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House where two men died. Why prosecutors in los angeles call him a dangerous sexual predator. And a monumental upgrade. We have an exclusive, inside look at the top of the Washington Monument before it reopens to the public tomorrow after years of restoration. Cant wait. Its wednesday, september 18th, 2019. Heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. This thing went from nothing to a tropical depression to a Tropical Storm to making landfall. Its all about the rain. Some spots could see up to a foot and a half of rainfall. Texas braces for lifethreatening floods. Theres growing concern in the areas devastated by hurricane harvey. Growing fallout after the attack on saudi arabias oil industry. The president announced that he will impose additional sanctions on iran. I think if we dont act decisively now, the worst is yet to come. Benjamin netanyahus political future could be in jeopardy. Election unofficial results and polls show a dead heat. President trumps former campaign lawmaker is grilled by lawmake lawmakers. You didnt think that was illegal to obstruct justice . Tributes are pouring in for trail blazing journalist Cokie Roberts. Roberts was a staple of washington journalism. Watching Cokie Roberts made me want to be just like her. Pirates closer Felipe Vasquez was arrested and charged with multiple felonies, including statutory Sexual Assault of a minor. All that the Cleveland Browns going viral for a hilarious friends parody. Ill be there for you and youre there for me, too and all that matters right now, the president is in california raising money for his campaign. Its no coincidence that his l. A. Fundraiser is taking place during emmy week. He is up for Outstanding Achievement in visual effects for a sharpie on a weather map. On cbs this morning. A California Company just released these plans for a hotel in space. The amenities will include restaurants, lowgravity basketball and a movie screen. Youre going to go all the way to space and then watch a movie . I mean, i guess it sort of makes sense. Say, wow . Any times can you yeah, its like, wow, the earth. Wow, the moon. You guys want to go watch the lion king . Announcer this mornings eye opener is presented by toyota. Lets go places. Its a cool concept. Wow wow. It would be amazing, right . Very amazing. Looking at the moon. Id say, wow welcome to cbs this morning. Were going to begin with the weather. Its not so good. A massive storm drenching the gulf coast is one of three potentially dangerous weather systems were following this morning. Hurricane umberto is a powerful category 3 storm thats quickly approaching bermuda. Tropical storm jerry is expected to strengthen into a hurricane later this week. Meanwhile, flash flood watches are in effect from southeastern texas up through louisiana as Tropical Storm imelda pushes inland. Heres a look at the water off galveston this morning as it gets pounded by lightning and heavy surf. Imelda has already dumped 3 to 5 inches of rain in houston and as much as 9 inches in some parts of the area. Jeff is here with the latest forecast. Good morning. Yes, so imelda is going to drop a lot of rain. Its not going to be harvey. We should say that. However, some places will pick up 2 feet plus of rainfall. Take a look at the radar. As you can see, the counterclockwise spin, the heaviest rain has been on the barrier island, around places like galveston and freeport. As we turn this 3d for you, what youre going to see is some big towers kind of boiling up over the warm gulf of mexico waters. Big thunderstorms there kind of riding over the same area. Rainfall rates 2, 3 inches per hour. Some places have already seen over a foot of rain, as you can see. And as long as the band doesnt move, well continue to pile up this rain. Dangerous flash flooding is likely, especially on the south end and the eastern side of the storm. As we take it through the day, youll notice the storm moves through the north very slowly, so its not moving very fast. Heaviest bands are on the south side and the east side, really for the next 24 hours. You may get a break in houston and galveston, but i think stuff will redevelop to the south again during the day tomorrow. Total rainfall is likely to be widespread a foot, some places over 2 feet of rain, especially in isolated areas east of houston. So, watch out, folks, stay off the roads if you see impassable water areas. Just do not try to drive through. Jeff, thank you. President trump announced on twitter this morni that he is substantially increasing sanctions on iran after the attack that heavily damaged two Saudi Arabian oil facilities. He didnt say exactly how. Secretary of state mike pompeo and the Saudi Foreign minister are expected to make a Statement Today directly blaming iran for the strikes. Irans president says that saudi arabia should see the attack as a warning to end its war in yemen. David martin is at the pentagon. David, whats on the agenda when pompeo meets with saudi leaders . Reporter well, the most urgent order of business is to erect better air defenses around those suddenly Vulnerable Oil facilities. U. S. Intelligence never expected iran would be so bold as to attack saudi arabia directly. And as a result, both countries were caught flatfooted. Secretary of state mike pompeo left late last night to meet with saudi leaders on better ways to protect their most valuable asset, oil. Iran exploited a gaping hole in Saudi Air Defenses and fired a volley of two dozen drones and nine cruise missiles, which flew in low and at relatively slow speed. U. S. Officials say experts have examined pieces of the wreckage on the ground in saudi arabia, identified the specific type of cruise missiles and drones fired, and determined they were made in iran, 100 , a Senior Administration official told cbs news. Secretary pompeo will ask the saudis what they want to do in response to what u. S. Officials call a complex and coordinated attack. One option is a military strike against the facilities where those drones and cruise missiles came from. Were locked and loaded. And were ready to defend our interests and our allies in the region, make no mistake about it. Reporter but joint chiefs chairman general Joseph Dunford told reporters the president has not yet asked for any military options. By sending your secretary of state, it almost implies that youre leaning more to Diplomatic Solutions to this issue. Reporter Joseph Westphal is a former ambassador to saudi arabia. The visit by secretary pompeo will be important to ensure that both us and the saudis have a unified response to this attack. Reporter President Trump, who has talked in the past about striking a deal with iran, now says he no longer wants to meet with irans president when World Leaders gather at the u. N. Next week. Gayle . All right, david. Were all watching. Thank you very much. The state Department Posted a new advisory overnight, warning americans traveling to saudi arabia to exercise increased caution. Ian lee is in saudi arabias capital, riyadh. Ian, heres a question, how are saudi leaders responding to this attack . Reporter good morning. Saudi arabias Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman said this morning that the country is beefing up its defenses in the air and on the gulf just hours before officials here are expected to place blame directly on iran. Cbs news has learned from a senior u. S. Official that saudi arabias air defenses were pointed toward yemen. The same official also claims that the radar tracks of those drones and missiles come from the opposite direction, toward iran, to make sure an attack like this doesnt happen again, saudi arabia has joined a u. S. Backed force to protect vital shipping lanes and oil facilities, while asking south korea to help bolster air defenses. But iran still denies responsibility, and its important to remember that both of these countries view each other as regional rivals. Theyve been fighting proxy wars in syria and yemen for years and tensions escalated recently when iran started seizing foreign oil tankers. If iran is responsible for the attack, its the first time theyve directly hit saudi arabia. Were expecting to get secretary pompeos reaction when he holds a press conference later tonight. Tony . Ian lee for us on the ground in saudi arabia. Ian, thank you very much. Elsewhere in the middle east, the political fate of israels longserving Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is uncertain this morning. Elections ended in an apparent tie between netanyahus party and that of his main challenger. Seth doane is in tel aviv for us. Seth, what happens now . Reporter at this point, it is just too close to call. Now, voting here is just the first step of this process. Now that backroom dealmaking begins, and thats really where all of this fell apart the last time. This is not the outcome that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would have liked to have seen. Now were seeing some scrambling to try to create a Coalition Government that could see political foes join forces. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu campaigned both times on his close relationship with President Trump and with america and touted some of these major Foreign Policy wins like the u. S. Moving its embassy to jerusalem. One other complicating factor in all of this, one other question is the Trump Administrations proposal for mideast peace. It is not clear how the outcome of the election might affect that or possibly further delay the rollout of that possible peace plan. Now, this is not just about the political future of netanyahu. He is also facing corruption charges. And anthony, he would like to create a parliament that would protect him. Seth doane in israel. Thank you, seth. We have breaking news from the white house. A short time ago, President Trump revealed his choice to replace john bolton as his National Security adviser. It is robert obrien. Thats the president s lead Hostage Negotiator right now at the state department. Obrien has been involved in attempts to free americans being held in other countries. Most recently, he led the administrations effort to release rapper a ap rocky after his arrest in sweden on an assault charge. Obrien will be the president s fourth National Security adviser in less than three years. Bolton, youll recall, left the administration earlier this month, saying he resigned, but the president had said, rather, that he asked bolton to step down because they didnt agree on some very important and key issues. A prominent democratic donor is accused of running a drug den out of his Southern California home. Ed buck is behind bars after his arrest overnight. Two men have died in his West Hollywood home from apparent overdoses since 2017. A third man survived an overdose last week. Buck is well known in Democratic Party circles and has donated to Hillary Clinton and other highprofile candidates. Nikki battiste is following the case. Nikki, what more do we know . Anthony, good morning. We do know buck is charged with a felony count of providing methamphetamine to a 37yearold man who then overdosed. Prosecutors called buck a violent, dangerous sexual predator who mainly preys on men made vulnerable by addiction and homelessness. Democratic megadonor ed buck left his Los Angeles Home overnight in the back of a police car. The 65yearold is charged with injecting drugs into a man, but police have eyed the powerful Political Insider for more than two years. Its unfortunate that its taken a third overdose for the l. A. Sheriffs department to finally act. We believe that that third overdose could have been avoided. Reporter in january, angry crowds gathered outside bucks apartment after 55yearold timothy dean was found dead of an overdose. [ crowd chanting ] reporter in july 2017, 26yearold jammel moore died there in similar circumstances. Im not okay with people dying in his house and people, like, coming over here and dying. Reporter in court filings, prosecutors say buck used the bait of narcotics, money, and shelter to lure victims to his home, where in a position of power, buck manipulates his victims into participating in his sexual fetishes. Buck is an lgbtq activist who has donated tens of thousands of dollars to highprofile democratic candidates, including barack obama and Hillary Clinton. Bucks attorney seymour amster. This is not a situation where mr. Buck has caused the death. This is a situation where mr. Buck has had longtime friends who unfortunately do not handle their life well. Reporter police say they never had sufficient evidence to arrest buck in the previous overdoses. Prosecutors are recommending bail to be set at 4 million. If convicted of supplying meth, buck could face a maximum sentence of nearly six months in prison. Very disturbing story. Thank you very much, nikki. Lyft is facing a new Sexual Assault lawsuit. Alison ccherko says her driver kidnapped her and raped her with two other men. She is among a reported five women who filed lawsuits against lyft yesterday, alleging they were sexually assaulted or raped by lyft drivers. The plaintiffs accuse lyft of refusing to cooperate with Law Enforcement in rape cases, failing to adequately screen potential drivers and failing to address what they call the sexual predator crisis on the platform. For its part, lyft last week issued updates concerning its safety features and said it will make drivers undergo a mandatory safety exercise. As for turkos claim, the company says what the rider describes is awful. In this case, the driver passed the new york city tlcs background check and was permitted to drive. Lyft says its permanently deactivated that driver in question but would not say when they did that. The deadly shooting of three georgia teenagers is being investigated as a potential stand your ground case. Investigators say the three boys were Wearing Masks and fired first during an attempted robbery monday morning. National correspondent Jericka Duncan is outside the Rockdale County Sheriffs Office in conyers, georgia, east of atlanta. Jericka, what do we know about this confrontation . Reporter good morning. Yes, still very little at this hour. Authorities have not released the names of the teenagers or the alleged shooter, and the sheriff here says he does not believe this was a racially motivated shooting because he says everyone involved is black. Now, the suspects range in age from 15 to just 16 years old, and two of them were reportedly brothers. He kept his hand on his wound, and he said, im dying. Reporter Brian Jenkins lives two houses away from where the shooting occurred. That voice is something ill always remember. This young man perhaps died on my lawn. Reporter he says he heard gunshots and found one of the teenagers bleeding out. Officials say around 4 00 a. M. Monday, the three teenaged boys approached the home with plans to rob it. One of the teenagers allegedly fired the first shot at three people on the lawn before the homeowner returned fire. Signs on the property clearly state that trespassers may be shot. Could possibly be a stand your ground type of case. They did discover masks on the young men. Again, that rules our suspicion. Reporter Police Say One of the teenagers died before police arrived. The other two died at the hospital. Neighbors say the man who shot the teens lives with his mother. I know him very well. He is a very good man. He felt as though he had no recourse but to defend himself, and thats exactly what happened. Reporter none of the residents were injured. The investigation is obviouslily still ongoing. As of right now, no criminal charges have been filed. Jericka, thank you very much. A lot of questions there. Were learning new details about the first in a series of investigations into boeings troubled 737 max jet. The aircraft has been grounded for more than six months after two deadly crashes killed 346 people. Kris van cleave spoke to the new head of the faa. Hes at Reagan International airport, just outside washington, d. C. So, chris, whatd he tell you . Reporter good morning. The new administration certainly has unanswered questions. This report, the first of many to come, is expected in final form, perhaps by the end of the month. Right now it is a draft, and sources tell cbs news this panel of International Air safety regulators will make about ten recommendations to the faa, including a need for more transparency, better communications, and informationsharing during the approval process for aircraft. Its also expected to call for a new focus on how pilots interact with the increasingly complicated Automated Systems on new airplanes. Some of the recommendations will be aimed at improving the process when the faa delegates approval powers to Companies Like boeing. The new faa administrator talked to us for first time this week. He says he cant say yet whether the max was properly certified. Do you have questions that are unanswered . Are there things that you want to know the answer to . Well, there are certainly things i want to know the answer to. Like what . Well, like were there gaps in the process and are we properly resourced, you know, do we need to go to congress and ask for the balance between how much work is delegated and how much is kept within the faa . Reporter boeings ceo and its chief engineer for commercial airliners have been invited to testify before congress at the end of next month. Boeing says it is reviewing the invitation and plans to continue cooperating with congress. Hope they get this right, kris. Thank you very much. Ahead, some residents in one state are being urged to stay indoors because of a potentially deadly virus spread good morning. Checking a cold front pushing across the region with scattered, light showers. As we head to the afternoon looking at rapid clearing. Temperatures below average for this time of the year, mid 60s at the coast, the bay mid70s, 80 degrees inland. Temperatures warm up into the weekend. Ahead. Have much more news how the fbi is now involved in the investigation of a Payroll Company that suddenly shut down after an alleged multimillion dollar fraud. Plus, the next big move to stop kids from vaping. Why you may need to see a doctor before you buycigarettes in one of americas biggest cities. Youre watching cbs this morning. A baby company. But were also a company that controls hiv, fights cancer, repairs shattered bones, relieves depression, restores heart rhythms, helps you back from strokes, and keeps you healthy your whole life. From the day youre born we never stop taking care of you. Copdso, to breathe better,the. From the day youre born i started with anoro. 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Tracking a cold front, this is a weak cold front. We are looking at scattered, light showers this morning. In the north bay light showers, as we head through the afternoon, behind the front, looking at sunshine later today. 77 in concord. 72 in oakland. The juul record. They took 12. 8 billion from big tobacco. Juul marketed mango, mint, and menthol flavors, addicting kids to nicotine. Five million kids now using ecigarettes. The fda said juul ignored the law with Misleading Health claims. Now juul is pushing prop c, to overturn San Franciscos ecigarette protections. Say no to juul, no to big tobacco, no to prop c. Its 7 30. Heres whats happening on cbs this morning. Tropical depression imelda threatens houston bringing more than a foot of rain to floodprone areas still recovering from hurricane harvey. I want to be real clear about this, it is not going to be plagued by big winds. Its going to be big rain in texas. Secretary of state mike pompeo goes to saudi arabia to work out a response to the attack on that countrys oil facilities. Tenses with iran remain high. One of the greats. Washington mourns Cokie Roberts. The influential tv and radio correspondent who died yesterday. Cokie roberts, abc news, capitol hill. Best view in the world our series american wonders has an exclusive sneak peek inside the Washington Monument after being closed for most of the past decade. An icon of this country. Your majesty, sir. Welcome to Downton Abbey. And her ladyship. Elizabeth mcgovern comes to studio 57 ahead of the highly anticipated Downton Abbey movie. Are you excited . I am a bit. Are you . Would it be common to admit it . Yeah, were excited, too. Were all excited. Lets be common. The way he said it, are you excited . I am a bit. Welcome back, im Anthony Mason are gayle king and Tony Dokoupil. The fbi raided the head of the Payroll Company that abruptly shut down leaving more than 250,000 people without paychecks. These photos from the daily mail show agents searching the new york home of michael mann as part of an ongoing Fraud Investigation into mypayrollhr. Meg oliver reports on how the company is accused of stealing millions of dollars from customers. Reporter video and photos obtained by dailymail. Com show the fbi descending on Michael Manns Lakeside House in edinburgh, new york, this week. A Law Enforcement official tells cbs news the agents were armed with a warrant to collect potential evidence. They are investigating his company, mypayrollhr, an Online Service that handles payroll for small companies. It mysterious low closed earlier this month and accused of leaving around 250,000 employees without paychecks and Holding Around 35 million in wages. The employees shouldnt have borne the brunt of this catastrophe. Reporter melee omalley owns a small bakery in albany, new york. She was shocked a few weeks ago when her payroll came to a halt and she noticed she was missing money. We dont know if were going to get that money back, and theres more questions than answers still a week and a half in. Reporter omalley is out about 1,000 but says there are people who have it worse. Most of us live paycheck to paycheck. Reporter people like brooke tape t brooke taney in upstate new york. At the end of last month she said they all had their most recent paycheck withdrawn from their bank accounts. Her employer had around 20,000 stolen. Each day theres more questions as to what happened to the money. Where did it go . Reporter taney wants to see michael mann held accountable. Justice for us and, you know, for everybody thats been affected by this would be for him to go to jail. The stress that was caused to me and my storm wataff and the 4,0 other people, we cant get that back. Taney says she and her coworkers have been reimbursed by their banks, but they still dont know if mypayrollhr was properly paying their taxes. As for michael mann, he has not been charged with a crime and its unclear where he is, and hes not returned our phone calls. Im mystified by the the company was able to pull money out of the accounts. At first we thought it was just that people didnt get their direct deposit. We learned they were taking it out. Theyre stealing the money back, as well. 35 million missing. Michael mann, where are you . People have questions. I dont think hes going to be returning your call. He might be in portugal now or somewhere hiding out. Well see. He hasnt been charged with a crime. Ahead, Mark Strassmann looks at changes in a beach town that spacex calls home. Reporter say you move to south texas because you dont want neighbors and you do want peace and quiet and then a spaceship factory moves next door. Rockets and all. 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You are looking at a recent test flight by a star hopper rocket at spacexs launch site in texas. The hover test was the latest move by spacex founder elon musk to eventually take humans to mars. The launch site is next to a tiny neighborhood east of brownsville, its calmed, no kidding, boca chica, where the Rocket Company has transformed life. Mark strassmann visited the community to learn how neighbors are reacting to all of this. Mark, what are they saying in the neighborhood . Well, lets put it this way, sometimes theres the new neighbor that everyone cant stop talking about for better or for worse. And thats whats happening now in boca chica which thought of it as an itty bitty fishing village barely on the map. Then the future of space moved in. You move to a place like boca chica to get away from it all. Theres a beach, one main street, and only a couple of dozen residents tops. Perfect for retirement. Maria pointer thought. Until the Rocket Company moved in next door. How often do you glance next door just to see whats going on . Its becoming a habit. Reporter her neighbor is spacex. Elon musks company picked this spot to develop, test, and maybe someday launch its new spaceship called starship. Its designed to fly cargo and crew to the moon and even mars. They could be building a spaceship to take people to mars right next door to you. And thats exciting gosh, yes. Yeah. When youre juicing your oranges and youre looking out at a spaceship, i would be talking to my mom going, can you believe this . Reporter where else would you see a starship prototype, it started around plants in marias front yard. The launch pad is a mile and a half down the road. Test days are the game changer here. Beaches close, the towns main access road closes. And deputies hand out warnings to residents. There is a risk that a malfunction will create an overpressure event that can break windows. Reporter pointer boarded up her house. Love hate relationship . Oh, yeah. Flip of the coin. You got heads is is yay, look what weve got coming for the future. On the back side its like, where the hell do i go now . I mean, i cant stay here forever. Reporter no question the neighborhood has changed. Its just a feeling of encroachment. Reporter ask homeowner Cheryl Stephenson abovens about launches. Theyre behaving as if this is Cape Canaveral and its not. Its not a military base. Its a regular neighborhood and a public beach and state highway. Suddenly because theyre here, stop the presses, everything has to change for spacex. Reporter do you understand their frustrations . I can certainly appreciate their frustrations, but i got to look at the big picture. Reporter judge Eddie Trevino jr. Is the top elected official in cameron county. One of the poorest in texas. Spacex could bring in hundreds of new jobs and tens of millions of dollars. I think thats a big, big win, potential win for us. I feel bad for those people, but hopefully theyll understand and appreciate at the end of the day this was beneficial for the entire area. Reporter which brings us back to maria pointer. On launch day, she had a front row seat. She watched this test launch. It sent star hopper a 500 feet in the air. Oh, my god reporter and landed a minute later. In my front yard. This is so crazy. [ cheers ] reporter she was thrilled. But when she thinks about the future of space here, she worries about her own. Its bittersweet. Reporter this was supposed to be the forever house, and now its not. Now its not. Reporter what would you say to elon musk as your neighbor . When do i have to move . Thats what i would ask him. When do i have to move . So get this, in the last few days, maria pointer and several other homeowners have received letters from spacex like this one offering to buy their homes at three times the fair market value. Spacex says the offer is nonnegotiable and expires in two weeks. Sellers would get to come back for vip launch viewings and elon musk will visit to outline the companys future there. This is a crazy part of the world these days. Wow. Quite an offer. When you said three times the cost of the house id negotiate. Go ahead. He says nonnegotiable, i think he might be go to four. Four times. What a great story. All the people in it. Just what they get to see. I love the mayor say, well, i feel sorry for them, but i love the image of the rocket ship rounding the corner in frontf her. What do you say in a rocket ship runs over your flower bed . Better watch for an overpressure event that could break your windows. You think . Mark, thank you so much. Ahead in what to watch, a tough new attempt to crack down good wednesday morning, tracking a weak coast front bringing light scattered showers this morning. If you run across a sprinkle, a shower, dont be surprised about that this morning. 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The Justice Department is suing former nsa contractor Edward Snowden seeking all proceeds from snowdens new memoir. The government claims the book violates nondisclosure agreements. Snowden spoke to cbs this morning from russia where hes lived since 2013 to avoid arrest. Snowden argued hes protecting Civil Liberties by revealing secret government information. So this begs the question what happens when our obligat n obligations come into conflict, right, what happens when you have a secrecy agreement but you have also witnessed your own government, your own agency, your workplace violating the rights of americans and people around the world on a massive scale . Snowdens attorney said the book contains no government secrets that have not been previously published by respected news organizations. The one on monday when he was here we talked to him. Wish that would have happened so we could have asked him. 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Tomy temperatures below average. The juul record. They took 12. 8 billion from big tobacco. Juul marketed mango, mint, and menthol flavors, addicting kids to nicotine. Five million kids now using ecigarettes. The fda said juul ignored the law with Misleading Health claims. Now juul is pushing prop c, to overturn San Franciscos ecigarette protections. Say no to juul, no to big tobacco, no to prop c. Good morning to you viewers in the west. Its wednesday, september 18th, 2019. Welcome back to cbs this morning. Im gayle king with Tony Dokoupil and Anthony Mason. Ahe, the new Flooding Risk arnd houston where tropical depression imelda could drop a foot and a half of rain. In our morning rounds of breakthrough device that could help many blind people see again. Take the first trip in years to the top of the Washington Monument. I want to go. First heres todays eye opener at 8 00. Flash flood wracatches are i effect as tropical depression imelda pushes inland. Boiling up over warm gulf of mexico waters. U. S. Intelligence never expected iran would be so bold as to attack saudi arabia directly. Saudi arabias crown prince said that country is beefing up its defenses in the air and only the gulf. At this point its too close to call. This is not the outcome that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would have liked to have seen. Authorities have not released the names of the teenager or alleged shooter. The sheriff does not believe this was a racially motivated shooting because everyone involved is black. Buck is charged with a felony count of providing methamphetamine to a 37yearold man who overdosed. The secret service has requested, and were not making this up, jet skis, because the trump family spends a lot of time vacationing out on the water and they only asked for two jet skis, didnt want to blow their whole budget because theyre saving up to buy a monster truck. This mornings eye opener is presented by toyota, lets go places. Welcome back to cbs this morning. Were going to begin with the weather where flash flood watches are in effect. Parts of texas and louisiana as a tropical depression imelda slowly pushes north. The storm is expected to lash the area at least until tomorrow with heavy rain and potentially serious flooding. As much as 18 inches of rain is possible in some areas. Yikes. The worst flooding could be in the houston areas. This morning were watching Tropical Storm jerry. Thats formed in the atlantic. Its expected to strengthen into a hurricane by friday and then theres hurricane humberto, a powerful category 3 storm as it approaches bermuda. A short time ago saudi arabia revealed evidence for its claim that iran is behind the attack that damaged two major oil facilities. This mornings briefing included wreckage from the scene. It followed President Trumps decision to have the Treasury Department substantially increase sanctions against iran. A senior u. S. Official tells cbs news saturdays strike is thought to have been launched from southwestern iran. Experts examined the wreckage in saudi arabia and determined two dozen drones and nine cruise missiles were used. One source says with, quote, 100 confidence, the weapons were made by iran. Secretary of state mike pompeo arrives in saudi arabia later today expected to get a better idea of how the saudis want to respond and will share opinions from other allies outside the region. This morning Cokie Roberts, many admirers say she helped transform the role of women in broadcast news, roberts whose parents were both members of congress covered washington politics for 40 years. She died yesterday at the age of 75 of complications from breast cancer. 60 minutes correspondent lesley stahl remembers her friend in the most important thing that roberts told her about reporting. Journalism has lost one of the greats, a real seeker of truth. But for me losing Cokie Roberts is like losing the best sister anyone ever had and there are a whole lot of other women journalists who are feeling the same way. What youre hearing a lot of out there in the electorate is the women cans do a worse job than these guys. We were in a Ladies Lunch Group together in washington back in the 1970s when there were so few women covering politics that all of us fit around one small table. Cokie was the one with wisdom, the one we all went to for advice. Mostly we talked about girl things because the conversations in our offices were about sports and sports. At National Public radio back then, she distinguished herself as a capital hill correspondent and helped put npr on the map and then she went to abc. Cokie roberts. Where she was the voice of clarity and depth as an analyst. And while doing that, she became a bestselling author of american history. Theres a huge change in the years that ive been plowing this turf. She said that best way to learn about a period of time was to read the diaries and letters of the wives of the great men because when the men wrote, they wrote for posterity, but the women were telling each other the truth. I so admired her work, but she was at her very best as a friend. She persuaded me to have a child by proving that you could be an attentive mother, as she was, and have a big career. And then she helped me raise my daughter. The most important thing she ever said to me about being a journalist and its something i carry with me, is do no harm. Cokie roberts was very kind. Thats a lovely tribute. Beautiful tribute, lesley stahl. I once heard her say that as great as this job is, its certainly not more important than your family and sometimes we need to be reminded of that. We certainly need to be reminded of do no harm. That could apply to many things in life. The passing of another giant of tv news, sander vancour, the last surviving member of the four Journalist Panel that questioned kennedy and nixon in that First Television debate. He was also part of what they called the four horsemen at nbc who used to prowl the floors of the conventions, johns chancellor, frank mcghee, edwin newman and sander vancour. He was the moderator of the Vice President ial debate with Geraldine Ferraro and george h. W. Bush. Two of the greats. Examples for us all. Very nice, lesley stahl. A gripping insider account of the fbis investigation into the 2016 election. Ahead, well talk to a former special agent who worked closely with then fbi director james comey. His new book takes us inside comeys turbulent relationship with President Trump we have much moread we have much more news ahead including a medical breakthrough helping people who lost their eyesight see again. The first time that i saw a little white dot, i was speechless. 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I think in the first couple of years of being blind it was just you have to accept the fact that youre blind. Reporter until a friend heard about a Clinical Trial only for people who could once see but became blind starting a half a world away at the university of california los angeles. Its a brand new device never been used in humans before. Reporter dr. Nadir pouratian leads the study of a device called the orion. Using a camera attached to a pair of sunglasses orion captures images a person would see and sends it through a handheld device to an implant thats been surgically inserted into the visual part of the brain. The implant then turns those images into dots of light that the patient can see. It can be various shapes, a circle, an oval, it can be a moving line. Reporter jason is one of only six people in the world who qualified for the study and to receive the implant. The first time that i saw a little white dot, i was speechless. It was the most beautiful thing ive ever seen. You can actually see the electroder ray. Reporter while not restoring sight in the traditional sense what he can see are flashes of light. If i look around, i can perceive moment. I can see some light and dark. I can tell you whether a line is vertical, horizontal or at a 45degree angle. Reporter the device not only allowed jason to regain a small part of his vision but some true independence. I cook, i clean, i can take out the trash. I cart laundry. But just the darks from the lightsp no color yet. Reporter even going for a stroll outside by himself. If i look down i can see flashing lights. Reporter in fact the study has gone so well in jasons case that sometimes even he doesnt realize how amazing its been. He nonchtlyas telling me about how he was at the bar. Very dark bar. The bartender was wearing a white shirt. He could see the bartender walking towards him. I saw two little dots lighting up and three and five and she was right in front of me and all shiny. I thought wow, thats cool. I said, you know, do you realize what you just said . Reporter a glimpse into the future that could give countless people a Second Chance at sight. For cbs this morning, jonathan vigliotti, los angeles. Wow. What a breakthrough. Amazing stuff. Yeah. Simple things. Gives you hope. Yep. The stuff we take for granted. Thats amazing. The fbi agent who was with the bureaus former director james comey on the ta he was fired is revealing what happened behind the scenes that day. Former special agent josh campbell, there he is, is in our toyota green room. What he witnessed during his time as comeys special assistant. Youre watching cbs this morning. We thank you for that and well be right back. Cbs morning round sponsored by nondrowsy 24 hour claritin. Live claritin clear. And outdoor allergens. Like those from buddy. 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Josh campbell served as a special assistant to former fbi director james comey and was with comey the day President Trump fired him. The former special agent details his experiences in the new book called crossfire hurricane inside Donald Trumps war on the fbi. Josh campbell, good morning. Thanks for being with us. Good morning. Attorney general william barr in an interview with our jan crawford suggested that the fbi may have crossed a red line in its investigation into the Trump Campaign. What do you make of those remarks, and do you think that investigation was justified . Its interesting when you look at the modern era here with barr because you think about what the fbi has gone through the last three years. From the Hillary Clinton investigation to the russia investigation,nisming the campaign of involving the campaign of donald trump. That was an exhausting period where you had this agency that was usually working behind the scenes, thrust into the spotlight in what i argue in the book, they were the subject of this Political Campaign of attack against them. Now fast forward to the new attorney general, their boss, who was essentially using the same verbiage that the president uses when he talks about, you know, they were spying on me, i could tell you having served in the fbi, spying is not a term that we use to talk about our own actions. Its what we use to talk about the actions of adversaries. I talked to people inside the fbi. Obviously now working with cnn, doing reporting on National Security matters. This is troubling people inside the fbi because they they know their work has to be reviewed, but when the person leading the department is adopting the same verbiage as the president , that gives nepal concern. Do they think the attorney general is impartial . Well, its not a monolith. You know, and again, i dont want to speak on behalf of obviously the entire organization. People that ive talked to across the field and then at headquarters, they seem to view it as someone who was an institutionalist who came in, that people actually they were comfortable with at the beginning because this appeared to be someone who wasnt motivated by politics. Its yet to be seen what will happen. Again, when you look at the language that the attorney general has used, when you look at the fact that hes saying that he believes spying did occur, and you have the fbi director saying thats not a term that i would use, that gives him, again, pause for concern. The happy to has been, and intalk about it in the book, as well the theme has been, and i talk about it in the book, as well, the agencies are so powerful, but you need people that are independent. The question still on the table is what is the degree of independence hes applying. Politics aside, do you think a line was crossed potentially . I think the inspector generals looking into the origins of the investigation. And what i try to do is look at the organization that i knew and, you know, the people that i worked with. These were patriots that were working to try to stop a counterintelligence threat. Now in hindsight as we look back, we see, we can connect dots, we can paint a picture of what happened. At the time, the fbi was staring at four People Associated with the Trump Campaign who all had some kind of suspicious tie to the russians following this massive attack on the dnc, stealings, weaponizing information. If youre looking at that at the time it would have been dereliction on the part of the fbi to review that. The question which i think well learn from the i. G. Is was that all done consistent with protocol and policy. You write in the book that you are a former fbi agent. This was a job that you loved, that you have no axe to grind here. And this has been painful for you. You said the fbi is now being used, the Trump Administration uses it to play politics. So when you look at the fbi, as we look at it today, you wanted to take us behind scenes as to what the men and women are thinking as they look at these unfold, specifically comey, when when james comey was fired and Sarah Huckabee said shes getting tweets and comments from fbi agents that said he had to go because he was not doing a good job. Take us behind the scenes on that. There have been a lot of your reaction to sarahs comments. Absolutely. Its a key point. There have been a lot of voices that have been describing the actions of the fbi on the right, on the left. What i tried to do was bring the reader inside and give voice to the voiceless. The people that were conducting the investigation, the rank and file what do you want them to know . Actually, it comes out of the description there was the Sarah Sanders comment. You remember after the firing of james comey she went in the Briefing Room and said she heard from countless members of the fbi thanking them for firing comey, thanking the white house. Then she doubled down on the lie by saying what was your snap reaction the day comey was fired . Quickly. It was shock because the original reason that they gave was this was because of the Hillary Clinton investigation. Whereas later we learned it was because of russia. Did you think the pinot grigio i have t have it on the plane. It was a chaotic day. It good wednesday morning, tracking high def doppler with scattered light showers across the bay area, all due to a cold front moving across the region. Lets zoom in and you can see the wet start to the day, across richmond, san rafael bridge, bay bridge, into berkeley, oakland, as well as alameda. A light rain shower currently. Weather headlines, scattered light showers for the rest of the morning. With this cold front pushing across our area, clearing skies this afternoon. Behind the front, rapid clearing, mild belowaverage temperatures and warming back to average by the end of the week. Highs along the coast mid 60s, upper 60s low 70 frs the bay this afternoon. Mid to upper 70s to 80 inland. High pressure builds in as we look ahead to tomorrow, with temperatures warming up thursday, friday, and into the weekend. Saturday looks to be the warmest day out of the week, little colder sunday, and into next week. But for today, looking at 100th to maybe 500th inch of rain with the tail end of the cold front poshing across the region this morning. Again, afternoon sunshine through the day. We will have more on traffic. All right, roadways now, we are dealing with this wet weather. So that means you will see a few more trouble spots on the roadways. We are seeing slow and go conditions this morning, and lots of rain drops on some live shots. Bay bridge, you can make out the traffic behind there. It is bumper to bumper as you work through there. All approacherize seeing delays this morning as you head on 580, i80, as well as east shore freeway. I will show you a map in a second. San mateo bridge still looks dry and traffic heavy across the span here westbound. If you want to skim the bay bridge, this is still slow but better drive times than the bay bridge. Into San Francisco doing okay, little busy through the city. Northbound reports of a crash 280 at geneva avenue. That will slow you. I want to go to 37 right now, we are working on a traffic situation here at wilson and vallejo, looks like a trouble spot there. A car crash, possible Police Activity as well. We are still getting more information but there is a closure on 37 as a result. That is wilson in vallejo. We will bring you more information on that. If you are commuting out of marin north 101, handful of spots. South novato is where you see most delays. Welcome back t welcome back to cbs this morning. It is a big day here. Today marks nao years since cbs first hit the airways on september 18th, 1927. 92 years. Wow that is a long time. Babe ruth was playing, forget his grandson. That is a long time ago. Now is the time to bring you some stories that is the talk of the table this morning. We pick a story we would like to share with each of you and each other. What do you have for us . Im going first. This is about a fashion brand facing a backlash over hoodies unveiled during new york fashion brand last week. I know this a tv medium. Were not showing the sweat shirts because im so disturbed what theyre doing. They feature the Mass Shootings at columbine and others, and the hoodies have bullet holes. Theyre considering selling them and getting swamped with criticism and hoping they dont sell them and if they do, people wont buy them. I think of the pain it causes people. Its not fashionable and they say theyre bringing attention to the shooting. I would think there would be a bump in attention and would be good since gun control and shootings are such big issues today. I think thats one way of it. One family from sandy hook says, you will never know our pain. Its not to be used for the message. I do get the message theyre trying to do. I think the pain outweighs the positive. Theres a better way to do it. A big point. Are you guys big fans of halloween . Like halloween . Not so much. Its very big. I like it for kids. Every time i ask you a question i get that back. I liked it when i was a kid. With this family in texas, the mother ordered the costume online and it came early. She decided to put it on and go down to the bus stop to greet her daughter. Watch what happened. Horn ] [horns]. The joy in her daughters face, the giant grin on her daughter, madisons face, tells you everything you want to know. Thats right. The is reportedly, according to her mom, counting down the days on the fridge calendar until halloween comes. I love this image and i love madisons face the moment she came out. I love it, too. If i would have thought of that i would have done Something Like that. Thats great. Very nimble in that unicorn costume. She was very nimble. The possibility you can spend a night in the real life Downton Abbey. It is now being listed on airbnb and one lucky couple gets chosen. Cocktails in the bedroom and get to retire upstairs and 1,000 acres of parkland. One downside, listed as downside, i think upside. No wifi, no television. I kind of like that a lot. I would like to camp out in the library with a bourbon, book and blanky and take a nap right there. I believe you can, october 1st, if you want to make an offer, 150 pounds a night. 200, i believe. Thats a deal. They will pick one couple. They only want two people there in, as big as that place is. Their own butler. You get to pick a night . Late november this night and in october you can apply and they will make the case why they should be the ones. A very good thing. A perfect segue about Downton Abbey, the highly anticipated Downton Abbey, delightful fun. I like that word, delightful. Critics say it lets fans fall in love with it all again with the beloved family and their servants. It centers around the family and staff preparing for a visit from the royal queen and king of england. Elizabeth mcgovern returns as cora crawly, the counts of grant ham. She is an heiress who married the earl of grant ham, robert mccrawly. She cant be. She was here for lunch. She didnt say anything. She went up this afternoon. She will come back to tell. I asked her to tea. You must get her to leave bag shore alone. I dont believe even the earl can persuade that. You look excited. I am a bit. Would it be common to admit it . Not to an american. Elizabeth mcgovern also known as cora crawly also joins us at the table. Should we call you lady grant ham . Would that be better . One of your colleagues said its ke coming back from school holidays. Another one said its like getting into a nice pair of cozy slippers. What was it like for you to do the movie after the absence it was scarily as if we never stopped. Really . That thing that happens when you get to a certain age in time flies so fast. It had been three years since we last shot the series. And as soon as we were in the house again it seemed like we were back in the family. Did you feel pressure for those who watched the show, i certainly did, we have such expectations what this movie will be. Did you feel the pressure of that or say you will make a delightful fun movie is how they described it. I was relieved i wasnt the one who had to write it. I was thinking, is this a good idea . There were lots of incarnations thrown out. Its a risk. And experimented with different tacks. And said, no, we want to give the fans what they want, go back in time and indulge in nostalgia of people missing the series much as they missed that era and lets hang out with these people we spent so much time with and invested a lot in. Lets have an adventure. I got excited just listening to the music. Its like a year later when the king and queen were coming. Yes. Three years older, never mind. The king and queen are coming to dinner. Thats the event. All the drama that ensues. You felt the same way about the music . I loved the music and wish it was our music going into the weather. Makes you feel dignified. Theres nostalgia involved in the show. I loved the pbs series and looking forward to the movie. Why do you think people connect with that era so much . What is it that makes us want to swoon . I think things are moving so fast at the moment, psychologically we cannot actually keep up with it. We cannot actually deal with the enormous amount of choice we have. Our enormous amount of ability to talk to everyone any time of the day. The kind of stimulation constantly being fed into our brains. To go back to a place in time where there was no choice, people had a job, they accepted the job for life. People had a role, they were told and they knew how to behave. If they didnt know, carson would tell them. It was easier. Theres something to be said, too, elizabeth about disagreeing without destroying. Yes. Civilized. When we were talking earlier about the value of good manners, i think thats something this show has reminded people, to treat each other with respect no matter what our walk of life. The downstairs people are just as interesting to us, to the camera, as the upstairs people. It isnt everything to be the rich guy. People disagreed. But they respect each other as people. You had your premiere for this the other night at Lincoln Center coming home in a way for you because you went to juilliard. I did. Almost as soon as you got to juilliard you were plucked into your first film ordinary people at the age of 19. And the next film you get an oscar nomination. That was crazy. What was that time like . I feel it was a trauma. I almost have a blackout about it. I think sometimes something that is an outwardly successful experience, it can be a trauma one because it changes your life in a way hard to catch up with. Suddenly, i was in a different level, different pay grade to all my friends still in college. But, you know, its okay. Turned out all right. Cant complain. I think its so cool youre in a band sadie and the hot heads. Are you sadie or the hot heads. Im sadie. My musicians are so gentle and sweet i had to call them the hot heads. There are so many sides to a elizabeth. Its a choice between you and hustlers. A lot to choose from this weekend. Thank you for having me. Downton abbey opens this friday. On the today podcast we hear from the Downton Abbey michael ingler and shows us what it took to make this movie for the first time. And at the Washington Monument for the first look before it reopens to the public. Jan, good morning. Hows the view . Eporter its like nowhere in the world. For much of the past decade most people have not been able to fully appreciate this american wonder. Coming up on cbs this morning, we will show you what it took to reopen the Washington Monument and take you inside some places most people dont get to see. In our series, america wonders, places that make america wonderful from majestic landscapes to fantastic creation. This morning, were in the nations capitol where the Washington Monument is set to reopen to the public tomorrow. It was closed most of the last 10ears because of damage and repairs. Now only on cbs this morning, our cameras were allowed up for a first look. Janice making history at the top of the monument. Good morning. Reporter good morning. This is special. No network has ever broadcast live from the top of the Washington Monument. What a view. You can see behind me the lincoln memorial. This is a Vantage Point most visitors to the nations capitol havent had the past decade. Washington monument closed and many wondering when they would ever get to the top of this american wonder again. Its a symbol of america, instantly recognizable. 10,000 tons of pure marble, anchored into bedrock right blow. The the Washington Monument, once the tallest structure in the world with sweeping views of the capitol and pentagon. It brought us a birdseye view of some of americas biggest moments, inaugurations and Martin Luther king jr. s march on washington. It is central to so many peoples visit to d. C. Reporter the central centerpiece sat shuttered, closed to tourists for the past decade. 2011, a rare east coast earthquake rattled the region, reigning rocks on dozens of visitors who survived more than two terrifies minutes at the Observation Deck 500 feet up. Everyone got out alive but the century old monument didnt escape unscathed. They propelled at the top to look down and what they saw propelled them to close the attraction to tourists and trigger a 15 million restoration project. It was amanmental task to fix the obalisque. To fix 6,000 stones, some so cracked the sun shown right in. They had to build this exsoskeleton of scaffolding. Three years later the monument was opening and we were there. That is typical of the forces that were on the stone. Reporter it didnt last. In 2016, a cable snapped in the monuments aging elevator, and for three more years, no tourist could reach the top. Now, with updates to the elevator and this new security screening at the base, washingtons best view is again ready for visitors. Reporter so, when those doors open on thursday, you dont expect them to close for a few years any time soon . They will stay open and we look forward to probably 500,000 people or so a year. Reporter reopening the monument took one thing the park service didnt have. Money. Billionaire philanthropist, david ruben sign stepped in. He poured more than 10 million into shoring up the soaring stone structure. David rubenstein invited us along the ride up the refurbished elevator for a view worth the wait. Reporter best view in the world . If you could build condominiums this high, you could pay for the entire u. S. Debt. Reporter they led us even higher to the engine room. This part mr. Rubenstein paid for was the refurbishment of the equipment. Reporter for rubenstein, preserving the monument was essential for all of us. Reporter your involvement in the project also says something about what is possible. I came from very modest circumstances and i got very luikin this country. Its a great gift by myself and really is a thank you to america. Reporter restoring an american wonder and confidence that washington can again reach its heights. Now, this is just one of eight windows you can look out of up here. Over here, you can see the white house. Theres the capitol on the other side. The public will be able to start coming up tomorrow. You will need tickets. The National Park service will let up about 100 people or so an hour. Once you get up here, you can stay the rest of the day. Anthony. Its so beautiful. Yeah. It looks great. If you see david rubenstein, give him a hug. Thank you, mr. Rubenstein well be right back. Youre watching cbs thi cooper did you eat all of your treats . Help i need somebody help not just anybody help you know i need someone did you eat all of your treats . Help i need somebody help not just anybody help you know i need someone before we go, a group of indiana bikers made an unexpected stop at an 8yearolds lemonade stand. They wanted to reunite with the woman who helped save their lives. The bikers lined up to get a cup of lemonade from bryanne sturch. One year ago her mom, daryn, helped them after one got into a serious crash. She kept in touch on social media. When daryn posted about the stand, the bikers decided to stand we are tracking scattered light showers on the doppler. Lets start to the day, let show you the locations getting the light rain from the richmond bridge. Across the golden gate, across the a bridge into the east bay from alameda and oakland. Also for San Francisco. We have light showers this morning. Its because of a cold front pushing across the region. There is scattered light showers. Behind this cold front, by the afternoon we will see clearings guys, mild below average temperatures, warming to average by the end of the week. We have scattered showers for the disco bay, the peninsula, and the east bay. We see if you showers pushing onto the south bay. There we go with the clearing. You can see sunshine from the north bay. Eventually for the south bay. Daytime highs below average, 77. Highpressure building starting tomorrow, temperatures will be warming up thursday, friday, and especially into the weekend saturday. Warmest at of the week. A little cooler sunday, and into early next week. We will have traffic and your wednesday morning commute. From the 5am wakers, to the 6am sleepers. Everyone uses their phone differently and in different places. Thats why Xfinity Mobile created a Wireless Network that auto connects you to millions of secure wifi hot spots. And the best lte everywhere else. Xfinity mobile is a different kind of Wireless Network designed to save you money. Save up to 400 a year on your wireless bill. Plus get 250 back when you buy an eligible phone. Click, call or visit a store today. One car was struck, but no injuries. Is is was 37 at wilson. Lanes are now open, well see a lot of delays as traffic recovers through their. Evidently backed up all the way beyond 29 at this point. To use the san rafael bridge. Thats a much better choice if youre trying to make your way westbound. We are dealing with the wet weather. Expect slick surfaces out there this morning. As you work your way southbound we have reports of a crash right at santos and. They had issued a Traffic Alert and lanes are blocked from results. Expect delays as you work your way into San Francisco. Wayne ah im gonna take the money, wayne. Jonathan 15,000 in cash wayne we do it all for the fans. Jonathan my personal guarantee. Tiffany yummy. Wayne two cars thats what this game is all about. Shes leaving here with the big deal of the day. Ten years of deals, right . Jonathan its time for lets make a deal. Now heres tvs big dealer, wayne brady wayne hey, everybody, welcome to lets make a deal. Im wayne brady. Thank you for tuning in. Who wants to make a deal . cheers and applause lets see. Right there on the edge. Elizabeth, elizabeth, come on over here. Everybody else have a seat for me. Come on, miss elizabeth. Hello elizabeth, how are you