cummings saying that kids were sleeping in their own feces. and when the president hears lies like that, he's going fight back and that's what you isn't that true the tweet. chris: this goes back to what happened with the four members of the squad, nobody objects the president defending border policy but this seems, mick, the worst racial stereotyping, black congressman, majority-black district, no human being would want to live there, is he saying people that live in baltimore are not human beings? >> chris, help me with this, when the president attacks aoc plus 3, attacks the squad he gets accused of being a racist, when nancy pelosi does it a few days later, the left, not you in particular, make that clear come to nancy's defense, couldn't possibly be racist, she was simply attacking their ideas, the president is doing the same, the president is attacking mr. cummings for saying things that are not true about the border, i think it's right for the president to raise the issue, look, i was in congress for 6 years, if i had poverty in my dist

as you know, cummings has been in charge. i will say this -- i think representative cummings should take his oversight committee and start doing oversight on baltimore. he would find out some real things. i am the least racist person there is anywhere in the world. >> harris: as democrats are going after the president, some republicans are trying to avoid offending cummings were criticizing the president. house freedom caucus chair mark meadows said this. "i am friends with both men, president trump and chairman cummings. i know both men well. neither man is a racist, period. both love america. i think if we put aside partisanship with investigations we can find bipartisan solutions that will benefit not only chairman cummings' district but the country as a whole." meanwhile, one democratic congressman says he thinks this is a strategy on the president's part. watch. >> the president knows what he's doing. he, i think, has made a calculation that the way he wins is to divide this country and try and whip up support around his

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i know elijah cummings, i served with him for a decade. the fact is, elijah cummings, what he wants, he would get by working with the president and with jared. he's not getting it because what he wants to do was talk about impeaching the president rather than his number one agenda being something that the president and the first family want to do. >> capri: he needs to stop treating and stop working. >> kennedy: pushing president trump and s is a big staffing change. dan coats will step down and texas republican congressman john ratcliffe will be the new dni. the president saying that he is highly respected and will lead and inspire greatness for the country he loves. ratcliffe, a member of the house intel committee, has been a staunch defender of the president and top democrats are calling his appointment political motivated. senate minority leader schumer saying, "it's clear the representative ratcliffe was elected because he exhibited blind loyalty to president trum president trump. as senate republicans elevate such a partisan player t

that's why he went after elijah cummings. i don't think anybody disagrees that there is corruption in baltimore. donald trump is appointing a light on that. elijah cummings has been representing the district for 26 years. that is before "the wire" was on hbo. anybody who saw 5 minutes of "the wire," -- >> bill: speaking of wires, your microphone needs help. we are going to get it fixed. here is hannity from last night. the larger picture. here he is withdrawn. >> instead of focusing on the deteriorating living conditions, they say that they are just defending cummings with another round of identity politics. a fake moral outrage. and of course attacking the president, calling him a racist as many times as they can every second of every hour of every day because the mueller thing fell apart for them. >> bill: we interrupted you. >> this is the important thing. only in washington would somebody see the president attacking elijah cummings and say this is all about race. it's not about race. it is about the russian collusion reta

cummings district is a disgusted rat and rodent infected mass. maybe he could help clean up his dangerous filthy place." the tweets were condemned as being racist by many people, including house speaker nancy pelosi. speaking to chris wallace yesterday, the acting white house chief of staff mikel mick mulvaney insisting the president's tweets had nothing to do about race. >> mr. cummings saying that children were sleeping or sitting in their own feces, it's not right, not accurate. mr. cummings has not been to the border in recent memory, not during this administration. when the president hears lies like that, he is going to fight back and that's what he saw. >> the president taking aim at nancy pelosi tweeting "speaking of failing badly, it has anyone seen what happened in nancy pelosi's district? it's not recognizable lately. something must be done before it's too late. the damage should stop wasting time on the witch hunt hopes and start focusing on our country. the president met a little while ago with a group of 20 inner-city pastors, includ

elijiah cummings has failed badly. and with that, we bring in our talk radio panel, a new resident of the city of baltimore, robert patillo, good to see you. robert, first to you. and we've talked about this before, is elijiah cummings' constituents better served by hymn talking about the president's taxes or him using his bully pulpit and his political clout in congress to try to help his constituents who everyone agrees are in rough shapesome. >> let's understand that congress people can walk and chew gum at the same time. he can address the president, other issues and advocate for the people in your community. i think what we have to realize, president trump has done this previously. he talked about john lewis' district in 2017. it's not about what he says, but is he willing to step up and fix it. one of me minnesota to haves say -- mentors says if you identify a problem -- leland: the president says he has done something about it. there is the lowest african-american unemployment in history, wages are going up. >>

, cummings's district is a disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess. if he spent more time in baltimore maybe he could clean up this dangerous and filthy place. >> the president of the united states to be the president of our entire country bringing us together. >> the editorial board of the baltimore sun newspaper title an op-ed, quote, better to have a few rats than to be one. in the eyes of washington have been on republican freedom caucus chairman mark meadows because he has a close relationship with the president and chairman cummings. in a statement of fox news meadows said i know both men well, neither man is a racist period. both love america. i think we put aside partisanship we could find bipartisan solutions that will benefit not only chairman cummings district but the country as a whole. meanwhile the director of national intelligence dan coats is on his way out, texas congressman john ratcliff faces a confirmation fight to replace him. dan coats was known to butt heads with his boss, publicly contradicting him multiple times, john ratcliff

cummings has long been a thorn in the president's side. his oversight committee investigating president trump. but what really lit up the president was when he saw this exchange from july 18th between cummings and the acting dhs secretary over conditions of the border. >> you feel like you're doing a great job, right? is that what you're saying? >> we're doing our level best. >> 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! what's that about! speak of the president's tweets were widely criticized as racist, including by house speaker nancy pelosi, of whom the president rode "so many please explain to nancy pelosi, who was recently called racist by those in her own party, that there is nothing wrong with bringing out the very obvious fact that congressman elijah cummings has done a very poor job for his district and the city of baltimore." the president also pointed out that in 2015 candidate bernie sanders was critical of baltimore. >> anyone who took the walk that w

"cummings district is a disgusting and rat and rodent infested mess. if he spent more time in baltimore, maybe he could help clean up this very dangerous and filthy place. >> what the president said about baltimore is outrageous. the president of the united states should be president for our entire country bringing us together. >> the editorial board of the baltimore sun newspaper titled an op-ed "better to have a few rats into b-1. the eyes of washington have been on republican freedom caucus chairman mark meadows. why? because he has a close relationship with both the president and chairman cummings. in a statement to fox news, meadows said "i know both men well. neither man is a racist, period. both love america. i think if we put aside partisanship's with investigation we could find bipartisan solutions that will benefit not only chairman cummings district but the country as a whole. meanwhile tonight, director of national intelligence dan coats is on his way out. texas congressman, republican congressman john ratcliffe this is a confirmation fight

and cummings he's using the city of baltimore to continue hammering cummings for a lack of action and what the president says is focusing on the wrong thing. let's listen here. >> baltimore has been very badly mishandled for many years. as you know, congressman cummings has been there for a long time. he set a very iron hand on it. it's a corrupt city, there's no question about it. all you have to do is look at the facts. i will say this -- i think representative cummings should take his oversight committee and start doing oversight on baltimore. he would find out some real things. >> charges of racism are still dogging the president after earlier tweets. freedom caucus chairman mark meadows is a friend to both the president and elijah cummings. he released a statement yesterday saying, "i know both men well. every man is a racist, period. both of america. i think if you put aside partisanship of investigations we can find bipartisan solutions that will benefit not only determine cummings' district but the country as a whole." the president also claiming that people are thinking him f

. >> speak offing southern border, the president taking aim at congressman cummings from baltimore, the president tweeted earlier this morning as proven last week during congressional tour the border is clean, efficient and well run, just crowded, cummings district is rat-rodent infested mess, if he spent more time in baltimore he could help clean up the very dangerous and filthy player, the mayor of baltimore held news conference to address the president's tweets. >> it is completely unacceptable for the president of the united states of america to use global voice to attack a vibrant american city. >> speaker of the house nancy pelosi tweeted this afternoon, we all reject racist attacks against him and support steadfast leadership talking about elijah cummings. jenna bush hagger told president trump to cut it off essentially, they all want the same thing, i want for my kids the chance for their children to have safe, happy and productive lives, let's think about the language we use who it hurts. jenna bush hagger, a teacher trying to teach president trump a lesson and president trump

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he sees elijah cummings, especially when elijah cummings went after his immigration policy, separating children from parents at the border, he saying, hey wait a second, elijah cummings, why are you talking about what's going on at the border? you should be talking about baltimore. >> it's a counterpunch. >> juan: yeah. that's what it is. it has nothing to do with the problems. >> does the president want to fix baltimore? >> juan: no, it wanted. secondly, if you have a lot of people in baltimore who have been very clear that trump is not sincere in his attack on them, they don't see any effort from the president, but the president has never shown interest in dealing with this. big ticket items like the hopkins hospital. >> there's also a lot of people who are backing up what the president said, including one of the pastors. you have the president of baltimore in his district, being interviewed about the conditions, saying that he hasn't done anything for them. nothing has changed. but, to greg's point about solving this problem, for them to solve this problem, they would have to admit

elijah cummings? he can help by working with the president instead of demonizing him for the past two years. my friends, it's not trump who has given up on urban america. the charlatans calling him a racist have. and if that is the angle. now, the applicant who triggered the much-needed conversation about the plight of baltimore is here with us. thanks so much for being here tonight. why are so many democrats doubling down on failure in the city of baltimore? >> honestly i think it's because they do not know how to address it. this has been going on for decades. i know a lot of people want to blame the fact that president trump isn't in baltimore to take a walk around to see what's going on, but you have to remember that this has been going on. i have video that shows that there were trees growing in these homes that were taller than the a lot of the residents there, they feel like they were forgotten. this is not just a couple of block radius. this is a huge neighborhood and there are blocks and bloc

he went after elijah cummings. he would say because elijah cummings has been attacking him because he's been investigating him, the administration. >> harris: it's also his district. >> steve: but it's unlikely this will result in a positive outcome for anybody because of the way that the attack -- >> harris: that's interesting. could an argument be made -- i will double done with you -- good an argument be made for the people of baltimore? even dr. carson said today there are a lot of bright spots there. he said the agency has been concentrating on that area for very long time and that he sees hope there. but now we are talking resources pouring in, potentially. that actually would be a good thing. >> steve: if you live in baltimore and you want to fix the problems in it, of course there are major problems in the city. people have been writing about and talking about it and giving speeches about it, highlighting it for literally years. no one denies there are problems with the city. if you want to solve the proble

clearly the president was attacking elijah cummings, and i think he was saying to elijah cummings pay more attention to your district, but then he went off on baltimore in a very insulting way that i think brought the city of baltimore's not only residents but supporters together to say hey, mr. president -- >> sandra: he would be the first one. how about bernie sanders back in 2015? what about the former democratic mayor of baltimore saying this? >> anyone who took the walk that we took around this neighborhood would not think there in a wealthy nation. you would think you're in a third world country. >> some of the same organizers now going back into these communities to try and clean up in the aftermath of a handful of criminals and thugs who tore up the place. >> we should just take all this [bleep] -- you can smell the rats. >> sandra: again, that last bit there was the former democratic mayor catherine pugh saying exactly that. why weren't those those words l than? >> they were. calling attention to try to resolve it, i think you get to your point, the president was responding t

president rouhani continues attacks on congressman cummings. i am assuming you agree that the candidates tonight will bring up race relations as a major topic. >> tonight and tomorrow the candidates have been kind of in and out of different retail stops in detroit testing outlines for the two nights of debates. kamala harris will debate tomorrow came here and she described the president's comments about baltimore as lowball. racial aspects were rather the president's comments will not be the only racial aspects of tonight's events because beto o'rourke is fighting as his guest three high school students, three african-american high school students who knelt during the national anthem with colin kaepernick or followed his example because they didn't feel like they're being treated fairly by their white teammates. there should be a racial aspect tonight despite the lack of racial diversity on the stage and again, that was the headline at the last set of debates where they talked about segregationists and passing was the headline, so it looks like

and cummings district. the latest tweet overnight, the president wrote quote, so sad that elijah cummings has been able to do so little for baltimore. baltimore ranks last in every category. congress cummings was born and raised in baltimore representing his district since 1996. he fired back writing, mr. president i go home to my district daily. each morning i wake up and fight for my neighbors. it's my moral due toy to fight for any constituents. house speaker nancy pelosi calls cummings a champion for civil rights and also writing we all reject racist attacks against him. now this back and forth comes after republican strategist was on "fox & friends" saturday discussindiscussing what she foe baltimore area. >> a lot of people said he hasn't been there in a while. it's atrocious. there are homeless addicts, needles that they have used. and it's really right next door. >> baltimore's mayor is pushing back calling the president's comments unacceptable. this is the front page of the baltimore sun, says "tru

he invited cummings and cummings didn't come, he doesn't recognize president as legitimate president, so it's not just this one incident, it's just a composite of several incidents that come into play. >> they certainly don't like each other. let's look at numbers of baltimore, increase in homicides, 18% jump if we pull it up on the screen, they definitely have a gun violence problem, if you look at nonfatal shootings up, the president, joseph, calls a police nobody would want to live, rat infested, but there's certainly a problem with baltimore? >> he calls out to people which needs it most and you see it in chicago with the amount of shootings and people dead and you see it in new york city, you see it all over san francisco, you walk down the street in new york city, walk down canal streets and you see illegal venders and quality of life goes down big time and you need officers out there and as the president the main concern is the safety of the overall people of the country. >> steve, a lot of big city that is we talk about, new york, chicago, problems in a lot of the places, most

he didn't call -- he called cummings a racist after cummings reacted. looks, folks, destroyed, flint, los angeles, san francisco, massive homeless problems. wherever you find this decadent decay, you're going to find democrats having run the operation or the city, the state, whatever it is, the county for decades. and democrats have this magic bullet that, this magic boundary they are the ones who own compassion. they care and love people. care about it. so you're not allowed to criticize them. trump, this is classic pushback. people elected trump. this is exactly why. push back against conventional wisdom. push back against -- elijah cummins and these guys can have a free ride at trump. they're criticizing him for being mean to the border. subpoenaing his family. they won't give up the russia thing. it is 2 1/2 years they are trying to run donald trump out of office. if i were him i would be fed up here. what he is saying the absolute truth. but it is not supposed to be said about any place where the democrats are in charge. this is what you get if you

i know elijah cummings. i also know cities like baltimore. baltimore, like chicago, new orleans where i'm from, washington, d.c., where i am today, these cities, along with our rural communities, deserve to have leadership that looks after them. not attack them for the problems that they are experiencing. i have a fundamental disagreement with the president on this if he is attacking -- >> bill: let's push the conversation forward. foxnews.com. here's the headline. "it won't help them win." is that what this campaign is shaping up to be about, donna? >> you know, back in the early 2001 president trump and others began to push this conversation, we had to endure that conversation. we knew it misrepresented the facts. no, democrats are more than just subjects that the president and others desire us to have. we are about making sure that every american has a healthy start in life, making sure that this prosperity that we are enjoying is able to be shared by all. that is what democrats are abo about. if republicans disagree with what our approach

>> we will look at the questions that set him off, plus racially charge uproar as president charges cummings. i'm howard kurtz and this is media buzz. ♪ ♪ >> little debate that mueller struggled in capitol hill. >> so the report did not conclude that he did not commit obstruction of justice. >> correct. >> did you exonerate the president? >> no. >> what he's doing is not on instructing justice, he's pursuing justice and the fact that you ran 2 years means that you perpetuated injustice. >> i take your question. >> your investigation -- >> it's not a witch hunt. >> president quickly unloaded on the man who spent 2 years investigating him. >> i think robert mueller did a horrible job both today and with respect to the investigation but in all fairness to robert mueller, he had nothing to work with. >> mr. mueller, said the other day, confirmed, confirmed that the president has obstructed justice. >> joining us to analyze the coverage emily, sarah fisher, media reporter for axios and capri cafaro, washington examiner contributor. emily, media consensus that robert mueller was awful witness

investigate what is really the case in cummings's district with bob early. another key player in donald trump's team on the way out, director of national intelligence dan coats and donald trump wants john ratcliff to replace him. why this is shaping up to be a brutal confirmation battle already. donald trump waves declaring the far left antifa group a terrorist organization, the announcement comes

they had that on the calendar well before this happened with elijah cummings. brian: meanwhile when you go public if you're a republican, especially often times subjected to harrassment. happened again to ted cruz at lax. , the huge los angeles airport. sitting there waiting for a plane. he gets confronted by people who blame him for the problem at the border. how do we know? a lot of iphones were rolling. listen. >> americans will not be silence ed. >> kids are dying. babies are be ripped out of their mothers. i don't care who built the cages. you have the power to. >> you want to leave children on the street? are you arguing for leaving people on the street. what do you do with five-year old. give them back with their moms. >> moms and dads are not here. [shouting] >> free our children. free our children. brian: give them free health care. that is what california wants to do. give him credit for standing, talking, listening, having a debate. he is with his family at the airport. this is too much. he and his wife, remember, they were at last september, they we

elijah cummings and others don't like that. because they don't like the president. rather than work to fix the problem, they would rather to continue to cry "racism" and race. that's not what this is about. it's total nonsense. >> harris: dr. carson said that when he was working as a pediatric neurosurgeon in baltimore -- so his perspective is personal in this, too -- he hesitated to send children back to their homes. watch this, i want to get your reaction. >> there was just unabated led problems that were having devastating effects on the mental development of young people. where there was mold. we had large numbers of people with asthma, because the mold in some of the environmental issues pair that was a problem for me >> harris: herman cain? >> yes, that was a problem for him, and he saw it firsthand. that should have been a red flag for the leaders of that community, including elijah cummings, that something was wrong. but they didn't do anything about it. and now that we have a president who is willing to shed light on it, they want to play the race card. har

leaving after this, this ongoing feud with elijah cummings, it has continued to roll on. the president was asked today when he was departing for virginia whether or not is a strategy that is deploying, and here was his response. >> there's no strategy. i have no strategy. there is zero strategy. all that is is i'm pointing out facts. >> sandra: so is this all helping or hurting the president? >> i will say this, sandra, i don't always believe everything the president's eyes, i believe that. i don't think there's anything the least bit strategic about this outburst he had against elijah cummings. the president's outburst and his attacks on people are about -- mostly about one thing, those who have attacked him or his administration or his family. and cummings in this instance has done a bit of all three, he's criticized the president. he attacked his homeland security acting chief and he subpoenaed material from members of his family. so trump did what trump does, he counterpunch to. i don't think he thought through particularly what he was going to say. he reaches for wha

i don't think elijah cummings is a bad person. think he actually is working hard to try to help people and i certainly don't think president trump is a bad person. he's working very hard -- in fact ask him today would you be willing to work with elijah cummings to bring some relief to the people of baltimore and he said he would be happy to. in the meantime, going to continue with the programs like the opportunity zones which get people to take money and invest it into the areas that are distressed. if there are 149 of them. and governor hogan is doing a good job to help and capitalize on that. but also, unemployment is at a very low level. manufacturing is coming back. wages are going up. person reform. all these things are happening. these are not things that a person who was a racist would d do. and we allow ourselves to be distracted by these things. and i think what president trump was trying to say is that rather than spending your time talking about our brave border agents and investigating endlessly things that you can't f

reporter: complaining about the way that cummings framed the border crisis. also president trump tweeted: in 2015 we found this with baltimore related to freddie gray riot, he tweeted, president obama, you have a big job to do, go to baltimore and bring both sides together with proper leadership. it can be done, do it. many democrats, including house speaker nancy pelosi, even jenna bush hager -- the daughter of the former president of the united states -- telling president trump to stop the rhetoric. they say these tweets have gone over the line, but it appears, arthel, for now this battle is continue. the prime minister known to double down -- president known to double down, continues to tweet about elijiah cummings. arthel: yeah. and many democrats who disapprove, they're calling it an attack, not a twitter fight. this is an attack, they're saying on the part of the president. david spunt, thank you. eric: well, there was a successful test for the united states and israel, missile defense. officials say the two nations carried out a high-altitude end gagem

nancy pelosi defended elijah cummings in the city of baltimore. of course, we know that she grew up in baltimore. her brother was the mayor of baltimore. she has a winery in napa. she's not interested in going back to baltimore. it's easier to give other people lectures about all tomorrow. democrats feel that way. they've given up. instead of trying to fix baltimore's problem, they have decided to import a new population of people, many of them illegal aliens. >> my only concern is for the people who are already here. doesn't make a a school better when people move in who don't speak english? it doesn't improve the education? is it fair to the taxpayers? every thought about that question marks >> i think our greatest asset is our diversity. >> that doesn't mean anything. i asked you a sincere question. does that dominic and improve a school when a lot of people move who don't speak english? does a school get better? >> absolutely. >> yeah, schools get a lot better. it actually turns out that the schools haven't gotten better at all. immigration ha

>> have you heard from congressman cummings? >> no, i haven't heard from congressman cummings at this moment but i plan to call him. arthel: we will break from this right now, news conference in baltimore started with mayor young saying that he cannot let nasty hurtful rhetoric to go unchecked and then you had another city official there touting baltimore as a great american city and as they condemn the president for attacking that american city, david is at the white house with the tweets that kicked this off off, david. >> hi, arthel, president trump actually just came back to the white house from afternoon golfing at his club in northern virginia, he got back about an hour ago, this all started, though, 7:14 this morning, that's when the first tweet went out attacking congressman cummings from baltimore, the two have gone back and forth over border policy, congressman cummings outspoken critic of the president, let me put up the tweet, though, that is gaining g the most attention m are call it fiery m are calling it inappropr

this time the target maryland's elijah cummings, who as chair of the house

. >> arthel, good afternoon, a lot of blow-back over president trump's tweets targeting cummings, the congressman from maryland and district in west baltimore, despite the blowback president trump continues to double even triple down, elijah cummings is fierce critics of president trump's border policies and president trump claims district is worst than the border, earlier morning guest on "fox & friends" showed video of the district prompts a series of tweets from the president, i want to read one of those, quote, as proven last week during congressional tour, the border is clean, efficient and well run just very crowded, cummings district is disgusting rodent infested mess and if he spent more time in baltimore, maybe he could help clean up the very dangerous and filthy place, nancy pelosi, the house speaker tweeting yesterday, we all reject racist attacks against him and support steadfast leadership talking about cummings, president trump doubling down today, quote, explain to nancy pelosi who has recently called racist by those in her own party that there's nothing wrong with brin

elijah cummings he has focused on a witch hunt. he has put no time into his own city. >> tucker: already come eric trump. by the way, congrats to you. i know of a b is moments away. any second, we'll hear the news. congratulations. directly ahead, rush limbaugh, he weighs in. also tonight, we've got late-breaking developments and news. hillary clinton does not want you to hear. treason that never, ever would happen to donald trump. we've got the evidence tonight. ♪ let's see, aleve is proven better on pain than tylenol extra strength. and last longer with fewer pills. so why am i still thinking about this? i'll take aleve. aleve. proven better on pain. lick fast like a cookie dough ninja. apply that same speed to the ford hurry up and save sales event. for the first time ever get 20% estimated savings on select ford models, plus earn complimentary maintenance through fordpass rewards. it all adds up. don't you love math? so get here asap because tasty deals and summer go fast. get in or lose out on 20% estimated savings on select

cummings is a fierce critic of the president's border policy. all of this comes as the president gears up for a busy week. tomorrow he will sign the 9/11 victims' compensation bill into law here at the white house, and later this week treasury secretary steve mnuchin will head to china to continue those tariff talks from a few months ago. back to you. jon: david spunt at the white house, thank you. for more on dan coats stepping down as director of national intelligence effective august 15th, let's bring in melissa quinn, supreme court and white house reporter for the washington examiner. dan coats and the president had an especially rocky relationship about a year ago after the helsinki summit when the president said some things that seemed to give him, seemed to have him siding with vladimir putin rather than his own intelligence agencies. that's when coats came to the defense of the people who work for him. but since that time they seem to have papered over their differences. are you surprised that now is the time that dan coats is going out?

president trump doubling, tripling now on his attacks on elijah cummings. the democratic chairman of the oversight committee, the same committee investigating him. this weekend the president called the congressman's district a disgusting rat and a rodent infested mass where no human being would want to live. that in response to his criticism of conditions at the border facility. his district which includes baltimore is largely african-american, critics say the presidents comments are racist, flat out but he says his criticisms have nothing to do with race and calls the congressman a racist himself. john roberts from the white house. >> it's no secret the president has been irritated with them for some time over continued requests with information over tax returns, most recently the personal emails with his daughter ivanka trump, but what what really set off the president was this exchange on thursday between elijah cummings over conditions at the southern border. >> you feel like you're doing a great job? is that what you are saying? what does that mean? wh

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

cummings responded in part, mr. president, i go home to my district daily, each morning i wake up and go fight for my neighbors, it is my constitutional duty to conduct oversight of the executive branch but it is my moral duty to fight for my constituents, as a chairman of the house oversight committee cummings is one of those in democratic party that has investigated president trump in his proposed ties with russia, cummings and other members to have house both republicans and democrats on the august recess right now until september 9th, a lot of time between now and september 9th, that's when the house comes back and the senate will be in a few more days, eric, thank you. >> arthel. arthel: president trump celebrating a big victory after supreme court cleared the way for his administration to use military funds to build sections of the border wall with mÉxico. garrett tenney live in washington with those details. >> arthel, the legal fight over the case is far from over, in the short-term no doubt, this is a win

elijah cummings is in charge of it. ends he already takes his oversight committee and finds out what happens in the $15 billion. it >> sean: by the way, 1.8 billion in stimulus money from obama. and the conditions in baltimore, as we're showing again, have become worse and worse, your income, year out. democrats who have been in charge for decades, they continue to win wheel actions. why? they continued to get a paycheck and nothing ever gets better every day gets worse. we have a lot coming up in the course of this monologue in including, special hannity investigation into the democratic run city of detroit where democrats have been debating tonight. but first, we turned other breaking news from our investigation into the investigators, looks like the current fbi director, christopher wray, might be covering for his friends in the sewer and the swamp in d.c., according to reporting from the hills executive vice president. investigative reporter john solomon, director ray has blocked the fbi from responding to congressi

ask elijah cummings where it went. here's a good point. the regional administrator for the us to permit of housing and urban development says the president's so-called racist attack on baltimore is shining much-needed light on the conditions there. >> donald trump in the last 48 hours of got more people to pay attention to the inhumane conditions of west baltimore than any politician in the last 2 decades. absolutely it was his goal. we have come to a position in society where politics is gone so far left that you can't even criticize a nonwhite politician for failures in their community without being called racist. >> listen to these numbers was according to the latest numbers from the baltimore police department homicides of spiked 18% since last year. here we go. allies on detroit ahead of the second round of the democratic debate. tonight's group of 2020 hopefuls features two leading progressives versus a group of four moderate candidates. griff jenkins joins us with the latest on tonight's do or die debate and this is just round 2 of

i want to read something congressman cummings responded. he wrote, quote, it's my constitutional duty to conduct oversight of the congressional branch but it's my moral duty to fight for my constituents. the president focusing on more talks between the united states and china. the talks will resume this week. the trump administration announced a $16 billion, with a b, aid package for farmers affected by the tariffs. payments range from $15 to $150 per acre depending on the farm size and location and the effect of the trade war's impact in that specific area of the united states. president trump and the oval office yesterday said while he has a good relationship with chinese president xi-jinping, he's not totally optimistic that the upcoming talks will yield any real results. listen. >> i think that china will probably say let's wait. it's 14, 15 months until the election. let's see if one of these people that give the united states away, let's see if one of them could possibly get elected. >> reporter: speaking of tariffs, how about on fran

cummings saying that kids were sleeping in their own feces. and when the president hears lies like that, he's going fight back and that's what you isn't that true the tweet. chris: this goes back to what happened with the four members of the squad, nobody objects the president defending border policy but this seems, mick, the worst racial stereotyping, black congressman, majority-black district, no human being would want to live there, is he saying people that live in baltimore are not human beings? >> chris, help me with this, when the president attacks aoc plus 3, attacks the squad he gets accused of being a racist, when nancy pelosi does it a few days later, the left, not you in particular, make that clear come to nancy's defense, couldn't possibly be racist, she was simply attacking their ideas, the president is doing the same, the president is attacking mr. cummings for saying things that are not true about the border, i think it's right for the president to raise the issue, look, i was in congress for 6 years, if i had poverty in my dist

officer cummings, why do you think you are not a republican can defeat aoc? >> i think that for me, i message kind of translates party. i'm really going to concentrate on the local part of the race. i feel that our district has been woefully under served for many, many years, first with congressman crowley and now with congresswoman ocasio-cortez. she's done an excellent job creating a national profile but i really don't think she's concerned about what's going on in the district. i think i have a real feel for what's going on in the district and my job as a teacher has a lot to do that. >> mike: noting ocasio-cortez's 2018 republican opponent anthony pappas won just 14% of the vote, so, robert, what 2020 for different? >> you have to put this in historical context. since 1927 the district has been firmly democratic except for guy molinari in 1983 and his wife who succeeded him that in 1993. the district which is 49-50% hispanic. this is the exact demographic of alexandria ocasio-cortez. if a republican wants to win like that district they're going to have to

a larger cummings over the city is increasing crime and poor economy. martin luther king jr.'s niece was at the meeting and is speaking out in support of the president saying at all the criticism donald trump is trying to fight for the black community. >> the president is concerned about the whole nation. everybody in the nation. we can see a troubled america but we can see a blessed america. the employment rates are up in every community including the black community. >> doctor david king will join us with more on that white house meeting. >> all eyes on detroit ahead of the second round of democratic debates. tonight's group of 2020 hopefuls features to leading progressives versus a group of more moderate candidates. >> griff jenkins with more from the latest on tonight's do or die the bait. >> make it or break it in motor city. the question is how far left are they going to go? tonight features 10 to 20 candidates running for president, the progressives, bernie sanders and elizabeth on will be joined by mayor pete, marianne, tim ryan, amy klobuchar, john delaney, steve funk

representative cummings is very well-respected. he's been in office for a very long time. he is generally regarded as a nice guy. the way he attacked it, using words he only uses for minority areas were minority people, it's disturbing. i think if he continues to do it, it will be a long road but it will be a long road for him. because i don't think most americans want to see the president talk to other people that way and use that type of language. >> julie: is a little controversial, would you agree, or hypocritical i suppose? when alexandria ocasio-cortez, who is now -- let's just call her the leading member of the squad, because she is the one i think we talk about the most. is it hypocritical for her to join forces with nancy pelosi? who she accused of targeting women of color and essentially called her of her being a racist? and how the two of them are going to turn that into a positive and go after the president? >> i think it is. i think it's extremely hypocritical because she was extremely hard on nancy pelosi. calling a racist, i mean nancy pelosi had a deal with

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