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His statement earlier today. If i understand my timeline correctly, and i think that i do, the car strike, which was such a horrific element of today happened after the president s remarks earlier today. His initials tweets were before the confirmed death. He actually spoke after the car incident. Now, maybe the details some of the details may not have been known to him. We know that much. I think as more is learned, youre going to hear more from him and the burden is on him at this point. Van . Listen, i think that the comments that he made when he went off prompter and said on many sides, that is part thats the problem. The actual listen, nobody wants to give trump credit on the left when hes right. The statement on paper was a good statement. And nobody wants to say that. I will say that. Paris, you know, im happy to get beat up from the liberals in giving him credit where the credit is due but the problem is, when he went off script apparently and said many sides, many sides, the way that i wasnt looking for a degrnegati and it was a false equivalence. And equal to people showing up and throwing rocks and bottles. Those are not the same thing and nazis are in a different category and have always been in a different category in american politics than just conservatives. And so i just think ken, i hope that youre right and paris i hope that youre right. On this issue, when you have van jones and ted cruz agreeing, this is the easy one. This is not a high bar to me. And so i hope youll catch up with the rest of the country tomorrow. I want to reset where we have, 11 00 eastern time. Three people dead, a helicopter, two people inside, they are dead. And a 32yearold woman who was mowed down, she is dead. A suspect is in custody. 20yearold james alex field from ohio. We are beginning to get more details on this man. His mother is speaking to the press. Were going to hear much more about that in a moment. The streets of charlottesville relatively calm tonight and no further comments from the president of the United States who 3 1 2 hours ago called for love. He condemned hatred and bigotry from many sides. Many sides, he said, in a statement that is still controversial as we get closer and closer to midnight. Lets go first to cnns brian todd who was on the streets of charlottesville and, brian, i think we should begin with this new information that were getting about this suspect. Reporter hes 20 years old, and booked into detention as of this afternoon, charged with one count of murder and failure to stop in an accident that resulted in a death. There could be other charges forthcoming. What we can tell you is that five people remain in critical condition. Four people in serious condition. Six in fair condition and four in Good Condition tonight at a local hospital. So, again, we have to stress, five people in critical condition. So some of these casualties may change in the coming hours. We can also tell you tonight that there have been three arrests of three men in connection with what happened today. 21yearold drtroy dunnigan, jab smith and 44yearold james obrien of gainesville, florida. Dunnigan is charged with disorderly comment and jacob is charged with misdemeanor assault and battery and you have three arrests in connection with what happened. What i can tell you right behind us that is happening is two of the vehicles that were struck by this perpetrator are being moved by these tow vehicles here. One is up on the tow to your left over here and the other one we cant see. Theyve been processing this as a crime scene all afternoon. Whats interesting, john, two of the three arrests are from people from out of state. The governor and mayor have told us that the people causing the trouble they believe are from out of state. That information is parsed out in the days ahead when we dissect who did i verged on this plan and in or around charlottesville, local authorities not giving that information and i was told earlier that they are still trying to figure out some of that information and gather some intelligence on that, john. So it is very tense here tonight and very calm so far this evening but, again, youve got between 600 and 700 Police Officers patrolling the streets of charlottesville tonight so well see what happens in the coming hours. Brian todd for us on the streets of charlottesville following the developments there. Brian, thanks so much. Joining me by phone is lauren lindtstrom. She spoke with the mother of the suspect accused of driving his car into the crowd in charlottesville, accused now of seconddegree murder. If you can hear me, lauren, the mother of this man, her name is samantha bloom. What did she tell you . Reporter sure. We were in the neighborhood once we knew the address related to james field and she drove up. We knocked on the door and no one was home and shortly later she came back and hadnt heard from authorities yet. We broke the news to her, which is as a reporter, never the way you want things to go. But after we explained the situation to her and she confirmed she was indeed his mother, you know, we talked a little bit about her knowledge of the rally and he told her last week he was planning to go, had taken the day off work and she described it as an altright rally but had no idea kind of she said she was unaware of its extremist nature or leanings as far as the other people attending. Did she say that her son was part of any of these groups . Was somehow affiliated with any of these groups . She was pretty unaware of what the definition of altright would be. She kind of fumbled over the language. I dont think she had a clear idea of what that definition would be. She said to me that she doesnt try to get too much into his political beliefs and that shes not too well versed in his political leanings in any way. So i dont get a sense that she knew what he was headed for this weekend. She told him to be careful and make sure whatever he was going to do, he would do it peacefully. So she was perhaps concerned that it might be something other than that . Reporter thats what it would seem. Our conversation was very brief. It was ten minutes. A lot of it was spent explaining to her what was happening. And so she broke down at one point. Obviously understandably very emotional when that is dropped on you so excused herself after ten minutes and went inside her home. So but as far as we can tell, she didnt have a very clear understanding of his political leanings or maybe the extent of the level of extremeness that it was. Had she heard that he was in custody accused of these crimes and had she spoken to him . No. We talked to her around 9 00 p. M. She was unaware that he was involved. She thought maybe they were looking for him. Outlets were reporting that he was in custody and he had been charged and that was all new news to her so we were kind of breaking everything to her which is unfortunate. And youve been on the ground there digging. Any more information about james alex field himself . No. Mom told us that they moved here about a year ago from northern subsequent ken for a job and that he got his own apartment in another part of the suburbs about six months ago so he doesnt live currently at the location that was attached to his driving record. Thats how we found the house. So he hasnt lived in that location for about six months and hes really new to our area, within the last year or so. Not a lot of deep ties. Neighbors didnt know too much. It was a Friendly Community but you go into your garage and not a lot of details about his personality or if friends were coming over. Unfortunately, the neighbors didnt have a lot to offer other than their sense of being shaken that it could happen so close to home. Lauren linstrom with the toledo blade, spoke to the mother of the suspect. Lauren, thank you. The key new nugget there is that the mother of the suspect said that last week her son told her that he was going to an altright rally in virginia. All right. While we were talking about lauren, we got breaking news just in. The department of justice is opening up a civil rights investigation into what happened in charlottesville. Let me read you the statement that i have and a statement that i have from attorney general Jeff Sessions as well. First, on the investigation, the richmond fbi field office, the Civil Rights Division and u. S. Attorneys office for the werge Western District of virginia has opened an investigation. The fbi will collect all available facts into evidence and as this is an ongoing investigation, were not able to comment further at this time. Let me read you what i believe to be a statement from the attorney general Jeff Sessions. He writes, the violence and deaths in Virginia Strike at the heart of justice. They betray our core values and cannot be tolerated. I spoke with fbi agents on the scene and Law Enforcement officials in the state of virginia. The fbi has been representing local state authorities for the day and there has been a federal investigation commenced and will have the full support of the department of justice. Justice will prevail. Joining me to discuss this, s d cedric alexander. Lets talk about the functional news. Theres a civil rights investigation into the deadly vehicular incident. In these types of cases, youre going to have the locals jockeying for position and in a case that is this volatile and a case where now the gentleman who drove the car into the crowd, you have the interstate component. I imagine as soon as that came to the forefront, the u. S. Attorney for the Western District in virginia was probably already making his move. This makes perfect sense. This is a case that really should be dealt with by the doj and, quite frankly, john, the accident that took place, let me mention this very quickly. Our hearts and prayers go out to the two Police Officers who lost their lives for serving their community. Absolutely. And there was a point that Governor Terry mcauliffe made right now. The helicopter was responding to the situation so directly involved. So three People Killed in this incident. Sa cedric those are the two Law Enforcement officials killed, the two Virginia State troopers killed in the helicopter crash. They were mentioned earlier. Our hearts go out to them and their families. Cedric, a civil rights investigation is not a terror investigation. These are two separate things. Ted cruz, senator from texas, is calling to investigate this as an incident of domestic terror. What more would you need to know to raise it from a civil rights investigation to a fullscale terror investigation . I think, based on evidence, if they do a thorough investigation, based on witness statements that were out there today regardless of what side they come from, if you base it on the video that weve all been looking at today and the horrific events that took place of violence, i think it may be possible. I mean, look, john, we have acts of outright hate and people hurt and injured and one person killed out there today. So it certainly does, i think, agree with senator cruz on this, we need to look further and wider and broader and not for any political reason, mind you. Im a 40year Law Enforcement guy. My colleague here is a 25year veteran. Weve been in this for a long time. We think its important that fairness and impartiality be certainly the focal point of this investigation. If the suspect was in fact a member of one of these groups and did attend the rally to somehow stir things up, what kind of legal jeopardy would these groups be in . Would they have any legal culpability here . The same thing happens after isis has an incident and a terror attack within the United States and people say, well, you saw their post on facebook and their social media actions and what they were saying, why didnt you do something . And unfortunately its very difficult because we cant police thoughts here. Youre looking at the scene where the alleged murder took place. A couple cars just towed away. Three cars were banged up. The suspect allegedly drove his car into that crowd killing a 32yearold woman. And again, the breaking news is that theres a civil rights investigation right now. The department of justice announcing that a short time ago. James galiano, thank you for helping us understand the legal implications here. I want to bring back in van jones, josh dubois and ken cuccinelli. Were 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 clear bigoted element involved here, you could also get in parallel a federal civil rights prosecution that is separate from the murder and felonious assault and the fleeing, et cetera, all of the other charges that will hit the sky. And rick has been there a long time. He has been elevated from the professional ranks in the Western District. I worked with him. Hes an exceptional professional. As you heard from cedric, hell not only be clean and fair about this, hell be thorough and it will be done right. Theres a lot of reason to have a lot of confidence in him and his team and as i was confidence in the Law Enforcement officials and prosecutors. Van jones, i want to read to you again the statement we got from the attorney general Jeff Sessions. This came out virtually at the same time. He writes, the violence and death strikes at the heart of Law Enforcement and justice and when it rises from bigotry, they betray our core values and cannot be valued. Tonight, i think thats a strong statement and i think youre going to be hearing more from them. If you were grieving, if you were worried, i think youre starting to see good signals, you have a number of republican senators, Congress People and others being forthright. And a decent statement and on the counterterrorism site as well, i dont think its always terrorism when its muslims and never terrorism when its not. That sends a bad signal to a generation of people. You have young white folks out there who i think need to be instructed very clearly that the nazi route is wrong and people of color are bewildered watching the country going where its going when it comes to racial incidents and you need a strong statement from the president and from the attorney general and everybody else that this is not the america that we want for them. So you have a whole bunch of young people watching on both sides, all sides, many sides. They all need to get the same message that this nazi stuff has to go. And i think thats exactly right. I would note that we dont need to just put this on the president and the attorney general. They have important roles to play. What happened in charlottesville is on many people in this country. The guys marching with those torches, somebody is going to be in tomorrows church or going home to a mother or father or husband or wife. We have to pull them aside and have tough conversations. It cant always be africanamericans having conversations with white people. Where does this come from . And its been here for a long time. Why is that . This is on President Trump. Its on Jeff Sessions and others but its also on everyone who has any connection, not just to the folks marching on the streets in charlottesville but others who share their ideology. This is on us. Paris . I am never surprised that while some people are surprised when the administration does the right thing or when the department of justice and many who failed that wrongfully, in my opinion, that Jeff Sessions was a racist, did the right thing tonight, made the right statement and the department of justice is now pursing this, as they should. Im not surprised that President Trump did the right thing in terms of coming out and i think hes going to do more. Im reminded it by president reagans diaries that i read that he wrote there was an issue that happened with black girls that went missing and Jesse Jackson was all over reverend jackson was talking about, hes not doing anything. The administration is crazy. In the diary that night, president reagan said the funny thing that he doesnt know is ive always instructed the department of justice to go after and find these girls because they matter to me. We dont know what the administration is doing. We dont know what they are doing right now. We have to have trust and faith and belief that theyre going to do the right thing. The president and entire administration is going to do the right thing. We do know that theres a civil rights investigation. We know what they are doing on that front. We watched him and watched that statement and read his statements that he put out on twitter as well. You said that the idea that the many sides were to blame, you sort of indicated that you wish he hadnt said that and that wasnt part of the message he intended. Do you think he needs to say more in the next 24 hours now instead of looking backwards, lets look forwards. By sunday night, does the president of the United States need to come out and make a statement where he comes out in names with actual words, white supremacist or neonazis . If i thought ill be really candid. If i thought that would change the hearts and minds of a lot of people and social media about this president , i dont think thats going to change their minds about him. But hes the leader and the president of the United States. Do i think its appropriate for him to denounce it again and denounce it strongly . I think he thoud. Im not so concerned about the timing. I think as long as he comes out and says something thats unequivocal about domestic terrorism, White Supremacy as it relates to this issue alone marching with the Confederate Flag and nazi symbols, i think he should denounce it like hes denounced it and other instances many times before, which is an unfortunate occurrence that we have to continue to have these comments and remarks by the leaders of the free world, republicans and democrats alike. Theres no statute of limitations. Ken cuccinelli, does the president need to Say Something firm, direct more direct soon . Yes. As information becomes available, we already have more information here at the end of the day than was had in the middle of the day and youre seeing action by the administration in the form of a civil rights record. As we head into this week, into the business week, youll hear more and more pointedly from the white house and from the president on this subject and i fully expect that. We need to hear like van said, we need to hear that from the president. Josh, weve got 90 seconds level. Your last thought . Sure. I think is a time for moral clarity. This is a party and an individual who likes to paint things in black and white terms and were getting very ambiguous and we need time. Walking around with torches and trying to instill fear in the hearts of americans, why do you need more time . Say something now. Say something over the last few hours but, by god, Say Something in the next few hours. We need to know as americans that right is right and wrong is wrong. Van jones, 30 seconds left here. There are words and there are actions and as of tonight theres a federal civil rights investigation. I think thats all to the good. We could wind up in a better and stronger place. Were going to go one way or the other. Were going to either turn to each other or on each other. Today you saw these counteroccurrence. Some people wanted to stick up for a president no matter what he does or doesnt do. I think youre going to wind up in a situation where americans choose in the face of naziism to turn to each other and not on each other and i hope the president leads there and doesnt lag there. Van jones, josh dubois and ken cuccinelli, thank you for your passion tonight and your input and those moments when you all did listen, that was great, too. Thanks a lot. Cnns live coverage. Breaking news in virginia continues in just a moment. Looking for balance in your digestive system . Try align probiotic. For a nonstop, sweet treat goodness, hold on to your tiara kind of day. Get 24 7 digestive support, with align. The 1 doctor recommended probiotic brand. Also in kids chewables. Upeace of mind. S we had a power outage for five days total. We lost a lot of food. We actually filed a claim with usaa to replace that spoiled food. And we really appreciated that. 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Federal authorities have just opened a civil rights investigation after a car plowed into a crowd of people protesting the White Nationalist rally. Police have taken into custody this man who they believe was the driver. 20yearold james alex fields jr. Is being held on suspicion of seconddegree murder. We have to warn you, this video youre about to see, you may find it graphic. [ screaming ] [ bleep ]. He just drove into people. One woman died in this crowd. More than a dozen were wounded. And a few hours ago, President Trump wrote, condolences to the family of the young woman killed today and best regards to all of those injured in charlottesville, virginia. So sad. However, some republicans and democrats are criticizing the president for not labeling the protesters for what they are, White Nationalists. We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of bigotry and violence on many sides. On many sides. Its been going on for a long time in our country. Not donald trump, not barack obama, its been going on for a long, long time. Our brian todd joining us from the scene at charlottesville. The new piece of information is that theres a federal civil rights investigation that has been opened. Reporter right. Just announced moments ago by the Justice Department and their field office in richmond, virginia, the division of the Justice Department is going to investigate what happened right behind me. A civil rights investigation into the incident here on Fourth Street where a vehicle plowed into protesters who were walking along the street. They just moments ago cleared the vehicles struck by the perpetrator that were right behind me and other Police Officers patrolling on the corner of fourth and water streets. Thats where this incident occurred, where this vehicle plowed into several people walking. Protesters walking and killing one 32yearold pedestrian and injuring 19 people. I can give you an update on their conditions in a moment. Lets talk about the suspect first. 20yearold james alex fields jr. From maumee, ohio. So he is facing charging according to martin kumar, superintendent of the county regional jail. This young man booked into jail this afternoon here in charlottesville. You know, one other thing we need to tell but are some arrests that have been made. Three young men have been arrested in connection with the violence. Two are 21 years old. Troy dunnigan, charged with d disorderly conduct. A man from gainesville, florida, has been arrested for carrying a concealed handgun. Two of the three arrests were from people from out of state. The governor and mayor have both alluded to their belief that many of the people who came here to cause trouble came from out of state. As for the white supremacist who came here and held a rally which started all of this, weve been asking all night local police and authorities if there are still some of those people around in any numbers around the charlottesville area and if anything is percolating tonight. So far, no word of that. They dont know if any of those people are around. They have 600, 700 Police Officers deployed on the streets of charlottesville tonight and two of the three people listed as being killed today are senate Police Officers. One named jay cullen and the other one named birk bates. Terry mcauliffe has said that those two were involved in his executive protection detail. They were people who ferried him around the state in a helicopter. Hes lost two people very close to him, amara. Just a tragedy from all the way around. Authorities are staying vigilant. This started out as a peaceful rally organized by White Nationalists waving Confederate Flags and chanting nazi slogans and then you had the counterprotesters that showed up. At what point did things spiral out of control . Reporter it wasnt too long after the crowd started to gather in serious numbers. They came to Emancipation Park to hold the rally and it was shortly after that the counterprotesters counterprotesters started to show up and then they were mingling each other and groups of the counterprotesters on either side of them and then all of a sudden fights broke out on the streets and we heard of people injured in those fights. At 1 30 eastern time, maybe a little after that, after the fights had been dispersed, you had the car strike incident here on Fourth Street. Brian todd watching the developments from there in charlottesville, thank you for that live report. Earlier, cnn spoke with a reporter who heard from the mother of the man suspected of driving that car into a crowd of counterprotesterses. He told her last week he was planning to go and had taken the day off of work and she described it as an altright rally but had no idea she was unaware of the extremist leanings as far as the other people attending. Did she say that her son was part of any of these groups . Was somehow involved with any of these groups . So, she was pretty unaware of what the definition of altright would be. She kind of fumbled over the language. I dont think she had a clear idea of what that definition would be. She said to me that she doesnt try to get too much into his political beliefs and that shes, you know, not too wellversed in his political leanings in any way. I dont get a sense that she knew what he was headed for this weekend. When we come back, more on the events in charlottesville and the criticism of President Trumps response to that. Stay with us. 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We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious dispay of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides. On many sides. Its been going on for a long time in our country. Not donald trump, not barack obama. Its been going on for a long, long time. It has no place in america. One phrase that you heard from the president just now is et going getting a lot of attention, a lot of criticism. Violence on many sides, on many sides. Folks are saying that easy kwatikwahe is equating the neonazis who were demonstrating today and last night. Those who were opposing what they were saying. I asked what the president made by many sides and this is what one said. The president was condemning hatred and bigotry and violence from all sources and all sides. So that was the white house doubling down on this idea that both sides are to blame. Another thing that is notable, the president talked about bringing that country together, about the need to unite and straighten out the situation in charlottesville, to study it and figure out what is going wrong in this country that will allow this kind of thing to happen. Critics must call out these organizations by name. Were talking about the White Nationalists, people who were carrying flags with nazi emblems, confederate n flags, people who showed up last night carrying torches, protesting the removal of a candidaonfederate. They are arguing how can you fight or defeat the enemy or idea without calling it that. This is a president who has not been shy about criticizing a long list of people, whether its democrats like barack obama or his former rival Hillary Clinton or senator Mitch Mcconnell and senator john mccain and fbi director james comey and the Current Special Council Bob Mueller and hes not condemned White Nationalism or neonazis and thats why many feel his statement did not go far enough. Back to you. Athena joins, thank you. I spoke earlier to republican jack kingston. He condemned the bigotry and hatred and violence. I think people have overread things into that. Hes been all over twitter condemning things that have happened, praising the police, terry mcauliffe, both have said theyve been in communication all day honk. I think his response has been good he didnt use the word white supremacist. I think its one of those words where he was not trying to avoid any particular jargon. He condemned the bigotry and hatred and violence which i think covered the whole thing. It was your colleagues who are reading too much into this, to use your words. And it was tweeted, we must call evil by its name. These were white supremacist and this is domestic terrorism. Why didnt the president say this is domestic terrorism . This has no place in this country. Well, you know, this thing doesnt end today. Its an ongoing debate and challenge for our country and the president will be using terms like that in the future because i know hes not afraid to use the terms. Why not use it . Well, you know, i dont know why he chose the words that he did today. November to 12016, when there w conference of altright people, he condemned it then and condemned it earlier in the year. I dont think hes trying to avoid certain terms. Ive heard this ridiculous narrative that hes trying not to offend his base. Im a solid base member myself and it would not bother me one bit and he praised Law Enforcement, condemned the violence and its not like he has been silent on this at all. Well, he was silent and not singling out this kind of racism. This is radical domestic terrorism and we heard the president say that he condemns the violence on many sides. He said many sides twice in that statement. So hes implying some kind of moral equivalency between this bigoted hate that is spewed against women and jews and the counterdemonstrators. Do you see a moral equivalency here . Well, i think all sides have to respect the First Amendment freedom of speech, as horrible as it is sometimes to hear people say ridiculous and horrible and antisemitic things, they have a First Amendment right and if you look at the protests earlier this summer, july 8th, there were 50 protesters and 1,000 counterprotesters and i think sometimes theres a few elements who decide to start fighting and the whole thing gets out of hand and to me when the president said that, thats what i assume happened. Usually its a handful of people on one side or the other who start this engagement. Its sad and not across the street from cnn, we had one area for all the protesters and we kept them there. Everybody was very respectful of it. The bomb that happened was totally a different matter. It had nothing to do with the protests. The g20 has been in my area of georgia, st. Simons and savannah. You can deal with people who offend you in a way that doesnt erupt to violence. But doesnt the president have a moral obligation to speak out specifically against this kind of radical ideology in this country, especially when he was not shy about calling out president obama and his rival clinton for not using the word radical islamic terrorism . This is radical domestic terrorism. Clearly words matter to President Trump. Why doesnt he use these words . Well, its not over with. And hes not running from these words at all. I know that many of the elected officials who are in office, they will quickly get out there and make a statement so that the press doesnt target in on them. I think some of these people who are saying you know, let me get out there so the press doesnt pick on me. You know, when he talks about, and i can paraphrase it. We condemn in the strongest terms this egregious disof hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides, i dont think thats a bad statement at all. Looking at his twitter on real donald trump, there were nine tweets in the last several hours, all about this. Hes not avoiding the situation at all. I think hes going to have a press conference on tuesday and another one on wednesday or at least press availability. There will be plenty of opportunities for him to engage in whatever rhetoric people want to hear. We appreciate your perspective. Jack kingston, thank so much for joining us. As athena jones mentioned earlier, President Trump is being criticized to his response. Now compare that with the sharply worded reactions from charlottesvilles mayor and virginias mayor. I have a message to all the White Supremacists and at nazi whos came into charlottesville today. Our message is plain and simple. Go home. You are not wanted in this great commonwealth. Shame on you. You pretend that youre patriots. But are you anything but a patriot. It is brought here by outsiders and its brought here by people who belong in the trash heap of history with the these ideas. Theyre going to be in the trash heap of history. This day will not define us. We will define this day by the story that we continue to tell tomorrow and the tomorrow after that, the week after that, and the year after that. Now, specifically con dep nation of White Supremacy has been a common theme as Republican Leaders responded to saturdays violence in charlottesville. House Speaker Paul Ryan said White Supremacy is a scourge that must be defeated. And former president ial candidate jeb bush said this, White Supremacists and their bigotry do not represent our great country. Also, senator marco rubio called saturdays violence a terror attack by White Supremacists. Senate majority leader Mitch Mcconnell did not use the term instead saying hate and bigotry did not reflect american values. Renowned u. S. Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson is reacting. He says there is a growth of hate in the country being witnessed in virginia. He says it needs just as much attention as the current Global Threats in asia and south america. There will be security in this country and that kims threats would not harm him. Maybe he should call Governor Terry mcauliffe and the leaders in charlottesville and give the assurance he gave the governor of guam yesterday that he would if necessary to break up these armed military tarized race premiumist groups, if he has to send in the national guard, you would do it. But the real fight right now is in charlottesville and it could very well get worse unless there could be a conference on violence. Cures and causes. A conference dealing with fears real and imagined. With the growth of hate in our country. Well, some analyst whos listened to President Trumps words on saturday says his tepid message could send the wrong signal to those who want to spread a message of intolerance. Ran jones says there is danger in mr. Trumps response. Somebody lost their life today. An american citizen who woke up this morning, assuming that he or she had a long life to live but said i want to go and bear witness against nazis marching down american streets. We lost a whole bunch of people in this country to stop the nazis. Dr. King tried to stop the klan. Every responsible parent raises their kids to hate to not hate based on color. Somebody wakes up in america and says i want to stand against that and they are killed in america by a nazi, it should not be a surprise that there is universal con dep nation specifically about hate groups, White Supremacy, terrorism. Thats what were supposed to do. I am very concerned that he is not sending a Strong Enough signal to people who think that this is the right way to engage in politics in america, mowing people down, showing up to protest with shields and guns. Im concerned he missed an opportunity today to nip this in the bud and say im making America Great again. This is not great. I do not want this. Its got stop right now. He said some good things but he did not say enough things and im worried. Just before we go, he want to recap our breaking news story as weve been covering it. One person killed, 19 others injured after a white supremacist took to the cheats of charlottesville, virginia. The suspected driver identified as james alex fields from mauee, ohio, accused of Second Degree murder. Weve just learned within the hour that a civil rights investigation has been opened. Im amara walker. Thank you for watching. Ill be back with continuing coverage of our top story, todays terror in virginia. Stay with us. 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