4yearold daughter in the backseat. 12 Police Officers shot and five killed at a peaceful protest in dallas. Some shot in the back. All i know is that this, this must stop, this divisiveness between the police and citizens. Not since the summer of the 60s and violence in detroit and chicago has the nation felt so hopelessly divided searching for leadership and scenical about the answers the leaders can provide. As painful as this week has been, i firmly believe that america is not as divided as some have suggested. Almost eight years after Barack Obamas election as the nations first black president , more than four in ten African Americans are doubtful the country will ever achieve racial equality while some political leaders call for unity. We must learn to live together as brothers and sisters, if not we will parish as fools. The blame game is also beginning. Of all the protesters last night, they ran the other way expecting the men and women in blue to protect them, what hypocrites.
Candidates heal the nation . Joining me for insight and analysis, Michael Eric Dyson of Georgetown University and msnbc contributor and longtime republican strategists marry madeleine and Washington Post columnist michael gerson. Welcome to sundays meet the press. This is meet the press with chuck todd. Good early sunday morning. Too early to make comparisons but we live through a week that will stand out in vent history. Headlines in the recent newspapers tell the story of a nation divided and at times feeling as if were at war with itself. The shooting of two African American men and the subsequent deaths of police sparked protest, most peaceful but there were tense confrontations. Last night in st. Paul, minnesota protesters clashed with police injuring two of them as marchers pushed past state troopers and closed a freeway. All of it exposed racial divisions in the u. S. And comes at a time of growing Political Polarization of it all with americans becoming more table separated by
Copy. Trump yesterday seemed to question why the mother of the fallen muslim army captain did not speak. The story is making headlines today and appears to be another d d distraction that the Trump Campaign did not need. We begin with Trump Campaign chairman. Welcome back to meet the press. I want to play for you a comment that was said this morning responding to the most recent statement that the campaign has put out, here it is. We have a candidate without moral compass, without em pathy for its citizens. The way he showed disrespect towards the golden star, mother of this country, that says it all. Your wife . My wife, the brave of my son. Can you explain why mr. Trump went so hard after mr. Khan . This, again, the clinton narrative. He feels sorry for what they have gone through just as he had felt sorry for the victims that spoken for the republican convention. Thats not the issue. The issue is not the khan family, not the mendoza facmily. The issue that mr. Trump is talking about
Ahd take cuthe giants ve o okay, its friday night. You want to tell him who you were hanging out with earlier tonight . I was just hanging out with some olympic gymnasts, thats it. Name dropper. If you were hanging out with brandon belt, you would be hanging out with an allstar, because he won the final vote for the midsummer classic. He received 10 million votes. Lit be belts first time at the allstar game. Giants taking on the diamondbacks. Had some fireworks in this one. Buster posey getting thrown at by patrick corbin. They were not happy about that. Bruce bochy ejected for the first time this year, and Brandon Crawford said he wanted to make him pay and he did. Tworun home run. Crawford, an allstar snub. Three rbis. Giants came back to win 62 the final score. How about the as and astros. As up 97 in the 9th. All good, right . Valbuena, first pitch, gone, threerun home run. As have lost seven of the last nine. Thats not good. Marreese speights will not be back next season with the
Juli Julian Assange. Are you hoping these leaks elect donald trump president . Joining for me insight and analysis, david brooks, columnist for the New York Times and doris goodwin, trump advisor alex gas tcastellanos a Hallie Jackson. Welcome to sunday, its meet the press. From nbc news in washington, this is meet the press with chuck todd. Good sunday morning. One of those critical junk tours in a president ial race where a campaign can freeze for about a month during the olympics, the end of summer and labor daybreak. We heard two remarkably different versions of america offered by two candidates at their conventions. Donald trump sees a troubled nation that needs to be rescued. Our convention occurs at a moment of crisis for our nation. The attacks on our police and the terrorism of our cities threaten our very way of life. Any politician who does not grasp this danger is not fit to lead our country. Hillary Clintons America was to use a word perhaps more reganeske. A country where