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For perspective, the last century has seen significant examples of what happens when fear and intolerance take hold and an entire category of people is marginalized. nbc s tom brokaw has this reflection on the harsh lessons of the past. reporter: donald trump s promise to ban all muslims from coming to america is more, much more than a shouted campaign provocation. trump s statement, even in the season of extremes, is a dangerous proposal that overrides history, the law and the foundation of america itself. in my lifetime alone, we have been witness to the consequences of paranoia overriding reason. during world war ii, law-abiding japanese citizens were herded into remote internment camps losing their jobs, businesses and social standing. while an all japanese-american division fought heroic ily in europe. at the same time, in germany a regime that declared war on its ....
e.j., i think it is interesting you bring that number up. i know people juxtapose this against the obama administration, this anger that we are seeing. but this same group of people, e.j. i did the exit polling. they were not running behind mitt romney. they could not identify with mitt romney in many ways and rally them in the same way. i said this early on, for some of these people, and we heard it, michael, from the focus group months ago in new hampshire, they saw donald trump as someone who could help them get rich, almost like the casino brand that bears his name. when you go into a casino, it is not usually filled especial will i in atlantic city with billionaires. it is people hoping they have a shot somehow and they see that trump brand, michael, as their shot. they do. and when you have a working class, blue-collar mom say that he s one of us, referring to a billionaire as one of us, that tells you a lot. and it really goes to the core of what aen mates that voter ....
It s the far right. it isn t. take a look at this. where is trump support coming from? very conservative, well, sure. he s doing well with very conservative republicans. 25% say they support him. somewhat conservative? he s also doing well there, 25%. but his best group the best group for donald trump are those who call themselves moderates. 31% for donald trump of moderates right now support him. it is all over the board within the republican party. and when you talk about the third party possibility you just raised there, he had some other comments, too, about that, tamron, on that show this morning. steve, i want to talk about what you have there, the number of people who say they are moderates. this is how the individual defines their politics? i think if you ask people oftentimes are you very conservative, they might instantly go to maybe religious beliefs, whether or not they are against abortion. but do people often define themselves as being very conservative or do they see ....
It s the entire story. this is a guy that they can identify with who took something and turned it into something more and that s part of their dream. so when you pull all of it together, i think donald trump has tapped into a vein. i thought montel williams this morning put it perfectly when he talked about this sort of culture of television, that pulls the voter, the listener, into this new world. that s what trump has ostensibly done, very effectively, and it changes the way we do and perceive politics. but experts like yourself and e.j. can analyze this all day but ultimately it is up to the other individuals running for that gop nomination deciding how they can attack donald trump. i ll play what jeb bush said to chuck todd refusing to say if he would support donald trump if he gets that nomination. listen in. let me ask you this. are you going to be able to support donald trump if he s the ....
Believes the illnesses are the result of an isolated incident and aren t part of the multi-state outbreak of e. coli linked to chipotle restaurants which has restaurants that has sickened 52 people in nine states. the stock tumbled more than 25% in the last two months. up next, in the wake of donald trump s proposal to ban muslims from entering the united states, harsh lessons from the past of singling out entire populations. and developing now on capitol hill, we are awaiting president obama to commemorate remarks on the 13th amendment that outlawed slavery. when he begins speaking, we ll bring you his comments. we ll be right back. ....