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Have warned on the rise of white nationalism. in fact, we need to remind ourselves, andrea, with respect to killings associated domestically in the united states, associated to terrorism, 70% of those have been committed by white supremacists, so-called white nationalists. and so i think communities need to have a very strong dialogue on what we are doing wrong in our own country that is radicalizing people that are born and raised here. >> peter vincent, mia wily, thank you both so much for your insights. and you're watching "andrea mitchell reports," only on msnbc. we'll be right back. whooo...

White supremacy and actually only stoke and fan the flames of the neo-nazi movement. and unfortunately, it's been one that's been growing in this country. it got an exponential boost when donald trump ran for president. and retweeted messages that were actually tweeted out by white supremacists, including lies like 80% of white murders are committed by people who are black. and that mexicans are rapists. so i don't think we should be surprised by this. i think we should be deeply disturbed. >> and peter, you're an expert at what the government does to try to track these white supremacists grou...

Insightful comment i've heard. that's exactly true. no politician would ever say that. but it's true. >> reporter: and do you believe that donald trump saying things like that will ultimately bring america closer to your goal of a white whitethno state? >> i think america needs to take a different direction. >> joining me now is mia wylie, senior vice president for social justice in new york, and peter vincent, former senior counterterrorism official at the department of justice and homeland security. welcome both. >> thank you. jacob, watching that trump statement, president's statement at ...

Stop focusing countering violent extremism efforts and funding on all sorts of extremism, and to focus it solely and exclusively on radical islamic terrorism, as the president points out. >> and what signal does that send? does that send a signal of empowerment to the david dukes of the world? >> absolutely. and i think we've seen that the white supremacists and neo-nazi movements have seen themselves as supported by the president, particularly after his comments of yesterday. and we have to remember that the domestic terrorism threats that we face in this nation since 2002 has been disproport...

Those particular countries above and beyond the visa waiver program issue and really looked at them as sources of terrorism and threats. >> all right. peter vincent, we really appreciate you joining us. thanks very much. democratic party is about to vote for a new leader. in our next hour, a look at why this race is so close. plus, the sounds of cpac. what to make and what you heard from the president's chief strategist spoke this week. >> we have a team that is grinding it through on what president trump promised the american people. and all of those promises will be implemented. every tv...