the new white house chief of staff takes over. >> general kelly has the full authority to operate within the white house. >> the first order of business, getting rid of the communications director. plus, outer banks outage. the popular vacation spot looks more like a ghost town as crews work around the clock to restore power. and the chicago cubs honors the most infamous fan with a world series ring.

good morning from the studio 57 news room at cbs news headquarters in new york. for the first time, it's clear who's running the show at the trump white house. the president's new chief of staff, former general john kelly was given full authority. all white house staffers will report to him and in a head spinning turn kelly had the new head communications fired. the white house is not in turmo turmoil. >> today begins the first full day of a new west wing. a new chief of staff is in. the man who was a new communications director is 67777dy out and the white house says mr. trump has 100% confidence in all of his cabinet members. a great day at the white house. that's how president trump described via

evening what was certainly an active day at the white house, one that began with a hiring and ended with a firing. it started with the swearing in of new chief of staff general john kelly who says he wants more structure, less game of thrones. >> i predict that general kelly will go down in terms of the position of chief of staff, one of the great ever. >> one of kelly's first acts as chief of staff pushing out anthony scaramucci. on the job for less than two weeks scaramucci had trouble shaking a profanity laced interview going after reince priebus. >> the president certainly felt that anthony's comments were inappropriate for a person in that position. >> scaramucci is just the latest in a long line of high profile names that have come and gone from the white house. the president insists this is not adding to chaos. lawmakers praising the

to be bringing to the administration. >> hopefully it will put order to the place and it's a good thing. >> he took all these different agencies working well for our country's objectives. that's a good thing. >> unlike before kelly when several aides had direct access to the president, now all access will run through the chief of staff. >> and while it's still unclear who will become the next communications director a source inside the white house tells cbs news kellyanne conway is not among those being considered. president trump reportedly dictated a misleading statement regarding his son's meeting with a russian lawyer. that's according to the washington post. mr. trump allegedly dictated the statement in which donald trump jr. said his meeting in 2016 was not

campaign but about the adoption of russian children. e-mails showed the president's son agreed to the meeting because the russian lawyer might have damaging information about hillary clinton. ahead on cbs this morning, we'll ask dan who was a senior advisor to the romney ryan presidential campaign if john kelly can make a difference in the white house. president trump is back to pushing fellow republicans to revive their attempt to repeal obamacare. but leading senate republicans say for now there is no path forward and it's time to move on. meanwhile the president threatened to cut off payments to insureds. >> let obamacare implode. >> reporter: president trump went this weekend from saying obamacare should fail so saying he might give it a shove. if a new health care bill is not approved bailouts for insurance companies will end ver

he appeared to be referring to a major obamacare provision allocating federal funds to insurers in order to bring down premiums for lower enrollees. >> it attacks my eyes without the medication i would literally go blind so it's the difference between sight and darkness. >> reporter: about 6 million americans benefit from the cost sharing funds issued to insurers. >> it's not a bailout for insurers, it's just paying them for services that they're required by law to provide. >> he's with the family foundation which determined that insurers would need to hike their premiums an additional 19% to compensate for the lost funding. >> i think insurers are going to look closely for signs as to whether the administration may continue to undermine the insurance market in w

they may grab their marbles and leave. >> 20% of enroll lees liff in areas with just one provider. the president made similar threats earlier this year only to pull back. >> i think that's incredibly irresponsible and it's playing politics with people's lives. >> reporter: top aides won't say whether he's serious or not. >> he's going to make that decision this week and that's a decision that only he can make. >> this is not an abstract debate. insurance companies have a few more weeks to finalize their coverage plans and rates for 2018. if they think the president might yank $7 billion they'll have to act quickly to raise rates, pull out or possibly sue the administration. the white house called the leader of oil rich venezuela a dictator and imposed sanctions aimed directly at the president. the u.s

strongly denounced sunday's election. at least ten people were killed protesting the vote capping four months of anti government protests. >> you can see the people that it's really, really sad, but they are still in the streets. they're still screaming for what they want and that's freedom and liberty. >> they have the power to rewrite the constitution and this morning two opposition loaders were taken from their homes by authorities according to their family members. tropical storm emily is expected to move out into the atlantic later today. emily came ashore late yesterday on florida's gulf coast south of tampa bay. emily had sustained winds of 45 miles per hour packing heavy rain. some 18,000 homes and businesses lost power. a flood watch remains in effect for the tampa area and two

fishermen had to be rescued from tampa bay when their boat sank. the power out only an north carolina's outer banks had nothing to do with a storm. officials say they are making significant progress in restoring at least one cable that was cut. but the damage to the tourist industry adds up to hundreds of millions of dollars. >> reporter: crews have been working around the clock after a blackout forced the evacuation of 50,000 tourists from one of south carolina's most popular vacation spots. >> time is money to people on the outer banks. >> reporter: one of the severed transmission cables. business owners along with more than roughly 6,000 residents left behind are now depending on generators for power. >> we cannot go without an income down here. we live on

>> reporter: tourists forced to leave are also concerned and so is the governor. >> i hope that there is a way that people can be reimbursed and i think that we should work hard to make sure that people are made as whole as possible. >> reporter: the construction company has apologized for what happened, but the governor says someone should still be held accountable. power should be fully restored within a week or two. cbs news, north carolina. the arizona sheriff known for his immigration crackdowns was convicted of misdemeanor contempt. he was found guilty of ignoring a court order to stop traffic patrols that targeted immigrants. the sentencing hearing is scheduled for october 5th. he faces six months in jail, but at age 85, it's unlikely he will see any time behind bars. president trump presented the nation's highest military honor, the medal of

vietnam veteran. he ended up in the middle of a 48 hour battle in 1969 he repeatedly entered the kill zone to rescue comrades. he refused to be evacuated because he knew he would be needed. >> this medal is about love. the love so deep in the soul of 89 men who fought the battle that it is impossible to measure. >> out of the 89 soldiers who fought with him that day, just 32 survived. he says he is just the caretaker of the medal. coming up on the morning news, a new scandal involving pete rose, the former baseball star is accused of having sex with a minor in the 70s. and a man and his dog trapped by flood waters gets a lift. this is the cbs morning news.

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firefighters in central colorado rescue a man and his dog from a flash flood. the man had unwisely parked sunday in a dry creek bed. two southern colorado towns were evacuated over the weekend due to high water. a call for action in the opioid crisis and a new scandal involving pete rose. those are some of the headlines on the morning newsstand. the philadelphia inquirer says a woman accuses pete rose of having a sexual relationship with her before she turned 16. her sworn testimony says it happened in the early 70s when he played for the cincinnati reds. rose admits having sex with her but disputes he was underage at the time. he cannot be charged in ohio because the statute of limitations has run out. usa today says president trump is being urged to declare that the opioid crisis

national emergency. they call the problem unparalleled and says broad based government action is needed to stop it. drug overdoses kill an average of 142 americans every day. al.com explains how a dozen inmates used peanut butter to escape an alabama jail. they used it to cover a cell number and tricked a new employee to opening an outside door on sunday. >> some of the inmates have been pretty smart on what their plan was. changing some numbers on a door with peanut butter. that may sound people but these people are cry azy like a fox. still to come, the latest hacking victim, cable channel hbo is hit with a cyber attack with reported materialm

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winner. he also won an oscar nomination. he died at his home in kentucky of lou gehrig's disease. he was 73. cable channels join forces and hackers may have hit game of thrones. we're at the new york stock exchange with that and much more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, mega. here on wall street, losses for tech companies including facebook and amazon were cancelled by banks, media and energy companies that finished mostly higher. the dow closed at a record high. the nasdaq lost 26. two of the biggest players in cable tv are merging. discovery is buying scripps for nearly $12 billion. discovery stocks slid more than 8% and scripps rose a half a percent. combining discovery's tlc and the discovery channel with the travel channel. the buyout still

from shareholders. and valerie jarrett has joined the board of lyft. she was one of president obama's longest serving advisors and his assistant for governmental affairs. and hbo says it has been hacked. the hackers skoel upcoming programming but wasn't specific about which ones. the hackers leaked written material allegedly from next week's fourth episode of game of thrones. so far none of the show's episodes have been leaked online. >> i would not mess with game of thrones. thank you. still ahead, the closing of painful chapter in cubs' history. >> into the stands and couldn't get it. >> the cubs fan known as partman gets a dazzling honor. nearly 14 years after an infamous foul bala

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a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. the chicago cubs hope their world series win lets a fan come in from the cold. dean reynolds explains. >> reporter: it was back in 2003 and the stage was set. the cubs were five outs from a trip to the world series. it would have been their first then this happened. though a clutch of fans wentz for the ball the luckless steve bartman came closest and was blamed for interfielding with the outfielder who appeared to feel rather strongly that he could have caught it. everyone

bart m bartman had to be escorted from the game and went into hid ing for his safety and sanity. the ball he bobbled was blown up. and then last year, what do you know? pigs flew and the cubs won the world series. now, replacing the bartman ball is the bartman ring, a bit of jewelry valued between 30 and $40,000. we're honored to present a 2016 world championship ring to mr. steve bartman. the team said, we hope this provides closure on an unfortunate chapter to which bartman responded he does not consider himself worthy of such on honor but welcome the start of a healing and reconciliation process for all involved. whether he'll be attending a cubs' game any time soon is unclear. coming up on

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good morning, if you take 395 either to work or home your commute might be getting a lot longer. we are following a new round of construction that starts today. a surprise guest in the newsroom. yeah. i'm finding that big guy in your office and

doing? braverrer than i would be. one high school getting july on the competition, held their first practice in the dark of night. >> okay. i guess we'll find out why. okay it's just a touch more humid out there this morning and back to more typical summer weather. it's august and it's warm. dew points a little bit high score it's going to be a little bit bitter through the west -- higher through the rest of the week. temperatures this morning, 64 for martinsburg and 65 for manassas. so what we're going to see today, lot of sunshine a few clouds will build on in. fair weather clouds for the most part. there will be a few areas that could see few showers today. these are nothing more than a few afternoon storms just due to the heat building. temperatures today, once again back to the 90s. yesterday we actually ended upped at 91. -- up at 91. we're going to be in the 90s today. factor in the humidity and it

warmer than the actual temperature. 86 by noon. notice the winds still out of the northwest and not for long. tonight they'll be out of the south and that will really increase the humidity even more into the overnight hours. 87 by 4:00. so for starting august and we're also starting another year for ellen. happy birthday ellen. >> byron in the back said i'm 22 today. that's right22. >> what anniversary of the 22nd? >> may believe the sevenths anniversary of the 22nd birthday. i'm going to enjoy last year of my 20s. 395 heading southbound we had an accident by washington boulevard. ist just cleared and -- it just cleared and the delays went with it. plus we had problems on the express lanes of the beltway. all of the express lanes as you head northbound passing by braddock road, they are closed. but when i looked at the camera of the main lanes on that part of the beltway you are going to be fine. really no one out there. don't worry about the closure on the express lanes. hopefuth

up soon. and north of there also on the inner loop of the beltway, we have reports of an accident. breaking news from overnight. police in alexandria are investigating an incident on four mile road. so some peoplelying in that build -- living in that building say that someone fell or jumped out of the 11 story window. it happened at 2:30 this morning, so far it's being called a sudden death investigation with traumatic injury. also tonight it's national night out. police departments across the area they're holding events and they're inviting you to come out. it's all aimed at ill proving the relationship -- improving the relationship between police and people. the jury will continue to deliberate the fate of the so- called pharmacy bro. martin shkreli. he faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted on the fraud charges. shkreli best known for jacking up the price of a life-saving drug by 5,

trolling his critics online. all right so football players have been up before the sun getting ready for the season. the athletes of westfield high school hit the field at midnight last night. midnight first practice is the tradition that's gone on ever since the head coach took over the team. head coach kyle simmons. >> they want to, they're very excited to be out here and start at midnight. i don't know what that my coaches feel the same way but the kids love it. >> the first game is august 25th on the home field. that's a look at what's going on the news at 4:30 starts right now. this is a little scary, people heyway across the world might be -- halfway across the world might have control of your uber account and you might not know it. we have a lot coming up for you this morning. good morning everyone, i'm jan jeffcoat. >> i'm mike hydeck, thank you for jog

you can feel the humidity just start to creep in yesterday. >> yeah for sure, it's going to be even more so each and every morning through the rest of the week. so it is august. we really can't escape it and we're not actually too bad by august standards but here we go. a couple of showers today. nothing too great. nothing too heavy. temperatures are into the 60s and 70s out there as you head out there. 12:30 in the morning mainly sunny skies. few clouds will build and a few showers. this is 4:30 in the afternoon. just a couple of showers and some areas will be completely dry. high temperatures today into the low 90s. that is just a little bit above average. but that's how it's going to be for the rest of the week. until the weekend. high temperatures today 89 degrees for leeburg and 92 for washington. elm. construction causing more problems an accidents at this point. we have some construction happening on route 1 up in maryland heading southbound right before you hit the beltway. the problem here, two of your right lanes are closed. you're going to