right? >> something is going on, right. >> thanks for watching. have a great day. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com captio d by cbs good morning to our viewers in the west. it's wednesday, january 8, 2014. welcome to "cbs this morning." it is not over yet. millions face another day of devastating cold plus former defense secretary robert gates slams the obama white house in a scathing new book. former chief of state bill daly was there, this morning he's with us to respond. police and firefighters accused of using 911 to pull off a massive scam. and dennis rodman hits the court in north korea with his basketball diplomacy falling apart. we begin this morning with a look at today's eye-opener "your world in 90 seconds." i'm, like, done with winter. >> it feels like antarctica. >> an historic big freeze begins

to break. finally coming to an end. soon. but not yet. >> not a single state in the u.s. escaping the brutal cold. >> power grid looking to restore service to thousands of customers. >> dangerous conditions and a woman skids off an icy overpass landing on a pond that was frozen solid. amazingly, only a few minor injuries. an upcoming book by former defense secretary robert gates has criticism of the white house. >> he simply wanted to get out. >> colorado's vail mountain, an avalanche killing a 24-year-old, the grandson of the ski resort's founder. >> during a satellite interview from north korea dennis rodman started screaming at a cnn reporter. >> i give a rat's [ bleep ] what the hell you think. look at these guys. >> there was an awkward moment when kim jong un said my god, this guy is a lunatic.

[ laughter ] a freight train derails in canada last night near the border of two dozen homes in the area. >> oh, that? get ready for what some are calling the cheese apocalypse. kraft says there may be a shortage of velveeta. the fieldgoal and the foul! >> and lebron just kissed somebody over there. >> a kiss for grandma! >> and all that matters. >> the vast majority of americans support the unemployment benefits. >> larry reid who has become almost a dictator in the united states senate won't allow us any amendments. >> on "cbs this morning." >> winnipeg manitoba canada, it was actually colder than the surface of the planet mars. now, that turns out mars has much more night life. [ laughter ] yeah, much more night life. >> this morning's "eye-opener" is presented by toyota. let's go places.

welcome to "cbs this morning." gayle king is off. good morning, nora. the weather is a big story. >> it is. and we'll be talking about secretary gates and his criticism of the obama white house. >> as you wake up to pleasant conditions in the west much of the united states faces another day of miserable, dangerous cold. the frigid weather is blamed for 21 deaths. the polar vortex is hovering over the east and midwest. >> dozens of cities all the way to the deep south set low temperature records, some colder than siberia. it was 16 below zero in chicago, breaking a 130-year-old record, and that's where dean reynolds joins us this morning where it's pretty cold out. dean good morning to. >> reporter: good morning, charlie and norah. forecasters are saying the end of this frigid cold spell is near but it was 3 degrees below zero at o'hare today, and many places around the country will be 10 to 20 degrees below normal today.

from the sky, it's not hard to miss the thick layer of ice coating chicago. on the ground it's causing spinouts like this one. for many in the midwest and across the country, the deep freeze can't end soon enough. >> it feels like ant ashlth ka. -- ant ashlth ka. antarctica. >> reporter: lake-effect snows in upstate new york spawn add blizzard. white house conditions closed parts of the new york state throughway. up and down the east coast, brutal temperatures made life miserable. >> this is ridiculous. >> reporter: new jersey transit officials blamed the cold after power lines fell onto a packed commuter train. 1,000 frustrated passengers were stranded for two hours without heat. >> i have a baby at home and i've been waiting to go back to see the baby. so it's really frustrating for me. >> reporter: tuesday's plummeting temperatures shattered records from atlanta to new york city where residents experienced the coldest day in

118 years. firefighters were forced to deice hydrants and joggers cut their runs short. >> i was shooting for five what my nike app to do but i said not today. >> reporter: in the south, folks in miami had to ditch their bathing suits for winter gear. and from north carolina to texas,texas texas, the bitter blast turned landmarks into ice sculptures. >> it doesn't happen down here that often. >> reporter: back in chicago life is slowly returning to normal. many kids will be heading back to school after an extended winter break. >> it is pretty cold. >> reporter: but you can handle it. >> yeah, i'm tough. >> reporter: well, she may have to be very tough, because it's still very cold around here. and a thaw this weekend would be very welcomed. charlie, norah? >> dean reynolds thanks. airlines are digging out from under a mountain of cold-related flight disruptions.

so far, 600 of today's flights have been cancelled. that is far below the number from the past few days. nearly 700 other flights are delayed this morning. jeff is at reagan national airport outside of washington. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, charlie and norah. spring-like temperatures in l.a. and few delakes at l.a.x. but in the midwest and northeast, the deep freeze continues, and it's something that's costing the airlines and the passengers. some planes once again took to the skies on tuesday, a welcomed sight for passengers stranded in airports all across the country. >> i've had seven flights cancelled. i've been traveling since sunday. >> reporter: the airlines were trying to clean up the mess left by the blizzard when the polar vortex swooped in. the arctic blast endangered workers on the tarmac. new rules over the weekend limiting pilots' time in the cockpit kicked in. linda, a group that analyzes

aviation data, says airlines lose money on cancelled flights. >> they still have to pay the crew. they still have to pay the ownership on the aircraft and then whatever airport they're at, they have to pay the airport expenses. >> reporter: almost 100,000 flights have been delayed or cancelled since january 1st costing the airlines more than $400 million. for the nearly 9 million affected passenger, the price tag is even higher. almost $1 billion. >> the passengers have expenses as far as lost productivity, other incidental expenses such as hotels and meals that are not covered by the airlines when it's a weather expense. >> reporter: so another day in the deep freeze in the midwest and the east for the airlines. some of the airlines have said it may be tomorrow before the logjam of cancellations and delays clear. norah, charlie? >> jeff, thank you. and because of the weather, demand for natural gas hit an all-time high yesterday. meteorologist megan glareos of

our chicago station wbbm looks at the warm-up on the way. >> charlie and norah, temperatures around the country still below average today, but a vast improvement over the last couple of days. chicago today will hit 13. minneapolis 3. both cities above zero which is reason to celebrate, even orlando improving, up now to 68 degrees for today's high temperature. there are wind chill warnings and advisories across many of the northern states. many of those expire later this morning, or into the noon hour. wind chills still could be as low in minneapolis as 20 below. even new york city to 5 below for your wind chills today. polar vortex continues to lift to the north. a significant warming trend will occur and slowly but surely warm those temperatures to or above average by the end of the week for the eastern half of the country. but bitterly cold winds across the great lakes creating the lake-effect event across parts of western new york. the plateau could pick up four feet in spots by tomorrow.

charlie, norah? >> megan, thank you. a new memoir offers a devastating critique of president obama, his top aides, and congress. it comes from robert gates, a republican who served eight presidents, also served as defense secretary in the obama and george w. bush administrations. jan crawford is in washington. jan, good morning. >> reporter: well good morning, norah and charlie, good morning to you in the west. the book started to leak out yesterday. and what we've seen has sent off shock waves through washington. it's unlike anything i think we've seen from a top former senior official. it's hard to say what the headlines are, because there's just so many. but the president, the vice president, the foreign policy team all of that in this book coming under some sharp criticism. in the fall 2009, after running a presidential campaign supporting the war in afghanistan, the president assured the american people it was the right thing. >> this is not a war of choice. this is a war of necessity. >> reporter: but despite authorizing a surge in troops

the president was skeptical of the strategy and his former defense secretary says quickly lost faith in the effort. in his new book robert gates writes, the president doesn't believe in his own strategy. he doesn't consider the war to be his. for him, it's all about getting out. gates praises president obama as a man of personal integrity, and in a 2012 interview, gates talked with charlie rose about how the president makes decisions. >> i think president obama goes out of his way to make sure he hears from everybody. he will not only go around the table in the situation room. he'll go around the back bench to hear from the sort of second and third-tier officials. >> reporter: but in the book gates says white house staff exerted too much power. especially top national security aides, calling the most controlling i had seen since richard nixon and henry kissinger. he's even tougher on vice president joe biden. i think he has been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security

issue over the past four decades. gates has praise for then-secretary of state hillary clinton, who he describes as smart, idealistic but pragmatic, tough-minded, funny. but gates also talks about how clinton, like the president, made decisions with politics in mind. he writes, hillary told the president that her opposition to the 2007 surge in iraq had been political, because she was facing him in the iowa primary. the president conceded, that the opposition in the iraq surge had been political. gates goes on to say that hearing the two admitting this in front of me was as surprising as dismaying. but gates faced his sharpest criticism for congress. he calls the majority of members uncivil, incompetent, egoeg ego 'tis -- the administration taking this serious, and

immediately released a statement defending the vice president saying joe biden has been one of the leading statesmen of his time and has helped advance america's leadership in the world. and on the president's schedule which was released last night, the white house made a point of including biden in almost all of the president's meetings today, including lunch, and one that starts in just about half an hour. >> thank you. during the last six months at the pentagon, bill daly was president obama's chief of staff. >> well, i think it's rather unfortunate, because in the year i spent with the president, i saw the exact opposite, to be very frank with you. i saw a president who was very committed, obviously to support the troops, to support the policy of trying to decimate al

qaeda, which from afghanistan was their base to attack the united states, and that was the purpose of the surge, and that was the purpose of the action in afghanistan, was to try to destroy as best we could al qaeda. and we've done over the last number of years a heck of a job for that -- toward accomplishing that. i think it's unfortunate that we continue this rush for people to run out -- and the secretary, who i have enormous respect for, is very clear in the book with his disgust with washington and what's become of it. and part of it is based upon a sense that there's too much grandstanding. and this rush to do books by people who leave an administration while the administration is ongoing, i think it's unfortunate. it's one thing as historians look back on an administration but in the middle of it when you're pursuing a war at the same time, and one that is very controversial with the american people and very difficult to honor the military, i think it's just a disservice to be frank

with you. i understand why everyone wants to get out there and write a book and get on the circuit, i think it's unfortunate. >> let me make one quick mount point, because norah said this is a man much respected in washington, and calm and cordial in his style. but he makes the point, that the nsc and members of the nsc and members of the president's team were meddling far beyond their responsibility, and were dressing down four-star generals. >> well, i just -- i never experienced anyone dressing down a four-star general. obviously, the nsc made up of professionals deal with the pentagon deal with the state department and the intelligence agencies on behalf of the president and his policies. and there's a collaboration. i never sensed to be honest with you, in the 12 months that i was there, a conflict. there are strong disagreements and secretary gates is someone

who doesn't hesitate nor did the four-star generals hesitate to express their opinions, which the president wanted as secretary gates said. the president was very solicitous all the times was with the general, the intelligence agencies to get their opinions. he listened to his staff at the same time. but that sort of dialogue is healthy, i think. and that's what i saw. >> we should point out, rita braver will join us in a little while, that overall this book apparently though, is very complimentary of the obama white house and the bush white house where gates says he agrees with the president on a lot of the decisions he made. >> right. >> said he made the right decisions when it came to afghanistan. while he offers disappointments of obama in the book the "washington post" says it offers contempt for vice president biden, and on the point charlie was making he says douglas luke, the lieutenant general in the white house, they were aggressive suspicious sometimes condescending and

insulting questions of our military leaders. did that happen? >> well i never saw such action in the 12 months i was there. obviously, these are very difficult issues and there's a lot of tension around the discussions on policy decisions and what's going on in theater. but the people on the ground were the people who were listened to mostly obviously, because they're the people who have the ultimate responsibility on the ground to act on behalf of protecting our troops and pursuing the policies. but there's -- there was healthy dialogue. i never detected any sort of disregard or contempt or outright -- >> so what are you saying about bob gates, then that he got it wrong? >> well, that's his opinion. no. look, if that's his opinion, he's an unbelievably respected, i have enormous respect for him. but i never heard him express those feelings to the president or to the situations that i was involved in and i think it's

unfortunate. >> bill, thank you. nice to see you. we should point out that gate also have more to say this weekend on "cbs's sunday morning" in our correspondent rita braver, and rita will join us in the next hour. four crew members are dead after a helicopter crash in eastern england. it happened last night in a remote nature reserve near the largest american air base in the country. officials say the chopper was on a rescue training mission. the names of the airmen have not been released. time to show you some of the morning's headlines. politico says a bill to extend unemployment benefits advanced in the senate tuesday. six republicans joined democrats in supporting the legislation. now an agreement must be reached on how to pay for the extension. a final vote could come this week. the "wall street journal" says jpmorgan will pay $2.6 billion in a settlement over the bernie madoff case. the justice department saying the bank ignored the signs of the ponzi scheme.

madoff's victims will get $2 billion in compensation. this morning, "the new york times" features an opinion piece by gabrielle gifford. today marks the third anniversary of the assassination attempt to killed six people. she and 12 others were wounded. and she called for patience on gun control reform. giffords also says she's making progress in her rehabilitation but calls it endlessly repetitive. she learned to sign her name with her left hand. "britain's daily mail" says a tiny baby was rescued from the rubble of an air strike in syria. the attack was kurried out yesterday by forces loyal to the syrian government. people formed a human chain to rescue the young victims. witnesses say barrel bombs were dropped on the damascus suburbs. "usa today" says the federal trade commission is cracking down on deceptive weight-loss products. the marketers of stensa a

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former basketball star dennis rodman is in north korea this morning dealing with new controversy. he is unfewer eighting the family of an american held in north korea for more than a year. what they and the white house are saying about rodman ahead on "cbs this morning".

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well a surprise for pope francis this morning at his weekly address in st. peter's square. look at this. a priest ran up to the pope, gave him a hug and so the pope told him, get in the popemobile with me. let's go for a ride. hat a pope >> look at that. just another sign that things are changing there. >> welcome back to "cbs this morning." coming up this half hour former nba star dennis rodman draws new outrage. how his words are angering an american family. plus leonardo and martin scorsese are facing it.

this morning a financial scam against the government. prosecutors say it includes first responders. they're accused of swindling hundreds ex-firefighters. some were enabled by ring leaders, all who served the government before ripping it off. joseph esposito and john ma nir minerva. they and others are accused of scheming including 27 members of the nypd. new york city police commissioner bill brat on the. >> as a new yorker as a u.s. citizen, i can only express disgust at the actions of the

individuals involved in this scheme. >> reporter: among those charged, louis hurtado who police say was starring in instructional videos as a sixth degree black belt all while telling the new york police department he was disabled with neck injuries and psychological problems. he's accused of taking over $424,000 in 24 years. prosecutors say the total could reach $400 million. more than half the cases came from those claiming the events of 9/11 left them unfit to work. attorney brian griffin is representing esposito. he says his client honorably served the nypd. >> so this is a difficult time for him personally but, again, he stood up he stood against it and said the two most important words which is "not guilty." they were coached how to talk to

doctors, fail memory tests and address member benefits. some go back to 1988. manhattan city attorney cyrus vance jr. >> any disappointment that it took this long to uncover? >> i would urge legislators to look at the amount of funds to investigate on an ongoing basis. i think it's fair to say they desperately need more resources. >> keep in mind even though this stretches back to the '80s it was only noticed in the past four years. all four pled not guilty yesterday. the investigation is far from over, though and they expect to find many more cases, norah and charlie. >> the total amount they think of fraud? >> it could reach $400 million, which seems like a staggering figure. a colorado family is grieving.

he was killed in the pass. his name is synonymous with where he died. >> reporter: this is the mountain where 24 yt tony seibert was skiing the backcountry with three others when they were caught in an avalanche at about 11:30 yesterday morning. the others were treated and released. seibert was the only fatality. he was the grandson of the late peter seibert who founded the veil mountain ski resort in 1962. tony was well known in vail not only because of his heritage but also because he was an expert skier. vail released a statement. this is a shocking and terrible tragedy. i want to acknowledge how integral the seibert family is to our community. >> he was very outgoing had a great group of friends, and to my knowledge he knew a lot about backcountry skiing. >> reporter: conditions have been extremely hazardous. the death is the fifth in the

rocky mountain region and the second in colorado in the last two weeks. snowboarder george dirth was pulled from an avalanche in >> rescuers were unable to save his life. >> we have just a deep layer of sugar snow basically, crystallized ice and snow that doesn't bind. anything that gets put on top of that will roll and slide right off. as a skier though it's very tempting because you want to have the deep fresh powder so that could be one of the reasons why this particular group tempted to just jump in and ski it. >> tony siebert was recently featured in "flow state," his grandfather is widely credited with helping to find the terrain that would later become vail mountain, the area where his grandson lost his life. for "cbs this morning," manuel bojorquez, denver colorado. >> basketball hall of famer dennis rodman is in north korea. he's angrily defending his

latest trip to the isolated nation. he brought along several former nba players. attention is giving way to new controversy. seth doane is in beijing. seth, good morning. >> good morning to you, charlie. dennis rodman is calling this game a birthday gift to north korean leader kim jong-un. so little is know about this reclusive leader that not even his birthday is certain. rodman is being criticized for engaging with a man with such a terrible human rights record, a man who just recently had his own uncle executed. >> reporter: dennis rodman sang "happy birthday" to north korean leader kim jong-un before today's game. earlier this week had was seen practicing with other north koor reen players and the other formal nba players traveling with him. this is rodman's fourth trip to the secretive nation. last february he sat alongside

dictator kim jong-un, a man he calls a friend. the visit comes as the u.s. pushes for the release of an american christian missionary kenneth bay. he was sentenced to 15 years in prison for unspecified crimes against the state. in an interview with cnn, rodman was asked if he'd try to help bay. >> do you understand what he did? >> you tell me what did he do. >> you tell me why is he held captive. >> they haven't released any charges. >> reporter: the basketball star, cigar in hand explained his trip was a cultural exchange and not about politics. >> you've gotten guys here ten guys here that have left their families, left their families to help this country in a sports venture. i'm just say -- i don't give a

[ bleep ]. i don't care what the hell you think. i'm saying look at these guys here. look at them! >> reporter: rodman said he hoped the visit would open a door to this closed off country. in a statement kenneth a. e's sister said we're outraged by rodman ice resented comments. he is playing games with my brother's live. white house secretary jay carney was asked about rodman's comments. >> we remain gravely concerned about kenneth bae's health and continue to urge they grant him amnesty and release him on humanitarian grounds. >> reporter: following his comments and the criticism, charlie, norah.

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this morning leonardo dicaprio and his movie "wolf of wall street" earned four. the film looks at the rise and fall of a stockbroker who scammed investors. it's also bringing a bunch of controversy. michelle miller is with us. good morning. >> good morning. from the victims he swindled to the man who led the prosecution against him. jordan belfort's critics are calling out the hollywood film they say glorifieds he lifestyle. as a federal prosecutor joel cohen got to know the real jordan belfort. he prosecuted the crooked stockbroker in the 1990s when he

was convicted of swindling innocent clients out of millions of dollar in his long island firm. >> he's the kind of guy you'd enjoy having a drink with if your wallet was hidden in your back pocket. >> reporter: the new film downplays the serious nature of the crime belfort committed. >> there's a line you don't cross. you don't start mixes reality with fiction where you're essentially advertising for belfort. played in the film by jordan hill. >> when they come in you pick it up. >> reporter: we spoke with hill recently for a profile on sunday morning. >> it's a rise-and-fall, you know, film. you see the repercussions of excess and treating people

badly. >> reporter: "the wolf of wall street" has received two golden globe nominations for best picture and best picture. in an interview with charlie rose they talked about the portrayal. >> he said as long as you portray people as authentically as you can and you don't try to sugarcoat their intentions and you give an accurate portrayal of their very nature audiences will go along with you on that. >> one of the reasons i resists is apologies. >> reporter: victims expressed outrage over how they were ignored in the movie. cohen said few were ever paid back. >> this isn't about him. it's about the decision by respected artists to make a movie which i thought was fairly unsympathetic to people that suffered. >> does this movie hurt the victims of jordan belfort? >> it has to. >> one of those victims is

christina mcdowell. her father was a former associate of belfort's who spent time in prison for stock fraud. in a letter to "l.a. weekly," mcdowell wrote, the film only glorifies the association with belfort and the crimes they committed. belfort's victims, my father's victims don't have a chance of keeping up with the joness. they're decemberty put having lost their life savings at the age of 80. they can't pay their medical bills or help send their children off to college. he was required to pay restitution to his victims ads part of his 2003 sentencing we are seeing plenty of clouds today and even some drizzle outside some dense fog visibilities down to a quarter mile so be very careful on the roads this morning. if you head out to work on travel around the bay area, looks like those clouds will continue on and off throughout the day today with only partial clearing. so the temperatures are going to be cooler. plan on 50s coastside. maybe some low 60s inside the bay and the valleys.

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> >> your realtime captioner is mrs. linda m. macdonald good morning, it's 7:56. i'm michelle griego. there are new details about the death of a patient at san francisco general hospital. lynne spalding was found dead in a stairwell in october after 17 days. the "chronicle" says san francisco general hospital was supposed to be keeping a round- the-clock watch on her and a series of errors led to her disappearance. punching people for fun is leading to random acts around the country. a woman in los gatos is the latest victim of the "knockout game." she had just dropped her daughter off at a dance studio when she was hit. the suspect ran away. stay with us. traffic and weather coming right up.

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a couple of overturn accidents this morning, they are cleared. the lanes have reopened. eastbound 80 at 7th was the latest overturn crash. the delays are pretty bad though. it's northbound 101 particularly backed up. it looks like past the parkway. 280 jammed beyond alemany. out in hercules, all lanes are back open on the connector ramp as well westbound 4 to westbound 80. another overturn accident the delays continue on the eastshore freeway though jammed coming off the carquinez bridge. here's lawrence. >> all right. we have clouds outside right now even some drizzle this morning. so things are damp out there. some of the visibilities down to a quarter mile, too. so overlooking russian hill you can see some of the buildings disappearing in those clouds and fog. looks like throughout the day that will begin to partially clear out around the bay area but you have a cold front heading in our direction too. it's going to fall apart as it approaches the bay area. but we could see showers tonight, 50s and 60s for highs tomorrow. maybe some showers saturday.

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♪ it is 8:00 a.m. in the west and welcome to nbc this morning. if you are traveling west expect one more day of biting cold. and we spoke with gates about his claims. and the nfl star out of action but still playing a big role in the playoffs. but first, here is a look at today's eye-opener. >> it's cold. >> but you can handle it? >> yeah i'm tough. >> the end of frigid cold is

near. it could be tomorrow before the cancelations and delays clear. >> you have a book from the defense secretary who says the president wanted a way out, and didn't have command in his confidence, and he didn't believe in his own strategy. >> in the year i spent with the president, i saw the exact opposite to be frank. >> prosecutors say all of them were led by four ring leaders. >> rodman engaged with a man with a terrible human rights record. the man that led the prosecution against, and his critics are calling out hollywood for producing a film they say glorifies his

lifestyle. a surprise for pope francis this morning. a man ran up and gave him a hug, and said get in the pope mobile with me let's go for a ride. >> what a pope. >> announcer: today's "eye opener" is presented by allergan. >> i'm charlie r wit gayle king is off. the freeze is starting to lift. heavy snow forced part of the new york city thruway to shut down for 36 hours. it's blamed for 21 deaths over four days. >> conditions are improving for air travelers around 600 u.s. flights are cancelled today, compared to 6800 flights in the last two days. and megan glaros is with us. >> good morning, charlie and norah. finally we start to see an improvement in terms of where the polar vortex is centered.

as it is centered to the north, it will go back up into canada allowing for a significant warming trend to push in to much of the eastern half of the country, and chicago will go above average by friday. that will take us to nearly 40 degrees there. today, just 13 for the high in chicago. 2 in minneapolis, and 68 degrees for orlando. there are still windchill warnings and advisories across a good part of the northern parts of the u.s., from new york all the way up to the dakotas, and minneapolis could still find windchills anywhere to 20 below, and chicago to 15 below, but charlie and norah, we take you to one special spot where hell literally froze over hell michigan 12 below. in england, crews are preparing to recover the pwaud

kwaez of four american service members. the air force crew died in a helicopter crash last night and it happened along a row motor beach area on the eastern coast. mark is in london. >> the crash happened in an area near the biggest air force base in the uk that is used for flight exercises, and the investigation has begun into why this one went tragically wrong. it's near a remote place, about 130 miles northeast of london. the wreckage is spread over a large area of marsh land being cordoned off for the four bodies to be covered and because there is concern about live ammunition spread around the crash site. the region is sparsely populated, and luckily there were no casualties on the ground. the chief superintendent of the

local police force -- >> there has been speculation, i understand, about what the cause of this aircraft crash has been. i repeat my message from earlier, it would be foolish to speculate. >> the helicopter is designed for low-level flying in severe conditions. this is one in afghanistan. it's a reliable and robust aircraft often used in rescue operations, and in disaster relief. this is one flying missions in japan after the tsunami, or this one doing firefighter duty in california last summer. it trains over england, and accident investigators are gathering evidence to try and determine why this accident ended in tragedy. the weather in britain has been very unsettled lately but it was not in the area at the time of the crash. the u.s. air force policy is not

to release the names of the u.s. casualties until the families have been informed. and gates criticized president obama. the book is called "duty:memoirs of secretary at war," and he said this morning gates should have kept it all to himself. >> this rush to do books by people that leave an administration why the admin station is on going, i think it's unfortunate. it's one thing as historians look back on the administration but when you are pursuing a war at the same time and one that is very controversial with the american people and it's difficult on our military it's a disservice to be frank with you. >> and this weekend's edition of sunday morning.

>> there were so many. i should say that his specific criticisms of the president were quite limited. i brought in my copy of the book to show you. it's like 600 pages and he really really had harsh words about the white house, about their meddling in places they shouldn't be meddling. at one point during the interview, i said when i was reading this i was not sure whether i was watching an episode of "dallas" or sharing about the imaginations in some renaissance palace and he said all of the above. >> he says in the book that they have a similar approach to dealing with national security issues and he is much tougher on vice president biden saying he was wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades. why that particular criticism of the vice president?

>> i think they just didn't see eye to eye on very much. and he was also very angry at biden, and he says biden personally was very likeable and impossible not to trying to undercut the military and encouraging and whispering in the president's ear, and he said metaphorically shouting in the president's ear and trying to undercut the military commanders. he did make a distinction of both the president, who he said did not have a lot of passion

for pursuing the war, and vice president biden, and he said both of them did personally care about the troops. >> i have to ask you, because you covered the white house before do you think after this criticism comes out it's interesting the white house has opened up for coverage in one of the rarest times, and there is damage control going on. >> i absolutely think that. i think that there is something to be said. you talked about covering washington, which you and i have both done for a long time and me a lot longer than you, and this is really one of the most frank memoirs i have ever read. i was so surprised about how he was in revealing what happened to the white house meetings, and i asked him why he was so frank in the memoir, and he said

mainly because he had a representation for being frank and forthright and didn't see how he could be different in the book. >> you can see rita's complete

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>> in our morning rounds edamame is exploding. it's looking at how it's helping our economy sprout. >> reporter: this man's family has been in the food business

for more than 30 years. but never in a place like this. they decided to produce edamame on american soil instead of importing it from china. and after months fds research they opened their first edamame factory right here in arkansas. >> arkansas and edamame? >> i get that reaction from a lot of people. we're trying to change that around. when you think of edamame, you think of arkansas just like ohio potatoes or washington apples. >> reporter: as unlikely as that might seem arkansas and edamame turned out to be the perfect fit. tt -- it has the ideal soil and climate. >> it's sweeter. >> and it's tenth largest producer of soybeans in the country. just northwest the kind we eat. they'll be turned into oil or animal feed. it's just a different strain of the soybeans that the farmers

already grow. >> when was the fires time you had heard about it? >> never heard of it. >> reporter: but he signed up to work with them anyway. he dedicated 200 acres of his own farm land to growing edamame last year. >> is there a buzz about this within the farmer community. >> mostly the buzz ends with how much are you making? and all i can say about that, is we're happy with what it's doing. >> reporter: he wants to grow more next season and they say the demand is there. low in calories and high in protein and fiber, it's praised as a super food. in 2012 americans consumed more than 25,000 to 30,000 tons of frozen beans. >> we're going to look at soybean plants. >> this man is a soybean regger at the university of arkansas where a team tested growing edamame in southern soil.

>> why is this important? >> it's very important? >> anything that a farmer can do to -- >> reporter: it wasn't just the soil that was right for growing edamame, it was also the politics. >> hi to learn how to pronounce it. >> reporter: in a town of 1500 people, the factory has created close to 100 jobs. >> when you've got a company bringing in jobs and then expanding to bring in more jobs that is good for any community. and we're thankful that it is located here. >> youwhy can't we do edamame here? >> you saw an opportunity there. >> that's right. but more importantly, our customers wanted it.

as americans become more aware of where their food is coming from, they want it made in the u.s. >> an asian bean right at home grown on our soil. >> and i love that story. i mean here is somebody who said, why not? >> and also just made in mesh. i think they're tapping into a strong market. americans want to know where their food is made and they would love to have it made right here at home. >> the big part of the new england patriot's success on the field is learning how to stay in the game even with a injury. >> plus all that mattered on this day in 1935 the birth of a man known for his musical. do you know who it is? charlie has been talking about him all morning. the answer is next on "cbs this morning." known for

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you throw up boiling water in your realtime captioner is mrs. linda m. macdonald offering 100 thousand good morning, it's 8:25. i'm michelle griego. the family of an emeryville man fatally shot last summer is now offering $100,000 for an arrest in the case. aya nakano was shot and killed after being rear-ended in oakland on june 12. san francisco police are investigating the third deadly pedestrian accident since new year's eve. a man running across van ness avenue near the civic center was struck and killed by a car a little after 6 p.m. the man was 38. the san mateo police department needs $1,000 for its k-9 program. it will be used to train ajax

and bring in more dogs to the force. stay with us. traffic and weather coming right up. ♪ ♪ ♪ turn around ♪

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overturn accident westbound 4 to westbound 80 all lanes back open. and it looks like the improvement here has been more dramatic than our accident in san francisco. now just slight delays coming of crockett and continuing into berkeley. also, checking the right in walnut creek, southbound 680 very heavy from concord. that is your latest "kcbs traffic." here's lawrence. >> all right. a lot of clouds out there this morning. we have seen some dense fog. if you are just stepping outside a little drizzle. a neat shot coming from sfo. they have had some delays there. see all the water on the lens, and that's from all that drizzle that's been showing up outside. we have a cold front headed our way, too, where we may see a little rain overnight tonight into early tomorrow morning. not going to be a whole lot but, hey, we'll take anything we can get at this time. 50s out toward the coastline, 50s and low 60s inside the bay and some 60s in the valleys. next couple of days slight chance of showers overnight tonight into early tomorrow morning. dry on friday. better chance of rain come saturday. then guess what? back to possibly record- breaking temperatures next week.

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welcome back to "cbs this morning." coming up in this half hour, the patriots patriots' vince will fork is sideline sidelined. he's an irreplaceable force on his team. pam oliver will preview the story for tonight's "60 minutes sports." >> william h. macy is in our green room. arms around the ladies. gets a little comfortable here. he said there's something he's hooked on in real life. i think we know what that is. >> who can blame him. right now it's time to show you

this morning's headlines around the globe. they look at the killing of a former miss venezuela. monica spear and her husband died after being shot by thieves at the coastline. their vehicle had broken down. their daughter was also injured. lindsey vonn is out due to knee injuries. kraft is out of cheese. a food historian can't see any reason sales would jump around this time of the year. the "new york post" says the polar vortex set a new low. set a record set 118 years ago. it was so cold in chicago the zoo wouldn't have even let its polar bear outside and in lexington, kentucky it was too brisk for a prisoner who escaped on sunday so he actually turned

himself in. >> i want a warm cell sfwloo. and the "l.a. times" says the cold weather induced a trick, throwing warm water into the air. it burned at least 50 people. >> that is terrible. that is not a good idea. my goodness. all right, we're 25 days from the olimb pilks. 55% of americans would rather root for their team from the couch. 35% say they prefer the excitement of the stands. when choosing a once-in-a-lifetime event to attend, more choose olympics over the super bowl and when asked which sport they dislike the most they said the new york yankees 14678% said miami heat and 13% punted on the new england patriots.

>> the patriots are excited about their chance at another super bowl but one of the team's most valuable players will have to watch if there the bench. >> he's hurt but he'll play a crucial role. pam oliver is here with her story on "60 minutes sports." pam, how are you? >> 325-pound vince wilfork had a ruptured achilles tendon back in september. it was a big set back for wilfork and the team. >> when i went down and couldn't play it's like what am i going to do? >> what's your answer? >> my family and my teammates. even though i'm not playing i sit dournld in the meetings. they said we're glad to see you. i said no i'll glad to be here

sitting with you. that meaning a lot to me because this is what i know. >> reporter: by mid-november vince was back on the sidelines. when the patriots traveled. >> i say you on the sideline. it was a road game and i said what about belichick's rule? you don't take injured players. you don't even get on the plane. how did that come about? >> when i told him -- because i know he don't do that and i asked him, i said bill you know, i would love to travel with the team when i'm able to. i understand if you tell me no. i understand that, but i want to be with you guys. and he was like we would love that. that means a lot to me. that's the closest i can get to my guys on game day is on the sideline when they're taking the field and coming off the field. i can talk with them. every time they come off the field -- >> do they want to hear you every time they come off the

field? >> they might not. it's not what they want to hear. it's what they need to hear. >> right. from leading cheers to coaching moves, vince still guides the patriots' defense every bit as much as tom brady does the offense. >> he's the heart and soul so much. >> why do you say that? >> i think what happens -- you can see tommy doing it on the offensive side. always looking for leadership from within when someone steps up and motivates and brings people to a higher plain. and he is an inspiration, especially to the younger guys coming in. and, boy, he conducts himself -- it's pretty special. >> particularly in an nl season dominated by claims that a miami dolphins veteran hazed a young teammate so harshly that he quit

the team. tell me about miami or watching that from the outside and people have this assumption that every locker room is like that. >> it's not. you know i don't want people to think that we're monsters or we're bullies. >> or racist? >> or racist. no. not at all. the locker room is a place where guys should feel safe and i don't want for a second for people to start doubting okay what is this team doing or i know this team is doing this. >> if he's doing it they've got to be doing it. >> no, it's not like that. >> and while wilfork is a model citizen today, that has not always been the case. it's not how he started his nfl career. he had a reputation for making some controversial hits and was repeat lid fined by the nfl. wilfork credits his wife bianca for change his attitude. bianca is a force of nature and

that's not the only thing she changed. she's something. >> he's huge. what is he? 325? >> that's what he claims. he has a weight clos. >> which does what? >> it requires you do be at a certain weight or there are incentives in there that you will not reach. that's what that is about. >> so the patriots versus the colts, wilfork will be on the sidelines. who's the favorite. >> everyone likes the patriots because they're home and you can never count out tom brady. >> how do you like the niners? >> how do you like the niners? >> there is a young man, colin kaepernick, who's a sensation among young women. >> you never heard me talking about him, have you? >> never. >> look at that. >> that's a thing of beauty. >> it is a thing of beauty. i mean he played so well last weekend. >> he did. he did.

he had another year that i think he's reaching -- >> he didn't look like that. >> he struggled early. he's getting a lot of his pieces. >> and i love harbaugh. he's great coach. >> yeah we do too. >> and peyton. >> he's a heck of a guy. i had time to spend time with him in production meetings. he's single-minded. a lot his teammates new to having him there, they're impressed by how he's so consistent and practices are run a certain way and if he doesn't like a practice they're out. he thinks a lot about what he wants and it shows up. >> so denver versus san diego, the 49ers versus the panthers. you're going to be covering game. >> yes, i am. >> how tough is it? >> it's going to be a balmy 50 degrees. after last weekend in green bay,

it wu awful. i was never that cold. you've got to get ready for the new york super bowl and they say just embrace it. >> and you have to watch out for the flying football. >> yes you do. my head's on a swivel. i have people to protect me. >> thank you. >> thanks pam. >> patriots host the colts at 8:00 p.m. 7:00 central right here on cbs. and william h. macy is in our toyota green room. he'll

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season on showtime. william h. macy joins us. welcome. >> thank you, sir. >> tell us more about the character. >> we're in our fourth season and my character has been drinking and drugging entirely. this is where he pays the pierp. i spent my whole season in bed. i signed a new contract so i think i'm going to get a new liver. >> he's kind of despicable but how do you keep him likeable? >> there's the rub. you can say terrible things about him, but i like to say he's got a great sense of humor. he's hard-working even though they're all scams. . i think he's self-knowing. i think you keep him likeable by having him strive. it's very seductive to see

someone working so hard. >> what do you think is a secret to the success? is it the writing? the characters? >> it's very well written. it's shocking but underneath it all i think the writers strive to tell the truth about something. it is a part of society we don't see very much. i mean these people are really underdogs. they literally worry about food on the table and ultimately it's about the family. you can do a lot to the gallaghers, but you try to split up that family, and you're in trouble. >> do you hunger to get back to theater? what's the right word if not hunger? >> yes. i guess i don't because i -- i did a play a couple of years ago here. did "speed the plow" on broadway. it's a young man's game. it's a lot of work. it's a lot of work. you don't get paid very much and no one sees it. let me think. >> showtime's a lot better. >> no. i do love the theater and i think probably that's where i

belong. >> why do you say that? >> i'm probably better on stage than anywhere else. >> really. >> but now i just directed a movie. now i'm an expert. i'm going to write a book and i direct add film. >> how did you like that? >> i loved it. >> what did you love about it? >> i loved being in charge. i loved having the responsibility to tell the whole story. ievg written many many scripts and i've acted most of my adult life. as far as the actor goes our purview is very, very small. it's a director's game. >> but theater is not a director's game. >> no. ultimately no. >> playwright maybe. >> the writer yeah. >> and in that movie "rudderless" your wife felicity is one of the actors. what was it like working with one another? >> she was stunning. billy stars. i was smart enough to roll the camera and watch those two.

it was like two thoroughbreds going at it. it was stunning. >> he is good. >> wait till you see him in "rudderless." it's a good story but he's wonderful in this thing. >> not difficult in directing and working with your wife. >> no. my wife is handful. she's a hard-working woman. she asks lots of questions. but she's also why. what does this mean why would i do that. >> my motivation. >> yes. and she wants to talk it through. the thing is her questions are really smart and often -- as a result of her question you think, man, i didn't think of that. >> we've been talking about it a lot over this year because of what's happened with "house of cards" and other things and breaking band broadway empire

and all that. television is place that's becoming an actor's home isn't it? >> yeah. i personally believe we're in another golden age of television. i think the best stuff being done is being done on television and that's why you see everything writers, directors, and actors gravitating toward television, because you have the giant films which is great fun. we do it better than anywhere else in the world. the indy market is very very popular. despite the fact they want to watch it and actors want to act, the whole paradigm has shifted but television is alive and well and they need a lot of content. and, well i'm the luckiest powe luca. >> and they have time to tell the story. >> i wasn't sure i'd love being on a series. i adore it. i get to act every day and i actually like acting. >> william h. macy -- >> so good to see you. >> yeah. so good to see you. congratulations. you can watch the season

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