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this is the cbs morning news. >> president trump is greeted with jeers as he returns to new york city after his response to the race fuelled violence in charlottesville. plus, protesters in north carolina take matters into their own hands and bring down a confederate monument and bomb plots stopped. a 23-yead
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after allegedly trying to blow up an oklahoma city bank. good morning from the studio 57 news room here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne marie green. president trump condemned racists during a white supre supremists rally. some gathered outside the hotel where the president is staying and heather is with us this morning. >> reporter: if the first time since the inauguration president trump came back to his hometown and he was greeted with protesters many aligned here on fifth avenue holding signs chanting new york hates you. the president arrived at his
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outside of trump tower. it was one of several demonstrations around the country denouncing this weekend's rally in charlottesville, virginia during which white supremacists clashed with counterprotesters leaving one person dead. >> i cannot stand for nazis in my country. i want anyone who lives here to feel safe. >> reporter: the man who allegedly rammed his car into a crowd of activists in charlottesville is according to friends someone who admires hitler. he appeared in court monday officially charged with injuring 19 and in the death of the 32-year-old heather heyer. >> i'm extremely proud of my daughter. >> reporter: after two days of criticism for not immediately condemning specifically white supremacy groups did so on monday. >> racism is evil and those who cause violence in its
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criminals and thugs including the kkk, neo nazis. >> reporter: three resigned in a single day in response to the president's delay. the ceo of merck, underarmour and ryan tweeted in part there should be no hesitation in condemning hate speech or white supremacy by name. >> reporter: and there might be another shakeup within the inner circle. sources have said his chief strategist steve bannon may be out of a job. >> thank you so much. well, following the violence in charlottesville, protesters in durham, north carolina, toppled a confederate statue. the statue of a confederate soldier had d
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century outside a courthouse building. activists used a ladder and a rope to pull down the monuments. dozens cheered and some kicked the statue after it fell to the ground. in baltimore, a monument was vandized over the weekend. someone poured the red point over the statue which depicts a dying con federal soldier. on sunday, protesters denounced the violence and racism in virginia. yesterday the mayor said she plans to remove all of baltimore's con federal era monuments. the holocaust memorial in boston was vandized for the second time this summer. a 17-year-old boy smashed a glass panel on the memorial last night. he will be charged with malicious destruction of property. the civil rights unit is also investigating. an oklahoma man is in federal custody this morning accused of trying to carry
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attack on american soil. he allegedly tried to detonate what he thought was a van packed with explosives outside an oklahoma city bank. >> reporter: a confidential informant alerted the fbi to his plan to blow up an oklahoma city bank describing him as someone upset with the government and seeking retaliation. in the criminal complaint, he wanted to pull off an attack similar to the oklahoma city bombing, adding, i'm out for blood. when militias start getting formed i'm going after government officials. the informant introduced him to undercover fbi agent. >> he began applying components for what he believed would make an improvised explosive device. >> he thought was a working bomb and tried to detonate it with
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cell phone. >> he parked the van in the alley of bank first and fled to a safe location in order to remotely detonate the bomb. >> reporter: he followed the three percenters. former fbi assistant director. >> we have violent people who are on the fringe who are angry, who feel a call to action, who feel like their response is the answer. and too often that response is to kill a lot of innocents. >> reporter: he was in federal court in oklahoma city which incide incidentally is right across from the okc memorial. kim jong-un has reportedly delayed a decision on firing missiles toward guam. kim's isolated regime reportedly is waiting to see what the u.s. will do next. meanwhile
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would seek to prevent war by all means but the u.s. and seoul are preparing for joint military drills next week. and a french prosecutor says it's highly probable the man who drove a car into a pizza place was under the influence of drugs. authorities are now conducting a homicide investigation. the incident left 14 people hospitalized including a 3-year-old boy who sustained life threatening injuries. an artillery mishaps caused the death of two u.s. service members in iraq sunday. the victims are identified from arlington, texas, and one from brooklyn, new york. they were both members of the air born division. five others were injured in the incident. a former denver radio host
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says going to court was his only option. yesterday, a jury determined determined that mueller did grope swift before a concert in 2013. mueller had sued swift saying the allegations cost him his career and his reputation. swift countersued and sought a symbolic one dollar in damages. she released a statement thanking her attorneys for supporting her. tiger woods reportedly had five different drugs in his system when he was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence in may. that's according to espn citing a copy of the toxicology report. last week woods pleaded guilty to reckless driving. coming up on the morning news, a possible pardon. a former arizona sheriff who went to extremes to crack down
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i'll pretend those are moochs and not boos. >> we'll find out later. >> a chilly reception at the late show last night for anthony scaramucci. he said he wouldn't do anything differently if he became white house communications director again even though he lasted just ten days on the job. there's talk of a possible pardon for a controversial sheriff in a neo nazi website is dropped by google. those are some of the headlines on the morning newsstand. two internet hosts rejected daily stormer saying the neo nazi group incites violence.
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yesterday. go daddy dropped the site sunday because it backed the national rally in charlottesville. president trump is thinking about pardoning joe arpaio. he was convicted for detaining people he merely suspected of being undocumented immigrants. fox news says the president called him a great american patriot. actor ryan reynolds is heart broken after a stunt woman was killed after filming dead pool 2. she crashed into the window of a downtown building. harris was a pro motorcycle racer. the atlanta journal constitution says former wresting l star rick flair is recovering from heart surgery. he was placed in a medically induced coma prior to the operation. and the new york times s
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forecast in some cities around the country. >> liftoff takes flight. >> more than three tons of gear and supplies including some ice cream are on the way to the international space station. space x launched the capsule yesterday from cape canaveral, the company's rocket booster returned and landed successfully for the 14th time. on the cbs money watch, we're at the new york stock exchange with more. >> reporter: good morning. wall street regained some ground on monday after last week fell off as worries eased over north korea's nuclear program. the dow gained 135 points.
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nasdaq added 83. the price of the virtual currency bit coin is surging. it topped $4,300 yesterday. according to the coin based currency exchange that is nearly $1,000 above its rate a week ago. an update to software and rules. china is criticizing president trump's order for a probe into whether beijing is stealing u.s. technology and inventions. the order violates international trade rules. mr. trump wants to know if china improperly requires foreign companies to handle technology to get access to chinese markets. shonda rimes is moving to the streaming service to create exclusive content in what netflix is a multiyear deal. the announcement comes just
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announced plans to pull programming from netflix. and there is a new shade of purple to honor the late superstar, prince. ♪ purple rain, purple rain love symbol number two was inspired by the musician's custom made piano and the graphic he used as his name in the legal battle with his record label warner brothers. >> i'm surprised they didn't call it purple rain. that would have been the most obvious one. love symbol number two. >> it's a figure and now we can have the song in our heads all day long. >> that's true. thank you so much. still to come, a new reason to celebrate happy hour. the latest study reveals the health benefits of drinking alcohol. protection. ey
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forecast in some cities around the country. big ben rings one last time before plunging into four years of silence. a $40 million restoration project started yesterday. the london clock is 158 years old. with rockies fans, he tossed 7 strong innings as the rockies beat
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click drinks linked to heart health but there is a very fine line between the benefits and the risks. >> reporter: terrence is enjoying a drink with friends. >> i moderately drink. i'm a social drinker so i think it's good for you. >> reporter: new research suggests he has the right idea. a study in the journal of the american college of cardiology shows light to moderate alcohol consumption may offer health benefits. >> there was a decrease in both all cause mortality or death and a decrease in cardiovascular mortality or death. at a high dose of alcohol there was an increase. >> reporter: cbs news medical contributor tells patients that light to moderate means one drink per day for women and two for men. >> one of the
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alcohol may help to raise the good cholesterol, it may help to improve the health of the blood vessels, improve inflammation, lower it and also have anti oxidant benefits. she doesn't recommend that nondrinkers start but for those who enjoy an occasional drink, red wine is best. >> drinking in moderation is awesome for you because it relieves stress. >> reporter: this group will drink to that. >> just the report they wanted to hear. coming up on nbc this morning, back to school, we will show you a special boot camp for military veterans to help them learn how to adjust to college life. this is the cbs morning news. i'm anne marie green.
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no more hate. >> tuesday morning, 4:25. the president made his way back to trump tower to angry crowds last night. groups gathered across t
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supremacy following the violence in charlottesville. one twitter account is calling out those who attended the rally in charlottesville and one of the protestors has been fired. this morning we're asking the question, should companies allowed to kick you to the curb for actions outside of work? i'll pretend those are mooches and not booze. we'll find out later. >> former white house communications manager, anthony scaramucci sat down with stephen colbert to talk everything about what it was like inside the white house and the president's response to charlottesville. let's talk weather. allyson, talk it away. >> we had showers yesterday, you probably barely noticed them unless you were just standing outside. that's what we're dealing with again this morning. morning showers lingering throughout the next
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hours. it will clear up in time for the nats game. we have a couple showers along 270 in fredrick. those are more moderate, but sprinkles on the bottom side of the beltway and farther south and west as well. how long will this stick around? through the morning and through your lunchtime. this is 11:30. hold on to the umbrella through the lunch hour today. the there may be enough showers along 66 and the beltway that could bring a few of the showers. we see the clouds part this afternoon, and by 6:00, we're already drying out with a little bit of sunshine just before the sun sets. temperatures will be into the low 80s. yesterday we reached 80 as the cloud cover stuck around. we are going to stay below average for another day. 84 for leesburg today. 84 in d.c. and we'll get to the rest of the forecast. it is a little bit hotter
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up in just a bit. ellen. >> day two of being back, you're back in the swing of things. it's only 4:27 in the morning. we have an accident blocking the east and westbound lanes on wood vine road at ridge road. the bigger delays are eastbound. we're checking to see what's going on up there. also, 95 heading southbound, you're going to see some construction. off and on, i've seen delays northbound in virginia too, right by courthouse road. traffic is definitely moving a little slower than you'd expect if you were normally heading out at this time. 395 northbound by washington boulevard, there is a long term construction project up here. they put out an additional notice. watch out for extra crews. another white house shake
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two sources close to the white house tell us steve bannon's job is in jeopardy. he's the chief strategist. voters in alabama are heading to the polls to fill attorney general jeff sessions's senate seat. a shade of purple inspired by the late super star, prince, on his custom made piano. the color was dubbed love symbol number 2. prince began using his name in 1993 and battled with ownership over the recording of his biggest hits. he switched back to prince in 2000 after his warner brothers contract expired. news at 4:30 starts right now. that's what's going on. this is wake up washington on wusa 9. good morning, everybody
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who are you? i forgot. don't get used to it. i'm mike hydeck. allyson rae, it's kind of muggy. >> i just came back from vacation. >> everybody else in the world, you should take your vacation. >> yeah, enjoy. we're getting back into school mode, everyone is winding down summer plans. we're going to have an up date on hurricane gert in just a little bit. a little drizzle in some areas this morning. it's going to be a few drops on your windshield and not going to impact your morning too much. for that reason i didn't issue the yellow weather alert. this is going to occur through lunchtime. i would keep the umbrella around the lunch hour, you might run into a little pocket until then. it is going to clear up for this evening in time for the nats game. 80 degrees by 6:00 and then the clouds part before the sun sets. upper 70s before the game is over. coming

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