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Home, but the reality is we have a long way to go. the number of hate groups in the u.s. is still on the rise according to the southern poverty law center. neo-nazi groups have seen the largest increase, up 22% since trump took office in 2017. joining us now, political commentator mark lamont hill. also with us, jonathan greenblatt, director and ceo of the antidefamation league, and a filmmaker and cnn.com contributor. i want to read you a statement about todays events from the virginia governor...

Welcome back, everyone. i am alex witt in new york. 35 past the hour. here is what were monitoring for you. new questions about the vast private earnings of jared kushner and ivanka trump as serving as unpaid advisers. financial disclosures say they took home at least $82 million in 2017. joining me now, adjunct professor. big welcome to you. should it beurprise they made that much money working in the white house? >> its a big number, but how much money did the president make last year? how muc...

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>> so much of the presidents twitter feed is what were reporting over the past 24 hours. >> much like 2017. joining us now a reporter for the weekly standard. i want to get a temperature read on washingtons reaction to the presidents twitter storm about my button is bigger than yours. were talk about kim jong-un. >> well, thats the thing, there hasnt really been much reaction from the hill. and i think part of that is, you know, theyre on recess right now. but the usual suspects who would be typ...

A look at the ten most bitter feuds in american politics in 2017. joining me now to look at this, sarah westwood, washington correspondent for "the washington examiner," charlie savage with "the new york times," mark stern with "slate," and gabe, ill start with you. perhaps front and center for a while was president trump versus robert mueller, whos leading this investigation into russias involvement in the election. and we certainly saw this come to light recently in the interview conducted by ...

Deadline. tax experts are offering advice how to lower your taxes in the final days of 2017. joining us now is gina marks, a small business activist. owner of the marx group. great to see you again. last time we spoke we were going through what we thought the tax bill was going to be. the biggest question is. americans are asking if there is some last-minute moves in deductions they should be taking this year, this week such as charitable deductions to take advantage of the last time theyll be a...

Smugglers in libya, the video coming from a now viral cnn report on the modern day slave trade that has flourish in the country since the gadhafi regime was toppled by the obama administration in 2011. thats why ive decided to go myself to libya sometime this month and help lead a delegation of prominent clergy on a fact-finding mission to explore this morally reprehensible idea of slavery in the year 2017. joining me now is malcolm nance, msnbc terrorism analyst and executive director of terror...

The mayors house. and took some very large rocks and broke some windows. thats when police really had to step up in to try to get the crowd to disperse. we also saw some flag burning as well. the question is, what is going to happen tonight. i can tell you that police say again theyre prepare and the missouri again has the national guard on standby, fred. >> all right, dan simon, thanks so much. so the issue of race looms over the rallies and protests across the u.s. today. lets get some persp...

Yeah, thats fine. is it a new wall? no. this is whats out there right now, okay? this is whats going to be put in as a result of this bill, okay? that is better border security. you can call it new wall. you can call it replacement. you can call it whatever you want to. this construction that you see here -- well, i dont know if its this exact construction because i dont know where this photograph is. this wall is being installed on the southern border today. >> the photo behind mulvaney, the on...

Think we could build this? i bet you didnt. nobody did, okay? is it a replacement for an existing wall? yeah, thats fine. is it a new wall? no. this is whats out there right now, okay? this is whats going to be put in as a result of this bill, okay? that is better border security. you can call it new wall. you can call it replacement. you can call it whatever you want to. this construction that you see here -- well, i dont know if its this exact construction because i dont know where this photog...