captioning funded by cbs it's wednesday, august 2nd, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." the u.s. pushes back against north korea. >> we are not your enemy. we're not your threat. but you're presenting an unacceptable threat to us, and we have to respond. plus, baltimore police officers are accused of switching off body cameras and planting evidence during a drug bust. he jumped off a plane. >> a teen makes an escape out of the emergency exit but he didn't

get far. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york, good to be with you, i'm anne-marie green. the white house now acknowledges president trump was involved in drafting a misleading statement issued by donald trump jr. concerning his meeting with a russian lawyer. that contradicts statements by the president's attorney and secretary of state rex tillerson says the u.s. would like to open a dialogue with north korea under certain circumstances. hena doba is here in new york with the details. good morning, hena. >> good morning, anne-marie. the u.s. is showing its own force with the recent testings. the white house insists the diplomacy is still the first and much preferred option. exactly one week after north korea launched its second missile test capable of reaching the united states, the u.s. air force is set to send an

intercontinental ballistic missile of its own this morning this morning. despite this flexing of military mite, secretary of state rex tillerson insists the u.s. is pushing for a peaceful dialogue with pyongyang. >> we're trying to convey to the north koreans, we're not your enemy, we're not your threat, but you're presenting an unacceptable threat to us. >> over at the white house press secretary sara huckabee sanders is trying to portray. critics call that initial account of the event misleading because it was stated it was about an adoption with no intent of getting political dirt on hillary clinton. >> the president weighed in as any father would based on the information he had. >> senate lawmakers in a show of bipartisan support voted 95-2

for christopher wray. >> we need leaders with steel spines, not weak spine. i believe mr. wray will be sufficient a leader. >> he pledged during his confirmation hearing last month to remain independent from any political pressure. >> and wray also testified he was never asked to testify to loyalty to the president but if he would have, he would have said no. ahead on "cbs this morning" we'll talk with kelly an conway, counsel to the president, about the statement of donald trump jr.'s meeting with the russian laier. a lawsuit details an alleged conspiracy between the trump administration, trump supporters, and the fox news

channel. chip reid has the story. >> the lawsuit claims president trump personally persuaded fox news to publish a story that turned out to not be true. it turns out seth rich was responsible for leaking the party's wikileaks in 2016 and was not the hackers. the goal was to help lift the cloud of the russia investigation. sean hannity who is one of president trump's biggest fans hosted the story but fox retracted the meeting after just a meet saying it did not meet its journal is tick standards. the lawsuit was filed by former d.c. police detective rod wheeler of fox news contributor. he says they imaccurately

reported his findings implicating rich because that's how the president wanted the article. another fox commentator coordinated the effort by the president and fox to publish the story. willard's complaint says bu tow ski left him this emeigh on the 14th. >> a couple of minutes ago i got a note we've got the full attention of the white house on this, and tomorrow let's close this deal. >> the same day a text message from butowsky said the president just read the article. he wants the art caught out immediately. butowsky now says he just meeting. in a statement said, the white house had nothing to do with the story. current press secretary sarah huckabee sanders was also asked about it. the president had no knowledge

of the story and it's untrue the white house had a statement in the story. >> the accusation that fox news.com published the story to help detrekt covering of the russia issue is completely erroneous. cbs news, the white house. he'll be held personally responsible for the safety of the two opposition leaders. they were arrested yesterday and are being held at a military prison. another round of anti-government demonstrations are held for tomorrow. baltimore police are again being accused of planting evidence. public defenders say this police body cam video from last november appears to show police engaged in the staged recovery of narcotics. it shows officers turning their cameras off and on and then locating a bag that appears to contain drugs. because of the video, charges

were dropped against one defendant. last month's video was released showing a different officer allegedly planting drugs in a lot. a 1-year-old boy is under arrest after he opened an emergency door on an airliner as it was taxiing in san francisco. the copa airlines flight had just landed yesterday after a flight from panama and was headed to the gate. >> this guy, i see him jump on the wing and then he starts climbing down the wing and then he just runs, then he starts running the other way. >> a construction crew held the teenager until the police arrived. he is a u.s. citizen and was traveling alone. it's unclear why he jumped from the plane. he appeared to have been in emotional stress during the flight. the plane door was closed and it taxied to the gate. rains could be expected for

miami adding insult to injury. parts of miami beach were swamped with nearly six inches of rain. there were no reports of injuries. the northwest the extreme heat is the issue there. an excessive heat warning is posted from northern california all the way up to the canadian border. in portland, the high today is expected to be 107 degrees. stores are running out of air conditioners, and res dentds are trying to beat the heat. tomorrow the record could hit a high 108 degrees. coming up on the "morning news" now, targeting affirmative action. the justice department plans to investigate universities over admissions policies. and caught on dash cam, an officer is mowed down at a traffic stop. this is the "cbs morning news." eyes every day. i should know. i have chronic dry eye caused by reduced tear production due to inflammation.

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roxana saberi is at the new york stock exchange with that and more. good morning, roxana. >> good morning, anne-marie. the dow is on its way to pushing through the 21,000 mark for the first time. the dow gained 72 point, the s&p added 6 points, and the nasdaq finished 14 points up. apple stocks surged to an all-time high after the closing bell when the tech giant announced strong earnings and better than expected sales of iphones. the company sold more than 41 million phones last quarter. the iphone is now expected on shelves as early as september. they saw a rise in iphones and macs as well as tablets and computers. sales of cars, meanwhile, are sliding. new car sales fell 7% in july. it was the seventh straight months of lower sales according to auto data corporation.

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our top story this morning, the white house now admits donald trump misstated his weighing in with a russian lawyer. the president said the meeting was about an adoption and not about the possibility of getting political dirt on hillary clinton. and baltimore police are again being accused of planting evidence. public defenders say this video shows officers searching a car and recovering drugs after turning their body cameras off and on. the case against one defendant was dropped because of this video. this summer the naacp put on an extraordinary warning

regarding travel in new jersey. jericka done ka has more. they're legalizing discrimination in the state of missouri. >> reporter: attorney nimrod chapel jr. is the president of the naacp in new jersey. he said the bill signed into law by eric greitens is so dangerous it has a name for it. >> the jim crow bill because in the lieu of the naacp, that's what it's breathing life into. >> reporter: currently you can file a suit if things like race, religion, and gender are a contributing factor to discrimination, but later this month they would have to prove it as the motivating factor and chapel said that's extremely hard to do. >> you would think that the best evidence would be like a memo, right? we discriminated against so-and-so because they are who they are. nobody writes memos, or when they do, it's so rare, and

getting that kind of evidence can be very, very difficult. >> it is wrong. it is flat out wrong. >> reporter: 64-year-old pat roe kerr sued the state of missouri in 2010 for sex and age discrimination. last year a jury awarded her nearly $3 million. now she's concerned the new law will make lawsuits like hers tougher to file and send the wrong message. >> this is just another example of not being progress irving and if we want to be a progressive missouri, why are we going backward? >> eric greitens calls its con sense reform and says the motivating current standard is currently used by the equal opportunities commission. the naacp says it will continue to make its awareness through its traveler's advisory. coming up on "cbs this morning," we'll hear from the family of an ohio mother who was deported after living 17 years

in the united states following a routine traffic stop last month. plus the battle over driving on beaches. we'll see why a summertime tradition is sparking concerning for safety and the environment. and in the series "issues that matter," we talk with former vice president al gore about climate change and his new movie "an inconvenient sequel." that's the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com ♪ we're here when you're ready.

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well, new this morning a car, at a gas station riddled with bullets, the driver is rushed to the hospital, we will tell you where the overnight violence unfolded. police are searching foreman who sexually assaulted a woman inside a montgomery county park we will tell you why this case is proving to be so tough for powe lease. city officials are planning their next step to stop a controversial beach project, in margate, the details of what they will be discussing later today. it is wednesday, august 2nd good morning i'm jim donovan. i'm rahel solomon. let's check the forecast with katie and traffic with meisha, good morning. >> good morning, happy wednesday, ham i hump day a lot of construction. yesterday it was just a mess, you guys, good