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Whole time. theyve been in riot gear and theyre not obviously afraid to deploy tear gas and deploy agents to disperse the crowd, so they have done that. theyve been holding strong so far. we have not seen sort of any counterprotesters break through the line and when that does happen police push back pretty harshly, yasmin? >> steve, youve been talking to people on the ground and talking to the protesters. what are they saying to you? what changes do they want to see happen? why are they there to...

Neo-nazis and white supremacists to come here and gather and began, as you saw, this protest that really created a very tense environment and ultimately became a very violent situation. by the way, youre hearing the whine, the roar of the street cleaners, because theyre coming by right now, and theyre cleaning up all of the bottles and the paint and a complete mess in downtown charlottesville. but theyre well on their way to that. you mentioned this tragedy involving an individual who was killed...

Onto stretchers and paramedics were working on people when we first came upon the scene. this is a city thats been in a state of tension for weeks starting back on july 8th when there was a kkk march here near the robert e. lee statue at emancipation park. they were protesting the fact that the city was going to remove the statue from the park. fast forward to friday. law enforcement told us that they learned lessons from the july 8th rally where you saw counterprotesters and others getting into...

Now for what? just -- for what? >> and that anger is spilling over into a press conference today held by the white nationals rally organizer jason kessler. the crowd chanting "shame" and "murderer." [ crowd chanting "shame" ] >> then he was chased away by counterprotesters and a security scrambled to maintain order and a very heated and emotional day. >> maya rodriguez joining me live from virginia. what more information do you have about what took place at that presser? just incredible to watch...

Counterprotesters. >> and federal authorities have opened a civil rights investigation into the car attack. we have a video that you may found graphic. that red van moved into the crowd after being hit from behind by the attackers car. a 32-year-old woman died in that crowd. 19 were injured. >> you look at the video and people didnt have time to get out of the way. police have taken this man into custody in connection with the crash. some democrats and republicans are criticizing president t...

The things you say on air and the things you cover. i also think what you believe and you think is important as the president does, as well. he believes all americans should have a conversation and an open debate on this matter. this is unacceptable. this violence cannot stand. he made that clear yesterday. i think that the other statements that youve highlighted governor christie and the other leaders in the party that youve quoted have all said things similar. they all denounced the violence. ...

White nationalism? >> no, ana, its not. this is a very important point because even though there were clashes today and fights broke out, yes, between the protesters and the counterprotesters, lets look at the core reason you had a rally of white nationalists. this is one of the biggest gathering of white supremeists in years. that alone would have been word a condemnation of president trump, even without the violence that took place. thats what i think is the core issue here when we talk about ...

What he main by several times. what he meant by many sides. >> they said he was coming hatred, bigotry from all sides. there was violence between protesters and counterprotesters did. today. that was the white house doubling down on this idea that both sides are to blame. another thing that is notable, the president talked about bringing the country together. the need to unite, to straighten out the situation in charlottesville, to study it, to figure out whats going wrong in this country that a...

In our country. not donald trump, not barack obama. this has been going on a long, long time. it has no place in america. >> one phrase you heard is getting a lot of attention and criticism, i should say. and that is when he said the violence, the hatred and bigotry on many sides on many sides. a lot of folks are saying he is equating the neonazis and white nationalists who are demonstrating with the folks who are counterdemonstrating, protesting the racism and racial epithets they were espousin...

Message from city posturing with their police, posting on pretty much every street corner to keep this crowd away from that other crowd because im not sure they know whats going to happen if they put those twoel ems together, yasmin. >> i want to reiterate to people as theyre watching this live breaking news rolling out of seattle, washington. things happen, people say things and we do apologize for that and well try to make sure that doesnt happen, but again, we cant control people as theyre ou...