captioning funded by cbs it's monday, february 20th, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." breaking overnight, severe storms sweep across texas, leaving thousands in the dark. today marks one month on the job for president trump. a look at what's still on his to-do list and why he left sweden baffled this weekend. and lift-off of the falcon 9 to the space station. >> a successful lift-off and landing. spacex pulls off what no private company has done before. go

57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well, overnight a powerful rain and wind storm including possible tornadoes hit the san antonio, texas, area. tornados have been posted as the storms swept through last night. >> the center section is gone right there. that flagpole is down. the chair that scooted across, my neighbor's chair, the retired cop, the chair went out the gate and flew down the road. >> there are reports of significant damage. the wind and rain knocked out power to thousands of customers. roofs were blown off buildings and some areas were flooded. the storm moved through quickly and is expected to be gone by this morning. meanwhile another strong pacific storm is hitting northern california this morning and this one is stronger and bigger than the storm that h

folks are still cleaning up from friday's weather, blamed for at least three deaths. >> i have been here most of my life and i have never seen the waters being so high. >> heavy rain, powerful winds, possible flooding and landslides will make for dangerous travel conditions. it has been a turbulent first month in office for president trump, from the ongoing surge for national security adviser to this weekend's confounding comments over sweden. and they'll spend this national holiday by marking the occasion with not my presidents' day. >> reporter: president trump spent sunday at his so-called winter summer house works to replace his national security adviser michael flynn. harward turned it down last week. >> the nsa can do whatever t

want. >> the white house is running so smoothly. >> reporter: over the weekend the president held a campaign rally in florida for his 2020 re-election, during which he falsely suggested sweden experienced a major terror attack as a result of taking in refugees. >> you look at what's happening last night in sweden. they're having problems like they never thought possible. >> reporter: after major backlash mr. trump sought to clarify the remark yesterday, tweeting the statement was, quote, in reference to a story that was broadcast on fox news. meanwhile members of his own party raised concerns about the president's recent tweet calling the press the enemy of the american people. >> that's how dictators get started. and i'm not saying that president trump is trying to be a dictator. i'm just saying we need to learn the lessons of history. >> reporter: angry over what they view as president trump's chaotic first month in office, hundreds of demonstrators took part in weekend

blasting the president's short-lived travel ban. >> i'm here to protest everything that 45 stands for. >> reporter: thousands more are expected to take part in not my presidents' day rally today in citizens across the country. on the champion, cbs news. ahead on "cbs this morning," we'll talk about mr. trump's search for a national security adviser with former cia deputy director and national contributor michael morell. we just learned a servicemember died in a non-combat-related event in iraq. after departing from an air base outside abu dhabi, secretary of defense jim mattis arrives on an unannounced visit to iraq this morning to discuss strategy for defeating isis. the major ground and air

mosul is the last major urban center isis holds in iraq. the u.n. says up to 400,000 civilians could be displaced by the fighting. jonathan vigliotti reports. >> reporter: u.s. troops moved in swiftly sunday retaking the city of mosul, setting their sights on the city's airport. they dropped millions of leaflets warning people that the assault was imminent and calling on islamic state militants to surrender. prime minister al abadi announced the statement on television this morning. he said it's two-fold. >> translator: we call on our brave troops to start the push to liberate the rest of the city and to liberate the people from the oppression and terrorism of isis, he said. >> reporter: as many as 600,000 civilians live in the western part of the city. the assault is taking place

conditions they've been living in. according to those who have escaped, basic supplies like food and water are scare. the operation to free mosul began last october in the city's less populated eastern side. by january the iraqi government declared east mosul liberated. >> it's symbolic to isis. earlier this month the top u.s. commander in iraq said the city could be liberated within the next six months. jonathan vigliotti, cbs news, london. overseas in malaysia, four people left the country following the death of kim jong-un's half brother. this individual show shows two women approaching him. one held something over his mout

malaysian police released 11 photos and four are under arrest. the ceo of uber has aurjed an investigation over sexual harassment made by a former employee. she wrote in a blog she was subjected to sexual advances over a chat software. it has escalated as far up the chain as could be escalated and still nothing was done. uber ceo yesterday said this is abhorrent. anyone who behave this way or thinks it's okay will be fired. spacex is marking a major success. an unmanned rocket blasted off yesterday where moon missions once began. tony dokoupil reports. >> four, three, two, one, ignition and lift-off of the falcon 9 to the space station. >> reporter: with roaring engines and a cheering ow

falconet rocket shot through the crowds beginning a three-day mission to the international space station. the historic launch marked the first time a private space company, elon musk's spacex lifted off from launchpad 39-a. >> you can see it there. >> reporter: shortly after launch it stuck to landing bringing the rocket back to solid ground for a third time. it can be reused. the caption is baby came back. the spacecraft separated from the rocket and is now headed for the space station blacked with more than 2,000 tons of supplies. it's expected to arrive wednesday. meanwhile spacex has plans to ferry not just supplies but astronauts to the space station as early as next year. but there have been setbacks. laea

launchpad and in june on a different mission a spacex rocket disintegrated shortly after lift-off. >> bill harwood is the consultant for cbs news. >> spacex as well as boeing will be able to launch astronauts to and from the space station. the wild card is what the trump administration plans for nasa. >> reporter: after the success nasa has reason to be flying high. well, coming up on the "morning news," cold reception. lawmakers in britain move to cancel president trump's state visit. and remembering a dark chaptr in history, 75 years and tens of thousands of japanese americans. this is the "cbs morning news." widespread pain drained my energy. my doctor said moving more helps ease fibromyalgia pain. she also prescribed lyrica. fibromyalgia is thought to be the result of overactive nerves.

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donate a period. >> the ceo launched these in 2013. they make breakfasts for the homeless and give socks to people. >> it's nice they can hand them out. >> reporter: the goal was to give away a million pairs of socks in ten years. it took less than three. is it the mission? is it the quality of the socks? why do you think it's caught on so quickly? >> i think it's a bit of both. you can't have one without the other in my world. you can't have a great mission and a bad product and you can't have a really great product without a mission. >> reporter: he's modeled his buy one/give one away business on the success of thom's which donates a pair of shoes for each one sold and warby parker who does something similar with eyeglasses. in the past few years growing companies realize doing good is a good

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liberty. good morning, 40s and 5th these depending on where you are waking up this morning. we will head toward the 60 degree mark. remember it is still february. it is usually a lot cooler but it has been a mild winter. today is presidents' day thank you for joining us this morning . what a great weekend we had everybody. we are looking for repeat of today. here's our meteorologist with a look at your forecast. >> we're hoping to continue this nice weekend. temperatures are in the 70s today. it will be another gorgeous day. enjoy it. we are a little bit above where we were from yesterday. winds out of the north and some of the south which will add in some

high pressure is going to be in place. we do not see a lot of clouds today. they will return from time to time tomorrow but not that much. we are looking at a quiet week ahead with a couple of rain chances for gold in the forecast. you will need your umbrellas later on this week. 57 degrees by noon. we will top of into the low 60s . we will take a look at your temperatures around town coming up. a couple of problems: one of the beltway and one if you're are headed out north on on the bw parkway is -- as you are headed both to baltimore. if you go pass i 370 you will notice a crash blocking one lane the. here's that accident on the outer loop of the beltway