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social media. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or it's thursday, january 12th, 2023. this is the "cbs morning news." second batch. more classified documents found from president biden's time as vice president. what we know about the growing criticism. ?>> i'm really upset, but what can i do? travel chaos. flights temporarily grounded nationwide after a safety program fails. the government's message to air travelers today. calls to resign. republican congressman george santos is facing investigations over his finances and background. his new comments about his future in congress. good morning, and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green.
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republicans are demanding answers from president biden this morning after another batch of documents marked classified were found in a second location. the material is connected to mr. biden's time as vice president. it's the second disclosure in just three days after lawyers for mr. biden found roughly ten classified documents at a former office back in november. earlier this week, mr. biden said that he was surprised to learn of the documents. jarred hill is in new york with more on this. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. we knew that investigators had started looking for more potentially classified documents connected to president biden after the first set was found in november. now the white house is refusing to say really anything about what this latest batch has or why it's taken months to disclose any of this. >> have you been briefed on the second batch of documents? >> reporter: cbs news has learned more documents marked classified from president biden's time as vice president
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were found in at least one additional location than previously known. it's not clear when the additional documents were located, but the discovery was made after mr. biden's personal lawyers found the first batch of roughly ten documents at the office of his former think tank in d.c. that happened on november 2nd. they turned the files over to the national archives who then informed the department of justice. >> we are committed to doing the right thing, doing this in the right way. >> reporter: a source familiar with the doj's review did not identify the additional location where those documents were found. the u.s. attorney charged with investigating the biden documents is aware of this latest discovery. >> this does increase the kind of political visibility, it does give another talking point to republicans. >> reporter: in fact, some republicans have alleged a double standard compared to the ongoing probe into how former president trump handled presidential records. last august federal agents executed a search warrant at
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mar-a-lago yielding more than 100 documents marked classified. that came after trump for months refused requests to hand over the material. why did they treat president trump totally different? why did they raid? >> reporter: the office of the director of national intelligence has already launched a damage assessment of the trump documents. house republicans have requested an assessment be conducted of the biden materials, as well. and on capitol hill, calls for transparency are coming from both sides of the aisle. anne-marie, the top democrat and republican on the senate intelligence committee are asking the director of national intelligence for access to the biden documents and the trump documents, as well as for briefings on just what happened in both of these situations. >> all right. jarred hill in new york. thank you. the government plans to investigate a computer breakdown that caused a travel nightmare for millions of passengers. the faa grounded all flight departures yesterday morning after a safety program malfunctioned. it was lifted after 90 minutes,
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but the move led to more than 10,000 delays and nearly 3,000 canceled flights by the end of the day. now lawmakers want to know how the glitch happened. kris van cleave reports. >> reporter: as flight delays and cancelations climb, is working to understand why a key safety system failed so spectacularly it halted flights nationwide, parked planes from l.a. to d.c. >> every single flight in the country is stopped. you would not think this could happen in this day expect age. >> reporter: with the departure board a sea of red delays, kareem perry and jessica worry they could miss their cruise in miami. how nervous are you guys? >> a little bit. little nervous. you know -- >> we're staying positive. we'll make it. >> reporter: issues with the faa's notice to air mission system began tuesday afternoon and continued overnight. it alerts pilots to conditions and potential safety issues on their route. this failure comes a week after another faa system glitch delayed flights at key florida airports. transportation secretary pete
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buttigieg -- you've been critical of the airlines and their operational challenges. >> yeah. >> reporter: are you going to be as critical of dot here? because this was a failure on your watch, of your systems. >> we're going to own it. we're going to find it, and we're going to fix it. >> reporter: do people need to worry about another failure like this tomorrow? >> what people need to know is that we will not allow anything to take place that is not safe. but this is precisely why our focus right now is on understanding, identifying, and correcting anything related to the root cause of how this happened in the first place. >> reporter: former ntsb chair robert sumwalt. >> the faa out of an abundance of caution did the right thing here by grounding the airplanes until they could get the system rectified. >> reporter: we're hearing something as simple as a corrupted data file could have kicked off this latest aviation meltdown. there is now a growing list of lawmakers on capitol hill on both sides of the aisle demanding answers. the airlines are hoping thursday
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looks a lot more like normal. kris van cleave, cbs news, reagan national airport, virginia. much of storm-ravaged northern california is again under flood alerts this morning as heavy rain and powerful winds continue to pummel the area. at least 18 people have died since the storms started late last month. more severe weather is forecast into the next week. near san luis obispo, the search resumed for a missing 5-year-old boy swept awayrom his mo's arms by floodwaters on monday. like so many other parts of the state, sacramento has been inundated as flooding talented homes. in southern california a break in the weather allowed people in santa barbara to clean up all the mud after days of torrential rain and flooding. >> a park, a neighborhood park that was completely flooded as the creek overflowed. so yeah, we're just trying to get it back into usable shape. >> over the past two weeks, most
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of california has received up to 600% of its normal rainfall. the suspect in the murders of four university of idaho students is expected back in court today. a status hearing is being held for 28-year-old bryan kohberger. he faces four counts of first-degree murder in connection with the stabbing deaths in november. he is not expected to enter a plea. it comes as a neighbor in kohberger's apartment building in pullman, washington, says that he talked with him about the murders just days after they occurred. the neighbor, who asked not to be identified, spoke exclusively with lilia luciano. >> he brought it up in conversation, asked if i'd heard about the murders. and -- which i did, and then he said, yeah, it seems like they have no leads. seems like it was a crime of passion. at the time of our conversation, it was only like, you know, a few days after it had happened. there wasn't much details out. >> the search warrant for kohberger's apartment has been sealed temporarily. a judge said that the details
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could, quote, prematurely end the investigation and create a threat to public safety. republican leaders in new york are calling on embattled gop congressman george santos to resign immediately. santos, who was sworn in to office last week, was swarmed by reporters at the capitol yesterday. he said that he will not step down. santos is facing multiple investigations by prosecutors over his personal and campaign finances and lies about his resume and heritage. house speaker kevin mccarthy says that it's up to voters to decide santos' future. >> the voters have a voice, and it's not what people pick and choose based upon -- some people continue to serve. >> disgraced the house of representatives, and we do not consider him one of our congress people. >> congressional democrats have asked the house ethics committee to investigate santos. coming up, an update on first lady jill biden, how she's doing after undergoing surgery to remove cancerous lesions.
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a game in cincinnati. doctors said he underwent a comprehensive medical evaluation after being transferred to a buffalo hospital on monday. bills coach sean mcdermott says it's too soon to know when hamlin might visit the team. >> obviously grateful first and foremost that he's home and with his parents and his brother, which is great. sure it's felt like a long time since he's been able to be home naturally there. and i'm sure it's a great feeling. >> doctors say hamlin will continue his rehabilitation at home and with the bills. cbs chicago says a fire caused extensive damage to an illinois chemical plant. yesterday's fire about 90 miles southwest of chicago sent thick smoke billowing into the air. a shelter-in-place order for people living nearby was lifted about eight hours after the fire started. officials say the plant was evacuated, and all employees were accounted for. one firefighter, though, did suffer minor injuries.
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needed to ensure current energy supplies. and we have an update on a call to ban gas stoves and an iconic west coast fast food restaurant is expanding east. shanelle kaul has those stories and more in today's cbs "money watch" report. >> reporter: stocks rose wednesday as investors anticipate a key inflation report. the dow gained 268 points. nasdaq rose by 189. the s&p also up by 50 points. the consumer product safety commission is rolling back a possible move to ban gas stoves. this comes days after a commissioner with the agency called them a hidden hazard and said the feds were considering a ban. the commission says it's researching emissions and looking for new ways to improve
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air quality. starting next week, microsoft employees can take as much vacation as they want. the tech giant calls this a more modern and flexible model. the new policy will apply to roughly 122,000 u.s. employees. and in-and-out burger is moving east. the restaurant chain plans to open more locations in and around nashville and build a 100,000 square-foot corporate hub in tennessee by 2026. this marks the company's first expansion east of texas. that's your cbs "money watch" report for this thursday morning. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. up next, remembering jeff beck. we have reaction to the death of the grammy-winning guitarist who left his mark on rock and roll history. trying to control my asthma felt anything but normal. ♪ ♪
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on kpix news, what is next for the gallery owner in this viral video. we have all seen it. >> waiting to see what happened with that one. powerful storms pounding the bay area, taking a deadly turn in sonoma county. one of the biggest impacts from pouring rain is showing up as damage to private property. the question, what if insurance doesn't cover it? experts weigh in on what you need to know. we are finally catching a break from all the heavy rain. i will time out the next set of storms in your full forecast. we can use the break on the roadways. even with the dry conditions we have trouble spots with road closures. i will tell you exactly where. today, pasta problems. why a favorite product of italian americans is being discontinued. first, let's go to

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