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

>> ooh. and good morning, we begin with charlottesville, virginia, a city in mourning after this weekend's deadly violence. >> here's what we know right now. especially about james fields, a man charged with plowing his vehicle into ray crowd of people photographed earlier in the day marching with a white supremacy group. an army spokeswoman says he reported for basic training in august 2015 but was later released and fields is due in court today facing murder and other charges. >> the charlottesville woman killed in that crash was heather heyer who worked as a paralegal. the other vics were virginia state troopers who died when their helicopter crashed as they were looking to get to the scene. mourners have been gathered in charlottesville to remember those victims and to call for peace going forward. abc abc's emily rau

the latest. >> reporter: good morning. the city of charlottesville is still in a state of emergency. the streets though are quiet this morning after a night of vigils bolton here and across the country. the alleged driver behind the wheel of this car mowing down a crowd of people protesting against a white nationalists rally now charged with murder. [ chanting ] >> reporter: 20-year-old james fields drove from ohio to virginia for the really chanting a message of white supremacy. >> i thought it had something to do with trump. i mean, he had an african-american friend. >> fields' mother saying she didn't know about her son's view but a former teacher say they date back to his days in high school. >> he had this idea that whites were a dominant race. >> reporter: solidarity against those views from charlottesville to d.c. and cities across the country, people standing together against

[ chanting ] >> reporter: one counterprotester in the large group of mourners saying he saw 32-year-old heather heyer die. >> i saw the life pass from her eyes and i watched her die and from that moment on, i swore to myself that i would not stop in the fight against white supremacy. >> reporter: and the memorial you can see behind me here at the site of the car attack filled with flowers and candles and written in sidewalk chalk says heather heyer, a hero. we do expect to see the suspect in court today. diane and kendis. >> emily, we know the organizer tried to hold a news conference but that didn't go so well. what happened? >> that's right. jason kesser, the person who organized the rally tried to speak, hold a press conference and was basically heckled by an angry mob. people yelling at him. he had to be escorted out into the police station by the authorities. he did say a few things before he escaped the crowds blaming the police for wha

mob that was yelling at him calling that an example of anti-white hate. diane. >> wow, hard to believe these are scenes from an american town in 2017. emily, thank you. friends and family of the woman killed in that crash tell abc news she was a strong woman who died speaking out against discrimination. >> heather heyer was a single mom working as a paralegal and as a waitress trying to support her daughter. heyer's own mother said she was a strong advocate for peace. >> heather's life was not about hate, and this young man who ran my daughter down mistakenly believed that hate would change the world. >> heather's mom continued by saying she was destined to give her life for fighting against evil. >> family and friends are mourning the loss of veteran virginia state troopers berk bates and jay cullen. they were in a helicopter deployed in response to the violence. that crashed not far from the

promised to hold a big press conference today but it's not on his official schedule as he faces growing criticism over his remarks following the deadly violence. >> demonstrators gathered at trump tower in new york and in other cities urging the president to denounce specifically the hate groups involved in the clashes. this morning the white house is confronting the backlash following president trump's response to the violence in charlottesville. >> we condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides, on many sides. >> reporter: now many critics are saying it wasn't strong enough and should have condemned specific groups. and president trump's allies are calling him out. >> i think clearly he should talk much more aggressively about it. >> call this white supremeicism, this white nationalism evil and let the country and world hear it. >> reporter: the white house tried to clarify, of course, that includes white supremacists,

all extremist groups. it was attributed to an unnamed representative but overnight in columbia vice president mike pence echoed those sentiments. >> we have no tolerance for hate and violence for white supremacist, neo-nazis or the kkk. >> reporter: the vice president also defended the president slamming the media's coverage of the criticism. >> 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. >> meanwhile, attorney general jeff sessions says he may consider a hate crime charge and said when actions happen like this they betray our core values and cannot be tolerated. we'll hear from sessions when he appears on "good morning america." anthony scaramucci is siding with those who say the president's remarks on charlottesville didn't go far enough. in his first tv

his 11-stay stint at the white house ended he told abc news that the president should have taken a tougher stance on calling out white supremacists by their names and he issued a warning about white house chief strategist steve bannon. >> i've never sat down with steve bannon and said are you a white nationalist or white supremacist but the toleration of it by steve bannon is inexcusable. >> scaramucci has suggested that there are people in the white house working against the president. >> now for a look at your weather. the latest radar picture shows a cluster of storms moving eastward across the texas panhandle and into southern oklahoma that triggered flooding north of dallas turing streets into rivers forcing evacuations in the city of sherman and leaving dodds stranded in their cars. even leading to water rescues. nearly half a foot of rain fell across the area over a

period. about two dozen families in sherman were forced out of their homes by rising waters. quite a bit of cleanup ahead. well, still ahead right here why ram son is warning people who purchased a special pair of glasses for the upcoming solar eclipse. breaking overnight a shooting kills three people at an auto racing event. the suspect is still on the loose. we'll have the latest from the crime scene. more from charlottesville. this dramatic photo of a man with red shoes flying in the air after pushing his fiancee out of the way. he's now talking about that terrifying moment.

breaking overnight three men are dead after a shooting at a racetrack near milwaukee. the victims were standing near food vendors when a gunman approached and shot them point plank rank. several thousand were at the track at the time. it was eventually evacuated. now police are searching for the suspect but no word yet on a possible motive. also breaking overnight at least 18 people are dead after a terror attack at a restaurant in the west african country of behr keno fast so. they arrived after shots fired at a restaurant popular with tourists. witnesses say gunfire could be heard almost seven hours after that attack started. eight people were also injured. here at home a violent arrest that's gone viral on facebook has forced a police officer in ohio into paid administrative leave. it happened after the suspect violently revised arrest during a traffic stop. this is outside of cleveland. one of the o

you can see punching him in the head and even at one point slamming his head to the pavement. now, that video has now racked up some nearly 3 million views. an investigation is under way. amazon is making a solar eclipse-related recall. they are warning customers to send back unverified glasses that are meant for viewing the eclipse. the quality of those glasses has led to safety concerns. anyone who bought the affected glasses is supposed to receive an e-mail from amazon. the eclipse takes place next monday. spacex set to launch another batch of cargo and science experiments to the international space station this afternoon. one of those will involve a supercomputer from hewlett-packard. they're hoping to see whether a commercial computer can be designed to survive the harsh environment. the hope lives on for powerball dreamers. >> after no winning numbers were drawn, it has soared to an

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flooding conditions over the rockies stretching from the southern border straight up into canada. if you're flying, you can expect airport delays in atlanta. learning new details about the violence in charlottesville this weekend and at least one man emerging as a hero. >> marcus martin was caught on camera getting hit by that dodge challenger that plowed through the crowd of protesters. his fiancee, marisa says he was hurt saving her life. pushing her out of the way of that oncoming vehicle. martin says he acted on instinct. >> i tried to stand up and walk to find her, couldn't walk. >> were you screaming out for her? >> all the medics that came up to me, can i help you sir, i need you to find my fiancee. i didn't care about how bad my injury was. >> you didn't feel the pain. >> oh, yeah, i felt it. i felt it but it was the last thing on my mind. >> martin suffered a broken leg. his fiancee is calling the

behind the wheel deserves everything he gets and more. dallas cowboys running back ezekiel elliott is expected to appeal his domestic violence suspension this week. he received a six-game ban stemming from allegations made by a former girlfriend. elliott was near charged nor arrested. under the nfl's personal conduct policy players can be disciplined outside of the justice system. >> a guy in massachusetts says he's embarrassed but lucky after spending part of his sunday night in a tree. it took rescuers outside boston four hours to get him down. he was stuck about 60 feet in the air. he couldn't deploy his main parachute and became twisted in the line for the reserve and then it was time to hope that he'd land safely. >> i don't understand how this happened but i landed perfectly in the tree sitting on a branch, so a

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leo playing leo. >> huh. >> leo dicaprio is starring in a new biopic about leonardo da vinci. he will also produce the adaptation of walter isaacson's book. >> cool background. leo's mother said she decided to name him after the artist when she felt him kick in utero for the first time and stood in front of a da vinci work in florence. >> has nothing to do with him being a leo. >> you mean the zodiac sign. >> yeah. >> no, but he is an artist. there is a big scoop from the indiana state fair. a new world record was set for eating the most ice cream during a competition. miki sudo won by downing 16 1/2 pie pint of of ice cream in six minutes and earned $2,000 and a lot of brain freeze. >> i'm thinking so as well. >> eating comes

four-time champion of the nathan's hot dog eating contest. >> do you think you could do it? >> no. but i'm happy to try. >> there you go. passengers usually doze off on cross country flights but not this one. >> flight attendants on board a recent southwest flight decided to help everyone pass the time by inviting them to take part in a toilet paper race. ichiro had to carefully unravel rolls from front to the back of the cabin. >> the winning side was allowed to get off the plane first. they seemed to like it. passenger who recorded ia white rally ends with " " terror in charlottesville.

charlottesville. a white nationalist rally ends with three people dead, and dozens injured. as the investigation continues this morning-- president trump is under fire for his response to the bloodshed. good morning washington. toss to eileen - cloudy start to the week - few late day showers - hotter & humid mid to late week - first look at eclipse weather next monday today: partly sunny to mostly cloudy. becoming humid. spotty late day shower. highs: 81-85 winds: ne to se 5-10 mph tonight: mostly cloudy. isolated shower. lows: 66-73 winds: se 5 mph tuesday: mostly cloudy. spotty shower. highs: 83-87 winds: nne 5 mph turning back to our top story. the terror in

our top story. the terror in charlottesville. a white nationalist rally rally triggering a state of emergency. this morning, 1 woman is dead and more than a dozen are injured after a demonstrator reportedly used his car to plow into people protesting the "unite the right" rally. this morning vice president mike pence, forcfully denouncing the groups responsible, promising to prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law. the vice president the vice president added that president trump's statements were a sincere call for unity. and he criticized the media for focusing on the president instead of those who

violence. while vice-president pence was coming to the president's defense, other lawmakers were not as understanding. the mayor of charlottesville spoke out sunday, saying president trump was partly to blame for the violence overtaking his city. take a listen. mayor signer went on to say that once mayor signer went on to say that once a fair investigation is complete, he wants the justice department to "vigorously prosecute this as a case of domestic terrorism". meanwhile- the wife of a virginia man - who was tossed to the ground when that speeding car rammed into counter protesters - is now speaking out. she tells us that he is still in the hospital and has a long road to recovery. she says burke had to get several

stitches - and also hurt his eyes and legs. it's xx and we're just getting started. terror in charlottesville. a protester, and two state troopers dead this morning after a chaotic weekend in virginia. the suspect headed to court, as federal investigators head to the scene. our tream coverage is moments away. good morning washington. - cloudy start to the week - few late day showers - hotter & humid mid to late week - first look at eclipse weather next monday today: partly sunny to mostly cloudy. becoming humid. spotty late day shower.

winds: ne to se 5-10 mph tonight: mostly cloudy. isolated shower. lows: 66-73 winds: se 5 mph tuesday: mostly cloudy. spotty shower. highs: 83-87 winds: nne 5 mph