darren taylor is a close associate of earl holt. he joins us from washington. mr. taylor, roof's manifesto says he got your inspiration from your website, roof wrote, "there are pages upon pages of these brooument black on white murders. i was in disbelief. i felt there was something vel ve i don't think. roof's step mother said, he was infected by internet evil. >> he did not get inspiration from the council's website, he got information. and the reason the information was so disturbing to him is because the facts, the reality, of the overwhelmingly black on white nature of interracial crime is something that is almost never reported. you it's in fact deliberately consealed. that is what he finds so be shocking. >> by the way, a number of people look at those websites and say they are dubious. an offense against god, do you really believe that? >> let's go back to the case of interracial crime which is what influenced mr. roof. the fact is that over the half a million interracial crimes, black commit about 85% of them against whites. whites commit only about 15% t

. >>> the first black woman elected to congress is returning donations to earl holt earl holt inspired the admitted shooter, dylann roof. she said she would return the donations that holt made to her campaign. >> he has made doe neighs to rick santorum rand paul and ted cruz. they are all donating money to assist the families of the victims. >>> earl holt is the president of a white supremacist movement. >> and the southern poverty law center identifies the ccc as a hate group. drew griffin has more on the movement. >> reporter: the council of conservative citizens believes that whites are under attack and whites need to wake up before the race is destroyed. on its website it lists black on white crimes that go unreported. points of view almost identical to the so-called manifesto and reasons on the website owned by the charleston shooter, justifying an attack on black people praying in a church. this is one of the movement's rallies, posted on the internet. and the man speaking kyle rogers is a leader in the cfcc movement. >> there is only one argument that they use for every single c

that's earl holt talking there. when president obama was elected the same man wrote this, i never dreamed that even a nation of dolts, gamblers, borrowers and personal injury plaintiffs would elect a phony nigro with three moslem names. that's earl holt talking. they were also promoting republican candidates. in the last few years he, that man you're looking at, contributed at least $70,000 to dozens of republicans including presidential hopefuls like rick santorum, rand paul, scott walker, ted cruz. the party now finds itself scrambling to distance itself from holt and his group, of course, and every one of those politicians has rejected holt's money now by donating it to charity. richard cohen tracks hate groups like this, howard fineman is director at the huffington post. i want to go to richard first on this. give us a sense of this group. is this the successor to the notorious white citizens councils that grew up during reconstruction? >> that's exactly right, chris. they were built, in fact, on the mailing lis

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. >> ted cruz, rick santorum, and rand paul allegedly received money from earl holt, president of theight wing group that roof credits with helping to radicalize him. against black people. cruz's campaign was the first to respond, saying he plans to return the money after learning about the donor's background. >>> moving on to weather. it's severe. moving across the great lakes region this morning. some of the region's biggest cities are in harm's way. heavy rain drenched north texas on sunday. as much as six inches triggering flash floods. >> highways turned to rivers. vehicles driving straight into trouble. traffic on some roads came to a standstill because drivers were unable to move in any direction. >>> and also in that part of texas, a swollen river washed out this bridge taking an suv along with it. the couple inside said by the time they got close enough to see the bridge had collapsed, it was too late. other drivers threw them a rope and pulled them to safety. the rushing waters under the bridge undermined its foundation. >>> and take a look at this road in oklahoma suffering

earl holt has donated to other gop candidates including rand paul and rick santorum. >>> 7:21. shifting gears now, beating the boys at their own sport. coming up in 20 minutes, we'll tell you how this teen is beating the odd and making history in major league baseball. >>> a very special treat for warriors' fans in san francisco. what's being offered at macy's union square that's expected to create very long lines. dof >>> we've got an update on the u.s. supreme court action. the high court handed down four opinions this morning. the same-sex marriage case was not one of them. most legal experts expect them to issue the same-sex ruling on one of the final days of their current session. that would be next monday or tuesday. now, ktvu's paul chambers will have a live report from san francisco on all of this coming up in seven minutes. >>> a federal judge is set to hear arguments to have the def famation suit against bill cosby thrown out. he's asking for the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by three women accusing him of decades' old sex crimes. according to cosby's lawyers he was ac

. >> reporter: others received money from earl holt the leader of a white supremacist group linked tolon roof. all three candidates are donating it to emanuel church hope fund to help the families. >>> there was a tweet from mitt romney. he condemned the confederate flag on south carolina's capital grounds, creating a conundrum for republicans in an early primary state where the republican base determines the viktor. >>> and the confederate flag debate has a top lawmaker in mississippi calling for changes to its state flag. the confederate battle emblem is incorporated into the top left corner of the mississippi flag. the state's house speaker, philip gunn says the confederate flag has become offensive and needs to be needs to be removed from the state flag. >>> wal-mart tells cnn it will stop selling confederate flag merchandise in stores and on its website. reuters is reporting that sears says it will remove sales of confederate flag merchandise by third parties on its online marketplace. sears does not sell confederate flags at its stores. >>> president obama spoke candidly about r

>> and gene robinson, long list of contributions to politicians, all republican politicians from earl holtcruz, $8500 donated to ted cruz. scott walker, greg abbott of texas, steve king of iowa, $2500. rand paul, $1750. rick santorum, $1500. and so it goes. many of them have announced today that they are either returning the money or better, i think, a choice, ted cruz has announced that he's donating that 85 hundred dollars to the charleston church fund. >> yes, that's a better response, i think, what you began as oops, you look at the list of donors. it's true you don't control everything who gives, you don't necessarily know everybody who gives. however, it is also true that the republican party has pursued what was dubbed in 1968 the southern strategy. since then, which was to, you know, to essentially survive and thrive by capturing the lion's share of votes in the south by appealing to and providing a haven for those who feel white victimization and white grievance in the facial of desegregation, in the face of the first black president, whatever. and with a nod and a wink almost, be

first black republican woman elected to congress is returning $1,000 in donations from a man named earl holtlt is the alleged white supremacist whose writings reportedly inspired dylann roof. >> he dough nalted thousands to republican candidates rand paul senator cruz and santorum. it seems he did not give any money to democrats. >> he is also the head of a white supremacist mom. >> it is identified as a hate group. and drew griffin has more now on the movement. >> reporter: the council of conservative citizens believes whites are under attack that whites neat to wake up before the race is destroyed. on its website, it listing black on white crimes it says go unreported. points of view almost identical to the so-called manifesto and reasoning on the website owned by the charleston shooter. justifying an attack on black people praying in a church. this is one of the movement's rallies posted on the internet. and kyle rogers is reportedly a leader in the cfcc movement. >> there is only one argument that they use for every single cause on the left wing and you saw it right here with the protest

. >> reporter: rand paul and santorum received money from earl holt iii. all three are donating the money to a fund to help families. all of this and the tweet from mitt romney. he condemned the flag on south carolina's capital grounds, creating a conundrum for republicans in the early primary state where the most confer tough part of the republican base determines the victor. brianna keilar, cnn, washington. >>> and in the wake of the racially motivated shooting president obama has been speaking very candidly about race. >> now america's first black president used the n-word in a pod cast with marc maron. >> racism we are not cured of. clearly. >> reporter: the president with one word in a comedian's garage for a pod cast hits more bluntly than any speech. >> and it's not just a matter of it not being polite to say nigger in public. that's not the measure of whether racism still exists or not. it's not just a matter of overt discrimination societies don't overnight commitlypletely kree race everything that erase everything that happened 200 or 300 years e

cruz returning contributions from a gentleman earl holt iii. where do politics go?ould continue and elevate a conversation about race. >> yeah i don't think -- well the conversation about race is going to be ongoing. 2016 is not the time to resolve that. the issue of guns we have heard two different barack obamas in the last week or so. one in the white house briefing room that sounded resigned to the politics of the issue. this congress is not going to change its mind on guns. later, he accused the press who covered him, i guess that includes me of saying he sounded resigned. he said i'm not resigned, i haven't given up. the fact of the matter is, at least at the federal level, there's no room for a big shift in gun ownership and gun rights. >> a couple quick notes. nbc/wall street journal poll taking the temperature of republican candidates. the first votes are a long way away. marco rubio and jeb bush are ahead. the next column people said they couldn't. at the bottom george pataki and donald trump. interesting to watch that. let's close with bernie. a huge crowd

thousands of dollars to republican campaign including presidential candidates and there are reports that earl holte contributions to rand paul rick santorum and ted cruz. last night cruz said he'll be returning the money. >>> cruz will be cleaning graffiti off of a memorial that memorializes the confederacy. the statue is covered in red spray paint that says black lives matter and this is the problem. #racism. city workers covered it with a tarp and police are investigating who is responsible. >>> a levy breach in southern oklahoma caused this massive flooding that washed out roads and sent rivers flowing into normally dry areas. the u.s. corps of engineers said the levy breach is crippling the area and no one there was hurt. >>> now to missouri where flooding washed out roads and bridges for the first time in a month. a river overflowed its banks yesterday afternoon sending water rushing out to land and businesses were forced to close and residents were not worried about what could happen if they get more rain. >> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schw

candidates are moving fast to distance themselves from the lead order white supremacist organization, earl holt, president of the council for conservative citizens has contributed tens of thousands of doll a ars to republican candidates in recent years according to the u.s.a. today. that includes senators ted cruz, rand paul, former pennsylvania senator rick santorum and wisconsin governor scott walker. walker is the only one not currently declared as a presidential candidate at least not officially but all four men said they will donate holt's donations to charity. he is described as being part of the hate group and has influence on charleston church shooting suspect dylann roof. >>> american idol hopefuls line up for auditionness san diego, we will tell you how many auditioned for final season of the fox singing competition. >>> good morning, welcome back at 5:55. this is such a great opening song from fast times at ridgemont high, 76 degrees. it will be warm again and much more humid. sue's forecast coming up. but first auditions underway for 15th and final season of american idol. fans floc

candidates are moving fast to distance themselves from the leader of the white supremacist organization earl holt, president of the council of conservative citizens, has contributed tens of thousands of dollars to republican candidates in recent years that is according to the u.s.a. today. that includes ted cruz, rand paul, rick santorum and wisconsin governor scott walker. walker is only one currently not declared as a presidential candidate but all four men said they will donate holt's contributions to charity. council of conservative citizens is described as a hate group and has reportedly some influence on charleston church shooting suspect dylann roof. >>> 4:19. investigators may have found dna from the convicted killer escaped from the prison in new york. new york post is report ago this prison issued boxer shirts boots bloody socks and one set of prints were found inside an add ron dack hunting cabin 20 miles west of the prison where david sweat and richard matt escaped june 6th. it is also being reported joyce mitchell, seen here smuggled tools to the duo in frozen hamburger meat. woman w

the guardian reports earl holt has given $65,000 to republican campaign funds in recent years while apparently openly posting racist remarks online. holt is the president of the council of conservative citizens, whose website roof cites in his manifesto as the first place he learned about "brutal black on white murders." after the guardian approached ted cruz's campaign with the revelations, he vowed to return $8500 from holt. holt has also donated to current and former republican congressmembers, including arizona senator jeff flake of arizona, ohio senator rob portman, former minnesota congressmember michele bachmann, iowa congressmember steve king and former missouri congressmember todd akin. the united nations has found "serious violations" of international humanitarian law that may amount to war crimes turn last summer's israeli assault on gaza. the long-awaited report released earlier today said of his resurrection "impunity prevails across the board." report also criticized inherently discriminate nature of palestinian rocket attacks, the assault killed over 2200 palestinians, the major

. >> reporter: ted cruz rand paul and santorum previously received money from earl holt iii, the leaderann roof. all three candidates are donating it to the mother emanuel's church fund to help victims' families. >> it's interesting, wolf the republicans were really thrust into the spotlight on this issue, because of the 2012 failed republican nominee, mitt romney after he tweeted that this flag on statehouse grounds had to go. because of that, republicans were facing this conundrum, what to do especially when they're talking about a state, south carolina that is a key early primary state, where typically they are successful by playing to the right side of their party. wolf? >> brianna keilar thanks very much. let's get a little bit more now. joining us are chief political analyst, gloria borger our senior political reporter nia-malika henderson, and "the new yorker" washington correspondent, ryan lizza, a cnn political commentator. gloria how will this play out in the short-term and long-term in this campaign? >> look governor hailey gave republican presidential candidates a lot of cov

and what we want aaron is a sort of public repudiation of earl holt whose this white supremacist.d about you know was the shooting about race? i think now they are going not going to make that mistake again. if they can't repudiate this what can they not repudiate. they returned the money. put out the statements. >> rand paul is donating the money -- >> [ inaudible ]. >> i guess i wonder harold to eugene's point, do you think there will be any self reflection from the 2016 candidates or the members of congress who also received donations? will they say what is it about my platform that is attracting the support of white supremacists? >> probably so and i hope so. but in fairness i was in politics and you can't control who gives you money. i know jeff and santorum. i wouldn't consider these guys to encourage the kind of violent act this kid went about. no one like this ever gave me money like this i believe. >> you are not necessarily monitoring all the donations. >> you don't know what's coming in. >> -- dog whistles. >> what i do hope every republican and every democrat running f

earl holt has reportedly given tens of thousands to republican candidates.16 campaigns of ted cruz rick santorum, and rand paul. cruz said he will return the money. the others have not responded. >>> republican candidates are facing questions about south carolina's support of the confederate flag. critics say the banner should be put away for good after the racial-based murders at the south carolina church. ee adriana diaz is there where the flag is still flying. >> reporter: good morning. the flag was removed from the top of the capitol dome. a smaller version was placed here in front of the building of the confederate memorial but it's reopened old wounds. from charleston -- >> take it down! take it down! >> reporter: -- to here, it was spray painted with the words black lives matter. elsewhere people burned the confederate flags. >> it's a reminder and an insult. >> many think the flag is a symbol of intolerance and white supremacy. >> we nould not have to continue be forced to somehow revere the flag. >> we feel for the families and the relatives of thos

now earl holt, president of the council of conservative citizens has contributed tens of thousands of dollars to republican candidates in recent years according to the u.s.a. today. that includes senator ted cruz and ran paul and former pennsylvania senator rick santorum and was kin son governor scott walker. walker is only one not currently declared as a presidential candidates but all four men say they will donate holt's contributions to charity. council of conserve citizens is describe as a hate group and reportedly has had some influence on charleston church shooting suspect dylann roof. >> yes, dylann mention that had group as a matter of fact. >> in his manifesto. >> trial of the six baltimore officers charge in the death of freddie gray begins october . gray suffered a severe spinal cord injury in custody in april and died a week later at the hospital. his death spark protest in the city that gave way to a lot of unrest, prompting city officials to declare a state of emergency and inact a curfew. >>> and a north carolina teen is facing multiple charges after an investigation al

>> earl holt iii, the president of the group has given about $65,000 over several psych else to a whole range of politicians. mostly conservative republicans. some more mainstream republicans. including several presidential candidates who have now said they're going to either donate the proceeds to charity from others or give it back. >> is this group -- how large is it? are they still influential in politics? >> that's tough to say. i mean, at the peak the group was repeated to have 15000 members. the southern poverty law center that tracks these says they are the largest such group. it's hard to know how big they are. their hayday may be past. trent lott spoke to them and many politicians did. the guys talked to the groups, then they're called out for speaking to the groups, and distance themselves after that. it seems that they're no longer as influential. their founder died in march. gordon bowman founded the group in the 1980s. >> but now this group, where that r they when it comes to this issue in south carolina of taking down the confederate flag? >> they were a prominent voice w