york city i'm don dahler. captioning funded by cbs it's wednesday, january 24th, 2018. this is the "cbs morning news." a high school shooting in kentucky leaves two students dead and more than a dozen people injured. >> there was a lot of blood everywhere and people were getting shoved down. >> now officials want the 15-year-old suspected shooter charged as an adult. the russia investigation closes in. attorney general jeff sessions is the first member of mr. trump's cabinet to be interviewed by the special counsel.

the president said he's not worried. and e-cigarettes may not be as safe as you think. in fact, vaping may be toxic and a gateway for teen smoking. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. this morning authorities have yet to figure out why a student walked into a rural kentucky high school and started shooting. two students at marshall county high school were killed. witnesses say the young gunman started firing with a handgun and he did not stop until he ran out of ammunition. in all, 16 were shot, four were trampled as students and faculty ran for their lives. police arrested the 15-year-old suspect within minutes without incident. john schiumo is here in new york. with the latest. john, good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. this is the first deadly school shooting in the united states this year. the suspect's identity is not

being released at this time, and the motive is unknown. officials in kentucky are asking that the 15-year-old responsible for the deadly high school shooting in the on of btown of yesterday be tried as an adult. >> he's going to be charged with two counts of murder and multiple accounts of attempted murder. >> the court records are sealed. they'll be made public if he's tried as an adult. police are still trying to figure out why the suspect walked into marshall county high school just as classes were starting, pulled out a pistol, and began shooting, hitting more than a dozen other students. >> i took off my headphones and turned around and everyone was just broken up. they were running. i saw the flashes from the gunshots. and by that time i was just running. >> it took first responders less than ten minutes to reach the school. witnesses report seeing the suspect trying to flee after running out of bullets. police say he was brought into custody without incident.

dusty cornbacher owns the florist across the street from the school. she saw the entire scene play out across at the school. >> you never think it's going to happen here. i'm sure that sandy hook and other places feel the same way, and yet we're almost jaded because there are so many. you're not all that surprised anymore unfortunately. >> the police have identified the two students killed, both 15 years old. whaley nicole holt died at the school, preston died at the hospital. now, the 20 injured, five are in critical condition, two of them suffering from severe head wounds. anne-marie? >> john schiumo here in new york. thank you so much, john. ahead on "cbs this morning," we'll talk with student tristan klein who arrived at the school as other students were fleeing the gunman, and he'll tell us what he saw and how he helped one of the wounded. president trump heads to the economic forum in davos,

switzerland, today, where protectionism is making headlines. in washington, the headlines are about loyalty. it's reported that shortly after he fired fb i director james comey, he asked for the acting director andrew mccabe. who he voted for in the election. mccabe said he didn't vote. it's also important that robert mueller's office wants to interview the president and we now know robert mueller spoke to attorney general jeff sessions last week. major garrett has more on that. >> in the oval office president trump said he was not worried about what attorney general jeff sessions said even though he had not spoken to him. >> no, i'm not concerned. >> reporter: this public face of calm came amid the disclosure that james comey was interviewed in december. he was fired in part because of the investigation. according to sources comey took notes he shared with president

trump before the firing, recounting that mr. trump sought comey's loyalty and explored the possibility of ending a then pending investigation of normal national security adviser michael flynn. press secretary sarah huckabee sanders. >> there was no collusion, there's nothing to it. we're ready to move on. >> reporter: mueller's questioning of comey is not about collusion but potential obstruction of justice. the white house claims the investigation is biased. at a white house meeting monday attended by sessions, white house director don mcgahn and fbi director christopher wray, the main topic was five months of missing text messages between high-level fbi employees, some of which have been released publicly and do show a pattern.

white house spokesman said the president believes former leaders such as director comey and others he empowered have tainted the system. reporters asked the president if wray threatened to resign in protest. >> no, he didn't at all. he didn't. he did not even a little bit, nope, and he's going to do a good job. >> mueller and the president's lawyer are still negotiating over how and when an interview with mr. trump will occur. white house lawyer ty cobb told us the president is, quote, very eager to be interviewed by mueller and such encounter will likely occur in the coming weeks. major garrett, cbs news, the white house. a /* also in washington, senate minority leader chuck schumer withdrew the offer to build a border wall. the offer was made during last week's budget negotiations. the president tweeted cryin' chuck schumer fully understands especially after his humiliating defeat, that if there is no

wall, there is no daca. we must have safety and security, together with a strong military, for our great people. schumer is taking heat from some fellow democrats for not holding out for more in the budget deal. >> we're a lot better off today when it comes to the cause of d.r.e.a.m.ers than we were four or five days ago. when there's a republican president, a republican senate, a rb houepublican house that ar quite recalcitrant about d.r.e.a.m.ers, you're not going to get it all at once. larry nassar who pled guilty to assaulting student athletes will be sentenced today. more of nassar's accusers will talk today as well. over 150 have confronted him or had their statements read so far. he faces a minimum of 25 to 40 years in prison. and the ncaa has opened an

investigation into how michigan state university handled nassar's case. cbs news has learned that the family of 13 children who underwent years of torture at the hands of their parents will be split up in foster care. the six minors will be moved to different homes and the seven adults will be placed in assisted facilities. prosecutors say the siblings were beaten, starved, and restrained with ropes. american citizens were among the victims at a taliban attack at a hotel in kabul, afghanistan. it began saturday night and lasted until sunday afternoon. the exact number of americans killed or injured was not available. 11 of the 14 foreigners accused killed had previously been identified as working for a private afghan airline. and it turns out the 7.9

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illinois senator tammy duckworth is making history. the 49-year-old democrat will be the first u.s. senator to give birth while in office. duckworth, a veteran who lost both of her legs in the iraq war announced she's pregnant with

her second child yesterday shchl's due in the spring. she gave birth to her first child in 2014 while serving in the house. a groundbreaking science fiction writer is being remembered and a congressman is facing sexual harassment accusations. "the philadelphia inquirer" reports pennsylvania congressman pat meehan saw a former aide as a soul mate but denights he sexually harassed her. the 62-year-old settled the has rasment claim last summer with the senator's money. he says he developed a deep affection for the much younger woman and reacted badly when she began dating another man. the ethics committee has launched an investigation. ursula k. le guin wrote the award-winning book. she wrote the book "last night of darkness." it explored androgyny and was

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here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. on the "cbs moneywatch," disney workers get a happy surprise, and final approval for the new fed chair. diane king hall is at the new york stock exchange with that and more. good morning, diane. >> good morning, anne-marie. well, after day of heavy trading, stocks finished mixed yesterday. the dow fell 3 point, the s&p 500 fell 6 points and the nasdaq gained 56 points. the senate easily confirms jerome powell as the next chairman of the federal reserve. powell begins serving next month

replacing current chair janet yellen. powell has served 5 1/2 years on the fed's board, is viewed as a centrist, and is favored by both democrats and republicans. he favors easing bank regulations, especially for smaller banks. the just enacted tax reform legislation is a boon for some disney employees. 125,000 disney workers will get a $1,000 bonus due to the new law. disney is making a $50 million investment into education programs for employees. the bonus applies to any full- or part-time employees who have been working for disney before january 1st. uber hires its first chief diversity officer. bo young lee was the inclusion officer hired in march. her hiring is the latest outgrowth following an inquiry into uber culture by former

attorney general eric holder. move over. google is selling audio books. they're available on google play store in 45 countries and nine languages. no subscription is required. audio books can be purchased individually and can be shared with family members for no extra fee. anne-marie. >> i'm all about the audio books. a, i have a long commute, b, on this schedule i pretty much fall asleep every time i sit down. it's hard to get through a book. audio books are my little perk. >> i understand. when you have little ones, it's a way to actually get through a book. >> that is so true. diane king hall at the new york stock exchange. thank you so much, diane. >> all right. still ahead, smoke screen. a new report on oe-cigarettes suggests vaping is a stepping stone for teenagers. repair® works in just one week. with the fastest retinol formula available.

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substantial evidence that more are willing to try real cigarettes. they contain toxins but fewer than cigarettes. and a possible historic find in the waters of alabama. an investigative reporter says he may have found what could be the last ship to bring slaves from africa to america. archaeologists believe he might have discovered the latest that mow tilda buried in mud in alabama. the wreck seems to date back to the 1800s. >> it's circumstantial at this point. they won't know anything concrete until they literally dig it up. >> the clotilda may have carried as many as 160 slaves. the captain burned the ship after loading the slaves and cargo onto riverboats. we're counting down to the grammys. james corden joins us in the studio and tells us about hosting the biggest night in music. i'm anne-marie green.

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cbs eye on the community is sponsored by target. our top stories this morning. students at a kentucky high school ran for their lives when a fellow student opened fire with a handgun yesterday. at least two were killed and 18 others injured. the 15-year-old suspected gunman was arrested shortly after. authorities don't know why he started shooting. and it's reported that president trump asked the acting director of the fbi who he voted for. according to the "washington post" andrew mccabe said he didn't vote. and the justice department confirmed that attorney general jeff sessions was interviewed last week by special counsel

robert mueller's office. a new generation of americans is discovering farming. as dean reynolds reports, many of them are transplants from the city. >> reporter: john and hallie wepking have come a long way from their lives in new york city. >> the hustle and bustle of new york city and the crowds and the noise and all that to this. >> yeah, yeah. it's very different. >> reporter: they draw their excitement now from the land they work in western wisconsin. the livestock, the grain, and the beauty of this place, elements that fuel a youthful trend on the farm these days. the agriculture department has found that for only the second time in the last century, the number of farmers under 35 years of age is increasing. w w wefp kings work and live on paul bickford's 700-acre spread in a deal to one day take over the farm. >> a real good friend of mine told me one time, farming is a higher calling. >> do you agree with your

friend? >> yeah. >> reporter: the wepkings answered an ad from bickford on craigslist, looking for an enterprising couple who would protect the land and prey of life. it's meadowlarks organics featuring the demand for locally grown foods. >> you're working with things that came out of the ground right around your house. >> yeah. for sure. it's like that's the dream. >> reporter: it's a risk to leave jobs and salary in a big city for the blisters and capricious, even calamitous weather that farmers endure. >> it's not for everybody, but for us it's a beautiful life. i don't think either of us have any regrets about it. >> no. >> reporter: how can you keep them down on the farm after they've seen times square? this is how.

dean reynolds, cbs news, ridgeway, wisconsin. coming up on "cbs this morning," many patients don't tell their doctors about the herbal supplements that they are taking. dr. tara narula shows us the hidden dangers of mixing these products with prescription medications. plus how comfort canines are helping some students cope with stress and emotional challenges. and we're counting down to the grammys. james corden of "the late late show" joins us in studio to tell us all about hosting the biggest night in music. that's the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

i'm kenny choi. elle griego. all right. we are slowly waking up on this wednesday morning as we take a live look at the golden gate bridge. rain is in the forecast. he let's get this wednesday morning party started. good morning, i'm kenny choi. >> i'm michelle griego.

let's get it started! >> all right! >> i heard you playing music in the studio earlier. >> to wake us up! >> it's going to be a wet wednesday. that's exciting. it's an alliteration. [ laughter ] >> coit tower, it does have a little bit of fog out there. it is slowly trying to cover our view but not quite yet. so visibility will be impact throughout the morning but the rain is on the way. by sunrise north bay should see rain, we should all have rain by lunchtime and high sierra snowfall and high winds with the storm. so i'll time it out for you coming up. we are going to begin in castro valley. this is along 238. you can see already starting to get busy as folks are making their way between 580 and 880. this is right near lewelling. no reports of accidents or stalls and the crowds developing already along westbound five as you head