good morning. it's friday, december 1st, 2017. welcome to cbs this morning. the republican tax plan stalled in the senate. deficit hawks fear the bill will send the national debt soaring. and cbs news confirms the administration has a plan to replace the secretary of state. could be an awkward lunch at the white house today when the president dines with rex tillerson. a mexican man deported five times is cleared of murderi 32-year-old san francisco woman. this morning, the president calls the verdict a complete travesty of justice. plus, we'll hear from the florida mother who is desperate for answers after her daughter disappeared with a high school soccer coach. >> my baby girl.

every time i turn around, there's something that reminds me of her. >> why the girl's father is blaming himself for her disappearance. and mo rocca talks to comedy legend carol burnett. a new cbs special this sunday. now we begin this morning with a look at today's eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. >> robert mueller has charged michael flynn with willfully and knowingly making false fictitious and fraudulent statements. >> mike flynn charged with lying to the fbi. >> this could not come at a worst time for the president for his party. >> senate republicans trying to pass the tax bill can see the finish line but they can also see some hurdle also remaining. >> cbs news has confirmed the white house has a plan to force rex tillerson out. >> when the president loses confidence in someone, they will no longer serve in the capacity they're in. >> the jury has found an undocumented immigrant not guilty in the killing of a woman

in san francisco. >> president trump blasted the decision on twitter. >> -- democratic congressman john conyers to resign amid -- >> nancy pelosi sure as hell won't be the one to tell the congressman to leave. >> the first holiday season of the trump presidency is officially under way. >> president trump lit the national christmas tree. >> all that -- >> he'll go all the way! >> dallas 38, washington 14. >> and all that matters -- >> that's a beautiful shot. tiger woods making a comeback for the fifth time, just three shots off the lead in his first tournament in ten months. >> for me, i thought he did great. >> on cbs this morning. >> rex tillerson, is he on his way out as secretary of state? >> there have been plenty of signs tillerson was not happy. this is what he said last month while looking at a stat u in switzerland. >> yes, some days i feel like i need to do that. curl up in a ball. >> yeah.

it does feel pretty good. >> this morning's eye openering is presented by toyota, let's go places. welcome to cbs this morning, norah is off today. i'm gayle king with bianna goi g golodryga and vladimir duthiers. we have breaking news from washington for you. president trump's former national security adviser michael flynn will plead guilty this hour to lying to the fbi about his contacts with russia's u.s. ambassador. >> the retired general is the highest ranking official so far to be charged in special counsel robert mueller's investigation. paula reid is outside the federal courthouse where he will appear, paula, good morning. >> good morning. this is the second and arguably most significant cooperating witness robert mueller has secured so far in this

investigation. in the next hour, michael flynn will come here to federal court where he will plead guilty to making false statements. now, that is a relatively minor charge when you consider all the information about him and his business dealings that has been presented to the grand jury. sources have confirmed to me that at least half a dozen witnesses have gone before the federal grand jury to testify and provide evidence about mr. -- about mike flynn's business dealings. that opened him up to many charges, relating to failing to register and failing to disclose a lot of those, potentially very serious charges. the fact he's coming here to federal court to only plead to making false statements, this suggests that he is po pen chully providing the special council with incredibly valuable information. >> he was certainly a member of the inner circle. how worried should the white house be, do you think? >> well, they consistently say they're not worried, even when we started to get some hints and some clues that this was coming, specifically when flynn's lawyers stopped sharing

information about the investigation with the white house. they said yeah, it could be a plea. they didn't seem worried. but they should be concerned because this is someone who would have a lot of potentially very valuable information for special counsel. he would have been someone who would have been sitting in at a lot of meetings at the beginning of the administration. all of these crucial decisions he can now discuss potentially with robert muler. >> to be continued for sure, thank you, paula reid. senate republicans are scrambling to save their tax bill after it hit a stumbling block over deficit concerns. the legislation appeared to gain momentum yesterday. but a study showing the massive tax cuts would add $1 trillion to the annual deficit brought it to a halt. >> a handful of republican deficit hawks are hesitant to support the bill. senate aides delivered pizza as lawmakers debated into the night. the debate is set to resume at this hour. nancy cordes is on capitol hill with the new timing for the tax overhaul. nancy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. well, republican leaders are hoping to hold a final vote today but they are still making

changes to win over the holdouts. arizona's john mccain is now a yes, but others want tweaks. after independent number crunchers found that the tax plan won't pay for itself as promised. >> economic consulting has been about as accurate as those late-night psychic hot lines. >> reporter: most republicans shook off the findings of the bipartisan joint committee on taxation, which is projecting that economic growth from the gop tax plan would only cover about $400 billion worth of the $1.4 trillion cost. >> i think the jct scoring is highly questionable. >> reporter: a few gop deficit hawks like tennessee's bob corker began looking for ways to cut the bill's price tag. >> would you vote? >> we're still working. >> reporter: one idea, to scale back the bill's generous

15-point corporate tax cut. >> kill the bill! >> reporter: protesters rallied against the bill while the senate debated it inside. democrats argued the plan's cost isn't the only problem. >> it will enrich the very wealthiest americans. it will temporarily help the middle class, but the middle class tax cuts expire. >> reporter: but many republicans say it's better to move ahead with an imperfect plan than wait and lose momentum. >> you just can't fail. i mean, this is just unacceptable for the republican party to have the house, the senate and the white house and not be able to reform the tax code, that's just unacceptable outcome. >> reporter: he and other republicans argue they can still make changes to the plan after it passes when senate republicans and house republicans work to meld their two very different bills, a process that the president wants wrapped up, vlad, by christmas. >> nancy, thank you. stocks are losing ground as the senate debates the tax bill.

for the first time, the dow jones industrial average started the day above 24,000. the dow gained 331 points yesterday. the most in one day since march. president trump appears to be ready to shake up his national security team. cbs news confirms that top white house aides have signed off on a plan to remove secretary of state rex tillerson. his most likely report is cia director mike pompeo. tillerson is scheduled to have lunch at the white house today with the president and defense secretary jim mattis. mr. trump declined an opportunity to end the speculation about tillerson yesterday. chip reid is at the white house with more on the timing of the personnel overhaul. >> reporter: well, good morning. the white house insists a shake-up at the state department is not imminent but as has been evident for quite a while, the relationship between the president and his secretary of state is strained, and now a replacement plan is in place and it's been approved by white

house chief of staff john kelly. >> 3, 2, 1. >> reporter: president trump officially rang in the holiday season and a new year may bring big changes to his cabinet. >> do you want rex tillerson on the job, mr. president? >> he's here, rex is here. >> reporter: tillerson was at the white house thursday and the president suggested that meant his secretary of state was still on the job. his spokeswoman dismissed rumors a change was imminent. >> when the president loses confidence in someone, they will no longer serve in the capacity that they're in. >> reporter: but cbs news confirms there's a plan to put cia director mike pompeo at the state department, replacing him with either retired vice admiral robert harwood or arkansas senator and trump loyalist tom cotton. >> i'm proud to be representing the people of arkansas. >> would you like to be cia director? >> i'm very proud to be representing the people of arkansas. >> reporter: cotton denied that he was looking for a new job. but the president has

disagreements over foreign policy with his secretary of state, who, for example, opposes the president's desire to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. and the handling of tensions with north korea boiled over just a few weeks ago. >> we just disagree on a couple of things. sometimes i'd like him to be a little bit tougher. >> reporter: that after reports that tillerson has become frustrated with the president and had even referred to him as a moron. >> i have never considered leaving this post. >> reporter: the reorganization would continue the president's trend of appointing former military officers to important white house posts. harwood is a former navy s.e.a.l. and cotton served in iraq and afghanistan. >> oh to be a fly on the wall in that lunch, chip, thank you. the president call tls it a travesty of justice. a san francisco jury find a five time deported mexico man not guilty of murder. he was charged with killing kate

steinle in 2015. this case stir upped a fierce national debate over illegal immigration. john blackstone is in san francisco with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. outside the courtroom, kate steinle's killing was all about illegal immigrant and sanctuary cities like here in san francisco. but inside the courtroom, the only thing at issue was whether steinle's shooting was intentional or just a tragic accident. following the not guilty verdict, defense attorney matt gonzalez condemned the way the case had been politicized by president trump and attorney general jeff sessions. >> and they may themselves soon avail themselves of the presumption of innocence and beyond a reasonable doubt standard and so i would ask them to reflect on that before they comment or disparage the result in this case. >> reporter: about three hours later, president trump tweeted a disgraceful verdict. no wonder the people of our country are so angry with illegal immigration.

the killing became a centerpiece of donald trump's presidential campaign. >> another victim is kate steinle. gunned down in the sanctuary city of san francisco. >> reporter: kate steinle was walking with her father on a san francisco pier when the 32-year-old was shot in the back. soon after, police arrested jose innis garcia aradi, an undocumented immigrant who had been deported to mexico five times. he recently had been released from the san francisco jail. under sanctuary city policies, had not been turned over to immigration authorities. in court, however, defense attorneys argued garcia zarada found the gun under a bench on the pier and it fired accidentally, bullet ricocheted and hit steinle 78 feet away. garcia zarada is not a free man. he was found guilty of illegal possession of a firearm. that could put him behind bars for up to three years.

and he also faces deportation again. >> john, thank you. we have new information this morning from a criminal investigation of disgraced hollywood producer harvey weinstein. jericka duncan has been following the story since it broke. good morning. >> good morning, gayle. cbs news has learned the manhattan district attorney's office informed people involved in the case they're not looking to move forward in the investigation centered around rape allegations against harvey weinstein. those allegations were brought forward by an actress who says weinstein raped her twice in 2010 while inside her new york city apartment. the new revelation would be a stark change from just last month when the new york police department announced the allegations were credible as they gathered evidence for a possible arrest warrant. the d.a. also recently appoint add senior sex crimes prosecutor to the case but when we reached out for official comment, the district attorney's office told us as this remains very much an

active investigation, we will decline to comment. now, the actress's lawyer responded to the news reporting, telling cbs news the d.a.'s office has copious amounts of evidence and no reason to delay indictment. they urged the district attorney to convene a grand jury by the end of next week or expect the protests to begin. harvey weinstein has vehemently denied any allegations of nonconsensual sex. >> it does seem to be a big change with no explanation. >> it does. i actually just interviewed the district attorney on wednesday. we were talking about an unrelated story but he said this was an active investigation, so to hear that they may not be going forward with this now is definitely new. >> you're just hearing from her attorney right now. >> absolutely, just got a statement this morning. >> all right, jericka, thank you. russell simmons is stepping down from the company he founded after a second allegation of

sexual assault. her movies include "the mummy" and "rachel getting married." the daughter of a director and granddaughter of singer lena horn. anne marie green is here with how these new claims affect simmons' business empire. >> reporter: although he says his memory of the encounter differed from her, he acknowledge heard feelings of fear and intim days and decide to give up control of his companies because he didn't want to be a distraction. writing in the hollywood reporter, jenny lumat says russell initially offered her a ride home in his car but instead brought her to his new york city apartment and forced her to have vex sex. i felt dread and disorientation, she wrote, i wanted to go home. i said i wanted to go home. matt beleny is the hollywood reporter's editorial director. >> this was clearly a traumatic and intimidating and harrowing experience for her. she was locked inside this car

and didn't really have a choice about what happened to her. >> reporter: hours after lumat went public with her accusation -- simmons brand took a hit. hbo announced he will not appear in the new series all def comedy and was removing his name from the show. as the co-founder of def jam recordings, he helped turn public enemy, the beastie boys and ll cool j into stars. his business empire now includes a yoga studio, energy drinks, a fashion label and film and television production. he appeared on cbs this morning in july. >> i like to give people the loyalty. >> reporter: on thursday, simmons said while i have never been violent, i have been thoughtless and insensitive in some of my relationships over many decades and i sincerely

apologize. she says she came forward after simmons denied forcing another woman to have sex with him. a model said simmons forced heard to perform oral sex when she was in his appareartment wh she was just 17. simmons says everything was consensual. >> anne marie, thank you. meantime, a former nbc top executive disputes a report that managers knew about matt lauer's sexual misconduct. jeff zucker who hired lauer for the "today" show says he was unaware of the problem. the current nbc president addressed the issue yesterday. >> there was never a complaint about matt. there was never a suggestion of that kind of deviant predator behavior, not even a whispe of it, nothing like that. >> "variety" quotes several women reported to the network

which fell on deaf ears. saying current nbc management was never made aware of any complaints. lauer faces allegations ranging from lewd comments to indecent exposure and sexual assault. he put out a statement of apology, saying, quote, some of what is being said about me is untrue or mischaracterized, but there is enough truth in these stories to make me feel embarrassed and ashamed. >> the longest serving current member of congress faces growing pressure to resign over sexual harassment claims. congressman john kenniconyers i accused by at least two former staff members. the 88-year-old democrat denies any wrongdoing. house democratic leader nancy pelosi says conyers should go. >> the allegations against congressman conyers as we have learned more since sunday are serious, disappointing and very credible. it's very sad. the brave women who came forward are owed justice. >> conyers' attorney says the

congressman has no plans to quit. >> nancy pelosi did not elect the congressman and she sure as hell won't be the one to tell the congressman to leave. >> john conyers checked into a michigan hospital yesterday because of chest pains and shortness of breath. britain's new royal couple steps out today for their official public debut. ahead, we are in nottingham, england, where people lined up for hours to see prince harry and his fiance

the mother of a runaway the mother of a runaway florida teenager. >> ahead, she shares with us why her husband blames himself for the teen's disappearance with a high school soccer coach. you're watching cbs this morning.

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change is coming to a country that was stuck firmly in thpast. ahead, how saudi arabia's women are asserting themselves in ways that used to be unimaginable. >> that boxer looked tough.

acquittal of an undocumented immigrant, in a san francisco murder trial. good morning, it's 7:26. i'm kenny choi. president trump is upset about the acquittal of an illegal immigrant in a san francisco murder trial. jose ines garcia zarate was only found guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm in the kate steinle killing. the president had used the case to justify his proposed border wall and crackdown on sanctuary cities. this month marks one year since the deadly ghost ship warehouse fire in oakland. there will be several memorials for the victims starting today. stick around; we'll have traffic and weather in just a moment.

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♪ i don't want a lot for christmas ♪ 3, 2, 1. >> it's christmas at the white house. president trump and the first lady led the 95th annual lighting of the national christmas tree. the president said he had been looking very much forward to last night's ceremony. the beach boys and wynonna judd helped celebrate the start of the holiday season in washington. i saw kathie lee gifford standing there. there's winona judd. and mariah carey's song "all i want for christmas" means christmas. >> "love actually" and mariah. >> that and grandma got run over by a reindeer. welcome back to cbs this

morning. here are three things you should know. final vote on the senate tax overhaul bill could happen later today. senate republicans are working to save the bill after it suffered setbacks over how much it could raise the budget deficit. if the senate bill passes, gop lawmakers hope to quickly reconcile it with the tax bill that passed last month. you may recall. they want to have the final version of the tax plan on president trump's desk ready to sign by christmas. >> hawaii will test cold war era nuclear sirens this morning because of north korea nuclear fears. the test will take place on the first day of each month to make sure everyone knows what to do during an attack. if a missile is launched toward hawaii, people there will have less than 20 minutes to take shelter. >> this has been freaking out a lot of people who have american airlines tickets. american airlines and its pilot union are at odds over how many holiday flights will be affected by a software glitch. america mistakenly allowed thousands of pilots to request

time off during the last weeks of december. the union saying the number is in the thousands. american says it does not expect to cancel flights. >> a lot of pressure on that airline. the father of a missing florida teenager is blaming himself after she disappeared with a high school soccer coach almost one week ago. police say 17-year-old kate lynn frisina and 27-year-old ryan rodriguez are driving north and may cross the border into canada. meg oliver is in lake city, florida, where she spoke to the teen's mother. meg, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. christina and rodriguez were last spotted sunday night at a pawnshop in fayetteville, north carolina. the teen's mother is emotionally drained. she told me this is the longest she has gone without speaking to her daughter. why do you think she left? >> i don't know. we've gone over that question in our minds 1,000 times since this

happened. >> reporter: scarlet christina is trying to make sense of why her teenage daughter kate lynn would take off with ryan rodriguez, a 27-year-old the family considered a friend. >> i know that she to some degree left on her own, but i absolutely believe that she was lied to and totally misled. >> reporter: if this was his idea, what did he take from you? >> my baby girl. every time i turn around, there's something that reminds me of her. >> reporter: scarlet says everything seemed normal in the weeks leading up to her daughter'ses d s didisappearanc >> is it possible she was leading a secret life? >> well, that's what we wonder, something was going on, we just tonight know what. >> reporter: kate lynn's father ward was too upset to sit down with us. scarlet says he blames himself, since he encouraged rodriguez to apply for the coaching job. >> he said, i can't believe i

put not just my child but other people's children in this kind of environment. that's hard for him. >> reporter: what's even harder for both of them is the uncertainty. >> i look like a teenager right now glued to my phone but i just -- what if she gets a chance to call me? wat if somebody has seen them? what if the sheriff's office got the call? i'm going to answer that call, you know, i'm going to make sure that we're there. >> reporter: she wants the phone to ring desperately. scarlet christina is worried about her daughter and rodriguez running out of money and not being able to buy food and warm clothing. reports they were last seen at a pawnshop only amplifies that concern, vlad. >> meg oliver, thank you. heartbreaking for the parents there. we really -- our hearts go out to them. women in saudi arabia are pressing for their freedom and they're beginning to get it. holly williams has been in the king to madom for the past week.

she's seeing the change as women train in gyms, get set to drive and become more integrated. but there are still limits. holly williams in jeddah, saudi arabia, to show us how society is changing. holly, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. saudi women face some very big challenges, including the male guardianship system, which means they need a male relative's permission to travel overseas or get married. but things here are beginning to shift. if you think that saudi arabia women are all oppressed, shrouded and weak, you probably need to see this. >> we're not victims. we are not victims. we are strong. >> reporter: hallah runs the fight like a girl boxing gym in jeddah. she has a passion for combat sports. are you pushing for total equality? >> i mean, as much -- yes, that would be great. but is there total equality for women and men around the world?

not yet. so hopefully eventually yes, and hopefully my lifetime. >> reporter: there are big changes in saudi arabia. women are joining the workforce in record numbers. and next year they'll finally be allowed to drive after more than two decades of protests. by saudi standards, the country's new crown prince muhammad bin salman is a reformer. it's not just women who feel more liberated. take a look at saudi arabia's stand-up comedy scene. in this ultraconservative islamic kingdom, they still find plenty to laugh at. though this is no democracy and there are red lines. >> sex and religion and trump -- >> politics? >> yes, exactly. >> reporter: his comic influences are american. dave chappelle, kevin hart and chris rock. >> i think from chris rock.

nobody know. don't tell anyone. >> reporter: you stole a joke from chris rock? >> nobody know because -- look, i'm sorry, but nobody know. a few comics only. i apologize. >> reporter: many saudis are fearful of criticizing their government. but at this conservative mosque, some of the faithful told us they're disturbed by the speed of change and especially mixing between the sexes in a place where gender segregation had been the norm. there's always a possibility of a backlash from religious conservatives. but most saudis we've spoken to, both women and men, are hoping that doesn't happen. gayle. >> all right, holly williams, reporting from saudi arabia, something tells me chris rock wouldn't mind that he takes a joke. what is that saying, imitation is the most sincerest form of flattery. >> they could take it on the road. >> he's got a great sense of humor. chris would like that, something tells me. thank you, again, holly.

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the new royal couple is already on the job this morning, just days after revealing their engagement. prince harry and his american fiance meghan markle chose the english city of nottingham for their first joint event together. they visited a charity to mark world aids day. jonathan, everybody wants to see them. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. a lot of excitement and today really marks a royal rite of passage for meghan markle. while she's no stranger to walking down red carpets as an

actress, today, she walked into history. just as then lady diana did in 1981 and kate middleton in 2011, meghan markle made her first official engagement with prince harry by her side. markle may have left her fans in the u.s. but she clearly has a new following here in the uk where hundreds of people have lined up to welcome her. an eager public watched on, some waiting hour, to catch a glils glimpse of prince harry and his american fiance. you've been here since the crack of doawn. why was it important to show up? >> to give support to harry and meghan. >> reporter: the visit to the world aids day charity affair marks a quick role change. royal photographer chris jackson has spent more than ten years covering harry and now his wife to be. >> they're going to be a formidable team. i think we've got a lot to look

forward to. >> reporter: markle discussed her own royal ambitions earlier this week. >> think in the beginning few months and now being boots on the ground in the uk, i'm excited to just really get to know more about the different communities here, smaller organizations who are working on the same causes that i've always been passionate about. >> reporter: today's carefully chosen public debut was a symbolic nod to harry's mother, princess diana, who championed hiv/aids awareness up until her death 20 years ago. images of her shaking the hands of patients without wearing gloves helped change the way the world understood the epidemic. >> what do you think your mother who have thought of meghan or said about meghan? >> i think they would be thick as thieves without question. >> reporter: prince harry alongside his brother prince william and sister-in-law kate have devoted much of their lives to carrying on princess diana's hue man taran legacy. with markle by his side, harry says he is now more committed

than ever. and while there has been a lot of debate here in the uk about president trump visiting, meghan markle has clearly been a welcomed u.s. ambassador, beyawn that. >> welcome news, this engagement, to a country stressing a lot about brexit and uncertainty. can we say they're a good looking couple? they're so cute together. >> they're so easy with each other. that's what i like. >> they're in love as we like to say. our thanks to you. up next a look at this morning's other headlines including new surveillance video of the belagio robbery in las vegas. plus 48 hours confronts a psychiatrist accused of brainwashing a man to kill her

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welcome back to cbs this morning. here's a look at some headlines. "the new york times" says president trump urged top republicans to end a senate committee's russian query. over the summer, mr. trump told senate intelligence committee chairman richard burr that he wanted the panel's investigation into election meddling to end quickly. the president reportedly asked the same from senator mitch mcconnell. a white house spokesman denies the president acted improperly. >> north carolina's jacksonville daily news says civilian volunteers will join police today in the search for a missing 3-year-old. mariah woods is reported missing from her home on monday. investigators are using dive teams and police on horseback to sweep the surrounding area. volunteers were told to prepare to search for up to eight hours. the fbi said yesterday it rushed items of interest to its lab in quantico, virginia for forensic testing. affiliate has surveillance video of the suspected belagio

robber. video shows the man enterring through the hotel and walking through the casino on tuesday afternoon. police reportedly say it shows him threatening the cashier with a gun in a plastic bag and putting money into the bag. the suspect was wearing glasses and a blonde wig. >> so brazen too. he's on the run. the honolulu star advertiser remembers actor and singer jim nabors. nabors became famous playing gomer pile on the "andy griffith show" and his own cbs sitcom. he sang in concerts for decades. ♪ to dream the impossible dream ♪ >> nabors died yesterday in his home. he was 87 years old. always surprising to me how different his singing voice is from the gomer voice. 87. good life. senate republicans are pushing for a final vote on their tax reform bill today. john dickerson is in our toyota

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dollars to those in need. in a brazen home invasion robbery. investigators say three armed men entere good morning. i'm kenny choi. piedmont police hoping that surveillance video will help them find suspects in a brazen home invasion robbery. investigators say that these three armed men entered a home on oakland avenue in october. police say that they got away with cash and electronics. today a brand-new trail opens on the peninsula. the la honda creek open space preserve has six miles of trails stretched out over 6,000 acres and it is free to the public. raffic and weather in just a moment.

good morning, time now 7:57. happy friday, everyone. not a lot of happy drivers out along the eastshore freeway. we are tracking an accident westbound direction right near gilman street blocking one

lane. so your ride continues to be slow from 4 down towards the maze. 26 minutes. here's a live look just past the scene of the crash near ashby. you can see all the cars bunching up there. it's a slow ride over to the toll plaza. another 36 minutes across the upper deck of the bay bridge heading into san francisco towards 101. here's a live look, this is right near the fremont street exit beginning on the skyway of the bridge, we are going to be continuing to see those slowdowns all due to a new accident blocking one lane right near 9th street. so very heavy slow ride into san francisco. good morning. what a view of the sunrise right now. it is looking nice out there. here's what you can expect for today. cool to start off. temperatures right now in the 30s and 40s. 35 still in santa rosa. a haze out there because of the fog. cloudy over the weekend, no rain.

ni ♪ good morning to our viewers in the best. it is friday, december 1, 2017. already december 1stst. welcome back to "cbs this morning." there is breaking news. former trump official michael flynn pleads guilty to lying to the fbi. ahead, how the russia investigation is moving forward. plus, celebrating the 50th anniversary of "the carol burnett show." she tells morocco why her groundbreaking tv program could never be done today. first here is today's eye opener at 8. president trump's former national security adviser michael flynn will plead guilty to lying to the fbi. >> this is the second and arguably most significant corroborating witness robert mueller has secured so far in this investigation. >> republicans leaders hoping to

hold a final vote are still making changes to win over the holdouts. >> eflt fvident for quite a whi the relationship between the president and his secretary of state is strained, and now a replacement plan is in place. >> outside the courtroom, steinle's killing was all about illegal immigration and sanctuary cities. inside, the issue was whether steinle's shooting was intentional or a tragic accident. >> simmons says his memory of the encounter with jenna lumet differed from hers. >> an ohio-based company made a cup holder for dip that attaches to a dashboard so you can eat chips and dip while you drive. [ cheering and applause ]. >> while you drive, yeah. ladies and gentlemen, i don't have a joke about this. i just wanted to remind you we are still the greatest country in the world. [ cheering and applause ]

♪ con an, we hear the applause and agree, we think america is greatest country in the world. >> for sure. >> i'm gayle king with bianna golodryga and vladimir duty yay. michael flynn is pleading guilty to one count of lying to the fbi. >> the retired general is appearing in federal court in washington. court document also show flynn lied in january about conversations with russia's ambassador to the u.s. >> he is biggest name connected to president trump to be charged in connection with the russia investigation. what do we know. >> reporter: mike flynn was a top cam pan surrogate and a top white house official, but as he assumed the job as the president's national security adviser the fbi says he was lying about his contacts with the russian ambassador. today he is pleading guilty to

one count of willfully and knowingly making false statements to the fbi. four days after the inauguration flynn was questioned by the fbi and the special counsel's office says he lied about conversations he had with former russian ambassador sergey kislyak. flynn told fbi agents he did not talk about sanctions with sisley yak. the plea deal signals flynn has provided significant information that mueller is willing to put aside more serious crimes. flynn is now the second to plead guilty. the other, george papadopolous, served as a policy adviser for trump campaign. the campaign chairman paul manafort and his associate rick gates pled not guilty to charges including money laundering. this is not the end of the special council investigation. it is ongoing with several more people still under scrutiny, including donald trump jr., carter page and jared kushner. >> jeff, thank you. the senate is back at work right now on its tax overhaul.

reps want a final vote today but they have to overcome cost concerns. president trump tweeted this this morning. this is a once in a generation chance. obstruction as dems try to block. it is actually worries from within his own party that are holding up the bill. >> a report from a non-partisan committee shows the plan will add one trillion dollars to the country's deficit over the next decade. that is raising concern among some republicans. the gop can only afford to lose support from two members. >> the number two senate republican john cornyn of texas called the studies findings completely wrong. south carolina's lindsey graham said yesterday failure is not an option, we need a tax cut. >> our chief washington correspondent and anchor of "face the nation" john dickerson is here at the table, live and in color. good morning to you, john. >> good morning, gayle. >> two votes doesn't give them a lot of wiggle room. what options do they have to move it forward? >> they're trying to cook up some options. one of the extraordinary things about what is happening right now is they're flying the plane while trying to build it.

they're trying to pass the legislation while they're writing it. the problem is tax legislation is incredibly complex. the careening effects of tax changes on the deficit and economy are complex, so once you change something it affects something over here. nevertheless, they're trying to do this, get it voted, get it done by the end of the day. it is a bit of a rush. >> if you had to call the game right now, what would you say? >> i don't call the game, gayle because -- >> i said if you had to call the game, john dickerson. >> i don't know. i mean there is extraordinary pressure to get this done, to get something done. and so i think when we've seen that kind of pressure act in the past, lawmakers find a way to get it done and then they end up having to live with the results of things shot through in that kind of pressure environment. >> but republicans have dismissed these types of reports from non-partisan groups, the cbo in particular, and other issues when it came to health care they're starting to do it now. so the of is it goiis it going needle at all? >> it gives some pause to some

senators. even if the report from the joint committee on taxation had not been as troublesome as this one was, the two senators holding it up, senators from tennessee and arizona, have old-fashioned republican fears about the debt and deficit. if the theory of this case is cut taxes to get economic growth going, their argument is we for a long time argued that the debt and deficit actually hurt growth as well. so you can't on the one hand try to help growth with this if on the other hand it is hurting growth by creating a larger debt and deficit. so they're not -- this isn't crazy talk. this has been long-time republican orthodoxy. so in that sense what the joint committee on taxation said helps their case, but really doesn't -- isn't central to it. they're arguing something republicans have argued a long time. >> a bigger problem for them now that the trigger mechanism is not being allowed by senate rules, correct? >> that's right. trigger mechanisms, this idea we'll basically change things in the future if it doesn't turn out to go forward the way the authors of this tax plan say, they're hard to craft because

they can have down side effects on the economy. also, by the way, what happens is when you get to the trigger point everybody says, never mind, let's get past the trigger. so it is very hard to create this kind of thing and there are economic reasons you wouldn't want to create it anyway, which give opponents a substantive reason to be against what corker and flake are trying to do. >> john, let me ask you about this. as you know cbs news learned that chief of staff john kelly has seen a plan and approved a plan to replace secretary of state rex tillerson with cia director mike pompeo. is tillerson dead man walking and how difficult must it be to do his job? >> i'm trying to think back of an instance in which you had a coordinated effort by an administration to say, here is your hat, what's your hurry. i mean they are showing him the door publicly, which means, a, obviously it undermines him because the secretary of state has to speak for the president. so obviously he is not speaking for the president because the entire rest of the administration it seems, bailsed based on the way this has been

coordinated, is saying he's not long for this job. so you have to wonder then kind of, okay, why not just get it over with. it also is extraordinary when you look back and think about one of the arguments for the president was that he came from the world of business. i don't think you would have this situation in the world of business, where you just let a secretary of state kind of twist in the wind like this. so the -- if there's going to be a change, it probably needs to happen soon because real things are happening. the north korea issue is heating up. >> but did he have a chance after he called -- reportedly called the president a moron? did he really have a chance after that? >> i don't know. that obviously was not great -- great for him, but one of the things this president has allowed, at least from his secretary of defense and others, is people with strong opinions to voice them. that, on the other hand, is part of where the clash has been between the president and his secretary of state. >> you voice them and then the word embattled comes before your name. never a good sign. thank you, john, very much. sunday on "face the nation" john talks to republican senator lindsey graham, white house

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we have new developments in a bizarre murder case that we first told you about last year. a young man james nolan said he was brainwashed by a psychiatrist so he could kill on her behalf. he's serving time in prison. now five years after he claims she was the mastermind, she was arrested. peter van sant has reports on this case. >> reporter: jake nolan readily admits he walked into a new york city high-rise on november 12, 2012, with murder on his mind. >> i planned on killing michael weiss. >> reporter: dr. michael weiss is a side cry terrorist. inside his duffel bag, large

knife and a sledgehammer. >> he reaches for the knife and charged at me. >> this is not a whodunit. he did what he was accused of doing. but the big question was why. i saw jake know lan brainwashed by dr. pamela buchbinder and his cousin. they were battling over custody of theirson. >> they hated each other. >> reporter: he claims he was brain washed to kill. he said he was vulnerable because he suffers from bipolar and other disorlders. >> she morphed me into whatever she wanted me to be. >> reporter: this surveillance shows buchbinder with jake paying for the sledgehammer the night before the attack and after stabbing dr. weiss and

being wounded in the struggle, jake picked up the cell-tone, took this bloody selfie, and sent it to her. >> what is going through your mind when you took this picture? >> that i let down pamela. >> reporter: in march of 20163 1/2 years after the attack, jake was found guilty of attempted murder and was sentenced to 9 1/2 years in prison. >> i know what i did was very serious, but there's also another party that needs to take responsibility too. >> and that person is? >> pamela buchbinder. >> pamela buchbinder, i'm from "48 hours." . almost five years after michael weiss was attacked the law finally caught up with this ivy league psychiatrist. eric franz, one of dr.

buchbinder's lawyers said jake acted alone. she remains in rikers island jail. >> and peter van sanlt is here with us. good morning. >> good morning. >> so what is this new evidence that led to the arrest of book booinlder five years after? >> it camp to the statue of limitations and they finally decided let's give this a shot. >> that was quite a question that you asked. why did you buy that sledgehammer. i was very curious to hear her answer. what will be her defense? >> her attorney says you've got to stay tuned. we won't tell you yet. they can explain the sledgehammer and they hope to introduce a new piece of evidence, allegedly a handwritten note from jake nolan, the boy who's allegedly ill, that says pamela had nothing do with this. >> has she made bail? >> she was turned down twice. she had her passport, birth

certificate, her child's passport and staying in a placy upstate new york. prosecutors believe because she has some wealth she's a flight risk. >> i'm intrigued. >> you can watch peter's full report, "the psychiatrist and the selfie" tomorrow night at 10:00 p.m., 9:00 p.m. senn tralg. >> the names are always catchy. corporate giants might have some other plans about that. ahead, we'll crunch the numbers and see what history shows us. and model ashley graham tells us how she fought to make her dreams come true when agents told her simply, you're too fat. you're watching "cbs this morning." you are going to be a big surprise. (whining) aww, i see a big puppy. i see a b-i-i-g pu-u-ppy. hey greg! that's ford, america's best-selling brand. now get exclusive holiday offers, with 0% financing for 72 months

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i'm talking years in the industry. blood, sweat, and tears. i've had ajejts tell me you're not going to be on the cover of anything. you're a catalog go. go make money. that's all you need do. that's all you should be doing. i've had clients tell me you're too fat, we can't book you anymore because you don't fit into the jeans. >> you can see our full interview with ashley graham right here. she's a firecracker, guys. >> they say that to her? >> they used to. >> i was going to say. >> nobody's saying o it to her now, but she did go through it. >> it's a cutthroat business. we talk with people from refinery 29. some of the things they have to overcome, especially the bigger women. it's incredible what she's done. >> she's gorgeous. >> absolutely. i second that. >> you can say that. singer selena gomez was honored as billboard's 2017 woman of the year. ahead why she cried during her

acceptance speech and wanted the honor to go planned all around the bay area to honor world aids day today. in san francisco: good morning, it's 8:25. i'm anne makovec. events are planned all around the bay area to honor world aids day today. in san francisco, former president bill clinton will be among those speaking at the aids memorial grove this morning. today's event starts at 11:34:07 a.m. and tonight, a big holiday party in oakland's jack london square for the tree lighting ceremony. the event is going to feature live music and a special appearance by santa. it starts at 5:00. traffic and weather coming up next.

good morning. 8:27. we continue to track slowdowns along the eastshore freeway. that earlier crash now cleared out of lanes still causing a big backup along westbound 80. the crash was near gilman and it's still about a 30-minute ride from highway 4 to the maze. here's a live look at san pablo dam road at that exit there. you can see traffic is still heavy. then when you get to the bay bridge toll plaza, we are jam- packed in the red, 50 minutes just to go from the maze into san francisco. we had an earlier accident just past the fremont street exit. that's been cleared. and you can see traffic is doing much better as they are coming off the bridge there. skyway portion. if you are making your way throughout the bay area this morning, headed over to the richmond/san rafael bridge, we

are back in the green across the span. but it's still a slow ride getting there along richmond parkway. and 880, 87, 101, all jam- packed and in the red. what happened to our "friday light" conditions? let's send it to neda for a check of the forecast. at least weather isn't impacting the morning commute. it's cool. some patchy fog still lingering in the valleys. 35 degrees still in santa rosa. so that cool air is creating a little more of that fog as it is near that dew point number. here's a look at our highs for the afternoon. so we'll see plenty of clear skies today. tomorrow, there's an increase in our cloud coverage. here's a look at the futurecast. so there's going to be some rain. but all of that is going to impact oregon and the border of northern california and oregon. so we may see about an inch of snow from that system to the north. but it looks like for the bay area already we'll see more clouds and we are not going to see the -- sun returns next week. ♪

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dollars to those in need. ♪ i'm coming out welcome back to "cbs this morning." our first stop always at this time is our green room. who's always there? mo rocca. doing a story about carol burnett. and megan murphy from bloomberg talking about the corporate tax plan. specifically the corporate tax cuts. you're a carol burnett fan, right? >> i'm well old enough to know who she is. >> i dare you to do the carol burnett tarzan yell. go ahead. >> a tarzan yell? aahhhh! >> that's some tarzan. >> i'm going to give you a 5 on a scale of 1 to 10 on that, megan murphy. all right. mo rocca, see you in a moment.

go ahead, mo. >> i'm waiting until segment. >> okay. all right. fair enough. we'll see you here in jkust a second. >> i think that's what's happening on the senate floor right about now. time for this morning's headlines. "the atlanta journal constitution" reports on a study that finds your home is probably making you sick. the national institutes of health found 90% of homes have three or more detectable allergens. some common ones include pets an mold. 73% of homes have elevated levels of at least one allergen. >> "the washington post" reports president trump plans to shrink two national monuments in utah more than expected. documents indicate the president will reduce the bear's ears national monument by 85%. he's expected to cut the grand staircase escalante monument nearly in half. his decision will be announced monday. presidents barack obama and bill clinton created the two monuments. environmental groups and local

native tribes say the resizing threatens important archaeological and cultural resources. >> and billboard says selena gomez accepted the woman of the year award at an event in los angeles yesterday. the singer cried, paying tribute to her close friend. >> to be honest, i think she should be given this award because she saved my life. sorry. >> did save her life. donated a kidney to gomez who has lupus, earlier this year. she presented the award. gomez revealed the news of her transplant on instagram back in september. i marvel she was able to keep that a secret, but they are both fine today and that's good to see. >> that is a friendship that will last a lifetime. >> that's right. as we've reported, the senate expects to begin voting this morning on amendments to its sweeping tax reform bill. a new congressional report finds the republican plan would add $1 trillion to the budget deficit. that news led to a standoff on

the senate floor yesterday. a key part of the plan is cutting the corporate tax rate from 35% to 20%. supporters say that would create substantial economic and job growth but not everybody buys that argument. bloomberg "business week" editor megan murphy is with us for more. i was only half kidding when i said a lot of screaming going on. >> the trillion dollars will lead to consternation. >> many republicans are saying ignore that report, the math is wrong. but this was a bill that was expected to be deficit neutral, supposed to help the middle class. who does this really help the most? >> there's no question that this bill in its present form in both the senate and the house is a massive transfer to the wealthy. you can look through any of the provisions in terms of taking the corporate rate down, the individual rate down, we could go on and on. the problem they face now is on two fronts. one is at a prkt cal level as we discussed. their own independent projections show it's not going to be able to pay for itself.

in fact, it's a trillion dollars short over the next ten years. and only taking gdp up projected 0.8% over the next ten years. that's not nearly enough to pay for the bill. on a theoretical level, they face the problem that so many economists just don't believe that what we call trickle-down economics, cutting the top rate of tax for corporations for individuals does enough to stimulate economic growth and in fact doesn't address the central conundrum in america, which is that wages just aren't rising among middle class and working class families fast enough. >> so a major selling point for supporters of the plan is the reduction of that corporate tax rate. also ceos from pfizer and coca-cola say they would pump the returns, the fi argument will companies use money they're get back to pump, into investment and expand job growth, invest in companies and manufacturing. the problem is the evidence shows that that actually doesn't happen. what it shows is we see debt

paid down, share buybacks and more money going to top executive pockets in the terms of more incentives. what we've seen in the last several decades not just in america but other countries is it's boosting the lowest people on the rungs of society that stimulate faster economic growth. this bill if you make under $30,000 you're going to be paying more in taxes. the people who earn the least in this country will be paying more. the people who make the most are going to be paying a lot less. >> if it passes the way they expect it to, the republicans today, is this really the victory they are predicting it will be? >> republicans feel like they need to get this done. they don't have a lot of legislative accomplishments to show as we know. the problem is this risks being a real albatross for them. it is deeply unpopular and doesn't fit into the dynamic we face in terms of populism. people are feeling left out of this recovery, that their wages aren't increasing fast enough and their opportunities are decreasing. i'm not sure this bill acrosses those central questions. there's big risk republicans

look back on this and think they had a misstep if it passens. >> win the battle and lose the war. >> that's what obama saw happen with his own health care plan. during some of america's most serious times she was there. carol burnett found an audience for silliness. she is sell bratsing her landmark variety series with a new cbs special and telling mo rocca why she's grateful. >> i'm glad i'm the age i am and i was the age then which you couldn't do what we did today. >> i want to know what she means by that. first a check of your local weather. der what s

don't just thank me for my service, or focus on my past, and remind me what i've done for my country. instead, let's talk about my future, the work i have yet to do, the work my time in the service prepared me for.

please? >> one tarzan yell, please. >> okay, okay. but wait a minute. first, i would like to hear you guys do it. >> oh, god. >> oh, boy. >> uh. >> don't worry, nobody is watching. >> no, yeah, just she -- oh-oh-oh-oh. >> that's good. >> that's very good. >> that was good, bill hater. carol burnett gathered friends to celebrate the 50th anniversary of her ground-breaking cbs show for a special. mo rocca talked with the comedy legend about her return to prime time.

mo, good morning. >> good morning, gayle. before she changed television and made it a whole lot better, carol burnett was a theater star. we met up with her at the lam's club in new york not far from where she made her broadway debut and took her first step toward stardom. >> oh-oh-oh-oh! >> if comedy is all about timing, then carol burnett picked the right moment to launch her tv show. >> i'm glad i'm the age i am and that i was the age then, but you couldn't do what we did today. >> why? >> money. ♪ >> 28-piece orchestra, all of those dancers. see, it could never be as elaborate as what we did. >> you are mounting a show. >> that's what we did. you know what? i likened it to doing summer stock. >> i must resist the temptation also of the flesh. then again, i must -- >> so you would put on a show. >> before her tv show, burnett had been a star on broadway. that's where she learned to play

for a live audience and about pacing. ♪ >> the carol burnett show was an hour long and took little more than that to tape. >> wanted to keep the studio audience waiting. i can't stand that. being a guest on some sit coms where 21 minutes and they take five hours, that's insane. it is not necessary. >> the captain wouldn't let us serve if it would be anything serious. >> reporter: the cast included harvey cormyn and tim conway. >> shut up and watch the picture. >> reporter: lyle wagner and vickie lawrence, who joined the ensemble out of high school. >> she is a little nervous because she never had to come out. she doesn't know what she is going to say or anything. >> i would say she started out being my kid sister and wound up being my mother. >> i can't imagine what it is, unless of course it is the usual bath robe. oh, my, a bath robe. >> reporter: burnett began each

show not with a monologue but with a q & a with the audience. >> how old are you? >> how old am i? any other questions? >> reporter: which sometimes led to discovering new talent. >> you want to sing, too? >> this one woman, i just loved her. and without missing a beat she turned to the orchestra, she said -- >> you make me love you in the key of g. >> it was just heaven, and the audience ate it up. ♪ you made me love you >> you. >> screwed it up. >> i'm sorry. ♪ i know how -- >> reporter: although she is one of the funniest people ever to be on tv -- there's one thing she can't do. >> i can't tell a joke to save my soul. cannot. >> reporter: that would surprise a lot of people to hear. >> i don't say funny things, but i can say things funny in a sketch that we're doing. that's a lot different than from telling a joke.

>> reporter: when you would work during the week on a bet that you knew was going to kill like the curtain rod and went with the wind, how did it feel sort of in the moments before you went before the audience with it? >> oh, well, i knew that was going to get a huge laugh. i said, this is going to be one of the greatest side gags in the history of television, and it is. >> reporter: and it is. >> and that costume is in the smithsonian. >> that gown is gorgeous. >> i saw it in the window and i just couldn't resist it. >> reporter: everything i see from the show, those old sketches, seems to hold up. is that what accounts for people's attachment and affection for this show? >> i think -- i think so. it certainly showed that we were having fun, and the reason i think that we have lasted -- here we are 50 years and we're celebrating a show that started 50 years ago. that's pretty wonderful. it is as fresh today as it was then. ♪ that you're for me

>> reporter: how can you not love the woman? carol burnett was able to draw some of the biggest names in entertainment, but one star she wished she could have had on the show and she didn't, frank sinatra. >> oh. she seems to have done everything, mo. is there anything, does she have a bucket list, anything she wants? >> one thing that really surprised me is that she was never asked to host "saturday night live." >> that's incredible. >> it is a surprise. >> that startled me. >> she does sketch comedy better than anybody. >> king and queen of sketch comedy. >> there's still time. >> hey, harvey cormyn and tim conway cracking themselves up on the show was funny. i loved that. >> they upped each other's game constantly. >> exactly. >> she said she was always home in time for dinner with her family. >> thank you, mo. you can watch the two-hour carol burnett 50th anniversary special sunday night at 8:00, 7:00 val, here on cbs. >> you can hear more of "cbs this morning" on our podcast,

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i don't know about you guys, fwu i always look forward to friday. but i'm really looking forward to it. it's been a long week. >> a long week. >> that will do it for us. be sure to tune in to the "cbs evening news." as we leave youing we take a look back at the week that was. take a look. north korea says it now has a missile that can strike anywhere in the u.s. including washington, d.c.

>> they were working on a new kind of icbm, one with much greater range. >> nbc news has fired longtime "today" show host matt lauer over in appropriate sexual behavior in the workplace. >> and we just learned moments ago just this morning. as i'm sure you can imagine, we are devastated. >> i look at that picture and i have a sickening feeling of deja vu. >> i know savannah is grab wlg this. >> have you ever placed a hand on someone's butt? >> you know, i can't say that that hasn't happened. >> moore has spent much of the last couple of weeks avoiding questions. >> these allegations are completely false. >> hold it. >> hey, hey, hey. >> they're investigating harvard university. >> 445 flights were canceled at bali's international airport as ash filled the sky and travelers were stranded. >> and the eruption will happen

when it's forced to blow out of the top of the volcano. ♪ >> have you heard, there is breaking news out of london this morning. drum roll, please. prince harry and american meghan markle are engaged to be married. >> prince charles says he is thrilled and very happy indeed. >> for me personally. >> harry, when did you know she was the one? >> from the first moment we met. >> i love everything about them. >> she's american, she's biracial, and she was previously married. >> hey, it's 2017. it shouldn't matter one of them is a ginger. get over it. >> it's so rude. >> we don't really have many

different perceptions in american pop culture. you see them as, you know, in movies they're always planning something. >> something bad. >> yeah. >> early baldness could be an indicator for heart disease. >> poor vlad. >> i hope my mom doesn't send me that article because i know she will. i'm not really bald, mom. >> beyonce with the most liked photo. the mother of three because she had twins. norah, you do know about twins. >> i do have twins but i never posed for a photo like that. maybe i should have. ♪ >> that's the one and only bruno mars singing "24 karat magic in the air." that's all i'm going to do. that's it. >> you and i were at bruno's concert in brooklyn a couple of months ago. what strikes me is everyone was dancing in their seat and knowing every word to the song. >> let me just say norah has

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displeasure with the acquittal of an undocumented immigrant, in a san francisco good friday morning, 5 minutes before 9:00. i'm anne makovec. president trump is expressing displeasure with the acquittal of an undocumented immigrant in a san francisco murder trial. jose ines garcia zarate was only found guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm in the 2015 killing of kate steinle. president trump had used the case to justify his border wall proposal and his crackdown on sanctuary cities. this month marks one year since the deadly ghost ship warehouse fire in oakland. there will be service memorials for the victims starting today. and today, the la honda creek open space preserve opens to the public in san mateo county. it is six miles of trails across more than 6,000 acres. admission is free. weather and traffic coming up

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good morning. 8:57. we're tracking a new accident keeping the ride slow heading to the south bay. live look, this is 280 here approaching 85. traffic on the left side of your screen heading northbound and right now we are about 20 minutes from 680 up towards 85. that crash has two lanes blocked. speeds drop below 20 miles per hour as you approach the scene

there. an accident westbound 24 approaching the caldecott tunnel, blocking one lane. slowing things down for drivers heading out of lafayette into orinda. your ride 17 minutes from 580 over to -- or 680 to 580. eastshore freeway and bay bridge toll plaza, still in the red. neda? >> starting to see some clouds building up here across the san francisco area. there's the "salesforce tower" with the clouds behind. it this view here of the golden gate. patchy fog coming into the valley areas. temperatures cool in the low to upper 40s. so haven't left the 40-degree mark quite. this afternoon we certainly will. temperatures will be in the low to mid-60s. almost 70 degrees for some neighborhoods in the south bay and across the east bay. your futurecast looks like this. we are going to see more clouds coming in through saturday. and then saturday night there's a chance of some high sierra snowfall. but that's about it. by the time we get to next week, sunshine. outrage coming in over the

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