captioning funded by cbs it's monday, july 18th, 2016. this is the "cbs morning news." three officers are dead after being ambushed in baton rouge. this morning, new details emerge on the ex-marine. ahead, a look at today's lineup. republican national convention. >> now they are saying, what a great pick. this morning, we are learning more americans are among the dead after a terrorist plowed a truck into a packed crowd in nice. the latest on the maneh

shocking attack. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm meg oliver in for anne-marie green. police in baton rouge, louisiana, police say a former marine from common sense who shot and killed three law enforcement officers. latest in a deadly string of encounters involving police. president obama urged the nation to come together. >> someone once wrote, a bullet need happen only once. but for peace to work, we need to be reminded of its existence again and again. and again. my fellow americans, only we can prove, through words and through deeds, that we will not be divided and we are going to have to keep on doing it, again and again and again. >> two

were from the baton rouge police department. montrell jackson and moout gerald. brad garofalo was with the sheriff's office. they are not sure if gavin long, the gunman, acted alone. sunday's shooting happened less than a mile from police headquarters and not far from where alton sterling was killed by police. don champion has more. >> reporter: the itinvesgatos have finished their work at the crime scene after spending hours combing through the area here after that good night. the investigators are helping for the public's help as they dig into the gunman's background. investigators say gavin long, a decorated ex-marine, acted alone when he exchanged gunfire with police officers at a gas station inat

reports to a person dressed in all black with a gun. an eyewitness live streamed the rampage on social media. cbs news has learned that long rented a white chevy weekend last weekend and drove to dr. the five-year veteran also posted on social media under a pseudonym. long tweeted just because you shed your physical body doesn't mean that you're dead. investigators had a more than one mile long area shut down while they went over the crime scene for evidence. three officers were killed, c including jackson who had been with the baton rouge police department for ten years. >> we would get through this as a family. we will get through this as a community. >> reporter: officers eventually killed the gunman. baton rouge has been a city on edge since the police shooting of alton sterling nearly two weeks ago. local leaders are calling for calm again.

table and have realistic conversation about race relations in this city. >> reporter: kansas city police shut down a road outside of long's home as investigators searched for a motive behind his attack. don champion, cbs news, baton rouge, louisiana. >> one of the police officers killed in the acre jackson posted an emotional facebook message three days after he was killed. he wrote how difficult it was to be black and a police officer. these are trying times, he wrote. please don't let it hate in fact, your heart. this city must and will get better. the head of the cleveland police union wanted the state law allowing the opening carry of weapons suspended but john kasich says he doesn't have that authority. as chris boswell reports,

rallies and protests are already on way. >> reporter: onlookers looked on. >> donald trump has to go the republican parody as a whole has to go. >> reporter: cleveland is prepared for all kinds of de demonstrations around the republican convention. they have ramped up security on land and on the water. cars entering the vicinity of the quicken loans arena are being checked and officers ranging from local police station to the secret service are out in force. >> we have planned for anything and everything that could happen. >> reporter: 500 cleveland police officers are patrol the convention this week. donald trump and his running mate, indiana governor mike pence, gave their first joint interview to "60 minutes." >> i have seen people frankly who didn't like me so much and now they are saying, what a great pick. you see the kind of reaction. he has -- he has helped bring the party together. >> reporter: governor pence said he is humbled to be on the ticket and

stylistic differences with his potential boss. >> it's probably obvious to people that our styles are different, but i promise you, our vision is exactly the same. >> reporter: the pair will try to sell that vision to delegates on the convention floor and to the american people. craig boswell, cbs news, cleveland. weijia jiang joins us from cleveland now. nice to see you. what is on tap for day one? >> reporter: good morning, meg. every day of the convention has a different theme that is a branch of donald trump's signature message that he will make america great again and today is make american safe again focusing on national security and immigration. it all kicks off at 1:00 this afternoon and the lineup of speakers ranges from parents of americans who were killed overseas to reality show stars, to actors. so there is a lot in store for today. >> reporter: who are the headliners tonight? >> there are a handful of members of

retired army lieutenant general michael flynn, but the really big name for tonight is melania trump. this is one of the first times we will see her deliver a formal speech in front of so many people. >> reporter: mr. donald trump will be there? >> donald trump is not on the official schedule but his campaign chairman paul manafort tells us donald trump will be donald trump. he does not follow schedules and is not scripted and manafort says there is a chance he would make a few scheduled appearance today. >> special coverage for the convention is coming up on "cbs this morning" and we will speak with cbs news political director and "face the nation" moderator john dickerson. a man was one of the one of 84 people killed in nice. 20-year-old nicholas leslie is

died. authorities now say the truckdriver responsible may have recently become radicalized. johnathan vigliotti reports. >> reporter: days before mohammed carried out his deadly steel day attack, police say he surveyed the area twice in a white 19-ton truck. police have interviewed eight people including his wife and she has since been released from custody. this resort town on the south coast of france is slowly recovering after the second major attack in the country in less than a year. nice's famous beaches an cafes are coming back to normal. here along the promenade where the attack came to a deadly end, you'll see tiny memorials. each spot marks an exact spot where persons were hit. more than 80 remain in the hospital. claudia who lives inic

>> i cry, cry. i think about the people. >> reporter: this tourist came to nice despite the terrorist attack. >> people need to share despite these kind of events. you can't put your life on hold and lock yourself up in your home. you've got to carry out. >> reporter: but there is a long road ahead for the families of victims and the hundreds of injured. many still clinging to life. johnathan vigliotti, cbs news, nice, france. the search for those involved in friday's failed attempt to overthrow the turkish government continues this morning. so far, thousands have been arrested, including top military personnel and members of the judiciary. holly williams reports. >> reporter: the turkish government has moved swiftly, rounding up not just the soldiers who attempted to seize power, but others who it views as enemies, including judges a

prosecutors. people are now in custody with more arrests to come. at a funeral for some of those killed in the failed coup, president erdogan vowed to destroy what caused it. the attempted coup was a night of chaos and violence as tanks rolledto on city streets. fighter jets buzzed overhead. a bomb tore through turkey's parliament and members of the military took control of turkish state tv and now martial law. but when president erdogan called in from his cell phone urging his supporters to rise up, thousands did. nearly 300 people lost their lives in the clashes, including some of the coup plotters. by early saturday morning, the soldiers were surrendering. in just a few hours later,

erdogan supporters were celebrating. but the president, who is an islamic conservative is, himself, accused of underminie ing turkey's democracy and locking up his rivals and seizing control of an opposition newspaper. anger over erdogan's authoritarian tacks apparently provoked the attempted coup. many now fear there is worse to come. coming up on the "morning news." wicked weather. twisters tear up parts of iowa and leaving thousands in the dark. and dear donald will reveal the man behind the full page newspaper ad bashing trump. this is the "cbs morning news." mess? think outside the box colgate optic white toothbrush plus whitening pen for 5 shades whiter teeth. brush, whiten, go! no mess, no waiting, no rinsing. colgate optic white toothbrush plus whitening pen.

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gunfire. a successful launch for the spacex rocket and reuseful booster. >> allyson, will the thunderstorms be popping up today? >> absolutely. to the west, a stronger chance of seeing the storms. the winds will stay out of the south, southwest, and leaving the humidity high and temperatures back into the 9s today. 73 right now for leeburg, and 71 for washington, and culpepper, a little bit cooler. we are starting off with a few clouds out there. notice the thunderstorms. an area through the maryland panhandle that could see stronger storms, and as it heads over east of 81, watch it fizzle out it never makes it to the beltway. i will say there's a chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon, but the better chance of th

together, on the corridor today. 96 for the high today, and we will see the winds to the southwest. i have good-looking temperatures on the 7-day in ad by the. >> a -- 7-day in a bit. a busy day with the fatal accident here near alabama avenue and nailer road, and again shutdown in both directions, and north of there following construction, remember this is new here. this is a 4-mile stretch at the outer loop. new hampshire avenue and university boulevard. the 4-mile stretch will take you 4-miles to get through. no backups but the right lane is blocked if you're going to take the outer or inner loop of the beltway. breaking overnight a deadly pedestrian accident is underway as we just heard. >> the crash happening in the westbound lanes of

near nailer road as you heard ellen say. they expect the road will be open for the morning rush hour. a hostage situation is over at burger king restaurant in baltimore. the suspect was taken into custody earlier in the afternoon. the man barricaded himself inside of the restaurant. he was wanted on a rape charge. four people were taken hostage, including a 4-year-old girl, and no one was hurt. the cup cake divas beat out dozens of other teams, and their $9,800 prize will be donated to house of ruth. >> that's a quick look at what

morning. >> news on this monday morning starts right now! after months of buildup, the republican national convention with presumptive nominee donald trump will kick off today. we are starting with another scorcher. >> no yellow weather alert, but we will see the showers and thunderstorms, and 100 degrees this afternoon. you want to take it easy out there. make sure you're well hydrated, and nothing to these at this afternoon with the temperatures headed to the 90s. low 70s through the suburbs, and as we head through the afternoon. stronger storms will be through the west this is 2:30 in the afternoon, and also north of frederick we will

storms. the storms increase in intensity. passing showers are possible, and again, most of it to the west it it will fade away fast, and tomorrow, we will see another round of hours and storms before we have a midweek with a really pleasant couple of days. highs today, 96 for washington, and 92 for haggerstown. ellen, over to you. >> i feel like we have been waiting for wednesday for awhile. >> thank you, allyson. we have problem spots on the roads including dulles airport this morning. the northbound lanes here are closed. a police chase ended in an accident here. they are trying to clear the northbound lanes. the southbound lanes are clear. the trouble is on seatland parkway. they are cleaning up from the accident, and then just the overnight construction spill, and the