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Wants. >> nobody knows history of this peninsula better than you do, gordon. i want you take. when president trump says the june 12 date might not happen, it might slide, you look at the history and the naysayers. it seems to me like if june 12 doesn't happen, there's no do-overs. it's not just going to be pushed to the fall or winter. this is done. if it's not going to happen june 12, it might not happen at all. is that fair? >> no, if it doesn't happen on june 1,2 it could be july 12, august 12. there's a lot of preparations. a lot of it has not been agreements on the logistical issue, this ...

Conviction and so that's the rub here. it's also important to keep in mind that even if williams were to get exonerated from this case as his lawyers hope that he one day will be, there is very little chance that he will ever be getting out of prison, because of previous unrelated separate convictions that he's now serving time for. >> all right, scott mclean, thank you so much. more on this breaking news in just a moment. but first, the people of charlottesville, virginia. that's where i want to turn. they called out the city's leadership after that deadly terror attack there. demonstrators...

And i think it's important for us to do that. so look at it from this perspective. if you were an individual who attended the rally on august 12 and as we heard, on several different accounts, people saying they saw fights, they saw different things transpire and take place, and then to a certain extent, they were looking for certain individuals to intervene and for whatever reason, they did not, from their perspective, they're trying to understand how could that be and they're looking for answers. now, again, i'm not here to pick sides or say, you know, one group did this, one group did that,...

They come back? because they are coming back. because they've already said so. what do y'all plan to do when they come back? because those statues are still there. that's their beacon. >> clearly, the residents there wanting to make their voices heard. vice mayor wes bellamy of charlottesville, virginia, joins me now. you were the only council member to remain when every other member of the council walked out. why did you stay? >> well, thank you for having me, and once again, it's important for us to acknowledge and send our condolences to sister heather who lost her life as well as the two p...

And brittany why out there leading chants. there were a couple trouble makers from -- i don't know who they were. but one of our protesters was assaulted. but other than that it wasn't really anything to make a big deal out of and this just came out of nowhere. and again, as someone who's been there since august 12. no one condones violence and it was just i'm in shock. >> describe the scene where you are now. have things calmed down a little bit? >> caller: i'm actually at home. like i said it took about one minute before my survival instinct kicked in and i was heading 80 miles per hour on t...