captioningd by cbs captioning funded by cbs it's friday, september 7th, it's friday, september 7th, 2018. this is the "cbs morning news." >> i think their reporter should go and investigate who it is. that would actually be a good scoop. >> president trump is demanding the identity of the missing person who wrote that scathing op-ed piece in "the new york times." new reaction from his inner circle. it has happened again. more planes arrive in the u.s. with sick passengers. the common factor. >> and he was once the brightest star in hollywood.

we say good-bye to burt reynolds. >> i think heaven has sent you here. 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 latest fallout from the anonymous opinion piece in "the new york times" by the trump administration. at least 11 top officials including vice president mike pence and secretary of state mike pompeo said they had nothing to do with it. the president says the column backfired and he's actually picked up a lot of support because of it. laura podesta is here in new york. laura, good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. yes, the trump administration went on the offensive yesterday while responding to the op-ed. press secretary sarah sanders tweeted the author is a gutless loser while first lady melania

trump said he or she is sabotaging the country with their cowardly as. >> is this subversion? is it treason? >> at a rally in montana last night, president trump continued his attack on "the new york times" and the anonymous senior official who penned an op-ed blasting him. >> the latest active resistance is the op-ed published in the failing "new york times" by an anonymous -- really an anonymous gutless coward. >> the author claims many of the president's appointees are thwarting more of mr. trump's misguided impulses until he's out of office. "the new york times" is not releasing the name for the sake of security.

>> unelected deep state operatives who defy the voters to push their own secret agendas are truly a threat to democracy itself. >> one by one, top administrative officials including every member of the president's cabinet denied writing the piece. >> i think it's a disgrace. they ought to do the honorable thing and they ought to resign. >> i come fro a position if you're not in the commission of commanding the intent, you have a single option and that is to leave. >> nancy pelosi says republicans are to blame. >> republicans in congress have enabled so much of the mayhem that exists in the white house to occur. >> the editor of the op-ed section james dao says he thinks the author reached a breaking point and felt the need to speak out. and dao told the "times's" own podcast "the daily" says only a handful of people know who the writer is and they can't see any circumstance where they would identify him. anne-marie. >> laura podesta here in new york. thanks a lot, laura. the senate judiciary hearing

committee wraps up another day. it was a marathon session lasting over 12 hours. democrats pressed kavanaugh on abortion. a just released email from 2003 suggested kavanaugh believed roe versus wade is not settled law. and the day began with a contentious debate over the release of documents that had been marked confidential. mola lenghi is covering the hearing. >> shame on my colleagues if they conceal them now. >> reporter: a battle over the release of more than 100,000 documents related to supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh dominated the first part of thursday's hearing. >> there's no classified documents here. >> do you want to give up your emails right now and make them public? i don't think you do. >> reporter: democrat cory booker dared to face disciplinary action. >> i'm hoping they will bring charges against us and i'm willing to accept the full responsibility. >> reporter: senator dianne

feinstein questioned kavanaugh about a previously confidential email he wrote in 2003 while working in the george w. bush white house. he said i'm not sure they all consider it law of the land since court can always overrule its precedent and three justices on the court would do so. >> this has been viewed as you saying that you don't think roe is settled. >> i'm always concerned with accuracy and i was not quite sure that was accurate of all legal scholars. >> senators revisited whether they had discussed robert mueller's investigation. he says he hasn't. >> i have never given anyone any hints, forecasts, previews, wink, nothing. >> reporter: a steady stream of protesters continued to interrupt the proceedings as they did during the first two days. mola lenghi, cbs news, the capitol. law enforcement officials in new york and new jersey are expanding their investigation into sex abuse in the catholic church.

last month a pennsylvania grand jury accused over 300 priests of victimizing more than 1,000 children. four sisters say their pastor in pennsylvania, a family friend, abused them for years. one says the abuse began when she was just 2 years old. it was reported to the harrisburg diocese in 1992 and they were pressured into accepting settlements. federal officials say sick passengers on two flights who arrived in philadelphia from europe are not seriously ill. the 12 passengers were on two american airline flights, one from paris and the other from munich. now, federal officials say all the sick passengers attended the hajj in mecca, saudi arabia. when they arrived in philadelphia yesterday, they had sore throats and coughs. the day before ten people were hospitalized and tested positive for the flu after arriving in new york from a flight in dubai.

several officials charged someone with unleashing devastating cyber attacks including the wannabe cry. park jin hyok worked for a company that was a front for the north korean military and he's also allegedly responsible for hacking sony pictures, leaking thousands of documents and thousands of emails. he's believed to be hiding in canada. the leading candidate running for president in brazil is in serious condition this morning after being stabbed in the stomach. jair bolsonare was speaking at a rally yesterday when he was attacked. he screamed in pain and fell backward. he's running as a law and order candidate. he's a controversial victor.

his assailant is in custody and will be sentenced next month. the u.s. government is imposing sanctions on four individuals and five companies that have aided the government of syrian leader bashar al assad. they have transferred weapons, fuel, or support. meanwhile the trump administration now says the u.s. will remain in syria until the enduring defeat of the islamic state group. there are about 2,000 american troops deployed in syria. previously president trump has said that he wants to pull them out. well, coming up on the "morning news" now, back in the fray, former president barack obama plans to fire up democrats in a speech. and box office miss. a controversial oscar will be delayed. en you can keep on doingure what you love.atour ..

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are you ready for some football? thasnfl played its first game of defending super bowl champions philadelphia eagles deleted the atlanta falcons, 14-12. before that they celebrated the victory as jeffrey lurie carried the trophy opt the field. two players took seat at the end of the "national anthem," but there were no major protests. a new oscar category is being postponed, and a shocking double murder. those are some of the headlines on the morning newsstand. the raleigh news and reporter reports that the mayor of leggett gary skelton and his wife were found dead in their home. police say two suspects were in custody. >> gary just got back from baby-sitting his grand baby who has a broken bone. >> when his wife didn't show up for her job as a nurse, coworkers were concern.

the couple was last seen wednesday night when they went out to dinner with another couple. more inf reports authorities say a gunman who opened fire in a downtown office building killing two people and wounding two others could have killed more, as many as a hundred people. a witness describes what happened yesterday morning. >> he shot through the glass doors, and we saw the glass in the air. all we had to do is look over the counter and we would have been shot. >> police say 29-year-old omar santa perez was carriy eiey ein hundreds of rounds of ammunition when he began shooting. he was shot and killed by officers after a brief gun battle. they're confident perez acted alone, but they don't know his motive. the "chicago sun-times" says president obama will look to fire up democrats when he speaks today.

mr. obama will reportedly roll out his remarks on ethics. his remarks will be on the state of our democracy. and "the hollywood reporter" says that the academy that hand to hand out new oscars. they announced they will continue to study plans for the new category. they said implementing a new award nine months into the year created new challenges for films that have already been released. still ahead, dangerous defect. the reason why ford is recalling its top-selling pickup truck. , dangerous defect. the reason why ford is recalling its top-selling pickup truck. ♪ carla is living with metastatic breast cancer, which is breast cancer that has spread to other parts of her body. she's also taking prescription ibrance with an

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de with caeady to daysmil ic.. replace r snac here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. on the "cbs moneywatch," a major recall of ford trucks, and new details about a hacking attack on british airways. diane king hall is at the new york stock exchange with that and more. good morning, diane. >> good morning, anne-marie. the u.s. and canada continue to try and work out an updated version of the north american free trade agreement, and the trump administration is expected

to add a 25% import tax on china today. china says it will retaliate. the dow rose 20 points, the s&p 500 rose 10 points, and the nasdaq slunk 72 points. today they're expected to show employers added 191,000 jobs. now yesterday the labor department reported that 203,000 people applied for jobless benefits last week. that marks the lowest level since december of 1969. ford is recalling some 203 million pickup trucks because of a possible fire with seatbelts between 2015 and 2018. ford says it knows of 17 incidents involving seatbelt pretensioners. the system works in tandem with airbags and involves an skploes

everybody charge that locks seatbelts in place. there have been nearly two dozen reports of smoke or fire. a hacker broke into the british airways website last month stealing customers' data for two weeks. nearly 400,000 b.a. customers were affected. the information involved personal and financial details that weren't tied to passports. the airlines has resolved the issue and contacted affected customers. hotels are giving panic buttons to their employees. tens of thousands of whole sale employees of these hotel chains will carry the personal safety devices. the buttons are designed to protect against harassment and assault. some devices will be wi-fi-enabled and automatically send an employee's location to security. others will emit a loud shriek. anne-marie. ht. i'm suhat will ge the work.

>> agreed. >> diane king hall at the new york stock exchange. thank you. >> thank you. still to come, he was a hollywood original. we remember the life and career of actor burt reynolds. olds. [conference phone] baloney! [conference phone] has joined the call. hey baloney here. i thought this was a no by-products call? land o' frost premium. a slice above. i thought this was a i'm about to pop a cap of "mmm fresh" in that washer with unstopables in-wash scent boosters by downy. ah, it's so fresh. and it's going to last from wash to wear for up to 12 weeks. right, freshness for weeks! downy unstopables. for a fresh too feisty to quit. and now try downy unstopables with the original scent of tide

working on the project could be to blame. plus: the north bay senior homes losing their licenses after a state investigation. and: more white house officials are saying they had nothing to do with the anonymous new york times op-ed blasting president trump. why the president said the column backfired. join us for kpix 5 news this morning... beginning at 4:30. good morning. it's friday, september 7th.

here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. serena williams is headed back to the u.s. open finals. she had a shaky few minutes against 19th seated anastasija sevastova of latvia. williams went on to win, 6-3, 6-0. she'll go up against the 20th seed naomi osaka of japan.

well, hollywood is mourning the loss of one of its biggest stars. burt reynolds died at the age of 82. >> reporter: with his athletic physique and sliced smile he was one of the biggest star os the early '70s and early '80s. he first rose to fame in tv westerns after an injury ended his college football career, but it was his turn as lewis medlock in the wilderness classic "deliverance" that turned him into a superstar. >> we have the ability to survive. >> reporter: that same year reynolds shocked america by posing nude for "cosmopolitan." later he said he thought it cost him and his "deliverance" co-stars oscar recognition but it didn't cost him his fans. a string of hits followed including "the longest yard,"

which tapped his background, and "the smokey and the bandit" which starred sally fields. >> cowboys love fat calfs. >> they're not fat. >> they're bigger than mine. >> he had to convince hollywood to cast her for the role. >> watching sally field act is sexy. her talent is sexy. >> reporter: the pair became a couple offscreen as well. often he would say she was the one that got away. in 1988 he married loni anderson, but it ended in a messy divorce. after a series of box office flops, reynolds returned to television, winning an emmy for the cbs sitcom, "evening shade." he enjoyed a brief resurgence in "boogie nights." think heas >>r:m e him an academy award nomination.

reynolds continues to act in his later years. he said through all of his life's ups and downs, you just keep going on. meg oliver, "cbs evening news." well, coming up on "cbs this mornin morning", the ncaa is facing lawsuits over whether it failed to protect college football players. we talk to a widow who says her husband died of brain injuries. when you make a pb&j with smucker's, that's the difference between ordinary everyday and exquisitely delicious in an everyday sort of way. because with a name like smucker's, it has to be good. but he has plans today.ain. hey dad. so he took aleve. if he'd taken tylenol, he'd be stopping for more pills right now. only aleve has the strength to stop tough pain for up to 12 hours with just one pill.

our top stories this morning, our top stories this morning, more than 11 of president trump's top advisers say they had nothing do with the opinion piece published by "the new york timesessistance moveme. the president speaking in montana says the piece from an anonymous official backfired. and this is the fourth and final day of supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh's senate confirmation hearing. yesterday's session lasted over 12 hours. defense secretary jim mattis arrived in kabul this morning to meet the new commander of nato troops in afghanistan. his visit comes amid a surge of violence in that country as we

approach the 17th anniversary of the u.s. invasion. charlie d'agata is in kabul.r:h surge has arrived. attacks in 24 hours have left at least 40 dead. these are some of the security precautions you have to take when you're traveling anywhere in the capital. flak jacket, armored car. blasts have turned kabul into a fortress. the american university looks more like a maximum security prison with good reason. after clearing several security checks we finally arrive at the university that came under attack back in august of 2016. that's when taliban suspects went on a ten-hour rampage, killing 16 students, faculty, and police. student breshna musazai watched them blast their way onto the

compound. >> i heard them running ilding. >> reporter: she couldn't run from the nmaua limp from childhood polio. >> when he shot me, i started to pretend because i thought this is the only thing i can do to save myself. after that he shot me again to make sure i was dead. >> reporter: a university sponsored a medical trip. she returned to school last year and graduated in may with honors, but she fears more than ever for her life. >> when i leave home, i know i might not go back home alive. >> reporter: because the situation here has deteriorated even further since the attack. the threats are everywhere. insider attacks against afghan forces, insider attacks against u.s. forces. and here in kabul, despite check points like that, nobody seems capable of stopping taliban or isis from striking the capital. 17 years and an estimated 1

trillion u.s. dollars later, yet security still remains out of reach. what we didn't see driving around kabul were u.s. forces. it's not part of their mission here to patrol kabul. and as we've seen this week, they would become potential targets. charlie d'agata, cbs news, kabul, afghanistan. coming up on the "cbs this morning," the ncaa is now facing lawsuits over whether it failed to protegtd college football players' health going back decades. we talk to a widow who says her husband died of brain injuries that were sustained on the field. that's the "cbs morning news" for this friday. i'm anne-marie green. thanks for watching, and have a great weekend. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

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yocan see the moon, the city lights, look at that. the clouds! good morning, i'm michelle griego. >> and melissa caen in for kenny choi. >> it's lovely. >> it's great. >> so pretty. >> like the set of a movie. >> so we love fridays. it's always our favorite day of the week. we're always happy on fridays. this morning, though, we're excited but also a little sad. >> there's a lot of emotion going on this morning. >> a roller coaster. >> when i woke up, i was like oh, this is happening today. >> what's going on? >> you guys know, so i'm pregnant. which some people guessed. >> ha ha! >> but yes, i'm pregnant, which is good news, but my husband works and lives and goes to school in southern california. and we tried to do long distance this whole time and now because of the baby, we should live together. >> yes. >> so today is my last day here. which is very sad to say because it's been really, really wonderful working with yo