captioning funded by cbs good morning to our viewers in the west. it is wednesday, february 26 2014. welcome to "cbs this morning." the most dangerous ice jam seen in decades, bridges and homes are threatened as the west gets too much of something it needs -- rain. on "cbs this morning," a capitol hill heavyweight tells nancy cordes about his new plan to revolutionize the tax code. plus dr. david agus with the controversy over fertility treatment. does it go too far to stop birth defects? we begin with this morning's "eye-opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> we saw the news that the storm was coming so we went down to the city yard to pick up sandbags. >> the west coast braces for a washout. southern californiaens loading up on supplies ahead two of

pacific storms. >> many people worried about mudslides. >> water comes over, it looks like niagra falls. >> dropping temperatures from the midwest to the east, 20 to 30 degrees below normal. >> adding to the cold-weather problems, ice jams. >> you look at it and it's mass destruction. can't stop the ice. >> jan brewer won't say if she'll veto a controversial bill that allows arizona businesses to deny service to gays and lesbians. >> there's a lot of things we can bring into the state, and this just doesn't help at all in any of those. >> general motors links more deaths to a faulty ignition switch, and it nearly doubled the number of cars it's recalling. federal safety advocates insist gm knew about the defect for years and did not issue a recall. >> talk about a backyard bonanza for a northern california couple. they found a cache of gold coins worth millions of dollars. >> it's the biggest stash of coins found since oprah had her couch cleaned. >> mo more security deals, no

more troops hamid karzai heard that directly from the president. >> many winter olympians bringing back more than medals and memories with them. >> every dog should have a great home. >> oh, that? >> bill clinton out there on the campaign trail. >> being president is a lot like being superintendent of a big cemetery. there's a lot of people under you and nobody's listening. >> take a look at this real bird's-eye view being called the world's first bird self-if i >> try for healthy snacks and fresh food, we love it. pretty good. >> on "cbs this morning." >> yes a woman here in new york city went into labor before she could make it to the hospital and ended up giving birth in the middle of a crosswalk. it explains the baby's first words, "hey i'm crawlin' here!" >> this morning's "eye-opener"

is presented by toyota. let's go places. welcome to "cbs this morning." good morning, norah. >> good morning to you, charlie. >> the weather again. as you wake up in the west, many of you are facing a wet commute. heavy showers and snow are coming in and staying for the next several days. some areas could see half a foot of rain. meanwhile, a new arctic front is pushing east and south. >> because of all the cold air, dozens of cities and towns are facing the most dangerous ice jams they've ever seen. vanita nair is in wilmington illinois, where homes and businesses are threatened. good morning. >> good morning, charlie and norah, as well as our viewers in the west. i'm beside the kankakee river, just south and west of chicago and as you can see, the entire river is at a standstill blocked by the huge chunks of ice. now, the big fear is that the temperatures could rise and all of the ice could cause flooding.

along the kankakee river in illinois, they're used to ice jams, just not like this. >> it's not typical, that's for sure. >> reporter: a winter of persistent subzero temperatures has led to a massive ice buildup along the waterway. will county emergency management director harold damron says it's the worst he's seen in three decades. >> in some years, we might have ice that might be 6 or 8 inches thick. this year, we're seeing ice that's 2 feet. we measured a piece the other day 30 inches thick. >> reporter: warmer temperatures and rain forced that ice to begin buckling last week, pushing huge boulders onto the shore, threatening homes and bridges. >> nothing will stop it. we've seen the trees over the weekend sheer off. large, mature trees. and so a house and twiggs won't stop it. >> reporter: giant blocks of ice are backing up rivers in indiana and pennsylvania. >> i am just amazed. i've never seen anything like this before. >> reporter: but as amazing as it looks, it can also be

devastating. this video captured an ice jam suddenly breaking up in ohio last week. as it moved downstream, flooding followed. back here in illinois officials continue to monitor the kankakee, but some residents have offered their own creative solutions. >> if it was up to some people they'd put a couple sticks of dynamite out there and try to blow it apart. >> reporter: another creative solution, a generating facility not far from where we are, is in the process of heating up hundreds of thousands of gallons of water heating it to 70 degrees and pumping it back into this river in the hopes of keeping temperatures up. speaking of temperature right now, 0 degree. the high will hopefully be 12. >> thanks vanita. back in the west it's a rainy morning across the bay area. california's going from drought to flood worries. meteorologist megan glaros of our cbs station wbbm is tracking

the storm's potential up and down the coast. >> good morning, charlie and norah. good morning to our viewers in the west as well, where we are finally anticipating rain. several storm systems to be precise. and we expect to see a very stormy end to the week here. potential for almost too much rain in spots, especially over areas which have recently been dealing with fires, we could see the potential for mudslides. it will be stormy today through saturday. heavy rain and mountain snow is to be expected and the next 48 hours will bring more than two inches of rain to parts of california, nearly two inches in los angeles. and if you head farther east, you will find wind chill advisories in effect for montana all the way through to nearly the east coast where temperatures are brutally cold yet again today. charlie, norah? >> thank you. and after five days in the nation's capital, governor jan brewer is back in arizona this morning, and she's facing a firestorm. she must decide on a bill that's ignited days of protests.

businesses could deny service to gay customers based on religion. jan crawford is in washington with some of the backlash and new details. jan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, norah and charlie. last night back out in arizona, brewer tweeted, i assure you, as always, i will do the right thing for the state of arizona. now, she's expected to make her decision no later than friday and insiders are saying it is increasingly likely that she is going to consider the right thing here to be a veto. [ chants ] >> veto! >> reporter: since the arizona legislature passed the bill last week, there have been almost daily protests. [ chants ] >> shame on you! >> reporter: it's all part of a tidal wave of opposition to the proposed state lay which would make it easier for businesses because of their religious beliefs, to deny service against gays and lesbians. supporters say the law is designed to protect religious freedom, especially for small businesses like wedding photographers and bakeries that

may have religious objections to same-sex marriages. k cathi harrod helped craft the bill. >> what's at risk here is religious liberties, our first amendment right to exercise our religious belief means something in this country or in a country that's hostile to religious beliefs. >> reporter: less than a week after it passed calls for jan brewer to veto the legislation have united the republican establishment and the business community. national corporations doing business in arizona are urging brewer to kill the legislation as is the arizona super bowl host committee, which say it is could jeopardize plans for the state to host next year's game. arizona's republican u.s. senators, john mccain and jeff flake, took to social media to call for a veto and mitt romney tweeted yesterday, veto of sb1062 is right. even some of the initial

supporters have changed their minds. state senator steve pierce is one of three republicans who voted for the bill, but now are reversing course. he says the groundswell of opposition has hurt the state and has distorted the original intent of the law. >> it's gone from reality to perception, and perception's all that matters. so we need to kill it. >> reporter: now, there's been controversy in other states -- in new mexico washington oregon, colorado -- there have been lawsuits involving small businesses that have denied services to gay and lesbian couples, and in georgia, actually lawmakers are considering a bill similar to the one in arizona. charlie and norah? >> thanks. on capitol hill a powerful congressman will propose a simpler tax code. it will cut the highest tax rate from 40% to 25%. and it will end many deductions. he spoke to nancy cordes in an

interview you'll see only on "cbs this morning." good morning. >> good morning. believe it or not, this is only part of the nation's 10,000-page tax code. anyone who pays taxes knows it is overly complicated and in some cases just unfair. so today, at 10:30 pacific, michigan republican dave camp will unveil his plan for cleaning it up and try to convince his colleagues to get on board. >> our code is overly complex, as i like to say, ten times the size of the bible with none of the good news. and so it's really a wet blanket over the economy. >> reporter: congressman camp chairs the committee that writes tax law, ways and means. his law would compress the seven tax brackets down to two. 10% and 25%, with an extra 10% sur tax on some income for those making over $400,000 a year. why only two tax brackets? >> well it's much simpler, and one of the things we do is actually raise the standard deductions so fewer people

itemize, so it's a huge simplification aspect. >> reporter: under his plan camp says a family of four making $51,000 a year would pay an average $1,300 less in yearly taxes. the corporate rate would drop from 35% to 25%. and in exchange a long list of special interest giveaways would be eliminated. give us some idea of which loopholes you'd like to close. >> certainly, corporate jets is one of them. that's one thing that we look at. >> reporter: past attempts to close loopholes have met with fierce resistance. that's one reason congress has not managed to seriously overhaul the tax code since 1986. but that's not camp's only obstacle. do you think the senate should be tackling tax reform this year, as well? >> i don't see how we can -- >> reporter: congressional leaders from both parties appear reluctant to take up such an explosive issue. they say mistrust between the two sides is just too high. >> it would be extremely difficult with the obstruction that we get here from the republicans on virtually everything.

>> reporter: one of the biggest sticking points is that democrats believe that any large overhaul in the tax code should lead to more revenue for the federal government while republicans disagree. but this is chairman camp's last year, norah and charlie as chairman of the committee, so he wanted to try to give this a shot, see if he could get some momentum building on both sides. >> all right, nancy cordes, thank you. and this morning, the pentagon is stepping up plans for a complete u.s. troop withdrawal from afghanistan. it is part of new pressure by the obama administration to try and force afghanistan's president to sign a long-term security deal. major garrett is at the white house with the latest push to nail down an agreement, and where there's snow on the ground. major, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, norah and charlie. good morning to our viewers in the west. most u.s. forces are leaving afghanistan this year no matter what. there are 33,600 there now. fewer than 20,000 will be there at the end of the summer. for the first time, president obama has ordered the pentagon to draft plans to pull all u.s. forces out by the end of this year.

even though the president and his military advisors want to keep a residual force of 6,000 to 10,000 troops in afghanistan after this year to prevent the country from reverting back to its pre-9/11 status as a terrorist training ground. the problem is afghan president hamid karzai. he won't sign a security agreement. and the white house has concluded the agreement won't be signed until a a new afghan president is elected in april por or possibly later if there's a runoff election. the white house ebs pekts the new afghan government to agree to allow u.s. forces to stay after 2014 but they can't be sure when that decision will be made, so the president is going to put forward two options. a residual force in afghanistan or none at all. charlie and norah? >> all right, major, thank you. russia is making a show of strength this morning near ukraine's border. president vladimir putin ordered a military drill in western and central russia. it will test combat readiness of local forces.

there's still no sign of ukraine's ousted president. he vanished from the capital friday after a week of violence. this morning, a riot police unit claimed for attacking protester was ordered to disband. general motors is connecting seven more deaths to a faulty ignition switch on many of its cars. the automaker's now doubling the size of a recall and as jeff glor reports, the company admits it made mistakes. jeff, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, charlie. 1.6 million vehicles now in the nation's largest automaker has issued a public apology. why? the problem was first discovered in 2004. the recalls came in 2014. 13 deaths and 31 crashes have been linked now to this ignition issue, including this one. in 2006 a chevy cobalt went off the road in rural wisconsin. 18-year-old natasha weigel and amy rademacher died.

amy's mother margie. >> there was no reason for them to die. >> we've got questions that aren't answered. we were hoping that maybe this is some of our answers. >> reporter: gm says that a heavy key ring or sudden jarring can switch some cars off. that means no engine power, no power steering or brakes, and the air bags don't work. 12 days after recalling some chevy cobalts and pontiac g5s they've added the scion, the hhr, the pontiac solstice saturn sky and the pontiac pursuit, sold in canada. >> as it comes out that this was an issue they're aware of, that they didn't take enough action to prevent, that's a big problem. it will be a problem in lawsuits and it will be a problem in terms of their public image. >> reporter: as we reported earlier this month gm first began an inquiry into this issue in 2004, but it was closed with no action. a year later, a service bulletin went out saying there is potential for the driver to inaddinad inadvertently turn off the

ignition. new incidents were determined in 2007, and in 20 10rks the cobalt was discontinued and now four years later, the recalls. gm says it's deeply sorry, acknowledging the process employed to examine this foe mom none was not as robust as it should have been. >> when they realized there was a problem with the ignition, somebody should have said, let's find every vehicle that uses this particular part let's find out if there's a problem, and if so, do the recall. >> reporter: the national highway traffic safety administration, which had the power to issue a recall and did not said it's reviewing the latest documents and is now in communication with gm. norah and charlie? >> all right, jeff thank you. it's the first significant victory in the word on childhood obesity. a government study finds obesity among preschoolers fell to 8% over the past decade. that is a 43% drop. dr. holly phillips is here. so, doctor this is a pretty significant drop. >> this is really really

impactful, norah, and impactful for two reasons. first we've been calling obesity an epidemic in our country for about 20 years and today marks the first time we've made such a significant improvement. >> and why have we made an improvement? >> well, the researchers are looking at few things. number one, more women are breastfeeding, which helps to control weight in babies. we're taking in fewer sugary drinks but also there's been a huge amount of public awareness, which has improved activities for kids both in the home and in day care. but one of the most important thing about the study is we've changed the weight in kids which we know about the science of obesity is we can reset what's called their weight safe which is the likelihood they'll be obese as adults and battle obesity throughout life. >> because don't the studies show heavy kids make heavy adult adults? what weight are you at age 5 can be determinative for the rest of your life? >> yeah, it's astounding. if you're obese in kindergarten

you're twice as likely to be obese in eighth grade and four times likely to be an obese adult and battle it for the rest of your life. that's why the changes in the young kids really show we're turning a corner. >> yeah. >> there's still an epidemic because of overweight in america -- >> yeah, there absolutely is. and, actually, the same study showed obesity is holding steady for adults and even going up in women over 60. but today, we're just looking at the positives. >> bottom line you can change your kids by what you feed them early on. >> completely. >> thank you. some of the morning's headlines from around the globe. the "wall street journal" says home prices hit an eight-year high rising 11% in the fourth quarter of last year compared to 2012. prices are expected to level off this year. italy says pope benedict is denying allegations he was forced to resign last year in response to a journalist's question, he said the speculation about the validity of his retirement is absurd and his only purpose is to pray for his successor. >> the monterrey county herald

says one-third of a police nors in one california town has been removed of duty accused of running a car theft ring. they allegedly seized impound cars from robbers who were poor and can't afford towing and storage fees. prosecutors say the vehicles were then sold or given to officers for free. on wall street target is up at this hour despite a big hit to profits from the massive data breach. "usa today" says net income fell 46% in the last quarter of 2013. sales plunged more than twice the rate target predicted after 110 million americans were exposed to hackers. and the "washington post" says alleged king drugpin, was kuhn el chapo guzman will remain in mexico. two judges ruled that he will stand trial on organized and drug charges in mexico. that delays his a strong storm moving in right now.

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your realtime captioner is linda macdonald. good morning, everyone. 7:26 i'm frank mallicoat. restrictions going into effect to deal with the drought. the valley water district in santa clara county is asking for a 20% mandatory reduction in the city of calistoga and that could spread throughout the bay area but relief is on the way. here's lawrence with more on that. >> yeah. between now and the weekend, we could see maybe three to five inches of rain in some of the wettest parts and that's good news. we are seeing some of that rainfall making its way onshore right now. check out our hi-def doppler radar. lit up with all kinds of colors today. we are seeing some moderate to some heavier amounts of rainfall beginning to push onshore in through san francisco sliding in toward hayward and oakland. san ramon seeing some rainfall there also into lafayette. very interesting though off the coastline we have the core of the low that's beginning to

spin closer. we have seen numerous lightning strikes. in fact there's one just off the coast within the last 15 minutes. so there's the possibility that we cost some thunderstorms erupting across the bay area today. so be careful and watch out for that. strong gusty winds, cooler temperatures in the 50s and low 60s. showers continuing into tomorrow. then another strong storm drops into the bay area on friday. we are going to check your traffic when we come back. hey! hi! ladies, how are you? let's taste some wine. ♪ ♪

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vatican this morning. pope francis met his mini me. he kissed the baby in the. that's just about adorable. >> it is. now, that baby is going to appreciate that picture years from now and say look at me. with the pope. >> why was i crying. welcome back to "cbs this morning." coming up in this half hour children are forced to wear masks because of a new pollution crisis in china. air quality is 20 times worse than safe. we'll go to beijing to see what the chinese are doing to protect their lungs. plus forget the lottery.

a california couple stumbles into a lottery in their own backyard. how they found millions of dollars worth of coins. that's coming out. a new cbs poll finds that a slim majority of americans support legalizing marijuana. in colorado sales of recreational pot have been legal for nearly two months but federal law still brings major onbstacles and that is that banks won't take the money. how far retailers are going to keep their cash safe. >> reporter: in colorado where there's pot, there's profit. as marijuana green makes a lot of the other green it can be both good news and bad news for business owners. at the pot store called the health center director of operations tiffany goldman is nervous. >> security is probably the most important thing that we have to think about in this industry. >> so armed guards transport plants, check i.d.s and most importantly keep an eye on the

money. >> if you asked me to go grow marijuana i wouldn't know the first thing about it but i know how fro text it. >> reporter: they work for dan. a former narcotics police officer he can't hire guards fast enough for one of colorado's newest and most dangerous jobs. there have been more than 20 burglaries at marijuana shop this year. some stores have had tens of thousands stolen. >> if a guy comes in to a dispensary with a gun and shoots two or three people the panic button is not going to stop that. cameras are not going to stop that and security doors aren't going to stop that. >> your guys are going to stop that? >> our guys are the ones that stop that. >> reporter: colorado's john hicken hickenlooper hickenlooper. >> these why we're working very aggressively with the treasury department to you know -- right knew it's all cash because no

bank will touch them. >> the federal government has also sent signals that it won't prosecute colorado stores for selling recreational pot. >> have you been satisfied with the fed response? >> i appreciate we put the federal government in a terrible place. if states are the laboratory democracy, then maybe this is going to be an experiment that the federal government can learn from, and if we can do it successfully in colorado and in washington, then i think that other states will follow. >> reporter: and if they follow colorado, ted daniels says there's one very critical upside. >> every dispensary that opens up it probably puts about ten street dealers out of business. why do peel need to buy on the street they can go to a dispensary and buy it legally. >> for the moment coloradans will trade banks for security.

for "cbs this morning," barry petersen in denver. underage drinking is getting new attention this morning after a ruling wi the california supreme court. if the host of a party charges admission admission, they can be held legally responsible for the behavior of a drunken minor. that decision follows a 2007 tragedy in diamond bar outside los angeles. >> a college student was killed after being hit by a drunk driver who had just been kicked out of a party. it was hosted by a 20-year-old woman at her parents' house. now she can be sued even though she was also understood age. cbs news legal analyst jack ford is with us. good morning. >> good morning. >> explain the law on this. >> what's interesting is in a lot of other states you be responsible. back then when this happened that was not the law in car. so in california if you were a bar or restaurant and you served a minor and they went out and

caused an accident you could be responsibility but not if it was just your home. what california supreme court did here is said well here's what we're going do. because the teenager here was taking some money from people we're go doing view her the same way as we would view a bar or restaurant. clearly the california supreme court was looking for some way to assess liability. not only the driver but the young again. so what they did is they created now a new area of responsibility. now, california has done some things with laws since this accident happened but they're still not where a lot of states are which is basically if you have a party you can have i think many people may not realize it that 28 states have social host laws. you can be held accountable. >> they do. some states have resisted. they said we're going to have people be responsible for their own conduct.

the driver who causes the accident, you're going to be responsible, not me because i hosted a party at my house. they've done it for decades. they're going to extend it saying even if it's your own home -- >> but the parents weren't home jack. do you think this is a huge wakeup call for the parjts? >> a lot of times what you see in the civil lawsuits is they'll say parents either knew or u you should have known and we're going to hold you responsible as a parent for the conduct of your minor child. especially if it's -- >> what if parents say, listen i'd rather have them drink at home. you have little ones. they may say that but the law is saying and a lot of states if you're going do that because you think it's a good thing to do and a friend type of thing to do you might still be responsible if some of those kids go out and cause some sort of accident afterward.

>> jack ford thank you. and a man in china says he is taking a government to court because of all the smog. even chinese officials call the air unbearable. seth doane took this

- for "cbs this morning," seth doane, beijing. >> i think this is one of the biggest stories in the next couple of decades. i was talking to will. he's wearing a mask and he has. >> you're worried about him. >> i'll vir scared. >> and it's not getting better. that's what's so badden it. it could be the biggest collection of gold coins unearthed in this country. how one couple is striking it rich without even trying. that's coming up next on "cbs this morning."

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this morning you might find some of your neighbors grabbing shovels. a northern california couple found a real-life treasure bury in their backyard. we look at how they've become accidental millionaires. >> reporter: this is what $10 million worth of gold coins look like. they date back to the 1800s. a northern california couple said they were hiking on their property when they saw a tin can poking out of the ground. >> it was a secluded place that no one had easy access to. >> they dug up over eight cans with over 1,400 mint solid gold coins. >> this doesn't happen every day. >> they have chosen to remain anonymous and have chosen to keep the exact portion of their

property anonymous. >> it's a great story. a relatively young cup their early 40s out with their dog and they've been on this path and trail that they've been on if many many years and they discovered this pot of gold. >> reporter: kagin says whoever buried the coins did it aover a number of years. because they're bury and out of circulation they're in pristine condition. they're going up for sale. one coin could fetch $1 million sniet was a pretty neat experience to sit across the table from these people and say, you know not only is it dollar signs in the ground you found things that are historically important because of the condition that you found them in. >> reporter: indicationkagin says

they plan to pay off bills and quietly donate the rest to local charities. >> i love stories like this. you can see everybody in northern california saying everybody in their yard. come on kids. >> there's a famous story about bob hope. he came home and the whole backyard had been dug up. he said what's going on delores. >> she said, i read where you're worth $500 million. i'm looking for it. >> there you go. everybody's going have their metal detector out there. it's supposed to be the biggest hoard of gold coins. >> somebody's got to a strong storm moving in right now. we are seeing rain just beginning to pick up. it will be heavy at times throughout the day today. and we could see a little lightning too. out the door we go, a little rain on the lens right now. looking toward the bay bridge, we are going to see gusty winds, as well. hi-def doppler radar showing you the bands of moisture now making their way onshore, going to be getting heavy at times, especially into the afternoon. temperatures will be cooler only in the 50s and the 60s. showers continuing on thursday, a stronger storm on friday.

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your realtime captioner is linda macdonald. good morning, it's 7:56. i'm michelle griego. several high ranking central california cops are under arrest accused of stealing cars in an impound scheme. they are accused of targeting poor latinos and towing their cars. the brother of the city's acting police chief runs the tow company. he is also arrested. a large tree has fallen on a house on 7th avenue in san bruno. firefighters were called to the home overnight and crews used a chainsaw to clear the tree away. the storm is already bringing rain and storm winds to part of the bay area. stay with us. traffic and weather in just a moment.

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they righted the big rig. all westbound traffic on 580 is blocked approaching 132. the connector ramp to 132 eastbound is closed. chp expects a traffic alert most of the day until at least 3 p.m. taking a look at the other maps, live traffic cameras very slow going on southbound 101 in marin county. the rain is beginning to come down around the bay area. so slower drive times in the east bay including in oakland. that's your latest traffic. here's lawrence. >> yeah, rain popping up around the bay area. we have seen some gusty winds developing too and out the door we go. a few raindrops on the lens looking toward the bay bridge right now. more of that throughout the day. in fact it will be heavy at times and scattered outside. stronger bands making their way into the east bay. even some embedded thunderstorms just off the coastline. there's a possibility we could see more of that into the afternoon. highs will be cooler generally in the 50s and low 60s.

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♪ good morning. it's 8:00 a.m. in the west and welcome back to "cbs this morning." the newest cold snap could break records and cause icy river threats in the midwest and the west is dealing with major rain a danger warning for railroads carrying crude oil, and one type of crude may be more likely to blow up. we will meet the filmmaker that hit the road to capture the city like never before but first on this february 26th 2014 here is a look at this morning's eye-opener. >> almost too much rain in some spots. >> the entire river is at a standstill blocked by huge chunks of ice and all the ice could cause flooding. >> she is expected to make her

decision no later than friday. it's increasely likely she is going to veto it. >> this is part of the 10,000-page tax code. >> give us ideas of loopholes you would like to close. >> certainly corporate jets is one of them. >> today marks the first time there was such a significant improvement. marijuana is still dangerous business. >> security is probably the most important thing that we have to think about. >> for get about that lottery, a california couple stumbles on to a jackpot in their own backyard. and meets a mini me for the pope. >> looks a little upset, though. last year -- >> can't run a website. what are you talking about?

our guy with jon stewart, pretty good. >> yeah pretty good. >> i am charlie rose, with gayle king and norah o'donnell. it's already raining in northern california, and that's good news for the state's drought, but the wet weather is raising concerns about flooding and mudslides. >> in the midwest, ice is the biggest threat there. vinita nair good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you, gayle norah and charlie. we are about 50 miles southwest of chicago, and as you can see it's at a total stand still blocked by the huge chunks of ice. the ice itself is not abnormal but the size of it is. and the chunks of ice you are seeing behind me are anywhere from 2 to 2 1/2 feet wide. that's what is causing all the problems. keep in mind the situation is

playing out in both indiana as well as pennsylvania. and in looking for solutions, somebody suggested dynamite but a facility not far from where we are this morning has come up with a different solution and they are heating up water up to 70 degrees and bumping it back into the river and their hope is by keeping the river's slightly higher when the ice melts they can mitigate the flooding. in terms of the temperature here today, it's zero degrees, and the hope is it will get to 12 degrees and the windchill is negative 24. i will send it back to you guys in that warm studio. >> you are ready. >> it does look good vinita nair. thank you very much. and our meteorologist looks at the expected rainfall. good morning, megan. >> good morning to you, and good

morning to you in the west this morning. we are anticipating rain coming in waves beginning today and lasting into the weekend, and it will mean heavy rainfall totals and heavy mountain snow potentially in the higher elevations. we are looking at several storm systems coming through at least through the first half of the weekend, and accumulations for the next 48 hours will top 2 inches in spots that almost reached that point in los angeles we will have to be concerned about the potential for mudslides there and it's about the cold to the east from billings montana. and we have windchills as far as 35 to 45 below. and a new emergency in order this morning for cargo trains. the rules were issued tuesday following explosive accidents involving crude oil. they want strict testing and tighter safety regulations.

the department of transportation says more than half the crude may have been misclassified leading to the mispackaging and transportation. last july there were explosions causing a massive fire that flattened much of the small town's center and the accident killed 47 people and destroyed nearly 40 buildings causing more than $1 billion in damage and those tankers were filled with oil, now the focus of a federal restriction. the oil was misclassified and carried in tankers that lacked safety measures and the order mandates testing of oil so it can be safely transported. recent studies suggested that oil is more combustible and

dangerous than other kinds of crude. and explosive derailments occurred in alabama and north dakota. john hofmeister is the former president of shell oil. >> it's testimony to the risks associated with the moving oil by rail when you have oil that is such a volatile mix as this kind of oil is. >> according to the association of american railroads 3% lack of protective protective measures to safely carry that type of oil. >> we respond early to what we learn. there is a voluntary effort underway to deal with the construction of the railcars and i think that will take place in due course. >> still hofmeister believes the latest sanctions are a step in the right direction. >> we have been transporting oil in railcars for over 100 years, but there have been accidents

and incidents, and the government and the industry have to work together to find a way to de-risk the process. >> if crude suppliers do not abide by the regulations they could be subject to massive fines and criminal prosecution. >> thank you jeff. this morning, delta is unveiling big changes for its frequent flyers. the delta sky miles program is based on how much you pay instead of how far you go. the idea is to bring in more business travelers. delta is the largest carrier to make the change will they say will take effect next year and some industry analysts say other airlines will follow. a poll out this morning asked americans who would they like to see run for president in 2016? jeb bush and ran paul, and they

are less excited about chris christie, and more republicans would rather see him not run. >> and democrats want former secretary of state hillary clinton on the balancelot, and they were divided about joe biden. he was asked about his plans on "the view." >> when it comes to a family decision, and my wife is supportive -- >> but you have not said no. >> no i absolutely had not said no. i truly have not made up my mind. the good news is everything i think i would have to do to be a viable candidate is the same thing i should be doing to be the best vice president i could possibly be. >> notice he said my wife is supportive. and he said clinton's entry into the race will not affect his decision.

>> last night in honoring black history month, he joked he could beat obama in a game of basketball. >> i may be a white boy, but i can jump. >> he may be a white boy but he can jump. in context, i get it. we all remember the movie, "white men can't jump." >> i would like to see that one-on-one. wichita state doesn't need any help from the vice president. the team is having the best regular season in college basketball history. they are the first division 1 team to have a perfect record in 31 games. they beat bradley last night for their 30th win, and they have one more regular season game at home this weekend against missouri state. it has been a decade since any team finished the regular season unbeaten.

a duke university freshman is breaking her science about working as a porn star to pay for school. the woman called "lauren" rights, what i did not expect was that i would be bullied and harassed online. i did not expect that my intelligence and workic would be questioned and scrutinized. and in a tv interview she says she regrets nothing. >> in the end it came down to my choice, my willingness to jump into the situation and make an educated decision about what it was that i wanted to do. basically i saw a way to graduate from my dream school with no debt doing something that makes me really happy and doing something that i love and

i took it. >> all right. lauren finished her online essay with this, i am going to graduate and pursue my dreams and hopefully galvanize change in a world wrought with gender norms. it's not a choice some people would make but she is owning it and talking about it and duke is very expensive.

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babies. dr. agus is a professor at southern plains california. he's in los angeles. good morning. >> good morning. three different parents. how does it work? >> this is for a particular disorder called mitochondrial disease. it's the edge in the body and part of the cell has its own dna separate from the chrome zones inherited from the mother and the father. so if someone has a defective my mitochondria mitochondria, they can pass it on only from the mother to the child. so there's a technique that takes out the nucleus that has all the good chromosomes from a mother and put it into a donor egg and this egg has a normal mitochondria not at the faulty or defective one and that can make the embryo. this has been tried in monkeys and mice and had been triered in the 1990s in an experiment in new jersey where they were doing it on children without permission. and the fda's debating it yesterday and today about its safety. >> do you have any problems with

this? >> i've got a lot of problems with it in that we don't know really, first of all, the safety in the child. you're committing a child to be part of an experiment for the rest of his life honestly without their permission. and then whose job is it in our country to actually say this is the moral and ethic backbone that we have to live by? the fda addresses its safety but who starts the conversation and actually starts to make a decision about some of these bigger questions. >> yeah. and what are the medical and ethical issues because some say now we're going down a slippery slope, designer babies. >> that's a ways away. it's not affecting the chrome zone but it certainly could head there. we don't know its safety. you're right. when we get to that slippery slope, maybe you want a child that's smarter, taller blue eyes et cetera. we need to set the boundaries. we're predominatently debating its

safety. >> i think you make an excellent point about the morals and the ethics. we're far vapsed that we know the gender selection that's going on. you can prevent a number of diseases but there's lots of people talking about genetic correction or gene modification when it comes to picking babies that are smarter than other babies. >> these are going to become issues. technology is changing so fast in this field and all fields of medicine and the problem is ethics and our ability to change how we approach it isn't changing as fast. so we need to start to build the framework so we as a country can do the right thing for our children and our next generation and this is going to be an issue going forward. i'm glad it's coming to a debate. we need to address the other issues also. >> really interesting point. dr. agus thank you. and george p. bush talks with chip reid about getting into the family business and why he disagrees with his grandmother former first lady barbara bush. he faces a test days

your realtime captioner is linda macdonald. good morning. 8:25 on your wednesday. get you updated on some headlines around the bay area now. more water restrictions going into effect to deal with the drought. the valley water district in santa clara county asking for a voluntary 20% reduction in water use and in the city of calistoga up north that 20% reduction is now mandatory. we have some relief, though. storm 1 already here. storm 2 is brewing, lawrence. it sure is. this storm today is going to be a nice soaker. some parts of the bay area maybe one to two inches of rain in wettest spots lesser amounts in the valley. still the rain making its way onshore. looking toward san jose we are seeing showers there now but it will continue to pick up as we head throughout the day. hi-def doppler radar starting to light up very nicely right now. in fact, we're seeing a lot of yellows and reds out there into parts of the east bay. you can see the bands that are

starting to move their way onshore. now interestingly, we have some stronger bands off the coastline near the core of the low. and with that, we have been seeing numerous lightning strikes so there's a very good chance that we will see at least some scattered lightning strikes around the bay area today and then it looks like things beginning to settle down a little bit later on tonight. still continuing with some showers though. gusty winds expected to continue into the afternoon hours, as well. the temperatures will be cooler. highs only in the 50s and the low 60s. i think tonight turning to showers, more showers continuing on thursday. then maybe a brief break. but then another storm system drops into the bay area, this one a little deeper meaning stronger gusts of winds likely to see some trees coming down, maybe some power lines, more thunderstorms and more rain as well right into saturday. we're going to check out your "kcbs traffic" coming up. e'd show up and surprise them with a better kind of taco made with jennie-o ground turkey ed thoroughly to 165. i feed my kids turkey tacos over regular tacos any day. i think they are light and they are just fresh tasting.

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good morning. lots of accidents coming in now. be extra careful the roads are very slick. check out the east bay all those red sensors popping up on a lot of freeways. this accident reported in lafayette. westbound 24 approaching acalanes. debris still in the roadway traffic really jammed through walnut creek. also here's a live look at the nimitz. northbound much slower than normal, that drive time heading into your downtown oakland exits and now there's a multi- vehicle crash reported northbound 880 by 98th. southbound remains backed up into fremont. bay bridge backed up into the maze. also notice that drive time down the eastshore freeway. and the lower deck crash has traffic slow into oakland.

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welcome back to "cbs this morning." coming up in this half hour george p. bush talks about bringing the family name back to the campaign trail. see what his famous uncle george w. bush told him and what the rising star thinks about a third bush in the oval office. plus los angeles gets a new look from a filmmaker with a new york state of mind. we'll show you the height he went to capture the city of angels in all its brilliance. that's ahead. right now it's time to show you some of this morning's headlines from around the globe. "the new york times" looks at a new prize for playwrights sponsored by fill seymour hoffman. that's because the tabloid settled a lawsuit by hoffman's

friend over a false story. they took out an ad apologizing for the report. "the dallas morning news" say says his portraits will be displayed in his presidential library. he spoke about his artwork last year. >> what does painting bring you? >> relaxation and a whole new way of looking at the world. >> give me an example. >> i'm sitting there analyzing that tie you have and figuring out if i can mix paint to figure out -- >> are you serious? >> yeah. to figure out what paints to mix -- i'm not saying it's an ugly tie. >> it opens in april. the "washington post" looket what could be a first. the government wants to ban advertising in public schools for food that do not meade the guidelines for sugar and fault. it's part of michelle obama's

plan to steer kids away from unhealthy choices. identical triplets were born february 5th. they were all hospitalized. one in a million and the babies were conceived naturally. as you can see their parents look, very happy and grateful. >> gorgeous. >> beautiful. >> britain's independence says vatican city is open to more wine. they enjoy 100 bottle as year. that's double the wine consumption in france or italy. >> look at the size of the cup. >> are you two heading overseas? >> we're thinking about converting over to catholicism. i love the spirit. >> the aww today says the jersey

longs to this guy. he's become the first openly gay player in a major american sport. he wore number 46 because that's all the team has on hand. they're selling 98. he asked for that number to honor matthew shepherd who was killed for being gay in 19 998. i want one of those shirts. it is a subject of parody on television shows like "south park." >> just between you and me i think everyone's too stupid to see what this is leading to. did you guys read "1984?" >> i don't think so. >> i didn't either. but we have to do something about this. we have to organize a rally. >> that would be cool? >> a what? >> a rally. >> i'm go ing to e-mail everybody and put it up on my blog pages.

>> they say it's no laughing matter. they she wanted to erase her digital presence which she learned in her new boog "dragnet nation," a quest for privacy, security and freedom in a world of relentless survey lachbls welcome. >> it's good to be here. >> tell us how you did it and what you discovered? >> i brought a few props. i put my phone into a metal cage that protects it from transmitting any signals. i set up a credit card with a different identity. i quit using google search and i worked to get my information out of data brokers. >> what did you find? >> i went to pretty extreme measures. i wasn't that successful. the truth is we have some control over that part of it but it seems like the phone and data brokers were very hard for me to manage. the phone, unless you're not

using it and putting it in a cage. >> you talked about shopping online. two days later an ad pops up for something i bought. what is the harm in that? >> it's true. i thought it also seemed somewhat benign. but in the boork i book i talk about a woman who was on facebook and there are a whoil bunch of ads for gay cruises and one of her colleagues walked over and said why are all the ads gay? >> show said she was out but she didn't want her colleagues to know about her life so all of a sudden she was added to her colleagues. this is the kind of thing that can happen that people don't think about. >> in fact, as part of your quest to achieve some privacy. you defriended friends on facebook. why? >> i did. i unfriended everybody on facebook which actually offended a bunch of them. >> why? >> you know the thing is with friends lists is that they're

very revealing. who your friends are is who you are. i realized i was giving out too much information about myself and alsz as a journalist i didn't want people to think these might be my secret sources and have suspicion land on them. >> what was the most frustrating thing. >> i would say i was frustrated by the data broke e. the companies that keep a huge amount of files on you and they have your name and address and all of the things you buy and more and more they have what you're doing online. and they don't have to show you the information they have about you nor do they have to let you remove it. so i identified more than 200 data brokers. of those, only a dozen would let me see the files and let than half of them would let me remove it. >> you said you went back to 120u and you could see what you had done all day online. >> that was on google. i didn't realize google was keeping everything i had ever

searched for ever since i opened my guy mail account in 2006. they had my searches lined up and sorted by maps and shopping and topics and i could look at any day and see what i looked for and the day that you're talking about was very revealing. i wake up in the morning and i googled the weather and then what i'm going to right about in my news stories and i start looking for clothes for my dauter. what do we do, julia? what if we don't want you to know anything about us? >> i think we have to be a little wiser about our choices. we do have some choices. so for instance after i saw my google web i went to a private search engine called duck duck go. we do have some choices we can use. >> you make some important points about children's privacy. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> and "dragnet nation" is on sale now. and the new york times poll

asked republican voters who they would like to see run for president. 41% mention former president jeb bush. the gop rating is higher than anyone else's. they'll decide on tuesday whether his son should run for state land commissioner. chip reid has more. good morning. >> good morning. george bush told me he caught the political bug as a teenager and his grandmother said you can't rupp for office on the fact that your name is bush. you've got go out and establish yourself in another career yourself. now at age 37 he's hoping to establish what hopes is a long career in politics. when he stepped off his campaign bus in midland, texas, last week, he was the first one who looked like he had been involved in politics all his life.

in one sense he has. his father is jeb bush. his uncle is former president jonch w. bush and when he was just 12 years old he led the pledge of allegiance at the 19 8 republican convention that nominated his grandfather, former president george h.w. bush. now at age 37 after a career in law and real estate and service in after gap stan he's decided to join the family business. what did george. with bush tell you when you said i'm thichlking about jumping into politics now? >> he always thought i would be good at it, but in terms of doing it for the right reasons, that's what the consensus was wlrk it was him or my grandfather or dad, you've got to do this with a servant's heart. >> reporter: in his stump speech he sometimes sounds like he's got bigger things in mind. >> the values of our state are

under attack and it's been letd by one man an witnessed man only and his name is barack obama. that do you manl yourself as a president one day? >> i don't. i would like to leave everything on the field. give 110% to the state and see where it takes me. >> reporter: bush says his goal is to appeal to all. he's a strong supporter of business and deeply conservative on abortion and gun rights. his mother was born in mexico and most hispanic ss are at heart. he's frustrated with the republican's failure to reach out. with young george jumping into politics and his father jeb bush contemplating a run for president in 2016 george's grandmother has recently taken on the role of family naysayer. >> your grandmother, barbara

bush, has said, and i'm not quoting directly enough bushes already. >> i had a chance to visit with her after her statement and she said, well i may have been talking about other bushes but not the texas land commissioner and she clarified her statement after the fact was to say i think you would make -- my dad jeb bush would make a fantastic president but there are other great people. >> but she also said she hopes he doesn't run. >> as well as that. >> we would like to see a strong conservative voice rally together like my father. >> there's one side to running for downside now time away from his eight-month-old son prescott. >> how long will it be before he's out here? >> sooner than later. start them young. >> now one factor that bush will have to consider if or more

likely when he decides to run for higher office is the fact that polls show the nation is still suffering from bush fatigue. one republican analyst who's following the bush family closely for years told me it could be another decade or more before that ceases to be a factor. charlie, norah, and gayle? >> all right, chip reid. i remember him at that convention. it's nigh to see how he's grown up. >> that's a big job, texas land commissioner. very, very powerful. >> you haven't seen the last of george p. bush i'll bet you. thank you, chip. in last. bright lights normally come from a hollywood studio. this morning, though we'll introduce you to a man giving the city a new k

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there it is. new york city is known for is spectacular skyline. and now as carter evans shows us one man is out to change the way you see another big city. >> reporter: los angeles comes to life through the lens of filmmaker collin rich. for three years he scoured the urban sprawl that many saw as a driving-by city. >> a 70-mile perspective where you spend hours on freeways and highways and buildings.

>> reporter: but you never take the time to stop and look. >> you don't. there's such a connective tissue. sometimes you have to step back from a distance and be able to take that in. >> the result is his passion project. three videos rich calls the trilogy of life. ironically the inspiration only came after he moved from l.a. to new york. he was captivated by new yorkers and emotional ones to it. >> people get that though. people get new york is the city. >> new york blood. >> reporter: but people don't think about that. >> they don't but things are changing out here. l.a. is becoming a city where it's starting to have much more of a centered heart to it. >> determined to show los angeles in a new light, rich used time lapsed photography to find the pulse of l.a. >> for me the city's an org nation. once you start seeing cars zoom

through traffic, you see this traffic flow throughout it. >> so the streets are like blood vessels. >> i think so, yeah. it's like veins in your body and capillaries, you know how you send cells around. that to me is basically a city. >> rich captured his images with a computer controlled camera on a track. >> reporter: you had this thing hanging out over a building. >> yeah. it's been everywhere in l.a. >> he scaled fire escapes and fire bridges in order to capture the later beat of the city of angels. at times rick says he was chased, even threatened. >> i remember coming out and they had a they thought i had a missile launcher. >> it even caught the attention of another who loves the city l.a.'s mayor garcetti. >> he loved the video. he said it painted the light in

the way it should be and that was special. >> a stamp of approval written in life. for "cbs this morning," carter evans, los angeles. >> that's spectacular. i think he should go on the road. >> indeed. all right. tomorrow we've got a crisis for winter sports. >> i'm don dahler. 15 million people ski or snowboard or both in this country. but a controversy new book says the ski industry is doom and the reason will affect everyone.

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your realtime captioner is linda macdonald. and good morning, everyone. 8:55 on your wednesday. time for some news headlines here at kpix 5. several high ranking central california cops are under arrest accused of stealing cars in an elaborate impound scheme accused of targeting poor latinos and towing their cars. the brother of the city's acting police chief runs the tow company and has also been arrested santa clara valley water district has a new goal calling for a 20% reduction of water use. the district has a decent ground water supply but board members say conservation is crucial now because no one knows how long this drought will last. and a large tree is fallen on a house on 7th avenue in san bruno this morning. firefighters called in overnight to get rid of it. crews used a chainsaw to cut it and finally clear it out of the way. the incoming storm already

bringing rain and strong winds to all parts of the bay area. this is just wave number 1. wave number 21 coming too. here's lawrence. we are just getting into the first wave too. 20 to 30-mile-an-hour gusts this morning will continue to ramp up through the middle of the day and the afternoon. rain now falling around a good part of the bay area. it will come to your neighborhood soon over the next few hours. hi-def doppler radar showing you the intensifying rain out there. we have seen some lightning strikes off the coastline and we could very well see a few more thunderstorms erupt into the afternoon. so watch out for that. temperatures expected to be in the 50s and the 60s a very wet commute ride home. and return to showers tonight and thursday rainbows outside as well another strong storm with more gusty winds on friday the and into the weekend. we are going to check out your "kcbs traffic" coming up next. just make a straight line to safeway. your club card gets you deals you can't find anywhere else. right now, breakfast is on.

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good morning. this is a rough commute. we have a lot longer drive time than normal. the wet weather causing a lot more accidents than usual. at the bay bridge, you're going to be waiting for a while. all the approaches are very slow. that drive time at the bottom of your screen is the eastshore freeway really heavy through richmond and berkeley. bay bridge backed up into the macarthur maze. you can see 24 also very heavy. this morning, leaving walnut creek all the way to the caldecott tunnel. the nimitz northbound 880 jammed solid in the northbound lanes southbound heavy once you reach san leandro down into fremont. all your south bay drive times pretty much moving under the speed limit. be safe.

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