right now protesters are gathering to march in boston against the free speech rally scheduled for noon on boston common. rally organizers say it has nothing to do with what happened last week in charlottesville, when white supremacists shouted nazi slogans, physically attacked people and one of them allegedly killed in anti-racist counter protester. counter protesters in boston say they aren t backing down and are marching against hate speech and bigotry. heavy police presence is expected and we will keep an eye on that all morning. but first, to the latest news out of washington, d.c., or bedminster, as the case may be. steve bannon has left the white house, and returned to the extent he ever really left to b breitbart which he built into the self-proclaimed platform of the alt right. bannon was also the resident economic nationalist at the white house, the driving force behind efforts toe dismantle trade deals and launch an
media, the promise to pardon a controversial sheriff, and that threat to shut down the government over his border wall. it wasn t just the hyperbole we have come to expect, the overstatements, the exaggerations. but last night there were flat out lies. there have been so many, in fact, the washington post reports trump s list of false and misleading claims tops 1,000. some hoped it would be a speech designed to unite, but it turned into something else entirely. and something that started to veer off the rails when the president defended his initial comments after the death of a counter protester in charlottesville a week and a half ago. what happened in charlottesville strikes at the core of america. and tonight this entire arena stands united in forceful condemnation of the thugs who
best, but once again violence rules over speech and ideas, in charlottesville, the first amendment is finished, it seems. the crowds are still very angry. still boiling with tension here. i spoke to a counter protester, named katrina turner a short time ago. here s what she had to say. we need for them to leave and don t come back. that s what we need. whenever they come, we re going to be here, and they will not come to town without a fight. big question tonight is how many of these people are sticking around. how many white supremacists are still here. i talked to a police official a short time ago, asked if jason kessler was still being held here. no, he s long gone. we got him out of here, i asked if they re still protecting him. i asked where he was, he said, we re not responsible for his whereabo whereabouts. the question is, is jason kessler going to stick around this area, come back here and try to hold any more events. what we can talk about is new