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Transcripts For KTVU KTVU Mornings On 2 At 9am 20170814

Organizer of the rally filed a lawsuit against the city saying it was unconstitutional to move the rally to emancipation park. The purpose was to protest the removal of a statute of robert e lee. Friday a judge rules the rally could be held in the emancipation park, that denied this large group of people caring tiki torches chanting blood and soil white lives matter and you will not replace us marched across the university of virginia bringing us to saturday when the united the right group and self proclaimed nazis faced off with a group. A state of emergency was issued after violence between the groups broke out. Later, Heather Heyer was killed and 19 others were hurt when a car drove into a crowd of people. Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle and people around the country are speaking out about what happened. The man accused of driving his car into the crowd appeared in court where a judge denied failed. James alex fields jr. Faces charges including seconddegree murder and hit and run. Lauren blanchard live in virginia at the scene of a growing digital. Reporter good morning, behind me is where the car plowed through killing one person. People have been starting to pay respects all day many with tears in their eyes hugging each other dropping off flowers. What has been interesting is the vigil started last night many of the candles are still lit today. The next step is to get on with our lives try to put this behind us but not forget. People in charlottesville reeling from this weekend, a makeshift memorial growing as folks try to get back to normalcy, those stopping by says the violent does not represent this town. If you are full of hatred stay where you are. Im hoping things will settle down a little bit and people can figure out some way to get through this without the violence and hatefulness. 32yearold Heather Heyer dying saturday when a car ran into a crowd of counterdemonstrators. Her father says she wanted equality for everyone. She was standing up for what she believed in and that is a lot more than a lot of people. With people taking to the streets across the nation in solidarity with the antialt right movement or message does not die. Silence is a choice if you are silent you have chosen to oppress. James alex fields jr. Is charged with seconddegree murder and other counts related to the car crash. The 20yearold making his First Court Appearance today. Reporter james alex fields jr. Remained looking down while the charges were read, he told the judge he understood everything and he could not afford a lawyer. We know that he has no ties to this area. Lauren blanchard, thank you. President trump facing criticism for not condemning White Supremacists in his response to the violence. We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred bigotry and violence on many sites. Some republicans are criticizing the president s response. Call this white suppresses them and not neonazi is an evil. He missed an opportunity to condemn these groups. The white house says the president said very strongly that he condemns all forms of violence bigotry and hatred of course that includes White Supremacists, [null], neonazi and all extremist. Lets bring in our political analyst on the phone. The political impact from the president s words on camera over the weekend. I would say they were insufficient. They were clarified to the extent the white house was feeling pressure to elaborate on the commentary, but this is a sad incident. Who do you think is putting those words on paper for the president to say . Maybe he is, but who is guiding him through the process . One would think in cooperation or in concert i should say with the Communications Office in the white house that is where it would have come from. Typically it is something where they say make up a statement and get it over to us. For the president can release it. In that statement a lot of people were criticizing him because he said and all extremist groups, do you think that is a problem or is that appropriate . Did he say that because he thinks he might have missed some groups or is that a reference to the socalled groups that were marching . So hard to say, it was sort of artfully crafted when he said all other groups because i go back on statements he has made about groups on all sides of the political debate and violence and he may have decided that he wanted to take a run at all groups that are utilizing any sort of violence. In this case obviously, you need to isolate this and speak to the violence that happened and that hate that was centered in charlottesville. It appears the president is trying to turn the page. Since the incident he has tweeted about an Alabama Senate primary candidate, the manufacturing counsel, trade deals, do you think there is enough pressure for the president to circle back and name these groups or do you think he is trying to push to what is next . I think he will be compelled to come back and speak to it again. I dont know if he will call out certain groups. I think you can call out the movement the fascist movement or the neonazi movement for the white supremacist movement. He could hand out a list and i think maybe that is where he said im just going to talk about hate in general. Really quickly i noticed the president s daughter tweeted there is no place for racism, White Supremacy or neonazis so she is using those words. Yes, i am saying that when i think the president is further pressed he will probably have to make a list but i have no idea what he was thinking about when he said all groups for all acts of violence but again you know it was insufficient around what happened. So what is keeping him from just coming out and saying what even some members of his own party have said even the Vice President. A lot of senators and the Vice President came out and said it why is it so hard for him to do that . If he would have done that we wouldnt be talking about that. It is inexplicable, who can read his mind at times . I just think he decided it was an opportunity to talk about hate in general but as we all know we have heard very interesting commentary over many months from this president and sometimes we get a follow up explanation and sometimes we dont and hopefully he will spend more time commenting on this particular case because it is just tragic on all fronts. There is one other element to remember and that is what we are generally seen is the uptick in these protests where we are seeing counter protests. That is something we saw in berkeley and other places so that adds another element to these very violent protests. What about the coverage . We talk about the Vice President i want to read what he said. I will say i take issue with the fact that many in the National Media spend more time criticizing the president s words than criticizing those that perpetrated the violence to begin with. What do you think about that . There is some truth to that. The president , i understand people like Maxine Waters say the president is at fault but i can tell you from traveling in the deep south and writing often on the civil war that 150 years after the civil war some people in the south still call the civil war the war of northern aggression. There is a feeling about White Supremacy in the south about things we need to address and so we move this statue and it becomes very symbolic for a lot of those people who are a part of the south. Brian sobel, thank you so much for joining us on the phone to digest all that happened. Thinking back a couple years ago where there was the upset of removing the Confederate Flag so this goes back to that thank you. Coverage continues coming up at 9 30 with alex savidge more on the protest in the bay area in response to those events. Hackers deliver on the threat to hbo, coming up what was leaked online. A major bay area is freeway is reopened after being shut down for most of the morning commute, coming up next Christien Kafton with the latest. No artificial flavors, preservatives or colors. And an excellent source of calcium. Enjoy cheese dippers by the laughing cow. Need a hair smoother. Get super fruit moroccan argan oil, with fructis sleek shine fortifying shampoo. 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We are just off the off ramp traffic is now getting back to normal but chp says it will be ours before the traffic pattern returns to normal. At this point the victims vehicle the black mitsubishi has been moved off the freeway where it was sitting for hours. At last check chp says the driver is in Critical Condition with a had bullet wound. That is the update from 15 minutes ago. At 2 30 this morning chp received multiple 911 calls about a road rage incident on i 880 southbound through san leandro and then they got the 911 call that said shots were fired on the freeway. Officers arrived shortly thereafter and found the victims vehicle with the driver shot in the head. He was able to control the vehicle and pull the vehicle over to the center of the road the median area. The man who was shot transported to the hospital in google condition. Three others in the vehicle and injured. Those men are spanish speakers and they are cooperating. The suspects were likely driving a white vehicle possibly with multiple occupants. Investigators tell us that vehicle should be considered an ongoing threat. We dont have anything except for a white sedan so if you are in the area and you heard something or saw something please call your local office. Even if you think it is not important. It can help several life. Reporter chp investigators are looking for any help the public may offer. Chp tells me they are reviewing any possible Surveillance Video that might have either captured the incident itself or possibly the suspects as they tried to make their way away from the scene. If anybody knows the suspects they are telling people to not approach them. At this point they should be considered armed and dangerous considering this mornings events. A little more on the road rage angle, did investigators tell you it was the people who fired their weapons or was there an exchange of gunfire from the other car that ended up coming to a stop . Everything is still under investigation but from what they are telling me this was a oneway incident, shots were fired from one vehicle into the victim. Have not said anything about recovering another weapon or about shots being fired from the other vehicle. This is why they spent so much time out in the middle of i880 trying to map the scene and figure out what happened with what vehicle. Of course we remember the shootings from 80 and highway 4 , have they talked about the possibility that this could be related to those from a different county . Reporter that might be difficult to look at because these incidents tend to be isolated where one person flyers up, they referenced in that because they said there are some cameras remember there are cameras along the freeway in the area. They are looking to see if there were cameras that may have been in position to capture this shooting incident or possibly the suspects vehicle. Certainly there could be a tie in learning from previous investigations. Christien kafton, thank you. A bay area Football Player sparking conversation about the National Anthem, Marshawn Lynch did not stand for the National Anthem before the teams first preseason game on saturday. Now this move looks similar to protests we have seen over the past year although it is unclear if this had anything to do with something specific. The only one who referenced the issue was the raiders coach jack dell rio who spoke to reporters after the game. He said this is something i have done for 11 years. It is just me being myself. I said so you understand how i feel i very strongly believe in standing for the National Anthem but i will respect you as a man , you do your thing. Coach later said he did not know ahead of time which would sit but he called it a non issue for him. He says he does not consider the actions a distraction. Marshawn lynch not the only one sitting for the National Anthem, Michael Bennett set on the bench during the anthem before a game against the chargers. You might recall Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the National Anthem as a member of the 49ers sparking National Debate for protesting social injustice by refusing to stand. Kaepernick remains unsigned as a free agent. Jack dell rio says it is a nonissue for him so our question of the day is, is it a nonissue for you . 67 say it is a nonissue, 33 say no. One viewer says he should stand for respects for the hundreds of thousands of people who died so he can live the life he has. Another viewer says i respect his choice to sit after this surge of White Supremacy i might feel like sitting too. And this one, i prefer he gets down on one knee but at this point it is all a joke. We will keep checking your responses throughout the day and we will share them with you here. Coming up next on ktvu mornings on 2, our ipads bad for infants . Screens could be costing your children important sleep time. Up next, the story of one couple who says they are being taken advantage of during the eclipse. Nurture driedout hair with deeply restorative care. Garnier whole blends. Legendary olive leavein conditioner. Enhanced with Olive Oil Olive leaf extracts. To detangle, work a dollop through damp or dry hair. And infuse it with softness. Garnier whole blends legendary olive. Hbo is responding after hackers released more of its programming. The release included on aired episodes of curb your enthusiasm and unreleased episodes of insecure and the dos. The hbo ceo calls this hack disruptive unsettling and disturbing, he says their Technology Team is working on the problem and hbo will navigate its way through this successfully. The hackers are asking for 6 million. Studies show screens could interfere with a babys sleep which means something worse than a cranky child which is bad enough the Scientists Say the lack of sleep during these crucial months and years could slow down your childs brain development. It is not just phones and tablets but really Young Children are likely to spend time on a tablet or phone compared to what we used to do in front of the tv in the living room. 75 of children between six months and three years are playing with a touch screen every day. Every hour of screen time is linked to 15 fewer minutes of sleep. My children do not touch screens until three or four. My little one didnt but the older one is already there touching the screen. One week from the Solar Eclipse now we are hearing about cases of hotel price gouging for people wanting to see the event. The hotel at the heart of idaho falls making future guests like boyle. Four months rooms at the hotel have been booked solid one of the guests Eileen Jenkins and her husband paid for the room 100 years ago at 140 a night. Thousands of exactly what the hotel owner wants her to pay calling the jenkins raising the nightly rate to 200 and then this week another call and another increase. They started questioning us telling us that our rate was way too low for the event and he wanted to raise the rate. Each call was made by a man named sean, we discover the hotel is operated by a Company Called river run hospitality. He has no comment at all. I went to the hotel to get answers first we were told sean was in a meeting before being denied comment. I want to be very clear this story is airing tonight and we are airing this side of the story of someone making accusations against the hotel of price gouging. This hotel will be called out by name. He said no comment. Okay, thank you. Price gouging is not illegal but breaking a contract is. For the hotel to come back and say we want to change the price, it is i think pretty clearly a breach of contract. Brian ballard is a Consumer Protection attorney he says based on this information that we provided him the hotel is actually in violation. There is not a way for the hotel to escape having to fulfill their end of the contract simply by saying we would like to profit more than we would have otherwise. Ballard says three things constitute a contract first, an offer in this case the 140 rate, second acceptance that happened when the jenkins booked the room, the 13 consideration. Taking the credit card to hold the reservation was just that. They gave him a credit card. The hotel, if the Consumer Council two hours before they showed up the hotel would gladly charge. There is a possibility the hotel may not be in violation if the jenkins clicked a box giving the hotel permission to cancel or change the price. I think what happened is they waited to the last minute so there was no chance

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