captioning sponsored by cbs >> mason: is the white house a glass house? the president blasts al franken's sexual misconduct, but what about his own past? >> senator franken has admitted wrongdoing, and the president hasn't. >> mason: also tonight, 37 shopping days. >> i am so ready to spend money. >> i want to go home with no regrets. >> mason: what they're cooking up at brick-and-mortar stores to get you in the door. >> this is great. they have awesome brownies. >> mason: jesse jackson reveals the health battle he's facing. and steve hartman-- >> hit paydirt, literally. >> mason: ...with a history-making show-and-tell. >> i found three pencils, an eraser stuck to play-doh. >> reporter: whoa! >> no, i seriously did.

this is the "cbs evening news." >> mason: good evening. i'm anthony mason. president trump has tiptoed around republican senate candidate roy moore, but today, he dove tweet-first into the sexual assault case, attacking the democratic senator from minnesota on twitter. that had reporters asking whether sexual misconduct allegations against mr. trump should be investigated as well. his spokeswoman responded, "senator franken has admitted wrongdoing. the president hasn't. that's where we begin tonight with chief white house correspondent major garrett. >> mr. president, do you believe roy moore's accusers? >> reporter: president trump has repeatedly declined to answer questions about alabama senate candidate roy moore, but on twitter, he was full of outrage over allegations of sexual harassment by democratic senator al franken.

the al frankenstein picture is really barkd the prewrote. this photograph shows franken appearing to grope leann tweeden on a u.s.o. tour. franken has apologized but the president wondered, "where do his hands go in pictures two, three, four, five, and six, while she sleeps?" the "access hollywood" tape made clear where mr. trump thought his hands should go? go. more than a dozen women have accused mr. trump of unwanted sexual advances. in the heat of the campaign, summer zervos, a former contestant on "the apprentice" leveled this charge: >> he put me in an embrace and i tried to push him away. >> reporter:let trump campaign's spfns a denial and deflect by bringing up sexual misconduct by bill clinton.

juanita broderick spoke to the press ahead of the presidential debate. >> bill clinton raped me and hillary clinton threatened me. i tonight think there's any comparison. >> reporter: the national debate over sexual misconduct has led to a reassessment of mr. clinton's behavior. an investigation of sexual harassment claims eventually led to his impeachment when he lied under oath about his affair with white house intern monica lewinsky. >> i misled people, including even my wife. i deeply regret that. >> reporter: one prominent senate democrat, kristen gillibrand of new york, was asked if in today's context, mr. clinton should have stepped down. >> yes, i think that is the appropriate response, but, um, i think things have changed today, and i think under those circumstances, there should be a very different reaction. >> reporter: back to this white house, press secretary sarah sanders said today the president has addressed the moore allegations.

he has not. the official white house position is they were extremely troubling but it is up to the voters of alabama to decide if moore is fit for office. >> mason: today, the moore campaign brought out a group of female supporters, including the candidate's wife. the story continues now with dean reynolds in birmingham. >> reporter: one woman after another trouped to the microphone today to sing the praises of roy moore, they included his wife, kayla. >> he will not step down. ( applause ). >> that's right! >> reporter: moore's campaign this week has been a bullhorn tribute to his character. >> to the people of alabama, thank you for being smarter than they think you are. >> reporter: "they" are moore's critics who accept the allegations by several women that his behavior toward them ranged from unwanted advances to assault and that he is unfit for office as a result. moore has threatened to sue his accusers for defamation, but a federal prosecutor here says pursuing the women in court is "patently absurd."

polls say moore's support is slippingut but his bible-reading base is fired up, an important factor in a special election on a tuesday in december. >> i would contend that his followers are more religious than they are christian. >> reporter: steve flowers is an alabama political columnist. >> moore's peep will not stay home. that 75- to 80-year-old guy who lives in the evangelical church, he's got december 12 circled on his calendar. and, dean, that's not an opportune day for an election for a soccer mom. >> reporter: but alabama's evangelicals may not be in step with the rest of the country. >> the credibility of evangelicals is being harmed by the perception that evangelicals don't care about the victims but instead just care about political power. i care about the victims. i think jesus does, too. >> reporter: and speaking of political power, alabama's governor kay ivey reiterated today that she intends to set

aside her misgivings and vote for roy moore next month, anthony to, help the republicans ensure their control of the u.s. senate in washington. >> mason: dean reynolds in birmingham tonight, thanks, dean. we have an update now on jeff pegues' reporting from last night. the senate judiciary committee has asked the president's son-in-law, jared kushner, for documents regarding a backdoor russian overture and a dinner invitation during the 2016 campaign. jeff has learned this came from two russian nationals who wanted to meet with mr. trump. sources say kushner declined the invitation but failed to disclose that fact to the committee. one day after house republicans passed a tax overhaul, the senate version cleared committee today on a straight party-line vote. this followed 25 hours of debate that got heated at the end. here's chief congressional correspondent nancy cordes. >> this bullcrap that you guys throw out here really gets old after a while. do it right at the end of this!

>> reporter: tension had been building in the senate finance committee for four days. >> when republicans are in power, the first thing they want to do is give tax cuts to the rich. that's just what's-- it's in their d.n.a. >> i really resent anybody saying that i'm just doing this for the rich. give me a break. >> reporter: at 9:40 last night, committee chairman orrin hatch and ohio democrat sherrod brown decided to have it out. >> with all due respect, i get sick and tired of the richest people getting richer-- >> regular order, mr. chairman. >> listen, i've honored you by allowing you to spout off here. and what you said is not right. that's all i'm saying. now, i come from the lower middle class originally. we didn't have anything. so don't spew that stuff on me. >> reporter: at the heart of the debate was new analysis by the joint committee on taxation, a bipartisan congressional operation. it says the republican senate plan would initially lead to tax cuts at all income levels but

low-income americans would start seeing their taxes go up in 2021, and by 2027, all individuals making $75,000 or less would pay more than under current law, partly because many of the plan's tax breaks are temporary. kevin hassett is the president's chief economist. >> of course, the hope for everybody is when the time comes for these things to expire that they get extended. >> reporter: but there is no guarantee. and democrats argue that businesses and the wealthy reap permanent benefits from this tax plan. republicans believe they can pass the bill without democratic support, so there is little incentive, anthony, to compromise. >> mason: nancy cordes with the tax battle at the capitol. thanks. the reverend jesse jackson revealed today that he is being treated for parkinson's disease. the civil rights leader and two-time presidential candidate said he was diagnosed with the neurological disorder two years

ago. jackson is 76. in a written statement he said parkinson's "is not a stop sign but rather a signal they must make lifestyle changes and dedicate myself to physical therapy." ohio state university may be a bit quieter, even though it's a football weekend. nearly a third of the school's fraternities are under investigation for misconduct. so the administration decided to suspend all of them. errol barnett reports from columbus. >> reporter: students living on ohio state university's frat row don't seem fazed by the suspensions of 37 fraternities. will towers, whose frat is under investigation, denies any wrongdoing. >> we didn't kill anybody. we're not haitian anybody. we're just trying to have fun. >> reporter: ohio state suspended activities after it opened a number of investigations involving hazing and alcohol. the school describes the decision as proactive, saying in a statement it will "will not tolerate behavior that puts the

health and safety of students at risk." the move makes it the fifth campus this month to restrict greek organizations. texas state and florida state universities did so only after a student died. and this week, officials announced new charges in the penn state hazing death of tim see piazza. >> i do commend ohio state for doing this, certainly as a preemptive measure, given what's happened. >> reporter: david burkman, a former fraternity member who wrote and direct a fictional moving about hazing said ohio state is trying to prevent incidents. >> i think that the university needs to do a lot more than just a social ban. i think this is a systemic problem. >> why does there have to be any dust? >> reporter: ohio state senior madeline touhey whose brother is in a fraternity elsewhere feels a suspension is a necessity. >> that message has to come from the university down or else kids won't take things serial leer.

>> mason: baltimore police detective sean souter is being remembered as a great cop known for his smart and his smile. he was an army veteran, husband, and father of five. his brothers and sisters in blue tonight are searching for his killer. kris van cleave is there. >> we're always one tip away. we're one moment away from breaking this case wide open. >> reporter: with a police helicopter circling, investigators continued to search home in balt's harland park neighborhood more than 48 hours after detective sean souter was shot in the head in broad daylight while investigating a homicide. police commissioner: >> the murder of a cop always has been and always will be something that is absolutely unacceptable in this free society. >> reporter: police have not identified a suspect but believe he is still in baltimore and may be injured. detective souter's gun was fired multiple times. police are looking at all possibilities including that it was used to kill the 18-year police veteran and father of the

five. >> violence in the city is out of control. >> reporter: the streets here that aren't blocked by police cruisers and crime tape are largely quiet and residents are unwilling to talk. darrell shelton grew up here. >> it's not just a neighborhood, but the whole city, and it's just saying that-- there are just too many guns on the street. and people are just indiscriminately using them whenever and wherever they want to. >> reporter: we are still seeing heavily armed police searching this neighborhood. as the reward in this case has climbed to nearly $200,000, 2017 is the third year in a row baltimore has passed 300 homicides. anthony. >> mason: kris van cleave, thanks, kris. near philadelphia last night, a five-alarm fire destroyed a nursing home. 160 people were intdz. many had to be rescued. some are still not accounted for. at least 16 are in the hospital. the red cross is helping evacuees find shelter. investigators are waiting for

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nearly every closet in this 100-year-old school. >> i found a really old coin. >>. >> reporter: they're finding really old things, some more recent, and some much more recent. >> there's a camera! >> reporter: all of it uncovered with a kind of glee. >> wow! >> reporter: rarely seen in a grade school classroom. >> a piece of metal! >> i found three pencils, an eraser stuck to play-doh. >> reporter: whoa! >> no, i seriously did. >> under there it's just blarks blark mystery things in black. >> i just don't want to stop, basically. >> all right, guys. >> reporter: in fact, they are so into it-- >> take you guys out of the closet now. >> reporter: ...it's almost hard for miriam to keep up with the "indiana jonesesment. it would have made your life a lot easier to say quit messing around in the closet. >> i'm really glad this didn't happen to me in my first years of teaching because that's probably what i would have said.

>> reporter: on the flip side, she said it can lead to some wonderful lessons. in this case, miriam says the kids got really into history and archaeology, and they got their own museum exhibit, showing off freferg antique school supplies to animal mullets. >> i found a pine cone! >> reporter, of course, there are still many more findings waiting to be found. >> i found a pine cone! >> reporter: but no matter what they dig up, there will never be a greater treasure than the one who stands before them every day it's teacher, with that special gift for unearthing a passion. steve hartman "on the road" in new york. >> "my favorite teacher." that's a nice thing to find. i wonder who it is for? >> mason: nothing better than a great teacher. curiosity rewarded. that's the cbs evening news. i'm anthony mason in new york. thanks for watching this week. i'll see you first thing tomorrow on cbs this morning saturday.

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