president trump addressing the violence in downtown charlottesville, virgina after clashes erupted between white nationalists and counter-protesters.a number of people were injured during the "unite the right" demonstration --- and not just from the fighting.. several pedestrians were struck by a car that slammed into a crowd of people.nats thousands made their way to emancipation park -- protesting the statue removal of confederate general robert e. lee.the organizer says the statue itself is symbolic of much larger issues...jason kessler / event organizer: "the primary issues are preserving history against this censorship and revisionism... the second issue is being allowed your interest as a white person.. and finally is this about free speech." in february, the city council voted to remove the statue but is on hold pending litigation. the move follows efforts by communities across the south to remove confederate iconography from public property. many of those efforts were met with demonstrations.. and saturday was no exception.the rally drew a number of counter- protesting groups...(na

similar scenes played out downtown charlottesville. those protests leaving one person dead and a dozen injured after a man plowed through a crowd gathered in the streets. those dueling rallies in seattle also turning to chaos. one built a patriot rally, the other was called solidarity against hate. in new york anti-trump protesters rallied in front of trump tower criticizing president trump for his response to the events in virginia on saturday. this latest unrest here in charlottesville. governor terry mcauliffe holding a prayer in richmond bringing the crowd to their feet calling for unity and solidarity in the wake of this weekend's tragic events. >> we all need to have self- perplex on self-perplexion. yesterday was the most vile hate-filled speech i have ever heard in my life. how did we get to this place? >> reporter: you can tell the governor the commonwealth of virginia was very fired up over all of this. meanwhile the suspect in this case james fields jr. as you said charged with second-degree murder. he's set to face the judg

president trump addressing the violence in downtown charlottesville, virgina after clashes erupted between white nationalists and counter-protesters.a number of people were injured during the "unite the right" demonstration --- and not just from the fighting.. several pedestrians were struck by a car that slammed into a crowd of people.nats thousands made their way to emancipation park -- protesting the statue removal of confederate general robert e. lee.the organizer says the statue itself is symbolic of much larger issues...jason kessler / event organizer: "the primary issues are preserving history against this censorship and revisionism... the second issue is being allowed your interest as a white person.. and finally is this about free speech." in february, the city council voted to remove the statue but is on hold pending litigation. the move follows efforts by communities across the south to remove confederate iconography from public property. many of those efforts were met with demonstrations.. and saturday was no exception.the rally drew a number of counter- protesting groups...(na

the university of va hospital after being run down by a car downtown charlottesville. >> james fields is facing second-degree murder. the violence causing counter protests across the country. joel waldman live with the very latest for us. joel? >> reporter: ken and alyana, all is quiet right now. this is the memorial site for the woman, the 32-year-old woman heather heyer who was killed in that deadly crash yesterday. there was a vigil earlier for her with hundreds and hundreds of people. as they were praying, crying, asking for peace, protests began to break out across other parts of the country even as the people here continue to mourn. a white nationalist clashing with police. just one day after similar scenes played out in the streets of downtown charlottesville. those protests were leaving one woman dead and dozens of others injured after a man plowed through a crowd gathered in the streets. those rallies in seattle, they were also turning to chaos. the other was called solidarity against hate. >> let us in. >> reporter: in new york anti- trump protesters rallied in front of trum

i'm right now standing on the downtown mall area of charlottesville just a couple of blocks from that park. a pedestrian-only street lined with restaurants and small businesses, the heart of downtown charlottesville. and the block i'm looking at right now, boris, is lined with police in riot gear. people very uncertain of where protesters and counterprotesters have turned to as that assembly was disbursed. but there is a feeling of unrest and just tension here, a lot of uncertainty knowing and not knowing what could happen next as emotions are running high on this day they've already seen so much violence. not just today but also in that rally you saw white supremacist leading to the university of virginia campus. and a lot of locals here having a hard time grappling with the images coming out of this otherwise quiet college town. we have seen the verbal altercations between, yes, of course, protesters and counterprotesters, in addition to the violence, but also i've seen verbal altercations between members of this community telling people visiting here from outside to go home. to lea

there are literally hundreds of people at a vigil and a rally here, a memorial service downtown charlottesville. of course it was for the victim who died in yesterday's deadly crash as well as the other victims who were injured. all of this as the residents of charlottesville and the people from far beyond tried to wrap their head over what happened. >> reporter: 32-year-old heather heyer was declared dead upon arrival at the university of va hospital after being run down bay car during protests in downtown charlottesville. >> i was ten feet away from them. all of a sudden you heard the impact of a person being thrown over a car. >> reporter: the incident occurred after violent crashes between white nationalists and counter protesters ahead of a rally in response to the removal of a confederate robert e. lee statue. police arrested 20-year-old james fields jr. who allegedly plowed the silver dodge charger through a crowd of pedestrians. his mother reacting from her home in ohio today. >> i just knew he was going to a rally. i mean, you know, i try to stay out of his political views. i don't get

white nationalists attested charlottesville, virginia, is holding a memorial service in downtown charlottesville. live coverage beginning at 11:00 he turn the span. that line in the los angeles times reads the state department on religious or situation and uses the islamic state of genocide. rex tillerson made that accusation at a conference for the release of the religious freedom report. they talked for 10 minutes. >> morning, all. we are releasing today, the 2016 international religious freedom report. this report is a requirement for that religious freedom act of 1998. legislation that upholds religious freedom as a core american value under the constitution's first amendment, as well as the universal human right. this law calls for the government to "stand for liberty, and stand with the persecuted. to use and implement appropriate tools of the united states foreign-policy apparatus, including diplomatic, political, commercial, charitable, educational, channels for religious freedom by all governments and peoples." almost 20 years after, conditions are far from ideal. religious persecution

the anger stems from violence that erupted in downtown charlottesville, va saturday.. between white nationalists and counter- protesters during the "unite the right" rally. ...that ultimately lead to the death of 32-year-old heather heyer, when a car plowed into people marching against the white nationalists and hit another car.the crash and the chain reaction left well over a dozen people injured. 20-year-old james fields junior is now in jail.he'll be arraigned on monday on second-degree murder and other charges. the governor of virginia has been vocal in calling out white nationalists and right wing activists. governor terry r. mcauliffe / -d- virginia: our message is plain and simple: go home.butt sot you pretend that you're patriots but you are anything but a patriot."the mayor of charlottesville told c-n-n's state of the union sunday that president donald trump bears some of the responsibility for saturday's violence.michael signer, (d) mayor of charlottesville, va: "look at the campaign he ran. look at the intentional courting, both on the one hand of all these

officers a little while ago, they are off to the right side of the pedestrian mall here in downtown charlottesville, that may change given the tension they are hearing but i spoke to one of the guys, the commander over here who was formulating with state troopers, he -- i asked him what is your go point, at what point does it become too dangerous and you begin making arrests, he said, we don't really have any policy formulated. it's the charlottestville police. a few more minutes after he had the conversation with me, he ordered all of his state troopers to get away from the parking lot where they were prepositioned because he said it was too dangerous and he told us to get out of there as well. that's the present situation right now. i cannot overstate the tension here in downtown charlottestville, there was an earlier kkk gathering here about six weeks ago, same park, same place, i spoke to a business owner, i said compare the two, there's absolutely no comparison. first a handful of kkk members maybe 20 to 30 of them, it was peaceful, they gathered in emancipation park where the statute of rober

there's a protest in downtown oakland they say is in solidarity with charlottesville. if you download the abc 7 news app, you'll get immediate alerts on your phone or tablet. hours after the protest two people died in a helicopter crash just outside of virginia. the farks aa is investigating. the pilot and the passenger were killed. >>> worried about a new neighbor. a known sex offender known earlier this year to harass a 15-year-old girl, known to videotape women without their permission just moved in. cornell. >> erick, please here plenty concerned about dan silly who told us today he means no harm and plans to stop videotaping without permission but neighbors very upset and they want him gone. >> the healthiest diet and the best fruits and vegetables. >> he wanted to talk about his new diet but they're worried about his past. >> i'm troubled. >> reporter: he's scared of his new neighbor whose face is now posted around this apartment complex on college view drive and on social media. >> i'm deeply concerned about my niece. >> reporter: living in roaner park with rela

the anger stems from violence that erupted in downtown charlottesville, va saturday.. between white nationalists and counter- protesters during the "unite the right" rally. ...that ultimately lead to the death of 32-year-old heather heyer, when a car plowed into people marching against the white nationalists and hit another car.the crash and the chain reaction left well over a dozen people injured. 20-year-old james fields junior is now in jail.he'll be arraigned on monday on second-degree murder and other charges. the governor of virginia has been vocal in calling out white nationalists and right wing activists. governor terry r. mcauliffe / -d- virginia: our message is plain and simple: go home.butt sot you pretend that you're patriots but you are anything but a patriot."the mayor of charlottesville told c-n-n's state of the union sunday that president donald trump bears some of the responsibility for saturday's violence.michael signer, (d) mayor of charlottesville, va: "look at the campaign he ran. look at the intentional courting, both on the one hand of all these

there's a protest in downtown oakland they say is in solidarity with charlottesville. if you download the abc 7 news app, you'll get immediate alerts on your phone or tablet. hours after the protest two people died in a helicopter crash just outside of virginia. the farks aa is investigating. the pilot and the passenger were killed. >>> worried about a new neighbor. a known sex offender known earlier this year to harass a 15-year-old girl, known to videotape women without their permission just moved in. cornell. >> erick, please here plenty concerned about dan silly who told us today he means no harm and plans to stop videotaping without permission but neighbors very upset and they want him gone. >> the healthiest diet and the best fruits and vegetables. >> he wanted to talk about his new diet but they're worried about his past. >> i'm troubled. >> reporter: he's scared of his new neighbor whose face is now posted around this apartment complex on college view drive and on social media. >> i'm deeply concerned about my niece. >> reporter: living in roaner park with rela

. >> a car just plowed through hundreds of people downtown charlottesville. >> the governor denounced the white nationalists. >> i have a message to the white supremacists and the masses who came into charlottesville today. go home. you are not wanted in this common wealth. >> president trump speaking to the nation denounced the violence. >> we condemn in the strongest possible terms the display of bigotry and violence on many sides. on many sides. >> it caused some to ask why he didn't denounce the white supremacists specifically. orrin hatch said we should call evil by its name. my brother didn't give his life to go unchallenged here at home. they are treating it as a homicide and they were able to apprehend the person they believe drove the have vehicle nation to the fatality. lana zack, abc news, washington. >> there is a response on social media. john mccain tweeted white supremacists are not patriots, they are traitors. his fellow republican was critical of the president's response saying very important for the nation to hear potus describe events for what they are. a terror att

while people gather here in downtown, charlottesville, many waiting to hear the words from president donald trump. and more on that from sam sweeney inside the newsroom. sam: the backlash towards the president is intensifying. ken frazier, the ceo of merck pharmaceuticals, resigning from the manufacturing counsel. the president tweeted that fraser will now have more time to lower ripoff drug prices. of this as the country waits for president trump to condemn white supremacy. >> we condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry, and violence on many sides. on many sides. >>'s comments following the violent rally drying backlash even from allies in his own party. >> clearly he should talk out much more aggressively about it. >> under presser, the white house forced to try to clarify and an administration official insisting on anonymity releasing this statement, saying the president condemns all forms of violence, bigotry, and hatred. it included all extremists groups. the vice president echoing that. >> we have no tolerance for hate and violence, from

president trump addressing the violence in downtown charlottesville, virgina after clashes erupted between white nationalists and counter-protesters.a number of people were injured during the "unite the right" demonstration --- and not just from the fighting.. several pedestrians were struck by a car that slammed into a crowd of people.nats thousands made their way to emancipation park -- protesting the statue removal of confederate general robert e. lee.the organizer says the statue itself is symbolic of much larger issues...jason kessler / event organizer: "the primary issues are preserving history against this censorship and revisionism... the second issue is being allowed your interest as a white person.. and finally is this about free speech." in february, the city council voted to remove the statue but is on hold pending litigation. the move follows efforts by communities across the south to remove confederate iconography from public property. many of those efforts were met with demonstrations.. and saturday was no exception.the rally drew a number of counter- protesting groups...(na

. >> the two statutes are in two separate parks in downtown charlottesville. >>> a few weeks before theviolence in charlottesville, fairfax county has a peaceful battle over a confederate name. the fairfax school board voted to change the name of stuart high and a new superintendent is guiding the process to pick a new name. in his interview, superintendent scott treebranch tells borough chief meagan fox how he intends to keep the peace. >> the motion passes. [cheers and applause] >> the day after the school board voted to change the name of jeff stuart high school, superintendent scott laid out a swift time table for picking a new name. >> why was it important to move so quickly

from the other park where the white nationalists had marre migrated, here where we stand in downtown charlottesville there is a horrific accident and appears by all accounts it looks intentional. the convertible car was involved. it is the middle of three cars that were involved. another silver car came up from behind on water street have their headed in a southerly direction at a high rate of speed. rear-ended the car which then rear-ended a minivan in front of it. then, the car which made the initial impact backed away from the accident scene at a high rate of speed. running over several pedestrians. as many as six victims. the police told me they would not quantify the number of victims, only that it was multiple and the injuries range from life-threatening to very minor. apparently, the car which did the initial ramming has been taken into police custody. was found in another part of town. there say nothing about the driver who was in the car and what the motivation was. they will not characterize it as an intentional ramming, but eyewitnesses who sought are characterizing it that way. >> kelly:

downtown charlottesville a mile and a half from the university of virginia campus.at reporting, live pictures out of charlottesville and continue to monitor some of the cameras around charlottesville and see if the violence continues or if things stay calm, 1:00 eastern in charlottesville. g new cars. you're smart. you already knew that. but it's also great for finding the perfect used car. you'll see what a fair price is, and you can connect with a truecar certified dealer. now you're even smarter. this is truecar. >> looking at charlottesville, virginia where a state of emergency has been declared by the governor. we have seen clashes between white nationalists, activist, counter protesters, that have turned chaotic and quite violent. the alt right and their supporters are protesting the removal of a statue honoring confederate general robert e lee. police have used tear gas and batons to disperse the crowd. we haven't heard any word on the extensive seriousness of injuries or any reword of the possibility of arrests. we are waiting for that. first lady melania tr

. >> the two statutes are in two separate parks in downtown charlottesville. >>> a few weeks before the violence in charlottesville, fairfax county has a peaceful battle over a confederate name. the fairfax school board voted to change the name of stuart high and a new superintendent is guiding the process to pick a new name. in his interview, superintendent scott treebranch tells borough chief meagan fox how he intends to keep the peace. >> the motion passes. [cheers and applause] >> the day after the school board voted to change the name of jeff stuart high school, superintendent scott laid out a swift time table for picking a new name. >> why was it important to move so quickly next day with this? >> people can accept a yes. people can accept a no. but they want a decision and they want to understand the rationale behind it. >> watching what was happening in charlottesville, how does that affect what we do here? >> i think we have to reflect on that. i think it's a conversation we're having that we were already having in fairfax county. >> can we learn from what happened in charlotte

where all of the activity, where that pedestrian, those pedestrians were hit by a car in downtown charlottesvilleff old farm road, i take step out, so you can see what's going on behind me. lot of police activity here. you can see, virginia state police cruisers, and we've seen emergency vehicles going up and down this road here to gain access to what we believe is the site of this helicopter crash. now, the virginia state police has confirmed, they confirmed on facebook, that there were two fatalities in this helicopter crash. but we don't know for sure at police helicopter. but that is what's being reported by the local newspaper here. the daily progress, this is near a golf course called the bird wood golf course. you can see very thick woods here. and this crime scene tape really marking off a large area here, just behind the house over to the left where we believe this crash site is right now. the faa confirming that two people were on board this helicopter, as a bell 407 helicopter that crashed, the faa says, before 4:50, just before 4:50 this afternoon. this is about 7 miles southwest of c

. >> the car just plowed through hundreds of people, downtown charlottesville. >> hit like two or threeer cars and pinned people between the cars. smashed into people. >> reporter: the driver is identified as 20-year-old james alex field from maumee, ohio. just before the attack fields was caught by our abc cameras chanting a message of white power. 19 people were injured. 32-year-old heather heyer was killed. heather's mother told us her daughter was there protesting white supremacy. >> i'm extremely proud that she to stood for what she believed in, and now she's given her life for it. >> reporter: shortly after a virginia police helicopter monitoring the rally crashed outside charlottesville, killing two. fields was arrested and faces several charges, including second-degree murder. he has not yet entered a plea. the justice department and fbi are also opening a civil rights investigation into the incident. >> this is a case that's very, very high-profile. mr. sessions has made it really, really clear that he is going to be tough on crime, and i expect him to carry it through. >> repo

. >> reporter: across downtown charlottesville, tributes to an unlikely victim of saturday's violence. at the spot where she was killed, senator tim kaine and charlottesville's mayor insisted hate will not define the city. >> this is c-ville, the cool, easy going, sweet, wonderful, loving, tolerant, dynamic place that people fall in love with. >> reporter: our nation is a nation of immigrants. it is that great mosaic tile that has made us the great united states of america. >> reporter: but a heavy police presence underscored that tensions remain high here. >> heather's life was not lost in vain. she represented something important and vital that the world needed to hear. ♪ amazing grace >> reporter: susan bro also issued a call to turn anger over her daughter's death into nonviolent action. >> i'd rather have my child, but by golly, if i got to give her up, we're going to make it count. >> reporter: on friday, there will be another memorial for the two state troopers who died on saturday. and we have this late breaking news just coming in now. the governor of virginia is calling on e

. >> the car just plowed through hundreds of people downtown charlottesville. >> reporter: meanwhile, cities across the u.s. have doubled down on their security efforts. and officials wasted little time in condipping this latest attack. president trump tweeting, the united states condemned the terror attack in barcelona, spain and will do whatever is necessary to help. >> terrorists around the world should know the united states and our allies are resolved to find you and bring you to justice. >> reporter: that message echoed by the spanish prime minister. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> reporter: but the words of politicians don't hide the fact that as isis strongholds in the middle east crumble, attacks on soft targets in the west are increasing with more innocent civilians caught no tin the crossfire. >> tune in to gma tomorrow for the latest on the unfolding events in spain. >>> and next on night line, something entirely different. extreme athletes plunging into icy waters and living to tell the story. how they pull it off. isease. you're a life of unpredictable symptoms. croh

tested charlottesville, virginia, is holding a memorial service in the paramount theater in downtown charlottesville. then, president trump's reaction to the events in charlottesville. michael dobbs talks about the historical parallels between the current nuclear standoff with north korea and the 1962 cuban missile crisis. and, countering hate groups pres. trump: i think there is blame on both sides. you look at both sides, i think there is blame on both sides, and i have no doubt about it, and you do not have any doubt about it either. ♪ host: again, commenting on the violent events in charlottesville by placing blame on both sides. blamey after he put the squarely on the former. it is the washington journal, on august 16. theour call today, agreement of the president's statements. here's how you can let us know. (202) 748-8001

injured after a speeding vehicle drove into a group of protesters marching peacefully through downtown charlottesville. your impression this was deliberate? >> 100%. >> he was going so fast it flew people 10 feet. >> reporter: this comes after a day of clashing between alt-right protesters and counter-demonstrator early this morning. demonstrators dispensed tear gas and threw water bottles with little interference from the police. >> this event has been declared an unlawful assembly. >> reporter: police in tactical gear ordered people to leave the classic. jason kessler declared what he called a pro-white really here to protest charlottesville's efforts to remove a statue of general robert e. lee. friday night, a fight broke out and police had to be called after alt-right protesters marched through the university of virginia campus swinging torches. charlottesville's mayor, mike siggener, said they were ready for the protesters. >> there are tons of outsides coming here to try to make charlottesville a target for their ideology. >> reporter: in july bthree dozen klan members came to the city to demons

john: good afternoon, there are thousands of people inside the paramount theater here downtown charlottesville this hour, maybe just as many outside of the theater. you can see the crowds. they've been gathered. this is the overflow crowd. we can tell you that there are people out here that have been singing and praying and you can see the marquee there of the theater, heather heyer, gone but not forgotten. many paying their respects to the 32-year-old heather heyer killed here last saturday two blocks away. family and friends describe her as outspoken, outgoing, passionate, and if you take a look at the video, there are people that lined up as early as 9:00 this morning. there also was a group of activists that showed up here with purple shields and pink bats and helmets, a display appearing to indicate they are ready for a fight, a their cause, the same cause that brought heyer out here on saturday afternoon. co-workers at the law firm where she works say she was nervous about coming out here this past weekend because of possible violence but she felt strongly about being here. we spoke with

white nationalists attested charlottesville, virginia, is holding a memorial service in downtown charlottesville. live coverage beginning at 11:00 he turn the span. that line in the los angeles times reads the state department on religious or situation and uses the islamic state of genocide. rex tillerson made that accusation at a conference for the release of the religious freedom report. they talked for 10 minutes.

silver dodge sedan bearing ohio plates, occurred a few hours after police had largely cleared downtown charlottesville and separated the crowds. today, authorities identified the woman killed in the crash as 32-year-old heather heyer, a legal assistant from charlottesville, who was among the counter-protesters. the crash also injured 19 other people, some with major injuries that required hospital treatment. today, president trump's national security adviser, h.r. mcmaster said, he does consider the crash an act of terrorism. >> i certainly think any time that you commit an attack against people to incite fear, it is terrorism. it meets the definition of terrorism. but what this is, what you see here, is you see someone who is a criminal, who is committing a criminal act, against fellow americans. a criminal act that may have been motivated, and we'll see what the-- what's turned up in this investigation, by this hatred and bigotry. >> reporter: the federal justice department has launched a federal a civil rights investigation into the crash. in a written statement, attorney general jeff sessions said

it is erie and quiet on the streets of the downtown charlottesville saturday night a jarring juxtaposition from the chants, screams and violent clashes between hundreds of white national lists and counter protesters in the streets, earlier in the afternoon. >> they were throwing bottles, they were throwing soda cans with paint in them, paint balls, fighting, breaking out attacking one another. >> reporter: fights reaching a climax when video shows a cara peering to deliberately mow down a group of counter protesters. a three two-year old woman is dead and 19 others were injured. hundreds of officers responded to end the violence. virginia state helicopter aiding in the response, crashed in the field about 7 miles away killing a pilot and second trooper. >> a helicopter was kind of spinning a little bit unnaturally in the air, and called for my wife, she came out and we both from our back porch, saw the helicopter kind of, you know, spinning in on a dive mostly. we saw it go down and crash. >> in a, press conference governor mcauliffe demanded white supremacist go home. >> i have a message

jason kessler says the decision to move the rally from emancipation park in downtown charlottesville,of free speech. he is being represented by the virginia chapter of the aclu. the city says the event was moved to another venue due to security concerns. elsewhere in virginia-- a black hawk helicopter - making a surprise landing outside a school in mclean! the chopper made a precautionary landing at long fellow middle school thursday. it had to land because of a caution light in the cockpit. no one was hurt - and some kids got to go outside and take a closer look. seven is on your side with a surprising story on excessive drinking. an estimated one out of every eight americans struggles with an alcohol disorder. that's according to a new study published in jama psychiatry. it tracked drinking patterns among 40-thousand people ... between the years of 2002 and 2003, and then again from 2012 to 2013. between those two periods-- alcohol disorders rose from 8-percent to almost 13 percent. clear reason for the rise, researchers claim it constitutes a "public health crisis". and a different

downtown charlottesville. y: panic and horror in charlottesville, a car slams into counter protesters, a woman killed, 19 other hurt. adrianna: as people come together to unite against hate we are getting brand-new insight into the 20-year-old man now charged with murder. good morning, washington, i'm adrianna hopkins. larry: and i'm larry smith. first, let's get a check on our forecast from veronica johnson. getting warmer as we go through the week now? veronica: 90's, somethi than a week. the other thing we haven't really seen a lot of his tropical systems. now they are starting to heat up. down in the central atlantic will it will stay off the east from the east coast to bermuda, staying far out to tomorrow,ll still wednesday and possibly thursday with rough surf in britain currents as a result, including the outer banks down to the south and up to the north around atlantic city and even wildwood. wednesday is looking like the day that will be the brightest here locally and by the beach. upper 70's today and

we're in downtown charlottesville where jason kessler, the organiser of yesterday's white nationaliste a press conference but he was drowned out by shouts from the cloud of shame and thug and murderer. he spoke for a few minutes before the cloud chased off the street. he was met riot police who got into the police station. the riot police formed a defensive line with shields and it looks like kessler has now been taken out in an armoured vehicle. there are still a large group of protesters on the streets making speeches. tensions in cha rlottesville speeches. tensions in charlottesville remain high. there is no imminent threat of a nuclear war with north korea — so says the director of the cia, mike pompeo, amid heightened tensions in the region. mr pompeo says the us intelligence had a good idea of what was going on in pyongyang and that he wouldn't be surprised if it carried out another missile test. meanwhile, the head of the us military, generaljoseph dunford, has arrived in south korea for talks on the two countries' defence alliance, as well as north korea's nuclear and missile

i arrived at 9am in downtown charlottesville, and work of different fascists and white nationalist groupss park. police had already been deployed. it got pretty nasty pretty fast between them and the antifascist activists. i left for a while and went to a cafe nearby, and i watched a live stream for a while whilst waiting for my phone to charge, and violence had erupted already and it wasn't even noone yet. there had to be a federal court case this week to allow the event to ta ke case this week to allow the event to take place in this part. riot police came in and made everyone leave, so by noon, when the rally was supposed to start, it was already being shut down, and people were milling about. by down, and people were milling about. by 2pm, 3pm, everything had returned to normal to some degree. there was a police presence, the national guard, local police everywhere in the city. it was kind of frightening and unreal in some ways. that was chris suarez from one of the local newspapers. a photographer, ryan kelly, was covering the protest when the car ploughed into the crowd. kelly, was

for injuries and a three-vehicle crash the intersection of 4th street and wash street in downtown charlottesville. their injuries ranged from life-threatening to minor. the crash also claimed the life of a 32-year-old female pedestrian at the intersection as she was crossing the street. ofare still in the process notifying her next of kin, so we will not be releasing her information family. the suspect vehicle that left the scene of the crash was located moments later, and the male driver is in custody with charges pending. we are currently treating this as a criminal homicide investigation. i also want to extend my appreciation to the many individuals who witnessed the crash for helping us i provided statements, photos, and video evidence. again, the crash remains under investigation. where do we go from here? for right now, we are encouraging people to return home. please let our city of charlottesville start to recover from this. what the world saw today is not the place charlottesville is. we love our city. let us heal. this is not our story. outsiders do not tell our story. we will tell our

. >> a car just plowed through hundreds of people downtown charlottesville. >> reporter: this silver dodge challenger with ohio plates seen here in this video barreling down a hill. witnesses say it only stopped after it hit a van and another car. blocked in, the silver car went in reverse to get away. >> it hit like two or three other cars and pinned people in between cars, smashed into people. then, it was like a gray car with all tinted-out windows, and then he reversed out of there as quick as possible. he got away. >> how close were you to the car? >> i had to jump out of the way of it. it was already -- it had already hit maybe a couple of people, but the majority of people were behind me, i turned and saw it. >> reporter: people on the street frantically searching for their friends and family. others carrying the hurt, searching for help. authorities right now you can see have this intersection blocked off, they are looking through the crowd making sure that they have been able to find everyone in this area who was injured when those cars came through this intersection. ambula

good evening friends we start tonight from downtown charlottesville virginia we are just a few short steps away from the scene of the gruesome violence that unfolded over the weekend the city was primed for a clash when a group of all right white supremacy were met by a large group of counter protesters then james alex fields a twenty year old from ohio a white nationalist rammed his car into a group of protesters killing thirty two year old heather higher the president spoke up about the incident soon after condemning what he called hate on both sides earlier today the president revise his message in response to a backlash his words were not strong enough in condemning the violence the president referred to racism as an evil in called out the k.k.k. neo nazis as criminals and thugs racism is evil and those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs including the k.k.k. neo nazis white supremacists and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything we hold dear as americans. attorney general jeff sessions spoke in support of what he called the president's clear reject

the rally was allowed in downtown charlottesville, only after federal judge, last night overruled theecision by the city to have the rally moved away from the statue for safety reasons. the violence today was predated by three major rallies there. last night torch wielding supremacist marchand college campus. in july members of kkk should travel to charlottesville for a rally who are met by hundreds of counter protesters. and private white nationalists also protested there. we've seen this nationwide. in south carolina, protesting they did over the fit confederate flag after the murders of nine members of a historically black church. then nikki haley signed a law removing the federal flight from the state capital. though the issue is now currently being debated in the congressional race. after this, it was a chain reaction. august 2015, university of texas removed its statue of confederate of jefferson davis. in 2016, university of louisville in kentucky moved to 70-foot tall 12020-year-old -- off campus. april and may protest in new orleans and louisiana, the remove for confederate s

each employee at that law firm here in downtown charlottesville , just heartbroken, they can't believe what happened. they each received a pen empty today, we will never forget how much she impacted our lives. she celebrated five years at that law firm last week. her family and friends asking everyone who attended today to wear something purple. coming up later in the hour you will hear from her father and how he describes his very strong daughter. reporting live in charlottesville, john gonzalez. memorial will be broadcast on the wjla news app and our sister station, news 11:00l 8, beginning at this morning. are in our area last night, large crowd gathering on the steps of the lincoln memorial with a message that love defeats hate. vulgar graffiti covered up, someone tagging with an expert of. the parks service is working to scrub it clean. a paint thinner has been proven safe for the stone. it should take about a week to fully come off. adrianna: stunning information about the explosion and fire at the flower ridge apartments. they are out with a new report saying that federal invest

the aclu, sued the commonwealth of virginia to allow the white supremacists to march in downtown charlottesville. the judge upheld that. the commonwealth lost, they ruled against the commonwealth and that's how charlottesville got to that prime location. now there was a bit of walking back by the aclu. when it comes to firearms especially but also on twitter, the original tweet that aclu said, put up a picture, said this is the future that aclu members want and then criticisms flooded in. one said, a white kid with a flag? another said i thought another person read tweeted a white nationalist account. good point from kermit the frog. we are back with the panel. >> i think kermit the frog is a good metaphor and not in the way they believe. it shows in this sense the united states defining quality is the first amendment. here unlike so many other nations, we have the belief that maximal speech, even hate speech is protected. on this case, i think you see with them backing away with this stupid tweet to comments that were racist. the underlying notion they are, if you accept the premise, is that a

>> reporter: there's still a strong police presence in the downtown mall of charlottesville. the crime scene, the scene of that incredibly graphic collision that we've showed you is still cordonned off. police otherwise keeping a tight lip what their orders are, how long they will be posted up here. seems they don't know the answer to that question. there's a lot of uncertainty here, tensions remain high, as we saw thousands of protesters and counter protesters dispersed earlier from that rally, still uncertainty about where they have gone and if the outsiders who have come to town have left there will be this press conference starting shortly with governor mcauliffe of virginia as well as other state and local partners in charlottesville to address all that's transpired today. >> are you hearing from the people who witnessed the car plowing into the crowd of people? >> reporter: i did, ana. it was a really eye-opening conversation as graphic as those images that we've showed you are, to hear the per spspective these two young men were startling. they were disturbed by the vi

today mary mark signer called for the removal of the monuments downtown charlottesville.premacists and neo-nazis marched in favor of keeping the statue, and when a young woman, heather heyer, was killed in the charlotte attack, mike, thank you very much for being with us right now. my question to you, what has changed? these statues have been up for a long, time. the questions about them have been the same for a long, long time. so what's different now? >> i think everything changed last weekend. i think that was one of those moments in the nation's history where everything turns. i've been likening it in my mind to dylann roof doing the terrorist attack in charleston, to bull connor turning the water hoses on peaceful protesters in birmingham, or to joseph welch confronting mccarthy and saying at long last have you no decency? this is a moment when millions of people see things differently. and i would include myself among them. all of the sudden these monuments, these equestrian statues of civil war generals that were installed in the jim crow era, they became touchston

obviously tears were blowing, a very sad site here in downtown charlottesville. are learn ing more about the victim, 32 year old heather heyer. she is a parallel from charlottesville. and it turns out she was actually a victim's rights add row kate. her mother said she's absolutely devastated that she lost her daughter, but also said she's very proud of the way she actually died, that she was against what she perceived as natural list many, naziism and in effect racism and speaking of that, the suspect in all this, james fields junior, he will face a judge tomorrow via conference. that's owlt of concerns for his own safe tism of course he he is charged with second degree murder in connection with heather heyer's death and let's not forget the two virginia state police officers, he died in that helicopter crash. of course they were out here surveying the area to make sure that everything was going to be okay between the protestors and counter protestors when so sadly their chopper went down. thank you, joel. such an unnecessary loss of life out there. joel waldman

young woman, the 32-year-old who was killed by the right vigilante who mowed down people in downtown charlottesville on saturday. it will happen tomorrow at the fairmont theater, it's already on the marquee of the theater. united we stand, lives lost, but not forgotten. we understand that the police are going to take rate precautions to reserve security there. they told us in a statement as a chief said yesterday, charlottesville police are working with the family to assure safety, but we will not go into specifics. that's where they stand right now and charlottesville erie it all calm, but tensions still high across many of the confederate states. back to you. >> jon: doug mckelway, thank you. in the meantime, president trump coming out the mainstream media for criticizing his latest statement on the violence in charlottesville. the president is back in new york city now. he clarified his original response of the white house yesterday. >> racism is evil and those who fight in its name are responsible. including hate groups that are repugnant to everything we hold here as americans. >> jon: afterwar