in november. >> rick: fox news confirms that new yorkty police are investigating celebrity chef mario batalli unnamed woman says that he drugged her and sexually assaulted her in 2005. batalli denies it. laura ingle is following this story. the accusations growing now? >> they appear to be working. we're working on details of a second woman who has come forward with similar allegations against mario batali. this happens to do with the cvs, "60 minutes" show. the woman said she was drugged by mario batal. and then blacked out. the woman went to police in march of this year to report the incident which mirrors an account given to "60 minutes" in which the unnamed woman said that batali assaulted her at a restaurant that he invested here in new york city call the spotted pig. >> i work up, i'm on the floor of an empty room. wooden floor. i see broken bottles. the first thing i think i've been drugged. i've been assaulted. >> many know batali from a show called "the chew." and batali issued a statement that said --. >> you might remember batali was fired from "the chew" in december after four wom

. >> celebrity chef mario batalli facing allegations of sexual misconduct is now under a criminal investigation award had plenty of memorable moments including host kelly clarkson's emotional call to action over school shootings. >> they also wanted me to do a moment of silence. and i'm so sick of moment of silence, like it's not working. so instead of a moment of si

. >> celebrity chef mario batalli facing allegations of sexual misconduct is now under a criminal investigation. >> the billboard music award had plenty of memorable moments including host kelly clarkson's emotional call to action over school shootings. >> they also wanted me to do a moment of silence. and i'm so sick of moment of silence, like it's not working. so instead of a moment of silence, i want to respect them and honor them with tonight, y'all, in your community, where you live, your friends, everybody, let's have a moment of action. let's have a moment of change. >> "early today" starts right now. >> good morning. i'm phillip mena. >> i'm frances rivera. we begin this morning with the president forging ahead with a new tactic as he pushes back against the russia investigation the going to war now with his own justice department. he spent the weekend blasting the d.o.j. following reports of an alleged fbi informant in contact with members of his 2016 presidential campaign. >> mr. trump now demanding an investigation into the supposed infiltration of his campaign, one that he says was

. >>> new york city police investigating chef mario batalli for sexual misconduct. this follows the "60 minutes" report about his inappropriate behavior. one woman claims he grabbed her breast and grabbed a woman who appeared to be unconscious. another spoke about a night she spent with batalli. he said in a statement to cnn, he denies any allegations of sexual assault. >>> a monkey running amuck at san antonio international airport after escaping from its crate. airport officials say the monkey arrived from his flight from chicago and made a break for it. no passengers or flights impacted. he was heading for retirement from the lab. he was working at brown university. he was on the way to the animal refuge. >> twitter loved that monkey. he would be awesome coming out of the baggage claim. that would have been a moment. >>> obamas are coming to netflix. the first of its kind deal for a former president. details on "cnn money" next. if you'd have told me three years ago... that we'd be downloading in seconds, what used to take... minutes. that guests would compliment

the n-y-p-d is investigating allegations of sexual >>> welcome back, chef mario bat batale is makingeadlines, allegations of sexual misconduct against the celebrity chef. police confirm the investigation after 60 minutes broadcast last night. a woman accused of him of drug and sexually assaulting her in 2005. batale issue the a statement denying he assaulted the woman. back in december, four women accused him of inappropriate touching. >>> and new this morning, a warning at the popular northern california recreation area. a man is speaking out. he was attacked by a dog this is along american river parkway in sacramento. we want to warn you some of the images you're about to see can be considered graphic. 26-year-old chase patterson was walking on friday night. this is with his two-year-old dog and walked past another man and his dog and on the way back he passed them again. >> the second time we go by, an exchange of words and he let's his dog off the leash and his dog went straight for my dog. >> chase says he jumped in to help his dog and was attacked. some other people in the park