. >> the lewis and clark expedition is key in u.s. history. the idea, though, of the expedition was to encourage more american travel up the missouri river and more american trade with the american indians. what the story is in south dakota, there's some interesting tales. first of all, when you come into south dakota, you have sergeant floyd had just died where the current city of sioux city is, but when they got to el point, south dakota, they elected patrick gass as a new sergeant. so it was the first election held in south dakota. intere interestingly enough, clark's slave york was allowed to vote in that election. highly unusual situation. farther up the river, they saw spirit mound, what was supposed to be inhabited by 18-inch-high devils, and of course they had to go see these devils. but once they got to the top of spear mount, what did they see? their first bison. acres and acres of bison and this flat land. and you have to remember, these are men coming from eastern united states who are used to trees and forests and hills and rocks,

. >>> the lewis and clark expedition is key in u.s. history. the idea of the expedition was to encourage more american travel up the missouri river and more american trade with the american announced. the story of south dakota, there's some interesting tales, first of all when you come into south dakota, sergeant floyd had died, but the current city of sioux city, but when they got to now what's the current city of elpoint, south dakota, they elected patrick gasse as the mayor. clark was elected in that situation. highly unusual. farther up the river, they saw spirit mound, where it was supposed to be inhabited by 18-inch high devils. and they had to go see these devils. once they got the top of spirit mound and what did they see but bison, acres and acres of bison. and these are men coming from the eastern united states who are used to trees and forests and hills and rocks and this open plain is like a farmer's delight, as well as a hunter's delight with al those buffalo. as they come up the river a little bit farther, george has been non, the

and so he was lewis's closest ally and indirect ally lewis had an associate spy mast or joe, who had begun spying with his uncle klein while they were living in chicago. he was austrian born berlin raised uncle klein was chicago born berlin raised living julius was living in germany during world war i with sent to a camps caned and then went back as a spy to the u.s. army. when he went to chicago he and his nephew started spying on their own on nazis in chicago in -- late 3233. so much so that ruess who was working for the newspapers his editor found out o about this and said i want you to go talk to our publisher roy keaton who is head of the entire illinois national guard. and imagine this 5'5" very shy jew with bottle neck glasses and a very heavy accent goes into talk to the publisher scared to death, the publisher says is all of this true he says yes and he gives them a piece of paper he says i want you to go to this hotel in chicago -- you're going meet with the military man whatever he tells you to do -- you do. and now i'm ordering you as head of the national guard and don't

leon lewis consistently outsmarted them. but the message if he was here today is, you have to say no to hate. when you hear hate speech -- not all of us are going undercover or do these heroic things-but heroism isn't of a massive scale. heroism can just be you hear somebody say have itful things and you turn to them and say, i that's not okay. we don't talk that way. hear of a demonstration by hate group, good to the demonstration but don't go prepared for violence. this where is i don't support antifa. if you go prepared to engage any violence, you just demean your own cause and people say, you're no better than them. it's vice-president lidge lance and taking position, even things like taking a knee as a football game, which people are mocking. it's not about the flag. that's a distraction by donald trump. it's about the lack of democracy in america. or for those of you watching the world series, having a baseball player, for those not following it, i should say, open houston team, who after he hit a home run an maeda wen

standing by john lewis at his side. john lewis refusing to share the stage with president trump. lewis along with tom son of mississippi said this. president and hurt full policies are insult to the people portrayed in the civil rights museum. the white house disagreed calling the absence unfortunate. here are some comments he made so far. then we'll get reaction from our panel. >> i'm building a wall, okay, i'm building a wall. i'm trying to keep business out of mexico. mexico is fine. >> he's ha mexican american. >> he's a middle east mexican heritage and he's very proud of it. >> look at how much african-american communities have suffered under democrat control. to those i say the following, what do you have to lose? >> you had a group on one side that was bad. and you had a group on the other side that was also very violent. and nobody wants to say that but i'll say it right now. >> wouldn't you love to see one of these nfl owners when somebody disrespects our flag, to say get that son of a bish off the field right now. out. he's fired. he's fired. >> you were here long befor

so would lewis towns miranda and louise miranda please stand again? [ applause ] also with us this evening is ron chernow who wrote the book "h "hamilton." ron, where are you? way back there. the book obviously inspired lin-manuel, so thank you, sir, for being with us this evening. and also sarah miller director of philanthropy and special projects at 5000 broadway. would you please stand? thank you. [ applause ] murray horowitz, would you please stand and be recognized, a mentor to lin-manuel? [ applause ] >> we're honored that all of you are here this evening to share this evening with us. it's now my pleasure to introduce senator lisa murkowski, chair of the aappropriations subcommittee on interior, environment and related agencies. among the related agencies are the two national endowments for the arts and for the humanities. she's a dedicated advocate for the arts. in lisa's words, there's nothing ha holds us together more as americans, as human beings, as what comes to us through the arts. the u.s. capital historical society was honored in 2004

christopher lewis. that is a great thing to ask your broadband provider. hopefully, nothing is going wrong with her service. what is really important about these rules is that there is nothing holding back broadband providers from taking a service or a website and saying we will not show that anymore. that says you cannot block anything is now gone with this repeal. unfortunately, the federal trade commission is not a rule-making body. they do not have the ability to create and enforce no-blocking rules. all they can do is use their section five deceptive practices where if a broadband provider says they are going to block, they can hold them accountable if they do. rely on the broadband providers to be honest and set the rules for themselves. steve: opinion and views aside, what happens next? what can congress to? what can we face in the courts? there is anpher: opportunity for court challenge. build a casewe can to overturn the decision of the fcc. we hope people will follow that. has an opportunity t

and leon lewis they were afraid. and it worked for u.s. e. and he gave the testimony to the foundation. at one point the interviewer said to them. what happened to your spy. and he literally jumped out of his seat. freaked out. where did you hear that. he had forgotten it. his father never told him anything do you remember one day when you are home. my face was all bruised. actually i got jumped by two nazis. a car came by and slowed down. and said what's going down here. and they ran away. leon lewis never told his family. i don't think he told his family until after the war. is that like a harebrained scheme to start a revolution. is there some control from the lights of germany. the question was in taking over the armories in san francisco la was it a harebrained scheme or was it being ordered by germany. germany was the ordering of any of these plots because as i discovered hitler wanted to keep america neutral. and he now that if there were the crazy plots. i it could be traced back to nazis american public opinion return. he didn't stop

representative lewis has a day job. he's a member of the conference -- congress and he had votes tonight. but we are sure he is on our way here. we have hard question. we have elements of responses. and we have a great group of people. let me turn to you first. archbishop gregory, he went to charlottesville after the days. you said we have to find better ways to talk about the r word, racism. you live the life, ministered, dealt with discrimination in euro and situation, grew up in chicago. one of my favorite things about archbishop gregory is it said he decided he wanted to be a priest before he was a catholic. a testament to the power of catholic schools in the inner-city. i worked in the conference would archbishop gregory was president. he provided enormous, tremendous leadership in many areas. i will personally never forget that at a time when the church was on trial and i was the parent of young sons, he stood up on clerical sexual abuse and insisted on accountability and change in the church. this is a pastor of

one of them, civil rights icon john lewis. joining me now to discuss this and more, democratic congressman david sis leeny of rhode island, he's the former mayor of providence and sits on the judiciary committee. good morning to you. >> good morning, victor. good morning, dianne. >> let's start with the big story going into this afternoon the president's visit to jackson, mississippi. the mayor of jackson will not be at the museum opening with the president. he said this. the president's policies don't reflect his statements that this is a move management that will bring people together. trump has not demonstrated a continuing dedication to the ideals the civil rights movement upholds. let me ask you. do you think the mayor, congressman john lewis and ben ny should be there? >> the president has called supremacists fine people who has engaged in very decisive behavior and has ties with people who have ties to national organizations that are tied to his administration, has shown complete contempt to anyone trying to protest or

lock at this guy, black for trump, i love you. >> john lewis at odds again and lewis cancelling his keynote address at the opening museum along with mississippi representative benny thompson saying in a joint statement president trump attendance and his hurtful policies are an insult to the people at the museum. the president created a hostile climate in the nation. the white house is fighting back. >> the president is reaching out going to the museum and celebrating it. while campaigning right here in jackson. a predominantly african-american city. >> i say get that son of the [ bleep ] off the field right now. he's fired. he deepens frustration over the summer seeming to equate white supremacists with counter protesters. >> i think there is blame on both sides. i have no doubt about it and you don't have any doubt about it. >> mississippi are divided. some are worried it could turn the celebration to c confrontation. >> president trump will tour the museum and deliver remarks. he maybe greeted by protesters who are expected to turn out. >> alex. >> that would not be a surprise, kristen we

lewis: let me start with lewis and clarke. i had not seen that there was a suspicion that lewis and clark were somehow involved with burr. in fact, lewis was very -- "my country cannot make a burr of me." i may be unhappy. i may disappear from the national consciousness, but i'm not going to turn against my country. if there was a connection in wasern explanation -- in it in pike -- in western expiration, it was in pike. pike was sent west i wilkinson and one of the things he was supposed to figure out was thesion routes in case united states decided to invade mexico. but there's more evidence of something going on there than there is with lewis and clarke. that this newspaper, this highly politicized is like thendscape modern political media landscape -- i think there's a lot of the same characteristics. there were people at the time who took only republican newspapers. there were republican editors. even though they were often receiving newspapers, it would generally signal, this is from a federalist paper, believe it if you

i know that next to me was lewis and lewis is an incredible driver and lewis is an incredible driver andi and lewis is an incredible driver and i have beaten him and in the way it all happened it was perfect. can i talk about fear? does that into your mind? is it something you were able to force out as a young driver? iam not able to force out as a young driver? i am not quite as crazy as some of the other guys out there. one example was in baku in 2016 because we we re example was in baku in 2016 because we were doing 360 on the straight in the city. then we were jumping on the city. then we were jumping on the straights and on the left—hand side is the pit lane entry and there isa side is the pit lane entry and there is a perpendicular wall. going past their every single lap and thinking if it fails, i go into that and it is finished. there are a few moments where i have been a bit scared. your most satisfying race? one of the most satisfying race? one of the most satisfying race? one of the most satisfying ones was winning monaco for the first time. my father a lwa ys monaco for

sad. >> personal insults against john lewis are not going to hurt john lewis' reputation or standing and the work he's done for many, many year, and by the way, maybe the president should visit atlanta, georgia a thriving new city which just elected a woman mayor a few days ago and not a city "that's falling apart." i would like president trump to sit down with distinguished scholars like skip gates and michael eric dyson, sylvia silas and sincerely educate himself on the contributions that african-americans have made to the american nation and to the american society. i think if he did that, if he did that, sincerely educated himself, then -- then -- then -- it would send a most important signal he's working to better understand. his policies and his rhetoric have been harmful and hurtful. >> there are people who would argue that this would be an opportunity for someone the stature of john lewis to, in fact, educate the president and one of the people who decided to go is myrlie evers williams. obviously medgar evers widow. she said i hope if his coming there san opportunity for him

both bennie thompson and john lewis are icons in mississippi. and i think john lewis is a good, decent man and a good friend of mine. you know, it's probably trying to figure out how the president could do this without having something subinstantive -- substantive to offer. everyone has looked at the footage of john lewis being beaten with billy clubs on the bridge. so much so that as he will tell you, he thought that that was the end of his life. he thought he was going to die. and if the president is really interested in turning the corner, then monday morning he need to call john lewis and call bennie bennie thompson and say we can't allow the nation to kcontinue i the current direction. there is harmful to the future of our country. i went to mississippi to let not only african-americans but the entire country know that we're going to come together racially and politically. he didn't go there for anything else other than the photo shoot. i really hate to say. that donald trump is my president. i don't want the president to fail and mess up a

trump and lewis have feuded all year. trump tweeting in january that lewis is, all talk, talk, talk. no action or results. sad. this weekend, lewis plans to campaign in alabama for moore's democratic opponent. in jackson today, trump supporters gave him credit for coming. >> those of us supporting him are trying to do the right thing. nobody's perfect, but at least he is trying. >> and david wright is with the president in west palm beach tonight. david, let's go back to that race. late word that president trump has recorded a robo-call in support of roy moore? >> reporter: that's right. these are those phone calls dialed by a computer that are landing during the dinner hour. such a big part of get out the vote operations these days. the white house confirms tonight that the president did record a call for the moore campaign tells abc news they plan to roll it out statewide tomorrow. >> david right for us tonight. david, thank you. >>> turning now to alabama as david mentioned, where they are down to the wire in a closely

trump and lewis have feuded all year. trump tweeting in january that lewis is, all talk, talk, talk. no action or results. sad. this weekend, lewis plans to campaign in alabama for moore's democratic opponent. in jackson today, trump supporters gave him credit for coming. >> those of us supporting him are trying to do the right thing. nobody's perfect, but at least he is trying. >> and david wright is with the president in west palm beach tonight. david, let's go back to that race. late word that president trump has recorded a robo-call in support of roy moore? >> reporter: that's right. these are those phone calls dialed by a computer that are landing during the dinner hour. such a big part of get out the vote operations these days. the white house confirms tonight that the president did record a call for moore. the moore campaign tells abc news they plan to roll it out statewide tomorrow. >> david right for us tonight. david, thank you. >>> turning now to alabama as david mentioned, where they are down to the wire in a

john lewis realizes that. he bears the scars of the civil rights battles having been beaten as he was at the bridge back in 1965. so he knows better than it is to support a strong civil rights agenda. i think appearing at the museum is meant to be a political expression that he is not a racist. but much more important is the policy. policy matters. >> zelena, what should the president do, say to try to improve the situation? or many anything he says or does be perceived as authentic or inauthentic? >> when he is reading from a teleprompter, he often doesn't veer off into something that is racist. when he came down the elevator at trump tower and he said there were good people on both sides when one of those sides including neo-nazis and the ku klux klan, that was a line in the sand. that was the most in which african-americans like myself said this president has crossed a line and he cannot come back from that. nothing he will do can change my mind or black peoples's minds that will say he cares about our issu

i think we have to look at mr lewis today. i have never seen that officer before in my life until we have seen the images today for some he does not strike me as a vengeful person going through a series of vengeful acts. was he right to do it? we have to look at a different motivation. police officers can feel very strongly about information they might feel the public should know about that is being suppressed. these officers are taking a risk in doing what they are doing. the first risk is the internal enquiry. the second risk is the court of public scrutiny through a slander or libel action. i ask the question, why have they been able to take the big risk, other than they feel it is information which should get into the public domain? what should happen now? should it go to cressida dick? should the pm dismiss the investigation as a result of these actions? where are you? we musn‘t get muddled. there was an allegation against damian green of misconduct, which is being enquired into by the cabinet office. he denies it. that

christopher lewis. mr. lewis: that is a good question to ask for broadband provider, what happened to her access? hopefully nothing is going wrong with her service there, but what is important about these rules is that there is nothing holding frombroadband providers taking a service or a website and saying we will not show that website and service anymore. the rule that says you cannot block anything has gone away with this repeal. unfortunately, the federal trade commission is not a rule-making body. they do not have the ability to create and enforce any no blocking rules. all they can really do is use what is called section five authority, their unfair deceptive practices authority, to say that if the broadband provider says they are not going to block, they can hold them accountable if they do. so we are setting ourselves up now to trust and rely on the broadband providers to be honest , and to set the rules for themselves. ,ost: your opinion and views setting aside, what happens next? what can cong

trump and lewis have feuded all year. trump tweeting in january that lewis is, all talk, talk, talk. no action or results. sad. this weekend, lewis plans to campaign in alabama for moore's democratic opponent. in jackson today, trump supporters gave him credit for coming. >> those of us supporting him are trying to do the right thing. nobody's perfect, but at least he is trying. >> and david wright is with the president in west palm beach tonight. david, let's go back to that alabama senate race. late word that president trump has recorded a robo-call in support of roy moore? >> reporter: that's right. these are those phone calls dialed by a computer that are landing during the dinner hour. such a big part of get out the vote operations these days. the white house confirms tonight that the president did record a call for moore. the moore campaign tells abc news they plan to roll it out statewide tomorrow. >> david wright for us tonight. david, thank you. >>> turning now to alabama where they are down to the wire in a clos

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i i'm glad he went and disappointed john lewis did not. but he also boycotted president bush's inauguration. >> i'm going to -- >> i want to say that i felt strongly about the point, donna. >> got to run there. thank you so much. mark do you want to say something real fast? >> just a bizarre ethical position to compare voting for a racist pedophile. we have to have a moral compass that's bigger than the next election. we have to send a deeper message. if you don't do that you're not honoring the spirit of civil rights. >> thank you both, gentlemen. >>> coming up snow covering the deep south. wildfires are still rafr vangag california. with the greatest risk still lies next. live in the cnn news room. ♪ ♪ it feels good to be back. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ you or joints. something for your heart... but do you take something for your brain. with an ingredient originally found in jellyfish, prevagen is the number one selling brain-health supplement in drug stores nationwide. prevagen. the name to remember. after a hall of fame career, it's no wonde

i think more reason for john lewis to go. when you ride with them and talk with them and share a platform, you find something you can chat about. then you can start building common ground. i think if you don't like somebody, interaction is good. absolutely you can make a good statement by not going. i think you can get a better statement by going and interacting. >> marimaria, how about that? congress member john lewis and benny thompson will not be there. the mayor of -- which city? jackson, mississippi will not be there. naacp boycotting. should they be going and do what jack said and be there to share some common ground? >> normally if you were looking at somebody who was sensible and somebody who was looking to expand their horizons and curious about other opinions and somebody who did not think they were right every single minute of every single day. i would say jack is right and the civil rights leaders boyc t boycotting the opening of the mu museum should go. they are not dealing with a normal person. they are dealing

lewis hamilton is the four—time world champion. quite an incredible achievement. but you‘re the only guy who has really taken him on head—to—head and beaten him at the world title. how does that feel? yeah, it‘s very nice to hear that and i‘m very proud of that as well and that makes my achievement a little bit more special to me, because i know that next to me was lewis and lewis is an incredible driver and to have beaten him in the way it all happened, it‘s perfect. can i talk to you about fear. does that enter your mind? is it something you were able to force out as a young driver? i‘m not...not quite as crazy as some of the other guys out there, so fear did come into my mind sometimes. one example was baku, in 2016 actually, because we were doing 360 on the straight or something, or 250, 230 miles an hour, in the city. and then you‘re jumping along the straight and on the left—hand side was the pit lane entry, so there‘s a perpendicular wall to you, yeah? and going past there every single lap and thinking, if something fails now in the car

the short story is my lewis ancestor with josh lewis was my great, great grandfather was sent by thomas jefferson to new orleans in 1803 to receive the purchase from the french and he became -- the louisiana purchase and he became the first justice of the louisiana supreme court and wrote the first legal opinion. i never went to law school. and stayed. his son was there in new orleans, john lewis. the family never left. the other side of the family the carpetbagger showed up in 1830s. my family has been in new orleans both sides and most people are still all there since then and had it been woven into the fabric of the city in lots of different ways. >> host: our guest is author michael lewis on c-span 2's "in depth." we'll take a short break and show you some of the books that have become best-selling movies and will be back with your phone calls here on seat and two. -- c-span2. >> most kids of his background wouldn't come within 2000 miles of this place. >> i expect to make him feel welcome. >> you are their friend. ♪ >> big mike. >> what is he wearing? it's below freezing. >> do y

lewis has to make his own decisions. i can tell you from his history of being on the ground, taking the sacrifice, the beatings and understanding civil rights, i would lean to the judgment of john lewis, an icon in civil rights. can you imagine what it must have been for him not to be there for the opening of an institution that would educate generations to come of what happened in the past? but we still have an opportunity. this is a time, i hope, the president understood that this is a plea. this is a cry for our country to, again, embrace civil rights, to make sure that we're not flipping back the page. i can tell you in black america, that's what it feels like. we have a president who blatantly and openly discredits people crying from the street with their civil disobedience and will say, eh, ignore them, kick them out, call them names. sitting at the table, funding the civil rights department. >> i want to play for you what congressman emmanuel cleaver told me yesterday. >> donald trump is my president. i don't want

this was an opportunity for congressman lewis to do that. and unfortunately he missed the boat for i think political points that he thought i could score against donald trump and look at me standing up to him and getting to imply that he's a racist and people will love me for it. that doesn't bring me together. >> that's a good point and fair point. however, when you sit down with those folks you disagree with, if you really want to make change, you do so in private yach. you don't do so when the cameras are out there. >> civil rights museum opening is good place to start. >> i'm sure john lewis would sit down privately. >> take place behind the stage. you have no idea what conversations might take before that event or after that event or even at the event. >> i've been to many of them. >> so have i. >> and they shave a way of avoiding those conversations. i'm not going to associate myself with something that is morally problematic. and you know what if he got beat over the head in alabama, he has the credibility for him to say that and us t

but georgia congressman john lewis, a civil rights icon is boycotting the grand there. representative lewis calls the president's hurtful policies an insult to the people portrayed in the museum. mola lenghi has more from the white house. >>reporter: mississippi's republican governor invited president trump to the opening of the new civil rights museum in jackson, but that visit has turned into a dustup with several african-american lawmakers. >> we wish the people the best in the opening ceremony, but this is not the time to be a photo-op for president trump who has no civil rights record. >>reporter: mississippi democrat benny thompson is joining civil rights icon congressman john lewis in boycotting the event. in a statement the lawmaker said president trump's attendance and his hurtful policies are an insult to the people portrayed in this civil rights museum. lewis fought on the front lines for voting rights, barely surviving the march from selma in 1965. he opted out of the inauguration in january, offended by -- offended by president trump's campaign. the white h

long history between president trump and congressman lewis, civil rights icon, john lewis boycotted trump's inauguration, trump personally attacked him in pretty scieting -- president trump supported the birther movement. it doesn't come as a surprise, you wish that even in the polarized times you can have two groups to come together in a time like this. >> maybe over christmas. a capacity crowd of 10,000 people in pensacola, florida, where among other things the president addressed the case of the embattled senate candidate in alabama, judge roy moore who has denied of inappropriate sexual assault advances on minors, pept offered another endorsement for judge moore. >> we cannot afford, this country, the future of this country cannot afford to lose a seat in the very, very close united states and we can't afford it, folks, we want people that are going to protect your gun rights, great trade deals instead of the horrible deals. [cheers and applause] and we want jobs, jobs, so get out and vote for roy moore. >> short of actually stumping with roy moore, put him over the top over democratic

lewis hamilton is the four—time world champion. quite an incredible achievement. but you're the only guy who has really taken him on head—to—head and beaten him at the world title. how does that feel? yeah, it‘s very nice to hear that and i‘m very proud of that as well and that makes my achievement a little bit more special to me, because i know that next to me was lewis and lewis is an incredible driver and to have beaten him in the way it all happened, it‘s perfect. can i talk to you about fear. does that enter your mind? is it something you were able to force out as a young driver? i‘m not...not quite as crazy as some of the other guys out there, so fear did come into my mind sometimes. one example was baku, in 2016 actually, because we were doing 360 on the straight or something, or 250, 230 miles an hour, in the city. and then you‘re jumping along the straight and on the left—hand side was the pit lane entry, so there‘s a perpendicular wall to you, yeah? and going past their every single lap and thinking, if something fails now in the car an

. >>> and john lewis is campaigning for roy moore. we'll watch what is becoming a crisis in congress over sexual harassment. three lawmakers now announced resignations in the moment of national reckoning. and we are now getting new reporting on the earthics committee investigation of a fourth lawmaker. >>> we're also heading out west to get an update from southern california where devastating wildfires are torching hundreds of homes, charring an area the size of chicago. and if that's not enough, the top white house official will join me here to talk shut down, taxes and more, plus a segment for a new show, follow-up friday. what is happening in puerto rico almost three months after hurricane maria. but we want to start with politics and our nbc reporters on the ground covering this from both ends of pennsylvania avenue to pensacola, florida, where the president is set to arrive later today. we'll start with kristen welker over at the white house. the president is -- the white house says this is not a campaign trip for roy moore,just

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well, john lewis, of course, was a co-organizer of the 1963 march on washington. as well as the 1965 selma voting rights march, an event that became known as bloody sunday after activists were confronted by alabama state troopers as they crossed the edmund pettus bridge. lewis was beaten so badly, his skull was fractured. let's bring in the "hardball" roundtable. eleanor holmes norton, eli stokols, reporter for the "wall street journal," and sabrina siddiqui from the guardian. what is going on here? the president shows up where he probably shouldn't show up, and the people who should be there aren't showing. >> which shows you why he's showing up to honor himself. look, all praise to the state of mississippi. honest, hard-hitting museum. haley barbour, the republican governor who pressed forward. but no respected civil rights leader like john -- like my colleague in the house could possibly go, because of both words and policies. he sat in the congress for a full year with disparaging policies and disparaging words. and now the last thing he should do is to honor

democratic congressman john lewis of georgia, nothing less than an icon is one of many honored at it museum but has refused to attend the opening because the president will be there. congressman bennie thompson has joined lewis in the decision saying in part quote president trump's attendance and his hurtful policies are an ifsult to the people portrayed in this civil rights museum. the white house "we think it's unfortunate that these members of congress wouldn't join the president in honoring the incredible sacrifice civil rights leaders made to right the injustices in our country." "it is laughable that whiesz is criticizing john lewis and bennie thompson for not attending the opening of a civil rights museum that honors the sacrifice of -- wait -- john lewis, bennie johnson and others. and eugene scott's back with us as well, political reporter for the washington post. both have chronicled this president's are esponse to issues like the nfl protest, the violent alt-right rally in charlottesville and his ongoing feud with assorted members of congress. gentleman, welcome. well, let

john lewis, of course. what they're doing now is trying to get everybody they can to try to generate excitement and energy for this race in the final couple days, especially in the african-american communities in alabama. >> i know and it's hard to believe it is right around the corner. gabby, i want to turn to "the new york times" report on hope hicks because she was warned by the fbi earlier this year about e-mails from russians. we also learned that hope hicks spoke with special counsel robert mueller's team yesterday and on thursday. what was your biggest takeaway from this report? >> well, that the russians are still trying to get access to this administration in nefarious ways an she's been warned by federal officials to be wary of that. i think that's a huge revelation by "the new york times" last night. as far as her interview with robert mueller's team goes, i mean, hope hicks is one of the so-called originals, one of those campaign staffers who's been with trump since the beginning of the election

>> john lewis. he was bloodied on the selma bridge when he was trying to protest voting rights and organizing sit-ins. >> are you going to let me talk? >> you asked who. so i was telling you a bit about john lewis. >> you didn't let me finish. john lewis has become one of the most irrelevant members of congress. >> i just want to get your thoughts. >> that's the sheriff. we know him. >> he's not sheriff anymore. >> we've all known him to be crazy. he's an uncle tom. we've all known that as well. if it weren't for john lewis and the civil rights moment, he would never have been a sheriff and probably wouldn't be on fox news. all of this is part of a great distraction that trump is doing. he's flailing scorched earth because he knows what's coming down the pipe with russia. it is particularly blasphemous for him to go to mississippi. mississippi was the site of the emmett till lynching in 1955. him being falsely accused and his lynches is what brought about the modern day civil rights movement. trump

among them congressman and civil rights icon john lewis, who has called trump's visit a mockery of the civil rights movement. the president already busy tweeting this morning, not about this moment, but instead about a crucial alabama senate election not far away. now just three days away from that special election. trump urging people in alabama to vote for accused child molester roy moore. here's what he said last night at a rally. >> we can't afford to have a liberal democrat, so get out and vote for roy moore. >> so that was in pensacola. but now the president is in jackson, mississippi and of course we'll take you live again to jackson, mississippi the civil rights museum when the president begins his remarks. athena jones is at the opening of that civil rights museum. so what more can you tell us when the plan for the president and how he is being greeted? >> reporter: well, according to the notes we're getting from the small pool of reporters that are fooling h following him, he has concluded the tour. he saw an exhibit on the freedom riders and he also saw an exhibit on the mur

congressman bennie thompson of mississippi has joined lewis in that decision. they issued a joint statement saying in part, quote, president trump's attendance and his hurtful policies are an insult to the people portrayed in this civil rights museum. the white house then responded with its own statement. quote, we think it's unfortunate that these members of congress wouldn't join the president in honoring the incredible sacrifice civil rights leaders made to right the injustices in our history. well that brought this response from the congressional black caucus. it is laughable that the white house is criticizing john lewis and bennie thompson for not attending the opening of a civil rights museum that honors the sacrifice of, wait, john lewis, bennie thompson, and many others. here to talk about all of it, jason johnson, politics editor for the root and an msnbc contributor and eugene scott's back with us as well. political reporter to the washington post. both gentlemen have written about and chronicled this president's response to issues like the nfl prote

the ceremony boycotted by john lewis, benny thompson and mayor the jackson, mississippi. the president did not mention the controversy in his remarks. he stayed on message, highlighting the importance of the museum. >> the civil rights museum records the oppression, cruelty and injustice inflicted on the african american community, the fight to end slavery, to break down jim crow, to end segregation, to gain the right to vote, and to achieve the sacred birth right of equality. >> there in jackson, mississippi, nbc news white house correspondent kristen welker. kristen? >> reporter: hi, richard, good afternoon to you. president trump stuck to his script when he spoke here at the civil rights museum in jackson, mississippi. he paid tribute to all of those who have fought and risked their lives in the civil rights movement. he particularly focused on medgar evers, a civil rights leader who was shot and killed right here in jackson, mississippi, where he lived with his family. his widow was here today, as well as his brother. in fact, he greeted president trump on the tarmac.

benjamin rush was one of our founding fathers, he was the physician sorted in charge of the lewis and clark expedition. he was the person wrote this very long set of papers that detailed to lewis and clark how they would take care of themselves on the trip entered to get sick and had to stay healthy. one of the things he told them was to include his own proprietary blend of mercury and an herb that was a cathartic and make you have diarrhea. he called these pills his thunderbolts or his thunder clappers because of what you did to the toilet when you took them. so there are these wonderful documents that are read in his pupil beautiful handwriting that basically said things like when you have some constipation, take one or two. when you're not feeling right, take one or two. if you know is coming on, take one or two. this went on and on. it was like use for everything. he wanted use for everything. they took some were about 600 thunder clappers with them on their trip. yes, , oh, lord is right. 600. we know the pathway that lewis and clarke took across the united states, but for a long

john lewis, betty thompson and many others. equating peaceful people who protested knee ee eed neo-nazi supremacists -- they just don't get it. >> i get the point they're both making and that john lewis and betty thompson are having. is this a fight worth having? the opening of a museum not the sort of thing to be inclusive? >> this idea of this opportunity, we are now talking about president coming to visit this museum. what we are not talking salve those people who made the ultimate sacrifice involved and engaged in the civil rights movement, gave their life to the civil rights movement. this has become a distraction. as it relates to president trump and as it relates to this opportunity tlshs h opportunity, there has been plenty opportunity for the administration to have a conversation of substance about how do you address issues in african-american communities through policy? we just haven't seen it happen. >> one of the things that one wonders about is the white house's decision to engage in this. i guess a handful of peop

john lewis, who will not be appearing. in town. democrats who do not believe they've had much of a voice over these years. >> vaughn, now if you can take out your reporters' notebook i'm going to help you on some things here, okay? >> okay, ready. >> it's 5:30 pensacola time. at 6:00 you need to go over to bagel heads, garden street. >> tell them joe says hi. >> say hi to rob and jan. >> okay. >> get a chocolate cappuccino muffin. you think i'm joking. i'm not. then go over to the fish house, say hi to collier. swear to god, they have the biggest wharf rats. and i'm joking, collier, i'm joking! then when it's over -- >> i'm going to stay through the weekend so let's say we ate at the hilton garden inn which wasn't quite good enough. >> you have to go out to the beaches and go to the naval air museum. then go back to the fish house. you can put a saddle on one of those wharf rats and ride it around for a while. collier, i'm just joking! >> how about msnbc gives me a couple of days when this thing is wrapped up and i'll go make it ha

sop congressman john lewis also boycotted the inauguration. so it's not entirely surprising then that lewis is also skipping this echts. but president trump going could be a good thing in the sense that it will force news net works to cover the opening of this civil rights museum in mississippi. i think a lot of folks couldn't know this museum exists if president trump was forcing this to be a major topic of discussion. it does raise the spekter of his own very problematic history. >> trump has said there's a sick system in the country. i want to take a listen to his words. >> this is a rigged system, this is a sick system from the inside and you know, there's no country like our country, but we have a lot of sickness in some of our institutions. and we're working for hard. we've got a lot of them straightened out but we really do have a rigged system in this country and we have to change it. terrible. >> all right. so a lot of people taking exception to that. jeff flake rebutting this is not a sick system, mr. president, let's not slee a so d

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