Shot. Deep rooted relics our series american wonders takes you to Sequoyah National park home to some of the largest and oldest trees on earth. Its tuesday, august 27th, 2019. Here is todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Johnson johnson was the king pin behind the nations ongoing Opioid Crisis. A landmark ruling against johnson and johnson. The company is ordered to pay more than half a billion dollars in damages. Lawyers for the drug maker deny any wrongdoing. The government of puerto rico declares a state of emergency in anticipation of Tropical Storm dorian. Dorian is forecast to progress and could become a category 1 hurricane with 80mileperhour winds. At least two children are dead after a suspect driving a stolen Police Cruiser crashed into multiple cars in dayton, ohio. Supreme Court JusticeRuth Bader Ginsburg spoke about becoming a bit of a pop icon. It was beyond my wildest imagination that i would one day become the notorious rbg. G7 leaders pledged 20 million to help fight wildfires in the amazon rain forest. Jaw dropping video out of the midwest. A semi truck smashed into the tow truck. The trailer flipped over. Everyone survived. Serena williams beat Maria Sharapova for the 19th straight time. Maria sharapova never really had a chance. Brian mcmann delivering the goods. A walkoff tworun home run. Its over. The rockies win it. And all that matters. The mtv Video Music Awards are back. Celebrate music the way it always was intended, in a hockey rink in the middle of newark. On cbs this morning. Fox news host ended up on stage e with rascal flats and absolutely crushed this rendition of rappers delight. I dont mean to brag i dont mean to boast okay. We see you. Thats a side i didnt see. Hard to be up against the vmas, though, but not bad. No, actually very good. You go. Didnt know that about you. Welcome to cbs this morning. Im gayle king with tony dokoupil. Anthony mason is off so once again we are glad cuz adriana diaz is here. Good morning. Always good to have you at the table. We begin with this. Puerto rico as you may have heard is under a hurricane watch this morning with Tropical Storm dorian now taking aim at the caribbean island. Right now the bands of the storm are hitting saint lucia and saint vincent. People waited in long lines monday for food, generators, and other supplies. Parts of the island are still reeling almost two years after hurricane maria. Cbs news climate and weather contributor Jeff Berardelli is here. Jeff, good morning. What is the latest storm track at this hour . Good morning, tony. Good morning, everybody. Yes, so the storm weakened a little overnight. It is still looking fairly impressive on the satellite presentation. The stats, winds 50 miles an hour down from 60 last night. Moving to the westnorthwest at 13 and basically right over the lesser antilles. Right now the storm is in a protective cocoon. Out here is a lot of dry air. You see it near puerto rico and also some wind shear as well. So the system has to battle that. Thats why we think it is probably going to strengthen a little bit but not a lot before it reaches puerto rico. It is forecast to be a high end Tropical Storm, maybe a low end hurricane. Either way, you need to prepare in puerto rico for a hurricane. You want to prepare for something worse than you actually expect. On the eastern side, the wet side, the windy side, that is where puerto rico is going to be. Notice it could very well thread the needle and move between the two islands right there. If it does it will maintain its structure and have an easier time of restrengthening before it reaches the florida mainland as we head into saturday night and sunday. Even though it is forecast to be a Tropical Storm, id prepare for a hurricane. Jeff, thank you. Youre welcome. A high speed chase involving a stolen Police Cruiser in ohio led to a series of crashes ending with the death of two children. This was the scene in downtown dayton last night. This is the last thing dayton needs. Police say a man reportedly stabbed a woman then led police on a wild chase. Ten other people were hurt. Mark strassmann is here. How on earth did the suspect manage to steal a police car . Good morning. For starters, witnesses say it appears the suspect was intoxicated. Police say he crashed his truck after driving away from the site of the stabbing. But when he crashed, he jumped into a Police Cruiser somehow responding to the scene and the deadly drive continued. Cell phone video shows a Riverside Police officer attempting to arrest a stabbing suspect. He manages to climb into the drivers seat of the Police Cruiser. The officer tased the man, who is trying to get away. John poston shot this video and watched it unfold. The officer tased him. The guy still got in the drivers seat, drove backwards up the street, turned a corner, and from there he drove into the other police officer. He stole the car. My car is out of service. Reporter the suspect barreled through busy streets of downtown dayton. Just like crash, and car parts flying all over the street. Reporter leaving behind a path of mangled cars before crashing into a pole outside the dayton metro library. All of a sudden i turn my head, look around, boom. Just like that. Reporter the suspect crashed into at least three vehicles. One was a van carrying seven children. I heard someone scream, kids are in the car. And jumped out to do my best to try to get as many of the kids out of the van as i could. Reporter Denorris Hopgood said the van seats pinned some of the children inside. It was something i cant describe. It was difficult to see what was inside the van. You see the kids in the condition they were in. Reporter at least 12 people were taken to hospitals. Some in critical condition. I really didnt know what to do but hold my kids and give thechl t them the biggest hug afterwards. Just seeing Something Like that shows you that anything can happen in a split second. Police havent identified the suspect. He was also hurt in the chase, tony, and hospitalized. Mark, thank you. Now to a Landmark Legal ruling Johnson Johnson was ordered to pay more than half a billion dollars after the first ever trial addressing whos to blame for the Opioid Crisis. An oklahoma judge ruled yesterday that misleading marketing led to addictions and deadly overdoses of opioids. The Consumer Products giant plans to appeal the 572 million verdict. Omar villafranca is at the courthouse in norman, oklahoma. How is the company reacting . Reporter good morning. The company is calling the judges ruling flawed but attorneys for the state of oklahoma say theyre willing to defend this decision all the way to the u. S. Supreme court if necessary. There are roughly 2,000 other cases like this ready to go to trial and attorneys in those cases say the decision here was a milestone. The Opioid Crisis has ravaged the state of oklahoma. It must be abated immediately. Reporter with those words, district judge thad balkman ordered Johnson Johnson and its subsidiary janis sen pharmaceuticals to pay 572 million in damages ruling the companys opioid marketing was false, deceptive, and misleading. Exponentially increasing rates of addiction and Overdose Deaths which total more than 4600 according to attorney general mike hunter. Johnson johnson motivated by greed and avarice is responsible for the Opioid Epidemic in our state. Reporter the judge agreed that Johnson Johnson created a public nuisance, unlawfully doing an act which injures or endangers the health or safety of others. I feel like my boy is looking down. Reporter state attorney Reggie Whitten says he lost his son to opioid addiction. My son was a good boy that got sick and we didnt know what to do. I know what caused it now. We have sympathy for all who suffer from substance abuse. Reporter johns ond and johnson attorney sabrina strong says the verdict presents serious constitutional problems. I think the nations opioid abuse crisis is a Serious Public Health issue. Nobody disputes that. But you cant sue your way out of the opioid abuse crisis. Reporter some 2,000 similar lawsuits have been consolidated involving state and local governments. They begin to go to trial before a federal judge in ohio this fall. In a statement, lawyers for those cases say the oklahoma judgment is a milestone amid the mounting evidence against the opioid pharmaceutical industry. These companies knew what was going on at the highest level. They just couldnt quit making money from it. Thats why theyre responsible. Reporter Johnson Johnson says the state disregarded 100 years of leal precedegal preced arguing public nuisance in this case. The attorneys argued what happened here in oklahoma will not affect cases in other states. Tony . Omar, two other companies were originally named in this suit. What happened to them . Reporter they actually settled out of court before the trial. Purdue pharma actually settled for 270 million. Teva pharmaceuticals paid out neher admitted any wrongdoing. Johnson johnson of course had to pay 572 million which is basically double what purdue had to pay out of court. And they have the stigma of having a judge rule against them. They do say they will appeal. Omar, thank you very much. In our next hour well talk with Oklahoma Attorney general mike hunter about the judges decision and the next step in this case, that is ahead on cbs this morning. Irans president says this morning he will not meet with President Trump until the u. S. Lifts all economic sanctions on iran. This was Hassan Rouhanis first statement regarding President Trumps statement that he is open to talks. We are looking for no ballistics missiles, nuclear weapons, and very simple. We can have it done in a very short period of time. Last fall you may recall the president pulled out of an existing deal claiming it was not effective. The brazilian government is saying no thank you to aid from the g7 states to help fight forest fires in the amazon. More than 80,000 fires have been reported in brazil this year. Now there is renewed concern that further damage could disrupt Global Weather patterns. Manuel bojorquez is in the Amazon Region of brazil where it is estimated an area of forest bigger than a soccer field burns every minute. Manny, what are you seeing there . Reporter where we are, some rain actually helped to tamp down the flames. But there certainly has not been enough of it. You know, the amazon is set to contain 15 of the earths fresh water and Scientists Say all of this moisture helps cool down the earth. The fear is with so much of the forest burning it could cause irreversible damage to the worlds climate. The scenes from the amazon can be overwhelming. Forests once teeming with life claimed by unrelenting flames. It is estimated this year in the amazon more than 3500 square miles of forest, an area roughly the size of yellowstone National Park, have fallen to fires like these. In peru, people are using whatever they can shovels, even tree branches to try to smother the flames. Many of the fires are believed to be set by farmers trying to clear land. One farmer in brazil says these kinds of things happen here every year. We just arent able to tell who is responsible. Nobody is punished. To get a greater sense of the deforestation, we took to the air. From up here you can really see where humans have continued to cut into the rain forest. There are plots of land where the trees appear to be freshly cut. All of this to make room for Soybean Production and cattle ranches. Ten, 20 years ago this was all rain forest. Outside brazilian embassies around the world protesters have been blasting the countrys president and his administrations handling of the deforestation and fires. Bolsonaros administration on monday rejected a 20 million pledge from g7 leaders to help fight the fires. Equating the aid to treating brazil like a colony. Major fabio paixao helping lead the firefighting efforts dismissed the international criticism. There are people who think this type of assistance should have happened faster. Do you have anything to say to them . Translator we do know it is happening and have taken action before, he said. The only difference is the International Visibility came just now. Reporter president bolsonaro said he would make 44,000 troops available to help fight the fires but there are reports from some areas that the military presence has been scarce. Gayle . All right. Reporting from brazil. Thank you. Alleged victims of Jeffrey Epstein plan to speak in court this morning in what one Attorney Says will be an historic hearing. Up to 30 women are expected to accept a new york judges invitation to address the hearing before he moves to dismiss the criminal sex trafficking case against epstein. Epstein as you know took his own life earlier this month. Mola lenghi is at the federal courthouse in manhattan with more on the story. Mola, what do you think we can expect today . Reporter good morning, gayle. Defense attorneys for Jeffrey Epstein as well as some of the attorneys representing some of these alleged victims are expected to speak at todays hearing in addition to some of the victims that you mentioned. The federal sex trafficking and conspiracy to sex trafficking charges against epstein are expected to ultimately be dismissed after it appears he hanged himself in his jail cell earlier this month. A federal judge could announce that dismissal today but first he scheduled this mornings hearing to allow epsteins alleged victims to speak. Epstein was accused as we know of sexually abusing dozens of women, including underage girls. Cbs news has obtained alleged victims statements that are expected to be read in court today. One jane doe said, i understand his case may be dismissed or closed, but this makes me feel as though i and anyone else who fell prey to his hands simply do not matter. I ask that you very seriously consider the final decision. The same women who went on to say in choosing death epstein denied everyone justice. Gayle . We keep hearing those women have a lot to say, mola. So what happens when the criminal case is dismissed . Reporter well, of course, there are civil cases that are being brought by epsteins accusers. Those will continue to move forward. Those are very much alive. And investigators, prosecutors say that they will continue to pursue and investigate any possible coconspirators who may have helped epstein run his alleged sex trafficking operation. And of course there are federal investigations ongoing by the department of justice as well as by congress that are looking into how epstein was able to apparently hang himself in that federal correctional facility while he was awaiting trial. Of course well be following those, mola. Thank you very much. Serena williams cruised to victory in her first match of the u. S. Open since her controversial loss agast naomi osaka last year. Williams dominated Maria Sharapova in the firstround match in queens, new york last night. The 61, 61 victory took only 59 minutes. It was williams 19th straight win over sharapova. Williams is seeking a recordtying 24th grand slam victory. I was watching. I dont think she even broke a sweat. I think she got home in time for dinner. Pretty quick. Serena is ready and i am cheering for her. Her serves were over 120 miles per hour. I know. Never gets old watching her. Oh, man. Maria, you know, she tried. She did. She is good, too. She is very good. Shes a professional. Very good. Serena is better. The supreme Court Justice known as the notorious rbg, not notorious b. I. G. A rapper for everyone who doesnt know is talking about her nickname and most recent health scare. Hear what Ruth Bader Ginsburg said in her first public outing after a new round of cancer treatments. Plus, new legal issues for Lori Loughlin accused of paying big bucks to get her daughters into college. And only on cbs this morning the new effort to help some college good Tuesday Morning with changes today with tropical moisture and higher humidity and midto high level clouds in the sky. Temps cooler compared to yesterday but with that mugginess, it will likely feel warmer this afternoon. 94 in concord, 88 in san jose, 72 in San Francisco. We continue with that cool down into the weekend. We have much more news ahead on cbs this morning. People whose Family Members died in mass shooting talk to us the shootings in gilroy. E. The garlic festival. California. And people after that happens they say, california has strong gun laws. Gun laws dont work. Thats just nonsense. When an airplane crashes and Safety Measures dont work, throw them out, we figure out what happened and then do something to solve the problem. A good point. Some people say how they live with their loss and why they object to blaming Mental Illness for the violence. Youre watching cbs this morning. What do you look for when you trade . I want free access to research. Yep, td ameritr