"White nationalist rally brings clashes in Charlottesville" PBS NewsHour 8/12/2017
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SUMMARY: Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe declared a state of emergency in Charlottesville on Saturday as hundreds of white nationalists and alt-right activists clashed with police and counter-protesters. It was the second rally to protest the city’s plan to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from Emancipation Park. The NewsHour's P.J. Tobia joins Hari Sreenivasan from Charlottesville.
"Charlottesville mayor blames Trump for violent weekend" PBS NewsHour 8/13/2017
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SUMMARY: 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 a white nationalist leader told The NewsHour's P.J. Tobia that the radical left is at fault.
"Local gives history of civil rights in Charlottesville" PBS NewsHour 8/13/2017
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SUMMARY: Rallies on Friday and Saturday in Charlottesville, Virginia that were reminiscent of Ku Klux Klan gatherings shook people who have for generations fought for civil rights in Virginia and across the country. Activist, writer and educator Leontyne Peck with the University of Virginia’s President’s Commission on Slavery unpacks the weekend’s events with Hari Sreenivasan.
"U.S. sees 300 violent attacks inspired by far right every year" PBS NewsHour 8/13/2017
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SUMMARY: Despite the nation’s focus on Islamic terrorism since 9/11, homegrown, right-wing extremists have also killed dozens of Americans. Peter Bergen, the director of the National Security Studies program for New America, joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the toll of homegrown terrorism in light of the Charlottesville white nationalist rally car attack.
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