Every time i turn around, theres something that reminds me of her. Why the girls father is blaming himself for her disappearance. And mo rocca talks to comedy legend Carol Burnett. A new cbs special this sunday. Now we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Robert mueller has charged Michael Flynn with willfully and knowingly making false fictitious and fraudulent statements. Mike flynn charged with lying to the fbi. This could not come at a worst time for the president for his party. Senate republicans trying to pass the tax bill can see the finish line but they can also see some hurdle also remaining. Cbs news has confirmed the white house has a plan to force Rex Tillerson out. When the president loses confidence in someone, they will no longer serve in the capacity theyre in. The jury has found an undocumented immigrant not guilty in the killing of a woman in San Francisco. President trump blasted the decision on twitter. Democratic congressman john conyers to resign amid nancy pelosi sure as hell wont be the one to tell the congressman to leave. The first Holiday Season of the Trump Presidency is officially under way. President trump lit the National Christmas tree. All that hell go all the way dallas 38, washington 14. And all that matters thats a beautiful shot. Tiger woods making a comeback for the fifth time, just three shots off the lead in his first tournament in ten months. For me, i thought he did great. On cbs this morning. Rex tillerson, is he on his way out as secretary of state . There have been plenty of signs tillerson was not happy. This is what he said last month while looking at a stat u in switzerland. Yes, some days i feel like i need to do that. Curl up in a ball. Yeah. It does feel pretty good. This mornings eye openering is presented by toyota, lets go places. Welcome to cbs this morning, norah is off today. Im gayle king with bianna goi g golodryga and vladimir duthiers. We have breaking news from washington for you. President trumps former National Security adviser Michael Flynn will plead guilty this hour to lying to the fbi about his contacts with russias u. S. Ambassador. The retired general is the highest ranking official so far to be charged in special counsel Robert Muellers investigation. Paula reid is outside the federal courthouse where he will appear, paula, good morning. Good morning. This is the second and arguably most significant cooperating witness Robert Mueller has secured so far in this investigation. In the next hour, Michael Flynn will come here to federal court where he will plead guilty to making false statements. Now, that is a relatively minor charge when you consider all the information about him and his business dealings that has been presented to the grand jury. Sources have confirmed to me that at least half a dozen witnesses have gone before the federal grand jury to testify and provide evidence about mr. About mike flynns business dealings. That opened him up to many charges, relating to failing to register and failing to disclose a lot of those, potentially very serious charges. The fact hes coming here to federal court to only plead to making false statements, this suggests that he is po pen chully providing the special council with incredibly valuable information. He was certainly a member of the inner circle. How worried should the white house be, do you think . Well, they consistently say theyre not worried, even when we started to get some hints and some clues that this was coming, specifically when flynns lawyers stopped sharing information about the investigation with the white house. They said yeah, it could be a plea. They didnt seem worried. But they should be concerned because this is someone who would have a lot of potentially very valuable information for special counsel. He would have been someone who would have been sitting in at a lot of meetings at the beginning of the administration. All of these crucial decisions he can now discuss potentially with robert muler. To be continued for sure, thank you, paula reid. Senate republicans are scrambling to save their tax bill after it hit a stumbling block over deficit concerns. The legislation appeared to Gain Momentum yesterday. But a study showing the massive tax cuts would add 1 trillion to the annual deficit brought it to a halt. A handful of republican deficit hawks are hesitant to support the bill. Senate aides delivered pizza as lawmakers debated into the night. The debate is set to resume at this hour. Nancy cordes is on capitol hill with the new timing for the tax overhaul. Nancy, good morning. Reporter good morning. Well, Republican Leaders are hoping to hold a final vote today but they are still making changes to win over the holdouts. Arizonas john mccain is now a yes, but others want tweaks. After independent number crunchers found that the tax plan wont pay for itself as promised. Economic consulting has been about as accurate as those latenight psychic hot lines. Reporter most republicans shook off the findings of the bipartisan joint committee on taxation, which is projecting that Economic Growth from the gop tax plan would only cover about 400 billion worth of the 1. 4 trillion cost. I think the jct scoring is highly questionable. Reporter a few gop deficit hawks like tennessees bob corker began looking for ways to cut the bills price tag. Would you vote . Were still working. Reporter one idea, to scale back the bills generous 15point Corporate Tax cut. Kill the bill reporter protesters rallied against the bill while the Senate Debated it inside. Democrats argued the plans cost isnt the only problem. It will enrich the very wealthiest americans. It will temporarily help the middle class, but the middle class tax cuts expire. Reporter but many republicans say its better to move ahead with an imperfect plan than wait and lose momentum. You just cant fail. I mean, this is just unacceptable for the Republican Party to have the house, the senate and the white house and not be able to reform the tax code, thats just unacceptable outcome. Reporter he and other republicans argue they can still make changes to the plan after it passes when Senate Republicans and House Republicans work to meld their two very different bills, a process that the president wants wrapped up, vlad, by christmas. Nancy, thank you. Stocks are losing ground as the Senate Debates the tax bill. For the first time, the Dow Jones Industrial average started the day above 24,000. The dow gained 331 points yesterday. The most in one day since march. President trump appears to be ready to shake up his National Security team. Cbs news confirms that Top White House aides have signed off on a plan to remove secretary of state Rex Tillerson. His most likely report is cia director mike pompeo. Tillerson is scheduled to have lunch at the white house today with the president and defense secretary jim mattis. Mr. Trump declined an opportunity to end the speculation about tillerson yesterday. Chip reid is at the white house with more on the timing of the personnel overhaul. Reporter well, good morning. The white house insists a shakeup at the state department is not imminent but as has been evident for quite a while, the relationship between the president and his secretary of state is strained, and now a replacement plan is in place and its been approved by white house chief of staff john kelly. 3, 2, 1. Reporter President Trump officially rang in the Holiday Season and a new year may bring big changes to his cabinet. Do you want Rex Tillerson on the job, mr. President . Hes here, rex is here. Reporter tillerson was at the white house thursday and the president suggested that meant his secretary of state was still on the job. His spokeswoman dismissed rumors a change was imminent. When the president loses confidence in someone, they will no longer serve in the capacity that theyre in. Reporter but cbs news confirms theres a plan to put cia director mike pompeo at the state department, replacing him with either retired vice admiral Robert Harwood or arkansas senator and trump loyalist tom cotton. Im proud to be representing the people of arkansas. Would you like to be cia director . Im very proud to be representing the people of arkansas. Reporter cotton denied that he was looking for a new job. But the president has disagreements over Foreign Policy with his secretary of state, who, for example, opposes the president s desire to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. And the handling of tensions with north korea boiled over just a few weeks ago. We just disagree on a couple of things. Sometimes id like him to be a little bit tougher. Reporter that after reports that tillerson has become frustrated with the president and had even referred to him as a moron. I have never considered leaving this post. Reporter the reorganization would continue the president s trend of appointing former military officers to important white house posts. Harwood is a former navy s. E. A. L. And cotton served in iraq and afghanistan. Oh to be a fly on the wall in that lunch, chip, thank you. The president call tls it a travesty of justice. A San Francisco jury find a five time deported mexico man not guilty of murder. He was charged with killing kate steinle in 2015. This case stir upped a Fierce National debate over illegal immigration. John blackstone is in San Francisco with the latest. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Outside the courtroom, Kate Steinles killing was all about illegal immigrant and sanctuary cities like here in San Francisco. But inside the courtroom, the only thing at issue was whether steinles shooting was intentional or just a tragic accident. Following the not guilty verdict, defense attorney Matt Gonzalez condemned the way the case had been politicized by President Trump and attorney general jeff sessions. And they may themselves soon avail themselves of the presumption of innocence and beyond a reasonable doubt standard and so i would ask them to reflect on that before they comment or disparage the result in this case. Reporter about three hours later, President Trump tweeted a disgraceful verdict. No wonder the people of our country are so angry with illegal immigration. The killing became a centerpiece of Donald Trumps president ial campaign. Another victim is kate steinle. Gunned down in the sanctuary city of San Francisco. Reporter kate steinle was walking with her father on a San Francisco pier when the 32yearold was shot in the back. Soon after, Police Arrested jose innis garcia aradi, an undocumented immigrant who had been deported to mexico five times. He recently had been released from the San Francisco jail. Under sanctuary city policies, had not been turned over to immigration authorities. In court, however, Defense Attorneys argued garcia zarada found the gun under a bench on the pier and it fired accidentally, bullet ricocheted and hit steinle 78 feet away. Garcia zarada is not a free man. He was found guilty of illegal possession of a firearm. That could put him behind bars for up to three years. And he also faces deportation again. John, thank you. We have new information this morning from a criminal investigation of disgraced hollywood producer harvey weinstein. Jericka duncan has been following the story since it broke. Good morning. Good morning, gayle. Cbs news has learned the Manhattan District Attorneys Office informed people involved in the case theyre not looking to move forward in the investigation centered around rape allegations against harvey weinstein. Those allegations were brought forward by an actress who says weinstein raped her twice in 2010 while inside her new york city apartment. The new revelation would be a stark change from just last month when the new York Police Department announced the allegations were credible as they gathered evidence for a possible arrest warrant. The d. A. Also recently appoint add senior sex crimes prosecutor to the case but when we reached out for official comment, the District Attorneys Office told us as this remains very much an active investigation, we will decline to comment. Now, the actresss lawyer responded to the news reporting, telling cbs news the d. A. s office has Copious Amounts of evidence and no reason to delay indictment. They urged the District Attorney to convene a grand jury by the end of next week or expect the protests to begin. Harvey weinstein has vehemently denied any allegations of nonconsensual sex. It does seem to be a big change with no explanation. It does. I actually just interviewed the District Attorney on wednesday. We were talking about an unrelated story but he said this was an active investigation, so to hear that they may not be Going Forward with this now is definitely new. Youre just hearing from her attorney right now. Absolutely, just got a statement this morning. All right, jericka, thank you. Russell simmons is stepping down from the company he founded after a second allegation of sexual assault. Her movies include the mummy and rachel getting married. The daughter of a director and granddaughter of singer lena horn. Anne marie green is here with how these new claims affect simmons Business Empire. Reporter although he says his memory of the encounter differed from her, he acknowledge heard feelings of fear and intim days and decide to give up control of his companies because he didnt want to be a distraction. Writing in the hollywood reporter, jenny lumat says russell initially offered her a ride home in his car but instead brought her to his new york city apartment and forced her to have vex sex. I felt dread and disorientation, she wrote, i wanted to go home. I said i wanted to go home. Matt beleny is the hollywood reporters editorial director. This was clearly a traumatic and intimidating and harrowing experience for her. She was locked inside this car and didnt really have a choice about what happened to her. Reporter hours after lumat went public with her accusation simmons brand took a hit. Hbo announced he will not appear in the new series all def comedy and was removing his name from the show. As the cofounder of def jam recordings, he helped turn public enemy, the beastie boys and ll cool j into stars. His Business Empire now includes a yoga studio, energy drinks, a fashion label and film and television production. He appeared on cbs this morning in july. I like to give people the loyalty. Reporter on thursday, simmons said while i have never been violent, i have been thoughtless and insensitive in some of my relationships over many decades and i sincerely apologize. She says she came forward after simmons denied forcing another woman to have sex with him. A model said simmons forced heard to perform oral sex when she was in his appareartment wh she was just 17. Simmons says everything was consensual. Anne marie, thank you. Meantime, a former nbc Top Executive disputes a report that managers knew about matt lauers sexual misconduct. Jeff zucker who hired lauer for the today show says he was unaware of the problem. The current nbc president addressed the issue yesterday. There was never a complaint about matt. There was never a suggestion of that kind of deviant predator behavior, not even a whispe of it, nothing like that. Variety quotes several women reported to the network which fell on deaf ears. Saying current nbc management was never made aware of any complaints. Lauer faces allegations ranging from lewd comments to indecent exposure and sexual assault. He put out a statement of apology, saying, quote, some of what is being said about me is untrue or mischaracterized, but there is enough truth in these stories to make me feel embarrassed and ashamed. The longest serving current member of Congress Faces growing pressure to resign over Sexual Harassment claims. Congressman john kenniconyers i accused by at least two former staff members. The 88yearold democrat denies any wrongdoing. House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi says conyers should go. The allegations against congressman conyers as we have learned more since sunday are serious, disappointing and very credible. Its very sad. The brave women who came forward are owed justice. Conyers Attorney Says the congressman has no plans to quit. Nancy pelosi did not elect the congressman and she sure as hell wont be the one to tell the congressman to leave. John conyers checked into a michigan hospital yesterday because of chest pains and shortness of breath. Britains new royal couple steps out today for their official public debut. Ahead, we a