cbs this morning is coming up next. have a great day. good morning. it's . i'm kenny choi. it's . i'm kenny choi. and i'm michelle griego. good morning to our viewers in the west. it is tuesday, april 17th, 2018. welcome to "cbs this morning." fox news host sean hannity's defending his relationship with president trump's fixer and personal lawyer. a judge forced michael cohen to reveal hannity is one of his clients. we'll talk to ricky clekki klie about how the judge refused the request to review materials seized by the fbi. >> the administration scraps new sanctions against russia in the wake of missile attacks on syria. plus, a report from a town where a suspected chemical attack brought that u.s. response. >> starbucks faces a second

charge of racism connected to this video from a store in southern california. and on this tax day, a warning about scammers who target tax preparers and steal money from your bank account. >> and new research shows immunotherapy ca dramatically improve the odds of surviving lung cancer. our dr. david agus explains how. >> we begin this morning with a look at today's eye opener. your world in 90 seconds. >> he is so into this, like a pig in the mud. i think he deserves to be fired. >> sean hannity slams reports of his ties to the president's lawyer. >> without knowing all or frankly any of the facts, the media went absolutely insane. wall to wall. >> the white house is backing away from a pledge made by nikki haley. she said the united states could be announcing new sanctions. >> u.s. senator john mccain in stable condition after undergoing surgery for an intestinal infection in phoenix.

>> my skin color? >> a firestorm of controversy for starbucks. >> the ceo is on damage control. >> this is not who we are and it's not who we're going to be. >> the nationwide manhunt for a grandmother. police say she has killed twice. >> she's an absolutely cold-blooded murderer. >> all that -- >> and look at this, see you later. the broken bat home run for bryce harper, are you kidding me. >> and all that matters -- >> an incredible victory! wins the boston marathon! >> an american woman wins boston for the first time in more than 30 years! >> on "cbs this morning." >> has just launched a new phone marketed to students to avoid distraction and focus on studying. the phone deliberately has no ability to connect to the internet. yes. yes. they've developed this. this is something they've developed. it's a flip phone. it's a flip phone that can't even flip.

>> this morning's eye opener is presented by toyota. let's go places. a lot of us miss that old flip phone. james corden. welcome to "cbs this morning." norah o'donnell is on assignment. bianna golodryga is with us at the table. good to see you. >> great to be here. >> nice to see you back, gayle. >> it's always nice to land safely when you travel over the atlantic. it sounds like a movie but it is all true. the trauma surrounding an fbi raid on president trump's private lawyer and fixer now includes one of the president's biggest supporters in the media. fox news host sean hannity is defending his ties to attorney cohen after a judge forced cohen to reveal in court that hannity is a client. that hearing yesterday featured another spectacle when adult film start stormy daniels showed up.

>> michael cohen faces a criminal investigation of his perm business dealings and possible campaign finance violation. he's fighting to control evidence taken by the fbi. jeff pegues is here with the revelation that turned heads in the courtroom. jeff, good morning. >> good morning. it was quite the bombshell in the courtroom when that federal judge forced michael cohen's lawyers to disclose anti-'s name after they tried to keep it a secret. arguing that cohen believed it would be embarrassing for hannity if his name became public. >> michael cohen never represented me in any legal matter. >> on his show monday night, fox news host sean hannity continued to deny being cohen's client. >> i did have occasional brief conversations with michael cohen. they never involved any matter, any, sorry to disappoint so many, matter between me, a third party, a third group at all. >> reporter: hannity once described cohen as a good friend, came to his defense after the fbi raided cohen's

home, office and hotel room last week. >> the media's spinning out of control following the fbi's raid. >> reporter: cohen has been a guest on sean hannity's show with both men frequently coming to the president's defense. >> the media and the left want to destroy donald trump. >> their goal is to malign a very good man. >> reporter: for months cohen has been under criminal investigation for his personal business dealings. judge kimba wood ordered prosecutors to order but not review the material seized from cohen's properties on to a searchable database and then share it with the defense. woods will then decide whether the grants cohen's requested to appoint a special master to review the documents in order to decide what may be protected by attorney/client privilege. federal investigators are looking in to whether cohen violated campaign finance laws when he paid stormy daniels $130,000 to keep silent about her alleged sexual encounter with president trump in 2006.

d daniels attended monday's hearing but had no role. the adult film star created a media frenzy with her appearance at the courthouse. >> for years, mr. cohen has acted like he is above the law. >> reporter: daniels' attorney michael avenatti. >> anyone that had any contact with this man in the last 20 years should be very concerned about what secrets of theirs are within these documents. >> reporter: the exact nature of cohen's work for hannity is unclear but on the show last night, the fox news host insisted that it was mostly for real estate advice. also the judge denied the request to review materials seized in those raids. mr. trump insisting his attorney/client privilege is in jeopardy. the white house has not respo responded to our request for comment, gayle. >> all right, for real estate advice. last i checked, michael cohen's not a real estate lawyer. cbs legal analyst rikki klieman. jeff was telling me there was a big gasp in the courtroom when

sean hannity's name was revealed and last night on his show he seemed to be having a "what had happened was" moment. whether sean hannity is the client or not is really not the crux of the story. >> no, it's not. i think the thing that's interesting about sean hannity is more interesting to us as journalists because it is highly unethical for him to rail against this raid of michael cohen's office when he knows that he's been a person who at least has contacted michael cohen for legal advice or real estate advice. so there may be documents that were seized that are sean hannity's. how could you possibly go on air and not disclose that? >> so what was at issue? and we hear this praise "attorney/client privilege" thrown around by everyone. will you sort that for us? >> i would be happy to do that. because there's been so much misinformation about this. the attorney/client privilege is clear. if a person seeks legal advice from a lawyer and the lawyer

communicates with that person, they say or what documents they may exchange as a communication about legal advice is privileged. now, when does a privilege go away? well, if there's a third party in the room. if they disclose the information to someone else. they wave tive the privilege. but most important here, if the documents, because we're talking about documents here or any communication is involved in a crime or fraud where the lawyer is involved, the privilege is pierced. it is gone. and of course that's what's at issue. >> any sort of at least temporary win for michael cohen in the sense that i know they wanted to go through all of the documents seized themselves. the judge said no. the prosecutors wanted a taint team to come in. the judge said no to that either it the judge said you're going to have a special master come in. >> perhaps. >> tell us what a special master is. >> what we have here is really

cl delay. what we have from kimba wood as a judge is to say she's going to consider whether a taint team from government or a special master will review these documents. meanwhil meanwhile, the government indexed them digitally. they give a copy of that to cohen so he'll be happy. so cohen and president trump are not going to decide what is privileged here. ultimately either a taint team, a special master and a court will make that decision. >> yes or no, is it a win for michael cohen, back to her question yesterday? >> partial. he gets delay. delay, delay, delay. always a win of the -- >> i'm sure he will take it. rikki, thank you. well, the nation's top generals will brief congress today on syria after the weekend's u.s.-led missile strike. that follows president trump's decision to hold off on new sanctions against russia companies tied to syria's alleged chemical weapons program. major garrett is traveling with the president and he's in west palm beach florida. major, good morning.

>> reporter: good morning. the administration vowed new sanctions on russians linked to syrian chemical weapons. now those sanctions are on hold. president trump said he wanted to pull u.s. forces out within six months. now there is no timetable. so amid the precision of u.s. missile strikes in syria, there is confusion over the syria strategy. >> did our generals do a great job? did our military do a great job? >> reporter: speaking in florida monday, president trump boasted about the u.s. strike on syria. but confusion about russia surfaced after the missile strikes. >> you will see that russian sanctions will be coming down. >> reporter: u.n. ambassador nikki haley said new sanctions on russia would come monday. but then president trump intervened. delaying a decision. white house press secretary sarah sanders said more sanctionings were mesanctio sanctions were merely under consideration. >> russia must decide if it will continue down this dark path.

>> reporter: despite rising tensions with russia, president trump still wants a white house summit with russian president vladimir putin. >> we're going to have to get serious about sanctions on russia. >> reporter: arizona republican jeff flake said the confusion over syria made the u.s. look weak. >> it's not a good sign if we're waking back statements made just a couple of days ago. >> reporter: the white house said the missile strikings were designed to cripple syria's chemical weapons arsenal. >> with hundreds of weapons shot in, they didn't shoot one down. >> reporter: an analysis concluded syria can and likely will rebuild its chemical weapons stockpile. and the missile strikes did nothing to change the seven-year civil war. >> the military strike itself was a tactical response well short of what i thought was justified. >> reporter: lawmakers like south carolina republican lindsey graham were left to wonder what was achieved. >> so, he's been a good commander in chief in general, but this is a major step backwards. >> reporter: the white house is trying to persuade arab nations led by saudi arabia to send

troops to syria. egypt, qatar and the united arab emirates are also on the list. it's unclear when the troops would arrive or how effective they might be. one potential upside, u.s. forces might be able to leave earlier. one risk, widening the conflict by clashing with syria's top regional ally, iran. john. >> major, thanks. russia says international chemical weapons experts will be allowed to visit the site of a suspected chemical attack in syria tomorrow. that would be about five days after the u.s., britain and france struck syrian government targets. our seth doane is the only american network correspondent to see the site of the alleged syrian chemical attack. he reports from inside douma on what inspectors may find. >> reporter: rebel forces had held douma since nearly the start of this war. and the government fight to take it back was fierce. we got the chance to see what militants left as they fled just days ago.

we've just been brought into what we've been told is some sort of bomb factory sort rememberians and their russian allies sifted through the enemy stockpile. you can see bins filled with mortars here. there are shells around, all over the ground, just above us, some sort of artillery or rocket launcher. these are the makings of a war. >> reporter: while russian air power enabled bashar al assad's forces to win the fight, they used what they could to fire back. civilians were living here under bombardment from russian and syrian forces, air strikes and in many cases there was very little access to basic things like food, and you can see the need here today. we met this mother who had been waiting for bread. "the rebels wouldn't allow us to leave," she said. retaking douma means the syrian government now controls the

building hit in that suspected chemical attack which sparked those coalition air strikes. this is your brother here? nasr hanan told us his brother hamzeh died in the attack. the scene now has been cleaned up. when weapons inspectors finally make it here, they'll find not only time has passed but plenty of people have passed through it too. for "cbs this morning," seth doane, douma, syria. >> so important to have seth there on the ground to show us what has been going on in this seven-year conflict. federal lawmakers are demanding answers from the faa this morning after a "60 minutes" report reveals allegiant air's alarming safety record. in a letter to the department of transportation, florida senator bill nelson calls for an investigation into the faa's enforcement action. kris van cleave is at dulles international airport outside of

washington, kris, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. "60 minutes" found more than 100 incidents involving allegiant airlines and mechanical issues. that includes midair engine failures and malfunctions or problems with flight control systems. bill nelson offulle if, the ranking member on the commerce committee, is citing that report in his call into how the faa is regulating the injury. writing, the traveli ining publ deserves to know. the faa tells cbs news we welcome any outside review of our safety oversight system. allegiant maintains the "60 minutes" report is a, quote, misleading narrative. late yesterday, representative steve cohn of tennessee, also send a letter, this time to transportation secretary elaine chao, expressing concern over what was in that "60 minutes" report. john. >> kris, thanks. another incident of alleged

racial bias at starbucks is stirring new outrage. a black man claims he was denied access to a bathroom at a los angeles area store, even though a white man was given the entry code. neither were paying customers. michelle miller is at the philadelphia starbucks where the controversial arrest of two black men has spurred protests. michelle, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. well that incident in los angeles county, along with the one here, has left starbucks struggling with accusations of racism from coast to coast. now, both events appeared to have been started when a starbucks employee allowed black men into the store's restroom. >> once it happened this past weekend in philadelphia, that's when i was like, the same thing happened to me. >> reporter: in the newly resurfaced video, a white starbucks customer named westin tells brandon ward he had no problem getting into the

bathroom. >> you asked for the code and they gave it to you? >> reporter: ward who was refused the code minutes earlier confronted the starbucks manager about the apparent double standard -- >> private business, the store manager -- >> you may be the store manager, but you're not in charge -- >> -- you can't be here anymore. >> reporter: he says a security guard escorted him out before police arrived. >> there should have been a sign right there that said whites only because that's how they treated it. >> reporter: ward originally posted the video of his encounter on instagram in january. but it's received new attention this week. >> have you seen the video coming out of l.a. from many starbucks incident? >> reporter: starbucks ceo kevin johnson would not answer questions about the latest video. he was in philadelphia meeting with the city's mayor and police chief. amid growing outcry and protests over the arrest of two black businessmen in a starbucks last week. >> enough is enough! >> reporter: the men were denied using the store's bathroom because they weren't paying customers. when they refused to leave, a manager called 911.

johnson apologized and wants to meet with the men. >> now, there's been some calls for us to take action for the store manager. i believe that blame is misplaced. i think the focus of fixing this, i own it. >> reporter: now, the starbucks, or starbucks says if the manager who called 911 at this store no longer works here, but the company declined to say whether or not she was fired, left on her own or simply was transferred to a different location, gayle. >> all right, thank you, michelle. the journalism that changed the national conversation around sexual harassment and abuse is being honored with pulitzer prizes. "the new york times" and "the new yorker" were recognized yesterday for breaking news of the harvey weinstein scandal. their reporting set the stage for the me too movement, exposing sexual misconduct in the workplace. "cbs news" contributor jodi kantor was part of the team. go jodi.

rapper kendrick lamar made hisory for his grammy winning album. he is the first nonclassical or jazz artist to win that award. the pulitzer board said the album captured the complexity of modern africa american life. this is a really big deal for kendrick lamar and well deserved. >> well deserved. what a year it has been for journalism and music. police say a fugitive grandmother wanted for two murders could strike again. ahead, how investigators believe the woman killed two assume another person's identity. and why they worry she'll slip out of hello everybody, mostly clear skies out there. some spots dealing with patchy fog especially in the valley locations. chilly start to this morning but the afternoon highs are warmer than yesterday. upper 50s and low 60s. if

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a motorcycle accident involving a couple vehicles along west on highway four. certainly sewing -- slowing things down. you can see that backup stretch is almost to hillcrest. just under a 45 minute ride over to highway 680. wants to get over to interstate 80, and accident was bone highway four at the connector to interstate 80. and a 33 minute ride down toward the mccarthy. plenty of sunshine to go around, have your sunglasses ready. also noticing fog got a leslie -- also in the low-lying areas. look at that beautiful view. temperatures are freezing in many areas. those are your morning lows, low 30s for a lot of spots like danville and walnut creek. highs will be about 5 degrees below normal today. chance of showers tomorrow and

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and dez linden wins the boston marathon! >> an american woman is the winner of the boston marathon for the first time in 33 years. you go, des linden of michigan. she finished in two hours, 39 minutes, and 54 seconds. wow! the two-time olympian said she almost quit in the early miles because of the pelting rain and high wind. listen to this -- she even stopped at one point while her friend and fellow elite women's runner, shalen flanagan, took a restroom break. the 34-year-old says an earlier loss propelled her forward in yesterday's race. >> having that taste of what it

might be like to break that tape, feeling like i lost the biggest opportunity of my career keeps me coming back, and i know it's super hard. when you put it all together, all of the work is worth it. >> so worth it. 81 runners were sent to the hospital. some suffering from hypothermia. i love that she even stopped to go to the bathroom with her -- girls do that. they say, i'm going to the bathroom, i'll go with you. guys never out together, john, one guy says i'm going to the bathroom, no guy says, you know, i have to go, too. >> you're answering for the entire male -- >> speaking on behalf of all men. guys never do that. >> maybe john's the exception. >> she also ran through that ugly, ugly weather. an amazing athletic achievement no matter what the gender. >> yes. congrats to her. welcome back to "cbs this morning" and "gender today." here are three things you should know this morning -- today president trump hosts japanese prime minister shinzo abe at mar-a-lago. the president arrived in west

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she is. she could be anywhere at this time. >> reporter: police in florida say lois riess was at this ft. myers bureau april 5th. surveillance video from inside shows riess befriending her alleged victim, 59-year-old pamela hutchison. four days later, police found hutchison dead in her florida condo. c carmine marceno is from the office -- >> she was targeted by the suspect due to their similarities in appearance. >> reporter: police believe riess quickly assumed hutchison's identity stealing her credit cards and driver's license and fleeing in her white acura. the family says they're not surprised that hutchison was targeted. >> my cousin went out helping the world. she befriended the woman. the woman probably gave her some sob story. she took her in. she's giving to a fault -- to her death. >> reporter: police have been looking for riess since latest march when they discovered her husband dead of multiple gunshot wounds in the couple's home. missing, mr. riess' white

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♪ tax man today is tax da the deadline for americans to file their returns. but if you are expecting a refund, you may want to check your bank account first. the irs says identity thieves are targeting tax preparation firms, hacking their online attacks to then file phoney refund requests. since 2013, they have stolen $63 million. hanna warner is investigating the scam and shows us how to avoid being next victim. >> reporter: good morning we have fallen the trail to

population 30,000, where they have found turned lives upside down. police officer david woods supports family of five on city salary. so when he checked bank balance he was surprised to find? >> i had 9,000 more. >> reporter: roughly 9,000 tax refund from the irs, with one problem count be real. >> didn't make sense. >> reporter: because? >> i hadn't gotten my taxes to file. that's when i knew something was out of place. >> reporter: new tax scam. here's how it works. the criminals get hands on previous years return then file fra fraudulent returns. the crooks posing as debt

collectors you wi collectors follow up with a phone call saying it's an error then direct them to fraudulent website to return the money. sure enough, they called a week later. >> i told her you listen to me you piece of crap. >> reporter: suffice it to say he told them off. >> i don't like it. >> reporter: returned the money to the government. but now says his real refund of $3,000 will be delayed possibly for months. and he's not the only victim in duncan. >> i had a gut feeling something was wrong. >> reporter: tax preparer a net craft says at least 200 of her clients have been affected by the scam. >> they are losing out because they were expecting this money. >> reporter: like 91-year-old ray prove who found out about the scan from the irs while we were there. >> 2017 tax return has been filed using his social security

number. >> reporter: his return will be coming late. as shop manager jerly duval $5,800 return already two months late zbler planned on taking care of expenses taking care of bills. we counted on it. >> reporter: he missed $200 car payment. and on the very day we spoke with him. >> my car got repoed. >> reporter: they repossessed your car? i'm sorry, that's hard. that's hard. >> it's almost like they are bd row, and they are in desperate need rk need, a lot of people are. >> reporter: so not just one preparer in duncan, oklahoma, we learned at least 100 affected by this scam. tan those are the ones they know of. so that could be tens of thousands of taxpayers. don fort heads the irs criminal investigation divorce. >> we have seen enormous up take

in activity. hackers attempting to get information from tax professionals. >> reporter: he showed us where they sell that information on the dark web. one seller offered this as an example, mid western couple full 2016 tax return. >> these people have no idea that their returns are sitting out there on the dark web for sale. >> yeah, probably not. >> reporter: the seller offered 200 tax returns for the equivalent of $8,000. 100% satisfaction guaranteed they said. the irs is investigating but says the crux are likely organized crime rings overseas and out of reach. but back in duncan, craft says the damage they have done to her business is real. >> my clients are more like a family. i want them to know that they can trust me, that i can trust them. it hurts. >> reporter: well, so far the irs can't say exactly how the hackers are operating.

craft says her own computer experts tell her they don't believe her systems were hacked. but that still leafs the question how exactly those those hacks are master minded. but there is some good news to report this morning for the tire shop employee jerry duval, after we highlighted some people came forward to help him out. he now has his car back. >> such good news for him. >> good ending to that story. but shows how these crux are messing with people's lives. and i like officer woods, do you it think he said piece of crap. >> morning television version. >> next nominee for irs commissioner. >> yeah, glad anna did this story. very important. up next look at this morning's headlines, including how dozens of passengers from minnesota said one airlines flew them to mexico and stranded them there canceling last flight home. plus on this tax day, we'll

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♪ good morning to our viewers in the west. it's tuesday april 17, 2018. don't forget to pay your taxes or file an extension. welcome back to "cbs this morning." ahead larry kudlow talks to us about the impact of tax cuts, trade turmoil. plus the newest medical research that drugs can boost and lead to longer lives for many cancer patients. first here is today's eye opener. the drama surrounding fbi raid includes one of the president's biggest supporters in the media. >> quite the bombshell in the courtroom when that federal judge forced lawyers to disclose

his name. >> hannity is more interesting to us as journalists. there may be daumt documents se that were sean hannity's. >> administration vowed new sanctions on russia's link to chemical weapons and now those sanctions are on hold. 60 minutes found more than 100 incidents involving allegiance airlines and senator nelson is citing that report. that incident along with the one here has left starbucks struggling with accusations of racism. new video of escaping from a texas bio medical facility resulting in one wild chase. >> officials say everything is under control and nobody has anything to worry about. >>. [ laughter ] no one has anything to worry about other than everything that happened in the planet of the apes. nothing to worry about.

i'm john dickerson with gayle king. a federal judge is deciding who can access documents seized from president trump's personal attorney michael cohen. investigators are looking at whether cohen violated election laws. the judge ordered prosecutors to put the material into a searchable database to be shared with defense attorneys. >> his lawyer revealed that sean hannity is also a cohen client. hannity a big trump supporter strongly criticized the raid. cohen has been a guest on his program several times. >> last night attorney told hannity he made a mistake. >> i think that you should have disclosed your relationship with cohen when you talked about him on the show. you could have said just that you had asked him for advice or whatever. i think it would have been much better had you disclosed that

relationship. >> do you understand the nature of it -- i will deal with it later in the show. it was minimal. >> you should have said that. >> hannity defended his ties to ho c cohen. >> i never retained his services. i never received an invoice. i never paid michael cohen for legal fees. i did have occasional brief conversations with michael cohen. he is a great attorney, about legal question yz had. >> hannity said he discussed real estate issues with cohen and no third parties were involved. >> a government watch dog says broke the law by spending $43,000 on a sound proof booth for scott perruitt. >> the epa has said pruitt needs

the booth to make secure phone calls. the report only addresses the failure to notify congress on the spending. in a statement an epa spokes woman said the epa is addressing concerns with regard to congressional notification about the expense and will be sending congress the necessary information this week. tesla is temporarily halting its troubled model three sedan production line. the decision comes a week after ceo elon musk told news he felt confident tesla could emerge from what he calls the car's production hell. the auto maker hopes assembly line improvements will increase output. it halted production of the company's first mass market car for four days in february. just last week you may remember that elon musk showed us an area where the assembly line under went major changes. >> it used to be a huge conveyer

system. and -- it was like -- >> you thought what? >> it wasn't working. it was like excessive automation that wasn't working. >> when elon musk spoke with us he did not mention what tesla calls planned down time. in the past said we will have planned down times. i don't think it was a planned down time at this particular time because he was so up front with us and very candid with us. i can't believe he would have withheld that knowing they were going to do that this following week. >> why not say? >> i think something happened. i don't know that. senator john mccain is in a phoenix hospital after surgery to treat an intestinal infection. the 81-year-old arizona republican is reported to be in stable condition. mccain has been away from

washington since december doing physical therapy at home as part of his brain cancer treatment. his daughter said on twitter that her father continues to inspire with his intense grit and determination. >> we are all pulling for him. family of former first lady barbara bush says she is in high spirits after revealing that her health is failing. in a statement on sunday they said the 92-year-old barbara bush will not seek additional medical treatment. she is suffering from congestive heart failure. her son said her sharp sense of humor is still very much intact. >> she has been answering the phone when people call in and saying hello. don't believe everything you read or hear. >> he said family and friends have been spending quality time with the former first lady. they have been reading books with her including her memoir. >> post presidency has been a blessing and are reminder what a

fabulous woman she is and what a great life they have lived and what a great life we have experienced and how much they have done for so many others. >> mrs. bush worked hard to promote literacy while she was our first lady. her foundation put a link on the website so people can send messages to her and her family. bscbsthismorning.com. our she was always so feisty and truthful and honest. >> always great to hear a son talk about his mom. >> george bush is a lucky man married to her for 73 years. the latest medical research raises new hopes of the body's immune system can fight cancer.

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we have really promising news to tell you about. there has been a major advance in the treatment of lung cancer using drugs designed to trigger a patient's immune system. researchers found using immu immunotherapy cuts the risk to dying within a year and a half compared with chemotreatment alone. our director leads the west side cancer center joining us from los angeles with more on this. great to see you. tell us about the new research and what does it mean for treating cancer going forward? >> it is pretty remarkable. cancer cells are born with a don't eat me on the surface.

this is a drug great name rolls off your tongue that blocks this signal allowing the immune system to attack it. for 120 years we have been trying to get the immune system to attack cancer. for the first time we're seeing dramatic results against cancer. >> i got to say i like hearing great cancer doctors say that this is remarkable. how does it work? >> by activating the immune system, allowing it to attack cancer, you see patients who normally when you give keep flaep they have 11 -- chemotherapy they have 11 to 12 months, with this they see a doubling of how long they live. it's at least double. exciting and groundbreaking new way to treat most patients with lung cancer. a subtype called non-small cell lung cancer, the most dominant subtype of lung cancer. 160,000 people a year die of this horrible disease. and now there's new hope. >> is this a breakthrough in a sense that will lead to perhaps

other discoveries? does this open a new pathway, or is this a great new development in immunotherapy use? >> you know, classically in cancer we start drugs in the end stage of disease. you know, where people are failing -- failed everything, and we see if it helps. immunotherapy had some benefit there. and this is moving it up front. it's going to benefit large numbers of patients, and what we're seeing now is what we call multiple body types. other kind of cancer, bladder cancer, melanoma, kidney cancer. we're seeing benefit. we're seeing more and more. there are literally hundreds of clinical trials ongoing now across the country seeing how can we use it in other types of cancer. this is hope on the frontier. it's not a cure, but it is offering a long-term and well-tolerated therapy that can actually lengthen people's lives. >> and you talk about lengthening people's lives. without getting too ahead of ourselves, could we possibly be looking at cures in the near future? >> reporter: you know, the "c" word, curing cancer, is

something we shy away from. my goal is to let people live a long and quality life without having a lot of side effects from the treatment. that's where we're going now. cure is something that we certainly dream of. but i don't think we're there yet. but lengthening life in a quality way, we're seeing that with this drug. >> promising new discoveries, thank you, dr. agus. ahead, president trump's top economic adviser, larry kudlow, on how tax cuts and higher government spending are impacting the economy. we invite you to subscribe to our podcast. you'll get the news of the day, extended interviews, and podcast originals. find them on itunes and apple's podcast app. you're watching "cbs this morning." ♪

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are investing in our great country. and most important, the american people are winning." >> larry kudlow was appointed director of the national economic council last month. he'll be involved in the president's summit with japan's prime minister at mar-a-lago that starts today. this is his first network tv interview as a part of the trump administration. larry kudlow, good morning. mr. director, i want to start with -- >> thank you. >> the question of the tax cut bill. when it first was passed, the white house put out announcements of all the bonuses that were being given out at companies. that seems to have slowed. every dollar counts, but for the broad benefit across the economy, bank of america and merrill lynch did a study and found that only 45 of the 500 companies in the s&p 500 have paid out cash bonuses. the rest have put them into stock buybacks and shareholder dividends. give us your take on how the tax cut is working its way into the economy. >> i think it's doing really well. i just want to make one point.

share buybacks in some cases. the biggest winner right now is business investment. that is huge. equipment, technology, software, and so forth, factories. that's where the real nuts and bolts of this thing, the incentives at a lower business tax rate, both large and small. now on the paycheck thing, look, the bonuses are one thing. and that was great. but don't forget, withholding rates are lower. and the bracket ceilings are higher. so that's a combination of fatter paychecks for every single working american. about 155 million people. so i think we're off to a great start. >> let me ask you about china. where do things stand? there's been talk of trade wars. then some people have said, well, we're in kind of a negotiation stage here. bring us up to date, will you? >> i'll try. look, it's certainly not a trade war. i think of it as a trade dispute. i think both countries would like to settle this. president trump is good

relationship with president xi. president xi is a good, able negotiator. look, everything's on the table. we can't let them keep stealing american technology. that's really the nightclub of this. that's -- the nub of this. that's what makes america the greatest economy, the most entrepreneurial economy. we can't let that happen. it's been going on for two decades. that said, we'll see about the tariffs. we've made some proposals. nothing has been enacted yet. i want to make that point, and probably won't be for several months. perhaps the two sides will be able to talk it through. let's see what happens. so far, though, the chinese are coming back with more constructive reaction. so i'm optimistic about that, that we'll work things through. >> mr. kudlow, the latest poll shows that only 27% of americans think that this tax bill is a good idea. is that a good enough number for you? >> which poll is that? >> "wall street journal." >> yeah. so let me help you on the "wall street journal" poll. they're friends of mine.

but that poll did not ask any registered voters, nor did it ask likely voters. so i got to say i'm not impressed with that. most of the polls that i've shown show close to 50% for tax cuts. mind you, we're jest getting start -- just getting started. the paychecks and withholding rates, as i said earlier. you've got child tax credits you're doubling, the doubling of the standard deduction, you've got lower income tax rates, you've got lower business tax rates. i think it's a winner. i saw this morning gallup poll, gallup poll showed that only 45% of americans now think they're taxed too much. that's the lowest number since the jfk 1960s. i think we're on the right track. >> larry, it's good to see you. you're there in mar-a-lago for a meeting with japanese prime minister abe today. he's been one of the president's most ardent supporters since

election. idea, he hasn't been exempted from the steel and aluminum tariffs the way other u.s. allies have. i'm assuming he'll be asking for that today. will the president deliver it to him? >> well, i don't want to get ahead of my skis, as some people say. it's going to be on the table. there will be a lot of discussions here. economic cooperation, trade cooperation, foreign policy cooperation. this will be part of the ongoing discussions. we'd like japan to open up some markets and help us, particularly our agriculture sector. japan is looking to coordinate and integrate better with the united states. so we'll see. it's a topic. i don't want to get ahead of the story. we'll see how this works out. how president trump decides to play it. >> are you advising him to do it, quickly in the last seconds here? >> i want a good, solid trade deal with japan. >> larry kudlow, thank you very much. alex wagner travel around

the world in her quest for answers about her heritage. alex is in the toyota green room supervis meeting tonight to extend the procla good morning. it is 8:25. i'm anne makovec. meeting tonight to extend a proclamation for another 30 days in the areas affected by the wine fires. price gouges during the state of emergency is illegal. san francisco students and family members are meeting this morning for a bike and roll to school event. it is the city's 9th annual celebration. participating students will receive prizes, and one family can even win a new bike. traffic and weather coming up next.

good morning, time now is 8:27. we're tracking a major accident that currently has all lanes blocked along southbound 101. the crash in the north bay is just past casano road. we're tracking about a 31 minute ride. but likely to get much, much slower. there is near ignacio boulevard. about a 30 minute ride down to 580 and highway 4. an update on

that earlier crash. all lanes reopened near san marco boulevard, but delays continue, just under a 40 minute ride from love ridge to 680. here's a nice great the view of the golden gate bridge. nice clear conditions on the road and in the sky, but it also does look a bit breezy. you see that flag blowing out there. definitely going to be cool this morning. this afternoon, the sun will help warm things up. 10degrees warmer than yesterday, with our chance of rain not arriving until tomorrow. here's a view of the transamerica pyramid. behind it, barely any clouds out it there. 46degrees in san francisco. 47 in santa rosa. excuse me, 37 in santa rosa. it is a lot cooler across the north bay. here's a look at your afternoon temperatures. for south bay, mid-60s. 59 for san francisco. 70 forecast, showing that chance of showers arriving tomorrow afternoon. thursday through the weekend, we are drying up, and staying

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>> ♪ driven deep to right center field, there is goes! see ya! >> yankees aaron judge became the fastest player to hit 60 home runs in major league history. the blast over right center field wall last night came in just the 197th game of his major league career. previous quickest player to hit that 60 mark was mark mcgwire who did it with 202 games with the a's. yankees beat the miami marlins 12-1. welcome back to "cbs this morning." >> a great "let the court rise" yesterday. everybody stood up. that was great. >> makes it look easy. >> he does.

now for this morning's headlines. washington post reports on a study suggesting teenagers drink less and baby boomers are pouring another round. teens and college age americans today are consuming alcohol at lower rates. one theory is the success of an anti-smoking campaigns. cigarettes function as a gateway drug to alcohol. steven spielberg is the first director to gross $10 billion, with a b, at the box office thanks to "ready player 1," bringing in 114 million in north america so far. the hits include jurassic park and all the indiana jones movies. new york times reports on a study that suggests you share everything with your best friends including brain waves. close friends had coinciding brain patterns when they watched short videos. researchers said they could

predict the strength of two people's bond based on their brain scans alone. >> fascinating. and our affiliate in washington, d.c., wusa, reports on the first male baby gorilla born in the national zoo in nine years. the westland lowland gorilla was born sunday night. his mother picked him up and kissed him shortly after his birth. they prepared her for motherhood by having her interact with a gorilla stuffed toy. there she is with the baby. they are an endangered species. >> wow. >> so sweet and tender showing motherhood is universal. i love the picture. >> she won't stop posting those instagram pictures. >> enough. >> i know. >> yeah. the genealogy industry is growing thanks to popular websites like ancestry.com and 23 and me, and the people who tested with at-home kits doubled

last year to more than 12 million. our own alex wagner researched her origins and identity, the only child of a burmese mother and american father. the roots trace back to ireland. wagner chronicles her search "future face," epic quest and secret of belonging. alex, welcome to the table adds a guest. >> thank you, a pleasure to be here as a guest and author. oh. >> congratulations. >> thank you. >> i wondered if your whole life you spent your time addressing who you are. i remember the first time i saw you on tv, is she black, biracial. >> what is she. >> latino. what is she. you say your dad, who, obviously, your dad looks white, went to the bathroom, and someone asked you, what's your blood. >> yeah. at that moment in the diner was a revelation. >> you were a little girl. >> i was 12. my dad went to the restroom, and i was asked by the line cook, are you adopted?

i thought, oh, wait a second, maybe everybody else doesn't see me as american as i understand myself to be. as i grew older, gayle, to your point, you know, this exotic future face, you know, that's what i was, and that was exciting and interesting and fun, but at a certain point, especially as i got older, i wanted -- that felt too rootless. i wanted meaning. i wanted to find a sense of belonging and identity, and that's what this book is, a quest. >> did you think of yourself of white because you said you like chips and saved by the bell. >> black people don't like saved by the bell? >> oh -- >> garfield, you know, i do think that i was raised in a largely white community. i identified more with white culture, and i began asking myself why, where is the burmese side of my history? where is that made manifest. >> were you looking for your place in the american story or in any story? >> i wanted to find myself

situated in the american story, and part -- i think all americans, especially right now, want to find themselves in the american story. we are so fractured as a country. there's such a question about identity, who belongs here, what is the immigrant story, and how does it dove tail with the american story? that's a fundamental question right now, right? i wanted to find out what kind of american am i, which means, who were my american forefathers. >> a nation of immigrants, but you found that's the cliche, but not the way we live. >> yeah, well, i think also, a lot is lost when you immigrate to america. that is partly by necessity, but also because we like to exfoliate the bad parts of our story, and what i did was go back to the homeland and find the ugly parts of the story and write about them because i think part of becoming whole is accounting for the sins and warts and fizz sures. >> saying your family is weak,

stupid, and corrupt? hello, family. >> look, we did bad things. >> on both sides. >> on both sides. in europe and in asia. i think it is about coming to terms with the things we left that were broken, that we didn't just arrive here on american shores virtuous perfect immigrants and new citizens of a country. we had our own baggage, and part of this moment, i think, is reconciling that american baggage. >> you talk about america and defining it as either a melting pot or a salad. >> yeah. >> it seems trivial, but it's not. >> no. it is a big distinction because the melting pot assumes we all get sanded down, rough edges made smooth. the salad bowl recognizes we are different individual people and different individual ingredients, but the question is, how does that coalesce and become one thing? that's the fundamental question we ask in america. all different and taste and look and smell and sound and believe different things. how do we make a democracy out

of that? >> you dedicated to your son. >> my baby son. >> home is really where you are. >> yeah. you know, gamyle, we are preoccupied with the future and obsessed with the past, and it is important to know that the real history of the past and our true histories, but this is our time on planet earth. >> that's right. >> this is our story, and i'm all about doubling down on the present. >> sam was here yesterday, you are here today, i'm here tomorrow with a new book. >> congratulations. >> thank you so much. >> future face is available today wherever you like to buy your books. ahead, how music fans and pop stars are hitting the jackpot in las vegas. las vegas residencies are being revitalized by pop music superstars who love pushing the limits. >> like, right to the edge of the stage, sometimes it's closer than others. >> you make people nervous. >> i make people nervous. >> how the residency concept

changed throughout the years coming up

♪ the lights on the iconic las vegas strip have not always been so bright. decades ago they glowed with the names of famous headliners like tony bennett and wayne newton. but the lights faded as the

strip came to be known as a place for performers to play their final shows. >> that changed when celine dion started her first vegas run in 2003. it became the most successful residency of all time, grossing nearly $400 million over five years. now music industry icons like jennifer lopez and lady gaga, who love to perform without the exhausting grind of touring, are taking up residence. jamie yuccas shows how these pop stars are helping to transformulatitransfor transform las vegas. >> reporter: nothing is ever settled in las vegas. ♪ if you had my love and i gave you all may trust ♪ >> reporter: that might be why j. lo is a perfect fit for a vegas residency. >> there's something different about vegas. it's a more intimate experience. ♪ i love being able to kind of feel the whole audience. when you do an arena, you hear it and you feel an energy, but you really don't get that kind

of connection that i can have here with people. this is a type of place where you have to be a great entertainer. ♪ >> reporter: the residency concept is almost as old as sin city itself. ♪ you make me feel so young >> reporter: frank sinatra and the rat pack turned the dusty little town into an entertainment destination. but for decades, showrooms were dominated by performers in the twilight of their careers. ♪ the game changed with celine dion in 2003 when state-of-the-art technology breathed new life into the vegas staple. >> now it's these top artists that are global phenomenon. instead of them having to travel to see their fans, their fans are coming here to experience these great shows. ♪ >> reporter: in 2013, jason gasworth took a gamble on britney spears. in four years, the show sold more than 930,000 tickets,

generating more than $140 million. making a vegas residency seem cool and credible again. ♪ gaswirth's also responsible for bringing the backstreet boys back. pop stars putting vegas on the winning streak. >> there are so many artists intrigued, that sky's the limit on who we might be ready to book. >> are you ready? jump! >> reporter: lopez jumped into her residency in 2016. fans wowed by the 48-year-old continually post this show-stopping moment on line. ♪ when you come out and slide, i mean, the whole audience goes crazy. >> i know. they have begged me to take it out. my people are like, take the slide out. you don't have to slide. and i was like, are you kidding me? the slide is the whole thing. that's the thing. >> reporter: the signature thing. >> you can't not -- like saying, no, don't shake your butt. >> reporter: j. lo goes all in with "all i have."

>> when she comes down this this, it's naked and sparkly. >> reporter: lopez packs 11 costume changes into her 90-minute show. >> a nude body suit under a nude body suit. >> i know. it's her idea which is very smart. >> reporter: of course attention-grabbing fashion is nothing new for lopez. her most memorable gown, the green versace from the 2000 grammys. it's on display in the lobby. creating an immersive experience for fans. i love this, mother/daughter girls night out for j. lo. >> for j. lo. >> reporter: is anything else going to top this? >> no. >> probably not. >> reporter: j. lo is the force behind every creative decision. ♪ you must really trust your gut. >> i do. people ask me, what is your advice. nobody knows you like you. you know when it feels right. and you know when it feels wrong, too. >> reporter: stoims you don't want to listen -- sometimes you don't want to listen. >> when i listen to my gut usually everything goes really well. ♪

>> reporter: the residency works well for headliners who are parents like j. lo. they can perform at night and still have time for the kids. ♪ she shares sweet moments of her twins, max and emmy, on stage and on social media. along with her boyfriend, alex rodriguez, and their blended family. >> i love his kids, and he loves mine. family comes first. and then everything else kind of falls in line after that. i love what i do. and i give all i have to everything i do. >> reporter: headliners like lopez are the reason nearly 25% of visitors come to vegas, and they're willing to pay anywhere from $60 to close to $1,000 for a vip experience. >> gross-wise per show, can you give us an idea of what's happening? >> so there's certain nights in a 4,600 capacity that we're able to gross over a million dollars. >> reporter: for one show. >> for one show. >> reporter: do you think you'll ever slow down? >> probably not.

>> reporter: why start now? >> why start now? >> reporter: but lopez will end her residency in september to focus on other projects. ♪ leaving lady gaga with a million reasons to sign on to a residency herself later this year. and no doubt for gwen stefani who announced she'll start in june. with the odds in their favor, it's a safe bet that other big-name entertainers will be looking for a piece of the action. for "cbs this morning," jamie yuccas, las vegas. [ cheers ] >> got to get there before september. i really want to see the show because those who have seen it say she's unbelievable on stage. she's 48, looking like 28. you can tell. she goes 110% with everything she does. >> what a trend celine dion started. i remember when she took residency and thinking what's that about. look how many people have followed suit. >> go, jennifer lopez. can't wait to go.

bruce springsteen planned an early birthday surprise for his mom. she's 92. ahead, see how he celebrated the occasion with a dance and why not everything went as planned. and you can hear more of "cbs this morning" on our podcast on itunes and apple's podcast app. ed to the former -- today the former communication director for the hillary clinton campaign, jennifer palmieri, discusses the open letter that she wrote to whoever becomes the first president in her book "dear madam president." she offers optimistic advice to young women and little girls. you're watching "cbs this morning." we'll be right back. ♪ the savings are in full bloom at ross. if you're looking for an incredible selection of the brands you love, this season's newest trends for a fraction of what you'd pay at department stores, ♪ you gotta go to ross

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his mom in a club in new jersey sunday ahead of her 93rd birthday next month. the party ended a little early because of a rainstorm that cut off power inside the club. >> happy birthday. exciting news to share this morning, cbs this morning won a national headline award for best national newscast. the award's program is one of the oldest and largest annual contests recognizing outstanding journalism and we're proud to announce about norah o'donald. she was named best national news on air talent for her work over the past year, created for, by, and about women. >> wow. congratulations all around. >> she's on a story right now. another winner, i'll bet. >> that's all for us. be sure to tune into the cbs evening news tonight and see tomorrow night on "cbs this morning." >> take it easy.

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