re-enroll likely democratic voters. wisconsin democratic chairman ben wikler tells nbc news, quote, this is an organizing challenge, not a crisis. the purging of voters, quote, just adds to our to do list. it s a reason to work, not to freak out. joining us now is ben wikler, chair of the wisconsin democratic party. ben, thank you for being with us. thank you so much for having me ali. let me ask you about that quote. you call this an organizing challenge as opposed to a crisis. that s a different way than a number of democrats with whom we ve spoken characterize this. do you think this is a better way for democrats everywhere to look at these kinds of efforts, these voter purges and these other things that suppress the vote? there s no question we re in a crisis for democracy. the question is what do we do about it? as democrats i think often we have this tendency to oscillate between abject despair and
the names most commonly on that list include senators like mitt romney of utah, he sioux murkowski of alaska, and susan collins of maine. if they could get those people together, they could get the rules they needed. joins us is former north dakota senator byron dorgan. senator dorgan, good to have you with us. thank you, ali. do you think those senators i just named, three republican senators, could be persuaded to push for witnesses and convince mitch mcconnell to allow that? nobody s asking them to vote for the impeachment of donald trump. this is just about how that trial would go. well, i hope that they would consider that. i think mitch mcconnell believes that he has his entire caucus with him, and yet i cannot believe that that entire republican caucus in the senate doesn t take a look at what this president did with respect to the ukraine call and other
they have been planted. 2020 presidential candidate, cory booker, this morning addressing the growing number of hate crimes in the united states. in the wake of the el paso shooting and the suspected killer s white supremacist online spree. u.s. are grappling of how to identify violent extremists. once they are identified, what do you do with them then? lessons from the 19-yearlong struggle with extremism like isis and al-qaida as american looks to de-radicalize white youths. thank you for joining us. thank you for having me ali. i want the give our viewers a little background on you. you are a former extremist yourself, tell us about your journey. how did you get taken down the
you spoke to o rourke about it earlier today, what was his reaction? reporter: well, let s think about it in a minute, ali, here in el paso to commemorate 31 lives loss in mass murders. the president chose to spent his time this morning on twitter attacking beto o rourke because of his name and because of his rally sizes here in el paso. i asked the congresswoman this morning about why congressman o rourke chose to respond to the president and this is what he told me. he s trying to intimidate this community, make us afraid of one another of our differences and the border i an immigrants. we ll not stand down. every single one of us will stand up to be counted. i stand with this community that is so proud of the fact that we
now. over here to my left, you have some pro-trump and over to the right, this is a bluer situation. the crowd trying to say the last 20 or 30 minutes or so. it has been down significantly. a lot of people were anticipating and the president coming through here, one lady is holding a sign that says no violence and unity and respect. the conversation has shifted to a political one and ali, as you mention this is where the shooting took place. a lot of people that we spoke with once honored the nine lives