. >>> estÁ equivocado, llevo 15 aÑos viviendo en este estado. hay lugares un poco feos, no lo voy a mentir, pero no todo es como Él lo piensa. >>> el congresista reprochÓ duramente las condiciones en los centros de detenciÓn, al secretario interino de seguridad nacional. >>> mÁs aÚn, el comitÉ que preside cummings ha iniciado una serie de investigaciÓn. desde que los demÓcratas tomaron el control de la cÁmara de representantes y el congresista respondiÓ a trump. seÑor presidente, voy a mi distrito diariamente, cada maÑana me levanto y voy y lucho por mis vecinos. en las redes se han subido videos que destacan el lado negativo de baltimore. el mandatario sigue publicando en lo que ha sido su tema nÚmero 1 del fin de

he is just relentlessly attacking congressman elijah cummings. over the weekend the president said that cummings' majority black district around baltimore, maryland, is, quote, a disgusting rat and rodent infested mess where he says no human being would want to live. cummings, of course, is the chairman of the house oversight committee investigating the president and it was just days ago that cummings ripped into the president's acting homeland security secretary for conditions along the border. look, it is clear that the president thinks these kinds of racial attacks are good politics for republicans and now the president, we are seeing him trying to take things even a step further. he is trying to turn the table insisting he is not being racist, he says the democrats are. cecelia snflt? >> trying to flip the script there. mary, thank you. michael? >>> this morning, we are celebrating a disney legend, the woman behind this iconic voice. >> oh, mickey, i have a gift for you. >> a gift for me? >> russy taylor the voice of minnie mouse for three de

cummings responded saying it is my moral duty to fight for my constituents. this morning, the fight continues. president trump tweeting, 25 years of all talk, no action. so tired of listening to the same old bull. democrats are now accusing the president of another racist remark. >> he has a particular venom for blacks and people of color. he doesn't refer to any of his other opponents or critics as infested. >> reporter: 2020 to my credit presidential candidates are claiming the president is making racial tensions worse. >> donald trump, once again, is a racist who makes evermore outrageous, racist remarks. >> this was just a terrible attack on him and his district. >> that is a disgrace and why we are going to defeat this president. >> acting white house chief of staff defended the president's remarks. >> i think his right ear is that, it has nothing to do with race. >> president trump saying today, presidential candidate bernie sanders should also be labeled a racist for comparing altimari to a third world country in 2015. sanders says the president is sim

cummings was unavailable and neither side has made moves towards any future meeting. carson touted the administrations opportunity zones. there are 149 in maryland alone, like here at holland's house. his claim, new housing for low income residents pay a third of their income to live while developers get tax breaks that grow over time. one landlord in baltimore is jared kushner. two of the properties owned by his family's companies just outside cummings district have been cited by the city repeatedly for violations ranging from leaky windows to rodent infestation. the battle over baltimore made for some pointed jabs at last night's democratic debate. speak a little kid literally woke up this weekend, turned on the tv and saw their president calling their city, the town of baltimore nothing more than a home for rats. >> but no democratic debate are noted it's their party that dominates the power structures in most blighted big u.s. cities, resulting, carson says, in a max exodus. >> that's why they left, because there was so much regulation. because the tax structure w

do you think that lines up with elijah cummings? do you both want the same thing? >> well, we want the people to do well. there's no question about that. but we may come from different philosophical sense. as far as i'm concerned, real compassion is not so much patting people on the head and saying they're there, your poor little thing, i'm going to take care of you, give you free this, that, and the other. what real compassion is providing them the opportunity to climb that ladder to self-sufficiency. >> bill: you've talked about leadership and the president alluded to this also. the former governor was with me earlier and he characterized the efforts that he tried to lead when he was governor in the following way. >> we came in and we tried to reform through the worst performing public schools in that city. >> why could you not make a difference? >> they passed a bill in the legislature. they beat us, they were satisfied their dysfunctional public schools. they even had a press conference to brag about beating the republican governor. without a lack of political

cummings responded it is my moral duty to cite for my constituents. the supreme court has ruled president trump may use funds for the border wall. >> now back to "lock up." due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. ♪ >> cramer. rodriguez. >> you hear those whistles and officers yelling, you know it is not a false alarm. an alarm sounds of another fistfight breaks out on the tier. heard a whistle. it is just a fistfight. >> y'all have to get out of the way. proceeded to take them down and swipe them for injuries. >> one of our newest arrivals investigation. >> in what is becoming the protocol for these incidents, both victims are moved. >> got an altercation with both inmates. >> he soccer punched me in the back. >> there is not supposed to be any gangs in prison. >> they overlooked, i guess. >> you will be removed next door. that's what you will be doing at the time. i am going to get you an orientati orientation packet. the segregation population is anything but welcoming. >> palms over. there you go. be a man and respect yourself

cummings chairs the house oversight committee. now after then kand day-to-day tru -- candidate trump pledged on the campaign trail to help lift up urban neighborhoods. >> what the hell do you have to lose? >> reporter: the former republican national committee chair is pushing the president to make good on that promise. >> the streets are ready for you. the neighborhoods are ready for you. folks want to talk to you, so just show up. put the tweet down, brother, and show up. >> also today president trump said that people from baltimore were phoning him to say thank you, although would not name names on that. he said he believed that many african-american members of the city of baltimore are appreciative of what he's doing and that he would get involved with the city if asked. willie, savannah. >> it might be difficult now. hallie jackson, thanks. >>> we're learning new details about the case against two american teenagers jailed in rome for allegedly killing an italian police officer. this is the family of one of the suspects arrive

and did last time and will be doing this time, as it relates to the bat more tweets and the elijah cummings attacks. the chair woman of the rnc was on cnn this morning and she said this and i want you to listen to this. >> the president is saying let's look at the policies i put forward, lowest unemployment for the african-american history has hit during my term as president. criminal justice reform. wages are up. poverty has decreased in the african-american community. why aren't we talking about the good policies that this president is putting forward? president trump has been a champion for the african-american community and that story is not being told. >> what do you say to that? >> the story is not being told because donald trump is tweeting every second that he gets in order to divide our country. a recent pool came out talking about how the majority of voters in michigan do not believe that his tweets were appropriate. i think you hear from trump voters right now and they want the tweeting to stop and they want to know what are you doing for me. how are you looking to make my life b

and both men were emotional, almost teary when elijah cummings stuck up for him. yesterday, mark meadows had the opportunity to return the favor, to stick up for the man who was his dear friend, he would have us believe, and he said this statement via rick santorum on our air, and i'll just read it, here's what mark meadows said. no one works harder for his district that elijah. no, elijah is not a racist. i am friends with both men, president trump and chairman cummings. i know them both well. he offered to go to baltimore with president trump to see what they could do to remediate some of the problems that they have there. that's just a different tone than what elijah cummings took. >> it speaks volumes about a couple of things, one, the difference between democrats and republicans right now, one, about the president's judgment. he just doesn't understand what well loved and iconic figures people like elijah cummings and john lewis are and their history. he'll take on any one at any time and it speaks volumes about the republican party. it's a pretty simple equa

overnight the president tweeted, quote, so sad that elijah cummings has been able to do so little for the people of baltimore. statistically, baltimore ranks last in almost every major category. cummings has doing nothing but milk baltimore dry but the public is etting wise to the bad job that he is doing, end quote. this comes after i described cummings' west baltimore mstrict as a disgusting rat and rodent-infestedess. the president was apparently reacting to the grilling that cummings gave last week to acting homeland security secretary kevin mcaleenan over conditions at detention facilities along the border. >> doing our level best -- >> what does that mean? what does that mean when a child issi tting their owns? fece can't take a shower. come on, man. >> cummings responded to the president's attacks by saying it is his constitutional duty to conduct oversight of the executive branch. baltimore city leaders meantime and the governor of governor came to cummin' defense as well. all of these comments along with much more will be a topic on this week's special councili hearng on "mee

elijah cummings is in charge of it. he should park them in baltimore and find out what happened to the $15 billion. >> keep in mind that while baltimore is at the center of this feud it's not the cause, the cause is elijah cummings and his position as chairman of the oversight committee continuing to investigate the president and his family. an episode on july 18th in which he upgraded the secretary for what he said were conditions at the border which are in dispute. that made news the day it happened july 18th, but didn't register in the oval office until the president saw a replay of that videotape on saturday mornings ox end. listen here. >> elijah cummings -- a horrible thing the way he spoke to homeland security. these people are working hard. they are getting no support from the democrats. the democrats refused to fix the loophole. he refused to fix the asylum. those two things would make it 95% easier. >> number democrats today tend to the jamestown speech today and he thanked them for coming and said it was a lo

elijah cummings, chairf the powerful oversight committee. after critics slammed the president for what they called racist tweets describingcu ings' district as a disgusting rat a infested mess, the president is now to flip the skrift, accusing cummings of being racist. the congressm has workedo subpoena top trump administra officials and last week blasted the acting homeland security head in a hearin something that apparently caught the president's attention. >> what does that mean? what does that mean when a child is sitting in their own feces? can'take a shower? come on, man. >> cummings now tweeting, it is my constitutional to chnduct oversight of the executive bran, but it is my moral duty to fight for my constituen. >> the president here has some beefs with congressman cummings. i understand that, but i don't think that's the way to fix he as racial priming. basically using this langage and taking actions to try to get m people toove into their camps by racial and ethnic identity. >> ltimore's localewspaper in a scathing editorial blast

the cummings district is a disgusting rat and rodent infested place. if he spent more time in baltimore maybe he could clean it up. we know what he is doing, he does not like what oversight committee is doing. he is creating theltimate distraction for the entire political community which is race. >> yes, this the tern rain that he is that he is on. despite the fact that people give him credit for what he is ing on the economy. the governor made this int. where do you want to fight? for democrats that is health care, that is where they want to be fighting, the president doesn't want togh fihere because they will make unforced errors. it is too far to the left. >> the stoking of resentment. that is not what it isabout. he has a fact pattern that does not support that very well i think he left a lot of people out on a limb given what he did today. is there a point that this becomes areaking point inside the republican party? >> i think what you have to understand about republicans is that for a lot of them, or defending gege w. bush and paul ryan from cha

elijah cummings, chairman of the house oversight committee. trump tweeted more than a dozen times about cummings over the weekend including this two-parter. rep elijah cummings has been a brutal bully shouting and screaming at the great men and women of border patrol about conditions at the southern border when actually his baltimore district is far worse and more dangerous. his district is considered the worst in the usa. cummings district is a disgusting rat and rodent infested mess. if he speblt more time in baltimore maybe he could help clean up this very dangerous and filthy place. i assume he's talking about the white house, right? [ laughter ] what a thing to say about a city in america. the man who tells us love it or leave it has now attacked more cities than godzilla. [ laughter ] and trump of course says there's nothing racist about his tweet. he says the real racist is elijah cummings. that's how it goes. whenever you call him, he calls you back. racist? you're a racist. i you colleuded. this must be fun for his doctors. i'm obese?

the cummings district is a disgusting rat and rodent infested place. if he spent more time in baltimore maybe he could clean it up. we know what he is doing, he does not like what oversight committee is doing. he is creating the ultimate distraction for the entire political community which is race. >> yes, this the tern rain that he is that he is on. despite the fact that people give him credit for what he is doing on the economy. the governor made this point. where do you want to fight? for democrats that is health care, that is where they want to be fighting, the president doesn't want to fight here because they will make unforced errors. it is too far to the left. >> the stoking of resentment. that is not what it is about. he has a fact pattern that does not support that very well. i think he left a lot of people out on a limb given what he did today. is there a point that this becomes a breaking point inside the republican party? >> i think what you have to understand about republicans is that for a lot of them, defending george w. bush and paul ry

cummings is right, there are people fearful in this country. there's a fear factor that i've not experienced to the extent that i'm seeing it now. people are concerned of their safety as a result of the way the president is treating a member of congress. >> all right. texas congressman al green, thank you vefor being with us. >> thank you, reverend. >>> as trump continues to wage war against democratic congresswomen of color, he's putting many republican minorities between a rock and a hard place. coming up, we'll talk about the plight with former senior trump aide omarosa manigault-newman. >>> plus amid this racially charged crisis, my thoughts on the president's motivations to help spring asap rocky, a black rapper, from jail in sweden. you're watching "politicsnation." ♪ sick and tired of running circles ♪ for miles and miles. ♪ being lost ain't never really been my style. ♪ but i told ya... yo, jer! we gotta get to the show. ♪ i was looking for a sign. get on the bus. ♪ i need something to believe in. ♪ throw my hands up to th

cummings, who is african american and represents parts of baltimore, a majority black city, chairs the house oversight committee and has been one of pe harshest voices against the president's bordicies and previous racist comments. one of the president's tweets used the word "infested," a word he has often used in previous critiques, usually aimed atop of color. yesterday's proclamations were deemed racist by citizens ofe baltimd beyond. today "the baltimore sun" newspaper's editial board said, "mr. trump sees attacking african american membersgof congress a politics, as it both warms the cockles of the e white supremacists who lm and causes so many of the thoughtful people who don't to scream." police in hong kong clashed with protesters again today as onviolence in the semi-automous chinese territory escalates. pro-democracy demonstrators blocked a road near chinese governmentuildings and threw eggs at police in riot gear who responded with tear gas. this was the second straight day that protesters gathered without first obtaining permission from the government. for nearly two months

his comments about the city of baltimore and elijah cummings has struck a nerve. the president's series of tweets calling baltimore a, quote, disgusting rat and rodent-infested mess, was a call to action for many. it likely fore shadows how the president plans to run his re-election campaign on a strategy of racial division. the people of baltimore are striking back. they are speaking out along with other americans unwilling to stand for racism in any form. maryland's former republican governor urged people to make their leaders accountable. he had this message for president trump. >> mr. president, your reprehensible comments are like water off a duck's back when it comes to this community. it just washes over them. it doesn't stick to them. it does not stain them. so my ask to you, sir, is to join me, to join jimmy kemp, to join others in this community here in this space on this ground. let's walk this community, sir. let's talk to these folks face to face. you'll begin to realize and appreciate the hard work and the commitment that they have made. the resource

. >>> president trump is launching new attacks on elijah cummings. hallie jackson has more on that story this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this is another escalation by the president who, in a new interview this morning, is brushing off criticisme's racist, arguing that word has been thrown around so often, it's effectively watered down. president trump defiant and digging in on the divisive attacks against congressman lijah cummings and the city of baltimore in a new c-span interview. >> when elijah cummings calls you a racist, your reaction is what? >> the words overused. it is a disgrace. i'm the least racist person there is in the world, as far as i'm concerned. >> reporter: for him, no strategy to the attack, he says, and no apology. no strategy. it is simple, people livin in baltimore are very happy that i'm bringing out the fact that it is like living in hell. >> reporter: it's the fourth straight day ofsc eating insults, cite size criticized ay the president's opponents,nd during a speech in jamestown. the demonstrator, a

. >> democrats subpoenaed records from three government agencies, and chairman cummings says the committee is just begning to get those documents, even the preliminary findings show -- >> for months theycl deared there wasn't a crisis on the border. weeks later, democrats sure have changed their tune. >> and this impacts tens of thousands ofrehildren who we given over to cartels and human traffickers by their parents to be usedto facilitate human trafficking. >> and over and over again we spoke to these folks, whether it was agents, whether it was hhs officials, often times, the thing that we need mst is not resources, we need policy change. >> chairman cummings says thee commits also learned that hundreds ofon addi children have been separated from their parents since president trump ended the zero tolerance policy more than a year ago. >>> ford motor company is disputing claims it sold cars with defective parts. customers complained the transmission would randomly stall or suddenly accelerate. right now, more than a million affected fiestas and focus models remain on the road. they've ad

all with the twitter feud in play between the president and maryland congressman aeye ja cummings who criticized the border crossings. >> i think the pest is right to raise that. it has absolutely zero to do with race. >> donald trump, once again, is a racist who makes racists remarks. >> reporter: as they gear up for this week's massive two- night democratic debated in detroit, they are facing their own race issues. joe biden may come out swinging, his support among black voters could carry across the finish line but on stage between kamala harris and corey booker, who both attacked him on school desegregation and busing, something that caught him off guard in the last debate. >> he will come out better prepared i would expect. if he doesn't there needs to be questions about his viability going forward. >> reporter: while democrats are in michigan this stop in oh back to you guys. >>> stef tweeted. teammates and family and hard workingmies, people that represent the best qualities of what it means to be american. >>> house speaker nancy pelosi tweeted support of congressman comings a

it was a reference of his continued attacks on elijah cummings and the city of baltimore. do you think the president would be better served to drop those remarks? >> i think the president is going to call out failure of democrat leadership where he sees it. it's not that much different than when he went into an african-american community in 2016 and said what do you have to lose? when you look at some of the places in best baltimore that are so consumed by poverty, left behind by progress, after all those years of democrat liberal leadership, they've not moved forward. and i think the president will still continue to call it out and say what do you have to lose? come and join the rest of us. we have a growing economy, record low unemployment for african-americans, growing wages, opportunity zones which can encourage investment in those communities. the president wants to work with them. >>, ma, respectfully, though, you are using language the president has not used. he used language like infested, which is highly racially charged. >> i think you can go back and just look a

el distrito de cummings es un desastre infestado de ratas y roedores. en >>> aquÍ estamos en una ciudad limpia. no sÉ en que se basa para tratar a la ciudad de baltimore de esa manera. >>> ella conoce bien la ciudad y considera que el presidente exagera, en especial cuando indica que nadie quiere vivir aquÍ. en >>> estÁ muy equivocado. lloviÓ aquÍ hace 15 aÑos y sÍ, hay lugares feos, pero no todo es asÍ. en >>> la polÉmica surge de la Última audiencia del comitÉ de supervisiÓn, en donde el congresista re reprochÓ las condiciones de los centros de detenciÓn cuando el se secretario interino de seguridad nacional los visitÓ. >>> el comitÉ que preside cummings iniciÓ una docena de investigaciones sobre la administraciÓn de trump desde que los demÓcratas retomaron el control de la cÁmara. >>> el congresista le respondiÓ a trump. " seÑor presidente, voy a mi distrito a diario. me levanto y voy y lucho por mis vecinos". en redes se han subido las redes que destacan el lado negativo de baltimore. (informaciÓn en pantalla) >>> el mandatar

a guy like elijah cummings can have cohen come in who committed perjury seven times. and he has the gal to appear and pontificate. he's saying i'm going to nail you if you lie. people can lie about donald trump and get away with it because they want to railroad him. judge jeanine: the president didn't fire anyone. yet nadler wants to remove the president for obstruction when the president didn't fire anybody. >> and mueller said i couldn't conclude he obstructed. but it's clear in his report he can't find evidence of obstruction. if all those 18 trump-hating hillary loving out of control, unethical prosecutors, a few of them really unethical. some of them asleep, and one really asleep, if they couldn't find obstruction, nadler is going to find it? you think that guy is a good enough lawyer? you can see what he's like. judge jeanine: let me tell you what the silver lining is. if it weren't for donald trump we would never know how corrupt the democrats were. we would never know for sure there is a deep state. now we know it. >> the biggest mistake they may have made is

cummings has the moral standing to question how migrant children are being treated at the border is an abomination to me. >> is trying to say this us versus them.>> the republican governor called the president's comments outrageous and inappropriate. >> the directors live in the trump administration. he tweeted he would step down on august 16. is argued with the president of russia and north korea. he reportedly announced his resignation after seeing repeated warnings about russian election meddling water down by the white house. he announced his nominated texas congressman to replace them. has been an outspoken defender president trump. >>> the president and this will go head-to-head in the second debate starting tomorrow night. they will be divided across two nights in detroit. the amount of includes senator bernie sanders. on the second night, senator kemal harris and joe biden will face each other for the second time on the debate stage. cory booker and congresswoman are also expected to appear on wednesday night. >>> coming up we go back to our top story. the mass shooting. we wil

but the democrats are over there in the cul-de-sac; particularly, nadler, schiff, cummings and the various groups that want to just keep investigating the committees in congress that want to keep investigating. it's a problem. yeah. >> congressman, mcclintock, what is your take on it? >> they don't call it "trump derangement syndrome" for nothing. it requires a certain amount of derangement. that is what we are seeing from the democrats. the air force calls it target fixated that he get gets so fixated on the target he crashes in to a mountain. the first calls by the democrats for the trump impeachment came within days after his election in 2016. the very day after the 2018 election made jerry nadler judiciary chairman, he was overheard by a reporter on a train already plotting out their impeachment strategy. the only problem they have is there is no "there" there. and but that is not going to stop them from doing everything they can from now until the 2020 election to perpetuate the monstrously that has been so thoroughly debunked. >> we have only a few seconds left. what is your take on

defended the agency's treatment of detained immigrants at the southern border though chairman elijah cummings was having none of it. >> i'm talking about the result -- >> i'm talking about human beings. i'm not talking about people that come from as the president said, sh holes, these are human beings. you feel like you are doing a great job, right? >> we are doing our level best. >> what does it mean? what does it mean when a child is sitting in their own feces, can't take a shower? come on, man. what's that about? none of us would have our children in that position. we are the united states of america. we are the greatest country in the world. we are the ones that can go anywhere in the world and save people, make sure they have diapers, make sure they have toothbrushes, make sure they're not laying around defecating in some silver paper. come on. we're better than that. >> while that was going on, 70 people were protesting the treatment of migrants arrested by capitol police. joining me now is julia ansly. it's good to see both of you. julia, a lot of emotion on the democratic side. we jus

elijah cummings as well. nancy pelosi knows the politics of this. you have a year and change left out of this election and a senate who will never vote to convict here and that we don't want to spend our year of the election not talking about healthcare policy, economic policy and having impeachment hearings. >> i think that's spot on. pelosi knows a, the facts, b, the political realities of what's going on in the senate and her caucus. yesterday was not a dramatic big picture moment that many democrats were looking for. and again, it not only does not change the facts in the mueller report but doesn't change the political reality of what would happen in the senate if impeachment -- >> sandra: we're questioning the facts in the mueller report after he was asked how many of the 500 plus witness interviews he sat in on. he responded very few. >> that's what i'm saying. that's the problem. it makes people wondered what happened behind the scenes. if he didn't participate and have control of the basic facts it eggs people on. i would rather something ha

in his cummings. congressman cummings spends a lot of time there. president trump and the chairman of the house oversight committee do have a complicated history. it was congressman cummings in 2017 when the president was first inaugurated who said he told the president his rhetoric can often be perceived as harmful, offensive to the african-american community. according to congressman cummings' telling of that story, he said president trump never told him that before. they have sparred occasionally throughout trump's presidency. this is a new level of viciousness we're seeing from the president towards congressman cummings. >> i want to clarify that. did you say the president never told him it was divisive? >> that was the first time in march of 2017 they first had in the oval office when trump was inaugurated. >> wanted a clarification. thank you very much. appreciate it. we'll have more on this in a few minutes. >>> we want to talk about the campaign trail and the better and cheaper health care rem

in cummings' district. nonetheless, president trump going after baltimore for its rankings in unspecified categories and claiming, quote, baltimore is very dangerous. last night writing, elijah cummings spends his time hurting those through his oversight. he does so through his poorly run district. he shared a clip purported to be of a delipidated backyard in baltimore. cummings has launched and made progress on investigations on the president's finance and private communications with senior aide. the oversight committee offered subpoenas of tweets and whatsup communications. last week cummings grilled dhs head macle mcleanen. so the president and cummings have a complicated past. this is not the first time they've sparred. ironically in 2017, the two met. according to cummings' recollect election, he informed president that his neighborhood about black neighborhoods is often offensive and he told cummings he had never been told that before. >> thank you. >> joining me to discuss, cnn political analyst apri

>> look, elijah cummings is the definition of a class act. part of why i think people are so outraged is because he is such an extraordinary leader and a good human being. and listen, you can roll tape of elijah cummings doing heroic courageous stuff until the debates tomorrow. >> is there something different this time, though, because you said this is something republicans aren't going to be able to ignore this time. >> i'm just building it up to say mark meadows, he owes elijah cummin cummings an act of courage and class. elijah cummings made no friends in the democratic party sticking up for mark meadows. it's time for him to do the same thing. it says more about mark meadows' character than anything else. >> we'll wait and see. let's watch his twitter feed. congressman, donald trump thinks that works. look back, infested is a word that he has used often about other cities and often majority black cities. do you think the president is trying to change the subject with this or do you think that racial division really is just a plank of his

so this morning as the president is personally going after elijah cummings and elijah cummings who in february we remember publicly went to bat for mark meadows when there was an implication that mark mad does had done something racist, elijah cummings stood up for him unprompted. let's remind the people. >> mr. meadows, you know. of all the people on this committee i've said it and got in trouble for it, that you're one of my best friends. i know that shocks a lot of people. >> and likewise, mr. chairman. >> you are. and i would do -- and i could see and feel your pain. i feel it. and so -- and i don't think miss talib intended to cause you that. >> mark meadows has had some time this weekend to step out and say something similar about elijah cummings. >> and nothing. nothing. here's what i think every single republican who was elected and anybody in america has to think about. this president is attempting to divide urban and rural. this is terrible for america. joe and i were just talking about this. joe biden saying this is about the soul of america, this election will be. are we a

people are proud of their community. >> reporter: cummings defended his record tweeting "mr. president, i go home to my district daily. each morning, i wake up and i go and fight for my neighbors." >> tara palmeri joins us now from the white house. tara, we heard in your report the hearing that angered the president was more than a week ago. do we know what prompted this rant today? >> tom, while we can't be sure. the president's tweet came after a fox news segment showing video of piles of trash and abandoned buildings in west baltimore. it also showed people saying that they believe that they are living in worse living conditions than the people on the border. tom? >> tara palmeri at the white house tonight. thank you. >>> now to the other major headline involving the white house. the supreme court ruling in a 5-4 decision that $2.5 billion in pentagon funds may be used to build the southern border wall. the president calling it a big victory. when does building begin and what legal challenges are standing in the way? abc's rachel scott is at the supreme court. >> reporter:

the city as a rat infested mess leading to claims of racism as he targets veteran congressman elijah cummings. why trump says it's the democrats who are playing the race card. >>> murder in rome. new questions about the treatment of two american teenagers accused in the killing of a police officer. the illegal blindfolding of one suspect and what his family is now saying. >>> plus, the new concern about sharks after two more people are attacked in florida. >>> grasshopper invasion in las vegas getting even worse. >>> and game changer, the teen who just won $3 million playing a video game. >>> good monday morning, everyone. thank you for joining us. we begin with that deadly shooting rampage at a food festival in northern california. >> at least three victims have now died including a 6-year-old boy whose mother was also reportedly shot. abc station kgo sharing this picture of that little boy this morning. the gunfire sent people scrambling running for their lives including one couple fleeing while pushing their child in a stroller. police say officers killed the shooter but they're now invest

mr cummings had recently criticised conditions in migrant detention centres on the mexican border. he's also the chair of the powerful house oversight committee, trying to get access to mr trump's financial records and tax returns. chris bucklerjoins us from washington. chris. more accusations of racism against the president, with elijah cummings being one of his staunchest critics? yeah, there are parts of this district in baltimore that it elijah cummings represents which are run down and do have high levels of poverty and indeed, high crime rates. however, that is true of many american cities and there is real anger here against donald trump's comments, which they feel are targeted and not particularly constructive. he called elijah cummingsa constructive. he called elijah cummings a brutal bully and describe this place is filthy, disgusting, dangerous and rodent infested. and that has left democrats claiming racism, particularly after his previous comments about four democratic congress women. you might remember he said about them that they should go back to the places they sho

this weekend he's gone after congressman elijah cummings and the city he represents, baltimore. it's front page news for the "baltimore sun" today. and this morning, the president also attacked house speaker nancy pelosi who he says was recently called racist by those who her own party. that's a quote from the president. divisive? you better believe it, and clearly it's early campaign strategy for president trump, although mick mulvaney insists the attacks on cummings are not about race. >> the president is attack playing cummings for saying things not true about the border. it's right for the president to raise the issue. i was in congress for six years. if i had poverty in my district like they have in baltimore, if i had crime in my district like in chicago and homelessness like in san francisco and i spent all of my time in washington, d.c., chasing down this mueller investigation, this bizarre impeachment crusade, i'd get fired. the president is right to raise that and has zero to do with race. >> zero to do with race? anybody agree with that assessment? >> i mean, look, fi

cummings getting support from his hometown newspaper in an editorial, writing, "this is a president who will happily debase himself at the slightest provocation. while the white house acting chief of staff tried to explain the president's attacks were not racist. >> it has absolutely zero to do with race. >> and, hans, back to the president's nomination for director of national intelligence what kind of intelligenc experience does congressman ratcliffe has? >> he's a former united states attorney and small town mayor. s kate >> hans nichols at the white house. >>> now let's go italy and disturbing new details about two american teenagers, being held in the killing of an italian police officer one of them, blindfolded while in custody sarah harmon has the latest. >> reporter: a disturbing twist after two americans teens were arrested in the killing of an italian police officer officials investigating, thi newly surfaced photo showing one of the suspects, 18-year-old gabrielle christian bound and blindfolded. blindfolding is illegal in italy. officers say they don't know how the photo

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