news" for this wednesday. from the cbs broadcast center in new york city i'm tanya rivero. captioning funded by cbs it's wednesday, july 25th, 2018. this is the "cbs morning news." president trump's former attorney michael cohen releases a secret recording of a private conversation with mr. trump in which they appear to discuss the payment for a playboy model's summer of extremes. heat, rain, and flood. and a pizza man is released by i.c.e. after nearly two months in custody. >> thank you.

thank you for everything. thank you. 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. well, president trump's former personal lawyer michael cohen releases a recording in which they appear to be discussing the payment for a playboy model's story. mr. trump appears to have had an affair. it was turned over. it's not been authenticated by cbs news. john schiumo is here in new york with the details. good morning. >> good morning to you, anne-marie. we do know the tape was recorded shortly before the 2016 election and every word is being scrutinized. a tape of a secretly recorded

conversation between president trump and his former attorney michael cohen was aired on cnn last night. in it they appear to be discussing the payoff of a playboy model who claims to have had an affair michael cohen's lawyer lanny davis gave the tape to cnn. cohen secretly recorded the conversation two months before the 2016 election. >> i need to open up a company tr the transfer of all of that info along with our friend david. >> some were wondering if cohen was speaking about pecker. x-playmate karen mcdougal said she began a nearly year-long affair with mr. trump in 2006. just before the election the company purchased her story but never published it. >> whyou you didn't know about payments

to karen mcdougal? >> over the weekend the president lashed out at mcdougal in a tweet and said, your favorite president did nothing wrong. the president's current lawyer rudy giuliani said on fox news the tape speaker for itself. >> there's no indication of any crime being committed on this tape and that's absolutely right. >> the white house has previously denied the affair. federal investigators first uncovered this recording in april during raids on cohen's home and offices. court filings indicate the prosecutors obtained a total of 12 audio recordings during those raids, so it appears there's more to come. anne-marie. >> john schiumo in new york. thanks so much, john. severe weather gripping the nation. heavy rains gripping across the mid-atlantic and northeast. flood warnings and advisories are posted from north carolina to new york. out west dangerous heat is fueling wildfires that has scorched tens of thousands of acres. two of those fires are burning

on the outskirts of california's yosemite national park. today a main part of yosemite is being shut down. chris martinez has the details. >> reporter: summer getaways at california's yosemite national park are closed now. authorities closed two parts of the park wednesday in an attempt to keep a growing wildfire at bay. >> due to the fact that visibility is severely impacted, you've got the air quality issues, it's really important that we basically shut down operations. >> reporter: the iconic half dome and yosemite falls are barely visible. at least 1,000 campground and hotel reservations are canceled. yosemite hasn't been closed for fire since 1990. >> and now we've got to leave. >> sean shay and his family have

been planning this trip for a year with their kids. >> it's the first time we've been affected by anything. it is what it is. it's nature. >> reporter: the ferguson fire is raging to the west of the park and is only 25% contained. more than 3,300 firefighters are on the job. the plan is to set backfires. >> we have an incredible amount of support. it's just that the fire has to give us an opportunity to utilize those. >> reporter: closures are expected to remain in effect till at least sunday. chris martinez, cbs news. well, now to the flooding in the east. there is severe flooding in the baltimore area. more heavy rain is forecast through the rest of the day, bringing the threat of another round of flash flooding. some parts of the northeast and mid-atlantic have already seen a foot of rain. in charlotte, north carolina, emergency crews had to rescue five workers trapped by the rising water. the prime minister of greece has declared three days of ng in thwake of fires. at least 79 people were killed by two fires burning in the

capital of athens. entire neighborhoods have burned to the ground. in died near the seaside cliff. they tried to escape to the sea, but a cliff was too steep to jump off. their bodies were found huddled together. and back in this country, president trump meets with the head of the european commission today at the white house to discuss trade. in a tweet last night, mr. trump said both the eu and the u.s. should drop all tariffs. we are ready, wrote mr. trump, but they won't. pli jean-claude juncker called ods if whington imposes lli of trade levies on imported cars. in order to soften the blow to american farmers affected by the president's trade policies, the administration plans to provide billions in emergency relief funding, but some farms' state republicans remain

farmers want markets for their crops, not payoffs. mola lenghi reports. >> reporter: the u.s. agriculture department is providing $12 billion in relief for farmers hard hit by retaliatory tariffs. >> unfortunately america's hardworking agricultural producers have been treated unfairly bury illegal trade and practices by china and others for a while. >> reporter: the short-term aid plan will provide direct payments to producers of corn, cotton, dairy, soy, and sorghum. the government will buy products such as rice, fruits, dairy, chicks, pork, and nuts. the gsa will announce a program

to produce trades for new markets. mr. trump introduced it in kansas city as the program was being announced. >> the farmers will be the biggest beneficiary. watch. we're opening up markets. you watch what's going to happen. >> earlier in the day the president tweeted tariffs are the greatest, saying other countries must negotiate trade deals with the u.s. or they'll get hit with tariffs. some republican senators disagree with the president's approach. >> the tariffs are not great, but the affect of the matter is trying to find a way to better position american workers for the future is laudable. >> where we ought to go is to a zero tariff world. >> the aid for farmers does not require congressional approval. the ecuadorian immigrant who was detained after delivering pizza to a military army base is free this morning. >> what does it feel to be back, to be out? >> it's immense. i'm so happy.

>> pablo vsr villavicencio was released last night. a federal judge ruled he can remain in the u.s. while he exhausts the right to regain legal status. the candidate president trump backed for georgia has won. brian kemp takes a tough stance on illegal immigration and supports gun rights. he's face stacey abrams who is looking to become the first black female governor. it will be a race with the radical left. >> the fake news media machine will do everything in their power to prop her up. their attacks on me will be vicious, baseless, and constant, you can count on it. >> the race will be closely watched the see if shifting

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he said he will not be asked to speak to a joint session of congress if he comes to washington later this year. ryan said, quote, that's something we reserve for allies. president trump invited vladimir putin to the white house after the summit. "the hill" reports the white house will stop publishing summaries of president trump's calls with world leaders. the summaries known as readouts generally offer few details, but they're the only official white house account of mr. trump's conversations with foreign leaders. the move is a departure from past presidents. and "time" reports attorney general jeff sessions laughed at students chanted "lock her up" at a high school summit in washington. sessions repeated the chant once. it became a staple of trump campaign rallies. sessions was krit siding europe

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closes shop, and there's a recall of cheese dip. diane king hall is at the new york stock exchangewith that and more. good morning, diane. >> good morning, anne-marie. well, let's start with ivanka trump. the president's daughter is closing her fashion brand. she had stepped away from the day-to-day management of her company, but her business, a line of dresses, shoes, and handbags has raised concerns about a conflict of interest. ivanka trump serves as an adviser to her father. trump said in a statement she made the decision so she could focus more on her white house work. quarterly earnings sent report cards mostly higher. harley-davidson jumped 7.7%. alphabet, google's parent company, climbed nearly 4%. the dow rallied 197 points, the s&p 500 gained 13 points, why nasdaq shed a point. kraft heinz is recalling some 7,000 case of its taco bell cheese dip because of botulism

risk. the cheap dips being recalled are the 15-ounce cases. they have a best when used by date ranging from october 21st, 2018, to january 23rd, 2019. the dip showed signs that it could allow for the growth of bacteria that causes botulism. no illnesses have been reported. and general motors is starting a business that lets gm car openers rent their vehicles when not using them. it works like this. those who own or lease a 2015 or newer gm vehicle can list their car on a sharing app. preapproved car share users can rent them. the owners get 60% of the revenue. g.m. gets the rest. they're hoping people will buy higher priced vehicles so they can offset the payments by renting. anne-marie. >> diane king hall at the new york stock exchange. thanks a lot, diane.

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hotel reservations are canceled. yosemite has. been closed for a fire since 1990. the closure is expected to remain in effect for a least four days. >> the los angeles police chief is offering condolences for a tragic mistake over the weekend. a woman killed over the weekend at trader joe's was hit by police gunfire. danielle nottingham has details. >> reporter: the los angeles police released body cam video of the gun battle that terrorized a trader joe supermarket over the weekend. police chief michael moore says the tape tends to show a dedsly mistake. it helps to frame a deadly mistake that a store worker caught in the crossfire was offered by an officer's bullet. >> i'm sorry to report that one of the officer's rounds struck miss corado as shes with exiting the market. pursuing 28-year-old gene atkins after a shooting of his grandmother and a teenage girl.

they say he fired at officers after he crashed his car at trader joe's where he took several people hostage. melyda corado was struck in the crossfire. the bullet traveled from her arm through her body. >> reporter: chief moore calls it a devastating ordeal for the police officers too. >> i recognize how they will forever go through they're minds debating whether that is what they had to do, but as chief of police, i believe it's what they needed to do in order to defend the people of los angeles. >> reporter: atkins was shot in the arm before surrendering to police. he was arraigned on 31 charges tuesday, including murder, attempted murder, and kidnapping. danielle nottingham, cbs news, los angeles. coming up on "cbs this morning," thousands of artifacts salvaged from the "titanic" are at risk of being split apart and sold. how director james cameron is campaigning to bring those artifacts home to the uk. plus advances in in vitro

fertilization are spurring debate over embryos called mosaics and whether patients should have them implanted. and pushing the limits, a bike race across the country like no other. 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

july 25. i'm kenny choi. and i'm michelle griego. time is 4-- good morning, it's the end of july and fog 25th. thanks for waking up with us.

i'm kenny choi. >> i'm michelle griego. yeah, "karl the fog" is here! it's still lingering around. it's a good sign. >> it won't get as hot here as across the rest of the city. >> i guess that's good. >> we have that. it's promising for the bay area. you can see the clouds rolling in. there will be low clouds and fog this morning. light drizzle. we have the ridge of high pressure to the south of us. that's pushing in the west wind. the coast will be staying cool. 60s and 70s for afternoon