Aug 14 Watch 9:02 White nationalists see violent Charlottesville rally as successful turning point By PBS News Hour The national fallout continues after three people died and multiple people were injured in the chaos of a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday. The NewsHour’s PJ Tobia and Mark Scialla join Hari Sreenivasan to discuss why many… Continue watching
Aug 14 Watch 8:30 How should U.S. address white supremacist extremism? By PBS News Hour Hari Sreenivasan takes a deep look at the nation’s divide following Saturday’s deadly incident during a white nationalist rally held in Charlottesville, Virginia, as well as what the Trump administration needs to do with Vanita Gupta of the Leadership Conference… Continue watching
Aug 14 Watch 5:53 The shifting history of Confederate monuments By PBS News Hour The backdrop of Saturday's violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, was a plan to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from the city's downtown. What’s the story behind such monuments and why do we continue to struggle with the… Continue watching
Aug 14 Watch 8:06 What Trump didn’t say in his response to Charlottesville By PBS News Hour Amy Walter of The Cook Political Report and Susan Page of USA Today join John Yang to discuss the week’s news, including President Trump’s reluctant response to the deadly incident white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, plus a new campaign… Continue watching
Aug 14 WATCH: Trump says ‘racism is evil,’ condemns KKK, neo-Nazis and white supremacists By Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press Under pressure all weekend, President Donald Trump named and condemned hate groups as "repugnant" and declared "racism is evil" in an updated, more forceful statement on the deadly, race-fueled clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia. Continue reading
Aug 14 Judge denies bond for suspect in Charlottesville attack at white nationalist rally By Joshua Barajas James Alex Fields Jr., 20, is being held on suspicion of second-degree murder in the death of Heather Heyer, 32, and faces additional charges of malicious wounding and failure to stop in an accident that lead to a death. Continue reading
Aug 14 Merck CEO steps down from presidential council after Charlottesville By Associated Press The CEO of the nation's third largest pharmaceutical company is resigning from the President's American Manufacturing Council citing "a responsibility to take a stand against intolerance and extremism."… Continue reading
Aug 14 Pressure mounts on Trump to condemn white supremacists after Charlottesville attack By Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press The White House defended President Donald Trump's response to deadly, race-fueled clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia, as he came under bipartisan scolding for not clearly condemning white supremacists immediately after the altercations. Continue reading
Aug 13 Watch 3:56 Post-election spike in hate crimes persists in 2017 By PBS News Hour The Charlottesville white nationalist rally, along with the associated deaths and injuries linked to it, follow a nationwide increase in hate crimes in the past year. Within 10 days of Donald Trump’s election, the Southern Poverty Law Center tracked 900… Continue watching
Aug 13 Watch 2:43 Charlottesville mayor blames Trump for violent weekend By PBS News Hour As locals grappled with the aftermath of a white nationalist rally that left three people dead on Saturday, Mayor Michael Signer wasted no words on denouncing President Donald Trump for what he says is his culpability in the violence. But… Continue watching