Presented with another opportunity to be president ial and he chose to offer a factually inaccurate tweet. At least 13 people are dead after a van deliberately swerved on to a Pedestrian Mall in a popular tourist district. Two people have been arrested. Isis has claimed responsibility and theres Police Activity in a town south of bars locelonbarce. Spanish police are calling it a raid. Well bring you details as they become available. Today president first tweeted his He Condemnation of the attack and offered help. Then minutes later, there was this. Study what general pershing of the United States did to terrorist whens caught. There was no more radical islamic terror for 35 years. To study that, youll have to go into your spam folder and find the email forward from your
many bloomberg reports the president is abandoning plans for an Advisory Council on infrastructure after two others disbanded yesterday. Meanwhile in congress, momentum is growing for a formal resolution. A move that just got strong from the Editorial Board of the usa today which is not known for taking controversial political stands. Telling republicans, put your votes where your tweets are. Something certainly does seem to be shifting among gop lawmakers with two high profile senators expressing deep concerns about the president and doing on it camera. Started erasing the comments that were strong. What we want to see the moral authority. It is compromised when tuesday happens. We should all call that on the carpet. The president has not yet
been able to demonstrate the stability that he needs to demonstrate to be successful. He also has not demonstrated that he understands the character of this nation. Without the things that i just mentioned happening, our nation will go through great peril. Steve schmidt is now an msnbc analyst. Today he fweetweeted he. Thanks for being here. Explain your thinking on censuring the president. It is very important when theyre shouting antisemitic slogans, marching adolf hitlers nail in the 1930s, convenient
rating the most evil regime in all of history, that let loose horrors and Human Suffering on a scale that beggers the imagination. For an american president to equivocate on the denunciation of that evil is a profound moral failure. The False Equivalency is an obligation upon political leaders to fix it, to address it. Each generation as we move to the end of the life span of the survivors of the death car. S, the men who stormed beaches in normandy, each generation who willley 100 years from now, we have an obligation to bear witness to the magnitude of these crimes. The prop suspicion steve bannon has on the table is this. He wants to move the Republican Party away from its legacy of Abraham Lincoln and eisenhower and reagan and Teddy Roosevelt and infuse with it White Nationalist whos have a common cause with neonazis. Thats his vision for a new coalition. And he is very willing, he hates the Democratic Party so much, to tear at the fabric of this country and to do real damage to it for the next midterm election. It is a cynical a strategy as weve ever seen coming out of white house. It is despicable, shameful, and republicans should react to protect the dignity and the legacy of the Republican Party. The neonazis there are drawing vociferous condemnation because it is so egregious. What the marchers were there to
do was to convenient rate rob e. Lee. And you have this debate across the country about that. And republicans are not against the idea of having these statues up. Does Republican Party have to reckon more fully the fact it did take in these southern conservative whos do conveniere it. It was the party of the north and the west. Hit become nations southern political party. Now trump is celebrating and venerating the confederacy. When you look at the problem in 2017, the challenges we face as we move into the third decade of the 21 century, why do we want to Refight The Civil War is
beyond me. If you choose to refight it, certainly would you want to be on the side of the union. Not the side of the confederacy. Not the slave he will pier. The republican side really quick will, South Carolina senators have come out refwoobu the president ful will a krenls you are pass . I think this is an enormous inflection point. He dmeemonstrates a level of unfitness every day, sometimes several times within a day. The congress is on recess. Theyll be hearing it at home. Our Military Leaders have delivered a powerful rebuke. And i think that republicans in the congress are also called on in this moment the deliver a powerful rebuke to show the president that they are a coequal branch of government. And that his moral failure
guilt. Donald trump went after the central park teenagers. He was very well known for taking pout full page ad. And this is with a he said when he was asked. Of course i hate these people. And lets all hate these people. Maybe shat what we need to get something done. It is inqulebl a report he asks me whether or not i have compassion for the people that did this crime. No compassion. Do you see some hypocrisy in republicans saying they didnt thing guy . The time for republicans to stand up was in 2015 and 2016 and they did not. The stench of Donald Trumps lifelong racism will stick to him for a long time. We want to have good debates. Trumps race six on full display in the story about general jack
black pershing. Donald trump just loves that there was violence against impeachment people. You smng general pershing sat down with those people and he read with them from the koran. Yeah. As if people could see that, this is donald trump talking about president Barack Obamas birth certificate in 2012. Take a listen. If the State Of Hawaii says this is official Efrgs Born In Hawaii on this date, here it is, why do you deny that in. A lot of people do not think it was an authentic certificate. His mother was not in the hospital. There were oom things that came out. If you would report it
accurately, i think you would get better ratings than youre getting which are pretty small. Is there any way, any adult who has been sentient, can claim they do not know Donald TrumpsRacial Attitudes . I dont understand this at all. I dont know. Just look at the policies. The transgender ban in the military. The muslim ban. The doj. Look at the department of justice how they reversed core on the war on drugs. This guy has made it very, very clear. Thats not an analogy, my friend. Thats not how analogies work. Analogies have to have a point of reference. Not only is this a mythology but theres no point of reference to make it an analogy. They live in this world of mythology. There are too many support heres are more than happy to live and breathe in that world. And do you get the sense that he is clinging to this base because he thinks he needs them . Or because he agrees with them . Well, he does both of those. I think theres something deeper going. On ive said for more than two years now, if donald could create the circumstances that would allow him to suspend the constitution, formally or informally, and become dictator, he would do so. One thing thats very clear, that donald trump cannot get military to back him to take order this country. Thats the only good news in this. Donald trump, we have not seen the worst of this. His racism is becoming more and more evident. He is retreating into the evil
inside himself. It was evident to all of us who know him well. This is not as bad as it is going to get. Senator corker is right. He is putting the nation in great peril. You have private fury, lots of People Tweeting against nazis fast thats a high bar to clear. Its political coward ice. I dont understand this. Are they holding out for tax cuts . For repealing of i dont understand what the political strategy is. In not addressing this. Unless they actually believe he the core of the base of the Republican Party is the core of trump. And the core of trump
supporters. Many Mitch Mcconnell has been fwakd this president and when this president stoop ed to his lowest point. Obviously he has the power in the senate but i dont understand the lack of courage. History will judge. Thank you. Appreciate you both. Were following Breaking News at this hour. A second Terrorist Attack in a town called Cambrils South of the site of the earlier attack in barcelona where van careened down a busy street. Two people were in custody but the driver is still at large. The latest from barcelona. Tell us what you know. Claudio . Tell us what you know. Reporter well, the town of cambrils is about two hours drive south of barcelona. This comes from a tweet from catalonia. Barcelona is the capital. They are working on the hypothesis, the Police Responded to a Terrorist Attack. They said that they have killed the alleged attackers while the Emergency Services only said they neutralized him. It is unclear if this was related to the killing of at leaf 13 people today that were rammed by white van here if barcelona but of course it is a strong possibility, especially considering the driver of that van was still on the loose. And we know there was an isis claim for the barcelona attack. Is there any chatter that it was involved in a second incident . Not yet. I think theyre trying to make sure that all the people responsible are brought to justice or neutralized in this case. The fact there is a Police Investigation following another Terrorist Attack, well know more of course as time goes on. It means the peril, the danger is not over yet. So i think they will make sure the towns in spain are secure before they evaluate the claim from isis, joy. All right. Claudio, thank you vex for that update. Appreciate it. When we come back, the interview
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hell understand. This is defcon level bad. He rejected the president s hawkish stance on north korea saying theres no Military Solution the north Koreas Nuclear threats. Forget it. He was candid about his feuds, specially on china. Thats a foyt i fight every day. Theres treasury and economic chair gary cohn and Goldman Sachs lobbying. Im changing out people at east asian defense. Im getting Susan Thornton out of state. Pointedly smiling and shaking hands with her ahead of a meeting with japanese officials. Two reporters who have been covering all the ins and outs of the trump white house, and hunter walker, join me now. Bannon is either in, out, up, hes down. After the interview in which he contradicted the official line on north korea. Where does he stand with the president . Ever since general kelly has come in as Chief Of Staff for president trump, it has been made clear to me and other reporters that hes closely evaluating each senior official and their role. And bannon is included in that group. Bannon has a rapport with the president and he has a relationship with kelly. Theyre both military men. Haskelly met with him . Ill told that bannon has been in touch with president trump, with kelly and others. There are frustrations about the interview with The American Prospect with the candor he used to talk about the administration. I can imagine. Lets listen to the new york
congressman pete king. This is what he had to say. I think it is important for the president to fire steve bannon. He was saying he hopes the Democrats Use race as an issue, thats a win for republicans. That cant be allowed. He is undercutting the secretary of defense, the secretary of state, the head of the Security Council on north korea, his time in the white house should be over. And you were there is as elane chao was uncomfortable stlang next to donald trump as he went on that rant, supporting the people who marched in charlottesville. Does this make him too tox ib to work for . Have we expect to see bannon retired over it . I think you saw after that Wild Press Conference was Transportation Secretary Chao and gary cohn, the president s top economic adviser, attempted to hold a Press Conference about infrastructure. And i felt it was important to keep pressing the question about neonazises who expressed their support for the president. What was really interesting, gary cohen has discussed it and appalled, did not answer at all when i asked him if he had trouble with those comments. Steve bannon did address the issue in that blockbuster interview. He did say they were clowns. And i have talked to those people. Theyve said while they dont see bannon being white national. Is, that the rhetoric, the hard line on immigration, the economic nationalism is
something White Nationalists can support. And thank you for correct megaon that, secretary chao. This is what bannon seemed to indicate that more incidents like charlottesville, where does this connect with the American People with their history, culture and traditions . The raceidentity policies of the left wants to say its all racist. Just give me more tear down more statues. Say the revolution is coming. I cant get enough of it. A comment like that where he seems to say that charlottesville good for business. How does that play inside the white house . Inside the west wing . There are some deep concerns about this racial theme thats popping up. Not only from steve bannons
comments but trump. Seeing you oh, thats just Political Correctness but theyre saying this is unsettling to them. And no plans to resign among jewish members of his team, people of color . You dont hear any indications that people are appalled enough to quit . I can confirm that many of gary cohns friends on wall street, people who associated with him at Goldman Sachs and elsewhere, have couldnt tacted him, urging him to step aside for the good of his reputation, the good of the country. He is resisting even though he has been very alarmed by president trumps comments. He believes he can do something on tax reform or even become cheryl. Federal reserve. Thats interesting. What about the trump children . They seem tobl awfully quiet and
both practice the jewish faithful any read on their reaction to their fathers, i dont know, the sweet spot for people who protest with nazis . Well, as robert was saying, a lot of people in and around the administration are doing that Old Washington parlor trick. Where they privately express concern and just how upset they are while still showing up to work the next day. Jared and ivanka are not even doing that. I have tried to reach out to their spokespeople, to people close to them and it is utter silence. They had been positioned as liberal voices. And jared and ivanka are practicing jews. Coming up, the man known as russias favorite congressman meets with Julian Assange. He says he has a men for donald trump. Do you think Robert Mueller may want to know whats going on here . A 94 decrease. Applied the day of chemo, Neulasta Onpro is designed to deliver neulasta the next day. Neulasta is for certain Cancer Patients receiving strong chemotherapy. Do not take neulasta if youre allergic to neulasta or Neupogen Filgrastim . Ruptured spleen, sometimes fatal as well as serious lung problems, allergic reactions, kidney injuries, and Capillary Leak Syndrome have occurred. Report abdominal or shoulder tip pain, Trouble Breathing or allergic reactions to your doctor right away. In patients with sickle cell disorders, serious, sometimes fatal crises can occur. The most common side effect is bone and muscle ache. So why go back there . If youd rather be home, ask your doctor about Neulasta Onpro. Her long day as anne. Hair stylist starts with Shoulder Pain when. Hey joanne, want to trade the all day relief of 2 aleve with 6 tylenol . Give up my 2 aleve for 6 tylenol . No thanks. For me. Its aleve. When this guy got a flat tire in the middle of the night. So he got home safe. Yeah, my dad says our insurance doesnt have that. What . . With liberty mutuals 24hour roadside assistance, get a jump, tow, and more any time of day. Switch and you could save 782 on home and auto insurance. Call for a free quote today. You can leave worry behind when liberty stands with you™. Liberty stands with you™. Liberty mutual insurance. Been warned by the fbi russian spies were trying to retruth him to which he said this. Russian intelligence has been after me since i was a teenager. It is kind of insulting that the fbi thought they had to warn me. Which makes it more curious that after meeting with assange for three hours in london, the congressman said, assange reafirld his aggressive depend the russians had anything to do with the hacking of the dnc during the election. He has given us a lot of information. He said theres more to come. But now an fbi witness, known only by his online alias professor, turned himself in. I dont know had a will happen. It wont be pleasant but ill still alive. You were ordered to resign by trump. And a former double fbi agent and author of how to catch a russian spy. On the question of the meeting with julie yandle assange, if you were on Robert Muellers team works that prompt you to want to interview him . Maybe. My resacks he is way out of his lane here. He is really only the Executive Branch through department of justice that should be negotiating with people. Discussing immunity with people. So to be engaging in a threehour meeting is incredibly inappropriate. When Dennis Rodman goes to zmouk visits with kim jongun. A new complaint was filed alleging that they violated the magazine Nowitzki Whakt they tried to get the general prosecutor removed from u. S. Sanctions. Thats bill browder who of course prompted that. Does it strike you as odd that this congressman would undertake to clear Julian Assange in the russian hacking . His motivations are really unclear. I dont know what they are. But he does seem to be interfering. If write Robert Mueller, i might want to meet with him to tell him to knock it off. He deemed wikileaks to be a hostile intelligence actor. What would be Julian Assanges motivation in meeting with the
congressman . He cannot get him immunity, i cannot get him out of the hole where hes hiding. What would be his motive of thaeg meeting . With a right wing blogger. I have to theorize. Assange has a great affinity for the russians and for putin himself. And theres a report that said assange did not want to take antirussian leaks and put them out on wikileaks and wikileaks is quite upset about that. So this is something where assange was trying to curry favor with the russians. Else incredibly egotistical. So this could be something to get him back in the limelight. He is certainly worried. I think he is just grasping at relevancy. Do you think that now the fbi
had the hacker coordinating and talking to them, who will probably tell a different story than Julian Assange, does that get us close to a conclusion in the russiagate affair . Counter intelligence resolves itself with a conviction and a trial. It seeks to both identify and neutralize a threat. If weve identified someone involved and taken them off the market, off the stage, that will be a win. To answer your question, im not sure that well see something publicly mere will resolve itself. That doesnt mean for Counter Intelligence he operations standpoint that we arent winning this battle. A similar question. Can you see where we do get
Counter Intelligence victory that we may or may not think about. That it will be more along the lines of Routine Garden Variety corruption and those kinds. It could be we never hear about the outcome. It could be that it is that you one tool. There are a lot of things that can be done to neutralize threats. In addition Jeff Sessions said in april that they were working criminal charges against assange. It may be a Desperation Attempt to try to get himself, curry favor and see if he can shortcut that outcome. One of the other things that came out of meeting was assange saying he would like wikileaks to have a seat in the briefing room. According to trump, the u. S. Is
his home. The absurdity, at the end of the day, whether it is snowden or assange, what bothers me is that he hides thunder broad definition of a journalist. Quef to say that this is not stealing. We should take him and prosecute him. Hear, hear. Appreciate your time. Coming up, the unprecedented brawl between the 45th president and his own party in the week of charlottesville. And the president of the United States as defender secessionist monuments. I kept looking for ways to manage my symptoms. I thought i was doing okay. Then it hit me. Managing was all i was doing. When i told my doctor, i learned humira is for people who still have symptoms of moderate to severe Crohns Disease even after trying other medications. In clinical studies, the majority of people on humira saw significant symptom relief and many achieved remission. Humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. Serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened; as have blood, liver, and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure. Before treatment, get tested for tb. Tell your doctor if youve been to areas where certain fungal infections are common, and if youve had tb, hepatitis b, are prone to infections, or have flulike symptoms or sores. Dont start humira if you have an infection. Just managing your symptoms . Ask your gastroenterologist about humira. With humira, remission is possible. Horrors fts removal of our beautiful statues and monuments. As he condemns removing monuments of those who fought to preserve slavery. Remember, trump wasnt always nostalgic. He demolished a building built in 1929. It included two historic art deck loe sculptures wanted by the metropolitan muse hell of art. He destroyed them to avoid holding up his demolition schedule. You were recently the object of a lot of controversy. You ordered destroyed sculptures on the building that you bought. The building was not worth, as a building or an art decco building, they were not valuable. And theyve proven to not be valuable art structures. Weve had he appraisals done and
they trnld out not to be very valuable. That was contradicted by these know something about artistic value. The rare statues were sought with enthusiasm by the metropolitan muse heum of art. Adding they were just jack hammered in half and pulled down in such a way that they shattered. It was just tragic. While trump demolished those structures to build trump tower, he also invented a fake monument for another project and thats thing would in 60 seconds. This i gotta try weekenders. Then weve got the bendy. Spendy weekenders. The tranquility awaits. Hanging with our Mates Weekenders and the its been quite a day. So glad we got away weekenders. Whatever kind of weekender you are,
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spot. The casualties were so great that the water would turn red and thus became known as the river of blood. The times spoke to historians and there was no such battle. No way. Nothing like that ever happened there. The Executive Director of the Preservation Group dedicated to that section of virginia. The river of blood, he added. Nope. Not there. Two other historians agreed that assessment but trump pushed back with well, alternative facts. That was a prime site for River Crossings so if people are crossing the river and you happen to be in a civil war, i would say that people were shot. A lot of them. How would they know that, trump asked . When told local historians called it a fiction. Were they there . R visits. And hey, unmanaged depression, dont get too comfortable. Were talking to you, cost inefficiencies
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political defining moment for the party. But anyone who is actually surprised that weve gotten here, this question of how did we get here, well, who did you think you were getting . Were you not paying attention in 2015 and 2016 . Did you honestly think that donald trump was going to be somebody other than the man that he made it very clear that he was . So no, you actually have political challenge, policy challenge. But this fundamental moral choosing. And i think that the main question that a lot of these guys have to ask themselves is they may agree with donald trump on the policy but is it worth it . I know that paul ryan wants tax cuts but is it worth it to look the other way when hes aligning himself with neonazis and White Nationalists. If theres a line hes cross it. Whats their line. It doesnt sound like theyve made that calculation. Sounds like they think its wort it. Theres a new cbs poll out talking about the handling of sar lotsville. Do you approve of Donald Trumps
handling of it. Total its 33 . Among republicans its 67 are the republicans looking at this is trump describing the blame accurately. Are these republicans making the calculation that the base is with trump and that they therefore no matter what they have to be with trump . I think that that is part of the calculous. But look, one thing the president has made clear is that no republican is safe. I mean you look at someone like jeff flake as a perfect example. Jeff flake is no fan of donald trump. U at the end of the day jeff flake is supportive of the trump agenda in congress. And jeff flake was the target of this crazed twitter attack against a fellow republican. So obviously no republican can feel safe. And i think that is something that enters into the calculous as well now that even though they know that donald trump is still doing relatively well in polls with the republican base, the question becomes at what
point can i get turned on by this president. At what point am i no longer safe . And i think thats the question theyre starting to ask. Yes, i think it is a matter of raw politics at this point which is a little sad given the circumstances and given the fact that i do Think Charlie has a point. This is a moment of choosing for republicans. And charlie, you have been candid and written a book about what the right did to itself in terms of talk radio. You know, theres a lot of news out, theres a potential for john kasich or someone else to primary donald trump. Given that the base of the party has been fed for so many decades on white grievance, that they do believe it is wrong and unfair to take down confederate statues, at least the majority think trump is right about that. Would a primary against him even succeed . I think to be honest with you, its highly unlikely. Look. That candid on the record interview that steve bannon gave was really very, very revealing. He basically made it clear that
they were relishing this fight over race. They were relishing the fight over the statues. Tear down for statues. Other president s may have played upon racial grievance and racial divisions but no one quite this overtly. And i think right now donald trump and steve bannon see this racial divisiveness as something that will indear him to his base. Solidify the base. And as long as the base is with him, other republicans are reluctant to break and its difficult to beat him in a primary. Thats where we are here. With the conservative Media Echo Chamber right now, this is all about left wing violence, the attempt to take down the president of the United States. And its all about these statues. By the way, it is not about statues. Look at the posters of this quite the right nazi rally. It is not about robert e. Lee. Its about a lot more than that. And donald trump got the same percentage of the white vote as