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Singularly on donald trump was going to deter people understanding there was a collective thought process about the impact on our democracy. but he said this was about democracy over all. >> i want to play more now from the hearing. this is what trumps campaign manager bill stepien said he told trump about his prospects after the election. >> very, very, very bleak. we told him, the group that went over there, outlined, you know, my belief in chances for success at this point and then we pegged ...

Wasnt in with the if i recall questioned youll rives in that normal. >> el with, you were right, from $2,700 to 400. well see how is it plays out. lets hope for the where is thoughts and prayers not enough. its time to act. >> i completely agree. thank you, senator. >> thank you. >> dozens of men suspected of having ties with a white nationalist group arrested in idaho after planning a riot at a pride event. now theyre getting doth threats. oh i get it. so you can take your old phone, that youve...

Would lead any reasonable officer to assume there might be criminal activity afoot, based not only on the 911 call but information contained. >> reporter: police say they were stuffed into a moving van with shields, weapons, and at least one smoke him as they headed towards downtown coeur dalene took >> i had no doubt that had that a van stopped at the park, we would have ended up in the right situation. >> reporter: police unmasked the men. one of the men, police say is their leader, thomas rus...

Caught with shields, weapons, and at least one smoke bomb as they headed toward downtown coeur dalene. >> i have no doubt in my mind that had that van stopped at the park or much nearer the park, that we still would have ended up in a riot situation. >> reporter: one by one, police unmasked the men. one of the men, police say, is their leader thomas rousseau. he along with his group patriot front came from out of town and brought with them a nasty racist past, one cnn has reported on over the ye...

Pray, we have a problem. and congress has the responsibility of doing something about it. >> we will be watching this bill closely. david cicilline overland, thank you. >> thank you. >> still to come, tens of millions of americans tuned into that historic start of the january six committees public hearings, which began to clearly lay out the former presidents role in which many believe to be an attempted q, an effort to overthrow american democracy. will this earrings change any minds? plus, int...

Will yesterday attending can cause chaos downtown to the pride events taking place in a park. they told reporters, quote, that they came to riot. -- they are affiliated with a white nationalist group patriot front, who were detained after just being discovered riding in the back of a u-haul truck carrying -- weapons and smoke grenades. they were reported seeing a group of masked individuals all wearing the same attire, looking into the vehicle. they told police that the group, quote, look like a...

The members were arrested after a citizen reported seeing dozens of masked individuals who "looked like a little army" loading riot gear into a U-Haul.

Instance you have law enforcement afterwards, when youre in the hall in this u-haul, law enforcement was gathered around and watching them get into that u-haul. which of, course you cannot have a bunch of people writing run in the back of a u-haul. that is something we could get people put into custody, could get their identity -- will happen yesterday as you had long forsman and masking these folks scooby-doo style, is that you are going to shatter this anonymity in this power of this group. th...

People. according to an organizer the panhandle patron event. joining me to dig into this now is ryan riley, justice reporter for nbc news. good to see you. the southern poverty law center describes the patriot front as a white nationalist hate group. they are not new. they came to notoriety during the george floyd protest for allegedly vandalizing black lives matter statues. explain to viewers who they are and why patriot front appears to be attempting to target pride yesterday. >> yes. patriot...

Their name is going to be associated with this hateful group forever. >> ryan, lets go big picture. the fbi has reported a rise of hate crimes in the country. how is the patient front different from far other far-right extremist groups that we have been hearing more about? likely oath keepers and the proud boys who were involved in january six. what is the difference? >> this is a pretty explicitly white supremacist organization, and it is pretty fair to call them neo-nazis. some of these other ...