we know he is part of a group called vanguard america, a group that espouses white supremacist views.'s unclear whether there is some conspiracy afoot, whether there are other acts that may be under way. we need the justice department in this case right now to send a strong signal to all of the alt-right and white supremacist organizers that were on the ground yesterday, that if you commit violence, if you commit a hate crime, the federal government will come down on you and investigate and prosecute to the fullest extent permissible under law. >> this group, vanguard america, said fields is not a member of the group. we reported that earlier today, but does that even matter? what do we know about whether or not he is a so-called terrorist, whether or not this is considered a lone wolf attack. we've heard so many times in past incidents, you know, where is that line when we call this domestic terrorism and truly a hate crime? >> if there is one word that doesn't matter right now, it's the word of people who are out marching violently yesterday. there are a lot of unanswered questions,

now we're going to look at was that precipitated by a feeling of prejudice, and such is this vanguard america group, that's a perfect example of evidence that shows this man had bias in his heart. >> joyce, let me go to you, because fields was charged with several things. one count of second-degree murder, three counts of malicious wounding, and one count of hit and run, intended failure to stop with injury. can james alex fields jr. legally be charged, given the evidence that we've seen so far with domestic terrorism? >> so, these charges, the state charges, were filed in order to hold field in custody for this period of time, to ensure that he couldn't get away from the scrutiny of law enforcement. now what we'll see will be a combined federal and state investigation into the facts and a determination into whether or not this is a state murder charge or whether we do have that additional increment of animus, racial or civil rights motivated animus that would put it in the category of a federal civil right civil rights crime. you asked an interesting question about domestic terrorism, and, o

just before the attack, fields seen on video chanting a message of white power, marching with vanguard america, a known white supremacist group. hours later, fields allegedly carrying out his aac >> the car came screaming down the street, and, uh, the driver gunned it into the crowd of people. >> it was pretty clear that the driver was intent on hitting 100, 200, 300 people. >> reporter: fields arrested shortly after, seen sitting in handcuffs. his mother saying she knew her son was driving from his home in northwest ohio to virginia for a rally. >> i didn't know it was white supremacist. i thought, it had something to do with trump. trump's not a supremacist, i mean, he had an african-american friend. >> reporter: a former teacher now saying, even in high school fields made pro nazi comments. >> he -- well, he felt that whites were superior. he felt that the views that adolf hitler espoused were correct in some way. >> reporter: the group fields was marching with has a slogan, "blood and soil." the idea, people with "white blood" have a special bond with "american soil," one of a number hate

is because of the page is going to buy wing death squad in vanguard america. lea: we are hearing apple will be putting some money investigating evolve. >> that's right. tim cook says the company would donate $2 million to anti-hate groups. apple giving donations to the southern poverty law center, one of the leading organizations that tracks the rise of hate groups in the anti-defamation league. apple said in a a system to let consumers donate to the southern poverty while. it's encouraging employees to contribute by matching payments to do one during september 30th. lauren: it's interesting content as well as content, but these tech companies are policing violence at this point. lea: critics say the question is a free speech. certainly an opportunity to step in and put their voice in the mix. thank you. lauren: fox news has learned the fbi has reopened the case searching for records at the infamous time after reading between president clinton and attorney general linda lynch. and who is the actress in hollywood highest paid? it is no jennifer lawrence anymore

add photo of this 20-year-old man, fields, bearing an insignia of a white nationalist group vanguard america. was he affiliated with that group or any of these other white sprupremacist groups, do u know? >> like i said. we're beginning to learn more as the investigation unfolds, but undoubtedly, these are dangerous white supremacists, anti-semitic hate groups. and it is alarming. it should be alarming to all americans to see these groups beginning to become more brazen and emboldened and gaining strength and it is incumbent upon all of us, our community leaders, our elected officials all the way right up to the top to condemn this type of hate and this type of bigotry, and this kind of anti-semitic -- white supremacist, it has no place in virginia or in america and it is incumbent upon all of us to call it out and denounce it for exactly what it is. >> as you know, the department of justice here in washington has launched a full-scale civil rights investigation into this attack among other actions, but you say this was really an act of terrorism. well, should a formal terror investigation b

amy: the leader of the vanguard america neo-nazi group that rallied, a marine corps recruiter. is interesting. it is believed this information led the marine commandant, the head of the marines to issue a , tweeting -- "no place for racial hatred or extremism in usmc. our core values s of honor, courage, and commitment frame the way marines live and act." it wasn't only the marine,. who tweeted, but it seems almost every general of the joint chiefs of staff have now made statements and it may well be in part because of president trump's unhinged priory come a bellicose news conference that took place on tuesday. i want to play free part of what president trump's head on tuesday about the deadly charlottesville white supremacist rally. i do think there is blame on both sides. i think at both sides, there is blame on both sides. and i have no doubt about it and you don't have any doubt about it, either. and if you reported it accurately, you would say -- >> heather heyer died. pres. trump: excuse me. you had some very bad people in that group, but you also had people that were ve

the condemnations came after it emerged that the leader of the vanguard america neo-nazi hate group that rallied in charlottesville was a marine corps recruiter. the head of the department of veterans affairs, david shulkin, also spoke out wednesday. out and i'mking giving my personal opinions as an american and as a jewish american. for me in particular, i think in learning history, that we know staying silent on these issues is simply not acceptable. i am not going to in any way condone the behavior or the believes of the nazis are white supremacists. this is an affront to american ideals. this is an affront to civilization. amy: fallout from president trump's handling of the charlottesville violence came amid revelations that the trump administration recently cut funds to organizations dedicated to fighting right-wing violence. one group, life after hate, which works to help white nationalists and neo-nazis disengage from hate and violent extremism, was set to receive a grant under the dhs's countering violent extremism program, approved by the obama administration. when trump dhs pol

and there was a poster emblazed with join or die and they had the vanguard america, identity ropa andionalist social movement and anti-community movement. this is what i believe reverend barber spoke to earlier, this is a very strategic move on the part of white nationalists and white supremacists. i would also note that david duke, after the president's statement, seemed to be disappointed and reminded the president that it was white america that put him into office and not liberal activists. >> wow! and darrell lamont, you have infiltrated the white nationalist groups an gotten to know the thinking up close. is it unfair of people to say that donald trump's election has energized them? >> well, first, i want to send my condolences to the families of those that were -- that died today. i've been doing this for a about 30 years now and i have yet to see this kind of carnage. it is ridiculous. and to your point, the fact of the matter is donald trump was basically emboldening these individuals. they made it clear well before he even announced, so he can't get away from it. and i find i

vanguard america is one of the most active nye owe nazi groups, has 200 members in the united states.rs. you know what the real goal i think in my mind, trish, antifa, enablers in the media and democrat party, they want to dehuman mize, delegitimatize, anybody that holds differing political views. their agenda and their narrative, anybody that opposes left's political agenda must be doing so out of hatred and bigotry. violence is acceptable approach. trish: they need a new marketing campaign. those outfits, masks, et cetera, doesn't look like they're representing anything to anybody. >> they are the brown shirts. trish: they appear very scary. and i think, the heart of what they're doing as well, is very scary, ned. because they are trying to shut down any other side in the name of their righteousness, they will use violence to do it. >> i wrote a piece in the hill according orwellian antifa. because they're using fascist tactics to shut down freedom of speech, freedom of thought, freedom expression and quite frankly freedom of as stemmably. i called them the brown shirts of the left.

one of these groups vanguard america the other traditionalist workers party. they want a white racially pure nation and finally the alt-right, radical extremist conservatives. they also recruit as stephanie points out quite frequently, white educated young people. make no mistake these are white supremacists. the president was wrong. these are not very fine people. this isn't an opinion about how society should go. these are white supremacists. they are not patriots. they were violent racists anti-seanti anti-semitic groups. this is young and it's active. what's the way combat this. one would have thought in 2017 i couldn't imagine myself doing this for our viewers. >> some is start of removing these symbols of hate. the reason that the alt-right is so so viceferous is because they know they are making strides. we haven't seen any actions that hold trump accountable and that has to change. i haven't seen anybody resign from this white house. as many people enraged and concerned i haven't seen people leave this administration. >> we're going to go back to heath

just before the attack, fields, seen on video, chanting a message of white power, marching with vanguard americawhite supremacist group. hours later, fields allegedly carrying out his attack. witnesses watching in horror. >> the car came screaming down the street. the driver gunned it into the crowd of people. >> pretty clear that the driver wa 300 people. >> reporter: fields arrested shortly after, seen sitting in handcuffs. his mother saying she knew her son was driving to a rally. >> i didn't know it was white supremacist. i thought it had something to do with trump. trump's not a supremacist. i mean, he had an african-american friend. >> reporter: a former teacher now saying in high school, feels made pro-nazi comments. >> he felt whites were superior. he felt the views adolf hitler espoused were correct in some way. >> reporter: the group he was marching with have a slogan. "blood and soil." the idea, people with white blood have a special bond with american soil, one of a number of hate groups protesting the removal of a confederate statute the rally becoming one of the largest gathering o

him at the rally yesterday saying that he seems to be a member of the white supremacist group vanguard america, at the very least he's seen in the photograph holding a shield. do you know anything about that? >> that investigation is just starting right now. i'm foellowing some of that sam news in the public. there is a lot in our investigations that are starting. i will say if those facts bear out, it will just be more evidence of what already was unbelievably disturbing here which was people who felt as if they had free rein to come into a free city and terrorize our most vulnerable people. i mean this didn't just go through that physical violence yesterday. it began the night before with several hundred of these people who came to our town would , do torch parade yelling slogans against african-americans, against jews, up and down the campus of thomas jefferson at the university of virginia. this was a visual display of intimidation hearkened back to the kkk and they went right up to the doorstep of a beautiful old historic church where there were several hundred people, interfaith gathered