laura podesta, chicks -- helped limit its strength. laura podesta, kpix 5. >>> when the storm hit land, it weakened to a tropical depression. so the wind speeds are weakening slightly, but it's still going to cause problems. here's a look at sustained winds at 35 gusting up to 50 moving quickly at 14 miles per hour northwest. so there's still plenty of states that will be impacted by this. as it moves towards the northwest, towards arkansas, then it's going to turn north. then it will bring a lot of rain to much of the midwest. so far the next few days into this coming weekend, there's going to be a lot of moisture coming through from the south all the way to even places as far north as michigan so going through st. louis and just going to cause a lot of problems there with more flooding in places that have already been dealing with heavy rain. >>> firefighters have been working all night to get yet another northern california wildfire under control. this time, it's the sliger fire in el dorado. it burned about 75 acres. it forced some

reporter laura podesta reports. >>> reporter: christine blasey ford has until tomorrow morning to say if she will testify about her claim that supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when they were in high school. >> either in an open session or a closed session or a public or a private interview. >> reporter: the chairman of the senate judiciary committee, republican senator chuck grassley, has refused to delay monday's scheduled hearing. last night ford's attorney lisa banks said in a statement, the rush to a hearing is unnecessary and contrary to the committee discovering the truth. >> the republicans and the president as opposed to letting the fbi do what they have done for decades, that's background checks on nominees. >> reporter: president trump says ford needs to make her case. >> if she shows up and makes a credible showing, that will be very interesting and we'll have to make a decision. but i can only say this he is such an outstanding man. >>you can't ignore the fact that this has come at the 1 -- this has come at the 11th hour and every time we offer

reporter laura podesta has details. >>> shortly after reacting to the op. ed. in the "new york times," president trump tweeted a one word question, treason? and he called on the paper to turn over to the government the senior official who wrote the scathing piece. >> we have somebody in what i call the failing "new york times" that's talking about -- he is part of the resistance within the trump administration. this is what we have to deal with. >> reporter: in the op. ed., the author claims the president's impulsiveness resulted in half-baked ill floridad and occasionally reckless -- ill-informed and occasionally reckless decisions and that unsung heroes have gone to great lengths to keep bad decisions contained to the west wing. members of congress say they are not surprised by what was written. >> those of us who have been around him in moments when he's lost it understand that you don't want to be in the room and hear what he has to say and god forbid be in the room when he is about to make a terrible decision that will hurt this country. >> laura podesta c

laura podesta, cbs news. >> meanwhile, missouri democratic senator claire mccaskill who is in a tough re- election battle has a red state democrat announced she will not vote to confirm supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. she tweeted out saying her decision is not based on the allegations but because of his positions on several key issues including, quote, the avalanche of the dark anonymous money that is crushing our democracy. >>> in an interview with online newschannel hill tv, president trump slammed attorney general jeff sessions. during the interview, the president criticized him saying, i don't have an attorney general. it's very sad. the president criticized sessions on a variety of issues. president trump said he thought sessions' nomination hearing may have impacted his performance as attorney general. during his confirmation hearing, sessions failed to mention two meetings with russian ambassadors after meeting with the justice department sessions recused himself from the investigation. >>> this is the final day of a three-day summit between the leaders of north and sout

>> as laura podesta reports, u.s.tary of state mike pompeo says it's not him. >> believe it anonymous. mean gutless. >>> reporter: president trump tweeted a one word question, treason? and he called on the paper to turn over to the government the senior official who wrote the scathing piece. >> we have somebody in what i call the failing "new york times" that's talking about he is part of the resistance within the trump administration. this is what we have to deal with. >> reporter: in the op. ed., the author claims the president's impulsiveness resulted in half-baked decisions and that unsung heroes have gone to great lengths to keep bad decisions contained to the west wing. >> this is what all of us have understood to be the situation from day one. >> reporter: members of congress say they are not surprised by what was written. >> those of us who have been around him in moments when he's lost it understand that you don't want to be in the room and hear what he has to say and god forbid be in the room when he is abou

anne-marie. >> laura podesta here in new york. thanks a lot, laura. >>> the senate judiciary hearing committee wraps up another day. it was a marathon session lasting over 12 hours. democrats pressed kavanaugh on abortion. a just released email from 2003 suggested kavanaugh believed roe versus wade is not settled law. and the day began with a contentious debate over the release of documents that had been marked confidential. mola lenghi is covering the hearing. >> shame on my colleagues if they conceal them now. >> reporter: a battle over the release of more than 100,000 documents related to supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh dominated the first part of thursday's hearing. >> there's no classified documents here. >> do you want to give up your emails right now and make them public? i don't think you do. >> reporter: democrat cory booker dared to face disciplinary action. >> i'm hoping they will bring charges against us and i'm willing to accept the full responsibility. >> reporter: senator dianne feinstein questioned kavanaugh a

reporter laura podesta has the details. >>> reporter: brett kavanaugh is almost out of the hot seat. today wraps up four days of confirmation hearings. yesterday, president trump's pick for the supreme court was questioned for nearly 13 hours. senator kamala harris pressed him about whether he has spoken to any of the president's personal attorneys about the russia investigation. >> the question is you and whether you were part of a conversation -- >> the answer. >> --with special counsel robert mueller's investigation. >> the answer is no. >> reporter: his stance on roe vs. wade and abortion rights was also rissenator feinstein asked a confidential email he wrote in 2003 while working in the george w. bush white house. it said, i am not sure that all legal scholars refer to roe as the settled law of the land at the supreme court level since court can always overrule its precedent and three current justices on the court would do so. >> this has been viewed as you saying that you don't think roe is settled. >> i'm always concerned with accuracy. and i thought that was not quite accura

here's reporter laura podesta. >> reporter: a child died when a tree fell on a trailer in pensacola, florida, last night as tropical storm gordon came ashore. 70-mile-per-hour winds knocked down trees on the gulf coast leaving thousands of people without power. police in pascagoula, mississippi, warned residents to stay off the roads. they posted a picture of first responders dealing with injuries after an accident. john and robin are vacationing in alabama. they were forced to move inland for fear of heavy flooding. >> there's no protection. >> reporter: by nightfall, visibility was near zero as waves crashed ashore flooding parts of the island. meteorologists say the storm's earlier-than-expected arrival helped limited its strength. many people spent the days leading up to gordon preparing for the worst. >> of course, we always have is that nervousness and hope we never have to go through katrina or camille again. >> reporter: mississippi, alabama and louisiana all declared states of emergency. >> the storm is moving. what we do not want it to do is loiter out over warm water to be

anne-marie. >> laura podesta here in new york. thanks a lot, laura. >>> a spokesman for the gubernatorial candidate in florida, ron desantis is accused of calling robocalls by gillum and it's thought of as disgusting. the prerecorded message is narrated by a man speaking in a caricature of a black dialect with jungle noises in the background. >> we cannot afford to weaponize race and go to the bottom of the barrel here, and honestly people are going to take their cues on what the leadership is. ron desantis is a leader. he has to be very, very careful how he addresses these kinds of issues. >> the racist robocalls were paid for by white supremacist video podcasts in iowa. >>> senator john mccain has reached his final resting place. his private burial at the u.s. naval academy in annapolis on sunday followed a week of services and mourning that stretched from arizona to the nation's capitol. here's demarco morgan. >> reporter: the week-long farewell to senator john mccain has come to an end. on sunday he was laid to rest at his alma

laura podesta is here in new york with the details. laura, good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. a lot of speculation over who is behind this op-ed.cabine mberhave considein put into memo sigs the process of removing the president. president trump is demanding the release of the name behind the op-ed, but the paper is defending its position to keep him or her anonymous. >> can you believe it? anonymous. meaning a gutless editorial. >> shortly after reacting to the op-ed piece in "the new york times," president trump tweeted a one-word question. treason? and called on the paper to turn over to the government the senior official who wrote the scathing piece. >> we have somebody in what i call the failing "new york times" who's talking about he's part of the resistance within the trump administration. this is what we have to deal with. >> the op-ed, the author claims the president is involved in half-baked reckless decision and unsung heroes have gone to great lengths to keep bad decisions contained to the west wing. >> this is what a

>> laura podesta here in new york. thank you so much, laura. >>> paul deanno, chief meteorologist at our san francisco station kpix, is following the storm. >> even though gordon made landfall last night, we'll continue to talk about the storm likely for the next five days because of the tremendous amount of rainfall that will come from tropical storm gordon. take a look at the storm's signature as it made landfall last night. it's moving inland, but now the big story is it's going to slow down, and here is the five-day forecast cone for gordon. it will just be a remnant area of low pressure, but that doesn't matter when it comes to rain. it's going to carry a tremendous amount of rain northward to michigan, wisconsin, and illinois, and that means flooding is likely over the next five days. futurecast predicts the areas shaded in purple will be getting more than 2 inches of rainfall in the next two days. yellow, 5 to 10 inches. it could lead to flooding. the storm is slowing down. that trend continues over the day today

>> laura podesta here in new york. thank you, laura. >>> meteorologist garth kemp of our los angeles station kcbs is following hurricane florence. >> good morning, everyone, we continue to track florence, still a very strong cat 4 cane now at 1,000 miles off cape fear. 400 miles north carolina south/southeast of bermuda. during the day it's going to pass between bermuda, and this bad boy's going to be working between the bahamas, as well. this is the projected path. don't get caught up in the cone here because this still could shift. we're looking for around thursday. we're not seeing much shearing going on yet, but we're seeing some eyewall replacement. that's what we're going to keep an eye on. that could weaken it a bit before it gets into the carolinas areas. right now, we're waiting for hurricane warnings and watches for the carolinas up into virginia. we'll be keeping an eye on that. quickly, on the back side of this, way off on the eastern or western coast of africa, who are canes ready to move in, one is helene,

reporter laura podesta has more. >> i've never sexually assaulted anyone. not in high school, not ever. >> reporter: lesson, he went on fox news and made a rare public statement for a supreme court nominee. he defended himself against sexual misconduct accusations. >> i'm not going to let false accusations driving out of the process. >> reporter: christine blasey ford says that kavanaugh held it on high school and groped her. >> i'm not questioning and have not questioned that perhaps dr. ford at some point in her life was sexually assaulted by someone in someplace. but what i know is that i never sexually assaulted anyone. >> reporter: she spoke out one day after there's a claim by a second woman. she says he exposed himself to her at a drinking game at a party with her both freshman at yale university. >> in my pd, it is totally political. it is totally political. or mac president trump seemed to dismiss the allegations against kavanaugh. on capitol hill, democratic senators joined protesters to demand an fbi investigation. >> and going through the proces

laura podesta has more on this. good morning, laura. >> reporter: good morning. kavanaugh and ford will be questioned separately at tomorrow's hearing. senators will have a limited amount of time to ask them questions, the hope being that each will be given an opportunity to explain or defend their side of the story. the 11 republican men on the senate judiciary committee will have rachel mitchell, a veteran sex crimes prosecutor from arizona interview christine blasey ford and brett kavanaugh at tomorrow's hearing. >> the witness should not be uncomfortable and by having ope thir think woup think w. >> senator chuck grassley says his goal is to depoliticize the process and avoid a circus atmosphere. democrats will ask their own questions. >> i don't think we ought to be ducking and dodging our responsibility just because the issues are sensitive. >> reporter: ford claims kavanaugh held her down and gropp groped her in high s. she'll speak first and each senator will have five minutes to ask questions. >> i'm looking for a fair process. i've never sexually assaul

>> laura podesta here in new york. thanks a lot. >>> overseas now. the leaders of north and south korea are meeting in the north korean capital. ♪ moon jae-in arrived in north korea this morning for his third summit with north korean leader kim jong-un. moon hopes to help break an impasse in talks with the u.s. over denuclearization. it's the first visit by a south korean leader to the north korean capital in 11 years. >>> the justice department says it's working on president trump's order to declassify documents related to the russia investigation. the documents include text messages from former fbi director, james comey, and a secret surveillance application targeting former campaign adviser, carter page. the president's allies believe the documents will prove an anti-trump bias in the fbi. >>> robert mueller cleared the way for a judge to sentence former national security adviser michael flynn. as part of a plea deal last year, flynn admitted to lying to the fbi about his contacts with russian officials. prosecutors have delayed his sentencing as

laura podesta is here in new york. >> good morning, anne-marie. yes, today is the first day of four hearings, but at least one senator is calling for a delayed start because of the last-minute release of 42,000 documents related to kavanaugh's work history. >> reporter: all eyes will be on the senate judiciary committee this morning when brett vanatsr supreme court ma hearin >> so the big question is whether or not there will be just one or two republicans who will be willing to cross over. >> reporter: democrats can't block his confirmation on their own, so they're expected to press the appellate judge on a number of hot-button issues, especially health care and abortion. >> first and foremost is the fact this president said, i'm not going to put a man on the supreme court unless he's going to overturn roe versus wade and the health care act. >> if there's a chance, he could listen to both sides of the story, apply a test to overturn precedent. >> reporter: that could be enough to swing senators lisa murkowski and susan collins, two republicans w

laura podesta, cbs news, new york. >> republican senators have a majority in the senate and kavanaugh will probably replace justice kennedy on the supreme court. >>> the trump administration is making moves to detain immigrant families for longer periods of time. yesterday, the department of homeland security announced it would terminate a court agreement that limited detention for immigrant children. the agreement had required the feds to release children after 20 days in detention. now the government says it wants to detain families for the length of their court proceedings. >>> the family of a man shot and killed during a confrontation with police is suing the city of sacramento. the claim is a precursor to a formal lawsuit. it lists allegations that include negligence and wrongful death. officers were investigating caravanedly. in march and approached stephon clark. they say he fled into a backyard and appeared to have a gun in the dark of night causing them to shoot. no weapon was found on or near clark. and the backyard turned out to be his grandmother's. the shooting led to day

anne-marie. >> laura podesta here in new york. thank you so much, laura. >>> president trump is in new york city for the annual gathering of world leaders at the united nations. mr. trump arrived yesterday. this afternoon he'll meet with the leader of south korea who has a personal message from north korean leader kim jong-un. the north korean nuclear threat will be a key topic of conversation. >> what the united states is looking for is denuclearization with complete verification that they are actually stopping their nuclear program. >> tomorrow president trump will address the general assembly and is committed to push his agenda of america first. wednesday, for the first time he will chair the security council. the to take this day, the nonproliver rage of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons. >>> bill cosby's sentencing hearing begins today in a courtroom near philadelphia. it's the final act in a case that began some three years ago. more than 60 women came forward to accuse cosby of sexual misconduct. he faces up to 30 y

is laura podesta reports, kavanaugh and his original cues are set to testify on thursday. >>> a second woman has come forward alleging se derah says they're both freshman at yale university. he said that the incident did not happen and the allegation is a smear, plain and simple. >> not only judge kavanaugh, but also dr. ford deserves a fair hearing. >> reporter: the agreed to a thursday afternoon hearing. republican senator lindsey graham said that there is little she could say to change his yes vote on kavanaugh. >> let's do something more, not going to ruin judge kavanaugh's life over this. >> reporter: democrats are concerned that this will not be a fair hearing. >> do believe her or do you believe him? that is exactly why we have been pressing for an fbi investigation. >> reporter: spokesman for the judiciary committee said they are evaluating the new claims. >>> last night, california democrat dan feinstein sent a letter.t off any hearings until they have an fbi investigation. >>> reporter anne makovec is in berkeley with more of the information. or mac there is a protest planned

laura podesta, cbs news. >> major airlines are allowing passengers flying into the area to reschedule their flights free of charge. amtrak is also waiving its rebooking fee. >> this is a powerful monster hurricane. a category 4 storm. we are watching this closely. this is a live look there of the north carolina coast. here is a satellite imagery. the latest stats, it is a category 4 storm. maximum winds at 130 miles per hour. 535 miles south of north carolina. moving west northwest at 70 miles per hour. likely making landfall as a category 4 storm. this has potential to bring life threatening letting. the ocean level will rise as much as 10 feet. a major hurricane at landfall is likely and significant inland filing -- flooding into the weekend. we will talk about our weather here at home coming up. >>> the two candidates for governor of california may not debate each other before voters head to the polls. the l.a. times reports discussions for a debate have fallen apart. the democratic candidate had agreed that the republican candidate expressed concerns over the format and the modera

laura podesta reports: the boy's parents say he has autism... and for some r .. too . >>> the search for a missing 6- year-old boy in north carolina continues today. the boy's parents say he has autism and took off, running away from a park. >> it has been 6 days since 6- year-old maddox rich has been seen, and his parents are asking the public for help. >> i would appreciate it if you were at the park saturday and saw maddox to please, urgently, please call the tip line, please. continue praying for him. because i just want my baby home, please. >> maddox, who has awe tis and i'm does not -- autism, and does not speak, was with his father and his father's girlfriend when he took off running, following a jogger. ian rich asked how his son got away. >> reporter: you are a grown man, he is a little boy. how did he out run you. >> he can run. he can run. i couldn't keep up with him. not that fast. >> reporter: the rich family is cooperating with authorities. posters like these are being hung up around gastonia, north carolina and in surrounding towns. the fbi is off

laura podesta, cbs news.ew york. >>> the president has also said they pulled out of the nuclear deal with iran because it wasn't strong enough and did not cover other issues like iran's ballistic missile program. >>> right now, and amber alert is in effect for a 6-year-old boy who was kidnapped from his home in modesto. we will see that it extends to parts of the bay area. >> reporter: the amber alert is for a six-year-old. it is in effect for the central valley and parts of the bay area, including the east and south bay. this is six-year-old jace. is wearing a black transformers t-shirt and green camo shorts. >> everybody knows him to season angel. he does perfect. he is sweet. he is kind. he sensitive. he is more. >> reporter: his mother said his father connect them yesterday morning during a violent home invasion. this is who police are looking for. this 41-year-old, his dad. they say he has a shaved head and neck tattoos. yesterday morning at about 7:30, a group of men pretended to be utility workers and

is laura podesta reports, it caused flooding in some areas of the country and other spots had tornadoes. >> reporter: this really great mass, possibly tornado, startled residence in kalamazoo county in michigan over the weekend. no injuries were reported, but damage was seen in the storms wake. >> it sounded like a freight train or whatever they say. it just sounded like a real huge win that. >> reporter: in other parts of the country, heavy rain over short period of time caused flash flooding. this car was left abandoned in the middle of a lake -- lancaster county, pennsylvania, roadway. flooding badly damage the contents of these mobile homes. >> every bit of the furniture is out there. she lost everything. everything gives her quality of life. >> reporter: in lincoln, nebraska, lightning strike forced officials to halt play immediately at the akron- nebraska game. it left the fans dredged and disappointed. >>> and in miami, florida, storm clouds moved over sunday afternoon. they warned about a tropical wave moving past south florida and toward the gulf coast. laura podesta, cbs news

laura podesta, cbs news, new york. >>> president trump will travel to north carolina today to survey the storm damage. >>> time now 5:11. less than a week after deadly home explosions, fallout for a massachusetts gas company. >> tesla the subject of a criminal probe after elon musk posted about going private. what investigators are looking for. you could generate your own energy, at home. or to save energy, unplug unused appliances. do your thing, with energy upgrade california. a magical place... that's lookin' to get scared! (laughter) halloween time is back in disneyland and disney california adventure parks! lawyers are filing a class action lawsuit on behalf of people impacted. it's likely to be the first of >>> new detailed about the deadly home explosions in massachusetts. lawyers are filing a class action lawsuit on behalf of those impact. it will be the first of several lawsuits filed against columbia gas and its parent company. last thursday's explosions killed one person and injured more than 2 dozen in 3 different towns. >>> nearly a year after the deadly wine country wil

reporter laura podesta reports that the council -- special counsel has or reporter: pu men mmittee will have rachel mitchell, a veteran sex crime prosecutor from arizona, interview christine ward and brett kavanaugh at tomorrow's hearing. >> the witness should not be uncomfortable. having one person do that on our side i think that would be a good thing. >> reporter: chairman of the committee that grassley says his goal is to depoliticize the process and avoid a circus atmosphere. democrats will ask their own questions. >> i don't think we ought to be ducking and dodging our responsibility because the issues are sensitive. >> reporter: ford claims kavanaugh held her down and groped her in high school. >> i have never sexually assaulted anyone. not in high school, not ever. >> reporter: she will speak first and each senator will have five minutes to ask questions. laura podesta, cbs news. >> a vote on kavanaugh's nomination is tentatively scheduled for friday morning. it will senate could hold a confirmation vote sometime next week. >>> president trump will hold more meeting today with w

. >>> a vote on supreme court justice brett kavanaugh has been delayed as laura podesta reports, both cavanaugh and the bay area woman accusing him of sexually assaulting her in high school speak publicly before the justice committee next week. >> reporter: supreme court justice nominee brett kavanaugh and psychology professor christine blasey ford will face off, describing their memory of what happened during a high school party in the 1980s. ford told the washington post that kavanaugh pinned her to the bed on her back in a party when she was 15. he was trying to attack me and remove my clothing, she said. i thought he might inadvertently kill me. >> reporter: kavanaugh said in a statement, i deny the allegation. i did not do this back in high school or at any time. >> it never even had a little blemish on his record. the fbi has, i think, gone through a process six times with him over the years. or mac the president said that despite the new allegations and the delay to the confirmation, he still thinks the 53-year-old judge is on track to become the next supreme court justice. oth

while laura podesta is here in new york with the very latest. laura, good morning. >> reporter: that's right. ford's attorney lisa banks says before her client speaks, she wants an fbi investigation into what happened those 35 years ago. she also said it's not fair to call just two witnesses, kavanaugh and ford, to speak at the hearing. christine blasey ford has until tomorrow morning to say if she will testify about her claim that supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when they were in high school. >> either in an open session or closed session or a public or a private interviews. that's four different ways she can choose to come. >> reporter: the chairman of the senate judiciary, republican senator chuck grassley, has refused to delay monday's scheduled hearing. last night ford's attorney lisa banks said in a statement the rush to a hearing is unnecessary and contrary to the committee discovering the truth. >> the republicans and the president is opposed to letting the fbi do what the fbi has done for decades, and that is

laura podesta is here in new york with the details on the evacuation orders. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. this morning over 5 1/2 million people live in areas under hurricane warnings or watches. over 1 1/2 million living along the coast in three states have been told to evacuate ahead of the life-threatening storm surge. as hurricane florence barrels toward the southeastern u.s., officials are not mincing words about the dangers ahead. >> difficult, ominous. >> this storm is a monster. >> reporter: president trump declared a federal state of emergency for the region. >> it's tremendously big and tremendously wet. >> reporter: in virginia and the carolinas people along the coast are doing everything they can to prepare before the powerful storm makes landfall. 8-year-old josh crabtree worked with his family to fill sandbags in virginia beach. >> it's hard but actually kind of fun at the same time. >> reporter: in myrtle beach, hunter and susan platt boarded up their house before evacuating. >> we got our important things out. >> yeah. >> our pictures and special things. >> re

laura podesta is here in new york. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. yes, in his most recent statements, the president is calling the sexual misconduct allegations against kavanaugh totally political. this as kavanaugh goes on tv to say his accusers have the wrong man. >> i've never sexually assaulted anyone. not in high school. not ever. >> reporter: last night brett kavanaugh went on fox news and made a rare public statement for a supreme court nominee -- he defended himself against sexual misconduct allegations. >> i'm not going to let false accusations drive me out of this process. >> reporter: christine blasey ford says kavanaugh held her down and groped her in high school. both of them are slated to go before the senate on thursday. >> i am not questioning and have not questioned that perhaps at some point dr. ford was sexually assaulted by someone in someplace. what i know is i never sexually assaulted anyone. >> reporter: kavanaugh spoke out one day after the "new yorker" magazine published a claim by a second woman, deborah ramirez. she says h

let's cross live to new york and speak to cbs correspondent laura podesta. what response there?y tells us anything it doesn't change much between the president and the american media. mr trump has declared the media as the enemy of the people so if is tough for him to get any more critical. he is demanding the new york times to up the name of the person but it says it will keep the author anonymous and although it is rare for them to publish an anonymous op—ed, they said this one as significant value to the public was my understanding of what is going on in the tom administration from someone who is ina administration from someone who is in a position to know. the press secretary sara sanders said the author was a coward and that they should resign. secretary of state mike pompeo is in india this morning. he said he did not write it and that the person who did should leave the administration. and some on social media speculate that the author could possibly vice president mike pence, because of the use of the word lodestar in the op—ed, a unique word that he has used in speeches

laura podesta has more on that and the blowback from the white house. >> reporter: legendary journalist bob woodward says he took clues from his earlier days investigating richard nixon to cultivate contacts and discover what was going on inside the trump white house in his new book "fear.". >> i cultivated 11:00 and i said i'd like to talk. is it we will get to a. and i said, how about now? and he said, it is 11:00 at night. >> i said, four minutes away. >> reporter: the resulting work, published by simon & schuster, a division of cbs, expresses turmoil in the administration with court and firmer -- current and former white house aides fighting. >> with the new york times posted an anonymous op-ed written by senior white house officials, among its claims, the cabinet secretaries once considered using the 25th amendment to remove mr. trump.'s we'll have you ever been part of a conversation about that? >> never. why would we be? >> i will to happen this week. the team tightened up even more. because of all of this. >> reporter: yesterday, president trump appeared to ignore the political

laura podesta shows us the emergency preparations underway. >> reporter: tropical storm gordon is pickingp steam as a heads toward louisiana mississippi. >> they can expect to see heavy rain of 4 to 6 inches. there will be a storm surge of 3 to 5 feet. that is also possible. >> reporter: 200 national guardsmen will be on the ground in louisiana with boats, helicopters, and high water vehicles. by this evening, the storm is expected to be felt in new orleans, where the mayor says that emergency response plans of an activator. >> we have the power. >> in mississippi, residents are making sandbags to protect their homes. >> i just want to be sure that i blocking off the doorways and such. or mac is expected to move in would -- it is expected to move in wired. >>> like you mentioned, there will be a lot of rain with this one. it has been pouring their cross of florida. i want to show you right now, look at all the moisture associated with gordon. you can see the heavy circle of rain. it is heading straight for louisiana.tend es ovethe next24 to 48 hours. by this afternoon and late tonight, th

laura podesta reports. >> reporter: a second woman has come forward, alleging sexual misconduct by supreme court justice nominee brett kavanaugh. she said that he exposed himself to her during a drinking party at yale university. he says that the allegation did not happen and the allegation is a smear, plain and simple. >> they deserve a fair hearing. >> reporter: this was hours after the senate judiciary committee agreed to a thursday morning hearing for kavanaugh jack -- and christine blasey ford. they say that there is little ford could say to change his yes vote on kavanaugh. >> i'm just being honest. let's or something more, i'm not going to ruin judge kavanaugh's life over this. >> reporter: democrats are concerned that this will not be a fair hearing. >> the way they've set it up, that is what we're going to have. do believe her? or do you believe him. that is exactly why we have been pressing for an fbi investigation that should only take a few days. are other facts out there. >> reporter: last night, stormy daniels lawyer, michael avenatti, says he rabbinate -- represents another

laura podesta shows us how residents, even those inland, are preparing for what some forecasters fear could be a hurricane harvey type event. >> reporter: about one and half million people living along the coast of an ordered to evacuate in north -- south carolina ahead of florence. moving in at a strength it may reach category 5, it is poised to potentially become one of the most catastrophic hurricanes to hit the eastern seaboard in decades. >> we have the hurricane and the search, which may be as high as 10 eight. >>> residence in london feeling -- filling sandbags and preparing for storm that may stall out and dump days of rain over the entire region. >> those trying to heed the advice of officials, telling them to stock up on goods, are often times finding it difficult. >> we been to walmart and the shelves are clear. that we stopped at walgreens, the shelves were clear. >> reporter: airlines, including american and southwest, have started letting passengers change travel plans and take them into the hurricanes a path. >>> mary is tracking the hurricane in the weather center here

reporter lauren desta -- laura podesta shows is a many towns are still underwater. >>> >> reporter: auilding and torrent -- tornadoes. one person died another was injured when this warehouse collapse. >> there were plenty of people in the warehouse. they were working and we didn't have any more injuries or deaths. >> reporter: a handful of possible tornadoes struck north carolina yesterday. >> we thought the florence was gone. we thought she was gone. >> reporter: residence throughout the core alanis -- residents throughout the carolinas are still recovering. >> they didn't pay attention to the evacuation thing yesterday because i wanted to stay. >> inside my house was five feet this morning. everything downstairs is ruined. >> reporter: economists estimate that fords could end up one of the top 10 costliest hurricane to hit the u.s. was $17-$22 billion in property damage. maybe more. larry baldwin is with the north carolina environmental group. he flew over flooded areas to assess the farmland. >> the situation is not good, but it is likely to get much worse throughout the rest of th

reporter laura podesta has the details. >> reporter: all eyes on the senate judiciary committee this morning when cavanagh's to suffer his supreme court confirmation hearing. >> the question is whether or not there will be one or two republicans that would be willing to crossover. >> reporter: democrats cannot block their confirmation on their own, as they are expected to press the appellate judge on a number of hot button issues, especially healthcare and abortion. >> first and foremost is the fact that this president said that he will not put a man in the supreme court and the city will overturn roe v wade. and the affordable care act. >> reporter: even republicans admit that there is a possibility. >> if there is a chase before him that challenges roe v. wade, who would listen to both sides of the story, and then apply a test to overturn the precedent. >> reporter: that could be enough to sway lisa murkowski and susan collins. >> it is not normal because we are not able to see 100,000 documents. >> reporter: democrats raising the alarm over a lack of transparency after the trump a

reporter laura podesta has details. >> reporter: leslie moonves resigned yesterday after women came forward accusing him of sexual misconduct. the incidence allegedly took place between the 1990s -- nice lady send to thousands. they include claims that moonves perform -- for some to perform oral sex on him, that he exposed himself without the consent, and used to physical violence and intimidation against them. he released a statement late last night saying untrue allegations from decades ago are being made against me that are not consistent with who i am. i am deeply saddened to be leaving the company. cbs corporation and major shareholder, national amusement, said, moonves and cbs will donate $20 million to one or more organizations that support the #metoo movement and equality for women in the workplace. the money will come immediately and come out of any severance package who may receive pending the result of an ongoing independent investigation. the investigation started after separate article in july detailed six other allegations. >>> the chief operating officer will act as president

reporter laura podesta on the woman republican senators are bringing in to question ford on their behalf. >> reporter: the 11 republican men on the senate judiciary committee will have rachel mitchell, a veteran sex time prosecutor from arizona -- sex crime prosecutor from arizona asked the questions tomorrow. the chairman of the committee, republican senator chuck grassley says his goal is to depoliticize the process and avoid a circus atmosphere. democrats will ask their own questions. >> i don't think we ought to be ducking and dodging our responsibility just because the issues are sensitive. >> reporter: ford claims kavanaugh held her down and groped her in high school. kavanaugh's attorney told cbs this morning that there are holes in her story. >> every single person who was named who was supposed to be at the party says either the party they don't have any recollection of or they weren't there or they never met judge kavanaugh. >> reporter: a second -- a second woman, deborah ramirez, says kavanaugh exposed himself to her while they were at el -- at yale university. >> if they dec

joining me from new york is cbs news correspondent laura podesta.but the new york times have said they will keep it anonymous. they said it adds significant value to the public‘s understanding of what is going on in the trump administration from someone in a position to know. the press secretary said the author was a coward and should resign. mike pompeo, who were is currently in india, said this morning he did not write it and the person who did should leave the administration. someone on social media are speculating the author could possibly be mike pence because of the use of one word, loadstar, unique word he is used in speeches before but some speculate the author may have thrown in that word specifically to throw the readers off there sent. yes, big guessing game to find out who the author is. does this make any difference to donald trump's supporters?” does this make any difference to donald trump's supporters? i really don't think so and that's because the president has already declared the president has already declared the media the enemy

bemanafort today simply underscores that. >> laura: it's not clear that manafort is cooperating on trump. could be cooperating on out greg craig and podesta issue. i want to move on to another story. tonight more explosive texts just released between peter strzok and lisa page. and it includes this trump text pages following it will make your head spin to realize how many stories we played a personal role in. page response jeesh, it's been quite a year and forwarded the link tou "new york times" most read stories of 2016. kendall, what does this tell you about the paramour's involvement with the media in setting a narrative against trump and his associates? >> yes, deeper and worse than we thought. they talked about stopping the trump candidacy and now they are talking about orchestrating a media campaign throwing things in there how they will set up some pretexts for interviews. coordinating ongoing leaks. obviously aimed at out trump administration u so this is a serious thing is try toll to understand and nail how much did you r. they have? they were involved in critical periods like this. where dots infloins end and how much of a tang