>> winter. >> all right. well, thanks for watching "kpix 5 this morning." "cbs this morning" is up next. enjoy your day. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com good morning to our viewers in the west. it is wednesday, december 17th, 2014. welcome to "cbs this morning." an american held prisoner in cuba for five years is finally set free. will this lead to an new diplomatic reset? police across the country step up security after hackers threaten to attack movie - theaters showing "the interview." plus bradley cooper tells charlie how he overcame a pretty boy perception to play an american hero. but we begin this morning with a look at today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> the u.s. hostage held for the last five years has. released.

>> american alan gross freed from a cuban police. >> senator obama set to announce the most sweeping overhaul. >> threaten 9/11-style attacks attacks -- >> against theaters that show "the interview." >> pakistan vowing revenge against the taliban. >> funerals held. >> three days of national mourning. >> california's wet weather is expected to continue. heavy downpours brought flash flooding. police rescued stranded drivers. >> a midair scare on an american airlines flight from korea to dallas when it hit severe turbulence. >> jeb bush announcing that he is officially exploring a run for president. >> why is jeb bush out ahead of you? >> maybe he has more ground he needs to gain. >> could be bush versus clinton. it will be like 1992 all over again. unrest in the middle east. gridlock congress. everyone was talking about bill cosby. >> an intense manhunt in portland. >> police are looking for a man who threw four pipe bombs out of

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welcome to "cbs this morning." as you wake up in the west obama administration officials say an american prisoner in cuba has just been released. alan gross spent five years in custody. he is free after a prisoner swap. >> bill plante is at the white house where president obama plans to speak to the nation in less than two hours. this is big news. >> it is big news. when we hear from the president, we can expect to hear about coming sweeping changes in the u.s./cuba relationship. this could be very big. the president will informally announce gross's release. gross of course was captured almost five years ago to the day. he's now being released after a long campaign by his family. he's been described as very ill. here's what his wife judy had to say earlier this year. >> he's just very very depressed and very hopeless. and talking about doing something drastic because he

refuses to stay where he is for ten more years. we're down to the wire here we really are. he has to be the priority. they need to get him home now. >> at this hour gross is on an air force plane headed for washington, d.c. he's expected to arrive in about two hours around noon eastern time, 9:00 in the west. his family will be there to greet him. he'll probably see the president when he lands at andrews air force base just outside of washington. now, his release comeselea comu.s. ises rele iees. cuban prisoners who have been convicted of espionage and have been held in florida. now, this if it signals a big change in u.s. relations with cuba, could be very politically divisive. norah. >> thank you. this is remarkable. this is because alan gross has been held for five years.

saying he was really depressed, a hunger strike. >> is this a pathway to full diplomatic relations? >> yeah normalizing relations with cuba. >> it will be interesting to hear all the details, what happened behind it. >> more straight ahead. we'll bring you the president's remarks at 9:00 a.m. pacific. you can watch coverage of the story all day on cbsn. the new 24 hour digital threat network. the new threat to anyone who goes to see a controversial new movie. thursday's new york premiere of "the interview" was reportedly canceled. hackers said the world would be quote, full of fear if the movie hit the theaters as scheduled on krps christmas day. >> north korea is outraged by the movie but denies any connection to the threat. bob orr is in washington with how law enforcement is responding.

bob, good morning. >> good morning. the fbi and department of homeland are busy working to determine if this is some kind of scare tactic, angry rhetoric, or perhaps a real warning about a pending attack. still police are on guard. >> we take those threats very seriously -- >> reporter: los angeles police chief charlie beck says the lapd will take extra precautions after an online message warned of a bitter fate for moviegoers who, quote, seek fun in terror. remember the 11th of september 2001. the message goes on to threaten theaters. we recommend you to keep yourself distant from the places at that time. if your house is nearby, you'd better leave. as a result at least one theater chain has reportedly opted out of screening the film. when reaching by "cbs this morning," representatives from the chain, carmike, would not

comment. sony's new comedy "the interview" stars james franco and seth rogan. as reporters assigned to kill the leader of north korea. the film premiered last week in l.a. under heavy security. now the actors have canceled promotional appearances. but the movie is still set to hit theaters nationwide on christmas day. at this point, sony is leaving the decision whether to show the film up to individual theater owners. >> i don't think people should be afraid to go to the theaters to see this movie. that achieves the goal the hackers set. >> the hackers who call themselves guardians of peace have already exposed everything from sony's confidential financial information and top secret scripts to embarrassing executive e-mails bashing hollywood's a-listers. tuesday, they released more than 30,000 new e-mails, reportedly all too o from sony's top entertainment executive, michael l lynton, and the hackers are threatening to do more damage. they call this latest online warning just the beginning of a christmas gift. saying, quote, whatever comes in

the coming days is called by the greed of sony pictures entertainment. now, this new message does not shed any particular new light on who's responsible, but law enforcement sources tell us the evidence points to either hackers inside north korea or maybe outside surrogates who are acting at the direction of the communist regime. north korean authorities, for their part are denying any involvement. charlie. >> bob, thanks. violent turbulence rocked the plane for 45 minutes. the plane made an emergency landing in tokyo yesterday. michelle miller shows us what happened then. >> reporter: this video posted to youtube is said to show the terrifying moments the boeing 777 encountered a harsh winter storm over japan. >> show me the bowl that hit your head. american airlines flight 280

with 240 passengers and 15 crew members on board was near the start of its 11 1/2-hour trip, from soule to dallas when it hit turbulence. mark stanley of texas said the shaking which lasted 45 minutes caused the plane to buck like a bronco. >> all of a sudden there was a big drop and food and plates and everything started flying all over the place. >> these pictures show the destruction. an overturned meal cart. beverages splattered on the overhead luggage bins. upon landing in tokyo at midnight, local time crews help the injured off the plane. five people were taken to the hospital. and although the airline confirmed none of the injuries are life threatening, passengers were left rattled. >> i've flown millions of miles. this is the worst i've ever seen. >> now the dallas-bound passengers are hoping for a less eventful trip. for "cbs this morning," michelle miller, new york. this morning we're getting

our first look inside the school in pakistan where taliban gunmen massacred more than 100 children and burned female teachers alive. clarissa ward is in london. good morning. >> good morning. pakistan's prime minister has lifted a moratorium on the death penalty as three more staff members died from their injuries, and in schools across the country this morning, we have seen children gathering and praying together for those who lost their lives. as families continue to bury their dead, three days of mourning begin. terrorist attacks are all too common in pakistan. few have been quite as deadly or as brutal as this one. almost all of those killed in yesterday's eight-hour siege were students. one boy who escaped described the attacks. suddenly there was gunfire behind us, he said. some kids were killed and i was shot in the back.

the attack began at around 10:00 a.m. at least seven men stormed into the military run school opening fire indiscriminately on teachers and students with guns and grenades. soon after, pakistani army commandos arrived on the scene. gunfire and explosions were heard from inside. the militant planted bombs throughout the school. when it was over, more than 140 people were dead, leaving a nation reeling. what did we do wrong, the schoolboy from peshawar asked. we're not from the school or the army or the taliban but they killed small kids. the taliban claimed it was revenge for ongoing military operations in northern waziristan that have targeted their hideouts near the afghan border and which have claimed more than 1,000 lives by the army's own count. one of the many funerals being held today is for the school's principal mrs. tahera kazi.

relatives of kazi told cbs news she was initially evacuated, along with other teachers but she then went back inside a brave decision that was to cost her, her life. >> oh, my goodness clarissa what a way to end that story, thank you so much. just to hear that student say "what did we do wrong." >> and the principal to say i'll take the bullets for the children and does so. we have new information this morning about the ending of that deadly siege in sydney, australia. we're learning about the man who held the hostages inside the cafe was on a terrorist watch years ago. the gunman and two hostages were killed at the end of the standoff. ben tracy is in sydney where people continue mourning those victims. ben, good morning. >> gayle, good morning. if you want to see something amazing, look at this. this memorial in the center of sydney doubled in size as people continue to come here to pay their respects to those two hostages who lost their lives.

we're also learning more about just how terrifying the ordeal was. this new video shows the marksman, from the newsroom just across the street from the lindt cafe. 30 minutes later the gunfire ended the 17-hour standoff. one woman was crying as she held up a black flag in the window. another trembling and then collapsing. john o'brien was one of the first hostages to escape. he gave a brief statement wednesday. >> i never felt so much relief when i turned the corner and saw the armed police waiting for me. >> reporter: there is growing anger in sydney that the hostage taker man haron monis was out on bail after being charged with 40 counts of sexual assault, being an accessory to murder and having well-known extremist views. andrew scippioni is commissioner of the new south wales police. are you rn soed that given his criminal background he was out on bail?

man got bail from the very beginning. >> should he have been watched more closely by the police? >> if somebody is on a national security watch list, then we pay particular attention to them. but on this occasion this particular individual was not. >> reporter: in downtown sydney where streets are now reopened, police have launched what they call operation hammerhead, increased patrol throughout the city. but the police are far outnumbered by the thousands still waiting in line to pay their respects at the ever growing flower memorial. family and friends of torec johnson, one of the hostages who were killed, visited on wednesday. >> very moving. >> thank you for supporting us. >> through this terrible time. >> reporter: now today australia's prime minister said the hostage taker did have a legal license for the gun he used. and as for that terror watch list, he says he was on that list in 2008 but for unknown reasons, dropped off of it in

2009. norah. >> all right, ben, thank you. this morning, a big republican name says he will spend the rest of this year seriously thinking about 2016. jeb bush wrote on facebook i have decided to actively explore the possibility of running for president. nancy cordes is in washington. nancy, good morning. >> good morning. good morning to our viewers in the west. what this announcement means is that bush can start openly courting donors to gain their support. but it sounds like he himself may still need some convincing. in the interview, the former florida governor made it clear he isn't sold on the idea yet. >> if i can get comfortable with being a candidate that gives people hope that we can fix some of these big problems to take advantage of our opportunities, that's what i'm pursuing. that's not an easy decision though. >> why decide now right before the holidays? rick davis, who ran the campaign in 2008 says bush's decision has a lot to do with mony. >> he was cross-pressured by the

mitt romney boon who said, jeb, if you don't get in, i going to go with mitt. because mitts an s ans an's calling around. >> reporter: a recent poll shows mitch leading 114 presidential prospects. unless mitt romney decides to make a run for the presidency. then bush falls to number two. >> if he doesn't define himself, he will lose a lot of supporters. if he doesn't define himself, they will and it won't be a flattering picture. >> reporter: and they've already started. conservative activist brent bozell tweeted tuesday, another bush versus another clinton? political vomit. while rush limbaugh took issue with bush's moderate stance on topics like immigration reform. >> here comes jeb announcing he's going to explore via a committee the idea of running for president, and he's going to do it in a unique way. he's going to do it by ignoring the base.

>> democrats got in on the act, too, sending out fund-raising e-mails asking, are you ready for the next president bush? but there's only so far they can take that argument when their own front-runner hillary clinton, is pretty connected to a former president herself. nancy, thanks. the white house says president obama will sign legislation imposing new sanctions against russia. they would turn up the heat on president putin as the country faces its worst economic crisis in years. charlie d'agata is in moscow where russians are beginning to worry about their finances. charlie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the ruble continued its backslide today but nothing like the nosedives in the past couple of days. the russian finance minister is quoted this morning as saying that the government intends to sell off foreign currencies in order to prop the ruble up. banks and money exchanges have been packed by the lucky few with dollars to cash in. scooping up rubles at cut-rate

prices, after catastrophic losses against the there are this week. "if you have dollars, you're winning," says this shopper. "but if you have ruble, you won't have a chance to buy any cheaper." shopkeepers have had to reprice products daily. the majority of russians are not so fortunate. their disposable incomes are disappearing into russia's thin air and all they can do is watch. this woman says she lives on a pension and has had to cut back on food in order to buy medicine. yesterday's huge hike in the interest rate from 10.5% to a staggering 17% has made borrowing from russia's embattled banks in order to get by an impossibility now. this farmer and father of four told us he fears he may face bankruptcy. >> i must find some money to

start it, the planting. and i think i don't have enough at the moment. >> yeah. what are you going to do? >> to go to the bank. >> it's going to be expensive. >> i know, i know. the percentage is going higher and higher. >> reporter: and the only forecast is for russia to sink further and further into an expected recession next year. russian president vladimir putin has remained defiant in this economic crisis essentially blaming the west for all of russia's problems but he will face journalist's questions during a televised press conference tomorrow. gayle. >> thank you charlie. it is 7:19. ahead on "cbs this morning," this newly released video is raisin good morning. dense fog in livermore and dublin. scattered showers in the area will intensify during the day because of that right there

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your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. good morning, it's 7:26. i'm michelle griego. a loud scene at the berkeley city council meeting last night. people are angry at police officers for using tear gas and rubber bullets during protests this month. berkeley's mayor tom bates defended the police department. they will tackle the issue of police brutality during a community meeting next month. tech billionaire sean parker gave stanford $24 million for allergy research. parker is deathly alearninger to peanuts, tree nuts and shellfish. his donation to stanford will create a new research center. the goal is to cure allergies with a single treatment. stay with us. traffic and weather in just a moment.

good morning. i'm gianna franco in the traffic center. let's take a look the ayour ride along the eastshore freeway westbound wreck cleared slow westbound towards the bay bridge. the bay bridge stacked up this morning. metering lights are on. you're backed up well up into the maze. lots of rain out there. here's roberta. our hi-def doppler radar is sticking up light to moderate to heavy rain around the peninsula through san jose. look upstream see all that green right there? that will affect your afternoon. we are expecting up to about half inch of rain over the next 24 hours. 50s and 60s today as your daytime highs. meanwhile this is your extended forecast. a bit of a break on thursday about a half inch of rain expected friday, winter arrives on sunday and with it a dry weather pattern.

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hundreds of thousands of people online are enjoying a surprise of brothers who made a name as political opposites. they were arguing on live tv when they got an unexpected phone call. >> you're right i'm from down south. >> oh god, mom snoomd i'm your mother and i disagree that all families are like ours. i don't know many families that are fighting at thanksgiving. >> is this yourreally your mother? >> my mom.

>> that's right. joy woodhouse called in to lecture her boys. jan crawford with a sibling rivalry and a mother's plea for peace. i love this story. good morning. >> id is sot it so great. let mow give you the background they say they had no idea their mom was going to call on c-span. that clip is on youtube. it has more than 1 million views. >> i didn't insult you. >> i'm not insulgt them. >> they've spent decades standing on subpoenaopposite sides of the political. but during this their mother joy unexpectedly took center stage. >> oh god, mom. >> and asked the bickering brothers to take a break for the holidays. >> and i'm hoping you'll have some of this out of your system

when you come here for christmas. >> no, they didn't know i was going to call in. i didn't know i was going to call in until all of a sudden i just decided to do it. >> i was absolutely shocked. >> brad woodhouse couldn't guarantee his mom's holiday wish would be fulfilled. >> a typical woodhouse holiday is what you saw on c-span. it's loud. we're arguing. but we love each other dearly. i love his children. he loves mine. >> reporter: joy says she and her husband both shared a lothit of politics and shared that with their boys. >> we took them to vote from the time they were babies. >> reporter: but she's tired of holiday gathering ingings during into a political war of words. >> i'm hoping everybody can maybe tone it down. >> reporter: a documentary on the brothers earlierer this year

focused that die nachlic. both brothers spoekt with "cbs this morning" late in october. >> it's a story about all families, conversations held around the dinner table at thanksgiving. conversation had or avoided. they shouldn't be avoided. you should be able to have these conversations and at the end of the day, boom and make up. >> now joy she said she's proud of both of her sons. despite their fighting they're happy when the other does well. >> brad says he can't make any promises about christmas but he'll give it a try. norah? >> all right, jan. i lovejoy woodhouse. she's a good mama. >> isn't there something endearing about a grown man saying it's mom. something about a grown man. i know it's what men call their mothers but it's mom. >> probably not the first time he said that. >> that's right. >> again, mom. >> mom's on the line.

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allow for some much-needed clean good weapons morning, everyone. it's 7:56. i'm frank mallicoat. here's what's happening around the bay area right now. a brief break in the heavy rain will allow for some much-needed clean-up today. the large tree came down outside an apartment building on burbank drive in santa clara. marin county has declared a state of emergency because of all the rain. san francisco police are looking for a bank robber dressed up as santa. they say he held up a wells fargo on sutter street on saturday then walked out of the bank and blended into a crowd of hundreds of santas on the santacon pub crawl. contra costa county will impose new restrictions on the sale of flavored alcohol drinks referred to as "alco-pop." liquoer stores will have to place them away from soda and

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good morning from the traffic center. let's take you to the peninsula right now, where we're dealing with some delays. southbound 101 for flooding right through millbrae. looks like you're backed up on the north- and southbound sides so give yourself some extra time. 280 looking a little better there. westbound bay bridge slow-and- go metering lights are on. you're backed up into the maze and slow off the eastshore freeway. with the forecast, here's roberta. we have some scattered showers around the area. don't leave home without the umbrella. good morning, everyone. our hi-def doppler placing -- see all that green? that's is going to affected us this afternoon with scattered showers with half inch of rain. 50s and 60s daytime highs today east winds 5 to 10 miles an hour. break on thursday, rain friday, winter arrives on sunday with it a dry weather pattern.

♪ good morning to our viewers in the west. it is december 17th, 2014, wednesday. welcome bach to "cbs this morning." more real news ahead including the sudden release of american alan gross over five years in cuba. custody, president obama is preparing to address the situation in a speech from the white house. but first, the eye opener at 8. >> the president will formally announce his release. the fbi and the department of homeland security are working to determine if this was some kind of scare tactic or a real warning about a pending attack. >> the schools across the country, we have seen children gathering and praying together for those who lost their lives. >> very scary american airlines flight violent turbulence

rocked the plane for 45 minutes. >> are you concerned given his criminal background he was out on bail? >> we were concerned about this man from the beginning. >> democrats asking are you ready for the next president bush? but their own front-runner is connected. >> i'm your mother. >> i didn't know i was going to call him. i didn't know i was gol to call. >> i love joyce woodhouse. >> good mama. >> endearing about a grown man saying it's mobile. the ruble continued to backslide today. putin has remaybed defiant of the economic cries circumstance blaming the west for all of russia's problems. >> russia has named vladimir putin man of the year for the 15th year in a row. >> and second place went to or else. . >> i'm charlie rose with gayle king and norah o'donnell.

cuba's government freed american aide worker alan gross this morning. gross spent the last five years in prison accused of undermining cuban law by setting up internet access for cuba's jewish community. >> gross is being swapped for three accused cuban spies. his wife said earlier this year he was depressed and needed to come home. >> we should bring every american citizen home but it feels especially ironic almost that he was a contractor working for the united states government, and alan has said he feels like he's just been left in the field and forgotten about. >> u.s. officials say there will now be talks to create full diplomatic relations with cuba. president obama plans to speak in less than an hour. we'll bring you those remarks around 9:00 a.m. pacific time in a cbs news special report. hackers are threatening violence against people who see a controversial new movie.

the group behind the sony cyber attack promises a bitter fate to anyone who sees the interview when 20 it is released on christmas day. the film is about a plat to assassinate north korea's leader. sony shelved the premier in new york. the nypd's chief john miller says they are not taking chances. >> we've been in touch with the fbi. we've spoken to sony and their security people about it. and we've also been down this road before with other films. some of the bin laden films, other controversial film where there have been threats. >> some suspect north korea is behind the threat but the country denies involvement. a prison break 52 years ago is still one of america's great mysteries. the convicts escaped from the notorious alcatraz prison and never heard from again. this morning as john blackstone reports, scientists have new evidence showing that the men might have just floated to freedom. >> reporter: a scientific gathering like the annual

meeting of the american geo physical union seems an unlikely place to discuss a legendary prison break. but three dutch scientists came here with a new theory about the escape from alcatraz made famous in the 1979 clint eastwood movie. >> i've seen the movie when i was 11 years old and i think everybody has seen the movie with clint eastwood. >> reporter: the movie tells the story of inmates frank morris and brothers john and clarence anglen. in 1962 they used spoons to dig through the prison walls, left dummies in their beds and slipped into san francisco bay in a wrap made from rain coats. >> it's a myth that grabs the attention. everything is known about how they escaped from their cells and how they moved over to rooms and how they built their raft and entered the water and, poof nothing anymore. >> reporter: there have been many theories but most end with the three escapees being swept to their death by the powerful

tide. >> what we did is we added a little bit of science to distinguish the possibility of all of these different theories. >> reporter: using sophisticated new computer models and historical data on tides and currents, the scientists found that with the right timing the three could have made it to safety landing here near the foot of the golden gate bridge. mike who has written the history of the prison was for many years skeptical the three had survived. >> i was an advocate that these guys could not have made it. >> reporter: but new information like that from the three dutch scientists has changed his mind. >> and i really believe today that their story now begins when they hit water. these guys have pretty much become folk heroes the fabric of our history. >> reporter: folk heroes who have a lot of folks thinking they made it safely to shore. >> do you hope they did that? >> as a scientist, i don't care about what happened, i just want to show them we can do this. as a person for sure. >> but they're dangerous criminals. >> given that we've never heard

of them again, either they died or they may landfall and left a peaceful life not being a criminal anymore. >> reporter: alcatraz closed as prison in 1963 but this mystery remains open. for "cbs this morning," john blackstone blackstone, san francisco. two national hockey league teams made history last night. >> wide open to the backhand. he scores again. carries it on the forehand. pumps it. scores! olson drifts wide. forehand big. unreal. this is unreal. >> florida and washington needed shootout to decide a game that ended in a 1-1 tie. all 18 skaters on each team took at least one shot. the panthers finally scored the game-winning goal in the 20th. round. it is the longest shootout in nhl history. >> wow. ahead on "cbs this morning,"

charlie's visit with bradley cooper. that's me not charlie, the actor bolts up for american sniper and stripped down for broadway. >> i got to be loose. inversion table where i'm staying. the guy comes every day and basically

forgetting something? you could be one of nearly 9 million americans with the same challenge. dr. holly phillips is in our toyota green room with new we research and the simple ways to keep your brain sharp. that's next on "cbs this morning." that's nex s this morning."

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that everybody has or when you know, houston, we have a problem, i need to do something? >> gayle this to me was one of the most important points of the research. if you do feel like you're losing your memory you should talk to your doctor. there's an alert for both doctors and patients because a number of medical conditions cause memory loss, things like vitamin deficiencies. particularly b-12 and folate. depression is also reversible and causes problems with memory. the other thing -- >> i still don't know though when it's an issue, holly. >> primarily affects people over 65 and it has to represent, gayle, a change, a change in your ability to think and remember things from your entire life before. >> the good news is dr. holly, there are lots of brain games and other things you can change in your diet and your exercise regime to prevent memory loss right? >> there are so many countless studies have found aerobic exercise, mental simulationtimulation, social things.

stroke prevention mini stroke cause memory loss for people. so stopping smoking and controlling blood pressure is very important as well. >> and aspirin therapy. >> for some people that cuts down on strokes. >> what is aspirin therapy? >> taking a baby aspirin every day, yeah. >> yes. and it really depends from person to person it can cut down on strokes. if you have memory loss it doesn't mean you're going to develop dementia later. but both conditions can be prevented by focusing on the things we just mentioned. >> thank you. first on "cbs this morning," the ceo of blackberry is in studio 57 to unveil a new device. he hopes it will turn back time and give smartphone users to dump their iphones. >> we'll see. >> that's next. >> that's fun in. s cbs "morning rounds" sponsored by kleenex.

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>> go derby. blackber once dominated the phone market. they want to regain the popularity. they hit a low of $916 million in the company's last quarter. blackberry's ceo john chen is with us first on "cbs this morning" and he's revealing the blackberry classic. the new device sells for $149 unlock. good morning. >> thank you. >> tell us about the new device and we'll find out whether miss king likes. >> it miss king likes it. >> thank you, thank you. this is one of the first devices after i came about 13 months ago that we wanted to put together. i spoke to literally hundreds and hundreds of customers everywhere around the world and they wanted the so-call eded pack which is the track pad and there's a belt here. and we knew that kind of by

taking that away in the last few years iteration that hurt us quite a bit in the market. so the diehard fans come back and say you've got to put that back or i'm moving i'm leaving you, because this is the most productive ways people use it. you see people in the movies that they could type underneath the table. >> and not be seen. >> listen. i'm a ride or die blackberry girl. >> she's giving you a chance. >> that's right. i'm giving you a chance. many say what others have said i had it and gave it up. that has to hurt. are you nervous? >> no not nervous. something we need to work on. >> if you were nervous, would you tell me? >> i'd probably tell you that. >> tell us how you're not nervous because you had a $207 million net loss in the second quarter that was better than

expected though. >> right. >> and they're very cautious about q4. that's due friday, right? >> right. >> how big is the loss going to be? >> i can't tell. this is a quiet period. you have to wait until friday to find out. >> tell me what your feelings are. >> when i came in four quarters ago we were losing literally billions. we cut our loss. made a commitment to the street to the investor that we're going to break even by cash flow end of the requires this quarter or and going to make money going forward in fy16. >> you've got android, samsung, iphone, different people in different countries in this market. >> right. the most important thing is about enterprise and we're focusing a lot on enterprises. but with the hardware the software and it's centered around security and privacy. that's the number one thing. and then it goes to the

productivity, which is why we return these device and innovators and we're going to work on the next generation which is more consumer base which will hopefully gain back. >> by enterprise, you mean companies? >> beg your pardon? >> companies, governments. we did clinical trials put it in the hands of the doctors and clinical researchers. we're going to have to focus on the productive world that needs security and that's what we're doing. >> john, i wonder who's the customer. i have to say i don't see anybody under the age of 30 40r using the blackberry. when i pull it out people look like they've bitten a lemon. they look with such diszain. you have the keyboard and backlit. who are we trying to get? >> today it's mostly professionals professionals. we have about 40 to 45 million.

they're the bankers and the lawyers and the government agencies, all that all around the world. especially the so-called five i countries. we were doing pretty well in the middle east. we're starting to see some traction in asia. still early. i agree that over time i have to solve another problem which is people need to make this bigger or think this is a cooler phone. that way we do we'll probably come up with ten different colors. >> okay. why is the government and pentagon probably one of your biggest customers? >> because of the security. one thing i couldn't take all the credit for, one thing they did is design it so it's highly secure. each of these phones are injected with different code and manufacturers all the way to softway and all the way to

messaging technology. we just bought a compa your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. good morning, it's 8:25. time for some news headlines. a loud chaotic scene at the berkeley city council meeting last night. people are angry at police officers for using tear gas and rubber bullets during protests earlier this morning. the berkeley mayor defended the police department but said the city will tackle the issue next month. tech billionaire sean parker has given stanford $24 million for allergy research. he is deathly allergic to peanuts, tree nuts and shellfish. his donation to stanford will create a new research center. the goal is to cure allergies with a single treatment. the warriors' hot start to

the season hit a speed bump. golden state saw their 16-game winning streak end in memphis last night with a loss to the grizzlies. they still hold the best record in the nba at 21-3. this is their first loss since november 11. stay with us. traffic and weather in just a moment. ♪ it's a marshmallow world in the winter. ♪

♪ ♪ good morning. highway 84 in pleasanton sunol road a traffic alert due to a mud slide so use caution there. over to the freeways northbound

880 at 101, we have reports of an accident stuck in lanes. you can see traffic backed up through there. busy ride along the peninsula new accident reported south 280 at crystal springs. vehicle down the embankment. they will need 30 feet of cable to retrieve that vehicle so we are seeing delays on 280. 101 slow-and-go in millbrae for flooding. with the forecast, here's roberta. it's our live weather camera featuring san jose this morning with very dark clouds threatening conditions there right now. and let me show you why. take a look at our hi-def doppler radar. we have a cell containing moderate to heavy downpours drifting into san jose. take a broader view and see all that green over the pacific. that means we have another disturbance rolling through the bay area during the afternoon hours. right now we're in the 40s and 50s. we have some areas of fog in throughout livermore and pleasanton as well as in dublin where currently it's in the 50s going up to a high of 58 degrees low 60s. scattered showers throughout the day today into the early evening hours, break thursday, more rain friday.

welcome back to "cbs this morning." coming up this half hour charlie hits broadway with bradley cooper to see a dream realized. the oscar nominee describes the advice he got from robert de niro. plus a class of its own. we'll take you inside america's only catholic choir school. meet the students who sang for pope francis. now they're reaching another musical milestone. that's ahead. right now it's time to show you this morning's headlines. president and the first lady opening up to "people" magazine how they still encounter racial prejudice prejudice. he said, quote, there's no black

male my age who's not coming out of a restaurant and waiting for a car and somebody handing them the car keyss. michelle obama rounds how he was wearing a black tux see doe and somebody asked him to get coffee. some companies are offering wearable fitness trackers and offering weight loss surgeries and drugs. i ams says bacteria was found. sailing and wind surfing was scheduled there. olympic organizers promise to cut the amount of sewage that flows into the bay. >> let's hope so. >> i was going say, please do. the washington post says johns hopkins university is apologizing for an embarrassing

mistake. the school sent 294 applicant as welcome e-mail but they were it with black jeans and boots. why is that news? >> because she's princess kate. >> bradley cooper and "american sniper." it is his most challenging role yet. for him the role was a lifetime in the making. >> you see these lights here. >> yeah. >> when they're blasting through, you're blinded. >> reporter: broadway's "the elephant man" might seem like an odd place to see bradley cooper but he spent years in the wings waiting for the chance. >> oh, charlie, it's a good year to be here in the bookts where

it yore ridgej yore ridge nated where david bowie did it. >> it was the play that encourage dwroud be an actor. >> yeah. there was something about the story which was infectious. >> "the elephant man" is the story of joseph marek, an english man with a rare disease that distorted his face and body. he spent yeared as a carnival speck tactical until he was rescued by a london doctor. >> when you prepare, how do you prepare? >> i have a picture of him before he died. there's something about it. i look in his eyes and i sort of sit in the room. >> i'm not going to let you down sfloo a little bit. i may give him a little kiss and then i come down. the great thing about the play is i stand on the stage every

night, me not as him, and with the audience we take that journey to become him together. i feel like i go away. i don't ever think of the breathing or contortion so i think i'm making sense of the words. >> does it vary from night to night? >> oh, yeah yeah. >> what's it about? >> it's about these people. it's about the audience. >> they influence you. >> oh, absolutely. they set up the influence of the play. robert de niro is going to show up. he's the best and i don't want him to see me acting ever. so what i start to do is i realize here's the audience you know, and i start to realize that i was. facing the audience at all. was constantly moving away from them and i started to talk really low because i was trying so desperately not to act and afterward he was like i couldn't hear you. >> that's a lesson. >> so, you know be bold.

trust yourself you know. it was funny. >> she is my friend with an "f." >> a capital "f." >> for friend. >> cooper who turns 40 next year is also being bolder at the box office. >> it used to be only that's the guy from "the havover." >> yeah. and now it's "silver lining." >> now it's sort of a combination. >> you have poor social skills. have a problem. two of his recent films "silver like playbook" and "american hustle" have earned him oscar nominations and in clint eastwood's upcoming move "american sniper" he plays navy s.e.a.l., chris kyle, the deadliest sniper in u.s. history with more than 150 kills in iraq. >> initially i thought there's no way i could play chris. i thought chris pratt could do it. >> you thought he would be the guy. >> yeah.

i'm from philadelphia i'm a buck 85 how am i going to play this guy. then i got to know him and there was something about his energy in these interviews that i started watching that i just sort of -- there's something about him that i thought, oh i can tap into that. >> cooper never met the man he could portray because last year kyle was shot and killed by a fellow veteran at a texas shooting range. >> yeah. >> but you met the father. >> yeah. >> chris's father. >> yeah. i spoke with him this morning. >> he saw the film. >> yeah. >> he had concerns when you said we want to make a movie about your son. >> understandably so. thing about it. your boy is killed and a year later these two men from hollywood are sitting in the very seat chris had kindinnerer night telling you they're going to make a movie about your child. it was not lost on me. it was surreal. >> he said something like i don't know if you pretty buyoys can do it. >> he said something about hooking me up to the back of his

truck and take the pretty out of me and i actually thanking him. i hadn't been called pretty since i was 8 years old. >> and now that he's seen it what did he say? >> i want him to speak for himself. i will say this. it meant everything to me the call we mad this morning because i looked him in the eyes he and debbie, and i said look i'm going to take care of your boy. i know i'm 185 pounds from now and i don't sound like i'm from texas but i'm going do everything i can to do right by him. >> how did you get prepared for this beyond being able to study him, the physical things you had to do? >> yeah. it was brutal. >> to add what, 30, 40 -- >> at the end of the day it's 35. >> it was muscle. >> it wasn't body building. it wasweight training. >> and you had a dialect coach that helped you understand southern speak. >> i do it for you. i do it to protect you. >> no you don't. >> yes, i do. >> and chris's texas speak, the draw comes out of you depending

on who you're with. he's the same way. the result says "vanity fair" is not one of the best performances of the year but a performance for the ages the kind that creeps into your soul. >> is there anything that you learned about chris the man that, you know you take with you? >> well, i'm still wearing his shoes today. >> what do you mean still wearing his shoes? >> these are shoes he wore on tleech of his tours and i wore them in the movie and i still find myself wearing them. >> really. >> yeah. >> what's that? >> i don't know. i don't want to let go. i feel like he was a real man we don't see much of, you know. if if someone could watch "american sniper" who's a vet and think, wow i've never heard my story told that way, i don't feel so alone, well i mean there's purpose in my life. >> clearly that role deeply affected him. >> it did. it did. he becomes chris kyle in a

remarkable way as much as i've ever seen an actor habit someone and you look at the pictures of chris kyle you see bradley cooper. you look at bradley cooper and you see pictures of chris kyle. >> i was at a luncheon for bradley and chris's widow was there. she said bradley cooper brings my husband back to life on the screen. it gave her goose bumps. i thought what a compliment. i love the two of you together. don't you like him? he's good looking but also smart and a really nice guy. >> we share birthdays. >> oh. >> he had a good education too. he went to a university called -- >> georgetown. >> yes, yes. >> he's introducing me in may. "american sniper" opens christmas day. we'll have more conversation on cbsnews.com including how losing his father changed his perspective on fame. and coming up a new generation finds a voice in the old world. >> i'm vladimir duthiers cambridge, massachusetts,

listening to the beautiful medley of these boys at st. paul's choir school and their sound of music is anything but juvenile. that story next on "cbs this morning.

the tradition of the boys choir dates back to the 17th century. in this country there's only one group. vladimir duthiers. good morning. >> good morning. they just released a christmas album and listening to these young men sing you can't help but smile as you hear their voices carry throughout the halls inside their parish church. ♪ hark the herald angels sing glory to the newborn king ♪ >> reporter: the boys of st. paul's choir are in the holiday spirit. and these boys have plenty of reasons to sing. from the rehearsal rooms to the church, music bell lows through the cambridge massachusetts middle school.

>> we have a brighter orange when we have sodium present. >> reporter: where only 12 new stunts students enter each year. >> what was it like? >> very relaxed. he had me sing "happy birthday." >> "happy birthday." i could do that. >> he'd play a cord on the piano and we'd pick out notes. >> he made it a mission to update the school program. >> we're the only boys choir in the united states. we're a choir with a school attached as opposed to a school that has a choir. >> and what are some things we know -- >> reporter: fifth, sixth, and seventh grade boys make up the choir, but their music makes you a bit older.

what's your favorite christmas song? >> "victoria" and some of the stuff that's more nicer and a lot calm. >> reporter: what about you, tom? >> "jesus christ the apple tree" because it's all voice, no organ and it's. >> so no "jingle bells." >> no. >> they're on the point of a release it's very unique. we weren't require in a studio. we're recording in the choir lot loft at st. paul's and we sing every day and it's acoustic. >> reporter: they've already performed in the holey y holiest of places. they sang for pope francis in st. peter's square last year.

you sang for the pope. >> mm-hmm. >> what was that like? >> it was cool. it was really cool. ♪ >> reporter: and yet the boys still find the time to sing in mass six days a week. >> that's great. good good. >> reporter: john robinson who moved from england to take this job leads these young men. >> i was drawn to st. paul's because it's the only catholic boys choir in america and i longed to work in a boys school and i longed to become catholic as well. >> reporter: you heard that right. he converted to catholic to lead the choir. >> i was anglican and i converted when i got here. ♪ >> reporter: anyone can hear the

dedication and talent in the st. paul's boys choir. do you guys ever get stage fright? >> it comes over you sometimes and sometimes you do not freak at all. >> i think when i came to the school in the fourth grade i was a lot more nervous but then i got used to it and it became easier not to be nervous when i was singing. >> reporter: singing and playing music is what the boys of st. paul's choir hope to keep on doing long after they leave these hallowed halls. ♪ ♪ >> the boys' tenure in this particular choir lasts only ads long as they maintain their childhood voices. when the voices drop they move to another school. the only way to keep it is to have a procedure done that hasn't been done i don't think, since the 19th century and boys

don't want to do that. >> let's not encourage that. >> not don't they sound like angels, vlad but they seem like such nice kids. >> they're so sweet and really into the single which is great. >> i've got it. thank you, vlad. ahead, one of the early walt disney cartoons nearly lost is found now. how its we found in the

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your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. good morning, it's 8:55. time for some news headlines. a brief break in the heavy rain will allow for some much-needed clean-up. this large tree came down outside an apartment building on burbank drive in santa clara. marin county has declared a state of emergency. san francisco police are looking for a bank robber dressed as santa. they say he held up a wells fargo on sutter street on saturday and then walked out of the bank and blended into a crowd of hundreds of santas on a pub crawl. contra costa county will impose new restrictions on the sale of flavored alcoholic drinks, referred to as "alco- pop." they will have to place the drinks away from soda and next to other alcohol. with the forecast, here's roberta. i was taking a look at

this. we have mostly cloudy skies, areas of fog and scattered showers. hi-def doppler radar looking up to the north. you see that patch of green out there over the water and now another batch developing due west of san francisco. that's the scattered showers that we have in the forecast for the afternoon hours. right now, moderate rainfall around the santa clara valley also around the golden gate bridge into mill valley. we currently have cloud cover into the 40s and 50s. later today with the scattered showers, temperatures into the 50s and low 60s. and within the next 24 hours, we are going to get half inch of rain in the wettest locations, break in the activity thursday, another half inch of rain on friday. winter arrives on sunday and with it a dry weather pattern. we have traffic with gianna up next after this.

good morning from the traffic center. we have a major problem on niles canyon, highway 84 this morning. here's a look at conditions as you work your way through there. completely shut down. chopper 5 over the scene. you can see lots of delays around that area. again, it is closed between sunol and fremont for a mud slide. we'll keep you updated on that but again avoid that if you can. a busy ride there anyway this morning. lots of rain as well so slick roadways.

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>> this is a cbs news special report. i'm charlie rose in new york. president obama is about to announce a massive change in relations between the united states and cuba that includes today's release of alan gross an american aide worker who spent the last five years in a cuban jail. >> this is gross. he landed outside andrews in washington an hour ago. minutes ago, he was reunited with his wife judy. margaret brennan in washington has coferredz the cross story for the last two and a half years. margaret, good morning. >> good morning, nora. alan gross' family thought he would die in that cuban prison. he's been