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KPIX CBS This Morning October 18, 2017

Nba. A onepoint thriller on opening night. And all that matters do you feel like you missed it . Some parts no, i dont. I miss wearing makeup. Well, sure. On cbs this morning. And a swing and a miss. The ball game is over, and the dodgers up 30. I do think its pretty hilarious just to see how people in chicago went from, man, after 108 years i wish we could just win once, just one time. Now people are like we want it every year. This eye opener is presented by toyota. Lets go places. Looking good for the dodgers. Welcome to cbs this morning. Charlie is off today, but were in good hands. Jeff glor is with us at the table. Good to be here. Always good to have you. As you wake up in the west today, President Trump is fueling new controversy over one of the most solemn duties of any president , speaking to families of troops killed in action. The white house says the president s chief of staff, john kelly, did not get a call from then president obama when kellys son, a marine lieutenant, was killed in afghanistan. Mr. Trump brought up the issue in a radio interview. The president is also accused of being insensitive in a phone call to the widow of a green beret killed in west africa early are this month. She received the call while on the way to greet her husbands casket at the airport. Details of the conversation come from a democratic congresswoman who overheard the call. Margaret brennan is at the white house with more on all of this. Margaret, good morning. Reporter good morning. The president spoke last night with the families of all four of those green berets killed in niger and thanked them for their service. But in defending his own response to the attack, the president ignited another controversy. President trump frequently speaks of his respect for u. S. Military leaders, like his chief of staff, john kelly, a retired marine general. On tuesday, he thrust kelly into the spotlight to make a political point. I mean you could ask general kelly, did he get a call from obama . You could ask other people. I dont know what obamas policy was. Reporter kelly, who declined to comment, has made clear in the past he does not want his son, roberts death exploited and rarely speaks publicly about it. There are no words that can make it better, i know that. Reporter on memorial day this year President Trump visited roberts grave and called attention to his loss. Robert died fighting enemies of all civilizations in afghanistan. Reporter earlier this week, mr. Trump claimed that past commanders in chief did not always call gold star families. President obama and other president s, most of them didnt make calls, a lot of them didnt make calls. Reporter a claim swiftly refuted by president s clinton, bush and obama. Mr. Trump made it while defending why it took 12 days to publicly acknowledge the deaths of the four green berets, including sergeant la david johnson. On tuesday, sergeant johnsons remains were transferred back to his widow in miami, who also took a condolence call from the president. Florida democrat and congresswoman Frederica Wilson was with johnson when mr. Trump called. He never said the word hero. He said to the wife, well, i guess he knew what he was getting into. Reporter the president tweeted this morning that wilson fabricated her account, but the congresswoman is standing by her version of events. Myeshia johnson has not responded to requests for comment by cbs news. Now, the white house still hasnt explained why it took the president 12 days to publicly acknowledge the deaths, but did explain that it took until this monday for them to vet the information provided by the pentagon and confirm that the next of kin had been notified of the deaths. All right, Margaret Brennan there at the white house, thank you so much. The success or failure of a bipartisan fix for obamacare Insurance Markets could hinge on the white house. The president seemed to endorse a temporary plan from senators Lamar Alexander and patty murray yesterday. But then he appeared to turn away from the deal hours later. The president is cutting off obamacare subsidies to Health Insurers. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that could move and raise premiums by 20 next year. Nancy cordes is on capitol hill. Nancy, good morning. Reporter good morning. This deal is primarily aimed at reinstating those payments and it is also significant because its the first time in seven years that democratic and Republican Leaders have cut a deal that could be viewed as fixing parts of obamacare. Im grateful to the president for encouraging me on two occasions in phone calls to try to get a bipartisan agreement with senator murray. Reporter the republican chair of the Senate Health committee and his democratic counterpart announced that their plan would reduce premiums on the individual market and prevent millions from losing coverage. Chairman alexander and i were able to find Common Ground on a number of steps to stabilize the markets. Reporter their plan would provide 106 million to promote obamacare enrollment, something the white house recently announced would be slashed. The plan would also reinstate subsidies for Insurance Companies for two years, lowering the cost of coverage. President trump announced last week he would no longer authorize those payments. That money is going to Insurance Companies to lift up their stock price and thats not what im about. Reporter but in the rose garden yesterday, mr. Trump seemed to endorse the bipartisan deal. Lamar has been working very, very hard with the democratic his colleagues on the other side, patty murray is one of them in particular, and theyre coming up and theyre fairly close to a shortterm solution. Reporter hours later in a speech at the heritage foundation, the president seemed to change his tune. I continue to believe Congress Must find a solution to the obamacare mess instead of providing bailouts to Insurance Companies. Reporter last night, the president tweeted any increase in obamacare premiums is the fault of the democrats for giving us a product that never had a chance of working. Some republicans will argue that this deal simply props up obamacare, a law that many of them believe is destined to fail. But they have also been unable so far to pass a replacement. So for now, gayle, there are millions of people who rely on the stability of these individual Insurance Markets. Nancy, thank you. President trump is looking for a new czar nominee this morning. Republican congressman tom marino withdrew yesterday saying the best course of action is to remove the distraction my nomination has created. A 60 minutes Washington Post investigation found marino worked on a new law that weakened the deas ability to block suspicious drug shipments. Deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein promises a review. The issue addressing the 60 minutes piece and the post story is illegitimate pharmaceutical drugs for illegitimate issues. Lawmakers are working on a new bill giving regulators more tools to fight the opioid epidemic. President trump is firing back at senator john mccain. The president issued a warning yesterday to the Arizona Republican one day after mccain slammed current American Foreign policy adds, quote, half baked, spurious nationalism. Mr. Trump responded in a radio interview at the white house. You heard what he said yesterday, senator mccain. Yeah, well, i hear it. People have to be careful because at some point i fight back, you know. Im being very nice. Im being very, very nice. But at some point i fight back and it wont be pretty. When asked about that threat, mccain said he doesnt want to fight with the president. I dont comment on what the president says, i comment on what he does. And i will say that ive faced some pretty tough adversaries in the past. Im not interested in confronting the president , im interested in working with the president. Mccain said he will not let personal issues interfere with politics. Harvey weinstein cut the last link to the management of his former media empire as the sex scandal widens. The disgraced movie mogul resigned yesterday from the board of directors of the Weinstein Company. He had retained his board seat despite being fired last week from running daytoday operations. And this morning his brother, Bob Weinstein, is also facing a Sexual Harassment allegation. Bianna golodryga joins us. A legally damaging now phase for the company, good morning. Weinstein called in his resignation reportedly from a Treatment Facility in arizona. He has apologized for his past hurtful behavior, but denies in engaging in any nonconsensual sex. Nearly 60 women now accuse him of misconduct, ranging from Sexual Harassment to rape. Whatever stands in our way, we will defeat it. Lena headey is on game of thrones but says she felt powerless when Harvey Weinstein tried to force her into his hotel room. He whispered in my ear dont tell anyone about this, not your manager, not your agent, she shared on twitter. I got into my car and i cried. On tuesday the Weinstein Company board ratified its decision to fire weinstein. A formality given that he resigned from the board that same day. His ouster, legal experts say, does not protect the company from potential lawsuits. It is going to be the ageold question, what did the company know and when did it know it . Reporter allegations of harassment across hollywood are growing. Amazon studios chief roy price resigned following an accusation of Sexual Harassment. Actress Reese Witherspoon speaking at an event in los angeles revealed that she was assaulted by an unnamed director when she was 16. I have my own experiences that come back to me very vividly. And i found it really hard to sleep. On tuesday amanda segel said she was harassed by harveys brother, bob. Bob weinstein was generally abusive with people in my company. And jeffrey katzenberg, the brothers former boss at disney, said bob belittled and bullied his employees. The one person who did unacceptable to me was bob. Bob weinsteins lawyer told cbs this morning varietys story about Bob Weinstein is riddled with false and misleading assertions by miss segel and we have the emails to prove it. He did not respond to a question about katzenbergs comments so it does raise questions as to whether Bob Weinstein will remain at the company if in fact they are acquired by colony capital. Also it broadens a discussion beyond just the corridors of the Weinstein Company to others within the industry. It gets uglier and uglier. Thank you very much, bianna. Damage estimates from Northern Californias Deadly Wildfires topped 3 billion and that number is expected to grow. The wineries were hit hard. More than 30 were destroyed or damaged after the fires broke out early last week. Aid ya adriana diaz is at a winery this suffered extensive damage. Good morning. Reporter good morning. California wine making is a 58 billion business but now some of that could be up in smoke. If you look around here, a wildfire tore through this vineyard, destroying this work truck and the vines behind it. We got a look at the damage from the air in a California National guard helicopter. Ive never seen anything like this. This literally looks like a bomb hit this neighborhood. Reporter the winddriven firestorm burned entire neighborhoods to the ground. Just when you think the destruction is over, we pass over a hill and there are even more neighborhoods where houses have been completely decimated. Reporter also destroyed, huge expanses of vineyards. This was the house. Reporter ken mow holt see better not only lost the home his grand father built but part of the vineyard and he said the primetime to harvest the surviving grapes was last week, but closed roads kept him away from his property. Theyre a little past when i would like to have picked them. You start to see them shrink a little bit and thats a loss of weight and that counts on the bottom line. Reporter he could face not only a loss of income but major expenses as well. Things like ripping up the soil and replacing irrigation systems. Even grapes untouched by the flames could be tainted by smoke, affecting dozens of wineries. I would say theres probably 30 to 60 that have been heavily impacted. Reporter lewis perdue is a Wine Industry analyst. Is that a large percentage of the vineyards out here . Well, you have to realize there are somewhere dloclose to0 wineries in napa and sonoma. So its serious, but its not a killer blow to the industry. Reporter if theres any Silver Lining here, its that 90 of the grapes in napa were already harvested before the wildfires started. The wine Tourism Industry here, the tasting rooms, the hotels, the tour bus companies, all want people to know that most of wine country is still open. Thank you very much. Chinas president , xi jinping said its time for his country to take center stage in the world. He told the opening of the Chinese Communist party today that theres a new choice for other countries. This summit happens every five years and determines who rules china and what direction the country will take. He is expected to remain in charge. The summit will last almost a week. Two federal judges blocked the Trump Administrations newest travel ban before it took effect this morning. Several states challenged the ban. Judges in hawaii and maryland found the government didnt show how the ban improved national security. The rulings do not affect travel bans for venezuela and north korea. Wall street opened higher this morning one day after hitting a new milestone. The Dow Jones Industrial average soared past 23,000 for the first time. It closed just below that mark, gaining 40 points yesterday. Since the start of the 2017, the dow has climbed more than 3,000 points. Cbs News Business analyst Jill Schlesinger is here with whats behind the recordsetting surge. Jill, good morning. What are some of the factors . I think the first thing is that the economy is growing and the Global Economy is growing and that may have a bigger factor this year because the rest of the world has caught up to the u. S. We also know that corporate profits are doing quite well. They have done quite well for the last six months or so. And thats been helpful. And were in a low Interest Rate environment. You put those three things together, you get a surging market and its a continuation of this strong bull market. It is now the second longest bull market on record. Well, the president has taken credit for the surge. Can he . Well, i think partially. Lets think about this. Weve got a bull market, it started back in march of 2009. So the first 92 months of the bull market, that occurred under president obama. The most recent 11 months under President Trump. Now, the reality is when he was first elected, people thought the market is going to go up. Were going to get infrastructure spending, were going to get tax reform and Regulatory Reform. Of those three weve gotten a little Regulatory Reform and thats it. I still think the fundamentals are whats driving the market right now, not so much what the Trump Administration is doing, although they are saying they will do something. How worried are you about how long this can last . Im always worried. Tomorrow marks the 30th anniversary of the crash of 1987. I hate to admit it, but i was a young pup trader that month. It was scary. That day the stock market dropped by 22 in one session. That is as if the dow dropped 5,000 points or more right now. That was caused by a confluence of various things, but reality is those things are not present now. They could always happen. Its good to be defensive. Dont take on too much risk. And yet we recovered from that and will. Yes, but we dont want to have to go through it again. Jill, thank you very much. The Hotel Security guard who first encountered the las vegas gunman, Stephen Paddock, is speaking out for the first time. Ahead, the new details jesus campos revealed to Ellen Degeneres, including how he stopped a building engineer from running into the gunfire. But first, it is 7 19. Announcer this National Weather report sponsored by brighthouse financial. Established by metlife. 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