kpix5 this morning. cbs this morning is coming up right no good morning to you, our viewers in the west. welcome to "cbs this morning". i'm gayle king with anthony mason and tony dokoupil. making the case for removal. how impeachment managers lay out the evidence against president trump in his senate trial. we'll talk with one of them only on "cbs this morning". new virus threat. the coronavirus that killed 17 people may have reached a second u.s. airport. overnight china locks down another city in the province where the outbreak began. >> grammy accusations. organizers pull back publicity. we talk with the suspended ceo who claims the awards are corrupt. and riding with billie eilish. the teenage singing sensation reveals how she uses her toughest moments to reach out to her fans. >> it's thursday, january 23rd, 2020.

today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> to contain a city of 11 million people. >> china locks down another city as coronavirus spread. >> overnight the first case was confirmed in hong kong. >> knowing about the virus we brought extra sanitizers. >> three u.s. firefighters were killed in an air tanker crash in australia. >> it went down during a fire bombing mission. house democrats are getting ready for day two of presenting their case in the impeachment trial. >> i wouldn't give them the time of day. they are on a crusade. >> joe biden fighting criticism for his tense back and forth with the cbs news reporter. >> why? why? why? you get nervous man. tulsi gabbard filing suit

against hillary clinton. arrest warrant has been issued for antonio brown for a felony charge of burglary and battery. >> all that -- >> zion williamson made his debut. >> and all that matters. >> things are getting awkward for mayor buttigieg. >> we look for you to present that hope to people you know. >> sounds like crusty of the clown. >> on "cbs this morning". >> the trial was mostly full of material we heard before there was some breaking news. our own cbs news reporter grace seagers reported the scoop. tom cotton has milk. this is not a drill. he is the first senator to ask >> it must be evenly distributed. right now 1% have the 2%. it is a shame.

>> announcer: this morning's "eye opener" is presented by toyota. let's go places. welcome to "cbs this morning". we're waiting for another day of high stakes drama in president trump's impeachment trial in the senate. democrats are presenting their case in extraordinary detail as they argue mr. trump is guilty of abusing his power and obstructing congress. the president's lawyers call it a sham. we begin with a major new development in china's coronavirus outbreak. two major cities are now under lockdown as china races to contain the mysterious illness that killed 17 people. another city is shutting down all their train stations. >> quarantine orders affect 18 million chinese citizens.

2 it -- it has infected 500 people in six countries including the u.s. where a second case was reported overnight in los angeles. we go beijing. he was in wuhan just before they closed off the city. what about the one confirmed u.s. victim? >> reporter: good morning. that's right. health officials in washington state say that man flew to wuhan province, visited and flew back home. airport screenings have become stronger. take a look at this video. you can see our own cbs news team getting temperature checked by officials right off the plane. such interesting stuff. critics there now are saying china's move to isolate nearly 28 million people may just be too late. >> this infection point -- >> reporter: this was the seen at wuhan's international airport before we boarded our flight. every person wearing a mask in the terminal.

today it will look more like a ghost town along with the main train station. wuhan's 11 million are people told they can't leave. a major step in the city's and country's fight against this virus. >> we stress to them by having this strong action not only they will control the outbreak in their country but they will also minimize the chances of this outbreak spreading internationally. >> that follows several global health guidelines wuhan is enacting. doctors covered head to toe. a quarantine.er ak a look, an officer yelled at us to leave. the u.s. first patient is recovering at a hospital. he's in good condition. concerned about his contact with others. >> as of now there are at least 16 identified close contacts local health departments started

reaching out to them yesterday. >> reporter: dr. diaz admitted him to the hospital monday night. he spoke to carter evans about how they're treating him. >> the robot we're treating has access to a special stethoscope. can hear the patient's lungs, heart to do an exam. >> reporter: the world health organization reconvenes today to decide whether to call this global epidemic health emergency. it's unsure what is really going to happen because these are just early days yet for what could be a global crisis. >> for scale that city in china is about the size of new york city where the restrictions are taking place. thank you very much. back here house impeachment managers accuse the president of believing he's above the law as they lay out their argument that the senate should remove him from office. his democratic accusers spoke for nine hours yesterday. they argued the president directed an effort to cheat in the 2020 election and hold up military aid to ukraine.

republicans dismiss the democrats arguments which will continue today. they insist mr. trump has done nothing wron. and will be acquitted. nancy cordes is on capitol hill where she listened to the testimony all afternoon and into the evening. nancy, good morning. what do we expect from day two? >> reporter: good morning. they have been trying to organize all of this evidence into bite size pieces. they will continue again today. categories like the firing of the u.s. ambassador or the withholding of u.s. aid to ukraine as these house managers try to convince the senate that the president himself was behind an unethical scheme but not clear they changed any minds yet. >> the president went to extraordinary lengths to cheat in the next election. >> reporter: in granular detail the managers laid out how the president, his aides and lawyers sought to deny aid to ukraine.

>> the july 25th call warnlrant close scrutiny. it presents significant and shocking evidence of president trump's corrupt intent. i would like you to do us a favor, though. these word will live in infamy. >> reporter: they express frustration about evidence they were refused. >> the state department sending a first person cable is an extraordinary step. would you like notice read that to you right now? i would like to read to it right now except i don't have it because the state department wouldn't provide it. but if you would like me to read to it you we can do something about it. >> reporter: it added up to abuse of power warranting removal from office. >> his administration was placing an illegal hold on military aid to support our friends. >> reporter: democrats called the arguments masterful. >> this was one of the most

powerful court appearances that i've ever seen. >> reporter: many republicans called it repetitive. >> president trump was not fixing to steal this election. i think that's a crazy conspiracy theory, but really, their whole case is built on that. he came back to it over and over. >> reporter: the president's legal team took notes from a nearby table, readying its defense for later this week. >> we'll be putting on an affirmative case, in defense of the president and pointing out some of the errors in the case that they presented. >> reporter: democrats are still pushing for testimony from new witnesses like former national security adviser john bolton. >> ambassador bolton categorized the corrupt scheme, the pressure campaign as a quote drug deal. i think that ambassador bolton was trying to send us a very >> reporter: some republicans say they are open to witnesses if the bidens testify too.

>> that trade is not on the table. >> reporter: speaking to voters in iowa, former vice president joe biden himself rejected the idea of a witness swap saying that his testimony would only turn the trial into political theater. democrats have two more days for arguments. then the defense gets its shot and clearly the president himself is paying a great deal of attention because he set a new record for tweets yesterday. 142 of them, including dozens on impeachment. his lawyers continue to insist that he will be acquitted soon as early as next week. one week before his state of the union address. >> time is so interesting. he certainly is paying attention. thank you very much. vice president biden may want to avoid the impeachment trial but he's not backing away with his feud with bernie sanders. ed o'keefe caught up with him in iowa. how do we describe this?

is remarkable exchange the word? >> reporter: that's one way to put it. we wanted to ask the former vice president why he's feuding again with bernie sanders. earlier this week biden told us he accepted sanders apology after one of his supporters called him corrupt. but within hours both were out with attack videos. biden calling on his attacks. while sanders is in washington dealing with impeachment biden was out here talking the to voters so we wanted to ask him why this change in strategy? take a look. yesterday you said you accepted bernie's apology. now you're attacking him. why are you doing that? why wasn't an apology enough mr. vice president? why attack sanders. >> why? why? why? you're getting nervous man. calm down. it's okay. he apologized saying i was corrupt. he didn't say anything about whether or not i was telling the

truth about social security. >> thank you guys. >> ed, i wasn't sure where that was going. what were you thinking? >> reporter: look we ask the candidates questions, how they respond is up to them. clearly in this case biden a little touchy because he's sensitive to this charge that he wants to change up social security. yes, as a senator in the 1990s he was open to making changes to federal benefits to balance the budget. but now he says he wants to preserve and expand social security in part because seniors are living longer. how it would be paid for is a detail to be worked out later. look, with biden and sanders either tied or first and second here in iowa and across the country this is a feud likely to continue with 11 days until the iowa caucus. >> the stakes are high. >> i counted only two whys from you. >> i counted three. >> first he didn't want to

answer but then he thought about it and turned around and wanted to' address it. one of the busiest parts of downtown seattle turned into a deadly shooting zone when several people opened fire and fled. investigators say shots rang out wednesday evening after an argument outside a mcdonald's. one person was killed and seven others were wounded. including a 9-year-old boy. most are expected to be okay. police are hunting for the suspects. nikki battiste shows how it all unfolded. >> people started screaming and running and throwing themselves down on the street. >> reporter: terror and panic filled downtown seattle during the busiest time of night. >> i heard bam, bam. i knew it wasn't fireworks. i started screaming. >> there was a dispute that happened in front of the mcdonald's. people pulled out guns. shots rang out. people ran in various directions.

tried to eape the gunfire. ps a then a series of pops. probably a dozen. then i look up the street in panic. everybody was running and hiding. i saw a couple of bodies down. >> reporter: police cruisers and fire engines lined the street. many victims on the ground with gunshot wounds as first responders and witnesses worked to save their lives. at least seven victims were rushed to the hospital. people on the sidewalk were shielding the crowds as a first responder treated one of the victims. >> i'm sick of all this violence. all of this violence. >> reporter: for "cbs this morning," nikki battiste, seattle. we have sad news to report this morning out of australia where three american firefighters are dead after their plane went down there as they fought that country's devastating bushfires. those fires have burned more

than 24 million acres and killed about 30 other people. it's not clear what caused the crash. kimberly pratt is at a fire command center in sidney. kimberly, good morning. what do we know? >> reporter: good morning, guys. i'm here as you said at the world fire service headquarters which is kind of like the engine room of this firefighting operation here in new south wales. officials told us the plane was on fire bombing mission when it crashed. these pictures show that exact plane the c-130 hercules tanker fighting the bushfires in northern california. then a similar type of plane in dn dro in november. in november. they say 130s can carry up to 4,000 gallons of retardant and water to help to contain these flames.

the flight tracker tells us that the plane departed from the richmond airbase just after noon local time but then crashed just outside of canberra creating a large fireball. these have rocked the communities here. their colleagues are quite broken up about this. a bond has been created between the australians and americans over this time. strong winds and high temperatures are fueling these fast spreading flames while nearby residents are being choked with that thick smoke that these guys were some of the more than 100 american firefighters that we thank for coming over here and fighting helps bushfires here with us. gayle. >> it's very, very sad story over there. thank you very much. we're expecting dramatic testimony today in the harvey weinstein trial from an actress. the "sopranos" actress is one of more than 80 women who accuse

harvey weinstein of misconduct. she says he raped this is still early in this trial and already the defense made a motion for a mistrial. they accuse the prosecution of trying to poison the jury in its opening statements by referring to harvey weinstein as a predatory monster. now the judge denied that motion allowing for this landmark case which spurred the me too movement to continue yet another day. harvey weinstein ditched his walker to enter court for opening statements. the 67-year-old's long awaited trial will be decided by a jury of seven men and five women. they are faced with two narratives. prosecutors presented graphic accounts from six women of weinstein's alleged sexual attacks. two of those accounts resulted in criminal charges. in one incident they claimed weinstein had shown up to a woman's hotel room uninvited in

his underwear. in another weinstein injected himself with erection medication before allegedly raping a woman. in the third case weinstein allegedly offered a woman sex with him and his assistant explaining quote this is how the industry works. but weinstein's team counters many of those relationships were consensual or even transaction value. -- transactional. one of weinstein's attorneys showed the jury words used from tempts, emails and other communication in court including one note where one woman who accused weinstein of rape describing weinstein as her casual boyfriend texting him quote, i love you but i hate feeling like a booty call. attorney gloria allred who represent three of the women who will testify in this case say she's confident the truth will come to light in court. >> the defense says there are the two realities. there's really only one reality.

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not have been top choices of voting academy members. ♪ as in years past the recording academy is still promoting sunday night's grammy awards as music's biggest night. but deborah dugan's accusations are putting a harsh spotlight on the integrity of the nominations. variety senior editor. >> general reaction to this complaint has been horror. >> reporter: dugan was put on administrative leave last week after she was accused of misconduct. then she levelled her own grievances saying review committees are shrouded in secretscy and control in large part who is nominated. she claims one artist who came in 18th in initial voting for song of the year not only sat on the committee deciding those nominees but is represented by a member of the academy board. she says that artist wound up as one of the final nominees. >> i got an earful about how

angry the creative community is about it. there's not been a smoking gun quite like this one. >> reporter: dugan's complaint highlighted examples of the academy's alleged lack of diversity saying minority groups are historically unrepresented as both nominees and winners. she pointed to dell's win over beyonce for best album in 2017 which appeared to shock the artist herself. >> it was so monumental. >> reporter: on wednesday four women serving on the board of trustees released a statement defending the academy and its diversity and inclusion task force launched in 2018. they say the task force has created a clear path to follow and opened the door to building even more bridges to the music community at large. >> behind-the-scenes at the recording academy it's probably chaotic and alarmed right now. clearly they did not anticipate what has happened. >> reporter: now in that complaint filed on tuesday dugan also claimed that her

predecessor former ceo neil portnow was accused of rape and that was the real reason his contract of not renewed. portnow released a statement yesterday calling those allegations ludicrous and untrue going on to say he was completely exonerated by an in depth, independent investigation. and the president of the recording academy now says two independent investigations have been launched. he says he will work to make quote needed repairs and changes based on those findings. >> a lot of turmoil. thank you. in our next hour, deborah dugan will be here in studio 57 to talk about this controversy. >> looking forward to that we're discovering new information what happened on jeffrey epstein private island. ahead how he's accused of using local businesses to traffic underas. and watch "cbs this morning" live and on the good download the cbs app and subscribe to cbs all access.

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an open secret. some refer to it as pedophile island. one alleged victim we spoke to wants to know why he wasn't charged sooner. people we spoke to here tell us jeffrey epstein rarely left his private island. but word about his alleged crimes on little st. james did. along with rumors about the 13 month sentence epstein received over a decade ago for procuring an unaderage girl for sex. >> he got a crazy sweetheart deal. we were told it was a super short sentence. maybe house arrest. but that there was basically little to no penalty. >> reporter: to get to little james jeffrey epstein the flew into nearby st. thomas where he had stakes in several businesses. according to the lawsuit hyperian air used helicopters that jeffrey epstein used to

transport young women and underage girls. u.s. attorney general denise george says the web of companies made it difficult to monitor the convicted sex offender. >> was this done to conceal his identity? >> we believe it was. >> reporter: his other business companies was a company called southern trust. he had dies to the american yacht harbor. neither company is named as a defendant in the lawsuit. harbor employee told us this boat with the letters lsj is used to ferry workers and supplies to and from little st. james. according to local media outlets jeffrey epstein donated money to local government officials in the u.s. virgin islands and donated diseases of computers to be given away at schools. >> was he known on tiled as being someone who was philanthropic and donated to charitable causes and upstanding member of the community? >> i can't comment fully on that but definitely i do not think he

was regarded as an upstanding member of the community. it was public knowledge that he was a registered sex offender. >> reporter: george who took office just months before jeffrey epstein' death by suicide last year is now suing epstein's estate alleging he contin to mr. epstein's crimes? >> i can't comment on that. what i do know is that once we got here, this administration, we'll not turn a baseline eye. we'll enforce it. >> reporter: according to local government officials jeffrey epstein made the u.s. virgin islands his permanent residency

in 2010. gayle? >> thank you very much. the questions still continue even after i had death. >> yes. so much we don't know about what went on there. >> yeah. vladimir duthiers is looking at the stories you'll be talking about later today. what will we be talking about later today? >> let me tell you. philadelphia flyers mascot is the focus of a police investigation ahead. why a father says gritty got a little too gritty at a photo event with his son. he'll show you. >> oh, no not gritty. >> that's gritty. >> thank you for that. we'll see you in just a few minutes. first it's 7:43, time to check your local weather.

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>> something for our souls. >> good morning, everybody. here are a few stories you'll be talking about today. the philadelphia flyers mascot faces a police investigation for allegedly assaulting a teenager. the boy's dad says it happened at this photo opportunity with gritty in november. he says the man in the costume punched his son after the 13-year-old lightly tapped the mascot's head. >> wow. >> gritty is known for his antics on and off the ice. the dad initially thought it was horseplay and then realized his son was in pain and needed medical treatment for bruises on his back. the flyers said we took mr. greenwell's allegations seriously and conducted a thorough investigation that found nothing to support that claim. >> never okay for the mascot to attack a child but i would like to know what's the definition of lightly tapped? >> yes. >> we don't know. >> the family wanted the team to

pay his medical bills but instead they offered two all you can eat and passes to the wells fargo center. >> i'm a new york giants fan. i know in philadelphia fans are boisterous. philadelphia has become notorious for physical attacks. feel phanatic is also known for its attacks. >> we should say when you're inside one of those suits it's hard to see no matter what you're doing. >> i saw a kid punch a mascot. we'll see how this pans out. really interesting story here to share with you. a group of parents who were deported from the u.s. are back in america after an unprecedented court ruling. cbs news exclusively captured one family's emotional reunion. take a look at this.

let me explain what's going on. that's 7-year-old allison hugging her dad. early this morning at los angeles international airport. his wife and two other daughters also could not contain their excitement. fernando was deported in august of 2018 after being detained in an ice facility in georgia. he was one of nine parents allowed back into the united states after a federal court ruled they were given false information that ultimately led to their deportation. >> so they haven't seen each other in close to two years. >> it's really good to see them back together. that should not have happened. >> the why found not only had these families been given false information they were coerced in some cases into waiving their rights. >> this is very flawed what's happening to these families to be separated out this way and to hear it's false information. that's not good. >> we're happy we were there to

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good morning to you our viewers in the west. it's thursday, january 23rd, 2020. welcome back to "cbs this morning." i'm gayle king. ahead the next stage in the democrats' case against president trump. we'll talk with house impeachment manager. >> i'm tony dokoupil. the suspended ceo comes right here to studio 57 with her claim the grammy awards are rigged. see how patients volunteer to get rid of doctors' bills in our series a more perfect union. first here is today's eye opener, 8:00. major new developments as china races to contain the mysterious illness that has killed at least 17 people. >> critics are now saying that china's move to try to isolate nearly organize this evidence into bite-sized pieces. it's not clear they've changed any minds yet. >> the planet outside of canberra apparently

creating a large fire bolt. >> the defense made a motion for a mistrial and accused the prosecution of trying to poison the jury in its opening statements by referring to harvey weinstein as a predatory monster. >> we wanted to ask the former vice president why he is feuding again with bernie sanders. >> why, why, why? you're getting nervous, man. calm down. >> addressing the president's lawyer with a bar from the brooklyn rapper notorious big. >> if you don't know now you know. >> of course rap has a long history in our nation's discourse as george washington said in his farewell address as the father of the country please call me big papa throw your hands in the air as you cross the delaware. >> this morning's eyeented by t. let's go places. >> that sounds like george washington. >> i wish he had said that. >> a cooene start something fo. mo wme t"c this

'll n inanagers will resume opening arguments in president trump's senate impeachment trial. for more than eight hours yesterday democrats used testimony, texts, e-mails, even the president's own words. they argued he led an effort to withhold a white house meeting and nearly $400 million in security aid for ukraine unless its president publicly announced an investigation into former vice president joe biden and his son. >> republicans say ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky himself said he felt no pressure from mr. trump. democrats tried to punch holes in that defense claiming zelensky would say anything because ukraine badly needed that military aid, which it did eventually receive. >> like they're going to admit they were being shaken down by the president of the united states. >> they're at war and being told you're not getting 400 million in aid you need unless you do what the president wants and what the president wants are these two investigations.

if you don't believe that is pressure that's $400 million worth of pressure. i got a bridge i want to sell you. >> on his way home from switzerland president trump tweeted or retweeted 142 times yesterday. i believe that is a record for this president, slamming his impeachment as a hoax. there are seven house impeachment managers presenting the democrats' case. one of them is the new york congressman and he joins us from capitol hill in an interview only on cbs this morning. good morning to you, congressman. >> good morning. great to be with you. you and your colleagues are laying out what some say is an extraordinary and excruciating case to remove the president. do you think you're getting through to any republicans who are listening? >> that is certainly my hope. the case has been straight forward. the facts are uncontroverted and

the evidence is overwhelming as it relates to what has taken place here. the president pressured a foreign government to target an american citizen for political gain and at the same time withheld $391 million in military aid from a vulnerable ally that remains at war with russian backed separatists in the east. >> we've heard this. i'm curious about how do you cut through when the defense is saying the president in particular, it's a hoax. there is nothing to see here. it's a big sham. how do you cut through what appears to be just one big talking point? i think people say, congressman, we've heard all of this before. >> it is important to understand what the fundamental allegations are here as it relates to the abuse of power that has taken place and then within that context we are presenting witness testimony after witness testimony including individuals who were trump appointees like gordon sondland who indicated everyone was in the loop and there was a quid pro quo. we have testimony from ambassador bill taylor, a west point graduate, vietnam war

hero. another trump administration appointee. he indicated there was no legitimate reason for the withholding of the aid. we're going to make our case with facts and witnesses and evidence and documents. >> congressman, when you make that case and you look out on the floor of senators we've seen reports that some are doing crossword puzzles, some doze off. do you feel that you have their attention and that they are receptive to the evidence nthat you're bringing forth? >> they'll ultimately have to decide the question of reception. >> you can tell --? >> my sense has been senators on both sides of the ime are paying attention. some have acknowledged the information they are receiving they are hearing and processing for the first time. that's a good thing. a significant number of americans are hearing this information for the first time. and that's an important thing because what this is all about at the end of the day is what

kind of democracy we are going to have. in america no one is above the law. >> congressman, the big lingering question seems to be whether there will be additional witnesses in this senate trial. there was some discussion essentially a witness swap with john bolton and one of the bidens, senator schumer said today, has said that's off the table. is there a possible deal out there that would put witnesses before the senate? do you think? >> well, that's a decision that will ultimately have to be made by all 100 senators and there are different perspectives that we are hearing from a variety of them. i'll leave that to the deliberations that will take place. but here's what i do know. that in america a fair trial involves witnesses, it involves evidence, it involves documents. it involves the presentation of the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. and ultimately the senators will come down on whatever side of this constitutional question that they think is appropriate

but they should hear all of the information before making that decision. they should hear from john bolton, they should hear from mick mulvaney, they should hear from the other witnesses that the president has hidden from the american people. >> is there any chance the house could still subpoena john bolton? >> well, that's a question that remains to be seen. speaker pelosi has indicated that she hasn't ruled it in and she hasn't ruled it out. we're still making the case to those senators and to the american people today. we will be applying the law to the facts that have been set forth, which make clear that the president did attempt to solicit a thing of value, which is phony investigations, into joe biden and his son as well as this russian conspiracy theory in exchange for taxpayer dollars and in exchange for an oval office meeting. >> all rht. well, if you don't know now you know. were you trying to provide a moment of levity or were you just trying to make a point?

quoting biggy. >> well, you know, it was a spontaneous utterance as they say related to what -- george washington perhaps made the most important point and i quoted him yesterday which is that the constitution is sacredly obligatory upon all. that means everyone including the president of the united states. >> all right, congressman jeffries, we'll have to leave it there. i'm sure we'll talk to you again. thank you, sir, for taking the time. >> thank you very much. when arguments resume in the impeachment trial around 1:00 eastern time today cbs news of course will bring live coverage in a special report. the recording academy faces accusations that nominations for awards are rigged just days before the grammy ceremony. it's suspended ceo is in our toyota green room with the explosive allegations.

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♪ days before the 62nd annual grammy awards suspended ceo of the recording academy is accusing the organization of rigging the voting system. deborah dugan says she was put on leave for accusing the academy's general counsel joel katz of sexual harassment at a dinner and fighting alleged krumgs. katz's attorney said his client denies her version of that evening. dugan also says former academy ceo neil portnow's contract was not renewed because he was accused of raping a foreign recording artist. portnow calls those allegations ludicrous and untrue. >> the academy says dugan was accused of creating an abusive and beautifullying environment by a former assistant and she

was placed on administrative leave after filing her own complaint and offering to withdraw it and quit for $22 million. the academy is investigating dugan's allegations, and the claims made against her. we should note grammy awards air here on cbs and dugan joined gayle to announce the nominations. deborah dugan and her attorney are here. welcome to you both. thanks. >> thank you. >> i want to state. you've throne a fire bomb into the grammy awards. >> i have. >> yes you have. i want to start with one principle accusation about the voting. you basically say that the board of the grammy's is permitted simply to add in artists for nominations who did not even make the initial 20 artist list voted by members. >> yes. >> should we see the grammys on sunday as rigged? >> listen, there's a process in place where the members vote and that's the beauty of the grammys

and i have to just pause and say thank you for hosting me because i do know you're hosting the grammys on sunday so that must be awkward, at least. that process, where music makers are voting for music makers is probably one of the most beautiful things in music. i'll just say that out loud. unlike other awards where it's about fans, or it's about popularity, the grammys are about voting -- >> get to the part if it's rigged. >> what happens is that the board are on the various committees. then there is -- >> there are committees that review the nominations -- >> that come up from the membership. >> 20 names that end up coming in. >> yes. >> then committees, you call them secret committees, nomination review committees. >> yes. others call them secret committees. that wasn't my term. but, yes. in that room not only are there

trustees that have conflict of interest on particular artists that are nominated but more importantly there are even artists that are nominated that are in the room. so for me that's just such a blatant conflict of interest. this process, by the way, could be fair and transparent and i believe artists, i believe good people at the recording academy for which there are so many, so many good people on the board, they deserve better. and so they should have a fair transparent system. >> is it a term you would apply to it? >> yes, it is. >> you specifically call out the song of the year category. you believe there's somebody in the song of the year category that shouldn't be in that category and somebody else should. >> i don't know who should or should not be. but there's conflict of interest that taint the system. >> what you allege in that 20 name list for song of the year somebody at the bottom of the

list was moved up to the top five. >> that's true. >> can you name -- >> i don't want to name who that is for the artist integrity. >> why did that occur? >> because there is a system of taking care of their own. i'll say it's mostly white male that are in those rooms, that make these decisions, and there's conflict of interest. so -- >> how did this all start. >> it will all come out. if you represented that artist, you have financial gain if they, of course, get nominated for a grammy. >> take us back. you come highly credentialed. you work at disney. you ran bono's one campaign. your record really does speak for itself. how did this start for you? you were accused by an assistant of creating a toxic hostile environment. isn't that how it started.

female assistant. >> i will just say i never had filed an hr claim or had an hr claim against me and i've been -- >> you were accused of being abusive. >> right. i'm sorry, i can't even keep a straight face on that accusation. i came in, there's a culture of sexism and corruption. there's a few bad apples. but at grema thi the normal redeployment of a prior ceo's assistant would be to let them go. and i did not. >> you retained the assistant to neil portnow, the outgoing head of the recording -- >> yes. i said you'll all have a place at the recording academy. if not with me let's work it out. >> only ceo in corporate america put on suspension for an allegation by the former ceo executive assistant for bullying. you know most people would say

that's the boss and the boss comes in and they get to choose their executive assistant. she's placed on this lead because she complained about all the things in the complaint. she complained about the rigged voting system. she complained about the boy's club. she complained she was sexually harassed. >> when did you make that complaint and to whom. >> all along i spotted things saying this doesn't seem right and sort of complaining all along, quite frankly. but i kept wanting to make it work. i wanted to make a difference from the inside. i thought even with the voting aster bill as it sounds i was going to wait until the grammys were over and we had a forum to discuss. >> the timing for a lot of people does sound suspicious. >> i only came out to be here today because i was so severely retaliated against. i didn't want to be here. i wanted to give a speec today about women in the industry that

i was supposed to give. >> the time is in our favor. the executive assistant did raise a complaint. and weeks went by where nothing happened. and then she had been complaining all along, deborah, but then sends a complaint and email to human resources and that's when they suspend her. then they begin to orchestrate a serious retaliation. >> but now it's under investigation. do you want to go back if you're cleared. do you want to go back and work in the grammys. >> i wouldn't go back if they are willing to change. there's a few bad eggs and so many wonderful people. i believe not for profit to represent artists. >> we're getting pushed off. >> to be continued. we'll be right back. i'm tom steyer and i approve this message.

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we each get to pick a story that we like to share with each other and all of you. who's first? >> i'm going first. so yesterday i told you about the cold-blooded iguanas. >> as a sequel? >> and i have a sequel. i have an important update. the reptiles are stunned by the cold as a reminder. that makes an easy pickings for people selling iguana meat. that is right. it started showing up on facebook marketplace overnight. apparently it is a delicacy in other parts of the world. it is considered the chicken of trees, in fact. [ laughter ] there are at least six different ways to enjoy -- >> no thanks. >> your fallen iguana. the only recommendation is you don't have it as ceviche, a raw dish. that would be a salmonella risk. do you think popeyes has come out with iguana? >> no. they always say it tastes like chicken.

tony doliday season at your bookstore. [ laughter ] >> your turn. >> okay, scottie singer lewis capaldi is nominated for his hit "someone you loved." ♪ and now the day bleeds and tonight falls ♪ ♪ and you're not here to get me through it all ♪ >> yesterday i spoke with capaldi on instagram live about how he feels about his first grammy nomination. take a listen. >> these awards and stuff, it was never something -- i mean i never expected. it's just a very lovely bonus. and hopefully if you win won, album sales go through the roof. so fingers crossed for that one. >> the fingers crossed for that one. >> what a voice. >> his song has been number one for seven weeks in the uk. it is the first number one by a

scottish solo artist in almost 40 years. the prior was who? sheena easton. >> got it. his album is good. i bought his album. my side of the table is still talking about music, the grammys. despite the controversy over leadership, the recording academy, it is a big mess, but it does not take anything away from the artist that we are highlighting tonight. ♪ and that's what this is all about. the 60-second annual grammy awards remains focused on celebrating this said artist to get ready. so we've been hanging out with this year's nominees in our road to the grammys series. all of them featu 10/9 central. i did ask deborah, they don't have anything to do with this? they don't. one nominee who is as multi-faceted as she is multitalented is up for six grammys, and she is still a teenager. billie eilish. of course i'm talking about her.

she's 18. ♪ >> what's your name? >> what's my name? billie. >> billie eilish is hard to explain. in a single day we saw a lot of moving parts. someone as changeable as the color of her hair. ♪ so you're a tough guy >> there is billie eilish, the one one. ♪ i'm the bad guy >> and then there's billie eilish, the serious one. >> i didn't ever think i would be happy again ever. >> but she is happy again. it is really fun to be riding in the car with the artist looking -- you know where it gives the name of the artist on the radio and then they're singing along with it. that was very cool. >> she is so impressive. >> and also, you know, you look at all of her -- she is a really very pretty girl, very pretty and very talented.

>> she's wearing the blue blockers though. >> she likes changing herself up. her struggles are no secret to her fans. she often refers to them in her lyrics a lot. and she makes it a point to be a source of support for them. some topics might find this very difficult. "i love you" is kind of a sad song. >> it is, but it's about how terrifying the feeling of love is and how debilitating it is. >> no subject is too personal, as someone who used to hide self-inflicted cuts on her arms, with cuts on theirs. >> i just grab them by the shoulders. and i'm, like, please take care of yourself and be good to yourself and be nice to yourself. don't take that extra step and hurt yourself further, and you can't take it back. >> she admits, she said very candidly she wasn't sure how

long she would be on this earth because she felt so sad at times. and so she has a particular sensitivity when she can see others who are hurting. she's a very, very special girl. >> that's a very important message. good way to use your powers as an artist. >> and thinking about the importance of that message we want to say this. if you or someone you know is thinking about self-harm, there is a number you can call. it's the national line. it's on mental illness. the help line number is 1-800-950-6264. i'm going to say it again and we'll put it on the website. 1-800-950-6264. someone is there. you can see more of our conversation with billie eilish and the other nominees. we've got lizzo, blake shelton, lil nas x, the jonas brothers and a special appearance by gwen stefani. it's really fun. people kept saying there's no way they're going to do it and then they would say yes. it's in our grammys special tonight airing tonight at 10/9 central. and the 60-second annual grammy

awards, despite all this controversy, it's still a great show, sunday night right here on cbs to celebrate the work of the artists. a texas family is threatening legal action after their teenage son was told he could not walk at graduation because of his hair. the bar bare's hill school district said that his long dreadlocks violate its dress code. he is being forced to either cut his hair or face an in-school suspension. the arnold family says this is about race. omar villafranca is in mount bellview, texas. does his hair violate a school policy? >> reporter: under this policy, yes. now, deandre wears his hairs up. it's not in his eyes and it's not below his collar. the superintendent told us it doesn't matter if boys wear their hair up or if they wear their hair down. what matters is the length. now the family is pleading with

the district for an exception. >> this isn't how i wanted to remember my senior year at all. >> reporter: his final semester at barber's hill high school was supposed to be filled with memories that would stay with him forever. >> it's always up and it's kind of off the regulation. >> reporter: he's been wearing this hairstyle since the seventh grade. his mom thinks it's a black and white issue. >> there is no people of color on the school board so i get it that they don't understand about his hair. >> reporter: is his hairstyle a disrarks or does it stop him from learning in any way? >> not a billionth. he has good grades. i don't get calls about that. i don't get calls because he's disrespectful. >> at least once a week i'm getting called to the office about your hair. what's impeding your learning more, you getting called to the office or your hair? >> me getting called to the office. every week.

i can count on it. >> every school district in the nation has a dress code. i don't think you can go to school in your underwear. >> reporter: superintendent gary poole says the dress code which has been in place for 30 years only limits hair length, not style. >> we'd love to see him back in class, and there is no way we would inhibit him in graduating, but we are going to be fair to the 6,200 other kids that have to comply by the same policy. >> reporter: they said he will be able to graduate but he just couldn't walk? >> right. >> reporter: i'm a parent, you're a parent. >> it ain't happening. >> reporter: you want the walking. you've put in the work. you saw your peers. you are going to take that away from him? i mean, it's unfair. >> reporter: is it a look, is it a cultural thing? is it a heritage thing? >> being around my dad and around his people, it's something i wanted to take part in. you know, the dreadlocks, that was just something i really liked. >> reporter: just last year,

california became the first state to began discrimination against black students and employees over their natural hairstyles. [ cheers and applause ] new york and new jersey have since signed similar bills into law. jerry monroe is a community activist working with the family. >> reporter: when you heard they wanted him to cut his hair and they're saying it's a dress code thing, do you believe that? >> no. we are located in one of the most racist counties in the state of texas. >> reporter: you think it's all -- >> i don't think i know. i know. >> reporter: let me play devil's advocate here. are you willing to cut your hair? >> no. what i'm willing to do is just get out of the situation. >> reporter: how? >> by going to a different school if i had to because i'm not going to sit here and deal with this. i'm a senior. i'm about to graduate. i'm about to go to college. i don't need any added stres on me. >> reporter: deandre has been getting a lot of support from his friends and from another dea

ndre, houston texans star wide receiver who said never cut your locks. and he is looking forward to go to college, but today they say they are going to be looking for another high school to graduate from. anthony? >> that's heartbreaking to me, omar. he says he gets good grades, he's a good student, he's a good person. isn't that what should matter? people need to be reminded, especially in the black culture, your hair. dreadlocks are an acceptable -- they are not an unusual hairdo. it just drives me crazy when i see stories like this. it's insulting, anthony. >> when the superintendent says he can't go to his school in his underwears. >> last time i checked he was wearing clothes. and now he has to change schools. makes no sense. ahead in perfect union series, how patients struggling with medical bills are getting help by agreeing to

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about finding good food in school. so, when my wife kat and i learned california public school children couldn't get fresh produce in the cafeteria, we took action. we partnered with local farmers, school kitchens, a non-profit. that program now serves over 300 million healthy meals every year. the difference between words and actions matters. that's a lesson washington dc could use, right now. i'm tom steyer and i approve this message. ♪ our series a more perfect union aims to show what unites us as americans is far greater than what divides us. this morning how one doctor's idea for reducing medical debt is bringing a community together. meg oliver shows us the plan is

paying off in more ways than one. meg, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the numbers are staggering. around 43 million americans under 65 have past due medical bills. according to a recent study yearly u.s. medical debt totals $88 billion. one surgeon in the nation's heartland is offering to eliminate debt for his patients if they agree to pay it forward. nebraska surgeon is on a medical mission. after serving eight years as an air force doctor across asia he realized company make an impact close thoerm. >> we can't ignore the people in our own backyard. >> reporter: the nerve specialist saw a recurring problem in his clinic healing hands of nebraska. people couldn't afford surgery. >> six months ago he started a program that offers patients the option to pay for surgery by volunteering for local humanitarian groups. he and i had staff calculate the

number of hours required based on the complexity of the surgery. >> i don't care if you're a multi-billionaire or guy on the street concern with a styrofoam cup. you get offered the same option. why? because it's fair. >> reporter: the arrangement seemed more than fair to troy and his wife. medical debt took them to the brink of bankruptcy. they agreed to pay for his surgery by volunteering at a local charity. jeffen jenson also agreed. >> nothing more depressing to see a bill for $18,000, $20,000 and $24,000 and how much will my insurance cover. >> reporter: his surgery added up to 560 hours. orenson mor than 100p tocoribut.

>> of those 105, i probably knew 30 or 40 of them. really without this prra surgery wouldn't have been done. >> reporter: he hopes his mission will inspire more doctors to fine creative ways to relief their patients medical expenses. >> it's not about practice. it's about restoring hope for patients by giving them the opportunity to arrest back control of their health care. >> reporter: right now a small barack oba program. he said my stress level has gone down. my job satisfaction as soared. he hopes this helps more doctors. >> how does he afford maintain his practice. >> that's a big question. about 10% he estimates will qualify for this. so 90% of patients are still paying so they can stay afloat. think of it as a lawyer doing

pro bono work. he's done it for years around the world. now in his backyard. >> it's terrible where people are working off their medical needs. >> i like the fact we just want it to be fair. i have to say to you your favorite daughter maria called. she said she would like to stay up tonight and watch the grammy primetime special. that's what she said. >> you're welcome, meg. >> all right, meg. thank you very much. good to see you. today "cbs this morning" podcast we talk to director of the center for american women and politics at rutgers university. she discusses the role of gender in the presidential campaign. listen wherever you like to get your podcast. before we go how a 91-year-old dancing queen is inspiring others to get up and move. she will be watching the grammys. >> that's right. >> all right. we'll be right back.

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good morning, it is 8:55. still a pretty busy thursday morning ride use head along 880 right now. both directions seeing a lot of break lights. south and northbound. also northbound 101 we are reports of a crash blocking 2 lanes you have break lights in the commute direction as well. southbound 880 if your commute takes you into the fremont area you will see slow conditions because of this accident, you will see break lights effecting your drive toward the san matteo bridge. 33 minutes to go westbound. looking at the rest of the

forecast. we may see a few sprinkles. a couple hundredths. the northern half of sonoma county and up wards. upper 50s for daytime highs and looking past today in the 7 day forecast. next chance of rain coming in on saturday, second half of the day. picking up a quarter inch into early and sunday and those are the only 2 times with chance of rain. i'm tom steyer and i approve this message.

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