captioning funded by cbs it's wednesday, august 16th, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." anger rekindled. president trump gets praise from former kkk leader david duke. >> you had a group on one side that was bad, and you had a group on the other side that was also very violent, and nobody wants to say that. sing i>>n a right now. fo0 peles deadly mudslide in west africa

that has already claimed the lives of more than 300. >> oh, my god. that did not just happen. oh, my god. i'm going to have a seizure. >> and this dinosaur dad makes an appearance that would make any teenage girl cringe. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. both democrats and republicans are reacting to the president trump's latest comments on the violence in charlottesville, virginia. during a news conference yesterday mr. trump again blamed both sides for the trouble and sympathized with efforts to preserve confederate monuments. >> president trump again bsisting the fault needs to be

>> you have a group on one side that was bad and one group that was also very violent. >> the president had a defiant response. >> you define alt-right for me. define it for me. come on. let's go. >> senator mccain defined them as the same group. >> excuse me. what about the alt left that came charging at as you say the alt-right. do they have any semblance of guilt? let me ask you about this. what about the fact that they came charged with clubs in their hands swinging clubs? do they have any problem? i think they do. >> reaction from both sides of the aisle was swift and strongly worded. senator john mccain tweeted there's no moral equivalency between americans ato defight hate and bigotry. the president of the united states should say so. >> our commonwealth and country

should yield. >> racism, bigotry, anti-semitism of any form is unacceptable. >> former kkk leader david duke among the few supporting mr. trump, tweeting in part, thank you, mr. trump, for your honesty in charlottesville about cots.ornfisrontrrg te id>>pr> t ontre p perersonum had in durham, north carolina, where protesters used a rope to pull down a confederate monument on monday. takiya thompson said she tied the rope to the nearly century-old statue because such statues represent white supremacy. sh was charged with a riot, disorderly conduct, and property damage. she was arrested. in washington the national parks service say it could take days for graffiti spray painted on the lincoln monument.

this graffiti was recognized yesterday. they're using an architectural paint stripper to remove the paint. president lincoln signed the emancipation proclamation freeing slaves from white states. a free speech group wants to rally in boston this weekend. so far the group has not applied for a permit. boston mayor marty walsh said the city will not tolerate hate and is encouraging the group to stay away. >> boston does not welcome you here. boston does not want you here. boston rejects your message. we reject racism. we reject white supremacy. we reject anti-semitism. we reject kkk. we reject domestic terrorism. and we reject hate. and we'll do everything to keep hate out of this city.

>> this monument was vandalized for the second time. a teenager who allegedly broke a glass panel will be charged with willful and malicious destruction. a memorial service will be held this morning for heather heyer. she died after a car plowed into a crowd of demonstrators on saturday. james alex fields is charged with second-degree murder. a hearing is scheduled for august 25th. and ahead, only on "cbs this morning," afl-cio president, richard trumka, the latest representative to withdraw from a white house manufacturing council because of what the president said and didn't say about the events in charlottesville. there will be a primary runoff to fill the senate seat in alabama previously held by attorney general jeff sessions. the incumbent luther strange will face chief sator j roy moore on september 26th.

strange has the backing of president trump and finished a distant second to moore. moore backs public displays of s same-sex leader. kim has delayed a mission on firing missiles toward guam, but that could change next week when the u.s. and south korea plan a joint military exercise. ben tracy has our report. kim jong-un was (ed with a plan to launch four ballistic missiles toward the island of guam, but he's decided to hold off for now. according to north korean state media, he said he will watch a little more the foolish and stupid conduct of the yankees. >> this message from kim jong-un is definitely a de-escalation.

>> reporter: professor john delu delury says they'll belooking at it. what has north korea gotten out of this latest volley back and forth? or fhis is notto a vicigry n.ki military, that he can bring things up, but he can also back them down. >> reporter: they may be breathing a sigh of relief, but south korea says north korea's missiles remain the biggest challenge facing his country. he said no one, not even the u.s., can star a war on korean peninsula without south korea's consent. they're critical of president trump who they think has made tensions here worse. the u.s. and south korea are still set to conduct military drills here next week, which will likely antagonize north korea, which they'll use as a

rehearsal for war. ben tracy, cbs news, seoul. the president of sierra leone say his country is in a stat of mourning after a mudslide. 600 people are still missing. many of the victims were trapped in their homes as they slept. and firefighters in california at yosemite national park trying to contain a wildfire that's now burned over 117,000 acres. it's burning near the town of. it's burned away from the area. it's zero percent contained. coming up on the "morning deilch rescuers caughtn dr tenraed floodwaters are helped by gd samaritans. and not for the faint of heart.

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our top story this morning. in his latest comments on the deadly violence in charlottesville, president trump said there is blame on both sides. the president again equated the action of whitacprlsemo suts wis se sympathetic with those seeking to preserve confederate monuments and credited robert e. lee with the nation's founding fathers who owned slaves. as jim axelrod reports, their numbers are growing. >> reporter: who makes up america's hate groups? ask christian piccolini.

that's him nearly 25 years ago, a leader in the skinhead movement. who are the people who make up the rank and file of the white supremacist movement? >> you know, jim, it's the average american. it's our mechanic, it's our dentists, teachers, lawyers, doctors, nurses, and unfortunately that's the way it's turned into >> reporter: born in chicago he joined his first white power gang when he was just 14. eight years later he joined a group against hate. >> it's a stark picture. they count more than 900 active hate groups in the u.s., a number that's growing. >> this is a movement that's really fueled at this moment by a lot of young angry white men. >> reporter: but heidi beirich who tracks groups agreed with

the former skinhead, piccolini. >> it's absolutely false to think people in the white supremacist movement are people in trailer parks with no education. >> reporter: christian piccolini takes it further saying no one should be surpriset that support for president trump from white supremacists in charlottesville last weekend. >> do you feel white supremacists look at donald trump and feel affirmed? >> absolutely 100%. the anti-immigrant, anti-refugee talk and put america first, that's everything we talked about 30 years ago a it resonates just as deeply with people in this movement. in january the obama administration gave piccoli $400,000 to battle hate groups, and then in june president trump told them it was canceled.

jim axelrod, cbs news. coming up on "cbs this morning" -- >> reporter: they're called dead zones, areas under the surface of the water where life can't exist. the biggest dead zone in the u.s. is if the gulf of mexico this year and this year it's bigger than ever. what it means for the future. that's coming up on "cbs this morning." plus, preparations for the solar eclipse. we'll show you what's being done to accommodate huge crowds of people gathe riaward to g wid comedian bob oden kirk of the hit series "better call saul" s stopping by studio 57. that's the "cbs morning news" for today. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- wm anne-marie. anne-marie. have a great day -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com we're here when you're ready.

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jaclyn and roberta. how is everyone doing? >> we're just talking about how time is just going so fast. >> it is. >> i got caught in the gridlock of kids coming home from school. i'm thinking when did school start before labor day? >> a lot of schools. >> don't you think -- >> it seems like they started earlier this year. >> your kids are already in school? >> my fifth grader starts tomorrow. and then my senior started monday. so, yeah. >> yeah. you know what? it's kind of like back to school weather. we have that cool air mass that's situated over the bay area. right now, mostly cloudy skies. some areas of drizzle. we can see the top of the transamerica pyramid so the ceiling deck is at least 900 feet. 61 oakland. 54 santa rosa. san raciscfrupo per southwest a we have a calm wind in mountain view