How its changed the conversation about sexual abuse and harass manhattan. And a world war ii veteran keeping active. Meet the neighbors who put out chairs to keep him moving. But we begin this morning with todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. I was stun and brokenhearted at what i saw. John kelly defends President Trump. He called four people the other day and expressed his condolences in the best way that he could. Said to him, sir, theres nothing you can do to lighten the burden. Amid the controversy over President Trumps call there are serious questions about the attack itself. Do you feel the administration has been forthcoming up to this point about what happened there . Of course not. The u. S. Senate has passed a budget plan. A major effort to overhaul the tax code. Bigotry seemed emboldened. Former president s bush and obama are blasting the politics of america. Instead of politics affecting our values theyre disrupting our community. A protest at the university of florida. All that one more time. And an attack and a touchdown. Crabtree, not dead yet. Raiders win it. And all that matters a Welcome Break from one contentious political season. Every afternoon former Speaker Boehner calls me up not to give advice just to laugh. On cbs this morning. Caught by culverson. The dodgers are headed to the world series for the first time in 29 years. Announcer this mornings eye opener is presented by toyota. Lets go places. Welcome to cbs this morning. Republicans in washington overnight move closer to a massive overhaul of the tax code. The Senate Approved a 4 trillion budget plan after a latenight debate. The vote was along party lines, 5149. And in a tweet President Trump noted everyone voted for it. It will be the biggest in the history of our country. Nancy cordes is on capitol hill. Nancy, good morning. Good morning. The tax reform bill is still being crafted, but it could not have gone anywhere without this crucial vote last night. So senate rchs needed to find the kind of unity that has been eluding them lately, and they did. The budge they passed makes room for a tax reform plan that would add about 1. 5 tll to the federal deficit over ten years. So thats the price tag theyre going to be aiming for. And now that theyve passed this budget, senate rules will allow republicans to skirt any democratic filibusters when it comes to tax reform. Theyll try to pass their tax plan with a simple majority. Now, last nights milestone could help to ease the tensions that have been bubbling up recently between President Trump and Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell after a series of failed votes on Health Care Even though adding to the deficit as this tax plan will do is typically something republicans oppose. Now, this budget is going have to be reconciled with the version that passed the house last month. Democrats argue that the tax plan that is still being crafted will mean big breaks for corporations and the wealthy and not much for the middle class. All right. Nancy, thank you so much. White house chief of staff john kelly is passionately defending President Trump and his comments to a military widow. The retired marine general said democratic congresswoman Frederica Wilson had no busy listening in on a call. He insisted she gave a total lie on content but another Family Member said wilson describes it accurately. Chib read chip reid is at the white house this morning. Good morning. Good morning. He condemned him but President Trump himself had earlier politicized the situation when he when he falsely suggest thad some president s had not made similar calls. Kelly tried to clean up the mess. The selfless devotion that brings a man or woman to die on the battlefield, i just thought that might be sacred. During an emotional period kelly said he was stunned by the criticism of President Trumps condolence call. The only thing i could do to collect my thoughts was to go and walk among the finest men and women on this earth and you can always find them, because theyre in Arlington National cemetery. I went over there for anhalf. Walk aid among the stones. Some of them were put there because they were doing what i told them do when they were killed. President trump asked the chief of staff who to say when the four were killed. I said sir, theres nothing you can do to lighten the burden of these families. Kellie talky talked about his own son and how joseph dunford, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and best friend broke the news to him. He said kel, he was doing exactly what he wanted to do when he was killed. He knew what he was getting into by joining that 1 . He knew what the possibilities were because were at war. Kelly said that was the message mr. Trump tried don vai to the young widow of Sergeant La David Johnson killed in niger. Wilson said she was in the call and was offended by mr. Trumps suggestion that the 25yearold soldier, quote, knew what he signed up for. Mr. Trump denied saying that. Theres no perfect way to make that phone call. Kelly and other white house staff were in the room when the president made the call. Congresswoman wilson responded harshly to kelly, saying to politico john kelly will say anything. He is trying to keep his job. Kelly said president obama did not call him after his son died but it was not meant as a criticism. Thanks, chip. The mission in niger that ended up with the deaths of four soldiers is still under investigation. Sergeant la david johnson, jeremiah johnson, bryan black, Dustin Wright were killed. David martin good morning. Good morning. This started out as a low risk patrol, 30th of its kind to meet with local village leader but its turned into one of the most Controversial Military operations of the trump administration. The loss of our troops is under investigation. Reporter as the pentagon probes the deaths of four killed in niger, members of congress are also calling for their own investigation. Were coequal branchs of the government. We should be informed at all times. Reporter Officials Say reconnaissance was in the air but not watching over the patrol. They were called in after the ambush started. Three soldiers were killed. The fourth was missing. They believed he was somewhere on the battlefield. For hours they tracked a locater beacon that became intermittent and finally went out. Two days later they found him. He was dead. It had left open the possibility that they left him behind. No one is left behind. Our partners Nigerian ForcesFrench Forces were actively on the ground looking for sergeant johnson. The french aircraft appear 30dappeared 30 minutes after the ambush was recorded. The first to arrive was an unarmed helicopter sent to recover the bodies of the american soldiers. It was operated by a u. S. Contractor hired to provide support for american troops operating in niger. There are about 800 troops in niger. That may sound like a lot but niger is about the size of texas. Theyre there for counterterrorism mission. They say every kind of contact carry as risk. Gayle . Thanks, david. Former president S Barack Obama and george bush are talking about the political climate. Neither mentioned President Trump in appearances yesterday, but both men appeared to rebuke him. Julianna goldman is in washington with the extraordinary messages. Julianna, good morning. Good morning. Its rare to get messages from two former president s on the same day and also an unspoken rule that they do not criticize the Current Officer, which makes their comments so striking. Folks dont feel good right now about what they see. At a Campaign Event in virginia last night former president barack obama didnt name names. He didnt have to. Weve got folks deliberately trying to make folks angry, to demonize people who have different ideas, to get the base all riled up because it provides us a shortterm tactical advantage. Reporter earlier in new jersey obama said americans were confronting the same politics of division that dates back centuries. We thought we put that to bed. I mean you have folks looking 50 years back. Weve seen our discourse degralded by casual krult. Reporter also appeared yesterday before a packed room in new york, former president george w. Bush says america has to recover our, quote, own identities that at times it seems like the forces pulling us apart are stronger than the forces binding us together. Reporter president bush warned it was undermining our american policy. Outright fabrication. Weve seen nationalism distorted into into. It means that bigotry or White Supremacy in any form in blasphemy against the american creed. A spokesman for president bush says hes been discussing the same themes for decades, but as he left the hall yesterday, he was asked if he thought his message would be heard in the white house. Norah, according to the New York Times, he smiled and said i think it will. Julianna thank you so much. The group behind the emmy awards launched a process that could lead to Harvey Weinsteins expulsion. The number of women now accusing the disgraced movie mogul of Sexual Misconduct has grown to nearly 60. Bianna golodryga is here with a new and troubling account from yet another actress. Good morning. Good morning. I encourage everyone to read this really powerful essay in the New York Times. Oscar Actress Lupita Nyongo spoke. She said it made her feel sick in the pit of her stomach. She soared to fame in 2013 when her work in 12 years of slaves swept awards. By then she 45 to 60minute already had two disturbing encounters with Harvey Weinstein. She said the first happened her after he invited her to his home to screen for a film. He led me into a bedroom, his bedroom and announced he wanted to give me a massage. For the First Time Since i met him, i felt unsafe. She was able to leave the room but a few months later weinstein propositioned her again at a dinner in fork asking her to come upstairs to his private room. She declined but as she left the restaurant she said i want to know if were good. He responded, i dont know about your career, but youll be fine. The Los Angeles Police department is investigating a possible Sexual Assault from Harvey Weinstein. An actress and model claims he raped her in a los angeles hotel. In an interview after tom hanks predicted that the weinstein scandal will have an ir reversible impact on society. His last name will become a noun and a verb an identifying moniker for state of being for which theres a before and an after. Harvey weinstein has dae night any allegations of nonconsensual sex. Meantime a number of weinstein employees saying theyre breaking their nondisclosure agreements saying they didnt know they were working for a serial predator. They said when they red it they, quote, wept. She wanted to break this period of silence thats been hanging over her. I think youre right, bianna, to encourage people to read it. She said hes a good man to know in business, keep him in your corner, but be careful, hes a bit of a bully. Shes a young girl. And the kids were in the next room. She didnt think she was that much of a risk. Thank you so much. And jodi kantor who broke the story two weeks ago will speak ahead, how the Sexual Harassment continues to make headlines. Lawmakers are taking steps toward facebook and whose buys ads on their sites. Russia bought ads. Google sold nearly 5,000ades to russian operatives. Federal law prohibits foreign groups from buying ads that influence elections. Cbs news contributor Nicholas Thompson is editor in chief of wired magazine and joins us at the table. Good to see you. Good to see you, gayle. Do you think this will make a difference in the elections . It should. It should be regulated like other political ads. Do i hear a but . Its a small step. There are much bigger problems on social media but still this should be done. Who would oppose it . You can imagine the ad networks will oppose it because it will add bureaucracy. Tech Companies Might oppose it. Those two groups. And also people who dont want any kind of Campaign Finance reports. How many millions of people does facebook say this reached . Well, the number of people who are reached by russian political ads is a fairly small number. Like 10 million, right . And reach is a broad definition. To reach someone means you scroll through. It doesnt mean you really reach them in any substantial way. Whats interesting is the political ads are there. Whats really problematic are the fake accounts that the russianup. Theyre mass,ly more influential. Theyre hard to find and harder to define but t d ats siliconinuence. Valley has a big p. R. Problem. A massive p. R. Problem and theyre really struggling right now. How they respond to this bill will play into that. If they come out hard against it, you can imagine theyre an angry angrier. House speaker paul ripe took some playful shots at President Trump at the charity dinner. During laugh nights political roast he made light of the poorly received event. I know last year donald trump offended last year. I know his comments according to critics went too far. Some said it was unbecoming o a public figure and they said that his comments were offensive. Well, thank god hes learned his lesson. 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