>> we are up against a fire that is burning to really strugglingp up with it. >> a wildfire rages out of control in california. >> it hit farce and with an intensity we haven't seen before. >> i can tell you that this fire came out screaming. >> trees collapsed and trees fallen. the trees actually explode from the heat. >> two u.s. olympian swimmers have been blocked from leaving rio. >> the swimmers along with champion ryan lochte are under made that that allege they were robbed at gun ps point. >> if the whole thing is made up, why? >> the death toll is rising in southern louisiana as floodwaters start to recede. >> flood water hit the mid-atlantic region. >> i think the last days have been great for donald trump. >> donald trump's campaign took a much different look after a big shake-up. >> he can hire and fire anybody this is it. >> a rescue seeing 500 passengers evacuated from a burning ship off the coast of puerto rico. >> a wild seen at a press conference. >> conor, conor, don't throw that! >> you guys are down and -- >> so true. >> says who? >> the polls. most of them. all of them. >> says who? >> polls. i just told you. i answered your question. >> okay. which polls? >> all of them. >> and all that matters. >> hillary is campaigning with joe biden and where joe biden goes, so does his hugs. >> look that. so awkward. looks like he is holding a cat. >> the united states sweep in the women's 100-meter hurdles. >> rollins wins it and ali is second and kristi castlin. announcer: this portion of "cbs this morning" sponsored by toyota. let's go places. ? welcome to "cbs this morning." norah o'donnell is off. margaret brennan is with us. more than 1,500 firefighters are struggling to battle a rapidly growing wildfire in california that is almost the size of san francisco. flames erupted along mountains nort several homes have been gutted. but official 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 wrightwood, that is about 40 miles outside of los angeles with the exhausting battle against these flames. carter, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. you can see this fire still raging behind me. anything like this in their careers. a wildfire growing so fast with such ferocity. there are 1,500 on the scene here and 178 engines and ten air tankers but despite this massive wildfiring effort it is grog behind me. one look at the huge wall of fire and it becomes >> we had to continually retreat against that advancing wall of fire and something i haven't witnessed in this section ever. we have strike teams here and, remember, our priorities are life, property, and infrastructure. and lives also include firefighters' lives. we can't stand in front of that wall of fire. that is self-defeating. >> reporter: the fire raced through here late wednesday afternoon and scorching almost everything in its past, but the spot fires that remain that are still endangering homes. with home after home going up in flames and only after smoke cleared on wednesday that we could see the full extent of the sde devastation. this fire came out screaming through the section of the burnt area. >> reporter: the firefight continued on the ground and from the air. this wildfire now stretches more than 17 miles. cajon boulevard to wrightwood, which remains under mandatory evacuation orders. >> they arend obviously, there is a very large threat there. >> reporter: despite the threat, some there say they are staying put. how bad would it have to get here for you to leave? >> it would have to be really close. >> this is mine! >> reporter: but erika nikolai isn't taking any chances. >> we sat up all night watching it and when they say it goes fast, it goes fast. they are not kidding. >> reporter: the wind is a big problem here and the hazard is p.m. tonight. that means it's going to be hot, windy, and dry. margaret, still perfect conditions for a massive wildfire. >> thank you, carter. three american olympic swimmers expect to meet with police again today near rio de janeiro. two of them were taken off of a plane last night as they were headed home. they are all answering questions about ryan lochte's claim that he and the other three swimmers were robbed this past rocketee has apparently changed some of his store and the police have not confirmed those details. ben tracy is in rio and has new details. ben, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. so unlike his fellow swimmers, ryan lochte had already gotten on a plane and gotten back to the united states before the police in rio could find him to requestion him about what they say are inconsistencies in his story and as of last night, this surveillance video obtained by daily mail.com apparently shows ryan lochte and three other american swimmers returning to the olympic village around 7:00 a.m. sunday morning. brazilian authorities note the men do not appear shaken and even joke around and point to conflicting accounts of the alleged mugging and why two of the swimmers gunnar bentz and jack conger were retained at rio's airport wednesday night for further questioning. initially lochte told nbc a men posing as police while riding in a taxi with his teammates. >> they pulled us over and they pulled out their guns and they told the other swimmers to get down on the ground and the guy pulled out his gun. he cockeed it. >> reporter: ryan lochte said a wednesday night, lochte's version changed again. he reportedly told nbc there were exactly two gunmen and that the gun was just pointed generally in his direction. he also said the swimmers' taxi was not pull over, but instead was at a gas station when they were held up. lochte says the mugging took place after a night during much all four swimmers went out partying and questions about the robbery from the very beginning. olympic officials denied it had backtracked. >> they had it wasn't true, so this -- i guess the story may change. >> reporter: lochte, a member of the men's relay team that took gold in rio, had stood by his story all week. his attorney says brazilian official are just trying to deflect criticism of problems at the rio games. now the two swimmers who were detained here in rio have now been released, but they are not allowed to leave brazil until to police later today. charlie? >> ben tracy in rio, thanks. the new top executives at donald trump's campaign promised to highlight their candidate's strength in the weeks ahead. they were front and center yesterday at a meeting with trump before he got his first national security briefing at the republican nominee. after the staff, they say they plan to run more ads this week and pay more attention to attracting new voters. major garrett looks at the public debut of trump's new campaign team. >> reporter: yesterday's meeting looked a bit like a presidential campaign session. reporters were ushered in and hurried out as donald trump discussed national security. former retired general and defense intelligence chief michael flynn was the marquee adviser but trump, we are told, tapped former new york city mayor rudy giuliani to organize task forces on ideas discussed to defeat isis. of course, the spotlight was donald trump quietly listening held a national security round table giving a first glimpse into his campaign under new management. his third campaign manager kellyanne conway sat next to his second, paul manafort. to their left, steve bannon who was named the campaign's new chief executive. >> you need to add talent and more people. it's a busy time getting to the last 12 weeks of the campaign. >> reporter: her key role is to travel with trump and providing a voice on politic he respects. something missingce sacked his first campaign manager corey lewandowski. several sources say manafort's role is diminished and acknowledges trump has lost ground since the gop convention. conway denied those claims. >> paul has the exact same title today he had yesterday and many of those responsibilities. >> reporter: in a memo to staff obtained by cbs news, manafort said he will continue to provide the big picture, long-range campaign vision. state organizations are only now developing and many lack the resources and guidance to compete in the fall. despite the corporate sounding title bannon was once called the most dangerous political operative in america. bannon's expertise, his brass knuckl knuckl knuckled advocacy. he will provide attacks on hillary clinton and this june interview with trump is just one example. >> over the weekend, she would not say do you believe she could stand up with scrutiny with what her track record is? >> i don't think she is. she is very weak and i think a person doesn't have what it takes. >> reporter: we are told that all three spoke freely during the national security conversation and no awkwardness was present. hours late, trump received his first classified intelligence briefing as the gop nominee. kellyanne conway will be with us the next hour. she talks about her role and the expectations for the candidate. that is ahead on "cbs this morning." in the latest polls in three important swing states show that hillary clinton is ahead. the quinnipiac poll finds she has double-digit advantages in colorado and virginia. clinton lead in iowa by three points. a different poll gives donald trump an 11-point edge in indiana. nancy cordes reports on how clinton is trying to downplay her recent surge. g >> reporter: good morning. so let's face it. it's not the worst problem in the world. but leading by a lot in the polls does come with its own set of challenges. first and foremost, how do you keep your supporters and volunteers and donors from assuming the race is over? >> don't be complacent, my friend. >> reporter: one way to do is by insisting that the race is a lot closer than they think. >> i'm the underdog until they call me the winner. >> reporter: it's a tough case to make now that clinton is leading in most of the recent polls show her up by 12 points in virginia and 11 in pennsylvania. >> ask everybody you know to register. >> reporter: that didn't stop clinton to try to enlist new volunteers in philadelphia this week. >> we have packets for you at the door so you can also canvass. >> reporter: it is true that anything can happen. in 1988 one poll showed michael dukakis leading then president george h.w. bush by 17 points in late july. points. >> there are just 83 days left in this election. >> reporter: 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 e-mails. >> director comey said my answers were truthful. >> reporter: her running mate is doing a series of interviews and assertion in 2002 that president clinton should have resigned after the lewinsky scandal. >> i was disappointed like a lot of folks but no reason to reiterate problems 20 years ago and what americans want to talk about what do we do today and tomorrow. >> reporter: clinton has seen firsthand that voter complacency can have confidence. she ended up losing early because felt she didn't need that to come out and vote. her campaign wants to prevent that from happening in november. historic flooding in louisiana could lead to the state's 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 parish have been declared disaster areas. many of them are still under flash flood warnings today. with the expensive cleanup effort. >> reporter: good morning. the power is still on here at the post office but thousands of other residents haven't had electricity in days. 40,000 homes were damaged in the flood and it's clear parts of southern louisiana will never be the same. days after record rain triggered catastrophic flooding, parts of southern louisiana are still inup dated with water. continued search and rescue mission. parts of livingston parish are only accessible by boat. we ran along with national guard troops still checking on people still hunkered down in their homes. >> are you good right now? >> ya. >> reporter: the national guard looks for two things. barking dogs and boats. people here don't leave their dogs behind and if there is a boat tied to the house, chances total loss. overall, an estimated 40,000 are damaged. and cleanup could be costly. less than 21% of residential properties in louisiana have flood insurance. >> we actually 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 for the possibility of more flooding kitchen. we found it just like this. >> reporter: the damage has already been done to deidre johnson's baton rouge home. >> i know it's material things and you can always get them back, but it crushes you because you feel like you're violated. >> reporter: baton rouge saw another 3 1/2 inches of rain on wednesday and, charlie, more scattered thunderstorms in the forecast for today. >> omar, thanks. the coast guard this morning puerto rico. more than 500 people yesterday evacuated the burning vessel but they escaped on emergency slides. michelle miller shows us the ship's reportedly trouble history with inspections. >> reporter: good morning. the ship named the caribbean fantasy runs several times every week between puerto rico and the dominican republic. but, yesterday, this routine trip turned into a nightmare for when a fire reportedly broke out in the engine room. from the shore, 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 rode down the emergency slides to rescue boats. the u.s. coast guard assisted in bringing the passengers and crew to san juan harbor. >> the ship with a lot of smoke. six to eight feet swell, maybe. was carried out successfully. >> reporter: more than 100 people were treated for minor injuries like heat stroke, shock, and dehydration. at least two dozen others were taken on the hospital with more serious injuries. one person can be seen taken away on a stretcher. the passengers, mostly dominican, included dozens of school-aged children headed to athletic competitions in puerto rico, exactly what started the fire remains under investigation. according to a report, the.s deficiencies during 63 sncket i inspections including the following. now the coast guard says the ship ran aground more than 3,000 feet off the shore. they have established a 1,000-yard safety zone around pollution like fuel at this time. >> good news is everybody got out okay. what a way to start your vacation. no fun there. thank you, michelle. donald trump's campaign chairman denies receiving millions from a pro-russian political party in ukraine. so who signed for all of that money? 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(crowd cheers) and they've done it! ahead, new developments in the apparent kidnapping of a son of a mexican drug kingpin el chap owe. good morning. it is 7:26 on this thursday, august 18th. a warm day ahead with sop popup showers. i'm chris wragge. vanessa murdock has your forecast coming up in just a moment. but, first, suffolk county police charge a man with the murder of his mother in lloyd harbor. 23-year-old dennis cullen is accused drowning 63-year-old elizabeth cullen in her back yard pool at 70 white hill road. cullen spent the night in the precinct and is expected to be arraigned later today. the hunt is on for a man who robbed an off-duty cop in the bronx last night near crotona park. police say the thief grabbed some necklaces the officer was wearing of the the officer fired one shot during the struggle. the robber was not hit and got away. the state has closed a popular pizzeria. sixth avenue grimalledi, inc. was seized by new york's finance. the officials say the chelsea restaurant next to the old limelight failed to pay nearly $122,000 in overdue sales tax. the tax liens date back to 2014. now let's get over to vanessa murdock for your forecast. vanessa. >> gray out there right now with some showers moving on through, but by mid morning we'll start to see more breaks in the clouds. we'll see some sun. in the meantime showers are making their way east. i think by 8:00 they're all east of the city, and then they'll be lingering east of the city until about 9:00. temperaturess 63 in otisville, 75 in seaford, 72 in the city. so we've got some rain-cooled air out there, it's on the muggy side this morning. by this afternoon 85 degrees, a mixture of sunshine and clouds, but a chance for showers and storms does return this afternoon. it's about a 20% chance. overnight still a lingering shower possible and 73. for your day tomorrow a little more humid, 87 degrees, isolated shower and storm cannot be ruled out. and then as we look toward the extended forecast, your weekend showers and storms, that could be at any time. on sunday, though, a high of 85, the most humid day through the weekend. we're looking at showers and storms arriving late in the day and proceeding through early monday. chris. >> all right, vanessa, thanks so much. i'm chris wragge. we are back with another local update in 25 minutes. "cbs this morning" returns ?? two million for one hit it should have been easy [gunshot] [police siren] sting suspenseful sexy ? china's gymnastics team showed off this human jump rope in rio. look at that! oh, my gosh. it brought cheers from the crowd yesterday when the gymnasts threw their teammate up in the him. it's creepy and scary at the same time shra! >> it's mostly skill. >> you're 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 trump's campaign chairman. listing the cash payments that nothing to do with. charlie d'agata is in ukraine with more information from that investigation. more lilts fhighlights fromo 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 morning's 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 prisoners. video from january showed three switzerland. critics say the payment amounted to ransom. the obama administration denies buying the prisoners freedom. it says iran was being paid back for a failed 1979 arms deal. britain's telegraph reports on a wounded boy in syria who captures the horror of war. the 5-year-old was rescued from a building in aleppo hit by proregime air strikes last night. his imagine was shared thousands sitting in an ambulance, covered in dust, with a head injury. he was treated and released later that night. >> i saw that picture early in the morning. that is very difficult to look at. with then when you see him moving, you see clearly he is just a little kid. >> very difficult to see that. but i hope he is all right. bloomberg news reports that aetna insurer threaten to obamacare. they said they will pull out of insurance exchanges. they said they will back out if official tried to block hits 37 billion dollar merger with humana. last month, anti-trust officials filed suit to block that teal. aetna maintains the loss is not the lawsuit are the reason for this move. "usa today" reports on how the man who shot dallas police officers had his own gun taken away when he was in the army. killed by a police robot. the newly released army report says in 2014, johnson's gone was confiscate and he was being arrest for allegedly harassing a female soldier. a druglord's son and five other people were abducted on monday in a mexican resort town. a prosecutor confirms it shows the crime scene on the man's father is in a mexican prison. one of hollywood's rising stars is facing tough questions about his past. nate parker recently inked a multimillion dollar contract with a hollywood studio. his movie, "the birth of a nation" got two awards in the sundance network. but vladimir duthiers shows us why a sexual assault case from questions. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. nate parker reopened old wounds when i expressed sorrow for the death of a woman he was once accused of sexually assaulting. he was cleared of all wrongdoing and said this week their encounter was consensual but he admitted he should have used more wisdom as a teenager. nate parker is starring in "the birth of a nation." a film he produced, directed, and developed with gene selestin. the two men wer state university. in 1999 a woman accused him of raping her while on a night out. >> i won't go out by myself or shopping alone. >> reporter: the woman anonymous at the time and now identified as julia parker claim both men had sex with her after she passed out. nate parker and gene selestin affiliate wtaj in 2002 after she dropped out of penn state. >> i'm in my hometown and i can't go anywhere alone without being fearful. >> reporter: in a facebook post, nate parker said he was devastated and filled with profound soror and just learned that julia parker ended her own life several years ago. >> submit yourself to your masters. >> reporter: parker's film "the birth of a nation" about an 1831 save rebellion has been considered a contender for an academy award. fox search light which paid more than $17 million to acquire the film said of parker on wednesday he was found innocent and cleared of all charges. we stand behind nate and are proud to bring this important and powerful story to the screen. >> we are in unprecedented territory here where a star and producer and director is the face of the movie is facing very serious allegations. says the next six months will be a challenge for nate parker. >> can he sustain a story in these interviews and explain questions that people have about the case and in the interviews in a way that doesn't alienate people from buying tickets to the movie. >> reporter: julia parker's family told cbs news after all this time these men are being held accountable for their actions and continued while we cannot protect the victim from this media storm we can do the best to protect our son. the family asked for privacy. parker is expected to be at the film festival in september and his film opens in december. team usa is looking to build on its winning streak in the rio olympics. the u.s. grabbed another nine medals yesterday. the women of team usa helped to pad the country's impressive medal count. no other nation is even close in overall medals. y jamie yuccas is outside of rio olympics. >> reporter: believe it or not, before last night, the american track and field team had not won a single gold, actually, on the track here in rio. but on wednesday, that all changed in a very historic way. >> they go over the first hurdle and rollins has a slight lead. >> reporter: inside olympic stadium, the self-described american dream team hurdled into the record books. >> final hurlged. rollins wins it! >> reporter: the united states became the first country in olympic history to women's 100-meter hurdles. >> 1, 2, 3 for the united states! >> reporter: and the first-ever sweep by american women in a track and field event. brianna rollins took home goled and nia ali silver, and kristi castlin, the bronze. >> a beautiful jump. >> reporter: in the long jump finals, the american women continued team usa's medal haul. >> 23.6. champion upset teammate and defending olympic champion brittany reese after a massive 23 1/2-foot leap. reese settled for silver. nine miles away on copacabana beach, kerri walsh jennings and april ross had some unfinished business to tend to. >> it's over. >> reporter: the volleyball duo dug out a dramatic come from behind victory over top ranked brazil and winning watching their gold medal hopes slip away on the same court. it's kerri walsh jennings' fourth olympic medal of her career. >> bolt comes away flying out of the box. >> reporter: and the fastest man on the planet continues to sail past the fastest competition in the world. >> here he comes in the final meterses. >> reporter: jamaican sprinter usain bolt breezed into the finals but not without having a little fun. >> look at the two friends >> reporter: fun stuff. bolt will be ready to go. the 200-meter final is tonight. it would be his third gold in that event and thinks he can bring his record time so we will have to see if that happens. one rival he will not have to worry about is justingatlin who surprisingly didn't make the finals tonight. >> he would have been a great nfl running back. >> i teasing everyone when he is running on the track. he looks behind and away! 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"cbs this morning" returns ? it is thursday, august 18th, 2016. welcome back to "cbs this morning.? more real news ahead, including the new leader of donald trump's we will ask his campaign manager kellyanne conway what doeshe intend to do. first, here's a look at today's "eye opener" at 8:00. firefighters tell me they have never seen anything like this in their careers. a wildfire growing so fast. >> unlike his fellow swimmers, ryan lochte had already gotten back to the united states before the police had requestioned him about his story. >> yesterday's meeting looked a bit like a presidential campaign session. of course, the spotlight was on the two newest people. ended up losing. >> 40,000 homes were damaged in the flood and it's clear parts of southern louisiana will never be the same. >> this routine trip turned into a nightmare for passengers and crew when a fire broke out in the engine room. >> the american track and field team had not won a single gold, actually on the track here in rio. but on wednesday, that all changed in a very historic way. >> hillary clinton is having a great time. she is coasting. es she limits her interviews. she hasn't given a real press conference in eight months. that's 250 days. the last time she gave a press conference, jeb bush's family was still proud of him. that's how long it's been. ? i'm charlie rose with gayle king and margaret brennan. norah is off. firefighters are battling this morning to contain a massive and fast moving wildfire crews in san bernardino county worked overnight to try to stop the flames. more than 1,500 personnel are focusing on thefire. supporters not to let themselves be complacent just because of the polls. she is leading donald trump by double digits in three battleground states, colorado, pennsylvania. clinton told a rally in cleveland that the changes in donald trump's campaign do not mean there is a new donald trump. >> i think it's fair to say that donald trump has shown us who he is. he can hire and fire anybody he wants from his campaign. they can make him read new words from a teleprompter. but he is still the same man who insults demeans women, mocks people with disabilities, and thinks he knows more about isis than our generals. >> donald trump's new campaign manager kellyanne conway joins us at the table. are you going to do what a campaign manager does in terms of looking at the organization, what is happening in each state? or are you going to be managing the candidate? >> a little bit of both. i think it's important to make have the equipment, the tools they need. that also includes, charlie, our field operation and data folks and ground game. i'm a big believer in retail politic and seen it work many times and donald trump is a fantastic retail candidate. >> that is when he doesn't get in front of his own message. >> i think we have a tremendous message. we started wednesday with a speech about islamic terrorism and how it fight it and why it matters and m have been at war 15 years against an enemy we cannot name and harald see. a majority of the americans feel less safe than they did a year ago and a large feel they can get better economically so we would like to take a policy centric message to our people and that is the goal. >> the campaign has not changed in eight weeks. how is this not a campaign in trouble with outsiders looking >> 82 days. >> who is counting, right? with 12 weeks to go we look at expansion and busy and critical time with the campaign. when it comes to personnel and senior level staff, more is more and more big minds and broad shoulders we can get inside the door. paul manafort is still there as chairman and retains his title. steve and paul and i were together yesterday. >> it looks like you have three make the call and be in charge. who is that person? >> i think the three of us. and donald trump has bhaemade i clear who is. >> he is the candidate. i would never have the fire in the belly or the vile in the throat to do what he has done. which is build politicians. >> there is paul manafort who famously said if this campaign becomes a referendum on donald trump, it has failed. this campaign has been a i made he similar remarks during the democratic convention last month because i noticed that the democrats, when they are asked -- i was at the convention in philadelphia. i noticed when hillary clinton and her supporters are asked in interviews, tell us what you're doing about obamacare and how would you fix the economy and explain the birth and growth of isis since 2013? they talk about donald trump. hillary clinton wants to talk about donald trump and we want to talk directly to the american people. >> you want to talk to women in particular. >> yes. a good messaging week this week. donald trump said will mrs. clinton she lacks the mental and physical stamina to take on isis and all of the many adversaries we face and says she doesn't look presidential. how do you get him to stop saying things like that? >> it's a choice and a contrast election. the fact is -- >> that would alien ate a lot of woman. >> for somebody who understand something somebody else wrote and said they can get him to read different words in a teleprompter. not a single uninsured american who gets held here from that kind of nastiness. i'll pledge this to you. the way to speak to americans and all women is through issues. we have to get away from the content-free campaign and on to the substance and talk to the people who are struggling each talk to people who are doing well and how do they protect it ad feel secure moving forward? >> are you confident you can keep your tenant on message, though? that has complicated what you say you want to redirect it towards which is substance. >> i'm confident he is finding joy on the job this week and he relishing being out there with the crowds and giving these speeches and partly on teleprompter but at tuesday with a rally and he is able to interact with the people. and you don't see the local interviews and meetings with families and other folks. yes, i am confident he can stay on message, margaret. but also the message has to be i'd rather lose a campaign where we put it all on the field substantively where people saw the difference on the major issues of the day than when a campaign based on files. this is about style. he can go back to "the apprentice." that was fun and successful and lucrative for him. >> doesn't style and temperament matter? >> yes, they do. gayle, they want it to be about tone and temperament. i think it also needs to be about facts and figures and what you're seeing this week is facts and figures. >> speaking of that he has received an intelligence report. >> yes >> i can't disclose that. i can tell you he took it very seriously and very much appreciated being there. >> did he believe it or not? >> no, about the details. >> i'm not asking details. did he believe the intelligence report that the cia prepared for him? >> yes, he did. >> did he? >> question. when you say believe, he certainly is taking it very seriously and digesting it and nobody looks at something that complicated in one sitting. so this will be ongoing. don't believe what they may be reporting because he doesn't believe -- >> he didn't say that before or after the briefing and i was with him both times. speaking of national security and foreign policy. we sat in a round table with generals and former congressmen and other congressmen and other national notable experts and tfs it was a very great conversation and i call it interactive. his questions were somebody who wants to be commander in chief and do well by our armed forces and by the a our allies abroad and i was happy to sit in that round table because i think it's very systemic of the type of events we don't see as voters. >> did that briefing change any of the candidate's views on any of the national security issues? >> i can't comment on that. i think what that briefing did and the round table that preceded it, margaret, was that it is allowing us to continue the conversation and equipping ourselves and being informed. it's incredibly important for >> of course, not. he and mrs. clinton remind informed. the world is in danger and even though she has been secretary of state the fact this changes every day and there are things that you and i will never know that now secretary clinton and mr. trump are learning and i think we should applaud that in a very nonpartisan way. >> you were formerly with the ted cruz campaign and super pact. he said what he had to say at the convention. what did you know about donald trump that ted cruz doesn't know? that he promotes women. i'm told. i'm the first male republican campaign manager in presidential plig history and that tells you a lot about donald trump and it also tells you a great deal about him he never said that to me. hey, we would like a woman, are you available? i'm there based -- i think it's symptomatic of who donald trump has been in his own corporation and elevating and promoting women. the other thing about donald trump to learn he doesn't look at things through a political lens. i think senators and congressmen can't help themselves. this is his first campaign and refreshing that donald trump speaks the way many americans speak. it's not always the perfect word because it hasn't been focused in his ear telling him what to say and how to think and who to be. but, at the same time, he is enjoying convague his thoughts in awayne take that case to the people. he also is a guy, charlie, that is really political correctness on the campaign ballot this year. >> started out with 17 candidates' now it's down to one and he mad veterans. >> yes, indeed. >> we got to leave it there. >> thank you. >> kellyanne conway, thank you very much. why sitting could kill you slowly even if you exercise. we will stand up with this with a new look at a notorious the infamous preppy killer cued of killing a woman in new york central park. this is his only interview. >> am i a monster? 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>> or kill somebody. >> over here. over here. over here. >> reporter: in august 1986, robert chambers made headlines for killing his friend jennifer levin in new york's central park. >> i like her very much. >> reporter: he was handsome and him the preppy killer but to police he was just a 19-year-old kid with an unlikely story that seemed to blame the victim for her own killing. he always said jennifer hurt him and he struck her to make her stop. >> i swung my arm. i struck her neck in the throat area and i pulled her off of me >> did she speak again after she fell to the ground? >> no. i never seen a dead person before. >> reporter: police never believed that story and chambers was charged with murder. he pled guilty to first-degree manslaughter, served 15 years in prison. do you think about jennifer levin? >> every day. >> reporter: when he was released, he gave his only hours." >> i was responsible for her death. there is no question about that. >> reporter: you admitted guilt but you did not intend to kill her? >> i don't believe i intended to kill her at all. it was. >> reporter: it was an accident? >> yes. >> everything he said about how she died is absolutely untrue. this is the left side of his face. there is one deep severe scratch mark and there is another long mark here. that tells us that she was no. if i were a monster, i wouldn't be here. but i do. >> reporter: robert chambers hoped he could put his life back together, finish college. >> criminal law in '94, and '98. >> reporter: and get a steady job, but life didn't work out as he planned. >> richard schlesinger joins us at the table. i remember this story. what has happened with him? >> well, you know, life didn't work out too well for him. he struggled with drugs and his demons and kind of lost to them. i don't want to give-away too much. let's just say his life has not been easy or safe or pleasant since he got out of prison the first time. >> is there an update that we are going to hear about on saturday? >> there is but i'll be a little coy. >> coy becomes you. >> well, thank you. i do what i can. let me said in that interview with troy that it was stupid things informed most of the aspects of his life, stupidity. let's just say he knows himself very well. >> all right, richard. thank you very much. i will be watching on saturday. you can watch too. richard and troy roberts' full report "the preppy killer" it's called. saturday at 10:00/9:00 central on cbs. we will be right back. lying awe with aches and pains with advil pm gentle, non-habit forming advil pm. for a healing night's sleep. ? 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"the new york times" reports on a deep evolutionary link between hands and fins. it's not just michael phelps here. researchers used gene editing technology and they found similarities between a mouth hand and a fish fin on a left the water and transford fins to limbs so they could move around on the land. a tiny alaska village voting in an unofg ballficial ballot t relocate to ground to control climate changes. off the coastline of anchorage, many are heart broken off possibly forced to leave after living there for a the detroit free rpress reports on a second oldest confirmed ship wreck in the great lakes. in june, "the washington" was reportedly spotted in lake ontario. the ship sank in a storm more than 200 years ago and it was carrying goods from india. the ship wreck could give historians more on what life was on the ship. fitness trackers in the happy meals. mcdonald's received reports of skin irritation but it didn't say how many people complained. "wall street journal" says some olympic swimmers may have been helped by a current in the pool. three scientists say swimmers in higher numbered lanes got an edge during the 50-meter freestyle. filters showed no movement of the water. the world body that governs the swim races is studying the analysis. a new warning is out on the dangers of too much sitting. it not undo the risk to a sedentary lifestyle. adults sit six to eight hours a day and some move around even less. dr. tara narula is with us. so we should all stand up. >> yes. the message for a lot of people has been as long as i get in my exercise, it's okay if i'm in fact, if you do exercise you can attenuate some of the problems that come with sitting but this new statement really says that regardless of how much exercise you do, you cannot undo the harms of sitting and that we need to think about these as two distinct entities, sitting and exercise that work through two different mechanisms and have different health consequences. >> what did it mean? >> we can undo or limit a little bit. >> that is what this surprises me. i exercise but i have one of these handy dandy underarm bandit says if i've been sitting too long and it says 60 minutes. what is bad if you're doing the exercise? what does it do for your body if you don't get up and walk around? >> in 1953 one of the first studies came out that said london bus drivers had a higher risk of coronary heart disease than conductors. cardiovascular disease and overall mortality. we were not designed to be sitting and our modern technology has us we can go through our day without getting up. you need to think about your day and how you change your normal pattern. >> do you have a ratio of you should sit x amount and move x amount? >> 150 minutes of minutes a week of vigorous exercise. unfortunately, we don't have the research there to give us health recommendations about sitting. the statement basically says in simple terms, sit less, move more. >> do we all need standing desks? >> that is one answer. apps on your phone. >> somebody at the table has a standing desk. >> who is that? charlie? of course. you're healthy. >> what you just said, 75 minutes a week and ten minutes a day. only ten minutes a day! i tell my patients 30 minutes, five days a week, there is your 1506 minu 150 minutes. just changing from sitting to standing an hour a day you're decreasing your metabolism. you change the health of the blood vessels and how your body process fat. when you look at somebody smoking you say you know they are doing something to damage their health. look at all of us. it's a silent sneaky thing. you never think it's harming us you should go 10,000 steps and we did that test. i think charlie had 13 by noon and i looked like 1,200. do you give any validity to 10,000 steps and a number everybody should hit? >> i think it's a great number. i think 10,000 is a good start and i think that anything you can do, like, standing up while you're talking on the phone and having your meeting, walking while you're having a meeting or parking your car farther away so you have to walk and getting preach? >> i try. i do. >> great to have you. >> but she attenuates! got that. thank you, dr. tara. always good to see you. the world's longest aircraft dubbed the flying bum takes its maiden flight and when you see it, you get it. it is more than 30 feet long and more than 50 feet longer than the passenger plane. its creator say the can stay in the sky for days. johnathan vigliotti went to see it. >> reporter: on an air field just north of london, the world's longest aircraft spread its tiny wings and takes to the sky. measuring it around the width and length of a football field, the airlander 10 is not what you'd call conventional. up close, it looks even stranger. >> this is the flight death. control for the airlander's maiden flight, you need to look behind the shape of the hull which has been, you could say, a "butt" of some folks to appreciate this very modern flying machine. >> a normally flight deck. any pilot would feel at home coming in here. >> reporter: the helium airlander is technology taking the shape and lift benefits of a blimp and combining them with the maneuverability of a helicopter and load capacity of a small cargo its creator hybrid air vehicles, claim the aircraft is super efficient. 'essentially the engines of four suvs propel this thing? >> essentially. >> it's not a lot. >> but all we need. >> reporter: it could spend days in the air without refueling but can't compete with planes or helicopters when it comes to speed. how fast can you go? >> i go top speed in this 65 knots but 73 miles per hour. aerodynamic shape. >> reporter: chris daniels said it could be used to drop supplies in disaster areas. >> it can land on water and lakes and desert, you name it. even ice. >> reporter: it doesn't need an airport or to be tethered to the ground like other airships and benefits undoubtedly appealed to the u.s. army for whom the technology was originally developed, before the program was cancelled due to the troop draw-down in afghanistan and budget cuts. daniel says this allowed the develop the aircraft for civilian uses. the airlander's biggest challenge, however, has been overcoming its troubled family history. say the word airship and people usually think of the hindenburg disaster of 1937. >> it's going down! >> reporter: even modern blimps occasionally get a bad wrap. in october, this unmanned military blimp came loose from central pennsylvania, tearing power lines and causing chaos. daniel says there are many misconceptions. >> we get people say surely it pops like a balloon. no, it doesn't. we can riddle that hole with bullets and the helium is under such low pressure and we can see power with the airlander which is one of the safest boards of transports. >> reporter: it's a bold statement but there is competition already in the indu. developing its own industry. >> i think it's big. the industry is big enough for two people to be in there competing. >> reporter: despite the airlander's considerable size, the skies are big enough too. johnathan vigliotti, cbs news, london. up next, ben tracy learns what it takes to put legends fios is not cable. we're wired differently, which means we can fix things differently. thanks for calling fios. this is ryan. how can i help you today? yeah i have a big problem with my new tv. you can't tell me this cord isn't in. i know it's in. it's in, but it's not working. ok,i'm sending you a link to the my fios app that going to let me see what you're seeing. really? ht. so you can clearly see what's in and what's out? oh absolutely. i like that. hey it worked. so i don't have to see the cable guy again? oh no we're not cable mac. you just call me mac? enroe. mc.enroe. mr. mc.enroe? tech support that lets your technician see the problem over your smartphone. get super fast 100 meg internet, tv, and phone for just $69.99 per month online. his good. excuse me...i think there's a misprint. oh. model year end clarence event. looks right to me. shouldn't it be clear- clearly... it is time to get a great deal and a reward card on this turbocharged jetta. gotta make room for the 2017 models. it is a clarence event. why is that so hard for people to understand? it seems clar to me. clear to me. ready for a test drive? whatever you want to call it, don't miss the volkswagen model year end event. hurry in for on a new 2016 jetta. ? [ screaming ] you know who that is. welcome home, katie ledecky. she just arrived in rio touching of washington, d.c. she lives in the maryland area so clearly her friend were glad to see you. look what i got, guys, as she got off the plane. >> olympics, she has mastered it now. >> she knows how to get off a plane with medals. >> some of these young people spent a lifetime training to go to the olympics and win a medal. >> isn't it nice, charlie, when your dreams come true and you're not even 20? that is kind of cool! >> what do you do >> some of the greatest images of our times come from the summer olympics. photos from the past have introduced legends and reminded us how it feels to succeed. the olympics are inspiring the world through snapshots of competition and triumph and, of course, heartbreak. ben tracy is on top of a hotel overlooking a beach. he looks at the gold medal in take a look at this. rio de janeiro, obviously, a very picturesque place to take a picture, but when it is your job to document the olympics and your photos are sent all over the world, well, let's just say the bar for that is pretty high. >> there is the gun. bolt comes away flying out of the box. >> reporter: the olympics often look like an endless sprint to the finish. >> here they come to the home streak. >> reporter: a blur of nonstop action but that can like this. a singular moment frozen in time. a full story in one frame. >> an imagie lasts a lost longe and imprints something in your mind and because somebody stands out because it's different and spectacular, you remember that photo. >> reporter: photographer dennis packwin has been creating these images for the past 17 olympic games and including michael johnson's star spangled celebration after winning gold in atlanta. he is now deputy director of press, with a team of 61 photographers in rio. their work is used by news outlets around the world. >> we are sending, on average, 3,500 photos from this olympics which the highest number ever. >> reporter: per day? >> per day. >> reporter: that is an incredible amount of photos. >> i can barely keep up with looking at all of them. >> reporter: what are you looking for when you say i want to should go something here? this is david goldman's fl olympic. >> that there is a nice big graphic element of her walking with her arms open with the flag. what i want to do is i might run underneath her and shoot sort of wide angle which is the blue sky and the flag in her arms stretched out. if it's not beautiful light, what can i work with? i can work with some shadows i have on the ground. the rings, but focus on this instead of the shadow. definitely focal point. the amount of rings and torches i have shot probably number in the hundreds, if not thousands. rings kind of haunt you? >> they do. physically. i go to bed sometimes not just visions of sheep. i'm counting rings. >> reporter: but now he and his fellow photographers have help with getting special shots in hard to reach positions. >> these cameras are put where photographers cannot be. >> reporter: david phillips helps operate robot cameras and dozens of remote ones in every corner of the olympi they are hung in the rafters for ultimate overhead shots and sunk in the pool for unique underwater, under body perspectives. if somebody gets a great shot it's out in the world in oum seconds? >> it can be out from the network in under two minutes from the time it's shot. >> reporter: that is fast. it may be taken in an instance, but if it captures the right moment, it may live forever. >> when you get that image, then >> reporter: the photographers sometimes find themselves capturing rah moment they didn't quite expect. during the winter olympics in sochi, david goldman was in a vip room with russian president vladimir putin and took a picture of this russian president checking his nails when one of the snowflakes didn't become on the photo. when he turns around and looks at the monitor, all was well with the world and he was spared that embarrassment until he learned about it later. >> reporter: ben, can i say one thing? you've done such a great job down there. thank you so much. >> ah. thank you, guys. it's been a blast. if you're told you have cancer, explore your treatment options with specialists who treat only cancer. every stage... every day.... at cancer treatment centers of america. ?? two million for one hit it should have been easy [gunshot] [police siren] sting suspenseful sexy sandra brown you'll be here tomorrow but it's good morning. it is 8:55 on this thursday, august 18th. another hot day today with some showers expected. i'm andrea griessments vanessa murdock has the forecast coming up. suffolk county police have charged a man with the murder of his mother in lloyd harbor. accused of intentionally drowning 63-year-old elizabeth cullen in their back yard pool at 70 white hill road. cullen spebility the night in the precinct. he's expected to be arraigned later today. the hunt is on for who robbed an off-duty cop near crotona park last night. police say the thief grabbed some necklaces the officer was wearing. the officer fired one shot during the struggle. the robber was not hit and ran off. happening today the man accused of hurling a suspicious to face a judge. 52-year-old hector minesus has gone through a psychiatric evaluation and has been in police custody since the incident. two police officers were on patrol on july 20th when minesus allegedly tossed a suspicious device into their vehicle. fortunately that device was not a bomb. police are looking for the man who they say robbed the oasis cafe in flushing, queens last thursday just after 3:00 a.m. the suspect allegedly went in through a back door, got into locked room and made off with about $30,000 in cash and checks. let's head over now to vanessa for a check on that forecast. vanessa. >> still looking awfully gray out there, but we do have 76 degrees now, warming up, mostly cloudy, north winls at 5 miles per hour. showers are making their move to the east. we see more sunshine well north and west of the city. so through the midday hours, we're going to be sitting pretty out there. this afternoon, though, some showers and storms will likely return to the forecast. there's about a 20% chance that you'll have to deal with a mid-80s, pretty much where they should be. a high of 85 in the city, 84 in bay shore, will feel like 87 out there with the increased humidity today. tonight a spotty shower an 73. tomorrow a little bit warmer, a little more humid, still a chance for storms. andrea. >> all right, vanessa, thank you. our next newscast is at noon and we are always on at cbsnewyork.com. i'm andrea grymes. >> judge tanya: why did you break up? 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