. >> reporter: tom bosser was pressed to more specific himself. >> i can't be clearer. >> that was nbc's kelly o'donald reporting attorney general jeff sessions will talk about what happened in charlottesville in the "today" show. but for more on that, you can continue watching coverage our broadcast which starts at 4:00 a.m. we've got a team of reporters in charlottesville and we'll bring you the latest developments. >>> he flew the final combat mission in world war ii. and today captain jerry yellin honored -- girl scouts from the service program are who you see around him. they placed the reef at the wall of gold stars. his plane disappeared while escaping enemy aircraft in august of 1945. it's the spirit of 45 day, a day set aside to honor america' >>> well, depending on where you live you may have to share the roads with those yellow buses tomorrow. students who live in d.c. and who are on the extended year calendar will have to return to class. for those who you live in other countries the day is september 1st. and prince george's county students go back to school wednesday, septem

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we spoke earlier today with tom bosser, he's a security adviser. to the briefing room to brief reporters. here's how he explained some of the preparations president trump has been involved in. >> what the president will do moving forward is continue to talk directly with them, directly with the governors. if they have any immediate needs, the president will tolerate that, but he'll also continue talking to me as secretary and now chief of staff kelly. as he moves to camp david, he has full ability to communicate with us. >> reporter: the governor spoke in texas today. he took to twitter saying, i urge everyone to heed the advice and orders from their state and local officials. that was a more prepared remark on twitter. trump also made some quick comments before he headed off to camp david, basically saying, good luck to everyone. jake? >> while president trump prepares to deal with his first national disaster, there is still fallout in the white house from his charlottesville remarks. the storm from inside the white house. that story next. hmm. i

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. >> reporter: tom bosser was pressed to be more explicit himself. >> i condemn racists and all the other and exclusion. i can't be clearer. >> reporter: the president has also not weighed in on whether this deadly violence should be treated as domestic terrorism. his national security advisor who says he thinks this is a form of terrorism says the investigation must determine if the legal requirements are met for that distinction. h.r. mcmaster says he thinks this situation is right to be deemed domestic terrorism. >> thank you to kelly o'donnell for that report. >>> then last night speaking along side the president of columbia late last night while traveling in latin america vice president mike pence reacted to the violence in charlottesville directly condemning hate groups and also taking issue with those holding militant views of the opposing sides and as well citing the media. >> we have no tolerance for hate and violence from white supremacists, neo-nazis, or the kkk. these dangerous fringe groups have no place in american public life and in the american debate, and we condemn them

. >> white house homeland security adviser tom bosser standing by the president's statement con denialingd violence on many sides. joining me now is democratic congresswoman david sis linney of rhode island and a member of the foreign affairs and judiciary committees. also good to see you. >> good to see you. >> i know the white house also put out the statement clarifying the president's words and that includes condemnation of white supremacists, the kkk, neo-nazis and extremist groups. do you think that statement will settle the debate over what he meant when he condemned the actions from many sides? >> el with, i mean, i think the fact we're talking about it means that the president failed in this very important moment where he should have in clear and strong and unequivocal language yesterday condemned the violence and condemned the groups, the kkk, these neo-nazis and these white supremist groups. he goes on it to say violence on many sides, i mean many sides. it's unclear what he was even talking about. this is an opportunity where he could very strongly made a statement that this is

. >> but homeland security tom bosser doubled down on the argument that there's more than one side to blame. >> the president not only condemned the violence and stood up at a time and a moment when calm was necessary, and didn't dignify the names of these groups of people. what they fouvend when they showed up were groups from outside that showed up on both sides looking for trouble, dressed in riot gear, prepared for violence. >> joining me now msnbc political analyst howard feinman and editorial director at the huffington post, and joe watkins, republican strategist and former bush 41 aide and fordham university's christina grier author of "black ethnics," race, immigration and the pursuit of the american dream. thank you all for joining me. joe, i want to start with you. former communications director anthony scaramucci, the mooch, in his first interview since his firing was also critical of trump's response. a guy that could not keep his mouth shut for the 11 days in which he was employed as communications director. he said the president did not go far enough. comment on that. gi

at the center of the discussion was homeland security adviser tom bosser who laid out the situation onf provocations by both protesters and counter protesters, a white house official said. the official told the paper, senior staff member steve bannon and steven miller spoke with trump repeedly on saturday, although it was not clear if bannon had offered advice on comments. yesterday morning senior officials spoke out in the president's defense. what they found when they showed up were groups from outside that showed up on both sides looking for trouble, dressed in riot gear, prepared for violence. >> why didn't he single out the neo-nazis and the white supremacists? >> when he condemn the bigotry and hatred on all sides, that includes white supremacists and neo-nazis, and i think it's clear. i know it's clear in his mind, and it ought to be clear to all americans. >> the white house e-mailed the statement to be attributed to an unnamed spokesperson and not to the president himself. it read, "the president said very strongly in his statement yesterday that he condemns all forms of viole