That will do it for me. Ali veshi picks things up right now. Im not about to talk to you i would love to talk to you. Are you done for the day. 5 00. Have a great afternoon. Good morning. Im ali veshi. We begin with a tale of two days as the country celebrates civil rights champion Martin Luther king on this mlk day, President Trump broke with tradition and did not participate in the day of service. And the president continues to fight off claims that hes a racist after his reported shithole countries comment. Here he is last night. [ inaudible question ]. No, im not a racist. Im the least racist person you have ever interviewed. That i can tell you. Okay. But democratic senator dirk durbin is sticking by what he said and Lindsey Graham said his memory of what was said what was said has not evolved. I stick with my original interpretation. I am stunned that this is their defense. That is that is their choice. The discourse right now is pretty low. It is pretty embarrassing when you hav
anything today. he is. i called issac newton faris up in the last half hour and asked him about the fact that the president has no public events on his schedule today in honor of the federal holiday which marks the legacy of martin luther king jr. and far is told me, he zwnt think it is an issue of malice, he thinks are t reflects the president s racial ignorance and he said that is present in the president s orbit and then he said, if you go back and watch the speech the president gave on friday, he hit all of the right themes about togetherness but didn t say about the day of service aspect that is synonymous with the federal holiday. so isaac newton ferris who has worked in the the king center and a close and member to the king family and close to the apparatus for years has held events in honor of dr. martin luther king jr. said in this instance he sees the president s racial ignorance coming to the fore and his lack of public events commemorating the holiday. thank you very mu
and it is pretty clear with his public statements, he doesn t want to throw the president under the bus. even if he s willing to jab tom cotton and david purdue and saying his memory has evolved as theirs has but he is clearly trying to keep the line of communication open for the president to get this done. this issue that he cares so much about. jeff, let me ask you something. on friday, there was an awkward moment at the white house in which the president was going to sign this mlk jr. proclamation and accompanied by a few people, including a gentleman named isaac newton far is, to the right of the screen, awkward for him and for the nation because all of this news was buzzing around and he made comments that didn t refer to the president s alleged comments but he did say that martin luther king jr. s, day is meant to be a day of service. it is not for barbecues and it is not for relaxing. it is to do something. now mr. faris is disappointed the president isn t doing