i want to bring in now mike german. he is a former fbi special agent and a fellow at the brennan center for justice. mike, good evening. thanks for joining us. >> how are you? >> the pentagon report is troubling. what kind of national security risk does this pose? >> quite a serious one. i mean, it's a risk not just to communities that they're serving in but also to their fellow soldiers and marines and sailors. this is a problem that has existed in plain sight and been tolerated for far too long. and it's going to require a constant vigilance. i'm the son of a west point graduate. i was raised in the military. i have great respect for the military and it's true that this is a very small percentage of people. but it presents an ongoing threat. and that's what needs to be addressed because there's a military time survey, for example, that a third of the people surveyed said that they saw signs of white supremacy while on duty. so that shows that it's prevalent and it's visible and it's tolerated. >> cnn's analysis has --

for 2016 before this all sort of hit into the mainstream everyone was sort of like well you know mike german's cases where they back in the 1950 s. like this isn't really a thing anymore so i think what's been happening is just there's been a sort of awakening and an awareness process where people have come to understand what's always been out there and what is is there today just as mike said as it was one year ago 10 years ago etc you know i'm. thankful you know one of the things i opened the show with today was talking about president biden's condemnation of white supremacist donald trump when he had an opportunity to to condemn white supremacy didn't do that but we'll leave that aside for a moment but let's listen to president biden's comments. now a rise of political extremism white supremacy domestic terrorism that we must confront and we will defeat. to michael i want to ask you bluntly this is the president the united states talking about this for as long as i've known you and i need to acknowledge it's been for a very long time you have been on this be you have been concerned about th

struggle in the country right now dan reduces you you know began looking at this way way early and mike german you did the same or so writer and director daniel reduces former f.b.i. agent michael german thank you so much for joining us today thanks so much thanks to. so what's the bottom line former president bill clinton called racism america's constant curse and history is clear every time men have to share power whether with women or with any minorities there's a rise in intolerance these groups prey on fear and they talk about white genocide and their followers are not just the poor and the an educated it's very important for white supremacy to be taken seriously by the by the administration as a threat to national security but what will a domestic terrorism label actually do even though it's high time well it just drive these attitudes underground without tackling the root causes in fact happens this whites vs anybody different mentality will continue to be america's constant curse and that's the bottom line. tax in india. leave many scars most of which cannot be seen. they also create a

mike lee has ever been on the record saying that. that's the issue. let's bring in manu raju. manu, this isn't particularly germaneess you are mike lee and you don't want to get on the wrong side of donald trump, i suppose. although there's certainly nothing wrong with wanting to correct a record. >> reporter: yeah. and it's caught people by surprise, as you can tell. typically when poedureal matters come up in the senate, particularly something like this, they are ready for that, the parameterarian is ready for that. they gave instructions to the presiding officer. >> we're going to listen in, manu. hold on one second, to see what the decision is here. >> renew the request i made. >> wait. before he withdraws -- >> a. yes and nays? >> i withdraw the request for ayes and nays. >> i withdraw the quorum call and call on the manager, mr. raskin, for a brief statement. >> the impeachment manager, mr. cecilline correctly and accurately quoted a newspaper account which the distinguished senator has taken objection to. so we're happy to withdraw it. >> it's not true. >> on the grounds that it is not true, and we are -- >

. -- to attack mike pence in the way he did i think was wrong. that certainly is germane and you can decide if you like the president or don't like the president or you are sorry he lost the election. but it is not germane to decide if he incited an insurrection. guest: one thing to remind us about with this impeachment trial is while there may be criminal proceedings later, and certainly there could be other proceedings down the line other state and federal law for some of the acts that donald trump took to undermine the election, this particular proceeding, a constitutional proceeding underneath the constitution is something that is more broad than just getting to the nitty-gritty. obviously you need to do a thorough job in presenting the case in voting whether to convict or not. the senators have to keep in mind the larger picture of deterrence. crimes against our democracy itself, political crimes against the constitution and against this country. i think it is very important to say that you could make an argument that maybe a couple thousand people did not take his w

mike hanna live for us there in washington d.c. michael thank you a former syrian intelligence officer has been handed a 4 and a half year jail term by a german court for being an accomplice to crimes against humanity is the world's 1st prosecution of state sponsored torture by president bashar al assad's government the money came reports from berlin. 10 years ago a yard guard was working for the syrian intelligence services now he's starting a lengthy prison sentence in germany the prosecution saying that in 2011 he knowingly brought dozens of protesters to a notorious jail outside damascus to be tortured his defense lawyer said he feared being punished himself if he refused to carry out his orders the court in cool balance rejected that convicting him and jailing him for 4 and a half years. that's is this s. to show that this is the 1st step the road to justice is long and one of the goals is to break bashar al assad and his inner circle before court this is a relief but it's also not the end it's only the beginning. this is the 1st trial of alleged atrocities carried out by the forces of president bashar assad as such lawyers for the victi

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. -- to attack mike pence in the way he did i think was wrong. that certainly is germane you can decide if you like the president or don't like the president or you are sorry he lost the election. but it is not germane to decide if he incited an insurrection. guest: one thing to remind us about with this impeachment trial is while there may be criminal proceedings later, and certainly there could be other proceedings down the line other state and federal law for some of the acts that donald trump took to undermine the election, this particular proceeding, a constitutional proceeding underneath the constitution is something that is more broad than just getting to the nitty-gritty. obviously you need to do a thorough job in presenting the case in voting whether to convict or not. the senators have to keep in mind the larger picture of deterrence. crimes against our democracy itself, political crimes against the constitution and against this country. i think it is very important to say that you could make an argument that maybe a couple thousand people did not take his words

who no longer works for mike lee and essentially in an effort to clear up any confusion, he handed over time stamped information about the phone logs. i'm not sure this is germane to any of the arguments anyone is considering but an effort at housekeeping by mike lee and effort that goes to what we are talking about in the largest context of getting everything straightened up for the record, which is of great interest to a number of folks here. >> daniel goldman, you give us insight into what you're hear egg and what you think should happen given all of the confusion over the past few hours. >> as i'm looking at the senate floor, it does appear that they are passing out some draft resolution to review, it looks like barry burke, the chief impeachment counsel is speaking with jamie raskin and chuck schumer has the document in his hand as well. it would be a little surprising i think for the impeachment managers to make this request of witnesses to get the witness. frankly, i don't think it's a surprise they got the witnesses. i think going into this, it was very clear that the democrats were going to vote for witnesses if the managers wanted them and there would

german chancellor angela merkel that she will consider using sputnik five and the chinese vaccine as more countries are willing to accept vaccines from others. does this look better than we thought last week? mikeately and obviously in europe in particular, they need to get as many vaccines as possible. now that we are getting data in terms of the actual trial data showing some vaccines, the russian vaccine seems to be effective, that opens the path, and the more the merrier when it comes to vaccines, trying to get this horrible situation we find ourselves in dealt with as quickly as possible, and a return to something like normality. as long as vaccines are showing to work and be safe, countries will uses many of them as possible. anna: thank you for joining us, michael bell, exec. director / global market strategist, jpmorgan asset management. mike will continue his conversation with us on bloomberg radio. next here on bloomberg tv, we are joined by michael bell, exec. director / global market strategist, jpmorgan asset management after the bank reported a $1.4 billion charge for the fourth quarter. we will get into that conversation next. this when you switch to xfinity mobile, you're choosi