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

who wins that battle. as we say good morning on this tuesday we will start with protesters over hate groups and racially charged violence moving beyond the city of charlottesville. >> in north carolina, activists used a rope to tear down a confederate monument that had been standing in front of the old courthouse in durham, north carolina for more than a century. in new york city thousands of very loud but mostly peaceful demonstrators lined the streets outside trump tower on fifth avenue, manhattan, for the president's first overnight trip home since he took office. >> he tweeted feels good to be home after seven months but the white house is very special. there is no place like it and the u.s. is really my home. abc's emily rau joins us from washington with details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, diane and kendis. the pressure on president trump has been strong and growing the

to big-time ceos and finally the president condemning those hate groups. more than a thousand demonstrators lined the sidewalks around trump tower monday hours before president trump's expected arrival. [ chanting ] >> reporter: scores of police worked to keep the manhattan streets clear and as night fell, the protesters remained marching and chanting with a message for the president. [ chanting ] >> reporter: nearly 48 hours after that car plowed into a group of people in charlottesville, president trump finally condemning white supremacist groups by name. >> racism is evil and those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs. including the kkk, neo-nazi, white supremacists and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything we hold dear as americans. >> reporter: but it took two days of intense pressure after

spread the blame. >> violence on many sides, on many sides. >> reporter: even the president's republican allies calling him out. >> call this white supremeicism, this white nationalism evil and let the country hear it, let the world hear it. it's something that needs to come from the white house and this president needs to do it today. >> reporter: building as tensions simmer in charlottesville. >> get the hell out of it. >> reporter: white nationalists gathering and counterprotesters making their voices heard from the scene of the crime in charlottesville to right outside the president's own door. >> this is what america looks like. >> reporter: and this charlottesville police chief is defending his department after criticism about how they responded to the rally that his officers didn't do enough to prevent the violence. he says he very much regrets the loss of life but says his officers were never far from the melee. diane and kendis. >> both the ornaments with the police and the attack itself still under

emlay rah, thanks, live from washington. a portrait of the man charged with murder in the attack there. >> 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. and some high school classmates say he idolized the nazis claiming on a class trip to a german concentration trip he said this is where the magic happened. >> new this morning, three ceos have now resigned from president trump's manufacturing advisory council following his response to the violence in charlottesville. >> the chief executives of intel and underarmor followed the head of merck expressing frustrating with the political climate. merck's ceo frazier frady one of a few african-americans to head a fortune 500 company decided the president's initial nail our to clearly reject the hate groups. >> he fired back saying frazier will now have more time to lower rip-off drug prices. in the meantime, the president'

another tumble dipping to 34%. the lowest point ever in a gallup poll and 61% of americans say they disapprove of the job the president is doing. that is also a new low for that poll. the survey was conducted during a three-day period that ended sunday as the president came under fire for his response for the incident there. the white house former communications director anthony scaramucci has some tough words for chief white house strategist steve bannon. in an appearance on late show with stephen colbert scaramucci called bannon a leaker and said if it were up to him he'd fire him. and he reiterated his criticism of president trump's initial statement on charlottesville. >> let's be fair to him today, though. he did condemn the nazis today. in two days later. does he order his spine on amazon prime? why did it take so long? >> i said yesterday and i maintain that he's got to be tougher on that stuff if he wants his legislative agenda to pass, he has

moderate direction and appeal to people that are independents and moderates that possibly voted for him to help him ascend to the pressey. >> what is going on? >> interesting back and forth. scaramucci, of course, who was in office for 11 days told colbert that the white house is a tough place with a lot of in-fighting but wouldn't have done anything differently. north korea appears to be walking back its threat to launch missiles near guam. kim jong-un paid a visit to his generals reportedly getting briefed on plans or the upcoming missile test. the country's state media is reporting that the leader is delaying that launch. but he says he will order the test if the u.s. continues its dangerous actions. joint chiefs chairman general joseph dunford said the u.s. wants a peaceful resolution but is ready to use the full range of the military if very volked. >> a closer look at your weather. the latest radar picture sho

than 400 miles off bermuda. gert's strengthened overnight into a category 2 hurricane. it's packing winds of at least 75 miles an hour and gert is expected to gain even more strength over the next 48 hours but it's not expected to make landfall. the current forecast shows gert tracking away from the east coast and out into the atlantic but the storm could cause rough surf and rip currents on the east coast. still ahead what federal and local officials are calling the biggest driving distraction of the century. and a man under arrest accused of trying to detonate a van filled with explosives in front of a u.s. bank. how investigators say they stopped him. plus, a fisherman reeling in his catch when a great white decides to compete with it. we'll show you the video of the close encounter next.

an eighth hole near pasco county. two homes destroyed when that first opened up july 14th. well, a sinkhole now stretches across 260 feet and it's 50 feet deep. turning overseas a girl is dead and 13 others injured after a driver slammed his car into the sidewalk of a cafe in a pizzeria near paris. authorities say the driver's actions were deliberate but not terror related. police say the driver may have been under the influence of drugs and possibly suicidal. he was immediately arrested. the same girl's brother

injured in the crash. and an ohio teacher and teacher's aide will miss this week's first day of school after dragging an autistic child down a hallway. the incident caught on camera in crestline involved a 7-year-old. it happened in may but school board members say the boy had become violent. the teachers though apparently didn't follow their training. still no criminal charges were filed. >> it took less than four hours for a jury to find a former radio deejay guilty of groping taylor swift during a preconcert photo-op. after a week-long trial that saw a defiant swift take the stand, jurors awarded swift what she was looking for, a symbolic $1 in damages. the jury also rejected david mueller's claims that swift's allegations cost him his job. well, july was a record setter for the tsa. agents screened more than 72 million passengers and crew last month. that shatters the record of nearly 70 million screenings in june. the 39t

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it into a cargo van. >> reporter: the fbi says he attempted to detonate what he thought was a 1,000-pound bomb. the plat similar to timothy mcveigh's 1995 oklahoma city bombing which killed 168 people. but it was all a sting set up by the fbi. according to prosecutors he drove the van to bancfirst downtown parking in this alleyway before being arrested. he told one of their informants he admired mcveigh and was aspiring to bomb the federal reserve building in washington, d.c. pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >> a rookie stunt woman has been killed on the set of "deadpool 2" during rehearsals for a stunt in vancouver, canada. joi "sj" harris was the first african-american female road racers and first film as a stunt performer. harris was not wearing a helmet during the scene because her character does not wear a

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driving. why? it doesn't seem -- >> you can see so much. >> you can't see anything with these. >> you really -- where are we? all right, moving on to the next story, all right, so don't use these while driving and don't use them while trying to read news. >> it does block out the light. >> noted. well f. it seems like binge-watching your favorite tv shows can be bad for you, a new study shows binging can lead to poor sleep quality and more fatigue and bouts of insomnia. >> that explains a lot. researchers found 98% of binge-watchers were more likely to have poor sleeping habits when compared to nonbingers. it surveyed young adults between 18 and 25 so if you're older, well, i guess you can keep binging. >> yeah, in a related note as people who work the overnight hours please keep on binging. >> samsung may have found a new way to show off the durability of smartphones. >> a man recording with his galaxy s5 from a plane in the

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- summer-time heat returns mid to late week - still looking dry & nice this weekend - 6 days until the eclipse

noon. highs: 82-85 winds: ese 5 mph tonight: partly cloudy. patchy fog. lows: 68-75 winds: s 5 mph wednesday: partly to mostly sunny. hot and humid. highs: 88-92 winds: nw 5 mph

new this morning. in the wake of the violence in charlottesville-- an upcoming alt-right rally at texas a and m, is canceled. university officials made the announcement late last night. a former student had been organizing the "white lives matter" rally, with help from alt-right co-founder richard spencer. texas a and m officials says the event threatened the safety of students, faculty, staff and the general public. a florida couple, learning a lesson the hard way... after their grill exploded in the back of their car! take a look -- this is what remains of that car. police say -- the

a barbecue... then packed up their gas grill and headed home. but -- they forgot to close the propane valve on the grill -- and when the woman lit a cigarette in the car, the grill exploded! the man and the woman were both burned.. but are expected to be ok. an update now on the discolored water showing up in some homes in montgomery and prince george's counties. the washington suburban sanitary commission says chlorine levels at its potomac filtration plant were lowered to prevent a potentially toxic situation with the water supply. less chlorine means more manganese --- the mineral that's turning tap water yellow and brown. the w-s-s-c reiterates the water is safe to use and drink. a

officers is injured on the job-- as he sniffed around for drugs. this is timoshenko. he works with the nypd's special ops team... and was in the middle of a huge gun bust when he fell through the ceiling! he needed seven stitches -- and he'll wear a cone for a while... but police say he'll be just fine. and despite his injuries, timoshenko and his human partners were successful in that bust! it's xx and we're just getting started. memorial statues vandalized. violence in charlottesville feeding fiery debate around the nation. now tensions are running high, and in some places, emotions are boiling over. we are monitoring the incidents, as the white house responds. good morning washington. - another grey day; showers mainly before

returns mid to late week - still looking dry & nice this weekend - 6 days until the eclipse today: mostly cloudy. showers, mainly before noon. highs: 82-85 winds: ese 5 mph tonight: partly cloudy. patchy fog. lows: 68-75 winds: s 5 mph wednesday: partly to mostly sunny. hot and humid. highs: 88-92 winds: nw 5 mph