Anti-Trump, anti-racism rallies across US, thousands of people join the crowd

Thousands of anti-Trump protesters await the President as he returned to New York City shouting "Shame!, Shame! Shame!" Monday night for the first time since taking office.

Shortly after 9 p.m., the President's motorcade pulled up to Trump Tower, but approached from a direction that bypassed the thousands of demonstrators.

Hours before, protesters and a small group of supporters, lined up across the street from Trump Tower and the nearby blocks on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue.

As supporters carrying American flags shouted "God bless President Trump," anti-Trump protesters chanted, "No KKK, No Fascist USA, No Trump!"

Three people were arrested amid the protests at Trump Tower Monday evening, NYPD Detective Hubert Reyes told CNN. All three have been charged with reckless engagement, obstructing government administration, disorderly conduct, and resisting arrest, Reyes said.

The protests come two days after clashes broke out Saturday in Charlottesville, Virginia, as counterprotesters met white nationalists and other right-wing groups at the site of the "Unite the Right" event. Counterprotester Heather Heyer was killed when a gray Dodge Challenger rammed into a crowd walking down a street.

Trump, facing mounting bipartisan pressure, condemned white supremacists and neo-Nazis in a brief statement to reporters at an event at the White House on Monday.

But many say the President was two days too late.