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No one was killed. there was no significant property damage and in his words he said 99% of the people there were there for the right reasons and that was to fight bigotry and hate. keep in mind, there were what he said an estimated 40,000 people who showed up today. these are still images, a number of people who are continuing to protest there in the streets of boston. the president was also putting out more tweets during those comments that we were hearing and listening in on. let me read them...

He wants to applause the protesters in boston so he did put out a couple of follow-up tweets. but minutes before that he said they looked like anti-police agitator, many anti-police agitators. >> look, i think he was supporting the police and i think you heard from the police commissioner a moment ago when he talked about we needed separation between some of these individuals an we knew that there were planning on throwing basically urine bombs at some of our police officers and some were hit wi...

Presumably was to call the protesters, like 40,000 anti-racism protesters, anti-police agitators. your thoughts. >> lets be clear. it is what he wanted to see. this is one of the responses ive had all week to people who keep want to defend the nazi protesters and claim if you are standing with sell declared nazis you have a problem and youll see what you want to see. im so heartened by the response in boston. particularly the overwhelming crowd there. because what so many of us have been saying ...

Agitators? i mean, i know this goes back to twitter use, but isnt there a point there to be made? >> i hope he does. and, look, his knee jerk reaction on twitter is nothing new. but i will say, look, throughout the day, as he has been watching these protests, he has changed his tone quite a bit and i think thats a positive thing saying sometimes we need protests to unite. and he has been encouraging about bringing about unity. i think the interview at the top was fantastic. i think the police su...

Agitators in boston, police are looking tough and smart. thank you. thats just one of the many tweets of the president. he began tweeting about steve bannon, the white house chief strategists who left yesterday officially the president thanked him this morning and a couple of hours tweeted again, quote, steve bannon will be a tough and smart new voice at breitbart news, maybe even better than ever before. fake news needs the competition. this is three weeks after the department of homeland secur...

Opportunity when it presented itself to strike down white nationalists, nazis, klan members, hateful speech and bigots and now he is coming out, even in the tweets, he is not identifying the group that is the aggressor that came to march. the people protesting there and resisting are the ones that are coming in response. >> and by the way, eddie, these are much different from the tweets he made just an hour ago with he talked about look at the many anti-police agitators in boston, police are loo...

Together as one. its worth noting all of this because the president said earlier this week he likes having all of the facts before speaking. that obviously was not the kiss earlier today when he spoke about anti-police protesters and agitators. here are the facts straight from the boston police commissioner. >> again, everyone did a good job. 99.9% of the people here were here for the right reason, to fight bigotry and hate for the most part here today. >> lets bring in our panel. joining us, jo...

Out? it doesnt matter who hes surrounded by? >> well, look, ultimately i think you need to have the best advisers around you that you can get. i think you have to listen to them. i do think that many people believe that the president does need to calm down on twitter a little bit. i think the presidents pretty clear thats his way. thats the way hell communicate directly to the american people. some days it hurts him, some days it helps him. it got him elected so its worked more than it hasnt wor...

Overwhelmingly peaceful demonstrators is call them anti-police agitators. my panel is back with me. i want to get final thoughts with everyone on whether or not you think rally that we saw in boston and all over the country is very peaceful rallies where you didnt see the shows of guns that we saw in charlottesville being openly carried. whether or not this represents a turning point in this debate over whether white nationalism is going to take hold in our politics. james peterson? >> i think i...

Criticizing people that become violent. i just dont. i mean, when you see people that are violent just like were literally watching on the screen right now. i want a president to call them out. these agitators. i want him to praise the police officers when they show restraint. i want him to also say congratulations to the people that showed up overwhelmingly to fight against racism and stand up against racism. that is a good day. not everything has to be negative about donald trump. >> sure. >> ...