captioning funded by cbs it's monday, july 17th, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." there are new questions around possible collusion between the trump campaign and russia, and the senate gop health care vote is on hold. a flash flood at a swimming hole leaves at least nine people dead in arizona. and a minneapolis community is mourning the loss of a woman killed by police as investigators try to figure out what led to the shooting.

57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. the controversy over donald trump jr.'s meeting is not going aw away. the president returned to twitter to defend his eldest son. meanwhile the senate republican bill to replace the affordable health care act faces uncertainty, and don champion is here in new york. good morning, don. >> good morning, anne-marie. was adamant in saying there was nothing illegal about donald trump jr.'s meeting last year. president trump promised action in the week ahead on trade, the military, and security. it's the latest attempt to change the intent to policy issues. >> there's nothing illegal about that meeting. >> yesterday jay sekulow, the

defendant's lawyer defended trump junior's meeting that included the top campaign staff linked to the kremlin. also hammered home the president was not aware of the meeting. >> he did not participate inny a of this. >> critics say the story is raising more questions than answers. >> first he said no, the meeting never happened. >> the president will also have to wait a bit longer to repeal and replace the health care. they say their timeline has been pushed back. they're waiting for senator john mccain who's recovering from surgery to return. >> the more the bill's out there the more conservatives are going to discover this not repeal. >> the budget office which was scheduled to release its new analysis today now says the analysis has been delayed. >> and president trump

a new league facing job approval numbers. only 36% of the americans polled approve of the job he's doing. >> don champion here in new york. thank you so much, don. ahead on "cbs this morning," we will ask dan senor about what the health care vote delay mean for its prospects of passing. well, the search resumes this morning following a deadly flash flood at a popular arizona swimming area. at least nine people including five children were killed saturday when a six foot wall of water slammed through a narrow canyon north of phoenix. the victims, a group of family and friends had no warning. the body of water was so powerful some bodies were slam found two miles down the river. one man is still missing. chris martinez has more. >> reporter: a family outing at

ott saturday. on saturday they were caught in a sudden flags flood in on the toe national forest 90 miles north of phoenix. >> one witness said they heard a tremendous roar and the next thing they knew, the water and debris was on top of them and they were scrambling for their lives. >> reporter: the sudden flow of water came more than an hour after a half an a thunderstorm rolled through eight miles upstream. the runoff emptied into the canyon and began picking up speed. >> the water that was created from this graduated from the burn area, the highland fire. >> there's a lot of debris piles that we're trying to check through and make sure there's nobody in there, but it's just taken us a while. we've got probably five miles of river to search. >> according to officials, the search and rescue mission will continue until everyone is accounted for. chris martinez,

dozens of wildfires continue to burn in at least ten western states. one of the most destructive is burning in santa barbara county. that's just northwest of los angeles. the whittier fire has destroyed nearly 50 buildings including 16 homes. the fire has been burning for more than a week, consuming more than 189,000 acres. a state of emergency has been declared and nearly 3,000 residents have been forced to evacuate. and fire officials in hawaii say a modern sprinkler system would have saved lives in a honolulu high-rise apartment. three people were killed in the fire that broke out friday afternoon. the fire started on the 26th floor and it quickly spread. many residents didn't even realize the fire had started until they opened their doors. some families now have no place to go. >> right now we're completely homeless. the three of us, me, my husband, and my mom. >> it's the saddest feeling from the place y

expensive investment that could take you a long time before you could afford it. >> the marco polo high-rise was built in 1971. that is before sprinklers were mandatory in high-rise buildings. officials in minneapolis are trying to figure out why a police officer shot and killed a woman while responding to her 911 call over an assault. one family member says the woman heard noises in theally. what happened when the police arrived is unclear. the officers were wearing body cameras, but they were not turned on as required. >> like you, i also have a lot of questions. i have a lot of questions why the body cameras were not turned on, questions that i hope and anticipate will be answered in the next few days, and share those questions with the community. >> the victim who was from australia had relocated to

minneapolis. iran sentenced a chinese american to ten years in prison for espionage. kyue wang was studied at princeton. iran says he was spying for the united states. the united states is called for his immediate release. a mexican jetliner bound for the u.s. had to abort its takeoff due to a tire blowout. aero mexico flight 668 had to evacuate. no one was injured. well, coming up on the "morning news" now, delta fires back at ann coulter. the airline responds to the come meants about a switched seat and roger federer wins wimbledon. this is the "cbs morning news."

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tennis stars are homing father time will beat roger federer. they'll have to keep waiting. he's the tournament's oldest singles champ since the open aired in 1968. >> i was not that kid. i was a normal guy growing up in boz ill and hoping to make a tennis tour and i dream and believed and really hoped that i could actually really do it. >> federer turns 36 next month. former fbi director james comey lands a major book deal, and ten people are injured after being thrown from a boat on an indiana lake. those are some of the morning headlines on the morning newsst

alcohol for a boating accident on an indiana lake. officers had to corral a driverless boat. a woman is charged with boating while intoxicated. "new york daily news" recounts delta's spat with journalist ann coulter. she unleashed a twitter rant when the airline bumped her. they tweeted we're sorry you did not receive the reserved seat you paid for. we'll pay you po. additionally your insults about our customers and other employees are unacceptable and unnecessary. she noted she was neither a tall person or an air marshal. high bids are expected for publishers for a book james comey is planning. his memoir by the fbi chief will include his firing in may by president trump. the news outlet has

comey could get an eight-figure advance. "variety" reports the death of a man who inspired the zombie room genre. george romeo, the movie director died yesterday of lung cancer. he made the cult classic "night of the living dead" for $113,000. it brought in $13 million. he's remembered for starring on tv's "mission impossible" and the villain he played in hitchcock's "north by northwest." >> as a little kid growing up in brooklyn i went to the movies every saturday afternoon. i fell in love with all of the world's larger than life screens. >> landau's

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the water, it came, and when it came it just instantly was just like up to your waist within a matter of seconds. >> and the video is unbelievable. at least one person still missing after a violent flash flood in

number could be going up. >> plus, ten people thrown overboard. what happened behind the wheel of a boat that has a woman facing serious charges. >> and overnight a rare proposal from south korean leaders as they try to ease the tensions with their neighbors to the north. good morning, i'm mike hydeck. let's talk temperatures. it's already hot and steamy, and it's only 4:29. good morning melissa. >> good morning mike, and good morning to you at home. we're going to see a more humid start to the weekend. it was not a bad weekend. today you're going to notice when you walk out the door this morning, it's comfortable but it's not as refreshing as it was yesterday morning, and that's a sign that we're starting to see that mugginess back in the air. here's the dew point that we look at to measure how humid it is. 73 right now. it is feeling muggy out there. we've got 88% humidity. a south wind is bringing in that more humid air mass. we're in the 70s for most of

winchester, and a little front that's stalling out just to our north is going to bring back shower and thunderstorm chances today versus the dry forecast we had yesterday. futurecast is dry for the morning. coming up, we're going to go through the afternoon and talk about what you can expect from these thunderstorms and check out maybe some mid-90s the rest of this week. larry you looking forward to mid-90s. >> i didn't like it last week and i don't like it again this week. we're off to a really great start this morning, not a lot of road construction around town this morning, and traffic's still fairly light. no issues around the capital beltway traveling inbound on i- 66 working your way in from gainesville and centreville. here's a look on i-395 as you travel north towards the 14th street bridge. this is at king street. we're doing well in the hov lanes and the regular lanes. thank you. prince george's county police are trying to track down the person who left a man for

in the street. officers found that guy unresponsive just after 4:00 yesterday morning. he was lying in the road near 60th and roanoke avenues in hyattsville. he died at the hospital later. medical examiners are still trying to figure out who he is. all we know at this point is he was a hispanic man in his 30s. investigators in fairfax county trying to find out why a young woman killed her mom and then herself. both were found dead friday afternoon. detectives believe 23-year-old helen hargin shot and killed her mom, 63-year-old pamela hargin before killing herself. a hot button issue on the table, today is a workday for school board members in the county, but they are expected to discuss renaming j.e.b. stuart high school. the topic is on the agenda for 1:30 this afternoon. the news at 4:30 starts right now. this is wake up washington

jeffcoat. you can see mike, yay. >> woo hoo. >> he's back this morning, he's ready to go with his coffee this morning. let's jump right into the forecast. after a break from all that extreme heat, temperatures on the rise. we begin with first alert meteorologist melissa nord. >> we're going to see more mid- 90s coming in this week. i don't think it's going to be quite as hot as a couple of days from last week, but 95 with high humidity is still hot in my book. it's a little more muggy out there than the past couple of days. in d. c. only dropped down to 77 degrees. some of our suburbs are in the 60s this morning. you factor in the humidity, with the exception of the patuxent river which is clearly off because it says it feels like it's 92, and that is not the case, everybody else feels like they're in the 60s and 70s with a little more muggy air mass. today we do have thunderstorms returning to the forecast. it's not going to be widespread. they will not be as strong as

all the storms moved through right around rush hour. these are going to be more garden variety. locally heavy rainfall, a couple of gusty winds possible. lunchtime, partly cloudy, a stray shower. main chance of thunderstorms comes in late afternoon into the early evening. it looks like this morning rush hour traffic shouldn't be too bad. >> yeah, i don't think so. >> from the weather at least. >> thanks. so we're talking about the traffic right now, and we're off to a great start this morning. you're not going to find any issues around the beltway. here's a look at how things are shaping up along the beltway at the wilson bridge. we're doing well on the inner and outer loop this morning. 95, traffic starting to pick up as you travel northbound from areas like fredericksburg working your way into springfield, but again, nothing slowing you down yet. we're doing well both in the regular lanes and hov lanes this morning. for our friends in prince george's county, route 4, route 5, indian head highway, doing well in both directions on the southbound and northbound side. if you're traveling inbound on ut