this is the cbs morning news. a dangerous and fast moving wildfire in southern california forces evacuations and cuts power to hundreds of thousands. the president's latest explanation of why he fired his national security advisor is raising new questions about obstruction of justice. and president trump formally endorses republican senate candidate roy moore amid a new allegation of sexual misconduct against him.

good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie greene. a dangerous and fast moving wildfire is ripping through southern california. firefighters say there is no way to control the fire which broke out yesterday. about 100,000 homes and a college campus were quickly evacuated overnight. one person died in a car crash reportedly trying to escape the flames. the massive fire is burning near the city of ventura northwest of the city of los angeles and at least two builds burned. the fire is also knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of homes as it burns down are m difficult. >> brush hasn't burned in 15 to 20 years so the fuel is tender dry and ripe as could be for fire spread. and really all the firefighters can do is get out ahead,

evacuate people and protect structures. >> it could be days before the fire is under control. firefighters say a cause has nod been determined. president trump's latest explanation for why he fired national security advisor michael flynn is raising new questions over whether he obstructed justice. now one of his lawyers is arguing that's impossible for a president to do. >> well, i feel badly for general flynn. >> reporter: president trump empathized with his former security add sigh sore michael flynn who admitted to lying to the fbi about his contacts with russian officials. >> reporter: he fired flynn because quote, he lied to the vice president and the fbi. the white house had said the president fired flynn only because he misled vice president pence. the tweet sparked new questions about whether the president has obstructed justice. shortly after firingly

trump told james comey he hoped comey could let the flynn investigation go. the president later fired comey. one of the president's lawyers argued he cannot obstruct himself with the person of power and discretion over the justice department. >> it would be a shocking surprise to prt clinton that a president cannot be prosecuted for obstruction of justice. >> a former attorney general under george h.w. bush disagrees. >> the statements that have been made by president trump's lawyers basically amount to the claim that the president is above the law. that the president can -- is not bound by the constitution, is not bound by the rule of law. >> cbs news, the white house. >> president trump and congressional leaders agreed to meet thursday to work out budget differences to avoid a government shoutdown. funding for the federal government runs out on

the house freedom caucus pushed back against a measure. the conservative group wants the deadline set for december 30th. it wants to avoid a rushed bill. and president trump scored a victory after the supreme court allowed the latest version of his travel ban to go into effect. the ruling comes as challenges continue in lower courts. the ban targets 150 travelers from six mostly muslim countries. >> reporter: president trump returned to the white house late monday ignoring shouted questions about the supreme court's ruling on his controversial travel ban. in anrd oar issued earlier, 7 of the 9 justices ruled the president's ban can take full effect despite legal challenges. announced in september, the latest version of the policy applies to people from chad, iran,

yemen, all countries with majority muslim populations and bars them from entering the u.s. justices were the only dissenters. >> president trump's lay mar legal victory come after months of challenges from the lower courts. >> reporter: those courts argued they could not be banned if they have close family members in the country. other courts had blocked previous versions from taking effect saying they amounted to unconstitutional religious discrimination against muslims. in a statement following monday's ruling jeff sessions called it a substantial victory saying in part the constitution gives the president the responsibility and power to protect this country and this order remains vital to accomplishing those goals. at least two appeals courts plan to hold arguments this week on the ban's

cbs news, the supreme court. >> the supreme court will hear arguments today on whether businesses can refuse to serve same sex couples if they oppose same sex marriage on religious grounds. the case involves a conservative christian baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a same sex couple in colorado. the baker appealed a ruling that it violated anti discrimination laws. and john conyers is reportedly planning on announcing today that he will not seek re-election. he's expected to make the announcement this morning. it comes after another woman accused him of sexual misconduct while he she worked for him. grubs claimed in an affidavit he groebed her while he was sitting next to her in the front row of a church. the republicanio

commit tease wi committee will once again support roy moore despite a number of allegations against him. president trump is now also fully endorsing him. the news comes as moore's accusers shared proof of their relationship when she was 17 and he was 34. brook is in new york with the latest. >> this alabama senate election is now a week away and moore has the lead. he's managed that despite many republicans keeping their distance. richard shelby says he wrote in another name during early voting but now the gop is unifying against this candidate. after announcing last month it had severed fund raising ties to his campaign. >> i would support him and will support him. it's a numbers game. i want republicans to maintain control. >> other rli

the president also came out for moore. mr. trump tweeting in part, we need his vote on stopping crime, illegal immigration, border wall, military, prolie-lifepro- judges and more. moore said in a tweet that mr. trump told him, go get them, roy. the tweet went on to say in part, just got off the phone with president trump who offered his full support who said he needs a fighter to help him in the u.s. senate. >> we're going to have a tough enough time and being the party of roy moore is not going to help. >> all this as the washington post is reporting one of the women who claims roy moore dated him has proof he knew her. gibson came forward with a high school graduation card signed by moore. several have predicted if moore

wins the election he'll likely face an ethics probe. that poll also asked voters if they believed the allegations against moore. 71% of republicans said they think they're false many blaming democrats and the media. >> thank you. a snowstorm hit the midwest closing schools and causing several crashes in south dakota. in chicago a wind advisory is in effect with possible gusts up to 45 miles an hour. the driver is okay. the wind also caused hundreds of delays and cancellations. coming up on the morning news now, a fugitive lawyer is caught. where they found the man who called himself mr. social security. and the clash over monuments. protesters speak out against the president's cuts. this is the cbs morning news.

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here a here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. former access hollywood host billy bush says it was president trump's voice on a 2005 tape talking about groping women. bush wrote an op-ed for the new york times and appeared on cbs's late show after mr. trump reportedly said it wasn't his voice on the video. >> last week for some reason came out with that's not my voice on the tape. like i said, you can't say that. that is your voice. i was there, you were there, that's your voon

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first chapter. a mostly cloudy day today with you rain on the -- but rain on the way. let's check in now with meteorologist melissa nord to see how things are shaping up outside on this wet tuesday. >> well, the whole day is not going to be wet. that's the good news for your tuesday. but by the evening hours that's when we've got showers that will be pushing into much of the area. and behind the showers comes that cooldown. and cold snap. as we they had towards the weekend. right now -- head towards the weekend. right now we heads outside with a mostly cloudy sky and areas of fog with 47 degrees. as the showers get a little bit closer in the afternoon. you will notice first alert live doppler in our immediate area. there's not much going on. but you look just out to the west the ohio valley down to tennessee, here's the cold front with the showers along with it. let's talk about futurecast and time this out. 8:00 this morning, we're dry. we're mostly cloudy. we'll stay dry for your lunchtime but by 4:00 that's when we start to see scattered showers approaching. i'll time out when these showers leave us and talk abo

the cold air to follow in the weekend coming up. ellen? nice and quiet out there so far on the roads. we have construction in areas that you expect to see that construction. 395 heading southbound. hov lanes have been impacted as they're working on those but seminary road between there and duke street. reports of some construction. again your southbound lanes. no real delays around there. have a live look at some traffic that's traveling on 395. looks okay so far. also up on the topside of the beltway we're dealing with that typical construction on the outer loop of the beltway between georgia avenue and connecticut avenue. plus, if you are over by route 1, larry we have a couple of issues, one, construction on route 1 heading southbound by rhode island avenue. and then also close to there on the inner loop of the beltway, by route 1. plus gw parkway southbound we have that work going on by key bridge. the time is now 4:27. after you went to bed we learned new information on a deadly shooting by u.s. park police. >> yeah, we now know that there's video of that shooting recorded by the camera inside a fairfax county

turned it over to the fbi now leading the investigation. park police say one of the officers shot 25-year-old bijan ghaisar after pursuit along the gw parkway two weeks ago. they say he fled the scene of a car accident and his family says he did not have a gun. a trial is also set to begin for a suspended prince george's county police officer today. jury selection is set to begin at 9:00 a.m. in upper marlboro. a grand jury indicted crew cup in may. he's charged with intimidating a witness, misconduct in office and accessory after the fact. investigators say back in 2015, he tried to learn the identity of a confidential informant whose information led to the arrest of one of his friends. now the latest in the russian investigation this morning. paul manafort's house arrest isn't going too well. a judge told him not to talk to anyone but according to prosecutors, manafort broke that promise. they say that he was working with someone who has ties

russia to ghost write an op-ed article that would put a favorable spin on his work in ukraine. and that's a quick look at what's going on. the news at 4:30 starts right now. all right, tuesday, we're getting closer to the midweek, good morning, thank you for joining us, i'm larry miller. >> i'm ellen bryan in for jan jeffcoat this morning because -- >> well you know. >> no one is here. >> a lot of people are sick today. actually only a few of us here at wusa9 who are actually well enough to walk into the office. yesterday i posted this tweet talking about flu season striking the wusa9 studios. meanwhile, clorox actually chimed in saying oh no we want to keep the cold/flu out of your cold copy. get well soon. >> are you kidding? they're sending stuff? >> which is actually helpful too all the germs and creepy bacteria that's floating around here in the studio. hoping jan gets better soon. and hoping that your day is a

good start. in the meantime. >> you were so kind to her yesterday by the way being like get away from me. jan texted me last night at 6:30 and said i think you're going to have to do double duty. on that note over to myself for a look at the morning traffic. do you remember that? unfortunately i wore my shoes that are loud here today. it's going to be superloud. the good news traffic is still light right now. just really have construction out there. all right. we're going to start on traffic land. the other joy, i never gate to see the maps. 395 north and southbound, construction between seminary road and duke street this morning. also on the outer loop of the beltway between georgia and connecticut avenue. we have that construction up here on the topside as you pass by the 270 spur you might also see some of the crews usually store their vehicles right over there by 355. route 1 heading southbound, when you hit rhode island-, between there and the -- avenue between there and the beltway you'll see that work and also work as you're heading around the inner loop of the beltway right before you get