and then to see him on prompter reading somebody else s remarks today. it makes the remarks today, i think, seem hollow, given that it certainly seems like last night that is the real donald trump. well, precisely. and you were right when you noted earlier that there seems to be this kind of raw nerve approach, where he s delivering to those audiences at the so-called rallies exactly what they came for. they want to be excited. they want to be energized. it s a performance that they know fairly well. many of them travel the country to attend these rallies. and for the president, i think this is energizing as well. his ego requires it. thanks. just ahead, more breaking news. newly uncovered e-mail about a previously unreported effort to arrange a meeting between trump officials and vladimir putin. no splashing! wait so you got rid of verizon, just like that?
continuous coverage of every single moment of the president s remarks. he lied, too, about his own record, or exaggerated his accomplishments both big and small. we ve also obtained historic increase in defense spending to prevent and deter conflict. we believe in peace through strength. we re building up our military like never before. like never before. the president has asked for a $54 billion boost in military spending for the next fiscal year which is big, but it s only a smaller basis. congress has yet to either raise spending caps or actually appropriate the money. asking is one thing, getting it is another. he also turned down a chance to take any responsibility for the gop health care bill not passing in the senate. without naming names, he repeatedly referenced the senator whose vote sealed his fate, arizona s john mccain who happens to be undergoing radiation chemotherapy for brain
to protest removal of the robert e. lee statue, that not all of them were neo-nazis or white supremacists, what do you is that true? no. everyone who is there knew what they were doing. they were shouting, jews will not replace us. it was very well coordinated. they had an order to the chants. there was no mistaking, there s no innocent person wandering up getting involved in this. last night the president did not mention the very fine people. another lie about omission. he did, however, lash out at the press coverage and no surprise he wasn t honest about that either. listen. then i said racism is evil. did they report that i said that racism is evil? you know why? because they are very dishonest people. so i said, racism is evil. now, they only choose, you know, like a half sentence here or
they re turning their lights off fast. like cnn cnn does not want its falling viewership to watch what i m saying tonight. oh, boy, those cameras are going off. oh, wow. why don t you just fold them up and take them home. oh, those cameras are going off. wow. that s the one thing they re very nervous to have me on live television, because this can t happen. he s talking about his staffers there? you know what that is? that is the sound of the president lying again. in fact, we and others kept the cameras going for each and every one of those 77 minutes that he spoke, including every last attack on the people wrathing it. broadcasting it.
for allowing the rally to happen. the conversation in charlottesville is how to tell the story of race in america, history in america. and how to handle the intertwining of both. today hundreds of protesters flooded the streets outside nfl headquarters in new york city. now, no team will sign colin kaepernick and football season is rapidly approaching. some questioning whether he s being blackballed. white balled. white balled. i knew i knew ewere going to use that term. it s been one year, exactly one year since people noticed what kaepernick was doing. people didn t see it in the preseason games. i want to play something president trump said back in march. and you know, your san francisco quarterback, i m sure