at the "live desk," nancy chen, abc7 news. larry: thank you for that. new developments tonight following violence in charlottesville after a man showed up at emanpation park today with a confederate flag and rifle. they made it clear the man said he came to protect the statue of robert e. lee was not welcome. jeff goldberg is live with the situation that is still tense this evening. jeff? jeff: well, larry, the city council plan to take down the statue of robert e. lee at emancipation park. it's what drew the white nationalists protesters here to town last weekend. this morning the statue attracted a man from north carolina and his presence resulted in anger and emancipation park he was alone. quietly holding a confederate battle flag. >> this represents freedom from tyranny. >> with an a.r.-15 rifle around his shoulder. he drove seven hours from north carolina to honor the statue of robert e. lee. >> robert e. lee is probably the greatest american that ever lived. jeff: after a civil debate with local resident peter norton. >> i disagree with you. jeff

nancy chen at the "live desk" with a story developing now. sident's decision coming hours after two additional c.e.o.'s said they would be leaving the manufacturing council. the heads of campbell soup and 3m would have made eight people to leave the group since the president's initial remarks on the violence in charlottesville saturday. so the president sent this tweet saying that rather than put pressure on business people, he would end the council and if strategy policy forum. he thanked the executives who had taken part for their work. at the "live desk," nancy chen, abc7 news. alison: thank you. meanwhile, this comes as more cities memoriams dedicated to the confederacy before the controversy turns to violence. the plaque here honoring robert e. lee was removed in new york today. in the middle of the night, four statues came down in baltimore. maryland bureau chief, brad bell, live with that side of the story. >> this is something an artist made as a proest to to the statue. it was taken away but then put up top. this is what is going on a

at the "live desk," nancy chen, abc7 news. jonathan: thanks. increased police presence is expected at the college park city council meeting. michelle: that is because the council is scheduled to take a vote on controversial bill to allow noncitizens to vote in city elections. jonathan: tom roussey is live in college park where tensions are so high the vote may not happen. explain that, tom. tom: college park is known as the home of the university of maryland but it's also home to more than 32,000 people. not all are u.s. citizens. >> i'm an immigrant. tom: she was born in ecuador. she wanted to vote but for years she cou became a citizen. >> if you work here and pay your taxes i don't see why you shouldn't vote. >> if you pay taxes and live here it gives you a vote. i disagree. if you take a path to citizenship and become citizen of the country. >> the measure would allow noncitizens illegally and the immigrants to vote. there would be a separate voter list since they would vote in the state and the national election. >> if i went to another co

at the "live desk," nancy chen, newsom. larry: thank you. the trump administration says baltimore is at risk of losing out of a new program designed to help cities struggling with gun violence. u.s. attorney general jeff sessions says it is one of four cities that will be ineligible for the program unless they give up the sanction ware city status. the new program specifically helps fight drug trafficking and the gang crime. letter from the justice department says the cities have until august 18 to give federal authorities access to jails and start giving the notice before anyone wanted on immigration violations is released fro alison: 7 is on storm watch with another chance of showers around the area tonight. the chief meteorologist doug hill in the weather center with what we need to know tonight. doug? doug: between 4:45 and 5:20 that was the active time of the new storm building up, warning issued. now it's settling down. the only area we have heavy weather is northeast of washington metro. we will zoom in to this severe thunderstorm war

from the "live desk," nancy chen, abc7 news. alison: thank you. now we turn to the escalating threats from north korea tonight. a new threat from both sides. jonathan: the latest warning coming from the secretary of state of defense james mattis telling north korea the actions actions will be grossly overmatched by ours. he continued that the nation should cease actions that would lead to the end of the regime. late last night the nuclear armed nation threat and to target the united states territory of guam. that is after president trump promised fire and fury to counter north korea threats. >> what the president is doing is sending a strong message to north korea. in language that kim jong un would understand. jonathan: some believes its could fuel propaganda. they are warned that the comments were not discussed to the national security team prior to making them. alison: also tonight, secretary tillerson stopped to refuel at military installation in guam. 7,000 american troops are stationed there. with the air force bombers and the fighter jets.

alison: nancy chen has been following the story. news: the country's state agency says that north korea is considering striking areas around guam with medium to long range strategic listed missiles. that threat has the attention of leaders around the world as u.s. intelligence in the list believe that north korea can put a miniaturized nuclear warhead inside of a missile, a dangerous milestone. president trump saying there should be no further threats. not make anya best more threats to the united states. they will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. he has been very threatening, beyond normal statements. and as i said, they will be met with fire,fury, and power, the likes of which the world has never seen before. nancy: north korea slamming the un security council unanimously approval of sanctions. the threat on guam refers to the flight of u.s. bombers over the korean peninsula yesterday, those flights originating from andersen air force base in guam. those bombers were joined by japanese and south korean airc

nancy chen has the developments. a a north korean general in charge of rocket command said the plan should be finalized by mid-august. the regime wants to fire four mid range missiles towards guam and they expects them to land about 20 miles from the creating a massive fire come all of this is president trump continues to warn north korea of dire consequences. >> the president is sending a strong message to north korea in light which that kim jong will understand. he does not seem to understand diplomatic sanctions. nancy: the president is meeting with top officials to assess the readiness of the military and first responders. video ofeanwhile, new a russian air force jet flying right over major d.c. landmarks. it is an unarmed plane flying over the pentagon, the capital, and the white house. this is allowed by a treaty in place that involves u.s. air force personnel on board. jonathan: new information about the fbi raid of a former campaign chairman. this happened at paul manafort's condo in old town. sources say th

alison: nancy chen, walk us through the lawsuit and what the white house is saying. centershe lawsuit around a report by fox news saying that it had proof the conspiracy theories were real. turns out they were false. fox ultimately retracted the story. the fox news story was largely based on quotes by a former homicide detective investigating the case. fox, saying the story was fabricated. he was involved after being contacted by well-connected republican to the white house in april to discuss the story that fox news was working on with the press secretary sean spicer. >> he did not say a whole lot. he said if i wanted to come he could put me in touch with the white house. nancy: not long after, spicer denied any knowledge of the fox news story. >> i'm not aware. updates on don't get former dnc staffers. nancy: today spicer admitted he did have the meeting at the white house with the investigator, calling the donor a longtime supporter of the president's agenda. the investigator claims there was more from the white house. days after the story aired, the donor left a

. >> nancy chen is tracking the storm. about 30ey're talking inches of rain? >> they are. millions of people will likely affected by harvey, which is expected to hit texas late friday or early saturday, a category 3 storm, the likes of which have not been seen 20 years.lmost a mass exodus now under way in several towns along the coast, including corpus christi, new orleans and houston. >> everybody just went to code red. and we basically just to prepare ourselves. >> i'm 65 and i don't want to 65.at >> another thing to keep an eye on here, some 20 refineries producing four million barrels of oil could be impacted. that could result in higher gas in some parts of the country. meantime, airlines are waiving certain fees for those affected hurricane. the national weather service just issuing its 11 p.m. update storm.he chief meteorologist steve rudin with what we just found out. steve? right. looking outside right now, at hurricane harvey, winds at 85 miles per hour. latest update is that it intensified quickly, earlier beginning tow it's weaken just a tiny bit. but don't be

nancy chen, back to you. [music] nancy: a beautiful and a haunting moment in the midst of the destruction in texas. eric harding is his name. he returned home after being evacuate and he sat down at his piano and he started as you can see he is surrounded by water. it's covering entire town now. severe medical risk could emerge in the near future. as chief political correspondent scott thuman reports the aftermath of harvey declared a public health emergency. scott: high priority arrivals in texas. blood and vaccine. medical professionals pouring in. among the concerns protecting the storm victims from floodwaters that are more than just rain. but also a dangerous mixture of sewage and chemicals. >> i have done two tours in iraq and afghanistan. this ranks up there. not as bad as combat but not far off. >> infectious diseases like cholera and tie food are unlikely -- typhoid are unlikely, rashes are. walking in the water increases risk of e. coli and diarrhea and open and unnoticeable cuts could mean infection

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