(LAURA)
DEVELOPING TONIGHT, THE
AFTERMATH OF VIOLENT
CLASHES IN
CHARLOTTESVILLE,
VIRGINIA.
NATS OF FIGHTING
THREE PEOPLE ARE DEAD AND
MORE THAN A DOZEN ARE
HURT.
LOCAL LEADERS ARE PUSHING
BACK AGAINST A GROUP OF
WHITE NATIONALISTS.
(GOV. TERRY MCAULIFFE (D)
VIRGINIA)
"PLEASE GO HOME AND NEVER
COME BACK. TAKE YOUR
HATRED AND TAKE YOUR
BIGOTRY."
(PROTESTERS)
"WE ARE RIGHT! WE ARE
RIGHT!"
NOW A CITY DIVIDED MUST
TRY TO COME TOGETHER TO
HEAL.
(CORRINE GELLER, VIRGINIA
STATE POLICE)
"THIS IS NOT A PROUD DAY
FOR CHARLOTTESVILLE. THIS
IS
NOT A PROUD DAY FOR
VIRGINIA."
(LAURA)
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
I'M LAURA CASO, IN FOR
BRANDI CUMMINGS.
WE'VE BEEN STAYING ON TOP
OF THE VIOLENCE OUT OF
CHARLOTTESVILLE
AFTER AN ALT-RIGHT RALLY
ENDED WITH CLASHES.
SINCE 6 TONIGHT, WE'VE
LEARNED THREE PEOPLE
CONNECTED TO TODAY'S
PROTESTS DIED.
TWO STATE TROOPERS DIED
WHEN A HELICOPTER CRASHED
JUST OUTSIDE
CHARLOTTESVILLE.
THAT'S THE VIDEO YOU SEE
ON THE LEFT.
ON THE RIGHT IS THE
HORRIFIC CRASH ON
CHARLOTTESVILLE DOWNTOWN
MALL WHEN
A CAR PLOWED INTO
PROTESTERS.
1 WOMAN DIED THERE.
(LAURA)
WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE
TONIGHT.
OUR ERIN KELLY HAS NEW
REACTION FROM LOCAL
LEADERS AND
CHARLOTTESVILLE'S
MAYOR.
FIRST LET'S GET TO JASON
MARKS WHO IS LIVE IN
CHARLOTTESVILLE WITH
REACTION THERE ON THE
GROUND.
(JASON MARKS REPORTING)
WELL THINGS ARE VERY
QUIET TONIGHT.. MOST OF
THE BARS
AND RESTAURANTS ARE
CLOSED AND RIGHT NOW
THERE ARE VERY FEW PEOPLE
ON THE STREETS. MOSTLY
REPORTERS AND OF COURSE
POLICE OFFICERS.
--AS YO CAN SEE THERE IS
STILL A LARGE POLICE
PRESENCE HERE AT THE
CORNER OF MARKET AND
SECOND STREETS-- RIGHT IN
FRONT OF THE ROBERT E.
LEE
STATUE. EVERYONE HERE
JUST HOPING EVERYTHING
HAS COME TO AN END.
(ANDREW SCHELL/WITNESS)
"WHAT PEOPLE HAVE
DESCRIBED AS IS NOT TRUE"
THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO
NEVER HEARD OF
CHARLOTTESVILLE
VIRGINIA-- UNTIL NOW.
(ANDREW SCHELL/WITNESS)
"THIS ISN'T
CHARLOTTESVILLE AND WE
WANT IT OUT OF HERE AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE"
THE STREETS LEFT
LITTERED-- THE MEMORIES
OF TODAY
STILL VERY FRESH.
(WYATT TOEHLKE/VIRGINIA
BEACH)
"IT WAS SOMETHING LIKE
OUT OF AN END OF THE
WORLD
MOVIE"
VIRGINIA BEACH'S WYATT
TOEHLKE WAS RIGHT IN THE
MIDDLE OF IT.
(WYATT TOEHLKE/VIRGINIA
BEACH)
"WE SAW SOME PEOPLE WHO
SAID IT WAS LIKE A CIVIL
WAR
AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS
KID OF AN EXAGGERATION
BUT AFTER SEEING WHAT I
SAW TODAY. I THINK IT WAS
ABSOLUTE TRUE"
NATS OF PROTEST
RIGHT WING PROTESTORS
UPSET WITH THE POSSIBLE
THIS
CAR JUST PLOWING THROUGH
KILLED. IN ALL 35 PEOPLE
DANA HAWES FROM
HAWES/RICHMOND)
"I LOVE THE COMMONWEALTH
(JASON MARKS REPORTING)
(LAURA)
SO - HOW DID THIS ALL
(LAURA)
SO - HOW DID THIS ALL
START?
UNREST IN CHARLOTTESVILLE
HAS BEEN BREWING FOR
MONTHS NOW ALL OVER
THE REMOVAL OF A STATUE.
IT SHOWS CONFEDERATE
LEADER ROBERT E LEE.
CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO
REMOVE IT AND RENAME LEE
PARK-- EMANCIPATION PARK.
THERE WAS A KU KLUX KLAN
CITY LEADERS ARE REMOVING
HISTORY.
TODAY'S CLASH INVOLVED A
NATIONALIST GROUP.
THEIR RALLY STARTED
AROUND 9 THIS MORNING,
BUT JUST BEFORE NOON IT
WAS
DEEMED AN UNLAWFUL
ASSEMBLY AFTER VIOLENCE
BROKE OUT.
THE GOVERNOR DECLARED A
STATE OF EMERGENCY, AND
STATE POLICE SAY THEY
MADE
SEVERAL ARRESTS.
(LAURA)
VIOLENCE CONTINUED AFTER
THE RALLY WAS DECLARED
UNLAWFUL. WE HAVE NEW
VIDEO OF THE MOMENT A CAR
HIT A CROWD OF PEOPLE ON
CHARLOTTESVILLE'S
DOWNTOWN MALL, KILLING
ONE PERSON.
WE WANT TO WARN YOU, IT
COULD BE DISTURBING FOR
SOME TO WATCH.
NATS OF SCREAMING
(LAURA)
CHARLOTTESVILLE POLICE
SAY A 32-YEAR- OLD WOMAN
DIED IN THE CRASH.
THEY ARE WORKING TO TELL
HER FAMILY.
19 OTHER PEDESTRIANS WERE
HURT AND THEIR INJURIES
RANGE FROM MINOR TO LIFE
THREATENING.
(WITNESS TO CRASH)
"JUST WENT FLYING
EVERYWHERE. PEDESTRIANS.
AND I MEAN, IT'S THE MOST
HORRIFIC THING I'VE EVER
DIDN'T
HAVE ANY PLATES. TINTED
OUT WINDOWS. WE COULDN'T
EVEN SEE THEM. IT SEEMED
THE CRASH.
IT'S BUMPER THAT WAS
NEARLY TORN OFF AND
DRAGGED ON THE ROAD AS IT
DROVE AWAY.
POLICE CAUGHT UP WITH THE
DRIVER.
THEY CHARGED 20-YEAR-OLD
JAMES FIELDS JUNIOR OF
OHIO WITH SECOND-DEGREE
MURDER.
(LAURA)
AS WE SAID EARLIER, TWO
VIRGINIA STATE TROOPERS
DIED WHEN A HELICOPTER
CRASHED
JUST OUTSIDE OF
CHARLOTTESVILLE.
STATE POLICE ARE MOURNING
THE LOSS OF LIEUTENANT H
JAY CULLEN AND BERKE M-M
BATES.
THEY SAY NO ONE ON THE
HOWEVER STATE
POLICE SAY THERE'S NO
INDICATION OF FOUL PLAY.
(LAURA)
TONIGHT VIRGINIA'S
LEADERS ARE CONDEMNING
THE VIOLENCE IN
CHARLOTTESVILLE.
THEIR STATEMENTS HAVE
BEEN COMING INTO OUR
NEWSROOM ALL DAY.
AND GOVERNOR TERRY
MCAULIFFE DELIVERED A
SCATHING MESSAGE.
ERIN KELLY CONTINUES OUR
TEAM COVERAGE WITH A
BREAK DOWN ON ALL OF
THAT.
(ERIN)
LAURA, THE GOVERNOR SAID
HIS MESSAGE WAS PLAIN AND
SIMPLE: GO HOME.
AND MEMBERS OF VIRGINIA'S
CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION
HAD
SIMILAR STATEMENTS ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENED TODAY.
(ERIN KELLY REPORTING)
<NATS CLASHES
HOURS AFTER WHITE
NATIONALISTS AND COUNTER
PROTESTORS CLASHED ON
WHAT BECAME A DEADLY DAY
FOR CHARLOTTESVILLE,
VIRGINIA GOVERNOR TERRY
MCAULIFFE SAID HE HAD A
MESSAGE FOR WHO HE CALLED
WHITE SUPREMACISTS AND
NAZIS.
(GOVERNOR TERRY
MCAULIFFE/(D) VIRGINIA)
"PLEASE GO HOME AND NEVER
COME BACK. TAKE YOUR
HATRED AND TAKE YOUR
BIGOTRY."
THE GOVERNOR, WHO HAD
DECLARED A STATE OF
EMERGENCY AMID THE CHAOS,
TALKED TO PRESIDENT
DONALD TRUMP EARLIER IN
THE DAY.
(GOVERNOR TERRY
MCAULIFFE/(D) VIRGINIA)
"I TOLD THE PRESIDENT
THAT THERE HAS GOT TO BE
A MOVEMENT IN THIS
COUNTRY TO BRING PEOPLE
TOGETHER.
THE HATRED AND RHETORIC
THAT HAS GONE ON AND THAT
HAS INTENSIFIED OVER THE
LAST COUPLE MONTHS IS
DIVIDING THIS GREAT
NATION."
PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID HE
AGREED WITH THE GOVERNOR
THAT HATE AND DIVISION
MUST STOP.
(PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP)
"WE CONDEMN IN THE
STRONGEST POSSIBLE TERMS
THIS EGREGIOUS DISPLAY OF
SENATOR MARK WARNER SAID
VIRGINIANS REJECTED THE
HATEFUL VIOLENCE AND
CONDEMNED THE INTOLERANCE
BEHIND IT.
CONGRESSMAN SCOTT TAYLOR
SAID "THE ACTIONS,
IDEOLOGY, AND HATE BY
SOME IDIOTS SHOULD BE
CONDEMNED LOUDLY AND
CLEARLY."
AND CHARLOTTESVILLE MAYOR
MICHAEL SIGNER
DENOUNCED WHAT HE CALLED
A "TIDE OF HATRED AND
INTOLERANCE."
(MICHAEL SIGNER/MAYOR OF
CHARLOTTESVILLE)
"IT IS BROUGHT HERE BY
OUTSIDERS, AND IT'S
BROUGHT HERE BY PEOPLE
WHO BELONG IN THE TRASH
HEAP OF HISTORY WITH
THESE IDEAS."
(ERIN)
AND CONGRESSMAN BOBBY
SCOTT SAID "THIS SORT OF
VIOLENCE AND HATE HAS NO
CREDIBLE
ROLE IN OUR PUBLIC
DISCOURSE."
AS WE MENTIONED, MANY
VIRGINIA LEADERS HAVE
BEEN SENDING US THEIR
THOUGHTS ON
THIS.
WE HAVE MORE FROM THEM ON
OUR WEBSITE.