charlottesville resident heather hair was killed in the crash. dozens of others were injured. his case will next be presented to a grand jury in order to get an indictment. during the his preliminary hearing on thursday, tensions flared again on the streets of charlottesville. some members of the klan were in town for the hearing. [ screaming ] >> do not come into our city and try to rewrite history! >> reporter: in addition to fields, three other people have preliminary hearings on thursday including richard preston, who allegedly fired a gun at the rally. the charges were certified against all three men. their cases are set to go before a grand jury. but the tensions between the whites and counter-protestors is not expected to die down soon. >> i feel like we should have had this resolve and i'm taking a stand to push back against it because i think when people don't step up, it becomes a problem. >> reporter: this month an independent review blasted the charlottesville police department for its response to the august protests. i'm john lawrence reporting. >>> earlier this w

>> reporter: this is a preliminary hearing and it is happening down in charlottesville.is against james field, jr., charged with second degree murder. this is to determine whether there is enough evidence to go to trial. we should also tell you there are three other defrts who are also in the charlottesville courtroom facing lesser charges and this just came in moments ago. we have learned that those three cases have been certified to go on to a grand jury. that means within the moment, fields is going to be going in front of a judge. given how violent the clashes became this pastu down there. dozens of police are intact cal gear. they are surrounding this courthouse today. these are images tweeted out from our sister station in charlottesville and we're going to get video to add to that in the next hour. i am told there are two police choppers. they are patrolling snipers on area roofs. all because of this we saw in august. chaos rocking charlottesville following one of the largest gatherings of white nationalists and far-right extremists in a decade. they were upset wi

he's of expected to present his findings to the charlottesville city council today. >> time to get an update on traffic with erin como. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> and mike thomas talking weather. >> good morning. how was your weekend. >> went too fast. >> have you ever gone in and said man, that was a long weekend. >> never have i ever. >> i don't think so. >> not on a monday anyway. weekend was good. we had temperatures up near 60 yesterday. we'll be right there later on today. enjoy the next day or so 'cause then the big cold is coming later this week. >> bottom falls out. >> bottom falls out a little bit. there's a check of your satellite and radar. not too much going on. you can see there's a little stretch of clouds coming through ohio into west virginia, kind of this zone right here, that's going to try and move across here over the next few hours so we'll mix with some cloud cover today and then as we move into the day tomorrow, more and more clouds going to move in. have some rain showers have for your tuesday afternoon. 38 degrees reagan national right now but s

right now the courthouse in charlottesville is surrounded by police officers intact cal gear. they have choppers above patrolling, snipers on area roofs. all of this to protect against any potential violence. and that's because what we saw back in august, you are looking at some of those images, white naggalists descending on charlottesville. they were upset with a city council vote to remove a confederate statue. as you see it, chaos broke out rocking the city. now, after that of both white nationalists and counter protesters, both different groups converging in downtown charlottesville, and that's what happened. as they were initially peacefully marching, the counter demonstrators, the car drove across the downtown mall, ramming the crowd, and it was in that moment that heather heyer lost her life. that hearing underway right now. new developments coming in really every few minutes now. so, we'll keep you updated on that. all of this to determine if fields will go forward to trial, it will first be a grand jury, then trial. if convicted he could face up to 40 years in prison

and far-right violence is on the rise -- that was clear even before the horrors of charlottesville. according to recent fbi statistics, 7615 people were the victims of hate crimes in 2016. that's 400 more than the previous year. and those are only official figures. people are often victimized because of their skin color, sexual orientation, or religious affiliation. this kind of prejudice is something a muslim community close to hancock in the state of new york is more than familiar with. reporter: hancock is a small town in the state of new york. it's surrounded by idyllic countryside, farmland, forests , and the delaware river -- a favorite haunt of fishing enthusiasts. and this summer, a rallying point for the new far-right movement. this video is from the so-called "proud boys" organization. the convoy is headed for the small muslim community of "islamberg," not far from hancock. pax: this is a problem. the fact that there are places in the united states -- >> that are no-go zones. pax: yeah. >> that's what they want to establish, just like they did in europe. no-go zones. and t

an independent review finds big problems with the way that police responded to the rallies in charlottesville back in october. many officers failed to protect right to be safe. >> this is something that was a tinder box. but we have to do better. and the city needs to be committed to doing better from top to bottom. >> i'm committed to implementing the recommendations in this report in order to have a united charlottesville. >> the review says that the school resource officer who was supposed to keep cars from driving into the crowd had been pulled because of fears about her safety, which then left an alt-right protester a clear path to plow his car into dozens of people and kill heather heyer. police failed to keep pro event r. testers and counter protesters apart. >>> the national parks service has approved a $227 million plan to repair and rehabilitate the memorial bridge into arlington. it is 85 years old. it carries nearly 70,000 cars a y. crossings. that project will begin in the fall of next year. it should be done by 2021. here is what is important. at least three lanes of traffic wil

finding very fine people among those people who were in charlottesville is unacceptable. sending out that tweet is unacceptable, to tweet about the muslims. he will tolerate the k.k.k. to a greater extent than he will islam. that's all unacceptable. this president is unfit. he has committed high misdemeanors. andrew johnson was impeached for less. and articles of impeachment will be brought against him today around noon. >> congressman, i know you have to go. before you do, did want to ask how's houston? are you getting what you need? >> no. the state of texas isn't, but florida isn't and certainly the islands in puerto rico, they are not. this congress seems to be bent on returning billions to billionaires at the expense of the person whose really need some help right now. it seems to be a notion in the congress that the very rich need more to do more and the very poor can do more with less. there seems to be a belief that if you give money to the people at the top, somehow they willful fill a social responsibility or some kind of obligation to make sure it gets down to

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. >>> next, the suspect who's accused of driving through the crowd in charlottesville protests killingurt today. outside that courthouse protesters squaring off with white supremacists and president trump speaking to president putin on the phone late today. we're just getting word of what they talked about. we'll be back. 's good. lica misses you. i'm over it though. (laughter) that's fine. i miss her more than you anyway. ♪ ♪ hey, my window is closing. yeah that's okay. alright miles. i love you. (phone hangs up) ♪ ♪ yeah i love you too. ♪ ♪ but having his parents over was enlightening. ♪ you don't like my lasagna? no, it's good. -hmm. -oh. huh. [ both laugh ] here, blow. blow on it. you see it, right? is there a draft in here? i'm telling you, it's so easy to get home insurance on progressive.com. progressive can't save you from becoming your parents. but we can save you money when you bundle home and auto. progressive can't save you from becoming your parents. was supposed to be a wake reup call for our government?sh people all across the country lost their savings, their pensions a

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charlottesville police were criticized for their response. the police chief said they had a plan in place for the demonstration, but due to the violence, officers had to alter those plans. >>> you might remember this couple that was caught on camera claiming they owned a mansion. it looks like they are in more trouble with the police. antonio caldwell and mia waddell never showed up to court yesterday. police say they went looking for them and found them trespassing in another home. this time on lanier place in adams morgan. they're moorish nationalists and have sovereign rights to the property they said. the homeowner from the first >> i'm terrified they could come back here. they're very scary people. >> that was the interview the original homeowner did with our mark segraves. they've been arrested again and will now be facing new charges. >>> back to the breaking news in gaithersburg. road closure that could impact your commute today. >> melissa, this is a big problem. >> this is a big problem for a lot of folks. this is north frederick av

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fine people among those neo-nazis in charlottesville is unacceptable. sending out that tweet about the muslims is unacceptable. he will tolerate the kkk to a greater extent than he will islam. that is on its of the mole. this president has committed high misdemeanors. andrew johnson was impeached or less. articles of impeachment will be brought against him today. host: i know you have to go. before you do, how is houston, are you getting what you need? guest: well, no. the state of texas is not. florida is not. certainly, the islands in puerto rico are not. bentcongress seems to be on returning billions to oflionaires, at the expense the least, the last, the people that really need help right now. there seems to be a notion in congress that the very rich need more, need to do more, and that the very poor can do more with less. it seems to be a belief that if you give money to people at the fulfill aow they will social responsibility, obligation to make sure it gets down to those at the bottom. if they were really sincere with this legislation, they woul

posts like these promoted the charlottesville protest, which drew people from 35 states.rgest white supremacy rally in 15 years. the most common hashtag for racist tweets now is "white genocide." >> picciolini: and it's these types of things that appeal to young people who, frankly, are living in an environment right now where it's tough to find something to believe in. >> pelley: today, picciolini is trying to give white supremacists something else to believe in. he says he's counseled 200 members of the movement. >> picciolini: you've got to be dealing with some stress, and i want to know how you're dealing with it. >> pelley: he's sought out by parents and courts. windows and painted swastikas on a synagogue was sentenced to a year of counseling with picciolini. dean chabot is another neo-nazi who followed picciolini out of white supremacy. dean, do you consider yourself to be out, or do you consider yourself to be in the process? >> dean chabot: i am completely out. actually, doing this interview is the final step. >> pelley: how so? >> chabot: once this airs, there's

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number three, violent protests in charlottesville. people around the nation turned to charlottesville, virginia in august when white is you prsupr and members of the far right took part in what they called a unite the right rally. brawls broke out between the demonstrators and those posed to him forcing the governor to declare a state of emergency. later that day, a gray dodge challenger drove into a crowd of counter protesters injured 19 people and killed 32-year-old heather heyer. former president obama tweeted out this image with a nelson mandela quote as his caption. no one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion. that became the second most retweeted post of 2017 and the most liked tweet of all time. number two, #me too. 2o 17 may well be arm said as r as the me too move: they told their stories of sexual misconduct, harassment and assault. >> he exposed himself and he just began masturbating in front of me and i stood there kind of frozen. >> after another, high profile me

could be tough. >> the man accused of @ deadly attack in charlottesville, virginia faces an upgraded charge of first-degree murder. james fields intentionally rammed his car into a crowd of counter protesters. authorities revealed 35 people were hurt in the attack in august. a lot more pleasant here. lucky "star wars" fans got the chance to see last jedi before it opens nationwide tomorrow. there the are plenty of surprises along the journey. >> amc is showing the movie. without giving anything away, these fans say they loved it. >> it's not like any other movie. >> it was action packed. i loved it. you never know what happened next. >> some plan to see it a second time. "star wars" is produced by disney, the parent company of channel6. anchor sharrie wi williams wento the source. here's her interview with ryan johnson. >> all right, the mastermind. what have went into the thought process of putting this together? >> i was trying to draw a line of where the force awakened left off. it was an amazing introduction for each of them. where does it make sense for them to go next? i wasn't

wax more from the cities tour in charlottesville. on the beginning of her career as u.s. poet laureate. [applause] >> the 2011 national medal of arts for her contributions to american letters and her service of the united states from 1993 to 1995. blends criticism, critique and politics. they cultivated popular interest in the arts.

ahead at 5:00, violence in charlottesville. attack outside the courthouse.ople at the unite the right valley faced a judge. and the damage that is coming from t train. a new warning about parents who cosleep with children. this is about the parent's health. we talk about that at 5:00. alison and i will see you in a few minute. jonathan: thank you. some pediatric cancer parents were feeling merry today. nancy: santa and mrs. clause surprised them with a visit at the mercy hospital. michelle: mike carter-conneen reports they didn't come empty handed. mike: escorted by the elves. santa made an early christmas appearance at medstar georgetown university hospital. >> has everybody been good? >> all right. for 30 years they organized the event to visit medstar georgetown and inova fairfax hospital. >> you see the children light up. >> it is a lot of fun. the kids we work wit out or normal kid stuff. most of the kids have a medical condition to prevent them from going to the mall or the fire house or wherever to meet santa. >> children were treated to a buffet of c

the events in charlottesville, the fight to remove confederate statues, the nfl against police brutality, jeff sessions at the helm of the justice department and, yes, president trump. we'll get to all of this. but we begin in that weekend in august when a ral lily of white nationalists at the university of virginia turned into a tragic, tragic weekend. we have a great panel today. a writer for the atlantic. mar maria teresa kuma is the president of vota latina and the host of "the beat" here on msnbc and our chief legal correspondent. and robert strahan, the msnbc analyst who is also a former bush-cheney sr. adviser and vp of communications at the bipartisan policy center. let me go to you first. we claim in the year with a lot of concerns about voter id, voter suppression, the president saying that he was going to have a commission on voter fraud, criminal justice. we made some movements to deal with police reform with the president obama commission which many of the states moving forward in terms of changing some of the policing, body cameras and all. we came into the year dealing wit

the violence in charlottesville and national anthem protests. let's bring in james peterson, msnbc contributor and director of african-american studies and eddie glaude and ken blackwell a member president trump's voter fraud commission and former ohio secretary of state. good afternoon to all of you gentlemen. >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon. >> james, there's a lot to get to here so let's kind of take this a step at a time and start with president trump's handling of the violence in charlottesville. so many people believe this moment encapsulates the impact he's had on race relations. do you agree? how big of a moment was that, the words that you heard there at the top of this interview? >> well, it was one in a long list of powerful indicators that this president is a fairly devout racist. but sheinelle, i want to take one step back and help folks understanding that racism is real and racism has real consequences. >> is he racist or just insensitive toward racial issues? people get all hot and bothered when you say the word "racist." wha

"mooch," david duke was at this rally, in charlottesville.e promises of donald trump, that is why they, the klan, voted for donald trump. >> mm-hmm. >> stephen: are there elements of white supremacy within the white house right now? >> no. >> stephen: is steve bannon a white supremacist? >> again, i don't think he's a white supremacist. i've never asked him if he's a white supremacist. what i don't like though is the toleration of it. it's something that should be completely and totally intolerated. ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: okay. >> so for me, you have to understand most people in this audience and perhaps your family and definitely my family has experienced some level of discrimination, so i find it disgusting and reprehensible and i will renounce it every living day of my life. >> stephen: do you feel burned by your experience at the white house? you were there for ten days-- >> no, no, no, absolutely not. >> stephen: --you were extremely loyal to the president. even at this point after you were shown the door as it were, do you

in charlottesville. we also saw what happened after charlottesville, when the biggest gatherings of all rejected fear and rejected hate, and the decency and good will of the american people came out. that's how we rise. we don't -- we don't rise up by repeating the past, we rise up by learning by the past, and by listening to each other. and knowing that we're all flawed. >> ron, he plays a singular role for democrats on the campaign trail. >> oh, my god, i miss that man. i mean, tomorrow's the nine-month anniversary of donald trump taking office. it's just hard to sometimes even remember that we had a president who appealed to people by talking about the goodness of our country, not by calling people losers and sad. a president who could talk about our history of richness and texture and pulling people together to build a better country, not someone devoted to tearing us apart and fanning the flames of division. i think to see president obama out there tonight with this message, it's obviously a very ef