for this wednesday. from the cbs broadcast center captioning funded by cbs captioning funded by cbs it's we it's wednesday, march 22nd, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." breaking overnight. firefighters free a man pinned under a massive tree as severe storms sweep through the south, killing at least one person. also breaking, it was a failure, but north korea attempted another missile launch just days after president trump said pyongyang was acting very badly. the president scrambles to wrangle republican support with a make-or-break vote tomorrow.

a big night for the american baseball team. now just one win away from its first world baseball classic championship. and remembering "gong show" creator and host chuck barris who leaves behind a legacy of laughter. >> here's a treat, you're not kidding. ladies and gentlemen, shut up. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. a deadly string of thunderstorms raced through the southeast overnight. at least one person was killed. a man in northeast georgia died when he was struck by a tree that fell at his home. in a separate incident a man was trapped when a tree fell on his trailer. he was pinned to his mattress. you can see his head and arms. it took firefighters about an hour to get him out. neighbors say he was screaming for help. >> he said he was losing oxygen.

we tried to rip a wall to make him breathe but the tree was too big. >> the storm triggered hail, high winds, and lightning in parts of the carolinas, georgia, and tennessee. lightning hit a home in north carolina setting it ablaze. at one point over 170,000 customers lost power in georgia alone. and in tennessee storms ripped through an elementary school on family night. the school's roof peeled off the building, and at least seven classrooms were damaged. no one was hurt though. overseas now, the latest missile test by north korea failed according to the u.s. military. this morning north korea fired a missile from the east coast. it appears to have exploded within seconds of launch according to the u.s. pacific command. three days ago the north said it tested a new high-powered rocket engine. earlier this month it fired four ballistic missiles that landed in the sea of japan in defiance of u.n. resolutions.

it's believed north korea is trying to develop a missile that can strike the u.s. tomorrow the house is expected to vote on a bill that overturns much of the affordable care act but the measure is on shaky ground. 23g op house members say they'll vote no, killing the obama replacement. president trump has engaged in some major arm twisting to try to salvage the bill. hena daniels is here with the details. good morning, hena. >> good morning, anne-marie. the cloak is ticking to overhaul obamacare. the bill is set to be taken up today by the house committee for the fourth and final time before the house bring it to the floor for passage tomorrow. >> it really is a crucial vote for the republican party. president trump mounted a full press court tuesday, trying to get the republican replacement for obamacare passed. >> the house bill ends the obamacare nightmare and gives health care decisions back to

the american people. >> the remarks before republican donors in washington came on the same day mr. trump met with house members behind closed doors, warning them to vote yes on the bill thursday or face political consequences. north carolina representative mark meadows is among conservatives who remains unconvinced. >> the bill that we're currently considering does not lower premiums for the vast majority of americans. >> over the next 48 hours democrats intend to wage war against the republican plan. in a memo issued late last night house minority leader nancy pelosi urged fellow democrats to use all available time to speak out against the bill on the floor today. they also plan to join former vice president joe biden on the steps of the capitol. the white house says drug

prices, education, and health care are all on the agenda. anne-marie? >> hena daniels here in new york. thank you, hena. the senate confirmation hearing for supreme court nominee neil gorsuch resumes today. during questioning yesterday like others before him, gorsuch refused to reveal his views on abortion, guns, and other controversial issues, and he told everyone no one including the president is above the law. >> judge neil gorsuch told lawmakers he leaves his personal views at home. >> there is no such thing as democratic or republican judges. we just have judges. >> reporter: and he explained why he wouldn't take sides on past supreme court decisions. >> i think that's the beginning of the end of the independent judiciary. >> reporter: president trump chose him to fill the late justice antonin scalia's seat.

judge gorsuch was asked if he was ever promised anything. >> did he ever ask you to overrule roe v. wade? >> no, sir. >> what would you have done if he had asked? >> senator, i would have walked out the door. >> he was asked questions whether he would assist corporations over workers. gore sick offered cases where he ruled for the other guy. >> casey, energy west, crane, women who have been harassed by the football team. >> reporter: but senator franken pressed gore sick on an appel lalt case where he assented a case where a driver was fired after the brakes froze. he was ordered to stay with the vehicle in subzero temperatures. >> don't you think it was absurd that man was given that choice and fired? >> sir, my heart goes out to him. >> okay. never mind. >> reporter: gorsuch is due back for more questioning on wednesday. craig boswell, cbs news, capitol hill.

ahead on "cbs this morning," wheel talk to senator lindsey graham, a member of the senate judiciary committee about the gore sick nomination. breaking this morning 33 people were killed during what was believed to be a u.s.-led raid on a school in northern syria. the group the syrian observatory for human rights says the strike was carried out near the town of raqqah by isis on monday night. it was being used to house displaced civilians. some travelers are reconsidering their travel plans. the ban is designed to prevent incidents like this in somalia when a bomber detonated a laptop just after takeoff. it's believed al qaeda has developed the ability to hide explosives on batteries used in laptops and tablets. it has nine nonstop flights. the flights originate in ten

airports. >> terrorist groups continue to target commercial aviation and are aggressive in pursuing innovative methods to undertake their attacks. >> the u.s. government says about 50 flights a day are affected. a former teacher in tennessee and the 15-year-old he allegedly kidnapped are still missing this morning. elizabeth thomas is believed to be with tad cummins. she was last seen march 13th. cummins was allowed to continue teaching despite a report from another student that she saw him kiss thomas on the lips. her father is desperate to hear from her. >> lizzie, please, get away from him. get away from him. run somewhere. tell somebody. have them call us. let us know you're all right. at least make the phone call. >> the nationwide search is under way for thomas and comeness, but so far no leads.

joey meek, the childhood friend of gunman roof never alerted authorities, talked another friend out of going to the police to give them roof's name, and then he lied to the fbi about his conversation with roof. in the nba, fisticuffs at last night's chicago/toronto game. >> and now we see some punches being thrown with ibaka and lopez. >> robin lopez and serge ibaka got into it going into a rebound. both were ejected from the game. the united states plays puerto rico tonight in the championship game of the world baseball classics. >> the united states moving on to the finals. >> the u.s. beat japan 2-1 last night to reach the title game. it's the first time the u.s. has

reached the wbc final. and one of the most creative and crazy figures in television history has died. >> you have to buck up those lonely little hours at home with all those rotten little kids and washing laundry and soap suds. >> chuck barris hosted the rudderless "gong show" and other daytime shows. he dreamed up other day time fair like "the dating game" and "the newlywed game." he died of natural causes in new york city. chuck barris was 87 years old. coming up on the "morning news," a de-escalation fight. and never-before-seen home movies offer the first colorful look at the white house. this is the "cbs morning news." the white house. this is the chbs chbs. re fibrom, i was a doer. "cbs morning news." then the chronic, widespread pain drained my energy. my doctor said moving more helps ease fibromyalgia pain.

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they are believed to be the earliest color films shot at the white house. the reels were found at his presidential library in iowa. researchers say they human nice the man who led the nation at the start of the great depression. musician wyclef jean is mistaken for a robbery suspect, and a street fight goes viral for its peaceful ending. the press of atlantic city talks with a man who broke up a fight between two teenagers. his brave peace-making is being widely praised after the video was posted on facebook. it's been viewed more than 22 million times. the city council will honor the father of five today. the los angeles daily news says the sheriff's department apologized to wyclef jean for stopping him during an armed robbery investigation. the rapper was handcuffed and held for six minutes just after midnight tuesday in west hollywood. deputies said jean's car looked like the one used in a crime. "the wall street journal"

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jill wagner's at the new york stock exchange with that and more. good morning, jill. >> good morning, anne-marie. selloff on wall street. investors are concerned that congress is going to get bogged down on health care reform and that will delay the trump administration's economic agenda, including tax cuts and infrastructure spending. it was actually the market's worst day since the november election. the dow fell 237 point, the s&p dropped 29 and the nasdaq lost 107 points. beginning next week if you use a wells fargo atm, you'll be able to access your money using a smartphone instead of a bank card. wells fargo's upgrading all 13,000 of its atm machines. customers get a one-time eight-digit code. the code and p.i.n. allows access to their debit card. they still accept debit cards. apple is cutting the prices on two ipad models. prices start at $329. the 7.9-inch mini 4 now starts

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a london company says it will start taking small groups on dives to the wreckage of the "titanic" next year. price tag, more than $100,000. more than 15,000 died when it sank to the bottom of the atlantic in 1912. doctors in illinois have forever changed the life of a baby girl from west africa. she was born with four legs and two spines and as don champion explains, she would have likely faced paralysis without surger >> reporter: 10-month-old dominique now looks like other babies thanks to doctors at advocate children's hospital in park ridge, illinois. a team of five specialists performing life-saving surgery to perform what's called affair sittic twin. >> the twin from the waist down had been attached to the back of dominique's neck. there was a pelvis and bladder

and functional legs and feet coming out of the back of do dominique's neck. >> reporter: she supported all of it. if left untreated she would have likely become paralyzed. >> finally the risk to her is of great social ridicule, ridicule and the high likelihood she would be a social outcast. >> reporter: nancy swab and her family are fostering dock nique who is from the ivory coast. >> if you can say love at first sight, i think that's true for us. we thought every day about her family waiting for her return and just feel really honored to be able to be her family for a little while. >> reporter: swag says dominique is about two pounds lighter now and can sit up well and reach for things. dominique is expected to go home to the ivory coast as soon as next month. don champion, cbs news. >> that's going to be a great home coming.

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labrador labrador retrievers have done nothing lately to hurt their image. how cute are they. they are the nation's most popular breed for the 26th straight year. george h.w. bush was the president the last time a kennel breed topped the list, the cocker spaniel in 1990. an animal shelter is giving disabled dogs a second chance with a new set of wheels. ben tracy reports. >> reporter: this little terrier used to go by the name crybaby. it made sense given how much pain he had endured. >> he was hit by a car. his back was broken. >> he was in tough shape. >> bad shape. >> reporter: his two hind legs were paralyzed and after surgery his family no longer wanted him.

>> it's okay, buddy. >> reporter: but susan fulcher did. she gave him a new home and a new name, presley. it's something fulcher's done more than 25 times. it's something called rescue. it's about helping them really live. >> that's what we do and we do it well. >> reporter: she fits each one of them with a custom doggy wheelchair. with two working legs, they're now on a roll. >> what kind of reaction do the dogs have? >> they immediately take off. we only had one dog it took how many times to get her to move. and that would be lovie gaga, the one in the pink wheelchair. >> reporter: she's a bit of a diva and probably doesn't realize her wheels cost about $500, but to whom much is given,

little is expected. after rescue, training, these dogs have become therapy dogs. they visit schools to provide stress relief for children with learning disabilities and behavioral problems and autism. >> it's magnificent and terrific how they have a purpose in life after their hurt. they get love they actually deserve. >> reporter: you have given them this second chance. >> mm-hmm. >> do you enjoy seeing them give back to other people? >> oh, yeah. absolutely. in this world right now we really need to think about giving more, caring more. >> reporter: and despite limitations, we are capable of so much more. ben tracy, cbs news, los angeles. >> love that idea. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," details on kentucky's controversial charlie brown law that will let student groups at public schools and colleges bar lgbtq members. plus general motors' sub

skrigs-based models for cars. and actor matt damon joins us in the studio with his global clean water campaign. that's the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

i'm kenny choi. and i'm michelle griego. good morning. thanks for waking up with us as we take a live look at sfo this morning. wet at the airport and all across the bay area.

i'm kenny choi. >> i'm michelle griego. >> we were talking about the commute in. it was rough. >> it was one of my top three worst commutes in my life. it took me an hour and 10 minutes to get here today and i thought i would die with my pearls on at least. [ laughter ] >> i really did. [ laughter ] >> looks good. >> it was that bad because we are the first ones out there on the road there's so much standing water plus a squall was going through so we had double the problems on the roads this morning. so when everybody gets out there, there will still be water on the road and scattered showers but wait until you see our hi-def doppler radar. this is live and the orange and red, that's what we drove through from the east bay. it was like skiing almost. i wish it was that smooth. we have a lot of scattered showers in the north bay. you see activity moderate rainfall around yountville and highway 12. and moderate rainfall