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Rather than their message to sort of like the broader i guess public. i feel like lot of other marches people just kind of go, they say their piece, and maybe theyre heckled a little bit but theyre not sort of clashing i guess to the same extent. so, yeah, i got there on saturday. i mussed the friday night with the torches and stuff pip got there on saturday morning. the protest had already -- it was supposed to begin at noon and it had already obviously escalated, you know, sides fighting with ...

Jews. the klu klux klan wanted to kill blacks. you dont need a kitchen cabinet to decide how to handle it. you need to be a human being and have a sense of basin decent humanity. this is evil. this is not nuanced or politics or red state or blue state. this is evil. and this man is pathetic, sniveling president, cannot stand up to it. there is no human being underneath that hair and that substitute. >> and you -- thats my point. if the president of the united states was watching what unfolded an...

Counterprotesters. over the past several weeks, mr. trump condemned his partys leader in the senate, mitch mcconnell, members of congress and his own attorney general. the presidents response to white supremacists was tepid by comparison. >> we condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious 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 between all. >> do...

Summer of audi sales event. im dara brown. the 20-year-old suspect in the fatal car crash in charlottesville will make his first court appearance on monday. james fields of ohio is charged with second-degree murder. ten other people injured in the crash are in good condition, and nine others were released from the hospital. police have confirmed the identity of the fatality in the crash as 32-year-old heather heyer. she was among the crowd of counterprotesters. her mother said heather had a ...

Have sin in our hearts, you blame nobody. blame only makes sense if you focus it on the people who are primarily responsible for something. these broad nets are a winking way of saying were not really so mad at you guys. >> there was a state of emergency declared. >> ben, i want to point out the criticism the president faced was because he made statement he con depped this had outrage display and he added on many sides and once again said on many sides. the criticism was that he was sort of givi...

Much stiffer penalty. as i understand it, a second degree murder charge. if theres evidence to support the civil rights abuse or hate crime abuse that that investigation could lead to, that could carry a death penalty, is my understanding. sir, thats the appropriate and swift justice that i would call for and i wont condone any act of murder and i certainly wont be put in a position of defending it. >> i guess one of the issues that is being voiced by the chris christies, marco rubios and orrin ...

Virginia. a white nationalist rally in the city of charlottesville turned violent and deadly. three people have been arreste over clashes between white supremacists and counterprotesters. federal authorities opened a civil rights investigation into a car attack. one woman died when a car rammed into a crowd of people protesting the white supremacists. police have taken into custody this man in connection with the crash. also former presidential candidate and republican senator ted cruz is callin...

Came out to face them. >> the violence turned deadly. a speeding car plowed into a grup of counterprotesters. we have seen this tactic used by isis. one person was killed and 19 others were hurt. the suspected driver a 20-year-old man from ohio taken into custody. the phub hfbi has opened a rights investigation into what he did. >> democrats and some republicans are criticizing the president for his response to what happened. >> reporter: the president did respond to the violence in charlottes...

For people to understand. >> what groups are you referring to? >> well, i refer to the groups that clashed yesterday. i think it was pretty graphically evident. >> are you talking about the neo-nazis or the counterprotesters? >> one of the things that i think the mayor will make clear to you and probably stated earlier on your program. i know he and i talked about it this morning was the difficulty he had in planning for this event. this was an event in which we anticipated violence in which he ...

In the counterdemonstrations. police have arrested 20-year-old james alex fields jr. of ohio in connecticut with the car crash. he is expected to make his first appearance in court tomorrow where he faces four charges, including one count of second degree murder. lets go now to nbcs mile rodriguez on the ground in virginia. >> things do seem to be taking on a semblance of normalcy. we have seen people walking around, walking their dogs, neighbors greeting neighbors, families coming here to imman...