less than 24 hours after a man detonated a pipe bomb in a pedestrian tunnel in the heart of the city subway system, the passageway has been reopened. and 16 women come together in a renewed call for action against president trump for alleged sexual misconduct. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters good to be with you. i'm anne-marie greene. the contentious campaign in the special alabama senate race is over. voters go to the polls today to choose between republican roy moore dogged by allegations of sexual misconduct and democrat doug jones. alabama hasn't elected a democratic senator in two decades but the allegations against moore have divided the republican party producing a race that appears to be too close to call. brook, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. there's allegations have divided thpu from alabama says he wrote in someone else's name rather than vote for moore, but others in the party are pushing hard for this republican. this is an offyear election where turning out die hard supporters would normally be the whole game but this race has become something bigger. alabama will finally pick its next senator today, republican roy moore or democrat doug jones. last night both candidates held big last minute rallies head lined by some big names. moore who has been dogged by sexual misconduct towards teenagers, it wastoeve bannon urging not to let outsider es influence the election. >> moore once again denied and questions the timing of the allegations against him and asked voters to judge this former judge on his record. >> if you don't believe in my characr, >> reporter: against the backdrop of anti moore protesters his challenger brought out charles barclay. >> if somebody sent you this as a movie script you would throw it in the trash. you says there's no way possible this other dude could be leading in any polls. >> jones is trying to become the first democratic senator in two decades and insists the race goes beyond traditional red/blue lines. >> it is time that we put our indecency, our state before political party. >> moore has had a slim lead in most polls but the latest two were split. one poll has moore in the lead, the other shows jones winning. the count that matters happens tonight. the balance of the senate right now republicans have a two-sloet majority there. a lot tonight that any two senators legislation. >> thank you very much, brook. the would be suicide bomber who allegedly set off a pipe bomb in the new york city subway system told investigators that he wanted to avenge u.s. aggression against the islamic state. the subway passageway reopened this morning. officials say while akayed ullah may have been inspired by isis he never had direct conduct with the terrorist group and he acted alone. >> reporter: through the grainy lens of the surveillance video the moment of the explosion is clear to see. when the smoke cleared the alleged bomber was laid out on the ground. outside, hundreds of frightened commuters fled the chaos. inside others were locked down for nearly an hour. >> i tried to get out, but they wasn't letting us out. >> reporter: patricia felt trapped in her wheelchair. >> people were lik over the place, so at that point i was really scared. >> reporter: authorities say at 7:20 a.m. the terror suspect, the 27-year-old akayed ullah set off the bomb in a pedestrian tunnel just two blocks from times square. >> investigation at the scene indicates this male was wearing an improvised low tech explosive device attached to his body. he intentionally detonated that device. >> officials say the bomb was similar to a pipe bomb and was strapped to ullah using velcro and zip ties. it's believed it malfunctioned and partially exploded. five people sustained minor injuries. r with 270,000 passengers every day. it's also the for new york city's 6 million subway riders. the entrance is boarded up and under guard. this video shows the more than 700 foot long passageway with no emergency exit. the city is still on high alert with visible security at vulnerable soft targets. >> it's going to take everybody to have their eyes open, pay attention to what's going on. if you see something that's uncomfortable, make that phone call or talk to a cop. >> reporter: as police approached the suspect he appeared to be reaching for his cell phone and had wires hanging from his jacket and his pants. he is in custody at a nearby hospital. cbs news, new york. well, authorities have been searching ullah's home in brooklyn and a nearby rented space. police swarmed his home within hours of the explosion. sources tell cbs news ullah made the bomb himself. he came from he eventually became a legal permanent resident. ullah's family released a statement saying that they are heart broken by the attack, but we also -- what we are rather outraged by the behavior of law enforcement officials during the investigation. one teenage relative was pulled out of high school classes and interrogated without a lawyer and without his parents. >> later we'll talk with john miller of the nypd. well, more than 50 female members of the house of representatives are calling for an investigation of allegations of sexual misconduct against president trump. over the years more than a dozen women have accused mr. trump of making unwanted sexual advances against them before he entered politics. three of those women reiterated their accusations yesterday. >> reporter: three women face the cameras to talk about their encounters with donald trump. >> mr. trumpz repeatedly kissed in an encounter that has since influenced by life. >> reporter: she met the future president 12 years old. samantha holvey was a beauty con tes tent. >> these dreams never included a man lining us all over to line us up like we were pieces of meat. >> reporter: they've told their stories before but now they're calling on congress to open an investigation into the now president's behavior. >> what is your hope in speaking out again as a group of women? >> i guess our hope is that this issue does not get swept under the rug and we go on from here. >> reporter: jessica leeds sat next to mr. trump on an airplane more than 30 years ago. >> when he started to put his hand up my skirt i managed to wrestle myself out of the seat and stood up, grabbed my purse, and went to the back of the airplane. >> reporter: hours before the news conference began the white house released a statement saying the women's claims were addressed during the campaign. had a decisive election, supported president trump and we feel like these allegations have been answered through that process. >> reporter: the women say the environment has changed since then and it's time to see the president held accountable. cbs news, new york. a summit on climate change organized by the president of france begins today in paris. emmanuel macron said it was a mistake. he calls the decision extremely aggressive and 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[ laughter ] >> perhaps my mind did not think alike. but it's still great. good morning everybody. listen, the big weather story today is serious cold snap on the way. we're going to have windchills that will make it feel like it's 8 degrees outside. tomorrow. and today we've got a chance to see showers and flurries on the back end. so today scattered showers between now and noon. right now it's just cloudy out there but you could have a sprinkle pop up. then a rain/snow mix between 2:00 and 4:00 p.m. and then flurries between 6:00 and 7:00 p.m. although our forecasted high is up to 50 today, temperatures will begin to sharply drop by 2:00 this afternoon. so we'll feel like 30s or we'll be in the 30s rather by 4:00 p.m. most of the action associated with the system for now is the north of us where in pennsylvania we have some snow and a rain/snow mix. just cloudy for us, that could fill in later on this afternoon. 7:30 a.m.. just light little sprinkles. by 3:00, we still have that rain and snow mix in the areas to the east are favored to see that. everybody is not going to get it. looks like virginia and leesburg and san littlety miss out -- chantilly miss out on that. the best places to see snow will be just there along the mountains where they could have a couple of inches. for us you'll be lucky if you get a dusting out of this. and in the next big story of course is going to be the windchills. setting up shop tomorrow. look at that in just a moment. ellen? all right miri. construction out there blocking a couple of lanes. so heading around route 1. 95 in mad and the belt -- maryland and the beltway. inner loop of the beltway construction right by the 95 interchange. on route 1 southbound, just before you hit the beltway at least one lane is closed for construction. 66 eastbound, heading into d.c. at the vienna metro stop. one lais

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