Just a few hours after the event david Vice President mike pence also slamming Media Coverage of the president s response. Take a listen to that. We in the National Media spend more time criticizing president s word than criticizing those who perpetrated the violence to begin with. We should be putting the attention where it belongs, and that is on these extremeist groups that need to be pushed out of the public debate entirely. David so, is the medias reaction to the president s statement overblown . Trump 20 to Advisory Board member. We have Brunell Donald shea, former d. C. Democratic party chair scott bolden. Good to see you all. Good afternoon. David good afternoon. When i first heard the president , that was after, i was glued to the television, i was not in charlottesville, but i watched from stem to stern all the fox news coverage. I saw a lot of helmets on the atright people, nazis, i saw a lot of helmets on i dont know what they call themselves. Whatever it is, weve seen them before in action. Looks like two sides were culpable. That is what the president reacted to. Are you surprised reaction to the what president said. Media and left are trying to stoke the outrain machine, david, that is very clear. The president was right to condemn violence on all sides. Since people like david duke are contending hey, president was elected by folks like us, White Nationalists, White Supremacists it would be salutary for the president , would be helpful for the president to state specifically the White Supremacist Movement is not a friend of mine or of ours. David that is fair point. David duke himself actually criticized the president as well, saying that hey, you shouldnt criticize us. So he took it personally, what the president said as a personal does the president have to go beyond that and specifically point him out say look, i discredit anything that david duke says about mae or my presidency . Well, ill tell you this the president has done that. Even as far as back year 2,000, he has been disavowing david duke for many, many years. Also remember this, david duke did endorse Keith Ellison who was the democratic partys, deputy, for the, democratic party. And so, he didnt disavow david duke. I think the president made an excellent decision as a leader, to disavow violence of any and every kind, any bigotry and hatred. Lets not forget, these extremists are only a miniscule tiny portion of our america. Most americans are not like these people. David agree with you. Were loving, were freedomloving, kind, care about one another. So the president did his job. The thing that bothers me about, what has been happening, frankly the press whether it is us or everybody else is somewhat involved in this, this is such a small minority. We have tendency to blow up stuff that looks on television. Tiny, tiny. Blow up stuff . David these factions have been at each other a long time. This goes back years where you have both the david duke, kkk, sort of nazi, neonazis going against the anarchists and antifa. This has been happening for a while, has it not. Yeah on the part of White National its, neonazis and others. That doesnt mean it is normalized and ought to be denounced right away. David wait a minute. The violence was denounced right away. No it, it was deannounced by all sides. The problem it was denounced by the president by all sides. I got to till something, i dont know what you were watching but i got to tell you the White Supremacists that were this, they came with weapons. David scott, so did the other. Scott, come on. Come on scott. I was watching. The excuse me. Religious leaders. Youre interrupting me. David i was watching the coverage that would showed helmeted, jack boot characters on both sides of the barrier. You saw the same. I did not see david oh, please. I did not see the same, if they were, got to tell you what happens, circumstances are these, who is the antagonist . But for the White Supremacists nationalists being there, who came heavily armed, right . You had religious they had a permit to be there as well. Of course they dids right . Okay. But the president , who is the moral leader of this country, has a problem with attacking or calling out neonazis, white supremacist. Absolutely false. Highly inappropriate. Absolutely false. David go ahead, nan. I dont get to finish my comment. My goodness gracious. David if you want to talk a half hour, fine, put a final button on it. He attacks everybody else, but wont attack hate groups who support him and celebrate him, not attacking them. David nan, you have said that he should bo a step further than what he did or step further than what the Vice President did or attorney general did. Three officials including the president who attacked violence. Some more specifically. Should the president come out to say i condemn david duke. I condemn the kkk. I condemn the at right organizations involved in violence on saturday . As brunell pointed out, david, the president has specifically condemned what david duke stands for. Not since saturday. Not since saturday. Reiterate that. Many times. Vice president pence and general sessions also the white house spokesperson have all absolutely come out to say president does not support White Supremacists. David i want you to respond to the fact that some people are blaming all trump supporters, i would assume that would include you for what happened in saturday, the reaction of the president , not speaking up enough a they say they did. Here is mary anne marsh, she was on our channel before. She was on, she, was advisor to john kerry, by the way, a strong person in the democratic party. Here is how she responded about trump people and their responsibility in this. He did not condemn neonazis. He did not condemn racists of the did not condemn factists who brought their hatred and violence and death to the streets of charlottesville. He can clean that up this afternoon 48 hours later. Too little, too late. This should be no surprise. The very people in the streets of scharre motzville in militia gear are very people who supported him throughout the campaign and will continue to support him down to his last days. David now, implication goes on to sort of condemn, kind of old deplorables line, if you voted for trump and you support him even now you through everything you have through, there has to be something wrong with you. There is absolutely zero wrong with me and so many other people who supported our president. The hatred that is going on the streets in charlottes, went on, it has been going on for a decade. It happened under several other president s. Trump through, our president will the not be the last president it happens under. But i will tell you is this, we are going to support our president. He has said he disavows hatred, bigotry of all types on the left or right. And that is what a leader is supposed to do. He has addressed it blank he hadly, put it a way not one of those groups can put their chest out and say hey he didnt disavow me. He disavowed us all. David is there anything wrong with brunell. I wouldnt label all of trumps supporters david deplorable. I certainly wouldnt do that there is segment of trumps support, core support, do identify with the hate groups. David hold on a second dont you think is one of his core supporters . Core supporters of donald j. Trump are not extremists. They are whites hispanics and blacks that are put donald trump in office. I agree with that. David scott, last word to you. There are core supporters who identify with White National its and neonazis who support donald trump. Those individuals, donald trump as president , i think has to specifically name them and denounce them because he is now representing all of us, or supposed to be representing all of us. Democratic david ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much. Go with war with everyone else. Go to where with them. David everybody wants the last word. We are out of time. President trump back at the white house today focusing on big agenda items. Blake burman is there with the very latest. Reporter david, you were discussing issues with charlottesville at this hour. President trump meeting with two top Law Enforcement officials attorney general Jeff Sessions speaking with the president along with newlyinstalled fbi director Christopher Wray. Later this afternoon the president will turn his attention to china. He will sign an executive memorandum that directs his u. S. Trade representative Robert Lighthiser to look at chinese trade policies and one of the main issues here according to Senior Administration within the white house is the theft of intellectual property which Administration Officials describe as major problem. This could potentially lead administration at some point down the line to triggering a provision with the 1974 trade act would allow them to start negative shuns with china or even potentially levy tariffs. However i want to hit the pause button there for a second because that potential is long way down the line. At least a year or so out. What is happening today is merely the first step in the process to take a look at chinese trade policies. The chinese, david, taken a notice as state newspaper said this could potentially quote, poison the relationship between the United States and china. However President Trump on this day continued to direct his ire toward many of these trade deals. As he tweeted out the following earlier today, and i quote, obstructionist democrats have given us or not fixed some of the worst trade deals in world history. I am changing that fast. Now after he signs that executive memorandum, dade, president will also meet with his National Economic council shortly after that. On the agenda there, china, trade, im also told as prince pills are in the room, potentially tax reform as well. David they seem to get along so well at dinner, head of china and United States. Well see how this works out. Thank you very much. Blake at the white house. Meanwhile stocks are the big story today, kicking off the week higher despite all the trouble domestic and international. S p 500 on pace for biggest gains since june. Keep it here on fox business. Melissa francis and i will have the latest on markets apbig stories of the day. 4 00 p. M. , after the bell close. Dont miss after the bell with melissa and me. Markets are shrugging off north korea. Kim jongun says he is ready to make good on his threats but were talking a slightly different tune. New warning from kim coming next. Got you outnumbered. The dinosaurs extinction. Dont listen to them. Not appropriate. Now im mashing these potatoes with my stick of butter. Why dont you sit over here. Find your awesome with the Xfinity Stream app. Included with xfinity tv. More to stream to every screen. David new nuclear worries. North korea state run tv warning of Second Nuclear war should the south korea and u. S. Hold a military exercise. We have retired Navy Captain Chuck Nash on what the u. S. Should be doing right now. You look at what the market is doing right now, the dow is up 158 points. What mike pompeo, the head of cia said yesterday seemed to calm a lost nerves that in fact were not going to be entering a nuclear war. Today we had oped piece in the wall street journal, Rex Tillerson and secretary of defense mattis both suggesting that, you know, were far from there yet. So what should we believe, the rhetoric coming out of north korea which hasnt changed much in 20 years or leader of our country are saying seems to be calming the markets . What you said about the u. S. Leaders calming the markets is absolutely true because this is really the first major foreign policy, National Security test for the trump administration, and its remarkable to me, despite the fact that the administration has many positions unfilled across state, dod, other parts of the government, there is a unified position coming out of the leadership. The oped that you just mentioned by mattis and tillerson speaks in very clear tones. David it does. They talk about the fact that precondition for any negotiation with the North Koreans includes an end to their Ballistic Missile activity and their Nuclear Weapons activity. This is not negotiations of the past and it has a effect on International Community. David were a long way from nuclear war. Captain nash, there is big overhanging question which is kim. Youre about to see, this is in the white house the president went from his new jersey retreat to the white house today. Were not sure what he will be talking about. We can guess it might have something to do with charleston. It might have something to do with north korea. We have the twominute warning. Captain nash, i want you to get you in quick, what about kim . There is overhanging question whether he is crazy enough to do something that requires a military response by us . I think he is willing to press our buttons but not press the button because if he knows if he presses the button and launches against guam he will pay a severe personality that could lead to see regime change. David what if he launches at all, captain nash. There could be another test coming soon. We are already numb to the test thing. When does he do something that violate the sensibilities to the point where he is coming after a u. S. Territory, i. E. , guam, or an ally, i. E. , japan. If that were to happen, all hell is going to break loose. The chinese told him if he does that they will not intervene and he is on his own. He will continue to press our buttons but not the button. David chiron, the death of auto warmbier, that was personal for all americans otto warm brier i think it affected the president personally no . Yes, absolutely f you think about what the administration has been saying, numerous people in the National Security community in the past few days, theyre separating out the north Korean People who are suffering at an unprecedented level from the regime and theyre making it clear were not antiNorth Koreans. We are deeply concerned about the illicit behavior of the regime. If i add something to david sure, i may cut you off anytime because the president is about to speak but with that proviso, go ahead. Im a professor so im used to talking a lot and quickly. I want to say it is not just the United States. It is also our regional allies. The Japanese Legislature in the past two years have talked about iting willingness to take defensive measures, maybe even preemption, preemptive actions against the nor koreans. David interesting. South koreans are speeding up their thaad deployments because of north korean behavior. This is widening crisis which the u. S. Will not be the only one to respond. David that is a great point. I think chinese and North Koreans are beginning to understand that the International Community is much more in lockstep with the u. S. Than at any point in the past. David captain nash, we were concerned about a change in the south korean government. The fact they seem to take a more dovish view of north korea . Some people suggesting they may even reject some thad antimissile systems that are there. It appears theyre getting a backbone, no . Absolutely. As a matter of fact, the new president of south korea when the United States was talking about building up thawed resources in south korea, he said no, we dont want that he had a change of heart. There is no reason to deal with the north korean dictator without shows of strength and resolve. David we want to thank kiron, captain nash, appreciate being here, professor and captain nash. We have with us charlie gasparino, who needs no introduction and nan hayworth is back with us. We assume the president will shortly talk about what happened in charleston. In fact, charlie gasparino, the fact he may specifically point out individuals and organizations that he didnt on saturday after the riots happened. I think its a little late. Listen, one of the reasons why conservatives like myself initially were turned off by donald trump i remember. During the campaign where he was asked a question about david duke and he so obviously did not want to address, you know, whether david duke was supporting him. He said he didnt even know who david duke was i believe. It was so obvious he was playing to that part of the electorate. I think one of the problems that was with cnns jake tapper. He did that. Jake tapper said im talking about david duke and kkk. He says honestly, this is trump talking, i dont know david duke. I dont believe i ever met him. Im pretty sure i didnt meet him, i just dont know anything about him. Too late to say that. That is baloney. This is late as well. We should point something out. This is the problem with donald trump he is not a conservative of the if you know anything about the conservative movement bull buckley, one of the fathers of modernday conservatism as it exists today, did all he can to root out the far right from the conservative party, the john birchers, kkk element or some father in 30s, rabblerouser. David even inch rand. Inch rand, Different Reasons because she was atheist. Bill buckley was devout catholic. If you know anything about the conservative movement you would know that donald trump doesnt know anything about the conservative movement because he is not a conservative. David nan . The president is now very much aware of the fact that he is