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Of disarray and appear to be driving their own agenda. they said certain people were driving their own agenda and had colorful thing to say about steve bannon in there. you know, this goes to the challenge. it looks like kelly is taking the reins on this thing and that does, you know, it does put bannon in jeopardy right now. >> that is what kelly was brought in to do, he was brought in to try to solidify things and we will see where that goes and if things can be solidified with bannon in his r...

Leader david duke summed it up. lets listen. >> we are determined to take our country back. we are going to fulfill the promises of donald trump. thats what we believe in and why we voted for donald trump because ed he is going to take our country back and that is what we have to do. >> tom, to you, "take our country back." do we know exactly what they thought that meant? did they think he was going to reinstate slavery? based who what we saw yesterday trying to wrap our head around what exactly...

Americans who put you in the presidency, not radical leftists. president trump, he has been criticized for speaking only to his base. tom, did he realize -- i dont want to show a picture here. i think we have a picture from yesterday, too, of somebody wearing a hat "make america great again." did he realize that a lot of part of his base, dont want to lump a lot of people in with his base but a lot of his base are these people and where does he go with that? >> its interesting about that tweet. ...

Near the protests. the governor considered both men close friend. today would have been pilot bates 41st birthday. >> meanwhile, back in washington, new details emerging about the growing troubles between the presidents chief of staff and his chief strategist. apparently steve bannon, quote, is on the outs with chief of staff john kelly. bannon is pursuing his own agenda at the white house. in addition, kelly is considering another shake-up we are hearing within the press and communications team...

There with broken pool cues in their hand. these people were not there to do a peaceful protest. and it is kind of shocking that the president, you know, cant call a spade a spade, especially when he made the point you cannot solve a problem if you do not admit what that problem is and i -- >> that was -- i got time constraints here. part of the confusion there early on as you saw people with shields and batons and helmets who werent part of law enforcement. they showed up prepared for what we s...

Advisers have been fired by h.r. mcmaster. we hear mcmaster is at odd with bannon and general kelly has urged mcmaster to make the staffing changes or any he deems necessary. are the questions about whether bannon will keep his position more valid now, tom? >> absolutely. what you have here is a very strong chief of staff coming in. general john kelly coming in here. our reporting, our great white house team, jim acosta and others have had great reporting on this about how maybe bannon is not ev...

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...

In charlottesville, virginia. then the deepest condolence of the family and fallen officers of virginia state police who died today. you are among the best this nation produces. trump what he became known for during the campaign gave way to vagueness yesterday and that is one of the most noted parts of those remarks he gave at his golf club. >> dan merica, thank you. >> tom, let me start with you. many sides seem to be ad-lib there from the president and the center of much of the criticism of hi...