Reporter he was greeted by this wrongs of people, you couldnt hear a thing that he said. Every epithet in the book shouted his way along with chants of shame, shame, shame, and murderer, murderer. There was a Huge Police Presence here. He ultimately exited to the left out through the hedges followed by state police officers, reporters, cameramen and protesters. The actual alleged murderer, james fields, remains in Police Custody today. We are expecting him to make a First Court Appearance perhaps as early as tomorrow if charlottes areville sticks to its normal proceed procedure procedure of those arrested on saturday. A Longtime Court observer told me we can expect that Court Appearance will be made via video because of security concerns. He will be asked if he needs a courtappointed attorney, Financial Information will be made about him as to his income, about his jobs to see whether he qualifies for a courtappointed attorney, and bond will be set. James fields mother was tracked down
Couple dozen, i couldnt really count, these White Nationalist protesters. There are a ton of Police Boxing them in. But on the other line of this, this line of Police Officers, these are all counter protesters. Right now theyre trying really hard to keep these people away from these people. There was a ton of profanity, some of the counter protesters were grabbing at flags that some of these White Nationalist protesters had. This is about as chaotic as senior can have in washington d. C. So far, it seems like its pretty peaceful but have a look on the sidewalk. There are signs, likewise matter. Hate not welcome here. No place for hates. Then over here, we dont see any signs brought by the Jason Kessler led protest which just arrived a few minutes ago. But all these counter protesters seem to outnumber the guys that are here for the unite the right 2. They were waiting for them. So the police really have their hands full. Look at the scene right here. You ever see anything like this, we
Welcome back, everybody. Im david gura at msnbc headquarters in new york. State of emergency. One year after the deadly riots in charlottesville, virginia, authorities are on high alert to make sure history does not repeat itself. House of deception. Amarosa accuses of white house of deceiving the American People and says she is partially to blame. I was complicit with this white house deceiving this nation. And meeting mueller, Rudy Guiliani once again weighing in on whether President Trump will sit down with the special counsels team of investigators. But we begin with protests in the streets of our Nations Capital and charlottesville, virginia, today. Right now, several counter protest rallies are taking place as washington braces for hundreds of right wing organizers expected to descend and rally in front of the white house. Those White Supremacists making their way from Northern Virginia to washington. The tension also triggering a state of emergency in charlottesville, a town at
Obscene gesture. They cover their faces as you can see. They get dressed in black and they have their helmets, they have known to be violent. Not just against the white supremacist but also against the news media. And others in the past. Have there been any incidents where you are, peter or that sort of thing . Can you hear me . Reporter i can hear you, eric. So far we have not seen anything like that. But there are just so many people and i do see among some of the counter protesters, there is a strong smell of marijuana in the air. I can see someone lighting up a joint right here across from the white house. With hundreds if not thousands of cops all around. The signs are mostly antiWhite Supremacy and antinazi. But then there are some it seems like anyone with a cause in d. C. Is here. And the numbers are enormous compared to the unite the right white civil rights march. They were brought here by police protection. No one could really talk to them. And then they have no state basica
The right rally in the nations capital. How does it look so far, peter . Reporter the night the right two white civil rights rally as it was billed was very lightly attended. If you look behind us here, there are thousands of people with a variety of different signs and causes represented. But they have been told apparently in the past two minutes that because of Severe Weather in the area, some thunder and lightning, all of this is being shut down. Thunder and lightning came through about 20 minutes ago. No one really left but it has started raining steadily and now youre starting to see folks leaving because not everyone has umbrella. Apparently one of the camera positions the police said they have five minutes in the have to clear out. It may be the end of what was at times, a chaotic scene. The unite the right rally started essentially when the group of about two dozen, maybe a little bit more white nationalists arrived on a metro train from the foggy bottom metro station and escor