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this morning on "world news now." the fallout from charlottesville. >> protesters greeted president trump as he returned home to new york city, angry over the president taking 48 hours to call out white supremacists by their name. the hate groups who instigated the violence in charlottesville that led to three deaths. this as high profile members of a business advisory council resign over trump's seemingly reluctant response. and the latest in the tense standoff with north korea. kim jong un's regime is apparently ready with that mission to file missiles at guam, but there could be hope in the country's latest message to the u.s.
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virginia. >> in north carolina, protesters gathered with a rope and pulled down a statue. >> and thousands of vocal demonstrators welcomed the president on his first overnight trip home since he took office. many angry that he waited two days before calling out white supremacy groups as criminals and thugs. cecelia vega has details. >> reporter: nearly 48 hours after that car plowed into people in charlottesville, president trump stepping before the cameras to give that violence a name. >> those who create violence in its name are tlugs, including the kkk, white supremis, and neo-nazis and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything we hold dear as americans. >> reporter: under fire all weekend, it started
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what he said but what he didn't say. scenes like this unfolding for hours without word from the president. when the president did speak out in person, he condemned not just the racists marching in the streets, but many sides. >> we condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides. on many sides. >> reporter: the backlash was instant and nearly universal, even from republican allies. >> call this white supremism, this white nationalism evil and let the world hear it. it is something that needs to come from the oval office, and this white house needs to do it today. >> reporter: by sunday, a statement not from the president but from an unidentified aide saying the president said very strongly in his statement that he condemns all forms of bigotry and hatred, and of course that includes white supremis, kkk,
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neo-nazis and hate groups. his daughter went there, saying there should be no place in society for racism, white supremacy and neo-mattsys. and his attorney general pressed on whether he would finally speak out against white supremacists. >> will he say the name of these groups? >> we will, he will say what he believes is appropriate. i think he probably will. >> reporter: a reporter asking the president one more time why he waited so long to name those groups. >> mr. president, can you explain why you did not condemn those hate groups by name over the weekend? >> they have been condemned. they have been condemned. >> reporter: and the president is tweeting about his remarks on charlottesville saying he realizes once again that the quote fake news media will never be satisfied. truly bad people. cecelia vega, abc news, the white house. >> there are a few other people who weren't satisfied. three ceos have now resigned from trump's manufacturing advisory council following his response t
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charlottesville. the ceo of merck was followed by ceos of intel and under armour. the president quickly fired back with two tweets, saying frazier will have more time on ripoff drug prices. the president did not respond to them, stepping down from his council. we're learning chilling new details about the man now charged with murder in that car attack in charlottesville. newly-released police records show the suspect spent time in juvenile detention after his disabled mother accused him of beating her and threatening her with a knife. some classmates say he idolized adolf hitler. on a visit to
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camp, he said "this is where the magic happened." the police chief in charlottesville is expressing regretd and calling it a heart wrenching weekend. >> verbal exchanges can lead toe physical exchanges to lead to further violence. >> reporter: that chain of violence escalated to violent chaos, leaving one protester dead, dozens injured after a car plowed into the crowd. now many are questioning if local police could have done more. >> you can always have lessons learned. >> reporter: authorities did try to cancel the planned unite the white rally, a judge denied their request. instead, thousands showed up clashing with counter protesters, well armed and outnumbering the police. but police experts say the
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sides should never have met in the first place. interlocking fences, large vehicles and the officers themselves should have been used to create a barrier. >> you want to keep them separated. it allows you to designate areas for counter protests and areas for protests. >> reporter: experts say nearby traffic should always be blocked. >> what happened yesterday was the result of the charlottesville police officers refusing to do their jobs. >> reporter: speaking the day after the fatal attack, the rally organizer was later chased from the podium. the two sides still protesting alongside one another the next day. >> we're working with our state and local partners to investigate thoroughly, any criminal or civil rights violations that may have occurred this past weekend that have not yet been reported. >> reporter: virginia's governor defended his police force. >> zero property damage, not a shot fired when many of these individuals were carrying weapons, i'm very proud of th
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officers lost their lives in a helicopter crash. we're going to turn overseas and the sidewalk cafe near paris that turned into a scene of death and chaos. a driver slammed his vehicle into more than a dozen people. authorities now calling the driver's actions deliberate but not terrorism. one girl was killed and 13 others injured. police say the driver may have been under the influence of draws and w drugs and was possibly suicidal. the girl's brother was among those affected and is in critical condition. kim jong un has been briefed on plans to send missiles toward guam. he seemed to signal a path to defuse the showdown, saying he will give orders for that test if the u.s. continues its dangerous action. joints chief of staff chairman dunford is visiting south korea and says the u.s. wants a
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to use the full range of the military if provoked. and an oklahoma man is under arrest for allegedly trying to blow up a bank. he wanted to replicate the 1995 oklahoma oklahoma city bombing which killed 168 people. jerry varnell is accused of trying to detonate what he thought was a 1,000-pound bomb. an undercover informant provided the materials to build the fake bomb. he was motivated by anti-government views. taylor swift's jury found that mueller groped her. jurors awarded her $1 in damages, a symbol eck amount. her attorney called immeasurable that judgment, immeasurable to all women in the situation. the six woman/two-man jury rejected the argument that swif
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lose his job. according to our sister network, espn, a toxicology report reports that tiger woods had painkillers and the active ingredient of marijuana in his system. it's not known if the drugs had been prescribed. medical marijuana is legal in florida. woods is now in a die version program. if he completes it, his record could be cleared. and colorado rockies' bettis returned to the field after of a year-long battle with testicular cancer. >> he faced off against the braves. he needed to shake off some rust, i'd say, at the top, allowing a triple to the first batter of the day, but then, just like he beat cancer, bettis showed that he can beat the braves as well, shutting out atlanta and its batters over the course of seven innings, impressive
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>> yiet a way to come back. >> yeah, exactly. you have to realize if you are the braves or any other team in major league baseball. if he has beaten cancer and has now gone 3-0 in his first game back you are frin trouble. >> he said he felt like a kid on christmas. >> his wife was there beaming, pride. coming up, how you can get in some gym time while you're on the go. >> learn why some folks are choosing to stepien side a box to go for a run. but first, surveillance video showing a student with autism forcibly restrained by teachers. why they declined to charge staffers after viewing the footage.
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the whole thing started with the fire suppression system accidentally discharged releasing the foam. the workers were found. they had climbed some scaffolding to escape the foam. fire crews came to clean up the mess. we do have a report about sleep and diabetes fact foors f kids. children who don't get enough sleep have an increased risk for diabetes. those who got less sleep had higher levels of shugar in the morning and higher insulin resistance. all are risk factors for the disease. a teacher and a teacher's aide are seen dragging a young boy with autism through a hallway. >> his mother posted the surveillance video on facebook after a prosecutor decided not to file charges. here's abc's linzie janis. >> reporter: this surveillance video shows an ohio teacher and aide carrying and dragging a 7-year-old boy with aut
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after they say they tried to discipline the boy on the play ground, one can be seen dragging kindergartener corbin kinly by his ankle. >> i was shocked. i don't think mib would want that to hab ppen even to a pet. let alone a child. >> reporter: his mother posting the video on facebook after a prosecutor declined to bring charges against the teachers, saying the incident did not meet the elements required for felony prosecution. when it happened back in may, the school district immediately calling police and placing the staffers on paid leave. >> i feel that the incident occurr occurred due to a peak in frustration. >> reporter: the teacher was hit in the eye by the boy. but the school district says those employees had specific training to de-escalate situations like that and should have followed their training. lindsey janice, abc news, new york. coming up, the frightening
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sideswiped car swerves right underneath a truck. but first, the murder mystery that gripped the nation. now scott peterson is speaking out from death row, just as a new television series is taking a fresh look at the case. that's next on world news now. ♪ five-second rule protection. new lysol kitchen pro eliminates 99.9% of bacteria without any harsh chemical residue. ♪ lysol. what it takes to protect.
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convented of killing his wife lacy peterson while she was eight months pregnant. >> now a program shedding new light on a case we thought we knew. >> i was terrified. >> reporter: that's the voice of scott peterson in a brand-new audio interview talking from death row about the moment he was found guilty of murdering his wife and unborn child. a jury has just convicted him of guilty. now an a and e series takes a look at the case that gripped the country. lacy peterson disappeared in 2002 on christmas eve. scott told police he'd been fishing that day. >> she will be giving birth soon. >> reporter: he hasn't spoken out about their since his convection. what made him want to speak about it now? >> his case is under appeal. it felt like a time for him and hess lawyer to step up
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>> reporter: you want to talk about the verdict first? >> reporter: the series revisits most of the key players, including amber fry, whose bombshell admission changed everything. >> scott told me he was not married. we did have a romantic relationship. >> reporter: a revelation she discusses in a 2004 audio thap was never released until now. >> why did you talk to amber after lacy had gone missing? >> she started to do media interviews. i'd seen what had happened to the search for shachandra
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>> reporter: the series also examines the effect the media had on the case and evidence potentially overlooked, like witnesses who claimed to have seen lacy after she went missing. >> can you give us examples of moments that might change their minds or shock them? >> i think when you listen to the witnesses who say they saw lacy in the park, that will be a surprise. >> i wasn't the last person to see lacy that day. there are so many witnesses who saw her walking in the neighborhood after i left. >> reporter: still producers say this is not an exoneration piece and that they look at all sides of the case. what are you hoping to accomplish with the series? >> i want people to say what actually happened here? >> and the series premieres tonight on a&e. though i do want to know, lacy's family and the prosecution declined to participate. and i asked the producer, do you think this is going to be one
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and he said we did everything to get that side of the story. they have vintage tapes and so on of that. but i've already watched some of it it. so interesting. >> can't believe there's stuff we didn't know about it.
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while you're outside to then just run? >> maybe it's like air conditioned and, you know, there are some nice features. it shows you great images of the outdoors. >> images of the outdoors. i would think anything else but a treadmill would be more effective, but hey. apparently it's doing pretty well. they've got 1,000 of them around beijing. >> you're kidding me. the beijing climate is horrible, horrendous. air quality is terrible. >> so it's safer? >> it is actually kind of smart. >> they didn't say air purifier. they just said air conditioning. >> oh, well, you may be breathing the outside air indoors. if you don't have any kids or if you have a significant other, you get this situation where you go, oh, what do you want for dinner and often you'll get the answer -- >> i don't care. >> i don't know. i'm not hungry. there is now a restaurant and deli that has found
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the next time your kid or significant other says i don't care, that is basically a breaded chicken tender with french fries and it will cost you $4. the "i'm not hungry", grilled cheese with french fries. the "i don't want that", fish sticks and french fries. >> i like that it's advertised as the kids' menu, and you went straight to significant other. >> we've all been there, when you're like, what's for dinner? >> where do you want to go? i don't care, whatever you want to eat, whatever. >> that's just a man being passo agro. >> i could use that menu. over to a medieval fair in perth, australia. they talk smack and make you mad and you try to hit them with the
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this tuesday morning on "world news now." is north korea ready to launch? kim jong un's military has shown him plans, but is he leaving the door open for a peace plan? we're going to hear from the chairman of the joint chiefs and his message to the american people. 48 hours after the deadly attack in virginia, president trump condemns racism as evil, calling out the kkk, neo-nazis and white supremacists, this as the fallout spreads from beyond charlot charlottesville to other cities. and new this half hour, the de

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