what does it have to do with ronald reagan, the black panthers, and the ku klux klan? ay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. obama is speaking in dallas today at a memorial service for the five dallas police officers killed by a sniper thursday evening will stop dallas authorities said micah johnson amassed a personal arsenal in putting the semi-automatic rifle, bomb making materials, bullet group vests an emanation. president obama warned of these he access to guns station what is exacerbating the divisions between police and local communities. pres. obama: part of what is creating tensions between communities and the police is the fact that police have a really difficult time in communities where they know guns are everywhere. amy: president obama also addressed the fatal police shooting in falcon heights, minnesota, were not shot philando castile a traffic stop for a broken taillight. the aftermath of his death was live streamed on facebook by his girlfriend while she was next to them in t

had a busted ear piece and couldn't hear when he was being asked to disavow david duke, the head of the ku klux klan who endorsed him, you know, it's a very troubling development. i think everybody, everybody who is not a complete partisan understands exactly what this campaign is doing. they understand that it is deliberate. they understand that they're playing footsy with some very dangerous radical disgusting elements of this country. and that they hope to ride into the white house based on that support. it's disgraceful. it's disgraceful. >> scotty, i want to just run this by you because this is also why it's important. according to the fbi, almost 57% of hate crime victims are jewish, 57%. 16% are muslim.

in the first weeks it went on the air, the ku klux klan blew it to smithereens while one sang "alice's restaurant" and i thought it was a good song. anyway, they go on the air. they rebuild. the transmitter goes up again. and put dynamite to the base of the transmitter and blows it up again. january of 1971, they timely get ready and public broadcasting to broadcast this moment when the phoenix rises from the ashes. arlo guthrie finished his song live on the air and kpft goes back on the air. i don't know if it was the grand dragon because i confuse titles, but he said it was his proudest act. understood how dangerous pacifica is because it allows people to speak for themselves and when you hear someone speaking from their own experience, whether it's a palestinian child or an israeli grandmother, whether it's one of the leading lawyer who took the dictator to trial, an aunt in afghanistan or uncle in iraq or a kid from the bronx. we were speaking at r.f.k. high school in albuquerque where the overwhelming majority of kids in that school are undocumented. when you hear someone speaking

when you went after or your organization went after the ku klux klan you were aware that their symbol was a flaming cross? >> yes, sir. >> and they believed somehow they were espousing the teachings of christ? >> they were purifying the race, yes. >> these race pure fictions ended up in hateful and violent and murderous tactics against african-americans? >> that was the way they did business, yes. >> catholics and jews, they were a hate filled group that used a flaming cross in their purified christianity for justification. >> yes. >> westboro baptist church sends demonstrators to the funerals of our fallen soldiers -- i've seen them in illinois. they put up these hateful signs that say, the soldier died because of gay marriage, their home phobia is part of their christian belief. i think the point made over and over by three members of this panel is a mistake for us then called the ku klux klan radical christians or to call westboro baptists radical christians. they are extreme and violent and radical and unacceptable. but it reflects on all of us who count ourselves as christians if

and then there were the ku klux klan. a catholic, that he shouldn't be president. the opposition were so strong and so vocal and so wide, i felt he needed help. >> pastor herb meza believes he has the fix. >> i immediately invited john kennedy to come and speak. we needed to hear from him. >> meza's plan is almost holy in its simplicity. >> the offer was to have kennedy come and address a group of protestant ministers numbering about 400 in the houston area. kennedy agreed to do it. >> when meza's congregation hear that kennedy's coming, all hell breaks loose. >> i remember an elderly lady from new orleans who wrote to me and said, "i'm 65 years old. i've been teaching sunday school for 20 years. i hope your daughter marries a nigger." and that was the kind of climate we were in. >> may i call this special meeting of the association of ministers of greater houston to order. let us stand for prayer. >> america tunes in to see the debate live. >> god be merciful unto us and bless us. >> tonight the men of god are not men of

everybody knew that he was in the ku klux klan. was which isstion the to have this kind of local control? i have not been able to determine anything out of the ordinary or anything different. try tould occasionally exploit and manipulate the black vote in russell county. they would pay people to come in and vote who otherwise would not have been allowed to vote i haven't been determined to find that that was the way they got elected. i don't think they had to. they just win in a race to the election returns and rode the numbers they wanted. they didn't even go as far as having to pay for roads. votes. patterson was promising that he would clean up phenix city. they were concerned about that. the immediate thing that got him killed was that he knew they had changed the election returns and he was going to testify before a grand jury in montgomery about that they knew it and they had to stop it. >> i'm from alabama. : parrish about 35 miles away. >> thank you very much, tammy. it is extraordinarily interesting. us so muchor telling a

and the ku klux klan is now responding to the recruitment flier found in a san francisco neighborhood. one official confirms it's legitimate. why the organization has seen a surge in interest. >>> and links to more than 20 police officers in san francisco. up next the new revelations at the teenage sex worker at the center of the oakland police sex scandal. (upbeat music) - [voiceover] you are san francisco. we've been with you from the beginning. we've seen each other through good times and bad. sickness and health. we're with you san francisco, and you bring out the best in us. care. zuckerberg san francisco general hospital and trauma center. >>> chaos and carnage on the streets of nice, france. the death toll now stands at 84. two americans -- two americans from texas were killed. papers found alongside the attacker indicate he was a 31- year-old frenchman who was born in tanisha. good morning, i'm brian flores. >> good morning, i'm pam cook. i want to get a look at the friday forecast. the fog came pouring over the golden gate bridge. >> it's pouring in. santa rosa is cloudy. if

. >>> an official with the ku klux klan says the flier found in san francisco's hate neighborhood was real. according to the san francisco chronicle, a clan official says the organization has received a surge in interest amid police shootings and protests. he tells the paper the organization is a new clan calling it a white christian nonviolent civil rights organization. they passively recruit by leaving fliers in neighborhoods. san francisco police say it's not against the law to distribute the fliers. >>> a report finds a teenage sex worker at the center of the oakland police scandal had online connections to a number of san francisco police officers. 24 current and former sfpd officers with links to her facebook page. the department is investigates. right now the fspd has no official rules on officers social media accounts. but that is in the works. >>> a former police officer convicted of raping and molesting his son and stepdaughter more than 25 years ago could be freed from prison. in 1989 ron chops was sentenced to prison. >>> the city of hayward will pay $500,000 to settle a l

. >>> san francisco place looking into the report of a flyer asking people to join the ku klux klan due to the black lives matter movement, flyers being circulated and the flyers accuse the black lives matter group of targeting white people and police, and the note includes a phone number and [ null ] website. and officers went looking for copies of the flyers and could not find them. >>> uc berkeley investigating its own chancellor for improper use of money, a whistleblower complaint against nicholas dirks alleging he used public funds to pay for travel on nonuniversity business and failed to pay for the use of the campus athletic trainer. the former director of the recreational facility said that he approved the training and did not think it was a violation of university policy, and travel allegations involve a trip to india, and a trainer for he and his wife at the university, and a sources it was paid for by the alumni association and not university money. dirks is not going to comment until the investigation is over. >>> approving a resolution to keep the medical center open, nurse

didn't expect to see anything like that in san francisco. >> reporter: he saw a recruiting flyer for the ku klux klan, the flyer contends that black lives matter is telling people to kill white people and police officers under the kk -- the kkk is the only organization that stands up for white people. flyers were reported a flu -- a few blocks away as well. >> i walked up and down the street to see if i could see if they hit every door. i didn't see any other flyers. >> reporter: we called the number and got voicemail. it references the bible, champions racial segregation and urges people to join them. but this flyer is one person who is off base. trying to get a little media. >> reporter: neighbors we spoke with say they hadn't seen the flyers we showed it to them. >> kind of horrible. doesn't seem like that would solve anything. but they are a dying breed. in this town i'm not sure they're going to get a lot of new recruits. so i just laugh it off. >> reporter: police say they are aware of the flyers but it is not against the law to pass them out. in san francisco, rob roth, ktvu fox 2 ne

like the ku klux klan doesn't represent everybody in america. >> reporter: mostly confidence bordering on defiance. >> i'm not afraid. >> not too worried about it. just going to enjoy the freedoms that people have died for us to have. >> the threat could be there but still going to do what i'm going to do. >> reporter: every federal, state and local police agency will be on high alert this holiday weekend. some security measures will be visible. most will not. >> i feel the united states will take care of us. and the security will be strong enough to protect us. >> reporter: good news about metro. its safe track maintenance surge on monday night and won't begin the third surge until tuesday night. and that means metro should be running smoothly on monday. at the national mall, wusa 9. >>> city officials are urging anybody who is headed to the mall to watch the fireworks to arrive early. the security screening stations which allow visitors to access the best viewing hears close at 8:00 p.m. expect extra security at the nation's airports if you're flying this holiday weekend and millions

. >>> the ku klux klan flyer that was distributed, they say the flyer is legitimate and they're recruiting. many said such racist bigotry is not welcome in san francisco. the group's west coast leader tells the chronicle, quote, we're getting a lot more calls, especially with the black lives matter, calling for war and saying they are to kill all whites, close quotes. >>> governor brown is aimed for the delay. it's been more than 30 days since 12 mayors asked the state for fund for new surveillance along the freeways. hercules mayor tells us the governor has yet to take any action. >> what it want to know is how many camera ises is it going to take to cover interstate 80 and 84. how many hot spotters and how many license plate readers. that's a simple request. >> investigators believe that the shootings are gang related but innocent people have been caught in the cross fire. four people were killed, 12 people have been injured in those shootings. >>> there is a growing west nile virus concern in contra cost a county. three dead birds found in antioch and brentwood tested positive. this com

there are representatives from black lives matter and westboro baptist church and from the ku klux klan all outside. keep in mind outside the arena there is an area where people can protest. they are outnumbered by police by 3:1. the police presence is significant. they knew going in the convention they would have to arrest some people because some protesters would get out of hand. this protest this afternoon, people were clashing, some yelling going on. you see people lying in the street. we haven't heard of violence. we have only heard of a handful of people getting arrested. up until this there had been only five arrests complete. one was for outstanding warrant. a couple of people tried to banner and they got arrested. no violence. just mischief. this is the first sign we have seen but as you can see the protesters are outnumbered by police 3-1. they have a ring around the arena. we will continue to follow what is happening outside the arena. go live to the chief political correspondent scott thuman. we will have him in a few minutes. he is inside the r.n.c. for day two. meantime, b

she wants everyone to know that someone is urging people to join the ku klux klan. >> they're you're beliefs and you're allowed to have them. don't try to bring it into this neighborhood. it's not going to get received well. >> reporter: she shared the flyer and her outrage on social media. but she did not call police. at tonight's park district community meeting, captain john sanford encouraged people to report the flyers so police can investigate. >> what our special investigation division would do is to see if there is a hate crime individual or group that's forming to do any type of illegal type of activities. >> reporter: at last check, the haight is the only san francisco neighborhood where the flyers surfaced. the woman is hoping whoever left it is gone. >> to say, it's just free speech. no. you're trying to intentionally hurt and smear people who live in this neighborhood and in this city, which isn't okay. >> reporter: some people at tonight's community meeting are wondering if the flyers are someone's idea of a joke. at this point, no one is sure who is responsible. but no o

emanuel ransom: when i first came to clarkston, the ku klux klan used to march in front of my house. maria hinojosa: today, small-town georgia has changed in some unexpected ways. we're sisters, you know, we were separated at birth. hinojosa: now whites are in the minority in clarkston, and it's home to refugees from over 40 different countries. graham thomas: you wonder if i've got any buddies anymore that think the way i do. should white america be afraid of becoming a minority? this is the new america-- black, brown, asian, lgbt, immigrants. the country is going through a major demographic shift and the numbers show it. the face of the u.s. has changed. christina ibanez: we're american. we care about the same things. but yet we also want to preserve our culture. i just see it destroying what we had planned to happen here. hinojosa: by 2043, we will be a majority non-white nation.

the ku. >> ed is an honor as the wife and mother and a professional you nailed it when you said all of those things and something that struck me was he had dreams for you and i imagine you had dreams for him so how does that help you getos through as a mom or as a wife or professional? >> that is a great question frankly, the therapy. [laughter] twenty [applause] twenty-five years of therapy >> we are on it. >> good for you.ears. >> thank you [laughter] >> in the way to listen to everybody but sometimes i find myself and to we lose interest or lose track of i mean, i'm human.g. >> man there are some things of which i am phar-mor interested than what is happening to the shoreline and killed whole question of how the environment is changing doesn't go toward the one little bit. i'll afford to read your book but how did thean hospital react your husband's choice? after having been a caregiver for right own parents night is found until we got to hospice doctors just want to keep trying everything so i was just wondering if he had any push back? >> that is such a good leads mes question to

they were those who had violent, extreme views and were ready to kill, to execute that like the ku klux klan, like the hate mongers of the westboro baptist church. that president in that moment of history got it right and we've got to get it right today. we are being called on like many generations have in the past to respond to a legitimate fear of terrorism in a way consistent with our american values. and when we lapse into this notion that we are going to condemn a faith, i think we've gone way too far. miss khera, i know you wanted to say something earlier. let me ask you, do you live in a muslim neighborhood? >> no, i do not. >> do you know what a muslim neighborhood is? >> i was scratching my head a bit when i first heard that term used. the muslim community of the united states, with few exceptions, is actually quite spread out and integrated into the broader america. >> that's my experience, too. i mean, i can show you some irish catholic parishes in chicago and some areas on the north shore where jewish populations live, but muslim population is not that large, per se, and the

it's after recruitment fliers for the ku klux klan have been reportedly spotted. kron4's maureen kelly shows us. here's a photo of the flier that was posted on the news blog hoodline. >> reporter:it accuses the black lives matter movement of telling it's followers to kill white people and police officers.and calls on whites to join the kkk before it's too late. it's reportedly been found in several doorways in this neighborhood.and while many had heard about it thru social media.no one i talked to had seen it themselves. but never the less they are disturbed. bite bite i called the phone number on the flyer so this haight street resident could hear it.he found the recorded message laughable. nats. that's crazy.that seems too elaborate to be a joke. many were confused why someone would bother to try to recruite for a white power organization in an area made so famous by 60's the peace movement that tour buses can often be rolling thru this tourist in tie dye says he's sad for those who had to see it. bite the police say no crime as been committed but they are still

among the topics, his new sieman show has explored includes a look at today's ku klux klan. we have quotes from that show and we will talk with him about his love for the bay area, his new documentary series overall, his interracial marriage, living in berkeley and the power of what he calls upward conversations. you can watch the complete profile tonight on kron4 news at 10. >>> residents of the peninsula have a warning about a potentially deadly fires. health officials say the junta virus has been discovered near san bruno mountain. burdens carry the virus and people can get sick when they breathe in contaminated dust. this happens when people are cleaning or opening of buildings that have been deserted for quite some time. symptoms can take up to eight weeks to show up after exposure and is no known cure for curious for that. >>> better update on the breaking news. monitoring are light aerials. this is what's going on right now. chp just rolled up to block protesters near 70 and brush street in oakland. the dumbest shooters have kept -- the demonstrators have confronted po

fliers promoting the ku klux klan. have been reportedly spotted in several locations in san francisco. here's a photo of the sign that was posted on the news blog hoodline. kron 4's justine waldman is here now with this story. and the response it is getting tonight. >> reporter:as it was said today. hate spotted in the haight. as in haight-asbury neighborhood of san francisco. we don't know who posted the signs. but we do know. people are not happy to see them. in the haight. a section of the city know for peace and love. the kkk signs. accuse the "black lives matter" movement of telling its followers to kill white people and police officers. and calls on whites to join the kkk before it's too late. the signs have been found in several doorways in the haight. >> reporter:the phone number on the flier goes to a voicemail praising segregation. people who heard about the signs are disturbed. >>:"that is prob getting taken down as fast as it is going up. audience here.rise above it." >> reporter:late this afternoon someone

the ku klux klan was a member of the democratic party for 35 years. this is facts. the progressives are really good at writing the history books and covering this all up. today if you went to the black person, they would say, it's trump. clinton, they've been on the make since the arkansas days. look at bill, that i were rentings out the lincoln bedroom, selling to big time fell ons. she talks about commercial diplomacy. >> let me ask you. as someone who's an immigrant. you say you came to this country with $500 in your pocket. does it crush your idea of america when you hear someone like jim comby after everything you know, when he says she didn't have any criminal intent. >> you know i gave $20,000 to a college froerchld my running for the senate and i was locked up for eight months in the confinement center. no america has been locked up for doing what i did. then i listen to comey making a statement of listing all the stuff she did and then say, well, i don't find the requisite intent. it's so frustrating there are two systems -- >> frustration is a very polite

[applause] trumpsaid, donald attracts david duke and is the ku klux klan that approached -- proposed the initial immigration policy. the immigration policy of the united states as we have had it in the 20th century was proposed and put forth by the clan. people -- as you got darker, you became less desirable. the point is not whether or not it happens to be true. >> it has nothing to do with trump! >> it has everything to do with someone putting forth on the kkk. you are not the only expert on the kkk. ideas that aret going to force us to defend the indefensible. interest thene's two, it is not in anybody else's best interest. it is going to create international strife. >> you have to believe us. you can just caught -- talk to counterterrorism experts. will create more enemies. that is it. and john mccain did not occur without -- with that interrogation. i'm going to buy you all a trick later. -- drink later. that,important to know first of all, might ancestors came to this country with her work immigration laws. they told the girls. we do not have rules. because they were not differe

they were recruiting tools for the ku klux klan. the flyers have remarks about the group black lives matter. and they also say it's the only organization standing up for whites. they include a website and phone number claiming to be contact information for the kkk. >> and plans are underway to transform an abandoned reservoir into a park. it's south of bay street and yesterday the board of supervisors gave the power to work with conservationists on the project. it includes a children's playground and a dog park. >> you don't get an opportunity in san francisco to build a brand new park anywhere let's alone in a dense part of our city. it's exciting. >> the estimated cost is (2) 500-0000. a nonprofit -- $25 million. a nonprofit is helping fund the project with support from neighbors. >> there were no problems with the morning commute over the san mateo bridge this morning. all westbound lanes are open but two will be closed starting at 7:00 tonight. so crews can fix a hole in the middle of the road over the high-rise section. only the

by saying that extremism could be a good thing, he was basically opening the door to the birchers and leftover ku groups that were beyond the pale. >> the head of the georgia klan came out for your ticket. do you accept their support? >> we don't want the backing of the ku klux klan. >> that's a different kind of extremist, and my father would have none of it. >> a thoughtful address by ronald reagan. >> thank you. i have spent most of my life as a democrat. i recently have seen fit to follow another course. >> ronald reagan was an actor, but it was in 1964 that suddenly he explodes on to the national scene as a political figure because he gives the speech. >> in this vote harvesting time they use terms like "the great society," or as we were told a few days ago by the president, we must accept a greater government activity in the affairs of the people. barry goldwater has faith that you and i have the ability and the dignity and the right to make our own decisions. >> the campaign was always run optimistically. and when ronald reagan hit it out of the ballpark with his speech, we just knew we we

i know hugo black at one time was a member of the ku klux klan. bsequently he became one of the most liberal justices. you had william douglas, did anybody mentor him and what was that like? his transition and apprenticeship as a justice of the supreme court? >> guest: thank you. he was very smooth. hugo black who you mentioned actually gave him the oath of tt office. i think hugo black had done a lot to atone for his one-time membership in the kkk. i think those justices, yes, thurgood marshall had made history but those justices would also be judged by how well they accepted thurgood marshall into the fold. marshall is a great storytellerr if he sensed awkwardness from any of the justices he would go into this gift of storytelling and not always put everybody at ease. but he was on a-in the for the little person, for the little man of the little woman, for the poor person, for the disabled person and he let that be known his dissent when he felt the court not paying attention to those who had been done wrong in society. he had a sharp pen and he

but trump's speech did receive praise from former head of the ku klux klan david duke, who tweeted -- "great trump speech, america first! stop wars! defeat the corrupt elites! protect our borders!, fair trade! couldn't have said it better!" in february, trump refused to disavow david duke's support or the support of otherer whitete supremacists during an interview with cnn's jake tapper. hehe later did disavow duke's support. code pink's medea benjamin disrupted trump's speech last night, holding a banner reading "build bridges, not walls." her protest diverted cameras away from trtrump's speech.. memedea benjamin was removed. she says she was later interviewed by the secret service. democrcracy now! spopoke to medn the street afterwards. mr. trump: i have no patiencee for injusustice. how great are our police and how great is cleveland? [cheers] amy: t texas senator ted cruz stood by his refusal to endorse donald trump while speaking at a public breakfast for texas delegates ththursday. >>>> when i addressed the convention, i addressed the conventionon bececause donalaldp asked t to.

there's michael donald, there's his mother, the clan going and robert shelton the head of the ku kluz klan. here is a cartoon. the klan newspaper. here is morris and mrs. donald after a successful verdict and here is michael donald's picture at that civil rights museum where that day morris told -- told these black people who had moved north and come back to the reunion that these -- that these people -- these heros like michael donald and so many others will not be forgotten. they must be remembered forever. and that's true. just the way people remember the holocaust we must remember this, we must remember the struggle. it's been a long road. it's a long road but we are good long ways up that road. we are up that road because of any number of people. we are up that road because in 1903 when for the first time the transit system in mobile, alabama was segregated for a year, for a year, the black people of mobile boycotted that. i'm not talking 1954, 55, 56, i'm talking 1903. nobody remembers that. nobody remembers that, they're not even part of acknowledged history but they were there

. >>> an official with the ku klux klan says the flier found in san francisco's hate neighborhood was real. according to the san francisco chronicle, a clan official says the organization has received a surge in interest. he tells the organization is a new clan. calling it a white christian, nonviolence organization. san francisco police say it's not against the law to distribute the fliers. >>> time is 5:36. there is a new report that says teenage sex worker at the center of the oakland police scandal had online connections to several san francisco police officers. 24 current and former sfpd officers had links to that facebook page. the san francisco police department is investigating all of this. right now the sfpd has no official rules on officers social media accounts. but the police are telling kqed that is in the works now. >>> a former emeryville police officer accused of raping his son and stepdaughter may soon be freed from prison. back in 1989 he was sentenced to 79 years in prison. but recent state regulations designed to ease over crowding makes him eligible for a parole h

denied, which was the party of slavery, of segregation, of forced sterilization, of jim crow, of the ku klux klan. this is the democratic party and subjugation and exploitation continues today. that's probably the punch line of the movie. this is not a thing of the past, but many of the ugliest features of history continue to haunt the democratic party now. >> this movie is no citizen kane. it's a parody of a conspiracy theory movie. i wish the democratic party was that powerful. the reality is the republican party has the house, the senate. they have every single state pretty much controlled in the legislature. listen, if hillary clinton was so powerful, she had two super pacs, 470 super delegates stacked up a year before she was running for office. she has more money than god, and yet this like socialist from vermont was able to get 46% of the vote in pretty close primaries. so if she were that powerful, i mean listen, i'm not the biggest hillary clinton supporter, but she's not as powerful as you think she is, and i'm sure you're making a lot of money off this movie. it's a good time

the ku klux klan says what it thinks was that is not valuable in itself. and the bludgeon people use of political correctness. they use it often to say i am a dissident, a free thinker. i think black people are inferior. it is not politically correct, that is ridiculous. you can examine those things on the content but there have been instances that are ugly and ridiculous on college campuses and throughout society. let's take a balanced view. a professor at wheaton college was fired for saying we worship the same god. he was fired. professors at dominican university have come under attack for expressing solidarity with muslim citizens who are being oppressed. it doesn't work one way. sometimes people say you can't say this, you can't say that. the best way to defeat what you can or can't say is an open debate. shouting people down, throwing things that people is incorrect and should not be done, should not be encouraged. it happens, people get passionate but we can correct that. what we shouldn't do is have -- nor should we exclude people from speaking. the

there is robert shelton, head of the ku klux klan can united clans of america. he was moore's views in more recent years. here is a cartoon in the fire he caught for the clan newspaper. you mrs. donnell after the successful verdict. and here is michael donald's picture the civil rights museum were back today morris told these people that these people, like michael donnell, and that still is how many others will not be forgotten. they will be remembered forever. we must remember this. we must remember the struggle. it's been a long road, but we are a good long ways off that road. we are up that road because of any number of people. we are at that road because in 1983, when for the first time the transit system in mobile, alabama, with aggregated for a year, the black people of mobile boycott at that. i'm not talking 1954, 55, 56. i'm talking 1903. nobody remembers that that they are not part of our knowledge history. they were there they took us up the road. martin is the king took a step that road. malcolm x took us up to road. mohamed ali took us up that road. w

denied, which was the party of slavery, of segregation, of forced sterilization, of jim crow, of the kulux klan. this is the democratic party and subjugation and exploitation continues today. that's probably the punch line of the movie. this is not a thing of the past, but many of the ugliest features of history continue to haunt the democratic party now. >> this movie is no citizen kane. it's a parody of a conspiracy theory movie. i wish the democratic party was that powerful. the reality is the republican party has the house, the senate. they have every single state pretty much controlled in the legislature. listen, if hillary clinton was so powerful, she had two super pacs, 470 super delegates stacked up a year before she was running for office. she has more money than god, and yet this like socialist from vermont was able to get 46% of the vote in pretty close primaries. so if she were that powerful, i mean listen, i'm not the biggest hillary clinton supporter, but she's not as powerful as you think she is, and i'm sure you're making a lot of money off this movie. it's a good time t

first the costume night writers notice the ku klux klan attempted to enforce black subservience in the late 1860's and early 18th 70's until his -- 1870's until a series of federal prosecutions largely broke up the organization. sending a replaced by armed nowrs that issued over illegal hoods to write around --ride around disguised. they continued the campaign against southern blacks in their white allies. leaguede leaks oh -- were unafraid of being associated with it. while southern elites and democratic leaders had intended to publicly announce the clan as undisciplined rabble, not so with the white leagues. when their campaign of terror began in 1873 in louisiana, the valorization of white violence was central to their identity and their appeal. southern newspapers praised how the leagues demonstrated the aggressive instinct of the white people. to the extent that the brutal suppression of black political independence became naturalized. in this is it be declared their violence was not only lawful but eminently proper and essentially necessary for the protection of public and privat

says thelican party party wants nothing to do with the former ku klux klan leader. he is running for the senate primary in louisiana. trump made headlines earlier this year when he hesitated to condemn the duke. 7 on your side this time about beer. that's always fun. americans, your beer is getting health-conscious, a new initiative to add labels with nutrition facts on bottles and cans. include calorie counts, cards, freshness dates, and alcohol by volume. six leading beer companies have agreed to the new labels, affecting about 80% of all the beers sold in the u.s. i don't know a lot of people who , i'm noton't kno going to drink that beer --" josh: unless they know how many calories, yeah. we are talking about high numbers here, 98 today. 98 dulles, 97 frederick. these are technically unofficial. we may find out in between hours we snuck up to but this is one of the hottest weather days of the year so far. city.rees in the the feels-like temperature was easily in the triple digits. national with a dew point of 70 degrees, meaning the air is muggy and it feels like

when you don't denounce a white supremacy group, even the ku klux klan who is supporting you vocally, making phone calls for you and you don't repudiate that, that speaks volumes. charlie: he also led the movement to delegitimize our first black president. ms. clinton: he was active in the birther movement, which was a fraud from the beginning. he has a lot of experience in fraud. i guess he didn't really mind. unfair,d not only untrue questions and innuendo about the precedent -- president but played into the bases instincts. charlie: he says the answer is law and order. ms. clinton: what he means by that is not what i mean by it. i support law. i support civil order. i support security. constitution and the laws of our country. i see no contradiction between supporting the police and working for police reform, standing up for those officers who with their lives on the line like we've just seen in dallas and baton rouge, and doing more to get people to recognize the fears african-american young people face every day. i want law and order, and i want to marry it with respect and liste

there are representatives from black lives matter and westboro baptist church and from the ku klux klanep in mind outside the arena there is an area where people can protest. they are outnumbered by police by 3:1. the police presence is significant. they knew going in the convention they would have to arrest some people because some protesters would get out of hand. this protest this afternoon, people were clashing, some yelling going on. you see people lying in the street. we haven't heard of violence. we have only heard of a handful of people getting arrested. up until this there had been only five arrests complete. one was for outstanding warrant. a couple of people tried to

they say these fliers are promoting the ku klux klan, they were distributed in the asbury district.hey site opposition to the black lives matter movement and they include contact information for joining the kkk. it reads please join before it's too late. the fliers endorse the kkk's prosecond amendment position and elude to the group's longevity and geographical distribution while alleging it's not a hate group. fliers have been found, and some appear to have been distributed between 9:30:00 a.m. and 1:00 or 2:00 p.m. if you're concerned about the fliers, go to the police meeting tonight at 6:00. that's at park station. >> and finally more cities are popping up all over san francisco. there are a couple pieces of legislation creating new policy on how to deal with this problem. >> everybody seems to have their idea of how we should tackle the homeless issue in san francisco. and supervisor jane is the latest to throw her idea into the ring. and this is the third ordinance which actually competes with ballot measures all ready proposed by supervisors mark farrell and aaron. homeless