The new hint from joe biden, a top aide sent a letter to former staffers saying if biden enters the race donald trump tweeted, cnbc just agreed the debate would be two hours. Its too long. Officials say he tried to pass personal information of american troops to isis. The flames scorched six square miles destroying homes. The mets are going to the National League championship series. The california target store blasted audio from an xrated movie. What is going on at target right now . All that wide open for the touchdown the saints played a clean game and they win it. Reversed back to hogan. How about this from stanford . Did he catch this . Incredible. The play of the year. Have you ever been in handcuffs . Yes. I dont know exactly what you mean by that. All right. On cbs this morning the democratic debate, that was two hours and it was too long. Everybody was bored at the end. Lincoln chafee is threatening to pull out of the next democratic debate if there are going to be questions. Some of the busiest highways in Southern California are closed after a storm. No one was reported hurt. Carter evensans is on the interstate following this story. Tough morning there. Reporter tough morning for sure. These are the northbound lanes of interstate 5. You can see crews are making progress. At one point this road was covered in up to five feet of mud. It happened so fast that cars were swamped and there were reports of people standing on top of their vehicles to escape the flood waters. Call 911 help reporter violent thunderstorms lashed Southern California thursday. Torrential rains fell four to six inches her hourper hours flooding streets and powerful mudslides. Were stuck. Reporter californias busy interstate 5 became a river of mud, burying cars and leaving hundreds of drivers stranded. Firefighters rescued people trapped in their vehicles and in homes swallowed up by the mud. Traffic came to a complete stop. Mud started pouring down the mountain, the down the road and kind of engulfed everything. Oh my god. Run for your Life Reporter thousands of cars and trucks were backed up for miles. Ive been out here for 24 years now and ive never seen this much water in 24 years. Reporter the powerful system pounded the city of palmdale with golf ball sized hail and 60 Miles Per Hour winds. She only had minutes to rescue 20 horses when her ranch began to flood. We went to pull them out immediately. Within 45 second the water became three feet higher. Workers tell me there were about a hundred cars buried in they all had to be dug out and towed away. Now the cleanup is underway. Parts of this road are expected to remain closed through much of the day. The House Committee investigating the deadly 2012 benghazi attack interviews Hillary Clintons longtime aide and confidant this morning. Hillary clinton will testify herself next week. Her Campaign Spokesman says the investigation has zero credibility. Nancy cordes is on capitol hill. Nancy, good morning. Reporter good morning. If anyone knows what Hillary Clinton was doing and thinking the night of the benghazi attacks, it is her. She is clintons longest serving aide and has been at her side for 20 years. She climbed the ranks to become clintons near gone substantiate companion. The secretary of state communicated with her more than anyone. The committee wants to ask her about the events leading up to during and after the attacks on u. S. Facilities. Its pretty yearclear what their goal is. Reporter Kevin Mccarthy bragged that the congressional investigation was hurting her in the polls. This committee is basically an arm of the Republican National committee. Reporter she got some unexpected backup this week from a republican congressman. This may not be politically correct, but i think there is a big part of this investigation that was designed to go after people, an individual, Hillary Clinton. Reporter Committee Chair trey gowdy fired back. It is unfortunate when claims are made by those who do not know what was done or why it was done. To solve the riddle of how this preventible incident led to the death of four americans. No one has been held accountable for that. Reporter accusing her of a conflict of interest for drawing salaries from both the Clinton Foundation and a foundation with ties to the clintons during her last six months at the state department. Reporter they will not get into her employment today. That is outside the scope of her work. But they insist they are going serious, nonpartisan work and that theyre just not discussing their findings in public because of the sensitivity of the subject matter. This morning a message from joe bidens inner circle is raising new speculation about the Vice President s ambitions. The let frerter from a former senator urges bidens supporters to keep the faith while the Vice President decides if he will run. Reporter in a sign that he may be readying for a possible campaign, hes putting former staffers on notice that a decision is expected soon. Are you running for president . Ill answer in korean. Reporter on the steps of his home, Vice President joe biden couldnt escape a barrage of questions about his political future. Have you made your decision yet . Cant hear you. Have you made your decision yet . Reporter but he was on official business, greeting the as the press sprinted for a better shot people familiar with his deliberation say he and his team are aware of upcoming ballot deadlines. Im not just running because i would be the first woman president. Im running because i have a lifetime of experience. Reporter they say the first democratic debate was not a deciding factor for him. Last night former senator ted kaufman who has known biden for more than four decades sent a letter to a network of former disasters, readying the calvary. The Vice President is aware of the practical demands of making a final decision soon. He has been in public and political life a long time and he has a good grip on the mechanics around this decision. He detailed the kind of Campaign Biden would run, an optimistic campaign, a campaign from the heart, a campaign consistent the values of the American People. And i think its fair to say that it wont be a scripted affair. After all, its joe. Kaufman closed with, lets stay in touch. If he decides to run, we will need each and every one of you yesterday. One source told us bidens decision could come in the next few days but cautions he hasnt stuck to previous selfimposed deadlines. The candidates newest fundraising reports include donald trump. Hes using his own contributions to finance his own campaign. Trump said he would pay for his campaign out of his own pocket. Ben carson raised about 20 million in the third quarter, more than any other republican. Jeb bush was next with 13. 4 million. The latest National Poll shows trump and carson still well ahead of the republican field. Ted cruz is third followed by marco rubio. Jeb bush is in fifth place with 8 support from republican primary voters. Governor bush joins us now in studio 57. Were pleased to have him back at this table. Welcome. Thank you. When many people looked at this campaign before it began, you were the guy they thought would be the front runner. The first vote doesnt take place until february. But people look at those numbers that i just repeated and say, what happened to jeb bush . I wasnt one of those that thought i was the front runner. I know i have to go tell the jeb story. People know he hasme as georges boy and georges brother. They dont know they disrupted the old order in florida and after this long, whats the problem to connect with the voters about it . Its not a problem. We just starting the important raise is iowa, new hampshire, South Carolina and nevada. Were building an organization in all those places. I feel pretty confident in where we are right now. During the democratic debate Bernie Sanders said the American People are sick and tired of your damn emails, Hillary Clinton. How are you and your team dealing with the donald trump candidacy . First i admire the fact that hes politically incorrect. Were a little too uptight as a nation. And i admire the fact that he doesnt feel embarrassed by his wealth. What else do i admire about him . Hes got a great family. Ultimately people are going to want to know whos going to sit behind the big desk and make addition decisions that are going to impact millions of americans. Is there anything about donald trump that makes you think we would not be safe . I have no clue. Thats the point. He hasnt shared his views. When he talks about Foreign Policy he talks about how putin ought to take care of isis and isis ought to take care of assad. He would send refugees back to their slaughter. These are serious times. I think you need a person who has the temperament and the leadership skills to fix the things that are broken with compassion and conviction and also have the skills to lead. Over all thats the lane im going to stay in. I dont know about Donald Trumps views of leadership because he talks about himself the whole time rather than what he would do. Do you see your brother george w. Bush coming out on the campaign trail with you . I dont know. Hes been helpful raising money. Hes been giving me advice. Hes the last republican elected and the one before that. Hes the one guy i rely on on the ebbing and flowing of politics. Hes done it. Let me talk to you about afghanistan. President obama leaves office. You said that obama is shortchanging our military commanders. Be specific. How Many American troops would you leave on the ground in afghanistan . I would take the recommendation of the general whos responsible for it whos now chairman of the joint chiefs. 10,000 troops. You agree with president obamas decision . The minute you create a timeline, your opponents, your enemies are organizing, waiting you out. I think thats the proper thing to do. Im pleased the president has not worried about a Campaign Promise six years ago. Condiions change. And i think he made the right decision to keep troops on the ground. Looks like its political. Cut it in half and off we go. Youre right the drawdown will take place in 2017. To the next president will have a chance to engage with the commanders and make a decision based on a longterm strategy. We have none in the middle east right now. Were just reacting to events and it looks pretty ugly. At what point do you think the president has to react more and how to russias increasing presence in syria . He should have earlier, because that void now is filled. We see even cuban generals in syria. We see the iranians. What should he do . I think we need to create safe zones to have a safe harbor for refugees and to allow us to rebuild the remnants of the syria free army. We need to engage the arab world to provide support for a unified effort. We need to have no fly zpoenones. In conflict with russia, well, maybe russia shouldnt want to be in conflict with us. Russia is there to prop up assad. Were there to deal with both assad and isis. We should garner the support of europe and the middle east countries to do just that. Your advice to joe biden this morning is what . Continue to speak korean as effectively as he does. Thank you for joining us today. This morning escalating violence in israel has many he People Living in fear. Palestinians threw fire bombs at another site which some belief is the, the tomb of joseph. Jonathan, good morning. Reporter good morning. Were standing outside one of the key Access Points to the mosque here in jerusalem. Hamas has called for a day of rage following prayers. Now israeli officials and guards are on heightened alert concerned protests could turn into violence. The last day of rage was on tuesday sparking four separate attacks on israelis and clashes between Israeli Security and palestinian youth. Israeli defense Officials Say dozens of palestinians set fire to josephs tomb, a sacred jewish site. The mosque itself has been at the heart of recent violence after rumors israeli officials wants to limit access to palestinians. In the last three weeks palestinians have attacked israelis at least a dozen times, in most cases using knives. Israelis say they have no other options but to defend themselves. Abbas has condemned the torching of that tomb in the west bank. He has called for peaceful resistance. This morning, this morning, this morning, the mets are baseballs king of new york. The pitch. Swung at and missed. Put it in the box. 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