and the author of "goestz of jim crow, ending racism in post racial america," and cnn presidential historian douglas brinkley, the author of "right full heritage, frankn d. roosevelt and the land of america." so glad to have you on to get perspective about this. douglas, an as you see brianna's story, president trump has a troubling past when it comes to of race. given that history, were you surprised that his original statements over the weekend that they were so weak? >> i wasn't surprised. i mean, we've talked a lot, don, over the past year how he's one part you know george wallace, donald trump. he's got joe mccarthy in him, gerald k. smith, father coughlin. he beats a fascist drum often and annever wants to criticize anybody on the alt-right. he sees them as his food soldiers. he does it only reluctantly and he tried to my mouth it over the weekend and it didn't work. the public's outraged. august 12th is going to be marked as a time when the name donald trump is forever kind of associated with indifference towards hate crimes, towards neo-nazi. so it's a real low ebb and a president that's had miserable months but this means that people i think