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♪ >> take you live now we're taki rally in portland, oregon. one on one side of the street is say pro trump free speech rally and portland stands united against hate rally. both events in response to the recent tragedy that took the lives of two men on a train last week. gina kim has more. law enforcement, very concerned about conflict there. >> reporter: that would be the understatement of the day, richard. you said two rallies combined but actually i have to correct you, it's now five rallies and the logistics are very important

Center in montgomery monitors these kind of neoconfederate groups, many of them trade in hate. we do a good job in this country of interpreting confederate history. the u.s. interior department does, you go to places like atlanta, you can go to a state facility like stone mountain that have civil war generals on it and learn about it but at stone mountain, you can either learn about the civil war or you can hold a hate rally there the confederate flag has become a symbol of not just the civil war battles, but of jim crow's segregation in the deep south, of racism. and so to there has to be som...

>> it's interesting, doug, when you look at the web site, the son of confederate veterans, it makes no mention of slavery and it calls the civil war the second american revolution. and it seems like they are kind of recasting it along very sort of narrow lines about what it was about. it was about fighting for freedom, it was about resisting invasion. >> well, southern poverty law center in montgomery monitors these kind of neoconfederate groups. many of them trade in hate. we do a good job in this country of interpreting on confederate history. the u.s. interior department does. you go to pla...

You can go to a state facility like stone mountain that have civil war generals on it and learn about it, but at stone mountain, you can either learn about the civil war or you can hold a hate rally there. the confederate flag has become a symbol of not just the civil war battles, but of jim crow's segregation in the deep south, of racism. and so there has to be some sensitivity to our public officials, like governor hayley barbour, governor mcdonnell, to -- when you just embrace the raw confederacy in this kind of fashion, it's going to anger people, it doesn't do anybody in this country any ...

Promote love. koran says love people equally. and that's a beautiful statement. and that's true as to how muslims treat other people and we need to embrace the victims of terrorism, the greatest victims and not victimize them. >> reporter: thank you very much. as russell said earlier, this is not a hate rally or a fear rally. this is really just a love rally. alex? >> adam, can you give me a guesstimate as to how many people are there? and i want to double-check your location. are you guys at 48th street? is that where this rally is? >> reporter: we're at the corner of 48th and broadway. i can...