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Charlottesville robert e. lee statue with tiki torches in hand. and when white supremacists violently clashed with counterprotesters one of the counterprotesters heather hier was killed in the violence and several other injured. now 11 of those injured are suing unite the right rally leaders including richard spenc spencer. the lawsuit accusing them of intentionally inciting violence again people based on race and ethnic. and joining me melissa blair and marcus martin could not be here still rec...

But i do reserve most of my hate for nazis and neo-nazis, schts we hate him he has every right to come and spew the hatred that he is speaking. freets the freedom of these united states of america. that is what president trump is nflg him in. thats not a threat by any sort. i do think that he has a right to protest. i think the counterprotesters have a right to protest. i dont think anything is illegal in that protest. >> except for violence. >> whatever richard is doing. and so, you know, as mu...

The law is already there to prevent that. >> bakari, the white nationalests were back over the weekend. there was a much smaller march. he keeps saying hes going to return. him returning, is that considered a threat? could that help these cases? >> no, i dont consider it a threat. i mean as much as we hate richard spencer, and i use hate very cautiously, because i dont hate many people. but i reserve it for nazis and neo-nazis. as much as i mate richard spencer, he has a right to spew the hate h...

When they stood out there in their streets, they tried to go about their lives. what they saw was these very organized military units marching through their streets, going into their park, not engaging in speech but sending out sorties of ten, 20, real soldiers lt a time to engage in skirmishes with counterprotesters. and these were sorties of mostly men in helmets and shields and crude weapons, bats, batons, flags. >> traumatized, thats how cory long says he feels especially having to turn hims...

Ago when you were talking about the smaller group there, that at the very end they were chanting something to effect of we will be back. have you had a chance to talk to anyone in the charlottesville community and get their response to that threat? >> you know its something that i think the city and people that live here have come to expect. honestly, its deja-vu with this rally. >> thats correct. >> and its very unfortunate. we talked to one group of small counterprotesters that came out there ...

>> fake news. >> reporter: but there is been stumbles. one attorney denying his president helped craft a statement about a meeting with the russians. >> no. >> reporter: the "new york times" is reporting the president okayed the statement. >> well, theyre incorrect. >> reporter: the white house later contradicted sekulow saying, yes, the president did weigh in. attorney john dowd according to "the new york times" forwarded a message defending the presidents statements about the violence between ...

Just a couple of hundred feet away, people have also gathered in support of the president. we have some crews out on the national mall there if anything interesting happens. so far people are just sort of milling around. also a few hours south three members of the new confederate states of america -- and you heard that right, exactly three -- held a rally to preserve confederate monuments. they left the area about two hours ago but so far the counterprotesters have stuck around. noteworthy, th...

Violent imagery. joining me live from washington, d.c., nbcs mike viqueira. mike, it looks peaceful so far. has it been? >> reporter: well, youre right. frances, when you talk about core supporters, they are definitely here for president trump. theyre all stressing unity. i think that this is sort of a ba backlash among many of those conservative supporters against what happened in charlottesville. the very first person that took the stage today said there is no alt-right or alt-left here. they ...

Wavering towards president trump in the wake of what prominent conservative pundits have called a cave on the issue of daca, immigration, amnesty as they phrase it. theyre still four square behind the president, including the speakers here at this undoubtedly pro-trump rally. theres no question about it. now, having said that, the organizers here are trying to emphasize that this is not an alt-right rally, it is not an alt-left rally, it is a unity rally. they are stressing the fact that there a...

This horrible moment. he doesnt say thanything about the young woman murdered. only one side using isis terror tactics, mowing people down and murdering them in broad daylight, only one side embracing neonazism. for some reason doesnt want to talk about that, just counterprotesters. felt bad for senator scott. going there to do something good and turned into another circus. >> saying about the people writing that people are saying trump has a point. its usual for the president, people are saying...