WILL DRAG ITS TAIL THROUGH METRO DETROIT.
WILL WE GET A REPEAT OF LAST WEEK'S WINTER WALLOP?
>> Kim: IN EAST LANSING, POLICE ARE TRYING TO KEEP CONTR OVER A CONTROVERSIAL SPEAKER, RICHARD SPENCER.
>> Devin: THERE HAVE BEEN FIGHTS.
AT LEAST ONE ARREST SO FAR.
WE BRING IN PRIYA MANN LIVE FROM EAST LANSING ON WHETHER THINGS HAVE CALMED DOWN AS WE HIT THE 5:00 HOUR.
PRIYA?
>> Priya: THINGS HAVE CALMED DOWN A LITTLE BIT, DUE IN PART TO THE MASSIVE POLICE PRESENCE.
DOZENS OF STATE POLICE VEHICLES HERE.
FOR MUCH OF THE DAY, THE PROTESTS WERE PEACEFUL, CARRYING SIGNS AND CHANTING.
BUT IT WAS PEACEFUL, AND THEN AS SUPPORTERS STARTED SHOWING UP, THAT'S WHEN VIOLENCE ERUPTED.
A NUMBER OF PEOPLE ARRESTED, A NUMBER OF FIGHTS BREAKING OUT AHEAD OF RICHARD SPENCER'S SPEECH WHICH IS TAKING PLACE RIGHT NOW.
PROTESTS ERUPTED AT MSU MOMENTS BEFORE THE EVENT BEGAN ON MONDAY AFTERNOON.
THEY PREVENTED THE SUPPORTERS FROM GETTING INSIDE THE BUILDING AND POLICE OFFICER STEPPED IN TRYING TO SEPARATE THE CROWD.
SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED AND OTHERS RECORDED THE MELEE ON THEIR PHONES.
HE IS THE HEAD OF THE NATIONAL POLICY INSTITUTE, DESCRIBED AS BEING DEDICATED TO THE HERITAGE, IDENTITY, AND PEOPLE OF EUROPEAN DISSENT.
IN EUROPE AND AROUND THE WORLD.
HE SUPPORTED HIS RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH.
>> WHEN I SAY SOMETHING SIMPLE AS IT'S OKAY TO BE WHITE, THAT STRIKES A CHORD AND IT'S WIDELY CONTROVERSIAL.
SO THIS IS THE REACTION THAT IS INCITED.
IT DOES REVEAL TO US THE TRUTHFULNESS AND POWER OF WHAT I'M SAYING.
>> THE MOVEMENT IS SCAPEGOATING THE PROBLEMS THAT PEOPLE ARE FACING.
THEY'RE SAYING, DO YOU KNOW WHY YOU'RE UNHAPPY, IT'S BECAUSE OF IMMIGRANTS.
IT'S BECAUSE WOMEN HAVE MORE POWER.
THIS IS ALL PART OF THIS FASCIST MESSAGE HE IS PUTTING FORWARD.
>> Priya: MSU DENIED HIS APPEARANCE BUT THEY SUED IN COURT.
SO THEY ALLOWED HIM TO SPEAK IN THE AGRICULTURE AVENUE LIVESTOCK BUILDING DURING SPRING BREAK.
>> I'M HERE TO ENGAGE WITH STUDENTS, FACULTY, ANYONE WHO WANTS TO ENGAGE WITH ME IN A GOOD-FAITH CONVERSATION.
SOMETIMES THE TRUTH HURTS.
AND IT DOESN'T MAKE IT LESS TRUTHFUL.
I CANNOT STOP SPEAKING THE TRUTH BECAUSE IT MIGHT OFFEND SOMEONE.
>> Priya: AND YOU CAN SEE PROTESTERS STANDING IN THE BACK THERE BEHIND STATE POLICE.
YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF STUDENTS HERE, COMMUNITY GROUPS, ACTIVISTS, GRASS ROOTS ACTIVISTS GROUPS AND MEMBERS OF THE ANTIF MOVEMENT.
AND YOU HAVE MSP, INGHAM COUNTY, CLINTON COUNTY, AND MSU POLICE ON SCENE HERE.
AND THERE IS A HUGE CONTROVERSY HERE RIGHT NOW.
WHEN I WAS SPEAKING TO RICHARD SPENCER, HE SAID HE DOES NOT DESCRIBE HIMSELF AS A NAZI.
HE IS MOTIVATED BY LOVE FOR HIS PEOPLE.
PROTESTERS HERE HAV A VERY DIFFERENT VIEW OF THE SPEECH THAT'S BEING MADE HERE ON CAMPUS TONIGHT.
REPORTING LIVE FROM EAST LANSING, I'M PRIYA MANN, LOCAL 4.
>> Devin: LET'S LOOK AHEAD TO TONIGHT.
A LIMITED NUMBER OF PEOPLE WILL BE ALLOWED INSIDE THE EVENT WHERE THE SPEECH IS TO TAKE PLACE.
>> Priya: YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.
THIS EVENT WAS TICKETED AND ORGANIZED BY SPENCER'S GROUP, THE NATIONAL POLICY INSTITUTE.
IT WAS NOT ORGANIZED IN ANY WAY BY MSU.
MSU IS ONLY PROVIDING THE VENUE HERE, SO PEOPLE HAD TO GET TICKETS AND THERE WAS A SLIGHT VETTING PROCESS AS WELL.
AND AGAIN, SOME MEDIA OUTLETS REPORTING THEY WERE DENIED ACCESS INSIDE.
THE SPEECH TAKING PLACE, SUPPORTERS ENTERING THE BUILDING STARTING AT 4:30.
HE IS EXPECTED TO BE HERE UNTIL 6:30 TONIGHT.
LOCAL 4 WILL BE HERE MONITORING THE SITUATION AS WELL TO MAKE SURE -- WE WILL BRING YOU THE LATEST IF ANY VIOLENCE BREAK