Potelldangous problems. And paul rudd in studio 57. How he searches for a better life in his newest role and ends up living with a happier version of himself. How do you do that . s esday, october 16th, 2019. Heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. I want to give a reality check here to elizabeth. She has yet to describe her tax plan. Your signature, senator, is to have a plan for everything, except this. Warrens rivals pile on. I went on the floor and got you votes. I got votes for that bill. I convinced people to vote for it. I am deeply grateful to president obama. Nancy pelosi is holding off on a vote to authorize a formal impeachment inquiry. This as Rudy Giuliani refuses to comply with a subpoena. This is not a game for us. Mike pence and secretary of state mike pompeo head to turkey today. The turkish president is saying he is not worried about sanctions. Prodemocracy hong kong demonstrators trample and burn the jersey of lebron james after he made comments they say are against their fight. I help my teammates on continuing to help on something thats going to benefit us. An explosion sparked a massive fire at a refinery in california. Ordered thousands to stay indoors. All that you better get it, girl. A 16yearold working it at her High School Football game in atlanta. And all that matters. 12 candidates crowded the stage for the largest president ial primary debate in u. S. History. Candidates are supposed to multiply as the debates go on. So, please, america, please remember to have your candidate spayed or neutered. We cant handle any more. Announcer on cbs this morning. Heres the pitch, the fastball is hit into the air to leftcenter field, and he makes the catch he makes the catch bang the fireworks the National League championship winning w is in the books and for the First Time Since 1933, well have a world series in the Nations Capital unbelievable announcer this mornings eye opener is presented by toyota. Lets go places. Bliss. Well talk about that later. I like trevor noahs take on spaying or neutering. Thats a new way to look at it. Yes. Way to go, trevor. Hes got a good point. Welcome to cbs this morning. We begin with this, the biggest president ial debate sparked divisions amongst the democratic president ial hopefuls as candidates took aim at the newest frontrunner. It often seemed like it was eleven against one. Senator warren, the rising candidate in the polls, faced most of the questions from the others on the stage last night. Warrens opponents challenged her on everything from her Health Care Plan to her proposed tax on wealth. They also had a lot to say about President Trump. Ed okeefe filed this report earlier from outside the debate site in westerville, ohio. Reporter well, good morning, anthony. It was the fourth round of debates in the democratic president ial primary, but the first stood against the backdrop of impeachment. And on that issue, there was near universal agreement. Donald trump needs to be held accountable. Trump is the most corrupt president in the history of this country. I started the need to Impeach Movement reporter all 12 candidates in agreement on one topic, impeaching President Trump. I swore an oath to do my job as a senator, do my duty. This president has violated his. I will do mine. Reporter and former Vice President joe biden tried once again to move the discussion away from his son, hunter, and his work in ukraine. My son did nothing wrong. I did nothing wrong. Reporter but it was massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren who has been rising in the polls and became a new target. Sometimes i think that senator warren is more focused on being punitive or pitting some part of the country against the other. Reporter she was hit on her plan for a wealthax. The problem is that its been tried in germany, france, denmark, sweden, and all of those countries ended up repealing it. Reporter and for once again refusing to say whether her Health Care Plan would raise taxes on the middle class. Your signature, senator, is to have a plan for everything, except this. Medicare for all is the gold standard. We can pay for this. Ive laid out the basic principles. Costs are going to go up for the wealthy. Theyre going to go up for big corporations. They will not go up for middleclass families. At the end of the day, the overwhelming majority of people will save money on their health care bills. But i do think it is appropriate to acknowledge that taxes will go up. At leastberns being honest here and saying how hes going to pay for this and that taxes are going to go up. And im sorry, elizabeth, but you have not said that. Everyone also agreed, the president s troop withdrawal from syria was a mistake. You have an erratic, crazy president who knows not a damn thing about foreign policy. Think about how absurd it is that this president is caging kids on the border and effectively letting isis prisoners run free. Reporter but they disagreed over how long u. S. Troops should remain. You would continue to support having u. S. Troops in syria for an indefinite period of time. You can put an end to endless war without embracing Donald Trumps policies will you end the regime change war is the question . What were doing or what we were doing in syria was keeping our word. Reporter meanwhile, the night ended with big news from Bernie Sanders who earned the endorsement of two wellknown liberals, minnesota congresswoman ilhan omar announced that shes backing his president ial bid, and cbs news has learned that new york congresswoman alexandria ocasiocortez is set to endorse sanders on saturday. Thats a big get for him considering that she has a Wide National following and was also hotly pursued by senator warren. Anthony . Thank you. Major garrett is with us this morning. Good morning. Good morning. Warren was suddenly the target and the center of everything last night. How did she handle being the frontrunner . With poise, passion, and on medicare for all, evasion. Shes made a tactical decision that she doesnt need to answer this tax question, that her supporters are going to stick with her and that she can ride this out. Is that the right decision . We will find out. Voters will tell us about this, but she had every opportunity last night to just say what Bernie Sanders had said keep the gap between them as narrow as possible. She didnt. Shes tactically decided, this is not going to make or break her campaign. Shes going to stick with the approach shes had. Historically, shes been very successful. She has without a doubt one the most disciplined and Effective Campaign so far. She has not only taken over the progressive lane, shes become the most leading candidate in this, and you saw last night, when youre getting all the incoming, you know youre at the top of the heap. This was joe bidens first debate since questions about his sons role in ukraine. Hes now kind of cofront remember runner. Did he respond to the criticisms of his son overseas effectively . There was a simple question put to the former Vice President. You put out a statement sunday that no one in your family if elected can be on any boards. If it is not okay when youre president , why was it not okay when you were Vice President . He evaded that answer just like Elizabeth Warren evaded the question about taxes for medicaid for all. If he thinks this questions going to go away, he might be right for the primaries. Maybe the democrats wont harangue him on this. I know someone who will, the president of the united states. Thats right. Youd better come up with an answer. Well, they have time for that, for sure. Bernie sanders certainly didnt evade anything. This is the first time weve seen him since his heart attack and everybody was watching. Supporters, can they walk away saying bernies still got it. I think so. His performance last night was solid and recognizable in every sense. No hint at all that he had had this health scare. And i think its interesting to note that these endorsements will try to reset the campaign, put some new energy and life into it, in the sense that youve got aocs endorsement. Yes, which is interesting, because in 2016, he was not the candidate who sought or thought endorsements were important. Her name was hillary clinton. But now hes playing the endorsement game because he needs someone on the outside to say this campaign is still viable and has energy. Thats an important reset. What about the lower end of the candidate spectrum . Anyone stand out in so, i said before here that i think geographically positioned, Amy Klobuchar has the best opportunity to be that alternative in iowa, if democratic voters are looking for an alternative. She used her time well last night, effective, aggressive, and also, i think youve got to look at andrew yang and Pete Buttigieg. Again, there were these deserts camera for long stretches. Not o this debate desert when you have 12 people so many people out there. And three hours. But Pete Buttigieg and andrew yang, once they got the mics, used their time very effectively. Going to need a wider angle on that stage. Major garrett, thank you very much. Well see if any of this moves the polls. More spaying and neutering. Meanwhile in washington, House Democrats say theyre rejecting republican pressure to formally authorize their impeachment inquiry. Speaker nancy pelosi said last night that investigators will keep working to find what she calls a path to the truth. Nancy cordes is on capitol hill. Nancy, the list of officials who are not cooperating with this inquiry seems to be growing. Reporter yes. Youve now got the department of defense, the Vice President , mike pence, and the president s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, all ignoring congressional deadlines to hand over documents. They essentially say they wont comply with what they view as an illegitimate investigation, and they want a voteinquiry. But for now, theyre not going to get one. At this time we will not be having a vote. Reporter after meeting with democratic leaders, House Speaker nancy pe annoued her decision has not changed and a vote is not required. The white house says its not cooperating in part because theres not been a vote to formalize the impeachment inquiry. Why not hold the vote and call the white houses bluff . Were not here to call bluffs. Were here to find the truth to uphold the constitution of the united states. This is not a game for us. Reporter there was more dramatic testimony tuesday, this time from Deputy Assistant secretary of state george kent, who says he was told to lay low after he complained that Rudy Giulianis efforts in ukraine were undermining u. S. Foreign policy. Texts and emails indicate giuliani and two u. S. Diplomats, kurt volker and gordon sondland, urged ukrainian officials to investigate mr. Trumps campaign rival, joe biden, and his son, a message the president reiterated in a july phone call with his ukrainian counterpart. We have learned that call was not an isolation. There was a great deal of eparatory work that was done before the call. Reporter kent told lawmakers he was instructed to leave ukraine policy to the socalled three amigos, volker, sondland, and secretary of energy rick perry. With evidence mounting, republicans have dialed back their defense of the president. Heres a news flash President Trump is not geniuses. Reporter instead, theyre taking aim at the inquiry itself, blasting it as unfair. This is a Kangaroo Court at best right now. Reporter lawmakers are going to hear today from michael mckinley, a former top adviser to pompeo. He served in the state department for 37 years but resigned last week. Nancy, thank you. Today a Bipartisan Group of congressional leaders will go to the white house to discuss the crisis in syria caused by turkeys invasion. New video shows turkish artillery firing on kurds in syria. Vice president mike pence is heading to the region to press for a ceasefire as turkeys president gave kurdish fighters a deadline of tonight to leave a designated area along the border. Charlie dagata, whos near the conflict zone in neighboring iraq shows us russias growing role. Reporter well, the Vice President may be headed to turkey, but president erdogan has already said we will never declare a ceasefire. One person he is speaking to, russian president vladimir putin, another indication of russias lead role on and off the battlefield. Its not just Syrian Regime forces carving up kurdish territory. The flags on those military vehicles are russian, and its president putin who now ultimately controls the flashpoint city of manbij, an area once dominated by u. S. Forces and their kurdish allies. Reporters from russian tv channels were seen mocking america in a showandtell of the abandoned u. S. Military base there. Mess halls with food trays, stocked refrigerators, footballs, halfeaten doughnuts, suggesting the troops left in a hurry. Cbs news has learned that u. S. Forces across northeast syria have retreated to larger bases like kobani to begin airlifting heavy equipment, but its a risky operation. When turkishbacked militias, extremists made up of former al qaeda and isis fighters, came too close to an american unit, the u. S. Responded with a show of force. Apache helicopters like this buzzing in low to deter the fighters from advancing any further. As the war zone widens, civilians escaping the violence are running out of places to hide, with many now passing into neighboring iraq. Russian tv is reporting today that Syrian Forces had taken control of bases left behind by u. S. Troops. Now, weve seen our share of bases like manbij. Usually almost everything is packed away, but that looked like a place frozen in time. Thank you, charlie. The british parents of a young man killed in a Traffic Accident declined to meet with an American Woman responsible for the crash. Charlotte charles and tim dunn met President Trump at the white house yesterday. They rejected his surprise offer to meete sacoolas, who was waiting nearby. She left the country after the crash, claiming diplomatic immunity. The crash killed harry dunn. His parents say President Trump did not seem responsive to their request to have sacoolas return to the uk to face justice. Charlotte charles and tim dunn will be here next hour to tell us about that meeting with the president and why they decided not to meet Anne Sacoolas in person, an interview only on cbs this morning. Now to hong kong where embattled leader carrie lam was shouted down as she tried to deliver an important annual speech. [ speaking Foreign Language ] that chaotic scene follows controversial comments by nba star lebron james, who appeared to support china, rather than prodemocracy demonstrators. His remarks outraged protesters who are also punishing brands that appear to take chinas side. Ramie ino sensa is in hong kong. How are protesters showing their anger . Reporter good morning. Whether its the nba or u. S. Companies like starbucks, businesses basically have to toe this fine line between principles as well as profits. A case in point, the starbucks right behind me has been vandalized over and over and over again. Thats because the hong kong Franchise Owner has condemned these prodemocracy protests. Bottom line, really, though, is that all roads lead to china and all rage leads to china, too. The anger was swift. Lebron james, a beloved athlete in hong kong, was now the target. Protesters here burned and trampled his jerseys. But back home, james stood tall and doubled down. You know, if you feel passionate about it, talk about it. If youre not if you dont have a lot of knowledge about it or you dont quite understand it, i dont think you should talk about it. Reporter lebron, famous for speaking up for the disadvantaged, controversially challenged Houston Rockets general manager daryl moreys tweet in support of the hong kong protesters, seemingly affecting lebrons and the leagues bottom line. Evan osnos is a staff writer for new yorker magazine. And he made the choice that he had to say something, and there wasnt a whole lot of things that he could have said, but this was clearly not the thing that lived up to the image that he has carved out for himself and that people hold him to. Reporter lebron james net worth of roughly 450 million nearly compares to a Large Corporation and a large portion of that revenue can be linked to china. The nba says the countrys pro basketball fans are more than double the population of the united states. And for james, thats too big a market to ignore. Lebron is a unique figure in that world. And so, for him, he risks in his mind not only hurting potentially the league, but also hurting his own significant profile there. Reporter besides the nba, protesters here may also be targeting other u. S. Companies. That includes apple as well as with mcdonalds. Now, with the iphone maker, thats because the company pulled an app on its Chinese App Store that could let protesters here basically find, target, and avoid the hong kong police. And as with mcdonalds, get this, the company here is majority owned by a chinese company. Anthony. Ramy, thank you. Tens of millions of americans are bracing for a nasty noreaster today into tomorrow. 2 to 6 inches of rain could cause flash flood