i want this debate which is so sensitive and so controversial and so laden with history to be led by leaders who are doing it and a responsible way. i m not being critical of donald trump because i m a democrat, as an american, that s what has made me so sad over the last few days. i don t think he handled it in that way. harris: we now have the facts interjected into the story, some of the criticism came over the weekend, that the president perhaps didn t make his narrative more narrow because he doesn t have the key medications completely filled. so there s that nugget of it. i want to ask you something about this whole thing. i made some comments on monday that kind of shadow what you say it in terms of can we move forward? what will it take to get us to move forward and terms of the
what would you say to our congress men right now? apologize and racism, bigotry, anti-semitism and any form is on acceptable. the leader of the free world should be unambiguous about tha that. harris: democratic senator richard blumenthal of connecticut said this. my dad came to this country in 1935. to escape nazi germany, he was 17 years old, he had barely more than a shirt on his back. i saw over the last few days how sad and ashamed he would be to see those images and then to watch a president who condones, even approves specifically of those shouting s, hate filled people.
about it either. and, and if you reported it accurately, you would say you had some very bad people in that group, but you also had people that were very fine people on both sides. but you had many people in that group other than neo-nazis and white nationalists, okay. and the press has treated them absolutely unfairly. but you had a lot of people in that group that were there to innocently protest and very legally protest because, you know, i don t know if you know, they had a permit. the other group didn t have a permit. so, i only tell you this. there are two sides to a story. i thought what took place was a horrible moment for our country, a horrible moment. but there are two sides to the country. now, the president was trying to have it both ways during this news conference, wolf. at one point he said he likes to wait to see all the facts come
a democrat on the judiciary and armed services committees. and our correspondents and specialists are also standing by. first let s go to our senior white house correspondent jim accosta. jim, you were there. what an amazing news conference over at trump tower. reporter: that s right, wolf. and the president once again is finding himself increasingly isolated tonight after he again appeared to blame both sides for the violence in charlottesville and in a surreal strange, stunning improve two press conference he appeared to sympathize even echo the complaints of white nationalists who were protesting down in charlottesville over the weekend who were complaining that they do not agree with the removal of a statue dedicated to robert e. lee, and that city in virginia, the president making it very clear that not only does he blame the neo-nazis and the white nationalists for the incidents that led to the death of heather heyer over the weekend, he was blaming the