>> we're saying he is. >> have a great day, everybody. good morning to our viewers in the west t is monday, january 6, 2014. welcome to "cbs this morning." unforgiving cold freezes tens of millions. if you're flying east, we'll look at extreme measures taken in some states. but cla rthe nightmare scenario the united states in iraq. abrupt end to liz cheney's senate run this morning citing serious health issues in her family. and dennis rodman make as controversial return to north korea. but we begin with today's eye-opener. "your world in 90 seconds." >> i am freezing to death. this is suitly ridiculous. >> a dangerous deep freeze

grips millions of americans. >> the polar vortex pushing frigid air from the north. >> highs across the midwest will be well below zero. >> nearly 3,000 flights cancelled today. >> your flight is cancelled. gotta love it. gotta love it. >> liz cheney is calling it quits on a senate campaign that not only caused ripples within the party, but within her family. >> jahi mcmath has been moved from children's hospital in oakland. >> we will not be saying where she went or where she is. >> like to proceed to the downed aircraft. >> in aspen, colorado, one person is dead and two others injured. >> today, the senate could hold a procedural vote on the long-term unemployed. >> i'm not opposed to it. i'm opposed with not having paid for it. >> never would we never not have extended. it's the right thing to do. >> the call for america's help. a u.s. coast guard icebreaker is now on its way to free the two

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welcome to "cbs this morning." gayle king is off. great to be here. >> great to have you back. happy birthday. >> and happy new year. >> thank you. we begin with the weather. tens of millions of americans face a dangerous day of cold weather. a pool of arctic air is covering a huge area all the way to the deep south. many cities expect to break low temperature records. strong winds will make it fel even colder. >> government offices and schools are closed today in several states. indianapolis is making it illegal for anyone to drive, except for emergencies. we have reporters across the country this morning, and we begin with dean reynolds in chicago, one of the many cities where the temperature is well below zero this morning. dean, how are you doing? >> reporter: well, we're feeling pretty chilly here in chicago where the high temperature's not expected to get much above 10 degrees below zero. it's 14 degrees below zero, and when there's a breeze, it feels like it's almost 50 degrees

below zero. as the deep freeze took grip of chicago, city officials pre-emptively closed cools and urged residents to stay indoors. >> these are extremely dangerous conditions and we urge people to take the necessary precautions to stay safe. >> reporter: illinois, like much of the midwest, could experience some of the coldest weather it's seen in decades, and forecasters say the arctic air could linger through at least tuesday. >> i'm not happy about that at all, to be honest with you. i kind of wish it wouldn't. >> reporter: the numbing temperatures follow sunday's wintry blast of almost a foot of snow in some spots. residents spent all day trying to dig out only for it to keep on falling. >> it's brutally cold. so no problems staying in two days in a row if we have to. >> reporter: throughout the region, windy, snowy, icy conditions made driving dangerous. a string of crashes and spinouts were reported in northwest indiana where several counties

declared states of emergency. >> we're spending too much time getting people who don't have to be out unstuck. >> wind chill of minus 10. >> reporter: still, it could keep away die-hard football fans in the frozen tundra of green bay. 70,000 spectators braved single-digit temperatures to watch the san francisco 49ers -- >> and good! >> reporter: -- beat the packers in one of the coldest games in nfl history. now, if the temperature remains below zero through tuesday, it'll be the first time in 20 years that chicago has had 48 straight hours in minus territory. charlie, nora? >> dean, thank you. some of the worst of that icy weather is in minnesota, but cold in some areas described as life threatening. ri

rachel of wcco joins us. >> reporter: good morning. you are waking up to colder-than-normal temperatures, but we're dealing with brutally cold temperatures here in minnesota. negative 22 is the air temperature, negative 47 with wind chill. not only uncomfortably cold but incredibly dangerous. the governor cancelled all public schools across the state. and in minneapolis and st. paul, many businesses are closed for the day, with schools and businesses closed most people will not be venturing outside. but those that do go outside will need to bundle up. frostbite can hit exposed skin in less than five minutes. brutally cold. and on this day, january 6th, the coldest temperature recorded in minneapolis and st. paul was negative 27 degrees. we have not hit that quite yet. hoping that we do not this morning. charlie and nora? >> rachel, chains. hundreds of thousands are having a terrible time getting home. already this morning, more than

3,000 flights are cancelled. today is the fifth straight day of major air disruptions. jeff is at reagan national airport outside of washington. jeff, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, charlie and nora. the weather may be a lot better out west, but there's still delays and cancellations at major west coast airports, including l.a.x., and that's because of the weather in the midwest and the northeast. the headaches for passengers will continue this week. across the country, some travelers weren't stranded for hours, but for days. >> our flight was supposed to leave on friday, so we've been stuck saturday, sunday, today, and now i have no idea when we're going to get home. >> reporter: more than 12,000 flights have been cancelled or delayed as freezing rain hits the northeast, and close to a foot of snow paralyzed the midwest. at new york's la guardia airport, some travelers were told they'd have to wait four more days for a departing flight. >> we're not blaming anybody. hopefully, they're going to do their best and we'll wait it out and see what happens. >> reporter: on sunday morning,

jfk was closed for more than two hours after a delta jet carrying 35 people landed safely, then slid off an icy runway. and a similar scene on saturday at chicago's o'hare where a spirit airlines flight departing for las vegas skid off the tarmac during taxi. there were no injuries in either incident. close to 1,200 flights were cancelled in and out of chicago sunday. but it wasn't just the weather hampering weekend travel. new faa regulations for pilots went into effect this weekend. pilots are limited to flying eight or nine hours, and they are required to get ten hours of rest between shifts, including eight hours of uninterrupted sleep. the new rules created a scheduling gap that left some planes without pilots. the reality of life is this is what was needed. we needed to make sure that our pilots were fit for duty. >> reporter: the airlines have sophisticated scheduling software, and they've hired additional pilots. but the main obstacle for the airline industry over the last couple of days, and this week, will be the winter weather, the

extreme winter weather that's hitting the midwest and the northeast, almost guaranteed to see those cancellations and delay numbers rise in the coming days. charlie, nora? >> jeff, thanks. in some cities like cincinnati today, will be the coldest day since the 1980s. meteorologist megan garos of wbbm is with the icy forecast. >> good morning, charlie and nora. all of cold air due to what's called a polar vortex. it's basically a large arctic cyclone that starts up in the poles, and when weakens, it send as very strong blast of very cold air much farther south than normal, so that is what's causing this bitterly cold air. in fact, two-thirds of the country under some sort of wind chill warning, watch, or advisory this morning. and that will last for a couple days' time. record lows could be found today in over two dozen cities. the coldest air in 20 years. more than a foot of snow fell

over the midwest, and as the system pushes east, rain for the east coast. once that clears, places like new york city will go from 52 today to 10 tomorrow. charlie? nora? >> megan, thank you. and we turn to politics and a surprise this morning from the daughter of former vice president dick cheney. liz cheney says she is dropping out of the race for u.s. senate in wyoming. jan crawford is live with the details. jan, good morning. why is she dropping out? >> reporter: she's indicating this morning that it's for personal reasons. this is a sudden end, nora, to what was a rocky campaign, one that only divided her family but taught members of the republican party. now, in the statement, she points to health reasons, she says serious health issues have recently arisen in our family, and and und the circumstances, i've decided to discontinue my campaign. my children and their futures were the reason, their wealth and well-being will be the

overriding priority. we don't know who has the health issue, but the entire family has been in the spotlight after she declared her opposition to same-sex marriage. that upset mary, her sister. she said, liz, this isn't just an issue on which we disagree, you're just wrong and on the wrong side of history. that drew in dick cheney, if you recall. he came out with a statement saying liz has always believed in the traditional definition of marriage. she's also always treated her sister and her sister's family with love and respect. liz's many kindnesses shouldn't be used to distort her position. now, liz cheney moved to wyoming in 2012, and she was also kind of seen as this carpetbagger taking on mike enzi. so some top republicans never embraced her candidacy. they worried it would hurt the republican party, and this announcement this morning, now all that guarantees that enzi is, in fact, going to get the fourth term.

>> thank you. president obama is back at the white house after his two-week hawaiian vacation. he and congress returned to a packed agenda. they will face off on unemployment benefits and obamacare. harry reid went on the offensive sunday. >> i'm really concerned about what's going on with republicans in congress. repeat to your viewers, two-thirds of the people in the house of representatives, the republicans, voted to close the government, keep it closed more than 16 days, and default on our debt. the republicans should get a life and start talking about doing something constructively. all they talk about is how bad obamacare is. they don't talk about anything to do to improve it. >> john dickinson is in washington. john, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, charlie. >> happy new year, as well. >> and to you, too. and happy birthday. >> thank you. thank you very much. so what's the majority leader trying to accomplish here with these words, and will he be able to carry the fight to the senate the way he wants to?

>> well, it's not hard to mistake it for an election year. basically, democrats are doing a couple of things with this strong offensive. one, they're changing the subject from last year's difficulties with the affordable care act. but they're also taking it to the republicans, defining them early, and in what is a tough election year, particularly in the senate. if you look at the landscape for election races in the senate, in seven seats where democrats are vulnerable, they are in states where mitt romney won the vote. and in six of the seven states, mitt romney won the vote by double digits. so with the tough landscape like that, democrats are moving quickly to try and define rpublicans here at the very beginning of the year. >> and they're trying to define republicans by bringing up unemployment benefits. the president going to have a session at the white house today with those whose unemployment benefits have been cut. that's their message, but is it likely that anything is going to get done in the senate on that issue? >> well, talking to republicans in both the house and the senate, there's a lot of skepticism.

if anything is going to get done, republicans say, it will have to be offset, that the cost of extending benefits will be offset from savings somewhere. democrats believe, though, the larger issue of income inequality, which some republicans -- marco rubio, republican senator from florida -- talking about inequality, this is an issue in which democrat distalk about a range of issues to try to paint republicans as kind of unfeeling and uncaring. the republican response will be, we care about jobs, which is different. let's create jobs, let's not necessarily deal with the problem of those people who are unemployed. and that's a battle we'll see all year long. >> john, we wanted to get your take on the buzzy story about hillary clinton in politico, there is a shadow campaign in the waiting, that she's already entertaining meetings from consultants about the primary calendar, ad rates, about how she should run for president. >> this is a problem for hillary clinton. in that great and well reported story, she is doing, and people

with her interests in mind, are doing everything necessary to kind of look at the landscape, what's changed since the last time she ran, what's necessary to run, without committing her to run. a, that may be because she hasn't made up her mind herself. but, b, she would like to not be a candidate for as long as possible, because the minute you're a candidate, you take on fire. so how do you do both? how do you live in both worlds, and that's the tension in her story and in her life. >> john, good to see you. thank you so much. and the airport in aspen, colorado, remains closed this morning. federal investigators are trying to figure out why a private jet flipped and burst into flames while trying to land on sunday. the crash killed one of the co-pilots. the two others aboard were injured. one seriously. officials say the flight originated in mexico and refuelled in arizona. a california girl declared brain dead is in the hands of her family this morning. the move follows a court battle last night and oakland hospital

released jahi mcmath to the coroner, and then placed in the custody of her mother. she was taken to an undisclosed location where her family says she'll be cared for. the 13-year-old went into cardiac arrest last month after a tonsillectomy. the united states this morning is promising to help iraq fight off a new al qaeda offensive. militants took over one important city and there is intense fighting in another. clarissa ward has the latest. >> reporter: there is a possibility that iraq could be sliding into sectarian civil war. this was always the fear, worst case scenario, when the u.s. pulled the troops out of country in 2011. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: iraqi humvees pushed into the city of ramadi, firing at al qaeda-linked militants who are in full control of fallujah. the city's in the western anbar province where at the heart of

the unsurgency during the war in iraq. more than 1,300 americans died there. john kerry announced the u.s. will offer assistance. >> we're not contemplating putting boots on the ground. we'll help them in their fight. this is a fight that's bigger than just iraq. >> reporter: the militants fightng in iraq are members of the al qaeda-linked islamic state of iraq and syria, or isis, which has flourished in the power vacuum left by syria's civil war. as a recent interview, gentleman hadie recruiter bakri said he hopes the violence will spread. >> you want to see it spread beyond iraq? >> yeah, beyond that. it's to establish islam in the region, and i believe the islamic spirit has really started in syria. >> are we going to see an increase in terrorism?

>> you want to call it terrorism, that's up to you. >> more suicide bombings? >> oh, yes, definitely. >> reporter: iran has also offered to help the iraqi government in its fight, but that, of course, would only enrage the militants and many sunni muslims who already see iraq's shiite-dominated government as an extension of iran. charlie, nora? >> thanks. time to show you some headlines from around the globe. afghanistan plans to release 88 prisoners. the united states considers them dangerous. american officials say there's proof they were involved in killing foreign troops. and "the new york times" says jpmorgan may reach a settlement this week in the bernie madoff ponzi scheme, the civil and criminal settlements with federal authorities could total $2 billion. the bank is suspected of ignoring warning signs. "new york daily news" says one man was killed at a high-rise fire in man hahattan.

the victim died of smoke inhalation. his partner remains hospitalized. the cause is under investigation this morning. britain's "independent" looks at the pope's first trip to the holy land in may. he will visit israel and jordan over three days. and london's daily mail says today is blue monday. it is called the most miserable day of the year. researchers look at millions of tweets. they found a spike in negative comments about the weather, broken resolutions, and debt. it's also a busy day for divorce filings. >> well, how about that good news this morning? >> it can only get better. >> yeah. i don't feel like it's blue monday, do you? no, because you're back. >> i feel good about that, and i feel good about the year. >> i do, too. >> no reason to be ,,

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this is a kpix 5 news morning update. >> good morning. 7:56. updated on headlines on this monday morning. jahai released from children's hospital in oakland last night. her body was turned over to the coroner. then to her family. a car slammed into a duplex. in oakland. happened near the intersection of nay avenue and richey street. last night nobody was injured. the car, though, a mess. >> and the 0ers one step closer to the super bowl. phil dawson kicked a feel goal to give the 9ers a victory over the packers. the next playoff stop, round 2 at carolina come sunday morning. next stop, a little traffic and your monday weather coming up right after the break.

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an injury crash continue to block multiple lanes of southbound 101. the accident involving one of those airport egg press vans. seeing delays right now. in the commute direction. up to the bay bridge, things improving. the metering lights turned on at their usual time. the backups extend to the crossing. about 10 minutes to get you on to the bay bridge. >> a lot of sun coming our way. a few clouds out there. a live shot for you. the sun is just coming up. clouds swept in overnight from a weather system off the coastline. see it here. not much energy with this one. passing clouds as it moves on through. going to keep things dry. temperatures down just a few degrees. on the mild side, 66 san jose, 64 in livermore. another weak system slide through for tomorrow. keep it dry. looks like dry weather next weekend.

after days of heavy rain, a cliff along the southern coast in england couldn't take it anymore. it caused the partial collapse friday. no one was hurt. the man who took this video called it amazing and authorities have warned people to stay away from the coastline during that wild weather. >> incredible. come up on "cbs this morning," dennis rodman is bath in north korea. is he ignoring kim jong-un's latest brutality? plus a photo that brought a family back tote. you'll meet a temperature in

minneapolis is expected to be minus 11. senior editor brian walsh is with us this morning. good morning. >> good morning. >> what is this polar vortex? >> it's kind of like a hurricane that performs over the poles in this case. very fast moving dense cold air. what happens is the winds weaken somewhat and that cold arctic air spills over down into us. >> but is it stronger this year than it has been in the past? >> well, it's definitely -- this is the case where when we have these cold snaps it weakens somewhat. it might be changing the atmosphere of circulation in that part of the world, actually causing those winds to weaken and making the cold spell as little more likely than they would be. >> so there have been increases

in the frequency of these powe lore vortices. >> yes. there were a couple of winters ago. we had a few strong cold storms despite the fact that we're seeing warming in the winter in the middle of the year. this change is making it more likely. >> this is the first time i've heard the phrase "powe lore vortex," and i don't think i'm out of it. >> yi've heard of it. >> is it connected to the global warming? >> potentially. it's been happening already. what's new is perhaps the winds have been weakening. that could be due to warming in the arctic, therefore making it likely for the cold dense air to escape the vortex and spill down next to us. >> a lot of people are asking when will it end? ? it will be very short lived.

by the middle of the week you'll see it, temperatures going back up 30, 40 degrees where they are now. >> you need a poehlw polar vort >> i had a coat on. >> it felt balmy. brian, good to see you. charlie? former nba star dennis rodman is back in north korea. once again, basketball tops his agenda but as reported some believe rodman's efforts are out of bounds. >> reporter: passing through the beijing airport, dennis rodman defended his trim to north korea with a team of former nba players. they'll take part in an exhibition game being played on leader kim jong-un's birthday. >> nice guy, you know. what he does, that's not my job. >> reporter: he sat beside king

john unlast february when he took the globetrotters there. it opened communications in the 1970s. former governor bill richardson who's worked with north korea says they're being used. >> they're going to exploit. it is going to be all over television, american basketball players honoring the dear leader. that's going to be the message and that's not true. >> reporter: kim jong-un refused to see him. last month he executed his uncle. >> we know very little about him except that he feels insecure, that he's blood thirsty with the way he has killed his uncle, that he's acting irrationally by sending missiles across the

ocean. >> reporter: on his way he was asked if he would raise human rights issues. >> that's not my job. >> it is your job because you have access? >> the only thing i'm doing is this game for his birthday. i'm not going to sit there and say, you're doing the wrong thing. that's not what i'm going do first. he's my friend. >> they're hoping he'll use this trip to call for the release of kenneth bae. but so far rodman insists this trip is only about basketball. >> this is such an unusual friendship between the two of them. >> for dennis to say he's my friend you know and say i'm not going to talk about politics, you know -- >> it 's nevertheless going to e -- >> it's a success for kim junk un. >> right. also this this morning. a new york state man is safe.

he vanished from his phone, cell phone and wallet, and left them behind, and his family launched a search on social media. one photo taken 4,000 miles a way may have saved his life. >> on saturday morning a young man named nick was photographed leaning against a steam grate in frigid washington, d.c. >> i was really struck by how young he was. he didn't look like he had been on the street a long time. >> reporter: ap jacqueline marquette know noticed him. >> i knelt down, told him my name and asked him his nachlt he said nick. >> reporter: she knelt down and said if you give me your full name, people can help. he said, no, i'm okay.

>> reporter: it ultimately appeared in "usa today." hours after it was published she received a message on twitter. innic from her photograph was nicholas simmons who had been missing for more than three days. nick's family recognized him. she reached out to his mother. >> she wanted to know if he had eaten. that was the first question. is he eating. does he look hurt? what can you tell me? >> simmons mom wrote nick is alive but obviously not well. we're going to get him home and safe and this is by far the greatest example of god's love and divine intervention i have ever experienced. d.c. police located nick and took him to a local hospital. it remains unclear why he left home for life on the streets in d.c., but for now he's been reunited with his family. for "cbs this morning," terrell brown, new york. >> such a sad story, though, someone just disappears and you don't know what kind of illness they may or may not have and

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grandmother. after six months overseas, he gave them an unforgettable new year's gift. >> that's the best new year's gift ever. they're not going to let go of him. beautiful story. beautiful story. and now to this story. bobblehead dolls feature athletes and celebrities but one law professor came up with a supremely original idea. jan crawford is in washington. jan, you cover the court for us, right, and this includes them. >> yes. i'm pretty sure when most people think about the court, they're not thinking about bobbleheads which i've got a few right here. i want you to take a look at this, norah, charlie. you're going to see the justices a little differently. here's how most people see supreme court justices. somber and furious, wearing those black robes but here's how a washington d.c. law professor imagines them, as bobbleheads. >> a supreme court bobblehead. that's kind of strange. >> only to the extent you think

the supreme court can be serious. >> he came up with the idea about ten years ago. at first there were skeptics. >> i teach law and at the time did this, i went to my dean, who's a very good humors fellow and said, i'm going to produce a bobblehead of chief justice rehnquist, and he said, that's fine, but i don't want to have anything to do with it. >> reporter: but the late chief justice was flattered and sent davies a thank-you note. it now includes nine current and recent justices and demand is high. they're not for sale. you can only get one by subscribing to the academic legal journal, the green bag, and when one is released, you have to pick it up in person. >> it's an absolutely byzantine process where you're used to clicking on a website and getting things sent to your

doorstep. >> reporter: but he jumped through the hoops. >> if you coming at the right time and there happens to be someone there and there happens to be a bobblehead, you can walk off with your prize. >> reporter: justice o'connor, she has a steer there, a coy girl. >> yes. she grew up on a ranch and she's been quite forthright about the influences of her work as a judge and as a public servant. >> reporter: others have symbols representing their key cases. >> so justice souter, we think of him as kind of this reclusive figure from new hampshire but he's got the bling. >> it's his contract between his persona and some of his work. >> reporter: the bling involved a case. the lifeguard chair signifies a lifeguard case. and there's one of ruth nader

ginsburg. >> reporter: they say they know these are carrick ak turs and they're not mean caricatures. >> reporter: as someone who likes to cycle, he's going to be on a bike. i'm not sure how that's going to work with his black robe but they'll figure it out. >> who's there? i see ruth bader ginsburg in the middle. >> doesn't it look look her and this is clarence thomas and an older one, barry blackmon. there's baseball bat. it rep,,,,

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it is 8:00 am in the west. welcome back to "cbs this morning." if you're traveling, brace for extreme cold in two-thirds of the united states. temperatures are reaching light-threatening lows. congress goes back to work facing a new year of frustration. frank luntz looks at the messages from both parties in 2014. and traveling through is good training for the business world. but first a look at today's "eye opener" at 8:00. in chicago, high temperature is not expected to get much above 10 degrees below zero. >> tens of millions of americans face dangerously cold weather.

>> here in minnesota, negative 47 with windchills. >> this is a really sudden toned a rocky campaign that not only divided her family, but also members of the republican party. >> if anything is going to get done, republicans say the cost of extending unemployment benefits will have to be offset with some kind of savings. there is a real prospect that iraq may be sliding into a sectarian civil war. >> militants took over one important city and there's intense fighting in another. whatever he does politically, that's not my job. >> will try to exploit him for political reasons, it will be all over north korean television. supreme court bobblehead, that's kind of strange. >> only to the extent that you think that the supreme court can only be serious. today is blue monday. it is called the most miserable day of the year. >> how about that good news this morning? >> it can only get better. >> yeah, because you're back.

i'm charlie with norah o'donnell. gayle king is off. more than a foot of snow fell in some areas. >> snow is responsible for another travel chaos day. more than 600 flights are ground already for tomorrow. from our minneapolis station, rachel slavik. good morning, rachel. >> reporter: good morning, norah and charlie. colder than normal morning but temperatures here in minnesota are brutal, even for us. 22 below, the air temperature. 47 below, the windchill. temperatures so dangerous that school is canceled across much of the state. here in minneapolis and st. paul, many businesses are also closed for the day. with schools and businesses closed, most people will be staying indoors.

but those who do venture out will have to bundle up. in these temperatures, frostbite can affect exposed skin in less than ten minutes. as i'm standing out here, charlie and norah? >> the west will see highs in the 70s. chicago's high will be below zero. megan glaros of wbbm is there. megan, good morning. >> good morning, charlie and norah. it is all about this polar vortex, the cause of all this bitterly cold air. essentially, it is a cyclone in the arctic, a very strong one. when it weakens, it shoots energy down to the south, allowing bitterly cold temperatures to move much farther south than they typically do, bringing us the conditions like these. 68% of the nation under some sort of windchill warning, advisory or watch today. and into tomorrow. this is bitterly, bitterly cold air for much of the nation.

we're looking at record lows potentially in as many as two dozen cities. this is the coldest air in 20 years. we've picked up over a foot of snow in chicago yesterday. there's blowing and drifting snow here. we see the system pushing eastward. rain along the east coast. new york city will drop from 52 today to 11 degrees tomorrow. it is actually colder in chicago than in si bechlt ria this morning. norah, charlie? >> that's an interesting fact. colder than siberia. megan, thank you. the sus getting involved in the ice emergency off antarct antarctica. coast guard polar star left to help rescue the crews of russian and chinese ships trapped in the ice. last week, the chinese vessel brought a helicopter to lift 52 people off the russian ship. the american ice breaker will take a week to reach the 153 crew members. authorities say there are still plenty of supplies left. >> nice to see that kind of

cooperation. >> it is. >> trying to reassure its users this morning. ads on its european website spread malware for several days. hundreds of thousands of people clicked on the ads before they were removed. malware is software that can disrupt a computer's operation, giving hackers access. forbes magazine new 30 under 30 list features young achievers in 20 different fields. evan spiegel, co-founder of snap chat, is on the cover. also on the list, 26-year-old tennis superstar maria sharapova, bruno mars and 29-year-old actress and social entrepreneur, olivia wilde, not to make you feel old or unaccomplished. >> good for them. president obama and his two daughters are back in washington this morning, following a vacation in hawaii, where the first lady is staying behind for a few more days. >> she'll be marking a big

birthday that is just days away. there's plenty of speculation about how she's going to celebrate. major garret is at the white house. good morning. >> good morning, charlie and norah. one of the few advantages of being a man of a certain age, like me, is that you learn to speak delicately, if you speak the all, about women of a certain age. especially if that woman is the first lady and the age is 50. in a style all her own. president obama, daughters sasha and malia returned to the white house sunday, president obama to face fresh challenges and the daughters a new semester at school. close friends in hawaii, among them, oprah winfrey. >> when the president is with you, there certainly is a lot more pressure. there's that feeling of the fish bowl is even greater. when you are on your own or when

the president, the white house leave leaves with him, it's easier to have a little bit of private time and certainly other first ladies have used that opportunity, too. >> reporter: before returning to washington, the first lady will blow out her 50 candles in that public housing paradise otherwise known as the white house. >> they certainly have a lot of built-in infrastructure to help you plan a party in the white house. >> reporter: beyonce and adele are rumored but not confirmed. mrs. obama recently confided she would have music on her birthday mind. >> i'm going to be 50. yes. 50. 50. 50 and fabulous, january 17th. and i'm not exactly sure yet what i'm going to do, but it might involve some dancing. >> reporter: the first lady has been known to move it. and not the just for fitness' sake. she did the dougie with jimmy

fallon in a comedy skit called "the evolution of mom dancing." it would certainly trump the obama's usual d.c. birthday dinner, romantic interlude complete with secret service and public gawkers. >> a 50 birthday is certainly a real reminder to anyone that you're at the mid-life point and i think you're just entitled to celebrate it the way you want. >> reporter: hillary clinton also turned 50 in the white house. barbara bush celebrated her 65th birthday at the white house and nancy reagan her 60th, though some records indicated that mrs. reagan was 62. to avoid public backlash from costly taxpayer celebrations. a white house party will certainly be cheaper and entertainment might even be better than the president's 50th birthday bash in chicago where he

herbie hancock and jennifer hudson performed. >> happy birthday to her, capricorn. >> speaking of capricorns, you're a capricorn. >> bradley cooper and diane -- what's her name? in woody allen's film. keaton. diane keaton. >> not bad. >> what happens later in january? >> my birthday is coming up. >> is it a big one? >> it is, the big 4-0 on january 23rd. >> let's dance. >> okay. we'll have a party. stay tuned,

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♪ earlier we told you about new developments in the battle over a california girl considered brain dead. the story is much different in texas. their relatives of a woman

declared brain dead six weeks ago are fighting to take her off life support. but a little known state law trumps that request. >> it helps me remember the happy times we had as a family. >> reporter: looking back at old photographs, lynn recalled how her daughter's dream of being a paramedic had been fulfilled. >> she wouldn't want us to suffer. >> reporter: she says that she never shied away from the subject of death. >> she did not want to be on life support. we knew what her wishes as well as her husband. so we were all on the same page. >> reporter: on november 26th, she was found unconscious in her home. by the time she arrived at the hospital in fort worth, doctors could not reviveher from a pulmonary embolism. >> we found out she was brain dead. >> reporter: but doctors toll the family they couldn't take her off life support because a

texas law forbids it if a pregnancy is involved. she was 14 weeks pregnant. >> i cried. because i know in my heart my daughter is gone. but to see her shell there and being forced to be alive is hard to see her. >> reporter: a statement from the hospital says in part, in all cases john peter smith will follow the law as it applies to health care in the state of texas. every day we have patients and families who must make difficult positions. our position remains the same. we follow the law. >> some would argue if there's a possibility that if the fetus is viable, maybe that life should be protected. >> well, yes. and we've tried to refocus people's attention to what we think is the crux of the issue, and that is that she did not want to be on life support. >> reporter: it could be weeks before tests determine whether

the pregnancy could be carried to term. until then, the family believes the law is being miss interrupt interpreted and needs to be clarified. for cbs this morning, azel, texas. >> jack ford joins us now. good morning. >> good morning. >> what happens if in fact there has been a legally request she be taken off life support if in fact she was brain dead? >> if you don't have the law in texas that says that you cannot withdraw life sustaining support from somebody who is pregnant, if you didn't have that, then you have a different scenario. then you can have either a written what they call advanced directive, a living will, that says do this or don't do this and the hospital will follow it. you might have a document that's essentially a power of attorney that says you can make decisions for me if i can't. and that could decide it.

or as we have here, where families say, we've talked about this and we know that this is what she would want to do. and usually, the hospital will follow that. here it's complicated because you have the statute in texas, one of the states that says we are going to recognize that another life is involved in this. >> what options do the family have? >> at this juncture, they've talked with the hospital but the hospital is -- classic between a rock and a hard place. the hospital says we want to provide passionate care for our patients, but we've got to follow the law. i think it's going to end up in a courtroom some place. >> one the family usually gets the directive. and in this case it involves another life, a baby. and now that baby is 18 weeks old. and eight weeks, maybe, less before viability. they're going to keep her alive until the baby is born? >> that's what you're thinking is going to happen right now.

that's why i say i think the family will get into court. my daughter is a cancer surgeon, and they've experienced these types of situations. one of the issues is how long can you keep a person viable to protect the viability of the fetus? that's a medical problem. but i think what you will see here, and based on what the family is saying, they're argument is we don't want that to happen because she would not have wanted that to happen. we understand what the law says about the fetus. the battle you'll see in the court room is that her family will say that the statute says you can't withdraw life sustaining support. and i think her family will argue, but you know what? she is by one of the definitions of death, they'll say she's dead. so they're argument will be this is not life sustaining because she's debt at this juncture. it's a difficult issue that has

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she is a cutie. >> she is a cutie. >> very cute. lawmakers face a busy year. voters are frustrated. the midterm election are half a year away. frank luntz is a strategist. good morning. >> good morning. >> the whole idea of extending unemployment benefits seems like a mao main thing to do. is it correct for them to do it? >> it's politically smart for democrats. the democrats are playing a populist campaign for 2014. >> income inequality and all that. >> all that. and republicans are going to respond with wasteful spending and obamacare. there's no give and take. it's all one way or the other way. the only issue where you might see bipartisanship were nsa and national security and possibly some education legislation. even immigration is divided right now. but you know what? congress represents america and

if a country's that divided, you would expect them to be that divided. >> you counsel them on messaging. if you have democrats trying to look like they're addressing income inequality, unemployment benefits, making republicans vote against raising the minimum wage, does that hurt the republicans? how do the republicans kun ter that? >> they have to counter that by communicating that raising the minimum wage doesn't help when you've been taken down from 40 hour as week to 20 hour as week bous of obamacare. more are affected by health care than minimum wage. there's a key block out there, working-class americans. people with 38,000, 48,000. they vote 58/42. they don't like extension of benefits. they don't benefit from it. they're wealthier than that. >> and yet you have marko rubio planning a big speech addressing

poverty, you have paul ryan also talking about poverty as an issue. so it does appear that some thought leaders think it's an issue they're tackling. >> exactly but there's a difference between raising minimum wage and that. representative ryan and senator rubio says minimum wage doesn't help tackle poverty, that the extension -- >> what does tackle poverty? >> tools, training, education. it's generally failing and we're not giving people the skills they need for the 21st century and skills are worse when they need it the most. >> what do you say to people who are trying to find a job, can't find a job and unemployment benefits are running out and they've got a family and kids and they don't know where to go or what to do? what do you say to them? >> you've been saying to them we've been extending and extending and extending then but you have to give them the tools and the training. if they don't have the ability

do something that is meaningful, that provides the economy, then they're going to be chronically unemployed. the key, charlie, is to start at the beginning, to give our young people in high school and college the skills they need. >> let me go to something i learned this morning from dickerson. there's an ideal between the core racing that republican candidate carried the state and then a senator is up. the republicans do well in those senatorial elections. is that correlation strong? >> it's pretty strong because republicans are very popular at the gubernatorial lever. they're another popular at the congressional level. >> why is that? >> because americans don't think republicans in congress are listening to them. they think they're too ideological. they're not focused on getting things done. on the gubernatorial level, all across the country they're quite popular. even more than democratics. >> whether the republicans can take back the senate and in the

seats where the senate seats are up for six of those, i mean it could be very fertile territory for the republicans to take back the senate. >> and yet i've seen it and heard it again and again. they were supposed to do well four years ago. they didn't. there's something about this republican mentality when it involves washington that there's a disconnect between what they do and what voters do. >> i wonder if it's more powerful too. last year was the most "do nothing" congress ever and this year is going to be worse than that. you talk about them tackling the issues. city still they're not going to get much done. >> and, in fact, they're tloeg it up. 61% would replace everybody and yet we know that still over 90% of candidates -- >> is the prediction now among political analysts that republicans are likely to keep the house and democrats are likely to keep the senate today? >> yes. >> frank luntz, thanks. how does climbing the

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opportunity to go to the top of the world? >> that's alison levine on cbs back in 2004 after she skied to the north pole. the global adventurer also skied to the south poly. she's climbed every continent including mt. everest. she did all of that on top of having three heart surgeries and stand as risk for frostbite. welcome back. >> thanks for having me. >> why do you do this? >> i love mountains. i love being somewhere that's very remote where you have to be able to get by with just the things that you can carry in your backpack, and i love the challenge of pushing yourself past the point of pain and suffering and realizing that you can keep going, even when you feel like you can't take one more step.

and each time i think you gain more skill and more confidence to know that you can take on more and more challenging peaks. >> that's one of the business angles. i guess also collaboration and planning ahead. >> one of the great things, obviously your physical accomplishments are extraordinary, but your professional as well. i mean you have an mba from duke, you've worked at goldman sachs, worked in politics, rose to the top in terms of the corporate ladder. some of the leadership stuff you hear out there is drivel. how so? >> first i think it's a mistake to rely on executives for leadership or people that have certain titles or a certain amount of tenure. i think people realize everyone's in a leadership position and leadership shouldn't be left to an executive staff or board of directors or heads of department. leadership really has to be everybody's responsibility because we all have a responsibility to look out for the people on either side of us

and to help move forward with the mission. and when you're in extreme environments in the middle of the mountains or antarctica, got forbid something should happen to the team leader, the rest should be able to step up to the play. >> you have a forward by mike krzyzewski, the duke basketball coach. >> i do. >> do you plan a blue devil? >> i usually plan to say "go duke" but you can't scream due to the high altitude. but i do take "go duke" signs up to the top. >> was it the toughest of the top? >> it's the toughest of the tough. you're at 29,000 feet up in the death zone. they call it death zone for a good reason. starting at 26,000 feet your body is slowly starting to die and human life is no longer

sustained. it's hard to think clearly. you take five to ten texts. every part of your body and brain is impaired and you still have to be able to function at a very high level even in that type of state. >> alison levine, thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> "on the edge" goes on sale tomorrow. it was made for the navy ship. mo rocca sits down to learn the mist behind a famous chair. that's ahead on "cbs this morning." ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

it's the chair you see just

about everywhere whether it's at work or to enjoy a meal. as mo rocca shows us, the seat started 70 years ago with a humble purpose. >> reporter: at a factory in a small town of hanover, pennsylvania, chairs roll off the line into the world and under backsides everywhere. you know the chair even if you don't knows name. the em aco navy chair. it's the star of screens big and small, supporting more than just hollywood heavyweights. britney spears danced with on, around, even under an emeco chair for her video pop an thumb "stronger." ♪ i am stronger >> it's in offices, restaurants,

ballparks, and airports around the globe. today emeco chairs are everywhere, but it all started with just a single customer. >> it's this american iconic chair from the '40s during the war effort. it was for navy ships. it was lightweight, noncorrosive, fireproof. it wasn't about design. it wasn't about style. it was about a purpose. >> reporter: dozens of craftsmen manufacture the chairs in a 77-step process. aluminum is bent, stamped, twisted, soldered. then it's buffed. what comes next is most important. >> this is a hardening process. >> reporter: oh, my god. >> he's got to wear that because of the heat. >> reporter: did you ever see that movie outbreak? >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: it's flaming. >> it's burning off the oil.

>> reporter: so the aluminum chair goes into the 1,000 degree salt bath, the freezing cold water, and then here and then there. >> it's almost like a diamond surface. it's really, really hard. >> this thing is strong. if you don't think this chair can take a licking, well think again. and is it really indestructible? >> they claim it was torpedo-proof. i don't know if that's the case, but this chair will survive incredible amounts of torture before it will ever die. >> reporter: but the company that makes it almost didn't survive into this century. >> one chair, one customer. that was a big problem for emeco. as the war effort started to wind down, the navy stopped needing chairs and that was our

business. >> if you're making something last a very long team, people aren't going to need more unless you have more customers. >> right. >> it led to a successful collaboration and a rebirth for the company. >> it becomes movement. >> it starts to put a new light on it. it was basically the same chair with a little polish on it. >> and that brought the whole company along with it. >> reporter: new chairs and new ideas. architect thank gary designed one. >> i designed it as stackable so you could put ten in the back seat of your car. it was very light and hopefully very cheap. >> reporter: cheap, not exactly. e emeco chairs range in price from

a couple hundred to a thousand dollar but they come with a lifetime guarantee. >> how many do you have? >> we have 88 different models. >> reporter: 70 years on, the company still operates out of the same factory, producing the same chair, which is still its number one bestseller. for "cbs this morning," mo rocca, hanover, pennsylvania. >> man, i love those chairs. i have six of them. >> do you literally? >> i literally had them shipped back from overseaed. >> brought back. they're a bit cold on the bum for me. >> are they really? >> the steel is cold. >> what do you have on when you're sitting on the chairs? >> okay. it's time to say good-bye? the show is over. >> are you happy i'm back? >> i am happy you're back. >> great to be back. had a great holiday. >> great. >> plhad some sun, played some

golf. can't wait for your birthday. >> thank you.

jahi mc-math was released fm children's hospital oaklandl get you caught up with headlines around the bay area, jahai released from children's hospital, her body turned over to her family, now transporting her to a new facility. the family is keeping the location private because they have received some threats. three students charged with hate crimes will be arraigned today. the white teenager is accused of bullying their black roommates. the boys were arrested and suspended after the victim's parents found racist items inside their dorm room. >> and anyone who bought health insurance has more time to pay that first premium. deadline has been extended until january 15th for policies affected january 1st. the extension comes after people have problems

getting invoices from their insurance companies. how about the weather? remains the same, dry, right? . >> very dry around the bay area. clouds outside. that's the best we can do. this storm system falling apart as it's moving across a ridge of high pressure. out the door. a lot of clouds over the rest of the bay area this morning. going to see those on and off through the day. getting shredded by high pressure. that system going to fall apart. mild temperatures, and dry weather again, 65 redwood city, 66 san jose, 63 degrees in napa valley. looks like over the next couple of days, we will see a few more clouds passing, but not much in the way of rain. looks like partly cloudy skies into thursday. going to check out your traffic coming up next. ,,,,

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