Its thursday, december 5th, 2019. Heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. [ siren ] brnk. The house is moving forward with articles of impeachment. He leaves us no choice because he is trying to corrupt the election once again. A sailor open shooting at a navel yard. Melania trump firing back at a back at someone who mentioned trumps son, barron. It makes you look mean. It makes you look like youre attacking someones family. A volu after a Chemical Plant fire. Elevated levels of butadiene. Joe biden said he would consider Kamala Harris as a running mate. This one day after she dropped out of the race. George zimmerman zieled a 100 million suit against Trayvon Martins parents. The suit says he was defamed. Reporter more people have gotten sick from the e. Coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce. There have been more than 100 cases. All that this is not a stunt. It went airborne over a dozen of cars at a florida dealership. Unbelievable. And all that matters hes twofaced. The president abruptly ended his scheduled meetings at the summit after canadas Prime Minister was caught on camera laughing about mr. Trump. And now the bombing of canada begins. On cbs this morning. Doubleteamed on the right side. The fire and long jumper, its no good. Look off the glass and in at the horn wins the game winner, and George Washington down nine scores the final ten points to win at home 6463 over b. U. Wow. Way to go. Welcome to cbs news. We have breaking news this morning, the top democrat is moving forward to put the president on an impeachment trial. With a heart full of love for america, today i am asking our chairman to proceed with articles of impeachment. That is nancy pelosi who said minutes ago that the house has to act. Our nancy cordes is on capitol hill for us. Why is the speaker doing this right now. It may have seen like a fore gone conclusion, nancy pelosi had not come out in favor of impeaching this president before today. Here announcement raises the possibility that President Trump will be impeached by the end of this month. After two months of investigations and testimony, nancy pelosi says she now supports articles of impeachment. He leaves us no choice but to act because he is trying to corrupt once again the election for his own benefit. Jerry nadler signalled that he is ready to move ahead after a trio of League Experts endorsed the democrats view. President trump abused his office. Yes. You have bribery here. Is there enough evidence here to charge him with the high crime and misdemeanor for obstruction of congress. They say the question that he investigate joe biden would have been impeachable even if he had not upped the pressure by withholding 400 million in aide. But cbs news legal analyst, Jonathan Turley called the case thin. It has to be based on thin, not presumptions. I have gone through all of the crimes mentioned, they do not meet any reasonable interpretation of the trims. They are drafting articles, dont be fooled. Democrats are, none the less, ready to take the next step. The white house responded quickly, Stephanie Grisham tweeting that Speaker Pelosi and the democrats should be ashamed. Nancy, thank you, we spoke to John Dickerson good morning. Good morning, anthony. We heard eight hours of testimony, four legal scholars. On the one hand we had one saying if this isnt impeachable, nothing is, another saying theres nothing impeachable here. Where are we . Well, were kind of where we are and where everything is in washington now where basically where you sit depends on where you previously stood. And the process has to go, you know, a lot longer, further. What yesterday was was an attempt actually to step back from washingtons normal partisan polarization and say when they built the standard for the office in the summer of 1787, what were they trying to do . And is this president living up to that standard, or has he fallen short . But you cant step back in washington. You go back to the constitution, though, john, this question really isnt that complicated, is it . After all of this testimony yesterday its at the absolute center of the presidency. Whats the question at stake here . Did the president use his powers of office for himself and not his country . When they created the constitution, they sat George Washington at the front of the room as a model for building the presidency. Why . Because twice in his career hed given up power and not done the thing for himself but protected the republic. They said thats what we want in a president. He both did it when he gave up his commission as commander of the Continental Army and also when his soldiers tried to stage a coup against the government. Washington heard about the coup and said, how dare you, dont you do that, you must protect the republic. That was the model for the office. Thats at question here. Did the president do something for himself with the powers hes been given. Its at the center of the presidency. Impeachment is always going to be political. Its an inherently political process. This feels particularly partisan. Whats the message to americans tuning in who think its just a partisan mud fight . Yeah. A, youre right. And and but b, let it breathe. You know, let the process go forward. Its going to be messy because it was messy when democrats were the ones, when it was a democratic president who was in the hot seat. Its now going to be messy when its a republican one. But yet this is why yesterday was important. Whats the standard for the office . Did this president fall short . And then if he fell short, whs . The president and his legal team so far have refused to participate in the inquiry. Can they cry foul if they are refusing to participate . Well, i mean, in politics, they can, right. Do they have a legit gripe . If theyre not going to participate. Thats right. One of the weaknesses in the president s case is the president is saying not only did i do nothing wrong, it was perfect. His defenders in congress dont start with that as their argument but complain about the process, it implicitly undermines the president s argument. If you were in a trial and you werent even in town when the crime youre accused of happened, youd want your defense attorney to say he wasnt even in town. When they complain about the process and dont use the president s argument which is what i did was perfect it undermines the president s case. What happens now . I mean, i think people are looking at it, their heads are about to pop off because nothing seems to change. You wouldnt expect it to. It takes time. And so what happens is you have, you know, youll go now to the question of articles of impeachment, and then presumably based on what we think because democrats are in control of the house, it will move into the senate. And then youll is an actual trial and some of these questions about whether the president did whats alleged will actually be adjudicated. As nancy cordes reported, january is clear on the senate calendar. Theyre expected to have a trial. Yes. And republicans will be running things. By the way, weve got a public thats dealing with the end of the Year Holidays and all of that going on. Yes. Thats something for democrats in an Election Campaign and weve got an Election Campaign. All right, john. Thank you so much. Moving on to 2020, one day the navy says they shot three Defense Department employees yesterday and then killed himself, the motive is unclear. Two of the workers died and the other is in the hospital. Jonathan is right outside of the hospital. Were right outside of an entrance to the dock where the shooting took place. And theyre trying to figure out what it sounded like. Were less than half a mile away. A memorial was put on lock down, and visitors were told to shelter in place. Is it real, is it fake type thing. A shooter in his navy uniform shot and killed two ship ward workers before shooting and killing himself. He was deceased by an apparent self inflicted gunshot. It happened near dry dock two, and area where ships and submarines are repaired. A text went out warning of an active shooter situation and telling people to lock down where they were or find shelter. Theyre not letting us out. Is there a shooter . The lock down was lifted and the scene secured. Random. We are two days away from the pearl harbor attack. Still a lot of questions there, jonathan, thank you. One day after Kamala Harris ended her president ial campaign, candidate Elizabeth Warren said any democrat would have the california senator on a short list of potential running mates, and joe biden appears to agree. Shes solid. She is she could be president someday herself, she could be Vice President , she could go on to be a Supreme Court justice. She could be attorney general. I mean, she has enormous capability. Campaigning in iowa, biden was asked about any hard feelings from the first democratic debate. Youll recall when harris confronted him on racial issues and biden said, quote, im not very good at keeping hard feelings. More news on 20 20, the first interview with former new york mayor Michael Bloomberg since he joined the democratic president ial race. Gayle will join him in aurora, colorado. Getting on a plane. Visit the memorial for the shooting victims at the Movie Theater there. A big issue finish bloomberg. Yes, hes going to announce his gun violence plan. Well get to ask for the first time, why are you getting in now, this way . Should be im looking forward to it. In other news, the rideshare giant, thats lyft, is defending its commitment to safety after 19 women allege they were sexually harassed, abused, or raped by lyft drivers. A lawsuit filed yesterday said the companys response to the sexual predator crisis amongst lyft drivers has been appallingly inadequate. This comes just three months after a similar lawsuit by 14 other women. Jamie yuccas is in los angeles with more on the story. Jamie, good morning to you it. What are the allegations . Because its all very disturbing. Reporter good morning. Many women in this new lawsuit say the incidents happened at night after they decided to take a lyft because they had been drinking. They believed they were making a safe choice, but instead ended up fearing for their lives. During the rape i immediately froze and thought to myself that the lyft driver would kill me. Reporter one by one, women came forward wednesday detailing alleged incidents of Sexual Assault by lyft drivers. The next thing i knew, the driver was on top of me trying to put his tongue in my mouth. Reporter a new lawsuit alleges that at least as early as 2015 lyft became aware that lyft drivers were sexually assaulting and raping female customers and failed to adopt and implement reasonable Driver Monitoring procedures designed to protect the safety of its passengers. One alleged victim tells cbs news she fell asleep in her lyft, and her driver assaulted her. Thats what ill never forget. My fear and like, you know, having to makethat sudden decision like how am i going to get myself out of this. Reporter in a statement, lyft says what these women describe is something no one should ever have to endure. We recognize these risks which is why we are relentless in our work to build safety into every aspect of our work. The company says it has launched more than 15 new safety features including daily background checks for all drivers, and inapp Emergency Assistance for passengers. But lawyers allege eight of the plaintiffs in the latest lawsuit were assaulted since those measures were implemented. What lyft has to do is they have to make all rides digitally recorded. If an employee knows that their employers watching them, theyre not going to be committing crimes in the car. Reporter the women are suing for unspecified damages. As for lyft, it says its partnering with the nations largest antisexual Violence Organization called r. A. I. N. As part a Sexual Violence prevention education program. Anthony . Jamie, thank you. President trumps promise of a southern border wall is beginning to take shape in texas. Cbs news got exclusive access to this construction site in donna where an eightmile stretch of wall cost being 167 million is being built. Mireya villarreal real is there. Is this evidence the president is keeping his promise . Reporter you know, take a look, there is the old wall that was built during the bush administration. If we walk about 20 feet over here, there is new construction, and i promise it is there behind all of that fog. As you mentioned, this was a big Campaign Promise for President Trump. However, this wall is not going to stretch all along the southern border, and it is already facing some legal fights from local landowners. Whats the reality of illegal drug smuggling here, especially in south texas . The reality is its all around you. Reporter Border Patrol sector chief rudy karisch is overseeing this new eightmile stretch of border wall in the rg valley just a half mile from the river. The goal to stop illegal human and drug smuggling. This administration has made it clear they want to help us by giving us the tools that we need to be more effective. Reporter is the wall the answer to everything . No, of course not. It can never be. A wall is not going to make an arrest. However, if you have piece of tactical infrastructure in place, maybe that persons going to decide im not going to cross in this location. Im going to go somewhere else. Reporter nine projects are funded in the valley for 109 miles of new wall, part of a larger almost 10 billion government effort to reinforce the border. But its not quite the concrete wall the president promised on the campaign trail in 2016. No windows, no nothing. Precast concrete, going very high. Reporter the only concrete is on the bottom to keep floodwaters away from local landowners. As the president continues to boast about the walls effectiveness and impending completion, there are still apparent cracks in the process. The social media video shows two men recently scaling a portion of refurbished wall in california. The United States governments abusing us. Reporter landowners are also feeling the pressure. Rey cavazos and his family have owned about 69 acres of land along the border for generations. They worry the government will take their property next. To them, the wall is a waste of money. How long do you fight . Were going to fight as long as it takes. We know that its very difficult to fight the government, but were going to hang in there as long as we can. Reporter this project is set to be done in january of 2021. This is a very active area for illegal activity. Border patrol agencies telling us grounds sensors went off not far from here this morning. The chief telling me he wants all of the projects done by the end of next year. Thank you so much. In a new video, one of r. Kellys girlfriends, joycelyn savage, is denying she denounced him on line. Ahead, how her family is good thursday morning. A dry start to the day but foggy so be prepared. As we go through the afternoon dry conditions, cloudy skies, a spot to shower is possible. Increasing rain friday. Today daytime highs in the upper 50s to low 60s. Increasing rain, when the on friday. 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