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KPIX CBS This Morning February 1, 2018

Says she broke no laws. What our affiliate found when it investigated mayor megan barrys expenses. New developments in the case of Actress Natalie wood. More than 36 years after he mysterious death. Investigators are following new leads and tell 48 hours about a person of interest for the first time. But we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. This is earth shaking. And it does go deeper than watergate. The fbi slams the secret memo republicans want released. Democrats claim it was changed before it went to the white house. This is one of the most dangerous days of the presidency so far. One person was killed after a train carrying republican members of congress slammed into a garbage truck in virginia. Just kind of reminds you sometimes how fragile life can be. More women are coming forward against former team usa gymnastics dr. Larry nassar. Scum of the earth is too high a title for you. Virginia tech student yunsong zhao was arrested after trying to buy 5,000 rounds of ammunition. The mayor apologized for having an extramarital affair with the head of her security detail. Im so sorry, i made a serious mistake. Crews are on the scene of this brushfire, burning south of phoenix. Winds whipping up these flames and creating that firenado. All that evans throws it up. Game over. And all that matters. Youre living in a regular house. We live in the neighborhood down street from the white house. Does he have the room he wants, the closet he wants . Oh, no, he still talks about he doesnt have enough closet space. Im sorry. On cbs this morning. The director for the centers of Disease Control which overseas regulation of cigarettes, resigned after it was revealed that she owned stock in a tobacco company. Yes. When reporters asked her why she thought it was okay, she replies she knows shes bad, shes really trying to quit, she only does it a couple of times a day now, promise you. This mornings eye opener is presented by toyota. Lets go places. Welcome to cbs this morning. Im Norah Odonnell with John Dickerson and gayle king. Good to be here. Good to see you. A highstakes battle is exploding into open conflict. The top democrat on the House Intelligence Committee accuses republicans of changing part of the text before sending it to the white house for review. The memo reportedly alleges the bureau and the Justice Department abused surveillance powers when they were looking at the Trump Campaign. Democratic congressman adam schiff asked Intelligence Committee chairman devin nunes to withdraw it, claiming it was correctly altered. This accusation follows a warning from the fbi director that the memo is inaccurate. Major garrett is at the white house with the argument that republicans call a bizarre distraction. Major, good morning. Good morning. Republicans are pushing back on that contention from congressman schiff that this memo drafted in secret was significantly altered at the last minute. Republicans saying only, quote, minor edits were made. Democratic source on the committee disputes that, saying what actually happens is republicans watered down some assertions in that memo. Thank you all very much. Reporter President Trump ignored questions about whether he would release the classified memo he was briefed on wednesday. Authored by House Intelligence Committee chairman nunes, the memo alleges improper use of surveillance by the fbi and Justice Department. Specifically secret eavesdropping of carter page. A Trump Campaign Foreign Policy adviser. The fbi wants the memo kept secret. Saying, we have grave concerns about material omissions of fact that fundamentally impact the memos accuracy. My loyalty is to the constitution, to the rule of law and to the mission of the fbi. Reporter the president s fbi director Christopher Wray and Deputy Attorney general rosenstein went to the white House Wednesday night to appeal to steve of chafe john kelly. According to sources, wray told the white house the memo contains inaccuracies and hes concerned it paints a slanted narrative. Earlier, kelly told fox news radio the white house will be releasing it. It will be released. Reporter in a sign of division between nunes and the Justice Department, the chairman said, its no surprise to see the fbi and doj issue spurious objections to allowing the American People to see information related to surveillance abuses at these agencies. This is a wholesale broad side against two of our respected institutions. Reporter democrats charge the memo is a thinly veiled attempt to undercut special counsel Robert Muellers russia investigation. The president has until friday to decide whether to release the document. Tuesday night, he suggested he would. Lets release the memo. Oh, yes, dont worry, 100 percent. Reporter House Republicans drafted this memo by themselves. Altering the longstanding bipartisan relationship with democrats on the Intelligence Committee. No one here on capitol hill will say if this white house helped in the drafting of the memo. Either way, it could be released as early as today. Major, thanks. A former fbi official tells news that agents complained they were slow to move the Hillary Clinton email investigation forward. As the wall street journal reported that retiring director mccabe and other top fbi officials waited at least a month before telling congress about newly discovered clinton emails. Then director james comey announced he was reopening the investigation. In a letter sent 11 days before the president ial election. Cbs news confirms agent peter strzok was involved in drafting that letter to congress. Strzok is under investigation for sending antitrump Text Messages to an fbi lawyer while he was running the clinton email probe. Investigators are trying to learn why an amtrak train full of republican members of congress hit a garbage truck killing a passenger in the truck. Lawmakers including some doctors rushed off the train to help the injured. The accident happened in crozet, virginia, just over 100 miles southwest of washington. The lawmakers were going to white sulfur spring, West Virginia, for a conference. Nancy cordes is there. Nancy, good morning. Reporter good morning. The show must go on. Gop lawmakers are meeting with the president today. Theyll sit down with the secretaries of state and defense. The one congressman who was hospitalized has now been released but an aide to House Speaker paul ryan is still being treated. A jarring start to this longplanned annual retreat. I know its been a harrowing day. Reporter Vice President pence tried to reassure rattled lawmakers, advertiser tragedy struck halfway through a fivehour train ride. Mass casualty incident, level one, train versus truck. Reporter hundreds of members, their families and aides were passing through tiny crozet, virginia, when their chartered train struck a dump truck, shearing it in two. Boom, sound and feeling, strange, almost like an explosion. Reporter lawmakers, some of them doctors, rushed off the train to tend to the wounded. In one picture, you can see representative brad wenstrup, a former combat surgeon, carrying a stretcher with senators cassidy and flake. Members tried to save 28yearold christopher foley, a passenger on the truck. We attempted to resuscitate him but i dont think, for his family, that he suffered. Reporter kansas congressman mar sshall tended to another passenger. Kept a pulse, a decent airway. Reporter ntsb investigators now on scene say its unclear why the truck was in the trains path. We also considered distraction as a potential factor. Reporter the lawmakers completed their journey by bus. As they try to get back to work. House chaplain was on the train as well. So there was the ability to administrate last rites. All in all, it was a pretty tough day. Reporter strangely enough, Senate Democrats experience add similar tragedy on the way to their retreat in West Virginia last year. A fourvehicle accident on the highway that turned one car into a fireball. A fatal accident directly in front of their bus, norah. Nancy, thank you so much. Another powerful House Republican says hes giving up his seat in congress. Oversight Committee Chairman trey gowdy will not run for a fifth term this year. Gowdy led an investigation into the 2012 benghazi attack that killed the u. S. Ambassador to libya and three other americans. He is the 31st gop congressman in the last year to resign or rule out a reelection bid. Gowdy, a former prosecutor, says hell return to the justice system. The u. S. Military failed to shoot down a fake missile in a new test. The interceptor missile was launched from a test side in hawaii yesterday. It is not clear why it did not hit the incoming dummy missile. The pentagon says the interceptor was successful last may against a mediumrange target. Yesterdays failed test was against a longerrange missile that travels faster and higher. A 4yearold girl from Central New Jersey is the latest child confirmed to have died from the flu virus. Health Officials Say she did not get the flu shot and she died in december. Dr. Taraure inure narula visit its new approach in fighting the flu. Northwell health is one of the largest systems in the country. Now its implementing a one of a kind bio Surveillance System to proactively combat this historic deadly influenza outbreak. Its all hands on deck at the Emergency Operations unit at Northwell Health on long island. The such folks county is being hit hardest. Reporter they take in information almost in real time, bypassing the typical one to two time lag on information from state and federal health officials. Youll see this is up to yesterday. So youre within 24 hours. Reporter as Vice President of emergency management, mary mahone says the system is a game changer. What types of resources might you send to an area that you see a spike . Things like do we have enough masks to protect our patients and staff . A large number of this population is pediatric population. Do we have the appropriate doses of tamiflu for them. Reporter this season, at least 39 children have died from flu related complications in at least 25 states. And that number is expected to rise. Kids are vulnerable because of their immune system. Theyre young. They havent been exposed to this before. Their body attacks them full on. Reporter dr. Eric gottesman is director of the unit at north Shore Community hospital. At what point does somebody say i should get to an emergency room . Youre having problems breathing, becoming lethargic, and coughing up yellowgreen, then its time to get to the emergency room. Reporter northwells bio surveillance unit could become a model for other Hospital Systems. In full disclosure, im employed by northwell. They say their information could help Public Health officials hone in on zip codes and more specific locations for targeted outreach. It could also be used to track and respond to other outbreaks in the future. Thank you. It sounds like a lot of these Hospital Systems are overwhelmed. Theres a lot of sick people coming in. Absolutely, so thing like this could be beneficial to other hospitals in the country. Good information, thank you. The entire usa gymnastics board of directors has resigned over the Sexual Abuse Scandal involving former womens team dr. Larry nassar. He was in court yesterday to face more accusers in another setencing hearing. In all, more than 260 victims have come forward. Today, police in michigan will apologize to one victim for not pursuing charges in 2004. Dr. Jon lapook is following the story. John, good morning. Good morning, norah. Last week, nassar was sentence to up to 175 years in prison. This weeks sentencing focuses on nassar abuse of three girls in another county. Over the next few day, at least 60 victims are expected to give impact statements. Scum of the earth is too high of a title for you. Reporter back in a michigan courtroom wednesday, victims of larry nassar scolded him and the institutions they helped believe protect him. If someone with a little molecule of wisdom in power in Michigan State would have decided to make a difference, hundreds of lives would be different today. Reporter Michigan State university where nassar worked is still dealing with backlash after allegations it ignored multiple warnings he was abusing girls. Last week, the president and Athletic Director both resigned. Shame on you. Shame. Reporter at a contentious meeting wednesday, the Michigan State universitys board of trustees voted in former republican governor john angler as its interim president , despite objections. The damage that can be caused by appointing a politician as an interim president on an already polarized campus is catastrophic. Reporter the nassar fallout continued elsewhere wednesday as the Michigan Police department admitted it missed the chance to pursue charges against him in 2004. Nobody was listening to us. Reporter Brianne Randall said he sexually abused her and she reported it to Meridian Township police. According to the 2004 Police Report released wednesday, nassar admitted he touched randall in the genital area but provided police with a power point presentation showing this procedure is a medical technique. No charges were filed. In a statement wednesday, the Meridian Township manager admitted we missed it, we were deceived. Sadly, they took your word instead of mine. Police plan to answer questions about the nassar case and apologize to randal during a News Conference later today. Michigan State University has denied it ignored warnings about nassars behavior. Nassar will be back in court tomorrow. He faces a minimum of 25 years in prison in this latest case. Jon, thanks. A Virginia Tech freshman is due in Court Next Month after being arrested for allegedly possessing an Assault Rifle and trying to buy 5,000 rounds of ammunition. Y yunsong was taken into custody by University Police monday. The 19yearold from china was charged with illegal possession of an Assault Rifle which foreigners cannot have under virginia law. If convicted, he faces up to five years in prison. In 2007, a Virginia Tech student shot and killed 32 people on campus. The mayor of nashville says she will not step down after admitting to an extramarital affair with the former head of her security detail. Megan barry says the affair with Police Sergeant forrest began shortly after her inauguration in 2014. Many now questioning the mayors travel expenses. Bianna golodryga here. Quite a blow for the popular mayor. The first female mayor in the citys history. She and the Police Sergeant assigned to protect her both said they did not betray public trust or violate any laws. In an interview only with our nashville affiliate wtbs, she called the affair a mistake. Im very embarrassed. Im deeply ashamed. Reporter nashville mayor megan barry was remorseful when asked about her relationship with Sergeant Robert forrest. What this is about is being truly sorry for hurting people and for for abusing the trust of of nashvillians. Reporter her as mission came just days after the nashville affiliate began investigating her use of taxpayer money, including Sergeant Forrests travel expenses. Including to washington, d. C. , new york and for a week last september to athens, greece. You will see that my schedule reflects that i was out there working. Reporter Sergeant Forrest overtime is also getting scrutiny. During the final three years under the previous mayor, he was paid roughly 30,000 in overtime per year. In the first year, under berry, he was paid over 59,000. The second, more than 75,000. Forrest was with barry and her husband bruce at their sons funeral last year after he died of an opoid overkdose. He was also present at her victory speech in 2015. I have to single a few people out. That starts with my husband bruce. Reporter a rising star in the Democratic Party who campaigned for Hillary Clinton, barry has said she does not plan to resign. I know god forgives, but, you know, the people of nashville dont have to and i also want to ask for their forgiveness. Sergeant forrest retired yesterday after more than 30 years with the

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