the troopers are 48-year-old lieutenant cullen and trooper burke bates.play is not expected but the cause remains unknown. >> within hours people across the delaware valley gathered to show their support for the people of charlottesville. they want to send a message of unity. >> a number of community groups organized to support those injured and killed in charlottesville. in jenkintown, little more than two dozen people gathered at the town square. we want a measure of kindness and getting along in peace. the rallies like this one condemn the white nationalist rally and the death of a counter protester after a car drove into the group. we are talking about people that say, it's not okay. kindness matters and they are killed for it in the face of four hours, the word got out and a crowd gathered to say we believe in equalitiy. we believe in diversity. we are not going to sit by quietly. >> in doylestown, 50 or 60 people organized. philly we rise took to the streets in response to the event in virginia. the mayor denouncing white supremacistses rallies. thi

jake cullen and burke bates.oth veteran troopers and fathers. >> he was just a warm, loving dad and supportive dad. and he will be dearly missed. >> reporter: but some caught in the scuffle, lucky to be alive. this 19-year-old counterprotest said she didn't have time to run from the speeding car before being knocked to the ground. >> the minute i heard the screams was the minute i got hit. i didn't have time to react. >> reporter: in all, 35 people injured in that crash and the clashes. >> i got hit in my head. i have eight staples in my head. >> reporter: harris says a group of white nationalists armed with shields and helmets beat him with poles. >> calling me the n-word. telling me to die. they were definitely trying to kill me yesterday. >> reporter: so far we haven't seen any organized groups here in charlesville today. so for the moment it appears as though most people are heeding that warning from the governor. however, so many people gathering here where that car rammed into those people. this is where th

cullen and burke bates a virginia. burke was devoted to our entire family. part of our executive protective unit team for the past couple years. the cause of the crash is under investigation, but the police do not suspect foul play. closely following two elements from charlottesville, and for updates anytime, head to our website, wjla.com. and we are still on storm watch tonight. d.c. fire and ems were called to help with water rescues. a vehicle was caught in a high water spot familiar to all of us, the 600 block of rhode island avenue. two people had to be rescued, one of back you in it. at 9:00 and rescue, another at 16th street. let's check in with meteorologist josh knight. how much longer are we dealing with the rain? josh: the rain is starting to move out. still some light showers around the metro area and the national harbor, but we are looking for a dryer trend overnight. have a few spots where we the heavier rain, thunderstorms coming down. most notably we have to watch this one near spotsylvania county, but a lot of this dropping south through the

you are on the phone with us right now because you are on the way to the funeral of trooper burke batesoopers killed. i want to ask you about him in a moment. first, about the statues, as resently as monday, you wanted to keep the statues up for context. now you say they should come down. >> i started in commission on june 22nd that would provide contacts and interpretation of the five monuments we have. i thought that we could use those statues as a tool to enlighten and educate. but after saturday, i have seen there are others out there who choose to use these statues as a rallying point for hate. and those are not the principles and values of the city of richmond. >> sad to see the history and culture of history with the removal of the statues and monuments. the presidenting saying you can learn from them. you disagree? >> you know, it saddens me what happened in charlottesville, there are people who would use these as ways to inject the political ideology of hate. i don't see them as necessary as teaching tools. i think our commission is going to consider removal, just like we have

died trooper burke bates in the line charlottesville. hiss was honored by colleagues as well as the governor, who he knew well. his wife andd by twins, who are just 12 years old. next at 6:00, the new app that's being rolled out to keep track of your kids when they head off to school. >> and next at 6:00, reading between the lines. national zoo is taking that has us on panda watch. it's time for the biggest sale of the year with the new sleep number 360 smart bed. it senses your every move and automatically adjusts on both sides to keep you effortlessly comfortable. and snoring.... does your bed do that? the new 360 smart bed is part of our biggest sale of the year where all beds are on sale. and right now save 50% on the labor day limited edition bed. >> check out this scene. this was this morning in ocean city. a boat erupting into flames. people were on board at the time. the boat's operator said the somethingire was electrical on board. some people on a nearby boat quickly rescued everybody, getting all folks to shore safely. for the

. >>> this morning people will be gathering to remember one of the two troopers burke bates in richmond, virginia, killed in the rally in charlotteville. they were providing video to police last saturday. and lieutenant jay cullen's funeral is set for tomorrow. it is not clear what caused their helicopter to crash. >>> former governor schwarzenegger is sending a message to president trump. he took offense to trump's comments that both sides were responsible during the charlotteville clashes between hate groups and counter protestors. >> the only way to beat the loud and angry voices of hate is to meet them with louder and more reasonable voices. that includes you, president trump. in fact, as president of this great country you have a moral responsibility to send an unequivocal message that you won't stand for hate and racism. let me help you write this speech a little bit. as president of the united states and as a republican, i reject the support of white supremacists. the country that defeated hitler's armies is no place for nazi flags. the party of lincoln won't stand with those tha

he and burke bates were killed when their helicopter crashed outside of charlottesville.y were monitoring violent clashes during the white nationalist protests there. >> dorothy and i are heartbroken. it will never be the same when i step into that helicopter. and not see jay in the front seat with cullen on the back of his helmet. however ... when i do get in the helicopter, i will think of jay. and i will think what a silent giant he was. >> lieutenant cullen had been part of the governor's executive protection unit. he is survived by his wife and two sons. >>> in boston today, a free speech rally organized by conservative activists ended early. one of the speakers says the thent just fell apart. many feared those protesting were white supremacists. thousands of protesters demonstrated outnumbered those participating in the rally. >> i believe in the freedom of speech. if you don't want to listen to the message, you don't have to listen. everything, you don't have to agree with. which i don't, but, some of my leanings, i'm a firm supporter with trump because he is helpi

burke bates will be remembered today at a wake in richmond. his funeral is tomorrow.uneral for loft h. j. cullen will be saturday in chesterfield virginia. the cause of the crash remains unclear. there was no exces distress call made by the pilot. >> ♪ >> also in the news this morning, president trump's business advisory councils are no more. the president tweeted rather than putting pressure on the business people of the manufacturing council and strategy and policy forum i am ending both. both councils were set up to advise the president on economic policies and focus on creating new jobs. members of the president's business councils began resigning after his vents in charlottesville. >> hope hicks named the interim communications director. she's behind by anthony scaramucci. the 28-year-old has flown under the radar but is considered one of the most important members of the president's team. >> ♪ >> 4:35 is the time. happening today in seat pleasant it's kevin durant day. the prince george's county native and nba champion will be honored with a parade in his hometo

a second trooper on board burke bates was also on board. >>> one person in custody suspected of vandalizingtatue. a mural has been targeted. "eyewitness news" reporter anita oh spoke to divided neighbors. >> you say you don't like it. that's fine. this is ridiculous. >> reporter: around 2:30 as a group of residents guarded the frank rizzo statue, spray painters targeted his mural in south philadelphia. >> i don't want to see anything get vandalized but i understand people have strong opinions. >> reporter: this isn't the first time this mural has been dee faced. this time the police saw the vandals in action chased them down and you can still see shattered jars of paint on the ground. after deadly protests in charlottesville virginia last weekend over the removal of confederate monuments there have been renewed calls in philadelphia to take down tributes to rizzo a controversial former mayor. >> rizzo represents racism to a lot of people in philly u. >> reporter: but patricia believes rizzo's image should remain. >> what does frank rizzo have to do with the civil war. >> frank rizzo was wit

people have identified lieutenant jay cullen and trooper pilot burke. bates a 13 year old veteran who would have turned 41 today. both were married and each leaves behind two children. >> i'm going to switch gears to the wth out there. a live look at the air force memorial after a weekend of rain we pienlly had a day of some sun. how long is this going to last? let's get over to gwen with our workweek forecast. >> we have some mixed conditions , a mixture of sun and clouds and the heat coming back and a little bit of rain. let's take a look at what's happening right now. we actually have a frontal system to the south that stalled out and some of the clouds will be lingering through in the early morning as well. a lot calmer compared to what we had this weekend. temperatures today were into the low to mid 80s. we hit 86 at reagan, 83 at dulles and 84 rat bwi thurgood marshall and we should be roughly about 87-degrees. just not too far from the seasonal average. right now bdz the partly cloudy skies it's 77 greece at d.c. we have 67 at gaithersburg, the same at

those killed were lieutenant jay cullen of midlothian virginia and trooper pilot burke bates.ullen was a 23 year veteran, bates a 13 year veteran who would have turned 41 years old yesterday. both men were married and each leave behind two children. >> time now is 4:34. tensions with north korea remain high despite ongoing diplomacy behind the scenes. cia director pompeo says he believes kim jong un will continue to develop his missile program and expects there will be even more missile tests. >> they test another missile or if they should conduct a nuclear weapons test, they develop expertise, they expand the envelope and so it is probably fair to say that they are moving towards that at a ever alarming rate. >> the u.s. will take part in a military exercise at the south korea and japan re regimes of the the goal is to dissuade north korea from military action. >> time is 4:35. we have good news for you for nats fans. bad news first. bryce harp is harper hyperextens knee as he touched first base but here's the good news. the nats say an mri showed no structural damage to the

. >>> trooper burk bates piloted a chopper, he and jay cullen were monitoring the protests when the helicopter went down in some woods a few miles away. investigators looking for the cause of the crash and do not suspect foul play. >>> tonight, chester county, an anti-hate rally is planned for phoenixville. a borough councilman helped organize the rally. may and bridge streets. it is billed as a march for equality in response to the white supremacist marches in charlottesville last weekend. >>> calling for an end to social injustice that's the mission of eagles star malcolm jenkins as he upheld his protest during the playing of the anthem. >> he began the gesture last season as a response to deadly police shootings of unarmed black men. he and teammate chris long criticized president trump for his response to racially charged violence in charlottesville. long is from charlottesville. he did not hold up his fist during the anthem, but he did put his arm around jenkins. >> i support malcolm's right to protest. i support people fighting for equality. >> communities, low income, communities of col

around campus observe a moment of silence for thirty two year old heather higher and state troopers burke bates and lieutenant j. colin bates and colin were monitoring the rally in a helicopter saturday and died when it crashed here you can see virginia state police put out this photo of roses in remembrance of the two shortly after the crash and the two men were very much loved by the community here you see a photo from the richmond general's youth hockey honoring trooper pilot bates who was the coach for the team and his brother craig says bates knew as a toddler that he wanted to serve and protect and misses him every day. it's hard to just. i was going to be able to text which was which was a really sort of. bates died just one day before his forty first birthday and he leaves behind a wife and twins a boy or girl his funeral is scheduled for friday in richmond colleagues recall forty eight year old colin as quote a wonderful guy who always had a smile colin was a graduate of the university of virginia leadership program for police and sheriff's and he was the highest rank for a pilot with

campus observing a moment of silence for thirty two year old heather higher and state troopers burke bates and the ten j. colin bates and colin were monitoring the rally in a helicopter saturday and died when it crashed here you can see virginia state police put out this photo of roses in remembrance of the two shortly after the crash and the two men were very much loved by the community here you see a photo from the richmond general's youth hockey honoring trooper pilot bates who was the coach for the team and his brother craig says bates knew at the time there that he wanted to serve and protect and misses him every day. it's hard to just. what's going to be of the text which was which was a real sort of. bates died just one day before his forty first birthday and he leaves behind a wife and twins a boy or girl and his funeral is scheduled for friday in richmond colleagues recall forty eight year old colin as quote a wonderful guy who always had a smile colin was a graduate of the university of virginia leadership program for police and sheriff's and he was the highest rank for a pilot w

he along with trooper burke bates were killed last saturday when their helicopter crashed during last weekend's deadly rally in charlottesville. the funeral for bates was yesterday, governor terry mcauliffe was among those who attended the service, cnn correspondent diane gallagher is in chesterfield with more on the service. diane? >> yeah, fred, you know obviously a very somber occasion here. you mentioned governor terry mcauliffe. in a bit of a unique situation, he had a very personal relationship with lieutenant hj cullen and trooper burke and bates, they were part of the aviation unit. lieutenant cullen actually commanded that unit. so he dealt with him quite frequently. they flew him around the state. he had a very personal relationship with them. and governor mcauliffe delivered a eulogy not too long ago inside the church behind me. i want you to take a listen to how he said that these deaths are impacting him, beyond just law enforcement dieing in the line of duty. >> today we lost a member of our family. dorothy and i are heartbroken. it will never be the same when i step int

burke bates and lt.pter went down. the service is at st. paul's baptist church in richland. the mayor will make an announcement about the robert e. lee statue. that's the monument white supremacists were rallying to keep when the violence broke out. the mayor will announce plans to improve safety at public events. the news conference is set for noon today. we are keeping an eye on storms later this morning. here's brian. >> we are keeping an eye on a couple of things. the heat and humidity and storm potential this afternoon. temperatures in the 80s, maybe near 90. we have a lot of humidity in the atmosphere. next week temperatures will be around where they should be but not nearly as oppressive. the heat advisory in effect this afternoon and we could see some of the storms break out late in the afternoon and into the evening rush. what about the morning rush, steve? >> and it's looking good generally speaking here we are on the beltway. there was accident near georgia avenue. it moved to the shoulder so

burke bates would have celebrated his 41st birthday on sunday. he just transferred to the unit last month. now investigators are on the scene trying to find out what happened. >>> meanwhile, president trump's cabinet members are out defending their boss for his response to saturday's violence. he's been criticized no now singling out white supremacists. in an interview on "today" attorney general jeff sessions says the president condemned that truth. >> i thought it was a strong statement and explicitly the next day through his spokesperson condemned these groups by name. so i think you're making too much out of this. i know this -- we're going after these groups. that's what he wants us to do. that's what we're going to do. >>> at 11:30 we'll have more on president trump's reaction and those critical of the response. >>> well, don't let what you see outside the window fool you. despite some morning clouds we're actually expecting a nice monday. lauren, how is it good? >> hello, yes, it won't be all bad out there. but it would be a little out clo

. >>> and now the funeral for trooper burke bates will be held this morning in richmond, virginia.s a passenger in the helicopter providing video to police of visits in downtown charlotteville last saturday. the funeral for lieutenant jay cullen is set for tomorrow. it is still not clear what caused the helicopter to crash. >>> former california governor s.w.a.t. s.w.a.t. s.w.a.t. is sending a message -- schwarzenegger is sending a message to president trump. >> the only way to beat the loud and angry voices of hate is to meet them with louder and more reasonable voices. that includes you, president trump. in fact, as president of this great country, you have a moral responsibility to send an unequivocal message that you won't stand for hate and racism. let me help you write the speech here a little bit. as president of the united states and as a republican, i reject the support of white supremacists. the country that defeated hitler armies is no place for nazi's flags. the party of lincoln won't stand with those that carry the battle flag of the failed confederacy. with us that di

cullen and burke bates were patrolling near the site of these clashes between white nationalists and protesters when their helicopters crab. here was the president. >> racism is evil, and those who call violence in its names are criminals and thugs, including the kkk, neonazis, white supremacists and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything we hold dear as americans. two days ago a young american woman heather heyer was tragically killed. her death fills us with grief, and we sent her family our thoughts, our prayers and our love. we also mourn the two virginia state troopers who died in service to their community, their commonwealth ther, their country. they exemplify the very best of america and our hearts go out to the families and friends and every member of american law enforcement. these three fallen americans embody the goodness and decency of our nation. >> let's begin with jeff zeleny who is here with me in new york ahead of the president visiting here. he is speaking on china and trade next hour. that's when he was supposed to address this charlottesville. why thi

admits he has regrew about this weekend because three lives were lost, heyer and state troopers burke bates and jay cullen killed in a freak helicopter crash. heyer's mother is determined to make sure her daughter did not die in vain. >> she stood for something. i'm going to advocate that let's make that a strong movement as my chide was a strong child. >> reporter: and community members paying respects here at this memorial say they too are moving forward, stronger and more united than ever. elizabeth hur, abc news, charlottesville, virginia. >>> and late tonight, under armor ceo kevin plank announced he is stepping down from president trump's manufacturing council say issing his company engages in innovation and sports not politics. plank tweeted i love our country and company. i am stepping down to focus on inspiring and uniting through power of sport. earlier today merck ceo kenneth frazier stepped down from the council saying he felt a "responsibility to take a stand against intolerance and extremism." well, back here, white nationalists are planning two ral eyes in the bay area. the r

trooper pilot burke bates was awake in richmond. h j cullen will be be in chesterfield virginia. two were monitoring and headed to cover the motorcade when the khor went down. >> time 5:4 president trump will number maryland camp david today meeting with defense and foreign policy team to discuss the 400 troops fighting in afghan tan. there comes after months of debate and the president has been questioning it for a while. several advisors back a proposal to add more troops like isis. >> syria the united states main alli and fight against isis predict troops will stay in steeria. kurdish military forces believe there's a strategic interest staying in the country several decades and u.s. spokesperson says there's still a lot of fighting to do. >>> 5:35 is the time and i feel a breeze as you walk by. >> do you really. >> i'm not going to let that go. >> i'm telling you. okay, so let me clarify the breeze. when it's about to rain and the wind sort of -- that's what it felt like. >> okay. >> sure. >> i will take that the breeze follows me wherever i go but. >> i get what you mean. ev

. >> there are so many stories about burke bates. he was a character. reporter: virginia state police pilot lieutenant cullen also died that day with bates in the crash. berke bates has been a member of the virginia state troopers since 2004. he had just transferred to their aviation unit last month. bates would have turned 41 sunday, the day after he passed away. and he is survived by his lovely wife, amanda, and his twin children. they are just 12 years old. richmond, i'm q mccray, abc 7 news. >> you can find comprehensive coverage of all of the events in charlottesville online, at our website wjla.com. another memorial vandalized. this time in chicago. and this is a bust of president abraham lincoln. it was wrapped in tar paper and set on fire. the statue has been part of that community for almost a hundred years. it is not the first time the bust has been targeted by vandals but it has never been set on fire. officials are now working to try to preserve it. jonathan: in the meantime it somebody discovered the lincoln memorial on the mall vandalized.

the trooper for burke bates was yesterday.se of the crash remains under investigation. >> and president and mrs. trump will not attend this year's kennedy center honors. the president says he wants the honorees to be celebrated without any political distractions so he'll skip it. the reception for the honorees before the honors has also been canceled. it's the first time that's happened in the awards' history. >> another busy trump administration here to help us recap it all, day of brown and jack. >> talk about the kennedy center honors in a second, but i think the big news that so many people are talking about is the departure of steve bannon and how the president moves on from this. go ahead, dave. take it away. >> it's obviously a big change for this president and this white house. and really the question is whether steve bannon is more dangerous to the president inside the white house or now outside of the white house. he's obviously gone back to brietbart, he held editorial meetings. he's going to use that platform. >> t

s baptist virginia state trooper, burke bates.is life, far away as alaska and, of course, virginia. >> he'll be forever missed but never forgotten. he was the very proud father of two amazing children. he loved you with all of his heart. reporter: bates died on the job saturday when his helicopter crashed outside charlottesville the white nationalist rally that day. his copilot, lieutenant jay cullen, also died in the crash. bates became a state trooper in transferred to the aviation unit last month. >> he was a character. greatly. him reporter: he was also on the governor's executive protection unit. >> what he would want us to do with smiles on our faces. reporter: a helicopter flyover honored bates. bagpipes brought the service to an end. trooper bates would have been 41 away.y after he passed he is survived by his wiec wifed their twins. son, just 12 years old. >> a dramatic ending to a chaotic morning that really afternoon ino the annandale. that was the moment right there when police used a stun gun to capture a man accused

cullen will be laid to rest saturday in chesterfield, virginia, and services for trooper pilot burke bates are friday. his brother tells news4, trooper bates fell in love with flying when he was just ten years old. >> words can't really begin to describe how proud we were of him and all that he was able to accomplish. >> virginia governor terry mcauliffe is set to attend both troopers' funerals. >>> the violence we saw this past weekend in charlottesville began after the city discussed removing a statue of confederate general robert e. lee. lee's descendants who's actually living in our area. it's an interview you'll only see on news4. robert e. lee iv is 92 years old. he says his great grandfather would be ashamed of the violence that erupted over the statue. >> in my opinion, he never would have been on the side of the terrible people down there that started the riot or the ku klux klan. we don't need people like that in this country. >> after the civil war, general lee taught at what became washington and lee university. >>> this is what covers part of the lincoln memorial today after s

cullen and pilot burke m.m. bates were killed when their helicopter crashed while helping with the situation in charlottesville. >>> to the other dark cloud hanging over to the trump administration -- the russia investigation. special counsel robert mueller reaching out to the white house to secure interviews with current and former officials including ex-chief of staff reince priebus according to "the new york times" which says mueller has asked for details about "specific meetings." mueller also said to be looking into president trump's decision to fire former fbi director james comey. the white house says it's fully cooperating with the special prosecutor. >>> monday morning, nine minutes past the hour. time for an early start on your money. president trump plans to get tougher on trade with china. today, the president is expected to direct the u.s. trade representative to look into alleged chinese violations of trade with the u.s. including things like patent thefts, enforced -- and forced intellectual property tr

those officers identify tonight as virginia state police lieutenant j cohen and trooper burke bates. president trump this afternoon telling the nation quote the hate in division must stop. let's go straight out to allison barber who is in charlotte for untrained charles, virginia. reporter: he's facing a number of charges in the announcement coming from the charlottesville police department moment ago. he is charged with one account of second-degree murder and three counts of malicious wounding and one count of hit and run failure to stop with injury. paramedics brought 20 people to the hospital that i'm standing in front of now, five people remain in critical condition at this point in time. a spokesman for the university of virginia says that paramedics initially brought people to the hospital and we now know one person has died in addition to those five in critical condition. for other are in serious condition tonight, six are listed as fair and poor as good. many of those injuries came after the car plowed into two other cars and a crowd of what witnesses described as counter pro

begin with prayers to the families of pat colin and burke bates and heather higher, the civilian whoost her life in that horrific car attack. those are three people who didn't have to die yesterday and we're just starting to mourn for them and with their families and loved ones. >> we join you, certainly, in those prayers. and, i mean, we're talking about a death of a young lady. >> yeah. >> and we're talking about a -- the accident that took the troopers' lives. these people came into your city with the announced intention of really raising racist and anti-semitic kind of fervor they claim they represent the country, and to preserve the statue of a confederate general that in itself is racism. you have announced unequivocally, called it what it is. so has the governor. are you disappointed in the president's response? >> well, let me begin by telling you about my city. charlottesville is truly one of the great cities of the world. i mean, our history includes thomas jefferson and james mattis and martin luther king jr. came here. we are diverse, we are tolerant. we are -- we have vi

these are pictures of the funeral service for pilot burke bates killed in a helicopter operation. he would have turned 41 years old the next day, last sunday. he survived by his wife and 12-year-old twins, son and daughter. killed alongside hj cullen whose funeral will be held tomorrow. this morning another company booted the neo-nazi website the daily stormer from its service. that comes after they posted dispairaging comments about heather heyer was killed. networking company cloud flair that performs performance and security services for companies joined go daddy and google in dumping the daily stormer. the ceo explaining that the daily stormer site was bragging about how cloud flair was onere them. this was the tipping point for me. cloud flare ceo and co-founder matthew prince joins me now. to a lot of people they would think disassociating from a neo-nazi and white supremacist and kkk groups is a very obvious thing but where you sit on west coast, there's a -- it's a slightly more layered conversation. what's the issue? >> i think the issue is what the role of various techno

tragedy, the crash of the virginia state police helicopter and the two pilots dead from that crash, burke bates, who would have turned 41ed today, the other victim, h.j. cullen, who was 48 years old. there's a large, impromptu memorial with flowers to heather and another just underway here at city hall in honor of the two law enforcement officers. and let me read it to you, it's touching. we grieve this tragic loss with you and blanket you with our love and prayers. we extend our sincere gratitude for your service and courage. eric, back to you. eric: just so senseless and unnecessary, doug, especially when you consider the ap as saying that fields had a fascination with adolf hitler and the nazis, and we've had to witness this as we have this weekend. doug mckelway, as always, thank you. julie: the white house today trying to reframe president trump's public remarks about the violence in virginia yesterday saying, of course, president trump also condemns the kkk, neo-nazis and all extremist groups. this after lawmakers on both sides of the aisle criticized the president for condemning hatred a

they're named as jay cohen and trooper burke bates.the troopers who perished in the crash this afternoon. >> brian, we know there was ant pages for what would happen as night fell. the governor declaring a state of emergency for that area. i'm curious if there's any kind of curfew in place? >> we're told, ana, the police chief of charlottesville, al thomas, has been granted the authority to issue a curfew but that as of now he has not done it yet. things are fairly quiet here in charlottesville tonight, but it is still relatively early in the evening. so we're just kind much monitoring things here on the streets of charlottesville as we go, but apparently the police chief, al thomas, does have the authority to issue a curfew but has not done so at this moment. >> well, that's good news if that's not needed at this point. brian todd. we appreciate your time. thanks for that. we will be right back. no splashing! wait so you got rid of verizon, just like that? uh-huh. i switched to t-mobile, kept my phone-everything on it- -oh, they even

lieutenant hj cull lesson and trooper pilot burke bates were both married with two kids each.d their deaths a tremendous loss to their agency and to the commonwealth. and then there is the young woman we mentioned earlier, the one killed by a car plowing through a crowd of counterprotestors. her name was heather highier. she loved her dog. her mother described her like this. >> she was a very brave person. at times it was scarey as a mom to know how brave she was, but at the same time, i had raised her to be strong and independent, and you can't have one without the other. it doesn't do any good to be strong and independent if you can't speak up when it's needed. >> i want to bring in mia rodriguez. she's at the memorial in charlottesville. set the scene for us there. >> well, ali, this is a place where people are coming to mourn healther and trooper bates and lieutenant kullen. they have set up a makeshift memorial here. you can see that people have put kalgds z and flowers and remember ransz and all kinds of notes that have been written in chalk on the street here. basically

troopers jay cullen and burke bates exemplify the very best of america and our hearts you go on to their family, members and every -- these three fallen americans embody the goodness and decency of our nation. in times such as those, america has always shown its true character, responding to hate with love, division with unity, and violence with an unwavering resolved for justice. so, sarah, we saw the president earlier. he is supposed to speak within this next hour, specifically on china. i'm assuming no mention any longer of -- >> this is supposed to be an event to talk about china, but of course there are reporters going into that room. you never really know at what point whether he -- sorbs stewed to see if he addresses it, brooke. i think it's certainly a possibility, but you saw how uncomfortable the process has been for him. the fact he made that statement a muted disavowal, and it took him days before he came out today and read off a teleprompter to fully say things that he was disavowing the kkk, and those groups are evil ant won't be tolerated. >> sarah, thank you. we'll stand

a funeral for trooper burke bates will be held in richmond, virginia.s a passenger in the helicopter providing video to police in downtown charlotteville last saturday. the helicopter pilot, lieutenant jay cullen's funeral is set for tomorrow. it is still not clear what caused the helicopter to crash. >>> and a republican from the jewish caucus resigned from the group, stepping down hours after the caucus criticized president trump's response to the rally in virginia. he left because of the criticism, saying the group was supposed to be on a non- partisan mission. the group condemns president trump for saying there are very fine people on both sides of the rally and both sides were to blame. >>> we are learning more about a deadly officer-involved shooting in livermore. a man shot and killed a match at a mobile home fire after a two hour standoff. neighbors say the man was acting bizarre and challenging meme to fight. police say they had no choice but to open fire. the man may have been upset about marriage problems. >> it is very scary to think that it

trooper burke mm bates was the passenger. he was just one day shy of his 41st birthday. the helicopter was assisting public safety with a chaos in charlottesville when it went down. the ntsb is investigating. >>> and back here at home a lot of people are standing in solidarity with the people of charlottesville during this chaotic time. joanne pell will he gee joining& us live from city hall. >> a big turnout out there for the vigil, joanne? >> reporter: that's right, joyce. they came in response to what happened in charlottesville and they left after a peaceful vigil rally and march here at city hall. >> go no kkk no fascists. >> they want their voices heard. they are sad about the violence, and angry about the white national lift event in virginia. >> what i watched on the news today was heartbreaking, and i -- i see hate in this country, and i see white supremacy in this country. >> i'm upset about charlottesville. >> reporter: group of activis activists from around philly met at city hall this evening to mourn the death of the victim who was runed down by a car at th

those officers identify tonight as virginia state police lieutenant j cohen and trooper burke bates. president trump this afternoon telling the nation quote the hate in division must stop. let's go straight out to allison barber who is in charlotte for untrained charles, virginia. reporter: he's facing a number of charges in the announcement coming from the charlottesville police department moment ago. he is charged with one account of second-degree murder and three counts of malicious wounding and one count of hit and run failure to stop with injury. paramedics brought 20 people to the hospital that i'm standing in front of now, five people remain in critical condition at this point in time. a spokesman for the university of virginia says that paramedics initially brought people to the hospital and we now know one person has died in addition to those five in critical condition. for other are in serious condition tonight, six are listed as fair and poor as good. many of those injuries came after the car plowed into two other cars and a crowd of what witnesses described as counter pro

. >>> visitation begins to honor trooper burke bates, killed in a helicopter crash after they were monitoringe in charlottesville. >>> just the last few minutes back here in washington, secretary of state rex till ersn and secretary of defense james mattis welcomed their japanese counterparts to d.c. how to coordinate their response to what they're calling a regional environment. safe to say it will be a big topic there. immediate fears of nuclear war seem to have simmered down, still plenty of long-term questions about the united states' standoff with north korea. south korea's president said president trump agreed to talk with him and get the okay from south korea before taking any kind of military action. hans nichols is joining us now from the pentagon. hans, can you explain this? what is this agreement? is this sop? has the white house responded? the pentagon? >> the white house has not confirmed this nor has anyone here at the pentagon. as a formal matter it's probably correct. if there were military action against north korea, there would likely be phone conversations between all level

those officers identify tonight as virginia state police lieutenant j cohen and trooper burke bates. president trump this afternoon telling the nation quote the hate in division must stop. let's go straight out to allison barber who is in charlotte for untrained charles, virginia. reporter: he's facing a number of charges in the announcement coming from the charlottesville police department moment ago. he is charged with one account of second-degree murder and three counts of malicious wounding and one count of hit and run failure to stop with injury. paramedics brought 20 people to the hospital that i'm standing in front of now, five people remain in critical condition at this point in time. a spokesman for the university of virginia says that paramedics initially brought people to the hospital and we now know one person has died in addition to those five in critical condition. for other are in serious condition tonight, six are listed as fair and poor as good. many of those injuries came after the car plowed into two other cars and a crowd of what witnesses described as counter pro

cullen and trooper pilot burke m.m. bates were killed when their helicopter crashed while assisting public safety resources with the situation in charlottesville. >>> 11 minutes past the hour. time for an early start on your money. president trump planning to get tougher on trade with china. today the president expected to direct the u.s. trade representative to look into alleged chinese violations of trade with the u.s. things like patent thefts, intellectual property transfers. while this won't be an official investigation, it could lay the groundwork for one. if any wrongdoing is found, president trump could impose tariffs against chinese imports . an editorial in a chinese state-run newspaper says the investigation will poison the overall u.s./china relationship. trade tensions between china and beijing are ramping up. corporate america seems happy with china at the moment. u.s. companies have reported stronger second-quarter earnings and revenue from their chinese operations in recent weeks. 82% of u.s. companies in chin

troopers jay cullen and burke bates exemplify america, and our hearts go out to them and every member of american law enforcement. these three americans embody the goodness and decency of our nation, in times such as these, america has always shown it's true character, responding to hate with love, division with unity and violence with an unwavering revolsolve for justi. as a candidate, i promise to restore law and order to our country, and our federal law enforcement agencies are following through on that pledge. we will spare no resource in fighting so that every american child can grow up free from violence and fear. we will defend and protect the sacred rights of all americans and we will work together so that every citizen in this blessed land is free to follow their dreams in their hearts and to express the love and joy in their souls. thank you, god bless you, and god bless america. thank you very much. >> and as you hear some shouted questions, the president leaving the diplomatic reception room of the white house. downstairs just off the south grounds, as the rest of the whit

jay collen and burke bates exemplified the very best of america, and our hearts go out to their families, their friends, and every member of american law enforcement. these three fallen americans embodied the goodness and decency of our nation. in times such as these, america has always shown its true character. responding to hate with love, division with unity, and violence within unwavering resolve for justice. as a candidate, i promised to restore law and order to our country and our federal law enforcement agencies are following through on that pledg pledge. we will spare no resource infighting so that every american child can grow up free from violence and fear. we will defend and protect the sacred rights of all americans, and we will work together so that every citizen in this blessed land is free to follow their dreams in their hearts and to express love love and joy in their souls. thank you, god bless you, and god bless america. thank you very much. >> sandra: that was president trump live at the white house for the first time hearing from him specifically calling out to white

first i start by saying that our thoughts and prayers are with burk bates and pack cullen, the two police troopers who lost their lives and heather heyer, the civilian who was killed it's clear in that terrorist attack with a car used as a weapon. our hearts are grieving right now. and three people died who didn't need to die. charlottesville someone of the great cities in the world. and we're a southern city too. we're very progressive and tolerant. but we made a decision a year and a half ago to start telling the full story of race in our city, and our past, to tell the truth. and that put us on the map for a whole bunch of folks in this country who oppose everything about that. so what we saw this weekend was a deluge of outsiders trying to intimidate us away from th work. but to your question, we had the largest assembly of law enforcement personnel in the assembly since 9/11. they were charged with one mission, which was setting the conditions for people to peaceably express themselves and assemble. that -- you know, they didn't do that starting right at the beginning. so unlawful as

cohen, 48 years old, and 40-year-old burke bates, the trooper pilot. this helicopter, a 407 bell model, went down on old farm road away from the city center. they're investigating the cause of that crash, but necessary th saying this helicopter operated in relation to supporting the operations dealing with the protest today. so governor terry mcauliffe earlier today counted those two men with the casualty earlier, the death earlier of the 32-year-old female bedecember treen. in the governor's eyes that makes three people dead in this horrible day here in charlottesville. we also have an update for you on injuries according to local police and other authorities, five remain in critical condition in local hospitals, four people in serious condition, six in fair condition, and four in good condition. that's a total of 19 injured, however, we were told earlier that some 35 people were treated for various injuries throughout the course of the day, john. so, again, you know, nightfall has come. the weather has turned not so good. there's lightning and rain n

a separate funeral was held yesterday for trooper burke bae bates who was killed on the shopper.t is unclear what caused it to crash >>> a woman is breathing tonight af h people killed during thursday's terror attack in barcelona. highlandy tucker and her husband jared were in europe to celebrate their one-year anniversary. she spoke exclusively with nbc news. >> jared and i always said -- we were only married for a year, and so it is not a matter of not being able to be independent, but i don't -- i don't want to do that without him. >> jared tucker's sister says he leaves behind three daughters. >>> now to the passing of a civil rights activist and icon, dig gregory died tonight. he had been hospitalized earlier this morngt winth with an unkno illness. his family confirming his passing on social immediatean. he broke barriers as first black comedienne to spread messages of social justice. for the last several years he lived here in d.c. jim's chili bowl for the mural unveiling for our own jim vance. he was 84 years old. >>> a new law in virginia is helping to battle the opioid

cohen of midlothian, virginia and trooper pilot burke mm bates of quinnton, virginia both died at the scene. no one on the ground was hurt and why this happened is still under investigation. president trump spoke out against today's violence in charlottesville. speaking there his working vacation at -- from his working sayuation in new jersey. -- vacation in new jersey at his golf resort. the president said americans must treat each other with respect. >> we condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides. on many sides. small press conference. >> shortly after the phrase on many sides was trending on twitter. today's news conference was originally meant to address the president's signing of the virginia's choice and quality act. it will provide more than $2 billion in funds for a program that lets veterans receive private medical care government's expense the president also received a call from the president of china who urged the president to ratchet down his rhetoric against north korea. charlottesville has been trending

trooper burke mm bates was his passenger in the chopper.opter they were in was helping with public safety with the chaos in charlottesville when it went down. the ntsb is investigating. now, the federal government according to attorney general jeff sessions has opened a civil rights investigation into all of this, and this morning we are getting much more information. we'll keep on top of all of this for you right now lauren, back to you. >> all right, sabina, such a serious story. we have to stay on top of. let's head outside where we are -- this morning we have to show you some video. we are still laughing about it a year later. trying to get baby noah about 23 months old into a car seat. he wiggled and squirmed his way out. well today some new regulations are in place. so we have to be serious about this and talk to parents about how to put the little ones in the car seat the safe way. the law abiding way. sarah is joining us this morning with baby ryan. how are you. >> good morning. how are you? >> good. sarah, where are you from. >> ri

colon and chipper pilot burke and bates who died in a helicopter crash while they were responding to the violence on saturday's rally the rally was in protest of removing the robert lee statue in charlottesville emancipation park. and better were moved overnight by the city of baltimore and this comes a weekend after days just days after the mayor katherine pugh announced that she would be removing them and many residents say that they were upset with her announcement that these statues shouldn't just be removed but instead destroyed here's our correspondent ashley banks with more. the sound of heavy machinery runs out between eleven thirty pm and five thirty this morning in baltimore as contractors a low didn't hold a confederate statues away from their post and attendance of baltimore mayor catherine q watch as each confederate statue was removed he said the removal of the statues was unannounced in order to prevent a violent confrontation i thought that there is enough grandstanding and no speeches being made to get it done you know i spoke with the council on monday morning i spo

in charlottesville right will be laid to rest, funerals for lieutenant helen and trooper pilot burke and bates set for this morning, they were killed, monitoring the file and clash between protesters. the navy punishing leadership on the uss fitzgerald following a deadly collision off the coast of japan. the commanding executive and senior enlisted officers relieved of their responsibilities. furious mistake leading to the june collision, 7 sailors were killed. >> what was it like when tara came speeding through the heart of barcelona? a man was standing feet from that van and has an incredible story. ♪ if a denture were to be put under a microscope, we could see all the bacteria that still exists. polident's unique micro clean formula works in just 3 minutes, killing 99.99% of odor causing bacteria. for a cleaner, fresher, brighter denture every day. >> 13 dead, 100 injured during a terror attack in barcelona, spain yesterday afternoon. >> plowing through civilians. our next guest says that van stopped ten feet away from them. >> joining us from barcelona and eyewitness to the attack. thank g