>>> let's bring in republican strategist and peter emerson, a "huffington post" contributor who's worked for three democratic administrations. noel, as we take a look at the video from boston, these massive crowds, really, police estimating, what, 15,000 to 20,000 people. how bad is this for the president? >> well, i mean, you know, you've got to realize right now, we live in a movement culture. i mean, it's very popular to be part of a movement no matter which side it's on. is it good for the president? no. but let's look even beyond that, alex. it's bad for the country. i mean, division doesn't really help anyone. while i understand, you know, i understand some of the protests, i understand some of the groups and i understand that -- their message. i understand that, but these are not -- these are not really helping people in the long run, and i know peter's going to disagree with me, but we've got a lot of things going on. we've got health care. we've got people that need health care, alex. we've got to come together and pass that, you know?

which is just horrific. >> peter emerson, thank you very much. and kirsten hagland, thank you for joining me and we look forward to having you back under better circumstances. we're going to continue our breaking news coverage about what happened in charlottesville, virginia, today, that state under a state of emergency because of the violence surrounding this alt right rally where now one person has died after a car plowed into a group that was there counter-protesting what they considered this message of hate and extremism from white nationalists. coming up, i'm going to speak with the former mayor of charlottesville next. what's with him? he's happy. your family's finally eating vegetables thanks to our birds eye voila skillet meals. and they only take 15 minutes to make. ahh! birds eye voila so veggie good you wto progress.move. to not just accept what you see, but imagine something new. at invisalign®, we use the most advanced teeth straightening technology to help you find the next amazing version of yourself. it's time to unleash your secr

joining me now, noelle nikpour, peter emerson and josh dossey. with a welcome to all three of you, i'll begin with you, josh. white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders said that the president plans to visit texas early next week as pot of his response to hurricane harvey. is it customary for a president to plan a trip to a disaster site ahead of the impact of a storm? >> there are delicate politics involved. you come too early, people say you're plit sizing it. you come too late it looks like you're not responding. i think they're trying to play this by ear. they don't know how much of a deluge they'll get, how many deaths there will be, how many towns with him be destroyed. so my sense is they're predicting that a trip is likely to come based on the ferocity of the storm, but they're not committing to anything in particular because they want to see how bad the fallout is the next couple of days. >> that makes sense actually, trying to see where things all go down and then figure where they're going to head to and when. peter, i want to

peter blow passes as well. before he does he makes arrangement to sell dred to dr. emerson. he then adjourns to the doctor and ultimately is connected to harriet. >> we get to look into more why they became the crux of the case. i will ask you briefly and spend more time later, who is roger taney. >> i think taney is correct. taney is a former slave holder, a marylander, statesman. he has held public office in the state of maryland. he was attorney general for the state of maryland, attorney general for the united states. by the mid 1830s he becomes chief justice of the u.s. supreme court. he is a colonizationist, someone who advocates a former slave cannot live peacefully in the united states and they should be removed voluntarily to places like liberia. he is a catholic living in the large diocese of maryland. i think most important for thinking about dred scott, he is someone who has fought for many, many years about the question of free black citizenship even before we get to 1857. it is a question that has been on taney's mind since the 1820s and the 1830s when as attor