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essentially the seat of government in the uk. and earlier this morning, a car rammed into the outer perimeter of westminster, of the houses of parliament. the driver of that car, as we know, has been arrested, and the other occupant in the car. at this stage, police are not calling it a terrorist incident, although it does bear all the hallmarks of a car ramming

incident as well, but accidents also happen. so, at this stage, police have not releasing that information. they say they will give updates. all the roads around this area, as you can see, have been cordoned off. police have blocked them. pedestrians and traffic are not being allowed through those cordons. and at this stage, police are monitoring the situation. they say that a number of pedestrians have been injured, but none of them are in a life-threatening condition at this stage. >> debora patta in london, thank you so much. back here in the u.s., the potential for more flood-producing rain exists in the northeast today, and the very wet and dangerous weather is expected to last through tomorrow. that's bad news for folks in central and eastern pennsylvania, where flash floods have forced evacuations, closed roads, and swamped entire towns. flash flood warnings and watches are posted for northern pennsylvania and southern new york.

john schiumo is here in new york. good morning. >> good morning to you. those warnings and watches affect millions of americans, many of whom are already dealing with extensive damage from yesterday's storms. rescue crews worked throughout the day monday after powerful storms flooded a handful of towns in central pennsylvania. >> i mean, we're just a little town, but we need help. the water's up to my chest. i evaced my mom, someone in a wheelchair. >> reporter: this tow truck driver was stranded in a rising creek and was rescued by tucker fisher, who used his own truck to get the motorist. >> the truck started to go a little bit, but picked up speed and i was happy i was able to help. >> reporter: the water so powerful in some towns, it moved entire campers downstream. sheds and cars were tossed across neighborhoods and homes were too damaged for their own owners to stay the night. >> and now it's destroyed. >> reporter: in southeast pennsylvania, a rescue team

pulled a 13-year-old boy from a river where he was stranded on a pile of branches. >> oh, my god! >> reporter: ongoing rain and flooding has plagued neighboring new jersey since the weekend. residents there are trying to stay positive as they do what they can to clean up. >> you know, we'll rebuild better than ever, because that's what we are. we're new jersey people. >> reporter: local officials are asking for federal aid to help recover. officials in several counties have already declared a state of emergency. and as you mentioned, more storms are forecasted for today. they will talk to her.

fake news." major garrett has more. >> reporter: in her new book, former white house aide omarosa manigault newman reveals she recorded white house conversations, including this one with president trump in december. >> omarosa, omarosa, what's going on? i just saw on the news that you're thinking about leaving? what happened? >> general kelly came to me and said that you guys wanted me to leave. >> no. nobody even told me about it. >> wow. >> they run a big operation, but i didn't know it. i didn't know that. god damn it! i don't love you leaving at all. >> reporter: over the weekend, omarosa also released a tape of a meeting in the situation room where chief of staff john kelly fired her. >> it's come to my attention over the last few months that there's been some pretty, in my opinion, significant integrity issues. >> reporter: in her white house communications job, omarosa had

direct access to the president, owing to a friendship forged with mr. trump on his hit tv show "the apprentice." >> you know i've always been a big omarosa fan, but omarosa, you're fired. >> reporter: on saturday, the president cast aside his former protege. >> low life. she's a low life. >> reporter: and continued on twitter, calling omarosa wacky and vicious, but not smart. but this is what he said in mid-december, just after omarosa left the white house. >> i like omarosa. omarosa's a good person. >> reporter: in her book, "unhinged," published by a division of cbs, omarosa claims mr. trump is a habitual liar, unfit for office, and racist, but that last claim contradicts what she said shortly after being fired. >> do you think this president is racist? >> absolutely not. i would never sit nor work for someone who i believed to be a racist. >> reporter: during their taped conversation, chief of staff kelly said there were, quote,

some serious legal issues that have been violated, unquote. whatever those were, omarosa could face other legal action for secretly recording white house conversations. major garrett, cbs news, the white house. ahead on "cbs this morning," omarosa manigault newman joins us in the studio to talk about her time at the white house and her thoughts on the president. well, the lawyer for longtime fbi agent peter strzok said he lost his job because of political pressure and for political speech protected by the first amendment. strzok's anti-trump text messages to a colleague forced his removal from the russia investigation. paula reid has more. >> reporter: peter strzok was fired more than a year after he was removed as a top investigator on the russia probe for sending text messages disparaging of then-candidate donald trump. strzok's attorney says he was dismissed on friday, even though the fbi's office of professional responsibility had recommended a

demotion and a 60-day suspension. strzok has denied that his text messages, including one that said, "we'll stop it" about mr. trump's election as president, influenced the russia investigation. >> not once in my 26 years of defending our nation did my personal opinions impact any official action i took. >> reporter: a department of justice inspector general's report released in june backed up that claim, but also said the texts were evidence of a biased state of mind. the president reacted to strzok's firing by tweeting, "finally." strzok himself set up a twitter account, writing he was deeply saddened by this decision. >> i am specifically directing you to answer the question in response -- >> reporter: strzok was the subject of a contentious hearing last month as republicans questioned his impartiality. >> i don't appreciate what was originally said being changed. i don't give a damn what you appreciate, agent strzok. >> reporter: paula reid, cbs news, washington. well, the jury in paul

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health problems recently, and her last known performance was in november. five people at a new mexico compound are cleared for release and an investigation into a jet crash. those are some of the headlines on "the morning newsstand." "the salt lake tribune" reports on the death of a pilot who police say flew his small plane into his home. police say duane youd was an experienced pilot. youd's wife and her son were home during the crash but escaped uninjured. hours before the crash, youd was arrested for a suspected assault on his wife. his son said youd gave no indication he planned to hurt anyone. "the seattle times" looks at a security challenge at sea-tac airport after an airline worker stole and crashed a passenger jet. about 13,600 people have access to aircraft at the airport. sea-tac added extra security measures after richard russell stole a plane friday, performed aerial maneuvers and eventually crashed it on a remote island. the airport added more police

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huawei technologies. u.s. intelligence agencies say they are security risks, but the controls that passed congress are weaker than in earlier versions, which concerns lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. the decline of the turkish national currency sent financial shares lower and pushed the dollar higher. that hurts big u.s. exporters. so, in the end, stocks lost ground on wall street. the dow fell 125 points. the s&p 500 lost 11. and the nasdaq dropped 19 points. and lawmakers say they want to increase oversight of data collection practices of tech companies following a report that google continues to collect user location data, even when users say stop. an "associated press" report found even if users turn off location history, some google apps like maps automatically store timestamped location data without asking. google says it's been clear about how its apps work and how to turn them off. anne-marie? >> man, oh, man, big brother is always watching.

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here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. theirs was a wedding that almost didn't happen. when the groom said he took the bride in sickness and in health, some of the guests and the couple giggled, because they overcame a very serious health issue. here's tony dokoupil with the love story. [ laughter ] >> reporter: it sure seems like it was love at first sight for amanda flores and frank bordoy.

>> she was hot. i'm not going to lie. i was likeah uld talko her. >> immediately, i said, i want that! [ laughter ] >> reporter: they met in a restaurant in alexandria, virginia, in 2013, and by the following christmas, they were living together. >> we were happy, finding our flow, and then i got a cold. >> reporter: it wasn't a cold. she ended up in a coma for two months fighting septic shock tied to an infection. when she woke up, the doctors told her the news. >> that in order to save your life, we had to amputate your hands and your legs. i said, okay, i'm going back to sleep. i'm not dealing with that right now. like, i don't even know how to wrap my head around that. >> reporter: did you fear or worry that frank maybe didn't sign up for all that? >> yeah, definitely. oddly, i tried to push him away. i tried to get him to leave. >> reporter: instead, fr proped, and an on one condition --

>> hi. g! great. >> reporter: she wanted to walk down the aisle. quadruple amputees are rare, and amanda is one of only a small number of women in the world to have lost all four limbs. >> the likelihood of me truly walking independently again was pretty slim because very few people have what it takes. >> reporter: but this past saturday, amanda was ready. what was the best part of the wedding? >> not tripping on the way down the aisle! i told you, i'm pretty stubborn, so i was like, oh, let me have a floor-length gown. >> reporter: she and frank took the vows they had long been living, including the one about in sickness and in health. >> i will. >> you better. >> reporter: and of course, amanda being amanda, she also wanted to dance. ♪ 'cause i give you all of me turns out you don't need legs to stand if you've got the heart.

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a racial slur. omarosa also admits taping conversations during her tenure in the white house.hee pr t smar defense bill named after arizona senator and former prisoner of war john mccain, but he did not mention mccain's name during the ceremony. the bill comes with a pay raise for the military, and it pays for a show of force military parade. mola lenghi reports from ft. drum. >> reporter: the ft. drum army base greeted president trump with a military exercise, then supplied the backdrop for signing a new defense bill into law. named after arizona senator john mccain, the bill provides $716 billion for the military. it increases salaries by 2.5%, and it authorizes a parade the president is planning for the fall. $22 billion goes for nuclear weapons programs, and $69 billion for u.s. war efforts. >> after years of devastating

cuts, we're now rebuilding our military like we never have before. >> reporter: president trump has made military spending a top priority, and he's had plenty of support in congress. the defense bill was approved with overwhelming bipartisan support. the measure is named for one of the president's toughest critics, senator mccain, who voted no to repealing obamacare last year. and president trump has questioned mccain's legacy as a war hero. >> he's a war hero because he was captured. i like people that weren't captured, okay? >> reporter: that conflict didn't get in the way of the defense legislation, with the president's signature. it's the first time in more than two decades a defense bill became law this quickly. mola lenghi, cbs news, ft. drum, new york. well, coming up first on "cbs this morning," reebok is launching a sustainable sneaker made from natural ingredients. demarco morgan got an inside look at the product and how it's made. plus, in our "my vote"

series, alex wagner sits down with millennial women from pennsylvania as they open up about what matters to them most. and only on "cbs this morning," bon appetit reveals holistf the best new restaurants in america. that's the "cbs morning news" for this tuesday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day.

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outside, some fog out there. i saw some out there this morning. >> welcome back. >> we're back to cloudy and cool. it will be foggy in spots but we have cooler weather. even inland communities will feel the temperatures dropping. so the heat is a thing of the past, at least for the next few days. we have that to look forward to. around the coastline you could need a jacket with the onshore breeze. that will extend through many inland spots. temperatures are dropping to normal conditions for a change. doesn't look like t th90s anher