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that was the police chief, al thomas there in charlottesville, virginia fielding questions from reporters. he gave a list of some of the things that the police departmentover the weekend to try to deal with this horrible tragedy there in charlottesville. one of the questions that he was asked by reporters is whether or not he had any regrets to which he didn't answer. he just said they truly regrets that day and he blames this alt right group for that tragedy that ensued. i have with me former fbi assistant ron hosco. you think that more could have been, should have been done? did the police do what they need to do in light of what transpired? >> you know, trish, i think we'll need a little bit more time to fully evaluate the police actions. but you know what is true in the military circles is true in law enforcement. that no plan survives first contact with the enemy. here we have the chief describing how they had an agreement with these protest groups on the right, and almost immediately the expected response from the groups broke down with them coming into this park from different directions. part of the plan has to be, you have enough resources to

charlottesville. police are giving an update. let's listen in. >> before i begin on behalf of every member of thpolice are gi. let's listen in. >> before i begin on behalf of every member of the charlottesville police department, i want to take a moment to send our deepest condolences to the family of the three virginia residents who lost as you know, charlottesville resident heather heyer was struck down by a vehicle exercising her peaceful right to speech. the city stated earlier that while it will never make up for the loss of a member of our community we will pursue charges against the driver of the vehicle that caused her death and are confident justice will prevail. the virginia state police lieutenant cullen and trooper pilot bates were working with the charlottesville police department this past weekend to protect our community. these men also gave their lives in the line of duty and the gratitude to them cannot be overstated. the loss is a loss for us all and we mourn with the families and colleagues. we are working with the heyer family to ensure that the safety of the vigils and other memorials planned for this week are safe. we plan to keep the four street crossover closed until further notice as

before i begin, on behalf of every member of the charlottesville police department, i want to take a moment to send our deepest condolences to the families of the three virginia residents that lost their lives saturday. as you know, charlottesville resident heather heyer was struck down by a vehicle exercising her peaceful right to speech. the city stated earlier while it will never makeup for loss of a member of our community, we will pursue charges against the driver of the vehicle that caused her death and are confident justice will prevail. the virginia state police lieutenant cullen and trooper pilot bates were working with charlottesville police department to protect the community. these men also gave their lives in the line of duty and our gratitude to them cannot be overstated. their loss is a loss for us all and we mourn with their families and colleagues. we are working with the heyer family to ensure the safety of vigils and other memorials that are planned for this week are safe. we plan to keep the four speed crossover closed until further notice as there are thousands of

i want to thank the charlottesville police department and theirlaw charlottesville police departmenthe injuries that were suffered today and our prayers are going out right now. please send your prayers to these families and their loved oi'ies. to these families and their loved ones. i will turn it over to the city manager. that was the mayor of charlottesville, calling for calm after events that earlier today. time for a weather update. good evening everybody. well, we had a few showers that were a bit of a nuisance today. they refused to clear and as you can see from this weather watcher's picture from durham, it made for a really miserable day. the showers came out the borders of scotland, heading down towards north—east england and lincolnshire. some lovely spells of sunshine for some of us. 2a degrees the highest values, in kent. and you can see by the weather watcher's picture this afternoon it was a beautiful day. most of the showers will is aware of the next hours so with a clear skies out to the west in the north in particular, it means that if you are heading out as a starg

throughout the entire weekend virginia state police, charlottesville police department intervened toreak up fights and altercations among those in attendance at the rally site. this began on friday night and continued through sunday. the city tracked approximately 250 calls for service on saturday alone. many of the conflicts, individuals would strike and disappear back in the crowd. state police medics rendered aid to approximately 36 injured individuals on saturday including several of the traffic crash victims on water street. the early morning hours on saturday, virginia state police an charlottesville police were positioned in and around and across the street from emancipation park in order to readily observe and monitor actions of the crowds and respond as quickly as possible when emergencies arose. there were also state and local police on foot patrols, and at road closures at various locations throughout the parks. so we could respond to emergencies occurring beyond the immediate area of emancipation park. law enforcement were staged at mcintyre park as well. you can see we h

chief al thomas, charlottesville police department, good evening. the premeditated violence that our community experienced today was completely unacceptable. this situation escalated rapidly into violence, and we had no choice but to deploy additional personnel in front of virginia state police, the virginia national guard to help disperse the crowd and move people safely through the streets. none of the injuries sustained today were due to engagement with law enforcement. as of late this afternoon, there have been at least 35 people treated for injuries by city personnel. 14 people have been treated for injuries resulting from individual engagements, non-pedestrians were treated for injuries in a three-vehicle crash at the intersection of fourth street and water street here in downtown charlottesville. their injuries range 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. we are still in the process of notifying her next of kin so we will not be rel

a contingent, state police officers here helping out charlottesville city police department, in terms of handling the crowd. the national guard also here in some presence, don't know the total numbers but don't do anything we could see. i don't see any sign of them yet. i don't know how many national guardsmen are on standby. we keep moving in this direction because these guys are obviously the epicenter of what is creating so much consternation around here. i don't know where they are going to but they have been booted out of the park where they came to protest. there is a second park on the outskirts of charlottesville, mcintire park where the city asked the alt right movement to stage their protest saying emancipation park was not big enough to accommodate the crowd and that is certainly true. part of the problem is the historic part of charlottesville is partly residential and a lot of homeowners and residents who are freaking out over what is going on. have great concern for their property, livelihoods, one business owner said 75% of the businesses in charlottesville would remain

police department for the death of heather heyer. the two men spoke for a few minutes yelling profanity. they had to be safely escorted away by members of the charlottesville police department. they were shouted down by counter protesters. meanwhile, james field junior made his first court appearance by videoconference. he is facing second-degree murder charges in the death of ofyear-old heather heyer charlottesville when he allegedly drove his vehicle into a group of people protesting the white nationalist rally. much, onlynot say yes, sir and no, sir when addressed by a judge. he is next going to get in touch with his attorney and then another bond hearing will be set for august 25. back here live outside the courthouse we heard from a lot of cou expressing a lot of anger towards the city of charlottesville for granting a permit to the white nationalist to hold this unite the right rally over the weekend. we can expect to hear a lot of talk about that in the weeks to come in charlottesville. we will have continuing coverage of this court appearance on later editions of abc 7 news, but now we want to go to john gonzalez a few blocks away in charlottesvill

national guard and state police and the charlottesville police department, you see fighting like this and multiple locations where this stuff is occurring, then it's time to stop to put people into custody and take the agitators, the real activists on both sides, put them in custody until this cools down. tragic thing here is this could go all night, if it goes into the nighttime hours you will see fires and everything else. very dangerous situation right now. >> the president just tweeted again, i'm in bedminster for meetings and press conference on va and all that we have done and are doing to make it better, but charlottesville, sad. is the administration doing enough to try to curtail the violence, to try to, i suppose, speak directly to those white nationalists that like to call themselves it is alt-right movement, let's be clear here, it's not an alt-right movement. it's a racist movement, some of these people, demonstrators and some of the organizers behind the rally, in fact, rallied outside the white house yelling hell trump. this is not an alt-right movement. this is a down-

police swooped in, got him out, got him around the side of the building and into the charlottesville police department building where they held him for his own safety. then they whisked him away. a lot of the protesters angry that the white supremacists have hung around. at least one of the leaders, jason kessler, hung around to try to espouse his message. he later tweeted that his free speech was being tamped again. none of that suppressing the anger and frustration in charlottesville. christine and dave? >> anger, frustration, very ugly weekend, no question. we are learning more about the three people who died in the charlottesville violence. heather heyer was killed when the car ran into the crowd. he helped clients with bankruptcy. her mother said she had passionate beliefs and was a champion for others. >> it was important for her to speak up for people she felt were not being heard. to speak up when injustices were happening. she saw in the lives of her many african-american friends particularly and gay rights that equal rights were not being given. >> two virginia state troopers are also being

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the charlottesville police department is allowing people to come in here and gas us. they won't allow us into the event even though we had a permit. >> if you will not disperse immediately, you'll be arrested. >> reporter: police stepped in clearing the demonstrators from the area, declaring it an unlawful assembly. the largest deployment of virginia state police in nearly three decades. tensions began simmering last night when white nationalists carried torches in the city, reminiscent of propaganda events in the '20s and '30s. today, president trump responded to the violence. >> we condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides. >> reporter: the mayor of charlottesville also weighed in saying he is broken hearted and urged people to go home. we have another tragic development. a state police helicopter was working all day hovering above the crowd watching the developments. it crashed a short time ago. the governor of virginia tells us that two state troopers died in that crash. so we now have three people

what i mentioned earlier about think progress they put out a new report showing the charlottesville police department it participates and practices that discriminate against black residents showing that charlottesville that it has a dark history of racism now many of the counter protesters are apt to unite the right protests and charlottesville a couple weeks back they argued that confederate statues in the city need to be removed as a fuel all races narrative and we see all over the nation that's the same conversation that's half and half inning and many government officials local government officials are looking to remove these statues but luther i want to hear from you what should happen to these statues obviously not just in troll its bill but all over the u.s. should they be completely destroyed. thank you for having me you know let's begin educator and so for over fifteen years i've been in and around education and i'm a student of history and what i believe is that removing the statues conversation is one thing but i don't really necessarily believe we should go ahead and push away the history

the charlottesville police department is where they held him for his safety and then whisked him awayt the white supremacists have hung around. at least one of the leaders, jason kessler, hung around to try to espouse his message. he later tweeted that his free speech was being tamped down. none of that suppressing the anger and frustration in charlottesville. >> thank you. >>> we're learning more about the three people who died in the violence in charlottesville. heather heyer was killed with the car plowed into the crowd of protesters saturday. she was a paralegal who assisted clients through bankruptcy. heather's mother says she had passionate beliefs and was a champion for others. >> it was important to her to speak up for people that she. were not being heard, to speak up when injustices were happening. she saw in the lives of many of her african-american friends particularly and her gay friends that equal rights were not being given. >> her father called her a warrior for social justice. >>> two virginia state troopers are being remembered. lieutenant h.j. cullen and trooper pil

virginia state police and our law enforcement officers and all the first responders who are here in charlottesville today to protect our community. the charlottesville police departmentnd our state partners in the virginia state police were on the scene in our community very early this morning, anticipating large crowds. our law enforcement was on hand before 10 taem this morning. actually began around 6 taem this morning. and unfortunately as we went through this day, we had folks who came here to cause mayhem and chaos and mischief, and it resulted in three fatalities here in the city of charlottesville. in the days and the weeks to come, our city will have many conversations in city hall and community centers and our houses of worship, over our fences and at our dinner tables. i would ask that in addition to sharing our grief and looking back at this difficult and extraordinary summer, that we look forward. i would ask that we would consider the question of who we are as a city and who we wish to be. i would ask that we each seek opportunities to seek people who share our home here in charlottesville, but who are outside of our circles. i would ask that we work to

the charlottesville police department is allowing people to come in here and gas us. they won't allow us into the event even though we had a permit. >> reporter: police stepped in. a massive presence, clearing the demonstrators from the area, declaring it unlawful assembly. the largest deployment of state police in nearly three decades. tensions began simmering when white nationalists carried torches ererily reminiscent of the '60s. >> we condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides. >> reporter: charlotte the the mayor weighed in saying he is brokenhearted and urged people to go home. experts say that this gathering of white nationalists here has been the biggest gathering they have seen in decades. dara, back to you. >> tom costello, thank you. joining me is jim kavanaugh, he retired special agent in charge. great to have you this morning. police charlottesville are receiving criticism for a slow response to the violence. did they respond appropriately? >> i don't think that criticism is justified at all

for boundaries to continuously be crossed the charlottesville police department has issued a statement on facebook confirming multiple injuries have been reported they say that police have now occupied the scene there in charlottesville and that three vehicles as we have now clearly from video footage of the incidents were involved place have asked for people to clear the area which again as we understand has been happening they want the emergency vehicles to get in to respond to those who have been injured. now this all occurred with violence erupting earlier in the day as the crowds have gathered for a right wing march there in charlottesville in the state of virginia. what you're seeing now are latest pictures that we got this was the aftermath of rounding incident which is left and at least eight people injured. actually i. think i was. all charlottesville has now declared a state of emergency over the rally the small city has become a ground zero for white nationalist neo confederate an all right activist in the us this includes the k.k.k. in their fight to keep traces of the conf

what would have gone -- i mean what was wrong with charlottesville police department ideology to not have that sort of a presence, everybody standing there, riot gear, fully prepared for what might come? >> well, you know, when you're in the police and you're in law enforcement as long as i have, no matter what you do you're going to get severely criticized. so if you're out there in your tactical gear, there's going to be people saying they're militarized police and they're trying to start a problem. if you have enough people, a good way to do it is like cleveland did during the convention up there. a lot of soft officers, regular patrol division, bike officers, motor cops in regular uniforms. but close by, enough of a tactical force to move in immediately. you can't -- what charlottesville did, i think, is they wanted to go have those officers go change into tactical gear. that takes -- even at the best time 30 minutes. you don't have 30 minutes. so if you want to put soft officers out, which sometimes is a good strategy, i mean soft clothes, then you have to immediately have the f

chief thomas, charlottesville police department, good evening.at our community experienced today was completely unacceptable. the situation escalated rapidly into violence, and we had no choice but to deploy additional personnel from the virginia state police, the virginia national guard to help disperse the crowd and move people safely through the streets. none of the injuries sustained today were due to engagement with law enforcement. as of late this afternoon, there have been at least 35 people treated for injuries by city personnel. 14 people have been treated for injuries resulting from individual engagements. nine pedestrians were treated for injuries in a three vehicle crash at the intersection of 4th street and water street here in downtown charlottesville. their injuries range 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. we are still in the process of notifying her next of kin, so we will not be releasing her information until that

but charlottesville police department is facing a lot of criticism for the way it handled the deadly protests over the weekend that left one dead and several others endured many people are up in arms saying charlottesville police did not do enough to protect to protect protesters from white national west white supremacist neo nazis and the ku klux klan however charlottesville police chief thomas said he regrets the loss of life and despite the violence that unfolded he stands by his department's response joining me now to discuss this further is it time to edward disaster response training and security expert and executive director of the international preparedness network thank you so much for joining us time now many protesters say there was a police presence but it appeared officers were not intervening and it appeared they were on the side of the all right i want you to take a listen to. one troll is still resident had to say we were on that front line yesterday. when the. story. and tell people yesterday was oh they stood by and then this car comes up i'm day oh. those people. ar

he's currently wanted by the charlottesville police department. men are connected to an aggravated assault that happened during the violent rally in charlottesville on august 12th. three people died during the rally. (justine) back in the bay area... a string of bart stations were hit by thefts in less than 24 hours. around 8 am-- a woman said her phone was stolen at the embarcadero station in san francisco. a few hours later... a police officer spotted a theif at the hayward station. the officer chased the thief... who threw down the stolen phone... and ran off. around 3-30 pm-- a victim reported having a wallet and cell phone stolen at the coliseum station. then around 6 pm... a woman says 90 dollars were stolen from her while on a fremont-bound train between 19th street and macarthur boulevard. finally at 8-30 pm... a woman says her cell phone was stolen while walking through the parking lot of the pittsburg- bay point station. (live) taking a live look outside at san francisco's embarcadero.... (anchor) time now to check on our weather... with

she felt thomas, charlottesville police department. the premeditated violence that are committed he experienced is mp into violence and we had no choice but to ploy additional personnel from the virginia state police, the virginia national guard to help disperse the crowd and move people safely from the streets. none of the injuries sustained today were due to engagement with law enforcement. as of late this afternoon, there have been at least 35 people treated for injuries by city personnel. foreople have been treated injuries resulting from individual engagements, nine that history is were treated 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 cra

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to show you these sadly i must say disturbing images coming from charlottesville the charlottesville police department has now issued a statement on facebook confirming that multiple images injuries i should say have been reported no surprise there given the pictures that we've been airing they say police have now occupied the scene we've seen them there with a cordon across several streets they also say three vehicles were involved in the incident police are also asking for people to clear that area i think that is what is actually been happening from information we've been getting they want not to happen to allow the emergency services to respond to the numerous injured. now we can now show you another video showing the moment of the crash from a different angle before we do this i must again warn you you may very well find the following video disturbing. i mean i was i. was. i was i. was i was. i was. completely treated i mean you know. somebody knew the mark was coming before the march could get under way of resistance that we could reach this man i. mean i thought people were pinned in between ca

charlottesville police department is facing a lot of criticism for the way it handled the deadly protests over the weekend that left the wind dead and several others endured many people are up in arms saying charlottesville police did not do one not to protect held up protesters from white nationalist white supremacist neo nazis and the ku klux klan however charlottesville police chief has said he regrets the loss of life and despite the violence that unfolded he stands by his department's response joining me now to discuss this further is matthew fogg retired chief deputy u.s. marshal and ronald hampton retired d.c. metro police officer thank you so much for joining me gentleman now many protesters say that there is a heavy police presence but it appeared that the officers were not intervening like they should and that they were taking the side of the all right i want to quickly take a listen to what. a resident of charlottesville had to say we were on that front line yesterday. you know. and. yesterday was holding stood like. this car to come. and they are. those people. going to see th

place it wasn't that the police couldn't have done more to police i think the police in charlottesville a police department that's been riddled with racism stood aside because it probably a lot of them support the all right. racist forces i mean this is the this is the deep south this is the southern part of virginia this is the heart of the confederacy richmond was the this center of the confederacy so this was not an accident what happened today the police stepped aside and let this happen amidst the violence in virginia some continue to blame deep divisions in american society and politics. but it's about you and i do we stand divided people i've got to get out of that i try to i speak to the people that have. the democrats i think. one of the reasons i won the election is very very divided nation. this week he launched a campaign to help bring russian speaking children stuck at an orphanage in iraq back home they were reportedly smuggled into the country by their parents who joined i sold but have now either being killed all fled for often mosul's liberation ultimately at the end of the day leaving the

the charlottesville police department is allowing people to come in here, gas us. won't allow us into the event even though we had a permit. >> if you do in the disperse immediately, you will be arrested. >> reporter: police stepped in, clearing the demonstrators from the area declaring it an unlawful assembly. the largest deployment of virginia state police in nearly tlooi three decades. tensions began simmering last night when white nationalists carried torches in the city eerily represent nissent of nazi propaganda events in the fents and 30s. president trump responded to the violence. >> we condemn this egregious display on.sides. >> the mayor of charlottesville weighed in saying he is brokenhearted and urged people to go home. >> and that was tom costello report package.coming up in just a few minutes, we'll go live to center city ar where a peaceful protest was held to take a stand against white supremacy. >>> a philadelphia woman was targeted and shot inside her own home overnight. police say she was looking out of her window after hearing something when the

place it wasn't that the police couldn't have done more the police i think the police in charlottesville a police department that's been riddled with racism stood aside because of probably a lot of them support be all right. racist forces i mean this is the this is the deep south this is the southern part of virginia this is the heart of the confederacy richmond was the this center of the confederacy so this was not an accident what happened today the police stepped aside and let this happen. this week r.t. launched a campaign to help bring russian speaking children stuck at an orphanage in iraq back home they were reportedly smuggled into the country by their parents who joined i sell but have either been killed or fled after most of the liberation leaving their children behind. mosul was a nightmare charnel house the orphaned generations not just iraq. take the baghdad shelter that we filmed here leave the children of i still victims together with the children of i still fight has. only. just took. them from my own will but. these harrowing words touched people's hearts my heart broke watching this story

place it wasn't that the police couldn't have done more to police i think the police in charlottesville a police department that's been riddled with racism and stood aside because of probably a lot of them support be all right. races forces i mean this is the this is the deep south this is the southern part of virginia this is the heart of the confederacy richmond was the the center of the confederacy so this was not an accident what happened today the police stepped aside and let this happen. amidst the violence in virginia some continue to blame deep divisions in american society and politics. it's. divided. larry. it is already international forty eight russian speaking children are stuck in iraq after the liberation of mosul from islamic state they were reportedly smuggled into the country by their parents who joined i saw in iraq the parents are now either being killed all fled iraq the forces leaving their children behind and i see launched a campaign to find relatives of the children and bring their kids. mosul was a nightmare charred a house that orphaned generations not just iraqis take this baghd

police department. >> yeah. and in defense of the charlottesville police department, i just want to say that we had on jim cavanaugh, an msnbc analyst, and i was putting some pretty harsh pointed questions to him and he said, look, it is a much smaller police department and the laws in the state of virginia, open carry laws, much different than those in massachusetts. so for what that's worth, as he said, you will get criticism from all sides no matter what you do. >> touche, absolutely. >> so let's talk about are you surprised at all that boston allowed this kind of protest? do you think boston would have preferred it not happen in their backyard this weekend, given everything that happened last weekend? >> sure. if i'm the mayor of any city in the united states, of the things that i would like not to happen, a major demonstration on the heels of charlottesville is probably one of the things i wouldn't want to happen. so if i'm a mayor, that's nothing i look forward to. now, that said, what is interesting thus far is how peaceful and rational this demonstration is, which is so important for the country. the countr

he has been charged in state court by the sheriff's department or the charlottesville police department, depending who issued the charges with his mug shot here. his mother saying she didn't think she was going to a white nationalists rally, buddy donald trump rally. take from that what you built. if all of a sudden this to be a federal case against him, not a state case. >> without a doubt. he becomes a federal case because his act of murder was trained to stop someone from exercising the federally protected right to freedom of speech. leland: how does this broaden out in terms of going after some of these groups? in the fifth these and later 70s and 80s there was more the southern poverty law center who pioneered going after these groups heavily. are there a lot of people in that crowd, people injured who may have a case against some of these white nationalist groups? >> definitely. criminal civil rights violations and civil rights violations. you got the u.s. code that allows the federal government to prosecute people for hate crimes, civil rights violations and how the federal gover

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the charlottesville police department contacted me through , nototogrgraphy webs site via the fbi, myphone. when i called them, he was gone. i called him again and he told me he did not have time to talk to me because they were trying to finish up things before the weekend. how can you talk about deandre is doing? the police station is right there, rightht behind the attac? was feet away. there are police officers on camera before and after the attack. this failure to intervene, the law enforcement behavior is unique. if it had been any other group, there would have been a round up. the groups would not have been allowed to leave without being interviewed. there are four people who actively participated, caught on camera, who have not been identified or charged. the effort to do so seems to be reliant on journalists like my and other people, in general, the community, to do the work of law enforcement. deandre is recovering physically. he has a cast, he has had the staples in his head removed. mentally, he is still suffering fr

. >> jon: some are saying that the charlottesville police department is complicit in some ways with whatgroups in the view of a lot of experts. and let this thing get out of control. if government is responsible on that level, does san francisco have a point in trying to prevent a repeat or a replay of what happened in charlottesvil charlottesville? >> the first amendment can only be extended as far as it doesn't hurt or infringe on other obviously, if violence is an issue, the government has a compelling interest to break up that people are peaceful, nobody disagrees with that. the police haveç a hard job, ty are actually there with all due respect to our law enforcement, they are there protecting our rights, whether they agree with us or not, to assemble and have it's hard to place it on law enforcement, they are caught between a very fine line. when speech rolls over and crowds become unruly, it happens very quickly. they are protecting rights and all of a sudden they are there to protect our personal freedom from violence and crime. they tried to do the right thing, they are ultimat

the charlottesville police department was the lead agency. some say it could be their lack of experience with big protest crowds like those that led to the violence. charles ramsey, police chief of philadelphia, was quoted saying the way big cities approach these gatherings is with overwhelming force to nip it in the bud. that's what may have happened here. certainly one possible explanation for the violence that we saw. sandra? >> thanks, doug. as we have reported, the president speaking out about white supremacy group. here's more. >> to anyone that acted criminally in this weekend's racist violence, you will be held fully accountable. we must love each other, show affection for each other and unite together in condemnation of hatred, bigotry and violence. >> joining me now is lawrence jones, host of "the blaze." lawrence, good to see you. >> hi, my friend. >> you watched this speech unfold a short time ago. what did you make of the president's words? >> i was happy, i was like finally it happened. it happened. this is what the president sho

we want to get on the record with what we understand coming from the police department in charlottesvillerence to the scene where one person was killed, 19 others were injured in this act of violence that took place after white nationalists and counter-protest groups had a day-long encounter of fighting back and forth in the streets of charlottesville but the act of terror with a car speeding down a road with pedestrians on foot, counter-protesters, one person was killed, 19 others injured. but police say they've arrested one of the drivers involved in the accident. there was a chain reaction of vehicles involved. they were not specific and we are working on that to find out if it is the driver of the gray vehicle. we're back with more after this. (class) ewwww! (boy) sorry. (dad) don't worry about it. (mom) honey, honey, honey, honey! (vo) at our house, we need things that are built to last. that's why we got a subaru. (avo) love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. get 0% apr financing for 63 months on all new 2017 subaru legacy models. now through august 31st. so find a venus smooth th

chief al thomas, charlottesville police department. good evening.editated violence that our community experienced today was completely unacceptable, the situation escalated rapidly into violence, and we had no choice but to deploy additional personnel, virginia state police, the virginia guard, to help disperse the crowd and move people safely through the streets. none of the injuries sustained today were due to engagement with law enforce: as of late this afternoon, there have been at least 35 people treated for injuries by city personnel. fourteen people have been treated for injuries resulting from individual engagements, non-pedestrian were treated for injuries in a three-vehicle crash at the intersection of fourth street and water street here in downtown charlottesville. their injuries range from life threatening to minor. the crash also claimed the life after 32 year old female pedestrian at the intersection as she was crossing the street. we are still in the process of notified her next of kin. so we will not be releasing her information unti

reporter: he's facing a number of charges in the announcement coming from the charlottesville police department moment ago. he is charged with one account of second-degree murder and three counts of malicious wounding and one count of hit and run failure to stop with injury. paramedics brought 20 people to the hospital that i'm standing in front of now, five people remain in critical condition at this point in time. a spokesman for the university of virginia says that paramedics initially brought people to the hospital and we now know one person has died in addition to those five in critical condition. for other are in serious condition tonight, six are listed as fair and poor as good. many of those injuries came after the car plowed into two other cars and a crowd of what witnesses described as counter protesters. listen to one person thought all. >> i was 10 feet away from them and all of a sudden you heard the impact of a person being thrown over a car and you could see in my footage the car coming in 30-40 miles an hour. reporter: the driver sped away leaving behind nine people who needed t

throughout the entire weekend, virginia state police from charlottesville police department intervene to break up fights and altercations among those in attendance at the rally site. this began on friday night and continued through sunday. the city struck a 250 calls for service on saturday alone. and many of the conflicts, individuals would strike and then disappear back in the crowd. they rendered add to 36 injured individuals, including several of the traffic crash victims. the early morning hours on saturday, virginia state police and charlottesville police were positioned in and around the street in order to readily observe and monitor the actions of the crowds and respond as quickly as possible when emergencies arose. there were also state and local police on foot patrols and at road closures at various locations throughout the parks. so we could respond to emergencies occurring beyond the immediate area of emancipation park. law enforcement were at mcinentire park as well. we during this entire endeavor. around 10:00 the unite the right attendees began arriving and entering ema

lay of the today the police chief of the charlottesville police department al-thomas held a press conference vehemently denied those allegations. >> early morning hours on saturday police were positioned in and around and across the street from emancipation park in order to readily observe and monitor the reactions of the crowd and respond as quickly as possible when emergencies arose. >> but that reassurance is falling on the deaf ears of the aclu. as we know they are normally aligned with leftist causes in this case they took the side of the alt right movement. they filed suit against the city's decision to try to move this protest out to a suburban park. they won that case so the case, rather the rally was held at emancipation park downtown. this morning, on "national public radio," virginia governor mcauliff blasted the aclu for in effect contributing to the violence by winning that court case and today the aclu fired back at mcauliff and the police in a written statement which read, quote: the policing on saturday was not effective in preventing violence. i was there and brought concern

reporter: he's facing a number of charges in the announcement coming from the charlottesville police department moment ago. he is charged with one account of second-degree murder and three counts of malicious wounding and one count of hit and run failure to stop with injury. paramedics brought 20 people to the hospital that i'm standing in front of now, five people remain in critical condition at this point in time. a spokesman for the university of virginia says that paramedics initially brought people to the hospital and we now know one person has died in addition to those five in critical condition. for other are in serious condition tonight, six are listed as fair and poor as good. many of those injuries came after the car plowed into two other cars and a crowd of what witnesses described as counter protesters. listen to one person thought all. >> i was 10 feet away from them and all of a sudden you heard the impact of a person being thrown over a car and you could see in my footage the car coming in 30-40 miles an hour. reporter: the driver sped away leaving behind nine people who needed t

>>reporter: yeah, marina, according to the charlottesville police department there are no credible threatsstponed the vigil that was supposed to happen right here in the park behind us at the i mans patient park, where the statue of robert e lee really kicked off these violent clashes, but again it seems as p if the family and friends chose to postpone this yesterday evening because he wanted to give more family time to get here. they may have had safety concerns, but again, according to the city there was no credible threvment but i do want to show you a picture of 32 year old heather higher and tell you a little bit about her. heather was a paralegal at a local law firm. she grew up in virginia and friends say she was just standing up against the hate she saw coming to her community here, her voice cut traj cli short when 20 year old james alex fields jr. according to official vamed his car into a crowd of counter protestors in what appeared to be a deliberate attack. today just a few blocks from here, the tensions they flared up again, that was when jason kes lurks the leader of the uni

i was just in shock and disbelief and i'm very disappointed in charlottesville police department. >> lice department just to try to understand how they couldn't have helped. the city sent us a statement saying they're aware of the beating of deandre and that they're imploring people, you know, if you recognize any of the -- these racists beating your friend to please come forward. deandre, i understand, there were reports that he and his mom, who's been with him in the hospital, as have you, have talked about, because of that, suing the city of charlottesville. will they? >> i hope they will. then again, i'm not really going to, you know, talk about that right now. you know? i'm going to leave that to him and his family to discuss that part. >> vonzz, these racist groups say they're coming back. if they dare return to charlottesville, what do you do? >> we're going to keep standing up for our community. they can keep coming, and we're going to keep coming. we're going to stand up for our community. it doesn't have to be violent. they can talk. it's freedom of speech and we have freedo

take place it wasn't that the police couldn't done more to police i think the police in charlottesville a police department that's been riddled with racism stood aside because of probably a lot of them support the all right. races forces i mean this is the this is the deep south this is the southern part of virginia this is the heart of the confederacy richmond was the the center of the confederacy so this was not an accident what happened today the police stepped aside and let this happen. was this . they they the size of the crowds who gathered that and the extent of the violence . yes the real size of the crowd as many thousands of be anti-racist protesters came out in the last twenty four hours in response to this amazing extraordinary fascist mobilization in the heart of a major city in the united states more anti fascist races demonstrators were there than the fascists but the fascists still had a big crowd so i see what we can see in the last few days and it was palpable that this was going to be something very big big government in the police cannot now say they didn't know what was coming i mean t

there's been a lot of criticism of the charlottesville police department, or overall law enforcement. think they brought in something like 1000 officers for this. that they just stood there . i mean, he was right by a police station. but overall. i was wondering about your thoughts about this? it goes back to attorney general jeff sessions, named after two confederate leaders, jefferson davis -- >> you are right. amy: and is head of the attorney general, leading the movement to stop the consent degrees that was he the justice department andsee cities like ferson their police after the killing of michael brown. >> it is infuriating. it is absolutely infuriating. i want to pick up where you left off, and that is with ferguson. what one has to do to understand the horror of the situation, you have to try to imagine black people, in say, ferguson, showing up, some of them with guns, some of them dressed in militia outfits, some of them with shields, some of them with clubs. you have to try to imagine, and in theving them brawl street with counterprotesters. you did not have to try to imag