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2017. this is the cbs morning news. >> president trump is greeted with jeers as he returns to new york city after his response to the race fuelled violence in charlottesville. plus, protesters in north carolina take matters into their own hands and bring down a confederate monument and bomb plots stopped. a 23-year-old suspected anti government extremist is arrested
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after allegedly trying to blow up an oklahoma city bank. good morning from the studio 57 news room here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne marie green. president trump condemned racists during a white supre supremists rally. some gathered outside the hotel where the president is staying and heather is with us this morning. >> reporter: if the first time since the inauguration president trump came back to his hometown and he was greeted with protesters many aligned here on fifth avenue holding signs chanting new york hates you. the president arrived at his new york city home last night
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outside of trump tower. it was one of several demonstrations around the country denouncing this weekend's rally in charlottesville, virginia during which white supremacists clashed with counterprotesters leaving one person dead. >> i cannot stand for nazis in my country. i want anyone who lives here to feel safe. >> reporter: the man who allegedly rammed his car into a crowd of activists in charlottesville is according to friends someone who admires hitler. he appeared in court monday officially charged with injuring 19 and in the death of the 32-year-old heather heyer. >> i'm extremely proud of my daughter. >> reporter: after two days of criticism for not immediately condemning specifically white supremacy groups did so on monday. >> racism is evil and those who cause violence in its name are
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criminals and thugs including the kkk, neo nazis. >> reporter: three resigned in a single day in response to the president's delay. the ceo of merck, underarmour and ryan tweeted in part there should be no hesitation in condemning hate speech or white supremacy by name. >> reporter: and there might be another shakeup within the inner circle. sources have said his chief strategist steve bannon may be out of a job. >> thank you so much. well, following the violence in charlottesville, protesters in durham, north carolina, toppled a confederate statue. the statue of a confederate soldier had stood for nearly a
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century outside a courthouse building. activists used a ladder and a rope to pull down the monuments. dozens cheered and some kicked the statue after it fell to the ground. in baltimore, a monument was vandized over the weekend. someone poured the red point over the statue which depicts a dying con federal soldier. on sunday, protesters denounced the violence and racism in virginia. yesterday the mayor said she plans to remove all of baltimore's con federal era monuments. the holocaust memorial in boston was vandized for the second time this summer. a 17-year-old boy smashed a glass panel on the memorial last night. he will be charged with malicious destruction of property. the civil rights unit is also investigating. an oklahoma man is in federal custody this morning accused of trying to carry outen
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attack on american soil. he allegedly tried to detonate what he thought was a van packed with explosives outside an oklahoma city bank. >> reporter: a confidential informant alerted the fbi to his plan to blow up an oklahoma city bank describing him as someone upset with the government and seeking retaliation. in the criminal complaint, he wanted to pull off an attack similar to the oklahoma city bombing, adding, i'm out for blood. when militias start getting formed i'm going after government officials. the informant introduced him to undercover fbi agent. >> he began applying components for what he believed would make an improvised explosive device. >> he thought was a working bomb and tried to detonate it with a
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cell phone. >> he parked the van in the alley of bank first and fled to a safe location in order to remotely detonate the bomb. >> reporter: he followed the three percenters. former fbi assistant director. >> we have violent people who are on the fringe who are angry, who feel a call to action, who feel like their response is the answer. and too often that response is to kill a lot of innocents. >> reporter: he was in federal court in oklahoma city which incide incidentally is right across from the okc memorial. kim jong-un has reportedly delayed a decision on firing missiles toward guam. kim's isolated regime reportedly is waiting to see what the u.s. will do next. meanwhile south korea says it
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would seek to prevent war by all means but the u.s. and seoul are preparing for joint military drills next week. and a french prosecutor says it's highly probable the man who drove a car into a pizza place was under the influence of drugs. authorities are now conducting a homicide investigation. the incident left 14 people hospitalized including a 3-year-old boy who sustained life threatening injuries. an artillery mishaps caused the death of two u.s. service members in iraq sunday. the victims are identified from arlington, texas, and one from brooklyn, new york. they were both members of the air born division. five others were injured in the incident. a former denver radio host has lost his civil case, but he
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says going to court was his only option. yesterday, a jury determined determined that mueller did grope swift before a concert in 2013. mueller had sued swift saying the allegations cost him his career and his reputation. swift countersued and sought a symbolic one dollar in damages. she released a statement thanking her attorneys for supporting her. tiger woods reportedly had five different drugs in his system when he was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence in may. that's according to espn citing a copy of the toxicology report. last week woods pleaded guilty to reckless driving. coming up on the morning news, a possible pardon. a former arizona sheriff who went to extremes to crack down on illegal immigration may soon
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yesterday. go daddy dropped the site sunday because it backed the national rally in charlottesville. president trump is thinking about pardoning joe arpaio. he was convicted for detaining people he merely suspected of being undocumented immigrants. fox news says the president called him a great american patriot. actor ryan reynolds is heart broken after a stunt woman was killed after filming dead pool 2. she crashed into the window of a downtown building. harris was a pro motorcycle racer. the atlanta journal constitution says former wresting l star rick flair is recovering from heart surgery. he was placed in a medically induced coma prior to the operation. and the new york times says
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forecast in some cities around the country. >> liftoff takes flight. >> more than three tons of gear and supplies including some ice cream are on the way to the international space station. space x launched the capsule yesterday from cape canaveral, the company's rocket booster returned and landed successfully for the 14th time. on the cbs money watch, we're at the new york stock exchange with more. >> reporter: good morning. wall street regained some ground on monday after last week fell off as worries eased over north korea's nuclear program. the dow gained 135 points. the s&p up 24 points and the
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nasdaq added 83. the price of the virtual currency bit coin is surging. it topped $4,300 yesterday. according to the coin based currency exchange that is nearly $1,000 above its rate a week ago. an update to software and rules. china is criticizing president trump's order for a probe into whether beijing is stealing u.s. technology and inventions. the order violates international trade rules. mr. trump wants to know if china improperly requires foreign companies to handle technology to get access to chinese markets. shonda rimes is moving to the streaming service to create exclusive content in what netflix is a multiyear deal. the announcement comes just days
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forecast in some cities around the country. big ben rings one last time before plunging into four years of silence. a $40 million restoration project started yesterday. the london clock is 158 years old. with 7 strong innings as the rockies beat visiting atlanta 3 f-0.
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click drinks linked to heart health but there is a very fine line between the benefits and the risks. >> reporter: terrence is enjoying a drink with friends. >> i moderately drink. i'm a social drinker so i think it's good for you. >> reporter: new research suggests he has the right idea. a study in the journal of the american college of cardiology shows light to moderate alcohol consumption may offer health benefits. >> there was a decrease in both all cause mortality or death and a decrease in cardiovascular mortality or death. at a high dose of alcohol there was an increase. >> reporter: cbs news medical contributor tells patients that light to moderate means one drink per day for women and two for men. >> one of the theories is that
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alcohol may help to raise the good cholesterol, it may help to improve the health of the blood vessels, improve inflammation, lower it and also have anti oxidant benefits. she doesn't recommend that nondrinkers start but for those who enjoy an occasional drink, red wine is best. >> drinking in moderation is awesome for you because it relieves stress. >> reporter: this group will drink to that. >> just the report they wanted to hear. coming up on nbc this morning, back to school, we will show you a special boot camp for military veterans to help them learn how to adjust to college life. this is the cbs morning news. i'm anne marie green.
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our top story this morning an oklahoma man is in federal custody accused of trying to carry out a bombing attack on american soil. 23-year-old jerry drake varnell allegedly tried to detonate what he thought was a van packed with explosives outside an oklahoma city bank. he told undercover agents he wanted to start a revolution and was a formerly a member of an anti government group. and president trump is at his home in new york city for the first time since being sworn into office. yesterday protesters outside trump tower expressed anger at his response to the car attack at a white supremist rally in virginia that left one person dead.
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the president took a lot of heat for failing to call out white supremists after the attack. >> we condemn in the strongest possible terms -- >> reporter: the leader of the free world was behind his daughter, attorney general and vice president in denouncing white supremacists and neo nazis by name. on saturday the president implied counterprotesters and armed shield wielding white supremacists were equally to blame. >> we condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides. >> reporter: that initial equivocation echoed ways in which mr. trump has played to racially motivated segments of american politics. starting with his five year advocacy of the birther movement
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which questioned whether president obama was born in the u.s.honestly, i don't know davi duke. i don't believe i've eveon m kn anything about him. >> reporter: when a black lives matter at a campaign rally, candidate trump seemedo attackers. shuf within roughed up. >> reporter: during the campaign the federal judge was attacked and the muslim fallen captain and steve bannon is not the aide with the ties to the so called white movement. bright bart news.sed to work monday dkenneth fraser resigned in protest from the president's manufacturing council. less than four hours later the
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president took to twitter to deride fraser. a much swifter move than the protests. kris van cleave has details plus, part two into how the u.s. is battling cocaine smuggling. we'll take you inside coast guard operations hunting smugglers. i'm ann marie green. have a great day.
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>> live from the cbs broadcast center in philadelphia. this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news " this morning. >> new this morning, an aparle itmen fluding a firefighr to the hospital. we'll tell you peo he are out of their homes right uns president trump as he returns home to new york, thetherotestee commanders in chief. >> grab the umbrella before at center city from our central parkway live camera. we'll tell you how much rain you can expect on your way to work. >> and today is tuesday, august 15, good morning, i'm jim donovan. iall of that plus big changes for test for students in forecae and the roads with meisha. >> good morning, jim, how are you feeling.

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