pete: welcome back to fox and friends. if you re watching other channels since the horrible car ramming happened in charlottesville, you ve been seeing one explanation or one. as we have in this country with the first amendment, we like to make sure all voices are heard and understood. i was watching a particular interview that caught our eye. the professor at vanderbilt taking a look at what could possibly be the underlying motivations for young white men carrying torches in charlottesville. not an attempt to understand that they get a sense that it felt like the. we thought her words were interesting. take a listen. we are using white supremacy and white nationalist. the movement that i study were
you wonder where that goes. it is important to point out the president did mention bigotry but many say it didn t go far enough. especially when you realize they were carrying torches. right. and we are really interested in his sincerity. most americans want to know where his heart is on this issue and based on things he has said and done in the past it s hard to judge the words as sincere. we want to believe he is on the side of justice and fairness and waiting for something that is more sincere and reflected in his actions not just in an occasional tweet or speech. we thank you for your expertise and joining us. randy blazak, thank you. the witnesses who saw the vehicle slam into the group of counterprotesters say the car was going very fast. two men told cnn what they saw
sleepy, beautiful college town, thomas jefferson s academic village just explode with this white supremacist hate and violence. it s unbelievable and unreal to see. kelly baker, i want to ask you, friday night in charlottesville, we saw these young white men we re hearing described carrying torches, a throwback when the kkk had a stronghold on the south. did this it s effectively a modern day white supremacist movement grow out of the kkk, did the kkk, excuse me, ever really die out there? i mean, this is part of the problem, right, there were kkk groups that were in charlottesville. this is a group that continues, no matter what we seem to do, they pop back up and we can t quite get rid of them as a nation. i would make an argument this is an extension of a group like this, but it s more a larger extension of the way in which white nationalism has become increasingly more popular in the
all right, rick, thank you. and we re tracking a group out of texas, where a group of pipeline activists had quite the rally. look at this, carrying torches, and wearing masks, at all the home of an oil executive. the group said they protested the arrest of three fellow activists last year. here is a little what unfolded at his home. hi, i m amanda, my friends and i came down to let you know that we think that you are corporate criminals. and that you should be in jail rather than the three. what did they do? they shut down your pipeline. they put a lockdown on one or two of your pieces of equipment and now are facing years in prison. 10:00 at night, happy to discuss it with you, not here, not now. you would think you could just go to work and punch in and poison people and come home and distance yourself like it never
all right, rick, thank you. and we re tracking a group out of texas, where a group of pipeline activists had quite the rally. look at this, carrying torches, and wearing masks, at all the home of an oil executive. the group said they protested the arrest of three fellow activists last year. here is a little what unfolded at his home. hi, i m amanda, my friends and i came down to let you know that we think that you are corporate criminals. and that you should be in jail rather than the three. what did they do? they shut down your pipeline. they put a lockdown on one or two of your pieces of equipment and now are facing years in prison. 10:00 at night, happy to discuss it with you, not here, not now. you would think you could just go to work and punch in and poison people and come home and distance yourself like it never