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floor window. there were no injuries. and usa gymnastics is reacting after being fiercely criticized. >> ali raisman is one of the most decorated gymnasts of all time and is speak out against the worst scandal ever. >> reporter: ali raisman is sharing harsh words for the u.s. olympic committee over their response to sexual abuse allegation against long-time team doctor, larry nasser who she is calling a monster. in an interview, raisman says, i feel like there are a lot of articles about it, but nobody has said this is horrible. this is what we're doing to change. raisman also accuses usa gymnastics of trying to sweep it under the rug. nasser, who pled guilty last month to child pornography still faces dozens of charges of sexual abuse and is being sued by over 125 women and girls who claim he abused them during medical examination. raisman is now the most high-profile figure to take aim at the sports governing bodies. >> i think it speaks volumes and these are words that are going to reverberate. >> reporter: earlier this year, the senate judiciary committee heard testimony from former gymnasts who say that usa gymnastics failed to protect them from falling prey to the former team doctor. >> dr. nasser abused me at the training center in texas. he abuse me in california and all over the world. >> reporter: usa gymnastics released a statement saying, as we have said, we are appalled by the conduct of which larry nassar has been accused. and we are sorry that any athlete has been harmed during his or her gymnastic career. >> good for her for speaking out.ma de these comments after being inducted into the gymnastics hall of fame. she says she wants to see support not only for the girls who were abused but for those who were traumatized by what could have happened to them. coming up. darkness in the middle of the day. >> seeing what it was like in that eclipse zone. we'll show you next. e give you bare feet, backsweat, and gordo's... everything. i love you, but 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glen, let's s how dark it really is. it's pitch-black here. this is the most incredible thingi thing i've ever seen. >> reporter: madras, oregon. >> feasting their eyes on a spectacular that many of us will never get to see again. >> reporter: a shadow marching eastward, averaging 1800 miles an hour, reaching a place known as car henge. american cars creating a replica of stonehenge. >> they painted them all gray. but you can't see the color, you can see the outline of them under that extraordinary moment there. >> reporter: the spectacular landing in city after city, including the so-called capital of the eclipse, carbondale, illinois. but carbondale, which should have had 2:41 of darkness was darkened by something else. clouds. you guys have brought us into the drama. you've got 45 seconds there, and it all dependser system above you. >> reporter: they are crestfallen. >> they are looking up, because this might be the only and best shot of it they get. >> reporter: but then with just there is.ft, the clouds part. there it is. what an extraordinary gift right hear in the last final few seconds. >> reporter: in kelly, kentucky, something else emerges in the sky. >> we can see venus at this point in kelly, kentucky. i love the fact that you can sigh venus. >> reporter: even the president stepping out of the white house to watch. finally, the last major stop for the great american eclipse, charleston, south carolina. the clouds cooperating. >> you know, it really puts us o as far as our role in the cosmos, doesn't it? the fact that we are part of something much bigger. >> reporter: then sky gazers start to make the long journey home. traffic for can t traffic coming out of idaho falls goes as far as the eye can see. >> repter: this traffic jam started precisely as the eclipse ended. people had already packed, gotten into their cars. one family hiding back to california. >> how long do you expect that to take you with this traffic? 20 hours, was it worth it? >> reporter: as it was for a nation of americans, soaking up the great american eclipse. >> you hunker down. the single road out of here is still bum tper to bumper. and some folks waited three hours to get out of the parking lot. i stopped one motorist and asked was at that w it?e had a brilli. she said it was totality worth it. madras, oregon. >> we did such a great job. ab ns had exclusive access to the great american eclichlts and you slept throu it. ah. we have more. you have to see it. this happened, the e-cliclipse version, next. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i looked at my options. then i got a medicare supplement insurance pn. 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[ screaming ] >> oh, my god! oh, my god! that's crazy! >> boy, can you hear her. >> this is in salem, oregon. they heard her in charleston, south carolina. >> i think so. so the video was taken by a journalist who was also in the area. >> oh, my god! >> and he didn't have to say anything. just her sound bite. >> kind of reminds you of someone, doesn't it? remember? >> whoa! oh, my god! oh, my oh! wow! >> i'm not sure you could ever find anybody more excited than the double rainbow guy, but i think oregon eclipse girl wins. >> in chicago, wgn is legend. he was broadcasting live during the eclipse yesterday. and take a listen. >> this must be good. >> yeah. >> people started sobbing. for some, it's just a life changing event, and we may start doing that, too. >> the legend, tom skilling, brown in tears. i got to imagine shep smith was excited, right? the eclipse. what do you think? ♪ deer and the ant lope play ♪ wow, will y >> wow, will you look at that, just sun. oh, my odss. thast 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they're just picking up the pieces, the scooter just takes off on its own. and our one moment in time. in history, the great eclipse, hosted by the greatest country this the world. america. with millions across the country displaying patriotic pride wearing goofy glasses. we're just getting started. and then no more, we promise, until 2024. we promise. it is tuesday, august 22nd. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> i don't even know if we can keep that promise. >> no, we can't quite keep the promise. >> i don't know. we'll find out soon enough. what did you do for the eclipse? >> it was a big day. i knew it would be 2024 before we win the bidding war for the next eclipse. >> like the olympics? >> exactly. so i decided to go out there in central park and channeled the moment. everybody in new york city and all across the country embraced the moment. >> yeah. it was a moment that you couldn't miss. >> i imagine the same for you. we didn't connect yesterday. what did you do for the eclipse? >> i had a different plan, actually. yeah. >> you slept through it? >> i kind of did. >> in your mcdonald's onesies? >> it was very comfortable. look, i had my glasses. i was ready to go. and then it you know, i saw the eclipse in my dreams. does that count? >> it does. it looks the same, with your eyelids closed, it's all the same. >> truth be told, i woke up at 2:35, realized i couldn't see the sun from any of my apartment windows. turned on our coverage just time for the total eclipse and went back to bid. >> it was pbat 80% coverage in washington, d.c. area which is where the first family got to see the partial eclipse for those folks there. but the president was getting a little bit of heat for that. >> ooh, braking teaking the rul. >> not once but several times, he looked up at the sun, and the sun was like, you know what? i blinked. you win, mr. president, yes, indeed. that's how he spent the earlier part of his day, and he did a little bit of traveling down the road to ft. myer and came up with his new war plan. is saying not pullingut sident from afghanistan anytime soon, but that he's not talking troop numbers yet. >> the president delivered this prime time speech from ft. myer announced a shift from timetables to a strategy based on conditions on the ground. and he warned that america's support is not a blank check. lana zak has more. >> reporter: president trump now says he's on board with a plan to send additional troops to afghanistan. >> the security threats we face in afghanistan and the broader region are i mmense. >> reporter: afghan forces sayt resurgent taliban. the new troops will help those already on the ground there. >> the men and women whoerve our nation in combat deserve a plan for victory. >> reporter: the president did not sayow more americans would be sent, but the pentagon's proposal originally unveiled in may would add 3,000 to 4,000 troops and increase the amount of foreign aid sent to the nation. before he was t, mr. trump opposed increasing america's commitment in afghanistan. getting out of afghanistan a position he often repeated as a private citizen but one that was harder to maintain as commander in chief. >> my original instinct was to pull out. and historically, i like following instincts. but all my life i've heard that decisions are much different when you sit behind the desk in the oval office. >> reporter: and the president also called on india and pakistan to step up, but one thing that the president said he would not do, give a timetable for when all u.s. troops in afghanistan will be home. lana zak, abc news, washington. our thanks to lana there. and the president offered few details on how his approach would significantly different from his predecessor's. but his speech is getting positive reactions from some rps. >> the president is also facing plunging poll numbers specifically related to his handling of charlottesville, and his openids still show that that's on his mind. ali, i want to start with this new war plan. is it new actually, and what's the general reaction? it sounds some positive. >> there's a saying the more things change the more they stay the same. that is a lot of the reaction from democrats and republicans today. there wasn't a whole lot the president said in tonight's speech that president obama also didn't say when he decided to put his mark on the afghanistan strategy, when he came into office in 2009. some of the reaction from republicans today, as you mentioned, there's just not that many specifics in this plan. so it's hard for democrats and republicans to comment, specifically, about what they thought. but that was the very thing that a lot of senate democrats were bringing up tonight. they were criticizing the lack of specificity in this speech. senate's jack reed saying unfortunately it was short on the details our troops and american people deserve. a lot of unanswered questions for democrats, and on the republican side, they were praising the fact that donald trump specifically said we're not putting an arbitrary deadline on this withdrawal where he it's conditions based which is also something that president obama said a lot back in 2009. but he reiterated that this is going to be a commitment that is not done when we say it's done. senate armed services chairman, john mccain saying, quote, the president is now moving us well beyond the prior administration's failed strategy of postponing defeat. >> john mccain has not been shy about criticizing president trump. so kind of interesting coming to his support. >> he had his own afghanistan plan locked and loaded, ready to go in case the president did not come up with his own. >> indeed. because there were no details, a lot of people were saying this morning this was basically him trying to distract from charlottesville. and we have new poll numbers involving that. >> that's right, we do, kendis. that cloud not lifting from the white house yet. the violence in charlottesville that happened last weekend. the new poll numbers from abc/"washington post" poll show that 28% of the people approved of his response. 56% disapproved. those are bad numbers however, whichever way you slice it. if you dive down below the top line numbers. 42% of people say the president's been equating neo-nazis and white supremacists with those who oppose them, and only 35% say he's not doing that. so we've got a plurality of folks saying he's putting fooch similarity between the too groups. >> the negative effects from that press conference continue to follow. we appreciate the insight. moving on now to texas, where a man is in federal custody for allegedly trying to blow up a confederate statue in houston. prosecutors say andrew shneck was caught with bomb materials. he said he quote, did not like that guy in the statue. he was also arrest netherlands 2014 -- arrested in 2014 on explosives-related charges. a shout fest in austin as statues came down notice early morni -- in the early morning hours. and the navy has ordered a pause as it begins to investigate the collision of the ""uss john mccain."" the ship is docked at a naval base while search efforts continue for ten missing they will also look at the deadly "uss fitzgerald" crash off japan in june. >> i think gun of tone of the t they will look at here, it was nighttime, one third of all maritime shipping goes through here. so there were probably extenuating circumstances, but no doubt as we saw in the fitzgerald, there was probably human error involved as well. >> it was the fourth mishap this year. the impact of the oil tanker caused flooding in crew sleeping areas as well as rooms used for communications. bowe bergdahl has chosen to have his trial heard by a judge and not a mailitary jury. he faces charges for walking off his post in afghanistan. if found guilty, he could smend t -- spend the rest of his life in prison. more than a few companies are testing out self-driving cars, but we found a scooter with a mind o. >> this happened i china family scooter. and it flips over, head over heels as a car pulls in front of them. >> so everyone seems to be okay. you can watch them get up. they walk away. dad goes to pick up the scooter, and just like that, the scooter is gone. it goes off on its own straight into oncoming traffic. dad is left in the dust. no scooter, but luckily, a family with everybody in tact. could have gone a lot worse. but that scooter, there might be something going on there. >> possessed. all right, coming up -- >> there's a scooter for sale on craigslist. >> while you're eating avocados all the wrong way. >> and why we're chasing eclipse all wrong. it happens a lot more often than we might think, but they're not easy to find. we meet some folks who frequently dance in the dark. but first, a chaotic scene in the cabin. an unruly passenger kicked off after trying to open the plane's door mid flight. you're watching "world news now." not all fish 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and men sun glasses escorting h while there was plenty of fear among passengers on saturd, those emergency doors can't be opened inlight. most jetliner seal against the fuselage. and during flight, the cabin prsurization pushes against thdoor, pressure making it humanly impossible to open that door. the passenger who was taken offer the jetliner was not arrested. and while the fbi says it is looking at the case, no charges have been filed. david kerley, abc news, reagan national airport. coming up in the next half hour, the lates lawsuit against johnson & johnson by a woman who claims that her cancer was caused by an ingredient in baby powder. we'll tell you what a jury has just and personal with some eclipse chasers. ing for them.they roamearch of now. noughs now.ghs now. hs now. s. \. knock out your sinus symptoms with vicks sinex. the ultra-fine mist starts working instantly to deliver up to 12 hours of ahhhhh get fast relief with vicks sinex. ♪ blinded by the ♪ wrapped up like ♪ blind by the light >> a leo were blinded by the light. diane not among them, but we celebrated this huge, total eclipse. it's been the first time in 38 years since we had one of those total eclipses right here in north america. >> a big deal. >> iy more common than you'd think.>> that is if o consntvel around t world to see t abc's david wright has more on eclipse chasers. >> reporter: america stood still, spell bound by a cosmic pot of dough. and it was easy for you to see why for some people one time is not enough. >> people are feeling the hair standing up on the back of their neck. >> you are standing in the shadow of the moon. people write poems about that line. >> pink floyd music. >> reporter: one of many classic songs. "eclipse." ♪ and everything i've ever sung ♪ >> it's like a little kid that has to watch his mother go away and disappear, like that's squar scary. you know that it should be there. and luckily, it comes back, but because it's so unmanatural. i think the experience is one you can't replicate in any other way. >> reporter: people get hooked on eclipses. >> in is my 11th total solar eclipse. >> this is number 12 for me. >> reporter: they call themselves umbrafiles, eclipse chasers. >> three, two, one! there it is! >> reporter: galavanting around the world. >> look at the chrome chromeosatmosphere. she doesn't just chase eclipses, she helps other communities prepare for people like her. >> really try not to be on the roads if you can. >> reporter: we caught up her in torrington, wyoming where they were approaching with a mixture of excitement and dread. >> it's a huge deal. i don't think there's anything to compare it to. >> reporter: the local h&r block has transformed into a pop-up eclipse store, selling tee shirts, tote bags and glass. and i would imagine that you're thrilled that the eclipse isn't april 15th. >> exactly. if it was april 15th, we would not be selling tee shirtings. >> reporter: in one small town they're wondering how they're going toough it. we're in glendo. >> population 200. >> reporter: plus 100,000 viewers. no hotel here. the visitors all >> this is so packed. farms e charging $20 to park in their fields. are your' t you're the center of the universe. >> for two minutes and 28 seconds. >> reporter: more than anything, this is a moment of wonder, he says, the closest thing on earth to space travel. >> it's that feeling of being in the presence of something much larger than yourself. that humbles you. >> reporter: we all looked up in wonder. i'm david wright for "nightline," in glendo, wyoming. >> most of us looked up in wonder. >> i looked up at it, i didn't know it was that deep. did you? >> i was asleep. >> i looked at my little glass. >> oh, yeah? you sure you had the right ones on, right? >> i guess. you're posed to be able to see, it's supposed to burn your retina, right? since i was a kid, i've done every t empty my pocket change into this old jar. it's never much, just what's left after i break a dollar. and i never thought i could get quality life insurance with my spare change. neither did i. until i saw a commercial for the colonial penn program. imagine people our age getting life insurance at such an affordable rate. it's true. if you're 50 to 85, you can get guaranteed acceptance life insurance through the colonial penn program for less than 35 cents a day, just $9.95 a month. there's no medical exam and no health questions. you know, the average cost of a funeral is over $8,300. now that's a big burden to leave your loved ones. as long as you're 50 to 85, you cannot be turned down because of your health. your premium never goes up and your benefit never goes down due to age. plus, your coverage builds cash value over time. call now for free information and a free gift. all i did was make a phone call and all of my questions about the colonial penn program were answered. it couldn't have been any easier and we both got the coverage we should have had for years now. mm-hm, with change to spare. 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daytime attack. right outside his courthouse. >> he was shot five times point blank, but he had a surprise for his attacker, pulling out his own gun and returning fire. we'll tell you how it all played out. and from sea to shining sea. america's very own eclipse. it was a must-see event for all of us. including those who were wanted by the law.owhe celebration of e pon o. was too much to pass ur it is tuesday, august 22nd. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> that's great. the easiest stakeout ever. >> we're just going to hang out here. >> just two years, we're going to get him. busted. we'll tell you how the sun ended up catchinuld-be cok but first, let's talk about the president, who is opting against an abrupt exitm afghanistan. >>t > yse doesn't want tcrusing to give al psent prepares to hold a rally in metables and ma that the u.s. commitment is not unlimited. cecelia vega has the latest from ft. myer, virginia. >> reporter: president trump hep one of the worst wee presidency, announcing a new afghanistan strategy that could send iros. >> we are not nation building again. we are killing terrorists. >> reporter: the president following the advice of his generals, who argue the only way to ultimel back the taliban and isis is with more american boots on the ground. he did not give a timetable for withdrawal. >> we will not talk about numbers of troops or our plans for further military activities. conditions on the ground, not arbitrary timetables, will guide our strategy from now on. >> reporter: the move marks a major reversal for mr. trump. here he was in 2012. >> afghanistan is a total and complete disaster. what are we doing? let's get with it. get out of afghanistan! >> reporter: the following year, tweeting, we have wasted an enormous amount of blood and treasure in afghis th appreciation. let's get out! and, as a candidate, he kept it up. >> the people opposing us are the same people who we've -- and think of this -- who've wasted $6 trillion on wars in the middle east. country twice. >> reporter: but just last week, a much more measured tone about the war that has already claimed the lives of more than 2200 american service members. >> it's our longest war in history, 17 years. that's unacceptable. >> reporter: and he explained how his thinking evolved. >> my original instinct was to pull out, and historically, i like following instincts. but all my life i've heard thati ons are much different when you sit behind the desk in the oval office. the security threats we face in afghanistan and the broader region are immense. >> reporter: the president's decision made during a visit to camp david on friday, the white house releasing these behind the scenes images set to music. the president surrounded by members of the national security team, but this time he was surrounded by the troops as he unveiled the most consequential move of his presidency so far. now the president did not specify numbers but made it very clear he is listening to his generals, and they say they want to see about 4,000 more troops head into afghanistan, and it will take more troops to achieve the strategy that laid out here. myer, arlington, virginia. >> and one more note from that event, the president called for unity and healing in what seemed like an attempt to reverse the damage caused bys over charlottesville. and also in virginia overnight, some anger at the charlottesville city council. at the first meeting there since those violent attacks in charlottesville over a week ago. outraged residentsurled profanities and shouted down the mayor and other city officials, calling on them to resign. they slammed the decision to grant to permit to hate groups and blasted the police response to the violence. several people were ejected from the meeting and charged with disorderly conduct. at least 33 people have been injured when amuter hit another train. one passenger said the train's operator was banged up and bloodied after the collision. the cause, of course, is in the investigation. police in spain say they've broken the terror cell responsible for last week's deadly violence after shooting a suspect. he was shot and killed when found in a vineyard. he's believed to be the driver of a van that killed 13 people. officers opened fire at the vineyard after he flashed what turned out to be a fake suicide belt. he was carrying a bag of knives when the authorities found him. the navy is opening up an investigation into its fleet. search efforts are under way for sailors from suffered serious tanker near singapore. the navy's igation will look at the mccain'sccent "uss fitzgerald" in june. seven sailors die in that accident. and the coast guard has suspended its search for the crew of a blackhawk helicopter. they were involved in a nighttime training mission when their chopper was lost. more than 96,000 square miles have been searched in the past week. some debris were located. at least one person is dead after an earthquake in italy. the 4.0 magnitude quake struck late last night off the naples coast. rescuers are looking for people believed to be trapped in the rubble. officials are optimistic they'll be able to rescue more people. as many as 10 are still missing. and here at home, more flooding is expected in the kansas city area. a number of drivers had to be rescued. flash floods covered roadways and as much as three feet of water was reported on some downtown highways. wow, three feet. and from coast-to-coast, millions of americans stopped right in their tracks to take in a once in a generation sight. >> the great american eclipse. the first total solar eclipse seen from coast-to-coast across america since 1918, actually, and provided a spectacular celestial show. across 14 states from oregon to south carolina. >> millions converged on a 70-mile-wide path of totality. for an ideal view of the moon completely blocking the sun, and pl09,000 square mile ribbon of america into daytime darkness. >> that sounded so poetic. >> waxing poetically. >> a ribbon of america. >> about this pool game in the sky. >> among the viewers were four ofhe bush family, gazing at the sight, safely, of ssed it,through their eclipse like me. there will be another solar eclipse crossing ameca in just seven years. that path of totality in 2024 will stretch from south texas to the midwest and into new england. eclipse is july 2nd, 2019, but that's in south america, so it doesn't count for us. >> we will have to travel. >> it helped solve a couple of crimes. >>rshals arrested ladarius blue. he had failed to regsex offende. authorities say they caught him when he came out of a home to see the eclipse. >> and police in kissimmee floridd suspected car thief.pparenelder's mask so he could watch the eclipse. >> and forgot that he was driving a stolen car and the cops might be following him? didn't work out so well for him. >> should have ordered on amazon, the glasses. coming up in "the skinny," celebrities are just like us. they are going crazy for the eclipse. and we'll have a rap of some of the stars who shine the brightest in posting totality. postality. and the judge in ohio who was ambushed outside his own courthouse. but he had a surprise in store for his attacker, but first, here's a look at today's forecast. 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>> that's a technical thing. amy schumer, not one to shy away from social media and photos. taking part, paris hilton as well. >> that's not how you're supposed to use a pinhole camera. and i don't think this is nasa approved. just throwing that out there. >> but her nails look so nicely done. >> trying to peek through her special glasses. sarah jessica parker may have been the most excited. check this out. >> it's so humbling. it's so -- extraordinary! >> it's partly cloudy, actually. >> it's happening, it's happening. >> it's happening, it's happening. can you hear her? >> sounds like the double rainbow guy. >> her husband matthew broderick. >> adorable. >> it was almost just as much fun watching people react to the eclipse as it was watching the actual eclipse coverage. and new york is a very obviously busy city. people move quickly. they do not stop, and they don't like when other people stop. it was this rare occurrence where you saw full corners. everybody stopped and looked up. >> we were walking down the street, brian, our producer and myself, there was an old guy who couldn't walk out of his apartment, but he got wheeled out just to look at the eclipse. and there were people looking out of cereal boxes. and a weird -- >> i like the paris hilton glasses. >> ay underwhelming. >> that would be more exciting. >> probably wouldn't help my eyesight. next time. meanwhile, missing misdemeanor elliott may be getting a statue. if her fans say anything about it. a petition was started to replace a confederate monument with a statue of missy. it's almost reached its goal of 25,000 signatures. >> holy cow. so nathan coughlin is a resident of elliott's hometown, portsmouth, virginia. and started a petition to replace a monument with one of missy, who he calls a true hero. >> he asked people to sign if you have any of the following. from lyrics of her songs. cute face, chub eye waist. thick legs. rump shaking. >> those are other linth one, r? ♪ misdemeanor >> i know -- >> sorry. i like missy elliott. i got a litt i know you're hung. >> no, we haven't. >> who? >> a guy on "american idol." four. take a listen for a refresher. ♪ i go crazy ♪ >> that was his famous audition on "american idol." and apparently, he is still at it. here he is singing his signature song at the third base bar i arizona over the weekend, caught by tmz cameras. he is riding those three minutes. ♪ >> and he's still hitting the tune. >> and he packed the house, 250 people attended. >> wow! >> wow! happy anniversary dinnedarlin' can this much love be cleaned by a little bit of dawn ultra? oh yeah one bottle has the grease cleaning power of three bottles of this other liquid. a drop of dawn and grease is gone. it'samerica's #1 is a status earned in every wash. and one we re-earn, everyday. #1 trusted. #1 awarded. it's got to be tide. ♪ i see trouble on the way >> so, in case you were sleeping during our coverage of the eclips share some of the highlights for you. >> yes, so here now, the global one country. >> wow. >> a little more. there it is! >> woo! >> we have reached totality. oh, my god! >> wow, you can see the light around the sun. coming around the moon there. it is an incredible image. >> so happy. iould cry.ohe we g. the sun is coming back. it's being regurgitated. oh, and there's a star in the sky that we can see. oh, it is just absolutely spectacular. look how dark it is. how quiet it is. the air is so still. it is like being in the eye of the hurricane. >> these kids are seeing the grownups. they have never seen a total eclipse in their lifetime. it's been 99 years since it happened in wyoming. it's beautiful. >> i'm almost speechless. the crowd here is absolutely ecstatic. i'm going to have our cameraman, glen turn down the lights. see how dark it really is. it's pitch-black here. >> our photographer can show you. we've got 15,000 people gathered for this party. this ceased being a work assignment. you feel like a kid again. you feel like you're in third grade, fourth grade science class again. >> this is extraordinary that human kind has figured out that a smaller sphere. and once in a while these things line up and we experienced totality today. ♪ turn around bright eyes >> and me and a split screen with bonnie tyler is something i never thought i would witness. "total eclipse of the heart" is the most downloaded song today. >> i'm feeling increasingly sad that i slept through this. >> s y want to show -- no lie. this is actual video of diane during the>> i was really tired. i just missed it. but listen. the next one is in 2024. the next total eclipse in america. and i am already prepared. >> we are ready. >> why do people put wipers on them. >> this is the most amazing thing. >> i can't see anything. >> i don't know that they've ever seen anything either. this is great. oh, my god, life-changing. are we still on? >> i think mine are broken. making news in america this morning, overnight president trump revealing his strategy for the war in afghanistan. ruling out a withdrawal. his harsh words for the neighboring country pakistan. we're live in washington with details. tensions flair overnight at a city council meeting in charlottesville. watch as protesters storm the room with signs and hear what they're demanding. breaking right now, dozens injured near philadelphia as a train crashes into a parked train. the details coming in. and one last look at the solar eclipse. see the highlights as it made its way across the country and we'll also show you the view from space and the traffic jams back on earth and the first family taking part.

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