he had a say in how that money was used. i think rnc needs to be asked a lot of questions about where their funds are going and why. more on that in the coming days. david gergen, amanda carpenter, paris denard, thank you. the president treated him lyme like number one, now fired. we ll talk about peter strzok s real or alleged defenses and whether they had anything to do with the president s displeasure. later, what the president said to james comey and why the shifting story line could matter a lot. we ll be right back.
the white nationalists unite the right rally is scheduled to be here in d.c., i asked both men where they thought race relations in this country were headed. they both said they thought it would get worse before it gets better. erin. all right, sara, thank you very much. another incredible report there from sara. now, let s go to the national affairs correspondent at the nation. and paris denard, member of the president re-elect council. let s just play an exchange here from the piece, between her and preston. here it is. do you hate black people? no, i have friends who are black. he s an imperial wizard with the kkk. he says but don t worry, i ve never terrorized a black person. says he ll be buried in his robe though. he shot a gun at a black person while using the n word, so we actually saw something that proved that he s lying. do you think that daryl davis
because he tweeted, and i quote, lebron james was just interviewed by the dumbest man on television, don lemon. he made lebron look smart, which isn t easy to do. i like mike. that was a reference to michael jordan, who said through his spokesman afterwards that he supported lebron james and the amazing job he is doing for his community. joining me are professor cornel west of harvard and princeton and cnn political commentator paris denard, former black outreach for president george w. bush. professor, i m wondering what you make of this which is just the latest example of the president criticizing a well-known african american person on intelligence. well, i think we need to keep the focus where it belongs because it s clear that president trump doesn t focus on what he ought to. the focus is on first gloria marie james, a mother, a magnificent black woman raise as magnificent son and becomes one of the greatest athletes in the history of modern times who then use his greatness t
this according to several senior department employees who have spoken to cnn. a spokeswoman says secretary zinke never said anything of the sort. joining me to discuss, democratic strategist joe trippi and cnn political commentator paris denard, a member of president trump s re-election advisory board. so you got the interior department, paris, about 68,000 employees, more than 70% of them are white. and so this is the backdrop of this discussion about what secretary zinke has said. what do you think about it? well, i will say, just in general, i think that diversity is important. i think it is important. diversity is important. i think what we do as a nation is we try to parse words and figure out are we talking about racial diversity, diversity as it relates to women? heather swift, the spokesperson for the interior department, says she s known the secretary for a very long time, is a
a major development today in florida. lawmakers taking action on demands by students and parents calling for change in the high school massacre. i want to bring in cnn commentator angela rye. michael singleton and paris denard. good evening. are they there? we re here. i don t see you guys. there you are. we see you. there you are. i see you. angela, i want to get some news in here tonight. three weeks after the parkland shooting, the florida legislature defied the nra and passed a gun control bill backing new gun restrictions. governor rick scott has 15 days to either sign or veto the bill. will he sign, do you think? you know, i m not sure. i think the challenge that we have in this country and don we ve been talking about it for over a week for more than a