good morning, america. backlash growing right now over president trump's press conference. >> wait a minute. i'm not finished. i'm not finished, fake news. >> the president doubling down again blaming both sides for the violence in charlottesville. >> you had a lot of bad people in the other group. >> and praising some who were there. >> but you also had people that were very fine people on both sides. >> the president defending some of the protesters who ignited the chaos in charlottesville. [ chanting ] some of the president's own staff reportedly caught off guard. top republicans quickly coming out against the president's comments. from senator marco rubio to house speaker paul ryan. the head of t

national committee right here in times square standing by. our team covering every angle of the fallout this morning. we do say good morning, america. it's great to have david here and once again on this wednesday morning, the firestorm over president trump's press conference is growing. more protests erupting at trump tower overnight. >> robin, the comments sparking so much backlash. president trump saying both sides of the protesters, of that charlottesville rally were to blame for the conflict and saying, quote, there were very fine people in both groups. >> also this morning, the movement to take down confederate statues and monuments across the country is growing and more of them came down yesterday in baltimore. >> both republicans and democrats this morning calling out the president saying this is not about sharing blame, that parsing the blame is a v

for the white supremacists and six executives have resigned from his manufacturing council over his comments about charlottesville. our coverage begins with abc's mary bruce at that press conference at trump tower. she's back there this morning for us. mary, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, david. the president wasn't even supposed to take questions. but he surprised even his own staff by launching into an adamant defense of his response to the violence in charlottesville, gone was the more measured tone the president took earlier this week. instead, he was back to his defiant self. it was billed as a statement on infrastructure. but turned into one of the most contentious press conferences of trump's presidency. the president doubling down, furiously defending his decision to wait 48 hours after the violence in charlottesville to call out the white supremacists by name. >> why did you wait so long to blast neo-nazis? >> i didn't wait long. i wanted to make sure unlike most politicians that what i

quick statement. the statement i made on saturday, the first statement was a fine statement but you don't make statements that direct unless you know the fact. it takes a little while to get the facts. >> reporter: three days after those hate-fueled protests, the president was back to blaming both sides. >> you had some very bad people in that group. but you also had people that were very fine people on both sides. >> reporter: defending those gathered to speak out against the removal of a statue of robert e. lee. >> i've condemned neo-nazis. i've condemned many different groups, but not all of those people were neo-nazis, believe me. not all of those people were white supremacists by any stretch. >> what -- >> those people were also there because they wanted to protest the taking down of a statue, robert e. lee. this week it's robert e. lee. i notice that stonewall jackson is coming down. i wonder, is it george washington next week. >> reporter: to use a new name

>> what about the alt-left that came charging at the alt-right. do they have any semblance of guilt? let me ask you what about the fact they came charging with clubs in their hands swinging cl clubs? do they have any problem? i think they do. wait a minute. i'm not finished. i'm not finished, fake news. that was a horrible day -- i watched those very closely. much more closely than you people watched it and you had a group on one side that was bad and you had a group on the other side that was also very violent. and nobody wants to say that. >> reporter: i asked the president to clarify. is he putting the counterprotesters in the same category as the white supremacists? >> mr. president, are you putting what you're calling the alt-left and white supremacists on the same moral plane. >> i'm not putting anybody on a moral plane. what i'm saying is this, you had a group on one side and you had a group on the other and they

and it was vicious and it was horrible and it was a horrible thing to watch but there is another side. there was a group on this side, you can call them the left. you've just called them the left that came violently attacking the other group. so you can say what you want but that's the way it is. >> reporter: and this morning the backlash is growing. six members of the president's manufacturing council have now announced they're leaving including four of the nation's top ceos. for them the cost of doing business with the trump administration now seeming to outweigh the benefits but the president is defending these dismissals dismissing these departures saying he has many others to take their place. robin. >> all right, mary, also this morning, more republicans are coming out against the president's comments. our senior white house correspondent cecilia vega has more on that. good morning, cecilia. >> reporter: hey, robin. good morning. there is universal outrage over this. the republicpresident's own rep allies are lashing out. take a look. speaker paul ryan

must be clear white supremacy is repulsive. this bigotry is counter to all this country stands for. there can be no moral ambiguity and senator mccain calling him out by name saying there's no moral equivalency between racists and americans standing up to defy hate and bigotry. the president. united states should say so. that list goes on and on. one member says i don't understand what is so hard about this. neo-nazis and white supremacists should not be defended. the most disturbing comes from former kkk grand wizard david duke immediately after the president spoke, he tweeted thank you, president trump, for your honesty and courage to tell the truth about charlottesville and condemn the leftist terrorists. >> extremely disturbing there and it seem, cecilia, that white house staffers were also caught off guard by the president's remarks yesterday. his chief of staff general kelly, a lot of people are

him not far from the president, there he was looking down, cecilia. >> reporter: yeah, robin, many sources inside the west wing were completely shocked by this. that photo you just talked about, chief of staff john kelly off to the side there as the president spoke. i would imagine his look conveys what a lot of people in that room were feeling. the president wasn't even supposed to take questions. many aides were left scratching their heads this morning. the president completely managed to undo whatever good will he had when he called out those neo-nazis by name earlier. >> all right, cecilia, thank you. david. robin, thank you. joining us the chairwoman of the republican national committee ronna romney mcdaniel. thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> reaction from several top republican, members of his own party, your party as well. senator ruben velasco saying the organizers of events that inspired thexterrorist attack are 100% to blame. they will see 50% of the blame as a win. jeb bush, i urge the president to unite the

the blame and i want to put this up on the screen from former governor mitt romney, obviously, your uncle reacting to the president saying there's blame on both sides. no, not the same, he said. one side is racist, bigoted, nazi. the other opposes racism and bigotry, northerly different universes. do you agree? >> the president condemned the white supremacists and kkk and neo-nazis unequivocally. >> it took 48 hours to to do. >> he did it and he should have and he did. our party across the board has said it's unacceptable. we have no place in our party at all for kkk, anti-semitism, race -- racism, bigotry, it has no place in the republican party. there is no home here. we don't want your vote. we don't support you. we'll speak out against you. the president has said so. the vice president, leaders across our party. this is the beginning of what needs to be a longer conversation. we are seeing this rhetoric ramp up and more violence and need to take a stand against it. >> you know what i'm asking about here. you heard from youristicle saying this is not the same

you parse the blame. he said one side is racist, bigoted. these are morally different universes. do you agree? >> when it comes to charlottesville, the blame lays squarely at the kkk and white supremacists who put together the rally and -- >> you disagree with the president. >> i'm saying the president did the right thing condemning it. i'm saying absolutely the events that transpired in charlottesville were initiated by this white supremacist kkk rally. it would not have happened if those people had not come together in hate. and there were peaceful protesters who did the right thing coming out against it. >> you had the rnc. so how does the republican party defend then what the president said yesterday in pointing out there were fine people on both sides that both sides should share the blame here. >> well, first of all, we have to unequivocally say that the kkk and the white supremacists were wrong. i do think people may have showed up in charlottesville thinking, hey, this is going to be a discussion about whether we remove historic

second they saw nazi flags, they should have turned. the second you have a nazi flag or joinings kkk, there is no good there. there is no good kkk member. there's no nice neo-nazi. this is un-american what they're doing and it's going to take bipartisanship to bring people together around unifying this country and the president has called for that. >> as you know, during the campaign then candidate donald trump repeatedly made a promise that he would be able to unite the nation better than hillary clinton. he said he was the unifier. i want you to listen to this. >> i think the thing that will surprise people, i'll be a unifier. i think i'll bring people together and that includes plaques and whites and everything. i think people will come together. >> do you think what he said yesterday unified the american people? >> i think condemning white supremacy and kkk and neo-nazism was the first step. >> sharing the blame is what he said yesterday. >> i don't

works in this situation because we know what initiated the violence and the death of this young woman whose life was taken too soon. but i do think and i'm going to say this about president trump he is a republican candidate who came to my state of michigan during the campaign and campaigned in detroit in the black churches. >> you were there just this week but i'm curious, the same people you talked to in detroit this week how they would react to the former leader of the kkk, david duke, coming out as we reported here and thanking the president for his honesty and his courage yesterday. >> oh, i think that makes everybody's stomach turn and i think it makes the president's stomach turn. he has condemned david duke. david duke has nothing to do with the republican party. he's going to try and get his name into the headlines. that's why we have to condemn him and white supremacy at every level and it will take bipartisanship, leadership coming together to say this is unacceptable. it's not something we want for this country. it's not something i want for my kids. i don't want them seeing this as part of our country's dialogue so we'

and speak out against it. >> but is something going wrong then when you're getting that have beened by the former head of the kkk. you had senator marco rubio who mentioned if you begin assigning blame saying only part of the blame lays with white supremacists there in charlottesville that they'll feel like this is a victory. >> i don't think david duke is thanking the president for condemning -- which he did, white supremacy. neothat isicism. >> to share the blame. he liked what he heard yesterday. >> the president was saying the violence -- people brought violence from both sides and violence isn't okay but it lays squarely at the kkk and neo-nazis who brought this rally and pushing hate across this country. >> chairwoman mcdaniel, i thank you for your time this morning. >> thank you for having me. >> thank you. michael. tom llamas is here with a closer look at those groups who were at the charlottesville protests and, tom, we've seen images. let's start from the beginning. who was actually there? >> you know, we just

fine people there on both sides and, michael everything that's really not the case. this all starts with the alt-right. who is the alt-right. they are white nationalists who believe their white identity is under attack. that's what brought them to charlottesville. they believe that taking down of confederate monments is an attack on their core beliefs made up of many group, a big hate-filled tent, the nationalist front, the kkk, neo-nazis, they hate black, they hate jews, immigrants and pretty much all minorities. the alt-right is media savvy. that's why they were carrying the torches and they don't wear hoods. they feel they no longer have to hide because of president trump and their goal, scary to a lot of people, carve out a peace of the united states where just white people live where just white people belong. >> and we heard -- we saw the counterprotesters, the president referred to them as the alt-left. so what -- who are they? >> that's not really a phrase the extreme left use, more of a phrase the right uses but that's th

the president is a fascist and that the alt-right is his army against racism, fascism and capitalism and told us violence and property destruction is okay when they're battling the alt-right or trying to stop their speakers on k34re7b8g campuses. they believe it's okay to punch a neo-nazi and to be honest we have seen clashes where they are the aggressors all over the country. they wear all black and cover their faces but this weekend was different, michael. that's why the president may have been confused. not everyone protesting the alt-right in charlottesville was antifa and the alt-right built up this event and dressed up like they were ready for war and chanting racist message and it was someone on their side that used their car as a missile and killed that woman. >> tom, thank you very much. >> don't forget that a young woman lost her life and two state troopers as well. we want to bring in pierre thomas and cokie roberts both with us. pierre, if i could begin with you because when you have the

thanking the president for his honesty and courage over what he said in the news conference, this is new and troubling territory. >> david, many civil rights lieders an some in law enforcement believe the leaders of hate are being emboldened. the president suggested there was a large contingent of good people would wanted to keep their monument to the confederate general robert e. lee but as the reporting lays out, those good people were marching alongside kkk members, racists and nazis with torches chanting things like jews will not replace us. jews will not replace us. these people embrace a legacy of hate, bigotry and genocide. mass murder on a scale of millions. there's always confusion and death associated with these people and here's a fact that should not get lost. the man that is suspected of running over a woman and killing her with his car allegedly identified with nazis so we saw history repeat itself and while people can

heritage lee committed what amounted to treason and was on the wrong side of history. ultimately deciding he would fight against his own country in part to keep a race of people enslaved and treated as property. >> cokie, let me bring you into the discussion now. the both of us grew up in the south. our families have been close friends for as long as i can remember. what was your reaction to the president's remarks yesterday? >> well, of course, robin, you and i grew up with different histories but what our family did was try to write a new history and bring our races together and people of different religions and that's been a long frustrating and one the presidents of the united states have embraced is try to have that kind of unity so this country could be one. and so seeing the president of the united states step away from that and celebrate, really, people who have been trying to divide us and

with hate is very dispiriting and very much out of the ordinary for a president who usually stands as the moral force bringing people together. >> usually in a time of crisis we look to the president to be the comforter in chief. now, we know this is far from over. there are more confederate symbols scheduled to come down. there will be more protests so, cokie, where do we go from here? >> i think that bringing those symbols down and dealing with them in some kind of contextual fashion makes all the sense in the world. my male ancestors have on their tombstones csa, confederate states of america. and it is emotional but it's also important to recognize it was treason to support slavery. >> all right, cokie, thanks so much. >> thanks to cokie and per. we should note we did reach out to the white house. >> we did. >> to bring somebody on the

we're going to switch gears tracking the hurricane going up the east coast. ginger. >> hey, there, it is about 400 miles east of the jersey shore. so hurricane gert now strengthened to 90-mile-per-hour max sustained winds but that's asbury park, new jersey. that will be the impact. high surf, rough waves and rip currents especially at low tide. that's when rip currents become their worst. so it's not just the jersey shore that's going to be affe affected but all the way up into maine down the delmarva peninsula up through new jersey and right through long island.

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♪ lean on me when you're not strong and i'll be your friend ♪ welcome to "gma." you're looking at teachers in charlottesville getting ready for the new school year uniting last night singing "lean on me" and remembering the victims of the charlottesville violence, the special moment in the midst of these ugly last few days. >> yes, and the position that teachers are in, parents are in, trying to explain to their children what's going on. >> president trump is facing new backlash where he doubled down on his response to the charlottesville violence saying both sides are to blame and also

very fine people in both groups. members of his own party now calling out the president over those comments. >> also this morning, hurricane gert is gathering steam. it's now a category 1 storm, winds up to 90 miles per hour. its effects will be felt with waves up to eight feet. >> big day in times square. guess who is here? luis fonsi, the man behind summer's biggest hit, what is it, robin. >> "despacito." >> taking selfies with our audience and he will perform live for fans who are lined up to see him. we can't wait for that. they're really excited for him. >> outside, as well. all over. >> we needed in this morning. first this half hour we'll turn to that mother who was really heroic effort helped save her children when that tree came crashing down in central park. their conditions we're learning about this morning and jalinzie

>> reporter: this stump is all that's left hitting that mother and her three children. they said somebody is under there. >> reporter: passers-by trying to help ann goldman and her three children walking in central park when a massive tree fell on them. >> we have a large tree that fell. i need ems here fortwith. >> this jogger cradling her small child. >> several of us ran toward the tree and whatever we could to get this debris away. >> reporter: the infant had been in a baby carrier. his two brothers in a stroller. >> we were able to get the kids and they seemed to be moving. she was unconscious for probably three minutes. >> lying on her back. the stroller was off a couple feet in front of her. that was also twisted up in the branches. >> reporter: all four taken to the hospital. a relative says she has a broken vertebrae. her 2-year-old son grant

skull. her other two children suffered facial bruising but have been discharged. >> a little more emotional when children are involved especially a lot of us have children of our own. i have a son the same age as the 2-year-old. it was definitely heartbreaking to see. >> reporter: a witness says if it weren't for goldman's quick thinking they would all have been killed. the fire department says goldman hit her head trying to shield branches from striking the kids. this morning, investigators trying to determine why the massive elm tree came crashing down. and you can see the tree's massive roots busted up out of the pavement and the bricks. several people said they heard a loud crack then saw it fall very quickly. one man said he immediately heard a baby screaming calling it terrifying. david. >> that's just extraordinary. you see the size of that tree. glad they all survived it. >> hopefully everybody will be okay. more now on that rare solar eclipse. it's now just five days away. we

are preparing and authorities are issuing emergency warnings for the estimated 12 million people who are already in its path and the more than 7 million expected to travel to see it. abc's steve osunsami is in one of those prime viewing spots with a front row seat in blairsville, georgia, with more. good morning, steve. >> reporter: good morning to you, michael. next week they plan to have a big tailgate party at the arts center directly mind me and hoping they won't have all these clouds because the big show will be in the sky. the interest in this eclipse is so high, they're expecting larger crowds than they know how to handle. hotels are full. flights oversold and with millions of americans pouring into those few american cities with the best possible view of the coming eclipse, local police, hospitals and emergency medical services in those cities are on high alert. >> all hands on deck, enforcement strategies and, you know, patrol deployment strategies so, you know, we're kind of throwing everything at

visitors they're expecting is so large in some cities they're preemptively declaring a state of disaster. a maneuver that allows them to call on the national guard to help direct the masses of people. >> a police department in a certain area is overwhelmed and help us to set up control checkpoints, we're ready. >> reporter: blairsville, georgia, two hours north of atlanta where they'll see a rare total eclipse they're expecting up to 200% more people than live here. >> we're not going to run out of gas or groceries. we just need to enjoy this event. >> reporter: the state of oregon alone is expected to see a million visitors. some hospitals are canceling elective surgeries and calling in extra help for the emergency rooms. in portland they've already rented out 17,000 cars and suvs at the international airport for the big event. 43 miles of auto from end to end. that's what they normally do over a whole week. >> the 7 million people who will

across 12 states will definitely be going into towns and different areas that are not accustomed to seeing this influx of people. >> reporter: justin case, the red cross has resources in place all along the eclipse zone and they have suggestions for how to stay safe in such large crowd. >> one thing is we really encourage folks to have in their cars an emergency go kit and that should include things like water, nonperishable food, a flashlight with batteries and an envelope full of cash. >> reporter: i want to you take a look again at the clouds behind me. they're really hoping this doesn't happen. they're actually mountains back there. authorities are warning people that they may need to find a landline to make an emergency call during the eclipse viewing because there will be so many people on their cell phones at one time. >> people make fun that still have the landline. people make so much fun of me that i have one and, see, that's a good reason to have one. >> the phone is unplugged and i'

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we're back now with that incredible survival story. a young woman finally found after going missing in the wilderness for nearly a month. now we're learning more about how she managed to stay alive. abc's gio benitez has more on that story. good morning, gio. >> reporter: robin, good morning to you. she told police she was exhausted and weak. walking around in circles in dense woods just like these and now police are calling this a true miracle. this is the face of a woman police say spent nearly a month lost in the woods surviving off the land. >> out there is where she came out. >> reporter: over the weekend a driver spotting something moving in the bushes near the dense forest of midland, alabama, it was 25-year-old lisa theris alive. here is a photo of her before her appearance. quite a contrast. her skin brown from the sun, covered in bug bites and deep

police saying she lost 50 pounds in the wilderness. the radiologist student telling police she survived by eating berries and wild mushrooms, drinking water from puddles. >> the will to live changes your mind-set on anything. i wouldn't drink water out of that puddle now but if that's all i had i would drink it. >> reporter: she didn't have her phone or purse. her family thought she was dead including her own brother shocked when he heard the news. >> it's from my mom saying lisa has been found alive. >> reporter: still this morning questions about how she ended up alone in the woods in the first place. police say around the time she disappeared she was with two men who are now facing burglary charges for allegedly breaking into a hunting lodge in the wilderness and stealing $40,000 worth of property. police say theris told the men she did not want to be a part of it. >> there is a whole lot more to the story. a whole lot more to the story. it's going to be sad and heartwarming at the same time. i mean when the story is actuly

just happy to have her back. >> i've been doing this now going on almost 15 years and i mean i've never seen anything like it. it's amazing. >> reporter: and she's home now but her family says she's still in pain. still weak, every inch of her body was affected by this. those two men charged with burglary have been questioned about her ordeal. robin. >> all right, gio, thanks so much. wow. all right, coming up on our big board, "game of thrones" effect. why superfans are rushing to buy huskies and why one of the stars of the shows is speaking out against the trend. stay right there. we'll be right back. boost. it's about moving forward, not back. it's looking up, not down. it's being in motion. in body, in spirit, in the now. boost® high protein it's intelligent nutrition with 15 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals. for when you need a little extra.

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we are back now with our big board and what they're calling the "game of thrones" effect. fans who love the popular hbo series so much they're going out and buying siberian huskies because they look like animals on the show called direwolves. >> yeah, they're beautiful actually. the problem is they may not realize what it takes to raise a husky and shelters are seeing more of those dogs abandoned so we have more from nick watt from hollywood. good morning, nick. >> reporter: good morning, david. well, i'm here with the huskies and the volunteers from hollywood huskies. this is a rescue organization. as you guys mentioned these are now "game of thrones" fans favorite dogs and that is causing some problems. >> the direwolves of "game of thrones," a bitib

a bit german shepherd. a bit cgi and this -- >> hi, boy. >> reporter: is an actual husky. a lot of people are adopting because they do see the popularity on "game of thrones." >> reporter: sounds absurd. it's for real. terry lann nisster just got involved. please to all "game of thrones" many wonderful fans we understand due to the direwolves' huge popularity many folks are going out and buying huskies. peter dinklage just posted. shelters are reporting many of these huskies are being abandoned. more than one shelter telling us they've seen a doubling in the number of abandoned huskies. >> the husky puppy. who doesn't want this face? >> reporter: she adopted hers in real life but, remember, these dogs pull sleds. >> huskies are very high energy breed. they're also very intelligent so if you don't keep them busy and exercised they become destructive. >> reporter: yes, the starks

remember, that's on tv. real-life people, there's a bouncing beast actually in your living room. and i fear we just contributed by showing those puppy huskies. they're so cute, but, hey, nick, the experts are telling us what we should be telling everyone. what should you keep in mind if you get one of these dogs? >> reporter: well, what you have to keep in mind if you get the husky, they shed a lot as you can possibly see on my black shirt. they are very, very active. if you do not exercise these dogs they will tear your house apart. but they are lovely. they are fluffy but just research and if you really love "game of thrones" that much, grow your hair, wear a cape. do not adopt a husky just because you love the show. just don't. >> just don't do it. but, nick, we're not just talking about dogs. other animal adogs have spiked because of television shows and movies, right? >> reporter: well, i mean, they have dog, yeah, beverly hills

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>> good morning washington i'm melanie hastings with your top stories. breaking news out of balmore. confederate statutes coming down at night. all four monuments were removed this morning among them the roger b. taunt and he lee conjecture monument. the women of the confederacy conoutput. >> a metro bus crashed last night in southeast it happened because the driver heard gunshots. this was in the area of 16th and minnesota avenue. the good news here, there were no serious injuries in the crash. the bus was not the target of the shooting. >> gray skies to start. the sun will come out.

veronica johnson. >> reporter: summer is not over. today higher heat and humidity. temperature forecast for later today 88. it will feel like the lower 90s. mid-90's tomorrow and then upper 90s on friday. the most uncomfortable day. day, too, in which we will have gusty thunderstorms coming through for the afternoon and evening. look at the rainfall totals one to two inches possible throughout the area. here is the excepted forecast. reason chance saturday. >> reporter: on the roads now wednesday morning complicated on u.s. 15. we got downed trees and wires onus 15. heavy delays on the capitol beltway and dealing with downed wires in darns town. the road is blocked as you approach edson park with the downed pole and wires. capitol beltway delays a lot of patchy fog. on the traffic camerasy woo are patchy fog on thein are and outer

melanie. >> thanks, you can get news, traffic and weather on good morning washington on news 8. we will see in 30 with another update. now back to good morning america. have a great day

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ordered tiffany to pay millions. tom brady opens up. the star quarterback speaking about his mother's battle with cancer. the challenging time for his family and her road to recovery. and it's the song of the summer. the most watched youtube video of all time, 3 billion views in just 7 months. not now the man behind the global smash hit here live for the first morning performance ever. it's the song thaw can't stop singing and he's saying -- >> good morning, america. ♪ come on, david. you know you -- >> i got this. >> you got this? >> "despacito," our gift to everyone because now you are earwarmed for the rest of the day and good morning, america. happy wednesday to everybody out there. great to have you all here with us and get ready to dance, everybody. get ready. >> i want to remake that video this morni

the song of the summer, "despacito." luis fonsi is here to live and our fans are going crazy. >> we do need a little of that. we have so much to start with in our morning rundown. new reaction to the president's new conference, abc's mary bruce is live outside of trump tower here in new york. good morning, mary. >> reporter: good morning, robin. well, the backlash has been swift. members of the own party's party speaking out condemning hate as the president is now once again blaming both sides for the violence in charlottesville. wait a minute. i'm not finished. the president furiously defended his decision to wait two days after the violence to call out hate groups by maim. >> you don't make statements that direct unless you know the fact. it takes a little while 0 get the facts. >> reporter: the president again blamed both sides and he used a new label for the counterprotesters calling them the alt-left and

deserve blame too. >> what about the alt-left that came charging at the as you say the alt-right? do they have any semblance of guilt? you had some very bad people in that group but you also had people that were very fine people on both sides. >> reporter: even leaders of the president's own party are suggesting he went too far, house speaker paul ryan tweeting we must be clear. white supremacy is resulsistic. this bigotry is counter to all this country stands for. there can be no moral ambiguity. the president is here this morning at trump tower. he has no public events today, but this afternoon he heads back to new jersey to finish out his working vacation. but the backlash over his remarks is sure to follow him there. robin. >> that's true, all right, mary, thank you. now to the other top story in our morning rundown. more confederate monments coming down sparking a debate raging in many cities across the country and abc's eva pilgrim is live

>> reporter: this morning a nationwide tug-of-war over these confederate monments. this statue of confederate general robert e. lee was the spark that set off those violent protests here in charlottesville this weekend, overnight in baltimore, crews removing the statues there. they are gone. the city council making the decision to immediately take down its confederate monument citing what happened here in charlottesville. there are 700 confederate monments throughout the u.s. and this morning, we are seeing renewed pressure for many cities to move or take them down. now, some are speaking out calling for removal. others like kentucky governor matt bevin says they should stay calling it a sanitization of history. no question these monuments are a flash point energizing the white nationalists who are already planning for rallies around the country. >> eva pilgrim, thanks to you. today is an emotional day for elvis fans around the world

marking the 40th anniversary of the singer's death after a groundbreaking career in music and movies. he died on this day in 1977 from an apparent heart attack. and overnight thousands of devoted fans from around the globe lined up at his home graceland where they were joined by his ex-wife priscilla and his daughter lisa marie. after 40 years she still can't believe he was gone. >> he was the king, the queen of morning television here in new york city, lori stokes, before she went on the air she announced she is moving on, been at wabc which is the abc affiliate here in new york almost 20 years. almost 20 years. >> as we were getting ready for "gma" and lori has a smile that can light up a room. >> absolutely. she is an incredible person. we wish you the best, lori. we absolutely love you. >> we do love you. >> yes, we do. coming up, tom brady speaks out, the superstar quarterback is opening up about his mother's health battle and how his

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where did tom go? we welcome back our audience coordinator, tom, he was gone for a couple of days. [ applause ] >> pull the shirt down. pull the shirt down. >> we need to get you a longer shirt. >> i'll bring him a longer t-shirt. that's not working. >> midriff. >> what is working for us always is "pop news." >> thanks, robin. thanks, guys. let's do this, all right. so for 007 fans who thought daniel craig would never say these words again -- >> the name is bond, james bond. >> -- well, we have some good news for you. take a look. >> daniel craig, will you return as james bond? >> yes. [ cheers and applause ] >> there you have it. >> wow. >> good job, stephen colbert. after months of speculation over who wld

craig confirming to colbert he will take on bond one more time. this is a big change of tune from the interview he gave just after completing the last bond spill "specter" when he said and i quote he would pressure slash his wrists than make another bond film. did not make him popular at the time. >> not a negotiating point. >> apparently, so of that infamous quote he has come clean saying it was two days after he wrapped. he was exhausted and instead of saying something with style and grace, quote, i said something really stupid. he regrets it. he says he wants to do a great fifth film as bond and go out on a high note and, i'm sure he will. that movie which will be the 25th in the series coming out november 2019. >> there were two -- [ applause ] but you know what, he came back because he knew there were two candidates right here to play 007. >> trust me, he wasn't worried about us.

it. >> he really is. >> he's a really good bond. excited about that. how many pieces in "pop news" have i done about who might play bond? so we can now put it to rest. >> good. also in "pop news" this morning, an unlikely pairing. lebron james taking a north break to executive produce oscar winner octavia spengser in a fantastic project about the first black female self-made millionaire in america, her name was madam c.j. walker. the miniseries is based on the biography written by walker's great great granddaughter legal ya bundles who with serve as a consultant. >> who used to be here at abc. >> really? >> yes, she did. >> all in the family. i feel like we're a part of this process. lebron and spencer's upcoming show will chronicle the social activist's life from being the daughter of a slave to being a wash woman to making it big with a beauty empire. netflix reportedly interested in

>> it's an incredible story. people need to know. [ applause ] people don't know her story. >> lebron james, the king can do it all and octavia. whoo. finally, cindy crawford opened doors of her beautiful malibu home for "vogue's" web series called 73 questions if you haven't seen it. you have to check it out. she gives a glimpse at her home, her family, her photos and her sense of humor especially when her stunning 15-year-old daughter kaia pops into the kitchen to join in. take a look. >> so, cindy, do you have any nicknames for your kids. >> she calls me kiki and my brother p. >> do your kids have make nicknames for her. >> not that we can say in front of her. >> what's the favorite thing about your kid. >> that we're amazing. >> whose interview is this anyway. >> kaia is a natural. a modeling star in her own right. look at her. she doesn't look anything like her mom.

i mean -- >> no resemblance. >> one of three cover girls for the new "teen vogue" volume 3. congratulations, kaia and her 18-year-old son presley gerber made an appearance in the "vogue" video, yeah. so sorry about the gene pool in his family. >> they need an upgrade here. clearly don't have looks. >> he is also a model. shocker. you can see the whole video on vogue.com. they look like a really lovely family and lovely to look at. >> all the way around. >> i see what you did there. >> thank you, lara. great job of "pop news" and we turn to our "gma" cover story about patriots quarterback tom brady who opened up in a personal radio interview about his mother's battle with cancer and how it affected him on the feel. mara schiavocampo is here with the story. good morning, mara. >> reporter: good morning, guys. on that call brady shared what it was like to play last season while his mom was being treated for cancer thousands of miles

for the first time not able to make it to any of his games that is until the super bowl which was a game he dedicated to her before kickoff. >> and patriots win the super bowl. >> reporter: back in february, patriot tom brady became the only quarterback in history to lead his team to five super bowl wins. >> nobody has ever won more super bowls, nobody has ever been better. >> reporter: but while he was cementing his legacy on the field as one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time, he was facing a personal battle off the field. the quarterback now opening up about his mother's cancer diagnosis and treatment. >> it was a very challenging time for our family. my mom has been such an important, supportive, loving, caring, sweet, kind, generous mom. >> reporter: speaking out on weei radio cushikirk and callah show. >> she's on the road to recovery. >> reporter: in the midst of the trying time brady was visibly emotional in the days

to the big game. choking up when a fan asked who his hero was. >> i think my dad is my hero because he's someone that i look up to every day and -- my dad. >> reporter: his dad brady says took care of his mother galynn every step of the way. >> they hadn't been to any of those games which was the first time in my entire playing career. >> reporter: the mvp saying all of his coaches and teammates knew about his mother's illness. >> i really needed their support and their love and i certainly got it. >> reporter: brady says he will never forget that historic super bowl win. in no small part because his mom was there to watch. >> her treatments were ending at that point so kind of it signified not only the end of the season but what she was going through, what our family was going through. >> reporter: brady says his mom being at the game was the reason for that huge comeback victory. his mom is doing well and recently surprised him at

training camp last week so she's recovering and he's really happy about that. very close family. >> yeah, when he brought up his dad too he got all worked up. thanks so much. to that $19 million legal battle pitting costco against tiffany. the two going head-to-head over diamond rings and the judge ordering costco to pay up but they're now fighting back so let's go to rebecca jarvis with all the details. >> hey, david, good morning. after turning a nearly $4 million profit on diamond rings allegedly bearing the tiffany name costco has been ordered to pay nearly five types that amount to the luxury jeweler. but now costco says they will fight back against the judgment. this morning, a big boxer fighting back at the little blue box. costco saying it will now appeal a federal judge order to pay tiffany a whopping $19 million after earning $3.7 million on diamond rings identified on store signs as tiffany rings. >> it's basically telling the customer they're getting

same quality, they're getting the same customer service. they're getting everything that that tiffany brand name brings to the table. those customers think they're getting that brand name but they're not. >> reporter: these price tags that say tiffany diamond ring were spotted inside a california costco. the rings a fraction of what the real thing costs. starting price on tiffany's website, $12,600. >> when tiffany found out that costco was selling rings that they were calling tiffany that were not made by our client, that was a huge problem. >> reporter: a federal judge ruling that costco's management displayed at best a cavalier attitude toward costco's use of the tiffany name in conjunction with ring sales and marketing and costco says the diamond ring in question is commonly known as a tiffany setting and says they intended that the word tiffany convey only that the rings had this style of setting, not that the rings were tiffany &

branded rings. >> i don't think they have a strong case on appeal and the court made it clear that tiffany had a strong case to support its claim that costco was purposely and intentionally causing clients to believe that they were buying a tiffany engagement ring. >> reporter: in addition to that $19 million payment, costco is also barred from using the stand-alone word tiffany to describe any products that aren't connected to the famous jewelry brand. guy, this is about truth in advertising. when you go into a store you want to know what's on the label is the legitimate truth >> that's the truth. thank you, rebecca. we go to the real ginger zee right now. she's got the forecast. hey, ginger. >> oh, this crowd is so fired up as are we for luis fonsi. we can't wait. this is karl lena from honduras. we are talking about your "gma" moment. that's right. it comes to us from erie, pennsylvania. the zoo. you see the orangutans. you'll see it again. but that's lenno

ali is playing and says, i don't want people watching us anymore. let's cover up. so sweet. we love that and want you to share your "gma" moment with us. don't we, girls? yes. we also want to get a9am - foggy early, then sunny, hot & humid - pm storms thursday and friday - seasonable august warmth through early next week - still expecting fair skies for the eclipse - 5 days away today: fog early. becoming mostly sunny. hot and humid. highs: 87-90 winds: nw to s 5 mph tonight: mainly clear to partly cloudy. patchy fog. lows: 72-75 winds: sse 5 mph thursday: partly sunny. scattered pm thunderstorms. highs: 85-88 winds: s 5 mph ♪ clap along whoo. y'all, get ready for this. time for our stress buster series and this morning it's all about how to

and spirit when you're stressed. spiritual life coach author of "the hollywood commandments" please give it up, devon franklin is here. [ applause ] we need this. come on. you're a producer, you're the spiritual life coach. you're an author. i mean on the outside it would look like you have a stressful life so how are you able to not negatively affect your spirit >> we talk about financial management. we talk about weight management but we never talk about stress manage. i'm suppressed just like everybody else but what i learned to do is effective manage stress by understand not all stress is created equal. you have to know the difference between external stressors that can be used for your strength and internal stressors you can put a process around to alleviate. >> over to the board with those shiny shoes. >> i had to come correct. >> but you did talk about the external and the internal and they are different of the let's start with the

those are the ones we don't have two ole. >> external stressors whether work or trauma or traffic or job loss, these are things that are out of our control. so the way to deal with external stressors is stop trying to control the uncontrollable. you have to flip this. you have to turn a stress into a strength. so, for example, traffic, you're in traffic. you're getting frustrated. you can't control the traffic. but you can control how you respond to it. so you got to sit there in traffic. okay, what's the ben hit that traffic is bringing me? patience. so patience will help me in the job. patience will help me at home with my spouse or with the kids so now i flipped it and turned a stress into the strength. so when you go to the gym, right. you got to lift those weights, okay. the weight, the stress of the weight helps make you stronger and using external stressors in the same way can help make you stronger. okay, so, everybody, do me a favor. here's your mantra say my stress is making me stronger. [ chanting "my

me stronger"] >> right on. >> i've often said optimism is a muscle that gets stronger with use. >> very similar. >> these are the ones that get us. >> yes. >> the internal stressors, fear, worry, self-doubt, negative self-talk. the way to alleviate these stressors, these are within our control. it's all about the mind. you got to get control of your mind. here are three ways to do it. one you got to do daily after fir makes like your spiritual vitamins and affirm possley who you are and what's going to happen in the day. when your energy gets low you pop an affirmation. two you got to do prayer and meditation. when you get up clear your mind, clear your spirit. get ready for the day. really important. and the third thing, you have to turn your fears into your to do list. >> what? >> the things that you're afraid of, you write it down and now you know your plan of attack. >> i love that. i love that. >> i'm telling you. there it is. fist bump. there it is. >> blow it

julia has a question for you. >> yes. >> hi, i've been a school psychologist for 20 years. in two weeks i'm working at a new school. what do you have in terms of advice? >> congratulations on the new job. that's a great thing. >> thank you. [ applause ] so because you have the new job it means you're qualified. your fears are trying to tell you you're incapable but i need you to have more confidence in your qualifications. here's your mantra. you got to say i have got this. >> i've got this. >> believe it. >> believe it. >> when you step in the office you have to say i've got this. everybody help julia out and say i've got this. what that does is gives you more faith and more confidence in your capability and that helps you hit your fear head on because your fear is trying to say you're incapable. you're capable, qualified and you're confident.

things will make you and anyone else starting a new job unstoppable. >> great. >> come on, julia. you've got this. [ applause ] >> oh. >> i think we're going to have him back. >> let's do it. whatever you say. >> we got this coming up, "despacito." >> oh. ♪ 38 years from now.

>> reporter: good morning washington i'm melanie hastings over night in baltimore confederate starches gone all four of the monunanimous were removed early this morning. take a look police want you to see this sketch a guy abductd and sexually assaulted a 5 year old girl in fairfax county the girl disappearing from a play ground sunday night and return withing a hor ~esque story she is in counciling and police are encouraging anyone with information to come forward right away. >> a foggy start today. here is veronica johnson with your forecast.

>> reporter: summer is not over am today higher heat and humidity. temperature later today 88. it will feel like the lower 90's. mid-90's tomorrow. and upper 90's on friday. the most uncomfortable day. the day, too in which we have gusty, hefty thunderstorms coming through for the afternoon and evening. look at the rainfall totals one to two inches possible throughout the area. here is the extended forecast. reason chance saturday. >> veronica on the roads dense, patchy fog impacting northbound 95 as you travel through lorton we are dealing with being clean up northbound 95. be alert. we have crash clean up on i66 headed through fairfax at monument drive. you will see activity on the shoulder. crash clean up on the i270 spur southbound after the capitol beltway. a look at i270. southbound delays making your trip

show a slow ride on the capitol beltway as you travel near new hampshire heavy. melanie. >> more news, weather and traffic

♪ despacito robin, i know you're ready. i'm ready. who's ready for luis fonsi, everybody? >> oh, yeah. >> we have been waiting all morning for this. they are ready. here at club "gma." here he is, "despacito." ♪ ♪ oh no oh no

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luis fonsi, just had a record-breaking hit "despacito" for us, we appreciate it. we're so happy to have you here. everybody is so excited. we've been waiting for you to get here because this song is number one in 47 markets around the world. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you. >> and but it came to you in your sleep. >> yeah, i woke up one morning with -- ♪ despacito na na na puerto rico ♪ >> that's all i had. >> i'm more amazed at how you remembered your dreams. i can't do that. you know you had something special but this song didn't make your album. >> it took a while because i didn't know how i wanted to produce it. so it took a little bit to kind of get that perfect hybrid between pop and latin urban then i called my buddy daddy yankee a big part of this record and added his magic and it all came together. >> how does it feel, the

spanish song to top the billboard and only behind lack rayna and "la bamba." a massive hit. >> when we started getting to the top ten in the top 100 i was like, man, i'm going to break the top ten. this is very exciting and finally got no number one and been there for 14 weeks and it's just a blessing. a huge surprise. this is a song that came to me in a guitar, you know, just the same way i've been writing songs for the last 20 years and i'm just so honored that the world has sort of connected to the song, spanish song to see all these beautiful countries singing in spanish. that's amazing. [ cheers and applause ] >> and you said earlier you did it with daddy yankee but then justin bieber heard it in a club and he said, i want to be on the remix. >> yeah. >> that was a fun phone call that i got about four months in. the song was already pretty big. already huge in latin america and europe but i was actually doing poe motion in europe and got a call

saying that justin bieber heard a song and wanted to do a remix and i was like okay. >> did you think it was real. >> it came from my label from universal music so had had to be real and this is exciting to get a huge superstar to get a different angle and he did a great job because he sang the first part in english, but he kept the chorus in spanish and this had a complete english lyric but he wanted to keep sort of the originality of the original song so i thought it was great for him to, you know, take the time and record it in spanish, as well. >> you have a daughter. >> i do. >> and i heard -- what does she think you do? >> she's going to come out? >> what did she think you did for a liveing? >> she -- i still think she thinks i'm a pilot. >> and why is that? >> because i'm constantly, you know, in a plane so -- i mean i never really explain to her i'm going to go to this country to song. i'm going ton a plane. okay, bye, so, daddy is a

so now she kind of -- >> what does she think about you now. >> now she thinks i'm cool entitlement because i sang with justin bieber, that's what it's all about. >> how does it feel for you to see so many people like you said across the world, you know, singing in spanish and embracing this song, a song that you came up with in your sleep -- in your dreams. >> so are you trying to sleep more now to come up with more hit song. >> that's the secret behind the song, sleeping. there's not been a lot of sleeping lately which is a great problem to have in life, you know, again, to me the biggest -- the biggest reward for me is that people are enjoying this song, that it broke the language barrier, that the video broke records that everybody got to see the little island where i'm from because the video is -- was shot in puerto rico where i'm from and i wanted people to see the beauty of that island and everyone is enjoying it and dancing it and i've been touring literally n nonstop and landed yesterday.

in turkey watching people sing in spanish is big for latin music. >> i'm glad you came here and excited our crowd. all our viewers at home. i know you're a big supporter of st. jude as i i am and i want to thank you for that. >> absolutely. >> oh, man, i got -- you got to teach me some of those dance moves. we'll go outside to ginger who was just in here dancing. how did you get in here so fast. >> i was right behind you. i learned some moves from luis and we're just despacito'ing. you know a lot about the warmth. we will have a warm one in the northeast so you think perfect beach day and it will be unless you go in the water where we have rip currents and, of course, the high surf advisories. some of those small craft advisories for some of the waves that could get two to seven feet high. that goes all the way up to maine as that hurricane gert pulls off.

- foggy early, then sunny, hot & humid - pm storms thursday and friday - seasonable august warmth through early next week - still expecting fair skies for the eclipse - 5 days away today: fog early. becoming mostly sunny. hot and humid. highs: 87-90 winds: nw to s 5 mph tonight >> that weather brought to you by trivago. we should head up to robin. >> it was fun to see ginger dancing and you were dancing. we have a "gma" health alert. a new study that says size does matter when it comes to heart disease challenging the theory that people who are overweight can still be considered healthy and dr. jen ashton is here with that. so what does this show. >> it it's about this controversy that there are overweight and obese people with normal numbers as we say, so normal blood pressure, normal cholesterol, nondiabetic and this study looked at people over a 12-year follow-up people and

were add increased risk for heart disease down the road so, again, it's a reminder that you can look healthy by number right now on paper, but down the road the risks of that overweight and obesity really do matter. >> let's talk about some of these matters considered risk factor. bmi. >> a lot have heard of this. not a perfect measure. people like michael strahan might be considered obese because it doesn't take into account lean muscle mass. you can calculate it on height and weight but this chart there is a rank from underweight to overweight and obese and we can mention it can be just as unhealthy to be in the underweight bmi as obese. the other one, he have me holding this. waist circumference, probably not used enough. i'm going to take one for the team but very simple. there's different numbers for men and women. you want to stand up. find your belly button, exhale, don't do it and find out what your number is for women. it should be less than 32 i

approximately for men, less than 37 inches. that is a measure of that dangerous belly fat that we talk so much about that wraps around our organs. >> thanks for taking one for the team. cholesterol is considered another factor. >> this study actually looked at the good cholesterol, the hdl. we hear a lot about bad cholesterol. there are some things that we can do to raise this good cholesterol number low carb diet have been associated with increasing that number, exercise, being active, some medication also increase it but a low hdl is an independent risk factor for future heart disease so, again, we should mention you can be underweight. you can be slim and have a bad hdl so this is a complicated issue. >> the medical opportunity is at fault here too. >> we have to lead the pack. we have to help treat chronic overweight and obesity or we'll be dealing with the future consequence. >> all right, jen. you can dance. okay, coming up, how you can get the best photos for monday's total eclipse using your smartphone.

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back now with our countdown to the total solar eclipse, five days away. so, t.j. holmes is with us. with your guy safely capturing photos, we know you want to take pictures. you need to read the glasses. >> you all this is very important. no matter what you do you have to have special glasses. don't think your ray-bans will protect you. always keep these on no matter what pictures you might be taking. >> can we use our iphone to protect our eyes while taking pictures. >> yes, if you do not have the glasses you can use your iphone. that lens there is not going to be as bright so you can keep that up as a filter, however, you run the risk of maybe inadvertently looking directly at the sun. >> this is serious. you could really hurt yourself. >> you could damage your eyes and maybe even do

filter. >> how do we get the perfect insta eclipse shot. >> special photographers out there capturing this thing but you can get a special lens that will give you a better view. wide angle lenses. you can get this. it will help you. also if you want to get a tripod. >> what do i ask for. >> get a zoom accessory for your phone. zoom accessory and they will give you that and you'll be good to go. different versions will cost 20 to 100 bucks and one of these if you want to keep it steady. a tripod you can set up your phone on right here and leave it there and keep it steady that will help you get your money shot sh a lot of people wondering if bad for eye, what about the iphone, can something happen to the phone? >> yes, the light is going to be intense, right? it's going to be coming from the sun, it shouldn't damage your iphone. the apple tells us you should be okay but don't leave it out there

most part it should be okay. >> a lot to think about and people want to capture it. exciting moment but it is potentially harmful as well. >> keep those glasses on. >> nobody wears them better than you, my friend. >> i knew you would say that. >> we'll give you a full list of approved glasses. that's right. there he is, on our website, do not forget to watch our live coverage starting monday, david muir anchoring our special starting at 1:00 p.m. eastern right here on abc, do not miss it. you take them off too quick. thank you, t.j. all right. come on over here. let's go see diane. so we're going to turn now from the glasses, the eclipse to country music's big night. the cma bringing some of the biggest stars to abc. diane macedo with us. taking us behind the scenes, lucky girl. >> oh, yeah, so this is like a country music buffet. you're talking the biggest names playing their biggest hit all in one place but after hanging out backstage it's tough to tell who is more e

the fans or the performers. ♪ >> reporter: it's music city mayhem. >> this is like the creme de la creme of country music. >> reporter: from across the globe taking over nashville for the annual cma music festival. >> nothing like feeling the electricity of the stadium full of country music fans from all over the world. >> it's cma fest, it's so anyone everywhere around the world. >> reporter: the lineup a country fan's dream come true. every chart topper in one venue from brad paisley to dierks bentley, even classics like garth brooks. it's the kind of party luke bryan looks forward to every summer. >> gosh, i had enough fun for ten people last night. >> you need to teach me the dance. >> the dance? >> the dance, oh, oh. >> how am i doing. >> there you got it. >> reporter: thomas rhett is taking on hosting duty as long with his former tour mate

ballerini. >> i feel like we have a different perspective. we came as fans. >> you come full circle. >> we both went to where we sat as fans and had a moment of oh, my gosh. we get to do this. >> are you sick of each other yet. >> no. >> i'm sick of her but -- >> well. ♪ i can use the love >> reporter: maren morris says she's honored to represent the women. >> getting to do my own set this year and be a woman on that stage is really empowering. >> reporter: newcomers like brett young perform at the riverfront by day and sometimes earn a spot on the big stage, nissan stadium by night. >> i think as an artist you build your bucket list and that was one i hadn't even -- it wasn't going to happen yet this year. >> reporter: but one of the most coveted tickets in town isn't just it a concert. >> what's up, y'all. b.k. and tyler. florida georgia line? they have opened their own four-story restaurant in downtown nashville just in time r

access tour. >> you come here three or four times and not see everything. >> this is one of our favorite levels. we can observe the party and take it all in. >> let's go eat. >> say good-bye to that too. >> makes me want to dance. >> food and drink brings people together. >> reporter: a week of nonstop fun all over the city, even backstage. >> maybe just a big fist bump. >> all right. ♪ collaborate and listen, ice is back with a brand-new invention ♪ ♪ there will be time enough for counting when the deal is done ♪ >> you got to talk to kenny rogers. >> and i got to sing with kenny rogers. i think i forgot i was working in nashville but it was such a great show and the good part is it airs tonight,:00 p.m. eastern on abc so now everyone gets to enjoy it. >> we all will. thank you. that was so fun and we'll be right back. stay with us.

"good morning america" is brought to you by state farm. here to help life go right. our thanks again to luis. our thanks again to luis. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you. >> what a way to start the day and also want to stay good-bye to a special person here. our warhead supervisor evelyn mason is going on. she has in her words she's going to be a lady of leisure. 17 years. what are you doing over there. >> come over here. >> why are you over there like that. >> we'll miss you, evelyn. we'll miss you,

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with a check of your top stories. a memorial to honor the woman who died in saturday's violence in charlottesville. heather higher was kill when a man slammed his car to a crowd of counter protesters. virginia governor and virginia senator tim cane will attend today's service am memorial at 11:00 a.m. watch it live. or on our sister station news channel 8. breaking over notice in baltimore confederate statutes coming down at night. all four of the monuments were removed. roger b. tawny statute and lee jackson statute. after the fog lifts we will see the sun today. her is veronica johnson. >> reporter: summer is not over. today higher meet and humid vment temperature 88. it will feel like we are in the low 90's. mid-90's expected tomorrow. then, uppr

the most uncomfortable day. the day in which we have very gusty, hefty thunderstorms coming thru for the afternoon and evening. look at the rainfall totals 21 've one to two inches possible. here is the extended forecast. reason chance saturday. >> reporter: on the roads now we condition to see a slow ride 95 and 495 capitol beltway. delays to silver spring on the outer loop of the beltway. i66 clears that crash. we remain below posted speed eastbound. as you head toward the beltway, i270 spur clearing a crash for you after the beltway and the cameras showing a slow ride to 70 in clarksburg. >> reporter: thank you, can you get more updates on good morning washington on news channel 8. have a great day.

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