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>> you had a group on one side that was bad and you had a group on the other side that was also very violent ant nobody wraunts to say that, but ill say it right now. >> welcome back. that was president trump in august saying that the counterprotesters demonstrating against white nationalism waltz were also to blame. and our panel is back with us. we asked each to pick their most impactful moment of 2017 and, yes, made sure that some of you wanted to pick the same ones. e were made sure every pi...

Challenger drove into a crowd of counterprotesters, injuring 19 people and killing 32-year-old heather heyer. and nobody is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, background or religion. that tweet was the most liked tweet of all-time. number two, #metoo. 2017 may be remembered as the year of the me too movement. men and women all around the world seized on the cultural moment and told about their harassments and assaults. >> he exposed himself and began masturbating in fro...

Baseball practice. >> steve scalise, congressman in leadership was among those who was shot. >> reporter: not a country music concert in las vegas. >> a storm of gunfire raining down upon an innocent crowd. >> reporter: not even a church in rural texas. >> it was rapid fire. boom, boom, boom, boom. >> reporter: but killing even more people than guns this year, americas opioid epidemic. >> he said you have a nickname for this street. >> morgue avenue. in 47 minutes there was already nine deaths o...

Warren over here claim of native american heritage were sure applause lines on the campaign trail. >> and pocahontas is not happy. shes the worst. when the insult was repeated in front of navajo code talkers, world war ii heroes -- >> they call her pocahontas. >> reporter: only silence followed. the democratic senator called it a racial slur. but sarah sanders defended her boss. >> i think thats a ridiculous response. >> reporter: but its far from the only time the president has crossed racially...

We have pictures, videos of this, in our story and in our video. we went to the police. this just happened. you guys were standing there. you didnt do anything. are you going to do anything? and they didnt want to talk. they did nothing. allowed this to happen. one of the other people in charlottesville and involved in all that mayhem that basically happened without any police intervention was a guy named tyler tenbring, not a member of the rise above movement but several other white supremacist...

Left, attacking people of color, and attacking basically anti-fascists who show up at fascist rallies. >> and these groups, a lot of the member, when i read your report, its chilling. young men, police records, police arrested for assault in the past. but who show up in places like charlottesville and dont seem to attract any attention by police. you recently, i believe, interviewed a couple of the men who finally actually were arrested but only after they shot at counterprotesters during this l...

Equipped for this type of mission, this build building up of partner capacity, security assistance we call it and its to help the nations often fragile governments in charge of large spaces, help them to professionalize their military, it happens quietly, out of common sight. but it is happening. its helping keep america safe. it is. >> not without risk. thats what we are learning. and thats what americans are realizes. thank you so much so both of you. we have breaking news out of gainesville, ...

Controversial speech on campus. spencer helped organize an alt-right rally in charlottesville. one woman was killed when a car crashed into counterprotesters. >> were prepared for anything that could happen. >> reporter: spencer not commenting. >> i dont think hes going to be answering any questions. >> reporter: officials at the state-run university of florida initially turned down his request to speak, but when he threatened a first amendment lawsuit, they relented. >> im urging all our campus...

>> his message is appalling is and its alarming that this is getting even any attention in the united states. but these governors are trying to deal with public safety issues as well as first amendment issues. >> its incredibly complicated and its just so unfortunate that we are talking about richard spencer at any point. but he keeps kind of popping back up in the mainstream. hes been around for years, as we all know, and its just really interesting that all of this attention has just shifted i...

Hes a powerful member of the ways and means committee and represents the area north and east of columbus. were going to be looking at that special election that will be held to fill his soon to be vacant spot. and in just a couple of hours now self described white nationalist is going to give a speech at the university of florida. the governor declaring a state of emergency after a sheriff asked for some help making sure this event is secure. were just a couple of hours from this. we know that p...