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>> michelle, thank you. also tonight, embarcadero, we'll be there for the ghting n t west and welcome to with ant. warning about embracing fictions on ukraine. formerpriebus joins us. patrick frazee's secret girlfriend helping investigators after the death murder of kelsey bereth. and hello, neighbor. oscar winner tom hanks talks to gayle about stepping into mr. rogers' shoes. >> he's so good!
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it's november 22nd. your world in 90 seconds. >> >> the white house braces for impeachment trials. >> this president believes he is above the law, beyonaccobity. we are bette tth ad benjamin netanyahu indicted on corruption charges. >> netanyahu says the indictment is an attempted coup. >> cnn is reporting an fbi official is accused of altering a document of an investigation into a campaign aide. >> this is exactly what our people are saying. >> mayday, mayday. >> two airmen are dead after an accident at an air force base in oklahoma. >> our priority is caring for the family and friends of the fallen. no ainge angel wings on
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models this season. >> victoria secret's show is canceled. don't act up or your parents will share ridiculous videos on your social media. tesla rolling out their first all-electric pickup truck. >> featuring unbreakable safety glass. >> oh, my. well, maybe that was a little too hard. >> on "cbs this morning.." >> the 1% of the top 10%. >> no, no, you're getting it wrong. >> all right. what is it? >> the top 1%. >> bernie sanders sat down for an interview with bernie sanders? >> tried to match the suit. what size is it? i asked for a size rumpled. >> in the past i detect a crease there. >> the shoes. >> i went to college. >> the shoes are not polished!
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they're orthopedic. >> we all know what size rumpled is. >> i love a size rumpled. >> bernie is a very good sport. welcome to "cbs this morning." impeachment inquiry against president trump is moving to the next phase after defiant testimony from the final public witnesses. former white house official fiona hill and staffer david holmes recounted specific conversations implicating the president in a scheme to pressure ukraine to investigate his political rivals and hill issued a stark warning about pushing what he says, what she says, rather, is a fictional narrative that only benefits russia. >> house speaker nancy pelosi says the evidence is clear that the president violated his oath of office. the president says he did nothing wrong and the white house is now saying he would welcome a senate trial if he's impeached in the house. nancy cordes is on capitol hill for us, where lawmakers have questioned 17 witnesses and looked at more than 3,000 pages of sworn depositions. so, nancy, good morning. what comes next?
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>> reporter: well, there are no more public hearings scheduled, tony. democrats tell us they do believe they have the evidence they need to move forward. and so the house intelligence committee, which held all these hearings, will now spend the next week or two, writing up a report, sending it to the house judiciary committee, which would then draft articles of impeachment. >> this impeach-a palooza timely comes to an end. >> reporter: fwo weeks, 12 witnesses and one story. >> i found the july 25th phone call unusual. >> was there a quid pro quo? the answer is yes. >> reporter: they said the ukrainians were told again and again that president zelensky would not get a meeting with president trump or millions in military aid unless he announced certain investigations. >> the statement should include certain reference to burisma and 2016. >> by this point it was clear reporter: thursday fiona hill said she saw the pressure
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campaign up close. >> did you go speak to the lawyers? >> i certainly did. >> reporter: she said a ukrainian delegation visiting the white house was informed of the ultimatum by u.s. ambassador to the eu, gordon sondland. >> he was being involved in a domestic political errand, and we were being involved in naonal security foreign policy, and those two things have just diverged. i did say to him, ambassador sondland, gordon, i think this is all going to blow up. and here we are. >> half a world away, david holmes overheard a conversation between sondland and mr. trump a couple of weeks later. >> i then heard president trump ask, so he's going to do the investigation? ambassador sondeland replied he's going to do it, adding president zelensky will do anything you ask him to do. >> hill warned that the ukraine controversy is playing right into putin's hands. >> some of you on this committee appear to believe that russia and its security services did not conduct a campaign against our country and that perhaps,
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somehow, for some reason, ukraine did. this is a fictional narrative. >> reporter: looking ahead to a possible senate trial, president trump met thursday with key gop senators. notably, frequent trump critic, mitt romney, and maine's susan collins. >> when it gets to the senate, we're going to do it right. now everybody is going to have their day in court. >> reporter: democrats argued senate republicans shouldn't discuss impeachment with the president. >> he's trying to taint the jury pool and they should be above it. >> reporter: one republican senator who was at that white house meeting, lindsey graham, told us afterwards a white house official still seemed to believe there's a better than 50/50 chance that impeachment won't go through in the house. based on what we're hearing from democrats right now, anthony, that seems highly optimistic. >> all right. nancy, thank you. reince priebus was chief of staff to president trump for six
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months of his presidency. he is with us now. good morning, mr. priebus. >> good morning, everyone. >> some of the president's own appointees we've heard in public testimony express serious concerns about his conduct. should we not believe these career public servants? >> well, i mean, you can have concerns, but if you're going to impeach a president on the charge of bribery, you actually have to link the direct proof of corrupt intent at the time of the exchange. so even the clips you've played, even the gentleman that said i overheard the president say investigations. what they didn't put into the record, and gordon sondland couldn't do it either, is the actual comment that, are they going to do the investigations, and if they don't do the investigations, then they don't get the money. that was never -- it was never born out. they never actually had direct evidence. they didn't have nixon on tape
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saying i'm directing this cover-up. they didn't have clinton lying under oath. they didn't have the dress. >> but how do so many people come to the same conclusion? >> well, they didn't really come to a conclusion. look, even gordon sondland talked to the president like 20 times and he was asked, did anyone on this planet, did anyone on the planet tell you that military aid was held up in exchange for the investigations, and his answer was no. so, here is the problem. you can have all the smoke in the world but if you're going to impeach a president and you're going to convict him, you actually have to have the direct proof, and they haven't done it. they haven't put the right witnesses up. >> mr. priebus if what you're looking for is the most direct kind of proof available i suppose that would come from the president himself. are you, therefore, arguing that the president should take an oath to tell the truth, sit before congress and testify? >> no, i'm not.
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the president's own words have been put out there. >> not under oath. that's a key part of this. >> but he's -- the folks -- gordon sondland said himself that the president told him he wants nothing, there's no quid pro quo. >> there's a pattern -- >> wasn't conditioned on anything, and the ukrainians have said the same thing. that's why, by the way, that's why -- this is why the white house actually wants to go to a trial in the senate. and so, you know -- >> if the president said there was no quid pro quo and he wanted nothing, after it was revealed that there was a whistle-blower's report. let's move on to something else. >> how do you know, gayle, it wasn't because ron johnson came back from the inauguration in ukraine and called the president and said, i think you guys should released the money and he released the money? my only point is that you make a point, which is a fair point, but there's another piece of evidence that says maybe it was because someone called the president and told him to
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release the money. that's what fair trials are supposed to bear out. but this wasn't a fair trial and it's not a trial at all. it's just a political exercise. >> that's a matter of debate, for sure. do you think that the president of the united states should be held to a higher standard than the rest of us? >> sure. >> doesn't he, as president of the united states, have some responsibility to be held -- >> but that's a different question. we're answering the question of did the president commit what he has been charged of, which is bribery, and was the trial in the house, did that bear that out? and i'm only analyzing that. and the american people agree, because the president's approval ratings are higher than they've been in years. i saw a poll yesterday that showed in wisconsin that only 40% -- this is a 50/50 state but only 40% of the people in wisconsin support impeachment, which is why the president wants to go to trial in the senate instead of just doing a motion to di he was meeting with
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republican senators yesterday. is he trying to lay out strategy? >> i think what -- you know, the house trial, what people watched over there was a trial orchestrated by the democrats. now the republicans are going to orchestrate a trial and it's going to be their turn to put witnesses up and cross examine people in the senate under their rules and under their watch, and i think the president is feeling very bullish about the idea of shutting all of this down under rules set by the republicans now. and so i think the democrats took their best shot and i'm sorry, but for them, you know, they swung and i think they missed. >> okay. the story continues, for sure. we thank you very much for taking time with us this morning. >> you bhowsg moments for passengers on board a commercial jet after midair engine fire. passenger capture this had video showing smoke and flames. the plane just left los angeles
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international rport en the engine failed. the pilot made the mayday call. kris van cleave reports on how the emergency unfolded. >> mayday, mayday, mayday. >> terrified passengers on board philippines flight 113 said they heard loud bangs after takeoff. >> four loud bangs, they were explosions. >> boeing 777 bound for manila suffered engine failure. >> why is that going off? >> people on the ground could see flames and smoke shooting out of the engine. video from a passenger shows the harrowing moment this little girl first hears the blast coming from the engine some initially thought were gunshots. >> i've never seen that before. >> how many soles on board? >> 342 passengers and require ambulance assistance on landing. >> no fire from the plane shown when it landed but firefighters
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were on the ground as a precaution. all the passengers got off the plane safely and bussed back to the terminal. >> thanks god for the pilot for getting us all back safe. >> reporter: for "cbs this morning" i'm kris van cleave. benjamin netanyahu says he will fight to stay in power after becoming the first sitting prime minister in israel's history to be indicted on criminal charges. netanyahu faces allegations of fraud, breach of public trust and bribery. roxana aberi is tracking the story from london. what else is the prime minister saying? >> reporter: he's calling the allegations an attempted coup. israel's attorney general says no one is above the law. netanyahu is accused of granting political favors in exchange for positive news coverage and gifts like pink champagne and cigars, emboldening his rivals. they say it's impossible for him to rule while facing criminal charges but he enjoys strong
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support from the white house. the trump administration has reversed decades of u.s. policy by recognizing jerusalem as israel's capital, as well as israeli settlements in the west bank and golan heights. netanyahu is vowing to keep ruling the country and under israeli law, he can stay in office until a final verdict. gayle, even if he's eventually convicted, the appeals process could take years. >> roxana, thank you very much. newly released video evidence used to convict patrick frazee. this shows frazee's secret girlfriend at the murder scene, showing investigators how she cleaned up the mess after the bloody crime. frazee was convict this had week and will spend his life in prison. nikki battiste has been following this from the start. >> i saw blood all over the floor. >> this is crystal lee, wearing a colorado bureau of
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investigation jacket and hat, showing investigators how she cleaned up a bloody crime scene. she was the prosecution's star witness in the case against patrick frazee. >> blood on the wall here, blood on the wall here. >> reporter: it was thanksgiving day, 2018 when kelsey was last seen in public. hours later, she was dead. prosecutors say frazee beat her to death with a baseball bat in her own home while their baby girl was in the next room. >> the spray was from here all the way -- i had to clean up underneath here. >> reporter: lee, frazee's secret girlfriend, said she had been at her home in idaho when frazee called to tell her you've got a mess to clean up. she said she drove 12 hours to do it. >> i had been instructed to wash things. >> reporter: this atm surveillance shows the container frazee used to transport kelsey's body. >> we brought the tote here. we unloaded the tote.
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>> okay. >> lee took investigators to frazee's ranch and showed them where frazee transported kelsey's body and burned it. >> this is where the burn occurred. >> reporter: lee said she tossed in all the bloody items she took from the home on the fire, including baby can aly's stuffed animals and a bible. >> whose bible? >> it was in kelsey's house, so i would imagine it was hers. >> i don't think we would have known what happened to kelsey without crystal lee. >> reporter: prosecutor jennifer vieman said she helped put the pieces together. frazee's plan backfired when she decided to cooperate with police. do you think he would have gotten away with it if he hadn't involved crystal lee? >> yes, but he wanted lee to pin it on. >> reporter: facing a maximum up to three years for evidence
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tampering. it was, say prosecutors, a deal with the devil. >> nikki battiste joins us at the table. the more you hear about that story, the more gruesome it is. >> bloody stuffed animal. >> and bible. >> why did she agree to clean up this crime scene? can you give us inside to her thinking? >> she had a complicated relationship with patrick, she said she loved him but he also threatened her and her family and she feared him. we have even more never-before-seen videos of her, last image of kelsey ever that has never been seen, that jurors saw. it's unbelievable to piece together. >> prosecutors said they made a deal with the devil. she got a maximum of three years. some people are saying that ain't right. >> she actually faces up to three years. her next court appearance is december 2nd. >> she could get less is what you're saying? >> she could get less. >> you can see nikki's full report, justice for kelsey bereth tomorrow here at 10:00
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the s the sky rocketing cost of new cars is stretching budgets and pushing americans deeper into debt. ahead, we go shopping to see what's behind the sticker shock. >> can i get rid of the halogen head lamps? >> no. >> keyless open? >> no. >> the growing trend for bigger vehicles packed with pricey high-tech features. you're watching "cbs this morning." this portion of "cbs this morning" sponsored by -- >> announcer: this portion of "cbs this morning" sponsored by kohl's. men's izod sweaters - 50% off plus an extra 25% off... and cuddl duds throws - just $18.74. plus - snap a free picture with santa this sunday!... find new gifts at every turn - at kohl's.
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the department of alcohol, tobacco and firearms is offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to the arex of the orinda shooting. meanwhile, sjpd investigators are looking into the second hit-and-run crash. this happened on the city's north side just before dawn yesterday on old bay shore highway. and a standoff? san jose that began around 6:00 yesterday. northbound 880 starting to stack up. if you are headed toward the oakland airport this mornings, give yourself a few extra minutes. southbound, we are eing ckets slow down as well. brake lights out of hayward into the fremont area. 30 minutes drive time many
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southbound 880 all the way down towards 237, average speed about 39 miles an hour. cutting across the san mateo bridge, pretty busy this morning. slow and go conditions, past the toll plaza, getting better once you head to 101. >> plenty of sunshine for today. beautiful day ahead. a nice fall day across the bay area. here is a live look. there is a beach hazard statement, so be careful because of a potential for sneaker waves. slight warmup into the weekend.
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hey, it's 7:30. here is what is happening on "cbs this morning." >> i've never seen anything like this in my career. >> after another round of damaging testimony, democrats say they have enough to impeach. >> i did say to mbs sondland i think this is all going to blow up and here we are. michael bloomberg getting close to joining the 2020 race. nfl denies an appeal from a browns player who was suspended for a brutal on-field attack. >> garret alleged that rudolph used a racial slur. astronauts ready to go on one of the most challenging spacewalks in nch asa history. >> we're going to perform what would be considered open heart surgery. hello, neighbor. >> tom hanks talking about stepping into the sneakers of mr. rogers. >> you are a very valuable human being. doesn't matter. doesn't matter. that's what, i think, fred was able to make people feel.
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fred m worthwhile. welcome back to "cbs this morning." this broadcast is committed to finding out why prices for many common items have surged in recent years and today we look at the rising cost of cars. americans are paying about 38% more for a new car or truck over the summer than they were just ten years ago, and the average transaction price for some popular vehicles is up nearly 50, 60, even 70%. so how are drivers affording it? as we found out, many are not. >> you can always count on the auto industry. >> oh, yeah. there we go. >> to keep your heart pounding. >> you can be an explorer, right here on earth. >> and your imagination racing. >> it's the official truck of real people. >> but before you hurry on down to your local lot, consider our experience. here in new jersey, the typical family takes home about $39,000 a year, after taxes. we were curious what kind of car
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or truck could we get on that income, so we checked in with cbs news business analyst, our in-house financial planner. she recommended spending 10 to 15% of that income on that vehicle. that leaves us with about a $400 budget. let's see what we can get. the manager wooed us. >> it's super cool. >> the ford explorer, packed with technology. >> these are sonar sensors? >> see the tire pressures are all set at 41. >> no more putting the gauge on the tire and measuring it manually? this touch screen is standard? >> on all models, absolutely. >> the car itself is wefi? >> has a modem. >> we also saw a powerful f-150 >> has its owngp there's even a button here that adjusts the pedal angle. >> with any of it in our $400
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budget? >> monthly payment would be $853. >> not even close. and that's life for a record number of americans these days. the big three automakers are retiring many family sedans while rolling out supervised-up suv sbs trucks at premium rates that families often can't afford without taking on loans that are now larger and longer than ever. >> i know it sounds crazy but i couldn't get rid of the screen and go back to the old cassette tape and manual windows? >> no. >> reporter: ivan did find us a simpler truck closer to our budget but with a catch. >> look at that, $446. >> but 96 months, is that eight years? >> eight years. >> reporter: those long loans can create lower monthly payments but it doesn't always mean you can eingp here at the repo lot. a record number of americans fell behind on their car payments. more than 7 million people at
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least 90 days late. and when that happens, people faison gets a call. we asked if he has seen more business. >> tons. >> tons more repos? >> it's doubled if not tripled. >> wow, why? >> i think mainly because there are people who are going longer terms on cars, they're more expensive. you owe more on the car than what it's worth. >> do you think the car manufacturers have a role in this? >> i think they do. they have priced cars out of a lot of people's budgets. there's finance companies through these manufacturers now to let people afford these cars by stretching the loans out to six, seven, eight years on a car. that blows my mind. >> reporter: we reached out to the three biggest american automakers. a fundamental mystery to me is t erag car anymore?manufacturers n setting vehicle prices.
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i'll put it bluntly. are you guys being greedy? but none would go on camera to discuss pricing and we still needed a car, so we headed south, in search of a better deal. down here in winterhaven, florida, typical family income is $35,000 a year after taxes, which means a responsible monthly car payment might be about $350. we zeroed in on a new chevy impala. >> this does not have ventilated seats. >> no! >> reporter: but once again, our budget was shot. can i get rid of the halogen head lamps? >> no. >> reporter: keyless open? >> no. >> reporter: in the end the only car in stock that our middle-class budget would comfortably allow was the spark, chevrolet's smallest vehicle. is that the only one you have on the lot? >> i have two just like that one. they're twins. >> reporter: same color? >> same color. >> reporter: what is that, a pink or a red? >> pink. >> reporter: can we call it a
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red? >> we can call it a red. >> reporter: but it's pink? >> we'll call it a red. >> reporter: official color on that car, by the way, is raspberry. >> which is somewhere between pink and red. >> thanks to those guys at ford and chevrolet. ultimately this comes down to the car manufacturers. and in statements to cbs, gm pointed to a customer-driven trend to larger vehicles and said household incomes are up and interest rates are low so they think on a relative basis, new vehicles are actually a steal. chevrolet told us its prices are based on what the customer wants and feels they are worth and ford declined to comment overall. they're saying the customers want these bigger, better vehicles. i don't think the customer wants 600 billion in new auto debt. >> and a loan that spreads out over six, seven, eight years. that's a lot of interest you pay. >> oh, yeah. >> we used to think three to four years was a long time.
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>> a little part of the american dream is just floating away now. >> i bet you would look good in that raspberry car. a highly contagious virus that shut down an entire school strict is quickly spreading this morning. ahead how norovirus is keeping tens of thousands of students out of school until next month. i am totally blind. and non-24 can make me show up too early... or too late. or make me feel like i'm not really "there." talk to your doctor, and call 844-234-2424.
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made me sick. we were standing outside for a long time. tony malcolm was a great host and the building was cool. >> you were climbing up where? >> on the very, very top of the base of the spier with no railing at all. quickly it became oh, no, hold my hand. >> i would never do that. >> we'll be there next week. >> wednesday, the day before thanksgiving. you'll get to see what we did. it was a great day. tens of thousands of students are not allowed to go back to school until next month as a highly contagious virus spreads in colorado, southwest of denver, forced a major cleaning effort there. we're learning that a second school district is also closing because of the norovirus. omar villafranca went there to show us why some patients are getting sick twice. >> i have three kids and they like to share germs. >> reporter: with three preteens at home, joyce zoeller says it's
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inconvenient but necessary. >> we definitely don't want to be silk for thanksgiving and the way it seems to be working it's like one person gets sick in the family and a couple of days goes by and another person gets sick. >> reporter: 36 schools in the grand junction district are closing until after the thanksgiving break, impacting 22,000 students after a suspected outbreak of norovirus. it's a highly contagious bug that causes diarrhea, vomiting and stomach cramps. >> those particles get in the air and then if you're near there, you breathe the air. >> reporter: and you're sick? >> and you've been exposed. >> reporter: the virus survives for weeks on surfaces like desks, doorknobs or toys if not properly disinfected. sanitation crews are now cleaning the surface areas of every school in the district. >> the cleaning process is with bleach, because that is the only thing that's really effective against this virus, according to the health department. >> reporter: hundreds of students and dozens of staff
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members have fallen ill. district officials belie there's now a second related strain of the virus as well. so you had students and staff that were getting sick not once, but twice? >> and that tells us we're losing the battle. >> reporter: for "cbs this morning," omar villafranca, grand junction, colorado. >> hope they win that battle in the end. thank you, omar. vladimir duthiers has the stories you'll be talking about. >> tesla is out with its new cyber truck, but what happened during a de movement. that shattered elon musk's big nally iday. a chilly start to the day with mainly clear skies and patchy fog this morning. as we head through the afternoon, enjoy the sunshine with mild seasonal temps for this time of the year. mid-60s for san jose and
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you borrowed from your sister before she comes over and find it. >> i used to do the hustle -- ♪ it was a long time ago. >> good morning, everyone -- >> you're moves are impressive. >> those are the only moves i've got, gayle king. here are a few stories we think you'll be talking about today. a major recall. more than 75,000 pounds of bagged salad products are being recalled because they may be contaminated with e. coli. the voluntary recall by missa bay llc largely impacts 22 states in the eastern half of the country. the salads were produced between october 14th and 16th, they contain meat or poultry. the e. coli outbreaks from sent to early november have made 17 people sick. >> bye-bye salad for thanksgiving. >> flno salad. this is an interesting story. an indiana college has come under fire for refusing to oust a tenured professor for sharing racist, homophobic, and sexist
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posts on social media. indiana university bloomington cited first amendment rights in the decision. followed a tweet rasmusen sent out that was from an article that said in part, "geniuses are over. ingly male will." he included a link that said are women demeaning it. the school called the post stunningly ignorant. he also shared that women and gay men do not believe in academia and that black students are, quote, inferior academically to white students. rasmusen says the claims are an exaggeration of his beliefs. >> academic freedom should protect me even if i believed all the things the provost attributed to me. i think i should be able to quote from an article without saying i agree with everything in the article. >> so you know, the school provost wrote we could not nor would we fire professor rasmusen
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as a private person because the constitution prohibits it. >> they are allowing students not to enroll or transfer out of his classes, which is the way they can protest. >> i'm thinking if you were a student in the class, ghai ent, woman -- a gay student, a woman, a person. color, that would be uncomfortable if he allegedly believes the things that he's poing. >> academic freedom is one thing. but what he's saying is not academic. >> and he has control over your grades? i see that as another problem. there's another problem. are you in the market for a bulletproof car. >>. >> not any time soon. >> tesla unveiled the bulletproof truck but it didn't go as planned. the cyber truck is made from the same metal used for spacex rockets. the windows are supposed to be unbreakable. when the chief designer was haved to throw a metal ball game at the glass, watch what happened -- >> oh, my -- >> well, maybe that was a little
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good morning on this friday, it's 7:56. i'm gianna franco. we have reports of crash at alameda, not blocking lanes but over to the shoulder. busy in both directions. westbound right at san ramon road, looks like they cleared that crash. sluggish as you work your way westbound side. the free way behind some fog this morning. 30 minutes, 205 to 620 is the drive time. east shore free way right, give yourself about a half hour to make the ride from hercules towards the mcarthur maze. meters lights still on. beautiful day across the bay area, pleasant fall day for
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sure. live look with thetreasure island camera. upper 30s in advise. 52 for san francisco. weather headlines, the chilly start, mainly clear skies, patchy fog. some sunshine and mild and seasonal temps as we head through the afternoon and a slight warmup in store for thus week. 66 for the high in concord and san jose. 64 in oakland and 63 for san francisco. temps warm up a little bit. there are those who will say that you're:
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happy friday to you. welcome black to "cbs this morning". i'm gayle king. impeachment vote is now looming in the house after public testimony from a dozen witnesses. >> i'm tony dokoupil. two astronauts face unprecedented challenges in a spacewalk with a $2 billion project on the line. >> i'm anthony mason. it is a beautiful day for an interview and we're hearing from tom hanks. mr. rogers. >> he's awesome. first, here is today's eye opener at 8:00. the impeachment inquiry against president trump is moving to the next phase after defiant testimony from the public witnesses. the house intelligence committee will spend the next week or two writing up a report, sending it to the house judiciary committee which would then draft articles of impeachment. >> now the republicans are going to orchestrate a trial and it will be their turn under their rules and under their watch, and
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i think the president's feeling very bullish. >> can you give us inside into her thinking? >> it was a complicated relationship with patrick. she says she loved him but he threatened her and her family and she feared him. he's calling the allegations an attempted coup. netanyahu is accused of granting political favors in exchange for more positive news coverage and pricey gifts. nominations for 2020 grammy awards are out and lil nas x picked up six grammy nominations. >> that's surprising, not that it was nominated but that it came out this year. i feel like we've been listening to that song for a decade now. it out it was just called ongmy. "town road." that's what it was. >> it does stay with you, trevor. he's right about that. looks good for lil nas x. welcome back to krbsz this morning. after this week's public
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testimony house democrats tell cbs news they have enough evidence to move forward with articles of impeachment against the president. yesterday lawmakers heard from the last of 12 scheduled witnesses, former white house official fiona hill says she believes eu ambassador gordon sondland was used to push the president's personal political agenda, getting ukraine to open investigations into the bidens and the 2016 election. >> i've actually realized, having listened to his deposition, that he was absolutely right, that he wasn't coordinating with us because we weren't doing the same thing that he was doing. he was being involved in a domestic political errand and we were being involved in national security foreign policy, and those two things had just diverged. >> the white house says president trump is looking forward to laying out his case in a senate trial should he be impeached in the house. the president met with several top republican senators yesterday to discuss the next e. jonathan turley and kim
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wehle, our cbs legal analysts and constitutional scholars, and they join us to explain where the impeachment inquiry is headed next. kim, let's start with you. did the democrats layout a case strong enough to reach the constitutional bar for impeachment? >> if the question is abuse of power, yes, they absolutely did in that the president it looks like asked for an investigation or announcement of investigations into a political rival in exchange for release of military aid. so using the power of the presidency, the ability to have a white house meeting, to release this critical aid that ukraine needed to stave off riern aggression and said, you know what? you have to help me personally. that's the standard that the framers cared about, having somebody in office that would use that power for themselves, not for the benefit of the american people. here we know it was contrary to national security. >> as far as you are concerned write out the articles of impeachment, let's vote tomorrow? >> we will see it. as far as let's vote tomorrow, no. this process is a senate trial and we'll have to see what is in
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the articles to then test the evidence against those claims. >> jonathan, do you feel the same? >> i'm afraid i don't. >> why? >> the fact is i think that this is the -- certainly the shortest investigation. it certainly is the thinnest evidentiary record and it is the narrowest impeachment ever to go to the senate if they were to go on this record. what they did is they did show a quid pro quo. kim and i agree with that. i think they had powerful witnesses. the witnesses were really marvelous. >> why don't they have a case? >> because the question is did they prove something was contemptible or impeachable. contemptible is not synonymous with impeachable. the president does set policy. they have three conversations, two of them directly, one with senator johnson, one with ambassador sondland where trump denies a quid pro quo. i think you can toss the sondland one out because it is september 9th. he knew about the whistle-blower. but the senator johnson one was august 31st. so you have a conflicted record. the question is what do you need to remove a sitting president.
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>> except we have the call transcript, right? >> why haven't the democrats -- the democrats subpoenaed john bolton, which would take them into the white house, but they haven't pushed to get him in to the hearings. why not? >> i don't know. whether this is intentional or not, it seems designed to fail in the senate. i don't think you could prove a removable offense of a president on this record even if the democrats were in control. this thing is too narrow. it doesn't have a broad foundation, and it is an undeveloped record. there are a lot of witnesses that were not called. the question is why. they said we want a vote by december, you know, we want a vote before santa. why? why would you be pushing this instead of calling these critical witnesses. >> one quick thing. >> okay. >> mr. bolton tweeted, he said, "for the back story, stay tuned." >> dwoos thwhat does that mean? >> read the book maybe? this is the thing. i wonder what the american people are thinking. we had 17 witnesses, you point out many of them stellar, stellar reputations and
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non-partisan, 3,000 pages of sworn depositions. people's eyes start to glaze over. what do you think is really at stake here, kim? >> what is at stake here is the separation of powers. we don't have a single person or branch in charge. we are not a monarchy. the idea is every branch gets their papers graded by the other two branches. >> what does it say about the office of the president? >> the office of the presidency, if wrong doing in the office, abuse of power is not checked then we enlarge the office. the belt and suspenders of the power of the presidency gets enlarged. that is passed to the next president to the next president to future generation goes, and won't always be this particular president or this particular political parties. >> jonathan, reince priebus said when it gets to the senate the rules are changing. >> they are. the senate republicans will be in charge of the rules. i was adam schiff's opposing
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counsel last time we did this in the last impeachment, and adam benefitted greatly because the democrats wrote the rules. now it will be the opposite. even the chief justice in that proceeding does not get the final word. if he makes a ruling on evidence, the majority of the senate can overtiurn him. the question is what will it look like in the senate. i have to tell you i think this could be the trial that trump wants, and the first witness they call may be hunter biden. >> well, let's hope it is as civil as it was in the house. so far the process has been, i think, very measured and thoughtful and professional, which is good. >> we all still will be walking. >> with the republicans storming the basement one day. >> with a footnote there. >> extracurricular. >> oh, there's that. thank you. always good to have you both here. overcrowded airplanes can be a pain, especially when you are traveling with your family during the holidays. ain't that fun? ahead the ceo of delta airlines will be here with how you too can navigate the busy travel season successfully, he says. let's see what
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>> we have much more news ahead. right now nasa astronauts are performing one of the hardest spacewalks in history. why this repair is critical to solving the mysteries of space. and oscar-winning actor tom hanks is playing mr. rogers in a highly-anticipated new movie. >> was it hard for you to do? >> it was terrifying. it was -- >> terrifying? >> yeah, yeah. >> you know, it is interesting to hear it is terrifying because people think that of all of the roles that you have done this would be a lock for you to do, and certainly the easiest for you to do. >> there's no such thing as an easy role to do. >> ahead hanks tells gayle why this role was so nerve-racking. that's ahead on "cbs this morning". ♪
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alicia keys and jay-z. if you happen to be in new york tonight, look up at the empire state building because its world famous lights will be lit to blue and yell owe. why? to voe cashowcase cbs's iconic blue and yellow. we will be back to celebrate the completion of the building's remodelling. >> we will go higher than we've gone before and get an inside tour of the lights control room and uncover secrets more than 50 feet below ground. actor and mew iusician jeff goldblum will be there and we will be with lin-manuel miranda as he shoots a video at the building. amanda gorman pays tribute to the new york icon with musical accompaniment from pianist jon batiste. ahead, tom hanks says the
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♪ it is such a good feeling to know you're alive ♪ ♪ it's such a happy feeling >> i dare you not to smile listening to that. award-winning actor tom hanks is taking on the role of a man beloved by generations. he plays mr. rogers in the new movie a beautiful day in the neighborhood. it comes out today. the film is based on an esquire article written by tom geno and the friendship that blossomed. for hanks playing the tv icon he says was a responsibilities and he did not take it lightly. we spoke to him about mr. rogers' legacy and what it took to portray him on the big screen ♪ but it is you i like >> you are very valuable here. it doesn't matter who you are.
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that's what i nifrpg fr!think f able to make people feel. not necessarily better, not necessarily stronger, but fred made people feel worth while. >> for over three decades -- ♪ it's a beautiful day in the neighborhood ♪ >> fred rogers was america's favorite neighbor. ♪ would you be mine ♪ could you be mine >> now tom hanks is stepping into the shoes of the favorite television host and the man that touched the heart of millions. >> fame is a four letter word like tape or zoom. >> did you know much about him? >> yeah, i didn't pay any attention. it was this odd show that looked very cheesy. the puppets, their mouths didn't move and it was so obvious he was doing all of the different kinds of voices. i remember seeing it, you know, when you are 13, 14 years old and i was saying, cut, move to something else, make it a little snappier. it is not for 9 year olds. it is for an impressionable mind who does not know how the world
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works at all. >> i'm proud of you. and i've certainly learned a lot by knowing you. >> every person i talked to who said, oh, when you spoke to fred you felt like you were the only person in the world that mattered to him. >> that's a gift, tom. >> it is a gift, but it is also a practice. >> we are trying to give the world positive ways of dealing with its feelings. >> hanks brought mr. rogers to life with a little help from the woman who knew him best. joanne rogers, his wife of 50 years. >> we're told joanne rogers lent you some of his ties. >> all of his ties. >> i don't know if it gives you an extra special feeling or if it meant something to you. >> any time you can have a little talisman in there, it ends up being special. it is a big deal. >> what was the hardest thing for you, tom, about this part, because i'm fascinated? >> slowing down. >> slowing down? >> not interrupting people in the middle of a question, not jumping to the conclusion that i
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know what you're going to say while you're still formulating the question. >> was it hard to do? >> it was terrifying. >> you know, it is interesting to hear it is terrifying because people think of all of the roles you have done it would be a lock for you to do and certainly the easiest for you to do. >> there's no such thing as an easy role to do. >> yeah. >> because the moment i said "yes," i began to have the night sweats that go along with trying to play -- >> did you? >> look, i have played a lot of real people. fred was a very, very public persona, and everybody has an idea of what fred is, what fred was like, the mysteries behind fred. we get to address it in the movie. someone says, do you have a lot of tattoos because there's the folk lore that he was a navy seal and his body was covered with tattoos. the terror is that you want to land in a place that people recognize it as true human behavior, whether you are playing someone who is real or
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not. if it is not authentic, you are actively lying in an art form that is supposed to be holding the mirror up to nature. >> that attention to authenticity is at the core of every tom hanks role. >> it must be hard being a king. >> the academy award winner has played a range of characters with his every man charm, but some roles he said he won't do. >> you don't seem to gravitate toward bad-guy roles. you know you have played them. >> i have played guys that did bad thing, but it is the motivationallist bad guy i don't buy. even when i was young i don't like movies that are the standard antagonist/protagonist bent. james bond movies are cool and i love them, but i don't understand a guy that says, "before i kill you, mr. bond, perhaps you would like a tour of our installation." i don't get it. shakespeare has great -- i would love to play richard iii.
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there are all sorts of really bad people out there, but i understand what their motivations are. the person who is just bad, be it skeletor or darth vader or something like that, at the end of the day i say, but why? what turned there. >> do you consider yourself a hero? >> i don't think of myself as a hero. >> did playing this role change you? >> they all do one way or another. fred rogers, there -- every day on the call sheet there was an attached quote of fred's, and sometimes they were long and sometimes they were very, very simple. >> wow. >> one was, "there are three -- the three secrets of happiness are, be kind, be kind and be kind." and you think, well, that's namby-pamby, that's goody two shoes, no matter what your bent is. being kind means you give everybody a fair shake. being kind is just being open to
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a possibility of making a simple choice that makes the day a little bit better. >> the reviews on the movie have been universally great around the table. i get the sense sometimes tom is sick of everyone saying nice guy, nice guy because he is really acting and he says it was really difficult, even though he makes it look effortless because he is so good. but you get to see -- i think at the end of the movie i felt so wobbly and uncentered because it made us long for days that are missing i think in society today. where is our moral compass? be kind, be kind, be kind is lost on a lot of people. i think everybody that's has seen it is affected in that way. >> that's what mr. rog is kindness. >> good morning. it's 8:25. taking a look at the roadways
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right now, planning on taking 101 this morning, still pretty busy for the morning drive. pockets out of the bay. looks like northbound 101, you have some slowing conditions into mountain view. south 1301, a crash at 237 blocking the number 4 lane from the left. so looks like traffic is slow in both directions because of that accident. acrossing commute direction, you'll see brake lights, anywhere. north of there, on the northbound side of 101, a crash on oregon prix. there is ladder in the roadway as well. slow a few brake lights coming off. but it is friday light with no delays coming across the city and an earlier crash. you can see all of that sunshine on gianna's live camera. some patchy fog. mild, seasonal daytime highs in
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e afternn and a slight warmup as we head into the weekend. so, daytime highs for today, con corks you'll see a high of 66. 68 in napa. 64 in oakland and fremont. looking at 63 in san francisco. so all of us across the bay area will be in the 60s. right around where we should be nor time of the year. another cold start tomorrow morning. and then warming up in the afternoon. that will be the case on your sunday as well. could see some offshore winds on the hills. next big chance of rain, widespread rain will start tuesday, wednesday and likely into thanksgiving thursday. it takes a village to raise a child. to build a bridge. to throw a baseball...
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tony, you're first. >> all right. >> this is where we pick a story we want to share with each other at home. >> okay. >> i'm sharing something that was a mainstay of my childhood, something from i remember on tv at my house growing up and it will be no more. the runway is closed. i'm ing a the "victoria's secret" fashion show that used to be televised. it is officially cancelled. they held the first fashion show nearly a quarter century ago and began televising them in 2001. yesterday the parent company said it is evolving the marketing plan. that's their explanation for all of this. the bigger picture is that this comes in the face of declining sales at the lingerie chain and also plummeting tv ratings for this fashion show, and criticism that what it really does is it obje objectifies women. i think it signals not that long ago it was a-okay in mainstream america to objectify women and
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it is a market of change. >> it does seem to be out rated. we used to watch it growing up in my house, is what you said. was it you and your friends or mom and dad? >> it would be on network tv. >> prime time gal. >> was it you, patrick and neil, bob? >> the catalogue was a divot thing. that was more of a private endeavor. >> okay. >> what? >> gayle, pick it up. >> tony. >> i'm just going to say this. ew. coldplay drops a new album today -- it is all good, but don't hold your breath for a concert tour. ♪ >> that's coldplay singer chris matter. he says the band will take a break from touring. why? because of environmental concerns. chris martin feels deeply about this. they're working out a way for their tours to have a positive impact on the environment and be carbon neutral. until then, they will play two
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shows in jordan today at sunrise and sunset and broadcasting them free on youtube. anthony? >> okay. i'm going to talk about the continuing adventures of rocketman. take a look. that's richard browning. he's the british pilot, inventor of the jet suit launched from the royal naval carrier -- actually the hms queen ee lizza befgt. it is pretty loud. he does a fly-by on a yacht nearby. >> look a that. >> he gracefully flew passed the private yacht, catching the attention of everyone on board. we told you about him last week after he shattered a speed record, flying at 85 miles per hour. he's actually been working closely with the royal navy on a development of the jet pack. he was awarded what appears to be the first patent for a jet pack earlier this year. >> would you want to do that? >> i love -- i'm fascinated by this, as you can tell, because i keep bringing it up at the table. >> that's not the question. >> would i do it?
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>> yeah. >> i would do it. >> i know. you are hanging off the empire state building, i know you. >> you might need it up there. >> traffic is scarier than that. if i can beat the traffic i'll do it. moving on to delta airlines. delta expects to fly a record 5.2 million passengers worldwide around thanksgiving, up about 2.5% from last year. the atlanta-based carrier flies more nan 15,000 flights every day. it takes nearly 200 million travelers to their destinations every year. delta airline he joins us to discuss navigating holiday travel and the big issues facing the airline industry. good to see you back. >> thanks, gayle. >> are you worried about jet packs putting you out of business? >> i was watching that. i'm out. i'm not doing that. >> ed goes, i'm good. >> we have a more comfortable experience than that. >> i'm sticking with delta. tony by the way is a delta diamond. >> oh, i have already told him.
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>> you did? >> i appreciate that. >> let's talk about the 737 max planes. there are none in the delta fleet at this time, right? >> no, we do not have that plane. we did not order and don't plan to. >> did you not order it because you were concerned or you didn't order it? >> we didn't order it for other reasons. obviously safety is not part of that. sometimes you would rather be lucky than smart in life and that was probably more fortune, but the reality it was not a technology we wanted to advance. >> delta has a lot of business with boeing. >> sure. >> do you think boeing is doing enough to ensure safety? >> absolutely. boeing is an amazing company. we are the second largest operator of boeing equipment in the world. we fly over 600 boeing aircraft. there's no question that this is going to bring up opportunities to improve safety and learn more as we go forth, butn the u., particularly air travel, is the safest of any transportation system in the world. >> everybody always says that, ed. but when you are in the air and the flight start doing that
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stuff, it does not feel safe but everybody says it and statistics bear it out. >> you have landed safely every time. >> statistics bear it out. there's not a safer form of travel including walking across the street. >> yes. >> would you consider flying the revamped 737 max? >> i would. obviously it needs to continue to go through the certification process. the faa makes that decision. once the regulators are comfortable with it i have no doubt it will be -- >> you have total faith in the system? >> total faith. >> let's talk about prices. delta is investing 12 billion i think in airport renovations. >> yes. >> talk me through why it is the right investment as opposed to shaving 12 billion off ticket prices for people flying to see family. >> i would vote for that. >> one of the things we hear from customers all the time is the stress of travel is the ground experienc lrdia i ly guno for an airport that really needs to be rebuilt and we're doing that. of the did billion, almost $4
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billion we're spending in building the new laguardia airport. we have new airports going up in l.a., seattle, salt lake city, modernizing atlanta and minneapolis. the flight experience has substantially improved over time. >> the stress for me is squeezing into the small seats. >> well, the seats -- delta hasn't changed the seats in years. we haven't changed the seats in years. there's a lot of different types of airlines. >> yours is pretty good. >> a lot of low cost airlines that will sell at the lowest cost possible. we offer different products and different seat products for different fare levels. the other thing i was telling gayle earlier is real fares on adjusted basis are down 40% including fees over the last 25 years. the skies have become democratized, and that's why we see volumes in growth and why we have to build bigger airports. >> that's why you say more people are flying, because fares have in fact gone down. >> absolutely. >> although when you go to the ticket counter it doesn't feel like that, but it is important to know fares have gone down.
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>> absolutely. it is a great bargain. if you go back to the 1980s when gution industry, it has been a revolution in terms of change within it and the big thing is that more people can travel. it is becoming an essential part of society. >> big travel day coming up. >> when you speak of travel, what do you expect for holiday travel and what are your tips for getting through it? >> our demand will be great. looking at the books for next week, for thanksgiving week, we are looking at about 5 million customers traveling with delta. >> wow. just on your airline? >> just on our airline, the largest we have seen in history. >> how can it go more smoothly for people? >> our people are ready and prepared. one of the tips i tell people -- a couple of things. one is make sure you are signed up to go through the clear process, tsa clear. >> i love clear. >> it is a game changer. will it will get you through security within minutes. the other thing is the fly delta app. it is like having your own concierge in your pocket. we have added technology such that even if you get stuck in an airport, if you are on the app
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there's a live chat feature. >> that's the best way to get in touch with the airline? >> that's the best way to get in touch real-time is using the fly delta app. >> and your number in case people want to -- >> your personal number. >> i don't have that and i have dined with you. >> they'll see me in coach on the plane. >> do you fly coach on the plan? >> i do, most of the time. >> why?
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