relating to the centralark 5, calling for them to gethe death penalty, even thohhey were five black and latino individuals who were wrongly convicted. there s a history there donald trump will have to deal with in terms of his own doing. in terms of the steve bannon phenomenon, the reality is this steve bannon ran breitbart news. breitbart news is a self-described platform for the alt-right. the alt-right promotes, in the view of many americans, anti-semitism and white supremacy. white supremacy equals racism. therefore, through a process of deductive reasoning, the person who ran breitbart news has some questions to answer as it relates to the level of respect he has for tolerance and diversity in our society. congressman hakeem jeffries, sir. good to have you on today. appreciate your time. look forward to having you back. thank you, tom. we head out west for breaking news we ve been following today in california with more storms and danger.
criminal justice reform, the need to end massive incarceration in america, the need to repair the voting rights act after it was devastated by the supreme court back in 2013, the need to develop an economy that works for hardworking everyday americans and not just big business. these are issues of importance. and if president trump is willing to have a meaningful discussion about how to move these things forward, then i would expect that an engagement with the congressional black caucus is likely sooner rather than later. that, thomas, however, is a decision that will be made under the leadership of chairman sedrick richmond from new orleans in partnership with the membership of the cbc. all right. sir, i want to ask you about a comment you made on our air yesterday. i just want to remind folks what you had to say. take a listen. we re looking forward to an open dialogue. steve bannon, however, should not be in the room. he s a stone cold racist and a white supremacist sympathizer.
to shake that off and just accept the line from the administration. that was a tremendous loss of trust with the american people. so, you know, it s nice to say now the press job is to speak truth to power. where were you for the last eight years? a lot of people are asking that and saying the press is going overboard and jumping on everything that happens in the trump administration who they very quickly had said was their enemy. so there is a sense that this is you know, there needs to be a lot more balance. do you think specifically for the irs more important. a lot of americans are skeptical of the irs to begin with. anyone is skeptical of someone taking their money. do you think we d get faith back in the irs first they just happened to release donald trump s taxes? would the american people have faith in that institution? no. this wasn t about the irs. if you remember, maybe you forgot the irs scandal entirely. no, i know exactly what you re talking about but i m