Making it harder for women of Sexual Assault and rape to come forward . No. I think im making it easier on them. Natural flood defenses, waterfront parks and protecting the big cities from coastal flooding. Its tuesday, september 17th, 2019. Heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Thats a very large attack. It could be met with an attack many, many times larger by our country, but were going the find out who did it first. Now irans Supreme Leader ruling out any talks with President Trump. President trump is slamming the New York Times for publishing a new report on sexual allegations by Supreme CourtJustice Brett kavanaugh. A seventh death linked to vaping. The cdc has starting their emergency center. A firefighter is dead and a building destroyed after a massive propane explosion in maine. It was just total devastation. I have never seen destruction like that. Saturday night live fired one of its newest after racist comments came to light. Patriots player Antonio Brown is denying a new round of Sexual Assault by a second woman. Onehanded. Welcome back. All that they say lightning doesnt strike twice, but tell that to the driver of this suv. And all that matters that is impressive. Check out the cubs fan. He got a lot of attention on social media. On cbs this morning. He was a bad dude. He ran with bad boys. Joe biden brags about a gangster called corn pop. He closed his straight razor and my heart began to beat again. They joined up, the sharks and the jets. Announcer this mornings eye opener is presented by toyota. Lets go places. Stephen colbert, never runs out of material. Now you know the search is on for corn pop. Hes been given a lot of help in this case that corn pop, where are you. Welcome to cbs this morning. We begin with this. U. S. Officials are blaming iran on an attack on saudi arabia, but President Trump seems to be lowering expectations of a military response. He told supporters last night not to panic about oil supplies after the unprecedent attack on Saudi Arabia Oil facilities. Earlier he said hes weighing his options one day after he tweeted, his words, locked and loaded. Many of the projectiles were fired from iranian territory. They say at least one missile passed over kuwait, a u. S. Ally. Weijia jiang is at the white house. Weijia, how close is the president to making a decision . Good morning, anthony. President trump is not committing to any time frame, but he announced a team led by secretary of state mike pompeo will head to saudi arabia, and the u. S. Is talking to neighbors in the region as he decides how to respond. Just about 24 whhours ago we we talking about the president s tough military action, but now he is pumping the brakes. Today weve got a lot of oil, weve got a lot of gas. President trump downplayed concerns about oil and gas prices while campaigning in new mexico. You know, a few years ago if we had a problem like you saw two days ago in the middle east, we would have been in a panic, although, not if i were your president. We never panic. Earlier in the day the president stopped short on blaming the attack on twtwo sau arabia oil plants but later blamed it on iran. The secretaries of state and defense have both blamed iran in tweeteds and cbs news has learned u. S. Intelligence officials believe iran is behind the attack. The weapons are iranian, but its unclear where the attacks originated. As far as a response, everything seems to be on the table. On the one hand the president practiced restraint. I dont want war with anybody. On the other, keeping the possibility of keeping military action open, even suggesting a lethal retaliatory strike would be a proportional response. Not lking t new conflict, but sometimes you have to. This is a very significant attack. Former cia actor director Michael Morell said the u. S. May have little choice. Its not only iran thats under pressure here, but they can put pressure back on us. We have to deter them. On capitol hill, House Speaker nancy pelosi has requested a briefing for all house members on the bombings with democrats urging caution on next steps. I dont think we need to be the protector of saudi arabia. United nations inspectors have traveled to saudi arabia already to investigate what the u. S. Works on declassifying information to share. Meanwhile iran continues to deny involvement. Its a tragic reality these types of bombings and explosions happen every day in afghanistan. We were the firstever camera crew allowed in this highsecurity prison. A suicide bomber blew him up here, his spokesman told us that he and es his entourage were hu. And second here in kabul, a con gue congested intersection. They release the ielt of the green beret killed yesterday. She identified as jeremy griffin. The taliban has claimed responsibilities for the explosions. They would go on the attack and since we have been here that is exactly what we have seen, both sides intensifying their fight. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Today state and federal investigators will be looking into the case of a mass propane explosion in maine that killed a firefighter and hurt seven other people. A newly constructed building in farmington was destroyed in the blast. Don dahler shows us the aftermath. Reporter cellphone video taken after the massive blast that ripped apart a building showed devastation First Responders describe as a war zone. I spent a year in iraq, thats about the closest i can explain it. Reporter the building was evacuated around 8 00 a. M. After reported smell of gas. Moments later, the entire building was leveled. It shaked my curtains 4 1 2 miles from farmington. Thats a very powerful explosion. Reporter drone video shows how powerful the blast was. These pictures show how the building looked like before it was turned to rubble. Brandon audette lived behind the building. His house was ruined. Everything is ruined. Everything is what it is. Just thankful to have made it out alive. Lisa marston went behind a building. Everything was coming down. I dont know that we were trained with what we saw this morning. Reporter they paid respects to 68yearold firefighter michael bell, killed in the blast, his brother, also a firefighter, was injured. Well see what we can conclue. Given the circumstances we have now, its just an unknown. A california resident has become the seventh american to die from a vapingrelated illness. Deaths from vaping have been reported in kansas, illinois, minnesota, and oregon. There are two more cases. The cdc numbers show there are at least 380 cases in at least 36 states and the u. S. Virgin islands. The agency activated its Emergency Operation center, giving more resources to experts looking at vapingreportedrelated illnesses and death. This morning were hear from isiss leader. Baghdadi called for his followers to carry out attacks and demand the release of isis prisoners. Holly williams went to a Prison Holding isis fighters in syria. She brings us an exclusive report from the northeast. Holly, what did you see . Reporter good morning. We were the first ever camera crew allowed in this highsecurity prison. President trump recently demanded European Countries take their nationals who joined isis home. What we did not expect to find were prisoners who told us they were american. So you were born in belgium . The prison is like the united nations. Youre from holland. Yes. From the netherlands. Yes. Reporter except everyone here is accused of joining isis. They signed up for paradise. Some are injured from the battlefield. This man told us he left his home in chicago to live under isis in 2015 and hes unrepentant. The choices that i made in somebodys eyes are the wrong choices, so i face jail time. Were they the wrong choices in your eyes . Do you think you made the wrong choices . No. I just wanted to live under islamic law. Reporter there are about 5,000 prisoners inside this jail and the guards say many of them are dangerous. If they escape, there are fears theyll rejoin isis insurgents who continue to carry out attacks. Reporter they organized this to pretend hes sick and then they call in the guards. Then they pull the door off its hinges and charge further down the corridors. Reporter they want to send the prisoners home, but in most cases their own government dont want them back, even when theyre children. We met another prisoner here who identified himself as a 17yearold from new york city. He told us his parents took him to join isis. He didnt want to appear on camera. But like nearly all of the foreigners here, he is desperate to leave. Do you want to go to the u. S. . Of course. Im going to die soon here. Im sick. I do not get any medical attention. If you go back to the u. S. , youre almost certainly facing a prison sentence. I know, i know, i know. Reporter the syrian Militia Group that runs the prison told us along with others if the foreign governments wont take the citizens home, they should at at least help to better secure the prisons here to prevent a mass escape. Anthony. Holly williams with extraordinary reporting. Thanks, holly. President trump is doubling down on his defense of Supreme CourtJustice Brett kavanaugh after the latest allegation of sexual misconduct. The president calls it a smear, while democrats say the fbi failed to check out that claim a year ago before kavanaugh was confirmed. Nancy cordes is on capitol hill. Nancy, have we heard from kavanaugh himself about this . Anthony kavanaugh has not responded to this new allegation, although, in the past he has denied the other accusations. President trump on the other hand not staying quiet. Hes taking on a familiar target, the New York Times, for publishing and then adjusting the story. I call for the resignation of everybody at the New York Times involved in the kavanaugh smear. President trump defended the Supreme Court justice he appointed. Over the weekend the New York Times push lived an excerpt from a book written by two of its reporters. In it a classmate at yale said he saw kavanaugh expose himself to a female student at a party in the 1980s. The times later issued a clarification, noting that the female student declined to be interviewed for the book and friends say that she does not recall the incident. We all remember this pattern from last time around. Shoot first, confirm the facts later. Republicans slammed, democrats calling for impeachment. Its barely a thirdhand rumor. Democrats are still questioning the thoroughness of the fbis Background Investigation into kavanaugh. It was a shame. Democrat chris coons said he was aware of the allegations during the investigation and wrote to the fbi. I think its important that we all know why. Massachusetts congresswoman Ayanna Pressley is introducing an impeachment inquiry resolution into kavanaugh in the house today, but its unlikely to go anywhere because the man who would likely lead that inquiry, jerry nadler, said hes already got his hands full with the impeachment inquiry into President Trump. Thank you very much. Saturday night live begins its 45th season under a cloud after firing new cast member shane gillis over controversial comments from his past. It came just days after snl announced a new lineup that announced an Asian American member for the first time. Jericka duncan has details. Have we heard from gillis about this . He understands the decision but ultimately he did not apologize for the video depicting racist and homophobic comments. We should warn you some of his comments might make you uncomfortable. Live from new york, its saturday night reporter shane gillis was supposed to be one of the three new faces joining the 45th season later this month, but within hours of cs announcement last thursday, clips from a podcast he cohosted began to surface featuring homophobic and racist remarks. In one he had a name for chinese and mocked asian accents. It shows a certain attitude he had toward minorities. Reporter matthew belinelli is the hollywood reporters editor. All of those things were there for snl to find that would draw red flags. But how did they miss all this. Reporter Lorne Michaels said we were not aware of his remarks that occurred of over the last few days. Following his firing gillis tweeted i understand it would boo too much of a distraction. I respect the decision they made. The thing to know about snl, they have been criticized in the past for the lack of diversity. They should be extra sensitive to these kinds of concerns when they go about doing their hiring because because they know theyre a tar get and they know theyre under the microscope. Gillis also made a remark regarding yang. He tweeted yesterday gillis reached out and the two will be sitting down together soon. Words matter. You do wonder how nbc missed it. Harvey weinsteins attorney has built a reputation representing men accused of sexual misconduct. Donna ratunno sits down for an interview. In his mind does he know hes done anything wrong. I think he does. He knows he has to be a better human being. Does he think hes broken any laws . No, absolutely not. He absolutely does not believe he broke any laws. Ahead, she talks about their Defense Strategy and what she does not like about the me too good tuesday morning. A Beautiful Day across the area with plenty of sunshine and mild temperatures. 78 in concord, 79 in livermore, 72 in oakland, upper 60s in San Francisco. 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