like the kkk and has even encouraged hand salutes at his rally that some say are reminiscent of adolf hitler. is he a fascist? could fascism come to america? for more, we are joined by the father of fascism studies, professor robert paxton. he is the author of several books including "the anatomy of fascism." he wrote a piece on the five stages of fascism. welcome to democracy now! prof. paxton: thank you very much. amy: is donald trump a fascist? prof. paxton: i think he shows a rather alarming willingness to

people think adolf hitler snubbed jesse owens, but that is not true. it is true that hitler did not recognize him, did not go out of his way to congratulate him, did not find a way to a knowledge his achievement. the sub story, as jesse owens said at the time, was false. what happened was this. on the first day of competition, --won gold one medals. he congratulated them very publicly. won. two finns and these guys look more aryan and blonde than the germans themselves. he congratulated them very publicly. the other obligation going on that day was the high jump. medal was clearly going to go to an african-american in cornelius johnson. them,mpetition runs along not because there is a jump off americans, one white, one black. hitler leaves before the competition is decided. rain, he leaves, and now there is an uproar. he did not want to have to congratulate a black american that would have won. if anyone was snubbed, it was cornelius johnson. said there was no offense intended, i was just scheduled to leave. it might be true. i don't think he was looki

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they are acting were being but we ought to be saying if he is too much of a fool was the ally of adolf hitler with the advancement of the genocidal war against committee in which hundreds of thousands of americans to sit there and say i care about veterans. that is the point of the media system. in you are too cruel and unusual to be the president of the united states. [applause] >> it in your book with the bipartisanship to many people registered as independents they might be calling for us. in to be more bipartisan. to join a group of 20 people out of 435. tell me about that. what about that move towards independence? >> that is one of the most troubling. we do a lot of surveys and experiments and but we find when americans are asked what they were from the representatives most say compromise they ask there congressperson to achieve compromise to avoid gridlock but when they're congressperson sacrifice principles to reach a compromise they are furious they know what they're all compromised week when congress and with the other ones to compromise. stowe to pretend they don't support the part

. >>> it was adolf hitler's personal memoir and also his political machinifesto.ctioned off in maryland. tim furlong explains why it could fetch some big bucks. >> reporter: the team at alexander historical auctions comes across a lot of historically significant stuff. >> this is evidence used at nur ren berg. >> reporter: but this book here. this is a big find. hitler's own copy of his own 1927 book mine kampl. >> its his political treatise and it's his copy. >> reporter: a thousand world war ii items are up for auction. this was found by american soldiers days before hitler killed himd. >> they made a beeline to his partner. >> reporter: the soldiers who find it inscribed it. from adolf hitler's apartment in munich. >> reporter: one soldier who was there later passed it onto his daughter and it's found its way to maryland to be auctioned. the items from some of the most evil people the world has ever known. hitler's wine, nazi youth drums. but hitler's copy of his own blueprint for genocide -- >> a direct connection to hitler is unbelievable. >> reporter: this w

and this whole thing about adolf hitler, can i tell you when i hear the name adolf hitler and i'm suremost of us, i have a rorschach 6 million dead jews. i don't want to hear that is he like hitler, trump is like hitler because is he a bad painter or he had a bad mustache or something like that. that's what that means when they say hitler like. the guy is never, never going to kill 6 million people. is he not going to kill one person. unless, guess what, it's isis who says they want to kill the 6 million jews in israel. so, we'll trump kill somebody down the road if he is president? yeah. who want to kill the 6 million jews again. and you know something? nothing funnier in the history of politics to me than coming out and him having that qvc set up around him. that wiped me out. if he can put tires in next time i will never quit laughing because it's joe bologna from my favorite year. >> i ordered a couple steaks after that speech. miller i hope you appreciate it i let you go 5 minutes unintrund. i went out for a lemonade. it was good. >> in all my years, thank you, my friend. >> did i

amy: explain what happened in nazi germany and with adolf hitler.ot start by killing 6 million jews. there was a buildup. talk about how it started. in italy and you particularly looked at france. prof. paxton: it ok hitle13 year minorrted in munich as a fringe movement of disgruntled war veterans. it percolated along. amy: that was from world war i. prof. paxton: this was in the early 1920's. in 1929,the depression 1930. is thise two things huge economic crisis of millions of unemployed and there was also a governmental deadlock. you cannot get any legislation passed without bringing in the social democrats. the middle, center, and right won't work with social democrats. amy: are you describing the united states? [laughter] prof. paxton: i'm describing the german weimar republic. passed, nothing could be and the president acted under article 48 of the constitution, which gave him powers to rule by decree. 1933, the30 and president ruled by decree. arepolitical elites desperate to get out of the situation and here is hitle who hamore votes than anyb

republican front-runner donald trump pushing back against the comparisons of him and adolf hitler. he called the comparisons terrible in a phone interview on "good morning america." >> i don't know about the hitler comparison. i hadn't heard that. it's a terrible comparison. i'm not happy about that, certainly. i don't want that comparison. you know we have to be strong and vigilant. >> i do solemnly swear -- >> comedians , comen traitors have compared action to that of hitler and his ally mussolini. trump has retweeted quotes from mussina. according to a 1990 "vanity fair" article his wife said he skept a book of hitler speeches at his bedside. two for tuesday for the candidates. this is all about the numbers and how they add up. the voters make the pick for president tonight. idaho and hawaii holding republican-only contest. in mississippi and michigan the both parties will be on the roads competing. now on the republican side. polls show donald trump leading in all the different sites. democratic front-runner hillary clinton also holding a lead as well. so stay with abc7 news. a

first, just the image here that association of donald trump with something evokes memories of adolf hitlerat a fair association? >> i don't think it's a fair association. this is something fun he does with his audience. we see hitler comparisons too often in politics. reagan was compared to hitler, esquire magazine compared it to hitler. we see this with obama. i've seen conservative radio talk show hosts compare him to hitler. eight it's a go-to comparison. i think it's unthet cal. to compare any american politician to hitler is unacceptable. >> it's the positions, right, that draw this comparison, if not to hitler, to authoritarian leaders, changing libel laws, telling soldiers to disobey the law, deporting 11 million people, that's the substance behind the comparison, whether it's hitler or not. it's those kind of positions that lead some to say, wait a second, this is un-american. >> sure. when you look into these positions, they are mainstream opinions, libel laws, something scalia was for, opening up libel laws, the terror and waterboarding and that was allowed. it was a memo rescind

and this whole thing about adolf hitler, can i tell you when i hear the name adolf hitler and i'm suremost of us, i have a rorschach 6 million dead jews. i don't want to hear that is he like hitler, trump is like hitler because is he a bad painter or he had a bad mustache or something like that. that's what that means when they say hitler like. the guy is never, never going to kill 6 million people. is he not going to kill one person. unless, guess what, it's isis who says they want to kill the 6 million jews in israel. so, we'll trump kill somebody down the road if he is president? yeah. who want to kill the 6 million jews again. and you know something? nothing funnier in the history of politics to me than coming out and him having that qvc set up around him. that wiped me out. if he can put tires in next time i will never quit laughing because it's joe bologna from my favorite year. >> i ordered a couple steaks after that speech. miller i hope you appreciate it i let you go 5 minutes unintrund. i went out for a lemonade. it was good. >> in all my years, thank you, my friend. >> did i

of our programs. fernando: social media is buzzing with commentaries to compare donald trump to adolf hitler, in response to asking voters to raise their right hand and commit to voting for him. as a political observer i was struck by the optics and the immediate references to nancy practice. at first, i thought it unwise. someone suggested i am jumping on the anti-trump bandwagon or an example of the liberally -- politically correct liberal media. i am not judging trump' s part, nor comparing him to hitler, but i' m wondering how this master pitchman -- someone who has turned the tidal wave of anger in america into a political platform failed to consider the in our country where our one united pledge of allegiance is to a nation indivisible and those elected take an oath to serve, i find it offensive to watch a candidate ask followers to show support using that gesture. even as a good humored event, it is sickening are specific and supremely non-american. i' m fernando espuelas. have a great week. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its (phon

adolf hitler. we look at hitler in 1940. we should look at him in 1929.s the kind of funny, character that said the things that people were thinking. where donald trump takes it, i have absolutely no idea. but, donald trump is a dangerous man with the things he's been saying. now, the gop is playing unbelievable games right now. trying to make sure they get their way. and they're trying to go for a brokered convention. i'm against donald trump. but i'll tell you one thing, if he gets close enough, and the gop tries to play games, i won't vote for donald trump ever, but i'll stand with his right. because the people have spoken. and what the gop is doing, they're stirring things up because they're more afraid of ted cruz than donald trump. >> you're supporting ted cruz. how does he bring the party together, as well? isn't he as divisive in some ways as donald trump? >> if we had reasonable people. i mean, look. marco rubio is a really nice guy. he's being stirred up by the gop establishment and being told, hey, you have to stay in. same with kasich. we want

. >>> happening today, adolf hitler's own personal copy of his personal manifesto "mine kopf" will go up. they found the book days before he killed himself in 1945. it's expected to sell for about $15,000. >>> northampton county says they'll go on strike tomorrow after the district rejected their latest offer. the district says the con flakt be illegal. now the school district says it is considering its legal options. >>> well, today will mark st. patrick's day with a celebration of irish heritage at penn's landing. city officials will place a wreath at chestnut and front streets. this is a video from the previous year's celebration. it will honor the irish immigrants and the role they play in the city's history. >>> an award was presented to an 11-year-old son of a fallen law enforcement officer. it was sponsored by asus international. he accepted the courage award on behalf of his father sergeant robert wilson. >> over the year i've been playing things in my mind crying like a baby. every time i see his family, they have the exact same smile and it sees me son. >> he was in the game

the prorogram even hailed nazi leader adolf hitler. microsoft put the program on hold and said it needs adjustments. >>> like children picking up questionable language from their parents, nothing questionable about our meteorologist, though. who is here to tell us about t e weather starting with tokyo. >> yeah, mild conditions will likely continue, and the cherry blossom season has started in several portions of japan. the temperature was 14 degrees. mild conditions will continue. as you can see, cherry blossoms are already blooming in the southern half of japan. the peak of the blossoming in tokyo will be around next tuesday. so let's look forward to that. and yesterday the flowers started to come out in koji. it will spread to the northern areas as we go into may. the flowers may start to come out around april 3rd in the city of sendai. that's actually eight days earlier than normal, and around april 27 in hakodate. you may want to take the shinkansen and go to hokkaido, too. now across the northern areas, wintry precipitation is sti

course it got our attention you running for president quoting a dictating who's only friend was adolf hitlerthat's even a crazy twitter move for kanye. but the craziest thing now is how trump is like tearing up his own party. >> there's in fighting within the republican party they're trying to figure out what to do if he becomes the nominee. center mitch mcconnell said he'll be dropped. >> my party is going bat [bleep] crazy. >> >> larry: no, no, no, you're party's been bat [bleep] for a long time. you're just finally seeing it you can't spend decades exploiting race and be shocked when a race exploiter is your front-runner and why are you shocked the people that follow him are from the kkk. he's created a distortion rally and at an incident there was an incident with a reporter and this is how it's relayed. time reporter grabs throat at trump rally. it looks horrible mainstream america trying to choke the patriots. make america great again. what happened is before this moment the reporter exchanged unpleasantries with the secret service agent who grabbed him and slammed him down and after k

there's been a few profiles of people who just go ike a fake profile, like blackface, a picture of adolf hitler. >> alarming stuff? >> alarming stuff, ormages and stuff i've had to take off. >> reporter: comments on the controversy stay in. >> i love the controversy. i like the conversation as a ve an issue with it at all. and i'm glad i can be a part of it, honestly. >> at 18, do you think you're prepared to do that? >> yeah, yeah. i kind of have -- like i said,eurial spirit. so i've always -- >> this isn't about just business. it's also about a national >> it's so appalling. because the implication of where white pool meet is white people are which is not true. the world is our [ bleep ] oyster. >> reporter: emma is founder of the service the dating rihe majority of her clients have a racial preference, more often than not, it's white. >> people feel it's okay to say, i only want to date white d never be able to say, i only want to hire white people. >> reporter: an issue she says goes beyond dating sites. >> if there's any experienceeople are making negative generalizations about a huge swat

. >>> well, today adolf hitler's own personal copy of his political manifesto ""mein kampf"" goets up they'll take bids. american soldiers found the book in hitler's apartment just days before he killed himself in 1945. it's expected to sell for $15,000. >>> it's 5:15. an organization for security professionals (ed the award to the son of a fallen philadelphia police officer. it was sponsored by the philadelphia chapter of asus international. he accepted the national courage award on behalf of his father, sergeant robert wilson iii. damian stevenson was outside the store at the time. he watched things. >> i was crying like a baby. every time i seen his son, he had the exact same smile thamd makes me son. >> officer stevenson also received an award for his heroism on the day sergeant wilson was killed. you'll remember sergeant wilson was inside a gamestop store being game for his son when he was shot and killed during a robbery attempt in march last year. >>> teachers of nazareth in north camden county say they'll go on strike tomorrow. if the strike happens, they'll offer all day care

their votes strengthened the hand of interim chancellor adolf hitler, who endlessly told his countrybetrayal at the hands of bolsheviks and jews, who, he said, had committed a "crime unparalleled in german history." by the end of march, 1933, the german parliament would adopt "the enabling act," which let germany slide into a one-party dictatorship determined to avenge the humiliations of the great war by military conquest. one nation preserving its traditions, the other descending into tyranny; but it's not the whole story. for instance, there were important american voices back then arguing the tools of the american government were inadequate to meet the crisis of the great depression. walter lippman, the most influential, syndicated newspaper columnist of his day, had argued: "a mild species of dictatorship will help us over the roughest spots in the road ahead." the day after f.d.r. was inaugurated, a chicago sunday tribune headline had read: "for dictatorship if necessary." william randolph hearst, then the most powerful newspaper publisher of his day, financed a movie, "gabriel

. >> donald trump is pushing back against comparisons to, yes, adolf hitler. >> he's got them raisingir hand, and on the right you've got them giving the hitler salute. >> the infamous naught i salute. >> if donald trump started growing a tiny little mustache, i feel like them you could really make the case. >> larry: thank you for making it for me. i appreciate it. "the nightly show" stays above the fray, you guys. but, look, people called bush hitler. people call obama hitler. but, come on, media. all we're really talking about here is a guy with hair falling on his face who makes wild gestures at rallies, talking about banning an entire group of people based on their religious beliefs-- yeah, you hitler does kind of make sense. surprisingly, there was actually someone brave enough that was unwilling to just mindlessly go with the crowd. >> raise your right hand. i do solemnly swear -- >> leave him alone! can't you tell he does not believe in this! ( applause ) trying to get away! another just to make a fine point here, you guys, the only creature smart enough not to join in, is the

. >> the swastika was around long before adolf hitler came along. okay? now, i don't have nothing against uncle adolf, but he took something from my religion, which was a sun wheel and made it part of his party. it goes back to ancient civilizations. they had a swastika in persia, way before national socialism came along. >> radcliffe defended asatru, his comments disturbed murray, who let him know how much when he returned to his cell. >> you just made us look like a bunch of [ bleep ]. >> i tried to talk to you about this i swear i did. sorry, marcus. i apologize. try not to get mad at me, man. >> you just sank my boat. >> later we told murray we recorded his exchange with radcliffe and asked him to explain it. >> i was a little man. i mean, it -- he didn't mean any harm, he just -- ignorant of the conduction of leadership roles, and i think now that he has seen that it upset me and knows that it's not really how we do business, i think he's changed his point of view. >> murray hopes to also change the point of view of prison officials. he will soon have

hitler by hank williams. a teacher once asked students to compare president george w. bush to adolf. and bush sr. ce compared saddam hussein to hitler, too. michael fox said michael bay emulated hitler on the set when michael jordan grew a mustache people accused him of bringing back the hitler look. fidel castro once said ronald reagan was as bad as hitler. gadhafi said american was the new hitler. stalin was once compared to hitler with his weird seems like a lateral move. "newsweek" writer alexander nazarion compared ted cruz to hitler in a tweet. it's funny how you can't spell his name without aryan. jet magazine once compared barry goldwater to hitler. nixon was compared to hitler so often i lost track. lyndon johnson's great society was compared to the hitler regime. a washed up comedian once called adam corolla a nazi. glenn beck compared both al gore and mayor bloomberg to third reichers. angela merkel is now being called a new hitler. kind of sad. and finally, kanye west once compared himself to hitler, saying he was more hated than adolf during a concert. i guess that makes kim kardashia

his country will not pay for trump's proposed wall, and likened the bailin yar's tone to that of adolf hitlerand moussolini. and trump maintains his lead after splitting the races p four states over the weekend. trump has 384 delegates, ted cruz, 300 following victories in kansas and maine. marco rubio has 151. on the democratic side, hillary clinton leads with 672 pledged delegates and bernie sanders, 477. four more contests are being held tomorrow, republicans will be caucusing in hawaii and have a primary in idaho. there will be primaries in michigan. >> kids learn two rules about the library. keep voices down and bring back books before they are due. there are problems with that second rule and the city is taking action. >> would you like your receipt? >> no. no. >> this one payment he would rather forget. >> library fines? >> yes. >> how much? >> just $6. >> steve says he hasn't learned to bring his books back. >> what is the fine ever paid? >> $36. >> san jose has steepest fines. the city council raised them in 2009. >> recession, i think in san jose you have to consider that during tho

his country will not pay for trump's proposed wall, and likened the bailin yar's tone to that of adolf hitlersolini. and trump maintains his lead after splitting the races p four states over the weekend. trump has 384 delegates, ted cruz, 300 following victories in kansas and maine. marco rubio has 151. on the democratic side, hillary clinton leads with 672 pledged delegates and bernie sanders, 477. four more contests are being held tomorrow, republicans will be caucusing in hawaii and have a primary in idaho. there will be primaries in michigan. >> kids learn two rules about the library. keep voices down and bring back books before they are due. there are problems with that second rule and the city is taking action. >> would you like your receipt? >> no. no. >> this one payment he would rather forget. >> library fines? >> yes. >> how much? >> just $6. >> steve says he hasn't learned to bring his books back. >> what is the fine ever paid? >> $36. >> san jose has steepest fines. the city council raised them in 2009. >> recession, i think in san jose you have to consider that during those years

presidents compared the republican candidate and front runner donald trump to the german dictator adolf hitler. it stems from comments saying mexico is sending drug dealers and rapist to the u.s., and it will pay to build a wall along the boarder. on the democratic side, both candidates are promoting comprehensive reform, a welcome notion here. another topic much great concern, any change in policy that would impact trade between the two countries, and reduce american vestment. >> natasha reporting from mexico city. >> we are joined by a panel of international correspondents. in new york is the u.s. bureau chief of the french news magazine. and the u.s. bureau chief for the daily italian newspaper. and from washington d.c. we are joined by carina, a us correspondent for echo of moscow. it's good to have you here, you are the new american on the panel. i looked at the website. there was one head line about mitt romney calling trump on imposter. how much attention are the french paying to the u.s. election? >> a lot. i think this controversy between romney and donald trump drew a lot of attentio

and the iowa hawk simply tweeted yay sports with a picture of adolf hitler.deleted its tweet. was that a wise tweet? >> who tweeted it? >> espn. >> they were talking about him and how he likes sports. sports and sports entertainment is where everybody can find common ground whether you are a politician or murderer or who ever you are. if you like the redskins you like the redskins and you can watch a game together. >> how about the cuban people. >> a historic visit to cuba instead of fidel castro -- i mean do you think it was accurate? >> hitler loved sports. that would be an article i would read on espn. espn was telling me what a bad guy hitler was. who are you, espn? >> katie, what do you think? should they have deleted their tweet? >> no. >> even if it was wrong. >> stand by what you write. >> we all know what it is. it is liz on the internet forever. he is is a guy that some people don't like and a lot of people don't like. he liked sports. they are a sports thing. they are writing about the sports part of it. >> sam answered your question. how about tal