from the broadcast center right here in new york city, i'm michelle miller. captioning funded by cbs captioning funded by cbs it's wednesday, july 18th, 2018. this is the "cbs morning news." president trump blames his russia gaffe on a slip of the tongue. >> i said i wouldn't see any reason why it wouldn't be russia, sort of a double negative. >> but continues to call his meeting with the russian president a great success as

congressional republicans go into damage control. victims of the las vegas shooting massacre are being sued by the hotel where a gunman opened fire. and 12 thai boys and their soccer coach rescued from a flooded cave will be released from the hospital today. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. president trump said he misspoke when he spoke on russian 2016 election meddling. facing stiff criticism from his own party, mr. trump tried to clarify his statements in helsinki, but even though he said he accepts the intelligence committee's 'approval he still credits it with great success. laura podesta is here in new york. yes.ning.ing,

they all say russia interfered with the 2016 election. so when president trump appeared to question that assessment while standing next to vladimir putin in helsinki earlier this week, it set off a firestorm that even with the correction is not over yet. president trump is defending his one-on-one with vladimir putin. last night he tweeted it was a great success, but hours earlier, the president was responding to a barrage of bipartisan disapproval over comments he made after the meeting about russian meddling in the 2016 election. >> i have president putin, he just said it's not russia. i'll say this. i don't see any reason why it should be. the sentence should have been, i don't see any reason why i wouldn't or why it wouldn't be russia. >> at the white house tuesday, the president said he had full faith in the intelligence community. >> i accept our intelligence

community's conclusion that russia's meddling in the 2016 election took place. could be other people also. there's a lot of people out there. there was no collusion. >> i don't accept the president's comments today. if he wanted to make those comments, he should have had the strength to make them in front of vladimir putin. >> while democrats are not letting up on their criticism, some republicans appear to be satisfied the president is walking back his comments. >> to put our intelligence committee in the equivalence of what somebody from the kgb said, i think, he realized that was a major mistake. >> the president said the administration is doing everything in its power to prevent russian meddling in the midterms. democrats want to hold hearings to find out more on what

happened in the two-hour hearing and one hearing is scheduled. secretary of state mike pompeo will testify before the relations committee next week. anne-marie? >> laura podesta here in new york. thank you, laura. the senate majority leader mitch mccome took the unprecedent step, in effect, by passing president trump. nancy cordes has more from capitol hill. >> was that a full enough correction for you? >> i wish he would have said it initially, but he said it now. >> republicans may say they believe -- but they'll still have questions about the two-hour meeting. and many worry that the damage from the president's foreign trip can't be fully undone. >> i said yesterday that was shameful. i feel the same today. >> this was the senate's top republican. >> i say to our european friends, we value the nato

treaty. >> what does it say about the state of our government that you need to stand here and reassure europe that we are their friends? >> well, i think it's important for our friends to hear from their friends. >> as for the russians -- >> i think the russians need to know that there are a lot of us who fully understand what happened in 2016 and it really had not better happen again in 2018. >> as troubled as republican leaders were, they were still reluctant to call out mr. trump directly. >> vladimir putin does not share our interest. vladimir putin does not share >> should president trump be rebuked? >> what did i just -- >> no response from the house speaker. they plan to grill the secretary of state about all of this when he testifies on capitol hill next week, and some want to hear

from the president's interpreter, who was one of the only people in the meeting with vladimir putin. nancy cordes, cbs news, capitol hill. on tonight's "cbs evening news," jeff glor's follow-up interview with president trump, his first since returning from helsinki. the woman accused of acting as an agent for the russian government is expected to appear in court today. maria butina. the justice department said she tried to influence american politics and infiltrate pro gun rights organizations. her attorney says she is not a russian agent. special counsel robert mueller is seeking immunity for five potential witnesses in paul manafort's upcoming trial. manafort, president trump's former campaign manager, is charged with bank and campaign fraud. his trial is expected to start next week. also last week the u.s. judge

refused the request to move the trial. potential jurors in alexandria they say, were politically biased against him. mgm resorts says they're not responsible for the mass shooting last year in las vegas and they're suing hundreds of victims to avoid liability. the mgm lawsuits are against victims who are sued, have dismissed their suit, or are threatening to sue. mgm cites a post-9/11 law. federal investigate errs are looking into a deadly midair collision ore the florida everglades. two small planes from a

miight school coided yey ateast t people . they are searching for a possible fourth victim. emergency responders had to use airboats to reach the crash site. and the 12 boys rescued from a flooded cave in thailand are expected to be released from the hospital this morning. they've been hospitalized for a week and are in generally good condition. they'll need to wear surgical masks, though, to avoid infection. once they are out, they want to eat roast pork, steak sushi, and kentucky fried chicken. coming up on the "morning news," ohio state university is hit with a new lawsuit. former wrestler suit and a sexual abuse case involving a doctor. and reducing deportation risks. immigrant recruits get new protection. this is the "cbs morning news." e "cbs morning news." at the source. so instead of your favorite foods making you feel like this. you'll enjoy them like this. bring out the bold.™ mitzi: psoriatic arthritis tries to get in my way? watch me.

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goldman sachs introduces a new ceo. david solomon will replace lloyd blankfein after 12 years. solomon becomes ceo on october 1st and chairman in 2019. he's been at goldman since 1989. david neeleman announced jetblue plans to buy new jets. neeleman plans to offer direct service instead of funneling flyers through connecting hubs. the carrier is seeking to fly nonstop to major cities like los angeles, chicago, and new york, but it will use secondary airports that may currently have no commercial service. meanwhile twitter has suspended at least 58 million user accounts in the final three months of last year. it's part of twitter's crackdown on malicious or suspicious accounts following russian meddling in the 2016 election.

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the country. here's springer into right center field at the wall. that is gone! >> that's the houston astros' george springer hitting a home run in the tenth inning of last night's all-star game at nationals park in washington, d.c. alex bregman hit one too. they were two of the record-settling all-star game homers hit by the two teams. the american league beat the national league, 8-6. bregman was named the game's mvp. and a huge fire and several explosions rocked a texas industrial plant. video shows large flames and a plume of black smoke shooting into the sky yesterday. it happened at a gas plant in people within a mile of the

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well, coming up on "cbs this morning," tony dokoupil shows us how summer camps are using facial recognition technology to help parents catch a glimpse of their kids while they're away at camp. i'm anne-marie green. this is the "cbs morning news." to help parents catch a glimpse of their kids while they're away at ca camp. i'm anne-marie green. this is the "cbs morning news." watch me. ( ♪ ) mike: i've tried lots of things for my joint pain. now? watch me. ( ♪ ) joni: think i'd give up showing these guys how it's done? please. real people with active psoriatic arthritis are changing the way they fight it. they're moving forward with cosentyx. it's a different kind of targeted biologic. it's proven to help people find less joint pain and clearer skin. don't use if you are allergic to cosentyx. you should be checked for tuberculosis. an increased risk of infections

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our top stories this morning, facing harsh criticism from fellow republicans president trump said he misspoke when he undermined u.s. intelligence findings that russia interfered with the 2016 election. he contends his meeting with vladimir putin in helsinki was a great success. maria butina is due in court today. she is the russian woman indicted on charges of acting as an agent for the russian govern. she's not charged with mecan

politics and infiltrate a pro-gun rights organization. her attorney says she is not a russian agent. tour boats will not be allowed to get close to lava after 23 injuries occurred with a lava bomb. carter evans is on the big island with more. >> reporter: tourists can be heard screaming in this video that captures the moment a huge explosion of molten rock and ash blasted hundreds of feet into the air, landing on a tour boat called the hotspot. the lee family was hit. >> we were pelted with the rocks. like it's embedded in your scalp and everything, and the heat and theam, c. >> reporter: passengers said one lava bomb was the size of a basketball, smashing right through the metal roof of the boat.

ristopr li's leg was severely burned when he fell to the deck. >> i got covered in hot rocks. it stayed there for two or three seconds. third-degree burns on my legs. >> you were trying to dodge the lava rocks that were raining down on the boat? >> yeah, pretty much. >> reporter: it destroyed more than 700 homes. at night you can really see the orange glow from the eruption behind me through the trees. that's where all of this lava is coming from as it makes its way miles down to the ocean. the boat operators, lava ocean tour, had a special permit to take tourists within 165 feet of the coastline, but cbs news uncovered three lawsuits in the last five years which accused the company of failing to warn passengers of dangerous conditions known to lava tours and dispensing with any kind of risk assess meant when selecting an area to view the volcanic eruption. the medial area around the lava

flow can be extremely dangerous. that's where we are, but we've got protective gear. this area is off limits to the public. as for the lava accident, they now have to stay 1,000 feet from shore. carter evans, cbs news, hawaii. only on "cbs this morning," we speak to a mother from guatemala who was separated from her child for more than a year and a half. plus morgan beck miller, the wife of bskier bode miller speas out on the death of their daughter. and a camp is helping parents to catch a glimpse of their kids while away at camp. that's the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday. thanks for watching. -- captions by vitac -- www.viac.com " for this morning. thanks for wat -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

i'm kenny choi. let's head outside and

take a live look from our "salesforce tower" camera looking east. you have the tv on and you're just listening, look at this. a cool shot of the fog as it's in. you can see some of the east bay in this shot. good morning, it is wednesday, july 18th. very cool. good morning. i'm kenny choi. >> good morning. i'm michelle griego. >> we promise the bay bridge is there. we'll be covered with fog at the moment. taking a look towards the west side of the "salesforce tower," more fog there. it's going to be the story this morning. it's keeping our temperatures warm for this time of the morning. >> we have an accident on northbound 101 near capitol

expressway. it's not blocking labors but it's causing slowdowns