This morning. And an abc news exclusive. Taylor terrorist winning her case against the former radio deejay accused of groping her. What he is saying to gma as the pop superstar shares a message for all victims this morning. Happy tuesday, everybody. Good morning, america. Great to have david with us here and once again we got a lot of news for you. Yep, overnight President Trump returning to new york visiting trump tower for the First Time Since taking office. He was greeted by thousands of protesters. You know, a lot of outrage over the president s delay waiting two days to call out those hate groups by name after that charlottesville attack and we did watch as he walked into that room at the white house yesterday before the cameras. Many still saying the fact that it took him 48 hours to get to this point right there was troubling, in fact, some prominent ceos resigning from his council and the president is firing back against those ceos and well have more this morning. We begin with breaking news on north korea. We have now learned that its leader have been briefed on that plan to launch missiles near the u. S. Territory of guam and may be changing course. Our chief Global Affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz is near the north korean border in seoul with the latest. Good morning, martha. Reporter good morning, robin. It appears that kim jongun may have blinked. Well, a statement is full of bluster and threats and says he has reviewed plans for attacking the waters off guam. The statement also says that kim will wait to see what the u. S. Does next. Specifically saying the Supreme Leader will watch stupid american behavior a bit longer. That seems a real change in the specific and alarming statements he has been making over the past few weeks, robin. We know that the its taking the approach of being diplomatic here but that there are some military options that could be presented to President Trump. Reporter exactly, robin. The u. S. Military is tracking this carefully and does have military option as valuable with the secretary of defense saying overnight if they fire at the united states, thats called war. If they do that, then its game on because even if it appears for now that kim is backing off, this is not over. Intelligence analysts believe he can fit a Nuclear Weapon inside an icbm so this remains a huge threat, robin, the biggest Foreign Policy challenge our nation faces. It certainly does. Martha, thank you. Back here at home President Trump is nowtroubling new poll. His Approval Rating now dropping to his lowest ever. 34 say they approve of the job hes doing. 61 say they disapprove. The president seeing that firsthand when he returned to new york city greeted by protesters at trump tower as we showed you at the top ce is liv morning. Good morning, mary. Reporter good morning, david. Well, for the first time as President Trump is waking up here at home at trump tower, but he is still facing the fallout from his response to the violence in charlottesville. Yesterday as he mentioned he tried to clarify put a damper on all this outrage but critics say its too little too late. Overnight President Trump arriving back in new york, but following the president home, protests and outrage ove the ha violence that erupted over the weekend. [ chanting ] reporter the president tried to quell the criticism monday, finally saying what so many had been waiting to hear calling that hate out by name. Racism is evil and those who cause violence in its name are 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 asked what took him so long, the president offered no explanation. They have been condemned. Reporter hours later the president followed up suggesting the media is blowing this out of proportion tweeting made additional remarks on charlottesville and realize once again that the Fake News Media will never be satisfied. It took the president two days to call out the White Supremacists. At first he spoke out against the protesters on many sides. We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides, on many sides. Reporter that sparked a fierce backlash even from some of the president s republican allies and now three top ceos have stepped down from their roles with the administration in protest. Including kenneth frazier, the ceo of merck and only africanamerican on the president S Manufacturing council. He says his decision is a matter of personal conscience adding americas leaders must honor our fundamental values by clearly rejeeking expressions of hatred, bigotry and group supremacy. Critics are pointing to what the president did not say yesterday. Nowhere has he labeled this violence which left one woman dead as an act of terrorism and thats a label that many in his own administration and other republicans have been using. Mary, we know you reported there. It took about 48 hours for the president to go before the cameras and to say racism is evil and to call out those groups by name but then overnight causing controversy because just hours after making that statement there at the white house, he retweeted something. Reporter yeah, david, the president overnight retweeted a member, a known member of the socalled altright a tweet about shootings in chicago not getting enough National Media attention. The president seemingly frustrated with the medias ongoing coverage of his response to charlottesville. But, david, its not just what the president has been retweet but what hes not been tweeting. The first lady condemned the violence in charlottesville, ivanka trump too and took a look. The president did not retweet those messages. Didnt retweet his wife or daughters. Mary bruce, thanks. David, protests in the wake of that virginia attack also breaking out in North Carolina. People took down a statue of a confederate soldier in front of the old Durham County courthouse. This as we learn new details about the driver in the charlottesville attack. James alex fields jr. Who was denied bail as he faces Second Degree murder charges. Abcs eva pilgrim is there in charlottesville for us again this morning. Good morning, eva. Reporter good morning. This is where fields drove that car. Weve seen so many people come here, many of them hurting, looking for answers. This morning some tough questions, did the city do enough . [ chanting ] reporter tensions simmering outside a courtroom in charlottesville. Inside, a judge denying bond for james fields, the man accused of driving his car into a crowd of people protesting against a White Nationalist rally. Some of those White Nationalists showing up defending themselves to a hostile crowd. I asked one of them why did they bring weapons if this was supposed to be a peaceful protest. We were afraid the police might not defend us and they didnt. Reporter it started friday night. Burning torches marching on the university of virginias campus. The White Nationalists attempting to hold a rally protesting the removal of a statue of confederate general robert e. Lee. Two sides all americans battling it out on the streets and then that tragic attack. The police chief speaking for the first time defending how his department handled the deadly weekend. Once the crowds were dispersed they went to many locations throughout the city. Reporter the chief confirming this street, the one where the attack happened was supposed to be closed to traffic when that car came barreling down. We lost three lives this weekend. We certainly haveagic, tragic w. Reporter 19 people injured. A bloody 24 hours, the images now seared into peoples minds. Those images this weekend are very painful but i am not going to let them define us. Theyre not going to tell our story. Reporter the mayor and other White Nationalists groups filed for a permit. David. Eva, our thanks to you again. As the outrage grows, some White Nationalist groups want to capitalize tin profile planning more rallies across the country as we speak and tom llamas has been tracking these groups for months now spe morning with our first look. Good morning, tom. Reporter david, good morning to you. Despite what we just saw happen now new plans for White Nationalist rallies on College Campuses and on the west coast, plus counterdemonstrations made up of thousands of people. Here we will stand. Reporter this White Nationalists vowing to organize even more events and now a University President says he may not be able to stop an upcoming campus speech by one of the movements most visible leaders. Richard spencer. Their next rally set for september 12th at the university of florida. The schools president posting on facebook, even though he would find spencers presence deeply disturbing, we must follow the law upholding the First Amendment not to discriminate based on content and provide access to a public space. [ chanting ] reporter and overnight, texas a m deciding to cancel a white lives matter rally that was set for september 11th stating the risks of threat to life and safety compel us to cancel the event. That campus saw major clashes the last time spencer spoke. White people are ruling right now. White people have a tremendous a power. Reporter abc news has been following spencer and other White Nationalist leaders like matt hinebock. The nationalist Community Came here to defend our heritage. Reporter our team was in charlottesville with him at the rally that turned deadly. Those two part of the growing socalled altright movement. White nationalists who think white identity is under attack. Both credit President Trumps antiimmigration, America First policies with their rise into the mainstream. Hes opened up a door, his movement has opened up a door but its up to us to take the initiative. If you were to take images from this weekend and compare them to what you saw in the 1950s and 60s, you would be hardpressed to tell me much has changed other than the fact theyre not wearing sheets. Reporter their numbers are growing. The Southern Poverty Law Center reports since 2014 more than 125 new hate groups have formed. Now, these clashes are so violent because there is a coordinated effort on the extreme left as well known as the antifascists who tell us violence and Property Damage is acceptable when battling White Nationalists. Both groups tell us theyre growing in numbers and they said the tension between both side, guys, has never been this heated ever. Just didnt know how timely it would be when you first started looking into it months ago. An important question. 20 20 friday night called the great divide that airs at 10 00 p. M. Eastern right here, tom. Look forward to it. Hard to believe it is 2017. Now to a terror arrest in oklahoma city. A 23yearold in custody accused of trying to detonate what he thought was an explosive filled van. 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 and put it in a van and drove to downtown oklahoma city, parking it into 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 launched an investigation eight months ago surround varnell with undercover operatives posing as antigovernment 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 im out for blood. Robin. Oh, my. All right, pierre, thank you. Robin, we turn to new details about tiger woods arrest learning what was in his system when he was pulled over in may and abcs gio benitez has new reporting. You know the reason im out with you now . No. Its because youre stopped in the road. In the middle of the road. Reporter this morning the bombshell toxicology report obtained by espn detailing the drugs tiger woods had in his sids when he was found by Florida Police asleep in his car on a highway this past memorial day. According to the report, woods tested positive for five substances including thc, the active ingredient in marijuana, xanax prescribed for anxiety, two opiate painkillers, hydrocodone and dilaudid as well as ambien, eye sedative prescribed for insomnia. Woods who had four major back surgeries including one just a pops before his arrest for driving under the influence told usa today as a previously said, i received professional help to manage my medications. Recently i had been trying on my own to treat my back pain and a sleep disorder including insomnia but i realize now it was a mistake to do this without medical assistance. Dash cam showed a different side to the athlete who won 79 pga tours and 14 majors. Okay. Do you know where youre at right now . I do not know. You have no idea . Reporter after hirst arrest he checked into a clinic to get help dealing with prescription drugs. He said last month he completed that treatment and, you know, he did plead guilty to reckless driving. Lets hope he got important help with that list especially. Thank you, guys. Also, were counting down to the total Solar Eclipse. Its now just six days away and officials are warning it could be one of the biggest driving distractions of the century. Abcs david kerley is on the road outside of washington, d. C. Good morning, david. Reporter good morning, michael. Transportation officials are worried about serious accidents and traffic jams when day becomes night during the eclipse. While the spectacular Solar Eclipse will darken our skies officials are worried about what will happen on our roads. As we rush to see the celestial sensation. Theyre really worried that the darkened sky will become a nightmare. The Solar Eclipse on august 21st could be the biggest Driver Distraction of the last century. Reporter the last time it could be seen from the east to the west coast nearly 100 years ago. There are now 50 times more cars and traffic in the eclipse zone could be four times worse than a normal day. Officials worry most about the rural states with narrow roads, many in the path of totality are taking steps to minimize gridlock on the big day. Tennessee limiting lane closure, nebraska restricting drivers with oversize loads. And South Carolina is calling up extra state police and first responders. We know tourists are flocking to those areas because the view will simply be better but we also know that the local infrastructure may not really be equipped to deal with the flood of tourists that they may be expecting. Reporter the feds shining a light on youtube. Whether a short drive or long one please find a safe place to watch the eclipse. Reporter worried drivers may not be prepared. Eclipse glasses are very good except for driving. So please dont drive while wearing these and dont have an eclipse in judgment. Reporter another tip, dont rely on your daytime running lights. Turn on your headlights. This is going to be like driving at night in the middle of the darkness, michael. So plan on it. Treat it like its nighttime during the eclipse. We sure will. Thank you, david. Good news for people flying or be in the sky during the eclipse. It turns out pilots can decide to divert or change their flight patterns so passengers can watch. Oh, really . Yes. He might just do that for you. Even better, you can watch our full coverage of it monday because david right here is going to anchor our live special. You guys are sticking me out there because the temperatures drop and animals start acting funny, you go. You go try it. Youre the first out the door. Thats it. 1 00 p. M. Eastern right here on abc. You got it, man. You know who else will be there, ginger. I will be right there in nashville. This morning i want to bring you to the tropics. Only been three hurricane seasons to date. Watching two tropical waves and of course hurricane gert this morning 75 Miles Per Hour maximum sustained winds sandwiched between bermudian the united states. Massachusetts North Carolina rip currents and two to 7foot waves. Tuesday trivia now brought to you by walmart. We had showers overnight. Now another batch is beginning to move into parts of delaware, Chester County and Delaware County, pennsylvania, parts of south jersey all the way into Atlantic County as well. Stepping outside we have cloudy skies across the region this morning. Might see some sunny breaks through the day but its mostly cloudy and at times we will see that passing shower or even a thunderstorm. Heres your exclusive accuweather 7day. Its also going to be warm, a high of 83, a little bit humid with those spotty showers probably tapering off early this evening and then sunny and hotter tomorrow