make sure we don t have more disasters in the years to come. reporter: the judge also faulted the company for paying $4.5 billion in dividends to shareholders while letting the tree budget wither. he said we wound up with a large number of trees that should have been removed, and that appears to be the single biggest factor in the 2017 and 2018 fires. after the hearing while lawyers spoke to the media on the turk street side of the building, i followed pg&e s acting ceo out the golden gate avenue side. the judge said that you took money from the tree digit for dividends. do you have any response? we are very focused on safety and work we re doing going forward. i appreciate the judge s hearing and i think like us he wants to gt it right. thank you. reporter: appreciate your time, thank you. reporter: the judge imposed new conditions, demanding the utility follow state law when it comes to trimming trees and that pg&e follow its new wildfire mitigation plan. it s t
what s going on on the ground. scaffolding is in place to protect pedestrians in case parts of that cracked window on the 36th floor comes crashing down. engineers are expected to come out tomorrow and send a drone up to get a closer look. people walked through scaffolding below the sinking millennium tower. the first priority is to get that secured further from the outside. tom miller is the attorney for the towers homeowners association. he said the windows is sealed with special silicone tape inside the unit but not outside because the building s maintenance platform is broken. they hope to have someone rap pell down to fix it. we re going to have him do that taping. nbc bay area s investigative unit was the first to tell you about the sudden fracture of the window over labored weekend. the latest problem for a residential tower that has sank 18 knishes. city inspectingers issued a citation and ordered building owners to assess the damage. the homeowners associat
this is this is the cbs evening news with jeff glor. watching here and now to know that a new day is on the horizon! reporter: the internet lit up, and her long-time partner, stedman graham, added fuel to the fire, telling the l.a. time has the winfrey would absolutely run for president if the people want her to. a notable shift from last fall. she s lost her mind. reporter: when winfrey, who is a special correspondent for 60 minutes, laughed off the notion of a bid on cbs this morning. there will be no running for office of any kind for me. reporter: but the democratic field in 2020 is wide open. which could prove enticing for a well-known, well-funded media mogul. oprah. i love oprah. reporter: in fact, her fellow billionaire, donald trump told larry king in 1999 that winfrey would be his first choice for v.p. if s be fantastic. she s popular. she s brilliant. she s a wonderful woman. report detractors say what she lacks is political experience, but
this is the cbs evening news with jeff glor. glor: good evening. we welcome the challenge. whether it s oprah winfrey or anybody else. that was the reaction from the white house today after a widely discussed speech at the golden globes last night. winfrey did nothing to dissuade presidential talk. in fact, her long-time partner seemed to encourage it. with more on this potential matchup in 2020, we begin tonight with nancy cordes. reporter: to the casual observer, the speech was vintage winfrey, an emotional commentary on sexual harassment. for too long women have not been heard or believed if they dared to speak their truth to the power of those men. but their time is up. reporter: but fans thought they heard something more, the crescendo of a campaign address. so i want all the girls watching here and now to know that a new day is on the horizon! reporter: the internet lit up, and her long-time partner, stedman graham, added fuel to the fire, telling the l.a.
this is the cbs evening news with jeff glor. glor: and this is our western edition. good evening. we welcome the challenge. whether it s oprah winfrey or anybody else. that was the reaction from the white house today after a widely discussed speech at the golden globes last night. winfrey did nothing to dissuade presidential talk. in fact, her long-time partner seemed to encourage it. with more on this potential match-up in 2020, we begin r:night with nancy cordes. ( applause ) reporter: to the casual observer, the speech was vintage winfrey, an emotional commentary on sexual harassment. for too long women have not been heard or believed if they .ared to speak their truth to the power of those men. but their time is up. reporter: but fans thought they heard something more, the crescendo of a campaign address. so i want all the girls watching here and now to know that a new day is on the horizon! ( applause ) reporter: the internet lit up, and her long-time partn