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No no longer wants a ban on flavored Electronic Cigarettes over fear of job losses. Venice was hit sunday by a record third exceptional tide in one week. The city continues to suffer from extreme levels of flooding. All that my soul train award was a huge hit. Im a little dangerous show you and all that matters ive been ready for three years. Ive been deied for three years. Controversial quarterback Colin Kaepernick was to take part in a private workout for the nfl, but he abruptly canceled the event to hold his own workout instead. He dont want to playment he wants to be a martyr. On cbs this morning. Killers murderers drug dealers rapper kanye west is again stealing the show. He appeared with televangelist joel osteen. He brought the cultural phenomenon he calls sunday service to lakewood church. God show me the way because the devils trying to break me down the only thing that i pray is that my feet dont fail me now that will help church attendance. I was going to say, my church isnt like that. Welcome to cbs this morning. Were going to start this morning in hong kong where theres a standoff at one of hong kongs universities where protesters are facing a new ultimate matum from police. Demonstrators who spent days trying to keep police from getting into the campus are now desperately trying to get out. This Morning Police used teargas and rubber bullets on students and called on them to surrender. Its just one of many flashpoints some the runup to a new election in Hong Kong Scheduled for sunday. Ramy no their encio has more. What are you seeing now . Reporter good morning. 400 to 500 antigovernment demonstrators are barricaded in the red brick building behind me. They have been in the standoff for the past few days. As you said, they are encircled by police. Looking ahead, these protesters say they dont want to leave in part because they want to keep fighting, and theyre also afraid of getting arrested. Police pushed past student barricades and into hong kongs prestigious polytechnic university. Early monday, the universitys president appealed to protesters to abandon violence. But as some students attempted to leave the campus, they were threatened by approaching law enforcement. The culmination of a days long standoff. Police armed with riot gear, teargas, and Water Cannons. Students stationed behind homemade barricades, equipped with makeshift catapults, slingshots, and petrol bombs. At one point, protesters forced a Police Vehicle to turn back after hitting it with a flurry of explosive fire. Some were even seen with bows and arrows and photos show an arrow piercing an officers leg. These protesters attacked an ambulance in an effort to free an injured woman who was also under arrest. And this protester, identified only as matthew, said, i do want to leave, but i wont because there are still a lot of people here, and it is not safe. Now, in a press conference earlier, police said that protesters targeting officers are committing murderous act. So far, about 40 people have already been arrested in the standoff that has been going on if more than 24 hours. Looking ahead, this campus, this university along with universities across the territory are set to close for tomorrow and possibly for the rest of this week. Jericka . Continues to escalate there. Ramy, thank you. Four people were killed in an ambushstyle shooting overnight at a party in alifornia. Investigators say ten people were shot in the neighborhood in fresno, a little more than three hours north of los angeles. Six were wounded. Jonathan vigliotti has the latest. What do we know . Reporter good morning. At least 35 people were gathered in the back yard of the home to watch football. At some point, the group was ambushed by gunfire, and the party of family and friends turned into a scene of chaos and confusion. In all, ten people were shot when police say a suspect or suspects semiconductor suspect or suspects snuck into the back yard. Detectives went door to door overnight searching for witnesses and possible Security Camera footage. Police say at this time there is flow no indication the victims knew the suspect or suspect. The victims were asian males between 25 and 30 years old. There were several women and children at this party. None of them were injured. Federal agents from San Francisco are assisting in the investigation. Police have not said at this point what type of weapon was used in the attack. The motive is also unclear. As a precaution, police have increased patrols in the area this morning. Tony . Well stay on it. Thank you so much. It could be a blockbuster week of testimony this week in the impeachment hearings. Eight witnesses are expected to speak publicly from tomorrow through thursday. The witness list tomorrow includes former ukraine envoy kurt volker and three people know who heard frond the july 25th phone call that led to the impeachment inquiry. Nancy cordes is on capitol hill with the new developments. Good morning. Reporter we learned a lot of new information over the weekend including from two white house advisers who described their distress when the president pushed his ukrainian counterpart to investigate joe biden. All of this comes as the man who is emerging as the real linchpin in this case, Gordon Sondland, is set to testify. Democrats are predicting another good week in washington as the republicans downplay the evidence gathered so far. Shouldnt it be based on something that actually happened versus one persons opinion of a thirdhand conversation . Reporter in testimony friday, diplomatic aid david holmes told aide david homemade told lawmakers he was with Gordon Sondland when sondland called the president. Holmes says he could hear President Trump say, so hes going to do the investigation . Ambassador sondland replied that the ukrainian president would do anything you ask him to. Holmes said sondland added that mr. Trump only cares about big stuff that benefits the president like the biden investigation that mr. Giuliani was pushing. The president had no interest in the defense of the ukraine. He had one thing in mind. He wanted to shake down president zelensky. Reporter over the weekend, white house budget official mark sandy reportedly told lawmakers in private system that the president s decision to freeze aid to ukraine this summer was highly irregular and that he could never get an explanation for it. Wisconsin republican ron johnson argued it would have been better if none of this had been exposed. Funding would have been restored, and our relationship with ukraine would be better after than it is today. Reporter House Speaker nancy pelosi said theres one witness who could clear things up. The president could speak before the committee or he could do it in writing. He has every opportunity to present his case. Reporter the Intelligence Committee also released a transcript of its interview over the weekend with jennifer williams, shes a state Department Employee who was detailed to Vice President mike pences office. She was on the president s july phone call with the president of ukraine, and she described mr. Trumps push for an investigation into the bidens as, quote, unusual and inappropriate. Tony . Big week ahead. Thank you so much. On that big week, cbs news will bring you complete coverage of all the public testimony in the impeachment inquiry. Norah odonnell will anchor to reports from washington, tomorrow, wednesday, and thursday. Prince andrew is reportedly standing by his decision to do what turned out to be a widely criticized interview about his friendship with convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein. The prince sat down for a rare interview for the News Night Program at the bbc. The prince denied allegations he had sex with a 17yearold girl who says she was trafficked by epstein. He discussed his friendship with epstein who died in august in a jail in new york city. Do i regret the fact that he has quite obviously conducted himself in a manner unbecoming, yes. Reporter unbecoming. He was a sex offender. Yeah, im being polite. That he was a sex offender. But no, was i right in having him as a friend . At the time, bearing in mind this was some years before he was accused of being a sex offender, i there wasnt anything wrong then. The problem was once he had been convicted reporter you stayed with him. I stayed with him. Thats the bit that that as it were i kick myself for on a daily basis because it was not something that was becoming of a member of the royal family. We have more on the interview with Prince Andrew that aired sunday. Good morning. Thanks for being with us. My pleasure. In the headlines in the british press, this interview is being called a train wreck and a catastrophic error. Why do you think the prince agreed to do it . Well, i think to be fair that what we got from Prince Andrew was authenticity. And there were many figures that come on to the television or give interviews to the press who tend to be p. R. d to distraction, everything is very carefully worded, and there is no wiggle room with anything they say to ask anything else. This was a different kind of interview. We saw an authentic side to the duke of york. There were words that im guessing he might want to have rephrased. You heard some of them in the clip you just played. This was essentially a man who was engaging with every single question that we put to him from these nights. And my sense of why he did it was because the question surrounding his friendship and, indeed, his own conduct, sexual conduct, had intensified following the death of epstein in august. The princes p. R. Adviser reportedly quit over his decision to do this. You say Prince Andrew sought approval from the queen. Do we know whether the queen was actually on board with this . What we know is he sought approval from higher up shall we say. He didnt say to me directly that that was the queen, you but its hard to think of who else is higher up whose approval he would need. What i can tell you is we filmed the interview in the quarters of Buckingham Palace at the queens entrance, south drawing room, the marble hall where they do the investtures. If he hadnt had the approval of the palace, im imagining it would have been done in a board boardroom of a london hotel. Virgin ya roberts dufrey accused him of having sex with her when she was underage. He doesnt recall meeting her. Lets listen. I have no recollection of ever meeting this lady. You dont remember meeting her . No. Reporter she says she met you in 2001. She dined with you, she danced with you. Bought her drinks. Youre in nightclub in london. She went on to have sex with you in a house belonging to kellan maxwell. Didnt happen. Reporter she was very specific about that night. She described dancing with you, and you profusely sweating. That she went on to have theres a slight problem with with the sweating because i i have a peculiar male condition which is that i dont sweat i didnt sweat at the time. And that was yes, i didnt sweat at the time because i had suffered what i would describe as an overdose of adrenaline in the war when was shot at. And i simply it was almost impossible for me to sweat. Emily, how is that explanation being received . Well, with a certain amount of interest. There was no short of detail in the princes answers. I think thats what comes forward. We were hearing things for the very first time. I dont know of that medical condition. I dont have a medical background. I havent researched into it. But certainly from Prince Andrews perspective, he was telling us things that he hoped would make sense of what wed seen, of what wed heard, of the allegations. A lawyer for epsteins victims is calling for the prince to answer questions under oath in the u. S. Do you think its likely that he could get drawn into a criminal investigation . I did put to him, i asked him if hed be willing to answer questions under oath. And he said hed be willing to do whatever anyone else should do. He would take i think his words were very serious legal advice on it. It wasnt something hed avoid if he had on this do it. Thank you for being with us this morning. My pleasure. In this country, one of Jeffrey Epsteins accusers is providing chilling new insight into his alleged sex trafficking operation. Maria farmer says epstein sexually assaulted her more than 20 years ago. She filed a lawsuit against the epstein estate just six days ago. In her first tv interview, she alleged that epstein had extensive surveillance inside his home, including tiny pinhole cameras. He showed you cameras throughout the house . Uhhuh. Uhhuh. The main thing he did when i walked in, which i thought was interesting, he showed me where the men monitoring everything were. So if youre facing the house, theres a window on the right thats barred. Thats the thats the room, the media room is what he called it. And so there was a door that looked like an invisible door with all this limestone and everything. You push it and you go in. And i saw all the cameras. What it was was like old televisions, basically, like stacked. Monitors. Monitors inside this cabinet. And there were men sitting here. I looked on the cameras, and i say toilet, toilet, bed, bed, toilet, bed. Im like, i am never going to use the restroom here, and im never going to sleep here. You know what i mean, it was very obvious they were monitoring private moments. She believes there are tapes. The question is, who has them . Tomorrow well have much more of my interview with maria farmer including how she is continuing the fight for justice even after epsteins death in jail. Thats right here on cbs this morning. Are some prestigious diplomat jobs pay for play . A cbs news investigation shows how an ambassador nominee was asked for a sixfigure political donation by the republican c1 good monday morning to you. Were starting off with clear skies and cool to mild temperatures as we head through the afternoon well have sunshine. Well, above average temperatures for this tomb of year. We cool down tomorrow. 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