most politicians, that what i said was correct. not make a quick statement. the statement i made on saturday, the first statement was a fine statement. what about the alt left who came charging at the alt right? you had one site who is there in a group on the other side who was also very violent. no we want to say that, but i ll say right now. harris: the president s comments have sparked a lot of reaction, as you may know. most of it in the vein of there is no moral equivalency between white nationalists answer from assist protesters and the counter protesters. that goes for lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle including will heard of texas. if you are showing up to a klan rally, you are probably a racist or a bigot. i think the outrage across applicable spectrum is one that maybe we ll open the eyes.
harris: we continue our coverage today. more reaction as president trump doubles down on his response to the deadly protests in charlottesville defending the statement he gave on saturday where he blamed many side for the violence. this is outnumbered, i m harris faulkner. here today, sarah smith, cohost of after the bell on fox business, melissa francis, former deputy state department spokesperson and fox news contributor, marie harf, today s a #oneluckyguy, fox news political analyst, juan williams is here. he s outnumbered. juan: escher m, but i m delighted to be harris: we are you re here. let s get started, president trump taking on his critics over his initial response for the violent protests of charlottesville and the claims from some that he waited too long to call out the white supremacists who held that rally. the president out of trump tower had a news conference yesterday that was post be about infrastructure, he decided to open the floor to questions. i wanted t
harris: it seems like we ve reached a tipping point, some would call a time for a game change in terms of the messaging. where would you put it? juan: it s a moment of crisis, not only for the white house, but for the american people. this morning just in conversations with people at the gym, i get the sense of this is across party lines. people say something has gone way, way out of line here. the president and his statement on i guess it was monday, people say, he didn t seem very heartfelt. that s the right thing to say, let s move on. that s on the political basis, but then to have him come back yesterday and say what i meant or what i didn t say on saturday, that s fine. that was a fine statement, the fact that it was delayed, the fact that i said anything, the fact that i went on and said this, then you get the response
freak early battles white house officials on air admitted, president obama benefited from the media during his two terms in the oval office because they actually liked him. tapper telling rolling stone magazine, i don t want to compare president obama with president trump on these issues because they re different in the scale isn t even remotely the same, but president obama said things that weren t true and got away with it more for a variety of reasons. and one is that the media was much more supportive of him. is he right? juan: i don t think there s any question that president obama is the first african-american who is oftentimes treated like aç rock star. i don t know what he s talking about, the most famous one would be if you like your insurance, you can keep it. i don t know that he wasn t called out on that, so i wonder if jake is thinking about something else. harris: i don t know what he knew behind the scenes.
in this country. melissa: i do think it s about taking the time to hear each other and that s where we are getting lost along the way is that everybody feels like they re not being heard and if we could just listen to each other, that would make the difference and made a commercial break. [laughter] harris: let s do it, president trump s team firing back at a new cbo report that finds obamacare premiums will surge next year. what s next for health care? pleasure public and lawmakers now calling for a special counsel robert mueller to testify publicly over the cost and scope of the rush investigation and whether investigators have a political agenda, should he have to face lawmakers? will talk about it, stay close. you don t let anything