To a woman while at a College Party in the 1980s. But late sunday, the times iraqed a clarification. The female student declined to be interviewed, and friends say she does not recall the incident. Today democratic senator chris coons said he was aware of the allegations during the confirmation hearings and wrote the fbi asking it to investigate. I think it was too narrow, too brief and too constrained around the American People deserve to know why. I brett m. Reporter kavanaugh was narrowly confirmed after a gut wrenching day of testimony from him and Christine Blasey ford who accused him of assaulting her at a High School Party. Speaking publicly for the first time or the to thetimes reporters, fores close friend Leland Kaiser who said she didnt believe fords account and it just didnt make any sense. She said she told the fbi that fords allies pressured her to say otherwise. Now all four people that ford identified as being at that High School Party in the summer of 191982 have now s
Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Shortly before midnight, tens of thousands of members of the United Auto Workers went on strike at General Motors. Facilities in nine states have shut down after contract talks broke down. Its the unions First National strike in more than a decade. Negotiations are supposed to start up again later on this morning. And Laura Podesta is here in new york. Do we know how far apart the two sides are right now . Repter ell,ccording to the unions Vice President , they are very far apart on a deal for a new fouryear contract. Thats why the decision to strike was made. Its not an easy decision either because during this time gm workers will make a strike wage of just 250 a week. [ cheers ] General Motors workers across the country walked off the job at midnight. More than 49,000 members of the United Auto Workers went on strike after contract negotiations failed. We are standi
Both called 911 on the day of the violent rampage. Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Hurricane dorian weakened to a categorythree storm overnight with 120 mileperhour winds. Its expected to move dangerously close to floridas east coast later on today. More than a Million People from florida, georgia, and South Carolina have been ordered to evacuate. Hurricane watches and warnings remain in effect across parts of those states, and nearly 4,500 members of the National Guard are also at the ready in florida. Cbs news weather producer David Parkinson is tracking dorians path. Well, good morning. The storm has not moved. Dorian is just stationary. Look at it, its spinning 100 or so miles off the florida coast. The winds now 120 Miles Per Hour, and it is not moving. It hasnt moved since about 7 00 p. M. Last night. A wider look shows you that we need that little area of brown, that trough, to start picking
Disaster at sea, 25 people confirmed dead after a dive boat burns off the california coast trapping tourists below deck. We hear from a couple who rescued five survivors. And finding innocent inmates. Hear from three wrongly convicted men released in a new effort by philadelphias District Attorney to shake up the Justice System. Its tuesday, september 3rd, 2019. Heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Please pray for us. Please pray for us, everyone. We are in the midst of an historic tragedy. Reporter Hurricane Dorian continues to pummel the bahamas. A category 3 storm battering the islands shredding homes and leaving miles of debris. A very dangerous and deadly hurricane. Millions of americans are under mandatory Evacuation Orders. A boat carrying dozens of people bursts into flames off the california coast. At least 25 people have died. You couldnt ask for a worse situation. The Trump Administration has walked back a plan to end deportation protections for sick, undocumen
There was some relief earlier today in the form of rain to help put out the embers in huge fields like this one. But it was short lived and the dry season could last until november. John . Dickerson thank you. Manny, in brazil. Today the department of defense and Veterans Affairs began an important meeting in nashville to discuss new ways to prevent military suicides. About 20 veterans take their own lives each day. A hotline launched in 2007 has answered more than 3. 5 million calls sending emergency help to nearly 100,000 people. Dean reynolds gives us an inside look. Are you having any suicidal thoughts today . Have you ever attempted suicide . Reporter at the Veterans Crisis line in canandaigua, new york, the calls come in all day and all night. Can you put the knife in a safe place . What did you do with the nail gun . Reporter 1700 calls every day from veterans on the brink. Cbs news was given rare access to the v. A. s responders and their literally lifesaving conversations. Rig