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Is what needs to happen is kkk and neo-nazis, they need to look out and see themselves and see that they are not safe in their own skin, they need to see there is no shelter in whiteness that they are not going to see camaraderie. >> reporter: so thomas, just one perspective of many out here in a diverse city that has largely handled it self-very well today. according to the mayor and the police chief and the folks out here today for this march and the counter-protest. >> and garrett, the approp...

Of counter protest. >> lawrence: youd be surprised. >> rachel: i think he should be in the oval office. >> lawrence: i go to my barbershop every single week, and they support the president. they want help, but they need the president to speak to them. i heard the president during the campaign, and now its time for the president to go to them. >> rachel: i think you should you the oval office and then maybe go out. >> sandra: is the barbershop watching today, by the way? [laughter] >> kennedy: he...

>> jon: is it fair to say that had there not been this planned ku klux klan rally inç charlottesville, the other side would probably not have shown up for a counter protest. >> absolutely. the president is factually correct when he is distinguishing that both sides had a role in the violence, but being right in the situation was not as important as issuing a statement that distance himself and the rest of the republican party from the white supremacist who were marching in his name and that is...

The anti-semitic and racist things they were saying, were held before there was even a counter protest organized. >> martha: we have to go, but i think youre both laying out the fact there needs to be more on this in terms of defining the president thinking on all of this. we hope that he will do that. mo, thank you. governor huckabee good to see you as always. thank you, gentlemen. still ahead, steve bannon has been under fire recent days. but tonight hes firing back. he just gave a brand new i...

His car into the crowd, the man that resulted in that young woman losing her life, he is au accused of it, at least. >> yes, james fields did make his first court appearance today. he went before a judge. the judge denied him bond, he said he would not afford an attorney so a public defender will need to be assigned to him. there was a verbal altercation that took place. they were separated, but that is just a sign of some of the on-going tension that we have here in charlottesville. joining me ...

Muslim students or transit students. >> tucker: okay [laughs] one last question, if i may. if you are -- i just want to know, the protocol for antifascist act as like this. if you are standing in a street streetcorner and some us are saying something you dont like and you think, that is a act of hostility, that person is a fascist -- >> you are misrepresenting the words that i am saying. this is not been in for jerrys versus stone cold pizza or something. this is the lives of real people, immigr...

Muslim students or transit students. >> tucker: okay [laughs] one last question, if i may. if you are -- i just want to know, the protocol for antifascist act as like this. if you are standing in a street streetcorner and some us are saying something you dont like and you think, that is a act of hostility, that person is a fascist -- >> you are misrepresenting the words that i am saying. this is not been in for jerrys versus stone cold pizza or something. this is the lives of real people, immigr...

One last question, if i may. if you are -- i just want to know, the protocol for antifascist acts like this. if you are standing on a street corner and some us are saying something you dont like and you think, that is a act ofe hostility, that person is a s fascist -- >> you are misrepresenting the words that i am saying. this is not ben and jerrys versus stone cold pizza or something. this is the lives of real people, immigrants who are under attack -- >> tucker: i got it. and i am asking you, ...

Up to tell the government they did not want, they do not want the syrian refugees in their city. there was a counter protest to tell the refugees they are welcome. while there has been a slash this afternoon, riot police there in full force. atika shubert has been reporting live all morning and afternoon. fireworks there. bottles thrown and water cannons being used to disperse the crowds to hopefully keep everything calm before night falls pretty soon. we are hours, minutes from dusk. we will co...

Side. so there is the possibility of a clash there. it seems to have died down. hopefully, police have been able to get better control of the situation. >> atika shubert, we are going to stay with these pictures. what we are seeing now are the clashes of two protests. a protest against refugees coming into the country centered around the new years eve attacks. 170 reports of criminal activity. 120 of them from women who were groped or assaulted. police have identified 31 suspects. 18 of them ref...