Are total solar eclipse towns prepared for huge tourism influx?
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Scientists have been preparing for decades for next week's total solar eclipse. But people living along its path have just a few more days until their communities are inundated with millions of tourists. The eclipse begins in Oregon on Monday morning and needs less than two hours to reach South Carolina. Mark Strassmann reports.
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AFL-CIO chief denounces Trump's "spirited defense of racism and bigotry"
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Five members of President Trump's manufacturing council have resigned since Monday, after Mr. Trump's controversial response to the Charlottesville protests. The president of AFL-CIO, Richard Trumka, is the latest to leave the council. He said in a statement: "I cannot sit on a council for a president that tolerates bigotry and domestic terrorism." Trumka joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss why the labor movement had to "follow its conscience" and why Mr. Trump's comments were unacceptable.
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Boston Globe: Thousands say they are children of Catholic priests
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Boston Globe's Spotlight team is unveiling a new report on what it calls a worldwide and "systemic problem" within the Catholic Church: priests fathering illegitimate children. Reporter Michael Rezendes, who won a Pulitzer Prize for Spotlight's reporting on sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss his findings.
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Trump's Charlottesville comments mean new challenges for GOP
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CBS News chief Washington correspondent and "Face the Nation" moderator John Dickerson joins "CBS This Morning" from Washington to discuss President Trump's comments on Charlottesville Tuesday where he blamed "both sides," why Republicans will need to distance themselves from the president even further, and the new challenges GOP lawmakers will face when tackling bipartisan issues.
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North Korea and U.S. appear to consider diplomacy
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Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says the U.S. is still interested in a dialogue with North Korea, but it is up to the regime's leader, Kim Jong Un, to make that happen. Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Seoul, South Korea on Tuesday to demand a peaceful solution to the nuclear confrontation with North Korea. Ben Tracy reports from Seoul.
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Are "both sides" to blame in Charlottesville, as Trump said?
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President Trump said "there's blame on both sides" of the violent Charlottesville protests. Video and photos from the scene show protesters and counter-demonstrators fighting, but the white supremacist side was more prepared for unrest. Paula Reid fact checks the president's statement.
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Trump draws fire for saying "blame on both sides" in Charlottesville
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In a fiery exchange with reporters on Tuesday, President Trump backed off his Monday statement on the Charlottesville protests where he had denounced white supremacist groups. Instead, he repeated his original response from Saturday and said, "I think there's blame on both sides." Lawmakers, including leading Republicans, quickly condemned his comments. Margaret Brennan reports.
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Warrior Scholar Project helps veterans prepare for college life
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Veterans at three college campuses just finished a week-long academic bootcamp. The Warrior Scholar Project prepares veterans to go back to school. Programs in Massachusetts, Michigan and Texas were the last of more than a dozen that took place this summer. Jan Crawford reports.
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