s at i-f-a-w dot org. captioning funded by cbs it's friday, august 18, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." terror strikes twice in spain. five suspected terrorists are killed in a shoot-out with police less than ten hours after the driver of a van in another city plowed into people on a popular street, killing 13 and injuring dozens of others. overnight another confederate statue came down in maryland, but president trump calls the removal of those memorials foolish. and the countdown to the total eclipse is on. coast to coast people are

gearing up for a rare experience. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. police in spain have stopped a deadly second attack that isis is blamed for in barcelona. many remain in serious condition. now, the driver of the van who targeted pedestrians is still at large. hours after the attack police say they killed five suspects in a seaside town south of barcelona to stop another series of attacks. debora patta is in barcelona. good morning. >> reporter: anne-marie, it was about eight hours after the attack in barcelona.

at least seven people were killed when a car was driven into a crowd of peer. similar to barcelona, there a white van plowed into a shopping area in barcelona late afternoon. the drive swerving back and forth to hit as many people as possible. residents and tourists ran for safety. bodies littered the sidewalk. an american tourist witnessed the attack. >> i heard just this group of people scream and i looked to my left and i saw a white van. it looked to be as if he was going left to right hitting people at the little stands where people were shopping. >> reporter: a manhunt is under way for the driver of the van who fled the scene. three men are under arrest.

injured. an american suffered minor injuries. and authorities say the two terror attacks are linked to an explosion at a house on wednesday night. that left one person dead. >> debora patta in barcelona. thanks so much, debora. this morning we'll discuss the incident in barcelona spain with fran townsend. the removal of confederate statues is being questioned by republicans. >> there needs to be radical changes to take place at the white house. >> reporter: harsh criticism from the house's own party, tennessee senator bob corker. >> the president has not yet been able to demonstrate the stability nor some of the co

demonstrate in order to be successful. >> and this from another republican, tim scott of south carolina. >> what we want to see from our president is clarity and moral authority. that more authority's compromised. >> reporter: while the president has avoided cameras for the past go days, he has not been silent. on twitter he swiftly condemned the barcelona attack and suggested his followers, quote, study what general pershing did to terrorists in the united states when caught. an alleged debunked matter of what he told. >> what they did was cut open two pigs and dumped the bullets into the pigs. then they took the bullets and shot 50 men. >> reporter: it was a sharp contrast for the days it took him tode

supremacist who drove his car into a crowd of protesters killing one and injured 19 others. the president also bemoaned what he called beautiful confederate statues and said american history is being ripped apart. in a statement senator lindsey graham urged him to stop. you're now receiving some praise from some of the most rage and hate-filled groups in the country, he said. please fix this. but accordingly this could be useful said steve bann non. in a series of interviews he dismissed the far right as clowns but said, quote, if the left is focused race and identity, we can crush the democrats. the president also lashed out at republican senator jeff flake of arizona and endorzed one of his pr

margaret brennan, cbs news, bridgewater, new jersey. your night another statue linked to slavery in this country was taken down. maryland officials took down the statue of richard tawny. he was the author of the infamous dred scott issue. the biggest monument to the confederacy is robert e. lee and stone wall jackson. edward williams who lives nearby and others had petitioned to remove or alter the monument. >> these images are individuals that lost a war that wanted to maintain slave ry, that wanted o exclude

minori minorities. >> today the mayor plans to make an announcement. the united states and south korea will go ahead with a joint military trill next week. yesterday defense secretary rex tillerson and general matusz met. they said it needs to be back by strong military consequences if north korea chooses wrongly. for the first time the u.s. military will help locate unexploded bombs in the city of mosul. it took nine months to free the iraq city from isis control. unexpected bombs were dropped by coalition forces. most of the explosives have now been hidden by isis fighters and can be triggered by the slightest movement. it's expected to take years to find and

and people across the country are preparing for the rare total eclipse. the school will cancel school for fear children will damage their eyes. >> reporter: monday's total eclipse will be a sky show for millions. for actual scientists and those who love the astronomy, this is way to study the earth both from the ground and in space with technology that hasn't been available for previous eclipses. monday's solar eclipse will be the first clipse seen in the united states in nearly 40 years. >> we're just really lucky. we're lucky because the moon's apparent diameter in the sky is the same as the sun so it can completely block it, but it's not too big. >> reporter: the rare event happens when the sun passes

moon and earth. the sun is ee clipped by the moon's shadow. >> and the whole thing is under an hour and a half. that's how fast the moon crosses over and hits. >> reporter: the shadow will streak across 14 states in the u.s. on a path from oregon to south carolina. those who are not on that 70-milewide line will see a partial eclipse. nasa's lab spent a year showing what the eclipse will look like from anywhere in the country when the sun's bright surface is covered for only two minutes the only light will be the sun's outer ring known as the corona. >> the numb be one ruling for monday's eclipse is don't improvi improvise. if you don't know, it's not worth it. you really can damage your eyes. make sure you

glasses. >> reporter: it has inspired many science projects including solar physics, atmosphere, and biology. >> hena daniels in new york. thank you, hena. cbs news will bring you live coverage of the solar eclipse beginning at 1:00 p.m. eastern. a video appears to show a day care worker striking a child. and good samaritans quickly jump into action to rescue a couple after their car got stuck on train tracks. this is the "cbs morning news." ah that can wait oh but not you buddy. bring everyone together with the refreshing taste of lipton iced tea.

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sight. >> it's never going to end. a rainy afternoon and isolated storms as expected. today number going to see more storms and some of them are going to be stronger, a lot of rain and does kick out for the weekend. 79 degrees right now. another very humid start. not so much of an issue as of now and i don't suspect it to be an issue. around the region these temperatures are warmer than earlier this week. we had 50s earlier on monday. now we are into the mid 70s. it feels like a typical august morning, hot, humid, uncomfortable. we are dry right now and stay dry for much of the morning. not going to rule out a few stray showers ahead of the front. this is 4: 00 this morning and future cast is aggressive this morning. as we head through the afternoon 12: 00 still dry temperatures near 90 going to feel warmer with humidity after them. this is 4:

approaching. a timeframe between 4 and 9:00 strong storms sweep through and the rest of your evening will be okay and then we get ready for a very nice weekend. we are going to be talking about temperatures near 90 degrees today and we'll have the eclipse forecast coming up in just a bit. >> i love how you say after 9:00 p.m. the rest of your evening. who is up after 9:00 p.m. on a friday. >> well, not us. >> out almosters here. we are not the typical breed i guess. i street northwest we have a sinkhole. if you are headed out northwest between pennsylvania avenue and 20th street they do have it closed for a sinkhole. also 97 is not we have an accident up there. another accident has closed down part of route 450 heading eastbound. davidsonville road to rutland

road. larry and mikia we've had trouble out there. the same area we had last month. >> thank you ellen for that update there. 4: 28 is your time. the navy says a commanding officer of a war ship that lost a dozen other sailors off the coast of japan in june. the navy's investigation into how and why the u.s. s fits jared collided with a container ship has not been completed. a familiar site, the soaring white fires of the temples of jesus christ of latter day saints. for the first time the public will get a chance to peek inside. normally the temple was only open to members going to start renovations. a brief window in 2020 for public visits before the temple is rededicated. a century old property in ocean city could be

one of seven dumpsters at south division street and the boardwalk near the inlet parking lot. a 50-year-old agreement between the owner of the building and the town started last year and the town is now asserting its rights to the property. this is wake up warrant washington. a statue of a former supreme court justice has been removed from outside of the maryland state house. good morning. >> good morning. >> welcome to wake up washington i'm larry miller. >> i'm mikia turner in for jan jeffcoat. it's another yellow weather alert day. >> that's right. more storms than yesterday and a lot of good down pours from this. dry and humid right now. 76 for arlington it's warm out there. 75 german town and 75 in

cold front gets things going a little bit more an instigates a lot of the activity for the afternoon yesterday only a few areas for those storms. the cold front back off here but it gets to dry off nicely for the weekend. that's going to be good. highs today low 90s. it will be warm. because the storms take longer to get here we heat up. heading into the upper 80s by noon. dry by lunch time and uncomfortable. low 90s by 4: 00 and storms sweep on through. what about monday, forecast really is holding on. we will see partly cloudy skies. there is a chance for showers mainly south of d.c. more towards culpepper, central virginia through richmond and we are going to stay dry. could see a shower after the sunsets but right now looking hot into the low 90s for the eclipse and partly cloudy. hopefully you are going to be joining us on monday from 1 to 3: 00. mode