j . good morning. it is tuesday, august 15th, 2017. president trump's chief political strategist could be out of the white house within days. sources tell cbs news bannon is losing favor as chief of staff john kelly reorganizes the west wing. >> three top ceos quit a white house advisory group saying the president waited too long to denounce white supremacists. and defense secretary james mattis says if the regime launches a missile attack it's game on and more on board with

the coast guard hunting down smugglers trying to keep a tidal wave of cocaine coming to the u.s. >> but first to the eye opener. >> those who cause violence are criminals and thugs including the kkk. neo nazis, white supremacists. >> the president urged to cut ties with chief strategist steve bannon. >> a big part of the problem is there are members in the white house staff who believe in accommodating this right movement in the united states. >> growing anger over the symbols of the confederacy. protesters tedoppl a statue of a confederate soldier. >> police in oklahoma city say they stopped a man plotting to blow up a bank. >> vllarne isn i federal custody. >> he had the intent to carry out this plot to the end. >> james mattis issued a new warning. if north korea hits guam or any part of the united states, it is

>> the rhetoric from kim jong-un, i think it's appropriate that we make preparations. >> heavy rains caused a severe mud slide. >> and hundreds are dead and hundreds more missing. >> a bit of a phone mishap in a private airport hangar. >> all that -- >> great white shark snatching a fisherman's catch right off the hook. >>lund be jays fans have a bat flying right at them. >> and all that matters. >> bettis made a return to the diamond after a battle with cancer. >> the rockies beat atlanta. >> what a story book night for him. >> on nbc this morning. >> do you feel burned by your experience at the white house? you were there for ten days. you're extremely loyal to the president. >> not at all. let me put it this way when you take a j l

that your expiration date is coming. i didn't think i would last too long but i thought i would last longer than like a carton of milk. welcome to cbs this morning. we're all back and all pleased by that and a special thanks to people who have sat in at this table. >> the next white house shakeup could leave steve bannon on the outside. sources tell cbs news trump's chief strategist could be gone. >> he helped mr. trump win the presidency but his future is at risk because the president's new chief of staff is working to restore order in the west wing. major garrett is at the white house. >> reporter: good morning. we can report through various and several sources high placed sources inside and outside the white house that chief strategist

gone by the end of this week. bannon's stock has risen and fallen like other officials and he has survived job scares before. his close personal relationship with the president can't be ruled out but his fate is the topic of intense internal discussions involving the president and inside and outside advisors in part because ban nan's history of clashing with members of the national security team. he's also accused of using his allies to try to undermine mcmaster, the national security advisor. the new chief of staff john kelly is trying to eliminate that kind of open factional warfare within the white house and he has tried to strengthen mcmaster's position within the white house and bannon's hard right nationalist economic perspective and his reluctance to engage or expand military oper

comparatively more moderate voices in the white house. in the end this could come down to the president's newly forged relationship with kelly. several sources tell us that kelly wants more adults in the white house and where bannon falls on kelly's estimation of adult, not adult, could decide his fate. >> all right. thank you very much. president trump is waking up in trump tower for the first time as president. demonstrators rallied outside as he returned to new york city. they protested his response to the white supremacist rally in charlottesville, virginia, over the weekend. the controversy led the ceos of underarmour to quit last night. the president specifically condemned the kkk, neo nazis and other white supremacists yesterday. his statement on saturday criticized violence on many sides. we're outside trump tower. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. well, president trump followed the lead of daughter iva

disavowing these hate groups. he consulted with his chief of staff and his homeland security team. a white house official said that count ere terrorism advisor weighed in on exactly how the president should address this act of domestic terrorism. >> no kkk, no bashes usa. >> reporter: the controversy followed president trump back to his manhattan home where he was met by protesters. >> what happened in charlottesville was done with trump's endorsement, with his permission that he could barely criticize. >> reporter: the president issued his first direct condemnation of the white supremacist groups. >> racism is evil and those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs including the kkk, neo nazis, white supremacists and other hate groups. >> that disavow came two days too late fore

on the president's manufacturing counsel. one was resigning to call attention to the quote, divided political kwl split climate adding many in washington seemed for concerned with attacking anyone who disagrees with him. underarmour's ceo also with drew. they followed the pceo of merck. he felt quote, a responsibility to take a stand against intolerance and extremism. the president sharply responded. now that ken fraser of merck has resigned from president's manufacturing counsel he will have more time to lower ripoff drug prices. yet, president trump declined to explain his delay in denouncing the hate groups. >> they have been condemned. >> reporter: now, labor leader told cbs news he's also assessing his role o

hold a single real meeting. charlie, we expect to hear from the president later today when he talks about investing in infrastructure. >> thanks, margaret. charlottesville police chief is not admitting any failures in the way his department responded but he says he regrets the loss of life. heather heyer was killed when a car was used to attack a group of demonstrators. cullen and bates were killed when their helicopter crashed. we're outside the city hall in charlottesville. david, good morning. >> reporter: charlie, good morning. outside city hall is a writing wall. this wasn't free speech. this was terrorism. and resigned city council. we asked a lot of pointed questions of the police chief yesterday who told us that of the thousand officers he told his men to show up in their regular

and he was also questioned about an allegation that he told his men to stand down when things got violent. he said that's absolutely not true. >> it was a challenge. >> reporter: the chief says it took about an hour to regain control of the streets in downtown charlottesville on saturday. >> do you regret not having your officers better prepared and in their proper gear earlier so they could have acted sooner? >> absolutely i have regrets. >> and what are your regrets? >> we lost three lives this weekend. >> i'm talking about the actions of your department. >> i certainly have regrets. >> reporter: he said the security plan called for the supremacists and counter protesters to enter emancipation park through separate interests but when the white supremacists says they agreed to the plan and started using other entrances, skirmishes broke down. >> you will be arrested. >> reporter: around 11:30 a.m.,

of all demonstrators sending them out into the streets. >> we had groups that were moving constantly. we were following a number of groups ensuring that they were being peaceful. we were spread thin once the groups dispersed. >> this has been declared an unlawful assembly. >> reporter: two hours after they ordered the park vacated a white supremacist from ohio allegedly rammed his dodge challenger into a group of counter protesters. heather heyer was killed. at least 19 other people were hurt. on monday the 20-year-old security guard was denied bond. he's been held on second degree murder and other charges. after the hearing he was fired from his security job. outside of court, white nationalists tried to absolve fields of any blame. >> this is on the hands of the police and the radical left. >> reporter: this morning police are looking into the background and electronic records of that man who drove his car into that

out if anybody directed him to do what he did. gayle, there are court records in kentucky. when that young man was 12 years old apparently threatened his mother with a knife, locked her in the bathroom and hit her in the head. >> boy, what kind of person do you have to be to threaten your mother, not alone your disabled mother? thank you very much. president trump has extended his condolences to the family of heather heyer. mr. trump said yesterday that heyer's death fills us with grief. heyer's mother says she plans to carry on in her daughter's name. >> i miss her so, so much, but i'm going to make her death worth something. no mother should have to give up her 32-year-old child and i know people die every day. i'm not special that way. but if my child's death was for a cause, i'm going to speak for that cause and i'm going to make that cause important. >>

charlottesville at the growing memorial. a sign at the robert e. lee statue calls for the park to be renamed in her honor. a group of protesters toppled a statue in durham, north carolina. the confederate soldier's monument had stood in downtown durham since 1924. some people began kicking and spitting on the bronze figure after it fell to the ground last night. deputies recorded the protest on video but made no attempt to stop it. north korea's state media announced overnight that kim jong-un plans to hold off from launching missiles at guam at least for now. the u.s. military is ready to defend the territory from any attack. james mattis said we know within moments where it's going. if they fire at the united states, they -- that could escalate into war very quickly. if they do that it's game

story from seoul, south korea. ben, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it's a holiday known as liberation day here in south korea as well as across the border in north korea. some thought this might be an opportunity for kim jong-un to launch another missile or take some sort of provocative act. instead he seemsbe to stillalistilignaling he's ready to deactivate this conflict with the u.s. >> reporter: the leader decided not to immediately launch his weapons but did launch another war of words at the u.s. he said, if the yankees persist in their extremely dangerous reckless actions on the korean peninsula, north korea's military will ring the windpipes and point daggers at their necks. the real threat is a north korean missile capable of hitting the u.s. after several failed missile

and launched two intercontinental ballistic missiles despite heavy international sacnctions. >> to do it so quickly is quite astonishing. >> reporter: michael elliott has closely studied their abilities for years. >> there's just a limited number of countries which can bro deuce something of this size and capability and through a series of deductions and elimination of possibilities you come to either russia or ukraine. >> reporter: he believes that the engines used on north korea's missiles first launched in may came from a factory in ukraine and were then likely transported through russia to north korea. those missile advancements convinced china to go along with tough new u.n. sanctions. on monday china banned all imports of north korean

iron ore and seafood. the president of south korea had direct words saying that war is not an option on the korean peninsula and that no other country has the right to start one here without south korea's consent. >> all right. thank you. an oklahoma man is in federal custody this morning accused of plotting a bomb attack on american soil. authorities say 23-year-old jerry drake varnell tried to blow up what he thought was a vehicle bomb at a bank in oklahoma city. it's just blocks from the site of the 1995 bombing that killed 168 people at the federal building. we're at the oklahoma city national memorial you seem. omar, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. federal officials say varnell was upset with the government and planned to use a device similar to the one used in the domestic terror attack here more than 20 years ago. according to court documents, a

the fbi to his alleged plan. the informant then introduced varnell to an undercover fbi agent posing as someone who could help get bomb making supplies and plan the attack. varnell helped assemble what he thought was a bomb. he was arrested overnight saturday when he tried to detonate it at the bank first building in downtown oklahoma city. varnell reportedly had mental health issues. on his facebook page, a user claiming to be the suspect's brother posted this comment. my brother is squichizophrenic the fbi brought him the van with loaded explosives. but officials said they gave varnell multiple chances to pull out of the attack. if convicted he could face up to 20 years in prison. >> thank you very much. grammy award winner

swift is promising to help victims of sexual assault after winning her civil suit of a man who she says groped her. the jury ruled in her favor after four hours. she says he groped her as they posed for this photo back in 2013. we're here with reaction to the trial's outcome. good morning. >> good morning. on friday, a judge dismissed david mueller's claim that swift got him fired from his job as a radio host. on monday the jury followed suit rejecting his claims that the star's mother and one of swift's managers cost him his job. after four years trying to keep her assault quiet, taylor swift made herself heard on monday. >> taylor swift has told everyone, this is it. the line is drawn. >> reporter: outside the denver courthouse, attorney characterized

victory as more than a win. >> not just a win, but something that can make a difference for my kids, your kids, all of us. >> reporter: the superstar vowed to donate to organizations that helped sexual assault victims to defend themselves. i acknowledge my ability to shoulder the enormous cost of defending myself in a trial like this. my hope is to help those whose voices should also be heard. fans described her reaction to the verdict. >> she was so happy. >> reporter: but earlier in the day during closing arguments the 27-year-old broke down in tears. david mueller's attorney questioned why swift was smiling in a photo that supposedly captured the 2013 groping. look at her face. is that the face of someone who's in shock? who iset ups? swift was awarded a symbolic $1 on monday saying she wants to serve

have been assaulted. >> when she stood up by being in that courtroom she's standing up for women all around the world and that's amazing. >> following the verdict the attorney said i'm disappoint pd for mueller but respect the jury's decision. after trying to clear his name for the past four years going to court was his only option. >> all right. thank you. don't mess up. >> don't mess with taylor and the message that it sends to women after oall ages. a superhero movie, why the latest deaths and injuries could lead to a new emphasis on s

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i'll pretend those are moochs and not boos, steve. >> this is you over here holding your thumbs in your belt like a gun slinger and this the reince priebus. what is going on? were you brought in just to get rid of him and sean spicer? >> i don't want to say it that way. >> say it like the mooch. >> well, there was no -- all right. so the -- give me some mooch here. >> so the mooch would say there's no love lost there. let me tell you something, you know this. you can feel it from me. i'm an honest person. >> don't use me as a character witness for you. i don't know. i met you like five minutes ago.

the mooch. >> i love steven colbert, like i don't know you. >> but it does seem like the mooch really enjoys being the mooch. >> this is not new news though that he loved the camera. >> that's exactly right. >> it was a good line that he had though about not lasting longer than a carton of milk. see, we are back. we are so glad to be here. can i just share this one tweet that i got that says, gayle, i feel that you and charlie are never together on set anymore. this is from at last and drew. think about whatever vacation you have upcoming so can you forfeit it and make drew very happy? >> no. >> okay. we tried. welcome back. >> did you know that when we were on vacation that charlie would open the show and he would say gayle and norah are still off? bu no bitter pill there.

the table together. welcome back to "cbs this morning." this is infrastructure day at trump tower. the president plans to sign an executive order targeting environmental reviews of large public works projects. a white house statement says the order says the goal is to shorten how long it takes to get these projects started. here's a look at some of this morning's other headlines. that news report in alabama today, part of the fight to fill the seat that belonged to jeff sessions. the election will test the reach of president trump and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. new republican senator strange is in a tight race even though he's endorsed by mr. trump. he also has the backing of a superpack tied to mcconnell. and the forum published a letter from a north dakota

the father wrote my son is not welcome at our family gatherings any longer. i pray he will return home, we do not, never have and will not accept his twisted world view. >> becoming a new battleground after that violent rally in charlottesville, virginia, over the weekend. the five-year-old beige is pdedicated to calling out racis. now shifting its focus to exposing white supremacists who gathered over the weekend. kris van cleave is at the statue of robert e. lee in charlottesville. kris, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. this park was full of white supremacists protesters over the weekend. many of them weren't covering their faces. they weren't trying to hide their identities but were still largely anonymous. one man is trying to use his twitter page to change that. he wants to not only name them but to shame them. the

were angry, violent and deadly. >> we saw more white supremacists attend the rally in charlottesville than we've seen in over a decade. >> reporter: in demonstrators also seemed unconcerned about being exposed. >> they're not wearing masks anymore. they're not wearing their hoods. they're not afraid anymore. >> reporter: logan smith who runs the twitter account yes, you're racist decided they did not deserve to be anonymous. on saturday he started posting pictures on his page. his followers jumped to about 350,000, they started helping him put names to faces. >> i was able to go through these public profiles, look at more pictures to determine, you know, that they were in fact the same person. >> reporter: for many, this man's image has come to symbolize this rally. he was a student at the university of nevada. >> i do not identify as a white supremacist or racist.

really fluid. people have one version, i have another. i'm alt right because i'm pro white. >> reporter: after the new york times posted this photo of fields jr., the man accused of killing a woman when he slammed his car into counter protesters the man standing next to him was identified as nigel and he's now lost his job at an equipment supply company. >> i'm running in my head, how am i going to get money now, but nothing phases me. >> experts say the current political environment may make it difficult to shame extremists. >> when you have white supremacists and those who are violent feeling comfortable in society today. that's a danger. >> reporter: and the extremist expert we talked to said white supremacists see this moment in time as what they hope will be the start of a white civil rights movement and the rhetoric is escalating. both the man behind the twitter page and some of the people

identified say they've been receiving death threats. very interesting how that, you know, they're there in a public rally and now their names are being tied to their faces. >> they don't mind being seen. i think that takes it to a whole different level for me. hollywood faces new questions about safety precautions it takes while shooting action films. a student driver working on the superhero sequel dead pool 2 died yesterday when his motorcycle hit a glass building in vancouver. actor tom cruise appearing to hurt himself while leaping between buildings for the latest mission impossible movie. the high stakes on hollywood sets. >> good morning. stunts are a dangerous business and the people behind those stunts sometimes risk their lives to capture that perfect moment for the cameras. while much of hollywood relies on special effects, tom cruise likes to do

whether that's swinging from the world's tallest building in dubai or dangling from the back of a cargo plane, the 55-year-old actor says it's all part of the business. >> when i'm underwater on the plane, we spent a lot of time training but it was a stunt. >> the latest mission impossible sequel, he appears to hurt himself while trying to jump between buildings. and filming was brought to a stand still on the set of dead pool 2 after a stunt woman was killed riding a motorcycle. >> motorcycle comes flying over the street, looked like off a ramp because it was in the air. standing on the bike, slams into that building. >> reporter: and in july, stuntman john was killed during the filming of the walking dead. a lot has to deal with the fact that there aren't any formal regulations. >> john has

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cocaine. production surged between 2015 and 2016. much of it is ultimately bound for the united states. we went inside an operations center tracking the drugs on the ocean. he's at a coast guard station in miami beach. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the u.s. stopped four metric tons of cocaine in the eastern pacific this past weekend alone. now the task force that found those drugs is warning more are on the way. >> it's got to be like watching an approaching storm. >> it is. i talk about it as really an approaching tsunami of cocaine getting ready to hit the global market. >> he's the director of joint interagency task force south. the western hemisphere's nerve center for tracking drug traffickers. it's based in key west, florida, where tourists visiting seem largely unaware of what's happening daily on the other side of the fence.

the boat. looks like he might be dumping more stuff here. >> from here an alphabet soup of government agencies, military branches and 17 different nations work together to find, track and target drug traffickers where they're most vulnerable. >> out on the high seas when they're hundreds of miles away from shore, these traffickers have no place to run. they have no place to hide. they're out in plain sight. >> these are the paths that are taken for these drugs moving into the united states and other parts of the world. >> as you see where the lines get really thick, if you were to break this out, you're really talking thousands of events that we monitor last year. >> how much of that are you able to stop? >> very little. >> three out of every four events that we have awareness of we have no asset to go after it. >> they're getting through. >> they're getting through. we need more ships and aircraft is the bottom line. >> ships like the coast guard cutter james which we visited on its way to the eastern pacific.

to bring 16 tons of cocaine back. it was worth about $420 million. nearly enough to pay for this ship. and that was just in about a 45-day period. >> now we're going to the combat information center. >> he commands the most sophisticated ship in the coast guard's fleet. >> we have a lot of different sensors so we'll issue the orders to launch the helicopter, to launch the small boats and we vector them in to those targets. >> that's one of the rounds that we use right there. >> armed helicopters are key to the end game flying low alongside go fast boats many times at night to shoot out the engines. >> you can see on this side here the entry point where a sniper round has gone in. this has been very effective technique. >> but the smugglers have developed techniques of their own like big foot. >> big foot is what we term a sero

>> these are harder to spot. and carry tons more cocaine. >> probably a week does not go by that we don't have a report somewhere throughout the region of these -- of these types of vessels on the water. >> last year the task force set an all-time record stopping 285 metric tons of cocaine, but it's only a fraction of the total flow. >> it's very frustrating for the men and women of this task force knowing we could be doing so much more, but it really comes down to a series of choices. how much do we want to make this a priority? >> ultimately their goal is to dismantle the trafficking networks which can move anything, not just drugs, but because of aging ships and aircraft, the task force may have even fewer resources next year. >> wow, great reporting. thank you so much. london's iconic big ben has been ringing up hours since 1859. ahead why the massive

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it is tuesday, august 15th, 2017. you know what that means? me, charlie and norah all back at the table together. reunited feels so good. welcome back to "cbs this morning." president trump returns to his hometown of new york ahead the continuing fallout after his initial remarks on the violence in charlottesville. plus, why would a combat veteran go to boot camp. how they're getting ready for a new challenge, this one in the classroom. but first the eye opener. >> president trump's chief political strategist could be left on the outside. >> onel wel placed source tells us he could be gone by the end of this week.

these hate ougrps. he consulted with his chief of staff and his homeland security team. >> question about an allegation that someone within his department told his men to stand down when things got violent and the chief says that is not true. >> varnell planned to use a device similar to the one used in the domestic terror attack here more than 20 years ago. >> some thought this might be an opportunity for kim jong-un to take some sort of provocative ac inead he seemed to be signaling he's ready to deescalate this conflict with the u.s. >> the jury rejecting mueller's claims that one of swift's managers cost him his job. >> can i share this one tweet that i got that says gayle, i feel that you, norah and charlie are never together on set. so try and think of whatever vacation, do you want to forfeit it so that we can make it last and make drew very happy? >> no. >> we are really glad to be at the table together.

>> i'm charlie rose with gayle king and norah o'donnell. we are happy to be back. president trump is in new york city this morning for the first time since his inauguration. protesters rallied outside trump tower. they are angry that he waited two days to condemn white supremacist groups that gathered in charlottesville, virginia. >> the president called out certain groups. >> racism is evil. and those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs including the kkk, neo nazis, white supremacists and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything we hold dear as americans. >> but his delayed response is having a much wider impact. last night the ceos of intel and underarmour announced that they are leaving the president's american manufacturing council. the head of merck left the council before the president's latest

in the business page headline, board rooms awkward silence. it show fraser saying i feel a responsibility to take a stand against extremism. in charlottesville, a memorial for heather heyer continues to grow. the 32-year-old was run over and killed saturday while protesting against white supremacists. her father told the newspaper today his daughter was passionate about fighting for equality. >> i'm proud of her. proud of her for standing up. she had more courage than i did. she had a stubborn backbone, if she thought she was right she would stand there and defy you. but if i understand her, she wanted to do

you know, with a fierceness of heart, you know, that -- that comes with her conviction. >> he also says he forgives the man accused of killing his daughter with a car. james fields jr. is being held without bail. federal investigators are retracing his movement in the 24 hours before the attack. the dad's words so very touching that he can say i forgive the man who killed my daughter. >> and his testimony to his daughter's character and courage. >> her fierceness. really nice. >> he raised an amazing daughter. the latest poll finds the president's approval rating is at a new low. only 34% of people approve of the job that the president is doing. meanwhile sources tell cbs news that steve bannon is in serious jeopardy and he could be out of a job by the end of this week. bannon is blamed for undermining other senior white house staff

advisor h.r. mcmaster. >> the president's new chief of staff is trying to restore order in the west wing. former communications director scaramucci talked about the trump white house with stephen colbert last night. >> who's leaking now? is it steve bannon? >> well, i've said that. >> say it otothese people. >> i've been pretty open about this. >> is steve bannon a leaker? >> i said he was. i have no problem saying that. but -- >> is he going to be gone in a week? >> that's up to the president. >> what does the mooch think? >> well, if it was up to me he would be gone but it's not up to me. >> bannon has faced controversy before. the president told the new york post i am my own stat gists. after bannon was reported to be at the center of the white house infighting. in the wall street journal m

trump said he was a guy who worked for me. the new york times also reporting they have a fox hole friendship from the campaign, but that everyone including rupert has urged the president to get rid of bannon. the area lawman was convicted of criminal contempt for detaining people he merely suspected of being undocumented immigrants. we're outside trump tower where the president is spending the next few days of his working vacation. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. well, as president trump tries to quiet one racially fuelled controversy, he is weighing whether to plunge into another one by pardoning a controversial arizona sheriff who was convicted of illegally detaining latinos because he suspected them of being undocumented immigrants. the president appeared to endorse the possibilities of a pardon this morning in a twe

seriously considering issuing one within days. joe arpiao was found guilty two weeks ago of ignoring a judge's order to stop racial profiling during traffic patrols that target suspected undocumented immigrants. he has been a vocal supporter of mr. trump and he is scheduled to be sentenced in october. he has become a hero among the far right civil liberty groups have long complained about racial profiling so a pardon here would be well received among some of mr. trump's base who voted for him on the basis of aggressive immigration enforcement. the white house isn't commenting on this yet. they don't have an official announcement but this would be the first pardon of the trump presidency. >> all right. thank you so much. rockies fans welcomed chad bettis back to the mound last night for the first time

he was diagnosed with cancer. he pitched seven scoreless innings. bettis had offseason surgery for test ti cancer. the rockies went on to win the game 3-0. >> way to go, chad. >> good to see him back. >> he looked happy too. more people are getting the most common type of arthritis in the knee. we're here to tell us

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few years ago. the lifetime risk is 46%, but it is possible to protect your knees. dr. jordan metzl, welcome back. >> nice to see you guys. >> so what are people doing wrong? >> well, people are doing a lot of things right, but people are doing wrong. they're not recognizing the symptoms of arthritis and as this study shows us the pref lan lens has more than doubled in the last years. also related to activity. >> it's interesting because this study, the belief is maybe our knees are getting worse because of too much wear and tear but that's not the whole story. >> that's absolutely right. if you look at the incidence of arthritis in runners, they have less arthritis than the general population. there's something about inactivity. you walked more a hundred years ago. you're more computer time today which make

strong but also cartilage. cartilage responds to stress by becoming tougher. >> when i have somebody come in to see me the first thing we do is get an x-ray. when the x-ray starts to show a narrowing between the bones that's a healthy knee and next to it we see that space is narrowed between the bones on the knee on the right. so what happens is their knee gets achy. i talk about controlling the symptoms and working on exercises like squats and lunges and things i've talked about before to build muscle strength which makes their symptoms less. >> charlie was showing you his workout routine and you approved. some people say that it's the shoes that you wear. do you buy into that? >> well, i think the shoes may be part of making the symptoms worse. i don't think it has to do with the reasons people get arthritis. once you have it we do a lot

wear is part of that. so people wearing rubber bottom shoes send to get less arthritic symptoms. >> but if you get arthritis i think people think oh, no. it's over for me. you know, either i have to do knee replacement -- are you saying you can reverse it? >> part of what i tell people is if they get an arthritic knee they think my whole life is over. the reason that's a problem is they become les active, they put on weight, but i want them to be active. i get them on exercise, strerng strengthening and we have different things we can do to make it feel better. >> an estimated one third of americans over age 60 has this. >> it's the most common condition. 80% of people have it in the knee and it's about 20% of the population. >> good advice. >> the 60 year crowd.

>> millions of people. >> all right. we're going to do some knee exercises. we've got to show those. we can do it on your instagram feed, gayle. >> i'm game. >> i'm in. >> all right. two editors traveled the country looking for the hottest new restaurants in america. they'll reveal this year's hot list. it's so hot. first on "cbs this morning." and we return to the classroom with some former american warriors learning to become scholars. you're watching "cbs this morning." don't let dust and allergens get between you and life's beautiful moments. switch to flonase allergy relief. flonase outperforms the #1 non-drowsy allergy pill. when we breathe in allergens, our bodies react by overproducing 6 key inflammatory substances that cause our symptoms. flonase helps block 6. most allergy pills only block one and 6 is greater than 1.

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a london landmark is being silenced. big ben will stop its famous chimes for several years starting next monday. extensive repairs are being made to the famous clock tower that looms over the palace of west minister, the home of the british parliament. we're at big ben in london. charlie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it looks like it's in great shape but behind that pretty face is a clock that's been working since before abe lincoln was president. chief mechanics said that's like running your car 24 hours a day for like 160 years. one british politician said the idea of big ben going silent for as many as four years is bonkers.

the big bongs of the great bell have echoed across london for 157 years of pretty much unbroken service. through six monarchs the kings and queens who have come and gone right up to queen elizabeth. even the germans couldn't stop the bell's tolling through the worst of the blitz. >> big ben refused to stop for a second even if his hands did shake a bit. >> reporter: but now time has taken its toll and the deafening chimes could harm workers who are not only giving the most famous face a facelift but renovating the whole tower inside and out like adding an elevator. >> we're going to put a lift in. there's nowhere to make a cup of tea up there at the moment and we're going to put a toilet in as well. >> reporter: no toilet is one thing but in this country, nowhere to make tea is just unciviliz uncivili

huge bell up close. >> they had to get this clock that was the most accurate clock ever built. >> the mechanic who's been winding the clock literally for the past seven years wants to keep it that way. he has an old fashioned fix. pennies. >> by putting on or taking off a penny on the pendulum like this, you speed up or slow down the clock by two-fifths of a second in 24 hours. >> reporter: not only is the old clock still doing its job, so is ian west worth. >> we'll be able to check absolutely everything on the clock. it's still working which is good. >> reporter: but londoners and tourists alike are heart broken. it will be out of action for so long. >> big ben is big ben and people want to see big ben. not half after ben, a f

>> it will be a bummer for sure to come all the way here and not to be able to see it. >> reporter: for those used to big ben's comforting tolls, four years of silence will be deafening. so next monday at noon is the last time that big ben will work as usual. they're still going to strike it for special occasions like new year's eve and remembrance day when is like our memorial day here. they say it will still tell the time at least on one of its faces throughout the entire project. >> wow. i'm going to need to plan a european vacation. >> you better do it this weekend before monday. >> but even though it's not the same thing they could create the sound for people even though it's not big ben. >> but i like too that they're putting an elevator. >> we need to take the stairs. activity. >> coming up, new evidence that moderate drinking can help you live longer. your local news is next.

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ground. dad didn't listen to mom or his children. >> nor did the bear. welcome back to cbs this morning. that's one way to get good food or you could work for bonapetit magazine. they've been traveling around the country eating and then some more eating. what a tough job. >> they said everybody wants it but andrew said not everybody can do it. >> they found some interesting results. right now it's time to show you some of this morning's headlines. bill gates made his largest donation since the year 2000. he pledged $4.6 billion according to a filing, he donated 64 million shares of microsoft on june 6th. gates remains the richest person in the world. his fortune is valued at $86.1 billion. >> isn't it amazing to donate

left over. >> we don't know where he donated it. the new york times reports a milestone at west pointe. simone is the first african american woman to hold the highest position. >> i really focused on being poured into and seeking advice and development, leadership, mentorship wherever i could and that's what i would really tell anyone who is aspiring to achieve greatness or just learn something in life, just truly be a vessel. >> all right. thank you. >> way to go. >> as first captain she must set the agenda for her class and oversee more than 4,000 cadets. and alcohol may help you live longer. the study stressed moderate intake, that means 14 or fewer drinks a week for men and half that for women. the death risk among drinkers was 20% lower than those who

don't drink and their risk from cardiovascular causes was up to 30% lower. bon apetit magazine sampled food across the country for nearly a year. they traveled a combined 35,000 miles to visit 41 cities. they landed in 22 different airports to put together this year's list and we gave them cameras to document their journey. >> i'm in new orleans, louisiana. >> been on the road for nine days. finally found a restaurant last night i think could be in the top ones. >> this is the hardest place to eat just because no vegetable goes uncooked. >> people are defit

eating an entire box of pastries. >> typical day for me on the road is two breakfasts. >> people are always like i want to go out to dinner and they come out with me and we have one dinner. >> we try to hit two lunch and then two dinner. >> then i'm like okay, it's time to go to the next dinner. and they're like, what? >> that's when you know that something is really good is if you can't stop eating it after six meals. >> i am looking for restaurants that have a particular point of view. i think that's what sets our list apart from the many other lists that are now out there. >> we like to go from ten to number one. >> when it's time to present our list to our editor in chief, we make these big boards where we print --

>> this is all julia. this is her influence. she loves school projects. >> you didn't do this before i got here? >> these are some of her desserts which are almodern looking. we print out photos of the food and the chef and the space and then we go to his office and we sort of talk him through each of the ten restaurants. and hope that he gives us the green light. >> it's a really, really small kitchen. >> we go in there with confidence and trust ourselves that we came up with a list that's diverse in its cuisine, geographically diverse and it's restaurants that are representative of what's going on in american restaurants at this moment and if we hit those places i think we have a solid list. >> all those meals and trips led to their hot ten restaurant list. they range from classic comfort food and stretch from san francisco to new york. coming in at number three i

jiu's in san francisco. and their number one pick is turkey and the wolf in new orleans. >> welcome. why do you give them number one? >> well, it's a really weird unexpected choice. i it's basically a sandwich shop, stuff that we all grew up with. a chicken sandwich, but just elevated. and i think what we agreed on is we had more fun eating at turkey and the wolf than any other place. it was that restaurant that both of us couldn't get out of our mind. they do this amazing kol lard green melt. it's a vegetarian sandwich and it was the best thing i ate this year. and it was just, you know, it was nostalgic, it was fun. it was escapism for me. >> i know i wanted to lick the page when i looked at the ones you put in. but it seems like chicago is having a moment, your hometown. >> yeah, not just saying that because it's my hometown. >> you're not biased. >> no,

emblem attic of the most exciting things going on in food. just have an amazing range of diverse types of restaurants. incredible mexican food, korean food, portugese food all coming together with new spins on it. >> and you described elske. >> it's a husband and wife. her desserts are so gorgeous. visual art but they actually taste amazing. >> and one from my home state. >> just north of raleigh, so next time you've got to go -- it's a matchup. it's a flower shop, it's a brewery it's a dim place and it's a bookstore and what has become for north carolina and raleigh specifically is kind of a community center. it's run by first immigration immigrants f

just this amazing space where people all different walks of life can come and it's as good as any as i've had. >> you write that people are returning to nostalgia and comfort food. >> yeah, so one of the trends that we saw all over was return of dishes like prime rib and ice cream pie and all this stuff that's what chefs actually want to eat and now they're saying hey, we don't have to do the tweezer food thing anymore. >> what is that? >> you know, all the chefs kind of like laboring over the little edible flowers and -- >> got it. >> and one example of that comfort food is in philadelphia. >> oh, yeah. so that's an amazing place called the social club which is number four on our list. it's an old school italian american restaurant. you can get, you know, shells in red sauce but it's done by this amazing chef who's putting a little bit of a modern fresh twist on it.

to get in. anybody can buy a membership. you have to get there right when they open. pay 20 bucks, you can eat there any time you want. >> how do you decide where you're going to go and do the restaurants know you're m cooing ahead of time? >> the restaurants do not know we're coming. i use fake names, i use all kinds of old baseball players that nobody will recognize, anything i can think of, and then we divide it up year to year. i went to the pacific northwest, west coast, that was for a reason that we'll probably get to in a second. julia did the east coast and we criscrossed. >> but you get ideas from people that tell you you should go here? >> yeah, we spend the whole year researching these restaurants. we look at their instagrams, we talk to friends in those cities. we read the local news to try to figure out which ones are worth going to. >> and julia was pregnant through this whole thing. >> like i said, mad respect, because t

i have a food baby. she's had two babies going on. >> i love that he has mad respect. it's hard to be pregnant and do all that. >> the not drinking kept me on task. >> you didn't drink? >> no, she didn't. >> it's a really fun -- >> it's beautifully written, a fun read so congratulations to both of you. >> thank you so much. we're proud of it. to find out more about these top restaurants visit cbs this morning.com. a special boot camp is putting former warriors on the front lines of education. how veterans are being prepared for a completely different chal

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♪ >> veterans at three college campuses finished a week long academic boot camp. programs in michigan, texas and massachusetts were the last of more than a dozen that took place this summer. it prepares veterans to go back to school. we spent a day with participants outside georgetown university, another of the campuses in the program. good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning. you know, georgetown hosted the warrior scholar project earlier this summer. it is a free program that gives

at life inside the nation's top colleges. you know, they live on campus, they go to the cafeteria, they meet with professors. it's all teaching them how to translate that military background into a classroom. classes start at 0800 on the campus for these highly trained soldiers, sailors and marines now hoping to become elite students. >> this week's obviously rough. >> reporter: their guide for the week is a former army sniper and drill sergeant now drilling a different kind of lesson. >> we teach three things, that's critical reading, chris cal writing and degreening or adjusting to the culture change. taking the uniform off. >> for the past two summers he has been on the front lines of the warrior scholar project helping veterans move from the battlefield to the class room. >> these men and women are not trained for college, so that's where we come in. we're a boot camp. >> reporter: i mean, a boot

>> reporter: sid ellington is a former navy seal and the program's directive. >> now they're a whole lot more confident just like a soldier or a sailor is coming out of boot camp. >> reporter: as former navy corpsman says being a student is different than being in uniform. >> that was a big chunk of our lives so we lose that part. that sense of being part of something, so we go to school, we become part of something else. >> reporter: and it's completely foreign in a way. >> in a way, yes. >> reporter: the government spends $12 billion a year helping veterans pay for college through the gi bill, but currently 40% of that goes to for profit colleges. post 9/11 veterans barely make up 1% of the elite colleges and universities.

he says colleges like his need more veterans on campus. >> it's like a source of strength in this context. it's not something that you check at the door. >> reporter: the program encourages those to consider community college with an eye on eventually transferring to a top school after first learning how to be a student again. >> i think the scariest part is that these people that i'm now surrounded by has come from school. i've been out of school for four and a half years and it's like starting over. >> santos joined the marines right after high school. one key is it's taught by veterans. >> they know exactly how do talk to you and put what you've done before in the service to what you can be doing now. >> buck spent 11 years in the army including three tours in iraq and went through the warrior scholar program himself in 2015. now he reminds the students of what's important. >>

on my arm that have died but only three of them died in combat. the other three went out because of demons in their own heads. >> buck is working toward medical school where he hopes to become a psychiatrist to help more veterans with the transition home. >> it's personal to you. >> yep. >> it seems like this program is also personal for you. >> yeah, because every one of these vets, you know, i consider them family. >> reporter: now, with nearly 200,000 service members leaving the military every year, schools like georgetown are actively trying to recruit more veterans and with that in mind the warrior scholars project is looking to expand. it is totally funded by private donations. as the president told us when we were up there last week, the ben gets that -- benefits to colleges is even

>> every day, we hear another story that suggests the appreciation and respect for the american military. >> yep. i would agree. >> just something as simple as i was a plane and they say we'd like to welcome the veterans first and it makes you proud to say right this way. but that story is another example of how great it is. >> you can judge a nation's value of how they treat their veterans and the most vulnerable. thank you, jan, for that story. all right. what do you do for fun when hanging out near an iceberg? up next, the thrill ride lvinvoaning inflatable pizza slice. you're watching "cbs this morning."

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to "great day washington". it's tuesday and i am markette sheppard. >> so glad you are here with us today. good news in the world of beauty because helen mirren is on the cover at 72 years old of allure magazine on the new cover. doesn't she look great? she seems to get more beautiful with age. the magazine is saying they are no longer using the term antiaging. and helen mirren said when she did her l'oreal campaign she told them she does not want the word antiaging anywhere around her beauty campaign. what do you think about that? >> it's everywhere. it is in hair care and skin care and makeup and sunscreen. what word would they use instead? keeps you younger? kind of the point is antiaging and a lot of us are really looking for that. i wonder what term they would replace that with? >>

gracefully or embracing your age. i don't know. pro what wisdom? we are embracing as a society women, men, all get older and it's what we do. from the moment you are born you start to age.>> you take care of yourself and with denise austin yesterday she was fit and had rockhard abs. you get older and agent people a lot of times say the best years are later because they learned so much and appreciate who they are. >> you get more confident. at 72 i am hope i am as confident as i can be at that age. helen mirren said she wants to live to be 150. i don't know what that looks like but well on her way to 100. >> you see people who are 100, 106 and we ask them secrets for longevity and a lot of it is family and love and drinking fine wine. to each his own. >>