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I think arno is right about the kind of generation, production of fear, the patriot movement and they're not the only ones. many of the tea parties, nra and others just can't stop talking about how they believe that obama is about to seize the weapons of all americans. that obama's about to unconstitutionally somehow seize a third term. there's really an immense amount of fearmongering and that kind of propaganda, that kind of talk has real consequences in the real world and i feel that that's what we have just seen in las vegas, not to mention atlanta. >> arno, how does one combat this? what ...

Started and by golly, they were doing to do their part. >> thank you, mark potok and so great to have your expertise on the program. >> thank you. and hillary clinton is about to e release her new book, but she has already had to make some back steps about being broke. we will hear more about that in a moment. and plus, it feels that the map is changing everyday and we will look at the fast-moving fight of same-sex marriage rights in a moment. ♪

Are capable of needing compassion and giving compassion to each other. this is true throughout human history and the reason we're still here. no matter how horrible things have gotten throughout slavery and genocide, there has been an equal if not greater response of compassion so that response is really where the salvation lies. >> mark, though, in terms of kind of just logistics, though, without, you know, an online presence to track, how does one go about -- how does the government go about stopping this sort of thing? i mean, because there are a lot of groups out there watching this -- the...

Of the government out to get us, of black people, jewish people, gay people, it's always this us versus them narrative and it's always rooted in a very deep fear. >> mark, i mean, the bundy family said, look, these people were asked to leave the ranch. they're essentially distancing themselves from these people. >> well, look, i mean, i'm certainly not trying to say the bundys have responsibility in this. i don't think that. the bundys did help create a situation in which hundreds of armed militia men felt just fine about training scoped semiautomatic weapons at the heads of law enforcement of...

Others as the beginning of a war. it was after all, from the point of view of militias and other extremists in the united states, a victory. they faced down plm and s.w.a.t. teams in las vegas. they're 60 miles away. the blm backed off. cliven bundy's horses were released. and very much a victory. i don't know the details it's unfolding quickly. but it looks this couple may have taken that as a signal as indeed, reportedly as they said, a revolution has begun. >> that is frightening to hear you use the word "war." everything that we covered and everybody covered with cliven bundy would serve a...