step down over handling of the spousal abuse scandal. tonight there is a second disparate you are at the white house involving domestic abuse. more from tar an palmery. president trump defendsed his top aide rob porter who resigned as staff secretary yesterday after allegations of spousal abuse by two exwives became public. president trump wished him well despite evidence of domestic violence including photos and a police report. he said very strongly yesterday that he is innocent. so you ll have to talk to him about that. but we abilitily wish him well. the president made know mention of the women accusing porter. but instead commented on porter s state of mind. he is also very sad. reporter: last night chief of staff john kelly under fire about what he knew and when he knew it. earlier this week kelly called porter a man of true integrity and honor. but after a photo surfaced of porter s first ex-wife a black eye kelly distanced himself. abc news learned that the
firm message from counter protesters as white national lifts march through fairmount park. tonight at 11:00 the philadelphia mayor is saying about this pair of protests. good evening, natasha is o off. i m joe holden. it was clash of ideologies the protests were loud but mostly peaceful. eyewitness news reporter alicia nieves is live in the sat center with the details. joe, philadelphia police department was made aware of today s white nationalist rally ahead of time as aprication the department had number of officers present and that precaution of course comes after months of similar gatherings in other parts of the country where these kind of these kind of protests became violent and in some cases even deadly. no nats cease, no kkk, no fascist usa. around 4:00 in the afternoon counter protester chaned over a group of white nationalist of fairmount park. they rallied near a statue just along boat house row the statue is of european explorer the group said they
they rallied near a statue just along boat house row the statue is of european explorer the group said they organized around it to defend white heritage. counter protesters responded organizing around this entire group to denounce the heritage of white supremacy. we cannot share much of the audio from this gathering and counter protests because much of it is lace width pro fan nat. interaction between the two groups went on for half an hour. few tense moments but philadelphia police made sure to be barrier between the white nationalist group and counter protesters. mayor jim kenney responded to this gathering and counter protest in the city. we re in really bad situation in our country right now. however, the first amendment is the first amendment. the mayor adding a message specific to white nationalist groups. you re wrong. the message is you re wrong. and being white is not being is not supreme. i just think there s no place in our society for that kind of hatred a