Coast. If we have to go to war to top this, we will. And clearing a hurdle after a chaotic day in d. C. The senate takes a major step on taxes, passing its version out of committee. The president very encouraged by the partisan vote. The camaraderie, it was somewhat of a lovefest. They want to see it happen. In true trump dramatic style, he made those comments flanked by two empty chairs after Democratic Leaders bail on a sitdown. Isnt this stunning, were not beginning with north korea, were beginning with some very difficult news for the nbc family and for you out there. This morning we learned that today show anchor matt lauer was terminated for a complaint alleging inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace. Heres how his cohost, savannah guthrie, reacted. Just moments ago nbc news chairman andy lack sent the following note to our organization. Dear colleagues, on monday night we received a detailed complaint from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace
2015, charleston, south carolina, nine that. 2018, pittsburgh, 11 dead. 2019, el paso, texas, 23 dead. also, 2019, christchurch, new zealand, 51 bed. and now, buffalo, ten dead. our next guest, professor kathleen blue writes, in each event, a white power activists was a perpetrator. several of the assailants wrote extensively about their motivations and manifestos that outlined a coherent political ideology. and in the united states, they have been backed by a broad social movement, the historical record reveals and interwoven tapestry of people on the militants right, who have united a common cause to target minority communities and to undermine american democracy, and who ultimately hope to
and now, buffalo, ten dead. our next guest, professor kathleen belew. in each event, a white power activist was a perpetrator. several of the assailants wrote extensively about their motivations and manifestos that outlined a coherent political ideology. and in the united states, they have been backed by a broad social movement, the historical record reveals and interwoven tapestry of people on the militants right, who have united a common cause to target minority communities and to undermine american democracy, and who ultimately hope to provoke race war. the other half of white nationalism is in our halls of governance and our televisions, claiming ignorance of its most violent outgrowths. the alleged shooter in buffalo is said to have written that boredom, isolation and internet radicalization led him to his act.
for this cause. yes. we have in our reporting and in our popular understanding this idea of the lone wolf actor that is a completely false and constructed idea in the case of white power violence. what we re talking about instead is an ideological driven series of actions that are connected with one another and have deep meaning to the people carrying them out. whether or not you think that the piece of writing represents a work of intellectual is hardly the point. just like these pieces of violence are connected with one another by this movement. now, when we do this kind of lone wolf story, one of the things we miss is the way that this is a big and broad social movement. it includes men, women and children, it included people all across the country, people of
meaning to the people carrying them out. whether or not you think that the piece of writing represents a work of intellect is hardly the point. just like these pieces of violence are connected with one another by this movement. now, when we do this kind of lone wolf story, one of the things we miss is the way that this is a big and broad social movement. it includes men, women and children, it included people all across the country, people of very different kinds of backgrounds, all coming together in what they see as a state of emergency and imminent racial annihilation. even calling it white and that was pushed people to action. even calling it white nationalism, from what i ve read, it seems like a misnomer. that almost sounds like it s a