Only on cbs this morning, the artist whos trying to reframe the civil r. Its wednesday, december 11th, 2019. Heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Our officers were under fire for hours until finally the threat was annuitialized. Reporter a deadly gun battle unfolds in new jersey. This battle ended with six people dead. Officials believe this was a targeted attack. It was gun powder. Democrats announcing two articles of impeachment against President Trump, abuse of power and obstruction of congress. Here were no crimes theyre impeaching me, and there are no crimes attorney general william barr says he is not convinced by his own watchdogs review of the investigation into the Trump Campaigns ties to russia. I think that there were gross abuses. Democrats and republicans finally have a new trade agreement. Negotiators have signed a modified usmca. This trade agreement is much better than nafta. 50 million americans are in for weather whiplash as temperatures from mississippi to maine plunge to frigid lows. Protests continue in the streets of france as demonstrators push back against plans to overhaul the pension system. All that how about this . Another huge upset in college basketball. Number one ranked louisville lost to texas tech. And all that matters. Greta thunberg is times 2019 person of the year. Also considered, nancy pelosi, President Trump, the whistleblower, and the hong kong protesters. Its crazy anyway because we all know person of the year is baby yoda this year, right . I mean on cbs this morning. The department of justices Inspector General report found that the fbi was justified in opening its investigation into ties between the Trump Campaign and russia. More evidence of the radical dems and the deep states awesome control of our permanent bureaucracy of our federal government. No proof theres a deep state conspiracy . That just proves there is a deep state conspiracy, because only the deep state could have hidden the proof [ laughter ] Stephen Colbert does it again. Yes, he does. Got a very unique way of putting things into perspective. Welcome to cbs this morning. We begin with kiev stating news for a Police Family in new jersey. The mayor of jersey city, new jersey, says a shootout that killed a Police Detective and father of five and three other people was a result of a targeted attack on a Kosher Grocery store. It was hrifying to watch. I need to be able to see shut the hell up get the hell out of the way how about that . Bystanders recorded the standoff that lasted several hours in a busy neighborhood which includes a synagogue and a school. The two suspected gunmen were also killed. Jersey city is just across the river from new york citys financial district. Don dahler is outside the store where much of the violence unfolded. Don, what else are we learning at this point . Reporter thats the kosher deli right over my shoulder where this took place. The entire front is blown out. All the glass is gone. Were told this is a key fixture for this Jewish Orthodox Community thats been growing in this part of jersey city over the past few years. Now, the suspects have not yet been named, and neither have most of the victims. I dont know what, but it was a war zone. It was gun powder, and i have never experienced nothing like that in my life. Reporter police in jersey city say it will be a while before this neighborhood returns to normal after a shootout terrified residents and put their homes in the center of a combat zone. The investigation will take weeks, maybe months. The crime scene is very extensive and is at three locations at least. Reporter s. W. A. T. Teams and helicopters swept the area tuesday as gunmen exchanged fire with police. Get out of the street reporter the shootout began at a cemetery in the afternoon where wh officers confronted two people who looked suspicious. Dr. Field was later confirmed dead by police. He was also a husband and a father of five children, so its a tough day for jersey city. Reporter the gunmen got into a stolen rental van, drove themselves to the Kosher Grocery store where the standoff continued for hours. Five more people were killed, including the two shooters and three bystanders whom police say were shot by the suspects. Just the sight of this in the area that i live in is very unnerving. Reporter schools were locked down for several hours, sending parents into a panic. I got a call from my daughter that they told the kids that there was an active shooter in the area and that they were on lockdown. Only thing i could think of when they said multiple shooting with was of my children. Reporter earlier today, Police Tweeted out that the Surveillance Video clearly shows the suspects targeted that deli and that the two responding Police Officers kept them pinned down inside, probably saving other lives. Still so many questions, don. Thank you very much. Now to another story breaking overnight. A suicide bomb attack outside the main u. S. Military base in afghanistan has killed at least two afghan civilians and wounded more than 70 others. The taliban is claiming responsibility. The pentagon says the bombers targeted a medical facility being built near Bagram Air Base. Several attackers tried to enter the base, starting a firefight with afghan and Coalition Forces that lasted for several hours. Three attackers are dead and the u. S. Military says there are no coalition casualties. President trump, youll recall, visited Bagram Air Base on thanksgivi thanksgiving. That was less than two weeks ago, and at the time he told the troops the taliban want to make a peace deal with the united states. The president traveled to hershey, pennsylvania, last night to denounce what he calls the socalled articles of impeachment. The process continues to move swiftly after House Democratic leaders formally revealed the charges of abuse of power and obstruction of congress yesterday. Nancy cordes is on capitol hill where the debate will start tonight. Nancy, what can we expect . Reporter well, we can expect arguments into the night tonight, anthony. They will be ferocious and they will likely continue into tomorrow. If the House Judiciary Committee does approve these articles of impeachment some time tomorrow, they would then be sent to the full house vote by early next week. These two flimsy, pathetic, ridiculous articles of impeent ampa iia, ident trum qutioned democrats ves. Theyre impeaching me and there are no crimes. This has to be a first in history. Theyre impeaching me, you know why . Because they want to win an election, and thats the only way they can do it. Reporter but the new articles of impeachment warn that the president will, quote, remain a threat to National Security and the constitution if allowed to remain in office. The argument why dont you just wait amounts to this why dont you just let him theater in one more election . Reporter the first article of impeachment abuse of power alleges that President Trump openly and corruptly urged ukraine to publicly announce investigations into his political opponent, former Vice President joe biden. And when the president got caught, he committed his second impeachable act, objestruction congress. That accused the president of defying the house investigation, with the departments of state, energy and defense refusing to produce a single document or reco reco record. I think this is a clear, short, concise argument that the president abused his power. Reporter some democrats, like congressman mike quigley of illinois wanted more serious charges, such as bribery. Are you satisfied with where the party has ended up when it comes to these articles of impeachment . I am. Look, this isnt easy. Its complicated, layered and textured, trying to explain legal matters to the american people. Reporter the president has pushed for a robust defense in the republicanled senate, but some in his party dont want to drag the process out. I think the prospect of calling witnesses in my view seems unlikely. Jirk there is a growing consensus among Senate Republicans that perhaps it might just be time to move on. And if there are few or no new witnesses, tony, then that senate trial could be a lot quicker than some had initially predicted. Either way, its not going to happen until january. Nancy, speaking of the senate, senator mcconnell said he would not take up the new trade deal that the house struck with democrats until next year. Why the delay . Reporter well, he says its the end of the year, the Senate Calendar is already full, and he also blamed the democrats for being so obsessed with impeachment, in his words, that there simply isnt time to deal with this very important trade pact between the u. S. , mexico, and canada. He wrote on twitter that democrats impeachment obsession has delayed crucial governing responsibilities. While speaker pelosis spokesman said mcconnell not taking the bill up this year is total nonsense. Beyond that, tony, there are some Senate Republicans who believe the white house gave too many concessions to house democrats, so theyre not as eager to pass this right now as they might have been. All right, nancy. Thank you very much. Steam and mud billowing from a stillactive volcano are preventing recovery crews from getting to a new zealand island where a sudden eruption hit dozens of tourists. The number of people missing and presumed dead after mondays eruption is now up to nine at this hour. The confirmed death toll is six. We have more on the story. Reporter two days after erupting, white island remains a death trap. This morning, an increase in seismic activity made it too dangerous to dispatch recovery crews. We all agree that retrieving bodies of the deceased from the island is an absolute imperative. Every day that passed with those bodies unrecovered is a day of anguish for their loved ones who have been affected. Reporter at least 30 people are being treated at hospitals across the country, pushing burn units to capacity with supplies being flown in from places, including the united states. This is just the start of a very long process that for some patients will last several months. Reporter a fivemile exclusion zone has been set up all around white island. That means neither boats nor planes are allowed. And its not just a legal regulation, its cultural, too. Many people here are members of new zealands indigenous mauri. This is one of their leaders. We have a living, breathing volcano. She is life. She does breathe. She exists. The whole domain of going into where she is, theres always going to be a risk factor. Reporter and earlier today, a volcanologist told us theres still a 40 to 60 chance of yet a second eruption happening in the next 24 hours. Residents here are already dealing with frayed nerves and frayed emotions. For cbs this morning, ramey rami inocen civic o. They are spending training for saudi troops in the u. S. A Saudi Air Force officer, youll recall, killed three american sailors at the pensacola native air station on friday. The pentagon also ordered a review of vetting procedures for International Students training on u. S. Military installations, looking to make the process stronger. Federal Officials Say the 9millimeter glock pistol used by the shooter was purchased legally by a licensed gun dealer. They say he used an exception to laws that prevent foreign citizens from having a gun because he had a valid florida hunting license. Millions of americans along the east coast are waking up to a fresh blanket of snow. The white stuff has already fallen from tennessee to maine. Winter weather advisories are posted from new york to new england. Snow started falling overnight in connecticut. Commuters should expect delays along the busy i95 corridor this morning. Conditions will improve throughout the day with the snow expected to end by this evening. Only on cbs this morning, the father of kidnapping victim Elizabeth Smart talks with us about his own personal and emotional strugp. Ed smart was forced into the public eye back in 2002 when his daughter elizabeth was abducted from her Salt Lake City bedroom in the middle of the night. She was only 14 years old. Now, back then, smart used his voice to fight for her miraculous rescue. Now hes sharing his own story. In our exclusive interview, smart reveals how very difficult it was to come out as gay to his family and friends four months ago and how its affected his relationship with his children. The thing about it is, i never looked at myself as being gay. I know this sounds crazy. Its hard for me to understand i know. I know. Its very i mean, i remember guys that kind of came up to me and i just thought, you know, please just get away, you know, this is not me, this is not me. And i felt like, you know, this is not where i want my life to go. Ive gone on a mission, you know, im trying to do what im supposed to do. According to the church. According to the church. Ed smart was tormented with an inner truth he did not want to tell. We really need your help in finding her. Including during the investigation of his daughter, elizabeths abduction, which dominated the News Coverage at the time. We love you. We want you to come home safely to us. Elizabeth was kidnapped in june 2002. She was rescued nine months later, found only a few miles from her utah home. When Elizabeth Smart was kidnapped, you were certainly front and center of that story. Yes. While that was going on, were you worried about your secret being revealed . Was that an extra burden for you . Of course. You know, here we are, the front page of the inquirer. Did the police at one point view you as a suspect . The thing is, is when a child goes missing, the first ones that they have to look at is the family. What was one of the police theories about elizabeths abduction involving you . They potentially thought that somebody was blackmailing me. I had never heard that before, because you were gay. Because i was gay, that somehow, i was having this gay affair, which was absolutely not. In my mind, i thought, weve lost elizabeth, and now im losing lois and im losing my family. Everything that really means anything to me. How can it be that i have this thing inside of me that i cant get rid of . How difficult has it been for you . Now 64 and divorced, smart has come out with the truth hes been hiding for most of his life. He says that his family is still processing. Because ed, while youve been aware for a long time of who you are yes. For them, theyre just hearing it for the first time a year ago. Right. Right. So, you have to acknowledge, that is very shocking. Absolutely. Horrific. What is your relationship with your children today . I do have a relationship with my children. I know that theyre processing this, theyre, you know, probably struggling through this. Its not an easy thing, but i do feel their love, and im very, very grateful for that. It hasnt been an easy time for anybody, really, in the smart family, but i was surprised to hear, you know, what he says, the family has always, a suspect in the case like this. I did not know behind the scenes they were pressuring him. He says he became very angry with the police for focusing on that part of the investigation, where he said, you know, that was not a public thing that anybody knew that he was gay. He knew he was not involved in some gay sex ring, so it was very, very difficult for him. It was understandable that the police would probe that angle of it. Totally. I hope he understands that the issues not with him, but with the intolerance that he experiences around him, or that he assumed was there. Exactly. But when its directed at you, tony, it feels extremely personal and very incoming. It was a very difficult time for all of them. Just another reason for how tortured he must have been during that whole process. Yes, yes. And so important for him to tell his truth now. Well have more of our very revealing conversation with ed smart in our next hour, how his six children reacted when he called them at 5 00 in the morning to tell them that he was gay. Thats early. Id be upset about a call at that hour. Yes, yeah. The family of a little girl killed in a fall from a cruise ship is suing Royal Caribbean. Ahead, how the family is standing by the grandfather charged with negligent homicide as new images show the scene of the deadly good wednesday morning to you. It is a wet start to the day. Rub your umbrella and rain jacket. Were tracking drizzle and light showers and as we head through the afternoon mostly cloudy. S body isolated shower is possible as we head to the day with increasing showers this evening. Overnight and into tomorrow morning. Really the week weather system is giving us the shower chances with daytime highs seasonal. 59 to San Francisco. We have much more news ahead. The artist who painted former president obama for the National Portrait gallery is getting attention with another work of art. His powerful statue of a young black man on a horse sits just a few blocks from a famous display of confederate heroes. 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