60 minutes executive producer jeff fager joins us. His new book provides an inciters account on how the news magazine became the most successful tv program in history. We begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. It is going to be a scorching day across Southern California with record breaking heat likely. Look at these winds. Theyre going to continue to pick up throughout the day. Searing heat scorches Southern California. Unseasonable heat wave has increased the threat of new wildfires. Severe weather in the southeast. The major storm system a wide swath of destruction. Its devastating. The chairman answering reporters questions about the ambush in niger. More information, more importantly, we owe the families of fallen more information. This tax reform bill is probably his biggest and most important piece of legislation. Simplification of our tax code democratizes it. The manhunt for a possible serial killer intensified in florida. We will hunt this son of a [ bleep ] down until we find him. A jetblue flight hit several birds. The plane made an Emergency Landing at jfk. All that and bell right in, off the back board, hello, his teammates like it. Gets it off. And its a touchdown. Carson wentz is unbelievable. Tenpoint win for philadelphia. And all that matters. Mike, this is serious stuff. A green beret received a medal of honor decades after risking his life during the vietnam war. This is our medal. Its not mine. We all earned it. On cbs this morning. All five living former president s gathered to raise money for hurricane relief. Pay attention to president s bush and obama. What do you think bush said to obama that made him laugh so hard . We dont know what he said but we can speculate. 20 bucks if you pants clinton right now. This mornings eye opener is presented by toyota, lets go places. Welcome to cbs this morning. Severe weather threatens 30 Million People across the northeast. Heavy rain, wind and flooding. The system already battered the carolinas and parts of virginia. Intense winds flipped planes and crumbled hangars at a small airport northwest of charlotte. The National Weather service says at least nine possible tornados were spotted across the region. Demarco morgan is he tihickly North Carolina regional airport. Reporter the airport was fully functioning monday afternoon. But take a look at this right here behind me. Planes flipped over. Cars piled on top of each other. And two airport hangars now destroyed. The storm sent airplanes flying out of control and into each other. Strong winds damaged buildings at the hickory airport, burying planes and cars in mangled steel. The National Weather service believes a tornado likely touched down here. This amateur video shows the storms power, bringing blinding rain and intense wind gusts. This is whats left of an auto plant in North Carolina. The building caught fire. Holy moly. Reporter this cluster of trees were sliced off along i85. Thats ridiculous. Reporter and in west spartanburg. A lot of thunder and lightning. A whole lot of wind. My neighbors house over here is knocked four or five holes in her roof. Knocked her whole deck off the back of her house. Reporter many folks ventured outside to discover downed trees and power lines. Further north, in boone, North Carolina, flash flooding swamped cars. Water washed over the hood and stalled out. Reporter forced to ring out his textbook, College Student logan hamm now has to deal with a damaged car. That doesnt look good. Reporter believe it or not, the airport is still operating. In the midst of all of this damage right here behind me. There were no reports of any injury. That is some good news, demarco, thank you. Were learning new details about the time line of the deadly ambush in niger. Four american soldiers were killed in the battle with isislinked militants. The chairman of the joint chiefs now says the u. S. Troops waited one hour to call for help. French air power arrived less than an hour after that. Major garrett is at the white house with the growing questions surrounding the mission. Major, good morning. Reporter good morning. From his earlier days in office, President Trump has encouraged battlefield commanders to conduct more counterterrorism operations, gather intelligence, engage the enemy. All while promising minimal secondguessing from washington. That approach may face its greatest and deadliest test in niger. With senator john mccain and others asking for more answers and hinting about investigations. Cap yn you tell the public w happened . Reporter President Trump ignored the questions monday about the mission in niger. His top military adviser general Joseph Dunford denied the pentagon was withholding any information. I think we owe the American People transparency incidents and we continue to deliver just that. Reporter dunford released some basic details. October 3rd, 12 american soldiers joined 30 fighters on the Mission North of the nations capital. A day later, the group came under attack from approximately 50 welltrain and wellequipped militants associated with or inspired by isis. Gunfire waged for more than an hour before the americans radioed for help. Within minutes, a surveillance drone was overhead. It was another hour before french air cover arrived. Staff Sergeant Brian black, Jeremiah Johnson and Justin Wright were killed in action and evacuated that evening. The body of la David Johnson wasnt recovered until two days later. Questions about it, why four men died. Reporter Senate Armed ServicesCommittee Chairman john mccain said americans want to know what went wrong and what the mission was about. Along with those answers, dunford vowed to find out why johnson was separated from his unit. Every time i asked to see my husband, they wouldnt let me. Reporter mired in a dispute with the president over his condolence call to her, she says she has as many questions as anybody. I dont know how he got killed, where he got killed or anything. Reporter dunford said pentagon policy allows families to see the remains of a fallen loved one if they so desire. Dunford said he did not know if johnsons widow was denied that right but would find out. Through all of this, the white house has deferred to the pentagon investigation. But pressure is building on the commander in chief to demand answers or, at minimum, try to provide them. Major, thank you. President trump will meet with Senate Republicans at the capital in a few hours. At 10 00 a. M. Pacific time to lay out his priorities for tax reform. Nancy cordes is on capitol hill right now where the president s opposition to the proposal may complicate this effort. Nancy, good morning. Reporter good morning. One of the things that republicans have been mulling over is how to pay for all of these cuts they want to make to corporate and individual taxes. One idea they came up with was capping the amount that workers can contribute to their 401ks. But as soon as that was reported, President Trump publicly nixed it, tweeting on monday that the 401k is a popular middle class tax break that works and it stays. Now, this bill is still being drafted. So we still dont know if there are going to be three tax brackets or four. We dont know if the top bracket is going to come down or not. We also dont know whos going to fit in to what bracket so its really hard to say right now whether a middle income earner would pay the same rate that they do currently or a lower one. We do know that republicans have said they are not going to touch the mortgage deduction or the deduction for charitable giving. All of this, however, is moot, if congress does not pass a budget soon. That is a prerequisite for tax reform. And the president urged the house in a phone call over the weekend to just go ahead and pass the budget that was passed by the senate last week. But some conservatives are bulking. They worry that a 1. 5 trillion price tag is just too high. Its going to add too much to the deficit. Charlie. Thank you so much, nancy. Police in tampa, florida, are intensifying their hunt for a possible serial killer it dozens of officers are patrolling around the clock, looking for anything suspicious. Theyre also warning residents not to travel by themselves. Three people were shot and killed in the past two weeks while walking alone in the same neighborhood. Omar villa fran ka on efforts to keep people safe. Reporter not only have police increased patrols in this neighborhood, theyre also handing out light bulbs so residents can keep their front porch lights on. City crews are going around and fixing street lamps. The goal is to get rid of dark spots where someone could hide. Residents say theyre not relaxing until a suspect is caught. Can you tell maybe the audience some tips so those people who have to go to work at night who may have to walk at night, what they can do to be safe . Reporter anxious for answers about a possible serial killer still on the loose we keep saying one person . We think one person, but isnt this kind of of what we would see with a gang . Reporter roughly 400 people packed into an Elementary School auditorium monday evening to hear any updates from city officials. We filmed him. We saw him walking. We noticed that person. So why was he not walking was he walking to a home . Reporter there are also questions concerning this Surveillance Video showing a man police say they want to talk to. He was walking in the area when one of the three victims, benjamin mitchell, was murdered. Theres a very good likelihood that someone in this room knows whos doing it. Reporter police chief brian dugan wasnt ready to dismiss anyone in the community as a potential suspect or even a person of interest. This pains me to tell you that if youre out there walking alone, that youre either a suspect or a potential victim. Reporter tampa mayor bob buckhorn didnt hold back in pleading for the publics help. We need you to call us and let us know whats going on. Thats how were going to catch this guy. And we will hunt this son of a [ bleep ] down until we find him. Reporter police are also urging any homeowners with security cameras to turn over any footage of suspicious activity. With halloween just around the corner, parents are worried, but the police chief said police will be flooding this area and even hell be out on patrol. Omar, thank you. Drug poison deaths are at the highest level the government has ever recorded. A new Agency Reports on an average of 140 people died every day from drug poisoning in 2015. Controlled Prescription Drugs, including opioids, have been linked to the largest number of illegal Drug Overdose deaths in 2001. They kill more people than firearms, car crashes, suicides or homicides. On thursday, President Trump is expected to declare a national opoid emergency. Former fox news Host Bill Oreilly used his podcast last night to fire back at a New York Times report on payouts for Sexual Harassment claims. The tooips says that six women received settlements totaling about 35 million from oreilly or 21st century fox. Oreilly says he is mad at god over misconduct allegations. Anna warner is here with how he is hitting back. Good morning. Bill oreilly says he wants the story to go away but went public to defend himself, telling those listening he did nothing wrong. Anybody who doesnt like me will believe all the stuff. That the smear merchants put out. Because they want to believe it. Reporter bill oreilly fired back against Sexual Harassment allegations last night on his podcast. Am i mad at god . Yeah, im mad at him. I wish i had more protection. Reporter the New York Times reported oreilly agreed to pay former fox news legal analyst lis wiehl a stunning 32 million after she claimed he repeatedly sexually harassed her. She signed a affidavit renouncing the allegations. Oreilly couldnt comment on the settlement but said this. Ive never had a complaint filed against me anywhere by anyone. Reporter statements like that drew this response from former fox news host megyn kelly. Oreillys suggestion that no one ever complained about his behavior is false. I know because i complained. Reporter kelly says she sent an email to her bosses at fox after oreilly was asked about her allegations of Sexual Harassment against roger ailes on cbs this morning. Sexual harassment, youre not interested in Sexual Harassment . Im not interested in basically litigating something that is finished, that makes my network look bad, okay. Im not interested in making my network look bad at all. That doesnt interest me one bit so apparently she complained to someone. Thats not a formalint. It wasnt lodged with anybody. I didnt even know about it. Reporter speaking to the times last week, oreilly was defiant. This is bull [ bleep ], bull [ bleep ]. Reporter after the interview, with microphones still recording, oreilly said the controversy was taking a toll. This is horrible. Its horrible what i went through. Horrible what my family went through. This is crap and you know it. Reporter yesterday, oreilly posted thank you notes on his website for megyn kelly and former fox host Gretchen Carlson from the time when they worked together. In kellys note, she called oreilly a true friend and mentor and carlson writes, thank you so much for supporting me. Thank you for being my friend. Carlson responded on twitter to all of this, saying, so what, still paid 32 million. Carlson settled with fox for 21 million after alleging Sexual Harassment by former chief roger ailes. Megyn kelly claims she reported oreillys behavior to fox before he was ousted. We reached out to the company but have not heard before, norah. Anna, thank you. Record breaking heat will create dangerous fire conditions today in Southern California. Excessive heat warnings in effect from Santa Barbara to south of san diego. Triple digit temperatures are expected across the region. Firefighters are preparing for a potential repeat of the devastating wildfires that tore through Northern California earlier this month. The extreme heat could affect game one of the world series tonight at dodgers stadium. Jamie is there with the impact for players and fans. Jamie, good morning. At first pitch, temperatures are expected to be in the mid90s and could hit 100 degrees. If that happen that will make it the hottest world series on record. The last time a record was set was 2001ed an 94 degrees. All that scorching heat has the city of los angeles bringing an extra paramedics for tonights game. The crowd of more than 55,000 fans expected at dodgers stadium tonight need to be prepared for the dangerously high heat. Downtown los angeles shattered a previous record monday, hitting 102 degrees as the heat wave blanketed Southern California cities. Hot day. Reporter adding to the concern, a High Pressure system creating winds that could reach 60 miles an hour in places. Firefighters are moving trucks in place to attack flareups quickly. Right now were looking in some ways kind of like the perfect storm when you get this increased temperature, you get this wind in particular, in addition to that, you have such dry conditions. Reporter this threat comes more than two weeks after similar powerful wind gusts and several Northern California wildfires racing into communities at terrifying speeds. The destructive fires killed more than 40 people and damaged 8,400 structures. This weeks hot weather is forcing 85 san diego schools and dozens in long beach to end classes early because of a lack of air conditioning. Even people escaping to the beach for release were caught off guard. Did you think it would be 100 degrees in october . No. They told me, everyone im here with, they told me it wouldnt be this hot and i walk out here and start pouring sweat in five seconds. Reporter some dodgers players hope the unusually late season heat wave will help their game. When its hot here in l. A. , the ball tends to fly a little further so hopefully we can get some balls in the air. Reporter extreme heat isnt the only concern here at dodgers stadium. Those strong wind gusts are supposed to start at game time, 25mileperhour gusts coming n from right field, straight at home plate. A lot to think about when you go to the game. A doping scandal is rocking the famous iditarod sled dog race. Four dogs belonging to fourtime champion Dallas Seavey have failed drug tests. Race Officials Say they tested positive for a banned opoid painkiller after finishing this years race. He says he never gave his dogs any banned substance. He believe someone gave the drug to his dog maliciously. He says hes now pulling out of next years 1000mile race in protest. A former employee breaking her legal agreement not to talk about harvey weinstein. How nondisclosure agreements kept the alleged sexual misbehavior hidden for years. Legal analyst Rikki Klieman right here in studio with a look a dry and hot day but no clouds in sight to block the view. Get ready for the heat, it will be hotter than yesterday with temperatures about 20 degrees above average and some record breaking cities include san jose, concord, hayward and napa with temperatures in the low 90s to mid90s. San