good morning to our viewers in the west. it's tuesday, november 20th. welcome to "cbs this morning." >> americans on the move for thanksgiving with a huge number of travelers expected. how storms in the east and west could affect your holiday travel. the desperate search continues in northern california as the fire ravaged community braces for the threat of flooding. we'll talk to a school bus driver who carried children to safety. four years after casey kaysum's death, new information about the family's vicious feud.

and united states senator john kennedy has a part-time job, teaching middle school kids how congress is supposed to work. the value of good citizenship. >> we look at today's eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. >> bam, bam, bam. >> thought i was going to be hit by a bullet. >> mass chaos. >> a deadly shooting spree in chicago. >> it's the soul of our city. >> the death toll has risen. in the camp fire in california. >> we'll try to get ahead of it and get as much work done as we possibly can. >> ivanka trump is under fire for allegedly using her private e-mail account. >> was she not there when the trump rally people were saying "lock her up"? >> they still are. >> the man what killed his wife

and two daughters will spend the rest of his life in prison. >> legal recreational marijuana to east coast for the first time as sales get under way in massachusetts. >> i want to thank me. >> the one and only snoop. >> i want to thank me for believing in me. i want to thank me for doing all this hard work. >> and all that matters. >> can you envision a situation that you're so essential for the progress of the country that you would try to amend the constitution so you can serve a third term? >> chris, what are you doing? >> on "cbs this morning." >> touchdown. >> as good a game as you have ever seen. >> and the highlights aren't over. the highest scoring monday night football game ever. >> the rams come out on top in one of the best games ever. >> can you believe this?

welcome to "cbs this morning." i think they're still scoring touchdowns in this game. >> that was a good game. can we give a big shout-out to snoop dogg? i want to thank me. >> such modesty. >> i like that. >> being thankful for himself. >> exactly. >> you go, snoop. >> millions of people are waking up thinking of how to beat the thanksgiving travel rush. aaa predicts more than 51 million americans will travel at least 50 miles away from home. a large number is also expected to fly? the busiest for thanksgiving travel since 2005.

chris is battling his way to the airport. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we are finding the road pretty open this morning. that's good news because it's going to get worse in cities like d.c., boston, detroit, seattle. other places, it will be wednesday night. if you're flying, it's only getting busier. >> you're bringing the whole meal? >> yeah. >> reporter: this couple and their grandson and a car load of food hit the road for their drive to north carolina. >> now your starting to get the real nasty travel days. >> reporter: he's right, traffic is only going to get worse. 48 million americans are expected to drive this year, up about 5% and comes despite the highest gas prices since 2014. >> the economy is really starting to see an increase in travel.

consumer confidence is up. they're taking money and putting it towards trips with friends and family. >> reporter: aaa predicts wednesday and thursday will be the worst day to start your holiday drive. >> not sunday. we made that mistake last year. >> reporter: airlines are expecting more than 2.5 million passengers a day. that's up from last year. >> this is all hands on deck. >> reporter: the tsa admin straighter helping out at a checkpoint. sunday could set a record with the tsa potentially scening more than 3 million flyers. >> normally for us, we're in the low 2 million so getting up to 3 mi ts sigficant >> reporr: if you to takente l. gas prices are higher but have ticked down some 30 cents over

the last month. for drivers, if you are yet to leave, thursday morning, thanksgiving morning, is your best bet for light traffic. the most common mistake people make, forgetting to take out your liquids. >> i always want to say, haven't you flown before? are you going to the airport because you're taking a plane or because you're doing a story? >> reporter: i'm doing both. i'm taking a plane to a story, i'll talk to you from o'hare tomorrow. >> just wanted to get in your business, see what you were doing. >> you look good. frigid air that will blanket the east coast could make thanksgiving day there one of the coldest in the country. lonnie quinn is here tracking the cold. >> the numbers are going to be staggering. thank an arctic air mass dropping in.

some of the coldest air we've ever had for thanksgiving. thanksgiving high temperature will be 26, hiring a record set in 1901. boston, 21. a record. providence, 22 degrees. the record was -- you're going to crush it. will make the coldest november day ever. vermont, same thing with you. look at the situation out west. watching rain come in to fire-scarred land. wednesday, a chance for rain. another chance friday. wherever you see these little flashes of orange, you're talking rain at half an inch an hour. that's the threshold really to trigger mudslides. that could be a big problem with the situation out there. >> oh, boy, last thing they need. beyond the mudslides, flash flooding is also a threat. the so-called camp fire is now 74% contained. almost 700 people are still

reported missing. at least the 79 people are dead. meg oliver in paradise, california, where the rain could ham per the search for the victims. >> reporter: good morning. we're standing in the middle of a burnt out hall. the rain could be the most significant this area has seen in more than seven months. it could trigger mudslides in areas like this with burnt-out vehicles that have already been through hell. >> make a circle and keep them in. >> reporter: federal search and rescue team member brian says the pressure it on. >> the material that we're dealing with, it is heavily ash and soot and when the water touches that, it turns the sentiment into almost like soil again. >> got to get through this as quick as we can. >> reporter: are you worried the rain could wash away dna evidence? ? i'm worried about it creating

risk to the future. >> reporter: he says the mudslides will stress the community. >> the potential of having something else pile on us. >> reporter: in nearby chico officials are warning the people in this tent city to move to shelter because they're in a flood zone. with tens of thousands of evacuees, the question is where should they go? are you prepared to handle the amount of people without homes? >> yes. >> reporter: it's unclear if trailers will be brought in to handle the displaced. he says many are in hotels or found new places to rent. fema has been busy processing 1,500 a day. >> this is not a normal disaster where we lost a residential area. we lost the residential and safety and security. >> reporter: officials are expecting people to be in these

shelters through the christmas holiday. the other big concern is the coming rain. one man told me this morning he would do anything to come back to his house that was also destroyed in paradise to search for his grand father's world war ii medals before everything is washed away. >> meg oliver, thank you. next hour, the bus driver being called a hero for driving 20 children out of the fire zone and the engenius way he kept the kids safe. gun violence in the middle of the country yesterday. the worst was in chicago where a gunman killed a doctor, a police officer and a bystander at the thctim, drwaan lopez's ex-fianc. police say they argued before the shooting. then police say lopez killed a

resident pharmacist and an officer during a shootout with says officer jimenez saved other's lives with his quick response to the shooting. >> he and his partner were doing something else. when they pulled up, they heard the gunshots and did what heroic officers always do, they ran towards that gunfire. >> reporter: lopez was killed in the shootout. it's unclear if he was himself or was shot by police. a man entered a supply store in st. louis. it ended when a woman was shot and killed. omar villafranca is outside the store. >> reporter: good morning. the catholic supply store is a family-owned business that basically sells church supplies. this morning, they have a police

presence and crime screen tape still up. police believe this was a random attack. a 911 caller said a man entered the store yesterday afternoon and then ordered women inside to strip at gunpoint. the dispatcher reports he assaulted several of them and shot one. police say it's unclear how many other victims there were. the 53-year-old woman who was shot later died at the hospital. police say they're look for a white male between 45 and 50 years old. he is described as having a hemi build, wearing a bralack jacket and blue jeans. what makes this more interesting is we're by one of the busiest roads inouis county. >> the manhunt is on.

disturbing story. thank you. denver police are hunting one suspect in a shooting that left one person dead and four hospitalized. the witness says he saw the gunman flee in a car after yesterday's shooting. another witness told kcnc she helped a stranger escape from the gunfire. >> we just saw this guy start shooting. then running towards us. a lady jumped in my car because she was so afraid. >> the injured people are all in stable condition. officials say it's unclear what led to that attack. we're learning new details about how a colorado father killed his pregnant wife and two young daughters to start a new life with his mistress. christopher watts was sentenced yesterday. he will serve three life terms plus 84 years for tampering with

evidence. his daughters bella and celeste and his unborn son nico. mark strassmann is outside the courthouse. >> reporter: good morning. calculated and cold-blooded, these killings seemed to jar everyone involved. even the judge called it as vicious as any case he had ever handled. it was a dark side of christopher watts that seemed to come out of nowhere. >> i have no idea what gave you the right to take their lives. >> reporter: shanann. >> we loved you, we trusted you, your faithful wife trusted you, >> reporter: then they did something remarkable. they showed mercy, asking the judge to spare christopher watts' life. >> this is hard to say but may god have mercy on your soul.

>> reporter: district attorney micha michael rork said she died slowly. >> how quickly? >> probably within the first 24 hours. almost smirking at times when he was talk about his missing family. >> reporter: o'rourke said watts was having an affair and was unexcited to learn his wife was pregnant again. >> in his mind, his family became a hindrance. >> reporter: in august, when his family first disappeared, watts publicly pleaded for their safe return. at his sentencing, he apologized through his lawyer but declined to speak himself. >> would you like to make a statement? >> reporter: and ignored pleas from his own mother to explain himself. >> we love you. we forgive you.

>> reporter: district attorney told us watts will likely serve his time-out side the state of colorado but admitted this kind of not righoriety will follow w wherever he goes. a setback in his bid to restrict migrant asylum claims. a temporary judge blocked the administration. in his ruling, the judge said that he may not rewrite the immigration laws. that comes as the white house is reportedly considering new authority for troops deployed to the border. again, something for court. president trump's political rallies often have supporters

cha chanting "lock her up." now we're learning the president's daughter and senior adviser eivanka trump also used personal e-mail for official white house business. it may violate federal records rules. major garrett is at the white house with the administration's response. >> reporter: good morning. personal e-mails, governor work, a topic the trump inner circle knew a lot about in 2016. and yet ivanka here at the white house used a personal e-mail domain. that information from a freedom of information lawsuit. ivanka used this private e-mail domain with her husband and co-senior white house adviser jared kushner. eye vampg ka reportedly sent hundreds of government related e-mails in 2017. the white house learned of all

of this last fall. a spokesman for ivanka said, while transitioning into government, ms. trump sometimes used her private account, almost always for low logistics. for using a private e-mail at home while she was secretary of state. meanwhile, some of the e-mails were classified. it is unknown whether any of the e-mails sent by ivanka will be classified. one area of inquiry house democrats might look into when they take control of congress next year. house republicans did not give hillary clinton much of the doubt on her private e-mail usage. >> thank you, major. ahead, how the government is

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this is a k pix 5 morning update. good morning it is 7:26 i'm michelle griego. a live look outside. rain in the forecast should go a long way towards the dousing of the flames. and help clear the smokey air in the bay area. it may complicate the recovery in the fire zone before rainfall washes away fragments of bone and ash. the western span of the bay bridge could get an expensive new bike line. that comes to about $100 million a mile. of course we'll have news updates throughout the day on

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good morning. it's 7:27. let's check your ride as you work your way along 880. a new one just into the traffic center. several vehicles involved in this crash. 41 minutes now from 238 down to 237 as you work your way through hayward. northbound starting to see a few brake lights past the coliseum. well the last day today of smokey skies and unhealthy air and changes comings. we are looking at better air quality improving air quality as early as this evening with rain arriving on wednesday and then a second system late thursday into friday.

a samanlea outbreak has caused a widespread recall of raw turkey. this thanksgiving the turkeys are fighting back. now the government is saying that you shouldn't eat any raw ground turkey. now, who is doing this? is this a thing? who heard this news, well, great, there goes my thanksgiving plans. symptoms of salmonlea include stomach cramps appear vomiting. people say this could be the first thanksgiving in history where people lose weight. >> i do think he raised a good question. who is eating raw ground turkey. >> you thefr know. >> i was going to say you never

know. >> you could do it by mistake. >> by not cooking it enough. >> i see. >> like a turkey hamburger like rare. >> too rare. >> i was thinking of somebody opening the package but you say they cooked it wrong. >> different than turkey sickle which do you in the summer. >> or some people may open the package and eat it raw. >> well back to cbs this morning. three things you should know. the pentagon is making sure troops who can't get home have a great thanksgiving dinner. it delivered more than 300,000 pounds of food to service members deployed overseas and on the u.s./mexico border, including more than 50,000 pounds of roasted turkey, nearly 8,000 gallons of egg nothing and 80,000 pies. >> the cdc says more u.s. children and one wisconsin adult were diagnosewood a rare polio-like illness. there are 06 confirmed cases. that's 16 more than last week. the cdc formed a task force to

investigate the cause and treatment of afm. symptoms include sudden arm or leg weakness and paralysis. >> and the international space station is celebrating the 20th anniversary tad. it's the m built costing more than 100 billion. also the third brightest object in the night sky after the moon and venus. the i.s.s. has been a rare front tier for cooperation between the u.s. and russia. they plan to develop another outpost orbiting the moon. >> another remarkable story of heroism from paradise. photoing from inside a school bus filled with children show the harrowing journey as the camp fire rages feet away. but the pictures only tellt of t stodemarcmorgan showsanro

escape from paradise. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the bus driver had no other choice but to stop the bus here on this road and wit for traffic to clear. flames on both sides of the streets. look at the burned out car here, proof. even though his flam was able to evacuate. he had one job left to complete. >> i just knew that things were going to continue to escalate. >> were you scared. >> frightened absolutely. >> reporter: school bus driver kevin mckay took this picture the november 8th responding to the emergency call he went to the elementary school and picked up 22 students and drove them away from the fire. >> mcdonald's was on the left on fire. to the right of us one of the evacuation sites wab the c.m.a. churj. all the church trees were on fire. >> he told mary and abbie to

distract the story. >> but wendy was was concerned. >> we saw more fire. >> we were so focused on the kids and that great responsibility is what really kept us focused. >> but as smoke turned the sky to night it began to fill the bus. some of the children said they felt tired and gnawsias. the her to off his shirt and the women doused it water and showed the kids how it could help them breathe. >> we were coughing and my eyes hurt. we had to do something. that was the best option. >> there was smoke coming in a bit with you they gave uss m a t our mouth. feared for their riffs. >> we kept each other from crying and held hands and said a prayer. >> kevin drove for five hours

with the traffic often at a stant still but delivered the children to safety some 30 miles away. >> we didn't leave until every kid was accounted for and with mom and dad. >> while some call kevin a hero he says there were others that day that did more. >> our firemen were going the opposite direction we were. and that's pretty awesome. >> reporter: kevin and wendy both lost their homes. wendy also told me she lost her pets. but there is good news. she turned eight years old today appear she is grateful to be alive and doing well. >> demarco, thank you. and thank you for bringing us the story. >> thank you kevin mckay and the teacher how ingenious to rip off the shirt and douse with it water. >> he had only been on the job a few months there. >> always look for the helpers says mr. rogers. >> that's right. >> massachusetts makes history as the first east coast state to

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and marijuana is still very much illegal at a federal level. but look at that. those people have been building in that line since midnight, hoping to make some of the first purchases in the state since 100 years ago when marijuana was prohibited. and you will never guess who the first person is in line. it's another morning of long lines. >> i wanted to be the first person to buy weed east of the mississippi. >> are to a drug that's come a long way. >> i've been waiting 38 years for this. >> first in line, david narkewicz, the mayor of northampton. >> is it only symbolic purchase or consumed as well? >> actually people asked me about that. and, you know, i am actually going to probably preserve it and display it. because it's historically significant. >> massachusetts is the seventh state to open retail marijuana shops. but the first to open them east of the mississippi. and it comes as the cannabis industry celebrates a series of new highs.

earlier this month, michigan became the first midwesten state to approve recreational cannabis joins ten states and warktsds. and canada became the first major world economy to legalize recreational marijuana. but the steady march of marijuana legal accusation has dr. levy concerned running the adolescence substance abuse and addiction program in this hospital. >> maybe we should say these things might be harmful until proven safe. i don't think that that's something we have done a good job with. >> we have been preparing for adult use sales for many months now. >> amanda is the director of operational compliance for new england treatment access, or neta, which as of today sales a range of cannabis products, including reprerolled joints, loose buds aboils and edibles to anyone over the age of 21.

>> do you think dependens could be an issue for anybody. >> it could be an issue just like when it comes to ice cream. we will advocate using moderation. >> under massachusetts law retail shops can sell each customer no more than an ounce of flower or 20 serves of edibles in child resistant pack jing. for now that's good enough for mayor narkewicz. >> there has been marijuana use going on in the commonwealth of massachusetts for a long time. what's changing is it's now being regulated. it's now being tested. it's now being strictly monitored that's really the major change that's happening. >> reporter: and speaking of change, voters here in massachusetts actually legalized marijuana more than two years ago but it took that long for regulations to be nut place and for shops like this to meet regulations. the pace of change can be surprising to some. my own father, believe it or

not, stood federal trial for marijuana smuggling in the state. he feels veined the kantd but he can't hannibal the new stuff, gayle, he says it's too strong. >> mr. dokoupil ahead of his time. i love the question to the mayor when you said do you plan to use it or just for saving? he seemed to go, hmm, i'm going to save it. >> very clever way to duck the question. >> thank you, tony, always good to see. >> you vindication for your dad. >> anybody heading to massachusetts today for the holidays. >> no my family from massachusetts is coming down. >> pick up something for dinner. >> house warming gift. >> that's right. but norah has a pretty table. she is set. >> a look at headlines, including why nasa may go into the space tour i. business. and why a driver plowed into a

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anti-vaccination community has the state's worst chicken p. o. box outbreak in two decades. at least 36 children at the school have contracted chicken p. o. box. 110 of the school's 152 students did not receive the vaccine. health care provide are recommend all children should get vaccine eighted. zbliefrmgts the hill reports an actress is seeking a restraining order against michael avenatti who represents stormy daniels in her case was arrested in los angeles on suspicion of felony domestic violence. yesterday mehlera miniutti filed a petition in l.a. county superior court seeking the restraining order. on twitter last night avenatti said i have never abused a women or committed domestic violence. jacksonville florida affiliate reports on a car suddenly crashing into a pizza restaurant. the vehicle smashed through a window sunday at a little

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this is a kpix 5 morning update. >> good morning it's 7:56 i'm ken ny choi. it looks like we'll have to endure one more day of suffocating smoke. should allow all us of to breathe a whole lot easier on wednesday. southern county crews must race against the clock to identify dna. the death toll is now at 79 and nearly 700 people are still considered missing this morning. in san francisco today protesters will be putting pressure on congresswoman nancy pelosi. they'll be holding a rally outside her office.

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good morning. taking a look at your tuesday drive right now. if you're commuting into san francisco we just got word of a trouble spot and you can actually see it in our live shot here. we've got a couple cars tangled off to the right shoulder. rhp is on scene not causing too many delays. traffic gets by there okay. all right. bay bridge metering lights remain on. still slow not quite to the maze but just beyond that 880 overpass. today, the last day of smokey skies and unhealthy air quality. we are going to begin seeing some changes as early as this evening z. you can see these smokey skies out there. so improving air quality this evening with a change in wind direction and that rain arrives for tomorrow. that's our first weather system and our second weather system arrives late thursday into friday.

good morning to our viewers in the west. it's tuesday, november 20th, 2018. welcome back to "cbs this morning". she and the radio star's children accuse each other of his death, in dueling lawsuits. plus senator john kennedy teaches a middle school lesson in government and compares it with the reality he faces in washington. but first here's today's eye opener at 8:00. aaa predicts more than 54 million americans will travel at least 50 miles away from home. >> it's going to get worse in cities like here in d.c., boston, detroit. >> now you're starting to get the real nasty travel days.

>> thank an arctic air mass dropping in with, look, some of the coldest air we've ever had for thanksgiving. rain could fight fires but also trigger mudslides in areas like this. >> hampering the search, creating risk to the searchers. these killings seemed to jar everyone involved, a dark side of christopher watts that seemed to come out of nowhere. >> you get a divorce. you don't annihilate your whole family. e-mails, government work, a topic at the trump inner circle in 2016, and yet ivanka trump used a personal e-mail to conduct government business. people in new york are buying $200 so-called designer turkeys for thanksgiving. these are special, organic turkeys from a farm in long island. $200 for a designer turkey. now it sounds like a lot, but it of these. h it when you see tha

>> that's kind of funny. >> very funny. >> i'll take a chef jeff turkey over a $200 turkey. >> no doubt. >> i will, too, bianna. >> he knows how to cook, i hear. >> more sanitary than that. i'm bianna golodryga with gayle king, norah o'donnell and john dickerson. millions of americans preparing to travel for thanksgiving could face difficult conditions. more than 54 millions are expected to travel for thanksgiving, the most since 2005. 48.5 million of them are expected to drive. today will be the busiest day for drivers in new york city, boston, atlanta, washington, detroit and seattle. >> a lot of cities. average gas prices have fallen $2.62 a gallon, still the most expensive fill-up since thanksgiving of 2014. chief weather caster lonnie quinn of our new york station wcbs is back, tracking systems that could complicate travel on both coasts.

lonnie, good morning. what do you see? >> good morning, everybody. what i see out there right now, snow falling around the great lakes. maybe two, three inches for you. northern new england, snow for you today as well. that could be up to half a foot. not for the major cities like the ski areas. something that folks love all over the country takes place here in new york city, thanksgiving day parade. it's going to be cold out there. could be a record setter for cold. balloons, an iconic part of this parade, balloons do not fly. they're not in the parade if winds are sustained 23 miles per hour or gusts to 34 miles per hour. look at this. we are right there. forecasting the winds to be sustained at 22, gusts to 33. can you even imagine a thanksgiving day parade without the balloons? only happened once before. arctic air in places will intensify by the time you get to black friday. if you're in that mind-set you're out at 5:00 in the morning. it's 18 degrees in new york city. it's 2 in binghamton. just the coldest air mass we've had all season. as far as the west coast is

it was not here last week when we needed it for the wildfires. it will be here tomorrow and again on friday. two-day hit of rain. that's a lot of rain out there. could be up to 5" in some spots. again the land now has been stripped of all the ground cover of the trees, all that land so it doesn't hold the soil. you put rain down at half an inch an hour, landslides and mudslides are a big, big problem. john, over to you. >> one more challenge in a place -- >> where they don't need it. >> that's right. lonnie, thank you very much. more people are joining a lawsuit against pacific gas and electric over the camp fire. utility revealed it suffered two power failures around the time and place the deadly fire started. 400 homeowners and people who lost loved ones are now part of the suit that claims the utility was negligent. >> we're blaming pg & e for failing to maintain its high tension wires, putting profits over safety. we're blaming pg & e for not turning off the power when they

promised they would, and when they told all the residents that they were going to turn off the power if necessary. >> pg & e responds that the forecasted conditions at the time didn't meet its criteria for public safety shutoff of power. those criteria include low humidity levels of about 20% or below and sustained winds stronger than 25 miles an hour. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. a federal judge says president trump cannot deny asylum to migrants who cross the border illegally. he issued a proclamation that anyone who doesn't go to a u.s. port of entry would be ineligible for asylum. in the ruling overnight, the judge wrote whatever the scope of the president's authority, he may not rewrite the immigration laws to impose a condition that congress has expressly forbidden. paula reed is here. paula, good morning. >> good morning. >> this judge's ruling is just the latest setback for one of president trump's hardline stances on immigration.

>> it is this is a blow to the trump administration. we've seen a three-fold increase in the number of people seeking asylum. you touch u.s. soil, came asylum and are protected to deportation and entitled to a process and the president argues this system is being abused. they want to deter people to come here. >> if you're part of the caravan, you can seek asylum? >> what he's trying to say is that you have to go to a specific point of entry. people come across the border anywhere, step on u.s. soil and say i want to seek asylum. they want to deter people from doing that, as part of an effort to deter people overall from coming here illegally. the judge says you can't rewrite the law. that's up to congress. >> this is only a temporary order, correct? >> yes and the judge will want to hear additional arguments on this. we've seen this before with the president with the travel ban, daca. he wyiseo meet what the judge wants. >> special counsel robert mueller, rudy giuliani says he

expects those written responses to be handed over shortly to the special counsel. i want to know, are we ever going to see any of those questions or the answers? >> we, the people. >> we, the people, are unlikely to see those questions. ultimately they will likely be incorporated into the special counsel's final report. the big question is whether or not that final report will ever be made public. special counsel will hand that off to -- right now it's acting attorney general whitaker -- whoever the attorney general is. it will be up to the attorney general or acting attorney general to decide whether that's ever made public. it's a big question. >> this isn't the first time the president has had to answer questions from lawyers. >> as of right now we don't think he will do an in-person interview. i've looked at past depositions of donald trump. the president is used to sitting across from lawyers, answering tough questions. if you read the depositions he did as a businessman, he is a consummate executive. he knows what he's doing. he understands. there's something about this

case that's so personal with him, he lashes out and tends to be dishonest. he's not always truthful and that makes him legally very vulnerable in a situation like this. for his lawyers, if ye not sure you're going to get the consummate executive throughout this interview, best to stay home and stick to the paper. >> all right, paula. thank you very much. always good to have you here at the table in person. >> good to see you. >> good to be here. new information in a bitter family fight over the death of radio legend more than four years later, kasecasey kasem. >> epic battle over the estate of casey kasem, creator of the american top 40 countdown, two sides of the family blaming each other for his death. millions are at stake. that's coming up on "cbs this morning."

much more news ahead. the big increase in americans traveling for thanksgiving means it could take up to four times as long to drive to your destination. ahead, we'll look at the best times to avoid traffic and what to do first if your flight gets delayed or canceled. plus how tlor swift's new record deal could help thousands other artists earn money. if that's not enough, john joined louisiana senator john kennedy, as he took his lessons in government to an unusual place. >> we're here at mckinley, where students just got a special

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we're hearing new details this morning about the family controversy surrounding the death of legendary broadcaster casey kasem. the radio icon died four years ago. led to a bitter dispute over his final resting place and the estate estimated between million and $100 million. his three children filed a wrongful death suit against his wife and she filed a countersuit. both parties have clas of

cruelty an neglect. peter van zandt spoke to the family for next weekend's "48 hours." >> this is casey kasem. >> from his american top 40 countdown -- to scooby-doo's pal shaggy, everyone knew that voice. jeannie thompson, his second wife -- >> we're going to miss the bus. >> and the star of the hit tv show "cheers" grew up listening to him. >> i heard this dj come on and i was like, who is this guy? >> casey also had three kids from his first marriage. carrie, mike and julie. but they would have a strained relationship with their new step mom. after more than 30 years of marriage, casey was diagnosed with a debilitating parkinson's like disease. it was then, his children say, jeannie cut off their access to him. >> starting in 2012 is when i

felt the isolation began. >> jeannie says his children began a campaign of harassment. >> we have been stalked, tracked, bullied. >> the family feud escalated when carrie says jeannie put casey's health at risk by taking him out of a rehab facility. >> jean kasem at 2:30 in the morning of out of a convalescent center. unhooked his iv. >> in 2014 kasem's family discovered that jean had moved him to washington state. armed with a court order, this bizarre showdown occurred between carrie and jean. >> what person in their right mind throws frozen meat at you screaming biblical verses. >> god, god. >> in june 2014 casey kasem died. the family battle went nuclear. >> jean killed my father. mean murder?say kill ekilled, d

>> what she did led to his death. >> they chemically restrained him, they removed his hydration. his nutrition. e other r casey's death. an tre's even been drama during depositions. the case is scheduled for next year. a court may decide who gets casey's fortune. >> i'm not going to quit. i'm the daughter of a marine. and what they did was wrong. >> if someone killed your father, wouldn't you want justice? take the money, take it all, i want her in jail. >> cbs news was unable to find any records substantiating mrs. kasem's accusations of harassment. we've learned that police in the small town of gig harbor, washington, are taking another look at casey kasem's death.

they is not a homicide investigation, but they're going through his medical records and conducting interviews to determine how he died. can you watch peter's full report this saturday night on $48 hours" it airs at 10:00 p.m., 9:00 p.m. central on cbs. >> who didn't listen to his radio show? >> i did. >> keep reaching for the stars, that's the way i got music. >> lots of questions answered. >> the family is not getting alatal stay tuned. >> chipotle manager got her job back after she was fired for asking a group of black customers to prove they could pay before they got their food. ahead, why a food chain changed its mind. you're watching "cbs this morning." hi, i'm jeff. in my johnsonville commercial,

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latest thanksgiving travel tips. "fortune" reports the u.s. department of agriculture announced a recall ofo concerns about e. coli contamination. the beef was produced at a utah company owned by jbs usa, the nation's largest abuse process or. the latest products have est 6 28 inside, the mark of inspection. consumers should only eat ground beef that has been cooked to a temperature of 165 degrees. >> no turkey, no beef. >> raining on everyone's parade. >> that's right. just buy more tofu. cbs minneapolis station wcco reports chipotle has offered a st. paul store manager her job back and apologized after she was fired over a viral video. the video shows the manager asking a group of black men to prove they could pay before they got their food. employees accused the men of t eating there before and not

paying. >> hey, you never have money when you come in here -- >> we never have money. >> no. >> right. >> chipotle says additional information came to light, one of the customers had tweeted about dining and dashing in the past. >> i'm glad this young woman has been vindicated. i'm thinking, if i got fired from the company because they didn't believe me, would i want to go back and work at that company? would i want my job back? no. >> i don't know. i mean -- maybe you want the money from working -- >> the job -- >> need a big raise if i'm going to come back. >> we'll see. >> yes. >> a raise. that's right. not just a job. a raise. >> i'll come back. pay me more. "usa today" reports ford motor company wants to get rid of that new-car smell for its customers in china. we saw the patent application for an odor-removal process that eliminates the new-car smell after a vehicle has been purchased. heners and sprays because we love it, consumers in china hate the smell. china's the largest car market in the world. >> i love the smell of a new

car. >> i love the smell. >> interesting. in a w this is a kpix 5 morning update. >> let's take a live look outside right now at the conditions. rain in the forecast. should go a long way toward dallas and the remaining flames of the camp fire in butte county and help clear all that smokey air still in the bay area. but it may complicate the recovery process in the fire zone. crews are racing against the clock. fragments of bone and ash the death toll stands at 79. and here's a live look at the big board a lot of nervous investors. down more than 400 points. including our website

it's 8:27 welcome back. i'm starting to sound like a broken record. another trouble spot. this is one's south 880. it is a busy ride along 880 this morning. this is blocking one lane. southbound 880 from 238 down to highway 84. that will take you about 16 minutes for your drive time. the good news is overall traffic starting to look a little bit better. here's northbound 880 and then a little slow as you make your way towards the mcarthur bridge.

only 20 minutes. so not bad for your drive time if you're traveling out of oakland into san francisco and if you're traveling out of morin into san francisco via the golden gate bridge no delays to report. thankfully we just have one more day today of unhealthy air quality and smokey skies and just checking aqi values this morning. 152 in santa rosa. 165 in san francisco. 147 in san jose and 109 for livermore. unhealthy air quality as we start off the day. you can see the smokey, hazy conditions in our sales force tower camera looking east across the bay bridge. but hard to make out with that smoke. we are going to see better air quality as we head through this evening with the change in wind direction there and rain arrives for wednesday. that's our first weather system. our second weather system arrives late thursday into friday for more rain.

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driving or flying. if you are flying, go on thanksgiving day. i'm going on wednesday, i'm a fool, if is a really busy day. if you're driving, thanksgiving is really busy. >> gas prices are up. what should consumers and drivers to to save on gas. >> gas buddy, it is crowd sourced. 60 million people are saying this is the price of the gas here. you can check, also i would download i exit which is basically a lunch planner and it helps you plan your trip more. >> what about waze? >> another, great, crowd source. you're getting alerts from other drivers of maybe a accident that has not been factored in to reroute yourself. >> but if you don't have the app you don't get to argument about the place you just passed. say you're stuck in a car, let's just say, is there anything to

do to keep you from wanting to turn this car around right away. >> see, i miss out on the analog map. i like an old school map and now it has charm. you tend to argue about it. it is a conversation starter. break out the old maps and that will calm people down. >> i'm traveling on wednesday too, chances are the flight will be delayed, what is the best way to complain effectively without accou acting like a total idiot. i see people screaming and hollaring and i'm like you're not helping anything. >> do you ever get anything from screaming? >> for some people screaming works really well. >> i can't imagine you screaming at an airport? >> i don't, but i fear that people are taking advantage of me. >> go on to twitter and tweet politely at an airline, follow the problem and they will deal

with your problem privately on direct message and then they can publicly say we're so glad we helped you. they get a pr win, they showed they helped you very quick. >> i hear about something called interlining. >> it is one of those industry terms that you should know. it is essentially make nice between the airlines. it involves a lot of things, but one of the things it can mean is if your flight is canceled another airline could accommodate you. you can end up on another carrier, but getting to your destination quicker. it won't apply in all circumstances, very politely ask, are there any interlining agreementing. >> they will be shocked that you even know the word. >> another reason not to yell at the ticket agent. keep that in mind. >> they're all human beings, celebrating or not celebrating their holiday doing their job. >> thank you, mark. thank you. taylor swift says her new

record deal with universal music group will affect thousands of other musicians. >> is it cool they said all that, is it chill that you're in my head, because i know that it is delicate. >> is it cool they said this yet. coming up, more of our karaoke. the ten time grammy winner says if universal sells any shares of spotify they will get some profits. she also gets more control over their profit. >> stuck in traffic. her new cd is good. clothing is a popular item, but some want shoppers to buy fewer clothes. averperson buys more

here today. the estimated carbon dioxide without the effects of climate change. e lain, good morning. >> good morning to you, it is easy to get caught up in the hollywood shopping season, but statistics show that holding on to clothing an average of nine months longer can reduce the carbon footprint and that is something that one designer thinks about a lot. >> we keep everything and now we're making like amazing pieces of art out of scraps. >> at a tiny factory, eileen fisher's strong but mighty team of socially conscious employees are trying to make a dent in fashion's carbon footprint. >> 4,000 to 6,000 pieces a week.

>> they sort them determine if they be resold, resewn, or remade. >> this is made from 20 old sweaters. >> we see it as an important long-term investment for us. it is important to rationalize the cause. fashion accounts for nearly 10% of greenhouse gas emissions. >> when you think about the magnitude, is it over whwhelmin?

>> yeah, it is daunting. some days i try not to get over whe whelmed. are we just moving deck chairs on the titanic. we're trying to role model for other companies. >> other companies have tapped into the sustainable market, too, like patagonia whose worn ware program own kourncourages e to patch up their both clothing. >> h&m offers a recycling program where customers get 15% off when they gring in used items, but they say coupons encourages just more consumption. one out of every 1000 pieces sold is recycled. ts 1il n pieces of clothing made every

year. if you look at the global population, that is a disposable wardrobe for everyone on the planet every year. i tend to favor a natural material over synthetic. you see things are pulling. >> she said consumers need be more conscious shoppers. >> you don't have wealthy to make the sustainable changes. >> i they is the take away, it is not about getting a phd, it is about finding clothes we really love and only using our hard earned money to purchase things we only want to wear in the future. >> eileen fisher's renew program has sold many clothes that would have just ended up in a landf l

landfill. in new york city every year it costs millions of dollars to collect and dispose of unwanted clothing. students in louisiana got a lesson in government from season

republican senator john kennedy of louisiana is known for his sharp questions and his colorful quips, but he's also made a name for himself in the classroom as mr. kennedy. the senator occasionally teaches at a school in his home state. it allows him to interact with the younger generation that's often disillusioned by politics. we followed him in the classroom for a day and got his students' reaction to their teacher. on a normal day at this visual and performing arts middle school in east baton rouge -- ♪ students hustle from theater -- >> ladies and gentlemen -- >> -- to dance. upstairs in the eighth grade hallway, an unlikely teacher. >> i'm mr. kennedy. >> reporter: united states senator john kennedy came to teach students how government works. from the basics -- >> how do we -- >> reporter: to the backbone of

the american system. >> a constitution is just a plan for government. >> reporter: even challenging students on issues of individual rights. >> why should you have to wear uniforms? not that freedom of expression, isn't it? >> reporter: outside the classroom he said more than a decade of substitute teaching has taught him not every student is lucky enough to go to a school like mckinley. >> one little girl wrote, i wish my dad would stop coming to the house and taking my mama's money and hitting her. what that's kids are facing. that's what teachers are facing. on the other hand, you have classes like it, these kids were -- were whip smart -- >> reporter: and 90 minutes in, half the class on one end of your questions had still raised their hand. they weren't ready to go. >> this is how it ought to be. it's not. as a country, we can't teach kids how to read and write when we've got 18 years to do it. that's a disgrace. for the most part, i think teachers do a great job, but they take the kids as they find them. and it's a hell of a lot harder

to be a kid today. >> reporter: kennedy also surpassed the expectations of eighth grader sophia shafer, malaysia moses, and tra alston. is it what you would expect from a senator? >> it was not. he sawas really good at it. >> reporter: beyond the lesson plan, he made them feel better about politics today. do you feel like there's a lot of controversy in politics right now? >> yes, i do feel like it's a lot because many people have different opinions, and to me politics is opinions, just different point of views. >> just because somebody has one opinion doesn't mean that they can't be your friends and that they're not nice people. and that's what we learned today with this -- this talk with senator kennedy. he's a ear nice guy. >> reporter: for malaysia, politics is a passion. is your feeling like, yeah, this is all working the way it's supposed to, the way we talk about it in school? >> no. not at all. our president is using a lot of racist rhetoric as if he's trying to scare a part of

america. and it does scare me sometimes. it's definitely not normal. but i think that we've accepted it as normal. >> reporter: but you are still really interested in it. and want to be involved in it. >> right. that's probably why i want to be involved in it because of how much it's affected me and how i feel every day really. so that's why sometimes i feel like i want to make a difference in politics. >> reporter: she was taking emotional impressions from the president which make her scared about her country. shouldn't schoolchildren not be scared by their president? >> i don't think anybody in america ought to be scared. >> reporter: after school let out, we sat down with the senator in the louisiana state capitol. >> clearly the president, this is the way he's made. he grows anxious when he has an unexpressed thought. he likes to think out loud. i have suggested before that if he is -- has pleading a little bit less will not cause brain damage. he's going to do what he's going to do. >> reporter: doesn't he have to meet a higher standard because of who he is?

>> of course the president of the united states has to meet a high standard. what i'm saying is he thinks he's meeting it, and i understand the president makes people angry. but it's an academic discussion. it's a problem they're not going to solve, an issue we're not going to agree on. let's try to do something for the american people. >> reporter: in the classroom, send talked about a system constrained by its founders. >> the federal government only has power given it by the constitution. >> reporter: but after nearly two years in the senate, he admits reality is different. >> there's some jerks. there's some big egos. there are a few that think they're one of the founding fathers. >> reporter: in both parties? >> in both parties. some of my colleagues say, well, i can't vote on that. i can't take the vote on that. why are you here? grow some guts, you know. people can get mad at you, but they can't eat you and they can't kill you. >> reporter: it's those kind of turns of fwraz that have made kennedy -- phrase that have made kennedy a popular interview on capitol hill. >> everybody up here has politics in his blood. kind of like herpes. our country was founded by

geniuses, but it was -- it's being run by idiots. that stuff's the reason the aliens won't talk to us. >> reporter: underneath the jokes, kennedy has hope the next congress can come together on tissues like infrastructure and government spending. >> everybody wants to go to heaven. nobody's quite ready to make the trip. and that's the way it is with the budget. how the american people look at this, they say how did some of you people make it through the birth canal. >> reporter: you taught a class today in civics. how different is that than what you practice as a senator? >> it's more theoretical. in some cases, more fun. and you will learn more in one day of doing that then you will learn in 100 hours of committee testimony. >> reporter: at mckinley, kennedy's students hope their senator takes a lesson on good citizenship back to washington. >> i think we should remember that we're all human beings, we all have feelings. maybe we should stop shouting at each other and maybe talk to each other. >> i thinking about a citizen

means that you want the best for your country. hope the people that don't have as many advantages as you have -- help the people that don't have as many advantages as you have, and basically being a citizen means being a brother or sister. >> i think those kids need to go to washington. malaysia and sophia and dylan. so good. >> yeah. the kids were amazing. all of them. they were -- they were, 90-minute class, and they were chomping at the last question. when they talked in class, you see how we don't talk about them in washington. the senator would say that's a good viewpoint. somebody would say something, and it was based on the same kind of fights we have in washington, they just weren't prejudging people with the answers. >> i can't get enough of senator kennedy. i would like it to sit -- >> he's a hoot. john, thank you. >> really great. today on the podcast, boston market's ceo, frances allen, discusss thanksgiving preparations and what military training taught her about leadership. we'll be right back. ♪

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good morning. let's start this time around in san francisco. as you wroshg your way into the city right at 6th street blocking one lane. a little sluggish. so 101 also slows you into san francisco. 880 right at highway 84. you can see a lot of brake lights here in our live shot

because we've got a crash just south of there right at thornton avenue. a busy ride southbound 880. that will take you some time. right at broke hau. 237, 280 now 13 minute drive time. >> jana one more morning this morning the smokey skies as well as unhealthy air quality values there. so aqi values 150 and higher that's unhealthy and 100 and higher that's unhealthy for sensitive groups. overlooking the bay bridge and this is what you can expect. as we are looking at a smokey chilly start to the day better air quality this evening and then rain arrives for wednesday. so we're tracking two weather systems. one on wednesday and another system arrives late thursday into friday.

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