captioning funded by cbs it's wednesday, october 25th, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." if we simply to this condition, heaven help us. >> back-to-back hits. president trump is slammed by two recairing senators. now some are calling it a victory for the president. the infamy about the ties to

russia was reportedly funded by hillary clinton and the dnc. >> they cast the tie-breaking vote that helps customers sue banks and credit card companies. good morning here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. the republican party civil war erupted with a blistering verbal result by two retiring gop senators. first tennessee's bob corker and then arizona's jeff flake. corker said the president has trouble with the truth while flake declared he would not be complicit calling trump's behavior dangerous to a democracy. >> we must never call as normal the norms and ideals. we must never meekly accept the

daily sun doerring of our country. the personal attacks, the threats against principles, freedom and institution. >> nikki battiste is here with more. good morning, nicky. >> good morning. the white house is waking up half after two critical members have said they will not be seeking. >> when the next generation asks us why didn't you do something, why didn't you speak up, what are we going to say? mr. president, i rise today to say enough. >> that's arizona snore jeff flake who announced he will not be seeking re-election in 14 months. his reason, so he can speak out

freely against president trump. >> reckless, dangerous behavior has been a tell it like it is. >> earlier in the day it was another retiring senator, tennessee's bob corker publicly rebuking the commander in chief. >> the president has a great difficult on many issues. toinlt know why he lowers himself to such a low, low standard and debases the country the way he does, but he does. >> president trump had some choice words for corker via a series of tweets calling him incompetent and a lightweight who couldn't get elected dog catcher in tennessee. >> i think they were not likely to be re-elected and it shows the support is more behind this president and that the two individuals. >> this all came on the day the president came to the capitol to try to rally republicans to support his plan to overhaul

taxes. >> nikki battiste in new york. thank you so much, nikki. ahead on "cbs this morning," we will talk to senator jeff flake about his criticism of the president and his decision to retire. the clinton campaign and the democratic national committee reportedly helped to fund the research that led to the allegations about the ties. the trump dossier is being reviewed by the fbi. it shows trump was aiding the campaign. the president has dismissed the document. it was brokered by a clinton campaign lawyer. he was approached by a research group. the u.s. military says the army troops ambushed in niger may have been betrayed by someone in the village where they stopped to rest with local

leaders. >> reporter: they had been on a reconnaissance mission for nearly 24 hours. the patrol then received new orders to meet with elders in on thego on thego. a u.s. official tells cbs news the patrol wanted to speak with the elders. they may have also been searching for a wanted terrorist. the villagers delayed the troope troopers' partners. that's when they were ambushed. u.s. say it's unclear whether it was unplanned or simply one of opportunity. chairman general joseph dunceford. >> reporter: when the attack was over three were mortally wounded. johnson was separated by the

group and recovered 48 hours by nigerian forces. they're now asking whether this was a failure of intelligence. >> we're going to make sure we get full and adequate answers not just for the american people but for your families of those who were lost. >> the americans aren't doing the actual fighting unless it's self-defense. in this instance, it clearly was self-defense. >> reporter: she served as ambassador to niger. >> it's important to us. it can be a bulwark. >> cbs news has spoke within a family member of one of the injured u.s. soldiers. 's a staff sergeant with seven deployments, and he's back in ft. bragg recovering from a

bullet wound to his elbow. margaret brennan, cbs news, the white house. president trump directed federal agent is to resume admitting refugees to this country. his ban expired yesterday. applications will be accepted and judged on a case-by-case basis. a 90-day review for nationals for 11 countries. the faa is investigating an incident at san francisco airport. air traffic controllers tried to wave them off. due to faulty radios, the crew never heard the warning. >> reporter: with air canada flight 781 closing in on sunday night air traffic controllers made six calls to the pilots to abort the landing. there was no response from the

flight from montreal with 149 on board. they were fearful the previous arrival wouldn't be cleared. a supervisor in the tower resorted to using a red light like this to report the possible dangerous. it landed anyway after the other plane got out of the way. the tower made three more attempts before finally hearing from the pilot claiming there was a problem with the airli airliner's radio. >> i'm afraid these fellows were almost clueless. >> reporter: he often flew in to san francisco. >> going in, if i don't hear any transmission on a very busy frequency for more than 30 seconds, i know i have a problem and i either switch radios or get a radio check. >> reporter: in july a different air canada came within feet of

colliding with four airliners waiting to take off. in that incident the air canada's pilot mistook the taxi way for the runway. an investigation is ongoing. >> the airline says it will investigate what happened. the faa is investigating too. kris van cleave, cbs news, seattle. >> the first game of the world series was a sizzler. the game-time temperature in los angeles, 103 degrees, but the dodgers were able to beat the heat and the houstons. >> high fly ball into left. off the bat of turner. at the wall, it's gone. turner makes it 3-1, dodgers in game one. >> yep. 3-1 was the final score. clayton kerr ciao struck out 11 astros and gave up just three hits in seven innings.

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in july they instituted a consumer rule the bank had been lobbying aggressively to overturn the legislation. those firms couldn't stand in the way. last night vice president mike pence cast the senate's tie-breaking vote on the matter. the house has already passed similar pro-business legislation. president trump is expected to quickly sign the resolution. here on wall street, c caterpillar after posting better than expected quarterly results, pushing it to a record high. the s&p 500 added 4 points and the nasdaq finish 11 points higher. it may cost you more if you want to visit some of the other countries. the popular national park. they're considering the peak season fee at several attractions. the new fees would help ensure

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our top story this morning. a pair of republican senators denounce president trump with some blistering criticism. arizona's jeff flake called the president dangerous to democracy. earlier mr. corker said the president has trouble with the truth. there's new insight into the las vegas massacre that killed 58 people. "the new york times" has developed a timeline by piecing together evidence from videos taken at the scene. jamie yuccas has details. >> reporter: "the new york times" investigation says the shooting started at 10:05, matching the investigators' typeline. matching initial shots, matching

gunfire can be heard with jason aldean on stage. but at 10:06 p.m. one minute into the attack, the "times" says stephen paddock wounded jesus campos in the hallway which contradicted what was said. it's one of the many questions being raise by a team of digital investigator at "the new york times" which used 30 videos to create the timeline. >> ours is not the picture of what happened. it gives us insight into what happen happened. >> senior story writer malachy browne. >> 36 seconds came automatic gunfire into the crowd of the route 91 harvest festival. there is just a 17-second lull before a third burst of gunfire

and only 20 seconds later a fourth burst. "the new york times" counts more than 900 rounds in all into the crowd. at 10:10, muffled gunfire is heard from a taxi driver's cell phone video indicating that the shooter might have been firing into the hallway again. what's unclear is kwhie officers wouldn't arrive on the 31st floor for another two minlds and not until 10:22 to the second floor. >> where are the cops at? >> a full seven minutes after the shooting starting the taxi driver questioned why there are no officers or panic outside mandalay bay. >> everyone is just standing around. >> more than three weeks after the shooting there are still many unanswered questions like what was stephen paddock's motivation, why did he allegedly shoot himself, and why are there so many questions surrounding the timeline? we reached out to the sheriff's office and they tell us there's no investigative update at this

time. jamie yuccas, cbs news, los angeles. coming up on "cbs this morning," we'll meet two survivors of the las vegas shooting who are back on the field as ball girl for the l.a. dodgers. and charlie has a rare interview with photographer annie leibovitz as she talks about her latest portraits from the last decade. that's the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday. thanks for watching. e i'm anne-marie green. e i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

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smoke in the third floor and then, i put my head out and then i see smoke coming from the second floor. >> breaking right now flames erupting from the mess popular restaurants on south street we are live as fire fighters try to stop that fire from spreading. school community grieving this morning after one of their students and another teen are murdered in south philadelphia we will have more on the victims and search for their killer. take a look some are waking up in a fog, we will tell you how long it will take to burn off. it is wednesday october 25th good morning, i'm jim donovan. i'm rahel solomon. all that plus more national guard soldiers are heading to puerto rico but first lets check the forecast with katie and bird with meisha. >> good morning. >> we are looking outside, everything looking good, nice and dry but