and we asked americans to map out the close friendship circles -- it turns out your average white person in america, their close friendship network is 91% white, and 75% of whites in the country have no one of color in their close friendship circles. your racessues where really does literally color your perception of an event, having no one who is of a different race than you give you different perspective is a very challenging thing. whites and african-americans see things so differently. on the confederate flag, for example, we had no analysis this week asking, does it symbolize southern pride or racism? african-americans -- 80% of african-americans say it symbolizes racism. 60% of whites say it symbolizes southern pride. when you get to white, working-class americans, some of donald trump's largest it supports78% say southern pride, almost the mirror opposite of their african-american neighbors. host: that was a survey by prri, at prri.org. we go to a democrat. caller: i would like to say first that i agree with the last two colors. secondly, i would like to say that i disagree with your guest o

in terms of comparisons that you ee, what are numbers comparing a white person in america, in lderly white person america to the average african american hispanic person, where disparities in some issues you are talking about? guest: you can see disparities a broad range of measures and the work we've done and analysis there is data pack we available on our website that looks across broad range of access, utilization effort and health outcome measures. in particular, you see differences in health coverage in measures of health access, in terms of whether you have unusual source of care, whether ou are getting regular preventative care and screenings and things like health outcomes, of gs like prevalence chronic conditions like diabetes, hypertension, as well outcomes like h hiv/aids, diagnosis and infant mortality rates. host: becky up first this morning, clearwater, florida, ood morning, you are on with samantha artiga. caller: hi. how are you doing today? guest: hi, how are you? caller: i'm hanging in there. i've actually been, i think being right about it really socio-economic thin

this is not white america, this is an extremist group and secondly these people don't care about white. they don't support living wages for the poor and the working poor. they don't support health care for the poor and the working poor. in many times they support the policy and the position that would take those thing away from the working poor, which is way, joy, to counter act, we must have a nonviolent moral movement of all people that unpacked systemic racism that challenge those who frame it through the lens of a white nationalism and pits people against one another. and we who ought to be allies are going to have to come together so to never again hear a back -- or someone else say that. we have to come together and stand against this and call it what it is and our president and those around him who have endorsed and allowed him to speak in such a way that has fueled this hate must repent. repent. and they have to challenge this and otherwise they are burdened with the ugliness and whatever else happens because of it. >> reverend dr. william barber. thank you very much. we apprec

now that white america is experiencing this scourge, now everything is in an uproar. people are addicted because they started off with painkillers and so on and so forth. no. they are addicted to heroin. just like black folks were. , you all are only concerned because it is hitting white america. in affluent neighborhoods and in rural neighborhoods. we have been dealing with this for years. we have talked about the racial element of this epidemic before. your take on that? guest: it is an important point. there is a different level of awareness here. at theu look administrative response, it still remains to be seen, whether the response will be different from responses we have seen in the past two drug crises and other communities. it is a little bit too soon to how andee how exactly whether the trump administration will address this differently. that is a big question about how this spotlight we are shining, with an emergency declaration, will differ from past spotlights that have or haven't been shown on crisis in this country. for those whoine have been impacted by

i'm very confused by that always. >> what does white america mean? america, period. >> if someone -- >> charles, charles, let's talk music for a second. >> i don't want to. >> is motown about just black music or is it about america? >> let me just say this. i'm not opposed to, you know, the idea that people will enjoy their own cultures in america and i think that actually makes america strong. so i'm trying to figure out if people want to enjoy a culture that is native to wherever they're from, and they bring that to america, that makes america more dynamic and diverse, to me, so when people say i need you to be willing to assimilate, the word, assimilate, is really problematic for me. i don't know what it means. >> i want to bring in ana. what do you make aftof this proposal and discussion about assimilati assimilation? >> i think this is yet one more wedge issue that's being fabricated by the trump administration for the purpose of keeping his base happy. it is absolutely racist to award a point system. i'd like to award points to people that don't

you are culpable white america, i'm sorry.ut there is redemption for you. >> thank you, michael moore. never one to hold his words in thoughts. >> not today, not anymore. >> straight ahead, my next guest spent time one on one with spencer, one of the men behind the charlottesville rally. ost o. they have businesses to run. they have passions to pursue. how do they avoid trips to the post office? stamps.com mail letters, ship packages, all the services of the post office right on your computer. get a 4 week trial, plus $100 in extras including postage and a digital scale. go to stamps.com/tv and never go to the post office again. for years, centurylink has been promising fast internet to small businesses. but for many businesses, it's out of reach. why promise something you can't deliver? comcast business is different. ♪ ♪ we deliver super-fast internet with speeds of 250 megabits per second across our entire network, to more companies, in more locations, than centurylink. we do business where you do business. ♪ ♪ >>> president

so, what is happening now is the soul of white america is having to reckon with itself. it's having to reckon with the idea that we started a country on a remarkable document, genocide, and slavery. that is what -- that's at the core of all of these issues. donald trump is a flash point. donald trump was made in america. so, we have to look at what we made and who is with him and who doesn't -- this is not -- where are the brave people? if this is the land of the free and the home of the brave, be brave now. this is -- what was happening on that street, when you saw white americans fighting this idea, it is a civil war. it's been a civil war onlin tim. like since 2008 when that beautiful, brilliant black first family walked into that white house, the -- it began. the civil war began online. and yesterday -- i mean, in charlottesville, that was the battle. and heather heyer lost her life as an american patriot in this battle for white america to reckon with itself history for real this time. >> i just want to be clear, though, and i say this because i have trump voters in

you are culpable white america, i'm sorry. but there is redemption for you. >> thank you, michael moore. never one to hold his words in thoughts. >> not today, not anymore. >> straight ahead, my next guest spent time one on one with spencer, one of the men behind the. ♪ [vo] progress is seizing the moment. your summer moment awaits you now that the summer of audi sales event is here. audi will cover your first month's lease payment on select models during the summer of audi sales event. when did you see the sign? when i needed to create a better visitor experience. improve our workflow. attract new customers. that's when fastsigns recommended fleet graphics. yeah! now business is rolling in. get started at fastsigns.com. yeah! now business is rolling in. if they knew just howers rich they were.ed the average american home value has increased $40,000 over the last 5 years. but many don't know you can access that money without refinancing or selling your home. with a home equity loan, you can pull cash out of your house for anyt

i go a bit farther than trump. >> you want to make america white again. >> i'm not saying make americain. i'm saying preserve the principles and the people who made america great in the first place. >> mr. trump has energized the white supremist movement. people like david duke endorsed him, which is an unusual thing because usually white supremeists don't want to have anything to do with elections. and when he won, they celebrated. charlottesville, unfortunately, is the culmination of all of that celebration, i'm afraid. >> you will not replace us! >> reporter: neo-nazi websites like the dealy stormier praised trump's initial muted reaction to charlottesville, writing, "trump's comments were good. he didn't attack us. he just said the nation should come together. nothing specific against us." but after two days of criticism the president today condemned hate groups by name. >> racism is evil, and those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs, including the kkk. >> eliciting a different response. >> president trump, please, for god's sakes, don't feel like you've got to

host: besides reports on energy and environment issues, white america still has a learning lesson of katrina, available online -- why america still hasn't learned a lesson from her trina, available online. c-span2, it is book tv, with authors on the summer reading list of members of congress. on c-span3, america history tv, focusing tonight on the cold war and american culture of the 1950's. ton journal", live with news that impact seo. house up, this white columnist talks about hurricane harvey. former fema director under president george bush discusses the lessons learned from hurricane katrina and recommendations for party recovery efforts. the afghan ambassador to the u.s. talks about president trump strategy for afghanistan. washingtonn's journal at 7:00 thursday morning. >> sunday night on q&a, we take book, at ebony calark's "the last campaign." >> every single comment i have received has been how angry learning with happening, or how flabbergasted they are to learn what is happening. angry about the fact we have these presidential libraries created to house 40 -- for theor mos

when we come back, white christian america. e talk with the head of the american religion research institute and the author of the book "the end of white christian america." later, randy woods joins to talk about nafta negotiations that began this week. ♪ ♪ >> tonight on c-span at 8:00 p.m. eastern, an in-depth look at the opium epidemic, including ohio attorney general mike dewine, who is suing several good companies for their marketing of opioid pain killers. dewine: it is pervasive. it is everywhere. it is in our smallest communities. it is in our cities. it is in our most affluent suburbs. 8:00 p.m., an interview with the secretary of health and human services, tom price. secretary price: i think my passion for trying to help people and my passion for a healthy society -- this feels like the culmination of a life's work. the 20-plus years in critical practice i have, caring for patients, which was incredibly rewarding, over left with the 20-plus years i had in the representative life, for state senate and in congress. and to

latinos knew that. 53% of white america -- actually, more than that. but white women also voted for donald trump. that's the issue here. will white america say, hey, this man is unfit and immoral to be president of the united states. >> interestingly, you know, there was a decent percentage of the black evangelical vote that ended up supporting donald trump. i want to fold into the discussion the departure of the new york-based pastory from that new york-based pastory from reverend bernard. i want to play for you what he told my colleague, joy reid, yesterday. >> there was hope. as a christian we're thinking hope, redemption. that is the window through which we see the world. there was hope there. after a while you have to make a decision. every decision you make in life is a value of judgment. i had to determine cost versus worth. how much is this costing me to continue in this relationship and how much is it worth? is it worth that time and effort. it took me 40 years to build my credibility. that goes away in four or eight years if it was that long.

after the president's statement, seemed to be disappointed and reminded the president that it was white america not liberal activists. >> you have infiltrated this white nationalist groups. you've gotten to know their thinking up close. is it unfair of people to say that donald trump's election has energized them? >> first, i want to send my condolences to the families of those who died today. i've been doing this for about 30 years now and i have yet to see this kind of carnage. it's ridiculous. and to your point, the fact of the matter is, donald trump was basically emboldening these individuals. they made it clear well before he even announced. so he can't get away from it. and i find it really interesting that a guy who cried over the fact that president obama didn't use the word radical islamic terrorism could not bring himself to call this for what it is. white supremacy, neofascism. all out these other groups that showed up. and basically cancel them out as any kind of relevance in today's society. he had the opportunity to do that today. as we expected, he missed it. >> and rob, you jus

he was one of the first black comedians to embraced by white america in the early 1960s. was 84 years old. >>> you are looking at one of a number of rallies against white supremacy held across the nation yesterday. this video is from dallas. they called on officials to remove all civil war monuments in boston, thousands of anti-hate marchers spread a message of unity and equality. the demonstration was in response to last week's white nationalist rally in charlottesville, virginia. police made about two dozen arrests for disorderly conduct. it was also a counter protest to a free speech rally in boston common. that attracted fewer than 100 people. >> president trump had a swift response to the boston rally after being criticized for what he said or didn't say following sharltstville. the president tweeted, i want to applaud the many protesters in boston who are speaking out against bigotry and hate. our country will soon come together as one. our great country has been divided for decades. sometimes you need protests in order to heal, and we will heal and be stronger than

he was one of the first black comedians to be embraced by white america. he was 84. >>> new at 11:00, a number of rallies tooth against white supremacy across the country. look at this video from dallas. this group gather aid short confederate war memorial. there was a call to bring down civil war monuments in the city. march spreading a message of unity and equality. a response to last week's white nationalist demonstrations in charlottesville, virginia, planned to drown out a rally not far away on boston common. organizers called that a free speech rally but city leaders feared it would attract hate groups. the free speech rally attracted less than 100 people plaintiff and tonight president trump responded swiftly to what was happening in boston after being ridiculed what he said or didn't say after charlottesville. he tweeted i want to applaud the many protesters in boston speaking out against bigotry and hate. our country will soon come together as one. also tweeting our great country has been divided for decades. sometimes we need protests in order to

white nationalist rally in charleston charley's full turn to tragedy after the deadly car crash. ah. the dean of durham university's law school in the u.k. told us it's ever harder to find compromise in america the spike the white house's efforts the political dimension is you have very much a clear right and left split in american politics right and left split that seems to be without much of a center ground as you know with the a lot of space the middle of the right has become more rights and and some would say the left has become more left of the country's become more polarized and people are not. total trump is promised to bring people together but it seems that people have never been further apart under under his rule. it's about you united we stand divided people. are going to speak. to. the democrats. one of the reasons i won the election is very very divided nation. so another headline story r.t. is continuing its campaign to find relatives of russian speaking children stranded on an iraqi orphanage bringing them home is the call we're seeking to be heard globally among those identified so far our sisters five year old kid to three year old the youngsters how reportedly being taken t

my next guest says white america is and has been lying to itself for decades when it comes to matters. he says because of this intellectual dishonesty, it was just a matter of time before something like charlottesville exploded before our very eyes. i'd like to bring in leonard pitts jr., pulitzer prize winning columnist at the "miami herald." in the wake of what happened in charlottesville, there were a bunch of different, you know, hashtags that were out there. there was a hashtag, #thisisnotus, meaning this is not who we americans are, but you say we're lying to ourselves. why? >> i think we have embraced a lot of -- my white fellow countrymen, frankly, have embraced a false narrative that everything that needs to be done with regard to race was done or was ended about the time that martin luther king left us, that we have overcome, that we have reached the promised land. the fact of the matter is, that by any measure you want to use, whether you use anecdotes or statistics or any other measure, that is not the case, but they seem to have a vested interest in believing that, and wh

white america is acting like this brand new this is a brand new this is something that you will start it all instances was it he still had they just came. through that is they live in ok. they would say extreme of these they tried to kill people the politics have never been so divisive as they are right now it's unclear what can be done to bring everyone together but it's clear something needs to be done. r.t. charlottesville virginia political call to go to ted roll told us that extreme beliefs on both sides of the us political divide and part of the mainstream discourse. certainly extreme right nationalism and groups like the national socialist movement are on the far fringes of american politics and that's also true about the anarchists left as well but they also penetrate deeper into the mainstream than most american political pundits would like to admit and we certainly there are elements of white nationalism in the mentality that leads to for example police shootings by white policeman against young black man and there's elements of the far left within the progressive left and e

michael, you offer what you call a sermon to white america. what is your sermon today?ermon today is, let's study history. what i said in that book, "tears that we cannot stop" is that white brothers and sisters must come to grips with white privilege, with the intimidating factors of white terror and white supremacy, and we have been face-to-face with that today. your point just now is extremely important. when we think about a comparative analysis of slave societies, over space and time, let's acknowledge plato and the like, but here's the difference in that society and the one in which we inherited such heinous conceptions of enslavement. first of all, they were able to buy their way to freedom. secondly, they were able to tutor the children of those who enslaved them, in order to purchase their own ultimate emancipation. thirdly, when christianity got involved in what we now know as chattel slavery, it brought the dehumanization of african-american people, according to their views, according to the divine imperative that these people be enslaved. so when you get chr

. >> well, still to come, mocked, cheated, disenfranchised, that's how some young white mean in rural america feeling. we're discussing the driving message behind the white nationalist movement and why they become so radical. booking a flight at the last minute doesn't have to be expensive. just go to priceline. it's the best place to book a flight a few days before my trip and still save up to 40%. just tap and go... for the best savings on flights, go to priceline. hai'm messing up every dish, pot, and plate... ...to show my love. ta-da! all this devotion only calls for a little bit of dawn ultra. so concentrated, just one bottle has the grease cleaning power of three... ...bottles of this other liquid. a drop of dawn and grease is gone. try using dawn beyond the sink. >>> well, the violence in charlottesville has started another conversation about the state of race relations in the u.s. the white nationalist rallies, those specifically have sparked a debate about why parts of white rural america are becoming radicalized to the point of joining neo-nazi rallies. ali russell hockey shield wa

white america is acting like this brand new this is a brand new this is something that you will start it all instances was it he still had they just came. in ok but they didn't the extreme of these they tried to kill people the politics have never been so divisive as they are right now it's unclear what can be done to bring everyone together but it's clear something needs to be done i do think things have become very partisan very hard in this country. we've got to begin to work together to get things done we're the greatest nation on earth and there has been too much i believe all discourse in this country today that part is general we need to work together well let's take a look back now at how the current divide in the u.s. became so clear they came to prominence as soon as donald trump stepped into office with nationwide protests both against the new president. i would say were more open minded were kind of more moderate well educated people a lot of educated people who are sensible. they were kind of very good weren't they i'm not to judge what other people's education and stuff

a recent story, white america still has not learned the lessonofatrina. let's start with the headline. what have we not learned since katrina? guest: i think your previous guest was talking about the lessons we have learned aroun disaster response. the lesson i am focused on is repairing communitiesith resiliency, something where we have struggled. the ancy charged with coastal protection and restoration in the u.s. is the army corps of engineers, a 200-year-old that lives witn the department of the army, oddly eugh, that has inflated and in red tape. making it difficult to take actions needed. host:hey say there role is to make sur these communities stay sa and coming with plans to keep that from happening -- to keep them safe. guest: the army corps of engineer is charged with pretty much everything related to water resources, building and maintaining our harbors and eanel aj ineang iornt as communitiesacmsownd the fure. that puts them at the center o anything you wouldant to do along the coast or river. you have got to go to the army corps of engineers,

white america is acting like this brand new this is a brand new this is something that you will start it all instances was it he still had the disc a might. be. ok. they would say extremely these days trying to keep. politics have never been so divisive as they are right now it's unclear what can be done to bring everyone together but it's clear something needs to be done. marty charlottesville virginia. it's about you. divided. about how to get out of how can i try to. get. democrats. one of the reasons i won the election they're very divided. it is off the international of the war of words between the u.s. and north korea is generating plenty of headlines and made growing fears it could erupt into a real confrontation and even some military advisor is being somewhat hesitant on how big the threat might be. i think we're not closer to war than a week ago but we're closer to war than we were a decade ago and this has been a problem that we've procrastinated on for a long period of time and now it's coming to a head where the threat from north korea not only to the united states but to

he didn't want to criticize people who are fighting for a white america, an america without black people, people of color, or jews or anyone who doesn't look like them because donald trump knows those people vote for him. he knows those people believe that he is fighting for what they are fighting for. but over the weekend, the pressure mounted, especially from republican members of congress like 83-year-old republican senator orrin hatch, who tweeted, we should call evil by its name. my brother didn't give his life fighting hitler for nazi ideas to go unchallenged here at home. so today the president read a statement written for him, read it word for word. he did not dare take any questions about that written statement. he just kept his eyes locked on a teleprompter, reading the words that his political advisers said he should say today. >> racism is evil, and those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs, including the kkk, neo-nazis, white supremists, and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything we hold dear as americans. we are a nation founded on the truth t

as a black comedian, and he was one of the first african-american comedians to be embraced by white americathrough his jokes, he spread messages about social justice and later about living a healthy lifestyle. dick gregory was 84 years old. >> hitting the streets to fight against hate. thousands of anti-hate marchers rally nationwide. next, hear their demands and what president trump is saying about their efforts. >>> also, making new best friends. 1200 cats and dogs across our area have brand-new homes. how one family blanked ahead to get the pet of their dreams. >>> good morning. i'm first alert meteorologist violeta yas on this beautiful sunday afternoon. saturday was a nice start to the weekend, but if you didn't have a chance to get out and enjoy, no worries. today looks just as good if not better because the humidity levels are still relatively low. a little slow to come down yesterday afternoon. today is looking gorgeous all across our neighborhoods. now, the low humidity is going to be short lived. that's already going to start to come in as we head into monday and that trend will c

when david duke, a white nationalist and separatist reaches out to support me, i repudiate his support. and i suggest in americat towing the line of white supremacy. he had the opportunity to say there is a violent history of terror exercised against many others, including especially african-american people, the resurgence of neo naziism under his own administration suggests they find comfort and sucker in a president who refuses to be explicit. that was a missed opportunity. it's an expression of a deeply en current ched ideology of hate and announce toward merricks and others that needs to be specifically repudiated. >> brunell, you spent a lot of time fighting injustice. the idea that this is a problem on many sides, many sides said the president, suggesting those fighting against hateful people like the kkk are part of the problem. what's your take? >> good morning. god bless you and god bless america, counselor, thanks for having us here. what i'll say to you is this, i'll give you an exam. you come into your home and you see three kids fighting. the first thing is stop the fighting, then condemn the fight

today and hear him say the words white supremacy, kkk, neo nazis and we actions to follow up with those words, reverse the policy change that the united states of america no longer is looking at white supremacists in our counterterrorism program. he needs to remove the white supremacists from around him, white supremacist sympathizers, steve bannon and gorka. people in america need to get a history lesson, such as mr. cuccinelli. >> one thing you do when you see hate is condemn t the other thing that's just as important is to counter it. we use civil discussion on this show. i know you both want that when you're at your best. >> i'm still waiting for my apology from mr. cuccinelli to tell me to shut up on national television. >> and, chris, one thing that -- >> if this isn't an apology, mr. cuccinelli -- >> people use them to smear others like you hear on this discussion. it makes it harder to have a civil discussion. >> steve bannon has said -- he curated the platform. >> those people need to be condemned. >> i didn't want to get us back in to the discussion but what i was giving you a chance to do, ken, was apologize to the language you used to simon

white america did help catapult president trump into the white house but i don't think white america ds is a full racist force. i don't think that's true. i don't think all white people are racist. certainly some folks that are but i don't think david duke is worth any response whatsoever. >> steve. >> gianno, let me end it with this then. i want to take david duke out of the this, the base and the president's base. but isn't there this fear, again, if he doesn't address this head on that now those members in his base and we know not everybody in his base is on the far right, isn't there this fear, though, that that base will start to feel like, wait a minute, i voted for the president bought i wanted change. i'm not racist but now it seems like i am. doesn't he have that to worry about now if he doesn't address this as in losing more of that quote unquote base which may not be on the far far right? >> well, president trump has got so many votes simply because he spoke to the issues. i think when it comes to democrats and republicans, you haven't even is a president really speak on is

america, land that i love. stand beside her and guide her through the night with your light from above. from the mountains to the prairies to the ocean white with america, my home sweet home. , my home sweetca home. [applause] >> god bless you. >> thank you. hang in there. bless you, thank you for your service. vice pres. pence: it is a real privilege. >> we will have more from vice president mike pence later today starting at 5:00 eastern as he holds a news briefing in corpus christi. we will bring that to you at 5:00 eastern. we are 15 minutes away from the start of a briefing with sarah huckabee sanders. expected to update reporters on the federal response and recovery efforts. she will also comment on the ap story that congress is gearing up for a vote on eight for victims of hurricane harvey. starts, we will have it for you live on c-span.

. >> when david duke says white america put him and it is true statistically. >> i don't think we should dignify anything they are saying is rational so i don't even know where they come from when they say take it back. ticket back from who? >> while some claim that an element of racism exists, rubio says nothing patriotic about the knots-- nazis, [ null ] or what supremacists. >> responded to the violence the california saturday released this statement. >> acts of hate and bigotry have no place in america. the attack we are witnessing are completely unacceptable and must not be allowed to continue. >> the violence was a glaring reality of how divided the nation has become with calls for leadership. >> he has to be the president of all americans even the ones he doesn't like. >>> there was about 500 representatives from that group . we understand that they are right now marching trying to take control of the situation and another march is planned for 3:30 sunday afternoon. >>> i know you are in downtown oakland and have discussed chp, any word on if they have closed lanes and what the si

no, white working class america, death rates among white men are up, 20%.n ifill said, no wonder they're resentful. democrats, up stead of looking in the mirror, saying the washington establishment failed white america, they're painting us as nazis. ? he's not the republican america. you unify the nation. think about how obama talked about charleston. dallas last year. this week, business leaders don't want to be around him. kennedy center awards winner don't want to be near him. the family of someone who died this week does not want to take a his call. >> e vn jell call leader are hanging in there. >> but two of those three groups. america's ceos, corporate t america, and a bunch of celebrities. if you are a trump supporter, you look t that and you say, well, okay, a bunch of celebrities don't want to hang out with trump. the media doesn't like him. billionaires on wall street don't like trump, but that's okay. trump's with me. he has unpopular enemies as well. by picking fights with the media, democrats, he's able to get his supporters, even in moments li

to sound crazy to some people, but bernie, i think we need black america to address the enemy within. we ought to call a moratorium on white folks at all and take one year to get together with people like bernie and think about how we can develop our own committees and make them safer. black america has a 9/11 every six months where 3000 blacks are killing other blacks. that's not going to be solved by white people doing anything. we have gang intervention efforts underway that are successfully changing the attitudes and values of young people. we need to invest in these efforts to heal ourselves from within and then we can begin to -- and our conferences, we don't allow anyone to talk about a problem unless they have a solution. if we were to apply that principle throughout society, it would shut most people down. there are people who just want to complain about what white folks have done -- guest: i certainly agree with you, bob. you and i have had many conversations together. we agree on a great deal. we disagree on some approaches. let me say this. you mentioned something i think is not given enough attention. what afr

it people are saying that you need to abandoned your ethnicity and become more like the kind of white america and so please explain to me what it is. because i'm very confused by this always. >> it's america, period. >> yeah, but you just said -- >> let's just talk music. >> no, i don't want to. >> is motown about black music or america? >> let me say this. i'm not opposed to the idea that people will enjoy their own cultures in america and i think that makes america strong. so if people want to enjoy a culture that is native to wherever they're from and they bring that to america, that makes america more dynamic and diverse to me. so when people say you need to be willing to assimilate. i don't know what it means. >> anna, what do you make of this proposal and discussion about assimilation? >> i think this is one more wedge issue being fabricated for the purpose of keeping his base happy. it is absolutely racist to award a point system. i like to award points to people i like and to people who don't wedge and pit americans against each other. i live in a community full of people who came her

america was built on the backs of blacks. ll the dots need to be connected and the real story told. you see whiteupremacy, and the largest part of their argument is they believe everything that is successful about america is because of white people. the thing all the ideals and everything else came from white people. the do not show or honor labor, the tears, and everything else that folks did to build this country. host: in political news, rollcall has this story about the alabama special election rating change. the alabama senate race is no longer solid gop. the special election certainly is not a tossup, the possibility the former state supreme court justice might become the republican nominee creates the potential for a democratic upset. president trump's polarizing persona is creating significant risk for congressional republicans and next year's midterm elections. alabamadecision to plug republican jeff sessions out of the senate for his cam and i created a special election this year that is turning out to be ,ore adventurous than expected considering trump won the yellow hammer state. host

. >> there is no question, there is a part of white america that believes they've been underserved. the political correctness has defined them out. affected their job base, cult e cultural identity. there's no question the president is playing that. the problem with the political strategy is you have a lot more people in this country who will see the kkk that they absolutely reject and never want to hear any kind of relative argument. >> the kkk neo-nazis that has almost no support from anybody is my impression. i think if you look at the polling. if you ask people should confederate monuments be taken down you find majority of republicans say no in a lot of surveys. when you ask people do whites face a lot of discrimination you find republicans say yes, they do. almost as much as blacks and muslims. trump is speaking to something in terms of the idea the monuments should be able to stay up. they're arguments that are certainly shared by people in h his base who think this issue maybe is overdone a little bit in terms of taking down the monumenting. i think he's saying what he alrea

white nationalist rally turns into chaos. hello. welcome to a new our inside america'sheadquarters. >> julie: i'm julie, state of emergency has been declared. continued violence in charlottesville this afternoon is a car plowed into a crowd near the protest. our local reports are saying it was a collaborated, plant attackan

it was said to be the biggest gathering of white nationalist groups in america for decades. as the head of the us military prepares for talks on north korea's nuclear and missile threats in south korea, pyongyang says it has the right to have nuclear weapons for what it calls legitimate self—defence. pakistan is celebrating the 70th anniversary of its creation as a sovereign state. there were fireworks at midnight to mark the moment of partition from india at the end of british colonial rule in 1947. now it is time for world business report with ben bland. confounding the critics: japan beats expectations as it records its fastest rate of growth in more than two years. 70 years of partition: we take a look at how the economies of india and pakistan have diverged since the end of british rule. hello and a very warm welcome to bbc news of world business report. i am ben bland. japan has just released its latest set of growth figures, and there's been some good news for the world's third largest economy. japan has exceeded all expectations by recording growth of 1% between apri