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Its thursday, november 14th, 2019. Heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. There just wasnt any surprises. There wasnt any bombshells. Made a compelling and clear case. This was damning. Both sides claim victory after the first day of public testimony. You talking about the witchhunt . Is that what youre talking about . I hear its a joke. I havent watched. I havent watched for one minute. Reporter a legal said e setback for the president. The federal court ruled that congress can seek eight years of the president s tax returns. Hi, had everyone rning fo president. The massachusetts firefighter is dead. He was killed fighting a house fire. Lieutenant menard heroically and selflessly saved his crew. Reporter the mayor of venice, italy, says the worst s venin its ees. Than 50 years at least two people have dead. Reporter deadly winter storms shattering cold temperature records. From the great lakes to the northeast, its cold. All that a High School Resource officer showed off his moves to celebrate his final day on the job. Hammer time and all that matters you girls talked the talk. Country musics biggest night. The cma awards. He said heres your one chance on cbs this morning. Bullet point number two, second sentence, ambassador taylor recalls that mr. Morrison told ambassador taylor that i told mr. Morrison that i conveyed this message on december 1, 2019, in connection with Vice President s visit to warsaw this is what i sound like when i explain the kardashians to my dad. Khloutct moving on to bullet point two, second sentence [ applause ] this mornings eye opener is presented by brought to you by toyota lets go places. When you put it like that, you got to follow very closely. Can get murky. Make it simple. Well try right now. Yes, we are. Welcome to cbs this morning on. That note, we begin with this date one of historic impeachment hearings produced a very startling claim. It directly ties President Trump to the effort to pressure ukraine to investigate former Vice President joe biden and his son, hunter. The top u. S. Diplomat in ukraine, thats bill taylor, testified that a member of his staff overheard a call between the president and the ambassador do the european union, thats Gordon Sondland. Taylor says that sondland told the staffer the president cared more about investigating the bidens than about ukraine. At the white house, President Trump said he knows nothing about that phone call with sondland, and he called the impeachment inquiries a, quote, joke. Nancy cordes covered yesterdays first public hearing. Good morning. Are we going to hear directly from this the staffer . Reporter yes. He is based at the u. S. Embassy in ukraine, but hell be here on capitol hill tomorrow testifying behind closed doors. His story appears to undercut the republican argument that there is little direct evidence of the president s intent. What this call indicates as other testimony likewise has indicated is that the instructions are coming from the president on down. Reporter the new revelation comes from a u. S. Embassy staffer, david holmes, sitting at an restaurant with ambassador to the eu Gordon Sondland, when sondland placed a call to the president. The member of my staff could hear President Trump on the phone asking ambassador sondland about the investigations. Your staff member hears the president asking about the investigations, meaning barisma and the bidens in 2016, and ambassador sondland told President Trump that the ukrainians were ready to move forward . He did. Reporter the story was relayed by the top u. S. Diplomat in ukraine, bill taylor, who testified that sondland told him repeatedly that mr. Trump would not release u. S. Aid to ukraine until that nation agreed to investigate his campaign rival, joe biden. He said that President Trump wanted president zelensky in a public box. Well what did you understand that to mean . To put zelensky in a public box . I understood that to mean that President Trump through ambassador sondland was asked for president zelensky to very publicly commit to these investigations. Its a witchhunt. Its a hoax. Im too busy to watch it. Reporter President Trump was asked about his phone call during a joint press conference with the visiting president of turkey. I know nothing about that. First time ive heard it. The one thing ive seen that sondland said was that he did speak to me for a brief moment, and i said no quid pro quo under any circumstances. Reporter his press secretary, stephanie grisham, also resnd otw dismissing yesterdays witnesses who are diplomatic veterans as two bureaucrats are a Foreign Policy gripe. Republicans insist information was secondhand. We got six people having four conversations in one sentence, and you just told me this is where you got the clear understanding and youre their star witness. Let me just say that i dont consider myself a star witness for anything they do. You dont i dont. Reporter democrats praised the witnesses, republicans say they still want to hear from the anonymous whistleblower. In is one witness, one witness that they wont bring in front of us, they wont bring in front of the american people. Thats the guy who started it all. Id be glad to have the person who started it all come in and testify. President trump is welcome to take a seat right there. [ laughter ] reporter the next public impeachment inquiry comes tomorrow. It features maria yovanovitch, the former u. S. Ambassador to ukraine who was smeared by the president s personal lawyer and then recalled to washington earlier this year. Ambassador sondland is one of eight witnesses scheduled to testify publicly next week. Hell be grilled about why he had to change his story after he was contradicted by so many other witnesses. All right, thank you so much. 60 minutes correspondent John Dickerson joins us for day two. Two for two with John Dickerson, always good to sort is out. Anybody with a cell phone knows its so easy to overhear the conversation when youre talking to somebody else. What is the significance of this latest revelation . Well, anybody with a cell phone knows you dont have this kind of conversation on a cell phone. Security exactly. Talk about the irregular channel. Now, we should be clear something has been alleged, and part of what this process will be is nailing down all the details of this. What exactly was discussed. Does somebody overhear the right thing, and so forth. What was important about taylors testimony is theres an allegation of another instance in which the president appears, accoin h o focused on the bidens and the biden family. Why is that important is because, one, half of the president s defense and again, republicans still have multiple defenses of the president , not all of them aligned. One of the defenses is that the president cared so much about corruption, the counterargument is no, he cared about corruption by one fan, the family thats running against him in this election. This is, though, the first supposed connection to President Trump himself that were hearing in the evidence, correct . How effective is this for the democrats . Well, its the central case. If we go up to 30,000 feet, the facts is that the american president has an amazing and enormous authority in Foreign Policy. And hes granted that by the constitution. And whats at issue is whether he used the authority for himself or for the country. And hes talking about the biden family, hes using it for himself, is the allegation from the democrats. So thats why its central to their case. Ive heard the republicans say, listen, there was no investigation of the bidens, that ukraine did, in fact, get the aid. Really nothing to see here. Thats their strongest argument. Because we should remember when we think about this, there are three ways to think about evidence here. One is whether it builds a case for impeachment. One is whether it gives publicans enough evidence to go to their constituents and say whatever they need to say to get reelected, come is really, i mean, lets not honest, in politics thats what this is about is whether you can justify your vote one way or the other. Finally, we have to think about this in the election contest. Were thinking about if the evidence comes through, whether its worth giving the about the another four years. For republicans trying to get to an argument about whats happening, thats a strong point. In law, i havent found a lawyer who said if you try to commit some kind of illegal act, its okay if it doesnt succeed. So theres no theres no lawyer who says that. In the nixon case he was driven from office for things he wanted to do but werent carried off. Republicans were right to not use the standard when they investigated people who wanted to undermine the trump election. Donald trump was elected, but that wouldnt stop the investigation into people who tried to undermine that election. So its a good political argument for the moment. But it doesnt necessarily hold up all the way through. Any evidence that this has penetrated the public . No, none. I dont think for the moment. We might not expect it to. There should be a high bar for impeachment, and for the the challenge for democrats is to put together this puzzle, make sure each piece has integrity. Thats going to take a long time. The fact they got one interesting piece about there phone call is good for them, as they try to build this long case. Weve got a long time to go before the minds are changed. Theres a lot to sort out. Thank you. For more on the key testimony and whats ahead in the impeachment inquiry, we invite you to go to our website, cbsnews. Com impeachment. The group of democrats looking to replace the president is a little bigger this morning. Former Massachusetts Governor Duval Patrick is launching a campaign. He released this video this morning, nearly a year after saying he would not run. I admire and respect the candidates in the democratic field. They bring a richness of ideas and experience and a depth of character that makes me proud to be a democrat. But if the character of the candidates is an issue in every election, this time is about the character of the country. Patrick will go to New Hampshire today to add his name to the ballot for the 2020 primary there. With there announcement, he will with this announcement, he will no longer be a cbs news contributor. Ed okeefe is covering campaign 2020. Why is patrick entering now, this late in the game . Reporter anthony, he apparently thinks theres still room for one more. He told us on this broadcast last month he doesnt think former Vice President joe biden is cutting it. And now he plans to run as a moderate who can bring his party and the country back together. The 63yearold served two terms as Massachusetts Governor. The first africanamerican to do so, and the only democrat to hold the job this century. Its the work he did before and after his time as governor thats likely to raise questions. He once served as the top lawyer at the oil Company Texaco and most recently worked for bain capital. That could could be scrutiny. How patrick can quickly build a campaign, raise millions of dollars needed, and attend the debates is unclear. No one in the modern era has entered the race this late in the game and prevailed. Another potential candidate is former new york mayor michael bloomberg. Do we know if hes made a decision yet . Do you think the patrick decision affects this . Reporter well see. He has not decided whether to run. Cbs news learned, however, that bloomberg will not file paperwork to appear on the ballot in New Hampshire which holds the first primary in february. If he runs, bloomberg is expected to focus on winning contests held on super tuesday on march 3rd, thats why hes already filed to appear on the ballot in alabama and arkansas and is working on getting on the ballot in tennessee. Okay. Thank you. Well talk with Duval Patrick in our next hour. His first tv interview since joining the democratic president ial race. Learn how he plans to stand out in this very crowded field. As the impeachment hearings were underway on capitol hill, President Trump was meeting with turkeys president at the white house. Cbs news has confirmed that there was a surprise confrontation when turkeys president , president erdogan, met with mr. Trump and others in the oval office. Paula reid is at the white house. Good morning. Whats this all about . Reporter a surprise indeed, tony. During this meeting the president brought several republican senators into the oval office to meet with turkey its leader in a hope to ease some the hard feelings because several of these senators have been critical of turkeys action, particularly in northern syria. Now were told during this meeting, the leader of turkey pulled out his ipad and showed a propaganda video depicting the u. S. Allies, the kurds, as terrorists. Apparently the turkish leader thought that he could sway some of these senators by showing them this clunky propaganda video. Apparently the senators took turns pushing back on the turkish leader. They came to pressure turkey to buy american weapons systems. And encourage them not to purchase weapons from russia. Paula, thank you very much. This morning the death of an American Teacher in the Dominican Republic is being investigated as murder. Police found Patricia Anton in her apartment on the countrys northern coast. Her hands and her feet were tied up. Officials say the 63yearold woman was strangled. Our national correspondent, jericka duncan, is following this story. Terrible news today. Are there any leads on who may have done this to her . Reporter good morning. Police have not yet indicated there are any suspects, but theyve revealed that antons death may be part of a burglary. Investigators say multiple items were missing from her apartment, including a cell phone, a laptop, a television, sheets, and a pair of sports shoes. Patricia anton hailed from michigan and dedicated her life to helping children. She was a consultant at an Elementary School in the d. R. And has lived there for at least five years. The schools web site says she had more than 20 years of teaching experience and was previously a legislative aide at the Michigan State capitol. Anton is one of at least 11 americans know who died in the d. R. This year. The rest have been tourists, and the reasons range from Natural Causes to death possibly linked to tainted alcohol. Now antons body will now be taken to a lab in Santiago City for further testing. Police are urging anyone with knowledge of the crime to come forward. We will reached out to the state department for comment but have not heard back. Tony . Troubling details there. Thank you so much. Police are investigating a series of Student Deaths at the university of Southern California in los angeles. Consider this since the fall semester began in august, nine students have died. There the school says three were by suicide. Police are looking into whether drug overdoses played a role in some of the deaths. The university sent a letter to students on tuesday warning about the dangers of drug use, particularly opioids. We do know that in many cases not at usc but in our community fentanyl has been mixed with other drugs, and has led to many deaths and overdoses. Hundreds of students gathered on campus last night to talk about these losses, nine since august. Disturbing. A firefighter in massachusetts has died while searching if i burning home for searching a burning home for potential victims. Lieutenant jason menard was on the top floor of this building in worcester, massachusetts, when he became trapped. He helped two of his crew escape but could not save himself. Lieutenant menard was 39 years old. He was about to leave on a disney vacation about w his wife and vacation with his wife and three children. Menard was honored yesterday with a procession through the city of worcester. The details of that story are hard to hear. Millions of americans will soon get some relief from those bitter cold temperatures gripping much of the country. The arctic front has made its way through florida and off the east coast. But there is still some lingering cold with record lows possible this morning in the northeast. Some parts of new england could even see temperatures in the single digits. This weeks arctic blast shattered hundreds of midnovember cold records across the central and eastern u. S. A new report says drugresistant infections are a bigger threat than ever. Ahead, how one family lost a teenage son and why Drug Companies find it hard to develop new antibiotics. We have much more ahead. Why theres a push to ban the popular lasik surgery to improve peoples eyesight after more than 20 years and millions of procedures. And Holly Williams is in venice, italy, which is partly under water after catastrophic flooding. Reporter here in venice, the worst flood in 50 years has caused hundreds of millions of dollars of damage, including two architectural treasures in this historic city. That storys ahead on cbs this morning. Introducing even more value from fidelity. Fidelity now has zero commissions for online u. S. Equity trades and etfs. 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He would just want to be with his friends and get better at football and basketball. She says after playing basketball with friends near their jacksonville home in may trey developed a sore on his foot. It looked like a blister. The next day she took him to the where they told her trey ha deteriorated until doctors told his mother it was time to take trey off life support. There was nothing they could do because the antibiotics taki they said the antibiotics werent working. They said nothing was working. Treys isnt the only case. We have seen infections that are resistant to all the antibiotics we have available. Dr. Helen says newer drugs are critical. How soon do you need new antibiotics . We need them yesterday. Yesterday, not now but yesterday . Truly we need more options for our patients yesterday or now. A big part of the problem, many Major Pharmaceutical Companies have gotten out of antibiotic development. Now its mostly Small Companies keansparatek. Theres only 13 or 14 of us today working on antibiotics. It new antibiotic treats pneumonia and Skin Infections with fewer side effects but its been a tough sell at hospitals where budgets are tight. Payers and hospitals have said we have our generics, we need to control our costs. Well just go with the older antibiotics that we have. Theyre telling us they dont want our innovation. The American Hospital association told us its members are dedicated to the judicious and appropriate use of antibiotics. Weve been forced to go back and take some old drugs off the shelf that we would never use because of the toxicity associated with them. In some cases youre using lute. Drugs because you dont more dangerous drugs . Yes. Parateks president says fixing the system will take action from congress. Well have to see some form of legislation to enable Drug Companies to survive in this environment. Youre looking at a situation where without help, the industry could go under. Without help the industry could collapse. Something critical to families. I wish i could see him one more time, let him know how much i love him. I just want to see him. There is a bipartisan proposal in Congress Called the disarm act that would change the way medicare reimburses for antibiotics to allow higher payments to hospitals. We spoke with senator casey who says the goal is to stabilize the market so more medications would be available. Its a complicated problem. There are 35,000 other americans who die every year in similar circumstances. Why arent Companies Working to create more medications . Its complicated. A lot of drugs you can make money on them time after time, diabetes, cancer, heart disease. Antibiotics are great because you come in, you cure somebody. Its a single use only. Then theres this Payment System where under medicare you bundle expenses for a particular diagnosis in the hospital. Thats how they get paid. These Small Companies are saying we need help. 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When your city is built on a lagoon, water is a fact of life. Then is floods dozens of times every year. But the venetians say this isnt normal. The water was, what, here . Mun told us her famis five stores were all flooded. There year its too much. Reporter in a city that earns a living from its gorgeous views and the tens of millions of tourists who come to see them every year, this inundation is a disaster. St. Marks square was already a tourist attraction when it was captured by the painter canaletto 300 years ago. Now its submerged in water so deep this man turned the famous piazza into a private swimming pool. This was a perfect storm. Very high winds, a flood, and a city thats mostly four to five feet above sea level. But experts say whats making things worse here in venice is Climate Change and rising sea levels. St. Marks basilica, its structure dating back around 1,000 years, has flooded just six times in its history. but twice in the last two years. This flood has caused hundreds of millions of dollars of damage to a jewel of a city so precious its a World Heritage site. Venice has been building flood barriers since 2003 at a cost of billions of dollars. The project is ten years behind schedule and has been plagued by allegations of corruption. Tony . Everyones got such beautiful boats there and then and the tourists, almost looks fun. That is trouble. Real trouble. It is a jewel of the city. One of my favorite places. Heartbreaking. Spectacular. Ahead in what to watch, why facebook pulled billions of accounts from its site, billions we are starting off the day with cloudy skies and cool temps. As we head through the afternoon, youll likely need that jacket all day long because temps will be cooler compared to yesterday. The coolest day of the week is today. Cloudy as we go through the rest of our day here. Looking at 66 in concord, 63 in oakland and fremont. 67 in san jose and livermore and 62 for San Francisco. 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Well have to start that over again. Dont worry, vlads here. Hes going to get i enjoyed that. I did, too. Tony, i have in the dark for sure. I wondered whats wrong with his clothes. Stick your leg in the pants hole. Very good. Vlads going to get your day back on track. Good morning. Here are stories we think youll be talking about today. The longest prison sentence yet in the College Admissions scandal has been handed down. A new judge in the case ruled yesterday that a former insurance executive should spend six months in prison. Toby mcforlane pleaded guilty in june. Prosecutors say he paid 450,000 to get his son and daughter into the university of Southern California as fake athletic recruits. That same judge will preside over actress Lori Loughlins upcoming trial. Prosecutors say the full house star and her husband paid half a Million Dollars to get their daughters into usc as reported star athletes. The couple have pleaded not guilty to the charges. This judge is not messing around. Said hes a thief and a common criminal. Very, very tough sentence. Hes known to be very tough. Well see what happens. Prosecutors had asked for 15 months, but he got six. Interesting. All right. Facebook said it removed 3. 2 billion, billion fake accounts from its service over a sixmonth span this year. That is more than twice as many as last year. The bogus accounts included those that are used in spam campaigns and are financially motivated. The new report says that facebook has deleted 5. 4 billion fake accounts. 5. 4 billion so far in 2019. That is more than double the number of active monthly users. To put that into perspective, guys, there are 7. 6 Million People on planet earth a lot of accounts are dormant, not being used. That is right. They are dormant accounts, but they are fake. Facebook is trying to reprove them. But as you pointed out, its like the zombie horror my gosh, the army of the dead. They keep coming. So depressing. It is distressing. Its going to get worse. Meanwhile, 5 of the accounts that get through, facebook estimates are fake. Thats 122 million fake accounts right now out there. They should get credit for doing theyre clearly trying to do something about that. They are. Clearly its a big problem. At least theyre getting on top of it this gives you a sense of how big a problem this is. Really does. All right. It was all about girl power at this years cma awards. About time about time. More than 40 female country stars took the stage to perform, present, or accept awards. 14 of them delivered a powerhouse performance that included the host carrie underwood, reba mcentire, and dolly parton. Garth brooks won the top honor, entertainer of the year. He highlighted the female entertainers of the night. Meanwhile, another Country Music legend, the great willie nelson, teamed one Kacey Musgraves for an unforgettable duet. Take a look. 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Greatlooking weather if you have outdoor plans for this saturday and sunday. Have a great thursday. Good morning to you our viewers in the west. Its thursday, november 14th, 2019. Welcome back to cbs this morning. Im gayle king. Ahead former governor Duval Patrick joins us live to tell us why he decided to run for president first on cbs this morning. Im Tony Dokoupil. See why complaints about lasic eye surgery are inspiring a new effort to ban it. Im anthony mason. Celine dion is touring for the first time in years. Gayle got to go back stage where they talked about courage. Shes great. First, heres todays eye opener for 8 00. The very startling claim directly ties President Trump to the effort to pressure ukraine to investigate joe biden and his son. His story appears to undercut the argument that there is little direct evidence of the president s intent. Anybody who has a cell phone knows it is so easy to overhear the conversation when you are talking to somebody else. Also anybody with a cell phone knows you dont have this kind of conversation on a cell phone. He apparently thinks there is still room for one more. He told us last month he doesnt think former Vice President joe biden is cutting it. Police have indicated there arent any suspects in the case but the death may be part of a burglary. While the president was hosting the leader of turkey he invited several gop lawmakers into the oval office in an effort to broker some hard feelings between the two groups. Republicans also had their turn to question the witnesses about what trump had done. Was hunter biden a Corporate Governance expert . He speaks ukrainian. Given Hunter Bidens role, hunter biden, do you know whether hunter biden offers anything . Also does hunter biden like flowers or do you think i could send him a card . He seeing someone . I totally think wed make a great couple. Are you friends with hunter biden . This mornings eye opener is presented by toyota. Lets go places. Welcome back to cbs this morning. We begin with this. House impeachment investigators will soon hear more about a very surprising claim from yesterdays first day of public testimony. The top u. S. Diplomat in ukraine, thats bill taylor, said one of his staffers overheard a phone call between President Trump and the ambassador to the european union, Gordon Sondland. According to taylor, the president asked sondland for an update on ukraines investigations of former Vice President joe biden and his son hunter. During more than five hours of testimony, democrats focused on the claim that the president withheld military aid to push ukraine to investigate a political rival. Joe biden and his son. Acpublicans said there was no woost ie,eived t aid. Number two, there was, in fact, no investigation into biden. Nancy cordes covered yesterdays hearing. Good morning again. What have we learned about the aid to ukraine . Reporter well, these two witnesses, like many others, say they were told repeatedly that President Trump was not going to release this military aid until the ukrainians announced investigations into the bidens. Still, republicans argue that there couldnt have been a quid pro quo because the aid was eventually released without those investigations. If you look at the facts, the aid, about 400 million worth, was released in september after a twomonth hold up only after a whistleblower complaint was filed raising concerns about the situation and after a bipartisan outcry from democrats and republicans here on capitol hill once they learned about the hold up. Some democrats havepted bribery. Intelligence chairman adam schiff said yesterday just because a scheme isnt consummated doesnt make that scheme any less mha yovanovitch, the former u. S. Ambassador to ukraine who was ousted by the president earlier this year and eight more witnesses including u. S. Ambassador to the eu Gordon Sondland are set to testify publicly next week. Nancy, still a lot coming up. Thank you very much. Now first on cbs this morning the newest democrat who wants to take on President Trump next fall. Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick said this morning he is officially running for the democratic president ial nomination. Patrick has been a cbs news political contributor but in light of his decision of course were discontinuing that relationship. He joined 17 other democraon ot in new ham oimoston. Thank yor beingit a t an to,ooing everybody. I didnt know we werent going to continue to have the consulting relationship . I dont understand. Sorry. We have to stop meeting like this or like we used to meet. Maybe more like this. Before we dive in we want to look at what you said to us back in june. I was struck by what i have always sensed which is that we have a remarkably rich and talented field of candidates. It doesnt bother me one bit there are a lot of them. Do you wish you were there . Were you struck by the possibility you could beat all of them . No. Thats not how i was thinking about it, though when i was thinking about it many months ago one of the questions was how do you break through in a field this large and this talented without being a celebrity or a sensationalist and im none of those things. Well, governor, you must have decided you can break through. Whats changed . Well, i thinkt y can breakough if yout get out there and try. And i think in many respects and weve talked about this, ive been waiting for a moment like this my whole life. By that i dont mean a moment to run for president but a moment when the appetite for big ideas is big enough for the size of the challenges we face in america. And the anger and anxiety that i hear about and i read about and i see and i witness and listen to in all kinds of corners of the country today is familiar to me for the same reasons, having grown up on the south side of chicago. The sense that the economy just kind of gets up and kicks you to the curb. Governor, lets get into some of those ideas. Your Campaign Slogan is deval for all. I think people want to know where you are on the issues. What im going to do is give you three issues in quick secession. Youre not going to tell me i have to raise my hand . No, no. If you can giveanswerro o end yos e, youuprt in the terms weve been talking about. I do support a public option and if medicare is that public option i think its a great idea. Do you support eliminating or at least vastly reducing student debt . Of course. And i think there are other strategies than weve heard about to do just that. We have to do that in order to enable people to reach their potential. And lastly, before we go deeper on all three, and i am sorry to interrupt, do you believe the wealthy are not paying their fair share and the taxes should go up particularly in the form of a wealth tax . I think taxes should go up on the most prosperous and the most fortunate not as a penalty but because we all have a stake as a National Community in building our future. A lot of sense directionally but my idea would be a much, much simpler tax system for everyone where we eliminate all or most of the deductions and we smooth out and simplify the system we have. As we do get the rates right. I dont think wealth is the problem. I think greed is the problem. I think we want to encourage prosperity. We want to encourage people to aspire to just like i have, to lift themselves and their families out of poverty and to move into the middle class and beyond. But it seems to me weve had a system where we have crowded and hoarded all of the benefits of our prosperity in a very, very few. This is what trickle down economics looks like. And weve been at this for 40 or 50 years and it is time for us to break that fever and get it right. Okay, governor. Well get to hear more about where you stand on the different positions but i want to get back to the events of today, why youre getting in. Specifically, in one sentence if you could say why youre getting in and do you think youre sending a message to the other candidates you dont think they can beat donald trump but you can . First of all, i want to be clear,ism getting in because i think there is an opportunity right now for big ideas, as big as the challenges we face, and in the crafting and development of those ideas to bring us together. Right now we have a really talented, really gifted, and very hard working and hard sacrificing field of democratic candidates. Many of them, my personal friends. But we seem to be migrating to on the one camp sort of nostalgia. Lets just get rid, if you will, of the incumbent president and we can go back to doing what we used to do. Or, you know, its our way, our big idea or no way. And neither of those, it seems to me, seizes the moment to pull the nation together and bring some humility that, frankly, we have a lot of ideas, but no one candidate, no one party. You told the boston globe it is being reported this morning that you spoke to president obama yesterday. What advice if any did he give you . Did you seek his counsel on this . Well, our conversations are i want to keep confidential. They always have been. You dont have to. Youre among friends. I get it. Listen, hes got to and we both agree he has to remain neutral and wait and see who the nominee is. I didnt ask who he was voting for, who he was thinking about, governor, i just want to know did he advise you on this . Oh, sure. He has the same concerns and the same encouragement, concerns that youve expressed on air and encouragement youve expressed off air, which is to say that, you know, we need to reach for the best of america, not just the best of our party and not just the best of our supporters. But the best of america. All right. That is going to come from a whole lot of people whoavcheckek rightly left out and left back and what we want to do is bring them back in. All right. The governor is in the race. Deval for all. Said. Well talk to you again. You always have a place in my heart. We still love you, governor. See you next time, as a candidate again. Morris waxler. There is much more news ahead including safety concerns about lasic eye surgery thats been performed on millions of americans. Why a former fda insider is pushing to have government approval of the procedure revoked. Youre watching cbs this morning. Procedure to a vote. 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We are very excited to tell you that alicia keys will join us to help announce the nominees for the top grammy categories, thats next wednesday, november 20th, right here only on cbs this morning. I cant wait. And the 62nd annual Grammy Awards will air sunday, january 26th. Yeah, thats also on cbs. Weve got a lot going on. Yeah. Pretty good network. Yeah. Pretty good network, ive heard. Ahead and only on cbs this morning, we meet celine dion backstage as she tours the u. S. For the first time in more than a decade. Gayle . This morning were investigating concerns about the safety of lasik eye surgery. Already performed on an estimated 20 million americans. Lasik has been popular for more than 20 years as way to correct near sightedness and improve distance vision. Some patients say the surgery has ruined their eyesight. Dr. Tara narula has the risks and the push to have government approval for lasik overturned. How does the procedure work . Good morning, anthony. So lasik is laserguided surgery. Advertised as a way for people to fix their vision and shed d t lethe ick mill surgery uses a laser to cut a flap, to reshape the cornea at the front of the eye. While surveys show high patient satisfaction, those who have had bad experiences report painful, lifechanging complications. Now an experts who once backed lasik is campaigning to get it off the market. Its a devastation that i cant even explain. Reporter Abraham Rutner says lasik surgery damaged his vision and nearly ruined his life. So what happened after the surgery . Things would appear double, around the lights were like having starburstses. Reporter after months of not being able to drive or do his job, the brooklyn electrician finally found help in miami. Corneas distorted as a result of his lasik surgery. Fitted him with special lenseses. Hes treated thousands with lasik complications. Paula kofer had surgery 19 years ago. From day one my vision was a train wreck, and is t still is today. Reporter she started a lasik complication group on facebook and quickly found she was not alone. You really have to understand youre risking your only pair of eyes. How you feeling . Perfect. Reporter since 1998, an estimated 20 million lasik procedures have been performed. According to an fda patient survey, more than 95 of patients were satisfied with their vision after surgery. Still, the fdas own website is filled with stories of serious complications. Patient report relentless eye pain, dizziness, detached retinas, and tell the agency lasik ended my life, and this procedure needs to stop. Essentially we ignored the data on vision distortions that persisted for years. Reporter Morris Waxler is a retired fda adviser who voted to approve lasik. He now says that vote was a mistake. Ive reexamined the documentation, and i said, wow, this is not good. Reporter waxler says his own analysis of Industry Data shows complication rates between 10 and 30 . In 2011, lee petitioned the fda to issue a volunteer recall of lasik. Three years later the Agency Denied that request and tells cbs news it, quote, has not found any new safety concerns associated with lasik devices. Do you think that this should be taken off the market . Absolutely. Theres nothing wrong with a persons eyes who goes to get lasik. They could go and get a pair of glasses. You see the light is going to get sharper and sharper reporter doctors who perform lasik surgery say risks can be minimize wednesday presurgical screening. The most important threatening is knowing who to operates on and important thing is knowing who to operate on and who not to operate on. Reporter Abraham Rutner believes he was never a good candidate. I was blaming myself. Why in the world did i go into it . Reporter rutner estimates his vision is now about 90 improved. He tolerates the discomfort of hard contact lenses but wishes he had known more before he had lasik. What would you tell someone who came to you and said they were considering having lasik done . Think it over. Its your eyes. Its not something that you could rectify later. Doctors we spoke with stressed the importance of presurgical screening to make sure the patient is a good candidate. Im officially terrified. Terrifying. Good to know. The reason i got glasses on. Thank you. Glasses are nice. The eye closeu are over. Don good morning. Its 8 25 pretty busy out there as you work your way out and about, especially towards that bay bridge toll plaza. No crashes in the maze. Thats the good news. But the metering lights stay on. Here is a look at some our busier traveled bay area bridges. You can see the golden gate at the top left. Stop and go as you go past the richmondsan rafael bridge. And there, you can see the traffic. 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This thing was made entirely 3d printed. It has five gas turbines that produce over 1,000 brake horsepower to gain flight. Look the that thing. Is it legal to commute that way in new york city . Ill do it tomorrow. It looks really handy, right . I was going to say i would never do it. It doesnt look so complicated you dont want the wrong arm hole in that one. Okay. Makes it look all right. It could be a problem. Tony . All right. Good news for people who like twinkies. If you eat them for breakfast, twinkies cereal will hit supermarkets next month. Its made of mini golden crunchy versions of the infamous snack cake. Does that include all the essential vitamins . All of them. Every one. A through z, all the vitamins. Post cereals teamed up to create great flavor in each bite. If you find yourself looking for the cereal, you may be led astray by other candy morning snacks. Th this perplexes me, Sour Patch Kids breakfast cereal. Sour then sweet. Okay. Yikes. I dont want to know how many calories are in each bowl. Mom, dad, home the volume was down on that one. Something tells me its going to be popular. Mine is this we told you yesterday about singer john legend. Remember he was named peoples sexiest man alive . We thought that was a great choice. Look on page 98, on the righthand corner look at that lets zoom in. Thats our own Tony Dokoupil. Tony dokoupil, you got a shout out in the sexiest man issue. Why . You were in the 28 standouts of modernday sophistication. Was i . Is that like being felix i was thrown by the Interview Questions by people. I concur. Whoa heres our Tony Dokoupil. This is nice. Tony wow. Maybe you will autograph it and give it to me. I would be happy to do that. I was thrown tony told people he has one weakness, butter. Tortilla chips with butter, butter with butter. Butter some of the questions threw me. One was what do you sleep in. I was like, excuse me, people magazine. I sleep in the company of my wife. Tony, i was at a womens conference yesterday. And somebody said to me, whats up with that Tony Dokoupil . I go, what do you mean whats up . Is he available . I go, hes married. Hes got three children. They just had a baby. His wife is katy tur. Back, back. The women were asking. What was im curious about katys reaction. I love Chrissy Teigen said the sexiest man made her a sandwich. Sexiest man left too many onions in the sink. I didnt clean them up. Ill smell like onions. Sorry, honey. Im saddled with the title. Page 98. Cool. For the first time in more than a decade, celine dion, people think shes very sexy, she looks lean, mean, she looks good. Shes touring the u. S. As part of her latest world tour. The canadian powerhouse is performing more than 100 shows. Tomorrow she will release her 27th studio album. Shes calling it courage. The album and the tour came more than three years after the death of her husband, thats rene angelil. He was also her manager. They were married for many years. Both projects are deeply personal to her. They reveal her resilience in the wake of this loss. It was devastating, she says. We met with her in cleveland and got exclusive backstage access at her very first u. S. Stop. Are you excited about tonight . I am. Reporter even with a career spanning nearly 40 years and charttopping hits that made her a household name for celine dion, the rush backstage before a big show never gets old. The adrenaline is like a drug. Thats why i keep doing it. Its like its addictive. I love you its been over a decade since her last u. S. Tour. All right. Have a good time. Love you. [ applause ] and shes back on the road when you call for me like she never left. When i hear you breathe thats the thing that was so interesting with the audience. Young girls older, male, female, black, white. I mean, do you know how much it makes me feel . I dont. I dont know its like im so proud. [ cheers ] i look at those kids and they en i turn around, those people are 60 years old. And im like, wow. Whats happening . In my career that is the greatest gift. They look at me like i said, like beyond the songs. Celine, are you okay . We got you, girl. Were here. We love you so much. I could certainly feel that in the room. Its the first time theyre seeing you after renes death. They want to make sure youre okay. Did you feel that from them . So much. I want to hide from the truth her album and the tour are both called courage. And thats what dion says she needed to move forward after the death of rene angelil. When the sun went down he was not only her husband of 22 years bawls managed her career but also managed her career from the beginning. Courage is the first english album since his passing. Ive been so much involved not only in my album but in the production of the show. I say what i like. I have ideas. They can be tacky, wrong, im not asking to be right. Im just asking to be heard. Do you not think you were heard before are you a different celine didnt want to be there. I didnt want to be in the meetings. You didnt . No. I just wanted to sing the best way that i could and thats it, the best. Now, rene is not taking care of that. Yeah. But you do seem very much in control and in charge. Its just the fact that i can be in the team of production and express my ideas and my thoughts. That gives me a lot of like, well, if that idea turned out into something super amazing, im not just a singer. Courage dont you dare fail me now i was struck by the lyrics, courage. Because its not easy when youre not with me that actually is my Favorite Song on the album. Im wondering what that word means to you now. When i look back, my family went through a lot. Losing my husband, my manager, the father of my kids, my friend. I feel his vibration and his support. Still now . Oh, for forever. Three years later. Forever. What do you miss most about rene . Oh, everything. His smell, his touch, his way of making me laugh. Its like when im not on stage and my fans are home and i go in a hotel, for example, i dont have any pillow talk. Say yes once more i do like the song say yes, the lyric in particular, remember the good times. Let go of the pain. Say yes. Have you let go of the pain . Rene will always be with me. But im not in pain. Let go of the pain. Say yes. Say yes for friendship, say yes for love maybe one day, i dont know. Are you open to it . Yes. You are open to it. Im an open book. You know me better. You are open to it. Yeah. Im open. Am i ready . No. Will it happen . I dont know. Yeah. But youre not stressing about it. Im not stressed at all. Im enjoying my life so much more now than ever before. Really . I had to prove myself that i could do it. I needed to prove to my family, my friends, the business people, the industry, the fans that you could do this, you mean . That you could continue on that i could continue and not have a hit but a career. I feel like i can do anything i want. Do you . I do. Youll be all right. Youll be all right ive always been all right, and i will always be all right. The heart does go on just thinking about the here hicks my heart will go on, shes vulnerable, shes strong. But shes also wide open to all possibilities. And she, i have to say, she likes being the boss. When you ask what shes most proud of, its her three boys, rene charles is 18. She has twins who are 9 years old. Shes most proud that theyve all gotten through their fathers death, and that they are closer than ever before. Powerful. Very proud of that. That means more to her than anything. Its very daunting to have to sort of take control of your business when you put it in the hand of somebody you trust whos not there anymore. She said, i never wanted to do it. He would tell me where to go, what to do. She liked that. She wanted that. All the sudden she has a say in how it goes, and she also likes that, too. Shes empowered by it which is great. Yeah. The album, i have to say, called courage. It comes out tomorrow. Its so, so good. Courage is my Favorite Song. You can go to our Facebook Page for our lightning round of questions with her. She sings about her favorite food, she reveals the tv show shes like the most, and heres a hint it just happens to be on cbs. She didnt know it was on cbs it network thats one. Thats one of her favorite shows. All right. Our Nikki Battiste tried her hand at a game popular decades ago and now making a comeback. Its called jumping double dutch. Oh. [ cheers ] looks like she won something there. Ahead in our a more Perfect Union series, how the simple pastime is bringing together thousands of women all across the nation. In our series a more Perfect Union, we aim to show through what unites us as americans is far greater than what divides us. Today were taking a trip down memory lane to the day when jumping double dutch was a goto pastime for africanamerican girls. Nikki battiste meets a woman whos reintroducing the game and bringing thousands of people together nationwide. Reporter this is more than just a street game. She gonna push reporter for most africanamerican girls growing up in the 70s, 80s, and 90s, double dutch was part of the culture. This was back in the day where we played outside while the boys were playing basketball, we were jumping double dutch. Jumping all day until the street lights came on. Reporter the phenomenon was even in this 1981 commercial. For young black girls what did double dutch provide that other avenues didnt . There was like a sense of community because girls could just get together and you formed friendships with sometimes usually you dont know the girls you were jumping with because it was a commonality that we all shared. Reporter that sense of community is what 49yearold Pamela Robinson reignited in suburban chicago with the 40plus double dutch club. We put on oldschool music, and theyre singing theyre dancing, were talking. And its just like old times. Robinsons idea was sparked by a tough time in her own life. For a long time, i wasnt really sure what my purpose was. Im an empty nester, skigoing through a divorce right now. I didnt know what my purpose was because i always felt it was to be a great wife and mother. Reporter looking for a place to forget her troubles, she started weekly greet meetups in 2016 hoping to find others that loved that tapping sound as much as her. There have been women who have said, yeah, my husband told me he wanted me to make dinner, but i said, i got to go to double dutch. I can make dinner when i get home. Im not missing double dutch. You make dinner. Or that. Are you really hungry . Reporter the club now boasts over 6,000 members from all over the country. Many of whom turned up last month for the first annual double dutch party and convention. When youre jumping, im not anyones mom, im not a business owner. I dont have to do chores. Im in a place where everything is simple, and it feels good. Reporter its clear that for all these women this goes beyond just jumping rope. What does double dutch give you that nothing else can . Peace of mind. Yeah. Ill say that. Yeah, peace of mind. Freedom. Jump with women and meet new friends. I love it. Reporter youre emotional. Sorry. Its okay. It means a lot. Yeah. Weve both been through a lot, and shes been my rock. Go reporter despite my own, well, tangled up double dutch debut, i immediately felt the camaraderie, support, and community that just a few simple skips can bring. Im bringing all of these women together, and they are loving not only each other but the fact that theyre getting healthy and theyre enjoying themselves doing it. Reporter now you have thousands of new friends. I do. Ive got all these new friends. Reporter a time for friendship, fitness, and fun. For cbs this morning, Nikki Battiste, chicago. This is so great. Awesome. Go, i loved double dutch as a little girl. Like Pamela Robinson or that. Bravo to Nikki Battiste for trying. I would look like you. Two things and were done. I wouldnt look that good. Yes. Also true. Before we go, how a Little Christmas spirit helped solve a neighborhood problem you could say. Well explain right after the break. Well be right back. Before we go, an Atlanta Neighborhood got creative to draw attention to a dangerous pothole. Oh archwood tree oh archwood tree how scary is that sinkhole as you can hear, neighbors performed a specially written protest song to the tune of oh christmas tree, and placed a decorated tree in the hole to wonder drivers, and it worked. The county said the hole will be patched. Thats a sort of Charlie Brown look to it. 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