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Media in this country does not look like america, it does not reflect the breadth and depth of what america is, the news media does not reflect this beautiful mosaic that is america, so i say this in that spirit. every race of people ought to be judged, lawrence, by the best theyve been able to produce, and put very simply, gwen ifill is the best. and she is going to be sorely missed at pbs. >> thank you for that, tavis. david duke has found an administration that he is crazy about. >> i dont be...

House payroll as chief strategist and senior counselor. bannon has never worked in government. his only experience with government is attacking it and most sharply attacking republican leaders in washington like paul ryan. the website steve bannon ran before joining the trump campaign runs headlines like this about paul ryan. paul ryan says oust must admit muslim migrants sends kids to private school. so the president with zero experience will have a chief strategist whose only previous governin...

Some of these things at the end of the day, its our job in the media to resist the normalization of some of these things that are outliers. having steve bannon in the role that valerie jarrett plays, means that we have to think really, really critically about what bannons record is, and the best piece of information we have is breitbart. you look at some of those headlines, but you look around the country, and folks are crying and in fear, and people are concerned about their lives and livelihoo...

Could easily be feeling, this is all very good for mike pence. so far mike pence is the only guy in the room, in the white house, with any experience, who in any conversation can use his experience on the hill, working in the congress. hes the only one who can play that card. >> yeah, i think thats true, and he will be a very powerful vice president. its not clear that donald trump will listen to a word that he or anybody else says. he has no record of it. back to bannon, newt gingrich says how ...

Ideological, that can be oh, good, he can break through, but if steve bannon is the guy in your ear down the hall, thats a bit worrisome because he has a background of white nationalism and all the rest. >> what signal do you get from the bannon appointment? >> that if president-elect donald trump wants to be the president for everyone, bannons not the correct choice. he is as kurt just mentioned, he is an anti-semite, anti-lgbt, anti-women and immigrant. the all wrapped up in a nice, big bow. s...

So you get more "life" per roll. bounty, the quicker picker upper bannon is being chosen to be the top strategist. i think thats a good sign, because i think mr. bannon has really been right on about a lot of issues facing european americans. hes really talked about and supported in some ways the alt-right. >> that is david dukes endorsement of steve bannon. he couldnt be happier. joining us now tavis smiley. the host of tavis smiley on pbs. first of all, my condolences to you for the death of...

>> joining us now, jonathan alter, and columnist for daily beast. and james peterson, jonathan, we only have two confirmed choices for the white house. and its hard to think of how he could have come up with worse choices. >> people in washington are comforted bit fact that priebus is chief of staff and bannon is chief strategist, like thats a good thing. i urge them to look back to the bush administration when andy carl was chief of staff. who was more powerful in that white house? bannon is go...

Possibly the two most important jobs in that white house, and both of them have zero experience in government. and thats the nicest thing you can say about one of them. >> the president-elect tapping as his top strategist, steven bannon. >> in is a historic decision in a bad way. >> bannon has a clear tie to white nationalists. clear tie. >> jewish and muslim groups and a slough of democrats infuriated. >> he wanted breitbart to be a platform for the alt-right. >> the guy that i know isnt any of...

Who, by his own words, said that he wanted to make breitbart, a quote, alt-right platform. in other words, a place for hate to get voice online. and hes now expanding to europe. hes trying to link up with lapen and. >> theres a market for this. >> neofascists and try to take this movement, this basically white nationalist movement global. >> lets listen to the next white house chief of staffs defense of bannon today. >> the guy i know is a guy that isnt any of those things. i mean, the guy knows...