>> ♪ not afraid alison: alison: a daring whitewater rescue. >> i said nobody dies on my birthday. alison: a man jumps in to save a stranger. nancy: some hauled off and toppled, others defend it.

thieves are using new technology to try to steal your debit card and atm information, but there is a way that you can avoid it with your smart phone. now, abc 711:00 am on your side. >> ♪ to the gulf stream waters this land was made for you and me ♪ alison: we begin with breaking news tonight, a massive rally for peace in charlottesville, virginia, happening right now. nancy: michelle marsh joins us with the latest. michelle: the sight is really incredible. there are people with candles , where theretreets were torches just last week. >> ♪ not afraid today

michelle: the city of charlottesville reeling from the deadly violence at a rally over a confederate statue attended by white supremacists. the crowd tonight calling for to hatred.nd end demonstrators in philadelphia are speaking out against white supremacy, some calling for the removal of a former mayor who they say was unfair to effort naked americans -- to african-americans. alison: this just into the newsroom, sources tell cnn regretst trump has no after the explosive comments about charlottesville yesterday. it was tuesday's off the rails press conference where president blamed both sides for the violence at the rally saturday. new fallout ni

of phoenix is asking the president to delay a planned rally next week. the president ignoring that requested a short tweet, inviting everyone to join him at the rally tuesday. will keep monitoring the situation to see if the planned rally actually takes place. nancy: in virginia governor terry mcauliffe calling for the removal of confederate statues in the commonwealth. since the weekends violence, we have seen the scenes play out across the country, statues removed, covered, protested, all for being symbols of the confederacy. the governor calls this a sweeping recommendation to remove them. stephen tschida joins us live in old town alexandria, wher4e one of those monuments stands. stephen: the appomattox statue has stood here nearly 130 years, but tonight calls to have the statue and other monuments like

confederacy and the civil war, i think that maybe it's time for them to come down. stephen: the appomattox statue stands on the spot where men from alexandria departed at the start of the civil war to join the confederate army. >> he risked his life fighting to preserve one of the greatest in morales of this country. it has the names of local confederate statues, killed fighting to leave the union. tonight, the statue faces a united front. after the violence that iraq did this weekendin charlottesville -- after the violence that erupted this weekend in charlottesville, the governor, lieutenant governor, and other localities calling to remove these monuments. >> think it is good that it goes some whirls like a museum to be commemorated, but not be in such a public space. >> i understand people say it

does that history stand for? stephen: the alexandria city council voted in 2016 to move the appomattox statue to a nearby museum, but that requires approval of the general assembly, which is not forthcoming. stephen tschida, abc 7 news. nancy: the protests in charlottesville were about moving the statue. then i, direct defendants of the confederate general are weighing in. his great-great-grandson condemned the violence, saying it might be "appropriate for these types of statues to be submitted to museums." he told cnn tonight that we must have the conversation. >> ♪ amazing grace alison: and more emotional and heartfelt moments in charlottesville as more than 1000 people honor the life of heather heyer. the 32-year-old was killed when a car ran down a group of counter protesters saturday.

beginning of her daughter's legacy. >> they tried to kill my child to shut her up. guess what -- you just magnified her. alison: president trump did not attend the service. callinged about heyer, her a special young woman. watch more of today's memorial you can alsowhere find comprehensive coverage of all the events in charlottesville and the fallout from president trump's comments. nancy: major changes at a charles county middle school after a teacher's aide and coach was accused of sexually assaulting boys and making child pornography. t school isoddar adding surveillance cameras and psychologists and shrinking class sizes. anna-lysa gayle reports. nancy, no cameras were allowed inside the meeting, but the superintendents started

missing the meeting the last time on this topic. many parents say they just want to know that their kids will be safe when they walk through these doors. as students prepare for the first day of school september 5, many nervous parents attended the charles county school board. >> it is a question of his safety. anna-lysa: their fears come as a former instructional assistant carlos bell is behind bars. bill who is hiv-positive is accused of assaulting at least 24 students. >> he should not be allowed to change schools. anna-lysa: the superintendent said that changes are coming to the middle school, including more cameras and always. reduced class sizes and more psychologists at the beginning of the school year. that thek superintendent hill needs to resign.

anna-lysa: bell was indicted on sexualnts, ranging from abuse to child pornography. superintendent hill says yes no plans of residing as long as the board chooses to have her. anna-lysa gayle, abc 7 news. brian: the first forecast at 11:00, five days and counting until the solar eclipse. tonight we had a lovely shower moving through. warm temperatures of the 70's, low 80's downtown right now. by about 6fog cast a.m., we can have dense fog settling in. we want to keep a watch on that tomorrow. once that burns off, warm and muggy, upper 80's, with a chance of showers in the afternoon. the forecast coming up. alison: meanwhile, this developing now, a dramatic

angeles. a man who led the police on a high-speed chase has climbed on top of this giant crane. and hasill up there been there at least an hour. we will continue to follow that story. he is on top of a crane. we will let you know what happens. nancy: an update from texas, a federal grand jury has decided that a truck driver -- has indicted a truck driver in connection with the deaths of 10 people. the authorities arresting the man last month when they found dozens of people in san antonio that investigate or say were smuggled across the border with mexico. 10 died from the conditions inside. bradley could face the death penalty if convicted. alison: an update to an infamous case in our area, one of the d.c. sniper's a strong to get a new sentence. >> lee boyd malvo. alison: the request today was denied.

that a recent supreme court ruling voided his life sentence, which said that minors should not get mandatory lifetime sentences. he was convicted in 2007. the judge disagreed and ordered him back to prison. nancy: 7 on your side fighting back against crime, multiple skimming devices attached to atm inside of 7-eleven locations. but there is a simple trick to figure this out. all you need is your smart phone. tom roussey joins us live in woodbridge with this. tom? years we haver been telling you about thieves putting skimming devices inside of gas pumps to steal credit and debit card information, but these guys are actually putting the devices inside of 7-elevens. what makes the crime unique is the technology they are using.

week, three times tuesday alone, prince william county police investigated skimming devices on atm's inside woodbridge 7-elevens. the thieves put one sk immer with a camera over where the money comes out. >> we're seeing a variety. tom: the other thing making these crimes unit, the thieves receive the stolen debit card information using wireless bluetooth technology. they never have to get the skimmer back. >> they just abandon the technology and get what they can before the devices located. tom: these are sturdily built. hereu pull here or here or and anything is loose, that is a sign them is seen -- the machine might be tempered with. using bluetooth helps the criminals but also helps you. you can use your smart phone to check for active bluetooth

or numbers, it will look extremely odd. it: this is what you do, and will be different depending on your smart phone. go to settings, and the third thing down says bluetooth on this iphone. if there is anything weird operating in the area, this is where it would show up. tonight, nothing weird is operating, so the crooks are not here, but the police recommend that you do that before you use an atm. live in presley them county, tom roussey, abc 7 news. nancy: shocking video tonight as a first-time kayaker gets pinned in gushing water. >> he is caught. nancy:

nancy: new jersey senator cory booker announcing he will introduce a bill to remove confederate statues from the capitol building. he said this is just one step and we have much work to do. right now there are 10 statues come including in the national sanctuary hall.

kayaker rescued in alaska. .his was this man's first trip he was thrown out of the kayak, trapped under a log. >> he's pinned! realizationto the that i wasn't going to get out of this by himself. this is probably the end. threw mallow kayakers wrote but he was too weak to hang on, and that is when a stranger jumped in and freed him. >> i said to him, nobody dies on my birthday. hasy: the stranded kayaker a broken rib but is otherwise ok. alison: wow, unbelievable. about anopments incident that happened on a jetblue flight. two crewmembers hospitalized after a flight from boston had to make an emergency landing in south carolina. jetblue said the

inspected and the strange owner turned out to be nail polish remover. in the past few months, three were jetblue flights landed because somebody on board got sick. nancy: and a high-speed video caught on video. the police are looking for the thieves smashed a display window and stole jules inside -- and inside.wels nobody in the store was hurtful stop there is no word on the value of the stolen jewelry. alison: happening tomorrow coming celebration of nba greats as prince george's native kevin durant, but the festivities are shrinking. it was supposed to be an all-day event in seat pleasant. the parade will go on as planned in the morning, but the festival was shut down at the last minute. that is because of what was called unforeseen circumstances and a scheduling conflict. nancy: the summer season is winding down as kids go back to school, but kingsto

two big new attractions. twisted timbers is a hybrid roller coaster that will open next spring. >> 54 miles per hour, multiple inversions, high-speed track. it will be great. nancy: coming sooner, the park announcing which are fast. the holiday event -- announcing winterfest. it features a skating rink and light show starting in november. the park says this is the most the company has invested since it opened, so it's good to see santa getting in on the action. alison: kind of weird to see santa in the summer. a new food choice for fans at the atlanta falcons stadium. the problem, this will not be open until game day because the chick-fil-a booth. the chain is not open sundays. the falcons only have one home game that is not on a sunday. it is a thursday night in december. the

be open for concerts and other events in the stadium. nancy: seems like they did not think that through. a wisconsin man spent decades building his videogame collection and then decided to move on. he put the entire collection, 750 games, controllers, and consuls, on ebay. he sold the entire collection to a man who drove from ohio to pick it up. the final price, $20,000 in cash. not too shabby. alison: my goodness. brian: we did a story earlier, he did have a wife. we hit 90 degrees today, the 36th time this year, and we had good sunshine. lots of sunshine for the partial eclipse monday, but the next couple days unsettled weather. the partial eclipse happens monday, beginning at 1:17. the moon starts to move in front of the sun. best chances of

, 81%, happens about 2:42, and in the sun will reemerge. for viewing, have glasses and proper eyewear. the next couple days feel like mid august. we had this stretch of weather where was below average. tomorrow and friday, talking near 90. 95 tomorrow. will feel like 97 saturday i --friday. 70's outside right now, light showers to the south, fredericksburg. those continue to fizzle out. tomorrow, fog in the morning, dry midmorning. midafternoon, scattered showers and storms in the afternoon. tomorrow evening, a couple of those could pack a punch. speaking of tomorrow and friday, the montgomery county,

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find a one caret diamond ring. she lost during judgment ring in the house before. she kept the loss a secret until her daughter found it in the garden with a carrot growing around it. >> she says, is this your engagement ring? i said, yes. telling herad of husband, she bought a slightly cheaper replacement ring. she has warned it until now. which she got back, she told her late husband would have cracked up at the situation. corny talking about s?e carrots around the caret robert: really good. nancy: i've been working on the delivery. robert: it was great, nancy. training cam

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for the redskins. josh dotson was back on the field with the practice team, he has been sidelined for more than a week with a hamstring injury. his status saturday is up in the air. jamison crowder looks likely to play. he is also nursing a hamstring injury but hopes to suit up saturday against greenback. >> -- against green bay. >> i feel great today. any time i step on the field, regardless of who we are going against, i'm excited. robert: hoops, the mystics and sparks side-by-side come arms locked in a moment of silence to honor the victims in charlottesville. as for the contest itself, not really much of a contest. l.a. beat washington with ease, 95-62. talk about a moment to forget, the first pitch in boston tonight.

was aiming. nancy: oh, no! robert: the ball hits a photog in a sensitive area. it is like the snickers commercial, he really wants to get away. by the way, the photographer will be ok. to the nationals lost 3-2 the an

alison: the latest for tomorrow? active day, warm and muggy, chance of showers in the afternoon. friday, scattered showers and storms. over the weekend, the store potential goes down, a little less humid. -- the storm potential goes down over the weekend. nancy:

jimmy kimmel's next. alison: have a great night.

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