My money is on the shark. Same here as we say good morning on this tuesday. We are going to start with the protesters over hate groups 6 and racially charged violence moving beyond the city of charlottesville. In North Carolina, activists used a rope to tear down a Confederate Monument that had been standing in front of the old courthouse in durham, North Carolina, for more than a century. And in new york city thousands of very loud but mostly peaceful demonstrators lined the streets outside trump tower on fifth avenue, nhattan, first overnight matr ome since he took office. He tweeted that, quote, feels good to be home after seven months, but the white house is th. Ere nl. Abcs emily rau joins us from washington now with the details. Emily, good morning. Reporter good morniap dg, nehas been strong and growing t last few days from politicians to bigtime ceos and finally the president condemning those hate groups. Morehan thound demonstrators lined the sidewalks around trump tower monday hours before President Trumps expected arrival. [ chanting ] reporter scores of Police Worked to keep the manhattan streets clear and as night fell, the protesters remained marching and chanting with a message for the president. [ chanting ] reporter nearly 48 hours after that car plowed into a group of people in charlottesville, President Trump finally condemning White Supremacy groups by name. Racism is evil, and those who cause violence in its nare ame criminals and thugs including the kkk, neonazis, White Supremacists and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything we hold dear as americans. Reporter but it took two days of intense pressure after his first statement seemed to spread the blame. Violence on many sides, on many sides. Reporter even the president s republican allies calling him out. Call this white supremeicism, this White Nationalism evil and let the country hear it, let the world hear it. Its something that needs to come from the oval office and this white house needs to do it today. Reporter the criticism building as tensions simmer in charlottesville. Get the hell out of it. Reporter white nationalists again gathering and counterprotesters making their voices heard from the scene of the crime in charlottesville to right outside the president s own door. Li this is what america looks reporter and the Charlottesville Police chief is defending his department after criticism about how they responded to the rally, that his officers didnt do enough to prevent the violence. He says he very much regrets the loss of life but says his officers were never far from the melee. Diane and kendis. All right, and both the arrangements there with the police and the attack itself still under investigation. Emlay rah, thanks, live from washington for us. In the meantime, a chilling portrait is emergingf o the man charged with murder in the attack there. Police records show the suspect spent time in juvenile detention after his disabled mother accused him of beating her and threatening her with a knife. And some High School Classmates say he idolized the nazis claiming that on a class trip to a german concentration trip, he said, this is where the magic happened. And new this morning, three ceos have now resigned from President Trumps Manufacturing Advisory Council following his response to the violence in charlottesville. The chief executives of intel and under armour followed the head of merck last night expressing frustrating with the political climate. Mercks ceo kenneth frazier, one of a few africanamericans to head a fortune 500 company cited the president s initial failure to clearly reject the hate groups. He fired back saying frazier will now have more time to lower ripoff drug prices. In the meantime, the president s Approval Rating has taken another tumble dipping to 34 . The lowest point ever in a gallup poll, and 61 of americans say they disapprove of the job the president is doing. That is also a new low for that poll. The survey was conducted during a threeday period that ended sunday as the president came under fire for his response for the incident there. The White House FormerCommunications DirectorAnthony Scaramucci has some tough words for chief white house strategist steve bannon. In an appearance on late show with Stephen Colbert overnight, scaramucci called bannon a leaker and said if it were up to him, hed fire him. And he reiterated his criticism of President Trumps initial statement on charlottesville. Lets be fair to him today, though. He did condemn the nazis today. Two days later. Does he order his spine on amazon prime . Why did it take so long . I said yesterday, and i maintain, that hes got to be tougher on that stuff if he wants his legislative agenda to pass. Hes got to move in a more moderate direction and hes got to appeal to people that are independents and moderates that possibly voted for him to help him ascend to the presidency. What is going on . It was an interesting back and forth. Scaramucci, of course, who was in office for 11 days told colbert that the white house is a tough place with a lot of infighting but he wouldnt have done anything differently. North korea appears to be walking back its threat to launch missiles near guam. Kim jongun paid a visit to his generals reportedly getting briefed on plans for the decoming missile thees lt. Is e delaying that launch. But he says he will order the test if the u. S. Continues its dangerous actions. Joint chiefs chairman general Joseph Dunford said the u. S. Wants a peaceful resolution but is ready to use the full range of the military if provoked. Lets take a closer look right now at your weather. The latest radar picture shows hurricane gert churning more than 400 miles off bermuda. Gtned overnight and is now the second hurricane of the atlantic season. Its packing winds of at least 75 miles an hour, and gert is expected to gain even more te tong mrestake landfall. The current forecast shows gert tracking away from the east coast and out into the atlantic but the storm could cause rough surf and rip currents in North Carolina and virginia. Still ahead, what federal and local officials are calling the biggest driving distraction of the century. And a man der arrest accused of trying to detonate a van filled with explosives in front of a u. S. Bank. How investigators say they stopped him. Plus, a fisherman reeling in his catch when a great white decides to compe with it. Well show you the video of the Close Encounter next. An eighth home has now been condemned near that massive sinkhole in county, florida. Two homes were destroyed when that sinkhole first opened up on july 14th. Well, the sinkhole now stretches across 260 feet and its 50 feet deep. Owa girl is dead and 13 others injured after a driver slammed his car into the sidewalk of a cafe in a pizzeria near paris. Authorities say the drivers actions were deliberate but not terror related. Police say the driver may have been under thenfluence of drugs and possibly suicidal. He was immediately arrested. The same girls brother was also injured in the crash. And an ohio teacher and a teacherside will miss this weeks first day of school after dragging an autistic child down a hallway. The incident caught on camera in crestline involved a 7yearold. It happened in may but School Board Members say the boy had become violent. The teachers though apparently didnt follow their training. Still no criminal charges were filed. It took less than four hours radio deejay guilty of groping taylor swift during a preconcert photoop. After a weeklong trial of dueling civil lawsuits that saw aiaef dwi sntakft the witness stand, jurors awarded swift what she was looking for, a symbolic 1 in damages. The jury also rejected David Muellers claims that swifts allegations cost him his job. Se well, july was a record ftt agents screened more than 72 million passengers and crew last month. That shatters the cof ord nearly 70 million screenings in june. The 39th spacex launch is making its twoday trip to the space stion. Rnteinl atnaio the falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Kennedy Space center yesterday afternoon. Its carrying 6,400 pounds of cargo, which includes experiments, 20 mice and birthday cake ice cream. Spacestation astronaut colonel Randy Bresnik turns 50 next month. Quite a hear hell be we come back, we have new details about ger wo odwhs en and his arrest. What toxicology reports say was in his system at the time. Plus, celebrating with no one. 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The fire brigade then showed up to get that foam all out of the way. At least we know itll work in case its needed. Yep. Now for a look at your morning road conditions. Nearly half the country will see wet roads for the morning commute across the midwest and through the south. Commuters will see flooding conditions across the upper midwest. If youre flying airport delays are possible in new s. Oran were learning some new details now about the suspect in an Oklahoma City terror plot. Authorities say the accused Jerry Varnell was motivated by a deep hatred for the government and admiration for the Oklahoma City bomber. Pierre thomas with details. Reporter 23yearold Jerry Varnell is behind bars accused of plotting to blow up a Bank Building in downtown Oklahoma City. Several components to make a large vehicleborne ied and load it into a cargo van. Reporter the fbi says varnell attempted to detonate what he thought was a 1,000pound bomb. The plat similar to Timothy Mcveighs 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, which killed 168 people. But it was all a sting set up by the fbi. According to prosecutors, o tell drove the van bancrsdowntown parking it in this alleyway before being arrested. They say after anh investigation, varnell 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 opportunity in downtown vancouver, canada. Joi sj harris was the first africanamerican female professional road racer and reportedly her first film as a stunt performer. Deadpool producers say harris was not wearing a helmet during the scene because her character does not wear a helmet. Now, deadpool 2 star Ryan Reynolds tweeted were heartbroken, shocked and devastated. And we have some new details now about tiger woods may traffic stop in florida. According to espn a toxicology report shows he had painkillers, sleeping pills and the active ingredient in marijuana in his s n kno if e drs ha beenrescribed. Medical marijuana is legal in florida. Woods is in a diversion program. If he completes it, his record could be cleared. And weve learned llas cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott will officially appeal his sixgame suspension today. The nfl banned elliott for an alleged domestleio vnce reports say his defense will focus on his accusers repeated threats to ruin elliotts career. Elliott was never arrested or charged in the case. Now to that video of that shark that wasnt shy about going after what it wanted. The group of fishermen there reeling in their catch off cape cod when a great white, yeah, came out stealing their striped bass on the line. As you can see, it happened pretty close to the boats stern. It was the second time. These guys arent good at holding their fish. It was the second time they lost fish to a shark. 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Quiet on the weather side of things, much quieter on the traffic side of things today. I do want to head up to state route 57 weve got paving project this week theyre doing a lot of repair on state route 37 between skaggs island and state route 1201. Were seeing stop and go traffic there. I will keep an eye on that we did see delays u 5 30 yesterday morning. We also had construction in walnut creek overnight and well check on that next. On to developing news, just days after the violence in charlottesville, two rightwing San Francisco and the east bay. At least one group has posted plans to counterprotest. Abc 7 News Reporter amy holly field live for us this morning. Amy. Reporter hi had the a group called pay the yol iot prayer has applied for a first endment r palerly here next saturday. The group say rightwing protrump group and they plan to be at chrissy field from 2 00 to 5 00. Grey say by law they have to tan First Amendment permits. The organizer told us in an interview from washington why he will be bringingis h to San Francisco. Like portland for example san area where for some reason they trysao t of ythe most tolerant cities in the country but its actually the opposite. Theyre extremely intolerant reennt iwhdeas and beliefs. Theyre extremely intolerant frwards christians and so san sccianano like that too reporter there will also be a rally on sunday in berkeley. Counterprotests are also being organize and are expected to be at the rallies. The National ParkOfficials Say theyre working with city police and fire to come up with a safety plan. Reporting live in San Francisco, amy holly field, abc well, protests against the White Supremacists violence in charlottesville are intensifying, this crowd erupted into cheers as a statue was pulled down in dur ram last night. It was outside a county administration building. A couple livingn expected t today. They have been have held jobs, paid taxes and stayed out of legal trouble for two decades. They have four children, three of them are u. S. Citizens. The sanchezs attorney has asked for a stay of deportation to give the senator time tood bl i last month. That bill would allow the couple to stay in the u. S. Its 4 30. Mike. Hi, everybody. Lets open up the Weather Window tells you whats going on this morning. We can see the bay