message from martin luther king day. king s daughter bernice has since weighed in with this tweet. only in a country still haunted by white supremacy and hounded by racism would a sitting president feel comfortable degrading africa and haiti while praising norway. there s an ugly history that preceded trump s comments today. sources say the president told aides he thought the media was throwing his comment out of proportion. the view there is that this may likely enrage washington. reporter: good morning. president trump setting off a fire storm on thursday when in a private meeting with lawmakers he was discussing immigration and the issue of restoring temporary protected status came up particularly for people from african countries as well as haiti. they did not deny the president
lawmakers in the oval office there with the president. late last night, the haitian government sent in the top diplomat there to discuss the president s remarks. if you re expecting an on-camera response in the controversy from the white house, it may not be today. today there is no briefing on the schedule before the president leaves to spend the weekend at mar-a-lago. we are told the news about the president s remarks broke just as he was recording a video message for martin luther king day. king s daughter bernice has since weighed in with this tweet. only in a skun tri haunted by white supremacy and racism would a sitting president feel comfortable degrading haiti while promoting norway. don t pretend the president hasn t been racist. he told aides he thought the media was blowing his comment out of proportion. a white house official tells cnn the story may enrage washington but will likely resonate with trump s base. for more let s go to cnn s sara murray at the white house.
the hatian government discussed some of the president s remarks. if you re expecting a response to the controversy from the white house it may not be today. there is no briefing on the schedule before the president leaves formar-a-lago. king s daughter bernice has since weighed in with tweet. only in a country still haunted by white supremacy and hounded by racism would a sitting president feel comfortable degrading africa and haiti while praising norway. don t pretend as though mechanic hasn t been racist. the president told aides he thought the media was blowing his comment out of proportion. a white house official tells cnn is that story may enrage washington, but will likely resonate with trump s base. for more, let s go to sarah murray at the white house. reporter: good morning, dave and christine. president setting off a fire
certainly no indication that this would have an impact on the status of the team. clearly they are following it. the children of dr. martin luther king in the battle over the late father s precious belongings. we learned back in 2007, king s daughter bernice has been able to sell only the court can access. they are in a safe deposit