Where thousands marched to drown out a farright gathering. President trump first announcing and praising the protesters who he eventually said were quote, speaking out against bigotry and hate. Well talk to chuck todd in a moment. And then later to one of the men who participated in the rally in charlottesville. Also sitting down with the marine actor who broke through on the hbo series girls. If you walk down the street in new york city probably because mainly because of star wars, the experience is different than it would have been two years. Yeah, it just kind of sucks. A sit down with adam driver later in the show. But lets begin with protests held in cities across the country. There were some arrests, but they were largely peaceful and a far cry from what we saw last week. Morgan, good morning. Reporter willy, good morning. Protests erupting from coast to coast. The largest protest was here in boston where more than 1,000 people took to the streets, far more than police expected.
This will not be an unag ration like any this country has seen. Already, the transfer of power is not a peaceful one, in the aftermath of a coordinated insurrection, attempted coup detat at the capital. Today, the Associated Press reporting that u. S. Defense Officials Say they are worried about an insider attack, or a threat from Service Members involved in securing joe bidens inauguration. Prompting the fbi to vet all of the 25,000 National Guard troops who are in washington to keep this thing safe and sound. And just to underscore the magnitude of the general level of alarm, this morning, the capitol was again put on lockdown, causing many people here to freak out over what turned out to be a small fire under a nearby bridge. And if it seems like d. C. And our entire federal government is on edge, that might be because the more we learn about the insurrection of january 6th, the worse the state of our nation is revealed to be. New video captured by the new yorker reveals the closest