martin, thanks so both of you for being with us on this morning. >> thanks for having us. >> marcus, how are you feeling? how is your leg? how is your heart? >> heavy. heavy. it's just a lot of pain. it's a lot to cope with. >> it is. we see that you both have the shirts on to support heather this morning. what do you want people to know about why you were there with marissa yesterday, marcus -- not yesterday, over the weekend, why you were there? >> because i wanted to stand up and spread love. i wasn't going to attend the rally, but then i get on facebook, and i see videos of them just beating them with torches, and that's what i stand for, like i stand for my black community. i stand for everything, what's right and by me being able to see what was really going on, i couldn't, i couldn't allow myself not to go. >> do you remember being on the street -- >> i couldn't allow myself not to attend. >> do you remember being on the street and the car coming? >> yes, sir. >> how do you remember it? >> yes, sir. the only thing i remember is we was walking up the street and the car was just

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marcus martin in the red shoes. the vehicle as the driver reversed trying to flee the scene. >> my life could have been over. >> reporter: martin lays blame at the foot of officials who permitted the rally. >> because without your approval this never would have happened. >> reporter: over the weekend, unite the right brought together hate groups from around the country. and including neo-nazis, kkk and white pride groups. on friday, men marched with tiki torches on the university of virginia campus. saturday they marched downtown, brandishing nazi salutes and chanting hail trump. some wore t-shirts quoting hitler. others carried shields with black xs, the symbol of southern nationalists. clashes on the streets between hate groups and counterprotesters. witnesses say white supremacists chased a young black man into a parking garage and attacked him. less than a block from the charlottesville police station. the organizer of the rally retu s police didn't do enough to protect alt-right protesters. he ended up needing t

marcus martin threw himself in front of an oncoming car to protect his fiance. >>> every day, you can watch the ellen show right here before news 4 at 4:00. >>> we are getting you ready for school. today is a big day for prince george's and montgomery county students. it's orientation day for some students in those counties. middle and high school students in montgomery county will meet their teachers an classmates. while in prince george's county, students entering pre-kindergarten or kindergarten will help them transition into their schools. a lot of parents are still busy, scrambling to do their back to school shopping. >> yeah. melissa mollet, we caught up she hit the stores with all three kids in tow now. we fast forwarded through the hectic day that many of you can relate to on average, parents spend about $500 per child in back to school shopping. >> money that includes all the gadgets kids need today, the clothing and other supplies. melissa had all those things on her list. her advice to other parents who need to hit the store before tuesday, plan ahead and ask for help. >> w

marcus martin is the unanimous in the red shoes.hat is one of his shoes flying out from underneath the vehicle as the driver reversed, trying to flee the scene. >> my life could have been over, ended. >> reporter: martin says he lays blame at the foot of the officials who permitted the rally. >> because without your approval, this would have never happened. >> reporter: over the weekend unite the right brought together hate groups from around the country, including neo-nazis, kkk, and white pride groups. on friday men marched with tiki torches on the university of virginia campus and saturday they marched downtown brandishing nazi salutes and chanting "hail trump." some wore t-shirts quoting hitler. others carried similar bombs of southern nationalists. clashes broke outen the streets between hate groups and protesters. witnesses say white supremacists chased a young black man into a parking garage and attacked him less than a block from the charlottesville police station. the organizer of the rally returned sunday to complain that

. >> marcus martin was caught on camera getting hit by that dodge challenger that plowed through thers. his fiancee, marisa says he was hurt saving her life. pushing her out of the way of that oncoming vehicle. martin says he acted on instinct. >> i tried to stand up and walk to find her, couldn't walk. >> were you screaming out for her? >> all the medics that came up to me, can i help you sir, i need you to find my fiancee. i didn't care about how bad my injury was. >> you didn't feel the pain. >> oh, yeah, i felt it. i felt it but it was the last thing on my mind. >> martin suffered a broken leg. his fiancee is calling the behind the wheel deserves everything he gets and more. >>> dallas cowboys running back ezekiel elliott is expected to appeal his domestic violence suspension this week. he received a six-game ban stemming from allegations made by a former girlfriend. elliott was near charged nor arrested. under the nfl's personal conduct policy players can be disciplined outside of the justice system. >> a guy in massachusetts says he's embarrassed but lucky after spending part o

. >> marcus martin was injured after pushing his fiance out of harm's way. martin's sister say he suffered broken bones and scheduled for surgery on friday. >> it is a healing process emotionally. it will take some time. earlier on wednesday a mem more kbral for heather heyer, taking the stage, her mother delivering a stirring tribute. >> they tried to kill my child to shut her up. guess what? you just mag fi fied her. >> her words a call to action. >>> back here in our area last night residents banded together to denounce hate and violence in the wake of the charlottesville attack. hundreds turned out for a gathering. they held hands as a sign of solidarity. it gave people a voice to speak out against white supremacists and neo-nazis. right now on the nbc 10 app you can follow the reactions on social media and how opposing views you'll get a look at the revamped roster and the trade of wide receiver jordan matthews which brought ronald darby to town. >> and i'm looking forward to seeing how they will go around different guys. on i ha so hopefully the offens

marcus martin the man in the red shoes. the vehicle as the driver reversed, trying >> flee the scene. martin says he lays blame at foot of the officials who permitted the rally. >> because without your approval this never would have happened. >> reporter: over the weekend er hate groups from around the including neo-nazis, kkk, and white pride groups. friday, men marched with torches on the university of virginia campus. saturday they marched downtown . >> hail trump! >> reporter: some wore t-shirts, some carried shields with black xs. clashes on the streets between the groups. less thaa charlottesville police station. the organizer of r returned sunday to complain that police didn't do enough to protect the alt-right protesters.eed the police as lo shouted him down and literally ran him out of town. charlottesville police chief, al thomas jr. addressed the criticism from both sides. >> we did make attempts to keep the two sides separate. however we can't control which side someoneaving ur officers better prepared in their

. >> reporter: marcus martin insists the counterprotest on saturday was peaceful.iancee, melissa blair, even broadcast it live on facebook. but then -- chaos. that is when an alleged white supremacist apparently drove his dodge challenger into a crowd of protesters. this photo captures the moment his wife was hit by the car. >> my life could have been over. >> reporter: he broke his leg and will need surgery. that is his red shoe flying out from underneath the suspect's vehicle as he reversed away. his fiancee escaped injury because martin pushed her away. >> should have never happened. how does someone have so much hate in ha heart. >> hieather heyer was their friend. they worked together at law firm. >> she died for peace, she died for equality. she died because she believed everyone should get along. >> reporter: heather heyer's friends honored her by wearing purple shirts from a quote in her last public facebook post. if you're not outraged, you're not paying attention. even after police told demonstrators to leave, men waved confederate and neo-nazi flags and

moments ago we spoke with marcus martin and marissa blair. marcus is the man you see toppled in this photo. he was in charlottesville. he was there with tmarissa. in an instant he pushed her out of the way even though he knew he was going to get hit by the car. he suffered a broken leg and other injuries. both he and marissa knew the woman killed in the same incident. heather heyer. here's part of what we talked about this morning. >> marcus, how you feeling? how's your leg? how's your heart? >> heavy. heavy. just lot of pain. a lot could cope with. >> it is. we see that you both have the shirts on to support heather this morning. what do you want people to know about why you were there? >> because i wanted to stand up and spread love. i wasn't going to attend the rally. but then i get on facebook and i see videos of them just beating with torches. and that's what i stand for, like i stand for my black community. i stand for everything what's right. and by me being able to see what's really going on, i couldn't allow myself not to go. >> do yo

. >>> marcus martin, the focus of this that capture the moments of the attack described how he took the to potentially save his fiancee's life. >> i heard tires screeching and people were thrown in the air. i pushed my fianci out of the way. >> reporter: president trump faced criticism for not cngstmnonlywhtakede a stand. >> tell the kkk and the neo- nazis, tell them all that we've had enough. >> after the initial response, the white house did issue a strongly worded statement specifically condemning the extremist group and calling for national unity. >>> twitter users are naming and shaming people they believe were at the white nationalist rally in charlottesville. one man was from berkeley and lost his job. >> neda iranpour has more. >> reporter: hundreds across the bay area wanted to prove the beliefs of those that do not represent the nation with signs and candles lit in multiple counter protests. in oakland, the message was we will not put up with hatred of any kind. in san jose, 120 people gathered at city hall to show solidarity. in san francisco, almost 400 rallied at city hall.

. >> reporter: marcus martin was counter protesting alongside heather heyer when she was killed saturday. the sight of the crash still closed as mourners bring flowers and candles to the sight. a memorial service is planned for heyer at 11:00 a.m. in charlottesville. john? >> notable behind you, a confederate battle flag being shown. obviously, people in town still involved in protests one way or another. thanks for being with us. >> joining us now, angela ryan, kevin and cnn analyst ron brownstein. ron, i'm going to go to you first. the president spoke the words he spoke, condemning white supremacists and neo-nazis. since then, on social media, he retweeted a man trapped in dangerous conspiracy theories and pardoning sheriff joe arpaio who is in the birther conspiracy as the president did for a long, long time. what message has the president sent? >> until yesterday, he followed the same template he did back in march, 2016. now he added a twist of further undercutting his words. the sunday before the primaries, he sent a clear message by what he didn't say, he didn't denounce david duke

>>reporter: marcus martin was counter protesting alongside heather heyer when she was killed. the site of that crash is still closed as mourners continue to bring flowers and votive candles. a memorial service is planned on wednesday at 11:00 a.m. another step has this city continues to try to heal in the wake of this sadness and violence. >> city will come together to remember what she stood for. and hold that true going forward. thanks so much. >>> joining me now matt lewis, also with the cnn political analyst. the president did come out and directly condemn white supremacist and neo-nazi over the weekend but it's what has happened since that i'm particularly interested in this morning. the particularly with the president has been doing on social media, and the message that ez he's been sending by retweeting this man, who you know traffics in really the most dangerous types of conspiracy theories and then again, this morning the president musing he might pardon jeff -- >> it seems he's working overdrive to undo whatever he said in the west wing yesterday reading from a telep

blair's fiance marcus martin said this should not have happened because he believes the white nationalist rally did not deserve a permit to begin with, listen. >> it was a terror attack, a hate crime. 100% hate crime, and donald trump won't call it that because it's what he believes in. flat boy down, hate crime, terror attack, everybody that got injured yesterday clinton -- shouldn't be injured. i shouldn't be here right now. >> reporter: the driver is charged with second-degree murder, malicious murder and hit and run. an official says the d.o.j. opened a federal civil rights investigation. steve? steve: thanks so much, ellison. on my first night sitting in this chair we covered a horrific terror attack the day before, terrorists drove a car into innocent people london bridge. what we saw yesterday in charlottesville was evil, just the same, and should treat it just the same. start by calling it what it is, white supremacist terrorism. make sure we're clear about extremism. when we see an islamist attack it's right to say this doesn't represent islam, and it's right to say tonight that

the man right there you see in the air, that is marcus martin. it turns out that he had pushed his fiancee out of the way of the path of that car, only to be plowed over by the car himself. the crash left him with a broken leg. in all, 19 people were hurt when that car slammed through the group of counter protesters. many still recovering this morning. n? >>> 5:35 now. here are other top stories. several ceos backed out of the president's american manufacturing council. maryland native and under armour ceo kevin plank announced his departure last night on twitter. he joins pharmaceutical company ceo kenneth frazier and one other who backed out. they were upset the president didn't condemn white nationalists after it turned violent. >>> a woman says she was grabbed and almost sexually assaulted. the frightening incident happened in the middle of the afternoon yesterday near the tall oaks shopping center near north shore drive. fairfax county police are looking for that man. but have limited information. >>> the search is on this morning for whoeve

. >> reporter: 26-year-old marcus martin was injured after pushing his fiancee out of harm's way when dodge challenger plowed into a crowd of counterprotesters. martin's sister say he suffered broken bones and scheduled for surgery on friday. >> it's a healing process. emotionally, physically. it's going to take some time. >> reporter: earlier wednesday, a memorial for the woman killed in the car crash. >> i will be all right. >> reporter: taking the stage, the mother, susan delivering a stirring tribute. >> they tried to kill my child to shut her up. well, guess what, you just magnified her. [ applause ] >> reporter: receiving a standing ovation, the grieving parents delivering a message of unity and equality. >> i want this to spread. i don't want this to die. this is just the beginning of heather's legacy. >> reporter: her words, a call to action. >> if you're not outraged, you're not paying attention and i want you to pay attention, find what's wrong, don't ignore it, don't look the other way, you make a point to look at it and say to yourself, what can i do to make a difference?

marcus martin pushed marisa and some of her other friends out of the way the picture there showing himhit by the car flying in the air. again the driver of that car 20-year-old james alex fields jr. has been charged with seconds degree murder and other counts and this afternoon he's being held without bail. brian. >> alicia thank you. >>> follow the latest on the charlottesville violence on your phone or tablet. we've posted detailed updates pictures and videos along with reaction from our area the 6abc app is a free download for your mobile device. >> "action news" has learned the names of two people found dead last night in south philadelphia. police say 50-year-old kandito gonzalez and his 23-year-old girlfriend have appeared to be assaulted inside their apartment on the 13th hundred block of federal street. family members say gonzalez was a single father who just a few years ago lost his brother to gun violence at the very same address. >> he was a great person. i mean, he was so full of life. if he could give you his socks off his feet, he would. i mean, he just had this energy th

you see marissa blair's fiance, martin, getting struck by that car allegedly driven by one of the white supremacists, after he pushed his fiance out of the way. marcus, not martin. marcus and his fiance, marissa blair will join us at 7:00 a.m. eastern to tell us what they're doing to build after charlottesville. >> it was incredible to hear from her yesterday. now you'll hear from them together. pretty remarkable. >>> ahead for us late night comics finding it hard to laugh in the wake of whats that transpired in charlottesville and since, president trump's response to the violence nearly reducing jimmy fallon to tears, his emotional charged monologue is next. a penny it's ourr back to school one cent event at office depot office max. notebooks! one cent! rulers, glue and 12-pack pencils! all one cent each! hurry to office depot office max! ♪taking care of business about to see progressive's new home quote explorer. where you can compare multiple quote options online and choose what's right for you. woah. flo and jamie here to see hqx. flo and jamie request entry. slovakia. triceratops. tapioca. racquetball. staccato. me llamo jamie. pumpernickel. pu

. >> that man speaking is named marcus martin. he was injured in the car attack on saturday. he has a broken leg. he said he heard the car coming this direction, heard screeches and pushed his friend out of the way. one of their friends was heather higher. she passed away. >> how many others injured in that crash? a car heading into a crowd, a lot of folks headed to the hospital. any news on how they're doing? >> all paramedics transported 22 people yesterday. of the 19 still being treated with tin juries, the hospital said nine were able to go home to their families, 10 were being treated as of yesterday. they were all fortunately listed in good condition. that was a big improvement. saturday night they were telling us five were in critical condition and four in serious. as far as we know all the people still at the hospital today are in good condition. back to you. >> bill: back to you with news from that bond hearing, thank you. shannon has a little more. >> shannon: the administration facing criticism for its response to charlottesville. >> president trump: we're closely

. >> reporter: 26-year-old marcus martin was injured after pushing his fiance out of harm's way whenge challenger plowed into a crowd of protesters. he suffered broken bones and scheduled for surgery friday. >> it's a healing process and will take some time. >> reporter: and 32-year-old killed in that car crash. >> we will be all right. >> reporter: her mother delivering a stunning tribute. >> they tried to kill my child to shut her up. guess what? you just magnified her. >> reporter: receiving a standing ovation, the grieving parent delivering a message of unity and equality. >> i want this to spread, i don't want this to die. this is just the beginning of heather's legacy. >> reporter: her words, a call to action. >> if you're not outraged you're not paying attention and i want you to pay attention, find what's wrong, don't ignore it, don't look the other way, you make a point to look at it and say to yourself what can i do to make a difference and that's how you're going to make my child's death worthwhile. >> reporter: heather's mother went on to say quote if i've got to give her

. >> 26-year-old marcus martin was injured after pushing his fiancee out of harm's way when the dodgellenger plowed into counterprotesters. martin's sister said he suffered broken bones and is scheduled for surgery on friday. >> it's a healing process. it's going to take some time. >> reporter: earlier thursday a memorial for heather heyer, the woman killed in the car crash. >> it will be all right. >> reporter: her mother, susan bro with a tribute. >> tremendous tried to shut her up. guess what, you just magnified her. >> reporter: the grieving parent with a message of unity, equality. >> i want this to spread. i don't want this to die. this is just the beginning of heather's legacy. >> her words, a call to action. >> if you're not outraged, you're not paying attention. and i want you to pay attention, find what's wrong. don't ignore it, don't look the other way. you make a point to look at it and say to your self, what can i do to take a difference. that's how you're doing to make my child's death worthwhile. >> reporter: heather's mother went on to say, quote, if i've got to give h

. >> reporter: 26-year-old marcus martin was injured after pushing his fiance out of harm's way whenodge challenger plowed into a crowd of counterprotesters. martin's sister says he suffered broken bones and is scheduled for surgery on friday. >> it's a healing process emotionally, physically. it will take time. >> reporter: earlier wednesday, a memorial for heather heyer, the 32-year-old woman killed in that car crash. >> i will be all right. >> reporter: taking the stage, heyer's mother susan breaux delivering a stirring tribute. >> they tried to kill my child to shut her up, guess what? you just magnified her. >> reporter: receiving a standing ovation, the grieving parent delivering a message of unity and equality. >> i don't want this to spread, i don't want this to die. this is just the beginning of heather's legacy. >> reporter: her words a call to action. >> if you're not outraged, you're not paying attention and i want you to pay attention, find what's wrong, don't ignore it, don't look the other way, you make a point to look at it and say to yourself what can i do to make a

by the time we grow, there was martin luther king boulevard and marcus garvey high school. existed in ours community, and that had an effect on us. it said look, there are but people in charge. there are black people in communities. our conditions, in some cases may be worse than it was. we began to look for other reasoning as to why our situation exists the way it exists. some people come up with different analysis of what that is that was. some people were incorrect and some were correct. we still debate and struggle with each other. i do not agree with some folks that an african-american mayor will be like myself, but we discuss and understand our need position -- our unique position and we debate one another about what is the best way forward. ultimately, people just try to struggle to find the best way forward. when they say they are the mayor of everybody, it is not mean you have to change your personal identity for the fact that you are the mayor of the entire community. it is true, you are. >> is the president the president of everybody? we will never know. african-

at the end, marcus burrell has ten years of organizing experience and his former outreach director for bernie sanders. he is the campaign manager and organizer for alexander and travon martin, a lifetime member of the ncaa p and the first mayor of jacksonville florida, and an organizer for political justice. >> she is a recent graduate of tennessee university, a delegate for climate change initiative. she is a current organizer for the aclu and former campaign director for get out to vote hillary clinton campaign. impressive folks, one and all. thank you for being here my first question we will start with representative alice and work her way down the line. described your favorite in the democratic partner or how they are running your office right now? >> or so vile i think all of these platforms are very good. we should encourage people to coalesce around common shared values, progressive values. when i was a bernie sanders supporter gets me to serve on the drafting committee and i was happy to do so. we didn't get everything done. i can tell you this, bill mckibben who is such an exxon leader on climate issues, he walked away from it thinking there was a lot more recruit

down the street markers that have martin luther on them, this is a black issue, that is my take on it? marcusthanks to all of you for participating in the conversation

marcus has 10 years of community organizing experience and is the former black outreach director for bernie sanders. he is the deputy campaign manager and organizer for melissa alexander and trayvon martin, a lifetime member of the naacp, a national political consultant and organizer for political justice. [applause] what is your last name? lauren wiggins is a recent graduate of tennessee state university, a delegate with the climate change initiative more she spoke about workers rights -- [applause] she is a current digital organizer for the aclu and former campaign director for the get out the vote hillary clinton campaign. impressive folks one and all. thank you for being here. briefly to set up our first question, we see that as you may have read in the description of this panel, last year's democratic party platform was sometimes described as a progressive -- most progressive party platform in history. despite a lot of energy and heat that went into creating the platform, there has been an explosion of outside organizing platforms. instead of consolidating inside the party to create a single narrative, there are a number of different outside movements, including the people's platfo