{"id":2207,"date":"2018-01-14T12:06:51","date_gmt":"2018-01-14T17:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=2207"},"modified":"2018-01-14T12:06:51","modified_gmt":"2018-01-14T17:06:51","slug":"mtp-exclusives-paul-says-its-unfair-to-call-trump-a-racist-bennet-no-question-what-he-said-was-racist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2018\/01\/14\/mtp-exclusives-paul-says-its-unfair-to-call-trump-a-racist-bennet-no-question-what-he-said-was-racist\/","title":{"rendered":"MTP EXCLUSIVES: PAUL SAYS \u2018IT\u2019S UNFAIR\u2019 TO CALL TRUMP A RACIST, BENNET: \u2018NO QUESTION WHAT HE SAID WAS RACIST\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

SUNDAY EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Trump: \u201cI know, for a fact, that he cares very deeply about the people in Haiti\u201d <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

PLUS: Paul: \u201cYou can’t have an immigration compromise if everybody’s out there calling the president a racist\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

SUNDAY EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.): \u201cThere\u2019s no question what he said was racist\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

JANUARY 14, 2018 \u2013\u00a0In an exclusive interview,\u00a0Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.)<\/strong>\u00a0tells \u201cMeet the Press\u201d moderator Chuck Todd \u201cit\u2019s unfair\u201d to \u201cdraw conclusions from a remark that I think wasn\u2019t constructive\u201d and paint President Donald Trump as a racist \u201cwhen I know, for a fact, that he cares very deeply about the people in Haiti because he helped finance a trip where we were able to get vision back for 200 people in Haiti.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can’t have an immigration compromise if everybody’s out there calling the president a racist,\u201d says Paul. \u201cBoth sides now are destroying the setting in which anything meaningful can happen on immigration.\u201d\u00a0Watch the exclusive interview<\/a>\u00a0with the Kentucky senator.<\/p>\n

Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.)<\/strong>\u00a0says, \u201cThere’s no question what he said was racist. There’s no question what he said was un-American and completely unmoored from the facts.\u201d<\/p>\n

When asked if it\u2019s worth shutting the government down if a DACA compromise doesn\u2019t happen, Bennet replies, \u201cIt should not come to that.\u201d\u00a0Watch the exclusive interview<\/a>\u00a0with the Colorado senator.<\/p>\n

In an exclusive interview this morning, civil rights icon and former UN ambassador Andrew Young tells Todd that Trump is \u201cbeing educated.\u201d \u201cIt’s not a matter of educating Donald Trump. It’s a matter of educating our entire society,\u201d Young says. \u201cYou don’t help someone who has an alcohol problem by constantly calling him a drunk. You have to deal with the sickness,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n

When asked if Trump is redeemable, Young replies, \u201cWe are sinners that know we cannot make it on our own. And I think he’s kind of got to realize that too.\u201d\u00a0Watch the exclusive interview.<\/a><\/p>\n

CBN News\u2019\u00a0David Brody<\/strong>, The New York Times\u2019\u00a0Helene Cooper<\/strong>, TIME\u2019s\u00a0Elise Jordan<\/strong>\u00a0and NBC News\u2019\u00a0Andrea Mitchell<\/strong>\u00a0join the broadcast\u2019s roundtable for insight and analysis, including\u00a0a discussion<\/a>\u00a0on yesterday\u2019s false alarm of a ballistic missile threat in Hawaii. (ICYMI: NBC News\u2019\u00a0Jacob Soboroff<\/strong>\u00a0offers\u00a0an exclusive look inside the command center<\/a>\u00a0where that erroneous warning was issued yesterday on \u201cSunday TODAY.\u201d)<\/p>\n

Read the full transcript of this morning\u2019s \u201cMeet the Press\u201d on\u00a0MeetThePress.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For more from moderator Chuck Todd throughout the week, sign up for the\u00a0\u201cFirst Read\u201d newsletter<\/a>, and subscribe to\u00a0\u201c1947: The Meet the Press Podcast\u201d<\/a>\u00a0for on-demand interviews.<\/p>\n

MANDATORY CREDIT: NBC NEWS\u2019 \u201cMEET THE PRESS WITH CHUCK TODD\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n