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over $500 million. good morning from the studio 57 news room at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm ann marie green. president trump is paying the price for his defiant defense of white supremacists. he has been abandon by corporate leaders, two of his business councils have been dismantled and u.s. military leaders and joint chiefs have all issued statements denouncing racism and extremism. last night on the university of virginia campus, the very same place where white supremacists marched last week, a candlelight vigil was held against hate and vines. seth is in washington. seth, good morning. >> good morning, ann marie. hundreds of people peacefully gathered last night at the university of virginia singing spirituals and holding a moment of silence. this, of course, followed a memorial earlier in the day for heather heyer who was hit and killed with a car over the

weekend. organizers last night, though, they were cautious, primarily communicating over the phone or through private messages out of fear that white supremacists might also show up. ♪ and the home of the brave hundreds gathered wednesday evening at the university of virginia for a candlelight vigil denouncing the violence and racism that was on display over the weekend in charlottesville. >> we just don't want this anger and hate in our town. >> being here tonight was a way of really reclaiming the city. >> protests continue throughout the country. this one outside trump tower in new york was organized the by a jewish group. even in santiago, chile, clvs a show of solidarity in charlottesville. here in d.c., the condemnation of president trump from democrats and republicans continues in light of his comments blaming both sides for

the violence the in charlottesville. >> the president speaks for himself. the klan is evil. >> republican senator oren hatch insists the president is just misunderstood. >> i don't think he punchedly has a racist bone in his body. has he handled the virginia incident as well as i would like him to? no. >> the head of the democratic national convention committee, rather, is calling on republicans to disavow president trump, citing how white supremacists see him as their leader and fiercest defender. ann marie. >> seth, thank you so much. as we reported, the president's response to the violence in charlottesville cost him the support of some of america's top business leaders. the president announced he was ending two business advisory councils. there have been numerous resignations following his comments. one group had already told the white house it had had resolved to disband and condemned mr.

trump's comments. jpmorgan adjacent ceo jamie dimon said in a statement, fanningdy veesiveness is not the answer. it is a leader's role in business or government to bring people together, not tear them apart. the events in charlottesville have raised the national debate over what to do with federal monuments. in richmond, virginia, the former capital of the confederacy, the city will examine the removal or relocation o monuments. confederate monuments have already come down the in cities from baltimore to new orleans. the federal poverty law center estimates there are some 1500 confete rat memorials across the country. there are 10 u.s. military bases named after confederate officers. a memorial was held for the woman killed when a car mowed down counterprotesters in charlottesville over the

weekend. heather heyer's mother says the way you honor her is to make a difference in the world. >> no father should have to do this. >> heather heyer's father shared his pain during her memorial in virginia. >> love my daughter. as i look out on you guys, you loved her, too. >> the 32 yield was killed while protesting a white supremacist gathering on saturday. >> i'm sorry. i'm sorry, heather, that it hend ended this way. >> friends and family remembered heyer as a passionate advocate for equal rights and equal justice. >> she wanted respect for everybody. in our family, all lives matter. >> heyer's mother says her daughter didn't die in vein. >> i'd rather have my child b, but by golly, if i have to give her ip, we're going to make it count.. we don't all have to die..

we don't all have to sacrifice. they tried to kill my daughter to shut her up. guess what? you just magnified her. >> tim kaine attended the service. >> they hate to see us move in another direction. it's so often these outsiders come here to try and drag us backwards. senator kaine says virginia has scars, and it doesn't need any more. >> later on this morning, we'll talk with governor mcauliffe about the monuments in his state. there will be a rally next tuesday in phoenix. the phoenix mayor, greg statton, is not pleased. the president has been holding these types of rallies for his supporters since he's been elected. the planned event in the convention center will be the first in the west, but mayor

statton thinks it is too close to the events in charlottesville saying in a statement, it is my hope that more sound judgment prevails and that he delays his visit. search crews are looking for five soldiers when a helicopter went down off the coast of hawaii. two pilotes and three crew members were on board. the army, marines and coast guard are involved in the search and some debris has been recovered. there were no grand prize jackpot winners in last night's powerball drawing. the winning numbers were 9, 15, 43, 60, 64 and of course the powerball was 4. the jackpot is now worth an estimated $510 million and the next drawing is saturday. get your tickets. coming up on the morning news, a prescription for change. a new program reduces and weak bs opioid drugs for new

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her late husband had given it to her in 1951. on the cbs money watch, obamacare subsidies continue and the silent song that's a big hit on itunes. hannah is at the new york stock exchange with that and more. good morning, hannah. >> good morning, ann marie. the white house says it will make this month's payments to the insurers under the affordable care act. they have been threaten this as a way to get democrats to negotiate health care. the cost sharing subsidies total about $7 billion a year. they reduce health insurance copays and deductibles for people with modest incomes. a jump by retail stocks including target and urban outfitters led a small rally here on wall street. tech companies and firms that sell household goods traded higher yesterday.

five days of negotiations to rework the north american free trade agreement began in washington. nafta did away with most trade barriers, including tariffs on trade between the u.s., canada and mexico. president trump called nafta the worst trade deal in history. and vowed to change it or withdraw. nafta critics say the agreement encouraged businesses to move to mexico to take advantage of cheap labor, costing american jobs. and a new take on the sound of silence. an unusual tune made its way on to the top 50 of the itunes chart. get this, ann marie. it's completely silence. a very good song, six as, it's ten minutes of dead air and costs 99 cents. its popularity may be due to drivers frustration when they plug their smartphones into their car and usually the first song alphabetically plays by

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hopkinsville, kentucky, has adopted the name eclipseville. in local stores, you'll find t-shirtes and even a total eclipse moon shine. >> we've never had anything in our community's history that has drawn as much enthusiasm. >> a wedding venue in south carolina is getting a boost in business by add ago group numptial. >> we hope to finish right at the exact same time as the eclipse. >> i've probably had over 200 phone calls of people wanting to come into the rv parks. i've filled up my park. >> even the post office is trying to increase sales with an eclipse stamp. touch the black disk and the heat of your finger reveals the moon. in the wake of the charlottesville violence, facebook has taken down any post that promotes or celebrates hate crimes or acts of terrorism. facebook ceo mark zuckerberg said while facebook believes in promoting debate, attacking

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our top stories this morning, a vigil was held in charlottesville last night denouncing racism. two white house business councils have been disbanded after more than a dozen ceos quit in protest of president trump's comments on the violence. the joint chiefs issued statements condemning racism and some republicans are distancing themselves from the president's comments. and city officials in richmond are considering taking down federal memorials and statues in the wake of the events in charlottesville, confederate memorials have been removed in several cities. it's estimated there are some 1500 confederate memorial hes across the country.

with the president under fire, many wonder what his voters are thinking. mark strausman spoke with three women. >> has your support for trump lessened one bit st. paul. >> absolutely not. >> not at all. >> not one bit? >> i don't look at him as my pastor or my moral leader. i look at him as the leader as it relates to governmental issues. >> we're not looking for somebody charming. we're looking for a man who knows how to turn things around. and he's got a track record of turning things around. >> when you saw charlottesville, what does that say about where we are as a country? >> it wasn't necessarily a completely black/whitish, but i think the the media is turning it into a black/whitish. it's definitely a left/right issue, but it's left fringe and right fringe. >> the confederate statues don't bother you? >> no. it's history. i wasn't born back then. you wasn't, either. why is that affecting us? if anything, we should grow .learn from it. you don't judge people by the color of their skin.

you base that on their character. how sdou explain your support for a president given the criticism he's had on this race issue? >> i think for myself, period, nobody is going to tell me what to think or how to think. i'm not gullable and i'm not blind. it is my decision if i'm going to support someone or not, not go by what other people have to say. to me, what i've seen and what i love, he's not going to lose my support anytime soon. >> i've been a republican before donald trump. i will be a republican afterwards. i honestly don't think we will see this issue of racial divide addressed until we remove identity politics out of the political ross. >> these republican women believe if a president deserves blame for making racial tensions worse, it's obama, not trump, for the identity politics they believe had democrats have practiced for the last eight years. mark strausman, cbs news, atlanta. ahead on cbs this morning, we'll speak with republican congressman will herd on how gop

lawmakers who have danced themselves from president trump are deciding how to move forward after charlottesville. and -- >> we're flying above the coastline on the big island of hawaii. and while it looks like a tropical paradise from the air, there is a hidden crisis under water. the coral reefs are dying off at an alarming rate and scientists now believe sunscreen could be part of the problem. we're going to take you under water, coming up on "cbs this morning." >> that's the cbs news for this thursday. thanks for watching. i'm anna ree green. have a great day.

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