proud boys, the president telling them stand back and stand by the proud boys are what the anti-defamation league calls a violent nationalistic islam phobic, anti-immigration hate group. as i mentioned some of them were in charlottesville where president trump said there were very fine people on both sides before later backtracking. now he's doing the same on the proud boys this afternoon, claiming ignorance. >> i don't know who the proud boys are you'll have to give me a definition i don't really know who they are. i can only say they have to stand down, let law enforcement do their work. >> mr. president, when you said stand by, what did you mean? that's my first question. >> stand by. law enforcement will do their work they have to stand down. everybody. they have to -- whatever group you're talking about. >> that happened after there had been calls last night and all morning and early afternoon for the president to clarify what he had said there it is. but the group was already celebrating the proud boys and living off his words from the debate a "new york times" correspondent tweeted an upda

the anti-defamation league has been tracking positive reaction from various hate groups, including thisiting more possible violence. >> they responded passionately and with tremendous enthusiasm, literally changing their logos and developing memes. so they see this as a call to arms. >> reporter: the proud boys are a far-right group founded in 2016 that often supports white supremacist ideas and violence. in 2018, members of the group were arrested in new york for beating two men. critics say president trump has a history of not condemning right-wing violence. in charlottesville in 2017, thousands of right-wing protesters clashed with counter- demonstrators. >> you also had people that were very fine people, on both sides. >> reporter: last night, donald trump jr. said his father was misunderstood about his proud boys comment. >> i don't know if that was a mis-- you know, a misspeak, but he was talking about having them stand down. he's more than happy to condemn that. joe biden is continually able to talk about the charlottesville hoax. >> reporter: charlottesville was not a hoax, of c

seattle hey josh navy jim ali i me at are a large newsweek but i'm also a fellow for the anti-defamation leagueooking at swatting as well as the co-chair of seattle police department's efforts to combat swatting and sadly enough i too am also a victim. well swatting. so let's begin with the lena we have a video of the show when the police showed up to your house. again with any danger no i mean we got a call to this location there's a millionaire holding guys hostage if you will 3 dollars are going to go here but then in our. home i know somebody that there's nobody in the house except my own security company that we just want to make sure that you're ok i'm fine my kids are petrified. but that's why we're here they must have the mind to. believe it could you walk us through what happened on the shore so that's just the remainder of the video that was. basically what happened 9 o'clock in the morning on a weekday morning i'm getting ready to go to a press conference actually about some work that was happening at school and i travel with security anyway because of the work that i do with black l

let's welcome jonathan, ceo of the anti-defamation league.able past roles incloud special assistant to the president during the obama administration. welcome back. and writer, activist, comedian former producer of the daily show. and author of this best-seller. how to be black. welcome to you both. >> as one of our guests at the top of the broadcast pointed out, she said she was glad we were doing this segment because so many people in her circle had not heard or delved into this group. so who are the proud boys and how do you define them as a group? my goodness,we can't hear you. make sure you are unmuted. you're good. continue. >> the proud boys are a hate group. they style themselves as a pro western fraternity. whatever that means. they practice anti-semitism, a antimuslim bias. it's ugly and violent. they come prepared for violence. they show up with brass knuckles, not looking for trouble, but prepared to start it. that's why members have been arrested at events in new york city just last year. they have large rallies in place like port

the anti-defamation league used to be out in front but now the fbi fully agree with you. it's not just that there's a threat and danger of the government not doing the right thing but now you have the president sending the opposite signal that he should be. thanks to both of you for your analysis. both of you are subject to threats from some of these group so please stay safe. follow both of these people. that's what it's like to live under threat from dangerous groups. a peaceful transfer of power is not always easy but for more than 200 years, america got it done. in 2020, we have a president and some members of congress who refuse to commit to it and that is a truly scary thought. >>> thomas jefferson called his election the ref using volution. it was the first time power in america passed from one power to another and despite his use of the word revolution, that transfer while steeped in bitter conflict, was entirely peaceful. john adams seamlessly handed the presidency to his fiercest political rival, thomas jefferson, without incident. in his inaugural address, jeff

let's continue the discussion with the ceo of the anti-defamation league, jonathan greenblatt. jonathan, thanks so much for joining us. let me remind you and our viewers what the president said about this dangerous group last night. watch this. >> i know nothing about qanon. i know very little. >> i just told you. >> you told me, but what you told me doesn't necessarily make it fact, i hate to say that. i know nothing about it. i do know they are very much against pedophilia. they fight it very hard. but i know nothing about it. >> they believe it is a satanic cult run by the dnc. >> he's clearly not condemning this conspiracy theory. the president of the united states actually encouraging a totally insane movement out there as pouring fuel on the fire, jonathan. >> yes. you know, woflf, as i said last night, as soon as i saw that, it is shockingly irresponsible that president trump refused to disavow qanon, which you say is a dangerous and unhinged hateful conspiracy theory that proposed anti-semitism, proposed acts of violence. what i can here is claiming ignorance is absolut

. >> reporter: seth brisk is the regional director of the anti- defamation league which tracks extremist groups. he says they have been linked to clashes in portland, oregon on the 2017 unite the right rally in charlottesville. >> certainly many of them are white supremacists and hold white nationalist and racist beliefs. much of their leadership and membership is characterized by misogyny, anti-semitism, anti- immigrant sentiment, is on the phobia. >> reporter: proud boys members, often seen in black fred perry shirts with yellow trim, have appeared in bay area rallies denouncing antifa, which stands for anti-fascism. the fbi says antifa is a movement, rather than a group, which gained move after charlottesville. >> it is a collection of people on the extreme left who are seeking to engage with people on the extreme right. >> reporter: antifa protesters have been seen committing acts of violence and clashing with far right groups and police nationwide. president trump has called for antifa to be labeled a terrorist group, but risks as it is the proud boys which the fbi flagged as a dang

but the anti defamation league says that's exactly what they are. >> the proud boys unequivocally are a hate group. they style themselves as a quote prowestern fraternity. but their rhetoric frequently invokes anti-semitism, xenophobia, particularly targeting immigrants, anti muslim bias and homophobia and transphobia. >> reporter: when the president didn't condemn it and said this. >> proud boys, stand back and stand by but i'll tell you what, somebody has to do something about antifa and the left. >> reporter: those who track hate were beyond alarmed. the proud boys celebrated. what does stand back and stand by mean to you as a leader of the proud boys? >> the organization does not see that as an endorsement in any way. >> reporter: he plays it down but the chat rooms hype it up. memes pop up, his exact words used as a rallying cry with this added, f it, let's go back to portla portland. another one reads standing by, sir. >> i was the one that said that. >> reporter: so the president mentions your name. >> yeah. >> reporter: is this going to be used as a recruiting tool? >> i mean,

but the anti-defamation league says that's exactly what they are. >> the proud boys, unequivocally, aree group. they style themselves as a, quote, pro-western fraternity. but their rhetoric frequently invokes anti-semitism, misogyny, xenophobia, and both homophobia and transphobia. >> so when the president was unwilling to explicitly condemn white sprupremacists and then sd this. >> stand back and stand by but i'll tell you what. i'll tell you what. somebody's got to do something about antifa and the left. >> reporter: the proud boys celebrated. >> what does stand back and stand by mean to you, as a leader of the proud boys? >> the organization does not see that as an endorsement, in any way. >> he plays it down but their chat rooms hype it up. his exact words used as a rallying cry with this added. f it. let's go back to portland. another one reads standing by, sir. >> i was the one that said that. >> so the president mentions your name. is this going to be used as a recruiting tool? >> i mean, any media is used. i wouldn't say that it was like a recruiting tool. any time that we're in

stance, two days later, saying he didn't know much about the proud boys, identified by the anti-defamation leagueht-wing extremist group. however, the damage may have already been done. dr. kathleen ballow, naauthor o bring the war home, wrote in a "new york times" op-ed, if mr. trump loses, they will surely move from stand by to engage. prepare to take violent action. if mr. trump wins, they will likely believe that they are an unofficial apparatus of state violence. with me, now, sabrina, she is a human rights technologist. and the "newsweek" editor at large and the author of how to catch a russian spy. sabrina, here is how vice presidential nominee, senator kamala harris, reacted to president trump's comments. take a listen. >> brian, what we saw was a dog whistle flu whistle through a bullhorn. donald trump is not pretending to be anything other than what he is. someone who will not condemn white sprupremacists. someone who cannot say the phrase black lives matter. someone who -- who is getting rid of training of federal employees, around the issue of race and -- and -- and the need to be awa

according to the anti-defamation league, white supremacists and far right extremist groups have killed 51 police officer since 1990. 80 3% of shootouts between police and extremists involve white running -- white wing extremists, with them being responsible for more than half. the unredacted memo we released from the fbi states that, white supremacists presence among law enforcement is a concern to the access they may have for restricted areas, loanable and sabotage into elected officials, or protected persons that they could see as targets for violence. white supremacy is a deadly threat to the safety of law enforcement officers, as well as the public safety, generally. far-right extremists killed a law enforcement officer. one of the boogaloo boys is a former air force sergeant suspected in the murder of the santa cruz sheriff earlier this year. in february, a white supremacists killed an officer in alabama. in 2006 the fbi released an whiteigence assessment, supremacists infiltration of law enforcement. the fbi identified two distinct problems. they noted the problem of white suprem

according to the anti-defamation league, 75% of all extremist-related murders between to2009 t and 2018 werer committed by 2 right-wing extremists. the center for strategic studies, which analyzed over 904 politically motivated attacks in the u.s. since 19 the 4 found that there have been nearly six times as many victims of violence from white-wing groups as others. in 2020 they found over 90% of a attacks weres conducted by 90 p right-wing groups.tacks these are the facts.ent wh like covid-19, this virus of violent white supremacy is spreading. the southern poverty law center documented a record 30% increase in the number of hate groups dc nationwide over the last severae years. and hatein hate crimes are als trending up. but as with covid-19, the trump administration has decided to mislead the public by by sewnplaying the problem. the department of homeland security whistle-blower stated ken cuccinelli told him to specifically modify draft language on white supremacy to e make, spro inclu quote, the thr less severe and to include information on the prominence of violent left-wing grou

according to the anti-defamation league, incidents increased by 12% in the 2019 and marked the highest number in the four decades of record keeping. i have no doubt that all of my colleagues oppose bigotry and hatred including antisemitism. no party should assert there's unanimous opposition against antisemitism. i want to repeat myself, the mtr provides a venue of debate on opinions, but when action on the floor of the u.s. house of representatives dehumanizes any group in this case american jews facing antisemitism, it disservices the institution. weaponizing antisemitism for political gain is as offensive as it is dangerous. again, mtrs should be a tool to insert healthy debate in the legislative process and parties should choose to use it to push their agenda or put the party on the record. the minority party should not use any of our citizens or group of citizens as a wedge or a pawn. we don't know who will be in the majority in the next congress. i believe that we can now take this opportunity to prohibit the use of mtrs in the next congress until there's an agreement that while

defamation league says that's exactly what they are. >> proud boys unequivocally are a hate group. they style themselves as a, quote, pro western fraternity, but their rhetoric frequently invokes anti-semitism, misogyny, xenophobia, particularly targeting immigrants, anti-muslim bias and both homophobia and trans phobia. >> reporter: when the president was specifically unwilling to -- >> proud boys stand back and stand by, but i'll tell you what, i'll tell you what, somebody's got to do something about anfiah and -- >> whatdoesstand backand stand by mean to you as a leader of the proud boys? >> the organization does not see that as an endorsement in any way. >> reporter: he plays it down but their chat rooms hype it up. memes pop up. his exact words used as a rallying cry with this added, epic, let's go back to portland. another one reads, standing by, sir. >> i was the one that said that. >> reporter: so the president mentions your name. >> yes. >> reporter: is this going to be used as a recruiting tool? >> i mean, any media is used. i wouldn't say it was a recruiting tool. any time we're in the media -- >> reporter: he then boasts about the proud boys mentions on twitter after the debate