host: jonathan greenblatt is the ceo and national director of the anti-defamation league. talk about the mastic extremism. thank you for your time. what did you think about the information that was received and reaction from representatives? guest: we have been tracking extremists for decades. i would describe what january 6 was as the most printable terror attack at in american history. these white supremacists, they told us what they were going to do. then they did it. you need to listen to these people and take what they say seriously. when the capitol hill police uncovered a plot to attack the capital, it is in their interest to take it seriously, require legislators to leave the building. it underscores the threat of the mastic extremism and their pension for violence. host: going forward, what happens to work on the capitol if these events impact what they do day today? guest: the secret service could neutralize those threats. i think we will have to see fortunately or unfortunately, a perimeter unfold around our government buildings like the u.s. capitol to prevent

host: jonathan greenblatt is the ceo and national director of the anti-defamation league. talk about the mastic extremism. thank you for your time. what did you think about the information that was received and reaction from representatives? guest: we have been tracking extremists for decades. i would describe what january 6 was as the most printable terror attack at in american history. these white

and national director of the anti-defamation league, jonathan greenblatt.e back to the news hour and thank you for being here. we're talking about this distribution how is it being delivered and why in this increase now. >> few things. first this was so ugly about this moment in time and what we uncovered in this report, these stickers, fliers, posters, leaflets, they didn't show up in the dark recesses a place where you wouldn't find it. they show up in very public spots. in college towns, coffee shops, oh and mains main street, which is exactly the intent over the straight whose dropped this propaganda they want to find ways to get the message out to the masses and terrorize people who marginalize communities who see this kind of content. so it's a very deliberate effort to infiltrate society and they come out of the shadows to do it and then the flyers and stuff that can retreat back into the shadows, again, it's intended to engender fear to spread anxiety and create terror >> what do we know about why you're seeing disturbing increase over last year? do

. >> reporter: jonathan greenblatt is the c.e.o.the anti- defamation league. >> in the '80s, in the '90s and in the late aughts, as we saw surges in white supremacist, you know, recruiting and activity, so we saw surges in their efforts to penetrate in the military and law enforcement. it's been a long-standing tactic. they've believed for years that there was a value to joining, again, the ranks of law enforcement in order to get training because many of them have held out this idea for some time that there was a civil war coming. some would call it a racial holy war, a "rahowa." the alarm bells should have been ringing a long time ago. i mean, timothy mcveigh, you know, in the-- in the mid '90s, exemplified what a military veteran could do with-- with tremendous-- you know, tremendous lethality. so, i think, as we look ahead to today, yeah, the alarm bells should be ringing right now. but i think you've heard this. i think defense secretary austin has publicly committed to tackle this issue. >> reporter: while austin has indeed ca

host: this is jonathan greenblatt, he is the ceo of the anti-defamation league. you want to check out their work. thank you for your time today. guest: thank you for having me. host: we will be joined by another guest later on in the program. we want to get your take on the top public policy issue. it could be work on hr one, the senate works on the recovery act or the covid relief bill. all of those things up for discussion. here's how you could let us know. (202) 748-8000 four democrats, (202) 748-8001 for republicans, (202) 748-8002 is the independent line. you could text us or post on facebook. today was supposed to be the day when the house consider the george floyd policing bill. the justice in policing act was passed in the house with a vote of 220-212. one of the people who appeared before cameras was representative karen bass. >> today we passed the george floyd justice in policing act. 30 years after the world saw the brutal beating of rodney king. i was in los angeles at the time. i remember when that video was released, i thought that was going to be

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joining me is national director, jonathan greenblatt. thank you for coming in. this report, so sad denning, though not surprising. i'm wondering from this, are existing hate groups more emboldened, are there more of them, a combination of both? tell me what you found. >> it's a great question. i appreciate you giving me the chance to be here today to share what we've seen. adl is the oldest anti hate group in the world. what we've seen in the past year is unlike anything we've tracked before. indeed, we saw at least 30 different hate groups spreading thousands of messages -- i'm talking about off-line activities, pamphleting, leafletting, fliers, banners, flash mobs, you name it. this happened all over the country in 49 states. the only one exempt was hawaii. we have indeed seen not only this surge over the past year, but it fits into this bigger pattern which gets to your question. these white supremacists, they don't just feel, if you will, emboldened in this environment. i will say they feel energized. you had elected officials at the highest level repeating

don't step up and push back on prejudice, it can met it has size into something much worse >> jonathan greenblattf the anti-defamation league, thank you for being here again, appreciate it. >> thank you. ♪ ♪ >> woodruff: in the day's other news, the u.s. will send a combined four million doses of astrazeneca's covid vaccine to mexico and canada. the biden administration has stockpiled doses, pending the vaccine's approval here. last week, the white house said president biden was not ready to share the supply, but that changed today. >> our first priority remains vaccinating the u.s. population, the reality is, but the reality is that border knows no, the the pandemic knows no borders and ensuring our neighbors can contain the virus is a mission critical step, is mission critical to ending the pandemic. >> woodruff: meanwhile, mexico announced travel curbs along its southern border, to contain covid. growing numbers of central american migrants have been heading north, toward the u.s. the european union's drug regulatory agency said today the astrazeneca vaccine does not pose a significant threat

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we're very close to this joining us is jonathan greenblatt and kevin o'leary, chairman of o shares and for good discussions jonathan, i'm going to start with you every time i see you i say, have you made any progress? you want the world to be as perfect as it can possibly be and i always point out that's at the risk of really suffocating a lot of free speech and the cancel culture and even promoting it even more are you getting where you need to be yet? on twitter, everybody has been canceled who says anything are you there on facebook? what more needs to be done where you're living in a world where you feel like there's no -- nothing controversial? >> well, you know, it's always a pleasure to see you, joe i think what you've laid out, like this quest for utopia, is really not what we're looking for at all we're simply looking for an effort at decency. if you want to talk about that for a minute, i think what becky laid out just before when you look at the prevalence of antivaxxer accounts that have been amplified and spread across facebook they don't show up on your network but they s

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host: this is jonathan greenblatt, he is the ceo of the anti-defamation league. you wantg, subtitle e, testing. contract tracing activities, section 2402, >> u.s. senate working on the covid relief plan calling the american rescue plan. they were tied 50-50. and vice president harris came and broke the tie and third tie-breaking point. senator ron johnson waived to reading of the bill and looks like the clerks in the senate are under way reading that 600-page bill that is expected to last five hours or so before any debate begins on the $1.9 trillion measure. 20 hours of debate expected. follow all of that on c-span 2. now, executives from solarwinds, fireeye and microsoft testified before a joint house hearing on the solar winds hack that compromised u.s. government and private sector services. how and why the hack happened, whether classified government information has been compromised. this is just over 4 1/2 hours. >> the committee will come to order. without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. i now recognize