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Counterprotesters. by tend of saturday, one woman was dead and many other hurt. all over whether a confederate statue should stand. i want to talk to cat graham who was deeply moved by what happened in charlottesville. cat, tell me where you were and where your mind has been this week watching what played out in charlottesville and obviously the presidents response. >> well, its definitely impacted me along with other americans. when i first worked on this black lives matter psa, i started worki...

That rally. out of a number of things that, you know, well all be watching for tuesday night, if the primary opponent shows up at this rally, it will be a big ind kag that trump is not interested in healing the divide on capitol hill. >> jackie, we did hear a different kind of trump in terms of his reaction to the protesters on saturday. he said i want to applaud the many protesters in boston speaking out against bigotry and hate. our country will soon come together as one. it was different from...

Criticism. the u.s. president expressed his support for protesters in boston, tweeting this. our great country has been divided for decades. sometimes you need protests in order to heal, and we will heal and be stronger than ever before. another tweet, i want to applaud the many protesters in boston who are speaking out against bigotry and hate. our country will soon come together. keep those tweets in mind. lets now bring in a teacher of international politics at city university. those tweets i...

In boston. police are looking tough and smart. thank you." he then also tweeted "i want to applaud the many protesters in boston who are speaking out against bigotry and hate. our country will soon come together as one." lot to unpack there, michelle. have at it. >> well, first of all, i think that the behavior of many of those counterprotesters, which was on display many of the local news stations there were able to show the true face of some of the more militant antifa activists and agitators....

>> good advice there. allison chinchar, thanks. escalating threats from north korea. a new warning from kim jong-un as the u.s. is now preparing for military drills. also, thousands of counterprotesters come face-to-face with people affiliated with white supremacist groups. unlike protests leading up to last weeks terror attack, demonstrations were largely peaceful, but another protest and rally next week in san francisco. we are going to talk about police responses in a moment. here ya go. ...

"people united." in dallas, texas, people came together to celebrate diversity and i ddenounce white supremacy. activists tried to cover a statue of confederate general nathan bedford forest, with a banner that read "take me down." >> now we turn to boston. carrying signs that said "hate speech is not free speech," thousands of counterprotesters converged on boston, overshadowing a self-described free speech rally. >> lets look at that video there. in the middle, that was the free speech rally. ...

Counterdemonstrators barricaded a good distance away. thousands of people marched through downtown boston, speaking out against racism, nazis, and white supremacism. they carried signs, such as "united against hate," while other criticized president donald trump. a few vocal trump supporters could be found in the crowd amid the sea of counterprotesters. some in the front line of protests at times got confrontational with police. amid some particularly tense moments, several counterprotesters wer...

Participate in rallies and protests, offering people $25 an hour. the ad also specimenified it was in the north carolina area, not charlottesville. >> were going to keep an eye on that. >> crowds on demand said it was not involved in any capacity with the events in charlottesville. a city official in charlottesville told cnn theyve seen no evidence that counterprotesters were for hire. still, analysts say even debunked conspiracy theories can be dangerous in this politicize climate. >> president...

Rhetoric going on in boston common. weve come too far. >> so there are several speakers on the list today. two of them though, do have right wing, right extremist ties. as for counterprotesters they will be meeting opposite side. they could see potentially thousands. these are more left leaning groups that plan to march here to boston common and thats where the security concern is. theyve brought in hundreds of police officers to keep an eye on the crowd. they are expecting things to remain peac...

The law enforcement up to this point in time. right now, the official events are over so this is a critical moment for law enforcement because as the groups disburse, what you dont want to happen is for pockets of individualized violence to occur between these groups around the city and all of a sudden you start disbursing your law enforcement assets across the city, so critical time right now for the boston police and the massachusetts state police to gather intelligence, understanding where th...