we'll get to that in a moment, but we'll start this morning with the massive winter storm that is unleashing extreme weather as it tears across the united states. multiple tornadoes touched down overnight in oklahoma and kansas. one of them ripped through the city of norman, just south of oklahoma city. it shredded homes, picked up cars and tossed them. the storm pummeled southern california with huge amounts of snow and rain. some places were buried under more than 6 feet of snow. you can see the videos here as freeways were turning into rivers. this driver actually had to climb on top of his porsche after it became swamped and he was left stranded. just north of los angeles, several rvs were swept into a river when the river bank eroded and gave way. more than 7 inches of rain fell in ventura county, that's northwest of los angeles. a helicopter crew had to rescue a driver from a jeep, as you can see here. his car go stuck in these fast-rising floodwaters. ed lavendera is live on the ground in norman, oklahoma.

ed, i've been to norman a bunch of times. i know this is the worst thing to wake up to. it's the toughest to be able to make sure you're in a safe place? >> well, i've always said, there's nothing worse than the overnight tornadoes in the dark. you have no idea, really, where it's coming from. and this is what the neighbors -- the residents in this neighborhood are dealing with. trees, about a foot in diameter, snapped in half. take a look way up there in the tree, about 30 feet high, a giant piece of plywood stuck in the branches there. that is rooftop that has been shredded off people's home. you can see, it gives you a sense of all of the debris that was flying around here, so wickedly. and here in this backyard, really gives you a sense, you can get in here because the fence has been completely blown out, but in particular home, fortunately, the owner of this home was in tulsa at the home, but this was -- you can also get a sense here of when you're inside your home and the tornado is coming, just the force that these storms and the wind

brings. about 70 to 80-mile-per-hour winds were being registered throughout the evening, as three storms were approaching. in the texas panhandle in a little town called memphis, there were wind gusts of 114 miles per hour recorded last night. that is where the beginning of this storm really kind of generated. and this line just moved through oklahoma, incredibly quickly, but the force of this tornado that touched down here in the norman area, blowing out windows, ripping off homes, the rooftop of homes, as well. the good news, kaitlan, is that much of this is very isolated. as bad as this looks, if you go a half mile or so east or west, it's a completely different picture. that is some of the good news. last we checked, there were close to about 30,000 commerce here in the oklahoma area without power this morning. and those numbers have been dropping rather quickly. but it was an intense night of

storms racing through the state of oklahoma. and this storm system stretches from texas all the way up through the central plains. a very dramatic site for this february. kaitlan? >> yeah, it's always striking to me to see when a tornado hits and you see one side of the road where everything is destroyed and the other side, it looks like nothing happened. that is the timing here that's unusual, the idea that this is happening, we're here at the end of february, and did it catch residents offguard? what are you hearing from people as they're waking up and assessing the damage this morning? >> reporter: they've been hearing about it all day. the alerts of the wind -- there was a great deal of concern with the wind and the intense wind that was expected throughout all of this, but there was local news coverage of these events happening for hours and hours ahead of this storm, so there was a great deal of warning about this. and as we were driving -- we got into the oklahoma city area last night. we drove around for several hours, it was very quiet, a

sunday night, but i thought it was a little bit quieter than normal. and i think that's probably an indication of, you know, people know very well what to do here in the state when these types of weather systems coming blowing through. >> let those sooners fans know we are thinking about them this morning. ed, thanks for being on the ground there. the u.s. department of energy now finding that covid-19 was likely the result of a leak from a chinese lab in wuhan. that is according to an updated classified intelligence report, but cnn has learned the department only has low confidence in the findings. other agencies assess it was a natural transmission. national security adviser jake sullivan says the intel community is divided on the issue. >> president biden specifically requested that the national labs, which are part of the department of energy, be brought into this assessment, because he wants to put every tool at use to be able to figure out what happened here. and if we gain any further insider information, we will

share it with congress and we will share it with the american people. but right now, there is not a definitive answer that has emerged from the intelligence community on this question. >> the u.s. foreign ministry has ponded saying a lab leak is highly unlikely, but china has not been forthcoming about covid's origins there. top u.s. officials say that they're considering supplies russia with lethal aid in ukraine. listen to this. >> well, we're confident that the chinese leadership is considering the provision of lethal equipment. we also don't see that a final decision has been made yet. >> beijing will have to make its own decisions about how it proceeds, whether it provides military assistance, but if it goes down that road, it will come at real cost to china. and i think china's leaders are weighing that as they make their decisions. >> let's bring in our chief national security correspondent, jim schute. jim, good morning. thank you for being here given all your experience in china. one thing i thought was interesting, our viewers just heard from bill burns on the

cia, that margaret brennan who interviewed him pointed out, just as recently as february 2nd, you guys were saying that china was reluctant to give this aid. that was the word he used then. now, it seems like a dramatic escalation in terms of the u.s. concern. do we know why that is? >> it seems they have some new intelligence. and it's interesting, it's part of a broader strategy of the u.s. intelligence community, like we saw in the run-up to the russian invasion of ukraine, of lifting the veil on what they know in hopes of changing the calculations of the leaders involved. it certainly didn't change putin's calculations on invading ukraine. their hope is here by saying, hey, listen, we know you're considering this now. here's how you're going to pay for it. and beginning to hear from folks like janet yellen and others to say, there's going to be an economic cost to this. but big picture, i always look at this, why should folks at home care about china entering this war? this is already the biggest war in europe since world war ii. it's bloody, it's long, there's no sign of it ending.

you already have two superpowers on opposing sides, infect. russia invaded the u.s. supporting ukraine. if china were to provide lethal assistance to russia, to help it in this war, this would enter another superpower, not directly into the conflict, no chinese soldiers or war planes, but china as sort of a proxy here. china involved in this conflict and supporting one's side. it just expands the potential for escalation and just the broader tensions here between the superpowers, which are already, as we keep reporting every other day, right, with balloons and so on, already going in a very dangerous direction. >> jim, before the invasion of putin -- before putin invaded ukraine, the biden administration publicly released this intelligence showing that russia -- showing what russia was preparing to do. i'm wondering if they would consider doing the same thing on china's plans with russia. >> they may. and we know they were considering it. i mean, there was some discussion of it last week.

consider telling us, in effect, why they know that china is considering this. they haven't done that yet. they seem to be comfortable with at least saying, we know. and here's the cost that you would pay. but they're doing this on a number of fronts. you look, for instance, the public comments this weekend on u.s. understanding of russia's relationship with iran in this war. we already knew that iran was supplying drones that have had a big effect in ukraine. now there's discussion that in return, in effect, russia is promising iran potential help on its missile program. have a listen. >> russia is proposing to help the iranians on their missile program and also, at least, considering the possibility of providing fighter aircraft to iran, as well. so it's, you know, quite disturbing set of developments. >> a big deal, right? because you're talking already the u.s., its allies, israel, et cetera, view iran's missile program, its potential nuclear

program as a primary threat to stability in the middle east. if russia is now in return helping iran develop that program, it just shows you how the war in ukraine, the effects of it, the ramifications of it can and seem to be sadly developing in a much broader, more dangerous direction. it's a difficult time right now. it's not just about ukraine. it's about a whole bunch of other countries. >> and that is such an important point here, because often, we talk about support for u.s., you know, aide in ukraine softening, what that looks like, what we're hearing from lawmakers. this is not just an issue that's happening in eastern europe. there are these broader implications of what the world order is going to look like, if china does decide to get involved. what it means for iran and russia and how that alliance has gotten so much closer. it has these massive implications. >> it does. listen, we grew up in an era the last 30 years, this is post-fall of the berlin wall, 1989. the collapse of the soviet union, relative peace, right, in europe? relative peace between the u.s.,

nato, and russia. that's over, right? clean break after the full-scale invasion last year of ukraine. and things going in a troubling direction with china. you know, concerns, genuine concerns that china invades taiwan, china sending surveillance balloons over the u.s. listen, doesn't mean we're going to war, right? but you have increasingly hostile relations here, and folks kind of aligning themselves on each side. china with russia in ukraine, iran with russia in ukraine, russia, perhaps, with iran on its nuclear program. and these are -- these are things to watch really closely. >> jim, thank you very much. we'll see you at the top of the hour. thank you. >> will do. about an hour from now, court resumes in the double murder trial of alex murdaugh. the defense will call its final witnesses after murdaugh spent two days on the stand. he admitted lying to investigators and stealing from clients but says that he is telling the truth that he did not murder his wife and son. cnn's randi kaye live in walterboro, south carolina, with

more. what's the latest? good morning to you, by the way. >> reporter: good morning, don. the latest is this crowd here behind me. you can see, this is how much interest there is in this court case. these are people who come from near and far, hoping to get a seat inside that courtroom. they show up early and they wait here until they can get inside. but the big deal was on friday -- thursday and friday when alex murdaugh testified. finally, don, after more than 20 months of lying to investigators, he did admit that he was at the kennels where the murders took place on their property around the time of the murders. he told the prosecutor that he left his phone at the main house on the property when he went down to the kennels. he took the golf cart down there, was there for a couple of minutes, left the kennels at 8:47 p.m., got back to the house at 8:49 people, which is when he believes prosecutors believe maggie and paul was killed. then he took a nap, a short nap, because his phone began showing activity again a few minutes later at 9:02 and prosecutors found that very curious.

>> you would agree with me from 9:02 to 9:06, your phone finally comes to life and starts showing a lot of steps. >> i do agree with that. >> what were you doing? >> i was getting ready to go to my mom's house. >> that's far more steps in a shorter time period than any time prior as you've seen from the testimony in this case. so what were you so busy doing? going to the bathroom? >> no, i don't think that i -- >> get on a treadmill? >> no, i didn't get on a treadmill. what i wasn't doing was doing anything as i believe you have implied that i was cleaning off or washing off or washing off guns or putting guns in a raincoat. and i can promise you that i wasn't doing any of that. >> and it's when he returned from his mom's house is that he said he found his family, his wife and son shot and bleeding at the kennels. >> randi kaye, thank you very much. well, coming up, a ruling

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mifepristone. that is the first drug in the two-drug medical abortion process, medication abortion that accounts for more than half of all current legal abortions in the united states, and this is the most consequential abortion-related case since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade last may. and this case rests in the hands of a u.s. district court judge, a federal judge, matthew kacsmaryk. he is a trump appointee. he was opposed by republican senator susan collins and all democratic senators, he was opposed by her over his record on lgbtq plus and reproductive rights. back if 2013, though, then attorney general eric holder presented him with a justice department award for his work as a u.s. attorney. he has critics and they are not surprised that they got this case. he has presided over 95% of the civil cases brought in the northern district of texas. one democratic senator says anti-abortion advocates are gaming the system.

here's ron wyden. >> and with this judge, they found a way to make it happen. because of how judges in this federal district in texas are assigned, the plaintiffs could use a procedural loophole and hotwire the judicial branch. they could ensure kacsmaryk was the only judge who would get the case. >> it is part of a larger pattern of conservative groups, quote, judge shopping or forum shopping, that's according to my next guest, steve vladick. he's our legal analyst and a constitutional law professor at the university of texas law school. good morning, steve. >> good morning, poppy. how are you? >> good. let's start with what this case actually means. because i think people need to understand what the plaintiffs are arguing here and how likely it will be, you think, they succeed. >> yeah, so at the heart of the case is basically the idea that when the fda approved mifepristone way back in 2000,

it was doing so only against the backdrop of pre-constitutional abortion, which is the law of the land then, but not the law of the land today. so basically last year's decision of dobbs got rid of that right, basically pulse out the foundation from under the fda's approval of mifepristone. if that argument succeeds, if judge kacsmaryk issues a nationwide injunction against the fda, we could see consequences overnight, even in the bluest of blue states, when it comes to access to mifepristone. >> and it's pretty likely, right, that the fifth circuit would uphold the ruling of judge kacsmaryk? >> i think it depends on what the ruling says, but even as that process plays out, it's no coincidence that all of these cases are being brought in texas because then appeals go to the very, very conservative fifth circuit. but even if the opinion and the decision is so far out of the norm that the fifth circuit might reverse it, that's going

to take time. and it's time during which this injunction presumably will be in place. that's unless the fda, of course, runs to the fifth circuit or the supreme court and tries to get a stay, and the burden for that is even higher. the reason why there's so much attention on judge kacsmaryk here is because he could, if he goes all the way, issue a ruling that really would have seismic effects, at least in the short-term, for women all across the country. >> well, what do you make of the fact that we just heard from democratic senator ron wyden of oregon, who's also saying, essentially, something pretty stunning, steve. regardless of your politics, that the fda should just ignore this. he's basically saying, wait until it goes up to the fifth circuit or the supreme court, ignore it. and "the wall street journal" editorial board called him out for that, saying it's dangerous business, calling it the wyden legal nullification doctrine, and they said, talk about norm busting. what do you think? >> well, so, i think first, we should stress that "the wall street journal" rather

mischaracterized senator wyden's proposal. wyden's not saying that the fda should ignore the courts in its entirety. he's saying it should be up to the supreme court not to carefully hand pick -- >> he's saying not to listen to it if and until it reaches the supreme court. >> i think that would be norm busting, poppy. i think the question is whether those enormous were already being busted by the litigants. keep in mind, this lawsuit was filed entirely in amarillo that it would be a sign to this one specific judge, that since september had been receiving 100% of new civil cases filed in amarillo. i'm not a defender of senator wyden's position here, but i think it's understandable why folks would think that one response to the kind of norm-busting of hand-picking judges and not subjecting them to lawsuits to random assignment would be norm busting in the other direction. that's part of the problem here, is that it's a race to the bottom, where we what really need is a more sensible approachable to more of this kind of litigation. >> and it's not really just --

which your piece that was so good a few weeks ago in "the new york times" points out, i think it's important for us also in fairness to note that during the trump administration, you had a number of liberal attorneys filing cases for nationwide injunctions against trump rulings to the ninth circuit court of appeals. because they thought, rightly so, that the ninth circuit would be favorable to them. so liberals are doing it, too. >> i have to say two things. one, i think that's true, to a degree. the big difference is what was happening during the trump administration was not this kind of hand-picking of individual judges. so when california, for example, would challenge a trump immigration policy, it would usually file in a courthouse in which it was subject to the random draw of 11 different judges. poppy, those judges might have been generally more sympathetic to california than to president trump, but again, i think that's the difference between forum shopping and judge shopping. but either way, even if folks don't think that's a distinction

worth the difference, what it really underscores is that we ought to revisit just how comfortable we are with having outlier judges at either end of the political spectrum, who have the power to basically bring nationwide policies in this case, one that's 23 years old, to a screeching halt, whether congress should revisit exactly the ability to have litigants to shop in that respect. >> that's a really good point, steve. and i hope a lot of people are listening. i think ken paxton has filed so many of his cases in amarillo where the rules just changed, so judge kacsmaryk is the only one who can rule on these things. we'll be watching. thanks very much, steve vladdic. >> thank you. >> kaitlan? >> and as we track that major decision, new this morning, democratic congresswoman alyssa slotkin has just announced minutes ago she's going to be running for senate in 2024. she'll be seeking to replace debbie stabenow. slotkin is the first democrat to jump into the key race in a battleground state. it's also a race that could determine the power and control

of the senate in 2024. slotkin says that she is running because, quote, we need a new generation of leaders that think differently, work harder, and never forget that we are public servants. we should note in this race that the michigan governor, gretchen whitmer, and transportation secretary pete buttigieg who recently moved to michigan have both said they will not run for the spot. also, someone else has a new campaign-style video out this morning, not from michigan senate. we are talking about florida governor ron desantis, as the chatter about a 2024 presidential run is growing even louder. plus -- >> your husband was asked in an interview if he was running and he joked that he had to call you to find out. so we're going to the source. where do things stand? when's an announcement coming? >> well, i guess it's official now, because she's going to make the announcement for him. first lady jill biden, coming up.

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my intention has been from the beginning to run, but there's too many other things i have to finish in the near-term before i start a campaign. >> is your age part of your own calculation into weather to run again? >> no, but it's legitimate for people to raise issues about my age. it's totally legitimate to do that. and the only thing i can say is, watch me. >> how many times does a man have to answer that question? president biden hinting that the launch of his 2024 re-election bid could be just around the corner. so what does first lady jill biden think about that? cnn's arlette saenz traveled with the first lady to africa on her recent five-day tour addressing drought and hunger in the region. she sat down for an exclusive interview. arlette saenz joins us now. so, good morning to you. so is he or isn't he, because he says he's got to consult with the first lady, and you've got to ask her, so, tell us. >> well, don, jill biden, of course, is a key figure for president biden and so many of his decisions. and we had a chance to talk to

her about a host of issues, including that possible re-election bid. and while she says no announcement plans have been finalized, in her mind, she essentially believes that the decision has been made. take a listen. >> your husband was asked in an interview if he was running. and he joked that he had to call you to find out. >> was this recently? >> it was recently. so we're going to the source. where do things stand. when's an announcement coming? >> well, he said he intends to r run. so nothing's been planned yet. i think he's been so busy with being in ukraine, handling some of the crises at home, so i think, you know, he's not -- he's putting that first. he's putting america's business before he's putting his own. >> but has the decision been made amongst the family that he's going to run? >> well, it's joe's really --

it's joe's decision. and we support whatever he wants to do. if he's in, we're there. if he wants to do something else, we're there, too. >> is there any chance at this point that he's not going to run? >> not in my book. >> you're all for it? >> i'm all for it, of course. >> so as we're reading all of these tea leaves, this is just another indication that the president is moving closer to launching a possible re-election bid. of course, his advisers have pointed to the coming months as a possible launch date for that. >> and you spent time with the first lady as she traveled through africa. tell us more about that. that's interesting. >> we spent the last five days traveling through africa, stops in namibia and kenya, where the first lady talked about a host of issues, the importance of young people in democracy, and talking about some of the government programs that have aided africa, includieing pepfa

which is celebrating its 20th anniversary. but the most poignant moment came yesterday when she traveled to a rural village in kenya to see firsthand the impact of drought in the region. there were hundreds gathered there to receive health and nutrition al services and the first lady got to see firsthand ma these people were experiencing. and we were there every step of the way and will be bringing that to you a little bit later this week. >> interesting. thank you so much. i don't know if you guys have gotten. >> can't wait to see that. but if you've ever gone to africa and got ton see what pepfar does, it was astounding, it was astounding what the power of a united states president, what it can do. >> that's a great point. >> by the way, you can watch the rest of arlette's wide-ranging interview with cnn jill biden, "jill biden abroad" airs thursday night at 9:00 p.m. on cnn. >> and for more on what jill biden told arlette, let's bring in dana bash. anyone who has ever covered

biden knows that probably the biggest influence on his decisions is the first lady. so what she says there carries a lot of weight about what we could see happen with his 2024 run. >> so he's definitely running. >> definitely unless he's not. first of all, good morning, guys. nice to see you. not only does she carry like the ultimate weight, but the other thing that you all know from covering joe biden for a long time is that he's not generally in a rush to make decisions, especially big, consequential decisions, which is part of the reason why it's taking as long in the view of some democrats as it is. i'll tell you what i'm hearing from sources in biden world. and that is the following. just like you just heard from the first lady, he's been very focused on all of the international trips and policy that he's needed to focus on, as the anniversary of ukraine approached. and just on the raw politics of

it, they insist that because he is not likely to have a significant primary challenger, there's no rush to jump in. they look at the calendar and the history, the most recent history of a two-term president, and that is his former boss, barack obama, that he didn't announce until around now. the thing that is missing, as far as we know, though, is the kind of behind-the-scenes movement that generally happens or the sort of checking out of the white house and checking into a political world from people who are close to him. we haven't seen that happen yet. and that is a bit surprising. >> i feel like he's taking sort of the diplomatic road rather than the traditional "i'm going to run for president" road, because he's using it as -- traveling to ukraine and what have you, and maybe that's his best bet right now, hey, i'm in charge, and i'm leading,

already. >> yeah, that's exactly right. that's exactly right. and, look, there is frustration among a lot of democrats, especially those who are reluctant to see him run, because, really, for one reason only, and that is because of his age. and the thinking, well, maybe he won't announce. and if he isn't, you're leaving the democrats who are going to start to need to build campaigns a little bit on -- in a lurch. but there's no real indication, particularly what we heard -- given what we heard from the first lady to our arlette saenz, that plans have changed. >> you had a really enlightening, i thought, eye-opening with the rnc chair, rana mcdaniel, after her fourth, you know, win to lead that yesterday. and this exchange was striking about whether they will, again, call for a loyalty pledge for the eventual nominee. i want our viewers to hear this and get your thoughts on the

other side. >> we haven't put the criteria out, but i expect a pledge will be part of it. it was part of 2016. i think it's kind of a no-brainer, right? if you're going to be on the republican national committee debate stage, asking voters to support you, you should say, i'm going to support the voters and who they choose as the nominee. >> i want you to listen to what former president donald trump said a couple of weeks ago in an interview with conservative radio host hugh hewitt on this very topic. >> if you're not the nominee, will you support whoever the gop nominee is? >> it would depend. i would give you the same answer i gave in 2016 during the debate. it would have to depend on who the nominee was. >> so are you prepared to block the former president if he doesn't sign in 2016? >> he did. everybody signed it in 2016. >> but this is about the here and the now. >> i think everyone is going to sign it, i really do. >> remember when she said at the beginning of the interview, "i ran on a unity platform," she

really sounds like she believes it, unity, it's going to be recall good, everyone on the same page. what do you think? >> i think that is definitely her goal. i've heard from at least one potential candidate after that, concerned that in her effort to create unity among the candidates, by asking them, forcing them to sign a pledge in order to get on the debate stage, it will inherently cause fracture. because of the other thing that i talked to her about, which is the elephant, no pun intended, in the room, which is the fact that we're talking about the former president here. and we're talking about a former president who has been disqualified from being president again in the eyes of several potential candidates for president. and the feeling is among some of them, how can i sign a pledge promising to support him as the nominee if he is the nominee, if i don't think he should be president. and it's going to be a very

tough thing for some of these candidates, were going to have to decide, from their perspective, if they are going to put country first or party first. and that is kind of the calculus that is going on. not among all of the republican candidates who are not donald trump, but among some of them. never mind the question that i put in the clip that you played about trump himself. whether he will actually stick to any kind of pledge. they signed pledges in 2016. it's not really clear that they actually lived up to it. john kasich signed that pledge to get on the debate stage and he never supported donald trump. just one example. >> it's a great point that it's not just about trump and what he does, it's also what asa hutchinson and others. one fascinating part of this interview is when she brought up the fact that she's mitt romney's niece. something that we saw her downplay at times. she said, i'm mitt romney's niece, she was appointed to the rnc by trump. i don't know if they would support each other. talk about how damaging all of this is for republicans, generally, that they're not -- that they don't know for sure

that they would support who the nominee is. >> i really thought that was interesting, as well, because she was trying to make the point, that she is, a unifier, and she is somebody who can kind of see broadly on the entire republican spectrum. but look, again, it is damaging, because we're talking about the influence of one man. that is donald trump. if donald trump were not part of this equation and you're talking about ron desantis, asa hutchinson, chris sununu, name your candidate, they would all be fine with signing a loyalty pledge. this is about donald trump and about the events of january 6th, full stop. >> yeah. and the trump campaign said, they don't have to worry about this, because he will be the nominee. >> of course. >> dana bash, fascinating interviews, as always. >> love the sweater, dana. looks great. >> she always does. did you see her glowing in white

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and the actor goes to "everything, everywhere, all at once." >> okay, so, "everything, everywhere, all at once" seemed to win, well, everything at the s.a.g. awards, but did you pay to see it in theaters? it begs the question, are award shows really out of touch? the question is, too, harry, where can you even watch the award shows. i was saying that. i was trying to watch the image awards, didn't know where i could watch it, watch the s.a.g. awards, didn't know where i could watch them. if you can't watch the awards and watch the movie -- i don't know. >> you need a tv guide, don. but, look -- >> it's not on tv! >> streaming! okay, streaming, just go online and type it in. that's what google is for. this morning's number is 26.

"everything, everywhere, all at once," the oscar best picture favorite, 26th in domestic box office for 2022 releases. there were 25 films that ranked above "everything, everywhere, all at once" in terms of the domestic box office. you might be wondering to yourself, is that a high number, a low number? are the films out of touch that are being nominated? so, where do oscar best picture films rank at domestic box office in a given year? since 2009, look at these nominations. 62nd! that has been the median rank. 62nd! compare that to 1980 to 2008, where they ranked 11th. so it seems to me that the oscars have this almost ballooning problem, whereby it used to be, look, it wouldn't be that they would win the best picture film would be in the top of the box office. but at least be near the top. that's no the case anymore. >> okay, so, do people even go to the movies anymore? >> yeah, so, here's the thing,

though, do people actually go to the movies anymore. saw a movie in the theater last week. look, in 1950, 33% of americans saw a movie in the last week. but look at this trend. 10% in '68, 8% in '95, 3% in 2013. in 2022, just 2% of americans saw a movie in the last week. compare that to streaming or being on tv -- yeah, look at this. watched a movie at least once in the last week via paid streaming -- look at that, 58% of americans watched at least one movie per week via paid streaming. look at paid tv. 52%, so a majority of americans are still watching movies, but they're watching it, in fact, on their televisions. they're not going to the movies and watching it in person. of course, i have to ask the question, what is video entertainment anymore anyway? because we have youtube, about 65% of adults and 90% of teens

use it more than once weekly. and we have tiktok, which is even shorter, right? about 25% of adults and 65% of teens use it more than weekly. i'm not sure box office really tells us much anymore. >> i'm youtube -- i watch a lot of youtube tv. >> it's good stuff. >> you went to the movies on friday, though? >> i -- 4:50 p.m. screening of "m "mummies" with my kids, and my husband goes, i wish i could be watching something else. we don't have time to watch adult movies. thanks, harry. >> do you suffer from "the sunday scaries." a new tiktok trend aims to put an end to the suffering. we'll tell you about bare minimum monday, coming up. >> oh, boy.

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damian lillard has developed a reputation during his 11-year nba career in portland. it's called dame time. and last night the houston rockets felt the full force of it as the all-star high scoring 71 points in that game. he was scoring at will from inside, outside, way outside, the logo at half court at one point. lillard became just the eighth player in the nba's history with at least 71 points in a game. he is the oldest to ever do it at the very young age of 32. here's dame after the game. >> we got i think 23, 22 games left after this. and we need to win as many as possible. and you know, obviously, being shorthanded, i know that it's going to be a team effort, but i feel like i've got to do my best to be aggressive and just try to do what i can to make sure that we get some wins. that's all the case was tonight. i wanted to be in attack mode. i got it going and i just stayed aggressive. >> he was definitely in attack

mode and definitely aggressive. lillard led the blazers to their 29th win as they are trying to break into the playoffs. down to the final stretch of the season. awesome game. >> loved that! >> dame time. love this next one. can you relate to this? watch. >> i got to get out of here. i think i'm going to lose it. >> uh-oh! sounds like somebody's got a case of the mondays! >> well, according to a new tiktok trend, mondays should actually be about doing almost nothing, as little as possible, and not feeling bad about it. this is something called bare minimum monday. >> you knew it was time for something new, so one monday last year you woke up and gave yourself permissioned to the absolute bare minimum for work that day and everything felt different. the pressure was gone, your work was easier, and you felt better. >> christine romans is with us. you know nothing about bare minimum monday. >> the irony of the four of us talking about this at 8:53 on a

monday. >> it's a real thing on tiktok, there are a lot of workers saying the sunday scares turn into this unproductive, anxiety-ridden monday. monday is the least favorite workday of the week. so they're focusing on a little bit of self-care. they're easing out of the weekend and into the week and saying they're going to do the very bare minimum. it's the latest in, remember, quiet quitting, and rage applying, which is where you are ostensibly at work, but actually applying to millions of different job offers and job openings. and there's cyber loafing, where you look like you're busy at work, but really you're using the company time and material for, you know, doing your own personal stuff, which i have actually signed my kids up for camps before at work. but that's because i was working like 15-hour day. >> you also work in the middle of the night! >> i asked a workplace culture expert, is this just slacking? what are bosses supposed to think about this? this is actually going out there saying, i'm going to work less, and this is what she told me.

>> i would say that those ceos and those bosses who are rolling their eyes, sometimes we have to set aside what is urgent in order to focus on what's important. and that is what bare minimum mondays is trying to accomplish. >> i think it tells you that there are a lot of people who want a different relationship with their job and they want a little bit more self-care and more time. that's what's behind this four-day workweek. i keep hearing about how these young workers are so, you know, they have -- they're enlightened. they know more about how they want to plans their work and their life. and i keep thinking, well, actually, i think gen-x actually invented slackering. remember garfield? >> are we gen-x. >> i'm gen-x. >> what am i. >> you're gen-x. every generation have their -- garfield said it best, he is way before tiktok and he already hated mondays. >> i worked weekends for a long time and had mondays off. it was the best thing ever. >> and you had to work during the weekend. >> i never had the sunday scares, because i didn't have to be at work until 10:00 on a monday night. it was fine.

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good monday morning to you. i'm jim sciutto. some wild weather. right now, homes and businesses damaged, debri