you get better water, and service you can actually captioning funded by cbs good morning. it is wednesday, december 23rd, 2015. welcome to "cbs this morning." donald trump defends his use of a lewd term to attack hillary clinton. ted cruz lashes out at a top newspaper over his kids. how a change in the rules to those airport body scanners could impact your holiday travel. plus, the holiday shopping gender gap. a new study reveals why women are still unequal to men at the checkout counter. we begin this morning with a look at today's "eye opener." your world in 90 seconds. the bigotry has blustered and bullying havee become his campaign.

donald trump. >> i'm so tired of hearing about the bickering between donald trump and hillary. they should all grow up and start talking about issues. today is get-away today for millions of holiday travelers but some sever weather could put a damper on holiday plans. >> weather coast-to-coast and much of the central and eastern u.s. are headed for the warmest christmas on record. >> recapture the city of ramadi from isis. >> iraqi security forces are backed by coalition air strikes. new security rules at the airport. screeners can have people go through body scanners and policy is effect now. >> another embarrassing blunder to the secret service. radio and a handcuffs stolen near the white house. >> the secret service continues to have a blunder in no-mailed mission. >> the heroic. a survivor in china from a landslide.

skier and missing him just by >> all that. >> a firefighter is inside a building when he realizes he is on fire too. >> he is reported to suffer only minor burs. >> zach hodskins a walk-on for the florida gators just scored a basket. >> thousands of people witness the bright lights streak across the skies of california and nevada. the debris is from a russian rocket. >> is that santa claus? >> on "cbs this morning." we wish you a merry christmas we wish you a merry christmas and a happy new year >> randell gets up and punching! i love the holidays! announcer: this portion of "cbs this morning" sponsored by toyota.

welcome to "cbs this morning." charlie rose and gayle king are off but anthony maven and vason and vinita nair are here. a new poll shows more voters prefer donald trump than his three strongest rivals combined. the poll finds trump has 39% support and ted cruz is second with 18% and followed by ben carson and marco rubio at 10%. chris christie is fifth at 5%. >> the poll came out as trump defended using a rude worgar and only meant that clinton was beaten badly. major garrett in washington has reaction from both campaigns. major, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. yesterday, clinton brushed off trump's latest verbal barrage and described him as a bully and

who is proposed to ban all muslims from america has inspired and probably continue to inspire isis recruitments. >> his big theory and blustering and his bullying have become his campaign. >> reporter: hillary clinton in an interview with "the des moines register." was not surprised by donald trump's questionable use of this vulgar yiddish term. on the trail, clinton, instead, opted to attack trump's proposal to ban muslims from entering the u.s. and his unfiltered campaign style. >> it's not the kind of language somebody running to be the president of united states should be using. >> reporter: even one of trump's gop rivals, jeb bush, said the front-runner's attack strengthened's clinton's hand. >> she is great at being the victim, you know? the victimology status. not a sign of strength to insult people with profanity. >> reporter: trump's closest

showing momentum nationally and drawing within four points of trump in the latest quinnipiac poll. >> this is turning moror and more into a two-man race between donald trump and me. we are seeing the washington establishment in utter disarray because the american people are fed up with washington, they are fed up with being lied to. >> reporter: with cruz's climb in the polls has come increased excrete knee. this "the washington post" editorial cartoon depicting his children as holiday props this and this parody that features cruz and his children reading conservative christmas stories. >> i'll use my own and no one will be there. >> reporter: the candidate quickly denounced the cartoon demanding on twitter "the washington post" leave his children alone. stick with attacking me, he added his daughter are out of your league. "the washington post" defended the cartoon at first and said later it did not live up to its standard and

tweet calling the cartoon disgusting. last night the cruz campaign were sending out fund-raising e-mails asking for emergency contributions. the subject line read "they attacked my children." >> major, thank you. nearly a third of americans potentially severe weather. a line of powerful storms is targeting the southern u.s. they are capable of producing tornadoes and damaging winds. storms have already hit southwest louisiana. one man there was hurt when his trailer was torn apart. >> meteorologist danielle niles of our boston station wbz is tracking those storms and the potential for record-breaking temperatures along the east coast. >> reporter: good morning to you. lots going on weather wise. we have got warm, moist air out of the gulf of mexico and cold, dry air behind it and along that battle zone, storms firing up right now. that threat will continue today. the greatest risk stretching back down to nashville and memphis and little rock in there as well.

tornadoes, are likely to develop later on this afternoon and into tonight. record highs, meanwhile, from texas stretching to maine up and down the eastern third of the temperatures 30 degrees above the average. we should be in the upper 30s in boston and we will be 68 degrees tomorrow. 70s from new york city to philly. and 70s and 80s down across the southeast breaking records here as well and feeling more like spring than winter. >> danielle, thank you. iraqi forces are reporting progress in their battle to defeat isis fighters in the key city of ramadi. isis has been in control of ramadi west of baghdad since may. iraqi offensive is winning parts of the city amid fierce fighting. the army says it will regain control within days. michael morrell is a former cia deputy director and joins us now from washington. good morning. >> good morning. >> what is the significance, do

>> norah, i think this is a very significant fight that is going on for two reasons. one is what is being attacked here, which is ramadi, it's the capital of anbar province, the home to the majority of sunnis in iraq. it's only 60 miles from baghdad. the loss was embarrassing to the iraqi government earlier in the year and on the main series to jordan and this is an important target. secondly, who is doing the attacking. most of the gains in iraq have been done by shia militia and the kued. in this case we have the iraqi military working with sunni tribesmen so the test here could be a molged for themodel for the rest of the country so this is very important. >> what does it say about the iraqi army? >> it says the iraqis and united states believes that they are able to conduct this kind of fight. i think the iraqis may be a little optimistic here that this

the american military is saying being a little bit more cautious. we are talking about 300 isis fighters in a heavily contested downtown area. street-to-street fighting. this may take sometime. >> perception is, obviously, very obviously in all of this. how importants the perception thth isis is losing? >> i think that is one of the most important things here. isis has had the perception for over a year now that they are winning and that gets them recruits, both in iraq and syria, a a erseas. it g gs them money. so to the extent that we can begin to turn back that perception and take the momentum away from them, that will be really important. this could be a first step in that. mosul, which is the second largest iraqi city is the ultimate prize here. that comes next after ramadi. thank you. flags are flying at half-staff to honor a policeman

he is one of six members who died on monday. the attack by the suicide bomber wawathe deadliest on theheorces in afghanistan this year. margaret brennan is at the pentagon as we learn more about the victims. >> reporter: good morning. it has been a brutal christmas week for the families of those six fallen american servicemen killed in afghanistan. we spoke to the brother of one of the victi who called his sister a true leadad. air force target adrianna voerbruggan was killed in monday's attack. >> she is a hero. and i hope she is a hero to awful us, not just to me. >> reporter: older brother christopher said his trail blazing sister was charg with protecting the largest u.s. military base in afghanistan. >> he intentionally would go on these patrols with her, men, because she wanted to show them

asking them to do. >> reporter: she is one of the first openly gay female air force officers killed in action. she had long championed the repeal o othe militaryry don't't ask don't tell policy, a change that now makes her wife and son eligible for military >> reporter: on his first in afghanistan joseph lemm returned home to his wife and children but trammic end this week. the veteran of the new york city police department was member of the air national guard and killed by a taliban suicide bomber who drove a motorcycle packed with explosivesnto an air force patrol. peter taub was also killed. his mother runs this washington restaurant, now closed so she can mourn this horrible loss. the three otherairmen killed d

mcbride and louis bonacasa. the taliban has gained@strength since the end of the u.s. combat ssion and proudly released a a photo tuesday of the bomber they claimed killed the americans. today, u.s. and british forces e, once again, coming to the aid of tse struggling afghan army, which is trying to hold off a taliban takeover of a crucial helmand province jn the south of that country. >> a newly released document this morning shous how one of the san bernardino shooters helped the other to get a visa in the u.s. farook explains in his own words how he met and married malik. after several weeks of e-mailing each other they decided to together in saudi arabia in october 2013. they showed officials visa stamps to prove that theyoth went to mecca. one congressional critic says

required to get this type of visa. immigration sfgs said malik underwent several background checks but did not raise any flags. aaa estimates for the first time a hundred million americans will travel 50 miles over christmas and new year's. most will drive but nearly 6 million will get on a plane and they may not have a chance to avoid controversisi airport body scanners. officials tell cbs news the tsa is changing its passenger screening protocols. jeff pegues is at thth national airprpt outside of washington. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. tsa officials stepped up security after the paris attacks and feel this is another important change and it means more passengers will likely be funneled through those body scanners whether they like it or nono cbs news has learned that late last week, the transportation security administration quietly chchged body scanner prorocols

in this cument, tsa ofgsficials wrote they were updating the ability ofndividual to opt out of ait, advanced imaging technonogy, screening, in favor of physical screening. that now clears the way for the tsa to direct mandatory body scanning. over the years, the technology has evolved. those body scanners that some critics label strip searches which officials believes lessens privacy concerns. airport security has been under the microscope over the summer as a scathing inspector general report released general -- in some cases, cruising through tsa

it led to a security overhaul that tsa secretary jeh johnson talked about again just last week. >> in july, i gave the new administrator of tsa a ten-point plan for improving aviation security a airport screening domestically. that plan has been and is beingng implemented on schedule. >> reporter: those body scanners are extremely sensitive. the experts say they can pick up a handkerchief stuffed into your pocket whichch is why you have to take everything out of your pocket when you go through those body scanners. most importantly, the scanners can pick up nonmetallic explosives, the kinds that terrorists are trying to sneak on planes. a secret service this morning is investigating another embarrassing security lapse. this time a thief broke into an agenens car in broad daylight. the agenen from the president's protective division parked near

when he got back to the car 45 minutes later a bag was missing inside his car and the bag contained the agent's handgun, badge, i.d. card and radio and encrypted thumb drive. the secret service is not yet saying anything about the incident. a glimmer of hope for the survivors after a massive landslide buried a chinese industrial park three days ago. crews rescued a 19-year-old migrant worker this morning. he was buried for more than 60 hours. e state tv reports the man only suffered a broken hand and foot. some people were buried under possess feet 30 feet of debris and some are still missing. u.s. military is investigating what caused a mysterious light across the sky. peoplele across threeee state spototd the fireballll last night. u.s. strategic command said it was caused by russian space

anna werner is here with the details of the celestial light showow >> reporter: good morning. well, it wasn't a bird, a plane, it wasn't superman or even supergirl. no, it wasn't a meteor. but it could be seen for hundreds of miles. and appearar alarmingly close to those who got a glimpse. >> what is that? >> what is it? >> what is that? >> reporter: it was the midnight mystery, keeping people awake in parts of california, arizona, and nevada last night. a blazing bright light streaking across the sky. >> just all over facebook. ally wonder what it is. >> reporter: local news stations were baffled. >> we have b bn getting all kindd of phone calls. >> we are hearing reports of a bright fireball. >> but what is it? we still don't know. >> reporter: witnesses offered a variety of theories. >> could be an airplane. star? >> might be a meteor. >> might be santa claus? >> reporter: others just watched in amazement. >> wow!

>> reporter: according to u.s. strategic command which helps monitor thousands of items orbiting in space, the object was the remnant of a used russian rocket, one that may have helped launch a soy uz supply vehicle to dock this morning on the u.s. space station. >> every day hundreds of comets slam into the atmosphere but we are fortunate most of them are tracked and we can control to some extent what their characteristics willll be once it comes back to earth. >> reporter: the russian rocket is one of 16,000 space objects tracked by the joint operations center which had predicted thehe spacecraft would fall over arizona tuesday evening. it's unclear for how long the joint operation center knew about the rocket re-entry, as well as where any of the debris may have landed. many thought that reball was

shower which was also scheduled to appear last night. >> wow. really interesting. >> nice light show. >> until you know what it is, a little scary. >> exactly. the nfl is caught up in a new controversy. ahead why the nfl is facingew questions this morning about why it's not helping to fund a

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are you paying more moneyey for girls helmets than boyoy helmets? ahead, new evidence the products for women and girls have higher prices. a reminder norah is back in action tonight filling in for scott pelley on "cbs evening news." that is called a double dose of donald.

>> your local news is next. on average, it takes three hundred americans workrkg for a solid year,, to make as much money as one top ceo. it's called the wage gap. and the republicans will make it worse by lowering taxes for those at the top and letting corporations write thr own rules. hillary clinton will work to close the wage gap. equal pay for women to raise incomes for families, a higher minimum wage, lower taxes for the middle class. she e ts the job done for r .

journalists and crew had to run for cover when a pile of illegal fireworks started to go off without warning police had confiscated two tons while they invited the journalists to see how they were properly disposed of. an early round went off early and hence the explosion and running away. >> might be time for a new pr team. >> yeah. there you go. welcome back to "cbs this morning." this half hour a new contrtrersy over brain injuries in the nfl. the nfl denies it refused to pay for a study in a disease

we will hear from a reporter who says the league did object. how common is gender pricing? jill schlesinger will look at 800 products and how a major retail chain is responding this morning. >> we have plenty of questions for jill, don't we? >> we do. time to show you some of the morning's headlines from around the globe. the front page of "the washington post" has an investigation intoatal police shootings across the country this year. the article raises newew questions out whether thehe same officers are involved in incidents multiple times. it found 55 of those officers had previously fired their gunses in deadly on-duty shooting. an additionall 45 officers had nonfatal shootings. "the post" requested information on 743 deadly police shootings it has tracked throughout the year. "the new york times" reports on hacker. alonzo knowles is being held on bail in new york city. he allegegly gained access of actors and some of the material

videos and no victims were named. "the seattle times" reports on the washington governor's outrage over the mistaken early release of thousands of prisoners. washington freed up to 3,200 millllnsoo soon. governor jay inslee says they don't know if they committed additional crimes. the corrections department has known about the problem for three years. "wall street journal" reports that amazon wants to ly less on u.p.s. to deliver its packages. surging volume and rising costs have them looking at their options including making i own deliveries and relying more on the post office.. losing amazozobusiness would be a whoblow to u.p.s. you wonder how do they cover the shipping costs? they say that is the fastest growing g expense. espn says the nfl backed away from funding a new study of

autopsies have found theisease in dozens of retired football players. the national institutes of health announced tuesday it is funding the 6 million dollar study. demarco morgan is here with the nfl's sponse. >> reporter: none of that body from the nih will come from a 30 million dollar donation the league gave for these stoous but the nfl has denied espn's claim that the league cut ties with the study because the doctors spearheading it has been critical of the nfl. according to the espn report, the nfl pulled out of funding of boston university brain study after taking issue with its lead researcher dr. robert stern. >> it was clear they were expected to fund this study and they are not. >> reporter: he is an espn reporter and co-author of the article. >> the nfl rejected to him. they questioned whether he could remain impartial.

the nfl adamantly died the ticle's claim that t t nfl did not pull funding from the bu study and they wrote the nih makes all funding and nfl has no retow power. >> everyone who has been diagnosed with cte has one thing in common and a history of repetitive hits to the head. >> reporter: on study the doctor said the study is more important than the nfl. whether the nfl iss funding or not funding, that is really irrelevant to the work itself. we just want to get going. >> reporter: the 16 million dollar study is largely based on detecting chronic traumatic encephalopathy or cte, a brain disease in the living. during a "60 minutesb interview last month, roger goodell talked about the brain research donation to boston university. >> reporter: are you concerned about what they may find? >> no, we don't. >> reporter: you're sowing the seeds of your own destruction? >> no. we want fact. we think the facts will help us

that is why we are advancing medical research, that's why we are funding directly to boston university on some of this research. >> reporter: repetitive head trauma chokes the brain. >> reporter: espn's report comes just days before the release of "concussion" a movie about a nigerian born pathologist who came under fire from the league when he first diagnosed cte in a deceased football player in 2005. >> if it's shown that large number of players get the disease e will have a large impact on not only the sport itself but the business of professional football in this country. >> reporter: the ni irksnih releasese a statement saying the nfl is currenting funding eight ongoing studies in the area of traumatic brain injury. any questions about the donion from the nfl should be directed to the nfl. with just twohopping days

study shows a possible gender gap in pricing could be more widespread than many people think. the new york city department of consumer affairs revealed a sharp price gap between products aimed at women and girls versus men and boys. from toys to clothes and health care items the research shows an average costifference of about 7%. cbs news b biness analyst jill schlesinger is with us. >> good morning. >> this is an alarming study. not only are women paid less but it appears we have to pay more for the products we want to buy. >> this study was interesting. what they were trying to do is differentiate between something that is pretty much the same product and something that is really different. if you have a coo shirt with lots of ruffles and that iss marketed to women that is different than a straight-laced shirt for a man. they took all of these product categories and narrow it down and found pretty big different shals. >> specifically, let's talk about helmets and scooters. one helmet had a unicorn and one

was the one with the unicorn? >> okay. so unico you have to spent, get this? are you ady? about 28 bucks. you want a shark? it's $15. now let's say -- all right, i know that both of your kids could like both things no matter what the gender is. but if your daughter reallll wants that unicorn, then you're going to pay almost twice as much, right? if your son wants it also. but i think thproblem here is that we are reallyeeing these massive differentials essentially the same product. not in every category but in this specific category, it's the same with a helmet. >> we reached out to targrg about the findings here. scooters we are talking about there is a big price differential in. they blame a system error for that and other fdings they say a differenc in price can be rereted to proroction coststs or other factors. does that make sense? >> maybe. and sure, i'm going to believe them there are certain products that cost more to make for a boy

i remember whehe i was a kid and they had bicycles and bicycles were different. you had the bar across for the boy and the girls didn't. i thought the boys bike was cooler, no doubt and that was cheaper. it's a funny thing to come back and see these differentials. >> specifically, when you talk about production costs, let's talk about the scooter. here is the red, boy scooter is $24.99 and pink scooter, virtually the same! it's $50! it's a color differential. >> target says this is a system, coding error. okay, let's take it a face value and maybe it was and maybe it wasn't. what is interesting here there is real interesting pieces about the law. in new york city, miami-dade county and as well as in california, there are some differencess around the pricing of services. you can't differentiate around service. product, you can. that is a huge difference.

you know how to change this, ladies? buy the men's version! one says i boughten's body wash on wednesday and saved three bucks! >> go for it. >> we take our frustration our on anthony. >> i actually think there should be a movement and a hash tag when you're in the store and #the price differential for simimir products in this market for boys and transparency. >> women influence 73% of the income in households. >> i think we should be a much smarter shopper.

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revealing new comments about race in america and how it affects the nation's political debate. in an interview released this week, president obama says some

from being the nation's first black commander in chief. cbs news contributor and republican strategist frank luntzet a focus group for those comments here in studio 57. >> i think it's racist for him to feel as though he has to inject himself into every racial incident that happens in the united states, just because he is a bck president. >> i don't disagree with you and i definitely think it's important for people to take responsibility for themselves, but i do also think that there are certain systems within our society that have kind of stacked the odds againin people and i'm not saying thth gives anybody an excuse, but i think being aware that these things exist is really important for us as a community. >> nobody is denying that there is racism in america. there are divisions and divisiveness. we don't need to fuel that and inflame the compassion. >> is it going to be perfect? never going to bee perfect. >> hererwe go. we are going to answer that.

>> do you think it's gotten worse? why has it gotten worse? >> yes. >> the fights, the riots, people getting killed. >> i think unemployment has a lot to do with it also, because whether you're black or white, if you can't find a job i is just going to lead to problems. >> we easily identify all of our problems but we don't provide each other with the proper solutions to overcome them. we are so quick to label, i got there. instead of, you know, putting our nose to the grindstone and saving money. >> we have to learn how to take responsibility of our own self. and don'n'-- you can break the curse. you don't have to be with your mother if she was a crack head and your father was a drunk. you can break the curse and become better and want better. >> by extension you have to extend that to the muslim cocounity also and it'ss not about racism. it's about culture. it's about a culture where you speak up if you see something

>> a large percentage of the muslim population in new york city are african-american people. when trump comes out and attacks an entire religion, it just inflames a problem that is already burning. >> burning. >> instead of dousing it, do you know what i mean? he is throwing gasoline on it. >> the people are saying black lives matter but to me it seems like black lives matter only when they are killed by white cops. >> exactly. >> as someone who grew up in chicago a lot of this is black on black crime. >> absolutely. >> we need to be just as outraged about that and protest as much as we do when someone that is killed by a policeman. i also want to add and some of these people were in the wrong place at the wrong time doing the wrong thing at the wrong time. >> nobody is on tv telling young black people when the cops tell you something, don't fight them! >> exactly. >> don't fight! don't grab their gun in the car! >> don't do nothing like that. just cooperate. if you go to jail, you go to jail but i bet you won't die or you might not die.

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international ski federation is banning drones at world cup races after this dangerous mishap. a crashing drone narrowly miss this austrian skier hersher. the drone carried a tv camera for the broadcast crew. after learning about the near hit, thehe olympicic s sver medalist said this is horrible and can never happen again. that is really scary. really close. >> it's amazing he didn't look back. performance not that i could ever do that!

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it is wednesday, december 23rd, 2015. welcome back to "cbs this morning." more real news ahead, d including the medical challenges of the common @old. dr. tara narula explains why finding a cure is such a complicated process. but first, here is today's "eye opener" at 8:00. >> yesterday clinton brushed off trump's latest verbal barrage and described him as a bully, a dadaerous one at that. >> nearly a third of americans are in the path of severe weather. a line of storms is targeting the southern u.s. >> record highs meanwhile from texas stretching to maine, up and down the eastern third of the nation for christmas eve. >> isis has had the perception winning. to the extent that we can begin

take the momentum away fromm thememthat will be really important. >> officials stepped up security after the paris attacks. it means more passengers will likely be funneled through those body scanners, whether they like it or not. >> it wasn't a bird, a plane or even supergirl but it appeared alarmingly close to those who got a glimpse. >> you can't differentiate arou services. products you can. >> you know how to change this lady? buy the men's version. >> take all our frustrations out on anthony. >> and the reminder, norah is back in action tonight filling in for scott pelley on the "cbs that's called a double dose of o'donnell. >> i'm norah o'donnell with anthony mason n d vinititnair. charlie and gayle are off. donald trump remains the clear leader in the republican presidential race as he defends hillary clinton. a new poll this morning shows

18%. ben carson and marco rubio tie for third at 10% with chris christie at 5%. >> trump lashed out at critics last night saying there's nothing wrong with the yiddish slang he used to describe clinton's 2008 defeat. he wrote in a series of tweets, it's not vulgar, it meant got beatat badly. it is a shame that the biased media is so able to so incorrectly define a word for the public when they know that the definition is wrong. clinton told "the des moines register" she deplores the tone of trump's campaign. >> nothing really surprises me anymore. i don't know that he has any boundaries at all. and his bigotry, hisis bluster, his bullying have become his campaign. >> campaigning in iowa, clinton didn't mention trump's language directly, but she did refer to it when a young girl asked what shshwas going to do about bullying. >> what are you going to do

i have asthma, and occasionally i've heard people talking behind my back aboutut not wanting to be near me because i have asthma. i mean, people, it's not contagious. >> you are looking at somebody that's had a lot of terrible things said about me. luckily i'm old enough that it doesn't particularly bother me, but i can't imagine what it's today's world where that's coming at you all the time. so i do think we all have to speak up and speak out about trying to create an atmosphere where bullying is not appropririe. that's why it's important to stand up to bullies wherever they are and why we shouldn't let anybody bully his way into the presidency. >> trump isn't the only candidate who is bashing the press this morning. ted cruz is angry with "the washington post" editorial cartoon. it showed him as an organ grinder using his daughters as

cruz tweeted classy, "the washington post" makes fun of my girls, stick with attacking me. marco rubio tweeted wash post cartoon featuring ted cruz's children is disgusting. the post saying the kids are fair game is even worse. it was inspired by a cruz campaign ad showing cruz and his mily reading conservative christmas stories. >> the whole family will enjoy reading stories like the grinch who lost her e-mails. >> i know what i'll do she said with a snicker, i'll use my own and no one will be the wiser. >> the post defended the cartoon but later retracted it saying it did not live up to the paper's standatds. the cruz campaign sent out fund-raising e-mails under the subject line "they attacked my children." kentucky's new governor has issued a controversial executive order to remove county clerk's names from marriage licenses. the decision is inspired by

she refused to issue marriage licenses last summer because same-sex relationships conflict with her relelious beliefs. glory. his people have rallied and you are a strong people. jail. she was released when she promised not too interfere whenn her deputy clerks issued marriage licenses. >> before the governor's order, davis spoke to the associated press. she said, quote, if i could be remembered for one thing, it's that i was not afraidd to not compromise myself. the american civil liberties union is opposed to the governor's order. it says the executive action has added to the cloud of uncertainty that hangs over marriage licensing in kentucky. ahead of this year's big holiday weekend at the movies, "forbes" is out with its annual list of what it calls the most overpaid actors. johnny depp is number one. the magazine estimates that for every dollar he is paid, his pictures only make $1.20. denzel washington comes in

his movies make $6.50 for every dollar he earns. will ferrell is close behind at $6.80. the actor that gets the best ba for the buck it's chris evans. in a year when studios are under scrutiny for a pay gap between the sexes, the rest of the top five of all women. mila kunis, scarlett johansson, gwyneth paltrow and emma stone all made that list. >> i'm not sure i'd want to be on that list. >> on the overpaid list. >> exactly. >> no. we spend more than $7 billion a year on drugstore medicines and remedies for the common cold. dr. tara narula is in our toyota

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narula shows us the challenges of finding a cure. tara, good morning. >> good morning. the symptoms of what we call the common cold haveeen documented for thousands of years, but even with advances in medicine, creating a vaccine or cure is more complicated than you think. a runny nose, sneezing, coughing, headache and sore throat typically lead to a self-diagnosis of the common cold. and while the symptoms are annoyingly clear, the prevention and cures are not so obvious. about 200 different viruses cause the common cold. the viruses latch onto cells on the back of your throat and multiply, attacking your se, throat and airways. >> the common cold doesn't kill anybody. >> reporter: dr. jeffrey linder says for now treating your body's reaction to the virus is your only defense. >> my three go-to things for the common cold are rest,, fluidss and then an analgesic and fever-reducing medicine like tylenol or ibuprofen tends to

>> drug stores offer hundreds of medidines and remedies for the common cold. they come in the form of tablets, liquids or syrups. last year consumers spent over $7 billion on these products. while they may offer some relief, there stills no cure for the common cold in sight. >> i hate to be a downer about not having a cure for the common cold, but there's a number of reasons. >> he says pharmaceutical companies would haha to invest a loloof time and money, because there are so many different viruses. the potential drug would have to have a near perfect safety profile. >> people don't die from it, so you'd haha to have something that's inexpensive, effective and doesn't cause harm on its own. >> drug companies have tried to produce a cure, but turns out the side effects were worse than e cold itself. dr. anthony fouchi says it would be nearly impossible to prevent the hundreds of different viruses.

against one or two or three of them is almost follied. the odds are your vaccine i not going to be doing a pretty good job of protectingyou. >> for most ofof us, a cold is often more annoying than dangerous, but the elderly, children and those with weak immune systems or chronic lung disease can suffer serious consequences, even deaea from the cold. dr. foucci and his researchers are focusing on viruses that are more dangerous. >> we tend not to think about the cureref the cold, we think about taking individual viruses and determining whether it's feasible or possible to be able to develop a cure. >> finding a cure or vaccine for the many common cold viruses is not a top priority for the major pharmaceutical companies, so if you're suffering from a cold this holiday season, it's best rest and maybe eatome of grandma's chicken soup.

little bit of a cold. >> that's right, unfortunately. >> but i think this is an important story because i i think the incncnation is to go get antibiotics. >> absolutely, and that's not the right thing to do. >> we've heard you talk about what happens if you do that too often. >> unless it progresses to a bacterial infection, which it can, bututor most people it's not right to jump to antibiotics. >> we hope that you feel better, dr. tara narula, thanks so much. could a popular snack f f your kids bring hassles at the airport? ahead, peter greenberg shows us the secrets of making your holiday travel easier. plus the youngoman at the center of a murder mystery. who killed her, one of the three men in love with her. that's next on "cbs this morning." meet me in the morning when you wake up announcer: this portion ofs cbs "morning rounds"

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hawkeye fans heading to pasadena should expect to see an unprecedented amount of security at the rose bowl and rose parade. parade.sporting events all

secuty following the san bernardino and paris attacks, this year, pasadena police are teaming up with not only the f-b-i, but also homeland security, and the l-a county sheriff's office.the entire pade route will be lined with security cameras, and about a dozen n rapids rereonse teams will be on stand by.in the end, police say spectators could be the first line of defense, they say if you're there and see something suspcious, say something. hawkeye fans are hyped for that rose bowl game -- but getting to pasadena could cost a fortune.forbes says the average ticket on secondary markets is now around 700- dollars.that price is more than double the next bowl game -- including both college football playoff semi-finals. they say it's from pent up demand from iowa hawkeye fans -- who haven't seen the hawks in pasadede in a quarter century. cbs 2 news will have complete coverage of the big game.be sure to tune in all next week for special reports from zach hanley and me.and don't miss our 30-minute special which

6:30 right here on cbs 2.it will air again new year's day morning at 7-30 on our sister station, fox 28. a new national cnn-o-r-c poll released this morning shows s donald trump is widening his lead.the poll shows him receiving 39-percent support, which doubles that of ted cruz, who has 18-percent. behind those two, ben carson and marco ruo are tied at 10- percent. and that paints a different picture of the race, compared to a naonal quinnipiac poll that was released just yesterday.that had trump's support at 28-percent, with a lead of only foururpercentata points.florida senator marco rubio rounds out the top three with 12-percent. don't forget -- cbs 2 connects with you - call cbs 2 if you see news happen.800 222 kgan. you can also email tips, pictures, and even video --to news -- at cbs 2 iowa dot com. that's a quick look at your wednesday morning news.get more news anytime online - at cbs 2 iowa dot com!have a

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look how busy it is in the airport. morning." this half hour, how to avoid some of the biggest travel headaches this year. peter greenberg says how looking the opposite way can pay off at the airport. one of the most admired symphony conductors welcomed seth doane into his tokyo he and see how he eard the respect of ameririn music lovers and major league baseball. that's ahead time to show you some of the morning's headlines from around the glob hollywood reporter says steve

embarrassing mistake this year at this year's pageant. on monday he announced the wrong winner. he denies the mistake was staged for ratings. he says harvey felt terrible about mix-up and he was devastated in the dressinin room after. north dakota is reported to be the fastest growing yearstate e r the year that ended in july. much came to attract out o state residents who are younger and despite economic slowdown despite drop inil prices. others on the list include colorado, , shington, d.c., neneda, andnd florida. they have been the fastest growing state the last four years. the seattle times reports on starbucks raking in money with its gift card. last christmas eve, 2.5 million cards were sold in the u.s. and canada and it projects the top

the company says me than 25 bi@lion dollars has been loaded on totarbucks gift cardsince they were l lnched a decade and a half ago. this year starbucks is offering a limited edition car encrusted with crystals and comes loaded. >> it's report a one-handed college basketball player sank the first basket of his career. university of florida zach hodskins made it to the team as

last night he drove and s doesn't even watch movies. >> that reviewer is not going to have a lot of fans. americans are packing their bags this morning for a long holiday weekend. more than 100 million people are hitting the roads, rails, or sky to get to their destination. it is the seventh straight year of holiday travel growth. more than 9090 of travelers will drive. the falling price of gas makes that a popular option. the national average could drop even lower, below $2 a gallon by christmas. cbs news traveve editor peter greenberg is here with his insider's secret. peter, good morning. >> insider's secret, you got it. >> 91 million people on the road this holiday season. >> gas at a all-time low and christmas and new year's on a saturday and january 3rd, do not drive on that sunday.

year's day because everybody is just recovering. >> what about driving on christmas eve? >> not a bad idea this year, everybody is trying to get out yesterday and today so it might be lighter tomorrow. >> talk about flying. so many are flying. you say if you get to the airport early, donon go to the departure level. >> exactly. if you're leaving on an early morning flight and you should leave on an early morning flight at all times and you have an airport with an upstairs or downstairs, the upupairs is a zoo. don't go there. early morning flight have your friends or taxi drive you off at the arrival level because nobody is arriving at 7"00 and you'll say 10 to 15 minutes in traffic. >> have your ticket down is in there. >> take the escalator downstairs and you're not stuck in traffic. >> i do that when i get picked up. >> you're in reverse. have people pick you up in the departure because nobody is ththe. arrival area is crazy at that point with the police dogs and nobody allowed to park to pick anybody up. >> i had this question myself. what about gifts, wrapped gifts.

security area? >> you can but i don't suggest it and security officers will probably open those e fts if they have any concerns. take a picture of everything you put in that bag that you checked in. >> they are changing screening prototols requiring everybody to go through scanners. how much delay will that cause? >> they are not allowing the prechecked people to go through scanners but the o oers, yes. there will be delays and a lot of people want to opt out and start conversations and may lead to arguments could be prepared for longer lines. >> what about food, pies, snacks for yr kids? >> thehe 311 rules are still confusing. the tsa determines jelly and peanut butter and jam and maple syrup.

because situations strict interpretation of those rules so better get the pbj aer you go rough security. after getting frustrating it's taking to long to get your checked-in bag. >> when you get that bag, you're so happy to see it, what do you o? grab it and run away. no. take an extra two minutes and open that bag at the carousel. people who steal luggage don't steal luggage but items from the luggage and you better find out right then and there. >> what is your favorite app in terms of checking travel? >> flight view is detailed tracking on the flight. the other one i love is called just landed and tells your friends when to leave to pick you up >> that isismart! >> that is. >> master of classical music but seiji ozawa has another passion. it's fenway park. >> i look at the television and usually baseball is longer than concerts. so i ask the driver, okay, let's

then i go.

conductor seiji ozawa was born in japan and became one of the america's greatest composers. seth doane visited the maestro in tokyo where they looked at his career. >> reporter: t t conductoto of course, does not make a sound. but is responsible for every note heard. and for more than half a century, world renowned tokyo conductor seiji ozawa. a genius? not if you ask him. it's just hard work. 1951 what you were studying this morning? >> yeah. i was re-studyin reporter: throughout most of

5:00 a.m. reading music. even on the day we met at the age of 80, he had been studying a pucchini opera. >> you cannot make telephone calls any more. >> reporter: you study other parts of his life? >> right. >> reporter: these are marks that you're making? >> yeah. >> reporter: at his tokyo home, he gave us a glimpse off the complexity a conductor sees on the sheet music. >> this is this part. this is the wing part. this is percussisi part. >> reporter: you have to almost imagine what this all sounds like? >> exactly. >> reporter: rehearsal, he says, is the most important part. >> if everything goes well, sometimes that happen, you know? on stage and with me and that moment moment. >> repororr: there have been countless such unforgettable

long career which took him from tokyo to chicago and on to toronto and san francisco. then he spent 29 years in boston as the music director of the boston symphony orchestra, hence, the jacket. >> i love watching red sox. >> reporter: he showed us around his tokyo neighborhood. you're a regular here? >> yeah, yeah. >> reporter: at his favorite noodle shop, his picture is up on the wall next to some sumo wrestlers. how did you balance your conducting with your love of sports? >> boston symphony is almost walking distance from fenway baseball. >> reporter: from m nway park? >> yeah. so end of the concert, i look at the television and usually baseball is longer than concert. so i ask the driver, okay, let's go and then i go. >eporter: you leave the concert hall. >> and go to to the last one or two innings and i can watch the red sox.

sports that changed his career, really.. as pointnt out by no less than president obama. >> thank you so much. >> reporter: at a white house event celebrating the kennedy center honorees. >> as a teenager in tokyo, an aspiring classical pianist named seiji ozawa defied his mother's orders and joined a rugby match. lookokg at you, seiji, i i not sure that was a good idea. he broke two fingers and that put an end to his piano playing career. but, fortunately, for the rest of us, it's opening up the d dr to a career as aconductor. >> reporter: at a busy cafe, he told us it was his piano teacher who first suggested ozawa become a conductor, whatever that meant. >> those days, no television yet. so i never saw orchestra. i never saw conductor. so i did not know what to say.

fellow at the preststious music center in the berkshires. though, he spoke little english, he made quite an impression. his first "the new york times" review appeared that same summer and saying with his talent, xot exotic good looks and flareir and good looks he will go far. he was born into a japanese family and then occupied china or man, which huka in present day shuwan. did you always love classical music as a child? >>ys. >> reporter: the family moved back to japan after the war. you grew up in working class family. >> right. >> reporter: i read that you had to mow your teacher's lawn because you weren't paying for the classes, is that true? >> that's right. no money in my house.

it was a fight with cancer and a tumble this summer which kept him in japan to recuperate w wh family. in september, he took the stage for a special 80th birthday concert, where he conducted in front of family andfriends. when with you're conducting, you seem to be very expressive. you almost seem to speak with your eyes. >> i think you're right. you know, i was busy with the pine piano and rugby,@so my english was zero. i tell you because my language so bad, i think when i conduct. i have to use picture and eyes. reporter: today, he loves passing on his knowledge to the next generation and says kids make great audiences because you know right away if they are

after decades of conducting, he says his favorite piece of music is usually whatever he is studying at the moment. >> i must almost fall in love with this piece, otherwise -- between piece and me, not so goodod and those are just less paper. and then when we play, we play and become lifefe and t tdo that, my energy must feel almost similar to the composer who wrote this. >> reporter: you want to breathe life into it? >> yes. that happens, that good. >> reporter: when it goes just right, he says, a symphony can make magic.c. >> money. >> reporter: and one more thing. he wanted to show us something special before we left.

an impmptant document was this. >> this is american nationality. >> reporter: wow. lifetime pass! >> lififime pass! >> reporter: his two loves, sport and music, can cut across boundaries and transcend language and unify, and both also require some talent and a lot of hard work. for "cbs this morning," i'm seth doane in tokyo. >> he is terrific. >> i love watchinghim. he is thrilling to watch and i love when he asked his drive to ta him to the ballpark after a concert. >> another good part of the red sox nation.

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9:00/8:00 central. >> it's that time of the morning and to see an adorable animal. a wild sea otter and her newborn pup are bringing holiday joy to california's m mterey bay aquarium. ononhe edge of the bay it allows sea life to escape the rough ocean during storms. the mom is hanging out more often than usual and they spotted the belly onaby on her belly on sunday. they are splitting the time between the bay and the pool. >> aw!

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