we believe that parents shouldn t be separated from their children. we believe that we should have retirement security. we believe in the right to form a union. and these are what are animating people across the country. we see the energy. democrats are winning elections because we believe that the secretary of education ought to believe in public education and our epa administrator ought to know something about climate change and so we see the enthusiasm. so this is one of a broad array of issues. we re fighting for good wages. we re fighting for health care. we re fighting for our future. we re fighting for our democracy quite frankly. you did hear some criticism, if not some additional guidance coming from the former president barack obama who said it s time for democrats to stop moping. in other words, crystalize more ideas. is that a particular challenge leading up to midterms? hey, i was with the president. i was doing the conversation with the president on thursday night. an
most americans don t really have to hear more than that to decide who is telling the truth. even though most americans don t know who dick durbin is. 63% of americans say donald trump does not tell the truth. that poll came out on thursday. the day senator dck durbin, who was the only democrat in a meeting in the white house with a president. in a meeting he revealed the president referred to all 54 counts in africa and haiti as shithole countries. the president did not deny saying those words. he had all day, thursday, friday, saturday to deny saying those words and the president did not deny them. the white house did not deny it. they did not put out a statement saying the president did not say those words. none of the republicans in the room denied that the president said those words. and so, on thursday night, that was, in effect, confirmation
you re talking about, making all the matters worse, the president on thursday night, according to news reports, calling around friends and allies and trying those racist words out on them and asking whether he should say it the next day and then afterwards bragging about the fact that he did use racially insensitive or i would say racist language in a meeting with senators which he is now denying. makes it all the more worse because it was calculated. he knew exactly what he was doing and in so doing he s hurt america not only at home but our national interests abroad. reverend al sharpton, thank you so much. greatly appreciate it. happy king day, joe. happy king day, reverend. coming up, president trump has a lot to say about north korea but he was radio silent as hawaii came under a false alarm missile threat. we ll talk about the mood of the country amid a nuclear standoff and a scary moment this weekend. morning joe coming right back.
does it nearly everyday and unfortunately he does it with enablers, he does it with united states senators who hear him when he says racist comments and then when members of their own party and members of the other party call out the president of the united states in realtime for unfortunately race baiting, using racially insensitive racist terms then senators these republican senators first deny he said it and then, katty kay, they change their tune on sunday and go on the air on the sunday shows and actually accuse their fellow senators who called the president of the united states out in realtime, they accuse them of being liars, despite the fact that erick erickson and nbc news i ve got the time frame right now and so many others were reporting that the president on thursday night and friday and
liberty mutual won t raise your rates due to your first accident. switch and you could save $782 on home and auto insurance. call for a free quote today. liberty stands with you™ liberty mutual insurance. welcome back to hardball. president trump departed for camp david this afternoon following a week in which his ugly feud with steve bannon may have left his former strategist out in the cold for good. the president will huddle with republican congressional leaders this weekend. they re going to try to chart a course for the 2018 mid terms. meanwhile, a possible 2018 candidate, mitt romney out in utah spoke by phone with the president on thursday night. this is amid speculation he will run for the seat orrin hatch is