the mayor of london saying perhaps this is donald trump finally getting the message. this is not a city really with a lot of love for the kind of divisive rhetoric, according to the mayor, that donald trump has espoused, particularly in the last 24 hours or so. so, some may in fact be looking at this and saying he s simply dodging a bullet because he wasn t going to get the standing ovation he hoped he would in the event he had come here. back to you. nick payton walsh live for us in london. changing the conversation. not the way he intended. don t be fooled. we are stunned by this program this morning as you are. one of the craziest days of the trump presidency capped by remarks being roundly criticized as racist. it s been a good start to 2018 for mikaela schiff. here s her mind-set heading into the pyeongchang olympics. skiing is not who i am and skiing, i m going to have ups and downs, but at the end of the
this, he must be concerned about it, but it s nothing to do with them. it s not their concern and of course they are worried being such a young country, still in need of aid and revival. you must remember, even in pl s places like haiti, i meet film makers from paris and all over, in all the world, african film festival, these are astounding remarks where things are moved so far forward with five nobel literature laureates, africans will find it surprising the rest of the day how this man said this and he s the leader of the free world. thank you so much for that, live for us early this morning. thank you. we ll discuss it with senior political reporter joining us the first time on the set today. moving the conversation from his mental stability to something far more serious. i m reminded of a piece this week trump proves he s sane. that was actually the title of an opinion piece in the wall
lawmakers in the oval office there with the president. late last night, the haitian government sent in the top diplomat there to discuss the president s remarks. if you re expecting an on-camera response in the controversy from the white house, it may not be today. today there is no briefing on the schedule before the president leaves to spend the weekend at mar-a-lago. we are told the news about the president s remarks broke just as he was recording a video message for martin luther king day. king s daughter bernice has since weighed in with this tweet. only in a skun tri haunted by white supremacy and racism would a sitting president feel comfortable degrading haiti while promoting norway. don t pretend the president hasn t been racist. he told aides he thought the media was blowing his comment out of proportion. a white house official tells cnn the story may enrage washington but will likely resonate with trump s base. for more let s go to cnn s sara murray at the white house.
the view there is that this story may enrage washington, but will likely resonate with trump s base. for more, let s go to cnn s sarah murray at the white house. reporter: good morning. president trump setting off a fire storm on thursday when in a private meeting with lawmakers he was discussing immigration and the issue of restoring temporary protected status came up particularly from people from african countries as well as haiti. they denied deny the president made these remarks. instead, a spokes person, raj shah said in part, president trump is fighting for permanent solutions that make our country stronger by welcoming those who can contribute to our society, grow our economy and assimilate into our great nation. back to you guys. thank you. the outcry over the president s remarks global. former mexico president fox tweeting at president trump, your mouth is the foulest shithole in the world. with what authority do you proclaim who s welcome in
reporter: good morning dave and christine. president trump setting off a fire storm on thursday when in a private meeting with lawmakers he was discussing immigration and the issue of restoring temporary protected status came up particularly from people from african countries as well as haiti. as for the white house, they responded they did not deny that the president made these remarks. instead, a spokesperson raj shah said in part, president trump is fighting for permanent solutions that make our country stronger by welcoming those who can contribute to our society, grow our economy and assimilate into our great nation. back to you guys. there has been a global outcry over this remark. mexico s former president vicente fox tweeted at trump, your mouth is the foul est shut hole in the world. with what authority do you proclaim who is welcome in america and who is not? america s greatness is built on diversity. or have you forgotten your immigrant background, donald? as for the r