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>> THE WOMAN WHO HAS COME FORWARD, WHO IS RECEIVING DEATH THREATS NOW, HAS HAD TO MOVE OUT OF HER HOME. AND IT SEEMS LIKE THE ONLY THING THAT WE HEAR FROM THE REPUBLICANS ON THE OTHER SIDE AND THE PRESIDENT IS " POOR JUDGE KAVANAUGH ." >> Reporter: SAMANTHA GUERRY IS ONE OF FORD'S FORMER CLASSMATES. >> I THINK SHE'S HOLDING UP ADMIRABLY, BUT THIS IS A VERY TRYING, FRIGHTENING TIME FOR HER. >> Reporter: JUDICIARY CHAIRMAN CHUCK GRASSLEY OFFERED FORD A BUFFET OF WAYS TO TELL HER STORY. >> EITHER IN AN OPEN SESSION OR A CLOSED SESSION, OR A PUBLIC OR A PRIVATE INTERVIEWS. THAT'S FOUR DIFFERENT WAYS SHE CAN CHOOSE TO COME. >> Reporter: BUT REPUBLICANS OPPOSE THE ONE OPTION DEMOCRATS SAY WOULD LEAD TO THE TRUTH. WHAT'S WRONG WITH ALLOWING AN F. B. I. INVESTIGATION? >> I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO MAKE THAT DETERMINATION. I DON'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION. >> Reporter: BUT ISN'T THAT WHY YOU DO AN F. B. I. INVESTIGATION? >> THAT'S WHY YOU DO A PUBLIC HEARING. >> Reporter: THE F. B. I. DID EXAMINE ANITA HILL'S HARASSMENT CLAIMS AGAINST CLARENCE THOMAS IN 1991. >> THESE F. B. I. REPORTS ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. >> Reporter: IN AN INTERVIEW TODAY, HILL SAID A HEARING IS WORTH LITTLE WITHOUT A PROBE FIRST. >> THE HEARING QUESTIONS NEED TO HAVE A FRAME, AND THE INVESTIGATION IS THE BEST FRAME FOR THAT. >> Reporter: IN A NEW LETTER THIS EVENING, GRASSLEY TOLD DEMOCRATS THAT HIS COMMITTEE'S AIDES CAN DO THIS INVESTIGATION THEMSELVES, AND THAT THEY'RE ALREADY REACHING OUT TO A NUMBER OF POTENTIAL WITNESSES. REPUBLICANS KNOW THAT AN F. B. I. PROBE COULD BE TIME CONSUMING AND UNPREDICTABLE, AND THOSE ARE RISKS, JEFF, THAT THEY JUST DON'T WANT TO TAKE. >> Glor: ALL RIGHT, NANCY CORDES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE PRESIDENT HAS MADE NO SECRET OF HIS DISDAIN FOR ONE OF THE SENIOR MEMBERS OF HIS CABINET, AND HIS CRITICISM REACHED A NEW LEVEL TODAY. PAULA REID IS AT THE WHITE HOUSE. >> Reporter: AS HE LEFT THE WHITE HOUSE THIS MORNING, PRESIDENT TRUMP ONCE AGAIN ATTACKED ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF SESSIONS. >> I'M DISAPPOINTED IN THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR NUMEROUS REASONS. >> Reporter: TRUMP HAS REPEATEDLY CRITICIZED SESSIONS FOR RECUSING HIMSELF IN THE RUSSIA INVESTIGATION. IN AN INTERVIEW WITH " THE HILL" TUESDAY, HE ESCALATED HIS ATTACK SAYING, " I DON'T HAVE AN ATTORNEY GENERAL. IT'S VERY SAD ." AND SAID HE WAS " UNHAPPY WITH SESSIONS' WORK AT THE BORDER ." SESSIONS HAS TYPICALLY STAYED QUIET IN THE WAKE OF SUCH ATTACKS. IN AUGUST, HE ISSUED A RARE STATEMENT, NOTING HIS " UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS AT EFFECTUATING THE PRESIDENT'S AGENDA ." AT THE BORDER, SESSIONS HAS DILIGENTLY WORKED TO DELIVER ON THE

EXPEDITING DEPORTATIONS, LIMITING ASYLUM SEEKERS, AND OPPOSING SANCTUARY CITIES. IN HIS INTERVIEW WITH TWO CONSERVATIVE COMMENTATORS AT " THE HILL ," THE PRESIDENT FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. HE DESCRIBED THE F. B. I. RUSSIA INVESTIGATION AS A " CANCER" AND SUGGESTED THAT DECLASSIFYING DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE INVESTIGATION WILL BE " ONE OF HIS CROWNING ACHIEVEMENTS ." (\ APPLAUSE \) TODAY, ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF SESSIONS SPOKE TO A GROUP OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN WAUKEGAN, ILLINOIS. >> WE BELIEVE THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT IS A NOBLE PROFESSION AND ONE THAT DEMANDS RESPECT. >> Reporter: SESSIONS DID NOT DIRECTLY RESPOND TO THE PRESIDENT'S ATTACKS, BUT WE WERE GIVEN AN ADVANCE COPY OF HIS REMARKS, AND WE NOTICED WHEN HE ACTUALLY DELIVERED THAT SPEECH, HE TOOK OUT A REFERENCE TO PRESIDENT TRUMP IMPROVING MORALE AMONG LAW ENFORCEMENT. JEFF. >> Glor: ALL RIGHT, PAULA, THANKS VERY MUCH. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE NOW TO A STORY THAT UNFOLDED THIS AFTERNOON IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA WHERE A MAN OPENED FIRE OUTSIDE A JUDGE'S OFFICE. AT LEAST FOUR WERE HURT, INCLUDING A POLICE OFFICER. THE SHOOTER IS DEAD TONIGHT. JULIE GRANT OF OUR CBS STATION KDKA IS IN MASONTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA. JULIE, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THIS? >> Reporter: JEFF, GOOD EVENING TO YOU. THE COMMUNITY HERE IN MASONTOWN IS VISIBLY SHAKEN UP. THIS IS A BUSINESS DISTRICT WHERE THIS OCCURRED, AND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LINING THE STREETS ALL AFTERNOON IN SHOCK AND DISBELIEF AT WHAT OCCURRED IN THIS QUIET, PEACEFUL COMMUNITY AND AT THIS MUNICIPAL COURT BUILDING RIGHT BEHIND ME. IT WAS AROUND 2: 00 TODAY. IT WAS BUSINESS AS USUAL AT THE MAGISTRATE COURT WHEN A GUNMAN OPENED FIRE, FIRST BLOWING OUT THE ENTRANCE TO THE COURTROOM, BLOWING OUT THE GLASS DOORS, AND THEN GOING IN AND SHOOTING. THERE WERE ABOUT 60 PEOPLE INSIDE OF THAT BUILDING. YOU CAN IMAGINE THE TERROR AND THE HORROR, WITNESSING WERE SAYING THEY HEARD SCREAMING AS PEOPLE WERE TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OF THE SHOOTER. WE UNDERSTAND THE SHOOTER WAS SCHEDULED TO APPEAR IN COURT ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CHARGES OF STRANGULATION AND TERRORISTIC THREATS AND A POLICE OFFICER WAS SHOT IN THE HAND. HE WAS HELPED BY A GOOD SAMARITAN OUT IN THE PARKING LOT BEHIND ME. JEFF. >> Glor: ALL RIGHT, JULIE, THANK YOU. FRIGHTENING SITUATION THERE. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE NOW TO MADISON, WISCONSIN, WHERE THERE WAS ANOTHER SHOOTING TODAY. FOUR PEOPLE WERE WOUNDED WHEN A GUNMAN STARTED FIRING AT THE OFFICES OF A COMPUTER SOFTWARE COMPANY. THE POLICE SHOT AND KILLED THAT MAN WHO WORKED AT THE COMPANY. INVESTIGATORS SAY HE HAD A SEMIAUTOMATIC PISTOL AND SEVERAL MAGAZINES OF AMMUNITION. PRESIDENT TRUMP TODAY VISITED CONWAY, SOUTH CAROLINA AND NEW BERN, NORTH CAROLINA, DEVASTATED BY FLOODS FROM HURRICANE FLORENCE. THE PRESIDENT HELPED SERVE MEALS AT A CHURCH AND MET WITH STORM VICTIMS AND LOCAL OFFICIALS, PROMISING HIS ADMINISTRATION WILL HELP WITH THE RECOVERY. >> WE WILL NEVER FORGET YOUR LOSS. WE WILL NEVER LEAVE YOUR SIDE. WE'RE WITH YOU ALL THE WAY. AND TO ALL THOSE IMPACTED BY THIS TERRIBLE STORM, OUR ENTIRE AMERICAN FAMILY IS WITH YOU AND READY TO HELP. >> Glor: THE STORM IS NOW BLAMED FOR AT LEAST 37 DEATHS, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS REMAIN WITHOUT POWER. IN NORTH CAROLINA, THOUSANDS ARE STILL IN SHELTERS. IN WILMINGTON, HUNDREDS HAVE BEEN LINING UP FOR WATER AND OTHER SUPPLIES. AND MANUEL BOJORQUEZ IS THERE. >> Reporter: AMONG THE HUNDREDS GETTING FOOD AND WATER FOR THE FIRST TIME TUESDAY, WE MET CRYSTAL BOWEN. HOW IS YOUR HOUSE? >> UNDERWATER. >> Reporter: TODAY, SHE TOOK US THERE. THE FLOODWATERS ARE RECEDING IN WILMINGTON, JUST NOT HERE. SO YOUR BEDROOM STILL HAS SEVERAL INCHES OF WATER. >> YEAH. >> Reporter: WERE YOU ABLE TO GET STUFF OUT OF HERE BEFORE THIS HAPPENED? >> NO. >> Reporter: NO, NOTHING? >> NO. ALL MY STUFF IS GONE. >> Reporter: THAT'S YOUR CHEST IN THERE? THE POWER IS BACK, BUT THERE'S NO RUNNING WATER. IT'S HARD TO BREATHE INSIDE. >> YOU MIGHT WANT TO GO OUT OF HERE. THERE'S BLACK MOLD GROWING. >> Reporter: THE NAVY VETERAN SHARES THE HOUSE WITH HER MOTHER AND NINE- YEAR- OLD SON, TYLER. >> WELCOME TO THE BACKYARD! >> Reporter: THEY HAVE NO FLOOD INSURANCE AND SPENT YEARS FIXING THE HOME AFTER HURRICANE FLOYD FLOODED IT IN 1999. HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE WHAT THIS HAS BEEN TO GO THROUGH FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY? >> HELL. THERE'S NO EASY FIX FOR THIS. I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT LOST HOMES. >> Reporter: I THINK THAT PEOPLE SEE THE LIGHTS COMING BACK ON. THEY SEE WILMINGTON SLOWLY OPENING UP, AND THEY THINK, " OKAY, THINGS ARE STARTING TO RETURN TO NORMAL ." >> BUSINESSES ARE RETURNING TO NORMAL. PEOPLE'S LIVES ARE NOT GOING TO RETURN TO NORMAL. >> Reporter: AT LEAST NOT ANY TIME SOON FOR BOWEN AND HER FAMILY, WHO WANT TO REBUILD HERE YET AGAIN. EVER THOUGHT OF JUST LEAVING THE AREA IF IT'S HAPPENED MORE THAN ONCE? NO. THIS IS HOME. >> YEAH, THIS IS HOME. >> Reporter: MANUEL BOJORQUEZ, CBS NEWS, WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA. >> Glor: THE WOMAN WHO HELPED KIDNAP ELIZABETH SMART IN 2002 LEFT PRISON THIS MORNING, AWAY FROM CAMERAS. WANDA BARZEE'S RELEASE FOLLOWED LAST WEEK'S SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT UTAH AUTHORITIES HAD MISCALCULATED HER PRISON TIME. SHE SERVED 15 YEARS. SMART, NOW 30 YEARS OLD, OPPOSED THE RELEASE. THERE WERE MORE DEVELOPMENTS TODAY IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH SEX ABUSE SCANDALS. THE DIOCESE OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK HAS AGREED TO PAY $ 27. 5 MILLION TO FOUR MEN WHO WERE SEXUALLY ABUSED AS BOYS BY THEIR RELIGION TEACHER. AND THE ARCHBISHOP OF WASHINGTON, D. C ., CARDINAL DONALD WUERL, IS REPORTEDLY SET TO RESIGN. A PENNSYLVANIA GRAND JURY REPORT ACCUSED HIM OF NOT DOING ENOUGH TO DEAL WITH PEDOPHILE PRIESTS WHEN HE HEADED THE PITTSBURGH DIOCESE. WE RECENTLY SAT DOWN WITH A GROUP OF CATHOLICS IN PENNSYLVANIA WITH A WIDE RANGE IN AGES AND BACKGROUNDS TO ASK WHAT THEY THINK SHOULD HAPPEN NEXT. HOW MANY OF YOU FEEL BETRAYED BY CHURCH LEADERSHIP RIGHT NOW? SO, ALL SIX. KATHLEEN, YOU HAVE THREE YOUNG BOYS. >> UH- HUH. >> Glor: DO YOU FEEL AS THOUGH YOU CAN RAISE THREE YOUNG BOYS IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH? >> THAT'S A QUESTION I'M GRAPPLING WITH, DEFINITELY. BUT I WOULD LIKE THEM TO BE RAISED IN THE CHURCH. THE CHURCH NEEDS TO CHANGE. >> Glor: YOU THINK IT IS CHANGING? >> NOT RIGHT NOW. >> Glor: RICHARA, WHEN YOU SAW THE HEADLINES COME OUT FROM THE GRAND JURY REPORT, WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION? >> I WAS HEARTBROKEN, DEVASTATED... JUST, REALLY, LIKE, VISCERALLY SICK. >> Glor: ARE YOU LEAVING THE CHURCH? >> NO. >> Glor: IT'S INTERESTING THAT THIS WAS SO DIFFICULT FOR YOU TO PROCESS, AND HIT YOU SO HARD, BUT YOU'RE FIRM THAT THERE'S NO WAY YOU'RE LEAVING. >> I FIND THE CHURCH HELPED ME TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THE GOOD LIFE MEANT FOR ME, AND GAVE ME A REAL HOPE, AND THAT'S VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO WALK AWAY FROM. >> Glor: IF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH MAKES DRAMATIC WHOLESALE CHANGES, IS IT STILL THE CATHOLIC CHURCH? >> I BELIEVE IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND THE TEACHINGS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. AND I'M NOT ABOUT TO LEAVE THAT BECAUSE WE'VE GOT SOME PEDOPHILE PRIESTS IN THE CHURCH. WE'VE GOT TO CLEAN THEM UP AND GET RID OF THEM, AND THE WAY TO GET RID OF THEM IS TO OPEN THE DOOR TO PRIESTS GETTING MARRIED AND WOMEN BECOMING PRIESTS. >> EVERY TIME WE SEEM TO HAVE GIVEN UP SOME OF OUR CORE TENETS, WE'VE JUST DECLINED. >> I DON'T THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CHANGING THE BASIC TENETS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CHANGING SOME OF THE LEADERSHIP. THE LEADERSHIP IS FLAWED. >> I AGREE WITH YOU, JIM. >> AND I THINK YOU CHANGE THE LEADERSHIP BY OPENING THE DOOR-- CELIBACY IS UNNATURAL. PRIESTS SHOULD GET MARRIED. THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE LOCKED IN A-- IN A ROOM BY THEMSELVES. >> Glor: SHOW OF HANDS, HOW MANY OF YOU BELIEVE PRIESTS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO MARRY? 3- 3 SPLIT. >> THERE HAS TO BE MASSIVE REFORM IN THE CHURCH RIGHT NOW. I DO THINK THAT IF PRIESTS WERE ALLOWED TO MARRY AND IF WOMEN WERE ALLOWED TO BE PRIESTS THIS WOULD MAKE A HUGE DENT IN WHAT IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW. THIS KIND OF ABUSE AND THE CLERICALISM HAS GONE ON FOR CENTURIES, AND I THINK THAT THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. >> Glor: BECAUSE OF THE RULES? BECAUSE FUNDAMENTALLY, OF THE WAY THE CHURCH IS SET UP? >> YES, IT'S THE CULTURE. ABSOLUTELY, IT'S THE CURRENT CULTURE OF THE CHURCH. SO PRIESTS ARE THE BE ALL AND END ALL. POPE-- BE ALL END ALL BE ALL-- BISHOPS-- BE ALL END ALL BE ALL-- CARDINALS. WE DON'T QUESTION THEIR AUTHORITY. >> Glor: BUT PART OF THIS HAS BEEN TYPICALLY THAT THE CHURCH, I THINK IN SOME CASES, FEELS LIKE IT COULD HANDLE THESE ISSUES BETTER THAN POLICE OR PROSECUTORS, OR SOMEONE ELSE, RIGHT? >> THEY'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THEY CAN FEEL THAT POWER, THAT THEY HAVE THAT POWER, AND SOMEONE NEEDS TO TELL THEM THAT THEY DON'T. THAT THE POWER IS AMONG US. >> I'VE HAD OTHER CATHOLIC MOTHERS SAY THAT THEY WISH THEY HAD BEEN MORE OUTSPOKEN. IF THE CHANGE IS GOING TO HAPPEN, IT'S GOING TO BE WITH US. >> Glor: MUCH MORE OF THIS INTERVIEW ON cbsnews. com. COMING UP HERE NEXT ON THE " CBS EVENING NEWS ," WHY SOMEONE CALLED POLICE ON AN AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN AS SHE CAMPAIGNED FOR VOTES. >> Glor: IN WISCONSIN, THE POLICE QUESTIONED AN AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN AS SHE WAS STUMPING FOR VOTES, BECAUSE SOMEONE THOUGHT SHE LOOKED SUSPICIOUS. JERICKA DUNCAN HAS THIS STORY. >> Reporter: 47- YEAR- OLD SHEILA STUBBS WAS CAMPAIGNING LAST MONTH TO BE HER COUNTY'S FIRST BLACK STATE ASSEMBLYWOMAN, BUT THEN POLICE SHOWED UP. >> I FELT HUMILIATED. I FELT OUTRAGED. I FELT ANGRY. I FELT EMBARRASSED. >> Reporter: MADISON, WISCONSIN POLICE SAY THEY GOT A 911 CALL ABOUT A SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE. THE POLICE REPORT SAYS THE MALE CALLER " THINKS THEY ARE WAITING FOR DRUGS AT THE LOCAL DRUG HOUSE ." THE FEMALE OFFICER WENT ON TO QUESTION STUBBS. >> AND THEN SHE SAYS, " WELL, HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT DOORS TO KNOCK ON ?" I SAID, " THE WALK LIST ." AND SHE SAID, " I CAN SEE IT ?" AND I SAID, " SURE, HERE YOU GO ." AND THEN SHE SAID, " I'M REALLY SORRY THAT THAT HAPPENED TO YOU ." >> Reporter: STUBBS' EIGHT- YEAR- OLD DAUGHTER AND 71- YEAR- OLD MOTHER WERE INSIDE THE VEHICLE. SHE'S THE SECOND BLACK WOMAN TO BE QUESTIONED BY POLICE WHILE CAMPAIGNING IN RECENT MONTHS. >> Reporter: BACK IN JULY, A DEPUTY CONFRONTED AN OREGON STATE SENATOR, JANELLE BYNUM, WHO WAS CAMPAIGNING FOR RE- ELECTION. BYNUM SAID ON FACEBOOK, " I ASKED TO MEET MY CONSTITUENT WHO THOUGHT I WAS SUSPICIOUS. THE OFFICER CALLED HER, WE TALKED, AND SHE DID APOLOGIZE ." AS FOR SHEILA STUBBS, SHE NEVER SPOKE TO THE ANONYMOUS MALE WHO CALLED THE POLICE ON HER. BUT IF THEY'RE LISTENING... >> I WANT THEM TO SEE THAT I MADE IT. I SURVIVED. I AM NOW YOUR REPRESENTATIVE. >> Reporter: WELL, STUBBS WON NEARLY 50 % OF THE PRIMARY VOTE IN HER COUNTY, AND SINCE SHE'S UNOPPOSED, JEFF, SHE WILL TAKE HER SEAT AT THE STATE ASSEMBLY THIS JANUARY. >> Glor: INTERESTING SOUND- BITE, SHE SAYS, " I'M NOW YOUR REPRESENTATIVE ." >> Reporter: EXACTLY. >> Glor: ALL RIGHT, JERICKA, THANKS. WHEN WE COME BACK HERE, A SQUEEZE PLAY IN BOSTON. BUT, DID THEY SCORE? >> Glor: IN WASHINGTON, D. C. TODAY, FLAMES RACED THROUGH A SENIOR CITIZENS' HOUSING COMPLEX. AT LEAST FOUR WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, BUT THERE WERE NO SERIOUS INJURIES. ABOUT 80 OTHERS HAD TO BE TAKEN TO SHELTERS. THE BOSTON RED SOX CAN CLINCH FIRST PLACE IN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST TONIGHT. THEY HAD ALREADY PRINTED A BANNER MARKING THE TITLE. BUT IT WENT MISSING. ENTER LOUIE IACUZZI AND JAMES AMARAL. WHO SAID THEY FOUND IT ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THEY SAY IT FELL OFF A TRUCK. THEY OFFERED TO RETURN IT... FOR A PRICE. >> IN RECIPROCATION WE WOULD LIKE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE TO GO TO A NICE PLAY- OFF GAME. >> YES. >> WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING. WE JUST DON'T WANT TO HAND IT OVER TO THEM. >> Glor: AMAZING. THEY-- THEY DID RETURN THE BANNER TODAY BUT GOT NOTHING FROM THE RED SOX IN RETURN. THAT IS THE " CBS EVENING NEWS" FOR TONIGHT. I'M JEFF GLOR. WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.