gayle king and tony dokoupil are off. president trump plans to visit el paso, texas and dayton, ohio tomorrow as the nation grapples with the deadly mass shootings in both cities. the death toll from the two weekend shootings rose to at least 31 yesterday. those victims are among more than 80 people killed or injured in both dayton and el paso within the span of just 13 hours. >> we're learning new details about the accused gunman in el paso who allegedly killed 22 people at a walmart. investigators are piecing together his timeline and motive leading up to the shooting. "cbs this morning" lead national correspondent david begnaud is in el paso. good morning, david. what more do we know this morning? >> reporter: good morning. i'd like to begin if i may by setting the scene for you. it is piercingly quiet here. there is a feeling of reverence. other than the wind, passing traffic and idle hum of first responders' engines it is really quiet. we got new information from

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anthony mason and tony dokoupil. we begin with very sad news from california where a traffic stop turned into a gun battle that killed a highway patrol officer last night. witnesses say that a man grabbed a rifle from his pickup truck in riverside and just started shooting while the officer was filling out paperwork to impound the vehicle. >> the gunman was also killed. two other officers were wounded. as carter evans reports passersby were caught up in the gunfire. >> there is a shooting right now. happening right now. >> gabriela mendoza watched in horror as a gunman dressed in black holding what appears to be an assault style rifle began firing at officers just off interstate 215. >> the man was just shooting to shoot. he looked like he had experience with it. >> video shows a wounded officer being rushed away in a police car during the shootout. the officer, who conducted the traffic stop, andre moye, was air lifted to the hospital and died from his injuries. >> unbelievable. this is so unbelievable. who does thi

i'm gayle king with anthony mason and tony dokoupil.e begin with very good news for one of nascar's most beloved figures, recovering after a dramatic escape from a plane crash. dale earnhardt jr. and his family were in a small plane that ran off of a runway and caught fire yesterday in east tennessee. >> cbs news has exclusive video of earnhardt being treated at the scene. he, his wife, and young daughter, along with the two pilots, are all okay. omar villafranca is at t airport in elizabethton, tennessee near the north carolina border. it is remarkable nobody was hurt. >> reporter: good morning. the county sheriff says the earnhardts are extremely blessed and fortunate. let me show you why. you can take a look at what's left of this burnt plane. ntsb officials are actually looking at the wreckage right now. we're a few yards away and we can smell the burnt rubber. officials say when the earnhardts got off the plane it was already on fire and as bad as this looks everyone survived. a witness captured these images of the flames and plume

gayle king and tony dokoupil are getting some much-needed rest. michelle miller and dana jacobson are here. >>> the president is traveling to dayton, ohio and el paso, texas where two mass shootings took place last weekend. >> he said his rhetoric had no impact on the country. >> you asked the president about banning assault weapons. what did he say? >> reporter: the president said there is no call for a ban on assault rifles, and when i asked him if he supports that, he dodged that question. he is expecting to be the chief in dayton and he will pass oel s not being welcomed with open arms. >> the mayor in dayton says he will not be welcome in the city that left nine people dead. >> mental illness pulls the trigger, not the gun. >> reporter: the president's t rhetoric is not going well in either community. the mayor in el paso is receiving lots of hate mail for the president of the united states. emotions in el paso are particularly raw. congresswoman veronica escobar says the president should apologize for past comments. se scribe mexicans and im

i'm gayle king with tony dokoupil and anthony mason.e begin with this story from philadelphia where a night long stand-off that paralyzed a philadelphia neighborhood is over after the man accused of wounding six police officers and shooting repeatedly at others surrendered overnight. his name? maurice hill, 36 years old. he walked out of his home where he had barricaded himself, holding his hands in the air. >> police say hill opened fire when officers came to the house with a warrant. two officers and three hostages were trapped inside for about five hours until a s.w.a.t. team rescued them. "ctm" national correspondent jericka duncan is at the scene in philadelphia. what do we know about the accused gunman? >> reporter: we know that the accused gunman has a criminal history, extensive criminal history that includes several gun possession charges. now, after the six officers that were wounded, they were released from the hospital and are said to be in good spirits this morning. you take a look at the scene behind me right now. police s

i'm gayle king with tony dokoupil. anthony mason is off. adriana diaz is here with us.gin with hurricane dorian. now a category 2 storm getting scarier every hour. it is still on track to make landfall in florida as a catastrophic category 4. that would make it the strongest to hit the state's east coast since andrew in 1992. >> a state of emergency is in place for all of florida and part of georgia because there's no way to know where dorian will end up. chief weather caster lonnie quinn is here. a lot of uncertainty. what are you seeing right now? >> the storm has just strengthened. all right? still a category 2 storm but now up to 110-mile-per-hour winds. it has started to slow down. that's a bad sign. we've been fearful of this happening. it's starting. now moving 12 miles per hour to the northwest. so the track that is also sort of just come in now showing it up to a category 3 probably sometime later today. a category 4 sometime late saturday going into sunday. maintaining category 4 status as it makes a landfall probably now late labor day going into tuesday then

i'm gayle king with tony dokoupil.ny mason is off so once again we are glad 'cuz adriana diaz is here. >> good morning. >> always good to have you at the table. we begin with this. puerto rico as you may have heard is under a hurricane watch this morning with tropical storm dorian now taking aim at the caribbean island. right now the bands of the storm are hitting saint lucia and saint vincent. >> people waited in long lines monday for food, generators, and other supplies. parts of the island are still reeling almost two years after hurricane maria. cbs news climate and weather contributor jeff berardelli is here. jeff, good morning. what is the latest storm track at this hour? >> good morning, tony. good morning, everybody. yes, so the storm weakened a little overnight. it is still looking fairly impressive on the satellite presentation. the stats, winds 50 miles an hour down from 60 last night. moving to the west-northwest at 13 and basically right over the lesser antilles. right now the storm is in a protective coco

i'm tony dokoupil with anthony mason and adriana diaz.ody cam video shows the dramatic moment arizona police officers rescued a baby left inside a hot car. stacy holly was arrested in june after forgetting her 5-month-old in a target parking lot for nearly an hour. the infant did survive. kris van cleave is following the story. how did this happen? >> reporter: good morning. the distraught mother is heard saying over and over it was an accident and she doesn't know how she forgot her baby was in that car. that is a shockingly common answer when these things happen. time and time again the parents say they simply forgot the baby was there. it is something that has turned deadly at least 85 times in the last two years alone. >> i forgot her. i don't know how we forgot her but we just forgot her. >> reporter: this is the moment 37-year-old stacey holly realized she did the unimaginable. >> i honestly don't know how it happened. i don't. i'm freaking out. i'm sorry. i just don't know how it happened. how do you forget your baby? >> reporter:

i'm gayle king with tony dokoupil and anthony mason. women who accuse jeffrey epstein of sexually abusing them when they were under age say they still plan to seek justice despite his apparent suicide. the disgraced financeer apparently killed himself in a federal jail in new york city over the weekend. epstein was accused of running a sex trafficking operation and abusing dozens of teenage girlsw investigating how he died and why no one prevented it. mola lenghi is outside the jail where epstein was held. good morning. what are we learning? >> reporter: good morning, tony. the medical examiner's office as you know performed an autopsy on epstein's body yesterday but says they are waiting for more information before drawing any conclusions. a source tells cbs news epstein hanged himself inside a jail cell here at the correctional facility which is raising a lot of serious kwet aboquestions ab he was able to do that. just a few weeks ago epstein survived a previous apparent suicide attempt. a representative for work esat the metropolitan

gayle king and tony dokoupil are off.bs this morning saturday cohost michelle miller and anchor vladimir duthiers are here. as you wake up in the west the kennedys are grieving another tragic loss. saoirse kennedy hill died yesterday at the family compound in hyannis port, massachusetts. a cause of death has not been announced but police are investigating. "ctm" national lead correspondent david begnaud is on cape cod. what a tragedy. >> reporter: the "new york times" is quoting two sources close to the family saying saoirse kennedy hill died of an apparent overdose. cbs news has not independently verified that. as of this morning the family has not yet released a preliminary cause of death. saoirse was the only child of courtney kennedy hill and we first got word about this yesterday when there was a call made to 911. police and paramedics swarmed the usually quiet affluent massachusetts beach town thursday afternoon. they were called to a home that is owned by robert f. kennedy's widow ethel kennedy. cbs news has learne

tonight, in an exclusive interview with "cbs this morning's" tony dokoupil, kevin burns, the c.e.o. of juul, said he believes his product is safe. >> reporter: so when people say the long-term effects of vaping are not known, that's true. >> that's true. that's a true statement. >> reporter: then, how do you sit here and sell it every day? aren't you selling first and asking questions later? >> we think we have a product that is legal today, is tested for toxicity, and does not lines theou know, a risk based category today to the american public. >> reporter: is it fair to say, if you knew this to be a toxic or dangerous substance, you wouldn't be selling it? >> i can't imagine if we had the data support that we're selling a product that is damaging to ube american public, and we had that data, that we'd continue to sell that product. >> dickerson: tony will have much more of his interview with juul c.e.o. kevin burns tomorrow on "cbs this morning." today, federal agents descended on the homes of some top officials with one of the nation's largest unions. dean reynolds reports this

gayle king and tony dokoupil are off.centers across the country were still using certain sleepers blamed for dozens of infant deaths despite a voluntary recall. the nonprofit advocacy group found two types of incline sleepers including the fisher price rock and play sleeper were still in use. we spoke to several parents whose children died in incline sleepers. our consumer investigative correspondent anna werner is here with their message and what families should look out for. >> goo morning is is sleeper. this one a rock and play made by fisher price. the company voluntarily recalled it in april after more than 30 infant deaths. rec as last week. when recalls happened, it means a product should be taken off the shelves and should not be used but many of these still are being used. now parents who lost their babies want others to know about the risk. why are you here? why did you want to be here and do this? >> i would like to raise awareness. there's people out here that are still using the rock and play sleeper that our

i'm gayle king with tony dokoupil and anthony mason. president trump calls the u.s.e is looking at ways to help it stay out of trouble. the president said for the first time yesterday he is, in fact, considering a possible cut in payroll taxes. that would increase paychecks, but programs like social security and medicare would lose money. mr. trump insists there is no reason to worry about a recession. but a new report from jpmorgan says the trade war with china is costing the average u.s. house hold about $600 a year. that could rise to $1,000 if tariffs are put on another $300 billion in chinese goods next month. >>> the president facing questions about back ag way from tougher gun laws. he spoke to nra chief wayne lapierre on the phone yesterday before he told reporters, quote, we have very, very strong background checks now. administration officials tell cbs news there were lengthy meetings on possible legislative action that could be taken on guns. >>> a wave of arrests of people who police say threaten to carry out mass shootings after this month's massacres in

gayle king and tony dokoupil are off. gain a jacobson and jericka duncanen are with us.nd called for urgent action to protect americans from gun violence in the wake of two deadly mass shootings. he said people who pose an imminent threat to the public should not have access to guns. he just spoke from the white house where he condemned racism in all forms. >> in one voice, our nation must condemn racism, bigotry, and white supremacy. these sinister ideologies must be defeated. hate has no place in america. hatred warps the mind, ravages the heart, and devours the soul. >> the president's words come after back-to-back mass shootings over the weekend that killed at least 29 people. the victims ranged in age from 15 to 86. in both attacks the shooters used assault-style rifles. chip reid joins us from the white house. chip, what did the president say about his plan to deal with gun violence? >> reporter: well, one interesting thing it is that in his tweets earlier this morning he said, quote, republicans and democrats must come together and get strong background checks. bu

i'm anthony mason with tony dokoupil.o saturday morning co-host michelle miller is with us. the fathers of two american teenagers accused of killing an italian police officer are in rome this morning. gabriel natale-hjorth and finnegan elder are accused of stabbing an italian police officer to death. seth doane is outside the prison where the teens are being held. >> finnegan elder's father has come and stayed for his son about an hour. that means both fathers have visited their sons at the prison and we understand both mothers will be traveling to italy, presumably, to do the same. according to prison rules, prisoners are allowed one hour once a week with family members and an extra two hours are given at some point during the month as bonus time. mr. elder arrived earlier in the day with a small plastic bag that apparently had clothes in it and his expression was quite grim. swarmed by media, finnegan elder's father, ethan, arrived to the prison this morning, saying nothing. his son has confessed, investigators say, to

gayle king and tony dokoupil are off. jericka duncan and davdana jacoe here.o cities recovering from last weekend's mass shootings. not everyone welcomed him. in dayton, the president visited victims and doctors at miami valley hospital. officials who were there, including democrats, say the injured welcomed the president's visit. outside the hospital hundreds of demonstrators rallied against his visit, flying the so-called >> the presidentit police and first responders and visited another hospital. there were more protesters in el paso and they slammed mr. trump for his criticism of illegal immigrants. they say his language inflamed tensions leading to saturday's mass shootin that killed 22. >> emotions ran high in el paso. a crowd of more than 300 gathered in triple digit heat to remember the people had died and lean on each other for support. more than 80% of el paso's population is considered hispanic or latino. with tensions rising throughout the country, we asked some of those people how the politics and rhetoric in washington are affecting them. also ho

i'm gayle king with tony dokoupil. anthony mason is off. we're in good hands. adriana diaz is still here. always good to have you right here at the table. we'll begin with this hurricane dorian gaining strength in the atlantic and millions of people in florida being warned to be ready for the impact. the storm rolled over the virgin islands yesterday, hitting st. thomas with wind gusts of up to 100 miles an hour. puerto rico, we're happy to say, escaped with no serious damage. >> that's good news. dorian is likely to become a major hurricane in the coming days and reach the southeast coast early next week. florida is already under a state of emergency. chief weather caster lonnie quinn of our new york station wcbs tv is tracking dorian. lonnie, good morning. what are the latest changes? >> the latest changes we now think it is going to become even stronger than initially thought. it is forecast to move even slower than we originally thought. if you take a look at the latest information we have a category 1 storm, winds at 85 miles per hour right now 175 miles n

i'm gayle king with anthony mason and tony dokoupil. we're learning new information about jeffrey epstein's final days. three more of his alleged victims are suing his estate. the lawsuits filed overnight indicate how epstein and his associates allegedly used young women's financial worries to pull them into a web of sexual abuse. >> cbs news has confirmed that convicted sex offender filed a will in the u.s. virgin islands where he owned a home just two days before his suicide in a new york city jail cell. first on "cbs this morning" we're hearing from one of the attorneys involved in the new lawsuits. mola lenghis following the story for us. good morning, mola. what are we learning? >> reporter: good morning, guys. the contents of the lawsuits, well frankly, they're a bit overwhelming. one even alleges that following his 2008 conviction, on child prostitution charges in florida, epstein used his work release program as a front for more sexual abuse. victims' attorneys tell us that this is not just about going after the multi-millionair

i'm anthony mason with gayle king and tony dokoupil.s about a possible cover-up and a lawsuit just filed this morning in the jeffery epstein case. a cbs news source has information showing how jailers may have tried to hide mistakes surrounding the apparent suicide of epstein. the u.s. attorney general has stepped in to make changes at the metropolitan correctional center where the suspected sex trafficker was found dead on saturday. mola lenghi is outside that federal jail in new york city with what the new lawsuit says. >> reporter: bone of jeffery epstein's alleged victims has filed a civil lawsuit that targets not only the multi-millionaire's estate, but including co-conspirators including ghislaine maxwell as well as three other females referred to as the recruiter, secretary, and maid. none of the women have been charged and ghislaine maxwell vehemently denies the investigation. the attorney general and william barr have reassigned the worden here pending outcomes of investigations by the fbi and inspector general. the warden of o

i'm gayle king with tony to could you please ail r -- dokoupil who made it here. we're going to begin with tropical storm dorian because he's bearing toward puerto rico. islanders now expect a direct hit. forecasters say this storm is gaining strength before its likely landfall later there today. authorities say it could bring landslides, life-threatening flooding and power outages, too. >> dorian is also on track to hit the bahamas and florida this week as a possible category 2 hurricane. president trump has already declared an emergency in puerto rico, and our lead national correspondent david begnaud is in ponce, puerto rico. there you are, david, in the thick of it again. what are the weather conditions right now? >> reporter: beautiful. you wouldn't know anything is coming, tony. last night the storm strengthened slightly, 16 miles an hour, and the path of the storm has moved north. sohe metro area of san juan where a majority of people live, they look like they're going to get a direct hit. if you're sitting at home saying, david, don't overblow it talking a

i'm gayle king with anthony mason and tony dokoupil. we begin with this weather. it is going to be hot. up to 60 million americans will be uncomfortably hot today and millions more could face severe thunderstorms. heat alerts up along the east coast, south, and the southwest, too, where it is expected to feel like 100 degrees or more over widespread areas. >>> in pennsylvania, severe storms like this micro burst caught on video caused serious damage over the weekend. a falling tree at a swim club north of philadelphia injured seven children and two adults yesterday. don dahler is at the dolphins swim club in pennsylvania. how are the injured folks doing? >> reporter: good morning. nine people in total went to the hospital two with head injuries and one with a back injury. and as you said, it all happened here yesterday at this swim club near philadelphia when part of a tree fell on a tent. the nine people injured were taking cover under a pavilion tent when lightning hit a large trae nearby sending it crashing down on top of them. >> the severe weather came throug

i'm gayle king with tony dokoupil. anthony mason is off but mrs. smith is here. >> i was like, who's that? >> me, too. >> she as newlywed. congrats to you. we're glad you're here. we begin with this. president trump claims serious trade talks with china are on the way as he finishes the g7 summit in france. in a meeting with egypt's president mr. trump said, chinese leaders called him to say they want to negotiate after he threatened even higher u.s. tariffs on more than $500 billion in chinese goods. the president's statement gave stocks a boost when trading opened this morning. china's foreign ministry says it has not heard about the phone calls the president mentioned but mr. trump says there's been communication at the highest level. >>> the latest cbs gnaws poll finds the majority of americans believe president trump is responsible for the current state of the economy and 42% say his policies impact the economy a great deal and only 8% say his policies impact the economy not at all. paula, china is not in the g7 but seems to loom large there.

this is tony dokoupil who knows ric flair.another plane cashmerecal. all ten people on board a small plane are alive after that jet ran off a runway in california. the twin-engine cessna burst into flames after the takeoff was aborted and the plane crashed at oroville municipal airport north of sacramento. there is no word what exactly went wrong. this happened less than a week after a cessna carrying nascar's dale earnhardt jr., his wand d burned in east tennessee. everyone on board that plane escaped as well. the ntsb is now investigating both crashes and will look for common threads that may have led to the fires. >>> a suspect accused of shooting a sheriff's deputy north of los angeles is on the run this morning. two other people have been detained in the investigation. the l.a. county sheriff's office calls the shooting a sniper attack. a 21-year-old deputy was hit in the shoulder yesterday outside the sheriff's facility in lancaster, california. he was treated for a minor wound and released. a spokesman says the deputy's