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In earnest reaction as a reaction to president obama whose tenure saw a mass i increase in the number of hate groups and anti-government militias. yet, the trump department of homeland security has de-emphasized the threat these groups pose to focus exclusively on islamic terror. so my question this morning is whether the trump administration is endangering the nation by underplaying home grown threats in favor of more politically convenient targets abroad. joining me now from montgomery, alabam...

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So joe, you were one of the organizers here. >> yes. >> reporter: why did you organize this rally. >> were the modern patriots, this is 1776 again, waving the american flag. on the other side they dont have the american flag. >> reporter: whats your message here? >> hes from new york, we love him, were from new york, we dont hate him. were trying to tell him that america is for trump as well. theyre trying to show us we dont like this man but they dont realize there are people that love this man...

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Touch with disavowing neo-nazis and alt-right hate groups. why doesnt he call them neo-nazis. if a group said were happy about duffy. youd call them out by name. say im not about that. hes not that heavy handed here. why? >> well, i dont know, im not in the room with mr. trump. but you also have to recognize, chris, that he is trying to put together a government, and he doesnt have much time to do it. >> hes got time to talk about "saturday night live" and "hamilton" and everything else that piq...

View on waterboarding and climate change. >> big question for you and for trump voters in general will be, do you care that hes changing about this. something else we heard from the president-elect is that he denounced hate groups and addressed potential conflicts of interest. this as were just learning about a new top pick for the trump administration. we could get more cabinet picks today. weve got all these different angles covered. lets begin with sarah murray. sarah? >> good morning, chris....

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>> and one of the things were seeing here that i think is worrisome is the migration of things that were fringe towards the center. so "the new york times" yesterday i think in writing up trumps proposal had a great clause that said an idea normally associated with hate groups which is a diplomatic way of saying that this is sort of fundamentally odious. and weve seen that. are you watching that happen here in american politics? >> trump has a genius for pushing the envelope. its working for him...