-A massive car bomb exploded outside of
a large Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City,
shattering that building.
-The chaos in downtown Oklahoma City did indeed resemble Beirut
after what police believe to be a 1,200-pound car bomb
ripped through the nine-story Federal Building.
-Terrorism is ideologically motivated violence.
-In Beirut, Lebanon, today,
a pickup truck loaded with explosives
drove to the American Embassy,
and there was a tremendous explosion
there during the lunch hour.
-There needs to be some sort of belief system
behind the violence.
-The death toll here rose today to 22 when a gunman opened fire
in this Walmart store just right here.
-And you're trying to instill fear in society
or change government policy.
Once again, here we are with another mass shooting in America
that's been perpetrated by a white nationalist.
-The El Paso incident is now the seventh-deadliest mass
shooting in the nation's history.
-In fact, there have been more arrests and deaths
in the United States caused by domestic terrorists
than international terrorists in recent years.
-Back in 2009, I wrote a report about the rise
of right-wing extremism
with the combination of the unprecedented election
of an African-American president
coupled with the downturn in the economy
just created this fertile ground
for recruiting extremists in to the far-right movements.
We all thought we had done a great service to the country
and sent out this prescient warning,
so it was a big surprise when I came to the office on Monday
and saw my report all over the conservative news.
-The Department of Homeland Security, Dr.
Dobson, is warning
law enforcement officials about the rise
in right-wing extremist activity.
-Isn't it interesting that the media has jumped all over this
when there aren't any examples of it?
There are no Timothy McVeighs out there right now.
They're making a big deal out of something that hasn't happened
and may not happen.
-Supporters of reproductive rights are mourning the killing
of the abortion provider Dr. George Tiller.
-He is a balding male with glasses,
may have gone inside with a gun and there were shots fired.
-An investigation is underway in Colorado
following a deadly attack on a Planned Parenthood facility.
-A Wednesday night Bible study erupts in gunshots.
At the scene, eight are pronounced dead --
six females, two males.
Another man dies later in the hospital.
-I do consider myself a white supremacist, sure.
-So when we have Democrats in power,
typically the far right gets very agitated
because they're fearful of minority rights being expanded.
They're also fearful of pending gun legislation
or an outright gun ban.
What makes this unique is the fact
that we have a Republican administration,
and yet these far-right groups are still operating
at a very heightened level.
This goes against all the trending data
that I've looked at in the past 40 years.
-Far-right attacks in Europe jumped 43%
between 2016 and 2017.
In the US, right-wing extremists were linked
to at least 50 murders last year.
That's a 35% increase over 2017.
-The reason why it's different this time is,
going back to the 2016 presidential election,
the president started dehumanizing his opponents.
When he got elected, he started dehumanizing the media.
-A few days ago, I called the fake news
the enemy of the people, and they are.
-Democrats, people of color,
people that are of the Muslim faith,
even immigrants, using terms like invaders and rodents.
-What's happening right now is a large group of people --
they call it a caravan.
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That is an assault on our country.
That's an assault.
-It feeds right into these extremist narratives
who've been doing that for decades.
And Trump has actually mainstreamed some
of their ideas, things like a border wall,
things like a travel ban on Muslims,
mass deportation of immigrants.
-The wall would stop it, okay?
The wall would stop it.
But how do you stop these people?
-Shoot 'em! -You can't.
There's not -- [laughter]
That's only in the panhandle you can get away with that.
-These were themes that I saw on KKK and neo-Nazi websites
15 years ago,
and now they're being put forth as policy.
-Only in the panhandle. -This threat got ahead of us.
It's grown year after year for the past decade.
-You're saying that AME was charged
with domestic terrorism, Dylann Roof?
-So, you're using the word charged.
As I said before,
there's no domestic terrorism charge like 18-USC-2339
A, B, C, D for a foreign terrorist organization.
-Is white supremacy not a global issue?
-It is a global issue.
-So why are they not charged with foreign terrorism?
-Because the United States Congress
doesn't have a statute for us for domestic terrorism
like we do on a foreign terrorist organization
like ISIS, al-Qaeda, al-Shabaab.
-Having such a statute would give investigators an extra tool
in the tool box to add penalty enhancements,
which may be a deterrent to some people.
The Internet is a force multiplier.
It enables people in the privacy of their homes
to connect with like-minded individuals.
This leads to more emboldened, radical activities.
People are basically copy-catting
other extremist attacks
throughout the world here in America.
If we're determined today to stop this threat,
it's gonna take years to slow down the momentum
and growth of these movements.
We need to make a decision now
that we're gonna draw a line in the sand
and do what we can to stem this tide of hate.