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

saw elephants helping tourists escape monsoon floodwaters. and what do you do if you are a couple of world famous musicians trying to make a living? you take it to the streets. one direction broke up, but is it really that bad out there? for real. the apparent plight of a former boy band member in "the skinny" on this tuesday, august 15th. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> how many members of one direction are there, by the way? i can't keep track. >> there were five members of one direction, not that i would know, not that i have been to their concert in washington, d.c. >> that's a very quick answer. >> that's been one of my debates. who has had the best post-one-d career, zayn, liam, harry, nile,

that. clearly you have more to say on this topic, so we will get -- >> that was liam, by the way in the streets. we'll get to that in "the skinny." but we'll start this half hour off with north korea now appearing to tone down its threat to guam. >> north korean tv showed kim jong un apparently being briefed on launches for this month. but he walked back the threat saying he will give orders for the tests if the united states continues its dangerous actions. >> a week after president truwa and fury, the joint chiefs of staff says he is ready for a peaceful solution. >> what would you say to americans to reassure them about this situation? >> sure, what i would say to americans today, we have the capability to defend them against the limited attack that north korea is capable of delivering today. >> there's still no change to the threat level on guam. but as a possible at

protesters on the island gathered yesterday for a peace rally. >> the governor there says president trump has assured him that the residents of guam will be protected from any attacks. >> and taking a live look from guam this morning where it is a little after 4:00 p.m. local time, the island located about 2100 miles from north korea. we are told folks there on the island are fairly calm and feel no reason for alarm at this point. turning now to our other big story. the president addressing the racially charged violence in charlottesville. >> he said racism is evil and traveled to his home in new york city where he was greeted by thousands of shouting protesters on the streets around trump tower. >> tensions are still high in charlottesville where the police

about the dead lie violence and promising more arrests to come. we're learning new details about the man charged with deliberately ramming his car into a crowd and killing a woman and injuring dozens more. pierre thomas has more. >> reporter: those chilling images, white supremacist marchers bearing torches. on the campus of the university of virginia. the next morning they gather again, former kkk leader, david duke among them. >> we are determined to take our country back. we're going to fulfill the promises of donald trump. >> reporter: james alex fields jr., after driving in from ohio, seen among the white supremacists. chanting for white power. shortly before authorities believe he got in this car, launching that fatal attack that left heather heyer dead. the suspected killer is behind bars, held without bail and charged with murder. back at home, his mother saying she didn't know who would be at the rally. >> i didn't know it was white supremacists. i thought it had something to do

trump's not supremacist. >> reporter: but a chilling portrait from those who knew him, including his high school teacher. >> he felt that whites were superior, that the views that adolf hitler espoused were correct in some way. >> reporter: and classmates say during a trip to germany, fields shocked them as they were walking through a concentration camp, allegedly saying "this is where the magic happened." >> he was vocal about his ideas, proclaimed himself as a nazi and white supremacist. >> reporter: the rally was about white supremacists fighting to keep a confederate statue from being removed. many of whom marched openly being targeted for shaming online. one of the protesters reportedly lost his job. another says he's not an angry racist. >> i came to this march for the message that white european culture has a right to be here just like every other culture. >> reporter: the justice department's investigating to see if the murder was a hate crime or domestic terrorism.

out if fields was a member of a hate group and directed to attack. pierre tom ashes -- thomas, abc news, washington. >> and anti hate demonstrators are erupting across the country, like in durham, north carolina. an activist brought a ladder to an old courthouse building and used a rope to pull down a confederate monument that was dedicated in 1924, then kicking at it, spitting at it after it was down. the governor saying the racism and deadly violence in charlottesville unacceptable but there is a better way to remove these monuments. and texas a&m is calling off a white lives matter rally due to safety concerns. it was due to take place on september 11th. school officials say violence in charlottesville has contributed to the decision. they've been inundated with threats over social media. president trump is calling out the groups involved in the

violence by name, two days after the fact. but his critics say it's too little too late. the president added to his initial statements. for the first time, he mentioned the name of the woman who was killed, heather heyer and singled out the individual group. >> racism is evil. and those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs. including the kkk, neo-nazis, white supremacists, and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything we hold dear as americans. >> more fallout continued overnight with two more ceos quitting his manufacturing advisory council. the chief executives of intel and under armour joined merck's kenneth frazier. who resigned before the president delivered his new statement. now president trump fired back over social media. attacking frazi

policies. turning now to sierra leon. hundreds of people are dead after torrential rains triggered massive flooding and landslides. more than 300 deaths have been confirmed and that number is expected to rise. volunteers are digging with bare hands and whatever tools they can find. to search for survivors. and 175 people are dead following monsoon storms in india and bangladesh. and nepal. nearly 50,000 homes in nepal are under water. nepal's red cross is warning of possible humanitarian crisis due to lack of drinking water. elephants were used to rescue people. hundreds of tourists were trapped in a safari park. and closer to home, tropical storm gert has strengthened into the second hurricane of the season, packing winds of 75 miles per hour churning more than 400 miles off bermuda. it shows it tracking it to the

rough surf and rip currents in north carolina. and virginia. a 20-year-old from virginia has made history at the u.s. military academy. >> she became the first black woman to assume the first captain duties at west point. it's the highest position in the cadet chain of command. >> it means she will be at the lead for every academy event and set her class agenda and oversee about 4400 students. congratulations, cadet. coming up, taylor swift's legal fight. a jury in denver is siding with the pop star in her sexual assault trial against a former deejay. hear why they awarded her just $1. and if you are looking for a special celebrity estate with a special '80s flair, eminem has that for you. we're going to have that story ahead in "the skinny," but first, here's a look at

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the driver of this infinity hit a bmw, causing it to spin out and get stuck under a moving big rig. watch again. the infinity doesn't slow down and speeds off down the freeway. the driver of the bmw survived the accident with just a few scrapes and bruises. no one else was hurt, police are asking for help identifying the driver of that infinity which was allegedly stolen. a rookie stunt woman was killed. on the set of "deadpool 2" during rehearsals in downtown vancouver. she's been identified as joy s.j. harris. the first african-american road racer, it was her first film as a stunt performer, "deadpool 2" star ryan reynolds tweeted out a statement saying we're heartbroken, shocked and devastated. and ric flair is resting after surgery.

haven't release the details about his condition, but they are asking for prayers and positive energy because the 68 year old flair is going through tough medical issues. a jury in denver has handed taylor swift a victory. >> they found no merit in mueller's claims against swift. abc's donya baucus has the latest. >> reporter: taylor swift shaking off a major lawsuit. >> this is it. the line is drawn. >> reporter: after a week in court, the jury siding with the super star, deciding david mueller groped swift by grabbing her backside during a meet and greet in 2013. a moment she said was captured in this photo that was leaked to tmz. the jury voted to award swift the $1 she filed for in a counter suit. >> it is of immeasurable val knew this ever-going fight to determine where the lines are in what's right and wrong and

>> reporter: they also found her mother and manager did not interfere with mueller's contract and were not responsible for his firing. the verdict coming about four hours after lawyers for swift and mueller made their closing arguments. taylor's fans happy their idol stood up for what she believes. >> when she stood up by being in that courtroom, she's standing up for women around the world, and i think that's amazing. >> reporter: and swift releasing this statement. >> i acknowledge the privilege that i benefit from life and in society and in my ability to shoulder the tremendous cost of a trial like this one, my hope is to help those whose voices should also be heard. she said she will be making donations to multiple organizations that help victims defend themselves. >> our thanks to donya baucus. when we come back. what do we have to do with "bachelor in paradise"?

how did we end up there? paradise? how did we end up there? happy anniversary dinnedarlin' can this much love be cleaned by a little bit of dawn ultra? oh yeah one bottle has the grease cleaning power of three bottles of this other liquid. a drop of dawn and grease is gone.

♪ skinny ♪ so skinny it is skinny time. and it is a moment that nobody has been waiting for. >> so bachelor in paradise is back after almost being shut down amid allegations of sexual misconduct. and many wondered how they would tell this story. the answer -- >> it's in the press and all that. >> the answer is, with our help. >> become aware of allegations of misconduct on the set. >> now suspended and an investigation is under way. >> what exactly took place in puerto vallarta? >> that was not our edit of the beginning of the show. that was actually how the show started. >> that's how "bachelor in paradise" started, with some

wonderful spanish on my part. great pronunciation of puerto vallarta. >> that's my guess, they had to get had clown on for his pronunciation. if you tuned in hoping that mario and corinne would explain what happened in that controversial moment, you may be a little disappointed. we saw them meet, doing a little flirting and we saw this. >> oh, you're from jersey as well. >> wait, you're from jersey? >> yes, yes! >> yes! >> can i steal you for a minute? >> me? >> yeah. >> no. >> wow. >> so, in essence, that was pretty much it. you know. there was a controversy about something that happened that first night

they shut down production briefly, and we thought maybe since the show had started and got back into production we would get a behind the scenes of what exactly took place. >> we got a little of a behind the scenes not what took place. we spoke to chris harrison. he says we won't be seeing the footage of the controversial moment at hand. what we did see, though, was the photographers come and the producers come and shut down the production entirely. we know they did come back to shooting, so that will resume tomorrow. but we're going to hear more from chris harrison on "good morning, america" today. >> in the meantime, keep us out of your business. we don't need to start out your show. if are you in the market for a mansion outside of detroit, we have a home for you. rapper eminem's selling his home. pour just under $2 million. it didn't fare well in today housing market.

>> he bought it 14 years ago for $4.7 million. but look at that out of date kitchen and curtains and the chandelier. ♪ i want to swing from the antler chandelier ♪ >> the "lose yourself" singer didn't stay in this house too often but at 17,000 square feet and the fact that he wasn't around maybe explains the flower curtains. >> the pool looks pretty good. it loobs looks nice. >> a nice home. tennis court, by the way, and basketball hoop, not bad for the outdoors either. >> great. one-d fans, liam payne is performing for free in london. now before you go booking a ticket or running out of the house, it's already over. >> he teamed up on a busy street for a busking session complete with microphones and a sound system. ♪

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>> reporter: lisa taylor is well-prepared to become a new mom. the new nursery in her florida home is already filled with items from her baby registry, but at the top of that list, a unique request. extended maternity leave. lisa and her husband josh are asking friends and family to crowd fund their time off with the new baby. >> i'm going to be off work and that's going to be a big chunk of our combined income. >> reporter: thousands of parents are turning to crowd funding sites like baby list and go fund me, seeking financial help. to subsidize parental leave. >> families ask for between 500 and $10,000. on average, people are asking for $2,000 to $3,000. >> reporter: the united states is the only advanced country where paid leave isn't government sponsored. under the current federal law, new mothers can take off 12 weeks, but only 13% of them will get any compensation. taylor and ross desperately

wanted that bonding team time and started saving up early before they got the news it that their son would be born nine weeks early. >> i left work going to a doctor's appointment and didn't come back for three months. >> reporter: taylor had developed preeclampsia and had to be induced. how did you make the decision? >> it had been brought up. ross was a little hesitant about it. >> reporter: what were your biggest reservations? >> these are very intimate details of our lives, and we sort of putting it out there for family, friends, public consumption. it came to me that my pride doesn't outweigh the need to spend time together at this most crucial time of our lives. >> interesting concept. >> they get extra time with the baby that way.

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making news in america this morning, president trump is waking up in trump tower for the first time as president. his motorcade was met with protesters hours after condemning hate groups following the violence in charlottesville. meanwhile, tensions remain high in other states as protesters topple another confederate statue. north korea appearing to dial back the threat. they're reporting that kim jong-un has decided not to launch missiles toward guam. the latest coming in right now. overnight another hurricane forms in the atlantic. we are tracking gert's latest path. fishermen get quite a bick surprise right next to their boat when a great wte