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this is "cbs news mornings." torrential rain, hurricane-force winds, and blizzard conditions. a historic bomb cyclone is slamming the pacific northwest leaving death and destruction in its wake. breaking up google. the justice department is pushing for the tech giant to sell off its popular web browser. a move that could reshape internet searches. first, under wraps. republicans on the house ethics panel vote to block the release of a report on matt gaetz, donald trump's pick for attorney general, as the former congressman returns to the hill. good morning. i'm michael george. matt gaetz is fighting to win over support for his nomination as allegations he paid an underage girl for sex continued to follow him. he's just one of four of donald trump's cabinet picks who have faced sexual misconduct accusations. this morning we're getting a first look at a police report involving a sexual assault

accusation against pete hegseth, trump's choice for defense secretary. jarred hill has the latest. what did we learn in this new police report? >> so according to this report, trump's now pick for defense secretary, pete hegseth, the investigation started with a woman who went to a california hospital requesting a sexual assault exam after a night with hegseth in 2017. she says he took her phone and blocked his hotel room door when she tried to leave after a night of drinking. he says, though, that the encounter was completely consensual. lawmakers aren't releasing anything yet about their probe into trump's pick for secretary of state. >> it was a great day. >> reporter: matt gaetz back on capitol hill wednesday. president-elect donald trump's pick for attorney general flanked by trump's incoming vice president, j.d. vance, met privately with gop senators who will be crucial to gaetz's confirmation. >> very supportive, saying we'll get a fair process. >> reporter: the committee spoke about allegations of sexual misconduct against the florida congressman.

>> we did agree that we would reconvene as a committee on december 5th to consider the matter. >> reporter: trump said he would not reconsider nominating gaetz who is alleged to have attended ten to 15 sex parties and had sex with a 17-year-old. that minor was interviewed by the house committee. cbs news has learned venmo records obtained by house investigators show gaetz paid two women more than $10,000 in 27 payments. gaetz has denied any wrongdoing. senators from both parties say they want to see the report ahead of confirmation. >> how could he conceal this report from the american public? >> either way that information is going to be part of the process. >> reporter: trump has chosen his former acting attorney general, matt whitaker, for u.s. ambassador to nato, and two sources familiar with the transition tell cbs news trump is expected to tap his former director of the office of management and budget, russell vought, to head the agency

again. meanwhile, elon musk and vivek ramaswamy are out with an op-ed detailing their plan to scale back the federal government. this includes looking for thousands of regulations that trump can pause or end, and ending remote work for federal employees which they say could result in a, quote, wave of voluntary terminations, something they say would be welcome. expect legal challenges if president-elect donald trump goes through with there without getting the approval of congress. remember, there is that question about the power of the executive office that's come up in the past. >> all right. jarred hill. thanks. a powerful bomb cyclone, an atmospheric river, continue to pound the pacific northwest with heavy rain, hurricane-force winds, snow, and the threat of flash floods. huge tree limbs toppled onto homes, cars, buses, and power lines knocking out power to hundreds of thousands. two people in seattle were killed by falling trees including a woman who was inside

her home taking a shower. in northern california, blizzard-like conditions shut down parts of the busy i-5 freeway leaving hundreds of trucks stranded. forecasters are calling for an additional five to ten inches of rain in northern california, and another one to three get of snow in the mountains. now to the guilty verdict in the murder of georgia nursing student laken riley. a judge convicted jose ibarra, a venezuelan migrant who entered the country illegally, on all counts and sentenced him to life in prison after heartbreaking testimony from riley's family and friends. cbs' manuel bojorquez reports from the courthouse in athens, georgia. count one, malice murder, we find the defendant guilty. >> reporter: sobbing could be heard in the courtroom as the judge found jose ibarra guilty on all ten counts. >> count three, felony murder, i find the defendant guilty. >> reporter: after the verdict, laken riley's family and friends addressed the court. her mother spoke first. >> on that horrific day my

precious daughter was attacked, beaten, and shown no mercy. she fought for her life in dignity and to save herself from being brutally raped. this sick, twisted, and evil coward showed no regard for laken or human life. we are asking that same be done to him. he took my best friend. >> reporter: riley's younger sister lauren said laken was her biggest protector and best friend. >> i'm completely disgusted having to look and the be in the same room as him. that predator is inhumane and is the epitome of evil. >> reporter: her roommate wore one of riley's shirts to court and said they often ran together. >> i live with excruciating guilt every day that i was not accompanying laken on this run. and that it was her and not me. >> reporter: the prosecutor then

played the police body cam video of the moment her family was told she was dead. she let riley have the last word in her closing argument saying the fight she put up left dna evidence implicating ibarra. >> she scratched him. she marked him. she marked him for everyone to see. she marked him for you to see. >> reporter: the case became a flashpoint in the debate over border security and illegal immigration during the presidential campaign. ibarra is an undocumented immigrant. in a statement, president-elect donald trump said, "although the pain and heartbreak will last forever, hopefully this can help bring some peace and closure to her wonderful family." because the defense decided to forego a trial by jury, the judge was the sole decider in this case. and he did it quickly, coming back with that guilty verdict less than 30 minutes after closing arguments. manuel bojorquez, cbs news, athens, georgia. the justice department is asking a federal judge to impose punishments on google, including

forcing it to sell its popular chrome web browser. the proposed breakup is part of a document filed aimed at preventing the company from continuing to squash its competition. the same judge ruled earlier that google monopolized the online search browser over the past decade. it's not sure how president-elect donald trump will handle the case weather takes office next year. on capitol hill, house speaker mike johnson is making it official. banning transgender men and women from using single-sex restrooms or locker rooms that correspond with their identity. the decision coming just weeks before the first elected transgender member of congress is sworn into office. cbs' scott macfarlane reports from the hill. >> reporter: u.s. house speaker mike johnson took aim at assembly sarah mcbride, the first-ever transgender member elected to congress. with his decision to bar transgender people from using those capitol complex bathrooms

that do not align with their sex assigned at birth. mcbride said she didn't come to washington to fight about bathrooms. republican nancy mace has led the charge to bar mcbride from women's rooms here and does not acknowledge mcbride is a woman. >> we have rights as women, and we have the right not to be bombarded by men in our restrooms. >> reporter: mcbride spoke "cbs sunday morning" in october. >> i can't believe i'm asking this, but i'm going to. what bathrooms will you use in the capitol? >> the bathrooms that i've used in the state senate. the bathrooms that i use when i'm going out to dinner here in wilmington. i'll continue to use the bathrooms that i've used for the last decade plus. >> reporter: and that's the ladies room. >> yeah. >> reporter: president-elect donald trump attacked democrats for supporting transgender rights during the campaign. >> we won't be changing your children's gender with their transgender craziness. >> reporter: speaker johnson

have argued there are unisex bathrooms on the campus. >> a man is a man and a woman is a woman. a man cannot become a woman. >> reporter: democrats blasted his decision. >> we should be getting things done for the american people. instead, we're worried about who's using what toilets, and that's pretty ridiculous. >> reporter: an organization of lgbtq congressional staff issued a statement calling the new rule a direct affront to trans people. sarah mcbride has been in washington taking training and orientation meetings and takes the oath as a new member of congress january 3rd. scott macfarlane, cbs news, the capitol. coming up, a dramatic rescue of a driver trapped in his burning truck. a heartwarming message he had for his wife. and pass the turkey. why this year's thanksgiving meal will cost you less. ♪ (vo) living with your albuterol asthma rescue inhaler? it's a bit of a dinosaur.

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