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Already. and the united states will not shrink from this challenge. >> okay, we got to talk about this. joining me now is physicist and author of "the future of humanity." michio, i didnt realize space was already some sort of battle domain. where have i been? >> first of all, space is where the economy is, gps, weather satellites. all of it is done in outer space. lets not fool ourselves. the russians, the chinese and the united states have been working on killer satellite technology. >> what d...

The point. when you spend more time condemning blackball players taking a knee than you spend condemning nazis gathering outside your house tomorrow, you are either a white spremist or someone incredible comfortable with the presence of white nationalist on your doorstep. tells us a lot about you. >> since you are in washington, let me have you jump off what tim was just saying, the so-called unite the right rally going to be happening tomorrow in washington within a stones throw of the white ho...

Have said. the current administration has given them the go ahead. given them a thumbs up. given them a wink and nod. thats their words. not mine. >> tim, i mean, isnt that the issue here? i mean, i spent the opening five minutes of this show flat out calling the president a racist, but there are people who were using his using of the presidency to be open about their bigotry. >> this is the thing. if donald trump were a remotedly decedent human being and felt as though he were being misundersto...

Who was also a veteran wrote an open letter to him. he and colin kaepernick met and it was because of that meeting with that veteran that colin kaepernick learn thad ted that the members of the armed forces honor their fallen brothers and sisters is to take a knee. that is why colin kaepernick is taking a knee. something the president either doesnt know or doesnt care to understand. joining me anyway is tim wise, author of white like me. care . new documentary stone ghost, a journey through the ...

So i dont always blame people for not understanding. but they dont really realize that racism is built into the fabric of our society. there is environmental racism, educational racism, the foods that we eat, the health care that we receive. so i also want to encourage other black people to speak up about their experiences of microaggressions that we experience every single day and really speak out and be the change that day. and were going to keep talking about it. >> thank you, guys, for what ...

Really happening. >> tim, for a lot of black people, the idea of the police is, you know, quite frankly intimidating, frightening, the idea of calling the cops on someone is almost threatening. >> right. >> but for white americans who are comfortable with the police, it seems like a problem. it seems like a solution to this person shouldnt be here. >> i like how you look at me like im comfortable with police. you know me better than that. >> i do. >> well, heres the thing, white america has been...

Which is presumably there to protect and serve. >> but in a world where folks are encouraged to say something if they see something, the question is when should people call the cops? >> with us now is the district attorney for philadelphia, also a professor in police inequity at jon jay college, and tim wise, an ainnti-racist educator and the author of the forthcoming book. "white lies matter, race, crime, and the politics of fear in america." were hearing stories about everyday racism from the ...

Is it cerulean? no, its blue. i can deal with the fact, the conclusion i have drawn from the evidence. so we need to stop. so once you just accept that and deal with that part, this other things start to make sense. his actions start to make sense on issues like this. >> okay, so tim, charles said the evidence is there. i said in the open, here are the receipts. why are we arguing about. why do people argue about it? why cant people now -- some, not everybody obviously in this society just disti...

President had a perfect opportunity to condemn the racism in roseannes tweet and claim the high ground here. obviously he didnt do that. so why is the president making it all about himself again, demanding an apology from abc? whats really behind his strategy of always playing the victim in chief? here to discuss cnn political commentator charles blow and alice stewart. also, tim wise, who is the author of "white like me." good evening. charles, so when roseanne compared valerie -- did that awfu...

The man, he is in a deficit, and an incredible deficit. whether or not you think that his policies help your causes moral standing, thats a very different question. you can read that question any kind of way. im not exactly sure what that question tells us. >> tim, i want to ask about this. this is when i interviewed him before when he was running, and he told me that he was the least racist person that youll ever meet. watch this. >> are you racist? >> i am the least racist person that you have...