vinita nair, cbs news, new york. >> bill cosby's youngest daughter said he is the father you thought you knew. the cosby show was my today's tv reality show. >>> happening today, south bay officials will take up a plan geared toward improving emergency response times. the issue goes before both the san jose city council and the santa clara county board of supervisors today. the goal is to get the san jose fire department to meet on time standards for at least 90% of 911 calls. a proposed contract restores funding that the county had withheld because of slow response times. >>> santa clara's board of supervisors passed a living wage ordinance today. the ordinance would set pay at $19.06 an hour. it would apply to workers for for-profit employers who contract with the county. the living wage would kick in for contracts with employers initiated on or after july 1, 2015. >>> storm 3 is making its way to the bay area. the rain will pick up this afternoon in time for the evening commute. we'll be tracking the storm on kpix 5 and kpix.com. and a reminder to you, if you have a consumer probl

vinita nair on a new cosby accuser, a former supermodel who tried out for his sitcom says she wound up instead in a real- life horror story. and debora patta on the battle to save a majestic beast. >> we've reached a tipping point now in south africa where rhinos are being poached faster than they can breed. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. this is our western edition. the west desperately needs the rain, but some places got a lot more than they could handle today. the most powerful storm in five years flooded roads across northern california. parts of sonoma county got more than nine inches. at times, the wind reached hurricane strength. on mount lincoln near lake tahoe, one gust was clocked at 147 mph. in the bay area, trees crushed cars, and more than 370,000 homes and businesses in northern california lost power. john blackstone is there. >> reporter: the wet and windy storm hit most of the west coast from central california north to washington state, where houses in the town of washaway beach were washed away. o

reports from vinita nair and bigad shaban. and a sailor lost at sea with a desperate cry for help. >> may day here, mayday. anybody picking this up? captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. the killing of unarmed black men by white police officers helped expose again the racial divide in this country. well, tonight a new cbs news poll shows just how deep it is. have a look. back in 2009 after barack obama was inaugurated, 66% of americans said race relations were good. now it's 45%. that's a drop of 21 points and the lowest in 17 years. and jim axelrod is here with more of the story that the numbers tell. jim? >> reporter: scott, our cbs news poll gives us a window into a nation divided along racial lines. 74% of blacks we asked believe police resort to deadly force too quickly compared to just 28% of whites. 84% of blacks say police are more likely to use deadly force against a black person and no black, zero percent believe police are most likely to use deadly for

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charlie rose and gail are off so we have jeff glor and vinita nair.ulti-national search effort for the missing airbus 8520 is focusing on the java sea and there are reports of possible debris being spotted but nothing has been confirmed. >> the plane left indonesia heading to singapore. in less than an hour the jet disappeared from radar. it's the second to disappear over waters this year. elizabeth palmer begins our coverage from london this morning. good morning. >> good morning. it's now been more than 36 hours since that airasia flight vanished and investigators still don't know what happened to it. family members clung to hope as long as they could needing to believe that no news was good news. but search aircraft have reported oil slicks and debris in the area where the plane disappeared, and the head of indonesia's search and rescue his working hypothesis is that the plane is at the bottom of the sea. airasia flight 8501 took off from the largest city. over the java sea the pilot asked for permission to climb from 32,000 to 38,000 feet to avoid

i'm vinita nair. christians around the world are celebrating the birth of jesus. pope francis blessed pilgrims at the vatican this morning. he also accused isis of, quote, brutal persecution of other religions. last night the pope telephone add group of christian refugees in iraq. >>> police clash with protesters over the shooting of an 18-year-old man. berkeley's mayor said there are differences between this shooting and the michael brown case. >> some people die because the policeman initiate it. some other people die -- wait a minute. hold up. some people die because they initiated it. and at this point, our review indicates that the police did not initiate this. >> berkeley is about two miles from ferguson where brown was killed. >>> the interview is now playing this morning in theaters and living rooms near you. just one week ago they were led to cancel the controversial mauve's release. as anna werner reports, fans are happy, and so are the filmmakers. >> reporter: one of the stars of "the interview" seth rogan surprised those waiting to see the movie in los

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vinita nair asked a couple of public relations experts. >> reporter: mike paul works with hollywood executivess. >> sony is in big trouble. to me, this is hollywood's edward snowden moment, and what's a problem with that is we don't know what's coming next. >> reporter: today, more e-mails lere leaked disparaging a hand full of hollywood celebrities. the daily beast reports the targets were leonardo dicaprio and willow and jaiden smith. that's on top of what's already been reported-- racially charged e-mails the president, documents that reveal movie plots and embarrassing personal information that was on sony's computer network. >> there are 6,000 e-mails that are out there. what other things are happening within the company that makes the company vulnerable? >> reporter: on a state official one to 10, 10 being the worst, how bad is this for sony? >> i'd say it's a 9.5. >> reporter: media columnist barbara lippert. >> they can't say anything because it looks transparent and cringe-worthy. they need to do things. >> reporter: producer scott rudin and sony co-chair amy pascal have issued an apo

i'm anthony mason with vinita nair., norah and gayle are off. >>> new york city's mayor said protests and debates over police violence need to stop until two murdered policemen are laid to rest-he spoke after victiming the families of nypd police officers rafael ramos and wenjian liu. >> they accuse him of trying to stifle free speech. demonstrators at new york's grand central terminal said police still need to be held accountable. don dahler is in brooklyn at the site of the shooting. don, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this memorial continues to grow proximately by the hour as many come here to lay candles or pay their respects. family members of the slain officers are speaking out about the loved ones they lost. walking slowly down the steps of her brooklyn home the widow of officer wenjian liu gathered herself and spoke of the man she married just two months ago. >> this is a difficult time for both of our families. we need to stand together and get through this together. >> reporter: she also thanked the

charlie and gayle are off so jeff glor and vinita nair are here.n the past few minutes indonesian officials confirmed that wreckage found in the water off of independent nearby is from air flight 8501. searchers recovered debris and dozens of bodies. there is no sign that any of the 162 passengers and crew survived. >> the ceo says how sorry i am. the wreckage was found in the java sea. allen pizzey is surabaya indonesia with news of this emotional scene, good morning. >> reporter: the search for the missing plane, a recovery, rather than a rescue operation. the first of the bodies found by an indonesian search and rescue helicopter confirmed all that was all but obvious. six bodies were seen three were quickly recovered. but thenrs reported more and more bodies flowing in the sea six miles where last in contact with air traffic control. cbs news has deliberately blurred the gruesome image. the first picture was not disguised by local television when it went on the news. some went into hysterics. for others the news was too much to bear. many broke

i'm anthony mason along with vinita nair. charlie, gayle and norah are off. >>> police are being told to be extra vigilant this morning after the two kills of officers in new york city. they were shot execution style saturday in their patrol car. dozens of people held a vigil at the shooting scene last night to honor their memories. >> the suspect who shot and killed himself had a long history of crime. ismaaiyl brinsley said he was acting out of vengeance on eric garner and michael brown. donde dahler has more. >> reporter: good morning. he told passengers on the street to follow him on instagram to follow what he was about to do and he then pulled out a semiautomatic pistol and opened fire on a police car. video captured the aftermath. amateur video captured the frantic scene as paramedics desperately tried to save the lives of officers wenjian liu and sergeant rafael ramos. the officers were shot multiple times at close range through the windows of their marked patrol car. >> they were quite simply assassinated. targeting

i'm anthony mason with vinita nair. charlie, norah and gayle are off. merry christmas eve. >> early gift to sit up here with you. >> it is indeed. christmas receive begieve begin state of emergency in parts of the south. heavy rain and tornadoes in the region. severe weather is blamed for at least four deaths and widespread damage. >> dozens of other people were injured. hardest hit areas are columbia, mississippi. >> this storm was strong enough to uproot trees and shut down highways. there were reports of people trapped inside their homes and a hospital being forced to run on backup power. one local officials said simply it was chaos. >> whoa! >> reporter: a powerful line of storms lashed across the south tuesday leaving thousands without power. one confirmed tornado barreled through columbia, mississippi. at least two people were killed. dozens more were taken to the hospital. >> it's like a third world around here. every business on the bypass was gone and sustained some kind of damage. >> i've been praying all my life. i'm 64 years old. i prayed li

i'm anthony mason with vinita nair. did you have a good holiday? >> i did, i ate and drank too much. >> one of the most talked about movies in america. many fans say seeing the comedy is a sicic ciciv duty. >> it is opening in more theaters today. many reported sellouts. it's also available online. jericka duncan is outside one of the theaters playing the movie in new york city. >> reporter: good morning and good morning to our viewers in the west. independent theaters like this one are showing "the interview." the big chain theaters backed out because of terrorism threats. despite all of that, thousands of americans turned out to see the film. some even said watching this movie was like taking a political stand. >> this is crazy. >> reporter: going to see a low brow comedy has somehow become the highest form of patriotism. >> i just wanted to support freedom of speech, you know, being able to watch a movie in america is one of the things that we enjoy. >> no other country should tell us what to do, that's it. >> reporter: but sony's saga may also

vinita nair is here with a report and a rare interview from bill cosby. >> she and her friend met bill cosby on a set 40 years ago. he asked her how old she was. he invited them to his tennis club. after they met he asked them to follow him to a nearby house. according to a copy of the lawsuit obtained by "cbs this morning," it was at the house where cosby played games of billiards with 15-year-old julie huth while serving alcoholic beverages to her and her 16-year-old friend. he told them he had a surprise for them. he led them to the playboy mansion. he said if anybody asked how old they were to say they were 19. he led them to a bathroom in a bedroom suite and when she emerged she found crosby sitting on the bed. he attempted to put his hand down her pants and then took his hand and perform add sed a sex himself. huth claimed she suffered significant damage and a life long effect. no criminal charges have ever been filed against the comedian, although he settled a civil lawsuit out of court in 2006. cosby's attorneys have repeatedly denied any wrongdoing and cosby himself has tried

charlie and gayle are off, so jeff glor and vinita nair are here.d to have you both here. >> good morning. >> crews are working to recover bodies. searches believe they know the final resting place of the plane and one rescuer said this morning one body was recovered wearing a life jacket. but airasia's ceo said he cannot confirm that report. >> we also learn that 41 people on the jet belonged to the same church in surabaya. allen pitz cityzzey is there this morning. >> good morning. bad weather hampered the efforts to search for people. some of the bodies drifted as much as 30 miles since yesterday. the first bodies brought back to the airport where the plane took off from, they came in numbered coffins. for now the only identification they have. one of them was dressed in her distinctive stewardess uniform. at the airport crisis center officials are taking details from relatives that will help put names to the victims. the i.d. tag that identifies this man as family member also has the name andreas, the name of his 32-year-old son. he dropped his

i'm anthony mason along with vinita nair. charlie, gayle, and norah are off. police departments around the country are telling their personnel to be extra vigilant this morning after the killing of two officers in new york city. officers is rafael ramos and wenjian liu were shot execution-style saturday in their patrol car. dozens of people held a vigil at the shooting scene last night to honor their memories. >> the suspect, who shot and killed himself, had a long history of crime. and unstable behavior. police say ismaaiyl brinsley posted online messages saying he was acting out of vengeance for eric garner and michael brown. who say they heard a chilling warning. don dahler has more. >> reporter: good morning. he told passerbys on the street and told them to follow him on instagram and watch what he was about to do. and he then pulled out a semiautomatic pistol and opened fire on a police car. video captured the aftermath. >> this is confirmed. it's not a joke. >> reporter: amateur video captured the frantic scene as paramedics desperately tried to save the

>>> i'm anthony mason with i have vinita nair and norah o'donnell are off. >>> rejecting a request fromunerals. >>> minutes ago de blasio and his wife brought flowers to the site of the killings. the mayor got angry on monday when the reporter canned about demonstrators directing hateful language at police. >> what are you guys going to do? are you going to keep dividing us? what you nlg whatmanage to do is pull up the few who do not represent the majority, who are saying unacceptable things who shouldn't be saying those things, and some who actually physically attack police officers. yes, there are some bad people who say inappropriate things. there are some people who say hateful things. they have no place in these protests. they are not what i'm talking about. i am talking about -- excuse me i'm talking about the vast majority of new yorkers like the vast majority of americans who believe in peaceful democratic process. >> meanwhile the suspect's family rejects claims that ismaaiyl brinszley wanted to police. >> it had nothing to do with police retaliation. absolutely nothing to do w

vinita nair is here with why the timing of her message, her forceal message is important. , good morning. >>> good morning. for several week, camille cosby remained quiet as accuser after accuser came out against her husband. she's taking a shot at the media. >> reporter: in her first public comments camille cosby maintained that her husband of 50 years is not the same person dedepicted in the headlines. in a statement she said the man i meet and fell in love with and whom i continue to love is the man you all knew through his work. he is a kind man, a generous man. >> he really needs that more than anything to have his wife speak up. it's getting harder to defend bill cosby with someone like beverly johnson coming forward and making these accusations. >> reporter: last week, johnson, a former supermodel became the latest of accusing cosby of drugging her. >> i remember being so disappointed. it was like a family member betrayed me. >> reporter: camille slammed the media saying there appears to be no vetting of my husband's accusers. and she compared an article from an alle

walmart and amazon see groceries as their next frontier in e-commerce but only on "cbs this morning" vinita nairwd side our front door at the broadcast center. vinita, hello. >> we ordered these growries from freshdirect last night and were able to schedule a delivery during the show. guys, ill i'm about to bring you some breakfast. >> let's do it. let's deliver some groceries. >> it's 6:00 in the morning and freshdirect drivers raymond and jonathan are making their way to new york city's west side. all the groceries they're delivering were ordered by customers online. everything from paper towels and cases of bottled water to sushi grade seafood and homemade pastries. >> it's very deck danlt.adent chocolate. >> it's all produced here. ceo jason ackerman co-founded the business 12 years ago. >> when you first came up with the idea did you say? even my wife said you know i'm notice going to be buying this because i want to pick out my own food. a lot of people said we couldn't accomplish this. >> and now? >> well -- >> he had an idea what an online business should be. rather than deliver grocerie

vinita nair is at the barclays center in new york where others trying to upstage the royal couple. >>eporter: good morning. some of the protesters said they wanted to take the spotlight away from the prince and princess, that the death of eric garner is remembered. eric garner's last words "i can't breathe" have become a rallying sign for protesters. hundreds gathered outside of the barclays center in new york where prince william and princess kate attended the game. cavs players and others wore "i can't breathe" t-shirts during the pregame warmup. >> i want my son growing up to think that something can happen. >> reporter: protesters blocked the intersection. and demonstrators in other parts of the country, including charlotte, north carolina, denver, colorado, and purdue university in west lafayette, indiana. >> it's not just happening in ferguson and new york. it's happening here. >> reporter: and in berkley, california, protesters blocked an amtrak passenger train before marching out on to a major freeway, halting traffic for others. amid the protests, fire officials were forced t

vinita nair is here with more this morning. good morning. >> good morning.announced thursday that ceo's president jim atchison is leaving his post next month. with ticket sales slumping and seaworld stock in serious decline ceo jim atchison will step down in january and seaworld will be cutting a number of jobs. they've faced a flurry of criticism from activists and the public. a wail killed a worker in front of the public in orlando. >> they need to right the ship. you're going to see a ceo come in that probably has more experience in public relations, in branding, in the image because something does have to be done. >> he doesn't keep house. then he goes back into his little jail cell. that's his life. >> in 2013 the documentary "blackfish" chronicled the park's treatment of killer whales. last year seaworld hired a team of public relations experts to deal with the backlash over the film's claims. >> they have had a big impact. the stock has fallen. the revenue has fallen. they know they have to rebrand their image. >> earlier this year in a move to combat

vinita nair is here with a report and a rare interview from bill cosby. >> 56-year-old judy who says she and a friend met bill cosby on a movie set outside los angeles 40 years ago. she said cosby asked her how old she were in that initial conversation. cosby then allegedly invited the girls to his tennis club that weekend. after the girls met him at the club he then asked them to follow him to a nearby house. according to a copy of the lawsuit obtained by "cbs this morning," it was at the house where cosby played games of billiards with 15-year-old julie huth while serving alcoholic beverages to her and her 16-year-old friend. cosby then told the girls he had a surprise for them and led them to the playboy mansion in los angeles. if any of the playboy bunnies asked their age, huth claims cosby told the girl also to say they were 19. huth says at the mansion she was directed by cosby to a bathroom within a bedroom suite and when she emerged she found cosby sitting on the bed. he attempted to put his hand down her pants and then took his hand and performed a sex act on himself without

i'm anthony mason >> and i'm vinita nair.ne of the most popular gift this year is the drone. there's a concern about the safety of these small aircraft. >>> and then it's said the best whiskey of the world comes from asia and it's not the single traditional malt that scotland made famous. >>> and some of this year's good movies that the critics likes but did not find a big audience. we'll show you ones that are worth a second chance. >>> first our top story this hour tens of thousands of mourners are here in new york city to say good-bye to officer rafael ramos. >> both were murdered as they sat in their patrol car. lines stretched for blocks to attend officer ramos's wake. his funeral is scheduled for this morning. mark albert is in queens. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. blue ribbons hang outside of this church for a department who's in mourning. yesterday this church held a wake for officer rafael ramos and thousands waited in line outside for seven hours to pay their respects. they watched on large screens as off

. >> and i'm vinita nair. coming up this half hour a protest culminating in washington today.oup of young people about the state of race in america. >>> also stunning pictures taken by commercial airline pilots are wildly popular on instagram, but are they putting passengers in danger? we'll take a look. >>> and rocker michael sykes who let r.e.m. for years before their breakup. our very own anthony mason will ask the man if they might ever get back together. >>> but first the top story this half hour. a big cleanup begins on the west coast following a mammoth pacific storm that caused widespread flooding and mudslides. the storm is blamed for at least three deaths. bigad shaban is in camarillo springs near los angeles. good morning, bigad. >> reporter: good morning, moenlt. imagine these boulders and rocks entering your home and exiting through your front door. now, much of the retirement community was buried when dirt and debris came rolling off a nearby hillside. in fact a rock wall about 12 feet high is still blocking one of the streets. it struck homes and forced firefigh

. >> and i'm vinita nair. coming up this half hour, going wild at the wedding.rt in the actually ceremony. it's a growing trend but not everybody is happy about it. >>> frequent flying miles. if you think it's frustrating now trying to earn and use miles. look out. in two weeks it will be a lot worse. >>> and it is the most wonderful and delicious time of the year. we'll show you what jacques torres, mr. chocolate, is cooking up in his chocolate famtry. >>> but first continuing fallout from sony pictures' decision to pull its comedy, "the interview." >> the fbi said the threats to hackers linked to the north korean government and president obama said the u.s. will retaliate. julia nayewel julianna goldman is in our washington bureau. good morning. >> good morning. they say they had nothing to do with the attack. yesterday president obama said north korea was to blame but that sony made a mistake in canceling its release. >> i wish they would have spoken to me first. i would have told them do not get into a pattern in which you're intimidated by these types of cr

i'm anthony mason >> and i'm vinita nair.the most popular gift this year is the drone. there's a concern about the safety of these small aircraft. >>> and then it's said the best whiskey of the world comes from asia and it's not the single traditional malt that scotland made famous. >>> and some of this year's good movies that the critics likes but did not find a big audience. we'll show you ones that are worth a second chance. >>> first our top story this hour tens of thousands of mourners are here in new york city to they watched on large screens as officer ramos's son justin spoke about his father. >> he was my rock, he was a beacon of wisdom he was my absolute best friend. dad, aisle miss dad, i'll miss you very -- i'll miss you. my dad would have been there for everyone else. and to see so many people here for him is a testament to how he is as a person. it's been so helpful in this difficult time. >> reporter: even as the nypd mourns. outside the church, you can see these blue ribbons, including the one here over my sho

. >> and i'm vinita nair.fragile water supply system from a major earthquake. >>> one of the biggest threats to future space missions launched from florida could come from climate change. >>> and college football takes off its race for the national championship to start a first-ever four-team playoff. we'll have a preview. >>> we begin this half hour updating our breaking news. the death of a u.s. hostage during a rescue attempt in yemen. president obama ordered a u.s. commando raid to free journalist luke somers. >> somers was reportedly shot by his captors and died later. this morning the president is condemning the death as quote, a barbaric murder. charlie d'agata is in our london bureau with more. charlie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we received confirmation this morning that luke somers had been killed in that rescue attempt last night. defense secretary chuck hagel, who is in afghanistan, said somers was murdered by his al qaeda captors. u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s conducted the operation after tra