nermeen: arthur robinson speaking to rachel maddow, who is been an influence on robert mercer, arthurobinson, and bankrolled -- sorry. he bankrolled this institute and has been pushed to be a science advisor to trump. this man w who believes that nuclear radiation is good for you. could you say more about him, robinson? >> he is an eccentric. he lives on a sheep farm in oregon. as he says, he is a graduate of caltech. but if you listen carefully to what he was saying to rachel maddow, he is talking about how i am a physical scientist andthus can come to this conclusion about climate change. he is not a climate scientist. he put together a petition that was meant to undermine believe in global warming that had the signatures he claimed of zi llions of physical scientists, that a purely, had a lot of false signatures. and these scientists were not climate scientists. the consensus, as i think most people who are fact-based and interested in reality, the consensus we know is that science overwhelmingly and particularly climate scientists, overwhelmingly accept that man-made global warmin

vicky: and the mercer's, their first test run was in oregon with his doctor, arthur robinson, who wasd with this organization, and very proudly so, that collected files vials of urine, but they saw that their money really had an effect, and that changed everything. from there, they invested in breitbart, which is of course, where they come across steve bannon, and steve bannon earn s their trust. andrew breitbart dies. steve bannon does a lot, i think, to rectify the health of the financial health of breitbart and expands its platform quite dramatically. and also, what i get into in the piece, which i found interesting, is that quite a few of the republican consultants i talked to mention that steve bannon often appeared dressed like a homeless person. in fact -- william: he still kind of looks like it. vicky: he wears a suit and a tie, but, you know, the first you have photographs seen is of him in his track .ants and all disheveled one of ted cruz's political consultant said to me very , a brilliant strategy in this very strange kind of rubik's cube like world of uncomfortable codep

and the mercers, the first test run was, i believe, in oregon, where this doctor, arthur robinson, who was affiliated with this organization and very proudly so that collected vials of urine to believe it could prolong life, and no one heard of this man but saw their money really had an effect. and that changed everything. from there, they invested in breitbart, which is, of course, where they come across steve bannon, and steve bannon earns their trust. you know, andrew breitbart dies. steve bannon does a lot, i think, to rectify the health of -- the financial health of breitbart and expands its platform. also what i get into the piece which i find very interesting is that quite a few of the republican consultants i talked to mentioned that steve bannon, he often appeared at the white house as a homeless person. >> cohan: he still looks almost like a homeless person. >> well, he wears a suit and a tie. but a number of times he was seen in his track pants and all disheveled. one of ted cruz's political consultants said that's actually a very brilliant strategy in this very strange sort

. >> robinson said he was driving westbound on arthur street approaching haven square when he saw a bmwrive northbound haven square and stop at the intersection with arthur street. the passenger of the vehicle -- >> snitchin'. >> -- exited -- >> snitchin'. >> -- and fired a handgun towards him. robinson backed up and escaped. robinson described the shooter as a black male, 22 years old to 27, six foot, thin build with dreads. robinson said his car was struck by gunfire. because i don't even know nobody who look like that? >> do you drive a bmw? >> yeah, i know. we don't got no 745s. >> we don't ride 745s. >> yeah, all these [ bleep ] that be talking, yeah, ain't no talking, ain't no snitching. you feel me? half of these [ bleep ] in here probably snitching on paperwork. i seen paperwork on [ bleep ] that's up in here right now. you feel me? >> long says it is his understanding that if robinson's girlfriend does not provide a statement in the next two days, the case could be dismissed and he will be released. >> she didn't show up at court today, so hopefully tuesday is my lucky day, and