the morning news and of course, "cbs this morning." from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm tony dokoupil. captioning funded by cbs it's wednesday, february 1st, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." so was that a surprise? was it? >> the president makes his pick, tapping a conservative judge for the supreme court. neil gorsuch heads to the hill this morning while democrats gear up for a battle. >> i only hope democrats and republicans can come together for once for the good of the country. and speaker of the house paul ryan backs mr. trump's travel ban but stops short of full support. >> regrettably the rollout was

confusing. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well, president trump's supreme court nominee neil gorsuch is expected to travel to capitol hill to begin meeting with the lawmakers who must confirm him. senate democrats are already bristling for a fight. gorsuch is the youngest supreme court nominee in 25 years. currently a judge on the u.s. court of appeals in denver, gorsuch has solid credentials much like antonin scalia who he would replace. gorsuch worked a at the department of justice and he has an ivy league education. president trump personally called gorsuch to inform him he was the choice and introduced him last night. craig boswell has our report. today i am keeping another

promise to the american people by nominating judge neil gorsuch. >> reporter: president trump introduced his nominee to the supreme court in a televised newscast. >> he has tremendous skills and tremendous discipline. >> reporter: gorsuch is known as a solid conservative, a law grad. he cited with religious employers opposed to the obama care mandate. his book argued against assisted suicide as the taking of life. >> i pledge that if i'm confirmed i'll do all that my powers permit to be faithful to the constitutional laws of this country. >> reporter: the court has been functioning with only eight justices since scalia's passing last february. senate democrats are vowing for a fight. they plan to block this nominee

much like the republicans did last year with president obama's pick. some democrats chose not to attend the prime-time announcement. >> i don't want to be standing there in a crowd when they pull back the curtain and say here's your nominee. let's do this in an orderly fashion. >> reporter: leading experts say he could have lasting impact. >> he's 49 years old and we're going have a justice as indicated tonight whose decisions are going to lead generations. >> reporter: right after the announcement a small group of demonstrators protested outside the high court t beginning of what's expected to be a long and contentious fight. craig boswell, cbs news, the supreme court. well, it didn't take long for senate democrats to react to gorsuch nomination. senator minority leader chuck schumer promised to fight tooth and nail and there's a growing chance they'll filibuster the choice. cbs news's john dickerson explains why.

>> john, it does look like there's a fight coming up. >> there is going to be a fight brewing because democrats have to show a couple of things. one, that they're going to pay back the republicans in the senate who delayed barack obama's pick of merrick garland. there's a lot of anger still about that. secondarily, democrats are in a mood out in the country. the grass roots of the democratic country are in a mood to fight president trump so they want to see the democrats fight on those grounds. the challenge for democrats, though, is with a candidate or nominee who has such sterling credentials, can they find a reason other than the fact that they don't like donald trump because after a while they're going to need that and not just want to be totally obstructi obstructionist because the situation is different now than it was for barack obama at the end of his second term. ahead on "cbs this morning," more on the gorsuch nomination. we'll talk with lawyer david boies who has argued before the supreme court.

speaker of the house paul ryan defended president trump on nominees and the refugees and immigration. he acknowledged he didn't learn about the details until the president signed the order. nancy cordes reports. >> reporter: in his first public comments house speaker paul ryan faulted the travel ban's launch but not the substance. >> so what is happening is something that we support. >> reporter: you have a lot of military experts, intelligence experts warning that this is going to serve as a recruiting tool for isis. >> the rhetoric arund this could be used as a recruiting tool and i think that's dangerous. >> reporter: it's more than just rhetoric. according to state department officials, they have warned u.s. officials the timing of this has given isis a lifeline. you could not have given our adversaries better propaganda material. ryan argued it's a risk worth taking. >> and there is an issue with terrorists trying to infiltrate our refugee population. >> reporter: but they haven't been able to partly because our

vetting is so stringent. >> let me answer the question. there is nothing wrong with taking a pause and making sure we have the proper vetting standards in place. >> reporter: emboldened by protests, democrats are taking a harder line on a series of trump decisions. they walked out on confirmation votes for the nominees to head health and human services and the treasury department. ohio democrat jared brown. >> we have great concern that senator hatch is asking us to vote on two nominees today who have out and out lied to our committee. >> reporter: orrin hatch was left to preside over an empty hearing room. >> i'm very disappointed in this type of crap. i mean my gosh, there's no excuse for it. >> reporter: later they accused the white house of income tell tense leading to chaos. the leaders shot back it's the democrats because they can't get over their election loss. nancy cordes, cbs news, capitol hill. the senate judiciary committee is scheduled to meet

today to take up the nomination of senator jeff sessions for attorney general. yesterday democrats delayed a vote on sessions by speaking for extended periods. president trump's pick for education betsy devos cleared the education committee despite appearing to use unattributed quotes in response to questions from democrats. and the full senate easily confirmed elaine chao as transportation secretary. the acting secretary of the army directed the army corps of engineers to complete the access dakota pipeline. the standing rock sioux tribe says it will challenge the decision. the army says it cannot proceed without a final four-day summary. four days after taking office, president trump signed an executive order telling the army to reconsider the impact study. the pipeline would bring oil from north dakota to illinois. and law enforcement officials in houston say they are ready to handle any protests

leading up to sunday's super bowl. sunday's game has been declared a tier 1 national security event. thousands of law enforcement officers are on hand. there are bomb-sniffing dogs and concrete barriers that have been set up. more than 40 federal agencies are involved. >> as vince lombardi said, people who work together will win. that's exactly what we are doing. in addition to the houston police department, the nfl, the fbi, we have over 41 federal agencies and departments including 25 dhs agencies supporting this event. >> 73,000 people are expected to attend the game. sportscaster brent musburger signed off for the last time last night. >> thanks so much to you for sharing your time with me. what great memories we've had over the last almost 50 years. >> he wrapped up his long distinguished career in rupp

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latest settlement, and an atm that dispenses fast food. jill wagner is at the new york stock exchange with that and more. good morning, jill. >> good morning, anne-marie. volkswagen faces huge costs when relating to cheating on its huge emissions tests. they promised to buy back cars or fix emissions. court documents indicate that the costs could rise to $4 billion if regulator don't okay their repairs. the plan covers about 80,000 cars. it was a mixed day on wall street for drugmakers who latter in the day erased s&p losses from earlier. the dow fell 107 point, the the s&p gained 2 and the nasdaq lost 1. the feds expect to leave interest rates where they are and wait and see how president trump's plans go. last month they raised the rates

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here's a look at todas here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. many car buyers choose electric or hybrid models to protect the environment, but insures want to know how it protects drivers and riders. roxana saberi checks the results of the latest crash tests. >> reporter: the four vehicles crash test institute by the national highway institute for safety all got high marks, but only the toyota prius and chevy award. they're hybrids with front crash prevention systems. with the prius, it's standard on every car. >> nice thing about the prius

prime is you can get top safety pick safety performance without having to choose any options. >> reporter: the all-electric tesla model s caused some concerns in a front crash test. >> the dummy moved too far forward into the airbag and his head hit the steering wheel through the airbag. >> reporter: it's upgrading its software. bmw's i3 fell short because of seats and headrest that got a lower ranking. >> one of the consequences of injury is that people commonly refer to as whiplash, and we're trying to make sure the seats and headrests can prevent those kinds of injuries. >> reporter: nhtsa says tesla is aware of the problems and are fixing them. they have yet to find any safety-related problems. they can be just as safe as any other vehicle on the road. roxana saberi for cbs news, new york.

two broadcasting legends will join forces this fall. oprah winfrey will appear on "60 minutes" as a special contributor. gayle king is thrilled that her friend will be part of the network. >> i'm so excited. i know that she is equally excited. she has said all the time she doesn't miss the day-to-day of the show, but what she does miss is story-telling and meeting with people, women in particular, and being able to meet and interact with people. to me this is the perfect marriage. >> "60 minutes" executive producer jeff fager said there is only one oprah winfrey. she is a remarkable and talented woman with integrity that sets her apart. it's in its 49th season and remains the top rated news show. coming up, falcons' owner arthur blank. i'm anne-marie green. this is the "cbs morning news." americans are living longer anne-marie green.

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. americans americans are living longer and in many cases stronger. omar villafranca met one woman who's leading the way to longevity. >> reporter: six days a week at 5:30 in the morning you'll find 75-year-old deette sauer swimming a total of 120 laps at this houston aquatic center. sauer admits when she first started swimming, she felt like a fish out of water. >> it was horrible. i quit in the middle of the first lap. >> you couldn't even make a lap in the pool. >> no. i was swimming with my head out of the water so my hair wouldn't get wet. >> reporter: in her 40s, sauer

was considered obese, tipping the scale at 250 pounds. she was ashamed when she couldn't fit on a small boat on a family vacation and decided to do something about her health. sauer changed her diet and started exercising. it wasn't easy, but she managed to lose 100 pounds in less than a year. >> you know what was funny? i had been so large i forgot and didn't believe you could actually get a waist back. >> reporter: she's competed in the last eight senior games, an olympic-style competition for more than 10,000 seniors. she was 58 when she found her passion. >> i can't believe i could be an athlete and win a medal at 58 years old. >> reporter: now at 75, sauer has won more than 50 medals. micha micha michael phelps? never heard of him. >> what does she have? nine? >> reporter: she's also active outside of the pool. twice a week she tutors kids at

a local church, and three days a week she teaches english and history to her grandchildren via skype. julie green is amazed how sauer has defined the living stronger. >> i'm so in awe with the motivation that came from win her. >> reporter: sauer is now training for the national senior games this june in birmingham, alabama. how dlong you think you'll keep swimming? >> it will have to be taken away from me. i'm not going to give it up. >> reporter: and not giving up means going for gold even in her golden years. omar villafranca, cbs news, houston. >> pretty inspirational. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," an inside look at police body cameras. jeff pegues spends the afternoon with washington's metropolitan police department. plus, bargain basic economy airfares and the fight for overhead space. why some lawmakers want to keep your overhead bin free of charge.

and a fresh start for two men imprisoned for murders they did not commit. >> so how did you essentially free yourself? >> studying. it was refusing to accept our decision from judges that were wrong, and i just went back every time and said, judge, you were wrong. >> that's the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

i'm kenny choi. and i'm michelle griego. hey, thanks for waking up with us. a live look at the bay bridge. you know, i have a greater appreciation for the bay bridge because i drove from truckee five hours in traffic and when i saw the bay bridge, i was

like yes, i played it back to the bay. done driving. good morning, it's wednesday, february 1. i'm kenny choi. >> i'm michelle griego. every day, every morning i see that bay bridge and i love it. yeah. i do not take it for granted at all. right? >> i drive it also every day and for the past 20 years when i get to the top of the span i say a prayer because i look at that sky line, i feel so blessed being here. >> i was driving last night during the evening time and i snap chatted and captioned it, blessings. it's so -- >> you can't do that when you drive. >> i was in uber. >> i think it was so amazing roqui said there was no traffic at 7:00 last night. there always is. wow, you are blessed! >> we all wanted rain. we all prayed for it then we got all at once and we have more coming. good morning, everyone. we have a very dry golden gate bridge at this hour but the evening commute, that's where you will see the raindrops begin.