john schiumo, cbs news, new jersey. >>> cyndi lauper is looking into people and homelessness.aw per's true color fund looks at how they're providing services. washington and massachusetts ranked first and second on the list. they look into whether states have mental health counseling and aid aimed at transgender youth, including hormone therapy. >>> and police in texas were called in to wrangle an unusual suspect, an alligator. a customer walking in a walmart parking lot wednesday morning spotted the eight-foot gator. it apparently got out of a nearby pond. they coralled the alligator and taped its mouth shut. >>> coming up on "cbs this morning," how has life changed for the accusers in a "me too" movement. we'll hear from two norm times journalists who went back and talked to the men and women who spoke up. i'm anne-marie green. this is the "cbs morning news." i wondered if she could do the stuff she does for us which is kinda, a lot. and if that pain could mean something worse. joint pain could mean joint damage. enbrel helps relieve joint pain, and helps stop further damage

>> john schiumo here in new york.hanks, john. >>> overseas, it's reports that north korea's top three military leaders have been removed from their post. that's according to reuters. it may have been a shakeup by kim jong-un to consolidate as he prepares to meet mr. trump. mr. trump said the summit in delivered a letter to kim from the white house in a large envelope. >>> out west several large wildfires have forced thousands to evacuate. hundreds of homes are threatened. in northern new mexico more than 30,000 acres have been scorched by the ute fire. in colorado, the so-called 416 fire has burned over 2,000 acres, and strong winds are pushing a fast-moving fire near orange county, california. the aliso fire broke out saturday afternoon. residents there distinctly remember the last big blaze. >> it was back to, dove, a decade and a half ago when we lost over 300 homes here. you always think, gosh, is this the next big one to come through here? >> fire officials say they hope to get control of the fire soon. >>> polic

john schiumo has more. >>> hey, lili. >> can you say hi?e started having seizures when she was six months old. doctors later diagnosed her with lennox-gastaut, a rare form of epilepsy. >> the first years were devastating. i didn't know anything about seizures or what life was going to be like. >> reporter: lili, now 17, was having hundreds of seizures a week. the drugs she was taking weren't helping, so her parents enrolled her in a study at nyu langone medical center. four years ago she started taking epidiolex with an active ingredient derived from marijuana. her awareness and alertness increased, and the seizures decreased. >> i think for us, any teeny bit of relief we might get with the seizures is huge. >> reporter: epidiolex is the first cannabis-based drug to receive approval from the fda. the active ingredient is cannabidiol or cbd, from the marijuana plant. >> it represents a chapter in therapy in the united states for epilepsy. >> reporter: dr. orrin devinsky is a lead physician in the research. >> many of these children and young

as john schiumo reports: the retail store's end -- is a solomn day for some long-time customers. (pkg) (track 1) (aptn) it thrilled >>> toys 'r us is closing today. as john schiumo reports, the retail store's end is a sad day for customers. >> reporter: it thrilled generations of children. >> this is the lego set that i got. >> reporter: but the shelves at toys 'r us stores across the country are empty. >> it's something that i grew up with and to see it now empty, it's just sad. heartbreaking. >> reporter: charles lazarus opened his first store in 1948 selling baby furniture in washington, dc. a few years latehe turned his attention to toys. >> i don't want to grow up ♪ >> reporter: with catchy jingles and a logo a child might write, toys 'r us grew to revolutionize retail in the decades that followed. >> toys 'r us was the largest toy retailer for a good chunk of its 70-year history and it was iconic in many ways. >> reporter: but the company eventually fell on hard times. attempt to alleviate mounting debt failed and the once dominant brand declared bankruptcy. >> combination

john schiumo has more. >> reporter: when it comes to air travel, the future is now.ntering or leaving the country through orlando international will now be smiling for the camera. the airport is expanding a program that uses biometric facial scans to verify a traveler ee's identity. >> it's tokenless. you walk up, it takes a picture, the gate opens, and you board the plane. it happens in two to three seconds. the goal is to improve security and speed up boarding. >> i've watched it a couple of times. a boeing 777 had about 200 passengers. they loaded the plane in about 19 minutes. >> if you're good and your data is used for bad, how do we limit that? >> reporter: civil liberties groups are looking atticus toms. >> when we take your picture, that's all we're comparing you against. once we make that match, we'll discard the information. >> reporter: as for now, u.s. citizens arriving and departing on international flights can opt out. >>> coming up only on "cbs this morning," an interview with the border patrol agent seen in this iconic photo of a little girl crying as