Of White Supremacists some giving nazi salutes held A Torch Lit Rally yesterday at the University Of Virginia to protest against a decision to remove a statue of the confederate civil war general, robert e lee. A local State Of Emergency has been declared in two districts. In the past hour, President Trump spoke to the media about the events in cha rlottesville. We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and filers on many sides. And filers. It has been going on for a long time. It has no place in america. What is vital now isa place in america. What is vital now is a Swift Restoration Of Law And Order and the protection of lives. On the line is the bbcs joel gunter, whos been at that rally today. Things had calmed but we have had news of that horrific Car Ploughing into people and we understand one person has lost their life. What else do we know . That is about all we know. I was down at the scene earlierjust we know. I was down at the scene
The kkk, neonazis, White Supremacists other hate groups repugnant to everything we hold dear as americans. Melissa seems pretty definitive but is it enough to silence critics from both sides of the aisle . David no. Melissa who demanded this tough talk, from the president since saturday. We have more on all of that. An update from the congressman representing charlottesville, that is tom garrett. Plus the president also just announcing measures to protect u. S. Innovation and ideas from threatby china. New details coming from the white house. David were awaiting a list press briefing any moment from the Charlottesville Police. New details from saturdays attack. Well bring you that live when it happens. Meantime the dow surging ahead for the second straight day, led higher by shares of visa, apple, microsoft, goldman sachs. Lets go straight to lori rothman on the floor of the new york stock exchange. Lori, with all the troubles in the world, domestically of any concern at all to the tra
A state of emergency. Doug mcel way is reporting on this all day. He is at the scene in virginia with the very latest on this disturbing and very sad development today. Hello doug. Whats become clear to me as this day has evolved is this violence from the very beginning of the day with the protests and rioting at Emancipation Park until this horrific car accident later in the afternoon, all appears to be premeditated. When we were driving to Mcintyre Park to follow these White Nationalists as they moved to that section of town, i happened to notice they were arriving at that park anywhere from 8 to 10 brand new white ford shuttle vans, the sorts you would see rental Car Companies use at airports. It suggests to me that somebody was paying to bring them to charlottesville. In addition to that, they were wearing helmets in many cases, wearing body pads on their knees, their shoulders, their arms, and many cases carrying placards with pieces of wood that were too substantial to hold up a
A result of that intentional crash. Now were talking vehicular manslaughter charges facing the suspect involved. Present trump address the matters just moments ago and alive News Conference from new jersey. Kristin joins us live from bridgewater, new jersey with the latest. This is supposed to be about President Trump signing a bill about veterans affairs. Instead, the focus shifted entirely on whats been taking place in charlottesville. Present trump said he just got off the phone with the governor virginia. Theyre working swiftly to try to restore law and order in charlottesville. He says we must come together as americans with love for our nation a true affection for each other. He says were going to continue to make America Great again but will make a great for all americans. All americans been the emphasis. That may cause problems for to present trump down the road from some of the counter protesters from some democrats. Heres the crux of what he had to say moments ago. Listen. We
Night that then became fairly vocal and tense and we are seeing as you can see they are turning violent. Folks arriving with not only homemade weapons but gear and some folks arriving with handguns. We are seeing the situation increasingly become tense. We knew the city was prepared, they declared a local emergency. We heard from the governor that they are prepared for anything that took place. The violent clashes between these groups and counter protesters, some of them have been busted. We are seeing businesses closing throughout the day as we watch these protests become increasingly tense. We are seeing police not only using teargas to break up these groups but becoming physical, physically moving people from outside that park. Joining us on the phone with some perspective on how Law Enforcement should handle the situation. Former Boston Police commissioner, also a fox news contributor, thank you for joining us, you are looking at life pictures. I want your take on a situation that