tweeted reporters would be invited in for a portion of it. no you ll be watching that, ben. we re also watching what s happening on the campaign trail where pete buttigieg has unveiled a new plan to try to help african-americans. the 18-page plan is part of the campaign push, according to josh letterman, to boost standing with black voters that took a hit after a white police officer shot and killed a black man in indiana. the strategy to deal with his challenge with black voters is to show he s not throwing out generalities or making vague promises but he really thought about this and has a comprehensive set of policies to deal with systemic racism. with us now, director of progressive programming for sirius xm and msnbc political analyst. also senior adviser at movon.org and msnbc contributor. thank you both for being here. so let s look at some of these
says trump 2048. total control. meant to incite people on the left, what s he doing. that s not insidious stuff. this is the stuff you probably want if you re the left. this is normal stuff on the internet. it s the more dangerous stuff invited to the white house a lot scarier. people, like you said, accusing kamala harris of not being, quote, a black american even though she was born in oakland. it s standard birtherism, racism, things like that that were pushed as recently as two weeks ago that are now invited into the east end of the white house in a closed-door meeting. they said it was going to be open to the press but we don t know what s going to go on in there. it s a group of people who create wild conspiracy theories with an audience with the president. it s pretty spooky. you mentioned it is closed press now, which means reporters can t go in. although there s a sense that may change because the president