estimated ite, mayhis is an estimate, a category four hurricane which is between 130 and 156 miles an hour. >> tracking florence as the powerful storm approaches the u.s. which is already realing in many parts fro lord flooding. >> an 11th hour ouster from slie moonves. sixore women come forward with accusations of sexual misconduct. >> a police officer arrested on manslaughter charges after she allegedly mistook her black neighbor's apartment for her own and fatally shot him. >> a new miss america has been crowned. >>ha space es been busy from

an overnight c launch e canaver canaveral. >> week one of the nfl is off to a big start. early today starts right now. good monday morning. >> we begin this morning with breaking news. cbs has officially parted ways with ceo les moonves hours after moreexual misconduct allegations surfaced in a report by the new yorker. the parture is effective immediately adding they will donate $20 million to one or more organizations that support the me too movement and equality in the workplace. >> the donation will be made immediately, it will be taken out of severance payments that could be owed to moonv aft an empty investigation. 12 women made accusations against moonves which he denies. moonves said in part, tr allegations from decades ago are being made against me that are

i s am deepdened to be i am. leaves the country. >> six more women tell the new yorker it ranges from oral sex to forcible touching. he said it is appalling and untrue and alleging it is part of a concerted effort by others to destroy my name and reputation and my career. in recent weeks, lawyers had been examining the corporate culture investigating allegations in a previous new yorker story. moonves has been with cbs since 1995 and one of the highest paid xecutives making tens of millions of dollars a year. an exit package could be worth as much as $100 million. a lot of people point to the golden parachutes and said is this justice? they walk out s the door wi much money and a lot of the

women quoted in the new yorker piece made that point. >>t takes the allegations seriously adding the board of directors is conducting investigations that are ongoing. nbc news, new york. >> the east coast is preparing for the worst as florence gapes strength and barrels towards the u.s. forecasters warn the storm has been twisting and turning over the atlantic and could deliver a hit wn it makes landfall later this week. florence is predicted to be a category three hurricane with winds over 110 miles an hour. states of emergen declared in the carolinas and virginia as the region for impact. as the southeast prepares, rain pounde other parts of the country, too. ste patterson has more. >> millions battling surging floodwater. torrential rain across the country. in north texas, severe flooding ed fatal.

saturday a teen mother and toddler drowned in ft. worth. their car swept into 30 foot deep water. alejandro said he tried to help and the current was too strong. >> i tried to cross the chann and the water just swept it away. >> hours later, a man i his 70s also dwned after the car was d. submer >> we found the vehicle about 300 yards downstream. >>urther east, constant rain from ken tuck tow new york. slow moving storms put 52 million americans under the threat o flooding. a man died after a wave swept him into aallake. this as the southeastra scles to prepare for hurricane maria florence. >> i'm worried and concerned. doing everything i can. >> the storm picking up strength could be the first to make landfall on the east coast this season. >> prepare for theorst and hope for the best. >> it's a year after hurricane

irma ravaged the florida keys and caused more than $50 billion in damage. the country feeling the full wrath of surging storms while millionsore brace for impact. fbc . >> president trump is trying to shake off a one-two punch of pointed criticism that left a shadow over the white use. bob woodward's new book an anonymous op ed painting a portrait of the president and his administration. the top aides are trying to root out the writer behind the withering editorial this morning. tracie potts joins us ahead of what could be a turbulent week in washington. >> it could be as they respond to bob woodward talking about the wk that went into his new book about the trump white e. ho he told cbs he was meticulous and careful, interviewing more than 100 people, some of them

multiple times and half of them insiders in the whihouse. all of them detailing chaos. you look at the operation of this white house and youav he to say let's hope to god we don't have a crisis. ople who work for him are worried that he will sign things or give orders that threaten the nationalecurity or the financial security of the country or the world. people better wake up to what's going on. >> now backing up the claims,er fohite house aide out with a book of her own saying they often used#tfa to desidibe prt trump. 25th amendment. removing a president from . offi vice president pence said that

is absurd. continuing to search whoever wrote that times article that backs up a lot of claims in this >> you. book. and later this morning on today, journalist and author b woodward speaks out in his first live interview ahead of the releasef his latest blockbuster book. >> the dallas police officer who fatally shot a man after entering the wrong apartment is charged wit manslaughter. police officer amber guyger was arrest and released after posting $300,000 bond. tammy lightner has more. >> identifying one of their own who killed an unarmed man in hir ent. w right now there are more questions thane have answers. >> amberad guyger is on nistrative leave finished her shift thursday night and headed home and went to the hewrong floor and wrong apartment. the officer who is white said

she shot jean thinking he wa an intruder and called 911. >> if anyone can get a suspect description or location. ra they said they would ask for a w on manslaughter changes, but we are toldo ld off by the texas rangers, heading the investigation. shot dead, je26-year-old, a harding university graduate. >> mydi h experience inspired me to want to serve. >> here ran fortudent body president. ♪ according to his minster, a church leader. >> he would oftenay to me i want to do more.>> essica berry taught bible study with him. >> i feel lostpt and >> a community grieving w ph raceying a factor in the shooting. >> he was sitting atome and his skin color was enough to get shot at.

>> a call for action as his motherhe sea for answers. >> we are christians. we forgive, but io need look into her eyes and ask her why she did that to my son. >> tammy lightner, nbc news. >> miss america 2.0 is here. votes were tallied and the judges spoke. >> the first runner up is bridget highway from connecticut. new york, you are miss america 2019! >> there she is. missamerica. crowned by outgoing winner. miss new york, nia franklin scored big when she offered elf as an example with promoting a healthy body image. she wowed the image of equy opportunnd becoming an opera sinr for her. she dazzled with a song and

congratulations to our new miss americ >> we are only in the 50 week of the nfl season and president trumps already renewing his beef with the league. the president taking to twitter to blame the nfl low ratings on players not respecting the flag. although protests were not as widespread, two receivers were spotted taking a knee during the anthem. noticing their act of solidarity, colin kaepeick acknowledged efforts. the titans ondhe roa against the dolphins after storms caused the longest delay. keeping the fodgates open with 102 yards worth of kickoff all the way to the house. miamihe taking t lead on the next sspoession. ryan tan hill with a 75-yard to kenny stills. that would push the leado double-digits. miami win this one, 27-21. to arizona where mrs. cindy

mccain was made the honorary captain against theredskins. too bad this was never much of a contest he. i am choking here just like the cardinals did in this game. the runni game too much for arizona. adrian peterson with the touchdown. they win the season opener, the first since 2012. i will hand it over. >> to the rivalry in green bay, the 100th year in lambeau field after an early game scare. the packers were down by double-digits and never countdown one of the greats. he rallied his team from behind to beat the bears in a nail biter, 24-23. let's go to michelle grossman who is tracking florence. good morning. >> good morning, guys. it will be a vy long week as we head throughout the rest of the week. a you liveng the southeastern coast, you want to prepare now.

hurricane florence with three named storms in the atlantic. that's where we are focusing attention. a category one storm. a strong category one storm on the edge of the iorm. we expec to become a major storm tonight and by tuesday. late tuesday a category four storm and this is what we don't want to see. a major storm hitting the coast on thurthay. 's a look at the big weather story of the day. here's a closer look at your day ahead. look at the northeast. a taste of fall and pumpkin spice latte. temperaturesn the 60s and0s to the southeast. more rain. we hadonstant rain and once again, temperatures in the 90s in florida. it's all about the tropi. this is we we will talk more about that in abit. >> i will take the latte though. >> after the shift. >> demolition work in san francisco wrapped up with two massive explosions. crews imploded the bridge's east

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ban banks. >> it was ri kick use louse the amount of rain we saw. it was crazy. we'll check in in justt a mom but first, let's check in with chuck bell with more on our forecast. it is storm team 4 weather alert day. >> we have the weather alerthe because's flash flood warnings and tons of rain yesterd yesterday. >> we still have more rain in the forecast today. before you leave, don't forget the umbrella. as you leave this morning for your commute you might be running into light rain. we haveer hea rain out here. but this is also what we're looking at afar as thelood threat. flood warnings through mostly northern maryland where you see the brighter green.he ise across 81 and parts