Copacabana for the popes last day in brazil. Were live in rio with the pontiffs final message. First, though, president obama continues to tout his economic message today. And in a new interview with the New York Times, hes now brought race into the equation. Racial tensions wont get better, they may get worse because people will feel as if theyve got to compete with some other group. To get scraps from a shrinking pot. If the economys growing, everybody feels invested. Everybody feels as if were all going in the same direction. Could racial tension in this country be mitigated at all if the economy was better . Kristen welker is at the white house with more on this. Kristen, as the president continues to talk about the economy on the road this week, can we expect to hear president obama start to evoke race more as well . Reporter well, craig, i think you only hear the president weigh in on race if hes asked specifically about it. I attended two rallies with him this past week, one in illinois, one in missouri. He didnt bring up the issue of race. He did in the context that you just played because it was during an interview with the New York Times, he was speaking, of course, in the wake of the Trayvon Martin trial. So i think that he thought it applied in that instance. I think what we will hear from the president , craig, is him continuing to sell his economic message. He has been calling for investing in things like infrastructure, early education, health care. Part of his message aimed at teeing up the budget battles that are just around the corner with congressional republicans. They have been calling for cutting back on domestic spending, repealing president obamas health care law. John boehner saying he is all sizzle and no sting, of not sitting down and actually legislating with him. I can tell you that the white house thinks this is a very effective tactic for the president to get out of the white house, to get out of washington, d. C. , to take his message on the road, so you will see a lot more of that in coming weeks. And on tuesday he heads to chattanooga, tennessee, where he will be calling for new investments in manufacturing. Kristen welker from 1600 pennsylvania avenue for us on a sunday afternoon. Kristen, thank you. Reporter thank you. Anthony weiner, lets get to goldy taylor, msnbc contributor, managing editor of the goldy Taylor Project as well. David is a White House Reporter for the washington post. And peter suitorman, for reason magazine, good to see all of you. Anthony weiners Campaign Manager has now quit, as you know. The candidate for mayor saw his poll numbers plunge nine points this week. Favorable numbers have plunged more than twice that. This is the warm reception he got on staten island. If i conducted myself in the manner you conducted yours, i would be gone. Goldy, with voter reaction like that, and his top aide leaving now, how long can we expect Anthony Weiner to stay in this thing . I think the campaign is effectively over. I have never seen a case where a Campaign Manager quit a campaign or been dismissed in these final days, and that campaign was able to stay and move on. The Campaign Staff itself will take a horrible hit to its morale. It doesnt really matter what Anthony Weiner does at this moment, hes not going to be the mayor of new york. So in the words of, you know, that great philosopher, supel, he needs to wrap it up. Thank you for that. David, weiners behavior, its left him wide open to blasts from political opponents especially. This is what peter king had to say this morning on cnn. Its a real pathological problem here with him. How he could be out there knowing all this information was going to come out. I think he should do himself and everybody a favor and step to the sidelines. Hes not qualified, not psychologically qualified to be the city of mayor of new york. Congressman king sounds like hes calling Anthony Weiner crazy. How real is the possibility at this point, david, that Anthony Weiner is going to damage his partys brand . I dont know if its going to damage the partys brand in a big way. But i think it has become a total embarrassment and distraction to new yorkers, to people in this race. And it may not be a surprise that a republican like peter king is calling for this. But he is a new yorker and has a big following there. His voice does matter. I think it adds to the that pressure. Theres this idea that on tho i thon Anthony Weiner, whether he won or lost, it de bill tats a future run. The longer he stays in, at this point he may not even attain the second goal to establish his brand for a future run. I think as these calls continue to get stronger, there may be pressure intermly, and his wife and others to say, lets just end this. House speaker was on meet the press this morning. She tried to turn the issue to weiners political record. Here it is. But do i think he has the qualifications to be mayor of the city of new york . Has he disqualified himself . Yes. Hes disqualified himself, but not just because of these scandals, that certainly has. He didnt have the qualifications when he was in congress. Is it going to be impossible at this point, peter, to refocus the campaign, as long as Anthony Weiner is in this race . Are they going to be able to talk about any matters of substance at all . I dont think theyre going to be able to. But you know, the thing about Anthony Weiner is hes never been somebody who really wanted to talk about substance. Go look at his congressional record. His congressional record is not one of great policy leadership, one of a great seeking of sound bites. Thats what hes always been after. Hes always had sort of a special sense of his own worth, even for a politician. I think were seeing that here with this scandal. But you did see that same sort of lack of attention to policy detail, lack of really pushing forth bills, negotiating the kind of legislation that could make you a policy leader in congress, even when he was in washington. Goldy, lets talk about Anthony Weiners wife for a second here. Washington insider, longtime close aide to hillary clinton, stood by her husband this week, spoke out on behalf of him as well. Has her reputation been damaged considerably by all of this . Or is she someone who will be able to bounce back from this . You know, i at first believed that by her standing up next to her husband, that she had sort of changed the game about the expectation of political wives in all of this. I no longer really believe that. I think as the days have begun to wear on, that she has begun to become seen as, you know, a singular unit with her husband. And shes taking hits to her reputation. It is not for us to judge what happens inside of their marriage, whether she stands behind him or does not stand behind him. That is her call and she has every, every right to it, without any de rigs from us. But the very notion that they are as a political couple, remaining in this race, and continuing to distract new yorkers from the very issues, the very Critical Issues that they confront on a daily basis, renewing economic opportunity, making certain that we have a better Playing Field for the men and women who live, work and play there, i think those are the issues weve got to talk about. And as long as theyre in the race, were not going to have that conversation. David, youre down there in d. C. What kind of attention is this scandal getting inside the beltway . Its getting a lot of attention, obviously. This is a story line you cant avoid. One thing that you asked me about the democratic brand. Anthony weiner is not in office, hes been out for a while. I think thats one thing that sort of insulates some democrats from being tarred by this on some broad scale. But i think theres a lot of interest. And i think the fact that his wife, huma, who worked for hillary clinton, who is obviously going to be a big name in 2016, is also keeps this very interesting. Will it do anything to end this more abruptly than Anthony Weiner might want. I dont know. It doesnt seem any evidence of that. Obviously with the latest happening with the Campaign Manager, theres going to be less, i think, less reason to go forward. I think there may come a time soon where it may be a different call here. David predicting the end is nye. Theyll be back with us later in the hour on the weiner scandal, and also talk about Immigration Reform and the move to kill obamacare as well. Meanwhile, egypts military is now allowed to arrest those staging a sitin to protest the president s ouster there. The major crackdown continuing in egypt. Well talk about the new american response there. Plus, verdict watch. A military judge is deciding the fate of wicky leaker Bradley Manning. What that could mean for other leakers, like edward snowden. Plus, a surprise on stage. Cleveland kidnapping survivor amanda berry making her first public appearance. And wait until you hear where. O, back to the first. Theyre gonna need a lot of stuff. Stock up now and get 15 off School Supplies through september 21st when you buy a back to School Savings pass. Staples. That was easy. Prefer the taste of gevalia house blend over the taste of starbucks house blend . Not that we like tooting our own horn but. Toot toot. [ male announcer ] find gevalia in the coffee aisle or at gevalia. Com Little Things anyone can do. It steals your memories. Your independence. Ensures support, a breakthrough. And sooner than youd like. Sooner than youd think. You die from alzheimers disease. We cure alzheimers disease. Every little click, call or donation adds up to something big. First wait till summer. Then get the cars ready. Now add the dodge part. The dodge Summer Clearance event. Right now get 0 financing for up to 72 months and no payments for 90 days on all dodge vehicles. It is day 12 now. The protest inside floridas capital building. Supporters are demanding governor rick scott convene a special session to repeal that states stand your ground law, among other things. The sitin organized by the group dream defenders started after the acquittal of George Zimmerman earlier this month. Phillip agnew is the executive director of the dream defenders. Capital police were refusing to allow food or water deliveries to the folks camped inside the building. Police are denying those claims. I wanted to clear it up with you here off the top here. Whats the situation there right now . Yeah, there was a lot of confusion about whether or not we could bring food in. Food is there. Were not starving. I was just talking to some people, i had a Peanut Butter and jelly sandwich for breakfast and croissant sandwich for lunch. We came here in the name of peace and progress. Theres no progress without struggle. We have food. And we intend to stay, no matter how long it takes. You have highprofile support from Harry Belafonte friday. Heres what he said. If you dont want to deal with us, to be able to function in our cities, continuing to have normal cadence, thats an option. If you want to go further than that, we know how to stop the machine. And i think the last thing the governor of this legislature would want to see is the state of florida comes to a grinding halt. What does he mean by that . What do you plan to do if Governor Scott refuses to convene a special session . Theres multiple ways to get this special session called in. If the governor doesnt want to take up any leadership, we can go through our lawmakers. Starting this week, were going to announce a number of lawmakers who have signed on to our petition for a special session of the congress, or the legislature. Were going to get what we came for. I think what mr. Harry belafonte was alluding to was the massive power that weve been able to assemble, the people we represent are the backbone of the state of florida. The people who are forgotten, the people who are looked over. And so if were not able to meet some sort of agreement, find some sort of agreement on this here, in this way, there are many other ways peacefully, nonviolently, that we can show our power in order to get what we need for the future of our children. Our children are dying every day. And no matter how clean the bottom of the hole is, our kids in the bottom of the hole. Mr. B and people around the country are ready to stand up for our children. This is not just about stand your ground then in the Sunshine State . Right. No, its not. Were introducing trayvons law. Its a threepillared approach. We presented a proposal before our lawyermakers. That includes not only stand your ground, but racial profiling, as well as the schoolstoprison pipeline. What we want to do is come to the table for the first time and have young people at the table in deciding their future. Stand your ground is a very small part of it. But a critical one if we want to amend the broken ties that weve had in the last year here in florida. Day 12, again, of the protest inside the capital building. At this point how long is your group prepared to stay inside that building to advance your agenda . Its actually day 13. Were prepared to stay there no problem. Were prepared to stay there as long as it takes. Weve said that since the beginning, and were determined to do it, as i said. Were prepared to struggle. The support has been monumental. But i broke my streak today at the capital, but weve got people there who are determined we dont have anything to go back to. We dont have communities that were looking for to going back to. So we came here for something, from all over the state, all over the country. And were here to do work. Were waiting on the governor to show some leadership. Well have our own special session this week starting on tuesday. And it will continue through a number of weeks. Well be there as long as it takes to really get something done in the state of florida. How long does the group right now inside the capital, phillip . Right now, weve got about 15 people. We started with about 50 to 60 on friday. A few people from our group had to go back to new york, and folks had to work. Most of our people are students and young people. So right now, weve got about 15 People Holding it down. They cant see me, but i miss all of you all. Ill be back tomorrow at 6 59 a. M. 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We could get a verdict in the courtmartial of private first class Bradley Manning as early as this tuesday. The presiding judge is considering whether manning was aiding the enemy with general evil intent. That language is important. Manning is accused of giving more than 700,000 documents, and diplomatic cables to wikileaks, including a video showing a helicopter attack in iraq. That mistakenly killed innocent civilians. The legal director of the center for Constitutional Rights joins me here in the studio. What have we learned from the proceedings that started back in june . Weve learned a number of things. Weve learned about the brutal treatment of Bradley Manning before the courtmartial started, that the u. N. Repertoire described as torture. We learned that hes being charged with aiding the enemy, even though he had no intent to aid the enemy. His intent was only to educate the American Public. And embarrass the government. Embarrass the u. S. Government. Embarrass them so that the public would respond in the way that he thought appropriate. Which was to end secrecy, to end the war in iraq, et cetera. But there was no intent to aid the enemy. Under this remarka