There was some relief earlier today in the form of rain to help put out the embers in huge fields like this one. But it was short lived and the dry season could last until november. John . Dickerson thank you. Manny, in brazil. Today the department of defense and Veterans Affairs began an important meeting in nashville to discuss new ways to prevent military suicides. About 20 veterans take their own lives each day. A hotline launched in 2007 has answered more than 3. 5 million calls sending emergency help to nearly 100,000 people. Dean reynolds gives us an inside look. Are you having any suicidal thoughts today . Have you ever attempted suicide . Reporter at the Veterans Crisis line in canandaigua, new york, the calls come in all day and all night. Can you put the knife in a safe place . What did you do with the nail gun . Reporter 1700 calls every day from veterans on the brink. Cbs news was given rare access to the v. A. s responders and their literally lifesaving conversations. Rig
Good morning, everyone, it is wednesday, september 5th. We got a lot to get to, including another big upset in a primary race. But first, fear has struck in washington. Thats the title of Bob Woodwards new book, which describes in part, why the president s lawyers are so adamant against an interview with special counsel robert mueller. The book provided by abc by a source alleges in the white house on january 27ing, the president s then personal attorney john dowd pep perred trump with questions ab the russia investigation, provoking stumbles, contradiction and lies until the president eventually lost his cool. Dowd said, dont testify, its either that or an orthopedic jump suit, if its decision time, youre going to go forward. I cant be with you. I think the president of the United States cannot be seen taking the fifth. No, no, no im a good witness. Ill be a real good witness, trump added. Dowd knew this was self delusion. You are not a good witness, dowd said. Trump had one overridin
sloan stevens willrepeat. and she will meet serena in the next round, on the men s side, 11th seeded john izner could not stand the heat in yesterday s quarterfinal match. exhausted in four sets by three seed juan martin del potro. he will meet rafael nadal, he defeated domenic thiem, made even more grueling by the intense heat. i think that ended 2:00 morning. it was an epic battle at two play, at the top of their game watch a match there. turning to u.s. pro golf the u.s. ryder team prepares for a clash with europe at the end of this month, jim furyk announced three of his four captains picked yesterday, tiger woods, phil mickelson and bryson dechambeau. woods will be in a playing role at the tournament for the first
terrell owens might have heard of that guy, they said we don t need you. they released him. he is now un employed lavernius coles also released today. to the open now. seven years since the u.s. has won atilt. any chance for the u.s. to bring home a title this year? you all know about andy roddick. the u.s. open kicks off tomorrow. one, you have marty fish. a 28-year-old kid from minnesota. he has been around for awhile. 30-pounds lighter than he was last year and playing great tennis. people are excited about him. another guy is sam query from thousand oaks california. his fans are known as the samurais. they will be out in full force. the last is john izner from north carolina. he graduated from the university of georgia and has been a star this year. look out for him, just 25 years
up here. i m going to quote craig boynton. the coach said he s in trouble but the only thing getting him through was sheer will power. these athletes train to do what s basically mind over matter. i mean, he has never had to deal with this before. but he s had to deal with other adversity. i m sure he had to play with an injury, for example, and play in pain at some point in his career. they are taught mental toughness. they are taught not to think about the big picture but think just about the point that s rye in front of them and that s how they get through something like this. carol, jim. zrech. stretch sing good. isner said something like that. while he was on the court he really didn t think about how tired he was. it was when he got off the court he was feeling the pain. right. that s a great thing. that s because he is such a great athlete, he was in the zone. they call it that. he was in the zone. he was just thinking about the next point in front of him and