estimated it may be, this is an estimate, a category four hurricane which is between 130 and 156 miles an hour. >> tracking florence as the powerful storm approaches the u.s. which is already realing in many parts from lord flooding. >> an 11th hour ouster from leslie six more women come forward with accusations of sexual misconduct. >> a police officer arrested on manslaughter charges after she allegedly mis >> a new miss america has been crowned. >> space ex-has been busy from an overnight launch from cape

canaver canaveral. >> week one of the nfl is off to a big start. early today starts right now. good monday morning. >> we begin this morning with breaking news. cbs has officially parted ways with ceo les moonves hours after more sexual misconduct allegations surfaced in a report by the new yorker. the departure is effective immediately adding they will donate $20 million to one or more equality in the >> the donation will be made immediately, it will be taken out of severance payments that could be owed to moonves after an empty investigation. 12 women made accusations against moonves which he denies. moonves said in part, untree allegations from decades ago are being made against me that are not consistent with who i am.

i am deeply saddened to be leaves the country. the new yorker it ranges from oral sex to forcible touching. he said it is appalling and untrue and alleging it is part of a concerted effort by others to destroy my name and reputation and my career. in recent weeks, lawyers had been examining the corporate culture investigating allegations in a previous new yorker story. moonves has been with cbs since 1995 and one of the highest paid executives making tens of millions of dollars a year. an exit package could be worth as much as $100 million. a lot of people point to the golden parachutes and said is this justice? they walk out the door with so much money and a lot of the women quoted in the new yorker

piece made that point. >> it takes the allegations seriously adding the board of directors is conducting investigations that are ongoing. nbc news, new york. >> the east coast is preparing for the worst as florence gapes strength and barrels towards the u.s. forecasters warn the storm has been twisting and turning over the atlantic and could deliver a hit when it makes landfall later this week. florence is predicted to be a category three hurricane with winds over 110 miles an hour. states of emergency have been declared in the carolinas and virginia as the region braces for impact. as the southeast prepares, rain pounded other parts of the country, too. steve patterson has more. >> millions battling surging floodwater. torrential rain across the country. in north texas, severe flooding turn mother and

toddler drowned in ft. worth. their car swept into 30 foot deep water. alejandro said he tried to help and the current was too strong. >> i tried to cross the channel and the water just swept it away. >> hours later, a man in his 70s also drowned after the car was submerged. >> we found the vehicle about 300 yards downstream. >> further east, constant rain from ken tuck tow new york. slow moving storms put 52 million americans under the threat of flooding. a man died after a wave swept him into a lake. all this as the southeast scrambles to prepare for hurricane maria florence. >> i'm worried and concerned. doing everything i can. >> the storm picking landfall on the east coast this asor the best. >> it's a year after hurricane irma ravaged the florida keys and caused more than $50 billion

in damage. the country feeling the full wrath of surging storms while millions more brace for impact. fbc news. >> president trump is trying to shake off a one-two punch of pointed criticism that left a shadow over the white house. bob woodward's new book and anonymous op ed painting a portrait of the president and his administration. the top aides are trying to root out the writer behind the withering editorial this morning. tracie potts joins us ahead of what could be a turbulent week in washington. >> it could be as they respond to bob woodward talking about i book about the trump white house. he told cbs he was meticulous and careful, interviewing more than 100 people, some of them multiple times and half of them insiders in the white house.

all of them detailing chaos. >> you look at the operation of this white house and you have to say let's hope to god we don't have a crisis. people who work for him are worried that he will sign things or give orders that threaten the national security or the financial security of the country or the world. people better wake on. >> now backing up the claims, former white houseid a book o #tfa to describe president trump. 25th amendment. removing a president from office. vice president pence said that is absurd. continuing to search whoever wrote that times article that

backs up a lot of claims in this book. >> thank you. and later this morning on today, journalist and author bob woodward speaks out in his first live interview ahead of the release of his latest blockbuster book. >> the dallas police officer who fatally shot a man after entering the wrong apartment is charged with manslaughter. police officer amber guyger was arrest and released after posting $300,000 bond. tammy lightner has more. >> identifying one of their own who killed an unarmed man in his apartment. >> right now there are more questions than we have answers. >> amber guyger is on administrative leave finished her shift thursday night and headed home and went to the wrong floor and the wrong apartment. the officer who is white said she shot1. >> if anyone can get a suspect description or location.

>> they said they would ask for a warrant on manslaughter changes, but we are told to hold off by the texas rangers, heading the investigation. shot dead, 26-year-old jean, a harding university graduate. >> my harding experience inspired me to want to serve. >> here ran for student body president. ♪ according to his minster, a church leader. >> he would often say to me, i want to do more. >> jessica berry taught bible study with him. >> i feel lost community grievi race playing a factor in the shooting. >> he was sitting at home and his skin color was enough to get shot at. >> a call for action as his mother searches for answers. >> we are christians. we forgive, but i need to look

into her eyes and ask her why she did that to my son. >> lightner, nbc news. >> miss america 2.0 is here. votes were tallied and the judges spoke. >> the first runner up is bridget highway from connecticut. new york, you are miss america 2019! >> there she is. miss america. crowned by outgoing winner. miss new york, nia franklin scored big when she offered herself as an example with promoting a healthyod owed the opportunity and becoming an opera singer for her. she dazzled with a song and nf trump is already renewing his

beef with the league. the president taking to twitter to blame the nfl low ratings on players not respecting the flag. although protests were not as widespread, two receivers were spotted taking a knee during the anthem. noticing their act of solidarity, colin kaepernick acknowledged efforts. the titans on the road against the dolphins after storms caused the longest delay. keeping the floodgates open with 102 yards worth of kickoff all the way to the house. miami taking the lead on the next possession. ryan tan hill with a 75-yard to ke double-digits. miami wins this one, 27-21. to arizona where mrs. cindy mccain was made the honorary captain against the redskins. too bad this was never much of a contest here. i am choking here just like the

cardinals did in this game. the running game too much for arizona. adrian peterson with the touchdown. they win the season opener, the first since 2012. i will hand it over. >> to the rivalry in green bay, the 100th year in lambeau field after an early game scare. the packers were down by double-digits and never countdown one of the greats. he rallied his team from behind to beat the bears in a nail biter, 24-23. let's go to michelle grossman who is tracking florence. good morning. >> good morning, guys. it will be a very long week as we head throughout the rest of the week. if you live along the southeastern coast, you want to prepare now. hurricane florence with three named storms in the atlantic. that's where we are focusing attention. a category one storm.

a strong category one storm on the edge of the storm. we expect it to become a major storm tonight and by tuesday. late tuesday a category four storm and this is what we don't want to see. a major storm hitting the coa onst more rain. we had constant rain and once again, temperatures in the 90s in florida.'s all about the tro is weut that in a bit. >> i will take the latte though. >> after the shift. >> demolition work in san francisco wrapped up with two massive explosions. crews imploded the bridge's east span and the remaining four platforms will be repurpose and used by the public. >> when we return, the caught on camera traffic accident

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as the anniversary of the september 11th terror attacks approaches, a tower is now in place honoring the passengers and view who were killed when a hijacked plane crashed into a rural pennsylvania field. the 93-foot tower of voices is designed with a wind chyme for each of the 40 that died. hundreds of firefighters paid tribute to the 343 new york city firefighters who lost their lives that day. participants climbed the equivalent of 110 stories representing the number of stories in the twin towers. >> for many of the first responders who helped find survivors, their struggle diseases like

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and good monday morning, as we start the work week. taking a live look outside, one of my favorite shots there of the bay bridge, you can see just a beautiful way to start the morning. thanks so much for starting your morning with us here at "today in the bay." i'm marcus washington. mike will have a look at traffic in a bit. right now, keri is looking at the weather. >> it's cooler today and amazing news for our forecast for the rest of the week, but let's just get out the door. morgan hill this morning, right now temperatures heading into the low 60s. the low 50s will be in the low 60s by 10:00 today. lot of sunshine, nice cool start, and in san jose a high of 80 degrees. still some upper 80s for the inland valleys and then we head

over to san francisco today with a high of 67.