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That many and their message was drowned out. this was a bit of a flare up towards the end of the day here where a few counterprotesters who may have been white supremacists, we don't know showed up with a flag and were countered by these people here. there was a flare up. there was a bit of jostling, screaming at them. they quickly took refuge behind a line of police, and that was what led to this confrontation here over my shoulder. so some of these protesters are now leaving and moving this way after police have basically cordoned off this area and gotten a few of those counterprotesters out...

Be the unite the right 2 rally. >> but they were easily outnumbered by thousands of counterprotesters who shouted shame, shame and nazis go home. >> cnn's sarah snider spoke to a member of the ku klux klan who was there in charlottesville at a rally last year, and he took an active and violent role. we do warn you some of the language in this report, it is offensive. >> i shot a gun. >> reporter: richard preston admitting what he did during the deadly white nationalist unite the right rally last year in charlottesville, virginia. that's preston yelling the n-word, aiming and firing in the dire...

Lafayette park over here, the counter racist protesters, the anti-racist protesters were not allowed to get really within about 100 yards of where the white supremacist protesters were. the police cognizant of that, but that really didn't happen in any large measure. and what did happen was the white supremacists were so severely drowned out by the counterprotesters that they left, they didn't finish their speaking program. a reality tv star and one time white house aide is now stepping up attacks on her former boss. omarosa manigault-newman is promoting her new and mostly unverifiable book ...

Know showed up and was encountered here. there was a flare up, a bit of jostling, some skreerming cream them. they quickly took refuge behind the line of police and that's what led to this confrontation here over my shoulder. they've gotten those few counterprotesters out to safety. while you can say most of the protesters were peaceful and dispersed earlier in the day thanimented the anger has not dissipated. some of those people are still hanging around. but the security measures police have put up have continued. the counter racist protesters, the anti-racist protesters were not allowed to ...

About these extreme hate groups, how surprised were you to find out that only a very small number, about 24 or so white supremacists turned up for this washington, d.c. rally, and what did that signal to you? >> it was very shocking in my surprise, to be honest. because when we did our rallies back in the day we had a lot of numbers of all types of mandatory to be in these rallies. and so seeing the number that happened today was shocking. so it makes you wonder what's really going on and if they have a backup plan, if they're up to something else. so i mean it's hard to say and there was more...