Mason a new mission to save Mission Control. Houston, we have a problem. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news. Mason good evening. Im Anthony Mason. On wall street, it was a day of highfives for five highs, five in a row, as the dow gained 72 points to close at 21,1963. Since donald trump was elected president on november 8, 38 weeks ago, the dow is up nearly 20 . In the First Quarter of this year, the average 401 k retirement account held more than 95,000. The average average, a ra, more than 98,0. The. Reporter for the fifth straight kay day, the dow jones closed at a record high, just missing the 22,000 mark the president predicted it could hit. Wall street is full of smiles these days. We would give the stock market probably an a right now. Reporter but joe zidle with gene bernstein advisers points out the market reflects not politics but profits, and corporate profits have been climbing steadily for last year and a half at giants like mcdonalds and boeing. And i think the biggest mistake people make is they confuse companies with the economy. Reporter the stock markets grading out at an a. Uhhuh. Reporter how is the economy grading out . Not as strong. Reporter take cars, for instance, after seven straight years of growth, sales were down 7. 5 at ford last month, more than 10 at fiat chrysler, and more than 15 at g. M. Melanie epstein is seeing it at the wempe jewelers she helps manage in manhattan. The middle class buyer tends to not be as spontaneous anymore. They dont buy on a whim, coming in and purchasing the piece right away. Theyre a little bit more cautious. Reporter swriedle explains waged still havent caught up to job growth, although he thinks thats next for what is still a growing economy. And it may not grow as quickly as you would like or as robustly as you would like, but theres no question the u. S. Economy is growing. Its absolutely right. Reporter just not as fast as the stock market. Correct. Reporter at eight years and counting, sms the third longest economic expansion in u. S. History. Keep in mind, however, the average recovery tends to last seven years. Anthony. Mason still waiting for that real wage growth. Thanks, jim. Late today, the Senate ConfirmedChristopher Wray as the new director of the f. B. I. The vote was 925. Wray succeeds james comey, who was fired by President Trump because of the russia investigation. And on that front, the story changed again today about that nowinfamous meetings with russians at trump tower last year. The president s team has done a 180 about his role in a statement his son put out last month. Heres jeff pegues. Reporter the white house now acknowledges that the president helped write the misleading statement about donald trump jr. s june 2016 meeting with a russian lawyer at trump tower. The statement that don jr. Issued is strew true. Theres no inaccuracy in the statement. Reporter press secretary Sarah Huckabee sanders the president weighed in, as any father would, basedly on the limbed information that he had. Reporter last month, the president s attorney, jay sekulow, denied that mr. Trump had anything to do with it. This was donald trump jr. , and his lawyers. The president was not involved in that. Reporter the statement from trump jr. Was drafted on july 8, aboard air force one, as the president returned from the g20 summit in germany. It was sent to the new york times, which was reporting on the 2016 meeting. It said the meeting was about the adoption of russian children. But trump jr. Later released emails he thought the russian lawyer had dirt on Hillary Clinton to which he replied, i love it. It was such a nothing. I literally wouldnt have remembered the meeting. Reporter the president s soninlaw, jared kushner, and thencampaign chairman, paul manafort, also attended the meeting. It doesnt look good. Reporter bill mateja, who is a former federal prosecutor, says the president s involvement in crafting the statement may raise a red flag for special counsel robert mueller. Well as a prosecutor, if somebody comes to you and tells you x, and in fact, thats not true, and then you learn that somebody counseled them to do, that then youre going to look at not only the person that made the false statement but the person that coached them or instructed them to basically obstruct justice. Reporter no response tonight from donald trump jr. s attorney. In the past, the president has repeatedly denied that his campaign had improper contacts with russian operatives during the election. Anthony. Mason jeff pegues, thanks, jeff. A defamation lawsuit has been filed against fox news for allegedly pushing a false story, in part to distract attention from the russia investigation. Chip reid is following that. Reporter the lawsuit claims that President Trump personally encouraged fox news to publish a story that turned out not to be true. It claimed that a murdered Democratic NationalCommittee Staffer named rich was responsible for releasing the partys emails to wikileaks in 2016, and that it was not russian hackers. The president s goal, the lawsuit says, was to help lift the cloud of the russia investigation. Fox news host sean hannity, who admits to being one of the president s biggest fans, ran with the story. This blows the whole russia collusion narrative completely out of the water. Reporter but fox retracted the story after just a week, admitting it did not meet its journalistic standards. Well, perhaps there were some email communications between seth and wikileaks. Reporter the lawsuit was filed by former d. C. Police detective rod wheeler, a fox news contributor. He investigated the case but now claims that the network inaccurately reported his findings as implicating rich because that is the way the president wanted the article. The suit also claims that ed butowski, a wealthy trump supporter and also a fox commentator, coordinated want effort by the president and fox to publish the story. The complaint says butowski left him this voice mail on may 14 reporter the same day, a text message from butowski said, the president just read the article. He wants the article out immediately. Butowski now says he was kidding. Thenpress Secretary Sean Spicer admits that he met with wheeler and butowski in april, but in a Statement Today said, the white house had nothing to do with the story. Current press secretary Sarah Huckabee sanders was also asked about it today. The president had no knowledge of the story, and its completely untrue that he or the white house had involvement in the story. Reporter in a statement, fox news said the accusation that foxnews. Com published the story to help detract from coverage of the russia collusion issue is completely erroneous. Anthony. Mason chip reid at the white house. Thank you, chip. Were used to getting warnings about traveling overseas, but this summer the n. A. A. C. P. Put out an extraordinary warning about travel here at home in missouri. It advises extreme caution saying travelers could be subject to discrimination and harassment. Jericka duncan now on whats behind the warning. Theyre legalizing discrimination in the state of missouri. Reporter attorney nimrod chapel, jr. Is the president of the n. A. A. C. P. In missouri. He says a bill recently signed into law by republican governor Eric Greitens is so drurks chapel has a name for it the jim crow bill because in the eyes of the n. A. A. C. P. , thats what it was breathing life into. Reporter currently, you can file a discrimination claim in the state of missouri if things like race, religion, and gender are a contributing factor to discrimination. But later this month, alleged victims of discrimination would have to prove it is the motivating factor, and chapel says thats extremely hard to do. You would think that the best evidence would be like a memo, right we discriminated against soandso because they are who they are. Nobody writes memos, or when they do, its so rare, and then getting that kind of evidence can be very, very difficult. It is wrong. It is flatout wrong. Reporter 64yearold pat roe kerr siewld the state of missouri in 2010 for sex and age discrimination. Last year, a jury awarded her nearly 3 million. Now shes concerned the new law will make lawsuits like hers tougher to file and send the wrong message. This is just another example of not being progressive. And if we want to be a progressive missouri, why are we going backwards . Reporter governor Eric Greitens calls the legislation commonsense reform and says the motivating factor standard is currently used by the equal opportunities commission. Meanwhile, the n. A. A. C. P. Says it will continue to raise awareness through its travel advisory. Anthony. Mason Jericka Duncan reporting from Jefferson City tonight. Turns out, north koreas Missile Launch last friday night was a potential risk to commercial jetliners. The missile landed in the sea of japan, close to where an air france plane from tokyo to paris had flown just minutes earlier. Today, secretary of state Rex Tillerson repeated his warning to north korea to stopts Nuclear Missile program. But he says the u. S. Is not trying to topple kim jongun. The state Department Also demanded today venezuela release two opposition political leaders who were hauled off to jail this morning. The arrests came two days after a highly controversial vote that led to violent protests. The vote gave president nicholas maduros ruling party nearly unlimited power. Yesterday, the u. S. Imposed new economic sanctions on maduro. A study out tomorrow has a surprising finding about teenaged drivers the older the teen, the greater the risk on the roads. Heres trorgt correspondent kris van cleave. The livestream crash shocked the country with her instagram recording 18yearold Obdulia Sanchez lost control of her car. The two other teens inside werent wearing seat belts. Her 14yearold sister died. Buckle it look, you know, this Motor Vehicle is a potential weapon of mass destruction. Reporter Harvard Medical School professor dr. Gene bernstein found High School Seniors are significantly more likely than younger teens to use their phone while driving. Seniors were also more likely to use music yaps and g. P. S. , than freshman drivers. It may be that the tendency for teenagers is you start cautious, and you get more and more experienced, and if they feel more confident fthey feel more powerful, they may jump to more risky behavior. Reporter the students also reported their parents tend to become less strict as they get older, and many states drop restrictions on teen drivers when they turn 18, including curfews and limits on the number of passengers. Im scared. Its scary, and i see, like, social media has taken over these kids lives. Reporter Antoinette Mullins is not dropping her restriction. Shes made it clear to her 18yearold son dylan his driving privileges depend on him staying off the phone. If she ever found out something happened and i was texting while it happened, that wouldnt end of it. Reporter there would be hell to pay. Yeah, and she made that very clear, i think. Reporter she seems very subtle. Yeah, there would be no car. Reporter in fact, dylan says he puts his cell phone in the glove box when hes driving, but admits none of his friends do that. The study found nearly 60 of High School Seniors admit to a collision or close call. Thats far more than their peers that are younger. Anthony. Mason kris van cleave with a risk that every parent worries about. Still ahead on the cbs evening news, should a School District be held liable for a 12yearold suicide . Floods in the desert, record heat in the pacific northwest. And a trip inside a sharks mouth. Go it alone. But there is another way to live. A way that sees the only path to fulfillment is through others. I tabut with my back paines, i couldnt sleep and get up in time. Then i found aleve pm. Aleve pm is the only one to combine a safe sleep aid plus the 12 hour pain relieving strength of aleve. Im back. Aleve pm for a better am. 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Grossman said her daughter was bullied in person ntexts, on snapchat and instagram by classmate as copeland middle school. She characterized the messages as nasty and mean. In the beginning it was teasing. It was name calling. Exclusion wassa an important part you cant sit here. Youre not welcome at this table. Reporter grossman says she tried to talk to other kidss parents but her concerns were dismissed. In new jersey alone, 11 cases have been filed against School Districts for bullying. 10 of them settled over the last eight years. What do you hope to come from this lawsuit . From this, we hope to set accountability so that maybe teachers and administrators will look you know, think twice about before they sweep things under the rug. Reporter gross man man said officials have still not fight harassment, bullyings or intimidation reports in any of the insdefnts in which her daughter was bullied. 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But its just the opposite in places that are often parched. Here mireya villarreal. The desert is drenched. This dramatic video shows two people rescued from the roofave pickup truck thats totally submerged after a flash flood north of phoenix. Its a snapshot of monsoon season in arizona. Tucson just recorded its wettest july on record. Its been that type of summer. Unusually wet in the southwest, unusually hot in the northwest, so hot that stores in normally mild port land landare running out of air conditioners. Im going to stay in my house and be cool. Reporter meals on wheels is delivering fans to the elderly. Oh, thank you reporter as the city braces for perhaps its hottest day ever. Three times in history portland has reached 107 degrees. By thursday, it could hit 108, dangerously hot, says kointv meteorologist claire anderson. We could see at least four days of 100degreeplus temperatures in the Portland Metro area, and that just doesnt happen a lot here. Reporter all afternoon, weve been getting readings well over 120 degrees, which is why people here in portland are doing anything to stay cool. Anthony. Mason 120,