this is not a charlottesville issue. this is a lot of people using charlottesville and some of it internally, some of our local politicians have gained a national standing for it but it is a lot a platform building. host: we're talking with joe charlottesville, having this conversation for the next 25 minutes or so. if you want to join in for the -- --sation, a special line for charlottesville residents in 8003.egment, 202748 joe thomas, take us through your day. what did you see on saturday? guest: violence. anger. brought up by people who were there. the people who wound up so angry , what puzzled me was once you separated them from the mob mentality that calmed down. as long as they were in groupthink, they were in this hypersensitive state of i am in a mob and i have to go along with the mob. when you separated them, i have personal experience with a young man from black lives matter who nearly came to blows with me because with all irony, he call the call -- he saw the color of my skin and thought i must be a racist

police are everywhere in this town of charlottesville. the largest deployment of virginia state troopers in decades. they are everywhere in this town. the county police are everywhere. they are determined not to have a repeat of this and they have essentially declared all of this an unlawful gathering. the question is, will they come back? back to you. >> the governor in his statement was pretty determined in saying, go home, get out, there's really no place for you here, especially with these types of views. tom, when it comes to the crash site, i know that's some distance outside of charlottesville, but have police said or any investigators given any intelligence as to the cause of this crash? i know that it was an aircraft that was being used to monitor the white nationalist rally. >> it was a bell helicopter. i apologize. i don't have the model in front of me. it was a bell and state trooper helicopter. there's no indication that that was brought down by fire. in other words, by somebody firing on the chopper. we believe preliminarily

charlottesville is not out of the woods. this violence that encourages he's guys, you know, you can trace this back in the near term to the mother emanual church where dillon roof murdered pastor pink any and the con gre gants there. that was a hate crime. to elm bold enthis white nationalist movement. these guys all say that. you know, i hope my crime, my death will spur the movement. and in fact, it does. it elm bold ens them. and then what happened after that was, you know, good people want to take down the symbols of hate, the confederate stat use or flags. and we saw all that play out in south carolina, kracross the soh in new orleans. that's what's happening there today. the same thing. they're emboldened by violence, strength end by these fights and everything the political leader said there was just right. but the chance man and the neo nazis don't hear any of that. don't think that's going to change them. that's not going to change them. >> you make a great point. when we think about i was on the ground there for wh

what we're hearing from the city of charlottesville is that charlottesville police have taken the driver of that vehicle into custody. another update we have is that a total of 35 people were injured today. of course we have the one fatality that occurred in this particular ramming incident. this is something, to put it in context, like you say, that has been building for quite a while. there was a protest here on july 8th involving the kkk at that same park having to do with the possible removal of robert e. lee park. it used to be called robert e. lee park. there was clashes during that rally and this rally came up and police told us on friday they were going to prepare and take lessoned learned from the rally on july 8th and apply them to this one. what we saw were police in a parking lot across from the street in the park. they did not get involved initially when the clashes broke out between the unite the right rally and the counter-protesters, eventually they did clear out the park. everybody sort of disbursed. at that point, the counter-protesters had made their way down to this a

amy: and that is where this began and charlottesville. if you can comment on that issue, and issue were not originally for reparations and what it could look like today as even today after the terror attack, wes bellamy is on the air talking about how important it is once all of the media lease to talk about equity in the critical institutions of charlottesville that remain for so long in the past, separate and unequal. >> this is why i come on democracy now! because i just got informed. i was unaware of that. i think the story points to two things. the first thing is, if there were to be reparations in this country -- i think it would happen like that. it would be a series of small local cases based on very specific claims. we think of reparations is grand action from the supreme court passing judgment as the black x number ofed dollars. it is also much i'm against that, but i suspect what would happen in terms of practical thing, you would see folks look into specific instances. for agenda, for instance, i believe had a reparation five

charlottesville is not completely shut down although there is a state of emergency. the mood there of the counter protests he said some of them who have been injured how they responded to what. the soul to pawn some of the numbers. it is just it's just very somber here a lot of people crying a lot of people have friends that were that were hit by that car and just just all around sadness you know you know typically at a protest if if the police will ask you to get on the sidewalk protesters will say no i mean everyone was comply and everyone was just trying to do the best thing that they could do at that time for the injured people it seems. and how would you describe the scene today we heard the previous incidents as well just how violent how's this protest being. sure i mean there was not a good number of chemicals being sprayed there was pepper spray of there. i'm sorry i apologize my camera man. there was a a large number of pepper spray being shot from both sides at each other eyes i saw of people hitting each other with holes i saw a lot of people with just wha

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kaylee hartung is in charlottesville right now. the mayor just tweeted that at least one person is dead as a result of today's violence. do you know what that fatality is yet from the car crash or from the earlier violence? >> reporter: we have not yet been able to confirm that, ana. but as we have described the violence that was seen in this town last night, a torch literally through the university of virginia's campus by the national supremacists who gathered here. chemicals were being dispersed and then at the emansiation park where the statue of robert e. lee stands the center of this controversy. we saw the poles of flags used as weapon, bottles flying through the air. smoke bombs going off and pepper spray used by both sides. but that does not compare to the violence that unfolded behind me as you have seen the video of that car plowing into a group of counterprotesters. we do not yet know the result of that collision. as you said the mayor has tweeted there's one life lost. he said that i'm heartbroken that a life has been l

and neo nazis who clashed with the anti racism protesters in charlottesville. i can point and again every. city where they continue your. demonstrations also took place in other major cities including seattle chicago baltimore and san francisco to show support of charlottesville thousands took part in the multi-faith vigils and rallies across the country you are standing with one hundred other groups across the country today and these that are doing the exact same thing telling people that we are going to put up with that craft and have been in chinatown this week. and i look to my left and i saw how their higher lying on the ground and i saw the life pass from arise and i watched. it from that moment on ice words myself that i would not stop the fight against white supremacy i would never let this happen again i would never let another person die. because of white supremacy because of domestic terrorism although many of them were separate demonstrations they all shared a similar message. states of america. were you. people at that point or are right right. mea

#charlottesville. it's important to note here, boris, as we've been saying for some time now that we finally did hear from the president and vice president, but after hearing from a number of other officials, republican-elected officials and even another member of the first family. we heard from first lady melania trump about the violence in charlottesville even before we heard from the president and vice president. we also heard from speaker paul ryan, speaker of the house. we've heard from the chairwoman of the republican national committee, all of those responses coming before we heard from the man in charge, the president. we usually expect to see presidents traditionally trying to calm and soothe tensions in a situation like this. i do think one other thing is notable about these two tweets now from the president, in neither of them does he explicitly condemn the white nationalists who organized this demonstration and the demonstration last night in charlottesville that we're now seeing resulting

she worked at a law firm in charlottesville. the president of the miller lite group released a statement saying, "heather was a great person. she was a peaceful person. she was full of life and her time was cut short." more about the man investigators say was behind the wheel of the car that went barreling down a street full of counter protesters. police say 20-year-old james fields junior of maumee, ohio and his mother is now speaking out. i didn't know it was white supremacist.i thought it had something to do with trunk. kimberly: fields' minor -- mother says he joined the army years ago. it's do not show him as active.across the country , people are coming together in the wake of yesterday's violence. rallies and vigils are happening across the dmv as a sign of support for charlottesville. this is new the world war ii memorial. a strong showing of solidarity tonight.i'm curious as to why they chose that particular memorial. reporter: they are going to use this memorial as a sign. you can see that we already wins. organizers,a

charlottesville, to me, it is very, very sad. i want to salute the great work of the state and local police in virginia. incredible people. law enforcement, incredible people. also, the national guard. they have really been working smart and working hard. they have been doing a terrific job. federal authorities are also providing special port -- special support. we are ready and willing and able to provide whatever assistance is needed. above all else -- no matter our color, creed, religion, or political party, we are all americans first. country.ur we love our god. we love our flag. we are proud of our country. proud of who we are. get the situation straightened out in charlottesville. we want to study it. we want to see what we are doing wrong as a country, where things like this can happen. my administration is restoring the sacred bonds of loyalty nation and our citizens. but our citizens must also restore the bonds of trust and loyalty between one another. love each other, respect each other, and cherish our history and our

here in charlottesville. the mayor of charlottesville, also a faculty member at the university of virginia, has said he feels that his city has the resources they need to protect the people going about their everyday lives in charlottesville. but will do their best to keep the peace among all of these visitors, many coming here from outside of charlottesville to take place in an effort to have their voice be heard. >> southern poverty law center called this the largest hate gathering of its kind in the united states in decades. we'll stay on top of the story, monitoring the live pictures and we'll return to kaylee as soon as we can. please stay with us, we'll stay on top of this and have breaking news, when we come back. looking for balance in your digestive system? try align probiotic. for a non-stop, sweet treat goodness, hold on to your tiara kind of day. get 24/7 digestive support, with align. the #1 doctor recommended probiotic brand. also in kids chewables. ♪ ♪ isaac hou has mastered gravity defying

captioning sponsored by wnet >> sreenivasan: on this edition for sunday, august 13: murder charges in charlottesville for the man who allegedly drove a car into a crowd of demonstrators and the terror threat posed to the homeland by white supremacists and other right wing extremists. next on "pbs newshour weekend." >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: bernard and irene schwartz. the cheryl and philip milstein family. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.b.p. foundation. sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. the anderson family fund. rosalind p. walter, in memory of abby m. o'neill. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thanks for joining us. a day after white nationalist protesters and counter- pro

no good comes from violence, #charlottesville. we also heard from speaker of the house paul ryan shortly after who tweeted this, the views fueling the spectacle in charlottesville are repugnant, let it only serve to unite americans against this kind of vile bigotry. we also heard from marco rubio, nothing patriotic about kkk or white supremacist, it's the exact opposite of what america seeks to be. the president, now, we've read his tweet a couple times said we all must be united and condemn all that hate stands for. as some guests have pointed out, he hasn't been as specific as some of those i just read to vice mayor. do you think the president needs to say the words white supremacist or white nationalist in the remarks he uses today? >> yes. emphatically, yes. >> what more do you want to hear from this president? >> i would like to hear him very plainly say and state that he denounces this hate, that these individuals who are saying doing all of these things in his name do not represent him. would like him to call them out and u

but charlottesville, sad. it's very clear but president trump would love the focus today to be a veterans affairs in this bill. he is expected to sign the bill today. what has been taken place in charlottesville is taking priority. we've had some democratic leaders, chuck schumer came out say that president trump needs to directly address and name the perpetrators of this violence. and the perpetrators of the say. it will be interesting to see if president trump decides to do this when he speaks. especially since there's been a video circulated non- social media from former ku klux klan wizard, david duke. he essentially tries to tie president trumps policies to everything this rally and this white national rally is promoting. even the president trump has repeatedly denounced and denounced any kind of support from the kkk, are specifically david duke. we don't have the video. it was video taken from a photojournalist with the indianapolis star. we have the statement. this is from david duke and he says quote,

i'm calling on each one of our residents, not only here in the city of charlottesville, but in the charlottesville area, to come together, and take all of this into our hearts, and our daily lives today. and to begin healing, as a community. if we all come together, we cannot fall apart. we will be with you, and we will be beside you, as together we right the next chapter in charlottesville's history. thank you. >> thank you, mr. jones. chief al thomas, charlottesville police department. good evening. the premeditated violence that our community experienced today was completely unacceptable, the situation escalated rapidly into violence, and we had no choice but to deploy additional personnel, virginia state police, the virginia guard, to help disperse the crowd and move people safely through the streets. none of the injuries sustained today were due to engagement with law enforce: as of late this afternoon, there have been at least 35 people treated for injuries by city personnel. fourteen people have been treated for injuries resulting from individual engagements, non-pedestrian were treated for

i'm calling on each of our residents not only here in the city of charlottesville but in the charlottesville area to come together and take all of this into our hearts and daily lives today, and to begin healing as a community. if we all come together, we cannot fall apart. we will be with you, we will be beside you, as together we write the next chapter in charlottesville's history. thank you. >> thank you, mr. jones for stopchie -- thank you mr. jones. she felt thomas, charlottesville police department. the premeditated violence that are committed he experienced is mp

has # charlottesville. these coming from both sides, not only getting the reaction from republicans of the president but also bernie sanders saying white national demonstration in charlottesville is a reprehensible display of hatred that has no place in our society. widespread condemnation or doug is live on the scene as he has been all day. doug, the violence started this morning around 1030, 11:00 a.m. then things calm down as these group separated we saw the white nationalists who are protesting the remova removal of robert e e statue. they marched out with are not in confederate flags. a number arms. have you been able to find the map? they left? what's the status as you have moved away from that epicenter violence? >> they moved away from emancipation park in downtown charlotte's work had now to this part for the city wanted them to congregate initially, mcintyre park on the outskirts of charlotte's will. a more expansive park and more room to maneuver and operate. not as confined. we see no evidence o

and memorials and prayers and contemplation, that is charlottesville. they hope out of all the bad things that happened so far, perhaps something good could come of this in the future. the governor will 9:30 and is expected to be at another church at 10:30, and this will likely culminate his presence here and his words of faith and encouragement to those who live here in charlottesville. that's where we are live. derek ward, news 5. >>> and then president trump taking heat for not going far and singling out white nationalists for the violence and instead insisted that many sides were to blame. >> we're having some issues with the audio from the clip, and a white house official said the from all sides. and we also heard from the governor. >> our message is plain and simple, go home. you are not wanted in this great commonwealth. shame on you. you pretend that you are patriots, but you are anything but a patriot. >> and we do want to remind you that later this morning "meet the press" will have more reaction to all the violence in charlottesville. chuck t

a virginia native, she was a pair alegal at miller law group in charlottesville. in 2016 heyer posted this on her facebook page. "if you're not outraged you're not paying attention." just hours after heyer was killed smoke billowed from a nearby helicopter crash. police flew surveillance over protests all day but around 5:00 p.m. a virginia state police helicopter went down just miles from charlottesville. 48-year-old lieutenant h.j. cullen and trooper pilot burke m.m. bates were killed in the crash. >> i was close to both of those state troopers. >> reporter: governor terry mcauliffe remembered the fallen officers at a service this morning. >> but for this hatred and bigotry that occurred here yesterday, burke and jay would have been home with their families. heather would be getting up today enjoying life. >> reporter: the ntsb is investigating why the troopers' helicopter crashed in those woods. today would have been pilot trooper bates's 41st birthday. elaine? >> paula reid, thank you. >>> the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. ♪ who are these people?

lee statue in charlottesville. we do not see at this point, at least, from this vantage point, we don't see any protesters who have gathered there. but we are keeping a very close eye on what's happening there in virginia. you know, we try, shelby, not to become part of this story. when we cover this president or any other president, for that matter, we're journalists. but his attacks on the fake news. thosin sessant attacks going on for a year, they're hard to ignore. this is just part of what the president said last night. take a listen. >> the failing "new york times," which is like so bad. it's so bad. the "washington post," which i call a lobbying tool for amazon, okay? cnn, which is so bad and so pathetic and their ratings are going down. abc this morning, they had little george stephanopoulos talking to nikki haley. little george. >> president of the united states, we should note, making a reference to the height of george stephanopoulos. >> classy. >> that's where we are. he did not -- he did not recognize

new fallout from the violence in charlottesville after the rallies. organizer is chased from his own news conference. >> we're learning about the woman who was killed, and we're live with how people who live in the community are dealing with this tragedy and city after city across the country, people are standing up to hate. we're going to show you the local response. >> news 4 at 6:00 begins with breaking news. >> in churches throughout charlottesville, and across the country, prayers for healing. gee good evening and thanks for joining us tonight. i'm e news 4's derrick ward continues our coverage tonight and he's live in charlottesville with more on the mood as the city tries to heal. derrick? >> reporter: erica, it's an interesting dichotomy, you might say. we are here at fourth and water. you can see the memorial that has grown up here and this is the nexus of the grief that's being felt all over the country and perhaps even all over the world as the story spreads, but if you venture down city mall things return to a degree of normalcy. people ar

this is not -- over in charlottesville by any measure. there are protesters and counterprotesters still moving around the city. and we're about to hear from president trump in the next hour. i think it's significant that the president could have a calming influence if he so chooses on the day there in charlottesville. by the way, these other cars you see, the reason why you see other cars that appear to be hit or affected is because this car came at a high rate of speed into this intersection and pushed these other cars forward. that's what caused perhaps further damage to the vehicles and possibly other injuries as well. it was one car going at a high rate of speed into this group of protesters and then pushing against these other cars. and these people by the hundreds they were there in order to match the white nationalists who have come to charlottesville for this so-called unite the right rally. some members of alt-right groups, some outright racist, anti-semitic individuals coming there with hail hitler signs. and others waving confe

brian todd on the scene in charlottesville. i want to bring in now the virginia attorney general mark herring. attorney general, thanks so much for joining us. >> wolf, thank you for having me. >> what can you tell us first of all about james alex fields jr., the man charged with second-degree murder for plowing that vehicle into that crowd of pedestrians? >> well, it was just tragic to see that happen, and to claim the life of a young woman with so much potential, and really weaponize a car, a vehicle, and turn it into a weapon for killing and destruction. he's from out of state like a lot of these folks who descended on charlottesville. these folks came in with their neo-nazi white supremacist, just descended on this city which is a great city. it's a -- a city i love very well. i went to school here. my daughter graduated a couple years ago from uva. this is a diverse community. a community committed to equality and to see the hatred and the bigotry that these white supremacists brought to charlottesville and our commonwealt

i'm calling on each of our residents not only here in the city of charlottesville but in the charlottesville area to come together and take all of this into our hearts and daily lives today, and to begin healing as a community. if we all come together, we cannot fall apart. we will be with you, we will be beside you, as together we write the next chapter in charlottesville's history. thank you. >> thank you, mr. jones for stopchie -- thank you mr. jones. she felt thomas, charlottesville police department. the premeditated violence that are committed he experienced is mp into violence and we had no choice but to ploy additional personnel from the virginia state police, the virginia national guard to help disperse the crowd and move people safely from the streets. none of the injuries sustained today were due to engagement with law enforcement. as of late this afternoon, there have been at least 35 people treated for injuries by city personnel. foreople have been treated injuries resulting from individual engagements, nine that history is were treated for injuries and a three-vehicle crash the

that is not the charlottesville they know. we are inside the church now and the governor is starting to speak, and he is attending this service with the lieutenant governor. we are at the first african baptist church in charlottesville. one of the two churches the governor will be visiting today. a lot of people will be seeking solace in churches today. we talked to the city of charlottesville' sheriff before the service. >> it's tough. to see how folks still think and 2017 is pretty sad. >> reporter: he is one of the folks that moved away and has come back to the town because he cares about it, and this, he says, has been one of the most trying times he can remember. growing up here there were trouble tz in the high schools decades ago, and things happen. you find that. he said, especially in the south. nothing to the degree that has happened this weekend and on the other end of this, he among others are hopeful there will be a dialogue and change. live in charlottesville, derrick ward, news4. >>> president trump is taking he

charlottesville? >> reporter: well, i can tell you that we have seen a number of the counterprotesters moved out of here at this point. we did have police come down the street about an hour ago, just making sure that everybody would move along, and as you can see right now, there's actually a police officer inside one of the vehicles that was involved in this collision. there were about three cars involved in this collision that involved running people down, whether intentional or accidental, we're not sure at this point, but it's obviously an active crime scene here. we have choppers overhead kind of keeping an eye on everything, but right now, the police have sort of taken off a little bit to the side here, trying to get some shade. things have quieted down quite a bit since we were out here, and again, that investigation is ongoing. there was a crowd out here earlier, you know, just trying to figure out exactly how this could have happened, what led to this exactly, and how did things just sort of

caught my attention the whole thing in charlottesville charlottesville was a protest about removing our history confederate history the statue robert e. lee and those people and one of the phrases that's used on the on the hard right on the racist message boards is we cherish our history in fact it's almost a slogan cherish our history. this is donald trump's original statement saturday listen for that. it was love each other respect each other and cherish our history and our future together so important that was not an explicit shout out to the racists who are in charleville for the rally i don't know what it was what the luster of us was awarded mogs with a southern victory what possibly would cause sebastian gorka or steve miller whoever wrote that speech to him to put that it's not about a dog whistle it's a shout out phrase to the people who are in charlottesville to protest the removal of robert e. lee scott statue it's like i'm with you guys and you're correct this was before this is before that nut job decided to murder somebody so did the president by saying that incite someone

guest: in charlottesville? no one was hurt but there were crowd control barricades put up -- there is still an investigation into whether orders were given to the police, there were many instances where many fights broke out. it wasn't until tear gas came out of the park where the statue is that they called off the unite the right rally. then they were pushed together. -- we weredemocratic standing together at the top and he said, why are they pushing the two groups together? it seemed from reporting on the scene that there was an attitude of let's force everyone into the same space and see what happens. i doubt if that was the goal. about the political strategy of doing this. trump did a lot better in the black community than mitt romney did or other people did. that is part of why he carried michigan and pennsylvania and ohio. he went to black churches. he sat down with black leaders. i asked the question of a caller earlier on the radio, how can you say that donald trump is a white supremacist? millions ofed

charlottesville is a wonderful community. it is university of virginia is an extra ordinary institution of higher learning. but both are being tarnished and stained by the bigotry in our midst. >> and sir, very quickly as these cities move to continue to disassemble these statues and symbols of the confederacy, do you think this is going to be a continuing issue with these white sue spremipremacipremacis people in the street? >> i'm not sure if the bringing down of confederate statues is emboldening the so-called alt-right. or rather is there is a larger phenomenon in american society that has been encouraged and inspired by the trump campaign? the fact of the matter is this is not nearly about the removal of a statue, this is about the emboldening of the most ugly forces in our society into the bigotry, racism, anti-semitism. so we can't blame the fact we have people who want to bring down these monuments to a past that should actually be passed, that is to say the confederacy. the confederate forces loss, we need to get ove

so, two -- violence has not ended in charlottesville. if somebody drove into the crowd, then we have to be on our game, paying attention here. >> we're going to continue to monitor the situation, jim, on the ground. it does, indeed, seem like we are looking at pictures from another erah. the idea that in charlottesville, virginia, where during the civil war, according to t"the new york times," half f the residents of that city were enslaved, is now being marched upon by ku klux klan members and various white nationalists and other alt-right groups is just shocking to see. i want to go to maya rodriguez who i believe is at the scene where this crowd has plowed into a crowd in virginia. >> reporter: we have actually seen many ambulances, at least half a dozen of them, loading people on stretchers into those ambulances. we saw paramedics working on at least one person here on the sidewalks who appear to be badly injured, to be honest with you. they were in a neck brace, they did not seem to be conscious. there's a huge crowd out here. witne

indeed a dark day in charlottesville. thank you so much. >> please all of you pray for the victims and some healing. judge jeanine: more on this developing story throughout this hour and the next street. governor mike huckabee is live with me to weigh in on this tragic day in virginia. the governor is standing by. don't go away. joan * breaking right now. police in charlottesville, virginia say a 20-year-old man named james alex fields is? custody tonight facing attempted murder charges. police are tight lipped about the specific circumstances. but one outlet, the "washington post" is reporting that the arrest may be in connection with the violence that erupted at that white nationalist rally in charlottesville. it results in three deaths and prompting the governor to declare a state of emergency. two of those dead were law enforcement officers who were on duty for the rally and the clashes that ensues. our condolences and prayers to their families as well as the victims at that rally. here with reaction to all this is go

we're at 4th and water street in charlottesville. you know, this is sort of ground zero for the angst and grief that surrounds that incident that happened saturday. for most this was a crime scene. as soon as the police began or finished thae documentation of this scene, it became more of a horror. flowers, balloons, pictures and messages written into the sidewalk on the street with chalk. sort of sums up the mood here in the town of charlottesville in the wake of that incident. of course, when that car plowed into that crowd of counterprotesters killing one woman and injuring dozens. now, since then folks have been coming here with messages and sometimes just sto stand and pray and contemplate. wee saw three or four people show up minutes ago, they stood, contemplatedly and remain this way. this is the first weekday since this happened. eventually, they have to open up the street. the town officials are giving the townspeople time to contemplate and time to reflect on what has happened here and how to move forward. >> derrick, i kno

, they showed up in charlottesville to protest -- >> excuse me. you had some very bad people in that group. you also had people that were very fine people, on both sides. >> reporter: other signs the white house is trying to ride out the storm, john kelly frustrated but very much on the job. while the president promoted his long time aide to be communications director. they'll be dealing with outrage among republicans in congress. gop senator lindsey graham issued a statement saying many republicans do not agree with and will fight back against the idea that the party of lincoln has a welcome mat for the david dukes of the world. to cory gardner. >> hatred, race, bigotry is responsible in charlottesville. kkk, neo-nazis, bigots, hatred, white supremacists, it is not acceptable. there's no more alley kwif len see. >> one republican source told cnn i think the president's ability to effectively govern is dwindling by the hour. many in the party are still shell shocked by the president's comments. >> so this week it is robert e. lee. i notice that st

now, chaos on the streets of charlottesville. protesters beating one another with sticks and metal rods. police, once again, using pepper spray, trying to push demonstrators back. urging the crowd to disperse. >> leave the immediate area or you will be arrested. >> i went up there. they ripped my flag off. tried to grab it. >> reporter: just before 2:00 p.m., that situation taking that deadly turn. many leaders condemning the event overnight. the mayor of charlottesville calling it racist and intolerant. the university of virginia president calling it abhorrent. >> stephanie, thank you. >>> also this breaking headline in virginia, police confirming the deadly crash of police helicopter southwest of charlottesville. two people onboard were killed. investigation is under way tonight. >>> president trump tonight caught in the fallout, criticized for waiting hours before making his first comments about that violence in charlottesville. first lady melania trump weighed in before the president. it reese not what he finally said, but it

the unrest continues in charlottesville. a day after clashes among protestors turn deadly -- the bay area comes together to take a stance against hate and racism. ==terry/2-shot== the news at five starts now. good evening and thanks for joining us. i )m terry mcsweene. ==vicky/2-shot== and i )m vicky nguyen. the violence in charlottesville -- continuing to cause ripple >>> good evening, thank you for joining us. >> the violence in charlottesville continuing to cause ripple effects across the country. tonight we're learning more details about yesterday's tragic events. >> team coverage for you beginning in charlottesville and we need to warn you some of the video you're about to see in his report maybe disturbing. >> this is where it all unfolded. we have seen growing crowds and a growing memorial to the victims here and we also learned the department of justice now opened a formal civil rights investigation into the situation here. >> there is some contention here boiling over this afternoon as counter protestors shouted dow

charlottesville is. this is a community that's very much involved in education and known as one to have happiest cities in america. it becomes a place of speculation of how far would this violence go, be brought to the end with the tones of racial bias and racial tensions. >> you know, the city is many aspects the epicenter of the dilemma. it's where we now stand. a couple of miles from the university of virginia, virginia college built in large part by thomas jefferson which home monticello3 miles, one of the founders, signers of the declaration independence, a revered figure in america and also a slave holder. that fundamental dichotomy comes right to roots and helps to explain the anger that we are seeing on both sides. kelly: very sad to see this unfolding, doug, what are the antiwhite nationalist protest groups, what are they saying? you understand they are angry, they don't like what they are seeing, while i say that they don't like what they are hearing, the stuff that we heard on the air a few mi

charlottesville continues to reel from the weekend's violence. friends of heather heyer are in mourning. >> she died fighting for what she believed in. heather was a sweet, sweet soul. she'll never be replaced. she'll never be forgotten. >> reporter: her mother told cnn it wasn't a surprise that she was at the counter protest. >> it was important for her to speak up for people that she felt were not being heard, to speak up when injustices were happening. >> reporter: the department of justice and fbi have launched a civil rights investigation into the deadly crash. attorney general jeff sessions in an interview with abc calling it an act of domestic terrorism. >> do you agree, was this domestic terror? >> well, it does meet the definition of domestic terrorism in our statute. we are pursuing it within the department of justice in every way that we can make it, make a case. you can be sure we will charge and advance the investigation toward the most serious charges that can be brought. >> reporter: the public defenders office here says too many p

justice will be delivered. >>> a total of three people are dead following at the unrest in charlottesville. including 32-year-old heather heyer who died after being hit by car that plowed into a crowd of counter protesters, a vigil for her is being held. the driver of the car is now being c the two virginia state police troopers killed when the helicopter crashed had been responding to the rallies where white nationalists groups were protesting plans to remove a confederate statue. now there are several other rallies across the country including in seattle and cincinnati >> many other cities are having their own protests and everybody is standing strong with charlottesville. you can see on the rundown on the side, it's what we're talking about at 6:30, live team coverage from the justice department, the white house and charlottesville. lindsay, let's start with you, what's situation tonight? >> reporter: sarah, we are here in front of the memorial that's been set up for heather heyer, this is the street she was struck and killed. and you can see all of the flowers that have been left behin

we want to update you on the developing story out of charlottesville. this alert came through your phone. sadly, we are now reporting that virginia governor terry mcauliffe said there are now three people dead in charlottesville. this is a developing story. we'll continue to update it from the scene and through our app. thanks for staying with us tonight. "nightly news" continues our average right this busy mom spends her days driving all over town. so... why is she smiling? because she shopped during the safeway anniversary sale, and filled up her trunk with grocery savings, now that's something to smile about. the safeway anniversary sale! it's just better! >>> on this saturday night, state of emergency. white nationalist protests turned deadly in charlottesville, virginia, when a car slammed into the crowd. president trump condemning what he calls an egregious display of bigotry and calls for unity. >> no matter our color, creed, religion or political party, we are a

bossart. >> no. >> neo-nazis, the klan, alt right and others went to charlottesvil charlottesville, virginia, chanting anti-semitic, anti-african-american and other anti-racist slogans provoking the people of charlottesville, virginia. making them feel ntimidated. yes, violence broke out. one person killed by one of these alt right klan nazi protestors and you just decried both sides of this, and this is the issue. >> no, i didn't. no. no, i didn't. and you're making this issue a little bit distorted. so what i would decry is the individual that committed murder yesterday. what i would do, though, is quibble with this notion that any of this is acceptable. these groups showed up spewing hate. these groups showed up looking for violence. >> what groups? >> it's important for people to understand. >> what groups are you referring to? >> the groups that -- well, i refer to the groups that clashed yesterday. i think 2 wit was pretty graphically evident. >> tom bossert speaking with jake tapper on "state of the union" earlier today. tom bossert, the president's homeland security adviser. my next

lee statue in charlottesville. headlining in the new york times, white nationalist protest leads to deadly violence. the authors of that article this morning on the ground in charlottesville. good morning. thanks for joining us. >> good morning. host: what can you tell us about the city's mood lately night and this morning's? we heard the governor asking for white nationalists to leave the state. any evidence that has happened? >> i would say the city's mood is quiet but tense. i did talk to a spokesman for the white nationalist rally organizer last night. he said there was nothing planned for today except it were going to issue a statement and they are planning to hold a press conference on monday possibly in alexandria or d.c. i haven't been out on the streets this morning. i was last night and i can tell you the streets of downtown were .ery quiet a lot of police out there patrolling. a lot of streets closed off. most people who were out there were media and very few walking the streets of downtown. ordinarily i

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abc's eva pilgrim starts us off from charlottesville. >> reporter: charlottesville under siege, frightening moments, a car mowing down a crowd of people protesting against a white nationalist rally in charlottesville. tonight we're learning more about the man accused of driving that car, 20-year-old james fields. >> white sharia now! >> reporter: just before the attack, fields seen on video chanting a message of white power, marching with vanguard america, a known white supremacist group. hours later, fields allegedly carrying out his attack, witnesses watching in horror. >> the car came screaming down the street, and, uh, the driver gunned it into the crowd of people. >> it was pretty clear that the driver was intent on hitting 100, 200, 300 people. >> reporter: fields arrested shortly after, seen sitting in handcuffs. his mother saying she knew her son was driving from his home in northwest ohio to virginia for a rally. >> i didn't know it was white supremacist. i thought it had something to do with trump. trump's not a supremacist, i mean, he had an african-american friend. >> reporter:

michelle: we follow developments from charlottesville. we are awaiting press conference from police and we'll bring it to you live as "abc7 news at 4:00" continues. doug: monday turned into a cloudy day. scattered showers around the area. we're tracking and will let you know if it's the nancy: we are watching developments on the global scale. north korea not backing down on a threat to attack guam possibly as soon as mid-august. michelle: the trump white house has been talking tough saying north korea will regret it. what preparations are happening now in guam and how are people there feeling? we turn to kristen holmes live in guam. are you seeing any changes there? kristen: good evening, nancy and michelle. it's actually been very interesting. despite the fact that the looming threat from north korea, despite that in guam we are only 2,000 miles from north korea, there really isn't a sense of panic here. yesterday we saw residents flooding churches and all of packed with tourists. now this is exactly what the officials in guam want. they

charlottesville so ugly. people wanted to believe racism had ebbed with the president obama years ago but we see it so stark today. let me begin with the president and how,, what he said about this incident. do you think he went far enough? >> he's been so clear. so many times about what terrorism is. this was his opportunity to say that the kkk are terrorists, too. that neonatzis are terrorists, too, that terrorism happens here and we need to fight it here and he stopped short of that. in fact trump has been so, um, vague that david duke believes that donald trump stands with him. >> right. >> tis was his time to stand up, and to be clear that donald trump, n david duke does not reflect the values of donald trump but you know what, he's left a lot of folks confused it's not just david duke. it's our kids and that's what i worry about. our kids are getting the wrong message from the president. the president needs to be very clear in those times. >> we've seen other leaders come out and very strongly diss a vo

charlottesville police chief al thomas jr. addressed criticism from both sides. >> we did make attempts to keep the two sides separate. however, we can't control which side someone enters the park. >> do you regret not having your officers better prepared and in their proper gear earlier so they could have acted sooner? >> i certainly have regrets. we lost three lives this weekend. >> heather is my darling child. >> reporter: susan bro, mother of heather heyer, the 32-year-old paralegal who died standing up for what her mother said were injustices she saw against the black community. >> i'm extremely proud she stood for what she believed in. gave heart and soul to it. now she has given her life off to it. >> tonight in the spot where heather and others were hit by the vehicle, there is a memorial. all day people have come here to place flowers, light candles or like folks here stand and >>> a man charged in the attack is being held without bail and is waiting for the court to appoint an attorney to represent him. here is kris