that the majority of voters in numerous polls are holding the republicans and trump responsible. and we really saw trump do an unusual thing over the last 24 hours. he has backed down. he decided that he wasn t going to try to held to state of the union this coming tuesday at the house of representatives, as was planned. and then even today, he admitted, or he said that he would accept a short term funding bill, potentialfully there was some wall money in it. that s a huge concession for him on two things and something he doesn t normally do. a good word user and enthusiast. i want to talk to you about empathy. this is about the words we just saw from secretary ross and larry kudlow today. the twin appearances underscored a tone deafness that has become more pro announced in the trump administration as the polite of approximately 800,000 federal workers worsens. trump has made no appearances at area food banks or other
real reason why they shouldn t be able to get a loan against it. this is so much bigger than any one person. it is a little bit of pain, but it s going to be for the future of our country. go get a loan. just a little bit of pain. commerce secretary wilbur ross and senior adviser to the campaignlarra trump are trying to indicate that they are, indeed, sympathetic to the plight of 800,000 unpaid federal workers and those who won t see backpay and all those who depend on them, cab drivers, diners, on and on. it sounded a bit marie antoinet antoinettesque. given that the second paycheck will read 0.00. a full month of no pay. abby philip starts off our coverage from the white house. reporter: accusations of tone deafness today as commerce secretary wilbur ross wonders
real concerns that so many federal workers are facing and in your capacity, in your previous job, and what you re representing now, there are private institutions that are stepping up. how is corporate america respoending? well, aside from the tone deafness, let me just since he likes statistics, let me give you a couple to stick in the back of his mind. 40% of americans today don t have ka pcapacity to save even for a rainy day. hold on, let me bring our viewers to the floor where the vote just happened. it was the republican amendment. this is the president s proposal
intelligent man. he can t be dumb enough to possibly believe that there s any likeable comparison between dr. martin luther king jr. and donald trump. donald trump who has spent his entire life spewing racist conspiracy theories. he spent 5 1/2 years attacking the first black president, who was sued by the nixon administration for racial administration, who didn t want to hire black people at his casinos, who spent years deem nooigz the central park 5, five african-american and latino youth. he is equivalent to martin luther king jr.? and to say that on dr. king weekend, it s a slap in the face to black people to say that. joe? i think there s a certain level of tone deafness here. and i think that in the same way that unfortunately the party often goes back and harkens to, you know, we have lincoln day breakfast and talk about the legacy of lincoln, i think that often only highlights the lack of progress that we have done in the present. so i think again, when you start talking ab
level of tone deafness here. and i think that in the same way that unfortunately the party often goes back and harkens to, you know, we have lincoln day breakfast and talk about the legacy of lincoln, i think that often only highlights the lack of progress that we have done in the present. so i think again, when you start talking about trying to make this juxtaposition between walls on the southern border and the legacy of dr. king, trying to fight for the voiceless, i think it really makes it very difficult for those people even who want to have some level of border security to take those sentiments seriously. mike? yeah, i think there was an awkward connection. i mean, you know, one thing that martin luther king stood for that we should all always remember was non-violent protest and to work through the channels of power to get things done like the civil rights act. and i think that s what he was trying to connect very awkwardly, was that there is a way to do things that is not a