Good evening, and its great to have you with us here on a wednesday night, and we begin tonight with the backlash against President Trump. Several of the nations top ceos from companies you will know, Campbell Soup, pepsi, walmart, bailing on the president s business councils. It comes amid the president s response to charlottesville and his newest comment saying both sides should share the blame. That there were very fine people on both sides. And tonight, many studying the president s chief of staff, general john kellys face, appearing to wince as President Trump delivered those words. Was the white house blindsided on this . Abcs mary bruce leading us off. Reporter he sold himself as the businessman president , able to harness the power of corporate america, but tonight, some of the nations top executives are turning their backs on President Trump. The tipping point, his comments suggesting the White Supremacists in charlottesville should share the blame with the protesters opposing them. Mr. President , are you putting what you are calling the alt left and White Supremacists on the same moral plain . I am not putting anybody on a moral plane. What im saying is this. You had a group on one side and you had a group on the other, and they came at each other with clubs and it was vicious and horrible. I think there is blame on both sides. You look at both sides i think there is blame on both sides. Reporter the president going so far as to defend some of those who took part in the White Nationalist rally. Excuse me. They didnt put themselves down as neonazis. You had some very bad people in that group. You also had people that were very fine people on both sides. Reporter those comments did not sit well with many ceos on the president s Business Advisory councils. Already, some were jumping ship. The first, merck ceo ken frazier, the only africanamerican on trumps Manufacturing Council. Monday, frazier quit the council, saying americas leaders must honor our fundamental values by clearly rejecting expressions of hatred. The president fired back, tweeting frazier, will have more time to lower ripoff drug prices. Why do you think ceos are leaving your Manufacturing Council . Because they arent taking their job seriously as it pertains to this country. Reporter on twitter he added for every ceo that drops out of the Manufacturing Council, i have many to take their place. But that didnt stop the stampede of departures. Today, the ceo of Campbell Soup leaving, saying racism and murder are unequivocally reprehensible and are not morally equivalent to anything else that happened in charlottesville. I believe the president should have been and still needs to be unambiguous on that point. And now a key White House Advisory Council of powerhouse ceos, voting to disband, powerhouses like pepsi, ge, ibm and walmart. In a letter to employees, jp morgan Ceo Jamie Dimon writing i strongly disagree with President Trumps reaction to the events that took place in charlottesville over the past several days. Racism, intolerance and violence are always wrong. The ceos called the white house to inform the president of their decision and he quickly put out this tweet rather than putting pressure on the businesspeople of the Manufacturing Council strategy policy forum, i am ending both. Thank you all the saga is taking a toll on the white house. Among some in the president s inner circle a sense of exasperation. The president s new chief of staff, john kelly, spotted at that combative offthecuff press conference, staring down at the floor, at times seeming to wince. The political fallout has been swift. Republican senator Lindsey Graham saying the president took a step backward adding, your words are dividing americans, not healing them. Marco rubio tweeting the White Supremacy groups will see being assigned only 50 of blame as a win. We cannot allow this old evil to be resurrected. And today, a joint statement from president s bush 41 and 43. Stopping short of naming President Trump, but making it clear america must always reject racial bigotry, antisemitism, and hatred in all forms. The chair of the Republican National committee now out on damage control. On gma, david pressing her on a key campaign pledge. As you know, during the the campaign, thencandidate donald trump repeatedly made a promise that he would be able to unite the nation better than hillary clinton. He said he was the unifier. I want you to listen to this. I think the thing that will surprise people, ill be a unifier. I think ill bring people together and that includes blacks and whites and everything. I think people will come together. Do you think what he said yesterday unified the American People . I think condemning White Supremacy and kkk and neonaziism was the first steppe. Sharing the blame is what he said yesterday. I dont think comparing blame works in this situation and she had her own message to White Supremacists, the Republican Party doesnt support you and doesnt want your vote. She was very clear on that. Mary bruce with us live tonight, and mary, as you reported, the president was quick on twitter to frame all of the ceos leaving in his own terms. Reporter yeah, david. The president was quick to try and get ahead of this, but the fact of the matter is one of these panels was seeing an avalanche of departures and the other we have learned have decided to disband and informed the white house of the decision before the president sent that tweet, daftd. Mary, thank you. Now to charlottesville and the very emotional moment today. A mother and father in front of a packed auditorium. You will hear what they said after losing their daughter after this driver plowed into that crowd. Abcs eva pilgrim was in the room. Reporter in charlottesville tonight, a line of people standing in solidarity with heather heyer, the 32yearold woman killed in that horrific car attack. No father should have to do this. Reporter from her father mark, a plea for peace. She wanted to put down hate and for my part we just need to stop all this stuff and just forgive each other. Reporter but from heathers mother susan, defiance they tried to kill my child to shut her up. Well, guess what . You just magnified her. [ applause ] reporter then, a call to action. Say to yourself, what can i do to make a difference . And thats how youre going to make my childs death worthwhile. Id rather have my child, but by golly if i have to give her up were going to make it count. [ applause ] reporter after, words of hope. Is there a way to move on from this . I think the only thing we can do is reach out to people who think differently than us and realize that were all humans. [ chanting ] reporter but as charlottesville tries to heal, a new documentary from vice giving us a closer look at the hatefilled protests. [ chanting jews will not replace us ] reporter hundreds of White Nationalists marching through the university of virginia, torches in hand. Vice spoke with one of those White Nationalists, Christopher Cantwell about that car attack that killed heather heyer. His answer, chilling. Rivals are a bunch of stupid animals that dont Pay Attention they couldnt just get out of the way of his car and some people got hurt. The amount of restraint that our people showed out there was outstanding. Reporter but tonight in charlottesville, heathers mother insists her daughters death will have meaning and that her legacy is only beginning. And eva pill kbrim joins us tonight from charlottesville, and very difficult moments for that community. Drawing strength from that mother and father, and tonight, the military, all five Service Chiefs have come out on their own to condemn racism and these hate groups . Reporter thats right, david. Those top commanders in a rare move speaking out. Army general mark millie tweeting the army doesnt tolerate racism, exstreamism or ray tread in our ramgs. Its against values and everything we have stood for since 1765, david. Eva, thank you. One more note on this tonight because there is more reporting on the man who allegedly drove his car into that crowd. Authorities releasing rods of 911 calls, his past and alleged treatment of his own mother. Heres abcs senior justice correspondent, Pierre Thomas. Reporter tonight new disturbing details about james alex fields jr. , seen here shouting about white power white sharia now reporter moments before police say he rammed his car into that crowd. His mother knew he was going to a rally, but was unsure what it was about. I didnt know it was white supremacist. I thought it had something to do with trump. Trumps not a supremacist. Reporter 911 transcripts released to abc news portray fields terrorizing his wheelchairbound mother from 2010 to 2011 in one call, samantha bloom told police that her 13yearold son smacked her in the head and put his hands over her mouth. A fearful bloom had made the call after locking herself in the bathroom. In another call, fields allegedly stood behind her with a 12inch knife and scared mom to death not knowing if he was going to do something. And Pierre Thomas with us live tonight as well, and pierre, in baltimore, confederate monuments were removed in the middle of the night last night, and the mayor saying, quote, it was in the best interest of my city . Reporter the mayor took Emergency Action because after seeing what took place in charlottesville, she believed the statues were a security risk, and she said, quote, enough speeches being made. 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. Lets 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 mileanhour winds, and thats at least 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. Were 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 a jetblue flight have become sickened. What the airline now says caused this case. Heres abcs david kerley. Reporter the third aircraft in a week there are possibly two patients. Reporter in which a crew member became sick. Im not sure what it is. Reporter two crew members on this boston to charleston flight taken to the hospital. Jetblue says in this case it was nail polish remover that was the odor. But just last thursday, two jetblue aircraft were diverted after a half dozen crew members complained of odor in the cabin. In one of those incidents, a person from buff loi administered oxygen. Many both incidents last week, jetblue fold the manufacturers and the faas guidelines in checking out the aircraft, and both jet liners were returned to service. Our thanks to you as well. Next tonight, the military tragedy unfolding in hawaii. The images coming in. The search under way for five crew members. Their Army Black Hawk chopper crashing during a night exercise off hawaii. The coast guard spotting debris off the water five minneapolis after contact was lost. No reason why that went down. The manhunt at this hour after a bold heist in daylight. Using hammers to smash their way in, and then one waving a sledgehammer on their way out. Abcs James Longman from london tonight. Reporter tonight, London Police searching for the mysterious thieves in this daring jewelry heist. This video capturing them pour out of the smokefilled shop, one after another, five figures in black still wearing their helmets, they jump on to their waiting mopeds, making a speedy getaway. You can see one of the thieves wave a sledge hammer used to smash their way in and inside, the aftermath another hammer discarded. The thieves taking an unknown amount in valuables from the display cases. You can see they have put the glass back on that shop now. This happened right in the middle of central london, were just around the corner from the Famous Department store, harrods. And this is not the first heist of its kind. In april, 2015, the biggest heist in uk history, nearly 20 million was stolen from a safety deposit box by four elderly pensioners. Theres no indication of any connection to other robberies. No one was hurt, police havent made any arrests yet but are appealing for witnesses. Daftd. Abcs James Longman. Thank you. Back here at home tonight, and the sudden shakeup in the russia investigation. Special counsel robert mueller, losing one of his top investigators. Peter stroke, after only a few weeks on the job. Theres no word why tonight. Mueller working with nearly two dozen lawyers, administrators and a federal grand jury now investigating russias medicalimeddling in the u. S. Election and possible collusion. There is much more ahead on world news tonight this wednesday. A fiery crash on the her. Highway. The big rig crashing the explosion that followed. Then motorists trying to help free if driver. Part of the highway shut down tonight. The new headlinerobocalls. Are you saddled with them at the dinner table . The company that may have to pay you for disrupting your dinner. Up to 900. Are you on the list . And then the dramatic rescue. You can hear people calling for help. How this young husband managed to survive. 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