captioning funded by cbs it's thursday, november 30th, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." president trump retweets a british group's antimuslim videos and offers some advice to prime minister theresa may. a sexual conduct scandal hits nbc, leaving the company to fire longtime tv host matt lauer and now more women are coming forward with allegations. and holiday crisis. a scheduling snafu could have passengers booked on american

christmas and pilots seeing green. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at c weather s news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. president trump is brushing off criticism after he retweeted anti-muslim videos from a right wing group. following a tweet from the british prime minister he wrote, don't focus on me. the president's tweets dramatically increased its visibility. the deputy leader tweeted god bless trump. mark phillips has more. >> reporter: she's an admitted agitator from the far right on the fringe o

now donald trump has done jada franson a huge favor. >> was this a huge favor for you? >> very good indeed. >> reporter: the president retweeted three old videos franson had dug up. one shows extremists throwing somebody off a roof. it turned out to be a political fight and a crime for which the perpetrators were sentenced to death. another showed a jihadist fighter destroying a christian statue and a third showed a man attacking a dutch man on crutches. it turns out they were both born in holland. >> islam has threatened the world for far too

house spokesman sarah huckabee sanders says the president trump did what he did. she is normally seen by about 60,000 followers, the president's retweets increased her audience to over 40 million. no wonder she wrote "god bless trump and thanks." hundreds were furious including the husband of jo cox, brendan cox. >> it makes it the type of hatred that they breed. >> and the criticism from the highest levels of the british government was blunt as well. the prime minister spokesman simply said it is wrong for the president to have done this. mark

we're learning more about the allegations of sexual misconduct that cost nbc's matt lauer his job. lawyer is the biggest fish to fry in a wave of accusations running through the media halls of politics. more women are accusing matt lauer. current management was never made aware of matt's conduct. hena doba. good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. late wednesday at least two accusations were filed. some are wondering how big of a hit the network will take as a result of the scandal. as nbc lit the rockefeller christmas tree last night more details were emerging about the most notable face not part of the broadcast. earlier in the day he became the latest and arguably biggest celebrity to loose his job in the wake of a sexual misconduct scandal. variety magazine a

york times" report thad the person who came forward began at the 2014 soja olympics. they go on to report additional cases including exposing himself and sending explicit text messages. >> i think you can understand why the women felt like they couldn't come forward. >> reporter: "the new york times" say there are now allegations from at least two more women. one claims he sexually assaulted her inside his nbc office back in 2001. >> this is as big as it gets. it's the biggest scalp in terms of this national reckoning over this alleged and in some cases admitted sexual misconduct. >> reporter: in what seems like an ironic bit of foreshadowing, this is an interview lawyer did with bill o'reilly. >> you were the guy that the ratings and the revenues were built on. you cared that network on your

shoulders. >> reporter: lawyer had been with nbc for 20 years and the highest personality pulling in around $20 million a year. lawyer has yet to comment on the allegations against him. anne-marie. >> hena doba here in new york. thank you very much, hena. the house has joined the senate in requiring sexual harassment training for all members and staff. the resolution easily passed yesterday. lawmakers and staff will undergo the training. there's also a bipartisan push to prevent lawmakers from using government funds to settle with accusers. republican senator roy moore was back on the campaign trail. moore was briefly interrupted by a heckler last night who wanted to know why the women who accuse him of sessionual harassment would be lying. moore says the allegations are dirty politics. he claims to be leading in the race despite the best efforts of the democrats

establishment. >> they've tried successfully to do that. they've done everything. when i say they, who are they? they're liberals. they don't want conservative values. they're the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender who wants to change our culture. >> he's focusing on social issues including his opposition to abortion. russia is calling for it. the russian ambassador wants north korea to ejd its nuclear program and the u.s. and south korea to end their scheduled tests next month. >> reporter: u.n. ambassador to the y haley. >> if war does come, it's because of continued act of aggression

mistake the north korean regime will be utterly destroyed. >> the representative from south korea looked on as haley urged. >> reporter: on tuesday north korea launched a new love-range missile similar to the ones tested in july. the dictator claims the powerful missile could hit anywhere in the u.s. including washington, d.c. >> president trump call l called president xi this morning and told them they mutt cut off the oil to north korea. >> reporter: just last week they cut off sanctions. secretary of state rex tillerson is still pushing for a diplomatic way. while kim claims his country has achieved its goal of becoming a rocket power, it's unknown

actually support a nuclear warhead and survive re-entry into the earth's atmosphere. north korea has launched 20 missiles so far this year. mola lenghi, cbs news, the white house. and now an investigation into the connection between the election and russia. it's reported that flynn is cooperating with mueller's investigation. meanwhile prosecutors postponed grand jury investigation related to flynn's private business dealings. the reason for that is unclear. and the senate could start voting on a tax reform bill by this evening. the senate voted to begin debate yesterday. a proposal to automatically raise taxes if the tax package doesn't grow the economy is opposed by conservatives. yesterday in missouri, president trump made another appeal for the gop package. coming up on the morning

us now, hitting home. garrison keillor responds to allegations of inappropriate behavior. and a new round for tiger woods today as he kicks off his latest comeback. this is the "cbs morning news."

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on wall street the slide has been weighed heavily on the nasdaq which suffered its biggest day's losses. the dow rallied 103. the s&p 500 was nearly unchanged. a glitch in the airliners program allowed too many to take vacation. that means some 15,000 american flights are at risk of being cancelledet they say reserve pilots will be able to fly certain routes. amazon is expands its program alexa into the workplace. amazon has added new features to make alexa a better get for the office including the ability to make calls and che

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courtney zubowski takes a look back at six very long, very stormy months. >> reporter: 2017 was the most expensive hurricane season on record, and no one knows that better than houston resident emilio gutierrez. >> i'm broke, i'm broke. >> reporter: gutierrez like millions of other hurricane victims across the country was displaced both physically and emotionally. >> this was a night mary that came true to me. >> reporter: a nightmare of the season that brought 17 storm, ten of them hurricanes. for first time ever three reached category 4 status. harvey in texas, irma in florida, and maria in puerto rico. the death toll from the 2017 atlantic storms stands at 417. it could be higher. the storms that came ashore this past season cost more than $200 billion. that includes at least $32

$60 billion from hurricane irma, and $114 billion from hurricane harvey in texas where the mayor of houston says federal dollars are in high demand. >> not only to put us back to where we were prior to harvey, but to help put us in a better place so we're more resilient. >> reporter: because the 2018 season is just six months away. the fear is not knowing whether next year will be even worse. courtney zubowski, cbs news, houston. coming up on "cbs this morning," in the series "a more perfect union," we'll meet autoworkers in ohio who combine their unique skills to give a co-worker a helping hand. i'm anne-marie green. this is the "cbs morning news."

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scandal of "today" anchor matt lauer. let's talk about the weather forecast. we inch closer to the weekend. miri marshall has your numbers. >> good morning. cooler today. yesterday we hit 70. we were 18 above average. today not so much. thankfully we will cool off. 45 outside right now with winds out of the northeast at 7 miles per hour. we will see temperatures between 54 and 59 degrees. partly cloudy and cooler. very nice out there. later on the winds will switch in from the south-southeast and that will usher in the warm air before the next cool off. this is what is coming our way. the cold front makes its way here later tonight. that will give us the rain chance. most of those showers hold off until after 7:00 p.m. this is at 7:00. you see the clouds become mostly cloudy ind

then you see the scattered showers by 9:30 p.m. not expecting a lot out of this. we are following two water main breaks. kind of unusual at this time. 4:27. one is at the top side of the beltway. this is westbound between claire rage. then in virginia as well. this is impacting duke street. that is a major area to be -- road to be impacting this morning. the water main itself is on south gordon at vermont avenue. larry? ellen, thank you so much. let's run through a few national stories. the trump administration is threatening north korea with new punishment. >> the u.n.

u.n. nikki haley said if war comes north korea will be utterly destroyed. >> we learned president trump's son-in-law jared kushner was questioned by robert mueller's office. the interview lasted about 90 minutes and focused on interactions kushner had with michael flynn. flynn was forced to resign as the president's national security adviser earlier this year. more details coming to light about sexual misconduct allegations against fired nbc news anchor matt lauer. he exposed himself to a colleague and gave a sex toy to another and that he could lock his door from under his desk if he wanted price virginia see. he was fired after -- privacy. he was fired after a reported complaint from an employee. the news at 4:30 starts right now.

>> good thursday morning. thank you for joining us, i'm jan jeffcoat. >> i'm larry miller. i can feel friday coming. we need to get through thursday first. it was a gorgeous day yesterday, what can we expect today. >> cooler today and a few more clouds. highs 54 to 59 degrees. partly cloudy and a little cooler. we will see the winds out of the southeast at 10 miles per hour. this is what is coming in our direction. this cold front, outside of chicago will make its way to us later on tonight. that will give us a rain chance. i paused the clock at 7:00 p.m. on futurecast. you can see cloudy skies. if you are heading to the christmas tree lighting you don't have to worry about rain during the festivities. just clouds. then by 9:30 p.m. you see the scattered showers making their way across the region. this is not a huge deal. lightweight rain falling. it clears out quickly. friday morning heading to

school you don't have to worry about the showers during traffic thankfully. the next few days, temperatures return to the 50s. mid- to upper-50s today. 53 friday and saturday looks nice. the temperature right around 54. ellen? >> i have a rolo in my mouth. sugar shock at 4:30. >> rolo? who eats those. >> caramel and chocolate, who doesn't eat them. >> oh, my goodness. we have two water main breaks. one on the top side of the beltway and the other on the bottom side. construction 395 northbound by duke street in the h.o.v. lanes. the water main break top side is by claridge and valley and the other is by south gordon and vermont street. the problem with this one, it's