this effort in to being the daniel helps 200 children each minority again and it is not so and every year. appealing. charlie dent, frank lobeyondo go to cnn heroes.com. were in the authority -- a >> i'm barack right now. chairman and bill schuster and others who said i won't be in the minority for a thousand years and decided to walk away which is a shame. >> a few weeks ago after the president went after the squad, >> so apparently a few guardrails remain. the four democratic women of the lead starts right now. color, will hurd was, i think, breaking today, an the most outspoken republican embarrassing defoet for official on it calling the president trump, the pick for director of national intelligence is pulled after tweets racist and xenophobic and democrats accuse the potential nominee of being a yes-man with i wonder -- i don't know, but i a trumped up resume and wonder if that was part of it. republicans signal to the white if he's sick of having to talk house they don't think he's up to the job. president trump trying to about this stuff. >> i don't think we know that he score political points off the isn't running because he thought body count in american city as he would have a tough race. it is a swing district if a his campaignand a party with se republican could win it, he could win it. it seems more likely he's tired of carrying water for donald trump. and i think the republicans have diversity gets hit with another setback as the house of to contend with the fact that representatives lone black you now have one republican announces he's african-american representing retiring. why congressman will hurd said you, tim scott. and what does that tell you

he's out of here. about your party? >> announcer: this is cnn and that he is now saying, will breaking news. hurd is saying i want to help >> welcome to "the lead." change the republican party to i'm jake tapper. we begin with breaking news in the politics lead. make it look more like america. a major embarrassment and defeat how is he going to do that? for president trump. that is my big question. what do you do with this party forced to give up his choice for that is becoming more and more the next director of national white male? intelligence. >> because the gender issue is a on sunday via twitter the president announced he would big one, too. nominate congressman john you were -- politico had a funny ratcliff for the job. on tuesday the leading statistic you mentioned earlier. democratic moderate in the senate joe manchin of west >> there are more men named jim virginia announced he would not who are white house republicans get his vote and privately than female members of congress senate sources tell me republicans have been signaling to the white house all week that who are republicans running for they have major concerns and re-election. susan brooks from indiana, she's not from a flip district or ratcliff might not survive a vote out of the senate anything, but she was the intelligence committee. recruitment chair and she as cnn's alex marquardt reports, decided that she was going to the president is blaming the leave. martha roby from alabama, the media for this failure and exodus of women from the party accepting none of the validity and also extremely problematic about the criticisms of his and they know it is a problem background that democrats and and doesn't seem like anyone republicans were openly knows how to fix it, questioning. particularly when your >> reporter: congressman john recruitment chair is going out ratcliff no longer president of the door. >> this is one of the trump's pick to be the next disconnects between the elite director of national republican officials and donors intelligence. before even being officially who want a very diverse party in

nominated. sources two spoke with president trump telling cnn he privately terms of african-americans and voiced concerns in recent days hispanics and women and republican voters who aren't in about ratcliff's ability to be the same place necessarily. >> you remember after 2012 when confirmed despite saying this in public yesterday. >> i think he's just outstanding. president obama was re-elected highly respected by everybody that knows him. the republicans came out with a growth and opportunity project >> reporter: but as he spoke, to appeal to more minorities and pressure was growing on capitol immigration reform to get more hill. >> he strikes me as -- as hispanics and more extremely unqualified in every african-americans to hear their message. president trump sort of ripped way. >> reporter: senate democrats up that strategy in the fact and some republicans compressing that he won in 2016 has left the their own concerns about party sort of scrambling for ratcliff's experience and strategy. possible dishonesty about his do you stick with trump's base past. >> there needs to be a thorough first strategy which brings voters out and has huge margins investigation of his implied in rural areas that helped him claims. >> reporter: ratcliff has touted win in florida and other states his time as a u.s. attorney in east texas as his main national where republicans have not won in quite a long time or do you security credential. try to appeal to minorities and a period that lasts only 14 if the president did not have months. in his congressional buy yo, the record of divisive comments, ratcliff claims during that time he put terrorists in prison but if you look at his record on a cnn search of terror related specific issues, whether it is criminal justice reform or first cases doesn't show any that ratcliff himself prosecuted and step act or opportunity zones, the republicans have enough to use from the president's record his office couldn't offer to appeal to a broader

examples or evidence. community. but the fact that he's drowning in that same congressional bio, all of that out with at times ratcliff said he arrested 300 overtly racist commentary makes it much harder for people like illegal aliens in a single day. even though it was actually a will hurd to make his message to the communities that he's reaching out to and he just multi-state, multi-agency basically had enough and decided operation to sweep up suspected to call it quits. illegal workers. >> and who else -- who can say in the end, according to "the to president trump you shouldn't washington post," just 45 workers were charged by be making light of the homicide ratcliff's office. six of whom were dismissed. rate in baltimore. then there is his lack of i know it is a democratic city and you're in a spat with elijah intelligence experience. having never served at any of the age to cummings, but -- that's sick. lead. a big change from previous dni >> yeah. but this is what he does. who mostly all had significant this is -- he doesn't -- he intel expertise. ratcliff has also only been on clearly doesn't view cities that the house intelligence committee didn't vote for him as being for six months. >> what would be your part of his responsibility. authority -- >> reporter: and wasn't well-known on capitol hill. that he feels comfortable >> look, i haven't met denigrating this city and you congressman ratcliff yet and we'll get together and discuss went through the -- the children all of this. >> reporter: the president putting all of this to rest this afternoon, tweeting, rather than that have been murdered and -- going through months of slander >> it is amess obviously. >> he's the president of the and libel, i explained to john united states and if he -- if he's recognizing that we have a how miserable it would be for him and his family. major city that has major problems and baltimore has major

adding,on has therefore decided problems, i don't think anyone would deny that, then come up to stay in congress. and just moments ago president with an idea for how to help trump said he now has a list of them instead of attacking them three people that he could name an denigrating them. as director of national >> it has to hurt the effort of intelligence and may announce people like you david to appeal his choice as soon as monday. to not just african-americans but to people who see cities as jake. he also said that when dan coats part of america. steps down later this month, >> look, so i think it is that coats' deputy sue gordon completely fair for the could be considering as the paparaz -- for acting director but sources have been telling us that in the the president to point out policy differences. white house they have begun lets a pick out some cities. searching for other possible names. so that could mean the president new york, chicago, cities that may need to fill the very top are run by democrats and run by democrats for millions of years two intelligence positions in basically and say, look, and the country with new people. >> that is right. pick out some cities and maybe sue gordon a career run by republicans and say, here are some cities doing well and professional, not a trump loyalist. some cities that aren't and the thank you very much. let's chat about this. ones that are being run by pam, what are you hearing from democrats aren't so well and maybe we should have different ideas. your sources about the i think that is what he's trying president's decision to pull to do. not so artfully unfortunately ratcliff. it seems to me there is no way and it it does make things more he did this because the media wasn't being fair. >> the media only brought to difficult. philadelphia suburbs bleeds out light what should have been pretty far. brought up during the vetting process. a lot of voters. baltimore voters bleed into and so in talking to sources in the wake of the decision, i'm hearing a lot of concern from southeastern pennsylvania. folks about where was the so it does make it more

vetting. we've known for weeks that coats difficult. it does put more people on the would be replaced. the president had been talking defensive in places where we about it and we reported it weeks ago and so they had plenty need -- politics is about of time to vet and make sure addition. one plus one. >> there is also this vindictive streak. remember when he was talking that the republicans need they about dropping off undocumented votes for would be on board with this pick. and clearly that wasn't the case. so in talking to sources, what appears happened is it became people in sanctuary cities and clear to the president that this saying they are all criminals so could be an embarrassment for him and he wouldn't get the votes he needs. ergo he's dropping them off. more than anything -- more than and mayors of those places were saying, go ahead. anything having to to do with this is what we -- we want experience because president trump wanted somebody in the people to feel safe here. position who he melded with it is that and not just personality wise, who he views denigrating them, it is as a political loyalist and he vindictive street. >> and stick around, it is not never clicked that way with dan coats and so he liked ratcliff just baltimore, president trump is targeting a whole state after so once again, you have the president withdrawing a a state passed something that potential nomination and in what could cost his millions of appears to be a big vetting votes. ♪ limu emu and doug. issue. he's one in a line of -- >> look, this issue about the media, this is comical. you go back to the brett

kavanaugh nomination and this looks lake a cake walk. the candidate for the supreme court is vetted and republicans say and they got the votes. in this case, clearly what happened is the president doe realize not only is he not qualified, but there is going to be a problem hmm. exactly. liberty mutual customizes your car insurance, with questions about whether so you only pay for what you need. he's so partisan he can't serve nice. but, uh... in an intelligence position and what's up with your... partner? the president said i didn't vet him, we have a problem. oh. well, we just spend all day telling everyone let me pull him. it is not the media. it is vetting. how we customize car insurance, if it were the media, brett because no two people are alike, so... kavanaugh would have been pulled. >> and jackie, one of the key limu gets a little confused points about this is mr. when he sees another bird that looks exactly like him. [ loud crash ] yeah. ratcliff is a political partisan and proud of it, very loyal to he'll figure it out. only pay for what you need. president trump. >> oh, yeah. ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty ♪ >> a fan of theories, various theories, conspiracy theories and such about how the deep state was out to get president trump. the job of dni is supposed to be and is the fastest growing place to buy a car in the nation. carvana is six years old this year remove politics from the it's because we have thousands of people working hard to make our customers' experiences the best. intelligence process. >> well and that is exactly what it's because we have tens of thousands of cars the president didn't really like about dan coats. ready to be delivered to your doorstep.

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with cosentyx. administration. patrick shanahan was up for defense secretary until domestic violence and he yanked stephen moore for the federal reserve board after they found old sexist remarks and herman cain after backlash from congress and indication people would not vote for him. these are -- he's shooting himself in the foot. >> as i was saying there is a long list of these. and it is true that when the president decides he wants someone, it is very hard to persuade him otherwise. so that certainly could have been part of the dynamic. he him in the mueller hearing and that sealed the deal for him. an senior in the administration raised the question, where are the guardrails or people surrounding the president saying here are the red flags. this is why you may here, hello! starts with -hi!mple... how can i help? a data plan for everyone. here are the issues that could everyone? everyone. let's send to everyone! [ camera clicking ] arise. wifi up there? -ahhh. i was record that republicans had been reaching out to express

sure, why not? concern and right now looking forward they need to run the traps to figure out what they need to fix in this process and how'd he get out?! a camera might figure it out. who had told the president this would be a good idea and that he that was easy! glad i could help. would be confirmable. at xfinity, we're here to make life simple. easy. awesome. >> phil, i want to get you in and plug your book. so come ask, shop, discover at your xfinity store today. "black site the cia", congratulations on that. where are the guardrails, are you concerned about this? >> i am. because if you have a nominee that goes in there -- and this is the difficult point, who goes in there and say i support what the president said about russia, we're back with the world lead now. what do you do with the president trump this afternoon intelligence community that said announced a new trade agreement exactly the opposite? with the european union as he the president will have to simultaneously escalating a nominate somebody on a public trade war with china. and pulling out of a decades-old hearing on capitol hill that says something different than what the president said in agreement with russia. the russians were violating public. so i think the guardrailsin according to both obama and terpally now with the fbi and the cia are they are career trump administration. pamela brown has more on the people in leadership positions president's foreign policy that have made the president uncomfortable. the guardrail has to be the moves. >> a wonderful day and a president nominating somebody that said the president is wrong in a public hearing. i'm waiting to see that. people. >> reporter: today president trump touted the art of his deal. this time enabling american >> there are no guardrails, on the agencies and capitol hill ranchers to export beef to the

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afghanistan. >> president trump there using the homicide rate of an american city to try to score political points. actually asking for audience participation. name a city that is more dangerous. these are dead americans that he's talking about. you might recall during the obama era, specifically during the riots after freddie gray was killed in 2015, then citizen trump tweeted someone asking the question, quote, can we drop donald trump off in the middle of baltimore to show barack obama how it is done and he wrote, i would fix it fast. now that he's president, mr. trump seems to take no responsibility at all for the city that he, too, represents in washington. and he doesn't seem to be doing anything to, quote, fix it fast. these homicide statistics are not fod toder to be used for fut rallies. one of the statistics, this girl on your screen, taylor hayes, age 7, she was in the backseat

of a car when she was killed in the backseat of a car and five months later her sister amy was shot going to a store. her baby doll, the one for her fifth birthday there in the photo, lying next to a bullet marker in the middle baltimore. amy thankfully survived. if these statistics indicate a failure of the leaders of baltimore and the leaders of maryland, and they do, they're also assigned to baltimore residents that their president is failing them as well. a man who said he would fix it fast just weeks before he announced he would run for president. but someone who today seems more inclined to look at the homicide numbers as something to exploit on the campaign trail. almost gleefully. turning to our politics lead. as the president continues to exacerbate divisions in the country on the re-election tour, the only black republican in the in our 2020 lead, candidates house of representatives former trying to walk back some of the cia officer and congressman will attacks made on president obama hurd of texas announced he's not seeking re-election. joining a growing list of his at the debate. republican colleagues leaving >> i don't think you'll find

their positions after this term. money that has been moreef five others announcing their fusive in his praise about barack obama than i have been. retirement in the last eight days, including one of 13 >> president obama was a great republican women in the house of president. >> heck, if he was running for representatives and as phil president for a third term i mattingly reports now, one senior house republican calling wouldn't be running. >> as cnn learned that former hurd's decision a gut punch to obama officials were outraged the party. over the attacks that democrats made on the debate stage. >> i'm will hurd and i represent the 23rd congressional district talu, the obama camp isn't one of texas. >> reporter: asking officials about the future of the party in you want to make angry but do recent years and one name would you think this is going to be enough or should they be come up. texas congressman will hurd. refraining from criticizing >> i'll tell you, if the republicans have any hope at all president obama's policies. of picking up some seats in this >> this goes back to what we heard on tuesday night which was 2020 election, they're going to bernie sanders and elizabeth need people like will hurd. warren going against the moderates and trying to reign in >> reporter: 41 years old and the left shift. the party has shifted since former undercover officer and obama was in office and there are liberal activists who think winner in a texas border district trending toward that democrats. the lone black house republican who repeatedly made the case that his party, which has grown grabs or something criticized. but you are now seeing some of the otheray, wider, older, more male needed listen, we don't want to be the to expand the reach. >> my goal and what i'm trying party that said obama was a to do is make sure that when

folks look at me, they're not moderate or too far to the right like hey you're the outlier. and he is very pap lar within the democratic party and top lar >> reporter: it is a position heard by the few republicans among independents and you need that vote and speak out against to be able to put together the obama coalition once again which president trump embraced. hillary clinton was not able to >> well, like i say, i'm the face of the future republican do and if you start offending people who like obama by saying party. he didn't go far enough you will >> reporter: but one he will no struggle to win the general longer pursue from elected election. >> but on immigration, the idea office. that anyone was surprised that hurd announced thursday he would not seek re-election following these candidates would go seven colleagues so far this year, including two of the against obama's immigration policy, talk to anyone in that conference's only 13 women members. a gut punch one gop lawmaker immigration advocate space during t told cnn of hurd's decision. during the obama years. >> they were very critical. yet one at a time when trump is reporter in chief they called the singular dominant force in the party. >> i made the economy so strong him. >> luis gutierrez from illinois was critical of the obama that nothing is going to stop administration. us. >> reporter: boasting about a and a lot of them don't want to go back to that. >> and take a listen, david, to 90% party approval rating in a divisive, at times racist president trump. political attack strategy that he noticed the number of attacks hurd made clear served only to on obama. he talked about it last night. set back efforts to broaden the party's reach. >> the democrats spent more time >> i think those tweets are racist and xenophobic and also attacking barack obama than they did attacking me practically.

inaccurate. i go into communities that most republicans don't show up in >> to his point, the president order to take a conservative is trying to say, the party is message. and when you have this being the so far mainstream now debate, that activity becomes in the democratic party. even harder. >> reporter: gop officials know that barack obama's health care retirement are part of every plan, which was pretty radical election cycle and point to a at the time, isn't even close to concerted recruiting effort where they want to be. particularly among women candidates as they look to retake the house in 2020. david axelrod, we were sitting around talking and he said we asked last week if the current tried the public option and atmosphere would lead to more couldn't get there. we tried. we tried really hard. retirements? house republican leader kevin and we couldn't get near to where these people want to go mccarthy, a close ally of hurd and now they're on the stage said this. basically throwing tomatoes at >> i think the reason people the guy. retire is their own personal it is incredible. >> but it is because joe biden decision and time and place where they are. is the front-runner and they're >> reporter: now from a near trying to find some way to land term political -- perspective a punch on him. and his senate record is pretty democrats see it as a pickup old. so they are going back after authority and republicans will that. but i think that they're trying to find something to attack him fight tooth and nail to keep it in hand. for. i think -- i don't think it is but will hurd is not leaving the out of bounds, i think it is not republican party he's aligned with the gop orthodoxy but he is productive. >> but the party has moved to the left. leaving politics for the moment. >> the party has moved to the left but it is always important however, he said he's going to

to remember, those are the stay involved in his effort as loudest voices. there are still a lot of he said to grow a republican party that looks more like moderate democratic voters. >> voters, sure. america, jake. >> phil mattingly on capitol hill. >> african-american voters are thank you so much. my panel joining me now and pretty moderate. >> more than democratic white kirsten powers and david urban. voters. >> so they are speaking to the let me start with you, david. that is not good news. it is not fun to be in the house loudest voices in the room. and there are fair criticisms to minority and this always happens make about barack obama's record but joe biden could probably do and who knows what will happen a better job defending it. in 2020. but i don't know, losing will to say look we could have done a hurd seems pretty important. >> look, will hurd is a decent better job but you're living in foal -- fellow. a magic land where barack obama everybody likes him on the hill was a king and decreeing things and both sides of the aisle and and there were republican things what you talk about, races are going on and let's build on the very expensive. he won by a few hundred votes things he did. if he could have done something last time. it is very tough. of more than in terms of obamacare and he couldn't because of the republicans. >> and there are laws that say if you are illegally in the country you get deported. >> not if half of the electorate gets their say. talking about decriminalization and when you come through and here is health care and education. you stake out the positions,

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he doesn't, it could cost him to lose millions of votes in 2020. >> mr. secretary, call the roll. >> reporter: gauntlet thrown in the latest battle for president trump's taxes. california governor gavin newsom signed a bill to require presidential and gubernatorial candidates to release their tax returns in order to qualify for the state's 2020 primary ballot. >> you have a right as an american citizen to know what is going on. you have a right to know if someone is self dealing. >> reporter: the latest move pits him in another and more personal fight with trump. as california dives into the trump tax battle. >> the federal government is not going to be able to force his hand, california will. >> reporter: state senator mike mcguire introduced the bill and said it is all about presidential transparency. >> if your a democrat or a republican, you can choose not to release your tax returns. you simply won't be on the california ballot. >> but there is only one person who hat vehemently resisted

releasing his taxes. >> i think we all know that audit is hogwash. he simply wants to avoid releasing his tax returns. >> reporter: for years trump has refuses to budge. >> i would love to give them, but i'm not going to do it while i'm under audit. it is very simple. >> reporter: to force his hand, states are jumping in. this year 18 states introduced similar bills. california law is expected to immediately face legal challenges. but democrating say they're not worried. >> this bill applies to all candidates. it doesn't discriminate. and that is why i believe that this bill will be ruled constitutional. >> reporter: the state gop disagrees. noting california's previous governor democrat jerry brown vetoed a similar measure. ques precedent. >> in your opinion, what is this truly about? >> politics. i think it is clearly a vindeta with president trump. >> reporter: that may not matter for democrats politically.

a cnn poll this year found 66% of americans believe the president should release his tax returns. just 32% said he should not. republican senator brian jones said if trump's name isn't on the state ballot, all his party could do is use it as a tool to energize the gop base. >> people are like, okay, i don't like trump but i don't like this idea either of the state majority party overreaching so i'm going to vote just to show my distaste of this process. >> reporter: trump's personal attorney jay sekulow released a statement after the california's actions saying that california attempt to circumvent the constitution will be met and answered in court. now california democrats say they'll meet them in court and hope, jake, to have some sort of expedited process to have an answer before california's primary on super tuesday. >> kyun the national lead, we're waiting for a toxicology

report to determine the official cause of death for saoirse kennedy hill the granddaughter of robert f. kennedy, just 22 and found unresponsive at the family compound in hyannis port, massachusetts. and she wrote about suffering bouts of depression in high school. do we know if that is related at all to her tragic death? >> reporter: well, late today we did get a statement from the cape and islands district attorney office where they do say that the cause and the manner of death are pending toxicology reports. so they are hopeful it is believed but they are also saying that this jurisdiction of this case is now with the chief medical examiner and autopsy has been performed. that no trauma was found on her body. except that trauma that is consistent with life-saving measures. her family is devastated from

this. they are saying their hearts are shattered. quote, she lit up our lives with her love, her appeal of laughter and her generous spirit and her grandmother ethel kennedy said that the world and the country is a little less brighter today because of her death, jake. >> jean, thank you so much. and our thoughts and prayers are going to the members of the family, specially stephanie and paul. remember, if you or a loved one needs help or needs to talk to someone, please call the national suicide prevention lifeline. 800-273-8255. there is love for you. there is help for you. in just minutes puerto rico governor is expected to step down but state lawmakers just made a move that could change things. we'll go live to puerto rico next. stay with us. man 1: ...caused liver damage. vo: epclusa treats all main types of chronic hep c. vo: whatever your type, ask your doctor if epclusa is your kind of cure. woman 2: i had the common type.

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down the 2:20 that still remain until he said he will step down. but let's talk about the possibilities here. because there is a lot of uncertainty as to whether or not that will actually happen. so here are the options. one, they could go to a gentleman names pedro pierluisi, the person who the governor appointed and was sworn in. but he has not been confirmed by the senate and the senate said they won't consider until at least next week. then there is the next in line. that is the secretary of justice wanda vasquez and she doesn't want the position but she will fulfill her duties if that is the case. you could see the crowd getting pumped up and excited as we get to 5:00. the other option and i don't think it should be discounted, the option that the governor does not step down even though that is what he said he would do. he will ten down at 5:00 today. and as that moment gets closer, this is a cloud that is expecting that, hoping that, wanting that, but waiting to see

what will actually happen. >> quite a mystery. layla sandy augusto in san juan, puerto rico. thank you. appreciate it. you should turn into sunday on state of the union and my guest is presidential candidates cory booker and south bend, indiana, mayor pete buttigieg and the director of trump's economic -- larry kudlow. and that is at 9:00 a.m. eastern on sunday. tweet the show at cnn. our coverage continues now. see you sunday. happening now, breaking news. denied. president trump pulls the plug on his pick to be dni, the director of national intelligence saying he's saving congressman john ratcliff from media slander but republican senators complained to the white house about ratcliff also accused of pumping up his resume as a federal prosecutor. does the president vet his nominees? crossing the threshold. with more than half of house

democrats now backing an impeachment inquiry, speaker pelosi said president trump will be held accountable