little later for the morning news and cbs this morning. from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm elaine quijano. captioning funded by cbs it's monday, august 6th, 2018. this is the "cbs morning news." president trump is changing his tune about a meeting with a russian lawyer at trump tower just months before the election. how this twist could affect the mueller investigation. a deadly plane crash in southern california. witnesses watch in horror as it slams into a vehicle in the parking lot. >> and it just banked the turn and came straight down. and indonesia is being

rocked with aftershocks after a deadly earthquake strikes a popular tourist area. 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 acknowledged that a meeting at trump tower in 2016 in which his son met with a russian lawyer was about digging up dirt about hillary clinton. that contradicts his statement earlier. the meeting was a critical part of robert mueller's investigation. the president tweeted yesterday that the meeting was totally legal and that he knew nothing about it. laura podesta is here in new york. good morning, laura. >> good morning, anne-marie. president trump is spending the week vacationing at his new jersey golf club. before playing golf with senator lindsey graham yesterday, he fired off a number of tweets on the investigation and one in particular changes the story of

that highly scrutinized meeting his son had during the campaign. president trump now says a 2016 meeting top men -- members of his campaign had with a russian lawyer was to get information on a political opponent. the meeting at trump tower, which the president added he did not know about, has been a focus of robert mueller's investigation in the interference of the 2016 presidential election. >> the question is how would it be illegal. the real question here is would a meeting of that nature constitute a violation -- the meeting itself constitute a violation of the law. >> jay sekulow downplayed the meeting which has been evolved over time. he said the meeting was, quote, about the adoption of russian children. trump junior later released emails which showed he thought the russian lawyer had dirt on hillary clinton, to which he replied, i love it. >> i think there's plenty of

evidence of collusion or conspiracy in plain sight. >> democratic congressman adam schist says the president needs to separation the investigation from russia's efforts to hack election campaigns. >> the president can't distinguish between any allegations of conspiracy against his campaign and the broader problem of russia continuing to interfere in our elections. >> to other sunday tweets by the president, he called the investigation a witch hunt. in addition to donald trump, jared kushner and paul manafort also attended the 2016 anne-marie? >> laura podesta, thank you. five people who were killed when the plane crashed in santa ana, california, died yesterday. it crash as it was attempting to land. the pilot declared an emergency before the plane came down in a

parking lot and hit an unoccupied car. no one on the ground was injured. the faa, though, is investigating. and this morning rescue crews are trying to reach a sightseeing plane that crashed saturday in alaska. the plane crashed on a mountain ridge in denali national park. four passengers and the pie lot were onboard. the pilot phoned in and said there were injuries, but there's no word on how serious the injuries are. cloud cover cover is hampering rescue efforts. overseas now, a deadly earthquake in indonesia has caused massive damage. the 7.0 earthquake struck early yesterday morning. the popular tourist island of lombok was hard hit. it was the second strongest quake to hit the area in a week. more than a thousand tourists have been evacuated, and officials say buildings have been destroyed.

hundr hundreds are dead. the death toll is expected to rise. and at least 18 major wildfires are burning in california this morning. in total, eight people have been killed. the latest is a utility employee who was working near the carr fire in northern california. to the south, the two fires forming the mendocino complex have burned more than 400 square miles. it's one of the largest on record in the state and together they're 33% contained and have destroyed 68 homes. this past weekend new evacuation orders were issued. mireya villarreal reports. >> reporter: strong winds fueled the mends s the mendocino complex fire, now the fifth largest fire in state history with nearly 2,055 acres have burned. >> you get embers that land in a

particular area and they all start a fire and start a new head fire literally and runs at us. >> reporter: to the north, the so-called carr fire has continued to prove deadly. an employee became the seventh victim while working on restoration efforts near ledding. >> this has been a challenging and deadly fire season just in the month of july. four firefighters perished fighting the fires in california. many, many civilians and members of the public have been put at risk and a number of fatalities. >> reporter: president trump put forth federal funds to help with counties with the most damage. mireya villarreal, cbs news, los angeles. well, it was a violent weekend in chicago. in less than seven hours starting at around midnight saturday, at least 40 people were shot. four of them died. police say most of the gunfire was targeted and gang-related. the worst of it was on chicago's west side. 25 people were shot in separate attacks. police say people were targeted following a funeral, at a block party, and other gatherings. the youngest victim was an

11-year-old boy. and today the trump administration plans to reimpose sanctions against iran that were lifted under the 2015 accord. secretary of state mike pompeo calls the sanctions an important pillar in u.s. policy toward iran. in iran protesters took to the streets to demonstrate against the government. roxana saberi has our report. >> reporter: the protests appeared to be scattered and sporadic, but they share the same message. dissatisfaction with the economy and the country's leader. in this video posted online, demonstrators near tehran shouted, get lost. authorities are playing down the protests while stepping up the security. in this clip, a woman gives a play-by-play of what she prote heading them off.

they used tear gas, she said. she adds, this is how people here live. they don't even have a right to protest. the protests come as the iranians embrace for the return of u.s. sanctions on monday. those sanctions have been looming since may when president trump withdrew the u.s. from the nuclear deal with iran. tensions have already soared in recent months as the value has sank. the economy is so vulnerable to sanctions because it's poorly managed and corrupt. others blame president trump for breaking the nuclear agreement. this man says, the reality is he's a liar and we cannot trust his word. iran's supreme leader and president have not responldsed publicly to president trump's talks. on sunday they announced new plans to fight the u.s. sanctions. one is making goods and medicines available at lower prices. roxana saberi, cbs news, london.

well, investigators looking into the disappearance of iowa college student mollie tibbetts are being tight-lipped about her case. the reward has been increased to $260,000. tib boets was last seen on july 18th in the small town of brooklyn, iowa. her family believes she was abducted but still alive. paul manafort's right-hand man is expected to testify today at trial. manafort's long-time associate rick gates has been cooperating with robert mueller's investigation after accepting a plea deal. gates also served in a senior role on the trump campaign. on friday one of manafort's tax preparers admitted she helped disguise $900,000 in foreign income to reduce manafort's tax burden. and coming up on the "morning news," a discovery in the desert. police find nearly a dozen children living in squaller. and a hollywood action star takes a political role.

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here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. the executive producer of cbs's "60 minutes" will not be returning to work today from a scheduled vacation amid an investigation into alleged sexual misconduct. in a statement yesterday, cbs news said that having heard the investigation will be wrapping up soon, jeff has decided to stay on vacation. a lawyer for fager says it was fager's decision and 100% voluntary. an outside law firm is expected to end its investigation this month in claims made in a kwtd new yorker" magazine. employees say fager allowed harassment and would touch employees in ways that would make them uncomfortable at company doings.

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our top stories this morning, president trump changed his story regarding a 2016 meeting at trump tower that is the focal point of robert mueller's investigation. now the president says that his son met with the russian lawyer to get dirt on hillary clinton. the president tweeted the meeting was totally legal and he didn't know anything about it. but 13 months ago, a statement dictated by mr. trump said the meeting was about adoption and russian children. and new evacuations were ordered over the weekend for the mendocino complex fire. they're some of the largest of 18 major wildfires burning in california. collectively they burned nearly 400 square miles and destroyed at least 68 homes. a florida sheriff has

released a body cam video showing a deadly shooting. meg oliver reports. >> reporter: deputy branson watson responded alone to a tense domestic violence matter in florida. the 29-year-old tells watson thpp b higgs she shouted that alquisiras hit her, motioning to her arm. he grabs her. the deputy tases him in the back. police say al ka sears would not put his hands behind his back. after being told multiple times to stop he kept reaching for the deputy's taser. the body camera appears to show

alquisiras becoming combative and not complying with the officer. >> i don't care if you shoot me. if you shoot me, it's the last thing you're going to do. call your amigos. call your amigos. >> chill out, buddy. >> reporter: watson pleads with the children to go inside. >> go inside, go inside. >> reporter: as the situation goes out of control, watson tases him again before firing his gun. >> if he loses his firearm, he's dead and everybody else is dead, and we trained if you lose your taser, you have to transition to your firearm. >> the sheriff also tweeted that deputy watson did everything he could to try and convince this man to stop fighting. watson joined the force in 2015. he was placed on administrative leave as the florida department of law enforcement investigates the shooting.

meg oliver, cbs news, new york. well, coming up on "cbs this morning," she's the face of numerous global ad campaigns but didn't know it. one woman's story about how her identity was stolen, misused, and distorted. and in our series, "coming home," jan crawford talks with military families about what they go through when a loved one serves abroad. that's the "cbs morning news" for this monday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

i'm kenny choi. it is a busy monday morning. a freeway shooting on the bay bridge, we have a live report coming up in a few minutes to give you and update. it is monday, august 6th.

good morning, i'm kenny choi. we have breaking overnight news. all eastbound lanes of the bay bridge were blocked, just one lane opening up a few minutes ago after a deadly shooting this morning. >> police say one person was shot in the head and another was shot in the shoulder. we have a reporter heading to the scene and we'll update you as we learn more. rough start to the monday morning commute. all lanes were shut down and traffic was starting to back up. this is a live look at the sterling onramp to the lower deck of the bay bridge. they just opened one lane but you're in for delays there. no word as to when they will open up the rest of the lanes on the bay bridge. you can get across looks like now. if you would like to avoid the

whole situation, we