let's remember charlottesville. let's remember january 6th. all of those events ended in tragedy and all of those events were spurred on and inspired by the words that came out of the former president's mouth. >> how did he inspire charlottesville? >> he went out there and said --. >> he said he calls the rally. that was after the rally. >> the words that he says and you know this. you have that skeptical face, but you know it's true. i do think that he did cause it, because those people --. >> who is causing the rallies on campuses? >> let me finish. those people that were marching were marching in support of one person and in support of donald trump. >> i'm sorry. what? >> they were marching in what he represents. you can try to both sides it with the rallies that are happening on college campuses. there is no democratic party official that was pushing the rallies , so you are both sizing it and let's go back to the words that the former president use is. i'm a parent and you are apparent. we are all parents. if our children ever uttered the

when he started his campaign, he brought up charlottesville. i read that whole transcript.ournalists were asking him about monuments. he said there's good people on both sides about tearing down monuments. so either biden lied to us or he doesn't know what he's talking about. so when are people like c-span going to admit that there's people on both sides that he was talking about monuments? he wasn't talking about the kkk or whatever. it pisses me off. guest: you make a very good point. if you look at the whole context, it is not as joe biden -- not as bad as joe biden was making it out to be. but joe biden does not on the ballot and there are a lot of other examples of donald trump spending time with nazis. he had dinner with two nazis. he doesn't say he regrets having dinner with them. in terms of race, i've been around long enough to remember the central park five. these were five black kids who were wrongly accused of raping a woman in central park and they went to prison for it and later, another person confessed to the crime. dna evidence cleared them. one of the cent

it started largely in 2016 and we have seen the cycle continue , from charlottesville to pittsburgh,acks that were fueled by this very same racist, anti-semitic, and xenophobic hate. mass shootings that target the jewish, latino, and black communities. we have also seen the uptake of direct marches intended to terrorize communities, to assert white power, to effectively recruit into these extremist groups. often times intended, again, to really normalized this extremism and to desensitize us to this sort of hate. so we need to be clear eyed about what is happening here, and as we see hate and extremism normalized in our politics on a national level, it inevitably leads to this sort of violent hate and extremism trickling down to communities across the country. >> and in many ways, politically mainstreaming it. reverend davis, and response a group of black leaders and locals marched in a unity rally through columbus the day after the neo-nazi rally. can you speak to how this countered the hate the city witnessed the day before? >> yes, the day after, led by our local chapter of black

and because at time there were no in charlottesville, there were no african-american burial grounds, generally, people, african-american and residents buried their family in there. there the plots that they owned, that there, their yards. and so if you kind of extrapolate that, it is believed that perhaps sally hemings was buried beneath what is now the parking lot of a hampton inn. yeah. so yeah. which is yeah. again striking, kind of just a yeah a lot to process and again, i will say the final line of that chapter is about, you know, perhaps you know, since monticello is in the back, the neck, perhaps we should reexamine that. perhaps put the hampton inn from that area on the back of our nicole instead. all right. how this has gotten a little heavy. i imagine we're kind of talking about cemeteries, but so let's let's talk about tell me something, you know, not quite as heavy that you that you that's in your book that enjoyed and and let's let's turn this around a little maybe a good story from from either one of you from from your book that you'd like to share. well i think one of

we can show you charlottesville, virginia. people are making their way in early. candidates held their final rallies late last night — with a particular focus on the battlegrouds that will decide the election. there'll be extra attention on voters in georgia, arizona, nevada, wisconsin, michigan, north carolina, and pennsylvania , where the result could have particular influence on the overall outcome. in a long—held tradition, the small new hampshire town of dixville notch opened its voting booths at midnight local time. six voters turned up — and in a reminder of how tight this race is, their votes were evenly split between harris and trump. remember there's also been a provision for early voting — in person or by mail — and millions of americans have already voted. we begin our coverage with this report from tom bateman. philadelphia! welcome the next president of these united states...kamala harris. a campaign crescendo for kamala harris. it was a star—studded rally in philadelphia, where the vice president took to the stage, and an adoring crowd of democrat f

joining us from charlottesville, thanks so much for your time. for some of our viewers, our international audience who may not be familiar with the process on the significance of a presidential transition, can you just explain what it is and how that process works? he? oh, yeah. well, 1st of all, always a pleasure and honor to be with you and during these historic times in the presidency in the white house, transitions, i think young people would think of them this way. all right, in the united states, what would be a this, you would take the ceo of a major corporation with thousands and thousands of employees and remove the ceo on one day at noon in this case, january the 20th of the upcoming year. and then i take out all of the top figures including the, the board of the business. and in order for it to be smooth, you need to have cooperation on both sides. and for most of american history, that has been the case. i, as we just said in the previous assignment, we know that was not the case in 2020 because donald trump refused to accept the will

history to one of the most despised hatred for lee picked in 2000, picked up steam in 2017 with the charlottesville riots, and then reached a boiling point in the crazy pandemic year of 2020. the aftermath of george floyd's death when angry mobs vandalized statues and condemned lee as a racist a defender of slavery and a traitor lee's name became synonymous with white supremacy and has now been removed from military bases and schools and streets and even the lee chapel, the faculty of dummy. now got swept up in the george floyd's eight guys, then voted over lee to rename washington and lee the board of trustees debated the issue and in 2021 they voted to keep the name but in a conciliatory nod, the increasingly lee faculty and administration and the board took several steps effectively erased lee from the campus. they renamed lee chapel university chapel. they removed portraits of george washington and robert e lee that had hung in the chapel over a century. they historic plaques of lee, not just from the chapel, from all over campus. they even built a wall to hide the recumbent statue at the back

history to one of the most despised hatred for lee picked in 2000, picked up steam in 2017 with the charlottesville riots, and then reached a boiling point in the crazy pandemic year of 2020. the aftermath of george floyd's death when angry mobs vandalized statues and condemned lee as a racist a defender of slavery and a traitor lee's name became synonymous with white supremacy and has now been removed from military bases and schools and streets and even the lee chapel, the faculty of dummy. now got swept up in the george floyd's eight guys, then voted over lee to rename washington and lee the board of trustees debated the issue and in 2021 they voted to keep the name but in a conciliatory nod, the increasingly lee faculty and administration and the board took several steps effectively erased lee from the campus. they renamed lee chapel university chapel. they removed portraits of george washington and robert e lee that had hung in the chapel over a century. they historic plaques of lee, not just from the chapel, from all over campus. they even built a wall to hide the recumbent statue at the back

even early in the presidency when we saw charlottesville. and irrespective of people on the right have disputed the meaning of trump saying there are very fine people on both sides. irrespective of that. the mere fact that that crowd took inspiration from him. they found him to be heroic. someone who represents the interests and saw the world in ways in which they did is in itself damning. so this is a kind of ongoing dynamic that we've seen trump really be very much the kind of orchestra conductor for. >> and tom, we've had this challenge of keeping this sort of vibe and brand out of our military going all the way back to waco. all the way back to what happens during the 1990s. we're now, we had it january 6th. military people crashing through our capitol. people who served in the military. people who were police officers. the professionals sometimes, even their ranks are filled with people who are not necessarily looking at the national interests. donald trump is saying those types of people are welcome because he thinks they'll serve him.

laura: kamala harris should change her name to, lie about charlottesville or biden's cognitive state before the debate. it is all been one nonstop fraud upon the american people. and i think that she thinks she can run out the clock with clichÉs and empty slogans or by pretending she did not hear questions or ignoring them altogether. go give me the gold bag in think my doctor. consider california prop 36 that would crack down on retail theft upping the punishment for criminals getting off scotch free from liberal laws. it's hugely popular this initiative with 73% of californians supporting it. you can't get anyone to agree with 73% anything these days. what happened when kamala harris who used to be ag of california was asked about her views on the proposition. >> how did you vote on prop 36. >> my ballot is on its way to california and i'm going to trust the system it will arrive there and i'm not going to talk about the vote on them because honestly it's a sunday before the election and i don't intend to create in endorsement one way or another around them. but i did vote. laura:

corpse neither he nor the press took one momenn or any grace to check what trump had said in charlottesvilleny of these rumors from the russian hoax to drinking bleach or whatever.'t - we know they treated usbl terrible. the problee.m we have whether ip being called deplorable's are i irredeemable or garbagt'e is it. comes from the top. this is from the comment section of the youtube clip of fox andii friends. this is democrat leaders calling this out and what it does is it makes it harder and harder for friends and neighbors ands coworkers to returton to normal life after an election we used to live on this cheesy notion which sounds stupid but love ths neighbor. it's now lov nowe they neighbor unless they vote for trump. you don't love thy neighbor when it's good. it matters whetersn it's bad. it's the first amendment andyes, second amendment not for hellos or goodbyes but for bad wordsg and bad hombres. in these situation s they say theof better rocco society which is love thy neighbor as societal contract that we all have so when something bad happens you go back to life. if your team lo

he used his bully pulpit in charlottesville.d and denigrated his fellow citizens. people know and remember that. trump ran the most criminal operation since nixon. who of course was run out of the white house. during one term in officer, trump has seen 20 some aids indicted, several incarcerated. some are awaiting trial. including his own trial for the failed coo. which makes trump the first president to conduct an insurrection. even though he openly admits the lie because he won the election. >> i won by .1 of a point. >> yes he did lose, narrowly and he got a lot of people in trouble telling them to commit crimes. claiming he didn't lose. he knows he was the loser. just like he knows vowing to pardon those traitors is disloyal. literally the definition disloyal to the united states. he doesn't care. those are public facts and that's just a small selection. which is why such a broad bipartisan group unusual in american politics. we hear so much about our polarized politics why don't we hear about this bipartisan coalition that

he was to go on and lead the march in charlottesville. so and to be actually arrested for the violence that ensued there. so i'm following and he in the course of some 20 interviews i did with him kind of changed his mind and you know well i really shouldn't said what i said about whites and blacks it shouldn't just be for white. it's for all all working class. so he. okay. but i was following another march too. it was this march for. trump and so while nobody really in this little village went for a high mark, they say he's too extreme. grandfathers fought and world war two against the kinds of ideas buried. so while that march failed, the march for, trump picked up steam and trump ended up inviting neo-nazis tomorrow long ago and increasingly embracing a violence. so the two figures in the book kind of crossed in a way. and so what became fascinating for is why. one rhetoric turned them off. but another in the hands of another charismatic leader. more charisma leader p people could be brought to produce similar conclusion and i think th

and it's the same reason that she repeats the charlottesville, very fine people on both sides hoax. it's why she sticks s to theless suckers and losers hoax. it's why she is so cynical that she stuck with the russia collusion, the dirty dossier hoax for so long. and so it makes perfect sense that in this long, tedious continuum of smears, they end this campaign with another lie and it's a big one. and phony outrage over poor liz cheney. is this a smart political decision? it certainly is insulting the intelligence of the voters. but, given where their base is on the war issues, and, look on the cheneys personally they want to put dick cheney in the international war crimes tribunal for goodness sakes. this strikes me as a bizarre strategy to end this with. so now americans face a stark choice. remember reagan in 1964 called it a time for choosing. and tonight the question is will they choose kamala and reward her record of decline and her campaign of lies and hoaxes and phony outrange or will the outre trump and a proven record of success, peace and prosperity for all the people? th

. >> laura: but kamala should change her name to kam-a-lie about charlottesville or the cognitive state before the debate, it has been one nonstop fraud upon the american people. and i think she thinks she can run out the clock with the shades and empty slogans or just by pretending she didn't hear questions or ignoring them all together now, consider california's prop 36 on the ballot and would crackdown on retail theft upping the punishment for criminals who are getting off essentially scot-free from liberal policies and liberal laws. now, it is usually popular this initiative with 73% of californians supporting it. you can't get anyone to agree 73% to eight anything these days. what happened when kamala is to be asked about her views on the proposition? >> how did you vote on prop 36. >> so my palate is on its way to california and i will trust the system it will arrive there. i'm not going to talk about the vote on that because honestly, it is the sunday before the election. i don't intend to create an endorsement when we were the other about it but i do both. >> laura: what! she wo

>> mayhem in charlottesville... >> but you also had people that were very fe people, on both sides. >lle as very much of a piece with his lunge into the birtherism nonsense about obama. >> i think there's blame on both sides, and i have no doubt about it, and you don't have any doubt about iteither. >> it's a way of using race to cement his relationship with his base. >> what he's trying to do is make america hate again. >> it happens over and over again, where people say, "oh, my gosh, this is it. no president can survive this." uh, quite the opposite-- donald trump will prove at this moment and many others to come that nothing defeats him. >> dramatic end to a nearly five-monthar with democrats. president trump has been acquitted in his impeachment trial. >> the impeachment is finally over. president trump acquitted by u.s. senate. >> thank you very much, everybody, thank you. thank u very much, thank you. (audience cheers and applauds) >> narrator: it was a presidency marked by constant fighting: to control the republican party, transform the supreme court, and ho onto power. >> by

steve, your initial point is you are chronicling it accurately from her perspective almost like charlottesvilletatement took half of a statement. i will protect women against illegal immigrant criminals. and they said whether they want me to or not. referring to his staff said don't bring this up. he was bringing it up. so if you may the whole thing out, it actually would belong -- >> lawrence: nothing to do with abortion. >> brian: half belongs in a harris ad. >> steve: my point is both sides have something yell. >> brian: one is accurate and one inaccurate. >> ainsley: lot of inaccurate ads one continues talking about project 2025. this is what he believes and breaks down all these pieces of project 2025. he has never even read it. it had nothing to do with donald trump that's a lie. an abortion ban? that's a lie. >> steve: it's all about -- you know, it's about gender yesterday. it's also about money and, you know, donald trump is lucky because he has the world's richest guy, essentially on his side. >> lawrence: and his mom. >> steve: elon musk has donated a lot of money, millions and milli

group, i was in virginia this morning, near hot springs virginia coming back to the airport in charlottesviller of trump-vance signs i saw in these neighborhoods are 25-30 years ago would have had democratic yard signs, it just reminded me of the real answer over the last several years to this political education that democrats, and even republicans, whose party has been changed and transformed over the last several years, the political education's name is donald trump. and i'm not a supporter of donald trump, but i'm just trying to understand politics here, and i would caution my party, stop telling democrats in the country that democracy is dead. stop telling people that he's hitler and that we somehow are going to find our way off a deep, deep cliff. we are the red states of america, it is a political party, if we want back in, we can't get ourselves back in by trying to ice ourselves and shut ourselves out. working-class americans found a voice this election. it's not infinite that this voice of donald trump's will be there no matter what he is espousing, but right now it is. and for us to

fox's efforts to paint trump and paint him in the best possible light was hard lined, events like charlottesville insurrection where fox and the hardliners in the white house try to put a good face on the trump administration's missteps and lapses. network star trek sean hannity and jeanine pirro campaign for trump, making clear the connections between the network and the administration and campaign. while donald trump flirted with fringe conservative outlooks, it was always clear fox was in the pole position as the preferred mouthpiece. as we enter trump's second term, the right-wing media landscape has changed considerably and to the incoming administration's profound advantage. trump will have the support of fringe podcasters like steve bannon and tucker carlson, who have already spread conspiracy theories on his behalf. there's a whole new world of podcasting which includes pro-trump host, charlie kirk and ben shapiro, the hugely influential, anti- podcast machine headed by joe wogan -- rogan. he will have the backing of elon musk, who successfully managed to transform twitter/x into right-wi

hard, may be as here is why, your own words here to speak at the retreating neo-nazi videos and charlottesvilleof black countries. that is tearing more of the fabric of america and attacks on the twin towers. we rebuilt from that and became stronger that. but this seems to me far graver threat to the idea of america peerages. >> if republicans continue this line of thinking and support for donald trump, they need not full of themselves a second trump administration would destroy the department of justice. would destroy the fbi here to speak at not -- i can go back and talk about nazi germany andi would do it without concerns whatsoever. if people can't start rolling the parallels you are just stupid or have your head in the sand or you are one of them. >> when you look at republican nominee and potentially nominee talking about terminating the constitution, terminate the constitution and arrest political opponents, uc the justice department assassinate generals that weren't sufficiently, politically loyal to him saying he was going to take the fcc and bring it into the white house. he would dec

. >> then president trump talking about protests in charlottesville, virginia that featured neo nazising jews will not replace us. in those protests dozens were injured. a young woman was killed after someone drove their car through a crowd. to this day trump maintains those remarks were perfect. >> he's a war hero because he was captured. i like people that weren't captured, okay. >> before that there were trump's remarks about john mccain's military service. the start of a pattern of derogatory comments directed at the former prisoner of war. in so many ways trump has transformed the gop. culminating in these closing remarks last night. >> we will defeat the corrupt system in washington. i'm not running against kamala. i'm running against an evil democrat system. these are evil people. >> joining us now, former congressman adam kinzinger and jeff duncan. they are part of republicans for harris and have been campaigning. and brad todd who is a more traditional republican, i guess shall we say. really not any more. you're a trump republican. gentlemen, i'm grateful to have you here on

single reason that kamala harris has managed to say afloat, they peddled the bloodbath hoax, the charlottesville hoax, the liz chaney hoax all to drag their favorite candidate through the finish line. >> jonathan: and we are certainly less and less trusted it seams. there's a survey i want -- want to put up. for people finding reliable information about the election, very or somewhat easy. 38% neither easy nor difficult. 32% somewhat difficult, 28%. those are big figures, elex, for people struggling to know where to go for information. do we the media oh more to the viewers, the readers, the listeners? do we need to find a way to do things differently as a whole? >> clearly based off the polls on the way people feel about the media, based off of ratings, a lot of people tuning out. and based off the basic concept of trust of institutions. if we are at a place as a society where we do not trust information as being true, then what happens next week when half the country does not believe the result? whether it's trump or harris who wins, there's going to be people who say i don't believe that beca

and watching a torch lit parade not too far away, really, in charlottesville virginia. the unite the rally where, thousands of young white with torches marched around the statue of robert e lee and chanted you will not replace and kind of a pull on the road to damascus moment. i said yeah now i know the book i have to write because the discourse in the united states around immigration has now so badly off track and so little related to who comes what they do when they come, what they've contribute and contribute every day to the life of this country that i thought i have to write a book that pushes back in the other direction. so. i got a contract and started to write this really angry book. and my editor who got first couple of chapters, said, no, no, you're not writing that book. i understand why you want to write that, but why don't you take these terrific people who are showing up in your chapters and instead of them standing in the wings, move them to the center of the book. it is a very thing for a writer to admit that is is correct and he is wrong. but that's wha

jewish person, already knowing about the rising anti-semitism during the trump administration, charlottesville don't remember the tiki torches saying the jewish will not replace us and trump said they were fine people on the neo- nazi side, true life shooting in pittsburgh for the massacre of jews there. that was already happening when they took office. and so she said, you need to do something about this and push me. so even from the get go, i started working from anti- semitism and led to the first strategy to counter anti- semitism and then of course after october 7th, with the crisis of anti-semitism and hate, i really put myself out there with her push to be a strong advocate. again, against hate period. that speech was really designed to talk to the american jewish community. some of whom are supporting trump. and it was really raising the alarm to them that here is somebody who is talking about praising adolf hitler behind closed doors when he was president. general kelly said that. somebody who has said many anti- semitic things over the years. most recently, at an event purporting to

dosha burns is in greensboro, where trump is having a rally tonight and gabe gutierrez is in charlottesvilleally. that morning and thank you for being with us. gabe, let me start with you. what is the situation you are looking at there in north carolina? >> hi there, ali, free election weekend, my friend. we are here in charlotte, where as you mentioned, vice president kamala harris is scheduled to arrive later today. she has two rallies today in southern battlegrounds, the first one in atlanta and then she is coming to charlotte. as you mentioned, this is a crucial swing state. earlier today, she started her travels in wisconsin, speaking to reporters and making the case that she will work with the private sector on day one, really advancing that argument, trying to reach moderate voters who may be upset with donald trump, moderate republican voters and it is a message she has been hitting over and over again in the closing days of the race. take a listen at what she told a rally last night in wisconsin. >> this election, we have an opportunity to finally turn the page on a decade of donald

[laughter] so i stepped way over the line but i went to charlottesville had lunchth with john explainedo him why the story was so complicated and needed twice the number of words that the other stories did and i said john i need your support and you got to help me out here. he goes doubleday was having a heart attack so john that afternoon after asked him to help me out he supported me even though i didn't deserve it. he e-mailed the editor at doubleday and he said i'm fine with that let's go with it. he said it's good and they said it's good. so 23 total people you credit check for 71 cases and you could have picked a gazillion cases. how did she pick the one you picked? >> it was veryfi difficult. we see so many cases and i'm on the project board in new york and we were doing cases all the time and want to get locked into this work the wrongful conviction work and this is where i live. i'm a lawyer and my interest is in the l lawn i have studied the law lawyers law firms courts and court cases appeals trials crimes whatever. that's where i hang out and i kept thinking there so many of

but where it really took a hard line was at events like charlottesville and the january 6th insurrectionere fox and those hard-liners in the white house tried to put a good face on the trump administration's missteps and lapses. network stars like sean hannity and jeanine pirro literally campaigned for trump, making clear the connections between the network and the administration and campaign. and while donald trump flirted with fringe conservative outlooks like elion and newsmax, it is always clear that fox was in the pole position as the administration's preferred mouthpiece. now, as we enter trump's second term, the right-wing media landscape has changed considerably. and, to the incoming administration's profound advantage. trump will now have the support of fringe podcasters like steve bannon and tucker carlson, who have already spread conspiracy theories on his behalf. and then there is a whole new world of podcasting, which includes pro trump hosts charlie kirk and ben shapiro, and the hugely influential anti-woke podcast machine headed by joe rogan. this time around, trump will a

this is sort of like charlottesville and the tiki torches.ore i hand this over i just want to say if there are young people i'm talking to you. do not call us memes. one of the big insult that we get is you can't mean. of course i cannot, i'm a cartoonist and it is lost on people. we are a long tradition of cartooning that goes back to ben franklin and the revolution, we are people with our own personal opinions and you know where it is coming from. we're living in a new media landscape of social media that elon musk would like us to think twitter is the public square, but it is a black box and he controls the algorithms so he can dial this down. you don't know if the memes came out of moscow, so don't call us memes or we will be really angry. one more cartoon, i am flummoxed. you cannot blame elon musk entirely but this lack of shared reality is probably brain worms. so there. [applause] >> that's me. ok, so here we are facing a possible second trump presidency , so just to refresh your memory or if you're not old enough, in his first week a

. >> he joins me now from charlottesville. always appreciate talking with you. >> i always enjoy it. rosemary so let's start with the growing scrutiny over some of the controversial cabinet picks made by president-elect donald trump in recent days including matt gaetz tulsi gabbard pete hegseth and robert kennedy jr.. >> how many of these picks would you expect to get confirmed and how big a stress test could this prove to be for senate republicans? >> the most important number is 53, not 53 cabinet officers, but 53 republicans in the senate and the senate. does the confirming. now, some have talked about recess appointments but tonight, if the reports are accurate, mitch mcconnell, who is the now ex senate majority leader, but still has enormous influence on the republicans in the senate has sent a message to president trump saying there will be no recess appointments. now, i don't know whether he can carry that out. no longer being senate majority leader. but if you can't appoint some of these people in the recess provision

but i went down the charlottesville had lunch with john, explained to him why the story was so complicated and needed twice the number of words the other stories did. and i said. john, i need your support. you got to help me out here because doubleday was really having a heart attack this and so john that afternoon after i asked him to help me and support me, even though i didn't it, he emailed the editor at doubleday and said i'm fine with 20, let's go with it. and with that the green light. doubleday was happy with it. he said, it's good they, said it's good. so five each. yeah. 23 total people you could have picked. 71 cases and could have picked a gazillion cases. how did you pick the ones you picked. no, it was very difficult. it was very difficult because we see so many cases. again, i'm on the innocence project board in new york and we we review cases all the time and we want you get locked into this as innocence work wrongful conviction work and this world this is where i live. i'm a lawyer it's true to the i study the law lawyers, law firms, courts court cases, appeals trials, cri