President trump blamed it on many sides. Pres. Trump we condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry, and violence on many sides. On many sides. It has been going on for a long time in our country. Not donald trump, not barack obama, it has been going on for a long, long time. Amy we will host a roundtable discussion with a protester who survived the car attack. A domestic terrorism attack. When protesting against White Nationalists in charlottesville. We will speak with a nurse who treated the wounded, as well as Jalane Schmidt, an organizer with the local black lives movement and professor it university of virginia dr. Cornel west was there and blackmon, ofi uniteds church of christ. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Thousands of people rallied in cities across the United States on sunday to protest deadly violence by a mob of ku klux klan members and neonazis during a rally in charlottesville, virginia, on saturday. A 20yearold nazi sympathizer killed one antiracist activist and injured more than a dozen others when he intentionally drove his car through a crowd of people protesting against the kkk and neonazis, who were rallying to oppose charlottesvilles plan to remove a monument of confederate general robert ely from e. Lee from a Downtown Public park. On sunday, thousands poured into the streets of seattle, denver, baltimore, sacramento, san francisco, los angeles, san diego, dallas, washington d. C. , miami, and in charlottesville, virginia, to protest white supremacist violence and mourn the death of 32yearold Heather Heyer, who was killed in the attack. Courts it is interesting made a big point in his campaign about naming radical islamic terrorism and made this huge show of denouncing ms 13, but he cant come out and announce White Supremacy. That is outrageous. Amy at least three people were arrested at the protest in new york city. Across the country, many of the protesters also condemned the Trump Administration for its ties to farright and white supremacist figures and President Trumps refusal to explicitly denounce the neonazis and kkk members for carrying out the deadly violence. This is nino brown speaking at a rally organized by boston feminists for liberation. Martin luther king, eliminated. The ku klux klan . In the white house. Right . Lines are being drawn. It all comes down to which side are you on. Which side are you on . Amy in seattle, washington, at least three people were arrested as hundreds of people rallied sunday to denounce the violence in charlottesville and to oppose a local demonstration by the protrump White Supremacist Group the patriot prayer. The white supremacist violence in charlottesville began on friday night as thousands of neonazis, kkk members, and other White Nationalists began descending on the city of charlottesville to participate in the unite the right rally. Hundreds of white men and women bearing torches marched on the university of virginia campus and surrounded the statue of Thomas Jefferson on friday night, chanting you will not replace us and white lives matter. Thousands of counterprotesters also descended on charlottesville over the weekend, including clergy, students, black lives matter activists, and protesters with the antifascist movement known as antifa. On saturday morning, more than 1000 White Supremacists marched to the public park, recently renamed Emancipation Park. That is home to the statue of confederate general robert e. Lee. Many were carrying nazi flags and other white supremacist paraphernalia, wore body armor, and carried assault rifles and pistols. They were met by the thousands of antiracist counterdemonstrators. Witnesses report police did little to intervene, even as fights broke out. Around 1 45 p. M. , a man named james alex fields, who had been rallying with the White Supremacists earlier in the day, drove his Dodge Charger into a crowd of counterdemonstrators and then peeled away in reverse in what many are calling an act of terrorism. A local paralegal named Heather Heyer was killed in the attack and at least 19 others were injured. Higher ahead repeatedly championed civil rights issues on social media. Her facebook cover read if youre not outraged, youre not paying attention. This Heather Heyers mother susan bro speaking abc news. And that is what she was doing that day. When she was killed. She was doing that with people, she was saying, tell me why you are here. I knew this because this is what her friends told me. That is what heathers life was all about passion for fairness, passion for equality, passion for justice. Amy heather highers mother speaking this weekend. One of james alex Fields High School teachers says he was obsessed with adolf hitler and nazi military history, and showed clear nazi sympathies that the teacher tried unsuccessfully to steer him away from. Fields has been charged with one count of seconddegree murder and is slated to be arraigned today. Two state troopers, pilot lt. H. Jay cullen and trooperpilot berke m. M. Bates, also died saturday when their helicopter crashed en route to the scene of the violence. Photographs and videos also show White Supremacists beating other counter demonstrators, including a Young African american protester named deandre harris, who said they were trying to kill me out there. The police did not budge, and i was getting beat to a pulp. This is Virginia GovernorTerry Mcauliffe condemning the violence. And i have a message to all of the White Supremacists and who given to charlottesville today. Our message is plain and simple go home. You are not wanted in this great commonwealth. Shame on you. Patriots, buture you are anything but a patriot. Trump refused to single out why supremacist violence. Pres. Trump we condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry, and violence on many sides. On many sides. It has been going on for a long time in our country. Not donald trump, not barack obama. It does been going on for a long, long time. It has no place in america. What is vital now is a swift restoration of law and order and the protection of innocent lives. Amy trumps comments caused widespread outrage. A new white house statement on senate explicitly denounced the ku klux klan and neonazi groups, but it was attributed to an unnamed spokesperson and not the president himself. Other members of the Trump Administration have more explicitly condemned the violence. Trumps National Security advisor h. R. Mcmaster said the attack constituted terrorism will stop meanwhile in lexington, kentucky, mayor jim gray says lexington will remove two Confederate Monuments from the former courthouse after the wiser premises violence in virginia. After headlines, we will go to charlottesville, virginia, and spend the hours begin with people who were there on saturday, including a witness to the deadly attack. Who treated the protesters, faith leaders, and more. In afghanistan, local Officials Say u. S. Airstrikes killed 16 civilians, including women and children, on thursday as the civilians were fleeing an isiscontrolled area in eastern afghanistan. One local resident, mohammada khan, who works as a truck driver, told the New York Times he lost six members of his family in the u. S. Attack, including two children and two women. The pentagon is claiming the victims of the u. S. Airstrikes were militants. In syria, the local journalistic group raqqa is being slaughtered silently says nearly 1000 civilians have been killed amid the ongoing u. S. Led offensive to seize control of the city of raqqa from isis. Over the last two months, u. S. Marines, u. S. Led airstrikes, and u. S. Backed syrian troop which has displaced hundreds of thousands of residents from their homes and destroyed parts of the city. Raqqa is being slaughtered silently reports at least two doctors were killed over the weekend in raqqa. Fouad bashir ojaili, reportedly killed by a u. S. Airstrike, and Ibrahim Khalil al shawakh, reportedly killed as he attempted to flee the city by a landmine planted by isis. Meanwhile, in syrias idlib province, seven volunteers with the Syrian Civil Defense rescue group, better known as the White Helmets, were shot to death by unidentified attackers who stormed the White Helmets offices on saturday. Another seven media activists with the Aleppo Media Center were also killed in the attack, which occurred in the rebelheld city of sarmin. In pakistan, isis militants have claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack on a military truck that killed eight soldiers and at least other seven people in the southwestern city of quetta on saturday. The Pakistani Military says the attack was targeting Planning Efforts for Independence Day celebrations. Today and tomorrow mark the 70th anniversary of india and pakistans independence from british colonialism. Vice president mike pence is in colombia today for his first stop in a regional tour, where he and the Trump Administration are facing widespread opposition to President Trumps threat of launching a possible u. S. Military intervention in venezuela. Many trump we have options for venezuela. By the way, im not going to rule out a military option. We have many options for venezuela. This is our neighbor. , ande all over the world we have troops all of the world in places that are very, very far away. Venezuela is not very far away. The temple of suffering and dying. The people are suffering and dying. We have many options for venezuela, eating a military option of necessary. Amy that was President Trump speaking friday. His comments sparked widespread outrage across latin america and inside venezuela. This is venezuelan foreign minister jorge arreaza. The warmongering declarations from donald trump clearly framed in the systematic aggressions of represent atates direct threat against thes, stability, independence, territorial unity, sovereignty, and the right to selfdetermination of the bolivian public venezuela. Amy in bolivia indigenous , people and environmentalists protested sunday against the governments move to resurrect plans to build a controversial highway through indigenous territories and a National Park in the amazon. Opponents of the highway say it will further the deforestation of the amazon and destroy the land and livelihoods of indigenous communities. On sunday, bolivian president evo morales signed into law the controversial legislation stripping a National Park of its protected status, paving the way for the highways construction. This is indigenous leader fernando vargas. Morales will enact a law that will bury Indigenous People , heritage, and also driving a dekker into bolivians because he is destroying the heritage. Amy in israel, thousands of protesters rallied outside the home of the israeli attorneygeneral to protest against corruption and president benjamin netanyahu, who is facing a criminal investigation into allegations of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust. Netanyahu has been accused of trading political favors for 130,000 worth of luxury gifts, including cigars and champagne. The israeli Prime Minister is also reeling from leaked transcripts of secret recordings that show he traded favors for positive coverage from israels dominant newspaper. In kenya, Opposition Leader raila odinga has called for a strike today to protest the Deadly Police crackdown against postelection demonstrations following last tuesdays president ial election. Odinga has rejected the elections results, which show incumbent president Uhuru Kenyatta beating odinga by nearly 10 points. Over the weekend, Police Attacked proodinga demonstrators in nairobi and the port city of kisumu with tear gas and live fire, killing at least 11 people. At least 24 protesters have been killed in demonstrations since the election nearly one week ago. In burkina faso, at least 20 people have been killed after gunmen opened fire inside a turkish restaurant in the capital on sunday. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack so far. In nepal, nearly 100 people have died in flash flooding and mudslides in nepal and india, following days of torrential rainfall. Scientists have linked increased rainfall and flooding in south asia to humandriven climate change. Back in the United States in des moines, iowa, the fbi raided the catholic workers berrigan house that is home to activists Jessica Reznicek and ruby montoya, who have taken responsibility for carrying out multiple acts of sabotage against the Dakota Access pipeline. A former Catholic Priest who lives at the house says the fbi agents refused to identify themselves and barred the house residents from contacting their lawyers during the raid. The agents also briefly handcuffed Jessica Reznicek, but did not arrest either her or montoya. The fbi agents left after seizing some of the two womens two womens possessions. To see the interview here on democracy now , go to democracynow. Org. And new york city has become the first major city in the United States to guarantee lawyers for lowincome tenants facing eviction. New york city mayor bill deblasio signed the legislation friday. The new law comes after years of organizing by housing rights activists seeking to stop the widespread displacement of people of color and lowincome tenants by new york city landlords, who often use harassment and illegal tactics to evict longtime tenants. And those are some of the headlines. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Today we spend the hour on the terror in charlottesville, a socalled unite the right White Nationalist rally in charlottesville this weekend that europe did in the violence erupted into violence, resulting in three deaths. Thousands of White Nationalists descended on the city to participate in the rally on friday night and saturday, and oppose a plan to remove a statue of confederate general robert e. Lee from a city park. They were soon outnumbered by opponents, including clergy, students, black lives matter activists, and protesters with the antifascist movement known as antifa. Events began late friday when hundreds of torturing White Supremacists held a surprise march on the main quadrangle of the campus of the university of virginia, chanting, blood and soil, you will not replace us, and jew will not replace us. They walked to a statue of Thomas Jefferson, surrounded a small group of counterprotesters gathered there, including a small group of students with a banner reading virginia students act against White Supremacy. Propublica reports that despite intense interest from the media, police and local antiracists, the White Supremacists kept the location of their intimidating friday night march secret until the last moment. In a facebook post, charlottesville mayor mike signer, called it a cowardly parade of hatred, bigotry, racism, and intolerance and said he was beyond disgusted by this unsanctioned and despicable display of visual intimidation on a college campus. The next day, saturday, the farright forces numbering between 1000 and 1500 marched to Emancipation Park for a rally set to take start at noon. Many wore body armor and carried assault rifles and pistols, taking advantage of virginias loose firearm laws. They were met by antiracist counterdemonstrators, and fights broke out before the rally began. Witnesses report police did little to intervene. Then around 1 45 p. M. , a man later identified as james alex fields, drove his Dodge Charger into a crowd of demonstrators, then peeled away in reverse in what many are calling an act of terrorism. An iconic image of the car attack featured in media around the world shows protesters flying through the air after they were hit. A local paralegal named Heather Heyer was killed in the attack, and at least 19 others were injured. Heather worked at miller law group, a law firm that helps people going through bankruptcy, and had repeatedly championed civil rights issues on social media. Her facebook cover read if youre not outraged, youre not paying attention. A statement from heyers mother on the gofundme page read she died doing w