captioning funded by cbs it's wednesday, july 26th, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." the work to repeal and replace obamacare is just getting started. senators head back to capitol hill today to debate. and the attorney general continues to take heat from the president. >> i told you before, i'm very disappointed with the attorney general. plus, swimm emer lkatie led dominates

world history. good morning at cbs news headquarters here in new york. i'm anne-marie green. more votes in the senate as republicans continue their long held promise to repeal and replace the affordable care act. the vote-a-thon started yesterday. it squeaked through with the help of john mccain, who made dramatic return to the capitol after being diagnosed with brain cancer. last night a wide ranking plan to replace and repeal obamacare was voted down. hena daniels is here in new york. good morning, hena. >> good morning, anne-marie. it was a vote that could not be any closer. now there are already signs and republican efforts to get a new health care plan passed will not be easy. by a vote of 43 in favor, 57 against tuesday night, the first gop effort in the senate to repeal a

the vote on that bill took place just hours after they decided by the narrowest margin possible to proceed with debates on health care. >> we're now one step closer to liberating our citizens from this obamacare night player. >> this is just the beginning. we're not out here to spike the football. this is a long way. >> senator john mccain a little more than a week from being diagnosed with brain cancer was there for the vote. he said he'll call the debate, quote, a shell of a bill. >> we've been spinning our wheel on too many important issues because we keep trying to find a way to win without help from the aisle. we're getting nothing done. >> nine republicans came out against last night's amendment in the first of what's expected to be many versions of the bill headed to the floor this week. >> anyone who thinks this is a

who don't like this bill, who don't want to vote for it, theory under enormous pressure to vote for it. >> the one already rejected is the one not according to the noncongressional budget office would have resulted in 22 million fewer people with health care coverage by 2026. and the two republican senators who sided with the democrats and voted against the motion to deseed, susan collins of maine and alaska's lisa murkowski. anne-marie? >> thank you so much, hena. president spoke. >> i'm thrilled to be back in the great state of ohio right here with these incredible men and women of youngstown. >> besides applauding the senate vote to move forward with health care, mr. trump talk about his admira

approach toward legal immigration. russia's deputy foreign minister said tough new sanctions passed by thehouse against russia leave no room to improve russia/u.s. relations. it tice mr. trump's hands without getting permission from congress. the senate is expected to quickly pass the bill by a veto margin. they argue it makes it difficult for the president to negotiate with moscow. and now to the russia investigation. president trump's former campaign manager paul manafort will not be testifying today before the senate judiciary committee. they dropped the subpoena that sought to have manafort to testify publicly yesterday. ahead on "cbs this morning," republican congressman trey gowdy, a member of the house intelligence

yesterday from the president's son-in-law jared kushner. there's no letup in president trump's very public criticism of attorney general jeff sessions. the president is angry over sessions' decision to recuse himself from the russia investigation. yesterday in what turned out to be a daily humiliation, the president called sessions very weak and refused to say if he'll fire the attorney general. >> i told you before, i'm very disappointed with the attorney general, but we will see what happens. time will tell. time will tell. >> lawmakers on both sides of the aisle came to sessions' defense. >> they have issues. i hope they'll sit down and work them out, but i have a great deal of respect for jeff sessions. >> he may be of a different party from mine, but i certainly don't like to see the attorney general of the united states treated this way. >> there are reports mr. trump has spoken to advisers about

sessions says he plans to stay on the job as long as it's appropriate. the attorney general announced a new policy with so-called sanctuary cities. sanctuary cities like los angeles refuse to comply with federal efforts to detain and deport those living in the country illegally. under the new policy, they have to provide federal officials with access to jails and advance notice when someone who enters the country illegally is being released. if not, they'll no longer be given grant money for police to buy everything from bulletproof vests to body cameras. federal agents investigating the deaths of ten people in a botched human trafficking operation says the driver, james bradley, is just a part of a large smuggling operation. the humans were found sunday inside a truck parked in san antonio. mark strassmann has more. >> reporter: james bradley jr. should never have been driving the

roughly 100 illegal em grants into san antonio. florida had suspended his commercial driving license back in april. ten people died including 19-year-old frank fuentes. he graduated from high school in virginia but had been deported. the 60-year-old bradley's criminal history dates back 20 years with felony arrests in colorado for menacing and assault and florida for an escape warrant. he spent a year in a colorado prison. more than a dozen survivors remain hospitalized, some in critical condition. >> it's never just the driver, himself or herself. >> shane folden, in charge of the homeland security office is leading the criminal investigation. >> these organizations consider these people simply a commodity. they don't think of them as people. they look at them from a profit perspective. >> reporter: as a commercial driver bradley

been cited for federal safety violations. he's entered no plea with these related tractor trailer deaths, but will appear in court on thursday. mark strassmann, cbs news, san antonio. they say he intended to provoke and create fear. the u.s. navy released this video showing the iranian ship in front of the american warship in the persian gulf. the crew of the uss thunderbolt said the iranian ship did not respond to radio calls, flares, or blasts from the ship's horn. coming up on the "morning news" now, church sex abuse crisis. the senior most vatican official makes his first appearance. and the people behind the shark-dragging video. this is the "cbs morning news."

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olympic gold medalist katie ledecky swam into the record books again. her finish yesterday in the freestyle gave ledecky her 12th career gold. that victory makes her the winningest female swimmer ever in the world. well, there's an investigation into a horrific video, a shark dragging video. and the so-called phrma bro, his case will wrap up. they will not call witnesses in his security fraud trial, the prosecution is expected to rest today and closing arguments could begin tomorrow. shkreli is accused of lying

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wildlife kmb commission officials say it's possible no law was broken. the "los angeles times" lookloo looks at the life and achievements of barbara sinatra. she died at her california home yesterday. she was 90. one of her lasting accomplishments is the creation of a nonprofit children's center that supports victims of physical, sexual, and emotional abuse. and "usa today" says there are 23 new badges that girl scouts can earn. the additions are all part of the science, technology, engineering, and math field. just last month the organization rolled out new badges in cyber security. the girl scouts say the badges encourage the girls to explore the sciences at an early age. still ahead, a cure for late night cravings. a ride hailing company is letting passengers choose a taco mode on their way home. so being cool comes naturally. hmm. i can't decide if this place is swag or bling.

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the largest study to date finds a debilitating brain disease in the brains of 99% of the nfl football players studied. meg oliver has the details. >> reporter: new research on the donated brains of 111 former nfl players finds 110 had croppic traumatic enseph loply or cte. that's the progressive degenerative brain disease. that's the history found in those with repeated brain drama. >> gradually you lose your ability to think clearly and you often have behavioral changes like impulsivity, short fuse. >> researchers looked at football players across all levels from the nfl to high school. they found 177 players. the studies included previously reported cases of nfl cases of

they said, we appreciate the view of the colleagues for a better understanding of cte. nfl is committed to supporting sciencer er and the advancing progress of head injury. >> there's a lot of unanswered questions as to why some players develop it and others don't. >> reporter: researchers say finding cte in high school and college players emphasizes the urgent need to identify young players at risk. meg oliver, cbs news, new york. well, sometime as potato chip canister is not exactly what it appears to be. a california man is accused of using those cans to smuggle at least 20 deadly king cobras into the united states. he also smuggled turtles. he face 20s years in prison if

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good wednesday morning. breaking news f you use route 50 west to annapolis, there's major delays. a wrong-way crash has all westbound lanes closed, and ellen will give you a away to get around that

in a few minutes, evan koslov will be -- koslof will be joining us from the scene. >> cape st. claire is where you're running into that accident. earlier we thought one of the cars involved may not have stayed on the scene, but it sounds like all cars involved, and that was three stayed there. one driver died, and the driver in the second vehicle had two people in the vehicle. they are all at the hospital. hopefully they will give us good work arounds. it's at cape st. claire if you're trying to cross there. route 28 northbound and southbound at new bratock road, you

there. all right, thank you, ellen. we are looking at a great start. if you stepped outside this morning, you will notice the difference. it's very cool compared to what it has been as of late. 78degrees, and warming up humiditywise in the coming days. patchy fog. temperatures, 50s, and 70s, and even our executive producer said i felt like it's like fallish this morning. it's nice! you can leave the windows down and enjoy it. 55 for winchester. today is going to be just as cool as yesterday, but maybe not as gorgeous. i know we had a lot of clouds, and with an easterly wind, sometimes it's a stubborn day with the clouds and the showers this is 12:00, and

showers for east of 96 mainly. winds out of the southeast, and warming up for tomorrow humiditywise as well. low to mid-80s and below average for the end of the day. we will talk about the storms coming up in a bit. good news if you want to run the marine corps marathon. last year they didn't open early, and organizers had to change the course and times because of construction. they will start at 6:00 instead this year. hungry lift riders can soon divert for a ride reveal. it's an auction that allows passengers to add the fast food chains as a stop. they are testing the feature in the coming weeks. the girl scouts announced 12 new

badges. design a robot badge, design a car, roller coaster design challenge badge, and this is the largest programming rollout in more than a decade. last month they added new badges in cyber security as well. good wednesday morning, everybody. thank you for joining us. i'm jan jeffcoat. >> and i'm mike hydeck. we are going to breaking news that we brought you. evan is live at the scene. >> reporter: you can see the mangled car, and it's sad news to be reporting here today. we will show you without identifying information because we don't want to tell the family before they hear from the police. three vehicles were involved here, westbound route 5, year

the red hot and blue restaurant. someone was going the wrong way down the westbound lane and actually hit someone. the wrongway driver passed away and another driver of one of the other cars, and there was also two others where both the driver and the passenger were brought to the ann arundel county hospital, and that's the as muchuation as muchuation -- and that's the situation right now. in a moment, we are going to toss to ellen to talk about what the delays will be, but right now westbound, completely shutdown and closed. eastbound, only one lane is opened. take it away. back to you. >> i keep thinking of last week with two fatalities last week, and it took all through the morning rush hour. expect it to take a long time. this is exactly