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They planned to right the metro in, since at least wednesday or thursday. most of these people didn t have metro card. so this was not a well-oiled machine, exactly. and it s not even one that appears to have the weight behind it to get to a situation like we saw in charlottesville. this group was dwarfed, absolutely, by the counter protesters who met them when they got off the metro. and frankly, david, they were dwarfed by the journalists ready to cover them in vienna and here. i m going to get out of the way before i get run over by a police car. making his way north of the white house. let me go back to geoff bennett. you were talking about the security involved here. in what s going on there in washington, d.c. let me turn back to you. i know that muriel bowser, the mayor of washington, d.c., made a trip back from el salvador, to help coordinate the security effort in washington, d.c., geoff. reporter: david, are you talking to me, sir? we re having a little trouble ....
They would say to those who would support such hatred that they have a friend in this administration, and that is unconscionable in the united states of america. reverend tracy blackman, thank you very much for the time. she was in charlottesville last year. she s in st. louis today, where her church is situated. amarosa is accusing the president of using a racial slur, one of the claims she made in chuck todd s exclusive interview. much more on what she said, including a conversation she says she recorded inside the white house situation room. that s coming up after the break. ....
Now he is a voice of affirmation. and this is where the president s words have fallen short. truly. and we have to ask donald trump for greater leadership on this. i don t believe we will see it. but, you know, what we saw in charlottesville a year ago from the president, the most authentic moments of a political leader happen in real-time. and the both sides comment he made, the notion that there are good people on both sides, that is the heart of donald trump. and nothing he can say or tweet this weekend will really change that. and i think what the american people wrestle with is how to how do you give a second chance to somebody who has lost their credibility on issues of race? and i believe for many americans, including myself, we have found ourselves in a place where you really can t give the president a secretaond shot her former congressman, david jolly, thank you very much for your perspective here on this sunday. thank you. much more on that ragtag protest of about tw ....
Of counter protesters, gathered on freedom plaza in washington, d.c. they have been there for the better part of the afternoon. they re taking a stand against those white nationalists, those white supremacists, who are making their way to the white house. one of several counter protests taking place in washington, d.c., today. last year in charlottesville, the reverend tracy blackman wanted to spread a message of peace, but was swept away in a moment of terrifying violence. let s take a look. i was invited in to give a speech to that regard, and as we were closing down i ve got to go, i ve got to go, got to go. oh, my goodness. i don t know what is happening here. i don t know what just happened there with our guest. but we are going to try to find out what happened. and she was standing at the location where it looks like now violence has broken out among the crowd. reverend blackman is an executive minister for the united church of christ and joins me today from charlottesv ....
D.c. hundreds, if not thousands have shown up to protest. that protest scheduled to start at 5:30 eastern time. my colleagues, garrett haake, geoff bennett, continue to give us coverage of what s going on right outside the white house on that seven-acre park. over the past we have seen students confront these challenging issues facing this nation. joining me is a student activist, and on the front lines of confronting racism, janae nelson, with the naacp, legal defense and educational funds. let me start with you. i want to get your perspective on where we are today. you were in charlottesville last year. yes. when it devolved into the violence that we saw there. what happened on that day for you? how did it change your perspective on things, being there in charlottesville last year? honestly, surviving charlottesville showed me how far we have not come with race relations in america. because america likes to portray itself as this post racial utopia. ....