they re going to have policies that s going to benefit you. what gives him pause? senator harris, how are you? very well. good morning. this change on morning radio. squl a lot of black people question if barack is black enough. i see them doing the same to you. what do you say to people questioning the legitimacy of your blackness. i think they don t understand who black people are. racial identity has followed her even before she announced her candidacy. is this country after what trump has unleashed ready for the first woman of color president? absolutely. on her book tour, an audience outburst. we are so brave and at her first news conference after announcing how do you describe yourself? how do i describe myself? as a proud american. she would not say she s an african-american woman. she would not say she s a black woman. words matter. and perhaps as a nod to that
improves why trump was denying wh any business in russia. it is our understanding that they went on throughout 2016. can t be sure the exact date. it is probably up to could be up to as far as november or december. it is until the election. any time during that period they could have talked about it. the president s recollection of it is the thing had peted out quite a bit. the house intelligence committee reacting to the revelation. squl that that is news to me. most voters, you name it, that knowing that the republican nominee was actively trying to do business in moscow and those negotiations were ongoing while up until the election i think that s a relevant fact for voters to know. we are following this hour s
congressman, to those members of your community that are hurting and mourning? squl li like i said, our hearts are broken for the jewish community in pittsburgh but when they were attacked, they attack us all. pittsburgh is a very strong and united community and we re all here together to support one another and to support our friends in the jewish community here in pittsburgh and we ll get past this, but you know, it just makes you wonder, what has to happen in this country before we start to have some common sense about guns. i just don t understand why any civilian needs a military weapon. those weapons are designed to do one thing. kill a lot of people quickly. when you hear about mass shootings in the united states and you don t hear it so much in other countries, it s because there s just too much access to these kinds of military style weapons that are designed to do one thing. kill lot of people quickly and
president trump s tweets over the past few days have taken aim at many targets, amazon, the media, former president obama to name just a few. in a very real sense he s playing to a single audience, his political base. more from our randi kaye tonight. we have retailers all over the united states who are going out of business. reporter: if the president is trying to impress his base, comments like that may do the trick. no doubt trump has a personal beef with amazon founder jeff bezos, who also owns the washington post. but trump, in going after amazon, is also defending brick and mortar retailers, which he says are getting squeezed squl. you look at some of these small towns where they had a beautiful main street with stores. the stores are all gone. reporter: those retailers in many cases, mom and pop shops, part of what donald trump sees as his base. his effort to keep his supporters in middle america and
is in is going to continue for a while while the supreme court decides qul these new restrictions that were imposed over the weekend mean the showdown in the supreme court should go away. big news from the supreme court. pete williams, thank you for getting that for us. we appreciate it. you bet. and now we want to go to puerto rico where their dire situation continues to unfold there following hurricane maria. the entire island without power. 3.4 million residents struggling with a lack of clean drinking water, long gas lines, failing cell phone service. this morning, puerto rico s governor sounded desperate for the u.s. to take action. this would be a humanitarian crisis in the united states. puerto rico is part of the united states. and i ask for congressmen, congresswomen, the administration to take swift action on a bill here in puerto rico. and hillary clinton is also calling on the trump administration to intervene. she tweeted this. president trump, secretary