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Chaos in the aftermath, carnage everywhere, burntout cars, people bloodied walking away. A deadly suicide bomb rocks kabul. This massive bomb going off. Its estimated that it killed at least 80 people and injured hundreds more. People say that they felt the ground shake. It felt like an earthquake. D. C. Police arresting a man with multiple guns at the Trump International hotel. Ammo was found inside his car. President trump is telling people close to him that the United States will withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord negotiated under president obama. The United States has successfully shot down an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile during the firstever defense test of its kind. Since north korea hasnt yet tested an icbm until now, the u. S. Is ahead on points. The suspect in a deadly stabbing spree in portland, oregon, was arraigned on murder charges. You call it terrorism, i call it patriotism. You hear me . Die. A jetblue flight was forced to make an Emergency Landing due to a fire inside the cabin sparked by a computer laptops lithium battery. Kathy Griffin Holding a fake bloody head of President Trump. Political pornography from a dlist comedian. The president s tweets usually provide the clearest view of his thoughts but a midnight tweet has many wondering just what he meant by this. Covfefe, the pronunciation is up for debate. And all that matters. Good luck in your future endeavors. Bernie sanders was beset by a wardrobe malfunction at the start of his address at brooklyn college. On cbs this morning. The culture of defiance in manchester. The victims of the terror attack have been remembered by liam gallagher. The stage was set with 22 candles to honor those killed as the crowd chanted stand up for the stand up for the 22, stand up for the 22, stand up for the 22. This mornings eyeopener is presented by toyota. Lets go places. Welcome to cbs this morning. As you wake up in the west, we have breaking news that is still unfolding in washington. Police in the capital arrested a man this morning on weapons charges inside the Trump International hotel near the white house. Sources tell cbs news the man is from pennsylvania. The guns and ammunition in question were in his car. Julianna goldman is outside the trump hotel with what we know so far. Julianna, good morning. Reporter good morning. As you can see behind me here at the trump hotel, the scene is now clear but we are learning more details about what happened earlier this morning. The man who was arrested was heavily armed. He had an Assault Rifle, a glock handgun, and ammunition was also found in his car. D. C. Police got a tip that this man was on his way to washington. D. C. Police are handling the investigation and theyre being helped, partnered with federal authorities, including the secret service. The motive of this man is unknown, but we do know that since donald trump became president , there have been security concerns at his properties not just here blocks from the white house, around the country and also around the world. Were awaiting more information from d. C. Police. Theyll be holding a press conference later this morning to update us on the investigation so far. Theres more breaking news from the white house. President trump is telling people close to him that the u. S. Will withdraw from the historic Paris Agreement on Climate Change. The president has also discussed renegotiating the plan to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions with his senior staff. The president refused a request to endorse the deal on his trip to europe last week. He said he will be announcing his decision on the accord in the next few days. 195 countries signed the agreement. They agreed to cut Greenhouse Gas emissions. President trumps twitter followers were puzzled over some of his newest messages. The first one sent late last night was unfinished. It read despite constant negative press covfefe. What . That tweet was later deleted. And then the president defeated this morning, who can figure out the true meaning of covfefe . Enjoy Major Garrett is at the white house. Major, good morning. Covfefe. Reporter good morning. Meaning, im not sure what the meaning is. Im still figuring out how to pronounce it. Im going to go with corn cob, its very simple and i understand that and can say it on live television. In all seriousness, the president s twitter handle this time cannot be blamed on his communications team, something hes been doing quite a bit here at the white house. He owns not only the unknown meaning, the mockery and the scrutiny thats coming with it. Its worth point out at a time when manchester, england, baghdad, iraq, egypt, now afghanistan, have suffered through horrific terrorist attacks and there are ongoing questions about the conduct of Jared Kushner, senior white house advisor during the trump transition, it reminds all of us that its important here to keep focused on the important as opposed to just the interesting. Mr. Kushner has volunteered to share with congress what he knows about these meetings. Reporter White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer suggested Jared Kushners status as a person of interest in the fbi investigation into possible russian collusion with the Trump Campaign remains unknown. Your question assumes a lot of facts that are not substantiated by anything other than anonymous sources. Reporter cbs news confirmed last week that kushner, the president s soninlaw, is part of the fbi probe. Spicer would not discuss conversations between kushner and russian officials about establishing a backchannel system for communications. He also denied the president was involved. Youre asking if he approves of an action that is not a confirmed action. Im not going to get into what the president did or did not discuss. Reporter on twitter the president declared russian officials must be laughing at the u. S. And how a lame excuse for why the democrats lost the election has taken over the fake news. Ultimately the best messenger is the president himself. Hes always proven that. Reporter fresh off the president s first overseas trip, the white house downplayed german chancellor Angela Merkels suggestion that europe could no longer fully depend on the u. S. He has a lot of respect for her. Reporter but on twitter again the president spoke harshly of germany, citing a massive trade deficit and saying germany pays far less than they should on nato and military. Spicer denied a rift beten the longtime allies. I think the relationship the president has had with merkel he would describe as fairly unbelievable. Reporter the president is back on twitter and more nimble than he was about midnight last night talking about carter page, a onetime Foreign Policy advisor to his campaign. The president said the investigation is still a witch hunt and carter page should be allowed to testify to clear his name. Charlie. Thanks, major. Sources tell cbs news the House Intelligence Committee now wants to speak with more than two dozen people in its investigation of Russian Election meddling. The list includes former Trump Campaign Senior Advisor Boris Epshteyn and President Trumps personal attorney, michael cohen, who refuses to cooperate. Also general Michael Flynn will hand over personal documents and Business Records under a senate Intelligence Committee subpoena. The pentagon says it successfully tested a Missile Defense system that could protect the United States from north korea. The military first fired a target missile yesterday from a Remote Island in the pacific. Then it launched an interceptor missile from california to destroy it. Video shows the interceptor launch. The ability to shoot down an Intercontinental Missile comes just days after the latest north Korean Missile test. David martin is at the pentagon. David, good morning. Reporter good morning. Since north korea has said it is finishing work on an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, this was an important demonstration that the u. S. Has the capability at least under test conditions to shoot down an incoming icbm. The target, a missile with a trajectory and speed of an icbm, was launched from the pacific. Minutes later, an interceptor missile blasted off from an air force base in california, maneuvering into the path of the incoming icbm traveling at roughly 4 miles per second. According to the pentagons Missile Defense agency, the kill vehicle intercepted and destroyed the target in a direct collision. 36 interceptors are based in silos in california and alaska. They go on alert every time the u. S. Expects another missile test by north korea. Until now, the system had never been tested against a missile capable of threatening the u. S. Homeland with a nuclear warhead. This test which costs 244 million and nearly three years in the planning brings the overall success rate to 10 intercepts in 18 tries. A modest record even though test conditions allow time to move powerful raiders like this cbased x band radar into position. Thomas karako is with the center for strategic and international studies. The most realistic test, the only true realistic test would be if north korea were to launch something at the United States. Nobody wants that kind of realism. Reporter if it were the real thing with little or no warning, the u. S. Would have to launch multiple interceptors against an incoming missile so if one missed the second or third might hit. And so in that sense you also kind of reduce the risk of any one particular interceptor failing and kind of increase the effectiveness, the likelihood that youre going to kill it. Reporter its hard to think of the United States in an arms race with an impoverished country like north korea but that is essentially whats happening. The u. S. Missile defense is racing to keep ahead of north Korean Nuclear missiles. David, thank you. Afghanistans capital was thrown into chaos by one of its worst terror attacks in years. A huge car bomb killed at least 80 people and wounded at least 463 others. The explosion was just outside an area known for its intense security. A large number of western embassies are in that section of kabul, so is afghanistans president ial palace. But Officials Say they do not know what the bombers target was. Debora patta is in london with the latest developments. Reporter todays blast not only resulted in massive casualties, its also a significant Security Breaches athe suicide bomber managed to detonate the explosives at the checkpoint to the green zone, one of the most secure areas in the afghan capital. In a country that is so weary of war, its hard to imagine things deteriorating further. But today that happened when an explosion tore through the heart of the capital. And for the families of the dozens killed and the hundreds injured, this was the worst of days. The explosion was timed for maximum effect, rush hour traffic in kabul, when the roads are packed with Early Morning commuters. The location equally strategic, at the edge of one of the most highly secured areas of the capital, its diplomatic quarter. And the result, devastating. Ambulances ferried the wounded, mostly civilians, to hospitals in the area, a neverending line of horror. A wall street journal reporter was there. The glass shattered. I came down to check on the staff and our staff were all terrorized. Reporter both the taliban and isis have been launching one bold attack after another in recent months. This despite the fact that the u. S. And its nato allies have been fighting alongside afghan troops for 16 years now. Its costing america more than 3 billion a month to keep just over 8,000 troops in afghanistan, a far cry from the about 100,000 troops of six years ago. The pentagon wants to reverse this. Earlier this year americas Top Commander in afghanistan, john nicholson, told the Senate Armed Forces committee that he needed thousands more troops. In your overall commanders assessment, are we winning or losing . Mr. Chairman, i believe were in a stalemate. Reporter the taliban has denied any involvement in this attack and so far there has been no official claim of responsibility from any other extremist group. Gayle. A fire onboard forced a jetblue flight to make an unexpected landing in michigan. A passenger first reported smelling smoke coming from a carryon bag. Demarco morgan is here with how the fire was caused by a lithium battery in a laptop. Demarco, good morning. Good morning, gayle. Flight 915 left new yorks jfk airport early tuesday evening and was headed for San Francisco. Not long after smoke started pouring out of a backpack. Thats when the pilot decided to diverse to grand rapids, michigan. We just talked to the pilot and he reported that it was a battery fire from a laptop in the passenger compartment. Shortly after jetblue flight 915 left tuesday, passengers onboard started to notice something was wrong. Were at 35,000 feet and all of a sudden we hear an announcement and we look back in row 25 and we saw everybody standing up and smoke coming around. We didnt know what was going on. Passenger Alan Honniball was on the flight with his daughter. I had no idea what was going on. I was kind of scared. She said the smoke came from a portable laptop chargener a backpack. The fire was out before they landed but the plane was on the tarmac in michigan nearly three hours as emergency crews removed the device and made inspections. Any injuries onboard from the fire . Not that were aware of. Jetblue claimed that it came from a lithium device. List yum batteries have got fire in some devices. Most laptops are powder lie lithiumion batteries. This year there have been 12 firerelated incidents caused by lithium batteries. As they consider a ban on plaptops on flights from europe u. S. Carriers are expressing concerns over storing lithium powered devices in cargo holds where a fire could burn unchecked. Now, passengers say crew members responded quickly to the incident and everyone remained calm. Flight 915 landed safely in San Francisco this morning. A former marine is in Police Custody after a nearly threehour standoff at Orlando International airport. Officers arrested Michael Pettigrew after he pointed a fake gun and asked police to shoot him. Amateur Video Shows Police negotiating with him. Throw your gun on the ground. The 26yearold surrendered without any shots being fired. He will undergo mental evaluation. The man accused of a deadly stabbing spree on a portland, oregon, commuter train made several outbursts in his first court appearance. 35yearold Jeremy Christian was arraigned yesterday on aggravated murder and other charges. Hes accused of going on a hatefilled tirade against two teenagers. He allegedly stabbed three men who intervened to protect the teens. Two were killed. Court documents reveal startling words by christian after his arrest. Mireya villarreal is at the courthouse. Reporter good morning. Jeremy christian sits behind bars right behind me. To hear his outburst yesterday was the soul survivor of the attack. Free speech or die, this is america. Get out if you dont like free speech. Reporter it was a defiant and angry Jeremy Christian that entered the portland courtroom tuesday. You call it terrorism, i call it patriotism. You hear me . Die. Reporter Police Reports say christian is seen on Surveillance Video yelling racial and antimuslim slurs on the commuter train ahead of the attack where he killed two people. Micah fletcher, the surviving victim, sat in the front spectator row during the arraignment. According to court documents, he was told by doctors that his neck injury was just millimeters away from being fatal. Death to the enemies of america. Reporter the affidavit said after his arrest christian told police i just stabbed a bunch of blanks in their neck. I hope they all die. He called himself a patriot and said thats what liberalism gets you. Late last month, christian attended a portland area rightwing march for free speech carrying a bat and spouting hate speech. That free speech rally and others like it were organized by joey gibson. He denounced christians actions which others argue is against him. Thats the frustrating part. Theyre trielg to use it to control me and make me stand down and i wont do it. Reporter gibson has planned a protrump rally for this sunday and the city is gearing up for counter protesters. After initially seeking to revoke the rallys permit, portlands mayor is now looking for the best way to protect free speech and personal safety. Can you assure people that your group wont incite that violence . I cannot ensure that some crazy person is going to show u