folks there in charleston right now. congressman meeks, south carolina congressman jim clyburn said there was an element of disrespect with regards to april ryan. he also had that testy exchange with the correspondent yesterday from a jewish publication, immediately assuming this reporter was trying to label him as an anti-semite and asked him to sit down. what is it about this administration and its relationship with not just black voters and hispanic voters but minority voters in general? what is it about this administration in that relationship that gives you pause? number one, his words. just listen to what he said, all during the campaign and his actions even as president of the united states, and what few policies that he put in place. to me it was also hected like he didn t know and maybe representative cleaver is correc he did not know what cbc meant but when you think about the black people he has
invited basically entertainers and individuals who come who say they haven t a clue with reference to policy or legislation or how to get any of that done, they made those statements and those are the individuals he seems to want to engage with as opposed to policy makers and people who know how to resurrect communities and make a difference in people s lives. why do you think he d rather talk to the likes of a kanye west versus the likes of congressman meeks? because he s putting on a show. he s not being sincere. when you look at what he s doing with reference to black people in the words that he s utilized throughout the campaign, what have you got to lose, and there goes my african-american, and those kinds of things like he s still on his tv show so he s putting on a show and not being the president of the united states. the congressional black caucus has been in existence for over 40 years. at its inception the congressional black caucus met with richard nixon and we met
in his press conference that nobody he knew of from his campaign was in contact with russian officials. do you believe that? i have no idea. reporter: mcconnell s office reached out to clarify that he was not responding to the question of whether or not he believes the president, but rather he thought he was being asked about the facts of the matter, and he said that he could not speak directly to this issue of whether or not the trump campaign had reached out to russian officials. that s telling in its own way, because of course the senate intelligence committee is investigating what has gone on here. they have indicated that their scope is going to be a little broader than it may needed to be, or that at least their counterparts in the housere saying that theirs will be. they say they expect that flynn will be asked to testify before the senate intelligence committee, and that they will look into these questions surrounding these reports. craig? kasie, right side of your screen
right here in the usa. it s amazing to think that a little over 113 years ago, next door in north carolina, orville wright was the first man to sail the skies in a very little airplane. the 1903 wright flyer was made of mostly wood and cloth. it was so small that orville s brother, wilbur, could not join him on the flight. he was always very upset about that. the flight lasted all of 12 seconds, but it was incredible. that flight was a testament to the american spirit. i see that same spirit everywhere i travel in the country. i saw that spirit all throughout the campaign. we have the greatest people anywhere in the world. we have the greatest spirit, and
hearing john mccain say this is an administration in disarray on an international stage a bit surprising to number of folks. kelly o., stand by for us. we ll come back when president trump starts his remarks there. kasie hunt is on capitol hill for us. kasie, just a short time ago we just heard from the arizona senator. we also heard from the kentucky senator a short time ago, mitch mcconnell, senate majority leader of course. you asked him about russia, and his response has a number of folks scratching their heads. reporter: well, craig, senator mcconnell was asked today at that press conference about all of the reporting that s been swirling around the investigations and of course what trump said at the press conference. president trump got up and said that he did not, to his knowledge, believe that there was anybody that had from his campaign who had been in contact with russian officials, but take a look at what mitch mcconnell said when he was asked whether he believes that.