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it's cold. >> indoors this morning. >> whether are is the top story. as you wake up in the west, the northeast is grappling with dangerous weather from the first major winter storm of 2014. this nor'easter that started in the midwest is affecting 100 million americans. it is blamed for nine deaths nationwide. the heaviest snow is falling in eastern massachusetts. >> this is how it looks in boston right now. temperatures are falling along with the snow. most of the northeast will be in the single digits tonight or below jr. colder than it has been in several years. snow is from ten inches to two feet near boston. along the coast in maine, massachusetts and new york. in port jefferson, new york. >> good morning to you. this is the kind of snow that fell here all night long. not so much that heavy wet snow, but very light, fluffy snow that would blow around in the wind.

it shows you how told the temperatures are. it is not over yet. much more of this snow to come. maybe ten inches to a foot when it's all said and done. heavy snow stretching from new york to new england. >> it is crazy. they said we would get 8 to 12 and we have over a foot. >> more than a foot of snow had fallen in upstate new york and nearly two feet blanketed parts of massachusetts. with the threat of more snow, plows and salt spreaders will be moving in. >> we will be up all night. >> on the roadways, icy and slick conditions let to spinouts. >> the car is slipping and sliding. i tried to stop the car before i ran into the gate. >> they closed three major highwaysas a precaution. >> take frequent breaks. >> bill deblasio took ocffice

days ago and pleaded with residents to stay off the streets. >> stay indoors the mac mum time possible. stay out of your cars. >> it wasn't just the roads. these pictures captured snow piling up in a subway stop. with the storm showing no sign of letting up. >> when it stops, it will be about the wind and these bitter cold temperatures. i can barely look into the camera and talk. 40 to 45 mile an hour wind gusts and numbers down near zero. 10 degrees out here right now and with that wind chill it feels like 10 to 15 below zero. >> on new york's long island. thank you. 400 national guard troops are out trying to help local residents. people still face a threat of flooding there. from the boston station, wbz in massachusetts southeast of boston.

sarah, good morning. >> it is a wild night along the coast in massachusetts. the winds are so intense. an estimated 40 miles per hour and i'm cleaning against this deck here. just to brace myself so i don't lose footing. the real concern here is coastal flooding. take a look at video from around midnight overnight. the ocean was so powerful. crashing against the sea wall. this is a scene along the coastline. the good news though, no reports of any major flooding. some were flooded out and no rescues were necessary. no state assistance was called in. all reports so far so good. however folk who is live in the low-lying areas were asked to evacuate. evacuations have been set up.

here as well as neighboring communities. at midnight, the seas are so high and so strong. this morning we have snow and we have this wind and the ocean spray with the snow like ice pellets coming at you. i will wrap it up here in massachusetts. anthony and nor a i think i will go to my happy place. >> i think we all should go there. >> causing travel chaos across the country. trains and highways are also running slightly. that follows widespread delays yesterday. michelle miller is in new york at la guardia airport. >> good morning. even airports in the west are feeling the ripple effect of these weather delays. there have been 75 flight

cancellations at lax alone. here the line is around the corner as passengers hope that they will catch two dozen on time flights that the boards say are still on time. that as jfk was shut down for more than two hours. airlines canceled more than 800 flights in new york city alone. >> by thursday night, more than 1,000 flights were either canceled or delayed out of new york's three airports. that was nothing compare with boston's logan airport. terminals were empty and it is expected flights will not resume until friday afternoon. across the country, more than 2,000 flights were canceled and leaving many travelers stuck or forced to find an altimate route home. amtrak lines were limited in service and roadways across the

country proved treacherous. cars swerved off the highways and got stuck in tightly packed snow. three major highways were closed last night as a precaution. with improving weather conditions, things appear to be back on track. the airlines are reporting only nine flight delays for tomorrow nationwide. anthony and nora, things look good, but the day is young. >> it is indeed. this storm hit more than a dozen states. parts of the area around chicago got more than a foot of snow. from our chicago station wbbm looks at what is next. >> anthony and nora, dangerous winter weather conditions continue for the northeast. the storm system will pull away quickly through the day, but then the problem will be blowing and drifting snow.

digging out from all the accumulation we expect to see. there winter storm warnings in the pink and much of the northeast. the red from the cape up to the coastline of massachusetts and down into long island. blizzard warnings there. low visibility and high winds creating white out conditions through the afternoon in those areas. accumulations will be high in the eastern half of massachusetts. could be as much as a foot to two feet of snow there. it looks like much of the northeast will have more than a foot of snow. probably anywhere from five to eight inches total accumulation and tonight it deals can the lows and the coldest yet is the midwest. we can hit the record low high for chicago for all time. nora and anthony? >> that's a rough week. thanks, megan. we turn to news overseas. the u.s. embassy is evacuating

additional staff. the embassy said the security situation is deteriorating beginning saturday. they will no longer provide basic services. hundreds of americans left after fighting broke out last month. at least 1,000 people are now dead. >> this morning two americans are being held in custody by libyan security officials. they're being detained in benghazi. a libyan official said the americans are college basketball players from the benghazi university team. they are not being named and it's not yet clear why they are in custody. >> iraqi security forces are fighting this morning to win back control of two key cities. al qaeda militants seized parts after overwhelming police. troops fought their bloodiest battles in the sounding area. elizabeth calmer is in london.

>> good morning. that area has been unstable for months, but there was a surge this week so dramatic that the military actually launched air strikes against insurgent fighters. >> where so many soldiers lot of their lives, it's in turmoil again. security forces attacked islamist fighters with weapons after they launched an offensive this week overrunning mosque, jails and police stations. it was this region west of baghdad that u.s. forces struggled to stabilize until 2009. once they pulled out, fighters, some with links to al qaeda started to reorganize helped by the savage conflict next door in syria's civil war. paul is the former presidential envoy to iraq. >> the collapse of the syrian government's control over its

territory means al qaeda has a new area of organization. isis that is operating in anvar province. >> this is no longer the organization once run by osama bin laden that brought down the twin towers. it's now a loose affiliation operating on both sides of this long border made up of radical sunni fighters, war lords and thugs who want to rule the area and impose hard line law. the main enemy is no longer america. it's now the millions of shia muslims who live here too. while the iraqi army is doing its best to restore stability, the fight is a deadly one. so in the country that the u.s. hoped to put on the path to stable democracy not so long ago, almost 8,000 civilians died in 2013.

anthony? >> thank you. and the trip home for 52 scientists and tourists plucked from an ice bound ship in antarctica is on hold. the ice breaker carrying them is being told not to leave the area. a chinese ship that helped is fighting to free itself from the ice. that crew worries they could also get stuck. >> federal officials say a fire set at the chinese consulate in san francisco appears to be an act of arson, not terrorism. the workers say video from wednesday night shows someone pouring gasoline on the building and setting it on fire. no one was hurt. the chinese want better security. no word on a possible motive or possible suspects. >> the nsa is trying to develop a surety kpucomputer that could crack every kind of encryption. the post said the computer could break codes used to protect

banking, medical, business and government records around the world. the nsa is not commenting. the new york times is under fire after urging clemency for snowden. jan crawford is in washington. >> good morning. the papers are issuing this supporting snowden for months. this is the first time they called for leniency. they said they did enormous damage to national security. the "new york times" said edward snowden did an important public service by exposing a surveillance apparatus they said was out of control and illegal. critics took aim at the paper and a frequent target of conservatives and complained of a liberal slant. >> he's a traitor and the new york times is an accomplice. over the last several years, they made themselves a blame america rag. >> describing snowden as the whistle blower, they wrote

considering the enormous value of the information he revealed and the abuses he exposed, mr. snowden deserves better a of exile, fear, and flight. they stopped short of calling for a full pardon. the british newspaper that published many of snowden's leaks that ran an editorial wednesday. the head of the nsa task force investigating the leaks told 60 minutes he was open to a reduced punishment saying it's worth having a conversation about. i would need assurances that the remainder of the data could be secure. that is not widely shared. >> she would never consider it. >> there is a difference between him saying something and the president of the united states saying something. >> in june, they charged him with theft and espionage. they carry a penalty of up to 30 years in prison. snowden remains in hiding in russia. over christmas, he appeared on

british television and defended his actions. >> together we can find a better balance and mass surveillance and remind the government if they want to know how we feel, asking is always cheaper than spying. >> federal courts have been split on whether the government secret surveillance is legal. earlier this month, the district here in washington ruled the nsa violated rights by collecting that vast amount of phone records. another judge in new york said that program was constitutional and an important tool in the fight against terrorism. anthony and nora? >> thank you. >> the mayor of north america's fourth largest city is promising more years. that's what toronto mayor ford said after filing the papers thursday. he is the first candidate to jump into the race. he stripped most of husband power after admittingking

crack. he is the right man to lead the city, he said. >> if you want to get personal, that's fine. i'm sticking to my record and talk is cheap. you will see action like you have never seen. >> i would rather you vote against me than not at all. i have the strongest track record. >> the conservative suburbs, the election is in october. >> time to show you the headlines. the noeshlg times said the number of emergency room visits is going up. more americans getting health insurance. the study finds people who added coverage in oregon. 40% more visits to the er. they go against key predictions about obamacare. >> the makers of cheerio's cereal will stop using genetically modified ingredients. >> times said the marine is postponing a pull up requirement in boot camp. more than half of the female marines cannot complete the

minimum of three pull ups. >> the suspect is under arrest in the murder of a popular catholic priest in northern california. he was found dead in a church rectory in eureka. >> the washington times looks at an expensive contract the justice department is spending $544,000 to enhance the profile on linked in and increase brand awareness. they want to get 250 million user it is. >> the world's casino capital and it grew 19% to a rec high pressure cranking up the temperatures around the bay area again today. weave a few high clouds in the skies -- we have a few high clouds in the skies. otherwise looking good this weekend. that ridge will bring us sunny condition especially on

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good morning. a fatal crash and traffic alert with major delays in both directions of 280 in daly city. the fatal crash was southbound by john daly. the right lane has reopened at the scene to let some of those trapped cars get through. the accident was initially reported around 5:30 this morning. it happened on the northbound side of the freeway. one person went over the center median got into the southbound lanes and was hit and killed by another vehicle. so southbound for a while since 5:30 all lanes had been shut down at the scene. you can see that they are letting some cars through. northbound two lanes are still blocked. so obviously use alternates, avoid 280 in the meantime.

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complete down the sidelines. >> alabama went into last night's sugar bowl a 16-point favorite, but trevor knight threw four touchdown passes. they upset the crimson tide, 45-31. two players ran out of the end zone and into a photographer. he's okay, even laughing about the bump in. later the victorious series joined the coach on stage. all those players were too much and the set up partially collapsed. no one was hurt. >> those are big guys.

i'm glad he is okay. welcome back to cbs this morning. a presidential pastime. former white house chief of staff. why golf is so addictive for president obama and many who came before him. >> the government said he is a notorious online pirate, stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from the entertainment industry. is he just a businessman? he sits down for sunday's 60 minutes ahead. >> we want to update you on the major snowstorm hitting the northeast. the state offices are closed and travel conditions are nearly unbearable. david from wbz is in downtown boston. >> good morning and good to talk to a fellow red sox fan. downtown boston looks desserted right now. this is rush hour. this would be rush hour and you are looking at boylston street

here. we have seen almost 15 inches of snow and 2 degrees. one of the reasons it looks desserted is all the state offices and schools are closed. all state employees have to stay home and even urged private businesses. if you can keep your employees home, please do. we have seen very little foot traffic of pedestrians. some of the people are going to area reports to work and that type of thing. the employees. we talked to the governor and one thing he is worried about is high tide at noon. my colleague has been reporting for you down in the south shore of boston worried about high tide at noon. potential flooding and he is sending extra personnel to the coast to deal with that. that's the latest live in boston. back to you anthony and red sox fan, nora. >> dave, thanks so much. >> millions of americans are

getting a new safety warning. the government said a form of crude oil shipped by train may be more hazardous. in washington with that. good morning. >> good morning anthony and nora. the department of transportation is responding to the derailment on monday, but this is an issue across north america. this is the government response to it. it has been a wake up call to the industry. the smoke and 234r5i78s shook north dakota. a train carrying oil was involved in a derailment. no one was injured and the investigation into what happened continues. the department of transor the portation issued an alert warping the industry to properly test, characterize and classify hazardous materials. it promised unannounced inspections of rail cars. the oil burning in the latest came from the bakken shale with the most active oil fields in the country. the type of oil being produced there may be more flammable than

traditional air, raising concerns about how it is transport and if it is properly identified. the derailment was the fourth major next 2013 involving a freight train transporting crude oil. the incident that moved the industry to action apd happeneda small town in quebec after the train left the tracks and exploded. with 800,000 barrels of oil a daya the nation's rail ways, there few safe options. >> the real option is whether we will provide a new safer tank car for the existing rail tank cars and will we reroute the most dangerous trains around major cities. >> the fraid industry, the owners of the rail say that most deliveries are made without any issue. they mostly support what the government is trying to do here. they say that there issues they want to know exactly what is

being transported so that local authorities can respond properly. >> jeff, thank you. president obama doesn't get a lot of time off, but when he does, there is a chance he goes golfing. the president has played 159 rounds since he took office including 27 games in his home state of hawaii. that's according to a count and the president is in hawaii this morning continuing his vacation with the first family. chip reid is in honolulu. he played a lot of golf. >> more than ever. >> early in his first term, the president told cbs news he was not good at golf and didn't play the game because he loved it, but it was the only way to get out of what he colled the container or the presidential bubble. during his years in office, he has been increasingly passionate about the game of golf. the president teed off thursday at a u.s. marine base in hawaii

with john key of new zealand. president obama has taken advantage of the island's many breathtaking courses. early this week, the president and his partners including old high school friends from hawaii played so slowly that the sun went down before he could get to the 18th hole. >> i don't think the length of it is necessarily as much to do with the game as much as the fact that he is enjoying with friends and relaxation on vacation. >> former chief of staff bill daley has played golf with presidents obama and clinton. more than anything it provides an escape from the pressure of a 24-7 job. >> it's a very different feel for a president in my opinion when they are on a golf course than any other place they can go. >> that's why all but three of the last 18 presidents have played the game. dwight eisenhower played 100 rounds a year, three times what

presient obama played. he installed the first putting green outside the oval office. bill clinton was famous for taking extra strokes he didn't count known as mulligans. both president bushes were known for racing through the holes in record time. george w. bush announces he was giving up golf in solidarity with the troops, but critics say it was partly because of this public relations misstep. >> i call upon all nations to do everything they can to stop the terrorist killers. now watch this drive. >> in between tee times, president obama and his family have enjoyed rare downtime. some of their previous vacations have been interrupted by world events including the december 2009 hawaii trip when the underwear bomber tried to take down a passenger plane over detroit. last year the president was

forced to return to washington and he made it back to hawaii for a few days after the issue was resolved. in his 13 days here in hawaii so far, the president has played golf on eight of those days and some of those affairs have been long and drawn out. lasting nearly six hours. nora? >> thanks, chip. >> here points out that the president played golf hours. my husband would kill me if he spent six hours on the golf course. the bushes were known for three hours. bush senior had a record of an hour and 24 minutes. >> what is that? that's like running golf. >> eisenhower played 800 rounds in years. in the oval office, there were holes in the wood floor from his steel cleats. he was the golfer in chief. >> california's newest lawyer is the man the federal government considers a lawmaker. we will look at a historic

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i prngs o. it was around $2.5 billion. >> 2.5 billion? >> yes. >> the empire was built on tollen goods. he insists he complied with the law and went to great lengths. so why does he think the government is going after him? >> because of my flamboyant style and me being german and the way i am. the i am the easiest person to sell as a villain. >> don't you think it was anything about mega upload that led them to say and think this guy has gone too far? >> i'm the perfect one. >> he said he is convinced of who has chosen because he looks like a villain. >> people sometimes don't handle it. people are not investigated because of the way they look and the type of car they drive. they are investigated because of

the allegation that they are involved in legal activity. >> they hoped he would be in custody by now, they are sure disappointed. the judge said the warrants the police used were illegal. new zealand officials admitted to eavesdropping on communication. that was illegal too. two years after his arrest, it continues. >> you can see the full report sunday night on 60 mondays. >> this morning, supporters of undocumented immigrants are praising an unprecedented ruling. the california supreme court said a man who passed the bar can work as an attorney. despite the fact that he was brought to this country illegally. john black stone has the decision to open new doors for millions. >> sergio garcia spent most of his in the united states.

his parents first brought him here illegally from mexico when he was 17 months old. his problem started when he graduated from law school and passed the bar exam on his first try. >> after i passed the bar and cleared more character, i said that's great because of the undocumented status. we have no question in history. >> the question, can an undocumented immigrant get a license to practice law. the federal government said no. >> he took his case to the california supreme court. >> this court can discipline lawyers. >> the governor signed a law quinn for garcia, allowing undocumented immigrants to qualify. the supreme court ruled the new legislation removes any obstacle to the admission to the bar. >> we have a final piece of the

puzzle that allows me to fulfill my dream and become an attorney. >> the obama administration insists law for gets employment for undocumented immigrants. filing in garcia's case issuance of a law license would not imply authorization to work in the united states. in spite of that, garcia intends to begin practicing law. for cbs high pressure cranking up the temperatures around the bay area again today. we have a few high clouds in the skies. otherwise looking good this weekend. that ridge will bring us sunny condition especially on saturday and sunday. the temperatures today probably near record heat once again, about 65 in mountain view, 68 in oakland and 67 in redwood city. the weekend sunny and bright. then at least a slight chance of showers returns to the bay area on tuesday. maybe a better chance by thursday.

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this fatal traffic accident in daly city is still our major traffic hotspot this morning. let's go out to chopper 5 and we can show you the latest from the scene. we got an update from chp. southbound 280 approaching john daly city they are letting some cars through the accident scene. it's the far right lane that's reopened, the slow lane. but the left lanes are closed. they have completely cleared the northbound side of the freeway. they have freed up the two northbound lanes that had been block. but it's really southbound that's seeing the biggest impact right now so consider using 101 as your alternate. they say some lanes are going to be blocked until at least 11 a.m. a quick check of a map, the bay bridge, things look good now coming into san francisco from the east bay, metering lights off. that's traffic. check of your forecast after this break.

good morning. headed outside today, a little chilly early on in some of the valleys but we have a lot of sunshine all day long and these temperatures well above average this afternoon. looks like over the financial district in san francisco, a few clouds passing on through. that helps keep the temperatures up a little bit overnight. toward the coastline, ocean beach some clouds. no rain in sight until next week. that's some good news if you want to enjoy the weekend. today, a lot of sunshine coming our way. some very mild temperatures, in fact i think by the afternoon, some of these numbers may get near record levels, about 67 in redwood city. 66 in san jose. 64 in san francisco. and 67 degrees in the napa valley. i think in the weekend, less cloud cover, more sunshine on the way. and in fact as we get in toward the latter part of the weekend some beautiful weather continuing but then things change next week. slight chance of showers on tuesday. i think a better chance of more clouds and much cooler weather and a chance of more rain come thursday. ,,,,,,,,

♪ >> good morning, everyone. it is 8:00 a.m. in the west, and welcome back to "cbs this morning." a dangerous storm dumps two feet of snow on parts of massachusetts. and even if your flight isn't canceled, you could face the coldest temperatures in years if you're heading out east. the weather will be a big factor as the nfc kicks off this weekend. bill cowher of cbs sports has all the wild card action. he finds a way to hit the target in golf and in life. but first, here's a look at today's eye opener@8. >> it's been a wild morning here

along the coast in massachusetts. >> a nor'easter affecting new york and new jersey under states of emergency. >> we're talking 40 to 45-mile-an-hour wind gusts makes it feel about ten degrees below zero. >> the u.s. embassy in south sudan is evacuating additional staff. the embassy says the security situation in the african country is deteriorating. >> the trip home for 52 scientists and tourists is on hold this morning. the australian ice breaker carrying them is being told not to leave the area. >> the department of transportation is responding to the derailment monday in north dakota, but this is an issue across north america. >> in his 13 days here in hawaii so far, the president has played golf on eight of those days and some of those lasting nearly six hours. >> my husband would kill me. >> a knorr eeser happening here. >> cold, windy. >> rather be down in florida with my in-laws.

>> we welcome our viewers in the warm west. i'm norah o'donnell and gayle king and anthony mason. charlie rose is off but back on monday. the year's first major snowstorm is blamed for nine deaths. around 100 million americans are feeling the effects this morning. boston is dealing with more than a foot of snow and north of the city two feet has fallen. >> new york city has up to ten inches on the ground right now forcing 1 million public school students to stay home today. i bet they're cheering about that. kennedy airport had to shut down its runways at the peak of the storm. and cancellations are causing travel headaches all around the country. looking kind of balmy. good morning. >> yeah, gayle, good morning to you. i'll tell you what, it's still coming down. it's been coming down like this all night long. and it's not so much that wet, heavy snow, it's the fluffy stuff that's blowing in the

wind, about 5 to 6 inches possibly on the ground now. possibly going up to ten inches to a foot when all is said and done. a lot of the talk out here for residents that live on long island it has to do with the main thoroughfare, the highway, the long island expressway. what connects long island to the rest of new york. it was closed at the governor's orders at midnight and reopened a short time ago. but the morning commute, in essence, was canceled today. when this snow move ps off, there will still be this wind. i mentioned it earlier, i can't say it enough. i can barely keep my eyes open look at you to talk to the camera this morning. it feels like 10 to 15 below. >> terrell brown, thank you. >> along with that bone-chilling cold and the heavy snow, high waves are lashing the massachusetts coast this morning. there's a serious threat of coastal flooding as high tide

approaches early this afternoon. meteorologist megan glaros of wbbm is tracking its progress. good morning. >> good morning, anthony, norah, gayle, we are concerned about moderate to even potential major coastal flooding along the coastline of massachusetts, as the winds continue to stay up. we could see damage to shore roads and structures. the system moves pretty quickly on off to the north and east eventually allowing folks to start to dig out from all the very, very heavy snows, but blizzard warnings will remain in effect for the red shaded areas, that's long island, along the coastline in massachusetts. pink color shows winter storm warnings, but we're more concerned about the blizzard areas. low visibility, high winds creating possible whiteout conditions there. and total? so far we've picked up 15 inches in boston itself but 18 to 24 inches before all is said and done and as much as ten inches

in new york city. that's very, very heavy snow. then the arctic air begins to settle in. wind chills sub zero throughout the day today. then the midwest's turn. monday to tuesday we could have the all-time low high temperature in chicago. possibly 11 below. gayle, anthony, norah. >> megan, thank you. and wild weather will play a role in much of this weekend's nfl wild card playoffs. freezing temperatures are in the cards for saturday and sunday's matchups and there could be more snow. bill cowher is here to break down the game. bill, good morning, good to see you. >> good to see you guys. >> let's talk about the four big games. is it true cold weather teams always play better in the cold weather. >> not necessarily true, but that's why it's called the frozen tundra in green bay. it will be back up there again. they have an opportunity to practice in it. mike mccarthy will take his team out there i think today and yesterday just to get acclimated to it. but once the game starts, it

still comes down to playing the game. san francisco will be fine. >> coach, one of the things that's interesting is that three of these games aren't sold out yet. does that surprise you? >> somewhat, but i think again when you look at the economics, i think as we're looking at it and you're talking about minimal numbers. the comforts of home with some of the weather has to do with it as well. but the bottom line is all these stadiums will be sold out. >> hard core football town. green bay's not sold out. >> it will be sold out trust me by the time that game's plays sunday afternoon, you won't see empty seats. >> why do they wear short sleeves in cold weather? >> that's a good question. you have hand warmers, toe warmers, layers on you. but football players they tend to want to feel as fast as they can, wear as little as they need to to play the game faster. but sometimes the wlst takes priority. >> well, there are rumors about you, mr. bill. >> yes. >> i heard from reliable sources. >> what did you hear.

>> that there's mucho evidence that points to bill cowher going to coach the washington redskins. >> there's nothing to that. i was never contacted with the redskins. >> you were a very successful coach for 13 year, you won a super bowl. is there a part of you that starts twitching, itching, i want to be a coach again. >> i have enjoyed my time here at cbs. i'm close enough to it but not the all encompassing part that coaching entails. it's a 12-month job and i like my lifestyle right now and i like the job that i have at cbs. >> emphatically you're saying you're not going to do this? >> i'm not doing it. i'm not closing a door, but it's highly unlikely any time in the near future you'll see me coaching. >> you also have a career as a video vixen. >> i do. >> do we have that tape? >> no, no. >> here's bill cowher in a video. your significant other. >> yes, that is my significant

other, veronica stigler, alias queen bee, and asked me to play part in her video. that was much enthusiasm and the most appropriate part for me to play, which is nothing to do with playing an instrument or singing. just standing there with a little bit of eye shadow on. >> eye shadow, every man can wear one. >> at least for a video. >> you are making super bowl predicti predictions? >> i find it interesting with all the one and two seeds that have bye weeks but of the last seven of the eight years a super bowl participant has taken place in this first weekend. so i look at it -- i like denver. i think the storybook has taken place with peyton manning and i think the winning of the san francisco/green bay game, i think san francisco, if they can get by green bay are good, and if green bay gets it and aaron rodgers is back, i can see that kind of matchup in the super bowl. >> cool, all right, thank you. >> bill cowher, coach, no longer a coach and never again a coach.

>> never say never. >> maybe again a coach. >> i think he's leaving the door open just a crack. >> every time i say that, the door seems to get a little wider. >> no, no, not at all. >> thanks. cbs sports will be in cincinn i cincinnati. that game begins at sunday at 10:00 on c brks srcbs. season four of the british drama "downton abbey." i know this show kicks off. we sat down with the one and only shirley maclaine who plays the brash, unyielding mrt levinson. >> it's such a good show. and you were so great on the show. you must enjoy that. >> very much so. maggie and i 40 years. she's so funny. she's brilliant. >> oh, dear.

i'm afraid the war has made old women of us both. >> i wouldn't say that, but then i always keep out of the sun. >> do you enjoy playing bad characters? >> very much. i don't know. i kind of get into the stance of it and the rhythm changes. and i do sort of want to go more toe to toe with the countess. >> yes, you really do take on an air when you play that role. >> yes. >> she had never heard of this show before. she went to the hairdresser and the hairdresser was talking about it, so she went back to her agent and said, what is this thing all? we have to ask the hairdressers of the world who know anything. >> and they're old friends. that works out very,,,,

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school, sports, and just about anything else he ever tries. he has even written a new book called "open your eyes:ten common lessons to discover a happier life." as ben tracy reports, he does all of this while tackling a major obstacle. >> reporter: on a winter morning in huntington beach, california, jake olson's swing is strong, his aim is dead on. >> nice strike, jake. >> reporter: it's more than a compliment. it's information jake needs. the 16-year-old is blind.

jake's dad brian lines up the ball and lines up the distance and jake does the rest. >> reporter: in lesson, your dad put the ball down there. i wouldn't think you had any visual impairment. >> there were times my dad lined me up and i struck the ball. then they were like, oh, i wish i could be lined up and i'm like, i'm blind. he was 10 yemonths old when he became blind in the left eye due to cancer. the cancer returned eight times. when jam was 12 he learned h would lose his right eye and go blind. his mom cindy recalls the surgery. >> i went into his room to wake him up and i couldn't even wake him up without crying. he was -- you know, he started crying. i just laid in bed with him and cried, you know.

>> reporter: knowing he was facing a lifetime of darkness jake spent his last month of sight making memories, even on his car ride to the hospital. >> he was looking at the sunrise. look it. there's that. all the landmarks, all of it -- it was just breaking my heart. it was just awful. >> reporter: what is the last thing you remember seeing? >> i remember taking last looks aet my parents and just kind of, you know, looking at the white cre ceiling of the hospital thinks this is the last thing i'll see. >> reporter: but when jake woke up he started focusing on what he could do. he kre lently shot 578 on 18 holes and hopes to be the first blind golf attorney pga tour. he also plays football. jake is the long snapper on his high school team. a few claps and a tap on his leg and he knows when to hike the ball. he savors every win.

what does it mean to be on the football field knowing you're actually contributing to that football team? >> it was awesome, knowing i got the job and knowing i would be able to go out and help. >> i've about known to walk by faith than by sight. since i've been blind i've seen the true potential. >> reporter: in his motivational talks he believes being blind is god's plan for life. have you ever said why me? >> i never said why me. he knows what he's doing and he obviously does. >> reporter: jake has rinne a book called "open your eyes." >> when we have a belief window that says, no, anything is possible, despite my setbacks, things will improve, that comes to pass and we see that in jake's life perfectly.

>> reporter: he's a 16-year-old who's proving you don't need sight to see clearly. >> have the confidence to do what you want and go out and do it. >> finish with a birdie at 18 and. >> close the door. >> close the door. >> for cbs news, ben tracy, california. >> what a great story it's more than a great story. we can all take a lesson from him. when i learned to walk by faith, not by sight. just his mother, you can understand, you, too, anthony, as a parent, the love you feel for your child when you know something very traumatic is about to happen. what an amazing family. >> i can't imagine. he's more than made the best of everything hchl e's really extraordinaire. >> good for him. 78. >> jake olson. coming up, a pastor comes to death after two wives. a case that rock add small mountain town. that's ahead on "cbs this morning."

your realtime captioner is mrs. linda m. macdonald good morning, everyone. 8:25. i'm frank mallicoat. time for some news headlines here at kpix 5. all lanes of southbound 280 are still closed after a fatal accident in daly city. it happened around 5:30 this morning near john daly boulevard off-ramp. a driver was struck by a vehicle following a crash there. firefighters watching for hot spots following an overnight vegetation fire in corte madera at a homeless camp near redwood highway. no injuries reported. two court hearings in the case of the brain-dead teenager jahi mcmath. lawyers for the hospital and oakland will meet with an alameda county judge and two hours later a federal

magistrate holds another hearing. the family wants a feeding and breathing tube. got your traffic and weather for a friday coming up right after the break. ,,,,,,,,,,

good morning. an update for you about this crash a fatal pedestrian accident in daly city. southbound 280, three lanes remain blocked. again, the southbound lanes. northbound lanes have reopened but southbound we are seeing a good sized backup. still use 101 as an alternate. we have some delays in the northbound direction.

it's because of a connector ramp being closed northbound 101 to northbound central freeway. the right lane of that connector ramp is blocked so it's still sluggish from 280. and towards the bay bridge, it looks like the metering lights are off. the traffic is light getting into san francisco. that's your latest "kcbs traffic." here's lawrence. >> lots of sunshine outside today a few passing clouds on and off throughout the day but otherwise, looking good on this friday. these temperatures this afternoon will be something else again. over russian hill toward the golden gate bridge just a few high clouds. otherwise, that ridge of high pressure just too strong to allow any of these storms to approach the bay area just leftover clouds and that is it. so we are going to enjoy a day of some near record-breaking temperatures. about 68 degrees in oakland. 67 in redwood city. and 67 degrees beautiful day in the napa valley. i think the weekend looks good if you have plans, yeah, go to it. it is going to be sunny and bright both saturday and sunday. the clouds do move back in though, slight chance of showers on tuesday, better chance on thursday. ,,

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♪ welcome back to "cbs this morning." the new year means weight loss resolutions. a booming business. we'll look at the fads and the plans that really work. >> plus the youngest climber ever to scale the tallest peak in the americas. 9-year-old tyler armstrong tells us how he conquered a mountain more than four miles high. time for this morning's headlines. "the new york times" looks at one of drawbacks of being the sound son of the new mayor. dante was bombarded with questions about whether school

would be canceled because of the weather conditions. mayor de blasio shoveled snow out his home in brooklyn. >> a coach accused of being a bigot. the player says he was cut from the team because of hoiz outspoken support for same-sex marriage. but the team says they released him because of poor performance. >> the duck dynasty family is releasing a gun line. they'll sell shotgun, semiautomatic rifles and pistols. an apparent suicide in a church rocked a small town in pennsylvania's pocono mountains when people started requesting questions about the minister they uncovered two more deaths that raised questions. tomorrow night's "48 hours." >> i love my dad. he was one of my greatest role models. >> it was october 2008 when

samantha learned her father's body had been found at the reeders united methodist church. he had died from a single gunshot twoond the head sitting at the pastor's desk. samantha was just 16 when her mother broke the news. >> she just said, your father decided he didn't want to be here any more. >> joe apparently committed suicide just weeks after learning that his wife cindy was having an affair with the family's pastor, the reverend a.b. schirmer who was also cindy's boss. >> i found some text messages on her cell phone that weren't very professional. >> can you describe them? >> him telling her that he loved her and how nice she looked. he couldn't wait to see her. not something that you'd expect your employer to be sending you. >> or your pastor, presumably? >> yeah. >> my instinct said that there's something wrong. >> rose cobb is joe's sister.

she had questions about her brother's death and about pastor schirmer. >> i did feel very strongly that there was something wrong with him and that he was not to be trusted. so i knew that something was not right. >> rose soon learned that pastor schirmer was no stranger to tragedy.buried two wives. >> his first wife fell down the stairs and died and the second died from being in a car accident. that's strange. the hair on the back of my neck actually stood up. >> rose could not let that strange feeling go. and so she called police. >> she alerts us to the fact that the reverend has lost now two wives. >> jim wagner is a detective with the pocono township police department. he found out that pastor schirmer first wife jewel died in 1999. >> no one really knew exactly what happened.

there were rumors that she had fallen down stairs. she had a heart attack. no one had any information about her death. >> wagner also reopened the file from the death of schirmer's second wife, betty, who had recently died after a cash crash. >> the blood in the car did not fit the story that mr. schirmer said that she sustained the injury in that car and from that crash. it makes no sense. >> what opinion are you forming of the reverend? >> that he's a murderer. >> wow, richard schlesinger is with us. what did they find when they looked into the death of the two previous wives? >> well, that was an a-ha moment in there because they found that the injures to the two wives were surprisingly similar. both women had wounds to the same side of the head, same part of their head. they both required the same surgery after they were admitted

to the hospital. and, you know, there were sort of strange circumstances surrounding both deaths. >> neither of them had been investigated before? >> they hadn't. >> it was pastor. >> right. he was a pastor. you take his word for things. and there was no reason to suspect him. >> what did they see in the cash crash that made them think, ah -- >> i find the car crash particularly interesting myself for the same reason that the police did. the damage to the car didn't seem to be serious enough to cause the injuries that she had been treated for, and that's what caught the policeman's attention at first. there's other fascinating evidence about blood stains in the car and stuff that we'll talk about in the broadcast, but you know, it was that kind of old fashioned police work that really cracked this case. no high tech stuff here. this is just sort of looking at the evidence, poring over the evidence, looking at it again and again and again and you'll see where that leads. >> and that sister's intuition that something was not right. >> something wasn't right. >> richard schlesinger, good to

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nutrisystem is a structured food program. where people fall off is when people try to do it on their own. it's hard in today's busy lifestyle to do it without help. >> people need structure to say you're going to eat this at this time and this at that time. it has to be that strict. i think i need that, too. >> it takes the guesswork out of dieting. losing weight is all about portion control. but try to figure out what exactly the right portion s portion control and calorie control. ultimately limiting the number of calories. >> yes. >> how long is the program you go on, for how many months? >> it depends on your goal. our average customer stays on three months, then we offer maintenance and transition programs. then we suggest they go to dinners my way, and weekends my way, then go to snacks. >> how do you criticize that you're not teaching people to eat real food because you're getting packaged food delivered by fedex. once you got off the program, most people gain all the weight back. >> what our customers say, is

they learn as they go. one of the things they learn immediately is about portion control because the meals you get are portion control. you can see right away na the pasta that you've been having is good for your entire family and this is the amount you're supposed to eat. >> i hate when that happens. you lost 30 pounds yourself. >> yes, i did. >> were you a person that struggled with weight and said, i'm going to kick this? >> absolutely. i figured if i can solve business issues, i should be able to get my own weight under control. >> you game from "reader's digest." the first female ceo. do women and men approach dieting differently? >> women are more emotional about it, right, gayle? >> hot dogs. >> i didn't say i was good at it. men say they do it and they do it. >> that's why nutrisystem works for men, eat this, lose the weight. they like that. we also find that a lot of men when the women go on weight because 70% of our customers are

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under control. >> i was attracted to the cost of the program because it says between 8 to $12. that seems too good to be true. >> it's true. >> but i'm going to check it out. >> and on christmas eve, a 9-year-old boy traded a tree for a mountain. he tells us how he scaled a 22,000-foot summit.

a 9-year-old boy is back home with a story that tops them all. he broke a record summiting a mountain 22,000 feet high. carter evans shows us why for him the sky is really the limit. >> reporter: this is tyler armstrong on christmas eve, someplace no 9-year-old has ever been before, the top of the tallest peak in the western and southern hemispheres.

akon kag roy in argentina. >> i think it's super, super cool and amazing that i got to reach the summit, no other kid younger than me. i looked around it. these are knives that will stick into the ice. >> there's a reason this young man knows his way around hiking gear. when he was just 7 he reached the top of california's mt. whitney. then at age 8 he climbed the 19,000-foot mt. kilimanjaro in tanzania. >> reporter: what made you keep climbing? >> i walked to my dad and said i want to do something bigger. we did mt. kill ma jar rowe. a month later i asked for something bigger and we went to aconca fw ua. >> reporter: his father and highly skilled sherpas had been with tyler every step of the way, all of them aware of the dangers.

>> reporter: on one side you're really walking on the glacier so there's ice and there's probably about a 1,500-foot ice. there's sheer ice and rocks at the bottom so you can get really injured. so you really have to be careful. there is a level of danger with this sport. do you think about that when you're hiking with your son? >> but there's a -- i would argue there's a certain level of danger at anything. the guide said, yes, he's ak economy mated, physically fit. >> reporter: tyler said he's doing his climb for duchenne for muscular dystrophy. >> they can't walk but i can. i wanted to help them so one day they can hike with me. >> reporter: a lofty goal for a young man who's already reached amazing heights. carter evans, cbs news, yorba linda, california. >> i feel like i need to do

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headlines... a fatal accident on highway in daly city turned the mor upside down good morning. 8:55. i'm frank mallicoat. got your kpix 5 headlines on this friday morning. a fatal accident on highway 280 in daly city turned the morning commute upside-down. police say a driver was involved in a crash and then left the vehicle. that man was struck while walking on the highway. there is one lane of southbound 280 open right now. hope to have it completely open in a couple of hours. firefighters are keeping an eye on the site of a vegetation fire near a shopping mall at corte madera started overnight at a homeless camp east of the village shopping mall near redwood highway. no injuries. the family of jahi mcmath meets with the lawyers for children's hospital oakland. they want tubes inserted to

remove the child from the hospital. doctors say the child is dead and no treatment is required. lawrence has the forecast. >> it will be good weather- wise. lots of sunshine coming our way not seeing rain but that may change next week. another "spare the air" spare, pollution building up in the atmosphere looking back towards san francisco from oakland and it looks like that ridge of high pressure going to stick around not only today but over the weekend. in fact, today again, i think some of these numbers near record-breaking temperatures by the afternoon. 68 degrees expected in oakland. 67 in the napa valley. and 64 degrees in san francisco. the weekend promises more sunshine and looks like some mild temperatures too, still way above average for this time of year. then a few clouds come our way toward monday. slight chance of showers on tuesday. i think a better chance of more rain come thursday. we are going to check your "kcbs traffic" coming up.

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good morning. while the volume of traffic overall around the bay area is very down, san francisco cannot catch a break. we have seen a number of different accidents there. northbound 101 approaching alemany is the newest one. the lane is blocked there and traffic was still trying to recover after an earlier crash in the connector ramp from northbound 101 to the central freeway. also, the investigation continues into the fatal pedestrian accident. it has been there since 5:30 a.m. several lanes the left lanes are blocked. southbound 280 approaching john daly boulevard slow-and-go traffic for at least a mile. bay bridge metering lights are off.

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