anna werner and investigative producer laura strickler have been looking into that. >> reporter: themtykushner companies plan to put two gleaming towers of rental apartments an retail space, a project called one journal square, but pros dutiers from the u.s. attorney's office in brooklyn now want to know more about the project's financing. according to the ball street journal they've subpoenaed the company for a use of a program that allows foreigners to get green cards, residency, in exchange for $500,000 or more. they're called eb-5 visas. the kushners used eb-5 financing. the second carrying the president's name. trump bay street. a company spokesman told us the program is frequently used by many large developers to raise funds and help create jobs and they did nothing improper. but in may the company apologized after kushner's sister told chinese investors that the journal square project was important to her entire family and specifically mentioned jared, now a top aide to the president, raising questions of peddling. and there's the question of the u.s. immigration fund. republican

and, demarco, rescue operations are continuing tonight. >> morgan: anna werner reporting.a, thank you. adding to the fear and danger here, explosions at a chemical plant sent a cloud of smoke into sheriff's deputies to the hospital. david begnaud is covering that. >> reporter: it happened at 2:00 a.m. local time, the first of two explosions lit up the night sky. by morning, a fire was still burning. a mile and a half radius around the chemical plant was evacuated tuesday after company representatives warped local officials their emergency plans had failed. ed gonzalez is the harris county sheriff. >> we believe the smoke is a nontoxic irritant. >> reporter: the company had backup generators. all of them failed. then refrigeration units in three of nine trailers failed. officials warn the highly combustible compounds, known as organic peroxides, were sure to burn as the temperatures rose, although they downplayed the harm. >> no one is in danger based on the fire we expect. >> reporter: arkema executive defended the company's response. >> we believe at this point the safest

>> mason: anna werner in washington tonight. thanks, anna. the president's signature campaign promise was to build a wall on america's southern border. now the "washington post" has obtained a transcript of a contentious phone call about that between mr. trump and his mexican counterpart. here's chip reid. >> we will build the wall 100%. >> reporter: it was the biggest applause line of candidate trump's presidential campaign. >> who is going to pay for the wall? >> crowd: mexico! >> reporter: but just one week after taking office, president trump said in a phone call with mexican president enrique peÑa nieto that the wall and who will pay for it is economically "the least important thing that we're talking about, but politically this might be the most important." the president repeatedly demanded that peÑa nieto top saying mexico won't pay for the wall. "if you are going to say that mexico is not going to pay for the wall, then i do not want to meet with you guys anymore, because i cannot live with that." president trump also blamed mexico fo

we have reports from anna werner and michelle miller. e is anna. >> demarco, we were on our way to beaumont. we had to stop here some 20 miles out. because the highway we were traveling on, now ends right here in what looks like a lake. and from high up above it is easy to see why rescuers are into this area. 100 miles east of houston, tropical storm harvey unleashed high winds rain and flash floods on the towns of beaumont and port arthur last night. >> every highway is closed. so we can't get out any more. we can't evacuate. >> the coast guard plucked like this mother and baby off their rooftops in college station, texas. in pine island bayou, civilians threw a life line who a man who clung to a tree in floodwaters five hours. >> we were screaming, hollering at him. we really thought we lost him. he hollered out. grabbed vines on a tree. we drove the bolt fast as we could into the treats. >> rising waters forced staffers at the port arthur nursing home to evacuate more than 70 patients. >> i saw this on tv. i cannot believe, wade throug

we have reports from anna werner and michelle miller. first, here's anna. >> reporter: demarco, we were our way to beaumont, but we had to stop here, just some 29 miles out because the highway we were traveling on now ends right here in what looks like a lake. and from high up above, it's easy to see why rescuers are having so much trouble getting into this area. 100 miles east of houston, tropical storm harvey unleashed high winds, rain, and flash floods o p night. >> every highway is closed so we can't get out anymore. we can't evacuate. >> reporter: the coast guard plucked people like this mother and baby off their rooftops in college station, texas. in pine island bayou, civilians threw a life line to a man who clung to a tree in floodwaters for five hours. >> we were screaming and hollering at him, hollering at him. and we really thought we lost him. but he hollered out he grabbed some vines on's tree and we drove the boat as fast as we could on the trees. >> reporter: rising waters forced staffers at this port arthur nursing home to

>> mason: anna werner in washington tonight. thanks, anna.gn promise was to build a wall on america's southern border. now the "washington post" has obtained a transcript of a contentious phone call about that between mr. trump and his mexican counterpart. here's chip reid. >> we will build the wall 100%. >> reporter: it was the biggest applause line of candidate trump's presidential campaign. >> who is going to pay for the wall? >> crowd: mexico! >> reporter: but just one week after taking office, president trump said in a phone call with mexican president enrique peÑa nieto that the wall and who will pay for it is economically "the least important thing that we're talking about, but politically this might be the most important." the president repeatedly demanded that peÑa nieto stop saying mexico won't pay for the wall. "if you are going to say that mexico is not going to pay for the wall, then i do not want to meet with you guys anymore, because i cannot live with that." president trump also blamed mexico for the flow of illegal drugs to t

anna werner reports from jersey city.ers in jersey city tried traditional bed cameras three years age but the mayor says the software didn't work. and data storage was expensive. and much cheaper option using something right in our pockets. when police officer, amir al-atik goes on foot patrol. he straps on his gear which now includes a body camera in a cell interaction the camera being used. >> the police issued cell phone is set to a med that allows it to function as a cop camera. >> huh has everything been. >> the officer turns the camera on, recorded footage streams to a secure server at the police department. jersey city is the first city in the u.s. to try this less expensive method to record officers actions. >> think we were early to the conversation. >> steven fulk is mayor. >> mentioned may have a solution that they worked with elsewhere in the world. would we be open to it. we said, yeah, take a look. >> a sister company to google called jigsaw, developed the app, cop-cast. the new system offers data storage op

i'm anna werner. maryland after a powerful storm split trees and flipped cars in the town of salisbury. meanwhile, people in tulsa are still picking up the pieces after a string of devastating tornadoes tore through the region. no one was killed, but nearly three dozen people were hurt. omar villafranca is there. >> reporter: the ef2 tornado hit just after 1:00 in the morning. it blasted through the center of town with 130-mile-per-hour winds. the twister ripped off rooftops, shredded storefronts, and blew out windows. eight people were trapped inside this tgif and officials say at least 30 people were injured by the flying debris. officer demita kinard is with the tulsa police department. >> there were people who had some pretty horrific injured but none were life-threatening, which is great-k and we had no loss of life. >> reporter: but many are wondering why the incontinuous storm didn't trigger warning sirens. at 1:16 meteorologists were monitoring the thunderstorm. but two minutes later it became

anna werner is at the centre county criminal court in bellefonte. she spoke to an attorney preparing to question a key prosecution witness. anna, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. preliminary hearings usually last mes entering its fourth day. it began back in june. there are 16 defendants in this hearing. each one trying to show response why their're not responsible for piazza's death. >> reporter: attorney william brennan is representing james else jr. he can be see striking timothy piazza hard in the abdo mem while he was drunch and incapacitated. >> joey ems, we assume he may have tapped him and said, hairk bud, wake up. >> reporter: piazza would die of other injuries. >> your clientd is on individual yes. how damaging is that for him in your case? >> i believe it ex-cultural pates or tends to show the lack >> reporter: of the ten with mess demeanors, two waived their right to a preliminary hearing. eight others were charged with involuntary manslaughter and aggravated assault, the most severe of the charges. tom klein is pea a stay's attor

anna werner talked to them in an interview you will see only on "cbs this morning."for that high schooler. she had wonned a mention to a prestigious young women's leadership academy at the university but she said her r redeye trip took a bad turn. >> the 16-year-old girl was traveling alone from seattle sleeping on her overnight united flight when she awoke to find the stranger sitting next to her touching her. >> i could feel my hand on my thigh and one o between my legs and he was like rubbing me between my legs and then he tried to put his other hand underneath my pants and go, what are you doing. >> she reported it to a flight attendant and she move heard to another sheet. >> i felt lying he could simi. >> why did it terrify you? >> i could leave the plane. i didn't feel there was anyone on the plane to protect me. >> when the plane parked at newark everyone walk off including man who sexually assaulted her. >> i thought i was going to die. >> i'm 3,000 miles away. my child says she's been sexually assaulted and i'm asking her questions and she's like disoriented

anna werner shows us why there's still confusion over the treatment and its cost. g. this device, the auvi-q might be why the confusing prices. some prefer the epipen because of its small size. the listed price for a two-pack, over $200. most aren't paying for that leading to the question, who is. authentics ha s havs have change first visited this family. two of the sick have severe allergies and lat last year at this time, justin and lex lexi henegar were not happy with the price of epipens. last year heather bresch was questioned about the price. >> sir, we believe it was a fair price and now lowered the price by half. >> reporter: cvs pharmacy offered a different generic injector for $109. then the past june the henegars got a letter from their insurer. >> they no longer cover the epipen, only the jen etdic pen. >> reporter: but they were out of stock and that's when they looked at the auvi. q. evan and eric edwards invented the auvi-q after growing up with allergies. it's smaller and comes with its own voice instructions. >> basically anybody who picks up the d

an anna werner is pennsylvania. >> good morning. this hearing is to determine whether prosecutors have evidence to support charges against 16 defendants. the investigation isn't finished. more charges could be coming relating to the missing videotaped moments. center county district attorney suggested someone tampered with the video cameras at the beta theta pi fraternity. >> we will not say who it would be or we're willing to file charges until we have a report back. >> on the stand the detective did not identify a suspect. piece piazza died in february. he was found the following morning in the basement. the family attorney. >> what was the stunning revelation is that there are actually was a videotape in the basement which was likely erased. if that was erased then this cover up is larger than we anticipated or expected or nen about. >> 18 members of the shuttered fraternity have been charged. 10 # face disme mean ors, two of the ten waived their right to the preliminary hearing. leonard ambrose represents one of the eight defend

anna werner is at the centre county criminal court in bell fortunate and spoke with an attorney preparing to question a key prosecution witness. anna, good morning. >> reporter: preliminary hearings usually last just minutes, but this one is now in its fourth day and it actually began back in june. there are 16 defendants appearing at this hearing. each one of them trying to show why he is not responsible for piazza's death. >> in joey's case charges should have never been filed. >> reporter: attorney william brennan represents joseph ems jr. facing a misdemeanor. prosecutors say ems can be seen on surveillance video striking timothy piazza hard in the abdomen while he was drunk and incapacitated but brennan says. >> joey makes what i would call awe cameo appearance and we presume that he may have tapped him on the torso like, hey, bud, wake up. that's not criminal. >> reporter: piazza would later die of a ruptured spleen among other injuries according to a pathologist. your client is on video. how damaging is that for him and your case? >> i believe it exculpates or tends to show the lac

anna werner is here with how the memo is impacting google's work environment.porter: good morning. the memo penned by that white male software engineer was read by millions. he said more needed to be done to encourage a diversity of viewpoints at google his words hit the company with such force a local radio station said some female employees took sick days to avoid an uncomfortable environment. james damore said he was booted from campus in california at 5:00 yesterday. he told cbs news he was wrongfully terminated for perpetua things you have to reap the consequences of what you said. >> reporter: kara swisher smoke with employees who described the current environment inside the search giant as really toxic. >> this memo has set off a stream of things. we should say and do what we want. the fact is goog le is a compan. it has rules. he broke the rules. >> reporter: in the 3,000-word document damore railed against what he called google's shaming culture which he said created a silent, psychologically unsafe environment. he said differences in distributions of

anna werner is in nearby port arthur, which they say is totally flooded.ood morning to you. >> reporter: well, that's right. you get a sense from looking at all this what we're dealing with so that you kind of know where we are this morning, harvey made landfall yesterday about 45 miles away from here. here in port arthur, it's almost impossible to get around as we drove around this morning, we encountered multiple detours that we had to take just to get around all of this water and it's flooded neighborhoods like this one. >> in areas east of houston. flooding stretches for miles, entire cities like port arthur are under water. >> if you call 911 and we haven't gotten there yet, we are on the way. >> reporter: the mayor put out video on facebook from his own flooded home. >> if you see someone rescued in your neighborhood, flag them down if you are not comfortable or safe in your home. >> reporter: harvey made its second u.s. landfall wednesday and dropped 45 inches of rain on ports of east texas on friday. >> i have never seen anything like this. very de

anna werner talked to them in an interview you will see only on "cbs this morning." was a big trip for that high schooler. she had won admission to a prestigious young women's leadership academy at princeton university. she says her red eye flight on united airlines soon took a traumatic turn. >> i knew what was going on but i thought this was dreaming or something, this cannot be happening. >> the 16-year-old girl was traveling alone from seattle sleeping on her overnight united flight to newark when she says she awoke the find a stranger sitting next to her, touching her. >> i could feel my hand on my thigh and one of his hands came between my legs and he was like rubbing me between my legs and he was like rubbing me between my legs then he tried to put his other hand beneath my pants and i kuhn of woke up and was like what are you doing? >> she reported it to a flight attendant who moved her to another seat two rows but but she was terrified. >> i felt he could see me, wherever i was sitting. >> why did it terrify you? >> there was still so much time. i couldn't j