Closely. Hopfully the mayor will be able to properly do his job. Our sara sidner, fill us in on the latest. A very different scene. Ill walk along with you on the riverside because basically the crowd i just got done speaking to, one of the chairman of the proud boys Enrique Terio said theyre leaving and indeed we heard them rounding people up and there were 200, up to 200 people from farright or rightwing groups or supporters of the president here and their idea was to engage the left. Mostly, they are trying to get antifa designated as a terrorist organization and that was why the proud boys in the first place called for this rally, which, by the way, the mayor said nobody had a permit for, but there are a huge number of police here. A huge number of police. I do want to give you an idea of whats happening. Were on one side of the river and we walked over the side of the river on the bridge in portland. On the other side of the river are folks who are from portland who came out against this Group Proud Boys and other rightwing groups who showed up for this rally. They were all over there and for the most part, i mean, it has dispersed. There were hundred of people there. There were a few people who call themselves antifa or antifascists. What we are seeing for the city, good news, there has been no major clash between the two groups. The police very adamant not to let them come together. There was a huge fear that this would be reminiscent of what happened in charlottesville in 2017, and to be fair, there have been many of these protests that have happened in portland. There is a reason for that. This city is a target and we heard that from the chairman. He said he was targeting because he doesnt like the mayor, as well. There are a lot of liberal folks who live here and he felt that the mayor did not handle well the last time there was a clash where a conservative blogger, conservative journalist was injured and so at this point things look good for the city because so far there has been no major violence here in portland. Okay. And im really happy to hear that. Sara sidner in portland, oregon. Thank you. This week marks two years since the violent demonstrations since charlottesville, virginia, during the protests there dozens of people were hurt and Heather Heier was killed by a whit supremacist. President trump was criticized for not doing enough and not going far enough in condemning White Supremacy. He uttered that now infamous line that there were, quote, fine people on both sides. Now two years later the president is lashing out about todays protests in portland calling out the far left group antifa saying hes considering naming it an organization of terror, but remaining mute on farright extremists and selfdeclared White Supremacists. I do want to note the u. S. Doesnt have a domestic Terrorism Law and no Government Agency designates domestic groups as being terrorist organizations. Joining us now is Heather Heiers mother susan breaux. We have these farright groups including White Supremacists holding a rally and counterprotesters weve seen are on site with signs that mention your daughters name, trying to remember her on this day. How does that make you feel . Thats good as long as we are focused on the issues. I want to caution people in portland dont let your guard down. They wait until everyone kind of relaxes at the end just like they did in charlottesville and thats when most of the atrocious violence happens. Oftentimes it seems to be from someone who wanted more violence to happen at the rally and it didnt happen and so they attack after ward. When you watch whats happening in portland, thankfully everything right now is peaceful, but does it sort of give you that kneejerk reaction where your hackles kind of go up just given everything your family has been through. My hackles dont really go down anymore. I am constantly tracking these things around the country as they happen. Yeah. I think after two years ago mine will never completely go down again. Im not the same person i was. Whats your reaction to the president s statement this morning antifa, a leftwing Antifascist Group should be an organization of terror without a mention of the whit supremacists in portland. The comment to do that, the word antifa strikes fear. They broke some windows. They kicked some things. I think they punched some people in the past in the name of antifa, but antifa is not an organized group. Different people respond differently, and to say that theyre going after people when call themselves antifa, the way its being interpreted is pretty much going to be used against anybody who dares protest if we continue down the path weve started. We need to back up and think about this. When it comes to hate and after what happened to your daughter, do you worry things are actually getting worse and not better . No, i dont worry. I know they are. People are talking more, particular le white people. Im not sure were doing more. Were spending a lot of time yelling, name calling, talking, talking, talking, but what are we doing to make a difference . Thats the question, and it starts in localities. It starts in local elections. It starts in state elections, county elections. You need to Pay Attention to those candidates. They have the bigger effect on your daily life and then you can also look forward to how youre going to vote in 2020. I would say now Everybody Needs to be looking at the candidates for not only what theyre saying, but what theyre doing and how it relates to what theyre saying. You get a good feel for who theyre going to be if theyre elected to the office. On that note, were seeing more and more proposals from these 2020 candidates about how they would deal with hate groups and the issue of dommestic terrorism. Senator cory booker presented the cree asian of a White House Office to combat White Supremacy and hate crimes and would devote the same level of resources as they do to international terrorism. Do you think that would help . I thought we had that department and that was defunded when it was decided that hate crimes werent a problem. Didnt we already have a prevention wing of the department of Homeland Security . Now unfortunately, some of those have focused on what they call bies, black identity extremists. Im not sure how its extreme to say im black and id like to be treated as well as you are treated. If you look at the statistics on who is doing the killing. Its not the bie. Definitely not antifa. Its the white extremists that are doing the killings. One thing that we hope to get with the Heather Heier hate act is an accurate accounting of what the hate crimes are and an accurate understanding of who is committing them so that we can establish better understanding of how to prevent, how to deal with hate crimes. If we dont even know how many hate crimes are happening we cant even begin to decide how to handle them. Right. Because your daughters crime wasnt initially listed as a hate crime, right . Correct. None of those in charlottesville. In fact, charlottesville only listed one hate crime that took place in october of that year, and not to pick on charlottesville at all. There are whole states that are well known for racial problems and hate crime problems yet they listed absolutely zero for the year 2017. Huge, huge gaps in reporting. It definitely highlights the problems when it comes to even having the data. If you dont have the information how do you really begin to figure out how best to combat that problem. I i want you to listen to, you know, some of what we have heard from our leadership right now in the white house. Just a few months ago in march, President Trump denied White Nationalism was a growing threat. White nationalists are a rising threat around the world. I dont really. I think its a small group of people that have very, very serious problems. So again, he kind of shrugged that off. He did, as you know, counter recently with the el paso shooter and that situation what happened there saying he was a coward. The el paso shooter was also a white supremacist. How do you respond to those comments . Well, as many of us who are white, weve never really dealt with it and weve never had to look at it. Honestly had my daughter not been killed i would have shrugged them off as nut cases and it was only due to my loss and tragedy they started investigating and following the trends and seeing whats really happening, and it would be easy to say that it doesnt exist because its scary and its definitely down a very dark path, but at this point its rather disingenuous to say that its not a problem or a hoax. Its its pretty obvious, if thats happening youre either getting your information in the wrong sources or youre not paying attention. Heather had adopted a motto when she was a child i mean, a teenager lets back that up again. Heather had adopted a motto when she was an adult on facebook that said if youre not outraged youre not paying attention, and you can choose to not Pay Attention. Im sure there are plenty of other things to Pay Attention, especially if youre working in the country working two or three jobs to get food on the table and give your children a decent education and the struggle is real for many families, but when a person of privilege says such things its because theicaly re have not been affected by it and theyre not paying attention. Susan, what do you miss most about your daughter . Her laugh. That girl would make me laugh in a heartbeat. I have videotapes that i will play back every so often just because i miss hearing that laugh. Thats got to be like medicine for the soul. Susan bro, so nice to talk with you. Your voice is so important. Thank you for taking the time to talk with us. Thank you so much. You all have a good day and sara sidner, be safe. Why, indeed. Thank you. Okay. We have dramatic new video showing the moment when famed nascar driver Dale Earnhardt jr. And his family walked away from a fiery plane crash. Communities are taking a stand against gun violence in el paso where 22 people were killed in a mass shooting and their demands to congress here in the cnn newsroom. Dont go anywhere. Know what more shrimp ith steak and shrimp . And you know what goes great with that shrimp . Steak and unlimited shrimp and this year, with two freshly made sides, youll get more than you imagined. Hurry into outback now for our steak and unlimited shrimp. Outback steakhouse the people of el paso, texas, showing tremendous heart and enormous support for a victim of the mass shooting earlier this month. This is inside a church in el paso yesterday packed to capacity in honor of margie record. She died august 3rd when a man opened fire in a crowded walmart. Her husband was worried few or no people would attend her visitation. More than a thousand people showed up. Also in el paso and in cities across the country people are gathering and demanding changes to americas gun laws. Cnns natasha chen is in el paso rid now at a socalled recess rally that was happening earlier. What are people there telling you, natasha. Ana, this rally was a little bit different in the sense that it was organized on the local level without any coordination with these other rallies around the country. When they found out that others were doing this and the organizers said they felt empowered and the people behind this one today were College Students. They simply were in so much grief about their hometown going through this tragedy that they wanted to take some sort of action. They wanted to come out and register voters, to educate people, to really not take this massively, and moms demand action which is involved in some of these other rallies around country found out they were doing this and offered them assistance. So this is a very organically organized event today where veronica escobar, a congresswoman in the area spoke to the crowd about some of the things that she feels lawmakers can do in washington to help this situation and not have another community go through a tragedy like this. Shes specifically called for a ban on assault weapons and called for red flag laws and heres what she told us after she got off the stage here. It is absolutely unreal to me that common sense, Bipartisan Legislation wont even hear debate on the senate side. It is unamerican. What senator mcconnell has done is silenced millions of americans. Its unjust, unamerican, unfair and its deadly. For people like those of us who live in el paso, texas, these laws are a matter of life and death. Reporter and i just spoke to a couple of those College Student organizers and now that the rally has wrapped up and they told me that the thing really did today was they responded to respond responded to escobar that will be sent to Mitch Mcconnells office in hopes that this will convince him to bring the debate to the senate floor. Natasha chen in el paso, tks tex. Thank you. Up next, Dale Earnhardt jr. Miraculously survives a plane crash and the moment he and his family escaped is all caught on video. You are live in the cnn newsroom. That sophie opened up a wormhole through time . speaking japanese where am i . woman speaking french are you crazy nuts . Cyclist pip pip woman speaking french im here, look at me. Its completely your fault. man speaking french ok . Its me. Its my fault . No, i cant believe how easy it was to save hundreds of dollars on my Car Insurance with geico. pterodactyl screech believe it. Geico could save you 15 or more on Car Insurance. 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