apart but his own party is fracturing. democrats struggling to put the comments from a squad member comparing the u.s. and israel to terrorist groups like hamas and the tele- band. that is where we start, have a great weekend, bill hemmer lived in york city, dean is out today. good to see you this morning, martha maccallum and this is america s newsroom. this is like the closest that we have been, on time. over there and i don t know, no. bill: 18 inches so the eagle will land. good to see you. martha: good to see of this morning. nancy pelosi is doing her best to brush aside those remarks by congressman ilhan omar calling the progressive democrat a valued member of their caucus. she said leadership accepted the apology and it is now time to move on in her words, but some jewish democrats not so sure that they are okay with brushing all of the society. ilhan omar with hostility against american. bill: so peter doocy with the president in brussels and we begin with jacqui
speaker pelosi after she refused to punish ilhan omar for the u.s. and israel with terrorist groups but now she declined to punish ilhan omar with despite the jewish lawmakers with frustration that there is a long history here. this is not the first time ilhan omar has said something in sedentary about u.s. foreign policy and now all of this is causing question of whether some of those democrats might vote with republicans if they push to punish ilhan omar in some way. but after she walked back her comments, she did double down on the question later referring to the victims of u.s. and israeli abuses speaking about some international court cases. and congresswoman rashida tlaib rushed to pass judgment on democratic leadership for
the fact that she clarified her remarks, but at the same time i m disappointed she and other members double down. there s an amount of discretion that matters, that to clarification should stand. but i ll definitely be watching her statements as we move forward. you talk about doubling down. some of the statements from colleagues, let me read something that rashida tlaib wrote. the benefit of the doubt doesn t exist for muslim women in congress. they should be ashamed of this tone policing of congresswomen of color. alexandria ocasio-cortez wrote, pretty sick and tired of the constant vilification and intentional mischaracterization and public targeting of ilhan omar coming from our caucus. your reaction to those. i am not attacking her personally. i m just calling out her words. and her words matter. and the fact that at a foreign
hamas. the comment at the center of it all came monday when omar tweeted, quote, we must have the same level of accountability and justice for all victims of crimes against humanity. we have seen unthinkable atrocities committed fwi u.s., hamas, israel, afghanistan, and the taliban. congressman ilhan omar clarified that statement on thursday writing, quote, i was in no way equating terrorist organizations with other systems. it was demanded she clarified her words. we re joined by the vice chair of the house arms services committee. thanks so much for being with us. you wanted a clarification, congresswoman omar issued one. how satisfied are you? good morning. first i d start by saying words matter, and these comments that
saying things, but the average american doesn t think that we have to completely tired on the system and remake it. and i think it s a port for us not to lose sight of that. tucker: it now, you may have forgotten, but barack obama won to elections in a row, pretty comfortable both times. now he s too far right to get the democratic nomination. that s not speculation, it s literally true. the parties cadre of red guards would not happen. case in point, congressman ilhan omar tweeted this on saturday. if being too far left hashtag, illiterate means believing health care as a human right, in future generations should live in a healthy plan. all student should be canceled. the minimum wage of a $50, lives depend on gun reform and families don t count me in! , arm flexing emoji. joins us tonight. are you for the exclamation space my point in arm flexing