it's tuesday, october 24th, 2017. this is the cbs morning news. the nation's top general reveals a new time line of events surrounding the deadly ambush of u.s. troops in niger, but there are still questions investigators are determined to answer. >> we owe the families as much information as we can find out what happened. and we owe the american people an explanation of what their men and women were doing at this particular time. >> bill o'reilly is fighting back. he's denying all sexual harassment claims against him.

another one of husband form -- his former colleagues come forward. and severe weather hits both coasts. powerful storms tear through parts of the south and a heat wave scorches california. good morning from the studio 57 news room at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie greene. we are learning more about the ambush that killed four american soldiers in niger, but questions replain. the top u.s. general says it remains unclear why the soldiers one of the soldiers became separated from the others. >> like we just heard, general joseph dunford told reporters that the americans soldiers' families deserve answers but he asks for patience as the military investigation continues. it was two hours before backup arrived to help soldiers earlier this month.

the pentagon monday offered more details into what the investigation into the incident which left four u.s. soldiers de as for the backup, officials say troops on the ground didn't call for it until an hour into fighting. it then took an hour before french jets were overhead. >> when they didn't ask for support for that first hour, my judgment would be that that unit thought they could handle it without any support. >> three of the four soldiers died during the fire fight. the fourth, johnson's body was found two days later alone reportedly a mile away. >> how did u.s. forces become separated during the engagement and why did it take time to find and recover sergeants johnson. these are all fair questions that the investigation is designed to identify. >> they were out on what they believed to be a low risk

mission. more details may emerge thursday when the pentagon will brief the both house and senate services committee on the latest findings. they will try to wrap up the investigation as quickly as possible. the fbi is also investigating but it's focused on threats related to the u.s. >> thanks a lot. nikki. johnson and the president's condolence call to his widow has become a political dispute. johnson talked for the first time about mr. trump's call. she said the call was disrespectful and made her cry. >> the president said that he knew what he signed up for, but he hurts anyways. he couldn't remember my husband's name. >> on twitter, mr. trump said the conversation was respectful and that he spoke johnson's name from the beginning without hesitation.

she also complained that she was not able to see her husband's body. the pentagon says it makes recommendations but the final decision is up to the family. and later today. president trump heads to capitol hill for a lunch with senate republicans where tax reform will be on the menu. the president warns that inaction on overhauling the tax system could lead to political failure in 2018. republican leaders are calling for steep cuts for corporations and high income individuals but are still working on finding new revenue streams to pay for it all. and bob corker of tennessee, he calls the president's visit just a photo op and describes the senate's budget process as a hoax because it doesn't reveal real spending. >> tampa, florida reveals a meeting on three murders that seem to be related. the meeting focused on how

community leaders can stay safe. the mayor promised citizens the perpetrator will be caught. >> nobody comes into our house and does this. not now, not ever. this is our streets, these are our neighborhoods, this is your community and we are not going to let evil win this race. not happening. >> police are searching for this man caught on video the night of the last murder, three people were shot to death in two weeks. they were killed in a one block radius. no one was robbed and they didn't know each other. bill o'reilly has consistently denied allegations of sexual harassment, but response to pay with a former colleague may be the strongest denial yet. >> never one time was there any complaint filed against me with human resources or anybody's legal team. >> that's bill o'reilly

responding to the new york times bomb shell report that he paid former fox legal analysts 32 million dollars to settle a sexual harassment claim. megyn kelly disputed o'reilly's statement. >> his statement that no one complained about his behavior is false. i know because i complained. >> o'reilly was defiant saying hat his family has been through >> we have physical proof that this is bull [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. okay? so it's on you if you want to destroy my children further. >> forced her into a nonconsensual sexual relationship and e-mailed her gay pornography. she then signed a sworn affidavit renouncing the allegations. 21st century fox knew of the settlement but signed o'reilly to a four year $100 million deal just one month later.

the company issued a statement saying they were informed that he had settled the matter personally. this is the sixth known settlement that fox news has made. news came on the heels of roger ales ouster following sexual harassment charges from gretchen carlson. o'reilly was asked about carlson when he was on cbs this morning last november promoting his children's book. >> i'm not that interested in this. >> in sexual harassment? >> i'm not interested in basically litigating something that is finished, that makes my network look bad. okay? i'm not interested in making my network look bad at all. that doesn't interest me one bit. >> cbs news, new york. >> now to california where dangerous heat is on tap for a second day. triple digit temperatures make

for extreme fire danger and a midsummer like start to tonight's fall classic. more on the unusual california heat wave. >> hot weather all throughout the state of california on monday and on tuesday it's going to be even hotter and that's the reason why. a ridge of high pressure centered over northern california and southern oregon. what that does, it gives us a flow of air from the east to the west. pacific ocean is very chilly year round but if the flow is coming from the opposite direction we can get hot it's called the santa ana wind. it's just called hot on tuesday. los angeles, game one of the world series, triple digits world series, triple digits for the first page. and san francisco 20 degrees above average. on the other coast it's not severe heat. it is severe storms. we have numerous severe thunderstorm watches in the carolinas overnight and that

severe threat will stretch to pennsylvania all the way up to boston over the morning hours from 1 to 3 inches of rain may fall in less than ten hours. those southern storms caused some significant damage. at least nine tornados were reported in the southeast. a possible tornado touched down in central north carolina yesterday afternoon. trees and power lines were knocked down taking out power to more than 50,000 customers. amanda pruitt took cover in her bathtub with her son. >> the whole house started rattling. debris was hitting the house all over. we heard a big crash and the sound, we couldn't hear yourself talk and we were kind of yelling. it was so loud. >> and there are widespread reports of damage around spartanburg, south carolina. an auto plant was damaged and some big trucks were tossed around. the national weather service appears a tornado is to blame.

a final senate vote is expected today on a $36.5 billion hurricane relief package that could give puerto rico an infusion of cash. it would also provide $16 billion for the federal flood insurance program. coming up on the morning news now, iditarod doping scandal. dogs belonging to a champion musher turn positive. >> and the nation's highest military award. this is the cbs morning news. this is the cbs morning news. there's airborne plus beta-immune booster™. the only one made with vitamins and minerals, plus an ingredient proven to boost your natural defenses. airborne. psoriatic arthritis tries to get in my way? ♪ watch me. ♪

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been deported five times. he was released from custody just ten months before the shooting. the alaska dispatch news says iditarod champion has been identified as the musher whose dogs failed drug tests. race officials say that some of his dogs tested positive for a prohibited opioid painkiller in this year's race. he says that he never gave his dogs any banned substance. he released a youtube video yesterday. >> i don't care if i never make another cent which is my life around this sport. i will not spend the rest of my life looking in the mirror knowing that i backed down when i did nothing wrong. >> he also said he thinks someone gave the drug to his dogs maliciously. time magazine reports former fbi director james comey revealed his secret twitter account. he has stayed out of the public eye since president trump fired him in may but yesterday he

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here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. intense interest in a young steven hawkings phd thesis crashed the website of cambridge university. the school posted the thesis online yesterday. it's called properties of expanding universes. it was written in 1966 when he was 24, but so many people wanted to see it it broke the website.

two boston marathon bombing survivors awarded a scholarship yesterday to a college sophomore who lost his leg to cancer when he was just 8. they presented the strong scholarship to jack manning. they were newlyweds when they both lost legs in the 2013 bombing. manning overcome his disability to play high school football and baseball. >> i'm excited for the years to come and hope to pay it forward to the next recipient. >> manning also mentors young cancer patients facing the loss of a limb. and coming up on cbs this morning. >> if you could scan your baby's dna how much would you really want to know about his or her future health? families here are wrestling with that question as part of a first time study that could change medicine and parenting forever. that story coming up on cbs this morning. that story coming up on cbs this morning. bob starts his day with a delicious

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our top stories this morning. the pentagon released new information about the ambush in niger that killed four american soldiers. he believed the soldiers didn't call for backup until an hour into the fighting because they thought they could handle it thought they could handle it but it remains unclear why one of the soldiers became separated during the finding. and bill o'reilly says no one ever filed a complaint about his behavior but former fox news host megyn kelly says that's not true because she complained. fire officials in california say the fires destroyed at least 8,400 buildings and homes. that's not all that went up in smoke. >> reporter: the fires that

burned through california's wine country destroyed most of the crop that eric pearson had just harvested. not grapes but marijuana. >> this is about an acre in size. >> you had processing in there. >> that's right. you had processing and cannabis for processing in here. >> he began picking up bumper crop, the first harvest since marijuana became legal in california. >> it's very exciting. >> the ceo of spar. a kpan -- company that's been running medical marijuana he had hope to capture some of the $5 billion expected to be spent annually on legal marijuana in california. last month we toured the new facility where marijuana was being processed and prepared for retail sale. cases of marijuana were stacked along the wall. but then wine country went up in flames. >> if it wasn't metal it's not here anymore. >> many of the plants survived

but damages by smoke and ash, they will lose much of their value. >> how much did you lose in this? >> i couldn't tell you exactly at this point. a lot. a lot. >> and he is not alone. there are at least 3,000 marijuana farming operations nearby. the growers association estimates tens of millions have been lost. >> it's a setback but on the other hand we're trying to make lemonade out of lemons. >> you'll find some way for the business to survive this. >> we'll figure it out, yeah. >> growing marijuana already faced a troubling reality. the federal government still considers the harvest a crime so there is no insurance coverage for marijuana. cbs news, california. >> well, coming up on cbs this morning -- >> the u.s. air force uses gps technology on everything from guiding missiles to dropping munitions to helping soldiers find one another on the battlefield, but did you know that technology helps you every time you go to the atm or open

up a map on your phone. i got a rare look to the operations control center. more on that on cbs coming up. plus, a look at a landmark study offering parents a peek at the secret in their baby's genes. and john grisham stops by with his new novel. that's the cbs morning news for this morning. i'm anne-marie greene, have a great day. day. ♪

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may be some time out there? >> okay. would you do that today? >> it would be pretty crazy. it might be a possibility. >> you have to get out-of-the- way of the cargo ships. [laughter] there is barely a breeze but we will see the wind kicked up later on and it will be hot. if anyone was uncomfortable yesterday, sorry to report that today will be even hotter, about 20 degrees above average and it will be the hottest day of the week. what is in store? sunny, dry and breezy with wins and we will talk about this, coming up. right now, we are tracking the usual slow downs along westbound 580 into livermore with speeds dropping to about 49 miles-an-hour and then back into the green. a 21 minute ride