york city kvm . captioning funded by cbs captioning funded by cbs it's friday, october 20th, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." president trump's chief of staff comes to his defense about the call to a gold star widow that's causing controversy. >> it stuns me that a member of congress would have listened in on that conversation. absolutely stuns me. and i thought at least that was sacred. >> two former presidents slam president trump without mentioning him by name and warn of the destruction of american democracy.

line shot, and it is caught, and the ball game is over, and the los angeles dodgers have won the pennant. >> and it drew close in three decades, but the l.a. dodgers are heading to the world series. 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. it was an emotional response from a parent who knows the heartache of loss firsthand. the president's own chief of staff john kelly defended against criticism that mr. trump disrespected a grieving family during a condolence call. kelly's son was killed in the line of duty and he had harsh words for the woman who criticized the president. >> reporter: chief of staff john kelly lashed out at congresswoman frederica wilson

for commenting on president trump. >> i was stunned when i came to work yesterday morning and brokenhearted. >> reporter: wilson was with a widow yesterday. johnson was killed in an ambush on october 4th. she was critical of the president's tone and message. >> it stuns me that a member of congress would have listened in on that conversation, absolutely stuns me, and i thought at least that was sacred. >> chief of staff kelly said he first urged the president not to make the call. when the president insisted, he counseled him on what to say. >> he was a brave man, a fallen hero. he knew what he was getting into because he enlisted. this was no reason to enlist, but he enlisted. he was where he wanted to be with exactly where he wanted to be when his life was taken. that was the message. >> mola lenghi, cbs news,

capitol hill. >> last night mr. trump went on a twitter attack and attacked congresswoman wilson writing the fake news is going crazy with wacky congresswoman wilson who was secretly on a very personal call and gave a total lie about content. for her part congresswoman wellson says she stands by her comments. the "washington post" reports the johnson family has known wilson for decades for years before wilson moved to washington to join congress. >> and details of the ambush in niger that killed four american soldiers including la david johnson have been slow to emerge after t afterward. three other americans were recovered. pentagon officials believed johnson was still alive somewhere on the battlefield. his body was found two days later, but the pentagon flatly rejected the notion that an american soldier had been left behind. >> i'll tell you categorically

from the employment of contact, no one's left behind. either u.s., our partner nigerian forces, french forces were on the ground actively searching for the soldier. >> officials want to know if warning signs about the ambush were missed. senator john mccain says it may take subpoenas to get more information. >> former president bush said not to criticize. that changed yesterday when he denounced bigotry, isolationism and conspiracy theories in a not very veiled attack on president trump's leadership. margaret brennan reports. >> bigotry seems emboldened and our politics seemed more open to conspiracy theories. >> the 43rd president made no mention of the 45th, but his focus was clear. >> we've seen our discourse created by casual cruelty. at times it can seem like the forces pulling usz apart are stronger than the forces binding us together.

>> he said american minds are distorting our dmomcy. >> we've seen nationalism distorted. >> there was no specific reference to president trump's mantra, but president bush pointedly called on journalists to uphold the integrity for the sake of the public. >> democracy needs media that is transparent, accurate, and fair. >> a similar call to arms was made by another senior republican earlier this week, senator john mccain. >> for the sake of some half-baked spurious nationalism cooked up by people who would rather find scapegoats than solve problems. >> former president barack obama also spoke out. >> the world counts on america having its act together. >> appearing at a democratic rally in new jersey, he urged young voters to fight back. >> we are objecting a politics of division, we are rejecting a

politics of fear, that we are embracing a politics that says everybody counts. >> president bush said he believes the american spirit will ultimately prevail. >> the american spirit does not say we shall manage or we shall make the best of it. it says we shall overcome, and that is exactly what we're going to do. >> it is an unspoken rule for presidents not to criticize their successors. perhaps this is another case where the standard rules no longer apply. margaret brennan, cbs news, the white house. the republican congress appears one step closer to tax reform. the senate passed a $4 trillion budget measure that could pave the way for the tax overhaul presented by president trump. it has to be reconciled with the house plan but there is growing pressure to adopt the senate plan.

once it passes, the republicans will be able to use a procedural maneuver to pass legislation without the help of democrats. and i ahead on "cbs this morning" in our "issues that matters" series, speaker of the house paul ryan joins us to take a closer look at tax reform. two people were arrested during demonstrations against the speech by white nationalist richard spencer at the university of florida. for much of his speech spencer was drowned out by protesters. >> you think that you shut me down. well, you didn't. you actually failed at your own game. >> outside of the auditorium hundreds protested with signs and anti-nazi slogans. hundreds of police had been called in to prevent violence. the school estimated it spent $600,000 on security.

there were a few skirmishes between protesters and supporters. the governor had declared a state of emergency for the event. and police in los angeles are investigating a possible sexual assault case against harvey weinstein. weinstein's. weinstein was fired from the company he founded following numerous allegations. police in new york and london are also investigating allegations of sex abuse against weinstein. it's estimated the wildfires that tore through northern california caused at least $1 billion in property damage. the fires are blamed for at least 42 deaths and the destruction of nearly 7,000 homes and other buildings. the damage estimate is expected to climb. more than 15,000 people remain evacuated. and national oceanic & atmospheric administration says another warm winter is on tap. this is thanks to an expected la

nina event. it's the periodic cooling of the pacific ocean, which affects weather patterns worldwide. it's expected to be dryer than normal while the north will be likely wetter, but noaa says it's unlikely that this winter will be as warm as last. a 29-year drought is over for the los angeles dodgers. >> line shot, and it is caught, and the ball game is over, and the los angeles dodgers have won the pennant. >> the dodgers are headed to the world series for the first time since 1988. enrique hernandez homered three times as l.a. routed the chicago cubs, 11-1 in game five of the national league championship series. l.a. won the series four games to one and beat houston or new york in the world series beginning tuesday. coming up on the "morning

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we're getting a glimpse into the mind of a young barack obama. atlanta's emory university obtained nine handwritten letters sent by mr. obama in 1982 to 1984 to his then college girlfriend, alexandra mcnear. they paint a picture of a young man struggling with his place in the world at work and at school. in one portion he writes -- salaries in the community organizations are too low to survive on right now, so i hope to work in some more conventional capacity for a year, allowing me to store up enough nuts to pursue those. the 30-page collection is being made public. on the "cbs moneywatch" now, why your laptop may be dangerous in checked luggage, and a clothing subscription company goes public. diane king hall at the new york stock exchange. good morning, diane. >> good morning, anne-marie. here on wall street drug company

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type of cancer. the fda has approved a new gene therapy for patients who have run out of options. >> reporter: 59-year-old judy wilkins battled lymphoma for years. the cancer got so aggressive multiple rounds of chemotherapy did not help, and she was not a candidate for a stem cell trans plant. >> i never thought at that i would be making choices in my life. but then the more i realized how sick i was because i was in total denial about it, that's when caron suggested it. >> reporter: dr. caron jacobson told her about a new gene cell treatment, car t-cell therapy. t-cells are engineered to find and kill cancer cells. car-t is custom made for each patient and delivered once.

>> we give them treatment in the clinic to help them grow better once we put them back into the patient. then we infuse the t-cells into the patient and wait for them to do their job. >> in a nationwide clinical trial of 101 patients of those with car-t, 84% had a response, 54% had a complete response that went into remission including judy. >> this is a tremendous deal. these are patients that have really exhausted standard options. >> i'm very lucky. >> reporter: judy has been in remission for over a year. >> i felt just like me again, which has been almost three years. >> reporter: and while it's still too early to tell if this therapy is a cure, judy's grateful for another chance. coming up on "cbs this morning," the ceo of men's clothing store bon oh boss, andy dunn, tells us about a new

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our top story this morning. the senate passed a $4 trillion budget plan that could lead the way to the massive tax overhaul promised by president trump. the senate measure has to be reconciled with the house budget plan, but once the budget passed by congress, a special procedure would allow the senate to pass tax reform legislation without the help of democrats. the current controversy over presidential condolence calls began with the calls over the deaths of four green berets in niger. nancy cordes has more.

>> our thoughts and prayers -- >> reporter: but for 12 days the president himself said nothing about the deaths, no tweets, no statements, until he was asked about his silence at a rose garden press conference. >> i'm going to be calling them. i want a little time to pass. i'm going to be calling them. >> reporter: then he made this explosive claim about his predecessor. >> the traditional way if you look at president obama and other presidents, most of them didn't make calls. a lot of them didn't make calls. >> reporter: the comment drew instant fury from top obama officials. one said stop the damned lying, another called him a deranged animal, but the president didn't back down, offering up his own chief of staff as proof. kelly's son, second lieutenant robert kelly, was killed in afghanistan in 2010. >> you could ask general kelly, did he get a call from obama. you could ask other people. i don't know what other

preside presidents' plans are. i write letters and i make calls. >> reporter: on tuesday the president did call la david wilson's widow as she was riding to the airport. congresswoman frederica wilson happened to be in the car. >> he never said the word "hero." he said to the wife, well, i guess he knew what he was getting into. how insensitive could he be. >> reporter: she said president trump's tone made her cry. president trump said wilson was making it up. >> i didn't say what that congresswoman said. didn't say it at all. >> reporter: but the fallen soldier's mother told the "washington post" he did say it and wilson said five other people were in the car too. >> i don't have time to go back and forth with the president. i have work to do. he has work to do too. so he needs to do it like i'm doing mine. >> general kelly didn't dispute wilson's account but said he was stunned she listened in on such a sensitive call.

asked about that in florida, the congresswoman said john kelly is just trying to keep his job. he'll say anything. nancy cordes, cbs news, washington. coming up on "cbs this morning," the harvey weinstein scandal is still dominating the conversation two weeks after jodi kantor of "the new york times" broke the story, so she joins us in studio 57 with new developments. and the ceo of men's clothing company bonobos andy dunn tells us about the new campaign featuring role models instead of professional models. that's the "cbs morning news" for this friday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com thanks for watching. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

good morning, bay area. as we take a live look at the city of san francisco, the embarcadero, it is friday, october 20th. lights shining brightly out there.

good morning, i'm kenny choi. >> i'm anne makovec in for michelle griego. it's just about 4:30. you'll find some wet roads. >> that's right. >> you will have to use the windshield wipers on your way into work this morning. >> we are seeing the leftovers basically of the rain showers. so there's a little bit left out there. but it was a nice cleansing that we got. we saw some decent rain totals from the storm. here it is now on the hi-def doppler the past 3-hour loop so you can see how it's winding down and moved through san francisco. as temperatures stay cool, we are going to see some snowflakes around tahoe. san francisco might see a little bit more rain. i'll talk more about the totals and the impact it had on those north bay hills coming up. we have had an active overnight on the roads. it looks like some of the scratches are now in the clearing stages. but westbound