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>> the white house scrambles to deal with the growing backlash over the president not denouncing white nationalists and white supremacists and neo-nazis. vice president mike pence condemning white nationalists but also defending the presidents response. >> reporter: was it a mistake for the president to be not more clear when he made those remarks, and if you were advising him now would you suggest he do it differently? >> i think the president yesterday spoke into a national moment, words that ...

Before, no matter the color of our skin, we all live under the same laws. we all salute the same great flag and we are all made by the same almighty god. 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. >> chris, on saturday he said "on many sides" and today he condemned specific hate groups and twice said, as i said. but of course, he...

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Out these hate groups by name. but that begs the question why he did not do that sooner. so really at the end of the day that kind of remark coming from an anonymous white house official feels like white house spin, anderson. >> what else did the president have to say today? >> at that second availability with the news media, i did try to ask the president why he did not call out these hate groups by name sooner. he got rather testy in his response and heres what he had to say. >> mr. president,...

White house. >> critics slammed to the president for taking too long to address the violence in charlottesville, virginia, and for initially saying many sides were involved. now some 48 hours into the biggest domestic challenge of his young presidency, mr. trump has made a course correction. >> 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 a...

>> those comments were praised by the editor of a prominent neo-nazi website that said, "he didnt attack us. he just said the nation should come together. nothing specific against us. really, really good. god bless him." to just about everybody else, however, donald trumps remarks were an astounding new low. the man occupying the office that has for decades been the leader of the free world refusing to denounce an abhorrent ideology of racist supremacy or to call out nazis by name. the backlash ...

Supremacists and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything we hold dear as americans. >> kat: the presidents comments coming after after 20-year-old james alex fields of ohio was denied bail today. he was arraigned for second-degree murder in the saturday death of 32-year-old heather heyer. despite the condemnation from president trump, the violence seems far from over. why not say something like that on saturday? >> guy: he should have. he finally did. ive seen two reactions, better la...

And nobody wants to say that, but ill say it right now. >> the presidents comments making it clear his condemnation of the hate groups just a day earlier was largely a sterilized version of his views. the president also raising eyebrows with his take on the nationwide effort to remove c confederate memorials. and maintaining white supremacy. more from trump tower in new york. >> the presidency of donald trump appeared torr heavily damaged after he he reverted to the violence in charlottesville. ...