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These alt-right groups. sir, just very basic question, do you believe that white nationalism, white supremacyists extremists or right wing groups in this country pose a threat? >> yes, i do. >> is it growing? >> based on that report issued by the fbi, i have no reason as i sit here today to disagree with it. >> do you believe that the administration is placing enough of an emphasis -- enough resources allocated, dedicated to stopping these kinds of homegrown terrorist attacks? >> i believe that ...

Sir, very basic question, do you believe while nationalism, white supremacist, extremists or right-wing groups in this country pose a threat? >> yes, i do. >> is it grow something >> based on that report issued by the f.b.i., i have no reason to disagree with it. >> do you believe that the administration is placing enough of emphasis, enough resources allocated, dedicated to stopping these kinds of home-grown terrorist attacks? >> i believe that we are dedicating resources to the appropriate thr...

All threats. >> adequately addressing the threat and you mentioned of 30 conviction and hate crimes reported. >> usually they are under reported in this country. more than 7,000 hate crimes in 2017 and you have 30 convictions. do you think your allocating adequate resources towards prosecuting hate crimes. if you look at the high profile cases that we have done, charlotte or the pittsburgh situation, we previously discussed or even the case where we sent a prosecutor to my home state of iowa to ...

Campaign about the swift mode attacks. >> the swift mode, veterans for truth that were created to attack your war -- >> no war heroes. >> he betrayed his shipmates. >> let me ask you about that. you wrote a little about this. you -- you risked your own life and almost lost it. you saw others die. you lost friends in that war. you won a silver star, a bronze star, three purple hearts. if i were you i would have been freaking outraged. >> i did express it. the problem is i didnt do it on a large e...

One thing that a lot of people have commented have not reflected adequately, not a criticism, just a fact, on the text of the regulations. thats the law and what those regulations say, neil, with respect to the reporting requirement, is the attorney general is going to get a confidential report and then the attorney general does his report to congress. i think theres been an inadequate understanding what the regulations, and as a final point on that, the regulations were drafted in 1999, as a re...

Yes they come through ports of entry. but we have as the president adequately and beautifully described, you know, sex trafficking, people being raped and hurt, as well as the enormous amount of fentanyl and opioids coming across the border. it starts there and finding its way into americas heartland this humanitarian crisis. arthel: im sure the fact checkers will be looking into some of the stats that the president offered during his speech. >> oh, yes. arthel: really quickly, though, reportedl...

>> sean: right u let me move to glifertion governor lives are at take. we have 90% of heroin coming into this country from our southern borat. the president today a national emergency is needed thats fine. you have been talking to people and you have a different approach. what is it? >> well, i think he needs to build this wall because we need out wall. i think democrats are being hypocritical because they alvote i had for more wall funding the president is asking for two. ways to bailed a wall....

If that failed. let me move to the issue of immigration. i think the president -- i dont really care which way he gets it because lives are at stake. we have 90% of heroin coming into this country from the southern border, human trafficking, et cetera. the president decides its a national emergency, that is fine. youve been talking to people, you have a different approach? what is it? >> well, i think you need to build this wall because we need the wall. i think democrats are being hypocritical ...

Greatest dream. are those -- are those sort of creating a new climate in terms of the way both democrats and republicans are thinking about the urgency of this situation when it comes to the president and russia? >> well, i think it is creating a new climate. there is just so much. and it all seems to be woven into a web related to putins manipulation of our own government, into trumps acquiescence and boot licking of whatever putin seems to want, and in terms of the mueller investigation becaus...

Of pentagon money away from, lets say, puerto rico and reconstruction? >> i am suggesting that shockingly enough. what were facing today is an influx of family members, an infrastructure, a legal system thats not funded adequately to deal with that. just five years ago the shift began when you started seeing the family. we have not adequately funded the immigration courts ahs or dhs. to the presidents credit, hes asking for more money for them. he wants 75 judges. the democrats would approve tha...