estimated 3,000 people died. many puerto ricans blame the governor for not responding to the crisis effectively. now it s unclear where this goes. we could see more protests over the coming days. again, the governor saying he will not resign. we know you ll stay on it. thank you for joining me this hour. andrea mitchell reports starts right now. and right now on a special edition of andrea mitchell reports, live from the aspen security forum. hate speech, the president escalating his attacks against congressman ihlan omar. stoking his supporters anger at a campaign rally. omar has a history of launching vicious anti-semitic screeds. inside view.
today. because you re not endorsing a former vice president, former chairman of the foreign relations committee, someone who clearly know well is campaigning in part of his experience in foreign policy. why not joe biden? i m endorsing my friend because i ve known him for years. i know he s been a combat leader. i ve been able to watch him up close in his values. i think he s the right person for the future. and we ve really got to think about what s right for the decades in front of us. there s going to be emerging requirements. we need to be set up with a forward focus. and why i think i know the answer, but why do you think that the chants of send her back against an elected representative who is a refugee from somalia, why is that so damaging to us as americans? well, i think who we are as americans is important, not just
that. he just stood there and kind of soaked it in. when i play that moment for you, what do you think? you know, obviously we should be having a conversation about the positive nature of america and what that is is tapping into i think some knee-jerk reaction and rhetoric that is about the concept of somehow the racist type of undertones of america that need to be uncovered. but at the end of the day what i believe is the contrast that will be shown is what she represents in regards to that member of congress and her extreme vision of america going forward, that i don t believe is good for america and i will stand opposed to it based on the idealogical difference of socialism, versus freedom of america. i hear you. call her out. no one is saying don t call a member of congress out when you disagree with statements they ve made or policies they stand for. we ve had many a member of congress, republican and democrat, who have been on my show to speak out against things that congress
andrea mitchell at the aspen ideas excuse me, the asman security forum here in colorado. president trump is appealing to anti-immigrant bias in his campaign rants against four minority congresswomen, spotlighting the one member who was born outside the u.s. ihlan omar. she fled war torn somalia in the 1990s. the president armed with a string of attack lines went off on a five minute diatribe against omar, prompting this stunning chant from a north carolina republican crowd. she looks down with contempt on the hard working americans saying that ignorance is pervasive in many parts of this country. and obviously and importantly,
presidential candidate seth moulton, a democratic congressman did not qualify for the next 2020 debate, but today he is getting a high profile endorsement from retired four star general stanley mcchrystal. general mcchrystal spent decades in the military and was appointed as chief of staff to the joint task force operating in afghanistan after september 11th. and i m joined now by seth moulton and general stanley mcchrystal, former commander of international security forces. thank you both. first of all, you not qualifying for the debates on the 30th and 31st is a problem. general mcchrystal, let me ask you first why you re endorsing congressman moulton today. i am. i m proud and happy to do it. you know, i got home early this morning from a trip, andrea, and watched television and saw a chant send her back. and it reinforced for me the