Americans. But the president , by bringing that statement and continuing to try to defend himself was, was, continuing an argument and saying, both sides were to blame. He wanted to make sure he was right about the details when he characterized the protesters he overlooked nazi slogans and flags and salutes. John, in the end what do you make of what happened today in terms of how it will affect the president . Will this happens in a context. The president won office, and was heralded by many supporters by speaking bluntly. By speaking truths. By not bothering with the ni niceness. His reluctant to speak the truth about neonazi protesters cha chanting nazi slogans. A failing he repeated twice. This is, he had a moment like this during the primaries that rattled republican leaders. Republican leaders will now have to distance themselves from the president and the question is how they get back together again . John dickerson. Thank you very much. Joinis i butz, president of the State Univ
Would say most of them were unarmed. Many of them were members of the clergy or students. Now there were some people who were there as counterdemonstrators who were there to cause trouble. But, overwhelmingly the counterprotesters were unarmed. Also the only one administering medical aid to those who had chemical agents in their eyes and mouth. Did you get any sense of where most of the tension was really coming from on the scene . You have to remember, Emancipation Park where robert e. Lee is, is raised above the street. Several feet, steps above the road. White supremacists had the park. We were seeing a lot of objects coming down from the park into the streets. Where most of the counterdemonstrators were. And it is clear, for every one counterdemonstrator flag you could see, there were 10, 15, confederate or white supremacist flags. The rally schedule ford saturday. There was a lot of people a. Arrived friday night carrying torches. What was the significance of that . Police caught
Snow. Big weekends for them, president s weekends, a lot people want to hit the slopes. The weather is favorable, again, little melting, but Perfect Timing for the weekend, sunny skies, 60s, maybe hitting some records specially tomorrow, like we said, not quite beach weather just yet, but still nice day if you are headed to the shore or delaware beaches, just enjoy the sunshine. Get outside today and tomorrow if you can, take advantage. Still chill think morning, so going out for the morning run, bike ride, walking the dog, cold, below freezing, clear skies, calm winds, allowing the temperature to drop. Seeing the 30 right now officially at the airport, suburbs cold, mid 20s in a lot of spots, interior south jersey checking in at 24 in millville. Thirtyone, dover delaware, 23 quakertown, 24 pottstown, upper 20s doylestown. And in palmyra, new jersey, storm scan3, nice and quiet. Going to stay like that, clear skies, a lot of sunshine today. It will be little weak disturbance that moves
And that the suspect is in custody. No word yet on the severity of the injuries. Now we have commitment 2016 coverage. It begins with a live look at the lines of early voters. Nearly a Million People in massachusetts have made their choice. Jc this is the first year of early voting. Mary saladna is that is at boston city hall. Mary popular is early voting . Look behind me. Look at the line. It stretches all the way alongside city hall and across the plaza at this hour. Early voting is a big success in massachusetts. It was the last chance to cast her ballot ahead of tuesdays election. I have to go to springfield for work on tuesday, so i want where we have had early voting. Its really great. Reporter more than 900,000 mass residents had voted early. That number should climb i the days end. It looks like we will have a Million People. That is encouraging, and not just because it was a good idea, but also it says the level of interest of people is so great in this election. Mary early vo
Average. We had the big rally comeback rally and its been going sideways now. Its going to be 39 days today trading days when we have failed to see the dow move 1 up or down. Its happened again today. So as we kick off the month of september, kelly, after the postbrexit rally, we wonder if we get any volatility the month, right . Automakers are probably happy august is ending. Sales coming in weak. Well look at how long this downturn could last. Oil is hit today down more than 8 over the last week. But if you think its a buying opportunity, think again. We have somebody who says things are just going to get worse for the energy patch. Well, heres worse for you. Samsungs new phones are on fire. But not in a good way. We told you last week sales were much stronger than expected but issues are arising this week with reports of the batteries catching fire. Delays now in getting the phones in peoples hands. We have pictures and the impact coming up. Horrible, horrible timing with the iphone