Nationalism. Its a small group of people. But statistics show White Nationalist hate is growing. Well talk with congresswoman rashida tlaib, in minutes. Plus, middle of the road. Hes running and beto orourke is hoping to catch fire again. Im running to serve you. President ial canndidate senator Amy Klobuchar joins us in moments. Hello. Im jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is disgusted and horrified after yet another White Nationalist terrorist attack. There are now at least 50 people dead and as many injured in new zealand after a horrific terrorist attack on two mosques. Overnight the Prime Minister of new zealand promised to take up gun reform saying, quote, there will be changes to our gun laws. In the United States and around the world, its reigniting questions about White Nationalism after a manifesto reportedly from the suspected gunman spewed antiimmigrant hate and white supremacist ideology. In the hours after the attack, President Trump condemned the killings but he did not notably offer any direct words of support to the Muslim Community here in the United States or abroad, and he did not speak out specifically against White Supremacy or White Nationalism. In fact, when asked if White Nationalism is a growing threat around the world, the president said this. I dont really. I think its a small group of people that have very, very serious problems. When the new zealand Prime Minister was asked if she agreed with the president s comments she said, quote, no. And statistics and data in the United States and around the world are with her, not with the president. Joining me now, the u. S. Ambassador to new zealand, former republican senator from massachusetts, scott brown. Mr. Ambassador, thanks again for joining us. We really appreciate it. I want to start with what we know about the terrorist who committed these attacks. Were learning hes an australian national. Hes traveled extensively. Visited countries such as bulgaria and turkey. The Prime Minister of new zealand said while they monitor various hate groups, this individual was unknown to their security services. Do you know, was he ever on the radar of u. S. Intelligence services . Jake, first of all, thank you for having me on and thank you for covering this. No, i have no knowledge of whether hes on any type of watch list for us, and i take the Prime Minister at her word. Theyve been very thorough dealing with the victims and the families and also making sure the members of the Muslim Community are cared for. But more importantly, they are doing their deep dive to make sure they get the legal case strong and ready to go. From what weve seen, mr. Ambassador, are u. S. And other intelligence and Law Enforcement agencies tracking dangerous white supremacist terrorists as closely as they are tracking other threats such as, for instance, islamist terrorists . Well, i cant comment on whats happening back home because, jake, ive been here for a couple of years. I can just say being here and the reason i think that this person may have gone to christchurch is because of the amazing diversity. As you know, christchurch had an earthquake, which devastated that city some time ago, and they made major efforts to rebuild and amazing inclusiveness. So the islam phobic attitudes of this rottentothecore terrorist really is not something that i have ever seen here in new zealand. I think thats whats so shocking to the people of new zealand that it that muslims in this country specifically would be targeted in this manner. I know that President Trump has spoken with the Prime Minister of new zealand. Have you spoken with President Trump about this attack . I speak to the, obviously, the white house, the situation room and all parties to be on a very regular basis. Certainly theres been contact from the president to the Prime Minister and the secretary and Vice President to the deputy Prime Minister. All the agencies are speaking at a very, very high level. Theres no need for me to specifically speak to the president because im here as his representative and do what i have been doing, which is making sure that whatever the new Zealand Government needs, including the Prime Minister or any of the other agencies, we make sure its available. So the Prime Minister of new Zealand Jacinda ardern said in her phone call with President Trump, he asked her what support the u. S. Could offer. And she told him, quote, sympathy and love for all muslim communities, unquote. Now you specifically have made a point, including in this interview, of saying that you are, quote, standing with our muslim brothers and sisters. President trump, its been observed by many muslims and others, President Trump has yet to offer any kind of message or support specifically to any Muslim Community. Would you like to see him do so . Well, as you know, jake, im the president s representative here. And i have done it. We my wife and i brought 49 lilies representing the 49 deaths at that point down to the Islamic Center in my hometown. Tonight, we participated in an amazing vigil with over 10,000 people reaching out to our muslim brothers and sisters. So i am the representative. Thats how i feel. I have to refer you to whats happening in washington because quite frankly, it seems like its 14,000 kilometer as way, which it is. So were doing everything we can here. Theres been amazing reach out. Amazing vigils and im encouraging people to start in their local community. I want to commend you for what you and cnn are doing by posting on your i believe on your dotcom site, things people can do to help. Thats really important and i encourage folks to take a peek at that. Would it make your job easier, though . The Prime Minister has specifically said to the president that she would like to see him Say Something to address the Muslim Community. There are american muslims very concerned. Muslims worldwide concerned about this horrific antimuslim massacre. Would it make your job easier . Would you personally like to see the president specifically say that he is standing with our muslim brothers and sisters, exactly the way you did . Well, first of all, jake, as you know as a former u. S. Senator and a diplomat now as a member of the state department, theres been no time in my political or diplomatic life that i have ever questioned our government whether its this government or any other prior governments commitment to end racism, to stop bigotry, to really deal with the islam phobic attitudes and not only there, but here and especially here. Everything is focused right here, jake, right now. And whats happening around the world really seems a little bit irrelevant because were dealing with taking care of those muslim brothers and sisters and family members and Community Members and friends that are hurting right now. We have to make sure theyre safe and secure, their loved ones can be buried properly. And then we can, obviously, move forward and deal with a lot of the things were talking about now. The biggest priority is to deal with the make sure that love over hate, reach out to your local communities and do the things important to make this country heal. I want you to take a listen to what President Trump said when asked if White Nationalism is a rising threat around the world. This is President Trump on friday. I dont really. I think its a small group of people that have very, very serious problems. I guess if you look at what happened in new zealand, perhaps thats a case. I dont know enough about it yet. Experts say that White Nationalism is on the rise, obviously, right wing nationalist parties with such tendencies have had doubledigit vote totals all across europe. The Antidefamation League says they carried out 78 of all extremist murders in the u. S. And when the Prime Minister of new zealand was asked if she agreed with President Trump that its not on the rise this threat, she simply said no. Do you agree with the Prime Minister or do you agree with President Trump . Listen, i think they have their own opinions, obviously. I know whats happening here. And there seems to have been a person who had those types of tendencies and he went out and murdered systematically murdered women, innocent muslim women, children, obviously, and men, and thats unacceptable. Specifically with regard to racism, as i said, i do not condone racism, whether its white supremacist or any type of racism. And i am the president s representative. So i refer you to what hes saying. Quite frankly, im not focused on it right now. Im focused on what were doing here. But as the representative and someone who has been in the federal government and now works at the state department, theres never been any doubt that we condemn racism. And all types of racism. Sure. But do you think its on the rise . And extremism, obviously. But do you think its on the rise . I havent seen jake, ive been here for almost two years. I havent seen it here. Thats why its a little bit numbing. I am trying to come up with words. I wish i could come up with words as to how i and others feel here right now. I can only attribute it to how i felt during boston and the boston bombing being then a new englander. That same type of like, oh, my gosh, what just happened . And thats whats happening right here right now. Is there an uptick in violence . There was here a couple of days ago. We have to find a way to put that back in the bottle. We know the terrorist cited President Trump as a symbol of white identity in his document. Obviously, the perpetrator is the only one responsible for this horrific massacre, but what did you make of the fact he cited the president as a symbol of this . I dont give any credibility whatsoever to the ramblings of someone who is rotten to the core and, clearly, is an extremist of the worst kind, who could walk into two mosques and, without any care whatsoever, kill people. I dont give any credibility to it. Im not going to read it. I encourage others not to read it. Im not going to give him the time of day. I hope as quickly as possible they can find a way to get this kid, this guy convicted and lock him up and throw away the key. Thats how i feel. And i think a lot of new zealanders feel the same way. Ambassador brown, thank you for your time and leadership in new zealand in conveying the loss that we all feel, and the love that were all sending to the new Zealand Community and specifically to the Muslim Community in new zealand. Thank you for that. Jake, thank you to you and your viewers. And please help start locally, reach out to your muslim brothers and sisters and push love over hate. Thats the only way thats going to work. Thank you very much for your time as well. In the wake of the horrific tragedy in new zealand, congresswoman rashida tlaib, one of only three muslim lawmakers in congress, posted a personal response, tweeting a picture of her family and saying she hugged her, quote, two brown muslim boys a little tighter and longer. Congresswoman tlaib is joining us from her home state of michigan. Congresswoman, thanks for joining us. Let me say were all thinking about the Muslim Community today and sending our love and support. You released a statement about how difficult this is, particularly as a mother of two young muslim sons. How do you talk to them about what happened on friday . Oh, its so difficult. I dont know, how do you talk to your child about this . I remember my son at 9 years old hearing me talk about how usa today had depicted muslims as nazis. They had done this cartoon and was talking to his father in the bedroom about how awful that was and how people are going to want to kill us when they see this cartoon. I was just so distressed about it. My little boy walks in and he says, mama, dont worry. If anybody asks if im muslim, ill lie and tell them im not. I cried even more realizing my son, you know, who is 13 today, is growing up in a country where hes become a target just for his faith, just for the fact that hes arab american. I can tell you its very distressful. Now im a member of congress, and i have to speak up and be loud and clear. I dont care if its antiblackness, xenophobia, antisemitism, whatever form of hate, we need to really be starting to connect together on these, all forms of hate, against White Nationalism. This is domestic terrorism. Its actually something we should be very, very much at the forefront condemning, being very loud and clear that were going to go after you. Were going to make sure youre held accountable and youll not target a person based on their faith, or sexual orientation, based on the color of their skin, or even their income status. Weve got people targeted from all forms of all over the country right now. Its distress. As a mother its hard to sit your child down to help them understand. All i can do is come from a place of love and give them a sense of hope. There are more of us than of them, meaning more people that are coming from a place of respect and equality and justice. And if they truly believe that, then theyll feel a little more safer in our country. The president condemned the attack, but he has not yet given a direct message to muslims in the United States or around the world. You just heard ambassador brown talk about that. He has. Hes talked about standing with our muslim brothers and sisters, in his words. Do you think President Trump needs to make such a gesture . Absolutely. Ambassador brown is doing what he needs to do, but he needs to understand president donald j. Trump is the most powerful man in the world right now. Hes in a position, president of the United States. He, from the oval office, from that power position can be able to send a signal very loud and clear. Weve done this in the past against foreign terrorism. We need to do it on domestic terrorism, against White Supremacy thats growing every single day that we stay silent. Not myself, but the leadership, the administration, when they continue to stay silent, its going to increase. I remember oak creek. I remember hearing about the pittsburgh synagogue very shortly ago. These are constant from the black church in charleston. It will not stop until we send a loud signal and put the resources together to combat it and to stop it. Because it is probably the most dangerous element of terrorism, and thats making us less safe in our country than what we might think about whats happening outside of the lines of our country. We need to be focused on whats happening from within. You also said in a statement after the attack that you were angry at, quote, those who follow the White Supremacy agenda in my own country that sends a signal across the world that massacres like this is some kind of call to action. Who were you specifically talking about . The ones that stay silent and the ones that support the muslim ban. Not only once, twice, but three times did we in this nation say to the world and to everyone in this country that muslims dont belong here. From the fact that every time we talk about a wall, its not about a structure, but about xenophobia. Its about racism. Its a symbol in so many ways of targeting brown and black people in our country. The fact that we continue to stay silent is whats going to make us as a country less safe. And i can tell you, its not just brown, black people speaking up. Its also white americans across this country that are very distressed and also feel less safe because were not speaking up against White Nationalism. President trump said he didnt really see white sprems ic supremacists as a rising threat when asked about it on friday and called them a small group of people with very, very serious problems, unquote. What did you make of that . He needs to pick up the phone and call the department of justice. Theres real data and information of the rise of White Supremacy right here in this United States of america. He needs to look at the data, the information and the facts, and actually listen and understand the tremendous responsibility he has in being our president , the leader of our country. He cannot just say its a small group of people. Theres too many deaths. Not only from the synagogue to the black churches to the temples to the now the mosques, we need to be speaking up against this, and it has to start with him. Reiterating the importance of real information and data that says its on the rise. You cant just say it isnt when the facts say the opposite. He needs to do better by us and the country. He needs to speak up and condemn this very loud and very clearly. Chelsea clinton was confronted by an nyu student at a vigil for those killed in new zealand this weekend. Over the way that she, Chelsea Clinton, had condemned recent comments from congresswoman ilhan omar. Take a listen to this confrontation. After all that you have done and all i am so sorry. It was certainly never my intention. This, right here, is the result of a massacre stoked by people like you and the words you put out. And i want you to know that, and i want you to feel that deep inside. 49 people died because of the rhetoric you put out there. I dont know if you could hear that. Thats a video thats gone pretty viral, but basically this nyu student is saying that because Chelsea Clinton confronted ilhan omar, congresswoman omar in the way she did, that the massacre is partly her fault. I dont know if you saw it. Im wondering what your response is. I know, you know, congresswoman omar and myself have gotten so many Death Threats. I think she is probably really i actually pray every day for her safety. I can just tell you the kind of public disagreement and the kind of language that sometimes is being used toward disagreeing with her on a number of fronts, Foreign Policy issues. People need to be very careful. Shes become very much a target. And right after not only the west virginia, you know, poster putting her face there with the 9 11 towers in the background. This is a woman that is a mother, that is an american, that is serving her country. And we need to be careful when we disagree publicly, when we disagree publicly on various policy agreements, we have to be very careful in the language we use. And i can tell you, look, i have seen the letters and have seen the various posts from not only republicans but also democrats that when we target or disagree, we need to be very careful in that its not feeding into the islamaphobia growing in our country. Before the attack in new zealand you said something about islamaphobia in legislation to congresswoman omar and her comments about israel supporters that i want to ask you about. You were asked why democrats responded so strongly to her comments about supporters of israel and this is what you said. This past week, i feel and i know this would be somewhat shocking for some, but i think islamaphobia is very much among the Democratic Party as well as the republican party. Obviously, we condemn all islamaphobia. Im sure you and i would agree on that, and the poster of congresswoman omar, the Death Threats against her. All of that is reprehensible. But are you suggesting, just help me understand here, are you suggesting that democrats who took issue with congresswoman omars comments did so because of antimuslim bias . I think thats part of it. But let me tell you why. Ive been there only for a short period of time. And there are members on the other side of the aisle that have been very, very using various tropes and regarding against my jewish brothers and sisters. Using different kinds of i mean, theyve you know, socalled tweets and different kinds of rhetoric that they support. And many of those are the same people that support this president who doesnt want to condemn White Supremacy in our country and White Nationalism thats growing. And i want to say, you know, this is what i saw is this double standard. Is it because shes a black muslim . Is it because its around the issue of Human Rights Violations from the country of israel . I dont know. But i can tell you, if it was really about antisemitism and condemning that, then we need to be able to say to all the members, and thats what we ended up at the end condemning all forms of hate, but also holding every Single Person accountable to the same standard. And thats what i didnt see. And thats when i think to myself and pause as a person that ran a Racial Justice campaign for years, who grew up in the most beautiful blackest city in the country in the city of detroit. I pause and think to myself, is it because shes a black american and shes muslim . And so thats where i pause and say to myself, is there an issue here . I guess our mere presence there. The fact that now theres not only one but now three Muslim Americans serving in congress, that our mere presence is going to be able to possibly break down any of these racialized, you know, opinions, these this kind of islamaphobia that i do feel like is still very present on both sides of the aisle. And i think my colleagues are not seeing that as an attack, just saying that we have a lot of work to do. But you dont think that those democrats, including nancy pelosi, the speaker of the house, who viewed congresswoman omars comments as antisemitic, you dont think they legitimately felt that way . You think they are there is antimuslim bigotry thats part of their criticism of congresswoman omar . I think she becomes an easier target is what im trying to say. I dont understand why some others can day similar, probably things that could be said to be antisemitic that are not being held to the same standard. Thats what im saying. And i can tell you, i have been there long enough to see that there are some issues there, again, on the other side of the aisle that continue to be theyre being held unaccountable. So i just want to be able to say when we uplift and uplift people like ilhan and others and saying we need more People Like Us to run for office, i realize again our mere presence being there. Understanding that, for many, they have never met a muslim before, but also probably the fact were women of color. Its very vocal against, you know, Human Rights Violations, especially in the country of israel or even saudi arabia, that we are coming from a place of personal experiences as being people of color with my living grandmother in the west bank in the occupied territories, that we want to be heard and want to be seen beyond whatever these kinds of labels that people like to put on us. And i think we just become an easier target for folks. And thats what worries me is that i dont understand why others can Say Something probably worse and probably stemmed on White Supremacy can get away with it but then ilhan, who is really coming from a place of disagrees with the policies of the country of israel, where my grandmother lives currently right now with inequality, is not treated with any human dignity. That if she speaks up, that its seen and again because shes muslim and because shes black, shes an easier target for them to attack and target. And, again, i am saying this from my experience, being a member of congress, that it is somehow embedded, i believe, in her being someone that was easier to make socalled an example of. I have a lot more questions for you but were out of time. Congresswoman rashida tlaib, i hope youll come back or on my daily show the lead to talk about all sorts of issues, including impeachment and middle east policy. And please, again, i would just like to say, our sympathies to you and to the entire Muslim Community around the world. Thanks again for being here. Thank you. To help these victims of these awful attacks go to cnn. Com impact to impact your world. President trump punted when asked about the rise of White Nationalism. How are the democratic president ial candidates responding . Up next, well go to iowa where president ial candidate Amy Klobuchar joins us live from the campaign trail. Stay with us. Your allergy pills . 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Do you agree . I dont think you can actually take each of the murderous acts and say what role donald trump played, but i can tell you this. His rhetoric doesnt help, and many of these people, whether it was the person who tried to bomb barack obama or this murder in new zealand, have cited donald trump along the way. So to me, that means at the very least, he is dividing people. They are using him as an excuse. And he, at the very least, should be giving strong statements, public speeches defending muslims in this world because i can tell you, having the biggest somali population in the United States of america, i know they get hit all the time. And one of our jobs as a leader is to stand up, whether people are jewish, whether theyre muslim, no matter how they worship, no matter what they look like, we have to remember that they are all part of a country of shared dreams, and thats the United States of america. So making that point as the leader of the most famous democracy in the world, you have to make that point all the time, and he has not been doing that. President trump said after the attack he did not see a rise in White Nationalism around the world. He called it just a small group of people. Data from the organization for security and cooperation in europe shows reports of hate crimes are up in many countries worldwide. The adl says the rise of White Nationalism, white separatism is also happening here in the United States. What would you do as president to fight this . We have to make a major effort to figure out whats going on with these groups. There has been an increase in hate crimes. There has been an increase in very negative rhetoric at groups, and like the congresswoman said, no matter how someone looks, it happens to them. They could be orthodox jews, it happens to them. They could be hispanics, its been happening to them. There was a little girl that went out to dinner with her parents in minnesota and these guys walked by, muslim family. A guy walks by and says you four go home to where you came from. And the little girl looks up at her mom, this is in minnesota and says, mom, i dont want to eat dinner at home. You said we could eat out tonight. Jake, you think of the innocent words of that little girl. She only knows one home. And thats my state. She only knows one home. And thats the United States of america. So in addition to the murderous acts we just saw in new zealand and that weve seen all across the country, every single day theres these acts, these daggers for people that are just trying to live their lives and trying to make it in our country. So i think its on all of us to condemn this hate. Our faith groups, in my state, have come together. The muslim groups and the jewish groups and our christian groups have come together. And with signs everywhere that say when its ramadan, happy ramadan and teaching people in the catholic faith what the koran is about. We have tried to share that. And thats part of it. But it is also what you do when a crisis happens. People are watching. He does not meet that standard. The shooter broadcast the attack for 17 minutes on facebook live. And now social Media Companies such as facebook, twitter, youtube are under fire for failing to halt the spread of that gruesome video. Even hours later in some cases. Should any punitive action be taken against those companies, do you think . Those companies, for so long, have said we have your back. Meanwhile, your data is getting shared. You send an email and next thing you see an advertisement about the thing you sent the email on. So thats why, one, privacy legislation to say, hey, we have a right over our data. Stop messing around with us. And then also put in plain language what your rights are instead of 50 pages. And then finally, notify us when theres breaches. And when it comes to hateful violence like this, they should have to get this off the internet immediately. There is no place on the internet for people watching murders. So lets talk about your record if we can, from 1999 to 2007, you were the top prosecutor for the county that surrounds minneapolis. A study from around that time, from during your time heading that office, by one of your predecessors then with the council on prime and justice, found wide Racial Disparities in the Justice System at the time you took office. It preceded you, but they issued this report during your time there. Minnesota public radio wrote, quote, the ratio of blacks sent to minnesota prisons compared to whites is the highest in the country. People who are black account for 70 of the countys drug cases. They are sentenced at three times the rate of whites guilty of the same offense. That was data from the start of your term. When you were county attorney, did you do anything to try to improve these broad, stark, Racial Disparities . And if so, what did you do . Of course i did, jake. In fact if you look at the data, youll see there was a 65 decrease in incarceration of africanamericans when you go from the beginning of my term to the end. And we worked very hard on several fronts. The first is to diversify the office and to add more people of color to the ranks of prosecutors. And i did that. The second was to look at how we were handling drug court and make sure that we were doing it in a way that wasnt racist. And you can always do better. I can tell you. You learn in retrospect when you look back, things you can do better. The third thing was to up our focus on white collar crimes. Things committed in the board rooms are just as bad as things committed with a crow bar if someone is trying to break in a house. So i really made a major effort on that. And then finally, i was one of the first prosecutors in the country to work with the Innocence Project to do a dna review on our cases, to do something differently when it came to eyewitness identification. So, you would have the Police Officer who was not involved in investigating the crime show the photos. And you would show the photos one at a time instead of all at once. And then we had videotaped interrogations in minnesota. We were one of the only states that did it at the time, to make sure that suspects were treated fairly, miranda rights were being read. And we ended up i remember debating the queens d. A. About that to defend that practice to protect individual rights. So i made this major effort because i truly believe that our mission is to convict the guilty, yes, but protect the innocent, and there has been racism in our system, and there still is. According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune in 2004, you attributed falling crime levels to Aggressive Police attacks on drug traffic. In light of what we know about how in general crackdowns on drug crime exacerbate these Racial Disparities in the criminal Justice System, what are you said on this issue of drugs, you said there are always things you can do better in retrospect. What do you wish you had done better in retrospect . Well, thats a great question. I think one of the things that we are starting to resolve is the federal drug sentences, and i was a sponsor of the First Step Act, a cosponsor. And that was the important law that just passed on a bipartisan basis that brought down the federal drug sentences, which were much higher than the local drug sentences for nonviolent offenders. Its called the First Step Act because there has to be a second step act. And that gets at what youre talking about, which is nonviolent offender drug sentences in localities all over the country. 90 of those nonviolent drug offenders are in prison not in the federal system. Thats got to be the next step, is that in washington, we create incentives for all of the local d. As offices across the country to reduce their drug sentences. You are looking what do you wish you had done differently at the time . I understand youre talking about what you would want to do in the future. I would have looked at yes. I would have looked at those drug sentences and seen what we could have done differently at that time. Thats one thing. We had a as i said, we had to diversify the office. I did that. I looked at our sentences as much as every single case we had a huge office. Over 400 employees. But i would try to make sure we were fair or regardless of race. And i actually close to the people that ran the study that you talked about from the beginning of my term. And i had met with them and talked to them about that back then. And i knew that changes that we needed to make. Felony dwi, drunk drivers. A lot of those perpetrators were white. People with 20 dwis. I made that a major purpose because i dont think you should have seen that differently than you did drug offenders. Vice President Joe Biden all but declared his president ial run last night in delaware. Take a listen. I have the most progressive record of anybody running for the united of anybody who would run. [ cheers and applause ] i didnt mean of anybody who would run. So putting the slipup aside about would run versus running and hes obviously going to run, is that true . Does Vice President biden have the most progressive record of Anyone Running . He has been running things for a long time as a senator and then as Vice President. Im sure hell be able to point to some major accomplishments that are progressive. And then hell have to explain things that werent as progressive. I think every candidate is going to do that. You just asked me about my record as a prosecutor, and i am happy to talk about that. And i am also happy to talk about things that we have done to address racism when i got to the senate, as well as things im going to continue to do. I think every candidate is going to have to look back at their positions in the past and look forward to what they want to do as president. But i think whats most important is that we put someone forward that, one, is going to have the backs of people. Two, understands the issues here from bringing down the prices of pharmaceutical drugs and, three, is able to get it done. And thats what i bring to this table, jake. Im someone with just ranked by vanderbilt as getting the most done for any democratic senator on 15 different metrics. And thats because ive been able to find Common Ground to get bills passed and to respond to my constituents. And i think thats what we need in the white house. Lastly, senator, the u. S. Ambassador to new zealand, scott brown, told me hes not spoken to President Trump in the wake of the terror attacks. But the president has found time in the last few days to attack the late senator john mccain on twitter, twice in just the last day or so, personally attacking him by saying mccain was last in his class at annapolis, talking about, quote, stains against john mccains record. You and senator mccain were close. Hes, obviously, not with us anymore. So he cant defend himself. Whats your reaction . This is just another outrageous action by the president. John mccain was a war hero. He served our country well. And he died. And the courage he showed in life was matched when he was in that cell for five years in vietnam as a prisoner of war was matched by the courage he showed us when he died. And the fact that the president would be now attacking john mccain for things like turning over a report to the fbi, which was, of course, the right thing to do, for things like serving our country. I cannot even express i think back to when i saw john mccain the last time at his ranch, my husband and i went there to see him and cindy. And the words he pointed to me are the words that donald trump should remember, and those are words from his book where he said because he couldnt speak very well there is nothing more liberating than fighting for a cause larger than yourself. Thats because john believed in america. And john believed, as i believe, that when a tragedy happens like in new zealand, you do all you can to reach out to that country and you do all you can to stand up for the simple belief that people are different in our country, but we are all part of a greater america. And the president chose to take the different road. Thats not what they want to hear here in iowa. 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The xfinity store is here. And its simple, easy, awesome. Our silence is complicity. With these words, the president of the United States has signed a moral equivalence between those spreading hate and those with the courage to stand against it. And in that moment, i knew that the threat to this nation was unlike any i had seen in my lifetime. Former Vice President joe biden describing his reaction to the president equivocating on White Nationalism after charlottesville, as the president again downplays the threat of White Supremacy after the terror attack in new zealand. Lets discuss. Walid, youve been critical of the president. Whats your reaction to him saying the White Supremacy, White Nationalism he doesnt see as a threat . Its just a few disturbed individuals. I thought senator klobuchars response was a little disappointing. I appreciate joe bidens strong words that the president doesnt feel like he needs to condemn White Nationalism or sympathize with muslims right now because hes sympathetic to White Nationalism. This is a president and a politician who peddled the birther conspiracy about president obama, call for a complete and total shutdown of muslims, said he was open to closing down mosques in this country after the paris attacks. Has suggested hes open to getting rid of muslims in this country. If thats not White Nationalism, i dont know what is. What do you think . The president condemned White Nationalism and the actions that happened in new zealand. No question about it. None of us can be emphatic i dont think he specifically mentioned White Nationalism. He condemned the attacks. Yes. None of us can be empathetic enough in our condemnation of hate in all of its forms. Thats why we have to step back and talk about what we can do about it. And ill give you an example. When White Nationalism reared its ugly head in the house of representatives, the republican leader Kevin Mccarthy stripped steve king of his committee assignments. Representative omar still sits on the Foreign Affairs committee after her antisemitic comments because democrats and nancy pelosi refuse to do anything about it. Thats a very shameful comparison to make, congressman. Im disappointed youd use this moment to do that. Couple of things. Steve king has, for years, made all sorts of horrendous comments that have gone without a just a deafening silence from your party. And i think this is a moment to lift this up. You are correct, jake. The president did not specifically call out White Nationalism and the way that we have to combat hate and sexism and bigotry and antigay bias, you name it, we have to name it. We have to say it. We have to have that courage. And we cannot just resort to ilhan omar, she apologized and i think ended up by having a resolution to be against all forms of hate to see what then happened this week was the right thing to do. Congresswoman love . This is years after representative omar made some comments too. Look, all i have to say is, what is our responsibility in all this . I get so tired of the blame game, its because of somebody else that were doing this. When do we take responsibility for our own actions . When i was in high school, i remember teaching a swimming class. After six weeks of teaching this little boy, he looks at me and he says, i want you to know my parents dont like you because youre brown, but i do, youre my favorite teacher. What i realized in that moment is that racism isnt in your dna. Its taught. Its a nasty seed that grows and poisons the soil around it. Martin luther king said it best, darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that. Im waiting for people to Start Talking about love language and shedding some light. You cannot sit there and say im going to spew out hateful language in reaction to other hateful language. You have to start standing up and saying, what is my responsibility here and what were doing for the American People . The American People are tired of it. We need a little bit of inspiration, a little bit of light and unity so that we can narrow this widening gap we have in this country. Briefly, thats why, though, i actually thought the ambassador was quite fantastic in the way he talked about ambassador brown. Ambassador brown this morning. I would have liked to hear our president talk like that. Not because i blame him. We can go into all the ways he has played footsie with White Nationalists. We should do everything to stand in solidarity and say theres no identity politics, no were all americans. This is your issue or this is my issue. These are american issues. Thats not whats happening in congress right now. People are actually going on out and trying to find these moments on social media that will go viral to make them popular instead of actually talking about the issues that will help solve this problem and heal americans. Congressman, i want to bring it back to something that tlaib said about what President Trump has said about muslims. There was a story that he told on the campaign trail about general blackjack pershing. Its not a true story at all. But its how he handled muslim terrorists in the philippines. Here is an excerpt from it. He took the 50 terrorists and he took 50 men and he dipped 50 bullets in pigs blood. He had his men load his rifles and he lined up the 50 people and they shot 49 of those people and the 50th person, he said, you go back to your people and you tell them what happened. So that is not a true story. And he continually shared it. And it was in the philippines. But the president , i just think, as a factual matter, talks about muslims in a way that you dont, talks in about muslims in a way that nobody at this table does, and he has continually done that. Dont you wish he would talk about muslims the way that scott brown does, the ambassador to new zealand . Likewise, ambassador brown was unequivocal in his condemnation of hateful actions in new zealand. What the president said yesterday, over the past 48 hours, condemned the actions of this crazy, hateful individual. None of us can do enough, none of us can be emphatic enough in doing that ourselves. Thats what ive done. Im sure thats what each of your panelists and yourself have done as well. Willie . For years weve heard this call to condemn radical islam terror but i dont think moderate republicans are doing enough to hold President Trump responsible for his rhetoric. And at the same time if you look at whats pedaled on fox news, breitbart, you have these billionaires, like rupert murdoch, any time you read breitbart, its about how muslims are to blame for the worlds economic problems and no one is standing up to any of these people. No one is standing up to donald trump. No one is standing up to rupert murdoch. Thats not true. As a former member of congress, thats exactly what i did. He talked about shole countries, i went after him. I spoke out against it. There are people doing that and calling him this is why its so important to make sure that you hold everyone out. Accountable to the principles that you believe in, democrats and republicans. And you cant follow a person blindly because they have an r behind their name. I would actually say that weve probably been republicans longer than the president has, and i think its important for us to hold him accountable for the principles and platforms that we believe in. Thats whats going to save the party and, i think, help heal whats happening in the United States. But to say there arent people coming out and holding the president accountable is not true. We need more that have but we need each of us to hold each other responsible. Do you think muslims are waking up every morning, seeing the president degrade muslims, and saying why is this man president . And not just muslims. I can tell you. I feel more unsafe than i ever have in my own country. Theres a lot of solidarity around how terrifying a feeling that is, to know that you cant trust your own government. At the same time i hope that in 2020 people take seriously that this is the kind of question we should be asking from the people running for president. What kind of moral leadership will you offer this country . As you put to your guest. An important conversation and one i wish we had more time for. Thank you all for being here. Beto orourke says hes born to be president. 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Heres to you. Welcome back. Beto orourke has finally decideds all in for 2020. Will this president ial bid give him the meaning hes been looking for . Thats the subject of this weeks state of the cartoonion. Beto orourke launched his president ial campaign with a flashy cover on vanity fair magazines, followed by gesticulationfilled appearances in iowa. He has a lot of hand movement. Is he crazy or is that just the way he acts . Orourke is ready for the fight. He told vanity fair, man, im just born to be in it. He embodies every epic movie youve ever seen, from star wars i wont fail you. Im not afraid. To the lord of the rings. He wants my precious but we mustnt let him have it. Adding, quote, this is the moment where were going to win or lose everything. Running for president is the culmination of orourkes lifelong journey to find himself. He sees himself, as hes written, as a political jack kerouac, going on the road again, looking for voters. The only people for me are the the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved. But before our political kerouac can get to donald trump, he may face another obstacle. As they say where i come from, get a life. A new cnn series explores Richard Nixons rise and political destruction. I dont give a goddamn what the story is. Richard m. Nixon has lied repeatedly. No reporter from the Washington Post must ever be in the white house again. Do you understand . The tougher it gets, the cooler i get. I have what it takes. Impeach nixon now im going to say this to the Television Audience because people have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, im not a crook. This crap about watergate. Let others wallow in watergate. Were going to do our job. Im going to kick their ass. Nobodys going to package me. Nobodys going to make me put on an act for television. Im not going to engage in gimmicks or stunts wearing any silly hats. If people looking at me say thats a new nixon, then all i can say is, well, maybe you didnt know the old nixon. Tricky dick. A new cnn original series. Tonight at 9 00. This is gps, the local public square. Welcome to all of you around the United States and the world. Im Fareed Zakaria coming to you live from new york. Today on the show, the mosque massacre in christchurch. The Prime Minister called it one of new zealands darkest days. Well bring you the latest. And brexit breakdown. Whats next on theresa mays quest to pull britain out of europe . Ukraine will elect a new president two weeks from today. Russia has been trying new ways to cyber meddle in the elections. Might this be putins test drive