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Policy institute. they hold these conferences every year. hes considered the leader of the so called white movement. but many similar groups exist in the u.s. nearly 900 according to lentz. >> the idea that these groups are in middle america or rural america is wrong. >> reporter: primarily white men from all socioeconomic backgrounds. and a large online presence. >> over the course of this campaign they felt compelled and obligated to come out into brood daylight and speak their minds. >> like ...

Carson being offered housing and urban development. whats your thoughts? >> i think theyre both great, you know, ben if he ends up taking that, hed be fantastic. i think, you know, if you give a lot of what his upbringing was and everything, he can get in there i think and try to make a difference. nikki haley, i think thats a fantastic pick. you look at the united nations, its this broad coalition or broad group of people from different backgrounds and nikki haley has been able to come together...

Already that hes going to have to walk back. obamacare is one -- >> lets go to the particular. steve bannon his wartime consigliere, hes going to sit there. he is breitbart. >> yes. >> doesnt the president-elect call him in and say, are you with me, steve, or are you with breitbart? id ask him. >> so heres the question, how much of this is attitude and how much of this is policy, right? if you have to go out and build a border wall with mexico, but you have to pay for it, that becomes problemati...

Using the leader using nazi type language. >> hail trump. hail our people. hail our victory. >> the nazi salute there. here is the trump teams response. he was elected because he will be a leader for every american. to think otherwise is the misrepresentation from the movement of all backgrounds. and the leaders from the five tv networks sat down with trump. both sides agreeing not to discuss details. a source says real progress was made on the thorny issue of media access to trump. the presid...

Which was frightening to sea. the trump transition put out a statement just a little while ago this evening. ill read it to you, john. it says, president-elect trump has continued to denounce racism of any kind, and he was elected because he will be a leader for every american. to think otherwise is a complete representation of the movement that united americans from all backgrounds. but john, as you can tell, in that statement, it does not really denounce the alt-right or the white supremacists...

Hail victory. >> the trump transition team just responding to that alt-right conference saying, "president-elect trump has continued to denounce racism of any kind and he was elected because hell be a leader for every american. to think otherwise is a complete misrepresentation of the movement that united americans from all backgrounds." steve bannon is fighting back against accusations that he supports white nationalists and anti-semites. brian todd is "outfront." >> reporter: he says darkness ...

>> that video comes from the "atlantic." in that same speech apparently he also questioned whether jews are actually people. the trump team has responded, in i statement, this is from a spokesperson, "president elect trump has continued to denounce racism in any kind, he was elected because he will be a leader for every american. to think otherwise is a complete misrepresentation of the movement that united americans from all backgrounds." back now with our panel. kayleigh mcenany, this was not ...

It is our creation. it is our inheritance, and it belongs to us. >> trumps transition team responded through a statement saying, president-elect trump has continued to denounce racism of any kind, and he was elected because he will be a leader for every american. to think otherwise is a complete misrepresentation of the movement that united americans from all backgrounds. i want to bring in now warren siegal, director of the anti-defamation league center on extremism and steve cordes, trumps for...

From all backgrounds. we have theron johnson, former director of obama 2012. he supported hillary clinton. john, i want to start with you. why did it take two days for the trump camp to release that statement? >> ive never heard of this guy, robert spencer, until this week. fortunately, we live in a country where there are so few members of the klan that they left they cant even keep linens and things in business. these guys are a freak show that could barely get 200 people to show up. theyre a ...

Stink bomb into the fray. management had to call the police and they shut down the restaurant down for the night for everybodys safety, they said. while they were trying to clean up, somebody sent the restaurant a picture. and you recognize there in the picture, the nazi salute. the restaurant staff also recognized in that picture their own light fixtures in the background and thats when they realized, oh, who really had been there. what that actually was on friday night, unbeknownst to the rest...