From before the 1980s. But first, sanctuary cities have become a major Battle Ground in the immigration debate in the u. S. Why does President Trump want to get rid of them . And what does his new budget tell us about his plans to help inner cities with education, policing, and health care . Joining me now, the mayor of one of those sanctuary cities, newark, new jerseys mayor. Good morning. Good morning. Let me start with sanctuary cities. I want to get into the budget and how it affects inner cities, but the president has gone out of his way, the attorney general Jeff Sessions actually threatened mayors like you of sanctuary cities offi turning o certain funding. Why are they targeting you . I think them targeting sanctuary cities a way for them to tell mayors and folks around the country that theyre sticking to what i think is an unamerican and unconstitutional policy and trying to intimidate us into being what ive called fugitive slave catchers, to run around and do otheir bidding i
Faces, i. E. , Michael Cohen, exhibit a. Its donald trump. He has trouble telling the truth. I dont argue with any of that. Thats not my question. My question is why do he and these people around him keep lying about russianrelated matters if they have nothing to hide . Well, thats true. But maybe they just cant tell the truth. Maybe he is just not in the position to tell the truth. In a position to tell the truth. Now im with you. Now im with you. Is he in a position to tell the truth . What is manafort hiding . Thats a fine phrasing. Business. Incapable of telling the truth, i dont give anybody that excuse. Well, this person doesnt seem capable of telling the truth. But business. Its a red line. Dont go back to my businesses. The person who can do that is Michael Cohen. Thats why he hates Michael Cohen or hes upset with him. I dont know if he hates him personally, but you know what im saying. Its a figure of speech. I think maybe at this point he doesnt hes not in a position to tell
Certain things, do you think thats going to matter on wednesday . Hes got credibility problems, theres no question. And i agree with phil. From the republicans, youre going to see a standard sort of defense lawyer crossexamine. Youve been convicted of crimes, youve lied, why should anyone trust you now . Standard fare. And it can be effective. If i was advising democrats i would say you do not need to embrace this guy. Hes no saint. Just stick with what can be proven. Stick with whats in the tapes. Stick with whats in the documents. It doesnt matter if people like this guy. You dont need to like him. Its just, can he be believed . But he previously postponed his testimony by what he thought were perceived threats by the president and by the president s attorney rudy giuliani. Do you think thats going to affect his testimony . I dont know. You cant send him out there if youre his lawyer unless hes really ready to go. They made some threats that i think were over the line against his fam
Fixer Michael Cohen called him a racist and con man in front of the entire nation while the president was overseas. And news broke that the president himself ordered officials to give his soninlaw Jared Kushner a top security clearance despite objections from the Intelligence Community. Always taking place at any moment now, u. S. Center bernie sande sanders first Major Campaign rally since launching his 2020 bid. He is returning to his native brooklyn fors spee todays spe. So lets get started with sarah westwood. What can we expect from the president at cpac . Reporter well, President Trump is emerging from a week of rough headlines on the Foreign Policy front and domestically, so we do expect him to try to turn the page on all of that. Ful be t fulle it be the first time that were seeing him since he left val vietnam emptyhanded. So we may see him try to characterize in that summit in positive light. That is certainly what mike pence did when he spoke at the same conservative gatheri
Doesnt add up. Why is Ralph Northam still the governor of virginia . He has given a series of increasingly incomprehensible explanations for this racist photo that was in his medical School Yearbook. According to a source, northam telling his cabinet this morning that if he goes now, hell be branded a racist for life and that he needs more time to clear his name. Because so far his attempts to do so have defied common sense. Here he is saying its not him in that picture. I believe then and now that i am not either of the people in that photo. This was not me in that picture. That was not Ralph Northam. Im telling the truth today, that was not my picture. The problem, of course, is that northam had already said that it was him. On friday, releasing a statement saying, quote, earlier today, a website published a photograph of me from my 1984 medical School Yearbook in a costume that is clearly racist and offensive. So at first it was him and then it wasnt him, in a photo that, of course,