and many commanders who failed in their responsibilities. >> reporter: the air force released a statement this afternoon saying that it is appalled and deeply sorry for the criminal acts mcsally endured. reports of sexual assault across the military climbed by 10% in just one year, jeff. >> nancy cordes, thank you very much. president trump's ex-lawyer michael cohen was back before the house intelligence committee today behind closed doors. cohen reportedly showed the committee a full written statement about a trump real estate project in moscow. cohen claims the document was edited at the insistence of the president's attorneys, including jake sekulow, who denies the

allegation. the government reported today the u.s. trade deficit jumped 12% to $621 billion, the highest in a decade. the president had promised to lower the deficit. u.s. imports from china hit a record even after new tariffs were imposed on china to boost american factory jobs. a large american factory stopped production today after more than half a century. 1,600 workers at the general motors plant in lordstown, ohio, are affected by this. dean reynolds met one man on his last shift there in tonight's "eye on america." >> i was hoping that it didn't come to this. and the last drive in, it was kind of bittersweet. i mean what do you do from here? this may be the last time i pull up and park in this spot. >> reporter: aaron applegate has worked at the gm plant for 11 years. today was his last shift.

>> a little worried. >> a little worried? >> a lot worried. >> reporter: in gm-speak, wardstown has been unallocated, meaning the chevy cruze that rolls off the lines w i the last car they're making here, the last of 16 million vehicles since it opened in 1966. and it's the largest of the four plants in the u.s. where gm plans to stop production this year. more than 3,300 hourly workers will be laid off indefinitely. that's 7% of gm's approximately 50,000 hourly employees nationwide. the cuts come as the automaker is reporting a near-record $12 billion profit last year. >> are you bitter? >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: aaron brought his wife, jean ann, and his four children here 11 years ago after his employer in indiana shut down. >> parts of me are very bitter. what makes you bitter is the

fact that they're making profit year after year after year now. and we ain't. we're not seeing that back. it's not as simple anu >> but gm employees are a number, because they don't care. i mean, you're replaceable. >> reporter: gm is offering some workers transfers to other plants and applegate can apply, but it's complicated. his children include 13-year-old austin, who has cerebral palsy, needs special care, and is slated for spinal surgery at the end of the month. gm health insurance is key. >> with my youngest son, he needs that. >> he has great nurses that have been with him for years, that know him, that know how to treat his seizures. >> reporter: we wanted to know what they would tell gm's ceo, mary barra, whose ordered cuts come in response to market mand >> for her to think that she can play god and do whatever they

wants to do within the gm family i loveiving here. the friends, the neighbors, a community that i can call whenever anything goes on with that little boy, and they're here. and it is amazing. and i don't want to leave it. i don't want to. >> reporter: today at the plant aaron was bolting brackets and finishing the trim, just like every other day. but this wasn't every other day. what was it like in there? >> very emotional. when that last car pulled up and i had to go do my job on that -- >> job. >> yeah. >> there's still hope you're going to still see some of your co-workers but the group is probably going to split up now. it's hard to fathom i'm not going to be coming back tomorrow. coming up next, alex trebek

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alex trebek said today he has advanced pancreatic cancer. trebek is now 78. the long-time "jeopardy!" host saying while his prognosis is not encouraging, he will fight. here's tony deculpo. >> reporter: trebek delivered the shocking news with signature poise. >> this week i was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. >> reporter: he plans to keep working even as he fights an advanced disease with a effective-year survival rate of less than 10%. trebek recently talked to cbsn about the appeal of his emmy-winning show. >> america is a very competitive society. i can throw the ball farther than you, i can run faster than you, i can do better on "jeopardy!" than you. oh, yeah? let's find out. david, what's "hawaii 5-0"?

>> no, what's "one life to live?" >> reporter: this word describes a host that isn't giving up. what is courageous? >> i plan to beat the low survival rate statistics for this disease. truth told, i have to. because under the terms of my contract, i have to host "jeopardy!" for three more years. >> trebek has already hosted "jeopardy!" for 35 years, and more than 8,000 episodes, jeff. in today's video he told fans, keep the faith and we'll win. >> i love the way he handled that in that video and we are thinking about him. tony, thanks. coming up, the mystery that

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all races have been suspended at santa anita park in southern california. an unusual number of thoroughbreds have been injured recently and then put down. carter evans is there. >> reporter: it happened in an instant. watch the number 4 horse. the 3-year-old thoroughbred appears to stumble and his jockey pulls back. because of a severe leg injury, the horse had to be euthanized. >> are you able to tell from the video what went wrong here? >> she's striding out really well, which tells you she's fine. >> reporter: jim cassidy trains 40 horses here on this track. >> then h. i have to blame the for that. >> reporter: he also blames the track for the death of one of his own horses weeks ago.

in just over two months, 21 race horses have been euthanized after sustaining serious injuries at santa anita. that's more than double the number of horses that died here last season, and significantly more than prior years. this is the wettest winter in nearly a decade for california, and track experts have been testing the surface to determine the impact of all the rain. has it shown anything? >> the testing that was done last week suggested that it was uniform all the way around the one-mile racetrack. >> reporter: santa anita is closed indefinitely until they figure it out. the right move, according to jim cassidy, who doesn't want to see any more healthy horses injured and put down. >> if you took all these horses and put them on a different racetrack, the ones that died on us, put them on a different racetrack, probably wouldn't have happened. >> reporter: another expert will be here tomorrow to continue analyzing the track. in the meantime, all races are canceled, including the santa anita handicap, which is one of the biggest prep races leading up to the kentucky derby.

jeff? >> carter, thank you very much. up nex >> dr. stanley: remember this: cannot change the laws of god.hm form of adversity and he brings you through that, that's like he has increased the strength of the foundation of your life and your faith in him. [music]

we end with good news from alabama. the last of the missing from a tornado were found alive. one family ended up 100 miles

apart. >> reporter: ben robertson has never flown on an airplane. >> first time i ever flown was on a tornado. >> reporter: that ride broke the 34-year-old's leg and ankle, but not his spirit. >> ever since this happened, i have not been sad, upset, angry, or anything. >> because your two biggest thins in your life are still alive? >> i'm thankful everything's okay. >> reporter: his wife, megan robertson, is recovering from a broken hip at another hospital, as is his 5-year-old son eli. we were there when they spoke on video chat for the first time since the tornado hit. >> hey, buddy. >> hi. >> how are you feeling? >> oh, he's fine. >> reporter: eli will be out of the hospital this week. >> he's been up and at 'em. >> i'm sure he has. >> reporter: all ben remembers is that seconds before the tornado hit, he was in the bathroom holding on to his wife while she clutched their son. somehow they all survived. a family member took this

picture of eli's back while in the hospital. >> is that bruise your wife's hand? >> yes, sir. that's what they tell me. >> so the mother's love leaves a little bit of a bruise? >> that's why he's okay, yeah. >> reporter: there's nothing left of their home, and they don't even have health insurance. but ben's not worried. how are you keeping that smile on your face? >> i don't know, may be. it's the work of god, i guess. that's all i can say, man. >> reporter: the tornado destroyed everything he owns. except what really matters. omar villafranca, cbs news, open pa lika, alabama. that's the news for this morning. from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm jeff glor.

this is the "cbs overnight news." welcome to the "overnight news." i'm tony decoal poe. r&b singer r. kelly was taken into custody in chicago over failing to make child support payments. the arrest comes one day after his explosive interview with our gayle king where he cried and ranted, insisting that all the women now accusing him of physical and sexual abuse are lying. jericka duncan has the latest from the windy city. >> anything you want people to know about your accusers? >> reporter: r. kelly was taken into custody this afternoon in chicago after a child support hearing. kelly has three children with his ex-wife and owes more than $161,000. this comes after kelly's explosive interview with gayle king on "cbs this morning." >> so i think the point you're

making is, and correct me if i'm that you have never held anybody against their will? >> i don't need to. why would i? >> well, i'm -- >> how stupid would -- >> you've never held -- >> -- it be for r. kelly with all i've been through am my way, way past to hold somebody, let alone four, five, six, 50 you said. how stupid would i be to do that? >> robert -- >> stop it. quit playing. quit playing. >> robert -- >> i didn't do this stuff. this is not me. i'm fighting for my [ bleep ] life. y'all are killing me with this [ bleep ]. 30 years of [ bleep ] -- >> robert -- >> 30 years of my career, y'all are trying to kill me! you're killing me here! >> reporter: reaction was swift. one of his accusers jerronda pace tweeted after gayle king's interview, she saw kelly as a man that needs help and an asylum what is he needs. >> what i saw on tv this morning

about the way he acted when he got upset, i can only imagine what he does behind closed doors. >> reporter: this morning the family of joycelin savage, who lives with kelly, said they were alarmed by the interview. they believe their 23-year-old daughter is brainwashed and being held against her will. in a new interview, gayle also sat down with savage yesterday alongside azriel clary, who kelly says are his live-in girlfriends. kelly was in the room when the women were being interviewed. >> when i first met robert, my parents told me to lie about my age. so when i met him, he thought that i was 18. my parents told me to lie about my age to him. >> everything that she's saying is true. our parents are basically out here to get money -- >> your parents? you're saying the same -- >> both our parents are basically out here to try to get money and scam. >> reporter: both women were in court last week when kelly pleaded not guilty to ten counts of aggravated sexual abuse.

the 52-year-old is accused of abusing four women, three of whom were between 13 and 16 years of age at the time of the alleged act. >> hey, joycelin, this is mommy -- >> reporter: less than an hour after the savage family spoke to the media, savage called them. >> i have told you guys a million, million times that i am okay where i am and i'm happy. >> reporter: azriel clary's family responded today saying they never received a penny from r. kelly and that nor did they sell their daughter to r. kelly or anyone else for that matter. joycelin savage's family released similar comments saying they never asked for money or got money from r. kelly and are demanding r. kelly provide proof that he said that or that they said that. meanwhile a judge says r. kelly will remain behind bars until he pays that full amount he owes in child support equaling more than $161,000. >> we'll have a lot of gayle's

interview at 10 past the hour. now she discuss me with jeff glor. >> did he see this, going back into custody? >> i don't think so. you know, when we saw him yesterday we all knew he was going to court. he knew he was going to court. but i don't for one minute think he believed he'd be sitting behind bars again this evening. >> have you spoken to him or his camp today? >> yeah, i reached out to his camp today because i wanted to know, listen, that interview was very emotional. i thought it was very revealing. i wanted to check in with them to see how they're doing. they saw it. they said they were pleased with the interview, they were actually pleased with it -- >> they were pleased? >> yep. they said they were pleased with it because they thought it gave robert a chance to tell his story and robert is prepared to answer any questions. i really thought he goi ave at that moment. the only thing i was thinking was, just sit here quietly, let him know i'm going to let him go through whatever it is you're going through and i'm waiting for you to return to your seat.

i ly tught he was going to walk out the door. because he's walked out of the door in the past in interviews. >> one of the reasons he's back in custody now is because of his finances, because of the money he owes here -- >> his child support, yeah. >> what is the state of his finances right now, as far as you know? >> well, i asked him about his finances because that's been -- listen, r. kelly at the height of his game was worth hundreds of millions of dollars. so it was surprising to me that when he was arrested last week that he couldn't post $100,000 bond. i couldn't figure out how somebody who has made the money that he's made couldn't post a $100,000 bond. i asked him specifically what is the state of your finances? he said his finances are not good because he cannot work. he cannot work and he blames a lot of that on his ex-wife. >> some of these new clips we've seen with the women that you interviewed, what they say about their parents. >> yeah. >> just out to get money. >> this is very troubling to me. somebody's not telling the truth here. i also talked to the father of one of the girls who was heartbroken that his daughter is saying the things that azriel clary, i talked to her dad, he's heartbroken his daughter is saying the things she's saying.

the daughters say the parents were out for money, the parents say their daughters are being brainwashed and manipulated by r. kelly. somebody on one of those sides is not telling the truth. >> gayle, thank you very much. shock and outrage on capitol hill. senator martha mcsally, a 26-year air force veteran and the first female fighter pilot to fly in combat, told a hearing she was raped years ago by a superior officer. nancy cordes has the details. >> i was ashamed and confused. and i thought i was strong, but felt powerless. >> reporter: arizona republican martha mcsally stunned her senate colleagues, describing how she was sexually assaulted more than once during her 26-year career in the u.s. air force. >> the perpetrators abused their position of power in profound ways. and in one case i was preyed upon and then raped by a superior officer. >> reporter: mcsally was the

first female fighter pilot to fly in combat. >> now i'm deployed to d.c. to fight for arizona. > reporter: after four years in the house, she was appointed to the senate in december to fill the seat formerly held by the late john mccain. >> i was horrified at how my attempt to share generally my experiences were handled. i almost separated from the air force at 18 years over my despair. like many victims, i felt the system was raping me all over again. >> reporter: she is part of a growing sorority. lawmakers who have come forward to say "me too." >> the chief of staff held my face, kissed me, and stuck his tongue in my mouth. >> reporter: mcsally said she's going public now in the hopes it will lead to reform. >> i share the disgust of the failures of the military system and many commanders who failed in their responsibilities. >> reporter: the air force

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this is the "cbs overnight news." >> as you probably know by now, r. kelly broke his silence about the sexual abuse charges that landed him in jail last month. the embattled r&b singer spoke with our gayle king for nearly 80 minutes, insisting all the women now accusing him of physical and sexual abuse are lying. chicago prosecutors have charged kelly with ten counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. authorities say three of the four alleged victims were underage when the suspected crimes happened. kelly has pleaded not guilty to all of this. sources tell cbs news federal and state authorities in at least two states -- new york and illinois -- are now investigating a variety of allegations. the singer has faced intense scrutiny for more than a decade.

it was reignited in january after the lifetime docuseries "surviving r. kelly" featured interviews with seven accusers and former members of his inner circle. they all say kelly preys on vulnerable women and young girls. here's gayle's interview. >> i am surprised that you agreed to do it. why are you sitting down with us today? >> i'm very tired of all of the lies. i've been hearing things, you know, and seeing things on the blogs, you know. i'm just -- i'm just tired. >> what are the lies that you're hearing that disturb you most? >> oh my god. all of emgot little girls trapp basement. helicopters over my house. trying to rescue someone that doesn't need rescuing because they're not in my house. handcuffing people, starving people. i have a harem, a what you call it, a cult. i don't really know what a cult is but i know i don't have one, you know.

>> have you done anything that you regret? have you done anything wrong? >> lots of things wrong when it come to women that i apologize. but i apologize in those relationships at the time i was in the relationships. >> have you broken any laws when it comes to women? >> absolutely not. >> the six-part series interviewed 50 people. >> uh-huh. >> family members, your former tour manager, numerous women who all claim that you abused them. are you saying everybody in that documentary was not telling the truth about you, everybody? >> if -- if you really look at that documentary, which i'm sure you have -- >> i have. >> everybody says something bad about me. nobody said nothing good. they was describing lucifer. i'm not lucifer. i'm a man. i make mistakes. but i'm not a devil. and by no means am i a monster. >> i'm going to name the names. andrea kelly, your ex-wife. kitty jones. lisa van allen. lizette martinez. jeronda pace. faith rogers.

asanti mcgee. you're saying everything they said in that documentary about you is not true? >> they are lying on me. >> why would these women say the same thing about you, that you are controlling, that you are abusive, that you tell women when to eat, when to go to the bathroom, when they can sleep, where they can dress -- why would all these women tell these different stories about you if they were not truth? and they don't know each other. that defies logic, to me. >> right, right. until you hear the explanation. you can start a rumor on a guy like me or a celebrity just like that. all you have to do is push a button on your phone and say, so-and-so did this to me, r. kelly did this to me. if you get any traction from that, if you're able to write a book from that, if you're able to get a reality show, then any girl that i had a relationship in the past that it just didn't work out, she can come and say the same exact thing. >> are you blaming this on social media? >> i'm talking about the power of social media.

>> reporter: in 2008, r. kelly was found not guilty on 14 counts of child pornography after prosecutors in chicago failed to convince a jury that he was the man seen in a sex tape with a girl as young as 13. >> what do you want to say to your fans? >> reporter: last month kelly was indicted again, this time charged with aggravated criminal sexual abuse of four women, including three who the charges say were minors at the time. have you ever had sex -- >> no. >> -- with anyone under the age of 17 -- >> no. >> never? >> no. >> i'm going to tell you, gayle -- >> what women said about you -- >> what women said about me -- nobody's allowed to be mad at me and scorn and lie about me -- >> that's your explanation, they're lying on you, they're lying about you?

>> absolutely. absolutely. absolutely. >> you feel that people have maligned your character? >> i have been assassinated. i have been buried alive. but i'm alive. >> so i think the point you're making is, and correct me if i'm wrong, that you have never held anybody against their will? >> i don't need to. why would i? >> well, i'm -- >> how stupid would it be for r. kelly, with all i've been through in my way, way past to hold somebody let alone four, five, six, 50 you said. how stupid would i be to do that? >> i didn't say -- >> that's stupid. this is camera on me? that's stupid. use your common sense. forget the blogs, forget how you feel about me. hate me if you want, love me if you want, use your common sense. how stupid would it be for me with my crazy past and what i've been through, oh right now i

just think i need to be a monster and whole girls against their will, chain them up in my basement, don't let them eat, don't let them out. unless they need some shoes down the street -- >> robert -- >> stop it. y'all quit playing. quit playing. >> robert -- >> i didn't do this stuff. this is not me. i'm fighting for my [ bleep ] life. y'all are killing me with this [ bleep ]. i got 30 years [ bleep ] -- >> robert -- >> 30 years of my career. y'all are trying to kill me! you're killing me here! this is not about music. i'm trying to have a relationship with my kids and i can't do it. y'all just don't want to believe the truth. you don't want to believe it. >> reporter: at this point we briefly pause the interview to give kelly a moment. his publicist helped calm him down. >> i hope this camera keep going -- no, we're going to let the camera keep going --true. it doesn't even make sense.

why would i hold all these women? their mothers and fathers told me, we're going to destroy your career. >> reporter: but kelly's emotions remained raw. >> it's real girls out there missing. it's real young girls out there being abducted, being raped, okay? they really are on chains. they really do have chains on their -- on their wrists and they can't get out. >> robert -- >> ending up buried -- >> robert, we have to have a conversation. i don't want you just ranting at the camera. >> i came for them to hear me okay. >> okay but -- >> i need help. >> what kind of help? >> this is the kind of help i need. >> yes, what kind of help? >> i need somebody to help me not have a big heart. because my heart is so big, people betray me. and i keep forgiving them. >> you sound like you're playing the victim here. you sound like r. kelly -- you do. i listen to you -- >> i'm telling the truth. >> you're playing the victim card. >> i'm just telling the truth the reason i'm emotional and i apologize for that --

>> no, no, no, no -- >> this was the first time i was able to say something. i've said nothing. there are older men that like younger women, there are younger women that like older man -- >> are you an older man that likes younger women? >> i'm an older man that love all women. >> reporter: kelly said he met joselin savage after her father brought her to one of his concerts when she was 19. >> i didn't go looking for a joslin savage. i was doing my show. he brought her and asked a friend of mine to put her on the stage with r. kelly, make sure she's on the stage. >> reporter: azriel clary met kelly at one of his concerts. her parents say kelly pulled the then 17-year-old onstage back in 2015. they said they hoped she would become kelly's musical protege. >> azriel clary, what is your ? i'm seeing her. >> you are seeing her? >> yeah, she's 21, i'm seeing her. >> she's 21?

>> yeah. >> did you start seeing her at 17? >> absolutely not. >> did you have sex with her when she was 17? >> absolutely not. absolutely not. although her parents wanted me to. >> no, her parents have text messages that show that you had sex with her when she was 17. >> claim. claim. >> you're saying you did not have sex with her when she was 17? >> absolutely not. >> you are with two women right now. you love them, they say they love you. what kind of love is it that keeps these young women away from their families? their families are saying -- >> we're talking about -- >> i'm talking about joycelin ands a real -- >> aweouqution. what kind of father what kind of mother, will sell their daughter to a man -- >> who did that? >> how come it was okay for me to see them until they wasn't get nothing money from it? why would you take your daughter -- if i were going to take my daughter and she's 19 years old to a 49-year-old icon,

whatever, celebrity, r. kelly concert, whoever it is, i'm not going to put on the stage and leave her. i'm going to take her to the concert. their father is more into my music and know about my music than they do. >> you're saying the parents handed their daughters,s a real and joyceline, over to you? is that what you're saying to us? >> absolutely. are the cameras still going? >> yes. >> absolutely. >> gayle will have more on this a little later on "cbs this morning." the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.

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so clothes look newer, longer. downy and it's done. test. president trump will visit the disaster zone in alabama tomorrow where a massive tornado destroyed entire communities and left 23 people dead. omar villafranca reports from smith station, alabama. >> this is what 170-mile-per-hour winds can do to a mobile home. the woman who lived there, she got out before the tornado hit. she's accounted for. the sheriff is telling us only a handful of people are still missing. but today we're hearing more heartbreaking stories of loss. >> i heard all the kids screaming. and i tried to hold them a little tighter. >> reporter: shamelle hart and her two sons, jalen and jonathan, were visiting a cousin in beauregard when the twister

struck. >> the whole flar snatched from under us. we were always in the air. >> reporter: hart lost her 8-year-old niece, michaela walden. her 9-year-old son, jonathan, was taken to the hospital. she was with him when he died. >> i just told him, it's okay to let go. >> reporter: we now know the names of all 23 people killed by sunday's ef-4 tornado. seven of those victims are related. >> this sound like a train is coming -- >> reporter: alina smith's boyfriend is part of that family but he survived. smith described how the tornado just barely missed a direct hit on her home. >> i saw it coming. and i took off. and it skipped right over us. i just -- i'm still in awe. epr: sheila creach survived a hurricane in october. she rtr on sunday. on facebook she wrote, for those concerned we're home safe before

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a teenager who went a his mother's wishes and got himself vaccinated has become an unlikely spokesperson in the nationwide debate about preventive medicine. ethan lindenberger testified before congress tuesday. he's using his own experience to educate others about what he calls false information regarding vaccines. >> reporter: ethan lindenberger says his parents' misguided beliefs put his health at risk. he says he doesn't fault his parents but blames the false information online that manipulated his fears and is emphasizing the importance of getting accurate information about vaccines to the public. >> for preventible outbreaks information is the forefront of this matter. >> reporter: high school senior ethan lindenberger joined a

panel of experts on capitol hill tuesday alerting lawmakers to the dangers of incorrect information about immunizations. >> for certain individuals and organizations that spread this misinformation, they instill fear into the public for their own gain selfishly and do so knowing their information is incorrect. >> reporter: lindenberger's fight against medical misinformation began at home about two years ago after he noticed there was no scientific evidence supporting herewith mother's concerns about vaccinations. >> as i was growing up and doing my research, i decided that vaccines are good, they are beneficial. >> reporter: lindenberger's mother, jill wheeler, worried about vaccine safety. >> straight-up fear of him getting these immunizations and having a bad reaction. >> reporter: lindenberger began getting immunized in december after he turned 18. he now wants a stop to the false information swaying others from getting their own immunizations. >> it's not necessarily anti-vaccine individuals, but the rhetoric that's being presented to them. >> reporter: republican senator rand paul, a doctor, didn't

question tuesday's panel but argued against making vaccines a government requirement. >> but i still do not favor giving up on liberty for a false sense of security. >> reporter: 17 states allow parents to opt out of vaccinations for personal reasons. late tuesday night, lawmakers in washington state advanced a bill that would limit personal exemptions to vaccines. a measles outbreak in the state has sickened more than 70 people this year. dr. arthur kaplan is the founding head of the division of medical ethics at nyu school of medicine. he says lindenbergestimony is a major step toward giving children their own rights to get vaccinated. >> the experts say vaccines are safe, everybody get a vaccinati vaccination. that's good. but it's not as powerful as having an identified individual step forward and say, my parents are wrong, i want to get a vaccine. >> and that's "the overnight news" for this thursday. for some of you the news continues. for others check back later for

the morning news and of course "cbs this morning." from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm tony deculpo. captioning funded by cbs it's thursday, march 7th, 2019. this is the "cbs morning news." back behind bars. r. kelly arrsted, this time for failure to pay child support after his explosive interview with gayle king. now we're hearing from women who support him. >> he thought that i was 18. my parents told me to lie about my age to him. arizona senator martha mcsally stuns her colleagues by revealing she's a survivor of sexual assault. the spotlight on rape in the military. and game show host alex