it's it's friday, august 24th, 2018, this is the cbs morning news. hurricane lane is lashing the hawaiian islands with heavy rain, high surf and powerful winds. we're tracking the storm's path. jeff sessions strikes back. the u.s. attorney general ramps up the war of words with president trump about where his loyalties lie. but will sessions be fired for speaking up. >> a safe full of secrets.

the national enquirer why are we hearing about this now? good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquaters here in new york. good to be with you, i'm anne-marie green. dangerous hurricane lane is pounding the hawaiian islands this morning. it remains a category 3 hurricane with sustained winds. it is still causing damage and lots of it from wind, floods and mud slides. up to 30 inches of rain has -- could fall in some areas. laura, good morning. >> good morning. this morning we have seen live video showing overflowing rivers and flooded streets. we heard reports of tourists being rescued from their rental homes and the famous wakiki beach has been evacuated. crews are using sandbags to try

to create a wall between the ocean front hotels and the rising surf. >> as hurricane lane churned toward hawaii a state of emergency was declared across the state. on the big island, 2 feet of rain had fallen in 24 hours and the slow moving storm was still far offshore. rivers and lakes were inundated and overflow their banks. one resident hoped this would be the worst of it. >> i've seen it get pretty raging before. i still feel we'll be blessed and okay. >> they said it had the potential to be catastrophic. >> we're extremely concerned about the potentials for inland flooding, landslides occurring and damage to the transportation and communications infrastructure. >> once a category 5 monster it's already been downgraded a

bit and is expected to further weaken in the days to come although it will still pack hurricane strength winds. it's also not expected to strike the islands directly. unlike people on the mainland, most hawaiians have no choice but to stay where they are and ride the storm out. >> we're on an island. we really are. it makes me feel for the people that live here. >> residents have been urged to stock pile two weeks worth of food, water and medicine. >> the last major storm to hit hawaii was in 1992. it caused $3 billion in damage. >> laura, thanks a lot. well, paul from our san francisco station kpix is tracking hurricane lane. >> there are two major headlines with hurricane lane this morning. headline number one is that land

fall is now not likely. it will not make land fall on one of the islands but headline number two is tremendous amounts of rainfall will continue to impact the islands all day long today and likely into the weekend. the latest update on hurricane lane, it's still a category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 120 miles per hour with stronger gusts. let's watch this track. it's very interesting. it's almost going due north right now and literally is forecast to make a left turn before making it to honolulu. that westerly turn will also weaken the storm and it will likely make its closest pass to honolulu as a category 1 or category 2 hurricane late friday night or early saturday morning. sustained winds, 30 to 50 miles per hour with higher gusts and widespread flooding is likely. some rainfall totals could reach as high as 30 inches. that's the latest on hurricane lane. >> well, ahead on cbs this morning, we'll have the latest on how the hurricane is impacting hawaii.

now to the escalating feud between president trump and jeff sessions. for the most part sessions held his tongue following trump's repeated criticism. but not anymore. sessions is firing back. >> jeff sessions never took control of the justice department, and it's sort of an incredible thing. >> president trump was blunt and bold on fox news once again blasting attorney general jeff sessions. >> the only reason i gave him the job. i felt loyalty. he was an original supporter. >> but the president made clear that loyalty dissolved during this moment in march of 2017. >> i have recused myself. >> he bowed out of the russia investigation. said i'm going to recuse myself.

i said what kind of a man is this. >> sessions fired back. i took control of the department of justice the day i was sworn in, adding the doj will not be properly influenced by considerations. president trump criticizes him on twitter but will stop short of saying he plans to fire sessions. republican senator lindsey graham. >> i think there will come a time sooner rather than later where it will be time to have a fresh voice at the department of justice. >> the special counsels investigation is intensifying with the conviction of ex-trump campaign chairman paul manafort. on the same day, his former pern cohen, pleaded guilty to campaign-related charges. the pair of legal bombshells triggered fresh speculation about impeachment hearings if democrats take back the house. >> i don't know how you can impeach somebody that's done a great job. i tell you what, if i ever got

impeached, i think the market would crash. everybody would be very poor. >> president trump's personal lawyer said if the president was impeached the american people would revolt. cbs news, the white house. >> those campaign-related charges that the president's former lawyer, michael cohen, pleaded guilty to involved illegal campaign contributions made to two women that said they had an affair with donald trump. they reached a deal. pecker is also a long time friend of the president. he and the national enquirer kept documents in a safe along with other damaging stories it didn't publish. in return for not publishing the stories they expected favors uncan hu and his wife pleaded not guilty for charges they used campaign money for personal expenses.

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here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. it is a frightening journey for a blind rower and his rowing partner. they're taking part in a grueling 24 mile adventure from monterey, california to hawaii. they have been at sea for 78 days. he hopes to become the first blind person to row across the

pacific ocean and if that's not tough enough they're rowing through rough seas because of hurricane lane. we spoke to sparks via satellite phone. >> the waves become much, much larger. we're going to deploy the sea anchor and hold on. there's not a lot we can do really now. >> sparks is a 57-year-old former marine that lost his eyesight in a diving accident in his 20s. ey'll ride out the storm inside their 3 by 7 foot cabin. >> a colorado hotel had an uninvited guest this week. a black bear was roaming around the lobby of the hotel. the hotel manager said i was only inside for a brief time and there were no guests around. he said that the bear actually seemed to be afraid of humans so they were able to shoo it away. that is good. why scientists are calling an ancient bone fragment belonging to a 13-year-old girl, the first solid evidence of interbreeding between ancient humans.

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our top story this morning, the strongest storm to hit the our top story this morning, the strongest storm to hit the hawaiian islands since 1992 remains offshore but it's dumping buckets full of rain on islanders all over. some damage is extensive with them already receiving a foot and a half of rain. jeff sessions says the justice department will not be improperly influenced by considerations. he fired back to the latest influence by president trump. he accused him of failing to take control of the justice department and said he only gave sessions the job out of loyalty.

pope francis travels to ireland this weekend but with sexual abuse scandals confronting the catholic church around the world, the two-day visit may be one of the most important trips. >> when pope john paul ii last visited ireland in 1979, 2.5 million catholics turned out. only a fraction is expected to greet pope francis this weekend. >> it will be a different tone. >> one group of protestors is sending their own message getting hundreds of tickets to one event with no intention of showing up. it unfolds in the shadow of another round of abuse allegations and cover ups. most prominently from the explosive pennsylvania grand jury report. the cardinal calls it a catalog of horrors. >> one section describes a group

of priests that marked their victims with crucifixes to identify the ones that were easier targets. are you worried that something like this could surface where you are? >> i think that if such a ring existed we have the measures by which we could detect it. >> sister liz murphy, an irish nun says the entire church needs reform. >> this is a very male, masculine, institutional top down dictatorial body. who wouldn't want, as a woman to see that collapse. >> those words from a nun were once unthinkable. >> how does the pope survive this moment? >> this is a virus, and it's not going to be healed over the coming days. >> whether it's here in ireland or somewhere else he does have to give specific steps. >> that's what the catholic world is waiting for. to see what if anything he says publicly about church abuse. he will meet privately with victims although at this point it's unclear how many.

well, coming up on cbs this morning how a dna analysis of a girl born years ago is revealing the real origins of our species. and the nostalgia of pencils in his reporters notebook. that's the news for this friday. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. notebook. that's the news for this friday. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day.

august 24th. i'm kenny choi. and i'm michelle griego. time is 4-- here this shot in santa clara, mellow, friday! thanks for

waking up with us. i'm kenny choi. >> i'm michelle griego. let's say good morning to jaclyn and neda. the gang is back together. >> yeah. >> i know. >> the fantastic four. >> i got a two-day workweek which is great. >> i had a one day workweek a couple of weeks ago. it was nice. >> and michelle back today. another day of clouds. an onshore breeze now "spare the air" alert today. cooler than average temperatures. the heat and haze, a bad combination so a little bit of a drop in the numbers. right now, we are tracking a bit