they may try to destroy us, but the ku klux klan has been here for 150 years. let's go. white power! >> white power! ♪ >> i realize this new klan isn't as powerful as the old klan. but there is an undeniable power to this image that is even more undeniable when you see it up close. i actually feel lucky. unlike most of the black people in the history of this country who have been present for a cross burning, i get to leave. ♪ >>> somebody asks you where are you from and you answer, chicago, nobody's going to give you a pat ruinizing response like, oh, chicago's charming. more likely it will be wow, chicago. or, oh, chicago. they'll be impressed. it's a town, a city that doesn't ever have to measure itself against any other city. other places have to measure themselves against it. it's big, it's out going, it's tough, opinionated and everybody's got a

they may try to destroy us, but the ku klux klan has been here for 150 years. wer! >> white power! ♪ >> i realize this new klan isn't as powerful as the old klan. but there is an undeniable power to this image that is even more undeniable when you see it up close. i actually feel lucky. unlike most of the black people in the history of this country who have been present for a who have been present for a cross burning, i get to leave. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> i've never been to prison, except for this show. i've never been, which again is one of those weird things to say out loud. me going prison is how a person who lives in new york and never stepped on poop. doesn't mean you're good, just means you're lucky. i feel like there's two things that are true about prison. every man in this room has had the thought of who would be in prison. i would be the guy who ran the yard. i would be the guy who was in charge. come to me if you need everything. every guy thinks they would be that guy when most think [ crying ] please. my name is w. kamau bell. as

because i'm white and the believe in the ideas and beliefs of the ku klux klan. his is always going to be klan regalia. no ifs, ands and buts about it. the klan is to recruit, qualify christians that are of good, moral character standing. >> what means qualified? >> must be white and you must be a christian. jews will never be in the klan. they're a dirty race. we are a white race. i'm proud of my race. i'm proud to be right. are you proud to be a black man? >> i am proud to be a black man. >> i'm married to a white woman. >> you know what the bible says about international marriage, it's an abomination of sins. >> is interracial marriage equal to that? >> it's an abomination. >> so it's worse than murder? >> yeah. >> okay. all right. i wish we could have this discussion on a sunny day in a coffee shop where i could buy you a piece of pie and you didn't have the mask on and talk on a more equal level. >> that's not going to happen. that's not going to happen. >> the history of the past of the klan and you want to stay there? >> yes. >> what is the future of americ

>>> i met a ku klux klan member by the side of a dark road. yay. ucket list dreams are coming true. [ laughter ] but yeah, the new klan is sort of like they're diminished from the last klan. i mean, it's like when you go see one of the classic-era motown bands now. you know what i mean? you know what i'm saying? like you go see -- i went to see the temptations like a few years ago. and it's not the same. that's like the klan. it's not the same. i once saw the temptations. used to be five guys. now it's four. you know, it's not the original guys because one of them's white and the other dude's in his 20s. [ laughter ] the only guy who's an original member of the temptations is so old he's sitting on a stool the whole time. dancing his ass off. [ laughter ] ain't too proud to beg. so i think i can't just judge the klan by this one dude. i've got to go talk to more klan members. which is the first time a black guy's ever said that sentence in life. [ laughter ] >> my next stop on the "where are they now" klan edition is dawson springs, kentucky. walkin

when they say the ku klux klan yesterday, the ku klux klan today, the ku klux klan forever. that was just part of the man who wrote the speech was a klansman in fact. wallace was using the race issue to his own end. he knew the university was going to be desegregated. it was just a matter of time. frank rose, the president, made it happen peacefully. he did that first by going to the students. he went to every student leader, and he didn't say, please help me. he said, this is how you are going to help me. he got them on board. inn he went to the faculty november 1962 and said it was imperative to keep the university of alabama open and we would need to do this peacefully. what they were afraid of is what happened at ole miss in when october 1962 james meredith registered, and 26 marshals were shot. what happened here. and no one wanted that. certainly not the town fathers, and that is where frank rose went next. he got the town leaders behind peaceful desegregation. and then they began working for , it. they worked very hard, knowing that it was coming through the winter of

she was shot by the three ku klux klan people and killed because she was riding in a car .ith two younglack men he had gone public and testified at the murder trial against his three confederates in the ku klux klan. what about half an hour to go before the hearing, he said to me, i can't appear on television. we really wanted him on television because it was such a dramatic story. under the rules of the senate, a witness who did not want to appear on television did not have to appear on television, so i came up with the idea of putting a bag over his head and slits over his eyes, and maybe for his mouth, so that he could see and talk. i thought that was a pretty clever idea. one of the assistants for senator tower, who was presiding , you did thatd in order to embarrass senator tower. senator tower never said any such thing to me. i think if he had thought it, he would have said it. a great idea, was and i got this guy to testify and perhaps added a little bit of drama for having this person with a bag over his head giving that very dramatic testimony that you just played. understand t

she was shot by the three ku klux klan people and killed. because she was riding in a car with two black young men. he had become public and gone at theand testified murder trial against his three confederates in the ku klux klan . with about half an hour to go before the hearing, he said to me, i can't appear on television . and we really wanted him on television because it was such a dramatic story. under the rules of the senate, at least then, a witness who did not want to appear on television didn't have to appear on television. so, i came up with the idea of putting a bag over his head and slits over his eyes and maybe for his mouth so he could see and talk. i thought that was a pretty clever idea. so one of the assistants for senator tower who was residing that day -- frank church was away -- said, you did that in order to embarrass senator tower . senator tower never said any such thing to me and i think if he had thought it he would have said it. iv -- i think it was a great idea and it got this guy to testify. perhaps added a little

crest whitestrips are the way to whiten ♪ >>> i met a ku klux klan member by the side of a dark road.ay. all my bucket list dreams are coming true. [ laughter ] but, yeah, the new klan is sort of like they're diminished from the last klan. i mean, it's like when you go see one of the classic-era motown bands now. you know what i mean? you know what i'm saying?

when you are asked the question on national television about whether or not your rejecting the ku klux klan and well-known i supremacists, that is not a dog whistle or political correctness, there is one correct answer to that, to reject them out of hand immediately and clearly when the fact that he did not in that interview says something. .. >> what we talk about in that particular chapter of the discussion is the feminist movement and how a bunch of it is built on saying that if you disagree with any part of the political agenda then you are not a real woman. i think that is the often explosive disqualification of other women. i have words with those that don't happen to agree with not every single issue and yet they will say over and over again stop talking that's enough out of you. or you are just a tool for other people. that robs women of their individuality and of their equality to say that unless you are over here you can't speak on political issues. my grandmother and my mother before me are interested in the quality of the sexes and that's why i'm here today to have a family and

announcer: in the slaying of vermin dollar at the hands of -- ku klux klan, held by anyonewhat reason did want to come and kill my daddy? they came as a result of orders from the head of the clan. they came to kill my whole family. announcer: and, learn about the summer of 1964, when volunteers from around the country taught african-american men in mississippi methods of nonviolent resistance, and encouraged voter registration. heldere were meetings throughout the city in various churches, preparing the residence and informing them of their political rights, and getting them registered to vote will stop -- registered to vote. announcer: watch throughout the day, and on sunday on c-span3. next, offer and wilbur laurier university -- wilfrid laurier university professor darren talks about the john birch society, a conservative advocacy group organized in the late 1930's. y inan tv interviewed mullo providence, rhode island. this is about 10 minutes. >> what is the john birch society? prof. mulloy: the john birch society is a political organization formed in 1958 in indianapolis, and has

. >> the ku klux klan? >> there may be groups who may be totally fine and it will be unfair. >> i'm just talking about david duke and the ku klux klan here but -- >> honestly, i don't know david duke. i don't believe i have ever met him. and because of that is donald trump beieing interviewed by j e tapper on cnn. >> he denounced david duke when he was flying with becoming a reform party's presidential candidate and i believe in 2000. that is another indication that he is kind of violating the bright lines that -- a party willing to play y footsie with racism had maintained in t the past. barry goldwatater, you know, whn ku klux klan member started endorsing him, was absolutely horrified, said he wanted to have nothing to do with it. of us, ronald reagan made the dog was on move, starting his campaign in philadelphphia missisissippi. but what donald t trump is doin, ii realize w was very different. when i read an article last fall in "the new yorker" and he happened to be doing an article about white nationa

give me a list and i will let you know. >> i'm just talking about david duke and the ku klux klan hereknow david, i don't duke. i don't believe i've ever met him. amy: that is donald trump being challenged by jake tapper on cnn, whether he would unequivocally disavow support from david duke and the ku klux klan. our guests are the former mayor of seattle, mike mcginn, a bernie sanders supporter who him if the nominee work hillary clinton, will support her. we're also joined by kshama sawant, who is a socialist city councilmember here in seattle. she supports the bernie or bust campaign. here you have the republican frontrunner, the presumptive nominee, kshama sawant, who cannot quite get himself to say he would not accept the support of a klan leader. >> this is absolutely horrifying, the idea a right ring -- right-wing bigoted anti-immigrant islamaphobic multibillionaire could gain any traction in the minds of regular people. and what i find about this remarkable is not only that it is stomach turning, but it is also terrifying in the potential it might hold not just for trump ascendi

. >> and on american history tv the 1967 slaying of vernon dwyer at the hands of the ku klux klan.old by his wife and his eldestson, vernon dahmer jr. >> for what reason did anybody want to come and kill my dad? it came as a result of the orders from the head of the klan, sam bowers, and he said o go. and they came to kill the whole family. >> and learn about the freedom summer school program. during the summer of 1964, when volunteers from around the country taught african-americans in mississippi methods of non-violent resistance and encouraged voter registration. >> there were meetings held throughout the city in various churches, preparing the residents and informing them of their political rights. and getting ready to register to vote. >> this weekend watch c-span's cities tour to hattiesburg, mississippi. saturday. on c-span 2's book tv. and saturday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv. on c-span 3. >>> next, treasury secretary jack lew. with reporters on the domestic and global economies and his upcoming trip to the g-7 summit. the event was hosted by the washington bur

i was like, i don't know, maybe i should go talk to the ku klux klan.hmm. then it got quiet for a long time. but i could tell it was that kind of quiet where it was like that might be good for ratings. but kamau might die. but that might be really good for ratings. [ laughter ] when i pitched the ku klux klan idea i didn't think they'd actually let me do it. you know what i mean? i was just trying to be edgy ane

i was like, i don't know, maybe i should go talk to the ku klux klan. ] that was exactly -- hmm. then it got quiet for a long time. but i could tell it was that kind of quiet where this was like that might be good for ratings. but kamau might die. but that might be really good for ratings. [ laughter ] when i pitched the ku klux klan idea i didn't think they'd actually let me do it. you know what i mean? i was just trying to be edgy and get the job. and i thought we'd negotiate down to like the rodeo. [ laughter ] you know what i mean? let him ride the. horses are weird.

next, the left has a new anti-trump talking about, the ku klux klan, from from elizabeth warren. >> thoseho are showing anti-trump supporters, show the trump supporters in clair klan garb. showing donald trump temporarily accepting the ku klux klan endorsement. poor mouth breather. allergies? stuffy nose? can't sleep? take that. a breathe right nasal strip instantly opens your nose up to 38% more than allergy medicine alone. shut your mouth and say goodnight, mouthbreathers. breathe right. you grab your 10-gallon jug of coffee, and back out of the garage. right into your wife's car. with your wife watching. she forgives you... eventually. your insurance company, not so much. they say you only have their basic policy. don't basic policies cover basic accidents? of course, they say... as long as you pay extra for it. with a liberty mutual base policy, new car replacement comes standard. and for drivers with accident forgiveness, liberty mutual won't raise your rates due to your first accident. learn more by calling at liberty mutual, every policy is personal, with coverage and deductibles,

i was like, i don't know, maybe i should go talk to the ku klux klan.t where this was like that might be good for ratings. but kamau might die. but that might be really good for ratings. [ laughter ] when i pitched the ku klux klan idea i didn't think they'd actually let me do it. you know what i mean? i was just trying to be edgy and get the job. and i thought we'd negotiate down to like the rodeo. [ laughter ] you know what i mean?

. >>> the 1966 slaying of civil rights activist at the hands of ku klux klan, told by widow ellie and his eldest son, vernon dahmer jr. >> had thed of the clan, sam bauer, said go annihilate them and they came, they killed the whole family. >>> and during the summer of 19 skoir when volunteers from around the country taught african americans methods of nonviolent resistance and encouraged voter registration. >> there were meetings in various churches informing them of their political rights and getting ready to register to

announcer: the 1967 slaying of civil rights activist vernon dahmer at the hand of the ku klux klan, told by his widow and some. >> for what reason did anybody want to come and kill? they came as a result on the orders of the head of the ku klux klan, sam bowers, the said go annihilate them. they came to kill the whole family. announcer: and learn about the freedom summer school program during the summer of 1964, volunteers around the country nonviolencessippi and encouraged voter registration. >> there were meetings in very as churches, informing them of their political rights and getting them registered to vote. announcer: watch our tour to hattiesburg, mississippi on c-span2's book tv. an american history tv, and american c-span3. announcer: now, a discussion on libya's role in the fight against isis. foreign diplomats, state andrtment officials, scholars take part in a discussion by the middle east institute. this is an hour and a half. host: good afternoon everyone. i'm kate seeley. senior vice president of the middle east institute it gives . and it gives me great pleasure to welcom

he thought he was leaning up against a snow bank and it turned out to be a ku klux klan rally. >> onethemes in my book is influence. louis c.k.'s influence was george carlin. george carlin is not a surprise. the you be known come public. >> murray langston. >> yeah, yeah. >> they gave me this permanent wave. >> he told one-liner jokes. he was very popular for a while in america. the unknown comic's act. it makes the unknown comic more important than you might think. you would dismiss him but he inspires one of the biggest comedians in america today. >> the comedians, drunks, thieves and skounld drews and the history of the american comedy by cliff nest ter rove. >> i must be really good. >> and, of course. >> here's cliff's book right here senator cliff's book is available in bookstores and amazon. i love the take on the unknown comics and how much influence they've had. >> we all know about louis c.k. we don't know -- it's interesting to hear how he got his influence. i never heard of the unknown comic. >> you look at certain, they were talking about one-liner comics. mitch hedberg h

it's like learning that the ku klux klan of once an organization devoted to the care and maintenance of bed sheets. and then one day, someone was like, "ah! there's holes in these sheets. now we have to find something else to do with them." so going back. during the 1960s and 70s, there was' surge in riots and assassinations, and because of that more gun laws and more gun control laws were passed. and because of that, a few people within the n.r.a. decided to act. >> the n.r.a. people said, "wait a minute, we've got other things to worry about than teaching guys how to shoot and how to hunt." that was the transformative period. >> it formally happened in 1977 at the n.r.a. convention in cincinnati. as they got down to business, there was a showdown, hurnts and sportsmen, versus gun rights activists. >> a group of hard liners committed to literally took over the n.r.a. overnight. >> trevor: a lot of people would think the last place you would expect a coup is within the n.r.a. because everyone has a gun. because of that, they choose to solve all of their disputes using a complicated s

of civil66 slaying rights activists -- at the hands of the ku klux klan, told by widow ellie and his son. for what reason did anybody want to come and kill him? it was from orders from the head of the clan. and they came and killed the whole family. freedomearn about the summer school program during the summer of 1964, with volunteers around the country teaching african-americans of nonviolence resistance. preparing the residents and informing them of their political rights, getting ready to register to vote. 's this weekend, watch c-span cities tour, today at 5:30 eastern and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3. 're joined by joseph lawler. we will be discussing highlights of the puerto rican debt bill introduced in the house last week and what it means for the pensionho face liabilities. debt bill forthis puerto rico. >> this is the bill they addressed. anticipated to be introduced the previous three weeks and i finally came out with it this past week. they have shown it to the public , people can read it. that is as far as it has gone. it is the first step i

the ku klux klan and related groups. reconstruction was a major experiments to build democracy that becomes so threatening to some people they pursue a variety of means legal and otherwise to undo it. what makes the civil rights and the black power. i kind of second reconstruction? >> it was another attempt to gain rights. berger: there was a massive coming together of different social movements and different challenges to the prevailing political and economic order. an effort to reconstruct society. top to bottom. that challenge is so significant that mass incarceration becomes the response. not the only response. we have the erosion of jim crow. also this incredible expansion of the criminal justice system not just prisons for policing as we will see. it becomes fundamental to limiting the scale and scope of what the second reconstruction can accomplish. we can think about it as the national level. we talked about reconstruction, we think about the federal response. think of someone like lyndon johnson. a liberal democ

by the three ku klux klan people and killed because she was riding in a car with two black young men. and gonecome public public and testified at the murder trial against his three confederates in the ku klux klan. with about half an hour to go before the hearing, he said to me "i cannot appear on television." we really wanted him on television because it was such a dramatic story. under the rules of the senate, a witness who didn't want to on television didn't have to appear on television so i came up with the idea of putting a bag over his head and slits over his eyes and maybe for his mouth so he could see and talk. one of the assistance for senator tower presiding that day said "you did that in order to embarrass senator tower." the center never said any such thing like that to me but i think it was a great idea. it got this guy did testify and perhaps added a bit of drama for having this person with a bag over his head giving not very dramatic testimony you just played. >> i quit very shortly after working for the bureau because of this incident. why wasn't something done? more o

. >> then vernon dalmer at the hands of the ku klux klan. >> for what reason did anybody want to come and kill him? they came as a result of the orders from the head of the clan said go. and they came to kill the whole family. >> learn about the freedom summer school program during the summer of 1964 when volunteers from around the country taught african americans in mississippi methods of nonviolent resistance and encouraged voter registration. >> there were meetings held throughout the city preparing the residents and informing them of their political rights and getting ready to register to vote. watch city's our. >> next, vice president joe biden talks about economic inequality, institutional racism, and his career in politics. mr. biden addressed the national urban league and is introduced by the group's president. >> give yourselves a warm round of applause. while there are many, many important people here in the audience i would be remiss if i did not acknowledge the congresswoman from the great state of ohio and the city of columbus. along with the former secretary of labor and

this is a ku klux klan banner four k's1920's, the stand for knights of the ku klux klan. it goes underground and then bursts a new as result of the film the birth of the nation, and the client becomes a national phenomenon in the 20's and 30's. this kind of banner is the kind of thing that people would use to celebrate their investment and their participation in the ku klux klan. these are the kinds of things we tell the painful stories as well. and then, i think one of the things that's really interesting to me is to recognize that so much of what shapes a community's work. we wanted to make sure that we found things that would give people an understanding of the way black america works. one of the most important stories, often a story that is not fully understood is the story of pullman porters. this is a wonderful item. come to ays, we have point where pullman porters were seen may be a stereotypical way, as people only served. who actually worked on the railroad to make the travel of elite white community comfortable. but the pullman porters played even a more importa

he can't see people who enslaved people and joined the ku klux klan and murdered women and children in their homes because of racenyny, anyone who goes to donald trump rallies, that's the same thing. of course it is not, but anxieties and stress over the threats as people perceive them to who is an american versus people who say the whole.of america is that it is about an idea, these are issues that can jesse james is life these issues, certainly those tensions i think are still played out, always in a different way, but the tensions and struggles go right back to the civil war era. 3 >> 3,000 references might be a little intimidating, but i was wondering, if you were a modern historical biographerld looking forward whether you would envy or be relieved at the plethora of information that you would have to try and assimilate with all the videos and facebook postings and articles.u i'm just trying to imaginend just tons and tons and tons. you sift through that to get essence in perspective and offer something. >> i have much more of the traditional experience of a biographer. like histo

. >> i feel like donald trump at a ku klux klan rally. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: is that right?s actually for a second, thinking about maybe asking you to play the game of musical beers with us. >> i didn't even watch it. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: that's how much you didn't -- you didn't even want to watch it. you don't play -- i said "don't even offer it to fran." because fran doesn't -- i don't see you as a person that would play that game. >> or any game. >> jimmy: or any game, no. [ light laughter ] you don't enjoy games. >> i don't play games. >> jimmy: you don't play games. >> no. i grew up. [ audience oohs ] [ rimshot ] >> jimmy: you grew up. come on, you don't play games? >> i don't play games. i grew up. i used to play games. >> jimmy: yeah. >> i was a child. >> jimmy: yeah. [ laughter ] some of us haven't grown up. >> i was very good at being a a child, when i was a child. and of course if you still persist in being a child when you're an adult, you're really good at it, jimmy. >> jimmy: i've been playing for a long time. >> in the third grade, you'd be the number one in

if you're a member about the ku klux klan, if you're a communist or if you're a jihaddy, all three individualsose a threat to the american nation. it is just common sense. i don't want to hire hire a communist because he believes in one-party state. i don't want to hire a big government, racist member of the kkk. i don't want to hire somebody that sympathizers with the 9/11 hijackers. what is controversial about that? trish: well, because they say you're penalizing someone because of their religion but what you're saying this isn't necessarily religion at this point anymore. >> it is values. trish: this is a political movement akin to communism? i mean -- >> totally. trish: in this country where you couldn't get hired if you were thought to be a communist. >> my book, defeating jihad, says exactly this. the enemy we face today is totalitarian enemy. the jihadists are just as totalitarian as kremlin was or hitler was but in this case it is religiously-fueled totalitarianism. that is our threat environment, trish, you nailed it. trish: if you are one of these countries that have has a history of