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Permitted alt-right rally. went to the university of virginia campus wielding tiki torches. the visual was startling but not the worst wed see. >> violence in this intersection adds police looked on just outside the park where general robert e. lees statue stands. so-called alt right activists chanting racist slogans with confederate flags with anti-racist counterprotesters and the day turned deadly. >> this street where james alex fields junior allegedly barrelled into a group of counterprotest...

Have had to increase their activity level. and at the end, we were not going to let that aircraft go into downtown seattle. >> that begs the question, at what point what was the protocol to shoot down the plane. stay with us, well have more questions including that one in just a few moments. but, first, one year since white nationalists and counterprotesters faced off on the streets of charlottesville. they plan to do it again, this time in the nations capital. why they have not learned anythi...

Anti-fascist protesters. and then the day turned deadly. this street with james alex fields jr. barrelled his car into a group of counterprotesters remains a memorial to heather heyer. heather was killed in the attack, 35 others injured, the driver will be tried for murder and federal hate crimes. there was anger and outrage and reaction to not only the violence, but the hateful rhetoric that was openly on display here. >> i have a message to all the whi, the message is plain and simple. go home...

Today. president trump tweeting, the riots in charlottesville a year ago resulted in senseless death and division. we must come together as a nation. i condemn all types of racism and acts of violence. peace to all americans. last year 32-year-old heather heyer was killed when white nationalists clashed with counterprotesters. two virginia state troopers monitoring the violence from the air also died when their helicopter crashed. eric: meanwhile, the spree of killings continue in chicago. and n...

And later, preparing for a tense weekend in charlottesville on of course the one-year anniversary of that fatal confrontation. and then in washington, where white supremacists and counterprotesters will square off, some of them within earshot of the white house. "the 11th hour" on a friday night just getting under way. booking a flight at the last minute doesnt have to be expensive. just go to priceline. its the best place to book a flight a few days before my trip and still save up to 40%. just...

When we were on fourth street where the car rammed into the protesters, we automatically knew it was intentional. we knew when we went to the rally that people were saying, violence it going to happen, it might be dangerous. we knew that on the face. but for someone to ram a car through a crowd of peaceful protesters, we didnt expect it. finding out all the evidence and everything like that, its like we were in a war zone. >> in the year since that deadly rally in charlottesville, virginia, some...

Violence in charlottesville, virginia, the historic town is still marked by the stain of racial hatred. now the city is again bracing for what could be a hostile environmental as the right wing organizers of last years rally are planning to hold another rally in washington, d.c. this weekend. hundreds of counterprotesters say they will be onsite to face off against them and officials have already declared states of emergency for the city of charlottesville and state of virginia. amid all of this...

Meanwhile, a white civil rights rally is set for this weekend marking the first anniversary of that unite the right event and this time it will be across the street from the white house. joining me now is investigative the author of "everything you love will burn." he spent several years embedded with white nationalist groups and was there during the violence in charlottesville. you write in your book, vegas, that charlottesville was terrible and inevitable. why? >> well, it was the clashing of ...

Discussions. does predominantly young this group, or representation from all walks and ages? >> reporter: its both. the confrontation i was talking about, some of the students came over and engaged some of the counterprotesters here, many of them from local pro-gun organizations just simply talking about the gun debate and where they can find common points of consensus. there were discussion about gun checks and back ground. thats a discussion that i think a lot of these students hope can be hel...

They can create that content, try to make a provocation or that something dangerous is about to happen in hopes that if that unfolds they have pictures and content they can message. one rally they were talking about is in washington, d.c. so can you imagine if they had white supremacists and counterprotesters confronting in washington, d.c., the nations capital, thats damaging, good propaganda material. >> what do you make of facebook trying to be proactive. theyre trying to impress regulators a...