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2019. Here is todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. The suspect entered his vehicle and pulled out a rifle. A traffic stop in california erupts into chaos. One officer was killed on the scene and two more injured. It was a long and horrific gun battle. Growing scrutiny over Jeffrey Epsteins apparent suicide. Attorney general barr says there were serious irregularities at the jail. Any coconspirators should not rest easy. Severe weather hammered the midwest and is headed east. Very heavy rain, lightning, strong winds as well. The Trump Administration announced steps to restrict Legal Immigration. The policy could deny green cards to immigrants who use public assist tajs. Throughout our history legal immigrants have pulled themselves up by their boot straps. A friend of the dayton shooter charged with lying on a federal fire arms form. Officers say he did not know connor betts planned the attack. Australian Police Arrest a man charged with killing a woman in a stabbing spree. Deep left center field. Its gone and the indians have won it. A walkoff game winner. And all that matters. The demonstration hit a new level when thousands stormed the hong kong airport forcing hundreds of flight cancellations. Now theyre back. That airport looks crazy. Yet somehow still better than laguardia. On cbs this morning. Meanwhile, the frontrunner for the democrats has been having some trouble with his mouth. We choose unity over division. We choose science over fiction. We choose truth over facts. We choose truth over facts. Hope over optimism. Faith over belief. And synonyms over words that mean the same thing. Thats what we choose. This mornings eye opener is presented by toyota. Lets go places. All right. Another day another joe biden gaffe. People are used to it at this point. You get riled up in a speech and you just Say Something and it comes out of your mouth. Huh . Im not sure he realized until later. Truth over facts. Well go with that. Welcome to cbs this morning. Im gayle king. Anthony mason and Tony Dokoupil. We begin with very sad news from california where a traffic stop turned into a gun battle that killed a Highway Patrol officer last night. Witnesses say that a man grabbed a rifle from his pickup truck in riverside and just started shooting while the officer was filling out paperwork to impound the vehicle. The gunman was also killed. Two other officers were wounded. As carter evans reports passersby were caught up in the gunfire. There is a shooting right now. Happening right now. Gabriela mendoza watched in horror as a gunman dressed in black holding what appears to be an assault style rifle began firing at officers just off interstate 215. The man was just shooting to shoot. He looked like he had experience with it. Video shows a wounded officer being rushed away in a police car during the shootout. The officer, who conducted the traffic stop, andre moye, was air lifted to the hospital and died from his injuries. Unbelievable. This is so unbelievable. Who does this kind of stuff . Drivers along the busy freeway were caught in the crossfire including Jennifer Moctezuma driving her 6yearold twins home when a bullet hit her car. It hit straight in the middle of my windshield missing my head and my two children in the back seat. Retired marine Charles Childress was in the car behind them. Heard the kids screaming. And quickly pulled the family to safety. Ricochet bullets were still flying. I took them out and put them behind the engine block of her car for protection. I am just so thankful that chuck came to save us because we still would have been in the car, not knowing what to do. He is honestly a hero. Hours later, officers lined the streets to salute officer moye for his nearly three years on the force. For cbs this morning, carter evans, los angeles. Authorities expect the other two wounded officers to survive. They have not yet confirmed the gunmans identity and still do not know where he was heading or why he turned on the officers. Turning overseas this morning Australian Police are praising bystanders who helped end a deadly stabbing spree in sydney. A man is accused of stabbing at least two people and trying to attack others in the citys financial district overnight. One woman is dead. Police have not determined a motive but say the suspect has a history of Mental Illness. Our Partner Network 10 in li at the crime scene with lachlan kennedy. Reporter this is usually one of the busiest intersections and today it was in lockdown when a man holding a large knife marched down one of the streets before attacking a woman who was sitting in a bar slashing her in the back before running up this street and jumping on the fronts of cars at these traffic lights. It was then when members of the public saw him and decided to give chase. They ran after him down another street and when they eventually got him they held him there until Police Arrived by using chairs from a coffee shop and a milk crate on his head until police got there. It was only after that man was arrested, a 21yearold from western sydney that police sadly discovered a second crime scene, a 21yearold woman stabbed to death in a nearby apartment block. The motive for the attack unknown but police say they did find information about mass killing events including the Christ Church massacre though they say at this stage though the man does have a known history of Mental Illness he has no known links to terrorism. Gayle . Thank you very much. Our Partner Network 10 in australia. Get ready if you are more than 37 Million People from the midatlantic region to the northeast that are under a threat of flash flooding and Severe Weather today. The same system brought flash flooding to the midwest yesterday. Parts of illinois, high water trapped many people inside their one man had to be rescued after flood waters forced him on to the roof of his car. The chief weather caster, lonnie quinn, of our new york station wcbs tv is here. He just walked into the studio with the news. Where is the weather right now . Listen, just means ive got the latest information, right . Heres what weve got. Take a look at the radar picture. Its in the ohio valley stretching into portions of west virginia. Get this line back here around st. Louis. This line by the way as it traveled through the area just south of champaign, illinois did spark a tornado. So its got twist within it. Where is it going to spark later in the day . It could be a little bit to the Eastern Plains of colorado but it is really more so this area were watching. Its from nashville to raleigh to washington, d. C. But not everybody is going to get it. Thats where the chance for Severe Weather is. They may be peppered out there. Highest probability is actually not now from washington, d. C. To richmond, virginia over to the North Carolina border. What sparks this sort of activity . A clash of air masses, hot on one side cold on the other. Not so much today. Today is more about its muggy on one side of the air mass and not muggy on the other. You can tell how muggy it is by the heat index. Lets focus on just three cities here. Okay . Charlotte and memphis on one side, new york city on the other. Charlotte 94. Feeling like 101. Memphis, 97. Feels like 113. The mugginess factor makes it feel 16 degrees hotter. New york city, 77 feeling like 77, so look. New york city has a chance for weather today but the new information is everything has shifted south. We will keep an eye on this. Isolated tornadoes are all part of the problem today. Back to you, tony. All right. People wont stay cool but we hope they stay safe, lonnie. Thank you very much. Congress is investigating Jeffrey Epsteins apparent suicide with new reports raising questions about the federal jail where he was being held. Government investigators raided the alleged sex traffickers home in the Virgin Islands yesterday. Mola lenghi is at the Metropolitan Correctional Center here in new york city where one of epsteins guards on the nigt he died reportedly was not a regular corrections officer. Mola, good morning. What is the latest on these investigations . Well, good morning, tony. They are expanding and very likely to include the new detail that you mentioned about the guard not being a regular correctional officer here at the facility in downtown manhattan. Just last night the House Judiciary Committee launched a probe into epsteins death. Of course that comes after attorney general william barr called on the fbi and the office of the inspector general, both to investigate. All of this comes as the investigation into epsteins alleged sex trafficking operation continues in full force. Pictures show fbi agents raiding Jeffrey Epsteins private island in the caribbean two days after the convicted pedophile died by apparent suicide. We will get to the bottom of what happened and there will be accountability. Reporter on monday attorney general william barr criticized the new York Detention Center where the disgraced financeer was held. I was appalled and frankly angry to learn of the mccs failure to adequately secure this prisoner. Reporter cbs news has learned morning of epsteins death there was shouting and shrieking from his cell. Guards attempted to revive him while saying, breathe, epstein, breathe. With epstein gone, potential coconspirators involved in his alleged sex Trafficking Network are shifting into focus. British socialite Ghislain Maxwell is accused of recruiting underage girls for sex. She has denied those claims in the past and has not been charged with a crime. Maxwell is said to be epsteins exgirlfriend, turned business associate. Her Current Location is unknown. She was more of a partner in his there are allegations she was involved with having sex with some of these girls as well. Reporter Court Documents from 2011 reveal epstein controlled several apartments in a building just blocks from his 77 million new york town house and allegedly housed young models there, underage girls from all over the world. Yesterday, barr issued this stern warning for anyone who may be evading justice. Let me assure you that this case will continue on against anyone who was complicit with epstein. Any coconspirators should not rest easy. The victims deserve justice and they will get it. Reporter cbs news has learned that epsteins estranged brother, mark, was called after epsteins apparent suicide and he was the one who actually identified the body. The new York City Medical Examiners Office has performed an autopsy but those results are still pending. A lot of people waiting for those. Were also learning more about epsteins 13month stint in a florida county jail after he pled guilty in 2008 to charges of soliciting a minor for prostitution. What can you tell us in that case . Reporter thats right. In an interview with our West Palm Beach cbs affiliate, a former corrections worker with the Sheriffs Office there said epstein was, quote, treated like a celebrity during his time there. She claims that his cell was often left unlocked, regularly, he was allowed to sort of roam around the dormitory area, often naked without any sort of repercussions. Very strange details. Stranger and darker by the day. The more you hear the worse and more upsetting and disturbing it gets. All right. One of the most powerful and celebrated men in opera faces allegations of sexualis spanev dec. Accs told the Associated Press Placido Domingo tried to pressure them into sexual relationships by dangling jobs and sometimes punishing them professionally when they refused his advances. Domingo says the claims are inaccurate. Nikki battiste is here. What else are we learning about the accusations . Good morning, everyone. Were learning a lot of details. Placido domingo is regarded as one of the greatest Opera Singers and conductors of all time but the 78yearold is now facing a number of accusations of Sexual Harassment and abuse. Eight singers and a dancer told the Associated Press they were sexually harassed by domingo over three decades beginning in the late 1980s. The accusers allege the encounters happened at venues that included Opera Companies where domingo held top managerial positions. One accuser said domingo stuck his hand down her skirt. Three others said he forcibly kissed them. Domingo is a multi grammy award winner and director of the los angeles opera. Only one of the nine accusers would allow her name to be used. Ia sh o meouldsay, pricia, d home tonight . You also think as soon as you walk away and get away, you thin i ruin my career . Domingo has issued a statement saying in part, the allegations from these unnamed individuals dating back as many as 30 years are deeply troubling and as presented inaccurate. I believe that all of my interactions and relationships were always welcomed and consensual. None of the women could offer documentation of the alleged encounters but the Associated Press spoke to many colleagues and friends who they confided in. The ap also independently verified the women worked where they said they did and that domingo overlapped with them at those locations. The ap also noted that these women did not want to disclose their names for fear of retribution still in the opera industry. Some wiggle room in the statement. The accusations as presented are inaccurate. Yes. It will be interesting to see what happens and you were asking, these women say they are now coming forward because they are empowered by the me too Movement Like so many others. A very familiar story. Thank you very much, nikki. The Trump Administrations newest immigration policy will affect hundreds of thousands of legal immigrants. The public charge rule will make it more difficult for low income immigrants to become permanent u. S. Residents. The Administration Says it is only implementing a law that Congress Passed 23 years ago. Weijia jiang is near the president s new Jersey Golf Club where he is on vacation. Weijia, whats the goal of this policy . Reporter well, good morning, gayle. You know, President Trump has already enforced a lot of aggressive steps against ilLegal Immigration but these new rules bolster his long standing belief that legal immigrants should be merit based and hardliners in his Administration Like Steven Miller who have crafted much of the immigration policy have long pushed for these changes that target poorer immigrants. Throughout our history, selfreliance has been a core principle in america. Reporter the acting director of Immigration Services Ken Cuccinelli announced it will be harder for legal immigrants to become permanent residents if they are likely to use a Public Benefit such as medicaid, food stamps, and subsidized housing. To ensure that our immigration system is bringing people to join us as american citizens, as legal, permanent residents first, who can stand on their own two feet. Reporter the administration argues that whether someone will be primarily dependent on the government for support is already a factor in their status. But the new rules will put more of an emphasis on a persons financial well being. About 382,000 people will be subject to the public charge test every year. Basically have to choose between ensuring their families are healthy, that they have the nutrition that they need and just overall well being or be separated and potentially denied the ability to remain permanently here. Reporter this is the executive director of the National Immigration law center. Out of all of the immigration policies this is actually the one that will have the most, deepest, widest, longterm impact probably for decades to come. Reporter despite the administrations claim that large numbers of noncitizen immigrants have taken advantage of our generous Public Benefits, recent statistics show that they make up only 6. 5 of medicaid participants and 8. 8 of those who receive food stamps. The new rules are set to go into effect on october 15th but they will likely face plenty of legal challenges and end up in court and there are exceptions for people who already have green cards, refugees, asylum seekers, pregnant women, and children and some members of the military. Tony . All right, weijia. Thank you very much. A friend of the gunman who killed nine people in dayton, ohio now faces criminal charges. Federal prosecutors say 24yearold ethan kollie helped conner betts but there is no evidence he knew the attack was coming. Kollie is charged with lying about drug abuse when he bought a gun for himself back in may and investigators say he also bought a critical part for an assault rifle, a 100round magazine and body armor betts used in the mass shooting earlier this month. Kollie indicated that he purc