it was much lengthier, which i think caused some of us to speculate that all of these delays related to some juror issue, but the jurors are all back. there s been no further discussion of the reason for the delay. testimony is ongoing. the other intriguing thing that happened today was about sealed testimony about some rick gates testimony that could have to do with an investigation that is still ongoing. when we consider what investigations are still ongoing that rick gates might have to do with, we re looking at the larger special counsel investigation into the russia probe. what do you make of that testimony being put under seal by the judge? well, that came after an objection when the defense asked rick gates if he was asked questions by the fbi about his role in the trump campaign. and so at that point there was this sidebar where no doubt they discussed the scope of rick gates cooperation. it would not surprise me if he wasn t providing information about the time that he
Numbered really into the thousands. somewhere between 1500 and 2000 counter protesters. the white nationalists were outmatched. they were disorganized and dee legitimatized by that poor showing that they had. and we should say good thing they had a poor showing. you did see a real kind of level of organization on the other side that made the effort really mounted by jason kessler to look really, really bad. so at this point we should also mention of course he did not get the permit he was seeking to do this follow-up rally, this sequel in charlottesville. and that s one of the reasons, the primary reason why he shifted his focus here to washington. theoretically, in closer proximity to president trump, although president trump as you well know is wrapping up his week long what they call a working vacation, what the white house calls a working vacation in bedminster. so he didn t see any of this. i m sure he watched it on television. he sent out a preemptive tweet yesterday, the other
America, a debate that continues today because on the eve of the anniversary of that deadly clash, where is the president s ire? it s focused on nfl players protesting racial injustice in america. the president tweeted be happy, be cool, and instructed the players to stand proudly for your national anthem or be suspended without pay. this as the city of charlottesville prepares to go under a state of emergency just hours from now. joining me is nbc news kelly o donnell in new jersey where the president is on his, quote, working vacation. kelly, why have we not heard anything from the white house other than tweeting about the nfl? reporter: well, there s no easy answer for that, katy. the white house has not put out a statement about this, the president has not. he did do an event on prison reform, which was covered by the tv pool and journalists in the pool. that was yesterday. that s part of the working part of working vacation.
Does this ring a bell, i think there is blame on both sides. almost one year ago, the president delivered those very words shortly after a working vacation in bedminster, new jersey. on august 15, 2017, speaking to our entire country, president trump refused to condemn the white nationalists responsible for turning an already violent unite the right rally in charlottesville, virginia, deadly. deadly because james fields jr. allegedly drove his car into a crowd of counterprotesters, killing 32-year-old heather heyer. he pleaded not guilty to federal hate crimes charges. he s been charged under virginia law with murder and other crimes. the president s lack of moral authority in that moment ignited a nationwide debate over race in
nbc s white house correspondent kristen welker is live in springfield, missouri, and courtney kuby joins me here on set. kristen, first to you, the secretary of defense is saying that we re not out of diplomatic solutions, but it really seems to contradict what the president tweeted earlier today. what happens now? well, look, bottom line, casey, the president s strategy has always been to talk tough when it comes to north korea. we saw that, remember, when he was on his working vacation in bedminster when the president really ramped up his rhetoric and threatened actions like the world has never seen in north korea, the reality is behind the scenes, if you talk to u.s. officials they still want to see a diplomatic resolution to north korea s nuclear provocations. president trump spoke with the prime minister of japan in recent days, other regional partners, really trying to get them to turn up the heat on