captioning funded by cbs it's monday, december 18th, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." the power is back, but the trouble's not over at hartsfield-jackson atlanta international airport. the airport is working to get planes into the air and stranded to their destination. mr. trump says he's not going to fire mueller as two sides clash over e-mails. and the wildfire battle rages on in southern california as thousands of

up against the so-called thomas fire around the clock. >> the minute the wind went up, we immediately went around with our hand crew and our dozers. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs headquarters here in new york. i'm anne-marie green. this morning power has been restored to the atlanta airport but trouble is not over. an electrical fire brought the busiest airport to a standstill mostly yesterday. most of the flights were grounded and thousands were stranded. more than 300 flights have already been canceled today. roxana saberi is at the airport with the latest. goodroxana. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. the airport just announced a few hours ago that the lights are back on on all concourses and

delivering to affected passengers. full power has been restored to the world's busiest airport more than ten hours after a power outage early sunday afternoon brought hartsfield-jackson atlanta international airport to a standstill. they believe it was sparked by a switch gear that failed, grounding more than 1,000 flights in atlanta. >> that fire caused multiple faults in our system and they affected multiple sources in our airport. >> reporter: officials say it cut off primary and backup power. while people inside were stuck in limbo, passengers on planes were stuck on the runways, some for several hours. >> we left san diego at 4:00 a. we sat on the tarmac for six hours. i had

me. >> reporter: some predict it could take a few days before travel returns to normal in atlanta. and atlanta is delta's biggest hub. the airline says if you're flying through, to, or from there today or tomorrow, you can change your ticket for free. anne-marie? >> that's a little bit of good news. they'll need that for sewer. now to the investigation into possible collusion between the trump campaign and russia. a lawyer for the trump campaign says robert mueller's investigators improperly obtained thousands of campaign e-mails, but the president said mueller's job is not in jeopardy. errol barnett has our report. >> reporter: upon returning from camp david president trump was asked directly if he intends to fire special counsel robert mueller. >> no, i'm not. >> reporter: he insisted nothing will be found on his transition team's e-mails now

mueller's possession. >> i doubt he'll find anything. but his lawyers claim the e-mails were obtained unlawfully. he obtained them from mr. trump's transition team. on saturday his lawyer sent this 7-page letter to o two congressional oversight committees describing that action as unlawful, adding that the special counsel's office has extensively used the materials in question. the special counsel spokesperson said, quote, when we have obtained e-mails in the course of our ongoing criminal investigation, we have secured either the account owner's consent or it was due to a criminal process. while it was said firing him would be mistake he is concerned over the dismissal of two others. >> i think it jeopardizes the

integrity of his investigation. >> reporter: president trump continues to maintain a relationship with russian president vladimir putin. errol barnett, cbs news, the white house. senator john mccain is back in arizona. he had been hospitalized in maryland for a viral infection as he battles brain cancer. his doctors say he is responding positively to treatment. mccain's office says he looks forward to return to office in january, but he will miss this week's vote on the republican tax bill. . republicans in congress say they will vote on the tax bill this week. it will be the biggest rewrite since 198 f and it will be their first legislative victory since president trump was

laura podesta reports. >> reporter: they're saying there's no downside to decrease personal taxes and shrink the corporate tax rate. >> it's something designed to energize the economy. >> this is good news for the american people. we're going to get the economy roaring again and improve pay and increase jobs. >> reporter: but democrats and independents like vermont's bernie sanders says it will expire in 2025. >> because the benefits for the middle class are temporary while the corporate benefits are permanent. at the end of the decade over half of the middle class will be paying more in taxes. >> reporter: also speaking on "face the nation" sunday, treasury secretary steve mnuchin says he has no doubt they'll pass the bill this week and americans will see their paychecks grow by early next year. >> this is about hard-working families starting in february who are going

>> reporter: as john kasich of ohio points out, that extra money will come to a cost. >> i do believe cutting taxes makes sense. my concern about this bill is the debt, and they did not do enough to be able to cover it. it's still not going to pay for itself. everybody knows that. >> reporter: at last count the national debt was over $20 trillion. laura podesta, cbs news, new york. a military investigation determined that army sergeant la david johnson fought to the end before he was killed. he and his unit were ambushed by an isis offshoot on october 24th. his body was recovered two days later. they concluded he was hit as many as 18 times by rifle and machine gun fire as he took cover in the bush. in california the massive thomas fire burning northwest of los angeles is 45% contained. even though winds

somewhat, it is still a very dangerous fire. the fire is now one of the largest in state history and new evacuations were ordered in santa barbara. >> the fire did what predicted. we have these very strong sun downer winds that pushed into the canyons, right into the homes. we had 400 fire engines and 100 more that we brought in and saved a lot of homes. >> it's burned at least 750 homes and 2,400 square miles. 18,000 homes remain threatened. coming up on the nfl news, a shocker. the owner of the panthers puts the team up for sale after misconduct allegations. and harry talks to number 44. this is the "cbs morning news." can we do this tomorrow? if you have heart failure symptoms, your risk of hospitalization could increase,

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not so fast. the pittsburgh steelers thought they had taken the lead over the new england patriots with that touchdown catch with 30 seconds left in their game yesterday, but officials reviewed the play, and in a controversial call, they said the pass was incomplete because the ball hit the ground. patriots won, 27-24. it's a face-off between britain's prince harry and barack obama, and the paper thises are for sale. those are some of the headlines on the morning newsstand. "the charlotte observer" looks at panthers' jerry richardson's shocking decision to sell the team. it came hours after orders of sexual and racial misconduct by richardson over former panthers employees. the nfl said it would take over the investigation. the "washington post" reports cleveland cavaliers star lebron james made a political statement with his sneakers at last

he took to the court wearing one black and one white sneaker with equality stitched in gold with a nike swoosh over the back. he said, obviously we know who we are and we know who's at the helm right here. "time" magazine is pushing back against reports the trump administration has banned it from using certain words and phrases from next year's bucket documents. the cdc is reportedly banned from used words. the cdc's director says there are no banned words. and our partners at the bbc took a look at prince harry's interview of barack obama at a yad owe interview. >> i'll interview you if you want. >> no, no. let's keep it this way. i must prefer that. >> the interview was conducted

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started trading the cyber currency last night. the initial price for bitcoin futures was $26,650. the price dropped over 6% within the first half hour. last night they exchanged launched bitcoin futures trading. >> meantime it was another positive week for trading. they begin to wait this week's expected vote on tax legislation and efforts to avoid a government shutdown. quickly checking numbers for the week, the dow rallied for 316 points. the s&p 500 went up 23 points and the nasdaq went up 9 points higher. teva is the world's largest generic drugmaker. the strike shut down governments and seaports and offices. they announce they'd were cutting about 14,000 jobs including 700 in israel. it's one of israel's

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. right now could the d.c. area feel the domino effect after a power outage cripples the country's busiest airport. . >> and we're in for a nice

start to our final work week before christmas but a cold front is certainly knocking on the door right now. temperatures expected to inch back down later this week. >> oh, boy. >> we're tracking the change. good monday morning to you. >> good morning. you know, not the coldest morning that we've seen around here, 43 degrees with some clouds out there. we've gotsome showers overnight but they've cleared up. the kids atthe stop this morning they'll find the partly sunny skies. 34to 42 degrees. we'll top out atthe 55-degree mark. that's ourhigh temperature range today, 50 to 55 degrees with a mix of sun and clouds. our first alert live doppler is showing the clouds around the area, clouds off to our north around pennsylvania. by noon today wehave a break from the clouds but you still notice the showers out west if you're headed towards oakland you'll notice the

there. this evening, 5,6:00 ready to drive home, still cloudy out there. the cloudshave moved back in but the showers remain over to our west. we have an issue this morning at 427, it's a water main break it's impacting both east and westbound on route 410. as you're heading eastbound sounds like 2 lanes are closed. you head westbound so reversing the direction just one lane is closed. it sounds like they'venot started work out there. again, they know it's a problem. we're waiting to see how long this will be going on out there. this morning most of our delays are all heading eastbound. >> okay. thank you. the carolina panthers football team is for sale this morning. owner richardson isreportedly selling the franchise amid an allegation of sexual misconduct.

per employees received settlements. . we're following breaking news from overnight the power is back on at the world's busiest airport after a fire caused a power outage. >> look at all the travelers stranded there. from atlanta tonew york you can feel a domino effect. several flights stillcancelled or delayed. . trouble on the seas for passengers aboard a cruise ship. it turned to port on saturday. more than 336 passengers were onboard. >> they all had a stomach virus. crews don't know where it originated. the ship's doctortreated everyone who got sick. that's a quick look at what's going on. the news

this is wake up washington on wusa9. . >> good morning. happy monday. we always say that. is theresuch a thing? >> yeah, look, we're breathing, we made it, we're alive. >> if you woke up then it's a good morning. let's check in and see how things are shaping up for the work week. it was warm when ileft the house this morning. >> that's what i was telling everybody, 43 degrees not quite the coldest morning we've seen around here. we'll take it. it's great weather if you plan on for that morning run or jog. by afternoon it's still mild out there, light jackets today with a mix of sun and clouds. windsout of the southwest at 50 miles per hour. on first alert youmay notice the ground wet if you're stepping outside anytime soon. we had some showers thathave moved out of the area but still have some clouds left out there. thiswh

today. by noon we getthe break in the clouds. travelout to the west you'll still notice the clouds over western maryland. and 5 and 6:00 thisafternoon you notice that the clouds push their way back in. at times you'll get a break other times they'll push back into the forecast. coming up we'll talk about our rain chances increasing over the weekend. most of the week willbe quiet and dry. by theweekend looking at shower chances once again and we'll track that for you coming up. we have a water main break impacting you by route 410 both the east and westbound lanes being impacted. moresignificant eastbound lanes. if you're heading westbound slight delays only one lane closed. they know aboutthis water main break. they'retrying to fix it. as of knowprobably going to be an issue