And good evening from Detroit in addition to hosting the CNN Democratic Debates, Detroit,

like Baltimore, is part of the United States.

Both are very important to American cities, which may be news to President Trump who continues

his attack on Baltimore and the African American congressman who represents a big part of it,

House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings.

And as he did with four non-white congresswomen just two weeks ago and many other non-wide-elected

officials and civic leaders and athletes and ordinary citizens, before that, he is once

again trafficking and racist stereotypes and giving voice to some of the most shameful

and destructive prejudices in our society.

Tomorrow night, here in Detroit, the first 10 of 20 Democratic candidates will take the

debate stage, all of whom say they want to restore civility to Washington.

So we begin tonight with a question that follows from all of this aberrant presidential

behavior.

Is this only the beginning?

It is disturbing enough if this was just Donald Trump revealing prejudice and animus he's

apparently long-harbored.

But if this is, as it appears to be, a calculated strategy of division and racial identity politics,

then where does it go from here?

How far does the President of the United States try to make this next election about the other,

making it in a sense us versus them in his mind?

And as you ponder that, listen to this.

I pledge to every citizen of our land that I will be President for all Americans, and

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