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Although it appears to be intentional, of a vehicle that crashed into a group of counterprotesters, there to stand up against what they say is the racism of the movement, of the alt-right and white nationalists there today. this car, a silver dodge, plowed into the crowd. from the video, appears to have backed out and left the scene. nbcs maya rodriguez is on the scene right there as we await remarks in the president. maya, what is the latest on the ground? charlottesville? >> reporter: well, i ...

Rural part of the country, the pilot is still on the run. embattled president nicolas maduro and his supporters framing the attack as a coup attempt since the political and economic turmoil began three months ago, clashes between protesters, counterprotesters and security forces have killed at least 75 people. president trump accepting an invitation from the new french president to join him for bastille day. theyre going to attend a parade on the champs-elysees in paris on july 14th. thats goi...

Antimuslim. they are standing for human rights saying sharia law is intolerant of freedoms for all people especially women. they mention female mutelization, stoning, no voting rights. they believe sharia law has gone unchecked for far too long and now threatens america. >> we see a problem occurring. we see whats happening in europe. we see whats happening in britain. it is unimaginebility and were looking at -- it is unimaginable and we are looking at whats happening with them. they cant speak...

Human rights particularly for women. but the counterprotesters on the left arent buying it. they believe the antisharia law movement is a veil for just being anti-muslim and they point out that the southern poverty law center characterizes act for america as the largest anti-muslim extremist group in the country. >> we dont believe that fascists and white supremacists should be allowed to have a platform in the first place, and we think its dangerous for all of these communities that they really...

Rights saying sharia law is intolerant of freedoms for all people especially women. they mention female mutelization, stoning, no voting rights. they believe sharia law has gone unchecked for far too long and now threatens america. >> we see a problem occurring. we see whats happening in europe. we see whats happening in britain. it is unimaginebility and were looking at -- it is unimaginable and we are looking at whats happening with them. they cant speak out against it. people who speak out an...

That the pro trump rally that was here at the plaza just ended minutes ago. and the police were afraid that these pro trump people would be attacked as they left. we had counterprotesters on that side, counterprotesters on the other side. they formed a little bit of a barricade here, and basically police were lining both sides of the street and they allowed them to basically enter that way. you can see still a little bit of the police following the pro trump people as theyre trying to get out of...

Counterprotesters. at least 14 people were arrested, dozens of weapons seized. the clash came in the wake of the recent stabbing deaths of two men, killed on a train trying to defend two muslim women. at least four arab nations have cut ties with qatar, accusing that country backing self-militant groups. bahrain, egypt, saudi arabia, and the united arab emirates announced plans to withdraw diplomatic staff. qatar calls the decision unjustified anno basis in fact. an sistation is high in wash...

>> in our los angeles bureau with more on this, katie, welcome to you. so what happened here? how did all this get started? >> well, this was actually a pro trump rally that had been scheduled to take place in a public park in berkley, when counterprotesters showed up, thats when things really turned violent. police were coming in riot gear, s.w.a.t. gear, trying to stop the violence from happening, but people were throwing dangerous items, throwing punches, and confiscated at the scene were a n...

Sprays. all types of cans with cement being thrown at people. these were some pretty brutal assaults taking place and they got out of control there at berkeley. now, as you said this is the third time since january that an event has turned violent in berkeley. and police have to be concerned about that. i mean, these are events that are scheduled, they try to do their best to prepare. but a situation like this is pretty much the worst case scenario. and as police are now trying to review the sur...

Actually took the amtrak in from connecticut tonight. theyre about in their 50s. they skipped their show at carnegie hall in order to join. we have people from nyu and kings college. it is sort of organically, word of mouth. union square up columbus which is where central park is, theyve kind of conjoined into one. trump tower has suddenly -- which we saw yesterday. youve got trucks with salt in which the secret service present -- because remember this is where the president-elect donald trump a...