. >> more than 1,000 counterprotesters met them in the streets. >> hey! >> police lost control and the governor declared a state of emergency. >> it's 2017. how can you hate somebody that you don't even know? >> holy [ bleep ]! holy! >> a lot of people got hit. a lot of people got hit. >> at 1:40 p.m., a nazi sympathizer rammed his dodge challenger into a crowd of peaceful counterprotesters. >> this is why we did not want them here! >> when it was all over, 19 people were injured and a 32-year-old woman named heather heyer was dead. >> what were you thinking? you were making this progress and all of a sudden you ended up going to this rally that was this tragic event. >> i still hadn't fully separated myself, i guess, from the ideology. there are still a lot of things that i struggle with as far as my mindset. i'm still in that nationalist mindset way of thinking. >> for most of his young life, gabe has had this identity as a neo nazi skinhead. it's hard to leave but he left. sometimes if things go bad it's easier to go back. the last thing i want him to

to the second unit the right rally and a counterprotest. and facebook took down the pagee counterprotest because they suspected that one listed50, i think, administrators was a russian-related account. were a lot of civil rights organizations that are associatedthat were with this. they, you know, protested. but, again, what this highlights facebookat demonstrates against the left whereas twitter demonstrates right. the what this highlights is that lot of different factors in play. there is frankly not nearly transparency for a service that we are all dependent on. that both because of the importance of the service lack of real competition hundredsces that reach of millions or even billions of people, that there is a role for for the federal government, federal law and policy to play in terms of promoting, as we do with, say, credit check agencies entities,private rules governing some kind of appeal process or some kind of clear statement of what criteria are, mindful again that we don't want to give a for people to circumvent, for people t

to the second unite the right rally, and there was a counterprotest, and facebook took down the entire counterprotest page because they suspected that one of the 50, i think, list add morers was -- administrators was a russian-related account. and there were a lot of civil rights organizations that are well known that were associated with this. they, you know, protested, and -- but, again, what this highlights is not that facebook discriminates against the left whereas twitter discriminates against the right. what this highlights is that there are a lot of different factors in play. there is, frankly, not nearly enough transparency for a service that we are all dependent on. i would argue that both because of the importance of the service and the lack of real competition for services that reach hundreds of millions or even billions of people, that there is a role for the federal government, federal law and policy to play in terms of promoting as we do with, say, credit check agencies and other private entities but where there's important, you know, public aspects to it. promoting rules

german city of camden continues to be hit with far right rallies which have mostly been met with counterprotest as well they started after a local man was stabbed to death by people the police described as being a various nationalities here's how it all unfolded. several anti migrant groups arranged a so-called silent march this saturday in protest against chancellor merkel's policies are on or was there. the demonstration was organized by alternative for germany now they explained to me that the the far right group proclaiming that organized demonstrations in the beginning of the week that they had council and joined in no said that they were going to join in with the demonstration. they got it as the right wing opposition party here in germany i spoke to to see. me and they told me what they thought about the on going situation here the demonstrations and what they expected of the demonstrations that we've seen all owing not now we've heard people describe them as far right i think they would be fair to say some of the symbols they were being thrown out with all right we saw straight home so.

on saturday around 8000 of the far righh afd party and the -- by far, outnumbering the 3000 counterprotesterslash kept -- which erected -- and by syrian and iraqi migrants. for more on this, i am joined by our international affairs first,ook at the facts pur migranns disproporortionntey responsible for crime in germany? >> the crime rate in germany fell in 2016 and a dropped again -pin 017. i believe now reports from the federal criminal office and says inn2217, thh overall number has -- a criminal acts have dropped even 2016 there is already a downward trend. years this ccmes several after that major influx of after merkel's famous slogan, we can do it. if you look at the droppand climb -- crime since that influx of refugees, that she did do it, the answer is not so simple. you have to break down the migrants respoosible for 32% according to the federal criminal office per that is diss of portion that map because it does not represent any like 32% of the german population heard odyssey, some people are going to say that becauue migrants don't account ffr many break-ins and burglaries, that d

most of you remember, they were outnumbered vastly by journalists alone, let alone the counterprotest. but what russia did was set up a facebook event, of counterprotest and obviously what it wanted to do was to replicate what happened in charlottesville last year when we had bloodshed when a young woman was killed. the real groups that cohosted this event, according to it was taken over by a handful of activist groups and they included smash braces and black lives matter, black lives matter toilets filled in other local groups. this left a lot of them disgruntled and feeling badly let down. one of the organizers was quoted by tech magazine sang this was outrageous peered it made us look like russian ponds. is any of this new? no, this goes back quite a ways. that this is following the russia nash the soviet playbook . the kgb for example they will know -- they pose as matters -- masters of the [null] . and they found evidence that links the cia to the assassination of jfk peered this was an unwitting conspiracy theorist that's who they pass it off to. the soviets forced a letter from

reporter: but then the counterprotesters were targeted, local residents like this family were attackedfter exhibiting anti-neo-nazi art outside their home. please had to protect the family as right-wing hooligans attempted to forcefully enter their house. >> these people are abusing our town. >> the give reasons for doing this, but the real reasons are different area -- or different. they have shut us down, effectively. we have to hide in our houses all day, because it is too dangerous to take our children outside area -- outside. reporter: even after today, the ordeal is not over for kandel. right-wing protesters have already decided to march again. brent: a court in myanmar has sentenced two international journalists to seven years in prison, convicted for possession of classified documents. the reporters denied the charges. they say they were framed by police to stop them from reporting further on the alleged mass killings of working for muslims -- of rohingya muslims by the military. reporter: seven years in jail for breaching the official secrets act. or as some would say, forcibl

street, because there appeared to be a pretty bits cou nterprotest appeared to be a pretty bits counterprotesthe strip. thousands of demonstrators on both sides have been on the streets this afternoon and early evening. you can probably see behind me police are trying to disperse those protesters. we have seen demonstrators clashing with one another and police clashing with demonstrators. this really is a troubled city. police have on standby at —— been on standby with water cannon. they have not deployed them. there have been mounted officers as well. police fear a repetition of those very violent scenes we saw last weekend in the early days of this week. those violent scenes have not been in evidence tonight, yet, but people police are very concerned that the situation could tip over. what i must say is that there is real fury, and there is realfear on must say is that there is real fury, and there is real fear on these streets. it is from all different parts of the community. on the one hand, there are far right groups here trying to whip up anti—migrant sentiment. people who live here who

when the neighbors protested in front of her house, annie invited counterprotesters to stand in her yardeighbors put up walls on both sides of her property to block the view, annie put up a taller flag pole. >> once you get my hackles raised i don't back down. >> reporter: eventually the war settled into a stalemate of sorts. there were no mar marches, no bigger walls, no taller flag poles. just a quiet bitterness on both sides until annie had a change of heart, quite literally. >> when you have a heart attack and you're being told you're not going to live very long, you're facing your mortality. i needed to clean up the messes that i made by being so stubborn. >> reporter: she started with one of her fiercest critics, director of the local community resource center louis smith. >> and she said i have decided to take down the flag. i said huh? >> reporter: not long after she presented him with the flag. >> and miss anne, we thank you. >> reporter: annie says before her health scare, she only saw the confederate flag through her eyes as a way to honor relatives who fought for the south, b

law enforcement supporters organized a counterprotest gathering to honor a fallen sheriff deputy who was killed in the line of duty on monday. >>> i'm here in support of the sheriff's department and in honor of the deputy that was killed. >> well, the whole fact that they came out because of that is non-applicable. we didn't do anything to that deputy. that is a huge racist statement. >> there were no arrests at that protest. >> okay. the next story has a lot of people talking. a former sesame street writer is saying that bert and ernie are a couple. >> however, sesame street fired back, denying the claims. she said when writing bert and ernie he always felt they were a gay couple. he said he didn't have any other way to contextualize them and the sketches would reflect the dynamic in his own same-sex relationship. sesame street says bert and ernie are best ph muppets they don't have sexual orientation. >> they are not necessarily saying they are a gay couple stkphreut h. >> it has the internet riled up. in today's gma first look, nfl legends are threatening to boycott unless the nfl

activists representing the black lives matter movement held a counterprotest about police brutality against people of color, demanding justice for stephon clark, an unarmed black man killed by sacramento police six months ago. >> because a couple of cops don't do right doesn't mean they're all bad. i'm here for the good ones. >> he was a young man. i feel for his spouse, too. but the thing is that -- that they hope they're going to -- they're going to hold that person accountable. but what about my grandson? >> today sacramento sheriff identified 38-year old anton moore as the suspect in the death of the deputy. >>> san francisco police have a new state of the art training simulator which the department is integrating into its use of force classes. it is so realistic recruits and officers training on it say it is almost like actually being out there on the streets. "abc 7 news" reporter vic lee got a firsthand, hands-on look at how it works. >> reporter: active shooters in a courthouse. several people shot, including a sheriff's deputy. a gunman uses a hostage as a shield. it is one of 200

what russia did was -- set up a facebook event, set up a counterprotest. obviously, what it wanted to do was have a -- to replicate what happened in charlotte, so last year, we had actual bloodshed when a young woman was killed by a white supremacist. now, real groups, you know, co-hosted these events that was created by resisters. by russia, actually. according to tech crunch, the event at facebook deleted had been taken over by a handful of real d.c. activist groups. they included black lives matter, black lives matter charlottesville and other local groups so this left many of them really disgruntled and really feeling badly let down by facebook. one of the organizers was quoted by one of the tech magazines as saying it's really -- so if me of us knew, as many of my colleagues have said, no. but this is following the soviet playbook, the kgb, for example, is very, very well known that it tried to pose itself as a member of the kkk at one point. it also fabricated evidence that linked the cia to the assassination of john f. kennedy. it wasn't just ted cr

in these cases are security costs are not related to the process are counterprotest by members of the academic community of a people come to our campus to fight. all agree protecting kept media violence is a compelling state interest last university of california at berkeley spent nearly $4 million on security for free speech events over the course of the month of eptember. so, how much are -- should a university be required to spend in providing a stage for provocateurs? four stated differently, -- or stated differently, how much more should a student have to spend intuition so a provocateur may use a campus to grab headlines? is there any limit? those issues and what what we do about the situations are real challenges faced by universities. challenge has a do with our the third students. one of my former provost uses a we teach to a parade. each year we admit new class of 8-year-olds were not fully formed and were not considered many of the city values and core principle of a free society that we hold dear. many of the students are from homogenous non-diverse backgrounds. if we do o

in these cases are security costs are not related to the process are counterprotest by members of the to our campus to fight. all agree protecting kept media violence is a compelling state interest last university of california at berkeley spent nearly $4 million on security for free speech events over the course of the month of september. september. so how much are university required to spend in providing a stage for provocateurs? or stay doubly, how much more should a student have to spend intuition so a provocateur may use a campus to grab headlines? is there any limit? those issues and what what we o about the situations are real challenges faced by universities. the third challenge has a do with our students. one of my former provost uses a we teach to a parade. each year we admit new class of 18-year-olds were not considered many of the city values and core principle of a free society that we hold dear. many of the students are from homogenous non-diverse backgrounds to give we do our jobs really well and remold the freshman class into resilient citizen scholars ready to meet t