>> do you believe there are some commanders at the air force academy who believe that cadets are making up sexual assault charges? >> absolutely. >> only on cbs this morning, the academy's superintendent is here to respond. and tom hanks and meryl streep come to studio 57. why they say "the post," and why it's important to tell that story now. but we begin this morning with a look at today's eye opener. >> actions are going to speak louder than words. all this mess is going to be over tomorrow with a vote. >> all eyes on the alabama election. >> it is time that we put our decency, our state before political party. >> this is a national election. it is the trump miracle versus the nullification project. >> security in new york steps up after an attempted there. the alleged bomber was inspired by isis. >> no rest for the weary in southern california. >> a wall of flames is threatening homes near santa barbara. >> we're going to be here for a number of days. probably into christmas. >> three women who have accused president trump of sexual misconduct are calling for action. >> the current mayor of san francisco has died. >> ed win lee died at zuckerberg general hospital. >> all that -- >> in the endzone and it's caught. >> and all that matters. >> jimmy kimmel's got a new side kick. >> his baby billy was there just days after second open heart surgery. >> look, he's fine, everybody. he may have popped but oped but fine. >> in new york some isis want to >> new yorkers looking more annoyed and aggrieved. >> now you're going to jail for a long, long, long time. and all new yorkers want to know is, does that mean your apartment is free and is it rent controlled? >> this morning's eye opener is presented by toyota, let's go places. welcome to cbs this morning. i'm nora o'donnell with gayle king and john dickerson. the people of alabama vote today in one of the most closely watched elections in u.s. history. roy moore and doug jones held rallies last night to try and boost support and try to convince some undecided voters. >> this latest polling shows this race is very much in the air and we'll go right down to the wire. a fox news jones has a 10-point lead. >> but an emerson poll has moore ahead by nine points. turnout will likely determine the winner of this race. moore held his last campaign rally, manuel, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. both moore and jones stumped last night with a number of politicians and entertainers. it was a last minute push to energize voters in a contest that even this morning appears too close to call. >> and we're not going to stand by and let other people from out of state and money from california control this election. >> on the eve of tuesday's election, roy moore painted himself as the victim of outside special interests and rejected multiple allegations of sexual misconduct. >> if you don't believe in my character, don't vote for me. >> reporter: moore's wife defended her husband against allegations of sexism, racism and anti-semitism which she blamed the media for spreading. >> i just want to set the record straight while they're here. [ applause ] >> one of our attorneys is a jew. >> reporter: former white house chief strategist steve bannon says the race is a referendum on president trump. >> this is a national election. >> reporter: but he also took a shot at ivanka trump who recently criticized moore saying there's a special place in hell for people who prey on children. >> there's a special place in hell for republicans who should know better. >> reporter: meanwhile moore's democratic rival, doug jones, urged his supporters to get to the polls. >> it's just time, folks, that we say no more. >> reporter: and former nba star and alabama native barkley says moore's politics are holding the state back. >> we are not just a bunch of damn idiots. >> reporter: in a rather unusual moment at roy moore's rally last night his friend recalled a story from when they served in vietnam. he told the crowd that during their tour there they were unknowingly taken to a brothel with very young girls. he says moore immediately had them both leave. the polls here close tonight at 7:00. >> thank you. i mean, you can't make it up sometimes, the comments that were made -- >> that's an unusual story to share at this time under these circumstances. regardless of the point you're making. >> john, let me ask you because we have those two conflicting polls. what do you make of that? and there's been no early voting so today really matters. >> i think what you say about the polls is that if we had tea in one of these cups and we looked at the leaves w get a better sense of what's happening than looking at the polls. polls in a special election are hard because you don't know what kind of electorate is going to turn out. and then you have the radio activity of this race and the fact that if you're polling on the phone to a republican they may not want to admit they're a roy moore voter and so we really don't know and thank goodness it's election day so we can get a result and stop having to guess. so -- and of course we must say it all comes down to turnout which is like saying water is wet. >> yeah. and we will have the results here tomorrow morning. >> yes, we will. investigators are calling an attempted new york city bombing in a pedestrian tunnel an act of terrorism. a man set off a homemade bomb at the height of yesterday's morning rush hour. sources confirmed the suspect claimed to be inspired by isis. the explosion hit around 7:20 a.m. inside an underground walkway linking newk authority's bus terminal to 11 subway lines near times square. the area is one of the world's busiest transportation hubs. >> the suspect is 27-year-old akayed ullah. he came to the u.s. from bangladesh on a family visa six years ago. ullah was taken to the hospital with injuries from the blast. five other people were slightly hurt. john miller is the nypd's commissioner for intelligence and counterterrorism. he's also our former senior correspondent. john joins us at the table. always good to have you here. >> always good to be here. >> welcome to new york, john. >> i know it's very early in the investigation, but what can you tell us about this suspect? what have you learned so far and he motive? >> this is an individual who came from bangladesh, was livering here, went through a number of jobs, was not particularly struggling financially or under any known pressure who was not on our radar at the nypd, not o t fbi radar and he's somewhat character u.s.ic of what we've been seeing across the world which is somebody who turns up one day out of the blue. >> this is the second terrorist attack in new york city in the last two months. how hard is it to stop a lone wolf like this? >> well, it's very difficult. and it's getting harder. this is not the al qaeda model where a cell of people who are communicating with the base are an intelligence problem. this is a situation whether it was -- the chelsea bomber or the people who ran over the people with the truck or you've got people who are consumers of these propaganda and these plots unfold where they're not working with anybody else or confiding in anybody else and that's something we're still looking at here, where the conspiracy is within the confines of their own mind. and that's a very hard place to get to. when you combine that encrypted so if you bring it to the manufacturer with a court order, even they've designed it so that they can't open it and that the applications where they communicate are encrypted so that with a court order you can't get into those communications. you find yourself increasingly behind the 8 ball as the terrorist organizations seize on this and increase the breadth and space of that propaganda who's meant to reach those people who are searching for people. >> what do we know about the bomb he made and does that tell us anything that can be made at home by a single lone wolf? >> well, you know, in bomb making you want to either not make a big mistake or a lot of little ones and it's not as easy as these instructions make it thing. but if you look at what he attempted to make that bomb out of and what he attempted to make it into, it didn't function with the force and power that the i think what we saw yesterday was something that could have been far, far worse. >> yeah, and you're able to communicate with him now, so maybe you'll get more information. true? >> yes. he made statements yesterday after his arrest and -- and we've learned a lot. >> all right. thank you. the massive thomas fire in southern california threatens 18,000 buildings this morning. calm winds helped fire crews gain some ground yesterday in the fight against the state's largest active wildfire. officials lifted evacuation orders for much of the city of ventura but the crews are still trying to keep the flames from spreading into santa barbara. the san francisco mayor died overnight. he was appointed 7 years ago and was re-elected twice during san francisco's high tech boom. former mayor tells our cbs station in san francisco that lee collapsed last night while grocery shopping. brn arrest at a local hospital. mayor ed lee was 65 years old. 59 female democrats are asking the house oversight committee to investigate alleged sexual misconduct by president trump. they support a group of women who say they were abused by the president years ago. they first spoke out during the campaign and repeated their claims yesterday. major garrett is at the white house. >> reporter: the white house argues that last year's election results should relegate these accusations and accusers to the sidelines but many democrats of congress say the accusations matter and are relevant and that congress should take some action. >> he kissed me on the lips and it was -- yeah, disgusting. >> reporter: rachel crooks was a 22-year-old receptionist at a real estate tower in 2005. former miss usa contestant into the dressing room while women were naked, inspecting each from head to toe. >> checking us out like we're pieces of plate. >> leeds said he tried to put his hand up her skirt during a flight over 30 years ago. >> they cleared the dinner and about that time he jumped all over me. >> reporter: each of the women called for a congressional investigation into the president's conduct. monday's event was hosted by producers of a documentary featuring 16 women who accuse the president of making unwanted sexual advances. >> i don't have anything further to add. >> reporter: press secretary sarah sanders said the president had already addressed the accusation. >> this took place long before he was elected to be president. >> president trump resign his position. >> reporter: five senators have called on the president to resign and ron wyden of oregon said congress must investigate. several accusers came forwar after 2005 access hollywood video showed the president bragging about sexually assaulting women. mr. trump denied groping or kissing women without their consent. >> all of these liars will be sued after the election is over. >> reporter: of course the president never filed suit against the accusers. just moments ago on his twitter account the president called these stories phony and false, called them fake news. one other note, the president is displeased with the u.n. ambassador for saying all these accusers deserve to be heard. gayle? >> all right. thank you, major. that's interesting because we heard something very different from the haley campaign from the haley team that said he was actually pleased with how she responded yesterday. >> yeah, that they spoke twice on the phone. >> thank you very much, major. mario batali is out of the kitchen and off the air this morning. five women claimed he sexually harassed them on monday. the women accused groping. another woman shared a similar sto story with cbs this morning. >> good morning. some of these allegations go back two decades. abc asked mario batali to step away from the talk show the chew and the food network show. the women who spoke did so anonymously because they feared retribution, but batali says their claims do match his past actions. >> so now we're going to make -- >> a host of abc's the chew. >> that is a ragoo of lobster. >> toss it through, turn off the heat. >> who made italian cuisine chic and popular. but he runs a business empire reportedly worth at least $250 million that includes 23 restaurants, 11 cook books and five marketplaces. batali says he's stepping away from allegations. on monday, actress once a hostess at his restaurant told that he inappropriately touched her breast. one told he grabbed her breast. another said he gave her quote, a disgusting bear hug. editor in chief amanda kludt. >> i think the women are still intimidated by him. he's still a major celebrity many the the restaurant world. >> in a statement batali said i take full responsibility and am deeply sorry for any pain, humiliation or discomfort i may have caused. he told us chefs didn't give much thought how they treat our staff. >> we take it like this. >> so far, none of the allegations involve batali's tv shows, but kludt says their investigation isn't finished. >> we've uptick with people coming to us either with their names or anonymously. >> and batali was reprimanded for inappropriate behavior in the work place as recently as two months ago. all of its employees including batali must undergo sexual harassment training and he's not denying any of these charges. france's president is hosting more than 50 world leaders in paris today for a summit on climate change. president trump was not invited after his decision to withdraw from the paris climate agreement. in his first american network tv interview macron spoke to jeff glor about his differences with president trump. >> we haeach time i take a deci or it takes a decision we have a direct phone call and i do respect him, but we disagreed to the three issues and the first one was on climate and what it told me, that i took a commitment visa vis my voters and i told him it was not good for the wroorkers. >> he says he's open for renege sha -- renegotiations. >> the u.s. did sign the paris agreement. it's extremely egregious to decide on his own just do leave and no way to push the orders to renegotiate because one decides to leave the floor. i'm sorry to say that. it doesn't fly. so sorry, but i think it's a big responsibility in front of history and i'm pretty sure that my friend president trump will change his mind in the coming months or years. i do hope. mind? >> yes, i mean, i'm not ready to renegotiate but i'm ready to welcome him if he decides to come back. >> and we are hearing from the 11-year-old who described being bullied at school in an emotional facebook video. keaton jones tells why he didn't only on cbs this morning were the sexual assault claims of women at the air force academy ignored? >> these are victims that had told their story and received help. >> do you believe they removed those cases for a reason? >> yes. >> and what was that reason? >> i believe they wanted to get that number down because it was the highest we'd ever had. >> ahead the academy' former top official on sexual assault. in part two of our investigation, how she says women who reported assault weren't believed. >> you're watching cbs this morning. >> this portion of cbs this morning sponsored by toyota, let's go places. so your folks took it pretty hard, huh. they loved that tree. it really meant a lot to them. ♪ this is our tree. ♪ let's bring everyone closer this holiday. toyota. let's go places. if you have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis,... ...isn't it time to let the real you shine through? 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>> i regret it every day. i regret it every day because of everything that came after. >> now in the second part of our investigation, the academy's former top official on sexual assault reveals troubling information about the way she says cases are handled. and the academy is now responding to our reporting. >> is the air force academy supportive of those who report sexual assault? >> i would have to say absolutely not. no. >> teresa beasley worked with sexual assault survivors for three decades. >> i think deep down they really don't believe that sexual assaults are happening. i think they're minimizing the severity of them. >> do you believe there are some commanders at the air force academy that believe that cadets are making up sexual assault charges? >> abso as i find it interesting the timing of this report. or i am just wondering why this cadet hasn't come forward sooner with this assault. >> beasley also told us she believes the academy has covered up the circumstances surrounding two violent attacks on female cadets that occurred in december 2014 and january 2015 on the public running and biking trail behind the academy. the details of which have not been reported until now. >> cbs news has learned that two attacks on falcon trail behind the air force academy occurred. >> yes. >> were these attacks sexual assaults? >> yes, both were hit in the head hard enough to each receive a concussion. both were hit from behind, somehow they couldn't see anyone coming. >> sources tell cbs news both cadets were administered rape kits at local hospitals. but beasley says both cases were prematurelos force's office of special investigation's agents or osi. >> what happened? >> they meaning osi told me that they didn't believe her, that they think it was a date that went wrong. and i said, how did she -- how did she get hit in the head? and they said well, she'll have to tell you that. and somehow her -- it -- it just -- they -- they never investigated it. >> about a month later we had a second incident. she wasn't believed either. they said she was making it up and when i asked why they said that, this was osi, they said because her time lines don't match. >> more than a dozen current and former cadets told cbs news they've experienced retaliation by their peers and their military leadership for reporting sexual assaults to the academy. that's why some victims are it's called a 2910 which is academy uses to document assaults. cbs news has obtained defense department memos that confirm at least 16 cases were deleted for academic year 2014-2015 for not having a signed 2910 beasley believes those cases should have been counted by the air force academy which she says would have rultsed in a record number f cases that year. >> there were actual reports, these are victims that had come in and told their story and had received help, had been referred for medical counseling, they were actual victims but they did not want to sign a 2910 because they were afraid someone would find outs. >> do you believe they removed those cases for a reason other than they didn't have that specific form signed? >> yes. >> what was that reason? >> i believe they wanted to get that number down because it was the highest we'd ever had. i was trying to -- they tried to fire me for what they said was intentionally overinflating the numbers. >> do you believe you were retaliated against? >> i absolutely was. >> beasley retired amid threats that the academy intended to fire her. a scathing 560 page report of investigation into the office beasley led and accused her of quote, failing to effectively manage staff, spreading rumors and that her office's lack of competency jeopardized care. but some believe the academy have scapegoated her for standing up to leadership. >> you have to stand up to people who mistreat others and who oppress others and i -- i did that. and they didn't like it. >> now, this superintendent in charge of the academy at the time of these allegat lieutenant general michelle johnson. she provided us this following statement. she says quote, when members many the the sexual assault prevention and response office demonstrated they were not up to that task, we immediately initiated investigation, took actions appropriate to the findings and worked tirelessly to ensure victims received the care they deserved. now, as for those rapes we reported that were on that trail, johnson says that the u.s. air force academy and law enforcement investigated both those trail allegations exhaustively for several months. later in our broadcast we're going to talk to the air force academy's new superintendent. he's here in studio 57, has joined us from colorado springs to respond to these allegations and what the academy is doing in the days and years ahead. that's ahead here on cbs this morning. >> looking forward to talking to him. great that he came today. >> it is great. the 11-year-old who captured the nation's attention in a out to us. he and his mom sit down with mark strassmann, why the family is now facing backlash from the video. and we invite you to subscribe to our pod cast. you'll get the news of the day, and you can get them all on itunes and apple's pod cast app. you're watching cbs this morning. we thank you for that. we'll be right back. with an ingredient prevagen hen originally discovered... in jellyfish. in clinical trials, prevagen has been shown to improve short-term memory. prevagen. the name to remember. when it comes to moving packages on a global scale, nobody does it better. he's also an avid cookie connoisseur. dig in, big guy. but when it comes to mortgages, he's less confident. fortunately for nick, theres rocket mortgage by quicken loans. it's simple, so he can understand apply simply. understand fully. mortgage confidently. rocket mortgage by quicken loans. and roomba from irobot gets to work using two multi-surface brushes and power-lifting suction to grab and remove everything from fine dust to large debris. daily dirt doesn't stand a chance. you and roomba from irobot. better together. pain from chest congestion can make this... when you have a cold, ...feel like this. all-in-one cold symptom relief from tylenol®, the #1 doctor recommended pain relief brand. tylenol®. good is in every blue diamond almond. and once good gets going, there's no stopping it. blue diamond almonds. get your good going. official snack nut of the u.s. ski and snowboard team. the ford year-end sales event is in full swing. 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women who spoke did so anonymously because they feared retribution. >> for the first time in 35 years, they will allow their citizens to go to movie theaters. movie theaters have been banned in saudi arabia since the 80s. that was so long ago. the last time you could see a movie in saudi arabia, they were showing things like superman, batman, star wars, blade runner, okay, yeah, they have missed everything. >> the movies have changed. i'm gayle king with nora o'donnell and john dickerson. say that three times. >> i'm sorry about that, john. we begin with this. polls are open in alabama for a special senate election with national implications. republican roy moore hopes to keep the majority while doug jones wants to be alabama's first senate democrat in two decades. at a rally last night doug jones told voters to think beyond partisan ties. more dismissed allegations of sexual misconduct and urged voters not to listen to outsiders trying to influence the vote. >> this election for the people of alabama. we dare defend our rights and we will defend our rights in the united states congress. >> it is time and i think we're going to see it tomorrow that the majority of the people of alabama say that it is time that we put our before political party. >> president trump will be keeping a close eye on the results. if moore looses the already narrow margin in the senate gets paper thin for passing the president's agenda. it's also parent to mr. trump's brand. he campaigned for moore's primary challenger and lost. this has now become a high profile debate within the republican party and the nation. this morning we continue our six month investigation into sexual harassment and assault allegations at the u.s. air force academy. you're seeing it only on cbs this morning. yesterday we shared stories of more than a dozen current and former cadets. they say they were assaulted at the school and faced retaliation for reporting it. this morning we aired our interview with the academy's former top official on sexual assault. she told us she believes the assault cases. over the past ten years there have been 287 sexual assault reports made by cadets at the academy. that includes school year. joining us now is the air force academy's new superintendent. general, thank you for being here, thank you for traveling all the way from colorado spring to talk about this. we appreciate it. as you know, we spoke to cadets who said they were assaulted, they were harassed, even raped. and then that they faced retaliation for reporting it. how do you respond to those cadets? >> well, first off, nora, gayle, john, thank you for having me. it's important that i'm here to talk about this important topic and to do this in person face to face. i'm disgusted by those reports. i mean, just like you, i mean, i'm disgusted by that. i'm a parent. i have two children that are in their early 20s that went to college. their mother, my wife would be horrified if that happened to one of our children so i'm just as disgusted by that that -- those assaults happened to those people just as anyone else. >> what about the fact that they tried to report this action and they believe they were retaliated against by their commanders at the academy? >> so i'm responsible for the climate and tculture at the air force academy. and it's been very clear that i expect the cadets and the faculty and the staff to treat each other with respect and dignity and i've enforced that from the very beginning but it's also about accountability and so the office that was providing the support and i know you interviewed someone who was in charge of that office, it's about the accountability of that office and so there was some allegations that she made about the office, but she was in a leadership role in that office and while i respect her service in that office, there are standards in that office that we needed to maintain. you ran the piece about general johnson that she initiated the investigation. she had to take action because our cadets deserve the very best. >> but teresa beasley says when she brought it to the attention that it was minimized, that the people were not believed. to norah's point where she said things were undercut, that people sort of minimalized, people at the academy minimalized. because she did bring it to the attention and nothing was done. i think that's the answer we're trying to get from you. >> she did bring a number of items to attention and there were a couple of dozen witnesses that were part of the investigation, but i think it's important that you don't just focus on teresa beasley in that office. we have a number of layers of care that we have for cadets. they have mental health professionals, they have student counseling services, they have chaplains that are available for cadets of faith. i mean, we have all of our commanders are trained, they have an accredited master's degree in counseling from the university of colorado's system. so so cadets get support the way they want to get support, not the way that someone in an individual office thinks t talked to said you go there because you want to protect your country and they don't protect you. that's an extraordinary statement. you've talked about at kblt. what exactly are you doing so that no cadet would ever be able to make that kind of statement? >> since i've been there -- >> how long have you been there? >> since august. i've made my stance on culture and climate very clear. i have held everyone to a high standard. last month we removed a cadet that -- for sexual assault. last month we also removed a cadet for racial slurs. i've also held one of our athletic teams to a very high standard and suspended some coaches and players for not meeting standards. so i think what's important is my role is to set that climate and set that culture at the air force academy. >> as we reported yesterday, two attacks on a trail near the campus were called physical attacks, but were violent rapes. why didn't the academy warn cadets when that happened? >> oh, the academy did warn cadets. the academy did an exhaust iive investigation of that trail and that incident. the investigation was over months. a number of forensics about when people arrived and left the area and we added another measures and protective measures on to the trail so the academy took it seriously. >> the only public announcement made in the wake of these attacks was on usafa's facebook page and the academy essentially started a buddy system but they didn't warn they were raped. they just said they were attacked. >> well, until we could actually confirm what had happened on there through the -- through the investigation and through the research of the specific things it was very difficult for general johnson at the time to then say what specifically happened until they could -- >> le do you believe that two cadets were raped on that trail? >> i don't know exactly what happened on the trail. but let me make it very, very clear that whatever happened on the trail, the most important thing is that those cadets get support and that they get care and that their voices are heard and they have an opportunity to talk about -- with someone to receive that care. >> do you think there is a problem, general, at the academy when it comes to sexual assault and how it's being handled? do you think that there are problems there? >> i don't think there are problems and let me tell you why. it is that you talked about some of the reporting of the numbers of sexual assaults. i want numbers of reports to go up. i know that doesn't make sense right on the surface, but i want reporting to go up. we know that this is an underreported crime. we know that across the nation and across campuses this is underreported. so i want reporting to go up so that i can provide that care, provide that last year 38% of the assaults that were reported to our offices, 38% were assaults that happened prior to arriving at the air force academy which means some cadets received care and support for something that happened prior to arriving at the academy. that's why i want to have that available to them, that support. >> all right. general, thank you so much for being here for this conversation. we really appreciate it. jur oscar oners meryl streep and tom hanks will be here. they're starring together for the very first time in their new movie "the post." you're watching cbs this morning. we'll be right back. 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>> when the money comes home we have a business round table that did a study and the ceo said 76% would informs more in workers and wages if this tax bill were to pass. 81% would invest in more equipment which would make workers more productive. >> is there any evidence that has happened in the past? >> it's hard to know. in 2 w president bush we did a tax cut. in 2001 we had a 1% growth rate. by 2002 it was a 1.8%. what percent came from the tax cuts, what percent came from growth in the economy, you don't know. in that case it wasn't a business tax cut and it was phased in. this is immediate expensing of equipment. it is immediate drop to corporate tax rate. i think it's clear that money will come back to the united states in some way or form. >> yes, the question i think is there any evidence that those companies will then reinvest that to the workers. >> only what the ceos are telling us. you don't know. it's not going to create new demand that doesn't exist today so it will -- it has to -- when a u.s. company gets a tax cut it can only do three things with it. it can invest in new equipment. it can pay workers more money or increased hiring or it could pay the money back to shareholders. you can't do anything else with it. >> i think you're one of the smartest people on this issue. but that's a pretty big we don't know whether corporations are g you're going to add $1.5 trillion to deficit. >> democrats and republicans recognize that the u.s. business system is so anti competitive, there's been -- we talked about inversions in the last years about companies moving their headquarters overseas. what wasn't talked about is the large number of companies acquired by foreign companies that no longer in the united states. it's going to arrest that because now it's going to make the u.s. a place that companies will want to nvrs. that -- invest. today u.s. multinationals employ 50 million in the supply chain and 75% of the value add, 75% of the r&d and two thirds of the workers are where a company is head quartered. you want those businesses to be in the united states. >> we want it to be a strong economic environment. >> great to have you here. >> always a pleasure. >> and you talk fast too so you get so much information. >> i was thinking that too. >> i had to get it out. >> i know. thank you. thanks for being here. >> ahead, why a former facebook inside ripping society apart. plus, french president emmanuel macron says he is not afraid to confront president. macron tells jeff glor how he and mr. trump developed a bond. that's ahead on cbs this morning. rul >> we're bringing headlines a little earlier than usual because of our upcoming interview with meryl streep and tom hanks. we want to have lots of time for the two of them. our san francisco station reports a former facebook vp of user growth is blasting social media saying we are being programmed. inner talk from this man who has the best name in the business. he expressed tremendous guilt. he said we have created tools that are ripping apart the social fabric of how society works. he also said he ds children use facebook. >> wow. >> britain's guardian reports on excitement over an experimental drug for huntington that could slow the progress of the disease. a drug has been shown to suppress the effects of huntington's genetic mutation. the drug could potentially be adapted to other diseases. pharmaceutical giant plans to conduct a larger trial. >> and female directors were shut out of the golden globe nominations. the highly praised film lady bird, but the director was among those that did not get a nomination in the best director category. she was nominated for best screen play and the female director of the box office hit wonder woman was also left off the list and it was glaring that they were. >> a lot of people very surprised at this. >> no one is surprised about this. received nominations for their upcoming movie. and we'd like you to be part of ours.. so our chevy employee discount is now available to everyone. and not a cent more. we're so happy to share this with you. it's our way of saying happy holidays. and welcome to the family... the chevy family. use your employee discount for everyone to get forty-five hundred dollars below msrp on this 2018 chevy equinox. find new roads at your local chevy dealer. there has never been a more exciting exhausting and dangerous time to be an investigative journalist than now especially, of course, for women. >> that's meryl streep at this year's committee to protect journalists international press freedom awards. welcome back to cbs this morning. guess who's here? meryl streep along with tom hanks. great to have both of you here. they star in the upcoming movie "the post kwtsz. combined they've appeared in more than 1 m 12 golden globes. >> but the postmarks the first time if you can believe they're together on screen together. streep play it is publisher of the washington post. tom hanks is the editor. the movie shows the paper's famous and difficult decision to publish top secret government information from the pentagon papers back in 1971. >> so can i ask you a hypothetical question? >> oh, dear, i don't like hypothetical questions. >> i don't think you're going to like the real one either. >> do you have the papers? >> not yet. >> oh, gosh. oh, gosh, because you know the -- the position that would put me in. >> meryl and tom, welcome back to the table. it's good to see you both. >> and congrats on your golden glob >> you saw the last segment. >> i saw the last few segments. >> it is a news program. >> but yeah, we do like to say -- we don't say the news is back for nothing, tom hanks. you know that. buzz th but this is the thing. the nominations yesterday and some of the reactions from the nominees say the first thing i did was put on a boy band song and dance. is that what the two of you did? she played an old band -- boy band song. >> which one? would that be the back street boys? >> menudo. >> oh, even better. all right. all right. man, that's going deep. >> i guess it's just the way of saying congrats to you on your golden globe nominations. i love this movie and what strikes me is it's so relevant for what's happening in the country today. go tom hanks, go meryl streep. >> why did said he wanted to make this this year. why is that so important? >> let's speak for our boss, shall we? here's what he meant by that. the first time anybody saw this was in october, liz hannah wrote a movie about catherine graham and the pentagon papers. when the next president of the united states was going to be a woman for the first time in history, things were altered by that, so when we read it in february, we thought well, this -- >> we knew what had happened. >> yes, we had watched the cbs morning news and was aware that we were on -- we were in a whole other type of sort of ripped right from today's headlines so to speak. >> meryl, tell me about catherine graham. the evolution she goes in this movie and this is an extraordinary moment but also an extraordinary moment for her. >> it was 1971. it's when you wouldn't be in front of the camera, you wouldn't be of men really. except maybe for your mom. i remember what a big deal it was when barbara walters broke on to the "today" show maybe or this morning show, and everybody was very disgruntled and her costars were grumpy about it. it was a world of men. >> and chimpanzees. >> though they'd been in newspapers for years. >> but she was the owner publisher of the washington post and she was one of the few women who was in that position. so when a decision came whether to continue the sort of publication of the pentagon papers which had been begun by the "new york times," it came down to her to felt alone in that position and was, you know, put on the spot and -- >> liz hannah, who wrote the screen play said she wanted to show that she was vulnerable but she was not a victim. i thought that was a really good way to describe what we saw. >> our movie dedicated to nora efron who is a great journalist and she always said be the heroine of your life, not the victim. and catherine graham stepped into a moment of history where she made history and she had a lot going against her in that -- in that time. that's part of our story. >> this week in 1971, it took on, you know, three major -- major topics that seemed to never go away. was catherine graham becoming catherine graham and all the issues of equity and equality that goes a government trying to keep essentially the truth secret so they could continue to hide what was going on the ground in vietnam as well as attack of the first amendment that freedom of the press, that we felt we were sort of making a museum piece. we were a bit surprised that all three of those would be so pressed forward. >> i think that's why he wanted to do it this year especially was because of the siege on the free and independent press. >> et will's talk about this. i'm told that i's his voice. >> isn't he grate in teat in th? >> some of the lines you hear nixon say are exactly, tom, what we hear today from the president of the united states when it comes to the press. >> pentagon papers and got contact with samuel elsberg and nixon went after him specifically and we see this repeated where the press is in jeopardy. i mean, when -- when -- the state goes after the press, it -- it's a very dangerous situation in a democracy because it gives license all around the world for this to happen. >> i don't want to give away too much of the film but there is at the end this omoment when the decision comes down from the supreme court. >> why is it so prominently displayed over there? spoiler alert. >> the supreme court stands up, you know, for the press. >> that gives me goose bumps, that moment. >> i loved hearing, tom, that you guys actually had the pentagon papers on the set? >> they were scattered everywhere. the shoe box that had 200 pages t going through all 7,000 pages, those were the -- >> on the floor of the living room. >> and it's extraordinary to read them because individually there's no -- there's no bomb shell that is found in it. it is a collective weight of ongoing knowledge or evidence or testimony, the fact that the vietnam war was unwinnable, we should never have been there and this is all going on a time i think in '71, over 30,000 soldiers have been killed and how many of them -- >> and it made me think of those families. to hear that they died for nothing, really. they knew this was the wrong thing to do. >> they knew it was not winnable and the great line is that it was fought basically 10% to help the vietnamese, 20% to contain china and 70% to save face. >> we're 100% out of time. >> can i just mention best are you familiar with this book? 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>> yes. >> you talked about jerusalem. >> yes, exactly. >> and he said what? >> he say that probably he will announce the fact that he wanted to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. >> and you told him what? >> i told him i thought it was a mistake because we work and we've worked altogether on the recognition of two states, israel and palestine with boarders recognized by the international community, and that such a decision is not compliant with our international rules, and will not facilitate a peace process because that's a unilateral decision and that's pretty much him leading for the palestinian side. >> was that a calm conversation? >> i think it's always open and direct communication. you can agree to disagree, which is the case on some issues. >> the united states will withdraw from the paris climate accord. i was elected to represent the citizens of pittsburgh, not paris. >> president trump says it's bad news because it's bad for the american workers, bad for the american people. is that fair? >> what he means, what he wants to say expressing this point, it's bad for american workers, is just to say i will have to close all plants, and all this stuff. i mean, it's true. you will have to switch to another one. and it's understandable not to deal with reality and what we know. what we have to pro people, not jobs. if you want to protect people you retrain them, you help them in order to change their jobs to new ones much more adidnaptive consistent. >> why do you think the president pulled out of this? >> certainly wasn't elected by you guys and as the president of the american people, and second it took a micommitment with his campaign. we have a very good personal relationship and i do believe it's important to have on board the u.s. government and the americans, but i do respect him and i do respect his decisions, so i'm not saying he doesn't understand and doesn't share the analysis, but just it took a political commitment. >> how much has the withdrawal affected your efforts? >> i think the withdrawal to be totally fair with you created a huge momentum for me to create a counter momentum. i announcement of president trump's decision to leave paris agreement, i took an initiative called make it great again. it creates a huge mobilization of a lot of countries saying i do confirm and you had the u.s. announcement, an acceleration of the process in a lot of countries. >> so you say you're in better shape now because of this withdrawal that the president did you a favor? >> i think we have a momentum because i think we are have two phenomenon. withdraw of the united states which to me is a mistake but it's okay, we have to react and do something because it's impossible to leave the floor to the dismantling of the paris agreement. second, a deep wakeup call for the private sectors and some others to say wow, so we have to react. otherwise, that too becomes a little bit shaky. just think one second that if we decide not to decide, if we decide not to change our way to produce or invest, to behave, we decide, you decide to condemn billions of people. that's a big decision. and we will -- i mean, all of us will be judged for that. >> jeff glor's full interview with the french president will be airing today on our streaming network cbsn. >> and you can hear more of cbs this morning on our pod cast and app apple pod cast app. >> tune in, download it. >> we'll do it. >> put in your earphones with gayle king. you're watching cbs this morning. because everyone likes easy. sure do. because everyone is on the go. because we all like to save energy, but sometimes we slip up. reaching up. ssssh! because sometimes we want it cool at night, then toasty in the mornings. introducing the easy to use, energy saving, adjustable from everywhere, easy on the wallet and the eyes, thermostat e. e is for everyone. last night's jimmy kimmel live was a family affair with a serious message in between all the jokes. >> hi, i'm jimmy. this is billy. i was out last week because this guy had a heart surgery, but look, he's fine, everybody. >> and billy's doing great. he has one more surgery. this is amazing. he had an operation a week ago. they say he's probably on track to win at least a bronze medal in the olympics in 2036. >> he's a proud dad. he had help on his monologue. to push congress to restore funding. kimmel became an advocate for children's health care coverage when billy was born with a heart problem. he's already had two heart surgeries but he's feeling good, he says. >> he looks great. isn't it >> what they can do. >> that does it for us. be sure to tune in for the cbs [lance] it is absolute chaos out here! ...don't know if you can hear me, can we get a shot of this cold front, right here. 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