leader mitch mcconnell come together at the white house and mr. trump gets called out about his statement about his predecessors and fallen soldiers. >> i was knowingly or not along for the ride as america made the future better than the past. >> senator john mccain receives the 2017 national constitution center liberty medal for his

and during his acceptance speech slams serious national lichl. . >> good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie greene. >> the senate is set to clear the way for tax reform. president trump and majority leader say they're on the same page. they had lunch together and then they held a joint news conference. the show of unity would belie some very public tension. also the president is being called out for comments concerning his predecessors and fallen u.s. soldiers. seth lemon is here in new york. >> president trump tried to afrm his alliance with mcconnell calling them long time friends. it's a necessary perception at a critical time because the senate does vote this week on a budget and that sets the stage for tax reform, something where republicans say a

after several failed attempts to reform health care. >> there was hardly a topic president trump didn't touch with reporters at the white house monday afternoon but before addressing any of them he assisted alongside mitch mcconnell that after months of back and forth bickering the two are on good terms. >> despite what we read we're probably now i think at least as far as i'm concerned closer than ever before. >> we have the same agenda. we've been friends and acquaintances for a long time. >> on tax reform, the president said it will get done by thend of the year. next week he plans to announce an economic development bill and will declare a national emergency regarding opioids. but the comments that instantly started drawing the most backlash, his claim past presidents didn't reach out to the families of fallen soldiers as he does. >> if you look at president obama and other presidents, most of them didn't make calls, a lot of them didn't make calls.

>> reporter: former obama aides immediately shot down that assertion. eric odor who tweeted saying stop the damn lying. you're the president. i went to dover air force base and saw him comfort the families of both the fallen military and dea. president trump made the comments in response to questions on why he hasn't yet made a public statement regarding the four berets who were killed in an ambush in niger two weeks ago. president obama had not called grieving families and mr. trump seemed to soften his tone and walk back his comments and saying obama probably did sometimes but did it -- but mr. trump didn't know and added that that's what he was told. >> seth lemon here in new york. thank you so much. well, a high ranking north korean official says nuclear war may break out on the korean peninsula at any moment. north

warned that the situation between north korea and the u.s. has reached a touch and go point. he claimed the u.s. plans a secret operation to remove north korean leader kim jong-un from power. president trump is reconsidering the nomination of congressman tom renoas the nation's chief drug czar. mr. trump's second thoughts were prompted by reports by cbs news and the washington post that he played a key role in weakening federal authority to stop opioid distribution. west virginia senator whose state was hit hard by the opioid epidemic says the 2016 law needs to be changed. >> they made it and camouflaged it so well that all of us, all of us were fooled. nobody knew. >> west virginia democrat says he's horrified that a bill everyone approved made the epidemic worse. >> there's no oversight now. that bill has to be retracted. it has to be

through the senate last spring. >> those in favor say aye. >> it had the backing of the justice department. it was sponsored by members of both parties so no one in congress thought to question it. >> it's not unusual for something like this to roll through without much fanfare. >> missouri democrat introduced a bill to repeal last year's law. >> how realistic is that? >> i think it's realistic. i do sense that there is a bipartisan kind of we've got a crisis attitude about opioids now. >> one of the bill's authors said via a spokes person, if there are any unintended consequences from this bipartisan legislation they should be addressed immediately. but utah republican orrin hatch defended the law. >>

my campaigns run about $10 million and frankly, frankly, i don't know who contributes to it at all. >> now some democrats are urging the president to do his nomination of the bill's chief author, tom marino, to be the nation's drug czar. >> it's like putting the wolf in charge of the hen house. >> reporter: many lawmakers are still trying to figure out why the dea and department of justice dropped their initial opposition to this bill. that would have been a big red flag before a vote and it's a sign that even some in law enforcement didn't understand how this bill might tie the dea's hands. cbs news, capitol hill. thanks to cooperating weather fire crews in northern california report more progress in the battle against wildfires. at

at least 41 people have been killed since the fire started. many were allowed to go home yesterday. tom andrews returned to devastated santa rosa and found his home had survived. >> it was disbelief, you know, and just feeling like the luckiest guy on earth. you know, i can't believe -- i mean, total destruction 50 feet away. you know, and to have our house still standing here. >> authorities don't allow residents to return until utilities are restored. rain is forecast for later this week. and ahead on cbs this morning. we're in santa rosa with the story of one family's efforts to survive the raging wildfire. army sergeant bergdahl faces life in prison when he is sentenced later on this month. he pleaded guilty to desertion and endangering his comrades yesterday. he was captured and held by the taliban for five years after walking away from his post in afghanistan in

wounded trying to rescue him. bergdahl said he didn't believe the u.s. would search for one private. overseas now, iraqi forces have pushed back american backed kurdish forces out of the city of kurkuk. celebrations broke out as iraqi forces moved in last night. a kurdish vote for independence last montd raised tensions. the u.s. is calling for negotiations. in syria now, u.s. backed kurdish forces are on the verge of retaking the isis strong hold of raqqa. isis considered it its capital. officials expect the city to fall within a few days. the coast guard says the fire is out on that oil rig in louisiana's lake pontchartrain.

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hope of earth, for the sake of some half baked spurious nationalism, cooked up by people who would rather find scapegoats than solve problems. >> mccain received the liberty medal from former vice president joe biden, a long time friend. a state of emergency has been declared ahead of a visit by an alt right leader in florida and a plea in a deadly smuggling case. those are some of the headlines on the morning newsstand. the san antonio express news reports the truck driver in a deadly immigrant smuggling operation pleaded guilty yesterday. authorities say jams matthew bradley junior was driving a sweltering semitrailer in july packed with at least 39 immigrants. police found the truck in a walmart parking lot in san antonio where the temperatures topped 100 degrees that day. ten immigrants were found dead. boston.com says a company that makes football

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high temperatures right around 65 degrees, mostly sunny and cool with winds out of the north up to 10 miles per hour. ellen. >>reporter: miri, we already have a couple accidents. one on route 52. so we have construction on route 50 out by the 301 split. we also have an accident as you get closer to the beltway. 270 heading southbound by route 109, construction up here, and we also have an accident with that. this is where we have our accident on route 50. it's as you head eastbound by church road. larry and jan >> thank you, ellen. we want to continue with some weather headlines around the country right now. the recovery from the california wildfires could take decades. that is the message from state official there is. some evacuees have been able to return home, but tens of thousands of other folks in hard-hit counties like napa and sonoma, they have not. more than 40 people have been killed, 100 are still missing. nlt in the meantime, people in ireland are still dealing with the remnants of hurricane ophelia. three people died in the storm when trees fell on their cars. thousands of people are still without power as strong winds

batter the coast. officials are telling people to stay inside, even if they think that the worst is over. speaking of the storm, check this out. this is the skies over london yesterday. the sky turned an unusual shade of yellow, this all coming from the dust brought in from the sahara as well as smoke from wildfires in southern europe. >> quite a scene you got there, right? >> pretty impressive. that's a look at what's going on right now. the news at 4:30 starts right now. good tuesday morning, everybody. thanks for joining us, i'm jan jeffcoat. >> i'm larry miller. thanks for joining us. yeah, it is going to be a fairly nice day. it's a little chilly out there. >> a little crisp. >> yeah. >> hey, we matched, i just noticed that. did you see that, miri? >> it is quite nippy out there. in fact, some areas under a frost advisory. look at these temperatures that we're seeing outside right now. germantown 39 degrees, upper 40s in washington, and that, of

included in that frost advisory until 9:00 this morning. so you may see that on the car as you guys are heading out there this morning. leesburg also included within that advisory until mid- morning. this is what it's going to look like today, plenty of shine out there. the wind -- sunshine out there. the winds are lighter. we'll see temperatures around the 65-degree mark. let's help you plan your day. 9:00 still chilly out there with temperatures upper 40 toz near 50 in a few spots. 54 by noon and 62 degrees by 5:00 this afternoon. so we're not going to see very many clouds out there today, thanks to the high pressure that is in place. we'll continue to see this trend throughout the week with sunny skies, light winds. eventually those high temperatures will rebound to the 70s, and then we'll see temperatures around 73 degrees by thursday. so that's going to be the trend, chilly mornings, mild afternoons starting tomorrow. ellen. >>reporter: yeah. you gotta turn on the heat in your car probably this morning as you're hedding in. you're also going to sit for a little bit on route 50 or 270 for two different ac

not really have to sit in it. 50 heading eastbound by church road two lanes are blocked because of an accident here. live traffic lane camera. definitely slower than what we normally see. not completely standstill, though, so you should be able to get around it. 270, larry, heading southbound, construction here and an accident at route 109 >> ellen, thank you. time now 4:30. later today in montgomery county, several county leaders as well as law enforcement will sit down to talk about how to combat gang activity in the area. that meeting is set to take place at 2:30 this afternoon in the lobby of the circuit court building on maryland avenue. several county councilmembers are expected to attend as well as montgomery county police chief. we also expect to learn new details about efforts to combat d combat the opioid crisis. officials with the customs and immigration announce to stop fentanyl. the meeting