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Felt good to come over here and return the favor. And oscar outrage. The new fight over hollywood diversity after the academy nominates only one actor of color and rejects upandcoming female directors. Its tuesday, january 14th, 2020. Heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. A critical night for democratic president ial contenders hoping to unseat President Trump in november. Reporter a final debate before the iowa caucus. Sanders will likely have to answer to reports of likely telling Elizabeth Warren a woman cant win in 2020. Reporter House Speaker nancy pelosi could send the articles of impeachment to the senate as soon as tomorrow. Speaker pelosi signaled she may finally wind down her onewoman blockade. Reporter more than 20 military cadets from saudi arabia will have to leave after investigators uncovered disturbing material. 17 had social media containing antiamerican content. Reporter Major League Baseball just ruled that the Houston Astros illegally stole signs from their opponents. The astros fired the general manager and manager a tough day, but can we after . Absolutely. Reporter a volcano is spewing lava for a Third Straight day. Reporter tens of thousands ordered to evacuate. Queen elizabeth agreed to let prince harry and Meghan Markle move to canada. Isnt that every parents dream . To not have their 35yearold kid still living with them . And all that matters burrows got on, launching for the end zone touchdown burrow five td passes tigers win the national championship. Do you know which size you wear . 10 1 2. We already got fitted for them. On cbs this morning. Well this years Oscar Nominations are out. Once again the academy is under fire for lack of diversity. No woman was nominated for directing oscar. Where is little women, it was best picture, best screenplay, two acting nominations, but greta gerwig isnt nominated. How the hell does that happen. Do you know the movie directed itself . Wow, thats incredible. This mornings eye opener is presented by toyota lets go places. Pretty glaring trevor hit the nail on the head. A lot of people asking that question. How did that happen . In 2020, i dont understand. We will discuss later on. Welcome to cbs this morning. Were going to begin with this the Democrats Holding 2020s first president ial debate tonight in iowa where caucusgoers will make their picks in less than three weeks. The debate stage is set. Its the smallest group, six, to appear in any debate so far. The newest poll in iowa shows s joe biden jumping to a slow small lead, up five points from the same poll in november. Bernie sanders and Elizabeth Warren have been longtime allies, but now for the first time, theyre going after each other in public. Warren claims that sanders told her he did not believe a woman could win the presidency. Ed okeefe is in des moines, site of tonights debate. Good morning. I think thats going to get interesting tonight. How did this start between warren and sanders . Reporter yeah, well see. Good morning. At issue a conversation they had in late 2018. The two like minded new england liberals are buddies in washington, had plenty of opportunity over the past year to attack each other. Their campaigns resisted doing so until now. Yes, im with bernie medicare for all bernie on medicare for all. Reporter the partnership on display at previous debates might be a thing of the past. In a Statement Last night, warren described how she and sanders met in december, 2018, to talk about topics including gender and the president ial race. I thought a woman could win, warrens statement reads. Sanders disagreed. Sanders called earlier reports ludicrous, and they contradict what he has had said publicly for years. In my view, a woman could be elected president of the United States. Reporter tensions flared over the weekend when politico reported on a Campaign Memo that told volunteers to say that warren only appeals to wealthier voters and wont be able to expand the base of the Democratic Party. Sanders denied the reports. I have never said a negative word about Elizabeth Warren. Shes a friend of mine. Reporter warren shot back. I hope bernie reconsiders and turns his campaign in a different direction. Reporter here in iowa, polls continue to show a close race. This is a real tossup. Reporter multiple surveys put former Vice President joe biden, sanders, and iowa, i think are you going to make me the next president of the United States reporter former south bend mayor Pete Buttigieg in a statistical tie. Those numbers helped force new jersey senator cory booker out of the race. I cant wait to get back on the campaign trail and campaign as hard as i can for whoever is the eventual nominee. Reporter booker also says a lack of fundraising and the upcoming impeachment trial factored into his decision. He was one of nearly 30 candidates in the most diverse and largest field of candidates ever. Just a dozen remain, and just six will appear on stage at the debate tonight. All of them are white. Less diverse as we go. Thank you so much. Ahead, a quick programming note. Senator cory booker will join us here in studio 57 to discuss why he suspended his campaign and who he thinks can carry out his vision. Sources tell cbs news the articles of impeachment against President Trump could be delivered to the senate as soon as tomorrow. The impeachment trial could start next tuesday. Nancy cordes is on capitol hill where House Speaker nancy pelosi meets with fellow democrats this morning. Nancy, what should we expect to hear from that meeting . Reporter well, we should learn more, anthony, about speaker pelosis timeline for naming house impeachment managers who would then walk the articles of impeachment from the house to the senate for the trial. We think that that process will take place within the next couple of days. Heres what it looked like back in 1999 when 13 House Republicans were named as impeachment managers, and then they essentially served as the walking the articles across the capitol as you see there. Now who will the managers be this time, we dont know. Thats up to speaker pelosi. We do know that the chief lawyer for the defense will be white House Counsel pat cippolone. Theres been debate over whether the defense team should be supplemented with some of the president s top defenders in the house like ohios jim jordan and north carolinas mark meadows. But some Senate Republicans told us they think that bringing in those house allies would be a mistake, that it would contribute to, as one senator put it, a, quote, circuslike atmosphere. Some republicans want to hold a vote this week to just dismiss the articles of impeachment altogether and avoid a trial. The president has even endorsed that idea. At this point it does not look like they have the votes for that. Nancy, thank you so much. A new report says russians hacked a Ukrainian Gas Company that is caught up in the impeachment case against President Trump. This could have implications for 2020. The Cybersecurity Firm area one says in november russian agents tricked burisma employees into sharing login information through phishing emails. Its unclear what information the hackers accessed or what they were looking for. The russians may have wanted information on democratic president ial contender joe biden. Youll recall his son, hunter, served on burismas board of directors when biden was Vice President. President trump is accused of pushing ukraine to investigate a bogus claim that biden stopped an investigation into burisma to protect his son. Heres the important part area one suspects the hackers are part of the same group that hacked Democratic National committee emails in 2016 and, therefore, they may be back in 2020. Theres been no reported response from u. S. Or russian officials so far. The Biden Campaign responded in part, now we know that Vladimir Putin also sees joe biden as a threat. Really, democracy is threatened when foreign governments are pouring information into our elections. Important information, russians at it again. Very suspicious. 21 military students from saudi arabia were removed from the u. S. Last night over alleged social media links with the extremist material and child pornography. The fbi says they made the discoveries while investigating the december 6th Pensacola Naval air station shooting when a saudi cadet killed three u. S. Sailors there. Cbs news Senior Investigative correspondent Katherine Herridge was at yesterdays News Conference and joins us with more. Good morning to you. What else are investigators telling you . Reporter thank you, and good morning. The attorney general called the shooting an act of terror. Based on the evidence so far, the fbi said the shooter appeared to act alone. Investigators still have questions and cant access his two iphones setting up a clash between the fbi and apple. This was an act of terrorism. Reporter attorney general bill barr revealed Muhammad Al Shamrani had posted on social media. He posted other antiamerican, ji hadi messages on social media two hours before the attack. He said he posted on september 11 that, quote, the countdown has begun, and visited new york citys 9 11 memorial days before the attack. So far the investigation indicates that the shooter acted alone. But investigators also want apples help unlocking two iphones recovered at the scene. One in the gunmans car, and one near his body that he had deliberately shot. It is very important for us to know with whom and about what the shooter was communicating. Reporter in a statement, apple disagreed with the attorney generals claim the company hasnt been helpful saying its responses to the fbis requests have been timely, thorough, and ongoing. Apple also hinted it wont unlock the fbis unlock the fbis access to the encrypted phones saying theres no much thing as a back door just for the good guys. Over the course of the separately found 17 saudi cadets social media contained jihadist or antiamerican content. Individuals in that group and others also had some kind of contact with child pornography. In a statement, the Saudi Embassy said the cadets demonstrated conduct unbecoming of an officer. The u. S. Military trains foreign nationals to build partnerships including more than 800 saudis. Going forward the pentagon said it will do a deeper dive on the applicants. Anthony . Thank you. A new cheating scandal is rocking Major League Baseball. The Houston Astros were jubilant after their world series win in 2017. But now League Investigators say the team was involved in an elaborate spying scheme that year. Manuel bojorquez is outside their stadium in houston. Manuel, how long has this been going on . Reporter good morning. The astros have faced claims of cheating for years now. A november report detailing allegations from four former players explained how far the alleged displayed how far the alleged cheating one. The manager and general manager are gone, and Major League Baseball is cracking down on the organization. We will always do the right thing and will not have this happen again on my watch. Reporter astros owner jim crane is adamant he knew nothing about the cheating scandal that led to some of the harshest penalties in baseball history. Yesterday after Major League Baseball detailed how the team allegedly did it and suspended two of the teams leaders, manager aj hinch and general manager jeff luhnow, crane made the decision to fire them both. Neither one of them started this, but neither one of them did anything about it. Thats how we came to the conclusion. Reporter here is how it allegedly worked during home games, the astros positioned a camera in center field. That camera would film signals given by the opposing teams catcher about what pitch the pitcher should throw. That camera feed was transmitted live into the astros dugout, where a player would allegedly be watching the feed with a baseball bat and trash can. Loud banging you hear [ banging ] would allegedly signal to the astros batter what pitch would be coming next, seemingly making it easier to hit the ball. You can see the pitcher notices something is off. [ banging ] in that game, astros players allegedly removed the monitor from the wall in the tunnel and hid it in an office before the game ended. I think there are always going to be people bending the rules. To gain competitive advantage. Reporter a baseball analyst for the New York Post the idea was for this to be a deterrent for teams to think twice about allowing their players and their staff to do this kind of thing. Reporter no players were punished by the mlb. In a statement, the former gf, jeff luhnow, said, i did not know rules were being broken. Hinch said he did not participate in the practice but apologized for failing to stop it. The current red sox manager, alex cora, could be the next to face punishment. Hes alleged to have been the mastermind of the tactic when he worked here in houston. Now the red sox have their own investigation going. We have yet to hear from him. Tony . This may not be over. Thank you so much. But manny, before you go, if authorities believe they were cheating, do they still get to keep the total . Reporter apparently so. They cant prove it changed the outcome of any of the games. Of course, the fans will think differently. If youre a dodgers fan, youre not happy about this. Hard to imagine it didnt affect the outcome. If you know a fastballs coming, you can hit it pretty far. All right. Thank you so much. More than 30,000 people are on the move in the philippines this morning as the threat of a new volcanic eruption grows. The taal volcano erupted sunday and is now spewing ash up to nine miles into the air. A larger eruption could happen at any moment. Ramy inocencio is in aguncio, south of manila. Reporter this is the closest that we can get to taal volcano. There is a police roadblock right behind me thats stopping people from going home to get belongings. Tens of thousands have been trying to evacuate their towns, covered in this heavy, gray ash. The government has planned to evacuate hundreds of thousands more. The volcano which exploded sunday with a ninemilehigh plume of ash, team, and rocks is now at alert level four of five. That means officials think a hazardous eruption is imminent for this popular tourism and farming region. Its already been spewing fountains of redhot lava half a mile high, sparked its own spectacular lightning storms, turned tropical green vistas gray, and rocked the area with 50 earthquakes in just eight hours tuesday. Many families who live near the volcano have fled to Evacuation Centers to wait out the disaster. And health is a concern. Officials have been advising people to wear masks to protect themselves from this ash, but supplies are dwindling even in manila. Some shop owners are even taking advantage of the situation by hiking their prices. For cbs this morning, ramy inocencio, the philippines. Queen elizabeth is expressing her support for prince harry and Meghan Markles decision to step back from royal life. Now this follows a socalled crisis talks yesterday at her estate. Charlie dagata is at Buckingham Palace with more on the story. Whats the reaction there . Reporter theres been some surprise not by the outcome, which many thought was inevitable, but surprise at the personal tone of the queens statement. The biggest family crisis to hit the house of windsor in decades was never going to be resolved inside of three hours, but harry and meghans request to step down as senior members of the royal family has been approved by the boss if reluctantly. Following what the queen described as constructive discussions, she offered her full support. Although we would have preferred them to remain fulltime members of the royal family, we respect and understand their wish to live a more independent life as a family while remaining a valued part of my family. But there will be a period of transition where the couple will split their time between britain and canada. Meghan is already there with baby archie. A time to resolve what the queen calls complex matters like will Prince Charles still chip in with Financial Support . Will this transatlantic security, what will it look like, and how exactly do they plan to be financially independent . But whats telling in that statement is it seemed personal. From the heart of harrys grandmother. The word family appears seven times in the first two paragraphs. The queen even referring to the couple by name, not just their royal titles. Ingrid seward has authored books on the queen. She is talking about harry as a grandmother. She doesnt want to lose him. And she wants to help him. And she understands how difficult it is for people marrying into the royal family. Reporter now we have learned this morning that meghan did not take part in this meeting via a conference call. The couple decided it wasnt necessary for her to join in. Anthony . Charlie dagata with the drama at Buckingham Palace. Thanks. Once again, the hottest topic in hollywood has the hash tag oscarssowhite. Ahead, the renewed argument over diversity as this years Oscar Nominations follow a familiar pattern. Firs sector breezy start to the day and a few isolated showers. As we head through the afternoon, partly sunny and breezy. A stronger storm system with widespread rain and wind arrives Late Wednesday and into thursday. Today, 56, fremont. 57, san jose. Rainy and windy on thursday. We are i we are in the battleground state of wisconsin where President Trump won by less than 1 in 2016. Ahead, the big issues that voters say could actually change their minds by election day. Youre watching cbs this morning. We thank you for that. Well be right back. For 20 years. Een a caregr no two patients are the same. Predicting the next step for them can be challenging. 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Meet some of the american firefighters helping battle the bushfires in australia. Breathtaking. We flew for an hour and never got out of the burn area. The growing number of seniors making ends meet with roommates. If theres ever a night where you cant sleep, ill come to your room and sing consukumbaya. I dont know what to say. Yes, i do. Dont ever do that. [ laughter ] flothats a great show. Im curious about that piece. It looks like a golden girls for guys. Indeed. What were you going to say curious, you might be heading that direction . No, tony. No. Im hoping i wont be in that situation, but you never know. You never know. You never know. Thank you, tony dokoupil. Welcome back to cbs this morning. Im gayle king with tony dokoupil, whos always got jokes, and anthony mason. Were going to begin with there this Years Academy award nominations have created new controversy over whether the oscars are too white and too male. 19 of the 20 acting nominees announced yesterday are white. The exception is best actress nominee, thats Cynthia Arivo, go cynthia, who starred in harriet. All of the best director nominees are men even though women directed several of this years best regarded movies. Entertainment tonight host kevin fraser joins us with more. Kevin, really good to see you. A lot of people are shaking their heads because didnt the Motion Picture academy take steps to make this a little less likely a couple of years ago . Reporter they sure did. After the original controversy that led to oscars so white in 2015 the academy added more diverse members in each and every year, weve seen a group of nominees that have been more diverse. Many say this years nods are a disappointing step backwards. Joaquin phoenixs deranged joker leads with 11 nods. Its the films and actors that were snubbed that many are calling the real headline. I made up my mind. Im going back. Reporter hair yets Cynthia Arivo was the only person of color nominated in the acting categories. Some say several strong performances by people of color were overlooked. Enfejennifer lopez, lupita nyongo. Any of the korean actors from parasi parasite. This year does feel like a return in a lot of times to a white male nostalgia. Reporter criticism lit up social media monday. Many reusing the phrase oscars so white which attorney april rain created in 2015. Its clear a lot more work needs to be done. Reporter in response, the academy set a goal of doubling the number of women and minority members by 2020. It has already partially succeeded. 16 members are people of color, up from 8 . But female membership only rose from 25 to 32 . Among the directors recognized, women were shut out including little womens greta gerwig. There was a comment on the lack of female nominees congratulations to those men. Reporter the academy did set a record by nominating 62 women, about onethird of the nominees. Its always been about who is telling the story and whose story is being told. The academy has things that they can do to improve, but hollywood as a whole needs to step up. Reporter now the academy also wants the studio decisionmakers in hollywood to give more opportunities to people of color from a diverse and diverse backgrounds who are storytellers and also performers. And this may be a step in the right direction. The cannes film announced that spike lee will be the jury president. The first time an africanamerican has ever held that post. Anthony . Thats a nice change. Big deal. A really big deal. I love lissa ray saying congratulations to all those men. A lot of people understands that attitude. I hear about the animated short film, shout out to matthew cherry, called hair love. Former nfl player. They say seven minutes of movie magic about a black father learning to braid his daughters hair. Thats sweet. Its cool to see. We know that cobe bryant won an oscar for his animated film. Its cool to see another athlete step into that. Thanks. Thank you. 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Thats where we find adriana diaz. Good morning. What are voters saying here in 2020 . Reporter tony, good morning. Well, democrats say this purge is suppression targeting lowincome voters who may move more often. We spent two days traveling across the county, and we learned that one reason it flipped red in 2016, despite supporting barack obama twice, is because of low turnout here in the leftleaning city. Racine democrats cory prince with the naacp, and lorenzo santos, with the young democrats, getting out the vote, especially the powerful black vote. Turnout among black wisconsinites fell nearly 19 between the 2012 and 2016 elections. Why didnt voters come out for Hillary Clinton . It was a lack of organizing. Black people have realized our vote is being taken for granted. Theres a democratic america that looks at donald trump as like, you know, hes the worst thing ever. Black people are kind of like, all right, you know, hey, ive seen worse. We see donald when we go to the bank and ask for a loan. We see donald when we get pulled over, so donald aint that bad to us. Hes not the worst. We would love to get behind something better. Give us that picture. Give us the picture of something better. Dont talk about whats so bad. Reporter what are the issues that you care most about in this election . If Climate Change is not handled, its affecting our agriculture which is a major source of economy in the midwest. Reporter the leftleaning city sits on lake michigan. But head west, and youll start seeing red. In the western suburbs like here in mt. Pleasant, voters tend to be older, more conservative, and more likely to vote. In 2016, city turnout was just under 52 . Out here, it was 70 . Whos the big winner here so far . We found suburban racinens at the country club playing mah jongg. Most didnt want to talk politics. The lifelong republican, mary patterson, was game. Immigration is very important to me. I would like to see something done with health care and also foreign policy. Reporter what do you think of the president s decisions to have a drone strike i think it was the right thing to do. Iran is going to back off, and with this president they know he wont hesitate. Reporter you cant tell the countys story without going further west through farmland and small towns. [ applause ] in burlington, it seemed like the whole town showed up for open mic night. Were here all night, folks. We got a lot of good music coming up. Reporter thats where we met military wives including stephanie samoley. Ive traditionally voted republican. But i need to just get a better grasp on what the candidates have to offer and what what i feel is important to me and how i feel about it. So, you know, my votes up for grabs. Reporter youre one of those voters that the republicans and democrats are looking for im the swing vote now. Yeah. I i definitely am. Im one of those people. Reporter are you comfortable sharing who you voted for last time . I voted for hillary last time. I might get some i mean, i dont know. You know, i try to vote my heart, vote my conscience, what i feel is best for my family, best for the country. Reporter both parties have their sights set on these voters. President trump has his rally in nearby milwaukee tonight. Not to be outdone, the democrats are hosting their National Convention in milwaukee, as well. Wisconsins primary is april 7th. Tony . All right. Thanks very much. Very interesting to hear from those voters. There are more than ten million obama voters from 2016 nationwide who either switched to trump or didnt show up at all. All the ones that didnt vote overwhelmingly, disproportionately those of color, overwhelmingly trump, white. A lot in wisconsin, too. The bottom line is you always have to vote. Yeah. You just have to vote. If democrats want to win, they need to get the ten million back on their side. Thats right. 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It is their First National title since 07. When i first saw it, i thought of jenna gibson on our team i know yeah that joe burrow, theres something irresistible about him. From smalltown ohio to sitting on the bench at ohio state yeah they didnt want him on the field. Look at him now. National champion set records in a title game for passing and tds, 432 yards. Amazing statistics. Since 07. Seems like a really nice guy. Were rooting for we like everybody. You know, we like also joe burrow, the amazing recordsetter. All right. Now to this story from the world of sports. Poor air quality from australias bushfires delayed qualifying matches at the Australian Open today. It comes one day after tennis pro dilila yakupavich forfeited because she was toughing. She could not breathe. It brought her to the ground. She later said she had no prior breathing issues and had never suffered from asthma. She blasted tournament officials for allowing the match to go on in the first place saying it was, quote, not fair and, quote, not healthy. Wow. The states chief Health Officer says air levels in melbourne have reached, quote, the worst in the world. Thats frightening. She said it felt like an asthma attack. People she had no issues before. Never had any issues. And theres a very big match coming up. The Australian Open starts next week. We got to talk about this wine story. One minute left. Get this in here. All right. Americans may be moving on from drinking wine. For the first time in 25 years, wine consumption has declined, tony im doing all i can. Challenge accepted. The volume of wine in the u. S. Dropped by nearly 1 in 2019. Thats according to a top global alcohol industry tracker. The trend is attributed to a generational shift as the number of millennials surpasses babyboomers. Younger adults are opting more alternatives like liquor and hard seltzers. 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Your drivetime is 44 minutes. 205 to 680, 24 minutes from hercules to the base. Northbound 101 to sfo. We are tracking a few isolated showers on high def doppler especially union city to fremont this morning. Your weather headlines, a breezy start with cold temperatures and a few isolated showers. Partly sunny and breezy this afternoon and a stronger storm system roles in Late Wednesday night into thursday for the rain and the wind. For today, partly sunny and 57 in san jose. Mostly cloudy for tomorrow and that rain and wind will move in Late Wednesday night and into thursday. A rainy and windy day on thursday and partly sunny on friday. Good morning to our viewers in the west. It is tuesday january 14th, 2020. Welcome back to cbs this morning. Im gayle king. Iowa voters will hear democratic voters debate tonight before next months caucuses. Senator cory booker will join us in the studio and talk about why he ended his campaign. Firefighters in the west head to australia and find the worst damage they have seen. Im anthony mason. Our eye on money looks at Older Americans sharing homes to pay the bills. Sounds like a good idea. First, here is todays eyeopener at 8 00. Democrats holding 2020s first president ial debate in iowa where caucusgoers will make their picks in less than three weeks. Largest most diverse candidates ever, just six will appear on the debate stage, all of them are white. We should learn more about speaker pelosis time line for transferring the articles of impeachment to the senate. Attorney general bill barr said the shooting was an act of terror. The fbi said the shooter appeared to act alone. Claims of cheating for years, now the general manager and manager of the team are gone. This is the closest that we can get to taal vac no. Tens of thougs trying to get to the town covered in ash. Theres been surprise, not at the outcome but the tone of the queens statement. How gangsta is it the queen is 93 years old and still driving herself. 93 and shes in a range rover like shes in hiphop in the 90s. You could throw some biggie in that clip and it wouldnt look out of place. This mornings eyeopener is presented by toyota, lets go places. Independence, behind the wheel. Behind the wheel. Welcome back to cbs this morning. The last debate before iowas first in the nation caucuses is set for tonight in des moines. Former Vice President joe biden, senator Bernie Sanders, former mayor Pete Buttigieg, senators Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar and Billionaire Tom Steyer made the cut. Its the smallest field yet in a democratic debate. The race in iowa remains tight for the top contenders with biden taking the lead in the newest poll. Former new york mayor bloomberg had the poll numbers to qualify for the debate but he will not be on stage because he does not have enough contributors. The multibillionaire is spending his own money on his campaign. None of the candidates on the stage tonight will be people of color. There are now 12 people running for the democratic nomination. After senator cory booker announced he is suspending his campaign. He did that yesterday. Cory booker joins us at the table to discuss. Full disclosure here, weve been friends for a very long time. Very long time. I cant pretend i dont know you. You cant use any information that will destroy my career. I make no promises about that. I think a lot of supporters thought you would at least hold out and wait until iowa. What was it you saw that you felt that you realized now is the time . It was a twobyfour, one, the impeachment trials are going to take me off the stage. We are running a grassroots campaign. We were gaining ground. Remember, wended the campaign with endorsements in iowa, but not being on the ground to run our race. This one, you just saw it, the debate stage, its kind of a frustrating reality that the polling ahead of some of the people in iowa. But the way it was designed really worked against our campaign. How hard a decision was it for you . Gut wrenching really. You have around this Company People who upended their lives, dedicated themselves, invested their resources. We ran for a very unique mission, which was to try to heal this country, to show the most important urgency to solve big problems is to put more indivisible back into this nation. You were saying love and hope and purpose. Were so polarized, maybe people dont want love and hope and purpose. Do you think about that . I would meet people. One of my first iowa moments, im running to the debate stage and he said, dude, i want you to punch donald trump in the face. I said, dude, thats a felony. The way weve beaten demagogues and fear mongers is not by being like them. The artists in birmingham didnt bring bigger dogs and fire hoses it was being the best we are. We cant surrender being more trumpy to beat trump. For your party to win, they are going to have to put back the obama coalition, put it back together. 10 million voters went to trump or didnt vote at all 2012 to 2016. Who in the field do you think has the ability to gather that group together. The one thing i want to challenge on that is, what we saw when we analyzed the numbers, it wasnt the people that shifted over lets just take africanamericans, thats why its so important to be able to connect authentically with limited experience of africanamericans because the black vote stayed the same. The turnout stayed the same under Hillary Clinton that it was four years earlier under barack obama she would be president right now. It wasnt the people that moved over, it was the people that didnt participate. I want to see whoever is the nominee. Im friends with most of the people running. It is very important that we can inspire, engage, and ignite that whole coalition. Im sure everyone will agree but who can do that . Youre not endorsing anybody would you consider endorsing somebody before the convention. I definitely will consider it, 100 . Right now im going to take a breather, focus on the impeachment trials. I have a Reelection Campaign. Ive got to get started on securing another six years in the senate. Theres that, Reelection Campaign for your senate race. Yes. What do you make of the controversy between Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren at this particular time when were trying to be more united. If anybody i know these folks. Nobody should be attacking their character. They are deeply good people. I see them in rooms where nobody else sees them. Lets keep it to the issues. Im going to be one of those folks, as i was when i was on the debate stage saying lets not in any way did he mean from joe bid demean from joe biden to Amy Klobuchar, these are good human beings. We cant put ourself in a position when we have a nominee people feel some kind of way they dont want to support that nominee. Vice presidency, have you had any conversations to that effect . I have had no conversations. I was so pleased i got to go through the experience and be vetted to be one of Hillary Clintons final choices. It was one of the more thorough investigations. Would you consider im not taking anything off the table. My focus is in jersey and my state and being with my senior senator bob mendes, best dynamic duo. The debate, some people more interested than usual because of the rift between warren and sanders. Take us, as somebody who has been behind the scenes, take us back there and talk about what kind of pacts are created . How much of the debates matter . They matter to my campaign because every time we were on the debate stage, we came out with really good sort of reviews and my fundraising wept through the roof. Thats why missing two of them was a severe blow to our campaign. Behind the scenes i want you to know theres laughing, theres camaraderie, goodness and decency. I wish that came out more on the debate stage because we are a team. Many of us have been working together in the socalled resistance, stopping them from taking away health care, stopping them from doing everything from muslim bans to bad judges. Are you concerned this debate stage now is all white . Im very concerned. I still remember the reaction when Kamala Harris dropped off the stage amongst black women in my life. Wait a minute, wait a minute. Here is a woman that won in california twice, who has been extraordinary, and she couldnt even get to iowa. How can we have a situation that is creating that kind of dynamic. We have got to find a way as a party, as a nation, both parties understand we are a diverse nation. I got to the United States senate, was stunned when i first got there about how little diversity there was on staffs. Schumer worked with me to change a lot of that. We are a better nation when we bring Hidden Figures together with astronauts, we go to the moon. The Democratic Party represents true rainbow coalitions of america has got to do a better job getting more candidates running all levels supporting a system that doesnt benefit big money but really big values. What are the values of our party. Would you run again in 2024. God bless america. Eat some ice cream first. Joking one of the first things drown my sorrows with my two best friends ben jerry. I love the values that got me into this president ial race. I really believe this nation has to understand patriotism is love of country. You cannot love your country unless you love your fellow countrymen. No bitterness, cory, you worked so hard, had so much support. Im curious how youre feeling. It comes down to money. It has to bother you the billionaires are in the race. We all have moments in our career where i still remember a story, unearned suffering is redemptive. Im not going to be here and bitter. I had one of the best years of my entire life running around this country talking about the highest values of this nation and how our civic spaces need to reflect the values of the people. We need a revival of grace, goodness and decency. I found this in the senate. Brown said hard to hit pull people in. My relationship with republicans has enabled me to do a lot of good, pass criminal justice reform. We have to get back. Right now the competitions of russians, chinese, weve got to get back together to do big things as a country. Something tells me we havent seen the last of senator cory booker. I have a lot of movies to make up for i didnt go to. Not bitter but eating ice cream. I have to get back on my diet soon. Thank you very much. Ahead on cbs this morning, a st. Louis prosecutor explains her new lawsuit racist efforts to stop criminal justice a breezy start to the day with cold temperatures in digging 40s and 50s. A few isolated showers as we start of the day. A stronger storm system with widespread rain and wind will arrive Late Wednesday and into thursday. Today, 56, fremont, 57, san jose. Partly sunny today and rainy and wednesday, wendy on thursday. We have much more news ahead. Hear that music . A great number of Older Americans are getting roommates just like thank you for being a friend golden girls. In our toyota greenroom, not a golden girl. Not yet. This trend could benefit somebody you know. Well be right back. Has the trend this morning. Youre watching cbs this morning. Well be right back. You would see the biggest gift would be from me i felt gross. It was kind of a shock after i started cosentyx. Four years clear. 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Louis today to expose what they say are coordinated and racist efforts to block criminal justice reform. They are supporting the citys chief prosecutor who filed a landmark federal lawsuit yesterday against her own city and its main police union. She claims she is being forced out. The union called the lawsuit the last act of a desperate woman. Jeff pegues spoke to the chief prosecutor kim gardner in an interview you will see first on cbs this morning. Jeff, good morning to you. Reporter good morning. Gardner is the first africanamerican circuit attorney here in the city of st. Louis, and she will be joined here today by seven other black prosecutors, black female prosecutors from seven other states. Y they say they have experienced similar attacks as they try to Reform Police departments in their states. This is not about a single case or issue facing the city of st. Louis prosecutors. This is the Fair Administration of justice. Reporter in the new lawsuit, st. Louis chief prosecutor kim gardner alleges her civil rights were violated. The 32page document cites the Klu Klux Klan act, a rarely used law passed after the civil war. It alleges the city and its police union attempted to intimidate, silence, and sideline her from bringing criminal justice reform, including an independent team to investigate all policeinvolved shootings. But the police union pushed back against that . Yes, they have. Reporter the complaint alleges the Officers Association had gone out of its way to support white officers accused of perpetrating agents of violence against africanamerican citizens. It includes the case of michael brown, the teenager who was black, was shot and killed by white Police Officer darren wilson. Wilson was never charged and later resigned. The lawsuit says the Police Union Leader was outspoken in his support for wilson. The fact that you are filing this lawsuit, is that not a sign that you are losing this fight to reform . No, its a sign that we are not going to lose. We are going to promote the will of the people and we want to make it where other reformed prosecutors who come after us are able to go even further than what we are able do. Reporter in her complaint she clues anonymous threatening letters. Grietens was accused of computer tamp rang and invasion of privacy. All charges were dropped, but he resigned. Public officials get hate mail. Is what you are receiving different you think . Yes, it is. Reporter the lawsuit highlights a watchdog report that identified more than 400 racist and offensive posts by current and former st. Louis city Police Officers. Something we reported on last year in a cbs news investigation when we spoke to a 19year veteran of st. Louis city pd. Do you think that there are White Supremacists on the police force . Yes. I think so. Reporter you didnt even pause. Yeah. Have you seen some of the facebook posts of some of our suspended officers right now . Yes. Reporter we asked gardner about that. I believe that there are some individuals that have race issues on the Police Department. But you need to ask the Police Department what are they doing about that. Reporter in a statement the city of st. Louis denied her allegations against it and says it fully expects to be vindicated in a court of law. This woman needs to go. She is a menace to society. Reporter in a radio interview last september local Police Union Leader said gardner should be removed. By force or by choice. Reporter what did you think when you heard that . I think that was a threat. He is able to speak unchecked without any repercussions, and thats not okay. Reporter in a statement, he calls this lawsuit a frantic ploy to deflect attention from an investigation into gardners alleged mishandling of the case against former governor grietens. You have become a lightning rod. Have you thought about just stepping away, resigning . I stand on the shoulders of people who paved the way for me. What if the other civil rights leaders decide its too hard in where we would be now . Its about standing up for whats right. Reporter jeff rorta was named in that lawsuit, but he declined a request for an oncamera interview. As for the private investigator that gardner hired in the grietens case, he was indicted last june on multiple perjury charges. He denies he did anything wrong. But the whole case raises questions about gardners conduct. What did she know about his alleged crime . She denies doing anything wrong. Quite a story. A lot of layers. Let me can you this. Why did kim gardner go to an outside investigatetory look into the governors alleged misconduct, the former governor . Reporter well, that is a really good question because it speaks to the bad blood, mistrust between the st. Louis city pd and gardner. Thats why she did not trust the local police force to help in that investigation, and thats why she went to this former fbi agent to help her investigate the former governor. All right. When you dont trust your own Police Department and you are the prosecutor. Thank you very much, jeff. American firefighters are describing the huge challenges of deploying to australia. Ahead, how they are coping with being so far from home. You are watching cbs this morning. Not to mention the fires. Im tom steyer and i approve this message. Climate is the number 1 priority. I would declare a state of emergency on day 1. Congress has never passed an important climate bill, ever. This is a problem that continues to get worse. Ive spent a decade fighting and beating oil companies. Stopping pipelines. Stopping fossil fuel plants, ensuring clean energy across the country. How are we going to pull this country together . We take on the biggest challenge in history, we save the world and do it together. 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Its not legal for him to do that. He has been arrested a whole bunch of times. He is getting a lot of tension. He is 57 years old. Still doing that. Well, what do you got . A tease for the story on senio seniors moving in with each other. I am not ready for that. Come to america. All right. I need help settling what has become an epic food fight taking place on twitter between my wife and me. Im on team katie. You dont know what it is. Help him out. On saturday while im cooking dinner, mind you, my wife sneaks off, gets her phone and puts this on twitter. Settle an argument. Tony decoping thinks it doesnt matter what side dish or appetizer you serve with an entree. For instance, hummus and carrots before thai lettuce wraps. This came up because i was making a salmon dish with coconut and then we had potatoes and rosemary. I was like, that goes together. She said no. Who knew . To you finish. They are discrete dishes. I experience one and then experience another. Its like two songs on the radio. You can listen to sinatra and guns n roses, they are not the same song, they are separate. They are not. I dont cook, but i think that but you eat. Guns n roses on the same mix tape and sinatra . Possibly. No, you wouldnt. Who is making mix tapes anymore . It seems like the flavors should flow together in some kind of fashion. Again, i dont cook. I know you do. Katie does, too. It seems like there should be some kind of structure, something that goes together. Have you heard from people who know the answer to this . Well, i mean, the professional Chef Community sides with katie on this one. There you go. Tom kaliko. He knows. He said to have the mixed flavors is a non sequitor. Its like going off on a tangent. Have you lost the popular vote . I tell you this. I won vlad. That is like winning the popular vote. Now you have heard, do you side with katie im siding with tony. Camaraderie. Thats simple. Katie is right. You are right, mrs. Katie dokoupil. We told you about this guy last week, handing out money to people on the streets to see if money makes you happier. He has a lot of bucks. Now he is offering a lucky lady a trip to the moon. His name is wahwah . Anthony, leave me alone. I did the best i could. It was a hard one. Japanese is not my first language. He will be the first private passenger to take a ride on elon musk rocket into space. He wants to take somebody special. He recently broke up with his girlfriend. So taking applications from single women age 20 or over with a bright personality who is always positive. Im over 40. Im always positive. I dont think you are going on a space trip. Applications are due by friday. A final decision on a partner will be made at the end of march. Something tells me, he is a billionaire, he will have a lot of takers for this. You dont want to go to space. No, i dont think i will be one of them. That was fun. Okay. In todays eye on money, Senior Citizens are getting creative to make ends meet financially. Many are getting roommates. More than 33 of americans over the age of 65 and older do not have money saved for retirement. Thats not good. In 2017, 70 more seniors lived with roommates than a decade before. Jill schlesinger met two strangers who lived together in new york to save money. Hey, bert, i cant hear the tv with the record going. Reporter living with roommates if you want to live here, i dont want to see you, i dont want to hear you. Reporter its not just for the golden girls. We had save a lot of money. Reporter just ask paul covington. Since retiring about six years ago he relied exclusively on Social Security without any savings. The 81yearold needed help paying his mortgage, so jim english, a perfect stranger, moved in. We signed an agreement. This was more of a formal process, which i liked a lot. Reporter covington and english were matched through the new York Foundation for Senior Citizens. A Nonprofit Organization that facilitates living arrangements for seniors in need. What were you nervous about at the time . Paying my mortgage. Im paying less than what i would if i was on my own by at least a few hundred. Reporter after five months of english contributing to the mortgage and utilities, covington was able to save 3,000. With the money coming in, do you feel more comfortable . Its like a step into heaven. Reporter really . In terms of being relieved of, you know, the economic pressure. Reporter covington and english say the benefits go beyond their bank accounts. I think people should be more in contact. Something like this, i think it would work for a lot of people. So i would recommend it strongly. My daughter and my other two sons very excited for me that i have a roommate and that im under supervision. Reporter dual supervision . Yeah. Reporter i like that. I think this is a very good idea, Jill Schlesinger joining us at the table. Was it always for same sex people . They are not trying to be romantic . No, this is not any sort of dating service. This is living arrangements. Exactly. And i think its really interesting because we saw in those stats a lot of people having a hard time in retirement. If you are considering Something Like this, its important to remember that seniors are also targets for scammers. So unless you are working with an organization, youve got to have your guard up a little bit, right . If you dont have an organization in your town, you have to get steeled. Do a little bit of a background check. You want to have a contract or a lease. But if possible, certainly use an organization. Do they have rules . There are rules. And whats interesting is there are boundaries. Now, of course, you make those boundaries once you find who the other person is. But, for example, for these two men, they dont want to have meals together. They want to live together, be respectful of one another, but they go their own way when it comes to meals. How involved should family members are in Something Like this . In this case, the owners son actually found the organization. He said, you know, my father was struggling and he was having a hard time paying the mortgage, as you heard. When you talk to them now, they talk about how the families love each other. It was almost as if they were bringing someone new into the family and really was so sort of like energizing to be around pota both of them who seem to be in a happier place. If a roommate in older age terrifies you, what can you do now . There are a lot of people not ready to face retirement. Be nice to your kids . Yeah, thats a good one. Thats a very good one. But two different people to consider. If you are in your 30s, 40s, 50s, you want to save more. But if you are later in life, its hard to make up ground by going through your budget. So if you realize there is a big problem, i think you have a conversation with your kids or any relatives. You are honest. You reveal everything. Then you can come up with a game plan. Maybe its a coliving arrangement with the family, maybe somebody else, one of these organizations. Maybe, maybe it could be a vee verse mortgage if you own property, but you have to be very careful with these products. They are complicated. You need another opinion. Get a Financial Advisor involved. Get an Estate Planning attorney involved. You get people talking. That is the best way. Do they have a conatin jinsy plan . There is actually a contract. And there is a 30day out for each side. So they can give 30 days notice. Whats interesting is, lets say that they Stay Together for years. Now its been months, right . Lets say this really does work. Maybe i asked them would you consider making different arrangements . For example, if the owner of the property dies, what happens to this person . Does he get evicted after 30 days . Should there be an attorney who says, look, we are going to give them three months or six months to get out if a death occurs . I love the arrangement because i think it really does fuel both of them. They feel like they are happier together than living alone and it does address some of the loneliness issues. They both have family that live nearby. They say this arrangement is so nice dom home to somebody. They joke about supervision. It is nice. You have somebody looking out for you just in case. Both ways. I would like that if you do that with a male platonic friend. I would rather have a male roommate. Why, because women are dirty . No, i like the different dynamic. We think differently. You dont know. You could live with me. I could take care of you. I am a good roommate. I am, too. Good with money. She is good with finances. All right. Thank you very much. More than 100 american firefighters are helping battle the huge bushfires tearing through australia. Ahead, whether they think massive fires like those in australia could one day be seen righ good Tuesday Morning to you. A breezy start to the day with breezy and as we head to the afternoon partly sunny and breezy. Highs in the low 50s for the coast, mid50s for the bay and inland. San francisco, 53. 57, san jose. A strong storm system a role in Late Wednesday and into thursday. The huge bushfires tearing tom steyer no child should have to worry about finding good food in school. So, when my wife kat and i learned California Public School Children couldnt get Fresh Produce in the cafeteria, we took action. We partnered with local farmers, school kitchens, a nonprofit. That program now serves over 300 million healthy meals every year. The difference between words and actions matters. Thats a lesson washington dc could use, right now. Im tom steyer and i approve this message. 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Reporter the american firefighters we spoke to have spent decades fighting wildfires across the west. They say they cant believe the amount of destruction these fires have caused in australia. You can see how flames just ripped through this area. And the damage goes on for miles. The americans who come to australia to help with the massive firefighting effort say this is nothing like theyve ever seen. What have you been surprised by . The extent of this fire. The length of it, the depth of it, the amount of structures that its impacted is pretty breathtaking. Well fly this for an hour, and well never get out of the burn area. Reporter jay carl is helping coordinate air operations. He left his family behind in colorado, including his 7monthold son, to lend his support. I do miss them a lot. And you know, thinking about having four more weeks, 3. 5 more weeks over here, it gets challenging. But we have technology and, you know, facetime. First day reporter his family sends videos to keep his spirits up. Live communication with the 18hour time difference is difficult. The windows are very narrow. Sometimes youre hoping you can get two minutes in just to say good night to the kids and good night to your loved ones. Reporter american firefighters in australia are facing new terrain, new terminology. Like raf crews. We dont even have those back home. Couple of those reporter and a shift in tactics because of the sheer scale of these bushfires. Jason loomis works for the u. S. National park service as a Fire Management specialist. When you learned you were coming here, what went through your mind . Yeah, i was super excited, but at the same time pretty anxious. We saw the coverage for explosive conditions when we were deployed. Then youre going to a foreign country. Theres little subtle nuances that you have to contend with. Reporter its not the first time crews from the two country have worked together. Im michael hi, im amy. Reporter australians have helped battle american blazes in the past. [ applause ] americans were cheered when they arrived in sydney last week. Fire management officer Bart Kicklighter was among them. How did that feel to get such a warm reception . It felt it really good. It felt like we were respected as we respect them. It felt good to come over and return the favor to fight fire over here. Reporter for australian firefighters mark williams, the feeling is mutual. How have the americans been to work with . Fantastic. Come on, guys experts in their field. They fit in seamlessly. Its funny, a new accent. Apart from that, firefighting is firefighting. Reporter while battling wildfires is challenging no matter where you are in the world, australias thick brush, hotter than normal temperatures, and low humidity have created the perfect firestorm. We werent knowing for sure what we were getting into. We just knew it was chaotic, and it was bigger and greater than anything we had ever seen. I think just all the conditions came together and aligned. Its what were seeing here. Reporter we could see something similar at home . We certainly could. Whether we see a millionacre fire or not, i dont know. I hope not. Certainly the conditions are there for it. Reporter the american crews are here for 30 days. There are still many hot spots that need to be put out. And while Better Weather conditions are predicted for this week, it is only the beginning of australias fire season. More americans could be asked to come over in the next several months. For cbs this morning, jamie yuccas, australia. They want to go. One of my favorite scenes was when they got off the planes in australia at the airport they got cheered. The people started i like the when the australian firefighter said theres weird accents from the americans. No, you have the weird accents. Were doing it right. That battle is far from over. A millionacre fire. Exactly. Before we go, how a third grader cried, well, tears of joy because of the anniversary of michigans marching band. Youre going to like this story. Well be right back. Will invisalign aligners really work for my smile. Is there a better alternative to braces . Only invisalign aligners use smarttrack technology. It moves teeth more comfortably and predictably. And in many cases, it works faster than braces. upbeat music before we go, tears of pure joy from a 9yearold marching band super fan. Henry boyer loves to play drums and the piano and is obsessed with the university of michigans marching bands. He wrote the university a letter saying i really like your football team, especially your marching bands, and id love to sign up. The unexpected happened. He got a response just last week. What did they say . They said they will accept me in a few years. Into what . Into the marching band. Oh, wow. Yeah. Love that. The band sent henry marching band swag, and his mom told cbs this morning hes been practicing even more. Congratulations, henry boyer. As you work your way out and about we are seeing stop and go conditions mostly on the bay bridge. Slow and go on the east shore freeway. Westbound 80 is slow heading toward the bridge. A crash on west 92 right at modesto boulevard. Making traffic very busy as you, and the southbound side of 880 getting onto 92 and the san mateo bridge. Tracking some isolated showers on high def doppler for milpitas as well as san jose. Otherwise, sunshine as well. As we head through the afternoon, partly sunny skies and breezy for the coast and the bay. Low 50s for the coast, mid50s for the bay and also inland. Just a few hours ago the moms in children who live in this home were evicted. We are at the corner of 30th and magnolia in west oakland. At the time, the children were not home. Two of the moms work. The Sheriffs Office came with but look like military type gear with armor on and guns drawn. They knock down the door of 2928 magnolia. The children were fortunately not here at the time. One mother not home at the time said that this was all worth it. She has been blown away by the outpouring of support and she will continue this fight. Kpix 5. Im tom steyer and i approve this message. Climate is the number 1 priority. I would declare a state of emergency on day 1. Congress has never passed an important climate bill, ever. This is a problem that continues to get worse. Ive spent a decade fighting and beating oil companies. Stopping pipelines. Stopping fossil fuel plants, ensuring clean energy across the country. How are we going to pull this country together . We take on the biggest challenge in history, we save the world and do it together. Wayne ha ha, i got you whats up, wayne . Im going for door number two. Jonathan its a trip to ireland. Gold rush cat its going good. 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