captioning funded by cbs good morning. it is thursday, october 26th, 2017. welcome to "cbs this morning." president trump is ready to declare the opioid crisis a public health emergency, but will today's actions stop short of his pledge for more sweeping response. puerto rico calls on washington to investigate how a two-man company called whitefish won a $300 million contract to restore power. the company's ties to the trump administration faced scrutiny. plus an oregon woman underwent a double mastectomy

the result of doctors miss reading a critical test result. how trucking could lead to delivery delays and higher prices. >> but we begin today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> we have great unity. if you look at what happened at the meeting, it was almost a lovefest. maybe it was a lovefest. >> president trump downplayed infighting. >> do i wish these things weren't happening out in the public? yeah, i wish they would settle their things personally. >> there are allegations of connections between president trump and russia. >> don't forget. hillary clinton totally denied this. total phony. i called it fake news. it's disgraceful. police in florida are on the hunt for a possible serial killer. >> go punch him down and bring his head to me. ♪ ain't that a shame". >> the great fats domino has died. >> i wouldn't say i

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stop living like a pig. >> announcer: this morning's "eye opener" presented by toyota. let's go places. welcome to "cbs this morning." president trump plans an important address today on the deadly opioid epidemic that killed nearly 50,000 americans last year, but the speech will not include a promised declaration. >> after pledging -- >> the opioid crisis emergency. >> the president had suggested earlier. major garrett is at the white house with the latest on this story. major, good morning. >> good morning. the president had a choice. national emergency or public health emergency. the first is usually linked to hurricanes and other big natural disasters, the second typically linked to infectious diseases. we last declared one in 2009 to combat swine flu. both require s-t

intervention and congressional funding. the president's announcement comes amid his argument that he's not supervising a republican party deeply divided. >> the opioid is a tremendous emergency. >> reporter: s . >> six states have declared a public emergency. they include drugs like fentanyl. >> we're going to be doing a very important meeting sometime in the short future. >> he spent $458 million in an appeal and that bill died. new decisions now confront the president. >> we actually have great unity in the republican party. >> mr. trump told parties they're unshaken by

bob corker deflect on the tax cut, the white house could be in jeopardy. >> we want tax cuts for the middle class, we want tax cuts for businesses the produce jobs. there's great unity. >> the president predicts flake and koshlger will fall in line. he says flake's decision was weak. >> i really don't care who passed a note to the cute girls in pigtails. everyone shut up and do your job. >> house republicans are struggling to write the tax cut bill and kevin brady is clashing with the president over tax-free contributions to 401(k) accounts. earlier in the week the president said those accounts are off limits. now he says

dwoe negotiation. details, details, details. >> thanks. it was recently revenltsed whitefish energy appears to have ties to ryan zinke and president trump election efforts. julianna goemdmldman is in washington. good morning. >> good morning. its government power company filed for bankruptcy in july and yet it still awarded a $300 million no-bid contract to a 2-year-old company that had only two employees at the time. as the island of puerto rico attempts to pull itself out of the dark, lawmakers in both parties want to know why and how whitefish energy was tasked to help rebuild power lines on the island. >> we don't have enough information as to the process that went through

>> republican rob bishop -- >> that's the goal of our committee. >> whitefish's previous federal contract was for only $1.3 million to upgrade power lines in arizona. >> this appears to be a pretty small company. are they capable of doing the job that i think they're being asked. >> on wednesday san juan's mayor took on the company on twitter. find. whitefish responded, we've got 44 men working on lines in your city and 40 more to arrive. do you want us to send them back? the company's ties to the administration are under scrutiny. he knows interior secretary ryan zinke and whitefish is based in his own town. the energy company is backed by hbc investments. its founder gave

campaign of then texas governor now next secretary rick perry and they gave $200,000 to support president trump's election. they did not respond. the interior department and whitefish say zinke played no role in the contract and kol any ta didn't ee either. they were willing to take the baurts they took less money up front. >> thank you. president trump has slammed the democrats and hillary clinton because they have paid for controversial research into his ties to russia. >> she denied it. her own people denied it. and now they're sort of scooting around trying to figure out what to say. they spent, if you think about it, almost $6 million on something like that. i think -- honestly, i think it's a disgrace. >> sources familiar with it say th

steel dossier when it was published. over a seven-month period the democratic national committee and the l clinton campaign commissioned over $8 million. people flying overseas will experience new security measures starting this morning. the stricter rules apply to all u.s.-bound flights and are aimed at responding to hid p explosives. they could face more detailed inspections of their electronic devices. this measure will affect over 23,000 passengers a day. that's about 2,100 flights. jericka duncan is at jfk airport this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. they'll start with what's known as passenger interviews. that

interviews could be something as brief as at the gate or they could be filling out a questionnaire and this process could potentially slow up boarding and even cause flight delays. delta is remiechblding passengers flying into the u stalgts to arrive at airports at least three hours before the departure. trump said airlines had until today to enhance screening procedures for u.s.-bound flight. these new measures replace the temporary carry-on of laptop ban. they include saudi arabia, egypt, kuwait, qatar, the united arab emirates, jordan, and morocco. domestic changes are like when you go through the tsa check line, instead of having to pull out your laptop, any device gg

be pulled out and put in separate bins so ild could be screened again. this could cause possible delays and hold up the boarding process. >> thank you. nikki haley continues her three-nation tour of africa after she was evacuated from south sudan. she was visiting a camp when a protest against the country's president broke out. they fired tear gase. she later tweeted it and said, quote, sad but an inspiring day in south sudan. she's now in the democratic republican of corn go formerly known as niger. >> four sold yours killed in niger three weeks ago had little to no combat experience. they plan to present to the

they want to know how johnson was separated from the unit and if he was alive when they evacuated. his body was found two days later. margaret brennan is at the pentagon. good morning. >> good morning. four americans and four nigerians were killed. the ambush has been described by military officials as a complex attack involving small arm fire and rocket grenades. it shows sergeant la david johnson and three other mortally wounded soldiers had little to no combat experience. for sergeant dustin wright whose remains arrived a day after the attack, nigh jers the was his very first deployment. they had all completed premission training required before deployment. president trump said on wednesday his

the mission and he was just learning details. >> i gave them authority to do what's rate so that we win. that's the authority they have. i want to win and we're going to win. it was thwart the end. they had just met at tongo tongo. an hour into the fire fight, the patrol called for help and help arrived 60 minutes later. once johnson was declared missing, a dustwun was declared. u.s. commandos based in the region were lost. >> at that point we made sure all of the resources including national sets were

>> it is stilt unclear whether there was a three-pronged plan, but it's believed an isis offshoot led this. he's got allies throughout the region. >> all right. thank you. the sentencing hearing for army sergeant bowe bergdahl resumes today. he walk aid way from his post ands with cap turn by the tale ban. he pleaded guilty to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. he said he left the post to report misconduct at the base. >> mark, good morning. >> good morning. in bergdahl's case, that charge of misbehavior before the enemy has to do with the way he put u.s. soldiers at risk when they went to look for him. no u.s. soldier was killed that

search, but the court did hear from a former navy s.e.a.l. who was wounded. bergdahl arrived at the fort brag courthouse. baker who commanded bergdahl's battalion at the time testified one unit was on patrol for 37 days straight. the only time you slept was when you couldn't stay conscience anymore he testified. retired navy s.e.a.l. james hatch walks with a limp and a service dog now. at the time he served be bergdahl. he was shot then. he described it on the scene. he was hurt really bad, he thought maybe things are ore. >> in 2015 hatch talked about his injury and

>> he needs to know, you know, how much was risked. >> reporter: the judge is looking at it. then candidate called him a traitor who should be shot. >> you know, the old days, boom, firing squad. >> the judge rules in february he has not been influenced by president trump adding those comments were made when trump was still a cillian candidate. but they argued he brought his commets to the forefrond again. >> ithey say he had a schizophrenic type of disorder. he wanted the judge to consider that as the judge decides whether to put him behind bars for the rest of his life. norah? >> thank you. former president george

actresses said he touched them. lind said he touched her on the behind and also told her a dirty joke. his arm falls naturally to his waist. they say he tells the same joke and on occasion he has patted women's rears. to anyone he has offended he apologizes most sincerely. >> i take the former president at his word. he's in a wheelchair. >> i do too. sherri papini vanished last november. she was found three weeks later bruised and beaten but alive. they helped create these two skichs of the hispanic women she said an ducted her.

anna werner is here with new details in the case. anna werner has more. >> good morning. sherri papini was found beaten and shackleded on the side of a highway. last november police got a frantic call from schirriherri s husband when he said he found her phone. >> i found her hairs in it like the phone was ripped away from her. >> reporter: she was found bruised and chained. she was ee maes yated, 87 pounds hand had a brand burned into her shoulder. >> she was bound with three restraints but summoned help. >> papini told police hue two women with their faces covered held her at gunpoint and pulle

investigators found both male and female dna on papini's clothing belonging to neither papini or her husband. she says they spoke spanish most of the time but struggled to give officers more. >> sherri did her best at providing descriptions but was not able to provide a detailed description through the suspects covering their faces. >> what mystifies investigators here is there's no clear motive. she had been texting with a michigan man who she planned to meet with but denied any involvement. a driver hit by a rock in michigan whose

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it is caught for a home run. george springer goes deep. >> george springer put this ahead. the astros won their first world series game ever. 7-6. the team set a series record hitting eight home runs. >> i think everybody did what we did at the table when vin scully came out. it was so nice to hear his voice. people love him so. welcome back to "cbs this morning." here are three things we thing you should know this morning. president trump is backing off a pledge to name america's opioid epidemic a national emergency. he will deliver a major address this afternoon where he'll label it a public health emergency. we'll bring it up this afternoon for a special cbs news report at 2:00 eastern time. report found the plan would cut the federal deficit by $3.8

billion over the next decade. they found the plan wow not substantially change the number of plans with health care insurance. they found more than 20 million people could lose coverage. the long awaited secret files on john f. kennedy's 1963 assassination are set to be released later today. in 1992 congress ordered all records on kennedy's death be opened to the public by today's date. president trump said on saturday he'll allow the documents to be released. experts do not expect the documents to reveal any major new details on why kennedy was murdered. the driver of the van hit by a six-pound rock in michigan is speaking out about the deadly incident. he said he's devastated he could not save his friend's life. the passenger was killed when a rock smashed through the windshield. five students have been charged.

adriana day yaz is in clie yeo, michigan, where this incident happened. >> it was dark out like it is now. they were driving at 70 miles an hour under this overpass when in an instant their routine commute turned into a horror scene. >> i don't blame myself for what happened. i blamed myself like i couldn't do enough. >> reporter: steven said white's death angry and numb. he was driving his employee home after a day of work. they were talking about baseball when a rock suddenly smashed through the windshield. >> we were less than five miles from his house and the next thing i know i'm pulled over trying to keep him from bleeding out. then came the difficult call. he had to tell his best friend, his father that he was dead. >> he

was sitting on the side of the road. he said, tried to do my best. i could. stop him from bleeding. >> reporter: white was killed by a six-pound rock allegedly dropped from an overpass. prosecutors say these five teenagers were responsible. ages 15 to 17, the high schoolers shuffled into a court room tuesday in chains. they could face up to life in prison for second-degree murder. all 34r50eded not guilty. frank manley represents 16-year-old mark sekelsky. >> what if they didn't do anything? what if they're afraid of the older kid and they're standing there. >> white, a 32-year-old father of four dead on arrival at the hospital. one of his children, aged 5. >> he's not going to get to grow up with a father like i did. i think that's what hurts the worst.

serves as a warning to other teams. he wants the state to install nets or gaits on overpasses to prevent another drive home from turning deadly. >> thanks. adriana. all eight border walls are complete in a remote section of san diego. they asked congress for $1.6 billion in financing to start the new wall. it is not approved yet. mer rhea villarreal is in san francisco along two of the walls at the mexican border. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. a lot of the original wall, which is what you see is built from vietnam-era material. it's about 8 to 10 feet in most place and it pailes in comparisn to the new prototypes.

these eight models offer just a glimpse of trump's border wall. look closer and you'll see variations in design, color, and construction. four are solid concrete. four others are a combination of concrete and steel. >> what you don't see is what's buried be neath. it goes down 40 feet to stop from tunnelling, which is important here. this is the san diego divisions chief. >> we don't have to select just one. we can feed key characteristics from one and maybe another that we can use toward the future. >> there are critics who say this is distraction politics and there isn't any money to make this whole wall. >> everywhere where i have

workward we put up an infrastructure, it's worked. >> reporter: the director for the friends service community it is it i -- disagree. six construction companieser from five states were selected from hundreds of bidders, a decision that was said to be rushed to meet deadlines. his construction company built this small sample wall that took a welder more than two hours to cut through. they they dismissed his proposal because of paperwork he claims was misguided from the start. >> to put this thing out on the street and say there's a ten-page limit and a limited window in which the submit your design ideas

they didn't know what to do with it. >> reporter: they'll be testing this with private citizens over the next few months. basically what they'll be doing is checking out the scale and size to see how difficult it will be to breach these prototypes. process will begin in november. >> thank you. an oregon woman said she did not need two life-saving surgeries. a double mastectomy and hysterectomy too. we invite you to subscribe to our "cbs this morning" podcast. you'll get interviews and originals. find them on apple's podcast and ipodcast app. you're watching "cbs this morning." we'll be right back.

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positive for genes that were cancer causing. after the removal she learned the tests were negative. she hopes her experience helps others to ask the right questions. >> reporter: her life change dramatically after having a double mastectomy and hysterectomy as a precaution. the 36-year-old had been told a genetic test she took indicated a high risk for cancer. >> when you found out you didn't have those genetic markers and you didn't need those surgeries, how did you react? >> i was devastated. i'm so devastated. >> reporter: in a lawsuit filed last week, cooke-moore claims the doctor who performed her mastectomy and her nurse told her she

cancer genes. >> i think i went numb. it's kind of shocking to hear. >> she alleges he performs the surgeries at this hospital. two weeks later a doctor gave her a preventive double mastectomy. it was only after painful complications prompted her to see another doctor that it was discovered her genetic tests were misread. she did not have the cancer-causing genes. >> nobody checked into this. nobody called. i called my lab. they said, we never said that. your ruts are negative. >> now she's suing the three medical professionals and their professionals, $1.8 million, the maximum allowed. >> there's not a lot that surprises me but that certain

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good morning. welcome back to "cbs this morning." president trump wants tax cuts and they're divided over how to pay for them. only on "cbs this morning" we're going to talk with tim scott about popular deductions that could be slashed. four women are fighting the opioid crisis with the power of hope. but first here's today's "eye opener" at 8:00. president trump plans an important address today on the deadly opioid epidemic. >> the white house confirms he'll name the crisis a public

emergency. >> president trump has plblamed hillary clinton and the democrats. >> they're asking how a small montana power company was given a $300 million job to restore power. >> they want the judge to consider that. >> five global airlines will start with passenger security interviews. this process could essentially -- >> retired play-by-play man vince scully -- >> i think everybody did what we did at the table when vin scouly came out. >> a note from einstein sold for $1.6 million. he was traveling overseas. he had no money so he gave a bellboy a handwritten note for a tip. i think it explains why a barber always gave him this haircut.

>> that's pretty funny. >> it is very funny. >> i'm charlie rose with gayle king and norah o'donnell. president trump puts a spotlight on the opioid epidemic today declaring it a public health emergency. he had declared it a national emergency. he promised in august to make fighting the crisis a top priority. >> after a 60 minutes "washington post" investigation earlier this month the president said the country has a drug problem and he wants to get the response right. >> i did see the report. we're going to look into the report and take it very seriously. we're going to have major announce mnlts probably next week on the drug crisis and on the opioid problem. >> an estimated 142 americans die every day from drug overdoses. most of those are from opioids. president trump's nee

>> president trump insists there is unity amongth the republican party despite some senators. >> politics is a rough business, there's no doubt about it. i will say this. the republican party has a pretty good unity. >> they could put more of his legislative plan in jeopardy. that includes his most prized, the tax reform. the house plans to vote tort on the budget bill. that proposed tax plan is expected to be released on wednesday. major garrett is at the white house. major, good morning. >> god morning. president trump has made sport of criticizing fellow republicans. he has called out one-fifth of the senate conference for one reason or another. they helped sink-on-care repeal. that will take some doing because there are disagreements. for example, some top

republicans want to lower the maximum amount you can put into a 401(k) retirement account. they said, quote, there will be no change to your 401(k). now that's open for negotiation. they also want to eliminate taxes but others may well object and we still have no idea the income levels for future tax brackets or whether there will be three tax brackets or four. a new poll shows 35% of americans say they do not have any confidence in republicans or democrats to take care of taxes. how republicans have promises, charlie, some clarity on all of this by releasing their tax bill next week. >> thanks, major. with us on capitol hill hill is republican senator tim scott of south carolina. he was with ivanka trump yet to talk about reducing the child tax

>> good morning. good to be with you. >> good to have you. >> what's the single most item that mate threaten the passage of this bill? >> hopefully there's nothing that will threaten the passage of this bill. however, there are a number of itemized things that people think of as a sacred cow. we're going to have to look at the average hard-working middle class. >> where to you stand on capping to reduction on 401(k)? in other words should wealthy americans get that deduction? >> i'm a huge fan of manging sure we preserve the retirement incentive. if you think of it this way, the average south carolina has one year owes ofom

that's not good news. we need to encourage retirement saving so fewer people are challenged while they're in their as i used to call it the third half of their life, the part of their life where they get to enjoy the benefits of school and work. >> now, "the new york times" has described this tax reform plan as the glue holding the party together adding this analogy. it's a bit like having a baby to save a failing marriage. what to you think will happen if the tax reform plan doesn't pass and has the republican party learned anything from the nailure to repair and replace obamacare in the tax plan to make sure they have more success there in. >> a, i'm confident this time it will pass. b, we learned from our previous failures how to get it right. the reality is the house, the senate, a md the white house, we've been talking for months about tax reform. we were not on the same page

during the health care debate. we're on the same panel with regard to the tax reform. the good news is we're looking at getting this done by thanksgiving so folks will have a great opportunity to understand what it is we're doing for them by the time we get to the holidays. >> you've about had two colleagues in the senate speak out against president trump and the mood in the country wrchlt do you stand on that and how serious of a division is there within the republican party? >> there's one thing that's certain with the republican party. we're not a hodge object news group of folks who think the same, which is good news for the american people. the tent is big enough for different opinions. at the same time the focus of the republican party is not on the party. it's on the american people. sometimes we have strong differences on how we believe we bridge the gap to make sure the average person has a better future than they

past. to get there there's going to be some disagreement. i think it's healthy for the party and the country. >> do you agree with the criticism from senator flake and senator corker? >> i'm not going to get into the criticisms of any particular senator or individual. what i know is healthy debate is necessary for us to challenge some of the highest priority of the american people and the largest issues that loom large for our country. >> healthy for someone from your party to say the president of the united states is a danger to democracy? that it's sick and dangerous? that's healthy? >> what's popular is tax credits. i'm not going to jump into that with you guys. what i'm going to do is focus my attentions and responsibilities the take care of the american people as relates to tax reform and other individuals. the spats between individuals, that's not my priority to get

consistent and clear on the american people and my priorities for the american people. >> senator, can you pledge that the former tax cut will be revenue-neutral and won't add to the debt? >> yes. the answer is if you look at the impact of lowering the impedimented for economic and dynamic growth, you'll have an opportunity to experience more economic activity. that more economic activity meaning people will spend more money. if you give folks $25 more in their paycheck, they're going to spend that $25. we'll see ours with a stronger economy. >> thank you for taking the time. we appreciate it. >> thank you. four west virginian women hurt by the opioid

america needs 50,000 new truck drivers on the road by the end of the year. kris van cleave tells us why. >> they move two-thirds of the goods we buy every year. there's a shortage of truck drivers we came here to talk to drivers how the shortage is affecting their jobs and what it may mean for your wallet. that's ahead on "cbs this morning." storewide. plus - take an extra 20% off. plus - take an extra $10 off when you spend $50 or more. plus - get kohl's cash. plus - yes2you members earn triple points. only at kohl's. they can fly... ...travel at the speed of light... ...and command the currents.

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"cbs this morning" partners with the professional networking site linkedin for our continuing series "work in progress." we look at issues facing the american work force. this morning we're looking at the growing shortage of truck drivers. more than 70% of the goods we consume are carried on the nation's highways. a new report says the industry needs to hire roughly 90,000 new truckers each year to keep up with demand. kris van cleave shows us why so many of those jobs are unfilled and how it would drive up costs for you. >> the american trucker carries our country. >> nothing we get isn't

by a truck. >> reporter: they say truckers drive the american economy. if that's the case, we could be in trouble. 50,000 more drivers are needed by the end of 2017, and that number could more than triple in ten years. >> when we're buying more stuff out there, whether that's cars, refrigerators, you name it, we're putting out in trucks, and that's going to exacerbate the shortage that we have. >> he's with the industry trade group. >> once we hit that 100,000 mark, that's where we start to see problems throughout the economy. >> problems like product shortages, delivery delays, and higher prices. demographics are likely behind the shortfall but the lifestyle, extended periods away from home is a deterrent. >> there's a sense people don't want to be truck drivers. why do you think that is? >> it's a hard night. i have a 36-inch box. i sleep in hotels from time to

want to do it. travel and see different things. >> we met greg, waiting for his rig to be repaired. he's made life on the roadwork for his family and that gives people like jennifer gausman a bargain. >> what was it like? >> it's a matter of making phone calls and seeing what they'll do to work around your time. there are companies where when you're out, you have to be out for six months. i didn't want that. >> reporter: they don't t typically want them here. instead once a year they hold a jamboree where recruiters are allowed to come in. this year more than 40,000 people attended. we found greg. >> the employment market is

hypercompetitive and we feel it every day. >> his company hopes to attract new drivers including new millennials by getting a license. many drivers tell us it comes down to one thing. >> i think if they want to hire more drivers, they're going to have to increase the pay. >> they're offering incentives to attract drivers, but pressures to keep costs down puts a damper on things. >> a truck driver in 2006 will make more if you factor in the cost of living. it's a couple hundred dollar difference. >> that data puts median driver pay just over $41,000. still many see trucking as a road to a better life. the industry just needs to convince tens of thousands more to hit the road. for "cbs this morning," kris van cleave, walcott,

>> i think there will always be a need for truck drivers. one told me once, when you look around your room in your house, your job, there's nothing in this place that didn't get here without a truck, a truck driver at some point. >> as they say, essential to our economy. >> they should be very well paid. technology can change people's lives right from the start. ahead, the emotional reaction, you're going to like this, when a baby girl who's deaf hear's her mom's voice for the very first time. >> the ravens host the dolphins on thursday night. they want to win to even out their record and the dolphins are going for their fourth straight victory. "thursday night football" coverage begins at 7:30 right here on cbs. it will be simulcast on the nfl network. you're watching "cbs this morning." we'll be right back. just walk right in and pay zero dollars with most insurance.r.

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to donald trump on all of it. ed gillespie refuses to stand up to him at all. a 2-month-old girl in virginia had a priceless reaction when she heard her mom speak for the very first time. hello. hello. i've never seen that face before. hi.

are you emotional? >> what's happening here. little charlotte was born death in august but hearing aids changed her life. her mom christy has posted it to facebook and it's received more than 18 million views. >> in that moment or hearts were just completely connected and i knew she was feeling as happy and as emotional as i was. the big change is just seeing to see that miracle and that beaming smile every morning. >> i'll say. charlie's family hopes to get implants for her ears until next year. for now the hearing aids are just fine. thank you so much, christy for showing us that video. you can see the smile on her face. >> that face looks to me like what have i been missing this whole time. my mother's voice. it's like that happy chbs and sadness all at the same time. beautiful. absolutely beautiful. actor shemar mo

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21 of 23 years as an actor on cbs. >> yes. >> where do you have your cbs eye tattoo? it must be somewhere private. i've seen most of your naked body on cbs. you're a man who does not mind taking his shirt off frequently. how many crunches do you do a day, shemar moore? >> i do about 500 sit-ups a day, five days a week. >> you're 47. >> i'm 47. >> when are you going to pull it back from an eight pa-pack to

>> this is 47. now when i say action, say action. >> action. >> there it is. >> this is 53. this is 53. this is 53. say action. >> action. welcome back to "cbs this morning." that was shemar moore and stephen colbert a couple of names ago. he's deciding if he wants you to remove your shirt. we'll figure it out by the time you get here. we want to see what an eight-pack looks like. he's tolding two emmys because he's predicting great things with "swat." president trump is thinking about keeping chairman janet yellen. he asked lou dobbs for advice yesterday in a tv interview.

yellen might be worth keeping. >> i'll tell you what. she was in my office three days ago. she was very impressive. i like her a lot. i mean it's something that i am thinking about. i would certainly think about it. >> mr. trump suggested he's close to making a nomination. a new poll in u.s. news and world report show a majority of republicans support legal marijuana. a gallup poll found 51% want i. "time" magazine looks at the best way to remove pesticides from apple skin. guess what? it's not a rinse or wipe. they used three. bleach solution and baking soda and water. turns out the baking soda was best at removing

the nutrients are in the skin. you've gotten to eat the skin. >> i believe those. >> atlanta constitution says people who dey grime score higher on intellectual creativity and their brains are more efficient. >> tell that to the teacher who says what are you doing daydreaming. our series "a more perfect union yts shows us what unites us is stronger than what divides us. president trump is declaring a public emergency over the opioid even deming. four women have made it their first priority. they live in a state with the highest overdose in america. >> you can find it at all hour, whether it's late at night, the middle of the afternoon. >> reporter: christy knows all the trouble spots

martinsburg, west virginia. >> the worst part is many westchester. >> reporter: this was once a textile town. the factories have long since closed. many people here have filled the empty spaces in their lives with opioids. it's a city in desperate need to a hero. >> who's lost someone to heroin? >> it got four of them. >> i lost my son-in-law the week before krim in 2016 and i lost my daughter in may. >> reporter: these four women are all affected by the heroin plague. >> i have a son that is actually one year clean from heroin. >> tara? >> i was in a relationship

was pressured with drug use. >> how bad was it? >> six years. >> i have a daughter who also got hooked due to prescription medication after a broken arm. >> so all four of you know it can happen to anybody. >> absolutely. >> they call themselves hope dealers. the four women came together at a meeting seeking support among other families harmed by addiction. >> you kind of glance over at one, the other one's sobbing and crying, i'm sock and crying and we just connected. instead of dealing dope in our community, let's deal some hope. that's how we became the hope project. >> she's going ask valley to help her get into the rehab. >> we call the detox centers, we secure a bed if they have one, and at that point, usually tina and christry are at the hospital with them where they have to sit there anywhere from two to sen

>> the closest is 2 1/2 hours away. the furthest is 6 1/2 hours. >> you're the hand holders. >> at times. >> sometimes the butt kickers. >> yeah. >> one of the butts they kicked belonged to tiffany arredondo. >> what has heroin cost you? >> everything i had. my family, my home, my cars i had, my kids. i lost all my rights to my kids. >> arredondo is a recovering addict. she grew up here. she's lost 22 people to heroin since high school including a cousin and two sisters. >> who's helped you? >> dealer, the hope dealers. the sunday i wanted to get help, they actually chased me down the whole day, went to my dealer's house. >> they sound fearless. >> oh, yeah. >> she's been clean for

>> so how long before this came along? >> reporter: peter callahan is an addiction counselor. he said the hope dealers have tripled in number of people getting beds. >> 16 beds. what kind of difference does that make? >> reporter: he credits them with applying pressure to the state to help fund a new detox center to the city. >> what it brings is an option for treatment, an option for you to make a choice to get help and they're taking it. >> christy where does that commitment come from? >> it comes from knowing that someone needs help, knowing that a mother can go to sleep that night knowing her kid is on the way to a detox center. they're not lying in bed wondering where is my child. >> so she told me on the way up there, i can't even believe e i'm alive. >> four women dealing hope in a town where hope is hard to find.

miller, martinsburg, west virginia. >> and we should let you know that the hope dealers received recognition in w.v.'s one woman edition. they rely on fund-raising and donations and kudos. and once again a reminder, these are people who are seeking solutions. they're solutions-focused. >> just their whole philosophy of dealing hope and not dope. i hope people are getting out their checkbooks. you can see that's money well spent. >> i hope so. >> local initiative. >> that's right. well done. you can hear more of this in our interview with them. you can find it on apple's itunes and ipodcasts. shemar moore trained with real tactical officers to get ready for it. he's in tour our toyota green

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what's next? >> what should we do next? >> we should do this. this is my six pack, one, two, three, four, five, six. >> you're not in love with yourself, are you. >> oh, boy, oh, boy. i've got to collect myself for just a moment. architect shemar moore got his start on "the young & the restless" in 1994. he stayed with cbs for years. now he's back on cbs in the highly anticipated tv series "s.w.a.t." his character is under pressure to bridge the gap between the community and the police. >> wrong. it won't work. >> well, those are the orders. >> and

if hicks wants to fire me, let him fire me, but we're going to go a different way. >> which way is that? >> we treat them like family. >> something tells me they're not going to fire him. he's also a producer on "s.w.a.t." he joins us at the table to discuss. we're so glad to see you. we're so glad you're with the family. >> thank you so much for having me. and thank you for the work you do day in and day out. >> you said you weren't done with tv. you weren't sure what you were going to do. >> i've been grinding and grinding. i told you the story when i got hired on "the young & the restless." i remember the date in 1994. cbs has been so good to me. i felt like my career is school.

school. "criminal minds" was college. and this is graduate school. >> you called it your dream job. >> i had been so focused work and there was this void on my personal life. i traveled. i went to sydney, australia. i traveled. i want to recharge. i hung out with kangaroos, jumped off water falls. i made gut decisions. i went to college. i'm smart. i made bad decisions. wrong people in my life. these people and these entities don't see the bigger vision and that saying if you love something let

come back. all the right people and opportunities came back. one of them being "s.w.a.t." i'm smart enough to know and humn't enough that i can't do it all by me. i can't do it by myself. i get to be an actor. i get to lead other actors. the other actor gets to be the lead over the team, promoting diversity, changing the system. >> that's what i like about that clip too. it's not only a good drama. he comeses across as this leader when there's a lot of talk about it, that a white officer accidentally shoots a black teenager and this is obviously a discussion that's going on. so how do you handle that with the show? >> i'm very excited about "s.w.a.t." and i need people to know right out of the gate that the only difference between the movie,

the same theme song. but what people may not be expecting, trust me, it's all there, echlk of your seat. but it's also based on reality today. so when you watch the news, everybody's experienced something, witnessed something, heard of something called injustices. we can talk about ferguson, baltimore. our first episode deals with black lives matter. a black kid gets shot by one of our white cops and i'm promoted because of racial optics. you see it. the cops don't always seem to do justice. we take that on. my mentor, my character's mentor makes a mistake and has to deal with it. >> sometimes great storytelling -- >> excuse me? >>

gets the message across. >> we can be as talented as we want to be. it's such good writing. it's not only going to be entertaining but it's going to be about black lives matter, bullying, we're not going to preach to you. >> tell me this. what's your exercise routine? >> good question. >> 500 sit-ups a day? >> yes. when i'm on point, i try to stay in shape, one, because i want to look good, two, it's necessary for the job. we've been trained by the legit s.w.a.t. members, lapd swaut, san diego s.w.a.t., s.e.a.l. team six. >> you're 47. >> i am. i was an athlete my whole life. >> what do you do? >> i do curls for the

>> i do pushups, sit-ups, weight room. >> when you were traveling, were you traveling by yourselvf or have someone else? >> i was with my cousin. i'm trying to keep my black from cracking. >> you can watch it next thursday at 10:00 p.m. right here on -- >> cbs home. >> we'll be right back.

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