thank you for waking up with us and watching kpix 5 news this morning. good morning to our viewers in the west. welcome to cbs this morning i'm gayle king with anthony mason and tony dokoupil. the house is ready to send the articles of impeachment to the senate today. why new documents could lead to new testimony. candidates clash, democrats debate one last time before the iowa caucuses, with bernie sanders denying he told elizabeth warren that a woman can't win. accusing russell simmons, first on cbs this morning. three women explain in a tv interview assaulted them and wh they're suffering for speaking

out. how highly trained dogs are finding and saving koalas from the bush fire. >> here's today's eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. the senate will begin the third impeachment trial of a sitting president in our nation's history. >> the house prepares to send articles of impeachment. >> our opponents say we're not going to win, let's impeach president trump. >> final debate before the iowa caucus. >> between bernie sanders and elizabeth warren -- >> it's incomprehensible that i would think that a woman cannot be president of the united states. >> new video has emerged showing two iranian missiles striking a ukrainian jet liner killing all 176 people on board. a delta airline flight dumped jet flew on several elementary school students. boston red sox fired manager alex cora for his role in the

astros' sign stealing scheme. >> nothing says cheating like baseball. michael flynn files a motion to withdraw his guilty plea. the roof collapses in south carolina during a micro burst. >> and all that matters. >> you're not on the debate stage but you are here on our stage and everybody knows the road to the white house goes past this desk. and so -- >> i had the choice of spending the night with you or wolf blitzer. >> good choice. >> thank you. on cbs this morning. >> the first decision the president made after deciding the space force was to decide the leader. >> today he signed in the new chief of the space force. >> the space force will have an extraordinary launch under general jay raymond.

>> he's funny. this morning's eye opener is presented by toyota. let's go places. welcome back to "cbs this morning". this morning nearly one month after peaimpeaching president tp house speakers are ready to send it to the senate. nancy pelosi is about to name her managers. nancy is inside the capitol with more on the story. what do we know about the managers? >> speaker pelosi is keeping us in suspension until the last moment. the press conference expected to get under way any minute now. we have seen staffers for jerry nadler and adam schiff arrive at the press conference location.

so that is yet another suggestion that those two individuals, who led the house investigation, are probably going to lead the team of house impeachment managers as well. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says that the trial is going to get under way next week, after the senate receives these articles of impeachment today and there is now new evidence indicating that the president's allies were willing to go to greater lengths than we previously knew to uncover dirt about the bidensbidens, and tho lengths included having a u.s. ambassador tracked. >> the impeachment hoax, it's a hoax -- >> reporter: hours before president trump railed against impeachment in wisconsin at a rally. the house intelligence committee released new evidence from lev parnas, an indicted businessman who helped rudy giuliani pressure ukraine to investigate

the buy denidenbidens. in one text message, the top prosecutor appeared to agree to help with the biden investigation if the u.s. ambassador to ukraine was removed. >> this has been a very painful period. former ambassador marie yovanovitch testified last year she was ousted after being smeared by the president and his allies, including parnas. text messages suggest that parnas and associates were tracking her movements. in one, robert hyde appears to say, they know she's a political puppet. they'll let me know when she's on the move. calling for an investigation writing, the notion that american citizens and others were monitoring ambassador yovanovitch's movements for unknown purposes is disturbing. democrats acknowledge that parnas himself has some credibility problems. >> you think he may not be a reliable witness? >> somebody who's been indicted

for multiple felonies, yes. there are questions of credibility there that have to be processed through. >> reporter: democrats and some key republicans do want to hear from other witnesses at the senate trial, including former national security advisor john bolton, who has said he would testify. >> if you want the truth, you have to have witnesses. you have to have documents. >> reporter: as we await speaker pelosi's press conference, a couple other lawmakers we have seen arriving at that location. zoe loftgran of california. along with schiff and nadler. so that's an indication they too will be joining the team of house impeachment managers. they are on the house judiciary committee. later today, the impeachment managers will actually walk these articles of impeachment from the house chamber to the senate chamber, past the hallway behind us on the second floor of

the capital. they'll go through the rotunda, through the hall, past the old senate chamber before arriving at the senate chamber itself. a bit of pomp and sir couple stance what we saw 21 years ago before the clinton impeachment trial. >> a historic walk on another historic day in washington. nancy, thank you very much. we saw president trump on the campaign trail last night in wisconsin. now six of the democratic candidates trying to stop mr. trump met in iowa for their first debate of the new year. also their last p event together before the iowa caucuses. the candidates reached out to voters but a split between senators elizabeth warren and bernie sanders got the biggest response. at the end it appeared that warren refused a hand shake with her long-time ally. ed o'keefe covered the debate for us. good morning. what's behind this disagreement? >> reporter: the dispute between sanders and warren began on monday and became a flash point

in the debate when moderators brought it up. warren said sanders once told her he doesn't think a woman can become president hp last night he denied all that. >> i didn't say it. >> reporter: senators bernie sanders and elizabeth warren, long-time allies now they say they remember a 2018 conversation differently. >> anybody who knows me know it's incomprehensible that i would think that a woman could not be president of the united states. >> what did you think when senator sanders told you a woman could not win the election? >> i disagreed. bernie is my friend, and i'm not here to try to fight with bernie. but look, this question about whether or not a woman can be president has been raised, and it's time for us to attack it head on. can a woman beat donald trump? look at the men on this stage, collectively

bring in the rest of our cbs stations for a cbs special report. >> as you know, our founders and our eze t impornce of time, because everything is about time. how we use it, how we mark it, and today is an important today because today is the day that we name the managers who go to the floor to pass the resolution to transmit the articles of impeachment to the senate, and later in the day when we have our engrossment, that we march those articles of impeachment to the united states senate. as i've said, it's always been our founders, when they started, when in the course of human

events it becomes necessary when abraham lincoln forescore and years ago, these are the times that have found us. again and again. even our poets, longfellow, listen, my children, and you will hear of the midnight ride of paul revere on the 18th of april of '75, and we remember the famous day and year. it's always about marking history, using time. on december 18th, the house of representatives impeached the president of the united states. an impeachment that will last forever. since december 18th, there have been comments about when are we going to send the articles over. well, we had hoped that the courtesy would be extended that we would have seen what the process would be in the senate.

short of that, the time has revealed many things since then. time has been our friend in all of this, because as we've yielded incriminating evidence and more truth into the public domain. since we passed the articles on december 20th, two days later, new emails showed that 91 minutes after trump's phone call with president zelensky, a top office of management and budget aide asked the department to hold off on ukraine aid. on december 29th, new information emerged about the delay of effort by lawyers in the administration to just fify the delay, and the alarm that the delay caused within the administration. on january 2nd, newly unredacted pentagon emails which the house

subpoenaed raised serious concerns by the trump administration officials. by trump administration officials, they were concerned about the legality of the president's hold on the aid to ukraine. on january 6th, former trump national security adviser john bolton said he would comply with a subpoena to testify and that he has new relevant information. on january 13th, reports emerged the russian government hacked the gas company burisma in an ongoing effort to influence elections in support of president trump, and just yesterday, the house committee, two of our chairmen here, chairman nadler and chairman schiff and the chairman of foreign affairs and government reform, they released new evidence pursuant to a house

subpoena, lev parnas, you know who that is, an associate of rudy giuliani, that further proves the president was an central player in the scheme to pressure ukraine for his own benefit in the 2020 election. this is about the constitution of the united states, and it's important for the president to know and putin to know the american voter, voters in america, should decide who our president is, not vladimir putin and russia. so today i'm very proud to present the managers who will bring the case which we have great confidence in in terms of impeaching the president and his removal. but this further evidence insists that -- and we wouldn't be in this situation had we not waited, insists that there be

witnesses and that we see documentation. and now you see some of that change happening on the senate side. i hope it does for the good of our country and to honor our constitution. so today on the floor we'll pass a resolution naming the managers, as i mentioned, appropriating the funds for the trial, and transmitting the articles of impeachment of the president of the united states for trying to influence a foreign government for his own personal and political benefit. chair adam schiff of california, lead manager, chairman schiff, as you know, is chair of the select committee on intelligence and is serving his tenth term in congress. before congress mr. schiff was a california state senator and served as a federal prosecutor in the u.s. attorney's office in

los angeles for six years. most notably prosecuting the first federal fbi agent ever to be indicted for espionage. chairman jerry nadler is serving his 15th term in congress. mr. nadler served as the top democrat on the judiciary subcommittee on constitution, civil rights and civil liberties for 13 years. before congress, mr. nadler served the new york state assembly for 16 years. chair lofgren, chair of the house committee on administration, which has jurisdiction over federal elections, is a senior member of the house judiciary committee. mrs. lofgren is serving her 13th term in congress. this is chairwoman lofgren's third impeachment, as a judiciary committee staffer in the nixon impeachment, as a member of the judiciary committee in the clinton

impeachment, and now as a manager in this impeachment of president trump. chair jeffries of new york, is the chair of the house democratic caucus and is currently serving his fourth term in congress. he's a member of the house judiciary committee. before being in congress, he served in the assembly of new york for six years, an accomplished litigator in private practice before running for elected office. mr. refuse jees clerked for the honorable bear junior for the southern district of new york. congresswomen demmings of florida, congresswoman is both a member of the house permanent select committee on intelligence and the house judiciary committee. ms. demming is serving her second term in congress. before that she served in the

orlando police department for 27 years, part of that time as the first woman police chief in orlando. congressman jason crow of colorado is a member of the house armed services committee. mr. crow served his country, our country, bravely as an army ranger in iraq and afghanistan. before running for congress, mr. crow was a respected litigator in private practice in colorado. congresswoman sylvia garcia of texas is a member of the house judiciary committee committee. before congress, ms. garcia served in texas state senate previously. she was the director and presiding judge of the houston municipal system and was elected city controller. ms. garcia was later elected the first hispanic and first woman to be elected in her own right to the harris county commissioner's court. as you can see from these

descriptions, the emphasis is on litigators. the emphasis is on comfort level in the courtroom. the emphasis is making the strongest possible case to protect and defend our constitution to seek the truth for the american people. i'm very proud and honored that these seven members, distinguished members, have accepted this serious responsibility, again to protect and defend for the people, defending our democracy. when we leave here a little bit later at noon, we'll go to the floor and pass the resolution naming the managers officially. but i wanted to say more about them here and to say that decisions to come down in favor of litigators is necessitated by the clear evidence that we should have witnesses and we should have documentation and we

have to make the strongest prosecution, not only of our very strong case, but of all the information that has come forth since. we're going to take a few questions. >> speaker pelosi, if time strengthened your case, why did you rush -- >> that's house speaker nancy pelosi revealing the names of the managers who will now represent house democrats during the senate impeachment trial. nancy cordes is on capitol hill with the story. she just introduced us to the seven members. are these the names we expected? >> reporter: we didn't know exactly what to expect. we did know th aker pelosi was trying to achieve not only some racial and ethnic diversity in the group that she chose, but also geographical diversity. and so you see lawmakers up there with her who are not just from new york and california, but also from colorado and texas, and florida. and interestingly, a couple of

members who are new to congress. this is their first term. so she was clearly looking not only to bring in seasoned lawmakers, but also individuals who represent the very large crop of new members in the democratic party here on capitol hill. most of them are lawyers. she said that the emphasis was on litigators and on individuals who had a comfort level in the courtroom. val demmings, for example, not a lawyer, but she was the chief of police for the orlando police department before she came here to capitol hill. >> nancy, thank you very much. it was interesting how nancy pelosi said that she wanted to emphasize the litigation experience and she had been criticized for taking so long to carry over the articles of impeachment, but as she pointed out, it gave them more truth and more evidence. thank you very much, nancy cordes. of course we will have more on this story later today when the articles of impeachment are carried to the senate this afternoon, we'll bring it to you of course in a cbs news special report. our coverage will continue on

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vaccines in schools. what's being done? >> reporter: tony, good morning. a controversial bill collapsed this week in new jersey of religious exemptions to vaccines forcing parents to put unvaccinated kids home school or prie private schools. >> reporter: this was the scene outside of state capitol on monday. thousands of people protested as lawmakers debated parents' rights to keep their kids unvaccinated. >> have you vaccinated your children? i have not. >> reporter: she has three children, all of them would have been kicked out of school if the bill to eliminate religious exemptions passed. some religion do not object. >> i feel we need to stop and

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we are getting an unprecedented look into how the existence of two popes is proving a little awkward. the co-author on a new book out today in france is former pope benedict. he has now asked that his name be removed, the book comes as pope francis weighs a critical

decision on a fundamental issue for all catholics. seth, what is going on here? >> reporter: good morning. here are the plot points. you have the issue of celibacy and two poeps oftpes often seenh sides of the spectrum, one more conservative, and one more liberal and of course there is one church. >> in the hollywood movie the two popes find common ground. the real life version may not be quite as tidy. to have two men at the vatican dressed in white is rare to say the leas the. pope benedict pledged not to interfere on major church affairs and leave room for his successor, pope francis to lead. so when he was cited as co-author in a new book which

addresses the issue of celibacy, ben fikt was seen as putting an influential thumb on the scales. he argued for the necessity of celibacy. francis, who also supports celibacy is contemplating a rule changes allowing the order nation of married men in remote regions of the amazon where there's a priest shortage. >> of course everybody knew that a retired pope in the church always is a difficult situation. >> reporter: senior castille served seven popes and said on issues, these two popes are generally aligned. when pope benedict left, he vowed to be quiet. this is not being quiet. >> he vowed to be obedient to his successor. i never heard that he would shut

up forever. >> reporter: this created such a mess that benedict's personal secretary, arch bishop reached out to the main author of the book, asking him to remove benedict as co-author, calling it a misunderstanding, adding in a statement that benedict had not authorized a joint augt authorship. but the e skeemd cardinal stands by his version of the events, and on his letterhead wrote to the cardinal finally i'm able to send you my thoughts on the priesthood. i leave it to you if you find some usefulness in them. and then the retired pope wrote the text can be published. >> the holy father likes people to say what they have to say. >> does he like other popes to say what they have to say? >> well, that's a question you have to ask the holy father himself. >> reporter: now, we are hearing from the u.s. publisher today that they do plan to go ahead and publish this book as

co-authored and for a bit of historical reference, the first pope to step down, he was im prisoned by his successor. so for all the drama today, historically speaking, it's not that bad. >> if i were a publisher or author, i think i would want to have a pope on the cover as well. that does drive book sales as well. >> it's interesting popes have drama, too. >> especially when there are two of them. >> a lot going on. >> seth, thank you very much. we're looking at stories you're going to be talking about today. >> tony, meghan markle was spotted in public for the first time since she stepped away from royal duties. ahead, we will tell you

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fry them up. >> what is it called? >> everything in a fridge and put it in a plate and fry it with butter. >> fry it from scrap, we got your whole meal here. >> that's the point, whole meal. >> good to see you all this morning. here is a few stories we think you will be talking about today. an american airline passenger is suing the company after claims that an employee found her number and sent her creepy texts. the 34 years old said the employees sent her more than 100 texts last april before and during her flight. the texts were coming from inside the plane. he got her number quote from your bag tag. the entire incident left her fearing for her safety. >> i was frightening and on the

way home looking around and feeling scared. not only he got my name and phone number, he got my home address as well. american airlines investigated the allegation and the employee that's involved in the complaint is no longer employed. >> it does give you something to think about and who's reading it. i would not put my address. american airlines knew of this john doe propensity to contact customers. someone told her that this man have done it before. >> creepy is the word. >> he was trying to be romantic and he was terrible at it. >> don't take somebody's number from their bag tag. >> very true. >> now he's out of a job. in the world of fiction. >> players under a draft new

labor deal with the league. players will make an average of six figures for the first time. tl average salary of 2018 is around $70,000, they'll be paying of $130,000. the governor still needs to approve the deal. it was overwhelmingly passed by a player. this is finally good news. >> the players are calling it historic. that's a big increase. >> a significant increase. >>. >> male players have access to private planes and got to fly coach. >> it was so low already but there are still ground to be made there. >> we are happy they are getting out. >> yes, we are. >> we are getting our first look at meghan markle since she and prince harry announced they'll step back from royal duties. she was seen boarding a plane in kand dach canada. markle visited a women shelter

and had tea with the women and discussed the issues they are facing in their community. >> what is she going to do if they leave the royal family. >> is it weird that she was not involved in this discussion about her future and the future of her family in britain? >> oh, did you think it is weird? >> considering the family's dynamic and the protocol that all goes with that? there is an argument to be made on both sides. >> very complicated. >> i would be like just tell me the headline. i would suspect she would have some input. >> i would like to be there. >> everybody is drinking tea and discussing things. >> answer. jeopardy crowned this player, the greatest of all time. ken jennings.

>> i didn't write thart gayle. >> i like it. i like how you did that. >> jennings defeated his opponent. jennings not only clinched jeopardy's highest honor, he walked away with a grand prize of $1 million. jennings' winning of 4.5 million big ones. >> i like his answer is simply you are the best, alec. >> a wonderful gesture. tyler perry tells us about his firstn first netflix movie, "a fall from grace." coming up. (whistling) (whistling)

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towards the san mateo bridge. also busy coming up the castro valley white connector on to 880 and it looks like things are definitely loading up out of the south bay, north bay -- north bound 101 busy. it is a cold start to the day so bundle up if you are heading out the door for work in school. temps 10 to 15 degrees colder this morning. also dealing with patchy frost for inland valleys and raising fog across the north bay. it's a black ice possible for the north bay this morning. a dry day today but increasing clouds ahead of her neck storm system that rolls in tomorrow. that will bring the rain and the wind tomorrow morning. in the meantime 54 san francisco, 54 oakland 57 for san jose. 53 concord. there we go with those clouds streaming in this afternoon and here comes the rain and the wind that strung cold front tomorrow morning. the rain and the wind and i stray thunderstorm possible for thursday.

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welcome back to cbs this morning, i'm gayle king. >> the impeachment trial beginning of president trump. >> and three women interviewed for a new documentary describe how they say russell simmons sexually assaulted them. i'm anthony mason. tyler perry visits studio 57 for his first project with netflix. >> exciting. but first here's today's "eye opener" at 8:00. nearly one month after impeaching president trump, house leaders are ready to send two articles of impeachment to the senate. >> senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says the trial is

going to get under way next week, after the senate receives these articles of impeachment today. >> to pass a resolution naming the managers appropriating the funds for the trial. and transmitting the articles of impeachment. >> warren says sanders told her he didn't think a woman could be president. last night he denied it. >> look at the men on this stage, collectively they have lost ten election, the only people on this stage who have won every single election that they've been in are the women. >> what medicare for all does, it ends all premiums. it ends all co-payments. it ends the absurdity of deductibles. it ends out-of-pocket expenses. it takes on the pharmaceutical industry. >> what can take the sunrise, sprinkle it with goo!

♪ >> chocolate and a miracle or two. my medicare plan. ♪ ♪ >> welcome back to "cbs this morning." the house is ready to hand over the house impeachment case to the senate. just minutes ago, nancy pelosi announced a group of seven impeachment manager force the senate trial led by the intelligence committee chairman adam schiff. nancy cord es is on capitol hill for us. nancy, good morning. what can you tell us about these impeachment managers they're calling them? >> reporter: the smaller team than we expected, seven compared to the 13 lawmakers who served as impeachment managers during the clinton impeachment trial, that suggests perhaps that schiff himself is planning to do the bulk of the opening arguments a big diversity of lawmakers here. some who have been on capitol hill for decades. some who are serving in their first term. you've got one hispanic member of congress, two

african-americans, and they come from a variety of state, california, new york, texas, florida, colorado, and they sit on a variety of committees. speaker pelosi said what was most important to her was choosing litigators who had a comfort level in the courtroom and indeed these lawmakers are former prosecutor, former judges and in one case a former city police chief. >> some names we know, some names we don't know as well. nancy, thank you very much. the three senators involved in last night's democratic debate in des moines will be taking part in that senate taking now, this was the candidate's last debate before iowa voters decide who they prefer in next month's caucuses. dentialsix presidential hopefuls eredered a wide ranging series of policy questions. olicsenators elizabeth warren and bernie sanders clashed again over her claim that he told her a woman could not be elected president. >> look at the men on this stage. theyctively, they have lost ten elections. the only people on this stage who have won every single

lection that they've been in are the women. >> amy -- [ applause ] >> well, as a matter of fact, i idn't say it. how could anybody in a million years, not believe that a woman could become president of the united states. wasillary clinton's campaign ndnager for her bid in 2016 and terry sullivan, marco rubio's campaign manager on 2016 on that presidential run and they both join us at the table. good morning, gentlemen. >> robin, let's starts with you. what did you think about that exchange between warren and biden, or warren and sanders. >> i was going to say, there wasn't -- >> right. >> this fire started burning before the debate. i was a little surprised, i thought maybe warren would try to make more of this. thou but i thought she handled it quite well. she did. >> he said he didn't say that. >> right. >> the delivery, the first one, she clearly scripted it, she probably scripted it with klobuchar, but the real scripted thing was afterwards, after the debate was over, the cameras

heill rolling and goes up and refuses to shake his hand. that's not an accident. ot that was deliberate. >> she is not an amateur. she knows the cameras are on. she did it on purpose and made her point. an here is the attack, bernie itnks a woman can't be president. she never said it again. she just let it stand. >> she let it rest. womend talked about the two ion.n on the stage have never lost an election. ou why do you think the point is now where they go after each other. >> what is kind of interesting, subdueave gone after each other, eaci thought this debate was quite subdued and would go after each other more, and we're late. in there tson is, there is no one in there to throw a hay maker that needed to, everyone is in the margin of error in iowa of the four candidates on the stage who should have been the hat stage, it was all a margin of error kind of thing in can. and no one wants to make a big s ve or a big mistake. it is all a battle of inches because it is, one of them could

win 19 hat does it mean 19 days away from iowa, they're really still is no clear front-runner. and what does that mean for the meacrats? >> look, i think, what each of them does, matters differently. if joe biden wins iowa, this is ovme over. >> game over, terry? >> game over. i really believe that. because if the national front-runner who's got leads in plenty of ot further states hewn, the national lead in most polls, can win in iowa, look, le there has only been two ocratsats to win the nomination ionthe past 50 years that didn't win iowa. it matters. >> and iowa has always had a win knowing effect. in 2004, john kerry won there and it was kind of over after that. in 2008, it came down to obama and hillary. i think we will see one of those two scenario, one two or three people go on or if biden wins, that will be it. >> and a splash before iowa, did it surprise you that nobody seemed to go for it. ri there are four front-runners

toht now, and maybe those folks too want to change the dynamic and with seven people on the stage, i expected someone there, ryange and risk is a good thing, i'm down, i got to move up and try something different. >> the impeachment trial starts next week. tart is going to pull three of l pullsenators out of iowa ecause they will have to be in sena how is that going to change the dynamic? >> dramatically. look, if you're not on the be in d.c. an entire month, or i tess two weeks before iowa, and then even longer for new hampshire, that shuts these campaigns down. the most valuable thing they ise at this point is their cand's time and they have been ca tiased. out notion that they can somehow get out there. it takes an hour to get to dulles where the private planes ay takying out of and 5:00 rush hour traffic in dc, it might up. more. they can go out there and campaign after hours. >> and the campaign in six

first on "cbs this morning," we are hearing from three women who accused music mogul russell simmons of violent sexual assault. >> i felt like no matter what i said, nobody was going to hear us. >> i did not want to come forward. it was the last thing i wanted to do. everyone said don't do it. >> ahead, they described the horror they say they endured and what drove them to now share their stories for an upcoming documentary. you're watching "cbs this morning." we thank you for that. we'll be right back. you are watching "cbs this morning," we thank you for that. we'll be right back.

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first on "cbs this morning," we are hearing from women interviewed for a new documentary who claim that music mogul russell simmons violently assaulted them. who claimed russell simmons violently assaulted them. he's denied the allegations vigorously. last week oprah withdrew because of a creative vision difference. she believes the women interviewed for the documentary. michelle miller spoke with the three of them and joins us at the table. what did they tell you? >> they told us a lot. good morning. the women we spoke with went into details about what they alleged were serious assaults. they are also speaking out after being silent for decades. we also would like to warn our viewers, some of what you're about to hear is graphic. >> i did not want to come forward. it was the last thing i want to do. everyone said don't do it. it will ruin your life.

ivity -- >> i was helping him cover it up for 22 years. and i thought, well, let me see what it feels like to just let it go. try. >> drthese women said they're survivors of sex crimes committed by media mogul russell simmons. >> the three of you are descr e describe -- aren't just describing 24 as sexual assault or just as being mistreated by rustle simmons or sexually harassed. this is rape. >> this is violently tackled and raped. >> all saying no and fighting and crying. >> drew dixon said she was working with simmons when she allegedly attacked her in 1995. >> i literally worked for him he was ordering me a car and told me to come upstairs. i thought i would be in his

apartment for five total minutes. that's it. and he showed up naked, wearing a condom, and tackled me to his bed when i screamed and fought and said no and cried. that's rape. >> she occasionally dated russell simmons. >> back in the day you hooked up, you hung out? >> regardless, she says, that part of the relationship was over before simmons allegedly raped her in 1994. >> he'll say, yes, we had a sexual relationship. but he cannot address the fact that i was too drunk to consent. and that the next day i called him up screaming and i attempted suicide. he knew. and i told him why. that he ruined my life. and i had nothing. >> russell said all of his relationships have been

consensual and in a statement to "cbs this morning" said i have issued countless detailed denials of the false accusations against me. he also referenced changing social norms. saying i have admitted to being a massively unconscious playboy, which today is appropriately titled "womanizer." the social change from today's activism is more important to the world my daughters will inherit than any dirt from false accusations from nearly 40 years ago. >> i'm not trying to take anybody down. you know, i would have been taken down by this, if i had said this when i was 24 years old. >> their decision to speak out publicly came after a groundswell of sexual assault allegations against prominent men like harvey weinstein. >> it felt like this portal opened suddenly where women were being believed and i wondered if

it would apply to black women. >> each of these women filed a police report decades after the alleged crimes were committed. beyond the statute of limitations to prosecute. russell simmons faces no charges. still coming forward is complicated for his accusers. >> black people have very few heros to spare. not many of us get to the level of success of a russell simmons, which is why i was so proud of him. ♪ >> as cofounder of deaf jam recordings. russell simmons is considered a pillar of hip-hop culture, which he helped define from the earliest days through music and fashion. >> i have known russell for many years. you know, i met him in my early 20s. >> alexia knew russell before he was famous and said he raped her on their first and only date in

1991. >> this was a very swift attack. what was going through my mind more than anything was why. it was just why. because i liked russell. you know, i would have just kissed him. i would have made out with him. i would have -- he didn't have to attack me! >> what did he do? >> he raped me right up against the [ expletive ] wall. >> a number of women have alleged similar experiences with russell simmons for a documentary set to premier at the sun dance film festival at the end of the month. >> i hope that black women and girls become more physical as a result of the documentary. >> when oprah winfrey was

announced as the executive producer. simmons launched a private and public campaign to question her involvement saying on instagram i have never been violent or forced myself on anyone. >> so the fact millions of followers. it's using all of that muscle to try to drown out our voices. >> citing creative differences, oprah winfrey stepped away from the documentary last week. it in a statement said there's more work to be done on the film to illuminate the full scope of what the victims endured. she also bolstered her backing of the accusers by adding i wanted to be known that i unequivocally believe and support the women. >> it's a small black world. because everything is one degree of russell simmons, and nobody wants to get in the middle, nobody stands up.

>> it's almost as if you're saying maybe i shouldn't have stepped forward. is it worth it to you to have your say? >> i feel it's worth it. the film makers say it was destined for the sun dance film festival with or without opera winfrey as the executive producer and the yet to be titled film is scheduled to premier at sun dance on january 25th. >> that was very difficult to hear, michelle. i have to say that. i'm glad you pointed out that documentary is going to sun dance with or without oprah's name on it. i know this was a very stressful and very difficult decision for her to take her name off,

because she knows that her taking her name off, because russell has done a public and private campaign to convince her. she knows the message it sends that maybe she was muzzled. nothing can be further from the case. she was upset with -- she thought that the documentary needed to breathe a little more. she thought it was important it be put in context for the times. because, you know, these allegations were many years ago and now we're in 2020. but it in context of the times of what was going on there. >> yeah and centered the documentary around drew dixon, that one individual. there were a few other people involved. she wanted more women in the documentary. >> exactly. >> that's exactly right. >> very powerful story. we'll be right back. stay with us. much, very powerful story, we'll be right back. stay with us. i'm tom steyer and i approve this message.

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tyler perry plays a public defender in a movie he directed and produced for netflix. >> the woman is pleading glts. i don't know what you're talking about.

now get down to the jail and get the plea deal signed. it's already there. get it signed. this circus needs to stop. my phone is ringing off the hook. >> ahead, he tells us how he shot the film about a woman this is a kpix 5 news morning update. >> good morning. it is 8:25. as we checked the roadways busy along the nimitz freeway. traffic is stacking up northbound and a slow ride for the morning commute past the coliseum. you got break lights all the way as you reach the macarthur maze. south bound doing ok but south of there you will definitely see some slower speeds as you approach the 580 castro valley white connector. there is a crash clearing at hesperia, 21 minutes is your drive time from the maze to 238. rate lights pass their and the good news is west bound 80 a

texas street, the traffic were canceled and all liens are cleared. still a busy right out of the south bay. a lot of break lights 101 coming out of south san jose. it looks like the north bound 280 bogged down through downtown san jose with a drive time of 37 minutes. bundle up this morning because we are looking at cold temperatures and patchy frost for inland valleys. freezing fog for parts of the north bay. watch out for some black ice as we start off the day. a dry day catching a break from the rain with increasing clouds low. as we head through the afternoon and any strong systems role in for a wet and windy start to our day tomorrow. in the meantime looking at 54 san francisco, 57 in san jose and 53 for concord. you can see dry day cloudy as we head through the afternoon and looking at the rain and windy conditions moving in with that strong cold front for tomorrow morning. we could see some isolated

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welcome back to "cbs this morning." it's time to bring you some of the stories that are the talk welcome back to "cbs this morning." it's time to bring stories that are the talk of the table this morning. these are stories we like to share with each other and all of you and tony is kicking it off. >> i'll go first. january is a big month for people looking for jobs. >> looking for jobs and love. >> jobs and love. hopefully you have love for valentine's day on february 14th. if you don't love your job, here are good jobs people like a lot. fifty best jobs in america. it's from recruiting site glass door. it's based on job satisfaction, base median salary and the number of openings. here is what struck me.

tech jobs make up seven of the top ten jobs. at number one is a job i don't even know what it is, front end engineer, which apparently is a web developer. median base salary, $105,000. followed by another job i can't describe to you, a java developer. i don't know what that is. data scientist, pretty broad there. product manager, development and operations engineer. what's interesting about all of these jobs. they are all indoors, they all require a college degree. i keep thinking if i weren't doing this job, which i love, i don't see any jobs. >> i was thinking i'm not qualified for any jobs. >> they don't sound that fun to me. you're locked in. work matters. i want to mention there's a 102-year-old from indiana stepping away from the office for the final time. he's going to retire. he's the oldest state employee of indiana. he's older than the department he works for, the department of natural resources.

what a career he had. he came home from world war ii and found the position. he found the job. >> do you think we'll be sitting there at 102? i'll go first. >> i don't think they will let us. >> reporting on "cbs this morning." anthony, what have you got? >> who is up next? >> trying to keep my teeth. all right. having a midlife crisis is not fun. now a new study is pinpointing the exact moment of peak unhappiness in life. not happiness. unhappiness in life. this is according to a dartmouth professor. he says people reach their most miserable state at 47.2 in doechld countries. but don't lose hope. the study finds happiness peaks again in the 70s when it goes back to the levels in the 20s. we had someone on recently daniel levin about aging successly. he said he reach your peak happiness at 82. >> i've got something to look

forward to. >> you're on the way to happiness. the road signs i'm saying are danger ahead. >> down and dark for you. >> i disagree with 47.2 that you're miserable. >> it makes sense to me. you've got old parents. you've got young kids. you've got all kinds. >> the rock and roll hall of fame announced official 2020 class. it includes posthumous honors. take a look ♪ it was all a dream i used to read word up magazine ♪ ♪ heavy d in the limousine hang your pictures on my wall ♪ >> notorious b.i.g., biggie small, christopher wallace will be inducted. other inductees include depeche mode, the doobie brothers. it will be held mei 2nd in cleveland. >> that's great biggie made it. big difference between george wallace and christopher wallace.

>> also christopher george wallace. >> got tripped up. >> tomorrow on the forecast we are going to announce the 2020 inductees to the songwriter's hall of fame. first year on cbs. >> that's always a good event. tyler perry in a lot of hames before it's over. taking on new challenge streaming internet icon is mastermind behind movies, plays, tv shows, that includes two new series from our network b.e.d. sistas and oval. made his first series called "fall from grace." he directed, produced, wrote and co-stars in this movie. that's what he does. it tells the story of grace waters. she's a woman charged with her husband's murder. her only hope for vindication lies with a young public defender who has never tried a case. >> what if you go free? >> you can't. >> i know i can't if you don't let me fight for you. please, let me fight for you.

i can do it. >> hi, my name is rory, i'm jasmine's boss. i think she's been giving you misleading information. i'd like you to understand something our office has looked at your case up and down and we think a plea is a good idea. you can be near your son. that's the purpose, i guess. my purpose today is is it still your intention to plead guilty? miss waters, is it your intention to plead guilty? >> i want to go to court. >> yeah. >> that's a pivotal moment in the movie. tyler perry, you play a jerky boss. >> jerky boss. >> we'll talk about the twists and turns. for people who think they know how this is going to turn out, they don't.

i want to start out it's your first movie with netflix. >> yeah. >> how did you choose them. you could have gone to many students. you have a studio. >> i shot it and showed it to them and they said i really, really want it. one of the things i loved, i walked into a meeting room in hollywood and i've never seen that kind of diversity, every woman, every race, every sex represented around the table. i felt so welcome. big ups to fliknetflix for the diversity i saw in the room. >> you tweeted out the picture for the poster in times square. >> yes. >> you said you have no idea how happy this makes me. >> not only me but crystal fox, first leading role and big break. >> why did you give her the big break? >> she's extremely talented and hadn't had that chance. i think this woman could act in scenes with denzel washington, viola davis, meryl streep. she's that good. >> why do you think it took so long to get the leading role. bigger picture, are there not

opportunities for people of color in this industry. >> how much time do you have? in the industry as things are changing, they are changing slowly. it's going to take mayor people like me, taking the bull by the horns, entrepreneurs, signing up their own shots to give more opportunities to people like this who deserve it. >> here we are, tyler, thinking about oscars so white in 2020. i thought it was only two or three years ago when we had that first conversation but it was 2015. so are you surprised? maybe you're not surprised we are still having this conversation. what did you make of the oscar nominations. >> i think jennifer lopez should have been recognized. i think awkwafina should have been recognized. absolutely. i don't have an opinion of it either way. as i said before, build your own table so you don't have to keep asking someone to sit at theirs. i think the academy has tried to invite more people of color into the voting process. >> hasn't been going that well. they are only at 16% people of color and 30 something percent

women. >> we'll see what happens after this round. i don't know, man. i'm down in atlanta doing my own thing. god bless them. i don't even want to focus on it. i want to let it go. i want to encourage everyone to be owners, writers, producers. >> you made this movie in five days. >> five days. >> how do you do that? >> i've got this amazing team. we have a shorthand. nighttime dramas take seven days to shoot. we shoot one in a day and a half. i silt dowt down, write it, sho. i didn't learn in the system of hollywood. i only know the way i've learned to do it. >> where did you idea come for this movie. here she is accused of murder. it appears to be an open and shut case. she gets a public defender who has never tried a person before. i wouldn't want that person representing me if i was being tried for murder. i can't get over the plot twists, one after another. i'm fascinated by your story.

>> boy meets girl, girl gets her heart broken, wants revenge. i've always done that story. i've got to do something different. i watched a documentary about gideon's army, public defenders, and i thought why don't i introduce that element. >> what's it like to direct yourself. you play this jerky guy? do you get a pep talk in the middle of the scene. >> i want to connect with the other actors. if they believe me, i'm always looking for truth. when i play it back i think, do you believe what you did? that's my gauge. >> last time we saw you, we were at tyler perry's studios, an amazing place. what is the reaction from hollywood about tyler perry studios. >> pretty quiet. >> you think they are scared of you. >> no, i don't think that at all. >> what do you think? >> i haven't heard anything. i don't know what that means, what the reaction has been. for the people there or the people who get it, they know it's something special and something major for someone to pull this off.

an individual. >> yes. >> an individual of color. they add that to it. they know it's something special. i'm grateful for it. >> right now it's tyler perry and netflix. more to come. >> you know i have bet plus, my own streaming service i'm part owner in. i love working with netflix going forward. >> whatever you want to do, it will happen for you. thank you, tyler perry, i know you have a busy day. you can watch "a fall from grace" on netflix starting when. >> friday. >> fire ravaged australia finding injured koalas. there they go. coming up, how highly trained

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the country is dealing with the worst fire seasons on record. more than a billion animals have been loss already. jimmy, you can show us how special trained dogs are being used to save these iconic animals. >> reporter: koalas are only

found in australia. they have been hit particularly hard. here in now souknew south wales third of the population have died. that's why these dogs are so important, they sniff out and find the most vulnerables. >> reporter: tommy, emma and becky are working to save as many koalas as their noses will find. >> steve austin is their trainer. he's been working with dogs for 30 years and says they are constantly learning and adapting. >> the beauty of the dog is not bias. there has to be a koala there so the dog just use near nose. >> this canine team is trained to find injured koalas, sometimes by tracking the scent of their waste. for that. you get the ultimate reward for

him which is the tennis ball. >> when he sat down, does that indicate to you that's where the koalas is? >> exactly. >> months of fire have had a devastating impact on the koalas population. the world wildlife believes there were between one 100 and 200,000 koalas before the final season. the final toll won't be known for months. >> why are koalas so special to us? >> they're not hurting or anything. they just sit and eat. we have to look after them. it is very important that we do. >> reporter: austin's canine team located 16 koalas. around 45 koalas are being

treated for burn. she's grateful for the dark teams. >> it streamlines. they hide themselves very well. >> reporter: a college say because koalas breathe so slowly, it could take 100 years nor repopulation to be rebuilt. that's why save one is important. >> they are gentle creature. they don't hurt each other. they just deserve to live. >> reporter: are you concerned of how well the expertise will bounce back? >> very concerned. people have seen koalas and with the help of the government and like-minded people, we can do something to help him. these are three of eight dogs trained to do this work around the country. >> steve wants to get his dogs

as many areas as possible. >> australia. they seemed like little babies and you can see the pain. >> i love that. >> good job, steve austin. >> he got hit with a fire and now a dog is coming at him. >> are you there to help? >> coming up on "today cbs this morning." the correspondent shows the experience of being jailed in africa, teaching black children to read and how that inspired her career in journalism. i didn't know that. >> before we go, the nearly 20,000 surprise found in the pages of a used book. we'll be right back.

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this is a kpix 5 news morning update. >> good morning. it is 8:55. get a last look at traffic. bay bridge, the metering lights remain on a slow drive. like positions and starting see some stop and go conditions across the upper deck into san francisco. things are winding down nicely here at the richmond-san rafael bridge, seeing things is up right at the toll plaza with no major delays. starting to look better across the san mateo bridge although getting there may still be a bit of an issue. south bound 880 is he out of hayward and break lights north bound 880 that continues out of oakland past the coliseum. break lights north as well.

an overview, slowing go conditions north bound 101 and the right onto 80 south bound coming out of daly city. the check your forecast. rain is on the way. tracking that strong storm system that will bring widespread rain and strong winds for tomorrow morning. in the meantime it is a cold start to the day. bundle up and put in a big coat as you head out the door. areas of frost for inland valleys and freezing fog for parts of the north bay. it will be a dry day today. catching that break with clouds in the afternoon and strong storm rolls in with the rain and the wind especially tomorrow morning. for today 54 in san francisco and oakland, 53 for concord and 57 for san jose. a dry day and the class on the increase today. there we go with that cold front pushing across the bay area bringing wet and windy conditions tomorrow morning.

we could see an isolated thunderstorm for your thursday and a break friday with shower chances for the north bay saturday. tom steyer: no child should have to worry

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