as we take another look at look outside it is wet and cbs's morning is coming good morning to you, our viewers in the west! and welcome to morning. i'm gayle with anthony mason and tony dokoupil. targeted attack? a suspected gunman killed four people on a terrifying day of violence in a packed new jersey neighborhood. finding his truth. in a "cbs this morning" exclusive, ed smart, the father of kidnapping survivor elizabeth smart talks about his difficult decision to come out as gay. how his secret became more complicated during the search for his daughter. suing the cruise line. the family of the toddler who died on a cruise ship fights back against efforts to blame the girl's grandfather as new images emerge from the scene. and monumental message. a new counterpoint to confederate statues is unveiled in richmond, virginia.

only on "cbs this morning," the artist who's trying to reframe the civil r. >> it's wednesday, december 11th, 2019. here's today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. our officers were under fire for hours until finally the threat was annuitialized. >> reporter: a deadly gun battle unfolds in new jersey. >> this battle ended with six people dead. officials believe this was a targeted attack. >> it was gun powder. democrats announcing two articles of impeachment against president trump, abuse of power and obstruction of congress. >>here were no crimes! they're impeaching me, and there are no crimes! attorney general william barr says he is not convinced by his own watchdog's review of the investigation into the trump campaign's ties to russia. >> i think that there were gross abuses. democrats and republicans finally have a new trade agreement. >> negotiators have signed a modified usmca. >> this trade agreement is much better than nafta. 50 million americans are in

for weather whiplash as temperatures from mississippi to maine plunge to frigid lows. protests continue in the streets of france as demonstrators push back against plans to overhaul the pension system. all that -- >> how about this? >> another huge upset in college basketball. number one ranked louisville lost to texas tech. >> and all that matters. >> greta thunberg is "times" 2019 person of the year. >> also considered, nancy pelosi, president trump, the whistle-blower, and the hong kong protesters. >> it's crazy anyway because we all know person of the year is baby yoda this year, right? i mean -- >> on "cbs this morning." >> the department of justice's inspector general report found that the fbi was justified in opening its investigation into ties between the trump campaign and russia. >> more evidence of the radical dems and the deep state's awesome control of our permanent bureaucracy of our federal government. >> no proof there's a deep state conspiracy? that just proves there is a deep

state conspiracy, because only the deep state could have hidden the proof! [ laughter ] >> stephen colbert does it again. >> yes, he does. >> got a very unique way of putting things into perspective. welcome to "cbs this morning." we begin with kiev stating news for a police family in new jersey. the mayor of jersey city, new jersey, says a shoot-out that killed a police detective and father of five and three other people was a result of a targeted attack on a kosher grocery store. it was hrifying to watch. >> i need to be able to see! shut the hell up! get the hell out of the way! how about that? >> bystanders recorded the standoff that lasted several hours in a busy neighborhood which includes a synagogue and a school. the two suspected gunmen were also killed. jersey city is just across the river from new york city's

financial district. don dahler is outside the store where much of the violence unfolded. don, what else are we learning at this point? >> reporter: that's the kosher deli right over my shoulder where this took place. the entire front is blown out. all the glass is gone. we're told this is a key fixture for this jewish orthodox community that's been growing in this part of jersey city over the past few years. now, the suspects have not yet been named, and neither have most of the victims. >> i don't know what, but it was a war zone. it was gun powder, and i have never experienced nothing like that in my life. >> reporter: police in jersey city say it will be a while before this neighborhood returns to normal after a shoot-out terrified residents and put their homes in the center of a combat zone. >> the investigation will take weeks, maybe months. the crime scene is very extensive and is at three locations at least. >> reporter: s.w.a.t. teams and helicopters swept the area tuesday as gunmen exchanged fire with police.

>> get out of the street! >> reporter: the shoot-out began at a cemetery in the afternoon where wh officers confronted two people who looked suspicious. dr. field was later confirmed dead by police. >> he was also a husband and a father of five children, so it's a tough day for jersey city. >> reporter: the gunmen got into a stolen rental van, drove themselves to the kosher grocery store where the standoff continued for hours. five more people were killed, including the two shooters and three bystanders whom police say were shot by the suspects. >> just the sight of this in the area that i live in is very unnerving. >> reporter: schools were locked down for several hours, sending parents into a panic. >> i got a call from my daughter that they told the kids that there was an active shooter in the area and that they were on lockdown. >> only thing i could think of when they said multiple shooting

with was of my children. >> reporter: earlier today, police tweeted out that the surveillance video clearly shows the suspects targeted that deli and that the two responding police officers kept them pinned down inside, probably saving other lives. >> still so many questions, don. thank you very much. now to another story breaking overnight. a suicide bomb attack outside the main u.s. military base in afghanistan has killed at least two afghan civilians and wounded more than 70 others. the taliban is claiming responsibility. the pentagon says the bombers targeted a medical facility being built near bagram air base. several attackers tried to enter the base, starting a firefight with afghan and coalition forces that lasted for several hours. three attackers are dead and the u.s. military says there are no coalition casualties. president trump, you'll recall, visited bagram air base on thanksgivi thanksgiving. that was less than two weeks ago, and at the time he told the troops the taliban want to make a peace deal with the united states. the president traveled to

hershey, pennsylvania, last night to denounce what he calls the so-called articles of impeachment. the process continues to move swiftly after house democratic leaders formally revealed the charges of abuse of power and obstruction of congress yesterday. nancy cordes is on capitol hill where the debate will start tonight. nancy, what can we expect? >> reporter: well, we can expect arguments into the night tonight, anthony. they will be ferocious and they will likely continue into tomorrow. if the house judiciary committee does approve these articles of impeachment some time tomorrow, they would then be sent to the full house vote by early next week. >> these two flimsy, pathetic, ridiculous articles of impeent -- ampa iia, ident trum qutioned democrats' ves. >> they're impeaching me and there are no crimes. this has to be a first in history. they're impeaching me, you know why?

because they want to win an election, and that's the only way they can do it. >> reporter: but the new articles of impeachment warn that the president will, quote, remain a threat to national security and the constitution if allowed to remain in office. >> the argument why don't you just wait amounts to this -- why don't you just let him theater in one more election? >> reporter: the first article of impeachment -- abuse of power -- alleges that president trump openly and corruptly urged ukraine to publicly announce investigations into his political opponent, former vice president joe biden. >> and when the president got caught, he committed his second impeachable act, objestruction congress. >> that accused the president of defying the house investigation, with the departments of state, energy and defense refusing to produce a single document or

reco reco record. >> i think this is a clear, short, concise argument that the president abused his power. >> reporter: some democrats, like congressman mike quigley of illinois wanted more serious charges, such as bribery. >> are you satisfied with where the party has ended up when it comes to these articles of impeachment? >> i am. look, this isn't easy. it's complicated, layered and textured, trying to explain legal matters to the american people. >> reporter: the president has pushed for a robust defense in the republican-led senate, but some in his party don't want to drag the process out. >> i think the prospect of calling witnesses in my view seems unlikely. jirk there is a growing consensus among senate republicans that perhaps it might just be time to move on. and if there are few or no new witnesses, tony, then that senate trial could be a lot quicker than some had initially predicted. either way, it's not going to happen until january. >> nancy, speaking of the senate, senator mcconnell said

he would not take up the new trade deal that the house struck with democrats until next year. why the delay? >> reporter: well, he says it's the end of the year, the senate calendar is already full, and he also blamed the democrats for being so obsessed with impeachment, in his words, that there simply isn't time to deal with this very important trade pact between the u.s., mexico, and canada. he wrote on twitter that "democrats impeachment obsession has delayed crucial governing responsibilities." while speaker pelosi's spokesman said mcconnell not taking the bill up this year is total nonsense. beyond that, tony, there are some senate republicans who believe the white house gave too many concessions to house democrats, so they're not as eager to pass this right now as they might have been. >> all right, nancy. thank you very much. steam and mud billowing from a still-active volcano are preventing recovery crews from getting to a new zealand island where a sudden eruption hit dozens of tourists. the number of people missing and

presumed dead after monday's eruption is now up to nine at this hour. the confirmed death toll is six. we have more on the story. >> reporter: two days after erupting, white island remains a death trap. this morning, an increase in seismic activity made it too dangerous to dispatch recovery crews. >> we all agree that retrieving bodies of the deceased from the island is an absolute imperative. every day that passed with those bodies unrecovered is a day of anguish for their loved ones who have been affected. >> reporter: at least 30 people are being treated at hospitals across the country, pushing burn units to capacity with supplies being flown in from places, including the united states. >> this is just the start of a very long process that for some patients will last several months. >> reporter: a five-mile exclusion zone has been set up all around white island. that means neither boats nor planes are allowed. and it's not just a legal regulation, it's cultural, too.

many people here are members of new zealand's indigenous mauri. this is one of their leaders. >> we have a living, breathing volcano. she is life. she does breathe. she exists. the whole domain of going into where she is, there's always going to be a risk factor. >> reporter: and earlier today, a volcanologist told us there's still a 40% to 60% chance of yet a second eruption happening in the next 24 hours. residents here are already dealing with frayed nerves and frayed emotions. for "cbs this morning," ramey -- rami inocen civic o. they are spending training for saudi troops in the u.s. a saudi air force officer, you'll recall, killed three american sailors at the pensacola native air station on friday. the pentagon also ordered a review of vetting procedures for international students training

on u.s. military installations, looking to make the process stronger. federal officials say the 9-millimeter glock pistol used by the shooter was purchased legally by a licensed gun dealer. they say he used an exception to laws that prevent foreign citizens from having a gun because he had a valid florida hunting license. millions of americans along the east coast are waking up to a fresh blanket of snow. the white stuff has already fallen from tennessee to maine. winter weather advisories are posted from new york to new england. snow started falling overnight in connecticut. commuters should expect delays along the busy i-95 corridor this morning. conditions will improve throughout the day with the snow expected to end by this evening. only on "cbs this morning," the father of kidnapping victim elizabeth smart talks with us about his own personal and emotional strugp. ed smart was forced into the public eye back in 2002 when his

daughter elizabeth was abducted from her salt lake city bedroom in the middle of the night. she was only 14 years old. now, back then, smart used his voice to fight for her miraculous rescue. now he's sharing his own story. in our exclusive interview, smart reveals how very difficult it was to come out as gay to his family and friends four months ago and how it's affected his relationship with his children. >> the thing about it is, i never looked at myself as being gay. i know this sounds crazy. >> it's hard for me to understand -- >> i know. i know. it's very -- i mean, i remember guys that kind of came up to me and i just thought, you know, please just get away, you know, this is not me, this is not me. and i felt like, you know, this is not where i want my life to go. i've gone on a mission, you know, i'm trying to do what i'm supposed to do. >> according to the church. >> according to the church. >> ed smart was tormented with

an inner truth he did not want to tell. >> we really need your help in finding her. >> including during the investigation of his daughter, elizabeth's abduction, which dominated the news coverage at the time. >> we love you. we want you to come home safely to us. >> elizabeth was kidnapped in june 2002. she was rescued nine months later, found only a few miles from her utah home. when elizabeth smart was kidnapped, you were certainly front and center of that story. >> yes. >> while that was going on, were you worried about your secret being revealed? was that an extra burden for you? >> of course. you know, here we are, the front page of "the inquirer." >> did the police at one point view you as a suspect? >> the thing is, is when a child goes missing, the first ones that they have to look at is the family. >> what was one of the police theories about elizabeth's abduction involving you? >> they potentially thought that somebody was blackmailing me.

>> i had never heard that before, because you were gay. >> because i was gay, that somehow, i was having this gay affair, which was absolutely not. in my mind, i thought, we've lost elizabeth, and now i'm losing lois and i'm losing my family. everything that really means anything to me. how can it be that i have this thing inside of me that i can't get rid of? >> how difficult has it been for you? now 64 and divorced, smart has come out with the truth he's been hiding for most of his life. he says that his family is still processing. because ed, while you've been aware for a long time of who you are -- >> yes. >> -- for them, they're just hearing it for the first time a year ago. >> right. right. >> so, you have to acknowledge, that is very shocking. >> absolutely.

horrific. >> what is your relationship with your children today? >> i do have a relationship with my children. i know that they're processing this, they're, you know, probably struggling through this. it's not an easy thing, but i do feel their love, and i'm very, very grateful for that. >> it hasn't been an easy time for anybody, really, in the smart family, but i was surprised to hear, you know, what he says, the family has always, a suspect in the case like this. i did not know behind the scenes they were pressuring him. he says he became very angry with the police for focusing on that part of the investigation, where he said, you know, that was not a public thing that anybody knew that he was gay. he knew he was not involved in some gay sex ring, so it was very, very difficult for him. >> it was understandable that the police would probe that angle of it. >> totally. >> i hope he understands that the issue's not with him, but with the intolerance that he experiences around him, or that he assumed was there. >> exactly. but when it's directed at you, tony, it feels extremely personal and very incoming. it was a very difficult time for

all of them. >> just another reason for how tortured he must have been during that whole process. >> yes, yes. >> and so important for him to tell his truth now. we'll have more of our very revealing conversation with ed smart in our next hour, how his six children reacted when he called them at 5:00 in the morning to tell them that he was gay. >> that's early. i'd be upset about a call at that hour. >> yes, yeah. the family of a little girl killed in a fall from a cruise ship is suing royal caribbean. ahead, how the family is standing by the grandfather charged with negligent homicide as new images show the scene of the deadly good wednesday morning to you. it is a wet start to the day. rub your umbrella and rain jacket. we're tracking drizzle and light showers and as we head through the afternoon mostly cloudy. s body isolated shower is possible as we head to the day with increasing showers this evening. overnight and into tomorrow morning.

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we have much more news ahead. the artist who painted former president obama for the national portrait gallery is getting attention with another work of art. his powerful statue of a young black man on a horse sits just a few blocks from a famous display of confederate heroes. >> you want your statue to be speaking back to those statues? >> i want my statue to be

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this is a kpix 5 news morning update. >> the battle between the oakland unified school board and parents continues to boil over this morning. millions of budget cuts were announced at last night's community meeting. and today the oakland school district will have a big board meeting to discuss the budget plan. san mateo county prosecutors are deciding whether to retry a high-profile murder case. kaveh bayat faces life in prison if convicted of the murder of his ex-girlfriend's boyfriend. prosecutors plan to ask a judge for one more week to decide. alter today a ribbon- cutting ceremony for the marin sonoma narrows pick the project as a bike lane over the san antonio creek ridge a new hov

lanes on highway 101. those are still a work in progress. let check traffic with gianna. is a busy one and we have a traffic alert along highway 4. let's start along for eastbound right it bailey that is where we find the right lanes close. that hit a light pole so a slow ride on the eastbound side. we will see most of the delays on the westbound side. so westbound highway 4 busy coming out of pittsburg. your drive times now, 15 minutes from antioch to the east shore freeway. east shore freeway itself 45 minutes from highway 4 to the maze. is a wet start to the trip we had drizzle and rain showers and here is hi-def doppler. as we head through the afternoon mostly cloudy skies and a few isolated showers are possible and increasing showers as we head through this evening into tomorrow morning. seasonable daytime highs. shower chances on thursday into friday.

it's 7:30. here's what's happening on "cbs this morning" -- >> our officers were under fire for hours. >> our officers were under fire for hours. >> six people are dead after a violent standoff in a busy new jersey neighborhood. >> rounds are going on. it sounded like a fire-fight. >> the sight of this in the area that i live in is very unnerving. a suicide bomber in fghanistan targets a medical building under construction near a u.s. air base. there were no crimes! >> republicans prepare to defend the president after house reveaats reveal articles of impeachment. >> this whole thing reminds me of the cantina bar scene in "star wars." it's surreal. the lloring outside the lines is one of my missions in life. >> plus, kennedy center honoree michael tilson thomas on

breaking the rules and how that > how tom as a conductor. how to stay healthy through the holidays despite temptations. >> two scoops, sir? >> >> two? >> t make it three. iving.t driving. >> i'm not driving. >> w n't thatays you have to stay healthy over the holidays? isn't that the point of the holidays? >> i think you throw moderation >> w out the window at the holidays. >> gone. >> we want you to live a long, long life, tony dokoupil. ll> welcome back to all of you, i'm tony dokoupil with gayle -- thend anthony mason. we're going to begin with this, he family of an 18-month-old girl who died after falling 150 feet off a royal caribbean cruise ship is suing the cruise line today. tained bncluded in the lawsuit ieganded by cbs news show where hloe wiegand fell back in july. grandfatdfather, sam anello, says he was holding her against e thought ought was a closed indow when she fell from his grasp. he faces a criminal charge in puerto rico. our lead national correspondent, david begnaud, is in south bend,

ipd ind, indiana, where the they just announced the lawsuit. >> reporter: the entire family has received a ton of support not only from the police association but the entire south bend community. this lawsuit alleges that royal caribbean violated industry standards by essentially photo t there to be large ships on the ship. th-oldhoto given to cbs news by om, 15mily shows where 8-month-old chloe wiegand fell f the150 feet to the ground. michael winkleman says chloe was n the play area when she herered over to a nearby window. dent's when her grandfather ughted her up, and sat her on a wood railing near the window. he insists he thought the window was closed but it wasn't and chloe fell through his hands to the ground below. he spoke to us last month.

>> it was like it was unbelievable. it's like the glass disappeared. theeporter: attorney winkleman sts thanot representing the grandfather in his criminal proceedings insist that the nindows on the cruise ship should have had warnings on them area if they were in an open viewing area. >> putting those in a viewing section where you have a railing, it would encourage you to sit on it, to put a kid on mo it. >> reporter: the lawsuit is expected to be finaled this morning in miami. it will show examples of other he sui lines that the family attorney argues have safety screens or windows that cannot wnedpened at all. ane family attorney will also opene in the suit that the cruise line should have known window guidelines, asnewer boats owned by royal caribbean th either have windows that don't ten or employ safety devices thee window screens or guards. the suit will also claim the large gap between the handrail and the window made it hard for anello to distinguish the open window from glass. he told us why that may have

happened. >> i am colorblind. so, that's been told -- that's something that -- >> reporter: you are colorblind? >> i'm colorblind. i don't know. i just never saw it. i've been told that that's a reason that it might have happened. >> reporter: the family is asking for compensation for pain and mental suffering. i should tell you we have tried repeatedly over the last several weeks to get royal caribbean to tell us their story and clear up any misinformation they think may exist. they have not. they told us consistently they believe it's a tragic accident. they extend their condolences to the family and they had not been served so they had no further comment. the grandfather is due in puerto rico next week. he is facing a charge of hogligent homicide and could spend t in yale. >> that story with new zealand char and now puerto rico. >> they seem to be prolonging >> the entire tragedy. >> everybody agrees it's a

tragic accident. >> all right, david, thank you. other a new statue in richmond, irginia, was modeled after other monuments there to confederate generals. mesthere's one big difference. ahead, the artist talks about sending a message with his figure of a black man on ack.eback. and a reminder to subscribe that our "cbs this morning" news than 20o podcast. hear the day's top stories in less than 20 minutes. you're watching "cbs this morning." severe cold or flu? take control with theraflu. powerful, soothing relief to defeat your worst cold and flu symptoms fast. device: (sneezes) theraflu. the power is in your hands. my body is truly powerful. i have the power to lower my blood sugar and a1c. because i can still make my own insulin. and trulicity activates my body to release it like it's supposed to. trulicity is for people with type 2 diabetes. it's not insulin. i take it once a week. it starts acting in my body from the first dose. trulicity isn't for people with type 1 diabetes

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across the south, many people are fighting to take down statues of confederate heroes. but a new monument just went up

in richmond, virginia, the former capital of the confederacy. the statue sits just a few blocks from a famous row of confederate monuments. it was inspired by one of them. the statue of general jeb stuart. but it sends a very different message. only on "cbs this morning," we spoke with the artist, kehinde wiley, as the statue was unveiled to see how he wants to create a new narrative. the war heroes of the confederacy line richmond's monument avenue. generals robert e. lee, stonewall jackson, and jeb stuart. >> there's a type of ceremony that surrounds the valorization of these guys. >> a few years ago, california-born kehinde wiley came face-to-face with them for the first time. what did you see? >> i saw a spectacle that felt dreadful, i mean, it almost felt like it was designed to be menacing. to be in a black body walking through the streets of richmond

and to see something that signifies the enslavement of your people, that's a little bit more heavy duty. >> reporter: the 42-year-old artist decided to answer with a monument of his own. ♪ on tuesday wilye's 27-foot-high bronze sculpture of a young black man on horseback was unveiled at virginia's museum of fine arts. the new statue was celebrated by virginia's governor, ralph northam, who was mired in a blackface scandal earlier this year. >> today we say welcome to a progressive and inclusive virginia. >> reporter: and by richmond's mayor, levar stoney, who wants the confederate statues removed. >> i don't believe they should be on grand boulevards like monument avenue. i believe they should be found in museums and cemeteries and battlefields. >> reporter: thousands came out

for the unveiling. many standing in front of the neighboring headquarters of the united daughters of the confederacy. wiley, who's best known for his portrait of president obama for the national portrait gallery -- this is your sister? >> it is, in fact, my sister, yeah. >> reporter: made his name with epic paintings of ordinary people. you've put her in a suit of armor. >> that's right. in fact, this is a part of a body of work that's about skin. armor is a kind of strange stand-in for racism, as well. this kind of skin that is at once so important but a burden. >> reporter: he's also used the horse in his earlier work. what drew you to that imagery? >> my work is all about power. it's about the negotiation of power, the depiction of it. those who have it, those who don't. >> reporter: rumors of war, as his new sculpture is called,

made its debut this fall in new york's times square. >> i wanted it to be at the center of a global conversation. and when you think about america in lights, it's times square. it's where the world comes to see america. who is this man? well, he's anyone and no one. i think it meant a lot to me to be able to say that in the 21st century we can say yes to a monument to a young black nan a hoodie. >> reporter: then last week it was disassembled and loaded onto flatbeds for the trip to richmond, to take its permanent place near the confederate monuments. you want your statue to be speaking back to those statues. >> i want my statue to be speaking back to the people looking at those statues. >> reporter: you don't think those statues should be taken down? >> i think the best thing to do is to respond with more statues. disappearance is not what i'm asking for, nor is it keeping sculptures in city centers to horrify people. what i'm saying is the answer to

negative speech is more speech, positive speech. it makes sense to have something exist on a monumental level because this is a monumental conversation that this country needs to have. >> thenine artsld n what ey sculpture, but it is the most expensive commission of a sculpture they've ever made. kehinde wiley, when we were in his studios, said he will probably lose money because it cost a lot to make, but it's worth it. >> such an interesting take to the conversation. take it down, take it down, he said, no, don't take it down -- >> more -- >> more and responded with positivity. i like how he's thinking a lot. he's anyone and no one. very nice. very nicely done. vlad duthiers, speaking of nicely done, that's vlad duthiers every day. look at him. he has the stories you'll be talking about later today. what are you thinking about? >> here's what i'm thinking about -- "time." it just announced the person of the year. ahead, we'll tell you what gets the honor of a lifetime. >> oh. i would bet nancy pelosi. we'll see. >> all right.

good guess. >> that would be my bet. >> that's a good guess. >> vlad, thank you very much. good wednesday morning. it is a wet start to the day. we have drizzle and light rain and as we go through the afternoon mostly cloudy skies can i play spotty showers possible pick we will see increasing showers this evening and overnight into tomorrow morning. just a weak weather system after weather system and no major storms to talk about. we have the shower chances. 89 in san francisco. 63 for san jose. >> announcer: this portion of "cbs this morning" sponsored by prevnar 13. older, even if you're healthy, you may be at increased risk for pneumococcal pneumonia - a potentially serious bacterial lung disease that can disrupt your life for weeks. in severe cases, pneumococcal pneumonia can put you in the hospital.

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prevents law enforcement from finding illegal activity including terrorism and election meddling. apple's director of privacy said to the senate just yesterday i think we do not know the way to deploying encryption that provides access for the good guys without making it easier for the bad guys -- right. the attorney general believes that by not being allowed to look into thsome devices you enable terrorists, child portographers, that's the flip side. the new york yankees, bronx bombers, scored the top three agent on the market. cbs sports confirms the team has agreed to a $324 million contract with gerrit cole. he will earn $36 million big ones on average each year. the highest -- >> wow. >> annual average salary for a pitcher. it will be the fourth largest deal in major league history. >> i did the math -- >> what's the math? >> if he pitches 200 innings each of those nine seasons which is a lot, he would make $180,000

an inning. >> wow. >> we're in the wrong business. weren't you a baseball player? >> $180,000 an inning. >> what is mr. cole's social status? asking for a friend. asking for a friend. >> we will find out. >> single, married? got kids? he happy? he must be very good. >> oh, man. yeah. >> congrats to him. >> for sure. okay. big news. "time" magazine's person of the year has just been revealed. and that person is, drum roll, please -- >> who? >> greta thunberg. >> wow. >> very good choice. >> yes. the 16-year-old environmental activist from sweden gained global recognition this year. thunberg delivered a powerful and emotional speech at this year's u.n. climate action summit. her words prompted an international movement to fight climate change. "time's" entertainer of the year is lizzo. >> on tomorrow -- ♪ ♪ i'm 100%

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this is a kpix 5 news morning update. >> good morning. it is 7:56. as you head out the door grab your copy to go. it's a busy one on the freeways. dealing with slick conditions and slowing go commutes. all major freeways are in the red including 880. you're seeing a lot of slowing go conditions. 49 minutes on high before to the maze. highway 4 we have a traffic alert on the eastbound side. a busy right as you work your way through their. 53 minutes from the antioch area towards the shore freeway. that traffic alert is eastbound aty on. slowing go conditions as well. the metering lights are on on

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ask your doctor if starting hiv treatment with dovato is right for you. good morning to you, our viewers in the west, it's wednesday, december 11, 2019, welcome back to "cbs this morning." i'm gayle king. a community in shock after a shooting rampage in new jersey. only on "cbs this morning," the father of kidnapping victim elizabeth smart describes his family's reaction when he told them he's gay. and i'm anthony mason. we have notes from the maestro, kennedy center honoree michael tillson thomas. >> first, here's today's eye opener at 8:00. the mayor of jersey city, new jersey that killed a a multiple shooting that killed a police officer. >> all the glass is gone.

we're told this is a key fixture for this jewish orthodox community. >> we can expect arguments into the night tonight if the house judiciary committee approves the articles of impeachment. they would be sent to the full house for a vote. a volcaul can ol gist said there's a 40% chance of this happening again. royal caribbean violated industry standards by allowing there to be large windows on the ship that opened without warning. 24-year-old sanna marine will become the country's youngest prime minister. >> look at the coalition, five women. the country's leaders. i'm starting to think finland is secretly that island from wonder woman. >> that's a picture. >> and she is 34 years old.

>>. in new jersey police are investigating a deadly shooting rampage as a targeted attack. [ gunshots ] >> hundreds of shots were fired during a stand-off. they say it lasted hours at a kosher grocery store in jersey city. part of a growing orthodox jewish community there. the city's mayor says surveillance cameras show the suspects targeting this market. he didn't say if this attack was antisemit antisemitic. the violence started near a cemetery around noon when police say a 13-year veteran detective joseph seals approached the suspects who opened fire and killed him. police say the men drove a stolen truck to the store, killed three more people and held off police for hours.

this morning the public will hear from the justice department watchdog who found no evidence of political bias in the fbi's probe of the 2016 trump campaign. the inspector general's report also found the bureau had good reason to open the investigation, though agents made many mistakes in the process. >> president trump and attorney general william barr have disputed his foondings. katherine herridge is on capitol hill is more. >> at this hour lawmakers from the senate jude rish i committee are pressing the inspector general, michael horowitz on the findings of his report. cbs news spoke exclusively to the republican chair of that committee, senator lindsey graham who says the fbi russia probe crossed the line and sets a bad precedent. >> think horowitz is a patriot, i think he did a hell of a job here when he says there's no evidence of political bias or

political motive, everybody involved in this investigation hated donald trump. they wanted to bring down this president. i really believe that. >> wait a second. that's a very significant charge to make. that people within the fbi, and justice department wanted to bring down a president because inspector general horowitz said there was no documentary evidence or testimonial evidence of political bias. are you going to push horowitz on this tomorrow? >> when it doesn't matter, why they did it, i want people to understand that the cops can't cheat. the cops can't lie. they have to play by the rules. even if you don't like trump, you should like the rules. because it could be you next time, not trump. >> fbi director christopher wray says the investigation was justified. but he acknowledges that some fbi agents made mistakes and did not exercise due diligence. his boss, attorney general william barr is pointing to the fact that horowitz' investigators did not get satisfactory explanations for

some of those mistakes. that includes 17 inaccuracies and omissions relating to the surveillance warrants for trump campaign aide carter page. gayle? >> thank you very much. elizabeth smart's father made headlines over the summer when he revealed to the public he's gay. ed smart became a national figure in 2002 when his daughter was kidnapped and then rescued nine months later. he's speaking to "cbs this morning" exclusively and told us about struggling with his sexuality for decades and how very difficult it was to come out to his wife and his children. >> when i think back to where i was as a youth, i think 12 or 13, i started, i mean i kind of felt like i was a little different than others. that -- >> different how? >> than boys were interested in girls. and i found myself kind of more interested in boys. you know, i did the typical going out -- >> with girls.

>> with girls. i was taught that having an attraction for another male was not right. it was something that was not acceptable in society. in my culture in the lds faith at the time. and i wanted to be accepted. >> searching for acceptance, nearly his entire life, the mormon father of six was married to his wife, lois, for 34 years. >> when you met lois, did you think she's the one? >> i did. i mean i really did. i just thought, this can work. >> were you happy? >> yes. we were happy. i mean during the course of our marriage, you know there were times where i would have these feelings come up. you know why do i find this guy super attractive? and i just wanted to push it down and you know, please go away, i don't need this in my life. >> about four years ago ed smart

says his wife asked him an unexpected question. >> my wife asked me -- ed, are you gay? >> now ed, why would she ask you that four years ago? most wives don't ask their husbands that question. >> yes. >> out of the blue for no reason. >> right. >> when she asked you if you're gay, what did you say to her? >> i said what does that mean? >> that's not a difficult question. that seems an odd answer. >> that does seem an odd answer, "what does that mean?" does that mean that i've been unfaithful to her? does that mean that i've gone out and been with other men? >> had you? >> and my answer was absolutely not. it never has been. and i fought that. i don't think that people understand the fight that goes on inside. and i feel horrible.

that our marriage has ended. lois is a wonderful woman. i wish somehow she understood, i think she believes that it was my choice. and yes, it was my choice to end our marriage. >> but it wasn't your choice to be gay, you're saying? >> it was not my choice to be gay until i left her, i was always faithful. >> and i can see that you're in pain. because of the pain you know that you have caused her. >> yes. >> and the question came up, is our marriage a sham? and i'm saying, absolutely not. you know, i loved you, we had many good years together. was i fighting this internal fight? yes, i was. >> ed and lois smart ended their marriage this year. but before the divorce ed still had to come out to his six children. >> at this point she said fine, go ahead and tell the kids. and i went in and called each one of them this was 5:00 in the morning.

>> you called each child, 5:00 in the morning, and that's how they heard? >> i said your mother and i are getting a divorce and i'm gay. >> ed, how are your kids supposed to process that? because they had -- >> boom. >> it's like you threw a grenade in the middle of the family. >> yes. >> that grenade had been building for so many years. that when it had an opportunity of going off, it was, it was ready to. >> but did you ever think maybe we should gather everyone together and tell -- i'm just thinking, being the child on the other side of the line. >> right. i wanted each one of them to hear this from me. and yes, it would have been nice if they had been in front of me. but i wanted this pain and this struggle to be over with. >> what was their reaction? >> anywhere from, well, dad, if you're gay, you're gay. i still want you in my life. to the shock of -- you're what?

you're what? >> how do you feel now that you have really shared your truth? >> you get to a point where you sit there and say, you know, i'd rather have the truth out there from me than some rumor mill, you know putting something together that is just not me. >> and people say ed, you have a problem. then what do you say? what was your problem? >> i would say that my problem was that i was trying to be straight, when i was gay. that was a problem. >> what is next for ed smart? >> i don't know what is next for ed smart. >> is ed smart dating? >> yes, ed smart is dating, yes. >> is ed smart met anyone that you would like to tell us about? that looks like a happy smile to me. >> i think i will leave that privacy of ed smart. >> okay, okay.

but you're getting there. >> i'm getting there. i plan on being happy and i plan on having a very full life. and i -- i want each one of my children to be happy. and i want lois very much to be happy. >> he brought up his ex-wife lois many, many times because he's very concerned about her. he really wants her to understand that what they had meant a lot to him. that he was in fact in love with her and that this is just, he is now finally feels free, it was good that we could end the interview where he could actually smile. because it was very emotional. a lot of tears during that interview. and my heart, i have to say just opened up to him. and now you know he spends a lot of his time when we were there in utah over the weekend. he is speaking out to lgbtq youth and to their parents, he does seminars now. he wants to speak up. because he doesn't want people to struggle the way that he did and there was, tony, there was so much sadness, it was so palpable in the room.

you feel for him. >> to live a life not being who you are. >> it was very difficult. he has some repair work to do with his family and he knows that. >> it's not a sham. marriage is more than the bedroom. it's into the sham. >> very good point. a dangerous new e. coli outbreak is making people sick. ahead how the new cases may be link dodd

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calloway said he was trying to wave at the camera and he got caught up in the moment. >> there was a misjudge in character and decision making. i touched her back. i did not know where i touched her. i did to the see her facial reaction as i kept on running and if i did see her facial reaction i would have been embarrassed. i would have been -- felt ashamed and i would have stopped, turned around and went back and apologized to her. >> bridge run. >> bozarjian told us yesterday she felt calloway in her words helped himself to part of her body, she was embarrassed and she was hurt and she was ashamed. she's filed a police report and she tells us she's not sure of her next step. you can tell she's clearly startled and caught off guard. >> i'm not sure i heard an apology in that statement. >> yeah. >> if i had seen her facial reaction i would have apologized. >> now you have, along with 11 million other people. >> ashamed and embarrassed. >> he would have been ashamed and embarrassed. >> he has two daughters and thought about that. >> anthony on to something

there. many people forget about healthy habits during the holidays. this is a kpix 5 news morning update. >> good morning. is 8:25. as you head out the door it's a busy one on the roadways. we had a lot of red on her senses which means slow speeds around the bay area. toll plaza you can see 880 in both directions north and southbound through hayward with lots of brake lights. crawling along and over and 680 as you work away on the southbound side reddick gregory lane we have an accident over to the shoulder pick another crust reported at main street. lookout for some debris in the roadway northbound 280. slow in both directions. especially on the southbound

side as you head out of daly city. yourself a drive times in the red. a wet start to the day. tracking drizzle and light scattered rain showers here is high depth doppler. you can see more showers about the push onshore. so, as we go through the day we are looking at mostly cloudy skies. isolated showers possible and increasing showers as we head to this evening and into tomorrow morning. on future cast taking you hour- by-hour, cloud this afternoon and a few isolated showers. here we are at 6 pm. in some spots could see wet weather for the evening commute. at 11 pm, increasing scattered showers and there could be another wet start to the day tomorrow morning. daytime highs are seasonable if not above average. we will keep the shower chances for thursday and for friday. no major storms but we have shower chances through the next few days.

♪ welcome back to "cbs this morning." it's time to bring you some stories that are the talk of the table this morning. this is where we each pick a story we would like to share with each other and all of you. >> yeah. >> table. talk. >> i have one that i know is going to be popular. okay. so it's about a popular class at the university of california berkeley. i should say, that this is popular as a class all over the country. it's growing in popularity. this one happens to be at berkeley. the focus of the class is being a grownup. it's called adulting. >> i like it. >> students learn time management, budgeting, they learn fitness and nutrition. and they learn about relationships. conflict resolution and the like. students have been complaining that their parents didn't teach them these skills maybe because

they were pushing them to do well on their sats. some say it's because many high schools have abandoned life skills courses like home ec and the like. it's easy to make fun of this, it is. >> i think it's really important. >> i do too. >> i think it's really important. i mean even though it would have depressed my grade point average because i probably would have flunked adulting class in college, be, but we talk about how fundamental marriage is to society but don't teach how to have a successful marriage or conflict resolution or parenting. >> i get where the kids are coming from. i feel like the culture and society has so focused on ac dem innics and raising a professional we've thrown aside the important skills like balancing a budget, making a list for dinner, basic cooking. and this is getting it back on track. >> being kind and responsible to your fellow human beings. i think it's a great idea. one quote, he said, about joining the class, look i need to learn how to get this adult thing down. >> i'm still trying to get it down. >> it takes a lifetime.

don't worry about it. >> he's a senior. >> here's my story. it appears for the first time a self-driving truck completed a cross-country commercial freight run. it took understand three days. the autonomous truck invented by a start-up plus ai drove 2800 miles from california to quakertown, pennsylvania. the truck was filled, and i can't get this out of my mind, with more than 40,000 pounds of land o lakes butter. a safety driver was on board just in case and the safety engineer was also there to monitor the trip. the truck, an 18 wheeler, drove day and night through the rockies in different conditions, rain, snow, construction, the only time the human driver took over was with for federally mandated brakes and refueling. >> as a butter lover i'm excited to hear butter may go down in price because it's making an automated delivery across the country. as a guy who sees the hiring drivers call this number i would worry for people this is a scary

story. >> it is. >> i don't have a job maybe. >> i am curious about you and butter. i read it in "people's sexiest edition" that you like butter. >> i will give you one -- >> one -- >> one to consume butter don't be afraid to put butter on a tortilla chip. it's dliselicious. >> is that a holiday eating tip. >> i want you to live a long, happy life and so does your wife and three children. i think i have one that's going to top that when it comes to popularity. think about this, a maryland real estate company had an extraordinary surprise for employees at this year's holiday party. >> and now, you can open your red envelopes. >> those red envelopes revealed that st. john property's gave its workers $10 million to share for the bonus and that means every single one got a bonus from maintenance workers to receptionists to vice presidents. the average award was $50,000, the lowest was $100. the highest was $270,000 based

on how long they had been working at the company. the bonus was for meeting a massive, pangs goal. some of the workers say they will use the money to pay off the mortgages of their children's education and others going on dream vacation. we should give a shout out to this boss, lawrence maykrantz. he said -- they have eight different branches, flew everybody, all the out-of-state employees and guests -- >> are they hiring? >> cover all the airfare. >> you're not leaving. >> i'm waiting for my envelope. >> he's the captain of the ship, but his employees make that ship run. which i think is really good. >> listen, i would love to see more employers with that -- >> viacom cbs to their credit we each get -- >> you don't have to defend them. >> no, no. >> i was saying they're doing something nice too. we each get two paid vacation days that we weren't planning to get. >> that's very nice. >> i think that's very nice. >> it's not a think, a bonus of

$270,000 or $50,000, but i think two paid vacation days is very nice. >> i'll take them. >> we will continue our conversation about butter and tortilla chips. >> i'm worried about you. >> as you may have heard many of us tend to avoid healthy habits during the winter. >> there you go. >> a survey finds 41% of americans use the holidays as an excuse to postpone getting in a good routine. best-selling author james clear wrote the book "atomic habits" an easy and proven way to build good habits and break bad ones. he's back. >> i don't want to pressure anybody to make healthy choices but if one would like to, what's your advice to help them on their journey? >> sure. i think that's a good framing too. like it's not our job to change people's behavior. you can decide. assuming you want to do something more healthy or productive a lot feel when the holidays creep in they don't maintain the healthy routines they usually have. first thing i like to recommend is reduce the scope but stick to the schedule. >> what does that mean?

>> your schedule is how frequently you perform the habit. right. but the scope might mean well we're traveling, i can't workout for the normal full hour, could do one pushup, one sit-up, sounds like not much but the goal is not to transform your body, it's to cast a vote for i'm the type of person who doesn't miss workouts. it's like reinforce the idea. >> stay in the game. >> exactly. >> i like your home court versus away court. >> yeah. >> explain, please. >> this is an idea i heard from a neuroscientist and food blogger, home court habits and away court habits. the home court habits are the habits in your normal work or home environment and your away court is when you're traveling or on the road or at a family's house. >> that's where it gets hard. >> what do you do? >> the away court is tough because you don't control the space as much. i actually think ironically or paradoxically the place to focus is to optimize the home court where you spend most of your home time, zoom out over a year, you might have ten days,

christmas, christmas eve, thanksgiving, new year's day, that are upsetting and you're like in the away court environment so focus on the home court first and let the away -- >> nearly half of americans say they will break their diet during the holiday season. tony is putting butter on tacos. >> that's his regular diet. >> i know. >> that's actually -- >> that's the routine. >> yeah. >> part of the food pyramid in my house houlds. >> how do you find balance when the holiday temptation is in front of you. >> there's a concept i call environment design and i was speaking with gayle about this earlier, you could take like the leftovers, sounds like a small thing, the unhealthy ones put them in aluminum foil or something you can't see through, the healthy ones in saran wrap. >> what about my sensory radar. >> sure. >> i thought that was good advice. >> what's useful about it even though it sounds simple the larger concept you want the good uses of your time, the productive habits to be easy to see, readily visible, available and obvious and you want the things that are bad habits to be

more steps between you and them, invisible, hard to see, greater friction. >> never miss twice, what's that? i thought that was good. >> never miss twice is basically saying look, you may fall off course, you may have one meal you don't like. >> we will. >> you may skip a workout. >> yep. >> i wish that hadn't happened but never miss twice so let me make sure the next meal is a healthy or the next day. >> the last one focus on the next session. >> if you beat yourself about the last one, well -- >> yeah. >> it's over. >> you're beating yourself up. >> that's all it does. >> hurts slapping your own self in the face. >> it sure does. >> thanks, james. >> kennedy center honoree michael tillerson thomas has been a classical maverick. how the conductor broke the mold by working with artists like mike bloomberg's never been afraid of tough fights,

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there is hope and help at drug free.org. ♪ the 42nd annual kennedy center honors celebrating the musical influ vens of michael tilson thomas, gayle speaking to michael tombs mass, i like all three names, watching an orchestra made up of an alumni from the new world symphony one of today's most prolific and respected conductors and a true original. jan crawford, don't know her middle name, is at the kennedy center in washington. you visited the maestro in san

francisco and miami beach. what is your middle name? >> rene. let's get that out there. girl of the '60s. >> okay. >> we visited him in those two cities because michael tilson thomas leads the new world symphony in miami and musical director of the san francisco symphony. he is a visionary throwback. he has learned from and worked with legends and now this legend said it's his responsibility to take the voices of the musical giants and amplify them to create for the present and the future. ♪ >> reporter: there's a special language between conductor michael tilson thomas -- ♪ >> reporter: and his symphony orchestra. when that language is translated. ♪ >> reporter: the result is beautiful. >> you can understand the language of classical music if

you do it early in your life. it's wonderful and easy and enriching forever. >> reporter: that enrichment did begin early for the man known as m.t.t. >> remember the first time you ever put your fingers on a keyboard? >> my first memories of playing the piano were playing like this, kind of looking up at the key board. >> you were that small? >> yeah. >> my parents told me i couldn't walk by the piano without playing something on it. >> reporter: his father, he says, was his greatest teacher. >> my father didn't read music but he was a tremendous instinct for music and improvised on the piano for many hours a day. >> i read he was profoundly hearing impaired. >> correct. >> how much of that led you to want to take the music to others? >> i can't really answer that. my parents profoundly hoped i would not be in show business. >> what was their hope for you? >> they wanted me to be a scientist. i was pretty good in math and

sciences. >> reporter: science's loss has been music's gain. m.t.t.'s break came at 24 when he took over for a sick boston symphony conductor mid-concert. critics predicted he would be the next leonard bernstein, who was a mentor and friend. he's conducted orchestras all over the world, including in london and for the last 25 years, he's been the music director of the san francisco symphony. a role he's stepping down from after this season. ♪ but he is also a maverick, a huge fan of the godfather of soul, james brown. ♪ and a collaborator with metal band metallica. >> there were people inside of classical music who chastised me and say why are you going off to be on the road with james brown when you could be practicing and learning another symphony. >> really, chastising? >> yes. >> what are you doing? >> yeah. >> isn't that what visionaries

do? you're coloring out of the box. >> definitely coloring outside the lines is one of my missions in life, and to give people the courage to do that, to do that gracefully is something i say to young musicians i work with all the time. they will ask me, how much can i actually do here? i will say, enough to be effective without becoming annoying. >> whatever that is, keep that. that was great. >> reporter: he imparts that advice to the fellows at the new world symphony in miami beach. ♪ a teaching symphony he co-founded in 1988 for gifted musicians. >> spectacular -- >> i told you it was impossible to explain or describe. >> reporter: the magnificent symphony building was designed by m.t.t.'s childhood babysitter who happens to be acclaimed architect frank geary. >> behind these abstract shapes are actual functioning studios. >> reporter: one of his missions, he says, is to connect the past to the present to help

create more hopeful future. >> i used to walk on the beach with my dad when i was a kid and he would say, well, you know, every artist wants to leave foot prints in the sands of time but take a look behind us, and we look back and our footprints were there for a couple feet and then beyond that the ocean had already effectively wiped them away. he said that's exactly the way life is. but there are ideas which do go forward. it's something that happened in a million little anonymous moments between people when they cared enough about their art to pass it on and that's what i still believe. ♪ >> now m.t.t. told me that he doesn't really focus on his past accomplishments, even as he's about to turn 75 his focus is on

the present and the future. tony. >> we're all raving about you and m.t. "t." what great piece. >> what a great career. i remember when he was a boy wonder conductor. >> you do? >> i do. >> don't you remember as a kid you were told to color inside the lines. something to be told about coloring outside the lines and to steal a line from him, to be effective without being annoying. >> yeah. >> weekend all use that lesson. i like when he said, whatever that is, keep that. >> that was wonderful. i love that energy. thank you very much. watch the 42nd annual kennedy center honors this sunday at 8:00 p.m., 7:00 central on cbs. >> on today's cbs this morning podcast we hear from daniel franklin of the economist, the magazine's world in 2020 issue, takes on brexit, artificial intelligence, and the world's aging population. listen wherever you like to get your pod casts. we will be right back. podcast. and we'll be right back. just because we're super hungry...

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