captioning funded by cbs it's wednesday, august 16th, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." anger refuels. he 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. i'll say it right now. rescue crews are searching for 600 people missing in a deadly landslide in west africa

that's already claimed the lives or more than 300. >> oh, my god. that did not just happen. >> 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 comments made by president trump. again, he blamed both sides for the trouble and sympathized with efforts to preserve confederate monuments. >> president trump again insisting the violence was -- >> you have a group on one side that was bad and one group that

was also very violented. >> the president had a defiant response. >> you define alt-right for me. define it for mechlt come on. >> they define them as the old 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? what about the fact they came charging with 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 said there's no moral ee kwif lancy for americans to defy hate and bigotry. the president of the united states should say so. >> our commonwealth and country should yield. >> racism, bigotry, antisemitism

of any form is unacceptable. >> former kkk david duke supporting mr. trump. tweeting in part thank you, mr. trump, for your honesty in charlottesville and confront the terrorists. one person has been arrested in durham, north carolina, where protesters used a rope to pull down a confederate monument on monday. takiya thompson said she pulled it down because it represents supremacy. she was arrested. in washington the national parks service say it could take days for graffiti spray painted on the lincoln monument.

they're using an architectural paint stripper to remove the paint. president lincoln once signed a declaration freeing slaves. 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 w we reject white supremacy, anti-semitism, kkk, we reject hatred do everything to keep hate out of our city. >> this monument was vandalized for the second time.

a teenager who alidgedly broke a glass panel ll be charged with willful and malicious destrukds. a memorial will be held this morning for heather heyer. she died after a car plowed into a crowd. james alex fields is charged with second-degree murder. 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 event in charlottesville. there will be a primary runoff to fill the senate seat in alabama previously held by jeff sessions. luther strange will face roy

moore. strange has the backing of president trump and finished a distant second to moore. moore commands public displays of the ten commandments and opposes 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. >> reporter: north korean leader kim jong-un has 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.

john delury. what has north korea gotten out of this latest volley back and forth? >> this is not a big victory for kim jong-un. it shows he has command of his military, that he can bring them up and also back them up. >> reporter: they may be breelkting 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 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 set to conduct military drills next week, which will likely

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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 white supremacists with those protesting against them, and he was also sympathetic with those preserving the confederate monumented an robert e6789 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. a leader in the skinhead movement. who are the people who make up the rank and fall of the white supremacist movement? >> you know, jim, it's the average american. it's our mechanics, dentists, teachers, lawyers, doctors, nurses, and unfortunate le that's the way it's turned into in the last years. >> reporter: working in chicago, he joined his first white power gang in 2014 before joining a group of hate. >> it's a stark picture you pand. 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

agrees with the former skinhead, christian piccolini. >> reporter: he takes it further saying no one should be surprised 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 0 years ago. >> in january the obama group gave piccolini $400,000 to battle hate groups and then in june president trump told them it was canceled. 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 is in 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're showing you what's being done the accommodate everyone gathering. and bob oden kirk stops by studio 57. that's the "cbs morning news" for today. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie. i'm anne-marie. have a great day -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com we're here when you're ready.

hear what frank rizzo's son has to say. president trump is taking criticism from members of his own party. the strong word some republicans have as he blamed the violence in charlottesville on, quote, both sides. >> police have a standoff with a man inside. >> and today is wednesday, august 16th. good morning. jim donovan has the morning off. the