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good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news head quarters in new york, in for an marie green. nearly three weeks after mass shootings in texas and ohio. the position on tougher gun control legislation remains unclear. yesterday he said gun deaths in america constitute a public health emergency but stopped short of offering a clear proposal on how to address the issue. in new york. laura, how is the president respondinging to criticism over his stance on gun reform? >> reporter: the president says changes are in the works but going to done, he's not goingre to into detail about what those are and what he's willing to change. outside the white house yesterday president trump tried to clarify his stance on gun control legislation. >> we're working on background checks.

it there are things we can do but we already have very serious background checks, strong background checks. >> reporter: he pushed back when he discussed the slippery slope of gun rgulation. mr. trump spoke with wayne lapierre this week. >> wayne agrees things have to be done also. >> reporter: the president has come under fire for failing to put forward a concrete plan to curb gun violence. greg helped crealt march for our lives after surviving the parkland shooting. >> i don't want it to just be our generation, the young people that fix it. i want to see the skreneration that's can currently alive. >> reporter: joe biden insists that won't happen under the current administration. >> the american people are in

puvision where there's overwhelming supported for limiting assault-style weapons and the clip. the only person in the pocket of of the nra is the president. >> reporter: and a national gun registry. and can congress is expected to hold hearings on gun control next month when it comes back from its summer recess. >> in new york. laura, thanks. president trump is walking back his idea to implement a pay roll tax cut. mr. trump says the nation already has a strong economy. his flip-flop came after recent market volatility and economic uncertainty. earlier this week the president acknowledged for the first time that his china trade policies may mean economic pain for americans. but yesterday he once agon defended the u.s. trade war with china. >> i am the chosen one. somebody had to do it.

so i'm taking on china. i'm taking on china on trade. and you know what? we're winning. >> reporter: president trump says any economic slowdown should be blamed on the fed. he's been pushing the fed to lower interest rate two soldiers have been killed in afghanistan. they were from an army special forces unit carrying out an operation. it's believed they died during a fire fight on wednesday. this bring american military fatalities in the can country this year to 14. washington governor jay insley failed to gain traxz in his bid for the democratic nomination. while he did reach the donor thresh hold to qualify for the third democratic debate, he ehad yet to reach the polling thresh hold. he will now return to washington state where he's expected to

seek a third term as governor. the next debate will be held september 12th in texas. federal investigators are aggressively looking into epstein's past. agents raided his private resort in the virgin islands. but they haven'tchucked out epstein's ranch in new mexico. >> reporter: this is zoro ranch, soulgt of santa fe. according to multiple victims played a role in the abuse dating back to at least the mid'90s. aku aku aku akuszer -- sharing photos of herself on the property when she was about 17. and an accuser identified as prisillau doe claimed epstein can coerced her to engage in sex

acts between 2007 and 2010. >> it sicken as to make me think something like this could have happened on our land. >> reporter: this prompted state land can commission canner to do something different. >> these folks urincred canably private and protected. >> reporter: over 400 pages of records probing the alleged crimes. is it a functional ranch? >> i know that there are nominal cows run on this ranch but it's not your typical ranching operation in new mexico. >> reporter: does it seem like the ranch operation was a front? >> i believe there was a veil of secrecy. access to that land was almost prohibitsed 237. >> reporter: it was here he wanted to impregnate women at

the ranch that could still be an active crime scene. it's the only property that has not yet been raided. cbs news, stanley, new mexico. firires are burning at a record rate in brazil's amazon rain forest and scientists warn it could strike a devastating blow in the fight against climate change. there have been more than 74,000 fires in brazil this year with more than half in the amazon region. it is often known as the earth's lungs producing 22% of the air. the size of the continental u.s. and g veterans get help with student debt. and an activist draucrosses line with the california law maker. this is the "cbs morning news."

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ten people aboard a small jet managed to get out quickly after it burst into flames yesterday at a california airport. the faa says the pilot had attempted to take off in the twin engine cessna from oroville municipal airport. it was headed to portland, oregon sca oregon. veterans are getting help with student loans. and a shooting is thwarted. the "orlando sentinel" repor reports-year-old was arrested. they say she used her sister's phone to send a group text to sixth graders. investigators said she told

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hormel foods and ross stores. wall street rebounded with retail and tech can companies accounting for a big share of the gains. nasdaq dropped 71. the federal budge lt deficit expected to balloon to more than $1 trillion in the next fiscal year. they're boosting prujexzs for this year's deficit by $63 billion. the 29th fiscal year is set to record a deficit of 960 billion. the congressional budget office hiking the deficits by $809 billion. the job market isn't quite as strong as originally believed. 501,000 fewer jobs in the u.s. than initially reported. nearly 2/3 of of the downward provision came from leisure

retail and hosputality. this is the sharpest downward revision since 2009. meanwhile the number of 401(k) millionaires has reach add record high. as of june 30th there were 196,000 plan participants with $1 million or more in their 401(k). that's up from 180,000 and 2018. the average worker should save 15% of their salary to financially prepared for retirement. and a new report is raising concerned about plastic in drinking water. they found more microplastics in boddaled water than tap water. while they say they don't appear pose a health risk, it did say more research is needed to know how microplastics afect human

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right foot. he was able to get away, running utof the water. it happened yesterday while vacation with his family at a florida beach. doctors are not sure whether he was bitten by a shark or another marine animal. it's not sharks but other sea life eating away at the most famous shipwreck in history. more than century after it shrank devoured into oblivian. >> the titanic is a wreck. time and tides have been unkind. it's disappearing at an alarming rate. explorers on the first man voyage in 15 years were astonished by its rapid decay. >> probably the most shocking area of detearieration were where the captain's quarters the captain's favorite among enthusiasts and that's gone.

>> reporter: gone are the states rooms reclaimed by nature but lost to the sea. salt water corrosion and sea currents swallow oing up rust. an inglorious end to a vein glorious beginning when the titanic made its maiden voyage in 1912 striking an iceberg, killing 1500 people. researchers now say it may only be a couple of decades before the ship is all but vanished. with survivors now having passed away the titanic's wreck itself is the only one left to tell its story. >> coming up on cbs this morning, a peek at the possible future of retail. concept store in plano, texas where there are items for sale while cameras track you.

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our top stories this morning, president trump says gun deaths constitute a public health emergency but stopped short of offering a clear proposal on how to address the issue. he's come under fire for failing to put forward a concrete plan to curb gun violence. and president trump is walking back his idea to implement a pay roll tax cut. yesterday he said the nation already has a strong economy. the presidents's flip-flop came after recent market volatility and economic uncertainty. the indictment of a former doctor as an arkansas veteran's hospital is sending shock waves

through the nation's largest health care system. he's charged with the deathf of three patients and could be responsible for more. >> add the end he couldn't walk. >> reporter: he was a grandfather off 10 and a proud retired army sergeant. in 2014 he went to an arkansas va can complaining offf a pain in his leg. >> so they kept saying it was arthritis. >> what did it end up being? >> a blood clot in the leg. >> reporter: after veteran's affairs pathologist was accuse said of involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of at least three veterans for misdiagnoses. he was chief pathologist off the veteran's affairs medical center off the ozarks for more than a decade.

leavy can be seen in this police body cam footage said to be from a dui stop. it was released by a law firm representing some of the victims. a veteran's affairs investigation into more than 30,000 cases found 3,029 showed errors or misdiagnoses. have le5 deaths. some from cancer. >> reporte >> i think there at the end he knew they had failed him. >> reporter: he's buried here add the fort smith national cemetery but his family wonders if a proper diagnoses could have saved his life. coming up on cbs this morning, a peekali at the possi future of retail.

plus a look at the 1619 project for the "new york times" which observes the anniversary of thev and wae'll show you an intense sport helping wupded warriors heal from ptsd. that's the cbs morning news for this thursday. thanks for watching. have a great day. ♪

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