now and forevermore. narrator: if animals are our best friends, shouldn t we be theirs? visit your local shelter, adopt a pet. you ll be in my heart no matter what. cbs cares. if you were a hippie in the 60s, you need to know. it s the dawning of the age of aquarius. yeah, and something else that s cool. what? osteoporosis is preventable. all: osteo s preventable? right on! if you dig your bones, protect them. all: cbs cares! today, volkswagen admitted it rigged 11 million cars to defraud pollution tests. the u.s. justice department is looking into criminal charges. and here s more from kris van cleave. in my german word we have totally screwed up. reporter: volkswagen s us, ceo michael horne has said what has become painfully clear for the u.s. automaker. our company was dishonest with the epa and the california air resources board. and with all of you. reporter: the 11 million cars with software to cheat u.s. emission standards are diesel versions of five
but it is facing up to $18 billion in possible fines. the software senses when a vehicle is undergoing emission tests and reduces pollutants released. but when driven the epa found emissions 10 to 40 times above acceptable levels. the damage to volkswagen is going to last for years. reporter: clarence ditlo runs the center for auto safety. this was clearly a deliberate act by executives at volkswagen that there needs to be criminal penalties. reporter: volkswagen ceo apologized in germany. he could learn his fate tomorrow at a board meeting. chris, thank you very much. this is not a safety issue. the cars won t crash. but there is a danger to health. here s ben tracy. reporter: this is what los angeles looked like in the 1980s. beach-goers and buildings shrouded in smog. nearly 30 years later, you can see the impact of the toughest emissions standards in the country. how long will the test take? reporter: diesel emissions the kind volkswagen admits covering up
let s check weather and traffic. it s refreshingly nippy this morning. that s a nice way to put it. next week. it could be brutally cold. today won t be bad. later. fog popping up. patchy fog. not widespread. patchy fog. sonoma, we have some. and out towards brentwood and morgan hill. maybe where you are as well. once that lifts, hazy sunshine. that fog can be i think a bigger factor over the next few days. 30s, 40s and 50s. if you re stuck in the fog the visibility can be awful. mild to warm conditions. jetstream staying to the north for now. everything up in the pacific northwest. we will have a huge change in the weather about five days away. say hello to rick. tropical storm rick. only 40 miles per hour winds. yet only one of four tropical systems to form in the eastern pacific after november 18th. some warm water down there. cool morning. lots of sun. cold morning. once the fog lifts, 60s and 70s. when you said hello to rick, i thought you were going to say say
today, volkswagen admitted it rigged 11 million cars to defraud pollution tests. the u.s. justice department is looking into criminal charges. and here s more from kris van cleave. in my german word we have totally screwed up. reporter: volkswagen s us, ceo michael horne has said what has become painfully clear for the u.s. automaker. our company was dishonest with the epa and the california air resources board. and with all of you. reporter: the 11 million cars with software to cheat u.s. emission standards are diesel versions of five popular models built between 2009 and 2015. the company is moving full speed to finding a fix and set aside more than $7 billion to deal with the problem. that s half a year s profits. but it is facing up to $18 billion in possible fines. the software senses when a vehicle is undergoing emission tests and reduces pollutants released. but when driven the epa found emissions 10 to 40 times above acceptable levels. the damage to volksw
first the republicans who are going to be taking part in tomorrow s cnn debate at a nearby university of miami. i sat down today with donald trump the front-runner. he made headlines. he expects a softer tone tomorrow night at the debate. however, he s still calling his leading rival lying ted. we ll bring you the interview in depth after sara murray sets the republican stage. i was watching the news in one of the rooms, and every single advertisement was about me. and it was during my tournament. i m going from tournament to horrible ad. if the most vicious ads. reporter: in the face of an onslaught of attacks, donald trump is triumphing, notching three more victories tuesday night and urging the party to rally behind him. we have something going that s so good. we should grab each other and unify the party. and nobody is going to beat us. reporter: the billionaire businessman celebrating with a surreal election night event, responding to a drum beat of criticism