[Cooper:] A white nationalist march yet again this past weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia. Once again chanted, you will not replace us. Last time it was Jews will not replace us. Once again a tiki torch rally. This gathering smaller than the one in August which results of course of the death of 32-year-old Heather Heyer was killed when a man plowed his vehicle into a crowd protesting a white supremacist. At discussing as both rallies where there is something else that caught our eye when it posted this past Friday. It's the claimed that the August protest the one that killed Miss Heyer was some sort of a left wing plot. Now who we might ask would something too offensive in discussing is that some shock jock radio personality maybe, no an elective representative who's serving right now in the U.S. Congress. Here is two term Arizona Congressman Paul Gosar. Now he's here's exactly what the congressman said to Vice News correspondent Elle Reeve.
[Rep. Paul Gosar,  Arizona:] Let's look at the person that actually started the rally. Its come to our attention that this is the person from occupy Wall Street, there was an Obama sympathizers. So, wait a minute be careful on where you start taking these people to. And look at the background. George Soros is one of those people that actually helps you know, back these individuals. Who is he? I think he's from Hungary. I think he was Jewish and I think he turned in he's own people to the Nazis. They're careful of where we go with those.
[Elle Reeve, Vice News Tonight Correspondent:] Do you think George Soros funded the Neo-Nazis who march in Charlottesville?
[Gosar:] Well it'll be interesting to find out.
[Cooper:] Again, that was Republican Arizona Congressman Paul Gosar. This man, keeping them honest, does he have proof, no, nothing. In other words it's a false flag. He's spreading an insulting and discussing conspiracy theory one that's been swiftly debunked by many. We asked Congressman Gosar to come on the program tonight, his office declined. We told him it's open invitation, we got no reply. These conspiracy theories were first spread by radio talk show host Alex Jones, the rally in August was organized by Jason Kesler who said he voted for President Obama and attended one occupier then. But he also says he became disenchanted with the Obama administration. And addition to organizing that hateful Charlottesville rally has according to Vice News, spend time on YouTube rally against what he called white genocide. He's certainly a turner. As for billionaire investor George Soros who does back liberal causes, a spokeswoman for his foundation issue the statement to Vice News, a recent part, "George Soros survived the Nazi occupation of Hungary and he has spent his life supporting efforts to ensure that such terrifying authoritarianism never takes root again. He was 14 years old when the war ended. He did not collaborate with the Nazis. He did not help round up people. He did not confiscate anybody's property." Joining me now is Elle Reeve, she is the Vice News reporter who did that interview with Congressman Gosar and who was also at the original rally in Charlottesville who did such amazing reporting there. Does it make any I mean when this Congressman says that to you. I mean you were at the original rally, does it make any sense to you what he's saying?
[Reeve:] Oh no of course not. Some of the people involved in that rally have track records going back five or 10 years. The
[Cooper:] The idea also that the way the congressman is saying is like, oh we're learning this or, you know, we're finding this out, as if it's sort of the full weight of his office or the U.S. Congress when in fact it seems like he's just getting stuff from Alex Jones.
[Reeve:] That seems to be where the news is coming from. Alex Jones claim to have sources all throughout the government. But George Soros did not fund these people what he's saying g is not true.
[Cooper:] The just to be clear, the point of your interview with him it wasn't even about Charlottesville right?
[Reeve:] No.
[Cooper:] So he just brought this up?
[Reeve:] Right, yes. We were interviewing him about a constituent who's suing him for blocking her on Facebook. It's an interesting First Amendment case, and so we ask him, why block these people. He tried to draw a line between the attention of assassination of Steve Scalise and hateful or profane comments on Facebook. And he kept bringing up Antifa. So finally I was like Antifa's on the news because of a white supremacist rally, and that's when he launched into this.
[Cooper:] And I mean have you seen any of this Republican colleague speaking out against his comments?
[Reeve:] No, I have not.
[Cooper:] So you had there's to your knowledge no one has been saying this is absurd, this is offensive.
[Reeve:] Nothing that I've seen. Another Congressman Dana Rohrabacher has accused the protesters there being civil war reenactivists who were tricked by someone. That's all I've seen.
[Cooper:] Elle Reeve, it's great to have you on again, thank you very much.
[Reeve:] Thanks.
[Cooper:] Yes. When we come back a dust off between First Lady Melania Trump and the president's first wife Ivana, even for this White House, this is a bizarre turn of events.