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>> lets start with the presidents understanding of white nationalism and what the facts tell us about white nationalism, and violence related to white nationalism. what do we know? >> so, fbi statistics show that these types of hate groups have -- these attacks have increased 30% in the three years to 2017. they havent released those 2018 statistics yet. and so, and just by reporting, you know, the anti-defamation league, you read those reports, theyre horrifying. the southern poverty law center...

Letting my wall down, i met some of the greatest palestinian in my life who are mentors with me, theyre not all white. a lot of my mentors teach me to be a good father, trying to the to be a good dad. it happened tab black men, a rabbi. i called them to give me guidance in life. it makes me have more empathy because i started to know them as human beings. >> how do we get through to these hate groups, though? frank. >> you know, we cant do anything on a sound byte. its going to take some work an...

This building, the tallest in the western hemisphere, a symbol of hope. remember, it stands at the sight where the twin towers fell on 9/11. updating the breaking news out of new zealand, the suspects gunman who massacred dozens of people at two mosques appeared in court before a judge in christchurch on saturday. police captured him 36 minutes after the shooting started. overall, 49 people were killed in these attacks. 39 others are still in the hospital at this point. 11 are in intensive car...

President trump made about the rise of white nationalism. while the president condemned the attacks, his remarks dism s dismissing the small group of people contradicts this report from the southern poverty law center which shows that all hate groups in the u.s. between 2017 and 2018 increased by 7%. with white nationalist groups shooting up to 50%. joining me now is emily sussman, the former vice president of campaigns for the center for american progress and kareem john pierre, the chief publi...

Thing. terrible thing. >> nbc news white house correspondent jeff bennett joins us now. it took the president 11 hours to comment on the attack, then he tweeted best wishes to the people of new zealand and then he condemned the attack but yet made another controversial comment when it comes to white nationalists. >> reporter: the presidents dismissal of the threat posed by white nationalism actually contradicts the warnings of his own administration. in may of 2017, both the fbi and the homeland...

Weve seen has said these hate groups are growing and getting bigger in the u.s. and globally. >> thats right. there was a government study, a law enforcement study that showed in 2017, 2018, there were more arrests of alleged domestic terrorists than there were of terrorists who were inspired by islamic extremism. this president doesnt seem to care. look, i think when you go to a place of worship, we also had that horrible shooting in the pittsburgh synagogue, or a school, you expect safety. and...

>> just a staggering tragedy. thank you. here in the u.s., the new zealand attack renewing debate over president trumps comments. after the massacre the president tweeted about it and spoke with the new zealand prime minister offering u.s. assistance. at a press conference announcing his first presidential veto, he downplayed the threat of white nationalism. >> do you see today white na nationalism as a rising threat around the world? >> i dont really. i think its a small group of people who h...

Thing, terrible thing. >> lets bring in democratic congressman ted lieu of california, a member of the judiciary and foreign affairs committee. good to see you here in person across from me. >> thank you. >> your reaction to what the president just said about white nationalism is what? >> disappointing that donald trump once again is trying to downplay the threat of white nationalism and white supremacy. we saw this happen during charlottesville when he said there are fine people on both sides. ...

Here. alex? >> yeah, we were watching that australia tag as you were talking about. extraordinary. its hard to make sense of such senseless violence in so many ways. sara james, thank you so much. here in the u.s., the new zealand attack is renewing comments over president trumps comments. he downplayed the threat of white nationalism. >> you see today the rising threat around the world of white nationalism. >> i dont really. its a small group of people with very, very serious problems. i gues...

Where is this all going? where did he get it all from? where did he get all these idea? he himself says the sbin. thats where only the truth is on the internet. i want to hear actually from the sblc who looks at the stuff and researches the stuff, not just from white supremacy but all hate groups. heres how people are being -- their minds are being changed. >> lets watch. >> white supremacists are really everywhere that the average person is online and that has to do with the fact that theyre ve...