Were up against a fire that is burning so aggressively that were really struggling to keep up with it. A wildfire ranls out of control in california. It hit hard and fast and with an intensity we havent seen before. I can tell you that this fire came out screaming. Trees collapse, trees false. Can u. S. Olympian swimmers leafing rio. The swimmers along with ryan a for a report that alleged they were robbed at gunpoint. If the whole thing was made up, why . The death toll is rising in southern louisiana as flood waters start to recede. Meanwhile, severe storms hit the midatlantic region. I think the last couple days. Donald Trump Campaign takes on a much different look after a big shakeup. He could hire and fire anybody he wants from his campaign. There is no new donald trump. More than 500 Passengers Evacuated from a burning ship off the coast of puerto rico. Hey, hey, hey. Conner. All that. You guys are down and it makes sense that there is most of them. All of them. Says who . Polls. I just told you. I answered your question. Okay. Which been campaigning with joe biden. Unfortunately the down side is when he goes to hugs. That is so awkward. On cbs this morning. On the track, United States sweep in the womens 100meter hurdle. Wallace wins it. It is a u. S. Sweep. The first sweep in this event in this mornings eye opener is presented by toyota. History. Announcer this portion of cbs this morning sponsored by toyota. Lets go places. . Welcome to cbs this morning. Norah odonnell 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 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. 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 a we had to continually retreat against that advancing wall of fire and something i havent 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 cant stand in front of that wall of fire. That is selfdefeating. 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. Through a community of phelan 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. Evacuation for a reason. Really close. This is mine reporter but Erika Nikolai isnt 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 be in effect until about 9 00 p. M. Tonight. That means its 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 story and as of last night, lochtes story seemed to change 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 rios airport wednesday night for further questioning. Initially lochte told dramatic tale of being robbed by 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, lochtes 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 taken place but later backtracked. They had it wasnt true, so this i guess the story may change. Reporter lochte, a member of the mens relay team that took gold in rio, had stood by his story all week. To police later today. Charlie . Ben tracy in rio, thanks. The new top executives at Donald Trumps campaign promised to highlight their candidates 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 trumps new campaign team. Reporter yesterdays meeting looked a bit like a president ial 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 also on the two newest people in 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 campaigns new chief executive. You need to add talent and more people. Its 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. Sacked his first Campaign Manager corey lewandowski. Several sources say manaforts 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, longrange 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. Bannons expertise, his brass knuckl knuckl knuckled advocacy. He will provide attacks on Hillary Clinton and this june interview with trump is just one example. Oth do you believe she could stand up with scrutiny with what her track record is . I dont think she is. She is very weak and i think a person doesnt 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 mornin gives donald trump an 11point edge in indiana. Nancy cordes reports on how clinton is trying to downplay her recent surge. Reporter good morning. So lets face it. Its 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 . Dont be complacent, my friend. Reporter one way to do is by insisting that the race is a lot closer than they think. Im the underdog until they call me the winner. Reporter its a tough case to make now that clinton is points in virginia and 11 in pennsylvania. Ask everybody you know to register. Reporter that didnt 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 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 emails. 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 didnt 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 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 parish have been declared disaster areas. Many of them are still under with the expensive cleanup effort. Reporter good morning. The power is still on here at the post office but thousands of other residents havent had electricity in days. 40,000 homes were damaged in the flood and its 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. Wednesday, emergency teams 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 dont leave their dogs behind and if there is a around threequarters of the homes here in livingston are a 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 kitchen. We found it just like this. Reporter the damage has already been done to deidre johnsons baton rouge home. I know its material things and you can always get them back, but it crushes you because you feel like youre 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 ships 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 511 passengers on crew on board 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. 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 schoolaged children headed to athletic competitions in puerto rico, exactly what started the fire remains under investigation. According to a report, the coast guard discovered 107 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. 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The hood and rear and the trunk area are collapsed in looks luke a tough scene out there. Police have closed colorado boulevard. I know a lot of people use that to get around i76 traffic but you may have to take i to careen up. Thank you so much. North of Grand Junction we are pe pairing of another warm day across the state. Lots of 80s and nients. 86 i,, . Chinas 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 air and then successfully caught him. Its creepy and scary at the same time shra its mostly skill. 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 TrumpsCampaign Chairman. Listing the Cash Payments that nothing to do with. Charlie dagata is in ukraine with more information from that investigation. More lilts frhighlights froo olympics. The u. S. 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