captioning funded by cbs good morning. it's wednesday, november 29th, 2017. welcome to "cbs this morning." north korea's leader claims they have completed its state nuclear force. scientists say it could reach anywhere in the u.s. >> police arrest a possible serial killer that terrorized a tampa neighborhood. how a tip from a mcdonald's employee led to the break through. plus a lead in the search for a 3-year-old who disappeared in a home in north carolina. why the woman in the picture is

bruno mars with his first prime-time special. first he talks about taking on harlem's iconic apollo theater. first we take look at tod today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> he doesn't deserve to walk amongst us. >> a serial killer arrested in tampa. >> it shook up residents of one tampa neighborhood. >> it is a situation that we will handle. >> north korea says it's successfully test fired its greatest icbm next. >> it can hit anywhere in the united states. >> we're headed toward a war if things don't change. >> they plan to advance it to the senate floor. >> we have to pass. i believe we will get there. we'll get it done. >> the royal couple

in may. >> it's a headgame sunshine so excited. >> it ended up with a speaker arrested. >> all that -- >> two daring wing suit flyers land into a moving plane. >> -- and all that matters -- >> i'm loving life now. >> great news in the golfing world. tiger woods is back. he'll be back for the first time since february. >> i've got to calm down. i've just got to calm down. >> -- on "cbs this morning." you win the world series and then you mary kate upton. what if you had lost, would you be walking down the aisle like, i do? >> we talked about that. we kept saying, hey, it's for a good reason, it's for a good reason. but thank god we wo

"eye opener" is presented by toyota. let's go places. welcome to "cbs this morning." i'm gayle king with norah o'donnell and vladier duthiers. north korea now says it has a missile that can hit anywhere in the united states including washington, d.c. north korea launched a intercontinental ballistic missile yesterday. it stayed in the air for about 56 minutes and traveled about 600 miles before landing in the sea of japan. >> they released a statement yesterday. they also said they hope to defend north korea, from, quote, the u.s. imperialists. >> north korea had gone 75 days without launching a missile and some thought tha

sign sanctions are working or he was ready for diplomacy. it turns out they were working on a new icbm, one with much greater range. north korean state tv triumphantly announced the launch of its new missile, the hwasong-15. it's stronger than the hwasong-14. it was purposely launched into space and reached a maximum altitude of 2,700 miles. if fired on directly, it could travel far enough to hit anywhere in the united states. >> it went higher, frankly, than any previous shots they've taken. it's a research and development effort on their part to continue building ballistic missiles that ca

world. >> reporter: six minutes after its test, south korea fired off its east coast, a reminder it could launch attacks if needed. president trump labeled kim jong-un's regime a state sponsor of terror. it's still not known if it could support an actual nuclear war head and survive re-entry into the earth's atmosphere. but the regime keeps making progress. >> i think they have an absolute terror of a u.s. attack. i think they feel they have to accelerate their testing as fast as possible so they have a weapon system that they feel will deter us. north korea has now launched at least 20 missiles this year. this last one they launched in the middle of the night and with a mobile launchpad making it much harder to detect. norah? >> ben tracy in

we have breaking news involving a major media figure. nbc has fired longtime "today" show host matt lauer over inappropriate behavior in the workplace. they said on monday night they received a detailed note on a colleague about sexual misconduct in the workplace. he wrote it was the first complaint about his behavior in his over 20 years from nbc news but they received information it may not be an isolated incident. savannah guthrie reported it alongside hoda kotb. i worked at nbc many years, and i know that savannah is grappling with this and it's difficult for them as well. >> it's unfortunate to look at,

norah, because i look at the picture and i have a sickening feeling of deja vu because we're dealing with our own situation here. it sends a message you're not too big to fall, there is now clearly a zero policy. i take no joy in this. none of us do at this table. it's a very sad situation all the way around, but i think everybody is sending a very powerful message and encouraging women to speak up. people are listening and they believe you and that is important. >> agreed. >> absolutely. tampa police have ended the hunt for a serial killer. tampa tv station wtbs took this picture of officers detaining him at a mcdonald's in tampa yesterday. it's less than three miles from the seminole heights neighborhood where all four rece

manuel bojorquez is at the scene. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. they believe donaldson works or work at this mcdonald's. it was a tip from an employee of this restaurant that led to the 24-year-old's arrest. >> tonight we're bringing someone to justice who doesn't deserve the right to walk amongst us. >> nearly two months after the first killing at seminole heights police swarmed this mcdonald's to arrest tre donaldson. this woman said she worked with him. >> we was like a real family. we fight, we yell, we have fun. he didn't do that. you say something to him he didn't like, he was like a different person. >> reporter: the string of murders in seminole heights has left the city on edge for weeks. the four w

few blocks while walking alone. the affidavit states clothing recovered from his vehicle is similar to clothing seen in the surveillance videos. donaldson is from the tampa area but also has connections to new york. the nypd confirms he was arrested in manhattan in 2014 but would not say for what. he also attended st. john's university in queens. tampa mayor bob buckhorn said the arrest will hopefully bring justice. >> 51 days ago i said this was a struggle between good and evil. well, tonight goodness has won. >> reporter: police listed a . .40 smith & wesson handgun in donaldson's records. also the affidavit reveals he purchased a box of

murder. gayle? >> all right, manuel, thanks very much. the republican tax plan is a step closer today. that vote followed another capitol hill visit from the president. nancy cordes is on capitol hill with the plan's new momentum. nancy, good morning. >> good morning. president trump heads to st. charles, missouri, today to make one last big public push for his party's tax plan, and things seem to be moving in his direction. several keyholeouts say their issue is being addressed by republican leaders. >> at least nine republicans say they're concerned about the bill in its current form. two of them have already said they're against it. how do you address all of the concerns that some of these gop holdouts have? >> it's a challenging

>> reporter: senator susan collins of maine is seeking several amendments before she's willing to introduce the bill including upping reinstatement of property taxes up $2010,000. another holdout, tennessee's bob corker said he was encouraged by an agreement with gop leaders to limit the tax plan's limit on the debt. he had pushed for a fiscal trigger that would eliminate some of the tax cuts if the bill fails to stimulate economic growth. president trump left a lunch with senate republicans upbeat about the bill's chances. >> it's somewhat of a lovefest. they want to see it happen. >> reporter: there were even more fireworks yesterday in fighting the government. nancy pelosi and chuck ser

meeting with the president at the last minute after he tweeted that he didn't expect there would be a deal. in response, the president set up a photo op at the meeting to show the democrats' empty seat, even having the republican leaders sit farther away from them to accommodate that image. >> all right. thank you, nancy. congressman john conyers faces growing pressure from fell low democrats to resign after allegations of sexual misconduct. he's back at his home in michigan today. his former deputy chief of staff deana maher accuses conyers of harassing her in the 1990s. she claims there were three incidents. two would be considered sexual assault. >> he stuck his hand up my dress and whispered in my ear, i didn't think you had great legs before. i

i knew and everybody knows it would have gone nowhere. nowhere. >> conyers, the longest serving member of congress denies any wrongdoing. he has resigned from the judiciary committee. more than 200 women say they have survived sexual misconduct or know others who have. 223 women who work order have worked in national security signed this open letter pushing to stop sexual misconduct on the diop. the letter calls for strong reforms including clearer channels to report abuse without fear of retribution, independent training and independent ways to submit claims and publish them anonymously. mariah woods was reported missing from her home on monday. a photo shows a woman matching

demarco morgan is outside the girl's home. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. authorities here are looking for any information about the girl and the woman seen in those newly released images. mariah's family says it's unlikely that the little girl who wears orthopedic shoes to walk wandered away from her home alone. the fbi is asking for your help in identifying the woman in these images. they were taken from walmart near the little girl's home on monday, the same morning she disappeared. >> priority number one is to find mariah. >> reporter: that i have deployed canine units on the ground and helicopters in the high. the county sheriff hans miller. >> our focus now is to find herring bring her back, and then to find out what happened. >> reporter: her mother christy woods said she last saw mariah around 11:00 p.m. sunday. >> please bring her

i'll do anything that i can, whatever you want. >> reporter: she said her boyfriend saw mariah again around midnight when the child got up and he told her to go back to bed. the next morning she was nowhere to be found. alex woods is mariah's biological father. >> she didn't cry? she didn't scream? nobody heard nothing? four people in the house, two adults and two kids. somebody comes up and snatches a baby and walks out? >> reporter: her mother is begging for them to bring mariah back home. >> she's got the personality to make you laugh, outgoing, talkative. she knows how to make your day brighter and people looking for her here love her to death. >> reporter: family members have said there was no sign of forced entry, but the back door was unlocked. norah? >> oh, what a heartbreaking story. demarco, thank you. police are lookingor

suspect in a daring las vegas casino heist. investigators say a man seen here held up a cashier's cage at gunpoint yesterday inside the bellagio casino resort. >> the individual was wearing a wig, he had glasses on and a partially bannaged or wrapped up face. those who commit crimes leak this on the strip will be hunted down. and whatever amount of cash he got is not enough to face a lifetime in prison. >> there you go. tough message there. police say there was no confrontati confrontation. the robber made off with an unknown amount of cash. actor james woods said he witnessed it. excellent staff. cool under pressure. they're going to get that guy. they're going to get that guy. >> reporter: the clock is ticking on him. we're learning more about the upcoming royal wedding. prince harry and his fiancee meghan markle will be married in

st. james chapel in windsor. charlie, good morning. >> we found out that harry and meghan have been coming here since they started dating, this romantic little getaways outside of london. it's one of the queen's favorite properties. holding the wedding here just made sense. they're going this chapel where they're going to get married. 500-year-old st. george's chapel set on the sprawling grounds of windsor chapel. it's kind of their private chapel. it's where prince charles and kamil got married in a civil ceremony in 2005. the church service, music, flowers, decorations and even the

>> have you met the queen? >> i have. >> what was it like? >> it's incredible. a, to be able to meet her through his lens, not just with his honor and respect for her as the monarch but the love that he has for her as his grandmother. >> reporter: but while most brides mair in a family, markel is marrying into a country. and marrying a devore see reflects the attitudes in the royal family. after all, the queen would. be queen if her uncle king henry viii hadn't abdicated the throne to marry another divorcee. >> charles was able to divorce his first wife and mair a second wife who was also divorced. he hasn't had to give up his claim. divorce isn't what it was 40, 50

list. i can tell you one person who will be there. ist's the person who set har ya and meghan up on that blind date. she hassy it to be identified. you can be certain she'll be here. norah? >> that's right. >> i've been wondering who she is. >> i've been wondering who she is. >> wasn't it reported that her friend said she wanted to know was he nice. >> isn't that a great question. there's everything about this story that makes you feel good. don't we need some good news today. >> i'd like to see a wedding insight st. george's chapel. >> i like it very much. a teen may have run away with a

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smoked. they're ham bones, pork femur bones, rib bones, smoky knuckle bones. one of the victims worked in the u.s. embassy in uzbekistan according to a source. our sources say the latest incident suggests russia might be involved in the attack. cbs radio news steve dorsey broke the news in august. he has the latest. good morning. >> good morning. the latest was reported in september and involves an a.i.d. officer and his wife. two americans report effects similar to those in cuba. the husband and wife were flown out of uzbekistan's capital for a state evacuation. their medical condition is unclear. two security sources say russia may be involved in that incident

>> the russians have the means, the motive, and the opportunity. >> foreign policy professor says vladimir putin has been trying to expert his nation's influence abroad. >> this seems it all began around the same time president trump expelled 35 russian diplomats because of russia's interference in the election. >> reporter: victims describe hearing a lout high-pitched sound in unusual places often in their homes. the "associated press" obtained this recording. two dozen confirmed victims face a range of health issues including hearing loss and mild brain damage. an american tourist suspects he, too, suffered a sonic attack and describes the sensation. >> it went through the tip of my toes, through my toes, down through the arch of my foot and up to my ankles. and i could feel a little bit in my

the latest case in uzbekistan, the state department told cbs news, we ensure our personnel are examined and receive appropriate treatment. following our report, spokeswoman heather nauert says there has been no incident in uzbekistan. >> there was no incident in order go public. >> the federal agency that provides foreign assistance referred all of our questions fto the state department. the russian government has denied any involve&in the attacks and has even offered to assist in the investigation. gam gayle? >> florida investigators are looking for a girl who may have run away with her 27-year-old coach from here high school. police say she snuck out of her

it's now in its fourth day. >> a lot of worried relatives all over. good morning. florida officials have issued a missing child alert and police believe the pair are heading toward the northeast or even across the border into canada where rodriguez has family. back in florida caitlyn's family's urging her to return home. >> let somebody know you're safe. we miss you, pumpkin, and we love you, and we want to hear from you. >> reporter: scarlet made a tearful plea. rodriguez was considered a family friend. her dad helped him get a job as assistant soccer coach. >> i texted him and said, hey, have you talked to anyone or know? i can't get ahold of him. >> police discovered rodriguez was missing too and at

friend indicated there may have been a relationship between the two. the teen wiped her cell phone and left it behind but took some clothing and her wallet. the pair was last seen on sunday using an atm at this gas station in st. mary's georgia. >> caitlyn stopped and used her debit card to get $200 in cash. at that time, all on video, and they were both seen on video at that time. >> reporter: police are on the lookout for rodriguez's red mercury ford without a license plate. >> she may face issues or dangers out there she's not equipped to handle. >> the school district released a statement saying they've suspended him from the boy's soccer team. whether or not he faces charges could depend on the nature of his relationship. right nowhe

considering this a kidnapping case. >> but a different kind of betrayal for that family. and when you're 17, you think you know a lot. you really don't know anything at 17, especially when you're involved with an older guy. no clue. >> well said. >> and the clock is certainly ticking. i'm sure they're going to catch him. >> i think so. >> michelle, thank you very much. new research shows pilots have growing concerns. how a devastating impact could bring down a jetliner and why helicopters can bring a greater risk and we invite you to subscribe to cbs's podcast. you'll get interviews and news of the day. find them all on apple's itunes and ipodcasts. you're watching "cbs this morning." ♪ ♪

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they show how significant the damage would be to the engine or tail area. this year faa has receive 2d 50 reports of drones near airports every month. that's up from 159 for most of last year. kris van cleave is at racingal national airport outside washington with a look at the danger. kris, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this is what they've long suspected, this drones even small ones like this could present a real threat to aircraft. that's because they're made of dense black it is, metal components, cameras has a much bigger punch. remember it was a bird strike that shut down the engines on the miracle on the hudson plane. >> 16 or 18, are you working something near glendale? >> reporter: and beady eyes in the sky. they fly fast and they fly low which h has kevin cook always looking out for drones. >> if we

a drone, you're going to have a 5,000-pound vehicle coming down into a neighborhood. >> reporter: the pilot dove to avoid a collision. the drone operator plead nod contest to obstructing an officer. a drone hit this army helicopter over staten island damaging the rotor and windshield this year. the chopper made an emergency landing. last weekend this man was arrested for allegedly dropping leaflets over a crowd at the 49ers game. video on youtube shows him making drops. this one crashed right into a building. these newly released animation show just how dangerous a drone strike can be to a passenger plane. here a drone slams into a jet engine. slamming into its blades rendering it useful. another shows damage to the tail section. the damage was found to be

bird of the same weight hit a plane and bird strikes can do plenty of damage. he worries most about a low altitude collision. >> the danger becomes when aircraft are close to the ground during takeoff and landings. these drones have obviously the range they could do damage to the aircraft. >> reporter: researchers also looked at the lithium-ion batters of drones. they tend to shatter. but if they didn't. the batteries tend to heat up. researchers worry that could become a fire danger if they become lonched in a collision. remember, drones are not supported to climb higher than 400 feet. gayle? >> key words "supposed to." here's my biggest fear. there are a lot of responsible drone owners but all you need is one person to screw it up for everyone else. if there's an accident, all you

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good morning. it is wednesday, november 29th, 2017. welcome back to "cbs this morning." the republican tax plan clears another hurdle. ahead, james lankford. and you hear that song, bruno mars. guess what? he's got six more nominations. gayle talks with him about tonight's prime time cbs special. first here's today's "eye opener" at 8:00. >> north korea says it now has a missile that can strike anywhere in the u.s. including washington, d.c. >> north korea had gone 75 days without launching a missile and some thought that might be signs

nbc news has fired longtime "today" show host matt lauer. >> i have a sig feeling, deja vu. it sends a message you're not too big to fall. >> it was a tip yesterday afternoon from this fast food restaurant that led to the 24-year-old's arrest. >> president trump heads to missouri to make one big last public push for his tax plan. >> harry and meghan have been coming here since they started dating. holding it here just makes sense. >> don't we need some good news today. >> if you're going to the gym, doing your laundry, start working on your spray tan because the gang of "jersey shore" is coming back whether or not you want it. >> nbc has announced they're bringing back the original cast of "jersey shore." hold it. hold it. can you believe it? every single cast mr

available. good morning. i'm norah o'donnell with gayle king and vlad year duthiers. we're following breaking news. c fired matt lauer for workplace behavior. he sent an e-mail to staff saying on monday night we received a detailed complaint from a colleague. while it's the first complaint about his behavior in the over 20 years he's been at nbc news we were presented with reason to believe this may not have been an isolated incident. >> savannah guthrie announced the firing this morning on the "today" show with hoda kotb at her side. she promised more details would be given as they emerge. for the moment all we can say is we're heartbroken. i'm heartbroken for matt. he is my dear, dear friend and partner and he's loved by many and i'm heartbroken by the colleague who came forward to tell her story and any

woman who have their own stories to tell and we're grappling with a dilemma that so many people have faced these past few weeks how do you reconcile your love for someone with the lever lags with the revelation that they have behaved badly. and i don't know the answer to that. >> none of us do. lawyer was let go one week after cbs news let go charlie rose firing allegations of sexual harassment at the charlie rose show. cbs is continuing to report on those allegations. cbs news human resources hadn't received any information about rose until after he was fired. since the "washington post" first broke the story, we found at least three cbs employees who say they experienced sexual misconduct by rose. rose has not responded to our requests for comment. >> i'm so sorry to say we all know how they feel today. we know that feeling of reeling in shock and how you get through one step at a time. it's a very, very sad story to

hear. >> indeed. it it's difficult to deal with. north korean state media called it the most powerful icbm they've tested. it's capable of striking the entire stateland. the missile flew for 53 minutes and landed in the sea of japan. experts say if it was fired on a standard trajectory, it could travel 8,100 miles and that could reach washington, d.c. or anywhere else in the continental u.s. president trump said the u.s. will handle the threat, but he did not say how. republicans could bring a tax reform plan to the senate floor today after it cleared a key committee. at least nine gop senators have excessed concern about the bill. rbs can only afford to lose two votes. taxes on

property tax deductions. four senators say they're worried about adding to the country's $20 trillion debt. one of them is oklahoma's james lankford. he joins us now from capitol hill. senator, good morning to you. >> good morning to you. >> let me ask you about your chief concern. every estimate i see shows it would add to the debt, about a half a trillion dollars. would you vote to add to the debt? >> they say how can we create a backstop behind us. the estimates that we have a and, again, there are a lot of guesstimates, some saying above or below. what i've done ask for a backstop to be in place in case the economic numbers are not reached, there will be a way to recover some of those revenues. yes, i am on board with this bill because i want to see the good economic growth that's coming with it, but i

future taxpayers. >> i understand that. some are calling it a trigger. the u.s. chamber of continue mercy is asking how would a trigger operate once a recession hits? >> correct. so what we're writing into the lan garage is a protection from recession. there's really two aspects of it. let me say this. we're writing in a perception for recession. if it happens, the trigger turns off. the second is if we do the large tax cut and we broaden the base, we'd better not have a recession at that point. this should charge up the economy. i think some of the concerns about a pending recession after doing tax cuts are unfounded, but we are building lan garage in to make sure we're protecting it either way. obviously i don't want to have it either. you don't want to be in recession when the taxes go up. you're not talking about a large increase but some to take care of losses in

>> so, senator, let me ask you a question about middle-class folks. people making under $75,000 a year would see a tarks hike in 2027 if these tax cuts aren't introduced. however, they're permanent. why not do that as well? >> because of washington scoring. that's why. that's been the frustration all along. the scoring requirements for any of the bills that we do. the way you have to set it up, it has to meet certain standards at certain time period. we can make all of the business aspects permanent. you have to have some sort of consistency to be able to plan for a capitol investment. that's exactly like what was done in 2001 and they were renewed in 2013. i would assume they would be similar. you need to protect rates and protect the economic growth. the way you do that is from the

planning. >> senator, can you help us understand? every time we talk to politicians about the tax plan, we get a lot of numbers. you hear all of these conflicting and contradicting information. can you tell me why this is good for the middle class and why it doesn't benefit the wealthy in america. one or two sentences would be great. >> i tell people back home the most confusing thing in washington is trying to get an accurate number. the best thing we can do is allows by os to have more money, buy more equipment, invest in new ways and allow people in the middle class especially to have more money for savings and spending. that increases economic activity, more economic activity, more people have a job, more people are paid more at their jobs. there's more income that happens back and forth and buying and selling, more products are made. that makes the economy healthy. it's been stuck for two years. historically america has grown at 3%. we have to get ousac

normal economy. this is a way to get it growing and healthy again. >> senator, i want to ask you about another big headline. that's north korea. what we saw yesterday was that the north koreans have made some huge technological advances including the fact that this missile could reach washington, d.c., also that they can fuel this thing very quickly before perhaps we could launch a preemptive strike. how much does that concern you? >> it should concern everyone in the united states and the entire world community. they're meeting to talk about it. china released a statement that was dead set against it. russia released a statement saying this is a provocative act. they're say, stop, slow down, you're intentionally trying to provoke a conflict. >> if that war head -- excuse me -- that missile that was launched yesterday had a warhead on it, are you convinced our intelligence would have been good enough to take it out

>> the first thing wouldn't be intelligence. it's quick response. we have four high-altitude thaad missiles in place to shoot them down. we have others located around the pacific rim as well to be able to attack it if it goes up. that missile was up for 53 minutes. you have a couple of minutes to think, plan, strattize, and plan. you do have time to respond. >> senator lankford, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. is uber riding on more than its success? "wired's" nick thompson is in our toyota green room with

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the justice department reportedly is investigating whether uber stole trade secrets from its competitors. the allegations come from richard jacobs, uber's former manager. jacobs claim uber has intelligence on rivals hiding evidence. this is a letter revealed

jacobs' lawyer. it's surfaced in a lawsuit accusing the ride hailing giant of swiping technology from waymo. now, that's the self-driving car division of alphabet, the parent company of google. a federal judge delayed the trial yesterday accusing lawyers of withholding evidence. in a statement uber tells cbs this morning none of the testimony changes the merits of the case. jacobs himself said on the stand that he was not aware of any waymo trade secrets being stole about. cbs news contributor nick thompson is editor in chief of "wired," and he joins us at the desk. good morning. >> good morning, vlad. >> why is that? >> one of the top billionaires left, downloaded all of google's proprietary information. downloaded all the information about that and then shortly thereafter created a new company that was quickly acquired by

took all of their technology and brought it to uber, so that's why they brought the case. >> how does this case look to you? you spent a lot of time looking at it. >> my general take on the case is that the actual departure of anthony lewandowski looks really dark and really nefarious like he really did download it. >> seems like a bit of a coinkydink. >> on the other hand, we've now been investigating this for a long time, and there is no smoking gun. there's no direct piece of technology in the uber self-driving cars. it looks like dark behavior. uber has a good chance of winning the case until the bombshell yesterday. >> we also learned a lot about how uber launched it yesterday. >> they had ways of sending messages to each other that were immediately deleted, we had all these computers that were off the uber

regular uber computers, so that could explain why all this information could have been taken from going and not discovered in the trial. >> you said there's no smoking gun. is it a black eye for uber? >> i don't know if uber has enough eyes to have them all be black. this is about the 100th black eye for uber. on the other hand, they have a defense. this guy jacobs, he kind of walked back on the letter. he only reviewed it for 20 minutes on the holiday, so maybe the letter has some exaggerations in it. not only that, a lot of companies have messages. a lot of reasons why you want to have them off the main network. >> waymo is weighing in and they're saying the evidence brought to light is significant and troubling. so how could the evidence impact the trial? >> i think what it's going to do is change the perception of uber. if you have this letternd

information about the detailed organization and you didn't give it to me, this letter was written last spring and we've been working on this. how could anybody trust anything you say? so it was uber's response. look, the letter doesn't say that much and it's not about waymo. it's about uber. in fact, we had discovery. it doesn't have any of the particular search terms we agreed we would look for. >> you certainly raise some reasonable doubt there, nick. like you went to law school or something. always good to have you at the table. a retired navy admiral is fighting on the opioid plan. the toll it's taking on his own family. why he thinks it's a national security issue. and coming up next, the daredevils who know how to board a plane after it takes off. yikes. you're watching "cbs this mornin"

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>> i had twins but i would never pose for a photo like that. maybe i should have. the latest photo shows him showing off his car. photo of the day, photography, and art. here's something new in the lineup. the face filter used is the puppy filter. >> love it. >> face filters were added in may and they continue to make instagram quite popular. >> yeah. and we're happy to share this. norah will take part in an instagram live on the official instagram account this morning to take a closer look at this year in review. go to @instagram at 11:30 a.m. eastern and you can also follow us at "cbs this morning." >> very cool. >> you'll be there at 11:30? >> yeah. it's going to be live on the instagram feed.

instagram feed. >> are you going to be instagramming? >> yeah. is it going to be on both of our instagram feeds? >> yeah. >> both on there and mine, but they have more followers. >> we're going go to yours, norah. welcome back to "cbs this morning." u."u.s. news & world report" sa a new study finds nearly 6% of cancers are caused by excess weight and diabetes. it's estimated 422 million adults worldwide have diabetes. that's more than 2 billion. more than 2 billion, i should say, are overweight. diabetes and being overweight causes changes in sugar levels, chronic disruption in sex hormones. over time all of these can lead to cancer. "time" has a study that says mainch is linked to d-men ta. those never married are 42% more likely compared to married people.

widows and widowers are more like lie. they may motivate each other to exercise and be healthy and maintain ties. all of these things are associated with a lower risk for dement dementia. a new report by "usa today" says they'll provide a huge growth of the economy. dire predictions that robots are going to take our jobs are overstated. they say rise in productivity and other forces could offset those job losses. >> this morning attorney general jeff sessions will anourchs new government tools for the opioid epidemic. just this week new jersey governor chris christie says the government isn't putting nearly enough money into the fight. president trump declared the epidemic a public health epidemic last month but critics say it didn't go far enough because it didn't bring additional funding. >>

that matter," we're talking about the opioid crisis. retired navy admiral james "sandy" sunnifeld is at the table with us. he lost his son in september. jonathan struggled with addiction for several years and the family is now dedicated to studying this problem and saving other families from the seam heartache. good morning. your wife is with you. she's in the toy a green room. she says it's as close to hell as you can get. it's so powerful and so personal. you say for most people it's a simple understanding of what we think opioid addiction is. you think it happens to dysfunctional families with dysfunctional people. you're certainly not that. >> this runs the gamut, rich, poor, young, old, male,

become aware there is an epidemic. we need to do a better job of understanding the exact nature of the epidemic. >> let's talk about jonathan. you had dropped him off at school. three days later you get the phone call. you thought everything was okay. he was getting better. tell us about his history. >> john grew up as a good kid, well liked by his teammates and the like but he grew up with anxiety. it with us misdiagnosed as attention deficit. he was prescribed adderall, which was the wrong thing to do and that started down the road of self medication. one of the gateways into addiction. one that could be a physical injury. another is self-medication, and the third is party entry. john went through 15 months of in-training therapy and did a really good job. he got his emergency medical technician qualification. he was bright-eyed, bushy-tailed to get ready for school

molecule was ingrained in his brain sflee days later you get a call. >> the most shocking call of my life. we thought he was on such an upward trajectory. he was really excited to be at school, excited to be having his emergency medical technician qualification. it fooled us. it really fooled us. >> admiral, thank you for your service and all that you and mary have done for this country and also sharing your personal struggle because i know you're trying to continue your service to this country. one of the interesting things i found about your beautiful son jonathan, too, is what we're learning about the brain, and that really struck me as to how highly susceptible brain is to dependency. you wrote about those gateways. you talked about him being prescribed adderall and then using alcohol to come down from the adderall and then marijuana. what do we know about marijuana in the brain? >> there's an awful lot of research going on about

controversy with that, but everything i've come to understand is that marijuana doesn't necessarily cause an opioid addiction but it makes the brain susceptible to it. it burrows itself in the brain. it's much more potent than when we were growing up as kids. it warrants a lot of research and the impact it's having on people. >> even if you can get off, the brain is constantly craving it. >> it's a lifelong battle and the brain literally changes. we were able to watch over 15 months while jonathan's brain recovered. he turned back into our son. it was remarkable to see. he went out and got his emergency medical

this kid was back. >> you say you were blind by the optimism and missed the signs of relapse. what did you miss? >> we took him up to the mountains to a house for the weekend before he went in to school and he was restless and sweating and shifty, and we just attributed it to maybe too high of a dose of medication for his anxiety and also his nervousness about going to school because he had just written this powerful essay about wanting to help people who had the same situation he had when, in fact, he was probably experiencing symptoms of withdrawal because he hadn't had the drug in a few days because he was with us. >> tell us why you think it's a national security issue? >> it's a national security issue for a couple of reasons. one, cost. there's tremendous medical costs associated with this. there's tremendous loss of productivity in the workplace. the original estimate was around a $78 billion cost. the white house

that sounds to me it's more like a public health emergency. i think it's something that's really a national emergency and needs to be treated ads such, needs to be funded as such, and we need to have some very thoughtful approaches to how we tackle the problem, all of which are inter-related. you can't do one without the other or you fail. >> admiral, you piece was hea heartbreaki heartbreaking. how is addiction treated in this country? what did you learn? >> there are a host of treatment centers all over the country. they all do different things. 're specialized. the hardest thing for us was to find a place that would treat the duo diagnosis of anxiety, some kind of mental illness and addiction. those are two things that have to be treated sr. carefully. not ever facility does that. unfortunately for our case, the medical military would. do

>> how do you do this? this happened in september. you had to go through thanksgiving without him. christmas is coming. how are you able and why are you doing it? >> a couple of things. this is part of our recovery. jonathan, in the essay he wrote as an incoming freshman said he wanted to help other people with this problem. we want to carry his mission forward if we can. we have the ability to do that. we have very generous remarkable friends who have helped us with the intellectual piece and financial part of it. we started up a project on a website this morning. >> you will make a difference. they were telling me, the guys in the green room, that mike morrill and his wife were one of the first people that came to your side. >> was rushing back from boston to be with michael and michael and mary beth generously came over and took care of mary. >> you really need friendings at that time. >> thank you. thank you, cbs, for high lighting. instead of doing a

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♪ that's what i like too. that's bruno mars and his huge hit "that's what i like." fans like it enough to keep it on the billboard's r & b chart for almost 40 weeks. that's almost a year. that makes him one of the top selling artists of all time. bruno is making his prime-time debut here on cbs tonight with 24 karat magic live at the apollo. we talked about reaching the legendary stage of the apollo in new york city. >> we were running around harlem like maniacs. >> i want you to come down. >> we were doing a lot of things, talking to just the locals. what was beautiful about it, so many people

mars, welcome to harlem. it's good to have you in harlem. i said, where else in the world are they going to say that, you know? i can't picture people in california saying, bruno, welcome to burbank. this community of people, so proud. ♪ >> reporter: one of the proudest landmarks of harlem is the 103-year-old apollo theater. ♪ my heart can't take it no more ♪ >> reporter: with countless legendary entertainers who have graced this stage. now it's bruno's turn. to bring his magic to the iconic debut in a prime-time special. how do you feel about it? >> over the moon. i've been blessed and fortunate to play aler

incredible stages. the apollo in all my history, i never played that stage. i've never been in the building. >> really? >> grew up watching "show time at the apollo." ♪ >> let's talk about that. what was that like to be on the apollo stage? >> it reminded me why i'm doing it. the apollo statement is my philosophy. it's either you got it or you bomb and they're going to boo you off the stage, and that's it. >> are you nervous about a prime-time special? what made you want to do it. >> that's stepping oust the box. >> it

i always tell myself whenever i put out a concert, if i ever do a concert or dvd, i'd better make sure i capture the best me that i can be. >> reporter: for a showman like bruno mars, the actor seems so natural. does that mean he has more tv plans? are you thinking about acting? is that something? >> i don't know. >> do you like that? >> yes. >> i was thinking that's your good side. >> that's my dramatic turn when gayle asks a serious question. >> he's so much fun and so excited about the special. they did a lot with the community where they pull them out of their houses and bring them and introduce them on stage. he can dance. >> it's a great routine because he dances with all the members of his band too. >> it ee like the hooligans. they're all his

tell they really bond on that stage. >> what a history at the apollo. wh >> you're right. it's tonight at 9:00 p.m., 10:00 se 10:00 p.m., 9:00 central. >> and you can hear more. gayle will talk with jane pauley on "watch" magazine. >> chilling with jane. >> she opens up about taking over the number one news morning program. you can download it on apple's itunes and ipodcast. you're watching "cbs this morning."

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>> i know right? listen, we all woke up to some shocking news this morning. 20 year vent of the "today" show -- veteran of the "today" show matt lauer had been fired overnight as a result of sexual assault allegations lodged against him. nbc said it was the first complaint they received about matt since 1997. but that they had enough information to fire him. kristin. >> nbc news chairman saying that -- like you said it was the first one but upon further investigation, they started to realize this may not be an isolated incident. and i want to give props to savannah guthrie and hoda kotb and handled it with such grace. we saw with norah and gayle with the news about which are lee rose came -- charlie rose came out. our producers pulled up at the same time and we were just like

matt law every, you see people that -- matt lauer, we see people that have come into our homes you know morning after morning. and you think that they're maybe untouchable. but that's a problem. they feel like they're untouchable. >> why are we idolizing these people? they do a good job obviously he was there for 25 years but we really don't know him personally. you know? and so i feel like as a society, we need to start idolizing people for the goodness and through their actions. and their work in you know -- humanity. and but i -- >> bettering the world. >> right. as opposed to they have this cool and awesome job that pays a lot of money. i do remember a few years ago, when i appeared on the "today" show, as a lifestyle journalist, meeting everyone and everyone by and large was very friendly. and very professional. but i do remember matt lauer being a little bit distant. and a