for 250 years, the klan march there from time to time. obviously the police would put the ku klux klan in one area and countdemonstrators in another. there would even be some separation. the counterdemonstrators have a first amendment right as well. to avoid violence, i think that s what law enforcement is going to have to d. but in cities, obviously, like boston, where they re very afraid that it s going to descend into violence, i think they do have the right to say, well, you know, we had to d this another way and it s unsafe for the environment for you all to eve haven t this demonstration here. i think cities that feel that way should not allow these types of demonstrations to happen. these are scary times but we will not be scared. thank you so much. twoef take a break. next, comments from kim jong-un looking over military options. did the supreme leader blink over his threats to attack guam? and before we go, usually we play a fun clip from late night. but there was no fun las
car into a crowd of counterdemonstrators in charlottesville, virginia, killing one, injures 20 others. the suspect, james alex fields jr., 20-year-old, appeared before a judge today. our correspondent brian todd is in charlottesville for us. brian, update us what happened in the courtroom today and what we know about the suspect. reporter: right, wolf. charged moments inside and outside the courtroom today. a short time ago the suspect james alex fields appeared before judge robert downer here in charlottesville. the judge read charges against him. second-degree murder, malicious wounding and hit and run. the suspect video linked in, with via video screen from his jail cell in the county jail. saw an image of him on the screen rather than live appearance by him in the courtroom.
but it was what the president said later in the day, or more to the point what he didn t say or even tweet that is by far getting the most attention. the president s comments and the sharp reaction to them put a political quota on a day that many feared for weeks in the kind of violence we saw unfold yesterday. our streets! went flying everywhere. the pedestrians. and i mean, it s the most horrific thing i ve ever seen in my life. tragedy and violence. a 32-year-old woman killed and 19 injured when a car accelerated into a crowd of counterdemonstrators. police arrested james alex fields of ohio and charged him with one count of second-degree murder. hours later, two state police officers assisting with public safety died when their helicopter crashed. the deaths were a painful end to a violent day, as white nationalists chanting neo-nazi slogans, many carrying weapon,
student groups at uva responding to this, denouncing it. reacting in a variety of ways. i think this conversation will continue to go on moving forward. again, on friday night we had a torch-lit n torch-lit march that went through our campus. counterdemonstrators and again another chaotic scene. i think a lot of students were pretty scared. in the speeches, in the chanting, in the slogans you heard, the hate out there, was it mostly racist, anti-semitic, white supremacist? tell us about that. yeah. i mean at the march, they were there were a variety of things. one thing they said is, whose streets? our streets. as if they were taking something back in charlottesville. remember, some of this is about the statue of robert e. lee over in lee park, now called emancipation park. a lot of tension whether or not the city should remove the
reporter: we asked that question repeatedly and got a response from a white house official essentially doubling down on what the president said. the statement from that official was along the lines of, the president condemned the hatred, bigotry and violence from all sources and all forms, and this official pointed out there was violence from the counter protestors and the protestors nap is true. there was an outbreak of violence with the demonstrators and counterdemonstrators, but this idea that all sides are responsible for the hatred and bigotry on display that is something that a lot of folks have taken issue with saying that the president is drawing, is equating the kkk and the neo-nazis and white sue prim 1i69 supremacists with the people out in the streets demonstrating that kind of hate. wolf? and the senator from colorado specifically called out the