Divided times in our country. And many slamming the president s reluctance to single out extremists, some of whom are trump supporters. He said this we condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry, on many sides. On many sides. On many sides. A white house statement sunday tried to clarify the president s remarks saying he condemns all forms of violence, bigotry, and hatr hatred, and that includes White Supremacists, neonazis, and the kkk. Not enough for members of the president s party pleading with him to spoke out forcefully and directly against White Nationalist groups calling the killing in charlottesville more than just murder. Senator marco rubio tweeting, very important for the nation to hear the president describe events in charlottesville for what they are a terror attack by White Supremacists. This from senior republican leader orrin hatch, we should call hatred by its name. My brother didnt give his life fighting hitler for nazi ideas to go unchallenged at home. Gop leaders not only calling on the president to condemn white supremacist groups lie name. Theyre pressing him to do it now so groups dont become emboldened. I would urge the president to dissuade them of the fact that hes sympathetic to their cause because their cause is hate. It is unamerican. They are domestic terrorists. And we need more from our president on this issue. This president needs to do exactly that today. Call this white supremecism evil, and let the country and world hear it. Its something that needs to come from the oval office this. White house needs to do it today. Meantime, the president s own daughter and adviser, ivanka trump, had this to say in response to the Charlottesville Violence there should be no places in the country for white supremecism, racism, and neonazis, we must come together as americans and be one country united. Cnn politics reporter eugene scott, good morning. Good morning. The clarified statement from a spokesman from the white house to the pool, basically saying he called for unity, he called for bringing americans together an unnamed spokesman at appears, trying to strengthen the statement from the white house. It reminds you the omission, what the president didnt say in his initial response. Absolutely. It the president believes this if the president believes this, why would the president not go on the record, why would the president not speak as clearly as we saw Lindsey Graham say . Thats what many in the republican and Democratic Party would like to hear President Trump say. They would like to hear him say that these members of the kkk, of the nazi organizations, are unamerican, are domestic terrorists, and are problematic. Thats something he hasnt clearly said. We mentioned the republicans who have been critical, ivanka trump clearly drawing a distinction between what her father did and what she wanted to do. Again, this is not about the media. But if you want it to be, lets read something from the conservative media steven hayes in the weekly standard, writes, President Trump built his reputation with tough talk and harsh condemnations of people who didnt earn his approval, that he refused to offer that saturday is no accident. How important is context here, and how the president has always called out his victims by name and his absence to do so now . Its worth paying attention to. Those of us who covered the president in the campaign and in the white house know that when he feels passionately about something, when he thinks someone is wrong, whether theyre actually wrong or not, he leans in to them. Hes vocal. That was a very mildtempered read response, not anything some would say was some with of the freestyling from the heart that he often does when he really has strong convictions about something. The omission and response is worth paying attention to. Weve seen quite a few people in his own party and the conservative media address that. We have had the people around the president or the weekend working hard to be forceful. Theres no place for this kind of sentiment in our country, the hate and bigotry. I want to listen to what general h. R. Mcmaster, National Security adviser, said specifically about hate in america. When he condemned hatred and bigotry, that includes White Supremacists and neonazis. I know its clear in his mind. It ought to be clear to all americans. We cannot tolerate obviously that bigotry, that hatred, that is rooted in ignorance. Ignorance of what america stands for. Is the president under pressure to say those words himself now . People around him are starting to say it. Every time they do, it reminds us the president did not. He said he denounced from many sides. Not neonazis, not what was happening in there, many sides. Some said it seemed that he was putting the paralegals there many sides. The other side. The reason why there is going to be more pressure, all due respect to mcmaster, is its not fair to all americans. One of the groups where its not clear to where the president stands is White Supremacists themselves. We saw throughout the weekend on some of their message boards, their media and tweets, they think the president is on their side. They think he is one of them, and he endorsed their behavior. You cant say its clear to americans and republicans and democrats where the president stands when you have nazis themselves saying that he stands with them. And you see the neonazi site, the daily stormer i hate to put it up because its garbage and horrible. Trump comments were good. He didnt attack us. He said the nation should come together. Nothing specific against us. He said that we need to study why people are so angry and implied there was hate on both sides. No condemnation at all. And then of course, other people who study the neonazi stuff, they say, you know, the president what he didnt say actually sent a dog whistle to White Supremacists that this would be tolerated. Yeah. And this wasnt the first time it happened. If you can remember actually about a year ago when the president started his black voter outreach, most people listening said many of his words were actually more attractive to people who have stereotypes and misperceptions about the black experience in america than it was to making an aurpt that would be attractive to an argument that would be attractive to americans. Theres been a dozeg whistling r a year, many say, and this was the last straw. Many trace this to steve bannon in the Trump Administration. Sure. How long can he stick around . Well ask you in about 30 minutes. Okay. Interesting comments from Anthony Scaramucci yesterday that made you think he might not well look at that in a half hour. Thanks. The department of justice and fbi launching a civil rights investigation into the deadly events at that White Nationalist rally in charlottesville. 20yearold james alex fields is accused of driving his car into a crowd of counterprotesterser killing one person. He is in custody facing multiple charges including seconddegree murder. Hes expected to make his First Court Appearance today. Brian todd with more on the suspect and the investigation. Reporter weve got important new information about the suspect accused in the car strike that killed that young woman in charlottesville. According to our justice producer, mary kay maloney, she got information from a Justice Department official familiar with the investigation. Federal investigators have enough evidence to be suspicious that the suspect, james fields jr. , intended to send a message, not just harm the immediate victims. And theyre looking into that. They are also looking into whether he had any accomplices, anybody who might have helped him in the attack. Some other information that were getting about the suspect, according to a teacher who taught him history in the last two years of high school. The teachers name is derek weimer, who taught him at a high school in northern kentucky. He said that the suspect, james fields, had some disturbing views about nazis. This comes off another day of high tension in charlottesville. The organizer, white supremacist organizer of the rally, jason kessler, showed up intending to hold a news conference. He spoke for several minutes but didnt get much of a word in edgewise. A crowd of counterprotesters were shouting him down. They converged on him h. At some point he was fell or was pushed to the ground. Police swooped in. Got him out of there, got him around the side of the building and into the building behind me, the Charlottesville Police department, where they held him for his own safety. Then they whisked him away. Protesters here angry that the White Supremacists, including kessler, hung around to espouse his message. He later tweeted that his free speech was being tamped down. None of that suppressing the anger and frustration in charlottesville. Brian todd for us in charlottesville. Were learning about the three people who died in the violence. Heather heyer were killed when the car plowed into the Group Protesting the White Nationalist rally. He was a paralegal who assisted clients through bankruptcy. Heathers mother says that passionate beliefs she had passionate beliefs and was a champion for others. It was important to her to speak up for people that she felt were not being heard. To speak up when injustices were happening. And she saw in the lives of many of her africanamerican friends particularly and her gay friends that equal rights were not being given. Heartbreaking. Two Virginia State troopers also being remembered this morning. Lieutenant h. J. Cullen and trooper pilot burke m. M. Bates were killed when their helicopter crashed while assisting Public Safety resources with the situation in charlottesville. 11 minutes past the hour. Time for an early start on your money. President trump planning to get tougher on trade with china. Today the president expected to direct the u. S. Trade representative to look into alleged chinese violations of trade with the u. S. Things like patent thefts, intellectual property transfers. While this wont be an official investigation, it could lay the groundwork for one. If any wrongdoing is found, President Trump could impose tariffs against chinese imports. An editorial in a chinese staterun newspaper says the investigation will poison the overall u. 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This coming as americas top general, joint chiefs chairman joe dunford, is in seoul now for talks with south koreas president. Dunford is committing to making sure that President Trump has a viable military option to combat the Nuclear Crisis in north korea. He wants to make sure diplomacy has a chance. Diplomats have been in touch with their counterparts in pyongyang since at least february led by special representative for north korea policy, joseph yun. We have more from seoul and Paula Hancocks, you have details of the meeting between general dunford and the south korean president. What can you tell us . Reporter the president ial Office Spokesman said that general dunford and president moon were focusing on the diplomatic options. Weve been hearing of pullback from strong remarks from President Trump last week. Saying the focus is on the diplomatic and economic. They do have the military option if those other options fail. This is what were really hearing this week. We also know that theres an ongoing press conference with general dunford. Hes with general brooks whos the head of the u. S. Forces saying when it comes to the u. S. Military exercises with south korea, support to start on august 21st, which north korea has been pushing against, they say those exercises will go ahead. Also saying they are more important now than ever before. They were also asked about comments from President Trump last week and wouldnt be drawn when it comes to those comments that mr. Trump has been making. This seems as though its a pullback from the comments of last week. The focus on the diplomacy, tallies with what weve heard and read in the oped from the wall street journal from the front secretary and also from the u. S. Secretary of state. Christine . Thank you very much for that. I wonder, are they speaking with one voice . Clearly diplomacy from mattis and dunford and undiplomatic comments from the president. 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