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they have. >> an explosive memo shakes the white house. >> now, with allegations that the president urged him to essentially drop the investigation of michael flynn, enough is enough. >> well, if that's true and confirmed, i think you're getting very close to the legal definition of obstruction of justice. >> if it bears out, i think you will see congress likely go down the road of impeachment. >>s it' reaching the point where it's of watergate size and scale and the shoe continues to drop. >> i think it would be helpful to have less drama emanating from the white e.hous >> i think it's getting better as time goes on. >> you do? it doesn't feel like that in the past two days. >> that's scary as hell right there. >> deadly weather pounding statesm fromexico up to the canadian border. >> this thing developed. >> crews with police protection worked through the night in new orleans to remove another

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>> announcer: this morning's "eye opener" is presented by toyota. let's go places. welcome to "cbs this morning." the white house has yet another crisis this morning officials are denying what may be the most serious allegation against president trump since he took office. fired fbi director james comey said the president tried to get him to end the investigation of former national security adviser michael flynn. >> james comey wrote a memo about an oval office meeting with the president. this was the day after general flynn was forced to resign. jeff pegues is outside fbi headquarters in washington. jeff, good morning. >> good morning. these comey memos are the latest bombshell in this still unfolding story. the former fbi director was known for taking detailed notes of these meetings, but this meeting and these

additional questions about whether the president was trying to interfere in the russian investigation and why. former fbi director james comey's memo details the february 14th meeting when he was alone in the oval office with president trump. comey says he was asked to drop the bureau's investigation into former national security adviser michael flynn. i hope you can see your way clear into letting this go, into letting flynn go, the president allegedly said. he is a good guy. i hope you can let this go. comey agreed flynn is a good guy. a day earlier flynn had resigned as national security adviser after it was revealed he misled the vice president about his contact with russian ambassador sergey kislyak. those contacts are now part of the fbi's counterintelligence investigation. the white house said the president has never asked mr.

this was not the only private encounter between the two men. according to sources close to the director, the president asked comey if he would pledge his loyalty. comey declined, instead telling the president he would always be honest. the president also denied that announce. >> he's a showboat, a grand stander. >> after comey was fired last week, they told cbs news they have never seen this level of interference from the white house. >> when i decided to do it, i said to myself, you know, this russia thing with russia and trump is a made up story. >> president trump also denied his administration applied pressure to the fbi. >> did anyone from the white house put pressure on him? >> no, not that i know of. >> sources say it was not unusual for him to keep details te

later be called into question. it's actually something the fbi >> all right, jeff. thank you very much. some democrats say if president trump did ask james comey to end the fbi investigation of michael flynn, that is obstruction of justice. nancy cordes is on capitol hill where lawmakers of both parties now want mr. comey to testify. nancy, good morning. >> good morning. this development does seem to be a turning point for some republicans whose instinct until now has been to stand by the president or minimize his mistakes. the difference is that frankly many of those republicans are more apt to believe jim comey's words than they are to believe the president's. speaking with bob schieffer at a dinner last night, arizona leader john mccain made a comparison to nixon for the first time. >> i think it's reaching the point where it's of watergate

>> as he spoke, republican jason chaffetz was firing off a letter to the fbi, giving the agency a week to turn over all memoranda, notes, summaries, and recordings referring to any conversation between comey and the president. lindsey graham also spoke. florida republican carlos said that needs to change. >> increasingly republicans believe we have to change what we're doing. >> idaho's jim risch was one of the few republicans to think it was going better. >> i think it's going better. >> its was argued that the comey

encounter was the clearest sign yet of obstruction of justice. >> there is mount iing information. >> house speaker paul ryan says he wants all the facts and that he think is appropriate for the house oversight committee to do wait needs to do to get its hands on this james comey memo. >> we'll be watching. thank you so much. obstruction of justice was the main charge against bill clinton when he was impeached in 1998. president nixon also in 1974. jan crawford is also a lawyer. explain for us what criteria needs to be met if the president's actions qualify obstruction of justice. >> look. it doesn't sound good and certainliet's a stupid thing for a id

director. the question is intent. whether he intended to block the fbi's efforts. we don't know the answer to that. remember last week they testified that there was no influence. that's why thigh want to hear from comey, see all the memos and possibly tapes and some are called for a special prosecutor to get that evidence. >> so, jan, if we feenlt that. is impeachment now on the table? >> well, gayle, that's why i think it's going to be a political one than a legal one. it's an open question whether a president can be prosecuted or indicted at all. if evidence can show he could be prosecuted, yes, that would be be enough to reach the standard for impeachment. rehn, the

of course, obstruction of justice is what happened. that's why i'm saying this is a political issue. it seems unlikely president trump could be impeached based on what we know now. gayle? >> thank you. back-to-back bombshells am lot has happened in the last 24 hours. thank you so much. cbs news has learned that the classified intelligence information came from israel. they said in a statement israel has full confident our television sharing with the united states. they say it may have hurt american intelligence gatherings. but the white house said these leaks are coordinated efforts to hurt president trump. major garrett is at the white house. good morning. >> good morning. whatever has been done

house is still defending the president even if that defense is cadontricted at times by the president himself. >> mr. president, did you share classified information with the russians. >> reporter: he placed all questionable actions with russian officials in the context of fighting terrorism. >> we had a very, very successful meeting with the foreign minister of russia. our fight is against isis. >> reporter: national security adviser h.r. mcmaster again defending the president made the case that he was out of the loop on key details. >> the president wasn't even ware of where this information came from. he wasn't a briefed on the source. >> reporter: mcmaster did not e deny it. >> those releasing information to press

>> reporter: the white house contends the leaks are deliberately timed to damage the president. it was said there are people within our own unelected democracy who want to sap taj president trump. mitch mcconnell laid the blame at the white house. >> i think we could do with a lit less drama at the white house. >> history is watching. >> what are the republicans afraid of? are they afraid of the truth? what very they protecting president trump. >> this latest koers about intelligence sharing. sometimes it including scrutinizing. that including son-in-law-jared kushner. the president is

has created such a legal and political firestorm. >> thank you. senator, good morning. >> good morning, charlie. good to be with you today. >> what is it that concerns you most about what we elevened in last 24 to 48 hours and does it get close to obstruction of justice. >> >> if they get close, yes, it is close. let me lay it out. the president is talking to the fbi and essentially asking whether he can continue in his job, the president asking hem he's lowle. he not only droops the investigation but he publicly reveals it to congress, asks for more resources for figure and then president am

hesitation say he's fired because of the russian interference. there are two facts of the dispute. did president trump ask comey to drop the investigation? the second thing, it's a little bit disputed about whether director comey had, in fact, asked for more resources before he was fired. >> let me ask you. actor director andrew mccabe was asked and he said quite clearly there's been no effort to em pead our investigation to date. >> how to you square that with firing the fbi director. if that's not an effort to impeach or undermine the investigation, what is, especially if he

him to drop the investigation and director comey refused to. >> are we surprised we're just hearing about the memo? should we have been told about it earlier? >> not earlier. if the president said that to director comey, it was special you have to have an intent to obstruction but you have to take an action to on strokts. asking the question is very borderline. it's not clear whether there would be the then actual act of on strugz but the combination of asking him to drop the investigation and then firing him and citing the russian investigation as the reason, that really completes the allegations. and what we need now is to hear

president at to who happy happened. we have to note we reached out out to 20 republicans. weal requested someone from the white house join us at any point during our 2 hor hour broadcast. all decleaned. a fight broke out yesterday during a demonstration outside the turkish ambassador's residencele look at this. this is in washington. nine people were hurt. some were covering in blood. it came hours after erdogan met with president trump at the white house. some say erdogan's detail was involved. again, this was in washington. police arrested two people. a string of deadly storms tore through the center of the country. tornadoes

texas to wisconsin. at least two were killed and two dozen were hurt. david beg nauld is in chetek, wisconsin. that's one of the hardest hit. david, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this spans nearly 50 miles. it's as if somebody took this off. look at that house back there. it's believed a few shingles were displaced, the tornado hopscotching. this shows the power of what is to be a

>> it took people and cared them, leg injuries, arm injuries. it's nothing i've seen in my 24-year law enforcement career. >> reporter: downed lined and a massive field of debris has littered the neighborhood many called home. one person has died in trailer ler r park. >> there's are people we work with, go to school with. >> reporter: at least 100 structures were damaged in elk city. the elk city maier. >> it looked like some of the houses just exploded. some looked like they had been torn apart by high winds. >> reporter: the winds tossed cars and trucks like match box cars. a 53-year-old man was

after his cause was thrown 7,300 feet pinning him between his vehicle and home. man called 911 and said i'm going my shelter and never made it off his property. you live in the midwest, stay tuned. ahead, we're going to talk to bob schieffer about his conversations with gop senators, how they say white house is

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>> when you look into space? >> no. that cloud kind of looks like sean spicer. >> that's stephen colbert and brad pitt, the two of them together. welcome back to "cbs this morning." president trump threatened to kill the journalist for publishing classified information. it was in comey's memo in t

meeting with the president. it's not clear how comey responded and that's why members of congress want that memo. >> in the same memo james comey said president trump asked him to shut down the investigation into his former national security adviser michael flynn. the white house denies that. the memo was first reported by the new york time and then confirmed by cbs news. comey noted of the investigation, quote, hope you can let this go. >> bob schieffer spoke last night with him. the conversation took place at the international freedoms dinner. bob schieffer asked him about the scandal and the shoe continues to drop. >> what would you advise president trump toab

>> same thing that you and others advised richard nixon, which you didn't to, and others that have been involved many something of this nature. it's not going to be all over until every aspect of it is authorly examined and the american people make a judgment. the longer you make a delay, the longer it's going to last. >> bob schieffer joins us from washington. bob, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> you know, there seems to be a lot of dropping shoes these days. what was your reaction when you heard john mccain use word water dwait and impeachment. >> john mccain is called the straight shooter. this not the first time i got a straight answer from him. i interviewed his father in 1956 before i even knew him. john mccain is deeply worried about this. i think he believes donald trump

and it is up to donald trump to get himself out of it. he meant that and repeated it. he has to get all the facts out on the table. he has to find some way to reassure people of what this is all about and as i talked to many republicans last night. until they get this settled, nothing else much is going to happen. >> what might be the straw that breaks the camel's back and there has to be somebody within the republican party, within the congress to go to the president to say, these are the circumstances, unless something happens here, you're going to be in even deeper trouble than you ever imagined. >> i don't think, charlie, we're to that point yet. but i think the next thing that has to happen, i think comey will come before one of the committees on capit

whole memo theme. once that happens, then we'll know where this goes after that. i talked to one republican. this was a heavily republican audience last night. they said he can either go the way of richard nixon or he can go the way of ronald reagan. he has to get it out on the table once and for all. until he does that, we won't know what happens. this has been raised a lot, charlie. it's escalated beyond where it was last week. >> one of the details we're learning from "the new york times'" excellent reporting is right before the president trump told the fbi director to let it go, he told his attorney general jeff sessions and his vice president mike pence to leave the room. >> yes. and mccain -- i askedai

of the thing he said is he is dealing -- trump, president trump is dealing with a very smart lawyer right now. apparently he made these memos and teeld others about it if that becomes necessary and what happened when this meeting was taking place. this is becoming very, very serious. senator mccain says he does not believe it's an obstruction of justice but he's almost certain to come and testify before the committee. >> i thought one of the most interesting things of your conversation last night is mccain has done it for many years. inviting the

oval office was tough. >> it's unbelievable. let me just read here. he said, being friendly with a guy whose boss vladimir putin sent aircraft with precision weapons to i a tack hospitals in aleppo, it is unacceptable. i would never, ever invite him into the oval office. >> he called him an old kgb stooge. >> when he said that, the audience erupted in applause. >> the other thing is if the president has been taping all of the conversations, will somebody get ahold of the tapes and what impact will that have? >> i think somebody will try to subpoena them. i want to emphasize again this has moved up a notch to where it was last week when it was t,

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it is wednesday, may 17th, 2017. welcome back to "cbs this morning." chaos inside the white house after another bombshell revelation. james comey says the president asked him to stop investigating michael flynn's ties to russia. ahead, the growing frustration with advisers including sornl jared kushner, but first here is today's "eye opener" at . 8:00 >> these memos raise questions about whether the president was trying to interfere in the russian investigation. >> this development does seem to be a turning point. many republicans are more apt to believe jim comey's word. >> a stu tpidhing for a president to say to the

director but the key to obstruction of jceusti is intense. >> yo you have to take an action to obstruct and the action was the firing. >> the basacklh over the comey firing and the latest controversy has led the president to scrutinize everyone in his inner circle. >> one republican said he can go the way of richard nixon oer he can go the way of ronald reagan. he's got to get this all out on the table once and for all. >> so to recap, donald trump admitted to fairing the man in charge of investigating his russian ties. then he met with two russian diplomats, a meeting that was arranged by vladimir putin and which we only saw because russian photographers were in there to take photos and at that meeting he admits he gave declassified information. for perspective on h, let's go to doris kearns goodwin.

doris, what's your perspective? >> what's happening! >> thank you, doris. >> i'm charlie king along with gayle king and norah o'donnell. >> a lot of people are saying what's happening. that was not doris kearns good winn. >> that was from a movie. it says he asked comey to end the investigation into michael flynn. >> cbs news confirmed the memo first reported by "the new york times." the white house denies the president pushed comey to block the flynn investigation. major garrett is at the white house. major, good morning. >> good morning. the meeting between the former fbi director and the president happened here at the white house the day after he fired former national security adviser michael flynn. at that meeting comey wrote a

l memo to himself. in it, i hope you can see your way to letting this go, letting flynn go, he was a good guy. sources say comey was known to document things that may come up later. the white house statement, the president has never asked mr. com comey or anyone else to end any investigation. >> this has lead the president to question everyone in his inner circle, in some cases harshly. that includes for the very first time, jared kushner, top adviser and son-in-law. he's one of the voices who endorsed comey firing and the president is enraged that that action has set so many actions

>> indeed. >> all right. thank you so much. president trump's issue with his former security adviser goes back to four years ago. that same day, general flynn spoke with russia's ambassador to the u.s., sergey kislyak. >> michael flynn told vice president mike pence on january 14th he did not discuss sanctions with kiss lee achlkt h was not the truth and defended flynn the next day on "face the nation." flynn was sworn in as nation at security adviser on january 22nd. ing atting attorney general sally yates reported. general flynn resigned on february 13th after weeks of controversy. the very next day president trump asked comey to let go

the flynn probe. then on may 9th three months later comey was fired. the president admitted the investigation was on his mind. adam schiff is on the ranking member on the house committee. congressman, good morning. >> good morning. >> not only does the fbi director have a memo about this conversation and saying he should let it go, he has recordings of every phone call. are you confident you're going to get those? >> i'm denlts we'll get that. i'm also confident that comey will come back and testify before congress as he should. these are very explosive charges contained in "the new york times" report. of course organization laid out a lot of klonology.

you have michael flynn accepting moniesy from russian entity the, not reporting that, lying about conversations he had with tto te president, then the president attacking the press over it. the president asking the fbi director whether the president himself was potentially a target of the investigation while the director purportedly was worried about keysing his job. then you have this final allegation that the president tried to make the flynn investigation go away. >> congressman, when you lay it out, it certainly sounds damaging. all of them refused to come on the show today. what are you hearing from them? what are they saying and what should they be saying or doing in your

>> well, i think there's a lot of deep concern over the conduct of the administration not only in terms o the propriety or inpropriety of what the president is doing but just the fact that this administration is in constant turmoil and we haven't had an external crisis yet. these are all crisis of the president's own making. roy's going to happen when we need to confront a serious external challenge. so i think members on both sides of the aisle deeply concerned about how dysfunctional this administration and where this will lead. 've if we accepted what's happened up to this point, it's truckling enough but none of us know what is yet to come. i think we're seeing an increasing number of republicans willing to speak out and more importantly take ang. >> so you think there's a need for an independent commission or

intelligence committees. >> it's certainly the right policy decision. it's the right decision for the country. >> is there a consensus it's necessary? >> i wouldn't say consensus. there is increasing support and you have a number of republicans coming out in favor of independent counsel or commission. i don't think we're at the critical mass yet. we may be getting there. we'll see what comes out of that. >> we may there by events that have taken place already. i have to imagine when we get these memoranda when they betray conversations the president had that show a lack of ethics by the president or potential illegality, then you're going to have more than enough to compel the gop conference and most importantly the speaker and mitch mcconnell to do the right

>> right now it's he said, he said, who do you believe. >> i think mr. comey. you have the president's sur fwats out there saying one thing. you have the vice president out there. >> congressman, i was going to ask you about some news this morning. the russian president vladimir putin just offered to provide a transcript of president trump's oval office conversation with the russian foreign minister. that's the meeting where trump spoke of classified informational. would you accept that from the russian sms. >> actually i find that too amusing. even before that they denied hacking any institutions whochl is going to

hats off. send it our way. but as far as credibility, it would be less than zero. >> thank you. self maid women. first on "cbs th

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first of "cbs this morning," we're revealing forbes wealthiest women. they must have a minimum net worth of $260 million. tied for third place on this year's place is oprah and judy love. she's cofounder of love's travel stops and country stores. in second position is diane hendricks, she's cofounder of abc supply roofing and first on the list is co-founder milian ilitch. welcome back. >> hi, gayle . >> it's interesting the number one is from little caesar's pea stay. >> she was

operations the entire time. they had a rare partnership. she jumps up in the rank because her husband passed away in february so she inherited -- she now takes control of the rest of little caesars. >> five newcomers to the list. who stands out? >> jamie. she h jamie kern lima. she was an anchor like you guys. she had a skin condition and she came up with i.t. cosmetics. l'oreal bought it in august. she's staying on as ceo. what a great story. >> these have to be women who either were part of starting the company. >> they have to. >> even if they inherited their husband's portion. >> they could also be a ceo like meg whitman who grew

$8 million to a billion. you have to can't have been brought in by your husband or your father. >> you look at the list. some things so simple. jewelry lady. >> who do you have on the cover? >> there's a woman named carolyn. her father started jewelry. she started making these bracelets. they're just -- they're everywhere now. >> they come up with a need, don't they? >> well, they come up with the need. i think they're basically solving things that we think we want and we're willing to buy but we -- you know, we don't stick with it. >> the founders of california baby. a lot of moms know that product. >> she was so upset with the toxins she found in the baby shampoos. she started mixing it up.

that is a very hard thing to do. >> this is such a good issue. >> congratulations. >> lisa kroll, thank you. bounty hunters are trying to kill a species in the everglades. how they're

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june invasive species is threatened the sfrauling ecosystem. burmese pythons are apex predators a the top of the food chain. south florida has appointed 25 top hunters to kill the snakes. a 17-foot-long python was killed last week. it was the longest captured so far in this program. mark strassmann has a firsthand look at how the hunters are going high-tech. >> reporter: in a remote corner of the florida every glades we found rodney hunt being u drone. on an embankment the drone spotted this 17-foot burmese python warming itself on a rock. he closed in. >> this is a burmese python and this is the one causing all the trouble. >> giant constrictors native to asia became a nuisance to florida after 1992.

a hurricane toppled a breeding strand they slithered away. 100,000 burmese live in the everglades today. some can grow longer than 20 feet and here this invasive species has no natural predators. they're nonvenomous, but those rows of teeth are razor sharp. the burmese coils itself around the praey. squeezes and suffocates it before swallowing it whole. this video shows him swallowing an alligator. >> they have an articulating jaw. that allows them to be able to eat and swallow massive objects you do not think a snake can do. they captured one that had a

machines the ever glas are like abu faye that never closes. they devour birds and mammals and disrupt food for other creatures. this month the south water management district launched a burmese bounty program. through may 25 hunters like irwin can capture and kill as many as possible. they also get to sell what they catch. >> i make a whopping $8.15 an hour. when you capture a snake anything under 4 feet is $50 and then it's $25 a foot as it goes on. >> hunters have trapped roughly 100 snakes already, some of them huge. patrick campbell's catch was 15 feet 10 inches. these two nabbed the 15-footer. it weighed 144 pounds. we

and banos cut off. dead but still intimidating outside brianwood's exotic leather store. wood has spent nearly 30 years selling animal skins to marquee names like gucci. good for the environment and good for business. >> absolutely. it's good for everyone. it's a win/win. >> it's not a lot of money. >> rodney irwin sees hymn himself as fighting on the front lines of south florida's war on the burmese. >> i do this because it needs to be done. >> in hunters like him, this opportunistic predator may finally have met its match. for "cbs this morning," mark strassmann, miami. >> wow. >> preparing for a barbecue. task masr

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because it's rated arrrgh. >> that's harry styles on james corden. >> he likes to play. >> welcome back to "cbs this morning." james corden has harry styles. we evening fwotd charlie and gisele. is she as gorgeous in person and that she is on tv? >> more so. >> you actually like her and she likes you. there's an admiration. i'm kidding about charlie and gisele. >> yes. the honor is handed out by the kennedy center. they entertained america 30 years on late night television. they include richard pryor, burnette, and bill murray. he'll accept the prize in

small excel ramps for ducks were set up this week at the capitol reflecting pool. the mallards seem happy to use them but congressman mark walker tweeted this. if it looks like a duck and it walks like a duck, it must be government waste. >> they say more money could be saved by not paying the congressmen. taskrabbit is a new program that helps with tasks. they perform tasks in nearly 30 cities. this morning taskrabbit is announcing it's expanding to 20 new cities. next week, detroit, raleigh-durham and nashville will be among the places. stacy joined the company four years ago

a decade at google. welcome. >> thank you. >> how does it work? >> download a an app and hire someone to safely do chores around your husband. in five minutes you can find someone to hang things on your because or if you're moving, help you pack and unpack your boxes. >> what's the vetting process? how d we know they're safe. >> it includes a background test, screened with their bank account so we know who they are, and they verify their identity. >> what are some of the craziest things. >> that's what i was going to ask. >> will they do anything, number one -- i noejt they won't do everything but what's the craziest? >> most of our task masters are handymen or women.

collapsed and he was fell. he was trapped in his basement. he had his phone and called someone on task master to built stairs so he could get out of the basement. >> what's the most next request? >> the most frequent, i buy furniture from ikea. i think i can do it but i want help. >> you made the transition to ceo. what was that transition like for you? >> it was a pretty easy tramp sigs. the hartsfield-jacksonest part, you become the ceo and you have to define a vision, a strategy and lead them to a goal. >> is the essential thing to scale up so you can have enough to perform? >>

we want to be coast to coast, which is what this expansion is about. >> what are your large concerns about the gig economy? i know there was one taskrabbit employee who was quoted as saying these are jobs that don't lead go anything. they're not sustain tobl me. >> taskrabbit is about helps others. we have 30,000 people who show up. they make $35 on average which is fife times the federal minimum wage. this is about earning a meaningful income. >> is it sustainable? you don't pay social security and all of those things. >> most of our taskers are part-time. we offer access to benefits at a discount.

we grew up access to thinks. >> you grew up in detroit and you said growing up you didn't have access to black ceos and women ceos. is that true? >> i do. i grew up in detroit with a singe mom and no resources. i wish this was going on. now i get to do it every day. so the conversation is changing. i'm a o', a representative of what can become and if you work hard. in silicon valley i'm glad we're talking about it and we can do more. >> it's a great company. charlie has asked me before, what's this task rabbit. i could use this. former supermodel gisele bundchen

husband tom brady on a strict diet. >> does that come from gisele? yes. >> but they love it. >> that sure did look like a yes. >> a very hardy yes. >> ahead, how

. gisele bundchen outearned all the women modelsmore that a decade. the 36-year-old mother of two and wife of nfl quarterback tom brady recently retired from the runway. she's now pursuing her long held passion of advocating for the environment and her business career. she's teemed up with author paul hawken. his new book is "drawdown." it's about climate change. them this morning only on "cbs this morning." >> i believe that we're human beings having spiritual experiences. i believe planet earth is a spaceship. >> she's been hailed as one of most beautiful women in the world. but gisele bundchen is hoping t

turn the world's gaze from the catwalk to the planet. >> the rivers, the animals, all the species. we are blessed. we are living in hooerch. come on. >> this will be gisele's last catwalk. >> having stepped off the runway last year she's using her global platform to advocate for the environment. >> this whole thing we're seeing right now -- >> exploring deportation in amazon. >> it's so inspiring. >> working as a u.s. good will ambassador and now addressing climate change helping paul hawken promote his latest book, "drawdown." >> what is draw down. >> going to the peek. >> what happens? >> we don't

>> hawken's book is rapged on science and carbon impact. >> this book inspired you to have goals. >> i thought, oh, my god, someone is actually addressing on the solutions instead of focusing on how can i help, how do i sign up to help. that's why i'm here. >> i've been trying to tell the story for a long time. >> it's been ten years since "the inconvenient truth". >> yes. >> the al gore book. however, it's been miserable. the idea that we'd scare the "t" out of themes is working. >> i understand you have to have a plan and be on it is mystic but there are o lot

>> i agree. we're acting. this is in place. it is scaling. and if we continue to scale in a rigorous but reasonable way over 30 years we can reverse global warming. >> we will put our min miners b to work. >> now the trump administration is working to put back the coal mining industry and roll back the news. >> you have to be kidnapped. right? >> yes. i feel that -- i leak -- i'm an optimist is doing is bringing more awareness and now people are like i have to take matters into my oven hands. i have to get it yatd. >> don't you think we should be

>> yes. but i think way you do that is by bridging forth the information because you're all learning, right? leave that to believe. we have a plant based diet and we've been having iter ten years. >> why's that? >> a, because we feel better and it's better for our health and everything has an effect. >> and your husband says, tom bray did it says. >> yes. >> i would not have the career. >> he's almost 40. there are times he say don't say that. he says he's been feeling so much better. i have to say it's amazing. he doesn't feel achy. he feels much more energy. >> did you influence how your house and your husband and your children feel about plant base diet and over

why don't you want to say that? >> he has to thank you. >> no. many zin beginning, you know, it was a little different for him. now hi loaves itnd wouldn't have it any other way. >> if it was up to me, she would tell me to retire. i said rngs she told me that. i said too bad, babe. you know i'm having too much fun. >> it's like an aggressive sport. football, he had kuhn cushion. he has conclusions.

i donthink it's a the i don't think it's a healthy thing. >> i think -- i plan on having him be hello third. >> he's in to win the super bowl. >> where would you put sbout victory in great themes that happens o your family. >> it was wonderful. >> emotional. >> very emotional. i saw the victory as something much bigger than a victory, leak a team playing another team. i thought there was an amazing message there. i thought, you know what? for all the people who feel like they're losing, they give up. never give up. if you're here, if you're standing, you're.

dedication and clafrpty of it, it's going to happen. >> you heard from her. that's the reason they're so successful. >> she's saying when it can be done. just don't give up. >> great interview. >> i interviewed her husband too. >> you get them as a couple. very nice. >> you can heard more. she shares how she shaked world. and when we come back, norah as in o'donnell, delivers her own note to self in a commencement address. her message to fraud

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her message to herself. i don't freenld to have all the answers. believe me, i'm still learning all the time. but in some quiet moment today or in the days to come, imagine the conversation you might have with your future self. >> reporter: thing about the packet you'll take to get there. aisle i'm not talking about the career choices you make but rather the way you walk that pathing the valg yous you live, the qualities you embody, the examples you set, even when nobody's watching. >> the most important thing. do the right thing when nobody's watching. that's norah, of course, delivering the commencement address at the college ceremony in new jersey. she shared her own note to self to listen and allow your setbacks to make you normal. kean gave her the highest honor bestowed. >> that's a grea

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you didn't hear it. it's a good crowd. my name is chris leary. i'm markette shepperd and we are the hosts of great day washington. yesterday was warm and sunny and today will be, too. >> it is hot. >> you are right, it is hot. i'm ready for warm weather and some fun, spring and summer, all about outdoor activities and two maryland businessmen have opened a playground for adults. visitors to the construction field in frederick can have bachelor parties, birthday parties, whatever you want. they will do it for you while you operate a bobcat excavator or a john deere. they said they got the idea for the heavy metal playground after watching an episode of shark tank. something similar exist for kids and parents in dc. it's where the vehicles are in park mode, the annual truck play with

open lot at rfk stadium. it's on june 10th and the heavy metal playground is already open. i don't know, would you pay-to- play with bobcats? >> a, yes. b, where is the parking lot? you make sure parking lot is over there and cars are over here. >> your prius is in part of that? sorry! >> i love my car. i would love to do that, the big machinery. >> let me tell you something -- i don't know -- i have driven a bobcat excavator in my day. >> are you kidding me! >> [ laughter ] my dad was excavating the backyard when i was growing up and he had a bobcat. it was fun! >> it is fun! >> it's even more fun when you get pa