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President trump condemned the hatred on what he called many sides. this failure to denounce white nationalism is outraging some. dan merica is live in new jersey near the presidents golf club and more. we know there will be more rallies today. what are we expecting from the president today? any scheduled events? any scheduled addresses or speeches to the nation, still reeling? >> right now, nothing on the schedule for president trump. the pool of reporters who are here with him will gather today...

In his own party are calling him out for that, as they should. >> tom, is the white house saying specifically why the president referenced many sides and is is not calling out white nationalists and white supremacists specifically? >> we dont clearly have an answer on that yet. as i wrapped up yesterday, there are a lot of reporters were yelling at him as he left saying what do you mean? you know going back to what kelly said, right? he is so blunt. and dan pointed out too he is so blunt and suc...

Kelly, this criticism of the president is crossing party lines, obviously. >> it is. and that is very telling because republicans have been very reticent to attack this president. part of the problem is that president trump has, you know, made himself out to be a straight-shooter, a real talker. hell say the truth and be blunt, as dan said in his segment, but he made a big point of talking about the words radical islamic terrorism and the fact that barack obama and hillary clinton wouldnt use th...

In his administration. and then as you mentioned that call with president xi jinping, he notified president xi that a trade investigation would be started into chinese trade practices, particularly on intellectual property rights. thats something he promised to do during the campaign, but it could complicate things if this north korea -- if these north korean tensions continue and china is called upon to maybe play a mediating role. >> the president again tying those two things together, often s...

>> chinas xi jinping and president donald trump spoke yesterday and the chinese president asked for calm and to calm tensions. it remains to be seen whether president trump will heed the call. right now he has not weighed in on twitter or elsewhere about the north korea situation. we will continue to watch and see if the tone and rhetoric that hes carried out for the last week continues here in new jersey. >> dan merica from bridgewater, new jersey not far from where the president is vacationing...

Were continuing to follow breaking news, this may lay that ensued during a white supremacist rally in charlottesville, clashes in the streets. several people are injured. you can imagine many will be arrested following this ugly display. and we are now getting responses from lawmakers. i want to pull up a defetweet f paul ryan writing, quote, the views fueling the spectacle in charlottesville are repugnant, let it only serve to unite americans against this kind of vile bigotry. the question that...

Paul manafort, in other words, get it out there in the ether, the paul man ford ties. so there is some collusion. the dnc was working with her, they wanted to carry a message or get a request to the ukrainian embassy, so there is a direct link. >> there is no doubt, you are right. if we are to believe chalupa at her word, and this was indicated in dan mericas reporting, that the dnc was interested in finding a question to get asked, but i dont know that is entirely comparable to the information ...

Example. i know you dont want to discuss it because you say its not being valte investigated, but raises the question. >> nobody from the ukrainian government met with the clinton campaign. >> thats not true. there were representatives at the ukrainian embassy. the politico report was there. >> the democratic consultant, ukrainian american activist alexander chalupa did gather information on paul manafort who did resign from the trump campaign. she denies that dnc officials asked her to collect ...

The dnc and left in june. theres questions about where exactly the work between the two or where they connected. she herself said she did talk to the embassy at least when she spoke to us. now, she also said there were no papers exchanged. its not uncommon, as we put in our report for outside intermediaries to coordinate work. these are questions actually which -- its not for me to report whether -- to decide whether this was -- stepped over the line or not. what we were interested in saying act...

Push. >> all right. waiting for that cbo report coming out next week. dan merica, thank you. >> reporter: thank you. well, two cousins have been charged with killing four men in pennsylvania. why at least one of them confessed to police and what he told them happened. >> plus, new video released of firefighters driving into flames to save children at a summer camp. >> and a car collides with a train. this is dramatic police body cam video. were going to share more of it with you that shows whe...