records fall as a deadly heat wave keeps a grip on the country. >> it can make you sweat hot. >> with a new weather threat on the horizon. >> it will be another night of record-breaking digits. also tonight, military buildup. david martin reports on u.s. plans if tensions with iran turn into a war. president trump digs in with new attacks on four democratic congresswomen of color, despite charges his rhetoric is racist. no joke. a man dressed as a clown, takes police on a slow-speed chase in southern california, ending where else? at the beach. and a ballerina's fight

against scoliosis takes center stage. >> giving up was not an option for me. this is "the cbs news." >> welcome to "the overnight news." i'm elaine quijano. relief is in sight for the hent of millions of americans who have been suffering through a heat wave. all weekend, the heat and humidity was all but unbearable, from texas to the great lakes, and east to new england. the weather is blamed for a half-dozen deaths. and in florida, eight people were hurt, in a lightning strike at clearwater beach. here's meg oliver. >> reporter: much of the nation is roasting. under excesvethespeople waited t

snaked around the block to get into a public pool. on saturday, these people got in. >> it's hot and it can make your sweat hot. >> reporter: for others, the heat is dangerous. mayor bill de blasio called for a state of emergency. >> in washington, d.c., mountains on the mall provided relief. so did paddling on the potomac. others escaped to the comfort of the smithsonian museum. the mail went out but the heat was oppressive. >> it's rough. >> reporter: at the cincinnati zoo, water roses helped eleph t elephants stay cool. the heat also buckled walks. there's more scorching days to come, here and across the globe.

>> it's horrible. i never felt this hot in years. >> reporter: since the heat wave started, new york city saw three days in a row. a recent study finds by the year 2050, there may be 20 days in triple digits. and be 2085, there could be more than 40 days of over 100-degree feels-like temperatures. >> even though the lowest temperatures are considered sizzling, it will be another night of record-breaking bigots here in the east coast, from new york city, to the carolinas. jeff beer deiradeli has mor the heat, jeff. >> since thursday, about 100

warm temperatures highed or broken. heat index reaches 122 in baltimore and 115 in minneapolis. 82 in new york city and 80 in time of year. feels like temperatures over 100. that extends west to places like austin, texas. the cold front is pushing to the south. we'll break the heat in new york city tomorrow. and we hold on to the heat in the atlantic for one more day. shower s and thunderstorms movig into the east. when you wake up on wednesday morning, it will be beautiful. lows will be in the 50s and 60s in the northeast. >> all right, sxwrejeff, thanks. an audio recording reveals the tense moments when a british

oil tanker was seized by iranian forces. >> the ship was seized by commandos on friday in the strait of hormuz. the ship and 23 crew members remain in iranian territory. iran's actions have the pentagon preparing for the worst. david martin is the only network correspondent traveling in the middle east. and got exclusive video of the american forces in the region. >> reporter: patriot air defense missile batteries in the middle of the saudi desert. general frank mckenzie, the top commander for the northeast, is here, because it could be a vanguard for a major buildup in war with iran. what are they defending out

here? >> we're in the sincevicinity o prince sultan airbase. >> there's ramp space for hundreds of aircraft. the u.s. will bring in a squadron of top-of-the-line fighters. >> how many planes can you bring in here? >> there's been a lot of planes in the past. >> this is what the base looked like 1990, filled with war planes, wing tip to wing tip. that war was against iraq. now, there's a cycle of rising tensions with iran. >> looks like this is preparations turned into a war.

>> reporter: the keep the base supplied, the u.s. will use a port on the red sea, without having to pass under the strait of hormuz, and under the eyes of the iran navy. this is unmaistakable evidence that the tensions with iran could turn into a war. david martin, prince sultan air base, saudi arabia. a new ground tracker poll shows joe biden still tops his challengers for president. his lead is narrowing. "the cbs overnight news" will be right back.

this is "the cbs overnight news." >> president trump aidtoday add new fuel to his fight against four democratic freshmen lawmakers. his tweet prompted fresh criticism from democrats. ben tracy is traveling with the president in new jersey. >> i disagree with the view, that if you criticize somebody and they have to have a different skin, that makes it racial criticism. >> reporter: president trump is taking on the four congresswomen nope as the squad, not because he's racist because he leabelie

they want to make america socialist. >> these four congresswomen detest america as it is, as it is currently constructed. >> in a tweet this morning, president trump doubled down. saying, i don't believe the four congresswomen are capable of loving our country. >> at a rally this week, the president stood silent for 13 seconds, as the crowd chanted send her back. the president said he was unhappy with the chanting, but called the people chanting incredible patriots. >> reporter: she says president trump is not capable of representing the entire country. >> what he told this country, is that he doesn't want to be president anymore. he wants to pick and choose who he is a president to. and that's not a president.

>> reporter: president trump is using the four women as a re-election strategy. >> it is forcing democrats like you to defend people who you may or may not agree with. >> i will confidence anybody, republican or democrat ish, who attacked because of the color of their skin or their ethnicity. i don't give a damn about the politics of it. racism is racism. >> some democrats were reluctant to call him a racist says that can i no longer give him the benefit of the doubt. the president said he doesn't have a racist bone in his body. >> it will be a big week with robert mueller testifying from capitol hill. what can we expect from that? >> don't expect big bombshells. he is not going to say in his democrat what he hasn't put in

report. but the goal of democrats is to get him saying on things that could be obstruction of justice. and the president's repeated assertion there was one. in hong kong, another day and night of protests, ended with police launching teargas at protesters. the unrest was building since last month, allowinging that some will allowed to stand trial before being taken to china. >> reporter: people said they're hot or their freedoms are at risk. >> we must keep going. >> reporter: today, they pushed past the official end point. a big pro-government rally.

the protesters and the government are at an impasse. the new normal appears to be a cycle of peaceful prozests, followed by violent action, and it's anyone's guess when it will end. california is well-known for its televised car chases. here's jonathan big yotty. >> he may have been clowning around. but california highway patrol wasn't laughing as they followed this bmw through traffic. at times, the suspect, in a clown mask and green wig, had his passenger drive. the dangerous game of cat and

mouse began south of los angeles, after the driver refused to pull over. and lasted nearly an hour. the diver abandoning the car. if his hope was to blend in, it didn't work. he offered to bury a sunbather. police were close behind and threatened to tase him before taking him into custody. mask off, handcuffs on. >> he has been arrested. as for his female passenger, she was able to walk away, free. still ahead, returning to the moon. a look ahead at the new deep

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the moon by 2024. but some say the timeline and >>te orion.s cost, is ap the spaceship that astronauts has been testing. we got to see up close at the johnson space center. >> we have to make sure we don't hurt ourselves. >> we are not astronauts, yeah. >> reporter: from the outside, orion looks similar to apollo's capsu capsule. but climb inside. the capsule is 50% bigger than apollo's, roomy enough for four astronauts. >> you be the pilot. i'll be the commander. >> reporter: at eye level, a space dashboard, one example of

what will be different. >> the goal was, land someone and return them to earth. this time is different. it's a sustainable propulsion rocket. >> reporter: it's destination is a minispace station orbiting the room called gateway. a handful of companies are designing gateway. >> when the orion is here, this would be open for the crew to go back and forth. >> up to four astronauts can work and live here for two months. >> if you look up here, that's a berth where someone would go to go to sleep.

>> it's more of a home. >> they can cook their food and do their work. >> reporter: but the orion is well over budget. the trump administration ordered americans to put nasa back on the moon. >> if nasa is not able to send people to the moon in five years, we need to change the organization. >> at the end of the day, we need to be clear that nasa is committed to cost and schedule. >> reporter: it could take $20 billion additional to meet that new deadline. is to get from the united states congress? >> what is the likely idea that

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>> my spin literally curved in two places. hearing the word champion that that could and possibly would end my career as a dancer. the surgery alone, consisted of putting rods in your spain. >> fraziers turned those fears into tenacity. >> your hips need to be square. your shoulders need to be square. and one shoulder is higher. one hip is higher. >> reporter: with years of physical therapy and back prices, she stabilized her condition and became a world-winning video. and in her own intel commercial.

at 28 years old, she's made her debut in "west side story." >> i think everything i've gone through, with scoliosis and being a different color, prep e prepared me for this. >> reporter: frazier is sharing her blessings with young, asp e aspiring dancers. >> one, two. >> giveliing up was not an opti for me. i don't advise it. you have to push yourself to see the light. and that's "the overnight news" for this monday. for some of you, the news continues. check back later for the morn

news and "cbs this morning." from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm elaine quijano. this is "the cbs overnight news." >> welcome to "the overnight news." i'm elaine quijano. relief is in sight. cooler weather is moving south and east. and it can't arrive soon enough. all weekend, the heat and humidity was unbearable. the weather is blamed for at least a half dozen deaths. and in florida, eight people were hurt in a lightning strike at clearwater beach. here's meg oliver.

>> reporter: much of the nation is roasting. triple digits in some places. under excessive heat warning these people waited in line that snaked around the block to get into a public pool. on saturday, these kids got in. >> it's hot and it can make your sweat hot. >> reporter: for others, the heat is dangerous. mayor bill de blasio called for a state of emergency. >> we've not seen temperatures like this in at least seven years. >> reporter: in washington, d.c., mountains on the mall provided relief. so did paddling on the potomac. others escaped to the comfort of the smithsonian museum. the mail went out but the heat was oppressive. >> it's rough. >> reporter: at the cincinnati zoo, water roses helped elephants stay cool.

the heat also buckled walks. there's more scorching days to come, here and across the globe. >> it's horrible. i never felt this hot in years. >> reporter: since the heat wave started, new york city saw three days in a row with a heat index over 100. a recent study finds by the year 2050, there may be 20 days in triple digits. and be 2085, there could be more than 40 days of over 100-degree feels-like temperatures. >> even though the lowest temperatures are considered sizzling, it will be another night of record-breaking bigots here in the east coast, from new york city, to the carolinas. anreleased da reals t tomen before a british-flagged oil

tanker was seized by iranian forces. >> the ship was seized by commandos on friday in the strait of hormuz. the ship and 23 crew members remain in iranian territory. david martin is the only network correspondent traveling with the president u.s. general in the east. >> in the middle of the saudi arabian desert, surrounded by soldiers from ft. bragg, north carolina. general frank mckenzie is here because there could be a new

vanguard of the build up in the war of if air base. >> prince sultan has ramp space for hundreds of aircraft p the u.s. will bring in top-of-the-line stealth bombers. >> there's been a lot in the past. yu can bring what you want. >> this is what it looked like in 1990. i'lled that war was against iran. now, 30 years later, the u.s. and its allies are in raising tensions with iran. >> this is turning into a war. >> i would prefer to say it's like this.

>> reporter: the u.s. plans to use a saudi part on the red sea, that will allow them to bring in supplies to reach persianen g f gulfpo gulfports. >> the u.s. is preparingty that that didn't turn into a war. a new tracker poll showed joe biden tops his 15 other contests. president trump, today, added new fuel to his fight against four freshmen democratic lawmakers. his tweet prompted fresh

criticism from democrats. >> i decision agree with the vow, if you criticize mb, and they have a different color skin, you are not racist. >> reporter: rebelieves they want to make america socialist. >> these four congresswomen detest america as it is, as it is currently constructed. >> in a tweet this morning, president trump doubled down. saying, i don't believe the four congresswomen are capable of loving our country. >> at a rally this week, the president stood silent for 13 seconds, as the crowd chanted send her back. the president said he was unhappy with the chanting, but called the people chanting

incredible patriots. >> he's doing this intentionally. >> reporter: she says president trump is not capable of representing the entire country. >> what he told this country, is that he doesn't want to be president anymore. he wants to pick and choose who he is a president to. and that's not a president. >> reporter: president trump is using the four women as a re-election strategy. >> it is forcing democrats like you to defend people who you may or may not agree with. >> i will defend anybody, ed of the color of their skin or their ethnicity. i don't give a damn about the politics of it. racism is racism.

>> reporter: some democrats were reluctant to call him a racist says that can i no longer give him the benefit of the doubt. the president said he doesn't

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this is "the cbs overnight news." >> on this day 50 years ago, the crew of apollo 11 was on its way home, after the historic moon mission that saw humans for the first time ever, walking on the surface of the moon. half a century later, there's a new push into the cosmos. mark strassmann reports. >> reporter: nasa's human space monopoly is now over. and anyone with enough money can pnt go tospace, ut. should go to space. they come back changed.

>> three, two, one. >> reporter: richard branson, launched his space tourism business in 2002. six passengers per flight will rocket 62 miles above earth for the ultimate selfie. 600 of them have prepaid 2$250 thoufsh thoufsh$250,000 and all they ta about. >> i want to see what the earth looks like from space. >> but virgin galactic has yet to get a single paying center.

>> space is hard. we've had our tears and joys. the zroi jjoys have been fantas. >> reporter: another rocket man and competitor is jeff bezos. he wants to launch ourselves in a vehicle by years-end. bezos wants to build the inf infrastructure, starting with a presence on the moon. if you went back and told people you could fly across the world on a jetlinejetliner, they woul thought you were craze crazy. >> reporter: when the space program ended in 2011, nasa

wants american space taxis. >> after serving the flights for 30 years, the space shuttle is coming to a stop. he hopes to ride a frogship. what 'cause it mean? space-x, has built rockets in a capsu capsule. like being, spacex is behind schedule. >> we haven't launched anyone yet. but hopefully we will later this year.

>> reporter: spacex'sir crew, with competitive guys in a new space race. >> you're gonna? >> yeah. >> no question? >> i played a lot of sports competiti competitively. i have no problem with a little healthy competition. it takes you better and him better. who benefits? we get redundant access to space. >> reporter: a competition between companies and space barons who own him. that's a different leap from the footprints apollo 11 left behind 50 years today. >> all those things that came

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and bill harwood. >> the eagle has landed. >> roger. we copy you on the ground. you have a bunch of guys about to turn blue. >> we may be the first generation that figured out how to break the sackles of earth. >> that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. >> be advised, lots of smiling faces in this room and therefore the world. >> the big moment is in 1961, when john f. kennedy in front of a joint session of congress, says -- >> i believe this country should land the man on the moon and return him safely to the earth. >> everybody onasasaare

>> this was a battle with the russians. to put the first human in space, just five days after hearing they launched into space. >> we choose to go to the moon and other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard. >> he was looking for other things. a plan that america could attach to and can follow and execute. only allen sheppard had been on a different flight. >> when the capsule is turning around.

>> okay, i'm out. >> did space walking. >> lyndon johnson, medicaid and medicare. counterculture and the civil rights. then came the disaster of apollo one. >> the door was sealed in place. 100% oxygen environment. and heat and a spark in that environment, could be catastrophic. and at some point during that test, there was a spark. >> fire in the cockpit. >> they perished in seconds. it was a tremendous setback to nasa. nasa was determined to keep the goal.

ig nation. >> the first saturn 5, was those teammates. >> in the beginning, god created the heaven and the earth. and god said, let there be life. the interesting moment is when they're on the moon and they have landed. what a strange feeling be on the moon and have the earth in the distance. how does one reconstruct such a feeling? >> they stayed within the vicinity of their spacecraft.

armstrong collected a little bit of soil. planting of the american flag on the moon. neither armstrong were keen on the photography from it. thank goodness they did, it's the photographic evidence around. >> nasa was saying about 20 million who thought it was right. >> congress itself is not provide i providing funds to deal with poverty like you see here. >> it's about $180 billion today. the answer why you get yes is the spin-off technology.

out of that comes smaller computers. mri, suits for firefighters that don't burn. many people think that nasa gave birth to silicon valley. >> it's primitive to what we can do today. i'll be curious on the 50th anniversary and hopeful. ♪ it's not unusual for a same-sex couple to adopt a baby. unless you're a penguin. here's jane pauley. >> true love has found a way for two penguins at the sea life

sydney acquiquariucquirquariuaq. penguins supervisor tells their story. >> that includes bowing to each other. >> before long, they were exchanging pebbles. >> they started to make a beautiful nest. they went to make a nest. >> the special thing is because they're one of the handful of same-sex couples that have raised children. >> reporter: the

for more than a week now, we've been marking the 50th anniversary of the apollo mission that landed a man on the moon. if you haven't had enough, you might want to stop by the metropolitan museum of art, has led to the world's first photographic atlas of the moon's surface. it's part of an exhibition of the museum of art. mia is the curator. >> we began with galileo. we wrote a book and that was the see through a

telescotel telesco telescope. no longer was it the ash of greek mythology, but instead a world of its own. the photographer deepened our knowledge and understanding of the man. this is some of the earliest cameras that require 30 minutes while they capture the picture. in 50 minutes, it will move a little bit. to keep it in focus, you need to move the telescope. >> together, the pieces went to the s of art and movies.

scientists were said to have spotted life, including tiny animals and krutchers. >> it was known as the great moon hokes. it was so well done, that it fooled everybody. >> at the end of the century, posing with cutouts, that is as close that people are getting to the moon. >> the eagle has landed. >> what do you think has captivated artists and photographers? >> the moon is a paradox. it i s always there, but sometimes we see it and

captioning funded by cbs it's monday, july 22nd, 2019. this is the "cbs morning news." doubling down. president trump continues his attacks on four female lawmakers of color. the new fallout he's facing. deadly heatwave. much of the country spent the weekend roasting, and the dangerous weather isn't over yet. oh. go on. go on. >> mayhem in hong kong. masked men storm a train station as violent protests continue to escalate.