captioning funded by cbs it's thursday, november 30th, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." president trump retweets a british group's antimuslim videos and offers some advice to prime minister theresa may. a sexual conduct scandal hits nbc, leaving the company to fire longtime tv host matt lauer and now more women are coming forward with allegations. and holiday crisis. a scheduling snafu could have passengers booked on american airlines seeing red this christmas and pilots seeing

green. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at c weather s news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. president trump is brushing off criticism after he retweeted anti-muslim videos from a right wing group. following a tweet from the british prime minister he wrote, don't focus on me. the president's tweets dramatically increased its visibility. the deputy leader tweeted god bless trump. mark phillips has more. >> reporter: she's an admitted agitator from the far right on the fringe of british politics.

now donald trump has done jada franson a huge favor. >> was this a huge favor for you? >> very good indeed. >> reporter: the president retweeted three old videos franson had dug up. one shows extremists throwing somebody off a roof. it turned out to be a political fight and a crime for which the perpetrators were sentenced to death. another showed a jihadist fighter destroying a christian statue and a third showed a man attacking a dutch man on crutches. it turns out they were both born in holland. >> islam has threatened the world for far too long. >> reporter: that says white

house spokesman sarah huckabee sanders says the president trump did what he did. she is normally seen by about 60,000 followers, the president's retweets increased her audience to over 40 million. no wonder she wrote "god bless trump and thanks." hundreds were furious including the husband of jo cox, brendan cox. >> it makes it the type of hatred that they breed. >> and the criticism from the highest levels of the british government was blunt as well. the prime minister spokesman simply said it is wrong for the president to have done this. mark phillips, s news, london. we're learning more about

the allegations of sexual misconduct that cost nbc's matt lauer his job. lawyer is the biggest fish to fry in a wave of accusations running through the media halls of politics. more women are accusing matt lauer. current management was never made aware of matt's conduct. hena doba. good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. late wednesday at least two accusations were filed. some are wondering how big of a hit the network will take as a result of the scandal. as nbc lit the rockefeller christmas tree last night more details were emerging about the most notable face not part of the broadcast. earlier in the day he became the latest and arguably biggest celebrity to loose his job in the wake of a sexual misconduct scandal. variety magazine and "the new york times" report thad the

person who came forward began at the 2014 soja olympics. they go on to report additional cases including exposing himself and sending explicit text messages. >> i think you can understand why the women felt like they couldn't come forward. >> reporter: "the new york times" say there are now allegations from at least two more women. one claims he sexually assaulted her inside his nbc office back in 2001. >> this is as big as it gets. it's the biggest scalp in terms of this national reckoning over this alleged and in some cases admitted sexual misconduct. >> reporter: in what seems like an ironic bit of foreshadowing, this is an interview lawyer did with bill o'reilly. >> you were the guy that the ratings and the revenues were built on. you cared that network on your shoulders. >> reporter: lawyer had been

with nbc for 20 years and the highest personality pulling in around $20 million a year. lawyer has yet to comment on the allegations against him. anne-marie. >> hena doba here in new york. thank you very much, hena. the house has joined the senate in requiring sexual harassment training for all members and staff. the resolution easily passed yesterday. lawmakers and staff will undergo the training. there's also a bipartisan push to prevent lawmakers from using government funds to settle with accusers. republican senator roy moore was back on the campaign trail. moore was briefly interrupted by a heckler last night who wanted to know why the women who accuse him of sessionual harassment would be lying. moore says the allegations are dirty politics. he claims to be leading in the race despite the best efforts of the democrats and the washington

establishment. >> they've tried successfully to do that. they've done everything. when i say they, who are they? they're liberals. they don't want conservative values. they're the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender who wants to change our culture. >> he's focusing on social issues including his opposition to abortion. russia is calling for it. the russian ambassador wants north korea to ejd its nuclear program and the u.s. and south korea to end their scheduled tests next month. >> reporter: u.n. ambassador to the y haley. >> if war does come, it's because of continued act of aggression. and if war comes, make no

mistake the north korean regime will be utterly destroyed. >> the representative from south korea looked on as haley >> reporter: on tuesday north korea launched a new love-range missile similar to the ones tested in july. the dictator claims the powerful missile could hit anywhere in the u.s. including washington, d.c. >> president trump call l called president xi this morning and told them they mutt cut off the oil to north korea. >> reporter: just last week they cut off sanctions. secretary of state rex tillerson is still pushing for a diplomatic way. while kim claims his country has achieved its goal of becoming a rocket power, it's unknown whether the new missile could

actually support a nuclear warhead and survive re-entry into the earth's atmosphere. north korea has launched 20 missiles so far this year. mola lenghi, cbs news, the white house. and now an investigation into the connection between the election and russia. it's reported that flynn is cooperating with mueller's investigation. meanwhile prosecutors postponed grand jury investigation related to flynn's private business dealings. the reason for that is unclear. and the senate could start voting on a tax reform bill by this evening. the senate voted to begin debate yesterday. a proposal to automatically raise taxes if the tax package doesn't grow the economy is opposed by conservatives. yesterday in missouri, president trump made another appeal for the gop package. coming up on the morning new us now, hitting home.

garrison keillor responds to allegations of inappropriate behavior. and a new round for tiger woods today as he kicks off his latest comeback. this is the "cbs morning news."

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on wall street the slide has been weighed heavily on the nasdaq which suffered its biggest day's losses. the dow rallied 103. the s&p 500 was nearly unchanged. a glitch in the airliners program allowed too many to take vacation. that means some 15,000 american flights are at risk of being cancelledet they say reserve pilots will be able to fly certain routes. amazon is expands its program alexa into the workplace. amazon has added new features to make alexa a better get for the office including the ability to make calls and check security camera feeds.

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here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. today is the last day of this year's hurricane season, and for many it cannot come soon enough. courtney zubowski takes a look

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$60 billion from hurricane irma, and $114 billion from hurricane harvey in texas where the mayor of houston says federal dollars are in high demand. >> not only to put us back to where we were prior to harvey, but to help put us in a better place so we're more resilient. >> reporter: because the 2018 season is just six months away. the fear is not knowing whether next year will be even worse. courtney zubowski, cbs news, houston. coming up on "cbs this morning," in the series "a more perfect union," we'll meet autoworkers in ohio who combine their unique skills to give a co-worker a helping hand. i'm anne-marie green. this is the "cbs morning news."

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our top story this morning, president trump's decision to retweet videos has triggered a wave of criticism. british prime minister theresa may says it was wrong for the president to have done this. and no word from matt lauer after nbc fired the long-time "today" show host following glaegss of inappropriate behavior. additional cases of alleged sexual misconduct by lawyer have been reported by variety magazine and "the new york times" including that lawyer allegedly exposed himself and sent explicit text messages. one of the first people to publicly comment on the

accusations against matt lauer was president trump who's also been accused of sexual misconduct. margaret brennan has more. >> because this is a sad morning here at "today" and nbc news. >> reporter: the president's response came just 15 minutes after nbc's stunning announcement. wow, mr. trump tweeted. matt lauer was just fired from nbc for inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace. what the president didn't mention was that more than a dozen women have accused him of sex yule misconduct. last october in the final weeks of the presidential campaign summerer is voros said she had been repeatedly harassed by him in 2007. she was a contestant on his show "apprentice." >> earlier this fall attorneys served mr. trump a subpoena to preserve all documents.

that he subjected any woman to unwanted sexual touching or sexually inappropriate behavior. the president's lawyers fought the request. throughout the campaign then candidate trump dismissed the allegations. >> the events never happened. never. all of these liars will be sued after the election is over. >> reporter: but mr. trump has not followed through on that threat. one of his accusers told us she never believed he would sue. >> is it the official white house position that all with t women are lying. >> yeah. we've been clear from the beginning. >> reporter: the president may also be trying to distance himself from the infamous "access hollywood" tape. one says he has prooivtly cast doubt whether it was his voice on the nbc recording even though he publicly apologized for it. the white house says the president's view on the tape has

not changed, but one republican source says the president often creates his own reality. margaret brennan, cbs news, the white house. well, coming up on "cbs this morning," we'll go to jacksonville, north carolina, for the latest on the search for mariah woods. the 3-year-old girl is reported missing. plus we'll meet autoworkers to give co-workers a helping hand. that's the c b"cbs morning news for this thursday. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day.

a computer glitch could impact thousands of airline flight we will have a live report on how one airline is scrambling to make sure you get tour final destination. more details emerge about the sexual misconduct allegations against matt lauer what the form tore day show host is accused of doing to co-workers. a big play by the sixers big man joel embiid begins wizard blue what happens, to ben simmons that has everyone talking and today is thursday, november 30th i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon. lets check the forecast with katie and meisha. good morning. >> good morning.