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>> i have no idea. he has inside information that i don't have. i don't know if there were historical purists there who were trying to preserve some stat statues, i don't know. but he had information i didn't have. >> so i'm just watching your face. inside information? what? >> it's painful to watch that because he's obviously trying to keep his support with donald trump without saying the fact that what donald trump said is inexcusable, unacceptable. there were no good people at that rally. anyone -- and i'm really going out here on a limb. let's just say there were some people from the commu...

Not a battle cry of the confederacy. the president is trying to shift the issue from him essentially excusing this extremist violence to a more complex one about the stat statues. look, it follows what we have seen as a trend for several weeks. i would argue since the failure of the health care which would have imposed such significant cost on the core of his con constituency, we've seen the president turn sharply right on cultural and social issues, banning transgender soldiers. that's a nerm and a long-term bet. in the near term he's hoping to unite voters who elected him who are voters, une...

Now, charlottesville actually in some sense accelerated our decision. i had already prepared to present to our council a resolution to remove these two stat statues. why? well, it's really important to put this in context. these two statues today stand on ground that is really sacred. it was at one time a slave auction block called cheap side. one of the largest in the south. so these two monuments, two men who fought to preserve slavery are standing today on sacred ground where men, women and children once were sold into slavery. so it just wasn't right. just not right. >> so mayor, what is t...

Underlying conduct is. that's why i had to do an artificial description here of events without revealing that conduct. >> i understand that. january 27, you discussed with white house counsel again four different topics. one of them included the possibility of criminal prosecution of the former national security adviser and what were the applicable statutes what did you discuss? in your conclusion, should the national security adviser face prosecution? >> i'm going to strikeout here. if i identify stat statues, that would be ensued -- i'm not trying to be hyper technical here. i'm trying to be...