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Ministry of defense for quite some time now. they had been warned by the transitional military council that it was a "danger to the people to be there," but though they had promised not to have this violent crackdown on the protesters, it seems they moved in. the british ambassador recently tweeting that he was very extremely concerned by the heavy gunfire that he had been hearing from even his residence. now, you saw those social media and other videos circulating of the protesters running away...

Leaders and backing off, leaving ordinary americans scared and unprotected. joining us now from portland is one of the organizers of last weeks counter protest, joey gibson. hes also the founder of patriot prayer. joey, i know you were arrested at one point in may for, didnt you carry a gun at one of the events at the university of washington campus, or a couple of your guys did? you were arrested for that. did your group -- >> we were detained. >> laura: what is that? >> we were detained for a ...

Disgusting, depressing performance by the democrats. this is not the way we should be testing a nominee for the supreme court. neil: but what happened, bob, i apologize. when you look at how this went, the protest groups and then the back-and-forth over emails and risking senate -- there were a number of theatrics here that we have not seen probably dating back to the clarence thomas hearings which were different. it seems like the wheels are -- >> agree with you. its getting worse and worse. i ...

Months to come. talk if you would just about the role of antifa in concert with or in complement to other protest groups. >> yes, i dont have much to say besides i will speculate about what people might do, if they havent indicated that that is certainly going to happen. you look at, i heard the other -- the other anchor talk about people are itching for a fight and things like that. the reality is the situation is tense. ive been at protests all across the country and theyre tense everywhere. i...

Presidents poll numbers looking so bad? >> well, a couple of things, one, the tax cuts are 20 days old. youre already seeing an impact. it usually takes months for these things to work through the economy. in 20 days thats quite a bit of progress. the republicans have been miserable in terms of communications. they called this thing for months tax reform which means nothing to people. call it to tax cuts, the pay trump understood it and now the republicans and white house have to work to show th...

Kelly. kelly: while those activities are are disgusting, it seems the fear was the protest, counter-protest could turn violent like they did in charlottesville last week, but they didnt. how did they avoid the violence? >> reporter: that was the real concern, two competing protest groups meeting here in the park and going at it head to head in a real orgy of violence. that simply did not happen in part because the numbers were so lopsided. the right-wing demonstrators pretty much fled the scene ...

His true colors are coming out, to equate a group that is a protest group, two protests group. yes, they are both protest groups, calling antifa. they were there protesting fascism. maybe their tactics werent exactly right. it is messy. there is a difference between the two groups. one is a nazi, white supremacist group. what they want to do is extinguish people that look like me and you, wolf, jewish people, black people, even women. they dont think we are equal. the other is a protest group, p...

Deal with figures like robert e. lee and confederate flags. it is no different than flying a swastika. the president is ignorant of history. he does not know context. he should go back to school and get an elementary education on how this country started and about protest groups and how this country works and who he represents and who he should represent. >> david axlerod, im really anxious to hear your reaction. >> at times like this, wolf, you expect the president of the united states, you wan...

Military circles is true in law enforcement. that no plan survives first contact with the enemy. here we have the chief describing how they had an agreement with these protest groups on the right, and almost immediately the expected response from the groups broke down with them coming into this park from different directions. part of the plan has to be, you have enough resources to plan for contingencies. you have to expect things will break down, things do not go, theyre not linear, they will g...

The end with the tones of racial bias and racial tensions. >> you know, the city is many aspects the epicenter of the dilemma. its where we now stand. a couple of miles from the university of virginia, virginia college built in large part by thomas jefferson which home monticello3 miles, one of the founders, signers of the declaration independence, a revered figure in america and also a slave holder. that fundamental dichotomy comes right to roots and helps to explain the anger that we are seein...