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Alabama possibly going blue in the upcoming senate special election. can you even imagine that? democrats are hoping that's going to happen. they are looking to fill the seat that was left by attorney general jeff sessions with the democrat, obviously, and they're optimistic because of the controversial record of the republican candidate, roy moore. they're pinning their hopes at this point on doug jones. he is a former prosecutor who convicted two former klansmen of the bombing of the birmingham church that killed four black girls in 1963 and there is a recent poll that shows these two candid...

Extremism, xenophobia, white supremacy. with us tonight, julian ted, u.s. managing editor at the "financial times." author and presidential historian michael beslosh with us, and "chicago tribune" contributor lawrence page. what was your gut reaction when you heard the verbiage, when you heard he was going there again? >> well, i had an image in my head of president trump trying to dance through nuance with two left feet. he's a man who as we know, he talks in one-syllable words, talks in terms of black and white as if he's colorblind to gray. and as a result, he could not say that there were ...

No one goes after this group because of the name. you hear southern poverty law center and say oh, they must be a really good outfit and you don't want to be on their bad side. >> jesse: that's true. the media does this. they cover for them. they should put a little d next to their name. they are really an activist group. you can fight poverty with parking money offshore. the clinton foundation can take millions from the saudis. the fight for women's rights. al sharpton. but then they go after the tea party. i think this started with noble intentions. to go after the kkk. then they morphed int...

You hear southern poverty laww center and say oh, they must be a really good outfit and you don't want to be on their bad side. >> jesse: that's true. the media does this. they cover for them. they should put a little d next to their name. they are really an activist group. you can fight poverty with parking money offshore. the clinton foundation can take millions from the saudis. the fight for women's rights. al sharpton. but the irsth will go after the tea party. i think this started with noble intentions. to go after the kkk. then they morphed into some smear machine. they pay all these sal...

Seen them, i still have a hard time believing that that show of klan force in washington, d.c., i still have a hard time believing it's real. but that was real. that was 1926. 50,000 klansmen march in washington, d.c. in may of 1927, a thousand klans men and some assorted fascists marched in queens in new york city and they ultimately rioted and fought with police. nobody was killed. there was a lot of news coverage of it at the time, which survives, both from the "the new york times," from the brooklyn daily eagle, a few other papers. the police commissioner at the time made a point of tellin...