laura podesta has the response from sessions...and republican lawmakers.package script) (track 1) attorney general jeff sessions is firing back against g in a >> laura podesta has the response from sessions and republican lawmakers. >>> reporter: attorney general jeff sessions is firing back against the president saying in a statement, i took control of the department of justice the day i was sworn in. and, the doj will not be improperly influenced by political considerations. his words come in response to this interview on fox news. >> jeff sessions, never took control of the justice department and, um, it's a sort of an incredible thing. >> reporter: president trump said his loyalty to sessions fell off shortly after sessions took the job and announced he was stepping away from the russia investigation. >> he took the job and then he said, i'm going to recuse myself. i said, what kind of a man is this? >> reporter: some republican lawmakers like senator lindsey graham says trump's words makes it clear sessions won't be on the job much longer. >> after th

laura podesta,cbs news, new york. >>> airlines are cancerling flights as conditions deteriorate. united won't be flying in or out of maui or honolulu today. other airlines are expected to do the same. all major carriers are also waiving rebooking fees for hawaii-bound flights. and you can see stay with kpix 5 for updates as hurricane lane hits the islands and track the storm on our website, cbssf.com. >>> happening today, state lawmakers will be asking some tough questions to verizon about why it slowed down data speed for bay area firefighters during an emergency. santa clara county fire chief tony boden said his crews finding the mendocino complex fires had their internet speeds slowed down. the carrier suggested that it upgrade to more expensive data plans when alerted to it. verizon called it a customer support mistake. santa clara county fire and todaassemblycommittehearing. sp hooa five months after the deadly confrontation. 32-year-old joshua was killed by four officers back in march after they found him sleeping in an alley. someone called 911 because they thought needed

here's laura podesta. >>> reporter: arizona said its final good-bye to senator john mccain yesterday. >> a true american hero. >> reporter: from the opening lines of the service at church 3500 mourners remembered senator mccain as a maverick in all aspects of his life. >> john mccain believed in our constitution and he stood up for it. he fought for it every step of the way. >> he understood all of us, whether it was white, black, brown, asian. to him, it didn't make any difference. what he knew is that we all make america great. >> reporter: and there was plenty of laughter in between tearful tributes. >> my name is joe biden. i'm a democrat. >> reporter: former vice president joe biden highlighted the impact mccain's legacy will have on the nation. >> john's story is the american story. that's not hyperbole. it's the american story grounded in respect and decency. ♪[ music ] >> reporter: the service ended with mccain's flag-draped casket being wheeled out to frank sinatra's "my way" going to joint base andrews in maryland. there defense secretary james mattis greeted the wife and ch

laura podesta, cbs news. orial on the way to the national cathedral... there, presidents obama and george w. bush will >>> tomorrow mccain's procession will pause by the vietnam memorial on the way to the washington national cathedral for a funeral service where presidents obama and george w. bush will speak. he will be buried on the grounds of the naval academy in maryland on saturday. you're looking live inside the that's >>> in detroit this morning, a private funeral service will be held for aretha franklin. you are looking live inside the greater grace temple as many people are filling that church. this is where the "queen of soul" will be laid to rest in a star-studded ceremony surrounded by her family and closest friends. in the days leading up to the private service, franklin was lying in repose for fans to pay their respects and say good-bye. ♪[ music ] franklin's life was held in detroit last night... patti la-belle, gladys knight, and the four tops were just some of the big names >> of course, there was music, a free concert celebrating frankli

>> laura podesta here in new york. thank you so much, laura. >>> well, facebook has said it's discovered evidence of a new disinformation campaign. it's working with the fbi. the accounts possiby linked to russia are described as a coordinated effort to manipulate the upcoming midterm elections. vladier duthiers reports. >> reporter: facebook said the 32 pages had more than 292,000 followers. their aim, to spread misinformation and meddle in the midterm elections. facebook's chief operating officer sheryl sandberg called this fight an arms race when she spoke to reporters during a conference call. >> this kind of behavior is not allowed on facebook because we don't want organizations or individuals creating net bourwof accounts that mislead people about who they are and what i they're doing. >> reporter: cnet technology producer dan patterson. >> the goal is to make the u.s. less confident in the policy goals. >> reporter: samberg would not confirm if the russians were behind these campaigns. >> we're still in the very

>> laura podesta here in new york. thank you so much, laura. >>> ahead on "cbs this morning," the latest from ohio on the too-close-to-call special election and what it may mean for democrats to retake the house. >>> in missouri, voters rejected a right to work law. unis say it would have led to lower wages. businesses said it could have led to more jobs. 27 other states have laws against compulsory union fees. five states have enacted such laws since 2012. >>> at paul manafort's financial fraud trial, rick gates is expected to return to the stand today. gates is the prosecution's star witness. yesterday during cross examination defense attorneys grill gates about his personal life and inability to tell the truth. paula reid has more. >> reporter: after hours of cross-examination of the prosecution's star witness, paul manafort's lawyer offered this assessment. attorney kevin downing attacks rick gates' testimony one day after his testify that his former boss knowingly committed crimes. you knowingly and intentionally l

laura podesta in new york. thank you so much, laura. >>> prosecutors say a man arrested at a new mexico compound where 11 malnourished youngsters to commit school nin- shootings. prosecutors allege siraj wahhaj was training at the compound. the compound was raided friday. authorities are waiting to see whether human remains found there are his son. the boy disappeared from a town near atlanta. he told the boy's mother he was taking him to the park but never returned. >>> florida prosecutors returned video of nikolas cruz who authorities say confessed to the valentine's day school massacre at park land marjorie does lugl high school. the video shows him punching himself in the face, talking, and talking about a voice he heard inside his head. a sheriff leading the investigation said cruz's behavior before the shooting was so erratic, school officials didn't know how to handle him. >>> and this morning the indonesian island of lomok was rattled by a strong aftershock, the third major tremor in a little more than a

laura podesta is here in new york with more on this. good morning, laura. >> good morning, don. that's the concern. if that dam breaks, the city of virginia could be flooded with 17 feet of water in under ten minutes. for residents of lynchburg, virginia, it was a night of high anxiety and rising floodwaters. after days of severe storms, the college lake dam is saud to be in fear of failing. >> the rescue boats are here and have been searching around the apartments as you can see behind me, and they have right now -- our latest count, they've gotten about ten people out. so -- and they're still getting some more folks out. >> authorities are closely monitoring the dam for any kind of structural failure. fears that it would collapse came at the end of a day when as much as 6 inches of rain fell in the area. the dam isn't the only danger. >> there could be a storm drain coverage, there could be any number of hazards. the road could have washed away. you just don't know. >> the national weather service confirms a tornado touched down in charlottesville. it toppled trees and damaged

laura podesta is here in new york. good morning, laura. >> good morning, anne-marie. president trump is spending the week vacationing at his new jersey golf club. before playing golf with senator lindsey graham yesterday, he fired off a number of tweets on the investigation and one in particular changes the story of that highly scrutinized meeting his son had during the campaign. president trump now says a 2016 meeting top men -- members of his campaign had with a russian lawyer was to get information on a political opponent. the meeting at trump tower, which the president added he did not know about, has been a focus of robert mueller's investigation in the interference of the 2016 presidential election. >> the question is how would it be illegal. the real question here is would a meeting of that nature constitute a violation -- the meeting itself constitute a violation of the law. >> jay sekulow downplayed the meeting which has been evolved over time. he said the meeting was, quote, about the adoption of russian children. trump junior later released emails which sho

laura podesta is here in new york. laura, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. 14,000 firefighters are attacking these fires from all sides, dropping retardant from planes and using picks and shovels to cut fire lines on the ground. and fire season in california is eek because the smoke is so thick. and president trump has weighed in on the fires, blaming, quote, environmental laws which are not allowing massive amounts of readily available water to be properly utilized. but experts say that's not the issue, and they've always had plenty of water to fight the flames. anne-marie? >> laura podesta here in new york. thank you very much. >>> large hail pounded a colorado zoo, injuring at least 14 people and killing two birds during a short but very intense storm. the cheyenne mountain zoo located in colorado springs will be closed today. witnesses say chunks of ice fell from the sky yesterday afternoon. softball-sized hail was reported in the area. five of the injured were hospitalized with traumatic injurie

>> laura podesta here in new york. thank you, laura. >>> ahead on "cbs this morning," john dickerson talks with former president jimmy carter about senator mccain's death and what it means for bipartisanship in washington. >>> and this morning, it is unclear if a preliminary deal between the trump administration and mexico to replace nafta is legal or if canada can be forced to take part in the new agreement. the president announced the deal yesterday. it focuses on new rules for the automotive industry. mr. trump suggested that he might leave canada out of the agreement. canada's nafta negotiator is flying to washington to try and restart talks. the president said he'd give canada a chance to enter the deal but threatens new taxes on canadian-made cars if negotiations fail. >> one way or the other, we have a deal with canada. it will either be a tariff on cars or it will be a negotiated deal. and frankly, a tariff on cars is a much easier way to go, but perhaps the other would be much better for canada. >> negotiations

>> laura podesta here in new york. thank you so much, laura. >>> president trump says he could run robert mueller's russia investigation himself, if he wanted, but for now, he's choosing to stay out. in an interview with reuters, the president said "i'm totally allowed to be involved." the president also said that he is concerned if he testifies under oath for the mueller investigation the statements will be compared to others, and any discrepancies could be used to bring perjury charges against him. as he has before, president trump repeatedly called mueller's investigation a disgrace and argued that mueller and his team are biased. >>> as the mueller probe focuses on russian interference in the 2016 election, a new report claims russian hackers are targeting republican groups. "the new york times" says the hackers are targeting u.s. conservative think tanks that split with the president and want continued sanctions against russia. the "times" cites a new microsoft report that says it detected and disabled websites lin

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cbs news correspondent laura podesta joins us now from new york. trump has denied this meeting happened? absolutely. but the president doesn't seem to think this admission is significant. he tweeted earlier that this was a meeting to get information on an opponent. totally legal and done all the time in politics. it went nowhere. he added that he knew nothing about the meeting of the time. but what is significant in regard to the robert mueller investigation on russian interference in the presidential election is that this does appear to be evidence of russian meddling. a foyer met with top campaign officials in order to spill dot on trump's opponent, hillary clinton. —— dirt. even if the campaign did nothing illegal, it is more fuel to the fire that there was in fact russian meddling. what is also of note and is irksome to many democrats is how the story of what happened in this meeting continues to evolve and continues to change. in the beginning donald trump to evolve and continues to change. in the beginning donald trumer said it was about russ

laura podesta shows us the surveillance image of one of the suspects -- and what police know about him, so far. (package script) (track 1) police in tennessee are killings is robbery. >>> two victims were gunned down after a night at a bar in nashville. >> officers throughout the city are on the lookout for two cold- blooded killers who have no respect whatsoever for the sanctity of human life. >> reporter: police believe it could be connected to a string of nashville area shootings. one woman was paralyzed after being shot while walking her dog. tuesday a man was shot and killed during a robbery while walking to catch a bus during work. >> i've never gotten up every morning to see the shooting, the hijackings. it's not the nashville that i know anymore. i don't know what's happened. >> reporter: authorities say they are ramping up security during the areas targeted and asking residents to look out for any suspicious activity. laura podesta, cbs news, new york. >> according to investigators, the motive behind each killing is robbery. >>> a heroic rescue after a truck plunges into the o

laura podesta reports.lican troy balderson and democratic danny o'connor in ohio's 12th district is too close to call. balderson leads o'connor by fewer than 2,000 votes but more than 8,000 provisional and absentee ballots have to be counted which could trigger a mandatory recount. that didn't stop balderson from claiming victory. it's time to get to work. over the next three months, i am going to do everything i can to keep america great again. president tramp handed him the district in 2016. he put the full weight of his support behind balderson, going to ohio over the weekend to campaign for him. can you believe how close this is? we are in a tied ball game. regardless of who comes out on top, the two men will face each other again in november's general election. four other states held primaries yesterday. in missouri, democratic senator claire mccaskill will face attorney generaljosh hawley, a republican, in what is expected to be a close race. this is a state that voted for president trump by 20 points

laura podesta, cbs news, new york. >>> a professor suspended for sexually harassing a student. the professor won't be paid for the next three years. investigators say he engaged in a pattern of sexual harassment and abused his faculty powers. the student reported the allegations two years ago. he was barred from teaching the next semester but continued to collect the six-figure salary. he's denied any misconduct. >>> san francisco's mayor is demanding improvements for muni, sending a letter yesterday expressing serious concerns about the agency's performance. she cited a series of delays following muni's decision to schedule training for a number of drivers at the same tir cotr thvettprs for contractors came under fire after a worker died on that project. in her letter, the mayor said she expects improvements in the very near future. >> if there is no change in the conditions that are described in the current letter, then i think we could see a termination letter following it. >> the mayor appoints board members and can influence the process but cannot directly fire the directo

laura podesta, cbs news, new york. >> because katz was a minor at the time of his hospitalizations, it's unclear whether his treatment would have raised a red flag. next week for supreme court pick brett kavanaugh. democrats are expected to grill him for surveilling americans and his involvement in crafting policies after the september 11th attacks. if confirmed to replace anthony kennedy, he could shift the court to the right on national security issues. >>> paul manafort is set to face a second criminal trial in washington next month. prosecutors say they only need 10 to 12 days to present their case. in his first trial, the jury returned a guilty verdict on 8 counts of financial crimes. the next trial will focus on money laundering charges related to his consulting work in ukraine. >>> coming up, rebuilding after the destructive october wildfires. >>> and colin kaepernick reportedly looking to cash in. >>> and the company making a multimillion-dollar investment in uber. wine country wildfires. officials say only a fraction of the 27-hundred homes lost in the city last year, have been

laura podesta, cbs news, new york. >>> 5:43..r is on the loose after a shooting on the bay bridge. >> and a deadly house fire now ruled a homicide. live look at 880 in oakland, things moving smoothly this hour. we have the trouble spots for your morning commute coming up. we'll be right back. i'll have your complete forecast in just a few minutes. let's get a check on our traffic and weather. <> <> <> >>> good morning, everybody. take a live look out here, visibility impacted just along the coastline right at the beaches. other than that, we have smoke and haze in the forecast as well. it will be nasty for parts of the north and east bay today, and especially east of the bay area with a lot of smoke in the air. >>> thank you. time to check the traffic. >> it's getting busier, starting to see a few more cars. overall not too bad, still in the green here northbound 101 before it gets a little sluggish before morgan hill. no reports of accidents or stalls or lanes blocked. heading into san j

laura podesta is here in new york. laura, good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. the aclu was in court yesterday fighting to keep this woman and her daughter from being deported when it was discovered that the mother and daughter were already on a plane to el salvador. the judge ordered their immediate return. in the middle of a deportation court hearing yesterday, the aclu found out the mother and daughter they were representing were already being deported and on a plane flying from texas back to el salvador. judge emmet sullivan ordered the government to return carmen and her daughter to the united states and called the deportation outrageous. carmen is a pseudonym for the mother and daughter who were denied asylum. >> she was pleading pervasive sexual abuse, domestic abuse, as well as gang violence, and she fled to this country seeking safety. >> carmen and 11 others are claiming domestic violence to get asylum. >> the vast majority of claims we see are not valid. >> reporter: the justice department is not commenting on the case. carmen and her daughter never g

as laura podesta reports, the charges against cohen include campaign finance violations that could implicate the president. >>> reporter: michael cohen told a federal judge yesterday that he helped arrange hush money payments in the runup to the 2016 election at the direction of then candidate donald trump. cohen pleaded guilty to eight crimes. >> what he did was he worked to pay money to silence two women who had information that he believed would be detrimental to the 2016 campaign and to the candidate and the campaign. >> reporter: cohen did not name the two women or even the president. but the detailed line-up with payments made to adult film stormy daniels and former playboy model karen mcdougal. both win claim to have had affairs with mr. trump which he denies. the former fixer for president trump is facing four to five years in prison. >> what about michael cohen! >> reporter: president trump didn't talk about it yesterday but at his rally in west virginia, he continued his attack on the special counsel's russia investigation. >> the russian witch hunt, we got a whole big combination.

laura podesta, cbs news, new york. >>> president donald trump will campaign in ohio for troy alderson, a republican candidate, this weekend. >>> north korea is handing over 55 boxes of remains of american servicemen, a small service was held this morning, the country only providing a single military dog tag. no other information could help u.s. forensic experts to determine identities given. experts say it could take years to identify the remains. >>> a remarkable tale of survival emerging from mexico, 103 people were on board a plane that crashed and all of them are alive, this jetliner crashed yesterday afternoon after taking off from northern mexico, this happened as a powerful storm rolled through the area. the smoke from the wreckage of aeromexico flight 2431 could be seen for miles. mexican officials say the jets 99 passengers and four crew members have all been accounted for. most were able to walk away from the wreck. about half of those on board were sent to the hospital. the pilot is said to be the most seriously injured. the exact cross -- cause of the crash is under invest

experts say the rebranding hides drug problems. >> laura podesta, thank you. >>> call it a "hail mary raiders are pitching in a quarter of a million dollars to save high school sports in oakland after the oakland unified school district announced plans to drop wrestling, tennis, golf, swimming and girls lacrosse to close a half million dollars budget deficit. meanwhile, the oakland-based hip-hop platform fizzler on the roof has raised money and urges other sports teams to do more. >> i would love to see that in the warriors and from the a's and i'd love to see that from all of oakland's newest residents. i think that anyone who can do something should do something. >> the district superintendent thanked the raiders for the donation and for being big brothers to oakland students. >>> it is 5:43. a bay area woman reveals what happened during a frightening lyft ride. >> plus a kindergarten walks over two miles home alone. now his parents are demanding answers from a bay area school. it happened within just the past hour. police say the driver was street >>> in los angeles, this lexus plo

laura podesta records that charges including campaign finance violations that implicate the president. >>> reporter: michael cohen told a federal judge yesterday that he helped arrange hush money payments in the runup to the 2016 election at the direction of then candidate donald trump. cohen pleaded guilty to eight crimes. >> what he did was he worked to pay money to silence two women who had information that he believed would be detrimental to the 2016 campaign and to the candidate and the campaign. >> reporter: cohen did not name the two women or even the president. >> reporter: president trump didn't talk about it yesterday but at his rally in west virginia, he continued his attack on the special counsel's russia investigation. >> the russian witch hunt, we got a whole big combination. >> boo!! >> where is the collusion! >> reporter: cohen's plea deal did not involve the special counsel but his lawyer lani davis says that cohen has information for them. >> from this point on, you're going to see liberated, um, michael cohen speaking truth to power. >> reporter: in addition to camp

. >> laura podesta here in new york, auchg, laura.his morning, "cbs news" will bring you a special report for a ceremony of mccain at the capitol. it starts at 10:30 eastern, 9:30 central. president trump will not be attending any of the mccain ceremonies at the request of the family. he was in anystumping for local candidates and took another shot at jeff sessions and fbi leadership, saying that i have to start doing their job. >> what's happening is a disgrace. and at some point i wanted to stay out but at some point if it doesn't straighten out properly, i want them to do their job,ly get involved and i'm get in there, if i have to. >> earlier, mr. trump told bloomberg news session's job was safe for now at least until after the mid-term elections. the "new york times" is reporting mr. trump and his then lawyer michael cohen were planning to buy all the dirt the "national enquirer" tapped parent company had on him. the plan was never finalized. they provided immune to the david pecker. he is a loyal trump supporter who ordered his

at the new york stock exchange, i'm laura podesta. >>> time now is 6:46.rning rush hour on. what's happening on the roads? >> we have busy roads but now we're dealing with muni delays and that's all due to some police activity that's at judah and 30th so outbound trains are switching back at 30th and -- excuse me, judah and 30th. that's where they are switching back at. and -- i'm sorry. they switched it to sunset. they keep redoing it. right now we have shuttles that are running between sunset and la playa. do expect delays. this is going to add some extra time on to your trip this morning. no word as to when they will get back to normal service but you will need to keep that in mind if you use muni. this weekend, we have some bart track closures in oakland. so if you are trying to get into san francisco, there will be no trains running between the 19th and west oakland stations. we have had this same maintenance work before couple of weeks ago so you should be familiar with it if you went through there. the ac transit will be providing free shuttling for

reporter laura podesta has that and more. >>> reporter: history on wall street the longest ever beatingun it had from 1990 to 2000. this bull market for stocks began in march 2009 and has now lasted nine years five months 13 days. still, the s&p and dow both closed slightly lower yesterday. the nasdaq was up 29. >> new tariffs on $16 billion worth of chinese goods took effect at midnight even as u.s. and chinese officials are meeting at the treasury department to try to work out the issues of their escalating trade conflict. president trump has threatened to impose tariffs on virtually all of the $500 billion of chinese goods imported to the u.s. >> and the federal reserve signaled the strong economy means another hike of its benchmark interest rates. the third increase this year. minutes from the fed's meeting this month show they are concerned that prolonged trade disputes could disrupt economic growth. that's your "cbsmoneywatch" report. for more head to cbsmoneywatch.com. at the new york stock exchange i'm laura podesta. >>> the fda is taking action in the wake of an epipen shortage

laura podesta has more on this. good morning, laura. >> good morning, don. this is a crime that was two decades into it. the man was harboring a grudge against a doctor that turned deadly. nearly two weeks ago dr. he biked t wor inas houston.hot he was a prominent cardiologist who once treatedormer >> police warned pappas should be considered armed and dangerous. dr. hausknecht gained national renowned 18 years ago after treating former president george h.w. bush of an irregular heartbeat after complaining of lightheadedne lightheadedness. don? >>> we're learning more about the crash. there were more than 100 people on the plane after taking off. they described rapidly debilitating weather including pounding hail. the two flight recorders have been recover appearndre to be in perfect shape. chris martinez has our report. >> reporter: passengers could be heard coughing, crying, and hyperventilating after escaping a downed aeromexico jetliner after talking off on tuesday. >> it was so much smoke like you couldn't smoke, you couldn't see anything. truly i thoug

laura podesta, cbs news, new york. >> ea sports says its focus is on those affected and helping law enforcement with its investigation. president trump has yet to comment on the shooting. >>> flags are flown at half mor arizona senator john mccain. people laid flowers and flaggings outside a phoenix funeral home yesterday. the senator died on saturday. he was 81, ran for president twice and served congress for 36 years. >> it's been an honor, but i would like to lay down the burden of being the third senator from california. >> this week his body will lie in state at both the arizona and u.s. capitol buildings. former vice president biden and former presidents bush and obama will deliver comments at the service. >>> president trump is facing backlash after an incorrect number on twitter. he wrote in part, over 90% approval rating. >>> the family of a slain activist is giving new details into the murder. the gun violence prevention worker was shot three times at point-blank range august 13th outside his home. >>> police want your help finding a man wanted for breaking into two cars. he was caugh

and we can speak to cbs correspondent laura podesta.e under this?” the president could draw a respectable line under this? i think the returning of the flag at at 3:30pm yesterday afternoon to have passed at 3:30pm yesterday afternoon appeased some in their criticism of trump his for handling of the situation, but others say it was too little too late, —— one veteran group calling it a "diss". it also took mrtrumpa group calling it a "diss". it also took mr trump a long time to speak out loud about this, although he did mention it on twitter. he never made a formal statement until monday night, which you havejust heard, and that was after he was criticised by vetera ns' groups and that was after he was criticised by veterans' groups and politicians on both sides of the aisle. to remind you, during mr trump's candidacy and presidency, he and mccain had a tense relationship. mccain had a tense relationship. mccain pushed back against a lot of trump's policies including health care. it was mccain's no thought that ended trump's hope to rep

laura podesta shows us investigators are still searching for a motive. >> reporter: holding candles and wiping away tears, hundreds of people remembering 27-year- old taylor robertson, one of two people shot and killed over the weekend at the madden 19 video game tournament in florida. >> growing up, he's a superhero. he's invincible. things like this don't happen. >> reporter: a family member of the other victim 22-year-old elijah clayton spoke out earlier in theday. ho layton and robertson as well as 10 others were shot by 24-year-old david katz before he turned the gun on himself. cbs news learned katz was diagnosed with chronic low grade depression, was hospitalized twice for mental illness, and prescribed antipsychotics and antidepressants. a motive for the rampage has not yet been determined. >> because katz was a minor at the time of his hospitalizations, it's unclear whether his treatment could have raised a red flag. >>> president trump ordered to flags at the white house to be lowered to half staff in tribute to the late senator john mccain. the move came as the president was

. >> reporter: laura podesta, cbs news. >> jared kushner and paul manafort also attended that 2016 meeting. >>> police in berkeley arrested 20 people during confrontations at an antimarkism rally in berkeley. about 15 people with trump banners and american flags gathered near mlk park yesterday. a larger group of counterprotesters gathered nearby and several screaming and shoving matches broke out when members of the groups came together. >> i'm here to stand up against the marxists. >> we have had a lot of groups and organizations across the bay area that really don't want this type of racism to have a voice in our communities. >> police say three people suffered minor injuries during yesterday's demonstrations. >>> a fire that killed two bay area teenagers over the weekend is now declared suspicious. >> and the long cleanup process underway after a train derailment leaves food and household products piled high. >>> we are tracking low fog along the coast and parts of the bay. get ready for a warmup this week. details are coming up. >>> and major delays for drivers trying to use the bay b

laura podesta, cbs news, new york. >> the white house says the president feels manafort is not gettinge in court. >>> closing arguments are expected this morning in a bay area man's lawsuit against monsanto. dwayne johnson was a grounds keeper who claims his use of the weed killer roundup caused his terminal cancer. >>> today state lawmakers are expected to consider a request for the audit following evidence of fraud. the santa clara county office requested the audit after a tip the district may have been fraudulently billing for construction and program management services. >>> coming up, a fire that killed three people now ruled a homicide. >>> and several animals killed when a storm starts dumping hail on a colorado zoo. california phones offers free specialized phones... like cordless phones. - ( phone ringing ) - big button, and volume-enhanced phones. get details on this state program. or call during business hours. it's a high-tech sleep revolution. the sleep number 360 smart bed intelligently senses your movement and automatically adjusts. so you wake up ready to run the world.

laura podesta, cbs news, new york. far reading is less than half contain, 2.5 weeks after it started. the fire has destroyed more than a thousand homes and killed at attters for evacuees, there is a normal virus outbreak at one shelter that sickened 20-30 people. >>> the increasing wildfire danger and the dams are done are up for discussion at the state capitol today. jackie ward shows us lawmakers already feeling the heat. >> reporter: there are a lot of victims really upset about losing their homes about 10 months ago. the phrase you will hear a lot is inverse condemnation. lobbyists spent millions in favor of and what utilities are firmly against. victims of the wine country wildfires and fire officials were on the steps of the state capitol, earlier this week and are expected to be back up there again today. urging lawmakers to defend the right to collect money from utilities whose equipment causes fires. the question being debated, should utilities continue to be financially responsible for fire damages? or should

earlier, we spoke to laura podesta from cbs news. there was president trump. prosecutors charged mr cohen's 130,000 payments to porn star stormy daniels was effectively a donation to mr trump's campaign. if mrtrump a donation to mr trump's campaign. if mr trump directed that himself that would be in violation but clearly rudy giuliani is trying to distance the president from any wrongdoing. is it possible for donald trump to be impeached over that is the question people were asking. as far as that word impeachment being thrown out there, we have not heard it coming across our airwaves any time so it's really, i think it's going to happen to be further down the line whether or not that will happen. we can now talk to ian loveland, professor of law at city law school and a us constitutional expert. they can choose who those focal prosecutors will be. at the moment, his attorney generaljeff sessions is showing some degree of autonomy in resisting the president's pressures but it is open to the president to dismiss mr sessions with a new

cbs correspondent laura podesta reports.o become the largest the state ‘s history. the mendocino complex north of san francisco is being fuelled by hot and windy weather and dry vegetation. if anything over the next couple of days, this is bad news, the heat dome is actually going to expand and conditions will get hotter and drier. the fire has already destroyed more than 150 structures and threatens thousands more. officials don't expect to have it fully contained until next week. a record 111,000 firefighters are battling over a dozen fires throughout california. up we go. in the southern part of the state, hikers in cleveland national park were rescued after a fast—moving fire erupted on monday. 0ne resident had to run for his life. we saw a little smoke, we'd better go down there, so we rushed down there in the car and you get to the helicopter pad and the fire is already, flames out across the road, we couldn't pass. two firefighters were treated for heat exhaustion. it is unsafe and we cannot reopen the valley. parts o

earlier today we spoke to cbs‘s laura podesta.t his three—year—old son was not found so they are still looking for him. those 11 children essentially have no clothing according to investigators, they didn‘t have shoes on. there was no running water, no electricity. and very little food, just some potatoes and a box of rice found. and pictures we‘ve seen from the compound so it‘s a filthy from the compound so it‘s a filthy place. it was surrounded by tyres and barricaded by walls. two men and three women, one of whom were pregnant. the local sheriff says there is reason to believe the three women are the mothers of the 11 children. the two men living on the compound were taken into custody, charged with crimes, one of them for child abduction and the other, harbouring a fugitive. the women we re harbouring a fugitive. the women were taken into custody and released. we are told they are not being cooperative with the investigation. a disturbing story from new mexico. for more than a week, bangladesh has been gripped by mass protests

laura podesta reports. district is too close to call. balderson leads o'connor by fewer than 2000 votes. but more than 8000 provisional and absentee ballots have to be counted which could trigger a mandatory recount. that didn't stop balderson from claiming victory. it is time to get to work. over the next three months, i am going to do everything i can to keep america great again. president trump won the district in 2016. he put the full weight of his support behind balderson, going to ohio over the weekend to campaign for him. can you believe how close this is? cheering. we are in a tied ball game. keep in mind despite who wins this ohio race, those two candidates will again face each other in november, so this is going to be one primary that a lot of people will be looking atjust find out what is happening in the midterms in ohio for that congressional district. a lot of other tight races that we are keeping an eye on to see if will possibly switch sides and if the democrats can take congress again. they

the cbs news correspondent laura podesta joins us now from new york. ?meeting did take place, with a russian attorney, he was not there but the fact that it was a meeting in trump tower and this this russian attorney came forward and said they had dirt on hillary clinton. the present attorney says no, that the president is not in violation of any laws, it could be a different outcome for those who did attend the meeting, including donald trump attend the meeting, including donald trumer, and then campaign chairman paul manafort. manafort is back in federal court today for his trial on bank and tax fraud. it is the first trial to stem from mueller‘s investigation. that investigation donald trump has called a witch hunt of course, he has been tweeting again, in his defence, the president. oh, yes, he says it's a witch hunt, he does not believe that there is any violation of us law, that he could possibly be charged for, so, a lot of democratic law makers are saying you know, the president should be separating the, investigation into whether there was inter

laura: i had forgotten he said that. so we are led to believe that he really doesn't like the press. comey, while he is throwing the. remember these greatest hits from the wikileaks podesta inbox? cnn's john harwood sent emails to hillary clinton. campaign chairman john podesta shamelessly sucking up to him offering campaign advice and praising the candidate. he was with her while he was covering the campaign. then there was juliette halpern at "the washington post." she dropped podesta a line to ge was going to publish and she included a little preview, how helpful. and "the new york times"'s unbiased glenn thrush, he put her in a parents as well. he wrote to podesta a story in progress to make sure "i'm not fing anything up." like lanny davis, podesta was a freelance editor for both "the washington post" in "the new york times." these are just a few examples of collusion that we know about only thanks to wikileaks. but today we learn from congress and mark meadows the danger of this kind of pledges isolation of the media and partisan story planting. he tweeted in part, "we learn new information suggesting our suspicions are true. fbi doj have previously leaked info to