Were up against a fire that is burning so aggressively were struggling to keep up with it. A wildfire rakie raging control in california. We havent seen this before. I can tell you that this fire came out screaming. Trees exploding from the heat. The swimmers, lochte are under investigation. If the whole thing is made up, why . The death toll is rising in southern louisiana, as floodwaters start to recede. Meanwhile, storms hit the midatlantic region. Nobody knew what to do. I think the last couple of days have been great for donald trump. Donald Trumps Campaign took on a much different look, after a big shakeup. He can hire and fire anybody this is it. Incredible rescue at sea, more than 500 Passengers Evacuated from a burning ship off the coast of puerto rico. A wild scene at a press conference. Hey, connor, dont throw that. Connor, connor. All that you guys are down, and it makes sense that there would says who . Polls. Most of them. Who . All of them. Says who . Polls. I just told you, i answered your question. Okay, which okay. All that matters. Campaigning with joe bide ded biden goes, so do his hugs. It looks like he is holding a cat. On cbs this morning. The United States sweep in the womens 100 hurdle. He takes command. Rollins wins it. Ali in second. It is a u. S. Sweep. Olympic history. This mornings eyeopener is presented by toyota. Lets go places. Well ccome to cbs this morning. Norah odonnell is off. 1,500 firefighters battling a rapidly growing wildfire in california that is almost the size of san francisco, flames d northeast of los angeles, several homes have been gutted. But officials cannot confirm how many. More than 82,000 people are under evacuation orders today. The blue cut fire has exploded to cover 40 square miles. This morning, it is only 4 contained. Carter evans is in wright wood, about 40 miles outside of los angeles with the exhausting battle. Good morning, carter. Reporter good morning. You can see the fire, still travels up the hillside. Firefighters have told me personally they have never seen a wildfire like this one. It grows so fast, with so much voracity. There are 1,500 firefighters on the line right now. 178 engineers and ten air tankers, a massive effort. But despite all of effort theyve put in, the flames are still growing. One look at the huge walls of flame it becomes clear. We had to continually retreat against the wall of fire, and that was something that i havent witnessed in this section ever. We have strike teams here, and remember, the priorities are life, property and infrastructure. Lives include firefighters lives. We cant stand in front of that 80 foot wall zrchl. Reporter it is the spot it tore through neighborhoods, with home after home, going up in flames. It was only after smoke cleared wednesday, that we could see the full extent of the devastation. I can tell you that this fire came out screaming through this section of the burn area. Reporter the fire fight continued on the ground, and from the air. This wildfire, now stretches more than 17 miles, cajon boulevard to remains under evacuation orders. Obviously there is a very large threat there. Reporter despite the threat, some there say theyre staying put. Reporter how bad would it have to get for you to leave. Really close. Reporter but erica nicoli isnt taking any channels. We sat up watching it and when they say it goes fast, it goes fast, okay. Theyre not kidding. Reporter you can see how the flames horizontally right now. It is these conditions that make it so difficult for firefighters, and thats expected to continue through tonight. Thank you, carter. Well, three American Olympic swimmer expect to meet with police again today, near they were answering questions about ryan lochtes claim that hend the other three swimmers were robbed this past weekend. Lochte has apparently changed parts of his story and police have not confirmed some of the details. Ben tracy is in rio, and has Surveillance Video that raises new doubts about the ee alleged holdup. Good morning, ben. Reporter good morning. Unlike his fellow swimmers, ryan lochte had already got own a plan and back to the United States before the police here in rio could find him to requestion him about what they say are inconsistencies in his story. As of last night, lochtes story this Surveillance Video obtained by daily mail. Com shows ryan lochte and oh three other american swimmers at 7 00 a. M. They note the men do not appear shaken and even joke around. They point to conflicting accounts of the alleged mugging. Thats why two of the swimmers, gunnar bentz and jack initially lochte said a dramatic tell, posing as police while riding in a taxi with his teammates. They pulled us over, they pulled out their guns, they told the others to get down on the ground and the guy pulled out his gun. He cocked it, put it to my forehead and said get down, and i was like, i put my hands up. I was like whatever. Lochte then apparently told police a single gunman held them up and took 400. Armed. Lochtes version changed again. He reportedly told nbc there were exactly two gunmen and that the gun was pointed generally in his direction. He also said the swimmers taxi was not pulled over, but instead, was at a gas station when they were held up. Lochte says the mugging took place after a night during which all four swimmers went out partying. There were questions about the robbery from the very beginning. Olympic taken place but then later backtracked. I guess the story may change. Reporter lochte, a member of the mens relay team that took gold in rio, stood by his story all week. His Attorney Says brazilian officials are trying to dedplekt criticism of problems at the errrio games. The two swimmers detained here in rio are now released, until they testify, and they are expect today police rater today. Charlie. Ben tracy in rio, thanks. The new top executives at donald Trumps Campaign promised to highlight their candidates strengths in the weeks ahead. They were front and center yesterday with a meeting with trump, before he got his First National security briefing as the republican nominee. After the staff overhauled, they say they plan to start running more ads this week, and also pay more attention to attracting new voters. Major gartt public debut of trumps new campaign team. Major, good morning. Good morning, yesterdays meeting looked a bit like a president ial campaign session, they were ushered in as donald trump discussed National Security. Michael flynn was the marquee advisor, but trump, we are told, tapped former new york mayor, Rudy Giuliani to organize task forces to discuss isis. Of course, the spotlight was the room. Donald trump quietly listening at a round table, giving a glimpse, his first, Kellyanne Conway sat next to Paul Manafort, and steve bannon. You need to add more people. It is a busy time getting to the last 12 weeks of the campaign. Conways key role will be to travel with trump, providing a missing since trump sacked his First Campaign manager, corey lewandowski. Several sources say manaforts role has been diminished, and acknowledged trump has lost ground since the gop convention. Conway denied those claims. Paul has the exact same title he had yesterday. And many of the responsibilities. In a memo, manafort said hell continue to provide the big picture, long range Campaign Organizations are only now developing and many lack the resources and guidance to compete in the fall. Despite the corporate sounding title, new ceo bannon was once called the most dangerous political in american. He honed at breitbart news. He will provide fodder for trump attacks on Hillary Clinton, this june interview with trump is but one example. Over the weekend, she would ay do you believe she can stand up under scrutiny with her track record. I dont think she can. I think she is very weak. I think she is a person that doesnt have what it takes. We are told manafort, conway and bannon, all spoke freely during the National Security conversation. No outward awkwardness was detextsed and that took a bit of an edge off the shakeup. Hours later, charlie, trump received his first classified intelligence briefing as the gop with us in studio 57 in the next hour. She talks about her role in the weeks ahead and her expectations. Thats ahead on cbs this morning. The latest polls in three important swing states show Hillary Clinton is ahead. The quinnipiac poll shows he has double digit advantages in colorado and virginia. Clinton leads in iowa by three points. A different poll gives donald trump an 11 point edge in indiana. Nancy cordes reports on resent surge. Lets face it. It is not the worst problem in the world, but leading by a lot comes with its own set of challenges. First and foremost, how do you keep your supporters, your volunteers and donors from assuming the race is over. Dont be come place sant, my friends. One way, insisting that the race is a lot closer than they think. Im the under dog until they call me the winner. A tough case to make, now recent polls show her up by 12 points in virginia, and 11 in pennsylvania. Ask everybody you know to register. That didnt stop clinton from trying to enlist new volunteers in philadelphia this week. We have pact ke so you cancan vas. Michael dukakis was leading in late july. By election bush winning by 12 points. There are just 83 days left in this election. As clinton counts down the days her Campaign Strategy is to play it safe. She has not had an official press conference in 258 days. Her last Network Interview was nearly three weeks ago. Where she got tripped up again, answering questions about her emails. Director comey said my answers were truthful. Her running mate has been doing a series of interviews and 2002 that president clinton should have resigned, following the Monica Lewinsky scand scand 20 years ago, i was disappointed, but no reason to relitigate problems 20 years ago. What do we do today and tomorrow. Clinton herself has seen first hand that voter complacency can have consequences. She was leading in michigan by 20 points before that primary earlier this year, but ended up losing to some of her supporters may havet them to go out and vote. Her campaign, margaret, wants to prevent that kind of thing from happening in november. Nancy, thank you. Historic flooding in louisiana, could lead to the states biggest housing crisis since hurricane katrina. The disaster has led to at least 13 deaths, tens of thousands of homes are affected, forcing many people to stay in shelters. 20 louisiana parishes have been declared disaster areas. Omar villa franco is there. Reporter good morning. The power is still on at the post office, but thousands of residents havent had electricity for days. 40,000 homes were damaged during the flood and it is clear that parts of southern louisiana will never be the same. Days after record rain triggered catastrophic flooding, it is wednesday, emergency teams continued search and rescue missions. Parts of Livingston Parish are only accessible by boat. Have you ever seen it like this . Not this bad. Reporter we road along with National Guard troops still hunkered down in their homes. The National Guard looks for two things when theyre out on search and rescue missions. Barking dogs, and boats. People here dont leave their dogs behind and if there a boat around three quarters of the homes here in livingston are a total loss. Overall, an estimated 40,000 are damaged. Clean up could be costly. Less than 21 of Residential Properties in louisiana have flood insurance. We lost everything in katrina, came here, and ten years later, lost everything again. Reporter from the ground, and from the air, sandbags are being piled up as areas prepare th flooding from overflowing canals. Right here, we found it just like this. Reporter the damage has already been done to this baton rouge home. I know it is material things and you can always get them back, but it is it crushes you. You feel like youre violated. Reporter baton rouge, received another 3. 5 inches of rain on wednesday, and more scattered storms in todays forecast. Omar, thanks. Investigating what caused a fire on a ferry off the coast of puerto rico. More than ship. The troubled history with inspections. Mish gichel michelle, good morning. It runs several times every week between puerto rico and the dominican republic. Yesterday, this routine trip turned into a nightmare passengers and crew on board when a fire reportedly broke out in the engine room. From the shores, smoke could be seen rising from the ship. A closer look shows an army of boats and choppers surrounding it. As passengers wearing life vests road down the emergency slides to rescue boats. The u. S. Coast guard assisted in bringing the passengers and crew to san juan harbor. To eight feet swell, it wasnt easy, but thank god carried out successfully. More than 100 people were treated. At least two dozen others were taken to the hospital with more serious injuries. One person can be seen taken away on a stretcher. The passengers, mostly dominican, included dozens of schoolaged children headed to athletic competitions in puerto rico. Exactly what started the fire remains under investigation. According to a coast guard discovered 107 deficiencies during 63 inspections of the ship since 2010. Including a january 2015 inspection, stated oil full lines should be screened or protected in some way to avoid oil spray or leakages on to hot surfaces. Now, the coast guard says the ship ran a ground more than 3,000 feet off the shore, they have established a 1,000 yard and say there are no reports of the ship leaking any pollution like fuel it. The good news, everybody got out okay. What a way to start your vacation. Thank you, michelle. Donald Trumps Campaign chairman denies receiving millions from a pro Russian Party in ukraine, so who signed for all that money . Were in ukraine with the evidence theres something out there. That can be serious, even fatal to infants. Its whooping cough, and people can spread it without knowing it. Understand the danger your new grandchild faces. Talk to your doctor or pharmacist about a whooping cough vaccination today. Announcer this portion of cbs we didnt invent the chicken, just the chicken sandwich. New questions about the background of a rising hollywood star. Ahead, why the birth of a nation actor, nate parker, regrets not using, quote, more he was a college student. 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Youre right, charlie. Do not try that at home. Good morning. It is thursday, august 18th, coming up this half hour, the missing link to donald Trumps Campaign chairman. Paul manafort said he had nothing to do with. Charlie dagata is in ukraine with more information from that investigation. More lilts frhighlights froo olympics. The u. S. Track team won three medals in one hour last night. We will show you the three american women who made history in a single race. Time to show you some of the mornings headlines from around the globe. Wall street journal reports that the United States shipment of 400 million to iran was carefully timed to follow the freeing of american released ame