>> okay. thank you for watching. we leave you with a beautiful sunrise from good morning to our viewers in the west. it is wednesday february 25 2015. welcome to cbs "this morning." a guilty verdict for the killer of american sniper chris kyle. for the first time you'll hear the emotional testimony of kyle's widow. a cbs news investigation uncovering another v.a. scandal. ignoring more than 13,000 v.a. claims. why two basketball teams were both playing to lose. we begin with a look at today's "eye-opener: your world in 90 seconds." we've waited two years for

god to get justice for our son and as always god has proved to be faithful. >> a guilty verdict in the american sniper trial. >> the jury didn't buy the claims routh was not guilty by reason of insanity. a truck driver charged with a fiery commuter train derailment. >> a team investigating by the ntsb. >> a winter that will not give up. >> looking like the arctic ocean. >> stretching from texas to north carolina. >> you can see the sleet, slushy sleet, snow kind of thing. president obama vetoed a bill that would green light construction of the keystone oil pipeline. >> here we are dilly dallying around. it's going to be built. do you understand? it will be built. violent gas explosion injure injured 16 people in new jersey. so booming, it was felt a mile away. >> terribly loud. i thought a tractor trailer hit this porch. for students from wesleyan university, arrested four students in connection with an overdose including a party drug molly. and crazy? a driver ejected from his suv in

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ray routh guilt if murdering chris cheil and his friend chad littlefield. rejecting defense claims the iraq war veteran was insane at the time of the killings. chad's mother judy littlefield spoke after last night's verdict. >> we've waited two years for god to get justice for us on behalf of our son, and as always, god has proved to be faithful. >> this morning we have a dramatic new look at what unfolded in the courtroom and at the courthouse in stephenville texas. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, and good morning to viewers in the west. it took the jury just over two hours to reach a verdict, and for the first time you will hear what actually happened inside the courtroom during the trial, including testimony and evidence as the judge's restriction on the use of audio has now been lifted. >> we the jury find the defendant eddie ray routh guilty. >> reporter: eddie ray routh appeared to show no emotion as the verdict was read.

chris kyle's brother and parents embraced outside the courtroom soon after. kyle's widow taya was not in the courtroom when the verdict was read. she was overcome with emotion during closing arguments, and could be heard abruptly leaving the courtroom. she did not return. during the trial, prosecutors asked her to temperature about her life with kyle. >> that's -- chris and me and our son and i just found out i was pregnant with my daughter. >> reporter: she was emotional when describes the last time she saw chris alive. >> and then -- we hugged each other and -- a kiss and hug like we always did. >> reporter: the defense claimed routh was insane when he shot and killed kyle. >> i got a woman and kid 200 yards out. >> reporter: the subject of the film "american sniper" and his friend chad littlefield. they agreed to spend the day with the troubled former marine and took him to a shooting

range. routh's attorney says he suffered from schizophrenia. >> he killed those men because he had a delusion he believed in his mind they were going to kill him. >> reporter: but prosecutors pointed to several key videos refuting that claim. [ sirens ] including this dashcam footage which showed routh leading police on a high-speed chase after the shootings, and a videotaped confession where he was asked if he knew right from wrong. >> yes, you do? >> yes. >> and this video of routh in the back of a pa control car after his arrest. >> i've been paranoid and schizophrenic all day and don't know what to think of the world. insane or what to say about the world right now. >> reporter: after the verdict was read the judge immediately sentenced routh to life in prison without the possibility of parole. the prosecution was not seeking the death penalty in this case.

routh's foreign attorneys are expected to appeal the verdict. >> rikki klieman is here. you're not surprised? >> i'm not pt at the speed at which the it took none the less what you had in this case although the defense put up a good show of schizophrenia backed up by really solid evidence, that what you still had in the case were a psychiatrist and psychologist for the prosecution and that oh, so important jury instruction, and argument about voluntary intoxication voluntary drug use, the morning of the event, and that that's what caused the psychosis if there was psychosis. voluntary intoxication knocks out the insanity defense. it's gone. >> as you said they put on a compelling case. seems if anybody was crazy, it would appear to be eddie ray routh. >> if you look at his motive according to the prosecution it is crazy. >> right. >> but crazy that is they

didn't talk to me and they took me for a hamburger, so i blew them away or they were half pig, half people, and that they were going to kill me if i didn't kill them either way, that's crazy. crazy, however does not equal insane under the law, because if you knew right from wrong, you are still convicted. >> did the movie impact the trial, do you think? the "american sniper" movie? >> i think that the defense has firmly believed that it did impact the trial. they raised that in their motion for change of venue. they raised that in their motion for delay. you can bet your bottom dollar they've lodged their appeal and in this appeal that's going to be one of the big issues. >> he will not face the death penalty? >> no. it was taken off the table by the prosecution to start. it was a smart move. gave the jurors a narrow place to go. very high bar for insanty when it comes to texas and really simply life in prison without parole, done immediately after

the verdict. >> yeah. a tweet this morning said texas' swift just and sure a lot of people feel this morning about that verdict. much of the west starting another warm and dry day. winter storm warnings up from texas to virginia. schools closed in atlanta and hundreds of our communities. drivers around dallas dealing with freezing rain and snow. that city could get up to four inches in the next few hours. cold weather in the north is creating even more ice in the rivers around new york city. jericka dunk sn in new york south of rochester, where a fountain really looks more like an ice volcano. jericka, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, gayle. i always said working in western new york it has prepared me well for these types of assignments, but this area in particular has had record cold temperatures as low as negative 7 degrees, and this is the coldest february on record. but all of that cold has created things like this. this magnificent ice sculpture if you will.

underneath is is actually a fountain. what happens, it creates a channel of water that freezes on top of more of the snow and the ice, until you reach heights like this. i want to show awe different angle of this fountain underneath it again, all of this snow and ice compacted on the side. you can see how tall it is. about 50 feet high. this fountain has been here since the 1860s, and in that time it does not reach this height very often. of course because of those cold temperatures, if you look very closely at the top, you can see the water spewing out of at the top. only making this fountain grow higher and higher. officials will be out here later today to measure just how high it. charlie? >> jericka, thanks. it is also snowing in maine when the state's biggest highway is blocked because of a major accident. police say more than 20 vehicles collided on i-95 west of bangor. meteorologist danielle niles of our boston station is tracking extreme weather. danielle, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, and good morning to viewers in the west.

20 to 40 degrees below the average seems to be the new norm now and this temperature pattern is going to last into early march. well below everything from the northern to central plains temperatures across a lot of the country, lows snow out of texas this morning sliding east. torrential downpours flooding kearns along the gulf coast with several inches of accumulating snow from northern alabama and mississippi through the mid-atlantic creating significant travel delays heading into today and tomorrow. temperatures this afternoon only in the 60s and 70s along the west coast 50s in seattle. >> danielle thanks. the drive e of a truck hit by a southern california commuter train faces felony hit and run charges this morning. the crash in oxnard injured 20 on the train leaving three train cars on their side. the train made its last stop omar is there. >> reporter: busy documenting the scene, collecting video and data recordings from the train, which they will send to their

labs in washington, d.c. for analysis. but they're also hoping for more answers from interviews with the train crew and also the driver of that truck. federal officials say the fiery train collision happened 80 feet from the rareil crossing suggesting the truck traveled down the track. >> it was not stuck. bottomed out on the track or something like that. it had actually traveled down the railroad track itself. >> reporter: police say 54-year-old jose alejandro sanchez ramirez said he abandon abandoned his truck after he made wrong turn and got stuck pap police officer spotted him about a mile and a half from the scene. >> the person appeared disoriented, on the phone. very out of place at 5:45 6:00 in the morning. >> reporter: the metrolink train slammed into the truck pushing it 300 feet. railcars were left scattered as the 51 people onboard scrambled to get out. >> went about 45-degree angle

and the lights all went out and stuff started flying everywhere. people's baggage, people flying everywhere. it was crazy. >> reporter: ted mahoney said he was on his way to work when he saw the jind fireball and went to help. >> very quiet. one january standing up and he pointed out, this lady's bleeding in the back of her head. i found another coat covered her up, held her hand and she was in shock, kept talking to her. >> reporter: officials he credited newly installed safety features with saving lives, including enhanced bumpers and coupler systems meant to absorb the impact from a crash. >> we can safely say the technology worked. it definitely minnal mized the impact of a serious collision. >> reporter: a loyalawyer for the truck draver maintains he was stuck on the track and a problem for other truck drivers in the past saying sanchez ramirez tried everything to move the vehicle. when he realized he couldn't do so, saw the train coming he left to get hope.

>> thank you, omar. this morning's southwest airlines has an adpreemt with the faa to keep its fleet in the air despite missing inspections. on tuesday, southwest grounded 128 planes that's one-fifth of its fleet and cancelled about 100 flights. the airline failed to check a backup rutter system on the boeing 737. the faa will allow them to fly the jets while inspections are completed over the next five day. the outlines of hillary clinton's possible white house bid come into focus after her physical domestic speech of the year. the former secretary of state came out swinging on issues relating to women at a conference of female tech workers. nancy core des isddess is in washington. >> reporter: clan been keep aglow profile laying groundwork for a possible run, but over the next couple weeks has a series of events lined up which are all dedicated to women. something she largely avoided in her last campaign.

>> our economy seems to still be operating like it's 1955. >> reporter: in the heart of silicon valley chastising the tech industry for hiring fewer women and paying them less and took on rigid family leave policies across the economy. >> there are still too many women who want to work more and earn more but are held back by outdated policies and pressures. >> reporter: women's issues aren't a new focus for the former first lady as secretary of state she advocated for wage equality and universal education and got a mixed reception. >> i could see men's eyes glaze over. i could see particularly foreign leaders, but some americans, too, saying oh yeah. here she goes. >> reporter: clinton downplayed gender in her first bid for president showing she was tough enough for the job. this time clinton would likely highlight her experience as a mother and grandmother.

>> able to talk about these issues not in the marginalized women's lib category as they my have been seen several years ago, but as mainstream issues of economic security for all of our families. >> reporter: it would also be a way to set herself apart from the what is currently an all-male republican field. >> but i'm my own man. >> reporter: in a q&a after her speech advice how to deal with the old boys' club. >> try to think ahead of the smart thing you'll say if somebody makes an offensive comment to you instead of what we all do you sit there shocked and in bed think, i wish i said this. ooh -- >> you're pretty good at that actually. >> well, you know, i've had a lot of practice. >> reporter: we saw a laughing joking and more relaxed clinton at that event yesterday in california. telling stories of her life as a young lawyer and mother. recent reports say she's been working with a marketing team to

rebrand herself after decades in the public spotlight. so far, that new brand appears to be more candid and more populist. >> nancy, thanks. this morning republicans are backing off their fight with president obama over regulating the internet. that paves the way for the fcc to approve rules tomorrow to support net neutrality. the rules will regulate the internet like a public utility. they would prevent companies from paying money for faster internet speeds or lanes. new frustration this morning over the israeli prime minister's visit next week to washington. benjamin netanyahu declined senate democrats' request to meet privately. in the was"new york times" was invited by house speaker john boehner. last night on the pbs program susan rice called his visit destructive. >> the relationship between israel as a country and the united states as a country has always been bipartisan. and we've been fortunate that politics have not been injected into that relationship. what has happened over the last

several weeks, by virtue of the invitation issued. >> by the speaker of the house. >> by the speaker and the acceptance of it by prime minister netanyahu on two weeks in advance of his election is that on both sides there has now been injected a degree of partisanship. which is not only unfortunate, i think it's -- it's destructive of the fabric of the relationship. >> secretary of state john kerry says he will not attend netanyahu's speech to congress. kerry will be in switzerland negotiating a nuclear deal with iran. critics of the negotiation say it could allow iran to build material for a nuclear bomb in ten years. margaret brennan is at the state department. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. and good morning to our viewers in the west. with just five weeks to go until a self-imposed march deadline the obama administration is fiercely guarding against what some see as israeli attempts to sabotage a deal with iran. secretary of state john kerry told congress yesterday that he's making progress and a deal

would halt iran's nuclear program for at least a decade. he implored congress not to judge the agreement until it's complete. next week he'll meet again with iran's top negotiator at the very same time that israel's prime minister will lobby congress to slap more sanctions on iran scuttle what israel warns is a weak deal. as it stands the agreement would stop short of dismantling iran's program. instead, dep mats sdiplomats say it would dramatically slow down iran's ability to make fume for a weapon in the next ten years and give the world notice if iran tries to build a bomb. secretary of state kerseery is sure to get more tough questions as congress wants any detail of these sensitive negotiations. >> thank you margaret. this morning four wesleyan university students expected in court to face drug charges arrested last night with a string of overdoses at the connecticut campus this weekend.

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good morning. we have a couple of accidents really slowing up the works especially in parts of the east bay. we'll show you bay point right now westbound highway 4 approaching bailey. a crash there looks like three cars one lane is block. look at all the red sensors. 16 miles per hour. so it is slow no beyond antioch. westbound 80 at appian. it's clearing up. with the forecast, here's roberta. it is not as cold this morning as it was 24 hours ago. most areas in fact region it happens to be the cloud cover. look at our live weather camera. see all the clouds acting like a blanket over san francisco and that's why the temperature is 53 there and 54 in oakland. 34 in santa rosa. today's highs similar to yesterday. up to about 71 degrees in the warmest locations.

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direct of affairs is apologizing. he made the erroneous claim while speaking to a veteran last month on cbs news. >> army? navy? what unit. >> special forces. >> i was with special forces. >> i'm actually touched that mcdonald lied to try to connect with the homeless as opposed to the much more prevalent, no i don't have any money. >> that's an interesting point. >> yeah, i agree with him

because he was trying to make a connection to him. i feel bad for him. >> and the 82nd airborne is not a bad unit. >> that's right. coming up they beg for help but whistle-blowers say how thousands of pleas went unanswered. wyatt andrews talks to insiders and the widow who suffered a tragic delay. on a bath court how basketball players tried to toss away a win on purpose. that story ahead. the "los angeles times" says the united states is offering the biggest reward ever this morning in a cyber crime case. $3 million will be paid for the arrest of a russian hacker who allegedly stole $100 million from american bank accounts. britain's "guardian" talks about it accord to the

"guardian" there are no official recordings. some have been held for up to 24 hours even those as young as 15. chicago police deny the claims in the article and say the facility operates within the law. the "washington post" says the senior state department official is behind bars today charged with soliciting a minor for success. daniel rosen was arrested. rosen is director of programs and policy at the state department's bureau of counter counterterrorism. and "usa today" says the veterans affairs is owning up to his mistake. robert mcdonald's flub answered while cbs camera was rolling. he told a home else veteran in a "cbs evening news" story with john blackstone that he served in special services but he never did.

>> in an attempt to connect with that veteran to make him feel comfortable, i incorrectly stated that i, too, had been in special forces. that was wrong and i have no excuse. we at v.a. are working hard to restore trust, and, again, i apologize to those who may have been offended by my misstatement. >> and this morning secretary mcdonald is facing a new challenge. it comes after last sum 'eers scandal at a phoenix v.a. hospital. it was revealed there was widespread appointment wait times. wyatt andrews is in washington with our investigation. wyatt, good morning. >> good morning. you know the veterans benefit side of the v.a. pays out $5 billion a year. that's in disability benefits, pensions, and even the american flags that veterans receive at their funerals but our investigation has found

widespread mismanagement claims denying the veterans what they've earned with many dying before v.a. gets around to answering the claim. >> why would they take ten years to send me a letter. >> reporter: dory says this letter obtained by cbs news claiming how badly the claims system is broken. it's dated july 29 2014 thanking her for her husband's service in 2004. thing on thing is he died from an accident seven years ago without hearing a word from the v.a. does this upset you? >> it upsets me. why would you after all these years send a letter to a deadman? >> reporter: five whistle-blowers at the oakland, california, veterans benefits office tells cbs news stafford's claims is one of more than

13,000 claims files between 1996 and 2009, all of which were stashed in a file cabinet and ignored until 2012. in it are claims from veterans expressing a desire to apply for benefits and by law the v.a. must respond with an application. >> we were getting letters from elderly veterans and for widows who were literally at the end of their life begging for help. >> reporter: rusty ann brown was part of a team finally assigned to process those claims two years ago and the job began she says, with a disturbing discovery. >> half of the veterans were dead that i screened so almost every other piece of paper that i touched was a veteran who had already passed away. >> and so that means this veteran died waiting for their first answer. >> correct. >> from the v.a. >> correct. >> reporter: but whether the veteran was dead or still alive brown says v.a. supervisors in

oakland ordered her to mark the claim nos action necessary and toss them aside. whistle-blowers say that was illegal. >> they wanted you to hide them? >> absolutely. the v.a. didn't help them. the v.a. didn't care about them. they took them put them in a file and stuffed them away. >> 13,184 veterans waiting for answers. >> begging for help. >> she said she was taken off the project. and this past summer brown and another former employee found a cart full of those same claims ignored yesterday again. >> we pulled 15 indiscriminately to look at just 15. eight of them were owed money. one was owed $36,000. >> and this was a year ago. >> this was just a few months ago. >> a few months ago. >> reporter: last week the v.a. in spelkter general confirmed that because of poor

record-keeping in oakland, veterans did not receive benefits to which they may have been entitled. how many is not known because thousands of the records were missing when the inspectors arrived. lost claims and missing records are a problem nationwide. in the last year the i.g. has found serious issues in at least six v.a. benefits offices including unprocessed claims documents in philadelphia. 9,500 records sitting on desks in baltimore and computer manipulation to make claims look like they were completed when they were not. >> they owed him an answer? >> yeah they owe him a stafford. >> dory stafford now lives in the hills with friends in northern california with no electricity. it doesn't just harm the veteran. it could also hurt the family. typically a surviving spouse is offered a american flag help with burial or modest pension,

but none of that happens if there was no fire. >> i wasn't even aware there was widow benefits i wasn't. >> even if it was a modest pension. >> even a modest pension. even $400 a month. it would so help. >> reporter: to the whistle blowers, they all raised serious questions as to whether the v.a. is accurately reporting the true number of disability claims. >> when they hid all of these thousands of claims that was not in the backlog. >> oh no. >> it tooing the claims out of the backlog. >> they were never in the backlog. >> are you saying part of the reason to hide them was to not have them show up in the system at all. >> yes, sir. >> the v. achlt declined an on camera interview. it blamed that on the transition from a mail-base system to a new electronics system. the v.a. said in this statement, electronics claims processing has transformed benefits greatly

minimizingny risk of delays due to lost or misplaced mail. as for the backlog, the v.a. is promises to physician any problem that comes to its attention. quote, for any deficiencies identified steps are taken to appropriately process the documents and correct any deficiencies. norah? >> it's so important. what do you think this means for the backlog? >> well norah, will it's take what secretary mcdonald said yesterday where he claim thad the backlog has been reduced by 60% to roughly r5500,000. give the v.a. a. credit. everybody tells us they're stepping up the processing of claims. i'm talking about whistle blower grews. they say they've lost inted grit in how they tabulate these claims starting with the number of claims they outright conceal or simply aren't counting.

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team in the next one. so both teams in a feat describe as bracketology saw they only had one option. to lose. >> terrible sport ssmanship by both teams. >> reporter: it was a competition to see who could play the worst basketball. aimless dribbles missed baskets, and obvious slow play. with a score of just 28-24 in the third quarter just before player was about to attempt a shot into the wrong basket the referees called the coaches to the sidelines. bernard childress, executive director of tennessee secondary school athletic association launched an investigation into the foul play. >> we started getting e-mails and calls saying that no one was trying to win the game two teams were actually trying to lose the game. >> reporter: the smir ta team eventually won, 55-29. the thrown gram is now on the radar of the national sports

media. >> kids at that age are going to do what they're told. it doesn't matter how silly it is. >> reporter: on monday principals from both schools met with the tennessee secondary school athletic association and that they only remove the coaches. >> they took responsibility for it and they were very apologetic for what actually went on. >> reporter: the athletic association found that while the coaches may not have explicitly told the teams to lose they did clearly explain the advantages of not winning. >> i feel bad for the girls who were put in that position and will obviously lose something, but you never know what lessons can be taught from this. >> reporter: in separate letters to the schools the association said the teams made a mockery of the game and included notes from a referee who thought riverdale's players intentionally missed between 12 and 16 free-throws. >> when we determined that that

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good morning. i want to show you the most brutal communities out there right now. we have a handful of them but one of them is definitely the bay bridge toll plaza. the metering lights are on and you can see it's stacked up through the macarthur maze. but it's really the eastshore freeway that's the hot spot. we put up the drive time at the bottom of your screen 42 minutes from the carquinez bridge to the maze. and if you are head there is on 580, it's backed up to 24 and 24 is pretty slow from around children's hospital. here's a live look at the richmond/san rafael bridge. slow from harbor and then it remains sluggish all across the span. that's your latest "kcbs traffic." here's roberta. good morning, everybody. we have had a combination of conditions going on from clear skies and temperatures in the 30s to cloud cover along the coast and into the bay. temperatures in the 50s. it is 52 in oakland. 54 in san francisco. 38 in santa rosa. later today, 60s across the board. low 70s towards gilroy.

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now. this temperature pattern is going to last into early march. we saw a laughing joking and more relaxed clinton at that event yesterday. >> i interviewed president obama last week. i'm very eager to interview another president. our investigation has found widespread mismanagement of the claims resulting in veterans being denied the benefits they earned. we started getting e-mails and calls saying that no one was trying to win the again. the two teams were actually trying to lose the game. nicolas cage is going to be starring in a film based on edward snowden. >> he's perfect for the role since he knows what it's like to go into hiding after doing something people don't like. i'm charlie rose with gayle king and norah o'donnell. a jury found eddie ray routh guilty last night in the murder of kyle and his friend chad

littlefield. the trial lasted two weeks. the jury needed about two hours to deliberate. >> kyle is the inspiration for the oscar nominated movie "american sniper." we are hearing the emotional testimony from his wife taya about the final moments with her husband. >> when did you last see chris that day? >> we were at the house and we were both trying to hurry and get to where we were supposed to go. so he had gone around the house one way to try to find me and, like comedy eventually we found each other in the hallway. we hugged each other and gave a kiss and a hug like we always did. >> the jury did not agree with defense claims that routh was insane at the time of those killings. millions of people from texas to the carolinas are facing a new winter storm this morning. it will bring snow sleet and freezing rain to areas that have

been hit repeatedly in the last two weeks. wind chills in kentucky and tennessee are in the teens. it feels even colder in many northern cities. people in north texas are driving to work in rain and slush. thousands of schools in the region are closed today. severe fog is causing havoc on the water in tampa, florida. the coast guard had to shut down the city's main port. a cruise ship with more than 2,000 people on board needed an escort yesterday. royal caribbean's brilliance of the seas was stranded in the gulf of mexico for more than 24 hours. it arrived so late its next cruise had to be canceled. the fog is expected to clear later today. john kerry says russia lied to him about activities in ukraine. kerry made the accusations yesterday at a hearing on capitol hill. congress is debating whether to supply lethal weapons to ukraine to help fight pro-russian separatists. susan rice says she's skeptical of russian president vladimir putin. i spoke to her last night on my

pbs program. >> president of russia gave an interview within the last 48 hours, i think, and talked about, seeming to say we don't want a war in ukraine, we don't want a war over this. we are willing to seek every measure to make sure this is handled peacefully. do you accept him at his word? >> how dumb do i look? no. >> okay. >> in all seriousness, no one cannot accept vladimir putin at his word because his actions have belied his words repeatedly. particularly in the context of ukraine. we have sought to reassure and support our nato allies who obviously, on the eastern front feel shaken by -- >> go ahead. we're prepared by the nato agreement to defend them at all costs. >> absolutely. >> at all costs. >> absolutely, charlie.

that is a sacred solemn commitment that the united states and the president of the united states deems unshakable. >> rice says russia will face increasing sanctions if they cease-fire with ukraine is not reached. >> great interview with her. it's making a lost news. i know the foreign ministers from germany and a bunch of other countries are meeting to decide what to do with putin. >> great interview because you got her to be so candid. that's a rare thing we see from susan rice. >> indeed. >> very nice. a natural gas leak led to an explosion that blue a house to bits. a police dash cam recorded tuesday's blast, 15 people were hurt, including 6 firefighters. two gas workers are in critical condition. the explosion damaged other homes. some of them were blocks away. the local fire chief said the shockwave, quote knocked you off your feet. look at that. >> you can see that. an illinois man this morning is getting the ultimate second chance. jesus davila jr. won the largest

lottery jackpot in illinois state history. he got the oversized check on tuesday for $265 million. the chicago tribune reports that davil. is an ex-con who did 12 years for manufacturing and delivering cocaine. that's why we're talking about the ultimate second chance in life. >> wow. >> he's paid his debt to society, says a spokesperson. he will take a smaller lump sum, nearly $127 million after taxes. it took him a while to collect because he only thought he had five numbers and his son checked and said, look dad, you won all six. here he is. that is a second chance. >> let's hope he doesn't blow all that money. that's a great amount of money. >> did you mean that that he doesn't blow all that money? >> no no no that's so much money to get. ahead on "cbs this morning," can you really be addicted to cookies or chips? dr. holly phillips with new research on the foods that may hook people like heroin or

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major events like buying a house. in this morning's "eye on money," jill schlesinger looks at what we should do to prepare for those milestones. good morning. >> good morning. >> we know some of the big milestones. how do we establish a ritual savings plan? >> when you are thinking about milestones, they're life-changing events. that could mean getting your first job. it could mean the birth of a new child. it could be a divorce, marriage retirement. these are all events around which we want you to plan. so as much as possible what do we want? we want you to automate your savings, say here's a fixed amount everybody single month, pull it out of my checking move it into savings. if it's retirement sign up for the retirement plan at least until the match. if you have more money beyond that, keep going. many plans have auto escalation a percentage a year extra can go into your savings. >> if i have a choice between

college education or retirement? e >> eh to the kids. >> the real interesting fact here is that we want parents to secure their own financial situations, right? we want you to establish an emergency reserve, pay down your debt and get your retirement savings kicked into gear because there is no way to borrow for retirement. your kids can take out loans. you have to come first. >> having done that what is the most important thing we need to know about saving for college? >> the most important thing, if you've done all the things you're supposed to do to utilize a section 529 savings plan this allows you to put money into an account account, it will grow tax deferred if you pull the money out for education, there's no tax due. think of it as a roth for college savings. great plans, they go directly to the state.

some even offer a state income tax deduction. >> we use the 529s. it's amazing how you watch it accumulate with a small amount every month. >> i think what's important if you're looking to buy a house, it always starts with crunching the numbers. because in some areas of this country, the housing market is really hot. it's actually very expensive to own a home. but in other areas, it's awesome, a great deal. so you want to look at the numbers, try to take advantage of low interest rates. we heard from janet yellen yesterday that rates may increase later this year. you want to have a down payment, get prequalified talk to people on the ground in these markets. don't just search online. it is your responsibility to get the information you need. >> thank you. >> thank you, jill. earlier this morning, jill answered questions on twitter using #beready. visit cbsnews.com/eye on money.

and vinita nair has tips on changing fashion. >> what were you seeing in the market? >> slimming lose ten pounds with this dress and i didn't want that. i wanted to be sexy curvaceous, i wanted my dresses to fit. >> ahead, celebrating the women ignored by most fashion houses. you're watching "cbs this morning." we'll be right back. nings eye on money sponsored by voya financial. ou think of retirement.

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the public profile of larger women got a major boost. 25-year-old tess holiday became the first plus model of her size sized to an agency. even with that the fashion industry is playing a whole lot of catchup. vinita nair is in the dressing room. >> i'm here. it just opened a few weeks ago. as you mentioned, gayle, plus size dresses and the industry are weekt billions of dollars but most say finding a dress that is stylish is still hard. in this showroom in midtown

manhattan, women are shopping for clothes made especially for them. everything here from tight fitting dresses to fringe two-piece bathing suits ranges in size from 14 to 24 also known as the plus sizes. >> it has its own structure. >> it has its own structure because we really want to flatter the body in a large way. >> she launched this line ten years ago. back then she had no fashion training so she took her idea to a design team that brought them to life. >> what were you seeing in the market before you got there? >> the marketers would use words like slimming lose ten pounds with this dress. didn't want that. i wanted to be sexy and kur vavl. i wanted my dresses to fit. >> but when clark tried to sell her trendy plus size designs to retailers, the response was always the same. >> they said, you know if it

was in straight size we would put it on the racks. because it's in plus size, no one's going to buy it. >> she took it online. it was this convertible dress that launched her sales but it's been interacting with those on social media that's helped sustain it. last year her revenue was upward of a million dollar. her average dress costs about $125. >> this is a customer that's vocal and she know as what she wants and she's not hiding behind the black and the brown and the slimming. >> reporter: that customer including about 64% of american women who fall into the plus size category but account for only 17% of purchases. while more of them are appearing in add campaigns red carpets an even the "sports illustrated" issue, experts say plus size women are still viewed as having negative perceptions about their bodies. >> they've been made to feel they shouldn't splurge on themselves because all they need to do is lose 20 pounds and then

aren't you going to wish you had wait before you bought that. >> reporter: but at photo shoots for plus model magazine the opposite is true. here the model sep brights her size without holding back. editor madelyn jones says the online publication is popular because it addresses what everyone else is ignoring. >> everyone else is shying away from the term plus size. plus size models don't want to be called plus size. plus size brands don't want to be plus size. in the meantime you want plus size dollars but dwroenlt want to be plus size. that's a problem. >> she said that's why high end fashion designers have been hesitant to create plus size designs. for designers like clark business booming. it's already doubled in the last two years. the same retailers that laughed at you, have they come back? >> of course. a lot of them called and said

can we work together? i think it bodes well for where the brand is going to go. >> reporter: while major retailser like target and old navy have added plus size it's high end fashion that has lack. she'll be launching a new bathing suit line. this one averageds about 120 bucks. that's great. >> i like that little fringe number. that's nice vinita. the price point for dresses is very reasonable. she's got coot stuff. >> thank you vinita. your phone will soon become more diverse with new emojis. ahead, why not echbl is texting a thumbs-up. you're watching "cbs this morning." yesterday apple announced that at long last they're putting out what they call diverse emoji, black guy, slightly black guy, brownish guy, white guy i don't know who this guy is to be honest with you and pacman colors guide.

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into santa clara northbound 101. it's right around montague expressway. there's a crash blocking the carpool lane and so it's slow it looks like backed up all the way to san jose. let's go out to the bay bridge. the toll plaza now. and it is very heavy right now once again on the eastshore freeway. there was a bad commute because of early-morning morning accidents from the carquinez bridge to the maze. 47 minutes and the rest of the approaches are backed up well east of the maze as well and the san mateo bridge still crowded out of hayward with a drive time of 26 minutes. that's "kcbs traffic." here's roberta. >> liz, i'm loving this. take a look at this beautiful live weather camera looking towards the transamerica building. we have clouds passing by acting like a blanket today keeping temperatures from being as cold as 24 hours ago except where we do not have the clouds in santa rosa. it's 38 degrees. 52 in san francisco. later today, number stacking up in in the 60s across the board except for gilroy, standing out at

welcome back to "cbs this morning." coming up in this half hour emojis are getting a whole new look. how apple is reportedly bringing diversity and national pride to those cartoons on your phone. plus, dean winters is in our toyota greenroom. his co-star josh duhamel is in a car on the west side of the highway. we're not sure he's going to make it in time. what do you think? is he going to make it? >> we've got dean. that's okay. either way we're going to look at the new cbs series and see whoo it may be different from the other buddy cop shows. that's ahead. right now it's time to show you this morning's headlines. three men in austria are the first to be fitted with bionic

hands. they control it with the use of their brain. nerves and muscles were transplanted from their legs to their arms. now they can perform everyday tasks just by thinking about them. >> incredible. the "los angeles times" wee peewee herman's fans have a reason to screen. there's a new film called "peewee "peewee's big holiday" directed by john ak by. people will also be allowed to grow a few marijuana plants. it paves the way for jamaica to establish a medical marijuana industry. few studies show how some of us may be addicted to food. the most addictive, chocolate

coffee, and chips. it may attract some people the same way as heroin and cocaine do. our own dr. holly phillips joins us this morning. good morning. >> good morning. >> what do these studies tell us? >> they involve about 500 people. researchers ask them about their ought attitude. specifically how they felt afterward like losing control and then they honed in on which foods people thought caused them the most problems. >> i know potato chips is on the list. it is not american to eat just one. are they on the list? >> they are. they're in the top five. pizza, chips, cookies. this isn't surprising. these are foods that are heavily processed, high in fat and sugar and refined carbohydrates. importantly they also have some called a high glycemic load and this is in part a measure of how fast and intently the foods

raise your blood sugar. that's important because that acts on reward centers in the brain and directly affected cravings. >> but it's different than drug addictions, isn't it? >> it is. in fact the term sits a little bit controversial. we can't equate it with drugs because for instance we know drugs, say heroin permanently change the wiring of the brain. drugs make permanent structural changes in your branl that cannot beery versed. but on the other hand we do know some foods act on neurotransmitters in our brain like dopamine. and even in studies, elaborates develop bingeing and addictive patterns around double stuffed oreos. so there might be some links, but the science is still kind of out there. >> how do you know if you're addicted? >> well, you know, there's something called the yale food addiction survey. you can ask yourself questions specific how often do you eat more than you plan to.

do you plan to keep eating even though you're not hungry do you eat until you feel ill. according to this survey, 5% to 10% of americans have some amount of what they call american addiction. >> eat more than planned, keep eating while not hungry. dr. holly, i have a problem. i don't eat till i'm ill but i eat when i'm not hungry. you'll see something that's so good. you weren't planning to eat it but it looks so visually pleasing, you go, i've just got to taste it. that never happened to you? >> not that much. >> really? >> norah, that never happens to you? >> the want happens. but i do have the willpower. i do think there's something in cell biology and taste buds that changes and i think that's a very important thing to recognize. it's not just a willpower issue. things change in your cells the more you get attuned to certain

types of foods. >> very much so and i think you're touching on this hot button issue. that's why food addiction is such a topic now. the question is if certain foods are addictive, do food manufacturers play a role? should they be held account snbl we know they should get exactly the right mix of fat and chemicals. should they be accountable to us. >> the brain is a powerful thing. >> we have to go. we're learning so much about addiction and aggression in terms of the brain's chemistry. >> it's not an official diagnosis. got it. >> if you want to know whether you're addicted to food, we invite you to go to cbsnews.com and take the quiz. all right. you'll soon be able to say more in text messages without words. amid criticism over a lack of races represented. cbsn's vladimir duthiers shows

us how the pictures have changed. vlad i admit, i'm a little bit excited about it. >> some see it as a language coming full circle. to the text-savvy teens 2507b8d-somethings who use emojis it's simply the future. they're easy to understand come in all shapes and sizes and are often used to create an attitude or feeling. apple has created 300 new emojis, some of which high light different races and professions. youth organization called dosomething.org applauded the movie. >> you need to see someone that looks like you in the content you're communicating on television and on the phone. for a lot of minorities it feets good like your voices have been heard and there's real change

happening. >> reporter: rapid change. emojis were created in japan in the 1990s. the add vent of smartphones and young ones communicates. >> they're popular particularly in mobile communication because it's about a shift toward doing conservational interactive communication over text messaging. >> reporter: because emojis do what text can't, they replace the written word with a symbol or better yet a combination of the 722 symbols. so i'm laughing so hard i'm crying simply becomes this or to say i'm taking the train to my parents house, you might send this use of images and their use keeps evolving. >> and the key to this is time. time, time time. >> science guru bill nye used it to teach of all things evolution. emoji's replaced beyonce in a verpgs of her hit single

"drunken love." and there was created emoji dick. now they're going beyond it used personalized avatars. >> it's a lot of emotional nuance that's missing. we add that and add you to it that makes it much more personal visual. >> celebrities like seth rogan, brittney snow and queslo have created their own. even if journalists are a bit mowgy fans including yours truly. remember it's just in its infancy. >> once you see emoji percolating in more diverse graphics in this country and other parts of the world, we're likely to see new and interesting ways to communicate with them that may be unexpected. >> and watch out, kids. parents are already glomming

onto the emoji craze increasingly using the symbols with and like their kids. but not all the news is positive. some are criticizing them. especially the yellow ones. tla're wondering whether people think asians have jaundice because they're so yellow. >> i like the black ones because that's such a range. >> big range. >> i'm cinnamon brown. you are what? >> i tend to think of myself as mocha. >> charlie is. >> wonder bread. >> you created your own. how did you do that? >> there's another one i was causing bit mowgy. you put in all the characteristics to eye shape, skin, color, hair. i think i recognized one of our producers cassandra. i'm thinking it my be her. >> they need to work on the yellow one. >> did you see the piece about

people that use a lot of emojis? >> yes, yes. there are some people who actually communicate and text with just emojis. >> that's great. >> that would be annoying. thank you, vlad. >> i still like a written word. cbs's new drama called "battle creek." it stars josh duhamel who's still on the west side highway and dean winters. dean is here. thank you, dave. he's here in studio 57. we'll see if josh makes it after

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bulldog: oh boy! television announcer: ...is on now. ♪ mattress discounters ♪ joosh duhamel and dean winters both made their mark on hollywood. josh went from a male model and dean was on. now they are teaming up in cbs's new crime drama. it's called "battle creek." >> you know that stuff you said in there about second chances. that's awfully personal. >> battle creek, it's a bluff. >> he gave up because it's up because it's. >> you're a good detective. >> and you, agent timberland

you're the devil. >> we're thrilled to welcome josh duhamel by phone. he's still trying to get here. hello, josh duhamel. >> hi josh. >> good morning, everyone. >> is that death music we hear? >> we were talking about you bad. dean just said duhamel is tardy for french. how close are you? >> yeah. i'm actually very close, so if you want to extend the interview by three or four minutes. >> yeah. keep trying to come because we'd love to see you. but you're here in the chair. the show is called "battle creek" which i thought was an unusual name for a police drama because you think of l.a. new york. but battle creek? >> it sounds kind of trite but he was looking at a sear cal box and it was a frosted flakes bach and he said that would be a great place to set a crime scene

show. >> battle creek, michigan. >> he did the research on the town. it's one of these what was a thriving american industrial town that took a hit and detroit kind of being the greater example of that. so this is like a real microscopic look at one of these industrial towns that's going through a hard time. >> this is great. vince gilligan "breaking bad" and now making this show. >> you know when i got this -- when i got the first script it said vince gilligan david shore who did "house" and brian singer with the usual suspects. as an actor, it was a no-brainer. >> and you got sunday night placement which is huge on cbs. >> "60 minutes," "madam secretary," "good wife," and then us. so hopefully we won't fail. >> you play rough around the edges and josh plays what? the pretty boy --

>> super cop, comic book type. >> this is how they describe you. you play good hard gruff, and strikingly hand millimeter charismatic milt chamberlain opens an fba field. >> i play this kind of crumpled detective who's had it seen it all, and tired. and to reinvague rate the department they bring in josh's character. he walks in. he's like a greek god and he represents everything that i hate and so it's really -- it's the first buddy cop show where i can think of where the two aren't buddies. we ee see how it takes. >> there's no bromance. >> off screen it's hard not to fall in love with him. he's a sweet guy, terrific person and a terrific actor. >> and he's late. >> he's late. like you said duhamel is french

for tardy. he's a great guy to work with. he's from north dakota and i'm from new york city. so we bridge those dynamics to the characters. you know josh has a real sense of midwest values that's really applaudable. >> you two didn't know each other. >> the first time i met him i was driving on manhattan beach and i literally came within two fight of killing him. i almost killed my co-star. it was a bromance at first sight. >> other than being in battle creek and other than you and josh having this relationship as cops, what's the hook for the series? >> well, you know, it's about a guy who refuses to kind of acquiesce and grow about about technology which is me. i'm refusing the new character. my character is from battle creek. he wants to make his town better and i'm not good at taking help from anyone. so that's kind of where the story comes in.

it's about learning to get out of your comfort zone and to grow up a little bit. >> great to have you. >> you guys are off to a great start. >> thank you very much. >> next time, josh. >> thank you for coming dean. >> thank you for having me. we appreciate it. . you can catch the series premiere of "battle creek" sunday night at

an italian fisherman captured the largest fish caught. it took a half hour to land the 280-pound catfish along an italian river last week. his prey is, get this nearly 9 feet long. he and his brother released the big guy back into the water. i mean that's like almost a small shark. >> unbelievable. you would think it would take

more than 30 minutes to do something like that. all of us here want to

good morning. i want to show you 880 in oakland. sometimes some mornings by this time it's kind of winding down. not the case today. the drive time is still nearly 45 minutes between 238 and the maze. that's a live look right there by oakland airport. south bay compute is not a whole lot better coming out of san jose. northbound 101 you know, we had that earlier wreck at montague. really jammed up the works backed up all the way beyond hellyer and here's a live look at the bay bridge, still slow on the eastshore freeway particularly between richmond and berkeley. there was an earlier crash in pinole and

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