they say, oh, steve skalise probably just didn t know what he was doing. didn t know where he was. duke who? david what? steve skalise s most detailed explanation is that he was steeking about a tax brief. and the new reporting today, from the guy in lae louisiana who initially wrote that story, his reporting today is that steve skalis about the tax plan, itself, makes no sense. he hadn t even been filed in the state legislature on the day that steve skalise made his speech to the david duke white supremist group. but, apparently, republicans believe the story anyway. apparently, they re going to keep him in the leadership for the new congress. not a single member of congress has called for steve skalise to 12e7 down or emp for him just to withdraw from the number three leadership position in congress.
says was a mistake. cnn s athena jones following this story for us. reporter: there s still a lot of questioning surround thing speech. right now he has the backing of some key republican colleagues but more and more people outside of capitol hill are saying he should step down from his leadership post. more fallout today regarding a 2002 speech the number three house republican gave before a white supremist group, founded by the former kkk member and neonazi david duke. gop leaders are circling the wagons around embattled majority whip steve scalise after apologizing for speaking after the white supremist group. and even democrats are coming to his defense. bennett johnston saying this about scalise in a telephone interview with cnn. he s just not a racist. the pair joined congressman
kinds of reforms and changes that are in need in many communities across the nation. an important conversation to have as we enter this new year. thank you to both of you. just ahead, there is growing pressure on a top republican to quit his leadership job in the house after revelations about his speech to a white supremist group. stand by for new details. and we re watching festivities around the world. take a look at the celebration in paris. this was the stroke of midnight there just a short time ago. [ speaking french ]
protection, what s to stop. of course they have a right. what s the point. you obviously have all the answers. don is making a specific point which is why would you make the charges just against him? why would you who said that? i did not say that. i think anybody you brought up the point initially of a white supremist group. if they distributed leaflets that started riots or violence, they should be locked up and thrown in jail. do the property owners have rights to be protected by the police and if this individual is not at least arrested. i m not saying convicted. if he is not at least arrested there is no penalty for getting a microphone and telling everyone, hey, burn the neighborhood down. you sound exactly like the people who say that officer
and mrs. mclelland was killed near the front door. they think she answered the door. he was found toward the rear of the house. and like i said, one of my sources said it looked like he was trying to run toward the back of the house. but my sources do believe that mark s death is that mike mclelland s death are related. how often have you ever heard what are the odds? we re talking about a small town in new york city, this would draw a lot of attention. they have hundreds if not prosecutors for the state and for the city. back to this letter in december that officials, or this on noticed that officials put out in december saying high ranking members of a white supremist group were involved in issuing this order of mass casualties or death. to tanya s point, we don t know what the overlap is if any but this naturally draws your eye to concern and i would manning the attention of the authorities to the aryan brotherhood of texas.