i want to bring back in van jones, josh dubois and ken cuccinelli. we're going to go to the attorney general every time we get new pieces of legal information here. there is a federal rights investigation open now. the significance of this to you, sir? >> the additional piece from the mother, not only did he happen to be in charlottesville, but a week ago he planned to come. he intended to be where he was. he came for purposes of the rally. the civil rights question is there any evidence, other than the act itself, that he came to do this type of harm. and and i would note, the investigation under a civil rights banner is no different in all the powers of the government of investigation are the same as it would be for domestic terrorism. the difference is simply what they end up charges the defendant with in this case, the accused with. the civil rights investigation will get them whatever information they need to make a charging decision. you could see a domestic terror charge come out of that. or whatever happened in the sniper case, because of the

chris eliza, to van jones' point, you wrote a piece this evening about the response which you feel fellshort from the president of the united states. >> yeah. i mean we look to presidents -- not every day, sometimes not every week, maybe once a year at times, in moments like these to lead, to be the best of us, to say we mourn this loss, we speak out against this hate-filled bigotry. but i know we're better than this. what donald trump did was -- and you played the clip earlier. to me it is stunning. essentially he said, hey, look, both sides -- you know, both sides do this. no, there isn't another side here. there's hate-filled bigots who, as van said, discriminate against people based on how they look or what they believe, and then there's people that say, "we don't believe in that." there's not -- he is trying to fit it on to -- he, trump, is trying to fit it on to a political continuum. conservatives say this, liberals say that and who knows who is right. we have a lot of conversations like that on our airwaves, and that's fine, but this is not that thing. when you do that you give

same organization a project veritas sees van jones in the street who is on camera two days before this saying this is awful this is terrible and then he says to the guy on camera unbeknown to that he's on camera this is a nothing burger i mean what credibility how do you trust that name ok richard can you reflect upon that because you know c.n.n. hasn't disputed any of these things here and we asked directly a producer at c.n.n. if this is a real story the russia story the russia gate story and and he said it's b.s. it's simple it's not i mean it's it's very transparent ok and if you c.n.n. wants to explain that is diversity when i you know then they needed communications director to communicate their message here richard please go ahead and i'm sure you disagree that's why you're here go you're. you know what's not in dispute peter what's not in dispute according to the seventeen intelligence agencies the united states is that russia interfered with the us elections every single agency every single witness before congress was associated with the intelligence community says there is ze

back with us now our panel, andre bauer, van jones, anushay hossain, evan mcmullin. he says i have a message to the white supremacists and neo-nazis, go home. he said you are not patriots. you came here today to hurt people. there is no place for you here. there is no place for you in america. van? those words were clear and direct. >> i think those were the words that a lot of people needed to hear and want to hear continually from the president, from the governor and -- listen, there has to be a universal condemnation of the loudest sort. we now have three americans dead all -- listen, andre says we don't have all the facts. i'm going to go out an a limb and say that the person who rammed into that crowd did so for political reasons, so an act of political terrorism and i think it's going to be revealed that it was white supremacist terrorism, so one of the things that has to happen now, you now have three people who are dead and there may be more, when americans start being murdered and killed in our country for political reasons, by nazis, if that country can't c

nina turner and van jones, host fredericks, former campaign manager in virginia. let's have an honest and great conversation. i'm so happy that all of you are on this evening. the president's apprehension, van jones to call out neo-nazis by name have a lot of us questioning his motives and whether or not he's racist. why did it take the president so long to say what any decent person would say about these vile groups in half a second? >> well, he has some deep conflict. i don't know if it's a moral conflict and he may be agrees with these people. if it's a political conflict and feels he has to, part of his base, he wants their support, doesn't want to let them down. there's a deep conflict in him. when he's going after you, don or anybody else. it's worrying. but i think the one thick i want to say very clearly and i don't think we've said it enough. he's the father of a jewish daughter. his daughter is jewish. his son-in-law is jewish. the level of anti-jewish vile and just the vile and the venom that you heard on the streets out there was as bad as the anti-bla

. >> i am joined on the phone by cnn commentator, van jones. van, i want you to take a listen to part of the president's remarks just now. he made it clear his original inspini instinct on saturday was how he truly feels. the fault for the violence seen in charlottesville on saturday could not just be laid at the feet of the nazis, clansmen, alt right, and various racists but it was actually the fault of both sides. take a listen. >> i think there is blame on both sides. you look at both sides. i think there is blame on both sides. i have no doubt about it. >> van jones, obviously, we know that some of the counterprotesters and i am going to botch how it is pronounced, antifa, that are anti-fascists. some come ready to fight with clansmen, et cetera. the blame for the violence sometimes was the fault of the counterprotesters, not the protesters. you say now is not the time to talk about that? >> reporter: what i say is that the woman who was killed, the woman who died was run over by someone who went there for the purpose of expressing the most

ben ferguson a trump supporter and van jones not so much. on the president's comments and the events unfolding in charlottesville, virginia, today, the breaking news we have been following here on cnn for hours now. we have seen the president make those remarks we just played. he also said earlier the sound we have been playing over and over again, that we condemn in the strongest possible terms, this egregious display of hatred, bigotry, that we see on all sides. all sides. what do you think about this president's response? is it strong enough, if not, which we have heard from many of the critics what would you like to hear? >> well, i wanted to say first of all that, you know, somebody lost their life today. somebody got up this morning and they said, i want to go out and i want to bear witness, because there's people out here who are flying nazi flags in america. our great grandparents went and shed blood to stop the nazis and there are people saying they're in the klan. dr. king is martyred and the cause is trying to stop that thing. our

van jones, why do you think it is that the president seems reluctant to call out these groups?y unfortunate, because you have the father of a jewish daughter in the white house, and some of the worst anti-jewish and anti-black public statements i've ever heard were just pouring out of charlottesville from these white supremacist groups. he had a rare opportunity as the father of a jewish daughter to speak personally, personally about his feelings. and he didn't do it today or before. i'm glad he did come out, his own party needed him to come out, the country needed him to come out. in europe, they distinguish between the dirty and clean right. the clean right, low taxes, all that good kind of paul ryan stuff. but the dirty right traffics in violence and bigotry and thuggery, xenophobia. and they've done a better job trying to isolate that, and as long as he's willing to have the dirty right mix up with the clean right, the country is in grave peril. >> mike, as a supporter of the president, does it concern you or much ado about nothingsome >> look, i think the president made a

the president's apprehension van jones to call out white supremacists and neo-nazis but name has a lotf us questioning his motivate. why did it take the president so long to say what any descent person would say about these fwrup groups in half a second? >> well, he has some deep conflict, i don't know if it's a moral conflict, he maybe agrees with these people. it's a political conflict, he feels like he has to -- the part of the base he wants their support and doesn't want to let them down. there's some deep conflict about this that's not president when he goes after you, don, or somebody else. i think the one thing i want to say clearly, i don't think we said this enough, he is the father of a jewish daughter, his daughter is jewish, his son-in-law is jewish and a love of anti-of them what you heard out there is worse than the anti-black stuff. supposedly donald trump doesn't care about anybody else but he loves his family and his daughter above everybody else and his daughter's faith was being insulted and he couldn't even stick up for his own child. there is something deeply wrong

this was dev fintive proof that have today. >> david, thank you, david gergen, van jones. there are many more aspects to this to explore including president's claim he's all about having the facts before he speaks. the civil war and race in this country. the president's claims about violence on both sides and more. the panel joins us, as well as we continue. americans - 83% try to eat healthy. yet up 90% fall short in getting key nutrients from food alone. let's do more. add one a day women's complete with key nutrients we may need. plus it supports bone health with calcium and vitamin d. one a day women's in gummies and tablets. get your ancestrydna kit.here. learn about you and the people and places that led to you and see yourself in a new light. ancestrydna. save 30% through august 15th at ancestrydna.com. with at&t you can get your entertainment right here. right now, when you get the incredible iphone 7 from at&t you can get unlimited data and live tv. the channels you love. your favorite shows and movies. making your iphone into more of a... oh my tv is ringing. hey

van jones, to you.e importance of calling this domestic terror if in fact as we said there is proof that the suspect being held is connected to one of these hate groups. >> well, i think it's critical and part of the thing is you now have isis tactics in the streets of america. isis is a group that's been using cars as weapons to run over innocent people overseas. i.c.e. tactics being brought to the united states but not by muslims. by white supremacists. and the problem that we have now is that you have nazis, marching down the streets in america with torches and when americans go out and say you know what? we don't think that's appropriate. our parents and great grandparents lost their lives to stop the nazis. dr. king lost his life to stop the klan. we don't think it's appropriate, people are now being killed. you have a woman who was killed apparently possibly by a nazi in the united states and yet the president of the united states has not been as forthright in con depping that as he condemns the u

conned into having drinks or whatever and then they were led into saying these things i mean sure van jones calling the russian election hacking story and nothing was fun to be. hidden camera gotcha videos like bad or just kind of cheap but apparently the new york times is very scared of having the same thing happen to them which is why levy warns the time staff to beware of the students trying to meet with times employees and levy is so wary in fact that he took it one step further he shared the internal times warning on twitter and tweeted that all newsrooms everywhere should be aware that someone claiming to be a college student is trying to interview journalists in other words the deputy managing editor of the new york times is really really concerned about journalists meeting with members of the public to the point where he said out the ominous message saying in these polarized times make sure you know your jockeying to now people who make up fake tips or pretend to be someone they're not or use other dirty tricks to further their own agenda definitely suck yes to me but if you can fig

. >> van jones says there is dangerous in mr. trump's response. >> somebody lost their life today.erican citizen who woke up this morning assuming that he or she had a long life to live, marching down american streets. we lost a bunch of people to stop the nazis. dr. king lost his life trying to stop the klan. every responsible parent raises their kid to not hate based on color. someone says they want to stand again that and they are killed in america by a nazi there should not be surprise there is condemnation about hate groups, terrorism. that's what we're supposed to do. i am very concerned he is not sending a strong enough signal to people who think this is the right way to engage in politics in america, mowing people down, showing up with shields and guns. he missed an opportunity to say i'm making america great again. this is not great. it has to stop right now. he said some good things but he did not say enough things and i'm worried. >> that ends this hour of our breaking news. i'm natalie allen. >> and i'm george howell. ewi i will be back with more coverage of this protes

again, i was watching van jones is, a good friend of mine, earlier. i heard his heart.eard what he was saying. i heard what he wanted to hear from our president. and i think the president will claire some of the things maybe he didn't get a chance to address today. >> all right. andre bower, appreciate you coming on. thank you so much for your perspective. >> reporter: thank you, amber. >> still ahead on "newsroom," leaders denounce radical bigotry. we discuss race relations with a bit of history in mind. stay with us. these days families want to be connected 24/7. that's why at comcast we're continuing to make our services more reliable than ever. like technology that can update itself. an advanced fiber-network infrustructure. new, more reliable equipment for your home. and a new culture built around customer service. it all adds up to our most reliable network ever. one that keeps you connected to what matters most. >>> welcome back to our viewers here around the united states and around the world. we continue following breaking news on cnn. rage, hate, and death in

again, i was watching van jones is, a good friend of mine, earlier. i heard his heart.eard what he was saying. i heard what he wanted to hear from our president. and i think the president will claire some of the things maybe he didn't get a chance to address today. >> all right. andre bower, appreciate you coming on. thank you so much for your perspective. >> reporter: thank you, amber. >>> that interview taking place earlier in the day. but, again, the president always has the ability to follow up with nuance and context. the question continues, what did he mean by "many sides"? many looking to his twitter account on that >> u.s. leaders denounce the rally as radical bigotry. we discuss race relations with a bit of history in mind. stay with us. as "newsroom" pushes on. olay eyes new deep hydrating eye gel with hyaluronic acid born to outperform the #1... prestige eye cream for better hydration. and your best look yet. olay eyes collection. ageless. >>> welcome back to our viewers in the united states and around the world. breaking news continues out of the state of vi

again, i was watching van jones a good friend of mine earlier. i heard his heart. i heard what he wanted to hear from our president. i think our president will clarify some of the things that maybe he didn't get a chance to address today. >> all right. andre bauer, we appreciate you coming on. thank you so much for your perspective. >> thank you. >>> well, u.s. attorney general jeff sessions has released a statement about the investigation into the violence in virginia. and he said this in part, the violence and deaths in charlottesville strike at the heart of american law and justice. when such actions arise from racial bigotry and hatred, they betray our core values and cannot be tolerated. former u.s. president barack obama quoted the late south a african icon nelson mandela. he tweeted this. no one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion. people must learn to hate. and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love. for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite. >>> up next, we

. >> van jones, let me go to you.sources are telling cnn that they don't believe president trump's comments will result in any long term damage. one source saying there was, quote, nothing disqualifying. how do you see it particularly with the president's base and of course the others that supported him that ultimately sent him to the white house? >> well, his basis probably going to forgive this and overlook it, but he can't win re-election with his base only. there are a bunch of independents and some democrats that swung over, and i think those people are getting increasingly uncomfortable with the president. for one thing, it's just the erratic nature of his response to the crisis overall, underplaying it, reading a speech as if he were a hostage someplace, then blowing up. all this stuff begins to undermine a sense of credibility and confidence in his ability to govern, period, let alone to govern for all the people. and i think that it's very interesting. sometimes things begin to erode and they erode and erode

i want to bring in three people now, van jones, david axelrod, and david gergen. david gergen, how do you view what the president said today, specifically reversing from what he said yesterday and going back to what he said on saturday? >> i must tell you, anderson, after watching presidents for a long time, i was shocked by today's performance. on two grounds. one is that -- on the issue itself of charlottesville, he so clearly is wrong. he so clearly sees the world differently than most of us do. and creating an equivalence between the neo nazis and people who came to protest what the neo nazis are saying. it's just so unacceptable to the masses of people in this country. i'm shocked he went back there. but anderson, the bigger question for me, the harder question that is more worrisome is what is going on inside donald trump? this is a man with such massive insecurities. we have not seen anybody in the white house with such massive insecurities since richard nixon. people are increasingly feeling that he's not just a danger to his party but the country. he's go

outfront with me now former special adviser so president obama van jones and ben ferguson.ke of what you heard right there? >> i think people are struggling to try to make sense of a very confusing situation. i do agree that people do have the right to protest and they also -- we have the right to try to make judgments and discernments about what kinds of protests actually push us closer towards democracy and towards inclusion and toward the dream of our founders and dr. king and what protests pull us away from that. and i think that obviously nazis, the idea we have to debate whether nazis and white supremacists and clan members are protesting for things that we are in favor of in america is kind of shocking. >> let me ask you about this, also, van, because it is just coming in. this interview that steve bannon gave and the quote is, he says the longer day talk about identity politics, democrats, i got them. i want them to talk about racism every day. if the left is focussed on racism and we go with economic nationalism, we crush the democrats. is he right? >> listen, i th

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matt slap is current chairman for the american conservative union and van jones, cnn political commentatorr special adviser to president obama. matt schlapp, what is wrong with affirmative action? >> nothing is wrong with it. i think it was well intended. when you have populations that faced serious discrimination, the government steps in to make sure people are not doing things that break the law and discriminate against people. >> so why now try to change it? >> the whole concept is eventually you want these programs to go away, eventually you want to realize dr. king's dream of a color blind society. >> have we gotten here? do you think it's outlived its usefulness? >> at the american conservative union we have the family prosperity index. what you're seeing in politics and in culture, there's tremendous hardship that is wreaking havoc on rural white america, opioid addiction, duh sides going through the roof. at some point in these programs, especially in college admissions, you're saying we'll give you the leg up, give you the slot. inevitably you're actually taking slots away as well

joining us is van jones, gloria, jeffrey, and molly. the idea that americans were going to the polls while the fbi was kind of poring over social media, as phil said, it is a brave new world and raises a lot of concerns. >> it raises a lot of concerns. but part of the thing, if you pull back, you have an obama administration that's between a rock and a hard place. the republicans spent so much time driving down confidence in this white house, spoking suspicions about this president, that here you have a real threat to our most basic institution, and the president and the fbi, they don't know what to do. if they go forward and say the russians are messing with the election, there's a concern the republican also say he's just doing that to help hillary clinton. if they do nothing, you wind up with this outcome now nobody knows what to believe. i think the republicans have to take some responsibility for doing their own campaign of disinformation around this birtherism, et cetera, which left us vulnerable to this day to sort out these thre

hillary had all the kings horses and all the king as men and phony polls and van jones said lit a billionfire. what is the message, trump is terrible and i'm not trump. that failed. he won states like wisconsin, a republican hadn't won since 1988. they have the same message. no money, moxie or momentum. no meaningful solutions. you can't beat somebody with nothing. they are bereft of ideas. when they have ideas they're pulled all the way to the far left. where are the blue dog democrats. where are the tax cutting second amendment pro-life democrats? they have been purged from the party. trish: i think there are a lot of changes are happening. you guys are in part responsible for that because you got a lot of people that typically would have voted for the democratic ticket and they voted for this president, kellyanne. very quickly before i let you go, what is the likelihood of a shutdown? >> well, nobody wants the government to be shut down so hypothetically speaking could have a short of-term cr. talk about a spending bill in the future. the fact nobody wants a shutdown but there are many

again, i was watching van jones, a good friend of mine earlier, and i heard his heart. saying and i heard what he wanted to hear from our president, and i think our president will clarify some of the things maybe he didn't get a chance to address today. >> all right. andre bauer, we appreciate you coming on. thank you for your perspective. >> thank you, amara. >> the violence in virginia isn't the only issue facing the u.s., of course. we will have the latest on the north korean missile threat with a live report coming up here. plus, president trump also in the middle of a diplomatic showdown with venezuela. now caracas is accusing him of threatening peace in latin america. need a hair smoother get super fruit moroccan argan oil with sleek & shine leave-in cream long lasting frizz control for up to 3 days of sleek hair fructis sleek & shine the #1 treatment in america super fruit. super hair. garnier. we demand a lot from our eyes every day. i should know. i have chronic dry eye caused by reduced tear production due to inflammation. so i use restasis multidose. it helps

even van jones, your colleague said she lit a billion dollars on fire. i agree with him. >> regardless of two won the election and how hillary clinton handled herself and handled her campaign, t a campaign, it's all irrelevant -- >> if you want to talk about the election. >> we're not talking about the election. i don't think it came out of my mouth. >> this is not about russian interference. you know what? >> it is exactly about that. i think one of the reasons that this meeting is so troubling is because what the president had called a hoax, and a witch hunt is now demonstrably not that because russian people reached out, and not, like, citizens. not just, like, good people from russia -- but a lawyer of very specific contacts reached out to his son with a solicitation of negative information about his political opponent -- >> we had this conversation. >> it shows it's not a witch hunt. >> what happened in the meeting? what do we know? >> we know why we hent to the meeting. it's hard to know what happened in the meeting. >> you want to relitigate, and

to digress but with president obama, remember the first few people he brought into the cabinet, van jones, the admitted communist, the labor secretary was an admitted communist, george soros, an admitted communist. he associates with this. and you compare that to president trump where there's just allegations, no real substance. the point is the deep state as we hear it termed is against the people's choice. and they're taking it out on trump. it could be anybody. so they're investigating his financial transactions. why don't we turn our investigators into congress themselves and the senate and look at all these real estate deals happening behind the scenes where it's not a campaign contribution, here's your check, but it's buy a home from me and i'll give it to you for $150,000 less than list price and you can turn it covertly in six months. see what i mean? this stuff is happening all through congress from what i've seen on the web. anyway, my general point is it you compare what's happening to president trump in terms of what he's done or anything compared to what hillary clinton's cri

van jones has been pointing this out. iv ivanka converted to mary jared. he has a jewish son-in-law and jewish grandchildren. if he sees that, he should be ashamed of himself. if i was ivanka or his child, i would go in and have a long talk with my father. >> the chanting we just heard in that very powerful video, you will not replace us. that's referring to black people are not replacing white people. jews will not replace us. blood and soil. that's an old nazi slogan. whose streets? our streets. that is white people. white people's streets. i don't understand how the president can say that there is equal condemnation, equal responsibility on both sides when we hear a lot of people marching through charlottesville uttering those horrendous words. we should point out a few things. he said i needed to gather all the facts. melania trump tweeted before he did. many others tweeted before he did. what facts did they not have when they tweeted. the fact is, he said what he said. so much of this -- i can't crawl into donald trump's head and explain the things th

even van jones, your colleague said she lit a billion dollars on fire. i agree with him. >> regardless of who won the election and how hillary clinton handled herself and handled her campaign, it's all irrelevant -- >> that's not true. >> of course it is. >> if you want to talk about the election. >> we're not talking about the election. i don't think it came out of my mouth. >> this is not about russian interference. you know that, right? >> it is exactly about that. i think one of the reasons that this meeting is so troubling is because what the president had called a hoax, and a witch hunt is now demonstrably not that because russian people reached out, and not, like, citizens. not just, like, good people from russia -- but a lawyer of very specific contacts reached out to his son with a solicitation of negative information about his political opponent -- >> we had this conversation. >> and duped him and whatever happened in the meeting happened. it shows it's not a witch hunt. >> what happened in the meeting? what do we know? >> we know why he went t

crying and screaming over how a president could do that and i would like to quote something that van jonessaid c.n.n. contributor and host and he's been here is a wonderful and very eloquent person he said tonal trump for many of his supporters are for lakewood you symptoms for many black people they know that people knew that you simpson was was pretty much in will the what happened maybe he was guilty but he had the right any. and donald trump for them he had the right enemy he just like trolling the liberals trolling the progressives and they hated the little mite does it hurt you that the political morning console poll done last once showed a majority of americans support the administration's muslim travel ban does that hurt you. it doesn't hurt me personally but it kind of it just shows that fear works fear is a is a wonder is it is a very powerful tool and he that when they do that if we we don't mean all muslims but as a matter of fact they do i have been in political and in other places where i've met a lot of supporters and they believe that anybody who belongs to that religion is

van. last night crowds gathered to pay their respects to the victims, as simon jones reports.ulevard where, on thursday, bodies lay, last night a vigil. flowers and candles to mark the lives lost and those injured from 3a different countries. the disbelief and grief etched on people's faces. i was scared and nervous to come here. i didn't know what it would be like and if everybody was going to be kind of mourning and upset over what happened. it's good, though, to see everybody come together and just kind of remember what happened. through the window of a museum, new footage has emerged, appearing to show the van speeding along las ramblas. people ran for their lives. hours later a car was driven into pedestrians in cambrils. five suspects were shot dead, four by a single officer. among them, moussa oukabir, the man believed to have rented the van used in the barcelona attack. police say they are still looking for the man they now believe was driving it, younes abouyaaqoub. the task of identifying the dead and injured is continuing. fears are growing forjulian cadman, who is

van, but wasn't behind the wheel. last night crowds gathered to pay their respects to the victims, as simon jones reports.evard where, on thursday, bodies lay, last night a vigil. flowers and candles to mark the lives lost and those injured from 3a different countries. the disbelief and grief etched on people's faces. i was scared and nervous to come here. i didn't know what it would be like and if everybody was going to be kind of mourning and upset over what happened. it's good, though, to see everybody come together and just kind of remember what happened. through the window of a museum, new footage has emerged, appearing to show the van speeding along las ramblas. people ran for their lives. hours later a car was driven into pedestrians in cambrils. five suspects were shot dead, four by a single officer. among them, moussa oukabir, the man believed to have rented the van used in the barcelona attack. police say they are still looking for the man they now believe was driving it, younes abouyaaqoub. the task of identifying the dead and injured is continuing. fears are growing forjulian cadman, who is se

jones who was shot and killed earlier this year. and this is not the first time the mural has been swraeeen van. one person is in custody, the officer chased the vandals down an alleyway. and earlier this week, the rizzo statue also vandalized, spray painted with the words black power. we spoke with some neighbors who say this is unacceptable. >> you know, they really are destroying a piece of art. even though you disagree with the man this, is someone's work that is 00 a wall and you can stand out here and you can protest it, but this kind of december a kradesecration is unnecessary. >> reporter: it all began earlier in week when a city council member tweeted that the rizzo stat nue should be remove. they will likely have discussions coming up in september. and the mural arts program also said that they would consider removing this rizzo mural, but many here in south florida totally opposed to that. we should note that the city's mayor yesterday says any form of vandalism is not tolerated. live in south philly, randy gyllenhaal, nbc 10 news. >>> flyou new this morning in w pennsylvania, two tro

jones has the details. president trump -- spreading fake news while condemning barcelona's deadly van attack -- telling hiso study what u.s. general john pershing did to muslim terrorists in the philippines - reviving a story he told on the campaign trail. president trump:"he took 50 bullets and he dipped them in pig's blood, and they shot 49 of those people and for for 25 years there wasn't a problem."the problem? historians have said repeatedly said this never happened.this latest falsehood -- coming as president trump's support base continues to crack over his defense of white supremacists -- president trump:"you had a lot of people in that group that were there to innocently protest and very legally protest, because you know -- i don't know if you know, they had a permit."the son of fox ceo rupert murdoch, one of president trump's closest informal advisers -- denouncing the president in a scathing email, writing ... graphic:"what we watched this last week in charlottesville and the reaction to it by the president of the united states concern all of us as americans and free people". the president's beha

the the show stars james van der beek best known perhaps from his mazing rolls in dawson's creek, varsity blues, don't trust the beat and apartment 23. now this morning he jonesmain story. it's good to speak with you. good morning. >> hey, good morning. >> what does dip employee think about this? >> i don't know. we'll fine out. >> ut-oh. >> is that true? >> no. he's an executive pre dossiers the show actually. he's incredibly savvy. he's really sharp. he's real hard worker, and he understands that part of surviving in today's media culture is not taking yourself too seriously. >> self deprecation. >> is that your voice we hear inside your brain? that's my interpretation of his voice, yeah. >> got it. >> that's so good. that's my impressn >> thank you. >> so you're the co creator of this innovative new show on this amazing network. let me ask you. where did this come from? >> this came from so last year this young director brandon was task width dip employee management to come up with commercial for maddie sent block party tour. brandon's idea was for me to play dip employee. i thought i'll be associated with this guy i did rewrite on on the commercial. we sh