International space station. Why it took 35 years to happen. Finally. Its friday, october 18th, 2019. Heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. The kurds are very happy. Turkey is very happy. The United States is very happy. Reporter the president defends his ceasefire. Despite an agreement by turkey to temporarily halt the fighting in northeast syria, gunfire reportedly broke out overnight. Reporter White House Acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney backtracking on his statement about quid pro quo with ukraine. Get over it. Theres going to be political influence in foreign policy. Next years g7 summit will be held at a florida resort owned by President Trump. It will be completely and totally unfuneral. Its a domestic of the domestic emoluments clause. The son of el chapo free after he was detained by mix Security Forces following hours of intense gunfire. In support of chinese prodemocracy supporters in hong kong has cost the nba millions. Our games are not back on the air in china. Reporter actress helen hunt taken to the hospital. Another vehicle smashed into her suv at an intersection, and it flipped over. Reporter a monster fall by lady gaga when the oscar winner invited a fan on to the stage. Reporter all that Quarterback Patrick Mahomes injured his right knee against the denver broncos. A lot of pain. And all that matters Energy Secretary rick perry has informed President Trump that he plans to resign. Perrys been secretary of energy since the beginning, but soon, like all the others, he will be when ben carson wakes up, hes going to be like, where the hell is everybody . On cbs this morning. Former defense secretary James Mad Dog Mattis roasted the president at the annual dinner. He reportedly called mattis the worlds most overrated general. Im honored to be considered that by donald trump because he also called meryl streep an overrated actress. So i guess im the meryl streep [ laughter ] this mornings eye opener is presented by brought to you by toyota lets go places. Jim mattis is gone, but clearly his sense of humor is very much intact. Very good last night. Welcome to cbs this morning where the story is alive and well at the white house. Thats where were going to begin. The white house is trying to contain political fallout on two fronts impeachment and syria after a pair of announcements drew major, major backlash. Acting white house chief of staff Mick Mulvaney now denies that he confirmed an apparent quid pro quo over u. S. Aid to ukraine. There is also heavy criticism of Vice President mike pences deal to stop turkeys attack on Kurdish Forces in northern syria. New video shows evidence of gunfire and shelling in one syrian city along the Turkish Border just hours after the ceasefire agreement was announced. The kurds blame turkey for the violation. Charlie dagata is in the region and filed this report. Reporter good morning. Welcome, a shaky ceasefire and a shaky deal. Not everybody here is happy about it. As for the role of the u. S. Military, theres some serious questions about exactly how the terms of that ceasefire will be implemented. Turkish attacks continued on the border today, breaking the socalled pause in hostilities. 120 hours, five days for the u. S. To facilitate the reason turkey went to war in the first place. The removal of Kurdish Forces from a 20miledeep safe zone along the Turkish Border. Pentagon officials tell cbs news so far theyve received no direction as to how to remove those forces, and theres no change on this americas own withdrawal plan. Still, at a rally in dallas, President Trump painted himself as a kind of playground peacekeeper. It was unconventional what i did. I said, theyre going to a little while. Sometimes you have to let them fight a little bit. Like two kids in a lot, you let them fight and pull them apart. Reporter far from childs play for the hundreds ed and almost 200,000 displaced by the fighting. And Turkish Forces have been accused by a chemical weapons expert of using what looks like White Phosphorous against kurdish civilians banned by chemical weapons conventions. The u. S. Has declared a ceasefire to a war they werent even fighting and enabled turkey to achieve its primary objective which has enraged u. S. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. The decision to abandon the kurds violates one of our most sacred duties it strikes at american honor. What we have done to the kurds will stand as a bloodstain in the annals of american history. Reporter now it may be telling that turkeys calling this more of a pause than a ceasefire. Why, five days, thats exactly the time that turkish period erdogan is due to meet with the real power broker in this region, president Vladimir Putin in russia. Thank you. The newest evidence in the impeachment inquiry comes straight from the president s own acting chief of staff, thats Mick Mulvaney, who tried walking back comments yesterday that the president withheld nearly 4 hm in military 400 million in military aid to ukraine while demanding that ukraine investigate democrats. Nancy cordes on capitol hill. Quite the press conference for mr. Mulvaney. Whats the reaction . Reporter democrats see it as an admission of wrongdoing while republicans see them as a headache at best. Even the president s own lawyers were told were blind sided by what he said. Mulvaney is now insisting that this is all the medias fault and that his words were misconstrued. Things have just gone from very, very bad to much, much worse. Reporter after rejecting the notion of a quid pro quo for weeks, the white house appeared to suddenly switch gears. I have news for everybody get over it. Theres going to be political influence in foreign policy. Reporter acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said the president did withhold millions in military aid to extract a promise from the ukrainians. This is a corrupt place. I dont want to send a bunch of money. Did he mention the corruption related to the dnc server . Absolutely. No question about that. But thats it. Thats why we held up the money. Reporter hes referring to a debunked theory that ukraine secretly helped Hillary Clinton and that 2016 election meddling actually originated in ukraine, not russia. All roads lead to putin. Reporter mulvaneys comments directly undercut what has been the republican defense of the president. Every single witness, every single fact has not supported any aid pause or holdup in foreign aid being attached to any conditions. Reporter mulvaney also suggested the president wanted ukraine to cooperate with a u. S. Investigation, but a Senior Justice Department official pushed back in a statement saying, if the white house was withholding aid in regards to any investigation at the doj, that is news to us. By nightfall, mulvaney was walking back his comments, saying in a statement, there was absolutely no quid pro quo. And that the president never told him to withhold any money over a server. Impeachment investigators were already focused on his earlier admission. Mick mulvaney basically confirmed to us the heart of the matter here which is the Trump Administration held up by the president s order vitally needed Security Assistance to ukraine for political help from the ukrainian government. Reporter mulvaney did insist the aid was not conditioned on an investigation into the president s potential campaign rival. The money held up had absolutely nothing to do with biden. That was the point i made to you. Reporter but its worth noteding that the president did directly ask his ukrainian counterpart to investigate biden in their july phone call. More fallout from this whole controversy this morning, weve now learned that Energy Secretary rick perry who is under scrutiny for his actions in ukraine has now told the president he will resign from his post. He is expected to leave, gayle, by the end of the year. All right. Thank you so much. Mick mulvaney held that briefing yesterday to make an unprecedentd announcement and triggered even more controversy. He said the g7 summit, an important gathering of world leaders, will be held next june at the president s florida resort prompting new criticism that the president is using his office to enrich himself. Ch f washington correspondent Major Garrett has more on the story. A couple of things. How in the world is this okay, number one . And two, whats at stake here for the president . Reporter well, the short white house answer to question one, gayle, is the president s not going to profit, therefore, its not inappropriate or improper. Whats at stake the merging two of intense lines of criticism of this white house. Both with constitutional implications. As we just heard, theres already the ongoing hous impeachment inquiry, investigating whether or not the president used the powers of the presidency to benefit himself preliminariy in ukraine. Now with the g7 summit announcement, more evidence lawmakers say in an existing lawsuit accusing the president of using those selfsame powers to profit from the presidency. Look at the terrible foreign corruption of the bidens. Reporter the white house announcement comes as the president has repeatedly accused his democratic rival, joe biden, of selfdealing. The bidens got rich while america got robbed. Its not the only place, its the best place. Reporter acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said there is nothing improper about doral hosting the summit of foreign leaders because mr. Trump will not earn a profit. I dont care about making money. Reporter according to the constitution, all federal employees are prohibited from accepting any gift or fee from a foreign government. With doral, we have a series of magnificent buildings, we have incredible conference rooms. The ballrooms are among the best igin florida. Reporter doral is one of the properties mr. Trump took out a 125 million loan to buy it. Hes got more invested in doral than he does in, say, the trump hotel in new york or other places because this is his money, and hes on the hook for the loan. Reporter the situation is stressed with Net Operating Income falling 69 between 2015 and 2017. Next years g7 summit will come to doral when it needs revenue badly. June is part of the seasonal slump when visitors ten to shun floridas heat and humidity. Youre going to have not only the business that youre going to get, but you are going to have the greatest advertisement for a property you could ever have. Reporter some white house officials worried about the optics of choosing doral for the g7 summit, but President Trump was undeterred. Those same Officials Say the president never influenced the Site Selection process but readily acknowledged, tony, his advocacy publicly and here could not be ignored. That may have made the difference. Thank you so much. We want to get to dramatic violence that paralyzed the streets of a mexican city. [ gunfire ] Security Forces traded gunfire with heavily armed members of the Sinaloa Drug Cartel yesterday before taking Ovidio Guzman lopez into custody. That is the son of the notorious drug kingpin Joaquin El Chapo guzman. Under heavy fire, Mexican Forces let the younger guzman go. They say they had to to protect lives. Errol barnnet here. This unfolded raply rapidly and violently. Reporter this demonstrates how powerful the Sinaloa Cartel still is despite its kingpin being behind bars. Offices in mexico on patrol when all of a sudden they were fired upon. And it would ignite a deadly longrunning gun battle that police find themselves outnumbered and bloodshed in the streets. It was a battle zone thursday in the city of culiacan, mexico. Xi. The historic homeland to the violent Sinaloa Drug Cartel. Police confirmed they were once they fought back and entered the house, they captured and arrested Ovidio Guzman lopez, a key figure in the cartel after his father, Joaquin El Chapo guzman, began a life sentence in the u. S. Back this july. Washington post Mexican Bureau chief once word gets out that el chapos son has been detained by the mexican Security Forces, like all hell breaks loose. Reporter police appear to be outgunned by drug cartel forces. Civilians ran for safety. Cartel members setting cars on fire to block roads, preventing Security Forces from maneuvering as men with heavy machine guns opened fire. I dont think weve seen anything like this on there scale in mexico maybe ever. Mexicos own Security Forces dont have the ability to defeat a cartel with, you know, all the gun power that the mexican military has, the mexican police. Reporter to stem the violence, Mexican Security officials were forced to release guzman. His father eluded capture for years twice escaping from mexican prisons in mexico before being brought to justice and imprisoned in the United States. Now his son is free after being captured, as well. Its just such a remarkable embarrassment for the mexican government. El chapo has escaped from prison would probably go at the top of the list. This is obviously just after that. Reporter look, mexican authorities arent the only ones who have been trying to apprehend Ovidio Guzman lopez. He and his brother joaquin were indicted on charges of Drug Trafficking here in the u. S. Two years ago, and it demonstrates just how elusive the entire family and this cartel is even for mexicans how powerful dad still is in jail. You set it up by saying they let him go to protect lives yeah, their own. They were totally outgunned there. Part of the reason el chapo was able to escape so many times was corruption. The cartel being so wealthy they can pay off people inside government. On the inside. All the more impressive he was brought to justice in america and is in jail here now. Thank you so much. Four million americans are in the path of a powerful weather system churning in the gulf of mexico. Tropical storm watches and warnings are in effect for parts of the gulf coast. Chief weathercaster lonnie quinn of wcbstv is here. Wheres the storm going to hit . It looks like the big bend area of florida. Lets talk about the storm. Take a look at the picture, and its already pushed east of new orleans. I would say new orleans, youre out of that area of concern. The winds are blowing at 40 miles per hour. This is possibly Tropical Storm nester. We cannot find the organization for it to be called the Tropical Storm, but it could be so in the next 24 hours. Moving to the northeast at 14 miles per hour. Its going to bring winds maybe 40, 50 mileperhour on shore. Rain, as well. But come this way. I want to talk about the rain. There are portions of our country that need rain more than anything else, and it happens to be right where the storm is headed. Take a look, okay, at the deficits you have right now in a place like dothan, alabama. Dothan needs 17 inches of rain. The rain bucket is bone dry. Tallahassee needs 17 inches. Orange burg, 20 inches below where they should be since january 1. If you look at the track, remember those towns, watch this it is going to move almost right on top of the towns that need the water the most. And the amount of rain that were talking about here, the rain totals are coming in from about two to five inches, that big bend area could see two to foo five feet. A commercial plane carrying dozens of passengers skidded off the runway after crash landing in alaska. The aircraft ended up going over a road, stopping just short of a body of water yesterday evening. The pan airplane was flying from anchorage to dutch harbor. 42 people were on board including members of a High School Swim team. The School Administrator says all the team members are okay. 12 people were injured, two of them critically. The ntsb is investigating. Louisiana could become the first state in the country without access to abortion as soon as next year. The Supreme Court will consider a challenge to louisianas socalled unsafe abortion protection act. The decision could end Abortion Services at louisianas last remaining clinics. Cbs News Reporters kate smith has been covering the abortion fight in louisiana and joins us at the table. Welcome back. So if abortion is federally protectsed, how is this possible . So, roe v. Wade legalizes abortion, but it leaves a lot of room for states to regulate the procedure. And how far a state can go is exactly what the Supreme Court will be considering next year. In louisiana, the law would require doctors to get permission from hospitals to admit their patients in case of an emergency in orders to perform abortions. Local clinics, they told us that most hospitals dont grant abortion doctors that permission. In fact, only two doctors in the entire state have ever been succ