new york city. captioning funded by cbs it's friday, august 18, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." terror strikes twice in spain. five suspected terrorists are killed in a shoot-out with police less than ten hours after the driver of a van in another city plowed into people on a popular street, killing 13 and injuring dozens of others. overnight another confederate statue came down in maryland, but president trump calls the removal of those memorials foolish. and the countdown to the total eclipse is on. coast to coast people are gearing up for a rare

experience. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. police in spain have stopped a deadly second attack that isis is blamed for in barcelona. many remain in serious condition. now, the driver of the van who targeted pedestrians is still at large. hours after the attack police say they killed five suspects in a seaside town south of barcelona to stop another series of attacks. debora patta is in barcelona. good morning. >> reporter: anne-marie, it was about eight hours after the attack in barcelona. the town was cambrils.

at least seven people were killed when a car was driven into a crowd of peer. similar to barcelona, there a white van plowed into a shopping area in barcelona late afternoon. the drive swerving back and forth to hit as many people as possible. residents and tourists ran for safety. bodies littered the sidewalk. an american tourist witnessed the attack. >> i heard just this group of people scream and i looked to my left and i saw a white van. it looked to be as if he was going left to right hitting people at the little stands where people were shopping. >> reporter: a manhunt is under way for the driver of the van who fled the scene. three men are under arrest. 24 citizens were killed or

injured. an american suffered minor injuries. and authorities say the two terror attacks are linked to an explosion at a house on wednesday night. that left one person dead. >> debora patta in barcelona. thanks so much, debora. this morning we'll discuss the incident in barcelona spain with fran townsend. the removal of confederate statues is being questioned by republicans. >> there needs to be radical changes to take place at the white house. >> reporter: harsh criticism from the house's own party, tennessee senator bob corker. >> the president has not yet been able to demonstrate the stability nor some of the confidence that he needs to

demonstrate in order to be successful. >> and this from another republican, tim scott of south carolina. >> what we want to see from our president is clarity and moral authority. that more authority's compromised. >> reporter: while the president has avoided cameras for the past go days, he has not been silent. on twitter he swiftly condemned the barcelona attack and suggested his followers, quote, study what general pershing did to terrorists in the united states when caught. an alleged debunked matter of what he told. >> what they did was cut open two pigs and dumped the bullets into the pigs. then they took the bullets and shot 50 men. >> reporter: it was a sharp contrast for the days it took him to condemn a white

supremacist who drove his car into a crowd of protesters killing one and injured 19 others. the president also bemoaned what he called beautiful confederate statues and said american history is being ripped apart. in a statement senator lindsey graham urged him to stop. you're now receiving some praise from some of the most rage and hate-filled groups in the country, he said. please fix this. but accordingly this could be useful said steve bann non. in a series of interviews he dismissed the far right as clowns but said, quote, if the left is focused race and identity, we can crush the democrats. the president also lashed out at republican senator jeff flake of arizona and endorzed one of his primary chamger. margaret brennan, cbs news,

bridgewater, new jersey. your night another statue linked to slavery in this country was taken down. maryland officials took down the statue of richard tawny. he was the author of the infamous dred scott issue. the biggest monument to the confederacy is robert e. lee and stone wall jackson. edward williams who lives nearby and others had petitioned to remove or alter the monument. >> these images are individuals that lost a war that wanted to maintain slave ry, that wanted o exclude people and other

minori minorities. >> today the mayor plans to make an announcement. the united states and south korea will go ahead with a joint military trill next week. yesterday defense secretary rex tillerson and general matusz met. they said it needs to be back by strong military consequences if north korea chooses wrongly. for the first time the u.s. military will help locate unexploded bombs in the city of mosul. it took nine months to free the iraq city from isis control. unexpected bombs were dropped by coalition forces. most of the explosives have now been hidden by isis fighters and can be triggered by the slightest movement. it's expected to take years to find and disarm all the bombs.

and people across the country are preparing for the rare total eclipse. the school will cancel for fear children will damage their eyes. >> reporter: monday's total eclipse will be a sky show for millions. for actual scientists and those who love the astronomy, this is way to study the earth both from the ground and in space with technology that hasn't been available for previous eclipses. monday's solar eclipse will be the first clipse seen in the united states in nearly 40 years. >> we're just really lucky. we're lucky because the moon's apparent diameter in the sky is the same as the sun so it can completely block it, but it's not too big. >> reporter: the rare event happens when the sun passes the

moon and earth. the sun is ee clipped by the moon's shadow. >> and the whole thing is under an hour and a half. that's how fast the moon crosses over and hits. >> reporter: the shadow will streak across 14 states in the u.s. on a path from oregon to south carolina. those who are not on that 70-milewide line will see a partial eclipse. nasa's lab spent a year showing what the eclipse will look like from anywhere in the country when the sun's bright surface is covered for only two minutes the only light will be the sun's outer ring known as the corona. >> the numb be one ruling for monday's eclipse is don't improvi improvise. if you don't know, it's not worth it. you really can damage your eyes. make sure you have safety

glasses. >> reporter: it has inspired many science projects including solar physics, atmosphere, and biology. >> hena daniels in new york. thank you, hena. cbs news will bring you live coverage of the solar eclipse beginning at 1:00 p.m. eastern. a video appears to show a day care worker striking a child. and good samaritans quickly jump into action to rescue a couple after their car got stuck on train tracks. this is the "cbs morning news." ah that can wait oh but not you buddy. bring everyone together with the refreshing taste of lipton iced tea.

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our top story this morning, the terror attacks in spainle overnight a third person was arrested in connection with the van attack in barcelona that kill at least 13 people and injured a hundred more. the driver of the van remains on the loose. hours later the police killed five suspects in a town south of barcelona after a car struck a crowd of people. authorities say the two attacks are connected. and republican senator bob corker is questioning president trump's ability to govern. corker said the president has yet to dem straight the stability nor the confidence that he needs to be successful. mr. trump has called the removal of confederate statues so foolish and said american history is being ripped apart.

the captain of the "uss fitzgerald" has been relieve of duty and at least a dozen others will be disciplined after the horrifying crash that killed seven sailors off the coast of japan. david martin has the story. >> reporter: 35 sailors were asleep in this compartment when the bow of the philippine ship punched a 17x36 foot hole in the uss fitzgerald. the 17 in the hole drowned although the rest escaped. it flooded within 30 seconds. it was put together to answer one question all the families of the dead had. did they suffer. the answer, not for long. the collision sent sailors, lockers, and televisions flying with water rushing in on the starboard side, they started yelling water on deck and get out, scrambling toward a ladder on the portside. after the initial shock the

sailors lined up in a relatively calm and orderly manner to climb the portside ladder even though they were up to their necks at that point. two sailors stayed at the bottom of the lattering helps others out. when those two reaches the top they stayed and helped pull two more to safety after they had to seal the flooded compartment from the rest of the ship. one of the men gary rehm was buried wednesday at arlington national cemetery. according to the report he rescued a man who had a falling locker on him. it was determined the p kattan made critical mistakes which caused the collision. coming up on "cbs this morning," the medical industry is the new number one target for hackers. we will visit a buffalo hospital where cyber criminals took down the computer systems for six weeks.

and the red sox super fan whose ceremonial first pitch went wild to say the least, he's speaking out. how he says the photographer he hit is being a great sport. plus scientists will watch the solar eclipse 50,000 feet from the air. what they hope it teaches them about the sun. that's the "cbs morning news" for this friday. i'm anne-marie green, thanks for watching. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

>> live from the broadcast center in philadelphia. this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news " this morning. >> well, we are waking to up major developments less than 24 hours after terrorists strike in barcelona, police say they've shot more suspect after second attack there is one involving suicide belts. back here at home, crime scene tape surrounds the statue of frank rizzo, and police are looking who defaced it again. >> and it was the debut of two new eagles, both expected to play major roles this season, see how they did when the birds took on the bills in pre-season game number two. and today is friday, august 18th, good morning, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon. let's get a check with today's weather and meisha with traffic. >> it is friday. >>