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Capabilities. the exercises should go on and reminding everybody there these are defensive exercises. not offensive. >> we know how the north korean always react negatively to the joint exercises. thanks very much. appreciate it very much. just ahead, a major business leader quits the trump advisory council after the presidents initial response to the mayhem in virginia this past weekend. well tell you what the ceo of merck pharmaceuticals had to say. ill be joined by cornell williams brooks, ...

Rights investigation into this attack. stand by. bringing in john whitback, chairman of the republican party of virginia. john, thanks very much for coming in. let me play a key clip of what the president just said. >> racism is evil. and those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs, including the kkk, neo-nazis, white supremacists, and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything we hold dear as americans. we are a nation founded on the truth that all of us are created equ...

You know, they were arrested mostly outside -- there was only one virginian i know of that was arrested. all the others were outside from virginia. this was a gathering of hate groups. thats what this was. they can define themselves however they want. theyre all outrageous, ridiculous. this guy was essentially a domestic terrorists. >> youre not disagreeing with the idea that robert e. lee is emblematic of a hatred that is of particular sensitivity and pain to the african community? you dont den...

Into their protective gear. once the unlawful assembly was declared, we requested the state police mobile field force to deploy in their right gear and our officers took a position behind them at that point to guard their rear. >> reporter: we repeatedly asked chief thomas questions about the suspect, james fields, about his motive, whether they have established a motive for the actions on saturday. whether fields was working with someone else and whether feelgds had been cooperating at all with...

The fact that hate groups have ballooned in this country. >> yeah. theyve gone up from about 600 in the year 2000 to over 900 now. interesting thing, poppy, groups are starting to calm down in 2013, 2014, but shot up again during the period that coincided with mr. trumps campaign. >> the president has another opportunity today. he could do it any time on twitter and has chosen not to, since saturday, to condemn these groups and call out the one side responsible for this violence and hate. nazis,...

Reporter jim acosta pressed the president today on why he didnt denounce the hate groups in charlottesville, he called the reporter fake news. >> can you explain why you did not condemn those hate groups by name over the weekend? >> theyve been condemned. they have been condemned. >> and why are we not having a press conference today. you said on friday wed have a press conference. >> we had a press conference, we just had a press conference. >> can we ask you more questions, sir? >> that doesnt...

>> and starting this statement, by the way, mentioning trade and the economy, and how well that his administration has done in forwarding the economy. that was also an unusual start to what was a very important statement. i wish we had more time. reverend al, thanks to you. larry sabato, ashley parker, ron nehring, i appreciate it. and kelly odonnell, of course, at the white house for us. the attorney general says the evil attack in charlottesville meets the legal definition of an act of domes...

Days to send a strong, clear message about how america responds to this kind of just horrific, sickness. its nothing but domestic terrorism. it took this president less than two minutes to attack civil rights icons like maxine waters and john lewis. but it takes him two days to respond and tell us that white supremacy is wrong? its like gangrene. we have to cut it off to save the body. and we have to cut it off to save our country. >> in fact, malcolm, as you know, when the president was asked e...

That behavior by others of different militant perspectives are also unacceptable in our political debate and discourse. i will say i take issue with the facts that many in the national media spent more time criticizing the presidents words than criticizing those who perpetrated the violence to begin with. we should be putting the attention where it belongs. and that is on these extremist groups that need to be pushed out of the public debate entirely. and discredited for the hate groups and dang...

He condemned, quote, many sides. so today after days of mounting political pressure, the president again addressed the violence. this time naming the groups in his condemnation. >> racism is evil, and those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs. including the kkk, neo nazis, white supremacists and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything we hold dear as americans. >> so, yes, president trump did name check the hate groups, but he failed to denounce their support of him...