that's it. when a big beautiful dunner gets placed in front of her. >> so much fun. >> it would be awesome. >> believe it or not she has a guinness world record title that was set back the eyeball pop measures 12 millimeters which is just under half an inch out. >> like, the first time you wake up with >> you are hot! >> all day long i would do this forever. >> her talent has gotten her a lot of attention. but in this case, the wizard of oz decided to follow her around and give us an update of where she is and how people are still reacting to her. >> what causes it? >> apparently this doesn't cause any pain and it happened when she was a young girl and she was hit on the head with a hockey mask. by accident she says that she

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not heart-related. they're asking for prayers and positive energy because the 68-year-old flair is going through medical issues. a jury in colorado has handed taylor swift a victory. >> they found no merit in mueller's claims against swift. >> reporter: taylor swift shaking off a major lawsuit. >> this is it. the line is drawn. >> reporter: after a week in court, the jury siding with the superstar, deciding former radio deejay david mueller groped swift by grabbing her backside during a meet and greet in 2013. a moment she said was captured in this photo that was leaked to tmz. the jury voted to award swift the $1 she filed for in a countersuit. >> this is immeasurable value knew this ever-going fight to determine where the lines are in what's right and wrong and

tolerance. >> reporter: they also found her mother and manager did not interfere with mueller's contract and were not responsible for his firing. the verdict coming about four hours after lawyers for swift and mueller made their closing arguments. taylor's fans happy their idol stood up for what she believes. >> when she stood up by being in that courtroom, she's standing up for women around the world, and i think that's amazing. >> reporter: and swift releasing this statement. >> i acknowledge the privilege that i benefit from life and in society and in my ability to shoulder the tremendous cost of a trial like this one, my hope is to help those whose voices should also be heard. swift said she will be making donations to multiple organizations that help sexual assault victims defend themselves. diane and kendis. >> our thanks to donya baucus. what do we have to do with "bachelor in paradise"? how did we end up there? ♪ skinny how did we end up there? paradise? how did we end up there?

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♪ ♪ skinny ♪ so skinny it is skinny time. and it is a moment that nobody has been waiting for. >> so bachelor in paradise is back after almost being shut down amid allegations of sexual misconduct of the and many wondered how they would tell this story. the answer -- >> it's in the press and all that. >> the answer is, with our help. >> become aware of allegations of misconduct on the set. >> now suspended and an investigation is under way. >> what exactly took place in puerto vallarta? >> that was not our edit of the beginning of the show. that was actually how the show started. >> that's how "bachelor in paradise" started, with some wonderful spanish on my part.

great pronunciation of puerto vallarta. >> that's my guess, they had to get had clown on for his pronunciation. on to the real news of the day, shall we? if you tuned in hoping that mario and corinne would explain what happened in that controversial moment, you may be a little disappointed. we saw them meet, doing a little flirting and we saw this. >> oh, you're from jersey as well. >> wait, you're from jersey? >> yes, yes! >> yes! >> can i steal you for a minute? >> me? >> yeah. >> no. >> wow. >> so, in essence, that was pretty much it. you know. there was a controversy about something that happened that first night between corinne and demario. they shut down production briefly, and we thought maybe since the show had started and got back into production we

would get a behind the scenes of what exactly took place. >> we got a little of a behind the scenes nothing of what actually took place. we spoke to chris harrison. he'll be on "good morning america" this morning. he says we won't be seeing the footage of the controversial moment at hand. what we did see, though, was the photographers come and the producers come and shut down the production entirely. we know they did come back to shooting, so that will resume tomorrow. but we're going to hear more from chris harrison on "good morning america" today. >> in the meantime, keep us out of your business. we don't need to start out your show. if are you in the market for a mansion outside of detroit, we have a home for you. rapper eminem's selling his home for just under $2 million. the 5.7-acre compound didn't fare very well in today's housing market. >> he bought the home for $4.7

million. but look at that out-of-date kitchen and curtains and chandelier. ♪ i want to swing from the antler chandelier ♪ >> the "lose yourself" singer didn't stay in this house too often but at 17,000 square feet and the fact that he wasn't around maybe explains the flower curtains. >> the pool looks pretty good. it looks like. >> a nice home. tennis court, by the way, and basketball hoop, not bad for the outdoors either. >> great. one-d fans, liam payne is performing for free in london. now, before you go booking a ticket or running out of the house, it's already over. >> he teamed up on a busy stree with microphones and a sound system. ♪ ♪ yeah >> so he sang "get low."

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>> reporter: the new nursery in her florida home is already filled with items from her baby registry, but at the top of that list, a unique request. extended maternity leave. lisa and her husband josh are asking friends and family to crowd fund their time off with the new baby. >> i'm going to be out of work, and that's going to be a big chunk of our combined income. >> reporter: thousands of parents like lisa and josh are turning to crowd funding sites like baby list and gofundme, seeking financial help. >> families ask for between 500 and $10,000. on average, people are asking for $2,000 to $3,000. >> reporter: the united states is the only advanced country where paid leave isn't government sponsored. under the current federal law, new mothers can take off 12 weeks, but only 13% of them will get any compensation. taylor and ross desperately wanted that bonding time

and started saving up early before they got the news it that their son would be born nine weeks early. >> i started going to doctor appointments and didn't come back pretty much. >> reporter: taylor had developed pre-eclampsia and had to be induced. how did you make the decision? >> it had been brought up. ross was a little hesitant about it. >> reporter: what were your biggest reservations? >> these are very intimate details of our lives, and we sort of putting it out there for family, friends, public consumption. so, it occurred to me that my pride, our privacy, don't outweigh taylor needing to spend time together at this most crucial part of our lives. >> reporter: rebecca jarvis, abc news, new york. >> interesting concept. >> they get extra time with the baby that way.

good morning, i'm diane macedo. >> i'm kendis gibson, here are some of the top headlines we're following on tuesday morning on "world news now." president trump delivering a new statement on the violence in charlottesville, virginia, this team specifically condemning kkk, neo-nazis and white supremacies. but the backlash continues. but now the ceos of merck, under armor and intel have resigned from a presidential advisory counsel. and protesters angry over the racially charged violence in charlottesville. cheers at the toppling of a statue that was nearly a century. and a jury in denver has found a former deejay guilty of sexually assaulting taylor swift. it also ruled against mueller's allegations that her actions cost him his job. and starting next week, do

not ask for whom big ben tolls, the landmark clock in london goes silent next year. it's part of a renovation for queen elizabeth's tower. those are some of our top stories on this tuesday, august 15th. from abc news, this is "world news now." first in this half hour, president trump's first visit to new york city since inauguration day in january. >> the president sent out a tweet saying, feels good to be home after seven months, but the white house is very special, there's no place like it. and the u.s. is really my home. >> trump was greeted by thousands of protesters and even a few supporters who lined the streets of fifth avenue just outside trump tower. police kept them behind barricades where they shouted at each other from different sides of the street. and back at the white house, protesters held a rally criticizing the president for

waiting 48 hours before condemning white supremacist groups and the deadly violence in charlottesville. >> the man accused in that deadly attack is behind bars with no bail and facing murder charges. >> the president called out hate groups, behind the violence in charlottesville. naming them. abc's elizabeth tur has the latest. >> reporter: facing mounting pressure. >> racism is evil. >> reporter: president trump finally giving the violence in virginia a name. >> those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs. including the kkk, neo-nazis, white supremacists, and other hate groups. >> reporter: nearly 48 hours after the chaos in charlottesville, and amid growing backlash from critics who felt the president's initial response did not go far enough. >> violence on many sides, on many sides. >> reporter: and now the president says the department of justice has also launched a

civil rights investigation. this, as we learn new details about the 20-year-old suspect arraigned on murder charges. james alex fields jr. seen here marching among the white supremacist groups, according to police. later rammed his car into a group of counterprotesters, killing heather heyer, the fbi is investigating to determine if this was a hate crime. those who knew fields in the past not surprised by the allegations. >> he felt that whites were superior. >> he proclaimed himself as a nazi and white supremacist. >> reporter: the police chief in the meantime admits he has regrets about this weekend because three lives were lost. heyer and two troopers, berke bates and jay cullen killed in a freak helicopter crash. heyer's mother wants to make sure that she did not die in

vain. >> i want to make it a strong movement as my child was a strong child. >> reporter: and community members paying their respects at this memorial say they, too, are moving forward stronger and more united than ever. kendis and diane? >> our thanks to elizabeth hur there. and police officers in two states are now under investigation over their social media post that allegedly mocked this weekend's deadly protest. officers with the scheifele police department in kentucky and the springfield police department in massachusetts allegedly made fun of that fatal car crash. the officer in massachusetts has reportedly been reassigned pending an investigation, the one in kentucky placed on administrative leave. and video of a woman confronting a man outside of charlotte, north carolina over his nazi flag now going viral. paige broswell pulled into the man's drove way, confronted him about flying the swastika. he said the flag is a political

statement about how the country has now become nazi-america. many of love's neighbors is indifferent to the flag which love has reportedly since taken down. north korea appears to be walking back its threat to launch missiles in the waters of guam. kim jong-un paid a visit to his general reportedly to get briefed on plans for the upcoming test, but he seemed to leave room to defuse the standoff, saying he will give orders for the test if the u.s. continues its actions. general dunford said the u.s. military is ready if necessary. >> i don't know if they're going to do what they say they're going to do. but we're not complacent about it. we're paying attention to everything that they say, everything that they do, and we're preparing accordingly. >> president trump had warned that the u.s. is locked and loaded. the military is preparing for joint military drills with south korea that were planned ahead of time. but it's not clear how north korea will respond.

well, the president is considering a controversial pardon, that of former arizona sheriff joe arpaio. the 85-year-old was convicted last month fororgn igin orlando detaining people he suspected of being undocumented immigrants. he told fox news arpaio is a patriot. critics say it would amount to an endorsement of racism. a 23-year-old man is behind bars this morning, accused of trying to blow up a bank in oklahoma city. authorities say jerry varnell was arrested over the weekend, attempting to detonate what he thought was a 1,000-pound bomb, but it was part of a fbi sting. an informant sold him the fake materials. he said he wanted to copy the 1995 oklahoma city bombing which killed 168 people. authorities say he was looking to start an anti-government revolution.

>> he wanted to make the biggest impact for wherever he was going to place his bomb. and in his mind, this would having the biggest impact in oklahoma. >> he also wrote a message that was supposed to be posted on facebook explaining his motivation. the message said the bombing was retaliation for freedoms taken away from american people. and police in connecticut are being praised for saving a woman from committing suicide. the dramatic moment came when officers pulled her to safety. the whole thing was captured on dash cam video. she was trying to jump from the roof of a 16-story high rise apartment building. they kept talking to her and got ice for her feet which she said were burning from the hot tar on the roof. police say she later thanked them for saving her life. what a moment. and chicago's united center had to be evacuated last night after a fight broke out during a community basketball game. police say the fight started in the stands and then spilled outside. the sad irony here is it happened during the final game of the safe summer basketball league program. no reports of any injuries or arrests.

we've learned dallas cowboys running back, ezekiel elliott will officially appeal his six-game suspension today. the nfl planned elliott for an alleged sexual violence incident with his former girlfriend. his defense will focus on threats to ruin his career. elliott was never charged or arrested in that case. and there people who can probably get out of mowing the lawn this weekend. >> they revved up their engines over the weekend in england for the annual 12-hour lawnmower race. >> 12 hours! >> it's in one giant loop. >> 51, three-person teams spent their saturday night and early sunday riding more than 350 miles. >> you know how many lawns they could have mowed with that? three quarters of the race is in darkness. the only lights coming from the mowers. the team northerners kick grass won.

won the title for the fifth year in a row. and i'm just going to award them the title for the best name. they started at 8:00 p.m. and ended the race around 8:00 a.m. the mowers can go up to 50 miles per hour. not too shabby. >> are they really cutting anything? no, no. the path has already been cleared. >> they're cheating. >> exactly. what we haven't seen here in the united states since 1979, and how we showed it to you back then, right here on abc. and later, the racist ideologies being blamed for this weekend's deadly violence in charlottesville, what we're hearing now from the men behind the racially charged rhetoric. first, here's a look at today's high temperatures. "world news now" weather, brought to you by buyleesa.com.

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hate among us. >> you will not replace us! >> reporter: protesting the removal of a confederate statue, tiki torches ablaze. it's a growing movement uniting under the banner of white nationalism. we tracked down richard spencer, self-proclaimed scholar and one of the event's organizers. >> these people are on drugs, [ bleep ] lunatics. they're not worth getting stabbed over. >> reporter: he's the man credited with coining the term "alt-right" after this video went viral of spencer at an alt-right conference, exalting president trump's win. >> hail trump, hail our people, hail victory. rorter: some in t performing a deeply disturbing nazi salute. we confronted him about it. >> i said hail trump. and i held up a glass of whiskey.

there are some people who did a roman salute. >> reporter: it's not a roman salute. it's a nazi salute. are you trying to normalize racism? >> yes, i'm trying to normalize racism as you call it. i want the alt-right to be a dominant movement. >> reporter: he even seemed to predict that this extremism would lead to bloodshed. >> of course that's a possible. i think the current paradigm that we are living under is going to lead to blood and tears, period. >> reporter: you are predicting a race war, basically. >> i don't know exactly what's going to happen, but yes, i do think it will be a crackup predominantly on racial lines. >> reporter: yet, it was people of all races who marched against spencer and the racism he espouses. >> you will not replace us! >> reporter: the roots of this latest spate of violence runs deep, hearkening back to this country's oldest divide. after dylann roof killed people at a historic black church,

images of him posing with a confederate flag. when the city of new orleans pushed to remove four confederate monuments, protests broke out. >> these monuments celebrate a fictional, sanitized confederacy, ignoring the death, the enslavement, ignoring the terror that it actually stood for. >> reporter: three of the monuments brought down without warning in the middle of the night. across the country, more than 700 similar monuments stand on public land, the majority in the south. >> the supremacists, they view the battle now as trying to maintain the history that they're proud of. the monuments are just an excuse for trying to self-promote and get people out. >> reporter: protesters in north carolina taking matters into their own hands. >> there's a lot of emotion around confederate statues. it's important to put these monuments in context and to make it very, very clear that the confederacy was about protecting slavery as an institution. and i say that as someone whose ancestors all fought for the

confederate army. >> reporter: what many consider our country's original sin, racism, that old, dark stain that must be confronted before it can be cast out. juju chang, abc news, new york. >> we're seeing it all come to a boiling point in certain areas now. we saw footage from north carolina where the statue was toppled. >> and a lot of people are wondering, is being a racist or being at one of these protests as a white supremacist a fireable offense. there's a website, yes, you're a racist, trying to expose some of the folks there in charlottesville saturday night and sunday morning, in getting their names out there. some people have been fired as a result after they've been identified. but that's a question. >> creating a lot of debate over free speech and what that actually means. coming up, the most anticipated event of the year. >> get your glasses ready. it's almost time for a ♪ total eclipse of the heart ♪ >> sun.

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along with all of you. here's abc's david muir. ♪ >> reporter: this is an abc news special! live coverage of the solar eclipse. >> reporter: it was february 26, 1979, and it was frank reynolds reporting. >> good morning. this is a special events broadcast of a genuine special event. the last total eclipse of the sun over the continent this century. >> reporter: it was the last scholar eclipse we've seen in the united states. >> showing the eclipse of the sun over portland, oregon. >> reporter: we have carefully been looking to the sky. new yorkers and visitors were peering through what was considered protective eyewear back then. in oregon, february 1979, at observatory hill in goldenville, washington, as frank reynolds was on the air. >> not until august 21st, 2017 will another total eclipse be visual from north america, 38 years from now. >> reporter: time flies, it's almost here. the first time in 99 years that the solar eclipse will span the

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this morning on "world news this morning on "world news now." the fallout from charlottesville. >> protesters greeted president trump as he returned home to new york city, angry over the president taking 48 hours to call out white supremacists by their name. the hate groups who instigated the violence in charlottesville that led to three deaths. this as high profile members of a business advisory council resign over trump's seemingly reluctant response. and the latest in the tense standoff with north korea. kim jong un's regime is apparently ready with that plan to file missiles at guam, but there could be hope in the country's latest message to the u.s. so is a peaceful solution reachable? and what was really in tiger woods' system on the night he

was arrested for dui? we'll have details on the toxicology report. and parents of picky eaters, meet the greatest kids' menu ever. perfect for that child or maybe the adult who just never knows what they want. we will explore on this tuesday, august 15th. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> i don't know. i guess. i could do anything. >> okay. great. that's really helpful. we will explore the menu that's going to solve this problem coming up. >> really? >> yes. >> it will give you everything? >> absolutely. >> there's really a code in those words, and it's true, but first we're going to the fallout from this weekend's race-fueled violence spreading beyond the city of charlottesville, virginia. >> in north carolina, protesters gathered outside the courthouse in durham and used a rope to

topple a confederate monument and then stomped on it. >> and thousands of vocal demonstrators welcomed the president on his first overnight trip home since he took office. many angry that he waited two days before calling out white supremacy groups as criminals and thugs. abc's cecilia vega has details. >> reporter: nearly 48 hours after that car plowed into people in charlottesville, president trump stepping before the cameras to give that hate a name. >> racism is evil, and those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs, including the kkk, neo-nazis, white supremacists and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything we hold dear as americans. >> reporter: under fire all weekend, it started with not what he said but what he didn't say. scenes like this unfolding for hours without word from the president. when the president did speak out in person, he condemned not just

the racists marching in the streets, but many sides. >> we condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides. on many sides. >> reporter: the backlash was instant and nearly universal, even from republican allies. >> we call this white supremacy. this white nationalism evil and let the country hear it, let the world hear it. it is something that needs to come from the oval office, and this white house needs to do it today. >> reporter: by sunday, a statement not from the president but rather from an unidentified aide that the president said very strongly in his statement that he condemns all forms of bigotry and hatred and of course that includes white supremacists, kkk, neo-nazis and all extremist groups. adding to the pressure, his daughter went there, saying there should be no place in society for racism, white supremacy and neo-nazis.

and his attorney general pressed on whether the president would finally speak out against white supremacists. >> will he say the name of these groups? >> we will, he will say what he believes is appropriate. i think he probably will. >> reporter: a reporter asking the president one more time why he waited so long to name those groups. >> mr. president, can you explain why you did not condemn those hate groups by name over the weekend? >> they have been condemned. they have been condemned. >> reporter: and the president is tweeting about his remarks on charlottesville saying he realizes once again that the quote fake news media will never be satisfied. truly bad people. cecelia vega, abc news, the white house. >> well, there are a few other people who weren't satisfied. three ceos have now resigned from president trump's manufacturing advisory council, following his response to the violence in charlottesville. kenneth frazier of merck

pharmaceuticals stepped down and he was followed by ceos of intel and under armour. the president quickly fired back with two tweets, saying frazier will have more time on ripoff drug prices. the other two ceos both expressed frustration with the political climate, but the president did not respond to them stepping down from his council. we're learning chilling new details about the man now charged with murder in that car attack in charlottesville. newly-released police records show the suspect spent time in juvenile detention after his disabled mother accused him of beating her and threatening her with a knife. some classmates say he idolized adolph hitler. they even claim that on a class trip to a german concentration camp, he talked about nazi values and those at the camp say this is where the magic happened. the police chief in charlottesville is expressing regret over the chaos and

violence and calling it a tragic weekend. >> authorities are pouring over videos to see if more arrests could have been made. abc's maggie rulli has more. >> verbal exchanges can lead to physical exchanges to lead to further violence. >> reporter: that chain of violence escalated to violent chaos, leaving one protester dead, dozens injured after a car plowed into the crowd. now many are questioning if local police could have done more. >> you can always have lessons learned. >> reporter: authorities did try to cancel the planned unite the right rally, but a judge denied their request. instead, thousands showed up clashing with counterprotesters, well-prepared, well-armed and outnumbering the police. but police experts say the two sides should never have met in the first place. interlocking fences, large vehicles and the officers themselves should have been used to create a barrier. >> you want to keep them

separated because of that reason. the law allows you to keep them separated. it allows you to designate areas for counterprotests and areas for protests. >> reporter: experts say nearby traffic should always be blocked. >> what happened yesterday was the result of the charlottesville police officers refusing to do their jobs. >> reporter: speaking the day after the fatal attack, the rally organizer was later chased from the podium. the two sides still protesting alongside one another the next day. >> we're working with our state and local partners to investigate thoroughly, any criminal or civil rights violations that may have occurred this past weekend that have not yet been reported. >> reporter: virginia's governor defends his police force. >> zero property damage, not a shot fired when many of these individuals were carrying weapons, i'm very proud of them. >> reporter: noting that two officers lost their lives in a helicopter crash while helping to cover the protests. maggie rulli, abc news, new york.

we're going to turn overseas and the sidewalk cafe near paris that turned into a scene of death and chaos. a driver slammed his vehicle into more than a dozen people. authorities now calling the driver's actions deliberate but not terrorism. one girl was killed and 13 others injured. police say the driver may have been under the influence of drugs and was possibly suicidal. he was immediately arrested. the girl's brother was among those affected and is in critical condition. jong-un has been briefed on plans to launch missiles toward guam. state-run tv shows him meeting with generals who seem to be showing him the flight route. but he seemed to signal a path to defuse the showdown saying he will give orders for that test, if the u.s. continues its dangerous action. joints chief of staff chairman dunford is visiting south korea and says the u.s. wants a peaceful resolution but is ready to use the full range of the military if provoked. and an oklahoma man is under arrest for allegedly trying to blow up a bank. federal authorities say he

wanted to replicate the 1995 oklahoma city bombing which killed 168 people. jerry varnell is accused of trying to detonate what he thought was a 1,000-pound bomb. it was all part of an fbi sting, with an undercover informant provided the materials to build the fake bomb. the fbi says he was motivated by anti-government views. well, taylor swift has won a long-awaited vindication. a jury found that deejay david mueller groped her during a preconcert photo-op. jurors awarded her $1 in damages, a symbol eck amount. her attorney called immeasurable that judgment, immeasurable to all women in the situation. the six woman/two-man jury rejected the claims that swift's actions caused him to lose his job. he has countersued. we're learning more about tiger woods' traffic stop in may. according to our sister network,

espn, a toxicology report reports that tiger woods had painkillers, sleeping drugs and the active ingredient of marijuana in his system. it's not known if the drugs had been prescribed. medical marijuana is legal in florida. woods is now in a diversion program. if he completes it, his record could be cleared. and colorado rockies pitcher chad bettis returned to the field after a year-long battle with testicular cancer. >> bettis was vetted on the pitcher's mound last night after months of chemotherapy. he faced off against the braves. he needed to shake off some rust, i'd say, at the top, allowing a triple to the first batter of the day, but then, just like he beat cancer, bettis showed that he can beat the braves as well, shutting out atlanta and its batters over the course of seven innings, impressive 3-0 win. >> quite a way to come back. >> yeah, exactly. you have to realize if you are the braves or any other team in major league baseball, if he's beaten cancer and he's there,

he's now gone 3-0 in his first game back, you're in trouble. >> he said preparing for this game he felt like a kid on christmas. well, it's now a kid on christmas who got exactly what he wanted. >> his wife was there beaming, pride. coming up, how you can get in some gym time while you're on the go. >> learn why some folks are choosing to step inside a box to go for a run. but first, surveillance video showing a student with autism forcibly restrained by teachers. why a prosecutor declined to charge staffers after viewing the footage. stay with us, you're watching "world news now." us, you're watching "world news now."

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kindergartener corbin kinley by his ankle. and his face down on the floor. >> i was shocked. i don't think anybody would want that to happen even to a pet. let alone your child or special needs child. >> reporter: his mother posting the video on facebook after a prosecutor declined to bring charges against the teachers, saying the incident did not meet the elements required for felony prosecution. when it happened back in may, the school district immediately calling police and placing the staffers on paid leave. >> i feel that the incident occurred due to a peak in frustration. >> reporter: the prosecutor said the teacher was hit in the eye by the boy. but the school district says those employees had specific training to de-escalate situations like that and should have followed their training. linzie janis, abc news, new york. well, coming up in our next half hour, the frightening moment on a freeway when a sideswiped car swerves right underneath a truck. but first, the murder mystery that gripped the nation.

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it's been more than a decade since scott peterson was convicted of killing his wife laci peterson while she was eight months pregnant. >> now, he's breaking his

silence from death row for a series shedding new light on a kiss we thought we knew. >> i was terrified. i had no idea what was coming. >> reporter: that's the voice of scott peterson in a brand-new audio interview talking from death row about the moment he was found guilty of murdering his wife and unborn child. >> scott peterson murder trial, a jury has just convicted him of guilty. >> reporter: now an a&e series takes a look at the case that gripped the country. 15 years ago. lacey peterson, eight pregnant, disappeared in 2002 on christmas eve. scott told police he'd been fishing that day. >> she will be giving birth soon. >> reporter: he hasn't spoken out about their since his conviction. what made him want to speak about it now? >> his case is under appeal. it felt like a time for him and his lawyer to step up and say something about the case. >> reporter: you want to talk

about the verdict first? >> it was just this amazing, horrible physical reaction that i had. i couldn't feel my feet on the floor. i couldn't feel the chair i was sitting in. my vision was even a little blurred. >> reporter: the series revisits most of the key players, including amber frey, whose bombshell admission changed everything. >> scott told me he was not married. we did have a romantic relationship. >> reporter: a revelation peterson discusses in a 2004 audiotape that was never released until now. >> why did you talk to amber after lacy had gone missing? >> she started to do media interviews. i'd seen what had happened to the search for chandra levy. and gary condit. >> reporter: the series also examines the effect the media had on the case and evidence potentially overlooked, like

witnesses who claimed to have seen laci after she went missing. >> can you give us examples of moments that might change their minds or shock them? >> i think when you listen to the witnesses who say they saw laci in the park, that would be a kind of surprise. >> i wasn't the last person to see laci that day. there are so many witnesses who saw her walking in the neighborhood after i left. >> reporter: still producers say this is not an exoneration piece and that they look at all sides of the case. what are you hoping to accomplish with the series? >> i just want people to say what actually happened here? >> and the series premieres tonight on a&e. though, i do want to note, laci's family and prosecution declined to participate. and i asked the producer, do you think this is going to be one side? and he said we did everything to get that side of the story. we do have other things in there to get that side of the story out. they have vintage tapes and so

on of that. but i've already watched some of it. so interesting. >> fascinating. >> very eye opening. >> can't believe there's stuff we didn't know about it. >> very eye opening. >> can't believe there's stuff we didn't know about it.

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are some nice features. it shows you great images of the outdoors. >> images of the outdoors. i would think anything else but a treadmill would be more effective, but hey. apparently it's doing pretty well. they've got 1,000 of them around beijing. >> you're kidding me. i will give you this really quickly, the beijing climate is horrible, horrendous. air quality is terrible. >> so it's safer? >> it is actually kind of smart. >> they didn't say air purifier. they just said air conditioning. >> oh, well, you may be breathing the outside air indoors. if you don't have any kids or if you have a significant other, you get this situation where you go, oh, what do you want for dinner and often you'll get the answer -- >> i don't care. >> yeah, or i don't know. i'm not hungry. there is now a restaurant and deli that has found the perfect solution for that. the next time your kid or significant other says i don't care, that is basically a breaded chicken tender with french fries and it will cost

you $4. the "i'm not hungry", grilled cheese with french fries. the "i don't want that", fish sticks and french fries. >> i don't know. i don't know. >> you just got a favorite ballpark. >> i don't no, i like a hot dog. >> i like that it's advertised as the kids' menu, and you went straight to significant other. >> we've all been there, when you're like, what's for dinner? >> where do you want to go? i don't care, whatever you want to eat, whatever. >> that's just a man being passo agro. that's what it is. >> all right. noted. i could use that menu. over to a medieval fair in perth, australia. where they have a classic event, the old dunk tank. they talk smack and make you mad and you try to hit them with the ball, and you try to dunk them, but it's really hard. so this one kid decided, forget about you, clown, i'm getting

this tuesday morning on "world news now." is north korea ready to launch? kim jong-un's military has shown him plans, but is he leaving the door open for a peace plan? we're going to hear from the chairman of the joint chiefs and his message to the american people. 48 hours after the deadly attack in virginia, president trump condemns race inch as evil, calling out the kkk, neo-nazis and white supremacists, 48 hours after the deadly attack in virginia. this after the fallout is spreading beyond the city of charlottesville. to other cities. and new this half hour, the deadly mudslide tragedy in west africa. >> downpours trigger mudslides. >> in india, relentless rains

saw elephants helping tourists escape the monsoon floodwaters. and what do you do if you are a couple of world famous musicians trying to make a living? you take it to the streets. yeah. one direction broke up, but is it really that bad out there? for real. the apparent plight of a former the boy band in "the skinny" on this tuesday, august 15th. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> how many members of one direction are there, by the way? i can't keep track. >> there were five members of one direction, not that i would know, not that i have been to their concert in washington, d.c. but, you know, that's been one of my debates. who has had the best post-one "d" career, zayn, liam, harry, nile. >> i'm impressed that you knew that. clearly you have more to say on this topic, so we will get. >> that was liam, by the way, in the streets. we'll get to that in "the skinny."

but we'll start this half hour off with north korea now appearing to tone down its threat to guam. >> north korean tv showed kim jong un apparently being briefed by his jen generals by the miss launches for this month. but he walked back the threat saying he will give orders for the tests if the united states continues its dangerous actions. >> a week after president trump warned the fire and fury, the joint chiefs of staff says he is ready for a peaceful solution. abc's martha raddatz caught up with general joseph dunford. >> what would you say to americans to reassure them about this situation? >> sure, what i would say to americans today, we have the capability to defend them against the limited attack that north korea is capable of delivering today. >> there's still no change to the threat level on guam. but as a possible attack looms, protesters on the island gathered yesterday for a peace rally. >> the governor there says

president trump has assured him that the residents of guam will be protected from any attacks. >> and taking a live look from guam this morning where it is a little after 4:00 p.m. local time, the island located about 2100 miles from north korea. we are told folks there on the island are fairly calm and feel no reason for alarm at this point. turning now to other big story, the president addressing the racially charged violence in charlottesville bringing criticism to the white house. >> the president condemned white supremacy groups saying racism is evil and traveled to his home in new york city where he was greeted by thousands of shouting protesters on the streets around trump tower. >> tensions are still my charlottesville where the police chief is expressing his regrets about the deadly violence and promising more arrests to come. we're learning new details about the man charged with deliberately ramming his car into a crowd and killing a woman and injuring dozens more. abc's pierre thomas has more.

>> reporter: those chilling images, white supremacist marchers bearing torches. on the campus of the university of virginia. the next morning they gather again, former kkk leader, david duke among them. >> we are determined to take our country back. we're going to fulfill the promises of donald trump. >> reporter: james alex fields jr., after driving in from ohio, seen among the white supremacists. chanting for white power. shortly before authorities believe he got in this car, launching that fatal attack that left heather heyer dead. the suspected killer is behind bars, held without bail and charged with murder. back at home, his mother saying she didn't know who would be at the rally. >> i didn't know it was white supremacists. i thought it had something to do with trump. trump's not supremacist.

>> reporter: but a chilling portrait from those who knew him, including his high school teacher. >> he felt that whites were superior, he felt the views that adolph hitler espoused were correct in some way. >> reporter: and classmates say during a trip to germany, fields shocked them as they were walking through a concentration camp, allegedly saying "this is where the magic happened." >> he was vocal about his ideas, proclaimed himself as a nazi and as a white supremacist. >> reporter: the rally was about white supremacists fighting to keep a confederate statue from being removed. many openly are being targeted for shaming online. one of the protesters reportedly lost his job. another says he's not an angry racist. >> i came to this march for the message that white european culture has a right to be here just like every other culture. >> reporter: the justice department's investigating to see if the murder was a hate crime or domestic terrorism. and the fbi is trying to find out whether fields was a member of a hate group and whether he was directed to attack.

pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >> ai-nt a dteha are erupting across the country, like in durham, north carolina. an activist brought a ladder to an old courthouse build and used a rope to bring down a confederate monument that was dedicated in 2024, then kicking at it, spitting at it after it was down. the governor sending out a tweet overnight, saying the racism and deadly violence in charlottesville unacceptable but there is a better way to remove these monuments. and texas a&m is calling off a white lives matter rally due to safety concerns. it was set to take place on september 11th. school officials say violence in charlottesville contributed to the decision. they've been inundated with hate messages on social media. the event organizer said he's considering legal action over the cancellation. president trump is calling out the groups involved in the violence by name, two days after the fact.

but his critics say it's too little too late. as he faced pressure from the left and the right, the president added to his initial statements. for the first time, he mentioned the name of the woman who was killed, heather heyer and singled out the individual group. >> racism is evil. and those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs. including the kkk, neo-nazis, white supremacists, and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything we hold dear as americans. >> more fallout continued overnight with two more ceos quitting his manufacturing advisory council. the chief executives of intel and under armour joined merck's ceo kenneth frazier who resigned before the president delivered his now statement. now president trump fired back on twitter attacking frazier on drug policies. turning now to the african nation of sierra leone. hundreds of people are dead

after torrential rains triggered massive flooding and landslides. more than 300 deaths have been confirmed and that number is expected to rise. volunteers have been digging with their bare hand it's and whatever tools they can find to search for survivors. and at least 175 people are reported dead due to flooding following monsoon storms in india, nepal and bangladesh. more than 6 million people have been affected in nepal. nearly 50,000 homes in nepal are under water. nepal's red cross is warning of possible humanitarian crisis due to lack of drinking water. nepal officials are using elephants to rescue people from the flooding. hundreds of tourists were trapped in a safari park. >> incredible. and closer to home, tropical storm gert has strengthened, into the second hurricane of the season. packing winds of 75 miles per hour, churning more than 400 miles off bermuda. the country forecast shows gert tracking away from land into the atlantic, but that storm could cause rough surf and rip currents in north carolina and virginia.

a 20-year-old from northern virginia has made history at the u.s. military academy. >> simone askew yesterday became the first black woman to assume the first captain duties for the corps of cadets at west point. it's the highest position in the cadet chain of command. >> it means she will be at the lead for every academy event and set her class agenda and oversee about 4400 students. congratulations, cadet. all right. coming up -- taylor swift's legal fight. a jury in denver is siding with the pop star in her sexual assault trial against a former radio deejay. hear why they awarded her just $1. and if you are looking for a special celebrity estate with a special '80s flair, eminem has that for you. we'll have that story ahead in "the skinny." but first here's a look at today's forecast "world news now" weather, brought to you by united health care. "world news now" weather, brought to you by united health

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and get truck under a moving big rig. watch again. the infinity doesn't slow down and speeds off down the freeway. the driver of the bmw survived the accident with just a few scrapes and bruises. no one else was hurt, police are asking for help identifying the driver of that infinity which was allegedly stolen. a rookie stunt woman was killed on the set of "deadpool 2" during rehearsals in downtown vancouver. she's been identified as joy s.j. harris. the first african-american road racer, it was her first film as a stunt performer, "deadpool 2" star ryan reynolds put out a statement saying we're heartbroken, shocked and devastated. and wwe hall of famer ric flair is resting after surgery. representatives to the man known as "nature boy" haven't released specific details about the operation, however in a tweet, they said it was not heart related.

they're asking for prayers and positive energy because the 68-year-old flair is going through medical issues. a jury in denver has handed taylor swift a victory. >> they found no merit in david mueller's financial claims against swift. >> reporter: taylor swift shaking off a major lawsuit. >> this is it. the line is drawn. >> reporter: after a week in court, the jury siding with the superstar, deciding former radio deejay david mueller groped swift by grabbing her backside during a meet and greet in 2013. a moment she said was captured in this photo that was leaked to tmz. the jury voted to award swift the $1 she filed for in a countersuit. >> this is immeasurable value in this every-going fight for to us figure out where the lines are in what's right and what's wrong and tolerance.

>> reporter: they also found her mother and manager did not interfere with mueller's contract and were not responsible for his firing. the verdict coming about four hours after lawyers for swift and mueller made their closing arguments. taylor's fans happy their idol stood up for what she believes. >> when she stood up by being in that courtroom, she's standing up for women around the world, and i think that's amazing. >> reporter: and swift releasing this statement. >> i acknowledge the privilege that i benefit from life and in society and in my ability to shorter the enormous cost of defending myself in a trial like this one. my hope is to help those whose voices should also be herd. swift said she will be making donations to multiple organizations that help sexual assault victims defend themselves. diane and kendis. >> our thanks to donya baucus. and when we come back -- what do we have to do with "bachelor in paradise"? we didn't do anything. yeah, but somehow -- how did we end up there?

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♪ skinny ♪ so skinny it is skinny time. and it is a moment that nobody has been waiting for. >> so bachelor in paradise is back after almost being shut down amid allegations of sexual misconduct and many wondered how they would tell this story. the answer -- with our help. >> it's in the press and all that. >> the answer is, with our help. >> become aware of allegations . >> now suspended and an investigation is under way. >> what exactly took place in puerto vallarta? >> that was not our edit of the beginning of the show. that was actually how the show started. >> that's how "bachelor in paradise" started, with some wonderful spanish on my part. great pronunciation of puerto vallarta.

>> that's my guess, they had to get this clown on for his pronunciation. on to the real news of the day, shall we? if you tuned in hoping that mario and corinne would explain what happened in that controversial moment, you may be a little disappointed. we saw them meet, doing a little flirting and we saw this. >> oh, you're from jersey as well. >> wait, you're from jersey? >> yes, yes! >> yes! >> can i steal you for a minute? >> me? >> yeah. >> no. >> wow. >> so, in essence, that was pretty much it. you know. there was a controversy about something that happened that first night between corinne and demario. they shut down production

briefly, and we thought maybe since the show had started and got back into production we would get a behind the scenes of what exactly took place. >> we got a little of a behind the scenes nothing of what actually took place. we spoke to chris harrison. he'll be on "good morning america" this morning. he says we won't be seeing the footage of the controversial moment at hand. what we did see, though, was the photographers come and the producers come and shut down the production entirely. we know they did come back to shooting, so that will resume tomorrow. but we're going to hear more from chris harrison on "good morning america" today. >> in the meantime, keep us out of your business. we don't need to start out your show. in you're in the market for a mansion outside of detroit, we have a home for you. rapper eminem's selling his home for just under $2 million. the 5.7-acre compound didn't fare very well in today's housing market. >> he got the five-bedroom home 14 years ago for $4.7 million.

but look at that out-of-date kitchen and curtains and chandelier. ♪ i want to swing from the antler chandelier ♪ >> the "lose yourself" singer didn't stay in this house too often but at 17,000 square feet and the fact that he wasn't around maybe explains the flower curtains. >> the pool looks pretty good. it looks like. >> a nice home. tennis court, by the way, and basketball hoop, not bad for the outdoors either. >> great. one-d fans, liam payne is performing for free in london. now, before you go booking a ticket or running out of the house, it's already over. >> he teamed up on a busy street for a busking session complete with microphones and a sound system. ♪ ♪ yeah >> so he sang "get low."

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filled with items from her baby registry, but at the top of that list, a unique request. extended maternity leave. lisa and her husband josh are asking friends and family to crowd fund their time off with the new baby. >> i'm going to be out of work, and that's going to be a big chunk of our combined income. >> reporter: thousands of parents like lisa and josh are turning to crowd funding sites like baby list and gofundme, seeking financial help. to subsidize parental leave. >> families ask for between 500 and $10,000. on average, people are asking r fo>> r tep,0orter: the united is the only advanced country where paid leave isn't government sponsored. under the current federal law, new mothers can take off 12 weeks, but only 13% of them will get any compensation. taylor and ross desperately wanted that bonding time and started saving up early before

they got the news it that their would be bor >> i started going to doctor appointments and didn't come back pretty much. >> reporter: taylor had lovedeprpe they turned to gofundme. how did you make the decision to crowd-fund maternity leave? >> gofundme had been brought up. ross was a little hesitant about it. >> reporter: what were your biggest reservations? >> these are very intimate details of our lives, and we sort of putting it out there for family, friends, public consumption. so, it occurred to me that my pride, our privacy, don't outweigh taylor needing to spend time together at this most crucial part of our lives. >> reporter: rebecca jarvis, abc news, new york. >> interesting concept. >> they get extra time with the baby that way. speaking of babies, ginger z ee two. big congratulations to ginger. don't miss our updates at news.

making news in america this morning, president trump is waking up in trump tower for the first time today as president. his motorcade was met with protesters hours after condemning hate groups following the violence in charlottesville. meanwhile, tensimastres es protesters topple another confederate statue. new this morning, north korea appearing to dial back the threats. the country's media reporting this morning that kim jong-un has decided not to launch missiles toward guam. the latest coming in right now. overnight another hurricane forms in the atlantic. we are tracking gert's latest path. and fishermen get quite a big surprise right next to their boat when a great white shark goes after their catch.