says he's ashamed and that the allegations have caught him by surprise. hena doba is here in new york. good morning, hena. >> good morning, anne-marie. accused by four women now of sexual misconduct, senator franken is fully cooperating. in the meantime the house is working is working on it with the ranks. senator al franken has returned after a week and a half after being accused of sexual misconduct. >> this whole thing has been, you know, embarrassing. >> franken yesterday granted his first round of interviews. he told minnesota public radio he has a lot of work to do to regain the trust of his friends, colleagues, and some constituents. >> some women say i crossed the line, and for that i'm very sorry. >> franken was first accused of

sexual misconduct by broadcaster leeann tweeden who said he forcibly kissed her during a uso trip, and she released a photo where franken posed in a photo with his hands over her chess in 2009. another woman claimed she was groped during a 2010 state fair and another two women say he touched their buttocks during separate campaign events. although franken says he has no intentions of resigning, some say if he did step down, that would not be disastrous for democrats. >> the house will vote this week on a resolution requiring all lawmakers and staff to complete anti-harassment training. >> franken has missed votes after the first claims were made. he said he wants to be a better public servant and a better man. anne-marie. >> hena doba here in new york.

thank you, hena. meanwhile veteran michigan congressman john conyers is giving up his leadership position on the house judiciary committee. conyers is accused of sexually harassing several female staffers and settling a claim with an aide. he doesn't want it to be a distraction. during an interview on "meet the press" yesterday, house speaker nancy pelosi reviewed it. >> as john reviews his case which he knows and i don't. >> why don't you. >> i believe. >> how is it -- >> may i finish my sentence? >> sure, sure. >> he will do the right thing. >> and the right thing is what? resign? >> he is entitled to due process and women are entitled to due process as well. >> the house investigating committee is looking into conyers.

he's the longest serving active member of congress. president trump is back in washington following his holiday weekend in florida. he weighed in again on the alabama race, putting it ahead of the sexual misconduct against candidate roy moore. a growing number of republicans have called on moore to step down. >> if roy moore wins and comes into the senate in january, there's going to be immediately an ethics investigation which is going to be a cloud that he'll be operating in, and it's going to be a distraction for us and our agenda. >> the alabama election for the senate is december 12th. and this morning it is unclear who's in charge of the consumer protection financial bureau. president trump appointed his budget director mick mulvaney as interim director but last night leandra english who had been elevated to interim director by the outgoing director filed a lawsuit challenging mulvaney's appointme appointment.

ultimately the senate must confirm a new director. they're a watchdog for dealing with banks, credit agencies, and credit card companies. the banking industry says the agency is too powerful. mick mulvaney has called the agency a joke. police in southern california rescued a baby allegedly taken hostage by her father. police in covina -- that's just east of languaos angeles -- mov last night following a 7 1/2-hour standoff. the suspect was initially pulled over for suspicious driving. his 7-month-old baby was in the back seat. the child's mother had been in the car but was talked out after arguing with the suspect. the suspect who had a knife was shot dead by police. the baby, however, is safe. an arlington, texas, police officer shot a man who pointed what turned out to be a fake gun at him. yesterday afternoon officers responded to reports of a theft at an arlington shopping mall.

the suspect had allegedly stolen sunglasses. the suspect pulled the imitation gun and aimed at the officer. the officer fired his weapon. the suspect was tangen to the hospital in critical condition. the suspect's gun, a rip pli ka firearm, fires bbs. i erupted and stranded thousands of tourists. this morning the danger zone around the volcano has expanded to six miles. the volcano, mt. agung started erupting over the weekend, throws clouds of ash over 100 feet high. residents were told to evacuate. the international airport was shut down early this morning trapping nearly 60,000 passengers. >> we're now waiting to, i guess, go home. we have to now find a hotel and spend more of our money that they're not going cover us for when we get home unfortunately. >> buses are taking stranded passengers from the airport to

ferry terminals and passage off the island. and if you're looking for a deal, this may be your day. this is the busiest online shopping day of the year and it's expected cyber monday could set a new record, raking in $6.6 billion in sales. meg oliver reports. >> reporter: workers at this fulfillment center outside new york city are on the front lines of the frantic holiday shopping season. amazon has hired 120,000 seasonal employees across the country to meet the demands. conveyer belts have been running 24 hours day to get packages delivered to online shoppers in time for the holiday. sales surpassed last year by 18%. on cyber monday the speed of shopping is only expected to intensify. in 2016 amazon alone processed 64 million orders worldwide on

cyber monday. that's 774 items per second. lauri torgerson is a retail manager for amazon. >> nothing beats the convenience of shopping from the comfort of your own home or on the go with your mobile phone. we're actually seeing mobile purchases increase significantly. last year more than 70% purchased orders through their mobile devices. >> reporter: consumers can expect deep discounts on items ranging from electronics and clothes to toys. >> what does that mean for book brick and mortar stores going forward? >> there's room for a lot of winners. >> that's true. analysts say up to 90% of sales still happen in stores. meg oliver, cbs news, new york. well, ahead on "cbs this morning," cnet.com's editor in chief has more on cyber monday and whether it will have the best sales of the holiday season. coming up on the "morning

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an erupting volcano on the indonesian island of bali has prompted a mass evacuation and stranded tens of thousands of travelers. an ash cloud was thrown 20,000 feet high in the air. up to 100,000 residents have been told to flee. the airport shut down this morning stranding about 60,000 people. and senator al franken says he's embarrassed and ashamed following allegations that he groped several women. franken says he won't resign but will cooperate with the senate ethics investigation. michigan congressman conyers will step down. conyers denies allegations of sexual harassment but says the issue would be a distraction. aaa estimates nearly 51 million americans traveled this thanksgiving day weekend.

many of them made their way home yesterday. mireya villarreal reports. >> whoa! look at that. >> reporter: for the millions of people who battled the traffic in los angeles to get to their turkey dinner on thursday, it's time to come home, and airports were not much better. john perdomo got home around 2:00 in the morning. >> a lot of people at the terminal. my flight was at 2:00 in the morning. i expected there to be nobody, but there was a lot of people. >> according to the transportation security administration, tsa, 2.6 million people will go through screening, a 6% increase over 2016. l.a.x. international is the second busiest airport in the nation. 110,000 cars are expected to drop off or pick up someone on sunday alone. doug schoop of aaa says a stronger economy is a big factor. >> jet fuel was significantly less than in recent kwleeryears

that allowed airlines to increase their capacity and lower airfares. >> reporter: but for the 45 million people estimated to be sitting in bumper-to-bumper traffic over the holiday, driving was still the convenient way to go. you expect this to continue on? >> this is just the start. what we're seeing is a strong economy and that's giving more confident consumers money in their pockets to spend on travel. >> reporter: if you're already starting to make plans for your next big trip, you definitely want to take gas prices into account. the national average is $2.51. that's 38 cents higher than last year. travel experts say there could be discounts coming out on monday and travel discounts on tuesday. mireya villarreal, cbs news, los angeles. coming up on "cbs this morning," a popular massage chain is facing accusations of sexual assault. on "buzzfeed," there's a report

victims are accusing therapists of groping and other sexual acts. we'll hear from one alleged victim and get the company's reaction. we'll meet a team that's building a car they hope will travel more than 1,000 miles an hour. and actor kumail nan gee a in from "the big sick" joins us in the studio. that's the "cbs morning news" for this monday. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com for this monday. i'm anne-marie green. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vita

live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. >> a live look outside as we start this morning. the embarcadero center all lit up and we are definitely in holiday mode. it is monday, november 27. good morning. i'm kenny choi. >> i'm michelle griego. it's cyber monday. shopping, the biggest ever monday shopping day. >> exciting! >> that's what we will be doing

on our off time, using our search engines. [laughter] >> you had a tough drive coming in? >> yeah. >> we are seeing lingering showers with storm system that kept kicking up overnight. a lot of rain, pretty much a storm that came in during the day on sunday and overnight into this morning. you can see right now as we zoom across hi-def doppler, the neighborhoods getting the most amount of rain are coming up. good morning. we are tracking a problem on eastbound 92. you are taking a live look at the san mateo bridge and those headlights are coming eastbound and the backup is