deadly weather in the northeast. two people are dead and more than a dozen others hurt when a powerful storm destroys a circus tent in new hampshire. out of control. a wildfire in northern california continues to grow. this morning, more than 13,000 people in its path are being told to evacuate. a chance to make their case before the debate. most of the republican presidential candidates share the stage ahead of the first gop showdown later this week. and as the backlash grows against lion hunters in africa, what some airlines are making hunters' trophies to make it to the united states. this is the "cbs morning news" for tuesday, august 4th, 2015.

good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. safety investigators are on the scene this morning of a deadly circus tent collapse in northern new hampshire. a powerful storm slammed into the fairgrounds in lancaster just as the performance was about to begin. the collapse killed two people and injured more than 20 others. marlie hall reports. >> reporter: the lancaster fairgrounds in northern new hampshire is roped off with yellow tape this morning as authorities investigate what caused a tragic circus tent collapse. brandon isom was among about a hundred spectators for the first walker brothers show of the day on monday when heavy rain came in. >> the flaps on the side of the tent, they were open and not tied down to the tent poles or anything. they started going crazy. people who were part of the circus just yelled, "run!" >> reporter: officials say a man and young child were killed in the accident.

more than a dozen others are in the hospital being treated for various injuries. isom says his 4-year-old son bentley was treated and released after a pole hit his left eye. >> got him pretty good. all's i saw was blood when i looked down. >> reporter: the powerful storm that moved through the area at the time of the accident was packing 60-mile-per-hour winds, hail, and lightning. officials will be looking into those conditions and the tent setup as part of their investigation. so far, officials with walker brothers international have yet to comment on the incident. marlie hall, cbs news, lancaster, new hampshire. crews are struggling this morning to regain control of a northern california wildfire that raced across a containment line. nearly two dozen wildfires are raging throughout california. the rocky fire north of san francisco is the largest. kate kolgarin of our san francisco station kpix reports.

>> reporter: during the daylight hours, we watched air tankers and helicopters and tankers made drop after drop after drop. >> we saw fire consume about 20,000 acres in the span of about five hours at nighttime. so that is pretty incredible, unprecedented as we said something earlier in the fire. >> reporter: one of the refueling spots fountain air tankers you see over here. the helicopters can refuel up to 5,000 gallons of water in less than 25 seconds. by nightfall the fire grew more thousands of acres and this lady is getting a front row seat. >> when the smoke rolls up and you see those flames fly up like a hurricane is behind them, you get really nervous. >> reporter: she says they are ready to go at a moment's notice but david didn't want to wait for that moment to come. >> it's like if it burns, it burns. it's tough.

thinking, you know, i could come back home but, once again, as long as i'm okay, life goes on. >> reporter: firefighters say. >> if the fire engines are competing for roadway with the people who are evacuating, it makes it dangerous for everybody. >> reporter: as we have seen a lot could change with a swift gust of wind. in lake county, kate kolgarin, for cbs news. the tampa area is drying out this morning after several days of punishing rain and flash flooding forced the evacuation of two mobile home parks. police and firefighters rescued about 40 residents, carrying some of them to safety on their backs. some families lost their homes in the flash flooding. >> it came up so fast! so fast. i couldn't believe it! and when it starts coming in, it becomes really frightening. >> sheriff's deputies used boats to save elderly residents trapped by flootdwaters.

heavy down waters caused a local creek overflowed their bank near a nursing home. several days of rain swamped streets throughout the tampa area snarling traffic. a chance for the crowded field of republican presidential candidates to share their messages before the likely combative nature of thursday night's debate. 14 of the 17 gop contenders answered questions at a forum in new hampshire. they shared their views on topics like immigration, the economy, obamacare, security, and hillary clinton. >> the american people don't trust washington, d.c. to deal with this issue of immigration reform until we secure the border. >> you saw just this past quarter, 0.2% wage growth. if you look at where that wage growth is really stagnated, it's the 74% of americans between the age of 25 and 65 who don't have a college degree and don't have manufacturing jobs to go to any more. >> i became governor of ohio. we were 8 billion in the hole. we cut taxes and balanced budgets and up 350,000 jobs.

cutting taxes, balancing budgets is what works to drive economic growth. >> every veteran should be kept a promise that was given to them, which is they should be able to take their veterans card and go to any health care provider and any hospital in america and get treatment when they ask for it. >> what we are as a nation, a nation that is up for and by the people, the government there to facilitate life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. obamacare comes along with the government saying, we don't care, what you, the people, think. we are shoving this down your throat and if you don't like it, too bad. that is completely not to the principles of this founding country. >> as isis stays totally in a caliphate the size of indiana, in two countries, doing nothing gives them the chance to send tweets out, a hundred thousand a day, apparently, to recruit people here in our own country. >> you need to quit spending money where you're wasting money

and we are wasting hundreds upon hundreds of millions of dollars every year and, by the way, we know where it is, because reports come out every year. >> if president, i will unify the american people and we all benefit when we grow the economy and shrink the size of the federal government. >> i want to balance a sustainable environment with a sustainable economy. the two have to go hand in hand. i want clean land, clean air, clean water but i want an economy my children and grandchildren some day can grow in as well. >> one program i appeal is obamacare and by the way, to do that we have to get democratic votes. we haven't been able to send repel to the president for his veto. i will work to get democrats to support our conservative policy answers di that in new york. >> we have to be important we individualize suspicion and we not collect everyone's phone records every time without suspicion. >> i believe this obama/iranian nuclear deal is the single gravest national security threat

facing the united states. it is a catastrophic deal. >> it has to be based on merit what you can contribute economically. >> when he says dale says i didn't have sex with that woman, he did. when she says, i'll tell you about building a pipeline when i get to be president, means she won't, and when she tells us, trust me, you got all of the e-mails that you need, we haven't even scratched the surface. >> three of the candidates -- donald trump and mike huckabee and jim gilmore -- did not attend. coming up on "cbs this morning," we will have the results of the latest primary poll. a republican effort to cut off federal funding for planned parenthood failed in the senate. the push monday fell seven votes short. it follows the release of videos secretly aborted by an abortion group. they showed planned parenthood officials showing how they sometimes provide aborted fetal

tissue. former president jimmy carter had surgery on monday. jimmy carter had a small mass removed from his liver in an atlanta hospital. a spokesperson says the 90-year-old carter is expected to make a full recovery. a manhunt is under way in new jersey right now for a gunman who shot two people outside a concert. the shooting took place in the parking lot at the pnc bank arts center in holmdel. witnesses say an argument broke out after a concert. the victims are in critical condition. police say the suspects ran into the woods. the search for an accused cop killer in memphis is over this morning. tremaine wilbourn turned himself in on monday two days after he allegedly shot and killed officer sean bolton. bolton had apparently interrupted a drug deal. the police inspector tony armstrong said he spoke to wilbourn. >> he wanted to make a point i want to tell you one thing. i said, what is that? he said, i'm not a cold blooded killer and, two, i'm not a coward. >> armstrong had used that word

to describe wilbourn during the manhunt. he will appear in court today. the jury in the colorado theater attack trial returns to court today for the final phase of that case. jurors rejected arguments monday that james holmes' mental illness means that he should not die for murdering 12 people. they deliberated less than three hours and it puts holmes a step closer to receiving the death penalty. actress and comedienne amy schumer is teaming up with her cousin democratic senator charles schumer. she became emotional describing the moment a gunman opened fire during a screening at her movie "trainwreck." >> i'm not sure why this man chose my movie. to injure two beautiful wives and injure nine others was very personal to me. >> senator schumer's plan seeks to make it harder for violent criminals and the mentally ill to obtain guns.

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trophies such as lions, leopards, elephants and rhinos and buffalos. it comes after two american doctors are accused of killing lions in zimbabwe and allegedly an illegal hunt. a new beanie baby toy will honor cecil, the lion. the well-known lion killed last month in zimbabwe. profits from the plush toy will go to the wildlife conservation unit of oxford in england. >> hena daniels, thanks a lot. when we return, the real reason why women often feel chilly at the office. a big breakup in music. gwen stefani and gavin rossdale call it quits as a couple. i did it... i did it too... they took nature's bounty hair, skin and nails

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♪ don't think i know what you're thinking ♪ pop star gwen stefani and gavin rossdale are getting a divorce. the two say in a statement that they will work together to raise their three sons. and now to the chill at the office. most women find the air-conditioning at work a little too cold. a new study from the netherlands says it's because the indoor temperature standard follows a model from the 1960s and it's set to a level that is comfortable for men and they typically produce more body heat than women. texas rangers third baseman adrian beltre makes mlb history. in the fifth inning he hits a home run completing the cycle, collecting a single double triple and homer in the same game. it is the third time in his career beltre has accomplished this feat, making him

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a father in illinois is accused of trying to run over a group of teenagers last week. the dad says he was just defending his daughter after she got into a fight at an elementary school. roy williams faces 12 counts of aggravated assault with a vehicle and other charges. amazingly, no one was hurt. check this out. a massive sand storm hit the middle east during a heat wave. the storm covered parts of georgia on sunday, including the airport in amman. temperatures hit 105 degrees and visibility was severely reduced.

flights were halted during the worst of the sand storm. now the update on the hitchhiking robot that met its demise this week in philadelphia. some high tech heroes in the city of brotherly love have decided to revive hitchbot. our affiliate at wyw spoke to them. >> i think it's people that people rise to the challenge. >> nerds to the rescue. >> there is a pride. this is, like, my hometown. >> reporter: one day after the world freaked out over the philadelphia fate of the robot celebrity hitchbot. a collective of phillie's brightest techies are committed to the comeback story. >> let's put it back together. >> reporter: for this team, it's not. georgia guthrie is the director of a philadelphia nonprofit dedicated to the advancement of all things patent. >> we want to come together, use our skills, learn from each

other and hopefully contribute something valuable to the world. >> reporter: donations started rolling in immediately. 24 hours after the story broke, they nearly collected $400 to fix hitchbot and philly's reputation. they are toying with an idea of making a new hitchbot or a philadelphia version. they say they have the tools. the code for hitchbot is open source which means the creators put the road map how it works on their website which, in turn, means the team here has basically all of the ingredients they need to make a similar robot. pretty cool. max florence says they may not be able to change the story but, hopefully, they can at least repair some of the damage. >> i wouldn't even be that presumptuous to pretend to rewrite the ending but at least give it another chance. >> reporter: this thursday, the nerds meet to plot their revenge. >> can't wait to see that philly

style. that was wyw steve patterson reporting. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," more on last night's forum of republican presidential hopefuls. we will get unless from "face the nation" john dickerson. plus more on a new warning about small lightweight drones. and gale talks with country music singer mickey guyton. that's the "cbs morning news" for this tuesday. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. captioning funded by cbs great day.

good morning. it's tuesday, august 4th. i'm maria medina. thong thank you so much for join -- thank you so much for joining us, we're going to start off with a live look at the twinkling lights of our city. it is still dark out there. i hope you are awake with us

tonight -- today. >> it feels like tonight. >> it is tuesday, four days into august. i'm maria medina. >> hi everyone, i'm frank mallicoat. good morning, 4:30 on the nose. a little traffic and a little weather and roberta you were the first one out of the gate. >> that was a beautiful view within it? from treasure island looking out to downtown san francisco. good morning everybody. this is what will greet you as you head out the door, we go from san francisco to min feta international airport in the santa clara valley where the air temperature is at 60. numbers from 55 in santa rosa to the mid 60s across the bay. later today, the numbers are coming down. 60s 70s few low 80s the full forecast is straight ahead but first the effervescent liza batallones. westbound traffic abroaching the bay bridge toll plaza. i know big delays so far getting into the city. we have road work once again this morning and it's going to tie up some of that traffic along 580 through the livermore valley. details with traffic. guys? >> you don't need the sun, just