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here's meg oliver. >> i believe her completely.re's just no doubt in my mind. >> reporter: sandra menler is dr. christine blasey ford's sister-in-law. ford says a drunken brett kavanaugh put a hand over her mouth at a high school party and groped her. an accusation he denies. 51-year-old blasey ford is a mother of two, a professor and research psychologist who has spent most of her career studying the effects of trauma. >> she's a serious person, and she has a very full life. she didn't need to bring this into her life. >> i revere the constitution. if confirmed to the supreme court, i will keep an open mind in every case. >> reporter: republicans are firmly supporting the u.s. circuit judge, husband and father of two. >> brett kavanaugh is one of the finest human beings you will ever have the privilege of knowing or meeting. >> judge kavanaugh has been through six fbi investigations in the course of his lengthy public career. >> reporter: but menler says it's been difficult for blasey ford, too. enduring death threats and forcing

meg oliver cbs news chapel hill north carolina. >>> florence has been blamed for 35 deaths in three states. >>> still ahead,bart extending crucial sections and now they have a problem. >>> before you apply for a new job you may want to scroll through your social media pages carefully. >>> high pressure is building in and that means warm conditions and y noy winds. because of that a high fire danger. details and a red flag warning coming up. in 2017, california had the worst wildfire season on record. scientists say, our weather is becoming more extreme and we all have to be better prepared. that's why pg&e is adopting new and additional safety precautions to help us monitor and respond to dangerous weather. hi, i'm allison bagley, a meteorologist with pg&e's community wildfire safety program. we're working now, to enhance our weather forecasting capabilities, building a network of new weather stations to identify when and where extreme wildfire conditions may occur, so we can respond faster and better. we're installing cutting edge technology to provide real-time mapping and tracking of we

. >> cbs's meg oliver reports the new sexual misconduct allegations sound very much like the old ones. >> reporter: another woman has come forward with a new allegation of sexual misconduct by brett kavanaugh in the early 1980s. deborah ramirez was a yale class med of the new york nominee. she told "the new yorker," he exposed herself himself to her in a drunken state at a party. this was published the same day christopher reeve learned when -- christine blasey ford learned when she will tell her story to congress. they'll hold a public hearing this thursday with ford and kava nauh as its ilwas in high school, brett kavanaugh put his hand over her mouth at a party and groped her. he denies the allegations. >> this is an intelligent woman. this is not a woman who is confused, mixed up. >> reporter: democratic senator macie ferona says -- >> i will tell my story so i'll i everything ke sure she can tell her story free of intimidation, fear. >> reporter: supporters of brett kavanaugh say ford's testimony will be weighed against the lack of other evidence. >> i will do the following: list

cbs reporter meg oliver reports the threat continues. >> reporter: 1,200 roads look like this one in wilmington closed by floodwaters. this is the coastguard's view of the drenched state of north carolina as search and rescue operations condition. they've pulled more than 200 to safety. that number goes up by the hour. >> catastrophic flooding and tornadoes are still claiming lives and property. >> reporter: with more than 2 feet of rain in some areas, north carolina's governor calls it a monumental disaster and warns there's more to come. >> floodwaters are rising as rivers crest and they will for days. >> reporter: officials are begging residents not to drive around barricades, which is what happened in union county. a 1-year-old boy died after floodwaters ripped him from his mother's arms. stalled cars are everywhere. >> they've got most of the roads closed, the interstate's closed. everywhere we seem to go the roads are closed off. >> reporter: the north carolina department of transportation is keeping a close eye on the rising cape fear river. long time residents here say they'v

as meg oliver reports, he had some tough talk today for president trump and mr. trump fired back. >> reporter: former pres barack obama stepped back on to the political stage to rally voters to support democratic candidates in california. >> if these candidates win, i am absolutely confident that washington will start working better. >> reporter: president obama is trying to fire up the democratic base in an effort to take back the house of representatives in november. >> the fact is that if we don't step up, things can get worse. >> reporter: mr. obama had plenty to say about his succesre a curntte of democracy. >> biggest threat to our democracy i said yesterday is not -- it's not one individual. it's not one big super billionaires. it's apathy. it's indifference. >> reporter: during a speech in illinois friday, mr. obama also criticized the republican party for not standing up to president trump. >> it's not conservative. it sure isn't normal. it's radical. >> reporter: president trump attacked the speech during a rally in south dakota. >> i watched it, but i

meg oliver, cbs news. today... city >>> the threat of another major earthquake prompting san francisco officials to take some action now. today city leaders and the usgs scientists toured an apartment building that is being retrofitted. the construction site is between larkin and taylor in the tenderloin. they are calling on other property owners to follow suit and make their buildings safe. >> we want to make sure that our residents stay in the city after a big earthquake. we want them to stay in their home, if not in their home, in their neighborhood in san francisco. >> experts are anticipating another major quake within the next 30 years. officials say this retrofit program will help combat any damage. >>> it is september, but we are still waiting for a significant warm-up. we get a little bit of one soon. we'll talk about how long that lasts and then a lot more of this is in the forecast. wait till you see how much we cool down coming up. the mistake.. that kicks >> coming up all new at 6:00 tonight we've lear

cbs reporter meg oliver on those remembrances. >> reporter: the nation paused in a moment of silence to mark the 17th anniversary of september 11th , the worst terrorist attack on the united states. in new york victims' family members placed flowers at the memorial plaza in lower manhattan. >> to my late wife. >> reporter: many fought back tears while remembering their loved ones killed when hijacked planes struck the twin towers. 17 years later how are you reflecting on 9/11? >> yes. it's still very raw. it is very sad. >> reporter: out of the first responders who raced to ground zero to help, more than 350 have died from 9/11-related illnesses and more than 7,500 have been diagnosed with cancer. president trump participated in a commemoration ceremony for the victims of flight 93 in shanksville, pennsylvania. he says the country must never forget. >> this memorial is now a message to the world. america will never, ever submit to tyranny. >> reporter: survivors and family members laid a wreath at the memorial site in arlington, virginia. 184 people died when a hijacked plane slammed

meg oliver, cbs news, new hampshire.ng questions about missouri's investigation into sex abuse in the catholic church. plus, whether starting school later will help the epidemic of sleepiness among middle and high school students. and the police officer who stepped up to adopt a baby daughter of a homeless woman battling drug addiction. that's the "cbs morning news" for this tuesday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. >>> live from the cbs bay area studios , this is kpix 5 news. >>> >>> we are taking a live look at sfo this morning. we hope you enjoyed your through the weekend. now it is back to work. thank you for waking up with us. this is kenny choi. >> i just want to welcome everybody to enjoy the weekend, including year. did you go to yosemite? >> i did for the first time. was beautiful. >> it's gorgeous. >> did you camp? >> we did not. we did at the last minute. >> you got a place. that's good. >> the weather was good. was so warm. >> it will be warm again today. so here's what it looks li

meg oliver has more. >> reporter: a tap-in on the final hole clinched the victory for tiger woods on sunday and set off a celebration that had been a long time in the making. the tour championship win was the 80th of his illustrious career. number 79 came over five years ago way back in august of 2013. since then, woods has struggled with a variety of injuries. he's undergone at least four surgeries on his back. sfeen months ago had he an operation to fuse two vertebrae in his lower back. his comeback was also slowed by scandal. woods was arrested in may of 2017 after being found asleep of the wheel of his car. toxicology tests showed he had five drugs in hipainkis,nd pairp medications. on sunday, woods admitted that he got emotional as he waited to putt on the final green. he later told an interviewer, quote, i can't believe i pulled this off. >> just to be able to compete and play again this year, that's a hell of of a comeback. >> reporter: meg oliver, cbs news, new york. >>> coming up on the morning news, back in texas, cody wilson, a 3d printed gun advocate faces sexual assault

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bre's meg oliver. >> i believe her completely. and there's just no doubt in my mind. >> reporter: sandra mendler is dr. christine blasey ford's sister-in-law. ford says a drunken kavanaugh yeut his hand over her mouth" at a high school party and "groped" her. an accusation he denies. 51-year-old blasey ford is a sether of two, a professor in research psychologist, who has spent most of her career studying the effects of trauma. e> she's a serious person. and she has a very full life. she didn't need to bring this into her life. >> i revere the constitution. if confirmed to the supreme court, i will keep an open mind in every case. >> reporter: republicans are carmly supporting the u.s. circuit judge, husband, and e,ther of two. >> brett kavanaugh is one of the finest human beings you will ever have the privilege of knowing or meeting. >> judge kavanaugh has been through six f.b.i. investigations in the course of his lengthy public career. >> reporter: but mendler says it bs been difficult for blasey ford, too, enduring death threa

cbs reporter meg oliver says when it comes to flooding from florence, the worst is still to come. >> reporter: 1,200 roads look like this one in wilmington, closed by floodwaters. this is the coastguard's view of the drenched state of north carolina as crews continue search and rescue operations. >> catastrophic flooding and tornadoes are still claiming lives and property. >> reporter: with more than 2 feet of rain in some areas north carolina's governor calls it a monumental disaster and warns there's more to come. >> floodwaters are rising as rivers crest and they will for days. >> reporter: officials are begging residents not to drive around barricades, which is what happened in union county. a 1-year-old boy died after floodwaters ripped him from his mother's arms. stalled cars are everywhere. >> well, they've got most of the roads closed. the interstate's closed. everywhere we seem to go the roads are closed off. >> reporter: the north carolina department of transportation is keeping a close eye on the rising cape fear river. long time residents here say they've never seen it th

meg oliver, cbs news, new york. >>> in san francisco, the fire department held a ceremony this morning at fire station 7. these firefighters paid tribute to the emergency responders and civilians who lost their lives until the attacks. >>> and a peninsula man killed in a collision over the weekend was identified as this man. the 66-year-old was riding a motorcycle sunday evening when he slammed into a pickup truck on highway 84 in wood side. the cause of the crash is under investigation. >>> and a call to action as hundreds of scientists and political leaders gather in san francisco ahead of a climate change summit. it comes on the heels of a land mark bill signed by california's governor. >>. >> carbon pricing is here. all you had to do is do it. create the mechanism. >> reporter: the governor welcomed looed r -- leaders and scientists to san francisco to learn more about global warming and what california is doing about it. he signed a law that man dates california become carbon tree in less than 30 years. in 2002, a state law mandates 20% green was passed. the new goal is 60% by 203

meg oliver is in wilmington north carolina. [technical difficultiee restnol dio] 3 truckloads of food, wate and supplies me th cos thi are beaddressed asell. porter: itt juwilmin th is etra sections of fayetteville, north carolina, under water. it's the same in the town of pembroke. swollen rivers from all the rain are spilling over on the streets, hundreds of roads across the state are impassible. this trucker got stuck trying to get through high water and the flood are expected to keep rising. robert sims believe the cape fare river will reach record high levels. >> i'm nervous, when you see stuff hit stuff, that creates more pressure. >> reporter: in places like new burn where the water reseed, people are beginning to assess damage and clean up. this man is trying to get his restaurant open again. >> probably got 15,000 gallons of water, we pumped out 7000 gallons. we are trying to get it dried out so we can get it open and get everything squared away. >> half a million people began the day without power in north carolina. i

as reporter meg oliver shows us, president trump toured some hard-hit neighborhoods. >> reporter: president trump received a warm welcome from volunteers and stormed the things in north carolina. he helped hand out meals to people impacted by hurricane florence and toward a hard-hit neighborhood. he also met with first responders and local officials, promising help from the federal government. >> we are getting geared up to send money down to the area and we have it and we will be supplying it. >> reporter: parts of north carolina remain underwater days after the powerful storm help. along the cape fear river the flooding is widespread and several harbors are still rising. bonnie and rocky night are among about 10,000 people still in shelters. this is their third shelter since lawrence hit. how thankful are you for the shelter? >> reporter: -- >> thankful, very thankful. >> reporter: what would you do without it? people here in the shelter have been here for days and it could be weeks until they return home. it has been the hardest part of being here? >> children, you come in and you see th

meg oliver has a details. >> reporter: another woman has come for our -- forward with a new allegation of sexual misconduct of brett kavanaugh the early 1980s. deborah ramirez was a yale classmate of the supreme court nominee. she said that he exposed himself during a drinking game at the party. she wants the fbi to investigate her story, which he says did not happen. the article was published on the same day that christine blasey ford learned when she will tell her story to congress. the senate judiciary committee will hold a public hearing this thursday with ford and kavanaugh as the star witnesses. she claimed that when they were both in high school, he put his hand over her mouth at a party and groped her. he has denied her accusations as well. >> this is an intelligent woman. this is not a woman who was confused or mixed up. >> reporter: mazie hirono says that she has a right to be heard without being prejudged. >> she's coming forward bravely and say, i will tell my story, so i'm going to do everything i can to ensure that she can tell her story free of intimidation, fear. >> rep

meg oliver, "cbs evening news." >>> well, coming up on "cbs this mornin morning", the ncaa is facinguits over whether it failed to protect college football players. we talk to a widow who says her husband died of brain injuries. when you make a pb&j with smucker's, that's the difference between ordinary everyday and exquisitely delicious in an everyday sort of way. because with a name like smucker's, it has to be good. but he has plans today.ain. hey dad. so he took aleve. if he'd taken tylenol, he'd be stopping for more pills right now. only aleve has the strength to stop tough pain for up to 12 hours with just one pill. >>> our top stories this morning, >>> our top stories this morning, more than 11 of president trump's top advisers say they had nothing do with the opinion piece published by "the new york timesessistance moveme. the president speaking in montana says the piece from an anonymous official backfired. >>> and this is the fourth and final day of supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh's senate confirmation hearing. yesterday's session lasted over 12 hours. >>> defense sec

. >> reporter: meg oliver, cbs news, new york. >> ninan: coming up next, an african american teenager riding to work with his white grandmother is handcuffed by the police. and later, rifle rappers reportedly in a shoe-throwing brawl at a fashion week party. >> ninan: police in wauwatosa wisconsin, say it was a big misunderstanding. officers mistook an african american teenager for a robbery suspect and handcuffed him. as michelle miller explains, the teen was only riding in the car with his white grandmother. >> reporter: after ordering 18-year-old akil carter out of his grandmother's car... police placed him in handcuffs and ordered him into the back of a squad car. grandmother paulette barr had just left church and was akil to work when police stopped them. officers say they initially started following them after a n african american man manand woman identified the vehicle. they said it was carrying a white woman who was being robbed by two black men, but police never got a formal statement because they left the area. the family's attorney seems skeptical. >> it seems strange for a

meg oliver reports. >> tobacco and marijuana in there.t's all it is. >> reporter: smoking what podcast coast host was a marijuana and tobacco joint ask just the newest controversy for elon musk, whose tesla company is mired in a federal investigation and faces shareholder lawsuits. that's after musk tweeted he was considering taking the company private last month, a move that boosted tesla stock prices at the time. >> i'm definitely under stress. if i seem like i'm under stress, i want to be clear. i'm definitely under stress. >> reporter: he said tesla was going through production hell, but felt positive about its future. >> i'm feeling optimistic about where tesla is at this point. i'd like to have a clear understanding of a path out of hell. >> tesla lost more than $700 million in the second quarter this year and after musk's appearance on the podcast, tesla's stock plunged before closing at its lowest price since march 2017. a professor at the san jose college of business. >> you have lost the magic touch and you're kind of stumbling

meg oliver, cbs news, new york. >>> president trump has been very vocal this past week about his outrage over an op ed. so, phil and i asked former san francisco mayor willie brown what he would have done if someone would have published a letter about him while he was in office. >> i would be very, very disappointed. i would try to find out who the traitor to pinnell ponzi administration really is. and--to my administration really is, and i would be sure they would find a new job. >> and don't you think if people are taking things off of your desk, if you said i want to do x and then the document disappears? >> only if you are smart. if you are not smart you may not notice that that paper has been removed. has n the other hand, notice been touched. >> okay, but on that note, isn't that uncommon for executiveshave people around them that say wait, wait, this going too far. you just walk out of the room and say this is what we are going to do. but, phil, that is what--going to do? >> but phil, that is what an assistant really should do. i love that el nor an pj always argued with me and pj

meg oliver is with us this morning.iew with musk was in california where recreational marijuana use is legal, but this is one of many p.r. troubles for elon musk and tesla. musk even joked the company was bankrupt in a tweet on april fools' day. it all makes you wonder if tesla could go up in smoke. >> there's tobacco and marijuana in there. that's all it is. >> reporter: smoking what podcast host joe rogan said was a marijuana and tobacco joint is just the newest controversy for elon musk, whose tesla company is mired in a federal investigation and faces shareholder lawsuits. that's after musk tweeted he was considering taking the company private last month, a move that boosted tesla's stock prices at the time. "cbs this morning" co-anchor gayle king spoke with musk in april. >> i'm definitely under stress, so if i seem like i'm not under stress, then i'd better be clear. i'm definitely under stress. >> reporter: he said tesla was going through production hell, but he felt positive about its future. >> i'm feeling pret

. >> welcome to the overnight news, i'm meg will oliver.ter a 2,000 marnaz across the atlantic hurricane florence is making its powerful presence felt along the carolina coast. high winds, torrential rains and a monstrous storm surge are all battering the shore line. power is out for thousands. some roads and bridges are already washed out, and this is just the beginning. mark strassmann begins our coverage on the outer banks. >> reporter: crashing storm surge has already flooded this barrier island neighborhood with a river of fast moving water knocking down walls and wrecking houses. storm surge in avon rushed between homes n.carolina beach, the roads are more suited for boats than cars. on cape hatteras sand dunes are like minor speed bumps, barely slowing down rising tides. with a mandatory evacuation, all these houses should be empty, but a local police chief estimated 25% of residents here will ride out the storm at home. when had you see the waves get this close, make you nervous? >> no. >> reporter: 71-year-old dick thomson, a lifel