good morning to our viewers in the west. it is thursday, october 12th, 2017. welcome to "cbs this morning." strong winds send flames racing toward more homes overnight in northern california. entire towns are evacuated. the death toll has risen to 23. we'll hear from exhausted firefighters trying their hardest to save lives. harvey weinstein breaks his silence telling paparazzi he's getting help. only on "cbs this morning," a former personal assistant reveals how weinstein kept his most private moments secret and breaking news, an american woman, her husband and their three young children are free after being held by a network with ties to the taliban. they were abducted five years ago in afghanistan.

plus, how the people of china are going cash-free with the help of cell phones. why the u.s. is being left behind because of credit and debit cards. we begin with a look at today's eye opener. your world in 90 seconds. >> this is absolutely devastating. it's heartbreaking. s can crushing. this looks like another planet. >> california fights to contain deadly wildfires. >> new evacuat orders were issued for entire towns, wine country giving many residents just minutes to get out. >> we're in this fight for the long haul. it's going to continue to get worse before it gets better. >> the fallout continues for harvey weinstein. >> he's speaking out in public for the first time since the scandal broke. >> i'm not doing okay. >> you're not. >> i'm trying. i got to get help. >> an american woman and her family are coming home held in captivity for five years by a taliban affiliated group. >> this is a family that u.s. intelligence had been tracking. >> more tough talk from both

president trump and north korea. >> i'm building up the military and i'm not saying i'm doing anything and i'm not saying i'm not. >> president trump tweeted the nfl is demanding players stand for the anthem. >> there has been no policy change. >> all that. >> the president of turk men stand gave putin a puppy. you can see him kiss that pup on the noggin. >> the new york yankees have survived. they are headed to houston. >> and all that matters. >> the end of all world cup hopes for the u.s. national soccer team for the first time since 1986, the u.s. will not be in the world cup. >> back then our team was seriously slowed down by their parachute pants. >> on "cbs this morning." >> historic change for the boy scouts of america. soon girls will be allowed to join. >> while i'm happy girls are now being allowed in the cub scouts i want to say to those girl, look out what you wish for because at least with the girl scouts, you get cookies, all right? >> this morning's eye opener presented by toyota, let's go places.

>> welcome to "cbs this morning," as you wake up in the west wildfire disaster in northern california is worsening and there appears to be no end in sight. the fires are now blamed for at least 23 deaths. 285 other people are reported missing though officials suspect many of them are just out of touch with loved ones. 3500 homes and businesses have been destroyed. >> think about this, there are entire towns that are under evacuation orders. highway patrol officers went door to door in parts of sonoma county overnight strongly advising homeowners to leave, get out. >> at least 22 large fires are burning in california at this hour. carter evans is in santa rosa where firefighters are still having trouble getting into some burned out areas. carter, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. i'm standing in front of what used to be a kmart burnt down by

the fire. imagine how hot it must have been to bend those steel i beams. inside you can see burnt out shopping carts. here's what it looked like when it was fully engulfed. firefighters say there was nothing they could do. towering flames lit up the night sky, a warning to those still in the path of the wildfire. in parts of california, the safest place to view it is from the air. california highway patrol captured hillsides and towns burning to the ground. >> there's been fires that just blow through. this has been going on for three days with no resolution. we're just on edge right now. >> reporter: the fires have now burned about 265 square miles, an area half the size of los angeles. >> we are in this fight for the long haul. it's going to continue to get worse before it gets better. >> reporter: more than 8,000 firefighters are facing extremely dry conditions. gusty winds, some topping 75 miles per hour are changing

direction with each passing minute. >> any change in these winds and it's pushing the fire right through the dry grass toward homes. >> reporter: jonathan cox says some of these firefighters have been working nonstop since sunday. they're fighting extreme exhaustion with some men catching sleep whenever they can. >> we have dozens of firefighters who have been affected themselves, lost homes, had families who have been impacted. >> and they're still out here. >> they're still fighting the fire. >> reporter: new video from when the wildfire broke out shows first responders driving right into the inferno. more than 20,000 people have been evacuated from their homes. one family put stinkeprinklers their roof and begged first responders to save their house. meanwhile, some are returning to the most devastated areas for the first time to see the damage up close. >> this is absolutely devastating. it's heartbreaking. it is crushing. this looks like another planet. >> reporter: 98% of all

wildfires are caused by people, but it's still not clear exactly what caused this one. there was some really windy weather on sunday that blew down power lines and broke utility poles, pacific gas and electric electr says it notified officials immediately and they are now investigating. >> satellite photos show how entire neighborhoods are reduced to ashes. california's fire chief says conditions will continue to get worse. we have more to show you why october is such a dangerous month for october. lonnie, good morning. >> good morning to you, charlie and you were right. this time of the year for california, there's a problem because have you high pressure over the great bisson giving them an easterly wind, a problem for fires. red flag warnings in effect for through 5:00 p.m. i have a sneaking suspicion they'll be extended at some point tomorrow. ocean communities get a flow that comes in off the water and goes underneath the golden gate

bridge to the san francisco bay but with that high off to the east, it's bringing in now an easterly wind and that's the problem. it's traveling up and over the mountains, take a look at the graphic i put together for you here because it really illustrates what's happening. as that wind goes up and over, first of all now it's coming down the back side of the mountain so it's picking up speed and getting faster. it's also heating up, it's drying out. that combination a problem for the fires. and also once those winds relax which i think they will for a little bit tomorrow, the fire itself creates its own wind and that causes the air to rise and gets replaced by more air. it's just an ongoing cycle. what we need is a big dousing rain and it doesn't look like that is in the cards. norah. >> really scary to think about that. lonnie, thank you very much. as the list of his accusers grows, harvey weinstein is expressing remorse and defiance. the disgraced movie mogul told tmz, we all make mistakes.

nearly 30 women have publicly described inappropriate conduct by weinstein. actress cara delevingne and lea seydoux came forward with new allegations of sexual harassment. we have the widening scandal. good morning. >> reporter: the lapd responded to what they called a family dispute yesterday in hollywood. tmz says harvey weinstein's 22-year-old daughter told police her father was suicidal and depressed. hours later weinstein told the paparazzi he is hoping for a second chance. facing allegations of sexual assault harvey weinstein surfaced wednesday in hollywood. >> i got to get help, guys. you know what, we all make mistakes. second chance, i hope. >> reporter: but weinstein took a defiant tone with a jab at other stars. >> you know what, i've always been loyal to you guys. not like those [ bleep ] that treat you like [ bleep ]. i have been the good guy.

>> reporter: cyrus vance jr. said he declined to prosecute him in 2015 on recommendation from the sex crimes unit. that march actress ambra battilana gutierrez said he groped her and wore a wire and recorded this the next day. >> yesterday you touch my brees. >> please. i'm sorry. just come on in. i'm used to that. >> you're used to that? >> yes, come in. >> reporter: he promised to investigate any new claims. >> we encourage additional victims to contact the office. >> reporter: actress and model cara delevingne said weinstein made sexual advances during a meeting. i was relieved to find another woman in his room. he asked us to kiss. then he tried to kiss me on the lips. actress layy say blea seydoux said he suddenly jumped on me and tried to kiss me. hillary clinton says she'll give any money her campaign received

directly from weinstein to charity. >> this was a different side of a person who i and many others had known in the past. >> reporter: another democrat former vice president joe biden yesterday called weinstein's alleged behavior disgusting, immoral and inexcusable. >> gentlemjerika, thank you. we'll hear from a former personal assistant to harvey weinstein. he describes one way he kept his alleged abuse quiet for so long. we have breaking news from pakistan where that country's military has rescued an american woman and her family from a group connected to the taliban. caitlin coleman and her canadian husband joshua boyle were kidnapped five years ago while traveling in afghanistan. coleman gave birth to their three children in captivity. the family was last seen in this video nearly a year ago making a plea for their freedom.

boyle's father told a canadian newspaper that all five of them are okay. in a statement president trump called the rescue, quote, a positive moment for our country's relationsh wstan. the family was held by the network which has a history of holding hostages for ransom. president trump is meeting resistance from some senate republicans as he pushes his sweeping tax plan. the president called on congress to approve his overhaul at an event yesterday in pennsylvania. he said his plan shrinks the number of tax brackets from the current eight to four but details including income levels for the new brackets are still unknown. major garrett is at the white house. major, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, the president praised long haul truckers in pennsylvania and promised that his tax cuts still under construction will give the average american family $4,000 back from the government. that's a big promise.

because details are still yet to emerge, the international monetary fund say they wonder if, in fact, they will produce growth and higher wages. >> all i can say is you better get it passed. >> reporter: as the president struggles to get votes in the senate for tax reform, his feud with senator bob corker isn't his only problem on capitol hill. the white house fears other republican senators may block mr. trump's plan. >> we're going to fight and we're going to get those republicans and maybe a few of those democrats to raise their hand and you're going to have so much money to spend in this wonderful country. >> reporter: the president appeared confident but according to a "vanity fair" story published wednesday, mr. trump told his former head of security and close friend keith schiller, quote, i hate everyone in the white house. there are a few exceptions but i hate them. the report also claims that the chief of staff john kelly is miserable in his job and remains only out of a sense of duty.

white house officials denied the accounts and sources say the president's mood is as unpredictable and volatile as it always has been. kelly is also described as securing his job but fatigued by the president's temper. still, kelly had enough clout to persuade the president to nominate his deputy kirstjen nielsen as secretary of homeland security. kelly's previous post. >> calm before the storm, you are not going to talk about it. >> reporter: on fox news the president said that vague statement was about north korea. >> i'm not saying i'm doing anything an i'm not saying i'm not but we shouldn't be talking about it. >> reporter: that interview was fox's 16th with the president since he took office. he's given five combined to the other broadcast and cable networks. also yesterday the president said network news outlets should have their licenses either challenged or revoked calling their coverage disgusting. that prompted one republican senator to ask the president on twitter if he was recanting his

support for the first amendment. >> all right, major, thank you very much. president trump is expected to decertify the iran nuclear deal tomorrow, forcing congress to decide whether to impose new economic sanctions. the president slammed the agreement as one-sided last night in a fox news interview. >> i think it was one of the most incompetently drawn deals i've ever seen. $150 billion given -- we got nothing. we got nothing. it's a horrible, horrible embarrassment to our country but we did it out of weakness when actually we had great strength. >> the president will unveil a number of actions to crack down on iran but will not tear up the nuclear deal. the white house wants congress to write a law that no longer requires the president to regularly certify their complains with the agreement. officials hope the threat of new sanction also launch a new round of talks to address the problems that mr. trump sees. they include demands for more inspections and a plan for what happens when the deal expires in

ten years. iran's government says this, it will not re-open negotiations. newly released radio calls show the first effort to warn police about the gunman in the las vegas massacre. a hotel maintenance worker called down from the 32nd floor of mandalay bay after a security guard was shot. the recording raises more questions about the police response. jamie uk kiss , good morning. >> reporter: this has people wondering why the gunman stopped shooting after a hailstorm of bullets first into the hallway then into a crowd of hundreds below at a concert. these are some of the first gunshots fired by stephen paddock from inside his suite at mandalay bay. >> call the police, someone is firing a gun up here on the 32nd floor down the hallway. >> reporter: building engineer stephen schuck used his radio to let them know.

>> it's at the end of the hallway. >> reporter: security guard jesus campos was already shot. after schuck's call it's still unclear exactly when the mandalay bay staff called the police. >> nobody is trying to hide anything. >> reporter: originally clark county sheriff joseph lombardo said campos interrupted the shooter but now lombardo says those first shots were fired six minutes before paddock started his rampage. >> what we want to do is draw the most accurate picture we can and i'm telling you right now, today, that that time line might change again. >> reporter: investigators say paddock did not have any gambling debts and his girlfriend did not worry about his mental health. but his motive is still unclear. the first lawsuit by a victim has now been filed. the family of paige gasper is suing a number of parties they believe are negligent in the shooting including mgm which owns mandalay bay. in an interview with the las

vegas review-journal, sheriff lombardo says an autopsy has been conducted on paddock and there are no abnormalities on his brain. >> all right. thank you very much, jamie. the boy scouts of america will start admitting girls as cub scouts next year. a program for older girls is expected to begin by 2019. it will allow them to earn the coveted rank of eagle scout. the boy scouts sister organization, the girl scouts of the usa, criticized this decision. jim axelrod is here with what led to the change after years of debate. a lot of people have questions about this, jim, good morning. >> good morning, wednesday's announcement marks the most significant change in the history of the organization. one that was founded more than a century ago to teach boys about loyalty, bravery and kindness. for more than 107 years the boy scouts of america helped detype for many what being a boy was all about. but in a unanimous decision the boy scouts of america announced

it would welcome girls into its iconic cub scout program and will create a path for older girls to earn the highest rank of eagle scout. mike surbaugh is the chief executive. >> what we found parents have less available time today looking for more options and they want to involve the whole family. >> reporter: for 16-year-old sydney ireland this means she can officially join her brother's new york city based troop next year. it also means she'll be eligible to earn the rank of eagle scout. a position held by former president gerald ford, astronaut neil armstrongary director steven spielberg. >> i can officially be awarded merit badges that i have achieved and ranks i have gotten to. >> reporter: the news was not celebrated by the boy scouts' counterpart. in a statement, girl scouts of the usa stood by its current policy saying, we believe strongly in the importance of an all-girl, girl-led and

girl-friendly environment. with the program tailored specifically to their unique developmental needs. for girls like ireland, being allowed into the boy scouts means her needs are finally being met. >> not every girl has to want to do the things that the girl scouts do. i want to do the things that the boy scouts do. >> in the past 2 1/2 years they announced they would have gay leaders and transgender leaders. scout leaders say it's all about fairness. >> i know. >> i am so scared right now. >> watch out. >> watch out. >> gayle has opinions, jim, thank you so much. >> i just think boy scouts and girl scouts are good, you know. i agree girls can do anything. i just like boy scouts and girl scouts. >> all right. now to the story, an american teenager talks about life with isis. ahead the words of a young woman who says her father took her to syria. this is incredible reporting.

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crews are trying to crush the flames of the atlas fire - which has burned more than 43-thousand acres and remains just good morning. it's 7:26. i'm michelle griego. right now in napa county, crews are trying to crush the flames of the atlas fire which burned more than 43,000 acres and remains just 3% contained. there is growing concern that winds could shift the flames toward fairfield. this mobile vet hospital has syringes and other equipment on hand to save animals abandoned during the wildfires. a 12-man team from uc-davis is running it heading from property to property to find animals in need. here's neda with the forecast. >> we are seeing our vaca cam bouncing up and down with wind and smoke ee skies.

hazeky conditions in store again today. and sfo will be impacted by this again. it looks like northwest winds coming in right now five to seven miles per hour. very calm in the fire area which is good news. looks like the wind gusts were strong in other hillsides. very unhealthy air quality and unhealthy air quality throughout northern california. the winds will push the smoke down south. cooler temperatures, there's bright news there. mid-70s for concord and fairfield. 64 degrees for your high in san francisco. 73 in napa. we'll be right back with traffic.

delays for drivers driving to get across the richmond/san rafael bridge due to a lane that's blocked past the toll plaza. right now over an hour right for drivers making their way from marina bay parkway to sir francis drake. expect delays on the eastshore freeway and the bay bridge toll plaza.

some sad news. the united states men's soccer team will miss the world cup after losing to trinidad and tobago. the first time the u.s. men's team has failed to quality since the 1986 world cup, but even after losing, the u.s. still had a slim chance to qualify. we just needed mexico to tie honduras and it almost happened. mexico had a last-second free kick, but the shot didn't make it past the defense wall. so sad. mexico wanted to help, but there was a wall in the way. >> i do feel bad though. that little sliver that you hope maybe just maybe. >> the women will going to the world cup.

>> we like that too. welcome back to "cbs this morning." here are thee things you should know this morning. the house set to vote on a $36.5 million disaster park for the wildfire and hurricane relief. it includes $576 million for recovery efforts and a $5 billion loan to the virgin islands. the president's order takes aim at obamacare. it is expected to allow people to buy plans exempt from the coverage care requirements. they will likely be cheaper. people worry this will e destabilize the insurance market and raise costs. actor ben affleck apologized for groping an actress in 2003. she said he grabbed her while guest hosting.

he tweeted i acted inappropriately and i sincerely apologize. burton and them called him out after he publicly criticized harvey weinstein. nearly a dozen men are charged with hazing in the state university freshman. maxwell gruver died last month after becoming highly intoxicated during a hazing event. ten current and former lsu students are accused of forcing this 18-year-old to heavily drink. he's at least the second student to die this year after a hazing incident involving alcohol. in february timothy piazza died. we have more from the campus in baton rouge. >> reporter: good morning. all ten subjects were members of this fraternity but their national organization terminated their membership yesterday. he was targeted because he was always late to events.

and they forced him to drink because he had problems reciting the greek alphabet. it took less than phi hours for all ten current and former lsu students to vesurrender to camp police on wednesday. the men were arrested and brought to the local prison. all are charged with one misdemeanor count of hazing. 19-year-old mathew nauquin is also charged with the negligent homicide. he was the most aggressive during the haze iing incident. his bail was set at $10,000. nine of the suspects were released on bond in less than 24 hours. >> i don't think he's going to be pleading guilty at this point. i don't know what happened. i have my client's version of the story. i'm looking forward to seeing everyone else's version of the story, but we're going to do it in a court of law. >> reporter: on september 13th they were ordered to bible study. once there pledges were quizzed about the fraternity's quizzes.

if they answered the question incorrectly, they were forced to drink one 90 proof alcohol. around midnight witnesses say he was highly intoxicated and left on a couch. nine hours later he was found with a weak pulse. he was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead. ab autopsy revealed his blood alcohol level was .495% at the time of his death. more than six times the legal driving limit and nearly two times which is considered to be a life-threatening level of alcohol. justin shared a suite with him on campus. >> it's supposed to be a club full of friends, why did his life have to end so early. >> if convicted of hazing, the suspects could get 30 days in jail and also expelled from lsu. if convicted he could get five

years of prison for the negligent homicide charge. they plan to talk over and says more charges could be filed. >> thanks, omar. cbs news has obtained video of a teenager who recently escaped isis in syria. militias are close to driving isis out of the city. holly williams has the story of this young civilian who claims she was forced to go there when she was just 10 years old. holly, good morning. >> good morning. the 15-year-old girl was captured on video after escaping with other women. she was a devout muslim but hated living under isis. >> i'm from kansas. i've been in syria for five years. >> reporter: she survived life in the so-called isis capital and lived through air strikes, and she saw things no child should ever have to see.

>> everywhere you see a bombed building, you smell the smells of the bodies. >> she said she was brought to syria against her will by her father. >> we were afraid of him. we didn't trust him. we were, quiet, shut up, sit down, you have nothing to say, be glad your head isn't chopped off. >> her father was later killed, she said, leaving her to fend for herself. she married a syrian man who was also killed by an air strike and reveals she's now 6 months' pregnant. >> i feel ready. i feel ready for what life want throws at me. >> reporter: because she's still a minor, we're not revealing her identity. this blog previously written by her mother shows the girl in happier times and what looks luke a normal american family. she thinks her mother is still

in the u.s. >> hi, mom. please, if you see this video, please contact me. >> now she says she wanted to be reunited with what's left of her family. >> i still have hope. hopes to go to school, hopes to be a normal person, hope to be a mother to my child. there's a lot of stories i could tell you. five years with isis, you see a lot. >> the girl was last seen in the custody of u.s.-backed syrian forces. we do not know if she has been handed over to the u.s. authorities. gayle? >> thank you very much, holly williams. it's one of those things you hope her mother sees her, gets back together. >> an incredibly sad story and great reporting by a team over there. someone who worked closely with harvey weinstein is opening up about hollywood's worst kept secret. ahead, his assistant will tell us how he kept his behavior from view.

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we have new insight this morning how the alleged widespread abuse of harvey weinstein stayed hidden. now his assistant is speaking out. he was his personal assistant in the early 2000s. bianna golodryga has the story. good morning. >> good morning. he said he's in utter shock. nearly 30 will have come forward to say they were abused or harassed by harvey weinstein. one of his former assistants who did not want to be identified and asked us to alter his voice told me he and others who worked for weinstein were victims as well. >> it was no secret that he had scores of women all across the globe.

he feels he and others who wo worked for weinstein. >> reporter: harvey weinstein's former assistant, a man he employed for over nine years said it was well known his boss was a philandering, but weinstein went to great lengths to keep it see quiet. >> we would be told at 2:00 so and so was coming. >> it wasn't until the recent reports from weinstein's alleged victims including accusations of rape that this former assistant says he realized what actually may have been going on behind closed doors. how do you feel now reading all of these reports of women coming forward now? >> sick, angry, disgusted,

victimized in our own strike. it seems like the company was structured from top to bottom to service whatever he was doing. >> reporter: weinstein's reputation were women -- >> in some ways i'm still under a passed out harvey weinstein and it's thanksgiving. >> congratulations you five ladies no longer have to pretend to be attracted to harvey weinstein. macfarland explained it. he wants to take a hard swing after a friend told him that weinstein harassed her. make no mistake this comment came from a place of loathing and anger. the board said they're shocked and dismayed by the allegations calling them an utter surprise, but the news is perhaps not so surprising to many others in hollywood. >> many people were aware of his

reputation as an alleged sexual predator. there were a lot of people who enabled him. >> reporter: the assistant said the message has been painful but needed to send hollywood a message. >> this is unacceptable and should have never happened. >> reporter: the witness i spoke to said he never witnessed someone and he never helped facilitate the secret meetings. however, one actress said a different weinstein associate deliberately tricked her into visiting weinstein's room alone. we reached out to the weinstein company for these allegations an never heard back. this assistant said he's brace ing for more and more damaging revelations. >> many people believe there's more to come. there seems to be more

conflicting reports. he's been here many times. i had no idea. i had never heard any of this. >> and his assistant said this worst kept secret, it was known but he was known to be a philanderer and they all assumed it was consensual. clearly it wasn't. >> these are accusations of harassment. coming up next, a look at this morning's other headlines including a close call with an asteroid. plus, a new type of cow's milk that may help those who have trouble digesting milk. first at 7:46, it's time to check your local weather.

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country fires... at least 23 deaths are now linked. 285 people are unaccounted for... good morning. i'm kenny choi. now the latest on the wine country wildfires. at least 23 deaths are linked, 285 people still unaccounted for. authorities say that a destruction of cell phone service may be causing the number to be so high. more than 129,000 acres have already been burned. more than 3500 homes and businesses destroyed. heavy smoke from the fire is reaching all over the bay area depending how the wind blows. smoke was very thick yesterday as far as san jose saratoga and gilroy. the bay area air quality management district has extended a smoke health advisory through sunday. neda? >> the smoke is also impacting

the flights. we are going to see about 90- minute flight delays at sfo because of the smoke affecting disability for the pilots and construction at the airport, as well. so keep that in mind. this is a view from san jose. you can see the haze and smoke. it will extend further south. the smoke was unhealthy where the fires are but throughout the day we'll be in the unhealthy range for all of northern california and also expected to extend into central california. that far south because of the north winds that are still blowing this morning. our high temperatures today will be in the mid-70s to low 70s. we'll be right back.

7:58. we are tracking delays for mass transit right now. capitol corridor running about 25 minutes behind. trains 521 departing great america late this morning due to an earlier bridge problem. in the north bay, mass transit running free service with a smart train through sunday. modified schedule in place.

♪ good morning to our viewers in the west. it is thursday, october 12, 2017. welcome back to "cbs this morning." the fire and danger intensifies in northern california with winds fanning the flames. ahead we will hear from victims who complain they had no warning before the fire got to their homes. plus, a new kind of cow's milk that might be a better option for some people's health. first, here is today's eye opener. >> wildfire disaster in northern california is worsening and there appears to be no end in sight. >> standing in front of what used to be a k mart, burnt now. here is what it looked like when fully engulfed. >> breaking news from pakistan where the country's military rescued an american woman and her family from a group

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i'm charlie rose with gayle king and norah o'donnel. 8,000 firefighters are trying to stop 22 california wildfires from killing more people. windy conditions this morning are pushing the flames. at least 23 people have died and more than 3500 structures are destroyed nearly 300 people are reported missing, but officials think bad communication may explain that. the wildfires knocked out power to 77 cell tower also. this morning only 13 are now out of service. highway patrol officers went door-to-door last night encouraging evacuation. mireya villarreal talked to one woman who said her family barely had enough time to escape. >> reporter: good morning. we are in the coffey park area, one of the hardest his areas where literally nothing is left. when the fire was approaching sunday night, neighbors turned to first responder. they were knocking on each

other's doors to make sure everyone got out safe. >> it is devastating. >> reporter: when heather bowers saw ash raining about in her front yard she became the neighborhood alert system. >> they were like, what is going on? i said you need to pack up and get out. >> reporter: bowers' mother and two brothers lost their homes, her mother escaping with only the clothes she was wearing. did anybody get any warning? >> no. >> reporter: many people in the danger zones were caught by surprise and needed help getting out. >> a lady trapped in 3085, alta road. >> any units available the stop. they called, their house is on fire and need assistance evacuating. >> communication problems have been difficult. >> reporter: the sheriff says alerts were sent out but admits not everyone would have gotten them. a lot of residents are saying they didn't get any sort of warning. what was the notification process? >> we have systems to call for outlines of block also of areas

and it will call all of the house also. without land lines if you don't sign up your cellphone you don't get that service sna t. >> reporter: the fires knocked out 77 cellphone towers. in those cases he said people should sign up for a service used by emergency responders that can send alerts over wi-fi. >> is there a backup system, a backup plan? >> news media. listen to their radio, pay attention to cellphones, get on the internet, go to web page goes. use them also you don't miss the pieces. >> reporter: i spoke with a family whose aunt was missing for five days. a hotel employee five towns away recognized her in our report and helped us reunite the family. nixel says they've sent out four million messages since the fire started, so clearly it is taking a lot of different kpun indication avenues to make sure everyone stays safe. >> wow. such reporting there. i hope everyone can find their missing loved ones and relatives. thank you, mireya. a napa, california man is

thanking the highway patrol officers who made two trips to rescue him and his family from wildfire also. pepe tamayo and his family reunited with the officers last night. they were rescued sunday as the wildfires approached their home. the helicopter could only fit four passengers, so tamayo stayed by behind while his wife, son and her parents left. >> i don't know what is going to happen at the moment. i knew i was alive but i called my daughter and i told her, if i don't see you again, remember i love you. that was it. and then i think i have to go to -- to the rest and that was the end, yeah. and they came back and picked us up, yeah. it was -- it was ugly, it was close. it was really close. >> tamayo said his home was destroyed. one of the officers who went

back in the helicopter said he wasn't sure that they would see tamayo again after they left him the first time. geez, what a story. >> yes. yes, you can feel his pain. >> yes. >> and as bad as it is to lose your home, when you think about losing your life, to say goodbye to your daughter, you're just grateful that you're alive. >> grateful to be alive. the acting secretary of homeland security elaine duke is going to puerto rico to meet with hurricane victims. the fbi is investigating claims of possible fraud in connection with hurricane supplies, food and other items allegedly diverted from puerto ricans who need them. david begnaud is in puerto rico as president trump weighed in again this morning on the u.s. territory's financial problems. david, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. president trump tweeted that congress needs to decide how much to spend in terms of helping puerto rico rebuild. mr. trump went on to tweet that fema, the military and first responders who have been amazing under the most difficult circumstances cannot stay in puerto rico forever. based on our reporting, people

here are not asking for forever. they're asking for things to get better right now. words are not necessary to describe martina rivera's grief. he left me, she sobbed. her husband jorge died friday. doctors say he contracted a bacterial disease. he was initially diagnosed with dengue and sent home according to his daughter joanna. her older sister evelyn says the last thing she told her father is, i love you. three other people are suspected of dying from the disease. it is spread through contaminated water, but easily treatable with antibiotics. >> it's been three weeks, what is taking so long? >> that's the island's secretary of state. he says the governor ordered him to figure out why clean water is not getting to every part of this island. >> reporter: at what point do

you bypass the local government if they're not getting it done? at what point do you guys do it? >> we've been doing it. that's why we've been even doing air drops in communities where we go directly to communities where a bridge has been destroyed by the water or any reason which needs us to impact them directly, we'll keep doing that. >> reporter: three weeks after the hurricane, the government is now handing out one million water purifying tablets as well as 20,000 high-volume water filters. back at the garden of god pentecostal church, the widow sobs, "why was he taken away." that man will be buried later today. people are so desperate to find clean drinking water in isolated areas of this island that the environmental protection agency says there are reports that some people are going to hazardous waste sites and trying to drink from wells where the water is toxic. >> that was david begnaud

reporting from puerto rico. really rough to hear that story, but he's done some great reporting. now to the story. roughly $9-gallon of milk could be the drink of the future. don daylor visited a dairy farm in nebraska. >> reporter: what if i told you that many people who think they're lactose intolerant could drink this milk and it hasn't been modified in any way? you think it would become the cream of the dairy aisle or just another load of marketing emploemploploy? we'll put it u

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such. the makers of a-2 milk clak it is easier on the stomach than regular milk. it contains only a2 proteins. regular has a1 and a2 proteins. people who find regular milk hard to digest say it is good news. don daylor shows us why the dairy industry is not show sure. good morning. >> good morning. at first glance you might think it is another plant-based drink like almond milk but it is not. it is pure cow's milk, no special additives and it is not lactose-free. the difference is a type of protein found in the milk, and makers say the difference can be life changing. >> reporter: four years ago lisa montasanty said her grandson stopped drinking milk when he was hit with severe stomach pain. >> he stopped drinking it because of the pain and the symptoms went away.

>> reporter: when he saw the a2 milk, he told his grandmother he wanted to try it. >> i got it for him and he wanted to try it. >> reporter: blake water is the chief executive of a2 milk in the u.s. >> there's a1 and a2 and we find the cows that only produce a2 proteins and that's what is in our milk. >> reporter: waltrip says for some people it is the a1 protein that makes milk difficult to digest. >> we think the problem is to a1 protein, not the lactose. >> they have a problem with the a 1 protein. >> that's correct. >> reporter: a study claims when a-1 proteins are broken in the gut they form a fragment called bcm-7 that triggers inflammation and symptoms like bloating and abdominal pain. the national dairy council says at this point a-2's claims are theoretical and not back by

scientific research. >> it is just a theory at this point in time. there are no signs that says there's any value in this a-2 protein relative to conventional milk. two studies that were done with a small number of subjects looked at different variables that don't give us the answer we need to be able to tell whether or not this is really true or not. >> reporter: some of the a-2 milk sold in stores is produced here at prairieland dairy in nebraska. where the milk from hundreds of cows that produce the a-2 protein is collect. interestingly, the cows that produce a-2 milk are not genetically modified. to identify the ones producing the a-2 protein a simple dna test is performed on new-born calves using hair follicles. they are separated from the rest of the herd so there's no cross contamination. the milk lines must be separated and cleaned thoroughly. once bottled, the product must be tested again. the testing isn't cheap. >> no, the testing isn't cheap,

but it is reflected, you know, in bringing this product to market. >> reporter: a-2 milk is sold at a premium price, roughly $9 per gallon compared to around $5 per gallon for regular milk. so these calves have all been bred for the a-2 protein? >> that's right. >> reporter: dan rice is the pharmacy owner. despite scepticism from the dairy industry, rice predicts a-2 milk is the way of the future. >> yeah, i think the industry eventually will be all a-2. >> reporter: but for now the process is time-consuming and costly. yet despite the higher cost, lisa montasanti says she still gets this milk for the money. >> i have recommended it to anyone, i will say try it, it is worth it. >> reporter: while the dairy industry doesn't think a-2 milk science is there yet, it says it welcomes innovation and promoting consumer choice. for now a-2 milk is mostly sold

in specialty or high-end grocery stores, but the company says it expects to make a larger rollout in the near future. >> and it tastes like milk? >> it is milk can. >> that's great. it will be good news for a lot of people who have digestive issues. >> might want to try it and see if they can drink this as opposed to, you know, the lactose-free milk. >> pricey but worth it. >> do they make a chocolate version? >> everybody i've heard, yes, the brown cows produce the chocolate. not yet. >> that's a fantastic story. thank you, john hyperloop 1, the company working to create a supersonic ground system is teaming up with richard branson. ahead with what the announcement could mean for the future of high speed travel in tubes you can watch thursday night football tonight on cbs. both teams are 4-1 and sit at the top of their division. coverage starts at 6:30 central, 4:30 pacific right here on cbs. simulcast on the nfl network. you are watching "cbs this morning."

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jet plane made a big announcement this morning. the hyperloop transferred people through a tube at nearly 7up miles an hour meaning people could go from l.a. to san francisco in 30 minutes. branson will serve on the board of directors. they'll focus on creating a passenger and cargo service. >> boy. that's great. >> sign me up. >> new york to d.c. >> i like that too. >> five minutes. >> that's awesome. the number of deaths from breast cancer dropped shortly in recent decades because of break throughs. our dr. agus is in our toyota green room. ahead, the new treatment option is in our new series called grand rounds. more ahead. your local news is next.

>> announcer: "cbs this morning" proud to be honored with two right now in napa county, crews are trying to crush the flames of the atlas fire. it's burned more than 43-thousand acres. good morning. i'm kenny choi. right now in napa county, crews are trying to crush the flames of the atlas fire. it has burned more than 43,000 acres already. the fire department says it is 3% contained. the poor air quality has forced organizers to cancel several events this saturday as virgin sports after marathon in san francisco has been canceled. the company plans to donate $25,000 to the red cross to help the fire victims. a partner in the event says it will also donate $25,000 to the red cross. you can see the hazy skies from san jose. so the smoke will impact people as far south as even parts of central california. it's a strong north wind that

picks up throughout the morning hours pushing smoke through san francisco. sfo right now experiencing 90- minute to two-hour delays on some arriving flights because of poor visibility and construction there. winds between 3 to 5 miles an hour is good news. we saw gusts in mount diablo at 53 miles per hour this morning. here's a look at the air quality. some of the worst we have ever seen for the bay area. and it will extend further south today because of the direction of the dry gusty winds heading from north to south pushing that smoke further south. one bit of good news, low temperatures down into the low 70s. we'll be right back. my name is cynthia haynes and i am a senior public safety specialist for pg&e. my job is to help educate our first responders on how to deal with natural gas and electric emergencies. everyday when we go to work

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expect delays if you are heading out and your ride has you headed along southbound 680 through walnut creek. we have big delays. this is live look right near north main street over an hour commute just to go from willow pass road on down to el pintado road. we are tracking an accident near stone valley. it does have one lane blocked southbound. another crash just past the richmond/san rafael bridge toll plaza has traffic backed up along 580 from marina bay parkway to sir francis drake. just under 30 minutes. your ride along the eastshore freeway, an hour from highway 4 to the maze. the bay bridge toll plaza an additional 23 minutes from the maze into san francisco. and san mateo bridge slow ride out of hayward into foster city. very smoky out there, as well. "cbs this morning" continues. see you back here in 30 minutes. ♪[ music ] harassment.

♪ harassment. >> strike three is called. game over. american league division series over. yankees win. the yankees win. >> a remarkable come back for the new york yankees. heading back to the american league championship series for the first time in five years. the yanks beat the indians last night 5-2. they had lost the first two games of the division series. but they came back to win the final three. they will play the houston astros next. that series starts friday. the winner heading to the world series. and the cleveland -- great game, i hear. the indians are a great team. i never thought they could come back three games in a row.

>> remember they won 21 straight. >> they say it ain't over until it's over. congratulations. welcome back to "cbs this morning." right now time to show you the headlines. usa today reports air pollution from the california fires equals a year's worth of traffic about 140,000 acres are burning. by one estimate, the fires have produced about 10,000 tons of pollutants. that is the same amount generated by about 35 million vehicles on roads in california each year. the hollywood reporter says twitter suspended actress rose mcgowan's account last night. the actress has been speaking out about the harvey winestein scandal. mcgowan shared a screen shot. she used twitter to call for the firing of board members of the

winestein company. she tweeted ben affleck which was aware of what was going on. twitter declined to comment. a premium leather goods company coach is changing the name to trap industry. the company wants to broaden the image after acquiring kate spade. it creates to creativity and craftsmanship. the change goes into effect october 21st. billboard said the outside released a new video for the song "freedom" to mark international day of the girl yesterday. ♪ ♪ freedom cut me loose >> the video features young women from around the world lip syncing and dancing to the song. it also shows some shocking statistics including the girl dies from violence every five minutes in the world. and 130 million girls are not in school. it's a great example of using the power of her celebrity to

bring attention to a very real policy issue. >> who rule the world? girls. we're launching a new medical series this morning called "grand rounds." that's practice of senior million professionals who teach other the doctors about advancements in health care and treatment. our focus today is breast cancer. as you may know, october is national breast cancer awareness month. one in eight women will get the disease in her lifetime, but with medical advances, the number of deaths has plunged nearly 40% from 1989 to 2015. our doctor david agus is leading cancer expert and presented grand rounds for more than two decades around the world. the university of southern california's cancer center joins us at the table. good to see you. >> it took two decades. it makes me sound old. >> no. like an expert. >> yeah. >> you know your stuff. >> it's great to hear there's a drop in the rates. why? >> it's amazing, right. all of a sudden it's dropping.

we're screening people and getting mammograms like they should. and we're getting better at treating it. it's early breast cancer when you take it out and give certain treatments you can dramatically reduce the rates of recurrence. that's equaling more people surviving this horrible disease. >> what about new treatments. what are the exciting new treatments? >> it's a wild time for doing what we do is now when a person is diagnosed, we can look at the genes. we can see the on and off switches and can target them. we call it targeted therapy. it's saving lives. and the newest form is blocking the signal on the cancer. it allows the patient's cells to attack the cancer. both are making people live longer and better. >> which cancers are hereditary? >> about 5 to 10% are hereditary. brca 1 and 2 means so you a 60

to 80% chance of getting breast cancer. the test was thousands of dollars. now the supreme court said you can no longer a patent a gene in the country and the test is $99. >> do you think more people should get a test? >> to me it's a no brainer. you don't get false positive. and when angelina jolie, you know, heroically said i have the faulty gene, it opened the doors to say it's okay to actually look and to talk about it. >> besides skin cancer, it's one of the most diagnosed cancers. why is that? >> you know, it's a great question. you have a lot of muscle in your body. and yet your breasts are a small fraction of that. one in eight women get breast cancer. we don't know the true answer. but the areas that make milk can make cancer. we see it increase decade by decade. 20s it's rare. 70 and 80s it's more common. we know early detection matters. mammograms, not the greatest test in the world, if you're the

consumer. not fun. >> it's not. i had one the other day. i swear to you, david, if men had to go through if you had your you know what smashed, they would figure out another way to do it. it's uncomfortable or pleasant. depending on the tech. do you see a day that you don't have to have that procedure done? >> marie curry developed the x-ray. it's a great test and everyone should have it. we need more research and better ways to detect this disease. >> what is the big unanswered question about breast cancer? >> i think the biggest unanswered question why does it happen? we have ways to prevent it. if a woman takes some of the es to jen throughs you can dramatically reduce the zins of it. we know taking hormone-replacement therapy. alcohol is a risk factor. being sedentary. being overweight is risk factor. we know about those.

we don't know the root of why it happens. >> thank you. >> great to have you here. thank you so much. reminder i need to get a mammogram. >> yes. the days of overstuffed wallets in the back pocket or purse might soon come to an end. by 2020 mobile wallets are expected to surpass the use of cred and debit cards in the u.s. it already happened in china. we are in beijing to show us what a nearly cashless society looks like. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. when i moved here to china a couple of months ago, i kept getting funny looks every time i would pull cash out of the wallet. and i got one of these. it's a code on my phone and now i can buy anything here in china. when you pay for something. how do you pay for it? >> reporter: on the streets of beijing, cash is definitely not cake. >> what do you think of people who use cash to pay for things? >> translator: it's rare and weird, he says. only the elderly people and

people don't know how to use a phone pay cash. this woman said i rarely take my wallet when i go out. just my phone. that's because those phones can buy just about anything. from clothes in the store to steamed buns on the street. they're used to pay for bike rides and bus rides. rent and utility bills. >> reporter: when was the last time you used cash. a month ago. that's a long time. it dominates china's mobile market and payments on the platform total more than $5.5 trillion last year. a 200% jump from the year before. and nearly 50 times more than the value of mobile payments in the u.s. one of the big reasons mobile payments have caught on so quickly in china is because of what most people here don't have in their wallets. credit cards. they basically went from a cash-based society to a cashless one and skipped the step in between. >> china leapfrogged the u.s.

going to a cashless society. >> reporter: this is an economist in beijing. he said china's cashless revolution has happened in just three years. largely thanks to these things called qr codes. you simply scan them with the phone to pay. nearly every business and person has one. from the pardon mers market to the musician on the street playing for a mobile tip. you can give a homeless person money with your phone. you would never see it in the u.s. all you have to do is scan the code to transfer money. and it is ubiquitous in china. some of the largest cities. the fanciest hotels to the most humble street side shacks use qr codes. >> reporter: the chinese are comfortable doing everything on their phones. while in the u.s., credit cards and online shopping via personal computers still rule. these kinds of legacy technologies make any adoption of newer generations for technologies much more slower.

so in this sense, i think the u.s. has a little bit of catching up to do. a recent survey found that 40% of chinese people carry less than $15 on them. but they would never dream of leaving home without this as one guy told me on the street, you can't achieve anything without your phone. gayle? >> that guy on the street was very correct. thank you. didn't you love how he opened the piece. when i moved to china a couple of months ago. it sounded so cool, ben tracy sflchlt. the chef in the green room. he believes no meal is complete without something sweet at the ends. i agree! he's in our toyota green room. ahead his new book and why we shouldn't demonize sugar

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dessert book called "sweet." we welcome otolenke. this is such a beautiful cookbook. tell us why you wanted to do desserts. >> this with us my first job in the kitchen. i would stand in the corner and whip up egg whites when he would tell me. >> you've become an expert. >> i think i am. in our shops in london we have mountains of meringue. people who come in are absorbed by meringue. there's raspberry meringue and

chocolate meringue. >> what do you say to people? >> like anything, you could abuse it or use it and i think sugar that comes from snack bars or savory food, all the hidden sugars are what you don't want to consume. but making a cake and baking it, it's a lovely home ritual and it would be a shame to lose a bit of the culinary arts because we're a bit obsessed at the moment. you say tarts and pies are a sense of the occasion. do you believe anybody can be a baker? anybody? >> absolutely. absolutely. >> i think you're wrong. >> i think i can give you a private lesson. >> i think you should too. you think baking is different than any other types of food. instructions in a baking recipe

are very, very clear. you've got the size of the pan, the temperature, you know how long you're going to bake it. when you cook a fish, it's very easy to overcook it. if you cook a cake, the recipe gives you a good guideline. we hold you the hand through the recipe and give you a good result. >> you talk about rose and sweet water you still think this is something that anybody listening to us could cook. >> listen. we're talking about this lemmon sponge cake. >> i am going to make this tonight. i'm manging this lemon sponge cake tonight. >> you promise? >> i can do it. can i hold this up for one scored? can you get a tight shot of this? i thought, hello, government this is a thing of beauty. >> it's got no flour. almond mill and chocolate ganache. it's a slightly more complex.

>> when they use your name like a verb, what do they mean? >> steams people talk about ottolenghi simplifying a dish. we have like chocolate tarts in the book with crystalized rosemarie on the top. it's savory whu when you add it to a chocolate tart, it makes it jump. we do special things. not all of the recipes. >> it sounds like yu've got critics in your own house. your 4-year-old says i want help the make it. >> helen is my co-author and makes great cakes. >> and you say, dad knows how to

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