Ayman mohyeldin alongside Yasmin Vossoughian and Louis Burgdorf. Well President Trump fanned the flames of controversy around the violence in charlottesville, virginia, once again where White Nationalists and affiliated groups chanted nazi slogan. And one of those White Nationalist marchers plowed into protesters. A day after singling out the kkk and other gait group, the president reverted to his original statement that multi time sides were to blame for that violence. During an unplanned session with sessions, he explained the condemning while adding those marching alongside them contained many fine people. There was no way of making that statement that early. I had to see the facts, unlike a lot of reporters unlike a lot of reporters. I didnt know david duke was there. I had to see the facts. And the facts as they started coming out was very well stated. Everybody said his statement was beautiful. If he would have made it sooner that could have been good. I couldnt have made it sooner because i didnt know all of the facts, frankly, people still dont know all of the facts. The first statement was made without knowing what we were seeing. The second statement was made with knowledge, with great knowledge. What about the altleft that came charging at as you say the altright. Do have have any semblance of guilt . What about the fact they came charging with clubs in their hands, swinging clubs . Do they have any problem, i think they do. As far as im concerned that was a horrible, horrible day. Wait a minute, im not finished. Im not finished, fake news. That was a horrible day sir, do you put these protesters im going to tell you something, i watched it very closely. Much more closely than you people watched it. You had a group on one side that was bad. And you had a group on the other side that was also very violent but nobody wants to say that. But ill say that right now. You had a group on the other side that came charging in without a permit, and they were very, very violent. From both sides, sir, you said there was hatred, violence . Yes i do think theres blame on both sides. You look at both sides. I think theres blame on both sides and i have no doubt about it. And you dont have any doubt about it, either and and and if you reported it accurately, you would see that. The neonazis started this thing excuse me excuse me, you had some very bad people in that group. But you also had people that were very fine people. On both sides. There were people in that rally, and i looked the night before, if you look, there were people protesting very quietly the taking down of the statue of robert e. Lee. Im sure in that group there was some bad ones. The following day it looked like they had some rough, bad people. Neonazis, White Nationalists, whatever you want to call them. But you had a lot of people in that group that were there to innocently protest and very legally protest because i dont know if you know, they had a permit. The other group didnt have a permit. So, i only tell you this, there are two sides to a story. All right. Among the white house staffer was surprised to say the least. A senior white house official tells nbc news that President Trump was not supposed to answer any questions at all. His team went into the event with the understanding that he would highlight the infrastructure executive order he had just signed. And then he would leave. He would head back upstairs and let his aides handle any inquiries. Once in front of reporters, the president , quote, went rogue. Members of the team are stunned, steve mnuchin, gary kohn stood silent. Members of the president s staff stunned and disheartened. Said they never expected to hear such a volatile opinion. Missing was Jared Kushner and ivanka trump. They were out of public view when the president announced the exit in observance of a holiday in march, as the house bill gathered traction in the house. They were in some valley after donald trump jr. Was beset with the report about the russians. They were in bedminster for the weekend, and are now said to be in very late have the on a longplanned trip. Lets talk to jacqueline. Good to talk to you this morning. As you just heard, the president seems like he went rogue. He went offscript in his press conference yesterday. Much to the dismay of many of the people of his administration. How is the white house going to deal with this now, moving forward, seeing that they had an agenda that they wanted to push through. Whether it comes to tax reform, or infrastructure reform. It seems like this is going to be the cloud hanging over everything . Absolutely. I think this is just another distraction for the administration. You heard the press conference ask repeatedly, doesnt anyone have a question about infrastructure . And. It was just everyone wanted to talk about this issue in charlottesville. Its important to point out that lawmakers on both sides of the aisle condemned this legislation yesterday. And so the relationship between the white house and capitol hill is already not great. This is only going to make it worse. Hey, jacqueline, lets talk about a little bit what were referencing in that setup, the staff. One of those officials, john kelly who we saw hanging his head off to the side of the president yesterday. Incredible picture. He was at the presser, theres proof that no one, not even general kelly, a lot of people putting hope in can contain the president especially when he goes offskrichcript. I think there was a lot of optimism, when john kelly came in, essentially getting a read on the president s tweets before he sent them. That he would be able to rein in the president s personality. But going into the job he said he wasnt gloing to change the president. But when you put the president in front of a microphone, theres only one person that can control that and thats the president himself. We heard bannon saying hes a good man. He wasnt been with us too long, but he is a good man to say the least. He really didnt get into the plans for steve bannon. Whats the read here . Do we think hes going to go . Right. He basically said well see. I think well have to watch whether or not he stays. Youve seen the president not hesitate to get rid of people who are not who he believes are not pushing forward his agenda. And working on his team. So, i think, especially, john kelly will probably have a role in this, a voice in this. I think were going to have to wait and see if he stays at the white house. All right, Jacqueline Klimas thank you for joining us. Both lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are criticizing the president s comments. Many did not mention the president by name. House Speaker Paul Ryan said we must be clear, white supremacicy is repulsive. There can be no more ambiguity. And Kevin Mccarthy said the violence was a direct consequence of White Supremacists demonstrating. Arizona governor jeff flake, a vocal credit of the president said, we cannot accept excuses. And in a series of tweets senator marco rubio denounced the president s remarks saying, mr. President , you cant allow White Supremacists to share only part of blame. And cory booker, take a listen. Anybody that believed in kkk the president should renounce the hatred and bigotry. The president should have done that immediately. And what he did today again goes back on what he said yesterday. Thats unacceptable. The president was wrong to do that. Ive said that loud and clear. The president appears to have won over that because of remarks. David duke tweeted, thank you, President Trump, for your honesty and courage to tell the truth about charlottesville. Altright leader Richard Spencer quoted im proud of him for speaking the truth. Vice news in charlottesville, heres vice news on hbo. So, how do you think yesterday went . Id say it was worth it. We flew we were going to meet a. The in fact that none of our People Killed anybody unjustly i think is a plus for us. And i think that we showed our rivals that we wont be cowed. Did the car that struck a protester thats unprovoked . The video appears to show someone striking that vehicle. When hes animals attacked him again. He saw no way to get away from them except to hit the gas. So, you think it was justified . I think it was more than justified. The amount of restraint that our people showed out there i think was restounding. I think its tough to taut but were up to the challenge . Tough to taut, someone died . I think a lot more people would have died. If you get an opportunity to watch the entire thing. It is incredible. Thats elle reeve reporting for vice. And lone actors and small cells within the White Supremacist Movement will likely continue to pose a threat for violence over the next year. And more people are leaving the advisory council. Aflcio Richard Trumka and his chief of staff announced their resignations saying we cannot sit on a council for a president who tolerates bigotry and domestic terrorism. Scott paul also announced hed be stepping down. On monday, the ceos of merck, intel and under armour dropped out. And he tweeted for every ceo that drops out of Manufacturing Council i have many to take their place. Grandstanders should not have gone on. Jobs. Why do you think these leaders are leaving their Manufacturing Council . Because theyre not taking their job seriously as it pertains to this country. And we want jobs of manufacturing in this country. If you look at some of those people that youre talking about, theyre outside of the country. Theyre having a lot of their product made outside, if you look at merck as an example, some of the folks that will leave, theyre leaving outside of embarrassment because they make their products outside. And ive been lecturing them, including the gentleman that youre referring to, about you have to bring it back to this country. Ceo vollmer also criticized the president s comments but so far is not stepping down from the Manufacturing Council. Still ahead, how some of the sports world is reacting to President Trumps comments on char klo charlottesville. Plus, hundreds missing in sierra leone in mudslides. That story when we come back. Theres nothing more important to me than my vacation. So when i need to book a hotel room, i want someone that makes it easy. Booking. Com gets it. And with their price match, i know im getting the best price every time. Visit booking. Com. Booking. 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Major corporations including ibm, halliburton and exxonmobil were opposed to the bill, arguing it would make it hard for them to recruit talent. It was a pet project of republican dan patrick who lambasted the Republican House speaker for its failure and provided difficulty for lawmakers of its ilk. Overseas in sierra leone, a catastrophic mudslide in the town has left over 300 people and 60 600 missing. It start after heavy rains caused a mountainside to partially collapse. And many victims were trapped understand tons of mud. One red cross worker said, quote, hes never seen anything like that. A tower of mud just wiped them away. A government spokesman said an exact death toll is unknown. And nikki haley sent out a tweet, our hearts are broken by the images. Lets get a check on nbc meteorologist bill karins. Bill, kansas and nebraska pummeled with severe weather. And all of that bad weather is making its way our way. For friday afternoon. Well get to that in a second. Good morning to you, louis. You can see the lightning strikes down in kansas. So, this mess has to head east over the next two or three days. For today, we do have a slight risk of severe weather, 4. 5 million in kansas city area, des moines, aims, back down to wichita, definitely large hail and wind with the storms. Lets track these the next coming of days to make your plans. This is 10 00 a. M. , hit and miss. Then the storms form later on the front, 7 00 p. M. This is where the storms will be for northern oklahoma right to central portions of iowa. Central minnesota this is more heavy rain for you. Then we take this from wednesday. Overnight, might get a straight strom into chicago. Thursday afternoon, we do it again. Cincinnati, back down to paducah, into areas around cleveland. Then by friday afternoon, this whole mess makes its way to the east coast. So if you have friday afternoon plans at the airport from d. C. , philadelphia, to new york, all the way up to albany, new york. Theres a possibility of definitely delays on the roads and especially at the airports. Thats a soaking rain friday afternoon with some of those thunderstorms. By the time we get to the weekend forecast, though, it will clear out and leave everyone pretty nice. I also want to mention, we still have hurricane gert out there off the east coast safely moving away. But there are really dangerous rip current threats from the beaches of new england down to north carolina. Its sunny and pretty nice. Its confusing. Its warm and beautiful. The waves and rip currents are dangerous. Keep that in mind for any beach plans in the southeast. Down along the gulf coast. Its a typical storm. Heat index, 100, to 110. Thats from saers of South Carolina to georgia. And very typical heat in areas of texas. That doesnt change tomorrow with 100 in san antonio. The tropics also. I didnt mention anything heading to the u. S. Because nothing is at least for the next week. Do expect maybe two, maybe three named storms over the next three days. Still ahead, lebron james gives his reaction to comments made by the, quote, socalled president. And down in miami, the Giancarlo Stanton show just keeps on rolling. Well have all of the highlights. Sports is next. Award winning design. Award winning engine. The volvo xc90. The most awarded luxury suv of the century. This august visit your local volvo dealer to receive sommar savings of up to 4,500. This august visit your local volvo dealer a penny its ourr back to school one cent event at Office Depot Office Max. Notebooks one cent rulers, glue and 12pack pencils all one cent each hurry to Office Depot Office Max taking care of business i needed something more to help control my type 2 diabetes. My a1c wasnt were it needed to be. So i liked when my doctor told me that i may reach my blood sugar and a1c goals by activating whats within me with onceweekly trulicity. Trulicity is not insulin. 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Its not about the guy thats the socalled president of the United States or whatever the case. Its about us. Its about us looking in the mirror. Kidding all the way up to adults. All of us looking in the mirror saying what can we do to help change. Shoutout to the innocent people in charlottesville, north carolina, and shoutout to people who just want to be great. Thank you, i love you all. James touched on a twitter post adding that trump has made hate, quote, fashionable again. Turning to the nfl, Ezekiel Elliott has officially filed an appeal to the sixgame suspension for violating the leagues personal conduct policy. Elliott who was accused of Domestic Violence will reportedly face his appeal on threats by his accuser on quote, ruin