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This entire episode on his instincts, not following the traditional path. >> bob, when you say he was told about the counterprotests, with the focus being on the counterprotesters, who told him that? is it steve bannon and steve miller? who was in his ear on saturday? >> its hard to say who exactly told him that. steve bannon was not at bed minister. unsure of where steven miller was. the homeland security advisor was there at different points over the weekend, but it was president trump watchin...

Holding nazi symbols and confederate flags clashed with counterprotesters. over just the past several week, mr. trump has condemned his partys leader in mitch mcconnell and. his response to charlottesville was tepid by comparison. >> we condemn in the strongest possible terms this display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides, on many sides. >> asked to clarify, an unnamed white house official told nbc news the president was condemning hatred, bigotry and violence from all sources and al...

Intimidating fashion. they were met with counterprotesters who were determined not to allow those white nationalists to gain any momentum in the town. as a result, we had the clash literately where im standing. the street is covered in dye and paint. they have had broken battles and cans all over the streets. they have been picking that up today. it does appear that those individuals, those white supremacists left town yesterday. they seem to have scattered. we dont know where they went. we pres...

Weekend of what the white house observed in charlottesville, the decision to say what it said in that written statement, and to not say what it didnt say in that written statement. >> willie, what happened over the weekend is pretty revealing about how president trump operates. my colleagues and i have a story today in the post about how when the president was first informed of what was happening in charlottesville, he was told there were counterprotesters. and having covered him for some time, ...

It can get hot. that can be verbal, physical. when you learned that heather lost her life because of that car that came in there, that could have killed you, your fiance and so many others, how did it hit you? >> i dont think it still has yet. we were with a group of counterprotesters that were happy. we were around spreading love, happy ton around people who believe in the same things we believe in, fighting for the same things we were fighting. we werent around protesters, neo nazis, white sup...

We need more from our president on this issue. >> this president needs to do exactly that today. call this white supremicism evil. >> the department of justice and fbi launching a civil rights investigation into the deadly events at the white nationalist rally in charlottesville. james alex field accused of driving his car into a crowd of counterprotesters killing one person. he faces multiple charges including second-degree murder and is expected to make his first court appearance today. cnns b...

Rally in charlottesville, virginia. james alex fields accused of driving his car into counterprotesters, killing one person. he faces charges including second-degree murder and is expected to make his first court appearance today. brian todd has more on the suspect and the investigation. >> reporter: weve got important new information about the suspect accused in the car strike which killed that young woman on saturday here in charlottesville. according to our justice producer, mary kay maloney,...

>> then lets step on free speech and hate speech. this was an event where they had their permits. people knew they were coming. were advocates in this country for free speech. but when we gt to this place where we are, where this is clearly hate speech, rev reasoned al, to you, wheres the line? >> i think the line is that people have the right to free speech but they dont have the right to harm people, call for the harm of people, and they dont have the right to do it unanswered. and the other p...

We are equal in the eyes of our creator. we are equal under the law. >> todays comments were part of a two day clean-up effort to stem fallout created by donald trumps first comments around the same time that news outlets were reporting that violence there had taken a startling turn. the remarks were about to show you make were made that a car had crashed into the counterprotesters and 20 minutes before it was publicly confirmed that haets -- heather heyer had lost her life there. >> we condemn ...

>> announcer: celebrating its 70th year, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >> good sunday morning. in the opening months of his presidency, many of us wondered how president trump would respond to the crisis when the nation looks to its president. could he lead? could he inspire? could he heal? he didnt have one test this week, he has had two. we will get to the north korea situation later. yesterday, we received another reminder how volatile extremism can be in america. clashes broke ou...