visit your weight matters dot org. ♪ it's tuesday, august 16th, 2016. this is the "cbs morning news." >> i call it extreme vetting. >> that's how donald trump describes his latest plan to take on terrorism. the cold war era test he'd put immigrants through on their way to the united states. the suspect is in jail tonight. >> breaking overnight, erupts in applause, in an arson arrest in northern california where a wildfire has swallowed more than

new york city police make an arrest in the case of a murdered imam. surveillance videos that link the suspect to the killing. and head first over allyson felix. the photo finish that has the american sprinter settling for silver. captioning funded by cbs good morning from the 57 newsroom at cbs headquarters. here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well, breaking overnight, police have arrested the man they say started the devastating clayton fire in northern california. more than 100 homes and businesses have been destroyed by that fire. police reveal the arrest of 40-year-old damon passic at a facility doubling as a center. they say he's responsible for several fires. >> at the a

district attorney's office, they have arrested mr. passsock on 17 charges of arson. >> reporter: police say he's responsible for numerous fires in the past including the blaze that tore through the town of lake county over the weekend. >> with a lake county homes you know that the fires we've been experiencing is definitely not normal. >> reporter: it destroyed more than 7500 buildings and homes including this woman's. >> i have nowhere to go. >> reporter: the fire started saturday afternoon, and by sunday was burning house after house. 100-degree heat and fierce winds made battling the blaze difficult from the air and on the ground. residents here were told to flee. the fire named 9 clayton fire is burning near the same fire scorched by three major

wildfires last year. officials have described the clayton fire as disruptive and intense but they're hoping to gain ground. >> weather is say nemesis for us. >> reporter: the biggest concern is it could send embers flying. >> it only takes one to get out of hand. we hope that's not going to be the case. >> reporter: so far total damages total more than $10 million. chris martinez, cbs news, lower lake, california. well, at least seven people are believed to have died from the historic flooding in louisiana. this morning, flood warnings continue in the southern region of the state. omar villafranca reports from baton rouge. >> reporter: from the air, it's hard to find dry land in southeast louisiana. the parrish just east of baton rouge is covered in several feet of water. sergeant paul meeker sergeant of the national guard took us over the flood zone. >>

until the power goes off. >> reporter: at least four rivers stretching across southern louisiana reached record highs. the ameet river reached 17 feet. della walker said leaving her home was difficult but she had no other choice. >> we woke up and it was just unbelievable the water we had in the yard. and i really didn't want to leave my home. i really wanted to stay at home. but i had to take my life and my son's life here. >> reporter: and they were rescued just before the water overtook their home. these men used their boat to rescue over 7500 people. >> what's your reaction when you see them pull up. >> they're just thankful that you're there to help them. >> reporter: 500 red cross volunteers are on their way to help residents. this is the largest

omar villafranca, cbs news, baton rouge, louisiana. a firefighter from northern louisiana helping with rescues from baton rouge accidentally fired a hand gun he brought along with him. another firefighter was wounded. his condition is unknown. and flood goes through michigan and in indiana, several tornadoes touched down yesterday including this one near brownsburg, outside of indianapolis. the tornado destroyed at least one home, damaged others and brought down power lines but no one was seriously hurt. turning to politics now, donald trump called for a ban on immigrants who don't believe in the constitution. while hillary clinton criticized her opponent for an inconsistent plan to stop i.c.e. hena daniels joins us. good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. the gop presidential candidate laid out his counterterrorism and immigrati

clinton calls dangerous. >> we have a president that doesn't want to say the words. everyone who cannot name our enemy is not fit to lead our country. >> reporter: donald trump asailed the policies of president obama in fighting isis and questioned hillary clinton's ability to lead. >> she also lacks the mental and physical stamina to take on isis and all of the many adversaries we face. >> reporter: trump also calls her temporary suspension of immigration, for nations with a history of terrorism and propose an ideological cast for immigrants to gauge whether they share american values. >> i call it extreme vetting. those who do not believe in our constitution or who support bigotry and hatred will not be admitted for immigration into our country.

>> reporter: clinton, meanwhile, was joined by joe biden in a rally in scranton, pennsylvania, the vice president's hometown. >> the secret is, he has no plan. >> reporter: clinton argued trump's proposal to fight terror. >> he tox about letting syria become a free zone for isis. a major country in the middle east to launch attacks against us and others. he's talked about sending ground troops, american ground troops. well that is off the table as far as i'm concerned. >> reporter: biden's son beau served a year in iraq. and the vice president said he wouldn't have allowed it under a trump presidency. >> i would have thrown my body in front of him. no, i really mean it, to keep him from going if the judgment was based on trump's decision. >> president obama held a fund-raiser for his former secretary of state yesterday. and while he did not mention donald trump by name, he did say, quote,

the case against her opponent because every time he talks, he makes a case against his own candidacy, anne-marie. police in new york city charged a man in the shooting death of a muslim cleric and his friend. oscar morrell is facing two counts of second degree murder. police say he killed an imam over the weekend. police linked the violent crime to a series of hit and runs they say he was involved in shortly afterwards. >> right now, there's nothing to determine. we're still looking as we go forward. right now, we can't explain why this person was there. >> reporter: yesterday, 1,000 people gathered in kweengs for funeral services only six blocks from the crime scene. mayor de blasio promised police extra police protection. milwaukee was calmer overnight amid a curfew following days of rioting over the shooting death of a

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good morning, oil continues its rebound. the dow gained 59 points the s&p finished up 6, the dow added 29. justice investigators reportedly found evidence of criminal misconduct by volkswagen in its emissions cheating scandal. the company already paid about $15 billion in a civil settlement. volkswagen has recalled about 500,000 cars for emissions tests. audi wants to give drivers a little more information while sitting at the red light. the car introduces an information first technology. audi says it makes driving more relaxed. the company is partnering with certain cities and the features should be available next year. warren buffett's company, despite the billionaire's reluctance to invest in

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well, usain bolt received his olympic gold medal yesterday confirming once again that he's the world's fast the test person. but as ben tracy reports, perhaps the most amazing thing about the jamaican sprinter is how easy he makes it look. >> reporter: when usain bolt ran away with the gold in the 100-meter sprint he seemed to suck all the oxygen out of the stadium. >> here he, is still invincible, usain bolt! >> reporter: of course, jamaicans in rio went bonkers. >> i'm on top of the world right now. >> reporter: but when this is your title -- who is the fastest man in the word? >> usain bolt. >> reporter: everybody knows your name. >> usain bolt. >> his last name is bolt, man. >> reporter: he put on one of the greatest shows in sports,

unlike michael phelps who is seriously in the zone before each race, bolt does this. when everybody else looks like they're dying during the race, bot does this. and this particular bolt of lightning has now struck three times. he's the first person to win gold in the 100 meters in three olympics. so how fast is he? a typical treadmill in a gym maxes out at 12 miles per hour. bolt's foot speed has been clocked at nearly 28 miles per hour. but what he's known best for may be his signature move. >> that's pretty good. >> reporter: now still iconic, it can only be outdone by the biggest outstretched arms in rio. ben tracy, cbs news, rio de janeiro. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," beach volleyball players kerri walsh jennings and april ross. i'm anne-marie green. this is the "cbs morning news."

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breaking overnight an officer-involved shooting unfolds outside one of the area's large of the hospitals. >> a fire underground in downtown buildings is posing a challenge for local firefighters. >> and those strong storms that swiped across the d.c. region last night left lots of damage

>> things are improving this morning. we are still under a yellow alert today. we can't catch a break. >> today will be hotter than yesterday. >> this is like the tropics outside. it's wet. >> more than wet. >> today is the last hoorah of the heat. we will have a few storms that we will talk about later. we are dry now after the storms have finally kind of fizzled out. with this much humidity, they can pack a punch. 76 right now. here is where the heat advisory is today. remember yesterday it was inside the beltway. now it's everywhere along 95 and southern maryland, parts of central virginia and over to leesburg, parts of 66 through manassas. feels like 10 for leesburg. 107 for washington. i will time out the thunderstorms. not as many as yesterday but they will be there. that is coming up

>> good morning, allyson, g.w. parkway was a trouble spot yesterday and it is today. the on-ramp between 32 and 189 you will see that the on-ramp is blocked in the southbound lanes. construction is making it slower out of d.c., southbound lanes of route 5, nailer road and curtis drive, low 20 miles per hour there. 21 to 26 miles per hour. a serious accident in frederick. this is at 26 in your eastbound lanes. keep an eye on that and see if it impacts 270 but right now no impact to either one of those interstates. mike and jan. >> thanks. an underground transformer catches fire in northwest, 18th and l street. crews are there. flames are surrounding believes. according to pepco's web site, some customers did lose power but police are starting to reopen some of the streets that had been closed because of

millions use it to relieve headaches and other pains but they are taking a closer look at what happens when pregnant women take acetaminophen. i took that. a study finds an uptick in behavioral problems and hyperactivity in children whose mothers took it in their second and third trimesters. nintendo says the mission is to put smiles on people's faces. a couple in michigan say it's having the opposite effect because the couple is suing the company in federal court saying game players have tram pled their landscaping and accused at them. they live across the street from a pokemon hot spot in a local park. >> i know you play it all the time. >> i can't do it. >> that is a quick look at what is going on on your tuesday morning. >> the news at

>> this is "wake up washington" on wusa 9. a local hospital is treating the man they reported as a suspicious person after he was shot by an officer. >> good morning. thanks for joining us here. day 2 on the new set. i'm jan jeffcoat. >> i'm mike hydeck along with allyson rae. hopefully you are not waking up to serious storm damage this morning because some of your neighbors are not so lucky. a large tree branch fell on the roof of a home in tacoma park, maryland. a lightning strike split it in half. the man that lives there and his dog were not hurt. there is more damage at a home in olney, too. >> i heard a noise. i was at the side of the house. i looked out. back window, that's when the tree was coming down and i went running to the other side of the house. >> the wind gust blue away the american flag before the huge tree fell on the home. while the home hit the worst of the damage, there were a couple other trees that fell down the >>reet as well.

allyson, do we have to worry about storms today. >> we will see a few. nothing like yesterday. yesterday we had a burst of understanding come through and -- energy come through. with this much humidity, you will get that in the afternoon. today a little more isolated. but, yeah, some of them could be on the stronger side. here is satellite and radar. man, louisiana is expecting more showers today. here are the showers that pushed through our area. we are dry right now. you can feel the humidity. and a little bit of fog that i will be tracking throughout the morning. check in before you head out the door and we will let you know how it's fairing for your commute. >> for futurecast, not nearly as many storms as yesterday. it will be hotter today. we are heading to the upper 90s. yesterday we reached 100 degrees. that's the third day in a row with triple digits. this is 5:00 tonight. we will have storms that interrupt your evening commute. yellow alert for high heat. storms pushing through, locally heavy rain and gusty winds and