>> we have no tolerance for hate and violence from white supremacists, neo-nazis, or the kkk. the president also made clear that behavior by others of different militant perspectives are also unacceptable in our political debate and discourse. fall-out after a violent and deadly protest in charlottesville, virginia. this morning the president is facing backlash for not condemning white nationalists. >> new reporting that trump suspects steve bannon of leaking to the press as rumors of feuding within the white house continue. with tensions over north

korea he effect lascalating two america's top leaders lay out a plan to prevent nuclear war. good morning. it's monday, august 14th. we begin with the very latest on this weekend's violence at a white nationalist rally in charlottesville, virginia. james alex fields faces several charges, including hit and run and second degree murder for the death of 32-year-old heather hyer. others were injured in the crash. nine have been discharged and ten are in good condition. the suspect lives in ohio and traveled to charlottesville for that rally. his high school history teacher said that he idolized adolph hitler.

the suspect's mother said she had no idea. >> i just knew he was going to a rally. i mean, you know, i try to stay out of his political views. we don't, you know -- i don't really get too involved. i just know he did mention albreit. >> it's alternative right. ultra conservative white supremacists. >> i didn't know it was white supremacists. i thought it had something to do with trump. trump is not a supremacist. >> joining us now from charlottesville, virginia, nbc news correspondent maya rodriguez. good to have you with us. what more can you tell us about the investigation this morning, and the woman who lost her life in this deadly attack?

a senior -- they don't know if he trald to charlottesville specifically with the intent of attacking counter protesters or whether this was something that was more spur of the moment. they're trying to figure that out. in the meantime, the department of justice has opened a civil rights hate crime investigation into the car attack itself. now, this is the intersection where 32-year-old heather was killed during that attack. in an emotional interview her mother said that she loved heather. she spoke about her passion for social justice and what drew her to the counter protest this weekend. take a listen. >> her entire life has been passionate about justice for everyone and fairness and fair treatment, and you better be able to explain to her why something was true or not true, why it had to be that way. as a child, that could be maddening, and as a parent, that could be difficult and

challenging, but nevertheless, i encouraged and allowed her to be strong-willed. not that i probably could have changed her even if i wanted. >> now, heather heyer is being remembered by people here in charlottesville and all across the country and the world. there was supposed to be a vigil last night at the university of virginia's campus, but organizers canceled it before it was supposed to get started because they say they received a credible threat. they did not elaborate on what that threat was. >> all right. there is another sad part of this story. the death of two virginia state troopers whose chopper went down while monitoring that rally. pilot trooper berke bates and lieutenant h. jay cullen. the ntsb is investigating the crash. a slow reaction stands in stark contrast to the president's quick condemnation of other attacks. this is how the weekend played out. in the early afternoon on

saturday first lady melania trump reacted in a tweet. "our country encourages freedom of speech, but let's communicate without hate in our hearts. no good comes from violence." hours later at a signing for veterans medical care at his golf club in new jersey, the president read a statement. >> we condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry, and violence on many sides. on many sides. it's been going on for a long time in our country. not donald trump. not barack obama. it's been going on for a long, long time. >> when asked for clarification of the president's remarks, a white house official said late saturday afternoon the president was condemning hatred, bigotry, and violence from all sources and all sides. there was violence between protesters and counter protesters today. according to the "new york times" trump killed a broad range of advisors before

speaking on saturday. most of whom told him to sharply kr it size the white nationalist protesters. yesterday morning senior officials spoke out in the president's defense. >> we had protesters and counter protesters that showed up yesterday. this is the very challenge that confronted the mayor and his police officials and fire officials and the national guard officials. 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. >> well, when he condemned bigoty and hatred on all sides, that includes white supremacists and neo-nazis. i know it's clear in his mind, and it ought to be clear to all americans. we cannot tolerate, obviously, that bigotry, that hatred that is rooted in ignorance. ignorance of what america stands for. >> as the surrogates hit the sunday shows, first daughter and white house counsel ivanka trump tweeted this. we must all come together as

americans and be one country united. then late sunday morning more than a day and a half after the initial torch bearing march chanting nazi slogans, the white house e-mailed this statement to be attributed to an unnamed spokesperson and not to the president himself. "the president said very strongly in his statement yesterday that he condemns all forms of violence, bigotry, and hatred and, of course, that includes white supremacists, kkk, neo-nazi, and all extremist groups. >> a number of high profile republicans were putting a name to the violence, and others expressed their frustration with the president. the leader of the party for not being more forceful and specific in his condemnation. much of the 2016 presidential field were fast to label it bigotry and white nationalism. senator ted cruz demanded a federal investigation into what he called a grow tesk act of domestic terrorism. marco rubio wanted more from the president's message. "very important for the nation to hear potus describe events in charlottesville for what they are. a terror attack by white

supremacists." perhaps the most direct call came from senator cory gardener of colorado. mr. president, we must call evil by its name. these were white supremacists, and this was domestic terrorism. >> meanwhile, throughout the weekend there was new scrutiny on two power centers in the trump administration. steve bannon and national security advisor h.r. mcmaster. axios reporting the president has told associates he thinks bannon is behind some white house leaks and that he is fed up with what is seen as self-promotion. bannon is also said to be increasingly isolated, and his time with the president has been cut amid the rise of new chief of staff john kelly. political reporting that kelly considering new west wing shake-ups spending time where the president is vacationing to meet with aides to shore up their portfolios. mcmaster has faced biting tweet after tweet and headline after headline from the far right and breitbart where bannon was once top editor. the retired marine general was

evasi evasive. >> can you and steve bannon work together in this white house or not? >> i get to work together with a broad range of talented people, and it is a privilege every day to enable the national security team. >> you didn't answer. can you and steve bannon work in that same white house? >> i am ready to work with anybody who will help advance the president's agenda and advance the security, prosperity of the american people. >> do you believe steve bannon does that? >> i believe that everyone who works in the white house who has the privilege, the great privilege every day, of serving their nation, should be motivated by that goal. >> certainly not answering that question directly there. joining us from washington is politico's daniel lipman, co-author of the political playbook. good to see you this morning. where is steve bannon's stock right now in the west wing? >> obviously when steve was watching that, it must be super awkward for him to see his own -- you know, the president's own national security advisor, basically throw him under the

bus and not state any confidence in him. i think bannon has been on thin ice before, and the president wants people like him around because they kind of keep him connected to his base and so people like jared and ivanka, they don't really represent the nationalism that got the president into office, and i think they also view steve bannon on the inside as less dangerous than him on the outside where he could -- he could do real damage because of all the stuff he knows. >>ing daniel, i want to get your reaction to this comment from anthony scaramucci. his brief time in the white house, and he certainly had some time with steve bannon. here's what he had to say. >> as it goes to breitbart or bannon-bart -- it has to do with the middle class movement, the lower middle class movement. the struggle, the economic desperation that's gone on.

the other stuff, the other nasty stuff that's on that website, i think, is disgusting. >> does bannon-bart, does that have an influence in the president's thinking? is that your concern? >> i would say no. i talked to the president pretty candidly about that. i would say it has less than an influence than people think, but the fact that he is sitting there inside the white house probably makes people think that it has an influence. i think that's reason enough to probably make some changes. >> daniel, i guess the question is does he, in fact, have influence within the white house when you see, for example, you know, the alliance perhaps between general kelly, general mcmaster, the ivanka trumps, jared kushners. where does steve bannon draw power inside the white house from? >> i think he draws power from his connection with the movement that trump represents. trump doesn't want to just have the new york and the military power, you know, wing in the white house. he also wants to hear from other voices, and he doesn't want to

be, you know, just have one kind of person in his ear. anthony scaramucci has long had a beef with bannon. they just don't get along. we have to remember that scaramucci came in after bannon was a supporter of trump, and so i think bannon really has a lot of work to do in the next couple of weeks in terms of keeping his profile low enough to escape john kelly's ax. i would say that he probably, you know -- kelly does not have authority to just fire bannon. trump would have to make that decision himself if he comes to that point. >> not knowing how much stock they should put in scaramucci and spending 11 days in the white house. i would be remiss to say that bannon was on his way out considering months ago we had the conversation as to whether he was on his way out, and he was able to survive. >> it's deja vu every few weeks. >> daniel lipman for us. thank you. >> still ahead, a look at the 12 seconds that helped justin

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for it and to make sure that there is a viable military option that, if necessary, you could execute to protect the american people, knowing this is the gravest decision that any leader has to make. the president doesn't draw red lines. what he does is he asks us to make sure that we have viable options for him. options that combine diplomatic, economic, and military capabilities. that's what we've done. >> meanwhile, the ap reports the trump administration has been engaging in back channel diplomacy with north korea involving the u.s. aun have a for north korea policy and a senior north korean diplomat at pyongyang's u.n. mission. the president declined to comment when asked about it on friday. >> let's switch gears and take a look at weather back here at home. obviously some concerns about a tropical storm moving into hurricane category. nbc meteorologist bill karins is joining us now. >> problems have formed over the weekend. we're getting to the peak of our

hurricane system. we're quickly going through the alphabet. most have been weak storms, and none have been hitting us hard here in our country, and hopefully we can continue that trend. the next two months, that's usually when we get the big storms if we're going to have them. this is tropical storm gert off the coast of florida. hidden here behind the graphic. it's west-southwest of bermuda. it's going to do that track in between bermuda and the east coast of the united states. ufgst it's moving to the north-northwest. here's the new updated forecast track. everyone in bermuda is saying they like this too. even our friends in nova scotia will like this one. it's going to snake to the north, possibly become a hurricane early wednesday morning, and then safely pass out into the north atlantic. it will send large waves to the east coast and some rip current threats, and that will be the worst of it. that is what we like. back here into the lower 48, thunderstorms overnight from amarillo. now tracking the red river. they're holding it together pretty well. usually this time of morning they're going to die off. be prepared for some of that

rain. not sure how strong it will be, but there will be a little bit of rain, and then during the day today, hit and miss storms from memphis to nashville and north of atlanta. even storms up there in the mountains of the appalachians, and we'll do that again tomorrow too. we're not going to see anything too bad to start our monday. not too many travel delays. pretty nice forecast today from chicago to d.c. to new york. everyone should enjoy a nice lunch outside. very comfortable. >> seems cooler than what it was a couple of weeks ago. bill karins, thanks for that. week two of the nfl preseason has already seen a pair of national anthem protests, and while on the links, justin thomas claims his first career major at quail hollow. sports is next. ke) at farmers, n almost everything so we know how to cover almost anything. even a swing set standoff. and we covered it, july first, twenty-fifteen.

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people were taken into custody. the man accused of ramming his car into a crowd protest is expected to be a break today. james alex fields is charged with second degree murder in the death of 32-year-old heather heyer and other charges. at least 19 others were injured in the crash. the uva health system says nine have been discharnled. ten are in good condition. joining us now from charlottesville, virginia, nbc news correspondent maya rodriguez. good to have you back with us. what more can you tell us about the investigation in the event surrounding this weekend ae mayhem? it caught a lot of people by surprise, to some extent. >> it did. this is exactly where that happened. you know, this is the intersection where heather heyer was killed. she is the 32-year-old that was killed when the car plowed into that crowd of people. now, the department of justice has opened a civil rights hate crime investigation into what happened. specifically having to do with that car attack. now, in the meantime, the organizer of the unite the right

rally, jason kessler, tried to have a news conference yesterday at city hall just a short distance from here brsh a huge crowd of people showed up. they were yelling at him, shouting at him saying things like murderer and go home. take a look at what happened. >> i want to tell you the story of what really happened before -- it's spinning out of control. the hate, the anger around you, that is the -- [ bleep ]. >> i'll be in washington d.c. >> now, virginia's state police arrested a charlottesville man allegedly for spitting on kessler. he faces a misdemeanor charge of

assault and battery. >> all right. thank you. >> shocking to see that video. in the wake of the deadly violence in chafrltsville, president trump facing criticism including from members of his own party over his response. the white house spent yesterday defending the president's lack of an explicit condemnation of white supremacists and other hate groups over the violence. nbc's kelly o'donnell has more from bedminster, new jersey. a presidency forged by blunt talk, what donald trump did not say is politically deafening. >> patriot bigotry in violence on many sides. on many sides. rirjts the president seemed alone in spreading blame for the violence. his omission, choosing not to call out white supremacist groups, some known to support him. a failure, according to critics and many republicans. >> i would urge the president to dissuade these groups that he is their friend. >> call this white supremecism

evil. it's something that needs to come from the oval office, and this white house needs to do it today. >> a wave of criticism found on twitter from national voices in both parties. first daughter senior advisor ivanka trump was more direct. there should be no place in society for racism, white sfrem si, and neo-nazis. white house damage control. a statement that said the president's condemnation of violence includes white supremacists, kkk, neo-nazi, and all extremist groups. but candidate donald trump insisted labels did matter over the term radical islamic terrorism. >> anyone who cannot name our enemy is not fit to lead this country. >> to solve a problem you have to be able to state what the problem is or at least say the name. >> reporter: national security advisor h.r. mcmaster -- >> when he condemned hatred and bigotry on all sides, that includes white supremacist and

neo-nazis. i know it's clear in his mind. >> while ousted white house communications director anthony scaramucci said the president fell short. >> i think he needed to be much harsher as it relates to the nature of that. >> reporter: tom bosser was pressed to be more explicit himself. >> i condemn racists and all the other groups that espouse this hatred and exclusion. i can't be clearer. >> reporter: the president has also not weighed in on whether this deadly violence should be treated as domestic terrorism. his national security advisor who says he thinks this is a form of terrorism says the investigation must determine if the legal requirements are met for that distinction. h.r. mcmaster says he thinks this situation is right to be deemed domestic terrorism. >> thank you to kelly o'donnell for that report. then last night speaking along side the president of columbia late last night while traveling in latin america vice president mike pence reacted to

the violence in charlottesville directly condemning hate groups and also taking issue with those holding militant views of the opposing sides and as well citing the media. >> we have no tolerance for hate and violence from white supremacists, neo-nazis, 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. the president also made clear that behavior by others of different militant perspectives are also unacceptable in our political debate and discourse. >> i will say i take issue with the fact that many in the national media spend more time criticizing the president's words than they did criticizing those who perpetrated the

violence to begin with. >> not sure if that's statistically accurate. joining us once more from washington politico's daniel lipman, co-author of the political playbook. in statements unnamed white house officials say that the president was clear in his condemnation. they say say that they're using the blanket generalizations in some of his comments, but what we haven't heard specifically come out of his mouth are words like white nationalism and white supremacists. why do you think that is? why was he so aggressive in saying you got to be able to identify islamic radical terrorism, but has yet to utter the words white supremacists and white nationalists? >> it's almost like he holds them to be two different things. i would expect him to probably say those words today. he is speaking at the white house where he is signing that china memorandum, but it's a real black mark on the president given the fact that he added in on saturday when he was condemning this, he added in the many sides are responsible for this.

that was not in his prescripted remarks. i think he doesn't like to criticize the very small part of his base that espouses these views because he is afraid they would turn on him. he doesn't realize that he would get much more support from a vast majority of americans if he was more clear in condemning this hatred. >> you can't help but think back to when president trump, then candidate trump, was asked to condemn david duke on cnn, and he didn't necessarily do so, and then a couple of days later he blamed his ear piece and said, yeah, of course, i condemn david duke. president trump releasing a new ad. i believe he released it yesterday. want to take a look at it, daniel, and then we'll talk. >> democrats obstructing. the media attacking our president. career politicians standing in the way of success. but president trump's plan is working. one million jobs created. more americans working than ever before.

unemployment, lowest since 2001. the stock market all-time record highs. the strongest military in decades. the president's enemies don't want him to succeed, but americans are saying let president trump do his job. >> so the president calling for unity there after the charlottesville, virginia, attack and rallies that happened there brsh that ad certainly showing some divisiveness saying the president's enemies don't really want him to get anything done. take us inside the timing of that ad, daniel. >> it's clearly tone deaf to release it right after this horrific attack. i think if you look at other presidential tv campaign ads, they don't usually talk about enemies. to use that word as a loaded term, and this comes only one day after the president said we have to love each other.

that is a concerning thing. you see his campaign arm be more of the attack dog, and i think the term enemies is just a very strong signal that, you know, he is going to continue to brand the media as unpatriotic, and usually use words like opponents. enemies is much more, you know, high charged. >> we know that has sometimes negative consequences on the media itself in terms of the rallies and how they can sometimes turn violent. daniel lipman, thank you for that. still ahead, republicans slam president trump's suggestion that military action by the u.s. and venezuela is on the table. robert mueller is reportedly expanding his probe into russia's election meddling. the information he wants from one former white house official. those stories and bill karins keeping an eye on the tropical storm in the atlantic. details on whether it will make landfall when we come back. keep it here.

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welcome back. overseas two american soldiers have been killed conducting combat operations against isis in northern iraq. the u.s. military made the announcement yesterday adding that five other soldiers were also wounded. their identities have not yet been released. now, the military says that while the service members were conducting combat operations, initial reports indicate that the incident was not due to enemy contact and an investigation has now been opened. nine americans have been killed this year battling the terror group in iraq and syria. back here at home as the investigation to russia medicining in the 2016 election continues, special counsel bob mueller is reportedly expanding his probe. according to the "new york times", mueller is in talks with the west wing to interview current and former senior administration officials, including former chief of staff reince priebus. two people briefed on the discussions told "the times" that mueller wants to gather information on the president's decision to fire fbi director jim comey. "the times" reports that no interviews have been scheduled just yet. there's been recent speculation over whether president trump would fire mueller, but last

thursday the president told reporters he is "not dismissing anybody." lawmakers are weighing in after president trump suggested that the u.s. is considering military action in venezuela. he made the comment to reporters on friday. take a listen. >> we have many options for venezuela. by the way, i'm not going to rule out a military option. we have many options for venezuela. this is our neighbor. this is -- you know, we're all over the world, and we have troops all over the world in places that are very, very far away. venezuela is not very far away. the people are suffering, and they're dying. we have many options for venezuela, including a possible military option if necessary. >> very strong words there about a military option. in the wake of those comments, the white house said friday night that venezuelan leader had requested a phone call with president trump, but trump reportedly denied the request saying he will speak to him when democracy has been restored to the country.

now, some republican lawmakers of the senate armed services committee tried to slam on the brakes for a moment. senator ben sasse released a statement saying, "no. congress obviously isn't authorizing war in venezuela. nicolas maduro is a horrible human being, but congress doesn't vote to spill nebraskaans' blood based on the executive lashes out today." >> i have no idea why we would use military force in venezuela. i'm a pretty hawkish guy. i know that if we don't send more troops to afghanistan it's going to fail, and every soldier in afghanistan is an insurance policy against another 9/11. i know why we have troops in iraq and syria to train people to destroy isil. i know why we have troops in south korea and europe, to protect us against threats like north korea and russia expansion. i have no idea why we would use military force in venezuela. >> now, the vice president who was in columbia for a week-long trip to latin america, declined to rule out military action

against venezuela while speaking at a news conference yesterday, but stressed that the u.s. would prefer a "peaceful solution." >> back here at home residents near los angeles are returning home after being briefly evacuated as firefighters battle a fast-moving brush fire there. officials say the blaze which broke out in riverside county yesterday has scorched at least 1,000 acres so far and is only 30% contained. those vakzs were ordered as flames moved closer to some area homes. it is unclear at this point what pay have sparked that fire. let's get a check on your weather with bill karins, who standing by. >> you remember the beginning of the summer? we had a fire story every day. we had a break here, which has been really nice, and there's been fires, but a lot of them have been out in the forest and far away from houses. that's been good. now we're turning our attention towards the peak of our hurricane season. about september 10th is the actual day of the actual peak, but it's about a two-month period before that which starts now and goes to about the middle of october. that's when we get our big storms.

that's typically when they happen. right now we have a storm that's just off the east coast. last week we thought this may be a close call, especially in the outer banks. now it looks like you are safe. this is tropical storm gert. it's a small tropical storm. really weak at this time. the hurricane center and the new prediction does think it could become a hurricane by early wednesday morning. we love a path like this. it snakes in between the outer banks and bermuda and then makes that turn out to the open atlantic. we call these fish storms. really only affecting ocean travel. that's about it. there could be some rip currents and large waves. surfers are probably smiling, but if you are in the beaches anywhere in the east coast over the next two to three days, you may notice it's rougher than normal. back to the lower 48. we are watching the complex of thunderstorms. worst weather in the country this morning right along the red river. trying to make its way now into the fort worth area. not far away. just some locally heavy downpours where, this will be weakening as we go through the morning. a lot of people had some cool temperatures. especially at nighttime over the northern half of the country. over this last weekend. it was even chilly at times in the great lakes. today still only 74 for a high in minneapolis. still feeling more like fall

than summer. that's going to change. we have some warm air that's down along the gulf coast. it's steamy air too. it's going to feel like 107 today in houston. that's where summer remains. montgomery, alabama, charleston feeling like 104. florida, you would expect this. some will escape to the north. temperatures will go up. kansas city near 90 on wednesday. even new york city near 90 on wednesday, and raleigh into the 90s. a lot of people have been wondering if we're ever going to get the heat back. a little bit of it this week. then it looks to cool off after the weekend. >> all right, bill karins tracking it all for us. thanks for that. still ahead, global markets getting a big boost as japan reveals its longest economic expansion in more than a decade. >> plus, bit coin hitting a new record price. details on what's fueling the crypto-currency's swift rise, and the other stories driving your business day when we come back. isaac hou has mastered gravity defying moves to amaze his audience. great show. here you go.

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welcome back, everyone. president trump is chalking up his expression towards russian president vladimir putin for cutting diplomats. following a meeting president looked to calm his dealings with russian president when pressed by peter alexander. >> were you being sarcastic when you thanked president putin for expelling 750 diplomats from russia? >> i think you know that. >> secretary of state said the

u.s. will have those expelled diplomats. >> the japanese yen and nikkei are down despite stronger than expected second quarter data. we go to london this morning. let's talk first what's affecting those markets this morning. >> look, essentially it's the absence of any latest war of words between north korea and the u.s. and investors take this as a sign to go back into equities and take a look at dow futures they are up triple digits. expect a strong day. today bouncing back from the weakness of last week. the japanese economy in the second quarter grew 4% onualized basis. that's the fastest growth rate in over two years and that means this is the longest streak of uninterrupted growth in 11 years. let's talk about bitcoin. big headline over the weekend. bitcoin breaking through that's $4,000 level. last month it was still trading

at $3,000. this year alone bitcoin has quadrupled in price. what's behind this? one is the latest ico offering. there's been so many this year and raised $1.3 billion so far this year. pretty easy to raise money in the ico market even easier than in the private equity market. >> shonda rhines is moving away from abc and going to netflix. >> war for talent is heating. shonda rhimes is going over the netflix, signed a multi-year deal and creating new shows for

netflix. on the other hand it's a very important counter punch to disney's announcement last week when disney said it would be creating its own streaming service and disney will take its movies away from netflix within the next two years. fascinating story. coming up next on "morning joe" the very latest on the investigation into this weekend's violence at that white nationalist rally. the mayor joins the conversation to discuss how his communities is healing. >> president trump fisting condemnation in his failure to specifically call out hate crimes. democrat senator chris coons will weigh in. "morning joe" just moments away.

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