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\s 230 /e good monday morning, i'm kendis gibson. >> i'm diane macedo. here are some of the top stories we're following on "world news now." the man charged with slammi slamming a group of people in a protest will appear in court tomorrow. two more thanes weamericansn an operation in iraq. the u.s. military is investigating. vice president mike pence is in colombia, the first stop in a week-long trip to latin america. he will discuss trade issues and increasing pressure on venezuela
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usain bolt said good-bye to the sport in front of thousands of fans over the week. but he was injured in his last career race. those are some of the top stories on this monday, august 14th. in afrom abc news, this is "world news now." >> we do say good morning to everybody. we are going to start in charlottesville where that city reeling from the weekend's violence. >> they carried signs "like never again", and "love will always trump hate." >> and they say the man who plowed his car into them idolized adolf hitler. you see his arrest right there.
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elizabeth hur is in charlottesville with the latest. >> reporter: at the scene of terror and chaos in the streets of charlottesville that ended in death and devastation. the city is now sharing messages of unity and condolences for the victims. >> i want the country to know that the city of charlottesville is a place of extreme compassion. >> reporter: the suspected driver, 20-year-old james alex fields from ohio now sits in jail, charged with murder, meanwhile, the man who organized the demonstration tried to hole a press conference to no avail. instead, heckled and confronted by counter protesters and ultimately escorted away by police in riot gear. ♪ this as the virginia governor continues to denounce and condemn the supporters of white supremacy.
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>> to the kmiwhite extremists a neo-nazis who came to our city yesterday, there is no place here for you. >> reporter: and antiviolence vigils are held throughout the country. >> we should mention the suspect is due in court later on today. and the vice president, mike pence, is now slamming the hate groups behind the violence in charlottesville. >> pence arrived in colombia, the first leg of his latin america tour. and he called out the groups by name, something president trump has yet to do. >> we have no tolerance for hate and violence. white supremacists, neo-nazis or the kkk. these dangerous, fringe groups have no place in american public life and in the american debate, and we condemn them in the strongest possible terms. >> pence also defended the president and accused the media of
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than the violence of the actual extremists. >> but the president is facing criticism from both parties for not being forceful enough. >> we condemn in the strong ees possible terms this greenls display of hatred and bigotry on many sides, on many sides. >> so nearly 24 hours later, the white house tried to clarify the president's remarks by releasing a statement with no name attached to it. >> it said, of course, that includes white supremacists, kkk, neo-nazi and all, extremist groups. and the president also tweeted his condolences over the weekend to the families of the three victims. >> and there is an outpouring of support from across the country as we learn more about those who died and get new details about the ordeal from
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>> reporter: friends and family of the young woman killed in the crash tells achbc news she died standing up for what she believed in. >> our son's in there, all people of color. >> reporter: heather heyer was a pa paralegal. >> heather was a strong person who always defended what she believed in. >> reporter: heyer's final facebook post coming days after the president's election. writing if you're not outraged, you're not paying attention. >> heather's life was not about hate. and this young man who ran my daughter down mistakenly believed that hate would change the world. >> reporter: and the virginia state police marching in mourning. two of their own killed in a helicopter crash responding to the violence, jay cullen
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berke bates. >> he was a warm, loving, dad, a supporting dad. and he will be dearly missed. >> reporter: this 19-year-old counter protester tells us she didn't have time to run from the speeding car. >> the moment i heard the screams was the minute i got hit. i didn't have time to react. >> reporter: in all, 35 people injured in that crash and the clashes. >> i got hit in my hid. i have eight sameles in my hid. >> reporter: deandre harris says a group of white nationalists beat hill with poles. >> just calling me the "n" word, telling me to die. they were definitely trying to kill me. >> reporter: stephanie ramos, abc news, charlottesville, virginia. >> the mayor of lexington, kentucky says he wants two confederate monuments removed after the violence in charlottesville. he said i will ask the city council to
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the monuments to key confederate figures who fought for the south during the civil war. turning now to the showdown between america and north korea. james mattis and rex tillerson have written a joint op-ed, laying out what they call peaceful pressure to halt the ballistic missile tests. and they're not the only ones trying to soften president trump's message. abc's martha rad aatz has more. >> reporter: the trip has been long planned, but the timing critical, coming as two nuclear nations are trading threats. north korea saying it soon plans to send four missiles off the waters off guam. president trump responding that the u.s. is locked and loaded. despite the tough rhetoric, the
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aren't closer to war. >> we aren't closer to war than we were a week ago but we are closer than a decade ago. >> no intelligence would indicate that we're in that place today. >> reporter: but the bellicose tit-for-tat. >> you doesnn't know what's goi to happen. >> reporter: we maid the trip to the border, to the demilitarized zone. soldiers stand guard. we're on the south korean side, but where that gravel ens and the sand begins, that's north korea. some 14,000 north korean artillery pieces pointed at targets in the south, including at seoul, and the 26 million people who live in the area. this week, the u.s. military will have joint exercises with the south korean military. it's an annual event, but this year seems far
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martha radatz, abc news, seoul. an emergency spending bill to benefit veterans is now law. the president signed the measure over the weekend at his new jersey golf club. it frees up $2 billion for a choice program that allows veterans to receive private medical care. the bill will be paid for in part by trimming pensions for some veterans who are eligible for medicaid. breaking overnight, at least 17 people are dead after militants attacked a restaurant in burkina faso. shots were fired at an upscale turkish restaurant. gunfire could be heard almost seven hours after the attack started. eight others were also wounded. so far no one is claiming responsibility for the attack. and one of the co-founders of al shabab has surrendered to authorities. he split with the group four years ago in a power struggle. the united s
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million bounty on his head until last year. in 2016, a defense department organization called al shabab the deadliest extremist group in africa. back at home, police searching for a suspect who fatally shot three men at a drag racetrack in wisconsin. they were standing near a food vendor when the gunman opened fire. several thousand were at the track at the time. no word yet on a possible motive for the shooting. after weeks of being blackmailed by hackers, hbo says it is done playing games with cyber bullies. the latest leak included "curb your enthusiasm", and "ballers", but it didn't include anything from "game of thrones." they said they are not in communication with the hacker and won't comment every time a new piece of information is released. if you think beauty pageants are only for the young, take
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trip to sao paulo brazil. >> the grandfather beat out 24 other experienced men for this title. >> the competitors range in age from those young'uns at 62 to the upstarters at 96. the winner says he hopes the contest inspires older men to make the most of life. >> yeah! get after it, jose! hi, gents. >> he must be very popular with the ladies. >> are you feeling hopeful for what lies ahead? >> in a good 50 or 60 years, i do. and by 50 i mean -- >> tomorrow? >> a piece of art hiding in plain sight. where has it been all this time? and what one police officer was forced to do to avoid being hit by an out of control drunk
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american journal of preventive medicine. doctors found most cancer prevention methods notion on avoiding certain behaviors, such as smoking or alcohol. researchers found targeting young people could reduce the risk of certain forms of the disease. meanwhile, a growing number of americans say they feel overworked and find their jobs too physically and emotionally taxing. a new survey shows more than a third of workers feel no control over their schedules, more than 25% say they don't have enough time in their work day to get all their work done. and as a result, half say they perform work in their free time to meet bosses' demands. they don't have a nice cushy work schedule like we do? >> 10:00 p.m., work through the morning, get plenty of sleep. >> anybody watching us is in the same boat. we're all in this together. so a police officer in texas had a split second to make a life or death decision. >> that's because
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drunk driver was barrelling toward him during a highway investigation. take a look at how he got out of this. here's jen nay norman. >> officer down. he jumped off the side of the freeway. >> reporter: the terrifying moment caught on tape. the police officer making a split-second decision to get out of the way of an oncoming car. >> i hear the screech of tires. >> reporter: he was forced off the side of the highway by an alleged drunk driver. >> before i knew it, there was a car right up on me, i had less than a second to make the reaction. >> reporter: that saved heis life, when he and his partner were investigating an accident in houston. watch this again. two other first responders turn to look and carter forced off the guardrail. >> ah! >> i'm fallin'. >> reporter: hitting the ground 16 feet below. >> i kept thinking to myself, when am i going to stop
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bond and officer carter left with multiple injuries, though grateful to be alive. >> i know if i would have froze still, the car would have ran me over and probably would have tooken my life and i wouldn't be here today. >> reporter: and houston police say the alleged drunk driver, bianca bennett has been charged with intoxication assault, due in court at the end of the month. >> what a scary thought to be falling in the dark and wonder to myself, when am i going to stop falling? >> or what's down there? let's hope it's just trees and brush. glad to know he's on the mend. two dare devils are told to pay up after scaling the golden gate bridge. >> their death-defying stuff may cost them. you're watching "world news now." prestige eye cream for better hydration. and your best look yet. olay eyes collection. ageless.
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h all right, let's head over to two thrill seekers clearly living on the edge, but now they're in big trouble after climbing the golden gate bridge. >> officials didn't know what they did until someone posted the video online. what are they doing about it now? here's marcy gone saul i gonzal. >> reporter: the two dare devils are in for a different kind of challenge. this time in court. thomas rector and "peter teatime." the video with more than 140,000 views, showing them dangling, somersaulting and flipping high above traffic. >> once we got there, we're like, yeah, we're going to climb it. >> reporter: the golden gate bridge district suing the pai
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accusing them of trespassing, profiting off the video and senselessly putting the hiefrps of themselves and others in serious jeopardy. >> the last thing we want is two young individuals flying from wisconsin, dangling off the bridge and putting others at risk. >> they can't just go about doing this without consequences. >> reporter: rector believes the lawsuit is giving them unwanted publicity, saying they are not in it for the money or fame. raising serious security concerns after other bridges across the country. in 2014, two german artists say they were able to go unnoticed, scaling the brooklyn bridge. and this teenager prosecuted after making it to the top of one world trade center. >> with more of these cases developing you have officials reassessing the security at those structures. you might start to see them -- >> it could be really dange
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a brazen art heist. >> that is until someone took a closer look at a painting sitting on the floor of an antique store. here's ron claiborne with this incredible story. >> reporter: 1985. the friday after thanksgiving. the painting "woman ocher" disappeared in the wall of the university of arizona art museum in tucson, apparently cut from its frame and smuggled out by two thieves. this sketch the only evidence of who they were. for 30 years it was missing until this week. in silver city, new mexico. it was bought at estate sail. >> people were recognizing it. we chuckled and didn't think anything of it. >> reporter: they started looking, finding this 2015 arizona republic article, and the more they learned, the more
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they discerned it really could be the missing masterpiece. >> we started comparing drip lines and splatters and paint strokes and everything matched. and at that point i, everything just went crazy. >> reporter: he called the museum. >> i said, this is going to sound crazy, but i think i have your stolen painting. and she said what painting? and i said the dekuhn eyy. and she said hold please. >> he sent me more and more images and i became really convinced it was the painting. >> reporter: it really was "woman ocher." one sold in television for mo20. once it's been restored it will be back on display, but the misery remains
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this morning on "world news now," free speech spurs deadly violence in virginia. >> as the city looks to heal, the president's words are being criticized as not going far enough. but mike pence addresses the hate groups at the root of this issue. we're live in charlottesville. and we have breaking news this morning. gunmen opening fire at a popular restaurant in burkina faso. at least 17 people have been killed. and the bizarre threats between venezuelan officials and
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a hit put out on marco rubio. and is this the hardest puzzle ever? or the easiest? there are no shapes or scenes to make out here, just colors. so what's trick to solving it? we'll explore in the mix on this monday, august 14th. from abc news, this is world news now. >> i don't know. >> think you can take it. >> it was quite mesmerizing to hook at it. >> keep it together. we'll get to that, but big news coming out of virginia this morning. the city of charlottesville is known for its thriving university town, lively downtown and now trying to return to normal following this weekend's deadly violence. >> police say a man who had been marching with neo-nazis deliberately plowed his car into a group of counter protesters, killing one woman and injuring dozens more. he's now in custody charged with
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worked as a paralegal. the others were troopers who died when their helicopter crashed not far from the scene. >> elizabeth hur joins us with the latest. >> reporter: right now here in charlottesville, police have the authority to enforce a curfew if necessary. but last night, no need. with the city and the nation uniting against hate. from charlottesville to the nation's capital and cities across the country. a rally for unity and prayers for the victims. including two veteran troopers and fathers, jay coleman and berke bates. and heather heyer, a 32-year-old pair heal w paralegal, who according to her mother died standing up for what she believed in. >>
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hate. and this young man who ran my daughter down mistakenly believed that hate would change the world. >> reporter: and this is new video of that man, 21 year old james fields junior. seen with a known white supremacist group, then hours later, fields allegedly carrying out his attack and arrested for murder. his former teacher now saying fields made pro-nazi comments in high school. >> he felt that the views that adolf hitler espoused were correct. >> reporter: as one of the organizers is confronted by counter protesters and forced to run from his own news conference. now, as for the suspect charged with murder in this case, he is being held without bond and is due in court hater thlater this, kendis and diane? >> i know we can see behind you one of the statues
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key -- key to the big issue. what's the scene right now? >> reporter: the scene right now much calmer than the chaotic scene you saw in the piece. for the most part, it's a message of unity spread around here. i attended the vigil around the corner from here where one survivor spoke out to the group, pleading with them to stand united, to stand together for the victims. >> and i now we'know we're lear more about the suspect, what about his time in the military we're largin we're learning about? >> reporter: this is new, the army telling abc news that the suspect did indeed attend basic training, back in august of 2015, but they told us, because he failed to meet training standards, he was released in december of 2015. kendis and diane?
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charlottesville where the calm has returned. it's a beautiful, peaceful calm college town. they found this weekend as being very painful. there's growing criticism in the meantime over the president's response to the deadly violence in charlottesville. >> the president says he condemns the hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides, but that wasn't enough for many democrats and some republicans who are calling on him to specifically call out white supremacy. >> the vice president defended the president. >> we have no tolerance for hate and violence for white supremacists, neo-nazis or the kkk. these dangerous, fringe groups have no place in american public life and in the american debate, and we condemn them in the strongest possible terms.
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trying to clarify the president's statement, but so far, he's been silent since his initial comments. here's david wright with more. >> reporter: the white house struggled to shore up the president's equivocal response to charlottesville. >> we condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, violence and bigotry on many sides, on many sides. >> reporter: of course that includes white supremacists, kkk, neo-nazi and all, extremist groups, but trump has yet to call them out for inciting the violence in virginia. the president's national security adviser sat down with george stephanopoulos. >> do you consider that car attack an act of domestic terrorism? >> i think anytime you commit an act to create fear it is terrorism.
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has yet to say so himself. a growing number of republicans are breaking ranks. ted cruz called it a grgrotesqut of domestic terrorism and all of us have a moral obligation to speak out. >> to call this eiffel and lvil. >> he should talk out much more aggressively about it. >> reporter: trump has never failed to call out foreign enemies. >> we don't want radical, islamic terrorists in our country. radical islam ibic terror i ais. >> honestly, i don't now david duke, i'm pretty sure i didn't meet him. i just don't know anything about him. >> reporter: duke and his followers were strong trump supporters. he was in
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even he took offense at the president's response to charlottesville, tweeting at trump, i would recommend you take a good hook look in the mi and remember it was white americans who put you in the presidency. even the president's daughter is adopting much more forceful language about the events in charlottesville, tweeting that there is no place in society for racism, white supremacy and neo-nazis, language that ivanka trump's father, the president, has been unwilling to use. david wright, abc news, bridgewater, new jersey. >> and marco rubio is among the republican lawmakers looking for a more forceful response from president trump. rubio fwee rubio tweeted, very important fortune the nation to hear the president describe events in charlottesville as think are. >> reporte and a top venezuelan lawmaker may have ordered
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against senator rubio. the florida senator received increased security over the past several weeks. rubio is a tough critic of the venezuelan regime and has called cabello out. president trump refused to rule out a u.s. military intervention in venezuela. now vice president pence, who is traveling in neighboring colombia, the first stop in a week-long visit to the area says they could face more sanction. the president is trying to reassure americans that america is not on the cusp of war with north kraechlt the chairman of the joint chiefs
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speaks. and president trump responds that the u.s. is quote, locked and loaded. now other administration officials are trying to ease concerns. >> i think we're not closer to war than a week ago, but we closer to war than we were a decade ago. >> i've heard folks talking about being on the cusp of a nuclear war. i've seen no intelligence that would indicate we're in that mace today. >> meanwhile, south korea's new president has largely kept quiet and reaffirmed the strategy eck alliance with the united states, but his top aide is criticizing president trump for his comments, calling them worrisome and saying they are causing confusion. two american soldiers were killed in iraq. the deaths were not caused by enemy contact but no further details were given. the soldiers were inspecting a cannon when a shell inside exploded. five others were injured. the pentagon is investigating. and breaking overnight and
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right now, at least 17 people are dead after gunmen opened near an upscale restaurant in burkina faso. you can hear in the video all of that gunfire. jihadists are likely behind this attack. several people are also injured. security forces arrived at this scene with armored vehicles. last year, islamic extremists killed 30 people at a restaurant popular with tourists. back here at home, three men are dead after a shooting at a drag racetrack near mill walk eye. the victims were standing near a food vendor when a gunman approached am sh approached and shot them. police are still searching for the sus spent and no word yet on a motive. spacex is set to launch another cargo and experiment launch. think want to sigh if a commercial computer can be designed to last in the
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environment of low-earth orbit. and in virginia, first responders are getting word about skrynchronized swimming. >> they put on swim caps, oh, not bad, gentlemen. they had their goggles and floaties. >> i want to sisee more. >> one of the officers got in in his full vest and one of the others had to get him out. i almost sank. >> they had zero experience with synchronized swimming but watched a few video the online and it took four separate shoots to get this beautiful grand final eye. what say you, kg? >> i thgive them a ten. >> doo, doo,
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all right, now to a lawsuit calling attention to the high cost of prescription drugs. >> yeah, taking on those big drugstore chains that you see all around you, accusing them of overcharging for prescriptions. here's marcy gonzales. >> reporter: two pharmacy giants accused of charging patients more than they needed to. >> it's a
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pharmacists, am i getting the best price? would i be better off if i paid cash? >> reporter: two lawsuits claim the pharmacies failed to inform customers when they could pay li less by not using insurance. a patient claims she bought a generic drug through her insurance with $166 retail. but they failed to tell her she would pay $92, the full retail price. when the co-pay is higher than the retail price, the lawsuit claims the extra money can go back to the middleman, noknown a claw back. they say that its own pbm does not engage in the co-pay claw backs. cvs and walgreens say the lawsuits have no merit. in many cases they can't volunteer information about pricing, but you can ask and
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it's outta there. that was the tying of the game against the yankees, the 102-mile-per-hour pitch was the fastest ever hit for a home run. >> oh. >> and sadly, and i do mean sadly, that means the red sox won, 3-2. >> look at their dance moves. >> wah, wah, wah. >> they had great dance moves. they deserve to win. >> hole your tongue, sir. >> the second day of a doubleheader, the nats, kendrick hits the grand slam. washington earns the submit, and -- split and it looks like bryce harper will be just fine. >> how are his dance moves? both a father and grandfathe
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tour. >> neither was able to win a major. it looked like that would be thomas's day when it set on the edge of 10th hole. oh! then it fell in. the 24 year old went on to win. >> i nknow grandpa was watching at home. it's a great win for the family, and it's a moment we'll never forget, all of us. >> his grandfather, paul, has been a pro for 60 years. he's the first person justin called after the win. >> and tim tebow is okay, happy to report, after a moment that must have given him some nash backs. >> he was batting. the pitch gets away, and struck him in the
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and we're back for your monday mix, and, you know, going back to school is kind of tough. that first day of school can be a really, really rough day. you start all like yay. yes, we are all excited. and this one reddit user shared some photos of her daughter. >> pumped, ready to go. >> first day of preschool. she looks all together. her hair is did. her outfit hooks on point. it was followed by her, at the end of that first day. her hair's a little bit scattered. she looks a little dejected, like how many more of these
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have to go through? there's a little bit of chalk, it looks like, on her skirt. oh, yes, there are many more days like this, young lady, get use to it, 5-year-old frankie there. >> these new puzzles are make the round. and they are called "colors", it's 1,000 pieces. all it is, is a big gradient of colors. each piece is a ditch size or shape. but there are no lines or designs to follow along. some are calling it the hardest puzzle ever. if you have somebody who hates puzzles but can't resist having to put them together, here's a great birthday or christmas present for them. >> and if you are colorblind, that would be really, really difficult. but it's tough anyway, but wow. okay, so you know what's difficult is
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moore there, the famed cliffs, about 700 feet above sea, if you are afraid of heights. this is one guy who was filmed by his wife, who was encouraging him to go there and make it to the edge. and so he crawls his way, and then recoils really quickly. all she wanted was one little photo there next to the edge. >> mission accomplished. >> yeah. proud moment, dad. and those of us on flights, people find different ways to pass the time. sometimes you read a magazine, watch a movie, listen to music. some flight attendants came up with a different plan. they divided the passengers up into two and had them race a toilet paper roll. each person had to pass to the row behind them, without breaking the toilet paper roll. and whatever side won the toilet
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this morning on world news now. a deadly car rams a crowd in virginia. we're going to take a look at the country, now looking to heal and the latest on the overnight scene in charlottesville as well as the political backlash facing the president about what he hasn't said about the incident. and after spending only days in the white house, anthony scaramucci is speaking out and in an abc news exclusive to george stephanopoulos, what he thinks the president should be doing right now. and the violent arrest seen on camera. >> the officer punching the suspect in the head and slamming him to the pavement. how it all started
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happened to that officer. and miley cyrus is mysteriously m.i.a. for the teen choice awards. she was set to receive a prestigious honor. we'll have the highlights from the ceremony and the blue carpet. from abc news, this is world news now. >> good morning, everybody. we're going to start with the investigation into this weekend's deadly violence on the streets of charlottesville, virginia. here's what we know. james fields, the man charged, with plowing his car into a crowd was marching with one of the groups of white supremacists protesting against the removal of a confederate statute. >> he reported for basic training in august 2015 but he was released from active duty for quote, a failure to meet training standards. he's due in court today to face murder and other charges. >> he is accused of deliberately
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ramming his dodge challenger into a crowd of people. you see the scenes there. they were protesting the rally organized by white nationalists. abc's seva pilgrim is there. >> reporter: charlottesville under siege. a car mowing down a crowd of people protesting against a white nationalist rally in charlottesville. we're learning more about the man accused of driving that car, 20-year-old james fields. just before the attack, fields, seen on video, chanting a message of white power, marching with vanguard america, a known white supremacist group. hours later, fields allegedly carrying out his attack. witnesses watching in horror. >> the car came screaming down the street. the driver gunned it into the crowd of people. >> pretty clear that the driver wa
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300 people. >> reporter: fields arrested shortly after, seen sitting in handcuffs. his mother saying she knew her son was driving to a rally. >> i didn't know it was white supremacist. i thought it had something to do with trump. trump's not a supremacist. i mean, he had an african-american friend. >> reporter: a former teacher now saying in high school, feels made pro-nazi comments. >> he felt whites were superior. he felt the views adolf hitler espoused were correct in some way. >> reporter: the group he was marching with have a slogan. "blood and soil." the idea, people with white blood have a special bond with american soil, one of a number of hate groups protesting the removal of a confederate statute the rally becoming one of the largest gathering of white supremacists in decades. one of the organizers of the
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out, criticizing the city for shutting down the rally saturday morning. >> what happened yesterday was the result of the charlottesville police officers refusing to do their job. >> reporter: the city on high alert as counter protesters surround the area. snipers on the rooftop, state police on guard. a man rushing in. a woman tackling kessler before he got up and ran away. the crowd chasing after him. you see state police have formed a line here to keep the crowd that was chasing after jason kessler from getting to him. the governor defending the police force's response against what he called car terrorism. >> this was a great effort by the city, the state, our national guard, our state police, the local enforcement, the fbi, department of homeland security. >> reporter: eva pilgrim, charlottesville, virginia. >> and protests
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the country. in seattle, a group marching against white supremacy, and a pro-president trump group held duelling rallies. some of those protesters there clashed with police who used pepper spray to disburse the crowd. and over in indianapolis, demonstrators from both sides showed up in force, hitting the streets. you can see a round of applause there on one side. but back in charlottesville, the scene has been fairly quiet for now. elizabeth hur is there with the latest. >> reporter: kendis and diane good morning. we are at emancipation park where all of this began with that so-called unite the right rally, protesting the city's decision to remove that confederate statue. now that was saturday. but what a difference a day makes. on sunday, we actually saw one man throwing what looked like paint but was actually colored cornstarch onto the statue. he was saying that the statue has to go. then just about three blocks from here, that's the crash scene where a makeshift memorial
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is growing by the hour. at one point, i was there, and dozens of people were singing, praying, and even crying together. one survivor of the crash actually stood up and took a minute to tell the group that this is not a war zone. this is charlottesville, and what happened here, she said, will not break us. and it is important that everyone here, they don't let that happen, especially for the victims. kendis and diane? >> our thanks to elizabeth there in charlottesville. and a big news conference that president trump had promise to hold today is apparently not on his schedule, as he remains under fire for his response to the violence over the weekend. >> lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are urging the president to clearly denounce white supremacy and other hate groups involved in the clashes. they say his words weren't enough. >> we condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides, on many
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it's been going on for a long time in our country. not donald trump, not barack obama, it's been going on for a long, long time. >> on many sides. those words receiving quite a bit of criticism. but vice president mike pence did not hesitate to name names, saying we have no tolerance for hate and violence from white supremacists, neo-nazis or the kkk. >> pence spoke as he began a week-long trip to latin america. he defended the president's statement and took a shot at the media. >> i will say i take issue with the fact that many in the national media spend more time criticizing the president's words than they did criticizing those who perpetrated the violence to begin with. we should be putting the attention where it belongs. and that is on the extremist groups that need to be pushed out of the public debate entirely.
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department is launching a civil rights investigation into the circumstances surrounding the deadly crash there in charlottesville, attorney general jeff session may consider a hate crime charge as well he said, quote, when such actions arise from racial bigotry and hatred they betray our core values and cannot be tolerated. we'll hear more from sessions in a few hours when he appears on "good morning america." and anthony scaramucci is siding with those who say the president's comments didn't go far enough. >> scaramucci sat down for an abc exclusive shall his first tv interview since his 11-day stint at the white house. >> reporter: former white house communications director, anthony scaramucci among those saying the president should have taken a tough ever stance on the violence in charlottesville. >> i think he needed to be harsher.
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when it kol comes to the white supremacists. >> reporter: scaramucci warn steve bannon is a snag on the agenda. >> i think the toleration is inexcusable. >> reporter: scaramucci in his brash demeanor lasted just 11 day the in the white house. >> we don't stop the leaks. i'm going to stop you. >> reporter: scaramucci facing his bombastic comments. >> the mooch showed up a week ago. >> reporter: showing no remorse about insulting his rival, ousted chief of staff, reince priebus. >> he is a [ bleep ] paranoid schizophrenic. >> reporter: he says he still has regrets. >> i wish they would give my a bar of soap and tell me to wash my mouth out in the bathroom and move on. >> reporter: and scaramucci also suggesting there are people inside the white house working against the president. >> i think there are elements inside of washgt
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in the white house, that are not abetting the president's agenda or his interests, i absolutely believe that. >> reporter: abc reached out to steve bannon for a reaction. he has not yet responded. gloria rivera, abc news, washington. and we move on now to the russia probe and robert mueller who wants to question white house staffers. reince priebus is reportedly among those mueller is seeking to interview. he wants to question staffers about the president's decision to fire former fbi director james comey. he's also seeking information about meetings and who attended them. coming up, the latest nfl star to sit during the national anthem in protest. he explains why he's doing it. and miami's hottest new deejay. lebron james? so what's he spinning? it's got to be something like really intense, right? no. i'm not, my ears deceive me. that's later in the skinny. but first, a
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firefighters in philadelphia rescued a 58 rear old man who had fallen into an eight-foot sinkhole over the weekend. eugene clark was trying to replace traffic cones around the hole that a car had knocked down, and he injured his ankle and wrist and his lower back, but the city water department is apparently in no hurry to fix that hole. it says it will send a maintenance crew to do an inspection later this week. an officer in ohio is on suspension. a man pulled over for a traffic violation allegedly resisted arrest. you can see the officer punching the suspect and slamming his head on the pavement. the video has now wracked up nearly 3 million views. an investigation is pending. dallas's cowbo
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expected to appeal his domestic violence suspension. he received a six-game ban from the nfl, stemming from allegations made by a former girlfriend. elliott was neither charged or arrested in the case. under the nfl's personal conduct policy, players can be disciplined outside of the justice system. and michael bennet opted to sit during the national anthem during the game with the l.a. chargers. he said he'll continue to do so to highlight injustice in this country. he pointed out he loves the military am and his father was no the military. but he doesn't love segregation or oppression. and to tom cruise. >> he came up short on this long jump, slamming into the side of a building. so this is on the set of mission impossible six. >> oh, oh. >> and again. >> ah. >> so tmz reports that cruise failed the building jump at least twice.
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but thankfully, those safety wires were there to keep him from actually plunging to his death. >> so my thinking on it is that those safety wires were also supposed to be like a boost, to pull him up so he can make that jump. i watched the video a little bit. >> it's a movie, so everything has to be real. so he has to be able to jump that high on his own, right? isn't that how it works? >> i guess. there's no way. 50 something and doing my own stunts? no thank you. all right, when we come back, miley cyrus was m.i.a. for the teen choice awards. what happened? and is lebron james turning in the high tops for the turn tables? "the skinny's" next. rescue workers only trust dawn, because it's tough on grease yet gentle. i am home, i am home, i am home
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it is your monday skinny time. we're going to kick things off with the big award show to top all awards shows. the teen choice awards. some of the stars hit the blue carpet, looking casual. here's zendaya in her pajamas. >> oh, thank you for dressing up for the occasion. >> leisurewear is all the thing now is what the kids say. >> others glammed it up, like rita ora, looking pretty in pink. inside the show was overshadowed by the absence of miley cyrus, though. she said on instagram halfway through the show that she couldn't make it because of her crazy schedule. >> she was supposed to be honored. >> one of the biggest awards of the night. >> one of the biggest awards. you waited until during the award to say oopsys, not going to make it. >> certainly, it was a big priority of the means a lot to
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>> meantime, zendaya, who still in her pajamas by the way. she won a surfboard for her performance in "spiderman" the and took a moment to talk to the audience, saying, "you are the future." >> you, too, can wear pajamas to work one day. so lebron james was back in miami over the week, but it had nothing to do with basketball. sorry, heat fans. the king was actually hitting up the turn tables at the nightclub. >> oh, so he was singing along to pit ball's "fireball." and a bunch of other songs. but the night really got crazy when he got the crowd singing along to this. >> oh, good -- it's got to be one of today's hits, right? ♪ ♪ you can do it with all the boy ♪ ♪ it's good to stay at the ymca ♪ >> that would get the crowd
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two hours. some set list that he was going through, but he probably shouldn't quit his day job. >> did he play the electric slide, too? love that one. >> gets them all going and the shuffle, the shuffle, what is it called? the -- >> kick, kick this way? on to a simple case of mistaken identity. i'll give you a few moments to think about it. "billboard" magazine asked people to tell them how much justin bieber means to them. except, check out the picture. not justin bieber. >> so they quickly deleted the tweet and posted the correct one, but it was too late. >> harry styles is up there. >> they don't even look alike. >> you know who does, though? i have a hard time with dane cook
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>> you got to keep your shirt on, bud eye, otherwise you get a card. but i still love you. >> bad boy. bad boy. once again. i'm still here, you can share some of the love. so now he's the football player making a real impact, not like that guy. >> all right, bye, ronaldo. >> despite that he hasn't played in a single game. >> it's off-the-field catch. that he'll never forget. >> reporter: university of minnesota's new coach showed up to a team meeting this week with a surprise play and a special guest. kyle tanner, a patient at um's children's hospital. coach asked him who his favorite player was. [ applause ] >> reporter: justin juniman, a walk-on, third-string kicker who's never played a single down, but the coach praised him for never giving up in football and in visiting young people like kyle.
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shirt cannon, which he promptly aimed at justin. he made a sweet, one-handed grab. he rubbed the shirt, then stunned, showed it to the team. he'd just been awarded a full scholarship, and just to make things even sweeter, justin also made it on sports center to share his story and newest souvenir. >> i brought it with me just in case. i'm holding onto this for a while. >> reporter: holding onto the shirt and the moment when he caught it and saw what it said. >> once i read that and everybody jumped on me, and it just went nuts after that. >> reporter: mara schiavocampo. >> i love the team's reaction. everybody's so incredibly pumped for him. >> he apparently face timed with his mother after, and she screamed. she was so happy. >> absolutely. great catch, i'd say. don't miss our updates on facebook at wnnfans.com. updates on facebook at wnnfans.com.
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making news in america this morning, remembering the victims in charlottesville. people gathering at a memorial as we learn more about the suspect accused of driving through the crowd. the scenes there over the weekend. now, the pictures of him at the white supremacist rally hours before the incident and what his mother is aing this morning. president trump under fire for his response to the attack accused of not condemning white supremacists in his statement. mike pence is making his comments clear. a sky driver stuck in a tree for four hours after a landing mishap. why was he stuck there for so long? tom cruise injured in a stunt. see his leap from a building
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