then to new orleans where the city removes thehe last of four confederate statues in rececent weekeks. >> to literally y put the innnfederacy on a pedestal honor is an inaccuratate rerecitation of ouour past comes an affront to our presesent, and ababet prescription for our future.. amy: white nationalists have staged protests. we will speak with mallm suber , cofounder of take 'em down nola.

statue remaining in new orleans. a 70-foot column topped by robert e lee and a prominent downtown traffic circle. and there are plans to remove it . >>> trending now, this one has lawyers foaming at the mouth. what many of you are saying after a man sued his date for texting at the movies. >>> and just in time for summer, one piece rompers aren't just for women anymore. there could be one for you. >>> we are whipping up some more snow cones here. by the time you get up tomorrow, it will feel like it's in the 70s, and by the time you end up at lunchtime tomorrow, it's going to feel like it's in the 90s. there you go. we will be back and talk about the prospect of more record highs in just a minute. >> red or blue? okay, bl >>> baby animals are being accused of wasting your money. these little ducklings were getting stuck in a pool outside the u.s. capital so while it conservation groups help the capital make a ramp, and a republican lawmaker just went after it on twitter. he says if it looks like a duck and talks like

we begin in new orleans. the second of four confederate monuments slated to be removed is coming down. this is actually a live picture from new orleans. this is happening as we speak. crews are putting ropes and other equipment around the statue of jefferson davis and will soon pull it down. police are guarding the site to keep protesters from disrupting the work. >> ♪ >> meanwhile the fallout from the firing of the head of the fbi remains a top news story. in a farewell letter, the former director james comey says he does not plan to dwell on the firing or the way it was executed. and he says that he will miss the bureau and its mission deeply. >> meanwhile days before comey was fired he requested more resources to investigate russia's election meddling. a white house spokesperson said the president had thinking about firing comey since he took office but only took action only after meeting with jeff sessions and rosenstein. mitch mcconnell said another probe would only impede the current investigation. >>

like a new orleans blues bar. lemonis: does it feel like a blues bar in here? lady: it does not feel like a blues bar. lemonis: and so what's the model that you use for pricing? lady: so, basically, we have about a 50% margin, which is a huge improvement for us, just by trying -- lemonis: so you're proven, but you're not gonna get there. lady: no. lemonis: today, blues jean bar is operating at about a 50% margin. the retail minimum for a clothing store should be north of 60%. if they want to make more money, they need to compliment the jeans with more products that have higher margin. for example, if jeans had a 50% margin and a t-shirt has a 70% margin and a sweater has a 68% margin, you'll add those all together and come up with a blended average -- somewhere around 62%. why is the inventory so anemic? lady: well, i think we've been cash-poor. i have been trying to pay old debt and buy new inventory. -lemonis: at the same time. -lady: at the same time. amy: our stacks used to be, you know -- every single one was

orleans. >>> and new this morning tiger woods is apologizing to both his fans and many others as he explains his arrest on a dui charge. >> he says it was caused by a mix of prescription drugs but the arrest added mortarish to what has already been a tough spot for him in his golfing career and personal life. abc's gio benitez has more. >> reporter: tiger woods speaking out after being arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence early monday morning. the 41-year-old saying alcohol was not involved. quote, what happened was an unexpected reaction to prescribed medications. i didn't realize the mix of medications had affected me so strongly. the golfer also apologizing to his family and fans saying, i expect more from myself too. that mug shot now seen around the world. >> there it is, a win for the ages. >> reporter: a stark contrast to woods' iconic career but in recent years the golfer plagued with health issues undergoing four back surgery, the most recent jus t basically missing over the last couple of years. he's played three tournaments worldwide in two years. >> repo

baltimore and new orleans were dealing more trade than charleston. even in charleston, people were heading for places like cincinnati. it was lost in charleston but migrated to other parts. it was called the little antique commercial atropolis. let's get it back was the message. the establishment of an independent southern republic, well the days of glory would return. it wasn't just feared driving the uprising. this was hope and even the child of france have invested. it might have made charleston great again. happy to take your questions. [applause] >> what surprised you about -- (inaudible). >> it gets at what i was thinking about. i think with the event and what we saw in the early part of the year, this would be a story driven by fear. once i turned the corner and the collapse happened in april at the convention, it became much more a story of hope and enthusiasm and secession became almost like a party. a lot of alcohol was consumed that year. a lot of toasting and that surprised me. there are examples of that in the letters and diaries and it

good for the city of new orleans. and good for the country. >>> you may have heard the national board of naacp voted friday to dismiss their president. t just three years after putting him in charge. i have a lot to say about that at the end of this show. after the break back to saudi arabia and president trump's first foreign trip in less than an hour he will give a speech addressing the muslim world. but also the president has a message to america. he says this trip will be good for american jobs. but is this just a distraction from the questions about russia? that's next. ♪ everything your family touches sticks with them. make sure the germs they bring home don't stick around. use clorox disinfecting products. because no one kills germs better than clorox. when this guy got a flat tire in the middle of the night, so he got home safe. yeah, my dad says our insurance doesn't have that. what?! you can leave worry behind when liberty stands with you™. liberty mutual insurance. i count on my dell small for tech advi

the trip to new orleans was, the two trips to new orleans could very well have been the greatest education that lincoln had in terms of the topic of immigration. is a young man with his eyes wide open, and he is seeing all sorts of things that he does not see, certainly back in illinois for the most part, though his springfield neighborhood all things considered was reasonably ethnically diverse. he hired irish to work in the house. he also encountered on an ongoing basis portuguese farmers, in springfield, who were produce, greengrocers so to speak. so it is not like he was completely ignorant about all this. but he was not travel smart or a great deal of book smart about civilizations around the world, for example asia. i do believe in my heart of hearts that lincoln was the kind of human being who tried desperately to see the good in everybody. rather than the bad in everybody. i do not think that lincoln drew any kind of broad brush, you know, paintings in which everybody was monolithically examined. so when he did encounter somebody like the gentleman i mentioned during my talk, josep

a tense scene outside the jefferson davis monument in new orleans. the confederate statue still standing after a heated confrotation between supporters and opponents led to three arrests. the scene intensified well into the night as police broke up a crowd of over 100 pro and anti-monument demonstrators. new orleans mayor mitch landriue said last week the remaining three confederate monuments in the city would be taken down in the next 30 to 45 days. also breaking overnight.. may day demonstrators against president trump turning violent. sam sweeney is at the live desk - sam. larry-- at last check at least 25 people were arrested for violant protests in downtown portland. the day was supposed to be family friendly- and in sync with dozens of other marches across the country. but hours later-it police say -- anarchists attacked officers: throwing rocks, glass bottles and led balls at offficers there was a large fire set- and windows were smashed out of downtown businesses. police said "impact munitions" and "chemical munitions" were deployed on the cr

and the other area is between houston and new orleans. and then on top of all of this, we have life threatening weather with severe storms in the same region from houston to new orleans, many ina few tornadoes later today. so yeah, east coast is great, west coast is great, the middle of the country though a lot of issues and hopefully we won't lose any lives today like we did over the weekend. >> and that footage was incredible when you see how high that water would you sas gettin. thanks very much. >>> still ahead, a standing ovation for baltimore's adam jones last night after he says he was the target of racist taunts. sport is next. who's the new guy? they call him the whisperer. the whisperer? why do they call him the whisperer? he talks to planes. he talks to planes. watch this. hey watson, what's avionics telling you? maintenance records and performance data suggest replacing capacitor c4. not bad. what's with the coffee maker? sorry. we are not on speaking terms. the uncertainties of hep c. what's with the coffee maker? wondering,

. >>> the city of new orleans has taken down three confederate monuments. this has been a huge controversy for the city over the past few months. >> some people want it down, some people want it to stay. >> >> 13-year-old kid can hack to the printer and it is state secrets but someone is watching as it goes there because there's no password on it. >> the report found weekend open wi-fi networks at the trump hotel here in washington and the trump golf club in sterling, virginia. >>> talk about a fall from grace. monuments taken down by the city of new orleans now sit next to scrap piles in a maintenance yard, and the pictures are starting to blow up on social media. the city had promised to place those statues in a warehouse until it finds a permanent site. >> he had a concussion last year. he has compressions -- has concussions we don't talk about. >> gisele bunch and could be getting her star quarterback husband in trouble. yesterday in an interview, the supermodel said new england patriots quarterback tom brady has suffered concussions but never reported

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. >>> the city of new orleans continues to take down the confederate era statues. massive cranes removed the jefferson davis statue as people gathered to watch, some to celebrate and others to protest. it is the second statue out of four scheduled to be removed in the louisiana judge denied a request to block new orleans from removing the bow regard statue, -- the first consider general of the war. >>> booing for betsy devos at the but then cookman university in florida. >> it is my honor to be with you as we celebrate the but then cookman university -- bethune-cookman university students booed her and turned their backs to her, and the president took to the podium trying to get the crowd under control, and she is been under fire for saying that historically black colleges were pioneers of school choice. >>> lawmakers are considering lowering the voting age from 18 to 17, and the bill passed the committee vote yesterday. the voter turnout among california hit a record low in 2014 and clearly a 50% drop since 2010 and they say that lowering the voting age would ensu

lee sunday in new orleans. on one side of the debate those who want the city's confederate monuments taken down saying they're symbols of racism and white supremacy. >> the fight we're waging is against the city fathers who have refused to bring about genuine equality and freedom for the black people here. >> supporters contend the statues honor southern heritage and history. >> we want it to stay. we understand that most of us can only be here for a day, but it's a symbolic gesture of standing up for what we believe in. >> the clash comes as the city of new orleans plans to remove the statue of robert e. lee and two other confederate monuments as the city plans to remove the remaining monuments, tensions department confirms multiple threats have been made against contractors hired to take down the statues. >>> from clashes in the south to crashes in the pacific northwest, police in portland have charged a guy with drunk driving after he crashed his car into a bar he had just left over the weekend. one person i

from isis to the levees breaking in new orleans to the "challenger" explosion. former national security official richard clarke sounding the alarm about what he says are preventable catastrophes and the threats he claims are being ignored today. but first, the "nightline" 5. >>> number 1 in just 60 seconds. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ to take advantage of this offer on a volvo s90, visit your local dealer. >>> good evening and thank you for joining us. i'm rebecca jarvis. tonight we follow two young journalists to somalia, where terrorism, armed conflict, drought and famine threaten everyday life. they say it's exacerbated by climate change and the human consequences are many, as you will see on this collaboration between abc news and the ground truth project. here's abc anchor byron pitts. >>> somalia, a coastal nation home to approximately 11 million people. it's the kind of place we the outside world rarely see. having fallen into despair since the civil war in 1991. rampant attacks by terrorist groups like al shabab. this is a country in the grip of conflict. fo

new orleans landscape forever changed after a confed statue is removed. >> reporter: we have rain in the forecast, another round coming next week. details in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast >> new information to tell you about, this man arrested on an american airlines flight. he is from turk had a run -- turkey had a run in with police before the plane took off. he opened a door that led to an airfield ramp. during the flight, witnesses say he attempted to breach first class, a crew member and passengers on the plane used the cart and duct tape to detain the man until the flight landed in hawaii. witnesses say he was not violent, there are no known connections to terrorism. >>> police say a man charged who plowed into pedestrian in time square had a mission to kill before the incident. richard rojos made his first court appearance. five years ago he was accused of beating a cab driver in florida. he said he would kill all police and military police he might see after his release from jail. in the time square incident the waited for cars to pass and accelerated approving

crews in new orleans are removing a statue of jefferson davis. these are live pictures coming into our newsroom. we've been following this story for the last several weeks. city council in new orleans voted to remove for four controversial statues. during the first removal, protests and violence broke out. demonstrators showed up with assualt rifes. around 2;30 this morning, police cleared protestors out of the area. they hope to have the statue down by sunrise. larry back up stairs to you. dissapointment this morning across the district as the curtains close on the caps 20-17 stanley cup run. caps fell last night in game-7 to bitter rivals the pittsburgh penguins. add insult to injury, they weren't even able to score a since 1998 the caps are bounced from the postseason. the latest setback leaves both players and fans demoralized. it's been nearly 20-years since the caps advanced past the second round of the playoffs. the penguins will now advance to play the ottowa senators in the finals. not a great night for the wizards either.. they lose gam

michelle: new orleans has been removing all the confederate statues one by one for weeks now. all of the work is done without warning to try to avoid violence. this is the second statue removed. two more remain. all will be put in storage until a museum is found to house them. jonathan: it looks like the mormon church bailing out on the boy scouts. they are pulling pulling out ths of older boys to lead a new program. it's not that they decided to allow openly gay scout leaders. since mormon scouts were exempt on religious ground they say they just want a scout troop closer to mormon values. michelle: a tough way to earn a buck. how much is it worth to you to go one-on-one with an 18-foo python? >> i had a badly mangled left ear. my left jaw was broken. jonathan: this 80-year-old man is now opening up about the good deed that nearly cost him his life. michelle: next exploding into flames. this motorcycle rider's quick decision that may have saved his life. jonathan: there is still time to call "7 on your side" to find out you have unclaimed cash remaining for you. that would be

in new orleans. they are fighting over confederate era monuments. this was the scene near a robert e. lee memorial. you can hear the protesters shouting take them down. and others want to keep the statues. three monuments will be removed around the city. >>> san francisco police are investigating the case of an uber driver who was forced to work off the clock. a man and a woman kidnapped him and forced him to drive for two hours at gunpoint. the suspect demanded he take out money from an atm. he escaped and called 911. the driver was not hurt but his car and the suspects have not been found. uber doesn't have a part in the investigation since he was off duty at the time. >>> the city council passed new rules to put a stop to the anchor out lifestyle. they are concerned about safety, abandoned boats and environmental impact. the people who live on the water have seen eviction efforts before. >> almost every 10 to 15 years, somebody who has nothing better to do gets upset because there are people ancho

did, in new orleans. i couldn't sleep last night, maybe because of adrenaline. i have worked every shift, i will be side -- fine. autria: what made you want to come to d.c.? adriana: good energy, good people, i love it here. kidd: you your "good morning washington" mug. part of the family. autria: well, it's really official when she gets the t-shirt. [laughter] kidd: all morning long we will be welcoming age rihanna to the team and we hope that you will as well. if you want to send some tweets to welcome her, feel free. we have much more coming up after 7:00. autria got an era for everybody -- panera for everybody? autria: which never happens. [laughter] adriana: i love it. what's your twitter handle? adriana: adrianna hopkins. instagram, same. i don't know, compared to new orleans, what's it going to be like? autria: is it hot or humid? veronica: we get a bit of humidity because of the bay, but i've been down from, to that area in new orleans, and i can say it gets there the humid there too. it's like a 50-50. kidd: welcome to the family. autria: we want to get

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orleans but we called modern-day celebrity politics begins in the 1920s with warren harding's front porch presidential campaign. the way they did presidential campaigns for harding if they kept harding at home and everybody would come and visit harding which would create a day of newspaper reporting and he would stay home and meet folks there in ohio. the singer al jolson came with 50 broadway stars all the way from new york to harding's home in ohio where they parade down main street and started singing songs in harding's praise. i think of that is really the first time we had celebrities in the modern age who were very interested in advocating for a candidate. it's really with the advent of television in the 1950s that celebrity politics becomes a national kind of episode. isenhour is such a nature to encase because isenhour was someone who was not really interested in politics. he wasn't interested in politics and it really wasn't interested in celebrity. he had been a military man his entire life. in fact he refused to run for president in 1932 but he allowed his name to be ente