5 news this morning. your next local update at 7:26. have a great day. good morning to our viewers in the west. it's wednesday, december 13th, 2017. welcome to "cbs this morning." doug jones defeats republican roy moore in a stunning upset in alabama last night. we'll look at how jones won and what it means for president trump's agenda. >> cbs news obtains anti-trump text messages from a former fbi investigator in charge of the clinton e-mail probe. the disparaging texts are now raising questions of political bias in the special counsel's office. senator kirsten gillibrand calls for hearings following a cbs news investigation into sexual abuse claims at the air force academy. the air force's former chief prosecutor tells us why he believes the academy's response

falls short. plus former vice president joe biden comes to studio 57. he'll talk about the president trump administration, his memoir of family and loss, and his political future. >> but we begin this morning with a look at today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> i have been waiting all my life and now i just don't know what the hell to say. >> democrats pull off an upset in alabama. >> doug jones turning deep red alabama blue with a stunning win over republican roy moore in last night's senate race. >> when the vote is this close, then it's not over. let's go home and sleep on it. we'll take it on tomorrow. >> cbs news has obtained text messages between two senior fbi officials that raise questions about impartiality. >> peter strzok and lisa page worked on the mueller investigation. >> secretary of state rex tillerson appears to soften america's stance on possible talks with north korea. >> we're ready to talk.

we're ready to have the first meeting without preconditions. >> sexist smear. i mean that's what it is. >> a political clash between the president and a leading female senator grab national attention. >> mr. trump claims she would, quote, do anything for campaign contributions. >> only if your mind is in the gutter would you have read it that way. >> prosecutors have filed terrorism charges against the suspect behind monday's attempted bombing in new york city. >> all that -- >> prince william and prince harry, at the european premiere of the new "star wars" movie. >> -- and all that matters -- >> i actually have some great news. so it's very exciting. just half an hour ago, james and his wife, jewels, had a beautiful baby girl. >> -- "cbs this morning." >> a little brother watching his older sister during a wrestling match couldn't stand by so he took matters into his own mands. >> that is cute. >> he has to get carted off the mat while the crowd is laughing

and aplplaudapplauding. >> this morning's "eye opener" is presented by toyota. let's go places. welcome to "cbs this morning." that picture right there is exactly why i always wanted a brother of any kind. i just think that's so sweet. >> i know, when your brother or sister is always there for you. >> and my son used to wrestle. when you watch them, you want to go do that. of course that would have banished me from the family. you want to stop them from getting their face smashed in the mat. >> i'm gayle king with norah o'donnell and "face the nation" anchor john dickerson. there was a wrestling match of sorts in alabama. it was an earthquake, you could say. the traditionally republican state of alabama surprised the world by electing a democratic senator. doug jones narrowly defeated roy moore in yesterday's special election. >> now the republican candidate told his supporters it's not

over after he was accused of pursuing teenage girls while in his 30s. jones won with 49.9% of the vote, a lead of about 1.5 percentage points or about 20,000 votes. >> in his victory speech, jones said his win sends a message to the world. manuel bojorquez is in birmingham, alabama, where the democrats celebrated last night. manuel, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. president trump tweeted last night congratulating democrat doug jones on a, quote, hard fought victory. in this deeply red state. a win by jones seemed highly unlikely and the president would know. he won alabama last year by nearly 30 points. >> i've got to tell you, i think that i have been waiting all my life, and now i just don't know what the hell to say. >> reporter: last night even doug jones seemed surprised by his unlikely win. >> we have shown not just around the state of alabama, but we

have shown the country the way that we can be unified. >> reporter: jones' opponent, republican roy moore, blamed his defeat on allegations of sexual misconduct that dogged his campaign for weeks. >> part of the problem with this campaign is we've been painted in an unfavorable and unfaithful light. >> reporter: he declined to concede, believing an automatic recount was possible. >> and that's what we've got to do is wait on god and let this process play out. >> reporter: according to cbs exit polling, more than half of voters said the allegations against moore were true. and jones found strong support among african-americans, women, and younger voters. >> the big story was turnout. in counties where doug jones did well, turnout was up over expectations, but republicans seemed to stay home. turnout was down in reliably red republican counties. >> reporter: president trump rallied support for moore in the

final days of his campaign, along with former white house chief strategist, steve bannon. >> judge moore is a righteous man. >> reporter: what championed moore as part of his fight against washington. some voted richard shelby for moore's defeat, including supporters we spoke with last night. >> these good people here supported shelby for 29 years and he turns on them in the last minute. >> reporter: the write-in campaigns may be one of the factors that cost moore the election. nearly 2% of votes were write-ins which covers doug jones' margin of victory. as for the recount moore is hoping for, alabama state law calls for one, but only if the margin of victory is less than one-half of 1%. jones won by about three times that. gaylou vy much, manuel bojorquez. doug jones' victory was a setback for president trump, who supported moore after backing senator luther strange during the republican primary. the president tweeted this, this

morning. i said roy moore will not be able to win the general election. i was right. a new razor-thin gop majority in the senate, 51-49 will make it even harder for congress to pass mr. trump's agenda next year. nancy cordes is on capitol hill with reaction to this historic vote. nancy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. most immediately, losing that seat is going to put more pressure on republicans to pass their tax cut plan in the next couple of weeks before their majority shrinks. the finger pointing has already begun. listen to this. senator leader mitch mcconnell's super pac released a statement saying not only did steve bannon cost us a critical senate seat in one of the most republican states in the country, but he also dragged the president of the united states into his fiasco. senate republicans will now have a tougher time passing gop priorities like cutting entitlements or building a border wall because now they'll now only be able to afford one gop defection on many votes.

and that means that moderate republicans like bob corker and john mccain and susan collins are waking up this morning with even more clout. now, despite all of this, there is some relief among republicans that they aren't going to be getting saddled with moore's baggage. arizona's jeff flake put it short and sweet last night. decency wins. but the bottom line here, gayle, is that republicans who were already frustrated that the senate can't seem to pass the president's priorities are about to get even more frustrated. >> that is the other part of this story. thank you very much, nancy. dan senor is a long-time republican analyst and former advisor to former house speaker paul ryan. he's been in touch with republican members of congress since last night's gop loss. dan, good morning. >> good morning, gayle. >> i could not go to bed. >> you and me both. >> so you were talking to gop members. what are they saying? sort it out to us. how big is this? >> well, most republican members, including the leadership, are relieved. >> paul ryan and mitch

mcconnell? >> i'm not going to quote people specifically, but generally they are relieved because they recognize that they're heading into a tough year in 2018. the house in particular is really up for grabs. and the last thing thechy want to have the democrats tell every republican on every ballot you own roy moore. so in that sense roy moore not getting elected is a big win. that said, it is a wake-up call. alabama, donald trump won by 62% of the vote. if you look at the exit polls, voters who turned out in yesterday's election, their view of trump is way down. trump's approval rating among voters who turned out in alabama yesterday, 48%. this is one of the most republican states in the country. democrats have outperformed this year so far in special elections in georgia and south carolina, in montana and virginia, conventional republican ed gillespie lost by nine points. democrats are raising money and recruiting candidates for a lot of congressional offices. yesterday is a reminder that republicans may have a rough road in '18. >> i've never seen a democratic

senator elected that so many republicans cheered for because of what happened. what does this mean for the future of steve bannon, the president's former top political director? >> i believe it's a big setback for steve bannon and the president. the idea that bannon can kind of select a slate of candidates. they have the bannon backing, that's all it's going to take, i think that myth has been punctured. for the president, i think it's a reminder that he is this unique political animal. you know what i mean? the idea that people could become mini trumps. there's an idea i'll just run like trump ran and i'll win, it doesn't work. trump is this unique character in american politics and it doesn't necessarily transfer and he doesn't necessarily have coat tails. >> you said it's a wake-up call but is it a wake-up call to president trump that he needs to change his behavior because he's going to be on the ballot in 2018 in every one of these races or a wake-up to the republicans? >> i think it's both.

i think you'll see more urgency to get this tax reform bill passed even though it would be a win for trump, they just need to show we're getting stuff done and doing things. republicans want people to say we are actually legislating, we are governing sort of with or without trump's craziness. i think it is a massive wake-up call for president trump. everyone is saying his approval ratings are low, his approval ratings are low, he's governing as though he's just governing the base of his party. yesterday was sort of -- >> he's still tweeting this morning about i was right, i knew he couldn't win the general election. >> it's hard to say when you came out and started campaigning. >> one of the reasons that doug jones won was the women's vote. you see a record number of women running for congress and now you have a record number of senators, legislative women, calling for donald trump to resign based on this issue after he essentially in senator warren's words slut-shamed senator kirsten gillibrand. where's the republican party on that? >> look, i think the republicans have a lot of female candidates that they have recruited.

there's a lot of female members of congress. everyone from the youngest congresswoman in the tennessee race, marsha blackburn is running for bob corker's seat. i'm not worried about women candidates running. republicans are worried about -- in 2016 when republicans thought that -- when democrats thought that trump would be such a drag on the ticket, they missed the moment and didn't recruit enough high-quality tickets of either gender. so there wasn't an opportunity to really kind of put quality democrats on the ballot. they missed the filing deadline. that is not the case. at 538.com reports democrats have recruited 249 candidates to run for congress. those numbers are massive. >> we've got to go. we'll talk about those in the future, thanks, dan. >> it will be interesting to see what happens with roy moore who rode in on a horse and ended the night calling on god and jesus. >> always good to be with you guys. >> bringing in the horse image,

that's good. >> it was an image. in our next hour we'll talk about former vice president joe biden about the alabama race and how it affects democrats for the next year. that's ahead on "cbs this morning." cbs news has obtained politically charged text messages that got a veteran fbi agent thrown out of robert mueller's russia probe. peter strzok exchanged with lisa page. their messages called the prospect of mr. trump defeating hillary clinton terrifying and not good. paula reid is at the justice department where the texts raise issues of political bias. paula, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. these text messages were uncovered by the office of inspector general, which is currently reviewing how the hillary clinton e-mail case was handled. late last night we reviewed nearly 100 pages of text messages sent.

fbi counterintelligence agent peter strzok and lisa page used their phones to criticize donald trump throughout the campaign. god trump is a loathsome human, page texted in 2016. strzok responded, yet he may win. >> he referred to my hands. if they're small, something else must be small. i guarantee you there's no problem. >> reporter: after that debate, page said this man cannot be president. >> what i'm saying is -- >> i will tell you at the time. i'll keep you in suspension. >> reporter: as he watched the final debate between donald trump and hillary clinton, strzok said to page, trump is an idiot. unable to provide a coherent answer. after the election, the texts continued. when strzok noted how then senator jeff sessions was considered for attorney general, page replied good god. page left mueller's team over the summer when her assignment ended.

strzok was removed after mueller found out about their politically charged texts. but before the special counsel, strzok led the investigation into hillary clinton's use of a private e-mail server. >> hillary clinton with e-mails. >> reporter: given strzok's criticism of president trump, some on capitol hill are now questioning whether the investigation into clinton was impartial. >> it can't just be some text 34 messages. >> reporter: last week fbi director wray offered an explanation. >> the inspector general is looking into the question of whether improper political decisions factored into the decision-making. >> reporter: deputy attorney general rod rosenstein will testify before the house judiciary committee this morning. he is now the top man on both the russia investigation and the hillary clinton e-mail probe, as attorney general jeff sessions has recused himself in both cases. the office of special counsel declined to comment on the texts. >> all right, paula, thank you so much. the white house is pushing back against claims that president trump's tweet about a

female senator is sexist. the president said yesterday that kirsten gillibrand of new york came to him in the past begging for campaign contributions and he tweeted she, quote, would do anything for them. ji gillibrand, who has called for the president to resign in the face of sexual abuse allegations, says the tweet is a sexist smear. >> it's not going to silence me. it's intended to silence me. it's not going to silence the women who have stood up against him directly. >> the house oversight committee denied a request yesterday from more than 100 house democrats to investigate the sexual misconduct allegations against the president. the widow of a man killed by an arizona police officer is speaking out after the officer was found not guilty of murder charges. body camera video was released after the verdict last week. we have to warn you here that this video is very disturbing. it shows daniel shaver pleading for his life just before he was shot back in 2016. adriana diaz spoke with shaver's widow in an interview you will

see only on cbs news. >> he knew his life was about to end. he was scared. the only person in that hallway who was fearful for his life was daniel shaver. >> please do not shoot me. >> then listen to my instructions. >> reporter: nearly two years ago, philip brailsford found shaver intoxicated in a hotel room after a report of a man waving a rifle from the window. >> your hands go back in the small of your back or down. we are going to shoot you, do you understand me? >> yes, sir. >> crawl towards me. crawl towards me? >> yes, sir. >> don't. [ gunshots ] >> that was an execution. you had a man begging for his life and he was shot five times, for what? >> brailsford, who was later fired, testified he believed shaver was reaching for a gun in his waistband. >> what do you make of him saying he had a split second to decide what to do when he thought your husband was pulling

a gun? >> i understand that officers have hard jobs. i think that this goes back to the mesa police department's training. >> shaver had no gun on him. police found two pellet rifles used for his pest control job in his hotel room. >> pretty much every use of force subject matter expert that reviewed this case absolutely said he acted consistently with his training. >> sweet and shaver have two daughters. on monday she received a call from her 8-year-old's school. >> she tried choking herself while she was at school and told her friend that she wanted to die. >> what did natalie say to you when you saw her? >> she told me that she wanted to be with her dad. >> reporter: for "cbs this morning," i'm adriana diaz. >> sweet says that her fight for justice is not over. she believes that crucial evidence was left out of the trial and she wants the department of justice to investigate her husband's death. it's so tough to look at that

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♪ ♪ welcome back to "cbs this morning." here are three things we think you should know this morning. alabama elected a democrat to the u.s. senate for the first time in mar than 25 years. doug jones pulled off a narrow victory yesterday over republican roy moore who faced allegations of sexual misconduct. the moore won the support of most white voters. nearly almost all black voters backed jones. secretary of state rex tillerson said the u.s. is willing to talk to north korea without preconditions. he said it's unrealistic for them to give up nuclear weapons

before coming to the table. just before tillerson's comments north korean leader kim jong-un vowed to build more nuclear weapons. library of congress is adding titanic, the goonies to the film registry. the animated children's movie dumb bow are also among the 25 films selected. the library chooses movies for preservation based on their culture, historic significance. our soix-month investigation into sexual assaults against dozen former and current cadets is calling for dramatic reform. the cadets told us they were retaliated from peers. kirsten gillibrand is calling for senate hearings and investigation by the defense department's inspector general

after watching our reports. she talked with us yesterday. >> i think there needs to be an i.g. investigation. there needs to be a thorough investigation as to why justice wasn't done on this case. they're not holding prep ray or thes accountable. she was supposed to graduate in 2015. from the air force academy. >> i was sexually assaulted my freshman year and the sexual harassment i endured made me leave. >> what ever happened to that can et? >> he graduated. >> what happened to you sf. >> i left. >> there's no understanding among commanders about sexual assault, the effects. >> i was terrified of what happened. it's victim blaming. it's rumors. >> do you regret reporting the assault? >> i regret every day.

>> reporter: teresa beasley worked on sexual assault prevention and response. >> i think deep down they don't believe that sexual assaults are happening. i think they're minimizing the severity of them. >> reporter: the academy's new intooup send ent jay silveria appeared on our broadcast to respond. >> do you think there are problems there? >> i don't think there are problems. let me tell you why, we know across the nation and across campuses this is underreported. i want reporting to go up so i provide that care, provide that support. >> with us now is retired colonel don christensen, he served as chief prosecutor for the air force.

colonel christensen, good morning. you heard the superintendent of the air force academy say here he doesn't think the academy has a problem. >> yeah, that was stunning. air force's own numbers showed the last academic year, 11.2% of all women cadets were sexually assaulted during that academic period. 47% were sexually harassed. >> what does the superintendent of the air force academy should be doing? zble he's on the person on that installation who has the authority to prosecute people. teresa beasley's job is to provide support to the survivors. her job isn't prosecute. not to stop retaliation. that's the general's job. >> how do you strike you -- >> i'm sorry, we spoke with

senator gillibrand who was strong on this issue, she called what the general said, pathetic, she said it was embarrassing. not once did he say received justice because they haven't. she said there's been no accountability. >> the senator is right. the general, all he talked about is support. he never once talked about holding offenders accountable. that's a huge failure. you have to do more. support's great. but when you have people out there being hurt you need to make sure that somebody is holding those who hurt accountable. you can't address sexual assault if you don't know about it. the reality is when women come forward and report it to the academy, as the investigation showed, they're putting the investigation -- 11 women were forced out of the academy last

year. it's a career-eneder. what does that do? it denies this country, women, who want to serve. look, this is retention issue. this is a recruiting issue. this is the ability to bring the fight to the enenemy. >> you heard them say they regret coming forward. the women say to you they have regrets coming guard, why? >> absolutely. we have had five cadets to protect our defenders in the last six weeks asking for help. their career at the academy is putting into jeopardy because they came forward and what happens after they come forward too often the commander start to look for any minor discrepancy to force them out of the academy. >> compare academy to the problem that happens at other colleges as well. >> the numbers are hard to compare. because you have thousands of

colleges. the difference with air force academy it's an isolated institution. the men and women just can't leave. they have to have permission to leave the campus. their entire life revolves around that campus. if you're being retaliated against, it impacts you every minute of that day. >> if you go to a service academy you owe the military time afterwards to pay back for that tuition. >> absolutely. the women who are being forced out are now being told they'll have to pay up a quarter million dollars back to government for their education. >> were you angry with what you saw yesterday? >> i agree. his response was pathetic. he had the opportunity to tell the cadets at the academy that sexual harassment is unacceptable and he failed to do that. >> colonel don christensen,

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says minnesota governor tema smith will be named to replace senator al franken later today. these according to its sources. smith plans to run for the seat herself in a special 2018 selection. her selection means minnesota will have two female u.s. senators for the first time in history. last week al franken as you know announced his intention to resign after sexual misconduct allegations. the nation nall park is slashing its visiting days from seven to four. president trump cut the funds by $1.5 million. entrance fees will be waived on martin luther king day, veterans day and national public lands day. the "los angeles times" reports a cooking fire is to blame for the huge flames. the encampment was near the 405

freeway. officials are determining whether to cancel those enca encampme encampments. >> it's tough to start with a cooking fire. that can be avoided. they still don't know the cause of the major fires burning at this hour. >> a lot of homes lost. and "usa today" reports the healthiest and least healthiest. for the first time massachusetts was the healthiest. it had the lowest percentage of uninsurance population, lowest prevalance for obesity. the least healthy state was mississippi. >> you know who else is a healthy state? hawaii. >> i think colorado is up there as healthy too. >> you're right. >> all good places. >> we're in new york. we're still trying to wok it out here. former president obama and former vice president joe biden rarely missed a chance to joke about their very close friendship. >> which do you like better?

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good morning to our viewers in the west. it is wednesday, december 13, 2017. welcome back to "cbs this morning." ahead, how a democratic upset in alabama senate race will affect the trump agenda, and former vice president joe biden is here in studio 57 today. we'll get his reaction to the alabama vote and the new memoire that may have clues about his future. first, here is today's eye opener at 8:00. traditionally republican state of alabama surprised the world by electing a democratic senator a win by jones seemed highly unlikely. the president won alabama last year by nearly 30 points. losing that seat is going to put more pressure on republicans

to pass their tax cut before their majority shrinks sort it out for us. how big is it? >> most of the republican members including the leadership are relieved. >> paul ryan? >> i'm not going to quote people specifically, but generally they're relieved. that said, it is a wake-up call these text messages were uncovered by the office of inspector general which is currently reviewing how the hillary clinton e-mail case was handled said kristen gillibrand came to him begging for campaign contributions. >> do you have multicolored lights? >> if you have multicolored lights and you're not sure what color the decorations are -- >> do you color coordinate the lights and bulbs? >> absolutely, sir. >> they have medicine for that now. >> if you don't understand the beauty of a designed and decorated christmas tree, get off my show. >> wait a second. ♪

i'm norah o'donnell with gayle king and john dickerson. an alabama democrat is heading to the u.s. senate for first time in two decades. doug jones upset roy moore by about 20,000 votes. this gives the gop only a two-seat majority in the senate when jones arrives next month. >> the moore campaign was hit hard when nine women accused him of sexual misconduct decades ago. he fiercely denied the claims but he refused to con seed maying there may be a recount. at jones' victory party he said it shows alabama's dignity and respect for others. >> this campaign has been about common courtesy and decency and making sure everyone in this state, regardless of which zip code you live in, is going to get a fair shake in life. >> this morning president trump

tweeted, "i said roy moore will not be able to win the general election, i was right." major garrett is at the white house with the impact of the race on the president. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. our irrepressible president pro claims even in defeat he was right all along, and some of his supporters may in fact believe it but the simple truth is the president is now a two-time loser in alabama. one of the most pro-trump states in the country. remember, the president backed appointed senator luther strange in the republican primary. strange lost to moore. now moore has lost and the president's agenda outside of tax cuts is deeply damaged. now, the president campaigned for moore last friday while in pensacola, florida, driving his appeal deep into southern alabama media markets to drive up moore's turnout. it didn't work. gop turnout declined while democratic turnout surged, defying the president and his former chief strategist steve bannon who backed moore on

behalf of the president's agenda. this morning on his radio show, bannon credited the democratic party for driving up the turnout. several told us moore's defeat will galvanize republicans on tax reform, republicans knowing they have to act quickly before they lose a vote in the senate. the president will lunch with key tax negotiators at the white house today. one other verdict was rendered on the alabama election. one adviser told me this white house has the worst political reaction, republican or democrat. >> you have put it in perspective. the terror suspect facing federal charges for attempted suicide bombing in new york is expected to make his first court appearance today. he will appear from the hospital. his name is akayed ullah. he was the only person seriously hurt in monday's attack. it happened in a pedestrian tunnel linking the port authority bus terminal to nearly a dozen subway lines.

investigators say ullah was inspired by isis content online. they say internet services need to do better job of restricting inflammatory content. >> it is not that difficult to identify this content. there's technology that can do it. they use technology on child pornography, for example, the detect those images so they cannot be uploaded. >> before the attack, ullah taunted president trump in a facebook post. government climate scientists are sounding the alarm about profound and historic change in the arctic. the annual arctic report card says the pace of sea ice decline and surface ocean warming is unprecedented in the last 1500 years. scientists estimate that over the last 15 years the greenland ice sheet lost up to 270 billion tons of mass each year. that contributes to rising sea levels. the report also says october 2016 to september 2017

had the second highest average surface-to-air temperature in the arctic. the highest was in the previous 12 months. former vice president joe biden spoke with us for 6 60 minutes about not running for president after the loss of his son beau i said from the beginning i don't know whether our ability to deal with the loss of beau would reach a point where we could do that before time ran out, and there was nothing we could control. >> vice president biden is now here in studio 57 to talk about that challenging part of his life and the promise he made to his son. nice to have you here, mr.

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♪ former vice president joe biden's loss of his son beau had a big impact on his personal and political life. beau biden died more than two years ago after a battle with brain cancer. the tragedy came as the vice president faced a decision on whether to run for president in 2016. in his new book "promise me dad, a year of hope, hardship and purpose," the elder biden chronicles that challenging time. we welcome vice president joe biden here in studio 57. nice to see you. >> nice to be here. >> we're going to talk about the book because it is a terrific

book and beau's legacy as well. i want to ask you first about the big political news. doug jones, the democrat winning in alabama, what message does it send? >> it sends a message not only did they reject all of the things in terms of his attitude towards women -- >> roy moore. >> excuse me, roy moore, but also doug talked about the issues he cares about. i have known dug since he was in law school. he worked with me. i went down and campaigned for him. >> did you talk to him? >> i did. i talked to him three times yesterday. >> what did he say? he was so giddy. >> he is over the moon and anxious to get to work. if you notice, he talked about -- last night he talked about children's health care. with all of his excitement, he didn't go after moore. he talked about children's health care. this is a guy who was a serious, serious guy. a great prosecutor, a man of great integrity. >> he also said something very interesting i thought, mr. biden, at his victory conference. he said, "what happened in

alabama shows that we can be united in this country." >> that's right. >> do you think it will send this message to the rest of the country, both democrats and republicans? >> well, i think it is, and i think probably some of the happiest people in america today are the republicans in the senate. no, i -- i genuinely mean it. >> we talked about that earlier. >> i genuinely mean it. >> e plaxplain what you mean by that. >> what i mean is the die adviciveness in the republican party caused by bannon and the sort of bile that comes out of the administration, and i know the majority of the members of the senate on the republican side and they're decent people. they're not comfortable in this territory. >> did you give him advice in one of the three phone calls? >> i gave him advice early on because he would call me. look, he's been -- he was a young man when he started working for me and helping me, and i've been so very proud of him the way he prosecuted those cases that were 50 years old. he's really a smart guy.

so the advice, my advice -- and he didn't need it -- was focus on the issues why you want to be a united states senator, what you're going to do for alabamans. if you notice, what he did was that. last night instead of taking a victory lap like a lot of democrats may want to do and go out and say, "it is a big loss for the president," which it is, he talked about bringing people together. that's who the kid -- kid. >> i know, but he work for you on your campaign. >> he did. we stayed friends. i was friends with hal hefline down in alabama with hal. but it is -- you know, he's a great -- a serious, serious guy. >> you used to tell a story about when you were a kid and entering the senate and senator mansfield said to you, look it a all of the senators, somebody sent them here and to find the good in them. is it still possible in politics? >> it is necessary. it is absolutely, positively

necessary. but the way we've gotten because of gerrymandering and unlimited spending campaigns, we have gotten to the point we don't know each other. when you know somebody has had prostate cancer or a child with a drug problem, no matter what the position is on the issue, it is not one you start off disliking them. you have a connection can. these guys don't. real quick story. i used to go up, you know, every time we would be in trouble in the administration i would go up and talk to the members of the senate. i went up to the senate dining room, the private dining room. we used to get together and talk, democrats and everything. it is gone. no tables there anymore. there's no place to sit and eat. it is a metaphor for just how different things are. >> do you see anything in this trump administration, in the trump white house where you can say, you know what, they're doing a good job on x, y and z? do you see that? >> well, i do think they're doing a decent job at the u.n. with regard to north korea. i think there's a number of

things that they're on the cusp of doing good things with, but i wish the president would be president and stop being so consumed with himself and his image. i mean it is -- there's so much -- i guess the thing that bothers me the most, gayle is, is that america has led by example, by the power of its example. i have more heads of states calling me to this day, explain, what is this about. i don't know. i think there are a number of things that could be worked on together. and even those where there's bitter disagreement like the tax bill, there's no need to be so personal and -- >> did you happen to see "the new york times" piece about how the president spends his time? >> if that's true, it is really sad. i mean it is just sad. >> yeah. >> that someone would view everything in terms of reality

show and everything in terms -- and say that. it is hard to believe to me that he says that to somebody, but the idea -- this is not about donald trump. it is about america. it is just -- i have never seen anything quite like this. >> you write about so many things in this book, including your son beau. you also talk about teaching your granddaughter in the face of wrong doing that "silence is c complicity." >> it is. >> we have democrats calling on congress to investigate donald trump's sexual misconduct. do you think there should be an investigation? >> these women deserve to be heard. i had a provision in it that was struck down by a conservative court that provided for a woman to have a civil cause of action if she was harassed or abused. so she didn't have to count on the legal system to -- to take

her case. it was struck down. imagine if there were still a civil cause of action in existence that would allow a woman to have a civil rights cause of action, to go into court and say, this is what this man, president or not, did to me. >> and when president trump tweets that senator gillibrand would do anything for a campaign contribution, how did you take that? >> disgusting. i never thought i would say that about a president. it is disgusting. it is absolutely -- and our children are listening. they really are. what makes it -- david brooks has written a lot of good stuff lately. >> yes, he has. >> and when he talked about -- >> "new york times," yes. >> and when he talked about how there's an invisible moral fabric that holds up this society, and you can seaeither it together or shred it. these guys are shredding it in order to make room for them to be able to abuse power.

it is just so beneath -- well -- >> david brooks writes a lot about character, too. i wanted to talk about your character. you and barack obama, the friendship, the relationship you have was very evident while you were in the white house. i am wondering if it it still continues today, but i'm struck by his words that he said to you. how do you want to spend the rest of your life? that friendship continues today? >> it does. we talk to each other a lot and we see each other. i kid him, i say, "i don't know how you have so much time to play golf." i joke. because he always calls to play golf. but it does continue. the thing i'm proudest of in the eight years -- i mean this is a man -- i served with eight presidents and i got to know four of them very well. i have never met any president that has more character, more integrity, and more backbone than this guy does.

it was an honor serving with him. eight years, not a hint, not a hint of scandal. >> 2020 is coming. how will you be serving your time? i saw you last night at the sandy hook promise and everybody was saying, joe, we miss you, joe, we want you to run. i saw that constant conversation. >> you know, my dad used to have an expression. he said, don't compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative. maybe that's why they're saying run. >> are you thinking about it? >> i'm not doing anything about it now. my word as biden, i'm not doing anything about it. if i got offered the job this moment by the lord almighty i would say no because i don't know where things are going to be in the next two years with my family, with -- and whether there's some really good talent coming up. but i'm not saying i wouldn't run, but i've given my word, there's nothing i'm doing now to put myself in position to do that. but i'm going to be involved. >> okay. will you sit with us during the break so we can talk about the book a little more after the

break? >> sure. >> do you have time? >> i have time. >> vice president joe biden says he will stick around so we'll do that. you're watching "cbs this morning." he'll stick around. you're watching "cbs this morning."

mcdonald's restaurant in san francisco is set to become the site of an affordable housing complex. breed good morning, it's 8:25. i'm michelle griego. a blighted mcdonald's restaurant in san francisco is set to become the site of an affordable housing complex. acting mayor london breed announced yesterday san francisco plans to buy the property for $15.5 million. police are trying to track down a man believed responsible for two robberies and an attempted robbery in berkeley over the past two months. here is a surveillance photo. berkeley police are also working with detectives in alameda, albany, walnut creek and san leandro. stay with us, traffic and weather in just a moment.

good morning. we're tracking an accident involving a dump truck and another couple of cars. this is blocking two lanes southbound 101 just past spencer before the waldo tunnel there. you can see emergency crews are on the scene. traffic is in the left lanes. 15 minutes from 580 to the golden gate bridge. give yourself some extra time. hopefully, they can get that cleared here shortly. your ride along the eastshore freeway, 47 minutes from highway 4 to the maze. it continues to be all jammed up at the bay bridge toll plaza, with a 30-minute ride heading into san francisco. your 580 approach starting to

show some improvement. but 880 along the nimitz, oh, we're still in the red. over an hour ride for drivers making their way from 238 to the maze. let's check in with neda. temperatures in santa rosa still below freezing across much of the north bay. it is cold this morning and temperatures in san francisco at 47. concord still in the 30s. livermore also still in the 30s. we are under another "spare the air" alert the sixth day, another one tomorrow. no fireplaces allowed to be used even though it is cool in the mornings. it's dry across the state of california. humidity levels extremely low. we were hoping for some moisture and increase in the humidity levels, but look at this. this high pressure ridge is still dominating the west coast. that low in baja, california, not allowing the high to move out. so both those systems staying stagnant for the next few days causing our pollution to be high and temperatures also on the rise this afternoon in the upper 60s.

welcome back to "cbs this morning." we're back with former vice president joe biden. his new book is "promise me dad: a year of hope, hardship, and purple." so mr. vice president, when i read this book, what's at the heart of it? what's at the center of it? >> two things. one, i wanted people to know what an incredible young man my son was, and i also wanted people -- a lot of people have gone through it. i've gone through it without any of the help i had. i didn't want it to be about grief alone. i wanted to let people know you can find hope and purpose and i really mean that. you know, a phrase, you know, there's three things to happiness, something to do, someone to love, and something to look forward to, it's all

about trying to take what beau -- what i think, my family thinks beau would be doing were he still here and doing it. and it gives you -- it gives you purpose. it gives you a sense of and still, you know, being with you. >> but you tell a very beautiful story in the book, mr. vice president, about the death -- the murder of police officers in new york city and you were talking to the widow of one of the police officers and you said, take a calendar, and on that day of the death, mark what -- tell the story? >> when i lost my wife and daughter when they were killed right after i got elected. a tractor trailer hit them. people would come up and say, i know how you feel. after a while you want to say -- it's awful. you want to say, you have no idea how i feel. i met the governor of new jersey. he told me he knew what i felt. he said, know what you're thinking. he told me how she died suddenly

going home for lunch and suffered an aneurysm. he said, i'll give you a piece of advice. the down days will be as bad as the moment you heard the truth. but here's what you do. every day you mark the day you had. 1, the day you hard the news, 10, the best day you had. he said don't look at it for six months. he said put it in a graph. you'll see the down days are further and further apart. >> how did that help? >> it helps that i am making progress and i am able to do something. there ar it's amazing what people said. i keep a calendar, i keep a calendar. >> and the family of the nypd officer who had been assassinated, you gave them your personal cell phone. >> sure. i mean, look. when you've been the recipient of so much generosity and empathy, it's so easy, and it

makes you -- it gives you a purpose to give back to people, and so i went out to see -- i -- you may remember, it was the middle of that -- the potential riots because of african-american had been killed on the street by the police officers and then he was acquitted and they were acqu acquitted an i was asked to come when those two police officers were assassinated. i guess it was 25,000 cops showed up, i can't remember, but a lot of cops because i have a great relationship with the cops and an overwhelming relationship with the african-americans and they asked me to speak. then i went out to mr. lu's son's house. his son had just got married. they lived in the house. they didn't have the funeral because they were waiting for the chinese relatives to come. mr. lu was a diminutive man. he hugged me. stayed on my arm.

walked out in the cold with me. here i am eight months later, my son died, and there were eight hours of people who died, eight hours who viewed the caskecaske. i stand up and look and see mr. lu standing there, and all he did was walk up and just hug me. >> hugged you. and he was giving me comfort. >> and he didn't even speak english. >> no. he spoke canton es southeast. he didn't have to speak. >> as proud as you are, your son would right you're all right, you're all right. are you all right? >> no. >> everybody speaks so glowingly, they say you're sitting down across from a young boy. what's the one thing he needs to know? >> i think the one thing you need to know is you have to -- you have to be just straightforward and honest. you have to -- it -- it's the

building block for everything that happens in your life. i mean it really truly is. it's the building block for everything. and my dad had an expression. he'd say everyone -- and he meant it. every single person is entitled to be treated with dignity, no matter what. my father would never walk by a shoeshine guy or ceo, seriously. i point out, you know -- you were asking me, gayle, about the book where on nantucket island, secret service, i'm in one car. and we had people who were volunteered to be driving us. ethan, my son, my grandson are in the car and the secret service goes left, they go straight. and my grandson who's then five years old says, driver, driver, my son says pull over the car. he got in the back. he said, hunter, nobody is addressed by what they do. this is ethan. nobody's a driver, honey.

do you understand me? nobody's a driver. that's the way we were raised. it's amazing people respond also when you treat them with dignity. >> when you look at this administration and how it's being run on a daily basis, what's your biggest concern? >> my biggest concern is foreign policy. my biggest concern is two pieces of that. i think the president understandably because it's devoid of any knowledge and foreign policy, but he seems not to be a student of the detail. and then you have a guy who's really a bright guy, but he's -- who's the secretary of state, but they're decimating the state department. can you imagine we're in a situation in east asia, and we don't have a secretary of state? can you imagine? i mean and -- as a friend of mine who was the number two guy at the state department said, you can go up on the seventh

floor and holler and hear an echo at the state department. this is the time to engage and have more diplomacy. >> so the secretary of state rex tillerson made some news. he said the u.s. should negotiate with north korea without preconditions. >> yes. >> do you think that's right? >> yes. i think you have to talk. you have to talk. here's the deal. there are two things the president and i talked to the trump administration about in the ijt rim period. one was health care and the other was korea. they're an intractable problem. every president has not had the answer yet. but the one thing everybody knows, you have to have china, japan, and south korea on the same pang. here the president was referring to the president of south korea as an appeaser and taking on. i just -- >> you share the view north korea should in no way get access to any kind of nuclear

weapon or is containment a possibility? >> i think based upon this conversation, the next president could be left with a policy of containment. the reality i think is the likelihood of being able to put together this rubik's cube which is difficult to do but likely but not possible with this administration, i think the end result is going to be a policy of containment and try to move from there. the next president, i predict, will inherit that circumstances. the worry now is their submarine capability and whether or not they get the capability to have a sea launch to launch a submarine missile. we need to double down on what we're doing with china and with the rest of the world to even tighten the sanctions further. but i think nikki haley has done

a good job at the u.n. i think unfortunately the secretary of state constantly gets undercut by the president. he goes off to negotiate and the president says nothing is going to happen there. i mean what a helluva way to handle the department. >> you said something interesting. you haven't ruled it out but you're certainly not thinking about running for president. but you said i'd like to see who's up and coming. >> i think there's a lot of talented people out there. >> do you care to name any names? >> i believe you'll leave names out. you had kirsten gillibrand, senators from new jersey. there are a whole lot of really talented people, but we need somebody who's going to be really up to speed and be totally confident in the area of foreign policy and someone who is going to be -- and i think they're not able do this or reach out across the aisle. you can't run this democracy without consensus.

you can't do it. it's not possible. >> well, mr. vice president, joe biden, thank you so much for joining us and for this conversation. we appreciate it. >> thank you for talking about my boy. >> i know, i know. your book "promise me dad" is on sale now. it's a terrific book. >> thank you. james dyson is an entrepreneur and innovator who likes to bring winds of change to our world. he's in studio 57 to

dyson is a company known for its bold designs and unique reinvention of common household projects. they include the world's first bagless vacuum cleaner, air purifiers, and the supersonic hair dryer. dyson is also branching into retail. cbs got a look at the company's first flagship demo store in new york city. james dyson is the founder and chief on rating officer of dyson. welcome to "cbs this morning" 57. if retail is having all kinds of difficulties, why open a store? >> it is a difficult culture but we want people to put their hands on things.

people need to be able to tell the difference. for example, our battery powered vacuum cleaners. you wouldn't believe they're as powerful, but they are, but people need to see that. we're trying to break conventions. people think batteries are useful and fade. we want people to see that. there's a very new way of vol e vacuuming. you don't have to have the cord. >> what's behind the technology? >> we started developing a new type of electric meters. we've made them much more smaller and more efficient. we also developed batteries, but that's not the story. but the motor in our hair dryer is about a quarter of the size of a standard hair dryer and it's lightweight. we put it in the handle. i'm trying to get you to buy one. we discover it's very good. if you get the technology right

and you get break throughs, you can find significant technology around it. but technology is the most important thing. >> you do the vacuum cleaners, fans, open a store, and there's a rumor that you're getting into the car business. ? >> i hate diesel pollution. governments are going around saying green is clean and it's green, so it's a good thing. and the people who use these didn't want to face it because there's the problem of disposing of the dust. so u've had a burning desire. petro engines send out nasty stuff. >> you're creating engineering schools to create more people like you. how did that come about? >> there's a tremendous shortage of engineers. you need five times the engineers you had before.

i went and saw boris johnson's brother. he said, we'll start our own university. it took me about three seconds to say yes. he's created a new act to allow people like me to start universities. it will be within the company, they'll work in the company, work on new inventions and take it to production. they'll take two days. there are no student holidays. four years. i pay for their education. >> i pay them a salary. they've got a job. and at the end of it they've got a job. if they want to leave, they can leave. there's no time. by the way, they're wonderful. mine they're quite sharp, all of our existing engineers with their questioning. two of them are 17. it's a great sort of influx. >> what's at the heart of innovations and creativity. is it looking at everything and asking questions about it? >> actually it's not very hard.

a lot of things don't work very well or there's something you don't like about it. other people aren't bothering to do that. >> your brain does work differently. what do you think? you take things apart and try to put them back together. there is a process to how you work. >> yes, there is and i learned that. but, yes, you look at something and see it isn't working. why isn't it working. or you set out. and that's how we got into hair driers, although hair dryers are not very good and they're heavy and damage your hair. >> you'll be appearing. >> you're doing blowouts at the store. >> yes. you want to show how it's true. >> james dyson, what a pleasure

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good morning. 8:57. a territory canceled for southbound one -- a traffic alert canceled for south 101 approaching spencer, no longer blocking lanes. residual delays still have that southbound direction backed up at highway 1 and your ride very slow from 580 down to the golden gate bridge. 101 near candlestick, traffic heavy but we are still moving in both directions. different story down in the south bay. we have about just under an hour ride heading northbound from hellyer avenue to san antonio. it's been a busy wednesday morning commute. san mateo bridge finally out of

the red but stuck in the yellow, 25 minutes from hayward to foster city. let's check in with neda now on the forecast. good morning, it is a cool one out there. and yes, we do have a slight haze across some of the low- lying areas. in between those hills there you can see it from this camera shot temperatures 39 in concord, 41 in oakland and still in the 30s for santa rosa, as well. 34 degrees. "spare the air" alert in effect for the 6th day also issued for tomorrow, as well. we have this high pressure ridge which is causing stagnant air. a lot of the particulate matter is not being pushed out. clear skies out there also means afternoon highs will be nice. so mid to upper 60s for most of the bay area today. this weekend winds and clouds.

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