cbs reporter kenneth craig said there were fresh protests today in the nation's capital. >> reporter: hundreds of demonstrators and abuse survivors marched in washington in protest of judge brett kavanaugh's possible appointment to the united states circuit court. >> i don't trust brett kavanaugh, but i trust anita hill, and i trust dr. blasey ford. >> reporter: the senate judiciary committee voted along party lines to send kavanaugh's nomination to the full senate friday, but there were fireworks leading up to the vote. >> we ought to do what we can to make sure we do all due diligence with a nomination this importance. >> reporter: jeff blake called for a one-week delay to allow the fbi to investigate claims made by christine blasey ford that kavanaugh assaulted her. cbs news has learned that the fbi will also investigate a claim made by another woman, deborah ramirez. she says kavanaugh exposed himself to her during a drinking game while they were freshmen at yale university. the white house will decide the scope of the investigation. democrats urged republicans to slow down the pr

kenneth craig, cbs news, new york. >>> today, two protests merged in the nation's capital.the combined demonstration ended up being called the march for black women and survivors. women's rights advocates say african american women are three times more likely to be killed by an intimate partner. they also say the circuit court fight and this week's hearing in particular show the backlash that can happen when a survivor speaks up. >> anita hill and dr. christine blasey ford testified 27 years apart, but not much has changed. they are modern-day heroines. yet here we are, still in the same place, pleading, marching, demanding that our bodies not be violated and that our dramatic experiences t bedismisd. >> some otesters don't just want kavanaugh's nomination blocked; they also want him impeached from his current seat on the dc circuit court. >>> police say data from a fitbit helped lead them to a 90-year-old murder suspect. anthony aia was arrested in connection with the death of his step daughter, karen navarra. navarra was found dead on september 13th. a police report revea

kenneth craig, cbs news, new york. >> at the same time ford is dealing with some security challenges. a letter from her attorney says, quote, "she's been the target of vicious harassment and even death threats. as a result of these kind of threats, her family was forced to relocate out of their home. yesterday ford met with fbi agents from the san francisco district to discuss the problems that she's had since going public with her allegations. and even though ford's home in palo alto is now vacant, police have stepped up patrols in the area to try to head off any trouble. so far no reports of any incidents. >>> the man who runs google has a message for his employees: keep your politics out of your work in a company-wide member row, the ceo said anyone who undermines users' trust will be held accountable. ''we do not bias our products to favor any political agenda." this follows leaks of discussions opposing policies of the trump administration. for example, employees reportedly talked about adjusting search functions to help people affected by the president's travel ban. >>> ebay is

cbs reporter kenneth craig on the women who claimed justice after cosby's sexual assault trial. >> reporter: bill cosby walked out of court in handcuffs heading to prison for three to 10 years. the disgraced comedian was convicted earlier this year of drugging and sexually assaulting andrea constand 14 years ago at his pennsylvania mansion. >> someone who is famous, someone who can get a lot of attention all over the world just by showing up someplace to eat shouldn't be given a pass for their crimes and allowed to walk free. >> reporter: when handing down the sentence, judge steven o'neill said, "it is time for justice. mr. cosby, this has all circled back to you. the time has come." the judge also read from constand's impact statement when she wrote the entertainer took her beautiful young spirit and crushed it. cosby's attorneys asked for house arrest arguing the legally blind cosby is too old and helpless to do time in prison, but the judge said no one is above the law or should be treated differently. the judge also declared cosby a sexually violent predator. that means he has to regis

kenneth craig has our report from north andover massachusetts. >> firefighters attempted to douse this home engulfed in flames. it's just one of dozens to catch fire in three towns north of boston. >> i've been in the fire service for almost 39 years and i've never seen anything like this. it looked like armageddon. >> an apparent explosion blew the walls off of this house and cracked the side of the home in two. >> there was somewhere between 60 and 80 fires, structure fires across the three communities, at least three explosions aswell >> reporter: authorities blamed the fire on gas lines that become overpressurized. one man said the furnace in his basement burst into flames. crews scam blingd to battle all the different fires which would hit one home and then another several blocks away. >> residents in this neighborhood told me around 5:00 they heard and felt a loud explosion and then minutes later saw fire trucks and first responders flooding their streets. >> just heard like a massive explosion. it just shook the house. so at that point, you know, we got out of the house. >> repo

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cbs reporter kenneth craig has more. >> reporter: judge brett cavanaugh wore a red baseball cap as u.s. marshals accompanied the circuit court nominee from his maryland home saturday. not long after, attorneys for dr. christine blasey ford announced in a letter that she has agreed to share her story with the senate judiciary committee next week. ford claims, when they were both in high school, a drunken cavanaugh put his hand over her mouth at a party, and groped her. cavanaugh denies it. >> i believe that judge brett cavanaugh will soon be justice brett cavanaugh. >> reporter: on saturday, vice president mike pence voiced his support for the president's circuit court pick. >> the president and i are confident that senate republicans will manage this confirmation properly, with the utmost respect for all concerned. >> he was born for the u.s. circuit court. >> reporter: but president trump has questioned ford's story, tweeting: "if the attack on dr. ford was as bad as she says, charges would have been immediately filed with local law enforcement authorities by either her or her loving

kenneth craig, cbs news, nitro, west virginia. >>> well, still ahead, u2's new european tour gets offh start after bono loses his voice. he's now talking about what's next. apartment in southern california. plus: another bay area apple store targeted by thieves... the search to find the suspects. and: a plane crash near lake tahoe... sparks a growing wildfire. join us for kpix 5 news this morning... beginning at 4:30. good morning. many people living with diabetes monitor their blood glucose every day. which means they have to stop. and stick their fingers. repeatedly. today, life-changing technology from abbott makes it possible to track glucose levels. without drawing a drop of blood, again and again. the most personal technology, y with the power to change your life. life. to the fullest. >>> here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. >> so either -- if you want to go, that's fine. we'll play another show for you some other time. if you want to stay, that's great. >> that's u2 lead singer bono apologizing to fans at a concert in berlin saying he's lost his

kenneth craig reports. >> reporter: bill cosby walked out of court in handcuffs. the 81-year-old comedian was sentenced to three to ten year assaulting andrea constand in 2004. she was in the courtroom for the sentencing and left with a smile. >> this is just going to show victims that they can make it through and that there's justice at the end. and hallelujah. >> reporter: more than 60 women have accused cosby of sexual misconduct. some gathered in the pouring rain outside the courthouse. >> i feel like my mom's in heaven watching over me crying saying you did it baby, you stood up and the oogeyman going to jail. >> reporter: cosby's attorneys asked the judge to let cosby go home while he appeals, but the judge said, no, that cosby could possibly be a danger to the community. he also labeled cosby a sexually violent predator implying a me sby's icist clm the trial was based on falsified evidence. >> we have now learned and will prove that bill cosby was denied his rights to a fair trial. >> reporter: constand didn't speak after the sentence, but she came to the

kenneth craig shows us how. >> they'll use the two of you in a marketing campaign. >> reporter: these two pranksters got a surprise of their own from talk show hostelen -- host sprz ellen. it began this summer when a university of houston student and his friend noticed a lack of diversity op the wall -- on the walls of mcdonalds. >> we were eating and we looked around and saw the posters around. there were no asians. we felt like it was our duty to pup -- put ourselves up there. >> we took the pictures and added the fries. >> reporter: the pair turned the photo to a large poster and snuck the fake poster on to the wall. >> crazy rich asians was a big flurns on me. i watched the movie three times. wewantedbe >> reporter: mcdonalds apparently had no idea what they had done until the mayor tweeted about it earlier this month saying it's been 51 days. the tweet went viral and so did the friend. the poster is donated to the ronald mcdonald housz in houston -- house in houston to be auctioned off. they both signed it to prove the fake poster is the real thing. >> not bad of a prank. and not

>> jacobson: kenneth craig, thank you. the special counsel got paul manafort to flip. in a blow to president trump, his former campaign chairman agreed today to cooperate with robert mueller's russia investigation. manafort entered a guilty plea to reduce charges of conspiracy, unrelated to the campaign, avoiding what would have been his second criminal trial this year. paula reid is covering the story ind joins us now. paula, how significant is this plea deal? pa reporter: well, paul manafort is the most significant witness secured by the special counsel investigation so far. he ran the trump campaign for several months. he would certainly be privy to any cooperation between russia and the campaign, and he was also at that 2016 trump tower meeting with russians offering dirt on hillary clinton. and this is not good news for the president. he's tried to dismiss this investigation as a witch hunt, but manafort is his fifth associate to plead guilty in the probe. >> jacobson: you say "not good news for the president." but, is this a good deal for manafort? >> reporter: i

kenneth craig, cbs news, norristown, pennsylvania. >> cosby never testified in his own defense. he also did not address the court before learning his sentence. attorney gloria allred said victims are very happy judgment day has come. >> i am free of bill cosby. i won't ever forget what he did and there will be times that i will feel sorrow and pain, but he will never control my life. >> i was young and innocent, only 17 years old. why should he receive mercy just because he is 81? >> since andrea constand went to police in 2005, more than 60 women have accused cosby of sexual misconduct. none of those claims have led to criminal charges. >>> the senate judiciary committee will vote on supreme court brett kavanaugh's nomination friday, one day after a bay area woman is scheduled to testify about his alleged sexual assault. on twitter senator dianne feinstein blasted that decision to set a date calling it outrageous. she tweeted, "first republicans demanded dr. blasey ford testify immediately. now they don't even need to hear her before they move ahead with a vote." senators say t

kenneth craig reports from handover, massachusetts. >> reporter: thousands of residents were forced from their homes after a series of gas explosions and fires rocked three communities knot of boston. >> it looked like armageddon. there were billows of smoke coming from lawrence bemind me. >> reporter: massachusetts emergency management officials say firefighters scrambled thursday to put out the flames that damaged or destroyed as many as 8 oh 0 structures. -- 80 structures. an 1 year old died when a chimney crashed on top of his suv. in another neighborhood, panicked residents ran for their lives as several homes blew up within minutes. >> the basement from what i understand, my wife says, the boiler blew up. >> reporter: gas lines becameover pressure rised. communities like this one are without power until they investigation the cause of the explosions. >> things we will be looking at will be the design of the pipeline system, any maintenance or upgrades that may have been done or are in the process of being done. >> reporter: the gas company shut off gas to the area and plans to insp

kenneth craig, cbs news, detroit. >> and it went on for hours.anklin passed away earlier this month. she was 76 years old. >>> in washington d.c. the nation is paying its last respects to senator john mccain today. his flag draped coffin is lying instate at the u.s. capitol. family, friends and officials all gathered to celebrate his legacy. >> in every generation there are those who put country first, who prize service ahead of self, who summon idealism from a cynical age. john mccain was such a man. >> senator mccain is the 31st person to lie under the capitol rotunda and on a reserve for government officials and military officers. >>> carjacked in a car wash, a scary situation for sister antwonette. >> an actress shot by police, why they opened fire. ♪ ♪ ♪ i put a spell on you ♪ yeah, because you're mine ♪ with chase atms serena can now grab cash on the go, all with the tap of her phone. ♪ stop the things you do no card? no problem. life, lived serena's way. chase, make more of what's yours. a southern california nun is safe this evening.. aft

kenneth craig has more on the lawsuits that show the trucking company has a history of crashes. >> reporterderal investigators worked for a second day at the scene of the deadly new mexico crash. they're trying to determine what led to the violent collision between a greyhound bus and a tractor-trailer thursday. state police believe a tire failure caused the truck and trailer to jackknife on i-40, cross over the median, and slam enter a greyhound bus head-on. now an attorney for two of the bus passengers is accusing the driver and trucking company of negligence. in pair of lawsuits filed just one day after the crash, attorney bryan williams cites federal safety data showing three crashes in the last two years involving jag transportation inc., a california-based trucking company. the complaint raises concerns about proper mate innocence and inspection of the truck's tires. >> it just happened like that, just out of nowhere, you know? you have no control over it. >> reporter: elisara taito, at the wheel of the big rig, told his story to our don dahler. >> one second i'm driving normal, and i

kenneth craig was outside boston when it happened. >> reporter: in the three massachusetts communities rocked by a series of random and devastating gas fires and explosions, residents are running out of patience with their fingers pointed at columbia gas. >> how do i have any confidence that you're going to fix this now? >> so we really-- >> i'll have someone call you back on that. >> reporter: and today, the n.t.s.b. announced they were scrutinizing the company as well. >> what was the safety culture of columbia gas? we will be looking at their recordkeeping, their procedural compliance, their procedures, their training. >> reporter: government records reveal at least three other serious explosions in massachusetts, west virginia, and ohio, all linked to columbia gas. it's a subsidiary of nisource, a utility company that serves more than three million customers in seven states. a technician who punctured a gas line was to blame for this 2012 blast in springfield that destroyed a nightclub and damaged nearly a dozen other buildings and injured 17 people. in west virginia, the n.t.s.b.

kenneth craig is following this. >> reporter: the independent investigation into 19-year-old jordan mcnail's death revealed more than an hour passed between the time the university of maryland football player starting showing signs of heatstroke during the may 29 workout and when team trainers called 911. even then, there was confusion about where emergency responders were to go when they arrived. the report says the team was lacking or did not utilize crucial equipment, proper thermometers, and tubs used for ice baths. james brady is the chair of the school's board of directors. >> i wish we could say we could bring jordan mcnail back to life. nawould be the greatest thing that we could possibly do. that cannot be done. >> reporter: mcnair died on june 13, after two weeks in the hospital. university president wallace loh said the school accepts legal and moral responsibility for the mistakes that our training staff made. in all, the investigation made 27 recommendations to the university. >> we can use this experience to make stiewrnt safety of our student athletes much better and more focu

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kenneth craig with her message today. >> i have been at the "-- i have been at "the talk" since it started. right now i need to spend more time at home, with my husband and our young son. so i have decided to leave "the talk." >> reporter: julie chen has not appeared on the talk shows since her husband, les moonves, resigned amid sexual harassment accusations. les moonves has denied the allegations against him which first appeared on the pages of the "new yorker." julie chen supported her husband then issuing a statement calling les moonves a "kind, decent and moral human being." earlier this month the "new yorker" reported a 2nd round of allegations, together detailing the stories of 12 women accusing les moonves of sexual harassment or assault between the 1980s and early 2000. julie chen doubled down in here support signing off "big brother" with his name. in her recorded message tuesday she did not address the scandal surrounding her husband but seemed emotional as she said goodbye. >> i send you my love. i will miss you all very, very much. >>> late developments in the brett kavanaugh

kenneth craig, cbsnewyork.com. >>> chris davis doing everything in his power to make it happen. we'll tell you the latest. next. there were a couple of chips left on the table for the a's. fans in the cheap seats looking down at seiko field. i wonder if they could see this. that is matt olsen, his first career grand slam. chris davis continues his push for american league mvp, that is number 47. they have 132 home runs the road and that leads the majors. they win 9-3. former giant sergio romo gave up 4 runs to the yankees in the ninth inning but held on, so the rays win 9- 7 and the a's move to within a game and a half of the yankees for the top wild card spot. >>> lou anything know the incredible hulk threw out the first pitch at at&t. janekowski hit one onto the roof. the giants have lost 6 of their last 7. dodgers coming to town to close out the season. >>> nfl nick mullins was promoted from the practice squad for the 49ers. the new starter went 1-4 in five games last year. head coach kyle shanahan is convinced this is a much improved quarterback. >> when he eventually was be

kenneth craig reports on the aftermath and the investigation. >> reporter: this north andover familyhome friday and tried to salvage what they could after their house went up in flames. it happened without notice during a series of gas explosions and fires that raced through homes in three communities north of boston. louise lives next door and knew something was wrong when she heard a noise coming from her basement. >> i knew right away that perhaps i should leave the house. i grabbed ny cell pho-- my cell came out in the yard, turned my head and saw this house was on fire. >> reporter: in lawrence, a young man was killed when a chimney slammed into his car. at least 20 others were injured. dozens of buildings suffered damage. investigators led by the ntsb are trying to figure out how a natural gas line to over 8,500 customers of columbia gas became overpressurized leading to the explosions and fires. some folks from absolutely nothing to come home to, that includes the man who lives right here in this house. he's actually a local police officer and he was on duty last night when hi