today. heating up through the weekend. >> thank you for watching "kpix 5 news this morning." your next local update is 7:26. good morning, to our viewers in the west, it's wednesday, september 19th, 2018. welcome to "cbs this morning." judge brett kavanaugh's accuser says she wans the fbi to investigate her allegations of sexual assault before she talks to the senate judiciary committee. top republicans say dr. christine blasey ford has one chance to testify. one of elizabeth smart's kidnappers is expected to be released from prison today after serving a 15-year sentence, only on cbs this morning, smart talks about what wanda barzee told her after she reached her plea deal. a california surgeon and former reality tv personality is accused of drugging and sexually assaulting women with the help of his girlfriend. the search for what could be dozens of pushing the limits

series follows a traveling piano player giving nature a new soundtrack. why he's bringing classical music out in the open. we begin with a look at today's eye opener. your world in 90 seconds. asking her to come forward in five days and sit before the judiciary committee on national tv, is not a fair process. >> judge kavanaugh's accuser demands an investigation. >> i feel so badly for him. this is not man that deserves this. i'll be glad when i can drive home. >> president trump travels to north carolina to see the damage caused by hurricane florence. >> it's actually been pretty scary out here. in iowa, a homeless man is charged with killing a top amateur golfer. >> what an incredible tragedies, beyond belief. julie chen announced she's stepping down as host of "the talk." >> right now i need to spend more time at home with my husband and our young son.

a popular california doctor has now been charged with sexually assaulting two women. >> he's accused of being a serial rapist. all that and new york city rain overwhelms several subway stations. all that matters. >> messi has the ball where he likes it he's got the ball where he absolutely loves it. >> the master, lionel messi had a hat trick for barcelona. >> his eighth in the champions league, the new record. >> goal! on "cbs this morning." a former "sesame street" writer says characters burt and ernie are gay. >> but here's the weird thing, not for each other. that's the weird part. >> they were just genuinely just friends. >> their love wasn't real. >> why can't they love other people? >> i don't know. >> what's wrong with you? why can't ernie like

snuffalupagus? welcome to "cbs this morning." the woman who has accused supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh of sexual assault is demanding an investigation before she testifies on capitol hill. christine brace blasey ford sa fbi should look into the allegation that kavanaugh assaulted her more than 30 years ago before she appears before the senate committee. >> her lawyer says a full investigation by law enforcement officials will insure that the crucial facts are assessed in a nonpartisan manner. we're at the capitol hill, nancy, good morning. >> republican leaders pushed back immediately on ford's request for an fbi investigation. they said it won't change what she plans to say publicly. so she should go ahead and testify on monday as they have

proposed. but her lawyer in an interview said that this is too serious to rush through and that her story deserves to be checked out. >> this is being rushed through and it's too important to be rushed through. it's not a game. >> in a scorching letter to judiciary chairman chuck grassley, the attorneys for christine blasey ford said their client had endured death threats since going public, forcing her and her family to relocate. while dr. ford's life was being turned upside-down, her lawyers wrote, you and your staff scheduled a public hearing for her to testify six short days from today. an fbi investigation of the incident should be the first step. >> she will talk with the committee, she's not prepared to talk with them at a hearing on monday. >> an fbi investigation would take weeks. time the gop is reluctant to burn. republicans extended a hand in good faith, tweeted tennessee's bob corker. if we don't hear from both sides on monday, let's vote.

>> chairman grassley argued nothing the fbi or any other investigator does would have any bearing on what dr. ford tells the committee. so there is no reason for any further delay. ford, a psychologist and professor says the supreme court nominee pinned her to a bed, put his hand over her mouth and groped her at a high school party. brett kavanaugh says, that's completely false. we should not be rushing to judgment with a sham hearing on monday. that is designed solely to create a he said/she said atmosphere. >> republicans say the democrats should have shared the allegations earlier. >> they had weeks to bring this up. and we're not going to reward their conduct. >> many senators have already taken sides. >> what if anything could judge kavanaugh say in this hearing that would convince you that he didn't do what he's accused of? >> he is saying that he didn't do it. what else can he say? i set that aside and i look at what dr. ford is saying.

>> left unsaid here is the political reality that there is a mid term election coming up in just a month and a half. that could change the balance of power in the senate. so republicans have every incentive to push this through as quickly as possible. and democrats have every incentive to stall. norah? >> it looks like democrats could retake the senate. nancy, thank you. president trump said yesterday that kavanaugh will make an incredible supreme court justice. but also said he wanted to hear both sides at monday's hearing. >> a delay is certainly acceptable. we want to get to the bottom of everything. we want everybody to be able to speak up and to speak out. >> later on the president blamed the democrats for delaying a vote. tweeting the supreme court is one of the main reasons i got elected president. i hope republican voters and others are watching and studying the democrats' playbook. we have more from the white house. >> white house officials met

with brett kavanaugh here for hours over the past two days, talking through strategy as kavanaugh called senators to plead his case. kavanaugh reportedly underwent a tough practice session asking questions about his past dating and partying. the president has stressed he fully supports kavanaugh and feels badly for him that he's going through this. formally reopening the fbi's background check on kavanaugh would require a request from the white house. mr. trump said tuesday the fbi does not want to be involved in a statement, the justice department said the fbi does not make any judgment about the credibility or significance of any allegation. the purpose of a background investigation is to determine whether the nominee could pose a risk to the national security of the united states. the statement also added that ford's allegation does not involve any potential federal john? >> thanks. south korea's president will

visit president trump next week to report onatum kon. his moon jae in wrapped audiotape second day of talks with the north korean leader in pyongyang this morning. their third meeting of the year produced a series of pledges on issues from reducing military tensions to the olympics. south korea says kim is willing to take more steps toward denuclearization. ben tracy returned from north korea and is tracking this summit from beijing. ben, good morning. >> good morning. so these two leaders agreed to quite a bit. the big question now is how much of it will actually happen. and will the u.s. go along with it. now in this latest declaration, north korea agrees to permanently shutter its main missile engine testing site and its launch pad. this is where the north has tested several intercontinental ballistic miss manies. what's significant is that kim jong un said he will allow outside experts to verify that north korea has dismantled it. the north says it's willing to

shutter its main nuclear facilities, but only if the united states makes some unspecified reciprocal action. north korea has made it clear it will not unilaterally denuclearize. we were in north korea as the regime marked the anniversary of north korea's founding, they did not parade their missiles or even mention nuclear weapons at any of their events. but despite what north korea is doing and saying publicly, satellite imagery and reports from the u.n. show that they are still moving forward with their nuclear weapons program, they're just doing it much more quietly. gayle? >> ben tracy, reporting from beijing. thank you. president trump is about to land in north carolina to see damage caused by hurricane florence. the storm is now blamed for at least 37 deaths. two people drowned in sc sc overnight. after floodwaters overtook the sheriff's van they were riding in. demarco morgan is in fayetteville, north carolina, one of the many cities still

under threat. good morning. >> good morning. some of the neighborhoods look like this one behind me with cars partially submerged in waters. the river crested 26 feet above flood stage. the floodwaters have started to recede, but the bad news, it's a long time to recovery for this community. along the cape fear river in north carolina, the flooding seems to span for miles. homes look like islands with raert reaching up to their roofs. >> another two inches and it will actually come inside the apartments. >> in cumberland county entire neighborhoods are at the mercy of the river, for home owners here, hurricane florence is gone, but their problems are not. >> just as i got myself back together this storm came. >> tuesday morning, people gathered on a bridge in fayetteville that was closed because water reached the roadway. there was the fear that the rail

bridge would wash away. collecting debris as the cape fear river rose. emergency workers in north carolina have rescued more than 2,000 people since florence dumped more than 8 trillion gallons of water on the state. this drone video captured a dramatic rescue near fayetteville monday. a couple swept up in the floodwaters tried to stay above water by holding on to a guardrail. rescuers later brought them to safety. these residents stunned by the flooding from the rivers, it's not expected to completely recede until next week. >> i never thought it would happen to us. we've lived on the river my whole life. i've never known it to flood this bad. >> more than five million gallons of partially treated sewage spilled into the cape fear river which is one of the reasons i made an executive decision this morning not to walk through that stuff. you don't want to walk through it because can you get sick. really badly. norah, we'll send it back to

you. >> the aftereffects of it still hurting a lot of people. you're done incredible reporting. >> and the fact that a sheriff's vehicle got overrun by a flood. if a sheriff is overrun by the flood, that shows you you how dangerous it is. wanda barzee, the woman who helped her husband kidnap elizabeth smart in 2002 is set to be released from prison today. news crews have been watching the prison where she's currently housed in utah around the clock. barzee had been in custody for more than 15 years. smart told thus week she hopes barzee's family will commit her to a mental institution. >> you said this woman does need to be committed. will you do anything to make sure that happens? you know, some members of her family have said we don't want her here, either. >> i did make that call and i honestly, i do think that it probably would be the best place for her under the circumstances. would be to be civilly committed. it is not up to the family.

and so i just would ask them again, to really consider civil commitment. as much as for everyone else's safety, as her own, probably. >> john blackstone is outside the prison in draper, utah. john, good morning. >> wanda barzee has been eligible for release from this prison since just after midnight. 12:01 this morning. so far, officials here have given no indication when she might actually walk out of these gates. when she does, she'll enter a world that it in the words of one of her relatives she has no place to go. after more than 15 years behind bars, 72-year-old wanda barzee will soon be a free woman. officials in utah say they have no legal right to keep her incarcerated after discovering they made a mistake in calculating her sentence. >> ms. barzee has served her

time. and we have to release her. >> in 2002, barzee helped her husband, brian david mitchell kidnap 14-year-old elizabeth smart from her salt lake city home. smart told gayle king barzee stood by as mitchell frequently sexually assaulted her during her nine months in captivity. >> yes, she would encourage him to rape me. she would sit right next to me like the side of her body would be touching me. >> the release comes six years earlier than smart expected. because state officials discovered they miscalculated barzee's sentence. her attorney argues that once barzee finished serving her federal sentence, she didn't need to serve any additional time in state prison. >> we reviewed that with our legal counsel and determined that we did have to give credit for that time spent in federal custody. >> barzee will be under federal supervision for five years. >> she's got nowhere to go. >> her sister, who did not want

to give her name, says barzee is unfit to leave prison. >> she's mentally ill. terribly mentally ill. and she's very manipulative. >> barzee was denied parole in july for the second time. at the time, she refused to be evaluated by a prison psychologist. >> we can't extend a person's sentence regardless of for treatment or other factors. when a person has served their maximum time. >> it's unclear where barzee will end up. a federal agent assigned to her case will keep track of where she's living. meanwhile, her husband, brian david mitchell, remains in prison, serving a life sentence for the abduction of elizabeth smart. >> we'll be watching, john, thank you. we're going to have more of gayle's conversation with elizabeth smart in our next hour only on cbs this morning, she reveal what is barzee told her after her plea deal. a homeless man is charged with the murder of a college golf star in iowa.

this is the second high-profile murder of a college student in the state this year. the european ladies amateur champion, the iowa state university student was killed monday. dean reynolds is on iowa state university's campus where she was a beloved student athlete. dean, good morning. >> good morning. this poster of celia barkina hangs in the building in recognition of her place in the school's sports history. on monday, her golf clubs were found abandoned on a local fairway by another golfer, who called 911. police say rosamena's life of promise was ended on a public golf course in broad daylight by a random act of violence, the 22-year-old's body was found around 11:00 a.m. monday near a pond at the ninth tee.

she had been stabbed in the torso, head and neck. >> she was so happy, she had this great light about her. >> christie martins was her coach. >> how are her teammates taking tis? >> they're really struggling. she was really close with them. she's really special. and i really, i love her a lot. >> colin daniel richards, the 22-year-old murder suspect, briefly appeared in court tuesday with apparent scratches on his face, he's charged with first-degree murder. police say a canine tracked the victim's scent to a nearby homeless camp where richards was staying. they recovered a knife and two pairs of bloody shorts. a witness said the suspect, who was released from prison in june allegedly talked about having an urge to rape and kill a woman. >> we have had encounters with him in the past. and in barqi nempb e's home town in spain, flags flew at half

staff and people wept in the streets. >> we are all together, trying to put ourselves together. >> she is the reigning big 12 champion and iowa state's female athlete of the year. she was due to graduate with a degree in civil engineering. >> i was studying engineering and was like go for it, it's all good. >> she took three classes taught by jim alleman. >> she was sincere about her education, she wasn't just here to play golf. >> this morning, the des moines register is reporting that richards' defense attorney says his client will plead not guilty. meanwhile, iowa state was planning to honor barkin barkine arrozamena's achievements on saturday. that tribute will go ahead on saturday, it will be a memorial. norah? >> how upsetting, such a remarkable young woman.

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of videos that show different women. >> i will never understand how a woman could help a man help another woman, especially someone they don't know. >> it's very disturbing. >> one of the woman on the show said, he seems too perfect, there might be dark skeletons in the closet. >> there you go. julie chen is leaving her show "the talk" after her husband moonves resigned last week. she announced her departure yesterday. >> right now, i need to spend more time at home with my husband and our young son. so i have decided to leave "the talk." i want to thank everyone at the show for the wonderful years together. i will always, always cherish the memories we shared. most important, i want to thank you, the viewers, for allowing me into your home every day. it was a privilege that i will forever be grateful for.

to everyone behind the scenes, i send you my love. i will miss you all very, very much. >> tough time for julie yesterday. her other program, "big brother" will have its season finale last week. moonves was forced out over allegations of sexual assault which he denied. >> "the talk" won many emmys. julie has done a great job. >> you know how much she loved doing that. she will be missed. >> very much so. better and ernie have been known as best friends for almost 50 years. >> i was thinking you had forgotten about me. >> forget about you? never. did you miss me? >> i sure did. welcome home. >> ahead, the new controversy over the relationship and why the organization behind "sesame street" disagrees with one of the show's former writers.

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fuel to the theory that they are gay. >> do you like me, better? >> do i like you? of course i like you. you are my best friend. >> for nearly 50 years -- >> i'm home. >> bert and ernie have been the symbol of friendship for young audiences around the world. ♪ i like you >> a former writer for the show says the two were more than just pals. in an interview with the lgbtq website, he said they mirrored the relationship he had with his partner. i don't think i would know how else to write them but as a loving couple. that's what i had in my life. how could it not permeate? >> i miss my old buddy. >> those comments have reige natu -- reignited a debate.

they watched the landmark decision that declared a ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional. in a statement, theyfuted it saying they were created to be best friends. does it really matter? there's more to a human being that be just straightness or gayness. they have been at the forefront of diversity. >> the other children don't want to play with me because i'm hiv positive. >> featuring a character living with hiv in 2002. >> it helps you feel calm. >> just last year, introducing julia who has autism. >> they belong to everyone. >> this woman writes for "the washington post." people's interpretation of the characters might go against the creator's intent. >> people are longing to see a more accurate representation of the world in which they live. >> come on. >> i think it's touching a nerve for a lot of people who were thinking more deeply about the

notion of representation and how people even talk about sexual orientation. >> according to a book about the history of "sesame street," the relationship could have another tie. it could mirror the friendship between frank oz and jim henson. eager to hear what you think of the relationship. >> i think all options are good. is it horrible if they are gay? i don't think so. is it horrible they are best frie friends? don't think so. i think frank oz said it best. >> it's 2018 by the way. >> art happens between the creator and viewer. it's out of the creator's hand. whatever people interpret it to be. >> note from the "sesame workshop." they remain puppets. they don't have a sexual orientation. >> yes, while we are dissecting it. they are puppets. very nice. nice to have you on the table. coming up next, a look at

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good morning, time now 7:57. we have a traffic alert in effect for drivers heading along the peninsula this morning northbound 101 at ralston three lanes closed with multi-vehicle accident. slowdowns are stretching out of woodside towards sfo. it's about 25 minutes. 101 at hillsdale, you can see that northbound side at the bottom of the screen lots of brake lights approaching 92. let's check in with mary lee on the forecast. >> here's a view of the golden gate bridge, blue skies out there. let's show what you to expect with our temperatures. near normal highs for this time of year for today. so daytime highs running warmer than what we have seen over the last several days. it will warm tomorrow through the weekend.

good morning to our viewers in the west. welcome back to cbs "this morning." supreme court nominee abuse all investigated before she testifies. plus, the man who brings a piano to play concerts in the wild in our "pushing the limits" series. first, here's today's eye opener. the woman who accused brett kavanaugh is demanding an investigation before she testifie testifies. >> her lawyer says this is too serious to rush through and her story deserves to be checked out. >> kavanaugh reportedly underwent a tough practice session answering questions about his past as well as ford's allegation. >> the two leaders agreed to quite a bit. how much of it will happen and will the u.s. go along with it.

>> some of the neighborhoods still look like this one behind me with cars partially submerged. many of the roads impassable. >> no one knows where barzee will end up. meanwhile, her husband remains in prison serving a life sentence for the abduction of elizabeth smart. >> prosecutors describe the doctor and his couple as an attractive man and his girlfriend who lured victims into letting down their guard. >> high fly ball to left center field. way into the night to end the night. >> the dodgers are going to win it on a walkoff by chris taylor 3-2. victory tailor made. >> announcer: this morning's eye opener at 8:00 is presented by liberty mutual insurance. >> i'm gail king with norah o'donnell and john dickerson.

the woman who -- christine blassy ford said she has had to move her family. >> republicans want to confirm cavanaugh before the supreme court begins a new session and that is in less than two weeks. nancy cordes is on capitol hill. we know now dr. ford is demanding an investigation before a hearing. is that likely to happen. >> right now republican say no. they say it won't change what ford has to say to the committee and it's not the kind of thing the fbi does. democrats say it's absolutely what the fbi does. it investigated 27 years ago looking 13w ing into anita hills before she testified about clarence thomas. the reality is an fbi

investigation would take weeks if not more and so republican leaders are going to continue to resist it unless they get the sense, norah, that they can't round up the votes they need to confirm brett kavanaugh without an investigation. >> dr. ford has talked about that party where this alleged incident happened. we're hearing from some of the people speaking up for kavanaugh, vouching for his credibility. what are they saying? >> mark judge, who is a classmate of kavanaughs said he was in the room. he sent a letter to the judiciary committee saying he has no recollection of the party and doesn't want to testify. patrick smith, another former classmate of kavanaugh's says he doesn't know about the party or any bad behavior by kavanaugh. democrats say this is the kind of thing an investigation could accuse them of trying to stall the nomination with the hopes it will fall apart. >> nancy, thank you. >> the interesting thing about this, we raised this yesterday

with senator harris. why would you have a hearing without an investigation? i mean that also, to for the integrity and the sake of the victim who has come forward. why would you put someone on the stand in the public without finding out more details about this. this is a sensitive matter. >> and it's not just about what the alleged victim has to say. it's about informing the senators so they know what kind of questions to ask to have a proper inquiry. >> and they have supporters on both sides and it's important to hear from both sides before any vote is taken. they could have the vote and not hear anything from dr. ford. >> the republicans have offered for her to testify in public or private. they want to talk to her. and the senate's most senior republican, orrin hatch, wants the judiciary committee to proceed as planned with monday's hearing. hatch tweeted the fbi does not do investigations ls. the responsibility falls to us. in 1991, anita hill's sexual harassment allegations against

them supreme court nominee clarence thomas were investigated by the fbi. that report was leaked to the press leading to hill's testimony. hatch apologized to hill at the time. >> they immediately ordered this fbi investigation which was a very right thing to do, it's the appropriate thing to do. had an appropriate, fair procedure been followed you would not have been dragged to the media and i hope i never see that happen again to anybody in any confirmation proceeding. >> hatch is one of three senators on the judiciary committee who also served on in the 1991. republican chairman chuck grassley and democrat patrick leahy are the others. >> tens 60 thousands of people in north carolina are starting to tally the damage from hurricane florence. early estimates show this storm caused as much as $22 billion with a b in destruction. that would make it one of the ten most costliest hurricane in u.s. history. fema is handing out meals,

water, and tarps to hurricane victims. manuel bojorquez is in north carolina where some shops are still closed today. >> some of the evacuees are coming back home only to find parts of their community are still devastated. businesses closed, this gas station heavily damaged and thousands 60 people are still living in shelters. the cleanup could take weeks of full recovery much, much longer. how's your house? >> under water. >> reporter: still under water? >> it will be for a while. >> reporter: terrorism brewer and her son rode out the storm surviving on bread and water. they arrived to get their first real meal in four days. what's your hope? >> that everything gets back to normal. people are trying to kill each . >> reporter: the once-sprawling city of 120,000 is littered with downed trees, broken glass and boarded up store fronts. distribution centers are

providing meals and water after floods largely cut the city off from the rest of the state for almost four days. >> a lot of people have lost everything. they had to be evacuated so quickly that they didn't have time to take anything. >> governor roy cooper fears the worst flooding in north carolina is yet to come and he's working to provide temporary housing for those in need. are you getting what you need from the federal government? from your state legislature? >> right now we are. we're trying to rebuild businesses and roads and bridges ad infrastructure and get people back into their homes. that will be a challenge and we'll ask everybody to step up. >> reporter: but residents like dennis hickson are confident a sense of normalcy will come back. it will be a while before this returns to normal? >> it will but we'll be wilmington strong, believe me. we'll come back. >> reporter: one distribution center was serving 100 people

per hour for a total of 15,000 bottles of water and 8,000 meals. people tell me what they need is ice to preserve that food and medicine like insulin. norah? >> wow, manuel, thank you. we had chef jose andres here yesterday. this need to meet just the basic things about water and food everyday, it exists. >> stuff you don't think about it. coming up next, elizabeth smart tells us what her kidnapper wanda barzee said to her about the crime. plus, why pro-football legends threaten to boycott this weekend's hall of same ceremony. and how the baltimore orioles made history honoring the national federation of the

the orioles are making history as the first u.s. pro sports team to incorporate braille on their uniforms. the baltimore baseball team added the lettering to alternate uniforms in a game against the toronto blue jayss last night. the team's starting lineup was wtoecnize the national federation of the blind moving its headquarters to baltimore 40 years ago. the jerseys will be auctioned off with proceeds going to the

federation and i think that's a terrific idea. >> nice nod to them. ahead, jen crawford shows us how one pianist is giving nature a new sound track and making classical music more accessible. >> a piano concert in nature. it's a crazy idea. coming up on cbs "this morning," a man bringing together people from all walks of life. classical music in the wild.

we all want white teeth. you know doc how can i get whiter, brighter teeth. and the dentist really has to say let's take a step back and talk about protecting your enamel. it's important to look after your enamel because it's the foundation for white teeth. i believe dentists will recommend pronamel strong and bright because it's two fold. it strengthens your enamel, but then also it polishes away stains for whiter teeth. so it's really something that's a win-win for the patient and the dentist.

elizabeth smart cheer you on always. >> bless her. still ahead, the new way companies are trying to give employees a boost without raising salaries. you're watching "cbs this morning."

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(laughter) halloween time is back in disneyland and disney california adventure parks! good morning. we have two traffic alerts to tell you about. we'll begin in the north bay, southbound 101 as you approach lucky drive, three left lanes currently shut down due to a major accident involving a couple of cars. do expect delays. traffic right now backs up to highway 37. so it's "slow, stop, go." here's a live look. you can see that that southbound side just not even moving at this point. it looks like chp is holding traffic so they can get some of that activity cleared out of the roadway. here's a live look at the richmond/san rafael bridge,

and that's slow going westbound due to the delays along 101. highway 37 is pretty slow heading along the peninsula, 101 as you approach hillsdale, still heavy from an earlier accident. let's check in with mary lee on the forecast. thanks, jaclyn. a big difference with our weather. high pressure building in for us. it's nice to see the sunshine in many location to start off the day. we'll continue with that sun and warm temperatures. so daytime highs will be running near normal for this time of year today. upper 60s in san francisco. mid-70s in oakland. looking at mid-80s for concord. now, because of dry gusty noy a fire weather watch will be in effect this evening through tomorrow afternoon for the north bay hills boo to winds and low humidity. -- hills due to winds and low humidity. 90s through saturday. cooling down a little next week.

♪ welcome back to cbs this morning, right now it's time to show some of this morning's headlines from around the globe. the "washington post" reports some nfl legends are threatening a boycott of the annual hall of fame ceremonies unless they get health insurance and a salary. the hall of famers included jim brown, joe name add, jerry rice and lawrence taylor. they made their demands in a letter sent to the nfl commissioner and others. the players say it would be reasonable if people quote thought life was good for us. but onalance is no those a some >> ye telythe aim aused o enabng to post discriminatory job postings with its add targeting tool amount of

legal complained was filed by the aclu and three female job hunters. they are accused of targeting applicants of a specific gender. bloomberg reports on a survey that reports many americans with diabetes don't even know they have it. they estimate more than 30% of american adults with diabetes don't realize they are suffering from it. about one in seven suffered from diabetes between 203 and 2016. new jersey's star ledger reports a bus driver was fired after getting lost for at least an hour with 37 kids on board on their first day of school. at a board meeting one parent said she waited two hours before finding the bus herself. it was nowhere near the bus route. the new jersey school superintendent said the driver had failed to go on a practice run. school officials apologized and

said they would require all drivers to practice their routes before starting. how with waze or google maps? how about that? >> i am amazing how many times that happens. >> yeah, it does not need to happen. >> you are right. >> only because my parents used to look at the map. to the point of come on already. they would map out the route every time we went somewhere. the "wall street journal" is saying employers are increasing benefits and vacation time instead of increasing salaries. bonuses and supplemental pay increased by 20% this year. it gives employers the opportunity the chance to reverse the increases if the economy worsens. why do we hate wasps but love bees? a new study published claims wasps are are among about least liked incense worldwide. bees are appreciated.

why? because bees produce honey. for wasp they think of stinging and annoying. but wasps also pollenate and are also ecologically useful. the u.s. incarcerates more of its citizens than any other nation in the world according to the latest government data. in 20162 million people were in jails and prisons. that's compared to less than 200,000 in 1972. the equal justice initiative the is a non-profit organization that prays legal representation for inmates and works to end mass incarceration. brian stevenson is the founder and executive director and has won national acclaim for his work as an advocate for the poor, neglected and marginalized people in america. he adapted his best seller just mercy for young adult readers. it looks at the justice system and details his challenges as a

lawyer fighting injustice. brine stevenson good morning. >> thank you, great to be back here. >> why did you side decide to make the book into a kids' book? >> so many children now live lives that have been affected by the prison increase from 200,000 in the 1970 aez to 2.2 million today. people are on probation or parole and 70 million people have arrests which impact them. most kids know people, family members who have been impacted by the criminal justice system. i wanted to give them stories to help them understand that they are not the only people dealing with this. there has been a huge increase in the number of women sent to prison. 646% increase in women sent to jails or prisons. 70% of the women we send to jails and prisons are single parents with minor children. i think it's just important that kids begin to make sense of what is happening around them.

i don't think we have done a good job doing that. >> brian, it does go back to that law and order question, if you do the crime then you must do the time. you say the opposite of poverty is justice not wealth. what is wrong with the system? if you did it shouldn't you pay for it? >> many of the people we put in jails and prisons is for drug addiction and drug dependency. i don't think we could have made in a a crime. i think we could have made ate health problem and used our health care system. countries that have done that, families have stayed together and mothers haven't been separated from their children. we have seen things getting better. we haven't seen things getting better in our empty of the drug epidemic here. we have a system that treats you better if you are rich and guilty than poor and innocent. prison when they haven't done anything wrong. that can be disruptive in the lives of children. >> there is a story, walter mcmill app, why is that

important. >> the story, first of all, it comes out of alabama, where is harper lee grew up and wrote "to kill a mocking bird." mane many young readers read that story and see that fictional account and think that happened a really long time ago without appreciating that today we wrongly convict and condemn lots and lots of people. for every ten people we have executed we have now identified one wrong person on death row. it is a shocking rate of error. we haven't made sense of it. which is why i argue that the death penalty is not about whether people deserve to die for the crimes they commit. >> the put things in context. is it also your hope to hope with the compassion deficit that we have. >> it is. >> i like that phrase. >> i think it is a good description of where we are. i think each of us is more than the worst thing we have ever hey to they are not

a liar. if they took something they are not just a thief. we haven't done alkg abt that. for children in particular i think it is an important narrative because if your teenager or a young person who made a mistake you can feel like your life is over because of that mistake. if we can get children to be more compassionate to people who fall down and more forgiving of themselves when they make mistakes i think we build a healthier, more compassion more caring community. i am worried about the anger and the menace that we impose on children. we are constantly threatening children. we have teachers who talk like correctional officers and principals who speak like wardens. we are not teaching kids to be hopeful about what they can achieve. i believe that hopelessness is the enemy of justice. >> you didn't even know a lawyer until you went to law school.

you have now been described as young nelson mandela because of the work that you do. i noticed you sat up straighter in the green room. they are doing a movie now based on your work. >> i grew up in a poor commune. i never did meet a lawyer until i got to law school. i want young readers to imagine they can be a lawyer, be a doctor, be a teacher, be an engineer, they can be anything they want to be. i had to believe things it never seen before to imagine i could be practicing law. for me it is important to share that with kids, poor kids, minority kids. a movie is great. i am thrilled that people have been interested in the story. i want to affirm how important it is that sometimes you have to stand up even when people say sit down. sometimes you have to speak even when people say be quiet. i thk young people if they internalize that message can future. d us to a successful

> what are were going to say norah? >> i was going to show the book because you have to wrap it up. thank you brian stevenson. just mercy as adapted for young adults is on sale now. eye head we introduce to you the pianist playing concerts in the wild. ♪ >> my mom and i were saying, wouldn't it be cool if you could just have a piano and go anywhere, remove all of the buriers that that people normally have with classical music. >> he shows us how he is taking

this morning in our pushing the limits series, one man is taking his piano skills to the edges of cliffs in the middle of deserts. less than 10% of americans attend classical music concerts a year. hunter noack is trying to change that, and so he's transforming the entire concert experience. starting with finding the perfect backdrop. jan crawford recently met up with him. jan, good morning. >> well, good morning. noack grew up hiking, firning, hunting there in oregon and he left to follow his dream. he had classical musical training here and overseas. but he decided to come back to

where he came from. he left behind the grand concert halls for the grand outdoors. and taking what he loves to the place he calls home. ♪ >> reporter: it's a place of spectacular beauty. cliffs, tall trees of northern oregon. and then the unexpected. ♪ >> reporter: floating through the air, the elegant mellow dif classical music. >> my mom and i were saying wouldn't it be cool if you could just have a piano and go anywhere. >> reporter: so that's what hunter noack did, traveling across the pacific northwest introducing classical music to new audiences in some rilwild places. >> i could do a show every day and be happy. >> he tows his piano all over this state on a flatbed trailer.

>> it's really kind of an audacious thing that you're doing. do people go, what? >> yeah. >> what are you doing? >> yeah. it's really impressive to have a 9 foot stein way being hald away wi -- hauled around way pickup truck. >> with a help of a few friends, flatbed becomes a stage. >> i wanted the same piano that that's in cornegy hall. >> and this is the same? >> this is the same instrument. in a way i feel like it fits because these are our halls, the cobum leah gorge is our ka they'd drald and the des certify our church. ♪ >> reporter: on this night it's on a cliff jetting in the columbia river. >> does it seem different playing here? >> it does. there are more distraction, but -- >> wind. >> wind, of course. but, you know, i love to just be able to close my eyes or between

pieces take a breath in fresh air. i think it affects how i play. >> reporter: noack performs in the landscape, spaces with astounding natural beauty and rich history. >> you're taking this like beautiful music to places where people would not have access to it. >> yeah. you know, we have the people that come from portland and eugene that are classical music lovers that get to explore these parts of the state that they otherwise might not. and then we have people that are coming to these places that are familiar to them. places they go fishing, place these go camping. it gives people sort of a different lens through which to see this land that they know and love. >> reporter: he makes the surround gds pa surroundings part of the performance. this land is owned by the american warm springs tribe. and joining noack here is james edmond greeley.

in this re-imagined concert hall, noack hopes to remove the normal barrierso classical music. ♪ >> reporter: there are free tickets, casual clothes, and the opposite of formal seating like perching on a rock overlooking the stage. a third of his audience has never attended a classical musical concert, but even those who have likely haven't done it like this. wearing wireless headphones to encourage wandering. >> with the music in your headphones, the music becomes a soundtrack to your experience in the landscape. >> reporter: noack is winning over the classical skeptics. >> i said to my friend if she had invited me to a classical music concert i would have said, na. but there was tremendous. >> reporter: and the outdoor aversion. >> well, she was a little bit

hesitant at first but she likes classical music. >> i am speechless. there was nothing artificial here. it was all natural, natural surroundings, yes, indeed. ♪ >> reporter: it's a new community. noack hopes to create it each night out on the edge of nowhere. >> what do you hope they get out of it? >> i hope that they find little moments of magic. it's those little moments that draw people's emotions, like give them space to feel something and to notice the beauty around us. and even for an hour, wander wherever they want is something totally worth doing. >> and they're finding that magical moment with people that they may think they have nothing in common with. >> absolutely. ♪ >> reporter: now noack wants to

make sure anyone can go to these concerts, especially to the people who live around all those places where he's performing. so there are always some free tickets. and he's considering taking this outside his home state for concerts in the wild all over the country. gayle. >> boy, jan, beautifully done. i feel better already just listening to him. what a gift he's sharing with all of us. >> it was so soothing. i feel very relaxed. >> i almost walked out of the studio in search of getting there. >> that was really nice. thank you, hunter. i love the woman that said yes indeed. that's right. on today's krrks cbs podcast, a million little piece, james frey discusses how he was inspired to right his latest novel katerina. you're watching "cbs this morning." ♪

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mixed-used development project. the developer proposed good morning. it's 8:55. i'm michelle griego. today the city of cupertino is expected to make a final decision on a mixed use development project. the developer proposed turning the former vallco mall site into about2400 housing units. in santa rosa, the tap water in fountain grove is finally safe to drink again. today, the city is lifting the health advisory issued in november after the wine country wildfires. >> san jose's hope village homeless encampment has a new temporary home. the "mercury news" reports the city is willing to allow the encampment to operate on city- owned land for six months. we'll have news updates throughout the day on your favorite platforms, including our website, kpix.com

good morning. 8:57. all lanes cleared in the southbound direction of 101 just past paradise but we are still tracking a major backup due do afternoon earlier accident. that has traffic backed up beyond highway 37. we're also seeing slowdowns heading in the northbound direction. now, this is 101 right at 580 so do expect delays if you are traveling through the north bay along 101. your ride along the richmond/san rafael bridge, that's a very slow going commute and highway 24 dealing with a crash approaching 580.

we are in the red 30-minute ride from 680 to 580. hat's a check of your traffic; over to you. thanks. nice to see that sunshine out there as we head through the day. plenty of sunshine, warming up with daytime highs near normal for this time of year. so highs in san francisco upper 60s. mid-70s oakland, fremont, across the east bay. inland mid- to upper 80s. because of a ridge of high pressure in place and dry northerly winds, we'll see some gusts up to 35 miles per hour for the north bay hills. so a fire weather watch in effect for northeast napa county, lake county and lake berryessa area extreme fire danger due to relative humidity values that are going to be quite low. that's this evening into tomorrow afternoon a fire weather watch. tomorrow we see the low 90s inland through saturday. cooler at the end of the week.

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