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passengers across the globe. lines and crowds are continuing to grow. >> a masve computer outage grounds delta airlines. >> itppears to preventing passengers from checking in and flights from taking off. >> the son of a prominent kansas lawmaker died while riding a 168-foot water slide. >> we honestly don't know what's happened. that's why an investigation, a full investigation is taking place. >> hillary clinton is enjoying a bump in the polls. trump, mean attack mode trying to make up for lost ground. >> i don't believe he will change and he has to change if he's going to win that election. >> california firefighters are battling a fast-moving brush fire in the san bernardino mountains. >> we are totally out of control. >> alex rodriguez calling it quits. >> no athletes ever ends his careerr her career the w you want to. we all want to keep playing forever. the nfl hall of fame game,
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game. >> questions arose about player safety. >> a wild scene near san diego. a huge shark jumps out of the water over and over. >> all that -- >> north pole one has ever been there before. >> ichiro to right. he's climbed the mountain! and he has arrived at 3,000. >> and allhat matters -- >> in this olympic world, we are all equal. >> that is simply not true. >> the whole reason we do this than everyone else so we can make them stand higher than the other people who are not as good. >> on "cbs this morning." >> still ahead of the world record by a full second! she'going to break it! >> katie ledecky smashes her own world record and ledecky has made history at these rio games. >> this morning's eye-opener is presented by toyota, let's go
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announcer: this portion of "cbs this morningsore" sponby toyota. let's go places. ? welcomeo "cbs this morning." norah o'donnell is off. dane ya jacobson of cbs sports network is with us. one of the world's biggest airlines grounded all takeoffs overnight. thousands of delta passengers face major delays. delta blames a worldwide computer outage. >> this could impact thousands of flights, including connections all across the united states and canada. this is a major global computer outage that has resulted in nearly all delta flights being held on the ground. flights that were in the air when the outage happened are operating normally, but the vast majority of morning flights are still on the ground. the airline says this is due to
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atlanta where the airline is based around 2:30 eastern time this morning. the airline also expects large-scale cancellations today. also expect large-scale delays because of this computer issue. impacted by computer issues that has forced the airline to hold all of their departing flights at the gate. it is a rough way to start the morning for one of the nation's largest carriers. delta is an airline known for its reliability. they routinely have the fewest cancelled flight and among the best in on-time arrival but not suffering from fairly substantial computer issues. just a couple of weeks ago we saw southwest airlines experience something very similar. their computer issues plagued the airline for days. we know crews are working at delta and the bottom line, if you are flying delta today, expect significant disruptions to travel plans. check your flight status, but be prepared to be at the airport to be delayed or to have your flight cancelled. >> chris, thank you.
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closed today as investigators try to learn how a 10-year-old boy died on what is called the world's tallest water slide. caleb schwab, the son of state representative scott schwab. the family was visiting schlitterbahn water park in kansas city yesterday. the boy was on a ride that rises 17 stories above the ground. omar is live with the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: good morning. we are inme season, but the road and the park itself will remain closed. and no one is sure when or if the slide in question will reopen. officials still haven't said how 10-year-old caleb schwab died, only that he was on the nearly 169-foot tall water slide. >> we honestly don't know what's happened. that's why an investigation, a full investigation is necessary. >> reporter: witnesses say they
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ground. >> first responders started covering it up with a white sheet. >> you just don't really want to believe what's going on. >> reporter: caleb was at the park as part of a free admission today for lawmakers and their families. the slide sends riders on a three-person raft plummeting at 60 to 70 miles per hour. riders must be at least 54 inches tall, with each raft having a combined weight between 400 and 550 pounds. in a recent commercial, the slide was promoted as being taller than niagara falls. >> in facing its sheer size, there's only one question to ask, are you insane? >> reporter: it faced multiple delays before opening in 2014. adjustments reportedly had to be made to the slide's second hill after sandbag tests showed the rafts literally flying off the slide. after sunday's fatal accident, the park stressed its commitment to safety.
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every day and inspected by an outside party. >> reporter: representative schwab and his wife, michelle, issued a statement saying, "as we try to mend our home with caleb no large with us, we are comforted that he believed in our savior, jesus, and they are together forever now. we will see him another day." >> reporter: the water slide is now, water park's website doesn't give an age restriction, but when the park opened you had to be 14 years old to ride. caleb was only 10. >> thank you, omar. an american is one of two in afghanistan.essors kidnapped security officials say the unidentified victim was with an australian colleague in kabul last night when they were abducted. they were professors at the american university at afghanistan.
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charlie, good morning. >> good morning. the u.s. embassy in kabul has confirmed that an american citizen was kidnapped near the university. they're withholding his identity for now. afghan officials tell cbs news a number of gunmen in military-type fatigues forced the two professors out of their suv at gunpoint. kidnapping is sometimes the work of criminal gangs but the fear here is that they could be sold off to taliban or isis which has been fighting to gain a hold in afghanistan. isis claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing of a in kabul last month that killed more than 80 people. just last week, they released photos purporting to show weapons and equipment seized from american forces including an i.d. card of a u.s. soldier. the military said that soldier is safe with his unit and on active duty. but the taliban remains on the attack too, bombing a compound housing foreigners last week. recently police in kabul advised
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guards and armored vehicles, warning they're targets in a kidnap threat is high. in pakistan a suicide bombing of a government hospital skilled at least 63 people there this morning. dozens more were wounded in the attack in the city of queta. no one has claimed responsibility. it happened after the hospital received the body of a leading lawyer who had been murdered earlier in the day. dozen of his colleagues there to grieve for him. team usa is off to a commanding start. the u.s. dominated day two of the competition leading all countries with 12 medals, that includes three golds. china in second place with eight total medals. italy and japan are tied for third with seven each. ben tracy is outside olympic park in rio to show us where the americans have been finding their success. ben, good morning. >> reporter: good morning from the olympic park here in rio. day three just about to kick off, but you know people are
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these this morning. a u.s. gymnast who does not seem bound by the laws of gravity and two star swimmers who added more medals to their impressive collection. >> no one loves the relays more than michael phelps. >> reporter: michael phelps dove headfirst into history, the most decorated olympian ever, racing towards another medal. >> and the united states will win gold again! relay team usa won gold. ryan held broke down while celebrating his first olympic medal, as phelps earned his 23rd, 19 of them now gold. >> she's going to break it! >> reporter: less than an hour earlier, 19-year-old katie ledecky not only beat the competition in the 400 meter freestyle but she defeated herself, topping her own world
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seconds. in gymnastics, the fierce five were back in action. team usa is headed for the team final after dominating the qualifying round. three-time world champion simone biles was once again a pint-sized powerhouse, but gabby douglas hoping to repeat as olympic champion did not make the cut for the individual all-around.th this. >> a stunner in rio! >> reporter: after 15 wins, venus and serena williams lost their first-ever olympic doubles match. rio's grueling cycling course proved too much for a dutch rider who was in the lead until this frightening crash. >> oh! >> reporter: she fractured her spine and suffered a concussion, but later tweeted from the hospital that she was super disappointed after best race of my career.
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saw many olympic venues with large swaths of empty seats. some fans blame long security lines for missing their events. >> i'm going to go out on a limb and say you are americans. >> yes. >> reporter: we found some american tourists getting hazed by the home country fans. >> you have to patriotic people right there. >> reporter: despite the fun, there has also been some security conce h two australian rowing coaches were robbed at knife point near their hotel and a stray bullet went through the media tent at the equestrian center over the weekend. police say it came from -- it was meant for a police blimp that carries security cameras. >> ben tracy reporting from rio. russia is pushing back against a decision to ban all of its athletes from next month's
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committee released the report yesterday. russia's sports federation is now appealing. this ban means that russia will not have a presence in the games meant to highlight athletes with disabilities. the country won more than a third of the medals at the 2014 winter paralympics in sochi. donald trump will try to get back on message this morning with a speech in detroit on economics. the republican nominee faded in the polls after a series of missteps. the latest trump is behind by eight points. our cbs news battleground tracker finds virginia voters prefer hillary clinton by double digits, 49% to 37% and the race is effectively tied in two important western states. clinton leads by two points in nevada while trump is two points ahead in arizona. major garrett is in detroit where trump will soon speak to the city's economic club. major, good morning. >> reporter: good morning.
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that arizona poll number. a democrat hasn't won arizona in a -- has only won arizona in a presidential election once since 1948, so a statistical tie for trump there is not good news. he must steady the ship. that's to prevent more defections of republicans and reassure skittish donors. part of that will be through an economic speech in a few hours that will emphasize across-the-board tax cuts, lots of help for the fossil fuel industry and opposition to trade deals, present and nd lacks the temperament. >> reporter: over the weekend, donald trump tried to change the subject from mistakes and intra party fueds back to hillary clinton. >> i've always had a great temperament, and you know i win. i have a winning temperament. the subject can't be on her because she's been such a failure. so they came up with the word temperament. >> reporter: but a new poll shows more than six in ten believe clinton has the personality and temperament to effectively serve as president,
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does not. >> i'm not ready to support donald trump. >> reporter: arizona senator jeff flake repeated calls for trump to change his approach. >> he's only received 14 million votes in the primary. to get from 14 to 65 or so, you've got to take more responsible positions. >> reporter: on saturday another republican congressman, scott ridgel of virginia, announced he would vote for libertarian gary johnson, becoming the third gop congressman to renounce trump. w but we will disagree as friends -- >> reporter: late friday trump tried to end his fight with the gop, reading slowly off prepared remarks, trump reversed his decision to withhold support for house speaker paul ryan and senator john mccain in their re-election bids. >> working hand in hand, we will grow our majority in the house and in the senate. we need that.
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>> reporter: campaign chairman ul manafort predicted sunday trump was ready for more discipline. >> she is very focused, he know what he needs to do. i'm confident he's going to start doing it. >> reporter: rnc reince priebus played a big role until trump's endorsement reversal. he warned trump if he doesn't change he risks not only his election but majorities in the house and senator. top republicans hope trump gets it and will become less but as said in one entirely different context, hope is not a strategy. >> there's certainly more to come. hillary clinton will respond to donald trump with her own economic speech in detroit later this week. her campaign is trying to keep the focus on the economy and her opponent, after clinton's latest comments about her state department e-mails raised new questions. nancy cordes is tracking the clinton campaign. nancy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning.
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before he gives his speech point to economic experts who say his proposals would lead to a lengthy recession and kill jobs. clinton is visiting more small businesses this week as she tries to prove that she, not the billionaire, can steer the economy. >> an economy that works for everyone, not just those at the top. >> reporter: clinton's relentless focus on the economy, as trump veers off course. >> she's a monitor. >> reporter: may be paying off. % she's prepared to be president, compared to just 36% who now say that about trump. the name-calling probably doesn't help. >> she is a totally unhinged person. she's unbalanced. >> reporter: the comparison has enabled clinton to take the lead even though she performs poorly in some areas. only a third of virginia voters think she can bring change to washington or that she tells the truth.
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it. >> reporter: clinton gave a tortured explanation friday for why she mischaracterized the fbi director's comments, claiming incorrectly that he said she never publicly lied about her e-mails. >> director comey had said that my answers in my fbi interview were truthful. that's really the bottom line here. what i told the fbi, which he said was truthful, is consistent with what i have said publicly. >> she's lying about lying. >> reporter: republicans argued words. >> she now has a fundamental way of saying to people it wasn't that i lied to you, i just didn't quite remember whatever it was i was going to say. >> reporter: but in politics, everything is relative and a new national poll asked voters who they think is more honest, clinton or trump. she won that one by a narrow margin, dana, 49 points to 40. >> ncy cordes, thank you. florida's gulf coast this morning is under a flood watch. heavy rain already pounded parts
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expected throughout the week. between 8 and 12 inches of rain could soak places from tampa north toward the panhandle. some areas are under a major flood risk because of swelling rivers. the nfl called off a marquee preseason game last night because it was too dangerous. the annual hall of fame game was cancelled due to poor field conditions in canton, ohio. paint used in the end zones and at midzone became too hard for the packers and colts to play . said they are disappointed for the fans, but player safety is their primary concern. some car thieves are giving up on hotwiring and now turning to hacking. ahead, how criminals can trick
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ahead his new role for the yankees. and charlie is filling in this is a cbs 58 morning ws up. update.good morning everyone i'm jessica tighe with this cbs 58 news update.it's 7:26. delta air lines is experiencing a major system-wide ?network outage.?.. and it's impacting flights around the world.cbs 58's ?kyle aevermann? joins us live from "mitchell airport" in milwaukee... to show us the impact there. a power outage in atlanta is causing headaches for travelers around the world this morning. flights on delta airlines are seeing major delays this morning, including those departing general mitchell. that's where we find cbs 58's kyle aevermann with the latest. kyle?passengers here are being told the delays could be as long at 4-5 hours. delta is giving passengers the option to rebook without any penalties or cancel and receive a full refund. all departing flights are grounded still at the point. -i've
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coming up in this half hour, iran announc the exetionf a nuclear scitist who tehran z the e-mails durer stary of state. ahead, the mystery of why the scieted return to iran, knowing he could face a death sentence. plus lap key to the future of carts? ahead howackers canakever a vehie in just mis. > how you some of t adlines around the globe. d the globe. sa russians apparently want donald umomeam next presidt. pos askedch candidate d improve. they say they prefer him because he is a man and more fun than clinton. "new ogeres son from tews budt to
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they say he hired operatives to spy on or smear his foes. through his attorney, aes denies this allegation. he quit last month id sexual "the wall street journal" has a possible cause of the deadliest hot air balloon crash in u.s. history. 16 people were killed last month when a balloon hit a power line in texas. the journal says ntsb experts believe the pilot was trying to quickly descend through a break didn't notice the power lines. a final report could take a year. "the san francisco chronicle" reports on the deadly player who was playing pokemon go. 20-year-old calvin riley w shot in the chest saturday night. it happened at a popular tourist area near san francisco's ghirardelli square. he was playing pokemon go on his phone. police are now looking for surveillance video or witnesses. phone. a rare television address of
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publicly for the firstime outossible mystery surrounds the execution of an iranian nuclear scientist. we last saw him six years ago when he reunited with his young son in iran. but government officials in tehran confirm he was executed as inharing secre with the unittates. good morning. >> reporter: gd moing. this strge series of events ng.th here is what , nuclear se
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this is a cbs 58 morning news . update.good morning everyone. i'm jessica tighe with this cbs 58 news update.it's 7:56. 3 one person is dead after a shooting in milwaukelast night.it happened around 9:45 at ?fourth and chambers.? you can see police tape up... evidence marked off... and investigators busy looking for that person... has ?not? been released yet.no word on any arrests. ahead on cbs this morning--- bob schieffer joins the conversation to talk all things campaign 20-16. 3 forecast...today...sunny. highs in the lower 80s. east winds 5 to 10 mph. .tonight...mostly clear. lows in the mid 60s. southeast winds up to 10 mph. .tuesday...mostly sunny. highs in the mid 80s. southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. .tuesday night...mostly clear. lows in the upper 60s. south winds up to 10 mph shifting to the west after midnight. .wednesday...warm and humid. mostly sunny. highs in the
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readings 95 to 96 early in the afternoon. today...sunny. highs in the lower 80s. east winds 5 to 10 mph. .tonight...mostly clear. lows in the mid 60s. southeast winds up to 10 mph. .tuesday...mostly sunny. highs in the mid 80s. southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. .tuesday night...mostly clear. lows in the upper 60s. south winds up to 10 mph shifting to the west after midnight. .wednesday...warm and humid. mostly sunny. highs in the upper 80s. southeast winds up to 10 mph. highest heat index readings 95 to 96 early in the afternoon. today...sunny. highs in the lower 80s. east winds 5 to 10 mph. .tonight...mostly clear. lows in the mid 60s. southeast winds up to 10 mph. .tuesday...mostly sunny. highs in the mid 80s. southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. .tuesday the upper 60s. south winds up to 10 mph shifting to the west after midnight. .wednesday...warm and humid. mostly sunny. highs in the upper 80s. southeast winds up to 10 mph. highest heat index readings 95 to 96 early in the afternoon.
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? ? it is monday, august 8th, 2016. welcome back to "cbs this morning." more real news ahead including hillary clinton'sdea over donald trump. bob looks at how republicans fear trump's campaign could c them seats in congress. first, here is today's "eye opener" at 8:00 a.m. this is a major global computer outage that resulted in nearly all delta flights being held on the ground. the park itself will remain closed today. no one is really sure when or if the slide will reopen. the u.s. ambassador in cabo confirmed an american citizen was kidnapped. they're with holding his identity for now. >> day three just about to kick
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medals to their impressive collectio. we must steady the ship to prevent more defections and reassure skiddish donors. part is through an economic speech in a few hours. the clinton camp is panning trump's economic plan as she tries to prove that she, not the billionaire can steer the economy. rodriguez will stay close and join the team next year as a special adviser and a well paid one at that. lot of people wonder what he would have been if he hadn't had what would the numbers have been and would he have been a hall of famer? bolted to third. there's one. back to second for one. to first. >> no! >> a triple play! >> three outs on one pitch as an around the horn triple play. oh my. >> announcer: this morning's "eye opener" at 8:00 a.m. is presented by liberty mutual insurance. i'm charlie rose with gayle
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getting planes off the ground in morning, departing flights were grounded overnight putting tens of thousands of passengers off schedule. delta blames a power outage in its home city of atlanta. >> the airline is expecting widespread flight cancellations in the u.s. and canada. the power outage knocked delta's computer systems offline. investigatorers to not know how a 10-year-old boy died on a kansas water slide bled as the world's tallest. caleb schwab, the son swab lost his life yesterday. the family was visiting the schlitterbahn water park. caleb was on the 17 story slide called verupt. safety concerns led to design changes before the ride opened two years ago. adjustments reportedly had to be made to the slide's second hill after sandbag tests showed flying off the slide. all rides are expected daily. the united states is putting
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olympics. athletes are preparing this morning for the third day of competition. team usa leads all countries with 12 overall medals. three of them are gold. china is in second place for all medals. italy and japan are tied in third. ben tracy is outside olympic park in rio with the american accomplishments so far. ben, good morning. >> reporter: charlie, bonn jia. folks are filing into the olympic park for day three of so far these games have been very, very good to team usa. last night the action was obviously in the pool. and that's when we saw katie ledecky not only win the 400 meter freestyle, but she topped her own world record time by nearly 2 seconds. that's huge in swimming. michael phelps helped team usa beat reigning champs france ncht 4 by 100 freestyle relay.
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them are gold. if you are curious about those markings on fell p's back. it's cupping, recovery me thod used to relieve tension in the muscles and increase blood flow. looks strange. in gymnastics the fierce five are back in action and headed for the final lch gabby douglas did not make the cut for the individual all around. she was hoping to become the first woman in 50 years to repeat as olympic champion. now, as for today, the competition gets under way. if that name rings a bell, it's probably for all the wrong reasons. it's very polluted. smells pretty nasty and they'll put helicopters up in the air to try to spot for trash before the sailers hit it. so, good times here in rio, gayle. >> okay. thank you very much, ben tracy. we'll see you again later on. got it. donald trump and hillary clinton are focussing on the economy as they each campaign today.
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friday. she answered questions from preselected reporters at the national association of black and hispanic journalists convention in washington. >> clinton's last formal news conference was last december in iowa, more than 240 days ago. clinton said on friday she might have, quote, short circuited it. her public answers about her private e-mail servers, but she said she never lied. fbi director james comey said in july a small number of clinton's e-mails bore markings that indicated the presence of classified information. >> he did say there were three e-mails that were marked classified at the time. is that an inconsistency? >> well, here is what -- here are the facts behind that as well. you know that i preside -- i sent over 30,000 e-mails to the state department that were work related e-mails.
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out of 30,000 had anything resembling classified markers. the three e-mails out of the 30,000 did not have the appropriate markings. and it was therefore reasonable to conclude that anyone, inuding myself, would have not suspected that they were classified. >> ed o'keefe of the washington post. thank you for being here and on behalf of all of us, we encourage you to do this m country. [ applause ]. specially those news organizations that travel the country with you everywhere you go. a majority of voters consistently say frankly they don't like you and they don't trust you. how would you lead a nation where a majority of americans mistrust you? >> i take this seriously. don't doubt that. i take it seriously. it doesn't make me feel good
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and i recognize that i have work to do. but when i started running for the senate in new york, a lot of the same things were said. i won. i worked hard for the people o new york. and i was re-elected with 67% of the vote. >> cbs news contributor bob sheep is with us. former chief of washington correspondent and formerly the host of "host the nation." speak to us about the e-mail. she still hasn't in a sense cleared that issue up. >> you somehow or another stop these yes but apologies, as it were. i mean, why doesn't she just say, look, i really made a mistake. i regret it. i would never put the nation's national security at risk, but to try to go through all these fine points and things. >> it's a yes but that continues the story. >> yes. but i think a short answer would
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i mean, she made a mistake. she has said she made a mistake and i think if she kind of would let it go at that, maybe it would put this to rest. i mean, it's not going to put it -- it's not going to bury it forever because republicans are going to keep bringing it up. >> but that simple i made a mistake, i'm sorry, i learned i move on. >> that would be -- i mean, i'm not -- >> seems really easy. >> i'm not here to advise candidates on how to run their business. but i think short answers in this case wou would be better served. >> she also failed to respond to ed o'keefe, i've seen the full conference there, she failed to respond to the idea of having more press conferences. sat there and smiled but did not respond. >> i think more press conferences would be good for her and for the press. >> i think it's better for everybody. >> word is that donald trump will reset his campaign today. he's in detroit giving a speech on his economic agenda. but you've been talking to republicans who are still very
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what concerns them most? >> well, i mean, first he's says he's -- the title of donald trump speeches are not always what donald trump speeches are about. heould announce he is going to talk about gal lay owe's telescope or something and then a baby would cry and he has a way of topping his own stories. but i think in this case we'll have to wait and see what he has to say. his advisers are desperately trying to get him back on track than some of these ad lib remarks that he keeps getting deeper and deeper in trouble. and this is now beginning to be reflected in these polls. >> what about this on the other side of the aisle? a new washington post abc news poll shows trump with four-point lead among independent voters. those are the voters that will help decide this election. >> that is the one bright spot because every other thing in that poll see to favor hillary
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everywhere. you heard major garrett this morning talking about it's very, very close in arizona. you know, how long has irt been since a democrat has carried arizona? 1948 maybe? i mean, if donald trump loses arizona -- >> and others. >> so what's the gop worried about? >> well, what they're worried about now -- this is very real. i spent a lot of time last week toward the end of last week and over the weekend talking to republicans kind of quote insiders unquote. they're not so worried now about whether he's going to win or lose but whether if he loses by a large enough margin in some of these key states that he takes down their senate candidate. for example, ohio. michigan, new hampshire, pennsylvania. they're saying to , look, if he wins by 8 or 10 points, it will take down the republican in congress. >> if she wins by eight or ten points and he loses by eight or
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they are more boarworried now a losing the senate than they are about whether or not they win the white house. they're really, really worried. here is how serious it is. i had a former cabinet officer in the republican administration tell me last week he was calling around and trying to get together a group to go talk to trump and not as an intervention but to say it would be best for from the ticket. now, that's not going to happen. but we know it's not going to happen. but the fact that people are talking that way just tells you how worried they ar right now about this. >> bob, always good to see you at the table. the new star of "hamilton" will be here in studio ahead. javier mun december shows how he became a founding father of the
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a regular on a florida golf course doesn't need a cart or caddie to get around. up next we're on the lings with a living legend called chubs. a massive alligator that became an internet star. gives new meaning to chip and ron. you're watching "cbs this morning." >> chip and run. ? with myself, with my life. it all starts with a healthy routine. that's why i'm taking the activia two week probiotic challenge by enjoying activia yogurt with billions of probiotics every day. because when my routine is in sync, i can face any challenge. so take the activia probiotic challenge! visit activia.com to learn more. take the activia probiotic challenge now. it works or it's free!
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? i'm all right ? >> check out this big g making his way through the golf course in florida. just sort of lumbering along. the huge alligator is now a mascot of sort to the players after the sighting was shared online. david begnaud is in palm meadow course. >> reporter: good morning. the golfers have a different story about how many gators they have seen on this course. some estimate nearly a dozen. but there is no mistaking the big guy. on any given day, you might find him right in this pond. having a little dinner or just the big guy whose name is chub bnchtss hangs out in this reservoir across the way from the pond and this is the spot where he was last seen on friday.
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an grater suit. >> reporter: the golfers who took this video was in disbelief. a gator standing on its legs on the golf course. it's a sight so surreal that chubbs as he is known is a internet phenomenon. the video has been viewed more than 19 million times. but regulars here in palm meadow, florida, are unfazed. >> this is a great ur out here and there are some real big ones. >> they will be fighting and running across. it's a pretty interesting course. >> what most people don't realize these things go short distances but they tire out quickly. >> they are fast. >> yeah, they are fast for a short distance. like of us old guys. >> his head was about here. >> reporter: course manager ken powell says chubbs has been a fixture on the fairway for year
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long and likely 40 or 50 years old. which krchubbs comes out, play doesn't stop. if it comes close to him, they drop toot one' play right on through. >> he is not a nuisance alligator and no plans to take him away. he is not considered to be hurting anybody. >> reporter: once a danger, alligators are a federally protected species. ta rare. only six have been recorded in the state in the last ten years. and that includes the killing of a 2-year-old boy at disney world back in june. alligators can live in any body of fresh water. tim geist is a trapper and says alligators should always be treated as a potential threat. >> a lot of the public doesn't understand when they feed an alligator, they are creating a monster. you know? you feed that alligator, he is going to keep coming back for more and then he gets bigger and bigger.
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>> reporter: chubbs may look like a monster, but the club believes as long as patrons continue to leave him alone, golfers and gators can peacefully coexist. the state record for the longest gator in terms of one caught is 14 feet, 3 1/2 inches. chubbs, they estimate might be about 15 feet but, dana, nobody is checking and nobody is measuring and as long as he doesn't bother anybody here, as you can tell by t behind me, he can hang out as long as he wants. >> i would not mess with him either. pull out the tape measure. >> not to mention, jim furyk shot a 58 yesterday, a new record for the pga. >> that is right. >> chubbs was not around. >> okay. >> chubbs is not tasting it. 58 is the first person ever in the pga to do that. 59 was the previous record. >> many have hit 59. >> i think i'd leave chubbs
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this is a cbs 58 morning news . update.good morning i'm kate chappell... c-b-s 58 news time i 3 the woman accused of knocking down sheriff's deputies into a lane of traffic... is expected to make her plea in a milwaukee county courtroom this morning. you may remember this dash cam video from may- showing kevina freeman backing into the officers trying to get away. freeman's mother and two sheriff's deputies were thrown to the ground during the incident. she faces charges of fleeing an officer and recklessly endangering safety.her plea hearing is in a few minutes at 8:30. we have just learned the delta
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hours.that means some flights will take off.. however travelers headed to the airport should still expect delays and cancellations... including at milwaukee's general mitchell airport. there were long lines this morning and multiple delays. a power outage in atlanta caused the global, widespread computer system issues. ahead on cbs this morning--- hear from the new star of the broadway hit "hamilton"... actor javier munoz is in studio 57. first a check of the forecast meteorologist michael schlesinger with what we can expect in the new workweek. michael? forecast...today...sunny. highs in the lower 80s. east winds 5 to 10 mph. .tonight...mostly clear. lows in the mid 60s. southeast winds up to 10 mph. .tuesday...mostly sunny. highs in the mid 80s. southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. .tuesday night...mostly clear. lows in the upper 60s. south winds up to 10 mph shifting to the west after midnight. .wednesday...warm and humid. mostly sunny. highs in the upper 80s. southeast winds up to 10 mph. highest heat index readings 95 to 96 early in the
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winds 5 to 10 mph. .tonight...mostly clear. lows in the mid 60s. southeast winds up to 10 mph. .tuesday...mostly sunny. highs in the mid 80s. southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. .tuesday night...mostly clear. lows in the upper 60s. south winds up to 10 mph shifting to the west after midnight. .wednesday...warm and humid. mostly suy. highs in the
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man with wa jenny. >> thank you so much. >> are you kidding? >> heart recipient arthur bryant met for the first time on friday one day before her big day. she even got to feel her dad's heart beat. thomas says he couldn't imagine a greater honor after steffi wrote to him with the request. that story just gives me goose bumps! >> and tears in the eyes. >> yeah, that her dad was there. welcome back to "cbs this
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new star of the smash hit, have you heard about it? it's called "hamilton." >> huh? what? >> had you heard, dana? he says he has never had a relationship. charlie, have you heard? charlie has heard. like a relationship like the one he has with the show's creator and former performer lin-manuel miranda. javier munoz is in our studi green room. olympic swimmer anthony ervin is back 16 years after winning gold. he went through dangerous personal detours along the way. ahead, how swimming came back to save him. right now it is time to show you some of this morning's headlines from around the globe. "usa today" reports on a wake-up call for drowsy drivers. aaa foundation estimates drowsiness cause an average
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u.s. they resulted in 6,400 fatal crashes. a drive without sleep for 18 hours will perform about the same as someone with a 0.05% blood alcohol content. after awake 21 hours it driver mimics 0.08% blood alcohol concentratn. >> don df yorive ire drowsy or . don't drive. >> good vi. the hill reports on warning to psychiatrists, don't analyze donald trump. some people have wondered disorder.rump has a personality e american psychtric opinions about trump without ing personally evaluating hi "the new york times" reports on president obama's star-studded birthday bash. stev wonder and reptedly paul mccartney were ang the secr gues for fr's white
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hungry. th desats ing this acter. >> against all odds, he made his life happen and really made his life happen with his own hands. he mad -- manifested it all. n sai i'm s happy for javier but i'm jealo hgo to perform for jay-z and beyonce. you didn't know they were in the ence. >> thank gooess i didn't know. i don't know if i would h av opened my mouth. that was exci. were scheduled to perform and lin on could have said i'll takt >> it's true. i actually assumed tha would be the case. i assumed ttlin woould m fi s next week, but they trusted meo go on and it pwas ahrilling show, absolutely. yous >> did heome to th theat all?>> w ? lin s watching in the house th the president.inks one rown really exciting.
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that, it's the studes tou guysnave there ttde en those -- when we have the theasay to gather that , if energy and store it, it would power this country for millenni millennium. it is so much electricity coming from them and they are so engagedunlike everythg o i've ever seen happen with a young audience like >> this morning, schieffer was here and he talked about his granddaughter wh tweeted. do you know? >> no, no. >> s brought a picture to you has that she has drawn. >> she waid outside the stage door. she gave it to you and then you tweeted the picture and bob said that was wor -- you just made her day. acally, myoue her life. >> yes. >>t shows the interest. the point i was makg the interest you take in young kids and the time you take to do it. >> it's because of the time they take, right? >> yeah.
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ai dt e sta you! mething tohare bus ar hav immeg to ve, that i an rtant moment for them. >> you said that wn you were younger, you saw tater as an instrument for social change. >> absolutely. we. nd this show really is as >>eah. my roots in theer as an education tool and as a means to accomplish all sorts o things, whr it m be service type of engagement. but your lifetory is amazing, though, javier. living with hiv since 2002. you are now a cancer survivor. >> yes. >> you said part of the thing you bring to the roleis, you know, you n't rlly have a fear of dying. they always say god doesn't give you more than you cedl but yosay god, please, don give me no morestuff. >> i do. >> i really have had huff now. >> that is an honest truth. there e days where it's like, , i it.
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>> yeah, yeah. >> how do i do it? it's my family. they are my root and my support and my everything. and without them, i honestl don't know that i'd be here. so it stts with them and then i'm very fortunate enough to have dear friends in my life and mentors ancolleagu but it starts with my parents and my brothers. and lin met before halton? >> yes. we met in 2005. i auditioned for "in that was the first time we met. him!>> which one?ichael song >> "praying fortime." and i boo bestayo,s the wan to kn. o do we vet? fee she knows a guy. >> javier munoz, thank you. "hamilton" continues its run at
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he wasn't part of the final relay squad, but if it wasn't for him a his qualifyin race the team might not have made it tedalound at all. mie yuokas is in rio to show us how he is making a comeback from challenges beyond the pool. >> reporter: good morning, dana. his name may not be the most familiar on the u.s. swim team, but anthony irvin, his story is certainly the most fascinating. r he will be the oldest male swimmer to compete in an individual event at the games since 1904, but this isn't his first olympics. he won gold back in 2000 at them thsport ly.re wh anthony irvin tied for gold in the 50 met freestyle as a 19-year-old at the 2000 olympic games in sydney. it's a ty! >> reporter: it was supposed to
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life. >> won the olympic games. it's an enormous honor and privilege. >> gary hall andnthonyvi share the gold. >> reporter: instead it led to the st tumulous te of his the gst initially was doing of well and performing well. the social kind of like joy tha cos from others innowing that one has done well and you kind of get hooked on that and epte addin t his that to sustain parents are jewish, nate american and african-american. >> a irvin their swimmer of african-american descent to make the u.s. olympic >> reporter: the only oblem, he ner identified as a it all,
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2003. >> the first olympic champion status was about rediscovering, rebuilding myself the way i wanted to be, not the way others were, at least the way i perceived others wanted me to be. >> reporter: over the next decade irvin sold his gold medal, donated the money to charity, then took off on a spiritual quest. he dabbled in everything from zen buddhism to the hard party lifestyle of playing in rock bands. instead of a pool, he sank int depression which at its deepest led to a suicide attempt and a death defying motorcycle accident. nearing age 30 he desperately needed a shot at redemption. >> for me getting the tattoos was a way of reclaiming my own skin, regaining control of myself. >> reporter: armed with elaborate new ink, he went back to school and started coaching at a swim camp for kids. those kids helped him remember what he loved about swimming in the first place. >> the water when i was a child
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ever posted. and it earned him a ticket to rio. >> it wasn't like i demanded this of myself. >> reporter: you didn't say, okay, i'm getting back in the pool and i'm making the next olympics. >> no way. >> reporter: he has no expectations of the future but more importantly, no regrets of the past. >> i avoid regret. i don't think anybody should be stuck in the past. that's a dead life if you're stuck in the past. life moves forward. >> reporter: because irvin helped the u.s. swim team win that 400 meter relay night, he now ties the record for longest gap of a u.s. swimmer between medals. 16 years set way back in 1924. gayle? >> wow, anthony irvin, remember that name. thank you, jamie. you certainly love hearing the backstory. >> the history of the olympics. >> think so, too. another person to cheer for. we'll be right back.
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this is a cbs 58 morning news . update.good morning i'm kate chappell... . c-b-s 58 news time is 8:56. 3 now that the kenosha dream playground is on track for repairs--- the city is talking about a possible legal settlement with the magill construction. that closed door meeting is scheduled for tonight.according to city documents--- the elkhorn-based thousand dollars. the city council still has to approve the settlement. the handicapped accessible playground-- built by the community at petzke park-- has been closed since march because of issues with the rubberized flooring. it's back to school today for m-p-s kids on the year-round calendar.10 schools in the district are on that schedule...including alliance school of milwaukee... community high school... congress school... and nathanial hawthorne elementary.. along with several others.children on this schedule have a shorter
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fall, winter and spring breaks. students spend the same number of days in school as those on the traditional schedule. ---good luck and have a great first day! and the good news is it'll be outdoor recess for those kids today!what's on tap weather wise, michael? forecast...today...sunny. highs in the lower 80s. east winds 5 to 10 mph. .tonight...mostly clear. lows in the mid 60s. southeast winds up to 10 mph. .tuesday...mostly sunny. highs in the mid 80s. southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. .tuesday night...mostly clear. lows in the upper 60s. south winds up to 10 mph shifting to the .wednesday...warm and humid. mostly sunny. highs in the upper 80s. southeast winds up to 10 mph. highest heat index readings 95 to 96 early in the afternoon. today...sunny. highs in the lower 80s. east winds 5 to 10 mph. .tonight...mostly clear. lows in the mid 60s. southeast winds up to 10 mph. .tuesday...mostly sunny. highs in the mid 80s. southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. .tuesday night...mostly clear. lows in the upper 60s. south winds up to 10 mph shifting to the west after midnight. .wednesday...warm and humid. mostly sunny. highs in the upper 80s. southeast winds up to 10 mph. highest heat index
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