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SPEAKER_05 0:00

Have been secretly flown into war zones or out of hot spots before, with reporters agreeing for safety reasons not to reveal their movements until afterward. But what transpired last month came as a complete surprise to reporters and even some White House staff who flown across the globe with the president. This is what the world saw on July 8th as President Trump boarded Air Force One at the end of the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey. On board, reporters had been instructed to close their window shades, which is why they didn't see a ruse playing out in front of cameras outside. A few minutes later, as the catering truck drove away, the jet thought to be carrying the president took off. And in front of the C-32A, Trump was aboard instead. Both jets flew from Turkey to Milden Hall, England, whereas U.S. officials tell CBS News Trump switched to a third aircraft, the new model of Air Force One. On board that flight, reporters asked why they'd been told to close their window blinds before leaving Turkey. While in Turkey, with tensions between the U.S. and Iran flaring up again because of the war, American intelligence said it had detected a credible plot to fire a missile at Trump's new Air Force One, gifted to the U.S. by Carter. That compelled the Secret Service to launch its multi-jet decoy mission. Not so secret anymore. In a statement, the White House didn't directly confirm or deny the plane switch, but said there are enemies of America who have their sights on President Trump, and quote, we use every tool at our disposal to address those threats. Tony?

SPEAKER_04 1:38

Ed, thank you. Now to those powerful storms sweeping across the Midwest into the mid-Atlantic tonight, the outbreak of storms bringing hurricane force winds up to 100 miles per hour, tornadoes and flash floods as well. The weather is being blamed for at least one death in Ohio, and in the West, wildfire danger not letting up. Our Ian Lee has it all covered.

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And Ohio's governor announced at least one person died during widespread flooding. Damaging winds in Illinois down trees and power lines, sparking fires. Those fires are causing statewide outages. While in the West, wildfires continue to rage in the heat and persistent drought.

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Senior transportation correspondent Chris Van Cleve now joins us from Newark International Airport over in New Jersey. Chris, good evening.

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Tony, it's starting to feel like Groundhog Day for flyers here in the Northeast, but it's another day where you've got a lot of yellow and red. You never want to see that on a departure board. That means delays and cancellations, not just here. Chicago, more than 40% of flights in and out are late. About 10% have been canceled. Here at Newark, arrival delays pushing up to three hours. Earlier, Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy was here at Newark Airport to mark the installation of a new radar system to better monitor ground traffic. And he teased the rollout of a new AI software system he says will help air traffic controllers better manage flights during bad weather.

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Shut it all down, right? Don't let anyone fly. And with the software, we can better find tracks and movement for aircraft to navigate weather and do it safely. So maybe next summer we talk about a more reliable operation? I think you'll see next summer a much more reliable. We won't be done, but you'll see a market improvement next summer versus this summer.

SPEAKER_02 5:10

He said they looked at the storms in DC yesterday and found the AI software would have cut weather delays in half. That's more than an hour save, Tony.

SPEAKER_04 5:18

And Chris, what's this? We're hearing about someone maybe hacking the Wi-Fi service on a Delta flight from Vegas to Atlanta last night. What do we know?

SPEAKER_02 5:27

So Delta is stopping short of calling this an actual hack, but does acknowledge what appears to be an unauthorized Wi-Fi network appeared on this flight. The flight crew saw it, they shut off the Wi-Fi for about a half hour when it came back on. That network was gone, but appeared to be impersonating the Delta Wi-Fi network.

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You bet, Tony. Yeah, a couple of rough days across the Midwest and Ohio Valley, over 500 damaging wind reports. You saw some of the damage, but a million people or customers knocked out as far as power is concerned, and the storms keep coming. Look at them tonight across Charleston. Another batch coming up through Indianapolis, that severe thunderstorm, watch in effect for another couple of hours. And then tomorrow the same areas are going to get hit. Boy, the Miami Valley, Cincinnati, Dayton, up to Columbus. You're going to get it again tomorrow. Watch how they reload in the afternoon. And then another batch behind that. South of these storms, it's blistering heat. St. Louis to Kansas City, triple triple digits there for the next couple days. That includes Dallas. A little cooler across the extreme northeast. New England. Maybe enough clearing tomorrow to see the partial solar eclipse for you. So dig out those old glasses in Boston and Bangor. You may very well see it. But the full show here in Spain with totality coming around the same time. It's the first solar eclipse they've seen in over a hundred years, setting over the Mediterranean, and there's a lot of Americans here to witness it. And we're going to be showing it to you all day long tomorrow.

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Tony. Very cool, Rob. Thank you. Meanwhile, more to worry about in the grocery store tonight. Federal officials announced the recall of nearly 30,000 pounds of raw beef imported from Argentina. The packages from a company called Corte Argentino, sold to distributors and retailers in Florida and Texas. They have used or freeze-by dates from September 15th through the 20th. So far, no illnesses have been reported. Columbia's new president in office for only a few days or so says 181 people are dead tonight, but higher numbers are also being reported.

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Hope rippled across the region when a six-month-old baby was pulled alive from the rubble of a five-story collapsed building in Cali. The epicenter is located in the remote province of Chocó, but the destruction stretches hundreds of miles away.

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How do you read that?

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I think that what he said in public ultimately obviously is the right thing. This is our recommendation today that all pregnant women should get the COVID vaccine every year and the flu vaccine because we still know, as he knew then, that the risks of COVID are so much higher than the vaccine, even though there may have been some concerns about fever.