i think this personal and emotional for tim scott. i think it's very personal and emotional for bob corker. both are from the south and have lived this. this is, you know, this touches them in a personal way. i think americans are torn up about what we have seen in the last week. i think there is real hate. i think this is less about politics and more about human feeling and human empathy. i think republicans need to realize this, this is happening seven months into this presidency. it is not going to stop happening. donald trump is not going to change. if they don't stand-up to him now, if they don't think of doing something like senturing him right now, this is going to continue happening and they are going to have to find excuses and react over and over again. this is very painful for the country and the country needs to hear voices that do stand-up in the republican party. >> umptly, we have run out of time because of where this -- i think everyone is guilty of the filibuster today. >> today i didn't. >> you get to tomorrow. that'

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tim scott used another phrase. moral authority. which in some ways might be the most powerful thing, weapon that the president yields. if that moral authority is weakened, he or she is not left with very much. >> that's so true, john. these are the moments in america's history and when we look to the president sometimes to really clarify what is going on, what is happening in the country. i'm sure tim scott from south carolina remembers very much president obama's speech in charleston after the shootings, at the memorial there. these are moments when presidents sort of reveal themselves and prove themselves. the they're not actors, john, but they're people who look into the country, look into the country what it's feeling, sort of the emotional, psychological damage that these moments have, able to bring people together. the and what president trump did in this really like first big opportunity, he zigged and zagged, he made -- equated different groups, sofrt of spread blame around that people on all sides were just so pa baffled b

tim scott and bob corker coming forward is interesting. what happened to richard nixon 40 years ago when it was the most classic conservative, bare gold water when he walked across the street to 1600 pennsylvania avenue mr. president it's time for you to go. who are the conservatives who have that level of gravitas and can do that. i think it may be someone that's already on white house grounds. mike pence. so i think we've got a long way to go is what i'm saying before the president is really fundamentally shaken. >> when it comes to republicans, who remain silent, how complicit are they in kind of approving of this type of poor leadership, this bad behavior? >> you know, there's two two ways that they are. it's getting harder. i think for tim scott, he's the loan black republican right now, from south carolina. very religious man. he's been stopped a half-dozen times in the last 18 months alone. i think bob corker, you've got to be worried about the safety of the country, right, while that chaos happens internally, what kind of things ha

tim scott of south carolina. and bob corker of tennessee. >> what we want to see from our president is clarity and moral authority. and that moral authority's compromised when tuesday happens. there's no question about that. >> i think our president needs to take stock of the role that he plays in our nation and move beyond himself. he also recently has not demonstrated that he understands the character of this nation. robert: shawna, you were the reporter sitting down with senator tim scott, the lone african-american republican in the united states senate. and he's talking about the moral authority of a republican president. shawna: yeah. he brought that up himself. i had a question ready to go about moral authority. and he's the one who was questioning president trump's moral authority. i think it is important to note that he did not say the president has fully lost his moral authority. but that he's waiting to see what else the president does, that he thought monday's comments were something that helped after

>> if tim scott is out there that's serious. tim is a terrific man who has a pretty good barometer, pretty good feeling for these types of things and the fact that he has expressed that should cause concern to the president and to the white house and it just shows the imperative that this president, you know, get back on message, get back tonight obviously on afghanistan very important speech -- >> but -- sorry to interrupt you, senator, but what do you think? i mean, do you feel that the president has lost some credibility? >> well, obviously the firestorm from charlottesville has been probably more intense than anything we've seen and that obviously raises serious questions. the fact that he continues to sort of go through staff, there's a lot of instability there, i think people are -- people are very concerned about this president right now and he's got a window of opportunity to try to right the ship here, obviously tonight he's going to try to do that with afghanistan, he's also got some things he has to do when we get back

and senator tim scott had this to say about president trump's behavior. >> what we have seen the moral authority compromised by the lack of clarity. and by what we have seen the pivot back wards which is unsettling for many americans to include me. >> shepard: that from vice news. president trump blasted republican law makers and target the lindsay graham accusing him of spreading lies and the president tweeted of jeff flake of arizona calling him toxic and another presidential group is calling it quits over the president's comments. they called on the president to resign if he does not see a problem with his comments. john? >> reporter: it is a week that could have been avoided if the president would have given thoughts. he could rightly i think assess that it was one of the worst weeks ever for the president. splitting the republican party and openly defying him. and now as you saw by listening to corker and are james scott, there are members of the party which are in open revolt against the president and newt gipping rich leaving the president more isolated than he was before. >> he

. >> reporter: and this from another republican, tim scott of south carolina: >> what we want to seerom our president is clarity and moral that moral authority is compromised. >> reporter: while the president has avoided cameras for the past two days, he has not been silent. today on twitter, he swiftly condemned the barcelona attack and suggested his followers, "study what general pershing of the united states did to terrorists when caught." a reference to a debunked urban legend mr. trump told during the campaign about american general john pershing's alleged slaughter of muslim soldiers in the philippines. >> what they did was, they cut open two pigs and they dumped the bullets into the pigs. and they took the bullets and they stood the 50 men up, and they shot each man. >> reporter: the president's quick response to the barcelona attack was a sharp contrast to the days it took him to condemn a white supremacist who drove his car into a crowd of protesters, killing one and injuring 19 others. today, the president also bemoaned the removal of what he called "beautiful confederate h

host: tim scott speaking to vice news.e have a tweet from robert simpson -- let's go back to the phones. louisiana. good morning. caller: hi. i think we've had some very, very good speakers today. but, this is what i seriously think. since the borders are open, we've had a lot of antagonists which just egg people on and feed the fire. this poor man gets no cooperation at all from his own republican people. don't talk about fake news. i know it's fake. it is. if you would jump through the hoop, they would say he jumped the wrong way. he's trying to use a businessman. he knows how to do it. -- he is trying. he is a businessman. he knows how to do it. and take everything everything out of context. the poor man is trying to do his job. , gettelling these people the work done, but they are too busy fighting him. and all the mess that they caused -- i really believe with the open borders, they are coming in from mexico, i will support the wall. i will put money in. i supported him and i believe this poor man is trying. what obam

. >> the republican senator from south carolina tim scott says the president's moral authority is compromised, and senator bob corker from tennessee questioned his stability and competence. we get more from jennae norman. >> reporter: president trump quick to condemn the terror attack in barcelona. a car barrelling into a crowded area. but still facing backlash when refusing to do the same charlottesville. the president seemingly equating the neo-nazis with those who were protesting their racist views. president trump going after members of his own party, dwighting, calling jeff make flake jeff flake who is quake on borders, crime and a non-factor in senate. he's toxic, and writing, publicity-seeking lindsey graham falsely said that i said there is moral equivalency between the kkk, neo-nazis and white supremacists and people like ms. heyer. such a disgusting lie. he can't forget his election trouncing. the people of south carolina will remember. lindsey graham responding, because of the manner in which you have handled the charlottesville tragedy, you are receiving praise from some of the mo

we have tweets from paul ryan, john mccain and senator tim scott. k you, david, tweets in a moment like this? tweets? tim ryan, speaker of the house. mitch mcconnell, senate majority leader. where are they? where are they speaking to their president, the supposed moral leader of their party? because they're on vacation? >> this continues to be a confounding question about why republican leaders will not call out president trump. it's because i think they're afraid. it's because i think they want to focus on advancing parts of the agenda that the president seems less concerned about advancing. as abby said, this is easy to condemn. this is easy to separate what's wrong and what's right. you can have a debate as some do between the left and the right behind identity politics and what goes too far. this is not the area to have that debate. these are contemptible figures in our society. that's not even questionable. to me, the larger point is about president trump not wanting to be president, not wanting to be disciplined about focusing on an agen agenda

tim scott, the only black republican in the senate, says he simply cannot defend the indefensible. >> his comment on monday were strong. his comments on tuesday started erasing what was strong. what we want to see from our president is clarity and moral authority. and that moral authority is compromised when tuesday happens. there's no question about that. >> the president is busy counterpunching, as usual, targeting two republican senators who called him out -- lindsey graham and jeff flake of arizona. and seems to enghiorse graham's -- endorse graham's opponent. "jeff flake is weak on borders, crime, and a nonfactor in the senate. he's toxic." the president will be in arizona on tuesday. >> that tweet got the attention of mitch mcconnell saying flake has his full support. the president also going after lindsey graham, accusing him of liar and saying there's a moral equivalency. and graham saying, "you are receiving praise from some of the most racist and hate-filled in our country. for the sake of the nation as our president, please fix this." >> another ceo, corporate executive, sp

you have tim scott in south carolina. we know what terrorism looks like in south carolina. i lost a friend when dylann roof went in and shot people, and that's the future we'll have in this country if we don't have a president who has the moral clarity to say that white nationalism and terrorism doesn't play a part in this country's future. >> is it me, or does it seem to unleash talk and unleash thoughts that at worst, were suppressed, but at best were moot? most people were thinking we were beyond that. >> i think there's always been this element in this country, and this is what's important, and i have been saying this all along. you think about isis, right? they have killed more muslims than white christians. when you have domestic terrorists -- the white nationalists, they want to kill white people first. they want to kill all the white people in america standing in the way of getting them this state. so that is what we're looking at now. we're looking at people who will attack the majority population in this country, and until we recognize that only by working togethe

>> i think tim scott -- by the way, i was in a bible study with him. he's a sincere guy. he's a great asset to our country. his employplea was we need clar. i think that's important. i don't think there's a big rip necessarily between the legislative branch and judicial b branch. i think the president could do a better job. i feel very frustrated as a republican these are the senators who haven't passed health care reform or tax reform. i wish the legislative branch as republicans would be doing some of the lifting. >> let's stick to this subject. there's a what can we do about all kinds of things. senator corker is from tennessee. he's up for reelection. he's questioning the president's competency and stability. that can't be understated. he's not a constant critic. he has not. >> no i agree with you. i also think he left enough wiggle room in his comments that there wasn't irreparable damage. frankly, i know that senator corker deals with the president and the white house a lot, particularly the secretary of state. it's important for the three of them to be in constant

and tim scott just called the president's equivocation of neo-nazis indefensible. adding that president trump's moral authority has been unquestionably compromised. we're covering all of that, much more in this hour with our guests including senator ben cardon. on the senate foreign relations committee. a very grim scene in barcelona. >> think about this, it's about 5:00 in the evening on one of the great boulevards of the world where literally thousands of people are relaxing, and the horror begins to unfold. [ sirens ] >> reporter: police and rescue squads rushing to the scene, searching for the terrorist. dozens of people on the ground, victims of the ferocious attack and those trying to help them. this was the horrific picture just moments after witnesses say a white van suddenly turned and barrelled down the pedestrian walkway in the capital jammed with restaurants, shops, and tourists from all over the world. according to eyewitnesss, the van raced along at close to 50 miles an hour, clearly targeting people for a third of a mile. >> all the sudden there was

here's governor tim scott on charlottesville. >> what we want to see from our president is clarity and moral authority and that moral authority is compromised when tuesday happens. >> tennessee republican senator bob corker went further. >> the president has not yet -- has not yet been able to demonstrate the stability nor some of the competence that he needs to demonstrate in order to be successful. he also recently has not demonstrated that he understands the character of this nation. >> well, today, white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders was asked about the senators' comments. >> i think that's a ridiculous and outrageous claim and doesn't dignify a response from this podium. >> and so it goes, with the debt ceiling deadline coming and budget deadline coming, manu raju is reporting from capitol hill. what's the mood right now between capitol hill republicans and the president given what he's leveled at mitch mcconnell and speaker ryan. >> congress is on a recess so a lot of members are avoiding the back and forth that's happening between the president and republican lead

and his own party, senator tim scott, bob corker, there are people in his own party who have not criticizedim for a lot of things that are saying the president needs to change his tone, he needs to get it together. >> and change his policies. more important to people like me are his policies. i was challenged by a reporter, well, are you going to call him a racist? the issue is not his personal bigotry, the issue is his policy. you did a story this week about he used to date a black woman. you can get in debates he is not a racist, he is a racist, the issue is he's president of the united states and how he's residing over this country by defending confederate statues, calling it our culture and saying there can be fine people at a nzy rally. that is what concerns me, what is in his head is demonstrated in his policies. that's what we should focus on. >> i think and what's also important as i talk to people there are a lot of republicans who said i really support the president's policies even though i don't like his rhetoric and i think that's ll important because people who are actually rea

we'll ask south carolina's other republican senator tim scott who said this week the president's moral authority is now compromised. virginia democratic senator tim kaine will also join us to discuss the debate over confederate monuments that has mushroomed since playing a role in the protest. plus, just days after defending his chief strategist steve bannon. >> he is not a racist i can tell you that. he's a good person. he actually gets a very unfair press in that regard. >> dickerson: the president said goodbye to the self described national list. latest senior white house official from the president's original team to leave the administration. will his departure lead to the stability the president's advisors and family crave or open up new fault lines. we'll talk about that and more with our politics panel. all coming up on "face the nation." good morning, welcome to "face the nation" i'm john dickerson. it's been more than a week since the president's outrage by blaming all sides for the violence in charlottesville. on monday, president trump gave in to pressure from his staff to r

>> i think tim scott -- by the way, i was in a bible study with him. he's an extremely sincere guy and a great asset to our country, whatever your party is. but i think his plea is we need clarity. i think that's important. i think that's a valid criticism. you know, i don't think there's a big rip, necessarily between the legislative branch and the judicial branch. but you know, i think the president could do a better job. but i also feel very, very frustrated as a republican that these are the senators who haven't passed health care reform or tax reform. you know, the appreciations bills and other things in front of them, i wish the legislative branch as republicans would do part of the lifting that we should be doing. >> let's stick to this subject. there's a what can we do about isn't for a lot of things. let stick to this subject. senator corker is from tennessee. he is up for re-election next year. he's questioning the president's competency and stability. that can't be understated. he's not a constant critic. you can't say well he's always been

and tim scott and rand pauchl. i don't agree with them on everything.ill kristol, i appreciate the fact that bill has been very vocal and hasn't backed down on where we are going as a country and that we all need to be concerned about that. and so i would -- it would do me good. i've tried to reach out to the white house, to the vice president's office. i know other african-american republicans have tried to do that to say, hey, look, you're going to hurt yourself every time you do it like this. you know, one of the things -- >> you say you've tried. you're implying that they haven't been receptive. have they been receptive? >> well, chuck, i'm not going to go there. but let me say this. one of the -- one of my real values to the republican party when i was in congress was i had enough credibility with my colleagues that i could say, hey, look, guys, i see what you're trying to do, but i wouldn't do it like that. i see what you're trying to say. i wouldn't say it like that. i was in control of communications. and, you know, we had about a 58, 59% approv

tim scott has questioned his ability to lead.ng finally some republicans step up and say, this is not okay, mr. president. perhaps out of concern with what he's doing to the party and the country. >> we started our show yesterday talking about how america's titans of business were more outraged and more able to sort of summon the courage to break with the president than republican members of congress over the comments about charlottesville. what -- i know you have talked about social responsibility being sort of an evolution of business but it wasn't so long ago that occupy wall street dominated the political conversation about businesses. so how did they end up getting ahead of republicans in congress in terms of being able to break up with this president? >> it's a really good question. i think one of the things that we have seen and we have all agreed is that donald trump's head is in the 1980s. his idea of business is 1980s. >> 1980s or the '20s? >> or the '70s. all the guys running corporations they understand that to hire m

trump nationalism, and it seems like that's falling apart right now, and so to take someone like tim scott, who has been critical of his party at times, but you know, more often than not has been willing to side with the bigger picture, quote unquote, for him to go out and that way and to say, i'm breaking rank, i think that says a lot as well. >> just makes you wonder, are they breaking rank and are they the few voices representing the many or are they the few voices, period. rich, good to see you and jamilah, thank you, and david, always a pleasure. thank you so much. >>> in addition to the news on bannon, we are also getting word that more organizations have pulled out of events down at mar-a-lago. the president's florida resort. stand by for those details. this is cnn. i'm brooke baldwin. notebooks! one cent! rulers, glue and 12-pack pencils! all one cent each! hurry to office depot office max! ♪taking care of business you myour joints...thing for your heart... or your digestion... so why wouldn't you take something for the most important part of you... your brain. with an ingredient o

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. >> and this from another republican, tim scott of south carolina. >> what we want to see from our president is clarity and moral authority. that more authority's compromised. >> reporter: while the president has avoided cameras for the past go days, he has not been silent. on twitter he swiftly condemned the barcelona attack and suggested his followers, quote, study what general pershing did to terrorists in the united states when caught. an alleged debunked matter of what he told. >> what they did was cut open two pigs and dumped the bullets into the pigs. then they took the bullets and shot 50 men. >> reporter: it was a sharp contrast for the days it took him to condemn a white supremacist who drove his car into a crowd of protesters killing one and injured 19 others. the president also bemoaned what he called beautiful confederate statues and said american history is being ripped apart. in a statement senator lindsey graham urged him to stop. you're now receiving some praise from some of the most rage and hate-filled groups in the country, he said. please fix this. but accordingly this c

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and that's in fact what tim scott said.and said on tuesday, donald trump essentially erased all of that. you know interesting thing about corker, you're right, he's up for primary and he's in a southern state which also sort of makes this, i think, a little bit more brave for him to do it, but i still think, i mean, if you look at the numbers of elected republicans, right? if you look at governors, folks in both chambers of congress. it's about 300 people, right. and the people who have come out and said something maybe, 20, 25, so i still don't think we are getting the numbers yet in terms of people really criticizing this president so frontally in the way that bob corker has done. and a lot of folks don't even know -- we talked about this before, they don't to want use his name. they want to use platitudes about racism is wrong, white supremacy is wrong, anything like that. we'll see, i think this does represent a shift in something of a crack and we'll see what happens. >> there is actually a policy debate that's emerged

tim scott, susan collins, bob corker, ben sasse. remember, bob corker was almost one of donald trump's -- well, was in contention for donald trump as vice president and secretary of state. is he facing a fraction within his party that he won't be able to mend? >> well, i wish he were, but i doubt it, because of the -- i am just thinking of the history of the "access hollywood" tape. you were how many republicans stepped back, denounced him, said this was unacceptable, withdrew their endorsements, and within weeks they were back in his corner. the problem politically for republicans is that there is enough of a fraction of the gop base that is going to support president trump no matter what, ask they live in fear of that base. but the deeper problem is a moral problem. with very few exceptions people like jeff flake of arizona and ben sasse, very far of them have any kind of moral backbone, any kind of spine. i mean, that's a political problem at large, but it happens to be the republican party right now because they're asking themse

. >> republicans like senator tim scott, people speaking out saying they think the president sort ofsn't have the stability, the moral authority is what senator tim scott said to be a leader. >> they think if they do this now they'll get reelected. that's why i voted for trump. i'm for business and they bring this stuff up, civil rights. i went through civil rights in the '60s in alabama. this ain't nothing. they got 100, 200 people up there, and everybody is blowing it up. those people don't represent trump and neither, they don't represent hillary. >> if hillary was president they'd still be protests of taking down the statue and white supremacists and neo-nazis. eight years we heard obama say we can't refer to terrorists as islamic radical terrorists because it empowers them and increases numbers. for eight months i heard the left called trump supporters white supremacists and nazis with no fear that will increase their numbers and empower them. >> the acknowledgment president trump was so angry president obama wouldn't call it for what he thought it was, why didn't he call out ne

and this is what i think tim scott, republican senator from south carolina, when he put it this way,doesn't have the moral authority to lead right now. it's not calling the mother of heather heyer is among the ways he has lost his moral authority. nevermind what he's been saying about both sides and the fact that he is trying to rationalize some of the white nationalists here. but this is how you lose moral authority, not making these calls. >> i want you to just first of all -- i want to bring tim scott into this, because you just mentioned it. of course, south carolina, this is your home state. i'll play that for you and we'll talk about it on the other side. >> i am not going to defend the indefensib indefensible. i'm not here to do that. i'm here to be clear and concise and succinct. comments on monday were strong. what we want to see from our president is clarity and moral authority. that moral authority is compromised when tuesday happens. there's no question about that. we should all call that on the carpet. >> and as we sit here, there's a rally in durham, north carolina, gen

south carolina senator tim scott said we work for the american people.we don't work for the president. carolina, what we're watching is a republican party really unsure at this six-month mark about how close they want to be with this president. susan: right, and if you -- carol: right, and if you look at senator jeff flakes, he stuck his neck out and it's not working so well. robert: jeff flake took a put step with trump with this new trump. why don't you think it's work something carol: it seems like it could hurt him. i think what you see with republicans is this kind of resistance to -- not wanting to criticize -- the private criticism has been increasingly welcoming public. the things that republicans have told all of us in background or off the record or in brivet discussions is now becoming a little bit more public. when you look at what congress has to do and all of the challenges they have, at a certain point they're going to need each other. the president and the republicans are going to need each other to do anything because they have promising

senate's only black republican, senator tim scott, saying in an interview, "i think you are missing four of history in this nation." though other conservatives like the pastor c.l. bryant defend the president. >> do i think president trump is a racist? of course not. the president made it very clear how he felt about white supremists and how he felt about the alt-right and the white nationals. >> no father should have to do this. >> reporter: on the ground in charlottesville today, a display of raw grief at a memorial service for heather heyer. ♪ amazing grace killed allegedly at the hands of a young reported nazi sympathizer who rammed her and many other counterprotesters with his car. >> as i listened to her friends and heard stories of my daughter and the way she was, she wanted equality. she wanted to put down hate. >> they tried to kill my child to shut her up. well, guess what? you just magnified her. [ applause ] >> reporter: heather's legacy already being felt across the country. the city of baltimore awoke today to find that confederate monuments had been removed under the cover

. >> mason: sunday on "face the nation," john will talk to tim kaine of virginia, and tim scott of south carolina. authorities say terrorists who attacked two cities in spain yesterday apparently were planning a larger, more sophisticated assault. at least 14 people, including one american, were ki more than 130 injured. investigators are trying to determine whether the driver of a van that ran down pedestrians on the crowded sidewalks of barcelona was among a group of terrorists killed hours later in a separate attack. isis has claimed responsibility. seth doane beginnings our coverage. >> reporter: more arrests were made today to jeers from onlookers. in all, four suspects have been detained following the twin-vehicle attacks, one down a busy barcelona street, the second 75 miles south in the beach down of cambrils, spain. this police document reveals the young faces of those believed to be behind these attacks and on the run. one is just 17 years old. sources tell cbs news that the terrorists were planning a larger attack, possibly a vehicle bomb using gas canisters, all being constru

republicans, including , a verybob corker senior republican within the upper chamber, as well as tim scottm south carolina, who told by's news that he was not going to "defend the indefensible." everyone for mitt romney as well as both former president bush's also coming out in criticizing president trump's response to charlottesville. i think when you hear that caliber of republicans criticizing, dear ministration has tried to force the debate about statues, but republicans very much being moved by the press conference in new york city on tuesday. really calling that a type of response that they disagree with. for presidentuble trump legislative agenda when he comes back. source with a senior with an paul ryan's office today that says that president trump house speaker paul ryan have not spoken since tuesday, that prince conference -- press conference. that's interesting that they have not spoken since tuesday. there's a lot of division amongst republicans in this white house. vonnie: standby for a moment. bill cohen.ing in literallyse, it is walls ruling the free world. this is gary cohn

somebody who did, gloria, somebody who did, senator tim scott, the only african american republican in the u.s. senate, telling -- saying that trump's moral authority is compromised. so add senator scott to the growing list of republicans who are calling out the president. >> right. and we know that it was slow to start, but you had senator corker today, questioning the president's stability and confidence. and then you have senator tim scott, a friend of the presidents saying i'm not going to defend the indefensible. and he said that the -- while the comments on monday were strong, he said that tuesday, started erasing those comments and that what we want to see is clarity and moral authority. you know, you were hearing this over and over again, and he said, and that moral authority is compromised when tuesday happened. >> uh-huh. gloria, thank you so much. there has been so much just today alone in some of these republicans calling out the president. the president's tweets that has been debunked on general pershing and that terrorist attack in paris. 12 dead, more than 80 hurt. i'm g

senators, only one-- south carolina's tim scott-- appeared on any of the sunday morning news shows today, and his comments on the president were far from laudatory. >> this nation responds to moral authority, when we believe that our president has the entire nation's best interests at heart. his comments on tuesday that erased his positive comments on monday started to compromise that moral authority that we need the president to have for this nation to be the beacon of light to all mankind. >> sreenivasan: republican governor john kasich of ohio appealed to those around the president to rein in his incendiary remarks. >> people around him have to get to him-- including his own family-- to say, "okay. you need to show leadership. you need to bring the country together." >> sreenivasan: and former obama administration homeland security nfederate monuments.s posed by >> my concern as the former secretary of homeland security is we see white nationalists now-- uh, neo-nazis using these symbols as rallying points modern day and that has to be addressed. defense secretary james mattis said to