and it went south quickly. >> my name is jason kessler. i was the organizer of the unite the right rally. >> reporter: it was like adding fuel to a fire. jason kessler chose to hold this press conference in front of city hall one day after the violence. >> what happened yesterday was a result of the charlottesville police officers refusing to do their job -- >> reporter: immediately following the speech kessler started backing away from the microphone. a mob of people surrounded him. police moved in, grabbed him. >> let him through. >> and hauled him off for his own safety. new video from saturday shows the driver racing down a side street and onto the crowded downtown mall, plowing into a crowd of people. 32-year-old heather heyer of charlottesville was killed. seconds after that impact the driver reverses. you see a red shoe fly out from underneath his car. police say 20-year-old james alex fields jr. of ohio was the man behind the wheel. this all follows tense protests that started friday night on the university of virginia campus. >> b

many are asking who is kessler. >> reporter: who is jason kessler? before the weekend, most of us never heard of him. if you look at social media, he is all over with people calling him a white nationalist and white supremacist. if you want to get to know him, we can look at his website. there he is with many videos explaining who he is. he has a blog called real news with jason kessler. he calls himself an american author. this was his most recent post from friday night talking about the upcoming rally. >> whether you like us or not, whether you like white people or not, whether you think we have a right to stand up for ourselves, we do. we have constitutional rights. as i country! don't tell us that we can't have rights, that we can't speak. >> no doubt, this guy is controversial. throughout his website you will see mentions of kkk, the confederate flag. i want to show you one part. he would say he is not racist, is not a white supremacist. he would call himself a white advocate. listen to this post entitled stop living in fear of the liberal media

and one man was awrested for misdemeanor assault and battery for spitting on jason kessler. he tweeted this, i tried my best, but once again violence rules over speech and ideas, in charlottesville, the first amendment is finished, it seems. the crowds are still very angry. still boiling with tension here. i spoke to a counter protester, named katrina turner a short time ago. here's what she had to say. >> we need for them to leave and don't come back. that's what we need. whenever they come, we're going to be here, and they will not come to town without a fight. >> big question tonight is how many of these people are sticking around. how many white supremacists are still here. i talked to a police official a short time ago, asked if jason kessler was still being held here. no, he's long gone. we got him out of here, i asked if they're still protecting him. i asked where he was, he said, we're not responsible for his whereabo whereabouts. the question is, is jason kessler going to stick around this area, come back here and try to hold any more events. what we can talk about

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 remembered. police say lieutenant h.j. cullen and pilot burke m.m. bates were killed when their helicopter crashed while helping with the situation in charlottesville. >>> to the other dark cloud hanging over to the trump administration --

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

why did you meet with jason kessler?ith him in your office, you gave him the trappings of that building behind you, can you explain your meeting with jason kessler? >> sure. i was a prosecutor for almost ten years, and the operative question would be what did he know and when did he know it. if i were prosecuting somebody, that meeting took place in march. he had driven to washington and asked for a meeting with some other people. ultimately, that's what we do, we meet with people all the time. i had no idea who he was in march. i will say that i have been condemning the actions of kessler and his group in writing, on the internet at tomgarrett.house.governor since may, so as soon as this stuff started, we condemned it. but, you know, i guess t an occupational hazard that you might end up having a fundraiser at the home of a convicted terror bomber or getting a kiss from a former grand wizard of the ku klux klan. i don't think president obama's a terrorist -- [inaudible] eric: well, that's decades ago. look, this guy is

at least one of the leaders, jason kessler, hung around to try to espouse his message. 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 pilot burke m.m. bates were killed when their helicopter crashed while assisting public safety resources with the situation in charlottesville. a tragedy.

one man was arrested for misdemeanor assault and battery for spitting at jason kessler. he was taken here to the charlottesville police department for his own safety and they got him out of here and it was a nasty scene today. he later tweeted that he tried as best he could to express his views, but that free speech was basically tamped down for him. so again, some real tension here and real anger here, ana, that jason kessler has stuck around to try to espouse his views. >> all right. brian todd reporting there for us in charlottesville, virginia. meantime, we are getting new information about this investigation. just in to cnn federal investigators have enough evidence, we're learning, to be suspicious that the suspect in that deadly vehicle incident that brian was just telling us about in charlottesville, james fields jr., intended to send a message and not just harm the immediate victims according to a justice department official familiar with this investigation. of course, that is still continuing, the motive, they say, is not yet clear specifically at this point. i

lee.the organizer says the statue itself is symbolic of much larger issues...jason kessler / event organizer: "the primary issues are preserving history against this censorship and revisionism... the second issue is being allowed your interest as a white person.. and finally is this about free speech." in february, the city council voted to remove the statue but is on hold pending litigation. the move follows efforts by communities across the south to remove confederate iconography from public property. many of those efforts were met with demonstrations.. and saturday was no exception.the rally drew a number of counter- protesting groups...(nats)the rally came one day after a large group of torch-bearing white nationalists marched through the university of virginia campus.... sparking national outrage.i'm melisa raneyreporting. (jr stone) back here in the bay area... people are coming together to stand up against white supremacy... an emergency solidarity demonstration is being held in oakland tonight. and as kron4's hermela argawi was there.. just a short while ago... protesters took off fr

earlier today, unite the right organizer jason kessler tried holding a press conference at but was shouted down by protesters. the authorities had to shield him and escort him to safety, with police snipers keeping close watch nearby. this morning at mount zion baptist church, virginia governor terry mcauliffe delivering a message to white nationalists. >> we deplore your hatred and bigotry, and shame on you. >> there are not supposed to be bodies lying in the streets. jeff: tonight, a wide range of emotions. >> it is frustrating. jeff: and a commitment to solidarity. >> a tragic thing happened, and we need to rise up against that. jeff: of the 19 people injured in this crash, the uva medical system says that 10 are in good condition and nine have been discharged from the hospital. is due in court jeff goldberg, abc 7 news. kimberly: jeff, thank you for showing us the scene. all over the country, people are coming together in the wake of violence. rallies and vigils have been held across the country and across the dmv is a sign of support. >> go home. you are not wanted in this great commo

community who knew and loved jason kessler mar i are remembering her. marina jamari graduated from woodrow lie school in the spring and she was just two weeks away from heading off to college in florida when she was shot and killed on thursday. a friend of jamarri's provided us this shot of her on graduation day. and we're told that in her school sheevment was a cheerleader, a choir member, she was prom royalty and home coming court. her mother is a sergeant with d.c. police. we just spoke to the principal at woodrow wilson high. she says this is a tight it in school community and everybody is heartbroken over this loss. she was a fantastic girl, a beautiful, lovely, brait star, someone that we could all be proud of. i almost think we have become so desensitized to violence, just generally violence that i guess when you hear about it so often it doesn't -- it seems tragic and it seems unfortunate and then when it happens in your neighborhood to your child, to your student, to your family member, then it's just so heart breaking that it's impossible to e

. >> reporter: sunday alt-right leader jason kessler accused police of not doing their job. >> had an incredible amount amount of nerve to come in front of the penal of charlottesville after the pain and terror he brought upon the community. >> reporter: a community where nerves are still on edge as they search for healing and peace. yeah, and fields junior is scheduled to be arraigned on several charges including second degree murder. he's not being housed at this facility but a separate location. he will appear in just a few hours by helicopter. >> jay, thank you. >>> this morning we are hearing from a philadelphia rabbi who was in charlottesville the violence broke out on saturday. we spoke to rabbi mordecai when he returned to town. he described the experience in charlottesville as frightening and intense. he told he was prepared for the violence but not the level of anger on display. >> on one side of us were the alt-right screaming racist, anti-semitic hoem phobic sloegzs. and the other side of us were the anti-fascist groups screaming slogans opposed to the nazis and the white

tensions continuing today in charlottesville, as unite the right organizer jason kessler tried holding a press conference, but was shouted down by protesters. authorities had to shield him and escort him to safety, all with police set -- snipers keeping close watch from nearby rooftops. sunday's unrest follows a day of violence on saturday, when white nationalists and neo-nazis marching in charlottesville class with counter protesters. before 5:00, a car slammed into a group of people marching near the downtown walking mall, killing one woman and injuring 19 others. 32-year-old heather hyer of charlottesville died in the crash. today, a quiet vigil held in honor of heyer, who was marching yesterday in opposition to the unite the right march. >> she was here to speak up for equality and to know that her life was taken because of that vehicle, 20-year-old james alex fields, jr. of ohio, was charged with second-degree murder along with several other crimes. last night on twitter, the president offered condolences to the victims, while democrats and republicans have criticized the presiden

jason kessler yesterday blamed local police for failing to keep the peace during the rally saying theyidn't do their job. >> what happened yesterday was the result of the charlottesville police officers refusing to do their job. they stood down and did not follow through with the agreed upon security arrangements. >> kessler is planning another news conference today in washington. he'll be joined by fellow national list leader richard spencer. >>> lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are calling out president trump in the deadly aftermath in charlottesville. as for his critics, it's not so much for what he didn't say but what he said. >> we condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry, and violence on many sides. on many sides. >> reporter: he also refused an opportunity to call out white nationalists. >> mr. president do you want the support of these white national groups to say they support you, mr. president trump? >> i think the president can be clear when he wants to be. he needs to be clear here. >> lindsey gral. called them neo-nazis. >> thei

spencer and jason kessler are that was notd acknowledged in the president's.he was advising uva affiliates the veryprotesting white supremacy that the university has historically been involved not just with collusion, but with actually reducing systems of white supremacy. that was unacceptable. amy: and you passed richard spencer on sunday? the was walking down downtown mall -- i was trying to get away from m the site of his 2:00 p.m. -- actually, it was jason kessler, a local activist. i was trying to get away from the site of his planned 2:00 p.m. press conference, so i was walking the opposite direction at the opposite end of the downtown mall just outside pedestrian mall. riot the police with shields going into formation. a large number of them. i thought, oh, no, this is not good. sure enough, i see, he who shall not be named, approaching toward into a stored and told the proprietors, the workers there what was going on and they spirited me out the back forth into an alleyway where i waited until things calmed down for about half an hour. this was the sec

the man you see being shielded by police is jason kessler. the organizer of the alt right rally that turned deadly. he blamed the police for the rally saying the officers stood down and did not follow through with the agreed-upon security arrangement. he's charged with ramming his car into a crowd killing one woman and injuring at least 19 others. his mother thought he was attending a president trump rally not a nationalist march. a woman was hit and killed by fields while trying to cross the street. a local rabbi who was in charlottesville when the attack happened returned to philadelphia this evening, and nbc was one of the first people he spoke with upon his arrival. she's at 30th street station tonight. lauren, what did the rabbi tell you? >> reporter: he said it was a frightening experience. he said his group of clergy tried to radiate calmness there, singing, at times trying to make contact with people. but he said there just weren't enough of them to stop the violence. in philadelphia, rabbi leebling returning from what he called a ten

again, illustrating a real anger at the fact that jason kessler is still in this town, even after the governor and the mayor told him and all of his followers, get out of town. we don't want you here. he comes back this afternoon to hold a news conference. he's drowned out. falls. gets taken out of here by the cops and a lot of angry people are still here. photojournalist, coming with me down here. there seems to be -- some tension here now. some people yelling at each other. and chanting things, and -- confronting the police. i'll try to get a look and see what's going on here. they seem to be shouting down a man over here. so -- there are -- there are police around us, and we're going see how this plays out, but -- it seems to be a little more than shouting match here, wolf. again, an illustration of the enormous tension that converged upon charlottesville yesterday, today, even back to friday night wth that torch march on the university of virginia campus, wolf. we also have some tape of the actual car crash, which really escalated the situation yesterday, that horrible car crash w

police tried to shield jason kessler while people tackled and punched him. >> today is a sad day in our constitutional democracy where we are not able to have civil liberties like the first amendment. >> kessler blamed police officers for the violence. >>> across our area this weekend crowds gathered to support those who stood up against hate and racism in charlottesville. >> several speakers shared a microphone to talk about building a country that cherishes everyone. some people held candles, other held up signs. one read white supremacy is terrorism. delaware residents also attended rallies. the crowd hearing from speakers such as senator chris and religious leaders. several members of the clergy, community denounced the violence in charlottesville and seconds the group to unite in large. >>> philadelphia rabbi mordecai was in charlottesville when the violence broke out on saturday. nbc 10 spoke with him when he returned yesterday. he described the experience as frightening and tense. he said he say prepared for the violence but not the level of anger on display. >> on one side of us

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jason kessler declared what he called a pro-white really here to protest charlottesville's efforts to remove a statue of general robert e. lee. friday night, a fight broke out and police had to be called after alt-right protesters marched through the university of virginia campus swinging torches. charlottesville's mayor, mike siggener, said they were ready for the protesters. >> there are tons of outsides coming here to try to make charlottesville a target for their ideology. >> reporter: in july bthree dozen klan members came to the city to demonstrate. mayor siggener says the actions of a few will not prevent his city from moving forward. >> i refuse to be intimidated by somebody who thinks we can stop that work, we can stop change the narrative just because i'm going to shout and yell and send you a bunch of nasty tweets and open carry in your public parks. >> reporter: there have been police helicopters flying over the protests all day today. late this afternoon, a state police helicopter crashed, killing both people on board, bringing the total fatalities to three. reena. >> nin

sisters involved in the attack filed a he was the yesterday against white nationalist organizer jason kessler, the suspected attacker james alex fields, richard spence and 30 other groups and michael washington were in car hit during the attack and seeking three million dollars. >>> the removal of confederate statutes in baltimore, it also looks like a controversial monument will come down in annapolis, larry hogan is calling for the removal of roger taney stands on the front lawn of the state house, the justice calvert county native. governor hogan said the statue sends an inappropriate message in a country that continues to struggle. >>> advocates are withdrawing a request to held a rally at a statue of robert e lee in richmond. after the violence in charlottesville the rally next month will not be held. he doesn't want to be part of an event where people could be hurt or killed. >>> time is 4:33. the obama administration may have known that russia had plans to interfere with u.s. elections and may have known before the campaign, politico is reporting they known as early as 2014 an unnamed

in charlottesville facing legal trouble, a $3 million lawsuit was filed against the organizer, jason kessler. the man accused of driving his car into counter protesters is also named in the suit. two women that filed the suit suspect james alex fields hit their car when he drove into the group. >>> and what everybody is talking about this morning, president trump's stunning news conference yesterday, the president doubling down o violence in charlottesville. and the president is getting a lot of criticism for what he said. >> lawmakers from both parties are stunned that the president was defiant in blaming two sides for the atmosphere that led to saturday's violence. edward lawrence is live on capitol hill. edward, how have people in the president's party reacted? >> reporter: it is a history making moment. this is the first time in history you've seen a president, sympathetic, he did condemn the neo-nazis and supremacists, then said both sides were violent, saying the alt-left was also violent. republicans are coming out against the president, criticizing him. nbc news got talking points th

earlier in the day counter protestors made it clear they didn't want to hear from jason kessler. he organized saturday's rally against the city's decision to remove a confederate statue downtown. what happened yesterday was the result of the charlottesville police officers refusing to do their job. his attempt at a news conference shouted down by anti racist protestors who chaisd him out of the downtown mall. a second round of chaos erupting just blocks from where this first responder who didn't want to show his face tended to heather and the other victims. for us it doesn't matter who you supported, either side or whatever for the time being we wouldn't have asked, we have been there for you in whatever way we could have been and helped however we could. sunday night, the pain of mourners was eased by the out pouring of love that people who live hearsay represents charlottesville. that was evan lambert in charlottesville and across the country there have been demonstrations today including right here at home, people standing with charlottesville and opposing fastism, white supre

reporter: sunday across the country in charlottesville, protesters were not interested in what jason kesslerad to say. >> what happened yesterday was a result of the police officers. >> reporter: those who organized saturday's rally argued his group wasn't responsible for the violence. he was shouted down and chased away. >> when will wounded justice -- >> reporter: back in lathem square voices were calmer as speakers held candles, carried posters sometimes overcome with emotions. >> we can't have this happen. >> reporter: passionate words came from johnson the uncle of oscar grant. >> white supremacy is real. we were saying this nine years ago when oscar was murdered. we've been saying it years ago, you know what i'm saying? 461 years ago we were talking about white supremacy. >> reporter: this group mobilizing to ensure the violence in charlottesville will never be repeated knowing there are no guarantees it won't be seen again. >> i think things are escalating and they have been escalating. it could happen again. yet i'm confident we are going to survive. >> reporter: tonight's event was

jason kessler chose to hold this press conference in front of city hall one day after the violence. >> what happened yesterday was the result of the charlottesville, police officers, refusing to do their jobs. >> reporter: immediately following his speech he started backing away from the microphone. a mob of people surrounded him. police moved in, grabbed him. and hauled him off for his own safety. new video from saturday shows the driver racing down a side street and on to the crowded downtown mall plowing into a crowd of people. 32 year old heather hayer of charlottesville was killed. seconds after that impact the driver reverses, you see a red shoe fly out from underneath his car. police say 20 year old james alex fields, jr. of ohio was the man behind the wheel. this all follows tense protests that started friday night on the university of virginia campus. >> blood and soil. >> there white national siss marched with tiki torches. saturday things got violent.esth counterprotestors. police eventually declared the demonstration unlawful and told everyone to leave. >> this protest is

the rally's organizers, including jason kessler, said they were following the law and were nonviolent. clearly some were. >> we did not initiate force against anybody. we'll [ bleep ] kill these people if we have to. >> i only tell you this. there are two sides to a story. i thought what took place was a horrible moment for our country. a horrible moment. but there are two sides. >> reporter: virginia governor terry mcauliffe just released a written statement calling this an act of domestic terrorism. this was not both sides, he said. a public memorial for the woman who was killed at this intersection, heather heyer, is scheduled for tomorrow. lester? >> gabe gutierrez, thank you. the president's remarks today triggered an instant backlash, not only among his critics, but within the very republican party that he leads. we go to our capitol hill correspondent, kasie hunt. >> reporter: even before his stunning press conference ended, the fiery reaction beginning. swift condemnation from so many corners of american life, including members of the president's own party. republicans upset h

the day, counter protesters made it clear they didn't want to hear from white supremacist leader jason kesslerurday's rally against the city's decision to remove a confederate statue downtown. >> the hate that you hear around you, that is the antiwhite hate. that fueled what happened yesterday. what happened yesterday was a result of the police officers refusing to do their job. >> reporter: his attempt at a news conference shouted down by antiracist protesters who chased him out of the downtown mall. a second round of chaos erupting just blocks from where this first responder who didn't want to show his face tended to heather and the other victims. >> for us it doesn't matter who you supported, either side being we wouldn't have asked, we would have just been there for you in whatever way we could have and helped whoever and however we could. >> reporter: sunday night the pain of mourners was eased by the outpouring of love that that people who live here say really represents charlottesville. >> ♪ >> and heather heyer a single mother whose mother says was very much involved in fighting racism

.>> reporter: protesters were not interested into what jason kessler had to say. >> reporter: kessler organized the rally for the white nationalists and argued his group was not responsible for the violence but was shouted down and chased away. back in latham square voices were calmer as speakers held candles, carried posters and sometimes overcome with emotion.>> we cannot be empowered [ crying ]>> reporter: impassioned words coming from johnson.>> white supremacy is real and we were saying it nine years ago and we were saying that 461 years ago. do you hear what i'm saying, 461 years ago we were talking about white supremacy.>> the group mobilizing to ensure that the violence in charlottesville will not be repeated knowing there are no guarantees it will not be seen again. >> things have been escalating and it can happen again and i am confident we will survive. the event was peaceful with organizers saying they wanted to create a welcoming and safe environment for the community to share their message with the rest of the country. rob malcolm, ktvu fox 2 news . >> the reports are th

police snipers were on the roof today as unite the right protester leader jason kessler tried to lay blame for saturday's violence. what happened yesterday was a result of the charlottesville police officer refusing to do their job. >> reporter: but hundreds of people shouted him down, suddenly the crowd surged chasing kessler from the microphone, hitting and eventually tackling him before police moved in. he had to run behind a police line to escape the counterprotesters. we learned the identity of the woman who was killed saturday when a driver plowed through a crowd sending bodies flying. 32 heather heyer a local paralegal, her mother, devastated. >> i'm trying to honor my daughter and the way that i know she would want to be honored with speaking up for what she believed in and in the way she believed in it without hate, without anger, without fear. >> reporter: the alleged driver, 20-year-old alex fields of ohio is charged with second degree murder. his mother claims she didn't know where he was going this weekend. >> i just knew he was going to a rally. i mean, you know, i trie

that's when jason kessler had set up this news conference by city hall just a short drive down from where we are right now. when he got there and stepped up to the podium there was a huge crowd assembled before him and it was not a friendly crowd. he tried to speak. he tried to say his peace. he talked about the fact he was disappointmented about how law enforcement and city officials had handled the run-up to the rally and that was about all he got in. he was drowned out by the crowd. some people started shoving him, pushing him and he tried to get away and they started chasing him and he started running away. at some point someone tried to tackle him and he landed in the bushes. police started escorting him out of the way. you heard what people were chanting and chanting all kinds of things at him and among them was "go home" and "murderer." a lot of angry people out there. i am being told that many of the people were residents from charlottesville. i've had people saying i was out there with my family and my neighbors. there were also some counterprotesters out there, as well and charl

. >> the $3 million lawsuit names the suspect james alex fields and jason kessler who was the organizer behind saturday's unite the right rally. >> university of virginia officials are working to ease concerns for returning students and parents. many students were among those protesting against white nationalists this weekend. in a letter home to parents, the uva vice-president promised that the university is committed to security. one student tells news 4 outsiders have already tarnished the upcoming school year. >> it is disappointing because it does shed a bad light on uva at times. i feel like that's not fair. it's not the community itself. it is also not the charlottesville community. i think it's people coming in that are hateful. >> most uva students will return to campus this friday and saturday. >> turning to the weather now, and it is thick out there tonight, folks. a dense fog advisory just issued for parts of our the last few minutes. >> so, doug, we want know how is that going to affect our commute tomorrow morning? >> i think it will affect the commute in some of the subur

jason kessler blamed police among others for the deadly violence that killed old heather heyer.and order by protecting the white nationalists right to free speech. >>> across the country today rallies were held to denounce hate and show solidarity with charlottesville. dozens gathered this evening across the white house to protest the violence that took place when those white nationalists and counter demonstrators clashed. community leaders gathered in arlington today to show support for charlottesville. >> no matter how long it took, there was always progress. now the feeling that things are slipping backwards is threatening all that i have always believed. you have no choice but to take a stand and to speak up. that's you. that's us. thank you. [ applause ] >> we had enough. we want to make sure that everyone is treated equally in this country. >> 2006. >> it was really hard to see. >> why did these white supremacists pick charlottesville to cause such chaos? the reason is charlottesville represents everything that they hate. [ cheering and applause ] ♪ it's been a long time c

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

jason kessler is an organizer. >> it'll be free speech at this point because of the case but also preservationthe monument and the right for white people to advocate for their own interests, like any other group is able to do, free of stigma. >> reporter: thousands of people are expected here. many of them counter protesters. among them, religious leaders who began arriving on friday. >> i think all of our religious teachings tell us that we are all connected and that we are all one in love. >> reporter: this is the second major protest in the past six weeks in charlottesville. on july 8th, dozens of members of the kkk gathered to protest the city's attempt to remove the statue of robert e. lee from a park. this were greeted by large numbers of counter protesters. police deployed tear gas toward the end of that rally. the police chief vowing this time will be different. >> the circumstances are different. we learned a number of lessons we will apply. but this is a completely different event that we are planning for. >> reporter: and the governor has put the virginia national guard on standby.

can see state police have moved in in their riot gear, trying to keep this crowd pushed back as jason kessler got away. >> reporter: tonight the city remains in a state of emergency, police given powers to enforce a curfew if necessary to keep the peace. the governor defending his what he called car terrorism. >> but listen, this was a great effort by the city, the state, our national guard, the state police, our local enforcement, the fbi, the department of homeland security. >> evan pilgrim, a vigil tonight has been canceled? >> that's right, tom. the vigil was cancelled a short time ago due to a credible threat. fields is charged with second degree murder. the fbi, the justice department sism vits unit and district attorney's office are using its a a civil rights investigation as well. tom? >> eva, thank you. >>> across the country tonight, an outpouring of support for the victims caught in the chaos in charlottesville. late today, demonstrators in seattle march in solidarity in police officers. and another crowd paying respect to two state troopers killed in a chopper crash. >>> and tonig

but it's -- the organizer, jason kessler, has used that moment and that momentum to slowly build up a following and kind of a movement against the city council and the decision to move the statue, which kind of culminated into a failed petition to remove the city counciler from office. >> so it's pretty safe to say that things have been simmering and volatile at different points, if my recollection serves me right. i believe that there was a uva student who was at one point during the school year even injured as sort of an innocent bystander in one of the protests that got somewhat unruly. mark, go ahead and stay on the line here, i want to bring back in richard painter, who was with us earlier, had to leave and take a phone call. richard, in your position as the former chief white house ethics lawyer for president george w. bush, what do you want to see happen from the white house as a result of this? do you expect anything to happen? should something happen? >> there ought to be more police presence down there. if we need support from federal troops, we're going to have to do that.

can see state police have fortunated a line here in riot gear to keep the crowd that was chasing jason kessler from getting to him. >> reporter: tonight the city remains in a state of emergency, police given powers to enforce a curfew if necessary to keep the peace. the governor defending his police force's response against what he called car terrorism. >> this was a great effort by the city, the state, our national guard, the state police, our local enforcement, the fbi, the department of homeland security. >> eva joins us live from charlottesville. eva, a vigiindividuavigil for t been canceled? >> that's right, tom. the vigil was cancelled a short time ago due to a credible threat. fields is charged with second degree murder. authorities are looking for his motive tonight. authorities are also looking for a civil rights investigation. tomorrow? >> eva, thank you. >>> across the country tonight, an outpouring of support for the victims caught in the chaos in charlottesville. in seattle, take a look at this, an anti-hate group and a pro trump group holding dueling rallies. and another crowd pa

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>>>a lawsuit has been filed in those protests and two sisters filed a lawsuit against jason kessler, the suspected attacker. prominent white supremacist richard spencer and 30 other groups. the sisters say they were in the car hit during the attack. there are right wing rallies that could turn into under charlottesville. various officials are denouncing those demonstrations as well as working to stop them from taking place. >>> local leaders say it was intended to cause violence. >>> a breathtaking spot for tourists, and, they are plastic the decision by the national park service by granting a permit to a group called patriot prayer. we are not welcoming this group into san francisco to promote hate, and we think that the national park service without adequate evaluations and conditions would do just that. >> city officials are demanding that the park service to revoke the permit, if you could be violent protests similar to the clash in berkeley and charlottesville where a man drove a car into a crowd. >>they promote hate, they promote violence, they promote all of the things that we

. >>> 24 hours after the violence police snipers were out today as jason kessler tried to lay blame. >> what happened yesterday was because of charlottesville refusing to do their jobs. >> but hundreds of people shouted him down. this was the scene. suddenly the crowd surged hitting, kicking and eventually tackling him before police could get in. one person was arrested. >>> today people turned out all across the bay area. hi, mareanne. >> hi. >> reporter: about 200 people came out tonight to condemn the violence in charlottesville but also remember the woman who was killed yesterday and discuss ways to make sure hate doesn't win. holding candles, signs and praying about 200 turned out in fremont to talk about the violence that happened nearly 3,000 miles away in charlottesville, virginia. a diverse group standing up for diversity. they came to pray for this woman, 32-year-old heather heyer. she was killed when a driver rammed a car into counterprotesters at a rally yesterday. >> i consider her to be a hero but really the best kind of example of america, the best kind of person who w