this morning it's tuesday, may 9th, 2017, this is the "cbs morning news". passengers erupt in anger as a labor dispute with spirit airlines pilots keep them grounded in florida. >> i will never fly spirit airline again if you ask me that question. wanted for a string of shootings in phoenix more than a year ago police finally arrest a suspected serial killer linking him to even more murders. pounding hail hammers colorado, destroying cars and rattling nerves. >> sounded like gun shots in the store. it was so loud.

and a twitter tirade after sally yates day of damning testimony. >> that created a compromised situation, a situation where the national security adviser essentially could be black mailed by the russians. essentially could be black mailed by the ru good morning from studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york, good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. we begin with the senate investigation into alleged russian interference in the u.s. election. sally yates told a senate panel that then national security adviser michael flynn was compromised by the russians. yates detailed her warning to the trump administration about flynn. hena daniels is here in new york with more. good morning. >> reporter: a taxpayer funded charade what president trump is calling the ongoing investigation. yesterday yates testified for

the first time detailing the warning she issued to the white house about michael flynn who she believed was susceptible to blackmail by russia. president trump fired off a series are of tweets monday night. one labeling russian collusion story a hoax. another claiming stormser acting attorney general sally yates said nothing but old news during her senate testimony earlier in the day. yesterday yates confirmed she had two in person meetings with white house counsel in january. warning him that then national security adviser michael flynn had mislead vice president mike pence about his contact with the russian ambassador to the u.s. >> that created a compromised situation. a situation where the national security adviser essentially could be black mailed by the russians. >> reporter: before she could present further evidence the obama administration hold over was fired by the president for refusing to defend his travel ban while flynn stayed on as

national security adviser for another two and a half weeks. on monday cbs news also confirmed former president obama counselled then president-elect trump to pick another national security adviser immediately after the election. >> if president obama was truly concerned about general flynn why didn't he suspend general flynn's security clearance which they approved months earlier. >> reporter: senate lawmakers asked yates and former national intelligence director james clapper if they ever reviewed classified documents in which the names of trump associates were unmasked. both confirmed they had but said they could not go into detail. yates and clapper also denied ever leaking classified information to the press. the former acting attorney general is due to testify before the house committee, but a date has not been set yet. hena daniels here in new york. in russia, it's victory day

and there's a big show of military strength on moscow's streets. ♪ may 9th victory day commemorates the surrender of nazi germany to the then soviet union ending world war ii in europe. it's estimated over 20 million soviets including military and civilians died during the war. the united states is reportedly considering an expansion of its military role in afghanistan. the plan to increase the effort against the taliban still must be approved by the president according to "the washington post". the pentagon not the white house would set troop numbers and overhaul the military -- overall the military would have more authority. there are currently about 8400 u.s. troops in afghanistan. this would be an increase of at least 3,000. the president is expected to decide before a nato summit on may 25th. spirit airlines said a pilot slow down stranded thousands of passengers.

a commotion broke out at the fort lauderdale airport after nine spirit flights were cancelled yesterday. nationwide spirit says approximately 300 flights were cancelled in the past seven days because of a slow down affecting some 20,000 passengers. >> they are not telling us anything. all they are giving us is a business card saying oh, here go to www.spiritairlines.com for a free voucher. >> spirit is suing the airlines pilots association. the union has been negotiating a new contract with spirit for more than two years. the u.s. is considering a ban on most electronic devices on flights to the u.s. from the europe and the uk. the original ban on most electronics larger than a cell phone announced in march included flights headed to the u.s. from ten airports in the

middle east and north africa. a decision could come within a few weeks. police chiefs in san antonio, dallas and houston say they oppose texas' new sanctuary cities ban. dozens protested outside the governor greg abbott's mansion in austin yesterday. abbott signed the law sunday. it requires local law enforcement officials to help enforce u.s. immigration laws and allows police to question the immigration status of anyone they detain. opponents say the law will lead to racial profiling. >> this law does not keep our community safe. it goes against public safety. >> reporter: sally hernandez the sheriff of travis county which includes the capital of austin has been in a stand off with texas governor greg abbott over the legality of sanctuary cities which are communities that don't entirely comply with federal immigration law. but now honoring those requests will be mandated by a new state law in texas. she and other law enforcement officials must carry them out after governor abbott signed the law sunday night on facebook live where he didn't have to

answer questions. >> this law cracks down on policies like the travis county sheriff who declared she would not detain known criminals accused of violent crime. >> if the law goes into effect what are you going to do? >> i will have to change my policy because i will not violate the law. >> reporter: the law forces sheriffs to honor requests made by the federal government to hold people already in jail who may be here illegally. failure to do so could result in a fine, jail time or removal of the sheriff from office. it also allows police officers to ask crime victims and witnesses their nationality or immigration status. >> i believe that this law encourages racial profiling. >> reporter: governor abbott believes the law will make communities safer. but every major police chief in texas opposes it. houston police chief has tweeted, violent crime is on the rise across our nation and some would rather men and women in blue go after cooks and nannies

than hardened criminals. the law doesn't go into effect until september 1st. before then the aclu is vowing to fight it in court. this law also applies to universities across the state of texas but doesn't apply to churches. a suspect is under arrest in a serial killing spree that haunted phoenix. police say aaron saucedo shot and killed nine people between august of 2015 and july of 2016. the murders took place after dark in a predominantly latino neighborhood. most victims were targets of opportunity. >> this case plagued our community for more than a year as the mayor mentioned to you and left behind a trail of victims. >> evidence we continue to discover daily continues to point back to one suspect. >> police did not have a motive. aaron saucedo faces 26 felony counts of homicide, aggravated

assault and drive by shooting. another round of thunderstorms is forecast in denver today. a blanket of hail covered the city yesterday producing a layer of ice at coors field. the hail smashed car windshield in some areas. >> sounded like gun shots in the store. it was so loud. >> besides the hail, damaging wind gusts racked the area. coming up on the morning news, kangaroo attack caught on video. a little girl suffers injuries after being bitten at a zoo. >> and hospitals in minnesota scramble in the wake of a measles outbreak. measles outbreak. blems and could be on the journey to much worse. help stop the journey of gum disease. try new parodontax toothpaste. it's clinically proven to remove plaque, the main cause of bleeding gums.

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environmentalists and native americans favors preservation. critics call the designation an abuse of power. a kangaroo attack is caught on video and new details in a boston double murder. those are some of the headlines on the morning newsstand. the "boston globe" says the man accused of killing two doctors had no personal relationship with them. that contradicts previous police comments. the suspect was arraigned yesterday from a hospital bed. he was wounded by officers friday during his arrest. no gun was found at the scene. the "new york times" reports facebook wants to block fake news from its network before britain's election next month. the company removed tens of thousands of british accounts that could be fake and facebook is using newspaper ads to tell users how to spot misinformation. al.com says an alabama park plans to add a barrier around a kangaroo that bit a 9-year-old girl. the disturbing moment was caught on video.

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>> here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. country. on the "cbs money watch" investor anxiety hits a low and social media gets in a lather over dove soap bottles. jill wagner is at the new york stock exchange with that and more. good morning, jill.

>> reporter: word on the street have no fear. the vix index hit its lowest level since 1993 before the great recession. that good feeling had solid u.s. economic data and a feeling that the european union will stay together. on wall street a last minute surge pushed indices to record highs. the dow added five points. s&p ended the day where it started. the nasdaq finished nearly two points higher also a new record. the popular tuna company bumble bee agreed to pay $25 million fine to price fixing. last december bumble bee and rival chicken of the sea abandoned a planned merger after the justice department raised questions about competition in the marketplace. in a long anticipated deal luxury hand maker coach agreed to buy kate spade for $2.4 billion. they hope to capture the millennial market.

dove soaps new body wash bottles are creating a stir. the limited edition real beauty bottles are designed to emulate women's different shapes and sizes. dove says it's celebrating body positivity but to some people it's more like body shaming. not clear how long the bottles will remain on sale and if there's the same amount of soap in each bottle. >> their whole campaign has been pretty good as a whole. some people feel it's a misstep. by and large their heart is in the right place. >> reporter: absolutely. the message is a good one. i don't know if they hit the mark. >> i do wonder if there's the same amount of soap in each bottle. jill wagner at the new york stock exchange, thank you so much. still ahead, escaping death. a florida girl speaks out about fighting off an alligator that grabbed her leg. and later --

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here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. the country. a 10-year-old florida girl who escaped the jaws of an alligator explains how she did it. the gator bit her leg saturday while she was sitting in a lake near orlando. it was nearly nine feet long but she was smarter. >> i put my two fingers up its nostrils, it couldn't breathe. it had to open its mouth and it let my leg out. >> the girl learned about the animals at an alligator park and

needed few stitches but she's on the mend. the long and hot days of summer are just around the corner. many kids are preparing for vacation. but an 11-year-old boy in texas is on a mission to save lives and getting help in unexpected ways. don champion reports. >> i dreamed that because i got bored. >> reporter: whether with his paintings or wood work, this 11-year-old loves creating. he hopes one of his latest creations will save lives. >> the fan blows cool air. >> reporter: it's called oasis and designed to detect and cool a baby if one is left in a hot car. bishop came up with the idea after a neighbor, a 6-month-old girl died last summer after being left in a hot van. >> i got upset. i got motivated to do something about it. >> reporter: that's when he came up with the concept drawing. soon he created a 3-d model and partial prototype. his parents hired a patent

attorney after raising $24,000 on go fund me. toyota where bishop's father works even sent him to the meet with engineers and child safety professionals. >> amazing thing about kids. >> they see a solution or see a cool idea and they don't have these limitations that adulthood puts on you. >> reporter: researchers at san jose state university report 39 children died last year after being left in hot cares. bishop hopes his device which would attach to head rests would change that. national manufacturers have expressed interest in working with bishop on oasis, something that has him offering advice to other kids like him. >> what would you tell them? >> keep dreaming. >> reporter: bishop is now awaiting word on his patent application. >> nasa needs your help if you're a computer coding expert. the space agency is offering up

to $50,000 in a competition. the goal, speeding up some of its software that runs on a very old operating system. i'm anne-marie green. this is the "cbs morning news". this is the "cbs morning news". ,

our top story this morning, former acting attorney general sally yates told congress she had warned the trump white house that national security adviser michael flynn had misled the vice president about his contacts with the russian ambassador. >> not only did we believe the russians knew this but that they likely had proof of this information. and that created a compromised situation, a situation where the national security adviser essentially could be black mailed by the russians. >> it took the white house two weeks after yates repeated warnings to fire flynn and obama administration officials say president obama warned president-elect trump not to hire flynn. there are new questions about first family ties and

conflicts of interest. this time the sister of the president's son-in-law jared kushner. major garrett reports. >> reporter: nicole meyer sister to white house adviser jared kushner spent saturday with wealthy chinese investors asking them to help finance this new jersey real estate project known as 1 journal square. her pitch? make a $500,000 investment in return for a possible u.s. visa. it's known as the eb-5 immigrant investor program. and was renewed by president trump the day before the beijing meeting. >> this is just the start of a road show for the kushner family company. >> reporter: "new york times" reporter was at the presentation and said it included pictures of president trump and referenced jared kushner specifically. >> for the chinese investors who were there they felt this project was safe and secure because it had the government's support and whether that was her intention or not a lot of people walked away with that perception. >> reporter: the session was opened to the public but

hernandez and other journalists were forced out of the ritz-carlton hotel ballroom. the kushner company said meyer wanted to make clear that her brother had nothing to do with this project and apologized if meyer mentioned her brother was in any way interpreted as an attempt to lure investors. an attorney for kushner said he divested from the project. white house spokesman sean spicer. jared has done everything to comply with the ethics rules to make sure he had nothing to do with it him per se. he wasn't involved. >> reporter: major garrett, cbs news, the white house. >> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," nestle water faces a torrid storm of criticism. it takes water from southern california's drought area. environmentalist say that's bad policy. weefl visit nestle's operation and hear the company's response.

plus award-winning mystery writer james patterson and his son jack tell us about teaming up for a new children's book "penguins of america." and -- >> coming up on "cbs this morning" i'll take you to every corner of the globe from london to rome, to rio, moscow, beijing, egypt, jerusalem, because here at gulliver's gate it's a small world after all. >> that's "cbs morning news" for this tuesday. thanks for watching. >> that's "cbs morning news". thanks for watchin ,,,,

i'm kenny live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. as we take a live look at the bay bridge this morning, let's get the party started on this tuesday morning, may 9th. i'm kenny choi. >> the party has started. >> tuesday morning party. >> it is. favorite day of the week.

>> yeah. >> forgot about that. you knew it was a party. how is everyone? >> doing good this morning. you know, we have a little bit of a change in our forecast where today is going to pan out to be the warmest day of the workweek and then goes down hill from there. but people like myself and you who live in the inland area, it's okay, i had to turn on the ac, hit 85 degrees at my house. now open the windows. i said now. no, tomorrow. i'm jumping ahead. the visibility is terrific this morning. looking out the march sutro -- marsutro camera. bright lights of oakland, 48 degrees in santa rosa, cooler than it was 24 hours ago. we will see if we can dip down to 45 as we did yesterday. it is cooler at this hour than it was yesterday. temperatures otherwise in the 50s and then this is what we are looking at at our satellite radar. enhancement of the marine layer