good morning to our viewers in the west. it is thursday, october 26th, 2017. welcome to "cbs this morning." president trump is ready to declare the opoid crisis a public health emergency but will today's actions stop short of today's pledge for a more sweeping response? puerto rico calls on washington to investigate how a two-man company called whitefish won a $300 million contract to restore power. the company's ties to the trump administration faced scrutiny. plus, an oregon woman underwent a double mastectomy and hysterectomy because doctors told her she had a high risk for cancer but a new lawsuit claimed it was a mistake caused by doctors who misread a test

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>> welcome to "cbs this morning." president trump plans an important address today on the deadly opoid epidemic that killed nearly 50,000 americans last year. but the speech will not include a promise declaration. >> after pledging to formally label the epidemic a national emergency, he's scaling back. a white house official confirmed the president will name it a public health emergency. >> that is a less sweeping declaration than the president suggested earlier. major garrett is at the white house with the latest on this story. major, good morning. >> good morning. president trump had a choice, declare a national emergency or a public health emergency. the first linked to hurricanes, big natural disasters. the second linked to infectious diseases. we last declared one 2009 to fight swine flu. both declarations envision

short-term intervepgs vention. among the president saying he's not presiding over a divided republican party. >> the opoid is a tremendous emergency. >> reporter: state, six states have declared opoid emergencies and now the federal government will follow suit. the goal, reduce addiction to prescription pain medication or drugs like heroin and fentanyl. >> we're doing an important meeting some time in the very short, very near future on op d opoid. >> reporter: the president backed $45 billion in new opoid spending as part of obamacare repeal. but that bill died due to gop divide. new divisions now confront the president. >> we have actually great unity in the republican party. >> reporter: mr. trump told reporters his party is unshaken by these broad sides. >> none of this is normal. >> his political model and governing model is to divide. >> reporter: if senators jeff flake and bob corker deflect on tax cuts, this top white house

agenda item could be in jeopardy. >> we want tax cuts for the middle class. we want tax cuts for businesses to produce jobs. there's great unity. >> reporter: the president predicted flake and corker will fall in line. mr. trump also said flake's decision not to seek re-election showed he was weak. >> his poll numbers are terrible. he's done terribly for the great people of arizona. and he would have never won. >> reporter: an exasperated ted cruz compared the criticism of the president to middle school. >> i really don't care who passed a note to the cute girls in big tails. everyone, shut up and do your job. >> reporter: house republicans are struggling to write that tax cut bill and its key author, texas congressman kevin brady, is clashing with the president overcontributions. earlier this week the president said they will not be touched, but brady's still pushing. now the president says it's up for negotiation. >> thanks, major. puerto rico's governor asking the department of

homeland security to audit how a small montana power company landed a $300 million contract to help restore electric service. it was recently revealed whitefish energy appears to have tied to interior secretary ryan zinke and to president trump's election effort. you' julianna goldman. julianna, good morning. >> good morning. the power grid was vulnerable because its government power company fileded for bankrupt i in july, yet it still awarded a $300 million no bid contract to a 2-year-old company that had only two employees at the time. as the island of puerto rico attempts to pull itself out of the dark, lawmakers in both parties want to know why and how whi whitefish energy was tasked to help rebuild power lines on the island. >> we don't have enough information. >> reporter: republican congressman rob bishop chairs the house committee that overseas puerto rico. >> how it was done.

needs to be greater transparency. >> reporter: whitefish energy's largest previous federal contract was for only $1.3 million to upgrade power lines in arizona. >> this appears to be a pretty small company. are they capable of doing the job that i think they're being asked. >> reporter: on wednesday, san juan's mayor took on the company on twitter, writing, what are they afraid we will find. whitefish responded, we've got 44 linemen building power lines in your city and 40 more men just arrived. do you want us to send them back or keep working? whitefish has since apologized for that tweet. >> hi, i'm andy, founder and ceo of whitefish energy. >> reporter: the company's ties to the administration are under scrutiny. techmanski knows interior secretary zinke. the energy company is backed by hbc investment. its founder joe colonnetta gave

$33,000 of then governor, now energy secretary, rick perry. colonnetta gave $28,200 to support president trump's electi election. the energy department did not respond to our questions. the energy department and zinke says the company play nod role in the contract. they say they got the job, in part, because they were willing to take less money up front than the other company that was being considered. norah. >> all right, julianna, thank you. president trump has slammed the democrats and hillary clinton because they helped pay for controversial research into his ties to russia. >> she denied it. everybody denied it. now they're sort of scooting around, trying to figure out what to say. so they spent, if you think of it, almost $6 million on something like that, and i think honestly i just think it's a disgrace. >> a source familiar with the clinton campaign said the former presidential candidate learned of the so-called steele dossier

in january when buzzfeed first published it. records show over a seven-month period, the democratic national committee and clinton campaign together paid more than $8 billion to the law firm that commissioned the dossier. it's unclear how much of that money went towards the research. people flying from overseas will experience new security measures starting this morning. the stricter rules apply to all u.s.-bound flights and are aimed at responding to threats of hidden explosives. people from the u.s. and other countries could be interviewed by airline employees and face more detailed inspections of their electronic devices. this measure will affect 325,000 passengers a day. that's about 2,100 flights. jericka duncan with more on this story. jericka, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. yes, five global airlines will start what's known as passenger security interviews today. here are the airlines impacted. air france, cathay, egypt air,

and lust hans ta. these changes could slow down the boarding process and even delay some flights. delta is reminding passengers traveling into the united states to arrive at airports at least three hours before departure. the trump administration said four months ago that airlines had until today to enchance screening procedures for u.s.-bound flights. these new measures replace the temporary laptop ban impacting planes from ten airports in eight predominantly muslim countries that include saudi arabia, turkey, kuwait, qatar, the united arab emirate, jordan and morocco. now, it's also domestic changes that we're looking at. the tsa is reminding folks to give themselves extra time, because at that tsa checkpoint, instead of just taking out your laptop, anything bigger than a cell phone will also have to be taken out of your carry-on and put in separate bins.

so, again, it's all about knowing that you could be spending more time going through the security at airports across the country. >> all right, jericka, thank you. united nations ambassador nikki haley continues her three-nation tour of africa after she was evacuated from south sudden. she was visiting a u.n. camp for displaced people when the protest against the country's president broke out. now, after haley was rushed out, u.n. security guards fired tear gas to break up the crowd of more than 100 people. haley later tweeted a video of the protest and said it was quote, sad, but an inspires day in south sudan. she now in the democratic republican of congo formerly known as zaire. pentagon officials this morning are briefing the house and senate armed services committee on the attack that killed forward americans. lawmakers want to know how sergeant johnson was separated from the unit and if he was

alive when wounded soldiers were evacuated. his body was found two days later. margaret brennan is at the pentagon. margaret, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. four american and four nigerien soldiers were killed as their patrol sought information on a terrorist considered a high-value target who was recently spotted in the area. the ambush described by military officials as a complex attack involving small-arm fire and rocket-propelled grenade. military service records released by the pentagon showed that sergeant johnson and the three other mortally wounded u.s. soldiers had little to know combat experience. for sergeant dustin wright, whose remains arrived at dover air force base the day after the attack, niger was his very first overseas deployment. a special operations command spokesperson told cbs news the men had all completed premission training required before such deployment. >> it's a dangerous business. >> reporter: president trump on wednesday said his generals

approved the mission and he was just learning details. >> i gave them authority to do what's right so that we win. that's the authority they have. i want to win. and we're going to win. and we're beating isis very badly. >> reporter: the ambush was toward the end of a 24-hour mission. the patrol had just met with elders s tongo tong yoe and lod up on foot and water. the pal control called for help and french forces arrived 30 minutes later. a dustwun or duty status whereabouts unknown was declared, triggering an intense search. the commander in africa, general thomas waldhauser, asked the joint chiefs for help and u.s. commandos based in the region were launched. >> at that point, knowing we had a missing soldier, we made a decision to make sure that all of the resources including national assets were available for recovery in that operation.

>> reporter: it is unclear whether this was a preplanned attack but investigators believe it was carried out by an isis offshoot operating in the area. military officials believe it was this man who led the group, abu walid al sahrawi. he has allies throughout the region. the sentencing hearing for army sergeant bowe bergdahl reum sos today after emotional testimony. bergdahl walked away from his post in afghanistan and was captured by the taliban. after five year, he was released in a prisoner exchange. he pleaded guilty to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. he said he left the post to report misconduct at his base. mark strassmann at fort bragg north carolina with the evidence presented against bergdahl. mark, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. in bergdahl's case, that charge of misbehavior before the enmip has to do with putting other servicemen at risk when they went looking for him. no u.s. soldier was killed in the search for bergdahl but the

court did hear from one former navy s.e.a.l. who was wounded. bowe bergdahl a rifled at the fort bragg courthouse where he came face-to-face with men who went on dangerous rescue missions to find him. army colonel baker testified one unit was on patrol for 37 days straight. the only time you slept was when you couldn't stay conscious any more, he testified. retired navy s.e.a.l. james hatch walks with a limp and a service dog now. but in 2009, he was part of bergdahl's rescue mission near the pakistan border. he was shot in the leg during that mission. on the stand, he described the moments following his injury. it hurt really bad. i thought i was dead. he survived, but his military career was over. >> i felt like, you know, maybe if i'd have done things a little bit differently, not gotten hurt, you know, the mission wouldn't have failed. >> reporter: in 2015, hatch talked about his injury and bergdahl. >> he needs to know, you know,

how much was risked. >> reporter: the judge is considering a motion to drop the case over president trump's comments on bergdahl. on the campaign trail, then candidate trump called him a traitor who should be shot. >> you know, the old days, boom, firing squad, no, it's true. >> reporter: the judge ruled in february he has not been influenced by president trump. adding those comments were made when the president was still a civilian candidate. but defense lawyers argued trump brought his campaign comments to the forefront again last week. >> i'm not going to comment on him but i think people have heard my comments in the past. >> reporter: army evaluators concluded that bergdahl suffered from a schizotypal personality disorder. his lawyers want the judge to consider that, as the judge weighs what kind of sentence to give bergdahl, which could be up to life behind bars. >> mark, thank you. police in northern california may be closer to learning who allegedly kidnapped a mother while she was jogging. sherry pappini vanished last

september. she was found three weeks later bruised and beaten but alive. she helped investigators create these two sketches of the women who she says abduct heard. anna warner is here with newly released details in this puzzling case. anna, good morning. >> good morning. almost one year ago, sherry papini was found beaten and shackled on the side of a california freeway. now investigators hope these sketches may finally help them get some answers about how she got there. last november, police got a frantic 911 call from sherry papini's husband keith who says he found her home about a mile from their shasta, california home. >> i found her home. it's got like, hair, ripped out of it, like in the headphones, so i'm totally freaking out thinking somebody grabbed her. >> reporter: three weeks later on thanksgiving day 2016, she was found bruised and tied up with a chain along interstate 5. papini was emaciated and had a brand burned into her shoulder. >> she was brand with restraints

but was able to summon help from a passing motorist who then notified law enforcement. >> reporter: papini told police how two women with their faces covered held her at gunpoint and pulled her into their vehicle. but investigators found both male and female dna on papini's body and clothing belonging to neither papini, nor her husband. papini said her abductors spoke spanish most of the time she was in their custody but struggled to give officers more. >> sherri did her best that she could in providing the descriptions but was not able to provide a detailed description due to the suspect's covering their faces. >> reporter: what mystified investigators here is there's no clear motive. officers say papini had been texting with a male acquaintance from michigan who she planned to meet with, but police spoke to him and have cleared him of any involvement, norah. >> anna, thank you. we're learning this morning a u.s. navy ship in the pacific

rescued a sailboat that was stranded at sea for months. two women and their two dogs were trying to sail from hawaii to ta haiti but they went off course last spring. they had an engine problem on may 30. they started making distress calls during the summer but no one saw them until two days ago. the uss ashland picked them up yesterday and the navy released photos from the rescue this morning. the sailors say they had a years worth of food on board, but one of them says the navy saved our lives. >> can you imagine being lost at sea that long? >> i can't. so many questions to that story. i want to know. how, when, where, what. but the good news is they're okay. they're alive. after being stranded. the dogs okay too, that's always good. the driver of a van hit by a rock in michigan says he is angry and numb that his passenger was killed. ahead, he speaks out for the first times about the shocking death

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they found the plan wow not substantially change the number of plans with health care he number they found more than 20 million in people could lose coverage. >> the long awaited secret iles on john f. kennedy's 1963 ecretsination are set to be released later today. assa ed lat2 congress ordered all records on kennedy's death be opened to the public by today's date. president trump said on saturday he'll allow the documents to be released. experts do not expect the documents to reveal any major ot exptails on why kennedy was majered. the driver of the van hit by a six-pound rock in michigan is peaking out about the deadly michint. he said he's devastated he could incideve his friend's life. hee passenger was killed when a rock smashed through the windshield. five students have been charged. adriana day yaz is in clio, michigan, where this incident happened.

>> the men were on this highway driving home from work. it was about 8:30 p.m. at night. they were driving at 70 miles an hour under this overpass when in an instant their routine commute nstant into a horror scene. >> i don't blame myself for what happened. blameed myself like i couldn't do enough. >> reporter: steven said white's death left him feeling angry and aidb. white'sdriving his employee home after a day of work. they were talking about baseball employeock suddenly smashed through the windshield. >> we were less than five miles from his house and the next fr thing i know i'm pulled over trying to keep him from bleeding to kee then came the difficult call. he had to tell his best friend, his father that he was dead. donald white is the victim's hcle. >> he called my brother while he was sitting on the side of the road. s said, tried to do my best.

ien couldn't stop him from .leeding. myreporter: white was killed by blsix-pound rock allegedly dropped from an overpass. rosecutors say these five teenagers were responsible. ages 15 to 17, the high schoolers shuffled into a court courtuesday in chains. they could face up to life in facon for second-degree murder. all pleaded not guilty. secok manley represents d6-year-old mark sekelsky. >> what if they didn't do anything? what if they're afraid of the r-old markand they're standing there. what i does that make them a murder? >> white, a 32-year-old father of four dead on arrival at the hospital. >> one of his children, aged 5. >> i will do everything i can to see that his son is taken care of. he's not going to get to grow up with a father like i did. i think that's what hurts the worst. >> reporter: he hopes this serves as a warning to other teens.

he wants the state to install nets or gates on overpasses to prevent another drive home from turning deadly. >> thanks. today contractors of the propose the southern border wall. all eight are already complete n a remote section of san diego. congrump administration asked congress for $1.6 billion in notncing to start the new wall. a is not approved yet. mireya villarreal is in san francisco along two of the walls at the mexican border. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. a lot of the original wall, which is what you see is built from vietnam-era material. it's about 10 to 20 feet in most places and it pales in comparison to the new prototypes pail n san diego. proting up to $500,000 each, these eight models offer just a glimpse of president trump's

border wall with mexico. look closer and you'll see variations in design, color, and look clotion. four are solid concrete. four others are a combination of concrete and steel. each of these is about 30 feet high. what you don't see is buried beneath the concrete and metal. there's technology that goes down nearly 40 feet to stop from tunnelling, which is a big problem here in the san diego area. ng,i think each one has its own characteristics. >> mario is the division chief for the customs and border protection. >> we don't have to select just one. feedn identify key haracterrists from one and another to use towards the towre. >> there are critics who say this is distraction politics and >> t there isn't any money to make this whole wall. >> everywhere where i have worked, we put up an infrastructure, it's worked. >> the prototypes are monuments

to fear. ectorporter: the director for the friends service committee community >> they aren't doing anything to resolve the issue. >> six construction companies ee.m five states were selected tateshundreds of bidders, a hundredsthat ws said to be rushed to meet deadlines. >> e we all said just a lot of red flags. >> his construction company built this small sample wall that took a welder more than two hours to cut through. they they dismissed his proposal because of paperwork he claims ps misguided from the start. >> to put this thing out on the thing and say there's a limitge limit and a limited window in which the submit your design ideas was so far off, they didn't know what to do with it. >> reporter: in about 30 days a

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positive for genes that were cancer causing. after the removal she learned the tests were negative. she hopes her experience helps others to ask the right questions. >> reporter: her life change dramatically after having a double mastectomy and hysterectomy as a precaution. the 36-year-old had been told a genetic test she took indicated a high risk for cancer. >> when you found out you didn't have those genetic markers and you didn't need those surgeries, how did you react? >> i was devastated. i'm so devastated. >> reporter: in a lawsuit filed last week, cooke-moore claims the doctor who performed her mastectomy and her nurse told her she had lynch syndrome

cancer genes. >> i think i went numb. it's kind of shocking to hear. >> she alleges he performs the surgeries at this hospital. two weeks later a doctor gave her a preventive double mastectomy. it was only after painful complications prompted her to see another doctor that it was discovered her genetic tests were misread. she did not have the cancer-causing genes. >> nobody checked into this. nobody called. i called my lab. they said, we never said that. your ruts are negative. >> now she's suing the three medical professionals and their professionals, $1.8 million, the maximum allowed. >> there's not a lot that surprises me but that certainly

surprises me. >> we reached out to the defendants. they say they cannot comment on pending litigation. >> second opinions are critical. you have to take charge of your own data and actually look at the numbers and talk. >> reporter: elisha cooke-moore hopes others learn from hermetical mistake. >> you didn't need a second opinion? >> i trusted them. that's probably where i went wronging. >> for "cbs this morning," carter evans. up next, trouble for kellogg after a corn pop cereal box was called racially inskrending. what could happen if

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you are heading through the south bay. northbound 10177 minutes from hellyer to san antonio. we have had a number of accidents on the stretch. 101, 77 minutes from hellyer to san antonio. new crash at poplar so from broadway to university getting into palo alto, about 41 minutes. san mateo bridge 35 minutes out of hayward to foster city. oakland 880, 42 minutes from 238 to the maze. neda? >> hello, sunshine! yes. a lot of sun out there today. it's going to bring our temperatures up about 15 degrees above average. hot, dry air returns. a repeat of the heat. those cool conditions will be at the coast. temperatures in the upper 70s today. but all across the board this morning 50s and 60s. cooler this weekend.

♪ good morning to our viewers in the west. it is thursday, october 26, 2017. welcome back to "cbs this morning." president trump wants tax cuts and republicans are divided over how to pay for them. only on "cbs this morning" we will talk to senator tim scott about popular deductions that could be slashed. plus, how four women in west virginia are fighting the opioid crisis with the power of hope. first, here is today's eye opener at 8:00. president trump plans an important address on the deadly opioid epidemic a white house official c confirms the president will name it an emergency this comes as the president says he is not presiding over a divided republican party president trump slammed the democrats and hillary clinton because they helped pay for

controversial research into his ties with russia how a small montana company landed a $300 million account contract to restore electric service bowe bergdahl suffered from a personality disorder. his lawyers want the judge to consider it global airlines will start passenger security interviews. these changes could potentially slow down the boarding process red tied play-by-play man vince gulley read his familiar catch phrase before game two of the world series i think everybody at the table did what we did. just sold at auction for $1.6 million. yeah, einstein was traveling overseas and didn't have money to tip a bell boy, so he gave him a hand-written note about how to be happy instead. he would go around giving handwritten notes instead of tips which i think explains why my barber always gave him this haircut. [ cheering and applause ]

♪ that's pretty funny. >> that is very funny. >> i'm charlie rose with gayle king and norah o'donnell . president trump puts a spotlight on the country's opioid epidemic today, clairing a public health emergency. he considered a stronger declaration of a national emergency. the president promised in august to make fighting the crisis a top priority. >> after a 60 minutes/"washington post" investigation earlier this month, mr. trump said the country has a drug problem and he wants to get the response right. >> i did see the report. we're going to look into the report. we are going to take it very seriously because we're going to have a major announcement probably next week on the drug crisis and on the opioid massive problem. >> an estimated 142 million americans die every day from drug overdoses. most of those are from opioids. president trump's declaration needs specific congressional

funding. >> president trump insists there's unity in the republican party despite intense criticism from some gop senators. >> politic sincere a rough business, no question about it. i will say this. i think the republican party has a pretty good unity. >> republican divisions could put more of the president's legislative agenda in jeopardy. that includes perhaps his most prized priority, tax reform. the house plans to rote today on the senate's budget bill that would clear the way for tax reform. that proposed tax plan is expected to be released on wednesday. major garrett's at the white house. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. president trump has made sport of criticizing fellow republicans. he has called out one-fifth of the senate republican conference for one reason or another. as we all remember, republican divisions help cinco balm ah care repeal. republicans will try to hold it together on tax cuts, but that will take doing because there are disagreements. for example, some top house republicans want to lower the maximum amount you can put into

a 401(k) retirement account tax free. the president said earlier this week, "there will be no change to your 401(k)." well, now that's open for negotiation. the president also wants to eliminate tax deductions for state and local taxes, but more than 50 house republicans from high-tax states may well object. we still have no idea the income levels for future tax brackets or whether there will be three tax brackets or four. a new poll shows 35% of americans say they do not have any confidence in republicans or democrats to take care of taxes. now, house republicans have promised, charlie, some clarity on all of this by releasing their tax bill next week. >> thanks, major. with us from capitol hill only on "cbs this morning" is republican senator tim scott of south carolina. he was with obamacare trump to promote increasing the child tax credit. good morning. >> good morning. good to meet with you. >> thank you. >> what is the single most

divisive issue with respect to deductions or whatever it is among republicans that might threaten passage of this bill? >> well, hopefully there's nothing that will threaten the passage of this bill. however, there are a number of itemized deductions people will see as sacred cows. so we will have to go through the process of understanding and appreciating the impact that will have on your on ability to lower taxes for the average hard-working person in the middle class. >> where do you stand on capping the deduction for 401(k)s? in other words, should wealthy americans get that deduction? >> i spent 20 years in the financial services industry, so i'm a huge fan of making sure that we preserve the retirements incentive. if you think about it this way, in south carolina the average south carolina rest debt has about one year's of income in his or her retirement account. that is not good news. we need to make sure we continue to encourage retirement savings

so that fewer people are challenged while they're in their -- as i used to call it, the third half of their life, the part of their life where they get to enjoy the benefits of school and work. >> now, "the new york times" has described this tax reform plan as the glue holding the party together, adding this analogy. it is a bit like having a baby to save a failing marriage. what do you think will happen if the tax reform plan doesn't pass and has the republican party learned anything from the failure to repair and replace obamacare that they could use in the tax reform plan to make sure they have more success there? >> well, a, i'm confident that this plan will pass. b, what we've learned through our previous failures is how to get it right. the reality of it is the house, the senate and the white house, we've been talking for months about tax reform. we were not all on the same page during the health care debate. we are on the same page as relates to tax reform. now we have to work out the

unique nuances between each plan, but the good news is we are looking at getting it done by thanksgiving so folks will have a great opportunity to understand what it is we're doing for them by the time we get to the holidays. >> you have had two colleagues in the senate speak out against president trump and the mood in the country. where do you stand on that? how serious of a division is there within the republican party? >> well, there's one thing that's certain with the republican party, that we are not a homogeneous group of folks who all think exactly the same, which is good news for the american people. the tent is big enough for a lot of diverse opinions within the party. at the same time, the focus of the republican party is not on the party. it is on the american people. we have sometimes strong differences on how we believe we bridge the gap to make sure that the average person has a better future than they had a good past. so for us to get there, there's going to be some disagreements. i think that's actually healthy

for the party and, frankly, healthy for the country as long as we remember we're one country. >> do you agree with the criticism from senator flake and senator corker? >> i'm not going to get into the criticisms of any specific senator or any individual. what i know is that healthy debate is they for us to challenge some of the highest and highest priorities of the american people and the largest issues that loom large for our country. >> healthy for someone from your party to say the president of the united states is a danger to democracy, that it is a sickness that's contagious, that's healthy? >> well, what is healthy for our country is for us to debate tax credits. i know it is certainly popular for news to talk about the differences and dividing the party. i'm not going to jump into that with you guys. what i will do is focus my attention and my responsibility first to take care of the american people as relates to tax reform and other major issues. the spats between individuals, that's not my priority nor my objective to get involved in those spats. what is my objective is to make sure we are sincere, consistent

and clear with the american people on my priorities for the american people. >> senator, can you pledge that the tax reform or tax cut will be revenue neutral and won't add to the debt? >> well, yes, so there are -- i think the answer is, of course. if you look at the impact of lowering the impediments for economic and dynamic growth, you will have an opportunity to experience more economic activity, that more economic activity meaning people will spend more money. if you give folks $25 more in their paycheck, they're going to spend $25. that activity is without question real. with a small increase in activity, we'll see ourselves with a stronger, more dynamic economy. >> senator scott, we thank you for taking time to join us this morning. we really do appreciate that. >> absolutely. thank you. >> thanks. four west virginia hurt by the opioid epidemic are working every day to fight it. ahead, how volunteers known as the hope dealers help heroin addicts get the treatment they need when no one else is

america needs 50,000 new truck drivers on the highway by the enof this year. chris van cleave hit the road to learn why. >> reporter: trucking drives the u.s. economy, moving more than two-thirds of the goods we buy every year, but there's a growing shortage of truck drivers? we came to iowa 80, the world's largest truck stop, to talk to drivers about how the shortage is affecting their jobs and what it may mean for your wallet. that's ahead on "cbs this morning." plus - take an extra 20% off. plus - take an extra $10 off when you spend $50 or more. plus - get kohl's cash. plus - yes2you members earn triple points. only at kohl's. they can fly... ...travel at the speed of light... ...and command the currents.

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♪ "cbs this morning" partners with the professional networking site linkedin for our continuing series "work in progress." we explore the future of jobs and the issues facing the american workforce. this morning we're looking at the growing shortage of truck drivers, more than 70% of the goods we consume are carried on the nation's highways. a new report says the industry needs to hire roughly 90,000 new truckers each year to keep up with demand. kris van cleave shows us why so many of those jobs aren't filled and why it would drive up costs for you. >> reporter: the american trucker carries our country. >> nothing we get isn't touched by a truck. >> reporter: they say truckers drive the american economy.

if that's the case, we could be in trouble. 50,000 more drivers are needed by the end of 2017 and that number could more than triple in 10 years. >> when we are buying more stuff out there, whether it is cars, refrigerators, you name it, we are putting that in trucks and that will exacerbate the shortage we have. >> reporter: bob costello is chief economist for the industry trade group american trucking associations. >> once we hit that 100,000 mark, that's where we start to see problems throughout the economy. >> reporter: problems like product shortages, delivery delays and higher prices. demographics are largely behind the shortfall, but the lifestyle, including extended periods away from home can also be a major deterrent. >> reporter: there's a sense people don't want to be truck drivers. why do you think it is? >> it is a hard life. i mean i got a 36-inch box i'm sleeping in in the back of my truck most nights. i get hotels from time to time, but you have to want to do it. you have to want to travel, go different places, see different

things and deal with different people every day. >> reporter: we met greg gedenberg waiting for his rig tore repaired outside of iowa. that gives him and drivers like jennifer gausman a lot of bargaining power. >> reporter: how hard was it to find a truck driving job. >> it is a matter of making phone calls and see what company works around what you want, your home time, the pay, how long you have to be out. some companies when you first start you have to be out there six months. i didn't want that. >> reporter: iowa 80 doesn't typically allow recruiters here at the truck stop because they fear it would turn into a frenzy. instead, once a year they hold a trucker's jamboree where recruiters are allowed to come in. this year more than 44,000 people retended. we found a rail recruiter at the truck show in dallas. >> it is what i would call hypercompetitive and we feel it every day. we always say yesterday was our

easiest day. >> reporter: his company hopes to attract new drivers including millennials by paying them to get a commercial driver's license and complete on the job training. >> i think if they want to hire more drivers they have to increase the pay. >> reporter: fleets are raising wages and offering incentives to attract drivers, but pressure to keep shipping costs down has put a damper on compensation. linkedin's chip cutter. >> if you look at the data, a truck driver in 2006 was making more than he makes in 2016 if you factor in the cost of living. it is a couple of hundred dollars difference, but it shows that it has not increased to address shortage. >> reporter: that pay puts median pay just over $41,000. still, many see trucking as a better way of life. the trucking industry needs to convince tens of thousands more to hit the room. kris van cleave, walcott, iowa.

>> one truck driver told me this once, i never forgot. when you look around your room and your house and your job, there's inning in this place that didn't get here without a truck. >> yeah. >> without a truck driver at some point. >> as they say, essential to our economy. >> that's right. they should be very well-paid. technology can change people's lives right from the start. ahead, the emotional reaction. you're going the like this, when a baby girl -- she was born deaf. she hears her mom's voice for the very first time. >> oh, look at that. let's take that in. >> tonight the baltimore ravens host the miami dolphins on thursday football. the ravens want to win to even out their record and the dolphins are going for the fourth straight victory in a row. thursday night football coverage begins at 6:30 central, 4:30 pacific here on cbs and simulcast on the nfl network. you are watching "cbs this morning." we will be right back. ♪ r than ever. just walk right in and pay zero dollars with most insurance.

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a 2-month-old girl in virginia had a priceless reaction when she heard her mom speak for the very first time. hello. hello. i've never seen that face before. hi.

are you emotional? >> what's happening here. little charlotte was born death in august but hearing aids changed her life. her mom christy has posted it to facebook and it's received more than 18 million views. >> in that moment or hearts were just completely connected and i knew she was feeling as happy and as emotional as i was. the big change is just seeing to see that miracle and that beaming smile every morning. >> i'll say. charlie's family hopes to get implants for her ears until next year. for now the hearing aids are just fine. thank you so much, christy for showing us that video. you can see the smile on her face. >> that face looks to me like what have i been missing this whole time. my mother's voice. it's like that happy chbs and sadness all at the same time. beautiful. absolutely beautiful. actor shemar moore is

stopping by studio 57. ahead, the lessons he learned to this evening at at santa rosa high school... to discuss the process of rem good morning, it's 8:25. i'm kenny choi. a community meeting is planned this evening at a santa rosa high school to discuss the process of removing debris from properties destroyed by wildfires. a "right of entry" permit center is now open with staff on site to help locals with paperwork. it would also give the epa and u.s. army corps of engineers the go-ahead to remove debris. the golden state warriors have settled with the city of oakland over the cost of this year's nba championship parade and rally. the amount nearly $787,000. they wrote a check out to the city. the money will offset taxpayer costs for police, fire and public works staffing. traffic and weather after this quick break.

good morning. 8:27. we're tracking a couple of accidents along 580 making your way into oakland. we have one at coolidge and one at seminary. we have a lane block along westbound 580. the eastbound crash, we are getting reports that it's an overturned vehicle. no word if that's blocking lanes but expect delays, 40 minutes up towards 980. here's your alternate. 880. from 238 on up to the maze, it's 47 minutes. you will be in the slowdowns regardless. over at the bay bridge toll plaza, 30 minutes from the maze into san francisco. we are tracking a new accident

slowing things down for drivers on 280 and 101. motorcycle crash right at that interchange. expect delays out of daly city. let's check in with neda now on the forecast. well, at least at the beaches today temperatures are going to be a little bit cooler. we are going to be hot pretty much all across the board. right now temperatures in the 50s and 60s. 48 in santa rosa. here's a look at the day ahead. 78 or so at the beaches. mid-80s around the bay and 90s again for inland areas. not expecting to break records today. but we are going to see those hot conditions stick around through friday. we are getting that offshore wind still and that's why. this weekend we'll get a shift in the winds. look what's happening there. temperatures in the 70s and 80s on the weekend. monday temperatures cooling off.

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>> reporter: she knows all the trouble spots in martinsburg, west virginia. >> the worst part is winchester afternoon from 7-eleven all the way out to the motels that's where the most activity goes on. >> reporter: this was once a textile town. the factories have long since closed. many people here have filled the empty spaces in their lives with opioids. the city, in desperate need of a hero. who has lost someone to heroin? it got four of them, heroines, actually, as ironic as that sounds. >> lost my son-in-law week before christmas in 2015 and lost my daughter in may. >> lisa melcher, tara mason and christy pilotner are all affected by the heroin plague. >> i have a son that is actually one year clean from heroin. >> tara? >> i was in a relationship that

struggled with drug abuse. six years. >> i have a daughter who also got hooked due to prescription medication after a broken arm. >> so all four of you know it can happen to anybody? >> absolutely. >> reporter: they call themselves hope dealers. the four women came together at a meeting, seeking support among other families, harmed by addiction. >> you kind of glance over at one. the other one is sobing and crying. i'm sobbing and crying. we just connected. instead of dealing dope in our community, let's deal some hope. that's how we became the hope dealer project. >> she is going to ask sally to help her get into the rehab. >> we call detox centers. we secure a bed if they have one and at that point, usually tina and christy are at the hospital with them, which they have to sit there for anywhere from two to seven hours. >> reporter: and how long are those commutes?

>> closest one is 2 1/2 hours away. furthest one is 6 1/2 hours. >> reporter: so you're the hand holders? >> that's us. >> sometimes the butt kickers. >> yeah. >> reporter: one of the butts they kicked belonged to tiffany aradondo. what has heroin cost you? >> everything i had, my family, my home, cars that i had, my kids. i lost all the rights to my kids. >> reporter: arrodondo is a recovering heroin addict. she grew up here and, by her count she lost 22 people to heroin since high school including a cousin and two sist sisters. who has helped you? >> the hope dealers. the day i wanted to get help, they actually chase me down the whole day. went to my dealer's house. >> reporter: they sound fearless. >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: she has been clean for ten months now.

so how long before this came along? peter callahan is an addiction counselor in martinsburg. he said the hope dealers have tripled the number of people getting access to treatment. 16 beds, what kind of a difference can that make? >> it's a small drop. >> reporter: he credits them with applying pressure to the state to help fund a new detox facility in their city. >> what the hope dealers bring to the table is here is an option for treatment. here is an option for you to make a choice to get help. and they're taking it. >> reporter: christy, where does that commitment come from? >> it comes from knowing that someone needs help. knowing that a mother can go to sleep that night, knowing her kid is on the way to a detox center. they're not laying in bed, wondering where is my child. >> she told me on the way up there, i can't even believe i'm alive. >> reporter: four women, dealing hope in a town where hope is hard to find. for "cbs this morning," michelle

miller, martinsburg, west virginia. >> we should let you know that the hope dealers receive recognition in wv living magazine's "wonder woman" edition. their work is all volunteer. they rely on fund-raising and donations. and kudos. once again a remind er, these ae people who are seeking solutions. there are solution focused. >> dealing hope and not dope i hope people are getting out their checkbooks now. you can see it's money well spent. >> local initiative. >> that's right. well done. you can hear more of our conversation with the hope dealers today on "cbs this morning" podcast and find it on itunes or apple's podcast app. shamar moore's "criminal minds" dealt with real tactical officers to get ready for the show. right now he's training with his

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come on. what's next? >> what should we do next? >> we should do this. this is my six pack, one, two, three, four, five, six. >> you're not in love with yourself, are you. >> oh, boy, oh, boy. i've got to collect myself for just a moment. architect shemar moore got his start on "the young & the restless" in 1994. he stayed with cbs for years. now he's back on cbs in the highly anticipated tv series "s.w.a.t." his character is under pressure to bridge the gap between the community and the police. >> wrong. it won't work. >> well, those are the orders. >> and this is my team.

if hicks wants to fire me, let him fire me, but we're going to go a different way. >> which way is that? >> we treat them like family. >> something tells me they're not going to fire him. he's also a producer on "s.w.a.t." he joins us at the table to discuss. we're so glad to see you. we're so glad you're with the family. >> thank you so much for having me. and thank you for the work you do day in and day out. >> you said you weren't done with tv. you weren't sure what you were going to do. >> i've been grinding and grinding. i told you the story when i got hired on "the young & the restless." i remember the date in 1994. cbs has been so good to me. i felt like my career is school. "young & the restless" was high

school. "criminal minds" was college. and this is graduate school. >> you called it your dream job. >> i had been so focused work and there was this void on my personal life. i traveled. i went to sydney, australia. i traveled. i want to recharge. i hung out with kangaroos, jumped off water falls. i made gut decisions. i went to college. i'm smart. i made bad decisions. wrong people in my life. these people and these entities don't see the bigger vision and that saying if you love something let it go and it will

come back. all the right people and opportunities came back. one of them being "s.w.a.t." i'm smart enough to know and humn't enough that i can't do it all by me. i can't do it by myself. i get to be an actor. i get to lead other actors. the other actor gets to be the lead over the team, promoting diversity, changing the system. >> that's what i like about that clip too. it's not only a good drama. he comeses across as this leader when there's a lot of talk about it, that a white officer accidentally shoots a black teenager and this is obviously a discussion that's going on. so how do you handle that with the show? >> i'm very excited about "s.w.a.t." and i need people to know right out of the gate that the only difference between the movie, it's the same theme and

the same theme song. but what people may not be expecting, trust me, it's all there, echlk of your seat. but it's also based on reality today. so when you watch the news, everybody's experienced something, witnessed something, heard of something called injustices. we can talk about ferguson, baltimore. our first episode deals with black lives matter. a black kid gets shot by one of our white cops and i'm promoted because of racial optics. you see it. the cops don't always seem to do justice. we take that on. my mentor, my character's mentor makes a mistake and has to deal with it. >> sometimes great storytelling -- >> excuse me? >> sometimes great storytelling

gets the message across. >> we can be as talented as we want to be. it's such good writing. it's not only going to be entertaining but it's going to be about black lives matter, bullying, we're not going to preach to you. >> tell me this. what's your exercise routine? >> good question. >> 500 sit-ups a day? >> yes. when i'm on point, i try to stay in shape, one, because i want to look good, two, it's necessary for the job. we've been trained by the legit s.w.a.t. members, lapd swaut, san diego s.w.a.t., s.e.a.l. team six. >> you're 47. >> i am. i was an athlete my whole life. >> what do you do? >> i do curls for the girls.

>> curls for the girls. >> i do pushups, sit-ups, weight room. >> when you were traveling, were you traveling by yourselvf or have someone else? >> i was with my cousin. i'm trying to keep my black from cracking. >> you can watch it next thursday at 10:00 p.m. right here on -- >> cbs home. >> we'll be right back.

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authorities have just released surveillance video of these men - allegedly behind a deadly shooting at the "elan village apartment complex" last good morning, it's 8:55. i'm kenny choi. authorities have just released surveillance video of these men allegedly behind a deadly shooting at the elan village apartment complex last month in san jose. they are suspected of sexual assault and robberies at bay area working brothels. three schools in san francisco have tested positive for high levels of lead in the water. they are west portal elementary school, malcolm x elementary school, and san francisco international high school. sfpuc says that the lead is coming from the pipes and plumbing fixtures at the schools. california supreme court has declined to hear an appeal of a lower court ruling over the only road to martins beach in san mateo county. that ruling ordered tech billionaire vinod khosla to allow public access to the

road, which is on his property. khosla has 90 days to appeal to the u.s. supreme court. stick around; we'll have weather and traffic in just a moment.

8:57. expect delays if you are traveling along 680 this morning or getting ready to. we have an accident right near willow pass road and the ride continues to be slow as you transition towards 242. it's about a 15-minute ride on down towards highway 24. speaking of highway 24, here's a live look. this is near telegraph and we have 26 minute travel time between 680 and 580. heavy over to the bay bridge toll plaza. jam-packed still in the red, 26 minutes as you make your way

from the maze into san francisco. and 880 heading through oakland, still looks like a parking lot on that northbound side. 49 minutes from 238 on up towards the maze. hat's a check of your traffic; over to you. calm conditions out there, barely a breeze, barely a ripple out on the waters. wow, it sure is pretty though. clear skies, temperatures in the 60s already for concord and san francisco. san jose 65 degrees right now. here's what you can expect to see today. so san jose broke a record yesterday at 90 degrees. that may happen again today. inland areas expecting to be in the upper 80s, low 90s. sunny and dry around the bay. the mid-80s. and then at the beaches, slightly cooler conditions than what we had yesterday. so all of this is going to change. not to worry for the weekend. we are getting some cooling to come on through and then look, eight to 10 days out, there is a system that could bring us some rain in our forecast! but we'll have to wait for that. cooler over the weekend.

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