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Reporter In Charlottesville Gives Her Take On Weekend Violence

President Trump is placing blame for the violence at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville over the weekend on “both sides,” including counter-protesters. But what is true about what happened that day?

Here & Now‘s Robin Young speaks with Sarah Rankin ( @sarah_rankin), a reporter for The Associated Press who was in Charlottesville that day.

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