"Pocahontas" refuses to take DNA test to prove Native American heritage

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WASHINGTON — Sen. Elizabeth Warren batted down calls for her to take a DNA test to prove her Native American heritage in an interview that aired Sunday.

“I know who I am. And never used it for anything. Never got any benefit from it anywhere,” Warren said of her ancestry on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

The Massachusetts Democrat has been under increased pressure to provide evidence of her Native American roots, with President Trump repeatedly mocking her as “Pocahontas” as recently as Saturday.

An editorial this month in Massachusetts’s Berkshire Eagle urged Warren to buy a DNA test for $99 to resolve the issue once and for all.

“All the senator needs to do is spit into a tube, wait a few weeks and get her answer,” the paper said.

Asked whether she’d take an ancestry test, Warren said she wants to hold onto the folklore of her parents’ love story.

The real 'folklore' is her Native American history.

“My mother and daddy were born and raised in Oklahoma,” Warren said. “My daddy first saw my mother when they were both teenagers. He fell in love with this tall, quiet girl who played the piano. Head over heels. But his family was bitterly opposed to their relationship because she was part Native American. They eventually eloped.”

She said her parents survived the Great Depression and other hardships as they raised her and her three brothers.

“That’s the story that my brothers and I all learned from our mom and our dad, from our grandparents,” Warren said. “It’s a part of me and nobody’s going to take that part of me away.”

But Warren’s story has come under scrutiny for relying on family lore rather than official tribal documentation of Native American heritage.

As Trump continues to use a “racial slur” against her, she’ll continue to use the opportunity to urge the federal government to put more resources toward helping tribes, including to combat sexual violence.

“This is a group that is being injured every single day,” Warren said. “We need to bring some attention to it and we need to put some resources on it.”

Also Sunday, Warren denied she intends to challenge Trump in 2020.

“I am not running for president of the United States,” she said.

Warren said she also is concerned that Trump’s lack of staffing and expertise at the State Department could undercut his planned meeting with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un.

“I am very worried that they’re going to take advantage of him,” Warren said.

"Pocahontas" refuses to take DNA test to prove Native American heritage

Trump Calls Journalist Chuck Todd "A Sleeping Son Of A Bitch"

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Trump Calls Journalist Chuck Todd "A Sleeping Son Of A Bitch"

Joe Biden captured in candid photo stopping to 'write a note' to a unemployed homeless person in Georgetown

Joe Biden captured in candid photo stopping to 'write a note' to a unemployed homeless person in Georgetown

Hillary warns of diplomatic 'danger' in N. Korea talks

Hillary:

"If you want to talk to Kim Jong Un about his nuclear weapons you need experienced diplomats." 

You mean like her husband who gave North Korea the nukes?

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Hillary Clinton has warned that the Trump administration "was not recognizing the danger" in discussing nuclear disarmament with Pyongyang, and said Washington lacked experienced diplomats to handle the talks.

"If you want to talk to Kim Jong Un about his nuclear weapons you need experienced diplomats," Clinton was quoted as telling Dutch tabloid Algemeen Dagblad in an interview published on Saturday.

"These are people familiar with the dossiers and who know the North Koreans and their language," Trump's presidential rival said in an interview conducted in Amsterdam and published in Dutch.

The former secretary of state said, however, that the U.S. State Department was "being eroded" and that experienced diplomats on the North Korean issue were in short supply, with many having left.

"You cannot have diplomacy without diplomats," she said, adding "the danger is not being recognized by the Trump government."

Clinton's words echo those of Bill Richardson, veteran diplomat and former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. He warned that negotiating with North Korea was not "reality television."

"It's a real opportunity ... I worry about the president's unpreparedness and lack of discipline. But I commend him for his very bold move in accepting the invitation," Richardson told AFP on Friday.

"But this is not 'The Apprentice' or a reality TV event. It's a negotiation with an unpredictable leader who has at least 20 nuclear weapons and who threatens the United States," he said.

Hillary warns of diplomatic 'danger' in N. Korea talks

Al Roker opens up about his 15-year-old son's development delays and his fears he would 'never walk or talk'

Didn't know about Roker's son so I thought I would read this story from tabloid trash Daily Mail's website. Their hatred for Trump is so deep it's indescribable. Somehow Roker and The Daily Mail are trying to imply Trump is responsible for his kid's developmental challenges! You know, like how Barbara Streisand blamed Trump for gaining weight.

["The journalist went on to describe how her son's challenges started to materialize almost immediately after his birth."]

So they noticed his challenges when he was born in 2003. Surprised they didn't borrow Barry's favorite line..."It's Bush's fault."

Wonder if these assholes know how ridiculous they sound?

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Al Roker and his wife Deborah Roberts have finally revealed the developmental challenges their 15-year-old son Nicholas has faced.

The 63-year-old Today show host and his ABC News journalist wife opened up to People at the 2018 ADAPT Leadership Awards Gala in New York on Thursday.

'He was dealing with some developmental delays,' they told the magazine, before Deborah got more detailed.

Opening up: Al Roker and his wife Deborah Roberts have finally revealed the developmental challenges their 15-year-old son Nicholas has faced

'There has been a stigma over the years, especially if it’s not an obvious challenge that people know, and I think to be able to share and inspire and to give other people the encouragement, I think that life can be enriched and can be better and can be in some ways richer when you are loving and supporting and dealing with somebody who is dealing with challenges.'

She added that 'we hope that more people will be open to expressing and maybe sharing that a lot of us are dealing with challenges in life.'

The journalist went on to describe how her son's challenges started to materialize almost immediately after his birth.

'It was pretty apparent that he was facing some challenges,' she explained 'and we weren’t sure what his world and what our future would be.'

Real talk: The journalist went on to describe how her son's challenges started to materialize almost immediately after his birth (pictured back in June 2007)

But they soon put together a team including therapists and specialists who were instrumental in his growth. 'We watched him blossom,' she added.

The 57-year-old also discussed the anxiety that her and her husband felt after he was born.

'We wondered was he going to speak? Was he going to walk,' she said, before getting more positive, describing how 'in no time, he was running and talking more than I thought he would ever do.

All together! Al and Deborah also share 20-year-old daughter Leila (family pictured in March 2009)

Weatherman Al also added that Donald Trump's divisive comments were not helpful when it came to motivating people and helping people accept his son.

'There’s been a lot of talk about building big, beautiful walls,' he said, 'well, we have to tear down those walls, tear them down, make them nice.'

Al and Deborah also share 20-year-old daughter Leila. 

Being positive! Weatherman Al also added that Donald Trump's divisive comments were not helpful when it came to motivating people and helping people accept his son

Being positive???

Al Roker opens up about his 15-year-old son's development delays and his fears he would 'never walk or talk'