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A group of people protesting the hospital's transgender health program were met by dozens of counterprotesters.

Fed up with discriminatory policies and sectarian segregation planned a days long march for change. there was a peaceful demonstration, until it wasnt. when protesters reach the bridge that final destination, police through on their helmets and grab their shields as if they knew something no one else did. the peaceful marchers were ambushed by counterprotesters, beaten and bloodied with clubs and iron bars. many jumping into the friesen river for reprieve. the story probably sounds very familiar...

Many of them have left the party, even as the number of Log Cabin Republicans in Texas continues to grow.

This morning abortion rights protesters are descending on the supreme court as the justices are preparing to hand down a ruling that could overturn roe v. wade. capitol police on alert after an internal memo warns of potential confrontations. lets go live to cnns whitney wild, live for us outside the supreme court with more. and very tall fencing behind you, whitney. >> reporter: absolutely, just one of the many advanced security postures that are being taken out here today by congressional secu...

Everything, but i do agree we need to do something because this madness needs to end. when i was outside of senator john cornyns office, who i encourage everyone listening to please call and ask for him to do something about gun safety in this country, because hes really the key to all of this happening, i never protested in texas before and not had over a dozen counterprotesters with ar-15s outside yelling at us. the counterprotests had more people outside the nra convention than inside, even w...

Leadership, from senator ted cruz and we were expect to go see governor greg abbott of texas. he is, instead, going to stay in uvalde and is going to send a prerecorded video message for those attending. now, in terms of security, because president donald trump will be speaking later on this afternoon, it is the secret service that will be in charge of that hall where he will be speaking. no guns will be allowed inside of the hall according to secret service, but outside of the convention the ho...

Situation. law enforcement officials and local businesses in washington, d.c. are on edge this weekend. thousands of people are expected to show up for a number of protests including one against vaccine mandates. cnns suzan malveaux is there. so suzanne, tell me about all this activity in d.c. this weekend. >> reporter: well, pam, d.c. is bustling this weekend. today the focus was on abortion around the 49th anniversary of roe v. wade. former vice president mike pence joining anti-choice activis...

Nationalists descended on charlottesville, virginia, to defend a monument to robert e. lee. their arrival marked the beginning of 24 hours of violent clashes with counterprotesters. one person was killed, others were beaten and bloodied. >> after the unlawful assembly was declared it was really very festive. it just felt like weve won. thats when we heard this loud bang. one car got pushed into the intersection, another car got pushed in right behind it. it was just utter chaos. >> its hard to i...

To contemplate the possibility of counterprotesters, contemplate other people being there. we know a lot of folks indicted about antifa, they were going to clash with antifa. that never happens. you sort of layout a theory there was an anticipation that would happen and actually those clashes archbishop part of what they conceived of as an important part of what they wanted to happen that day? >> yes, absolutely. you know, that mark meadows see mail unearth released this week is so critical to u...

One else there around. and that meadows email, which appears to contemplate the possibility of counterprotesters. it appears to contemplate other people being there. we know from a lot of testimony of folks who havent been indicted. fears they would clash with antifa. that never happens. you laid out a theory there was an anticipation that would happen and actually those clashes were part of what they conceived of as an important part of what they wanted to happen that day. >> the mark meadows e...