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With many. >> certainly doesnt bring us together and emboldens these people that are not in favor of bringing our society together. >> so, tom, when the president uses a phrase like the alt-left. can you give us any insight into what that may mean? >> well, we looked into the origins of this word and it turns out this really began in november of last year on alt-right websites. on hard right wing websites and then it quickly made its way into the vunacular of fox news and sean hannity. thats who...

Where. then trump doubling down on his unexcusable comments. take three on charlottesville and he follows obamas example of moral equivalence. what we found interesting we compare the sentiments within these editorials was a lot of people double down on this feeling that he provided this false equivalent. that he was really creating an equal platform for two ideas that people felt werent equal. >> including something called the alt-right. a phrase, jonathan, that your organization as of today wi...

Ive condemned many different groups. but not all of those people were neo-nazis. believe me. not all of those people were white supremacists. >> so, thats president trump there parsing the people who attended the white nationalist rally in charlottesville over the weekend describing some of the counterprotesters before that is what he described as what he heard him call the alt-left. in these remarks, what did the president get right and wrong. to share it with us im joined by tom costollo who i...

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White nationalists failed to stick to an agreement on where to demonstrate. soon they were doing battle with counterprotesters. >> if you do not disperse immediately, you will be arrested. >> what about the alt-left. what about the fact that they came charging with clubs in their hands, swinging clubs. >> reporter: in fact, thats true. witnesses tell nbc news there were people on both sides who seemed ready for a fight. some counterprotesters were armed with clubs, some with pepper spray. >> com...

A branding term. >> what is interesting about this is alt-right was intended as a rebranding it is ironic it is so toxic and using the prefix alt that trump yesterday decided to create this new term the alt-left. while the white nationalists thought this would absolve them of their message, clearly, there are americans who are realizing that this brand stands for really awful things. >> morgan, quickly, what have you learned about international reaction? im interested in how our allies around th...

Hugh, thank you very much for being here. i think you heard toms piece there. i know you heard what the president had to say in that back and forth at the trump tower lobby yesterday. i want to play you just a little bit more of what he had to say about this topic. >> what about the alt-left that came charging, as you say, the alt-right. do they have any semblance of guilt? what about the fact that they came charging with clubs in their hands, swinging clubs. do they have any problem? i think th...

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