politician in history has been treated worse or more unfairly. >> a special counsel is assigned to the russia investigation. >> do you think that the appointment of robert mueller will stop the talk of impeachment? >> they're going to change their adeaking point and say this stminiration is in chaos. >> the president's alleged ties to russia is too much to bear. you've brought this town to a screechialng ht. >>ura jy acquitted a white police officer in shooting death of a black man. >> sad news for rock lovers around the world. s chrielcornl died overnight. ♪ >> the nfl is investigating allegations by gisele bheundcn that her husband tom brady suffered season. a man tried to open the door while the plane was still in the air. a graduation ceremony became memorable for all the wrong reasons. >> high fly ball. keir meyer makes the catch and the rays win. >> and all that matters. >> according to a new poll, if he ran for president, dwayne johnson would beat donald trump 42% to 37%. >> the only way the rock can lose is if he's running against paper. >> -- on "cbs this morning." >> a leaked paper allegedly prepared by james comey is held up by many. >> first he helps trump get elected. now he could be the reason trump gets kicked out. comey reminds me of every black mother. i brought you into this world, and, child, i can take you out of it. "eye opener" is presented by toyota. let's go places. welcome to "cbs this morning." a special counsel now is in charge of investigating the russian interference with the last presidential election. the justice department appointed former fbi director robert mueller yesterday with almost no warning. he'll take over where the bureau's investigation left off. that could lead to more trouble for the trump administration. >> robert mueller led the fbi for 1 years longer than anyone but j. edgar hoover. we learned of this after we learn of the memo by fired james comey. he was asked to stop the investigation of former national security adviser michael flynn. jeff pegues has more. good morning. >> good morning. that pushed them to make this bringing in robert mueller really changes things. he the former fbi director and he's highly regarded in washington by democrats and republicans. as special counsel he will the power to prosecute if crimes were committed. deputy attorney general rod rosen stain said in a statement the special counsel will ensure a full and thorough investigation of russia's efforts to interfere with the 2016 presidential election. it was rosenstein's move since attorney general jeff sessions recused himself over all russian investigations over his own contacts with the russian ambassador, but sessions did play a role in former fbi director james comey's firing last week. president trump was said to be measured in his response to robert mueller's appointment as he huddled with his senior staff many the oval office. white house then released a statement saying there was no collusion between my campaign and any foreign i look forward to this matter concluding quickly. on tuesday it was revealed comey drafted a memo after a prieshtd meeting with president trump on february 14th. then director comey wrote how president trump tried to convince him to drop the federal i hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting flynn go, the president allegedly said. he is a good guy. i hope you can let this go. that meeting with president trump came one day after lieutenant general flynn was forced to resign his post as national security adviser. after flynn misled the vice president about his contacts with russian ambassador sergey kislyak. indication lee yak who met with the president last week is a central figure in the fbi appointment. mueller wrote, i accept this responsibility and will discharge it to the best of my ability. he served as fbi director for a bezens years starting a week before that, he led the u.s. probe into the 1988 pan am 103 bombing. at the time, it was the deadliest terrorist attack against americans. >> you want to know who ordered it, who approved it, and who else was involved in kaying out the attack. >> reporter: mueller has promised to follow the investigation with leads. he's also been given broad authority to chase those leads wherever they may go. gayle? >> all right. thank you, jeff. on capitol hill, lawmakers generally agree that robert mueller is the right choice. in a statement republican house speaker paul ryan said, i welcome his role at the department of justice. house oversight committee chairman jason chaffetz said, mueller has impeccable credentials. and schumer tweeted this. he's the right kind of counsel to serve. they also w t over all information about comey's conversations with the president. this is only the second time the justice department has appointed a special prosecutor under the current rules. jan crawford is cbs news chief legal correspondent. jan, as special counsel, how much power will mueller have to investigate the trump campaign ties to russia? >> in his letter, rod rosenstein gives mueller significant power to investigate any links associated with the campaign of president donald trump and other matters that may arise directly from investigation. now, the deputy attorney general will oversee mueller's work and he technically has the power. but mueller won't be subject to the day-to-day supervision. and if blocked, he would have to give an it's just to make sure there's no interference of the executive branch. we all know ken starr's wide-ranging investigation over bill clinton. people on both sides of the investigation had issues with that starr investigation. the oversight power went back to the justice department. gayle? >> thank you very much. reuters report this morning michael flynn and other campaign advisers had at least 18 previously disclosed contacts with its officials. >> and we learn that it happened weeks before the inauguration. "the new york times" said he was under investigation. he did secret work as a paid lobbyist for turkey. despite that, flynn was sworn in on january 22nd. he was 13th. major garrett has more. good morning. >> good morning. filling the fbi director vacancy has become a conspicuous challenge after two with drew their name. it showed it was not stalled. it brought in new candidates. among them, al gore's rinning mate joe lieberman. there was a firestorm over the dismissal of fbi director james comey. adding to that, national security adviser michael flynn. he told don that he was under federal investigation. it shows the trump transition team knew about the investigation than previously reported. the white house is still dealing with the oval office discloser with russian russian president vladimir putin joked about the episode and called it quiet schizophrenia. to quiet them he offered to given them a transcript. sean spicer said he was unaware of any tape recordings in history. >> no politician and say this with great sincerity has been treated worse or more unfairly. >> the president delivered a "woe is me" commencement speech and told cadets perseverance is key. >> you will find things happen to you that you do not deserve and are not hauls warranted. but you have to put your head down and fight, fight, fight, small the from has grown increasingly with his senio describes all of these russian stories as noise and b.s. but one outside white house adviser says dysfunction at this white house has now reached high levels, a significant concern as the president prepears to leave for his first overseas trip. >> thank you, major. we have john dickerson, host of face nation. good morning. >> good morning. >> what are the implications, he had significant power to do so. >> think about this. he said it was a witch hunt, that the fbi shouldn't go anywhere. now this investigation has been re-energizeding it's been re-evaluated and somebody has been put at the top that both can be repraised. it can no longer be knocked town as a partisan witch hunt. and amidst of the story is the off the books record he had with comey. so anything the president says noun where people are talking about obstruction of gist it is. >> john, have you heard anything from the white house about the public turn of events? >>. >> they's been whipsawed. some of the reports are self-inflicted. the comey firing was a way that exacerbated lots of problems. they couldn't get their story straight. that's happened again with story about what the president may have said in the oval office with the russian foreign minister, so pretty bad over there. >> what limitations are there on this special counsel? >> well, the limitations, it looks like there's not that many of them. you have two things. one, the way the power that mueller has been given, he cannot only look at the underlying question of russia and the trump campaign. and then you have the reputation that he comports himself which is to say he doesn't put up with any nonsense. if he wants to go and investigate something and anybody tries to stop him, that's not going to be a quiet session by him. he's going to do what he wants to do. of course, again, he has that bipartisan support from both parties which gives him a lot of political power too. >> i don't want to lose sight of the fact the president leaves tomorrow for his first overseas trip. tomorrow he starts in saudi arabia. he's going to have lunch with 50 significant leaders from the significant deals to be discussed. >> it's going to be the ability to lay out a foreign trip with what they call deliverables, the things he can praise, show he has relationships in these cities. often presidents can recoup by going overseas, acting presidential, carrying arch the set piece. this comes at the right time, he said he has to stick to the script. >> and he's always speaking of islam. >> he is. he'll talk about the religion and connection to terrorism. >> we'll be watching. morning the music world is remembering grunge music pioneer chris cornell. ♪ cornell died unexpectedly late last night. he was in detroit and he was 52 years old. his music ka cree spanned more than three decades and he performed with a number of bands. this video is believed to be from his show last night in detroit hours before his death. good morning. >> good morning. just before the show at fox theater, cornell tweet out a picture of the marquee. he was with soundgarden, the band he fronted, members of pearl jam were founding members. chris cornell helped redefine the sound of rock and roll in the late '80s and early '90s. ♪ emerging from the seattle grunge soundgarden, the singer was known for his octave smashing vocal range. his talent lined up across including "temple of the dog." ♪ and a seven-year run with former members of rage against the machine in audioslave. last month he told me he was working on a new soundgarden album. >> and how far away is the new soundgarden album? >> one of the things we did is to decide to never put a clock on what we do which has been helpful. it's always been a positive experience that and in the studio that day he performed an acoustic version of perhaps soundgarden's song "black hole sun." ♪ black hole sun black hole sun ♪ >> really an extraordinary performance. this news has stunned everybody. came out of nowhere. 52 years old. he has three children. in a statement the family will work with a medical examiner to figure out what happened. >> he was just here in this studio. >> last month. >> and you get this news. >> seemed in very good shape when he was here. a stunner. great loss. the nfl has undergone look at the medical record of tom bra brady. this is after gisele bundchen said the patriots quarterback had a concussion last year. it was never reported. she made the claim yesterday in an interview morning." jeff is here with how the bundchen statement has shaken up the nfl. >> these comments suggest those may not have protected the league's biggest star. during his celebrated 17-year care career, tom brady has never officially been side lined by a concussion, but his wife gisele bundchen says he's still been hurt by all those hits. >> he had a concussion last year. he has them. i don't talk about them, but he does have concussions. >> reporter: the nfl takes a look at the patriots injury reports and the spotters who worked last season. . >> playing through concussions is sort of the dirty little secret and in many situations the player may not know they have a concussion. they may not recognize they have a concussion for a day or two. >> last july the league announced new protocols to evaluate and remove players with concussion symptoms. teams that don't comply can be fined hundreds of thousands of dollars and lose draft picks. last may brady said players with head injuries should seek help right away. according to stats llc, since he took over the starting quarterback job in 2001, brady has missed just 19 games. 15 of them in one season when he injured his knee, four due to suspension. he has injured his arms, they say, legs and shoulder, but not his head. >> i don't think it's a healthy thing for anybody to go through like that, you know, that kind of aggression like all the time. that cannot be healthy for you, right? 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"the new york times" reports two secret agents were hurt outside violence that happened at the residence. they show them kicking an punching demonstrators tuesday. the turk eric embassy blamed the protesters. the "washington post" says blood testing of women and children may have bn underestimated. new tests are urged for children under 6 if their readings were under ten micrograms per december liter. rescreening is also advised for women who are pregnant or nursing. u.s. news and world report links yesterday's stock plunge to the turmoil in the trump administration. the dow fell 372 points. it was the worst day in months. the tulsa world reports on reacti reaction after an oklahoma police officer was acquitted in the shooting death of a black man. the video shows officer betty shelby shooting and killing terence crutcher. she said he did not obey commands and reached for a weapon. right wing radio h statements about yogurt maker chobani. last month jones posted false stories that linked chobani's idaho plant to an assault case of refugee children. he said, i regret that we mischaracterized chobani, its employees, and the people of id d did. royce oliver who is white is charged of murder, accuse of shooting and killing 15-year-old jordan edwards in april as the teenager left a party. the justice department has also launched an investigation. the family spoke to omar villafranca in their first television interview. omar is outside police department. good morning. >> good morning. in an interview. they have not gone back to church because that would require her to drive by the spot where her son was killed. >> i'm going to his rhyme and waiting for him to walk through the door. to have him laugh or have him say, bye, i'm gone, it's never going to happen. >> reporter: for charmaine and o'dell edwards, the death of their son does not seem real. >> i save the pictures on my phone. >> you save the pictures on your phone. >> yes. every day i look at the pictures and wish i could see him. >> reporter: according to the arrest record, on april 29th he shot and killed the teenager outside a house party. jordan, his two brothers and two friends were driving away in a car. oliver allegedly fired multiple shots into the sedan after unsuccessfully trying to get them to stop. a bullet struck jordan in the head after he sat in front seat next to his step-brother vidal. >> you're in the carom do you replay that moment in your head? >> every night. i can't sleep. >> what do you do at night when you can't breathe? >> i pray. >> what do you pray for? >> peace in my heart and the anger to get over. >> his brother kevon was in the back seat. he saw his brother slumped over. >> what goes through your mind? >> i was angry. i didn't expect for it to be m him. >> reporter: police chief jonathan haber said body behavior didn't match up with what in the department. >> if the car was leaving the scene and wasn't threatening anyone, why shoot? you're literally shooting like it was target practice. in my mind it was like he was hunting. you use rifles to kill animals than's what you do and that's what he did. >> reporter: following the shooting boys pulled over for help and were confronted by officers who detained them. before being arrested, vidal was called the "n" word and he thought he would be shot. >> that was running through my head. i thought i won't be automobile to say good-bye to my parents or my brother. >> did you have the same thoughts as vidal? 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i'm charlie king and norah o'donnell. president trump responded this morning topintment of a special counsel with ties to the campaign and russia. the president tweeted moments ago, this is the single greatest witch hunt of a politician in american history. >> the justice department announced questioned former director robert mueller will take over the investigation. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the leaked memo from the fbi director was the final straw. you recall in that memo comey reports he was pressured. by appointing a special counsel, dep pete attorney jern real rod rosenstein gives robert mueller broad abilities. many order for people to have full confidence in the caught come. mueller well respected within the fbi and on capitol hill. he's the only fbi director to serve more than ten years since the law enacts that limit was put in place since the 18970s. they'll have full poll. in a statement president trump said there was no collusion between my campaign and any foreign entity. i look forward to this matter concluding quickly. and doj has pledged to give moouler all the resources he need and he will need them because h a investigation that stretches from the u.s. to russia. >> wow, jeff. thank you. three congressional committees want james comey to testify about the memo. he was asked to let go of the flynn investigation. house oversight committee chairman jason chaffetz scheduled the hearing for next wednesday. he told scott pelley he needs to see the document and hear from comey. >> we want to see what the documents are and talk director comey and understand from his perspective how did he take the information and the confirmation with president trump. what was his reaction to it. and if at the time, did he tall twi-do anything about it and if soing what did he do andhe didn't, why not. >> comey has not yet agreed to testify at the hearing. retired admiral mike mullen was the joint chief of staff from 2007 to 2011 under presidents bush and obama. admiral, good morning. good to see you here. >> good morning,norah. >> he's weedily respected. what do you make of this? >> he is widely regarded. he's at clear independence, the history to conduct these kinds of investigations. i think where we are it's important to get o the bottom of it and there's nobody better suited to do that than bob. i mind that we will get to tbotto of it? >> i think he will. it's hard to know with both sides but i think he will do so quickly. >> you know the players in washington. what fwiengs on with this president? >> i think it's so -- so polarized that just one issue after another keeps coming out. i actually -- i don't have a lot of problem with the president and the administration disrupting d.c. because i think it has not functioned well for a long time. that said, there has to be process, way to get through the issues in some reasonable way. >> that disruption is mainly about gridlock. >> no. i think that clearly there is obviously one issue after another, and to the degree that the administration feels it's under siege. >> general, you know national security and that's where the questions are coming from. >> and russia. >> i mean that we have to have focus in that area. we have to have consistency in that area. and it seems to be it's just oneself-generated crisis after another coming from the white house. >> the president says it's his right to have the conversation in the oval office. the conversation with russian officials is wholly appropriate. do you agree with the take on that many. >> i worry about the deal with intelligence, particularly to the russians. they have the right to do ha. there's no question about it. but it's apparently sensitive intelligence and we have to be really care about that. itz seems as if it were released instantly. question on the meddle east. what's possible and what has he got to do. >> >> he needs to establish a roichlt having a relationship that's strong and engaging with saudi arabia and other middle east leaders is really critical. >> hes going to make a big speech on us lam. all the islamic leadering as ar going to be there and we care about them. >> do we need a new policy nktd because of their sense of whether they can depend on america for the otherishes? >> i think that issue of dependence is absolutely critical. re-engagement. >> how important is it for the intelligence community to have a good working relationship? right now it ceases so fractured and the president is doubling down on that. >> i think it's absolutely critical. they've had their ups and downs with the intelligence community. they've focused tremendously on leaks. i know with my experience in washington the harder you chase leaks, the more leaks there are going to be. >> why is that important? we all know it is but why is that important? >> because if you continue to pressure hard on the intelligence community and what the president said today, the very sensitive piece of information, the worry is the intel community may start pulling back what they share with the president. >> north korea. >> toughest problem that confronts them right now that could go very dangerous. very unpredictable leader with young nuclear weapons. i give the administration credit for moving the chinese, at least apparently relatively quickly. nobody else has been able to do that. we'll see if the chinese can deliver making that place -- stabilizing that part. >> great to have you at the table. >> thank you. >> what's going on since you left washington, d.c. >> he's not far away. >> we thank you. the murder miss troif abuty queen nearly 12 years ago is one step closer to being solved today. ahead "48 hours" a year of hard work came down to a tie-breaking question for the new national geography bee champ. how last year's loss made this year's win extra special. we've got that. you're watching "cbs this morning." during toyotatime, you can get 0% apr financing on the 2017 rav4 and over 10 other select models. offer ends may 31st. for great deals on other toyotas, visit toyota.com. bom, bom de bom ba bom. when you're close to the people you love, does psoriasis ever get in the way of a touching moment? 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>> in nearly 20 years with the georgia gative bu roar i never encountered such a shocking case. >> this woman brook sheridan came forward to the georgia bureau of investigation with information from the man she loves, her boyfriend, beau dukes. sick. i didn't know who i was staring at. i didn't know who he was. >> beau confided to brooke that his friend ryan had killed tara grinstead back in 2005. he convinced him to help dispose of her body. both were former students in tara's history class. >> why would ryan duke have murdered tara grinstead? >> he said something only ryan and he know. >> i knew that he probably would have served the rest of his life in jail, but that family's peace to me was more important than his freedom. >> that's when brooke went to authorities, telling them she knew what happened to tara grinstead and where her remains could be found. then she confronted beau. >> i said you need to confess, own confess, i said, because ha family deserves to know. >> what does beau say. >> he says i just want her family to know. >> ryan duke was arrested and charged with murder. beau dukes who is not related was charged with concealing her death and is expected to be the star witness against ryan. >> so did he confess and is she still with him, that's what i want to know. >> beau did confess. he told his deep dark secret and that led to ryan's arrest, and, yes, they are still together. brooke who is a pharmacist, very bright woman loves him and is proud of him for coming forward after all of these years to help solve this crime. >> thanks, peter. great to see you. allison janney from the show "mom" and the show's creator chuck lorre are in the green room. what's in store for the next season hear on cbs. an eighth grader from texas is the country's new geography champio champion. the 14-year-old took home the award. he beat nine finalists. jan crawford is there at "national geographic" headquarter. jan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. only the top 54 finishers from around the united states and the territories got to make it to this week's national championships here in washington, d.c. with $85,000 of scholarships on the line. after answering hundreds of questions, the country's top g whiz kids stepped in line. monitored by mo rocca. getting a perfect score was surprise. >> i don't know how the is. >> reporter: but for wisconsin native thomas wright who last year tied for eight. it was the end of a year-long expectations. >> i know the expectations i need to set for myself. >> reporter: junior geographiers were treated like celebrities showing off their global knowledge. >> buck island are located off coast of which caribbean island. >> reporter: with rocca behind podium there was still time for levity. >> do i ever stand a chance of growing a moustache as full as yours? probably not. >> reporter: the ten finalists were whittled down to just two. >> pranay varada from texas and thomas wright from wisconsin. >> they matched each other answer for answer. >> we move on to a tiebreaker. >> it took a to put varada at the top. >> what mountain system stretch more than 1,200 miles and separates the desert from the plateau. the correct answer is -- >> for wright, second place finish is something o be proud of. >> i set the goal as a top three finisher this year. >> was your hardest racing -- you seen pretty calm. >> i was pretty calm. i was more concerned about my hair, to be honest. >> varada was just outside the final three last year. >> the day you lost on this stage last year, did you study that day? >> yeah. i've been researching and trying to find ways to not make the same mistakes twice. after last year i was definitely sure that this year would be the year i could win >> now for all of his hard work and dedication and perseverance, varada going to take home a $50,000 scholarship and a trooper to the galapagos island is a province of ek qaa door. >> see what you learn working for "cbs this morning"? thanks a lot. >> that's fun. >> i've always been interested in geography, see where the places are. >> you can go anywhere you want to. >> look at mo picking on a contest tanlts. >> yeah. nice job, mo. a remarkable story of reconciliation is a subject of a hugely popular t.e.d. talk. ahead, how a survivor of sexual assault forged an uncomfortable path to forgiveness with her attacker. we'll explain that. that's co your local to take on the "tom insurance companies and the credit card companies and the wall street banks... that's what tom perriello is about." progressive causes have been my life's work. i'm tom perriello... and before and after congress i led non-profits to battle climate change, poverty and president bush's attacks on civil rights. now i'm running for governor to reduce economic inequality. because together, we really can build a virginia that works for everyone. of providing reliable energy and that'll never change. what is changing, is our name to dominion energy. it's a reflection of our commitment to energy innovation and cleaner energy like natural gas. and we'll continue to innovate, upgrade technology, protect our environment and serve our communities. dominion energy. more than a new name, a new way of seeing energy. ♪ we'll help you "face the nation" with good old john dickerson and get a load of charlie rose. >> i've about got a brand-new ticker, son ♪ ♪ and the "late show" host we've got the most cbs is making tv magic ♪ >> that's stephen colbert giving shout-outs to john dickerson and charlie rose. i think any time anybody asks how charlie doing we should roll the tape. >> you didn't know i could do it, could you? >> i didn't know you could do it. i saw it with my own eyes. >> walkover. >> my secret job is a gymnast. >> you get a ten, charlie rose. welcome back to "cbs this morning." let's get a look at the green room. chuck lorre and allison janney. they're talking the mike mullen that they're deeply involved in conversation. >> as a matter of fact, chuck lorre asked mike mullen do you think democracy is over in the united states. >> that's why chuck lorre is who he is. right now it's time to show you h morning's headlines from around the globe. the "los angeles times" reports james corden will return to host the grammys for the 60th show. he hosted for the first time in february. next year's ceremony will return to madison square garden in new york city. they'll air january 28th right here on cbs. "newsweek" reports that the rising. for the first time women in their 30s became pregnant. they were having the first baby at the age of 28. >> does that give you any idea, mrs. tracy? it's not too late. >> we would like another baby. >> according to the signs, it's never too late. >> that's true. in my case it's way too late. but you can still do it. william alexander says he's retraining after co-piloting about two flights a month for klm. he said some recognize his voice during announcement but he added most people don't reason. >> i read that the king has been secretly flying. >> my first guess misunderstanding this story? >> that's great. he wanted to have that profession. >> the sexual violence theme, they have a different story and address this in a t.e.d. talk last year called our story of rape and reconciliation. now it has nearly 4 million views online. their book "south of forgiveness" came out this monthlet mont month. it chronicles their path. the subject may be disturbing. charlie, good morning. >> good morning, i sat down with elva and stranger. >> it's rare to hear the voice >> what i did that night, it was a hugely self-absorbed and hurtful act. it was nothing more than rape. >> reporter: while tom stranger may have lived in denial for years, he finally was con fronted by his victim thord thordis elva. she was 16 years old. he was 18 years old visiting elva's native home. they had a teenage love and they went to a dance. >> was drunk and couldn't utter a world. tom came to my rescue and got me out of there and took me home, but that gratitude and relief turned to horror and betrayal when we came home and he proceeded to undress me and have his way with me. >> reporter: many more than 20 years have not erased the vish it m of this brutal assault. >> my head was facing the alarm clock which glowed in the dark so i silently counted seconds for the duration of it and that's how i know how long it lasted. i got up to 7,200 seconds. >> 7,200 seconds. >> mm-hmm. >> that's a long time. >> it is, yeah. >> reporter: it's two hours to be precise. >> a 16-year-old girl who adored you. >> yeah. >> and you made that decision. >> yeah, yeah. there was a sense that i had a right to sex, and, of course, it wasn't sex that they broke up soon after. elva told no one. never thought to even go to the police. >> didn't realize what a way it was. it took me a long time to put into context that this indeed had been rape because i had misconceptions. was a 16-year-old girl that perpetrators lunatics who lurk in a bush who jump at you. and i didn't think it could be your boyfriend and happen in your own bed. >> she felt broken in the years that followed. they spent a short time together in 2000 but neither was able to confront their past. on the verge of a breakdown elva wrote him to burden him with the pain he caused her. she figured he'd deny it or call her a liar. >> the only thing i didn't expect was his confusion, unwavering owning up to his actions. >> they agreed to meet in person but they now live on opposite sides of the planet. >> we met at cape town, 16 years after that. >> ha was middle. >> that was middle ground literally. >> the tumultuous days in south africa would come to form their book "south of forgiveness." stranger said his contribution came from the perspective of a very normal teenager. he took responsibility. he knew what he did was wrong. >> far too often the responsibility is attributed to female survivors of sexual violence and not to males who enacted it. >> reporter: there are those who feels like the 'tacker's voice should not be heard by the vk imor at auchlt . >> i understand that. i understand sitting many chair it's difficult to listen to me. >> reporteut because if more men under that sex of any kind without consent is assault, there wouldn't be so many victims. >> we pore over the survivor, what becauwas she thinking or wg or drinking. >> they have a duty to help with that and she has riemt to. it took her a long time to realize she was a victim of a crime. the statute of limb tase mads declined. it's important to note strange ler not profit from the book. his share will go toward spgsual assault e like her thinking. she wanted to burden him the way he had burdened her. >> as a reminder of how dramatic these are. >> the fact that she could communicate with him at all is a lot. thank you very much. the prime time shows, looking pretty good. you look great, allison janney. along with kreider cbs is unveiling its news. 2017 prime time lineup, thank you very much. the network will introduce six returning shows. the critically acclaimed comedy "mom" cis coming back. it stars alison janning and anna fara. "the big bang thee." this year he's bringing a new comedy it's about genius sheldon cooper going groing up in east texas and going to high school at 9 years old. >> yes, sheldon? >> this boy's hair is too long. this boy is wearing sports attire outside and this girl's blouse is dieing on nas which means i can see her brassiere. >> thank you. i need you to fill out the forms. >> also you have a bit of a moustache. >> chuck lorre and allison janney are here. they join us at the table. i watched it last night. it's hilarious. i watched a funny line. he says to his mother, when should i be expecting my test testic testic testicles. it had been preceding a conversation with his testicles dropping. >> thank you, gayle king. >> it sounds like an appropriate conversation to have in church. >> this is what's so great. he channels jim parsons. his thinking sounds leak hilike him. >> we've been talking about sheldon's backstory for ten years and his very religious mother and football veernlt he grew up with. and actually it was jim parsons who contacted me and said, let's do that, let's make that a show. i said, yeah. you know. >> where did you find it was astonishing. good lord, could we possibly be this lucky. >> he was working the room. >> he's a remarkable little boy. we got hit by lightning. >> charlie, remember he was standing there. he likes broadway. and all of a sudden he said i know the lead song from "sunset boulevard" and he started to sing it. mean he went into a whole big thing right there on the spot. >> did jim work with him to get the inflections? >> jim was essentially an acting coach as well as executive producer on this pilot and will continue to do so. i mean who better to teach him how to play this part than jim parsons. we're very lucky to have that wok out. >> you've got another show on cbs, of course, "mom." allison, you're coming back, fifth season. >> can you give us a tiny preview without revealing the plot line for whole season? >> no, i cannot. >> maybe the producer can. >> and, allison, you're doing broadway too. that's amazing. >> yes? and doing this too. >> it's running through july 16th. >> i saw it last night. it's outstanding. it's a great play. >> i think it is too. >> it's really fun. >> i didn't know he was in the audience. i don't like to know. >> did you tell her? >> no, i didn't tell her. >> yeah, i'm excited. i thought it would be a relaxing hiatus for me going back to broadway, but it's -- broadway is a tough -- >> you knew what you were getting into. >> i did. it's been a while, but it's a lot of fun. a lot of work, eight shows a week, but i look forward to coming back to my "mom" home. >> emmys are coming out. >> yeah. >> in july. word you'll be nominated. normally shows emmy campaign. you decided, nope, we're not doing that this year. how come? >> when we discussed with warner brothers the company behind "mom," we wondered what the emmy cam pape would be. >> a lot of money. >> i blurted out, let's give the money and give it to planned parenthood. >> which is great. the show is all about women. we don't shy away from dealing with all issues with women and family. planned parenthood gives health services to women and families and it's in danger of the house of representatives to defund it. it's such a critical time. it made sense to stand up now and say something and encourage other people to donate to planned parenthood. >> there's even t-shirt. >> yes, i definitely wanted to let know why. >> not everybo but that's what you decided to do. >> yeah. we don't shy away from controversy. >> not on this show. >> we don't. >> it's not a statement about the emmys. we'd love to be included. but it seemed like such a better way to put that money to work shoo thank you guys for being here. >> continue. >> thank you. >> thank you. you're watching "cbs this morning." stronger is blasting without risking her bones. it's training her good cells... to fight the bad guys. stronger is less pain... new hope... more fight. it's doing everything in your power... and everything in ours. stronger, is changing even faster than they do. because we don't just want your kids to grow up. we want them to grow up stronger. are you actually about to scratch it rich at mgm national harbor? 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