captioning funded by cbs it's friday, july 27th, 2018. this is the "cbs morning news." wall of flames. a wall of fire in northern california triples in size overanother and takes a deadly turn. >> this fire's like literally right here. it's like coming at us. north korea hands over what may be the remains of americans who fought in the korean war. and what did then presidential candidate donald

trump knowing a meeting with russians before the formelectio? his former lawyer is speaking out. good morning from the studio 57 cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. this morning in northern california firefighters are fighting a deadly fast-moving erratic fire that expanded overnight. >> oh, my god. everybody's panicking and trying to leave. a bulldozer operator has been killed and three firefighters injured battling the so-called carr fire. the fire tore through two communities and then jumped the sacramento river, reaching the city of reading. new evacuation orders have been issued. at least 15 buildings are destroyed including a historic schoolhouse and five others damaged. a fire spokesman said the blaze is taking down everything in its

path. fueled by skosh. ing temperatures and strong winds, the fire has tripled in size overnight. more than 28,000 acres have burned. on the phone with me now is dave grashoff. he's photographer for wkovr. give me an idea of what conditions are light right now. >> good morning, anne-marie. i'm right here in the middle of it. i used to live here. they're trying to save homes. right in front of us, a house right now, they're putting a lot of water on this house. i can tell you the majority of this house is burnt. a house across the street is on fire. somebody left the sprinklers on, they left sprinklers on the roof. that house right now is okay. like you were talking about earlier, you mentioned the word erratic. that's exactly what's taking place.

there are spot fires. you'll see a couple of homes burning, no houses burning and all of a sudden you see more houses burning. i've seen a couple of houses completely burned to the ground. i'm standing back 50 yards right now. there's a tremendous amount of trush -- brush, pine trees. i see telephone poles and pine trees burning as firefighters continue to battle this blaze. >> you mention you lived in this neighborhood the '70s. i know you grew up in the area. have you been able to talk to any friends or family members? it sounds like people did not have a lot of time to get out of their house. >> anne-marie, this actually started back on monday. it was a flat tire from a car, a blowout, that got into dry grass. that's what started it about five miles west of he in l townalled whiskey town, whiskey town lake. like i mentioned, it degree to

25,000 acres. my parents actually live here. my sister, my brothers. my parents had to evacuate. they live about a mile from where i am right now. they had to evacuate. my brother lives closer toward whiskey town lake. he had to evacuate at this point. they don't know if their houses are still standing. they're with my sister. my sister lives a distance away, so they're safe. that's good news. but unfortunately i'm seeing a lot of burnt houses right now. >> that's sad. i really appreciate you talking with us this morning. david, stay safe with your reporting, all right? >> thank you, anne-marie. >> that was dave grashoff reporting for us. governor jerry brown declared a state of emergency. hundreds of miles to the south the cranston fire continues to threaten the town of idyllwild and several communities. i's the largest of five fires police believe were deliberately set.

it's burned over 25,000 acres. and it was 65 years ago today that the korean war ended. and earlier this morning a plane went to pick up what appear to be the remains of our u.s. soldiers killed in action. many are still missing, most believed to be in the north. laura podesta is here in new york. good morning, laura. >> good morning, anne-marie. many never received any closure on the whereabouts of their loved ones' remains, and this also marks the fulfillment of a promise from the singapore summit. president trump said kim jong-un would return the remains, and now it's happening. one by one, boxes wrapped in

united nations flags off plane from south korea. in it, men killed in the korean war. it's a promise kim jong-un made to president during their singapore summit last month. >> i asked for it today and they got it. that was a very last-minute. the remains will be coming back. >> a formal repatriation ceremony is set to be held on wednesday, and then remains will be sent to pearl harbor for a forensic test to identify them. today narcs the anniversary mar end of the korean war. rick downes was 3 years old when his father hal went off to war. hiss bomber went down over north korea. he's been missing ever since. >> i call it the wound that never heals. usually you end up getting used to having it. >> he's cautiously optimistic his father will one day be returned. >> you have to really watch your heart here because this all

could just fizzle. this could be nothing. it could be everything. too the remains could be about 200 that north korea has, but about 7,700 u.s. soldiers are still listed as missing. these are the first remains given to the u.s. in 2007 when six sets were returned. the north koreans have expressed a willingness to resume joint search mentions with the u.s. to help find more. those missions had stopped in 2005 because of north korea's nuclear program. anne-marie? >> laura podesta here in new york. thank you so much, laura. president trump's long-time attorney michael cohen said then candidate trump knew about a trump tower meeting with russians in june of 2016. it was at this meeting that russians offered to provide damaging information about hillary clinton. the president has denied knowing in advance about the meeting with the russian lawyer who has ties to the kremlin.

donald trump jr., the president's son-in-law jared kushner, and campaign manager paul manafort took part. last night trump's personal lawyer rudy giuliani said cohen can't be believed. >> the tapes that we have demonstrate any number of serious lies by him back a year and a half ago including his fooling people, hiding tape recordings, telling them they weren't recorded, lying to their face, breaking faith with them, taping his client, which is a disbarable offenffensoffense. i don't see how he has any credibility. >> "the new york times" reports robert mueller is reviewing the president's tweets to see if he obstructed justice. president trump pushed back against critics who say his trade policies hurt american workers. he visited a reopened steel mill in illinois yesterday that he says was aided by his tariffs on imported steel and aluminum.

>> we are once again pouring new american steel into the spine of our country. >> well, earlier in iowa, the president talked to farmers who had been hurt by his protectionist policies. he said that his new accord with the european union represents a new market and opportunity for them to sell their products. >> the trump administration said more than 1,800 immigrant children had been reunited with families before a court ordered deadline, but hundreds who were separated at the border are still waiting to be returned to their parents. mireya villarreal reports. >> reporter: after crossing the border near el paso back in may, romelo victoria isau louisiana a has been h son

geromim geromimo after being separated for two months. >> he says, i'm so happy because i have her close. now they'll wait to see if they're granted asylum or sent back to honduras. geramimo is one of more than 1,800 reunited, but there are still 700 separated. 463 of them have parents who may have already been deported. >> it's not clear how they're defining eligible and ineligible. >> i'm worried that we have 460 parents deported. there's a high likelihood they won't see their children again. >> there's a lot of concern that that standard is being inconsistently applied. our parents are arbitrarily being denied access to their children. >> so for the hundreds of ineligible children, these shelters will continue to be their home while the government figures out its next move.

mireya villarreal, cbs news, albuquerque, new mexico. coming up on the "morning news," wrong match. and apology reboot. roseanne barr's first tv interview since being fired over a controversial tweet. this is the "cbs morning news." interview since being fired over a controversial tweet. this is the "cbs morning news." , but my pain is real. fibromyalgia is thought to be caused by overactive nerves. lyrica is believed to calm these nerves. i'm glad my doctor prescribed lyrica. for some, lyrica delivers effective relief from fibromyalgia pain, and improves function. lyrica may cause serious allergic reactions, suicidal thoughts or actions. tell your doctor right away if you have these, new or worse depression, unusual changes in mood or behavior, swelling, trouble breathing, rash, hives, blisters, muscle pain with fever, tired feeling, or blurry vision. common side effects: dizziness, sleepiness, weight gain, swelling of hands, legs and feet. don't drink alcohol while taking lyrica. don't drive or use machinery until you know how lyrica affects you.

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on the "cbs moneywatch" amazon profits sore and a doughnut maker celebrates a birthday with discount doughnuts. diane king hall is at the new york stock exchange with that and more. good morning, diane. >> good morning, anne-marie. let's start with this. a roughly 19% plunge in shares of facebook pushed the nasdaq back. there was another round of strong company earnings. in the end, the dow rallied nearly 113 points, the s&p 500 lost 8 points, the nasdaq slumped 80 points. after the bell, amazon released its quarterly report card. the profits topped $2 billion for the first time. business and dvertising continues to grow. revenue soared 39%, but that

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kim jong-un said he would do when he met with trump in june. the remains will be transferred to hawaii for testing. beginning august 1st, americans will be able to download instructions for making guns on a 3-d computer. the firearms will be all plastic and untraceable. this follows a long legal battle between a texas gun designer and the state department. nikki battiste has details. >> reporter: this is the liberator, a 3-d printed gun. it's the design of 30-year-old cody wilson following defense distributed, a pro-gun group. >> anywhere there's a computer, there's a weapon. >> reporter: the plastic weapon is made with a 3-d printer, internet connection, and this free online guide. this one only fires once. wilson's 3-d blueprints include ar-15s. the state department demanded wilson take down his blueprint three years ago.

he complied, but fired back citing free speech rights. after a legal battle a settlement was recently reached. starting next wednesday the state department will allow him to start posting his 3-d gun blueprints on his website. >> what i'm opposed to is technology unchecked. >> reporter: david chipman is concerned because they're unregulated and untraceable. >> we're basically handing the keys to the store to terrorists and armed criminals. >> reporter: mike crumling say argues. >> the printing process is not dangerous. the testing part would be the most dangerous part about it. >> reporter: crumling says it would take four hours to print one.

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ordered as a fire ro rd redding -- destroying dozens of homes and killing at least one person... the national guard was called in people raced to get mass evacuations ordered as a fire roars toward redding destroying dozens of home and

killing at least one person. the national guard called in. good morning. i'm kenny choi. >> i'm michelle griego. the carr fire in shasta county is heading toward heavily populated areas in west redding after jumping the sacramento river. new evacuation orders were issued for all of shasta county city and summit city and the fire has turned deadly. a bulldozer operator was killed on the front lines. three firefighters were also hurt. high winds are causing the fire to tear down everything in its path. check out this stream video redding's tv station krcr. they have been forced to evacuate their building and are looking for a new location and way to get information to residents who still may be in the fire's path. they are in the center of redding near the sacramento river and the sundial bridge. we have a clip of the station signing off. >> we have