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it's thursday, november 14th, 2019. here's today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. there just wasn't any surprises. there wasn't any bombshells. >> made a compelling and clear case. >> this was damning. >> both sides claim victory after the first day of public testimony. >> you talking about the witch-hunt? is that what you're talking about? i hear it's a joke. i haven't watched. i haven't watched for one minute. >> reporter: a legal said e setback for the president. the federal court ruled that congress can seek eight years of the president's tax returns. >> hi, had everyone -- rning fo president. the massachusetts firefighter is dead. >> he was killed fighting a house fire. >> lieutenant menard heroically and selflessly saved his crew. >> reporter: the mayor of venice, italy, says the worst s venin its ees. than 50 years

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this morning's "eye opener" is presented by brought to you by toyota -- let's go places. >> when you put it like that, you got to follow very closely. >> can get murky. >> make it simple. we'll try right now. >> yes, we are. welcome to "cbs this morning" on. that note, we begin with this -- date one of historic impeachment hearings produced a very startling claim. it directly ties president trump to the effort to pressure ukraine to investigate former vice president joe biden and his son, hunter. the top u.s. diplomat in ukraine, that's bill taylor, testified that a member of his staff overheard a call between the president and the ambassador do the european union, that's gordon sondland. taylor says that sondland told the staffer the president cared more about investigating the bidens than about ukraine. >> at the white house, president trump said he knows nothing about that phone call with sondland, and he called the impeachment inquiries a, quote, joke.

nancy cordes covered yesterday's first public hearing. good morning. are we going to hear directly from this the staffer? >> reporter: yes. he is based at the u.s. embassy in ukraine, but he'll be here on capitol hill tomorrow testifying behind closed doors. his story appears to undercut the republican argument that there is little direct evidence of the president's intent. >> what this call indicates as other testimony likewise has indicated is that the instructions are coming from the president on down. >> reporter: the new revelation comes from a u.s. embassy staffer, david holmes, sitting at an restaurant with ambassador to the eu gordon sondland, when sondland placed a call to the president. >> the member of my staff could hear president trump on the phone asking ambassador sondland about the investigations. >> your staff member hears the president asking about the investigations, meaning barisma and the bidens in 2016, and ambassador sondland told president trump that the ukrainians were ready to move forward? >> he did.

>> reporter: the story was relayed by the top u.s. diplomat in ukraine, bill taylor, who testified that sondland told him repeatedly that mr. trump would not release u.s. aid to ukraine until that nation agreed to investigate his campaign rival, joe biden. >> he said that president trump wanted president zelensky in a public box. >> well what did you understand that to mean? to put zelensky in a public box? >> i understood that to mean that president trump through ambassador sondland was asked for president zelensky to very publicly commit to these investigations. >> it's a witch-hunt. it's a hoax. i'm too busy to watch it. >> reporter: president trump was asked about his phone call during a joint press conference with the visiting president of turkey. >> i know nothing about that. first time i've heard it. the one thing i've seen that sondland said was that he did speak to me for a brief moment, and i said no quid pro quo under any circumstances. >> reporter: his press

secretary, stephanie grisham, also resnd otw dismissing yesterday's witnesses who are diplomatic veterans as two bureaucrats are a foreign policy gripe.republicans insist information was secondhand. >> we got six people having four conversations in one sentence, and you just told me this is where you got the clear understanding and you're their star witness. >> let me just say that i don't consider myself a star witness for anything -- >> they do. you don't -- >> i don't. >> reporter: democrats praised the witnesses, republicans say they still want to hear from the anonymous whistle-blower. >> in is one witness, one witness that they won't bring in front of us, they won't bring in front of the american people. that's the guy who started it all. >> i'd be glad to have the person who started it all come in and testify. president trump is welcome to take a seat right there. [ laughter ]

>> reporter: the next public impeachment inquiry comes tomorrow. it features maria yovanovitch, the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine who was smeared by the president's personal lawyer and then recalled to washington earlier this year. ambassador sondland is one of eight witnesses scheduled to testify publicly next week. he'll be grilled about why he had to change his story after he was contradicted by so many other witnesses. >> all right, thank you so much. "60 minutes" correspondent john dickerson joins us for day two. two for two with john dickerson, always good to sort is out. anybody with a cell phone knows it's so easy to overhear the conversation when you're talking to somebody else. what is the significance of this latest revelation? >> well, anybody with a cell phone knows you don't have this kind of conversation on a cell phone. >> security -- >> exactly. talk about the irregular channel. now, we should be clear something has been alleged, and part of what this process will be is nailing down all the

details of this. what exactly was discussed. does somebody overhear the right thing, and so forth. what was important about taylor's testimony is there's an allegation of another instance in which the president appears, accoin h o focused on the bidens and the biden family. why is that important is because, one, half of the president's defense -- and again, republicans still have multiple defenses of the president, not all of them aligned. one of the defenses is that the president cared so much about corruption, the counterargument is no, he cared about corruption by one fan, the family that's running against him in this election. >> this is, though, the first supposed connection to president trump himself that we're hearing in the evidence, correct? how effective is this for the democrats? >> well, it's the central case. if we go up to 30,000 feet, the facts is that the american president has an amazing and enormous authority in foreign policy. and he's granted that by the constitution. and what's at issue is whether he used the authority for himself or for the country. and he's talking about the biden family, he's using it for himself, is the allegation from

the democrats. so that's why it's central to their case. >> i've heard the republicans say, listen, there was no investigation of the bidens, that ukraine did, in fact, get the aid. really nothing to see here. >> that's their strongest argument. because we should remember when we think about this, there are three ways to think about evidence here. one is whether it builds a case for impeachment. one is whether it gives publicans enough evidence to go to their constituents and say whatever they need to say to get re-elected, come is really, i mean, let's not honest, in politics that's what this is about is whether you can justify your vote one way or the other. finally, we have to think about this in the election contest. we're thinking about if the evidence comes through, whether it's worth giving the about the another four years. for republicans trying to get to an argument about what's happening, that's a strong point. in law, i haven't found a lawyer who said if you try to commit some kind of illegal act, it's okay if it doesn't succeed. so there's no -- there's no lawyer who says that. in the nixon case he was driven from office for things he wanted to do but weren't carried off. republicans were right to not use the standard when they

investigated people who wanted to undermine the trump election. donald trump was elected, but that wouldn't stop the investigation into people who tried to undermine that election. so it's a good political argument for the moment. but it doesn't necessarily hold up all the way through. >> any evidence that this has penetrated the public? >> no, none. i don't think for the moment. we might not expect it to. there should be a high bar for impeachment, and for the -- the challenge for democrats is to put together this puzzle, make sure each piece has integrity. that's going to take a long time. the fact they got one interesting piece about there phone call is good for them, as they try to build this long case. we've got a long time to go before the minds are changed. >> there's a lot to sort out. thank you. for more on the key testimony and what's ahead in the impeachment inquiry, we invite you to go to our website, cbsnews.com/impeachment. the group of democrats looking to replace the president

is a little bigger this morning. former massachusetts governor duval patrick is launching a campaign. he released this video this morning, nearly a year after saying he would not run. >> i admire and respect the candidates in the democratic field. they bring a richness of ideas and experience and a depth of character that makes me proud to be a democrat. but if the character of the candidates is an issue in every election, this time is about the character of the country. >> patrick will go to new hampshire today to add his name to the ballot for the 2020 primary there. with there announcement, he will -- with this announcement, he will no longer be a cbs news contributor. ed o'keefe is covering campaign 2020. why is patrick entering now, this late in the game? >> reporter: anthony, he apparently thinks there's still room for one more. he told us on this broadcast last month he doesn't think former vice president joe biden is cutting it. and now he plans to run as a moderate who can bring his party and the country back together. the 63-year-old served two terms as massachusetts governor.

the first african-american to do so, and the only democrat to hold the job this century. it's the work he did before and after his time as governor that's likely to raise questions. he once served as the top lawyer at the oil company texaco and most recently worked for bain capital. that could could be scrutiny. how patrick can quickly build a campaign, raise millions of dollars needed, and attend the debates is unclear. no one in the modern era has entered the race this late in the game and prevailed. >> another potential candidate is former new york mayor michael bloomberg. do we know if he's made a decision yet? do you think the patrick decision affects this? >> reporter: we'll see. he has not decided whether to run. cbs news learned, however, that bloomberg will not file paperwork to appear on the ballot in new hampshire which holds the first primary in february. if he runs, bloomberg is expected to focus on winning

contests held on super tuesday on march 3rd, that's why he's already filed to appear on the ballot in alabama and arkansas and is working on getting on the ballot in tennessee. >> okay. thank you. we'll talk with duval patrick in our next hour. his first tv interview since joining the democratic presidential race. learn how he plans to stand out in this very crowded field. as the impeachment hearings were underway on capitol hill, president trump was meeting with turkey's president at the white house. cbs news has confirmed that there was a surprise confrontation when turkey's president, president erdogan, met with mr. trump and others in the oval office. paula reid is at the white house. good morning. what's this all about? >> reporter: a surprise indeed, tony. during this meeting the president brought several republican senators into the oval office to meet with turkey it's leader in a hope to ease some the hard feelings because several of these senators have been critical of turkey's action, particularly in northern syria.

now we're told during this meeting, the leader of turkey pulled out his ipad and showed a propaganda video depicting the u.s. allies, the kurds, as terrorists. apparently the turkish leader thought that he could sway some of these senators by showing them this clunky propaganda video. apparently the senators took turns pushing back on the turkish leader. they came to pressure turkey to buy american weapons systems. and encourage them not to purchase weapons from russia. >> paula, thank you very much. >> this morning the death of an american teacher in the dominican republic is being investigated as murder. police found patricia anton in her apartment on the country's northern coast. her hands and her feet were tied up.

officials say the 63-year-old woman was strangled. our national correspondent, jericka duncan, is following this story. terrible news today. are there any leads on who may have done this to her? >> reporter: good morning. police have not yet indicated there are any suspects, but they've revealed that anton's death may be part of a burglary. investigators say multiple items were missing from her apartment, including a cell phone, a laptop, a television, sheets, and a pair of sports shoes. patricia anton hailed from michigan and dedicated her life to helping children. she was a consultant at an elementary school in the d.r. and has lived there for at least five years. the school's web site says she had more than 20 years of teaching experience and was previously a legislative aide at the michigan state capitol. anton is one of at least 11 americans know who died in the d.r. this year. the rest have been tourists, and the reasons range from natural causes to death possibly linked to tainted alcohol. now anton's body will now be taken to a lab in santiago city for further testing. police are urging anyone with knowledge of the crime to come forward. we will reached out to the state department for comment but have not heard back.

tony? >> troubling details there. thank you so much. police are investigating a series of student deaths at the university of southern california in los angeles. consider this -- since the fall semester began in august, nine students have died. there the school says three were by suicide. police are looking into whether drug overdoses played a role in some of the deaths. the university sent a letter to students on tuesday warning about the dangers of drug use, particularly opioids. >> we do know that in many cases not at usc but in our community fentanyl has been mixed with other drugs, and has led to many deaths and overdoses. >> hundreds of students gathered on campus last night to talk about these losses, nine since august. >> disturbing. a firefighter in massachusetts has died while searching if i burning home for -- searching a burning home for

potential victims. lieutenant jason menard was on the top floor of this building in worcester, massachusetts, when he became trapped. he helped two of his crew escape but could not save himself. lieutenant menard was 39 years old. he was about to leave on a disney vacation about w his wife and -- vacation with his wife and three children. menard was honored yesterday with a procession through the city of worcester. >> the details of that story are hard to hear. millions of americans will soon get some relief from those bitter cold temperatures gripping much of the country. the arctic front has made its way through florida and off the east coast. but there is still some lingering cold with record lows possible this morning in the northeast. some parts of new england could even see temperatures in the single digits. this week's arctic blast shattered hundreds of mid-november cold records across the central and eastern u.s. a new report says drug-resistant infections are a bigger threat than ever. ahead, how one family lost a teenage son and why drug companies find it hard to develop new antibiotics.

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>> as in so many things, experts say it comes down to money. new antibiotics are expensive to develop and because their use is limited, there's not a lot of profit potential for pharmaceutical companies. but doctors say they're badly needed for more and more infections they can't cure. >> roxanne says her son trey loved sports. >> he would just want to be with his friends and get better at football and basketball. >> she says after playing basketball with friends near their jacksonville home in may trey developed a sore on his foot. >> it looked like a blister. >> the next day she took him to the where they told her trey ha

deteriorated until doctors told his mother it was time to take trey off life support. >> there was nothing they could do because the antibiotics taki >> they said the antibiotics weren't working. >> they said nothing was working. >> trey's isn't the only case. >> we have seen infections that are resistant to all the antibiotics we have available. >> dr. helen says newer drugs are critical. >> how soon do you need new antibiotics? >> we need them yesterday. >> yesterday, not now but yesterday? >> truly we need more options for our patients yesterday or now. >> a big part of the problem,

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the market so more medications would be available. it's a complicated problem. >> there are 35,000 other americans who die every year in similar circumstances. why aren't companies working to create more medications? >> it's complicated. a lot of drugs you can make money on them time after time, diabetes, cancer, heart disease. antibiotics are great because you come in, you cure somebody. it's a single use only. then there's this payment system where under medicare you bundle expenses for a particular diagnosis in the hospital. that's how they get paid. these small companies are saying we need help. >> it's astonishing there's only 13 to 14 of them now. >> it's seemingly such a simple

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in this morning's "eye on earth," one of the most iconic cities is partly under water. events, italy is -- venice, italy, is suffering the worst

flooding in more than 50 years. at least two people have died, and the damage is estimated in the hundreds of millions of dollars. here's what the city's most famous st. mark's square normally looks like. here's how it looks swamped by floodwaters. holly williams is on venice's grand canal with the reasons behind the flooding. >> reporter: good morning. they call this aqua ultimate that in italy or high water. it often happens in winter. this year it's much worse than usual. the regional governor is calling this a, quote, apocalyptic disaster, and italy is expected to declare a state of emergency later today. when your city is built on a lagoon, water is a fact of life. then is floods dozens of times every year. but the venetians say this isn't normal. the water was, what, here? mun told us her fami's five stores were all flooded. >> there year it's too much. >> reporter: in a city that

earns a living from its gorgeous views and the tens of millions of tourists who come to see them every year, this inundation is a disaster. st. mark's square was already a tourist attraction when it was captured by the painter canaletto 300 years ago. now it's submerged in water so deep this man turned the famous piazza into a private swimming pool. this was a perfect storm. very high winds, a flood, and a city that's mostly four to five feet above sea level. but experts say what's making things worse here in venice is climate change and rising sea levels. st. mark's basilica, its structure dating back around 1,000 years, has flooded just six times in its history.% but twice in the last two years. this flood has caused hundreds of millions of dollars of damage to a jewel of a city so precious it's a world heritage site. venice has been building flood

barriers since 2003 at a cost of billions of dollars. the project is ten years behind schedule and has been plagued by allegations of corruption. tony? >> everyone's got such beautiful boats there and then -- and the tourists, almost looks fun. that is trouble. >> real trouble. it is a jewel of the city. one of my favorite places. heartbreaking. >> spectacular. ahead in what to watch, why facebook pulled billions of accounts from its site, billions we are starting off the day with cloudy skies and cool temps. as we head through the afternoon, you'll likely need that jacket all day long because temps will be cooler compared to yesterday. the coolest day of the week is today. cloudy as we go through the rest of our day here. looking at 66 in concord, 63 in oakland and fremont. 67 in san jose and livermore and 62 for san francisco. warming up for friday and into the weekend. ♪

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>> vlad's going to get your day back on track. good morning. here are stories we think you'll be talking about today. the longest prison sentence yet in the college admissions scandal has been handed down. a new judge in the case ruled yesterday that a former insurance executive should spend six months in prison. toby mcforlane pleaded guilty in june. prosecutors say he paid $450,000 to get his son and daughter into the university of southern california as fake athletic recruits. that same judge will preside over actress lori loughlin's upcoming trial. prosecutors say the "full house" star and her husband paid half a million dollars to get their daughters into usc as reported star athletes. the couple have pleaded not guilty to the charges. >> this judge is not messing around. said he's a thief and a common criminal. >> very, very tough sentence. he's known to be very tough. we'll see what happens. >> prosecutors had asked for 15 months, but he got six. >> interesting. all right. facebook said it removed 3.2

billion, billion fake accounts from its service over a six-month span this year. that is more than twice as many as last year. the bogus accounts included those that are used in spam campaigns and are financially motivated. the new report says that facebook has deleted 5.4 billion fake accounts. 5.4 billion so far in 2019. that is more than double the number of active monthly users. to put that into perspective, guys, there are 7.6 million people on planet earth -- >> a lot of accounts are dormant, not being used. >> that is right. they are dormant accounts, but they are fake. facebook is trying to reprove them. but as you pointed out, it's like the zombie horror -- >> my gosh, the army of the dead. they keep coming. >> so -- >> depressing. >> it is distressing. >> it's going to get worse. >> meanwhile, 5% of the accounts that get through, facebook estimates are fake. that's 122 million fake accounts right now out there. >> they should get credit for

doing -- they're clearly trying to do something about that. >> they are. >> clearly it's a big problem. >> at least they're getting on top of it -- >> this gives you a sense of how big a problem this is. >> really does. all right. it was all about girl power at this year's cma awards. >> about time! >> about time. more than 40 female country stars took the stage to perform, present, or accept awards. 14 of them delivered a powerhouse performance that included the host carrie underwood, reba mcentire, and dolly parton. garth brooks won the top honor, entertainer of the year. he highlighted the female entertainers of the night. meanwhile, another country music legend, the great willie nelson, teamed one kacey musgraves for an unforgettable duet. take a look. ♪ someday we'll find it the rainbow connection the loves the dreams and me ♪ >> i mean -- >> goosebumps.

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good morning to you our viewers in the west. it's thursday, november 14th, 2019. welcome back to "cbs this morning. i'm gayle king. ahead former governor duval patrick joins us live to tell us why he decided to run for president first on "cbs this morning." >> i'm tony dokoupil. see why complaints about lasic eye surgery are inspiring a new effort to ban it. >> i'm anthony mason. celine dion is touring for the first time in years. gayle got to go back stage where they talked about courage. >> she's great. first, here's today's eye opener for 8:00. the very startling claim directly ties president trump to the effort to pressure ukraine to investigate joe biden and his son. >> his story appears to undercut the argument that there is little direct evidence of the

president's intent. >> anybody who has a cell phone knows it is so easy to overhear the conversation when you are talking to somebody else. >> also anybody with a cell phone knows you don't have this kind of conversation on a cell phone. >> he apparently thinks there is still room for one more. he told us last month he doesn't think former vice president joe biden is cutting it. police have indicated there aren't any suspects in the case but the death may be part of a burglary. >> while the president was hosting the leader of turkey he invited several gop lawmakers into the oval office in an effort to broker some hard feelings between the two groups. >> republicans also had their turn to question the witnesses about what trump had done. >> was hunter biden a corporate governance expert? >> he speaks ukrainian. given hunter biden's role, hunter biden, do you know whether hunter biden offers anything? >> also does hunter biden like flowers or do you think i could send him a card? he seeing someone? i totally think we'd make a

great couple. are you friends with hunter biden? >> this morning's eye opener is presented by toyota. let's go places. welcome back to "cbs this morning." we begin with this. house impeachment investigators will soon hear more about a very surprising claim from yesterday's first day of public testimony. the top u.s. diplomat in ukraine, that's bill taylor, said one of his staffers overheard a phone call between president trump and the ambassador to the european union, gordon sondland. according to taylor, the president asked sondland for an update on ukraine's investigations of former vice president joe biden and his son hunter. >> during more than five hours of testimony, democrats focused on the claim that the president withheld military aid to push ukraine to investigate a political rival. joe biden and his son. acpublicans said there was no woost ie,eived t aid. number two, there was, in fact, no investigation into biden. >> nancy cordes covered

yesterday's hearing. good morning again. what have we learned about the aid to ukraine? >> reporter: well, these two witnesses, like many others, say they were told repeatedly that president trump was not going to release this military aid until the ukrainians announced investigations into the bidens. still, republicans argue that there couldn't have been a quid pro quo because the aid was eventually released without those investigations. if you look at the facts, the aid, about $400 million worth, was released in september after a two-month hold up only after a whistle-blower complaint was filed raising concerns about the situation and after a bipartisan outcry from democrats and republicans here on capitol hill once they learned about the hold up. some democrats havepted bribery. intelligence chairman adam schiff said yesterday just because a scheme isn't consummated doesn't make that

scheme any less mha yovanovitch, the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine who was ousted by the president earlier this year and eight more witnesses including u.s. ambassador to the eu gordon sondland are set to testify publicly next week. >> nancy, still a lot coming up. thank you very much. now first on "cbs this morning" the newest democrat who wants to take on president trump next fall. former massachusetts governor deval patrick said this morning he is officially running for the democratic presidential nomination. patrick has been a cbs news political contributor but in light of his decision of course we're discontinuing that relationship. he joined 17 other democraon ot in new ham oimoston. thank yor beingit >> a t an to,ooing

everybody. i didn't know we weren't going to continue to have the consulting relationship? i don't understand. >> sorry. we have to stop meeting like this or like we used to meet. maybe more like this. before we dive in we want to look at what you said to us back in june. >> i was struck by what i have always sensed which is that we have a remarkably rich and talented field of candidates. it doesn't bother me one bit there are a lot of them. >> do you wish you were there? >> were you struck by the possibility you could beat all of them? >> no. that's not how i was thinking about it, though when i was thinking about it many months ago one of the questions was how do you break through in a field this large and this talented without being a celebrity or a sensationalist and i'm none of those things. >> well, governor, you must have decided you can break through. what's changed? >> well, i thinkt y can breakough if you't get out there and try. and i think in many respects and we've talked about this, i've been waiting for a moment like

this my whole life. by that i don't mean a moment to run for president but a moment when the appetite for big ideas is big enough for the size of the challenges we face in america. and the anger and anxiety that i hear about and i read about and i see and i witness and listen to in all kinds of corners of the country today is familiar to me for the same reasons, having grown up on the south side of chicago. the sense that the economy just kind of gets up and kicks you to the curb. >> governor, let's get into some of those ideas. your campaign slogan is deval for all. i think people want to know where you are on the issues. what i'm going to do is give you three issues in quick secession. >> you're not going to tell me i have to raise my hand? >> no, no. if you can giveanswerro o end yos e, youuprt

in the terms we've been talking about. i do support a public option and if medicare is that public option i think it's a great idea. >> do you support eliminating or at least vastly reducing student debt? >> of course. and i think there are other strategies than we've heard about to do just that. we have to do that in order to enable people to reach their potential. >> and lastly, before we go deeper on all three, and i am sorry to interrupt, do you believe the wealthy are not paying their fair share and the taxes should go up particularly in the form of a wealth tax? >> i think taxes should go up on the most prosperous and the most fortunate not as a penalty but because we all have a stake as a national community in building our future. a lot of sense directionally but my idea would be a much, much simpler tax system for everyone where we eliminate all or most of the deductions and we smooth out and simplify the system we

have. as we do get the rates right. i don't think wealth is the problem. i think greed is the problem. i think we want to encourage prosperity. we want to encourage people to aspire to just like i have, to lift themselves and their families out of poverty and to move into the middle class and beyond. but it seems to me we've had a system where we have crowded and hoarded all of the benefits of our prosperity in a very, very few. this is what trickle down economics looks like. and we've been at this for 40 or 50 years and it is time for us to break that fever and get it right. >> okay, governor. we'll get to hear more about where you stand on the different positions but i want to get back to the events of today, why you're getting in. specifically, in one sentence if you could say why you're getting in and do you think you're sending a message to the other candidates you don't think they can beat donald trump but you can? >> first of all, i want to be

clear,ism' getting in because i think there is an opportunity right now for big ideas, as big as the challenges we face, and in the crafting and development of those ideas to bring us together. right now we have a really talented, really gifted, and very hard working and hard sacrificing field of democratic candidates. many of them, my personal friends. but we seem to be migrating to -- on the one camp sort of nostalgia. let's just get rid, if you will, of the incumbent president and we can go back to doing what we used to do. or, you know, it's our way, our big idea or no way. and neither of those, it seems to me, seizes the moment to pull the nation together and bring some humility that, frankly, we have a lot of ideas, but no one candidate, no one party. >> you told the boston globe it is being reported this morning that you spoke to president

obama yesterday. what advice if any did he give you? did you seek his counsel on this? >> well, our conversations are -- i want to keep confidential. they always have been. >> you don't have to. you're among friends. >> i get it. listen, he's got to -- and we both agree -- he has to remain neutral and wait and see who the nominee is. >> i didn't ask who he was voting for, who he was thinking about, governor, i just want to know did he advise you on this? >> oh, sure. he has the same concerns and the same encouragement, concerns that you've expressed on air and encouragement you've expressed off air, which is to say that, you know, we need to reach for the best of america, not just the best of our party and not just the best of our supporters. but the best of america. >> all right. >> that is going to come from a whole lot of people whoavcheckek rightly left out and left back

and what we want to do is bring them back in. >> all right. the governor is in the race. deval for all. said. we'll talk to you again. >> you always have a place in my heart. >> we still love you, governor. >> see you next time, as a candidate again. >>

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i'm i'm good. what are you bugging about? >> this is the grammys. the grammys! and you're barely practicing. >> i'm doing the grammys. i know that. january 26th, day after my birthday. live, cbs, grammys. i'm good. i'm going to be there. >> we're good, too. singer/songwriter alicia keys getting unsolicited advice from last year's grammy host, herself. can never have too many alicia keys in my opinion. she announced in this video that she's returning to emcee the 62nd annual grammy awards. this will be the second time that she's hosted music's biggest night. keys has won 15 grammy awards, so she knows this drill, including best new artist and >

performance. maybe she should co-host herself -- >> i want that to keep going. >> she was so great as a host. >> amazing. >> we are very excited to tell you that alicia keys will join us to help announce the nominees for the top grammy categories, that's next wednesday, november 20th, right here only on "cbs this morning." i can't wait. and the 62nd annual grammy awards will air sunday, january 26th. yeah, that's also on cbs. we've got a lot going on. >> yeah. pretty good network. >> yeah. >> pretty good network, i've heard. ahead and only on "cbs this morning," we meet celine dion backstage as she tours the u.s. for the first time in more than a decade. gayle? ♪

this morning we're investigating concerns about the safety of lasik eye surgery. already performed on an estimated 20 million americans. lasik has been popular for more than 20 years as way to correct near sightedness and improve distance vision. some patients say the surgery has ruined their eyesight.

dr. tara narula has the risks and the push to have government approval for lasik overturned. how does the procedure work? >> good morning, anthony. so lasik is laser-guided surgery. advertised as a way for people to fix their vision and shed d t lethe ick mill surgery uses a laser to cut a flap, to reshape the cornea at the front of the eye. while surveys show high patient satisfaction, those who have had bad experiences report painful, life-changing complications. now an experts who once backed lasik is campaigning to get it off the market. >> it's a devastation that i can't even explain. >> reporter: abraham rutner says lasik surgery damaged his vision and nearly ruined his life. so what happened after the surgery? >> things would appear double, around the lights were like having starburstses. >> reporter: after months of not being able to drive or do his job, the brooklyn electrician

finally found help in miami. >> cornea's distorted as a result of his lasik surgery. fitted him with special lenseses. he's treated thousands with lasik complications. paula kofer had surgery 19 years ago. >> from day one my vision was a train wreck, and is t still is today. >> reporter: she started a lasik complication group on facebook and quickly found she was not alone. >> you really have to understand you're risking your only pair of eyes. >> how you feeling? >> perfect. >> reporter: since 1998, an estimated 20 million lasik procedures have been performed. according to an fda patient survey, more than 95% of patients were satisfied with their vision after surgery. still, the fda's own website is filled with stories of serious

complications. patient report relentless eye pain, dizziness, detached retinas, and tell the agency lasik ended my life, and this procedure needs to stop. >> essentially we ignored the data on vision distortions that persisted for years. >> reporter: morris waxler is a retired fda adviser who voted to approve lasik. he now says that vote was a mistake. >> i've re-examined the documentation, and i said, wow, this is not good. >> reporter: waxler says his own analysis of industry data shows complication rates between 10% and 30%. in 2011, lee petitioned the fda

to issue a volunteer recall of lasik. three years later the agency denied that request and tells cbs news it, quote, has not found any new safety concerns associated with lasik devices. do you think that this should be taken off the market? >> absolutely. there's nothing wrong with a person's eyes who goes to get lasik. they could go and get a pair of glasses. >> you see the light is going to get sharper and sharper -- >> reporter: doctors who perform lasik surgery say risks can be minimize wednesday presurgical screening. >> the most important threatening is knowing who to operates on and -- important thing is knowing who to operate on and who not to operate on. >> reporter: abraham rutner believes he was never a good candidate. >> i was blaming myself. why in the world did i go into it? >> reporter: rutner estimates his vision is now about 90% improved. he tolerates the discomfort of hard contact lenses but wishes he had known more before he had lasik. what would you tell someone who came to you and said they were considering having lasik done? >> think it over. it's your eyes. it's not something that you could rectify later. >> doctors we spoke with stressed the importance of presurgical screening to make sure the patient is a good candidate. >> i'm officially terrified. >> terrifying. >> good to know. >> the reason i got glasses on.

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♪ i'm sexy and i know it who says that? other than rod stewart? welcome back to "cbs this morning." it is time to bring you some of -- what song is that, control room, i know that's not rod stewart. who? ♪ tim somebody. okay. it is time to bring -- i knows that's not rod stewart. he has another sexy song. >> i have breakfast here to talk about. >> okay. tony goes, moving on, gayle. okay. "talk of the table." tony? >> am i going first? the t i'm going first eventually.all right. you know how it's fun to go to the beach in a convertible? i want to show a guy in a jet pack. he's a real-life ironman. in doing so high shattered a

guinness world record. there he goes. british inventor richard that's more than double the speed of the previous record that he also set two years ago. the new record was achieve in england. he plans to launch jet suits for competitive racing. this thing was made entirely 3d printed. it has five gas turbines that produce over 1,000 brake horsepower to gain flight. look the that thing. >> is it legal to commute that way in new york city? i'll do it tomorrow. >> it looks really handy, right? >> i was going to say -- i would never do it. it doesn't look so complicated -- >> you don't want the wrong arm hole in that one. >> okay. makes it look all right. >> it could be a problem. tony? all right. good news for people who like twinkies. if you eat them for breakfast, twinkies cereal will hit supermarkets next month. it's made of mini golden crunchy versions of the infamous snack cake. >> does that include all the essential vitamins? >> all of them. every one. a through z, all the vitamins.

post cereals teamed up to create great flavor in each bite. if you find yourself looking for the cereal, you may be led astray by other candy morning snacks. th this perplexes me, sour patch kids breakfast cereal. sour then sweet. >> okay. >> yikes. >> i don't want to know how many calories are in each bowl. >> mom, dad, home the volume was down on that one. >> something tells me it's going to be popular. mine is this -- we told you yesterday about singer john legend. remember he was named "people's" sexiest man alive? we thought that was a great choice. look on page 98, on the right-hand corner -- >> look at that! >> let's zoom in. that's our own tony dokoupil. tony dokoupil, you got a shout out in the "sexiest man" issue. why? you were in the 28 standouts of modern-day sophistication. >> was i? >> is that like being felix -- >> i was thrown by the interview

questions by "people." >> i concur. >> whoa -- >> here's our tony dokoupil. >> this is nice. >> tony -- >> wow. >> maybe you will autograph it and give it to me. >> i would be happy to do that. i was thrown -- >> tony told "people" he has one weakness, butter. tortilla chips with butter, butter with butter. >> butter -- >> some of the questions threw me. one was what do you sleep in. i was like, excuse me, "people" magazine. i sleep in the company of my wife. >> tony, i was at a women's conference yesterday. and somebody said to me, what's up with that tony dokoupil? i go, what do you mean what's up? is he available? i go, he's married. he's got three children. they just had a baby. his wife is katy tur. back, back. the women were asking. what was -- i'm curious about katy's reaction. i love chrissy teigen said the sexiest man made her a sandwich. >> sexiest man left too many onions in the sink. i didn't clean them up. i'll smell like onions.

sorry, honey. i'm saddled with the title. >> page 98. >> cool. for the first time in more than a decade, celine dion, people think she's very sexy, she looks lean, mean, she looks good. she's touring the u.s. as part of her latest world tour. the canadian powerhouse is performing more than 100 shows. tomorrow she will release her 27th studio album. she's calling it "courage." the album and the tour came more than three years after the death of her husband, that's rene angelil. he was also her manager. they were married for many years. both projects are deeply personal to her. they reveal her resilience in the wake of this loss. it was devastating, she says. we met with her in cleveland and got exclusive backstage access at her very first u.s. stop. are you excited about tonight? >> i am. >> reporter: even with a career spanning nearly 40 years and chart-topping hits that made her a household name -- ♪ for celine dion, the rush

backstage before a big show never gets old. >> the adrenaline is like a drug. that's why i keep doing it. it's like it's addictive. >> i love you -- >> it's been over a decade since her last u.s. tour. >> all right. have a good time. love you. [ applause ] >> and she's back on the road -- ♪ when you call for me -- like she never left. ♪ when i hear you breathe that's the thing that was so interesting with the audience. young girls -- older, male, female, black, white. >> i mean, do you know how much it makes me feel? >> i don't. i don't know -- >> it's like i'm so proud. [ cheers ] i look at those kids and they' en i turn around, those people are 60 years old. and i'm like, wow. what's happening? in my career -- that is the greatest gift. they look at me like i said,

like beyond the songs. celine, are you okay? we got you, girl. we're here. we love you so much. >> i could certainly feel that in the room. it's the first time they're seeing you after rene's death. they want to make sure you're okay. did you feel that from them? >> so much. ♪ i want to hide from the truth ♪ >> her album and the tour are both called "courage." and that's what dion says she needed to move forward after the death of rene angelil. ♪ when the sun went down he was not only her husband of 22 years bawls managed her career -- but also managed her career from the beginning. "courage" is the first english album since his passing. >> i've been so much involved not only in my album but in the production of the show. i say what i like. i have ideas.

they can be tacky, wrong, i'm not asking to be right. i'm just asking to be heard. >> do you not think you were heard before -- are you a different celine -- >> didn't want to be there. i didn't want to be in the meetings. >> you didn't? >> no. i just wanted to sing the best way that i could and that's it, the best. now, rene is not -- >> taking care of that. >> yeah. >> but you do seem very much in control and in charge. >> it's just the fact that i can be in the team of production and express my ideas and my thoughts. that gives me a lot of like, well, if that idea turned out into something super amazing, i'm not just a singer. ♪ ♪ courage don't you dare fail me now ♪ >> i was struck by the lyrics, "courage." ♪ because it's not easy when you're not with me ♪ >> that actually is my favorite song on the album. ♪

i'm wondering what that word means to you now. >> when i look back, my family went through a lot. losing my husband, my manager, the father of my kids, my friend. i feel his vibration and his support. >> still now? >> oh, for -- forever. >> three years later. >> forever. >> what do you miss most about rene? >> oh, everything. his smell, his touch, his way of making me laugh. it's like when i'm not on stage and my fans are home and i go in a hotel, for example, i don't have any pillow talk. ♪ say yes once more >> i do like the song "say yes," the lyric in particular, "remember the good times. let go of the pain.

say yes." have you let go of the pain? >> rene will always be with me. but i'm not in pain. let go of the pain. say yes. say yes for friendship, say yes for love maybe one day, i don't know. >> are you open to it? >> yes. >> you are open to it. >> i'm an open book. you know me better. >> you are open to it. yeah. >> i'm open. am i ready? no. will it happen? i don't know. >> yeah. >> but -- >> you're not stressing about it. >> i'm not stressed at all. i'm enjoying my life so much more now than ever before. >> really? >> i had to prove myself that i could do it. i needed to prove to my family, my friends, the business people, the industry, the fans -- >> that you could do this, you mean? that you could continue on -- >> that i could continue and not have a hit but a career. ♪ i feel like i can do anything i want. >> do you? >> i do. >> you'll be all right. you'll be all right -- >> i've always been all right,

and i will always be all right. ♪ the heart does go on >> just thinking about the here hicks "my heart will go on," she's vulnerable, she's strong. but she's also wide open to all possibilities. and she, i have to say, she likes being the boss. when you ask what she's most proud of, it's her three boys, rene charles is 18. she has twins who are 9 years old. she's most proud that they've all gotten through their father's death, and that they are closer than ever before. >> powerful. >> very proud of that. that means more to her than anything. >> it's very daunting to have to sort of take control of your business when you put it in the hand of somebody you trust who's not there anymore. >> she said, i never wanted to do it. he would tell me where to go, what to do. she liked that. she wanted that. all the sudden she has a say in how it goes, and she also likes that, too. >> she's empowered by it which is great. >> yeah. the album, i have to say, called "courage." it comes out tomorrow. it's so, so good. "courage" is my favorite song. you can go to our facebook page for our lightning round of

questions with her. she sings about her favorite food, she reveals the tv show she's like the most, and here's a hint -- it just happens to be on cbs. she didn't know it was on cbs -- >> it network -- >> that's one. that's one of her favorite shows. >> all right. our nikki battiste tried her hand at a game popular decades ago and now making a comeback. it's called jumping double dutch. >> oh. [ cheers ] >> looks like she won something there. ahead in our "a more perfect union" series, how the simple pastime is bringing together thousands of women all across the nation.

in our series "a more perfect union," we aim to show through what unites us as americans is far greater than what divides us. today we're taking a trip down memory lane to the day when jumping double dutch was a go-to pastime for african-american girls. nikki battiste meets a woman who's reintroducing the game and bringing thousands of people together nationwide. >> reporter: this is more than just a street game. >> she gonna push -- >> reporter: for most african-american girls growing up in the '70s, '80s, and '90s, double dutch was part of the culture. >> this was back in the day

where we played outside while the boys were playing basketball, we were jumping double dutch. jumping all day until the street lights came on. >> reporter: the phenomenon was even in this 1981 commercial. for young black girls what did double dutch provide that other avenues didn't? >> there was like a sense of community because girls could just get together and you formed friendships with sometimes usually you don't know the girls you were jumping with because it was a commonality that we all shared. >> reporter: that sense of community is what 49-year-old pamela robinson reignited in suburban chicago with the 40-plus double dutch club. >> we put on old-school music, and they're singing -- they're dancing, we're talking. and it's just like old times. >> robinson's idea was sparked by a tough time in her own life. >> for a long time, i wasn't really sure what my purpose was. i'm an empty nester, skigoing

through a divorce right now. i didn't know what my purpose was because i always felt it was to be a great wife and mother. >> reporter: looking for a place to forget her troubles, she started weekly greet meet-ups in 2016 hoping to find others that loved that tapping sound as much as her. >> there have been women who have said, yeah, my husband told me he wanted me to make dinner, but i said, "i got to go to double dutch. i can make dinner when i get home. i'm not missing double dutch." >> you make dinner. >> or that. are you really hungry? >> reporter: the club now boasts over 6,000 members from all over the country. many of whom turned up last month for the first annual double dutch party and convention. >> when you're jumping, i'm not anyone's mom, i'm not a business owner. i don't have to do chores. i'm in a place where everything is simple, and it feels good. >> reporter: it's clear that for all these women this goes beyond just jumping rope. what does double dutch give you

that nothing else can? >> peace of mind. >> yeah. >> i'll say that. >> yeah, peace of mind. freedom. jump with women and meet new friends. i love it. >> reporter: you're emotional. >> sorry. >> it's okay. it means a lot. >> yeah. >> we've both been through a lot, and she's been my rock. >> go! >> reporter: despite my own, well, tangled up double dutch debut, i immediately felt the camaraderie, support, and community that just a few simple skips can bring. >> i'm bringing all of these women together, and they are loving not only each other but the fact that they're getting healthy and they're enjoying themselves doing it. >> reporter: now you have thousands of new friends. >> i do. i've got all these new friends. >> reporter: a time for friendship, fitness, and fun. for "cbs this morning," nikki

battiste, chicago. >> this is so great. >> awesome. >> go, i loved double dutch as a little girl. like pamela robinson or that. bravo to nikki battiste for trying. i would look like you. two things and we're done. >> i wouldn't look that good. >> yes. also true. before we go, how a little christmas spirit helped solve a neighborhood problem you could say. we'll explain right after the break. we'll be right back.

before we go, an atlanta neighborhood got creative to draw attention to a dangerous pothole. ♪ oh archwood tree oh archwood tree how scary is that sinkhole ♪ >> as you can hear, neighbors performed a specially written protest song to the tune of "oh christmas tree," and placed a decorated tree in the hole to wonder drivers, and it worked.

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have been reported injured have suffered gunshot wound right now. students are being escorted out of the building and inanswer manhunt is still underway for that shooter near that school. a male suspect, once again n black clothing was seen at the school. other schools in that area are on lockdown. right now, several schools, 20,000 students, being affected by the lockdown right now. once again, this happened at around 7:30 this morning? santa clarita at saugus high school. you can see still a very large police presence as well as ambulances in this shot. we have been told that several students were treated at the scene, at that school. others taken to the hospital. again, it is still an active search for the suspect.

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