one is going to be canning goods we're all just going to be look i made a funny thing. and future aliens will come to the earth holding our devices. they'll realize the romans collapsed because of satire. as charlottesville, virginia try to recover from saturday's violence. krcritics still wait for the president to callout white supremacists. 70 years ago, independence for india and pakistan in a partition that cost hundreds of thousands of lives. >> live we want to welcome our viewers around the states and around the world.

>> cnn "newsroom" starts right now. >> good day to you, it's 3:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast. we start with the city of charlottesville, virginia on high alert after a terrifying attack over the weekend. this after a car drove into a crowd of people. 19 people were killed and 32-year-old heatherheyer seen here was killed. mike pence strongly condemned the violence. >> we have no tolerance from hate or violence from white nationalist, neo-nazi or the kkk. these dangerous fringe groups have no place in american public

life and in the american debate. and we condemn them in the strongest possible terms. >> 19 people were injured in this case. 19 people injured, one person killed. this was the woman who was basically in front of this car when it rammed into a crowd of people. >> president trump however is facing outrage over his refusal to label the people at the rally extremist. in his statement saturday he blamed many sides for the violence. the people of charlottesville are outraged. one day later the organizer of the white supremacists rally did not get a warm welcome. he was booed out of the area as he tried to ho hold a news conference. >> more on the suspect. 20-year-old james alex field jr. his mother is speaking out

explaining what she thought he was doing in charlottesville. >> i didn't know it was white supremacists. i thought it had to do with trump. trump's not a -- >> it loosely does. >> it's still not clear why the suspe suspect carried out the attack. here's brian todd with a look at the investigation. >> reporter: we're getting important information about the suspect in the car strike that killed the young woman. the suspect named james alex field 20 years old from ohio. from a justice official familiar with the investigation is reporting that federal investigators have enough evidence to be suspicious that this suspect intended to send some kind of message with the strike, aside from intending to harm the victims on the street. they're saying there may have been evidence he intended to send a broader message.

officials are saying whether he had accomplices in this attack, that is part of an ongoing civil rights investigation from the justice. some other information we're getting, a teacher of his from high school has told reporters that james field had some kind of infatuation with nazi's it was du disturbing to this teacher. that's what he's saying indicating there may be some extremist views. the suspect is to be arraigned on monday. this all comes off another day of high tension here in charlottesville, virginia where one of the white supremacists leaders who staged that rally on saturday tried to hold a news conference on sunday and he was shouted down. this man's name was jason

kessler. people played music trying to drown him out then he went down to the ground. at that point, the police got him out of there for his own safety. but again, anger and frustration still boiling over in charlottesville. >> the white house is trying to clarify president trump's response to the violence saying he obviously condemns white supremacists and neo-nazi groups, but mr. trump never said that specifically when he talked about the violence on saturday. >> we condemn, in the strongest possible terms, this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides. on many sides. >> lawmakers, both republican and democrat say the president's remarks are just not enough. >> i encourage the president to do that.

this hat president trump has done so, he's called it radical islamic terrorism. he should use this opportunity to say this is terrorism, domestic terrorism, white nationalist and it has to stop. >> the groups you just mentioned are hate filled groups. they're enemies of freedom. when it comes to president trump, i'm with cory gardner, he missed an opportunity to be very explicit here. these groups seem to believe they have a friend in donald trump in the white house. they don't see me as a friend in the senate. i would urge the president to dissuade these groups that he's their friends. >> there's two word that is need to be said over and over again, domestic terrorism and white supremacy. we just hasn't seeing the leadership in the white house. >> there was a statement released from the white house that did go further but it was

released from an anonymous official, that did not want their name released. but the president still has not said the words himself. >> li want to focus more on thi criticism that the president is getting, not calling a duck and duck, a spade a spade here, white supremacists for what they are. keep in mind president trump, then accountcandidate trump ver critical of his predecessor for not using the term radical islamic terrorism. just listen to a couple clips here. >> radical islamic terrorism. and i'll tell you what, we have

a president who refuses to use the term. he refuses to say it. he refuses to use the term, radical islamic terrorism. he refuses to use the term. you know you hear the term radical islamic terrorism. he won't say it. he won't say it. and you can't solve a problem if you refuse to talk about what the problem is. >> so again to use the president's own words he refuses to term the term and the question how can you solve the problem if you refuse to say the words. >> i don't think you can. the issue here is partly the specific failure to actually address what went on, to give only the sort of mildest and most even handed condemnation of what happened in charlottesville, but it also fits into a broader pattern with trump if he generally refrained

from criticizing people, he was seen as somebody who shied back from engaging in any kind of rhetorical sparring but he's not. in the last week he's been critical of mitch mcconnell, his own senate majority leader. he's been critical of everyone. so it's not as though he lacks the capacity to criticize, to come out and um ambiguously say this is a bad thing and we should be critical of it, but in this case he's failed to do so. >> he's tough on his attorney general, the media, calls the media the enemy of the state. but again when it comes to white nationals he's quiet. tom bossert spoke with cnn's jake tapper on sunday and like the president he blamed the

violence on both sides as the president indicated in his comment, that both sides term raised a lot of eyebrows of people questioning both sides with neo-nazi. let's listen to that exchange we can talk about it in a moment. >> these were people who showed up intentionally looking for trouble. i'm sure there were good people in the group that had various opinions on the removal or maintenance of the statute but what they found when they showed up were groups from outside that showed up on both sides looking for trouble, dressed in riot gear, prepared for violence. it's not tolerated. i think you saw republican unity in terms of denouncing it and i think you saw the president stand up and not only denounce it but also call for a counter measure of love, respect, dig any for other people. >> how many people did the

counter protesters kill yesterday. >> one death is too many. >> the victim was a counter protesters. >> hold on one moment, jake. i don't for one moment, and i won't allow you for one second, to put me in the position of being an apoll gist for somebody who is a charged murder. this individual should face swift justice. the president shares that view, i do. i won't allow you to put me or him in a position of not finding that justice as swiftly as possible. >> you just decried both sides -- you just decried both sides. here we have a situation, mr. bossert where neo-nazi, the clan, alt-right and others went to charlottesville, virginia, chanting anti-semitic and antiafrican-american slogans.

making people feel intimidated, violence did break out, one person was killed by one of the clan protesters, and you just decried both sides of this and this is the issue. >> no, i didn't. you're making this issue a little bit destorted. i would cry, the individual who committed murder yesterday -- i would quibble with this notion that any of this is acceptable. these groups showed up looking for hate, looking for violence. >> what groups are you referring to? >> i refer to the groups that clashed yesterday. i think it was graphically evidence. >> are you talking about the neo-nazi or the protesters? >> one of the things that i think the mayor will make clear to you and probably stated earlier on your program, i know he and i talked about it this morning was the difficulty he

had in planning for this event. >> so that's tom bossert there, jacob your thoughts? >> i think it's a striking difference between the way in which the president and his advisers talk about the sort of well, these groups and then there's one individual but they're separate from the groups. we've seen in the past, particularly in reference to terrorist attacks, where the president has not weighed in, his advisers have not waited for more vgs befomaking a public st. so i think it's difficult to swear bossert's insistence this was one person with the demonstrated history of the president and this administration in making those logical leaps in other cases. >> we're talking about what many

critics are saying is creating a false equivalence putting neo-nazi on the same footing as people who came out to stand them down. i can tell you from life experience, there's only one side there. neo-nazi, there was a war fought against them, there was a civil war fought against white supremacists, they lost. these groups seem pretty clear what they are, hate mongers. thank you for taking time with us, jacob. we'll take you live to seoul ahead to see what is on the agenda as far as north korea. a deadly attack in burkina faso's capital. later this hour we look at the white nationalist in charlottesville, virginia and explain what these groups hope

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from north korea. joseph dunford is set to meet with south korea's president. >> meantime the secretary of state and secretary general wrote an op-ed that reads in part we're replacing the failed policy of strategic patience which expe did itted the north korean threat with a new policy of strategic accountability. the object of our peaceful pressure campaign is the denuclearization of the korean peninsula. they go on to say any attack will be defended and any use of nuclear weapons will be met with an overwhelming response. >> paula hancock is live in seoul, and david mackenzie standing by in hong kong. paula we know this meeting is set to take place in the next 15 or 20 minutes with the chairman

of the joint chiefs of staff and the south korean president. what more can you tell us about what's expected and why this is such an important meeting? >> reporter: george it's important from the south korean side to know the u.s. thinks the same way they do. over the last week you've seen some strong remarks from the u.s. president donald trump whereas in this side, the south korean side, would like to see more diplomacy, and a chance for the economic sanctions to work. so i think that's what the president will be looking for. we heard from the south korean president he had a special advisors meeting and he did urge north korea to immediately halt all provocations saying if north korea did decide to take the right path and make the right

choice they would see improvements in korean relations and developments in those exchanges. also saying the south korean preparations of a contingency plan are going well. so those comments ahead of the meeting with general dunford we are expecting remarks from the two of them in just hours. certainly we are seeing from the u.s. side with the op-ed from the two top diplomats in the united states, the defense secretary and the secretary of state, we are seeing what appears to be somewhat of a pulled back and somewhat of a reminder that the military option is there but the political and economic options are the ones that everybody wants to focus on when it comes to north korea. >> i know you'll be monitoring this meeting. we'll, of course, keep in top with you. david, let's talk about the op-ed that was written by rex

tillerson and james mattis, putting additional pressure on china to make some head way it reads in part if china wishes to play a more active role in securing regional peace and stability from which all of us especially china derive such great benefit it must make the decision to exercise its desooifness. the region and world need and expect china to do more. is that the way to gain support from the chinese government? is that what you're hearing from officials? what is your response. >> i don't think officials in china will be paying much heed to an op-ed piece to make their decisions. but they've already come to the party by signing up for the

tougher u.n. sanctions that came into play just a few days ago, in fact, which bans more exports coming from north korea to places like china. so from the chinese side they'll say they're doing enough. but they could do more and you saw it in the op-ed from the secretary of defense. but while they do have common interests on the north korean issue, namely not wanting a nuclear north korea, they have very divergent policy objectives including not seeing the regime collapse. so it may be on some level wishful thinking for washington to want china to kind of totally sin erjazz with their viewpoint on what to do with north korea. as paula mentioned in the region there's a push towards some kind

of talk or negotiation on the korean peninsula issue. that's what china wants to see. >> we appreciate the reporting from you both. we'll stay in touch as we continue to monitor this story. terrorists attacked a cafe in burkina faso. >> authorities say at least 17 people killed, eight others wounded there. the state media report that two attackers have been killed. >> we're joined now in nairobi. what are you learning? >> we can tell you that the government ministry of communications has just released a press statement saying they're now putting that figure of dead in this attack to 18. we know the gun men attacked a restaurant around about 9:00 in the evening. i must tell you that i know the

city well, i've visited it a few times. it retains the habits and customs of a typical city. at that time the restaurants would have been full. they've come in the cross hairs, the terrorists are attacking because they're full of foreigners and internationals that come and visit. and back in january they also attacked a hotel killing 29 people. now back in june we had another terrorist attack and it seemed like burkina faso poor and landlocked needs a lot of help in terms of fighting these kind of attacks. we're learning more, i'll give you more as i find out. >> thank you. still to come on "newsroom" as india and pakistan celebrate 70 years of independent independence we look back at the

tense history between the countries. the memo that highlights a power struggle within the white house and conspiracy theories against president donald trump. who knew that phones would start doing everything?

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with the south korean president. they're to meet how to deal with north korea. >> protesters in charlottesville, virginia shouted down the organizer of the white nationalist rally when he tried to make a public statement on sunday. that comes the day after a car plowed into a crowd of people that was protesting that rally. >> u.s. president donald trump is being protested for what he didn't in that rally. he failed to denounce white nationalism by name. a neo-nazi web site even celebrated the president's remarks as, quote, really good. now the white house is trying to clarify the president's remark. one official said the president said strongly in his statement yesterday that he tha he condemns all forms of violence, bigotry and hatred that

includes, white supremacists, kkk, neo-nazi and all extremist groups he called for national unity and bringing all americans together. >> that statement comes from an official at the white house who asked not to have his or her name revealed. many critics are pushing the president himself to say the words. our sara sidener spoke with wolf blitzer about these white nationalist and what they expect to gain. >> they support white supremacists ideologies which makes them white supremacists, some openly use racial slurs, others claim they are nonviolent organizations then you have other categories like the kkk the neo-nazi. the neo-confederates.

there's groups that talk about white history, european history is the sole history people learn and can be proud of. i do want to talk about the fact that president trump did not name neo-nazi and white nationalist and specifically name white supremacists, if you don't think words matter, you would be wrong. words matter. i want you to hear what one of the most extreme groups, the daily stormer, the person who runs that is one of the most racist hateful people in these group and he's a part of this march, some of his people at the march. i want to read what he said after president trump failed to mention neo-nazi, white supremacists, he said, quote, trump comments were good p he didn't attack us, he just said the nation should come together, nothing specific against us. when asked to condemn he just

walked out of the room. really, really good. god bless minimum this is from one of the most extreme people in this whole white supremacists movement and he's saying, the good thing is donald trump didn't say anything condemning us specifically so we're good. and he is good because he's saying to us, we're okay doing what we're doing, we need to do keep doing this. this is really a recruiting tool as far as these different groups going out and marching together. that is what these groups are looking to do, include and bring in more young people. hoping they will see there are so many people for this white nationalist, they don't want blacks to join, jews to joining with hispanics. and that's what you're seeing here, a recruitment tool. >> these white nationalist groups are pointing fingers at

what they say are other side violent groups. >> it's fair to say there's a section of antifascists that do come out and end up pushing and shoving and screaming at one another. they target racism, fascism andna superintendeand naziism. we saw that at berkley. in the past couple years you see their reacs there. you see some of the fighting, that was a trump rally at berkery. there was another rally against an alt-right speaker who came to university of california at berkley. and the block black, so to speak come usually their faces are covered, they're wearing all black. their point is to be detruc

destructive. they're saying nonviolence hasn't worked. but we should be clear in saying what started this is the march with the tiki torches and things said by the white supremacists, white nationalist, call them what name you want, that is what is sparked the reaction. people terrified this is going to grow and donald trump did not condemn these groups specifically, that's a real problem. because these groups are taking it as a thumbs up. >> even if he were to say something now, a while later, would it really matter? too much time has passed. >> it's a point. you can look back at the interview that jake tapper had a while back during the campaign where he asked him about david duke supporting him. the president did not disavow david duke, did so later and

some critics say that pause, that beat was basically sort of the dog whistle, so to speak to people that there was support there. still ahead president trump's controversial chief strategist steve ban non, he's been criticized for his role in bright bart news. >> and now people close to the president are hinting the knives are out for bannon, listen to former white house communications director, anthony scaramucci speaking for the first time since getting fired. >> if the president wants to execute that legislative agenda that i think is so promising for the american people, then he has to move away from the bannon bart nonsense. >> you mean steve bannon.

>> yes. >> listen to how the president's national security advisor, h.r. mcmaster responded when he was asked, three times, if he could work with bannon. >> can you and steve bannon still work together in this white house or not? >> i work together with a broad range of talented people. >> you didn't answer can you and steve bannon work in that same white house? >> i'm ready to work with anybody who will help advance the president's agenda and the security and prosperity of the people. >> do you believe steve bannon does that? >> i believe that everyone who works in the white house, who has the great privilege every day of serving their nation should be motivated by that goal. >> never quite directly answered that question. that was national security advisor h.r. mcmaster who is said to be under attack from both inside and outside the white house. >> a reported memo is

highlighting the power struggle between two of trump's closest advisors. here's cnn's chief white house correspondent, jake tapper jr. while they're trying to provide guidance to president trump, they're also facing attacks from outside the white house and from within the white house. lieutenant general h.r. mcmaster, the national security advisor to the president has been fending off an information and sometimes disinformation campaign against him by a warring faction vying for power under the same white house roof, al lies steve bannon and those of his first fired national security advisor, general michael flynn. >> it's a fight for the soul of president trump as he grapples with should i be more of a traditional security national president or a foreign policy president.

>> reporter: bran non received a special waiver to continue to talk to his reporters at the bright bart news. earlier this week the atlantic council's digital research labs noted that many of those stories have been pushed on social media using the hashtag fire mcmaster by an employee who now works for russian government. it's also been pushed by fringe conspire si theorists. also pushing this propaganda, someone not influential but note worthy. motor vehicle jr. the son and one-time top aid of the man who used to have h.r. mcmaster's job. general michael flynn.

it spread farly because of fake or automatic accounts. they said the campaign began after h.r. mcmaster ousted the first of five allies. some sources say he and others kpem fly mcmaster's view that flynn hired one qualified individuals. but there was >> if you are on the mcmaster side, you do not like this memo because you read it and say, is he talking about me? is he talking about someone in leadership who may disagree with the president? >> the memo purports to unravel a bizarre conspiracy theory about a coordinated effort between the establishment, media, globalist, bane kerrs,

the aclu, the united nations, cultural marksist and the so-called deep state, all of whom the memo claims are banding together to delegitimize president trump. quote for this, trump must be destroyed. >> to me it was a declaration of war on some of the choices for personnel that the president has made. he's -- this memo's message essentially was hey those that are perhaps generals or those that had been in the process, that's not your brand. that's not who you are. >> the memo compares trump to abraham lincoln. casting his struggle as a battle for good and evil. in the same way president trump lincoln was surrounded by political opposition, so too is trump. had lincoln failed, so too would

have the republic. >> trump defended h.r. mcmaster. >> he's my friend, i like him, i respect him. >> evidence the campaign is having an effect. will h.r. mcmaster is trying to give national security advise, he's also forced to defend the attacks both from outside the house and the memo makes clear inside as well. >> cnn reached out to the national security council and said the memo was not an official nfc document. >> with independence came decades of tension. a look at the milestone anniversary in india.

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independence day with fireworks and music. it's been 70 years since india won its independence from the british empire and pakistan was created. but the partition of india also led to a massive deadly migration and the hostility of the country that remains today. >> reporter: they're neighbors with a shared history but a fractured present. 70 years ago this week british rulers sliced a giant india empire to two countries. india and pakistan. from the 18th century through independence. by the 1940s anticolonial sentiments swirled around the

world, including india. demans for india's independence grew led by freedom fighters, who favored a separate state for muslim minoritieminorities. tensions spiralled out of control, calls to end british rule were reaching a boiling point. on the back of a costly world war, britain lacked the will and means to defeat the independence movement they decided to quit india. they assigned someone to oversee the hand over of power. in six weeks a plan was deviced to divide inindia along

religious lines. on midnight of august 14, 1947 the british empire officially transferred power to india and pakistan after nearly two centurys of colonial rule, pakistan was born. >> at the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, india will awake to light and freedom. >> the partition saw one of the largest human migrations the world has ever seen. millions of hin dues living in pakistan head today india. millions of muslims headed to pakistan in trains, on foot. in a matter of months at least 10 million people moved across

the borders. at least a million hin dues and muslims died in attacks as they moved across the border, women and children were raped, children were divided. the east side split away to form bangladesh india and pakistan has v fought four wars since the 1940s. both countries claim an area but only control parts of it. both sides have attempted to restore peace, they still remain nuclear-armed neighbors. growing outrage after the death of dozens of children at a hospital. reports say more than 60

children, including 34 infants died in india at the hospital partly because of lack of oxygen. reports say the oxygen shortage after the supplier's bills were not paid. they insist the deaths were caused by medical issues. the head of the hospital has been suspended and an investigation is under way. >> you're watching cnn "newsroom." we'll be right back.

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is fair in love and war games. i think this shows how developed the russian armed forces are says this young woman. i'm very proud they can stand up for us, i'm sure now they can do it. russian's latest fighter jet highlighting the air show and culminating a century of russian military history. this seems russian's way of reminding the world of its own strategic allies. as the kremlin urges calm in the korean peninsula. the competitors list includes a list of countries trump has recently threatened. nearly all the countries competing here were nonnato countries. de facto alliance working together. i think this is a show case of our strength. don't us and we won't touch

anyone this man says. in general we want world peace. even the president says so. russian was the heavy favorite after winning the games every year since they started in 2015. the russian defense minister on hand to award the trophy declined to speak with cnn. 28 countries took part in 28 events. russian took place place in 19 events. a chance for military glory without the battle. >> thank you for being with us this hour for cnn "newsroom," i'm george howell. >> i'm natalie allen. early view is up for the united states and world news is up in for t for those around the world. you're wating cnn. thank you.

we condemn them in the strongest possible terms. >> vice president mike pence firmly denouncing white supremacist groups following violent weekend rallies in virginia. lawmakers asking why won't the president do the same. plus, the 20-year-old suspect in court today, accused of ramming his car into anti-nazi protesters in charlottesville, killing one person. new details on the federal investigation into that crash. good morning and welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs