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Past in this country. he wants to shred through that in a way that pits people against each other and creates an incredibly false equivalency against white supremacists who committed an act of terror against counterprotesters standing up against race and hatred. there is no equivalency. even as we fight for their right to speak that filth, speak that hatred because thats what america is -- by the way, thats not what they are. in their vision of the world, they wouldnt allow any of those rights, ...

Ironically i was in israel when i first heard about the violence on friday night and put a statement out. i had to put a second one out after saturday. theres no question about it, that theyre 100% to blame. that doesnt excuse premeditated lawlessness. the vast majority of the counterprotesters were there to stand up to hate for sure. no question about the responsibility lies with that hate group that organized the protest. >> why is he saying that, congressman? why do you think the president is...

Not all of those people were neo-nazis, believe me, not all of those people were white supremacists. most of those people were there because they wanted to protest the taking down of a statue, robert e. lee. >> theres a lot of truth to what the president said, and theres no doubt that the protest did turn violent and counterprotesters turning violent also. the president claims the media is not recognizing the role of the counterprotesters, the people he calls the a llt-left. while he claims some...

Rape? kidnapping? treason? lynching? jim crow or all of the above? its a phony argument. and the niceties that ben carson articulated are not going to get us past the legacy of slavery and hate that still exists in some quarters in this country. >> hakeem jeffries, congressman, thank you so much. the worst fire storm president trump has faced in his 200-plus days in office has now deepened. two of his ceo advisory groups now gone, disbanding in the wake of his controversial remarks and the vio...

President who is trying to, as john said, as nuance to something that should clearly be condemned. defenders of the president are saying thats a distraction from his agenda. no, this was a president who decided to react to a neo nazi march where one of them killed one of the counterprotesters, and spin the country up and get the country even more divided around the question of race and to inject himself into a conversation of national memory, and the idea of these statues and how we remember the...

The mayor of baltimore is going to speak about the removal of confederate statues from her city. and this is what happened in the middle of the night there. while you were probably sleeping, crews removed four statues from parks in baltimore. the removal coming with no protesters present. the very situation weve seen play out in other cities with confederate statues. mariana is live in memphis, tennessee. tell us what happened there last night. >> reporter: stephanie, what i saw in this park in ...

>> that was president trump doubling down on his claim that both sides, thats his phrase, are to blame for t. the counterprotesters were equally to blame and he is talking about the alt left escalating the violence. >> what about the aumolt alt le that came charging? do they have any semblance of guilt? >> are you putting what youre call the alt white and white supremacists on the same moral plane? >> you had a group on one side and a group on the other and they came at each other with clubs and...

Counterprotesters on the same level as white supremacists. welcome back to early start. >> it was remarkable. they called it a moral disgrace. im dave brigs. we start with president trump going off script and some might say off the rails in a stunning news conference. the president making a dramatic pivot on the deadly violence at a white supremacist rally reverting back to his response on saturday blaming both sides for the unrest. >> during a combative exchange the president said those protest...

Ever unity, reverting back to his claim that both sides were responsible for the violence. >> and some appear to defend the president. hallie jackson was there and found herself in a heat the exchange with the president. take a listen. >> reporter: a defining moment in donald trumps presidency. >> you look at both sides. i think theres blame on both sides. i have no doubt about it. and you dont have any doubt about it either. >> reporter: the president unfiltered and defiance. responding to crit...

I think what he said saturday denounced hatred, bigotry, and violence which was appropriate. it was the appropriate response that he gave. and it was similar to the appropriate response that president obama gave after the white supremacists clearly bigoted dylan run roof shot up people in charleston. the thing -- >> doesnt, i mean, just saying generalized hatred and bigotry clearly in donald trumps mind, he was talking also about counterprotesters. >> but i think if you listen to what he said to...