Glor and your chance to catch saturday night fever. This is the cbs evening news with jeff glor. Glor and this is our western edegz. Good evening. They are counting votes in alabama in the special election to fill the u. S. Senate seat once held by attorney general jeff sessions. Too close to estimate a winner, but here is the tabulated vote so far. The race pits Democrat Doug Jones against republican roy moore, who has repeatedly denied accusations of sexual assault. Manuel bojorquez is in alabama. Reporter roy moore hoped to ride to victory as he cast his ballot. We have a tremendous we have a tremendous turnout, the state, the nation is watching this. Reporter his opponent, Democrat Doug Jones, thanked supporters after casting his vote. And we feel very confident of where we are and how this is going to turn out. Reporter the election caps off weeks of controversy after several women accused moore of Sexual Misconduct when they were teens and he was in his 30s. Will we make their abuser a u. S. Senator . Reporter moore has denied any wrongdoing. I do not know any of these women, nor have i engaged have i ever engaged in Sexual Misconduct with any woman. Reporter but controversy followed his Campaign Even up to last nights final rally, and these comments from his wife kayla. Fake news would tell you that we dont care for jews. I tell you all this because ive seen it also, and i want to set the record straight while theyre here. One of our attorneys is a jew. Reporter the headlines appeared to have heightened interest in the race. Across alabama today, there was a steady stream of voters from small towns like guntersville to big cities like montgomery. There is no missing this for you. No. Reporter Brenda Mccluskey proudly voted for moore. Ive just always thought that he was a good man and i just dont Pay Attention to a lot of the talk. Reporter Jones Campaign hoped to motivate young and African American voters to elect the first Alabama Democrat to the senate in 25 years. In dothen yesterday, pastor Kenneth Glasgow told us he helped register firsttime voters. But weve got a chance now, and everybody and their mother is looking at what happened. Reporter today, he drove them to the polls. You went and voted . Reporter exit polls out tonight show voters here are largely split on whether they believe the allegations against roy moore are true. In washington, Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell has called a meeting tomorrow to discuss what the g. O. P. Should do if moore wins. Jeff. Glor manny, thank you very much. A bitter argument has broken out between the president and the junior senator from his home state. It began when democrat Kristen Gillibrand called on mr. Trump to resign because of accusations of Sexual Misconduct against him. The president fired back with his weapon of choice the tweet. With the latest on this, heres nancy cordes. It was a sexist smear attempting to silence my voice. Reporter new york senator Kristen Gillibrand was attending a bipartisan bible study this morning when the president sent his suggestive tweet calling her a lightweight and flunky who once begged him for campaign contributions, and would do anything for them. I think it was shameful. Reporter democrats called the president s words. Nasty. Reporter and. Grotesque. Reporter massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren even accused him of trying to intimidate and slutshame gillibrand. If your mind is in the gutter would you have read it that way. Reporter White House Press secretary Sarah Sanders insisted there was no innuendo. He was obviously talking about political partisan games that people often play and the broken system that hes talked about repeatedly. Reporter but by this afternoon, more than 100 House Democrats had signed a letter requesting that the House Committee on oversight investigate the reports of Sexual Misconduct raised against President Trump by more than a dozen women, stretching back to the 1980s. Forced kissing, unwanted touching and groping on an airplane, in a corporate office, in a pageant dressing room. Reporter democrats forced out two of their own members last week over similar allegations. Im sorry, mr. President , you do not live under a different set of rules. Reporter but the party that controls congress. What were in charge of here is the senate. Reporter . Does not want to touch the issue. Should there be a formal investigation . I thought thats what the last election was. Reporter gillibrand says she wont stop trying. Republican leaders have been reluctant to even acknowledge the allegations against President Trump. Why do you think theyd be willing to open an investigation . That is the right thing to do, and i am urging them to do that. And as should their constituents. Reporter late this afternoon, the republican chair of the House Oversight committee officially declined to open an investigation, but for an unexpected reason. He said the allegations against President Trump, if true, are crimes, and therefore, are better handled by the Justice Department than congress. Jeff. Glor nancy cordes, thank you very much. We are joined now by john dickerson, our chief washington correspondent and anchor of face the nation. John, good to see you. Were going to get to the allegations against the president in just a moment, but first, alabama, what are you watching for tonight . Reporter the most important thing is does this change the margin in the senate which is already paper thin. But there are two arguments that come out of of this race going on surrounding it. The first is, what do Political Parties do with accusers who come forward in number, who dont know each other and accuse a powerful person . How do parties handle that . The republicans, if roy moore wins, are going to have to deal with that, if he wins, when he comes to the senate. The second question is what does it mean to be a republican . A a lot of republican lawmaker s have been critical of the Republican National committee and the president for supporting roy moore. The question theyre asking is is there anything that could keep you from supporting a republican or is all thats important is getting a person in the senate with an r next to their name. Glor about the trump accuseez, they are saying people knew about this before the election and still voted for him . Reporter thats right. An argument being used for the president is changed by what may happen in alabama. Because if roy moore wins, then on what grounds do the senators have for expelg him from the senate, if you follow the argument from the white house, which is, if there is an election with known allegations and people vote for him, he should stay in office. Glor what does all this mean for the Republican Party moving forward, then . Reporter well, there have been some pretty harsh things said in this race about the president , about what it means to be a republican, and thats at the core of the party. So does that all just go away after this election or does that come up again . There are a lot more races to come in 2018. Glor all right, john dickerson, thank you very much. Tonight. In pari in paris today, french president emanuel macron gave a bleak summary of Climate Change. His one planet summit marked the second anniversary of the Paris Climate Accord which set goals for reducing Greenhouse Gas emissions. Here is mark phillips. Reporter that were all in the same boat regarding Climate Change was french president emanuel macrons message as he lead other world political and Business Leaders on a riverboat trip to the paris conference. We are losing the battle against Global Warming, he told the meeting. And the last numbers back him up. Carbon dioxide emission, which had been flatlining over the past few years are, on the rise again, up 2 this year. Hopes that the spewing of planetheating gases into the atmosphere had peaked have been dashed. Other new data shows the planet not only still warming, contributing to more severe storms and natural disasters, but according to the respected Global Warming index, the rate of humaninduced warming may actually be accelerating. U. S. Delegates, not named donald trump, have come to show that despite the Administration Decision to pull out of the paris agreement, many of the larger states are still committed to it. They cite deals theyve made to phase out the use of coal and fund more Renewable Energy projects. The world bank has announced it will stop funding oil and Gas Exploration in two years. Former new york mayor Michael Bloomberg says the trump withdrawal from paris has been a rallying cry for others to act. Weve already created this americas pledge where were going to meet our agreements already without the federal government. But thats not to say that it wouldnt be better if he was on the right side of it. Reporter and getting the president to change sides is what emanuel macron told jeff glor hes trying to do. Im pretty sure my friend, President Trump, will change his mind in the coming months or years. I do hope. Glor you think hell change his mind . Yes. Im not ready to renegotiate, but im ready to welcome him if he decides to come back. Reporter the trump Administration Decision to withdraw from the paris accords has had another indirect effect. The decision was so unpopular and so isolating internationally, that other World Leaders who may also not like the deal have been less inclined to, as the expression goes, do a trump. Jeff. Glor mark phillips. Thank you very much. Last week, we showed you graphic video of a controversial 2016 police shooting. The mesa, arizona, officer was fired for violating police procedures, but acquitted last week of charges he murdered 26 yearold Daniel Shaver of texas. Today, shavers widow talked to adriana diaz. It took people watching my husband die a very horrible inhumane death for people to care. Care. Reporter for two years, this video of Daniel Shavers last moments was sealed from the public. gunfire that was an execution. You had a man begging for his life, and he was shot five times for what . For his elbow coming up too high . For being confused . For being compliant . Why did he deserve to die . He didnt. Reporter the video was released last thursday after jurors found officer Philip Brailsford not guilty. I just dont understand how anybody could watch that video and then say not guilty. This is justified, that daniel deserved this and that Philip Brailsford doesnt deserve to be held accountable for his actions. Reporter what do you make of him saying he had a split second to decide what to do when he thought your husband was pulling a gun . I think that this goes back to the Mesa Police Departments training, if this is really how theyre trained. Reporter shaver had no gun on him, but police found two pellet guns he used for his pest control job in his hotel room. She said the hardest day of her life was telling their daughters their father wasnt coming home. Yesterday she received a phone call from her eightyearolds school. She tried choking herself while she was at school and told her friend she wanted to die. So i spent all last evening in the hospital getting her psychiatric help. Reporter what did natalie tell you when you saw her . She told me she wanted to be with her dad. Reporter sweet says Important Information was not included in the trial, like the former officers past record of excessive force. She has filed a wrongful death civil suit and is calling on the department of justice to investigate. Jeff. Glor adriana diaz tonight. Thank you, adriana. Now a look at some of the other stories were following in this evenings newsfeed. Federal prosecutors say before yesterdays attempted terrorist attack in new york, the suspect taunted the president on facebook writing, trump, you failed to protect our nation. Akayed ullah was the only one seriously hurt when that device failed to fully detonate. Today, the immigrant from bangladesh was hit with federal charges that could put him away for life. Flags were at halfstaff at San Franciscos city hall. Mayor ed lee collapsed last night while Grocery Shopping and later died. 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Studies show 92 of teens go online daily, and one in five young people regularly wake up in the night to send or check messages on social media. People need to hard break from some of these tools, and the things that you rely on. The shortterm dopaminedriven feedback loops that we have created are destroying how society works. No civil discourse, no cooperation, misinformation, mistruth. Bad actors can now manipulate large swaths of people to do anything you want. Reporter hes not the only social Media Executive blowing the whistle. Former facebook president sean parker recently said the initial goal was to get people hooked. Youre exploiting a vulnerability in human psychology. The inventors, creators understood this consciously, and we did it anyway. We have to hold the Tech Industry accountable. Reporter jim steyer is founder of common sense media. They have, in many cases, ignored the consequences, some of the downside of the innovations they brought to our society. You dont realize it, but are you being programmed. It was unintentional, but now youve got to decide how much youre willing to give up. Reporter in a statement, facebook pointed out that palihapitiya left the company more than six years ago and a lot has changed since then. But facebook also said, we have realized how our responsibilities have grown, and were working hard to improve.