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Welcome back. in 2017, are we seeing some of the hate groups become mainstream, part of the conversation we were having? there are 917 active hate groups in the united states. between 2015 and 2016, we saw a 197% increase in anti muslim hate groups. that was a tripling of its number and a 23% increase in the neo-confederate groups. here is the map of all the active hate groups around the country. amy walter, look, it is not new to have this fringe and this -- the republican party for a long time...

Date for 2017. so 2016 what we saw, hate crimes increased in the larger cities, much more so than overall, but in the 25 jurisdictions that we looked at, a 6% increase and the largest cities many of them over 20% in to 2017, were seeing thin crease, as well. one other quick thing about hate groups, weve seen these member rallies where were having scores and scores of people showing up, instead of a couple dozen, were seeing much more of those in the last couple of years than we have in many year...

Tonight. that obviously is about dealing with the escalating tensions with north korea. the president has said repeatedly he would like to see china more -- do more with respect to ratcheting down the tensions with north korea. he also appeared to announce, wolf, there is going to be a press conference here in washington presumably at the white house on monday. so, so much for the president being in new york or in the new york area for these two weeks that he was supposed to be on this working v...

And i hope in the conversation hes having with his aides, general mattis and -- >> rex tillerson, nikki haley and general hr mcmaster, his national security advisor. >> i hope in that conversation, they explain to him in terms he will understand that hes being unpresidential and hes not helping the scenario and in fact, endangering. >> every day, hes elevating. hes not backing away at all from those initial fire and fury comments. he keeps doubling and tripling down. >> i hope the adult in the r...

This rhetoric and allow our actions to speak for the united states, not our words. >> the president said today that the u.s. military is locked and loaded, ready to go if the north koreans virtually do anything that the u.s. considers unacceptable. that kind of language, locked and loaded, fire and fury, the president is clearly doubling and tripling down. hes not backing away at all. >> no, and i think the concern i have is that that language is backing him into a corner. and the more he talks ...

Anti-leaks press event, announcing a tripling of leak investigating and promising to prosecute leakers and leaving the door open to possible prosecutions of journalists, although the organization is saying its focused on the leakers. sessions walked out of the event without answering a single question. >> reporter: mr. attorney general do you plan to prosecute journalists? >> hmm. there are many different kinds of leaks, some are just about palace intrigue and infighting, but others are national...

Has made an increase for resources. we reprioritize cases. we are providing supervision at a high level. we created a new unit in the fbi to focus on the leaks. were going to devote whatever resources necessary to get them under control. >> he says you cannot give us the exact number but can you give us a scale? >> that would give the number. but there have been a tripling in the number of referrals. >> a ticket if they were 1-3 there would not be a serious problem. >> 1-3 would not be as many a...

Because of the larger issue of having a free press. and not being subject to prosecution. i think this is a losing proposition. i think in the end, the supreme court will likely rule as it did 30-40 years ago. and uphold the prerogatives of the press. i do think the reason for the tripling of leaks, or at least a great increase in the leaks is simply because there are people in the national security agencies who are opposed to trump as a person and to the policies. this is not a mystery. this ha...

Because of the larger issue of having a free press. and not being subject to prosecution. i think this is a losing proposition. i think in the end, the supreme court will likely rule as it did 30-40 years ago. and uphold the prerogatives of the press. i do think the reason for the tripling of leaks, or at least a great increase in the leaks is simply because there are people in the national security agencies who are opposed to trump as a person and to the policies. this is not a mystery. this ha...

Temperature down on this and just let it play out. you heard that kind of sentiment from ty cobb this week in part because i think people recognize that. this can spin out of control quickly. >> you know, theres a legitimate debate on how far special counsels, independent counsels should go and what investigative byways and pathways they should be allowed to follow. looks like a fishing exercise on one side looks like a legitimate path to another. talk about ken starr. he was supposed to investi...