movements that have resulted in the violence today in charlottesville. and, richard though, you say it is more important what is the president going do moving forward, but isn t it also important, his words of condemnation to defuse violence, to condemn these groups, to say the letters kkk, to say the words white national and neo-nazi? why won t he? well, i don t know what s going on there, but these people were mobilized to support the donald trump campaign by people like steve bannon, and then we have someone like sebastian gorka in the white house who when he was faced with a terrorist attack on a mosque in minnesota my home state he said it was a fake. these are very dangerous people and they should not be in the white house, and this alt-right movement is extremely dangerous. i don t know why the president will not condemn it for what it
in an emotional news conference, virginia s governor had a direct and clear message for the white nationalists at saturday s rally. i have a message to all of the white supremacists and the nazis who 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 you re patriots, but you are anything but a patriot. you want to talk about patriots, talk about thomas jefferson and george washington who brought our country together. you think about the patriots today, the young men and women who are wearing the cloth of our country. somewhere around the globe they re putting their life in danger. they re patriots, you are not. you came here today to hurt people and you did hurt people.
another thing that s notable here is that the president talked about bringing the country together, about the need to yu night, unite, to straight situation in charlottesville, to study it and figure out what is going on in the country that allows this sort of thing to happen. a lot of critics on both sides of the aisle are saying that the president himself needs to call out the organizers of this demonstration by name, people that were carrying flags with nazi emblems, people carrying confederate flags, people that showed up last night on university of virginia campus carrying torches, protesting removal of a confederate statue. they know that people have criticized president obama for not using terms like radical islamic terrorist, asking how you can defeat this idea without naming it. they re calling on the president to condemn white nationalists.
civil rights investigation has been launched by the justice department into the incident here behind me, and one man faces a second degree murder charge. brian todd, cnn, charlottesville, virginia u.s. attorney general jeff sessions released a statement about the investigation into the violence there in virginia. he said, the violence and deaths in charlottesville strike at the heart of american law and justice. when such actions arise from racial bigotry and hatred, they betray our core values and cannot be tolerated. i have talked about fbi director chris rey, fbi agents on the scene and law enforcement officials for the state of virginia. the fbi has been supporting state and local authorities throughout the day. u.s. attorney rick mountcastle has commenced a federal investigation and will have the full support of the department of justice. justice will prevail. that s from jeff sessions. former president barack obama has responded to the clashes
held on suspicion of second degree murder. meantime, democrats and republicans are criticizing president trump for his response to the violence. listen to what the governor of virginia says he told the president. i told the president that there has got to be a movement in this country to bring people together. the hatred and rhetoric that has gone on and has intensified over the last couple of months is dividing this great nation. we need to work together. i told the president that twice, i would be willing to work with you if we can work together to bring people together, but stop the hate speech, stop the rhetoric in this country. we have got to bring people together. the violence there in charlottesville comes as the u.s. also faces the north korean missile threat. the white house says president trump discussed the issue with french president emmanuel macron