ptions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com captioning funded by cbs good morning to our viewers in the west. this is thursday, january 30th, 2014. welcome to "cbs this morning." hundreds of cars littered the highways of atlanta. the city struggles to get up and running again. did georgia leaders ignore the forecasts? a ride on wall street. what happens next with janet yellen about to take over the fed? and a tale of two super bowl cities, mo rocca in denver and john blackstone in seattle, to see who deserves the bragging rights. and the owners of the jets and giants and peyton's dad are all here. we begin with a look at "the eye-opener." your world in 90 seconds. >> we can always get better. i certainly want the people who are stranded on the highways to get home to their families.

>> atlanta under fire after the city's crippled by the storm. >> disappointment was in the leadership of our state. it was chaotic. >> the mayor admits the response could have been better. >> the georgia governor faulted forecasters. >> we can't control mother nature. >> nine people are dead in a fire in southwestern kentucky. eight of them are children. >> -- making a big announcement and sending stocks falling, the dow down 5% so far this year. >> justin bieber turned himself in on an assault charge. he had to push through a crowd of reporters and screaming fans. >> everyone's like here to see the biebs. >> staten island congressman michael grimm now apologizing for the threats he made to a new york 1 reporter. >> i overreacted, and i lost my cool. >> sometime this morning an italian court will release its verdict in the latest murder trial for america defendant amanda knox. >> the cruise ship "explorer of

the seas" docked after nearly 700 passengers got sick. >> son scores big time with a big surprise for his mom. >> what? what are you talking about? >> those are super bowl tickets. >> no. >> yeah. >> no, they're not. >> and all that matters. >> the snow took drivers in florida's panhandle by surprise but one good samaritan, who is not exactly dressed for the weather, came to the rescue. >> they don't know how to drive. bottom dollar. >> on "cbs this morning." >> pop star justin bieber called a presentfrenzy when he surrendered to authorities. >> he has become a menace to society. i liked him better when he was just a menace to music, now -- >> this morning's "eye-opener" presented by toyota. let's go places. welcome to "cbs this morning." good morning, norah. >> good morning to you charlie. >> we begin again with the

weather, the winter weather nightmare easing in atlanta. but the cleanup along highways could last for days. the frozen gridlock lasted more than 24 hours. officials say the thousands of people left stranded in cars, stores, and schools all finally made it home. >> but there is a lot of finger-pointing this morning over the response to tuesday's snow and ice storm. mark straussman is in atlanta where schools, government offices, and many businesses will be closed again today. >> reporter: good morning, charlie and norah. good morning to all of our viewers in the west. all over atlanta along roads and highways, this is what you see. cars that have been abandoned during the storm. the goal today is to get the drivers back into their cars and get the cars on the road, to try to get this city moving again. the other goal is to get the black ice off the road. hundreds of cars still line the highways in atlanta. most of them marked with yellow tape, a sign they've been abandoned. as late as wednesday, drivers were still stuck in miles of frozen gridlock. good samaritans like jessica and

chris hartsog handed out food and water. >> a lot of people have been able to get what they need but those that haven't have been very grateful. >> reporter: national guard troops fanned out. a military truck delivered critical supplies to this medical center. >> we went to their distribution center because it was iced in. there was no way for their delivery vehicle to get in or out. >> reporter: in fulton county, students told us how they spent tuesday night at school, more than 2,000 of them. >> they fed us dinner, then breakfast, and then lunch today. >> reporter: high school sophomore natalia, one the last to leave, was reunited with her dad on wednesday. >> disappointment in the leadership of our state. we should have been able to shut the schools downment we had no emergency evacuation plan. it was chaotic. >> the superintendent, he needs to pay for this. he needs to answer. everybody knew this weather was coming. >> reporter: atlanta mayor kasim reed defended the city's actions but admitted they could have been better prepared. >> we made a mistake by not staggering when people should

leave. if we had it to do it again, we would have said schools, you go out, you go first, private-sector businesses you go second, and government goes last. >> reporter: georgia governor nathan deal also apologized but said the storm hit atlanta faster and harder than anyone could have imagined. >> mother nature has a mind of its own. i don't think anyone could have totally predicted that this was going to have the magnitude within the short window of time in which it occurred. >> reporter: emergency crews will be using four-wheel drive vehicles to get owners to their abandoned cars and get the cars back on the road. the goal here, of course is to put gas in the cars of people that have run out of gas, and at that point, get this city moving again. >> mark straussman thanks. and the trouble is the same in much of alabama. drivers abandoned thousands of vehicles on icy roadways around birmingham. officials say some children stranded in schools spent a second night away from home. the temperatures are expected to reach the 40s today.

large stretch of interstate 10 remains closed this morning due to icy conditions. tuesday's storm is now blamed for at least 12 deaths in the south. amid that tragedy, a story of triumph. a baby girl born in the middle of atlanta's traffic disaster. you'll meet the happy family and the police officer who helped in a moment of crisis. that's ahead. this morning, the government says consumer spending hit its best rate in three years. the economy grew by 3.2% in the last quarter of 2013. stocks are up after opening at their lowest point of the year. markets fell on weak earnings and the fed's decision to cut its economic stimulus. >> the fed meeting was the last for chairman ben bernanke. ian etjanet yellen takes over tomorrow. anthony, let's start with the market. what's going on? >> i think it's processing a number of things. first of all as you mentioned, the pulling back of the stimulus from the fed. second of all, a slowdown in china which is weighing on things here. really, the market was up 26% last year, charlie.

i mean at some point, everybody's been saying there needs to be a pullback. we may finally be getting it. >> despite the uncertainty, especially in january, why is the fed pulling back? >> because underneath all of this, the fundamentals of the economy are getting stronger and i think you hit on something i've been hearing from business leaders now for quite a while. everybody thinks this year is going to be better. now, the cautionary note of course, they've been saying that for the last couple of years. >> the question is whether the business leaders have the certainty, feeling about the economy -- >> absolutely. >> -- and they lynn vest in new jobs. >> exactly. that's the question. >> what about the -- what's the effect of the fed's decision on china? >> well china, i mean part of what's going on here is with the fed pulling back the expectation is that interest rates are going to go up and that investment money is going to move back to the states and that will hit emerging markets, okay? but really, i think what's going on with the market is just a readjustment and recalculation in terms of with the fed pulling back, what's that going to mean for the economy? is the u.s. economy going to get

weakened? >> will janet yellen be different in any way than ben bernanke? >> i think in some time she will. i think in the near term it will be business as usual. the two have been not necessarily in lockstep but pretty much been in agreement about the way things should go. if anything, yellen may be more cautious than bernanke. >> i remember when it was first announced that janet yellen would get this job, that you said she's going to be the most -- >> i think she's the most powerful woman in american history, until we have a female president. >> all right. anthony mason, thank you. >> and in the world. >> yes. >> thanks. hundreds of people sickened on a royal caribbean cruise are home this morning. the ship returned to new jersey wednesday, two days early. and we have the firsthand accounts from passengers. elaine, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, charlie and norah. the ship left last week for what was supposed to be a ten-day cruise through the caribbean. instead, the trip was cut short after nearly 700 passengers and crew members got sick. eight days after it set sail, royal caribbean's "explorer of

the sea" returned to new jersey. passenger lynn cavato said by day three, he and his friend were two of those that fell ill. >> we were confined to our cabin for almost two days. >> reporter: what was that like? >> it was bad, intestinal stomach pain, you know, vomiting, nausea. it was bad. >> reporter: passengers chris roman and britney schneider saw signs of sickness throughout the ship and crews working to clean um. >> they were overwhelmed. the medical was backed up. room service was backed up because people were quarantined to their rooms. the staff, which was wonderful, the staff was great the whole entire time, they were stretched thin. >> reporter: they say by the third day, the normally bustling ship with more than 4,200 passengers and crew had turned eerily quiet. >> activity got cancelled. and we -- all you could do was just walk around and talk to empooh. it was a ghostship. no one was around. >> reporter: the cdc is working with royal caribbean to determine what caused the outbreak, but they suspect the

noro virus, which spreads easily from infected people through contaminated food or water or touching contaminated surfaces although a company official called the event rare, passenger passengers on another royal caribbean ship were sickened two weeks ago. the company is now offering partial refunds. >> and this was really unfortunate. so we gave our guests half of their money back for this cruise, and we also gave them 50% off toward a future cruise so that they will come back with us. >> reporter: but some passengers say that's not good enough. >> for people like ourselves who are not really cruisers we probably won't go on one again. to get 50% off when you've taken time off from work and went to high expense, it doesn't really compensate you. >> reporter: cdc officials are on the board the ship continuing their investigation into the outbreak. officials are also evaluating the disinfection process. according to royal caribbean's website, the ship is scheduled to leave for another cruise tomorrow. charlie, norah? >> elaine, thank you. this morning, we're learning of a devastating house fire in western kentucky.

officials say eight children and one adult died in that fire in greenville, kentucky a town of 4,000. the flames reported in the middle of the night. greenville is about 130 miles southwest of louisville. two other people living in the home were taken by helicopter to a nashville hospital. republicans respond today to president obama on immigration. house speaker john boehner will show a new plan to fellow republicans today in maryland. it's a piecemeal approach that focuses on stronger border security, but it includes a path to legal status for 11 million people who entered the u.s. illegally. republican congressman mario diaz-balart of florida tells nancy cordes, the time is right. >> what has always eluded us is that magic formula, policy-wise, that gets us the majority of the republicans and a very large substantial number of democrats, which would allow us then to not only move forward in the house but pass it in the house. >> other republicans say they will not approve any plan leading to citizenship for immigrants who broke the law. russian authorities say this

morning they've arrested two people connected to a pair of deadly bombings that raised tensions for the winter olympics. the suspects are described as members after muslim militant group. last month's attacks killed 34 people in the city off volgograd. the director of national intelligence says it's time for edward snowden to return hundreds of thousands of stolen secret documents. james clapper told a senate hearing yesterday that snowden's leaks are causing profound damage. >> the nation is less safe and its people less secure. terrorists and other adversaries of this country are going to school on u.s. intelligence sources' methods and tradecraft and the insights that they are gaining are making our job much, much harder. >> homeland security bob orr has covered the story since it broke. what are they telling us in terms of your sources and clapper testifying there about the damage done specifically, and how they are forced to adjust to that damage.

>> this is devastating. they say this case goes far beyond any of the famous spy cases we know, aldridge james, robert hansen. what snowden has done with the leaks through the press is he's put the intel playbook out there for everyone to see. so when your adversaries and your opponents and the terror groups, well, how does the u.s. do this, what are the tripwires, when they have all of that information, what do they do? they adjust. that forces us to adjust. so we'll eventually get all of this back with new capability. but right now, this is a security lag and that's dangerous. >> what do you think the point was of our nation's intelligence chief, general clapper, calling on snowden to return these documents and accusing, also and saying his accomplices, which was really a vague reference to the press. >> right, it wasn't all that vague, norah. i think it looked desperate, to be honest with you. the government is frustrated. they can't do anything. short of convincing russia to grab the guy and help us he's beyond the reach of the u.s. government. so now they're reduced to

basically begging him to come back and go through some kind of trial. he's charged with three felonies. eric holder the attorney general, says he's not going to make a deal. no clemency, no amnesty. so he's not coming back we're not getting the doms back. >> also news out of this hearing on syria and how concerned we are about our own national security, because of what's going on in syria, right? >> it's a huge problem. that's the emerging battlefront is al qaeda. we know about the al qaeda, afghanistan, pakistan region. we know about the strong affiliate in yemen. what's happening in syria is you have two al qaeda factions, largely from iraq that are carving out now some safe haven space. they're setting up operations training camps, and they're attracting westerner recruits. it's very very dangerous. >> and they're going there and back to iraq. >> right. and maybe back to the united states. there are westerners there and some folks from the u.s. that have gone to fight there. >> all right. thank you. the u.s. is raising concerns this morning that russia may have violated a 1987 missile treaty that helped end the cold war. the agreement was signed by

president reagan and soviet leader mikhail gorbachev. "the new york times" reports american officials believe russia began testing medium-range missiles in 2008 and the u.s. informed nato of the alleged breach this month. russian president vladimir putin is holding out on helping ukraine this morning. he's waiting until the country form as new government before ocher billions in bailout money. for two months protesters have demanded ukraine president step down. holly williams is in kiev where demonstrators are being offered amnesty in return for their cooperation. holly, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, charlie and norah. ukraine's parliament voted to free arrested protesters if they leave the government buildings they've occupied in the next 15 days. the protesters say they will not do that. and in the midst of this dangerous crisis ukraine's president has gone on sick leave, which could make it even more difficult to resolve. ukraine's demonstrators are hunkered down and ready to

defend themselves. they're sticking to their demands for the president's resignation and fresh elections, but now the government set a deadline for them to leave, many here fear the standoff could end violently. a member of parliament and a protest leader what will you do if the government sends the riot police back on the square? >> they did it a number of times. if the president decides to make another crackdown, or enforce the marshal law in case of emergency, this will be a disaster for my country. >> reporter: the demonstrators have stayed out in the bitter cold because they believe their country's future hangs in the balance. these protests began peacefully back in november but ukraine's government turned down a treaty with europe in favor of financial aid from russia. but after surviving decades of oppressive soviet rule many

ukrainians fear moscow's influence and hope closer ties with europe will bring greater freedom and democracy. former world champion boxer is one of the protest leaders and told us a modern ukraine needs to be part of the west. why do you want to be close to europe and move away from russia? >> we've want to move away from russia. we talk about maybe european -- >> reporter: the protests and the government's response could decide whether ukraine turns east or west. ukraine's former president warned yesterday that this country could be on the brink of a civil war. charlie and norah if. >> holly, thanks. time to show you some of the morning's headlines. "the minneapolis star-tribune" shows how an intruder stole credentials to access target's

computers. thieves took credit card information from up to 110 million customers. "usa today" says researchers found a way to create stem cells from regular cells in mice that could be the key in treating a number of diseases including alzheimer's. the new research means scientists could create stem cells without embryos. google is selling the profitable motorola division. "the seattle times" says an italian court is debating the fate of amanda knox. knox wasn't in court. she's in seattle waiting for the verdict. the american student was convicted of killing her roommate in 2007 but the verdict was overturned four years later. and the huntsville times says sudden snowstorm in alabama doesn't stop one doctor. the doctor walked six miles to the hospital and performed emergency brain surgery. he is their only brain surgeon.

hospital officials say without the surgery, the patient probably would have died. storm clouds moving in overnight. the rain is back in the bay area, showers continuing outside right now, likely doing so throughout the early-morning hours and then a brief break before we see a little more rain falling as we head in toward the afternoon and evening hours. temperatures will be cool around the bay area today. let's plan on 50s maybe a couple of low 60s. staying unsettled throughout the day, maybe picking up again in toward the commute ride home. looks like by tomorrow, we'll be dry, slight chance of showers coastside on sunday. >> announcer: th ational weather report sponsored by hershey's spreads.

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the men who blocked the super bowl arrived. we'll talk with johnson and giants owner jonathan hicks. they said getting to the game in the cold will be half the fun.

sacramento today to work on a relief plan for the drought. that good morning. 7:26. i'm frank mallicoat. get you updated on some headlines. governor jerry brown is in sacramento today to work on a relief plan for the drought that could include transporting water to the driest parts of our state. and we're finally getting some desperately needed rain today. let's kick it over to lawrence in the weather center and find out how much, how long it will be around. lawrence? >> looks like we have some rain continuing to fall outside on our hi-def doppler radar. we have seen rain continuing overnight just beginning to taper off a bit. still some scattered showers. if you are headed out the door, seeing some of the rain now making its way into the north bay near san rafael south of petaluma but along the 101, also more scattered showers moving in along the peninsula and into san jose. we are seeing some rain there, as well. the heavier rainfall has moved on by but still, a chance of more rain for the commute ride

on the ride home this afternoon. how about this? by the afternoon, the temperatures where they should be, 50s and some low 60s for highs. it looks like the storm system going to wind on down. it looks like partly cloudy dry weather for friday. a nice start to the weekend, slight chance of showers near the coastline on sunday. and then dry and warmer next week. we're going to check "kcbs traffic" when we come back. even get 3 years interest-free financing on tempur-pedic. keep more presidents in your wallet. sleep train's presidents' day sale is on now.

good morning. i'm liza battalones with your "kcbs traffic." it's been a busy morning commute with lots of accidents out there because of the wet roadways. northbound 85 at moffett, a solo spinout is blocking a lane of traffic causing delays. you can see the northbound direction of 85 extremely slow. meanwhile, the bay bridge toll plaza metering lights are on, traffic backed up from beyond the 880 overcrossing. 580 expect those backups leaving the altamont pass to the dublin interchange.

aid he'll wear an outfit sponsored by mackle moore. >> welcome back to "cbs this morning." coming up this half hour 47 super bowls have been played indoors or in traditionally warm cities. number 46 will be played outside in the cold. that's thanks to nfl owners william johnson and jonathan tisch. we'll ask how soldthey sold the idea to the league. >> and we talk with brian broughton. he's devastated.

the controversy that caused him hollywood gold. that's ahead. during the gridlock, the number of people stuck on the road grew by one. a baby in such a hurry to get here. amy was in labor. amy anderson and her husband nick were expected their third child next week but around 2:00 p.m. on tuesday amy called nick with some news. >> she was in a little bit of a panic mode. she already started having contractions. they were about ten minutes apart. >> anderson rushed to their home in an atlanta suburb and loaded

his pregnant wife and two daughters into the car. on any other day it would have been just a couple minutes' drive to the hospital but once they got on the interstate, it was total gridlock. >> i think that point reality started to set in that we're not going to make it. i called 911 and the operator was super helpful. she was very calm and relaxed and said she's going to talk us through it. >> luckily anderson wouldn't have to deliver his baby alone. >> i think it was just coincidence, being at the right place at the right time. >> reporter: officer tim sheffield was responding to a call in the area when he noticed nick anderson was standing outside his car. he didn't look like he was stuck. i got out to check on him. i asked the driver are you oklahoma. very calm. he was on the phone with 911. he said, no we're having a baby. i said okay. >> reporter: officer went to grab supplies from his car.

>> reporter: through snow wind and traffic, the baby came into the world. >> it was a neat experience. my two baby girls got to see their baby sister born. i got to deliver. not ideal but a memorable one but one we'll cherish home soon. charlie, norah, gail? >> a great story. thank you, manny. >> that's a great birthday gift. as you know, when babies are ready to come charlie -- >> they come. >> -- they come. they don't care what's happening. they come. >> i say kudos to mom. after having three kids i don't want to have baby in a car. >> speaking of a big baby big super bowl baby. >> let's talk about the super bowl three days away. fans are pouring into new york and new jersey this morning. the co-chairs of the super bowl

host committee join us. welcome. >> good morning, everybody. >> great to have you. >> we've got lots to talk about here. first of all what's the weather going to be and second let's talk about getting to the stadium. >> weather is off the table. not even an issue. weather o obviously in the past was on everybody's mind but it's going to get warmer for the next few days. by game-time, 40 degrees, no precipitation. balmy compared to what we've been through. >> you've been checking your cbs weather app sneefr hour. you think i'm obsessed with it? every hour. now every two hours. i think we're good. >> what concerns you? >> weather doesn't concern me. 45 close to the game 45 instead of 30. we started out with a huge list of things to do. it's down to a 3 x 5 card really. i think transportation still, making sure everybody gets on

the right bus and on the right train. it's going to be a mobile super bowl and not much -- not many people will be driving out there. everybody getting in the right spot. and we're doing a lot to advise people where to go. >> but, jonathan, when you guys did the presentation, kudos to you. that presentation all those years ago ended up. what was your big sell what were you hoping to achieve and do you see this as a dry run, that if this goes all right, all right, cold weather is all right. >> a couple of objectives when we made the presentation. this is the great gaeft in the world and now it's going to be made on the greatest stage in the world. the new yorkorkew york/engine regionnew jersey region. >> can you tell me what's wrong with a dome stadium?

>> there's nothing wrong the dome stadium. we looked at it. the cost was tremendous. and we wanted to have the roof, the cold weather advantage learn how to play in cold weather.- and a lot of roofs they open with a little sliver. to open the roof to full which we wanted to do all the way to the very end would be about $400 million. >> can i ask you. we live in new york city now. we're new there. you see helicopters in the sky. they're security. how much security is there and do you get briefed as owners on what the government is doing to protect? >> the preparations, norah, have been going on for about 2 1/2 years. there's a lot of coordination between new jersey state police, nypd secret service, homeland security. >> have you interfaced with john miller yet? >> maybe we need him to tell us what's going on next. al kelly has been interfacing.

there's a security operation out at the stadium i saw a couple of days ago. it's unbelievable. obviously first and foremost is the most important. >> what does a co-host do? >> co-chairs. >> gayle is a co-host. >> yes. what do we do? >> that's true. gayle's on one of our committees. she got a letter from woody and me. >> let me just tell you. she wants to sit outside. she believes as you do the elements are important. >> did you want to do it for the last week or just now? >> you're so right, woody. >> it means to new york city how much? >> $550 million in economic activity generated by the game. >> but there are reports they're overexaggerated. >> those reports are always around before a big event like this. and when we start tallying some of the revenues in the next couple of days, i think we we're going to be pretty close to the number for new york and new jersey but there's also a

lasting effect of a billion people watching the game and the impressions of this region and saying to themselves jio, look what's going on in times square and new jersey. i want to take a trip and spend time next summer or two summers from now. >> what's the biggest thing facing pro football from an owner's standpoint? >> one, you can talk about concussions or other issues, but really i think the fan at the stadium experience and making sure that the stadium experience continues to evolve in a positive way versus what you can do at home. >> because television has gotten good. >> yeah, but television is still television. we have to do a better job in creating an environment where the fan gets at the stadium something that's totally unique. the fan experience is what they go there for. >> there's nothing like the roar of the crowd, the smells all of that it's like going to a concert.

>> that's true. >> especially in a better stadium. >> is it harder since neither one of your teams are in it? oh, i wish it were us. >> very much so. >> i just want to get the level charlie. >> is that good enough for you, gayle? >> yes. >> do you root for your respective conferences or do you root for peyton because he's eli's brother? >> yes. and we have a strong connection to one of the great families in sports, the manning family. >> congratulations. it's great having the super bowl in new york and new jersey. great job. william johnson and jonathan tisch. and the academy awards are a month away but this morning we know when one man who won't win. we're going to talk to one man who had his oscar

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nominee already knows he will not be getting a statue. in an extraordinary move the motion picture academy with drew the nomination of a songwriter. he sat down with our ben tracy. >> it's somewhat devastating disappointment. >> reporter: bruce broughton is now an academy award nominee. do you feel like in some way you have been kicked in the shins? >> in the shins and other places, yes. ♪ i will not be bent in fear ♪ >> reporter: broughton wrote the title song for a little known christian film "alone yet not alone." it was released for just 24 days and earned $100,000 yet it

snagged a coveted oscar nomination. >> "alone yet not alone." very that raised eyebrows because it beat out songs such as tay lort swift, coldplay jay-z and others. but the academy resinlded his nomination because of this e-mail he sent to academy voters. he said i'm dropping you a line to boldly direct your attention to entry number 57. this is merely a request for your consideration. in fact, academy rules do not prohibit sending e-mails or even the aggressive for your consideration ads all over hollywood this time of year. but broughton is on the executive committee of the music academy branch and was in the

academy. >> can you imagine somebody getting your e-mail, knowing you were on the academy and saying i'd better vote for that one? >> no. i don't have a position with the academy. i haven't been with the academy for two years. >> reporter: they would not discuss it. in a statement the president said no matter how well intentioned the communication, using one's position as a former governor and current executive committee member to personally promote one's own oscar submission creates the appearance of an unfair advantage. >> do you plan to go to the oscars? >> no. there's nothing in it for me. why do i do that? it's like going to have dinner with your ex-girlfriend's family. >> for bruce broughton, the oscar has lost some of its luster. ben tracy, los angeles. >> he certainly has a way with words, doesn't he. >> what do we think about this story? >> i don't understand the

kerfuffle for him when we see some who do so. >> who are you talking about? >> he's a storm clouds moving in overnight. the rain is back in the bay area, showers continuing outside right now, likely doing so throughout the early-morning hours and then a brief break before we see a little more rain falling as we head in toward the afternoon and evening hours. temperatures will be cool around the bay area today. let's plan on 50s maybe a couple of low 60s. staying unsettled throughout the day, maybe picking up again in toward the commute ride home. looks like by tomorrow, we'll be dry, slight chance of showers coastside on sunday. if you remember seeing this ad during the super bowl you are at least 30 years old, yay. apple's macintosh commercial broke the mode. we even got a preview of this year's big money. eye-catching super bowl spots.

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your realtime captioner is mrs. linda marie macdonald good morning, it's 7:56. i'm michelle griego. a happy ending to the tale of a puppy who ended up in the trash at a san francisco recycling plant. today, gem is going to her new home. just before christmas recology workers rescued her from a conveyor belt in the nick of time. there were more than 200 requests to adopt her. and we're finally getting some desperately needed rain. governor brown is in sacramento today to work on a relief plan for the drought. and in the sierra, the truckee tahoe area is getting some snow. chain requirements are in effect along interstate 80, east of cisco, and on u.s. 50 east of twin bridges. stay with us. traffic and weather in just a moment.

good morning. liza battalones with your "kcbs traffic." better news for highway 17. chp had issued a territory. we had a major accident down there. lanes are just now being reopened. but you can see still very slow southbound 17 as you leave los gatos towards the santa cruz mountains. it's been a problematic morning in mountain view northbound 85 at moffett. another accident in the clearing stages we are seeing lots of spinouts out there with the wet roads. that's "kcbs traffic." here's larry! all right, liza. we have a lot of clouds out there now, cold front swinging through overnight bringing some much-needed rain to the bay area. just beginning to break up a little bit but we have a chance of some more rain on the way throughout the day and we're not done yet. hi-def doppler radar is picking up scattered showers right now around the bay area. some of the heavier rainfall showing up in parts of the south bay and into the santa cruz mountains. this afternoon, temperatures going to stay cool, plan on highs only in the 50s and low 60s.

♪ good morning to you. it is 8:00 in the west. welcome back to "cbs this morning." the cars are scattered like toys along atlanta's icy roadways. cold keeps the grip on the city for another day. kindergartners overweight are much more likely to stay that way. a childhood obesity expert tells us how to take action on that. who's better denver or seattle? we are not talking football here. visiting the super bowl cities but first on this january 30th, 2014, here's a look at today's "eye opener" at 8:00. >> on the way over here we saw police officers shining a spotlight in each of the abandoned cars along the side of the road. >> there is a lot of finger pointing this morning on the

response to tuesday's snow and ice storm. >> everybody knew this weather was coming. >> the market was up 26% last year. at some point everybody's saying there needs to be a pullback. we may finally be getting it. >> russian authorities say they have arrested two people connected to the bombings for the olympics. >> the government is frustrated. they can want do anything. short of convincing russia to grab the guy and help us. >> cdc officials are on board the ship continuing the investigation into the outbreak. also evaluating the disinfection process. >> greatest game in the world and now played on the greatest stage in the world. let's play it in the almosts, take it back to the roots of the nfl. >> this morning, oscar nominee knows he will not be getting a statue. >> do you feel like you have been kicked in the shins? >> well, the shins and other places. >> when traffic came to a stand still, amy was in labor. >> i got to deliver. not ideal circumstances but a memorable. >> when babies are ready to come charlie --

>> they come. >> they come. >> today's "eye opener at 8:00" was presented by prudential. >> i'm charlie rose with gayle king and nora o'donnell. it's hard to get anywhere in the deep south. officials in atlanta say thousands people stranded by tuesday's gridlock are home and many have to go back and find the cars tie snow and ice storm is blamed for at least a dozen deaths in the region. officials facing heavy criticism to the storm. the temperature should get above freezing today. sure hope so. mark, good morning to you. >> good morning, charlie and nora and gayle. we saw police officers shining a spotlight in each of the abandoned cars along the side of the road looking for people trapped inside. they didn't find any this morning, at least not that we know of. what i can tell you is the goal today is to reunite the owners of these cars with their cars and get this city moving again.

hundreds of cars still line the highways in atlanta. most of them marked with yellow tape a sign they have been abandoned. >> good luck. >> be safe. >> reporter: good samaritans handed out food and water. >> lots of people have been able to get off and get what they need but you know those that haven't have been very grateful. >> reporter: in fulton county students said they spent tuesday night at school more than 2,000 of them. >> they fed us dinner and then breakfast and then lunch today. >> disappointment was in the leadership of our state. we should have been able to shut the schools down we had no emergency evacuation plan. it was chaotic. >> the superintendent needs to pay for this needs to answer. everybody knew the weather was coming. >> reporter: the city is slowly beginning to come back to life and state and local officials on the defensive. the national weather service in atlanta said it gave them plenty of warning to get ready. the first winter storm warning game 21 hours before the first

flakes began to fall. >> all right, mark. thank you. a new storm bringing rain to northern california for the first time in weeks. but it won't do much to help the state's drought emergency. governor jerry brown says the white house is now reaching out. >> the president called me today. he offered to do whatever he can do. he can't make it rain. make no mistake. that is mega drought. it's serious. we don't know how long it will go on but we have to take real precautions going forward. >> meteorologist megan glaros is watching the storm threat in the west. megan, good morning. >> good morning. nora charlie and gayle, what we are talking about with this storm system is probably upwards of about a quarter of inch of rain around san francisco. to give you an idea of what they need to zero out the drought, over one four-week period 15 inches of rain. that is an entire year's worth for los angeles.

and that is not likely to happen. but as the jet stream took a dive, it did allow the storm system to come in. the first major storm system since early december and it will mean heavy snows for parts of the sierras and rockies. ski resorts excited to see potentially two feet of snow in some instances. here's a problem from the storm system. while it's a good thing for the west and at least will help them, as it moves into the midwest friday night into saturday we're looking at the potential for significant snows in chicago. we have snowed in chicago essentially every other day since december 8th. little snow weary over here charlie, nora and gayle. >> megan, thank you. president obama goes to milwaukee and nashville today to promote his economic goals. it is part of his road trip on the heels of his state of the union address. in pittsburgh wednesday, he signed a presidential order creating a retirement savings program and visited a costco store in maryland saying he needed to get a few things for

supersunday. >> i need some time to pick up a snow shovel and one of those 50-pound bags of dog food for bo and sonny. i was told i'd get a big screened tv too, for the super bowl coming up. the 80 inch. 60 is not enough, huh? got to go 80. >> yeah, all right. >> bigger is better. >> that's what they say. >> even the president had to laugh when he said to get the snow shovel and the big thing of dog food yeah. got a good sense of humor. the president won't be the only one watching the game and the ads but some sponsors are not waiting for the kickoff. they're actually running teasers for commercials ahead of time. ♪ >> oh hey.

what you got there? oh! sleepy time. >> oh no. what happens abby is editor of advertising giant joins us at the table. hey, abby. >> hi. >> go like this. >> thank you. >> i don't want you talking the whole time. your mama's watching. >> a nice thing to do. >> this is the first time they have done teasers. when's the thinking behind it to get us psyched and ready to go? >> ads for the ads. super bowl is the only time of the year to see that. spending $4 million for 30 seconds of air time you want to make sure everyone's perked up and paying attention. >> in the past they have run the whole ads and people said i already saw that commercial. >> with the advent of social media, they're releasing the spots early to get play on youtube and twitter and facebook. and i think, you know releasing

it early, the calculation is it takes a little bit of mystery out of the ad the actual day and this is a way to pique your interest and get more mileage without losing that. >> talk about one of those. the cheerios ad. let's watch. >> hey. gracie? you know how our family has daddy and mommy? >> and me. >> yeah. that's right. pretty soon you're going to have a baby brother. >> and a puppy. >> deal. >> that's it. >> i mean isn't it? >> yeah. >> my favorite. >> born negotiator. >> especially with the controversy about that ad. when that ad first came out, i went online and it was hateful, the mail they got with the interracial couple and learning

for the first time it's gracie and that bravo to cheerios taking it on and saying we'll show you something. that's great. >> general mills isn't in the super bowl in decades so i think this is one of those where this same family starred in an ad earlier several months ago. they released it on youtube. some really racist comments on youtube. you know what? the majority of people loved it. tested really well. did really well for general mills and i think it was one of those things where they said this is the right ad at the right time. seize the opportunity of the super bowl and an awesome spot. >> yeah. >> what about minute-long ads? 30 seconds is long enough. >> double the $4 million price tag for 60 seconds and we're seeing an increasing number of advertisers buy extra long spots. >> like the budweiser puppy ad. >> that's right. this is a cute overload in the ad. my goodness. so this is a 60-second spot. budweiser actually -- >> yes it is. >> yeah. isn't it? look at this. >> licks the -- >> so cute. my favorite part.

so budweiser, you know they had a 60-second spot last year and recall the same actor horse trainer and he was training a clydesdale. they developed a bond and the horse recognized him at a parade in chicago. >> what does that have to do with beer? >> that's a great question. you know what? here's the deal with these ads. clydesdales have to do with beer because they're so heavily associated with budweiser but the 60-second spots, that is coming about because marketers are getting a little bit more sophisticated in the super bowl ads. not just about some sort of slapstick joke and you might need more time to tell that story. >> people like it quick. dannon got a special reunion. >> that's right. >> we'll show you that and then you can decide. >> you got something on your -- right here. >> whoops. i did it again. >> uh-huh. hmm. >> oh!

>> take off your pants, greek boy. >> huh? >> you heard the man. take the pants off. that will stain. >> fuel your pleasure. >> don't leave me alone with them. >> she wasn't good for us anyway. >> what does that mean charlie? >> i'm confused. >> whew! >> i think you will have fun watching the super bowl together. >> oh yeah. hot, are you? >> i mean i have said there's a lot of yogurt at super bowl parties. just saying. you know dannon and chobani. like the yogurt bowl. >> thank you. >> fun to see you. >>

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in our morning round, kids and weight. a new study this morning says the road to obesity starts before the age of 5. researchers in the new england journal of medicine find overweight kindergartners are four times as likely to become obese by the eighth grade. dr. dyan hes is a pediatrician specializing in childhood obesity. good to see you, dr. hes. welcome back. >> thank you. >> hirn andjust the word children and obesity should not go together. >> right. >> it's frightening. >> what this study shows is that when you bring a child in at 7, 8, 15 it's almost too late. in overweight kindergartners were four times as likely to be obese adolescents in this study. >> what's the definition of obesity for a child? >> we start measuring body mass

index after age 2 in children. so we have a toll that we use. it's weight over meters squared and we plot a child's weight and height on these curves. and they're set by the cdc. if the child is 85% or over they're overweight and 90% or over that's obese. >> you hear people say oh, it's baby fat. when is it no longer baby fat? >> when you're 5 it's no longer baby fat. i have babies that are off the curve but they're only fed breast milk and they're doing great. when they're walking and crawling, they're burning it off. when you're 5 and you're off the child or over the 90th percentile, that's not baby fat. and it's very cultural. people are very sensitive about that. >> how important is it to begin a healthy diet at what age? it's birth the first solid foods that get in their mouth.

>> and a big thing is not starting solid foods too early. wait 6 months if you're breastfed. if you're not breastfed after 4 months. healthy, nonprocessed foods, not giving them juice, nonfat milk after age 2, very important. >> how much of this is genetic and how much is environmental? are there things other than food that affects obesity? >> absolutely. lack of exercise. we have kids who live in unsafe neighborhoods who can't ride their bikes after school. in new york public school they only have 45 minutes of gym a week and they need exercise every day. getting them out to the ymca getting them to the boys and dirl girls club or getting them moving at home off screen time. >> very important message. dr. dyan hes, good to see you. >> thank you so much for having me. two proud cities are preparing for the super bowl.

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>> your realtime captioner is mrs. linda marie macdonald good morning, it's 8:25. time for some news headlines. governor jerry brown is in sacramento today to work on a relief plan for the drought that could include moving water to the driest parts of the state. we are getting rain. let's go to lawrence in the weather center with more. >> yeah. more rain continuing to fall although it's beginning to break up a bit around the bay area now. we are still going to see a few scattered showers throughout the day. let's get you out there right now and indeed, the clouds moved in. you can see from our mount vaca cam a little sunshine trying to breakthrough now. the system sliding a little bit further to the south. our hi-def doppler radar showing you some of that rainfall continuing to drag into the south into 101. you can see showers there. just get a message on facebook

saying it's been raining for 2.5 hours in watsonville and still have more rain to come. so as we head toward the afternoon, the skies going to part throughout the middle of the day and the temperatures staying cool, 50s and a few low 60s in toward livermore about 59 in san jose, 59 in oakland, and about 57 degrees in san francisco. over the next couple of days i think things settle down. another chance of showers later on this evening for the ride home. then it looks like partly cloudy and dry for friday and saturday. slight chance of showers into sunday. all right, we're going to check "kcbs traffic" when we come back. sleep train's ticket to tempur-pedic event. choose from a huge selection of tempur-pedic models including the new tempur-choice with head-to-toe customization. plus, get 36 months interest-free financing, two free pillows and free same-day delivery. are you next? announcer: make sleep train your ticket to tempur-pedic. ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪

good morning. liza battalones here with your "kcbs traffic." it's been a tough drive for highway 17 still crowded in that northbound direction leaving the redwood estates because of earlier problems. meanwhile, if you are heading to the mountain view area an accident in the clearing stages northbound 85 approaching moffett with long delays getting through there. but you to, the bay bridge toll plaza is looking much better a brief delay leaving oakland heading into san francisco. you pay your money and traffic does okay for that western span heading into the city. now, heading for the 880 commute, it's going to be slow on the northbound direction approaching downtown oakland but no delays now for mass transit. have a great morning.

experience. they've set up this big toboggan run right there on times square. i hear it's a good thing. huge for everybody. welcome back to "cbs this morning." coming up this half hour the super bowl means battle of the super cities. mo rocca and john blackstone resume their rivalry. their mission, to find the best of each town beyond the grid yiern. that's . tha's ahead. first the guardian is looking at chobani.

they cannot label their product as greek in the uk because the yogurt is made in america. chobani says the fight is not over. the telegraph says scarlett johansson is steps down. the sodastream operates. they say it's illegal and denies palestinians their rights. and the "los angeles times" says nearly 25% of seahawks fans fumble their cell phones. that's compared to only 16% of the bronchobackers. the number one accident at a game is dropping a smartphone. number two dipping it in a cup of fir. third, spiking the phone in excitement. archie manning's son payton is playing in his third super bowl. archie is in york representing papa john's pizza. we're pleased to have you. >> thank you very much.

>> you and payton and eli at your best on the goal line and you're throwing it as far as you can, who throws it the furthest? >> this would be a long time ago for me but i would say eli. eli would throw it the farthest which doesn't mean a whole lot. >> that mice second question. what makes a good quarterback and what does peyton have? >> think it's a combination of the guys who make it to the nfl. there's just 32 starting quarterbacks there. it's a combination of the grasping the cerebral approach to the game knowing where to go with the football being accurate. throwing the football. and being consistent time after time. >> so when peyton started screaming out ohm harks did you know what that meant? >> no i aren't didn't. i heard his explanation on tv one day. i thought he was on telus. he was putting us on. in the off-season i'm going find out. >> there's some news i want to

talk about. there's a headline that says giant rip-off. it says your son and the giants created bogus game worn football gear to pass off as real. what's your response to that? >> i just saw it when i walked in here this morning. i know i don't know one thing about it. i know the giants have been around for a long long time. it looks like we're getting news going on. >> would it surprise you that eli would be involved in that kunld of thing? >> yeah. players sign a lot of things. there's memorabilia. they do a lot of things but i think they've always tried to do the right things. >> your two sons of course great football players, they've been in five of the last eight super bowls. that's a pretty good record. what's the experience like each year? >> well for parents, it's wonderful. of course, players -- i played for a long time.

we never even made the playoffs so i didn't get close to the super bowl. that's the ultimate for a player. that's what you want to do. i didn't get to do that. but as a parent to get to do it five times we look at each other and pinch ourselves. i'm not trying to be greedy here and it's more fun to win the games when you get in but i wish all parents -- i really wish ebb who has a son playing could experience this also. >> when you watch them on the field -- this is a hard question for a father to answer. who's better eli or peyton? >> oh, i don't go there. >> you know gayle rates her children in front of us all the time. >> it's hard to pick. i could never pick. >> quarterbacking is not -- i think too many times we individualualize in football the positions, especially the quarterback position. the quarterback is just as good as the team around them. the giants have had a tough year this year. broncos had a good year and peyton had a good year. moist of the years when you say a quarterback is having a great

year, his team is having a great game. >> when you watch the game do you watch it from inside at home? >> we go to some games. we come up here and see some giant games. we go to denver. but we like to stay home and watch it. >> where will you watch the super bowl? >> we're going to watch with friends. we're going to be inside. we'll be outside also. but i'm going to stay warm. i keep telling my kids enjoy the journey. it's a wonderful opportunity. >> the commissioner is going to be outside. i notice you're the papa john ambassador. where's the pizza? >> it's a little easy. we can get it for you, gayle. by the way, have you seen peyton and papa in the commercial. it's a new commercial. 30th anniversary. and joe mon tatana is going to show up in the back seat of the car. new commercial.

>> thanks for being here. good to see you. >> good to see you. go, broncos. >> when the seahawks and broncos take the field on sunday the pride of denver fans will be on the line but what city do you think earns the bragging rights off the field. john blackstone and mo rocca are taking sides. good morning, mo. >> good morning, charlie, norah, and gayle. since john isn't here i want to be fair and say denver is the best city. it just is. don't take my word for it. see for yourself. >> reporter: you have to admire a city that reaches for the sky. denver has the rockies but seattle has two impressive mountain ranges. the olympics over there and this cascades this way including one of the most prominent mountains, mt. ranier. >> did you sea ranier or rainier? seattle is a total drip. denver is sunny 360 day as year.

need an umbrella? i don't. >> nice try, mo. in fact, when it rains it's more of a spritz than a downpour. it's true cloudy dale yy days triple sunny ones. but you can warm up with a cup of coffee. look, a starbucks. >> by the payway, who brings a latte to the tailgate? in fact in denver we're all about beer. the first pub was opened up by the governor john hickenlooper. >> be careful, missouri. one beer goes a long way. >> reporter: the first group opened up here in washington state in 1982. drop in to the pike brewery and you can lift a glass of kilt lifter lifter scotch ale. and wearing a kilt is fine if

you wish. it's a hip still. >> reporter: okay. seattle hip. but denver has a lot. it has the largest park system in the country. ladies and gentlemen, ken, national hacky sack champion from denver. hack hack's in your court, john. >> reporter: kicking a hacky sack is one thing, mo but how about catching a fish? whoa. i do mean catching a fish. looking at the bounty it's hard to decide what to have for the inner tonight, salmon cod, maybe oysters. >> maybe you haven't tasted rocky mountain oysters at the buck horn exchange. don't know what they are? google them. let's say you need real kahunas to eat these. delicious. love them. >> the original sack lunch. >> reporter: i know what they

are, mo. but here in seattle, people are more interested in another organ, the brain. they have earned the distinction of another brain. it took some brains to create a tourist attraction out of chewing gum but now people come from around to world to add to seattle's famous gum wall. why not. >> reporter: look at that. it's america's first chipotle. >> reporter: well, you know seattle's got its own i comic food places but its american culture goes a lot deeper than that. let's not forget that seattle is the hometown of nirvana. their music in the 1990s launched the grunge movement that influenced everything from film to fashion. >> reporter: boy, do i miss grunge and all that flannel. the western snap created by denver's mount is a fashion perennial. giddyap. >> reporter: when you ride into the sunset mo, let me tell you.

seattle is the number one commuting city when it comes to bicycle. >> really? bicycle magazine recently named denver as the best place for biking, which is maub why denver is america's least obese city. back you do tubby. >> reporter: actually, missouri seattle is also one of america's fittest cities. that's one of the things that these two cities have in kmochblt let's not forget they're the first to legalize marijuana. >> true, john. no matter who wins on sunday i'll bring chipotle. this game is being doned the bold bowl. >> thanks for wearing that shirt, by the way. it's great. >> boy, i love that waitress talking about the ultimate sack line. >> and the recommend mountain

oysters are really good in pairs. >> all right. thank you. >> i like the white people with dreads. nobody would ever call you tubby. nicely done. >> thank you. coming back ray dal yoes it's not his bank account that makes him one of the most infl

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in 1975 ray dalio founded bridgewater associates in his new york apartment. it's now the world's largest hedge fund managing $150 billion. he reported $4 billion in a sickling year. he's now sharing his philosophical view of the world. he released this youtube video last fall. it now has nearly 800,000 views. >> in 30 minutes it's a description how i believe the economic machine works. in other words i believe the economy works like a machine. i believe most things work like a machine. it's for my i think, very practical investment. when you buy a beer from a bar with cash the transaction is settled immediately but when you buy a beer with credit it's like starting a bar tab. >> some say the following. if i had made a billbillions of dollars because i have a unique way, i'm going to keep it to

myself. >> i'm 64 years old. you know i'm in a stage of my life where i think this is valuable. i think people take 30 minutes. watch it. and understand it. it's just that simple. >> dalio has been studying the macro economy for over 40 years. >> the president talks a lot about income inequality. what's your take on income inequality? >> i think it's mostly a function of technology in a global workplace. in other words technology is having an effect on -- productivity means you don't meet people the same way you did before. it's a big issue and it will be a much bigger issue going forward. >> the firm runs on dalio's distinct set of principles which including transparency and to challenge one's own beliefs. >> what we do is we get back and get to basically the fundamentals of how people think differently, what people are

good or bad at what they're like. we get at what they're like. and then what to do about that. it's like going into an intellectual navy s.e.a.l.s. that's what the experience is like. the key question is can you get over your ego barrier. it's painful. it's a mental feign like the physical pain. can you get over barrier. can you get over what's true. right? >> yes. but you said you have to leave your ego outside it's only attached. >> you've got to leave your ego outside but is there not within your this huge ego. >> no. >> wait. let me say this. ego because you want to be the biggest and the best hedge fund -- >> no. >> let me -- >> go ahead. >> biggest and best hedge fund. you want to say i have defined the economic machine which is the way the economies of the world work. i'm lag it out for you. this is the way it works, not that. >> is it not --

>> i'm asking. why isn't that ego? >> i think it could be motivated. >> is it altruism? >> it's altruism. >> is it really? >> okay listen. yes. so i've -- only you could decide, okay because somebody in my position could say no. but i'm saying that i'm 64 years old. i don't want to have fears, fears of things of being open. fears of -- i'm not going to let a fear stand in the way of something that i believe is valuable. >> with the enormous success you've had what do you want? >> i just want to evolve. everything is just personal evolution. and what happens is i think the natural order of things is that you have these different

challenges and then you accomplish those challenges and then evolve. so i've had a wonderful family wonderful friend ss and i've been places and learned a lot and i still have a voracious appetite. >> he's a very interesting man but the way he does his business demanding transparency demanding you defend your point of view and he believes and a lot of other people believe that it's part of why he's been so successful. others go there and they don't last very long because they can't stand that thing as many people who go through the navy s.e.a.l.s say. >> listen. i want to go see his youtube video. a lot of people are taking notes. tomorrow morning on "cbs this morning," seahawks co-owner and robert kraft and hall of

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>> your realtime captioner is mrs. linda marie macdonald. good morning, everybody. it's 8:55. time for some news headlines. a happy ending to the tale of a puppy who ended up in the trash at a san francisco recycling plant. today, gem is going to her new home. just before christmas, recology workers rescued her from a conveyor belt in the nick of time. there were more than 200 requests to adopt her. and we're finally getting some desperately needed rain. governor jerry brown is in sacramento today to work on a relief plan for the drought and in the sierra, the truckee- tahoe area is getting some snow. chain requirements are in effect along i-80, east of cisco, and on u.s. 50 east of twin bridges. we have been talking rain all morning long. beginning to break up a little bit right now. but still, seeing some showers

outside and out the door right now much-needed rain overnight toward the beaches right now, clouds beginning to part just a little bit. but if you see things are still a little bit wet, much-needed storm system is dropping rain here. lots of snow in the sierra nevada. some of the mountain peaks there upwards of 2 feet of snow. shares likely to continue although we'll see some breaks in the clouds likely to pick up again toward the evening hours. temperatures running in the 50s and a couple of low 60s. i think as we get into tomorrow partly cloudy skies. we'll dry out on friday and mostly sunny by saturday. slight chance of showers as we head toward sunday along the coastline with weak weather system that looks like dry and warmer weather toward the middle of next week. we are going to check your "kcbs traffic" coming up next.

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good morning. liza battalones here with your "kcbs traffic." san jose drivers have been sitting in delays this morning. this accident southbound 101 near de la cruz continues to block the two right hand lanes. traffic is backed up into santa clara. the commute direction of north 101 is going to be slow leaving san jose. stays heavy into palo alto. and highway 24 is also a trouble spot. two right lanes are shut down eastbound near camino pablo. sky 3 tells us traffic is backed up through oakland. and over at the bay bridge toll plaza, just a brief delay at the pay gates. but long delays for south 880 leaving oakland heading into hayward.

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