message from martin luther king day. king s daughter bernice has since weighed in with this tweet. only in a country still haunted by white supremacy and hounded by racism would a sitting president feel comfortable degrading africa and haiti while praising norway. there s an ugly history that preceded trump s comments today. sources say the president told aides he thought the media was throwing his comment out of proportion. the view there is that this may likely enrage washington. reporter: good morning. president trump setting off a fire storm on thursday when in a private meeting with lawmakers he was discussing immigration and the issue of restoring temporary protected status came up particularly for people from african countries as well as haiti. they did not deny the president
the view there is that this story may enrage washington, but will likely resonate with trump s base. for more, let s go to cnn s sarah murray at the white house. reporter: good morning. president trump setting off a fire storm on thursday when in a private meeting with lawmakers he was discussing immigration and the issue of restoring temporary protected status came up particularly from people from african countries as well as haiti. they denied deny the president made these remarks. instead, a spokes person, raj shah said in part, president trump is fighting for permanent solutions that make our country stronger by welcoming those who can contribute to our society, grow our economy and assimilate into our great nation. back to you guys. thank you. the outcry over the president s remarks global. former mexico president fox tweeting at president trump, your mouth is the foulest shithole in the world. with what authority do you proclaim who s welcome in
reporter: good morning dave and christine. president trump setting off a fire storm on thursday when in a private meeting with lawmakers he was discussing immigration and the issue of restoring temporary protected status came up particularly from people from african countries as well as haiti. as for the white house, they responded they did not deny that the president made these remarks. instead, a spokesperson raj shah said in part, president trump is fighting for permanent solutions that make our country stronger by welcoming those who can contribute to our society, grow our economy and assimilate into our great nation. back to you guys. there has been a global outcry over this remark. mexico s former president vicente fox tweeted at trump, your mouth is the foul est shut hole in the world. with what authority do you proclaim who is welcome in america and who is not? america s greatness is built on diversity. or have you forgotten your immigrant background, donald? as for the r
storm on thursday when in a private meeting with lawmakers he was discussing immigration and the issue of restoring temporary protected status came up, particularly from people from african countries as well as haiti. as for the white house, they responded they did not deny that the president made these remarks. instead, a spokes person raj shah said in part, president trump is fighting for permanent solutions that make our country stronger by welcoming those who can contribute to our society, grow our economy and assimilate into our great nation. back to you guys. thanks so much. the president s comments joined wide spread condemnation from lawmakers. tim scott of south carolina, the only african american republican in the senate calling the remarks disappointing. he says our strength lies in our diversity including those from africa, the caribbean and every other corner of the world. to deny these facts would be to ignore the brightest part of our history. and this from congres