ago. for more on this, nbc s kyle perry in charlottesville. rena shaw, and atima o mara. and we ll go to you first. yesterday, we saw the flashing lights, the cordon. you are saying it s very high in terms of security. what are you seeing now? reporter: yeah, maybe over the top, but over the top by design. you can hear the helicopter ahead of me. this is one of the check points behind me, that you have to cross. when i say unprecedented over-the-stop securiover over-the-top security, when you go down the road, you can see the statue of lee that sparked so much a year ago. police are telling people they do not want people to calm to charlottesville. there s a list banned, things
frank figliuzzi. this seems to me that the analog in law enforcement is what it was in race relation s to charlottesville. we now have a moment where the president has disgraced every respectable figure in legal circles and law enforcement with his daily and today hourly smears against the fbi and bob mueller, someone who is a recipient of a purple heart and other medals for his service in vietnam. how does no one quit when the president is constantly tweeting smears about law enforcement? one word, power. he s the president. power to do what? to be in power, to have power, the president is the most powerful guy in the world and they are defending his hold on that office. this president was only possible as a president because americans were mistrustful of all their institutions. he came in the house because of that. it is no surprise to me that his course of action in the presidency is to go after all the institutions that might challenge his power.
rob: all right, let s go onto another topic, we have been talking about louis farrakahan. a picture with president obama, he said pretty vile things and there are a number of democrats who have ties to him, the left went nuts over the president s response, president trump s response to charlottesville and now we have this on the other side, what do you say? this is absolutely insane, you have eight democrats in congress that have been seen with louis farrakhan, the number two in command keith ellison that has multiple ties, this is someone who the prohitler, antijew, his views have no place in the country and yet democrats are cozing up to them and many refuse to go disavow him and call him by name, no place for farrakhan in the country. rob: i think he called hitler a
on this several times. it s still to be determined if he will travel there tomorrow. dana? jeff, thank you so much. while you were talking, i got a text from a lawmaker who is on the train saying that they just made an announcement that the train is leaving in ten minutes. the person who has been giving us a play by play and really critical information, tom cole, i believe is still on the phone. congressman cole, did you hear that announcement? i did not. i m in the last car, so maybe they re going car by car. i have not heard that yet. okay. another aide who was also texting me from the train, probably a different car, said that he had heard, not by announcement, but from others that the plan was for the train to be taken to charlottesville, which is not far from where this crash was in crozet, virginia, and that the buses would come and pick you all up. again, unclear where the buses will be taking you, whether to
congressman carlof florida, republican on the train. they are stopped by charlottesville. congressman, can you take us through what just happened? kasie, good morning. thankfully, it does appear that most people are okay here. some minor injuries. we hope that the driver of the truck, and if there were passengers, are okay. we re on the train, and there s limited visibility. we do hear helicopters overhead. but, yes, we were on our way to west virginia, and there was a sudden impact. a loud noise. everyone was jolted. my wife, who was in front of me, her cell phone went flying. it was just uncomfortable for a few minutes. as we started realizing that everyone was okay, i think people started feeling a little better. those who were not on the train,