making news in america this monday morning, remembering the victims in charlottesville. people gathering overnight at a memorial as we learn more about the suspect accused of driving through the crowd. the scenes there over the weekend. now, the pictures of him at the white supremacist rally just hours before the incident and what his mother is saying this morning. meanwhile, president trump is under fire for his response to the attack accused of not condemning white supremacists in his statement. overnight vice president mike pence is making his comments very clear. and new this morning, a sky diver stuck in a tree for four hours after a landing mishap. why was he stuck there for so long? and tom cruise injured in a stunt. see the actor's leap from a building that came up short. >> ooh.

and good morning. we begin with charlottesville, virginia, a city in mourning after this weekend's deadly violence. >> and here's what we know right now, especially about james fields, the man charged with plowing his vehicle into a crowd of people. he was photographed earlier in the day marching with a white supremacy group. an army spokeswoman confirms that he reported for basic training in august 2015 but was later released, and fields is due in court today facing murder and other charges. >> and the charlottesville woman killed in that crash was heather heyer, who worked as a paralegal. the other victims were virginia state troopers who died when their helicopter crashed as they were looking to get to the scene. mourners have been gathered in charlottesville to remember those victims and to call for peace going forward. abc's emily rau joins us now with the latest. emily, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, diane and kendis. the city of charlottesville is still in a state of emergency. the streets though are quiet

this morning after a night of vigils both here and across the country. the alleged driver behind the wheel of this car mowing down a crowd of people protesting against a white nationalist rally now charged with murder. [ chanting ] >> reporter: 20-year-old james fields drove from ohio to virginia for the rally captured on video chanting a message of white supremacy. >> i thought it had something to do with trump. trump's not -- i mean, he had an african-american friend. >> fields' mother saying she didn't know about her son's views, but a former teacher claims they date back to his days in high school. >> he was into this whole idea that whites were a dominant race. >> reporter: but sunday night, solidarity against those views from charlottesville to d.c. and cities across the country, people standing together against hate. [ chanting ] >> reporter: one counterprotester in the large group of mourners saying he saw

32-year-old heather heyer die. >> i saw the life pass from her eyes, and i watched her die, and from that moment on, i swore to myself that i would not stop in the fight against white supremacy. >> reporter: and the memorial you can see behind me here at the site of the car attack filled with flowers and candles and written in sidewalk chalk it says heather heyer, a hero. we do expect to see the suspect in court today. diane and kendis. >> and, emily, we know the organizer of the rally tried to hold a news conference, but that didn't go so well. what happened there? >> reporter: that's right. jason kesser, the person who organized this rally, he tried to speak, hold a press conference and he was basically heckled by an angry mob. people yelling at him. he had to be escorted out into the police station by the authorities. he did say a few things before he escaped the crowds blaming the police for what happened on saturday and saying that angry mob that was yelling at him calling that an example of anti-white hate. diane. >> wow, hard to believe these

are scenes from an american town in 2017. emily, thank you. and friends and family of the woman killed in that crash tell abc news she was a strong woman who died speaking out against discrimination. >> heather heyer was a single mom working as a paralegal and as a waitress trying to support her daughter. heyer's own mother said she was a strong advocate for peace. >> heather's life was not about hate, and this young man who ran my daughter down mistakenly believed that hate would change the world. >> heather's mom continued by saying that she was destined to give her life for fighting against evil. >> and family and friends are mourning the loss of veteran virginia state troopers berke bates and jay cullen described as devoted fathers who were committed to their jobs. they were in a helicopter deployed in response to the violence. that helicopter crashed not far from the scene. so, president trump had promised to hold a big press conference today, but it's not on his official schedule as he faces growing criticism over his

remarks following the deadly violence. >> demonstrators gathered at trump tower in new york and in other cities urging the president to denounce specifically the hate groups involved in the clashes. this morning the white house is confronting the backlash following president trump's response to the violence in charlottesville. >> we condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides, on many sides. >> reporter: now many critics are saying the statement wasn't strong enough and should have condemned specific groups. even president trump's allies are calling him out. >> i think that clearly he should talk out much more aggressively about it. >> call this white supremeicism, this white nationalism evil and let the country hear it, let the world hear it. >> reporter: the white house tried to clarify in a statement saying, of course, that includes white supremacists, kkk,

neo-nazi and all extremist groups. the statement was attributed to an unnamed representative but overnight in columbia vice president mike pence echoed those sentiments. >> we have no tolerance for hate and violence from white supremacists, neo-nazis or the kkk. >> reporter: the vice president also defended the president slamming the media's coverage of the criticism. >> i will say i take issue with the fact that many in the national media spend more time criticizing the president's words than they did criticizing those who perpetrated the violence to begin with. >> meanwhile, attorney general jeff sessions says he may consider a hate crime charge and said, quote, when such actions arise from racial bigotry and hatred, they betray our core values and cannot be tolerated. we'll hear from sessions a little later when he appears on "good morning america." former communications director anthony scaramucci is siding with those who say the president's remarks on charlottesville didn't go far enough. in his first tv interview since his 11-stay stint at the white house ended, scaramucci told

abc news that the president should have taken a tougher stance on calling out white supremacists by their names, and he issued a warning about white house chief strategist steve bannon. >> i never sat down with steve bannon and said, hey, are you a white nationalist or a white supremacist, but i think the toleration of it by steve bannon is inexcusable. >> scaramucci also suggested that there are people in the white house working against the president. >> now for a look at your weather. the latest radar picture shows a cluster of storms moving eastward across the texas panhandle and into southern oklahoma. those storms have triggered flooding north of dallas turning streets into rivers forcing evacuations in the city of sherman and leaving dozens of people stranded in their cars. even leading to water rescues. nearly half a foot of rain fell across the area over a 12-hour period. about two dozen families in sherman were forced out of their homes by rising waters. quite a bit of cleanup ahead.

well, still ahead right here, why amazon is warning people who purchased a special pair of glasses for the upcoming solar eclipse. and breaking overnight, a shooting kills three people at an auto racing event. the suspect is still on the loose. we'll have the latest from the crime scene. and more from charlottesville. this dramatic photo of a man with red shoes flying in the air after pushing his fiancee out of the way. he's now talking about that terrifying moment. mom was diagnosed with alzheimer's at 58 years old. for me, it was heart-wrenching. bea: it takes a toll on everyone. i mean, it's a depressing disease to watch unfold before your eyes. you just don't see -- the person's soul is, like, gone. lisa: this disease just ravages a family. it changes your life. the magnitude of it is indescribable. art: now is the moment.

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men are dead after a shooting at a racetrack near milwaukee. authorities say the victims were standing near a food vendor when a gunman approached and shot them point blank range. several thousand people were at the track at the time. it was eventually evacuated. now police are searching for the suspect but no word yet on a possible motive. also breaking overnight, at least 18 people are dead after a terror attack at a restaurant in the west african country of burkina faso. security forces arrived at the scene with armored vehicles after reports of shots fired at a restaurant very popular with tourists. witnesses say gunfire could be heard almost seven hours after that attack started. eight people were also injured. and here at home, a violent arrest that's gone viral on facebook has now forced a police officer in ohio into paid administrative leave. it happened after the suspect violently resisted arrest during a traffic stop. this is outside of cleveland. one of the officers eventually

got on top of him, you can see punching him in the head and even at one point slamming his head to the pavement. now, that video has now racked up some nearly 3 million views. an investigation is under way. amazon is making a solar eclipse-related recall. the online retailer is warning customers to send back unverified glasses that are meant for viewing the eclipse. the quality of those glasses has led to safety concerns. anyone who bought the affected glasses is supposed to receive an e-mail from amazon. the eclipse takes place next monday. and spacex is set to launch another batch of cargo and science experiments to the international space station this afternoon. one of those experiments will involve a supercomputer from hewlett-packard. they're hoping to see whether a commercial computer can be designed to survive the harsh environment of low earth orbit. well, the hope lives on for powerball dreamers this morning. >> after no winning numbers were drawn on saturday night, the powerball jackpot has now soared to an estimated $430 million. the next drawing is set for wednesday night. >> and we should point out there was one winning ticket friday in

the mega millions drawing. that ticket sold outside of chicago. it'll pay out an estimated $393 million. well, when we come back, a rough night for one sky diver stuck in a tree for four hours. what he's saying now. and tom cruise injured in a stunt on a movie set. we'll show you the new video showing the star slamming into the side of a building. the side of a building. sara, could you come in here. yep, coming. oh wow, what kind of underwear are those? they're breathable underwear from fruit of the loom. [gasp] what are those? guys... they're breathable underwear from fruit of the loom. yes, they have these tiny holes to let the air through, can you help me? wa wa weewoo look at those. can you feel this? [blowing] turn around for me. seriously? yeah. slow...slow...slower...slower is that okay. i don't think you should get that dress. it doesn't fit. stay cool with breathable underwear from fruit of the loom.

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expect some airport delays in atlanta. and we're learning new details about the deadly violence in charlottesville this weekend and at least one man emerging as a hero. >> marcus martin was caught on camera getting hit by that dodge challenger that plowed through the crowd of protesters. his fiancee, marisa, seen here says he was hurt saving her life, pushing her out of the way of that oncoming vehicle. martin says he acted on instinct. >> i tried to stand up and walk to find her. i couldn't walk. >> were you screaming out for her? >> all the medics that came up to me, how can we help you sir? what can we do? i need you to find my fiancee. i didn't care about how bad my injury was. >> you didn't feel the pain? >> oh, yeah, i felt it. i felt it, but it was the last thing on my mind. >> martin suffered a broken leg. his fiancee is calling the crash an act of terror adding the man behind the wheel deserves everything he gets and more. dallas cowboys running back ezekiel elliott is expected to

appeal his domestic violence suspension this week. elliott received a six-game ban from the nfl friday stemming from allegations made by a former girlfriend. elliott was neither charged nor arrested in the case. under the nfl's personal conduct policy, players can be disciplined outside of the justice system. example number one of why i won't go skydiving, a guy in massachusetts says he's embarrassed but lucky after spending part of his sunday night stuck in a tree. it took rescuers outside of boston about four hours to get aatif rathad down. he was stuck about 60 feet in the air. rathad said that he couldn't deploy his main parachute and then became twisted in the line for the reserve, and then it was time to hope that he'd land safely. >> i don't understand how this happened, but i landed perfectly in the tree sitting on a branch, so as luck had it, that was pure dumb luck. i had absolutely no control over the canopy, and i just happened to win the lottery that day. >> what.

>> wow. so rathad landed in the yard of a homeowner a few miles from the airport and suffered a few bruises but will be okay and is planning to jump again soon but landed so perfectly the air force is calling him and saying, hey, what's up. tom cruise might want his help as well because a stunt for the actor apparently ended quite painfully. the 55-year-old came up short on this long jump. watch him slam into that side of the building. >> hurts every time. >> this was on the london set of "mission: impossible 6." the jump itself may have been a mission impossible apparently. tmz reports even with the help of those cables, cruise failed that jump at least twice. >> you'd think from the first time it would be like, no, let's not try this again, fellas. >> yeah, you can see after he limps away on the roof of the building when he finally makes it across. >> so much for "people's" sexiest man alive 2017. time now for sports including golfer justin thomas taking home his first major title. >> here are our guys at espn.

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now from abc 7, live breaking news. >> and breaking news is in st. andrew where southbound 880 is shut down after a shooting this morning. >> reporter amy holyfield is live there. >> reporter: hi, we are just getting to the area. we have video we want to show you right away so you can see the affected area and the impact. it's still early in the morning so there's not a big traffic build-up at this time. but it is something to be aware of if you're about to leave for your commute. you are looking at southbound 880. this is at lieu welling and san leandro. there was a call at 2:45 this morning. someone had been shot in the head, so the police are diverting traffic off of the highway on to lieu welling boulevard. they're working on the investigation and getting the

area clear, but they have not given us a time of when they'll be reopening the lanes. we are waiting for them to escort us right to the scene. we're expecting them any minute now. stay with us as we continue to cover this story. we'll get you more information about when they'll possibly be reopening this area, but for right now keep this on your radar as a possible impact on your commute. reporting live, amy holyfield. >> and it's still early, but this will have an impact. >> yeah. you have to take that detour, that's for sure. we'll take you in to southbound 808. again, that closure is at lewelling. it's not a long backup but if you want to avoid that completely, still to state route 185 southeast 14 or stick to 580. both of those are wide open at the moment and minimal delays approaching that closure.

of course, if it lasts really long, it will be a major problem. on top of that, we have a signal alert in the south bay so we'll check on that coming. breaking news from the abc 7 live desk. >> we have more breaking news, half a dozen people reportedly shot overnight in san jose. it may have happened during a vigil. abc 7 news matt keller is live at police headquarters. matt? >> reporter: well, good morning, jessica. police wrapped up their investigation there on the scene. now we did talk to neighbors and one told us that a couple of people were shot. here's what he said happened. >> we heard gunshots when we were watching tv and then we thought they were fireworks at first. so we went to my mom's room and we looked outside and we heard people screaming. >> reporter: that same neighbor said he saw several police cars and several people had been coming to the area on vista glenn drive for what appears to be a vigil. a few candles are lit at the

location. something like this happening makes the people concerned about their safety. >> i have a little 8 -year-old sister. when she heard the gunshots she got really scared and her first instinct was to hide behind the couch. >> reporter: the neighbors heard a car speed away after hearing the shots fired. we reached out to san jose police for more information and they have yet to get back to us. reporting live in san jose, matt keller. let's get over to the meteorologist mike nicco for a quick check of your weather. >> hi, everybody. missed the big drizzle and the temperatures are up to 10 to 15 degrees cooler than average the big story this afternoon. look at the cloud cover and the drizzle and the mist that's hanging in the area. the exploratorium is overcast right now. 58 to 61 this morning. we'll stay in the upper 50s and 60s at the coast.