Behind closed doors yesterday. According to the washington post, senator ted cruz told representatives from the white house, quote, i want you to take back that you didnt hear a single yes in this room. Louisiana senator johns kennedy publicly expressed worry about the president s plan this morning. Hes talking about tariffs. Im worried about the tariffs. I worry that the harm to our economy will be greater than the effect on mexico. Mexicos our biggest trading partner. We do about 700 billion thats nine zeros worth of business. But close trump ally Lindsey Graham urged fellow republicans to fall in line, while conceding its unlikely a plan will emerge before the tariffs go into place. If i were the republican senators, i would give the president a chance to get better action out of the mexico. You can do that by monday . I dont know, probably not. Its just going to take a while. Our big question is will Senate Republicans revolt, and will it matter . Joining mess aanyonita kuma and je
the question to be added after he found in a study that it would create an electric tomorrow damage for republicans and non-hispanic whites. eugene scott joins me as well as nina totten affairs correspondent nina toten berg. euge eugene, i d like to start with the civil rights side of this. this was a pretty stunning story when it unfolded and we learned that there had been this new evidence that suggested there was an awareness that there was a political benefit for republicans to adding this question to the census. what are the civil rights groups going to argue today and how might it change their case? based on my interviewing groups like the naacp they have argued that this strategy would undercount people of color in america and the reason that it s a problem isn t just about representation in congress, but about them not receiving the resources they need in their communities and their neighborhoods to live the
rather than discussing this what you have is shut up, don t share what most people might have megyn: our viewers may not know this. now with juan williams gone, there are no african-american on-air correspondents. on npr. megyn: here is why i raise this. nina totten berks rg goes on a show called inside washington. was asked about jesse helms and his claim the government spend too much dough on aids research. don t offer personal opinions on controversial issues. she says on this show, i think he ought to be worried about what s going on in the good lord s mind.