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With the very latest. >> good morning to you all. lots of criticism here in charlottesville for the police and city officials. many people are asking why the police didnt do more to stop the violence when it started. charlottesville police chief al-thomas said yesterday he has regrets about this weekend but didnt lay out specifics. only saying he regrets that three lives were lost and saying that the weekend was tragic. >> you or the mayor anyone on the mayors staff told anyone not to. >> no i w...

Civil rights investigation into this incident. yesterday attorney general jeff sessions said the car attack meets the definition of domestic terrorism. shannon. >> shannon: what more do we know about the suspect, james fields, an allegation he may have had a violent past? >> hes 20 years old from ohio, he was working as a security guard there. in a statement of the company that employed him told fox news "at the time of the incident, he was on previously requested vacation leave, his employment ...

Go along with the infrastructure. >> mr. president, have you spoken to the family of the victim of the car attack? >> i will be reaching out. i will be reaching out. >> when will you be reaching out? >> i thought the statement put out -- the mothers statement, i thought, was a beautiful statement. i must tell you, it was something that i really appreciated. i thought it was terrific. really, under the kind of stress that she is under and the heartache she is under, i thought putting out that sta...

Kkk. >> reporter: pence also bristled at questions on the presidents handling of the matter. >> many in the media spept time focusing on what the president said instead of criticizing those who brought that hatred and violence to the streets of charlottesville, virginia. >> reporter: one other distinction to note during his remarks, the president did not refer to the murder of heather heyer in charlottesville assa a act of domestic terrorism. the white house says the president has no plans to ma...

In one group and inherent inferiority. we have practiced it nearly 300 years, to the chagrin of many people it man tises itself not in rancid acts of, with you in white society with pinstriped suits. even black people themselves who are complicit in the very vicious self-hay tremendous that white supremacy represents can themselves articulate ideology. thats something we have to grapple with. >> gentlemen, i need two hours with just the four of you all. i would love it. its been a substantive co...

One reporter filming the immediate aftermath of that deadly car attack found herself as target when a man approached her and punched her if the face. >> stop recording! >> that happened just two days ago. joining me now, the reporter who was attacked, the hills taylor lorenz. first, how are you? >> good. yeah. >> what exactly happened? for those of us watching this weekend, the image, it felt like movie. it certainly didnt feel like 2017 charlottesville, virginia, home of the uva cavaliers. yo...

We are back with breaking news. president trump declaring that racists have been condemned after he finally spoke out in a more forceful way against white supremacist groups. his remarks over at the white house coming two days after demonstration of hate in charlottesville, virginia turned deadly. the president refusing to explain why he waited to specifically denounce racist groups including the kkk, despite criticism from many republicans as well as democrats. lets bring our analysts and our s...

President read this statement at the white house. >> the department of justice has opened a civil rights investigation into the deadly car attack that killed one innocent american and wounded 20 others. to anyone who acted criminally in this weekends racist violence, you will be held fully accountable. justice will be delivered. racism is evil. and those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs, including the kkk, neo-nazis, white supremacists, and other hate groups that are repugn...

Each president faces pivotal moments when the nation they lead looks to them for leadership, empathy to be the consoler in chief. president trumps first leadership test came this weekend when violence broke out at a rally of chiet supremacists and neonazis in charlottesville, virginia. one woman was killed and two virginia state troopers died when the helicopter they were flying to monitor the scene crashed. the department of justice has opened a civil rights investigation into the deadly car at...

The woman that was killed in that violence in charlottesville on saturday. he also said, quote/unquote, racism is evil. i think what we saw reflected in the white house earlier today, wolf, and the presidents statements is that he is, he is somebody who will listen to criticism. obviously he heard an avalanche of criticism over the weekend, just about the whole country thought the president did not go far enough in condemning these groups for the violence that happened saturday. i think what you...