business community, as well, jumping ship. ♪ we all need somebody to lean on ♪ a vigil on the university of virginia campus, site of an ugly, violent march last week. transformed into an emotional moment of hope. we have all the elements of the story cover around the world this morning. welcome back to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. 32 minutes past the hour. this morning, widening fallout from president trump's defense of white supremacist protesters in charlottesville. some presidential advisers concede the pushback is hurting chances to advance an agenda once the president returns to washington next week. now within his own party, a growing number of republicans being forced to decide whether to stand by this president. many gop lawmakers appear to believe deserting the president now could only harm their political fortunes. others are going public calling out the president by name.