Changed the conversation about sexual abuse and harassment. A world war iis veterans hometown helps him stay active. Meet the neighbors who are putting out chairs to keep him move. We begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. I was stunned and broken hearted at what i saw a member of congress doing. Gold star father john kelly defends President Trump. The white house chief of staff talking about this call to one of the widows of the soldiers killed in niger. He called four people the other day and expressed his condolences and the best way he could. I said, sir, theres nothing you can do to lighten the burden. Amid the controversy over President Trumps condolence call, there are serious questions about the attack itself. You feel this administration has been forthcoming about what happened there . Of course not. The u. S. Senate has passed a budget plan. A major step forward in the republican effort to overhaul the u. S. Tax code. Bigotry seems emboldened. Former president s bush and obama are blasting the current state of american politics. Instead of our politics reflecting our values, weve got politics inspecting our communities. Protests erupting at a White Nationalist event. The university of florida. Richard spencer made an appearance. All that. One more time. On the run. Close. It is caught. For the touchdown. Crabtree its not dead yet. Raiders win it. And all that matters. A Welcome Break from one contentious political season. The annual dinner. Every afternoon, former Speaker John Boehner calls me up. Not to give advice. Just to laugh. On cbs this morning. Caught by tolberson. The dodgers win. Headed to the world series for the first time in 29 years. This mornings eye opener is presented by toyota, lets go places. Welcome to cbs this morning. Republicans in washington overnight move closer to a massive overhaul of the federal tax code. The Senate Approved a 4 trillion budget plan after a latenight debate. The vote was along party lines. 5149. In a tweet this morning, President Trump noted that every democrat, plus republican, rand paul, voted against it. But the president praised the senator, saying this now allows for the passage of largescale tax cuts and reform which will be the biggest in the history of our country. Nancy cordes is on capitol hill. Nancy, good morning. Reporter good morning. The tax reform bill is still being crafted. But it could not have gone anywhere without this crucial vote last night. Senate republicans needed to try to find the kind of unity that has been eluding them lately. And they did. The budget they passed makes room for a tax reform plan that would add about 1. 5 trillion to the federal deficit over ten years, so thats the price tag theyre going to be aiming for. Now that they passed this budget, senate rules will allow republicans to skirt any democratic filibuster when it comes to tax reform. Theyll be able to try to pass their tax plan with a simple majority. 51 votes instead of the usual 60. Now, last nights milestone could help to ease the tension that has been bubbling up recently between President Trump and majority leader mcconnell after a series of failed votes on health care, even though adding to the deficit as this tax plan will do is typically something that republicans oppose. Now, this budget is going to have to be reconciled with the version that passed the house last month. Democrats argue that the tax plan that is still being crafted will mean big breaks for corporations and the wealthy and not much for the middle class. All right, nancy, thank you so much. White house chief of staff john kelly is defending President Trump and his comments to a military widow. The retired marine widow said congressman wilson had no business listening when the president spoke to the wife of a soldier killed in niger. The president tweeted last night that wilson was wacky and listened to the call secretly. He insisted she, quote, gave a total lie on content. Another Family Member who heard the call said wilson described it accurately. Chip reid is at the white house this morning. Reporter good morning. White house chief of staff john kelly condemned congresswoman wilson for politicizing President Trumps call to the widow of a fallen soldier. But President Trump himself had earlier politicized the situation when he falsely suggested that other president s had not made similar calls. Kelly tried to clean up the mess. The selfless devotion that brings a man or woman to die in the battlefield, i just thought that might be sacred. Reporter during an emotional appearance in the White House Briefing room, kelly said he was stunned by the criticism of President Trumps condolence call. The only thing i could do to collect my thoughts was to go walk among the finest men and women on this earth. You can always find them. Theyre in Arlington National cemetery. Went over there for an hour and a half. Walked among the stones. Some of whom i put there. Because they were doing what i told them to do when they were killed. Reporter mr. Trump had asked his chief of staff what to say to the families of the four american soldiers killed in niger more than two weeks ago. I said to him, sir, theres nothing you can do to lighten the burden on these families. Reporter kelly told the president about his own son, lieutenant robert kelly, who was killed on the battlefield in afghanistan in 2010. And also how joseph dunnford, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and kellys best friend, broke the news to him. He said, kel, he was doing exactly what he wanted to do when he was killed. He knew what he was getting into by joining the that 1 . He knew what the possibilities were. Because were at war. Reporter kelly said that was the message mr. Trump tried to convey to the young widow of sergeant Ladavid Johnson, one of those killed in niger. Wilson said she was in the car when the president called the widow and was offended by mr. Trumps suggestion that the 25yearold soldier, quote, knew what he signed up for. Mr. Trump denied saying that. Theres no perfect way to make that phone call. Reporter kelly and other white house staff were in the room when the president made the call. Congresswoman wilson responded harshly, telling politico, john kellys trying to keep his job. He will say anything. Kelly did acknowledge that he told President Trump that president obama did not call him after his son died, but he said he did not mean that as a criticism of mr. Obama. Thanks, chip. Defense secretary james mattis says the mission in niger that ended in the deaths of the four u. S. Army sergeants is still under investigation. Jeremiah johnson, bryan black, Dustin Wright and Ladavid Johnson were not expecting enemy contact when they were attacked earlier this month. The americans were ambushed by a group of about 50 fighters affiliated with isis. Senate Armed ServicesCommittee Members want more information. They may use a subpoena to get it. David martins at the pentagon. David, good morning. Good morning. This started out as a low risk operation. The 30th of its kind to meet with local village leaders. But it has turned into one of the most Controversial Military operations of the Trump Administration. The loss of our troops is under investigation. Reporter as the pentagon probes the deaths of four american soldiers killed in niger, members of congress are now also calling for their own investigation. We are coequal branches of government. We should be informed at all times. Reporter pentagon Officials Say an american Reconnaissance Aircraft was in the air but not watching over the patrol. Who was only called in after the ambush started. Three soldiers were killed and a fourth, sergeant la david johnson, was missing. Officials believe he was still somewhere on the battlefield. For several hour, they tracked a locator beacon that became intermittent and finally faded out. By the time they found him two days later, he was dead. Raising the awful possibility an american soldier had been left behind. Its a possibility the pentagons Lieutenant GeneralKenneth Mckenzie flatly rejected. No one was left behind. Either the u. S. , our partner in niger, French Forces were actively on the ground searching for this soldier. Reporter according to defense secretary mattis the first reinforcements to arrive were french aircraft 30 minutes after the ambush was reported. The french response included armed fighter aircraft, helicopter gunship, medevac helio that lifted out our wounded. Reporter the First American aircraft to arrive was an unarmed helicopter sent to recover the bodies of the american soldiers. It was operated by a u. S. Contractor hired to provide support for american troops operating in niger. There are about 800 american troops in niger, which may sound like a lot, except niger is a country the size of texas. Theyre there on a Counterterrorism Mission and, as secretary mattis said yesterday, on a Counterterrorism Mission, even when no enemy contact is expected, theres a risk. Unfortunately, we saw that this time. David, thank you. Former president S Barack Obama and george w. Bush are offering sharp criticism of the current political climate. Neither mentioned President Trump during separate and unrelated appearances yesterday. But both men appeared to rebuke him. Julianna goldman is in washington with extraordinary messages. Julianna, good morning. It is incredibly rare to see two former president hs at separate speeches on the same day and its also an unspoken rule that former president s, regardless of their party, do not criticize the Current Office holder, which makes their comments yesterday so striking. Folks dont feel good right now about what they see. Reporter at a Campaign Event in virginia last night, former president barack obama didnt name names. He didnt have to. Weve got folks who are deliberately trying to make folks angry. To demonize people who have different ideas. To get the base all riled up. Because it provides a shortterm tactical advantage. Reporter earlier in new jersey, mr. Obama said americans were confronting the same politics of division that dates back centuries. We put that to bed. I mean, thats folks looking 50 years back. Weve seen our discourse degraded by casual crewty. Reporter appearing before a packed room in new york, former president george w. Bush said america had to, quote, recover our own identity. At times it can seem like the forces pulling us apart are stronger than the forces binding us together. Reporter mr. Bush ruled that the current discourse was undermining american democracy. Our politics seems more vulnerable to conspiracy theories. An outright fabrication. Weve seen nationalism distorted into nativism. People of every ethnicity can be fully and equally american. It means that bigotry or White Supremacy in any form is blasphemy against the american creed. Reporter a spokesman for president bush said hes been discussing the same themes for decades. But as he left the hall yesterday, mr. Bush was reportedly asked if he thought his message would be heard in the white house. According to the new york times, he smiled and said i think it will. Julianna, thank you so much. Hollywoods television academy, the group behind the emmy awards, launch add process that could lead to harvey wine steins expulsion. As police in los angeles confirm an investigation into a 2013 rape allegation. The number of women now accusing the disgraced movie mogul of Sexual Misconduct has grown to nearly 60. Beyawn that golodryga is here from another troubling account from another highprofile actress. I encourage everyone to read the really powerful essay in the new york times. Oscar winning Actress Lupita Nyongo describes a series of traumatic encounters with weinstein starting when she was still a student in 2011. She says the recent allegations made her feel sick in the pit of her stomach. Lupita nyongo soared to fame when her work in 12 years a slave swept the hollywood awards season. By then, she claimed she already had two disturbing encounters with harvey wine stein. She says the first happened after he invited her to his connecticut home to screen a film. She writes, harvey led me into a bedroom, his bedroom, and announced that he wanted to give me a massage. For the First Time Since i met him, i felt unsafe. She was able to leave the room but a few months later she said weinstein propositioned her again during a dinner in new york, asking her to come upstairs to his private room. She declined. But as she left the restaurant, she writes that she said to him, i just want to know that we are good. And that he responded, i dont know about your career, but youll be fine. On thursday, the Los Angeles Police department confirmed that it is investigating a potential case of Sexual Assault involving harvey weinstein. The allegations come from an italian actress and model who told the Police Weinstein raped her in a Los Angeles Hotel room in 2013. In an interview with the bbc, actor tom hampgs predicted that the weinstein scandal will have an irreversible impact on society. Last name will become a noun and a verb. Become an identifying moniker for a state of being for which there is a before and an after. Harvey weinstein has denied any allegations of nonconsensual sex. Meantime, an Anonymous Group of Weinstein Company employees say they are breaking their nondisclosure agreement, releasing a letter claiming they didnt know they were working for a serial sexual predator. They say when they read the report, the weinsteins behavior, quote, we wept. Bianna, thank you. New york times correspondent jody canter who broek the weinstein story join us ahead. The story continues to make headlines. Lawmakers are taking steps to force facebook and other Online Platforms to disclose who buys political ads on their sites. Facebook revealed russian ajen i bought roughly 3,000 ads for 1,0 10,000 in 2015. Federal law bars foreign groups from spending money to influence american elections. A new bipartisan bill called the honest ads act will make online advertisers disclose who paid for ads. Cbs news contributor Nicholas Thompson is editor and chief of wired magazine and join us at the table. Nick, always good to see you. Listen, we like the sound of anything bipartisan. Do you think this will actually make a difference in the elections . This is a very big bill. It will make a difference. It does close a loophole. Do i hear a but . But its a small step. This isnt how russia influenced the election. Its not how russia influenced the election on social media. There are much bigger problems on social media. Still, this should be done. Who will oppose it . You can imagine the ad networks will oppose it because it will add a little bit of bureaucracy. Its possible the Tech Companies will oppose it. It might be good for them to have a little regulation. Facebook was hurt massively by what happened in the last election. And also people who dont want any kind of Campaign Finance reform. You can see some republicans opposing it on that ground. How many millions of people does facebook say this reached . The number of people who are reached by russian political ads is a fairly small number. Right. I mean, its a couple of million people. And theres like 10 million, right . And reach is a very broad definition. To read something means you scroll through, it doesnt really mean you reached them in any substantial way. Whats interesting is the online political ads are there. It is something that happened. But whats really problematic are the fake accounts that the russian operatives set up. Those were massively more influenti influential. Theyre harder to find and harder to define. Thats the biggest problem. Thats the thing that had more influence last time. Silicon valley continues to have a pr problem. Silicon valley has a massive pr problem. And one that theyre really struggling with right now. And how they respond to this bill will play into that. If they come out hard against it, you can imagine people getting even angrier. I tried to get facebook to Say Something to me last night about it and i really got i got nothing. Nick, thank you. In a statement to cbs news, facebook said, we stand with lawmakers in their efforts to achieve transparency in political advertising. House Speaker Paul Ryan took some playful shots at trump. During last nights annual political rooast, made light of his appearance at last years event. I know last year donald trump offended some people. I know his comments according to critics went too far. Some said it was unbecoming of a public figure. And they said that his comments were offensive. Well, thank god hes learned his lesson. Thats good. Ryan also poked fun at hillay clinton, Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer. He was on