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money was put over human lives. it's just not right and they need to be accountable for it. >> gm on capitol hill. >> mary barra testifies on why a decade they waited. >> 13 people died as a result of faulty ignition switches. new twists in the investigation of malaysian flight 370. >> malaysia now says the words were good night, malaysian flight 370 not all right, good night, as first reported. it appears more than 7 million people did apply by the deadline. >> despite more technical glitches, the website went down for more than seven hours. member of the sailing team fell overboard during the race around the world. andrew taylor swept into the ocean 2500 miles west of san francisco. >> i didn't know if you were looking for me or not. the fbi has a criminal investigation into high-speed trading "60 minutes" first broke

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it's april fools' day today. >> are you thinking about that? we begin with congress, focusing on a deadly failure at general motors. house subcommittees are set to hear from the company's new leader and federal regulator. why gm waited 13 years to fix an ignition problem linked to at least 13 deaths. >> people who lost family members are in washington to attend the hearings. last night some of them met face to face with gm's ceo mary barra. jeff glor is on capitol hill where the first hearings begin a little later today. jeff, good morning. >> good morning. and good morning to our viewers in the west. 13 family members met with mary barra, the first time that's happened since the recalls began. mary barra heard family member tell stories about lost loved ones. natasha was lost in a cobalt in 2006. they heard the word sorry. >> we're comforted to know she feels that way but, you know it was a big mistake here and it's

going to take more than sorry to correct it. >> we need to make n impact and tell gm that they need to own up to their mistakes. >> reporter: in prepare edd testimony today, barra will say, quote, i cannot tell you why it took years for a safety defect to be announced, but i can tell you that we will find out. the national highway traffic safety administration or nhtsa, criticized for not demanding a recall, will put the blame on gm today. quote, the agency examined the available information multiple times. gm had critical information that would have helped identify this defect. that defect is a faulty ignition switch, which can suddenly shut the engine off, disabling power steering, power brakes seat belts and air bags. nhtsa says they didn't know the air bags wouldn't deploy when the ignition switch is in the accessory position because gm didn't tell them. >> what i believe gm should do is stop lying and i'm here with

my husband because we don't want this to happen to another family. >> reporter: gm first noticed a problem in 2001. in march 2005 a gm report says fixes would take too long and cost too much. quote, none of the solutions represents an acceptable business case. four months later, july 29th, 2005, the first death linked to the defect. a 16-year-old killed in a chevy cobalt in maryland. amber rose was laura christian's daughter. >> if they had simply fixed the problem back then none of our children would have died. they are directly responsible for all of these family members and many more who have lost children and countless others who have been in accidents. it's repulsive. >> reporter: the family members asked mary barra to take the recalled vehicles off the road immediately. she told them these cars are still safe to drive.

she believes as long as drivers who are in one of these recalled vehicles use the key only. >> jeff thank you. australia says this morning it deployed a boeing 737 to direct traffic in the crowded air space over the flight 370 search zone. holly williams is at the air force base near perth where the crews are taking up. she's got the first complete account of communications between the malaysian airlines crew and ground controllers. holly, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. today, the malaysian authorities released this full transcript of communications between flight 370 and air traffic control before the plane disappeared. now they say there's nothing abnormal here. however, they have abrupt thely changed their account of the plane's final sign off from all right, good night, which is technically incorrect to good night malaysian three seven zero, the correct sign-off. that has angered the families of

those on board who feel they are still not getting the truth and are still frustrated. three weeks after the plane went down, still no wreckage has been found. at stirling naval base latest ship to join the search for flight 370, off australia's west coast nine other ships have begun retrieving objects spotted by air search planes but so far have found only garbage. head of the u.s. navy salvage operations. his team is tasked with finding the boeing 777's black boxes using state-theof-the-art equipment. realistically what are the chances of finding the wreckage now? >> what's important is finding the surface wreckage. without finding that debris we would be depending on luck more than skill or competency to find the wreckage of the aircraft. >> reporter: but a boeing 777 is

pretty big. how can it just go missing? >> it's big when you're standing next to it. however when you're compareing it to the size of the ocean, it's relatively small. >> reporter: captain matthews told us he's racing against the clock because of the beacons on the plane's black boxes which emit an electronic signal may just have one week of battery life left perhaps two. if you can't find the flight recorders in the next two weeks, does that mean that the plane may never be found? >> that is certainly a possibility. the pingers allow us to detect it at greater ranges. if they are no longer emiting, it will be much more difficult to find and much more time consuming to do those searches. >> reporter: that possibility is obviously upsetting for the families of those who were on board. the malaysian authorities will hold a closed door meeting with them tomorrow to try to resolve some of their concerns. charlie? >> holly, thanks. president obama will speak today about a turning point for the healthcare law. the government's midnight

deadline to sign up for insurance came and went. this morning healthcare.gov confirms open enrollment for 2014 is closed. >> customers flooded the website all day monday in spite of more technical problems. jan crawford is in washington where white house officials are thrilled with the last-minute search. good morning. >> good morning. charlie and norah. as that website launched it looked like there was no way they were going to get 100,000 people to sign up much less 6 or 7 million, which they say they're now close to. after all that struggle to get there, wouldn't you know things yesterday ended up a lot like they started, with computer problems. the line stretched out the door as people rushed to beat the clock. a midnight deadline monday to sign up for health care. >> i didn't think it was that important. now i found out it was that important. >> i have to get my paperwork together. it was a bit of a mission. >> reporter: hundreds of thousands of americans were on that same mission. driving the beleaguered website to capacity and jamming phone

lines. throughout the day people trying to enroll online instead were sent to a virtual waiting room, where they could leave an e-mail address to be contacted later. >> there's a problem like this that gets addressed and addressed quickly. >> reporter: white house press secretary jay carney put on a positive spin, trying to shift focus away from the latest snafus while acknowledging the disastrous launch. >> there's been a remarkable story since the dark days of october and november which has resulted in a situation where we're looking at a number of substantially larger than 6 million people enrolled. >> reporter: of course in those early months the website barely worked at all, giving ammunition to republicans who said the white house wasn't up to the task of running a website, let alone healthcare. the latest numbers suggest the obama administration's hard push to make up for that lost ground might have paid off. >> have you heard of the affordable care act? >> yeah.

that's the thing that doesn't work. >> reporter: enrollment jumped after president obama in a calculated move to appeal to young people appeared on the internet show "between two ferns" and monday's pitch also aimed at the young was complete with celebrity tweets and endorsement from the first dogs and daytime talk show appearance by vice president biden. >> i think everyone is going to be really surprised and pleased how well this has turned out. >> reporter: officials who say people who tried but failed to enroll will get until mid april to finish. >> we've been having trouble getting in. but i guess i have an account so i'm in the queue. >> also giving people a little more time to sign up. california, for example, giving people until the middle of this month. it will be a while until we know just how many of the people who signed up were actually were uninsured and how many were young and healthy. then, of course comes the real test. how is this system going to work once everybody starts trying to use their new insurance?

>> jan, thanks. joining us now, bill daley. do you believe when he says it will be considered a monumental achievement? >> i don't think there's any question that time is on the president's side and the rush at the end of the sign-up period indicates that the american people do -- we know that there are plenty of people who are uninsured and after the challenges of signing up and fumbling to the finish line yesterday, i think time is on his side. and i do think that over time when the american people get to understand the benefits from having a system that insures more people and make sure that the costs do come down that's a big question over time will be quite a statement for this administration long term. but these are a lot of hurdles still to go over. and as shown yesterday, in spite

of all of the positives, we're talking today about another glitch, another stumble, which is unfortunate. >> you know, you hit the nail on the head which is the idea that if you get everybody insured and if you get more young people buying insurance, the idea is that it will lower costs for all of us. we all agree that health care costs are out of control. what about then news that still comes up that premium hikes continue to go up? >> well i think that's the $64,000 question for most people. what will their premiums be over time? i think there's an expectation that if you continue to see young people sign up and this is the first year of this. so we've got to see an acceptance by young people in the theory that they insure themselves and they pay for that, in spite of a difficult economy where a lot of people even small amounts of money is a challenge for some people to pay. so i think you're going to see, norah, over time a continuing

emphasis by the administration the benefits especially to young people to be in a system. and those of us who are a little older will hopefully reap the benefits from having a system that is very much being paid for by the healthier people and younger people in society. but that's a big challenge. and this is the first step in a very long road for the affordable care act. >> but for politicians now is the future 2014 when they're running. what's that going to mean for democrats? >> i think there remains over the next several months a tremendous challenge for democrats to explain, obviously, 7 million people went online and signed up. and those 7 million people obviously, must have a good feeling about it. i think it's quite a challenge in the next several months to turn around the negative attitude about the aca that seems to be out there. but that's a challenge that again, this is a game as we

said last fall when this thing started and there were all sorts of stumbles, that right now the administration has to hit singles and doubles and not go for the wall in any way since opening day was yesterday, i thought baseball was a good analogy. but i really do believe this is a long game. and those who talk about repealing, it's not going to happen. first of all, whatever happen this is fall the president has a veto. so, that's not going to happen a repeal. maybe changes, maybe improvement over time. as the president said there should be. politically speaking in the next seven months this is an enormous challenge. >> thank you so much bill. the governor of washington state is asking president obama for a major disaster declaration this morning after the massive mudslide. it would mean federal aid for victims of the $10 million catastrophe in oso. 24 people are now confirmed dead. monday a dozen players from the seattle seahawks and sounder soccer team traveled to the

area. pilots failed to maintain a safe speed before a crash at the san francisco airport in july slammed into a sea wall spun and skidded on to the runway. three people were killed in the disaster. documents released monday by government safety regulators and boeing rejects that claim saying the jet performed properly. north and south korea are trading insults one day after trading artillery fire in the yellow sea. park gueyn-hye. north korean newspaper called park quote, an eccentric old spinster and a frog in a well. park condemned the north for what she called expressions even street ruffians would refrain from. the obama administration is reported considering releasing

convicted spy john pollard, for salvaging mid eastern peace talks. he is serving a life sentence in north carolina for spieg for israel. his release would apparently be in return for concessions from israel. if released he could be set free as early as next year. white house is not commenting this morning. police in huntington beach, california, are asking people to come forward with information after a stabbing attack on a group of marines. it happened during a fight sunday between angels and dodgers fans. three marines on leave from camp pendleton tried to help a woman. cell phone individual crow shows one of the marines being stabbed in the face with a broken beer bottle. another marine was also stabbed. police arrested six suspect. all the marines are expected to recover. time to show you some of the morning's headlines from around the globe. fbi is investigating high-speed trading firms, a controversy "60

minutes" reported sunday night. some investors are allegedly taking advantage of fast-moving market information not available to others. the probe stems from a crackdown on insider trading that began years ago. "the washington post" looks at how the the cia may have misled the public and government for years about its interrogations program. report from the senate intelligence committee says the agency hid details about the severity of its methods and found extreme interrogations collected little significant intelligence. "new york times" says the fcc voted to free up more airwaves for wi-fi and wireless broad band. existing wi-fi networks and pave the way for faster service. new york daily news says a long island high school senior was accepted to eight ivy league colleges. admissions experts say that feat is extremely rare. kwasi enin is the son of

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it's 7:26. i'm michelle griego. people trying to sign up for health insurance through covered california will have even more time to complete the process. a deadline was supposed to be at midnight but those trying to register online couldn't get onto the website because of heavy traffic. the deadline is now april 15th. crews are on clean-up duty across the bay area after a rare lightning storm yesterday. an 80-foot redwood tree outside a home in berkeley exploded when a bolt hit it. no one was hurt. here's roberta. in fact we've already seen lightning strikes above in the skies of vallejo and benicia and martinez. now a look at the live kpix 5 weather center. it's live it's hi-def doppler

radar. and i want to draw your attention right now just off the coast of the valley. we do have that cluster of red there. that's some pretty heavy rainfall that has already had a lightning strike associated with that. so we'll keep a watchful eye. mostly cloudy over the bay right now. temperatures are in the 40s and 50s. numerous showers throughout the day. more isolated thunderstorms containing small hail. we'll have snow level down to if thousand feet and the -- 3,000 feet and the heaviest rain will be in the evening commute. we'll take a look at the commute coming up right after this.

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a series of scares on a flight from amsterdam to alabama. it was hit by lightning three times on friday. passengers reported a massive bang when one of the bolts struck. a woman on the ground happened to snap a picture of one of the strikes. we're happy to tell you the plane landed at birmingham airport with no injuries. >> i always look at the flight attendant to see if they're scared. how scared should i be depending on what they're doing. >> okay. welcome back to "cbs this morning." coming up in this half hour, rear view cameras are finally coming to all new cars but one family is appalled at how long it's taken, with a tragedy to inspire change. and the koch brothers the

democrats are fighting back against the family that donated money. that's ahead. an a life-threatening scare in the pacific ocean. don dahler is here to show how crew members fought big waters. >> good morning. for 90 dramatic minutes that race was one of pure survival. one that was entirely caught on tape. >> mayday mayday, mayday. >> reporter: it's a call no one at sea wants to hear. 46-year-old andrew taylor was missing. during a routine sail change a huge wave swept taylor off a 70-foot yacht and into the frigid water. >> we started going through the motions and trying to estimate where he might have drifted to. a needle in the haystack doesn't

even describe what we're looking for. >> reporter: an amateur sailor taylor was halfway around the - pacific leg of the yacht race traveling from china to the u.s. despite clear visibility it took over an hour before crew members finally spotted the ship mate among the crashing waves. his yellow jacket a mere speck in one of the remote parts of the pacific ocean. after several attempts frantic crew members managed to pull taylor, a father from london to safety. he spent 90 minutes in the water. and later recounted his terrifying ordeal. >> i came up i went for the safety line. next thing i knew i was hitting the water. flash of purple. smack on the water. i didn't know if you were looking for me or not. >> reporter: taylor who was wearing a dry suit was treated

for hypothermia and shock. he's expected to make a full recovery and rejoin his crew members who are already back in the race. >> god the storm was back. it was horrible. >> race officials say taylor actually had a safety tether attached to his life vet when he went overboard. but an investigation is not yet under way as to why it was not attached to the boat. >> thank you. >> sailing is very dangerous. i'm glad that they found him and he's okay. >> but me think about malaysia guys, where the sailor there said it was like looking for a needle in a haystack. and they had a hard time finding him. federal traffic safety officials are planning to change the rules for new cars and trucks. automakers are going to install rear view cameras. it will mean a higher sticker

price but as jeff pegues shows us some families believe they have paid dearly. >> reporter: safety advocates believe by having backup cameras in all cars it will cut down on tragic accidents by giving drivers a better view of what's going on behind them especially what's happening there is about the size of a toddler. >> if it wasn't for him, this wouldn't be happening. if it wasn't for him, this wouldn't be a situation. i think this -- the cameras wouldn't be there, wouldn't be going on. more kids would die. >> reporter: greg gulbransen was backing up his suv when he hit and killed his 2-year-old son. most backups injure children or the elderly. according to the national traffic and safety administration there are more than 200 casualties each year.

and the implementation was delayed. former transportation secretary ray lahood said it took years because of the cost involved for automakers. >> it required really looking at all kinds of technology. and because it is known as a very expensive rule. it's going to cost car manufacturers money to put these cameras on every vehicle that they manufacture. >> reporter: the new rule requires automakers to install backup cameras in new cars and trucks weighing less than 10,000 pounds as standard equipment on or before may 2018. the cameras will give drivers a field of vision on a dashboard monitor that measures at least 20 feet directly behind the car and ten feet side to side. a group of public safety advocates and families directly affected by backover accidents sued the government accusing regulators of dragging their feet. on monday gulbransen and his

family were notified first in a phone call from the acting nhtsa administrator. >> my plan is to sign this rule today. >> thank you so much. >> reporter: are you surprised it took this long? >> i couldn't believe it took this long. i was appalled. you have to persevere and push. you believe in it and it's the right thing to do. >> reporter: that lawsuit was supposed to go to court today. it has been dropped. in a statement, the alliance of automobile manufacturers told us when it comes to backup cameras, they believe consumers should have a choice. charlie. >> jeff, thanks. november congressional midterm elections are just several months away. they're shaping up to be the most expensive ever. outside groups have already spent $340 million. as nancy cordes shows us in washington, one of the families is once again in the spotlight. >> they are the koch brother, both in their 70s and two of the

wealthiest men in america. they've been giving to conservative and libertarian causes for a long type. but now, democrats are trying to make them public enemy number one. >> these two brothers don't like government. are. >> reporter: on capitol hill there is one name on every democrat's list. >> the koch brothers. >> the koch probes. >> the koch brothers -- >> reporter: harry reid mentions them in almost every speech calling them shadowy and un-american. >> the secret of koch brothers -- koch brothers are trying to buy america. >> reporter: david and charles koch are the businessmen behind koch industries a kansas-based conglomerate that employs 100,000 people and brings in $115 billion annually. the brothers are also are the chief backers for americans for prosperity. a powerful committee that spent $1 million --

>> basically giving them a bad guy that they're going to vote against as opposed to voting on the record which at this point does not look good for the president. he said republicans employed a similar strategy ten years ago

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microsoft stops supporting its popular windows xp operating system. that will leave millions of computers with security threats including atms. hcr, the nation's largest suppliers of atms said 95% run windows xp. >> good morning, dan. >> does this mean we won't be able to get money out of the atm? >> the atms will work fine. it's kind of a warning bell if you're a big agency or consumer that it's time to start upgrading. >> didn't the banks know this change was coming? why are we to the deadline? >> over the last several years whether you're an i.t. department, whether a small business, whether you're a government agency or a regular consumer, i.t. overhaul has not been a top priority.

>> why should the average consumer be concerned about this story? >> what happens is it's not like a light switch gets flipped and it's not like you're totally insecure if you have windows xp. every day after that your computer gets a little less secure, bear in mind it's probably an older computer to begin with. >> what other machines other than atms are run by xp? >> a lot of government agency still running windows xp on their machines. this came out 12 years ago. and since then windows 7 and now 8. >> it doesn't sound like houston we have a problem moment. but you're here to tell us you want to do something? >> maybe think about upgrading. at least your operating system if not the whole computer. if you work in a big business or bank, i think everyone has to

upgrade towards the end of the year. >> gayle, do you even know if you have windows xp? i have no idea. >> i know when i get something on my ipad that says you want to upgrade, i go no because i know it's going to cause some delay. >> i don't either. >> you got to upgrade. i'm just saying. >> i do every day. >> he gets the new thing the minute that comes out. i still hang on to the thing that's still working. >> make sure you get the newest thing. >> how many houston we have a problem moment have you had? >> i've had a couple. you're just telling us be vigilant, pay attention and upgrade. >> and upgrade, exactly. >> get your software updated and pay attention. >> put your money in a mattress. >> i keep mine in a shoe box, from the kpix weather center. good morning everybody. you can expect more showers today. isolated thunderstorms containing small hail and snow

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and good morning everyone, 7:55 on your tuesday morning. i'm frank mallicoat. the big story today is the weather. men i of storm damage in the bay area over the last 24 hours and we may have more today. a lightning strike hit this redwood tree in berkeley yesterday caused some damage in the neighborhood there. and for more on what we can expected to, let's check in with roberta. more today frank. good morning everybody. already lightning strikes detected over the vallejo area and also just offshore from the valley. let's take a look now it's our live kpix 5 weather center looking out to eagles -- camera looking out to ocean beach. mostly cloudy skies and should be raining there -- raining there within the next 10, 15 minutes. this is why. we're picking up a cell you'll see it just about now. just off the san francisco coast. meanwhile the heaviest activity right there from the fremont area wrapping around the santa clara valley towards the valley. some pretty moderate to heavy

rainfall there. mostly cloudy over the bay right now. numbers are in the 40s and 50s and later today, our temps topping out of in the 50s and low -- off in the 50s and low 60s and heaviest rainfall by tonight's evening commute. about 4:00, 5:00 in the afternoon. looks like we will have a's baseball action tonight albeit a little showery at times. we begin the dry out on wednesday -- to dry out on wednesday. talk about the morning commute with elizabeth right after this. [doorbell rings] hey. hey. what's this? it's u-verse live tv. with at&t u-verse... you can watch live tv from your device. hey. hey. anywhere in your home. [doorbell rings] hey. hey. so you won't miss a minute of ncaa march madness. call now to get a u-verse bundle for the same great price for 2 years. guaranteed.

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♪ ♪ good morning to our viewers in the west. it is tuesday april 1, 2014. welcome back to "cbs this morning." more real news ahead including gm's ceo apologizing to parents whose children died in her company's cars but first here's a look at today's "eye opener at 8". barra met with 14 family members last night, the first time face-to-face meetings have taken place. >> the main question is why gm waited 13 years to fix an ignition problem that is linked to at least 13 deaths. >> people who lost family members are in washington to attend the hearings. they have abruptly changed their of their final to good

night malaysian 370. >> to turn around the negative attitude about the aca. >> the team was racing around the world, but for 90 dramatic minutes that race was one of pure survival. safety advocates believe that by having backup cameras on all cars it will cut down on tragic accidents by giving drivers a better view of what's going on behind them. >> it's not like a light switch gets flipped next week and your computers are totally unsecure if you have windows xp but new security holes will not be patched. >> nothing more comforting to be sitting in your plane and looking at the lightning and i look at the flight attendant to see if they're scared. >> now it's time to answer questions about this great state from a true texan. me. what is the leading cause of heart attacks in texas? >> tony romo. this morning's "eye opener at 8" is presented by panera

bread. >> i'm charlie rose with gayle king and norah o'donnell. the new ceo of general motors makes a crucial trip to capitol hill today. mary barra will speak about the ignition problems that is linked to 13 deaths. >> she has apologized for not having fixed those problems sooner. >> she also must apologize -- she also apologized rather last night to the families of those who were killed. jeff, good morning to you. >> reporter: gm requested this meeting last night and they talked about lost loved ones who died in some of these recalled vehicles. a very emotional scene, as you can imagine. we caught up with ken rymer whose daughter died in 2006 in a chef cobalt. >> it was kind of what we expected to a certain point. i mean you can't change what has happened you know but you know, she was forthright in letting us know that what

they're doing now is to make sure that something like this does not ever lap again and we can only hope that in time and in moving in the right direction that she's very truthful with that, you know but she seemed very sincere about it and we're all hoping that you know for the lives of our families and friends and anybody else we know that drives gm that that's the direction that they're going. >> reporter: the families told mary barra they want all of these recalled vehicles taken off the road immediately. barra told them she still believes they're safe as long as drivers are using the key only. later this week, after the hearings ends here on capitol hill a federal judge in texas will hear an order that these cars should be parked immediately. charlie? >> jeff thanks. cbs news analyst frank luntz is also in washington and an expert in crisis communications. good morning. >> good morning. >> so what do you think of this trip to washington this apology

to families as a way to hand them kind of crisis by the new ceo of general motors? >> i think it's very smart. i think it's very effective. it's important for her to have seen the victims before she comes to capitol hill because she'll be able to tell them the stories. she'll be able to relate and empathize with what happened to these people, but i would warn ler that on capitol hill sometimes it's about the truth, but often because this is congress it could be about grandstanding and that could be a challenge for her. how do you keep your cool when some members want to get the facts and other members want to score political points. >> we all know this didn't happen on her watch, but how much of the burden now falls on her? >> it falls on her from this point going forward and even though she can say that i wasn't involved. she was an executive at the company for a considerable amount of time. what she needs to do and i'm going to be listening to the exact words she uses. does she say accept responsibility or i embrace

responsibility. accepting is much more passive and when people have died that's not good enough. if she says i embrace it and i'll be passionate about getting to the truth and that's much more important. >> she will admit, quote, i cannot tell you why it took years for a safety defect to be announced. will that be enough? >> well the issue is, and i think that you all have a graphic of it it how many different recalls have taken place over the last two, three months since this came forward? there's a certain rule of public relations. one example is random. two examples of a problem is a trend. once you have three examples then you've got a pattern and then you've got proof and gm has had so many recalls over the last two or three months that consumers are looking at this company and wondering is there something wrong with the culture and she has to address that cultural issue if she's going to

communicate to consumers that these are cars you can trust. >> frank, should she state to people in washington i'm going to be the surrogate for these people who lost their children in getting to the bottom of this and make sure it never happens again? >> good question. the phrase i would use is i will be their voice. i've heard them. i understand. i get it. i will be their voice in detroit and i'll be their voice here in washington and she should also talk about her commitment not a promise or pledge a personal commitment because that's her reputation on the line. >> all right, frank luntz, thank you. crews looking for the missing malaysian airliner are battling bad weather and poor visibility in the search zone this morning. 20 planes and ships are scouring an area in the ocean about the size of indiana. this morning malaysian officials released the first full transcript of communications between flight 370 and air traffic control and it revises the final words from the

cockpit. instead of all right. good night. the last message from the crew was good night malaysian 370. that's the correct formal signoff. minutes later the plane disappeared from radar. this morning it is officially too late to sign up for insurance in 2014 under the affordable care act. hundreds of thousands of americans rushed to beat last night's deadline. health care.gov got bogged down because of the demand. the website had 4.8 million hits and obamacare phone numbers received more than 9.8 million calls and some of those people spent hours on hold and they may boost enrollment over the goals of 7 million customers. no american troops were killed there in march. the last month was a zero -- with a zero total was january of 2007. it has happened only three times since the afghan war began nearly 13 years ago.

and the spoiler alert for you this morning. after 200 episode the cbs comedy "how i met your mother" finally revealed how it all happened and if you're waiting to watch last night's finale well you should look away now because as ben tracy reports, the closing chapter featured a mother lode of laughs and tears. >> it was a rainy night at a train station when ted finally met the future mother of his children. they were seemingly drawn together by fate. >> you totally stole will my umbrella. >> what? no, i didn't. this is my umbrella. >> but last night's series finale of how i met your mother told us much more than just that. >> don't even think about getting married until you're 30. >> 30. right. you're right. >> how i met your mother succeeded over nine seasons with its series of flashbacks and flash forwards. in the finale we see marshall and lily prepare for their third child and marshall finally achieves his long postponed

dream. >> i'm going to be a judge. >> you are? >> we saw barney and robin in the early stages of their marriage, but they began to argue over her busy work schedule leading to this surprise announcement. >> we got divorced. >> i can't believe you got divorced without telling us. >> single again, barney got another woman pregnant and yet another surprise he became a doting dad. you are the love of my life. >> and the final twist, the mother of ted's children dies opening the door for soulmates ted and robin to reconnect, offering her a blue french horn a gift from their very first date and at a viewing party last night, fans were sad to see their favorite show go. >> this show kept us on the edge of our seats from the start to the finish. >> as the cast recently told norah, they were hoping the show's finale would be nothing short of --? legendary! >> there's emotional stufr in the episode itself so it wasn't

like we were being emotional because we were feeling it which we were. >> it was smart tore write ally crying in the whole episode. >> it isn't always a happy ending and showing that while hard to take for some fans it was also very true to the spirit of the show upon. >> i think that what's great is the show -- the show's story has reached kind of a natural conclusion. they set out to tell a story and it arrived at its end. >> i promise, we'll always be there for the big moments. >> two, three. >> for "cbs this morning," ben tracy, los angeles. >> wow! >> you know there's a few cranky yankees who are complaining about it but for the most part the reviews are good. wow! what an end of an era. it's only been ten minutes and i miss my mother already. you saw them crying and when you interviewed them the cast was pleased. >> they are so talented. what a great show. they're all very dear friends and they were truly mobile about the show ending and

they're all great actors going on to great things and it lit up the twittersphere and i'm curious to see what the ratings were. >> what were you thinking last night with your bowl of popcorn. >> did you tell the truth pill coming out?

i want a side of awesome, too, but norah, we've got charlie rose. >> he's my side of awesome. >> david agus is in studio 57. i'm in a great mood today, how about you, viewers? we'll ask him about the controversial e-cigarettes that help smokers quit and see if there is a secondhand vapor effect and there's david agus with favorite daughter sydney. david agus next on "cbs this morning."

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♪ brands to choose from the devices are marketing a healthier alternative to tobacco and a way to quit smoking but they are not regulated by the fda. cbs news contributor dr. david agus leads the west side cancer center. that's in california. >> good morning. >> i have friends who use this and say they're doing their bodies a good thing. you say what? >> these are a delivery mechanism for nicotine. nicotine is here. with chemicals that make it go into the longs. we just don't know the answer of safety. we know nicotine causes a problem, but all the other chemicals that go with the nicotine hasn't been studied.

>> a lot of people say it's the burning of tobacco that causes cancer. not the nicotine. what's the answer to that? what does the data show? >> that's through. true. there are carcinogens in here. one of the compounds is polyethylene glycol. the same that goes into the lungs. 85% of people in a recent questionnaire said they use these to help smoke less. and the data don't show that so we need to be careful. >> so shofda's trying to regulate them. and then there was a lawsuit saying we're not claiming we're actually making people stop smoking. it's not clear they can regulate yet. my gut is, over the next year or association they will be able to regulate these, but there are 250 brands. we don't know the quality, the amount of nicotine the chemicals in them. and kids were buy these over the internet. we need regulation and

understanding of what this will do. >> another point, people say it cuts down on second hand smoke which we know is dangerous. what do you think about that? >> there is the equivalent of second hand smoke. for they were developed in china to allow socialization of smokers. smokers were ostracized and they wanted to bring them in and i'm not sure that's a positive thing. >> how do you spend most of your time? >> i see patients. i do research and i work with you. >> well, we're pleased to you have. i always say at that cancer center, often, we talk about you and you're an oncologist i just wondered? >> oh, no i'm back seeing patients tomorrow. >> translation, dr. david ago gus is a bad one -- you're a bad mama gamma. bette midler stopped of nothing to make her oscar

performance shine? >> i would spray tan which i never did before. i've never spray tanned in my life. >> i'm just picturing you getting spray tanned. >> i thought i was going to die laughing. it's so funny and silly. they call it skin finishing. >> i've never done skin finishing. bette midler tells us why she had a hard time believing what johnny carson predicted about her future. that's ahead. looking forward to that and "all that mattered" on this day in 1985 the stars came together to make a brighter day. hmm. do you remember why? >> no. >> the answer's next on "cbs this morning." >> announcer: cbs "morning rounds" sponsored by claritin the number one doctor-recommended allergy brand. live claritin clear. use as directed. 16 days! 26 days of continous relief. live claritin clear. every day.

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"check your egos at the door." and good morning everyone, tuesday, it is. it's 8:25. get you updated on the headlines all around the bay area now. i'm frank mallicoat. people trying to sign up for the health insurance there covered california, you have some more time to complete the process now. the deadline was supposed to be at midnight last night but those trying to register online couldn't get on to the the website because of heavy traffic. the deadline now set two weeks, april 15th. today's richmond city council will vote for a minimum wage hike. it gave approval to weeks ago. plan now is to increase the minimum wage to $12.30 an hour by 2018. the first increase would be this spring to $9. on duty all around the bay area after a rare lightning storm yesterday. an 80 feet tree outside of berkeley just exploded when it

got hit by bottoms of lightning and -- bolts of lightning and fortunately nobody was hurt. more on our crazy weather and a little bit of traffic coming up right after the break. fleas are fast. in less than a second, they can jump 150 times their height. and one flea can get in 400 bites a day.

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clara valley streaming from the 680 all the way to highway 101. mostly cloudy with rain drops in san francisco right now. at 55 degrees. otherwise mid 40s and livermore. with scattered showers developing throughout the daytime hours the heaviest around 4:00 this afternoon. 50s and low 60s. we will begin to dry out by midday on wednesday. we've got a look at traffic. thank you roberta and we actually have a traffic alert right now in santa rosa. a connector ramp is blocked heading southbound 101 the connector to eastbound highway 12 remains closed due to an accident there. even further south. another spinout reported near alameda dell prado. out to the bay bridge it got dark and the rain clouds started to move in. fortunately traffic is cleared up significantly just the last half hour. even though the metering lights remain on. a iquique check in the east bay. a live look at the nimitz where northbound traffic beginning a slow a little bit beginning at the -- at the oakland coliseum.

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♪ ♪ did you ever know that you're my hero you're everything i would like to be ♪ ♪ you can fly higher than an eagle ♪ 'cause you are the wind beneath my wings ♪ that song never gets old even with old crusty. there's bette midler in tribute to crusty the clown after the real life homage to johnny carson. she's been singing, acting entertaining for almost 50 years. she sits down with us for a candid conversation about how it all started. what keeps her going and she's

still going. >> looking forward to that. also in this half cbs news legal analyst rikki klieman is in the toyota green room. we'll look at the court case that could set a precedent for bullying cases. hi rikki. good to have you here. >> dr. agus he's on camera wiping off the makeup. >> there you go. right now, it's time to show you some of this morning's headlines from around the globe. the san francisco chronicle looks at the fast growing website to make rooms to travel. it's agreeing to pay san francisco's hotel tax by summer. the move could help regulators as it considers going public. >> go for it. britain's daily mail -- would you like to read it norah?

>> i'm so excited. >> i like this story. britain ace daily mail reveals the best time of day to eat meals if you want to lose weight a new survey by a supplement company questioned 1,000 dieters. it says that the ideal breakfast starts at 7:11. and lunch at 12:38. and dinner 6:14. the key is to eat dinner early because you have a better chance of burning catries before you go to sleep. >> you know the old saying east breakfast like a king. lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper. and now that bears it out. the huffington post said they're spending more to tie them up. the most expensive place to get married is manhattan in new york city. almost $80,000. that's expensive. idaho is cheapest at $16,000.

nationwide, the price tag for a wedding is almost $30,000. and a new study released by the american sociological review finds that bullying isn't reserved for isolated students. in fact, the higher your child climbs on the social ladder the more likely they are to be targeted. >> this report comes from the heels of a new jersey court ruling that could make bullies and their parents financially liable in harassment cases. rikki klieman is the analyst. hello. we heard about schools being blamed. but this is the first time they took aim at the parents. do you see it catching on? >> i do see it catching on. and i think it's an interesting way that it happened. what happened was the child who was bullied, he goes and sues under the law and anti-bullying act, sues the school. and the school says, okay wait a minute, if we're responsible, there are others who join our responsibility. so it's the school that then

sues the parents who are actually the parents of the bully. this is the case in new jersey. and what happened, were the parents held liable? >> well it's new. so we're just at the very beginning in what we call the discovery situation. so this case is going to go forward. but what i say is this it's the old cliche if you open the barn door, the horses are going to run through it. so this catches fire. and what is going to happen is we're going to find that there is a sense of responsibility. it's collective. so the school is saying hey, wait. we got your complaints. we did what we were supposed to do. but we can't control everything here. so, if you're going to say school will control your kids i'm going to say if i'm the school parents control your kids. >> yeah. >> how will it be decided, do you think? >> i think that this is going to go on for some time. and what we're going to find is that eventually one of these cases, somewhere in the country is not going to settle.

so it's going to go down to a verdict. it's going to go up to appeal lit court. and if i were a betting person in this day and age when we have bullying, that's not only a punch. but we have cyberbullying. and what we have found over and over again, cyberbullying leading to suicide. that what we may find is that the law evolves with the times. and what the law is going to be say, you can't rest at home with that precious relationship with the child -- >> the parents will say, i didn't know my child was a bully. >> i'm sure a parent says i've done everything i can. little johnny is just uncontrollable. well, i think parents are going to have to think twice, maybe three times now. >> thank you, rikki. >> nice to see you. history repeats itself for bette midler. for more than ten decades she's entertained audiences on the screen and stage. and even the famous bathhouses.

her career took off after she starred in "the rose." she wrote about that in "a view from abroad." and written by shimon schuster a division of cbs. glenn close says you're a natural treasure. johnny carson says you're going to be a star because you're unique and different. >> oh. >> what did that mean to you coming from johnny carson? and did you believe him? did you believe him? >> well you know i -- i wanted to. i did. i wanted to. but, you know in certain circumstances, when you're brought up a certain way, it's very, very hard to get that to absorb that and think of it as the truth. it's hard. >> with a larger than life persona, it may be very hard to believe that bette midler was a shy kid. she grew up in hawaii.

and said she was one of the few white students in her class. >> were you teased in school? >> mercilessly. >> what did they call you? >> holly grab. holly is the word for white or foreigners. >> so you're in hawaii you're poor and you're white. >> uh-huh. >> and you're unpopular in school. that must have been -- really that was tough. >> yes. ♪ i'm gonna love you like nobody's loved you come rain or come shine ♪ >> bette midler would grow to be a triple threat already. singer actor, comedian. you have a lot of gifts from what i can see. what was the gift you thought you had back then? >> i thought i could sing a little bit, but i don't think i can sing a lot. and i still don't think i can sing a lot. >> bette midler doesn't think

she can sing? >> no no i don't think i can sing. but i don't have the -- i'm not one of those singers. and i can entertain. which i lot of kids don't know they have to do. >> she's won emmys, grammys golden globes and a tony. only major award missing from her awards is the oscar. ♪ >> oh, she's been dominated twice including for the breakout performance as a self-destructive rock 'n' roll singer in "the rose." is it something that you do care about? >> you know you do start to care about it. it's like a popularity contest and think, gee, doesn't anybody like me. then you think, why don't they like me? then you think well -- then you start making excuses. then it's like well to hell with it. that's what you come to eventually. it's like the thing you can't really figure it out.

♪ you're everything i would like ♪ >> it didn't keep her for singing at the oscars for her very first time in march. ♪ i can fly higher than an eagle ♪ >> performing her most popular song "wind beneath my wings." ♪ you are the wind beneath my wings ♪ >> and what did that mean to you being on the oscar stage? were you nervous? >> i was nervous for my singing. i only wanted to sound good. i must say, to do the oscars is kind of a big deal. >> kind of. >> and i went through the steps without trying to get immersed in how big a deal it was. i went through the steps. i was spray tanned which i'd never been before. >> you never have been spray tanned? >> i've never been spray tanned. and the nail lady came and you to curl your hair blah blah blah. every day it was something else to wrangle. >> i'm just picturing you

getting spray tanned. >> outdoors. >> in a bathing suit? >> no no they make you take all your clothes off and she has a machine. i thought i was going to die laughing. it was so funny and so silly. i mean they call it skin finishing. >> okay. off stage, midler has one daughter and has been married to her husband martin for nearly 30 years. is it hard being married to you or hard being married to him? >> you know when i first got married, this guy i got introduced to my husband, he said the man who became the beast. and i never forgot that. indeed, i thought it was like that because i was a handful. and i've learned a lot. and i've grown a lot. and i've given up a lot. and it's been a negotiation. a 30-year negotiation. but it's been really interesting. i wouldn't trade a minute for it. >> what do you think you've given up? >> well i gave up a lot of independence. you know i make decisions really -- well i can't say i make them quickly, but i do make

decisions. and i'm quick. i'll type this this this i'll do this this this. and sometimes, people don't want to do what you want to do. then you have to say, well what do you want to do? >> i know. oh you have a different opinion than what i just said? oh, i'm sorry. what is it? >> your opinion would be what? >> at 68 bette midler still looks good and has the energy of youth. and she's not ready to go anywhere, particularly quietly. >> do i like getting older. i fight it tooth and nail. i really do. >> not like it but do you accept it? >> there are some people that are like oh my god, they're in the mirror looking. what do i need to do. >> well, i'm in the mirror looking, too. i do love life. if this life is the best life that's fine with me. >> your life's been pretty good bette midler. >> it's been a wonderful life.

i've been so lucky. >> and a whole lot of talent. she first wrote that book guys when she was thrive. and years later re-releasing it. she's still going strong. >> that's a great interview. i love that. and i love her conversation about her relationship with her husband. >> a negotiation of 30 years. >> you so it's all compromise. that's what you got to do. bette midler 68. china's growing so fast. it's hard to keep up. the problems there inspiring remarkable art that evokes the old to criticize the new. see how a top

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♪ as we reported yesterday, the nation's scientific panel says the impact of climate change will be out of control if countries don't do more to stop of the world's most polluted cities we're finding a number of people, even artists are looking at the cause of breakneck development. the masters of one world create a soundtrack to ink the master

works of another. 33-year-old yang yang leann was classically trained in the art of calligraphy. at his shanghai studio, his own work hangs on the walls. it invokes a serene chinese landscape the way nature intended but look closer. >> this is shanghai stacked together and made to look like a mountain? >> yes. >> reporter: everything from the trees to the jagged cliffs are made to look like today's china. >> actually skyscrapers. >> reporter: on a large computer screen, yang zooms in to reveal how he layered thousands of tiny photographs to create and comment on another world. it's a development of our cities is at the expense of nature he tells us. yang takes pictures in cities across china. as he snaps the photos he

doesn't know how they'll come together. ultimately, a telephone pole might wind up resembling a tree. or a house can become a rock in a river. he says he sees human beings as fragile. and through development, they're created they're own demise. >> the techniques that he's using are often completely different. >> reporter: shea xu is a student of chinese art. she worked in a shanghai galley that sells yang's works for thousands of dollars. she said it invokes the old to criticize the new. >> china has a history of art but right now it's kind of lost. you see urbanization. and people are losing their tradition. >> reporter: this is far from the ming dynasty paper scrolls that were his inspiration, his newest work is projected.

his pieces show a chinese landscape cluttered with skyscrapers and cranes. yang says good art should awaken inner emotions. i want to make people reflect, he says. modern life is comfortab index for an equivalent scale in new york city. that number is 8. norah. >> wow, incredible story, seth. thank you so much. and

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good morning, everyone, 8:55 on your tuesday, i'm frank mallicoat. get you updated on the headlines around bay area now. people trying to sign up for health insurance through covered california well you got a little more time to complete the process now. the deadline was supposed to be at midnight but those trying to register online couldn't get through to the website. the deadline extended two weeks until april 15th. plenty of storm damage all around the bay area over the last 24 hours and we may be in for some more later today. a lightning strike hitting this tree in berkeley yesterday caused some damage in the neighborhood. for more on what to expected to let's check in with roberta and get the scoop. more rain and thunderstorms today containing small hail. good morning everybody. we have mostly cloudy skies looking out towards san jose. no rain there right now but in the vicinity we have rain. in fact this is our live hi-def

doppler radar. we have the heaviest rain showers right now moving in towards the santa rosa area and also right there off 680 heading in a southerly direction. crossing over to highway 101. numerous showers throughout the day today. we will have the development of thunderstorms towards about 4:00 when the new boundary line moves through the bay area. currently in the 50s and 40s and highs only 50s and few low 60s. south winds 0 to 20 miles per hour. by the time this rain is all said and done early tomorrow morning, up to three quarters of an inch of rain will be noted. we've got a look at the very wet traffic commute with elizabeth after this.

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