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It affected us together. we will not fulfill our destiny unless we do it together. so this is -- here is a man who saw the ugliness of it but who was deeply concerned that if were going to get out of it we got to get out of together. >> together. >> and he joined with morris des, white man. worked together to make sure you know the truth about this situation. legislature, in terms of the hate groups, in terms of what the klan was doing. and at the same time he worked across lines. like he was tr...

Them. maybe we can direct and channel that frustration in a more positive way. >> will that be part of your message? how will you all address this on sunday with your congregation? >> im sure that the members of and in great spirit as they do erv week and our message is we will not give into fear and we will not give into hate. fear paralyzes, hate consumes and given all the work we have to do we can neither afford to be paralyzed or consumed. we have to keep our eyes on the prize, building a be...

He was well known as a rabble-rouser on local talk radio and tv as well as city council meetings. often racist and homophobic spouting antigovernment extremism extremism, so extreme that houstoner was tracked by the southern poverty law center, an organization that tracks hate groups. they released postings they claim were written by houser in recent years. "hitler is loved" and "the uu.s. is history." housers ex-wife filed a protective order against him in 2008. he was committed to a mental fac...

Nothing he had done since then can be justified. >> a host of issues that we starting to see come to light. thank you very much. >> thank you very much. >> of course. as we were talking about, mr. peters is laying the background of john houser. we are told john houser fits the profile of what my next guest calls the most violent and dangerous individuals in the country. richard cohen is the president of the souther poverty law center an organization that tracks hate groups. richard, what -- i wa...

Knowing some 2,000 people showed up to counter these protests, what does that say to you? >> well it says that we still have a long way to go in this country with race relations. as much as we tried to make people think these problems no longer exist in this so-called country of great democracy and freedom, things of that nature we still have too many hate groups in america. we still have too many hateful people evil and mean people in south carolina and unfortunately you would think that race r...

>> reporter: law enforcement responded to each quickly and escorted the ku klux klan an hour early. lawmakers as you remember voted to remove that flag long associated with racial hate groups after a racially motivated mass murder at an african-american church in charleston south carolina just last month. tempers flared during anti immigration rallies in australia. police arrested five people in sydney today, a day after violent clashes broke out in melbourne. officers were set to arrest pro...

Called the klan rally a hateful spectacle and called for residents to i a void the rally. do you know what kind of turnout is expected? >> we dont. we estimate that both the mayor and the governor said both groups stay away ignore they are both hate groups. >> are they going to be on the same side of the street? >> reporter: no. the black educators for justice will be here on the north lawn the kkk on the south lawn heavy police presence hopefully separating the two. we dont expect trouble but a...

During this hour the confederate flag was taken down from the state house in charleston south carolina. the kkk expecting to have a rally there on the state house grounds. it was one month ago that dylann roof killed nine people in a church there. the flag was removed, along with decades-old belief about the flag. what comes next? are they actually empowering hate groups? >> after the emotions come down after everybody looks back theyre going to look back to the fact that nine people accepted so...

Chapter of the ku klux klan should be allowed to adopt a stretch of highway in the state. the case is now being heard by a georgia appeals court. lawyers for the state arguing that putting up a highway sign for the kkk would create quote, significant public concern. the ku klux klan says their right to free speech is being violated and the kkk has the backing and the support of the aclu in court. lets talk about it with maya smith, executive director for the georgia branch of the aclu. thank you...

Through their governor, governor haley has done a wonderful job and the legislature acted to remove a symbol of hate from our state house grounds. a flag that had been appropriated by hate groups for a long time. its gone. and its like saying to the families, you know, we know now that this was injurious and insulting to you and to african-americans, and its gone. its a great day. it really is. >> i have heard people say, and i think rightly so because we tend to think that this is just a day fo...