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Continue its work against domestic terrorism, white supremacy. the fbi director testified on july 20th heard about this issue and he laid out in detail what the fbi is doing to combat terrorism and other race and hate-based crime. >> shannon: i have to jump in. people look at the bump stock move is a step of the right direction but weve seen an acceleration. they are happening by one count, 250 mass shootings this year and we havent even had 250 days this year. people can squabble with those num...

Nobody i think anticipated the acceleration of the use of the internet in manifestations with the spread of hatred. the terrorism threat changed from al qaeda to isis, why? because isis had mastered how to use social media to recruit, and so they changed the world of international terrorism. in our own country, increasingly seeing acts of domestic terrorism that are inspired, and in some instances directed, but not frequently, but largely inspired by the ability to in a sense access sites and lo...

Because this guy put something on 8chan that seemed to imply an attack. how do you navigate that world? americans enjoy their constitutionally protected privacy, but social media and the digital world are becoming the place in which these ideas are communicated. >> one of the unanticipated, unintended consequences of the internet was that it was going to connect us all. the idea of the billions of people in the world were going to be connected, nobody, i think, anticipated the acceleration of th...

As the president often promises. >> if we achieve sustained 3% growth, that means 12 million new jobs and $10 trillion of new economic activity over the next decade. thats some numbers. i happen to be one that thinks we can go much higher than 3%. there is no reason why we shouldnt. the economy now has hit 3%. nobody thought it would be anywhere close. i think we can go to 4, 5, maybe even 6% ultimately. >> growth under president trump has continued at a very steady pace but with no acceleration...

And very extensive. how long has this silencing of these dissidents, these activists, members of the royal family been going on? >> its hard to pinpoint an exact starting date. there are some instances that go back decades of activists and other who disappeared under mysterious circumstances. but what weve seen in the timeline we have been able to piece together over the course of the last couple years is there is at least the coincidence an acceleration or intensity of attempts to silence activ...

Aforementioned thomas friedman, pulitzer prize-winning author and columnist for the "new york times." among his best-sellers, his most recent "thank you for being late: an optimists guide to thriving in the age of accelerations." thank you so much for being here. >> great to be with you, brian. >> so if im one of those democrats and i say to you, tom friedman, no, we can walk and chew gum at the same time, were going to have this conversation about income inequality, about poverty, race, and imm...

No, you say, the left wants a revolution now. okay. ill give the left a revolution now. four more years of donald trump." it is to our great benefit that joining us now the aforementioned thomas friedman, pulitzer prize-winning author and columnist for the "new york times." among his best-sellers, his most recent "thank you for being late: an optimists guide to thriving in the age of accelerations." thank you so much for being here. >> great to be with you, brian. >> so if im one of those democr...

To know was the most e-mailed piece of journalism on their website today. its getting a lot of attention for a reason. the author writes that he was shocked at the health care and immigration proposals the democrats advocated at that first debate saying, "spare me the revolution. it can wait. win the presidency. hold the house and narrow the spread in the senate, and a lot of good things can still -- still can be accomplished. no, you say, the left wants a revolution now. okay. ill give the left...

Of the most openly racist attacks of his presidency saying that democratic congress wim should go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came. joining me now is thomas friedman author of the best selg book "thank you for being late: on optimists guide to thriving in the age of acceleration." an optimist is what i need this morning. i think we all need that. when you read over the weekend what the president told these four democratic congress women to go ba...

Friedmans "new york times" column this week. so how is israel on the line? tom friedman joins me now. his most recent book is "thank you for being late." an optimists guide to thriving in the age of accelerations. pleasure to have you on. >> great to be with you, from read. >> you argue this is not really just about our differences in policy, you know, attitudes even towards the palestinians or the west bank. this is about the future of israels democracy if benjamin netanyahu gets re-elected. ex...