You magnified her, at an emotional Memorial Service, the parents of Heather Heyer plead with mourners to make a difference. Her mother saying the attempt to silence her activist daughter only magnified her. And what now, with the country convulsed by the president s shocking comments, and ugly words ripped open, who will provide the moral leadership to help america heal. I am wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Theres growing fallout from President Trumps shocking remarks on the charlottesville violence. He may have derailed his presidency when he went off the rails, blaming both sides for the violence, equating racist hate groups with those who turned out to oppose them. Top Administration Officials were stunned by the president s comments, but the white house is insisting he was, quote, entirely correct. And sources tell cnn the president is without regret. White supremacists are cheering the president but across the country, theres anger and dismay, and the president s own pa
Of his own making grows more explosive by the hour. His raging unscripted remarks about the charlottesville attacks leaving Many Americans shocked, sad and even appalled while White Supremacists appear to feel emboldened. Some Top Republicans including senators lindsey graham, john mccain and marco rubio now are directly rebuking the president by name for reverting to his claim that both sides were to blame for the violence. Graham accusing mr. Trump of dividing the nation. The president also is feeling the heat from corporate america. Two of his Advisory Councils have now been disbanded as more and more ceos resigned no protest. Americas top generals, the joint chiefs of staff, they are publicly taking a stand against racial hatred and extremism after the commander in chiefs remarks. Also tonight, former cia director john brennan is speaking out exclusively to cnn saying President Trump is putting our National Security and our collective futures at grave risk. Thats a direct quote. As
I hear your voice echoing around in my brain like a ghost. You should turn your television off. Never. I think i have a nielsen box. This is a complete non sequitur because sometimes i go home and anderson is on and then you. Ill leave the tv on and fall asleep. Do you ever wake up to like your own voice and face . Its the scariest thing. Its all i have playing. I have it playing all over the house. I immediately turn it off. Aah chris . Yes, sir. You have a fantastic weekend. You did me some great favors this week. Youre a great friend, and youre a good man. Ill see you next week. See you soon. Ill be watching you tonight. Thank you very much. This is cnn tonight. Im don lemon. Look, i know im taking a risk saying this, but we just might be at peak crazy right now. I know, i know, i know, but i want you to hear me out. I want you to listen to President Trump. This is him at his ohio rally just a little while ago, riffing on Neil Armstrong and managing to work in a slam at Colin Kaeper
I here your voice echoing around in my brain like a ghost. You should turn your television off. Never. I think i have a nielsen box. This is a complete non sequitur because sometimes i go home and anderson is on and then you. Ill leave the tv on and fall asleep. Do you ever wake up to like your own voice and face . Its the scariest thing. Its all i have playing. I have it playing all over the house. I immediately turn it off. Aah. Chris . Yes, sir. You have a fantastic weekend. You did me some great favors this week. Youre a great friend and youre a good man. Ill see you next week. See you soon. Ill be watching you tonight. Thank you very much. This is cnn tonight. Im don lemon. Look, i know im taking a risk saying this, but we just might be at peak crazy right now. I know, i know, i know, but i want you to hear me out. I want you to listen to President Trump. This is him at his ohio rally just a little while ago, riffing on Neil Armstrong and managing to work in a slam at Colin Kaeper
Robert mueller was conflicted. Thats not all. The president spent almost one solid hour this morning of his 73rd birthday, happy birthday, mr. President , on the phone with fox and friends during which he took by our account three distinct positions, three different ones on whether he would take dirt from his foreign interests. Of course, you give it to the fbi, which is, by the way, what the law requires. Then he said, quote, you have to look at it. Then theres this third one. Own the other hand, quote, i dont think anybody would present me with anything. Sarah westwood is at the white house this morning. Thank goodness for that, because if anyone can clear it up, you can. Oh, i dont know about that, poppy and jim, but President Trump, jaw, going from in the span of just a few days from saying hes never contacted the fbi for anything in his life, dismissing the idea of contacting the fbi if a foreign power offered him information that was damaging to a political rival, to sort of argu