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White supremacists, anti-semitic hate groups. and it is alarming. it should be alarming to all americans to see these groups beginning to become more brazen and emboldened and gaining strength and it is incumbent upon all of us, our community leaders, our elected officials all the way right up to the top to condemn this type of hate and this type of bigotry, and this kind of anti-semitic -- white supremacist, it has no place in virginia or in america and it is incumbent upon all of us to call it...

Place here today in number regardless of what side it may have occurred on. you had that take place. but heres what we do know. we had hate groups, kkk, alt-right, neo-nazi groups that were there bitterly and openly and angrily attacked people. >> self-proclaimed neo-nazis. its not like theres a mystery who they were. what we dont know if this individual james alex fields was one of them. ted cruz calling for a doj investigation. interesting what his motivations are there. well talk about that p...

But we wont get there without you. visit alz.org to join the fight. president trump is under serious scrutiny from all sides of the political exec trum for what he said about the charlottesville violence and what he didnt say. this morning the president came under fire for not calling them domestic terrorism and not specifically criticizing the white nationalists, the far right hate groups that took part in that violent rally. >> i encouraged the president to do that. this president has done s...

This violence rests with those who came to charlottesville, the neo-nazis, the anti-sellites, the kkk and all these other forms of hate groups descended upon charlottesville. and they bare primary responsibility for what happened. >> would it help if the president went to charlottesville and visited with the victims and talked to officials there? >> well, thats a very good question. i think thats exactly the line of thinking that ought to be exported by the white house, for example, for starters...

Charlottesville made it clear which side they were on making the nazi salute wearing army-style fatigues with pro-fascist patches and kkk hoods, and some of them carrying white nationalist flags. i want to bring in someone who understands this movement. christian picioli spent time with hate groups and turned it into a book called "memoirs of an american skinhead." thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> you have been inside one of these groups. what draws people into this ideology or movemen...

Possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides. on many sides. >> what were your thoughts after you heard this from the president and amp specifically seeing the violence firsthand? >> i think the presidents at a failure of leadership. i prefer the statement former vice president joe biden made. there was one side here. a side of right. a side of justice. a side of love. on the other side, hatred-filled group intent on violence, and there cant be any seat for...

Light of events yesterday in charlottesville, a renewed effort to match resources against this threat. i know -- ive read and understand that as early as april of this past year the department of justice set up a sub committee to look at this increase in hate crimes and hate groups. so i think the government can oftentimes move very slowly, but i think you will see a response by the federal government. >> theres that word look again, and not do, rid? >> right. >> joyce vance, in alabama, your of...

Equating violence on any side basically saying it is the same as bigoted and racist speech. because what i want to see happen, even if there was no violence yesterday, the president and his team should caught bigotry, hatred, these nazis. but by name. call out the kkk affiliated groups and not to this also morally equivalent which even some extreme and ambulance have on the left. there is no semblance and is to be made clear. >> tom, is this politics? clearly these hate groups are very small par...

>> welcome to "politics nation." the nations racial past and future continue to collide in the trump era. as a cross-section of racist hate groups descended on the city of charlottesville, virginia, this week to protest the removal of a statue of confederate general robert e. lee. according to organizers and civil rights organizations, saturdays, quote, unite the right rally was among the largest of its kind in american history, drawing a full spectrum of white supremacist ideologues. the rally ...

Here is the map of all the active hate groups around the country. amy walter, look, it is not new to have this fringe and this -- the republican party for a long time has fought very hard to keep these people out. democratic party pushed them out. republican party pushed them out. until this 2015, there has been this sense that there was a permission slip. >> i think to take it away from partisanship, theres a country divided there so many different ways. the fact that we cant just have this con...