a direct relationship with washington, with donald trump. if donald trump is willing to engage them, and i am more hopeful about that, i think he has shown those signs, then he can get the north koreans to move. he will be able to get things that he can then say back to the american people, "i got you a good deal." you will not get that if you try to orchestrate everything through beijing. beijing does that have the channel with pyongyang. we can open up that channel. that is what the administration should focus on doing. host: professor john delury joining us from seoul, south korea, and here in washington, patrick cronin from the center for a new american security. thank you to both of you for joining us. guest: thank you. host: in a moment here, we will continue with your calls and reaction to yesterday's violence in charlottesville, virginia. republicans, call (202) 748-8001 .

democrats, (202) 748-8000. independents and all others, (202) 748-8002. we will get to your calls in a moment. we also have a line for charlottesville residents --(202) 748-8003. first, all of the president's comments yesterday afternoon from new jersey, talking about the violence. [video clip] >> we are closely following the terrible events unfolding in charlottesville, virginia. condemn, in the strongest possible terms, this egregious display of hatred, bigotry, and violence -- on many sides. on many sides. it has been going on for a long time in our country. not donald trump, not barack obama. long, been going on for a long time. it has no place in america. what is vital now is a swift restoration of law and order and

the protection of innocent lives. no citizenship ever fear for in ourafety and security society. no child should ever be afraid to go outside and play or be with their parents and have a good time. off the phone with the governor of virginia, terry mcauliffe. we agree the hate and division must stop. and must stop right now. together asome americans with love for our nation. and really, i say this so strongly. true affection for each other. our country is doing very well in so many ways. we have record -- absolute record -- employment. the lowestmployment

it has been in almost 17 years. intove companies pouring our country. foxconn, car companies, so many others coming back to our country. we are renegotiating trade deals to make them great for the american worker. we have so many incredible things happening in our country. 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 future together. so important. we have to respect each other. ideally, we have to love each other. host: trump yesterday in new jersey condemning the violence, racist-incited violence in charlottesville, virginia. one person dead, nearly 20 injured. and two police officers in a related helicopter accident. reactions from the mayor of charlottesville, his tweets -- our work here is just beginning. yours is too. lady tweeted our country encourages freedom of speech, but let's communicate without hate in our hearts. no good comes from violence. front page of the "new york ines" on the incidents

charlottesville. "white nationalist protest leads to a deadly violence." opponents clash and a car plows into a crowd. getting your reaction. (202) 748-8001 for republicans. (202) 748-8000 for democrats. independents and others, (202) 748-8002,. four shallots for residents, for) 748-8003 -- charlottesville residents, (202) 748-8003. caller: decades ago, there was ziis march by noa sympathizes in illinois. theyourt determined that have the right to march -- i am not on that side, but they do have the right to march. as i recall, there was no tremendous amount of violence. in charlottesville, on the other hand, the people who came from , thehite supremacist group

news reported, were brought in from all over the country, from the west coast, central parts of america. i am wondering who may have under that travel. maybe their own groups did. on the other side, i had the same question. i saw signs on the television that said "black lives matter" and all of that. i wonder if those people are also brought in. the third question is where -- were law enforcement prepared for this kind of demonstration? it makes me sad to see, because i love this country, and i hate to see people so fearful and angry. host: the president praised law enforcement. a headline "charlottesville police not doing enough to keep the groups apart." the writer attended a morning service in charlottesville with a large group of clergy members. they said the police did not do

anything in terms of protecting the members of the community. "if it had not been the anti-fascists protecting us from the neofascists, we would have been crushed like west said that if it hadn't been for the antifascist protecting us from the neofascist, we would have been crushed like cartridges. -- like cockroaches. on our public , harry. ladyr: i agree with the who talked before. i do not understand why every time there are riots going on with black people or hispanic people, they destroyed the place and a white person does something wrong, and all of a sudden, they get condemned like

they are animals. i do not understand it. arkansas, also on the republican line, hello. caller: i agree with the last caller. i do not understand how these people can protest a good thing of removing that statute is not right. they are allowed to be attacked like that? the police do not agree with their stance, so they allow minorities to attack them. the violence people are the black people and none of them are arrested. i'm appalled by the media's coverage of it. wrongf the people in the or the protesters, and they were peaceful people. they were attacked without due cause. they should have been protected by the government to allow them free speech. because they say something

people do not agree with, i do not understand that. the liberals always say, you have a right to be different and you can say what you want. host: a related piece in washington post writes about some anarchist groups. the headlines -- they write -- by day, they are graphic designers, legal workersce, nonprofit and students. outside of their 9:00 to 5:00 jobs, they call themselves and the system,bucking shunning the government and sometimes even writing and smashing windows to make a point.

the: and marching in streets. they used pieces of concrete to break storefronts and smash newspaper boxes, according to an indictment in a superior court, more than 200 people were arrested, six police officers injured. they tallied the damage that writing to about $100,000. what the court documents called malicious and violent acts are necessary to draw attention to poverty, racism and educational inequality. you can read more washington post.com. right democrat line, the morning to very.

line, goodcrat morning to barry. -- trumprom refused t refused when he was asked, racism is alive, and despite what some people say, trump has brought hatred and bigotry out into the mainstream. before, it was under the covers. 2017.s not 1860, this is i would like to add that 1996, when bob dole accepted the presidential nomination from the republicans, he said it is a party for all, whites, blacks, any bigots, leave. trump refuses time after time to call out the bigots, the anti-semites, the white supremacists. there was a statement made yesterday that his people helped donald trump get elected

president and trump refuses to condemn the white nationalists and the big its by doing so, he continues to make hatred mainstream. comment davidthe was referring to. [video clip] determined to take our country back. we will fulfill the promises of donald trump. that is what we believed in. that is why we voted for donald trump because he said we would take a country back. host: back to your calls, west virginia, independent line. good morning to austin. caller: the civil war was fought over slavery. if you read articles of secession, it becomes clear. generally and the like are built

-- general lee and the like rebelled against the u.s. initiative have been hung. we should have a park in d.c. filled with the statues called confederate traders. -- he trump has refused is a racist going us back as his father. if you want to know what a racist is, google donald trump, central park five. he is a mutt, you should be ashamed of himself and he has led on his hands. host: reaction from a republican from colorado saying, mr. president, we must call evil by its name. this was domestic terrorism. we do mitch mcconnell tweeting bigotry hate and witnessed in charlottesville

does not reflect american values. i wholeheartedly opposed the actions. mike on independent line. caller: how are you doing, c-span? you guys are great. host: thank you for being there. caller: i have a couple of really good points. if you think about it, the republican party has split. who split that party? it was donald trump. now he is splitting the country because he was not disavow , ands that are hateful also noticing that his cabinet members, they are all in support of the kkk. like jeff sessions. hoforgets things without his od the non-, and the guys in this, it is a perfect storm for racism and the attack on the fabric of our country. until we get this guy out of office, it will continue.

our country needs to come to grips. [no audio] reactions in charlottesville, virginia. caller: i would like to say that everybody in this country is all mixed up, right? it is a mixing pot of all different races and nationalities. i think the only way to kill racism is to keep a group of people with their own people. the problem with america is they bring gain different nationalities and people because they say america is great

america is good. they don't want them, so why weatherman. every -- so why let them in? if it is like that, then nobody would cap the right to say, you did this to me because you are a white man. host: we were joined earlier today by a reporter. here is part of her reporting from charlottesville. they write that the turmoil in charlottesville began with a march friday night by white nationalists on the campus of university of virginia. they were waving confederate flags, chanting nazi slogans, carrying shields. statuenverged on the lee and began chanting phrases like "you will not replace us," and

us." will not replace groups quickly surrounded the spirituals, chanting and carrying their own signs. it started peacefully with the white nationalists gathering outside of downtown and the counterdemonstrators, including a harvard university professor, gathered at the first baptist church, a historically african-american church, and professor west had said he had come bearing witness to love and justice in the face of white supremacy. the new york times writes that by 11:00 a.m., both groups had made their way to the park and the scene had grown into outright brawling. we go to anthony on the independent line. caller: how are you doing today? one ofthe problems is

the earlier callers asked us to support the white supremacists. men994, hundreds of white marched on a church on the campus of the university of virginia, where protesters were and they wanted to intimidate these people. anybody did not realize that that action right there would be a reaction. they came there to do just that. they were there to do something, and we need to come together as a nation. [indiscernible]

black americans are not going any mark, -- going anywhere, latino americans are not going anywhere, native americans are not going anywhere. host: if the nation's capital, the attorney general issuing a statement in addition to the notice that the justice department would be conducting an investigation into the attack by a vehicle that killed one woman. here is part of his statement, saying we stand united behind the president in condemning the violence in charlottesville and any message of hate and intolerance. this violence is totally contrary to american values and can never be tolerated. twitter, one on person saying, there's no need to spend money on a study.

host: in minnesota, diane on our public in line. your thoughts questioner -- your thoughts? caller: good morning, c-span. we live not too far from charlottesville. beautiful city. i noticed you put the former kkk remember, and as i and i think i have got this right, i do believe that he was a senator and he was the leader of kkk? that was a democrat. media, another guy called in and said it was the right wing radio stations that are driving this.

i do not believe that most of the media's left wing. i do think it starts with the media and people in the united states made righteousness back into the country -- need righteousness back into the country. host: coming up, we will be joined by dr. matthew hahn. he is a family physician and the author of a new book, "distracted." washingtonhere on journal with your comments and calls. talking about the agenda, the failed obamacare boat now, turning presumably not back to howacare but to tax reform, necessary, crucial is it for your candidates in the midterms that you have some wins on the

board? what did you do not get obamacare, tax reform, infrastructure? what will you be talking about and to next year? >> i think it will be hard to make the case for sustaining the republican majorities in the senate and the house if we have no points on the board on these issues. the obamacare failure was disappointing to the republican base and for the same reason to the president, and also the senate leader mcconnell. a must do issue in our view. if we fail to get action, people will wonder are republicans are in charge of everything and what they are accomplishing. it is important and will take a real effort. i was reviewing the ancient history on george w. bush' tax cuts, which he got in 2001, and that was a situation where we had two fewer republican votes in the senate than now. it was a straight 50-50 votes. there were two republicans out

of commission who cannot make the boat and we only have one republican votes against the tax package. it was john mccain. always good to remember history. we've got 12 democrats and it was because george w. bush paid attention to detail and worked the hill himself and did not rely on the house and senate leadership. he worked himself to pick up every one of those 12 democratic votes. i do not know that we will have democratic support, but it will take that same efforts, leadership by the president, likeronald reagan in 1981, george w. bush in 2001, it will take that leadership from president trump to get his tax cut to 2017. that thinks the question in healthy searches for votes. do you know how he will have the will to do that? >> asked me that questio