address. republicans on the trail have been hammering the president saying he hasn t done enough to create business and help small businesses in in country. they say he s been growing it, not decreasing it. this type of maneuver could answer that criticism that the republicans are receiving. congress still on recess. we ll have to see what happens when they get back. right now they are responding pretty cautiously. say they they want to see more. they are interested in what the president put forth. they just want more detail. craig. kristen welker from the white house. let s bring in ed. good afternoon to you. good to be with you, craig. let s start with what this is and what it might steam be. this is genuine by the president or an attempt to not look like a government liberal? a bit of both. shouldn t be split up in a little bit. create this new super commerce agency and trade agency. that s what the president is proposing to do. it could only save $3 billion over t
america would detract from the ceremony with his presence, which drew protests and ultimately an accommodation from organizers. a separate private event for this president. 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. that s big stuff, that s big stuff. those are very big phrases, very big words. joining me now from jackson, mississippi, is bobby moak, chairman of the mississippi democratic party and a former
down. so there were a lot of forces at work yesterday. so let s be clear so people around the country understand, the president was invited by the governor of mississippi. it was not like the civil rights leaders that invited him and then reneged. the governor invited him. he came in belatedly accepting the invitation and many of the civil rights leaders and elected officials, some of who are honored in the museum, said they would not stand on the platform or be part of a ceremony with him. and that s exactly right. and they were not going to subject themselves to a photo opportunity, which is basically what it turned out to be. when you re there for only a short time, you come in, you re out, but this is the first in the nation. you have mississippi
mississippi state senator, and civil rights attorney judith brown, executive director of the project s national office. bobby, many of us, especially myself, have even before he was president come to terms with some of our disagreements with him in this area. but don t you think despite the boycott, despite the legitimate concerns, that the president missed an opportunity to really lay out that he does have a plan for civil rights and he does have a plan for advancement, even though many of us disagreed in the past with conservative and republican presidents, they at least had a plan. he didn t even try or attempt to do that yesterday, bobby.