primetime special man on the moon at 10:00 p.m. eastern from the cbs captioning funded by cbs it's tuesday, july 16th, 2019. this is the "cbs morning news." >> if you hate our country, if you're not happy here, you can leave. >> president trump denies his tweets are racist as he steps up attacks on four congresswomen. the criticism he's facing on both sides of the aisle. meddling in u.s. elections, a senior white house official says the russians are still at it despite warnings to knock it off. and shooting for the moon. 50 years ago today, "apollo 11" astronauts embarked on a historic journey into space. how one small step for man

helped launch decades of new missions. >> liftoff. we have a liftoff. 32 minutes past the hour. liftoff on "apollo 11." ♪ good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. the house could vote as early as today on a resolution that condemns president trump's racist comments about four congresswomen of color. yesterday the president defended remarks he made on twitter calling for the democratic congresswomen to leave the u.s. the four women, all american citizens, are renewing their calls for the president's impeachment. laura podesta is here in new york. laura, what are republicans saying now? >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. so far only ten republicans have condemned president trump's tweets outright. 15 have criticized both democrats and mr. trump, and 10 are supporting the president,

including top house republican kevin mccarthy. president trump has doubled down on his criticism of a group of first-term congressional democrats known as the squad. all four are women of color and outspoken critics of the white house. >> if you hate our country, if you're not happy here, you can leave. and that's what i say all the time. that's what i said in a tweet which i guess some people think is controversial. a lot of people love it, by the way. >> reporter: on twitter this past weekend, the president said the lawmakers should go back to the broken and crime-infested countries they came from. only one of the four, minnesota's ilhan omar, was born outside the u.s. she came here from somalia when she was a child. >> this is the agenda of white nationalists. whether it is happening in chat rooms or it's happening on national tv, and now it's reached the white house garden.

>> reporter: on monday, the women responded to the president's attacks. >> he does not know how to defend his policies so what he does is attack us personally. >> reporter: nearly all democrats weighed in on the president's remarks, but few republicans did. >> the tweets are racist and xenophobic, period, end of story. they're also not accurate. >> come on, of course the president's not racist. but he's frustrated like so many americans are. >> reporter: minority leader chuck schumer called on gop leaders to stand up to the president. and house minority leader kevin mccarthy accused democrats of, quote, playing politics by trying to force a vote on a measure to condemn the president's statements. mccarthy also said the president is not a racist. anne-marie? >> thank you so much, laura. now to relations with russia. a senior trump administration official tells cbs news that russia is still interfering in u.s. politics.

the official says that the interference is happening mostly through social media. russian agents allegedly used platforms like facebook and twitter to amplify divisions on issues like gun control and race. the trump administration says it has told russia to, quote, knock it off, but there's no evidence that russia has complied. during last month's g20 summit, you may recall president trump was criticized for playfully warning russian president vladimir putin not to meddle in the upcoming election. today white house officials are expected to travel to geneva to meet with their russian counterparts on arms control. today the department of health and human services will begin enforcing a ban on abortion referrals at taxpayer-funded family-planning clinics. clinics such as planned parenthood, receiving certain grants to provide contraception and other services will have to stop providing abortion referrals or lose their funding. the new rule was established by the trump administration, the american medical association

among the groups opposed to the policy saying it could affect low-income women's access to basic medical care. new asylum restrictions take effect today impacting most migrants from central america. under the rule, asylum seekers traveling from central america must first apply for protection in countries they're traveling through such as mexico. the measure also applies to children who cross the border alone. there will be exceptions for victims of severe forms of human trafficking and those who have sought protection in another country but were denied. >> this is asking mexico to take a whole lot more responsibility on than they're already taking. now they're going to have a lot more applicants at their asylum office which is already vastly overwhelmed. >> meanwhile, president trump said the weekend roundups of undocumented immigrants were very successful. immigration officials have not commented on the raids. singer r. kelly is due in federal court in chicago this

morning for arraignment in connection with sex crimes charges. last week kelly was arrested on new charges including child pornography. attorney michael avenatti says that he represents nine clients in connection with kelly's prosecution. he says that the singer paid one girl millions of dollars to keep her quiet. >> it was subsequently learned that mr. kelly through multiple means had paid the young victim and her family over $2 million not to testify and come forward in connection with the 2008 trial. >> on friday, federal prosecutors in illinois and new york unsealed 18 charges against kelly accusing him of crimes against ten women and girls over two decades. jeffrey epstein remains behind bars. a judge failed to make a decision about whether the financeer should be granted bail in his sex trafficking case. yesterday epstein appeared in a

new york federal court for a bail hearing. prosecutors revealed authorities found piles of cash and dozens of diamonds during a raid of his manhattan mansion earlier this month. they also found an expired passport with epstein's picture and a fake name. >> certainly anybody that keeps thousands of pictures of nude and semi-nude children in his home is somebody that i think could present a danger to the community. >> the government wants epstein to remain in jail until the decision which is expected thursday. calls for puerto rico's governor to resign are intensifying after remarks he made in a private group chat were leaked. yesterday, a massive group of protesters took to the streets of san juan, at times teargas had to be used. the leaked conversations revealed the governor's role in profane, sexist, and homophobic

conversations. his administration has been plagued by scandals involving funding in the recovery of hurricane maria. and today marks the 50th anniversary of the world-famous mission that put the first man on the moon. the astronauts of "apollo 11" launched from florida's kennedy space center on july 16th, 1969. they took their momentous first step on the moon four days later on july 20th. chris martinez is inside the kennedy space center. what's expected to take place there today? >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. a number of look-back events will be held to mark the milest that'sde at ned crowds from around the globe. 50 years after the spaceflight captivated the world.

>> liftoff. we have a liftoff. 32 minutes past the hour. >> reporter: the "apollo 11" mission launched from florida on july 16th 1969, at 9:32 a.m. four days later the spacecraft's crew of neil armstrong, buzz aldrin, and michael collins successfully landed on the moon, taking man's first steps on the lunar surface. >> it's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. >> part of "apollo 11" was having it li my entirely. >> reporter: from launch to return, the "apollo 11" mission lasted eight days. before the flight to space could even hap impossible. >> that rocket has explorer one on the top -- >> reporter: john casani was part of the team charged with designing rockets capable of getting a spacecraft to the moon.

after the mission's success, he says the so-called "apollo" effect led to an interest in engineering and space. >> that's the thing that really enabled the whole space exploration program to move forward after that. the fact that we had to fill the pipeline with the kind of talent and people with interest in what was required. >> reporter: that one small step for man paving the way for decades of new missions to the final frontier. and that includes the next round of moon missions. the orion program. nasa hoping to launch the first mission perhaps by the end of next year with plans on sending astronauts back to the moon sometime in 2024. anne-marie, back to you. >> pretty exciting stuff. chris martinez at the kennedy space center. thanks a lot, chris. coming up on the morning news, why new york city is being warned that another blackout might happen this weekend. and california chaos. and california chaos. a gas explosion

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a huge fire broke out during a beach music festival in croatia. concertgoers were told to evacuate. american rapper tiga was to headline. it's called the fresh island festival. his performance was canceled. authorities say they evacuated people as a safety precaution. there's no word on the cause of the fire. new york city is warned about another possible blackout, and a deadly explosion in southern california. those are some of the headlines on the "morning newsstand." the "los angeles times" reports a gas company worker was killed and 15 others hurt when a home exploded in murrieta, california. yesterday firefighters and gas company employees went to the home after a report that a contractor damaged a gas line. the home exploded after they arrived. three of the injured were firefighters. the rest were civilians. >> our preliminary investigation

shows that the contractor did not call 811 to have lines marked prior to digging which is required by law. >> neighbors s plosion shattered windows throughout the neighborhood. the "new york post" reports energy company con edison warned there could be more blackouts in new york city this weekend. temperatures are expected to soar near 100 degrees. on saturday, the power went out in a section of manhattan. con ed blamed a fault in a 13,000-volt power cable that caught fire. the company spokesman says that there could be more service outages. and he said, quote, those things happen during heat waves. after saturday's blackout, new york governor cuomo talented the state might revoke con ed's operating license. and "cbs chicago" says the city is using a new strategy to try and catch an elusive alligator in a lagoon. the alligator hasn't been scenes since last thursday. city officials don't know how it ended up in the lagoon. they called in an alligator expert from florida. sections of humboldt park have been closed to the public. fencing was also put in the

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here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. ♪ on the cbs "money watch," facebook defends its planned cryptocurrency, and protests on that day and much, much more. good morning, marc. >> good morning.ondata for june retail sales will be released on the earnings side. jpmorgan chase, wells fargo, goldman sachs, united airlines, johnson & johnson, and domino's pizza will release quarterly results. on wall street, stocks closed at record highs once again yesterday. the dow gained 27 points. the s&p 500 was up nearly a point, and the nasdaq added 14

points. facebook heads to capitol hill today to face lawmakers about its planned cryptocurrency libra. an executive for facebook will testify before the senate banking committee. testimony comes on the heels of a growing list of cryptocurrency critics who include policymakers, regulators, and president trump. there are concerns it could be used for illegal activity including drug trade. netflix is removing a suicide scene from an episode of the first season of its popular drama "13 reasons why." the show premiered more than two years ago. it had drawn complaints that it glorified suicide. "13 reasons why" is about a depressed high school girl who takes her own life and sends a classmate a tape explaining why she did it. the scene is scheduled to be removed by netflix today. season three of the show is being launched this summer. and procter & gamble is throwing its support behind the u.s. women's national soccer team and their fight for equal pay.

the company says it will donate $23,000 for each of the 23 hel close the pay gap. earlier there year, 28 members of the u.s. women's soccer team said the u.s. soccer federation for alleged gender discrimination. the suit claims the federation pays the women less than members of the men's national team. anne-marie? >> marc liverman at the new york stock exchange. thanks a lot, marc. still ahead, jumping for joy. more than 100 dolphins put on a rare show off southern california. california. over the last 24 hours, you finished preparing him for college. in 24 hours, you'll send him off thinking you've done everything for his well being. but meningitis b progresses quickly and can be fatal,

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do more for your whole mth. our top story this morning, the house could vote as soon as today on a resolution that condemns president trump's racist comments about four congresswomen of color. yesterday the president defended remarks that he made on twitter calling for the democratic congresswomen to leave the u.s. the four women are renewing their calls for the president's impeachment. and a senior official with the trump administration says russia is still interfering in u.s. politics. the official says that the interference is happening mostly through social media. the trump administration says that it has told russia to, quote, knock it off. but there's no evidence that russia has complied. the coroner in east baton rouge, louisiana, says a murdered civil rights activist had been strangled. sadie roberts-joseph founded an african-american history museum in her hometown.

mireya villarreal spoke to her brother. >> reporter: the discovery of sadie roberts-joseph dead in the trunk of her own car has left her brother joseph armstrong in shock. >> we never seen anything like this in our immediate family, and it is really, really hard. >> reporter: the 75-year-old loca civil rights activist was last seen friday morning after baking cornbread with her sister, according to the family. around 3:45 that afternoon, her car was found on a dead end street several miles from her home. >> popped the trunk, and there she was in the trunk of the car. >> reporter: police have offered little information to explain what happened. an autopsy concluded she died of traumatic asphyxia including suffocation. >> how did it happen? >> reporter: or why -- >> why does itn? w did it happen? was it a robbery, or it was what -- >> reporter: roberts-joseph was

widely known for her charity work and activism and has described as a treasure to the community. in 2001 she founded the baton rouge black history museum. in 2011, roberts-joseph spoke at an event she organized to commemorate the end of slavery. >> embrace diversity, learn of our history, and just -- that's the only way we're going to be able to heal. >> reporter: it took more than 20 years to open up this museum. and now sadie's family tells me they're not sure how they will keep it open or who might even want it. we've also been talking to police. they tell us that one of their top priorities is finding sadie's killer here in baton rouge. mireya villarreal, baton rouge, louisiana. coming up on "cbs this morning," special coverage of the 50th anniversary of the "apollo 11" moon landing. tony dokoupil will talk to astronauts on the international space station about the importance of space exploration. plus, tony's at the kennedy space center where he will retrace some of the steps of the

"apollo 11" crew on the morning of the historic launch. and gayle talks to rapper meek mill who will be back in court today to try and get his conviction on gun and drug charges overturned. that's the "cbs morning news" for this tuesday, thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. ♪

. live from the cbs bay area studios this is kxix5 now is. >> we are looking live at the moon. look at that beautiful moon. >> hello, moon. >> bright in the skych today is the 50th anniversary of the launch of apollo 11 which put the man on the moon. so, we will talk a little more about that later. >> historic. >> it's tuesday july 16th.

i am michelle growing ao. >> i am kenny choi. let's start with the forecast to see how it is shaping up tuesday morning. good tuesday morning. we are starting off the day with low clouds, areas of fog and even some patchy drizzle so. a difference compared to yesterday with the stronger onshore flow. this is the live look. and you can see the fog out there. temperatures are running cooler compared to yesterday. and the mid to upper 50s to low 60s at this hour. well let's talk about what you can expect as we head through the afternoon. daytime highs will be cooling down to seasonal as we head through the afternoon. 67 for a daytime high in san francisco. 73 in oakland looking at 8 # exactly where we should be for this time year in san jose. and 88 for concord. we will talk about the rest of the workweek coming up in