captioning funded by cbs it's monday, july 24th, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." human trafficking tragedy. and president trump makes another health care push. it could be overshadowed by the russia investigation. today jared kushner will be questioned by the senate intelligence committee. good mor

57 newsroom at studio headquarters in new york. i'm hena daniels in for h anne-marie green. survivors say more than 100 people had been stuffed into the back of a sweltering tractor trailer found in texas. san antonio police found more than three dozen people inside. nine are dead. 17 are being treated for life-threatening injuries. the truck dreesher is expected to be charged this morning. >> reporter: they gathered to mourn the lives of at least nine people who were traveling inside a tractor trailer found in a wall mat parking lot. police believe they uncovered a human trafficking ring. >> our paramedics and firefighters found each one had heart rates, over 130 beats per minute. again, they were very hot

tu touch. a lot of people didn't have access to water. a lot of heatstroke, dehydration. >> reporter: police found several people in their 20s and 0s. it remained in the 90s at night. >> it's really heart breaking for people to be left up there to die. >> authorities received a tip from a walmart employee. >> he was approached by someone from that truck asking for water. >> reporter: they're searching for more who are believed to be undocumented immigrants who escaped the trailer on foot and in cars. >> checking the video from the store, we found there were a number of vehicles that came in and picked up a lot of the folks that were in that trailer that survived the trip. >> reporter: the victims are believed to have died from heat exposure and asphyxiation. authorities say the driver of the truck in custody and w

charged. danielle nottingham, cbs news. in washington, health care and relations with russia dominate headlines this morning. the house is expected to vote this week on new sanctions. as they prepare to vote on some sort of health care measure president trump issued a veiled threat to republicans. nola lenghi is in washington. good morning, nola. >> good morning, hena. his lack of frustration with problems surfaced on twitter urging fellow republicans to get something done. it's still unclear how the gop effort will end. president trump issued a warning sunday evening to the gop, tweeting if the republicans don't repeat and replace the disastrous obamacare, the repercussions will be far greater than any of them understand. the senate is expected to vote this week on the republican health care bill,

some lawmakers say they haven't decided whether they'll replace obamacare or just repeal it. >> i don't think that's a good approach that affects legislation and affects millions of people and one-sixth of our economy. >> the administration is supportive of being tough on russia, particularly in putting these sanctions in place. >> the president's new communications director aknowledged over the weekend the president has discussed presidential pardons. >> i've been in the office of the oval office last week. we're talking about that. >> pardons have not been discussed and pardons are not on the table. >> they even als've also agreed >> they say it's very bad that the republicans, even some who we

doing something for the president. not clear what that meant. this came after the tweet phony russian investigation. hena in. >> mola lenghi in washington. thank you. today jared kushner, mr. trump's son-in-law and key adviser will testify before the senate intelligence committee. he's expected to answer questions. the session will be held behind closed doors. he did not initially disclose any meetings. he has revised those forms several times. israel says it will not remove the metal detectors it has installed outside a major jerusalem mosque. it was installed after two police officer were shot two weeks ago. there were some of the oo

three palesti today they take up the issue. recovery efforts are under way in northern kentucky after severe weekend flooding. a state of emergency has been declared in mason county near the ohio border. the high water was even too much for a bus. more than a dozen people had to be rescued from cars and mobile homes early sunday morning. >> you've seen there's evidence of, you know, more cars piled up like lincoln logs, you know, like toys. and as you can see here, i mean this is -- we've never -- this is epic for us. we've never had anything like this. >> the fast-moving waterwashed awam home foundations and knocked out power. out west fire spuled a drought fire.

mireya villarreal has our report. >> reporter: firefighters brought in waterlines from backyards. >> it started. it just now started. >> reporter: homeowners hosed down their property as the fire blazed down the hills of the san bernardino mountains. it's the third target. several fires erupted across the west on saturday including one in washington and another in colorado. back in california we hiked along with chief ken kremensky and his firefighters. >> this is still an important part of the fire. >> right, exactly. a big gust of wind and it ignites on the other side in the green and continue to race on. >> reporter:

were recently lifted for the residents of mariposa, but the detwiler fire did burn close to 60 homes. park firefighter nancy filipe. >> it is a big one. we in past years also had something near yosemite, in yosemite, around yosemite. it's a very blurry thing. a lingering reminder of how devastating these fires can be. mireya villarreal, cbs news, california. in kentucky, a christian group is trying to close the only abortion clinic. if it closes, kentucky would become the first state in the

provider. the protesters plan to picket the clinic and the doctor's home. last week there was a request to create a buffer zone. >> there's a new police chief in minneapolis, medaria a arradond. janee harteau resigned friday night. the mayor has lost confidencing in her. coming um on the "morning news," a new princess diana documentary. her sons speak can deadly on the 20th anniversary of her death. ande

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on this "cbs moneywatch" new emissions testing. >> good morning, hena. oil prices are holding steady so far this morning as traders wait for the outcome of the opec meeting in st. petersburg. they may also address rising production by nigeria and libya. two opec members are exempt from cuts. trader os wall street will watch the meeting. the dow ended up 58 points lower and the nasdaq finished 73 points higher. automaker bmw is denying reports that its emissions systems don't work effectively and it colluded with rivals on their design. der spiegel reported friday that bmw, volkswagen, and daimler may have fixed it. anti-truftd

investigating the allegations. "dunkirk" topped the box office over the weekend. >> there are over 400,000 men on this beach. >> the movie sold an estimated $60.5 million in ticket its debut weekend. audiences were 60% male. second place was "buddy." >> 76% men that. doesn't shock me. >> i still want to see it. >> i do too. it's getting great reviews. roxana is live at the new york stock exchange. thank you. still ahead, tears of joy. a little boy's overcome with emotion as his step mom reads her vows. our best bandage yet! it dries almost instantly. better? yeah. good thing because stopping never crosses your mind.

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good morning, 4:25. michael phelps in hit race against a great white shark has been hyped for months. viewers don't seem to be happy. why some people are fired up about this morning. dangerous water. part 2 of our special report at

government agency let some people down. powerful storms rolling through the dmv, no doubt you heard them. melissa, can we get a break today? >> a little break but not completely dry today. we won't see as many storms as the weekend and also not going to see as intense of storms over the weekend so, yes, a break on the way and also a break from the high heat and humidity, back by tomorrow. we're only going to be in the 80s so something to look forward to in comparison to the last week. let's talk about heading out on your monday morning. we have quiet conditions after seeing another round of heavy rain and some flooding overnight. we had some basement college park homes flooded from heavy rain. in d.c. we're quiet with 76, still humid with patchy fog, but i want to show you this whole cluster of rain pulling out of here after intense storm we saw

overnight. we'll walk through futurecast hour by hour and see a couple of storms today and will have more in just a bit. good morning, ellen. melissa, everything on the roads weather-related so on 395 or 270 northbound by old georgetown road, reports of high water blocking the right- hand lane on 270 and general report of high water on 395. heading southbound through sherlingto, high water. the kennedy center -- rock peek parkway parkway, one of the drains was clogged, causing backup. we have a photographer on there and said it's starting to go down and will reopen rock creek parkway but was open for a portion of the time. >> thank you so much, ellen. the oldest manatee in captivity has died a day after a celebration for its 69th birthday. oh, my gosh, we have to look at

the manatee named snooty managed to swim into an underground area only used for plumbing for the life support system. they call the death a heartbreaking accident and say an investigation is underway over the circumstances surrounding snooty's death. here's a story you don't hear every day. a man welding a fake gun and an optimus prime mask tried to rob a starbucks in california. luckily, another man sitting nearby -- >> i don't think so. >> look at that. oh, my. so a guy sitting by decided to take matters into his own hands, grabbed a chair. look at him. >> the mask comes off. >> hit him in the head. ouch. that's got to hurt. eventually he tackled him to the ground. the fresno community calls this man a hero. >> and in flip-flops. that's pretty good. >> gosh, that is great. you never know who is close by, knock you out. that's a quick look at what is going on.

>> that was so cool. you have to love the good samaritan. good morning! monday is here and, boy, is it soupy. thank you for joining us. >> i'm slicked back. not dealing with it. >> ponytail day. eyes on the roads, eyes on the sky -- how thick is it is, melissa? >> not as humid as yesterday but still feeling humid out there and today is the last day where we will be in the 90s. by tomorrow, high temperatures back into the 80s so some comfort son the way, just a little bit, in your forecast towards the middle of the work week. we have 76 degrees, still a little muggy, and we have a lot of reports of what ellen was talking about, water blocking roadways. the heaviest rain, really, moved through d.c. into prince georges county and we have an

hour, until 5:45, in areas where they got 2 inches of rain. we won't be rain-free with showers and thunderstorms in the forecast. let's go through futurecast hour by hour. spotty showers are possible. this afternoon we will get some sunshine and today, things will heat into the 90s, but we're talking about a couple of -- i call them isolated showers and thunderstorms versus the rounds over the weekend. so 4:00 today, a few pop-up showers and storms and locally heavy rainfall possible. at 4:00, 91 degrees. we'll take you through the much better-looking forecast for your tuesday and wednesday coming up. i just found a closure on route 50 for high water so everything i have to tell you is due to high water. on route 50 but by route 450, eastbound and westbound closed by davidsonville road for this closure.