Transcript for White Nationalist Speaker Sparks Campus Protests at Texas A&M

our dividend and that flows through to mutual funds which protests at T. A&M. flows through and makes people feel better about their income. Juju Chang spoke with the man at The amount of money that would the center of the controversy and she joins us from college come back that flow through in Station, Texas. Good morning, juju. that way or companies on capital Reporter: Good morning to expansion, I think all that is you, robin. good for business. Tempers flared on campus with Chuck, anybody that's filed crowds chanting say no to hate, Cisco for years nose that during in fact, the protesters far a quarter by quarter analysis of how things are going doesn't outweighed the few supporters of the racially extreme views of work that well. Richard Spencer. Because it's very lumpy, the He is the white nationalist who years. told us that it is Donald Trump Network service providers have their own concerns on when they've closed the deals. who has catapulted his movement into the national spotlight. The last report, there was some disappointment in terms of the Tensions running high overnight at Texas A&M as thousands came forecast through I think the current quarter. out to protest this man. You mentioned about five or six things that network service White people are ruling right providers were dealing with that were causing them not to be as now. White people have a very amount of power. Reporter: Richard Spencer aggressive. claims he's not a white From what you've heard about all these things that president-elect trump is going supremist credited with coining to do, how many of those five or the term alt-right and the six things could be addressed by some of these things that, like, creation of an all-white ethno an answer for tax reform or deregulation or even infrastructure? I mean, because Cisco will state. Attendees gave the Nazi salute. benefit from infrastructure too. We've got to update all the Hail trump. systems, right? I think a lot of those issues Reporter: Spencer a racial are related to uncertainty. extremist with controversy views of racial differences drowned We all know when there's out by protesters in college uncertainties, companies don't Station, Texas, the vast spin. The more clarity we have which majority of his audience was there in protest. is another reason I'm excited With multiple outbursts and about this session next week. clashes erupting during his We can begin to get some speech. No fighting. Reporter: Security had to clarity. intervene to de-escalate several I think those customers as they have clarity on regulatory volatile exchanges. issues, some currency issues At one point police in riot gear that may not be resolved in the entered the student union but near term, but clearly those are going to help us. none of the hostility took I'm glad you brought up the Spencer off message. What I find fascinating -- I point of infrastructure, Joe. Because as we talk about see myself as mainstream. infrastructure in the united I want to be mainstream. States, it's not only, you know, I want to be part of an elite. hard infrastructure which we all Reporter: Are you trying to normalize racism? absolutely believe we need. Yes, I'm trying to Normal You know, bridges, better roads, racism as you call it, absolutely I'm trying to et cetera. But we need that infrastructure normalize my ideas. to be smart and we need digital Our ideas of the alt-right. infrastructure in this country. I do not want the alt-right to Where do you land on the be a fringe movement but a at&t/time Warner transaction? You're a big supplier to AT&T. dominant movement. Yeah. Reporter: Texas A&M, you Well, they're both great customers. should know did not invite And, you know, it's a -- I think Richard Spencer, it was a former student who did that. Even though they denounce his first of all it's continued views they say once the room was consolidation you'll see across booked they felt they had to the board. And I'll let the regulators adhere to his first amendment determine how they feel about the competitive nature of it, rights of freedom of speech. I know you'll have more of but I think what it is your interview tonight on representative of is just the "Nightline." Can you give us a little more of complete understanding that a sense of what he talks about? networks are being dominated by Reporter: Well, I asked him video traffic. And content is incredibly about his controversial views important to carriers like AT&T. and whether he was playing with fire using a lot of the Nazi symbolism that went viral when And I think that it's -- his supporters did the Nazi Where does Cisco stand on net salute, frankly, after a speech and he said, that he said that neutrality? What we've always said is we that was irony and exuberance on believe you need a fair policy that isn't restrictive on, you the part of his supporters but know, traffic that allows there's a lot to dig into. traffic to flow. Many will be watching you But also gives the opportunity

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