2019. Heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. We, the jury, unanimously find the defendant, amber guyger, guilty of murder. Reporter a former Dallas Police officer faces life in prison. My life has not been the same. Its just been like a roller coaster. I cannot sleep. The state departments independent watchdog is heading to capitol hill today for whats being called an urgent briefing on the ukraine scandal. President trump reportedly suggested opening fire on migrants at the border and a trench filled with snakes or alligators. If i were sitting in a meeting like that and somebody said something that crazy, i would be looking for a way to get another job. Recordbreaking heat broils the south and midwest. Temperatures prompted several ohio schools to cancel classes. I want to not feel hot. Its hot out here its hot. Violent clashes escalating in hong kong. For the first time, a protester was shot by police with live ammunition. Duchess of sussex announced that she was suing the man on sunday over claims it unlawfully published one of her private letters. All that the National League wild card game between the brewers and nationals. Washington wins it, 43. Ball game and all that matters. The president of ukraine at the center of the impeachment inquiry against President Trump is back in the spotlight, this time with tom cruise. So, now trump is facing a witch hunt and an ethan hunt on top of that. On cbs this morning. Theres a viral video of this beverage cart at ohare airport. Its spinning. Its spinning. Its going to hit the plane. Oh it barely misses the plane. And blam they probably just picked those things up off the ground, put them back on the plane, you know . Someone on the plane was just sitting there and was like, whoa, what was that over there . I dont know, ill enjoy my complimentary diet pepsi now. This eye opener was brought to you by toyota. Lets go places. You could see that happening. Yes, we could. Trevor noah. You could see it. I love that video. I do, too. Welcome to cbs this morning. We begin with this in dallas. The wife of a former Dallas Police officer accused of murdering her black neighbor in his own home could spend the rest of her life in prison. The jury deliberated for less than five hours before finding amber guyger guilty of murder yesterday for shooting and killing botham jean last year. The case is now in the sentencing phase, and jurors are hearing more evidence, including racially insensitive Text Messages geiger shared. Omar villafranca is at the courthouse in dallas. Omar, how will those Text Messages factor in sentencing, do we think . Reporter prosecutors are showing the jury Text Messages and social media posts to give them a sense of who geiger is. That evidence will be taken into consideration for their sentencing. And after yesterdays hearing, there is a lot for them to take in. Keep in mind, she could face five to 99 years in prison. My life has not been the same. Its just been like a roller coaster. Reporter botham jeans mother, allison, testified at a sentencing hearing tuesday about how her life has changed since amber guyger shot and killeder son. Its just been the most terrible time for me. Reporter the jury convicted the former Police Officer of murder after deliberating for less than seven hours. We, the jury, unanimously find the defendant, amber guyger, guilty of murder as charged in the indictment. Reporter cheers erupted in the courtroom as the verdict was announced. Jeans family embraced. Geiger sat crying at the defense table. Jeans family attorneys say this outcome is justice for other unarmed, black victims. And this verdict is for trayvon martin. Its for michael brown. Its for sandra bland. Its for tamir rice. Its for eric gardner. Reporter today, the jury will review new evidence for sentencing. Prosecutors already presented racially incensensitive texts s sent last year while working at a Martin Luther king day parade. Message sent to the defendant when does this end, lol. Outgoing message from the defendant when mlk is dead dot, dot, dot, oh, wait. Reporter and they showed the jury some social media posts that promoted violence against civilians. I wear all black to remind you not to mess with me because im already dressed for your funeral. Reporter attorneys say this new evidence shows Amber Guygers true intent. We believe it shows a different picture than the crying, tearful or mournful person who is on the stage. Reporter according to studies, since the beginning of 2005, 106 officers have been arrested for shootings while on duty. Only 35 had been convicted of a crime. Keep in mind, this case is a little bit different since guyger was off duty. Deliberations are scheduled to start at 9 30 this morning, and we have no idea how long theyll last. Omar, thank you. Now to the impeachment inquiry in washington, where House Democrats are trading angry charges with secretary of state mike pompeo. Democrats say the secretary could be involved in a, quote, blatant coverup and a clear abuse of power, after pompeo accused them of trying to intimidate state Department Officials into testifying. Sources tell cbs news a former state Department Official and a former ambassador have agreed to testify. A short time ago, pompeo confirmed he listened in on President Trumps july 25th phone call to ukraines president that triggered the impeachment probe. Nancy cordes is on capitol hill. Nancy, what else did the secretary have to say . Reporter good morning. Secretary pompeo said the call was focused on rooting out corruption and graft in ukraine, but we know that thats not what the call summary released by the white house shows. This comes amidst a huge and escalating clash between congress and secretary pompeo over evidence and witnesses. It was about helping the ukrainians to get graft out and corruption outside of their government. Reporter secretary pompeo broke his silence about his role in a call between ukraines president and President Trump, and he accused democrats of pressuring state Department Officials to testify right away. We will, of course, do our constitutional duty to cooperate with this coequal branch, but we are going to do so in a way that is consistent with the fundamental values of the american system. Reporter overnight, democrats railed against secretary of state mike pompeo after he said top officials needed more time to prepare for congressional interviews. Its essentially saying, dont snitch, and thats just not how we do things in our government. Reporter in a blistering letter, pompeo accused Democratic Leaders of trying to bully state Department Officials into sitting for depositions. House democrats fired back that pompeo may now be a fact witness in the impeachment inquiry and that any attempt to prevent witnesses from testifying might indicate that he is trying to cover up illicit activity. The state departments people could cooperate. They could come in immediately. Reporter state Department Inspector general steve linick emailed multiple congressional committees, saying he wants to discuss and provide staff with copies of documents related to the state department and ukraine. The briefing comes just two days after cbs news and other outlets confirmed that pompeo was on the call where President Trump asked the president of ukraine to investigate his campaign rival, joe biden, and his son. The president s allies slammed the congressional probe as a coup and a trap. Theyre putting them through really an impeachment mockery. Reporter we may not know exactly what the state ig is planning to share with congress today, but we do know that its job is to root out mismanagement and wrongdoing at the department, so that should provide a clue. Steve linick has been the Inspector General at the state Department Since 2013. He has a lot of autonomy and does not need the secretarys permission to come here to congress to brief staffers. All right, nancy, thank you very much. A new book is shedding light on President Trumps battle to push ahead with one of his signature policies securing the u. S. mexico border. According to the book, mr. Trump suggested shooting migrants in the legs. He reportedly made the suggestion in march during a meeting where he also called for the entire border to be closed. Two the New York Times reporters wrote the book, which is published by simon and schuster, a division of cbs. Paula reids at the white house. Paula, why did the president allegedly make these comments . Reporter good morning. Earlier this year, as Border Crossing numbers hit record numbers, the times reports the president grew increasingly frustrated with the situation along the southern border and intent on delivering on his Campaign Promise to build a wall and deter illegal immigration. He started throwing out some new ideas. Were closing the border. Close it. And well keep it closed for a long time. Im not playing games. Reporter in late march, President Trump publicly threatened to close the u. S. mexico border. But according to the times reporters, in a march meeting, the president s advisers tried to turn him away from such a drastic move. He responded youre making me look like an idiot and shouted, i ran on this its my issue. Administration officials were constantly having to kind of walk the president back from the precipice, walk him back from the edge of what could be a crisis. Reporter michael shear and Julie Hirschfeld davis are authors of border wars inside trumps assault on immigration. He made all these promises, he talked in grandiose ways about things he wanted to do when he was in office, but then he comes in and confronts the reality of governing. Reporter the article also details the president s other suggestions to stem migration. They want to throw rocks at our military, our military fights back. Were going to consider it and i told them, consider it a rifle. Reporter and while he said he didnt mean to shoot migrants if they threw rocks at Border Patrol agents, the New York Times reports that the president later suggested they shoot migrants in the legs to slow them down. They write, he also privately talked about fortifying a border wall with a waterfilled trench stocked with snakes or alligators, and he wanted the p e humactrifin flesh. The white house has responded to this report in a statement. It did not directly address the allegations but said the president has clearly and publicly stated many times he wants to make American Communities safer by building a wall, closing dangerous loopholes that incentivize child smugglers and drug cartels and implement a meritbased immigration system. All right, paula. Thank you. This morning, the state department is calling on north korea to, quote, refrain from provocations. North korea fired another Ballistic Missile yesterday, just hours after agreeing to resume stalled Nuclear Talks with the u. S. South korean officials confirm the missile was launched from the coast of wonsan, east of the north korean capital of pyongyang. It flew for about 280 miles and reportedly landed in the sea of japan. Rami inocencio is following this story from hong kong. Ramy, how could this affect the Nuclear Talks . Reporter good morning, gayle. Experts say this really is north koreas way of ramping up pressure against the United States ahead of those talks this saturday. They say this is also a calculated show of strength by the rogue nation as it attempts to project its growing military might. Now, u. S. Officials tell cbs news that this was a landbased test of a midrange Ballistic Missile that can be launched from a submarine. This is a significant escalation, of course, from the shortrange missiles north korea has tested so far this year, and authorities are especially concerned about this type of weapon because it is much harder to detect in advance. Now, this is the ninth time north korea has tested weapons ever since late july. Nuclear talks between the u. S. And north korea have so far stalled since the vietnam summit between President Trump and north Korean Leader kim jongun in february failed to produce a deal. Now, the white house says it is monitoring the situation closely and is also discussing with u. S. Allies in the region but looking ahead to saturday, not sure yet on how it will impact those negotiations. Tony. Ramy inocencio in hong kong, thank you so much. A heat wave is affecting millions of americans from the deep south to the northeast. Its been a warm end of summer with more than 150 cities across the u. S. Having their hottest september on record. Remarkably hot. And girl deli e this is a big heat wave. Its a longlasting heat wave and this is what we expect du record high for the month of october at 96. Not to be outdone, richmond 98 degrees. 73 new records possible in 19 states during the day today. Theres some good news tomorrow. Look at new york city. We go from 90 today to 59 tomorrow, so literally from shorts to sweaters in less than 24 hours. Still hot, though, in richmond and still baking across the southeast. Birmingham, 99 degrees tomorrow. September was an unbelievably warm month, and we saw remarkable heat, especially across the east. Take a look at this, 21 of the United States had their warmest september on record, and 59 of the nation were in their top five warmest. This is fairly incredible. And because of that, we have severe drought in parts of the southeast. Its drying out the soils. There is some good news. Were going to get some rain, but its going to take until monday or tuesday for that rain to move in. In the meantime, air conditioners working overtime across most of the nation. All right, jeff, thank you. There is a new twist in the case of a connecticut man charged with killing a worker at a caribbean resort. A revised autopsy raises questions about whether cocaine detected in kenny mitchells system played a role in his death after a fight with Scott Hapgood. Errol is following this. We are working to confirm details, but according to the the New York Times, this revised coroners report may change the cause of mitchells death. Citing that report, the New York Times writes that acute cocaine toxicity could have been a potentially independent cause of death. Now, it reportedly shows mitchells levels of more than double whats normally considered deadly. Wow. Although everyone reacts differently. Cbs news has reached out to the Coroners Office for a copy of this report, but we have not yet heard back. If you remember, Scott Hapgood said he was acting in selfdefense when he got into a fight with mitchell, pinning him to the ground in his hotel bathroom. He claims mitchell was demanding money and threatening him with a knife. Now, we spoke with a Hotel Bellman back in august who was the first in the room when this altercation was taking place, and he said hapgood was on top of mitchell and that mitchell could barely breathe. He also told me that hapgood refused to get off of mitchell until Police Arrived 30 minutes later. Now, its unclear how this new report could affect the case and manslaughter charges still pending against hapgood. Back in september there was a fiveday evidentiary hearing, but the results of that have not yet been made public. This case now adjourned until midnovember. That does certainly add another twist to the case, for sure. It does. So many questions. And for the victim and his family, they say he was gentle. We would never expect for this to happen, but we need to wait for the results of this case to see what the evidence is. Fascinating new details. Errol, thank you very much. Health officials in new jersey and virginia have announced the first deaths in those states related to vaping. Latest cases bring the total number of confirmed deaths nationwide to at least 15. And according to the cdc, there are now more than 800 confirmed and probable cases of severe lung illness linked to vaping nationwide. A ban on flavored ecigarettes took effect overnight in michigan, and texas a m university has now banned all vaping products as well. President trump, of course, has proposed a federal ban on most flavored ecigarettes and vaping products. Were waiting for more information on that. A federal judge has temporarily blocked georgias controversial abortion law from going into effect in january. The legislation outlaws the procedure as early as six weeks into pregnancy or when a fetal heartbeat can be detected. The current state law bans abortions at 20 weeks. Georgia is one of at least nine states that passed laws to restrict abortions earlier this year. A federal judge cleared Harvard University of discriminating against Asian Americans in a case with major implications for affirmative action in College Admissions across the country. A Group Opposed to affirmative action accused harvard of deliberately and illegally restricting the number of Asian Americans on campus. The judge rejected that argument. She said harvard meets the strict constitutional standard for considering race in a