Rally set to start in about an hour in Lafayette Park there, directly in front of the white house. It is the same group behind the violent rally that happened in charlottesville, virginia, last year that i was just mentioning. So far, very few White Nationalists have shown up. A much larger number of counter protesters there to hold their own rallies nearby. We have reporters monitoring the situation. Were going to start with nbcs Garrett Haake with the White Nationalist rally. And a lot happening there. What are you seeing . Reporter hey, richard. Im actually on the edge of that rally. We are blocked by the police on one side from getting any closer. What youre seeing right now is the arrival, or more accurately, the return of a group of antifa counter protesters. They gathered maybe 20 or 30 minutes ago. Best probably to think of them as patrolling the outer edges of this park. D. C. Police have made it their mission, and they have been very clear about this, that their big goal here
well, this is the part of the show when yasmin usually does her share for the week. today, a very special share from yasmin, at she s not here. ladies and gentlemen, meet the newest member of our msnbc team. yasmin giving birth to this little guy last week. his name is nur ahad, named after yasmin s father. he joins big brother and mom and baby are doing just well. just fine. well wishes to them from your weekend news team. we can look at those pictures all day, david gura. yasmin, congratulations. david gura is going to pick it up from here. on that very note, that s a home run for you, friend. i was co-anchoring with her early in the morning this week. when she didn t show up thursday, i thought something happened. i m david gura at msnbc headquarters in new york.