We have seen the president apparently duped by a satirical site into tweeting to block a favorite news story of his. A story we learned authorities are actually investigating for ties to a russian disinformation campaign. We also learned governor larry hogan has cast his ballot for ronald reagan. Deceased, former president , not the living, breathing, leader of his own party. We watched Chris Christie single out what he calls the white houses cavalier attitude toward coronavirus. Some of the people most vulnerable to the virus. Seniors. And late today, we learned this from new reporting by cnns jake tapper. General john kelly has told friends donald trump is, quote, the most flawed person hes ever met. Here is the rest of what he said. Quote. The depths of his dishonesty is astounding to me. The dishonesty, transactional nature of every relationship, though its pathetic more than anything else. He is the most flawed person i have ever met in my life. That is just part of the picture to
hot enough for you? 105 in little rock. 104 in dallas. a deadly heat wave leads to warnings in 18 states. we have the latest forecast early this friday morning, august 6th, 2010. captioning funded by cbs very good friday morning to you. i m erica hill. the heat in the headlines this morning. relief here. but bad in much of the rest of the country. we will get to that, too. wyclef jean, music superstar, announced this week he s running for president of haiti. we have an exclusive interview this morning. our betty nguyen sat down with wyclef and talked to him about what his plans are. looking forward to that. we want to get you to this. supreme court justice elena kagan. sworn in tomorrow after the senate voted yesterday to confirm president obama s nomination. cbs news chief legal correspondent jan crawford joins thus morning from washington. the confirmation was pretty much expected but very divisive at the same time. well, that s exactly right, erica. it was basica
to the ninth circuit. i think if the ninth circuit were to uphold judge walker s ruling, that case would be heard by the united states supreme court. so this is certainly the beginning of what s going to be a very long legal debate in the principal court system. and has been a very long legal debate already. all right, robert shapiro, thank you. john lewis, stewart gaffney, gentleman, i hope that it bodes well for your lives in the future. thank you for joining us. thank you so much. our pleasure. police arrested the daughter of former new york mayor rudy giuliani, booked her on suspicion of stealing makeup from sephoria. the former new york city mayor with a reputation for getting tough on crime says through a spokesperson that the media should respect his daughter s privacy. carolyn giuliani left the police precinct with her mom and a lawyer. the gals on the view are not happy about the dustup between whoopi goldberg and mikhail salahi. in case you missed it, just last ho
adding 1,200 jobs and a second shift. the president strongly defended the unpopular $60 billion decision to bail out the auto industry and said it prevented a collapse. we had to face a hard, unimaginable reality. which was two of the big three automakers, gm and chrysler, were on the brink of liquidation. if that had happened, more than 1 million jobs could have been lost. and that would have been a devastating blow to the entire dmi. well, new numbers show the auto industry is making a comeback. general motors saw sales in july jump by 25% from a year ago. ford, up 22.5%. and chrysler up a more modest 5%. bob king is the president of the united auto workers, joins me now. how much of the recovery that you re seeing among american auto manufacturers do you think, bob, is directly attributable to the policies of this administration? a tremendous amount. if it hadn t been for president obama believing in american workers and wanting products made in america, we would hav
help plea, please. help me. and who says you can t change your stripes? the newborn who is half zebra, half donkey. meet the zedonk early this thursday, august 5, 2010. zedonk early august 5, 2010.early august captioning funded by cbs good morning, shall. i m harry smith. we have a sprinkle here. we need the sprinkle. nice and humid. i m erica hill. naomi campbell back in court today. this has nothing do with throwing cell phones, allegedly throwing cell phones. she is there in the hague to testify at a war crimes trial. how does a supermodel figure into that? we will bring you the latest. first to california where a federal judge has thrown out proposition 8. the state s voter approved ban on same-sex marriage. his ruling could have a major impact in other states as well. the case could be headed all the way to the supreme court. cbs cbs priya david clemens has the story. reporter: celebrations in the streets to outright disbelief. i am saddened. reporter