it's tuesday, november 28th th, 2017. this is the cbs morning news. showdown in washington. two people are fighting for control of the nation's top financial watchdog agency leaving a judge to decide who is in charge. a ceremony to americans who served in world war ii is overshadowed by a remark by the president. >> we have a representative in congress who they say was here a long time ago. they call her

>> an amazing surprise. it was so sweet and natural and very romantic. he got on one knee. >> good morning from the studio 57 use room at cbs news head quarters in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. this morning, the battle for control of the consumer protection bureau is in the hands of a judge. the legal battle kicked off as two acting directors fought for control of the agency. dueling memos, e-mails and sweet treats were part of a power struggle that's proving unusual even in washington. we have the report. >> nick mulvaney, president trump's acting director of the bureau brought

he encouraged them to say hello and grab one and disregard any instructions from the other acting director, lee anna english who sent around her own staff e-mail. english met with the massachusetts senator who spearheaded the creation of the cfpb in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. she was appointed to head it. >> the law says i shall appoint a deputy director. i did that. it says they should act as deputy director. >> english is suing to try to keep him from appointing mulvaney. >> it turns up being a joke. that's what the cfpb has been in a sick sad kind of way. >> my opinion of the commission itsn't changed.

bureaucracy that has gone president trump. >> president trump criticized the bureau. since is inception, it has been a punching bag to republicans. it oversees financial institutions and has refunded nearly $12 billion to tens and millions of consumers. the bureau has been aggressive in the enforcement. the highest profile case was last year against wells fargo. the cfpb fined the bank $100 million for opening unforced bank accounts and credit cards. jewel anna goldman cbs news. president trump meets with the gop senate caucus this afternoon as senate republicans engage in last minute maneuvering to try to get a tax overall bill. they could vote on a plan as early as today. two republicans say they oppose the bill in its current form because it does not do enough for so-called pass through

those are businesses where owners are taxed on their individual tax returns. >> think of a manufacturer in your small town. pl employs a good chunk of your people. >> republicans have two votes to spare in the senate which could vote as early as this week. and this morning another allegation of sexual misconduct by john conyers. a former deputy chief of staff told the detroit news donniecon touched her inappropriately twice in the late 90s. he wanted to share a hotel room and have sex. his lawyer says he denies any wrong doing. he's underinvestigation by the house ethics committee. he has accepted aside as the top democrat on the house judiciary committee. senator al franken says that it will take a long time for him to regain the

constituents and his colleagues. he apologized for incidents in which he allegedly initiated improper sexual misconduct. it was his first capital public appearance since the accusations emerged. four women have come forward. franken said he doesn't remember three of the alleged incidents. the white house says president trump will not be campaigning in alabama for roy moore. meanwhile moore released a new tv ad to push back against allegations of sexual misconduct. >> five state campaigns. >> he contends the allegations are a scheme by liberal elites to sink his candidacy. two women accused moore of sexually assaulting him decades ago. last night he said they were dirty politics. >> these allegations are completely false. they're malicious. specifically i do not know any of these women for have i ever

engaged in sexual misconduct with any woman. >> moore faces doug jones in a special election december 12th. "the washington post" reports it was a target of a sting by conservative group which uses false stories to expose what it claims is social media ya bbias. the post reports it was approached by a woman who said moore impregnated her as a teen. she works now for a group that targets media outlets and left leaning grouping using hidden groups and false stories to embarrass the targets. president trump is facing criticism for language at a white house ceremony meant to honor native american heros. we have the details on that. >> good morning. when president trump referred to a senator as

comment was met with silence. it was supposed to honor native american code talkers. it quickly shifted from those who use their tribal language to language president trump used while recognizing them. you were here long before any of us were here, although we have a representative in congress who they say was here a long time ago, they call her pocahontas. he was referring to senator elizabeth warren. she's claimed she's part cherokee. after the event the navajo nation called the president's words culturally insensitive and the natural commerce of american indians described it as a slur that overshadowed the heros he was there to honor. >> it is so disturbing that at an e

of heros, that donald trump has to turn once again to a racial slur. >> the white house press secretary when asked about it insisted the president did not intend to sound offensive or use a slur. >> i think what most people find offensive is senator warrener lying about her heritage to advance her career. >> mr. trump's comment was made under a portrait of andrew jackson, the president who signed into law the indian removal act. >> that act paved the way for a series of forced removals of native americans in the 1800s. the difficult and often deadly journey became known as the trail of tears. >> thank you so much, rocxanna. no one was injured when two airliners touched wings. one was moving on a taxiway when it clipped the

atlantic airbus. the planes were departing. one returned to the terminal on its own. the virgin air jet had to be towed. the faa is investigating. in myanmar the pope meets with a nobel mare yat. he has met with the military leaders who ordered the crack down on the country's muslim rohingya minority. the u.s. and the u.n. describe the action as ethnic cleansing. more than 620,000 rohingya have fled the country. and we now know that the latest royal romance in britain started on a blind date that quickly blossomed into a full on love story. prince harry proposed over a roast chicken dinner 18 months after their first date. we report on the royal engagement. >> prince harry and his bride to be walked hand a hand in their fi

popped the question. the 33-year-old prince says he's thrilled to be marying the u.s. actress. markle said his proposal was very romantic. >> i could barely let you finish proposing. i was like can i say yes now? >> and then there was hugs and i had the ring on my finger. i was like can i give you the ring. she was like oh yes, the ring. >> the prince said he knew she was the one from the moment they mote in the summer of last year. mutual friends made the match. >> i'd never heard of her before. i was beautifully surprised when i walked into that room and saw her. >> markle is used to the camera. the 36-year-old was born and raised in los angeles and was married once before. she shot to fame in "suits". the couple recently moved in together here at london's kensington palace and they're already making wedding plans for next spring. the ring is full of bring and prince harry designed

two diamonds that belonged to his late mother. at the center is a stone from botswana. >> it's special to have this which links where you come from and botswana which is important to us. >> 2018 will be a big year for them. prince william and kate are expecting their third child around the same time prince harry will tie the knot. coming up on the morning news now, serious new charges against harvey weinstein. what one actress is alleging he did at a film festival. and a volcano in bali is set to explode. this is the cbs morning news. oh my gosh! how are you? well watch this. i pop that in there. press brew. that's it. so rich. i love it. that's why you should be a keurig man! full-bodied. are you sure you're describing the coffee and not me?

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checking it twice. congress members have a lot to get done before christmas break. and now that we have the first wave of the holiday shopping frenzy over, now you have an opportunity to give back. how you can help others on giving tuesday. at 4:26, we are going to check in now with miri marshall to see how your tuesday is shaping up. i believe it's going to be a little bit of a warm one at a, miri. >> it definitely is. good morning, larry, good morning, everyone. starting off at 41 degrees outside right now with clear skies. today we'll see temperatures between 60 and 65 degrees. can you believe that in november? we're roughly 10 degrees above where we should normally be around this time of the year. mostly sunny with a moderate breeze coming up out of the south. we do have a shower chance coming thursday, but not until thursday evening and thursday night. so if you do have plans to head out to see the christmas tree lighting, your plans there are safe. showers should start after 8:00 p.m. me lis a. >>reporter: thank you so much, miri. we are starting off fairly quiet for most of us this morning. no accidents to report that are shutting down any lanes,

major thoroughfares this morning. some road construction causing issues out in loudoun county. we're heading all the way to the dulles freeway eastbound just after the bypass there in leesburg. there's actually road construction closing the three lanes of the eastbound area, so you're going to have to take ashford village drive to get around that. things quiet in maryland to start you off. want to show you a live look at the beltway, 95 and 495 north of maryland 20 within. things are moving smoothly. goodgood news for this tuesday. guys >> thanks, melissa. now to a couple of developing stories from across the area. friends, family, even strangers are turning up by the hundreds are showing up to pay respects to sean suiter. >> detective suiter was shot and killed with his own service weapon as he followed up on a case that he was assigned. investigators are still trying to track down the person who shot him. in the district a massage therapist is charged with sexually assaulting four women in our area, and this morning one of his alleged victims is telling her

massage envy location in upper northwest d.c. her name is tara woodley. she's among 180 women who say they were sexually assaulted at massage envy locations nationwide. >> i think this is really horrible that it happened to me, but, man, am i so thankful that it didn't happen to my niece or my daughter or my mother or another woman the next month. >> she's filed a lawsuit. no comment yet from massage envy or the business entity that operates the franchise where she says it happened. scam artists in montgomery county are facing up to 55 years behind bars after they convinced a man to sign over his entire will to them which is well over $1 million. a jury found two guilty of scamming a 99-year-old man out of his life savings. authorities say anna started working as a maid for geus tough shapiro back in 2012. they say the couple scammed the man over a four-year period before he died last year

what's going on. the news at 4:30 starts right now. good tuesday morning to you, friends. i'm larry millen. >> i'm ellen bryan. jan jeffcoat has another day off. we have been following all the latest news, weather and traffic. miri, i'm most excited about the weather. it's going to be warmer out there today >> i know. you just want to put on a t- shirt and some flip-flops and call it a day. 41 degrees is what we start at this morning. we'll see those temperatures climbing to the 60s once again, highs 60 to 65 degrees under an abundance of sunshine out there. weather changes are on the way. so thursday we'll see a front actually make its way through. we'll have one approaching tomorrow, but it really won't make a difference to our weather. this one coming thursday should give us a chance for showers, but not until later on in the evening. so this is thursday at 6:30 p.m. you've had all of thursday to enjoy without the showers. you can see those showers out west. but then by 8:00 notice how that t

its way across d.c. and the surrounding suburbs. we'll get most of that rain thursday night, and by friday morning when you wake up, your drive into work is dry. models now showing the rain pushing out a little bit sooner so you can enjoy your friday without having to worry about the rain drops. so bottom line, thursday showers after 8:00. three-day forecast shows temperatures up to 63 today, 62 tomorrow, and then down to 55 thursday with a late shower. me lis a. >>reporter: all right, thank you so much, miri. i'm going to enjoy that 63. i feel like that's really one of those days in the wintertime that you are just thankful to have maybe a convertible. i don't. but anybody want to share? we're starting off quiet. it's a quiet tuesday morning. i mean, what can i say? we are starting off with just some routine road construction a lot of areas where it's closing one or two lanes in some spots around the beltway. but major problem this morning if you're heading in from loudoun county on the dulles greenway. this is going to be right after ashford village drive,