from the cbs broadcast center in captioning funded by cbs it's monday, november 27th, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." returning to capitol hill. senator al franken heads back to work amid a sexual harassment scandal, and he's speaking out about the allegations for the first time. a volcano eruption in bali shuts down an airport and forces tens of thousands to evacuate. and looking for crazy deals without the hassle? cyber monday is here and it could be one for the record books. good morning from the studio

57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. minnesota senator al franken says he has no plans to resign, but speaking out for the first time since he was accused of groping several women, franken says he's ashamed and the allegations have caught him by surprise. hena doba is here in new york. good morning, hena. >> good morning, anne-marie. accused by four women now on sexual misconduct, the senator is fully cooperate rating. in the meantime the house is working on deal iing with it he returned after a week and a half after being accused of sexual misconduct. >> this whole thing has been, you know, embarrassing. >> franken yesterday granted his first round of interviews. he has a lot of work to do to

regain the trust of his friends, colleagues, and some constitu t constituents. >> some women say i crossed the line, and for that i'm very sorry. >> he was first accused by broadcaster leeann tweeden who said he forcibly kissed her during a uso trip and she released a photo where he posed in a photo with his hands over her chest in 2009. another woman said she was grobed during a 2010 state fair and another two women say he touched their buttocks during campaign events. some say if he did step down, that would not be disastrous for dis democrats. >> the house will vote this week on a resolution requiring all

lawmakers and staff to complete anti-harassment training. >> franken has missed votes. he said he wants to be a better public servant and a better man. anne-marie. thank you, hena. meanwhile veteran michigan congressman john conyers is giving up his leadership position on the house judiciary committee. conyers is accused of sexually harassing several fee nail staffers and is setting one matter with an aide. during an interview on "meet the press" yesterday, house speaker nancy pelosi reviewed it. >> i believe he. >> why don't you -- >> can i finish my sentence? >> sure. >> he will do the right thing.

>> what's that? >> women are entitled to due process as well. >> the house ethics committee is investigating conyers. he's the longest serving active member of congress. president trump is back in washington following his holiday weekend in florida. he weighed in again on the alabama race, putting it ahead of the sexual misconduct allegations against candidate roy moore. a growing number of republicans have called on moore to step down. >> if roy moore wins and comes into the senate in january, there's going to be immediately an ethics investigation which is going to be a cloud that he'll be operating in and it will be a distraction for us and the agenda. and this morning it is unclear who's in charge of the consumer protection financial bureau. present trump appointed his

budget director mick mulvaney as interim director but last night leandra english who had been elevated by the outgoing director filed a lawsuit challenging mulvaney's the banking industry says the agency is too powerful. mick mulvaney has called the agency a joke. police in southern california rescued a baby allegedly taken hostage by her father. police in covina east of los angeles moved in last night following a 7 1/2-hour standoff. the suspect was initially pulled over for suspicious driving. his 7-month-old baby was in the back seat. the child's mother had been in the car but was talked out after arguing with the suspect. the suspect who had a knife was shot dead by police, but the

baby is safe. an arlington, texas, police officer shot a man who pointed what turned out to be a fake gun at him. yesterday police responded to a theft at an arlington shopping mall. the suspect had allegedly stolen sunglasses. he pulled the imitation gun aimed at the officer, the officer fired the weapon and the suspect was taken to the hospital. the gun, a replica gun fires beebe's. a volcano in bali has erupted. this morning the danger zone around the volcano has expanded to six miles. the volcano, mount. agung start throwing ash. the international airport was shut down early this morning trapping nearly 60,000

passengers. >> we're now waiting to, i guess, go home. we have to now find a hotel and spend more of our money that they're not going cover us for when we get home unfortunately. >> buses are taking stranded passengers from the airport to ferry terminals and passage off the island. and if you're looking for your a deal, this may be your day. this is the busiest online shopping day of the year and it's expected cyber monday could set a new record, raking in $6.6 billion in sales. meg oliver reports. >> reporter: workers at this fulfillment center outside new york city are on the front lines of the frantic holiday shopping season. amazon has hired 120,000 seasonal employees across the country to meet the demands. conveyer belts have been run 24g hours running 24 hours a day to get online shoppers in time for

holiday. on cyber monday the speed of shopping is only expected to intensify. in 2016 amazon alone processed 64 million orders world wide-on-cyber monday. that's 774 items per second. lorry torgerson is a retail manager for amazon. >> nothing beats the convenience of shopping from the comforts of your own home. we're seeing mobile purchases increase significantly. last year more than 70% purchased orders through their mobile devices. >> reporter: consumers can expect deep discountsed on items from electronics. >> what does that mean for brook and mortar stores going forward? >> there's room for a lot of winners. >> that's true. analysts say up to 90% of sales still happen in stores.

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an erupting volcano on the indonesian island of bali has prompted a massive evacuation and stranded tens of thousands of travelers. an ash cloud was thrown 20,000 feet high in the air. up to 100,000 residents have been told to flee. the airport shut down this morning stranding about 60,000 people. and senator al franken says he's embarrassed and ashamed following allegations that he groped several wichl. franken says he won't resign but will cooperate with the ethics committee. conyers denies allegations of sexual harassment but says the

issue would be a distraction. aaa estimates nearly 51 million americans travel this thanksgiving day weekend. many of them made their way home yesterday. mireya villarreal reports. >> reporter: for the millions of people who battle the traffic in los angeles to get to their turkey dinner on thursday, it's time to come home, and airports were not much better. john perdomo got home around 2:00 in the morning. >> a lot of people at the terminal. my flight was at 2:00 in the morning. i expected there to be nobody, but there was a lot of people. >> according to the transportation security administration, tsa, 2.6 million people will go through screening, a 6% increase over 2016. l.a.x. international is the second busiest airport in the nation. 110,000 cars are expected to

drop off or pick up someone on sunday alone. doug schoop says a stronger economy is a big factor. that allowed the airports to add capacity and lower their airfares. >> reporter: but for the 45 million peopmill y million people estimated to be sitting in bumper-to-bumper traffic over the holiday, driving was still the convenient way to go. what we're seeing is a strong economy and that's giving more confident consumers money in their pockets to spend on travel. >> reporter: if you're already starting to make plans for your next big trip, you definitely want to take gas prices into account. the national gas average is $2.58. that's 38 cents higher than last year. there could be discounts coming up. mireya villarreal, cbs news, los angeles.

coming up on "cbs this morning," a popular massage chain is accused of sexual assault. they've accused therapists of groping and other sexual acts. we'll hear from one alleged victim and get the company's reaction. we'll meet a team that's building a car they hope will travel more than 1,000 miles an hour. and kumail nanjiani joins us in the studio. that's the "cbs morning news" for this monday. i'm anne-marie green. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

>> live from the cbs broad broadcast center in philadelphia. this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news " this morning. >> e-a-g-l-e-s, eagles! >> count them, nine straight wins, plus the eagles fans on cloud nine. how the birds knocked the winds out of the chicago bears and with the most passionate fans in the nfl are saying about post-season play. >> also, a little girl finds a loaded gun in her southwest philadelphia home and is shot in the leg. now, family members are facing charges. and the high profile celebrity joining the fight to get philadelphia rapper meek mill released from prison. today is monday, november 27th, good morning, i'm joe holden. jim donovan is off. >> have a good weekend? >> did i. too fast. >> always. >> i'm rahel