for this tuesday. for some of you the news continues. and for others, check back with us a bit later nor the morning news and cbs thimorning. it's tuesday, october 29th, 2019. this is the "cbs morning news." wildfire nightmare. we're tracking the dangerous weather conditions that are expected to help fuel already massive flames across california. scathing speech. president trump makes his first official visit to chicago, and visit. [ chants ] afghanistan is a safe place by comparison. >> plus, we'll take you inside the baghdadi raid as details emerge about the operation that emerge about the operation that killed the leader of isis.

captioning funded by cbs good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. severe weather conditions are threatening california this morning as firefighters continue to battle massive wildfires burning across the state. yesterday flames came dangerously close to the landmark getty center museum in los angeles. red flag warnings are posted across much of northern and southern california. forecasters say the dry conditions and strong winds could help fuel already out-of-control wildfires. laura podesta is here in new york. how strong are these winds expected to be today? >> reporter: in los angeles, winds are expected to be out of the east/northeast at four miles per hour this morning. so that's what's known as a moderate breeze. not terribly windy, but not the break that firefighters need either. firefighters in california's

wine country are racing against mother nature. >> we're playing office and defense on two sides of the fire. >> reporter: the hurricane-force winds that fueled the kincade fire died down yesterday giving crews a chance to dig in. >> we're expecting the winds to shift. >> reporter: the northern california wildfire has destroyed dozens of homes and businesses since its started last wednesday. >> kincade remains the most vexing and challenging. >> reporter: the strong winds are expected to pick back up today. >> this event will be another california-wide weather event. >> reporter: further south in los angeles, the getty fire swept through some of the country's most exclusive neighborhoods early monday morning. >> it was really scary because i thought what if the fire could catch on our house. >> reporter: among the thousands of residents who had just minutes to flee, arnold schwarzenegger who called firefighters the true action heroes. >> folks are going to be out of their homes for a while. it is an inconvenience, but it's a necessity here.

>> reporter: more than 1,100 firefighters battled that blaze there the ground and the air. >> they were literally overwhelmed. they had to make tough decisions on which houses they were able to protect. >> reporter: california's utility companies say they could again cut power to about two million people up and down the straight to prevent more fires. the state of california is now launching an investigation into what it says is pacific gas and electric's overreliance on power outages and the risks to human life that they pose. pg&e admits two fires that broke out sunday near san francisco may have been caused by its own electrical malfunctions. >> wow. laura podesta in new york. thank you. on capitol hill now, a top white house ukraine expert will testify today in the impeachment inquiry into president trump. alexander vidman plans to tell house lawmakers he reported concerns about that controversial phone call between mr. trump and ukraine's president. he's the first witness who actually listened in on that phone call.

meanwhile, the house plans to hold its first vote on the impeachment inquiry on thursday. the resolution will lay out procedures for public hearings and outline due process rights for the president. yesterday, former white house official charles cupperman, defied a subpoena failing to show up for a scheduled deposition. >> i think we can infer from the white house's position to dr. cupperman's testimony that they believe that his testimony would be incriminating of the president. >> other witnesses have testified president trump withheld military aid from ukraine in an attempt to pressure ukraine to investigate democrats and joe biden. president trump faced angry crowds on his first official visit to chicago. [ chants ] >> thousands of people took to the streets yesterday. many chanting "lock him up." mr. trump went to chicago to address an international conference of police chiefs. he used the occasion to slam chicago's top cop,

superintendent eddie johnson. >> all over the world they're talking about chicago. afghanistan is a safe place by comparison. this person should be here because maybe he could learn something. >> johnson decided to skip the speech, citing the president's immigration policies and what he sees as, quote, racial insults and hatred cast from the oval office. the department of homeland security is on high alert for possible revenge attacks following the raid that killed abu bakr al baghdadi. the news comes as video and photos of that daring operation by u.s. special forces could soon be made public. david martin reports from the pentagon. >> reporter: the compound where al baghdadi met his end was first assaulted by the army's delta force and then reduced to rubble by american bombs. >> he was a sick and depraved man, and now he's dead. [ applause ] he's dead. he's dead as a doornail.

>> reporter: president trump tweeted a picture of the dog that chased al baghdadi down a dead end tunnel where he killed himself and three children by detonating a suicide vest. the dog, a belgian malinua whose name, believe it or not, is clossfied, was hit by the blafrt. but he is said to be safely back in iraq. >> slightly wounded and fully recovering. but the dog is still in theater, returned to duty. >> reporter: shortly after 5:00 saturday evening east coast time, president trump gathered with his senior advisers in the white house situation room as helicopters carrying 70 commandos landed at al baghdadi's compound. with warplanes circling overhead, the delta force blew a hole in the compound wall starting a fire-fight in which five residents were killed and two taken prisoner. that left al baghdadi still inside trying to escape through a tunnel. with the delta dog in pursuit,

he blew himself and the three children up. the delta commander identified al baghdadi and called jackpot at 7:15. it took another hour and ten minutes to fly back to iraq, and at 9:23, the president tweeted, "something very big has just happened." >> one minute you're sitting there watching a movie, and the next minute you get the news that the man that raped and -- and possibly murdered your daughter has been killed. >> reporter: the prahition to kill al baghdadi was named after caylee mueller, a young aid worker he captured and brutalized. her parents hope one of the prisoners can finally tell them what happened to your daughter. >> somebody and it may be one of the people captured yesterday knows where she is. knows what happened. they know who killed her. >> reporter: al baghdadi's remains were flown out to welcome where more extensive dna

testing confirmed his identity. then he was buried at sea in a muslim ceremony. saved martin, cbs news, the pentagon. boeing's ceo is expected to testify before congress today ab 737 max. the faa grounded the fleet in march. police in texas have arrested a man suspected of opening fire at a college party killing two people. 23-year-old brandon ray gonzalez was jailed on a capital murder charge. the motive has not been determined. chaos erupted last saturday at a party in greenville just outside

of dallas. there were roughly 750 people at the parties. many of them from texas a&m commerce. police say the investigation is not complete and continue to ask the public for information. >> now we're looking for more evidence. when you take a scene like this with that many people there, there's a lot of evidence to collect. >> police a gonzalez entered the back of the building and started firing a handgun. investigators believe he had targeted one person, but the other people shot were random. coming up on the "morning news" now, the suspected gunman in the deadly "capitol gazette" admits guilt. and cruise ship controversy. a grandfather charged in the death of his granddaughter. this is your wake-up call. if you have moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis,

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a violent anti-government protest continued to rock the capital of chile. yesterday thousands of demonstrators clashed with security forces in santiago. a building housing a fast food restaurant and stores was set on fire. the protest started earlier this month after transportation fare hikes. at least 20 people have been killed in the protests. yesterday chile's president replaced eight cabinet members in an effort to calm the violence. a grandfather has been charged in a cruise ship death, and an admission of guilt in the "capitol gazette" shooting. those are some of the headlines on the "morning newsstand." maryland's "capitol gazette" reports a gunman pleaded guilty to killing five staffers in an attack last year. 39-year-old gerald ramos blasted his way into the newspaper armed with a shotgun, smoke bombs, and a device that blocked his victims from getting away. his insanity defense claims he's not criminally responsible for the attack. a jury will decide if he was

mentally competent at the time of the shooting. >> i think that today was a big relief for me. big emotional relief. i definitely feel a little bit better and a little bit lighter after -- after this plea. >> authorities say before the shooting ramos was accused of harassing the paper's staff in connection with a defamation suit that he filed against the "gazette" in 2012. cbsnews.com reports a grandfather who police say dropped his young granddaughter from the 11th floor of a cruise ship has been charged with negligent homicide. yesterday a judge ordered the arrest of salvatore anello after prosecutors submitted evidence and said the 18-month-old girl fell when anello raised her up to an open window. the royal caribbean cruise ship was docked in puerto rico at the time. an attorney for the indiana family says the girl asked her grandfather to lift her up so she could bang on the glass. he said that her grandfather

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♪ cuz the player's gonna play play play play ♪ ♪ the haters gonna hate hate hate hate ♪ taylor swift can't shake off a copy right lawsuit. yesterday a lawsuit was instated by two songwriters. they allege she swiped lyrics from sean hall's song "players gonna play" for her hit. a u.s. district judge dismissed the case last year. the reversal sends the case back to u.s. district court for consideration. swift's attorneys are expected to seek dismissal of the lawsuit on alternate grounds. on the cbs "money watch" now, the fight over vehicle emissio emissions, and a generic form of xanax is recalled. wendy gillette is at the new york stock exchange with that and more. good morning, wendy. regime good morning, anne-marie.

on the economic data calendar, pending home sales for september are due out today. notable earnings reports scheduled for later include merck, pfizer, general motors and kellogg. the s&p 500 hit a record high on monday closing up 16 points. the dow gun 1d 32, and the -- gained 132, and the gun was up 32. automakers are siding with president trump on a legal authority over emissions standards. the administration wants to bar california from setting its own fuel efficiency rules or zero-emission requirements for vehicles. general motors, fiat chrysler, and toyota have filed a lawsuit to intervene. california has reached an agreement with other lawmakers, automakers to voluntarily increase the average fuel economy of their vehicles. myelin pharmaceuticals is recalling its generic form of xanax. the fda found the potential presence of a foreign substance in the anti-anxiety prescription

drug alprazolam. the recall is for .5 milligram tablets that were distributed in july and august in 500-count bottles. the affected drugs have a september, 2020, expiration date. myelin has notified customers about the recall. late kurt cobain has just sold at auction. the vintage olive green cardigan sold for a record-breaking $334,000. the late nirvana front man wore the>> caller: at the band's mtv "unplugg "unplugged" performance in new york in 1993. the sweater has not been washed since cobain wore it at the concert. anne-marie, perhaps that's why it's going for so much money. >> that's some expensive sweat. it's a good thing my mom didn't get her hands on that sweater. that would have been cleaned up, hot water, there goes the value. >> exactly.

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concerns about that controversial phone call between mr. trump and ukraine's president. meanwhile, the house plans to hold its first vote on the impeachment inquiry on thursday. a former boston college student is facing charges after her boyfriend committed suicide. mola lenghi reports. >> reporter: suffolk county district attorney rachel rollins described in detail why 21-year-old inyag. yoo was indicted in the death of her boyfriend. >> she persisted, continuing to encourage him to take his own life. >> reporter: both were students at boston college on. his graduation day last making she was with him on a parking garage roof when he took his own life. according to prosecutors, in the two months leading up to his suicide, yoo sent more than 47,000 tensionses with repeated emotionally abusive messages telling him to go kill himself, to go die, and that the world would be better off without him. it was just two years ago when another massachusetts woman,

michelle carter, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of her boyfriend. she was also accused of using text messages to pressure conrad roy to commit suicide. cbs news legal analyst rikki klieman says the c commits suicide. we don't know what happened there. >> reporter: yoo is currently in south korea. the d.a.'s office here says they hope she turns herself in voluntarily. but if not, they will seek her extradition back to the united states to face that involuntary manslaughter charge. mola lenghi, cbs news, boston. coming up on "cbs this morning," a whistle-blower complalaint alleges the cdc spe $10 million allllocated for climimate change researcrch somewhere else w which the cdcd denieses. ahead, the w whistle-blolower t us why he belelieves his effort

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