captioning funded by cbs it's wednesday, october 25th, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." if we simply become ineuure to this condition, heaven help us. >> back-to-back hits. president trump is slammed by two recairing senators. now some are calling it a victory for the president. >>

russia was reportedly funded by hillary clinton and the dnc. >> they cast the tie-breaking vote that helps customers sue banks and credit card companies. good morning here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. the republican party civil war erupted with a blistering verbal result by two retiring gop senators. first tennessee's bob corker and then arizona's jeff flake. corker said the president has trouble with the truth while flake declared he would not be complicit calling trump's behavior dangerous to a democracy. >> we must never call as normal the norms and id

we must never meekly accept the daily sun doerring of our country. the personal attacks, the threats against principles, freedom and institution. >> nikki battiste is here with more. good morning, nicky. >> good morning. the white house is waking up half after two critical members have said they will not be seeking. >> when the next generation asks us why didn't you do something, why didn't you speak up, what are we going to say? mr. president, i rise today to say enough. >> that's arizona snore jeff flake who announced he will not be seeking re-election in 14 months.

freely against president trump. >> reckless, dangerous behavior has been a tell it like it is. >> earlier in the day it was another retiring senator, tennessee's bob corker publicly rebuking the commander in chief. >> the president has a great difficult on many issues. toinlt know why he lowers himself to such a low, low standard and debases the country the way he does, but he does. >> president trump had some choice words for corker via a series of tweets calling him incompetent and a lightweight who couldn't get elected dog catcher in tennessee. >> i think they were not likely to be re-elected and it shows the support is more behind this president and that the two individuals. >> this all came on the day the president came to the capitol to try to rally republicans to support his plan to overhaul

taxes. >> nikki battiste in new york. thank you so much, nikki. ahead on "cbs this morning," we will talk to senator jeff flake about his criticism of the president and his decision to retire. the clinton campaign and the democratic national committee reportedly helped to fund the research that led to the allegations about the ties. the trump dossier is being reviewed by the fbi. it shows trump was aiding the campaign. the president has dismissed the document. it was brokered by a clinton campaign lawyer. he was approached by a research group. the u.s. military says the army troops ambushed in niger may have been betrayed by someone in the village where they spp

leaders. >> reporter: they had been on a reconnaissance mission for nearly 24 hours. the patrol then received new orders to meet with elders in on thego on thego. a u.s. official tells cbs news the patrol wanted to speak with the elders. they may have also been searching for a wanted terrorist. the villagers delayed the troope troopers' partners. that's when they were ambushed. u.s. say it's unclear whether it was unplanned or simply one of opportunity. chairman general joseph dunceford. >> reporter: when the attack was over three were mortally

wounded. johnson was separated by the group and recovered 48 hours by nigerian forces. they're now asking whether this was a failure of intelligence. >> we're going to make sure we get full and adequate answers not just for the american people but for your families of those who were lost. >> the americans aren't doing the actual fighting unless it's self-defense. in this instance, it clearly was self-defense. >> reporter: she served as ambassador to niger. >> it's important to us. it can be a bulwark. >> cbs news has spoke within a family member of one of the injured u.s. soldiers. 's a staff sergeant with seven deployments, and he's back in ft. bragg recovering from a

bullet wound to his elbow. margaret brennan, cbs news, the white house. president trump directed federal agent is to resume admitting refugees to this country. his ban expired yesterday. applications will be accepted and judged on a case-by-case basis. a 90-day review for nationals for 11 countries. the faa is investigating an incident at san francisco airport. air traffic controllers tried to wave them off. due to faulty radios, the crew never heard the warning. >> reporter: with air canada flight 781 closing in on sunday night air traffic controllers made six calls to the pilots to abort the landing. there was no

flight from montreal with 149 on board. they were fearful the previous arrival wouldn't be cleared. a supervisor in the tower resorted to using a red light like this to report the possible dangerous. it landed anyway after the other plane got out of the way. the tower made three more attempts before finally hearing from the pilot claiming there was a problem with the airli airliner's radio. >> i'm afraid these fellows were almost clueless. >> reporter: he often flew in to san francisco. >> going in, if i don't hear any transmission on a very busy frequency for more than 30 seconds, i know i have a problem and i either switch radios or get a radio check. >> reporter: in july a different air canada

colliding with four airliners waiting to take off. in that incident the air canada's pilot mistook the taxi way for the runway. an investigation is ongoing. >> the airline says it will investigate what happened. the faa is investigating too. kris van cleave, cbs news, seattle. >> the first game of the world series was a sizzler. the game-time temperature in los angeles, 103 degrees, but the dodgers were able to beat the heat and the houstons. >> high fly ball into left. off the bat of turner. at the wall, it's gone. turner makes it 3-1, dodgers in game one. >> yep. 3-1 was the final score. clayton kerr ciao struck out 11 astros and gave up just three

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traveled a long way to the u.s., hoping to save their baby's life. but, first, we want you to grab your jackets this morning because it's going to be a little chilly outside. miri marshall is standing by with a first look at the forecast. hey, miri. >> that's correct. hey, larry, good morning, everybody. this is the morning you might want to bring a slightly heavier jacket. you don't need the down coats yet, but something to keep you comfortable. we're down to 56 in washington, and 55 in leesburg. still time for those temperatures to fall. today we'll see high temperatures between 62 and 67 degrees, partly sunny and a little bit cooler out there with winds out of the northwest at five to 10 miles per hour. it is quiet now as we look at hd doppler. we are seeing our few clouds, we'll continue to see them floating in and out during the day. by noon there's a nice mix of sun and clouds, but there are some clouds over western maryland that will eventually float na the area. another weak front is going to push through the area. that's why you'll see a few clouds overhead, especially later on this evening, heading into tomorrow. if you look at

forecast, got plans out there? rain may be a part of those plans. we're looking at a -- at a high right around the 70-degree mark on saturday. but the showers don't come in until really late, so you have all of saturday to enjoy without the rain. sunday, however, big redskins game, we could get some really heavy downpours during that game. we'll take a look at that forecast coming up, but it looks like temperatures in the 60s with rain. >>reporter: traffic nice and slow out there. we do have some construction. one of our producers jake, said the outer loop to the beltway on connecticut has been blocked. a dumb lanes sound like they might be closed too. watch out heading around the outer loop. i do have a live look at traffic here on the beltway right by connecticut. in addition to that we have some other construction on the inner loop of the beltway by route 450 and also north of there by the i.c.c. heading eastbound between briggs cheney road and i-95. >> thank you, ellen. some of the towns hardest hit by the california wildfires are trying to make it easier there for people to rebuild. >> in santa

board passed several ordinances overnight, now people won't have to pay fees for building permits. it does away with restrictions on trailers and tiny houses, allowing people to live on their property while their homes are being rebuilt. the city council also passed measures to fight price gouging as well. the world series lasted less than 2 1/2 hours that. is the shortest world series game in the past 25 years. dodger's ace clayton kershaw was masterful, striking out 11 bat ners a 3-1 victory over houston. the astros will try to even things up in game 2 in a very steamy los angeles. talk about something you don't want to see on your way to the beach. a woman walking her dog first reported seeing a alligator on vero beach yeferl this week. sheriff's deputies called in a professional gator trapper to help them out. he used a lasso to -- a rope to lasso the 12-foot long animal, taped his mouth shut. and then taken to a farm where gators are permitted, far, far away from the neighborhood. >> kids and dogs and stuff. that's a quick look at what's going on. >> the news

right now. an alert for students at catholic university is now over after fears an armed suspect may have been on campus. good morning, thanks for joining us, i'm jan jeffcoat. >> i'm larry miller. we are getting you up and out the door this morning. good wednesday morning to you. let's check in now with miri marshall to see how things are shaping up mid week. >> hey, good morning, larry, good morning, everyone. quiet morning out there, and we are anticipating quiet weather until we get to the weekend. temperatures outside right now in the 50s, but it is much colder as you look out west. look at that, in oakland in western maryland 36 degrees. about 20 degrees warmer here in d.c. with a temperature of 56 degrees. today you'll find the highs between 62 and 67 degrees, partly sunny and cooler, a few clouds will float in here and there, but for the most part we are expecting a nice amount of sunshine with winds out of the west/northwest at 5 to 10 miles per hour. now, this is what it looks like over the next few hours. you'

in and out. that's why we went with the partly sunny forecast this. is going to be at noon today. it looks good now, but watch those clouds out west that will move in our direction as a weak cold front approaches our area. not anticipating any rain out of this particular front, but it should help keep those temperatures cool which is what we'll experience late tonight and heading into tomorrow. weekend outpgh take a look from the captain cams like this, high right around 70 on saturday with showers late and sunday turning cooler, strong cold front womaning our way, likely giving us some rain and heavy downpours at times during the redskins game. we'll be watching that very carefully. ellen. >>reporter: all right, miri, hump day, wednesday here, and you just have construction on the roads. you're actually doing okay. 395 northbound long-term construction project here, your h.o.v. lanes impacted this morning between etsell road and king street. was looking at some live traffic lane cameras, though, you're going to be just fine if you're in the main lanes. you don't need those h.o.v. lanes at this point of the morning. we also have some construction up on route 193 heading eastbound by kenilworth