is coming up next. have a great day, everyone! ♪[ music ] ♪ good morning to our viewers in the west. it is wednesday, november 8, 2017. welcome to "cbs this morning." president trump lands in china hours after sharply criticizing its support for north korea. the president calls on every nation to act against the hermit kingdom, labeling it a hell that no person deserves. plus, why a surprise visit to the dmz was scrapped at the last minute. one year after president trump's election, voters in virginia and new jersey go big for democrats. their candidates for governor win easy victories and lift a damaged party's spirit. three ucla basketball players including one of the famous ball brothers could face

jail time in a chinese jail. they are accused of shoplifting from a louis vuitton store. and the co-founders of the fashion company lularoe respond to accusations their business is a pyramid scheme. >> but we begin with a look at today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> i say to the north, do not underestimate us. and do not try us. >> the president delivers a stern warning to north korea. >> beijing, the third and possibly the most important stop on the u.s. president's visit to asia. >> why would china feel an obligation to help north korea? >> couple of important governors races in big eastern states go to the democrats. >> big wins in virginia and new jersey. >> this is a massive crime scene. >> in texas, investigators are digging up more chilling details about the man behind the deadly shooting rampage. >> breaking news out of phoenix, the sky harbor airport. reports of a terminal shutdown

and police activity. >> it is a tremendous person that is going to be missed. >> roy halladay was killed in a plane crash. >> his heart was a heart of gold. he was an unbelievable human being. >> liangelo ball and two teammates were arrested after allegedly shoplifting. >> you can now get a keg of ranch dressing from hidden valley. >> and all that matters -- >> is the race a competitive culture? i hear that it's a tiger pit between the -- is there a story there? >> -- on "cbs this morning." >> twitter is expanding. users will now have twice the room to share their thoughts at 280 characters. >> now people can give so much more details when they complain to airline companies, you know? @delta, my flight was delayed. it reminds me of my first bad experience flying. the year was 1994.

i was but a young lad. oh. welcome to "cbs this morning." president trump arrived in china after delivering a stern message on north korea. that country's regime will be at the top of the president's agenda with chinese president xi jinping. xi escorted mr. trump and the first lady this morning through the forbidden city in beijing. >> before leaving for china, president trump addressed south korea's national assembly and he warned north korea not to underestimate the u.s. in a comment apparently directed at china, mr. trump said nations that choose to ignore north korea's threat will have the crisis on their conscience. >> earlier the president tried to make a surprise trip to the demilitarized zone on north korea's doorstep, but that trip was cancelled because of bad weather. major garrett is traveling with the president. he's with us now from beijing. major, good morning. >> reporter: good morning.

last week the white house said president trump would not visit the demilitarized zone as five of the six previous american presidents had because such trips had become a cliche. that was a head fake. in fact the president had been planning a secret helicopter journey to the fortified border between north and south for weeks. south korean president moon jae-in was awaiting the president's arrival for what would have surely been a historic photo opportunity, but in the end fog conspired to thwart the mission. a blanket of morning fog met helicopters flying the president to the demilitarized zone, forcing them to divert less than five minutes from the doorstep of north korea. the white house kept the maneuver under wraps, demanding total secrecy from reporters. on october 25th we asked the president if he would fly to the dmz. >> i'd rather not say, but you'll be surprised. you'll be surprised. >> reporter: vice president pence game to the dmz in april. presidents obama, george w. bush, clinton, reagan and carter

have all made the pilgrimage to the military border that for 64 years has maintained the tense armistice between north and south. shortly after the aborted dmz flight, president trump addressed the national assembly and spoke directly to north korean dictator, kim jong-un. >> the regime has interpreted america's past restraint as weakness. this would be a fatal miscalculation. >> the president said north korea's nuclear weapons and pursuit of intercontinental ballistic missiles will not chase america from the peninsula. >> we will not be intimidated, and we will not let the worst atrocities in history be repeated here on this ground we fought and died so hard to secure. >> reporter: the president also demanded russia and china fully

enforce new economic sanctions against north korea recently passed by the united nations. on the air force one flight here to beijing, a senior official said direct talks with the north could begin if the north takes sincere steps, that's a quote, toward denuclearization. asked to describe what those sincere steps would look like, charlie, officials said we'll know them when we see them. >> thanks, major. major garrett in beijing. democrats are celebrating wins in two important elections for governor. the races were watched closely by the national parties. in new jersey, phil murphy beat kim guadagno 56-42%. ralph northam beat ed gillespie 54-45%. one-third of virginians said they voted to oppose the president. that is twice as many as those who voted to support him. chip reid is in washington with how the results are boosting

democrats around the country. chip, good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning. virginia republicans suffered a good old-fashioned drubbing last night. this was a referendum on guns and health care. republican ed gillespie dipped into the trump playbook and it appears to have back fired. democrat ralph northam reportedly won more votes than any previous virginia governor. virginia's next governor, democrat ralph northam, pulled off a commanding victory. >> it's going to take a doctor to heal our differences. >> reporter: northam, a pediatrician and army veteran, emphasized issues that matter to virginians. cbs news exit polling showed health care topped the list of issues in that state. >> we all love the commonwealth of virginia. >> reporter: ed gillespie stood on firm footing with the gop as former chairman of the republican national committee and former counselor to george w. bush. but during the campaign, gillespie leaned on president trump's agenda, releasing tv ads that cast his opponent as soft

on immigration. >> increasing the threat of gangs like ms-13. >> reporter: the president called northam weak on crime and said in a tweet tuesday elect gillespie and crime will be gone. but cbs news elections director anthony salvanto says that 57% disapproval among virginians, president trump's unpopularity hurt gillespie. >> voters voted 2-1 to oppose him. >> reporter: in new jersey republicans lost but for a different reason. >> days of division are over. >> reporter: first-time candidate, democrat phil murphy, defeated republican chris christie's lieutenant governor kim guadagno. three of four voters disapproved of christie's job as governor. these issues could serve as a road map for the midterms. >> if there's anything democrats may take away, it's that seeing health care as the number one issue may give them some ideas on how to campaign heading into 2018. >> reporter: another example of the political power of health

care, voters in maine expanded medicaid in a statewide referendum. this election also brought wins for diverse democrats in down ballot races with victories for openly lgbtq and transgender candidates, and for people of color. norah? >> all right, chip, thank you so much. other winners include a former news anchor, whose girlfriend was killed on live television. [ cheering ] democrat chris hurst defeated a republican incumbent to win a seat in virginia's state legislature. he was planning to marry alison parker when she was shot dead in 2015 by a former co-worker during a live broadcast. hurst says he will work to reduce gun violence but his main focus will be education, health care and the environment. we are learning new details about the texas church gunman's very troubled past. devin patrick kelley was the subject of a sex assault complaint back in 2013. the comal county texas sheriff

said yesterday the investigation stalled when kelley moved to colorado. survivors providing harrowing new details about how the gunman targeted his victims. mark strassmann is outside the church in sutherland springs with what investigators are discovering now. mark, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. that sex assault case is part of a pattern emerging in the life of the dead gunman. for years his brooding disposition and short fuse scared people. he was troubled, long before he massacred people in this church. >> it sounds like he didn't want to take his finger off the trigger. he was like -- constantly. it wouldn't let off. >> reporter: lorenzo flores was at the gas station across the street when devin kelley began firing into this wood-frame church. >> how many shots? >> rounds. rounds, as much as he could put in there, i guess. it was nonstop. >> reporter: for the roughly 50

worshippers inside, it was the beginning of about four minutes of terror, as the gunman moved pew to pew. >> everybody get down, they're shooting at us. >> reporter: rosanne solis and her husband were wounded but played dead on the floor. the gunman yelled "everybody dies" and showed no mercy, not even to crying babies. >> it was so scary and that man was shooting. i mean he was shooting hard. >> reporter: on tuesday, the killer's dark past came into sharper focus. a sex assault investigation in 2013, an escape from a mental health facility, and a 2012 el paso police report that described him as a danger to himself and others. he had been sneaking firearms into holloman air force base where he was stationed and made death threats to his commanding officers. five months later, he was convicted of beating his then wife and step child. 136 texas rangers are involved in the crime scene investigation at first baptist church, which police hope to wrap up tonight.

getting evidence out of the killer's cell phone, however, may take considerably longer. they cannot unlock it. fbi special agent in charge, chris combs. >> i don't know how long that's going to be to be quite honest with you. it could be tomorrow, it could be a week, it could be a month. we just don't know yet. >> reporter: about half the people who gathered in this church on sunday were killed. five days before that, the gunman actually attended the church's fall festival, but nothing about that visit raised alarms. >> all right, mark, thank you. the secretary of veterans affairs did not mince words about devin kelley's service in the air force. we spoke to david shulkin yesterday at a va medical facility here in new york and asked about the role his agency might have played in preventing the shooting. >> is there something that the va could have done to help him? >> well, he served in the air force, but he was dishonorably discharged. i do not consider him a veteran. i consider him a criminal. and while i don't know the

motivation why anybody would do such a horrific act, and whether there was a component of mental illness, i consider this an evil man who would do what he did. the va does not care for dishonorably discharged people who left the service. >> so he wouldn't have been able to seek mental health help at the va? >> no. one of the first acts that i did as secretary is that i extended mental health services to those that were other than honorably schaurn discharged. but when you're dishonorably discharged as this gentleman was, it's because you committed a crime and did something horrific. so we do not take care of them in the va system. and frankly, people who have worn the uniform don't want to be associated with people like that. >> and in our next hour, we're going to hear from shulkin about why more veterans than ever are waiting for care. plus the only obama administration holdover reflects

on his relationship with president trump. harvey weinstein could soon face criminal charges stemming from allegations of sexual misconduct. cbs news confirms manhattan district attorney cyrus vance will start presenting ed against weinstein next week to a new york grand jury. it includes allegations by paz de la huerta. her attorney says new evidence has become available. 14 police investigations into weinstein are now reportedly under way in new york, london, los angeles and beverly hills. weinstein has denied all allegations of nonconsensual sex. investigators are looking for the cause of a plane crash that killed retired baseball pitcher roy halladay. he was flying alone when his ma small plane went down off the florida gulf coast. he was just 40 years old. he pitched a perfect game and a postseason no-hitter in the same season. tony dokoupil is here with a closer look at the crash.

tony, good morning. >> good morning. halladay was a beloved ballplayer. the philadelphia phillies called him one of the most respected human beings to ever play the game. now investigators want to know what happened moments before the crash that killed him. >> roy halladay has thrown a no-hitter! >> on the field and off, roy halladay was an all-star. >> what a show put on here this afternoon by roy halladay. >> the two-time cy young winner dominated the pitching mound before retiring from baseball in 2013. he then set his sights on the sky. an avid pilot, halladay's twitter page is filled with videos from the cockpit. >> when i retire, that was one of the first things i wanted to do. >> he became one of the first ones to own an amphibious aircraft. he filmed this promotional video for the company that makes it. >> this is your baby. 001 out of 100, founder's edition. >> halladay was flying that plane when it went down near

tampa tuesday. investigators say he never made a mayday call. >> they said the plane had gone down. the tail number goes back to roy's plane. you know, at that moment your heart sinks. >> he loved to fly. he was talking about flying, refurbishing planes, he talked about how he grew up doing it. >> this is not the first deadly crash involving a plane like this this year. in may two employees were killed. the ntsb blamed that crash on pilot error. >> they say they are saddened by halladay's death. he leaves behind a wife and two sons. norah. >> such a tough story to hear. thank you, tony. the rising political tension in saudi arabia could lead to an increase in gas prices. new video shows some of saudi arabia's richest and most powerful people sleeping on cots with rifles behind them while being detained at a ritz carlton hotel. many top saudi officials were arrested over the weekend in

what's called a sweeping corruption probe. bianna golodryga is here with more. >> that video is incredible. some 500 people have been detained. it's a royal purge that has roiled oil prices and threatened geopolitical stability. members of the royal family have been detained at a five-star ritz carlton in riyadh since the unprecedented weekend arrests. 32-year-old crown prince muhammed ben salman says this is part of the effort to root out corruption from the kingdom. >> the question for investors is, is this a sign of major reform effort, this needed to be done, or should we be skbernd internal instability. >> reporter: a commodity expert says the oil market is concerned about mideast geopolitical risk driving up prices. >> so how significant is this for america? >> i think it's significant because it's a global market. so if we do see a problem in a major production zone, we will

feel the effects at the pump in terms of higher prices. >> salman has focused on introducing economic reforms. robert jordan is a former u.s. ambassador to saudi arabia. >> i think the crown prince is legitimately trying to bring his country into the 21st century. >> he played host to president trump on his first trip abroad, where the two men were said to have bonded. the president has expressed confidence in the new leadership. >> the events of the past few days, i think, are something that we all have to carefully watch. the saudis feel somewhat empowered, i think, by the trump administration to take very strong measures. >> to calm economic concerns, the crown prince directed saudi ministers on tuesday to ensure that national and multi national companies were not disrupted, including those tied to individuals under investigation. that includes prince al waleed.

just to check, i went online to see if there were any rooms opening any time soon. no availabilities until mid-december so it may give us a sense of how long these men will be on lockdown. >> it is said they're not allowing phone calls to come into the hotel. >> you don't think of arrest and ritz carlton in the same sentence anywhere. >> not too many people do. three ucla players, including the younger brother of lakers star lonzo ball were reportedly arrested in china, accused of a crime that normally leads to prison time. ahead, how it could be months before the freshman players are allo

the co-founders of the popular clothing company lularoe are defending their business after a series of complaints. >> ahead and only on "cbs this morning," their response to a $1 billion lawsuit alleging that the company is a pyramid scheme. why they call that claim an uneducated opinion.

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performance by young opera students. president trump is scheduled to meet with xi jinping several times over his two day visit. the north korean nuclear crisis and trade are top of the agenda. lawmakers pushing for new legislation after the air force failed to report the texas gunman's domestic violence conviction. republican senator jeff blake and democratic senator martin heim rick say their proposed bill will close a background check loophole. it would prevent those convicted of domestic violence from buying guns and require all federal and state authorities to report convictions to the national database. those convictions have gone unreported by the military because it does not have a defined domestic violence charge in its code. twitter is giving users twice the room to share their thoughts. they're ending its 140 character limit and giving almost everyone around the world 280 characters. but people tweeting in chinese, japanese and korean still have

the original limit. >> nice you have the option. three players on the ucla men's basketball team are reportedly out on bail after they were arrested in china. accused of shoplifting. an espn report claims that liangelo ball, cody riley and jalen hill were detained. they are accused of stealing from a liouis vuitton store. vladimir duthier is here with new information on this story. this does not sound good for the brand. >> not good at all. good morning. the bruins are in china, on a week-long team trip ahead of their season opener in shanghai this weekend. the pac-12 commissioner acknowledged the players were involved in a situation and are cooperating with authorities. instead of focusing on basketball, the team is focused on the legal fate of their

players. only days after touching down in shanghai sunday night, three ucla freshmen basketball players were reportedly locked up, a report by espn alleges liangelo ball, cody riley and jalen hill were arrested on shoplifting charges. questioned over stealing items from a louis vuitton store located near the team's hotel. they say nearly 20 chinese police officers spoke with a number of players tuesday, keeping them in a room for hours. video captured by espn shows liangelo ball's father lavar, who is traveling with the team in shanghai, downplaying the severity of the situation. >> he'll be fine. he'll be fine. everybody making a big deal. >> according to china's entry and exit law, a case must be fully resolved before these suspects are allowed to eventually go home. >> reporter: william nee is an expert on china for amnesty international. >> it could be days, weeks, months. theoretically speaking even years until they're allowed to

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♪ only on "cbs this morning," the co-founders of lularoe are speaking out about recent allegations against the company. lularoe, which has thousands of independent sellers nationwide, has been hit with a number of complaints about quality and refund policies. recent $1 billion lawsuit alleges it is a pyramid scheme.

anna warner learns their response to the accusations. >> the company has faced all those allegations against a clothing business they say has been a runaway success since they started four years ago. so now lularoe's founders are fighting back and speaking out. >> we have a multibillion dollar business, it was not built by tricking people into giving us their money. >> reporter: to hear co-founder mark and deanne stidham tell it, it is a business built on hard work and creativity. >> we have a clothing line that people love, they love its comfort, its versatility, they love the fashion. >> reporter: that clothing line began with deanne's handmade creations and grew to become a business they say has had over $2 billion in sales so far this year. made through a network of some 80,000 independent sellers or consultants, who sell online or through home parties, much as

stidham herself first did. >> you get to decide on your time and you get to decide what works best for you. >> it is insane. you'll be able to have a full time income and it is life changing. >> reporter: online, some consultants say they made good money. >> we have done just a little bit over $200,000 in sales for this last year. >> you get the product, you put it before people, and you sell it and you have money. and that's the simplicity of this business and that's as easy as it can be. >> reporter: lularoe's approach, what is called multilevel marketing. retailers buy in with a minimum purchase and lularoe's case, about $5,000, then sell to customers at a markup. they can also make money by recruiting other sellers to join their team. and make bonuses off those retailers' sales. the company points to success stories like the consultants they introduced us to in california. >> hi. how you guys doing? >> reporter: she started three years ago when there were 700

sellers nationwide. and now has more than 11,000 members in her facebook group. >> i love lularoe. i wear it every single day. >> reporter: she says her profits are upwards of 3 grand a month. >> for me, i really focus on what is important for our family, and for my business. >> and you've been able to pay your mortgage with this. >> yes. >> reporter: it all sounded good to chicago area stay at home mom susan council who says a recruiter told her -- >> it is very minimal, part time work for full time income. you have lots of time, you know, extra money for -- to do whatever you want with your family. >> reporter: so she invested around $11,000, but despite working more than full time hours, says she couldn't make it work. and now is still over $4,000 in debt. >> i feel look i failed my family. i put my family into debt to do something that ended up not being what they preach. >> eporter: and she's not the

only one complaining. a recently filed lawsuit seeking a billion dollars claims tens of thousands of other consultants never even made a profit. because lularoe, they allege, is a pyramid scheme that only profited a few. and only made payments to consultants based on how much product those consultants and their recruit s purchased on a regular basis. >> what that is is an uneducated opinion. they haven't looked at who we are. because we sell product through to a consumer and it is highly desirable product. that is not a pyramid scheme. >> reporter: shouldn't they think it is easy. >> no, i think it is easy. that's me. for me, in my background, and my life experience, i do not say it is easy for everyone. >> reporter: here is the thing. some consultants say they were told this is easy. >> that's what i think they heard and it is not the truth. >> reporter: they did say that while more than half of lularoe's sellers, some 40,000 make a thousand dollars or more per month, a small group at the top pull s in $500,000 or more

per year in bonuses, made off the sellers below them. and douglas brooks, an attorney who is sued other multilevel marketing companies says -- >> for the vast majority of people that get into a company like this, they're going to be lucky if they break even. >> reporter: these women are out there saying, look, it is a con, it is a scam, it is a pyramid scheme, don't do it. what do you think is happening to those retailers? >> i will tell you that we have been incredibly disruptive in the marketplace. and i don't think those are all entirely organic complaints. >> reporter: you think somebody is putting them up to it? >> my personal belief is that, yes. >> he won't say precisely who he thinks is trying to generate complaints against the company, but he does say he believes that other companies are targeting lularoe's retailers to try to copy the company's success. so they say stay tuned.

meanwhile, one marketing expert told us he doesn't think it is an actual pyramid scheme, but that doesn't mean it is a good business opportunity. he says if you're going to look at one of these companies as a consultant, find out how many other people are doing it in your area already and if they're making any money, which can be very difficult to determine. >> thank you. >> dr. phil says no matter how flat a pancake, always two sides to every story. coming up, driverless cars hitting the road without a backup human driver. see how chinese police stopped a news crew during a trip to the border with north korea as we investigate into

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return to their mobile homes. the e-p-a closed off journey's end good morning. i'm kenny choi. today some people in santa rosa will find out if it's safe to return to their mobile homes. the epa closed off journey's end mobile home park last friday over asbestos concerns. 120 homes burned in the wildfires there. a mountain view teacher accused of sending inappropriate text messages to a female student has been arrested. evan smith faces charges of sending harmful matter to a minor. the school has put him on paid routine administrative leave. traffic and weather after this quick break.

good morning. time now 7:57. all lanes cleared along the dumbarton bridge. but the earlier accident set those travel times into the

red. you will need an extra hour to get across the bridge from 880 to 101. use 237 as an alternate. and that's clocking in around 22 minutes. over along 280, a new accident in the northbound direction, blocking one lane right near ocean. it's about an 18-minute ride from john dewey boulevard, daly city to 101. eastshore freeway, that has not been a fun ride this morning. 80 minutes, that's how long it's taking drivers to get from highway 4 to the maze. we have an accident near gilman and from the maze into san francisco, 30 minutes. we are tracking rain and we do have some er portions of the state, most of us dry right now. cloud cover starting off the day. later on today the front moves north to south. starting off the in the north bay over next few hours and spreading south around our evening commute. temperatures today topping out in the mid- to upper 60s throughout the bay. low 60s along the coast. and we'll see unsettled weather through friday, dry saturday, rain sunday and monday. ♪

good morning to our viewers in the west. it is wednesday, november 8, 2017. welcome back to "cbs this morning." president trump is in china while democrats pick a big election wins here at home. ahead, ed o'keefe on the message voters may be sending the president. plus, more of our interview with veterans affair secretary david shulkin, the only obama holdover still in the trump cabinet. why he says the va is doing tremendous things. first here is today's eye opener at 8:00 president trump arrived in china after delivering a stern message on north korea. >> on the air force one flight to beijing, a senior official said direct talks with the north could begin if the north takes sincere stems -- that's a quote -- toward denuclear lee

arization. republicans suffered a good, old-fashioned drubbing. ed gillespie dimmed into the playbook and it backfired. >> he was troubled long before he massacred people in this church. >> is there something that the va could have done to help him? >> i do not consider him a veteran. i consider him a criminal halladay was a beloved ball player, and investigators want to know what happened moments before the crash that killed him three players on the ucla men's basketball team arrested in china, accused of shoplifting. >> the bruins are in china on a week-long team trip ahead of their opener in shanghai this weekend. in tech, a glitch is causing the letter "i" to be replaced by a symbol. apple addressed the issue with an official statement saying, what are you going to do, buy a samsung? ♪ i'm charlie rose with gayle

king and norah o'donnell. president trump is in china this morning, the third stop on his trip to asia. he will discuss trade in north korea with president xi jinping. the white house says before mr. trump goes home he will decide whether to designate north korea as an unofficial state sponsor of terrorism. >> the president told kim jong un, do not underestimate us and do not try us. >> the weapons you are acquiring are not making you safer. they are putting your regime in grave danger. every step you take down this dark path increases the peril you face. >> mr. trump also tried to visit the demilitarized zon along the korean border, that trip was cancelled though due to fog. democrats swept the first high-profile state races since president trump was elected one year ago today. lieutenant governor ralph northam defeated former party chairman ed gillespie in

virginia's governor's race. democrats picked up 13 of the 17 needed to control the virginia house of delegates in new jersey governor's race, democrat bet republican governor kim guadagno. ed o'keefe is in our washington bureau. good morning. >> good morning, guys. how are you? >> what's the message from the election? >> message is republicans have to figure out whether to fully embrace trumpism or divorce from it. ed gillespie was trying to do a little bit of both and it didn't work for him. he never campaigned along eyed the president but he was trying to use the president's messaging in really negative campaign ads that aired across the state. they were rejected by voters. for democrats the melsassage is that the enthusiasm they're seeing in voters is legit. they're turning out and getting elected up and down the ballot, whether governor of new jersey,

virginia, mayor of st. petersburg, florida, retaking control in washington state. it is happening. the data proves now. >> it is better to talk about issues of health care rather than anti-trump things? >> it appears to be, yes, charlie. i think a good example of that is down in virginia, that former tv news anchor whose girlfriend was killed live on television was inspired to run by gun violence, but focused most of his campaign not on gun control but on education, on the economy and on health care. if you look especially at the results in virginia last night, health care off the charts is the number one concern. democrats have been saying that to us for weeks, that it is going to be a motivating factor. the proof last night is that it really is. >> what's the message in new jersey, ed? >> look, chris christie's great for television and bad for bridge traffic, but this was all about his unpopularity. the democrat is a former goldman sachs banker. you would think democrats would reject that, but the state of new jersey is over him. they want him gone.

the lieutenant governor was too closely tied to him. you look at attacks to find national trends, no. i think in new jersey it was about the unpopularity of chris christie. >> thank you very much, ed o'keefe. always good to have you with us family also of the 26 people killed in the texas church massacre are opening up about their very enormous loss. michelle miller spoke to regina rodriguez who lost her dad richard and his wife theresa. she says the pain of sunday aeps attack will stay with the community for a long time. >> for somebody to come in and take my dad and his wife's life away, they didn't deserve that. nobody inside that church deserved it, not even the children deserved it. they still had many years to live. so much stuff to see. they didn't -- he robbed them from that. now he's leaving us, all the family members that were close to all of the loved ones to have to spend the rest of their lives broken hearted and missing these

people. >> you're right. nobody deserved that, regina. she says she has faith that god will heal the community and bring it back stronger. nearly 10 months ago president trump tapped david should go kin to lead the nation's second largest agency behind the pentagon. the obama administration appointee had started packing his office. we spoke with secretary shulkin at a va hospital in new york and he opened yup about his successes, challenges and unique relationship with his boss, the president. >> you are the only holdover from the obama administration. were you surprised when president trump picked you? >> i guess i'd have to say yes. but when i look back upon it, it makes sense. the president is aligned with where congress is, where i am, which is that our veterans deserve better and we just have to make the decisions to fix the system. >> i appointed today the head secretary of the veterans

administration, david shulkin. >> david shulkin wasn't a big name before he took the helm of the country's largest health care system, but as secretary of veterans affairs his name does get frequently mentioned. >> secretary shulkin is here. you have done an incredible job. >> reporter: he's worked quickly to change the va, getting bipartisan laws passed to boost accountability and fulfilling a campaign promise for his boss. >> it will be properly implemented, right, david? better be, david. >> reporter: are you his favorite cabinet secretary? >> oh, i wouldn't say that. i think, you know, the president certainly feels passionate about veterans, and i think he's proud of the progress that we're making. >> reporter: but you were the undersecretary of health at va when trump was running for president and he called the va a broken system, a disapser. what changed his perspective of the va? >> i don't disagree with the president. this is a system that has lots

of problems, and you have to recognize and acknowledge the problems if you're going to fix them. >> reporter: for years the va has struggled to modernize and to overcome fallout from mass e wait list scandal in which dozens of veterans died waiting for care. >> reporter: after everything has happened and after congress approving $10 billion so veterans can go outside the system to get care, why is the number of veterans waiting more than 30 days bigger than it was three years ago? >> first of all, we've increased the number of appointments by several million appointments since 2014. so what you're seeing is a system that's experiencing tremendous demand for services. >> reporter: this is because of all of the veterans coming back from iraq and afghanistan? >> yes. one of the things most americans don't understand is when you send men and women off to war, it sometimes takes decades before you see the impact of

that demand. >> reporter: that $10 billion choice program is set to expire. what do you need now? >> we need congress to work to make sure that the choice program is a permanent part of a program that supports veterans going on in the future. otherwise, we risk running out of money and putting veterans back into the type of wait list situation we saw many years ago. >> you guys getting good care? >> reporter: it is a scenario shulkin seems determined to avoid. a trained physician, he continues to see patients at the va, hoping to restore them and their system to good health. >> reporter: there have been reports you have been interviewed for health and human services secretary job. would you take those jobs? >> first of all, those reports are not true. i have not been interviewed. i am committed to finishing the job that i started, that's where i want to be. of course, i serve at the pleasure of the president and i would -- >> reporter: if he asked you to serve as hhs secretary?

>> you know, i think anybody who serves the president is there to serve the country and, of course, we would do what the president wants us to do. the president knows, he and i have discussed that i feel committed to the veterans administration and that i feel that we're making great progress, and i don't want to interrupt that. >> i have one question. why have they made a point you pointed out, in terms of the delay has gotten worse, why is it getting worse? >> well, because we have more veterans in the system is one reason. also, he says he made it instead of different types of ways you can sign up there's just urgent care and non-urgent care, so there's different lines you go into. there is still a lot of concern that there are veterans who cannot get the care they need immediately, complaints people are dying waiting for care, but he is making big changes. i think president trump has sort of unleashed him. there's a lot still coming ahead, i think we will see the va -- they're not planning to privatize the va, that's one of the biggest concerns by veterans, but this is a big

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♪ president trump has now wrapped up the first day of an important state visit to china. he wants china's president to help crack down on north korea's nuclear weapons program by cutting down on trade there. nearly all of china's trade with the hermit kingdom flows through the chinese city of dandong. north korea is just half a mile away across a river. ben tracey went to dandong to see if china is making good on promises to follow recent u.n. sanctions. he is beijing now. ben, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. without china, north korea would likely collapse. that's because china accounts for about 90% of trade with kim jong un's isolated regime, and some of the money china has spent on things like north korean clothing, north korean coal likely helped pay for the company's nuclear program. now there's evidence china is becoming a less generous neighbor. this is what trade between china

and north korea looks like. trucks loaded with goods passing over this single-lane bridge spanning the yalu river. chinese visitors flock here to get a glimpse of their neighbor. journalists are less welcome. less than ten minutes after we arrived on a street lined with business we were stopped by the police station. the police deleted our video of goods sent to north korea, so we used an iphone to shoot this footage from a building nearby. we saw what appeared to be construction materials and heavy machinery heading towards the bridge. it is hard to tell what is moved between china and north korea in these trucks. the chinese government says it is strictly enforcing all united nations sanctions. those now include a ban on exports of north korean coal, iron and textiles. but in august china purchased 1.6 million tons of north korean coal worth nearly $140 million

just days before the sanctions went into effect. overall, the chinese government claims its trade with north korea has dropped significantly. but china still refuses to cut north korea off at the knees because it fears if the regime collaps collapses refugees from here in north korea will stream across the border here into china. worse yet, they will see the u.s. military just across this river. some chinese traders may be violating the sanctions, including the ban on north korean seafood. off camera, this woman at dandong's fish market admitted some of her fish came from north korea. when we turned the camera on, she said it was all from china. >> so none of this fish is from north korea? no, she says. nobody would dare sell any. this chinese seafood trader asked us to conceal his identity. he says his business is down 60% because of the sanctions. >> reporter: to your knowledge, is north korean seafood still

being imported into china? yes, definitely yes, he says. it is a very long border and you can't watch eerveryone. chinese fisherman go over the border to north korea or meet in international waters. >> reporter: china is helping to ensure that the north korean regime survives by boosting its exports of grain and corn. north korea faces chronic food shortages and china is literally its life line. gayle. >> thank you, ben tracey, reporting from beijing. editors at amazon report to hundreds of thousands of pages for this year's selection of best book. we will tell you the title that came out on top. tell you the title that came out on top. ur . so when a cold sore tingle strikes you act on it. only abreva can heal a cold sore in as little as two and a half days

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8:26. a slow ride for drivers along southbound 101. this is right near ignacio and you can see it's about 33 minutes. that's an extra 22 minutes for your morning ride. just to go from rowland boulevard down to 580. your ride continues to be slow along 280 heading northbound through daly city. an accident near ocean avenue still has one lane blocked. and you're looking at about just under 25 minutes making your way from john daly boulevard connecting with 101. and 880, the nimitz, it's slow northbound. this is due to an accident right near 16th. 42 minutes in the red from 238 to the maze. your ride along the eastshore freeway, not showing any improvement. just over an hour commute making your way from highway 4 to the maze. and then once you get to the maze, you have another 25 minutes just to get into san

francisco. grab yourself an extra cup of coffee. it's going to be slow. we are tracking showers out there right now over the northern portion of the state heading into the north bay. it won't be until this evening that we start to see showers farther south. right now, the leading edge of the front is still over the northern portion of the state. here's a look at futurecast showing that those showers do move south throughout the day. there's that front around 9:00 passing through the north bay and heading into the northern portion of san francisco just north of the golden gate. overnight tonight, it continues to spread south so all this will be rain by tomorrow morning. temperatures today staying mild topping out in the mid- to upper 60s for the warmest spots inland. low 60s san francisco and along the coast. the extended forecast shows showers today, tomorrow, tapering off on friday. we're dry on saturday. and the next round of rain into the forecast is sunday into monday. ♪[ music ]

♪ hear the thunder ♪ lightning and the thunder ♪ thunder, hear the thunder >> hear the thunder. welcome back to "cbs this morning." i'm not a fan of thunder. >> the song? >> i'm talking about the thing, the boom. >> but i like the song. >> oh, you mean the -- >> yeah, it scares me. i don't like it. there are some things that scare me, charlie. >> you'll be okay. >> we will find you someone to hug you close to their bosom. >> you know my address. send him over, norah. >> oh, i hope you will be discriminating. >> yes, charlie, i will. you know my address, too. >> okay. so let me show you some of this morning's headlines from around the globe. enough about addresses.

this is insider report, snapchat is redesigning its evidence. ceo evan spiegel admits it is too difficult to use. the overhaul would make it easier to discover content and give users a more personalize experience. yesterday the snapchat parent company reported disappointed quarterly results, loss more than tripled. >> reports google wants to put an end to long restaurant wait. google search and google maps will display live estimated wait times at restaurants. information will be available for nearly one million around the world. and britain's telegraph reports a plane headed to the island paradise of bali was diverted after a woman discovered her woman's infidelity mid flight. she allegedly used the thumb of her sleeping husband to unlock his phone which revealed evidence of his cheating. yowzer. she became so unruly the pilot

requested that the flight be diverted to india. the woman, her husband and their child were taken off and put on a flight back to doha. no police action was taken and no word if that couple is still together. that's a very interesting way to find out he was a cheater. >> to use his thumb. >> yes. people were worried about that with the iphone x, too. do i hold it over your face. >> it bothers me it caused other people to be diverted. i'm sure they were not happy about that. oh well one year ago americans elected donald trump as our 45th president. a recent cbs poll shows the president's overall job approval rating is 39%. 84% of republicans approve of his performance. is the president delivering on his promise to make america great again? in our ongoing series "we the people" go beyond the talking points to explore what americans think about the direction of our country. we've been following four people across the country with varying beliefs and perspectives.

for the latest installment we brought them to new york city to meet for the first time. elai elaine quijano joined them for a revealing discussion. here she is. >> good morning to you. steven shook, a musician, leo smith, an activist and businessman are republicans who voted for donald trump. cesar vargas, a lawyer, is an undocumented immigrant who could not vote. hali minchin-skook voted for clinton. we met in midtown man mhattan politics. >> the 2016 election ended with a thunder clap echoing around the world. >> no matter how improbable, the presidency was trump's. >> it is time for us to come together as one united people. >> president trump was elected a year ago. has your view at all changed or

evolved, halle? >> my view has not changed of him. his rhetoric, he is just a bully. morally i cannot support someone like that. >> steven, what about you? >> i would still cast my vote for donald trump. i really feel like in a lot of ways, you know, he got a crash course in politics 101, but at the same time he has really come through fairly well. >> and i think even more today, i'm more convinced that donald trump was the right person for what we needed in america at this time. the economic growth that we're experiencing, you know, i think that in the last couple of months we have experienced 3% growth, and that is a bigger number than i thought was even possible. >> this administration disappointed me because of the fact that he is trying to divide all of us when, in fact, we're are all in this together. i cannot support someone like that. >> leo, what is your response to that? >> we have been divided. we have just been silent about it. >> especially with what happened in virginia. you have people who are truly racist, people who are truly

anti-immigrant, people who truly want to have this nation as a white nation, and this administration is simply -- surprisingly, it is just fuelling that division amongst us. >> i was horrified by that entire situation in charlottesville. i mean donald trump did not create white nationalism. he did not create the nazis. those people existed, and so we needed to see them. they are in the light now, and so, yeah, the way i've always looked at donald trump is sort of like he's a catalyst to bring awareness. >> and there is nothing more anti-american than those groups. no offense to the media, but i think the media really construes it into that whole thing in helping place blame on the president. >> so can i follow up with you, steven? >> sure. >> i want to read what the president said, this is in the wake of charlottesville. "i think there is blame on both sides." >> you had a group on one side that was bad and you had a group on the other side that was also very violent. >> my reaction to that response is it is true, there is violence on both sides of it. there is bad people on both sides of it, and it is not just

donald trump. >> i was appalled. i think donald trump's rhetoric has allowed these people to be more vocal about it, and, honestly, i think it is a good thing because now we can do something about it. >> the last time we talked to you, steven and halle, you both agreed the president was effective in dealing with global issues like syria. >> i do agree with that. i mean we have the strongest military in the world. we need to keep it that way, and i agree with syria, how we bombed over there. just the way he words things and how he speaks about other world leaders, he needs work on that. >> rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime. >> like the rocket man and the fire and fury. like you could say those things, but not using that verbiage. >> it is one thing to be tough in the world arena, but another thing is to be reckless. >> i really do believe that he has a compassionate side and i

do believe that he's improving. the thing about donald trump is that he's not a politician, he is a businessman and he's also a tv personality, too. he's learning what it is like to be a leader of this country, and i think that seeing that gave me a lot of hope. >> but we have seen also where some of the rhetoric also has concrete detrimental effects, like what happened in puerto rico. these are u.s. american citizens who suffer and lost everything. and then he throws map kins as if it is a football game, right? so many things, and he has been a businessman, a tv personality, but right now we need him to be a president. >> is there anything that you heard today that surprised you or changed your opinion at all? >> well, being able to engage with folks from all over the country, with, you know, sort of different divergent background, look, we're very similar. we're very similar. we all have aspirational homes for our country, for our communities. >> i think for me it is just

bringing all of us together and appreciating each other as neighbors, not as, oh, you're republican, you're my enemy. >> we don't always agree on things, but if more people would just talk to one another respectfully and respect people's differences of opinion, i think the united states would be a much better place. >> for the most part i think that we all want to see everybody doing well, and we all want to see the president succeed. >> so we'll all be okay as americans you think? >> i think so. >> as long as we can have a beer together, yeah. >> yeah. >> leo smith ran for a seat in georgia's state senate. he lost the election yesterday. >> interesting. >> so he's interested in politics clearly. >> well, he's interested in doing something, because what they all agree on is that they think at the local level people can do more, that they shouldn't necessarily look to washington. that if they see something that needs changing, it is starts with them and that is the impetus leo said for his own

campaign. >> maya angelou used to say we are all more alike than we are different. when you see the four talking, it shows we can all talk to each other. >> and you can do more at the local level. >> good to hear from them. >> the grammy-award-winning imagine dragons are krld one of the biggest rock groups of the decade. the front man opens up about how their new album helped him fight th down to tears ♪ ♪ i know i took the path

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that's rock group the magic dragon with its top ten hit "believer." they announced they will headline a concert for the victims of the city's mass shooting. it illustrate as deep personal struggle with depression by front man dan reynolds. lee cowan interviewed him. he learned about the struggles of the life of band that's one of the most successful on the planet. >> reporter: they are one of the biggest rock acts of the decade.

imagine dragons is practically a household name and an admittedly a name that almost won. >> i remember we had a discussion about changing the name of the band. >> i do remember that. >> he was like, guys, you don't want to change it. this name is amazing. >> did you have another option in mind? >> no. >> the name stuck and so did their sound. ♪ >> front man dan reynolds surrounds himself with musicians. they came from boston university. >> i'm so burned out on the whole theme of rock and roll equals drugs. the rest i can go with. you can complete the ee kwaegs. rock and roll equals sex, i guess. >> good music and good fans

followed. but the bright lights of success had a dark side too. >> we went hard and it was years on the road, not seeing our families and not seeing frejds and disconnecting from reality. >> for reynolds, it was a dangerous combination. >> when i'm very happy, i'm very happy and when i'm low, i'm so low, and they've had to deal with that for years and years. >> reporter: he suffered from depression most of his life, usually silently. but not this time. he needed time away. they all did. so at the height of their success, the magic dragons took a year off. when they all returned to the studio the result was evolved. their third album. ♪ >> reporter: for their singer

"believer" attacks depression head on. >> it's about finding gratitude in my flaws and my weakness. it's finally gave me freedom. it's made me a believer in myself. >> does it feel like a little bit of a relief in a way? is it freeing to be able to write about? >> it's honestly the most cathartic experience, you know. i've written hundreds and hundreds of songs, most of them terrible, but it was my way of expressing myself. but now to be doing in a way that's honest and raw and share it what could be millions of people, i found comfort in that rather than fear. >> the importance of dealing with his depression made it more clear when soundgarden's player

and lincoln park's player ended their life. renoenld was born into a large mormon family and while he's now happily married to his wife and fellow band member, his church's doctrine -- >> they're three more times likely for a risky drug use. there's a glaring problem. >> of acceptance. >> yes. >> he took his argument to the mormon's argument to the doorstep, aim at sparking a conversation between mormons and the lgbtq. >> the whole part of love loud was this is for exclusive for anyone. we're not attacking the organization or mormon church. we want to start a dialogue

about something everyone can agree on which is these statistics need to change. >> it was a sellout crowd. the mormon church issued a statement applauding the effort. yes, he's a rock star. but if you look at reynolds' instagram, it's more about family and fame. >> hey, dad, i love you. you're so cool. i really love the dad i got. >> having almost lost his footing once, reynolds isn't slaying dragons anymore. he's imagining just how hot dragons can fly. >> i have three daughters, and what i want to leave behind for them is not, hey, dad wrote these songs. i need my little girls to know i stood for my truth. >> reporter: "cbs this morning."

lee cowan. >> i like the last song "i'm on top of the world." don't you like knowing about him. >> absolutely. >> nice piece by lee cowan. >> i'm going to get that today. we invite you to subscribe to our cbs podcast. his daughter is right. she likes that her dad is a cool dad. you're watching "cbs this morning." thank you. we'll be right back.

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good morning. time now 8:57. and we are tracking a slow ride for drivers heading along northbound 101 to san jose. this is a live look, traffic on the right side of your screen there in the northbound direction is right near north first street. so it's a little over an hour commute for drivers making their bay between hellyer and san antonio. san mateo bridge, still a

struggle out of hayward to foster city. 41 minutes 880 heading through oakland, 37 minutes from 238 on up to the maze. bay bridge toll plaza 34 minutes from the maze into san francisco. let's check in with julie now with the forecast. >> we are waiting those showers rolling in later today. right now cloud cover keeping us mild to start the day. we'll top out in the 60s today. right now in the low to mid-50s for most spots around the bay. 60 in san jose. 40 at santa rosa. 50 oakland. 55 in concord. futurecast showing that front moving through later on tonight. you see it here at 9:00, 10:00, the heaviest rain passing through the central portion of the bay area. 50s and 60s for your highs today. upper 60s for the warmest spots inland. the extended forecast shows showers through tomorrow, then dry on saturday, rain sunday and monday.

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