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A stop to conservative rallies days after a deadly train attack but organizers say canceling the event would be a free-speech violation violation. well debate. >> i believe in the constitution. i believe in liberty and freedom. thats what i believe in think again.

>> how are their families doing? >> they are not doing well. as you can imagine, this is a very traumatic time for them. theres no limits to the amount of grief they are feeling and the community is feeling that grief right alongside them. and if theres any consolation for them, its this. they stood up for the right thing. they stood up against hatred, against bigotry, two of them paid with their lives. and one, as you just stated, is still in the hospital and is expect ed to survive. and i just...

Stories making news. president trump marking his memorial day in office by laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns at arlington national cemetery. the president paid tribute to the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country saying they died in war so that we could live in peace. mr. trump also visiting the graves of soldiers who were killed in recent conflicts. president trump today tweeting about fridays deadly train attack in portland calling it unacceptable. he also s...

Commuter train will be in court. the attack left two men dead. one injured. witnesses say the three men intervened as the suspect yelled anti-muslim hate speech at two teenage girls. this morning, one of those girls is breaking her silence. nbc has more. >> he was amazing. he saved the life of two muslim women. >> a serge of emotions marked by fresh tragedy. the portland community coming together. two men killed and another injured on board a commuter train. we lost two great humans. people will...

Affect the presidential race is, what do you think the united states really ought to do about this? where is the leadership come? how do we keep the transatlantic partnership with europe? europe might fracture over the migration issue. he has got to be the lead player not only the united states but the world to tell us how to deal with the huge challenges that are opening up. >> let me ask you, before i let you go, what the -- reaction to what the white house did this morning. came out, announce...

Weve heard from the french government that its going to triple the number of air strikes that france is able to carry out in that region. already over the past week theyve carried out some 60 air strikes over syria since the paris attacks happened. leading up to that, over the past year since theyve been involved in iraq and syria, theyve only conducted a handful of air strikes in syria. only getting involved in syria this september after that foiled train attack. so the point here is, france is...

Were learning more about others. the organizer of the attacks was killed yesterday in saint-denis. and abdelhamid abaaoud was linked to four thwarted attacks since last spring. one of those the august train attack stopped by three americans and a british man who happened to be in that same train car. i spoke with the u.s. ambassador to france, jane hartley, exclusively. she welcomed those men in her paris home. i asked of how she learned about the connection between the train attack and fridays ...

Have seen, thats led to countries not knowing absolutely vital information. we saw that with the train attack, we saw this with the belgian -- the french isis fighter attacked the jewish museum in belgium, chris. >> thats why the silver lining of what happened in germany today is you had the french being preemptive, dealing with the germans, the coordination was there. it didnt amount to anything, but thats okay, the system worked. paul cruickshank, clarissa ward, thank you very much. appreciate...

Known who can move back and forth from syria to france is worrisome. >> and also we are hearing months ago this man was a target of air strikes inside syria etc. if that was true, then how is it possible that he reentered france? that is a huge question. because he has been on the radar. its not as if he could slip in easily. hes a belgian national. is whether we know. hes in his late 20s. hes well known to intelligence communities here. and well known to u.s. intelligence as well. hes bragged p...

Apparently not very high up in isis ladder, if you will. and now being called the ringleader at least of this attack connected to the train attack a few months ago and the fact that now we know the one woman was his cousin, also that she apparently blew herself up. this attack friday, the first time theyve had suicide vests involved in a terrorist attack in france. a lot of firsts. >> a lot of people here have been talking to the people here, french people, who are now worried. theyre talking ab...