key city of ramadi. >> and hoverboard is sending people to the hospital and common hoverboard mistake putting parents on their back. we begin this morning with a look at today's "eye opener." your world in 90 seconds. like bombs going off! and only thing i could do was just pray. >> devastation. total devastation. >> a deadly trail leaves a storm of destruction. >> texas was especially hit hard. at least 11 people were killed from tornadoes. missouri declaring a state of emergency. >> blizzards in three southern states. >> iraqi forces insisting they have control of ramadi from issuing sis predicting liberation of mosul next. >> in chicago, police mistakely shot 55-year-old bettie jones and she was waiting for officers to respond to a domestic disturbance. >> why do you have to shoot and ask questions later? it's ridiculous! >> it's a joke. it's a friggin' joke.

against accusations he took growth hormones. >> they are saying his wife received hgh in 2011 and now he is recanting any such statements. >> devastating flooding in the united kingdom. rescue crews are using rafts to save people. >> a car plows into a convenience store outside of the new york police say the driver lost control and one man was struck. >> falls on it and recovers game over! the panthers undefeated season comes to a halt. >> the patriots win the toss whyin overtime and they elect to kick justify and the jets say win. >> eric decker with a touchdown. jets win in overtime. >> a celebration. this poor dude missed his connecting flight. >> stephen, i want to know -- >> i'm having an intimate moment

is this sunday? >> it's sunday. >> then it must be "face the nation." >> well done. announcer: this portion of "cbs this morning" sponsored by toyota. let's go places. that was sunday. this is monday. welcome to "cbs this morning." i'm jeff glor with margaret brennan. charlie rose and norah o'donnell and gayle king are off. good to see you. merry christmas. >> merry christmas. >> happy holidays and new year's. all of that. >> the celebrations continue. we start with violent storms moving across the country are pounding states with a deadly combination of weather. it is a storm system that stretches from new mexico to kentucky. more than 40 people have died. several tornadoes tore apart communities. other areas are seeing whiteout blizzard conditions. >> there is also widespread

rivers going weather hit this mobile home. her father, neighbors say, tried to save her life. >> that's when we realized that he was running across the road with his baby! he begged, please, and he handed me to her. >> mrs. heatley hid in her closet as a tornado tore through her garland neighborhood. >> no way to go downstairs. i stayed in my closet all night long shaking like a leaf on a tree.

people were injured and homes damaged, emergency crews spent the day looking for survivors who may be trapped under debris. >> it's all right. >> reporter: mike girard shows his wife nancy their home for the first time since they both lived through the tornado. >> we were on our patio in the back of the house. >> what was that? >> that was the ceiling falling in. >> reporter: their home of 25 years which was paid off and is insured is likely a total loss. you heard what they always say is that train, right? >> there was no freight train here. it was unmistakable. that's what they say you hear and it's true. >> reporter: nancy, are you okay? >> no! my boys grew up in this house! >> we don't know what to do! we went from happy to homeless in a minute. >> reporter: not far from where i am is the city's water tower and it can be seen for miles as you approach the city of rowlett. this morning, it may collapse

in the storm. the water has been drained from that water tower and it it will be inspected later today. 6,000 people are without power this morning and the city is cut off. police are protecting every entrance. no one is allowed in except people who live here. >> david begnaud in rowlett. the winter storm is delivering a winter blast to multiple states. it's targeting new mexico and texas and oklahoma with dangerous blizzard conditions in places. meteorologist mike sidle of the weather channel is in amarillo, texas. they could see a foot of snow there. good morning, mike. >> reporter: good morning. and historic storm for parts of eastern new mexico and western texas. in new mexico, they had as much as two feet of snow and eight-foot drifts. here in texas, two hours south of here lubbock picked up 11 inches and largest snowfall on record and now the snowiest december on record. keep in mind they only average about 8 inches of snow an entire season.

wind gusts as high as 82 miles an hour and causing blowing and drifting and shutting down many roadways including interstate 40 westbound and there is the amarillo sign. you can't go from here to the new mexico state line. i-40 interstate to oklahoma city is shut down and 287 to childress is closed because of the wind and the blowing snow. the winds are now beginning to diminish. yesterday, we gusted upward of 50 miles an hour for numerous consecutive hours. this morning, the winds are gusting 30 to 35 here in amarillo amarillo. by this afternoon, dropping off remarkly to about 5 to 10 miles an hour. they hope to get the interstates back open sometime this morning. the fourth warmest december on record in amarillo until yesterday and that is changing now and may not get above freezing for the rest of december. jeff, back to you. >> wow. mike, thank you very much. mark strassmann is in el reno, oklahoma, a treacherous

that state without power. mark, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. i'm standing a half hour west of oklahoma city and the full blast of winter with snow blowing, cutting powerful wind has knocked down this pourwer line. an inch or two thick of ice around this. the state has been blasted the last 24 hours with blizzards in the west and flooding in the east. an ice storm cut signs and power lines overnight. utility crews worked to restore power to thousands. in the texas pathnhandlepanhandle, snow is blowing and drifting. >> the roads across the state of texas especially north of i-10 remain in a perilous condition. >> reporter: a state of

mexico after a blizzard conditions moved through the eastern part of the state. roswell received close to 16 inches of snow. nearly 400 miles of interstate 40 from albuquerque, new mexico, to the texas state line has been shut down. >> i was coming through here because i figured it would be better! but, apparently, not. >> reporter: these truckers driving on i-40 were stopped near albuquerque. some of their rigs were rerouted and parked at the state fairground. >> it's better than being in the weeds, you know? you could be on the side of the road. >> reporter: southeastern oklahoma is saturated with more than 8 inches of rain falling on sunday. >> we are known for getting like 40 inches a year. we got a fourth of that this weekend. so it's a crazy year. >> reporter: as if these wintry conditions weren't miserable enough, the state is also had three earthquakes over the last day.

came just 17 miles north of oklahoma city. jeff? >> mark strassmann, thank you very much. missouri is under a state of emergency this morning because of these weekend storms. floodwaters are blamed for at least eight deaths across the state. rain over the weekend boosted st. louis to its wettest year on record. volunteers filled sandbags to keep the rising water away from homes and parts of missouri could see 3 more inches of rain today. the size of the storm is slowing down air travel. airlines have cancelled more than 650 u.s. flights so far this morning. more than 165 others are delayed. meteorologist danielle niles of our boston station wbz is tracking more potential for severe weather. danielle, good morning. >> reporter: jeff, good morning to you. it is going to be an active weather day. a color map. not the colors you want to see, though. winter storm warnings and winter weather advisories from texas to new england. flash flood warnings in parts of ongoing to missouri and a tornado watch is in effect for

so this is the greatest risk of severe weather today from the florida panhandle stretching back in through tennessee as these lines of thunderstorms spread east, clusters of damaging wind and isolated tornadoes possible. through the evening hours, the snow ramps up along with ice. all the way from the midwest stretching east to new england tomorrow with a burst of snow changing over to sleet and then rain. snowfall togetherstals over a foot in iowa and stretching to wisconsin. a sloppy inch and two around boston but the highest total in northern new england is a good change because ski resorts will be open tomorrow. the u.s. military congratulated iraq on the process it's making in the liberating the key city of ramadi. that capital has been controlled by isis since may, but now iraqi forces say they control most of the city. iraqi troops are walking freely in the streets after their assault that lasted all weekend.

that isis may have left behind. debora patta is tracking that tough fighting from london. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the iraqis declared victory in ramadi after pushing isis out of a key government complex. the ministry source tells us they are still facing pockets of resistance. iraqi troops are taking over ramadi street-by-street. but progress has been hampered because the area is rigged with explosives. the offensive began six days ago and it has been a tough fight. there is gun battles raging as iraqi soldiers pushed that i way into the heart of the city near targets and seizing back the main government compound. this is a far cry from when the iraqis suffered a humiliating defeat in ramadi and shown fleeing the city after isis captured this in may. it demonstrates a force that is capable of defeating isis on the

security contributor and former cia deputy director michael morrell. >> this is the first time the iraqi government has retaken territory from isis. so it's significant in terms of the iraqi government finally getting its act together. >> reporter: recapturing ramadi will not only be a psychological boost for the iraqi military. the city is also in a key geographical location 60 miles west of baghdad on a strategic road that leads into syria. the government's next major target will be the northern city of mosul, the most dense depopulated area under isis control. ramadi really is a case of seizing back mossle which remains a big prize for the iraqi troops. regaining control in mosul deprives isis of a major source of funding and influence. >> debora patta thank you. tensions high again in chicago after another deadly police shooting. a confrontation inside an apartment building early saturday morning left two people dead.

there is angry reaction to the latest in a string of killings. anna, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jeff. chicago police admit one of their officers mistakenly shot and killed 55-year-old bettie jones while responding to a domestic disturbance involving a 19-year-old neighbor with a baseball bat. >> i used to watch the news daily and i would grieve for other mothers, other family members, and now, today, i'm grieving myself. when do it come to an end. >> reporter: janet cooksy says her 19-year-old son was honors student studying in engineering and recently dealing with mental health issues. family called police to the home early saturday because the teen was threatening his father with a baseball bat.

combative. >> reporter: 55-year-old bettie jones, a mother of five, lived in the same building. she was reportedly waiting for police to respond, then was shot along with legrier. police admitted she was, quote, accidentally struck and tragically killed but relatively jamaal cole said sunday? >> right now the compassion toward suffering of families experiencing injustice throughout our city. >> reporter: the frustration felt by this community comes amid protests over a string of deadly police shootings. video released recently showed the death of 17-year-old laquan mcdonald, shot by officer jason van dyke 16 times in october of 2014. the officer faces criminal charges. on sunday, mayor rahm emanuel called for a review how police are trained to respond to mental health issues in a kris. but family, friends, and local religious leaders holding a

legrier, are asking for intervention from the white house. >> we hoping to hear from the president. president obama, we are under siege. >> reporter: now that shooting was one of two separate police-involved shootings on saturday. the review board is investigating both, while the justice department continues to investigate whether chicago police used deadly force appropriately. >> tough story. thank you, anna. the trump effect is sending more ripples along the campaign trail this morning. donald trump used a sunday talk shows to focus on hillary clinton. brushing aside his gop rivals. clinton rival bernie sanders criticized trump's tactics but says trump's own supporters are his ally. major garrett is in washington following the campaign talks. major, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. donald trump hasn't been seen in public for days, but he remainses a campaign presence. continuing his feud with hillary and bill clinton, while drawing

sanders. >> i'm winning and i'm beating everybody. and in my opinion beating hillary is easier than beating these people. >> reporter: by that, trump means other republicans. he still hasn't won one contest. but trump is already plotting a general election run against hillary clinton. >> i tell you what, if you have another four years of like, a hillary. that mentality and thinking, we are not going to have a country left. >> reporter: after enduring criticism of sexism from hillary clinton's camp, trump threatened to revive debate over bill clinton's impeachment and revisit other clinton sex scandals. on twitter, trump used hillary's own words to describe husband bill. allegeding, quote, he has demonstrated a penchant for sexism and adding without a whiff of irony, so inappropriate. trump said bill's past is fair game. >> he is fair game because his presidency was really considered to be very troubled, to put it

she is talking to me about. >> reporter: clinton hasn't responded to trump's broad side but on sunday, her democratic rival bernie sanders accused trump of frustrating voters and offering anger and vulgarity and bad policy. >> i think what trump has done successfully, i would say is take that anger, take that anxiety about terrorism, and say through a lot of people in this country, look, the reason for our problemsnd cut of 2700 to middle income earners. >> major, thank you. peyton manning says he will

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your local news is next. welcome back to "cbs this morning." it is very hard to get around right now in in the morning texas. there is devastation following days of violent storms. severe weather is blamed for at least 43 deaths the past week in multiple states. david begnaud is in rowlett, texas, outside of dallas, where a huge tornado demolished or

weekend. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jeff. i want to give you an idea of what one area looks like. harbor drive, there are homes for a good, i would say, 400 yards damaged or destroyed including the one behind me. it collapsed almost like a set of pancakes. four people were inside this home, we are told. three of them had to be pulled out by rescuers and are in the hospital this morning. a fourth person was able to get out on their own. you have more homes. you have this one that was flattened. this one is still up but the damage, we are told, is nearly a total loss. as you continue crossing over the wires down the street, there are more homes that are either damaged and/or destroyed. in the city of rowlett alone, 23 people were hurt and 600 homes were damaged or destroyed but no one was killed. in the nearby city of garland, eight people were killed. we are talking about an explosion of tornadoes. they say at leasts nine, there was only one that rolled through garland and row lett and it

i want to give you an idea of what neighbors say really astounds them. on friday the weather christmas day was in the 70s. by saturday, it was the deadly tornadoes. this morning, they are seeing rain and snow in the dallas metroplex. >> wow. >> reporter: jeff? >> david, wow. thank you. time to show you some of this morning's headlines. "wall street journal" says the air force is taking a new approach to filling increased demand for drone pilots because of the rise of isis. it's now allowing enlisted personnel, not just officers, to pilot some drones for surveillance and reconnaissance. the limited group of air force drone operators is causing retention, moral and training issues. "the washington post" looks at colleges loosening penalties for testing positive for marijuana. associated press investigation compared today's pshted to those ten years ago. it found at least one-third of the power five conference

for pot users and msome athletes are even allowed positive tests reason enhanced video shows a leak first discovered in october at a facility in the southern california community of porter ranch. thousands were forced to relocate. workers discovered the site of the leaking well over the webleged weekend and repair could take until march. a shopping mall, video from inside the maul showed chaos with people running away from fights that broke out on saturday night. outnumbered police cleared everyone out. instead of making arrests, the mall reopened sunday with extra security. "the new york times" says hollywood turns to the past to find this year's block busters. the most notable? "star wars: the force awakens" has earned a billion dollars. a billion dollars!

one day faster than "jurassic world" that reawakened that 20-year-old movie. good morning. the allegations against manning come from a former intern at a clinic manning attended for rehab in 2011. the source has since recanted his entire story. but the five-time mvp isn't taking any chances, going on the offense and even hiring a former

the potential fallout. peyton manning vehemently denies using human growth hormone to recover trkofrcover from a neck injury in 2011. that guy is charlie sly. manning underwent four surgeries includeing a neck fusion operation that caused him to miss the entire 2011 season. in an eight-month under cover investigation by al jazeera into the world of drugs and professional sports, sly claims manning and other top athletes

>> all the time we would be sending ashley manning drugs like growth hormone, florida. it would never be under peyton's name. >> the statements on any recordings or communications that al jazeera plans to air are false and incorrect. he was an intern there for three months in 2013, two years after manning was a patient. manning's current and former teams are rushing to his defense. the denver broncos say they support him 100%. his former team the indianapolis colts called the claimed utterly ridiculous saying manning never took any shortcuts and it would absurd to suggest that he took

manning has built a flawless and valuable reputation. shattering records and winning a super bowl ring. accusations like this could tarnish that image. >> his reputation means everything to him. this is the sort of thing that could put his career -- you know, just put some questions about all the things he's accomplished. >> al jazeera declined to comment on the questions surrounding its documentary but says it stands by the reporting. other athletes have been implicated. all have denied the allegations. >> it's an odd story all the way around, to when it was released -- i'm not sure i've ever seen him that aggressively angry. >> thanks. the new york jets are celebrate ago huge win that could send them to the playoffs

new england patriots. >> heads is the call. heads is the call. it is heads. you want to kickoff? that way. >> which way do you want to receive? where do you want to receive at? that way? just like this. new england wins the toss. they elected to kick. >> there was some confusion here. the patriots did something that almost never happens. they won the coin toss going into overtime and decided to kick the ball to give the jets a chance to score which they did. jets ran down the field and ryan fitzpatrick's touchdown to eric decker they win the game. after the game, coach bill belichick said his captain made the right call, even though matthew slater of the patriots appeared to be a little bit confused there. the jets will clench now a wildcard spot next sunday if they beat the bills and their old coach rex ryan in buffalo. >> you have a fun time watching that game last night, jeff? >> i enjoy the fact that the bills won yesterday. they are not going to be in the

game should be interesting because then we could see a pats/jets rematch in the playoffs. >> could be interesting. >> yes. >> for new england. this part of the country, heavily -- let's take you to another part of the country. three men accused of leading a christmas eve case across the gulf of mexico are locked up in southwest florida this morning. the coast guard brought the stolen boat and the three suspects back to shore on sunday. the men were caught 65 miles west of cuba on christmas morning. the pursuit covered 345 miles. it took 20 hours for local and federal authorities to catch up with them. one of america's most popular toys is bringing buyers down to earth. >> i'm ben tracy in los angeles. the hoverboard was one of the hottest gifts of the holiday season and a lot of adults saw their kids do this and thought,

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a consistent, principled, and effective leader. building a future to believe in. sanders: i'm bernie sanders and i approve this message. hoverboards were a best seller over the holidays. shoppers snapped them up in spite of fire warnings and the possibility of injury. some parents just couldn't pass up the chance to give them a spin. cell phone video captures the results that could be funny, but also painful for many. ben tracy is going to show us the spills and falls people are sharing on social media. >> piece of cake! >> reporter: it's the gift that keeps on giving. especially for kids enjoying seeing their parents hop on their hoverboards and finding themselves cruising for a

>> watch your toes! >> reporter: in social media videos, helmets and knee pads are nowhere in sight so when many parents go down, it does not end well. this teenager tweeted my dad sprained his arm riding the hoverboard this morning. merry christmas. florida congressman carlos carbello showed a picture of his arm in a sling saying hoverboards are for kids. my daughter got it. i ended up in the e.r. many are finding the thrills are not worth the frills. this one had a hard time getting into the swing of thing and one reason the #hoverboardfails has none gone viral. just before christmas, the u.s. consumer product safety commission reported the number of injuries associated with hoverboards has spiked 35%. that is expected to rise dramatically in the post-holiday tally and worry some safety experts.

doesn't have to meet any safety requirements in its way to findingity way to the u.s. market. >> reporter: nathan sells the boards at a mall and says he doesn't think people know they are self-balancing scooters. >> they are trying to balance themselves and do this and really, stop. chill out. just stand straight up. it balances for you. >> reporter: he showed me the proper way to board the board. >> try to stand straight up. >> reporter: i thought i got the hang of it pretty quickly. well, until i didn't. furnace's cell phone caught me hovering on the ground. have you seen a lot of adults wipe out on these things? >> man, i have to be completely honest. yes. my mom, in fact, was one of the adults that wiped out on them. >> reporter: and that maybe the lesson of this holiday season. something that seems like child's play is probably best left to actual children.

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it is monday, december 28th, 2015. welcome back to "cbs this morning." more real news ahead, including the fallout from the deadly storms in the south. tornados tore through texas and a blizzard dropped snow in the southern plains. but first here's today's "eye opener" at 8:00. >> here in the city of rowlett, eyewitnesses who lived through

than 45 seconds to do this. >> and historic storm for parts of eastern new mexico and western texas. to our south of here, lubbock picked up 11 inches. >> check out the ice that's everywhere. this is probably an inch or two thick around the line itself. >> flash flood warnings ongoing in parts of arkansas to missouri and a tornado watch is in effect the next several hours. >> the iraqis declared victory in ramadi but a military source tells us they are still facing pockets of resistance. >> chicago police admit one of their officers mistakenly shot and killed 55-year-old bettie jones. >> the allegations against manning come from a former intern at a clinic manning attended for rehab in 2011. >> i'd love to, you know -- i'd love to understand, you know, why this guy is saying this, why he's making it up and then he admits that he makes it up. >> and the pass and the one-handed grab by landry.

jarvis landry. >> unbelievable. >> it's one of the best catches i've seen all season, no doubt. >> i'm jeff glor with margaret brennan, charlie, gayle and norah are off. another round of severe weather threatens millions of americans after deadly stormed ravaged several states. more than 40 deaths in the past week are blamed on storms in the midwest, south and plains. the damage in parts of texas is described as total devastation. >> tornados killed at least 11 people in the dallas area. survivors describe the horror and the loss. >> it was like a train coming through, and the next thing i know, we looked up and there was nothing there. we were just looking out at the sky. >> i'm thankful just to be here. i'm thankful. i wouldn't want nobody to go through that, not 15 -- not five seconds worth of that. >> ears were popping. you could feel like the roof trying to lift up.

i've never had in my life. >> the whole front of the house is gone. the only thing left was the closet they were hiding in. >> and in an instant, it hit and less than 60 seconds, which seemed like an eternity, it was gone. >> oh, my god. my boys grew up in this house. >> we always thought it happened to everyone else when you see it on television. it just happens. it's all right, baby. >> tornados are just part of the severe weather threat. a dangerous winter storm is moving through new mexico, texas and oklahoma. blizzard conditions shut down a significant portion of interstate 40 from albuquerque, new mexico, to the oklahoma state line. an ice storm across western oklahoma covered roads and power lines. officials asked drivers not to travel through the texas panhandle where snow is blowing and drifting. wind gusts reached up to 50

texas, creating whiteout conditions. danielle niles of our boston station wbz is tracking the latest storm threat. danielle, good morning. >> margaret, good morning to you. lots of action going on across the nation today. we've got winter weather advisories and winter storm warnings from texas into here in new england. we have a tornado watch until noon time central standard time. actually flash flood warnings continue in parts of missouri as well. the greatest risk of severe weather extends from pensacola, the florida panhandle, stretching back up to tennessee for these clusters and lines of thunderstorms spreading east. isolated tornados, damaging wind gusts through the afternoon and evening. that threat will shift into georgia. snow and ice extends from the midwest and then slides into new england overnight tonight and during the day tomorrow. snowfall totals topping out over a foot in parts of iowa, back through wisconsin. in new england, great news for

as 20 fitch15s comes to an end, the presidential race just begins to heat up. some of the candidates made the late show, an expected stop on the campaign trail. john dickerson interviewed colbert for sunday's "face the nation." colbert discussed this year's highs and lows and how the republican front-runner reminds him of his old comedy central character. >> what's your view about the facts? >> facts? >> facts and their salience in the conversation. >> i'm a big fan of facts. i'm not sure they have any bearing on what person's popularity is because donald trump is like -- i'm not the first person to say this but i completely agree that he's my old character with $10 billion. you know, he doesn't -- he's completely playing on an emotional level, and so beautifully. i mean that's one of the reasons i can't do that character anymore because he's doing it better than i ever could because he's willing to drink his own kool-aid and manufacture it and distribute it because he's got all the cash. >> drink the kool-aid, manufacture it and distribute it.

to trump because his goal is to have a conversation that does not demonize the other side. >> a respectable position. well, trump is now declaring bill clinton fair game as he takes on hillary clinton. he tweeted this morning, quote, if hillary thinks she can unleash her husband, with his terrible record of women abuse, while playing the women's card on me, she's wrong. trump also blasted virginia republicans plan to have voters say and sign a pledge stating their republicans before voting for the gop nominee. one tweet read straighten out the republican party of virginia before it's too late. wall street journal columnist and cbs contributor peggy noonan is with us this morning. good morning, peggy. >> good morning, margaret. how nice to see you. >> nice to see you. give us some perspective on why trump would be attacking the republican party of virginia. is it simply because his followers aren't the straight edge sign up republican

party? >> i think that may be a little of it, but i think on the principle of it, he is probably -- trump is probably correct. politics is a game of addition. politics is a game, quote unquote, in which you try to get other people to come in. if you can draw independents and democrats, good thing. i've never heard of a state in modern times asking you before you vote in a primary to swear or state that you are a member of the party. have the gates be open, invite everybody in. that's the way to do it. >> because they're scared about what happened with david brat and eric cantor, cantor getting knocked out in the primary. >> well, the people spoke in that point. let the people speak. you are lucky when you are a republican party and independents want to come in and vote for one of your guys. and you say thank you, come on in. yay. >> everybody is allowed. donald trump is speaking quite a

the increased attacks now on hillary clinton and bill clinton, what is he thinking? >> i think this is mr. trump being mr. trump and mrs. clinton being mrs. clinton. interestingly they're fighting as if they are both the nominee. isn't that kind of interesting? he is not the nominee and she is not even yet officially the nominee. they're fighting over small stuff. i think they're both speaking to their base. hillary is saying all of you women who support me, let's not forget this guy is sexist and an enemy of women. trump is saying to his people, oh, you know what, the normal rules of political comportment, i don't pay attention to that false, phony politeness, i go straight for you. so they're in one of their fights. there will bow a different fight next week. >> but this is getting interesting, right? bill clinton is going to get involved now. bill clinton is going to get much more attention from donald trump and others now. >> yes. and we don't know how that's going to play.

strategy for her last time. >> exact low.lyexactly. it didn't work in '08. in fact he hurt mrs. clinton by some of his statements and actions on the campaign trail. we'll see if it is different in '16. it is eight years later. if you don't think donald trump is going to war with bill clinton in some tweet frenzy, you are just mistaken. so, you know, if you like political years and cycles to be exciting and fun and surprising and wacky, you're going to enjoy 2016 a lot. >> i would say so. and speaking of 2016, we're talking about iowa here. a lot of folks have tried to poke some holes in the trump strategy in iowa, right? not only about not polling but not keeping track of which voters actually can vote in the caucus. >> also it remains unknown whether or not donald trump's enthusiastic rally goers will

little snow and a sick kid and a toothache, and caucuses are a little complicated. you don't just show up in a voting booth and go i want this guy, you have to meet with your neighbors. you're at a set place. you have to have some back and forth with them. so you have to sort of make yourself part of the process. maybe they will. maybe they won't. maybe he'll have a good iowa, maybe not. >> bernie sanders was on "face the nation" and had some interesting insight and found what he said was some common cause almost with donald trump, saying we both hear this discontent among the working class. he almost gave trump more legitimacy despite being a guy on the other side of the aisle and attacking him. >> if you think bernie sanders has legitimacy to bestow, yes. what i thought was interesting was that sanders just did a really smart thing. he's looking at all the voters and thinking i'm a left wing populist, but we have a lot in common with right wing populists, they like trump.

trump's guys and say don't just think him, think me. i share some of your views, your antagonism, your insights. we all hate wall street. so that was playing the game of addition, not subtraction. >> one heck of a team, donald trump and bernie sanders. >> thank you, peggy. >> good to see you, happy new year. >> thank you. happy new year to you too. see you in '16. is virtual reality ready for the real world? dan ackerman is in our toyota green room. he's looking at what's in store for virtual reality.

tech produc . cicely tyson says before she takes cicely tyson says before she takes a new role she always says no. she talks to gayle king about her pining career and what it takes to hang on to the social ladder, ahead on "cbs this

this video of a people have talked about virtual reality before and it didn't work out before. is 2016 the year? >> we've been talking about it for a couple of years but the catch is there's nothing you can buy right now. all those systems are allegedly coming next year, finally after years of delays. >> so what was grandma looking at there, because she seemed pretty convinced? >> she had the most basic version. you basically get google cardboard.

phone or get something like the samsung thing that you slide your phone into and the phone screen is the vr screen and that's all you can get right now. the real stuff is allegedly coming next year. >> i got to use the oculus last year and when it works, it is extraordinary, the immersive experience that it takes you into, just like grandma saw there, but we'll see when it all happens. you have something beyond the samsung device here, what else are we looking at here from amazon? >> i think what we'll see next year is a lot of that smart home stuff. the virtual personal assistant stuff will start to be more practical. amazon echo is the first version of that that really works. you can talk to it, you can say its name. i can say alexa, what's the weather today? >> in new york there's a gale warning in effect from 6:00 p.m. >> stop. >> wow. >> and it understands your voice. i've worked with voice recognition technologies for years. siri on your iphone. half the time they don't

i'll say this gets you 80% of the time. these days that's pretty good. >> does she get mad when you cut her off like that? >> i'll find out later. >> that was pretty good. >> you called this the break-through of 2015. >> yeah. it was a real breakthrough product of 2015 because it took voice recognition, an online personal assistant, cloud based stuff and that's what people want. not new things they have never heard of but things they tried once or twice that actually works an is more practical. i use this to control my lights now. >> so you can hook that up to your home system. >> i asked -- for christmas i asked for smart light bulbs and i got them. i plugged in a couple and now i just say alexa, turn on the lights and the lights go on. i say turn them off and the lights go off. >> a tv always advancing here, what's the big buzz word in tv technology. >> every year they have to come up with a new buzz word to get you to buy a tv. you buy a flat screen tv, they're good for five, six, seven years.

about hdr. this is a way to do high dynamic range images so the light stuff and the dark stuff both look very clear. you have to shoot it in hdr and have an hdr compatible tv. i think at the end of the year you're not going to buy a tv based on this but they'll try to sell you one. >> who is shooting in hdr. >> the same people who said i've got to get out in front and shoot in 4k. the movies that you shoot in the latest technology, you have to pick which one you invest in. a lot of people invested in 4k. >> and these are all expensive toys? >> not too expensive. $179 right now. i think about $150, maybe a little more for this guy. you have to put in your own phone. >> thanks very much. >> thank you guys. >> alexa good, bye. . >> she doesn't like you. >> no response. >> in just a few days the world will focus on new york city. the crystal ball gets ready for

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honoree cicely tyson. her marriage to miles davis and tyson's answer to stories of their tumultuous relationship. that is ahead. time to show you some of the morning's headlines from around the globe. "the new york times" remembers meadowlark lemon of the harlem globetrotters who died sunday in his arizona home. lemon was called basketball's crown prince and known for his half-court hook shots and comedy on the court. meadowlark lemon was 83 years old. "the guardian" 53-year-old john beaton arrived in australia on sunday. the british rower spent 209 days at sea. bad weather had slowed him down as he crossed the pacific ocean. he rode for about 15 hours a day. >> wow. "rolling stone" looks at the beatles songs that are most

that's it. come together was the number one streamed song in the first two days of worldwide streaming. it's followed by "let it be" "hey jude" and "love me do" and "yesterday." modern children are growing newspaper a different world than their parents. research shows that 69% of 11 and 12-year-old have a cell phone bought by their parents and 76% of teens use social media. dr. leonard sax argue that too many parents let the kids run the show these days. his new book is called "the collapse of parenting." he says the old command no dessert until you eat your broccoli has turned into a plea. how about if you eat three bites of broccoli, then you can have dessert. doctor, good morning. guilty on that last one, by the way. we have a 6-year-old and 6-month-old and talk about this every day.

for the worse. why? >> well, sure. as you pointed out, 50 years ago, 30 years ago, parents would say, no dessert until you eat your broccoli. but now it's a question, how about if you try three bites? in a previous generation, parents would say, do unto others as you would have them do unto to you. now parents ask the question how would you feel if someone did that to you and they don't have an answer when the kid says i'd kick him in the nuts and sit down. >> you think we are trying to kids like adults and not like kids? >> well, i think in a certain way, you need to expect kids to behave like adults, but you should is not give them the authority of an adult. so the question of what school to attend for parents who choose a school, they know chauffeur their kids around to a couple of different schools and the kid makes the choice. another school i was at they

of no cell phones in the classroom and one parent pushed back and says i have to text my daughter and ask her what she wants to for supper. the principal is like you're the parn parent and you can decide what is for supper. a lot of parents feel no, i have given that authority to my child. >> in your book you say this isn't just about something dynamic within the family. it's actually a cultural issue. you say there is role confusion and that authority, overall, has been undermined. >> that's right. in a previous generation, 50 years ago most americans trusted the president. most americans trusted the school. today, the majority of americans don't think you can trust government and when a kid ghets trouble at the school the parents swoop in like attorneys to mount a defense. and the result is that the authority of the parents are under undermined and they give kids the authority that parents should have. >> but times change, don't they? the issues we are dealing with

they are in 1950 and 2016. >> i'm not sugaring 50 years ago were the good old days. they weren't. every year has its challenges but i don't think we are recognizing ours. there has been an explosion in the proportion of kids on medication in this country. kids need authority and when parents step back from authority, what is happening in many cases is the doctors step in and instead of parents soeting clear rules of right and wrong now you have this kid running around throwing things and he is put on medication. so american kids are now 90 times more likely to be on medication for behavior compared to kids in italy, for example. >> when you look at what is happening in this country, how much of it is just the patterns of parenting change? older parents. parents were exhausted and don't want to have argument whether they eat their broccoli or not because they are exhausted from a full days's work. >> the kids are confused and they want their kids to like

they think if they are authoritative parents their kids won't like them. your job as a parent is teach kids safe. if you're doing your job your kids may not like you. one example a kid said i hate you and you'll ruin my whole life. the mom said, sometimes i'm not so fond of you either but it's my job to keep you safe so you're not going to be doing that. >> you're a parent first and then a friend second. >> parent first and a friend second. >> dr. leonard sax, thank you. the collapse of parenting goes on sale tomorrow. cicely tyson just turned 91 and she is still a force in the acting world. but when she was young, her mother stood in her way. >> she couldn't understand why i was leaving this good, good job to go do this foolishness. oh, she was very upset and she told me, i couldn't live there. >> she kicked you out of the house? your mom? >> oh, yeah. she said you can't live here and do that.

kennedy center honoree is next. new york

of her home by her mother, after announcing she was going to be a model an an actress, but tyson refused to give up. she carved out nearly a six decade career that is now being celebrated with a kennedy center honor. gayle met tyson in her old harlem neighborhood to talk about her body of work and some of her other passions. >> you know, i say no to everything first. >> do you? >> then i go home and think about it! >> you do? you say no to everything? >> i say no to everything because i always want to make sure that when i say yes, i know what i'm getting myself into. tuck that shirt in, david lee. >> reporter: for nearly 60 years, cicely tyson has been particularly about the roles that she played. >> oh, don't make no kind of a stance. big old locks like that won't sit next to a colored child? >> reporter: what is your criteria what you accept these days? what is your process? >> either my skin tingles or my stomach churns! it's very simple! it's something that i feel

i know that i can't possibly do that. if i can't keep still, i get it when i'm walking around, i get the feeling, i know that's it. i can handle it. did you say gold? >> reporter: tyson made her movie debut in 1956. black and white film called "pair of gold." >> and we will have kids. we will have all of the kids we want. >> reporter: it was a small film that launched a huge award winning career. for most people when you say sisly tyson -- sisly, -- -- cicely tyson, i remember "roots." >> give him a very good life! >> reporter: i remember jane pittman. what stands out is that walk, cicely tyson. what does that role mean to you? >> well, when i'm working, i just tell everybody, i don't care what you see. please don't tell me about it. if it's good, i'm not going to

if it's bad, i'm not because i work so organically, okay? so the next day, when i came on the set, i knew something had happened, and i simply said, please don't tell me, i don't want to know. what they were feeling from having watched it. when it was all over and people were talking about the walk, i said what walk? >> reporter: that walk led to two emmy awards in 1974, including outstanding lead actress in a drama. she was the first black woman to win in that category. >> when you live longer than your house and your family, you've lived too long. >> reporter: almost 40 years later, tyson's tony award came for best actress in "the trip to bountiful." >> you cannot pick that up. >> i won't! you will! >> she starred alongside vanessa williams who was inspired by tyson's work ethic. i love vanessa williams.

ever. she is 90 years old. there is no excuse to not show up when cicely tyson can show up every day! >> i have never missed a performance. never. i mean, it just never occurs to me to miss a performance. i mean, it's a job i have. right? >> reporter: do you think about aging? >> do i think about it? >> reporter: uh-huh. >> no! >> reporter: you don't? >> no! >> reporter: why? >> age is a number, okay? we have the greatest gift that we could possibly ever have, okay? and it's just -- okay? >> reporter: yes. >> and if you take care of it, it will serve you well. i've never been a person who drank, who smoked, who did drugs, never. >> reporter: ever? >> never.

>> reporter: it's a life that she has always kept private. that includes her relationship with jazz great miles davis. he put her on the cover of his 1957 album. the two married in 1981, but divorced less than seven years later and surrounded by stories of infidelity and violence. you were like the brad pitt and angelina jolie of your day. the beyonce and jay-z of your day. that mikes me smile too. >> i don't really talk about it. >> reporter: you don't? >> no, i don't. >> joo will you? >> but i will say this -- i cherish every single moment that i had with him. >> reporter: they say it was tumultuous, that it was difficult. >> what do they know? >> reporter: what do they know, oh, yeah. >> they are assuming it was because of the kind of reputation that they perceived was this man.

>> reporter: the reputation wasn't good? >> no. >> reporter: the alcoholism, the drugs, the women. >> yes, all of that kind of stuff. but that's not the man i knew. i told you! men take things! they have been taking things from women since the beginning of time! >> reporter: tyson's reputation as a pioneer for black actresses has given her a unique perspective on inequality and genuine and race. >> i'm going to my ladder. >> reporter: your ladder? what does that mean? >> you know what a ladder is, right? >> reporter: i do know what a ladder is. >> white man, black man, white woman, black woman. the rungs. we are the rungs and we are

and those, they are being trampled on by all of those above and, still, we hold on. that's our strength. that's the reason we survive, because we will not let go of that rung! >> reporter: wow. i get that. i could cry. >> i know. >> i get it. i get it. >> because it's true. >> reporter: i get it. >> because it's absolutely true. >> reporter: it's that kind of perseverance that led a school was named after her. the school got a chance to see her where she is starring in "the gin games" with james earl ray. sometimes it's the first time for them to see a broadway play. what does it mean to have a school in your name and have

>> i cannot tell you -- i cannot tell you what it meant to me, to look out into that audience and see those little black faces, so happy, so full of love. >> reporter: ania, who is 16, says cicely tyson means happiness to me. i don't think it gets any better than that, cicely tyson. >> i know that. i know that. that's my mission for life. >> so captivating. >> gayle did a really nice job with that. so warm. gosh. cicely tyson. to be that active still, impressive. really impressive. you can see cicely tyson and all of the winners at the 38th annual kennedy center honors tomorrow. they are broadcast at 9:00/8:00 central here on cbs.

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apparently destroyed her home. they have nicknamed her constable kay there. cute? >> wildfires ripped through southern australia over christmas weekend and forcing animals and thousands of people from their homes. but constable kay bear is doing much better we can happily report. nice to see you this morning. >> nice to see you.

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