duke who? david what? steve scalise's most detailed explanation of what he was doing at that david duke white supremacist event was speaking out against a tax plan he disagreed with. none of the contemporaneous accounts we have of that day say anything about that tax plan. and the new reporting today from the guy in louisiana who initially wrote this,his new reporting today is that steve scalise's explanation about this tax plan itself makes no sense because that tax plan he was reportedly so upset about hadn't even been filed in the state legislature an the day steve scalise made his speech to the white supremacist group. apparently the republicans believe his story anyway and are going to keep him in the leadership for the new congress. not a single member of the republican congress has called for scalise to step down or even for him just to withdraw from the number three leadership position in congress. they are joined in that sentiment by david duke himself. david duke wants steve scalise to stay where

says david duke. and then he followed it up with this on cnn. >> you said this week that if he's crucified, i think that was your word choice. >> yeah. >> then you're going to name names. what are you talking about? >> i would name names of any democrat -- and i know some democrats and republicans in the house of representatives who tried, in fact, urged me to support them. legally, i did. the governor of the state of louisiana, mr. foster, wanted my support. sm you're saying there are members of congress today who have relationships with you -- >> have had relationships. but they choose to keep that private. >> and that's fine. >> but you would call them out? >> i would call them out if they're hypocrite kal. >> david duke, that guy, is now threatening that asoeszuating with him and associating with his white supremist groups u has to become an okay thing in our modern politics. david duke now threatening that if steve skalise gets in trouble for his association with david duke and white supremist gr

moreover, the person -- >> for young people, mark -- for young people who don't know who david duke is you talk about his history before he ran for public office? >> sure. duke, early on formed a major klan group called the knights of the ku klux klan. when he was still at lsu. as a student, he paraded in one instance and a few -- full nazi getup, carrying signs having to do the holocaust and so on. he later tried to shed his klan past. one organization was called the national organization for the defenseman of wine people -- white people and later something called no fear which then changed its name to euro. that was his latest. during this contest, especially the 1991 run for governor, a huge amount of reporting was done about duke's ties to various neo-nazi groups and beliefs and so on. it became very clear that it was simply false, that he put these beliefs behind him. while he is campaigning, he was still selling holocaust denial materials from his book store and so on. so i think it is certainly fair to say david duke was then and remains today the best-known what supremacist in

david duke was a member of the nazi party. they are separate groups that admire each other's work. >> looking another this scalise story, he's played it off as an error in judgment. republicans are willing to say all sins forgiven because you're a heck of a lot better than duke. i think it is upside for scalise. turning to the state of texas. newly elected molly white used texas muslim capital day in austin texas, to spread islamophobia. i left an israeli flag on the desk in my office with instructions for staff to ask representatives from the muslim community to renounce islamic terrorist groups and publicly announce allegiance to america and our laws. we'll see how long they stay in my office. white dismissed criticism. i do not apologize for my comments above. if you love america, obey our laws and condemn islamic terrorism. dean, what's your response to this? there's no room whatsoever if you're not of the christian faith. that's how i read this coming out of right-wing texas. >> alarmingly, you are absolutely right. it is

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a republican david duke problem persists. plus, the new mini scandal over chris christie's upholding in dallas and inside the sex scandal proclaiming his innocence from the rooftops. >>> "all in" starts right now. >> good evening, from new york. i'm chris hayes. within hours of the very first day in congress, president obama promised his first veto. and speaker boehner faces republican mutiny on whether he should keep his job. welcome to the 11 heth congress. >> a national poll asked the following questions, what do you have a higher opinion of, congress or hemorrhoids? >> america didn't much care for the old congress. >> what do you have a higher opinion of. congress or dog poop. >> will the gentleman suspend? >> yes. >> but it's a new year. the country has elected a new congress and today was its very first day. it's a day of new beginnings, a day where the gallery is full, cute kids are in abundance and joe biden gets to be joe biden. >> best guy in the united states senate. >> hello, charlie. >> how are you doing, man? >>

too close to david duke. let's play "hardball." ♪ ♪ >> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. well, the republican party, which begins the new year firmly in control of congress, does so with a brand new burden. it's chief whip in the house of representatives admits to speaking at a meeting of white supremacists. a group founded by international holocaust denier david duke. steve scalise of louisiana stands now as the party's entrenched evidence that its promise to reach out to other groups. to the far theft right when it comes to issues of race in this country. meanwhile, we look at a new film and whether it gives president lyndon johnson the respect he earned in pushing the civil rights act in 1964 and the voting rights act a year later. or does it make him a symbol of white resistance. especially to a president many consider the greatest civil rights advocate in american history. joining me now, jack king of georgia and ron christie, former adviser to vice president dick cheney. let me ask you thi

there were contacts between a former governor and david duke back in 1995.nd what's that needs to happen. so i would encourage anyone who's had contact with this group, they ought to be transparent and not wait for it to be exposed. >> we just had the former senator who just lost her seat, mary landrieu get in a lot of trouble for simply saying there were racial issues at play in louisiana. do you think maybe those issues might need to be resurfaced and discussed or is this just the past -- >> to the extent people try to suggest that racial disparities in health care education, and nicks do not exist in louisiana, they are looking the truth in the face and they don't see it. i mean mary spoke truthfully. the idea that some people would be offended by that certainly, i don't understand i don't get. it's important. louisiana is a great state. it's a home state. it's got great assets. we just had a great sugar bowl last night in new orleans. but it's also a state that when it comes to education and health care and a whole lot of issues rates at the bottom of th

. >> the group was founded by david duke. duke's political adviser denied scalise spoke to the group. duke says he may have. republican leaders are behind scalise. john boehner calls him a man of high integrity and good character saying more than a decade ago, representative scalise made anticipate ir error in judgment. the only african-american member of louisiana delegation is defending him. >> i don't view steve as having racial challenges at all. i think that he is just a hard working public servant that will go talk to anybody at any time. whether he agrees with their social believes or not. >> some conservatives particularly the anti-boehner voices, are skeptical of how this has been handled and see a double standard believing if he were a real tea partier, he wouldn't be in his job. eric eric son, how does somebody show up at a david duke organized event in 2002 and claim ignorance. mark levine, if he was a tea party member of congress, boehner and his cheer leaders would have forced his resignation by now. they are re

you look back, there's just no credible way that anyone in louisiana politics did not know what david duke represented. we showed the "meet the press" famous "meet the press" with -- >> a couple of them with duke. >> tim russert questioning david duke in 1999, two years, three years before this happened. he was running for congress. he was in a runoff a decade earlier for governor. >> before i move on, you matt you wrote this, five ways you know you you are speaking to white supremacist. it was founded by david duke. banners that say white group. the name of the group. the hotel hosting the event is ashamed. and no one there cares about his tax stand, which is what scalise claimed. you don't buy the story? >> i don't. i was having fun with it. why this story resonates is because the leadership of the republican party says they want to be responsible, a party that can show america they are serious about governing. there's a feeling they are indull gent off the radar screen of some of the darker impulses in their party and the darker impulses in america. that's why a story from 2002 resonate

too close to david duke." ♪ ♪ >> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. well, the republican party, which begins the new year firmly in control of congress does so with a brand new burden. it's chief whip in the house of representatives admits to speaking at a meeting of white supremacists. a group founded by international holocaust denier david duke.

does the new david duke in 2015 believe that the holocaust occurred? >> i believe there were terrible atrocities. >> i want you to say the holocaust occurred. >> i don't care what you call it. >> i want to haefr you say it. say it. >> i believe in the quote, holocaust. let me tell you why is it that there is no movies very little attention about the greatest holocaust in the history of the world which was the holocaust against christians by the soviet communism and that's my point. is that we have a controlled media today that talks about the holocaust but they don't talk about the death and destruction of tens of millions of christians which was bigger -- >> i want to talk about everything which is why you're here. >> my book is the secret behind communism and deals with that. write to me and find out about it. >> david duke thank you. we're going to take a quick break. when we come back new york police turn their backs on the city's mayor. we'll tell you what else they are turning their backs on. plus the missing 28 pages, can they tell us who planne

pointing fingers over a congressman that spoke to a group run by david duke. tonight mr. duke will be here. >> skin that yourself? >> also ahead, what is your new year's resolution? jesse watters is hot on the trail of that. >> just be careful. >> of what? >> of strangers. >> caution. you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. hi. i am bill o'reilly. >> the progressive left and the police. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. there is a mini crisis brewing here in new york city. the nypd is so angry over the recent assassinations of two new york city police officers, that they are engaged in a work slowdown. arrests for minor crimes in the last part of december are way down. add to that thousands of new york city police officers despise the mayor, bill de blasio and continue to show disrespect by turning their backs to him. this despite the fact that police commissioner bill bratton ask the his officers not to do that. thousands of cops defied their cops and turned away from de blasio when he spoke at the service

and in 1999 david duke came within 3,700 votes, that's just 3 percentage points of making a runoff inhree years later in 2002 that duke's group invited steve scalise who was a state legislature in louisiana to speak. it's possible that scalise is being up front here. little support staff who accepted pretty much every speaking invitation that he got and always good livered his stump speech when he'd speak to those groups. he didn't have any kind of idea what group he was walking into on that particular day. david duke, more to the point that david duke supporters represented a significant political constituency in louisiana when scalise gave that speech, so much that it also seems plausible that he did have some idea what kind of group he was appearing before when he got that invitation. here to discuss more about this big controversial story this week. we have national political correspondent at "washington post" and columnist with "chicago tribune" clerrance. i think we laid out what his version of events was in 2002. little context there. when you look at what he said do you buy hi

which could only mean david duke without the klan membership card.. his republican colleagues in the house of representatives, including speaker john boehner, have publicly accepted his completely unbelievable explanation as to why he spoke to a group david duke founded called the european american unity and rights organization. congressman scalise first said he didn't remember addressing the group. and then he said it was a mistake. and then he also said that he had no idea that david duke's group, of all groups, is a white supremist organization. steve scalise won his house seat in a special election in may of 2008. two months later, the house voted on and passed a resolution apologizing for slavery, something we know steve scalise was opposed to but we don't know how he voted on that resolution, because it passed by voice vote, no individual representative vote was actually recorded. we asked steve scalise how he voted but he hasn't responded to our request. we do know that when he was first asked to vote on apology for slavery, he said, why are y

directly ahead the republican party under fire from the white house over a congressman speaking to david duke's organization. mr. duke will be here. later meggen kelly and charles krauthammer on giving thugs low bail or no bail and jeb bush running for president. you get sick you can't breathe through your nose... suddenly... you're a mouthbreather. well, put on a breathe right strip and instantly open your nose up to 38% more than cold medicines alone so you can breathe and sleep shut your mouth and sleep right. breathe right. thanks. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] fedex® has solutions to enable global commerce that can help your company grow steadily and quickly. great job. (mandarin) ♪ ♪ cut it out. >>see you tomorrow. ♪ ♪ >>> congressman steve scalise from louisiana is the third highest ranking republican in the house. now he is involved in a big controversy. 2002 he allegedly spoke to the european american unionity and rights organization in a suburb of new orleans. that group is run by david duke, considered by some to be a white spremist. today at the white house the situation came up. >> it is

david duke was a major player in louisiana politics. think how much things have changed. i'm skeptical that steve scalise didn't know what the impact was. i believe he didn't share the views of the organization. he now represents the most conservative district in louisiana, we're talking really really deep south. i'm sure he knew the impact of what he was doing and it suggests a change in context of how louisiana has changed and national politics have changed and at this point this is utterly unacceptable to do right now. the dilemma for the republican leadership whether he force him out or stay. there's no win for them unless the story goes away. as long as you keep talking about it it's a bad situation. the calculus the story will go on and be a prolonged embarrassment. >> this is easier politically. >> and they need him. he was brought into leadership for two reasons. there was a lot of demand for a solid red state member in leadership. all the other are from blue states that president obama won twice. the second reason is speaker boehner wanted a liaison to the ultrac

david duke ran for president. host: harry is in pittsburgh. caller: i find it curious that obama didn't go. holder was there. he was the one who called people cowards in america. your first black caller was a typical black caller. host: we are talking about the world leaders marching arm in arm. eric holder was there, but he did not go to the march. the two brothers who attacked the satirical newspaper had ties to al qaeda. at least one of them had traveled had traveled to yemen. eric holder is talking to french officials about security in their country. there was a series of appearances on a sunday talk shows. they would be pressing the obama administration to keep closer tabs on u.s. citizens and others to travel overseas to train with terrorist groups and return home. this is from the papers this morning. eric holder on sunday announced the white house will host a summit on countering extremism and highlight how local communities curb violence before it takes place. the white house did not release a list of expected attendees. officials fro

according to david duke, he claimed that __ was killed by russians.t because he does not believe in the holocaust __ i cannot believe this. host: next is joyce from houston, texas. caller: i think the gop can lead. i started to hang up __ i called in to address this democrat lady that was talking about scalise. i called her to remind about robert byrd, but two or three callers behind me talked about that. i hope that all these democrats talking about scalise, remember byrd, he was way up in the klan. get rid of it and __ rid of the insanity, and get back to the facts. get off scalise's back. host: jody has this point __ the next two years, we will find out if the tea party is, or isn't, the problem in the republican party. the "new york times" talking about the nation's private coffer in chief. the president has spent over 1000 hours on the golf course. this story talking about obama's little_known but improving game. next is david from pontiac, michigan. caller: good morning. i am really disappointed that the republicans are taking over the house and

the fact that he called himself david duke without the baggage when in fact david duke's very name is the baggage, is problem enough. that is not a brand that steve scalise himself, nor the republican party, and especially not the republican leadership can afford at all to be associated with. it's a huge problem, and i think that at some point, when it comes to fund-raising dollars, when it comes to whether or not they're able to gin up their base or broaden their base it's going to have to be addressed as soon as he becomes more of a threat to the party and the leadership. >> the scalise controversy also is putting the spotlight back on diversity in congress. now the new congress is 80% male 80% white, 92% christian, and that makes it the most diverse congress in history. they're bragging about that. does this speak to the disconnect between congress and the american people that they're supposed to represent. >> it does represent, i think, the pace at which things change here on the hill. and i think if you talk to anyone who is advocating for more representation from african america

going to have to answer for themselves whether or not elevating summit who describes himself as david dukeut the baggage is a reinforcement of the kind of message they want to project. >> as the 114th congress kicks off in washington, republican house majority whip steve scalise of louisiana admits he once addressed a white supremacist organization founded by former klan leader david duke.

blogers say scalise spoke to david duke and he said, i'm sorry, i didn't know and someone said well, actually he didn't even talk to that group he talked to a group that was meeting in the same place and it wasn't that group. >> even david duke said he is not sure. >> the story just at the moment that the full feeding frenzy was about to rip scalise from limb to limb it was a "tell a moment," like, well, never mind. >> why didn't scalise say that? >> he didn't know. >> i think the reason he is waffling, there is more to the story. press did their job. this is like a drop in the water. we get more information because reporters start digging and media can dig up old blog posts and we find in the past he was walked a fin line of trying to appeal to david duke voters and there are a lot of them so he is trying to walk that line. what is what we see speaking to the group and the association closer than has been reported with some of the people involved in this white supremacist. >> the journalists say they have never seen any other evidence of racially charged or questionable remarks but

david duke tells fusion yes, estimating he met with lawmakers on the right and the left a good 50 timesnferences to children's birthday parties. he's threatening to release the names. >>> budget war looms for obama gop. it could be one of the most bitter political fights we saw in 2015. the republican congress and the president are ready to duke it out. >>> how republicans want to change the budget map. some democrats are accusing the right of trying to cook the books. the gop proposed dynamic scoring and it would alter the way the cost of tax legislation is calculated. harry reid says it will benefit the very wealthy and big corporations. >>> all this after the "the new york times" notes for the first time since 2011 local state and gofts are providing a significant increase in prosperity. >>> 2016 florida senator marco rubio is the latest in the loin of a list of long politicians considering running for president. >>> bloomberg sites a major newspaper saying a three sfar north korean general has set up a task force to stop copies of "the interview yts from being smuggled into the coun

david duke's klan was recruiting members in connecticut of all places. david duke's klan was recruiting members in connecticut of all places. duke came and they had press conferences in the day but held a secret meetings at night. it was a meeting i infiltrated and he surprised me and the other dozen or so when he pulled out "the birth of a nation" to screen and propaganda of why you should join the klan. >> >> >> >> that was 1979. for me, when i came to writing this book the first field in college, understanding is place in history in terms of film technique. it was the second viewing that hit me, the propaganda power. >> when you saw the screening and were undercover, the people in the room cheered? >> yeah. when we get to the scene where going to show with the moments of how one black men, one white man can fight off a handful of blacks and they are cheering. cheering in the room and whatnot. >> did they ever figure out who you were? >> yes, when i wrote about it. the idea was to reveal both who was the connecticut leader and the number of connecticut

david duke i think, you know, has a tendency to exaggerate his own reach and audience.stituency. it is a lot less than it was 20 years i think. do you remember 1992 after the two races when he ran for republican presidential nomination? no you don't. no one does. there was a great deal of attention and then it fizzled. the idea of him as a power broker in louisiana politics is something that probably exists mostly in his own mind. >> let's look ahead to 2015. republicans own the hill. president obama finishing the fourth quarter of his presidency. is there anything you see that really can get done? there was so much talks about immigration. we can can work together on immigration immigration. you see how that ended up. >>. i think confrontation well-being the default on most issues. and and president has pushed like executive power on immigration and the epa has structured on carbon emissions and the way he's implemented a number of other policies that i think republicans are going to push back again. and all likelihood over the budget as well. but there may be some opp

he described himself as david duke without the baggage.as certainly somebody ecelebritied by the people of louisiana, or at least the people from hi congressional district. now we'll hear from house republicans about whether they think he should be the leadership. they'll have to also decide what kind of signal that sends about what house republican priorities and values are. that's an open question. . i don't get a vote in the conference, but mr. cole and his checks do and they'll ultimately make that decision on their own. >> what specifically about his argument regarding the historical role of the senator byrd in leadership and that's a point you've heard elsewhere. newt gingrich saying it as well. well you know all i will say is it's fine if mr. cole wants to is a that that -- you no that that was a decision maid be senate democrat it is a number of years ago. what i'm saying is that today, house rpg have to decide for themselves today if they want somebody to be in their leadership now who described himself as david duke without the b

keep reminding liberals they accept the likes of sharpton who mirrors david duke." duke and did not allow him to speak. my wife and i will find something else to do at 8:00 p.m. "o'reilly, thanks for letting duke rant. in the end he showed his true colors, anti-semitic and anti-black. "your treatment of duke was rude and unprofessional. i'm proud of my european ancestry." just know that if you are buying what david duke is selling randall, if you're buying that, you have no right to criticize sharm sharpton, farrakhan or anyone else on the other side. brenda "great talking points bill. someone needs to save our cops. thanks for your courage." "bill, people like you and giuliani are not helping the situation. demonizing black men is a shameful argument." and that's not been done here, duane. we give you the facts. you decide how they apply to the problem. "bill, you have been courageous in calling out the mistakes of the protesters and addressing the core problem of black crime -- the destruction of the african-american family. i am exhausted by the false narrative o

he told me he was like david duke without the baggage. i didn't ask the question molly, we flip, what is the statute of limitations on stupidity or someone who may have had views or associated with people back then thinking may be opportunistic the politically smart thing to do. can you forgiven to are that if you say i've changed my mind or i wasn't quite sure? >> ed is right it looks like john boehners that dealt with this rather effectively, rather swiftly, rather decisively. boehner and the other members of leadership took scalise at his word nothing else would come tout reinforce this, this would be a single incident and he could put it behind him and so far thathas not been a drip of other revelations, there's not been anything else to reinforce this idea, but republicans like you say know that they have a problem with being seen as a white man's party, and they know that if they want to set a new tone in the new congress, they have to get past that. they have to show that they can be constructive and do things other than that. but

so this is david duke talking to -- giving an interview. what he said basically is i am going to name names. he says if scalise is going to be crucified, if republicans wabts to throw him to the woves, they ought to be looking over their shoulder. it's an absolute distraction. >> exactly. in the spirit of conversation i don't know how this helps promote conversation discussions and negotiations between the democrats and the republicans. i don't think the story has legs. yeah, david duke makes this comment and trying to get attention. but again, he made a mistake. let's move on. this is somebody who can be very constructive. but for the spirit of conversation, for the last two years of this administration and this congress i don't know what this -- you know fishing expedition, or let's look at this background, whatever. >> let me ask this. what if the thing he was talking to people about, which is reducing wasteful spending is in part motivated. the notion of smaller tax base. fewer public services also being motivated. for a broad group of

i'm having a hard time believing -- and this is my take, that he didn't know this was a david duke'sganization. >> they were in the hotel. i went through the hotel rates. they had a convention there. call it that. so people are there. he has a community meeting. conference starts later. people go into his community meeting. if that plays out as true, the mistake of steve scalise is apologizing where he didn't have to. >> apparently he thinks he spoke there because -- >> to be honest, go to your staff, look it up. i did. >> here's a different reason it's a distraction. you have a number of republicans working very hard, paul ryan out there visiting poor black communities all over the country. rand paul speaking at black colleges. this episode doesn't help those efforts. >> i agree with that. >> i think it sets those efforts back. to have this man as the number three republican in the senate is a big target. >> but what about the association with knight who's associated with duke? he had to know who this guy was. >> he was a state representative. again, my point is there's more to the