quijano. captioning funded by cbs it's monday, october 16th, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." breaking overnight, an oil rig explodes near new orleans. several crew members are seriously hurt, and rescue crews are still searching for another. firefighters in northern california are finally gaining ground as evacuated residents return to what's left of their homes. and a flight plummets 20,000 feet over australia. this morning passengers blame flight attendants for spreading panic on the plane. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green.

well, at least seven people were injured when a louisiana oil rig exploded. rescue boats are scouring the waters of lake pontchartrain just miles north of new orleans. several are injured and one is still missing. the platform about a mile and a half from the coastline exploded last night. the platform is used to transfer oil. cleaning chemicals reportedly ignited on the rig, and it's unclear if oil is leaking into the lake. and this morning firefighters say they are finally making some progress against the deadly wildfires that have ravaged northern california. some evacuation orders have been lifted, but the danger is far from over. at least 40 deaths are blamed on the fires and 5,700 homes and buildings have been destroyed. seth lemon has more. good morning, seth. >> good morning, anne-marie.

fire crews are gaining ground the wildfires but they've devastated hundreds of miles. now as people are getting the all-clear to return home, they're not finding much to go back to. it's been one week since massive wildfires started burning their way through northern california. fire officials say they believe they've finally turned a corner. thanks to dying winds an more personnel, they're starting to gain control over some spots. >> they're not going down easy, but we're getting them, and we feel a lot better about that. >> reporter: officials say two of the three most destructive fires are now more than half contained. >> oh, my god. i can't believe this. >> reporter: some residents are finally being allowed to return to their homes. 68-year-old christina shott of napa among those shocked of what's left. >> it was really magical. i'm standing outside.

all the shrubbery. i hope i can save those oaks. >> reporter: this center has been set up outside santa rhoda to give residents access to fema, all sorts of utility courses and sources to figure out how to start from scratch. >> there's so much information from canceling utilities, rebuilding, dmv, i mean it's -- insurance information, property tax. >> reporter: in another sign of progress, officials at electric company and gas say they expect to have all of the power restored to their customers in those zones. and the raiders train there and they announced a $1 million donation for relief and recovery. anne-marie? >> seth lemon in new york. thank you so much, seth. a former high-ranking dea

officials said the efforts to crack down on the opioid epidemic was derailed by the drug industry. bill whitaker talked to the administration official turned whistle blower. >> this is an industry that's out of control. what they want to do is do what they want to do and not worry about what the law is, and if they don't follow the law in drug supply, people die. that's just it. people die. >> reporter: joe rannazzisi is a tough blunt former deputy enforcement administrator with a law degree, pharmacy degree, and a smoldering rage over the death toll of opioids. his greatest ire is the distributors, some of them fortune 500 companies. they're the middle men that ship the pain pills from manufacturers like purdue, pharma, and johnson & johnson all over the country.

ramazzisi accuses the companies of fueling the opioid epidemic by turning a blind eye to pain pills being distributed for illicit use. allowed millions an millions of >> this is an industry that allowed millions an millions of bad drugs to go into bad pharmacies and doctors' offices that distributed them out to people that had no legitimate neat for those drugs. >> who are these three distributors? >> the three largest distributors are cart nall health, mckesson, and amerisourcebergen. they control 85% of the drugs that go downstream. >> you know what you're saying, that these big companies knew they were pumping these drugs into american communities that were killing people. >> that's not an implication. that's a fact. that's exactly what they did. >> well, the "60 minutes" investigation also found

congress weakened the dea's ability to go off drug distributors even as opioid-related deaths were on the rise. by 2016 it had claimed over 3,000 lives. that's more than three times the number of u.s. military deaths in the vietnam war. ahead on "cbs this morning" coverage continues. demarco morgan speaks to a family that lost their son to an opioid addiction, and they react to the shocking report. overseas now, the united states and south korea have begun five days of navel exercises this morning. 40 ships have taken part in drills off peninsula. the u.s. and south korea regularly conduct military exercises. last week north korea threatened military action. today president trump is scheduled to meet with senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. they have publicly clashed over congress's inability to repeal the affordable care act. meanwhile the trump

administration is also pushing to end the nuclear deal with iran. john schumo has more on that. >> reporter: the president's top aides say the united states will remain in the nuclear deal with iran for now. >> he is, i think, signaling to iran and to our other partners there are serious flaws in this agreement. everyone acknowledges there are serious flaws. >> he has set out a marker, a marker to the iranians and to our allies and partners that we have to fix fundamental flaws in this deal. it's a weak deal that is being weakly monitored. >> reporter: president trump wants to make sure iran is in compliance to limit its arsenal and this week he's asked congress to strengthen the terms to better protect the united states and its allies. >> i think the president was very courageous in saying i'm not going to kick this can down the road. i'm going to stop this from happening. >> reporter: on cbs's "face the

nation," iran's foreign minister expressed skepticism over the president's motives. >> this administration is withdrawing from everything. somebody called it withdrawal doctrine with this administration. it's withdrawing from daca, partnerships, unesco. it's withdrawing everything. so people cannot trust the word of the united states. >> reporter: the minority speaker of the house also criticized the president. >> this week, the week of friday the 13th is the week the president went rogue. john schumo, cbs news. british police are investigating new allegations of sexual assault against hollywood producer harvey weinstein. weinstein was ejected from the academy of motion picture, arts, and sciences, and france wanted to rescind an award its gave weinstein.

>> reporter: a british actress says weinstein stalked her. the truth is that harvey weinstein raped me not in a hotel suite with champagne and caviar on tap but up against a coat rack on a gray morning in my own home. london police are now investigating that allegation and three new claims of sexual assault made by a second woman, all reportedly involved wine strooen. in all the oscar-winning producer is facing dozens of sexual misconduct allegations, two criminal accusations, and has flipped the filmmaker in two weeks. on saturday the academy of motion picture, arts, and sciences excessed weinstein promising an end to willful ignorance and shameful complicity in sexual assault. take the abuse or take on a culture where the odds are stacked against you. >> a year ago gretchen carlson's

sexual allegations against fox news ceo roger ailes helped force his resignation. >> it must stop. >> reporter: in a commentary for "cbs sunday morning" the former fox news anchor and author speaks up. >> when we all speak up today, we have the power to change the world. >> harvey weinstein sas all of his relationships have been consensual, however, with so many claims against him weinstein has lost his job and his wife has left him. in a statement she said caring for the former couple's two young children is now her priority. tony dokoupil, cbs news, new york. back overseas the death toll has risen the more than 3 money after a bombing in mogadishu. it's the deadliest attack ever in somalia. saturday's truck bomb appeared to target qatar's embassy.

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passengers say they turned to the crew for help, but that were just as scared. >> one of the steward iss was running down the aisle screaming, put your oxygen mask on, put your oxygen mask on, tighten your belt, and they kept yelling it out. >> the plane turned around and landed in perth safely. airasia is trying to figure out what went wrong. attorney jeff sessions gets involved in prosecuting a transgender murder case, and colin kaepernick files a grievance. the "san francisco chronicle" reports kaepernick has filed a collusion grievance against the nfl. the former san francisco 49ers quarterback claims he remains unsigned because of the protest. kaepernick said he began sitting and then kneel during the "national anthem" to bring attention to racial injustice.

"new york times" jeff sessions is defying his own image on civil rights by helping in a transgender case. he sent a federal hate crimes lawyer to iowa to help prosecute a man in a transgender murder last year. since then he has rolled back protections for transgender people. and the "usa today" says a mississippi school board is removing "to kill a mockingbird" from its list of reading. the biloxi school district said it pulled the book after some people claimed the language in the book made them uncomfortable. still ahead, tesla shrinks its staff. the carmaker has reportedly fired hundreds of workers amid its slow start of its model 3. ask if xeljanz xr is right for you. xeljanz xr is a once-daily pill for adults with moderate to severe ra for whom methotrexate did not work well.

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economy. and she expected the economy to rebound by year's end. last week the dow jumped 107 points, that's for the week. the s&p 500 finished 4 points higher. the nasdaq added 16 points on a weekly basis. tesla has fired hundreds of employees. it reportedly included engineers, manufacturers, salespeople and factory employees. they appear to be having production problems with its mass market of tesla 3 but it's unclear if it's related. amazon studios is reportedly cutting ties with weinstein studio. besides ending its relationship with weinstein amazon canceled a high-profile drama from david russell. weinstein was an executive producer on the project which was reportedly a mafia crime series set in the 1990s. and horror ruled at the weekend box office. "happy death day" surpassed

expectations taking in $26.5 million in ticket sales. the film scored well with younger audiences. 63% of ticket buyers were under 25. "blade runner" finned second and jackie chan's "the foreigner" debuted in third place. diane king hall. thank you so much. >> all right. still ahead, why people are urged to get their flu shots sooner this season. no, no. no, honey, we meant that progressive would be protecting us 24/7. we just bundled home and auto and saved money. that's nothing to be afraid of. -but -- -good night, kyle. [ switch clicks, door closes ] ♪ i told you i was just checking the wiring in here, kyle. he's never like this. i think something's going on at school. -[ sighs ] -he's not engaging. i think something's going on at school. trust #1 doctor recommended dulcolax.

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championship washeld above the site of the indianapolis 500. the winner was 44-year-old owe she moroya of japan. he maneuvered his plane through 80-foot-high pylons. >> the push is on across the country for people to get their flu shots sooner rather than later. there are signs that this could be a particularly tough flu season. the southern hemisphere had a hard flu season with the strain called h3n2. the american academy of pediatrics recommends children receive flu vaccinations by the end of october. >> between october 2016 and 20k9 172017, several hundred chirp died from the flu, and thousands were hospitalized from complications from the flu or severe illness.

>> doctors say it takes two weeks for the shot to protect against the virus. coming up on "cbs this morning," scott kelly stops by to talk about his yearlong trip to space and the physical pains of returning to earth. i'm anne-marie green. this is the "cbs morning news." jooirksz think i'd give up showing these guys how it's done? please. real people with active psoriatic arthritis are changing the way they fight it... they're moving forward with cosentyx®. it's a different kind of targeted biologic. it's proven to help people find less joint pain and clearer skin. don't use if you are allergic to cosentyx. before starting cosentyx you should be checked for tuberculosis. an increased risk of infections and lowered ability to fight them may occur. tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms of an infection. or if you have received a vaccine, or plan to. if you have inflammatory bowel disease tell your doctor if symptoms develop or worsen. serious allergic reactions may occur. with less joint pain, watch me. for less joint pain and clearer skin, ask your rheumatologist about cosentyx.

our top stories this morning. at least seven people were injured when an oil rig in lake ponchartrain exploded last night. seven people are injured and one seriously. it's used to transport oil. cleaning chemicals are believed to have triggered the explosion. and thanks to diminishing winds, firefighters in northern california say they are starting to get a handle on the string of wildfires that killed at least 40 people. the fires started one week ago sunday. some 5,700 homes and buildings have been destroyed. the danger is not over, but thousands got the okay to return home. time capsules produced by the great american astronomer carl seguin were launched into space 40 years ago. as alex wagner reports, they're now available to humans.

>> reporter: since blasting off more than 40 years ago, the voyager 1 and 2 space karat have traveled billions of miles, leaving the solar system far behind. before they left on their journey, nasa scientists equipped both probes with these. gold plated phonographs along with sounds from nature, spoken messages in 55 languages -- >> hello from the children of planet earth. >> reporter: -- and a variety of music from bach to chuck berry. ♪ >> reporter: the idea, the alien space explorers ever discovered the voyager probes, they could hear from earth. >> i've sent greetings on behalf of the planet. >> now those sights and sounds

can be heard back here on terra firma. they've remastered the audio, published it, and are offering it to collectors as a boxed set. >> throughout the project we even been in close touch with all of the people who created the original voyager record. it was really important for us to feel that the work we created respected their vision. >> reporter: the project raised more than a million dollars on kickstarter in a month. >> the voyager golden record was a gift from humanity to the cosmos, but it's also a gift to humanity. >> reporter: while this compendium of humankind is available on earth, it will be another 40,000 years before either of the voyager probes or e ecor reach another planetary system. >> that was alex wagner reporting. coming up only on "cbs this morning," how nasa engineers are working to bring supersonic travel to commercial aviation,

potentially cutting travel times in half. jeff glor tells us about breaking the sound barrier with them. plus actor tom hanks tells us about his first book which was inspired by his passion for type writers. >> and astronaut scott kelly stops by studio 57 to talk about his year-long mission to space and his physical pains of returning to earth. that's the "cbs morning news" for this monday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

live from the cbs bay area studios this is "kpix 5 news" thank you for waking up with us as we take a live look at the tower in san francisco it is monday, october 16 good morning i'm kenny choi. >> and i'm michelle griego.

how about the weather? >> it is calm today it is calm and clear but it does not smell as smoky either. the wind is going to be on our side today. something that is not are the temperatures which are getting even hotter than yesterday. we will stay warm today which could be a concern for the firefighters with hot weather near 90 for some spots but the wind will start to blow on shore over the next couple of days bringing some cooling and also a chance of rain arriving soon. good morning, let's jump to the roadways we have an accident northbound 101 at broadway where two lanes are blocked. chp says it is a minor injury accident so we do expect slight delays in the area. roadwork is in effect