>> that's the "overnight news" for wednesday. captioning funded by cbs it's wednesday, april 11th, 2018. this is the "cbs morning news." the world is watching. president trump is getting close to making a decision about a military response to the suspected chemical attack on civilians in syria. will the president attempt to fire special counsel robert mueller after the fbi raided his lawyer's office? bipartisan lawmakers will

decide. mark zuckerberg apologizing for the massive data breach at facebook and he's about to be grilled again today. 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. we begin with the suspected poison gas attack in syria. president trump consulted with european leaders about a possible joint military response as early as the end of this week. russia, syria's key ally, is warning the u.s. to refrain from an illegal military adventure. and european air traffic controllers are warning of a possible air strike. teri okita is in london. teri, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. the uss navy destroyer equipped with tomahawk missiles is moved toward syria. it's moved within striking

distance of syria but russia's ambassador to lebanon warns any missiles fired at syria are be shot down. a team of chemical weapons experts is on its way to syria to investigate the alleged gas attack on the town of douma. more than 40 civilians died, including children. >> the draft resolution has not been adopted. >> reporter: the u.n. security council has met four times this week on syria but vetoed prop e proposals from the u.s. and russia. russia is syria's close ally. >> history will record that on this day russia chose protecting a monster over the lives of the syrian people. >> reporter: tensions are escalating over a possible u.s.-led retaliatory strike. russia warns of grave repercussions if america takes military action. syria's u.n. representative had a message for the west. your threats of aggression, your misinformation, your lies and your terrorism will never derail us.

syrian forces are on high alert, readying military bases across their country. russia has a major airfield in syria, but deliberate attacks on russia facilities are unlikely for fear it could lead to a nuclear standoff. the u.s., france, and britain are in extensive consultations over how to proceed. president trump canceled his trip to south america to deal with the situation. anne-marie? >> teri okita in london. thank you so much, teri. also weighing heavily, the robert mueller investigation. mr. trump is said to be outraged following the raid of his private attorney's office. he's talked about the possibility of firing mueller, so today a group of four bipartisan senators reportedly plans to introduce legislation to protect the special counsel. john schiumo has more. good morning to you. >> good morning, anne-marie. not everyone in the senate agrees that legislation is necessary to protect robert mueller's job.

a renewed effort is under way on capitol hill to protect robert mueller's job. the "associated press" says a bipartisan group of senators will introduce a bill today that grants a review of any counsel dismissal. >> the president has been clear that he thinks that this has gone too far. >> reporter: in a white house meeting monday president trump discussed firing mueller in the wake of fbi raids targeting his personal attorney michael cohen. press secretary sarah sanders was asked if the president has the authority to do that. >> i certainly think he has the authority to do so. >> reporter: democrats expressed alarm at the idea. >> it would be a constitutional catastrophe. >> reporter: they called on their republican colleagues to act. >> make it clear that firing mueller or interfering his investigation crosses a red line and is a threat to our constitutional order. >> reporter: but most gop leaders said they didn't think the special counsel's job was in jeopardy. >> i haven't seen clear

indication yet that we needed to pass something to keep him from being removed because i don't think that's going to happen. >> i'm confident that would be the beginning of the end of this presidency. >> reporter: two bills aimed at protecting mueller were introduced in the senate last year but were never voted on. a lot has changed as the investigation has moved forward and now cbs has learned adult film star stormy daniels is cooperating with investigators who are looking into that deal that she struck with the president's personal attorney. anne-marie? john schiumo in new york. thank you, john. mark zuckerberg told lawmakers his company is cooperating with the investigation. zuckerberg is scheduled to return to capitol hill for more congressional testimony. zuckerberg answered sometimes hostile questions from lawyers who accused him of failing to

protect the personal information of millions of facebook users. >> it was my mistake and i'm sorry. >> reporter: a contrite mark zuckerberg apologized for the facebook's data abuse scandal. >> it will take time to make changes across the company, but i'm committed to getting this right. >> reporter: in 2015, 87 million facebook users had their data harvested by a third-party app posing as a personality quiz. the data was sold to cambridge analytica. >> we've seen the apology tours before. i don't see how you can change your business model unless there are specific rules of the road. >> reporter: zuckerberg pushed back, pledging to investigate apps more closely and even work with congress on federal investigation. >> we will commit to that. i think it's an important conversation to have. >> reporter: his personal appearance lasted nearly five hours during which he addressed

concerns regarding social media to meddle in upcoming elections. >> this is an arms rate. they keep on getting better and we need to too. >> reporter: the 33-year-old confirmed some facebook employees have been interviewed. zuckerberg's testimony continues wednesday when he appears before a house committee. jessica alvarez, cbs news, capitol hill. ahead on "cbs this morning," gayle talks with tesla's ceo elon musk as he offers his opinion on the mark zuckerberg testimony. bill cosby's trial resumed the morning in pennsylvania. yesterday his lawyer attacked his accuser andrea constand in being interested in one thing, money. cosby paid her more than $3 million in a settlement. prosecutors put her first in a line of women who say they were sexually assaulted by cosby on the witness stand. >> we know that there are dozens and dozens of women who have accused bill cosby of sexual assault.

five will be allowed to testify in addition to andrea constand. they have stories to tell. many have waited a decade to tell their story. >> cosby is charged with three counts of aggravated assault, each count being punishable by up to ten years in prison. los angeles police shot and killed a knife-wielding man at a shopping mall. one witness said he appeared to be moving toward people with the weapon according to the "associated press." he was pronounced dead at the scene. the police saw him in the mall according to the "los angeles times" and shot him a short time after. it's unclear what prompted the officers to open fire. a knife was found close to the suspect. no officers were injured. there is new surveillance video of what appears to be a man described as disturbed and believed to have a gun, but he

didn't. you see him running. he had been menacing people with what appeared to be a gun. it turned out to be a pipe. he was well known in his brooklyn community and is believed to have suffered from bipolar disorder. now to the ohio fertility clinic that failed to store the reserve embryos. they say human error is to blame. custom biogenics system denies the malfunction. they say the mistakes with made by the university hospitals. two weeks ago university hospitals said the storage tank was undergoing maintenance and that an alarm system had been turned off when its temperature began to rise. coming up on the "morning news," they go the distance. oklahoma teachers go on a 100-mile march as they extend their rally. and professional cheerleaders share their stories of harassment on the job. this is the "cbs morning news."

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hundreds of teachers in oklahoma arrived at the state capitol yesterday. they're demanding more money for their classrooms. schools throughout the state will be closed for an eighth straight day today. teachers have already won pay raises of more than $6,000, but teachers are calling for the repeal of a capital gains session. professional cheerleaders describe harassment on the job and why some teachers in pennsylvania were given baseball bats. the "pittsburgh post-gazette" reports teachers were given bats in erie, pennsylvania. they want teachers to have a consistent tool should they need to fight an attacker. the president of the local teachers union says he supports the move.

"the new york times" reports pro cheerleaders say groping and sexual harassment are part of the job. they say teams send them into pregame tailgating and other situations where they're subjected to sexual comments and unwanted touching. the nfl says league employees have the right to work in a positive and respectful environment that is free from any and all forms of harassment. the "los angeles times" says california's largest water agency voted on a controversial water plan to build two huge tunnels. the $11 billion project would modernize the way thinfrastruct that delivers water from the sacramento san joaquin delta. governor jerry brown wants them to pay for it to divert water. critic says there are less expensive ways to do that. the "cleveland plain dealer" reports a woman who survived ten

years of captivity in ariel castro's home has revealed she's married. she was one of three women who escaped castro's home in 2013. on the dr. phil show, knight said she's been happily married since may of 2016. britain's "guardian" reports world leaders wither not invited to the wedding of prince harry and meghan markle. kensington palace said an official list of political figures is not required. that means president trump and teresa may will not be on the list. still ahead, funnel clouds in florida. violent storms invade the southern coast causing widespread damage. for that big moment.

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businesses lost power. on the "cbs moneywatch," bank of america takes a stance against assault-style guns. and a candy is in high demand. here on wall street traders will be keeping close tabs on facebook's ceo mark zuckerberg's testimony on capitol hill. stocks staged a broad-based and today's release of the price consumer index. rally after china's president said the country would reduce tariffs and take other steps to reduce trade tensions. general motors rose over 3%, tesla over 5%. that also sent the price of oil higher. u.s. crude jumped 3%. meanwhile, facebook's stock rallied 4.5%. twitter jumped over 5%. the dow jones gained over 425 points, the s&p 500 gained over 43 points and the nasdaq

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sister jean is working overtime. the 98-year-old chaplain of the loyola chicago basketball team threw out the first ball yesterday at the chicago cubs' home oerp. she made an underhanded toss from her wheelchair. wildlife officials at a national park in arizona are going high-tech to try and protect one of the park's treasures. in order to protect the spiney cactus from being poached, they're microchiping the contact thai. they give the park its official name and they're worth about $100 a foot. park officials say they can't imagine the park without them.

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our top stories this morning. president trump is consulting with european allies about a joint military response to the alleged poison gas attack in syria. mr. trump has canceled a trip to south america to handle the crisis. this morning the russian ambassador to lebanon says any missiles fired at syria will be shot down and the launch site targeted. and president trump is so upset about the raid on his

private attorney's office has led him to considering firing rod rosenstein. mr. trump has publicly talked about getting rid of robert mueller. today a party of four bipartisan parties will look into it. a man died after pulling his 3-year-old daughter from a car that rolled into a frigid pond. now we're learning that type of car had a defect and was under a recall. kris van cleave reports. >> i just really want people to remember him as somebody that saved his baby girl. he saved her and god gave him the strength to do it. >> reporter: even though he couldn't swim, 24-year-old anthony burgess raced into the water and freed his 3-year-old daughter ameneh from his 2006 pontiac. >> my daddy got me out of the water but he couldn't get out. that's what she said. >> reporter: the police are looking into the possibility the little girl somehow shifted the

car out of park, which should have required a foot on the brake. the car never received the repairs called for in the 2014 recall. it would create a risk the vehicle will roll away. police are investigating to see if the unrepaired recall was a factor in this accident, but carfax estimates more than 57 million vehicles on u.s. roads right now have open unfixed recalls. that's more than one in five. >> any of these things are only being recalled because, one, they're dangerous, or, two, they're violating a federal standard. >> reporter: jason levine runs the center for auto safety. >> do you think carmakers are doing enough to get recalls fixed? >> they certainly could be doing more, more in terms of reaching out to people to make sure they're aware that the recalls are happening and also working harder to report how successful they are in terms of reaching those people. >> reporter: general motors said it did mail recall notices to registered owners. in the last public update of this recall posted in 2016, of the more than 1.1 million

vehicles subject toit, only about 54% had been repaired. open recall repairs are free. you can search using your vehicle's vin number online for any recalls. kris van cleave, cbs news, washington. coming up on "cbs this morning," we'll speak with minnesota senator amy klobuchar, one of dozens of lawmakers who questioned mark zuckerberg yesterday, as she explains what changes she hopes the hearing will make. and actor john krasinski joins us in the studio to talk about his hit horror movie, "a quiet place." that's the "cbs this morning" for this wednesday morning. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com tac -- www.vitac.com

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>> gianna is in the house with traffic. >> we have some rain on the way. >> yes, we do. not until this afternoon so the afternoon drive will be kind of messy but this morning it's all right. cloudy and cooler so temperatures are going to be even cooler than yesterday afternoon. cool and windy up to 45-mile- per-hour wind gusts as this cold front passes through. not expected until this afternoon. so we could see up to a half inch of rain and lingering showers through tomorrow. we'll track it hour by hour coming up. on the roads, the dublin interchange, so far traffic is moving okay but we are seeing those folks get on the roads there a little more headlights. we are seeing westbound from 205 to 680, 26 minutes if you are heading to the bay bridge. now is a good time, no delays and no metering lights. we'll check the san mateo coming up. a search under way for a