of color. a lot of people even who aren t of colored but who have felt othered in some way in this country. and sometimes it s the sting of those words but it s also the feeling it leaves you with. and this conversation, this tweeting storm and the attacks we ve seen this week has also created an interesting question about what it means to be an ally. what should those republican leaders be saying when they are looking at the leader of their own party? what should they be modelling when it comes to speaking out? i think that those republican leaders should look at lyndon johnson. go back into history. he knew that making sure that people could sit in classrooms together regardless of race, he knew that was not going to be popular, particularly in the south. they knew that opening up fountains at drug stores and people being able to eat next to one another, share the same restrooms, that that absolutely was not going to be popular. and he even predicted that there were going to be
i m dara brown with the top stories. president trump spent saturday in norfolk virginia commissioning the newest and largest aircraft carrier, the u.s.s. gerald ford but before that he went on a tweeting storm. trump s son-in-law jared kushner will be testifying next week in congress speaking behind closed doors to the senate intelligence committee on monday and the house intelligence committee on tuesday. now back to lockup. due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion can advised.
i believe that god has a special place in heaven for those who laid down their lives so that others may live free, from fear, in this horrible oppression. leland: cathy, as we watch the president in his speech and later in the unannounced visit to section 60, one got the sense this was a man who felt the weight of the responsibility on his shoulders. also took it personally as he met with folks. how does he then translate that into the rest of his presidency? well, it was wonderful because he stuck to the script. it was a beautifully written i don t think he wrote it. so that s why it was so beautiful and so appropriate. i m glad he didn t tweet and go on a tweeting storm and say whatever he was thinking. he was very somber, he took it very seriously, he was very appropriate. and i think it s because he actually didn t write that speech.