national hug your newsperson. if you see us out there, you can give me a hug. >> but as joe said good morning to our viewers in the west. it's thursday, april 4th, 2019. welcome to "cbs this morning." breaking overnight, ethiopian authorities confirm the pilots of a doomed flight did everything boeing recommended to control the 737 max 8 but could not prevent the crash that killed 157 people. how this new report raises even more questions about boeing and the faa's safety approval. former vice president joe biden responds after more women come forward with accusations of unwanted and inappropriate behavior. hear his promise to change his ways ahead of a likely presidential run.

a teenager tells police in a cincinnati suburb he escaped from kidnappers and is the same boy who disappeared nearly eight years ago in illinois. the remarkable story that could be confirmed today with a dna test. plus, a more perfect union looking at girl power on wheels. how a group of women in a skateboard mecca is changing a culture that's been dominated by young men for decades. >> yay, but we begin with a look at today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. ethiopian investigators released preliminary findings that say the jet was airworthy. >> new details from the latest boeing disaster. >> investigators found the plane's crew performed all procedures from boeing but could not control the 737 max. >> joe biden addressing the accusations against him. >> "the washington post" is reporting that three more women have come forward. >> i will be much more mindful. that's my responsibility. >> democrats asking the irs to

release six years of president trump's tax returns. >> is that all? >> that's all. >> oh, usually it's ten. so i guess they're giving up. >> a yours tourist and our driver kiddnapped at gunpoint. >> the fbi is trying to verify a teenager's claim that he is the boy that went missing in 2011. he keescaped two kidnappers. pliskofelicity huffman and loughlin face the judge in the college admissions scandal. >> all that -- >> don't cry. it is spilled milk and a whole lot of it. a truck driver made a big old milky mess. >> just when you thought the airline seats couldn't get any smaller, an italian company california up with an airplane standing seat. >> you have to stand for the entire flight and everyone shares one peanut. >> the house judiciary committee approved a subpoena to get the

full mueller report. these people love house committee procedural votes, hey, right? who wants a road trip down to d.c. tuesday for the financial services and general government subcommittee hearing on the irs budget request for the fiscal year 2020. >> this mornings's "eye open" resented by toyota. let's go places. welcome to "cbs this morning." i don't know why he's making fun of subcommittee reports. they can be very exciting. >> so we can see. so we can see. let's road trip. >> give me a good plenary sessio i'm ready it. >> i'll get in he clown and go. my red nose and bogo wig. >> now to the news. we learned overnight that a

preliminary report on the ethiopian airlines crash says the flight crew followed all of boeing's emergency procedures but still could not control the jet. investigators in ethiopia say the 737 max 8 was in good flying condition when it went down last month killing all 157 on board. >> the initial findings also show flight sensors were not damaged. boeing grounded its jets because of software problems that killed more than 300 people. kris van cleave is at washington's reagan national airport to tell us what they have learned. >> reporter: good morning. and, of course, we didn't get the actual preliminary report, that hasn't been released yet but the update today is by far the most detailed we've had since this crash. ethiopian airlines says it will show its pilots followed all of the emergency procedures but there are clearly lingering questions.

>> recommendations have been provided. >> reporter: in an early morning briefing they say flight 302 started normally but after takeoff it entered into a dive. sources believe a sensor malfunctioned trigging the mcas anti-stall feature on the 737 max. ethiopia's transport minister confirmed the pilots followed the emergency procedure and turned off mcas but could not regain control and appeared to deviate from the emergency procedure by turning the system back on. mcas reactivated and the plane persistently nosedived. >> turning a system back on if it was malfunctioning is an unusual step. >> reporter: 737 captain dennis tajer is the spokesman for the pilots association and says the pilots may have felt like they were running out of options and time. >> in an emergency that mcas is a monster. it comes in quick, firm and has an aggressive nose down limit. >> reporter: boeing and the faa told pilots deactivating mcas

and taking over manually should be sufficient to prevent disaster. that worked for the crew who flew the lion air 737 max the day before the crash. yesterday boeing's ceo dennis muilenburg tweeted photos aboard a 737 max. he says it performed well in action but the fix needs several more weeks of work before it'll be sent to the faa for approval. tajer says there are still a lot of unanswered questions before the max can fly again. >> granted the software change is supposed to take a lot of this out, but it sounds like there may be more things that are going to need proper review before we can take on this aircraft confidently as we did before these tragedies. >> reporter: boeing says it will continue testing the software as it's being perfected. now, the faa announced an additional outside review led by a former ntsb chairman into the approval process surround the automated flight control system, think mcas. that will begin shortly. this as today one of the

families of the eight americans who died in the crash plans to speak as they announce a lawsuit against boeing, gayle. >> thank you so much, kris. democrats in congress are putting new pressure on president trump and his attorney general to reveal information they are holding back. robert mueller's investigators reportedly believe that william barr left out important details in his summary of the special counsel's report on russian interference in 2016. that's according to reports in "the new york times" and "the washington post." the house judiciary committee has authorize paesed subpoenas for the mueller report in full with no redactions and house ways and means chairman submitted a formal request to the irs yesterday to inspect mr. trump's tax returns. paula reid has more. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. democrats are crossing the president's bright red line by seeking his personal tax returns and this comes amid a broader escalation of democratic

investigations into all things trump. >> until such time as i'm not under audit i would not be inclined to do that. >> reporter: there is no policy to prevent anyone releasing tax returns while under out did but repeated his false claim when house democrats demanded his returns. >> i've been under audit for many years because the numbers are big and i guess when you have a name, you are audited. >> reporter: house ways and means chairman richard neal relies on a little known tax law to support miss request for six years of the president's tax returns as well as returns from eight other trump entities. neal insists the request is about policy, not politics. but not everyone agrees. >> this is not oversight. this is overreach and because they can't indict and impeach him they want to embarrass and harass him and those around him and america sees it for what it is. >> reporter: the house judiciary committee now has a subpoena for the funnel mueller report.

>> it is imperative that the committee take possession of these documents and others without delay. >> reporter: overnight both "the new york times" and "the washington post" reported some on the team are unhappy with william barr's summary. democrats were quick to seize on those reports to bolster their claims that barr should release more. >> why didn't he release a summary produced by bob mueller himself instead of trying to shape it through his own words? >> reporter: the reports were not attributed to special counsel team members, but the president's personal attorney rudy giuliani still blasted mueller's team over the latest reports. >> first of all it makes the point we've been making for two years despite all the media reports about how holy and haven't moneyous the mueller team is. they are a bunch of sneaky and unethical leakers. >> reporter: attorney general barr promised to release a redacted version by mid-april but democrats say anything short of the full report will prompt them to issue a subpoena.

likely leaving it up to the federal courts how much of the report is made public. >> thank you, paula. former have been joe biden says he will be more mindful of people's personal space with seven women now saying he touched them in a way that made them feel uncomfortable. one of them a former white house intern told "the washington post" biden pressed his forehead to my forehead in 20136789 biden who is expected to join the presidential race posted a twitter video yesterday. he said i get it and, quote, social norms are changing. i understand that and i've heard what these women are saying. ed o'keefe has more on his statement. good morning. >> good morning. good to see you. the former vice president's message comes after five days of accusations and he drops his biggest hint yet he'll have more to say soon as a presidential candidate. >> i will be expecting to talk to you about a whole lot of issues. i get it. i hear what they're saying. i understand it. >> reporter: in the video joe

biden acknowledged his actions but did not apologize. >> and my career i've always tried to make a human connection. i'll be more mindful and respectful of people's personal space and that's a good thing. >> reporter: his comments come after three more women told "the washington post" biden made them feel uncomfortable. one, vail kohnert-yount said biden pressed his forehead to hers. she remembers him telling her she was a pretty girl. katelyn caruso met biden after she spoke at an event on sexual assault. >> placed his hand on my thigh and crossed my boundaries and made me feel uncomfortable. >> reporter: all maintained it was not sexual harassment or assault but isn't behavior that should be tolerated. >> you're running for office. we're not grabbing people, we're not kissing them. we're not, you know, hugging them. just no. >> reporter: on wednesday biden earned support prosecutor an unlikely source. >> should he apologize.

>> no, he's going to make his own decisions. he's very capable of making a decision. >> reporter: but the controversy has exposed a generational rift among democrats. >> i would hold you like that or something like that, you would call that sexual because i held you like that. >> no. >> with the me too movement people go a little too far with that. >> i think we have a culture that claims that's acceptable and only recently we started to discuss it. i don't think it will have any impact on his candidacy. >> biden is set to make his first public appearance in washington at a labor union event. you heard him hint about plans to speak out in the coming months. aides tell us he's still on course to announce a campaign later this month at the earliest. >> this story just continues, now he's getting criticized because he didn't exactly apologize. i guess i'm from the generation if you're offering compassion and empathy to someone who's told you a sad story that that really is okay. but the bottom line as you pointed out he says he gets it

but i think the whole thing is very sad conversation to me that joe biden finds himself at this place at this time. >> a generational divide. >> you know, you always remember the person when you're ill or sick or someone in your family that died that comes to your family member or a close friend's funeral or calls you and that's what a lot of people say about joy behar. that's the first person who calls and she's up at a family member's funeral. >> that is his core strength, empathy. on the campaign trail despite what the person in the piece said campaigning is a lot about hugging and touching and reaching and doing all of those things. >> connecting. >> and connecting and that is in his bones and so to tell him that the thing that's in his bones you can no longer do will just make campaigning harder. >> nancy pelosi said something interesting yesterday. i know we got to go, she said we should all ago like we have colds. so we should all keep each other at arm's length. >> what does that say that makes --

what does that say for our future? >> i'm with you. >> which by the way is hug a local -- hug a newsperson today. >> an anchor. >> coming over in a minute. >> yeah. >> not today. >> the first of 33 parents charged in the massive college admissions scandal is preparing to plead guilty. california entrepreneur peter sartorio made the revelation yesterday accused of paying $15,000 to rig his daughter's intrance exam. that came as actresses felicity huffman and lori loughlin along with ten other parents appeared before a judge in boston yesterday. don dahler is at the federal courthouse. don, good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning. yeah, in addition to him, two other parents who were charged here say they are now in talks with prosecutors as well about a possible deal so we might be seeing more guilty pleas, but there's no indication that the two most recognizable names and faces who are caught up in this

scandal are part of that group and that, of course, would be the "full house" actress and the "desperate housewives" actress. >> felicity, anything to say? >> reporter: it may have looked like a hollywood premiere at times. but the scene outside lori loughlin and felicity huffman's initial court appearances was no red carpet event. we followed loughlin when she walked out of court. are you concerned about the impact this is having on your daughters right now? are you thinking about a plea deal? >> reporter: the hollywood stars are now the faces of what federal prosecutors say was a $25 million scheme to secure highly coveted admission slots at elite universities. >> lori, lori, pay for my tuition, lori. >> reporter: their hearings lasted only minutes and did not have to enter a plea. loughlin smiled and shook the hands of the three prosecutors on her case. when she arrived in boston tuesday, the "full house" star was seen signing autographs for fans.

>> the problem with these parents is that they still, many of them, don't understand they've done anything criminal. >> reporter: cbs news legal analyst rikki klieman say they could end up being sent to prison. >> the more mona you paid, the higher the likelihood is that you are going to be the example. >> reporter: loughlin and her husband, the fashion designer mossimo giannulli are accused of paying half a million dollars in bribes to get their daughters admitted into the university of southern california as crew team recruits even though they were not competitive rowers. >> i will fill her room with stuffed animals. >> reporter: felicity huffman, the star of "desperate housewives" allegedly paid $15,000 for someone to correct the answers on her daughter's s.a.t. tests. >> people often believe that if you are a celebrity you get preferential treatment. in this case, being one of the two celebrities, you are really perhaps going to get worse

treatment. >> reporter: huffman arrived and departed with her brother. her husband, william h. macy, was not here. gayle. >> all right, thank you, don. virginia's embattled lieutenant governor is urging prosecutors in two states to investigate sexual assault allegations against him. justin fairfax spoke publicly yesterday for the very first time since vanessa tyson detailed her accusations and said they're not true and his comments came as virginia lawmakers failed to agree on a proposal to have them testify under oath. jeff pegues is outside the capital in richmond with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, the two women at the center of this controversy say they want to testify in public but chances are that hearing never happens. it would be unprecedented. it would be politically explosive. fairfax who is a democrat said it would not be the right vehicle to get at the truth. i. >> i knew that the allegations made against me were false from

the moment i first heard them that is why i denied them. >> reporter: seeking to clear his name, virginia's lieutenant governor justin fairfax released the results of two polygraph exams each about his encounters with vanessa tyson and mere dilt watson. fa fairfax said he voluntarily took and passed both. >> such conduct is against everything i have stood for in my public and private life. >> reporter: watson and tyson went public with their allegations against the governor in february and spoke with gayle king in interviews that aired this week. >> and he's holding my head so i can't lift like i'm trying to lift my head but i can't. >> initially there was a couch and pulled me over and i tried several times to get up and was pushed back down. held down. >> reporter: fairfax disputes many of the details the women put forward including when tyson says they first met on july 26th at the 2004 democratic convention. >> senator edwards and i were

not in boston on that date relationship fairfax maintains both encounters were consensual. >> i did not rain or sexually assault meredith watson. >> reporter: state republicans have called for a bipartisan public hearing later this year that would pit fairfax against his two accusers. todd gilbert is the majority leader. >> wouldn't that just be a political stunt. >> this is too important and too compel be to be left to -- to being framed as a partisan effort. >> reporter: fairfax said he believes that a public hearing would only sensationalize the allegations against him but his accusers say it offers complete transparency. norah. >> that's what they say. someone asked, gayle, have you seen the mueller report? uh, no. i think that's why they want to have a hearing as good thursday morning. few showers today and sprinkles and drizzle as a strong system

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this is a kpix5 news morning update . >> good morning i'm anne makovec. a law firm plans to file a wrongful death lawsuit connected to the ethiopia plane crash involving a boeing 737 max 8. the first lawsuit filed in behalf of an american. more in the case of two men charged in the deadly ghost ship warehouse file. at issue is what testimony and evidence should be included in the trial. and today another vote for the

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what was that? ♪ anybody? am i the only one? thank you. thank you control room. welcome back. my age is showing. welcome back to "cbs this morning." here are three things you should know this morning. more than 540 million facebook users were publically exposed. according to upguard two third party facebook app developers posted private data including

names, passwords and e-mail addresses. researchers said that anyone who could find the information online could download it. facebook says the company's policies prohibits throwing public information into a database. facebook worked with amazon to take down those databases. the fda is investigating a possible link between vaping and seizures. there have been 35 reports since 2010. it's unclear how e cigarettes could cause eeshers but the fda says possible nicotine poisoning is one factor. the agency pointed out some seizures occurred in people with a history of seizure disorders. a new study suggests people who use spf moisturizers may not be properly protecting their faces from the sun.

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suspiciously. when they arrived they say he claimed to be timothy pitson. >> this home video shows timothy pitson just months before the 6 year old vanished. now nearly eight years later there may finally be a break in the case. >> a 14-year-old juvenile male white says he was kidnapped from somewhere. >> reporter: according to a police report a 14 year old said he fled to new port, kentucky after escaping two kidnapers that have been holding him for seven years. >> he looked like he had been beat up. >> reporter: this photo shows the teen. >> he said he was tired and has been passed around and is lost. >> reporter: the teen allegedly told police he was staying at a red roof inn and described the kidnapers as two white males with body builder top builds. one allegedly had a spieper web tattoo and the other a snake tattoo on his arms.

timothy was spotted on surveillance video at various parks and resorts days after his mother picked him up from his elementary school. she left a note saying timothy was safe with people who loved him and would never be found. >> in 2017, timothy's father told crime watch daily that his wife strungaled with mental health issues but he didn't believe she would harm their son. >> i can't see her doing that, taking his life. that's just not her. >> we always felt very strongly that tim was alive. >> reporter: kara jacobs is timothy's aunt. she says they are overjoyed he may have been found but also scared. >> we are still waiting to see if it is actually timothy. >> reporter: timothy's grandmother says they have never

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the phone company sprint shut down a cell phone tower on the campus of a california elementary school after some parents claim it may be linked to several cases of childhood cancer. those parents claim the tower could have exposed their kids to harmful radiation. sprint says the tower is safe and has operated well below federal safety limits but the phone company turned it off anyway. carter evans spoke to the families at the center of the controversy. >> my son missed growing up with his friends. my son lost all of his hair. it's not something that i wish on anybody to watch our child go through what our children have gone through. >> reporter: kelly's son kyle was 10 years old when he was diagnosed with kidney cancer.

five months later kyle's friend and classmate developed brain cancer. >> 14 hours to get the tumor out. and he had five weeks of inpatient rehabilitation. he had to learn to walk, talk, eat all over again. >> reporter: two more kids at the school were diagnosed this year. at what point are you saying we have to take a close look at the school here? >> the moment that i found out that nathan had been diagnosed it popped into my mind that something was not okay. >> reporter: the moms believe the recent increase in cancer cases could be caused by radiation from radio frequency coming from this cell tower located on the elementary school campus. >> it is classified as a possible carcinogen. we feel it doesn't belong there. >> reporter: you figure it's not worth the risk.

>> absolutely. >> reporter: the school district hired engineers to measure the exploesher and concluded the tower met government and industry standards in all respects and posed no threat to student safety. the parents hired their own investigator who found much higher rf levels than the district did but still within government saflt standards. >> sprint takes safety very serio seriously. >> reporter: three tests found the cell tower is operating 100 times below the federal limit. does sprint believe that tower can be causing cancer? >> absolutely not. we do hear the community's concerns so we are working to relocate the tower. >> reporter: whenever you hear of cases in a child obviously that itself is alarming. when there are several cases in one school, that's even more alarming. >> reporter: cbs news medical contributor says the number of cases warrants further investigation. but he says people exposed to rf

waves at normal levels have not been found to be at higher risk for developing cancer. >> the way to study sthis is to loto -- this is to look at data. the data today don't point to cheese causing cancer. >> reporter: the american cancer society says there is very little evidence to support the idea that being near a cell tower might increase the risk of cancer, but it also says very few human studies have focussed specifically on that risk. do you believe the oncallgists who say cell towers can't cause cancer? >> i believe everybody wants to believe our government. technology is what it is and it is growing out of control. >> reporter: her son's cancer has returned and he is now undergoing treatment. kyle is in remission, but he still undergoes scans every three months. >> they have looked into his eyes and looked at the fear that

he has as a 9 year old facing something asking me, mom, am i going to die? it would push any parent to fight. i won't stop until it's done, until that thing is gone. >> reporter: for cbs this morning, carter evans. >> she's right about that. the school district tells cbs news it has been in touch with the california department of health and has tested the school's soil and water, as well and is waiting for the results of those tests. you can believe any parent will not stop until they find the answer if something is harming their children. >> it has to be hard to hear there is no connection while you are looking at your child who is losing his hair and is very ill. >> i'm glad they are testing the oil and the water. a look at this morning's other headlines including good thursday morning. unsettled weather continues today so a few more showers and

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welcome back to "cbs this morning." here is a look at some of this morning's headlines. cbs news.com reports an american tourist was kidnapped at gun point at a popular safari destination in uganda. 25-year-old kimberly sue was ambushed. the kidnappers used her phone to demand half a million dollars ransom. a huge search is underway. local police have not ruled out terrorism. secretary of state mike pompeo spoke with families of missing americans tuesday before news broke of the kidnapping. he said the u.s. does not pay ransom because it could encourage more hostage taking. the colorado independent reports that michael bennett was

diagnosed with prostate cancer but still hopes to run for president. he decided to have a physical last month and tells the independent the cancer was defed detected early. he says if he is cancer free after the surgery he will enter the 2020 race. cbs dallas fort worth texas station reports that isis carried out the largest arrest operation. immigration officials arrested more than 280 workers at cbe technology group. that's a technology repair company in allen, texas. investigators say they received a tip that the company may have knowingly hired the workers who they suspected of being in the country illegally. the "l.a. times" reports on a new account of the rescue of a boys' soccer team in thailand. 12 boys and their coach were trapped for more than two weeks. a report reveals the boys were

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good morning it 7:56 i'm kenny choi. frustration mounting -- the mayor shouted at a meeting over dozens sounded off about her plans for a center and neighbors are worried about drug use. tesla reported its biggest sales drop in history. they saw a 31% decrease in sales in the first three months of 2019 to the prior quarter. william johnson is announced as the pg&e new ceo. he was formally with the tennessee valley authority for

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♪ hey. good morning. it is thursday, april 4th, 2019. gayle king is on fire. never seen her so happy. welcome back to "cbs this morning." ahead, the rising popularity of products containing cannabis, cbd from lotions to food. we look at the health claims for the additive and whether they're justified. a psychiatrist explains how important it is to keep your kids online all the time and how to set limits. first, let's look at today's eye opener at 8:00.

>> the preliminary report on the ethiopian airlines crash says the flight crew followed all of boeing's emergency procedures. >> this is by far the most detailed we have had since this crash. but there are also lingering questions. >> democrats are crossing the president's bright red line by seeking his personal tax returns amid a broader escalation into all and will a possible role in you will and will and will will

will you and you know you will all will pro procedures laid out by boeing and the faa, but still could not keep this jet from crashing to the ground. the report did not go into great detail, but noted that the

plane's nose was repeatedly push downed. that's terrifying to think about. kris van cleave is at washington's reagan nat l airport with more on this story g morning to you. >> good morning. we got a briefing today. we expect the actual preliminary report document to be released in the next day or so. that may have a whole lot more detail. we understand the plane was believed to be in good working condition at the point of takeoff, takeoff appeared to be normal. something went wrong. sources tell us investigators believe a sensor may have malfunctioned, triggering the plane's anti-stall system known as mcas. it pushed the nose of the plane down shortly after takeoff. the ethiopian transport minister says the pilot then repeatedly followed boeing's procedures and shut off the system, but then struggled to control the plane manually. data suggests the pilots then turned the system back on, causing mcas to push the nose of the plane down again, perhaps multiple times before the plane crashed. turning mcas back on is not part

of the emergency guidelines laid out by boeing. however, the general circumstances of the crash are similar to the crash of a lion air 737 max back in october. ethiopian airlines crash here led to the worldwide grounding of boeing's entire max fleet, amid uncertainty around safety of the planes. boeing since announced a software update and new training for all pilots. boeing ran a test flight yesterday with the new software with the ceo on board. they are still working through some tha some changes. the faa announced a new independent review lookinging into the approval process of automated flight control systems like mcas. a final report from the ethiopians is expected in about a year. john? >> kris, thank you. leading house democrat is asking the irs for some of president trump's most closely held information. in a letter yesterday, richard neal demanded the president's

personal tax returns and returns from the eight trump businesses from 2013 to 2018. he wants to see them by wednesday, april 10th. >> neal based his move on a little known part of the tax code, nearly 100 years old. the president said last night he was not inclined to release them. white house is likely to launch a legal challenge that could take years to resolve. so interesting, richard neal, when i grew up covering politics, you always knew with dan rostenkowski, that's one of the most powerful positions in congress. i did not know they have the power to do that. >> another one of these clashes between the two branches of government, the legislative, do they have the power to check the executive, back to philadelphia in 1787 and all the questions and that's why it will take years to resolve. lawyers will be going back to their --

>> we won't have a quick resolution? >> no, i'm afraid not. framers -- >> intended for government to grind slowly. >> no resolution today. former vice president joe biden says he will change the way he shows affection. three more women saying his touches made them feel uncomfortable. the washington post published their stories last night bringing the total number to seven. one of the women who accused biden earlier this week spoke to our streaming network cbsn. >> i felt and my husband noticed that mr. biden hand on my shoulder slowly disappeared and did a low -- a slow descent down my back until he reached my waist. >> the likely democratic presidential candidate responded on twitter saying he has always meant well, but recognizes times are different. >> social norms have begun to change. they shifted and the boundaries of protecting personal space

have been reset. and i get it. i get it. i hear what they're saying. i understand it. and i'll be much more mindful. that's my responsibility. >> biden plans to make his first public appearance since the recent complaints tomorrow at a labor union event in washington. ed o'keefe is here. ed, good morning. >> good to see you again. >> biden's advisers, do they feel like they're close to being able to move on from this issue? >> i think earle this week there was a thought if there was nothing more serious alleged by anyone, then they would be all right. so now they released this video, we noticed he acknowledges it, he says he's going to do better, he doesn't explicitly apologize to the women that was part of the debate. is there anything to apologize for? or explain yourself. which is what he did. >> most of the women are saying they would still vote for him. they don't think it disqualifies him from being a presidential candidate. >> one of them said, this doesn't explicitly disqualify

him, but we should have a robust debate about his 40 years of public service and some of the things he did in the past as a senator. >> let's talk about the larger 2020 race. i understand the dozens of democrats that are running for president are all going to be speaking at an event. >> they're here in new york. the annual al sharpton national action network conference. one of the many, what we like to call, cattle calls, that will be held across the country this year and next year. they're traveling in packs this week. midtown manhattan, they hope that if they can make it here, they can make it anywhere. >> what are you looking for in the speechs? >> one thing this group the national action network told them they want to hear about is support for potential reparations for slavery. as one of the leaders told us yesterday, we want to know these democratic candidates are at least open to the idea of possible reparations being paid. this is an issue that has been talked about a lot of the candidates, hasn't been talked about broadly there are different groups and people try to push it into the conversation. >> it will be interesting, what is the threshold, do they all just have to say yes, it would be interesting to have a in the

to study it or specific about what reparation -- >> they want to see at least people say i'm okay with the idea, let's talk about it more. >> let me ask you this are we in the stage with the cattle calls, as so many of them, are candidates in the stage of hi, nice to meet you, here is who i am, or are they in the stage of here's how i'm different than this person or that person. >> it is more still introducing yourself to these audiences, trying to explain your background, and in some cases putting out some pretty needy proposals on things they would do, whether immigration, whether it is reforming the tax structure or revamping health care in the country. but you ask most americans today more than three presidential candidates and they can't do it and they shouldn't have to. this is much more than a year away. >> let's talk about fund-raising numbers. john, were you going to say something? let's talk about the fund-raising numbers. bernie said the other day 18 million. kamala said 12 million. beto o'rourke up to 9. he's touting these more individual donations, smaller

donations. i think mayor pete buttigieg is 6.9. there it is. >> 7 million plus now. >> the other day it was 6.9. >> these are the only four of the candidates who self-announce what they have raised so far. >> what does this tell you? what does this mean? >> it is no surprise that bernie sanders would have as much as he does. he's probably the biggest name in the race and had several million dollars left over from his last campaign. this is one of the only data points we have at this point, one of the only pieces of evidence of potential support. so they're going to sort of be touting the fact, our largest contribution was only $40, we got it from 900,000 -- or 900,000 different contributions. >> why does that matter? >> it matters because it demonstrates they have support across the country, the kind of grassroots support that will sustain them financially and on the ground in these early primaries. >> i read one donor to pete buttigieg say i give $10 and every week i give another $10.

>> that's what they're looking for. >> that's the kind of enthusiasm you want to build when someone keeps watching the channels and says i'm sending another check. >> those top four, a lot of diversity in the top four fund-raising candidates, shows you how much of a diverse field there is. >> ed o'keefe, are you coming back or is this it for today? >> i a double matinee. everything from cookies to lotions contain cbd. dr. tara narula is here with why the fda is taking a close look at the unregulated market and what you should kno stronger system will begin tomorrow with widespread rain and breezy conditions. this will bring about one quarter to three quarters of an inch of rain.

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much more news ahead. how much is too much of the wildly popular video game fortnite. we'll talk to a psychiatrist about how kids get hooked and what parents can do to curb what she calls the game's addictive qualities. and jamie yuccas jumps on a skateboard to see how a group of women are bringing girl power to the sport. >> intimidated to get on a skateboard? so was i. we'll introduce you to this group getting more women on board. 'll get you introduced to the women onboard. it's like a superfood sundae. on a monday. (avo) new beneful superfood blend dry and wet recipes.

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in today's "morning rounds," we're focusing on cbd. do you know what that is? it comes from plans in the cannabis family and has been marketed as a solution for anxiety, pain, and epilepsy, too, with walgreens and cvs expanding. the fda is taking a closer look at the unregulated market. outgoing fda commissioner scott gottlieb told lawmakers the other day he's uneasy about the drugstore chains' decisions. the agency will hold a public hearing next month. our drchl tara narula is sorting it all out. i don't know. what are you here to do? she's here to sort it all out with us. start with me. number one, i need a new tongue, but that's me. i thought it had do with

marijuana. >> that's not just you. >> it's not just me. >> the plant has hundreds of kinds of knabboids. you have cot and cbd, cannabdiol. we know that the body -- we learned this in the 1990s -- has our own indigenous cannabinoid system. we produce our own and they're spread throughout. so it makes sense that these products may have some effects on the different parts of the body as they claim. although at this point. >> so it cannot get you high. >> no. >> that's really interesting. so this feels like that, but whau you're saying is no. with these receptors and our own ability to produce it'll,

there's something innate. >> is there scientific evidence that it's an effective dream for pain or anxiety. >> very good question that thank you, doctor. >> the best studies come from studies on epilepsy. they approved a drug used in two rare syndromes for children. there is growing evidence for other conditions, anxiety, blood pressure, acne, diabetes, but these studies are small. we do need more research at this point. >> negative side effects? >> the concern that dr. got league raised is valid, which is we don't know what is the effective differences. what is the effect of exposure long time? we know a lot of products are mislabeled. there was a study in 2017 that

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a survey reveals nearly 25% of parents worry about how much time their kids are spending playing the popular online game

fortnite. >> i have to do my homework and everything else, but once i'm done with that, straight to fortnite. fortnite's everything. >> there's a lot of kids like that. psychiatrist this is a kpix5 morning update. good morning it's 8:25 i'm kenny choi. >> an engineer suspected of trying to poison a coworker is do in the court. he tried to kill a colleague by putting toxic metal in her food and water since 2017. today a law firm plans to file a lawsuit connected to the deadly plane crash involving a boeing 737 max 8. this is the first lawsuit involved on behalf of an american involved in the crash. a grand opening for the transit village with a housing complex in oakland.

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new tracking a new traffic accident this morning. it is making a little bit of a snarl in the commute. let's take a look. southbound 880 at tennyson it has moved to the right hand shoulder but it is a big rig so it's causing quite a delay making your way to the south bay. it will take 33 minutes from

experian to 237. it looks good to the north but heading toward the bay bridge your commute is pretty slow in that direction. looking at the bay bridge things are stacked up all the way to the maze with the metering lights. it will be slow and go right making your way into san francisco. tracking another accident on westbound 580 at north livermore blocking one lane and slowing things down westbound. unsettled weather continues today with a few showers and sparkles and drizzle. through tomorrow expect the stronger storm system will role through. a few showers this morning continuing through the afternoon. low to mid 60s for the daytime high and a soaking rain and breezy conditions friday with a powerful storm system moving through with heavy rain at times. some showers saturday.

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♪ ♪ wake up. that music just gets you going. welcome back to "cbs this morning." right now, it is time to show you some of the morning's headlines from around the globe. "bin id sear" reports a universal flu vaccine is being tested for people, being tested on people rather for the very first time. the national institutes of health says the inknock clags could make the annual flu shot obsolete providing long-term immubt to many strains of the disease. researchers will vaccinate 50

healthy adults and monitor their immune responses. a flu pandemic could pose a national security threat. flight attendants or delta says their uniforms are causing health problems. some female flight attendants reported rashes, shortness of breath and hair loss. doctors told "the guardian" finishing chemicals used to treat the uniforms could be to blame. delta said less than 1% of employees reported issues and they're working with employees to try to find solutions. the uniform that has not been treated with finishing chemicals will be available in june. "u.s. news and world report" looks at a study an unhealthy diet is the world's leading risk factor for a premature death. research published in "the lancet medical journal yst found 20% are associated with poor diet, health issues such as cardiovascular disease, cancer and type ii diabetes. >> eat your broccoli. the "new york times" reports on a new study that suggests the great barrier reef is not too

big to fail. researchers in australia say the world's largest reef may not recover from global warming. mass bleaching of the reef killed many adult corals. for the first time there's been a significant decline in new corals. corals need up to a decade to recover from harmful bleaching that strips them of all of their color. our partners at the bbc report prince harry and duchess meghan broke a world record from w their new royal sussex ins instagram account. the account now has 3.4 million followers and counting. it contains photos showing the couple on official trips and some of the causes important to them. we're waiting for the baby pictures. >> what do you think, what's going to happen when that baby is born? maybe we'll see it on instagram. >> i think so. >> i think so, too. here is the baby that grew up to be something. "usa today" reports a single mother of three was in shock when her 13-year-old son

surprised her with a car. william rabillo knew his mom was struggling when he found a 1999 chevy metro for sale near their nevada home. he managed to strike a deal with the seller that included doing yard work and handing over his xbox. >> mom, i got you a car, and she's like, no, you didn't. and then i was like, i did, and then she didn't believe me. >> oh. >> he kept the car a secret until it was time to go and get it. his mom posted the story on facebook, calling the teenager loving, helpful, and inspiring. >> i love that story. >> i know. >> he sold his xbox, too. what a great mom, what she's taught him. and a great son. >> very nice. a pilot program in the midwest is fighting hunger by rescuing unserved cafeteria food. indiana's alacart school district repackaged leftover food after discovering some

students go hungry at home. every friday 20 students at one elementary school get a backpack filled with eight frozen meals. the food gets their students and families through the weekend. leaders say the program is making a big impact. i love that idea, someone saw a need and said we can meet it. >> did something about it. >> we can meet it. >> i like that, too. around 250 million people have played the wildly popular online game fortnite in the year and a half since its debut. it is described as a cross between minecraft and "hunger games." players bat well guns and other weapons on a fantasy island or work together in creative mode and also build things as well, which is the minecraft part. 61% of u.s. teenagers have played fortnite according to a 2018 survey by common sense media and also found almost one in four parents are worried about the amount of time kids spend on the game. doctors sue varma is assistant professor at the nyu medical

center, welcome. >> thank you. >> there are all kinds of games kids get intensely interested in. what is happening in their brains when they get this kind of, well, addiction? >> there is such a flood of dope a dopamine, anticipation can increase it by 70% in the brain, the pleasure and reward system. the problem is these young kids develop brain has the foot on the gas but doesn't have a foot on the brake so we don't have the same control and regulation. kids don't know when to stop. >> how is it affecting your development? >> kids often like there's a craving set up, where when you interrupt the kids, they get extremely irritable and we do know there have been some cases of violence, where kids are breaking into their parents' car to try to get their devices, they're stealing credit cards. that's not the norm. that's not the baseline. most kids are able to regulate their playing, but we are finding that kids that are more vulnerable who might be prone to depression or anxiety or have difficulty making friends might be using this as a form of coping or avoidance.

>> so it's the executive functionability. >> absolutely. >> that allows them to stop these things. when does that kick in? when is it proper to let them figure out how to develop their own executive functions? >> look, it really depends on the child. you have to know the child, do they have the ability to be able to say no and really what it comes down to, do they have a more compelling activity. a lot of times kids are going to say why do i have to stop? what is more interesting than this? i don't find homework interesting but you have to give them a healthy diet of other pleasurable activities. nothing can replace the human connection. if your kids really enjoy spending time with you, with friends, reward that as behavior. can we go to your favorite movie, to a play, outdoor hiking, can we go rock climbing? >> isn't that part of the problem here? i know certainly from personal experience in our own house, and this is a problem actually the team play and the group play and the connectivity to friends is intense and pleasurable in a way we would all recognize from our own growing up. >> absolutely but we need to give them opportunities and

alternaall the alternatives and functions and the executive function is developing until the age of 25. you have to take it in a case-by-case base. >> do you have kids in your house? >> i do and they do play fortnite. >> i was wondering how hard it is on parents. >> it is hard. we set limits and those limits are broken, there's a breach of trust in the house. i thought we were on the same page. i find that giving the kids a part, a hand in the accountability, and saying listen, it's up to you. you can choose this or you can choose that but you can't have both. >> we use something different in our house. we actually use, this was my husband who figured this out, because he's really good at this stuff, something called circle, which is on your phone and it shuts off essentially the game after 45 minutes. so there is a list, a set of expectations. it's taken a while. i'm sometimes it's been unplugged mysteriously, but now they know there's a device that sets the time limit. it's not a decision that either i make that i have to be mean

about saying get off of it or they make. that's the limit and it's done. i this i that helps all of us. >> absolutely. you are giving the kids natural consequences and you don't have to be the bad guy, saying i didn't do it, or setting a timer and letting them know, you have a 20 minute warning before it stops. giving them rules, regulations, expectations, boundaries, reinforcements, and as a psychiatrist, are you seeing things in kids that concerns you about these games? >> i am. like there is a level of the competition, right, the violence that sometimes -- we're not saying that this is what it's going to lead to stuff outside, but it is wiring the brain to sort of set people up against each other, and a survival mode mechanism. >> that's what i keep hearing. the thing raised about the violence. how worried should we be about that and what should we do about that? >> the problem is, does your child know the difference between reality and fantasy, are they able to draw the line. and a parent should be on the lookout for dangerous behaviors, kids starting to socially with

draw, are their grades going down? are they not connecting to people with personal hygiene going down, are they preoccupied with thoughts of death? do they talk about suicide? so many parents are afraid to ask the difficult questions because they think they're going to plant seeds into the minds of their children. those thoughts, if they exist, have been there for years, so know the warning signs. this does not happen outside of context. if we are talking about dangerous behaviors in real life, there's things that already preexisted, mental health issues. >> what is the difficult question to ask? >> do you feel like your life is not worth living? do you cry all the time? do you not get meaning or purpose or pleasure? do you not feel that people like you? some kids will tell you, i feel rotten to the core. i feel unloveable. nobody loves me. everybody hates me. i don't have friends in school. i sit by myself and have lunch. i get bullied. a lot of times parents want to turn the other way because they don't want to deal with issues in themselves. there might be marital problems. video games cause conflict in couples because there's a difference in parenting.

>> do you think sometimes kids use games as a substitute for the things they're lacking? >> absolutely. >> or worried about? >> a lot of times games give kids who have problems making friend it gives them a common ground to play. in some context, kids that might have challenges, it might be a way. never use this as a stub institute for the real life connections, even social media can have a compulsive use, like a problematic interactive social media use. >> sue varma, you're terrific. wow. >> a lot of good information. >> thank you. >> we need to keep your number. >> i know, she could be reached at 1- -- thank you. >> thank you, nice to have you here. girl power is riding into a notorious boys club. ahead our series "a more perfect union" hits the pavement with unsettled weather continues today so a few more showers and sparkles and drizzle but a stronger system roles and tomorrow bringing rainy

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♪ women, let me hear you say in our series "a more perfect union" we aim to show what unites us as americans is far greater than what divide you. the fame ud venice neighborhood of los angeles, a place where skateboards are common, but women on skateboards not so much. jamie yuccas went for a ride to introduce us to a skate group that puts the idea of girl power on wheels. >> go, go. >> it may not look like it, but

these women are on their way to a board meeting, and yes, that pun is intentional. >> it's a girl thing now. >> they call themselves girl swirl, and their mission is simple, change the way the sport of skateboarding sees women. >> dude, can we do kippy's parking lot? >> yes. >> reporter: and vice versa. it started about a year ago on the bike path and side alleys of venice, california, the mecca of male dominated skateboard culture. >> as a woman without a skateboard it is an intense place. you have a lot of cat calls and it's not very comfortable. >> reporter: growing up, lucy osinski felt empowered when she rode a skateboard but also felt alone. >> i was addicted to it but i didn't feel supported in the same way i wish i was, so i started skating with another

girl. >> reporter: that one other girl turned into three other girls. including julia ama. >> long story short, how fun would it be if we got everybody together to skate at once? >> reporter: they ended up with nine women in the group, and they knew they needed a name. >> i felt like we were all an ice cream swirl, like there was different colors and ages and types of people and we were just swirling together, and i was just said girl swirl. >> reporter: at first, they stayed in touch informally with text messages. b but myriah marquez says they outgrew that. >> it exploded overnight with other girls stoked on it. >> reporter: there's almost 50,000 instagram follows. >> it blows me mind every day. >> girl power is real! >> but it's not just online. twice a month, girl swirl hosts a group skate in venice, where dozens of women show up, many

for their very first time on wheels. >> we never actually know how many girls are going to show up to each group skate and we're constantly blown away by the girls who show up. >> feel safe for a woman and for us to have created that space is like i don't know, that's what i love the most. >> reporte >> most of these girls are in the venice area, the fact we're all within a couple mile radius and didn't know about each other and now we come together. it's just, i mean, it's amazing. >> reporter: the group attracts all ages, from grown women to the youngest, 5-year-old kenny pollard. how fast do you think you can go? >> pretty fast. >> reporter: pretty fast? if penny could do it, there's no way i could resist. okay, how do i stop? >> you don't have to rip, do tricks. we're asking to kick push, we're there to support you. the whole idea is we're trying to make this less intimidating for women. when you're a woman alone on a skateboard it's different, when you're a woman together with all

these other people you create girl power. girl power is real. you can change things in your community. >> reporter: that community is now global. the group has gotten messages from women as far away as italy and dubai, all wanting to start chapters of their own. and now, girl swirl even has the ultimate symbol of skater cred, a board of its own, built by iconic skateboard brand care er have carver. >> the fact that our group gets to launch with pro athletes is amazing. ♪ it's beautiful >> it is beautiful. >> reporter: but not nearly as beautiful as the sunset skate along the venice boardwalk, possible only because of nine women determined to get everyone else on board. for "cbs this morning," jamie yuccas -- >> girl power! >> reporter: -- los angeles. >> that was beautiful!

i like the way she said it. do you know how to do that? >> in high school i skateboarded a couple times. >> i look at jamie thinking she looks like nana, which is what i would look too on the skateboard. i admire her for doing it. >> like nana? >> that would be me. it's not a knock on jamie. i admire her for doing it. >> i did it when i was a kid, had a huge, massive epic wipeout that cured me of it for a while. when my kids got back into it, i tried. >> did you break anything? >> i didn't break anything. there were a lot of -- it was -- >> very deep. >> girl swirl. thank you, jamie yuccas. thank you, girl swirl. on today's "cbs this morning" podcast, author apatpak radden keefe discusses his book "say

been dreading this all morning. we want to say before we go, you've been reading about it. bianna golodryga, i talked to her yesterday. sad to say she's leaving cbs news.

this is a kpix update. more motion suspected today in the case of two men charged in the deadly ghost ship warehouse fire. they are facing 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter. at issue is the testimony and evidence that should be included in the trial. millions of facebook records have been exposed. the cybersecurity firm said more than 540 million records were exposed to a third-party company on an amazon cloud computing server. another vote on a plane to restore and revive the ferry

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let's get to the hotspots. an accident is clearing in one of those heavily trafficked areas, 24 where it connects to 580. there is an accident that has been moved and chp is still on the scene and it is slow going

making your way toward the bridge. it is mostly brake lights heading westbound. it's not terrible in the northbay the drive town on south 101 only about 33 minutes. an accident north of san rafael has been cleared. a new accident northbound 17 to 280 has been moved to the right shoulder and it is slow making your way in and around san jose this morning. another when on westbound 50 at north flynn slow coming out of the altamont pass. very? a few showers today and unsettled weather that will continue with sparkles and drizzle in a southwest flow. a strong system comes in tomorrow bringing widespread soaking rain and easy conditions. a fast-moving storm to pick up one quarter to three quarters of an inch rain it will be out quickly late friday into early saturday. showers saturday and dry sunday warming up sunday. shower chances monday with

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