captioning funded by cbs it's monday, july 2nd, 2018. this is the "cbs morning news." dangerously hot temperatures hit the midwest and the east coast, and it looks like the sweltering heat may be sticking around for the fourth of july. there are signs north kor may be expanding plant while the white house security says there's a plan to deknew caloryize the country. and lebron james is going to hollywood. he's leaving the cast and signing a four-year $154 million contract with the lakers.

good morning from the studio 57 cbs headquarters in new york. i'm hena doba in for anne-marie green. this morning heat advisories or warnings are posted from north carolina to maine. triple-digit heat indices are expected. the national weather service says more than 113 million americans are affected. laura podesta is here in new york. laura, good morning. >> good morning, hena. cooling centers have been opened along the east coast. if you couldn't find an air conditioner, a dip in a pool, pond, or lake was a must. unfortunately there's no relief in sight. in some areas, the heat wave is expected to last through the july 4th holiday. people did everything they could to stay cool this weekend. >> we've been in the swimming pool. >> going inside.

>> going inside and watching movies. >> we're at about 140 degrees on the asphalt. right there, 140, yep. >> in harrisburg, pennsylvania, temperatures hit 95 degrees on sunday. the captain says even his crew needs to consider the heat this week. >> our gear does not breathe, so we tend to overheat. >> 96 in new york, 95 in st. louis, 104 is what it's going to feel like in memphis, tennessee. >> at this ace hardware store, people are out of luck. they sold out of their air conditioners. in atlanta, one atlanta church is holding a cooling drive, collecting fans to pass out to seniors in need. in iowa, it wasn't heat but heavy rains that created problems over the weekend. flash flooding caused frightening drama at a hotel in

urbandale. this pool room quickly filled up with rainwater after a door broke. the flooding in des moines turned deadly when it killed a local sportscaster. 66-year-old larry cotlar was killed after he was swept into a creek by the rushing water saturday night. the flooding is also being blamed on a gas explosion that destroyed a duplex in iowa. festivals say it was caused by a gas leak after high waters put out the pilot light. no one was injured in that explosion. hena? >> laura podesta here in new york. thanks, laura. the heat is also playing a role out west, helping fuel out-of-control wildfires. two major fires are burning in california. the so-called county fire started saturday and has burned 32 acres about 50 miles west of sacramento. fire has forced hundreds to evacuate.

another fire in lake county has destroyed at least 20 buildings. in colorado, there have been over 41,000 acres and forced 2,000 forced to leave their homes. over the weekend jesper jorgensen was charged with starting the fire. the president said he has narrowed his potential nominees to seven candidates. meanwhile a key senator says she would never support anyone she thinks would overturn roe v. wade. >> i think we're gong have support from democrats if it's the right person. >> reporter: on sunday, president trump announced his supreme court nominee will be confirmed soon as he finds a replacement for retiring justice anthony kennedy who has been a itwinge choices like abortion.

the judge needs the backing of nearly all senate republicans. >> a candidate for this important position who would overturn roe v. wade would not be acceptable to me. >> senator susan collins, a republican who supports abortion rights was among a group of senators meeting with trump at the white house last week. senator richard blumenthal is deeply troubled at the prospect of moving the nation's highest court to the right. >> it could lead to criminalizing reproduction rights as they were before roe v. wade. women were prosecuted and women died and were also denied contraception. >> president trump also said in a sunday interview he's not likely to ask potential nominees their views on roe v. wade. but democrats says he won't need

to since the list was help koreans are completing a major expansion of a key missile manufacturing plant. "the wall street journal" cites researchers who have examined satellite photos from a private california imaging company. meanwhile the trump administration says it has a plan to dismantle new york's nuclear program in time. at a summit last month, kim jong-un committed to completing denuclearization of the korean peninsula. on "face the nation" yesterday, john bolton said the elimination of nuclear weapons would benefit the north. >> senator secretary of state mike pompeo will be discussing this in the near future with north korea about dismantling their nuclear missiles and weapons within a year. if they're cooperative, we can move very quickly.

numb of missiles it has in at k other parts of its nuclear program. the president-elect of mexicoromis profound change and reconciliation following a bitter campaign. supporters celebrated the election of andres manuel lopez obrador wednesday. he's the first leftist leader in mexico in a decade. he vows to fight corruption and violence, respect civil liber liberties, and seek friendly relations with the u.s. president trump congratulated him and said he looks forward to working with him. a vigil is planned for the victim of saturday night's mass stabbings. nine people including six children were stabbed at a birthday for a 23 -- 3-year-old

girl, some sustained life-threatening injuries. >> the faces of the parents struggling, the tears coming down their faces, the faces of the children in the hospital beds will be something that i'll carry with me for the rest of my life as well as the first responders that were there last night. >> police say kinner had been staying with someone at the apartment complex and was asked to leave. he allegedly returned to get revenge. a memorial service will be held for one of the staffers of a maryland newspaper where five people were killed by a gunman. the paper had received death threats. in an editorial they said it would not forget about the evil. fighting for justice is what we do. four-time mvp lebron james is leaving cleveland again, this time heading to los angeles. he agreed to four-year $150 million contract with the los

angeles lakers. it was the first professional sports championship in cleveland in 52 years. on instagram james thanked cleveland saying, thank you, northeast ohio, for an incredible four seasons. this will always be home. coming up on the "morning news," daring jail break. al helicopter zooms to repolice someone jails in france. and they're closer to trying to reach the boys. this is the "cbs morning news." i'm a four-year-old ring bearer with a bad habit of swallowing stuff. still won't eat my broccoli, though. and if you don't have the right overage, you could be paying for that pricey love band yourself. so get an allstate agent, and be better protected from mayhem. like me.

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michigan. she talked to her mother by phone, but she had not seen her in two months. the "washington post" reports a man was arrested after shouting womp womp and pulling a gun on protesters n in huntsvill huntsville. >> oh, my god, oh, my god. he just shot a gun. >> police say the 34-year-old man pushed one of the protesters on saturday and the protester pushed him back, knocking him to the ground. that's when authorities say he pull out the gun. he was booked into jail on misdemeanor charges of menacing and reckless endangerment. "the new york times" says rescue divers in thailand are making progress as they search for a boy's soccer team and a coach in a flooded mountain

cave. thai navy s.e.a.l.s used huge pumps to reduce water level allowing divers to place guy ropes and air into the caves. they entered the cave nine days ago. and "france 24" reports a notorious criminal used a helicopter in a mass jail break. cellphone video shows it. authorities say several heavily armed men landed the helicopter in the prison courtyard. they broke in and released him. he was arrested after a police officer was killed during a botched robbery. still ahead. jurassic is still a hit with moviegoers 25 years after the original hit movie theaters. it hit movie theaters. xeljanz xr is a once-daily pill

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ta$12.6 billion worth including steel and catsup. some like steel and eastern fir 25% tariff. others like catsup, pizza, and dishwashing liquid have been. he said to make decisions accordingly when buying u.s. goods. anxiety sent stocks lowered this week. they would end up hitting the global economy. all the major averages lost ground for the week which closed out the second quarter. electric automaker tesla produced 5,000 of its lower priced model 3 last month. they're designed to ship them into a mainstream manufacturer. at that time ceo elon musk

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a caribbean vacation turned into a nightmare when a boat carrying 12 tourists including ten americans exploded in the bahamas on saturday. one woman in the u.s. was killed. seven others were hurt. the cause of the explosion is under investigation. demarco morgan has more. >> move the boat? >> reporter: panicked boater saw a similar tourist vessel in distress on saturday morning. the boat's engine reportedly exploded, causing a raging fire and black smoke. chris topperwien took this video. >> we saw boats sitting there and threaten was this weird noise and a flame shot up. within a few seconds, the boetd w boat was on fire. >> reporter: the coast guard deployed their plane. the coast guard flew and took some to the hospital.

four were taken back to the air station. six others were airlifted from the scene to a hospital in nassau. it appears that at least one victim was rescued by those boating along the way. topperwien said everyone was helping as much as they could. >> we were able to take all the passengers from their boat to our boat and rescue them. there was a tourist from denmark who helped a lot. >> the coast guard tells cbs news it's expecting the state department or the u.s. embassy to release the name of the american killed. one victim who jumped into the water risked their own life to help others. cbs news, new york. a search is under way to find out who stole the life savings of a texas resident believed to be the oldest man in the u.s.the mily of 112--year-o richard overton said social security and banking account numbers were used to make

withdrawals over the past several months. they say the money was used to buy s bonds. overton is also the nation's oldest world war ii veteran. it's now el legal for food service businesses in saeltd to provide plastic straws and utensils. environmentalists say 500 million plastic straws end up in the world's oceans every year harming wildlife. restaurants could be fined $250. and police in minorville, pennsylvania, want to know who mailed in a payment for a 44-year-old parking ticket. a mysterious envelope arrived last week with a 40-plus-year-old parking ticket and $5. he left a note, i've been carrying this ticket around for

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our top stories this morning. a holiday heat wave has folks from the midwest to new england suffering in near record-high temperatures. temperatures near 100 degrees are expected in many areas, and the heat wave is expected to last through at least independence day. this morning heat advisories or warnings are in effect from north carolina to maine. police say timmy kinner was seeking revenge when he stab nine people at a boise, idaho, complex. the victims were attending a birthday for a young girl. six were between the ages of 3 and 12. police say kinner was staying at the apartment complex but had been asked to leave. his former roommates were not home when he return, so he allegedly decided to randomly

attack bystanders. and the wall street journal reports north korea are creating a major expansion of a key missile manufacturing plant. mr. trump is speaking out about his upcoming meeting with russian leader vladimir putin. the summit will be held on july 16th. it will take place in helsinki, finland. roxana saberi has more. >> reporter: two days from now, he was asked about speaking with the russian president. he quickly changed the subject when he was on fox news. >> i'd like the see some answers as to why we didn't take the server, why the fbi didn't take the server from the dnc. >> reporter: his national security adviser john bolton told "face the nation" sunday the issue of meddling was

brought up in his face-to-face meeting with the russian leader. >> what he said was there was no meddling in 2016 by the russian state. >> very little happens without vladimir putin's okay. >> i think that's an interesting statement. i think it's worth pursuing. i'm sure the president will want to pursue it. >> what do you mean? >> reporter: on friday president trump told reporters on "air force one," he'll discuss several issues at his upcoming summit with putin including syria and crimea, which russia seized in 2014. >> is the u.s. endorsing the idea that international borders can be redrawn by force? is this actually a topic? >> no, that's not the position of the united states. >> which is why it was newsworthy when he said it. >> i don't know that he said it. >> roxana saberi, cbs news, london. safety is recalling the ford explorer. kris van cleave has more on the investigation.

plus in the series "profiles in service," we'll meet the only female counter sniper in the new york police department. and in somalia a model is breaking barriers in the fashion world. she tells us about her newest job helping unicef. that's the "cbs morning news" for this monday. i'm hena doba. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

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2nd. i'm kenny choy. nice to be back. >> any sleeping? >> no. there was one point i thought, i want to go back to work, because i had the crying baby on one side and my daughter asking for something else. it's kind of nice to be back, except the wakeup call. >> two kids, a whole other job. >> michelle knows. it was smokey out here yesterday, and today the good news is things will start to clear up. it won't smell as bad outside. we have a north wind pushing in the smoke but we're about to see more of the west wind. that will clear the air and cool temperatures down for today, tomorrow and through the 4th of july. the wind directions will change and that marine l