here is what cnn's wolf blitzer said earlier, equating what happened in barcelona with charlottesville. watch. >> there will be questions about copycats, there will be questions about what happened in barcelona, was at all, at all a copycat version of what happened in charlottesville, virginia, even though there may be different characters, different political ambitions. they used the same killing device, a vehicle going at high speed into a group, a large group of pedestrians. elizabeth: okay. let's break this down. cnn also has reported terrorists using vehicles to kill people. it happened in nice, berlin, quebec, jerusalem, happened in columbus, ohio, london, barcelona. why try to equate it now with charlottesvillesome. >> because they need to draw some kind of line, or at least wolf blitzer certainly does. this is shameful. it's an anchor at a major

>> by what wolf blitzer said that?like that. >> no, i'm not worried about that. if you look at the reporting throughout the day, i've been watching shep who's been doing an amazing job for us. i'm not worried overall. i think there are certainly a number of stories and reporters and journalists at cnn, certainly like jake tapper, who are quite objective and fair, and i think people on the right certainly feel that way about him as well. i think that was a mistake, but it doesn't detract overall -- elizabeth: i hear you. go ahead, final word. >> it's a mistake if you don't conquer the prior person. this is why i encourage people to do full context. someone was saying this, wolf followed it. as a journalist, you challenge someone if they make a statement like that. he chose to -- >> or at least -- elizabeth: hear you. jessica, david, you guys have been terrific. thanks so much. we're going to stay on this story. we will have more after the break, don't go away. pleasure businesses count on communication, and communicatio

what is your reaction to wolf blitzer's astounding comments? >> he intentionally did that.wanted president trump's misstep this week to continue in the new cycle so they connected it to that. yeah this is part of president trump's rhetoric. he covers breaking news. he knows it. >> we are talking about march of this year. >> it's a new weapon. kennedy: pedestrians were mowed down on westminster bridge in april. in sweden and attack in a truck killing five people. there's event after event like this that have been happening for years now and wolf blitzer is that much of a dolt that he tried to tie it to charlottesville? >> i'm not going to deal with the word that all deal with an abbreviation. like twitter users ffs. you know that term jaw-dropping? it's unbelievable and i think clearly it's actually stupid. clearly therefore he was trying to politicize it. kennedy: i was watching shepherd smith masterfully laying out the events and asking pointed questions and getting real information and narrating as things were unfolding and that's exactly how you do it. we don't need this

blitzer. >> not just wolf blitzer, the moment is happened others at cnn as well.ant to refer, that trump is responsible for charlottesville he is a responsible for the terror attack in barcelona. this should worry everyone consumer of news who wants information. there is such an obsession, pathological fixation, that every single thing they see over there in the news, they will term through the lens of hating trump. stuart: that's true. >> now here we also have a ends are. the lens is the economy and business. there is a address, you address politics and other things, you recognize, look at impact on business and money and all of that. their lens is hate for the president. that means that it is going to color and affect, not just the way you cover something, but the way the individually view it and see it is tainted. to your point also, the about the president and nature of what is occurring here. the president reagan had partners in running the country. he had tip o'neill as example in congress. had a team in the white house to trust and supported him. he was alw

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> the breaking news this hour, the escalating war on words and threats between president trump and the kim regime. cnn says president trump's warning of fire and fury was improvised. it was also in a tweet touting

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room."

. >> no, wolf blitzer, of cnn, you are only one that would ask that dumb question.oining me washington time opinion editor charlie hurt, fox news contributor rachel campos duffy. charlie, he does not realize, wolf blitzer there have been 9 terrorist vehicle attacks in last 13 months in europe alone. it his knowledge so meager and his brain so vacious we lives in his own wolf world? >> wolf's dead. i think there is something, cnn and left media have so successfully wrapped this entire charlottesville thing around donald trump. that is his way of somehow blaming bar barcelona on donald trump. only comparison we should look at between charlottesville, and barcelona situation, is how insane this fracas is that we've been listening to for last week about how forcefully and when and how many times donald trump has denounced all of these hateful groups, this is so stupid. a situation like this, just reminds us how much time we waste listening to the idiots in the media talk about stuff that is not importance. greg: yeah. look, wolf blitzer is not a dumb man but that was a

i'm pretty sure it was collins out there who saw the blitzer coming off the edge. reached out and grabbed the blitzer. watch this right here on the tail end of it. he does his job. gets the first guy. sees the second guy. i think that's what ended up being called. >> al: time off the clock on these penalty plays. we're down to 26. and so still has -- if they ever get to it. tries to control in the middle. that's caught. probably use one here i would assume and they will as the catch is made by cayleb jones. going to make it third down and eight. i know one thing i'm happy they put the two-point diversion in. aren't you? >> cris: i think they'll go for the tie here. we'll get a lot of action. >> al: i'll take that bet. >> cris: yeah. you know, it would be a nice finish for heinicke to get this one in. clearly didn't practice much this week and he is just in pain sucking it up. trying to tie it up for al. >> al: yeah, sure. tie one on here. back foot is caught and seven yard line. did he stay inbounds? he did. they have to take a timeout here. they have one left and

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." we begin with breaking news. cnn has learned the house intelligence committee republican staff members traveled to london hoping to speak with a former british intelligence agent who compiled a dossier of alleged russian ties to donald trump's campaign. that according to a source familiar with the matter who says the staffers ultimately did not meet with christopher steele. also, president trump is beginning a 17-day vacation at the end of a tumultuous week. that's seen a dramatic escalation to the russian investigation by special counsel robert mueller. just hours after a revelation of a grand jury and subpoenas in the case, the president dismissed the russia story as, quote, a total fabrication. cnn is reporting tonight on russia's election interference. they are now telling us the fbi monitored social media on election day last year in an effort to track a suspected russian disinformation campaign spreading false stories and conspiracies, many aimed

i am wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> there's growing fallout from president trump's shocking remarks on the charlottesville violence. he may have derailed his presidency when he went off the rails, blaming both sides for the violence, equating racist hate groups with those who turned out to oppose them. top administration officials were stunned by the president's comments, but the white house is insisting he was, quote, entirely correct. and sources tell cnn the president is without regret. white supremacists are cheering the president but across the country, there's anger and dismay, and the president's own party has been thrown into turmoil, both former presses bush issued a statement saying america must always reject racial bigotry, anti-semitism and hatred. key gop lawmakers are calling out president trump by name, the nation's top military commanders have condemned racism and extremism, and tonight a former cia director is speaking out exclusively to cnn saying president trump is,

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> we're following breaking news and a huge reversal from the trump team after weeks of denying the president was involved in the misleading initial statement about his son's meeting with a russian attorney during the presidential campaign. today white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders told reporters the president, quote, weighed in as any father would, closed quote. that undercuts repeated denials from the president's personal attorney and raises serious questions about whether members of the trump team and even potentially the president himself could be in some sort of legal jeopardy. the top democrat on the senate intelligence committee, senator mark warner, is complaining that even though the administration keeps saying there is nothing to the russian story, they don't act that way at all. senator warner tells cnn it seems a bit strange, he says, that the president of the united states helped draf

"the situation room" with wolf blitzer starts right now. >>> happening now, breaking news. in the deluge, tropical storm harvey hammers communities near the texas-louisiana border. the port arthur mayor says his entire city is under water. an emergency shelter and a nursing home are flooded and officials are pleading for more rescue boats. >>> rescue mission. emergency workers and volunteers take their boats door to door, evacuating people trapped by the flooding. our crews are out on the water with live coverage. >>> death toll rising. as the sun finally breaks through over parts of the disaster zone and some waters recede, rescuers find more bodies. the storm's death toll now up to 28 and is expected to rise. >>> pushing tax cuts. as the debate begins on how to pay for the recovery in texas and louisiana, president trump hits the road, calling for sweeping stacks cutax cuts. right now he's only offering an outline. does anybody have the actual numbers? we want to welcome our viewers around the world. wolf blitzer is out and i'm jim sciutto in the situation room. >>> urgen

i'm pretty sure it was collins out there who saw the blitzer coming off the edge. reached out and grabbed the blitzer. watch this right here on the tail end of it. he does his job. gets the first guy. sees the second guy. . being called. >> al: time off the clock on these penalty plays. we're down to 26. and so still has -- if they ever get to it. tries to control in the middle. that's caught. probably use one here i would assume and they will as the catch is made by cayleb jones. going to make it third down and eight. i know one thing i'm happy they put the two-point diversion in. aren't you? >> cris: i think they'll go for the tie here. we'll get a lot of action. >> al: i'll take that bet. >> cris: yeah. you know, it would be a nice finish for heinicke to get this one in. clearly didn't practice much this week and he is just in pain sucking it up. trying to tie it up for al. >> al: yeah, sure. tie one on here. back foot is caught and seven yard line. did he stay inbounds? he did. they have to take a timeout here. they have one left and they do take it for the fir

he's looking at a white house. . >> i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the situation room. and he hopes that recent white house shake-ups might tame president trump's twitter are proved false. the president made a tirade a few moments ago against senator blumenthal who he has targeted previously and he will join us shortly to talk about the president's attacks and the russia investigation. >>> meanwhile, deputy attorney general rod rosenstein is defending the probe, saying it's not a fishing expedition as critics have charged. with the investigation said to have now expanded to send troops to russia, robert muller can enlarge the scope of his probe if it's deemed appropriate. >>> and north korea is vowing the u.s. will pay dearly for tough sanctions approved by the united nations as punishment for pyongyang's aggressive nuclear program. north korea says it won't negotiate on its nuclear and missile programs under any circumstances. we're covering all of that, much more this hour with our guests, including senator richard blumenthal of the judiciary committee who was attacke

i'm pretty sure it was collins out there who saw the blitzer coming off the edge. reached out and grabbed the blitzer. watch this right here on the tail end of it. he does his job. gets the first guy. sees the second guy. i think that's what ended up being called. >> al: time off the clock on these penalty plays. we're down to 26. and so still has -- if they ever get to it. tries to control in the middle. that's caught. probably use one here i would assume and they will as the catch is made by cayleb jones. going to make it third down and eight. i know one thing i'm happy they put the two-point diversion in. aren't you? >> cris: i think they'll go for the tie here. we'll get a lot of action. >> al: i'll take that bet. >> cris: yeah. you know, it would be a nice finish for heinicke to get this one in. clearly didn't practice much this week and he is just in pain sucking it up. trying to tie it up for al. >> al: yeah, sure. tie one on here. back foot is caught and seven yard line. did he stay inbounds? he did. they have to take a timeout here. they have one left and

i turn you over to wolf blitzer in the situation room. thank you for watching. >>> happening now, breaking news. nuclear warhead. cnn has learned that u.s. intelligence now thinks north korea has produced a miniaturized missile-ready nuclear weapon. has kim jong- >>> fire and fury, they say they will be met with unprecedented power. are these words escalating the already very tense situation. >>> a new cnn poll reveals a crisis of credibility for the president with a message for north korea. >>> president trump on a working vacation. is there a strategy to his on-line outbursts? >> i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." > >>> we're following breaking news. disturbing news from north korea. u.s. intelligence analysts has assessed that north korea has produced a miniaturized nuclear warhead. experts say it's only a matter of time before the kim jong-un regime can launch a nuclear missile, and the country's foreign minister says its nuclear program is non-negotiable. president trump responded with a stunning threat saying the unit

call, visit or go to xfinitymobile.com. >>> hello, i'm wolf blitzer, it's 1:00 p.m.m. in jerusalem, wherever you're watching around the world, thank you. the president ignited a firestorm when he equated hate groups in charlottesville with the people who were there to protest against them. >>

i'm going to turn it over to wolf blitzer. he's in "the situation room." >>> happening now, inundated devastation. houston struggling to cope with the disaster of extraordinary scale. thousands have been taken to safety, but countless others are still waiting for help. we're on the water and in the air. >>> unrelenting pain. parts of houston have seen more than 49 inches of rain, a record for the continental u.s. dams and levees cannot hold any more water with more on the way. perhaps another foot of rain as tropical storm harvey just won't quit. >>> in the storm zone, president trump gets a briefing on the catastrophe from emergency managers and government officials. inside the zone he is vowing disaster response better than ever before. >>> and all options. the president responds to north korea's latest missile launch with a not so failed military threat, saying that all options are on the table. cnn is the only western network reporting from pyongyang. we'll take you there live. wolf blitzer is off, i'm jim sciutto, and you

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the situation room. >>> after joining the rest of the nation and watching the solar eclipse, putting on sme l special glasses to view the rare event, the president is focusing in on afghanistan where the united states has been at war for almost 16 years. tonight's address follows a major review of america's afghan strategy and the president, who in the past has often scoffed at the u.s. military involvement there, he has to convince the american public that he has chosen the right path moving forward. he's been given various options ranging from full withdrawal to boosting the current deployment of more than 8,000 u.s. troops. but will the president stick to the script? there will be close scrutiny after he went off the rails last week at an event that was supposed to focus in on an infrastructure going on to equate the white supremacist encounter, protestors who clashed in charlottesville. four new polls in key battleground states. in wisconsin, pennsylvania, virginia and m

i'm wolf blitzer. it's 10:00 a.m. in phoenix. 1:00 p.m. isn't jerusalem.ver you're watching from around the world, thanks very much for joining us. >>> right now, president donald trump is wheels up on his way to arizona. the president continues to march to his own drum, following up on last night's nationally televised address on afghanistan with a campaign-style rally in phoenix later today's in his speech last night, the president admitted he has changed course on afghanistan saying he originally wanted to pull all u.s. troops out of afghanistan and the war there for the united states, but now will actually

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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> breaking news, two days after he failed to condemn white supremacists for violence in charlottesville, virginia, president trump is finally calling out the kkk and the neo-nazis, declaring them repugnant and saying racism is evil, following blistering criticism, much of it from other republicans, the president stressed that the justice department has opened a civil rights probe, but made no mention of domestic terrorism. a 20-year-old ohio man faces multiple charges, including second degree murder for the car attack that killed one person and injured 19 others. the suspect was denied bail in the first court appearance today. a former high school teacher says the suspect held radical views on race and was in fach wait waited with the nazis. >>> and following missiles toward guam. new signs that north korea has moved at least one mobile missile launcher. the united states is sticking with plans for war games in south korea. america's top military comm

be up for it >>> hello, i'm wolf blitzer, it's 1:00 p.m. here in washington. it's 3:00 a.m.am, whatever you're watching around the world. we begin with the dramatic war of words and the heightened tensions between the united states and north korea. we're just getting a statement from defense

when i think of wolf blitzer.s quite delusional and has not been around for quite some time. the terrorists have been using this vehicular attack, the stereo style attack going back to bastille day in nice, france. the christmas market. what we have seen happen in england. everything has to be about what their message du jour's. everyone is a neo-nazi or clans member if they don't along along with their agenda. you maxine waters and other members of the democratic party -- they still fight for planned parenthood, a well-known white supremacist. >> kimberly: unbelievable, really. when you look at the facts and historical records, it tells quite a different tale. into dovetail on your comments, you have a lot of these jihad inspired magazines -- talking about a terrorist playbook of what you need to do. that's been widely distributed in terms of using vehicles to commit acts of terror. this isn't something that just fell out of the terror lap. >> yeah, you're absolutely right. this has been something going on for qu

i'm wolf blitzer. 1:00 p.m. in washington. 6:00 p.m. in london. you're watching from around the world thanks for joining us. president trump facing more fallout over his response to the deadly violence in charlottesville, virginia. within the past hour, another business executive, scott paul, president of the alliance for american manufacturing, resigned saying it is the right thing to do.

i'm wolf blitzer. it's 1:00 p.m. here in washington. 8:00 p.m. in moscow. 1:00 a.m.pines in ma milla. wherever you're watching from around the world, thanks very much for joining us. >>> president trump marks his 200 day in office taking direct aim at the news media and touting his base, but also facing major challenges here in the united states and indeed abroad. the president is at his golf club in new jersey. and the white house is calling it a working vacation. he tweeted today that his base is bigger and stronger than ever, despite the news media. meanwhile, in manila, secretary of state rex tillerson and

because the time to think about tomorrow is today. >>> hello i'm wolf blitzer. it's 1:00 p.m.washington, 8:00 p.m. in moscow. 1:30 a.m. saturday in pyongyang, north korea. wherever you're watching from around the world thanks very much for joining us. >>> first it was fire and fury. now it's lock and loaded. those are the latest towards from president trump in the verbal confrontation with north korea. earlier today president trump tweeted this -- "military solutions are now fully in place. locked and loaded should north korea act unwisely. hopefully king jong-un will find another path." on the front page of the "pacific daily news" in guam, ominous headline, 14 minutes. how long officials say it would take for missiles from north korea to reach that island of guam. first i want to get to all of that, but there are new

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>>> hello, i'm wolf blitzer, it's 1:00 p.m. here in washington. 8:00 p.m. in moscow.rld, thank you for joining us. up first, president trump tackled some major issues, with a new plan to limit legal immigration into the united states. the president has just signed a bill to impose additional sanctions on russia, but it also restricts his ability to ease restrictions on moscow and he announced a trump to restrict immigration in the uni

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> breaking tonight, the president who railed against the war in afghanistan as a private citizen is about to outline his strategy for america's longest military conflict. he'll deliver a prime time address to the nation about three hours from now. mr. trump's national security team has given him a range of options from full withdrawal to the deployment of up to 4,000 additional u.s. troops. the commander in chief trying to move forward, but still embattled on multiple fronts. a just released poll show americans, 56%, disapprove of his response to the white supremacists rally and violence in charlottesville. >>> we are also following the search for ten u.s. sailors missing after their war ship collided with a commercial tanker. it's the fourth accident this year for an american navy ship in asian waters. u.s. navy chief of operations now ordering a comprehensive review, including a rare one day safety stand down

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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the situation room. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> we are following breaking news on a deadly new terror attack and a man hunt underway. a van mowing down pedestrians in a popular tourist area racing down the street at nearly 50 miles per hour screaming victims unable to get away. officials in barcelona, spain say 13 people have been killed, more than 100 injured. isis is claiming attackers are soldiers of the islamic state. the driver of the van still on the loose and police are searching for him this hour. police also say two other suspects have been arrested one from morocco and the other from a spanish onclave in africa. president trump is condemning the attack and attempting to sound tough by citing a debunk version from more than 100 years ago. the president inflaming a racially charged issue in an apparent effort to change the subject from criticized remarks about the violence in charlottesville. sources say the president's chief strategist knew that a controversia

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the situation room. >>> breaking news, president trump is in arizona right now about to hold a rally aimed at firing up his base amid dropping poll numbers and a white house in chaos. it's his first trip as president to arizona where he made immigration a key and controversial theme of his 2016 race. and it's his first public rally since he was widely condemned for his remarks on the white supremacist rampage in charlottesville, virginia. thousands of opposition protesters are expected to turn out tonight, and the democratic mayor of phoenix called on the president to delay his visit, saying he had, quote, doused racial tensions with gasoline. top arizona republicans are staying away. the president has been feuding with gop senator jeff flake, and there is speculation he may use this visit, may use the visit to endorse flake's primary opponent, and the president has said he's considering a pardon for former sheriff joe arpaio, an early supporter who is awaiting sentencing on

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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the situation room. >>> we're following breaking news. an intense debate in the white house briefing room as one of the president's top advisers defends a plan to dramatically cut legal immigration. the proposed law would remake the current immigration system by weighing the skills of would-be immigrants and limiting the family members they could bring with them. we're also following new polls on president trump, including one that shows his approval rating falling to only 33%. that's the lowest number recorded in the ongoing quinnipiac surveys about the president's performance. the poll also shows more of the approval decline was among republicans than democrats or independents. and after waiting six days, the president has signed the russia sanctions bill, punishing moscow for its interference in the u.s. presidential election. but mr. trump made his displeasure with the bill clear with a signing statement, calling it seriously flawed and encroaching on his authority with, quote, unconstitutional provisions. russia's prime minister says

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> breaking news this hour, president trump flips the switch again, urging unity in a scripted speech to the american legion just hours after his angry and divisive rant at a campaign rally in phoenix. as mr. trump bounces from unplugged fury to teleprompter aided restraint. questions are raised about his fitness force office. the former director of national intelligence james clapper says he's worried about the president's access to nuclear codes, calling it, quote, pretty darn scary. there were many stunning moments during the president's 77-minute tirade. among other things, he defended his response to the white supremacists violence in charlottesville, virginia by acting as though he never said some of his most offensive lines including his claim that, quote, many sides were to blame. >>> also breaking, new statements tonight from both the senate majority leader and the white house insisting mitch mcconnell a

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the situation room. >>> breaking news. hurricane harvey is now a major category 3 storm with winds at 125 miles an hour. it's hammering the texas coast right now with landfall expected tonight. 17 million people are under storm warnings and the head of the federal emergency management agency, fema, says texas is about to have a very significant disaster. the immediate concern is a catastrophic storm surge in which a wall of water up to 12 feet high is expected to slam into the coast. fema's director says that part of the storm has the potential to kill the most people and cause the most damage. but that's just the beginning. this storm is expected to stall, dumping rain on south texas and parts of louisiana into the middle of next week. make that a lot of rain. more than 2 feet in many areas and up to close to 3 feet in rain in some places. the combination could lead to place being uninhabitable for weeks and months. people on the coast were urged to evacuate before the stor

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i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room.now. >>> outfront next, president trump lashing out at critics questioning his fitness for office, including the country's former top spy. i talked to james clapper about trump's angry response. i'll give you his revealing side of the story. plus, is the president trying to pressure republicans to shield him from the russia investigation? new details about a phone call with a leading senator. and more fall out from trump's charlottesville comments. a top rabbi will not even get on the phone with the president. let's get outfront. >>> i'm jim sciutto in again to want for erin

i send you over to wolf blitzer in the situation room. thanks for watching. >>> happening now, breaking news. back on script after an off the rails rant in phoenix after he manually attacked news media, democrats and members of his own party. president trump was back on script today in reno calling for unity in a speech to veterans. divide and prompter. how did the president go overnight from an ad-libbe ad-libbed diatribe to a speech read from a teleprompter? >>> downright scary. former intelligence leader james clapper calls the president downright scary. he openly worries about his access to the nation's nuclear codes. >>> plus, weird and ego driven. north korea's regime accuses president trump of starting rubbish and posting weird and ego-driven thoughts on twitter. but the president says he believes kim jong-un is, quote, starting to respect us. >>> i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> breaking news, just hours after an angry divisive rant at a phoenix campaign rally, presiden

i'm wolf blitzer in washington. fredricka whitfield is off. following domestic terrorism in charlottesville. fallout and victims. learned the identity of the woman killed in that horrific car assault. 32-year-old heather chha heyer. left more than 30 people injured. today's virginia's govern is defending the police response. >> i want to thank the men and women, local, state and federal, our law enforcement personnel who put their lives on the line yesterday to protect us. [ applause ] not one single shot was fired. with all of these weapons, no property damage. they kept us safe. >> police are bracing for more positive violence, though, after clashes broke out before a white supremacist rally in charlottesville, virginia, on sard. the unthinkable happened. a crowd plowed into a large crowd of protestors. the man suspected to be the driver charged with murder. he will be arraigned in court tomorrow. the man's mother saying her son drove from ohio to take part in that rally, that she thought had something to do with

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i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room. erin burnett outfront starts right now. >>> outfront next, no apology, no regrets. president trump defiant in the face of growing criticism at home and around the world. can the damage be undone? >>> plus a former fbi agent on how the clan and neo-nazis are celebrating words. >>> and the next possible battleground over a statue. let's go outfront. >>> good evening everyone. i'm kate baldwin. president trump defiant and not apologizing in the wake of his extraordinary defense of white supremacists saying both sides share blame for the deadly violence in charlottesville. tonight the president increasingly isolated. the widespread condemnation growing louder. ceos abandoning the president. two of trump's business advisor counsels are disbanding. world leaders from germany, ireland, the uk, even iran coming out against trump's words. both presidents bush issued a statement calling if r the rejection of bigotry and hatred in all its forms. former cia director writing to our wolf blitzer th

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> breaking tonight, sources tell cnn that president trump is without regret even as a crisis of his own making grows more explosive by the hour. his raging unscripted remarks about the charlottesville attacks leaving many americans shocked, sad and even appalled while white supremacists appear to feel emboldened. some top republicans including senators lindsey graham, john mccain and marco rubio now are directly rebuking the president by name for reverting to his claim that both sides were to blame for the violence. graham accusing mr. trump of dividing the nation. the president also is feeling the heat from corporate america. two of his advisory councils have now been disbanded as more and more ceos resigned no protest. america's top generals, the joint chiefs of staff, they are publicly taking a stand against racial hatred and extremism after the commander in chief's remarks. >>> also tonight, former cia direc

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> we're following breaking news. president trump saying the words he refused to say for two days. he now specifically condemning racist groups and their role in the attacks in charlottesville, virginia. mr. trump sticking to a prepared script declaring that racism is evil and calling out the kkk, neo-nazis and white supremacist as repugnant. his remarks came at the white house after republicans as well as democrats have been expressing outrage over his initial response to the weekend violence in charlottesville when he suggested that many sides were to blame. >>> also tonight, the suspect in the deadly cara ta attack is be held without bond charged with second degree murder. james alex fields is accused of plowing his car into a crowd of protesters at the so-called unite the right valley killing 32-year-old heather heyer. >>> and the north korea crisis, cnn has learned kim jong-un's regime has moved at least one