Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017

Published: Aug. 15, 2017, 9:23 a.m.

In 2012, a woman asked if the city of Charlottesville, Va., should consider removing a statue of a Confederate general from a local park. That question set off a chain of events that led to the deadly violence on Saturday. Also, President Trump, after two days of equivocal remarks about the violence in Charlottesville, made a new statement on Monday: \u201cRacism is evil.\u201d Guests: Kristin Szakos, a city councillor in Charlottesville, Va.; Glenn Thrush, a White House correspondent for The Times. For more information on today\u2019s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.