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could ensnare his client in a perjury trap if the president agreed to be interviewed, adding this stunning claim. >> no, it isn't truth. truth isn't truth. >> reporter: today giuliani said his comment was not meant as a pontification on moral theology but he referred to the classic he said/she said puzzle. >> weijia, back to the reuters interview the president did

here. he said he could run the mueller investigation if he wanted to. what else did he say in the interview? >> president trump insisted he's staying out of it all, even though every day he fires off tweets either discrediting the attorney general or the special counsel. but he does believe, if he wanted to, he could take over the entire investigation into himself. he also says he doesn't know if he'll do that interview because there are so many different accounts of what happened that he believes even if he told the truth, he'd be called a liar. jeff? >> weijia, thank you. in a surprising turn of events, italian actress asia argento was accused of sexually assaulting a actor. she's been one of the most prominent leaders of the me too movement. jericka duncan has more on this. >> in 1997, i was raped by harvey weinstein here at cannes. i was 21 years old.

>> reporter: that memorable speech at the cannes film festival in may of this year put asia argento front and center of the me too movement. back in october, argento was one of the first women to accuse harvey weinstein of sexually assaults her. >> there are those who still have to be held accountable. you know who you are. and we're not going to allow you to get away with it any longer. >> reporter: according to "the new york times," 22-year-old actor jimmy bennett is now accusing argento of sexually assaulting him while in california in 2013. he was 17. argento was 37. the age of consent in that state is 18. bennett played argento's son in the 2004 film "the heart is deceitful." they developed a close relationship where he viewed argento as a mother-like figure according to documents obtained by "the new york times." in 2013, bennett says argento sexually assaulted him in a

hotel room. in november of last year, just one month after argento made the accusations against harvey weinstein, bennett threatened to sue the italian actress over his allegations. five months later, argento allegedly arranged to pay bennett $380,000. jodi kantor has been covering weinstein for "the new york times" and is a cbs news contributor. >> she did not comment on "the new york times" story, and so i think people today felt very much like -- you were so vocal, such a proponent of me too. how do you address this seeming contradiction. >> the degree of hypocrisy that this development demonstrates is beyond stunning. >> reporter: ben brafman is harvey weinstein's attorney. weinstein denies assaulting argento. do you think this calls into the question the validity of what asia argento said happened to her? >> my guess is no law

enforcement agency and no legitimate media outlet will ever again take her seriously. >> reporter: we reached out to argento's attorney and have not heard back. the x-factor show in italy is considering dropping argento from that show. they say, if they can confirm "the new york times" report and weinstein accuser and actor rose mcgown tweeted that she was heartbroken over the story about argento. jeff? >> jericka duncan with the latest interview with weinstein's attorney, thanks. coming up next, a private resort is the scene of a rare and deadly alligator attack in south carolina. so you just walk around telling people geico

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dog inside the sea pines rezorts. when they got to this lagoon, authorities say a 9-foot alligator came out and lunged for the dog. cline tried to protect her pet and that's when the alligator attacked her instead. witnesses say the alligator dragged cline under water. her body found in the lagoon. her dog was unharmed. >> typically, they don't come up on land to go after their prey because an alligator is going to stay in the water where he's comfortable at. >> reporter: alligator attacks are rare but in south carolina, this is the second fatal attack in the last two years. in 2016, a 90-year-old woman who wandered away from a sharcharle assisted living facility was found dead in a pond with alligator bites. since 1976, 20 people across the state have survived alligator attacks. in a statement to cbs news, cline's sister said, my sister was a very special and beautiful person. we are all heartbroken and not sure how to get through this. neighbors here say that this

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we end with a tip of the helmet to the men and women risking their lives to tame the western wildfires. john blackstone tells us many firefighters are going well beyond the call of duty. >> reporter: in california, firefighters working long hours in dangerous conditions have

often done more than put out the flames. they not only saved jeff grant's home, one firefighter took time to save his garden from the carr fire. >> this note was in the front door saying i've watered your flowers and garden a couple of days. hope they make it. firefighter ray b. >> i realize this garden was still intact and still salvageable. >> reporter: that firefighter is ray barber. >> that morning i watered it and returned that evening and then again the next day. >> he didn't have to do that. he took it into his heart to help us out. >> reporter: even as they work fo the point of exhaustion, social media posts show firefighters' small acts of kindness. food and water for stranded house pets and farm animals. engine company 1489 left a note saying they fed the fish. after he evacuated, cameras on frank grasso's home in riverside county showed flames melting the fence and heading toward the house. then a firefighter showed up. >> all of a sudden, i get a

noteification someone is at my front door from my video doorbell. >> your house is safe. >> i really preerkappreciate th. thank you so much. >> are you guys doing okay wherever you're at? >> yeah, we're at my aunt's house in irvine. we're okay. >> i told him thank you. we love you. we love you guys, man. >> we love you guys, man. stay safe. >> that's what we all do. all the firefighters. that's what we do. we take pride in what we do and i think that we all think the same. >> reporter: only occasionally do residents get a chance to meet the firefighters who did so much for them. but among the ashes, signs of appreciation always go up for a job well done. john blackstone, cbs news, shasta, california. >> that is the overnight news for this tuesday. for some of you, thes. for others, check back later for the morning news and "cbs this morning." from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm jeff glor.

♪ this is the "cbs overnight news." >> hi, everyone and welcome to the cbs overnight news. i'm demarco morgan. the vatican is speaking out on the child sex abuse scandal that's tarnished the catholic church. pope francis condemned what he called the atrocities of pedophile priests. as for the victims, the pope said, quote, we abandoned them. jan crawford has the story. >> reporter: the letter was unprecedented and blunt. we showed no care for the little ones, the pope wrote. we abandoned them. nearly a week after the release of a sweeping pennsylvania grand jury investigation, the pope condemned the atrocities suffered by at least 1,000 minors at the hands of more than

300 clergy members over 70 years. but the pope stopped short of offering concrete steps to remove abusive priests or sanction those who took part in coverups. cardinal donald wuerl, archbishop of washington, d.c., was accused in the report of shielding predator priests. as bishop of pittsburgh for 18 years, he oversaw 32 of the 99 accused. cardinal wuerl spoke with cbs news' nikki battiste the night before the report's release. >> during my tenure, we acted very responsibly. we responded very appropriately with, many times, removal from ministry totally and completely. >> reporter: pushing up a meeting originally scheduled for next week, wuerl met privately today with priests in the archdiocese advisory group and canceled his attendance at a catholic conference next week in dublin where the pope is expected to appear.

over the years, the u.s. catholic church has paid over $3 billion in response to abuse allegations. some are calling on all catholics to stop donating, at least until cardinal wuerl steps down. about 17 million american catholic households donate an average of $10 each week, totaling about $9 billion every year. >> as a parishioner, it's your right to ask, where is my donation going? you have that right to ask that. and you should. >> reporter: now cardinal wuerl did not celebrate sunday mass here yesterday. and his spokesman told cbs news he wasn't attending the speech in dublin next week because he was worried it would be a distraction. his office told cbs he has no plans to resign or step down. one of the loudest voices in the me too movement, asia argento is not talking now after reports she allegedly sexually assaulted an underage actor and then paid him to keep quiet.

jericka duncan has the story. >> reporter: in 1997, i was raped by harvey weinstein here at cannes. i was 21 years old. >> reporter: that memorable speech at the cannes film festival in may of this year put asia argento front and center of the me too movement. back in october, argento was one of the first women to accuse harvey weinstein of sexually assaulting her. >> there are those who still have to be held accountable. you know who you are. and we're not going to allow you to get away with it any longer. >> reporter: according to "the new york times," 22-year-old actor jimmy bennett is now accusing argento of sexually assaulting him while in california in 2013. he was 17. argento was 37. the age of consent in that state is 18. bennett played argento's son in the 2004 film "the heart is deceitful." they developed a close relationship where he viewed argento as a mother-like figure

according to documents obtained by "the new york times." in 2013, bennett says argento sexually assaulted him in a hotel room. in november of last year, just one month after argento made the accusations against harvey weinstein, bennett threatened to sue the italian actress over his allegations. five months later, argento allegedly arranged to pay bennett $380,000. jodi kantor has been covering weinstein for "the new york times" and is a cbs news contributor. >> she did not comment on "the new york times" story, and so i think people today felt very much like -- you were so vocal, such a proponent of me too. how do you address this seeming contradiction? >> the degree of hypocrisy that this development demonstrates is beyond stunning. >> reporter: ben brafman is harvey weinstein's attorney. weinstein denies assaulting argento. do you think these allegations

call into question the validity of what asia argento said happened to her? >> my guess is no law enforcement agency and no legitimate media outlet will ever again take her seriously. president trump's threats to revoke the security clearances of those who criticize him continues to spark outrage. nearly 200 former pentagon and state department officials have joined the cho criticism. weijia jiang has this story. >> why did you speak so long to the special counsel? >> reporter: today white house counsel don mcgahn dodged questions about his role as a witness in the russia investigation. since may 2017, mcgahn has met with robert mueller's team for 30 hours in three separate interviews that included questions about the firing of former fbi director james comey and the president's failed attempts to get rid of mueller. >> we need new laws. >> reporter: president trump did not address the new revelation

during a white house event, but on twitter insisted he approved mcgahn's testimony with disgraced and discredited bob mueller and his whole group of angry democrat thugs for purposes of transparency. the president has ramped up his twitter attacks on the special counsel mentioning mueller by name more in august than any other month. >> i'm not going to be rushed into having him testify. >> reporter: yesterday, mr. trump's personal attorney rudy giuliani said he fears mueller could ensnare his client in a perjury trap if the president agreed to be interviewed, adding this stunning claim. >> no, it isn't truth. truth isn't truth. >> reporter: today giuliani said his comment was not meant as a pontification on moral theology but referred to the classic he said/she said puzzle. alligators are not strangers to hilton head, north carolina. they'll slip in and out of pools and go about their business. when an 8-foot gator went after

a dog, the owner jumped in with tragic results. mark strassmann reports. >> reporter: the fatal attack happened when cassandra cline went for a morning walk with her dog inside the sea pines resort. when they got to this lagoon, authorities say a 9-foot alligator came out and lunged for the dog. cline tried to protect her pet, and that's when the alligator attacked her instead. witnesses say the alligator dragged cline under water. her body was found in the lagoon. her dog was unharmed. >> typically, they don't come up on land to go after their prey because an alligator is going to stay in the water where he's comfortable at. >> reporter: alligator attacks are rare, but in south carolina, this is the second fatal attack in the last two years. in 2016, a 90-year-old woman who wandered away from a charleston assisted living facility was found dead in a pond with alligator bites. since 1976, 20 people across the state have survived alligator attacks. in a statement to cbs news,

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this is the "cbs overnight news." >> there's a remarkable tale of survival behind the firelines in montana. justin billson and his father charlie were camping in glacier national park when a lightning strike touched off a wildfire. and were told there was no reason to leave. then the flames exploded. >> i think we can drive through this. >> what? >> [ bleep ]. >> surrounded by towering flames, justin and his father frantically tried to escape. >> dad, this is insane. >> i know. we don't want to get trapped in here. can hear the pan niic in justin's voice as he navigates

the car. >> you can't see. just go easy. >> the car is heating up. it's going to explode. >> jesus, god, help us. >> see the flames that big and for that far was absolutely terrifying. it was like -- it was unearthly. it was like driving into hell. >> reporter: he feared for his life as the dark smoke made seeing the road nearly impossible. a fallen tree blocked their one way out. >> you're doing good. >> we can't get out. >> once we got to that downed tree, you know, my heart just dropped and that's when i thought we were dead. i thought there was no way we could back up through what we just went through. >> reporter: he put the car in reverse going back to their campsite where they flagged down a boat. the car was destroyed in the fire. >> i just know we were lucky. it wasn't our time to go. maybe there's some higher power that has a purpose for me and my dad here. >> amazingly, they were not hurt but the howe ridge fire

continues to burn out of control. and it's expected to rage into september. in new york, the tappan zee bridge had been falling apart for decades. now the old bridge is taking on a new life as an artificial reef. don dahler has the story from fire island. >> reporter: there's a 744-acre reef two miles offshore and about 60 to 70 feet of water. the state of new york is dumping man-made materials on that reef but they say it's not pollution. it's a housing project for undersea residents. along new york's iconic long island coast, not far from its shores, the state is dumping a reusable resource into its waters. >> what got you into this? >> my dad was a commercial fisherman. >> reporter: carl has been 1/2 ghai -- navigating these waters nearly all his life. as a marine scientist, he's helping protect them. >> this really isn't pollution. it's beneficial not only to the

fish but to the ocean as well? >> yeah, putting material like material from the tappan zee bridge innocent pollution. it's creating habitat that's valued by a lot of different fish species. >> this project is the largest infrastructure project going on in the nation. >> reporter: new york governor andrew cuomo is behind the new $4 billion tappan zee bridge project which is still under construction. and lurking just behind that is what's left of the old bridge. >> is there a bridge heaven? well, there is a bridge heaven. bridge heaven is you spend all your life above the water serving people and then you go to bridge heaven, which is you go below the water. >> reporter: more than 11,000 tons of recycled steel and concrete will be used to expand the state's artificial reef program. 33 barges are hauling the material from the bridge's old foot print down the hudson river to the long island coastline. it's the largest renovation in

new york history. additional square footage for marine life that call the reefs home. how is this not just a clever way of saving money by dumping this material in the ocean? >> artificial reefs are used all across the country, all across the world. it promotes the fishery. it promotes the koerecosystem. it promotes recreation. they become diving sites, et cetera. >> so there's nothing detrimental in the materials to the environment? >> no, the materials are all cleaned. and what they provide is an ecosystem underneath. >> reporter: do you think this was a good use for an old bridge? >> i do. a lot of us had thought when we first heard the bridge was going to be replaced that this -- wouldn't it be great if this is what they did with the material. and really incredibly rapidly it was mobilized. >> they expect divers to visit that reef once it fills up with fish. we'll have to see about that. right now scuba enthusiasts

are being drawn to the great lakes which apparently is full of shipwrecks. lee cowan has the story. >> reporter: it's an inhospitable place. some 400 feet under water in the near freezing, inky blackness. but for divers, john skoals and john jansen, tales of sunken shipwrecks make the risk worth it. wrecks like the "ss senator," a steel freighter that plummeted to the bot otom of lake michiga after a collision in 1929. she took with her almost half her crew and her cargo of more than 200 nash automobiles that never made it to the showroom floor. >> i really don't feel the emotion at the time because i'm more focused on doing the dive and my equipment. it's not until after i get out of the water, that's when i reflect on what i just did and what it means to me. >> reporter: the great lakes were america's maritime highway.

all manner of ships carrying all manner of goods. just off wisconsin alone. it's estimated there are as many as 750 lost ships. most of them, their final resting places still a maritime mystery. that's where steve comes in. and his boat. aptly named "discovery." >> basically we're looking for a needle in a haystack. >> reporter: there's no money in shipwreck hunting. no one is going to discover a spanish galleon of gold. the reason steve and others like him take to these waters in their own boats with their own expensive gear -- >> i'm starting to see something. >> there it is. >> reporter: -- it's for the love of maritime history and the bragging rights of finding a ship that lake michigan had hoped to claim for good. >> archaeologists like broken up shipwrecks but that's because they can study the construction of them. but to me that's not all that exciting. you want to see something

intact? >> i want to see a ship. >> reporter: the great lakes have a reputation of entombing their wrecks in almost pristine condition. >> if you're into shipwreck hunting, this is for you. >> reporter: katlyn zandt is a maritime archaeologist with the wisconsin historical society. >> the water is cold and fresh. and it's dark and it's deep. and so all of those components together really help preserve pretty much any kind of material that you can think of. >> reporter: but some unwelcome visitors are beginning to change all that. mussels. zebra and quaga mussels have invaded the lake and the wrecks themselves. it's been happening since the 1980s but they've reached such numbers, archaeologists fear they may be doing real damage. >> we know they're doing something to these wrecks, but we're not entirely sure what yet. >> reporter: what is known is some of the wrecks are beginning to collapse. images from the wreck of the

"kyle spangler," show the difference just five years can make as the mussels pile up, sometimes several inches thick. >> the optimal window as far as getting video and seeing these things is starting to close now. >> how deep is this dive? >> 210 to the mud, right? >> reporter: we accompanied the johns, as they're known around here, out to the wreck of the "silver lake." an old scal schooner. for more than 100 years she sat preserved. one of her masts is still standing. >> we were going down and you can see the whole ship. it's breathtaking. error it's the one positive side of the mussels. they eat by filtering particles out of the water which makes the visibility down here almost critical clear. >> we filmed the whole wreck. we were all over the place. >> reporter: but that visibility also reveals the damage being done. every inch of the wreck stem to stern was covered.

>> now you see a close-up of the mussels. >> oh, my god. they're everywhere. every inch. >> yep. >> reporter: the fear is those mussels may one day reduce these silent cesentinels to monumentso longer recognizable. in short, these paces of great lakes maritime mystery may be sinking again into obscurity remembered only in song and around here, nobody ever does it

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fans of marilyn monroe will soon have a chance to own some of her most famous costumes and memorabilia. it's all going up for auction. as dana jacobsen reports, you better bring your credit card. >> he wasn't really all bad. i think he just craved a little affection. >> reporter: it's the dress that elevated marilyn monroe from movie star to american icon. >> that's a very interesting point of view. >> oh, you feel the breeze from the subway. >> reporter: the white halter dress blown upwards while she stood on a subway grate is perhaps her most memorable costume. the go-to choice for monroe impersonateors and immorattized in a statue of the hollywood star. now one of two versions of the dress is going up for auction. >> there are two white dresses.

we sold the original screen-used debbie reynolds dress for $5.7 million many years ago. william truvia made that dress. he also made this dress. so after the movie was over, truvia asked debbie if he could borrow her dress to make a copy for himself because he didn't have a copy and he used the dress and exhibited it around the world his whole life. >> reporter: the dress is just one piece of monroe memorabilia on display in beverly hills before being put up for bid in october by auction house profiles in history. >> marilyn monroe. you can go anywhere in the world, and she gets more and more popular. i think that people just want a piece of that. ♪ >> reporter: also up for auction, monroe's showgirl costume from "gentlemen prefer blonds." like this. all hand made. hand beaded. made by william truvia. ex

exquisite. it's amazing they survived. >> reporter: this picture of the actress alongside 20th century fox executive ben lyon. it is signed by monroe whose real name was norma jean mortenson with the enscription, dear ben. you found me, named me and believed in me when no one else did. >> ben lyon was one of her closest friends. legend is she went to malibu and then said who do you think your father was and the legend is she said, well, i think his last name was monroe. and he is like, that's a good name. >> reporter: the letter answers questions, the white halter dress will be the item attracting bidders. ♪ happy birthday mr. president ♪ >> reporter: for reference, the dress monroe wore when she sang "happy birthday" to president john f. kennedy sold for $4.8 million two years ago, a price nearly double what the auction house expected. and what will it cost to own this piece of hollywood history?

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crazy rich asians is the surprise comedy hit of the summer raking in $34 million in its first five days. it's got an asian director and all-asian cast but it's attracting all types of people to the theater. vladimir duthiers has the story. >> reporter: it's been a quarter century since a nearly all-asian cast starred in a hollywood studio film. that was the "joy luck club." "crazy rich asians" doesn't do enough to improve diversity in hollywood, many say it's a step in the right direction. >> these people aren't just rich. they're crazy rich.

>> reporter: "crazy rich asians" may not be the solution to all of hollywood's diversity problems. but fans like david chen believe it can help. >> i asked myself like, well, what am i doing to further the cause of diversity and more representation on screen? >> reporter: chen is one of fefrl people who have bought out showings, even entire cinemas, to get people to see the film. >> action! >> reporter: he was inspired by the movie's director john chu who passed on a big payday with netflix to get crazy rich asians in theaters. >> we didn't need the money. we had an agenda to get this to the most eyeballs but at a place it could affect the most people. >> reporter: hollywood has struggled with asian american representation. the industry was recently ridiculed for casting white actors in roles seemingly intended for asian actors. >> my dad was half chinese, half hawaiian. my mother is swedish. >> reporter: hollywood got scared. kimberly is the asian voice's

editor for huff post. in a series of widely shared tweets, she described the movie's emotional impact after growing up asian american. >> there were just so many different types of asians. we were just ourselves, authentically asian. for someone who has never seen that, that meant a lot. >> reporter: while yam says crazy rich asians does sacrifice some cultural accuracy -- >> $1.2 million. >> reporter: she says the film makes up for it in the name of fun. >> hopefully more stories will be made of different experiences, both in the asian american community, along with other minorities. >> and a quick note for you. it's not only "crazy rich asians" making money. the summer box office take is up 12% overla last year. and that's the "overnight news." the news continues or check back with us later for the morning news and "cbs this morning."

from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm demarco. captioning funded by cbs it's tuesday, august 21st. this is the "cbs morning news." chilling, new claims from the husband accused in the colorado family murders. he says his wife killed their kids before he killed her. and russian hackers are reportedly targeting republicans. how internet users are falling fray to their tactics. plus, new video shows another view of the deadly bridge collapse in italy. the latest on the investigation into what caused it to fall.