captioning funded by cbs it's friday, december 1st, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." the tax bill stalls in the senate. now republican lawmakers are scrambling to save it. the end may be knew for the secretary of state. cbs learns the white house has plan to force rex tillerson out. not guilty. after nearly a week of deliberations, the judge calls the verdict disgraceful. and apple gets into the

medical business. apple's watches will be used to study the heart. 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. this morning republican lawmakers are scrambling to save their tax bill. the senate worked into the night as the republicans tried to get enough support and vote on the plan today. republicans are making changes including back tax cuts. yesterday analysts said the legislation would add $1 trillion to the nation's debt over the next decade. opponents warn the bill would harm the middle class with cuts to entitlement. >> you will not support any cuts to social security, medicare. can i get that from you? >> i'm not going to cut any -- >> there it is.

he just told you he's going to cut social security. >> two did announce their support for the tax package yesterday. as the bill gained momentum, the stockmarket hit record highs. the dow jones industrial gained 331 points to close the mark for the first time. the s&p 500 gained 21 points, and the nasdaq rose 49 points. well, ahead on "cbs this morning," chief washington correspondent and anchor of "face the nation" john dickerson gives his take on the republican tax plan. the other big story in washington, will secretary of state rex tillerson be out of a job soon? neither president trump or the white house is offering a definitive answer. the president is set to meet with tillerson today. president trump's press secretary isn't denying reports that the secretary of state will be replaced. relations between mr. trump and the former ceo of exxonmobil

have been strained almost from the start. they're scheduled to meet for lunch. yesterday mr. trump gave report. they've drafted and are circulating a plan forring mr. tillerson's exit replacing him with mike pompeo. sarah sanders was also pressed on it. they will no longer serve in the capacity they're in. >> reporter: the news follows months of tension between mr. tillerson and the president. soon after mr. tillerson announced they're in diplomatic contact, trump said, he's wasting his time. also once he called him a moron

in front of a group. still he's continuing with business as usual. >> he kind of brushed this off today. he's heard these kind os stories before. >> john kelly's chief of staff called tillerson's chief of staff and said, quote, the rumors are not true. anne-marie, if this shuffling does happen, that would leave the opening for cia director. tom cotton, senator of arkansas would likely fit that position. yesterday a san francisco jury found a man not guilty in a killing that touched off a fierce immigration debate. president trump is tweeting disgraceful verdict in the kate

steinle case. no wonder people of our country o are so angry with immigration. john blackstone has more. >> reporter: when kate steinle was shot and killed on the san francisco bay, her dad. >> gunned down in a sanctuary city. >> reporter: the man arrested for shooting steinle had already been deported back to mexico five times. two months before the shooting he was released from san francisco's jail instead of being turned over to federal immigration authorities. >> the defendant is charged with second-degree murder and the sole question after all the testimony is in is whether or not he intended to fire that handgun. >> reporter: the prosecution accused zahra ta as someone

looking to kill, playing a game of russian roulette as steinle walked beside her father on the pier. >> this is someone that unknowingly touched an object and it fired and struck the ground from where it was pointed 78 feet from miss steinle. >> the jury had a choice of first degrooe murder, second degrooe murder, or manslaughter. they found him not guilty of all three of those. they did find him guilty of an illegal firearm. that could put him in prison for as much as three years. john blackstone, cbs news, san francisco. cbs news has learned that the december strict attorney's office informed in t new york city police department it is not looking to move forward in a

rape case against weinstein. the actress accused weinstein of raping her in her apartment twice in 2010. they said it remains an active case but declined further comment. michigan congressman john conyers is facing accusations. yesterday nancy pelosi called for conyers to step down. paul ryan did the same. connier was admitted to a detroit hospital after feeling lightheaded yesterday. executives at nbc have received at least two new complaints against lauer. yesterday he put out a statement saying he was embarrassed and ail shamed. bianna golodryga reports. >> our top story is once again about our former colleague matt lauer. >> reporter: the "today" show

may be without its anchor matt lauer but he still leads his owed broadcast. there are no words to express my sorrow and regret for the pain i have caused others by my words and actions, he said. as i am writing this, i realize the depth of the damage and disappointment i have left behind at home and at nbc. lauer seen near his home in the hamptons said some of the allegations are untrue or mischaracterized but there is enough truth in these stories to make me feel embarrassed and ashamed. two women have come forward. also one woman told "the new york times" that she was sexually assaulted by lauer in his office in 2001 and some of lauer's female colleagues told "variety" magazine he summoned them to his room at night. some said the complaints fell on

deaf ears. >> his public persona is squeaky clean as a dad versus his private persona that focused on women that worked aet the "today" show, and there's a clear pattern of that. >> reporter: lauer is the latest in a list of powerful men forced out of their jobs including cbs news host charlie rose. new to the list, russell simmons. simmons doesn't deny the encounters but says he remembers them differently. as for lauer, nbc said in a statement current management was never made aware of any allegations prior to monday night when the first woman came forward. bianna golodryga, cbs news, new york. police in north carolina are asking civilian volunteers to join the search for a missing

3-year-old girl. mariah woods disappeared from her north carolina home on monday. her mother woke up and noticed her daughter was not in her bedroom. a rare earthquake shook the mid-atlantic region yesterday afternoon. the 4.1 quake was felt near delaware. surveillance video shows people at a dover bar reacting when the quake hits. their heads turn before they quickly leave. there were no reports of damage or injuries. well, coming up on the "morning news" now, caught on video. a deer goes dashing through school. and a big debut. prince harry and meghan markle have their first official joint engagement as a royal couple. this is the "cbs morning news." .

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some pickup trucks are getting a luxury makeover for high end buyers. at the los angeles auto show carmakers are showing off some of the latest features. chris martinez visited ahead of today's opening. >> >> reporter: at this year's auto show, size matters. take, for instance, this 2018 gmc denali gm. with an 8-inch touch screen and interiors, it can be yours for about 75 grand. >> we've got a huge amount of customers coming to us in the very, very high end range. they've got all the bells and whistles. they want to look good doing it. >> even as they turn, america's love for trucks remain strong fueled in part by low gas

prices. sales of ford's best selling f-series are up by 11%. and the company recently unveiled itself f-450 super duty which can top $100 after taxes and trees. motor trend editor in chi ed lowe says they're overcompeting for high end luxury trucks and it's not just truck buyers. >> it's a guy who wants to show off because the trucks are big, covered in chrome, full of leather, and it has great technology technology inside. >> reporter: lowe says as they look for that, consumers can drive prices up even higher. chris martinez, cbs news, los angeles. coming up this morn, model ashley graham opened up to gayle about the discrimination she faced on the way to the top and

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our top stories this morn, senate republicans are scrambling to save their tax bill. republican leaders were making last-minute changes including rolling back some tax cuts. yesterday analysts said legislation would add $1 trillion to the deficit over the next ten years. the gop is hoping for a vote today. and secretary of state rex tillerson could be out of a job soon. the president is looking at replacing him with mike pompeo. change is coming to saudi arabia, a kingdom once stuck firmly in the past. women are asserting themselves in ways that were unimaginable until recently.

holly williams has more. >> reporter: it's six months before saudi women will finally be allowed to drive, but this woman isn't waiting. a $170,000 mercedes-benz takes her fancy. this, after all, is oil-rich saudi arabia. her brothers have already started giving her driving lessons in the desert, she told us. women fought for the right to drive in saudi arabia, illegally taking to the road and shaming their government with these protest videos. in this ultra conservative country the genders have traditionally been segregated so the driving ban has never made much sense because women are allowed to catch taxis or use ride apps with male driver they've never met. most people here want to see women behind a wheel. and women are fighting for other

freedoms too. >> we're not victims. we're strong. >> this woman who's opened a boxing gym called fight like a girl said she wants an end to saudi arabia's male guardianship system which means all saudi women need a male relative in position to travel overseas or get married. >> you think it needs to get changed. >> i hope so. >> you think the government will. >> i think we're going in that direction, god willing. >> by saudis standards, he's a reformer. he's allowing women into the sports stadium for the first time and a stampede of saudi women is now joining the work-force. these girls could one day have very different lives from their mothers, but in saudi arabia, any change is jarring. backlash always possible.

holly williams, cbs news, jeddah, saudi arabia. wellwe, coming up on "cbs ts morning," model ashley graham spoke with norah o'donnell on how she made her way to the top and broke the mold in the iconic industry. and carol burnett talks about her new groundbreaking special. that's the "cbs morning news" for this friday. i'm anne-marie green. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news" this morning. i heard allowed bang and i saw the fence right in front of us shake. >> causing bar customers ers to leave their seats. nor reaction to the rare size mick event. today is friday, december 1st, good morning, i'm jim donovan. >> rahel is off. we'll check on today's forecast, katie's got that, meisha's got traffic. good morning, guys. >> good morning. >> how are you? >> i should point out we did not just wake up and suddenly decide to wear red. >> really? >> that's why we're all wearing this, in unicent today >> the color of our hearts, katie everything is looking good out there. that's going to help our commute. i have to say when i was driving in i n i