a former president and current presidential candidate puts ou democracy in uncharted territory. trump is already lashing out attacking the investigators, them integrating our justice system, and calling on his supporters to protest. that s all without making an of the pleas for peace w normally expect from someone seeking to lead our nation and republicans, for the mos part, have rallied around him, echoing his claims that th legal system has bee weaponized for those of us with lon memories, no trump has littl regard for the rule of law he did not care about du process when he was calling fo the central park five to b executed before the had thei day in court he did not care about politica witch hunts when he campaigned on lock up, locking up his opponent hillary clinton, with chance of lock her up. and now it appears as if trump s refusal to live by the same rules as the rest of us may finally be catching up wit him. and if it does, the paybac will be richly deserved. it s a
the former president. joinin me now is chesley maddox-dorsey, chief executive officer of the american urban radio network which is celebrating its 50t anniversary. thank you for joining us today. thank you so much, reverend al sharpto for having me. first, i want t congratulate you and you organization on halfway centur of important work. we are goin to talk about that more. but i am curious about your reaction to the historic indictment o the former president donal trump. it s really a sad da when we get to this point. this is really unprecedented and quite shocking that we hav led to our democracy down this path. or allowed him to lead our democracy down this path so, it is a tense time for all of us, but have no fear. we ar going to cover it as we always have. with the truth now, former president trump has a long history of bullying and press and inspiring hi
face. but, it has not stoppe as in fact i have think it has made a stronger and more committed to the process trump has also had a record of attacking women. he calls stormy daniels horse fac throughout the hush mone investigation. trump also has long nickname for new york attorney general letitia james calling her peekaboo, a raging maniac, a leftist nut job. and now we just celebrated women s history month. and i know you are committed t elevating female journalists specifically women of color. how should we be responding to trump s boorish behavior well, we have, fortunatel for the american urban radio networks, we have the suppor of black community and fai minded people everywhere. which, is a larger number than an other group. by the way. so, w don t really subscribe t nonsense. we just do our work, and elevate our people, elevat
hillary clinton is appalling and disgusting. he continues to obsessively lash out at her, at his rallies with his words and now through social media in a manner that is utterly unbecoming of the president of the united states. every one of us should be offended by the vindictive and candidly dangerous messages the president sends that demean not only secretary clinton, but also women. she closes with grow up and do your job. with me now, julie hirschfield davis cnn political analyst and white house reporter for the new york times. brianna keilar, cnn white house correspondent and april ryan, cnn political analyst with the american urban radio network. ladies, good to have you on. brianna, to you first on senator feinstein s statement wow. what jumped out at you the most? the grow up piece or he s above this? i think maybe the grow up
showed our holy indignation. all this happened the day after hud secretary ben carson appeared to liken slaves to immigrants who choose to come to the united states. carson praised the work ethic of immigrants before implying slaves who came to the united states work harder than others. so, i start this show with a question is the trump administration doing enough to improve race relations in our country? joining me is a white house correspondent and washington bureau chief for the american urban radio network, the author of at mama s knee: mothers and race in black and white, and yamish alcinder, a msnbc contributor and a new york times national reporter.