received payments. and who need government assistance but not getting them like other farmers are. yeah. these are things i would like to talk to the president and the agriculture secretary about. it s semit msemantics. i understand you ve met to all the presidents dating back to the carter administration? that s right. from the carter administration, both democrat and republican. it s almost common courtesy, when a new agriculture secretary comes in, they meet leaders like myself. at the farm bureau. the president has been at the farm bureau and spoken there. why can t they meet with leaders like myself and find out what needs the african-american farmers have right now. i know this is a difficult time. and the last time you were on the show is the government shutdown and what that meant to you personally and your membership. john boyd, jr., thank you. and thank you for having me
and many voted for president trump. in fact, it s his base. and that s why i can t figure why he s not doing more to help our farmers, especially those who voted for him. and why they re not more vocal at speaking out. i watched farmers on cnn. and they say about how much difficulty they re in. they don t say, hey, i m not going to support president trump next time. they re not willing to go that far. but for african-american farmers, we re seeing it worse. this administration has been closed to leaders like myself. i ve reached out to the agriculture secretary and to the president and asked for a sitdown meeting. and the secretary of agriculture told a reporter that, oh, he meets with black farmers, when he s passing them and meeting them at certain venues. but he needs to meet me in an official capacity. and answer questions about what is this administration going to do to assist farmers like myself, right now, who haven t
mess. let s not blame the players for the political mess that this has become. let s blame the people who are upset that we can t talk about racial injustice in this country. given the stats, who would get the benefit of the boycott? would it be donald trump for destroying the nfl for not kneeling or would it be african-americans who want to not stop black players from protesting the injustice. we have to consider that 70% of the players are african-american, we have to see that they can vote with their dollars. i think they should use their power to do so. but i think that trump is going to make an issue of this no matter what. it s not much of a factor. always a convenient foil for him. he ll continue to do it. jamil smith, thank you. have a great day. more am joy after the break. o! -how many of you use car insurance? -oh. -well, what if i showed you this?
w war as his basis for skepticism of the cia. now he s brought in the john boltons of the world. he seems to believe what you say is cooked intelligence to go to war with iran. it s a strange set of circumstances. it is burr i see a design in it. and i think the design is what the jesh man foreign minister said when trump announced he was going to violate the jcpoa that it was based on domestic politics. i think trump s actions now regardless of where they are and how bellicose are based on titillating his base for the november midterms and i think we ll see anything trump thinks is necessary to do that is policy and that scares the bejesus about me. we were just treated to donald trump s allies in conservative media saying their sons should not have to go to war for montenegro meaning the nato alliance is not worth
theaters and it s on its way to becoming the number-one movie in the country. among the stars, ving rhames. like any good star, he s been doing press for the movie and he had this harrowing story on sirius xm. he said two years ago he was at home watching tv when four police officers showed up at his house, rang his doorbell, and when he opened the door pointed a 9 millimeter handgun in his face. ving said and the santa monica police confirmed that the officers were responding to 911 calls made by neighbors reporting that a large african-american man was breaking into the house. here s a thought number one, know who you live next door to, you might live next door to ving rhames and don t call the police on your neighbor for entering their own house, whether that neighbor is a celebrity or any other large african-american man. really just your neighbor. up next, the dictators strike.