Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Well, President Trump is once again taking aim at four progressive members of congress. The women known collectively as the squad are all women of color. Laura podesta is here in new york. Laura, whats the president saying now . Hey. Good morning, annemarie. The president tweeted yesterday the women are not capable of loving america and they should apologize to is rew el for the horrible things they said. He also wrote theyre destroying our Democratic Party but could never destroy our great nation. President trump still has the squad in his sights. A week ago the president ignited a political firestorm with a series o of tweets aimed at the four progressive lawmakers. Yesterday mr. Trump had a new message for them. He wrote on twitter, i dont believe the four congresswomen are capable of loving our country. All four are women of color. The house condemned the president s comments last week as racist, but the white house says democrats are knowingly misconstruing his words. I fundamentally disagree with the view if you criticize somebody and they happen to be a different color skin, that that makes it a racial criticism. Our concern and our opposition to what these women are saying and many other members of the democrat is party in the house of representatives has to do with the fact theyre advocating policies that will destroy this nation. One member of the squad, new york congresswoman alexandria ocasiocortez, believes mr. Trump is trying to divide the public. He doesnt want to be president anymore because he wants to pick and choose who he is a president to, and thats not a president. A new cbs poll shows 82 of republicans agree with what the president wrote last week. 88 of democrats said they did not. Now, special Counsel Robert Mueller is set to testify on wednesday. Clear they want this to be the final word with a capital f on the russia investigation, but some democrats are hoping that their line of questioning will make it clear if the president obstructed justice in order to make a case to impeach him. Annemarie . Its going to be a very interesting week. Laura podesta in new york. A lot of people glued to their tvs on wednesday. Definitely. Thank you. Laura podesta in new york. A dangerous heatwave in much of the country is heating up as a new threat of Severe Weather targets parts of the east coast. The National Weather service has issued flash flood watches from virginia to new york, and as meg oliver reports, at least six people are dead as a result of this weekends heatwave. Reporter much of the nation is roasting, triple digits in some places. Humidity makes it even hotter. Under an excessive heat warning, these people waited in a line that snaked around the block just to get into a new york city public pool. On saturday these kids got in and took refuge under water. Its hot. It can make you sweat hot. Reporter for others the heat is extremely dangerous. New york city mayor bill de blasio declared a state of emergency lasting through the weekend. We have not seen temperatures like this in at least seven years. Reporter in washington, d. C. , fountains on the mall provided comfort, so did air conditioning comfort at the smithsonian. The mail went out on saturday, but the heat was oppressive. Oh, its rough. Reporter at the cincinnati zoo, water hoses helped elephants stay cool. Other animals chilled out on ice. Saturdays heat sparked violent storms and flash flooding. It buckled the interstate, in south dakota, shutting it down. Climate Scientists Say its scorching across the globe. Its horrible. I never felt this hot in years. Since this heatwave has started new york city has seen heat three days in a row with a heat index over 100. New york city usually sees about two days of summer with the same heat index. A recent study from the union of concerned scientists finds by the year 2050 there may be 20 days in triple digits, and by 2085 there could be more than 40 days of over 100degree feelslike temperatures. Even the lowest temperatures during this heatwave are considered sizzling. It will be another night of recordbreaking digits baking the east coast from here in new york city to the carolinas. Meg oliver, cbs news, new york. More than 100,000 protesters took to the streets of hong kong for a seventh weekend amid an ongoing political crisis. Chaos erupted sunday night when police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters. Later a mob armed with batons attacked protesters inside a train station trying to go home. 45 people were injured. Protesters are angry over a now suspended extradition bill. And puerto ricos embattled governor announced he will not seek reelection next year, this as puerto rico braces for what many expect to be its largest protest yet. This was the scene on the streets of puerto rico this weekend. People waved puerto rican flags and blasted music. The violent unrest came after the release of explosive Text Messages between the governor and his top aides. Those aides allegedly made homophobic, misogynistic, and sexist comments. The president is also resigninging as the president of the new progressive party. Iran claims that it failed to respect mary tine rules. David martin is the only Network Correspondent traveling with the top u. S. General in the middle east. He got exclusive i have video of American Forces in the region. Reporter Patriot Air Defense missile batteries in the middle of the saudi arabia desert manned by american soldiers from ft. Bragg, North Carolina. General frank mckenzie, the top u. S. Commander for the middle east, is here because they could be the vanguard for the new war with iran. What are they defending out here . As you know, were in the middle of Prince Sultan air base. Reporter it has a 10,000foot runway and space for hundreds of aircraft. To begin with the u. S. Will bring in a squadron of top of the line inform stealth fighters, but this base is capable of handling much, much more than that. How many planes could you bring in here . There have been a lot in the past. I wont get into the details. But you can bring in as many as you want. This is the eve of 1990, the eve of the first gulf war. That war was against iraq. Now nearly 30 years later the u. S. And its allies are locked in a cycle of rising tensions with iran. So when you look at the capabilities here, it looks like this is the beginning of preparations for if these tensions turn into a war. Well, id prefer to say it like this. Were not going to be cowered by iranian manufacture ma iranianmaligned activities. Reporter to keep the base in line, theyll use a port on the red sea which will allow it to bring in ammunition and stray parts without having go through the strait of hormuz. This base is unmistakable evidence that tensions could turn into a war. David martin, cbs news, Prince Sultan air base, saudi arabia. Well, coming up on the morning news, the family of a North Carolina woman is demanding answers after the 24yearold and her boyfriend were mysteriously murdered on vacation in canada. And football star tom brady is facing criticism for this instagram video. Why he said he jumped off a cliff with his young daughter. Jumped off a click with his young daughter. Along with support, chantix is proven to help you quit. With chantix you can keep smoking at first and ease into quitting. Chantix reduces the urge so when the day arrives, youll be more ready to kiss cigarettes goodbye. 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No arrests have been made. On the cbs moneywatch, the lion king makes a big roar at the box office. Avengers also makes a huge record. Wendy gillette is at the new york stock exchange. Good morning, wendy. Good morning, annemarie. Investment companies will be making a big reporting today. Notable Companies Reporting today include halliburton, steel dynamics, and whirlpool. Stocks closed lower friday, leading to the markets first weekly loss after two weeks of gains. The dow dropped 68 points, the s p was down 18 points, and the nasdaq lost 60 points. Millions of directv customers can no longer watch their favorite cbs shows following a dispute between the network and providers over fees. Czech republ cbsowned tv stations have been removed from directv platforms in more than a dozen cities across the country. Contract negotiations between the network and owner of at t broke down over fees and streaming rights. Cbs directors are directing viewers to reach out to the website and say keep cbs. Com. Today Tech Company Executives are expected to meet with the president s chief economic adviser at the white house. A Trump Administration official says larry kudlow will discuss economic matters and potentially touch on huawei. The white house sanctioned the tell con company in may as an alleged National Security threat but later granted it a partial reprieve without a clear explanation. The lion king came roaring into the box office over the weekend. Everything you see exists together in a delicate balance. The live action disney remake featuring beyonce and seth rogen brought in 185 million at the box office. Marvels spiderman far from home made 21 million and disneys toy story 4 brought in 14. 6 million dollars. And disney is celebrating another big office win. Avengers endgame officially beat James Camerons avatar to become the highest grossing film of all time. 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Tens of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets for almost two months now to fight a now suspended extradition bill and push for electoral reform. A man is under arrest after a bizarre chase in california. Jonathan vigliotti shows us how it started with a man in a joker mask, leading police on a wild chase, and ended with him playing in the sand. Reporter he may have just been clowning around, but california Highway Patrol wasnt laughing as dozens of officers trailed this slowmoving bmw sputtering through traffic. At times the suspect disguised in a clown mask and green wig poked out through the sunroof, letting his passenger steer the way. People on social media wondered if it was a music video or performing art, but please called it reckless driving. The dangerous game of cat and mouse began in Orange County after the driver refused to pull over lasting less than an hour. The driver abandoned his car at venice beach and was found walking on the beach. If his hope was to blend in with the crowd it didnt work as people surrounded him. He found his own place to sit in the sun. Police were close behind and threatened to tase him before eventually taking him into custody, mask off, handcuffs on, the fun and games were over. The drivers motivation remains unclear. He has been arrested. As for his female passenger, she was allowed to walk away free. Jonathan vig yaty, bs news, venice beach, california. So coming up on cbs this morning, r. Kellys crisis manager responds to accusations that the r b star paid off an alleged family and shares how his client plans to fight new sexual abuse charges. Its an interview youll only see on ctm. Plus posting a bad Online Review could land you in serious legal trouble. What you need to know to protect yourself. And cutting just 300 calories a day could have a massive impact on your health. Well reveal the results that people saw. Thats the cbs morning news for this monday. Thanks for watching. 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One of the few locations that is standing above the low clouds. That is the story around the baby for those of us around the gate, that is where the clouds with the lowest and most normal with a few locations san jose concorde, santa rosa with clear skies. We hit 68 for the city officially. That is about a degree warmer than yesterday. And when we look at the rest of the forecast, it will be the