ific time where it will enter into the u.s. >> that's what's making news i america this morning. making news in america this morning, reaction pouring in after president trump's heated exchange with reporters about the violence over the weekend in charloesvillent e.again blamingh sides for the deadly chaos. top members of the republican party are coming out against him. we're live in washington. also developing, extreme weather. a hurricane churning up the atlantic stirring up powerl fur lined up out in the atlantic. we're tracking it all. a survival storo frya m woman who made it through weeks on her own living off the land in the woods. we have some details about her ordeal. and flying dry. why one airline wants a drinking limit for passengers before they get on board.

and we do say good morning, everybody, on this wednesday. president trump's first day in his hometown since taking office ends today, and the controversy will follow him out of town. >> the president unexpectedly addressed the violence in charlottesville during a news conference placing blame on both sides. the comments come just a day after the president denounced white supremacy groups. >> now, the comments reportedly caught the white house staff off guard, and people are saying this photo right here, the president's new chief of staff, john kelly, looking especially displeased, some say. abc's emily rau is live in washington with the details. good morning, emily. >> reporter: good morning, kendis and diane. president trump initially appeared before the press to talk about infrastructure, but the topic quy klicedrntu t charlottesville, and the president was combative and defiant. >> that was a horrible, horrible day -- >> you're not putting the -- >> wait a minute. i'm not finished. i'm not finished, fake news. t reporter: pntdesi defending his decision to wait two days to condemn the white supremacists in charlottesville by name.

>> i didn't wait -- i wanted to make sure, unlike most politicians, that what i said was correct, not make a quick statement. >> reporter: the president not addressing the fact the first daiv , dylahi s trump, and tughe vice preside all condemned the racism before he did but instead seeming to once again spread the blame. >> what about the alt-left that came charging at the -- as you guilt? >> reporter: president trump also defending some of the initial protesters who took to the streets in the unite the right rally. >> i've condemned neo-nazis. i've condemned many different groups, but not all of those people were neo-nazis, believe me. >> reporter: reaction to the president's latest comments swift. republican speaker of the house paul ryan saying, we must be white supremacy is repulsive. this bigotry is counter to all this country stands for. there can be no moral ambiguity.

>> i watched the press conference and said, get your shoes on, we're leaving, and we came down. >> reporter: and hundreds of demonstrators once again gathering at trump tower. [ chanting "we have nothing to lose" ] >> i believe that the fact that i brought in -- it will be soon -- millions of jobs, i think that's going to have a tremendous, positive impact on race relations. >> reporter: and senator john mccain also tweeted about this saying there is no moral equivalency between racists and americans standing up to defy hate and bigotry going on to say the president of the united states should say so, and at this point this morning, six members haved leuloft ou president's council on american manufacturing. diane and kendis. >> all right. that's abc's emily rau in washington for us. thanks, emily. there were so many headlines from that press conference, but one of particular note, the president making no promises about the future of his embattled adviser steve bannon. several prominent republicans have urged the president to fire bannon, and while the president defended and praised bannon saying that he was not a racist,

he simply said that we'll see what happens with mr. bannon. breaking right now confederate statues are coming down in baltimore. >> crews responded taking down at least two statues in the early morning hours. this comes days after the city council approved a move to remove the city's four confederate era monments. and the president's comments have raised fears about the rise of the far right groups. >> the concerns increased as former klan leader david duke tweeted his approval of the 20-minute news conference. here's abc's eva pilgrim. >> reporter: the former head of the kkk, david duke, over the weekend tweeting a warning to the president, i would recommend you take a good look in the mirror and remember it was white americans who put you in the presidency, not radical leftists. a new tweet from duke, grateful to the president for his words. thank you, president trump, for your honesty and courage to tell the truth about charlottesville and condemn the leftist terrorists in blm/antifa. here in charlottesville, one

white nationalist told us the president has helped them. >> he's opened up a door. mos hintmeve o h but it's up to us to take the initiative. >> reporter: and the fight over confederate statues is now a flash point. in durham, north carolina, crowds tearing down a statue honoring confederate soldiers. >> let me be clear, no one is getting away with what happened. we are pursuing felony charges. >> reporter: there are 700 monuments like this throughout the u.s. pressure is building for many cities to move them or take them down. that fight energizing white nationalists who want to stop them, already planning events in the coming weeks. the southern poverty law center reports in the last 3 years more than 125 new hate groups have formed. >> they're just kind of now coming more to light and coming out from the cracks because of the new election of the new administration. >> reporter: eva pilgrim, abc news, charlottesville, virginia.

and you saw that video of that monument in north carolina coming down. well, now a woman may face felony charges after admitting that she helped bring down the confederate statue in durham. 22-year-old takiyah thompson was arrested, and she says that she'd do it again. thompson was part of a group that toppled the 93-year-old mon many. she says confederate statues represent white supremacy. and former president obama's response to the charlottesville violence is now the most liked tweet ever. in a message about learning to love rather than hate, obama shared a quote from former south african president nelson mandela saying, no one is born hating another person because of the color os achif r religion. >> and so far the tweet has earned 3 million likes. it's also the fifth most retweeted tweet ever. the alabama gop senate race is heading to a september election runoff. luther -- sena rather, luther strange will fatece fneitorhemer r al candidate won a majority in

tuesday's special primary election. both are vying to fill the senate seat once held by attorney general jeff sessions. the winner will face the democratic nominee, doug jones. meanwhile in utah, provo mayor john curtis won the primary to replace jason chaffetz. chaffetz resigned in may. curtis will face democrat kathie allen and several third party candidates in the general election on november 7th. all right. let's take a look now at your the northeast about halfway between the north carolina coast and bermuda as it pushes farther out to sea. it's not threatening land, but its 85-mile-an-hour winds are generating two to seven-foot waves and rip currents along the east coast from the carolinas straight up into new england. in the meantime, multiple tropical waves are lining up across the eastern atlantic and one or more of them could develop into a named storm over the next five . this as we hit near ysthe heigha of the hurricane season.

still ahead, a massive charitable donation from the world's richest man. plus, the reason rudy giuliani found himself in a hospital for some emergency surgery. the former new york mayor recovering this morning. and we're closing in on a historic solar eclipse, so we'll look at some extra steps emergency services are now arngy else to look out for. else to look out for. today there is only one park for every 14,000 americans. connection to nature is a right that the trust for public land is fighting to preserve. from boulevards to ball fields and ponds to playgrounds, together we have saved over 3 million acres of land. a park is a gift that is worth protecting. help support the trust for public land and the gift of parks today.

this is the scene in the west african nation of sierra leone where at least 300 people have been killed in devastating mudslides. rescuers have been desperately digging through the debris with their bare hands looking for

survivors. at least 700 others are missing. and at least 245 people have been killed in flooding and mudslides triggered by a monsoon across northern india, southern nepal and bangladesh. and over in portugal, the collapse of a towering oak tree has killed at least 13 people on the island of madeira. nearly 50 others were injured. it happened during a gathering outside a church for a popular catholic celebration. the tree was reportedly more than 200 years old. why it collapsed. here at home, a mother of three reportedly suffered a broken neck when a giant tree fell on her and her children in new york's central park. the tree's roots were ripped right out of the ground as 39-year-old ann goldman tried to shield her sons. one boy suffered a fractured skull while the other two had only cut and bruises. officials are still investigating to try to uncover what caused that tree to fall. some 14 states will be in the path of a great american solar eclipse now just five days away. >> but there's growing warnings

coming out of that. we've heard about the glasses and some concern about electronics, but the big question now is how to deal with ll those people.r:illions of americans pouring into those few american cities with the best possible view of the coming eclipse. local police, hospitals and emergency medical services in those cities are on high alert. >> we're kind of throwing everything at it. >> reporter: in some cities they're preemptively declaring a state of disaster, a maneuver that allows them to call on the national guard to help direct the masses of people. >> a police department in a certain area is overwhelmed, and they need us to come and set up traffic control checkpoints, we're ready to do that. >> reporter: the red cross has resources in place all along the eclipse zone. >> the 7 million traveling to see the eclipse across 12 state towns and different areas that are not accustomed to seeing this influx of people. >> reporter: steve osunsami, abc news, blairsville, georgia. and bill gates remains the

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gulf coast and most of florida. and if you're taking to the air, airport delays are possible in minneapolis, kansas city and new orleans due to weather. a former south carolina state trooper was sentenced for shooting an unarmed black driver who was reaching for his wallet. the entire 2014 incident captured on dash cam video tt ahe teden country. >> the victim levar jones was in the courtroom. he asked the judge to sentence sean groubert to 20 years. groubert made a stunning admission as he addressed jones and the court. >> you did nothing wrong, and i screwed up. that's plain and simple. i made the biggest mistake of my life. >> now, groubert says they wanted to apologize for three years but was told to stay away from jones. he'll actually only serve three years behind bars with good behavior and time served. former new york city mayor rudy giuliani is recovering in the hospital this morning after a fall at his home on long island. the 73-year-old told "the new

york post" that he underwent quadricep tendon surgery after his knee gave out. his wife, judith, said he's in o odgoed. and now to a terrifying scene at a california high school after dozens of students were attacked by a swarm of bees. school officials say the bees built a hive inside a classroom at palmdale high school over the summer. the bees then became agitated after someone threw an apple at the hive. tonherspe whospital. none of them luckily with serious injuries. >> oh, man. now to an incredible story, a missing alabama woman has been found after apparently living off the land in a forest. >> 25-year-old lisa theris was found by the side of a highway about a month after she disappeared. she says she survived by eating moths and berries. police say she had been with two men who are now facing burglary into a hunting lodge. >> one report indicates she jumped out of their car rather than participate in the theris is now home with her family and recuperating from her

ordeal. we're going to switch gears now and turn to some sports. hvr >> let's get the highlights from modgo >> thank you. she's nicole. i'm neil. ladies first. >> no, actually you get to go first. you have the dodgers. >> no, we're switching it around. >> oh, all right. >> stanton going first. >> ladies first. giancarlo stanton, chicks dig the long ball and stanton does not disappoint. oh, no, six games in a row, in fact, he's homered. that one just happens to be number 44. that's like of the season. it wasn't enough for his team, though. marlins, they lost 9-4 to the be parof the story, stanton's dad, he was there to see it. >> and they didn't put him in a shopping cart afterwards. dodgers/white sox. dodgers going for 50 games over .500, which, i mean, i can't even do that math. they were down 1-0 to the white sox in the bottom of the sixth. sac. yasmani grandal out at second.

dodgers tie the game at 1. they go up 2-1 after a hit by pitch. bases loaded on joc pederson and austin barnes. they got five with two outs in the bottom of the eighth, and they win it, 6-1. they're 50 games over .500, which is -- >> they don't have to play a meaningful game again until like ever. >> well, they're all meaningful. all right. >> ever. up next in "the pulse," a limit on preflight boozing. well, that's the idea being floated by one carrier. > d spe 7-eleven hopes you're ready for a big slurpee. details next in "the pulse." and check out our facebook page to see what serena williams is saying about her return to the court after she gives birth to her first child. that's atmfans.com. that's atmfans.com. rst child on atmfans.com. dear daughter, i used to worry

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good morning. on this wednesday, august 16th, ad4:27, look, i ragged through last week, so i'm going to have to give propped to ms. jessica castro who showed aon time to our exercise class. >> showing up is half the battle. >> that was not half the battle. at was a hard class. the whole battle was there. >> we're here. we made it. >> you made it through the class. congratulations. all right. maybe you slept good last night. maybe you didn't. good workout in.s when you get a as far as trying to get up, head out the door, cloudy once again. haven't heard reports of to. let's take a quick look at temperatures. dress for 54 in santa rosa. 59, san francisco. oakland, hayward, fremont, 61. mountain view, 63. san ramon, 57.

concord, 58 right now. comingic bain less than three minutes with your r y planner. how's our commute? >> a couple issues. southbound 880, one problem in oakland. collision involving just one vehicle on southbound 880 before you get to 66. it sounds like we have one lane blocked, the far left lane. not much of a backup. and a rollover crash southsouth. that one clears about 10, 15 minutes ago and we're back in the green. a lot of overnight construction projects. we'll get to those next. that breaking news coming in to our live desk from the east bay. another freeway shooting overnight. this time on interstate 880 and hayward. abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live with details. hi, amy. >> reporter: hi, jessica. 92nd highway shooting in the bay area in the last year and a half. the second one this week.

the chp says it's a high priority for them to take a stop to these shootings. take a look at this familiar video associated with these highway shootings. cars at a standstill. that's because they have to shut down all the lanes of traffic, all the lanes of the highway as they gather evidence. this was northbound 880 in hayward, south of highway 92. niis was around 10:00 last got a call that someone was b autngti the of a car window passenger was hit with glass. we asked if this shooting could possibly be related to the one that happenedn880 in san leandro. >> too early in the investigation to make any assumption that these shootings are connected in any way, shape, or form. at this point, we're turning it over to our investigative services unit, the shooting team, and they'll take the lead on the investigation. >> there were two people in the car that was being shot at.

two young teenagers. they're okay. no serious injuries there. no arrests have been made, and the chpasn't said what the possible motive could have been in the shooting. all lanes of the freeway have been reopened. the morning commute should be fine. reporting live in hayward, amy hollyfield. >> thank you. police are searching for a gunman in alameda after a person was shot around 8:30 last night. the shooting victim was found inside an apartment. no word on arrests. >> uc berkeley police are investigating after a man attacked a woman, hitting her in the head with a large piece of wood. this happened on monday before 8:00 p.m. in the eucalyptus grove. witnesses say the victim was arguing with the suspect. she got knocked out and taken to the hospital. police looked around the area but they could not seen the man ee sst onxford street. >> it's 4:30. let's get a quick update on