will warm-up. what a start to the work week. >> not good for a monday morning. be careful out there. have a great day. good morning to you and welcome to "cbs this morning." i'm gayle king with anthony mason and tony dokoupil. breaking news, gm strike. more than 48,000 autoworkers walk out after contract talks break down with the largest u.s. automaker. what's behind the first national strike at general motors in 12 years? edward snowden talks in a u.s. television exclusive. the former nsa contractor who leaked thousands of top-secret documents tells us why he did it and what it's like living in exile in russia. big papi is back. red sox legend david ortiz talks with univision in his first tv interview since a gunman shot him more than three months ago. hear exclusive portions of his

interview first on "cbs this morning." and the age ofaquarius, a rare visit to an underwater lab where scientists studying climate change can work for weeks at a time. it's monday, september 16th, 2019. he is today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. secretary pompeo's made clear that the iranian regime is responsible for this attack on our global energy supply, and we're not going to stand for that. >> the president says the u.s. is locked and loaded following an attack on saudi arabia. >> the attack on the beating heart of saudi arabia's oil production, pitting the world's largest petroleum processing plant, has made oil prices soar. thousands of members of the united auto workers went on strike at general motors. after contract talks broke down. "the new york times" reports it has uncovered a new sexual assault claim against justice brett kavanaugh. >> impeachment is something you can look at, but you've got to get the documents.

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kick is gone, and the bears win it in one of the most dramatic finishes you'll ever see! the chicago bears beat the broncos. >> and eddie pineiro, the drinks are on chicago. the hero, pineiro, comes in and saves the day. this morning's "eye opener" is presented by toyota, let's go places. >> he was a little happy. >> somebody had a really good day yesterday. i'm concerned about the missing gold toilet. does it matter what color your toilet is? want something that flushes. very bright. welcome to shoerng shoerng. we're going to begin -- to "cbs morning news." we're going to begin with developments on an overnight action by one of the big three automakers. for the first time in more than a decade, workers are staging a strike. >> united auto works say it's demanding what it calls fair

wages, affordable health care, and more job security. dean reynolds is at gm's detroit assembly plant where protesters are this morning. what prompted this walkout? >> reporter: well, the union's contract with gm expired on saturday after months of negotiations. and while those talks are expected to continue later today, the strike effectively shuts down some 50 gm sites from texas to michigan and could adversely impact operations in canada and mexico. union autoworkers started gathering around midnight at this detroit general motors plant and others like it across the country. >> we want to be paid fairly.

we make quality cars, and we want quality pay. >> reporter: the strike comes after gm's 2015 deal expired saturday over fault lines ranging from wages to health care coverage. >> we stood up for gm when they needed us. we deserve a fair contract because we've helped make this company what it is. >> reporter: almost a decade after its 2009 bankruptcy, general motors made $8.1 billion last year, and its ceo earned nearly $22 million. according to the company's previous union contract, gm's hourly autoworkers make anywhere from roughly $44,000 to $99,000 a year. [ cheers ] now the union argues it deserves a bigger share of the profits it helped create. but gm leadership insists its proposed contract is competitive. >> we think this offer's very sound and strong with investments and job creation. >> reporter: the automaker suggested deal incluov $7 billion in domestic more than, 5,400 new jobs and a ratification payment of $8,000 per worker. union vice president terry dittes says gm's terms represent

some progress, but not enough. and the stakes are high. >> both parties will work hard to reach that agreement. there is thousands of families depending on that. >> reporter: now the walkout is happening at the same time as a federal investigation of top union officials involving allegations of embezzle willing, stealing -- embezzling, stealing, and misusing funds for personal government. gm says it is deeply concerned by the allegations. a union official tells us that they will not hinder contract negotiations. tony? >> all right. thank you so much. militants who say they targeted critical saudi arabian oil facilities in a drone strike are threatening more attacks. the trump administration blames iran for the strike that damaged one of the saudis' most important oil special report sites.

iran calls that claim meaningless. the attack cut the world's oil supply by 5%. the market price of crude oil jumped nearly 20% before falling back. weijia jiang is at the white house. good morning. so how president trump responding? >> reporter: good morning. president trump says the know exactly who is behind the attacks and is, quote, locked and loaded. he also says he's waiting to hear who the saudis blame before deciding how to move forward. his top diplomat is using stronger language, pointing the finger directly at iran. vice president mike pence, defense secretary mark esper, and secretary of state mike pompeo left the white house sunday evening as tension between the u.s. and iran barrels toward a boiling point. satellite images show thick, black smoke billowing from the aramco facility, one of the saudi oil plants attacked in apparent drone strikes. cbs news has learned there were 19 points of impact damaging 17 structures at the site, saudi

officials indicated cruise missiles were used. yemen's houthi rebels who are fighting a civil war against the saudi-backed government took responsibility for the attack. pompeo declared there is no proof to support the claim and swiftly blamed iran. on saturday, he tweeted, "iran has launched an unprecedented attack on the world's energy supply." iran dismissed pompeo's accusations as fruitless and blind. its foreign minister tweeted, "having failed at max pressure, secretary pompeo's turning to max deceit." before the attack, president trump said he might meet with his iranian counterpart at the united nations general assembly next week. >> could happen. it could happen. >> reporter: pompeo went a step further -- >> the president's made very clear he's prepared to meet with no preconditions. >> reporter: yesterday president trump contradicted that on twitter writing, "the fake news is saying that i am willing to meet with iran.

no conditions. that is an incorrect statement, as usual." the republican congresswoman liz cheney says the u.s. should deny visas to iranian delegates planning to attend the u.n. gathering. the white house has not indicated if president trump plans to do that, but he would not be the first. gayle, presidents obama and reagan have denied visas to iranian diplomats. >> thank you so much. the attack on saudi arabia's largest oil facility is sure to have a ripple effect on drivers here in this country. kris van cleave is at a gas station in washington, d.c.. what can we expect to see at the pump today? i see the price behind you, $2.68, paying cash. >> reporter: well, good morning, gayle. the prices are likely to go up. what we won't see is fuel shortages, disruptions to supply here. but you will see signs like that one ticking up in the coming days as it will cost americans more to fill their tanks. one fuel price expert tells "cbs this morning" he expects the

will be between 10 and 25 cents a gallon and calls it anowing but not likely to change consumer behavior. heading into the weekend, e national average for a felon of gas had been -- a gallon of gas had been dropping wi the end of the summer travel season. yesterday the average was $2.56 a glove, down 15 cents from july. how long the spike will last, that depends on how fast the saudis can restore production. and at this point we don't really have estimates on how long those repairs will take. we know that some of the capacity that's off line is expected to come back sometime this week. but gas price experts tell us the longer this drags on, the longer this disruption goes on, the higher prices are likely to go. anthony? >> thank you. at least five democrats running for president say supreme court justice brett kavanaugh should be impeached over the latest sexual misconduct allegations from his college years. a new book on kavanaugh by two "new york times" journalists mentions a previously unreported

claim. president trump and other republicans reject the allegations. nancy cordes is on capitol hill. nancy, why are those democrats calling for kavanaugh's impeachment? >> reporter: well, because, anthony, democrats both here on the hill and on the campaign trail say that these new allegations are raising questions once again about the integrity of his confirmation process. they say that the fbi wasn't given enough time to adequately look into his background and that allegations like this are proof. they came to light over the weekend when "the new york times" published an excerpt from a new book written by two of its reporters. in it a classmate at yale says that he saw kavanaugh expose himself to a female student at a party in the 1980s. however, the female student refused to be interviewed for the book, and apparently friends say she doesn't recall the incident. the authors also claim they spoke to multiple people who corroborated a previous allegation by debra ramirez,

another classmate, who said that he exposed himself to her at a party. kavanugh has not respond wanted to the report and previouslydent i'med all of the -- previously denied all of the allegation. the times type reporters say none of the people they spoke to were interviewed by the fbi ahead of the confirmation. senate leaders limited the time and scope for the fbi probe. yesterday democratic candidates called for kavanaugh's impeachment. center elizabeth warren said the nomination was, quote, rammed through the senate. and former vice president joe biden asked whether the fbi was pressured to ignore evidence. president trump over the weekend called the new accusations lies and, tony, it's portant to point out that the senate is still run by republicans. so the chances that kavanaugh is going to be impeached any time soon are highly unlikely. >> all right. interesting that the alleged victim herself says she doesn't

remember it. we appreciate it. moving on, the maker of the painkiller oxycontin, purdue pharma, filed for bankruptcy overnight. that could lead to smaller payouts for plaintiffs in more than 2,000 law enforcement over the alleged -- alleged role over starting the opioid epidemic. purdue says the settlement is estimated to provide more than $10 billion, including at least $3 billion for members of the sackler family who own the company. they have denied any wrongdoing. about half the states involved in lawsuits have not accepted the settlement and say they'll go forward with legal action against members of the sackler family. in a statement, members of the family said, quote, it is our hope the bankruptcy reorganization process that is now underway will end our ownership of purdue and ensure its assets are dedicated for the public benefit. new york is aiming to be the second state to ban the sale flavored e-cigarettes.

now michigan has taken similar action. yesterday new york governor andrew cuomo announced an emergency executive action to ban the sale of most of the flavored products. this would affect all flavors except tobacco and menthol. the american lung association called the announcement insufficient. just last week, you may recall, the cdc said there are 383 confirmed or probable causes of lung disease associated with e-cigarettes including six deaths. and an investigation is underway into what prompted a deck to collapse at the new jersey shore. this was the scene saturday evening in wildwood. several people became trapped after two large decks suddenly crashed on top of each other. authorities say 18 people were hurt. the rescuers included first responders who were in town for the state's firemen's convention. the woman accusing nfl superstar antonio brown of sexual assault plans to meet with league officials later today. that's according to the ""associated press."" britney taylor used to be

brown's personal trainer. she filed a lawsuit claiming that he raped her.e'lleet with day after brown scored his first touchdown for the new england patriots. he played yesterday. our national correspondent, jericka duncan, has more on the story. what's the significance of today's meeting? >> good morning, gayle. this meeting will be a part of the nfl's investigation into taylor's claims. so far no criminal charges have been filed against brown, but it is possible the league could place him on the commission's exempt list during its investigation which would make him ineligib to play. >> brady, fires, he's got brown -- >> reporter: on the new england patriots' first drive against the miami dolphins sunday, all eyes were on antonio brown. taking the field in his debut game with his new team, the wide receiver caught four passes including one for a touchdown. >> end zone -- caught by brown! touchdown, new england! >> reporter: off the field, brown is facing serious

allegations. britney taylor, who accused him of sexual assault, will meet with nfl officials today. investigators will reportedly ask herif she has any evidence beyond what's presented in her lawsuit against brown. taylor had cited three separate incidents since 2017 in which she said brown assaulted her including an allegation of rape. brown denied wrongdoing and threatened to counter sue. the state attorney's office has no record of a police investigation regarding the allegations. brown left sunday's game without taking questions from reporters. coach bill belichick and other players focused only on brown's performance on the field. >> a lot of things we can work on. but good to have him out there. >> he continues to be who we expect him to be. that's a great wide receiver. >> reporter: now taylor's camp reportedly rejected a $2 million settlemegreeme before the

lawsuit was filed. "the boston globe" reports that as of last night the nfl had not yet scheduled a meeting with brown. >> brown's been quiet on twitter. >> usually very active. >> quite chatty. >> thank you so much. boston red sox legend david ortiz is speaking out for the first time since he was seriously wounded in a shooting in his home country of the dominican republic. ortiz told the spanish language network univision he wondered if he would survive. he made some comments in english. you're about to see first on "cbs this morning." mola lenghi has covered the story since the shooting in june. how's ortiz doing? ortiz says he is still trying to process exactly what happened. he insists he was not involved in any bad dealings that would have led to the attack, and that he takes any suspicions surrounding him personally. >> i have no problem with nobody. i'm not a person that causes any problems. i always try to do everything the right way. >> reporter: david ortiz says he still does not understand why anyone would want to harm him. in an emotional interview with univision, he recalled the night in june when a gunman opened

fire at a bar in his native dominican republic, shooting ortiz in the back at close range. >> i feel like something was basically burning or itching, and i don't -- doesn't feel right. doesn't feel right. i never had that feeling before, so it's crazy to describe. >> reporter: doctors had to remove the former red sox player's gall bladder and part of his intestines before he was taken to a hospital in boston where he remained for more than a month. since the shooting, more than a dozen people have been arrested. authorities say the intended target was another man, not ortiz. >> you know, try to investigate on my own, see if i can find anything different. i haven't, so i guess that's what happened. i was at the wrong place, at the wrong time. >> red sox hall of famer -- >> reporter: last week ortiz made a triumphant return to the spotlight throwing out the first pitch at fenway park.

the 43-year-old says he is thankful for all the support he has gotten from fans during his grueling recovery. >> i really appreciate the fact that they took the time to think about me and my situation, my family, what i was going through. >> in addition to univision, ortiz also spoke to "the boston globe." he talks about how he's always been very accessible to people including fans but that that incident has made him rethink that. ortiz says that he hopes to make a full recovery by thanksgiving. >> we hope so, too. so many questions about the incident. thanks. the former nsa contractor who disclosed highly classified information about the u.s. government's secret surveillance program speaks out from russia in an exclusive u.s. tv interview. ahead, edward snowden reveals if he has any regrets about his . good monday morning, tracking our first storm. season bringing the widespread rain, this is a morning rain event for us, as we go through

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it's 7:30. here's what's happening on "cbs this morning." >> they deserve decent wages. they deserve good health care. >> at least 48,000 general motors autoworkers go on strike after uaw contract talks break down. >> we are standing up for our members. the trump administration blames iran for a drone attack that crippled a saudi oil complex, sending crude prices jumping and threatening higher costs for drivers. hall of famer number 34 -- >> baseball's big papi says he still doesn't know why he was shot in his first interview since the attack in june. >> it was crazy. in an exclusive interview,

edward snowden talks about his decision to leak secret nsa documents. plus, we'll take you to an underwater lab where marine biologists can live for weeks at a time. >> get a sense of change that you don't with just instruments in the water, little tiny dives. >> our office doesn't look like that. >> at all. >> at all. welcome back to "cbs this morning." i'm anthony mason with gayle king and tony dokoupil. two former students at the university of illinois at urbana-champaign are accusing a former professor of sexual, physical, and emotional abuse. they filed a complaint in federal court and claimed the university protected gary xu despite numerous allegations and complaints against him. meg oliver sat down with one of the women, vina sun, who told us the professor abused her for around two years using the fact she was an international student against her. sun spoke only with "cbs this morning." >> he tried to kill me.

>> he tried to kill you? p>> reporter: vina sun says thi photo was taken after one of her many beatings at the hands of former illinois professor gary xu. when she was 19, the married 45-year-old became her professor, and she says they started a relationship that quickly became abusive. >> i didn't seriously date anyone before him. i didn't know what was love. >> reporter: how many times did he rape you? >> that's too much -- i don't remember. too traumatizing but i'll say none of the sex, especially after the fight, was consensual. >> reporter: the fights were frequent, she says, and in one instance she thought she would die. >> he was after me, and he went to the parking lot and started his cash, driving after me. trying to crash me in the street. >> reporter: he was trying to run you down? >> correct. i was so scared, and i was surprised that someone tried to just kill me in public. >> reporter: how many times did

you report professor xu to the university? >> so i believe eventually three times. i felt like they wanted to sweep it under the rug. that's for sure. >> reporter: according to the complaint, after that incident xu was put on a paid sabbatical by the university. for two school years he was paid his full salary of more than $85,000. in 2018 he was allegedly allowed to resign and given a $10,000 bonus. he then went on to teach at other universities. ann olivafius is sun's attorney. >> she was so vulnerable. he had so much power over her. the university didn't seem to pick up on that, inquire into that. nobody followed up. >> reporter: according to a recent investigation by pro-publica and npr illinois, since last year allegations of harassment and sexual misconduct have surfaced against three professors and an administrator from the school. in each instance, the public wasn't told by the university until news organizations or

others brought the allegations to light. sun, who says she has been diagnosed with ptsd, is trying to move forward. are you amazed that you're still alive? >> sometimes, yes. i want to live, this the whole life. >> in a statement a spokesperson for the university said it's aware of the complaint and is reviewing it, adding it investigates and takes appropriate action whenever conduct is reported that may jeopardize or impact the safety or security of our students or others. phone numbers for gary xu have been disconnected and we have not been able to reach him. >> i'd be curious to hear what professor xu has to say, especially when you see the pictures of vina sun's black eye. >> they're planning to file a lawsuit against the university of illinois this friday. however, we have learned that the legal team for the university, reached out to them, and they are in the beginning talks to try to reach an agreement before they file suit. >> is he still working, do we know? >> we don't know right now.

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keys. often the hardest part of the story is getting to it. this one is only 50 feet away. the problem is, it's straight down. about five miles officele of marada in the keys is a lab called the aquarius reef base. this is the only way to get to it. the lab sits those 50 feet down on the ocean floor and has only recently come back into surface after being knocked out of commission by hurricane irma two years ago. the storm damaged the surface unit that provides power and pumps air down to the lab at enough pressure to keep the air in and the water out. inside, you swim into what they call the wet porch. for good reason. >> welcome. >> reporter: heck of an was you've got here. it's got all the comforts of home if you're a fish. >> not many people can take an underwater shower. this is our door to the world.

>> reporter: a world where the on-board electronics can interfere with tv picture. marine scientist jim fourqurean spends a lot of time down here as parts of the florida international university team that runs the place. once you're in it, it feels like an underwater r.v., with a difference -- >> a lot of attention is made to make sure that oxygen concentrations are correct and the co2 is at the right level and the temperature and humidity. >> reporter: you can forget you're 50 odd feet below the surface. >> you really can. >> reporter: if you don't look out the window. the point of being down here that actually living on the sea floor means scientists can do more than just the relatively short dives that are possible from the surface. once acclimatized to the pressure, they can stay out for hours. down here for days. they almost become, says marine ecologist mike heithaus, sea creatures themselves.

you can be the ocean. >> you can be the ocean. you can see things you don't with tiny dives. you need these observatories like aquarius to keep an eye on what the reefs are doing and figure out solutions. >> reporter: here's one of the major problems the scientists are working on -- hurricane irma also did major damage to the seagrass beds that grow just off the coast. why does that matter? think greenhouse gases and global warming. >> there's as much co2 stored in seagrass meadows as there is in tropical forests by an acre-by-acre basis. >> reporter: an acre of the amazon rain forest depends on an acre of seagrass -- it's a good thing. >> we're losing seagrasses faster than coral reefs. >> reporter: not only that, because turtles eat seagrass and it never grows back.

>> turtles are watching and it their buddy gets eaten they're not going to do it. >> reporter: just having sharks in the area controls the number of turtles eating the seagrass. >> absolutely. >> reporter: the kind of observation that takes the time only a place like aquarius can provide. more and more the colder's ocean tos and what they mean for greenhouse gases and global warming is becoming a crucial part of climate science. and that study is made a lot easier if you can live down here. >> oh, very nice. i was wondering are they going to cut to that other shot. go, mark phillips. >> it's clever of mr. phillips to use the environmental beat. the london-base police department phillips, to keep getting assignments that involve swimming in florida. nicely done. >> he never gets tanner. nice complexion well -- >> i like when he said you could forget you're underwater until you look outside. >> the shark swims by. >> shamu going by. very nice, mark phillips. very nice. vladimir duthiers is looking

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♪ you might think i'm crazy all i want is you ♪ >> we're all sitting around the table singing this song. new york city police say officers found ocasek dead in his manhattan apartment yesterday after responding to a 911 call. they say there was no sign of foul play. ocasek and the cars had a string hits in the late '70s and '80s including "drive" and "my best friend's girl." they were inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame. >> how old was he? >> we're not sure. this is how cool and mysterious he was. some reports say 75, others say 70. not clear. >> you know how else he was so cool, i thought his name was o-case-ic. until we heard him pronounce it. i heard it like that. >> when the video came out it was in the early days of mtv. blew our minds as kids. it was so cool. it was the interesting greatest

piece of art. >> married to paulina. >> which made all of us nerds think there was some light at the end of the tunnel. >> marry the model. >> you have to be a rock star but we still had a shot. and "drive" was on every mix tape i ever gave to a valentine. >> exactly. the new movie "hustler" starring jennifer lopez ended this u.s. box office drought of movies led by women. >> yay. >> i just want to take care of my grandma, maybe go shopping every once in a while. >> when i was a kid i always wanted to work with animals. [ laughter ] >> i was close. >> the movie about scheming strippers is the biggest live-action -- great line -- live-action opening in lopez's 24-year film career. stellar reviews and oscar talk for j. lo propelled the movie to second place at the weekend box office. it took in more than $33 million. the movie finished behind "it: chapter two" and ahead of "angel has fallen." >> i walked out of that movie

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good morning, i'm meteorologist mary lee, tracking the rain on hi-def doppler as a cold front pushes across our region. breaking that widespread rain. we haven't seen this since about may. for the north bay we go. yountville getting the light to moderate rain pushing across napa as well as near novato. also check out the moderate to heavy rainfall just to the east of alamo and walnut creek and san ramon along 680. and then across san francisco, across the golden gate and bay bridge. berkeley, oakland d san leandro. hayward, light to moderate rain pushing over you. across the rest of the peninsula from april bray about to move into san mateo and then also for the south bay right over san jose. so taking you through the morning you can see the cold front pushing through. we are going to have clearing as we head through the afternoon.

daytime highs below average for this time of year so a morning rain event and drier with clearer skies later today.

good morning to you our viewers in the wt. it's monday, september 16, 2019. welcome back to "cbs this morning". i'm gayle king with tony mason and tony dokoupil. >> auto workers reject general motors contract offer and go on strike for the first time in 12 years. and the new member of the talk, marie osmond will be in studio 57. first here's today eye opener at 8. >> for the first time in more than a decade, workers are staging a nationwide strike against general motors. >> while talks have resumed, the

strike effectively closes up to 50 gm sites. president trump says there's reason to believe the u.s. knows exactly who is behind the attacks and is locked and loaded. >> you will see signs that lock one ticking up in the coming days as it will cost americans more to fill their tank. democrats here on the hill and on the campaign trail sayay these new allegations are raising questions once again about the integrity of his confirmation process. >> this meeting will be a part of the nfl's investigation into taylor's claims. no criminal charges have been filed against brown, but the league could place him on the commissioner's exempt list. it ended with a thriller in atlanta. >> they had the lead late in the game when julio jones caught a short pass. >> he's going to go all the way. touchdown! 54 yards on a fourth and three. >> what a graame.

what a great game. welcome back to cbs this morning. nearly 50,000 general motors auto workers are on strike this morning after contract talks ended in failure at the midnight deadline. united auto workers members walked off the job overnight shutting down 33 plants in nine states along with 22 parts distribution warehouses. it's the union's first national strike against gm since 2007. >> workers are demanding what they call fair wages, affordable health care and better profit sharing. in a statement general motors says we presented a strong offer that improves wages, benefits, and grows u.s. jobs in substantive ways and it is disappointing that the uaw leadership has chosen to strike. former nsa contractor edward snowden is shedding new light on

his division to share documents on the mass surveillance program. snowden disclosed government programs that collected american emails, phone calls and internet activity all in the name of national security. u.s. government charged snowden under the espionage act. a congressional court says his disclosures caused damage to national security. sn snowden tells his detail in story and speaks about his life in exile in russia. snowden who identifies himself as a privacy advocate spoke with us in an exclusive tv interview that we taped earlier this morning. you said in the book you wish you had had a strategy in terms of a what's next plan once you released these documents. you sit here six years later in exile in moscow where you said you don't want to be. was it worth it? >> it was. i mean, when we look at these -- all of these complexities and all of the consequences that we have as a result of any of the

decisions as we go through our lives, i think we realize that, look, we see chances, opportunities in life where we can make a decision to try to change something. right now in 2019 it's hard to look around at the world and think nothing needs to change. but nothing changes just if we believe in something. we have to actually be willing to risk something. we have to be willing to stand for something. >> but you took an oath to the institution, edward. you took an oath not to betray the company. the cia has what you call an orientation a orientati orientation where they have a parade of horribles and your picture is there. >> probably, yes, but that's actually an important point. i was required to swear an oath when i entered on the duty in the cia. it's a very solemn thing. you're in a darkened room in front of a flag. everyone else is there. but it's important to notice that we did not say an oath of secrecy. one of the common misconceptions

in one of the earlier tags you that heard a lot in 2013, you don't hear so much anymore, is that i violated this oath of secrecy. that does not exist. there is a secrecy agreement, but there's also an oath of service. an oath of service is to support and defend not an agency, not even a president. it's to support and defend the constitution of the united states of america against all enemies and that's a direct quote, foreign and domestic. and so this begs the question what happens when our obligations come into conflict? what happens when you have a secrecy agreement but you have also witnessed your own government, your own agency, your workplace, violating the rights of americans and people around the world on a massive scale? >> this is a very personal book, mr. snowden, and as you pointed out, growing up in the intelligence community and your parents were in government, it wasn't easy for you to become personal here, b i am curious since you grow up in a community

where almost everyone was somehow connected to government service, many of them the fbi, how did you -- did you approach your family at all about this? how did they react to it when you went through this process and how do they feel about it now? >> this was actually one of the hardest parts of coming forward was that i couldn't talk to anyone about it. because this is the bizarre sort of circumstance of the way our laws are currently structured. in 2013 i was a contractor working for the nsa through a private company. i worked in the nsa facility. i had an nsa boss. i was doing nsa tasks, but formally on paper i worked for a private company. these contractors weren't covered by whistle blower protection laws, but i tried to talk to, you know, a judge, a priest, a congressman. it would have been the same felony if i had talked to my family. it would have been the same felony. if i talked to a journalist,

they consider telling the truth about the government breaking the law is itself a crime. i couldn't tell anyone. i couldn't tell the love of my life, who is the central figure in the story, lindsey mills, my long-time partner, because if i had, the fbi could have charged her as a part of a conspiracy. they could have charged her as kind of an accessory to the crime so long as she didn't immediately after hearing from me i'm thinking about talking to journalists picked up the phone and said help, help, somebody's going to talk to the press. that made it a very isolating experience. >> edward, your former employer the nsa said they couldn't comment on your book because of the ongoing investigation, but they did give us the following statement. edward snow don't violated his lifetime obligation to protect classified information and -- do you acknowledge that you broke the law and that there are many people in this country who see

your actions as traitorous? >> i won't take a position on whether or not i broke the law because that's one for the lawyers. what i will say is this it's not hard to make the art that i broke the law and i think that's actually the less interesting question. it's funny that whenever the government comes after you they say these disclosures cause harm but they never justify the harm or show evidence for it even though we're now more than six years on. it would be the easiest thing in the world to show. we've never heard that story. >> sorry to break in here, but on the question of harm, forgive me, but how are you in a position to judge the harm of your disclosures? isn't that something the intelligence community would be uniquely able to gauge? >> i would argue i worked for the u.s. intelligence agency for quite a long time. i am the only one who knows the actual documents that the journalists have and the ones they published. we all know. so it's available to all of us to assess the harms.

if they had some classified information, if they had some classified evidence, the hair on a single person's head was harmed, you know as well as i do it would be on the front page of the "new york times" by the end of the day because leaking is not something that only happens to the people that are working to inform the press or doing it. it's also what the government does to backstop their positions. there are authorized leaks that happen all the time that are not public interest whistle blowing. back to that question of did i break the law, again, what's the question that's more important here? was the law broken or was that the right thing to do? if you look back at the history of the united states, it doesn't take very long for the average person to think about a moment in which it was absolutely illegal to do something but at the same time it was absolutely the right thing to do. >> in a statement this morning the justice department told cbs news there is no question snowden's actions have inflicted

serious harms on our national security. he should return to the united states and face the charges filed against him. we also reached out to the cia. it declined to comment.

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we spoke to former nsa contractor edward snowden this morning about the time he spent in exile in russia. here's the second part of our exclusive u.s. tv interview with him. >> you're living in russia and have for some time now. as you pointed out, it's not where you want to be, it's where you were forced to be. have the russians ever asked for any information from you? >> well, this is actually a big scene in the book. as soon as i landed -- and for the audience that may be less familiar with the story -- it was never my intention to be in russia. i was actual transiting en route to latin america. the united states government for

some reason, we don't know whether it was intentionally to create kind of an ever green political attack against me, guilt by association of being able to point to the russian government, or they simply panicked when they saw that i might be what they considered escaping, they canceled my passport. that -- when i landed, i could no longer travel. i get pulled out and put into a room. directly the russian intelligence service is like do you have information, life's going to be hard if you have no one on your side. and i said, look, you know, that's not how this is going to be. that's not how this is going to work. i don't have any information. you can search my bag if you want because i destroyed my information before i got on the plane. and i think that was probably what they expected because remember, there's about 4,000 journalists downstairs looking for me in this airport at the moment. i'm on every tv channel. on every newspaper.

and i was just trying to continue on my journey into asylum. now the reason that you know this actually happened because you might be skeptical, you might go, well, the russians are just going to let this guy go? russia has shall we say a problematic human rights record at a minimum. that's if we're being generous. now, when we look at the opportunities that they have to do the right thing on the international stage it seems few and far between. but here's a circumstance where they don't have to do anything to do the right thing. all they have to do is not hand me over. but even despite that, despite the fact that russia was probably the hardest place in the world for the cia to operate, i didn't go, this is great, let me out of the airport. i was stuck in that airport for 40 days. i applied for asylum in 27 different countries around the world. >> do you think that they're gathering intelligence on you? the optics as we sit here in

america looking at you in russia, you know, the optics are not good. >> no, you're absolutely right. again, i'm on the same side on this issue -- >> why don't -- why not come home? >> one of the big topics in europe right now is should germany and france invite me to get asylum. that's how they're handling the response to the new book. but when you look at that kind of thing, yeah, of course it's problematic. and of course i would like to return to the united states. that is the ultimate goal. but if i'm going to spend the rest of my life in prison, the one bottom-line demand that we value to agree to is -- that we all have to agree to is that at least i get a fair trial. that's the one thing the government has refused to guarantee because they won't provide access to what's called a public interest defense. look -- >> in all due -- >> mr. snowden, in all due

respect, criminals and alleged criminals don't necessarily get to decide the terms of their trial. they broke the law and face the consequences. what makes you different? >> i'm not different. again, i'm not asking for a parade. i'm not asking for a pardon. i'm not asking for a pass. what i'm asking for is a fairtrem. this is the bottom -- fair trial. this is the bottom line that any american should require. we don't want people thrown in prison without the jury being able to decide whether what they did was right or wrong. the government wants to have a different kind of trial. they want to use special procedures, they want to be able to close the courtroom. they want the public not what's going on. essentially, the most important fact to the government, and the thing we have a won't of contention on, is they do not want the jury to be able to consider the motivations. why i did what i did, was it better for the united states? did it benefit us, or did it cause harm? they don't want the jury to consider that at all. they want the jury strictly to consider whether the actions were lawful or unlawful, not whether they were right or wrong. and i'm sorry, but that defeats

the purpose of a jury trial. >> one of the many interesting things to come out of that is after the interview ended, we chatted briefly. he said he's quite fortunate now, he was speaking financially, he's making a very good living giving speeches and -- >> how do you support yourself? yeah. >> he's doing much better than he ever expected. >> and he's married his girlfriend, lindsay miller, who went to visit. at one point when he took off she thought he was having an affair. she went to see him, they've been married now. they got married two years ago. what does he miss about the u.s.? this surprised me. he said moscow is a sophisticated city, but he missed taco bell. >> i'm sure they're working on that. they've got the memo. all right. the book "permanent record" goes on sale tomorrow. you can watch our full interview with edward snowden on our website, cbsthismorning.com. >> all right. edward and lindsay mills. we would like to talk to both of them if they come to this

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is doing okay. southbound though, look out for this accident. two lanes completely shut down for an accident involving another big rig. flooding as well at 880 and 980. slick surfaces from the rain this morning. also if you are working westbound eastshore freeway at powell street. watch out for an accident blocking lanes. more on the wet weather coming up with mary in just a minute.

good monday morning to you, i'm meteorologist mary lee,

tracking hi-def doppler. we have the return of the rain with the cold front currently pushing across the region. it's been quite some time. let's show you and zoom and you can see the locations getting the light to moderate rain from berkeley into san francisco and over the bay bridge from oakland and san leandro down through hayward and fremont. also across the peninsula south, san francisco down through san ma toy owe. you can see that light to moderate rain across redwood city and then across the south bay from sunnyvale san jose and candle and milpitas. this morning. so your weather headlines that wet start to the workweek. the first storm of the season. rainfall amounts .05 to .15 of an inch of rain. but clearing as we head through the afternoon. i want to show you futurecast. taking you through the day. and you can see by 9:00 a.m., those showers with that cold front pushing across the east bay and into the south bay but there wego with that clearing as we head through the afternoon. below average temperatures as we go through the day a little bit more sun and warming up by tomorrow. have a great one.

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>> we get dressed in the dark. we grab whatever's in the drawer. >> sorry. >> he's always got cool socks. >> i want to give people an update on a story we've been talking about over the years. charlottesville had a robert e. lee statue that the city council voted to remove because they said it sent a racist message. now you'll remember that opposition to at removal led to this unite the right rally. a violent clash which led to the death of one of the protesters. well, now there's a ruling in that case. a judge has said that the statue stays. the statue stays because it's protected under a war memorial law in the state of virginia. and the judge says, quote, i don't think i can infer that a historic preservation statue was intended to be racist. while people may interpret it that way, he says he can't infer that and, therefore, it's protected. this applies not only to the

statue but to a stonewall jackson statue elsewhere. we'll see. >> interesting turn. nice story. >> we'll see if there's another chapter. >> marie, what have you got? >> am i doing this now? okay. suicides are on the rise. so the fcc is proposing a three-digit hotline number for people to call if they're feeling suicidal or if they're experiencing a mental health crisis. the number is 988, and it would be the new national number. and it would replace the current ten-digit number for the national suicide prevention line which i think is actually excellent. >> you know something about there topic, unfortunately. >> i do. and many -- and many of my friends, there are so many people being touched by this right now. and it's just -- i think that this is an excellent idea. you're overwhelmed. whether you -- i was the first celebrity to talk about severe postpartum depression. >> yeah. >> and you know, there's all kind of reasons. but the last thing you can do is get help. >> yeah. because you had it in your family, i thought this was

important. >> right. with my son -- >> your son. >> the current number is 1-800-273-talk. that gets two million calls a year already. >> yeah. i think it's good. it's like 411, information. 911, help. this is a great -- a great idea. >> we've got to -- >> make it simple. >> i love that. >> i do, too. >> it's a little bit uncomfortable that there's a division between the physical health and mental health when it's bodily health. i think something is better than nothing. >> the number is now 988. >> they're proposing it. >> it would be 988. >> a great idea. >> all right. here's my story. it's a head scratcher which why i brought it up. a san diego woman says she takes off her diamond engagement ring before she goes to bed. that's because last week she swallowed it during a dream. >> what? >> she says. yes. jenna evans was having one -- you know those dreams that you feel like are too real? that's what she says she was having. and in the dream she says, we -- she and her fiance were in a sketchy situation involving a high-speed train and bad guys.

her, bobby, her fiance, told her to swallow my ring to protect it. >> and she did? >> she woke up and felt something funny in her stomach and realized she'd actually swallowed the ring. >> no. >> i'm looking at this and going, how do you swallow a ring in your sleep and stay asleep? >> and stay asleep. >> and stay asleep. >> how does this happen? >> i don't think it's going to help if she puts it in a drawer. it will become part of the dream. >> well -- how do you in the dream take the ring off your finger and -- how does it happen? >> maybe it's an emotional thing that she's not that happy to be married? >> ooh. i was going to say it -- >> were you? >> i was thinking, i don't know about paging dr. freud. your words, marie. >> they ended up doing an upper endoscopy, a procedure where i doctor puts a flexible tube, the camera saw the thing and they were able to get it. mine is about new york giants running back saquon barkley. wait until you hear this story.

the 11-year-old boy was insulted last week when demarcus of the cowboys asked for an autograph. >> martin, martin -- >> he wouldn't give him an autograph because he had on the wrong jersey. and so saquon barkley saw the story and invited the little boy and his family to the giants. he sent them all sorts of swag, all sorts of -- i know this is so -- so sad to me. you know when you're a little kid and you're going to get an autograph from somebody you really like, and they just ignore you and says "get the right jersey, son." that's camille batista, 11-years-old. after saquon saw that, he and his family are given tickets to the giants game for november 10th. so barkley's going to pay for them all to come. >> great. >> what was so great about this little boy. he said, you know, demarcus, maybe he was having a bad day, he's not maybe mad at him. which i thought was generous of this little boy. at first demarcus lawrence said,

he initially defended himself on twitter and now has rethought that and has apologized for the situation. >> yeah. >> as he should. >> yes. >> maybe he was having a bad day. did we mention that marie osmond is at the table? >> i didn't hear that. >> you didn't? >> i heard purple socks are at the table. >> they are. >> more noticeably marie osmond is here. she and her brother donny capita advisory audiences, including this from her variety series. she co-founded the children's miracle network hospitals and helping it raise more than $7 billion with a "b" dollars. she also became a successful entrepreneur on qvc and danced across television with "dancing with the stars." >> dancing with the starved. >> now we are welcoming marine to our cbs family. >> she joined "the talk" for the 10th season which premiered last monday. congratulations. >> i would be there right now, but i am spending my second monday with you at this table. >> quality. >> you had co-hosted for 40

times -- co-hosted the show 40 times. >> yeah. >> they finally offered it to you -- >> they offered you a full-time chair. >> did you have to think about it? >> i was asked by the head of daytime television and said, "yes!" but i -- i love these ladies. they are so much fun. >> you call them sisters. >> they are. i don't have a sister, and -- this is kind of like -- >> that's right. you have all those kids -- >> to have all these female opinions, i'm like, there is a smart table. no offense, guys. >> yeah. yeah. >> it's a different thing. i grew up with men. and -- >> how many brothers do you have? >> i have eight. >> eight brothers. wow. >> i have eight children. i have four boys and four girls. but i don't know, it's a different phase of life. i love the show because it's upbeat and fun. they are all a hoot. and i love each one of them. they're crazy. >> this is what happened in your first week, though. you're known for sharing, you've talked about having two deaf brothers. you talked about feeling responsible for your mother's car accident. you've talked about going back

to work after your son's funeral. i mean, you really opened up in the first week. you're okay clearly with sharing your life. >> i think that's one of the things you have to realize when you step up to the table. i don't believe in airing dirty laundry. i don't think that's necessary. if you can do something that can help somebody else or, you know, help them get through something, and i -- maybe it's that sisterhood thing. sharing postpartum depression. >> yes. >> i was the first female to actually -- celebrity to actually talk about it. i don't know, i just -- i. there's so much -- i felt there's so much shame around things when it's the human experience we all go through. i don't care if you're a celebrity or if, you know, you're a make-up artist or whatever you do for a living, we all go through this thing called life. >> yes. >> the social media, there's so much feedback good and bad. >> i think that there's always positive in everything, and you can always find the negative i everything. the biggest thing for children

is that they want to live an illusion, and they see other people's illusions and think that's reality. and it's really not. and so i think you have to be careful with that. i know -- my youngest just turned 17. >> 17. how old is your oldest? >> older than me. >> marie, really. your age range goes from 17 to what -- >> to 36. >> marie has ten grandchildren. i just want one. i want one -- >> i have eight. donny has 10 -- >> i can't wait until i have one. what do your grandchildren call you? >> grandma. yeah. i love -- >> grandma. you like being called grandma? >> i do. i love it. my mom was the best grandma. and there's just something -- my -- she calls me up, grandma? i'm like, yeah, anything you want. they're just -- they're just the love of my life. the best part is you get to send them home if they have a dirty diaper. you don't have to raise them. you just love them. >> you've been living in las vegas for 11 years now.

is that right? is it hard to raise kids in las vegas? people spend the weekend there. >> you don't take them to the strip. no. there's a very big family community there. and i think celine and i were the only two that actually lived there. no, the -- they have really wonderful schools, and you just have to make sure they're in the right schools. but my kids did well. i raised my four older outside of vegas and my four younger inside of vegas. >> and you and donny had the longest selling show -- >> 11 years. >> it was bigger than celine's show and elvis' show -- >> i heard this, gayle. cesar's just gave us the key to the strip, which is better than the key to the city. i want to go into the box where they keep all the cash. no, they said that we will have done more shows when we finish in november than celine and elvis combined. >> wow. >> now you are on -- you're on "the talk." part of the cbs family. good to have you here.

>> thanks. >> you can watch "the talk" here on cbs. movie producer brian grazer is one of the most powerful people in hollywood. there he is. there's mr. power sitting next to mrs. grazer. hi, mrs. grazer! >> hi! >> in our toyota green room with tips on putting yourself at ease. it starts wi

complex relationships and communication are at the heart of movies by the oscar-winning producer brian grazer. >> one, two, three, four. >> it took me a long time to understand that if you want to do this job well, you have to stay detached. >> the truth is that i -- i don't like people much. >> our case is simply this -- >> say again, please. >> houston we have a problem. >> now grazer has put what he's learned over the years into a new book called "face to face: the art of human connection." published by simon and shuster. that is a division of cbs. brian joins us at the table. how are you? >> great. thanks. >> yeah. you sea in the book that i -- -- you say in the book that eye contact is your secret weapon when you're feeling uneasy. most people hear the opposite.

you're supposed to picture people in their underwear. you're supposed to look anywhere but in their eyes. why does it work for you? >> i think because i'm in the fieldings business. and ever -- feelings business. and everything is about feelings. when i connect and say using your -- eye contact is the human wi-fi, when i look at somebody, it calms me. humanizes them. >> yeah. >> and i'm sure i'm humanized to them, as well. >> you were a shy kid. >> i was i did deflective kid. i couldn't read at all. the first part of my life, i didn't actually look at people at all because i was afraid i'd be called in class like, come up, what's the answer. then there was a point where i realized by looking at somebody, i could learn much more and could make it an interactive experience. and then exercised this muscle of curiosity. >> yeah. ron howard pointed out to you that you don't look people in the eye. somebody told me if you don't want to look people in the eye, look at their nose.

it makes it look like you're looking them in the eye. ron howard said you don't look people in the eye. what did you get from that conversation with him? >> it was unusual because it was on our second movie is "splash." >> you're partners. >> we're partners. and we're working with the writers, and i was able to like understand everything they were saying, and i -- like every bit of the mechanics of what was going on. he said, brian, are you really paying attention? i said, i am. and i said, i'll repeat everything that just happened. and of course i was, you know, very operable. i could do it. he said, but when you don't look at them, it makes them feel bad. it hurts their feelings. and he just said it with a simplicity of that, and it penetrated me. >> you said true love starts with the eyes. >> it definitely starts with the eyes -- >> you tell a great story about when you met your wife, she came into a restaurant, and your eyes connected across a room. do you really think that true love -- you have to have a spirit-to-spirit connection by looking in somebody's eyes? >> i do. >> your wife is your wife, and

she's here with you. what is it about -- what is it about the eyes? you said you can't have a one-sided connection. >> yeah. well, what -- >> good. >> the eyes, it's not -- it's not thatical icallicall icall--i see into your soul. it's a bridge to the person. because i'm in the business of reaching people emotionally and a camera is a magnifier, when i look into someone's eyes and they into mine, and i'm calm and they're calm, and you're present, you have a chance to reach each other's heart. >> deals are made. >> about making a connection, right. >> it's about making a connection. you're not getting a promotion without a connection. you're not getting -- making a deal. you're not doing your b round, none. that happens without a connection. >> how do we overcome the iphone? >> iphones are smart devices, they're very valuable. i think they should be used independently.

they are compatible to one another. but you can't really pay attention to somebody and be present if you're looking at your iphone. look at your iphone before. >> the authentic connection, guys, he says, takes seven to ten seconds alone, in a group it's three to five seconds. >> yes. >> to make eye contact. i'm going to try that without people thinking you're weird. >> get off your phones, unless you're reading "face to face" by brian grazer. >> yes. >> thank you so much. >> thank you, brian. >> see how i did that? "hay "face to face: the art of human connection" goals on sale tomorrow. before we go, how to brighten your mood with a click of the button. again the buttons. >> yes.

before we go, here's one thing you can do today to live a happier life. it's part of our partnership with gretchen ruben and her podcast "happier." studies show listening to music can reduce stress and anxiety. you didn't need a study for that. >> that's right. >> a simple and easy way to

boost your mood is to listen to your favorite upbeat song and create a playlist. >> you can listen to our happiness playlist on spotify. we can't tell you what is --

good morning. traffic alert continues but i do have some better news to report. just checked in with chp and it looks like they're going to open at least two lanes. this is northbound 680 right around androtti. all lanes are shut down. it was hauling major fuel spill. they're working on mopping up the mess. i just heard from chp two lanes will be re-opening in just 2 minutes. however that southbound side still taking a major hit. lanes still closed on the left-hand sides. all approaches as well like 580 if you're trying to get over

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