jonathan greenblatt, anti defamation league. and gabe gutierrez in charlottesville. to you first, eugene robinson. did the president hit the right notes today, despite what he failed to do on saturday? >> well, he certainly hit more of them, andrea, in terms of name-checking, the kkk and white supremacists and neo-nazis. he did that today. he didn't do it on saturday. so on that score, i would say better late than never. i don't believe i heard him describe the incident as i would describe it, as an act of terrorism. but i would have to check the transcript and make sure -- >> no, i don't think he did. >> if he didn't, you know, i think he should have. but it was -- it was much better than saturday. i think the question going forward, of course, is what sort of confidence will he give african-americans and minorities and others who did not support his candidacy that he will protect voting rights. that he will protect life and limb in cases of police misconduct. that he will pay attention to issues that are important to communities other than his own base. and so, aga

so here's what we want -- >> jonathan greenblatt, i'm afraid we're just about out of time for this hour. but this is a conversation that we'll continue. i want to thank the entire panel for this extraordinary coverage today. that does it for us, and chris jansing is in new york at msnbc. chris? >> thank you, andrea. it was an extraordinary hour. i'm chris jansing at msnbc headquarters in new york, and we do start with president donald trump finally condemning white supremacists and white nationalists by name. this was just moments ago at the white house. >> racism is evil. and those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs. including the kkk, neo-nazis, white supremacists and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything we hold dear as americans. >> nbc's kelly o'donnell is at the white house for us. and this comes after tremendous pressure had been building over the last several days, a lot of it coming from republicans who came out very quickly and very forcefully, saying the president had not said enough. tell us now just a little bit more about what the president