captioning funded by cbs it's it's thursday, march 15th, 2018. this is the "cbs morning news." more changes are coming to the white house. president trump gets a new economic adviser who's camera-ready, and the shakeup may not be over. the stormy daniels case gets a new twist. the alleged connection between the trump organization and hush money paid to keep an adult film star quiet. >> show me what democracy looks like! and in solidarity with the victims of the florida school shooting, tens of thousands of

students from coast to coast left their classrooms to protest gun violence. 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. well, the shakeup of president trump's cabinet may not be done yet. following the dismissal of secretary of state rex tillerson, other top administration officials are under the microscope and may be forced out soon. hena toe ba has the details. >> good morning, anne-marie. as the white house squabbling continues as the president picks a new economic adviser there are signs that the white house doors may not be done revolving. during a recent stretch that's already seen its fair shares of comings and goings at the white house, the latest to step in, cnbc television contributor larry kudlow.

he's replacing gary cohn who announced last week he was stepping down. >> the president has given me a chance. i love it. i'm honored. serve my country, that's a great dream. >> today more than 20 staffers have been fired or resigned. >> i'm really at a point where i'm getting cabinet and other things that i want. three others who may be on the hot seat are secretary of veterans affairs and obama-era holdover shulkin. used several thousand on a lavish trish to europe. he repaid it back after finds were made public. there has been a clashing over policy. mcmaster's departure has been expected for weeks. and secretary of housing and urban development ben carson is

facing some scrutiny for picking out a $31,000 dining room set for his office. the order was eventually canceled. if mcmaster is among the noekt go, president trump is reportedly eyeing former u.s. ambassador to the u.n. john bolten to replace him. anne-marie. >> hena doba here in new york. thank you so much, denna. former fbi deputy director andrew mccabe is expected to retire in a few days, but he may not get the chance. the fbi has recommended he be fired. he was involved in hillary clinton's matter. part of the issue is mccabe's role in matters at the fbi and his wife's bid for a virginia state senate seat. if attorney general jeff sessions decides to fire him before sunday, he would lose his pension. cbs news has learned about the hush money paid to stormy

daniels. she claims she had an affair with trump in 2006 and 2007. michael cohen, an attorney, said he paid her $100,000 not to talk and did it without the knowledge of trump. but jill martin, a trump organization lawyer, is listed in court documents as a lawyer for the shell company cohen set up to pay daniels. that appears to contradict claims by the president that he didn't know about the deal. in a statement martin worked on the filing in her individual capacity and the company has had no involvement in the matter. meanwhile negotiations between trump's lawyers and special counsel robert mueller's office may be coming to a head, the white house had said mr. trump fired comey on the recommendation of the justice department, but the president said later he was considering the russian investigation when he made that decision.

two naval aviators were killed when their jet fighter crashed off the coast of florida. the f/a-18 super hornet went down as it was attempts to land at the naval air station in key west yesterday. the pilot and weapons officer ejected, but both died. the crew was based in virginia beach. the navy is investigating. the coral springs, florida, police department released recordings of a 911 call when a gunman opened fire at a marjory stoneman douglas high school. >> please, please, please, there are people here. there are people here. >> are they breathing? >> they're bleeding. >> you believe they are breathing. >> they're bleeding. >> the alleged gunman nikolas cruz didn't speak during a court appearance yesterday. the judge entered a not guilty plea for him. his attorney said cruz would plead guilty to killing 17 people if a deal could be reached to avoid the death

penalty. he's due back in court next month. it was the attack in parkland, florida, that prompted a nationwide walkout of students yesterday. tens of thousands of students coast to coast left classrooms for 17 minutes, one minute for each of the victim, demanding tougher gun laws. the students are calling for mandatory background checks for all gun sales and a ban on assault weapons. >> i think a lot of people think that young people don't know what we're talking about, that we're not educated yet, but we're going to be voting soon, a lot of us. we are the next generation. we're going to have to live with whatever laws the lawmakers make today. our opinion and voice matters more than anybody wants to acknowledge. >> as the demonstrations got under way, the national rifle association tweeted a photo of a rifle, an american flag, and a caption, i'll control my own gun, thank you. the younger sister of charleston church shooter dylann roof was arrested for having

weapons on school grounds and drug possession. 18-year-old morgan roof was taken into custody yesterday at a south carolina high school. she was reportedly carrying a knife and pepper sprarks but she apparently made objections on social media objecting to her school's participation in the national walkout. she allegedly said it would not accomplish anything as it was mostly african-americans who participated and she hoped they get shot. russia's u.n. ambassador is calling for an investigation into the attempt on a former russian agent in london. they say it had nothing to do with them. britain says russians used nerve gas to try and murder the double agent. >> instead they have treated the use of a military grade nerve agent in europe with sarcasm, contempt, and defiance. so, mr. speaker, there is no alternative conclusion other

than that the russian state was culpable for the attempted murder of mr. skripal and his daughter. >> britain expelled 23 russian diplomats in retaliation. the u.s. says it agrees that russia was behind the attack. united airlines is embroiled in another controversy involving dogs. yesterday we told you about a dog that died after its owner was forced to put it in an overhead bin. now it comes to two dogs being flown to the wrong cities. kris van cleave has more. >> reporter: 10-year-old german shepherd ergo was supposed to fly to kansas city. when she arrived in missouri, united gave her a great dane instead. the dogs got switched. ergo went to japan. >> at this point all i can do is be hopeful that my dog is going to be returned safely. >> reporter: united said the error happened during the dogs'

connection in denver. the airlines is apologizing, something it's done a lot this week. >> it stopped after two hours. >> reporter: monday night a flight attendant ordered a woman and her 11-year-old daughter to put this bag in their overhead bin. inside was their 10-month-old french bulldog kokito. c >> he was not moving or anything. >> reporter: kokito died. the flight attendant did not hear or understand her and did not knowingly place the dog in the overhead bin. more than half a million animals flew in 2017. nearly 140,000 of them on united. overall 24 died. 18 of those on united. >> i mean what happened was disgraceful. >> reporter: republican senator john kennedy, himself a dog owner, plans to push legislation banning animals from being placed in the overhead bin. >> we need to get to the bottom of it. i know we have many important

things to do, but this is important too. >> reporter: he plans to file that bill thursday. united said starting in april they'll attach brightly colored tags on bags to alert flight attendants there's an animal inside the carry-on bag. as for ergo, he is set to return to his family sometime on thursday. united says he will make the flight inside of the cabin with a human escort and may even go first class. kris van cleave, cbs news, reagan national airport, virginia. well, coming up on the "morning news," bad medicine. the founder of a blood testing company is accused of fraud. and "wrecking ball" miley cyrus is hit with a $300 million lawsuit. this is the "cbs morning news." rid-x helps break down waste. avoid a septic disaster with rid-x.

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crisis. the bills will ease rules for small and mid-size banks. it increases the threshold at which banks are too big to fail. the legislation now heads to the house. the white house says it will accept the bill as is. "tulsa world" reports oklahoma plans to use nitrogen gas for executions. officials say they're unable to obtain drugs needed for lethal objections because drugmakers oppose having their products used in executions. the plan calls for nitrogen gas to be used once the state resumes the death penalty. it would be the first time a state uses nitrogen gas to carry out capital punishment. and "variety" reports miley cyrus was hit with a $300 million lawsuit alleged copyright infringement. jamaican singer/songwriter michael may claim's miley cyrus's 2013 hit "woe can't zop" in on a he released in 19978 called "we run things.

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you have a snuggie, you might be getting some money back. and fallout from toys "r" us going out of business. diane king hall is at the new york stock exchange with that and more. good morning, diane. >> good morning, anne-marie. let's start with the stocks that fell on wall street as president trump looked to impose new tariffs on china. bank stocks slumped along with interest rates. the dow skidded nearly 249 points. the s&p 500 finished 15 points lower, and the nasdaq fell 14 points. three class action suits allege general motors, fiat chrysler and volkswagen knew about the problems with takata airbags for years before issuing recalls. they allege the automakers knowingly recommended that their vehicles were safe and deceptively led people to believe the airbags were safe. the faulty airbags are blamed for at least 22 deaths. gm calls the claim baseless. toys "r" us will close or

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our top story this morning, president trump has named cnbc television contributor larry kudlow as the director of the national economic council, and more staff changes may be on the way. secretary of veteran affairs andrew shulkin, hr mcmaster and housing and urban development ben carson may all be on the way out. plus, new documents show a top attorney was involved in efforts to keep adult film star stormy daniels to keep her from talking about her affair with president trump. michael cohen, a trump attorney, says he paid her $130,000 not to talk without the knowledge of mr. trump.

jill martin, a trump organization lawyer, is listed in court documents as lawyer for the shell company cohen set up. and tens of thousands of students walked out of their classrooms. they stayed outside for 17 minutes, one minute for each of victims killed at a florida high school last month. and at a high school in seaside, california, a lesson in gun safety this week did not go as planned. it ended with three students wounded. as mireya villarreal reports, this is not an isolated incident. >> reporter: as a california teacher attempted to instruct opportunities about gun safety in his criminal justice class, the gun accidentally went off. dennis alexander, a reserve officer and teacher is now on administrative leave. >> it went up to the ceiling. what if someone somehow got it. >> reporter: three students were hit by fallen debris when the bullet hit the ceiling. >> fragments from the bullet struck a student in the neck. >> reporter: also on tuesday a

school resource officer in alexandria, virginia, accidentally discharged his weapon in his office. no one was hurt. two weeks ago a teacher in dalton, georgia, was arrested after barricading himself inside his classroom and firing at the school's principal. incidents like these call for teachers to be armed in schools nationwide. >> do you think teachers should have guns in the classroom? >> that should be an option for states and communities to consider. >> reporter: the president continues to suggest that teachers should be allowed to carry concealed weapons on campus. so far at least 11 states allow staff members to either carry weapons in school or have access to them. mireya villarreavillarreal, cbs california. coming up on "cbs this morning," a so-called look at child-resistant medicine bottles.

anna werner shows how fast kids are able to open them. women have another reason to exercise. it may drastically cut the risk of dementia. dr. tara narula has more. and in the new series "pay attention" learning to pay attention in the age of information overload. john dickerson takes a look at his ability to focus one kay with technology, another day without. that's the "cbs morning news" for this thursday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

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good morning. we are glad you're here with us. i hope everyone had a good nights sleep. i tried to go to bed early, i was aiming for seven but it was more like 10:00. >> are you well rested? >> feeling all right. >> michelle's like i went to bed at 10:00 . >> it's almost friday . >> we get to sleep in for the weekend. unless you have kids and then it's another story. let's talk about the forecast. we got a little break from the rain. this morning clear conditions. good morning. the headlines today, rain returning after sunrise. short-lived break in the rainfall. thunderstorms and hail, we got a lot of that yesterday across the north bay in parts of the east bay. that will return. we are still getting dumped on across the sierra. heavy sierra snowfall right now. we will talk more about the winter storm warning as well . >> chp on the scene of a rollover crash