it's good to be back. i went to italy on vacation. i went for the first time and brought an is osedo like gato. e you >> yay! good morning to our viewers in the west. we got a new team. we'll talk about that in just a second. but it's wednesday, october 3, 2018. welcome to "cbs this morning." an explosive "new york times" report challenges the president's life-long claim that he's a self-made billionaire. the white house denies the investigation's claims that the president profited from tax dodges and quote outright fraud. president trump drops his restraint and attacks christine blasey ford's testimony about an alleged sexual assault by brett kavanaugh, mr. trump also appears to distance himself from his supreme court nominee. federal agents seize hundreds of corporate documents from juul, the nation's leading

e-cigarette maker. how the fda's escalates its investigation into whether the company is marketing to minors. and how do video games impact our minds and bodies? we take you inside a study as colleges ramp up courses for students seeking careers in video game design. we begin with a look at today's eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. >> i had one beer. how did you get there? i don't remember. how many years was it? i don't. >> the president mocks judge kavanaugh's accuser. >> an extensive "new york times" article claims that president trump had tax dodges. >> this after an email sent to the pentagon tested positive for the poison ricin. a tornado slammed into a nursing home in pennsylvania,

thankfully no one was seriously hurt. dramatic rescues in arizona as remnants of tropical storm rosa flash flooding. >> the water caught a lot of drivers offguard. in inds intoia the death toll has risen to 1400. rescuers continue their search to find survivors. all that, plus -- >> the cubs, dodgers, wild card game. >> the colorado rockies! >> and all that matters. netflix is developing programs that will let viewers choose how an episode ends. >> i already spend four hours what i'm going to watch now i got to spend another four hours choosing the plot. ♪ red, red wine >> apparently 1985 brett kavanaugh and his friends got into a fight with a man they thought was the lead singer of the man, ub40. >> ub40, nothing could be more stereotypically college in the 1980s? what's next? kavanaugh teamed up with james spader to steel

underwear and throw it into the pool while john ead screaming "i want my mtv"? welcome to "cbs this morning." but before we get to today's news, we're going to make a little bit of news on our own. >> we're thrilled to announce that brianna golenjaga is joining us as co-host. >> are you thrilled to be here? >> i am. >> we are really thrilled to have you. >> we heard the news and i said yippee for us, we're excited that you're here. you're already known as a first-rate journalist and you continue your mission on this show. first-rate journalism, original story telling. the best team to work with, thanks for having me. plenty of news to tell but this morning. tax investigators in new york state are looking into a

bombshell report that appears to undermine four decades self-promotion by president trump. "new york times" investigation says the president apparently received the equivalent of at least 413 million from his father's real estate empire, much of it through tax dodges. >> mr. trump has always claimed to have a self-made billionaire. it was a central theme of his 2016 campaign. >> i got a very, very small loan from my father. many years ago. i built that into a massive empire. and i paid my father back that loan. and by the way -- >> the "times" calls some of the tax schemes outright fraud. the president reacted on twit they are morning. he says the story is a very old, boring hit piece. paula reed is at the white house with the latest. paula, big news, good morning. >> good morning. the "times" says it reviewed more than 100,000 financial documents for this investigation. and found that in every era of the president's life, his finances were dependant on his father's wealth.

the president has long claimed that it was just a $1 million loan that jump-started his empire. but the "times" found he received at least $60 million in loans from his father. which he did not pay back in full. much of his wealth was acquired by participating in what the "times" calls dubious tax schemes. among them, mr. trump and his siblings set up a sham corporation to disguise gifts from their parents. and allegedly helped his father take improper tax deductions and help formulate a strategy to undervalue his parents' real estate holdings. in all, the "times" estimates those maneuvers helped the trump family avoid paying at least $550 million in gift and inherentance taxes. they paid just over $50 million. an attorney for the president called the "times'" allegations of fraud and tax evasion, 100% false and highly defamatory. the white house released an unusual statement. called the article a misleading attack. then went on to list many of the

president's accomplishments in the administration. and take some shots ate york times."ns has pass> th secret service says its investigating a suspicious envelope sent to president trump. it was mailed on monday. and intercepted before reaching the white house. the fbi is also investigating letters sent to the pentagon that tested positive for the deadly poison, ricin. run one of them was addressed to secretary of defense. jeff begay has more. >> is one person responsible or a group? that's what investigators are trying to figure out. the pentagon's mail delivery center remains under quarantine this morning. letters arrived on pentagon grounds that are being analyzed by the fbi. one was addressed to defense secretary james mattis and the other to chief of naval operations john richardson. both letters tested positive for ricin, which can be deadly. letter addressed to secretary

mattis, who is currently out of the country also contained a 5 x 8 card with handwriting on it the content has not been made public. that's an important clue for investigators, rice be can cause death within 36 to 72 hours and can only be manufactured deliberately. bioweapons experts caution if a field tests are inconclusive and a lab test has to be done to confirm that a substance is in fact ricin. another letter by the way was delivered to the campaign office in houston, texas on monday. of senator ted cruz, that tested negative for a suspicious substance. it is unclear at this time whether all of these incidents are related. but the good news is, no one has been injured. >> that is the good news. as you mention the search for the culprit continues. well president trump's defense of supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh took a sharp turn last night. when he publicly criticized the woman who claims kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in high

school. the president slammed christine blasey ford's senate testimony during a political rally in mississippi. with the crowd cheering him on. her lawyer responded on twitter, is it any wonder that she was terrified to come forward and that other sexual assault survivors are as well? major garrett is at the white house, which is waiting for the fbi to finish exampling the allegations against kavanaugh. major, good morning. >> good morning there was a time, surprising to some here at the white house when president trump used measured words and exercised disciplined restraint when discussing allegations of sexual misconduct placed against his supreme court nominee, brett kavanaugh. those days are over. kavanaugh's chief accuser, dr. blasey ford and her memory now fair game for the president who says it is kavanaugh who is suffering most, not because of his past conduct or the answers he gave under oath to the senate, but because he is the president says, a victim of a scary new dynamic in the politial confirmation process. that is, guilty until proven

innocent. >> how did you get home? i don't remember. how did you get there? i don't remember. how many years ago was it? i don't know. i don't know! >> for the first time, president trump openly mocked dr. christine blasey ford, who has accused supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her in high school. the president, who previously described ford's testimony as credible and compelling ridiculed her story's missing details. >> what neighborhood was it? i don't know. where's the house? i don't know. upstairs? downstairs? where was it? i don't know. but i had one beer, that's the only thing i remember. and a man's life is in tatters, a man's life is shattered. >> ford testified she remembered kavanaugh clearly as the person who tried to assault her. ford's lawyer, michael brohmwich tweeted mr. trump had engaged in

a vicious, vile and soulless attack adding the president was a profile in cowardice. dr. ford has not been interviewed as part of its seventh background check on kavanaugh. in a letter, dr. ford's lawyer says the it's inconceivable that the fbi could conduct a thorough investigation of dr. ford's allegations without interviewing her. chairman chuck grassley accused ford's team of with holding evidence. for notes from therapy sessions as well as the full details of dr. ford's polygraph expectation. >> i drank beer with my friends. almost everyone did. >> letters obtained by "the new york times" appear to show kavanaugh writing his friends ahead of beach week 1983, to warn the neighbors that we're loud, obnoxious drunks, with prolific pukers among us. >> i don't think you should lie to congress. >> yesterday the president appeared to distance himself from his nominee. >> i don't even know.

i met him for the first time a few weeks ago. i don't even know him. so it's not like oh, gee, i want to protect my friend. i want to do what's right for this country. >> kavanaugh has denied all allegations of sexual misconduct and excessive drinking. now senator joe manchin, democrat west virginia, possibly a swing vote in this process. has said if it is confirmed that kavanaugh lied to the senate, all political support or at least most of it for his confirmation would collapse. >> major, what do we know about that inquiry and when it's going to be completed? and then when the senate will hold its vote? >> well the senate, republican leaders expect that report the next couple of days. the clock began ticking on friday, it could arrive as early as today. the senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell said all majority leaders will get a chance to review it. outcome, uncertain. >> there's growing desperation among indonesians who survived the earthquake and tsunami. the death toll has risen to more than 1400. recovery and rescue efforts are

intensifying across the island of suliwesi. tracy is in the middle of the disaster zone in palu, indonesia. good morning. >> as if things could get these worse here, a volcano erupted on this very same island today. now authorities say so far, that does not require any sort of evacuations, but even the threat of that has added insult to considerable injury. this is where the tsunami's nearly 20-foot-high wall of water hit palu, barely anything is left standing. the water also destroyed something that can never be rebuilt. this woman lost five family members, including her father and mother. >> i lost my family. five. i very, very love him. i very, very love her. >> the search for the dead

continue. both with big machines, and bare hands. shortly after we arrived, these rescue workers found two more victims. they told us one was the body a 12-year-old boy. aid is not arriving fast enough and basic supplies are running out. >> we're just driving by this gas station and we saw this. hundreds of people are camped out here with their gas cans hoping to get them filled up. >> at the front of the line was this ma'am named ari. he sat here through the night only to find out there won't be fuel arriving today. >> how hard is it to live in this town right now for you? >> i don't know maybe it's chaos. >> the sheer scale of this disaster seems more overwhelming as the days go by. >> what do you want people who are watching this in the united states or other places to know about what's happening here? >> we need your help.

please. people, from all around the world. >> people here are starting to get angry about how the indonesian government is handling the response to this disaster. one piece of good news? the red cross tells us that a ship full of supplies should arrive here on friday. for cbs this morning, ben tracey, palu, indonesia. i won't forget that woman's words, i very, very love him. you see the story in the news, and then you see the devastation and the toll it takes on people. >> having covered these in the past, the pictures never do the justice, the scale of what has happened with what people have lost. >> a very tough story. a pennsylvania community is cleaning up after a powerful tornado slammed into a nursing home. the ef-2 tornado touched down yesterday in crawford county south of erie. winds topping 115 miles per hour tore the roof off the elder care community. all 162 residents were evacuated no one was seriously hurt here. they will be moved to another

facility until their building is repaired. people in phoenix, arizona are recovering after severe flash flooding. emergency crews rescued more than half a dozen people from cars stranded in floodwaters caused by the remnants of tropical storm rosa. >> all of a sudden the water quickly came up and the car stopped and i had a panic moment. just like the water was coming into the car and like you don't know what to do. >> the nearly two and a half inches of rain broke a 30-year-old record. that's almost a third of the city's average rainfall for an entire year. yesterday, a car-sized sinkhole shut down a major intersection in phoenix. the rain is moving out of arizona, flash flood watches remain in effect for parts of utah and colorado. >> communities in northern tennessee are on high alert this morning as the search intensifies for a dangerous suspect in a deadly crime spree. 53-year-old kirby wallace is accused in three home invasions in two murders. police set up a series of

checkpoints, residents are being ateast 20 agencies are currently assisting in the manhunt. helicopters are helping, as terrain. authorities say wallace may be wearing camouflage gear and is likely armed. a month long meeting of roman catholic bishops is getting under way. the pope will lead the kbaering aimed at bringing young catholics back to the church. the pope admits many young people have turned away because of the sex scandals rocking the vatican. seth, good morning to you. >> the meeting has been criticized by some church leaders because clerical sex abuse is not officially on the docket. but it most likely will loom large over these meetings. pope francis told bishops this morning -- you should have a future free of the mistakes and sins of the past. today he launches the synod or meeting which brings together

nearly 300 church leaders from almost 125 countries. the vatican is recognized young people's lack of harmony with the church. so these mostly old people have surveyed catholic youth and will discuss topics that sound like a teenager's google history. video games, migration, lgbt issues, war, friendship, porn, and corruption. survivors of sex abuse areanf is k these four hearing impaired survivors of clerical sex abuse pointed out the priests who had abused them at the antonio provolo institute for the deaf in italy. they plan to protest at the vatican later today. i was naked and confused this man told us, his abuse started at age nine. i was abused in a confessional

this man explained. when allegations surfaced, some of the predator priests from italy were transferred to another school for the hearing impaired in argentina. where they abused more children. i would scream and cry because of the pain, this man said. r because everyone was deaf. those victims told us they would like to vatican to acknowledge their abuse and in some cases they would like to be compensated. but norah, they told us talking to the vatican was like talking to a wall. >> seth stone in rome. thank you. >> i find that so upsetting. >> it is sickening, you can feel the pain. just the fact that they were number one, they were deaf to be taken advantage of that way. we all guessed in the studio, he said i would cry out in pain and no one would hear me because they were deaf. you toeth think that would happen in a church setting. >> and talking to the church is like talking to the wall. >> this is journalism and their voices matter.

rome has got to do something and the pope has got to do something. this is a time for him to speak out. they've got to announce reforms. >> and they've got to be anticipating more of these types of stories ahead. devastating. the team in rome there, thanks so much. a chicago police officer charged with murdering a black teenager takes the stand in his own defense. ahead, we show you his emotional and sometimes combative testimony and how the prosecutor

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coming up, new details of the cellphone alert you'll receive from the president today. >> and tomorrow in our series "a mo due in court today... facing federal charges in connection to last year's violent rally in ole evan white good morning, it's 7:26. i'm michelle griego. a bay area man is due in court today facing federal charges in connection to last year's violent rally in charlottesville. cole evan white is accused of inciting a riot. orinda is now the latest city to beef up its gun storage laws. the city council has approved an ordinance requiring gun owners to secure their firearms when they are not in use. and this morning you can expect to receive a presidential alert on your cell phone. it's the first test of an emergency alert system intended to give americans a

warning about a crisis. and don't be alarmed. it's only a test. we'll have news updates news updates throughout the day on your favorite platforms, including our website, kpix.com

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you know those emergency alerts you get on your phone like at 3:00 a.m.? sometimes it's a missing child, sometimes it's an actual disaster. well, now it could be something worse. >> americans nationwide will receive an alert on their cell phones from president trump. but it won't be a personal message. it's the first test of a national presidential alert system that will let any president issue a warning about a crisis. >> this is trump's dream. he realizes with a tweet he can't force everyone to read. your phone will be like, i'm on

fox & friends at 7:00 a.m. enjoy. also, a tsunami is coming. sad! >> well, i'm going to be inundated with everyone else who follows him on twitter. we already get his twitter alerts, now we'll all be getting alerts on our phones. welcome back to "cbs this morning." americans nationwide will receive an alert from the president today on their cell phones for the first time. it will read, this is a test of the national wireless emergency alert system. no action is needed. fema's presidential alert system is meant to be used only to warn of a national crisis, like an incoming missile or tsunami. the test is scheduled at 11:18 a.m. pacific time. users cannot opt out. the epa is proposing to weaken radiation regulations, suggesting a little bit of radiation is actually good for you, like sunlight. current guidance says any exposure to radiation is a cancer risk. critics warn the proposal could

increase harmful exposure for people who work near radiation or live next to superfund sites. supporters said it would decrease unnecessary spending handling exposure to accidents. there is no evidence so far that hackers accessed the thousands of apps that use facebook, tinder, just a few of those apps. facebook says nearly 50 million gts we accounts were compromised. this story is not over. the child of a black teenager trial resumes today after the witness took the witness stand. jason van dyke claims he shot laquan mcdonald in 2014 because the teen was threatening him

with a knife. dean reynolds is outside the courthouse where the teen faces a possible life sentence. dean, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. back in october 2014, van dyke and his partner responded to a call about a man with a knife breaking into vehicles. six seconds after arriving on the scene, van dyke fired off 16 shots, killing laquan mcdonald. yesterday on the witness stand, van dyke was both combative and emotional as he recounted events of the day. >> his face had no expression, his eyes were just bugging out of his head. he had just these huge white eyes just staring right through me. >> reporter: with the help of defense attorney randy rueckert, jason van dyke walked the jury through his version leading up to the 2014 shooting. >> i was yelling at him, drop the knife i don't know how many times, but that's all i yelled.

>> reporter: and d . >> and did he keep advancing toward you? >> he never stopped. >> reporter: but the camera never showed mcdonald advancing toward van dyke or any knife on the scene. >> he moved across his body towards his left shoulder. >> and is when he did that, what did you do? >> i shot him. >> reporter: it also included some theatrics from the defense. they acted out how little time van dyke would have had to react from a possible knife attack. >> i'll show you how much time you have to react. >> reporter: during prosecution, attorney jodi van gleason attacked van dyke's story. >> you had six seconds after you pulled the trigger for the first time. right? >> and in that six seconds, he got closer to me faster than i could have gotten around the

squad car. >> reporter: he said he dropped the knife before he got there, but gleason rejected that offer. >> you aren't trained to shoot someone because somebody has a knife, are you? >> no, you're not. >> reporter: mcdonald's death led to massive protest and political action, including the firing of the city's superintendent. and on tuesday, chicago civil rights icon, the reverend jesse jackson, demanded justice. >> justice and peace will end the problem. there must be some mass action if justice is not met. >> reporter: defendants may wrap up their case later today. closing arguments are due this week. >> dean, thank you. four men described as serial riders are in custody for their role in the charlottesville

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we don't want it at all. >> but aren't they going to loose a lot of market share and sales if they do man amg to stop kids from using their product? >> there are a billion smokers in this world. we don't want and we don't need teens to use this product. >> nicotine abuse addiction isn't the only. a rand corporation study showed on tuesday teens who vape are more likely to go on and smoke traditional cigarettes. >> this problem is the result of both the irresponsible marketing by juul and the failure of the fda to effectively campaign against cigarettes. what's key now is for them to real ce actions to address the problem. >> well, the fda has given july and four other e-cigarette manufacturers a 60-day deadline

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from describing an alleged event with president trump. yesterday president trump declined to answer questions about the report. >> our partners at the bbc reports that france's most wanted fugitive is back in cuffed today after spending three days on the run. 46-year-old redoine faid was recaptured. he was reportedly arrested overnight in paris. guess who was with him? his brother and two other men. he was served a 25-year sentence for a botched armed robbery that left a policewoman dead on the scene. toys "r" us apparently wants to relaunch the business. this is what happens. it would use the toys "r" us and babies r us chain names. they compled their closuearlrye.

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good morning to our viewers in the west. it's wednesday, october 3, 2018, welcome to bianna goal drlodryg is joining us for full time at the table. melania trump's good will visit to four african countries. why the first lady may have to make up for something the president said. plus, chelsea clinton will be here in studio 57 with reactirea reaction to the brett kavanaugh

controversy. investigators are looking into a bombshell report that appear to undermine four decades of self-promotion by president trump. the "times" said it reviewed more than 100,000 financial documents. an attorney for the president called this allegation a fraud. the pentagon's mail delivery center remains under a quarantine. in the initial analysis, both letters tested positive for ricin. >> kavanaugh's chief accuser christine blasey ford has said that kavanaugh is the one who is suffering. as if things could get worse, a volcano erupted today. so far that doesn't require evacuation bus the threat of that added insult to considerable injury. before this meeting begins it has been criticized by some church leaders because clerical sex abuse is not officially on the docket but it will most likely loom large. in astronomy news, a skull-shaped asteroid will pass by earth after halloween. please do not freak out. it's not really a skull-shaped

asteroid. it's just a ball of rock and frozen gas that ltsaltz and is haped death no, honey, it's not a skull asteroid, it's a death comet. good night. [ laughter ] >> is that better? ze death comet. >> i feel like i went to see death comet in high school. >> love them. >> their acoustic work is underappreciated. i'm john dickerson with nora o'donnell, gayle king and bianna golodryga. >> hello, good morning. >> this is a big day for us. if you're just joining us, the reason we're smiling and so happy is we're thrilled to announce bianna is joining us as a co-host. she is a reporter, you've seen her work, you've seen her questioning at the table so she'll fit just right in with us here. so welcome. >> you've been so welcoming. i have goose bumps. >> bianna golodryga, we welcome. my russian accent isn't as good

as yours. john, you're outnumbered, i like that. >> in what context do you mean i'm outnumbered, gayle? >> girls rule the world. >> and you could say my name from day one. i knew i was home. >> welcome, welcome. now on to the business of the day. the fbi probe of sexual misconduct allegations against supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh could end as early as today. >> chuck schumer says he wants senators to have 24 hours to read the report before voting. republican leader mitch mcconnell says it shouldn't take lawmakers long to read and says he will hold a final vote. at a rally, president trump defended kavanaugh who denies allegations of sexual assault and then the president mocked accuser christine blasey ford. this is just days after saying her senate testimony was credible. >> what neighborhood was it in? i don't know. where's the house? i don't know. upstairs, down stairs, where was

it? i don't know. but i had one beer. that's what i remember. a man's life is shattered. his wife is shattered. his daughters who are beautiful, incredible young kids they destroy people, they want to destroy people. these are evil people. this is a time when your father, when your husband, when your brother, when your son could do great. mom, i did great in school, i've worked so hard. mom, i'm so breezed to tell you i just got a fantastic job. mom a terrible thing just happened, a person who i never met said that i did things that were horrible. and they're firing me from my job, mom, i don't know what do. mom, what do i do? >> well, blasey ford's lawyer called the president's outburst a vicious, vile, and soulless attack. >> women have a lot toayboutpree

sa what about thn? t whoer at su?outomen who have >> what about dte mothers > anita hill sa some me is from just clarence thomas' confirmation hearing from 27 years ago. the law professor who testified that thomas sexually harassed her spoke to cbs news contributor mellody hobson at "fortune's" most powerful women's summit. thomas denied that claim. >> hill says they didn't care about using her testimony to assess thomas' fitness for the job. she thinks that's happening again with christine blasey ford and brett kavanaugh. >> i was testifying about the character of the person who was being considered for a lifetime appointment on the supreme court and that's where we are today. that's what's in their mind when they are questioning someone who

comes forward. and i have to say, for some senators that didn't seem to matter. it didn't matter then and doesn't seem to matter now. >> hill said kauvanaugh's demeanor is inappropriate for a judge. first lady melania trump toured a kas that wi ed ed a ca slaves. this is her first solo foreign trip as first lady and it will take her to four african countries. debora patta is following the tour from johannesburg, south africa. good morning. >> good morning. melania trump's four-nation tour to africa good will gesture by the first lady but in the country she is visiting, many people are saying she will have to overcome the baggage of her husband's comments about the continent earlier this year.

melania trump was welcomed in colorful style and greeted began that's first lady. africa is well traveled terrain for u.s. first ladies. michelle obama focused on empowering young girls through leadership and education. hillary clinton highlighted u.s. support for african democracy. and laura bush made many trips to the continent in support of her hiv and aids project. laura bush's former chief of staff, anita mcbride, said often they were more popular than their husbands when traveling abroad. >> well, this is a perfect world for a fwlad irst lady of the un states to be a softening tone or gentler tone and to build bridges. >> reporter: mending those bridges might well be the unspoken subtext of melania ao

remarks about the region, many of her planned events highlight programs funded by u.s. aid even thouto the organization's budget. >> it may appear to be at odds with the president's overall policies, but it's important that she try and do what she can to change that impression as much as she can. >> there's still more opportunities for first ladies to repair the relationship with africa with stops in malawi and egypt. >> debora patta in johannesburg, thanks. ahead, why a star candidate's decision to drop out of a race for

♪ a rising star in the democratic party a rising in the democratic party running for kansas city, missouri, mayor made a stunning decision -- he's dropping out of the race so he can treat his ptsd and depression. jason candkander began getting treatment for ptsd. he talked about his unique decision making process. >> when other politicians look at something and go i don't know

how to navigate, this i have to make a political decision and it's part of how i've been able to slow down and say what's the right thing to do? let's make the right decision and we'll handle the political consequences of that decision but what's the right decision he here. >> kander joined the army after 9/11, he said he decided to go public about his mental health battle to aid his recovery. >> i admire him speaking up. it will help others to help him share his process about what he goes through. >> you keep hearing the need for authenticity in our elected officials and there you have it. somebody who opened his heart and shared struggles. >> and bianna, not the political decision, what's the right decision. >> you're being treated at the local v.a. we have much more news ahead. first of its kind research is looking at how playing video games affects the brain.

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♪ did you know that did you know more than 150 million americans are estimated to play video games and 60% of them do so every single day? wow. colleges nationwide are spending millions of dollars developing, sports programs and teams, students say it helps them pursue careers in coding and video game designs but critics worry about the addictive nature

of these games. megaoliver went to ohio state university in columbus to see how a study is researching the impact of gaming. >> as universities embrace this new generation of e-sport athletes, some worry too many students are choosing gaming over academics. research is in its infancy about how these games affect everyone from the elite to the casual gamer. >> joe tries to go for some kind of crazy -- >> this is our super bowl, our wore reis, our world cup. this is where it all boils down to. >> it will turn back around. >> at the call of duty world championship, elite gamers from around the world compete for a prize of a million and a half dollars. 26-year-old james eubanks dropped out of college to pursue gaming professionally. he practices at least six hours a day. >> we were gamers growing up. we stayed up all night.

>> reporter: e-sports have exploded in popularity on college campuses across the nation raising long-term physical and mental health concerns. to learn more about the impact, researchers at ohio state university are wiring e-sport athletes up, performing eegs and stress tests to find out what happens during gaming. >> we see some of your stress levels go up a little higher. we see their heart rates get up higher. >> reporter: it is healthy for them to play that many hours a week? >> that's what we don't know yet. from the brain standpoint we don't know what's going on, we have a snapshot. we see they have higher cognitive capabilities than what we call the general population. their ability to sustain attention and dual task is higher. >> reporter: they're hoping their research can help with rehabilitation and stroke recovery.

while some elite gamers may be able to handle long hours of practice, some medical community say extensive game canning cause negative repercussions. >> the number of students i'm seeing this year has more than doubled. >> reporter: psychologist michael fraser says high school students who suffer from anxiety, depression, learning disorders or have a hard time turning the game off are most at risk in college. >> >> if you notice they're at risk in high school or have those conditions then they're at risk for struggling when they go away. >> reporter: 26-year-old adam broker failed out his freshman year after his gaming spiraled out of control. >> i would be laying in bed. i would be like oh, my gosh, i can't -- i just can't do it. i can't go to class. i'm just going to play video games. >> reporter: adam's mother wasn't concerned because he excelled academically in high school. >> i thought college was going to cure him from his hobby or his addiction, but it didn't

cure him. it made it worse. >> reporter: did you ever think you needed to go for help? >> oh, yeah. during that time, absolutely. i knew that something was wrong. i was like, i can't keep doing this. and then the next day, i would wake up and i would do the same thing again. >> reporter: after failing out, adam enlisted in the army. five years later, in a tour of duty in iraq behind him, he is back at nc state as a junior. >> hi. i'm adam. >> reporter: he's hoping more research, like the study at ohio state, will help prevent those at risk from falling prey to video games. >> because you're just a silent sufferer and you overcome it, you've got this information. so, why not share it with people and help other people? >> adam believes he spent more than 7,000 hours playing video games during his time in high school and college, but credits the army for putting his life back on track. you can imagine, it took him five years from failing out the rting a overnd then coming back

again. time wasted but he really is hoping he can get his message out. >> glad to hear it's back on track. seems to be more of a boy thing than a girl thing. is it or is that just l? >> thepsychogist, all ts he sawsmer wer t a lot me re to be done in the years ahead. >> absolutely. >> thank you so much. we'll hear why best-selling author jody pico loves a new report that calls her book disturbing. you're watching "cbs this morning."

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welcome back to "cbs this morning." right now it's time to show you some of this morning's headlines. wired looks at why they say amazon is really raising its minimum wage for all u.s. workers to $15 an hour. hundreds of amazon workers at a california warehouse cheered when the raise was announced yesterday. it impacts more than 350,000 amazon employees. wired points out the company will need to attract at least 100,000 seasonal workers in a competitive hiring market. for months lawmakers have

attacked amazon, calling for the company to improve employee pay and work conditions. chief executive jeff bezos said the company listened to its critics and decided it wanted to lead. >> senator chuck grassley wants the air force to explain why a squadron bought coffee cups that cost nearly $1300 each. the squadron in california spent nearly $56,000 on the metal cups in the past three years alone. it appears their handles break easily when the cups are dropped. the squadron reportedly uses the cups because they can reheat beverages on air refueling tankers during flights. >> they should get corksicles. >> what is a corksicle? >> one of those cantenes that can keep it hot or cold. it's very affordable. >> seems like the least appealing summer treat. >> yeah. >> senator grassley listening to

you. the first woman to receive the nobel prize in physics in 55 years, canadian professor donna strickland, she and a fellow scientist were recognized for their pioneer work to turn lasers into powerful tools. and 96-year-old scientist arthur ashkin became the oldest person to ever win a nobel prize, laser tweezers for grabbing tiny particles, including viruses. best-selling author and former first daughter has written several books for kids about current issues and the empowerment of women. her latest books start now "you can make a difference" teaches young people how to create change. chelsea clinton is the vice chair of the clinton foundation and teaches part time at colombia university here in new york. good morning. >> good morning, norah. >> good to see you. >> thank you. >> i put it on a post-it on the front of my book. page 106, kindness creates more

kindness. >> i believe that deeply and i hope my young readers many sticky notes as you both did in the book. that will be a real mark of success. >> i want to talk about so much in the book. i also have get your take. we don't get to talk to you often about what's happening in the news. we saw the president of the united states, donald trump, last night mark dr. christine blasey-ford's testimony in a campaign-style rally. what did you make of that? >> not kindness. >> yeah. >> not kindness. >> i hope this isn't an old-fashioned belief. i don't think the president should be mocking anyone. i don't think he should be mocking dr. ford. i don't think he should be mocking a gold star family. i don't think he should be mocking a disabled reporter. i just don't think that is behavior becoming of our president. >> what did you think during the brett kavanaugh hearings? i was dying to know when we were sitting there and all there covering it and the clinton name came up in his opening statement. did you call your mom or dad and

say can you believe he just mentioned our name? what did you think? >> i didn't watch it live. i was at an event at yale. >> but you heard about it? >> i watched it when i got home. and i just thought oh, my gowe mind than you loom at least in mine. i don't think i heard his name until he was nominated weeks ago. but, to me, what was so troubling was how nakedly partisan he was. and i think the principle of a judicial review being absent of partisanship is still really important. so if he had gone after president bush or president reagan's family, i feel the same way. i just don't think that that is healthy as a dynamic on the supreme court or, really, candidly, any court. >> your mom said the performance of behavior was quite out of bounds and clearly she had some issues with it. do you think that he should be confirmed to the supreme court? >> i don't. i mean, i opposed his nomination

from the beginning because i don't agree with his stance on political issues and worry about issues that i really care about, whether it's workers' rights or women's rights or protecting the environment. many things that the court is expected to rule on in the future. so, admittedly, my opposition to him is rooted in policy, but i now even more intense in my feelings because of how political he has become. >> chelsea, one of the things you've promoted is reaching out to politicians, that people should start young and reach out to their local politicians, especially. i'm wondering what your response is to how we've seen dr. ford's plight after she did just that. she reached out to her local congressman said it was her civic duty. wanted to be anonymous. didn't want to become public the way she has now and then we see the result. what is your response it those who might say, you know what? i was going to do that, but i don't need to go through that.

>> i would say i understand that and i hope you're still willing to raise your hand, raise your voice. we need more people engaged in the political process at every level, not fewer. so, while i completely see that it could have a chilling effect, i hope that it doesn't. >> what about public service you talk about kindness which, of course, is fundamental to the human experience and yet if you look at our -- at least fundamental human happiness. but we see our public life get more corrosive, more vinegarish. how do you teach kids that no, it's okay. if you believe in this thing, you'll get past that. >> we teach kids by role modeling behavior and teach them what's wrong. and we point out kids who are role modeling kindness. one story that i didn't know when i was researching the book is the a a physical

manifestation of kindness but also metaphor. young boy, christian, thought his family was moving to germany. they went to visit a school there. he stay a buddy bench. they wound up not moving. when he went back to his school in the states he said could we have one of those? thankfully, the school supported him. it's for kids to sit on if they're feeling lonely and other kids are to respect that and talk about their day and how they're doing and now we have hundreds of buddy benches in schools in our country. >> you wrote a political letter to who and about what? >> i wrote to president reagan when i was 5 because i had heard that he was going to visit a cemetery with my rainbow heart stickers as a gesture of goodwill. >> great handwriting. >> thank you. i didn't think an american president should be paying his

respects to fallen german soldiers that included nazis. i had seen "the sound of music." i knew they weren't nice people. i hoped he wouldn't go to the cemetery. he did still go to the cemetery. i never got a response but i think the optimistic end of the story is when we were moving to washington, my parents said what do you hope to have out of this experience? and i said i think every child should get a response. every child that writes a president should get a response. and so my parents set up the first white house correspondence unit just for children and president bush continued that. president obama continued that. i have no idea if president trump has continued that, but i hope so. >> in this era of bullying, something that you endured in the public spotlight as the first daughter, what is your advice to parents who are concerned that their child may, too, be bullied in this era of social media, which you didn't really have so much growing up? >> and you talk about bullying in the book. >> i do. i talk about bullying in the book because it's something i've

heard consistently from kids, even more so than from parents and teachers. i would talk to kids, what's on your mind? invariably they would say bullying. how do i stand up to bullies? how do i help protect my friends? i just felt like i can't write a book, 6, 7, 8, 9-year-olds and not tackle this subject. thankfully, we do know a lot about how kids can stand up to bullies and also it's really important, to your question, that parents encourage their children to feel okay about asking for help when they need it. asking for help is being brave. it's not a sign of weakness. sometimes you need to tell a trusted adult that you need their help to stand up. >> there's a bystander obligation. >> absolutely. >> so if you're not the one being bullied or the bully, you have a responsibility. >> absolutely. >> teaching young people about sexual violence, and i don't know if that's because of the sign of the times but that's now

part of the curriculum and a discussion that teachers are available to teach about at that certain age. >> we have a lot of research it is possible to have age-appropriate sexual health and reproductive health curriculum really throughout elementary, middle and high school. and i think all of us should support that because we want our kids to be able to develop a strong and healthy sense of self and stand up for themselves and also stand up for others. >> it's very cool. you give specific steps on what the kids can do. you know it's a kid's book when the chapter is water, weather and why we don't drink our poop. >> words to live by. >> kids are like i better read this. >> says the kids' favorite word, poop. >> "start now" is available now wherever you like to buy your books. from one best-selling author to another, jody picoult tackles

abortion. she's in our green room where

the "washington post" calls author jodi picoult the queen of

ethical fiction. her last nine books debuted at number one on "the new york times" bestsellers list. her new novel "spark of life" takes on women's righ jodi picoult joins us at the table to discuss. hey, jodi. >> how are you. >> "usa today" says it's an uncomfortable disturbing book to read. why did you decide you wanted to write about this topic? >> so when i was in college i had a very good friend who was 7 weeks pregnant, unwanted pregnancy and wanted an abortion. i completely supported her. i was pregnant with my third and had a complicated pregnancy and i didn't want to lose it.

i was trying to figure out how to hold both of those at the same time. laws are black and white and rights of women are a thousand shades of gray and that's why i wanted to write this book. >> did you want it to be disturbing? you talked to people on both sides. >> i absolutely did. this is not an issue we're f going to agr on. some come from places with deep conviction and deep compassion. they believe what they believe. we have to find a way to work together in speed of that. what i want is to not tell you what to think. i think if you read "a spark of light," i'm not going to tell you the right answer. i want you to hear from the other side. >> i know you spoke to dozens and dozens of people. did it change your views at all? >> it certainly enlighte enligh. i can identify with pro-choice

because d pro-life because i'm pro-choice. i interviewed 151 women who had terminated their pregnancy. of those 151, one woman regretted it. all of them thought about it daily. of those 151, less than 25 were willing to acknowledge being in the book. they live under an umbrella of guilt and shame. if they don't speak up, they fill in the story. >> people cling to certainty in their opinions. uncertainty makes people itchy. you have to live in uncertainty. what is that like and does it get irritating? >> no, i love that actually. one of the reasons i was drawn to this topic is because a

woman's view changes over life. that's why i keep coming back to the fact we need to move past legislating rights. have to take roe versus wade off the table. >> what takeaway from all the researchers and experts you talked to gave you the feeling that this doesn't have to be such a polarizing issue? >> i think it's in everyone's best interest to lower having an abortion. no one wants an abopgs. >> it's the lowest. >> it is. but it's still rising for disadvantage women and women of color and those that have it say it's an economic issue. we need to open up conversations about contraception. as chelsea clinton said we need to open up about contraception.

even free contraception is available. that comes from a medical journal. it's a real thing. they're able to see the moment when a sperm fertilizes an egg under a very high-powered mike rowe kroep. when that happens there's a spark of light. what's cool sit can be used in insri terre haute, the healthiest embryo has the biggest spark. jodi picoult. >> thank you for having me back. >> thank you. >> another one. >> spark of light is out now wherever you like to buy books and on our podcast today cbs co-host dana jacobson talks with the most decorated olympian michael phelps. you've heard about him. he talks about fatherhood,

that does it for us. welcome, bianna. >> thank you. first day down. >> i got a text from my friend nina. she said

considering a plan today to tear down two schools... and make way leland high and bret harte good morning. it's 8:55. i'm michelle griego. san jose unified school district is considering a plan today to tear down two schools and make way for affordable housing. leland high and bret harte middle school are on the chopping block. don't be surprised to get an alert from president trump on your cell phone today. it's the first test of an emergency alert system intended to warn about a crisis. it's only a test and scheduled for 11:18 a.m. and beginning today, you can get a firsthand look at ships docked in the bay for fleet week. this is a live look from our

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a traffic alert in effect for drivers heading across the bay bridge in that westbound direction. the upper deck, we had an earlier crash involving a motorcycle and another vehicle. you can see emergency crews

still on the scene. they have that far left lane closed as you are approaching treasure island. so expect delays. cars are veering to the right- hand lanes and traffic is slowing up the incline. 49 minutes from the maze into san francisco. you can really see that backup develop along the berkeley curve and your 580 approach. give yourself plenty of extra time. one lane shut down on the upper deck of the bay bridge. mary lee has the forecast. >> this is hi-def doppler and you can see the showers in the north bay about to move into santa rosa this morning. so looking at a few isolated showers that will continue for the rest of the morning, scattered showers for the afternoon especially for the south bay as well as for inland locations. it's all because it will be closer to an area of low pressure as it pushes inland. otherwise, partly to mostly cloudy skies. and still humid for today. so daytime highs will be right around where we should be for

this time of year. seasonal temperatures, slight chance of a shower for thursday. high pressure builds in and we warm up with plenty of sunshine for friday through the weekend.

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