being a white supremacist is not a bad thing. >> and according to allgier, being a white supremacistsn't mean he belongs to one of utah state's white supremacist prison gangs. >> you got fourth reich, those dudes are aren't white supremacist. they were started by people who were rats, and pc cases. >> interesting thing about curtis was he claims he's not in a gang. he's not a gang member. he's just a white supremacist, a skinhead. and he felt there was a really, really severe difference. >> i'm no part of them. i've never been a part of them. nor will i ever be a part of them. those dudes in my mind are weak, and lame. and they're not white supremacist, nor will they ever be. >> at that point one of the officers leaned in to my ear and said if you use that, he's going to get attacked. he's going to get stabbed. >> while inmates like allgier are completely aware that talking about gangs could put them in peril it is a risk they have taken time and time again when interviewed on "lockup." >> we knew that theoretically that sound bite might put him in danger but we also knew on the othe

the majority of the gang members here belong to white supremacist gangs.son officials suspect that asatru might be a front for white supremacist gangs. marcus murray denies that. >> there has never been anything in my studies that says one race is more dominant over another one culture. nor one religion dominant over another. asatru believers believe that our religion is fine, your religion is fine. >> guy radcliffe who has been practicing asatru for several years here. said there's one group that is not welcome. >> if we found out someone in the community was a child molester, he would be banned from the community. he cannot participate. it's a bylaw, you cannot be a sex offender and be in asatru. >> radcliffe also defended the fact that some members have swastikas tattooed often their bodies. >> the swastika was around long before adolf hitler came along. okay? now, i don't have nothing against uncle adolf, but he took something from my religion, which was a sun wheel and made it part of his party. it goes back to ancient civilizations. they had a swasti

the cases that the press is ignoring are not those involving muslim terrorists, but those of white supremacistshite nationalists committing hate crimes and planning attacks on muslims, jews, african-americans and other marginalized communities. california, a.c. thompson is a journalist with propublica, where he is a team leader for a project that documents hate crimes, bias incidents, and racial extremists. and join us here in new york, a columnist for "the daily beast he highlighted richard schmidt's case in his article "when the government really did fear a bowling green massacre - from a white supremacist." and dean obeidallah is a columnist for the daily beast and host of the "dean obeidallah show" on sirius xm radio. he's written several times about robert doggart, most recently in the article, "the terror trial we're really ignoring." a scene thompson --a.c. thompson we begin with you -- the bowling green massacre you are writing about. hadthompson: richard smith -- richard schmidt had spent years in the army. he got into a street altercation and killed three people, a man named anthony t

david: calling steve bannon a white supremacist is nothing but bluster.is not a white supremacist. >> steve bannon as specifically said "breitbart" where he was executive chairman was the platform for at-right. separation between peoples is necessary for the -- david: julie, that is outrage just. call somebody, that is such a charged, statement. statement to make, call somebody a white supremacist in this day and age, essentially opening it up for attack. erin, why it is not irresponsible for julie, but of nancy pelosi to say it. >> irresponsible? it is slander. let's talk about nancy pelosi for a second. she has the honor and distinction of being the most well-known yet least-liked person ithe te, and leadship. coming from pollsters. the democrats have called her a disgrace she is flip-flopped on her stance whether it is obamacare or the economy. all she is doing is pandering to her political leftists out in california. for her there are no credibility here. she is not fair. she is not balanced. and she is liar. david: julie, aren't you worried about the

fact, in the web page, there were some white supremacists, i don't like bannon. don't like any of them. that is not the point. >> kimberly: he is not a white supremacist and she shouldn't slander him. it is conduct unbecoming. she has no proof to back that up. it shows the depths that they will go to to try to disparage someone and the desperation, really, of the liberals. i'm so sorry, bob, your party right now. >> bob: let me make this clear, those are not liberals. those are anarchists, many of them paid to do that kind of stuff. we all get lumped together. unless your window was around, i would have broken land. -- broken data. do you think this is representative of the anti-trump protests? speaker definitely representative of the sentiment and the feeling. so many people on the left are so crazed by the sense of self righteousness and moral indignation about what trump is doing that they don't see the irony. they are doing exactly what they accused trump of doing. they call him a bully, what they are doing by cutting shutting n speeches is bullying. what is

. >> nick, the leader calling stephen bannon a white supremacist.it? >> look at the facts, he considers himself a nationalist. it's fair to consider who is -- it's seems like calling him white supremacist is say he k k k. a rhetoric was a popular website for white nationalist. his own views, senator views in the past, he says he nationalist. he described skin head movement is not helpful to his version. but he is quite about his views and we're not sure how to describe himself. >> lynn, your thoughts on this. >> he and other democrats are trying to brand bannon as a very unpredictable person behind the throne who is pupper master of president trump. if somebody is seen as pulling his strings. i think this kind of language being used by democrats in order to draw spotlight on bannon and there was crafted by assent to having walking privileges. >> how helpful is this, lynn? 're all this name calling. both sides, i can list of this stuff. >> so, i think the taking this day-by-day and most people really don't know bannon couldn't identify him, he is not

it's a stunning thing a white supremacist, bannon would be a permanent member of the council. >> no response from president trump or the white house. >>> firefighters battled a blaze throughout the night at a recycling center 20 miles outside of washington, d.c. the two-alarm fire broke out around 9:00 p.m. shooting flames through the roof of the disposal center. fire officials found three stories of trash burning inside an incinerator when they arrived on scene. it took 60 firefighters to get the blaze under control. no injuries and no word on the exact cause of the fire. >>> gearing up, all excited, super bowl sunday features the patriots against the falcons. fallon had puppies and kimmel had nfl stars tackling tweets. >> welcome to puppy predictors super bowl li addition. we have nine puppies and two bowls of kibble. one representing the patriots, the other the falcons. let's release the puppies. i think it's a no-brainer. it's whoever is in this bowl right here, which is the atlanta falcons. >>> j.j. watt looks like a fat mcelmore. >> looks like an 80-year-old man from 1974. >> joey look

statements and believes things about other people, and it's a very serious moment when you have a white supremacist, a white nationalist making influence in the direction of our foreign policy. the immediate situation as it relates to the ban is a clear example of the confusion and the disregard for the constitution and for the humanitarian concerns, for the economic concerns of the country. we're a country built on immigrants, and he just has no clue in terms of executing or putting forth his views, you know, on this religious ban, which is what it is. >> well, thank you for joining us this morning, congresswoman barbara lee. >> thank you. my pleasure. >>> coming up, democrats are fighting back against the trump administration on all fronts, but will it be enough? stay with us. i'm hall of famer, jerry west, and my life is basketball. but that doesn't stop my afib from leaving me at a higher risk of stroke. that'd be devastating. i took warfarin for over 15 years. until i learned more about once-daily xarelto®... a latest-generation blood thinner. then i made the switch. xarelto® significantly low

what is making america less safe is to have a white supremacist named to the national security council as a permanent member, while the chairman of the joint chiefs and the director of national intelligence are told don't call us, we'll call you. you are no longer permanent members, we will call you when we need whatever judgment they make about when they want them to come back. this is a stunning thing that a white supremacist, bannon, would be a permanent member of the national security council and dismissing the chairman of the joint chiefs and director of national intelligence as permanent members. you are probably aware of this, but i find it intriguing that john chaffetz told the "washington post" that he was weighinging legislation that says if you are going to have your hands on the nuclear code, we should know what mental state you're in. i can't wait until he introduces that legislation to join that, as mr. cummings has also said. i think it's a very good idea. i think it's a very good idea. again, the public outcry toward the president's dangerous ban over the weekend was ma

what's making america less safe is to have a white supremacist named to the national security council as a permanent member while the chairman of the joint chiefs and the director of national intelligence are told, don't call us. we'll call you. you're no longer permanent members. we'll call you when we need whatever judgment they make about when they want them to come back. this is -- it's a stunning thing that a white supremacist then would be a permanent member of the national security council and dismissing chairman of joint chiefs and a director f national security as permanent members. you are probably aware of this but i found it intriguing that the house oversight committee chairman john chaffetz told "the washington post" that he was weighing legislation that in essence says if you're going to have your hands on a nuclear code we should probably know what mental state you are in. i can't wait until they sprow deuce that legislation, to be able to join as co-sponsor of that, as mr. cummings has also said. i think it's a very good idea. i think it's a very good idea. again, the

there are white supremacists that have murdered five days ago in quibec. there was someone from korea in los angeles who was beaten down by a white supremacist. we have a right to defend ourselves. not only a right, but an obligation. >> reporter: let's go back to the speaker. some say that because of what happened at the protest that this got national attention and he did interviews. instead of his voice being heard by 500, now there are people googling milo yiannopoulous. does that defeat a little bit of what you were trying to do ? >> the right wings and the fascists of this country already have a spokesperson in donald trump and steve bannon and now in milo yiannopoulous. it should be the model with how the movement needs to take -- take things in the future. let me finish. it is because we need to make sure that the millions of people who are out there who are angry and who are stared that scared under donald trump and everything he is doing now, they know that there are people out there that will stand up and fight the way they need to. clearly, it w

the majority of the gang members here belong to white supremacist gangs.rison officials suspect that asatru might be a front for white supremacist gangs. markus maury murray, one of the leaders denies that. >> there has never been anything in my studies that says one race is more dominant over another one culture. nor one religion dominant over another. asatru believers believe that our religion is fine, your religion is fine. >> guy radcliffe who has been practicing asatru for several years here. said there's one group that is not welcome. >> if we found out someone in the community was a child molester, he would be banned from the community. he cannot participate. it's a bylaw, you cannot be a sex offender and be in asatru. >> radcliffe also defended the fact that some members have swastikas tattooed often their bodies. >> the swastika was around long before adolf hitler came along. okay? now, i don't have nothing against uncle adolf, but he took something from my religion, which was a sun wheel and made it part of his party. it goes back to ancient civi

give me a lie detector test. >> and claiming you were a white supremacist active. >> what do i look like, a gang member? i'm not a gang member. i'm not a supremacist. >> we'll do a follow through, okay? all right, ma'am. >> thank you, sir. i like to have a lie detector for all three questions you asked me. >> yes, ma'am. >> and i'll even pay for it. i've got money. >> you got money? >> yes, i do. >> thank you. >> all right, thank you. >> thank you. >> green will remain in segregation at least until officer mcclaren concludes his investigation. over in the men's segregation unit, 18-year-old tony goodwin is dealing with much bigger issues. he's currently on trial for murder. >> my judge told me if i were to lose trial, my minimum sentence would be 23 to life. my maximum would be 33 to life. >> goodwin, who was 16 at the time of his arrest, is accused of fatally shooting a 20-year-old man. >> i'm nervous. i was -- basically i want to speak from the heart to the victim's family, whatever part i played in this situation. i really apologize for it, and i want them to know i'm sincere about it

a lot of it is not connected with the rise of white supremacists.olocaust was just 70 years ago, it's connected with the hatred of israel. when you have countries like iran who are able to threaten a second holocaust. if you can speak about the jewish people in a form of an e aniletory intent. i don't think we can just speak about white supremacist and how that leads to anti-semitism. >> some are saying, if you heard the rabbi who was on before, is saying that she believes that part of it is the rise of trump and the trump administration, i know you have been friends with donald trump and steve bannon for a while, but they believe that bannon's breitbart inflammatory comments you see on breitbart, it may be influencing white house policy and thusly so, anti-semitism, are they wrong? >> no one would decry and deplore white supremacists more than me as a jew. having said that, i'm not here as a spokesperson for breitbart or the administration. they have gone against the dbs boycott against israel. trump has at least taken on iran. yesterday they said

he remained a lifelong white supremacist. a meeting in west virginia of acts confederate leaders, he signed a manifesto which advocated reconciliation of white northerners and southerners, but opposed blacks as citizen voters. he advocated their deportation to africa. indicted for treason, he applied for amnesty and restoration of his citizenship rights. the indictment was dropped a year before his death. half a century later, the greatest intellectual, w d did walk -- dubois called him a traitor because he "helped maim his.urder hundreds in defense" if lee was not a traitor, why did he apply for a part? congress did not restore his sedition until 1975, five years after his death. citizenship until 1975, 5 years after his death. in the course of human events, -- to fight for the perpetuation abolish slavery or two it. had they won the civil war, african-americans and slavery would have continued into the 20th century. leee are more statues of than any other confederate. among the most oppressive is the statue built in 1890 at

that i am not a white supremacist. these usual slurs, and an effort to legitimize violence against you. it is like the punch a nazi thing. i can imagine a reasonable person taken along the argument that is okay to punch nazis. by the left because everyone .nazis. >> tucker: isn't it nazis doing the punching? they don't tolerate dissent but celebrates people do? >> people were saying they were going to burn my book while calling me the fastest. this is the sort of irony thate the progressive life doesn't appreciate. that the name calling, grateful as i am to be on your show, ie like the attention, the real people i want to hear from are the guys who are on cnn, who are legitimizing ordinary conservatives being called white supremacists, anti-semites, racist, sexist, when they are not. there is inevitable, obvious consequence. >> tucker: obviously, i have an interest in this because i don't work at that network. i don't even want to affirm what you just said. i have to because it is true. here's a tweet that sent out. i

. >> what's making america less safe is to have a white supremacist named to the national security council. >>> plus, officials in the u.s. military now raising major concerns over president trump's hastily approved ground strike in yemen. then as protests continue, new signs of life for obamacare. >> our job is to repair the american health care system. >>> and the president's new wall will be see through in some places. when "all in" starts right now. >>> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. it was supposed to be a pretty easy task for president trump, a phone call with malcolm turnbull, the prime minister of australia, close ally that nearly always marches in lockstep with u.s. policy. but when president trump called turnbull on saturday, the "washington post" reports the new president attacked the australian prime minister over a deal for the u.s. to accept 1250 refugees from an australian detention center accusing australia of seeking to export the next boston bombers. trump also boasted about the magnitude of his electoral college win and 25 minutes into what was supposed to

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nancy pelosi calling him a white supremacist, that is going to far. he is not a white supremacist. he is a nationalist. what is wrong with being a nationalist versus a globalist? ok. importantnon is an figure in the space. what the caller was referring to speaks to the issues around this label. at one point last summer in an interview with the wall street journal he said that breitbart news, which he was running at the time, was a platform for the alt-right. at the time it did not have this nationalist connotation. when it did become perceived as a white nationalist movement, bannon disavowed the term and said that is not what breitbart news is. democrats have seized on that comment and have made a lot of political hay out of it. at the time i think he was trying to express that breitbart was the standard bearer this nationalist strain on the right. he is connected to several figures in this piece, obviously milo. he makes a similar point to the caller that jared kushner is jewish. steve bannon cannot be an anti-semi, he took me and i am jewish, and he made me a star. that is somet

this 29-year-old was planning a violent white supremacist attack. the target a myrtle beach synagogue. he complained about it on facebook ranting about jews and dylan roof. he's planning an attack inspired by roof. the white supremacist was convicted in december for the murder of nine black worshippers in a charleston church. mcdowel, a felon for previous offenses purchased a firearm under a sting operation. >>> the clinton's made a public appearance in new york city for a pbs documentary on may ya angelou. the poet gave a plaque. earlier, secretary clinton attended the unveiling of a commemorative stamp honoring oscar de la renta. >> what a fitting person to be chosen by our postal service, mentioned, by the way, in the constitution, something we should all read and reread in today's times. and thank you. >> perhaps a subtle dig at the current administration. >>> just ahead, jimmy fallon's take on president trump's press conference. it's priceless. >>> first, meteorologist bonnie schneider is back with the rain that is a one punch. >> two storms ta

as permanent members. >> reporter: bannon does not identify as a white supremacist, but has referredmself as an economic nationalist. >> we're concerned with some of the initial executive orders and statements we've seen from the white house. we've been public about our concern about the treatment of refugees, the muslim ban, the religious test. a lot of people are very uncomfortable with the tenor of the public discussion. >> reporter: the tenor that reached a pitch last night at uc berkeley, has quieted today. a few reminders of what happened, still visible. but for now, this divided country showing fewer signs of uniting. for "nightline," i'm kayna whitworth in berkeley, california. >>> up next, this former new york giants kicker has admitted to abusing his wife for years. why he says he deserves a second chance. le i care about? ...including this little girl. and what if this happened again? i was given warfarin in the hospital, but wondered, was this the best treatment for me? so i asked my doctor. and he recommended eliquis. eliquis treats dvt and pe blood clots and reduces the

it's a stunning thing that a white supremacist, bannon, would be a permanent member. >> so far there's been no response from president trump or the white house. >>> a community is in mourning today following the murder of sergeant steven floyd, a delaware corrections officer with 16 years of experience. floyd was found dead at the prison yesterday after authorities ended a dramatic hostage crisis there. they used a backhoe to smash through a barricade of foot lockers and then stormed the building, saving the other hostages from the inmates. they had sharpened their weapons. the guards union president said floyd yelled out a warning during the prison takeover, saving his co-workers' lives. >>> firefighters in virginia are battling a massive blaze at a recycling center about 20 miles outside of washington, d.c. the two-alarm fire broke out around 9:00 p.m. last night, tearing through the roof of the fairfax county recycling and disposal center. fire officials say about three stories worth of trash is burning inside an incinerator. about 30 units are on the scene trying to get the blaze u

once again, white supremacist theared it's stoked by specter of black men raping white women and all the changes that is going on in the early 20th century. we know that in marion there was this widespread notion that law enforcement was not doing enough and the white community needed to step up and police those racial boundaries, because remember what is white supremacy like in the north and the south? we see this through madison's book. negotiate segregation even in northern states. not typically talked a bout. how difficult it is from that book we see from community to community, the standards are different. where you eat, sleep. our you going to be treated. what happened to the professional nba players when they came to marion in the mid-1960's?/ bil bill russell was there. >> [inaudible] prof. shrock: they were given the keys to the city and went to get a hamburger that night and were denied service for a hamburger. we know this is the reality. we know the north and the south. in the north, african-americans can vote. that is the distinction. in the south, they cannot and that i

nancy pelosi calling him a white supremacist. that has gone too far. he is not a white supremacist. he is a nationalist. what is wrong with being a nationalist versus a globalist? bannon is an important your in this race and what that color was referring to speaks to the issues around this label. at one point last summer in an interview with "the wall street journal" bannon said that bright word -- breitbart news was the platform for the alt-right. at the time it did not have this white nationalist connotation and when it became perceived as a white nationalist movement, bannon disavowed the term and said that is not what breitbart is. democrats have seized upon that comment and make a lot of political hay about it. at the time bannon was trying to theess the breitbart was center banner for a national strength. he is connected to several figures in this piece including milo who make the similar point about jared kushner who is jewish. he says steve bannon cannot be an anti-semi because we have worked together. certainly that is something that the democrats have seized on that, you m

>> as long as they are focusing on the narrative that there is a white supremacist, obviously i don'tee, then you don't have to focus on your own problems, which is the fact that, who is your leader? other than nancy pelosi or cory booker or chuck schumer, you can't name anybody else. i will say one defense of the state of the union, it is always fun hsc who falls asleep, i'm always entertained by that, it's a very good drinking game. >> last time ruth bader ginsburg played her own drinking game. >> just to piggyback off of what sandra was talking about with nancy pelosi accusing white house advisor steve bannon of being a white supremacist, she went on to say making america less safe. there is no, and that she went into the whole illusion, now you see it, now don't think. where are we? >> so, she's right about trump being good at illusion. and she's right about him effectively using distraction, that is what politicians do. when you don't like what's going on and there is a narrative that is bad for you, what do you do? you try to change the narrative. we call it the bright, shiny ob

the president handed the national security council to a white supremacist. in the nirs month of the trump white house, we saw the resignation of the national security adviser and we saw the chief of staff pressure the fbi over investigations into a connections between the senior trump officials and the russians. the american people deserve the truth. what do the russians have on donald trump that he would flirt with lifting the sanctions against russia because of their aggression in eastern europe? that he would undermine the start treaty. praise putin and stone wall any investigation to bring the truth to life, including releasing his tax returns. when the president talks about a mess, he's talking about his own first 40 days in office, which he utterly squandered. democrats belief that we must focus everyday on job creation and growing paycheck for everyone everywhere in our country. we should be creating jobs, rebuilding america's infrastructure, investing in science, education, innovation that will drive the jobs of the future and unleash the full potenti

. >> that was nancy pelosi calling steve bannon a white supremacist twice and says he is making america less safe. all right, joining me republican strategist ford o'connell and former adviser to president bill clinton simon rosenberg. ford, to you first, obstructionist i think doesn't cover it, what the democrats are doing, i would argue what else have they got? what's your thoughts. start on thoughts on what nancy pelosi just said. >> obviously, with the retirement of harry reid, nancy pelosi taking up the mantle as the baghdad bob and everything out of her mouth is dribble, she has the right to lie and name call all day. the democrats have taken up the concept of maximal childish resistance to the detriment of the american people. if they continue the outlandish shenanigans on capitol hill they pay the price at ballot box because ten democratic senators are up in states donald trump won. they can play ball and do business with the american people or continue to lose at ballot box, it's really their choice. >> simon rosenberg, this isn't really constructive. i'm sure you would argue r

do you agree with getting rid of the program if it's turning away from white supremacists? >> look.h any program that has its focus making americans safer while doing so in a way that respects the constitution. the implementation of any program, whether you're starting a new one or ending an existing program and transferring the functions of that program to something else, that's going to be where the details are and only time will tell whether it enhances our security while enrespecting the constitution. >> it's interesting that the house minority leader, the democratic leader nancy pelosi repeatedly referred to the white house chief strategist steve bann en in her words as a white supremacist saying it was stunning to now see him as part of the national security council. what's your reaction to that? >> i thit's nonsense. it's defamatory and she's acting with reckless disregard for the truth. throwing out gums like that. if they want to focus on a particular policy, fun, but it's time to stop throwing around dangerous labels like that one. it's not helpful. it's not part of a prod

we've seen the six that lost what seems to be a white supremacist.e have to use a name that includes all forms of extremism and under which is the most extremism, as well. >> thank you very much. >>> the man whose been so associated with travel ban, how steve bannon's views may be shaping the trump administration policy. you're gonna love birds eye steamfresh vegetables. wait for it. in about five minutes you get delicious, premium veggies, steamed to perfection. now! ♪ ahhhhhhhhhhh... mmmm heavenly, right? birds eye steamfresh. so veggie good. that's why a cutting edgeworld. university counts on centurylink to keep their global campus connected. and why a pro football team chose us to deliver fiber-enabled broadband to more than 65,000 fans. and why a leading car brand counts on us to keep their dealer network streamlined and nimble. businesses count on communication, and communication counts on centurylink. >>> these are early days in the trump white house but it is already clear that steve bannon is a major force field in the oval office. "time" m

many see him as a white supremacist and provoke a fake news.hings because the publisher, who was publisher, steve bannon, now chief strategist for president trump and sits on the national security council. that situation at berkely is still developing. we will keep an eye on it for you. thank you for watching. good morning. our weather over the next few days will be coming in off the atlantic. if you look at the satellite imagery there's lots of cloud heading with it. some nasty areas of low pressure, potentially. it means a windier spell of weather across the uk and a bit of rain at times too. many of you will have to deal with rain this morning. we have overnight rain clearing away from parts of cornwall and cold temperatures in the morning. a damp start across much of wales and south—west england, that rain spreading to the south—east and across the south—west midlands. a few spots of rain to other parts of england, south to south—easterly winds fairly gusty about eastern areas in particular. outbreaks of rain in north—west england, southern

. >> what's making america less safe is to have a white supremacist named to the national security council as a permanent member while the chairman of the joint chiefs and the director of national intelligence are told "don't call us, we'll call you." >> do you believe steve bannon is a white supremacist? >> chris, i've never met steve bannon but i'll tell you this, he is deeply connect an organization, breitbart, that traffics in white supremacy and anti-semitism and there's regions of examples of this on breitbart and steve bannon is very connected with it. so when you see the position he's assumed in the white house, why is he meeting with the australian ambassador the united states? he's a political adviser. no other administration put theirs chief political adviser on to the national security council. president bush didn't. president obama didn't. so in the white house now it looks like that power players are a guy connected in an organization with white supremacist and in general flynn someone who is a pro-russian conspiracy theorist who manages to find credible things that fourth gr

and i plead with the same zeal and gusto, there's a threat of isis, white supremacists are out there plotting to kill me and my family. >> you make a value point and i hope are 100% wrong. >> thank you. >> he's pretty sure president obama likes him. what's behind that comment coming up. >>> president trump has crit cr administration, but in the preinterview for the super bowl has said they like each other. >> you guys seem to get a along, would that be accurate? >> it's a very strange phenomena, we get along, i don't know if he'll admit this, but he likes this. >> how do you know he likes you? >> because that's what i do in life, like i understand. >> brianna keilar is with me, a senior white house correspondent, such a rich sound bite. president obama would not like a single thing that president trump has done these last two weeks but there's something to be said about these two having a friendship. >> i will tell you you do have this other side of him that is very charming and engaging and we heard about the first meeting that president obama and president elect trump had in the ov

in terms of his actual language, is there anything you can actually point to that says he is white supremacist? >> alt-right is nothing but white supremacy dressed up in khakis in my opinion. so he said it that one time. and that is something that he's again, repeated and hammered home. and everything that breitbart has done. so breitbart is the platform that steve bannon created. it is in fact the platform that it was his child. it's his baby. so to divorce him from what breitbart was, i think we just can't do that. >> i mean, look at his record, he has never said anything -- >> i don't think he would ever say he see a white supremacist. >> that's because he is not. >> but he believes in a lot of things religious extremists believes. >> i do not know what's in his heart. the language of uniqueness of american culture is this kind of white nationalist language to me which harkens back to the kind of language we've heard before. it's a question. and i don't know what the answer to that question is. i don't know him. i don't know what's in his heart there is a world view there that i think will

. >> the stunning thing that a white supremacist, bannon, would be a permanent member of national security council and dismissing chairman of joint chiefs and the director of national security, chief national intelligence as permanent members. >> steve bannon denies being a white supremacist. i know there are a lot of republican colleagues you have who are very upset with what minority leader pelosi had to say. what do you make of it? >> well, i make of it this. he certainly is not a technical advisor. he's a political advisor. and the nse shouldn't be about political advice. it should be about very practical military and civilian advice on questions of national security. we're talking about whether this country goes to war, whether we initiate some kind of an attack, whether there is a probability of attack on this country, and what should be done. and i think those are decisions that should be made by the people that are skilled in it. as a matter of fact, i just signed onto a bill that mark warner, who is the ranking -- excuse me, vice chairman of intelligence now, has authored. that wo

to have somebody who's been such an advocate on behalf of the fringe of the fringe of white supremacistsin there as a top advisor is a real problem. and it's a real sore point for lots of folks. people want to feel like they are welcome, like the president cares about their community. and when you have somebody who's such a proponent of various kind of alt-right white supremacist frankly terrorist sympathizers, it's a real problem. the kkk, you know, are our home grown terrorists in this country. and that whole group of folks that bannon has promoted throughout the years are very sympathetic to the kkk. >> jonathan, as we head into the weekend and given what we just talked about, what's your sense of the white house and we can talk about bannon, what's your sense of how it's operating and whether they've got things kind of back on track? >> i think they are improving. look, the idea that this was a well oiled machine is, you know, would be disputed by and is disputed by very senior people inside white house. but it's getting better. but there are some real policy problems which are being

but i think what it is is most ideology oft the white supremacist. if you look there on who he has got by his side, middle-aged white males, it shows that what is going on. >> all write, thanks for the call. to nancy in saybrook, connecticut, on the republican line. what do you think of the nomination of neil gorsuch to the supreme court? trumphink that president made a stellar choice. >> why? >> why? because he is brilliant. inwill read the statement the law, and i just feel he has done the right thing. >> to a democratic caller next in tampa, florida, go ahead. >> i am a registered democrat, broken to sees the mean spirit that democrats white and black is doing to get elected person. he is elected under the sovereignty of god. >> before we get too far, let's take it back to the subject at hand, the neil gorsuch supreme court nomination. what specifically do you think of that? >> he said he would do by the law that man-made, but he is standing at the christian of what god said. we need to remember this -- men make up laws or whatever, but he said he

duffy also refused during this interview to acknowledge that in his home state of wisconsin, a white supremacist killed six people in 2012 during a massacre at a sikh temple. meanwhile, the white house is also considering officially designating more groups as a foreign terrorist organization, including the muslim brotherhood -- one of the middle east's oldest and most influential islamic groups. protesters rallied at demonstrations nationwide wednesday to protest the army corps of engineers' announcement it will be greenlighting the construction of the contested $3.8 billion dakota access pipeline. the company behind the pipeline, energy transfer partners, says it will start work immediately upon being granted the final permit. hundreds of people gathered outside the white house in washington, d.c., to protest the project, which many fear could contaminate the missouri river, which serves as a drinking source for over 10 million people. crowds also gathered in los angeles, manhattan, denver, and san francisco, where about a dozen people were arrested blockading the doors of the federal bubuildin

stephen bannon is a white supremacist, how do you get temperature down.hat's what -- >> first of all, can you imagine in the shoe was on the other foot to make that kind of charge is ridiculous. it's not something you would expect from her. what the team is going to do is through action, get things done. >> does he invite her up here say stop the name calling. >> he brought people to the white house. some supported him, some of them who didn't. all of them have been against him during the campaign. he wants to get things done, put america back to work, as american see how policy are geared toward putting the country back together. >> how many step do dudo. >> ten thousands. >> a lot more. >> defendant. >> what time do you get here in the morning? >> between 6:30, 7:00. >>> what time do you walk out of here? >> weekends. >> job exciting. >> very exciting. >> what's it's like to walk in the white house every morn? >> it's humbling and an honor. every time you walk in the door and realize you are among a privileged americans who get to work here. it is finit

aim at president trump's chief strategists saying she can't believe, these are her words, a white supremacistlike steve been non-holds such a high position in the white house. >> what's making america less safe is having a white sue remist named to the security council as a permanent member while the chairman of the joint chefs and the director of national intelligence are told don't call us, we'll call you. you are no longer a permanent members. >> pelosi says been noninfluence and reckless so called muslim been are are not keeping america more safe. republicans on capitol hill are calling pelosi reckless for labeling been non-as a white supremacist. >>> federal judge ordered trump national golf club to pay $5.7 million to 65 former club members who were on a wait list to cancel their membership. plaintiffs accused mr. trump of changing their contract when he bought the resort from the ritz- carlton back in 2012 and refuse ed to refund their deposits. they said the resort continued to charge them dues while at the same time denying them club access. >> at first they argued they were letting

. >> it's a stunning thing that a white supremacist would be a permanent member of national security, notice that every time something gets hot, he changes the subject, he's an allusionist. now you see it, now you don't. liz: called him white supremacist. >> he's not, he's a very important player to trump, closest adviser and what he has is he has a strategy, the strategy that's totally different than some of the others, priebus is trying to implement policies but he and steve miller, policy director, have a plan and they basically are writing the speech and setting policy in place and they are in sort of let's get it done quickly and i think to a certain extent i'm a fan of steve bannon, he's get august lot of publicity. sitting on the national security staff is not a bad thing. liz: last piece of advice about the twitter gun. >> i would have taken the twitter and thrown it into the east river. it steps on his message. he loves it. you're not going to take it away from him but at tend of the day it distracts. liz: you have to admit a lot of anxiety right now. >> there's a lot of anx