group of pastors who support him and been to the white house before. this meeting was planned a couple of weeks ago but the pastors came out to reporters to defend president trump against the allegations of racism. but they did not defend the specific comments that president trump has been making all weekend about elijah cummings, al sharpton and the city of baltimore, jake. abby phillip, thanks so much. and let s reiterate the point that abby made but also bill crystal made on twitter and let me start with you. bill crystal, the conservative writer tweeted what provoked trump s attack on cummings. crime in baltimore. no it was work-related tax and emails on personal accounts by white house officials including ivanka and jared. do you agree? is that what is behind all of this? well clearly that is what gets president trump most upset and it is a really questionable strategy in the sense that it brings on all of the kinds of
he has insighted situations of racism where people are going into public spaces, restaurants and gas stations being told to go back to their country, they re being called the n-word, and there are videos that endlessly online that basically trigger people of color to feel very, very insecure right now in this country. that is what the president has done. this is the environment of his total and complete making. this is also not just a ponce to people challenging the president s children. when i ran for governor of florida, he said he was mayor of the most dangerous city in america despite our low crime rate. but the president didn t know that i was the mayor of a city that is 70% white. he assumed as a black mayor that i had crime infestation all over. well if the president wants to be offended by his children, he should look first to jared kushner and the units that he runs in baltimore, maryland. that have had hundreds of violations against them
we ll get to that in the next block. and a slumlord. and people in baltimore would deny that baltimore is a city that needs help and has problems. senator i m sorry, jen, let me show you this tweet from president trump. crazy bernie sanders related baltimore to a third world country and based on that statement, bernie is a racist and here is a clip of bernie sanders after the visit to baltimore in 2015. take a listen. anyone who took the walk that we took, we took around this neighborhood would not think you re in a wealthy nation, you would think that you were in a third world country. but there is a difference. of course. and, look, i think everybody should be focused on helping people in the inner city of baltimore. people would like more jobs and health care and benefits that the government could certainly
more details but according to the police there in rome, the two men have admitted that they were part of the crime. got it. stay on it for us, stephanie el um. the lead with jake tapper continues right now. president trump once called elijah cummings a terrific guy. i wonder what s changed. the lead starts right now. president trump launching a new round of attacks on maryland congressman elijah cummings and his baltimore district and hinting that the strategy may be part of his re-election campaign. mice, mold and maggettes in baltimore area apartments, the president mentioned it but did he realize that many were in buildings that wait for it apartments owned by his son-in-law. and now new details revealed about victims and two small