defense. of course, he was responsible for the memo that was put out that started the war of duelling memos that attempted to exonerate the president, that attempted to essentially impugn the fbi, to impugn the department of justice and to leave the president free and clear. so devin nunes has been very clear from the start. he is not serving as an impartial arbiter on the house intelligence committee. he is serving very clearly as a strident ally of the president, something that should worry all of us. i always love talking to both of you. ned price, thank you for the time on this saturday. my thanks to guy lewis as well. a state of emergency in charlottesville as the city prepares for a solemn anniversary this weekend. one year later, has anything changed? how the president is remembering last year s clashes between white supremacists and counter-protesters and what it means for race relations in america today.
changes in how grants are distributed and a city councilman said it is a long process. so just talking is step one. the true healing, that is going to take years. wes, how has the town dealt with the national spotlight shown on the city while all of this happening and been on it since and we a associate charlottesville in part with this. i ll read the president s tweet from this morning. the riots in charlottesville a year ago resulted in senseless death and division and we must come together as a nation and i condemn all types of racism and acts of violence. peace to all americans. do you want the national spotlight to continue? how much of your town s healing is going to be done internally as a town and does the national spotlight help or hurt? well, first let me say this. our community is not defined by, nor do we care, if 45 decides to wish us well. honestly, i m shocked that he s not on the side of the nazis
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what do us expect to see over the course of the weekend? i am a uva alum. it was a terrorist attack on the united states of america, and i really want to see how the community was responding. i ve been to, unfortunately, too many places in this either individually like the young man richard collins killed at university of maryland college park 15 minutes from where i live or ferguson, missouri, where sort of military police attacked peaceful protesters and i wanted to see if there was substance of change happening here and i must admits ever, in the time i ve been here, the level of self reflection in this community is much better than other places. they seem concerned about not having the problems continue. maybe because it is was white nationalist or the race of the victim but it seems like charlottesville is making changes and that is something i feel optimistic about. wes, bellamy, on that note, how has that conversation
security. 1,000 police. we re on the other end of the mall. we have shown you the security earlier today. we want to show you what the security allowed, which is for a very quiet day in downtown charlottesville here in the mall, which is, frankly, what people wanted this weekend as opposed to, of course, david, what we saw last year. cal perry, my colleague, in charlottesville, virginia for us this weekend. thank you very much. hundreds of migrant kids still without their parents this weekend after they were separated from them at the u.s./mexico border. how many are still in custody and why it has taken so long for the government the reunite these families.