pierre thomas. >> reporter: there's a true epidemic sweeping america. striking without warning. on a public bus outside philadelphia on, a street in detroit. opioids bringing thousands of americans to the brink of death. aying social media. people having to berevived. even by their own children. >> dad! >> and theeart results, an innocent little b dead. >> a 10-year-old boy isx@ being called the youngest victim. >> and little girls like lilliana in newshire. >> he was on the bus and he got unconscious. >> how come? what did he do? >> he was heroin. >> now without a father. at least 91 americans die every day from an opioid overdose. drug overdoses now kill more people than guns or car acci>> the opioidncy.eceiving e levels. >> for week, knight lionel partnered with our affiliates across the country. >> evil beast l out in the country. >> thed.e.a. >> victi have the parents - >> she was as they struggl to ge on t deadliest drug crisis in americanhistory. we begin in phoenix where we're without the d.

david, she said, get it done. >> pierre thomas with us tonight as well. thank you, pierre. >>> next the storm threat moving up the atlantic coast. hurricane gert causing rip kurpts that have turned deadly. let's get to meteorologist rob marciano who is with us live from new jersey tonight. hey, rob. >> reporter: hi, david. hurricane gert over 400 miles off this coastline, but has churned off the waters making this dangerous. this beach is closed to swimming because of the rip currents today. one man losing his life. check out gert. a category 2, and you see the distinct eye there. 100 mile-an-hour winds, and that's at least through tomorrow night. we have disturbances in the coast. the closest one, likely to head into the caribbean, according to our computer the other two could make a closer approach to the u.s. by the end of next week. we're ramping up hurricane season, david. >> rob marciano with us live tonight. thank you, rob. >>> we move on this evening to the sudden illnesses affecting a major airline for the third time this week. crew members aboard

david, she said, get it done. >> pierre thomas with us tonight as well. thank you, pierre. >>> next this evening, the storm threat moving up the atlantic coast. hurricane gert causing rip currents that have turned deadly. there are warnings up at this hour across several states, so let's get to meteorologist rob marciano who is with us live from new jersey tonight. hey, rob. >> reporter: hi, david. hurricane gert over 400 miles off this coastline, but has turned off these waters making the surf danger. this beach is closed to swimming because of dozens of water rescues from rip currents now. one man losing his life. check out gert. a category 2, and you see the distinct eye there. 100 mile-an-hour winds, and moving rapidly to the northeast. heavy surge through new england through tomorrow night. we have disturbances in the coast. the closest one, likely to head into the caribbean, according to our computer models. the other two could make a closer approach to the u.s. by the end of next week. we're ramping up hurricane season, david. >> it's that time of y

here's pierre thomas. >> reporter: jfk airport. agents in protective suits. finding the powerful opioid, fentanyl, in a package from china. tempe, arizona, another front line in the opioid epidemic. with the tempe police. today's target led to members of a drug ring with suspected ties to a mexican cartel. it's time to strike. >> got him. you definitely already found a large sum of money. we'll continue to tear the vehicle down until we see if there's more dope. >> reporter: during our week-long look into the crisis, others grappled with with one family 1500 miles awayaway in kentucky. she doesn't make it through a weekend break from rehab. >> she was so good at hiding it. this is the first time we've heard heroin and veronica's name mentioned. >> reporter: by 2:30 p.m., veronica's pronounced dead from a heroin overdose. >> she was gone. our daughter. she was gone. >> reporter: veronica leaves behind her own 4-year-old daughter, ray lynn. according to the cdc, more than 33,000 americans died of opioid overdoses in 2015. some of the blame lies with doctors. du

pierre thomas with details. >> reporter: 23-year-old jerry varnell behind bars accused of plotting tolow up a bank building in downtown oklahoma city. >> several components to make a large vehicle-born it into a cargo van. >> reporter: the fbi says he attempted to detonate what he thought was a 1,000-pound bomb. the plat similar to timothy mcveigh's 1995 oklahoma city bombing which killed 168 people. but it was all a sting set up by the fbi. according to prosecutors he drove the van to bancfirst downtown parking in this alleyway before being arrested. he told one of their informants he admired mcveigh and was aspiring to bomb the federal reserve building in washington, d.c. pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >> a rookie stunt woman has been killed on the set of "deadpool 2" during rehearsals for a stunt in vancouver, canada. joi "sj" harris was the first african-american female road racers and first film as a stunt performer. harris was not wearing a helmet during the scene because her character does not wear a reynolds tweeted we're heartbroken, shocked and devastated. >>> new deta

here's abc's pierre thomas with the tape. >> reporter: baltimore police under intense scrutiny after police seemed to have planted drugs earlier this year. two incidents recorded by police cameras. this one, after a police officer planted marijuana, and this one under the microscope after a third incident. the prosecutor's office now doubting his credibility. in this video, the officer pursuing a man with an outstanding warrant for drugs. bodycameras rolling. the suspect was apprehended and then he takes off in handcuffs. police in hot pursuit, catching hip after running into the woods. >> i have to search you. >> reporter: the police don't find any drugs initially, but went to the scene after listening to a jailhouse call that allegedly directed them to the drugs. in the video, you see an officer pick up the drugs, but then puts them back down, only to pick them back up again. the officer claims he did that because he forgot to turn his bodycamera on, but prosecutors are concerned it was evidence tampering dropping 43 cases connected to this officer. today, a spirited defense from p

pierre thomas has more. >> reporter: those chilling images, white supremacist marchers bearing torches. on the campus of the university of virginia. the next morning they gather again, former kkk leader, david duke among them. >> we are determined to take our country back. we're going to fulfill the promises of donald trump. >> reporter: james alex fields jr., after driving in from ohio, seen among the white supremacists. chanting for white power. shortly before authorities believe he got in this car, launching that fatal attack that left heather heyer dead. the suspected killer is behind bars, held without bail and charged with murder. back at home, his mother saying she didn't know who would be at the rally. >> i didn't know it was white supremacists. i thought it had something to do trump's not supremacist. >> reporter: but a chilling portrait from those who knew him, including his high school teacher. >> he felt that whites were superior, that the views that adolf hitler espoused were correct in some way. >> reporter: and classmates say during a trip to germany, fields shocked them

pierre thomas. >>> memorials are being removed all over the country. in hollywood, california, workers took down this memorial in a cemetery. it had been there since 1925. it was taken to storage but the grave markers are still in place. and here in new york, a church took down a plaque. the city unive stone wall jackson from its hall of fame. meanwhile, the kk k's request to burn a cross at the stone mountain memorial in georgia has been denied. they said a cross burning would have put public safety at risk. >>> there's a major staff shakeup on the special council for the russia probe. peter fasock has left. it comes as the investigation appeared to be intensifying. it's unclear why he left or if the move was voluntary. >>> there's good news and some bad news about the powerball drawing. first, shall we go with the bad news? >> yeah, give the bad news first. >> nobody hit the jackpot overnight. good news, though. >> wait. >> that means -- >> the jackpot is growing! >> correct! to see if you matched any numbers for a small win, here they are. and power

. >> and with that, let me bring in cecilia vega, and pierre thomas. cecilia, let me begin with you. the president's comments being met with fury, even by his own party. top senators. you have senator orrin hatch saying we should call evil by its name. my brother didn't give his life fighting hitler for nazi ideas to go unchallenged here at home. marco rubio. very to hear the president. cory gardner, mr. president, we must call evil by it name. the president on twitter this morning, not taking back that "many sides" comment. >> he's yet to offer a full rebuke. we're talking about some of his own supporters. the white house is now trying to clarify what the president meant when he use that "many sides" comments. they say he was condemning hatred, bigotry. he sai have to dell you, ivanka trump tweet stronger word this is morning. she used the word, there's though place in society for white sue prem schism, neo nazis. the first lady was the first person in the white house come out and offer an official white house condemnation. we saw the president there

pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >>> coming up in the next half hour, what we're hearing from the record-breaking powerball winner, and her plans for that jackpot. >>> and a warning to parents about the apps your kids are using. what you need to know on "world news now". clearasil rapid action begins working fast for clearly visible results in as little as 12 hours. but will it stop this teen from being embarassed by her parents? nope. so let's be clear: clearasil works fast on teen acne, not so much on other teen ings. z2gzpz zi0z y2gzpy yi0y >>> we have a parenting alert about kids and apps. many parents may not realize that some of those most popular apps could come with a feature that puts them in danger. >> it allows complete strangers to reach out to them directly. >> reporter: a father speaking out after his 7-year-old daughter told him she was getting disturbing messages while playing on his phone. >> we never thought in a million years that we would receive anything other than family fun. default settings. we weren't aware

our justice correspondent, pierre thomas. cecilia, let me begin with you. the president's comments being met with fury, even by his own party. top senators. you have senator orrin hatch saying we should call evil by its name. my brother didn't give his life fighting hitler for nazi ideas to go unchallenged here at home. marco rubio. very important for the nation to hear potus describe events in charlottesville for what they are. cory gardner, mr. president, we must call evil by its name. these are excite supremacists and this is domestic terrorism. the president on twitter this morning, not taking back that "many sides" comment. >> he's yet to offer a full rebuke. we're not just talking about republicans in his own party. we're talking about some of his own supporters. the white house is now trying to clarify what president meant when he use that "many sides" hecomments. they say he was condemning hatred, bigotry. violence on all sides. but they say that there was violence between protesters and counterprotesters. i have to tell you, ivanka trump tweeted st

here's pierre thomas tonight. >> you will not replace us! >> reporter: the chilling images. >> blood and soil! >> reporter: the next morning, they gather former kkk leader david duke among them. >> we're determined to take our country back, fulfill the promises of donald trump. >> reporter: james field jr., seen among the white supremacists, chanting for white power. shortly before authorities believe he drove into this crowd, killing one. back home, his mother saying she didn't know who would be at the rally. >> i didn't know it would be white supremacistsupremacists. i thought it had to do with donald trump. >> he felt that whites were superi superior, felt the views that hitler espoused were correct in some way. >> reporter: classmates say during a field trip to he allegedly said, this is where the magic happened. >> he proclaimed himself as a nazi and white supremacist. >> reporter: the rally was about trying to keep a confederate statue from being removed. one of the protesters reportedly losing his job. another saying he's not an angry

here's pierre thomas tonight. >> you will not replace us! >> reporter: those chilling images. white supremacist marchers, bearing torches on the campus of the university of virginia. >> blood and soil! >> reporter: the next morning, they gather again. former kkk leader david duke among them. >> we're determined to take our country back, we are going to fulfill the promises of donald trump. >> reporter: james alex fields jr., seen among the white supremacists, chanting for white power. shortly before authorities believe he got in this car, launching the fatal attack that left heather heyer dead. tonight, the suspected killer is behind bars, held without bail, and charged with murder. back home, his mother saying she didn't know who would be at the rally. >> i didn't know it would be white supremacists. i thought it had something to do with trump. trump is not a supremacist. >> reporter: but tonight, a chilling portrait of the suspect from those who knew him, including his high school teacher. >> he felt that whites were superior, felt the views that hitler espoused were correct

here's abc's senior justice correspondent, pierre thomas tonight. >> reporter: agents in protective suits. finding the powerful opioid, feint noll from china. we're in another front with the opioid epidemic. the dea and the tempe police. today's target, alleged members of a drug ring with suspected ties to a mexican ar tell. it's time to strike. >> we found a large sum of money, and we'll continue to tear the vehicle down until we see if there is more dope in here. >> reporter: during our week long look into the crisis, others grapple with heartbreak. one family 15 miles away in kentucky, 23-year-old veronica, young and full of life doesn't make it through a weekend break from rehab. >> she was so good at hiding it. this is the first time we have heard heroin and veronica's name mentioned. >> reporter: according to the cdc, more than 33,000 americans died of opioid overdosesr: we'r agents that continue to take could be that suspected ring. agents searched the house. then jackpot. >> we're still searching, but we have pulled out 15 pounds of heroin. this is worth 1 million bucks. >> let's

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here's abc's senior justice correspondent, pierre thomas tonight. >> reporter: jfk airport today, agents in protective suits. finding the powerful opioid, fentanyl, packaged from china. in tempe, arizona, we're on another front line with the opioid epidemic. >> the vehicle is on the move. >> reporter: the dea and the tempe police. today's target, alleged members of a drug ring with suspected ties to a mexican cartel. it's time to strike. >> we definitely already found a large sum of money. we'll just continue to tear the vehicle down until we see if there is more dope in here. >> reporter: during our week long look into the crisis, others grapple with heartbreak. one family 1,500 miles away in kentucky, 23-year-old veronica, young and full of life doesn't make it through a weekend break from rehab. >> she was so good at hiding it. this is the first time we have heard heroin and veronica's name mentioned. >> reporter: according to the cdc, more than 33,000 americans died of opioid overdoses in 2015. >> we're hitting the main guy's house. this is the main target of this whole investigation

. -- pierre thomas. >> now, "good morning washington," on your side.ry: charlottesville fallout, protesters taking to the streets overnight eerie the growing frustration and violence. adrianna: a woman kidnapped and attacked walking home from the metro. the search for a sex predator happening right now. larry: rain falling right now, washout for your tuesday. glad you are spending part of the morning with us here area adrianna: how long will this annoying rain last? veronica: probably until 1:00 or 2:00 in the afternoon hours. by 1:00 i expect things to pick up in the could possibly be in a small portion of the area a few embedded thunderstorms. something to watch around fredericks erg and the stafford county area. you can barely see the capital wheel. the woodrow wilson bridge, with the fog, some showers. ,ike fog ticking up again later pretty warm for sure, you will notice that humidity, lifting north, getting corrosive -- closer to the area with low pressure in most of the system skirting right by us. we will get enough rain just past lunchtime toda

pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >>> memorials are being removed all over the country.n there since 1925. it was taken to storage but the grave markers are still in place. and here in new york, a church took down a plaque. one for robert e. lee. one where he planted a tree serving in the army in the 1840s. the city university of new york is removing busts of lee and stone wall jackson from its hall of fame. meanwhile, the kkk's request to burn a cross at the stone mountain memorial in georgia has been denied. the organization which runs the park said burning a cross would have put the public safety at risk. >>> there's a major staff shakeup on the special council for the russia probe. peter fasock has left. he was tapped by robert mueller. it comes as the investigation appeared to be intensifying. it's unclear why he left or if the move was voluntary. he is now working with the fbi human resources department. >>> there's good news and some bad news about the powerball drawing. first, shall we go with the bad news? >> yeah, give the bad news first. >> nobody hit the jack

pierre tom ashes -- thomas, abc news, washington. >> and anti hate demonstrators are erupting across. an activist brought a ladder to an old courthouse building and used a rope to pull down a confederate monument that was dedicated in 1924, then kicking at it, spitting at it after it was down. the governor saying the racism and deadly violence in charlottesville unacceptable but there is a better way to remove these monuments. >>> and texas a&m is calling off a white lives matter rally due to safety concerns. it was due to take place on september 11th. school officials say violence in charlottesville has contributed to the decision. they've been inundated with threats over social media. >>> president trump is calling out the groups involved in the violence by name, two days after the fact. but his critics say it's too little too late. the president added to his initial statements. for the first time, he mentioned the name of the woman who was killed, heather heyer and singled out the individual group. >> racism is evil. and those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs

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with your gma first look on pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >>> president trump says he may pardon former arizona sheriff joe opyo. a jury convicted him of misdemeanor contempt of court in july. a federal judge ruled in 2013 that his officers racially profiled latinos but the sheriff reviews fused to stop his immigration patrols. he lost a bid for re-election last november. the president says he support pz his strong stance on undocumented immigrants. >>> warriors hall of famer rick berry calls the scrutiny that president trump is under, quote, a disgrace to the world. he opened up in an interview to usa today. the eight-time all-star urged an end to the sbrefgs into collusion of russia. he said they're beat a dead horse and it's time to move on and do what's good for the country. >>> they plan to file a motion to dismiss a lawsuit instead of taking it to arbitration by ewing ber. it claims cal len neck is trying to pack the board instead ever doing what's best for the company. benchmark owns 13% of uber stock. >>> apple and etna are working on a plan to bring the apple smart watch

we want to bring in pierre thomas and cokie roberts both with us. pierre, if i could begin with you because when you have the thanking the president for his honesty and courage over what he said in the news conference, this is new and troubling territory. >> david, many civil rights lieders an some in law enforcement believe the leaders of hate are being emboldened. the president suggested there was a large contingent of good people would wanted to keep their monument to the confederate general robert e. lee but as the reporting lays out, those good people were marching alongside kkk members, racists and nazis with torches chanting things like jews will not replace us. jews will not replace us. these people embrace a legacy of hate, bigotry and genocide. mass murder on a scale of millions. there's always confusion and death associated with these people and here's a fact that should not get lost. the man that is suspected of running over a woman and killing her with his car allegedly identified with nazis so we saw history repeat itself and while peop

our senior justice correspondent pierre thomas has those details from washington. good morning, pierre. >> reporter: robin, good morning. the fbi claims jerry varnell had deadly intentions, that he assembled a caravan bomb, put it in a van and drove to downtown oklahoma city, parking it in this alley. then the fbi says he attempted to detonate what he thought was 1,000 pounds of explosives but it was all a sting. the bomb was fake and fbi agents put him in handcuffs and they launched an investigation eight months ago surrounding varnell with undercover operatives, posing as anti-government radicals. this after an informant told them varnell was planning to detonate a bomb at the federal reserve building here in washington. he allegedly told one informant i'm out for blood. robin. >> oh, my. all right, pierre, thank you. >>> robin, we're going to turn now to new details about tiger woods' arrest. we are learning what was in his system when he was pulled over in may, and abc's gio benitez has new reporting. >> you know the reason i'm out with you now? >> no. >> it's b

abc's pierre thomas will take a closer look at that crisis on a special edition of "nightline" tonight "jimmy kim". >>> the first day of school is always special but for kevin will jr. it was unforgettable because more than 100 police officers from the houston area escorted him to kindergarten. kevin's dad was a houston police officer and was killed by a drunk driver before he was born. since then the officers say they have become one big family. this wasn't just a walk to school. kevin got a horseback ride and a helicopter flew overhead. his mom says kevin knows the officers will always be there for him as one big family. it certainly is a heartwarming touching story. >> sure is good to see that. >>> coming up, chrissy teigen is getting personal revealing her struggle with alcohol and t >>> then the new survey could posting your credit score help you find the perfect match? when it's time to talk about known in a relationship. >>> and lara is upstairs. >> so, amy, we are cracking the code on your favorite sparkling water. we're wondering are waters like this good for you? wow. excited

here's pierre thomas. >> reporter: this is the man who police say was behind the wheel of this car and the deadly attack in charlottesville. jamie guglielmi james fields jr. charged with second degree murder of heather heyer. the fbi now dissecting fields' background launching a civil rights investigation to determine if the attack was a hate crime terrorism. >> the premeditated violence our community experienced today was completely unacceptable. >> reporter: a key question this morning, federal authorities want to know does fields have any ties to white supremacist groups and was he directed to attack. this shows him at the rally before the tragedy standing with members of vanguard, a group described as a white supremacist organization. on sunday the group claimed fields is not a member. this as we learn more about fields, a 0-year-old who lived with his mother in ohio until recently. according to the pentagon, fields attempted to join the military in august of 2015 but lasted only four months after failing to meet training standards. some associates are now painting a disturbing pic