morning." from the broadcast center in new york city i'm tony dokoupil. captioning funded by cbs ih0?0? it's thursday, july 26th, 2018. this is the "cbs morning news." fires range out of control in the west and in the east the rain won't quit as flash floods continue. and lawmakers looking at impeaching the person over the russian investigation and it looks like the trade war with the eu may have been averted.

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. we begin with breaking news out of beijing. there was an explosion outside the embassy. it's located in northeastern beijing. an individual detonated a s device. the only person injured was the bomber and police identified him as a 26-year-old man. his motive is not known. in this country, it's another morning of severe weather affecting millions of people. here on the east coast unrelenting rain continues to cause flooding concerns, but out west dangerous heat is helping to refuel the fires. out in east los angeles, one fire threatened and evacuated an entire town. at least 500 homes have been destroyed.

600 others are >> destroyed some 60 square miles. in parts of the already waterlogged east coast, another day of drenching rain is on tap. flash flood watches and flood warnings are posted from virginia to vermont as a stalled weather system stalls an atm atmospheric river of rain from the ocean. in pennsylvania rain is expected there for the sixth day in a row. roads and homes are flooded. bridges have washed away. >> it's very concerning. we're in a neighborhood where

weekly news conference later today. also in washington, it appears the u.s. and the european union have at least delayed a trade war over autos. president trump and the president of the european commission agree to open talks to eliminate trade barriers. following the white house talks t president tweeted this picture and wrote obviously the european union and united states love each other. the u.s. agreed to refrain from increasing auto tariffs as long

some. >> a new phase in the relationship between the united states and the european union, a close friendship and strong trade relations in which both of us will win. >> the european union will increase soybeans and oil and natural gas. on the hill, mike pompeo assured skeptical lawmakers that president trump stood up to president putin during the helsinki summit. >> i notice that you're not respondsing to what i'm saying. >> reporter: senators pressed secretary of state mike pompeo about what happened in helsinki, and later -- >> are you 100% confident you know everything that president trump discussed with president putin? >> i'm very confident i received

a debriefing. >> reporter: he repeatedly repeated. >> what is it that causes the president to purposely, purposely create distrust within the unions? >> reporter: he insists that they drew a hard line on u.s. meddling. >> i personally vow that there will be severe konsz kwenss. >> reporter: he also said he's in intense negotiations with north korea. >> i'm very confident that north korea understands our definition of denuclearization. >> reporter: but by the end of the day, there was little satisfaction especially regard russia.>>ter: p agreed t

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facebook's stock takes a big hit, a >> good moing, anne-marie. news that the u.s. and european union are working to lower tariffs sent stocks higher. health care and industrial shares posted solid gains. the dow rallied 172 points. the s&p 500 rose 25 points. the nasdaq added 91 points, closing at an all-time high. on the flip side shares of facebook are plunging nearly 28% in after-hours trading. part of it is concerns over privacy and content and the user base did not grow as fast as it did the second quarter. revenue jumped 42%, but that was slightly lower than what wall street was expecting. as of june 30th there werion.

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here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. cher aligns the list of honors who will receive kennedy honors this year through lifetime contributions. in addition to cher, composer phillip glass, country star reba mcentire and jazz legend wayne shorter will be recognized.alrem the kennedy center honors takes place on december 2nd in washington, d.c. a huge discovery on mars is raising new hopes that there could be life there. scientists say they detected a large lak of salty water deep beneath the planet's frozen surface. chip reid has more. >> reporter: it's hard to imagine a lake on the desolate

planet of mars, but a group of italian scientists claim it's true. a groundbreaking discovery in the search for life on the red planet. even science fiction's "martian" didn't find a lake, but he'd be wise to hold off on buying that bathing suit. the water is a bit chilly. mars, the fourth rock from the sun, is a lot colder than earth, and the suspected lake is near the frigid martian south pole. they hit it repeatedly with ground-penetrating radar, revealing what they say is a body of liquid water about 12 miles wide beneath the body's surface. >> there's a possibility there's a big 12-mile lake on mars. >> yeah. >> he says with there's water, there could be life. >> are we talking about whales and dolphins here? it wou be thea news of

the century if we found a microbe. >> reporter: last month the same italian space agency that made this discovery released the first ever 3-d color video of mars' liquid surface. the italian scientists say the lake is so salty that the water is like sludge making the temperature where water freezes much lower than that of ordinary water. the search for life on mars is very much alive. behind me are the first three generations of mars rovers, the fourth generation is expected to be launched in two years. a key part of its mission, to find the chemical fingerprints of life. chip reid at the smithsonian national air & space museum in washington. coming up on "cbs this morning," in our series "a more perfect union," we'll introduce you to identical twin sisters running for office in michigan, and they're doing it with a i'-.

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our top stories this morning, one of the wildfires raging in california forced the evacuation of an entire mountain town east of los angeles. some 12,000 people. at least five homes have been destroyed and 600 others are threatened. meanwhile flood watches and warnings are posted from virginia to vermont. a stalled weather system continues to drench the region. and a group of conservative republican congressmen introduced articles of impeachment against deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. rosenstein overseas robert mueller's russia investigation. the lawmakers say that he has failed to produce information to house committees. house leaders have so far not

backed the effort. hackers have figured out another way to get your personal information. asielle ttingham reports, they trick victi ind over their passwor. >> reporter: it's the latest version of the phishing scam. criminals are sending out fake emails and texts the users, claiming there's been suspicious activity on their account and they need to reset their password. the infiltration is called a man in the middle attack. >> what we mean by a man in the middle attack is there's a person or computer that's intercepting everything you're typing. >> reporter: google's mark risher says that can give hackers all of your personal information. >> they're becoming more sophisticated and more targeted. >> repor, ter the infod access your account. >> it looks for all intents and

purposes like the google sign-in page. >> reporter: risher showed us google pages that look like the real thing. the only warning sign is the address ends in a tk. >> take a moment, take a breath and look more closely. >> reporter: google spotted these fake log-ins before they got to any users. >> google caught this. >> that's correct. google caught this. we're using this as an example. there are many attackers trying to do this type of attack. >> reporter: risher says it's important to never click on a link you have doubts about, a simple step to help keep your data safe. danielle nottingham, cbs news, mountain view, california. coming up first on "cbs this morning," the u.s. is de lpecou it comes to maternal safety and childbirth. ahead "usa today's" alison young shares what she learned in her

so many new mothers are ing and dying. plus a florida police officer helps a we'll show you how the officer stepped in to make it happen. and in our series, "a more perfect union," we'll introduce you to identical sisters running if office in michigan and they're doing it with a unique twist. that's the "cbs morning news" for this thursday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

later on. good morning, it is thursday, july 26th. i'm kenny choi. >> i'm michelle griego. 's hot, foggy, hot. r ag >> i don't have anything else to say. ha ha! >> just being truthful. we have heat advisories and it will last until tomorrow. as we saw we get a break by the end of the week. it is not looking likely now. the heat sticks around for a while. we'll look at the triple digits where you can expect to see triple digits coming up. >> towards the altamont pass to