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in a cbs news exclusive kris van cleave spoke with uber's c.e.o. about the new features-- features and push to protect customers. >> we made sure that your driver is the right driver. >> uber c.e.o. dara khosrowshahi says his company's policies and practices have evolved over the past few years. >> when something does happen, and it does, this is real life, we respond in a way that is victim centric, victim first. >> uber wants to take this pin verification system a step further so soon your phone will semilessly talk to the phone of the uber you've called. it will then tell you when the right vehicle has pulled up. that your ride is verified, and this is the car to get into. >> the new features come as the ridesharing industry faces scrutiny overpass injury safety. a recent "washington post" reports that agents and uber's special investigation unit are coached to put the company's reputation ahead of passenger safety. >> what do you say to the reported and to folks who have either sued you or suffered a sexual assault that feel like the response w

kris van cleave that down with the uber ceo this week. you in the uber ceo says he believes that report was based on hearsay. the company told us it used old facts and the company's policies and practices have evolved over the last few years.>> we have done everything that we can. we have a special group no we have been advised by law enforcement. we have been advised by victim advocacy groups to make sure that when something does happen, and it does happen, this is real life, we respond in a way that is victim centric and victim first but predators don't like to operate in the light. we want to make sure that the uber service operates in the light of day. that's going to take a lot of work we are not going to be perfect. i do believe we are better than anyone else out there. >> and optional barricade verification system that will require drivers to get a pin code from their riders before a trip can start. were also introduced an inapt function that will allow writers to text 911 in the case of emergency. over hopes this new technology co

kris van cleave, cbs news, reagan nation reagan national airport, virginia. >>> coming up only on "cbshis morning," ed o'keefe talks with pete buttigieg on his iowa bus. >>> plus in our continuing series, "medical price roulette," we'll meet a woman who paid wildly high prices for ultrasounds. >>> and actor mike coulter, star of cbs's new show "evil" joins us in studio. >>> that's the "cbs morning news" for this monday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

kris van cleave reveals just what was allegedly found on the suspect's phone. >> reporter: family ofirline mechanc abdul majed aroofalani leave court after a federal judge deemed him a danger and a flight risk, citing new evidence of potential terrorist sympathies in denying the 60-year-old's bail. >> tower, 28-34, we got to work a maintenance issue here. >> reporter: on july 17th, he allegedly super glued styrofoam inside the nose of this american airlin37, interfering with the plane's navigation system prompting an alert stopping pilots from taking off. 150 people were on board. there were no injuries. alani said he was upset about stalled contract talks which had affected him financially. alani is an iraqi-born naturalized u.s. citizen who prosecutors now claim shared videos stored on his cell phone of isis murders, made statements wishing allah would use divine powers to harm non-muslims, had sent money to someone in iraq and has a brother who may have ties to the islamic state. >> given the details that emerged, it's no surprise that law enforcement was concerned. that bail was

kris van cleave shows us what the company plans to do to make your ride safer. >>> we make sure thatr: uber's ceo says the company's practices have evolved over the last few years. >> when something does happen, and it does happen, this is real life, we respond in a way that's victim centric, that's victim first. >> reporter: uber wants to take this pin verification system a step further, so soon your phone will seamlessly talk to the phone of the uber you've called. it will then tell you when the right vehicle has pulled up that your ride is verified, and this is the car to get into. the new features come as the ride-sharing industry faces scrutiny over passenger safety. a recent "washington post" report said agents and ubers special investigations unit are coached to put the company's reputation ahead of passenger safety. what do you say to these reports and to folks who have either sued you or have suffered a sexual assault that feel like the response wasn't there? >> i say that that report fundamentally was based on hearsay. we're not perfect. i wouldn't claim to be perfect. but

kris van kleave, cbs news, los angeles. >>> now to the latest damage from what was hurricane dorian.n the bahamas, the death toll from the storm has risen to at least 44, but government officials warn that number will likely significantly rise as rescue crews continue searching devastated areas. some communities remain isolated by floodwaters. many roads into and out of some neighborhoods are destroyed. hundreds are lining up for flights or boats off the island. others are trying to come to terms with what they've lost. >> this is the aftermath of everyone's nightmare. even me for myself, i underestimated the storm. >> at least five deaths have been blamed on dorian in the southeastern u.s. and one in puerto rico. ferry service is returning to north carolina's ocracoke island which was hit hard by the storm. 18 tornadoes were reported in north carolina as hurricane dorian hit the coast last week. survivors describe what they witnessed. >> in five minutes yesterday, it was that deep in that living room and still coming up. it got about hip deep. >> forecasters are also watching severa

kris van cleave, thank you. a new u.n. report sounds an alarm about the planet's failing health.will be released in monaco. our mark phillips has more on what's being called the most dire u.n. climate report ever. >> reporter: the final wording of the u.n.'s next climate report is being worked on overnight in this building, but it's expected to say the ice in the arctic and the antarctic is melting far more quickly than was feared. not only that, global warming is so advanced, so many tipping points may have been passed that some of the more severe consequences of warming may now be inevitable. among the cited consequences, rising sea levels that displace hundreds of millions of people from coastal areas, increased numbers of destructive storms, devastated fish stocks and even reduced supplies of drinking water. the report is the gloomiest prediction thus far of the u.n.'s panel, which warns that if global emissions of greenhouse gasses are not reduced, the consequences will be even worse. margaret? >> brennan: thanks. at the u.n. today, teen climate activist greta thunberg blast

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>> quijano: all right, kris van cleave, thank you. more fire and fury on the streets of hong kong tonight. this after many protesters gathered outside the u.s. consulate today waving american flags and pleading for help. ramy inocencio was there as it happened. >> liberate hong kong! >> reporter: america's stars and ngripes paraded by hong kong protesters angry at their government, stood out starkly in this city on chinese soil. many fear their freedoms are being eroded by communist china, and the u.s. might be the only operpower to stop it. protesters held up posters of annald trump and sang the american national anthem. >> ♪ for the land of the free >> reporter: hoping washington will notice. thousands of angry protesters are now walking past the u.s. consulate. they are asking, they are pleading the u.s. congress to pass a law that would basically punish hong kong as well as mainland china's officials if they suppress their freedoms. regina ip, a pro-beijing legislator, disapproves of foreign interference. >> we shouldn't ask forei

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kris van cleave, roswell, new mexico. >>> some siblings fight but these two are ready for battle.pair of sister generals in the u.s. army. major general maria barrett is now joined by her younger sister brigadier general paula lodi. the sisters grew up in massachusetts and are close enough in age, they played on the same soccer team in high school. now, barrett is the commanding general of netcom and lodi serves in the office of the surgeon general. even better, lodi has two daughters in the army. one just began her basic training. >>> and, still to come, it's a living tribute to a fallen hero. we will show you what it took to create this unique corn maze in the central valley. >>> kind of a unique weather day. i will show you what things look like after our first little brush with a weak little weather maker passing us by. >>> efforts to settle one fight in the opioid epidemic have hit an impasse. attorneys general from tennessee and north carolina have led negotiations with the family that owns purdue pharma. the sacklers have rejected two offers from the states and declined to

kris van cleave, cbs news, san francisco. >>> three young brothers on a ["white rabbit" by jefferson one pill makes you larger ♪ and one pill makes you smaller ♪ ♪ and the ones that mother gives you ♪ ♪ don't do anything at all ♪ remember what the dormouse said ♪ welcome aboard. >>> finally tonight, a family's burning passion. three young men cooked up an idea to make a little pocket money, but they didn't stop there. errol barnett shows how they're lighting the way. >> this is nice. >> thank you. >> reporter: at this farmer market, the gill brothers are selling their own homemade candle. 8-year-old austin pushes his favorite. >> to me it smells like watermelon bubble gum. >> reporter: two years ago austin with his brothers, colin, who is 13, and ryan who is 11, were looking for a way to make pocket money. had you ever thought about candles before it was time to make a business? >> no. >> no. >> not at all. >> reporter: they call their companynfren, and they've decided not to keep all the earnings for themselves. they know donate an average of $500 a month to area homeless shelters.

kris van cleave on what was found on the suspect's phone. >> reporter: family of airline mechanic abdul majeed marouf ahmed alani leave court after a federal judge deemed him a danger and a flight risk, citing new evidence of potential terrorist sympathies in denying the 60-year-old's bail. >> reporter: on july 17, alani allegedly super glued styrofoam inside the nose of this american airlines 737 interfering with the plane's navigation system, prompting an alert, stopping pilots from taking off. but there o injuri. sei e was upset about stalled contract talks which had affected him financially. alani is an iraqi-born naturalized u.s. citizen who prosecutors now claim had videos stored on his cell phone of isis murders. made statements wishing allah tauld use "divine power to non-muslims," had recently sent tney to iraq and has a brother there who may have ties to the islamic state. en given the details of this dese that have emerged today, it's no surprise at all that law law enforcement were concerned and that bail was denied. >> reporter: alani's lawyer says his client never intentio

well, kris van cleave is in washington with more on how this may affect the price at the pump. at do we know, kris? or reporter: well, norah, in short, gas prices are expected to go up. experts don't think there will be fuel shortages in the u.s., ket folks, you will see signs like that one start to tick up as it costs you more to fuel up d the coming days. how much? llll, one fuel price analyst tells cbs news he expects a 10 to 25-cent per gallon spike in ers prices, a jump he called annoying but not likely to change consumer behavior because prices had been on the decline with the end-of-summer travel orason. a.a.a. puts the national average for a gallon of gas today at d.56, down about 15 cents from july. how long the spike last depends on how quickly the saudis can make repairs. we know at least some of the damaged pipelines will be back online later this week. norah? >> o'donnell: all right, kris, nkank you. and the death toll continues to climb in america's longest war. a u.s. service member was killed today in afghanistan. ae "army times" reports the unidentified soldier

kris van cleave is in silicon valley with the details. >>> plus, more on the new york man who's gettingmedical bills after being featured in "medical price roulette." >>> and emmy award-winning actress patricia heaton joins us with her new comedy "carol's second act." >>> that's the "cbs morning news" for this thursday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. ♪ . >>> live from cbs bay area stud

kris van cleave on the panic on board. >> reporter: frightened flyers f delta flight 2353 starts a dramatic decent. >> the mask dropped and everyone's like, oh, my gosh, this is happening right now. >> reporter: brandon tomlinson owrried he might be hugging his two-year-old son parker for the last time. >> we weren't sure if this was the last time we were going to see each other. so i looked over to my mother, and i told her i loved her. >> reporter: the pilots of the aoeing 767 got an alert warning there may not be enough oxygen in the cabin. they put on their oxygen masks and brought the plane down more than 29,000 feet in just about eight minutes to an altitude where people could safely breathe. while flight attendants urged calm, some passengers sent worried messages to loved ones on the ground, fearing the worst. >> i was actually trying to stay calm, but inside i was jumping e l over the place, because my rem was hyperventilating. there were people in front of us that were actually screaming and crying. >> reporter: the plane landed urfely. there were no injuries. delta is apologizing

here's kris van cleave on why and what can be done. >> reporter: this lexus runs a red light, plowing into an s.u.v. and killing its driver. a new study from a.a.a. finds the red light deaths have t.rged, up 28% since 2012. >> the problem is, drivers are distracted, they're impatient, and they're reckless. >> reporter: research shows red light cameras, which catch drivers in the act and mail them a ticket, cut fatal crashes by 14% and red light running by 21% but outraged drivers call it policing for profit. >> i think it's about money. >> reporter: kelly canon lead the charge in texas to ban red light cameras this summer, the tghth state to do so. >> i called it government sanctioned extortion. se reporter: new york city was the first to use red light cameras and is now increasing its speed cameras tenfold to more than 2,000 in two years. this camera goes off if somebody does what? >> if they're going over ten miles over the speed limit. >> reporter: transportation mimmissioner polly trottenberg. nber putting thousands of speed cameras on new york city streets turn new york into one

our transportation correspondent kris van cleave is following this. >> reporter: helicopters raced somethe most severely hurt to utah hospitals. the first images from the scene this morning showed it was a violent crash. 30 people were on the bus. at least four are dead, 12-15 more suffered critical injuries. 10-15 others have minor to serious injuries. >> it appears he drifted off to the left-hand side of the road, possibly over-corrected. the bus flipped over, overturned. >> reporter: first responders, many of them volunteers, set up a mass casualty triage operation in the middle of state route 12. we spoke by phone with a witness who says he was at the crash scene within minutes. >> it sounded like a bomb went off. to see people laying all over the road and sitting up, holding their heads and their neck, and a lot of people holding their wives that were dead, and just... chaos. >> reporter: it was a trip to see one of america's most popular national parks that ended in tragedy. the national transportation safety board here in washington is launching a 10-member team to investigate th

kris van cleave reports the owner is aggressively defending ae actions of his crew as we learn more about what happened. >> the crew is having a very tifficult time. >> reporter: speaking for the first time, glen fritzler, the owner of the "conception," says as the fire raged on the boat's evcond level, his crew tried to save the passengers trapped pplow. he claims the captain stayed until the very last moment. >> they said they could see jerry jump from the upper deck, and that there was a trail of smoke following him. they thought he was on fire. >> reporter: santa barbara county sheriff bill brown now says it appears the 34 people killed died of smoke inhalation before the fire reached their sleeping quarters. investigators are also looking into whether the crew was asleep when the fire started. the boat is required to have a roaming night watchman. an a.t.f. team of fire specialists are now part of the investigation. an that any reason to think that this has moved into more of a miminal investigation than an accident investigation? >> we are looking to determine what happened. nacrimi

kris van cleave has our update. >>reporter: investigators tell cbs news they increasingly believe the fire started on the ship's second level, known as the galley, trapping 34 people below deck, their only two exits blocked by fire, including a small escape hatch above a bunk bed. did it surprise you how small the second exit was? >>it did. it surprised me how small it was. it surprised me how difficult it was to access. >>reporter: in lengthy interviews with n.t.s.b. investigators, the surviving crew members described harrowing moments after the fire started. >>they tried to enter through the double doors and couldn't get in because of the flames. they tried to access the galley from the front, through the windows, but the windows wouldn't open. and at some point, because of heat and smoke and fire, they had jumped from the boat. >>reporter: among the possible causes the n.t.s.b. is considering, did lithium ion batteries used to power the passengers' underwater cameras or lights malfunction during charging and over

kris van cleave paid a visit. >> reporter: this is the roswell airport. it's more for the planes than never take off than those that do. they call it a boneyard, where planes whose flying days are done and are parked. they're parked here by the hundreds. >> people are watching. make it a good one. >> reporter: this will be the final takeoff for american airlines flight 5466, touching the painted sky for the last time, as it flies from dallas to roswell, new mexico. retirement flights are special. typically there's only pilots. we're the only passengers onboard, which means we do have our pick of seats. captain dave clark was at the controls. after 53,563 flight hours and approximately 3.2 million passengers since it first took off, with his final entry in the plane's log, clark closed the book on the final of the md-80 fleet, a friend of his for years. >> you know this day is coming for a while. to realize this is your last takeoff, the last landing, the last time you sign the logbook, shut the engines down, that's surreal. >> reporter: one, by one, the p

kris van cleave on the panic on board. >> reporter: frightened fliers as oxygen masks deploy and delta53 starts a dramatic descent. >> the masks dropped and you saw everyone's faces just like, oh, my gosh, this is really happening right now. >> reporter: brandon tomlinson traveling with his mother worried he might be hugging his 2-year-old son parker for the last time. >> we weren't sure if this was, you know, the last time we were going to see each other, so i looked over to my mother, i told her i loved her. >> reporter: the pilots of the boeing # 767 with 213 people on board got an alert there may not be an oxygen in the cabin. they put their oxygen masks on and brought the plane down 29,000 feet in >> minutes to an altitude people could safely breathe. while flight attendants urged calm, some sent messages to loved ones on the ground fearing the worst. >> i was trying to stay calm inside. i was jumping all over the place hypervting.e eoe u front of us that were actually screaming and crying. >> reporter: the plane landed safely. there were no injuries. delta is apologizing to their

kris van cleave has the story of the demise of thomas cook. >> reporter: the last thomas cook flighting, leaving the company's 21,000 employees potentially out of work and an estimated 600,000 tourists stranded in vacation spots around the world and here in the u.s. >> really disappointed the holiday has to end like this. >> reporter: at new york's j.f.k. airport, flyers showed up only to learn their flight home was canceled. >> we have been given no information at all by anybody. >> reporter: in addition to new york, the airline served five other u.s. cities, 267,000 people flew to orlando alone in the last year. thomas cook specialized in low- cost vacation packages but was over $2 billion in debt. the british government declined to offer a bailout and new funding couldn't be secured over the weekend. >> it is deeply distressing to me that this has not been possible to save one of the most loved brands in travel. >> reporter: the british government has now chartered more than 40 airlines to bring home stranded passengers, the largest repatriation of its citizens ever in peace time.

as kris van cleave reports, plans are under way to raise the wreckage from the sea floor. >> reporter: strong winds and currents are creating treacherous conditions for divers working the salvage operation. on friday a team of fire experts from the atf joined the investigation. >> the fact that the atf is participating today, is that any reason to think that this has moved into a criminal investigation? >> we're looking to determine what happened, but at this point no one has been charged criminally. >> reporter: the fast-moving flames trapped 34 people below deck. the coroner says it appears some died from smoke inhalation. now for the first time "conception's" owner is speaking out claiming his captain stayed until the very last moment. >> at a certain point when the flames had engulfed the boat and they were in the water, they said they could see jerry jump from the upper deck, a long jump, and there was a trail of smoke following him. they thought he was on fire. >> reporter: in intviews with the national transportation seichty board, surviving crew members claimed smoke alarms ne

kris van cleave spoke with uber's ceo and joins us now. acts did he have to say? >> reporter: good morning. s policeves that that article is vesed on hearsay. uber says that it used old facts s.d that the company's policies and procedures have evolved, particularly in the last few ara s. ubewe spoke with dara khosrowshahi shortly after uber etyeiled a number of new safety measures we first reported here on "cbs this morning." an optional verification system will require drivers to get a pin code from their riders before a trip can start. g the the other features uber introduced, an in-app function allowing riders to text 911 in duresof an emergency. the company hopes the procedures joseprevent the type of mistake police believe samantha joseph mistakde when she appeared to mistake a car for the uber in march. he was later found murdered. about the "post" article, uber's the ays if a victim of sexual assault wants to report the attack to police, uber makes it, quote, very easy to do so. >> so we have done everything that that we can. we've been advised by law enfor

kris van cleave is at reagan national airport outside washington. what else do we know about the suspect? >> reporter: good morning. he is iraqi born but a naturalized u.s. citizen. as an airline mechanic, he passed regular background checks and had no criminal record at the time of his arrest. certainly these new allegations are going to raise new questions about the vetting process around everyone who works near airplanes. accused of sabotaging an american airlines flight, 60-year-old mechanic abdul-majeed marouf ahmed alani remains behind bars after a federal judge cited new evidence he could be sympathetic to terrorists. the judge denied bail deeming him a danger and a flight risk. haroro ingram is a former counter terrorism expert. >> it's something they'll be very, very concerned about. >> in the tower, american 28-34, we've got to work a maintenance issue. >> reporter: july 17th, alani allegedly super glued styrofoam inside the nose of this american airlines 737, interfering with the navigation systems. as the plane taxied to the runway in mi

kris van cleave is at a gas station in washington, d.c..hat can we expect to see at the pump today? i see the price behind you, $2.68, paying cash. >> reporter: well, good morning, gayle. the prices are likely to go up. what we won't see is fuel shortages, disruptions to supply here. but you will see signs like that one ticking up in the coming days as it will cost americans more to fill their tanks. one fuel price expert tells "cbs this morning" he expects the will be between 10 and 25 cents a gallon and calls it anowing but not likely to change consumer behavior. heading into the weekend, e national average for a felon of gas had been -- a gallon of gas had been dropping wi the end of the summer travel season. yesterday the average was $2.56 a glove, down 15 cents from july. how long the spike will last, that depends on how fast the saudis can restore production. and at this point we don't really have estimates on how long those repairs will take. we know that some of the capacity that's off line is expected to come back sometime this wee

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kris van cleave spoke to the new head of the faa. reagan international airport, just outside washington, d.c. so, chris, what'd he tell you? >> reporter: good morning. the new administration certainly has unanswered questions. this report, the first of many to come, is expected in final form, perhaps by the end of the month. right now it is a draft, and sources tell cbs news this panel of international air safety regulators will make about ten recommendations to the faa, including a need for more transparency, better communications, and information-sharing during the approval process for aircraft. it's also expected to call for a new focus on how pilots interact with the increasingly complicated automated systems on new airplanes. some of the recommendations will be aimed at improving the process when the faa delegates approval powers to companies like boeing. the new faa administrator talked to us for first time this week. he says he can't say yet whether the max was properly certified. >> do you have questions that are unanswered?

kris van cleave has our update. >> reporter: investigators tell cbs news they increasingly believe the fire started on the ship's second level known as the galley. trapping 34 people below deck, there are only two exits blocked by fire, including a small escape hatch above a bunk bed. >>> did it surprise you how small that second exit was? >> it did. it surprised me how small it was. it surprised me how difficult it was to access. >> reporter: in lpt i interviews with ntsb investigators, the surviving crew members described harrowing moments after the fire started. >> they tried to enter througco get in because of the flames. they tried to access the galley from the front through the windows, but the windows wouldn't open. and at some point because of heat and smoke and fire, they had jumped from the boat. >> reporter: among the possible causes the ntsb is considering, did lithium ion batd risk used to power under water cameras and lights charging overheat? it will take the ntsb a year or more to determine if the batteries or something else started the fire. to do that they've got to r