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We dont want you in the fifth district of virginia. >> but the driver just decided that he was against the alt right groups and just wanted to kill people. >> well, i think the driver based on my understanding was part of the white nationalist groups, not opposed to them, so i would wager that there were more counterprotesters than protesters. >> okay. we will be watching. we know that the details are sketchy right now and the investigation is alive and well. we will keep watching. congressman, ...

That destination may be something of a clash. weve seen a sizeable amount of seattle police on the streets in full riot gear. they have been ready for this event for some time. these two events were scheduled well before the events that occurred yesterday in virginia. so these are not reactionary to what happened. neither the pro-trump, pro-neo-nazi event and this event that counterprotests. this counterprotest is in reaction to the protest group, patriots prayer who have been in this city, in c...

On his or her membership actual or perceived in a protected category. that can be race, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, what have you. counterprotesters are not a protected group, so you have to think theres got to be the kind of background circumstances you would need in order to find it -- going to be awfully difficult to prove a hate crime. however, now that you heard a federal investigation has been undertaken, that kind of circumstantial evidence that were no doubt going to find ...

It shine, let it shine ♪ >> while white nationalist protesters engaged in violence with counterprotesters, there was one group that stared down our militia to drown out protesters with their message of peace, the local clergy. joining me now is dr. william barber. bishop, thank you so much. i want to let people know that it was because of you that i found out this was happening last night. i heard from you after i was coming off the air and the story was pretty alarming, the idea that people w...

District of virginia. >> but the driver just decided that he was against the alt right groups and just wanted to kill people. >> well, i think the driver based on my understanding was part of the white nationalist groups, not opposed to them, so i would wager that there were more counterprotesters than protesters. >> okay. we will be watching. we know that the details are sketchy right now and the investigation is alive and well. we will keep watching. congressman, thank you very much for your t...

Trump that they were going to take their country back, he needs to address these individuals and let the white supremacists know and im not talking about them in a roundabout way or the nonsense he gave us yesterday. directly address the white supremists. thats first. secondly, attorney general sessions, i am hoping that not only with the investigation that im hoping will be thorough that justice is served. ill be very clear here. marginalized communities of color, african-americans, weve seen i...

Charlottesville inside of a church where counterprotesters had gathered to prepare to confront these white nationalist marchers today. can you take us inside that church? i understand you were there. tell us how this unfolded last night. >> yes, maam. we were at the st. paul memorial church last night joining together as a community. local leaders were there and many different pastors from charlottesville. there was an uplifting and inclusive message about how we were going to counter the protes...

Some of them were actually carrying weapons. keep in mind, this is an open carry state. so they came into this in a very 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 indi...

Said. its hard for me to tell because ive been in this crowd for so long now and they seem to be stopping and marching and stopping and marching. were about two blocks so extremely close. if we took away this police line and probably some of the s.w.a.t. equipment and police vehicles that are behind the line wed probably be able to see at least the first glimpse of patriots prayer if we have a camera down there. again, that size of the crowd, probably about two dozen people and probably a little...

>> were closely following the terrible events unfolding in charlottesville, virginia. we condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides. on many sides. >> reporter: ana, its the last phrase, on many sides thats gotten a lot of attention in the last couple of hours since we heard the president speak. i asked several white house officials what he meant by that. who was he referring to when he talked about the hatred, bigotry and violenc...