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Steve, give us an update. >> reporter: yas men, were at the tip of the spear of counterprotesters who are marching through downtown seattle. you can see them marching on -- [ indiscernible ] >> you can see them lined up over here and its possible for the counterprotesters to get to the pro-supporters. weve also heard about at least one arrest so far. >> steve, were having a hard time hearing you so we are going to check back in with you when we have better audio, but we appreciate you following ...

To push their belief system on the people here to sort of bring their ideal system here, and so weve heard a lot from them, both with their social media postings and just talking to them in the crowd. the strange thing is so far that has been the peaceful group. now that group has not clashed with counterprotesters because, as you see, police is still holding the line, but they tell us they just want to be here to get their message out and even their leader telling us, basically to keep his peop...

>> so incredibly emotional in that city today and quite frankly, around the country and hopefully around the world as they see whats going on in charlottesville, virginia. give us the latest on the suspect and what theyre finding out in the investigation and looking into the suspect. are they finding anything out on social media or his plans as to what took place yesterday? >> reporter: right. well, james alex fields, hes 20 years old and facing several charges including second-degree murder. a ...

See, counterprotesters have mobilized, no doubt with the events, the deadly events in virginia yesterday at top of mind. this is something were going to continue to monitor closely here at msnbc. any developments occur, well bring them to you as they do. but for now, stick around. we will have more on msnbc in just a moment. at ally, were doing digital financial services right. but if thats not enough, we have 7500 allys looking out for one thing, you. call in the next ten minutes to save on... ...

>> steve, stand by for me. were about seven minutes to the top of the hour. weve been watching a rally called the freedom rally, the group, an alt-right group called patriots prayer. it was a rally planned before what happened in charlottesville, virginia. about 200 people were scheduled to be there. its happening now in seattle, washington. you are also seeing footage of counterprotesters there. our own msnbc steve patterson on the ground for us covering that. you are seeing silly string and ot...

Literally, while the counterprotesters and protests were both bad, theres no evidence to suggest thats true. i think it is really dangerous. i think the whole not donald trump to blame, not barack obama to blame, thats a preemptive attempt to get himself away from being blamed for creating this culture in which people -- with these abhorent views feel comfortable airing them in public and gathering to air them. all of that stuff, it just misses the mark by so much. then going into, weve had a lo...

Leanings as far as the other people who were going to be attending. >> did she say that her son was part of any of these groups? was somehow sim patti cowith any of these groups? >> so she was pretty unaware of kind of what the definition of alt-right would be. i mean, she kind of fumbled over the language. i dont think she had a clear idea of even what that definition would be. she said to me that she doesnt try to get too much into his political beliefs and that shes you know, not too well ver...

It was not a friendly crowd. he tried to speak. he tried to say his peace. he talked about the fact he was disappointmented about how law enforcement and city officials had handled the run-up to the rally and that was about all he got in. he was drowned out by the crowd. some people started shoving him, pushing him and he tried to get away and they started chasing him and he started running away. at some point someone tried to tackle him and he landed in the bushes. police started escorting him ...

>> reporter: and as we take another live look here, you see the photograph of heather heyer. and a message there that says, no place for hate. that is the message that were getting from a lot of people hop are visiting here. a lot of them, ana, with tears why in their eyes. one woman i talked to had her emergency number on her arm and said, we dont know whats going to happen next but were here in solidarity for the counterprotesters who were here to make sure their voices were heard. >> rosa. >>...

In this particular case. >> well certainly watching be watching as things unfold there. an incredibly emotional time. maya rodriguez, thank you for joining us. appreciate it. >> want to turn back to seattle where another alt-right rally is planned. the organizer has asked followers not fight back should counterprotesters show up. nbcs steve patterson is there. what are you seeing on the ground there? >> reporter: yasmin, we are in the middle between two protests. right now were in the middle of ...