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That many and their message was drowned out. this was a bit of a flare up towards the end of the day here where a few counterprotesters who may have been white supremacists, we dont know showed up with a flag and were countered by these people here. there was a flare up. there was a bit of jostling, screaming at them. they quickly took refuge behind a line of police, and that was what led to this confrontation here over my shoulder. so some of these protesters are now leaving and moving this way...

Be the unite the right 2 rally. >> but they were easily outnumbered by thousands of counterprotesters who shouted shame, shame and nazis go home. >> cnns sarah snider spoke to a member of the ku klux klan who was there in charlottesville at a rally last year, and he took an active and violent role. we do warn you some of the language in this report, it is offensive. >> i shot a gun. >> reporter: richard preston admitting what he did during the deadly white nationalist unite the right rally last ...

Lafayette park over here, the counter racist protesters, the anti-racist protesters were not allowed to get really within about 100 yards of where the white supremacist protesters were. the police cognizant of that, but that really didnt happen in any large measure. and what did happen was the white supremacists were so severely drowned out by the counterprotesters that they left, they didnt finish their speaking program. a reality tv star and one time white house aide is now stepping up attac...

Know showed up and was encountered here. there was a flare up, a bit of jostling, some skreerming cream them. they quickly took refuge behind the line of police and thats what led to this confrontation here over my shoulder. theyve gotten those few counterprotesters out to safety. while you can say most of the protesters were peaceful and dispersed earlier in the day thanimented the anger has not dissipated. some of those people are still hanging around. but the security measures police have put...

About these extreme hate groups, how surprised were you to find out that only a very small number, about 24 or so white supremacists turned up for this washington, d.c. rally, and what did that signal to you? >> it was very shocking in my surprise, to be honest. because when we did our rallies back in the day we had a lot of numbers of all types of mandatory to be in these rallies. and so seeing the number that happened today was shocking. so it makes you wonder whats really going on and if they...

Damage to gop and gop leadership. now one element of today, we talked about this earlier, was the energy coming from the counterprotesters which i think demonstrates the rising energy in opposition to white supremacy. if you take that with jonah goldbergs piece, the question is, is this the beginning of a new political alignment? where on one side you have the devotees of white supremacist and on the other side you have a multicultural broad spectrum of ideology that will be opposed to that and ...

Welcome back to "kasie dc." i want to bring in ruben gallego of arizona. congressman, great to see you. thanks for being on tonight. i want to start with what weve been covering all night long. we dont want to call them a rally, 24 white nationalists showed up to d.c. thousands we think, waiting on official counts, of counterprotesters in the streets here in d.c. you have actually received death threats from white supremacists. first of all can you explain how that impacts your own thinking when...

White americans where they say i feel like i am oppressed, its simply because you have essentially had free rein over everything. affirmative action doesnt take tests. take tests. when i was told you only got into tufts university because youre a black person, youre only here in this law school class with me because youre a black person, i would say affirmative action does not do my home work, does not study and does not take the test for me. i earned my place here and im earning the degree when...

Here to washington, d.c., tell us that the group of reporters, media, and counterprotesters that are surrounding the group of neo-nationalists, the white nationalists, is actually very small. so essentially anybody you see in a fluorescent vest or anybody walking backwards or anyone beyond them in fluorescent vests are not part of the protest group. that protest group is very small, essentially inside that circle of law enforcement thats helping them get to this protest site at lafayette park as...

A devastating blast at a makeshift ammunition depot has killed 36 people in northwest syria. the syria observatory of human rights says women and children are among the dead. dozens of others are thought to be injured. this happened in a rebel-held town near the turkish border. rescue crews say theyve pulled ten people from the rubble and are searching for more survivors. one year after the violence in charlottesville, white supremacists marched in washington, just blocks from the white house....