the president has said we are going to either reach a deal or not reach a deal with one of the worst regimes in the world. i think these negotiations have gone in a dramatically bad direction. kristen welker at the white house for us. what can you tell us about the white house letter warning congress against any further interference on this iran deal? reporter: look. the obama administration is trying to regain control of the political debate over the negotiations regarding iran s nuclear program by basically warning senators against passing legislation that the white house argues would complicate the talks. in the letter sent out but chief of staff denis mcdonough overnight saying the president would veto any legislation. here is part of the letter. we believe the legislation would have a profoundly negative impact on the ongoing negotiations emboldening iran hardliner and differentiating the u.s. position from our
welcome back. still no rest today in the search for the possible person responsible for shooting two ferguson police officers this week and that incident came after the police of chief resigned because after recent justice department report that found a pattern of racial bias among the police and some civil officials. in total, six ferguson officials have resigned or been fired since that report was issued. the shooting of those officers thursday has left many wondering if the issues raised by that doj report will be lost in the headlines of that moment. let s bring in ben gelus, the former president of naacp and now a partner at capture capital and msnbc political analyst and former rnc chairman michael steele. gentlemen, good to see you both. you too. michael, the justice department scathing report detailed the bias in many of ferguson s municipal institutions. yet what was reported on this one little notice finding of the justice department report. here it is. in ferguson, a cit
to seem since we have done that 50-year march from selma and martin luther king speech on the mall we think we have progressed much further but in some cases we haven t. we have put things aside and not dealt with them as readily as we should. i think that comment by that woman is reflective of that in so many ways. i know a study came oum that showed both millennials and gen- gen-xors many reflect their parents philosophies in the previous generation. here is a quote. young whites have the same level of stereotypes as their parents. this appears to be a question we have asked for generations now, ben. how do we break this cycle? look. we have to decide as a country we will just break it. you know? what you see is that if you put out there the truth if you actually show the positive and we do this in my book reach,
the justice department and i think more heads need to roll probably starting with the mayor who said i only make $350 on a part-time job, what do you expect me to do? i expect you to lead! i expect you to help this city heal and if you can t do it get out of way and let the leadership emerge that can move ferguson forward. this report is damming in that effect. it would certainly stand to reason that many of those arrest warranties out there are unjustice. ben, how many ferguson s do you think are out there in america? many. years ago i was a reporter in jackson, mississippi. i sat down with a guy who worked for the state cops you know? and oversaw the state. i said name all of the counties in the state and this guy was right at the top. could not name maybe more than a fifth of the counties in the state. and what that told us that you have all of these small departments spread across states