>> this is a fox news alert. dueling rallies in washington d.c. in charlottesville virginia. on the first anniversary of the night the right rally that left three people in charlottesville dead and fractured a nation. over race issues. we are continuing to watch the events in washington where a so-called tunite the right two rally is underway. we are in washington with counted imitations but first we start with peter ducey. covering the so-called unite

the right rally in the nations capital. how does it look so far, peter? reporter: the night the right two white civil rights rally as it was billed was very lightly attended. if you look behind us here, there are thousands of people with a variety of different signs and causes represented. but they have been told apparently in the past two minutes that because of severe weather in the area, some thunder and lightning, all of this is being shut down. thunder and lightning came through about 20 minutes ago. no one really left but it has started raining steadily and now you're starting to see folks leaving because not everyone has umbrella. apparently one of the camera positions the police said they have five minutes in the have to clear out. it may be the end of what was at times, a chaotic scene. the "unite the right" rally started essentially when the

group of about two dozen, maybe a little bit more white nationalists arrived on a metro train from the foggy bottom metro station and escorted by police through the streets of washington d.c.. 23rd street over towards pennsylvania avenue and then that is where they stayed. as they were being escorted through the streets, the group, the counter protesters around them, the group got bigger and bigger and bigger. and it really started to snowball. there is a little bit of a commotion once they got to the turn to get to pennsylvania avenue because the only one the police wanted to let through war these unite the right two protesters. they got there and they stayed on pennsylvania avenue even though they were pretty close to pennsylvania avenue and lafayette park which had a permit to occupy for two hours for a rally that they were calling a white civil rights

rally. everyone trying to drown them out. >> this unite the right movement. they wanted to replay their rally, if you will in charlottesville virginia, the site of last years violence. but they were not given a permit this year. that is why they moved it to washington d.c.. right? >> right. and again, they had the event but it was very lightly attended. and again, if there are multiple thousands of protesters here, there are dozens if not i 100 protesters for every person who showed up for the unite the right rally. >> you have to believe that police are very happy that there was a rainstorm this year. peter doocy we will check back in with you just a bit. thanks. griff jenkins is now live at the counter protest in

washington. known as the "shut it down" movement. what's going on there? reporter: it is getting a little excited because it looks like now kessler is coming up. we heard the sirens of the police escort. you can see i'm not sure whether he stopped speaking but clearly someone is coming out and they believe it could be related to jason kessler and unite the right. this is the antifa folks, it spontaneously grew here. we see some things being thrown towards the police now. as you look in here it has been peaceful so far but it has quickly turned into a little bit of a flashpoint. we are here on pennsylvania avenue and 17th. this is where kessler went in and clearly you have several hundred of the antifa protesters standing here, wanting to confront kessler when he leaves. and again, it has been peaceful so far. this clearly is a confrontation that the counter protesters wanted to engage in to let

their message be told. there antifascist, the message is not entirely directed towards kessler. it is also directed to the trump administration who they perceive as fascist. as well as a law enforcement. but right now, this as you can see is tangled up. it is all about whether or not kessler is coming out here and antifa trying to let their message be heard loud and clear. there was a smoke bomb toast earlier but it was sort of a nonevent. we have a bit of a chant, you can hear them. the rain is starting to set in, it is moderate but not clearing anyone out really. as in terms of the car which really is all about 500 to

1000. >> mostly for testing against the "unite the right" movement were they fans of jason kessler and his organization? >> these are all protesters, counter protesters against "unite the right". there against jason kessler. there against the trump administration. many of them were part of the gathering that we saw about three or 4000 people at freedom plaza where we started a little after noon. this group is sort of the antifa, you can see them dressed in all black. what caused this by the way, was a siren and a strong police presence started to come up pennsylvania avenue as our viewers remember some years ago, the close pennsylvania avenue to street traffic and so dignitaries and vips often come in. it is known as the westside to the white house. and so the police, law

enforcement have freedom of movement. none of us can get past the street here 17th and pennsylvania. as we hear the motorcycle escorts coming through, it looks like they are trying to bring someone through this area. they were just seeing a score of water bottles and an egg. as i mentioned, a smoke bomb earlier. there is some sort of fireworks going off. we can see it looks like a roman candle being fired. i'm not sure that the police are going to appreciate that. again, the security of the secret service and other law enforcement is always typically high this close to the white house. and the so far, what is remarkable, john, about the story has been the clear determined restraint of law enforcement to a gathering. when i was covering this for the inauguration, the police were much less tolerant of gatherings, of antifa. that is just a firecracker. someone has firecrackers out here. so far, law enforcement really not responding.

just what appears to be the game plan of securing the "unite the right" folks and to do their rally. but this is probably going to start to get a little bit more colorful if they do indeed try to bring kessler and his couple of dozen supporters out this gait. because the numbers are disproportionately in favor of the counter protesters. >> it is fair to say there's an awful lot of emotion in that crowd there but not a lot of violence so far. reporter: that is exactly right. there has been no violence. again, the message of the counter protesters was nonviolent. antifa who i have covered, they do not want to engage with us but i've had off camera conversations. they do not want to be provoked but if they are they want to stand up to anti-fascism. that is what played out a week

or so again in portland when they clashed with law enforcement. there is a little rumbling of storms that complicates things perhaps but there has not been any acts of violence yet. really between these counter protesters or law enforcement or anyone else for that matter. i should point out, there was a couple of folks that would perhaps be part of kessler is group or certainly wanted to voice their opinion which was counter to this group that believes the trump administration is fascist. it was more of a national political debate. it got heated up but no fists exchange, just a few expletives and it calmed down peered so far it has been an expression of freedom of speech. right now we are certainly packed in here, 17 pennsylvania avenue. jon: you are not that far from the white house. reporter: that is exactly right. literally you know, 100 yards this way is the entrance, the

north gate entrance to the white house. the building here is the part of the white house complex where people that work there have an office. this entrance right here, the guardhouse, is a secret service guardhouse. it would typically let people come through that have a pass to go down pennsylvania avenue. it is also open on the weekend. people come down here, go for a jog, you can walk past the white house. tourists are here in large numbers. a tad bit of perspective, if i turned back this way, you can see just a little bit. obviously a lot of more antifa folks they blocked the street with dump trucks. beyond that there is a large bike presence of police officers, there is a group of black lives matter folks from d.c. that have turned out here they are pretty strong but on the other side of this barricade, the dump trucks, is the d.c. police and will move

back this way. try to give a little bit of some perspective as we stand right in the middle of pennsylvania avenue and 17th. this is antifa trying to block an exit by kessler. and this is of course, pennsylvania avenue where kessler came in. you can see for as far as the eye goes, police presence standing by. if indeed, they bring them out. one might question the wisdom for law enforcement to bring them out through this crowd of antifa gathering. it almost ensures a confrontation. but they brought them in this way maybe it is the way to bring them back out. we will take another look as he wrangles down and they are waiting for what is coming next. jon: perhaps you will

experience what peter doocy did. the rain fell on the crowd where he is reporting. it kind of dispersed everybody. maybe that will happen here. let's hope so. griff jenkins, we will check with you a bit. joining us now, the deputy managing editor of the weekly standard, he has been a year. hard to believe since we saw the violence in the charlottesville virginia that horrified so many people and left three people dead. what has changed since them, kelly? it brought racial issues oiling back into the american lexicon. have things improved? >> you know, i think some things have and some things haven't. it has been a year since his very inflammatory event but these racial issues are ones that have been simmering since before this country was founded. talk about centuries of tensions and issues. those are not going to be solved over the course of one year. but he will say, i think that we are seeing i think, the white supremacists thought they could normalize themselves.

they could show that we are here, we are out, proud, happy white supremacists. pay attention to us. what you saw at laster were people taking pictures and charlottesville of the white supremacists marching. people with tiki torches and posted them on social media and said can you help us identify these people? once they were, some of them lost jobs, some were shunned in the communities. it showed americans on the whole do not support this sort of racism. and they do not support white supremacists. they support the ideals america was founded on. even though there have been mixed implementation of the ideals we will say through the years but those are the ideals americans always strive towards. those are the ideals most americans support. i think that's why you see laster charlottesville you had hundreds of people protesting in favor of white supremacy. this year you have got maybe a couple dozen. i think it is a big change. jon: the organizations have splintered to some extent fractured the media companies, google, facebook and so forth. they have gone after some of

the memberships kind of put the kibosh on some recruitment tools. so perhaps it is not surprising that this year's event seems to be so much smaller. >> you know jon i have mixed feelings about that. i think if a private company doesn't want to be a part of this sort of hate and this sort of attitude they have every right. of course, to say we don't want to do with you. for example, last year charlottesville unite the right rally -- i worry about forcing people like this underground. i think it was good we had some media coverage. people can argue how much they deserve but it's good to bring this into the open so that they can be debated and people, young people who are a bit nacve, not really very worldly can see that these ideas are not popular and these ideas get you nowhere. and so i think it's a bit of a balance to be struck there

between not wanting to give these people coverage and at the same time wanting to make sure that they are out in the open and we can identify who these people are spewing hate and make sure that people watching know that is not tolerated on the whole in america. jon: symbolism is important. torches have been banned in washington. there is to be nobody carrying torches i imagine. there might be one or two that get stuck in there. but at the same time, you see in his live shot from the camera that there are still people, not necessarily in the white supremacist movement but in the antifa movement that are wearing masks. i wonder what that says about the state of things in the country right now. >> is a good question. if you strongly feel we have strong feelings about a belief we have values that you want to talk about, let the public know about them, why not save them openly? and so you do kind of wonder about that and you wonder, some of these people in the past

were born masks do it because they intend to get violent and they don't want to be identified. i have to say, we were talking earlier with reporters heather hasn't been any violence so far. the police really took a lesson from last year. i think perhaps the d.c. police are little more familiar with this sort of protest than those in charlottesville. they actually said it was the top priority today to keep the groups apart. and that was their goal so that they would not get violent because is not going to get violent usually when you have a bunch of people who agree with each other. the counter protesters are probably not going to get violent if there is a confrontation but that's why i'm curious to see what will happen because a reporter mentioned it looks like there may be a confrontation. i have to say i'll be very surprised if the police let that happen given that they are planning to make sure that did not happen because that is when violence is more likely to take place. jon: a lot of people i think were surprise, myself included

last year. you say it goes back generations, really prior to the founding of the nation. in the years since, has anything gotten better in your view? >> i do. i think people are more willing to talk about these issues. more willing to recognize that there are problems in places. i've known people, especially conservatives that for years that there was no racism anymore in america. and on the whole in some places and in some situations there is. i think events have taken place over the last year have made people realize hey, i didn't realize what it was like to be black and get stopped by a police officer. of course the situations are always more complicated than they first look. and there is no one-size-fits-all for every confrontation. between minority and a police officer. i think people think a little bit more about it and to think about what can i do to help bring people together?

because that is one of the other things i think last year showed us. most people think americans, we are all in this together. i think a lot of people did not know that not everybody feels that way. i think there is a bit of a push among some people to try and bring people together. i am not sure the protesters who are out today if they have that attitude or not but i think a lot of americans themselves would like to see more unity in the country. jon: kelly, thank you very much for being with us right now. >> thank you. jon: we are continuing to watch protest and counter protests just outside the white house. this is taking place live right now in washington d.c.. a block or so from the white house. counter protesters had gathered in large numbers to slam the "unite the right" movement which is trying to hold i guess an echo of what happened one year ago in charlottesville virginia. they were denied a permit to march in charlottesville so they moved their protest to dc.

it is as though reporters have told you, quite small. not many people showed up for this unite the right two protest. they are severely outnumbered by the counter protesters and that is a crowd we seem to be watching right now. we'll continue to keep an eye on what's going on in washington as well as charlottesville, virginia. ptbe back with more coverage in just a moment. including nasal congestion, which most pills don't. and all from a gentle mist you can barely feel. flonase sensimist. with our largest variety of crab all year! like new crabfest combo. your one chance to have new jumbo snow crab with tender dungeness crab. or try crab lover's dream. but hurry in. 'cause crabfest will be gone in a snap. ♪ motorcycle revving ♪motorcycle revving ♪ motorcycle revving

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this is the anniversary of the unite the right rally in charlottesville virginia last year that left one woman dead that as well as two street troopers are trying to keep an eye on the protesters on the air from the helicopter when it crashed and crashed. it was a moment in american history. the white house got involved, the president made statements that were received not very well frankly by both sides. so we find ourselves at the unite the right rally two, we're at one of the anti-unite the right rallies in washington d.c.. we are told that the crowd has shown up to protest the unite the right crowd is much larger than the original

organizers of the rally. that's what we are looking at their pizza people are wearing masks. not all of them by any stretch of the imagination. there's been a little bit of rockthrowing and eggs and that kind of thing. so far, not the kind of violence that plagued charlottesville, virginia last year and left a stain forever on that city. the president reacting to the charlottesville anniversary tweeting yesterday that he condemns all types of racism. and the nation must come together counselor to the resident kellyanne conway weighing-in earlier on race during "fox news sunday". listen. quincanera first african-american president left office it was very mixed assessment of race relations eight years after he was in office. so it was not unique to

president trump. >> rick leventhal is in berkeley heights, new jersey near the president's golf club in bedminster. keeping an eye on the president today. reporter: we reached out to the white house for any comment or reaction to the demonstrations taking place in washington and charles full today. so far we have not gotten a reaction today. and this is the last full day of the president's working vacation before he comes back to the white house tomorrow night. the president as you mentioned did weighing-in on twitter yesterday remarking on the charlottesville situation. he wrote, the rights and charles full year ago resulted in senseless death and division. must come together as a nation. i condemn all types of racism and acts of violence. peace to all americans. this apparently was not enough though for congressman elijah cummings who appeared on abc this week earlier today. >> we must come together as a

nation. i condemn all types of racism and acts of violence, peace to all americans. has the president now gotten the message right on this? >> no, he has not gone far enough. i think it is a low bar for the president of the united states to simply say, he is against racism. he's got to do better than that. >> kellyanne conway appeared in the same program to talk about the same topic. she was grow the weather president one year ago, said they were good people on both sides of the demonstrations. >> i think it is still question who the very fine people on the side of the nazis? >> he is telling you he's not. he says he's denouncing that. the kkk, neo-nazis, white supremacists and all of those that cause violence in the name. yesterday in a very strong statement. he said that last year there was senseless death and division please call for unity among all americans. he denounced all forms of bigotry and acts of violence

and racism. >> just to reiterate, the president had no public events scheduled today. no photo ops or the white house press pool follow his events and his days here that he spent in new jersey. we have reached out to see if we can get any comments from the white house. we are waiting to hear back as the president winds down his 10 day vacation in northern new jersey. >> it would seem that the president's tweet this year is being better received than the message from last year that frankly, stirred so much decisiveness. reporter: and we heard from kellyanne conway more than once a referring to the comments from a year ago. and the president did condemn all types of racism a year ago

and he did it again yesterday. the white house position on this seems to be pretty clear that president has made his point that he condemns these acts of violence. he condemns racism in all forms. they are allowing those words to speak for themselves. again, we have reached offer for the comment but have not gotten it yet. >> protesters outside the white house right now but as you point out the president is not going to hear them. he is in new jersey where you are for another week. reporter: yes and if they can't outside of the golf club in bedminster he may not hear them either because there is some distance between the front gate and where the president is located. as far as we know at this hour. but there's no question the white house is monitoring the events. the president is scheduled to be back at the white house tomorrow night. i'm sure they hoping all of this calms down by then. >> rick leventhal, covering the present for us in bedminster, new jersey. thank you very much. we are continuing to keep an eye on the situation in washington d.c.. unite the right two rally taking place p this is an echo of the one that took place in charlottesville, virginia one year ago in which three people were killed. 120-year-old man is still

facing murder charges for driving his car into a crowd and killing the first victim of the rally last year. the unite the right two rally moved to washington d.c. and as you can see, it has rained there and that seems to be dampening enthusiasm of some of those who came to protest on both sides. we are continuing to keep an eye on the goings-on in washington. reporters say so far that has not been a great deal of violence, some rocks and eggs that kind of thing but nothing like we have seen last year in charlottesville. when people were openly marching with nazi flags and kkk symbols, robes and memorabilia. we're continuing to keep an eye on washington and we will be back with more in just a moment.

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direction that is griff jenkins is with counter protesters there. what is happening? reporter: has calmed down some. we are here at 17th and pennsylvania. this is the entrance were jason kessler and the dozen or so "unite the right" folks went in. a little while ago a police sergeant came up to this exit where the antifa folks have been. they wanted to block kessler. there was was upwards of 500 to 1000. the sergeant made a bullhorn and loud announcement and said that kessler has left. "unite the right" rally has ended. please disperse.please go home. however, as you can see, not all have left and i think it is possibly in part because they have a little bit of a distrust of law enforcement and they also are out here making a

stand against the administration. and there were a few words exchanged between the protesters here and law enforcement as well. there is an anti-law enforcement sentiment among some of the crop you larger the antifa crowd.you can see here folks in the yellow, they are the d.c. volunteers. right now there was an altercation with heated words, being exchanged between the police, this is an announcement from the police saying that kessler has left. to disperse. we will see what we can hear. what you are hearing are some disparaging words, profanities being shouted at law enforcement. it is really the story john today, that you'll hear about tomorrow is so far, the amazing restraint of the police department in washington d.c.

and the incredible restraint i was talking to about. someone that used to be one of us now is insecurity and here he says he has never seen the restraint of the police. you saw a roman candle being fired, some rocks, eggs and bottles going across but clearly the message from the police is that it is time for them to go home and yet protesters remain out here as a little bit of rain continues to fall. jon: and the rain seems to have dampened enthusiasm on both sides for the protest and counter protests. reporter: has dampened it a little bit. i can tell you from a little experience at ferguson, and baltimore and other situations like this that the rain always does play a factor. particularly around this time now that the police have made it pretty clear that kessler has left and the anticipated

desire to confront kessler has been removed by all accounts. therefore, they do not have a reason to be out here in the rain except for perhaps to get their message out and they certainly have been doing that for several hours. this group is part you see black lives matter and the shirts, and of course antifa are the ones are in all black. when we started at freedom plaza a few blocks away, to the east of the white house now we are just on the west side and this is really what remains of the antifa black lives matter counter protest. jon: thank you, he is referring to jason kessler who was one of the lead organizers of the events one year ago. that led to the death of three people. he also organized this year's protest in washington d.c.. sparsely attended as said, maybe a couple of dozen people attended.

severely outnumbered by the counter protesters who are there and still protesting. doug mckelway is live at a rally in charlottesville, virginia. what is the situation there? reporter: things have really calmed down in the last hour or so. if you look beyond me right here you can see steady rain is falling in charlottesville. it is a welcome sight for police because who scatters when it rains? at least now for the time being. while the roads remain closed to vehicular traffic leading up to the pedestrian mall here in charlottesville, sidewalks have been reopened. that means anyone can go to the pedestrian mall in the center downtown area without search for belongings. there were four arrests today. some of them kind of interesting. we will show you the mug shot of one of the perpetrators. this is a 29-year-old of

portland maine. she was arrested a little while ago for assault and battery. our cameras were there to capture the event itself. take a look at the video right here. she apparently spit in the face of someone else in the middle of the protest. unlike last year the state police instantly descended upon her. it sort of evolved into a broader scuffle. very hard to make out who was doing what in that but in any event, in the struggle there, police found on her person, one of the telescopic batons, an illegal weapon. she was arrested for assault and battery. also arrested today, a 42-year-old who happens to be from charlottesville virginia. we saw this pattern today after a rally with an ensuing marsh that led to downtown. a lot of protesters standing in front of police motorcycles during the march. even the police were offering to escort them to protect them basically to protect the community. they were rejecting the offers

of police to provide the escort and would stand in front of the motorcycles, not unlike the chinese guy some years ago listed in front of a tank although on a much smaller, less courageous scale. there was another interesting arrest today. a 29-year-old which was one of the only white supremacists we know of in charlottesville today. at least two showed his face. he went to the lee monument, now called martin park. and saluted generally or the horse, a lot of protesters did not like that. they got into a confrontation and a shouting match. fists were flying and he was arrested as well as one of the people that struck him. they could reassemble, that is the way they work. they diffuse into the crowd and come back later. they use social media to do that and the police listen to their social media. they said to reassemble after so we'll keep our eyes open as

the evening progresses. >> the "unite the right" rally that took place one year ago, they wanted to hold it again in charlottesville but they were denied permission. >> that is correct. there were denied permission. after last year the city is in no mood to grant that. >> thank you very much. we want to check in there with a former nashville police officer and analyst. from what you've seen this far, vincent, it looks like police in both cities have done a pretty good job of keeping the lid on any trouble that might have stemmed from either one of these rallies. absolutely. thank lou did not see what we saw last year with police. i know that for weeks maybe months they been preparing for this exact day. they knew it was coming. they knew the ramifications of it so they were prepared. they acted quickly, you saw

someone was arrested from portland, oregon. which goes to the whole fact that a lot of people coming into the rallies are not even from the area. so it actually brings more people to the area but police did a tremendous job at this point. jon: what is the benefit of moving and quickly when trouble starts? in making the arrests? >> the benefit, quite simply, you do not wanted to get out of hand. the longer these things go on, the longer a fighter altercation takes place, the worse it gets because more people start to get involved in that. as we have seen in the past. as quickly as officers can get in, make the rest, get the trouble out of the area, the better for everyone. jon: from the standpoint of a police office, we are watching the video some people wearing masks, coming up and having words with officers. they might be friendly and they might not be. just from the standpoint of a police officer, what's it like to be in a situation like this where you have got so much hatred being hurled around and

very often it is directed at police officers. now some guy in a mask there staring at you. how do you hold your cool? >> that is what people don't understand.police are trained in this. contrary to what you are in the mainstream media, that police are untrained and just react. police go through so much training. it is second nature to sit there and try to de-escalate this.listen, if i arrested someone every time they got in my face or said a bad word, the prison would be overran. police are prepared for this. they know it is part of their job. jon: i will tell you what, you could not pay me enough to do the job that you and so many others do. hats off to the men and women in blue in this country because they have done a terrific job this year in charlottesville so far and in washington d.c.. keeping a lid on some of the emotions in these rallies. vincent hill, a former nashville police officer and security consultants.

thank you. >> thank you, always a pleasure. jon: will continue to keep an eye on protests that seem to be winding down in washington d.c. as well as charlottesville. perhaps a well-timed thunderstorm in both cities may have had something to do with that. so far, mostly peaceful. a handful of arrests in charlottesville, a handful of rocks and other items thrown in washington. so far, not the kind of violence that we saw last year at the rally in charlottesville. we'll continue to keep an eye on what's going on in both cities. be back with more coverage in just a moment on fox news. feel the clarity of non-drowsy claritin and relief from symptoms caused by over 200 allergens. like those from buddy. because stuffed animals are clearly no substitute for real ones.

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or download the app! >> unite the right two was supposed to take place in a thing you can say did in washington d.c. today. it was drowned out, if you will, by counter protesters from antifa and other groups. protesters shouting shame, shame, shame to those who came

to lift up the white supremacy movement. the rallies as they were, seemed to be winding down. jason kessler, the organizer we understand spoke briefly and now has disappeared from the scene. the protests are to some extent winding down. perhaps helped by a well-timed thunderstorm.we are continuing to keep an eye on the situation in washington d.c. where it appears the police have done a very good job of handling what could have been a very difficult situation. let's speak with someone who knows about handling the situation, ed davis is a former austin police commissioner. he was commissioner at the time of the marathon bombing. you have watched some of what police in d.c. as well as charlottesville, virginia have

been doing today. what did they do right this year that perhaps did not get done in charlottesville last year? >> it is clear that washington police have much more experience in dealing with these crowds. with big protests and they think about it a lot beforehand. they mobilize from inside and outside the cities. they are not afraid to move if something is happening. i think that we saw some difficulties in charlottesville last year due to the lack of preparation. it is sort of a lack of direction. you have to decisively move forward when violence occurring on anybody's part. and i think that that did not happen last year. what you're seeing here is the police department set up and also quite frankly, we love a

good rainstorm in a situation like this. >> it does seem to been as i said earlier, well-timed. there been four arrests in charlottesville. from the sounds of things, doug mckelway was telling us when violence would begin to break out as it did in the park where the robert e lee statue was taken down in charlottesville, when violence begins to breakout police are moving in and making arrests. that is something they didn't do last year. >> right. and we've seen that happen before. you know, one of the things, preparation for these things is really key to this. we have, in boston we have mobile field forces that are ready to move in the case of an outbreak of violence anywhere. whistle have bicycle units that can very quickly get into an area, arrest and use bikes as a barricade, temporary barricades to keep crowds back. we saw that happening in demonstrations this past year

and they did a very effective job. there were still some violence but the key to this is handling it quickly. jon: there are so many issues that bubbled up after shows will. racial issues that many people had thought were sort of on the wane in this country came very much to the surface. in your view, has any of that improved in the years since charlottesville? >> i think that things have not changed much in charlottesville. like many other people would -- in a small town like that acting like they did. i think once, the only positive thing i see is there was such a backlash that there are fewer

people at this demonstration this year. i think we're moving in the right direction but it is still not fixed yet. jon: it was abraham lincoln who urged us all to appeal to the angels of our better nature and that appeal, it still has not been accomplished. the racism issues that led to the conflict and deaths really in charlottesville last year are still bubbling. there are those that say that the conversation has begun but some of the issues can be addressed and ultimately, solved. when it comes to that issue, are you an optimist or a pessimist, sir? >> i am an optimist. as far as the country is concerned. it is tremendous men and women in the police department and the military service and just every citizen on the street. there stepped up after and did

incredible work to help.i think that is the bottom line. jon: spoken from experience. former police commissioner for the city of boston, serving at the time of the boston marathon bombing. we appreciate your insight. thank you very much for sharing with us. we are continuing to keep an eye on the protests in dc. we want to get to some of the other news of the day now. trial the president's former campaign chair, paul manafort reconvenes tomorrow afternoon after a bit of a cliffhanger on friday. the judge taking a five hour recess without explaining why. the trial is the first courtroom test of special counsel robert mueller 's russia probe. wherever he goes the white house is standing firm on his position. he is counsel to the president, kellyanne conway earlier today. >> there is no collision, paul manafort is on trial. it has nothing to do with the

campaign, russia collision. the judge warned everybody not even to say those words. jon: ellison barber live in washington now with more. what to expect to learn this week? reporter: we could actually hear from the jury this week. it's been a fast-moving trial despite the incredibly long and unexpected delay there, speculation that this could be the third and final week of the trial. prosecution is expected to bring one, maybe two more witnesses to the stand tomorrow. then rest the case. defense will go. we'll see whether or not paul manafort decide to take the stand in his own defense. the one-time trump campaign chairman is facing a number of charges related to financial fraud. charges brought by the robert mueller team.russia, president trump, the 2016 campaign are not the focus of this trial but they have been constant elephants in the room. a former vice president of federal savings bank testified that manafort got $16 million in loans from a bank where the bank chairman wanted a job with the trump administration. some say whether the prosecution likes it or not,

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emotions reaching a fever pitch in our nation's capital. unite the right marchers clashing with antiracism protesters as dualing rallies mark one year since violent demonstrations in charlottesville virginia left three people dead. good evening i'm jon scott. jon: a fox news alert as tensions come to a head in lafayette square just north of the white house. counterprotesters greatly outnumbering the unite the right marchers. police flanking them on both sides trying to keep order. tonight reaction is coming in from capitol hill with senator tim scott issuing a call for unity. >> it's obvious that we continue to exercise our freedom of