the house judiciary committee is currently investigating the doj after two whistle-blowers came forward saying that the president's son was given preferential treatment. the irs will no longer make unannounced home and business visits, ending a decades-old policy. the change is part of an effort to keep workers safe and combat scammers pretending to be irs agents. and change is under way at twitter, or should i say x? that's the new name for the social media platform which officially began its rebrand monday both online and at company headquarters in san francisco. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm wendy gillette, cbs news, new york. it's tuesday, july 25th, 2023. this is the "cbs morning news." border showdown. the federal government is suing

texas over barriers meant to stop migrants from entering the u.s. governor greg abbott's response, texas will see you in court, mr. president. deadly heat. dangerously high temperatures continue throughout the week. one city is on pace to average over 100 degrees for the entire month. and tragedy on martha's vineyard. barack obama's personal chef dies while on vacation near the former president's holiday estate. good morning. i'm wendy gillette in for anne-marie green. the government is in a showdown. the department of justice is suing governor greg abbott after the state refused to remove large buoys meant to block migrants from crossing the rio grande. the biden administration says ta barriers are dangerous and unlawful. the governor is not backing down, saying he has a right to

defend his state's border. jarred hill has the latest on the legal fight. jarred, good morning. >> good morning, wendy. it looks like the governor anticipated the lawsuit, sending a letter to president biden earlier monday accusing them of not doing more and putting them at risk. the biden administration and texas are now locked in a legal battle over this 1,000-foot floating barrier in the rio grande. >> texas is protecting its sovereignty and constitutional right to secure the border of our state. ⌞> reporter: the federal government file as lawsuit yesterday to force texas to remove the buoys, vie alleging it violated the federal law. >> there's no good-faith effort here in what governor abbott is doing. he's actively undermining our border enforcement plan. >> reporter: he has defied federal calls to remove buoys which along with razor wire are

part of a multi-billion dollar lone star plan aimed at reducing illegal border crossings. >> it just happens to be i do business on that river. >> reporter: river guide jesse fuentes is also sueing to remove barrier claiming it's hurting his canoe and kayaking business. >> nobody wants to get on the water, nobody. >> reporter: the critics say the buoys anchored to the rush bottom are dangerous and could cause migrants to drown. governor abbott is vowing to take the case all the way to the u.s. supreme court. now all this comes as the biden administration says illegal crossings have actually dropped significantly since they started implementing some new immigration restrictions back in may at the end of title 42. wendy, back to you. >> jarred hill in new york. jarred, thanks. >> sure. across the country, the unrelenting heatwaves continue today with temperatures likely to top 110 degrees in phoenix for the 26th straight day. with no end in sight, officials are urging people to remain inside and keep cool to stay out

of the hospital. nicole sganga reports on the deadly high temperatures that are expanding into the midwest and northeast this week. >> reporter: the heat is relentless and dangerous. >> it's miserable actualy. >> reporter: phoenix is now on pace to become the first major u.s. city ever to average over 100 degrees for an entire month. at this high school in tempe, arizona, classes started last week. >> the hotter environment for students means what? >> we've required several cool zone spaces at every one of our campuses especially this year. >> reporter: while athletic fields are empty during the hottest hours of the day, the teams still practice. >> the athletes are drinking a gallon or two of water before they even go outside. >> reporter: outside the risks are everywhere. extreme heat is magnifying surface temperatures. even quick contact can cause first-degree burns at 118 degrees. blisters can occur at 131, and skin tissue can be destroyed instantly at 162.

in arizona, surface temperatures can reach 180 degrees. across the country, keeping cool can prevent heat exhaustion and heatstroke. so far this summer at least five deaths inside national parks have been attributed to heat-related causes. the heat is dangerous as well for creatures at the phoenix zoo. even desert tortoises need a water break. seniors at this rec center are playing it safe, exercising indoors. >> what do you worry about when the temperatures get this hot? >> air-conditioning not working. >> that was nicole sganga reporting. authorities say the search at the new york home of gilgo beach murder suspect rex heuermann could take days. yesterday the police say they found a walk-in vault with an iron door in the basement of the home. they're using excavation tools

and dogs and ground-penetrating sonar to search the property. three women were found on long island's gilgo beach more than a decade ago. he has pleaded not guilty. tensions are growing after pyongyang fired two short-range ballistic missiles monday. that comes after the state department says north korea has not given the u.s. information about an american soldier who crossed into the country last week. david martin reports. >> reporter: army private travis king is the wild king on a korean peninsula that a u.s. official says has been as tense as it's been for a long time. that's king moments before he dashed across the line dividing south from north nearly a week ago, and the u.s. still has not been able to find out anything. >> we wanted to ascertain the whereabouts of private king, we wanted information about his safety, but we have not receive ned response at all. >> reporter: a member could only

report that north korea has received its request for information. >> none of us know where this is going to end. >> reporter: today north korea fired two more short-range ballistic missiles just hours after a u.s. nuclear powered submarine, the "uss annapolis" pulled into a south korean port. the "annapolis" does not carry nuclear weapons, but its arrival comes just days after the visit of another american submarine, the "uss kentucky," which is equipped to carry armed missiles. it's the fourth time in decades that a u.s. submarine has surfaced in south korea, a blunt reminder that it is always in range of american nuclear weapons. south korea's hard-lined president visited the ship to make sure north's kim jong-un got the message. >> david martin reporting.

>> breaking overnight, turkey was hit by a 5.5 magnitude earthquake early this morning. that comes after a devastating 7.8 earthquake struck the country earlier this year. officials estimate the february incident caused nearly 60,000 deaths as experts scrambled to save people trapped underneath the rubble. israeli troops killed three palestinian militants that officials say opened fire on them on the west bank today. it comes after fighting continued overnight after they threaten odd to take power away. a plan pushed by prime minister benjamin netanyahu. as elizabeth palmer reports, opponents s prove this i is gra threat to o democracy. >> repeporter: fury y erupted a the vote and then chaos. outside tell a vehicle, a car veered into the crowd, slamming

into protesters, injuring three. the people who took to the streets were devastated by parliament's vote on judicial reform, which passed technically unopposed after the opposition walked out. that gave prime minister benjamin netanyahu's right wing and religious political allies a clear victory but a hollow one. months of protests showed the majority of israelis were against the change. >> we're angry that people are trying to change this country, trying to crereate a democratic backslide. >> reporter: in a country with no constitution or upper legislative chamber, israel's supreme court had been a crucial check on government power. no more. >> when the supreme court don't have the tools to be independent, israel won't be a true democracy anymore. >> reporter: president biden had called the bill divisive and urged the prime minister to back off. netanyahu, who's facing corruption charges, has long been controversial, but this

kind of outrage is unprecedented. more than 10,000 israeli military reservists said they wouldn't serve if netanyahu's amendment passed, and the protesters say they're not giving up. elizabeth palmer, cbs news. coming up, a wild car crash. what we know about a car that flipped over stairs in san francisco. and later, twitter overhaul. the new logo on focus for the app. this is the "cbs morning news." " ♪♪ when youou have chroronic kikidney diseaease... there e are placeses you'd like to o be. lilike here. and hehere. not t so much hehere. if y you have chchronic kikidney diseaease, fafarxiga can n help you keep liviving life.. ♪ farxigaga ♪ and fafarxiga reduduces the e risk of kikidney failul, whwhich can lelead to dialaly. farxiga a can cause serious sie effefects includuding dehydrdr, urinary y tract or g genital yt ininfections i in women anand,

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