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That is spontaneous, that is incredibly difficult to be able to anticipate and interdict any type of car attack. >> all right, michael balboni, the former new york state homeland security adviser, appreciate you and your expertise today. we are going to take a quick look at some more pictures coming out of the boston, massachusetts, where again, 20,000 people showed up today in the streets to counterprotest the planned demonstration by the alt-right. by and large a win for those counterprotest...

Folks in that free speech rally drew a few dozen. so, the interactions that did happen were very limited and very much favoring those counterprotesters today who felt like they successfully delivered a message of unity and inclusiveness and of saying no to things like neo-naziism and fascism and things that many of the folks thought in this crowd theyd finished saying no to years ago. were in boston common. even now some of the counterprotest effort continues behind me. this is a black lives mat...

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But no major violence. relatively small number of arrests that we know about so far and the message of the day seems to have been won by the counterprotesters. we are talking about the issues they care about, not the issues that this free speech group was trying to care about so they will consider that, i think, a victory on the day, jacob. >> im curious about the police presence out there. obviously, it was a major focus of concern in the aftermath of charlottesville last weekend. where were th...

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Hi there, everyone, im j jacob soboroff in los angeles. were watching a number of protests around the country right now. take a look at venice, california, where demonstrations are under way protesting the alt-right. theyve just started, and in boston, massive crowds took to the streets in protest of a right wing free speech rally. that rally appears to be over but the counterprotest is still going on with an estimated 20,000 people in the area. nbcs garrett hague has been covering this all morn...