You have to ask yourself, where does it stop. You had a group on one side and you had a grip on the other end they came at each other with clubs and it was vicious, and it was horrible. And it was a horrible thing to watch. What took place was a horrible moment for our country, a horrible moment. But there are two sides. Does anybody have a final, does anybody have a final that was President Donald Trump late today and his charming News Conference from the tower in new york city. In washington, i am bill hammer in tonight for bret baier. Good evening from washington, d. C. The president pouring gasoline on a political fire as a from his saturdays the racial violence in charlotte. He defended his comments and said theres plenty of blame to go around on both sides. He mentioned what he called the altleft who he says violently attack legally permitted protesters. This afternoons impromptu press conference happened during what was supposed to be an announcement about infrastructure and the agenda going forward. But it became, as you just saw, much more than that. Correspondent kevin corke starts us off tonight with more on a sparring session between the president and reporters. Good evening. To put it plainly, it was really Something Else to see. This News Conference encapsulated the president s thinking, reasoning, and frankly his frustration over the events that took place over the weekend in charlottesville in the reaction to it, including his comments, and what he sees as dishonest reporting by the medi media. It started as a statement about his infrastructure plan but instead of pivoting toward the agenda and away from the controversy surrounding the violence over the weekend in charlottesville, the president turned back into the fire storm with a full on News Conference covering his response to the violence in virginia, confederate statues, the status of Senior Advisor steve bannon and even infrastructure. The majority of the questions were about charlottesville and the president saying his initial comments reflected the best information he had at the time. When i make a statement, i like to be correct. I want the facts, this event just happened. In fact, a lot of the event didnt even happen yet, as we were speaking. This event just happened. Before i make a statement, i need the facts. Toy dont want to rush into a statement. The president criticize the media for mischaracterizing who was there and why. Not all those people were neonazis, believe me. Not all of those people were White Supremacists by any stretch. Those people were also there because they wanted to protest the taking down of a statute, robert e. Lee. I think theres going on both sides, and ive no doubt about it, and you dont have any doubt about it either. Mr. Trump questioned the wisdom of removing statues and monuments that pay all managed to figures of american history. This weekend this i noticed Stonewall Jackson is coming down. Is it George Washington next week and Thomas Jefferson the week after . You have to ask yourself where does it stop. And revoking an obamaera executive order that required builders to consider how Climate Change might affect flooding and rising sea levels, President Trump today said by comparison his executive order would make it much easier to get moving on infrastructure projects. No longer will we allow the infrastructure of our magnificent country to crumble and decay. While protecting the environment, we will build gleaming new roads, bridges, railways, waterways, tunnels and highways. I even as the president hopes to direct the focus back on his agenda, his administration is facing new questions tonight about the fate of chief strategy steve bannon, who according to sources, is becoming increasingly isolated in the west wing. Is a good person. He actually gets a unfair press. We will see what happens. Bannon would join a long and growing list of officials to leave of their own accord or be fired since the president took office. Stick with the acrimony in the white house and the first seven months was the fault of great many people. My suspicion is that bannon is part of that. His identification with the old right is unhelpful, particularly in the aftermath of charlottesville. There are concerns inside the white house that should bannon be shown the door, he could actually prove to be a lot more destructive away from the west wing that he might be inside the white house which is why there are a number of people in the white house who feel like, despite the rift with the president , that bannon may not be leaving anytime soon. We are going to talk about the accessibility during the vacation with the panel. In your spirits at the white house, is this the president s decision to take these questions, or is there any conference in the floors upstairs before he comes down . Third administration ive covered. I can tell you without question this is a decision made by the man himself, the president makes the decision. Even when its suggested list, lets play it straight and by the numbers, he may veer off, and i think today may have been an example of that. He seemed to get out a great deal about what he really felt about what happened in the coverage that happened over the weekend as well. Bill thank you. Kevin corke in washington. For on the president s News Conference with our allstar panel. Charles krauthammer, laura ingraham, julie pace a little later in the program. But first, there are new questions tonight about what will happen to confederate statues and monuments all around the country. Some people have already taken the matter into their own hands, as weve seen overnight. Doug mckelway reports in charlottesville. In a sign of still simmering tensions, a man carrying an Assault Rifle held a Confederate Flag at the foot of the robert e. Lee statue in charlottesvilles emancipation park. He was confronted by protesters, ample police intervened and escorted him to a squad car and drove off. That, as activists rented her down the lead statue on their own with chains and trucks were a bulldozer. Its going to happen, jamie dyer told the Richmond Times dispatch. This is a beautifully question and charge you and i dont want to be like the delavan or bolsheviks but this has to go. Thats happened in durham, North Carolina. Protesters, some representing the world workers party, surrounded 1924 statue of a confederate soldier, slipped a court over its neck and yanked it down. Lee stood by and only later promised action. Let me be very clear. Dont make dont mistake restraint for inaction. No one is getting away with this. At 26 teen, North Carolina passed a law that prohibits removing monuments on public property without permission of e historical commission. There are over 1500 confederate symbols in u. S. Public spaces, statues, flags, schools, bridges, buildings. More than 150 years since the civil war, new skirmishes erupting. The Maryland Governor ordered the removal of the statue of Supreme CourtJustice Roger taine knee lexington, kentucky,s mayor asking for the relocation of two statues. There is a difference between acknowledging and learning about our history and glorifying it. Its pretty crappy to have a monument to some people who sold human beings as property. In may, city workers in new orleans took down a robert e. Lee statue. These statues are not just stone and metal, not just innocence remembrances of event nine history. These monuments celebrate a fictional, sanitized confederacy, ignoring the death, the enslavement, the terror that it actually stood for. Speak of the biggest battle yet brewing in richmond, virginia. Its monument avenue is home to several statues, and richmonds mayor has suggested a compromise. Keep the monuments but add contextual material. That is not appeasing opponents. Saturday night, many of those richmond confederate monuments were defaced. Historians urging caution. They point to the soviet union were political figures were routinely airbrushed out of history if they fell into political disfavor. The end result of that was in a lot of trouble. It did nothing to erase history and nothing to erase the anger from the other side. Bill thank you. Doug mckelway in charlottesville again tonight. President trump calling Business Leaders who are bailing on his Manufacturing Council grandstanders. A fifth person has stepped out. They are not taking their job seriously as it pertains to this country. Some of the folks that will leave, they are leaving out of embarrassment. Because they make their products outside. I want manufacturing to be back into the United States so that American Workers can benefit. Liz claman joins me from new york. Good evening. This has snowballed a bit, has it not . In the last couple hours, as you saw, richard trumka. Something like 21 million active and retired employees. He is out, and when you talk about the players, we need to explain to people that the president today, its very complicated from both sides, but criticize the ceos, saying he believes they are embarrassed because they manufacture many of their goods overseas. While the ceo say divisive politics and contrasting values are at the heart of their departures from the council, a date ill start with Kenneth Fraser of merck who announced he was leaving, citing his belief in americas leaders having to reject hatred and group supremacy. After the president yesterday called the kkk and White Supremacists republic, three other ceos followed him out the door. Kevin plank, brian percentage of intel who arguably is the biggest feather in the councils cap. Hightech, global, massive. He exited. Then scott paul of the alliance for American Manufacturing said he was leaving the council after frazier announced his departure. President trump tweeted yesterday. More time to lower rip off drug prices. This relationship between he and the president had been sweet less than a month ago. July 20, President Trump welcomed frazier to the white house. Then the president , perhaps playing offense, tweeted today for every ceo that drops out of the Manufacturing Council, i have many to take their place. Grandstanders should not have gone on. Jobs ceos jump on and off these councils. Weeks ago, disney, elon musk left the council have to be president exited the paris climate accord. This afternoon, walmart ceo Doug Mcmillan put out a statement saying in essence while he was Family Council we too felt the president missed a critical opportunity to help bring our country together by unequivocally rejecting appalling actions of White Supremacists. There are many staying on this Manufacturing Council. Bill we shall see what happens. Thank you, liz claman from manhattan. Stocks mixed. Dow gained five points, s p 500 lost a point. Nasdaq down 7. There is that big deadline for the president requiring him to decide by next week whether to cut off subsidies to obamacare Insurance Companies. Thats a move the congressional Budget Offices warning could blow up Health Insurance premiums for many, as well as the federal deficit. Ed henry looks at the numbers and what they mean. President trump has been touting it as a virtual backdoor way to crush if not outright repeal obamacare. Possibly cutting off federal subsidies that Insurance Companies use for discounts on coverage for low and middle income americans. The best thing we can do politically speaking is let obamacare explode. An explosion is exactly what the Budget Office is forecasting if the president goes through with terminating costsharing reductions payments. The cbo warned that gross premiums for silver plans opposite the market places would be 20 higher in 2018 and 25 higher by 2020. Killing the subsidies would mean 194 billion added to the federal deficit. However, on the Positive Side for the president , the cbo also suggested the number of people without Health Insurance would be slightly lower in two years if he cuts off the subsidies. With insurers in line to get 10 billion in these payments next year, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer jumped on the new report to charge tried to wriggle out of his responsibilities as he might, the cbo report makes clear that if President Trump refuses to make these payments he will be responsible for American Families paying more for less care. Hes the president and the ball is in his court. American families await his action. A bigger headache for the president maybe hes on another collision course with Mitch Mcconnell who has said in the wake of the failure to repeal obamacare. Marketplaces have to be short appeared republican Lamar Alexander has urged the president to keep making the subsidy payments on the senator can work democrats to stabilize the exchanges in september. Without payment of these costsharing reductions, americans will be hurt. The president can shortcircuits that by stopping the next round of subsidies. The last time he tweeted about this, the president warned of obamacare was not rebuilt or replaced he would cut off what he called bailouts for Insurance Companies. Bill thank you, ed henry here in washington. What did they know, when did they know what . New report says the Obama Administration was well aware of russian plans to undermine u. S. Democracy. Democracy. That report is for years, centurylink has been promising fast internet to small businesses. But for many businesses, its out of reach. Why promise something you cant deliver . Comcast business is different. We deliver superfast internet with speeds of 250 megabits per second across our entire network, to more companies, in more locations, than centurylink. We do business where you do business. Bill Catherine Herridge tonight on what they knew, when they knew it and why nothing was apparently done about it. After political reported the Obama Administration was warned by National Security officials as early as 2014 that the russian government was acquiring tools to disrupt u. S. Elections, President Trump tweeted. According to report, president obama knew about russian interference three years ago but didnt want to anger russia. Congressional source independent lee confirmed to fox that after russias annexation of crimea and efforts to influence the ukraine president ial election, there was deep concern putin was developing the capacity to influence other elections. These warnings, according to the republican chairman of the house intelligence committee, were dismissed because the Obama Administration wanted to reset its relationship with moscow. Nunez told fox tuesday he stood by the statement for march. Committee members have issued repeated and forceful pleads for stronger action against russian belligerents. The Obama Administration was committed to the notion against all evidence that we could reset relations with putin. And routinely ignored our warnings. Edward price countered the Obama Administration was nothing but proactive. The measures did not constitute the sum total of our retaliation in the faves of moscows aggression. At a recent conference, price and another official said their efforts were eclipsed. On october 7, when the Us Government formally attributed the meddling to the seniormost levels of the russian governmen government, at 3 30 p. M. And at 4 00 p. M. , and access Hollywood Tape comes out via the Washington Post and at 5 00 p. M. Or later that afternoon, you have John Podestas emails trickling out. At dinner with a Clinton Campaign staffer and all he could talk about was the access Hollywood Tape. Its not clear how widely the intelligence about russia was shared in 2014 and whether it reached a policy level. Bill thank you, Catherine Herridge in washington. The Justice Department wants to know whos visiting an antitrump website. Ordering the Web Hosting Service for the site to turnover data. The Company Fighting the order the concerns distruptj20. Org. Says the search warrant cannot survive First Amendment scrutiny. Doj says the website was used in the developed and planning of a violent riot in washington o