And teen vaping warnings. Hear from an 18yearold who says he got a hole in his lung from over using ecigarettes as the cdc looks into 94 possible cases of severe lung illness associated with vaping. Monday, august 19th, 2019. Heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. I think this is the metal falling and thats when i real ooilzd the trampoline was up in the tree. Severe weather across the northern u. S. In pennsylvania nine people were hurt when a Lightning Strike sent a tree toppling on to a tent at a swim club. Federal Authorities Say they recently foiled at least three mass shooting plots. Authorities arrested three different men in three different states. An Iranian Oil Tanker caught in a standoff with the west set sail from gibraltar after a court released it. The president says he is interested in buying greenland. Protesters poured into the streets of hong kong in a peaceful demonstration. Id like to see hong kong worked out in a very humanitarian fashion. I hope president xi can do it. Former university of texas and nfl running back Cedric Benson died in a motorcycle crash. He was only 36 years old. Rioting between fans of rival soccer teams taururned deadly i honduras. All that and and picked up for 88 yards. And all that matters. They call him chicken little and you can see why. He got the attention of indians yasiel puig who gave the Little Leaguers stance a shot. Nah. Doesnt work for him either. Went into a crouch and still in there for a strike. On cbs this morning. There you go. Right down the middle and a strake out. History was made at the Little League world series. Just the sixth girl to pitch in a game at the series. She says she wants to break barriers just like her favorite player jackie robinson. Off the mound and makes the play. A tremendous bare hand play. This mornings eye opener is presented bay toyota. Lets go places. She can really play. That was a very nice play. The look in the eyes. Stare you down. I got a girl crush on maddie. So cool. Nicely done. Im gayle king with Anthony Mason and tony dokoupil. We begin with this weather. It is going to be hot. Up to 60 million americans will be uncomfortably hot today and millions more could face severe thunderstorms. Heat alerts up along the east coast, south, and the southwest, too, where it is expected to feel like 100 degrees or more over widespread areas. In pennsylvania, severe storms like this micro burst caught on video caused serious damage over the weekend. A falling tree at a swim club north of philadelphia injured seven children and two adults yesterday. Don dahler is at the Dolphins Swim Club in pennsylvania. How are the injured folks doing . Reporter good morning. Nine people in total went to the hospital two with head injuries and one with a back injury. And as you said, it all happened here yesterday at this swim club near philadelphia when part of a tree fell on a tent. The nine people injured were taking cover under a pavilion tent when lightning hit a large trae nearby sending it crashing down on top of them. The Severe Weather came through the park. Numerous trees are down. Reporter life guards helped get people out from under the tent before Emergency Responders arrived minutes later. Firefighters cut the tree apart to make sure no one else was trapped underneath. Rubin diazs girlfriend was carrying his 1yearold son when she was hit by the branches and fell to the ground. Hes been crying. I can tell it hurts. His face is swollen. Reporter extreme weather hit a wide swath in the country all weekend. This Lightning Storm in kansas forced drivers to pull off the road as winds hit over 60 miles an hour. About a hundred miles away strong gusts toppled some 140 train cars. The derailment blocked over a mile of tracks. Further east in pennsylvania a micro burst tore through the town of lawrenceville toppling trees and knocking out power for hundreds of customers. Two buildings were damaged including one owned by jimmy coen. Im totally shocked. Reporter winds also took down trees in wisconsin. I never seen anything like this. Reporter as lightning cracked through the trunk of this tree in illinois. It was really bright and all you saw was a cloud of white smoke coming out of here. Reporter back at the swim club some of the victims were trapped under the tree for quite a while because it was so heavy. As for rubin diazs girlfriend, he says she is still in the hospital as of yesterday afternoon with back injuries and he says it is just a miracle no one was more seriously injured. Tony . Miracle indeed. Thank you very much. Meteorologist megan glaros of our chicago station wbbmtv is tracking more storms. Are you telling us penvania could have to watch out for more Severe Weather . Good morning. Maybe calm across parts of pennsylvania right now but storms could rev up a little bit later today so through the overnight weve managed to lose some of the intensity but the heat, the humidity bubbling up in the eastern half of the United States is going to make the potential for more storms later on tonight. Washington, d. C. Will feel like 100 degrees today. New york city feels like 97 degrees. It is going to be about 111 for the heat index value in corp us christie, texas. Washington, d. C. Feeling like 102 tomorrow. While it is 50 Million People suffering in the east about 10 million in the west. A lot of intensity there as well. Publo could hit a new record at 101 today. Looking at 113 degrees in phoenix for tomorrow. While that bubbles up storms fire. Thats later on this afternoon across portions of the east coast working into the midwest tomorrow there is the potential once again for some strong storms to bubble up. Its going to be another active day. Gayle . We got it. Thank you very much, megan. An avowed White Nationalist is expected to be arraigned later today in ohio after allegedly plotting a mass shooting against jews. His name is james reardon. He is 20 years old. At least two more alleged shooting plots in other states have been broken up in the past week. Tristan wix was arrested in florida and Brandon Wagshol was picked up in connecticut. Meg oliver is here with a look at how social media played a role. Authorities say all of the suspects shared their plans either online or with other people. Their conversations and social media posts eventually got to the police. According to the fbi as these types of threats rise they are not always reported in time. James reardon allegedly posted this disturbing video on instagram in july showing him firing a semiautomatic rifle over the sound of people screaming. The caption appeared to foreshadow plans to attack a local Jewish Community center. After an investigation by ohio police, fbi agents raided reardons home on friday uncovering semiautomatic weapons, ammunition, a gas mask, and bullet proof armor. A day later Police Arrested him. Do you have any weapons we need to know about . Reporter several states away police on friday arrested 25yearold tristan wix in a Florida Grocery store parking lot reportedly after a tip from his exgirlfriend. In an august 11th text message to her, wix allegedly wrote, a school is a weak target. Id be more likely to open fire on a large crowd of people from over three miles away. A good 100 kills would be nice. I already have a location. In connecticut, friday, Brandon Wagshol appeared in court after his arrest for illegal possession of large capacity magazines. Police claim wagshol expressed interest in committing Mass Shootings on facebook but his lawyer says that is not wagshols intention. An fbi study shows more than 50 of active shooters share their plans beforehand but those critical warning signs are reported to Law Enforcement less than half the time. Are copy cat crimes becoming a competitive sport . Actually they are. Cbs news security analyst paul viollis is urging people to speak up if they see threats online. We can turn this around with respect to active shooters but if we dont well be back here probably in the next week or so if not less. James reardons arraignment hearing is expected in an ohio court later this morning. He is in jail on a 250,000 bond as the connecticut suspect Brandon Wagshol. Tristan wix is in a florida jail without bond. Anthony . Thank you. President trump is back at the white house after a more than weeklong vacation. He and his advisers are pushing back against the idea that a recession could be coming and theyre also watching chinas response to protesters in hong kong. Chip reid is at the white house. The president is trying to give beijing some advice. Reporter indeed, he is. He is suggesting that the Chinese Government handle those protesters in hong kong carefully. As for the economy, he said hes ready for anything but at the same time he said he does not expect a recession. I think it would be very hard to deal if they do violence. Reporter sending a signal to chinese president xi jinping on sunday President Trump warned government retaliation against protesters in hong kong could threaten a potential trade deal with the u. S. President xi obviously has this in mind because he probably would have acted faster. Reporter even so the president suggested he might not pull back on tariffs against china any time soon. Im just not ready to make a deal yet. Reporter the u. S. Economy has been a bright spot for Donald Trumps presidency. He has overseen a flourishing job market with a nearly 50year low Unemployment Rate and a generally strong stock market. But last week the dow plunged 800 points in one day. The biggest single day drop of the year as investors forecast concerns with the global economy. The white house is now working to project calm. I sure dont see a recession. Reporter even mr. Trump conceded his trade war with china is affecting the markets. If i wanted to make a bad deal and settle on china, the market would go up. Reporter last week mr. Trump announced a delay on some tariffs against china as studies show the tariffs would have cost americans an average of 270 a year, potential impacts mr. Trumps advisers are brushing off. The tariffs are working. Theyre an important part of the strategy to bring the chinese to the negotiating table. Reporter white house chief economic adviser larry kudlow said if talks with the chinese go well over the next ten days then chinese officials will come here to the United States to continue those talks. Tony . All right, chip. Thank you very much. China lashed out at taiwan this morning over its offer of political asylum to supporters of hong kongs pro democracy movement. Yesterday hundreds of thousands of protesters marched through the streets of the former british colony despite heavy rain. Organizers said at least 1. 7 Million People took part overall and police said the demonstration was mostly peaceful. This morning britains Prince Andrew is responding to sexual abuse allegations against Jeffrey Epstein for the First Time Since his longtime friend hanged himself in jail. Queen elizabeths middle son says in a statement through Buckingham Palace that he is appalled by epsteins alleged crimes. That follows newly released video showing andrew inside epsteins new york mansion back in 2010. Charlie dagata is outside Buckingham Palace with more on this. Is this statement unusual . Unusual and the very fact the palace decided to release the statement at all just shows you how seriously theyre taking this situation. Heres why. It was in response to this video allegedly showing Prince Andrew waving goodbye to a young woman at epsteins manhattan mansion purportedly shot in 2010 and taken less than an hour after epstein left the house with another young woman. The prince even appears to check that no one was looking but cameras were, which has forced Buckingham Palace to state, his Royal Highness deplores the exploitation of any human being and the suggestion he would condone, participate in, or encourage any such behavior is abhorrent. Abhorrent but the accusations go back to at least 2001 in this picture showing Prince Andrew with alleged victim virginia gufray who is only 15 at the time and the british socialite ghislain maxwell. She says maxwell acted as a madame passing her around to epsteins friends. It started with one and trickled to two and so on and before you know it im being lent out to politicians and academics and to people that royalty. Reporter unsealed Court Documents allege she was trafficked to Prince Andrew, a claim that was previously dismissed by a judge and struck from the record. The royal correspondent says the palace finally had too react. Ever since Jeffrey Epstein died there has been speculation about what further evidence could come out about the duke of york. With this statement the palace had to be pretty confident no further evidence is going to come forward further implicating the duke of york and his connection with Jeffrey Epstein. Reporter it is important to note this happened in 2010. This is two years after epstein was charged and found guilty of sex crimes. Critics say Prince Andrew should have cut off the relationship there and then. Anthony . All right. Charlie dagata in london. Thanks. An interesting piece in the New York Times over the weekend on epsteins last days in prison. 750 prisoners in the Metropolitan Correctional Center and only 18 guards staffed, ten working overtime. You see why they are overworked there when you look at the numbers. Very interesting reporting. Iran is warning the u. S. Not to retake a seized super tanker released overnight. J gibraltar rejected an american appeal to retain the tanker longer. It is allegedly carrying sanctioned oil and heading toward greece. Imitiaz tyab is entrepreneur iran with a look at this. Reporter iran is Still Holding a British Oil Tanker and reportedly trying to get around u. S. Sanctions. In the first ever interview with an American Tv Network a top member of irans elite revolutionary guard bluntly criticizes u. S. Actions. Translator he says the u. S. Is behaving like pirates and called President Trump a gangster. Tough talk from irans powerful revolutionary guard. But there is another sanctions battle being fought in iran, this time at a childrens hospital. Where it is every parents worst nightmare. Learning your childs cancer has come back, adding to the agony the cocktail of drugs the 4yearold needs to stay alive simply isnt available. His mom tells me he is her only child. The most doctors can do for him now is keep him comfortable. Iran produces most of its own pharmaceuticals but when it comes to the most advanced medicines it relies heavily on imports and thats how sanctions can have an effect. Technically, medicines are exempt from u. S. Sanctions but the Financial Transactions to purchase them on the global marketplace are not. Imports have dropped by 80 . Are people losing their lives because they cant get this drug . Yes. Reporter what do you say to a parent whose child has cancer that the drug is available outside of iran but you cant bring it into iran . What do you say to them . I just tell them to pray and be sure that we are with we know your pain. Reporter doctors dont know exactly how many children have died because of this inability to bring in medicine. But as the ceo of the charity told us, with 80 fewer drugs coming in, you only have to do the math. Anthony . Thanks. Tomorrow gayle talks with secretary of state mike pompeo about iran, china, hong kong, and other important issues. Thats tomorrow right here on cbs this morning. A lot to discuss with him. A new series of bombings hit restaurants and public squares in afghanistan this morning. It happened in the city of jalalabad as the country marked its 100th anniversary of independence. Officials say at least 72 people were hurt and it follows a suicide bombing at a wedding in kabul on saturday. At least 53 people were killed there and nearly 200 wounded. A local isis affiliate has claimed responsibility for that. This morning were remembering a longtime member of the cbs family, Jack Whitaker, a legendary sportscaster, died yesterday of Natural Causes in his sleep at his pennsylvania home. During his 22 years at this network he called some of the greatest sports moments in history including the first super bowl and the 1973 triple crown victory. He was also a decorated world war ii veteran. Jack whitaker was 95 dwreeyears. Did you know him . I remember seeing Jack Whitaker as a kid. I was working in a Political Campaign i remember watching him that night and thinking i want to do that. I was about 12. And here you are. Well liked in this building. A young man is blaming vaping for a serious lung injury he developed. Ahead, he shows anna werner how he is using social media to share his concerns about a very good monday morning. A gray start to the day with ons