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Reported. his first crime that we could find, his earliest crime, he was with acquaintances watching a denver broncos football game according to witnesses there. he pulled a fire arm and robbed them of their wallets and of some cash and then took off. there is someone who is definitely the definition of a hardened criminal. i do want to mention though that the neighborhood he grew up in, you probably saw those pictures from our report. very well to do neighborhood. neighbors say this is not a pl...

There because they are upset about big government. thats an old republican and old american concern getting government too big. its very homegrown and very normal and i think healthy to be skeptical about the power of government. there are people who have taken up arms, worry about the black helicopters, who think the government -- not that its a problem, but the government is the enemy, its foreign, that its almost like the old kremlin wall. they think of it as hostile. when did that start? mar...

I mean in a violent sense. thats why im really worried about people taking this to a new level. >> i do worry about it. i think its a national -- its almost atmospheric. heres the attorney general on the michigan militia people that have been indicted. "thankfully this alleged plot has been thwarted and a severe blow dealt to a dangerous organization that today stands accused of conspireing to levy war against the united states." you know, mark, thats the question. when we go to law breaking, vi...

Folks are looking at legislative losses, not as a natural part of the ebb and flow of the political process, but leveeing a war. this is a problem when you hook in a combination of this intense division. sprinkle some contorted view of faith and religion in there and then look at the enemies not as being some foreign communist but, indeed, our political institutions and leaders, ourselves. by the way, almost a similar number of folks on the left said that president bush, for instance, could be o...

January. well, there you have it. what is going on right now, mark, in this country? because its not all right wing. much of it is. >> i mean, i think we are seeing out there a real explosion of rage, of fear, of frustration, and i think a great deal of it is being stoked not only by groups and ideas of the radical right, but by many people on the mainstream who are kind of feeding the flames. >> who? >> you know, its good to see -- people like john boehner coming out and criticizing some of the...

>> theres some folks who just, you know, werent sure whether i was born in the united states, whether i was a socialist, right? so theres that segment of it which i think is just dug in ideologically. then i think theres a broader circle around that core group of people who are legitimately concerned about the deficit, who are legitimately concerned that the federal government may be taking on too much. and so i wouldnt paint in broad brush and say that everybody whos involved or have gone to a ...

Lets start with the fire on the right. brian levin, director for study of hate and extremism at california state university at san bernardino. mark podock with the southern poverty law center. mark, i want you to start. there have been things happen. heres whats happened in the past couple of days. nine members of the michigan-based militia were charged with plotting to kill a police officer and then to kill dozens more by setting off improvised explosive devices at the funeral. all in the hopes...

Together after a legislative tussle. what im worried about is if folks are looking at legislative losses, not as a natural part of the eben flow of the political process but a war. this is a problem when you hook in a combination of this intense division. sprinkle some contorted view of faith and religion in there and then look at the enemies not as being some foreign communist but, indeed, our political institutions and leaders, ourselves. by the way, almost a similar number of folks on the lef...

Brian levin, director for study of hate and extremism at california state university at san bernardino. mark podock with the southern poverty law center. mark, i want you to start. there have been things happen. heres whats happened in the past couple of days. nine members of the michigan-based militia were charged with plotting to kill a police officer and then to kill dozens more by setting off improvised explosive devices at the funeral. a philadelphia man was charged with threatening the lif...

American concern getting government too big. its very homegrown and very normal and i think healthy to be skeptical about the power of government. there are people who have taken up arms, worry about the black helicopters, who think that government is not the problem, but government is the enemy, its foreign, that its almost like the old kremlin wall. they think of it as hostile. when did that start? mark? >> well, i think one could make the argument that that really ree description of the feder...