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Heavy police presence is barricading off a portion of the street where heather heyer was killed in last years protest. earlier, heathers mom visited the site, saying its been tough since the loss of her daughter, but, quote, its not all about heather, it never was. lets begin our coverage with cnns brian todd. hes in freedom plaza in washington following the anti-racism protests. many people already gathering there. theyve been there all morning. whats the situation right now? >> reporter: ryan,...

Monsanto says it will appeal the verdict. the terrifying moment in a swiss town as a mudslide roars through the village. look at this. storms and heavy rain caused a river to expand and burst at the banks, triggering a massive mudslide. the mud raced through a track on to the street. some buildings were clobbered. luckily no injuries were reported. cleanup efforts are still ongoing. one year after the violence in charlottesville, white supremacists marched in washington, d.c., just blocks fr...

Her piece a few minutes showing a story with a people with noxious thoughts and a person coming into their life and trying to make a change. tompkins said for the coverage of wrongdoing and racist and white supremacist, lets make sure we shine the light on the people who are trying to make a change in these counterprotesters today. as sara said, we will see a much bigger presence of counterprotesters than we will the white supremacists in washington later today. >> i have to ask you about the ba...

Eggs, some various things, even a roman candle being shot at the police. now you see out here on the streets, opened back up to traffic. this intersection by the way that you are looking at is pennsylvania and 17th, and that is where the public can generally go down pennsylvania avenue in front of the white house or where vip dignitaries go in to the north entrance of the white house, but a different scene than we saw with you just an hour ago. certainly a few hours ahead. there was probably abo...

Latest tweets going after nfl players who are once again protesting during our national anthem. here to speak about all of this kellyanne conway counselor to the president, in just a moment but first to peter doocy, live in lafayette park the site of todays rally. >> martha, what was billed as a white civil rights rally was only very lightly attended by a few dozen self-described white nationalists, far fewer than the 100 to 400 that organizers told authorities they were bringing to washington, ...

Know, were more prepared this year, as were businesses, as were counterprotesters which we saw so many of them today in d.c. people had a more general idea of what to expect and what they thought they would be up against. so of course law enforcement was ready to handle the worst. luckily we did not see it get out of control in the same way it did last year. but of course, they were going to be ready for that if it did. jon: let me just read that tweet from the president that he put out yesterda...

That was defined by the counterprotesters drowning out the message of the unite the right rally 2.0 here in washington, d.c. >> yeah, those organizers having made their way to vienna, virginia, out of the nations capital. thank you very much. and for more on the rise of right wing nationalism, i want to bring in the journalist and the author of "everything you love will burn, inside the rebirth of white nationalism in america." and shermichael singleton is with me as well. vegas, let me turn t...

Anti-climactic end to the relatively anti-climactic rally on the streets of washington, d.c. today. the organizer jason kesler returned to vienna, virginia where this day started around 2:00 this afternoon. with that group of maybe perhaps two dozen would-be rally goers coming here. as you mentioned the same organizers from the charlottesville rally. several different groups represented including some white nationalists and supremacists. to call it a rally is disingenuous. only about 20 of these...

To when he took out newspaper ads in new york city papers calling for the execution of the central park five. five african-american young men who were ultimately exonerated by dna evidence. theres been litigation that the presidents properties have discriminated against black people, refusing to rent apartments to them et cetera. theres plenty of examples. i think its part of the reason that omarosa is saying has gotten so much attention and steam. >> betsy woodruff, thank you for. and gabe, tha...

From these conversations is the reason why i left the republican party because donald trump aside, the leaders of this party, the ones who have been there the longest, who should if you will know better, have gone in hiding during these important conversations. when donald trump is saying nfl players who exercise their first amendment right to protest racial inequality in america, when he says they should lose their livelihoods, theyre not saying anything about it. i dont see ryan or mitch mccon...