good morning to our viewers in the west. it's tuesday, february 13th, 2018. welcome to "cbs this morning." the white house still struggles to explain its response to domestic abuse allegations against a top presidential aide. and now rob porter's first wife is slamming kellyanne conway for implying victims of abuse are not strong. a new robeeport finds the f could cost american businesses $21 billion this year. the rise in costs have schools and workplaces redoubling efforts to fight the outbreak. the fbi warns people looking for online love on valentine's day to watch out for scam artists. one woman describes how she was taken for more than $1 million.

plus, the new owners of a house featured in "american horror story" say they are living a real-life nightmare. you'll see the unexpected surprise they're getting from hundreds of obsessive fans. but we begin this morning with a look at today's eye opener. your world in 90 seconds. >> we condemn domestic violence in all forms. >> he has not said it. why has he not said it? >> i'm the spokesperson for the white house and the president. >> the white house muddles its message on rob porter. >> i've never seen one instance in something like this. >> the president at the very least should come out and express some solidarity for these victims. >> the senate begins on immigration reform. >> time for political posturing is behind us. >> this is the moment for a narrow bill. >> if the democrats want to make a deal, it's really up to them. >> the president's daughter-in-law taken to the hospital after opening a letter with white powder inside. >> that powder was cornstarch. >> the former white house aid

omarosa continued her harsh criticism of her former employer. >> we would be begging for days of trump back. >> in southern california, smoke inside a plane forced more than 140 people to evacuate the aircraft. >> all that -- >> today is mardi gras. the city of new orleans preparing for the day's celebrations. send me a beat. >> this olympian is a professional swiss skier. >> hanging out there like laundry. that's got to be good for gold. >> all that matters. >> former president obama and first lady michelle obama unveiling their official portraits. >> i tried to negotiate last gray hair. i tried to negotiate smaller ears. struck out on that as well. >> on "cbs this morning." >> back to back 1080s. >> chloe kim is the cream of the crop, an olympic gold medalist. >> america's newest super star. it's official. >> how about this for a curtain call.

>> olympic champion. >> this morning's eye opener is presented by toyota. let's go places. >> good morning. welcome to cbs this morning. as you wake up in the west. the trump administration is trying to sell a sweeping budget plan to congress. it includes big cuts to medicare and food stamps and an increase in defense spending. but that message is still being drowned out by the uproar over abuse allegations against a former senior white house aide. >> president trump's press secretary read a statement yesterday condemning domestic violence. she said it was dictated by the president, who has made other statements, praising his former staff secretary, rob porter. >> porter resigned nearly a week ago, but there are still unanswered questions today about what the administration knew about his alleged abuse of his two ex-wives. major garrett is at the white house with the latest on this story. major, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the trump white house still in a state of turmoil as internal speculation continues about the

job security of white house chief of staff john kelly. and basic explanations from this white house and the chain of events leading up to the dismissal of a top white house aide, well, that time line and those explanations remain in conflict. >> mr. president, do you have a vetting problem? >> reporter: president trump ignored questions monday surrounding the resignation of his former aide rob porter who he appeared to defend last friday. >> he says he's innocent and i think you have to remember that. >> reporter: porter's first wife, colbie holderness, disputed his innocence in "the washington post," writing, living in constant fear of rob's anger chipped away at my independence and sense of self-worth. >> i'm very close to hope hicks and i don't worry about her in that respect. >> reporter: also responded to white house counselor kellyanne conway who on sunday was asked about communications director hope hicks' purported relationship with rob porter.

>> i've never met somebody so strong. >> reporter: holderness disputed conway's characterization, writing, her statement implies that those who have been in abusive relationships are not strong. i beg to differ. >> the president supports victims of domestic violence. >> reporter: mixed white house messages on domestic abuse are taking a toll on republicans according to arizona senator jeff flake. >> the political fallout i think is significant. >> reporter: and questions remain about the time line of porter's departure. >> there are things we could have done better. >> reporter: the white house claimed that a photo of porter's first wife's bruised face forced his resignation. it took chief of staff kelly 12 hours to reverse his support for porter. white house press secretary sanders would not explain the delay. >> we learned of the extent of this situation involving rob porter last tuesday evening and within 24 hours, his resignation had been accepted and announced. >> reporter: adding to the confusion is the conversation the white house said kelly had

less than 40 minutes after the daily mail first published accusations about domestic abuse linked to porter. what that conversation was remains a mystery. so too a mystery, what white house counsel don mcgahn told kelly about the abuse allegations and the relationship to porter's security clearance. >> major, thanks. the question about why so many people in the trump administration do not have proper security clearances is a whole separate story. there's a backlog of more than 700,000 cases. one investigator tells cbs news the white house security process, quote, is the peak of what the problem is throughout the government. jeff pegues is outside fbi headquarters in washington. jeff, good morning. >> reporter: yesterday, the white house blamed the fbi for delays in the security clearance process but in a sign of the strain between the bureau and the white house, the fbi responded in a statement saying essentially all they do is the background check. they do not grant security clearances. >> so help me god --

>> reporter: nearly 13 months into the trump administration, more than a dozen top officials are working with an interim security clearance. among them, the president's son-in-law, jared kushner. rob porter was on that list until he resigned last week amid allegations of domestic violence. >> to me it suggests a breakdown in the security clearance system. >> reporter: this is a former assistant director of the fbi. he says some officials in the clinton administration relied on interim clearances but that it is unusual for so many officials to not have full security clearances at this point. >> to have someone with an interim security clearance for over a year seems very excessive. sort of defeats the purpose of having a security clearance process in the first place. >> reporter: he says within fbi headquarters, there is a special unit called spin or special inquiries. it handles white house security clearances which are designed to be expedited in about 45 days. once the fbi completes its

investigation, its findings are handed over to the white house, which has discretion in deciding whether to approve a full security clearance. >> my real question was about how he could be doing this job without a security clearance. >> reporter: lisa brown was a staff secretary in president obama's white house. >> you want to make sure that they aren't working for a foreign government, that they are upright and honest person, that they aren't somehow going to be susceptible to blackmail. >> reporter: that's why the security clearance process is essential in any white house. cbs news has been told that rob porter's background information was turned over from the fbi to the white house at least eight months before his resignation. >> wow, that's interesting. jeff, thank you so much. law enforcement sources say the white powder sent in an envelop addressed to donald trump jr. is cornstarch. the letter was mailed to the manhattan home of his mother-in-law. donald trump jr.'s wife vanessa

opened the letter yesterday. she called 911 and was taken to the hospital along with her mother and a third unidentified person. everyone is okay. new york police and the secret service are investigating. lawmakers on capitol hill today are focusing on two issues with long-term consequences. the senate continues a rare open-ended debate on immigration reform. congress has less than three weeks to replace the dak ta program protecting young undocumented immigrants. the president's budget director on capitol hill right now to sell congress on the new budget framework. nancy cordes is there as well. nancy what do you think the priorities are for the president's budget? >> reporter: well, they certainly want to enact some cuts to domestic programs. whether they'll be able to do that remains to be seen. certainly the budget director mick mulvaney is going to make the case today in conversations with members of both the house and the senate. he is going to sit down with them and go over this plan. which calls for $4.4 trillion in federal spending in 2018 and

2019. setting aside $18 billion for a border wall and about $200 billion for infrastructure. but the proposal would also cut about $500 billion over ten years from medicare. and about $200 billion from the program that provides food stamps. even with those cuts, the budget would still add about $7 trillion to the deficit by 2028, which is something that some fiscal conservatives will find difficult to handle. now, the reality is that the senate struck a budget agreement last week that would cover the next two years. so the chances that any of this is going to get turned into legislation and then into law is pretty slim right now, gayle. >> oh, boy, a lot of work to do there. nancy, here's the question for you. mitch mcconnell is opening up the senate this week to an immigration debate. do you think they could reach an agreement? what's the thinking on the hill? >> well, they're going to hold a series of votes over the next couple of days on partisan and buy partisan issues. for example, one of the first

amendments up is going to be this proposal from a trio of republican senators, cotton, grassley and cornyn, that allows a path to citizenship for these so-called dreamers in exchange for ininvestigationed border security and some changes to immigration rules that democrats argue will severely limit the number of legal immigrants who are allowed to enter the u.s. those democrats say they do not believe this plan can get the 06 votes needed. frankly, gayle, there's a lot of pessimism right now that any of these plans will get the 60 votes necessary to advance whatever comes out of the senate to the house. >> all right, nancy cordes, thank you very much. the father of a 5-year-old cancer patient will not be deported for at least a year. jesus was granted a temporary stay yesterday. just hours after we shared his story. manu manuel bojorquez is outside the

church that gave sanctuary to the undocumented immigrant. >> reporter: he sought refuge inside the church when it appeared he would be deported. he refused to leave when the deadline to turn himself in passed. after an agonizing day of the wait, the father of five learned he will be allowed to stay in the united states for at least another year. jaden couldn't contain his excitement. the 5-year-old who is battling leukemia learned his father would not be deported. jesus' application for a stay was denied last week by u.s. immigration and customs enforcement. the agency reversed itself monday citing humanitarian grounds. he and his 10-year-old daughter were overwhelmed. >> i'm going to get to go home with my kids and my wife. >> reporter: his wife sonya is 5 months pregnant. handling jaden's cancer drug puts her and her baby at risk. she was excited jesus was grant add one-year stay. he was brought from mexico as a toddler in 1989. he has been deported twice in

2006 and 2010, returning to the u.s. illegally each time. in february 2016, he was sentenced to 90 days in federal prison on a criminal misdemeanor charge. his wife and children are all u.s. citizens. he was due to be deported monday. what do you say to people who think you're here illegally, that means you should not be here? >> i've been here since i was a little kid so i feel like i come from here. >> reporter: the 30-year-old undocumented immigrant has to regularly check in with the local i.c.e. office. he also can get a driver's license and a work permit for a year according to his lawyer garrett wilkes. >> he gets to go home and be with his family tonight. without any worry that someone's going to come to his house in the middle of the night. >> reporter: he thought he might have to live at the church for at least a few months. he now plans to apply for citizenship. a process which can take years. but there is no guarantee that i.c.e. will give him another stay once this once expires.

>> thanks. it is deadly flu epidemic is taking a toll. more than 17,000 flu related hospitalizations have been reported in the u.s. since october. 3-year-old alivia died yesterday in indiana after testing positive for influenza. vladimir duthiers is here. >> reporter: federal health officials are urging those sick with the flu to stay home from work or school. while the recommendation is critical to helping prevent the flu spread, it is estimated to cost businesses across the country billions of dollars. >> my kids got sick. i got sick. my parents got sick. since we're a family business, it's -- we just closed down for a week. >> reporter: after five of its seven employees called out six last month, sherry's chocolate art in kalamazoo michigan had to temporarily shut its doors. that immediately impacted the store's bottom line says manager ashley rapperty. >> huge amount of profit loss and then employees not getting

paid, that affected them too. >> reporter: employee consulting firm estimates this season the virus could cost about 25 million employees to miss at least four eight-hour shifts. the study projects that could cost the u.s. economy more than $21 billion in lost productivity. but sick employees aren't all to blame. the children and school closures are another reason workers are staying home. this season, more than 40 school districts in at least 13 states have closed because of the flu. many in an effort to eliminate any trace of the virus. >> she just had a heart for teaching. a heart for students. >> reporter: that's how lindsay foster remembers 38-year-old heather holland. the second grade teacher from texas died last week from complications with the flu. >> she truly cared about the kids she came in contact with. >> reporter: one of holland's former students is foster's daughter. now 16-year-old mary grace. >> i think i would describe her

as somebody who tried really, really hard with me through everything. >> it wasn't just my child, that she was that kind of teacher for. she just had a heart for teaching and a heart for students. >> reporter: holland's husband told a local texas newspaper she planned to pick up flu medication but felt the $116 co-pay was just too high. after finding that out, he reportedly bought the prescription a week later. by that point, his wife symptom. >> another reminder how important it is to take it very seriously. >> and stay home from work or school if you feel you have it. >> it moves very quickly in some cases. thank you. another american teenager grabbed gold at the olympics with an historic performance. chloe kim soared to a dominating victory in the women's snow board halfpipe. 17 years old. she joined fellow american red gerard as the youngest gold medalist in the olympic snow boarding history. wow. ben tracy is in pyeongchang with a look at u.s. mastery on the

mountain, ben, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. so chloe kim was good enough to make the olympic team four years ago in sochi but she was just 13, so she was too young to compete. she is now a much older 17 and you could say she's waited a lifetime for this olympic moment. >> she is the queen of the pipe. >> reporter: by the time chloe kim dropped in for her final run, she had already won the gold medal. >> this is a glory run. >> reporter: and she made the most of it. the first woman to land back-to-back 1080s in the olympics. >> let's see the second, chloe. >> reporter: proving she's worthy of her halfpipe hype. the phenom from torrence, california, soared above the rest of the field, grabbing gold by nearly 10 points. >> 98.25, chloe kim, your olympic champion. >> reporter: team u.s. arrial

gold took the bronze. for kim, it is sweet, her parents are immigrants. >> knowing we all worked really hard to get to this point is so amazing. >> reporter: we also got our first look at two-time snow boarding gold medalist shaun white. >> oh, my lord. >> reporter: one of four american men who qualified for the halfpipe final. they're hoping to continue team usa's gold medal sweep in snow boarding here at these games. only chloe kim was confident enough to send a tweet in the middle of her competition. she said, wished i'd finished my breakfast sandwich. now i'm getting hangry. >> aren't you're supposed to be in some sort of zone? how do you have time to tweet? >> i don't know. i mean, like, what else am i supposed to do? i think, like, watching the contest just makes me more nervous and more anxious because it's, like, you're just waiting there. >> reporter: so you may think

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the people who live in a mansion where "american horror story" was filmed. >> now showing how its owners are taking action. >> this house is at the center of a popular horror show but it's not ghosts the owners are worried about. they're suing because it's scaring up some unwanted attention. we'll explain, coming up on cbs this morning. >> this portion of cbs this morning sponsored by advil. fast powerful and proven relief. with advil, you'll ask what pain. you'll ask, "what pulled muscle?" "what headache?" nothing works faster to make pain a distant memory. advil liqui-gels and advil liqui-gels minis. what pain? and lose weight with contrave. advil liqui-gels and advil liqui-gels minis. it's fda-approved to help adults who are overweight or struggle with obesity lose weight and keep it off. contrave is believed to work on two areas of the brain: your hunger center...

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♪ going up, anybody? olympic freestyle skier from switzerland goes up the escalator. he grabs the handrail, dangling on the wrong side, rode is to the next floor. some might say it was a display worthy of a gold medal. whoever's taking the video is cracking up. >> it is a display of great arm strength. >> and chill. anybody -- >> very capitol hill festivities attracted about

one million visitors. valentine's day just one day away. the fbi is warning of online

dating scams. the bureau received more than 15,000 reports linked to romance scams last year. more than half of the complaints involved losses of money. over the past three years, those scams cost americans up to $210 million. we have the story of one woman who lost about $1 million to a man she met on line. tony, good morning. >> good morning. can you imagine that -- $1 million? the fbi says roman scamming is a problem impacting all demographics, and that the scams are increasing because they're lucrative and easy to pull off. scammers often play on victims for money, hitting them where it hurts the most, the wallet, but also the heart. >> i wasn't lonely, desperate lonely. i really -- i wanted someone to talk to. >> reporter: debby montgomery johnson signed up for the online dating service after the sudden death of her husband in 2010. >> i thought it's safe. i can do it from home. >> reporter: that's where the widowed mother of four met a british businessman who called

himself eric cole. >> i talked to him a few times. we messaged every day. >> reporter: johnson says she and cole engaged in a two-year j online relationship but never met in person. over the course of their relationship, johnson gave cole more than $1 million in increments. >> at this point your heart rules your head. and i was doing what my heart wanted me to do. >> reporter: in 2012, johnson says her life stopped when cole came clean over video chat revealing who he really was -- a young man in nigeria. >> can we keep this going? i'm thinking, can we keep this going? are you out of your mind? >> reporter: johnson's story is not unkmoun. romance scams account for the largest financial crime losses. >> once a victim sends money to a scammer, they'll put them on a suckers list. >> reporter: special agent steven shapiro oversees the fbi's confidence fraud program. is there a particular

demographic that's susceptible to the crimes? >> the truth of the matter is the victims tend to be well educate, and unfortunately, have some kind of emotional vulnerability. >> reporter: shapiro says roman romance crimes are growing. in 2016, about 15% of adults said they had used an online dating website or app. >> after a relationship is established, a scammer will send gifts, poetry, flowers, and then make some long-term plans such as going on lavish vacation or marriage proposals. >> reporter: what do you say to that individual who thinks i could never fall victim to this kind of thing? >> these are experts. >> reporter: johnson is now focused on sharing her story and moving forward. >> you can shoulda/coulda yourself to death. i will not do that because it was a part of my life, and i learned from it. >> reporter: debby johnson was unable to get her money back but

did remarry a different man she met through friends. the fbi is advising people to stop communicating with anyone who seems suspicious and report that behavior to the criminal complaints bureau. >> i think it's good she's sharing her story. it's painful, embarrassing because you think i would never fall for such a thing. what does a guy say to get people to give that much money? >> it's important to understand that these go on for many, many months. sometimes years. >> never all at one time? >> never at one time. and on a day like valentine's day, you're supposed to meet and get a call, i'm stuck at the airport, i need money to come see you. please send. >> the grooming happens over a long time. >> thank you. newly unveiled paintings of former president obama and first lady michelle obama are making history. members of the public got their first look at the official portraits yesterday. they are the first such paintings from black artists commissioned by the national portrait gallery. jan crawford is at the gallery in washington. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the styles and settings of the

paintings are more contemporary than other portraits on display here. that's not the only thing that caught people's attention. as president obama unveiled his official portrait -- [ applause ] it became apparent something was different. >> i tried to negotiate smaller ears -- >> reporter: it wasn't the ears or the graying hair which according to the president artist kehinde wiley had too much integrity to change. it the setting, former leader of the free world among flowers. >> a nod to the earth. >> reporter: african blue lilies to his heritage, the official flower of flower, chrysanthemums. wiley hoped his personality would come through. >> he was a man of the people. that sense of access, the sense of the unbuttoned collar, the seated, relaxed pose. >> reporter: obama said he picked wiley because he's

different. >> i was always struck by -- whenever i saw his portraits -- was the degree to which they challenged our conventional views of power and privilege. >> reporter: the official portrait of the former first lady also challenges the norms. [ applause ] amy sherald painted her in gray skin tone over a bright background. an image she hopes will inspire young women of color. >> who in years ahead will come to this place and look up and see an image of someone who looks like them hanging on the wall. >> reporter: this is what a presidential portrait looks like. what do you think? >> yeah. >> reporter: portrait gallery curators point out that previous president vs. allowed themselves -- presidents have allowed themselves to be depicted informally but not like this. >> they're breaking boundaries in many ways. >> reporter: it's not the first time artists behind these presidential portraits have stirred things up. the artist who did the one of

president clinton later said he had incorporated a shadow that represented monica lewinsky's blue dress. the portrait gallery has since moved that to storage. >> that's a nice tag on that story. thank you. yesterday, guys, they took you through the process of the artist being chosen. michelle obama said it's intimidating because you walk in, there's the president and dplaed sitting there, and any -- and first lady sitting there, and any artist can go with either couple. it wasn't like one was specifically for president obama. it's a give and take. at the national portrait gallery the audience got to speak to the audience at the obamas' requests. they said no other president has asked that the artists to speak, which was nice. >> and they'd seen the pictures before. >> >> yes, they didn't want to see it for the first time in front of everybody. i can tell you, they both loved

their paintings. both of them. >> teddy roosevelt didn't like the first. he destroyed it. he said it made him look like a mewing cat. >> there's a precedence for redo? >> yeah. johnson i think also had his redone. yeah. >> mewing cat, never a good look. i don't care who you are. thank you again, jan. that was great. a family living in a mansion where "american horror story" was filmed said they were never told it was a popular tourist destination. >> there's teenage girls screaming at the window at me. >> how the family got police involved and why they're now taking action against the home's former owner and the real estate company, too. you're watching "cbs this morning." we'll be right back. stoppable. but mania, such as unusual changes in your mood, activity or energy levels, can leave you on shaky ground. help take control by asking about your treatment options.

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♪ the music from michael jackson's "thriller" for this story. a family living in a fake horror house says it's turning into a real nightmare. this los angeles mansion was featured in the first season of the hit show "american horror story." its new owners are suing the former owner and the real estate company because they say they

were never told tha s if they had known that that was going to happen oth happen, they never would have moved in. ♪ ornate and classically creepy, this los angeles cultural landmark, the rosenheim mansion, was an ideal setting for the terrifying first season of "american horror story." ♪ [ laughter ] >> reporter: when you walked up to the house -- actually living there has become a different kind of horror story for the home's owners. married couple ernst von schwarz

and his wife. >> people turning up in cars, taking selfies, videos. >> do you recognize the house? "american horror story." >> several break-ins in. we had on three our four occasions in last year had to call the police. >> reporter: the owners say fans have climbed fences, and one purchased on their ledge. some teenagers literally got a lift from a garbage truck driver. >> he put them in the crane and elevated it. i -- i'm in my bathroom, and in the window there are teenage girls screaming in at me. >> reporter: nobody told you this has been in "american horror story"? >> we googled the house, of course. like everybody else would do. and if you googled the house, you find a lot of movies have been filmed here, including "american horror story," which i have never seen. we had never seen. >> reporter: they say their realtor and the home's former owner should have alerted them about the show's rabid fans. they're now suing both the former owner and their realtor for damages, including the cost of a permanent fence or hedge to

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this is a kpix 5 morning update. good morning, it's 7:56. i'm michelle griego. berkeley may declare itself a sanctuary for cannabis for its customers. the crews were called out to richmond to pull an overturned car out of a marsh area along the water front. it was spotted near interstate 580 east near the bay view avenue. it's unclear how the car ended up there or who was driving. stay with us, traffic and weather in just a moment. it's time for the 'ultimate sleep number event'

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golf link, that's where the crash is. 74 minute ride from 238 towards 24 there. that accident still has one lane blocked. speeds dropped below 10 miles per hour as you approach the scene there. if you would like to use 880, unfortunately it's not looking much better. here is a look at your ride heading through oakland and the northbound direction in the red, southbound 880 at mowry avenue, one lane remains blocked. slowdowns as you head into fremont this morning. let's check in on the forecast. we have clear skies this morning, taking a live look at san francisco. you can see alcatraz and temperatures a bit cool as you wake up today. be sure you grab your sweater. 43 in oakland. san francisco at 50 degrees. we are looking at strong winds, they were howling overnight. southeast winds at sfo at 10 miles per hour, a bill bit stronger in the north -- a bit stronger in the north and east bay hills.

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good morning to our viewers in the west. it is tues y 13th, 2018. welcome back to "cbs this morning." ahead, republican senator tom cotton will talk to us about immigration reform and the issue about white house aides who do not have permanent security clearances. plus we're in seoul talking to south koreans who don't want the olympics to bring closer ties to north. today's "eye opener." >> porter resigned nearly a week ago but there are still unanswered questions about what the administration knew about his alleged abuse. >> basic explanations, the chain of events leading to the dismissal of a top white house aide remain in conflict. cbs news is in seoul.

rob porter's information was turned over from the fbi to the white house at least eight months before his resignation. >> they want to enact some cuts to domestic programs. whether they'll be able to do that remains to be seen. >> after an agonizing day of waiting the father of five learned he would be allowed to stay in the u.s. for at least another year. officials are urging those sick with the flu to stay home from work. it is estimated to cost businesses billions of dollars. chloe kim was good enough to make the olympic team four years ago in sochi but she was just 13. she was too young to compete. she's waited a lifetime for this olympic moment. stars in the olympia so far are the cheerleaders from north korea. >> he sent a team of more than 200 women to cheer nt north korean athletes. these women are cheering like their lives depend on it because they do. they literally do. this morning's "eye opener" at 8:00 is presented by liberty

mutual insurance. i'm gayle king with john dickerson and norah o'donnell. the white house is trying to fine tune its response to the domestic abuse claims against the aide that resigned last week. >> the president supports victims of domestic violence and believes everyone should be treated fairly and with due process. >> that statement from white house press sarah huckabee sanders led to these questions from our chip reid yesterday. >> why does he have to speak through you? >> the president has been clear multiple times through myself and others within the administration that we condemn domestic violence in all forms. >> he has not said it. >> i'm the spokesperson for the white house. >> but he hasn't addressed the victims of domestic violence at all. >> not true. he literally dictated that statement to me and so i'm not really sure how that's not the president speaking on that topic. on friday the president

addressed former staff secretary rob porter's resignation. he said it's important to remember, porter maintains his innocence. porter's first wife, colbie holderness who says he abused her responds in a "the washington post" op ed. i walked away from that relationship a shell of a person i was when i went in to it. but it took me a long time to realize the toll that his behavior was taking on me. it takes strength to pull yourself away and start over. white house budget director mick mull van yi is on capitol hill tonight. it was cut some domestic programs dramatically. the food stamp program known as snap would lose nearly $214 billion over ten years. the white house wants to give prepared meal boxes to many clients in places with some financial assistance. the budget framework increases military spending including about $35 billion for modernizing the nuclear arsenal. >> the senate continues its

immigration debate today hoping to find a compromise before daca protections end in march. one of the bills that lawmakers are considering is the secure and succeed act which closely mirrors the white house plan. it offers a pathway to citizenship for nearly 2 million immigrants. in return the bill calls for $25 billion for a wall and border security. limits to family based immigration and an end to the diversity visa lottery program. tom cotton of arkansas is one of the lawmaker prosecutes who introduced the bill. he's also a member of the senate intelligence committee and he joins us from capitol hill. good morning. let me start with your immigration bill. can it get 60 votes which is the threshold there in the senate? >> i hope so. we'll see when we have votes in the senate this week. it's somewhat unusual to have this free willing process. lots of senators say they want it. now that it's here some senators are nervous about it. here's what i do know about our bill, it's the one bill that can become law. we should be focused on passing

a bill, we should be focused on passing a law. and this framework legislation is both generous as you say. it gives legal status and ultimately citizenship to almost 2 million jung, illegal immigrants who were brought here through no-fault of their own but it deals with the negative side effects as well. it ends the practice of extended family chain migration. i think that's a sensible and coherent package. i hope we can get 60 votes. >> you can't get any democratic votes through your bill to get it out of the senate. you're focused on passing a law but it's not going to get out of the senate which means we won't be a law. >> we won't know until we put it on the floor. >> there are other bills that could get 60 votes. >> i'm doubtful those bills could get 60 votes. many senators know that those bills can't pass the house of representatives and the president will veto them. if we're focused on what we can actually turn into a law, what will solve the problem, give legal protections for these

young illegal immigrants but also secure our border and end the practice of extended family chain migration, this president's framework bill is the one bill that can do that. >> senator, how most of our nation's most important secrets are being handled at the white house. do you know what type of security clearance the former secretary had? >> i do not. it was an interim clearance. these background checks can take some time especially if there's any red flags raised and the fbi has to go through that. you generally wait before the fbi makes its final decision. security clearances should not be interim. they should be permanent. >> according to a former national security counsel staffer, if an employee receives an interim security clearance, they cannot be given a special sensitive job. that requires a whole different level of clearance. top secrets, special compartm t compartmentalized secrets.

the fact that rob porter did not have that special clearance but yet handled the nation's top secrets almost every single day almost every hour, did the white house mishandle our top secrets? >> i'm not familiar with all of the details of the security clearance process that mr. porter went through or his background check. what i will say is this, like president trump i have 100% confidence in general kelly in conducting this job and making sure that the white house is run in an effective fashion. >> are you concerned that some of the officials in the white house that don't have security clearance like jared kushner, for instance, are dealing with some of the top secret materials? does that concern you? is that okay with you? >> again, i'm not familiar with the background checks for all of these individuals or where they stand -- >> senator, we're not talking about the background checks. are you okay with that process? let's just -- let's just stick with that process. are you okay with that process? >> ultimately it's the decision that the president makes based on the fbi's final adjudications

of these matters and the fbi can take time especially in the first year of a new administration, it tads a lot of time to go through these background checks. >> cbs and other organizations are reporting that the fbi handed over their background checks on rob porter the summer. it was at least eight months ago. the white house has known about these domestic abuse allegations. did it turn a blind eye? >> it's my understanding the white house did not know about all the details. they did understand that there were some delays in that individual background check as others as well, but in general when these background checks are ongoing you don't get every new allegation that's been made during the research. you wait until the fbi presents the final package to you to make that kind of determination. that's why i say i have 100% confidence in general kelly as president trump has said he has in general kelly as well. >> some of the democrats are calling for an investigation into this matter. do you think that's necessary? >> i haven't heard for those calls. i think it's always important,

though, that we make sure that the fbi's operating in an effective manner, that it's getting work done expeditiously and it's being handled in an effective manner. >> i know you have a meeting today on the global threats that are out there, you'll get a chance to question the fbi and cia. what's your biggest concern? >> we've heard a lot of reports from our military commanders in the armed services committee as well as in the national defense strategy that they think that the greatest threats we face are now great power competition like russia and china. terrorism remains a serious threat but beginning to move our military back towards the posture whether it's ready to confront chinese and russian threats. i want to talk in particular with our intelligence agencies head about how they see those threats and what they're doing with their agencies to counter act those threats. >> senator cotton, thank you so much for joining us. we'll be watching. >> thank you. a first official royal visit

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i first met james in 5th grade. we got married after college. and had twin boys. but then one night, a truck didn't stop. but thanks to our forester, neither did our story. and that's why we'll always drive a subaru. the winter olympics are presenting an image of normal ties between north korea and south korea. they marched under a unified flag. the sister of kim jong-un became the first member of her family to visit the south since the korean war. many south koreans say there's a "illusion of peace" to appease the north. holly williams is in seoul,

south korea. holly, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. there are some things in south korea that most people agree on like just how well korean barbecue goes with beer. when it comes to how to deal with north korea, their closest neighbor and worst enemy, they cannot agree. yim soon hits the slopes outside seoul every two weeks, carving up the powder. he's also 88 years old. still full of life. mr. yim learned to ski in the 1940s but then had to stop, he told us, because he signed up to fight in the korean war. it began in 1950 and killed four million people by some estimates. the korean peninsula is now divided between a communist north and a capitalist south. "we need to reunify our country," he told us. "we need to work together to bring peace."

the singers in this choir agree. "heal the world" they sing. michael jackson's plea for peace. they're a mix of south koreans and defectors from north korea making perfect harmony. ♪ the thaw in relations has also caused a backlash. these right-wing protesters say their government is appeasing the north. after venting their feelings about north korea's dictator, kim jong-un, the police moved in. emotions run high when your nuclear-capable enemy is just 35 miles away. and recent polls show around half of young south koreans don't support reunification. many of them say after 70 years of division, the north is now a foreign country. >> when they wanted to talk, this group said reunification might be nice one day, but

feared it would mean bank rolling the poverty-stricken north and higher taxes for them. >> it is something that is desirable. but i don't think korea is ready to handle the drawbacks. >> it's going to cost us tons and tons of money to build the country. >> reporter: reunification may be a distant dream or nightmare, depending upon your perspective. but a summit meeting between the two koreas could happen this year and that would be the first time that top leaders from the two countries have met in more than a decade. gayle? >> all right, holly. we'll all be watching. thank you very much. ahead, we're thin scotland, where a large crowd is welcoming prince harry and meghan markle. how it's part of the run up to their wedding in may. you're watching "cbs this morning."

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scotland for their first visit there. they are visiting a place called social bite that helps support the homeless. george clooney and leonardo dicaprio have been known to visit as well. charlie daggetta is there. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. well, the excitement had been building up all morning as the couple's prenuptial tour brings them here to scotland where they first fell in love. we had a chance to visit the cafe to find out what makes it such a magnet to mega stars on both sides of the atlantic. a biting north wind did little to chill the enthusiasm of scots welcoming the prince and his bride-to-be to edinboro. their first official joint visit to scotland. their next stop considerably less grand, a pretty unremarkable cafe that has done some pretty remarkable things for the homeless. social bite.

and megyn markle is not the most famous hollywood star to visit. george clooney is a fan. and leonardo dicaprio. and though founder josh littlejohn had courted hollywood royalty, the request from actual royalty came as a surprise. >> just got an e-mail saying prince harry and megyn markle are planning to visit edinboro and would like to visit social bite cafe. >> and you're thinking, yeah, i think i can make that happen. >> yeah, i'm thinking wow. >> reporter: his restaurants not only feed the homeless, but employs them too, and all profits go toward helping their plight. catering assistant sonny murray used to be a heroin addict. >> getting in trouble, things like that. so now i have a chance and a job and it started with changing my life. >> reporter: the ability to change lives is one reason convincing george clooney to sprinkle a little stardust to raise the charity's profile isn't hard. >> george clooney was just

unbelievably charming and funny and he had the whole staff in stitches. i've never experienced anything quite like that with all the women that were here from 6:00 in the morning. >> reporter: and while that spotlight helped prince harry and megyn markle take notice, battling homelessness is an issue the couple already held close to their hearts. the couple also planned to attend a ceremony marking the achievements of young people. as for tomorrow, valentine's day, meghan markle has said in the past, hook, line and sinker, a sucker for valentine's day. we don't know their plans but we do know they have taken the day off work with no official engagements planned. >> probably a great valentine's day, just nothing on the schedule for them. >> wow. >> that's nice. i like that they were already planning, and maybe they'll do something special. i like what he said, george clooney is unbelievably charming. >> he is. >> absolutely true. >> thanks. ahead, what derek jeter said

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good morning. we are tracking another motorcycle accident. it is that time when we have nice weather that we see these. in the eastbound direction as you are approaching the sonoma offramp near highway 29 off of the cartoonist bridge. you can see the backup crossing . right at 43 miles an hour. one lane is blocked. in the other direction of interstate 80, this is near powell street. very heavy making your way toward the bay bridge toll

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wouldn't that be creepy too. >> >> that would be creepy too, john. welcome back to "cbs this morning." >> time to show you this morning's headlines from around the globe. the "financial times" reports shares of the beauty and makeup company ulta lost some of their sparkle. they misrepresented used cosmetics as new. ulta denies selling used products. britain's "guardian" reports on the first doping case of the 2018 winter olympics. a japanese athlete was sent home. short track speed skater sito tested positive for a masking agent. he was provisionally suspended. he denied intentionally doping. he had not raced. apple music may finally have the muscle to knock off spotify in u.s. paid subscribers. this is big. apple's monthly growth rate is

5%, compared to spotify's 2%. if that pace continues, apple will overtake spotify this summer. apple has been gaining ground partly because of the popularity of its devices. apple music comes preloaded on apple products like your watch, your iphones and other hardware. and the tampa bay times says a couple whose dream boat sank off the florida coast has raised more than $14,000 to get back on the water. they quit their jobs and sold everything to buy a boat and sail in the caribbean. but on the second day of their voyage, the boat hit something under water and capsized. a go fund me campaign quickly raised more than the $10,000 the boat cost. the couple still has to salvage the sunken vessel, which could cost thousands more. the senate intelligence committee is hearing testimony this morning on threats to america from all around the world. senators are questioning the director of national intelligence and the chiefs of the cia, the national security agency and the fbi. they are also expected to ask about fbi tactics in the russia

investigation. former cia director, leon panetta, also served as secretary of defense in the obama administration, and chief of staff for president bill clinton. he is in washington this morning. secretary panetta, good to see you. thank you so much for joining us. >> nice to be with you. >> you have had such an interesting perspective in your government profession, holding so many different roles. i want to ask you in particular about how the nation's top secrets are handled inside this white house. given the recent allegations against the former staff secretary, rob porter. is it unusual to have someone who doesn't have a full clearance handling this type of intelligence? >> it's unusual this far into a new administration. it's over a year that this administration has been in office. and normally, because of the priority of getting security clearances to those that have to be involved with top secret and highly classified information,

it usually is a priority that's focused on. so i think the fact that there are still a number of individuals that don't have a full security clearance is a real problem, and hopefully it will be dealt with. but it creates a risk, because individuals are going to see highly classified information coming across their desk. and it creates a risk that they could see that. >> and i want to ask you about the role of chief of staff. because you have been a white house chief of staff. it's our understanding, cbs news is reporting that the fbi finished their background check on rob porter in the summer. and gave that information to the white house. and one official is saying that rob porter's interim clearance would have expired last month. and so says this. the fact that chief of staff kelly, a former military officer and former secretary of homeland security, would not have seen this as a problem is staggering. he would know better than anyone that managing highly restricted

information is essential to american national security. every person who has access to the most sensitive pieces of intelligence must be supremely trustworthy. do you think that this white house is allowing someone without the proper clearance to handle some of the nation's top secrets, and is kelly culpable? >> well, somebody is dropping the ball, that's for sure. because these investigations should have been completed. and, you know, john kelly is a marine general. he understands the importance of getting these clearances done. i can't believe that more pressure has not been brought on those involved to complete this and try to get everyone cleared so that they can get on with the business of the country. so i think, you know, if you are looking for where to place blame, i think everybody bears some responsibility here.

it's not just the chief of staff. it's others who should be asking, where is my security clearance, and shouldn't it be completed, rather than standing back and allowing this interim security clearance to take effect. that just is a bad way to do business. >> you had told mpr in the past you were worried about chief of staff kelly because he's not a politician, he's a marine with a military background. what are you concerned about? >> well, you know, john is somebody who is first and foremost a marine. he's very dedicated to the country. i'm sure he's dedicated to whoever is commander-in-chief. but john is not a politician. and probably doesn't want to be a politician. >> why is it important to be a politician in this particular case? >> because, you know, a chief of staff has to be careful about what he says and how he says it, because the most important thing is that the chief of staff should not become the headline.

chief of staff should, frankly, stay in the background. and recognize where the land mines are in terms of public policy and also press policy. so that's just something hopefully john can learn in that job. >> secretary, there has been a turnover rate in the white house. given your experience across all of government, how does the administration work when you have that kind of turnover, when does the team get on the field and operate as one voice, if everybody is turning over that fast? >> you can't -- you can't field a football team if 30% of the players are not there. that's just a reality. and same thing is true for the white house. and for the administration, for that matter. i think it's really important that they fill those jobs that involve the kind of

responsibility that an administration has to exert if they're going to do the business of the country. how can you do the business of the country if you don't have key people in place? it just -- it just is not going to happen. one or two people can't cover all of those bases. that's just a reality. i think it's incumbent upon the administration, incumbent upon the personnel people there, to get these jobs filled so that they can do the business of the country. >> all right. all right, leon panetta, we'll have to leave it there. thank you very much for joining us this morning. >> thank you. many greeting cards are getting a new look in the age of text messaging and social media. ahead, how some card companies are getting very creative to inspire millennials to buy more expensive cards for valentine's day.

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♪ ♪ i really, really, really really like you ♪ >> tomorrow is a huge day. valentine's day is the second-biggest greeting card occasion of the year after the winter holiday season. but because of lower profit margins and rise in social media and texting, revenue in the greeting card industry has been declining by about 4% a year. meg oliver is at a card store in new york with how new players are getting creative. meg, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. americans will spend nearly $20

billion on valentine's day. millennials are shelling out the most. on average, they'll spend about $200 on cards, gifts and other celebrations. and with many millennials, tired of impersonal text messages and social media posts, greeting card companies see an opportunity. >> we should throw a party. but let's not invite anyone else. >> reporter: not exactly your grandmother's greeting card. >> i love that one little thing you do. you know, existing. >> reporter: no flowery designs and sappy messages that have long been a staple of card aisles. they started their company, easy tiger in 2013. they wanted to strike a more casual and ironic tone with the new kind of card. >> we sell greeting cards to people who aren't looking to buy greeting cards. which is -- >> reporter: how does that work? >> a take on -- >> doesn't seem like a good business model. if we can inspire people to send a card when they don't have to,

the relationship gets stronger, people value it more. and so we had to change a lot of things in order to do it. and so part of that was vending machines. >> reporter: how did you come up with the idea to sell cards in vending machines? >> you know, i think it was just about bringing the product to where the people were, and everybody hangs out at coffee shops. >> reporter: at key coffee in kansas city, missouri, they took their first bright green vending machine into the corner. >> this is the big statement piece. >> reporter: i love this. it's like a gumball machine for awesome people. bought off craigslist, mike and mel refurbished to sell their cards around town. >> i want them to feel more conversational. so i like to observe people, observe the way they say things and put a twist on it. >> reporter: gone are the holiday-specific captions. mel is in charge of the artistic vision, while mike writes the messages. >> actually, our best-selling card today is, "help me understand, how are we so much better than everyone else?" and so people love to have that

experience of together we're awesome. >> reporter: a sentiment they believe appeals to a younger generation. >> i feel like it's part of that casual, ironic kind of sense of humor that a lot of millennials have. >> reporter: do companies like easy tiger, have they filled a void for millennials? >> oh, absolutely. yeah. >> reporter: peter doherty leads the industry's trade organization. >> the way that the cards speak to you have changed. the snarky movement is connected in many ways to millennials. the bigger companies, they have seen what the millennials are doing, and what smaller companies are doing in general. and they are -- they're learning from that. >> reporter: more than 6.5 billion greeting cards are still sold a year, but the industry's revenue is declining. before the internet came in, the greeting card industry was really booming and growing. is it safe to say that it's kind of flat ended out a bit? >> i think that's safe to say. our card category overall has been stable. >> reporter: lindsey roy is hallmark's chief marketing

officer. she says in terms of card spending, millennials are the fastest-growing group, because when they buy cards, they spend more money on them. >> we've seen that millennials are really growing into that magic life stage for card-sending. maybe you're setting up households or having kids or doing the kinds of things that really just expand your relationships. >> reporter: millennials are hitting a sweet spot. >> they are absolutely hitting the sweet spot. >> reporter: although you won't see it anywhere on their cards, easy tiger is fully funded by hallmark, launched out of a project to target millennials. >> millennials as a group are seeking cards that speak to them in a more authentic way. >> reporter: emily mcdowell's first attempt at an authentic greeting card read more like an awkward text message than a valentine. >> i know we're not, like, together or anything, but it felt weird to just not say anything. so i got you this card. it's not a big deal. it doesn't really mean anything. there isn't even a heart on it. so basically, it's a card saying "hi, forget it." >> reporter: now her biggest customers, women, 25 to 34, can

buy cards that feel and sound more like them. >> i think that millennials are revitalizing the industry. we want a card to be kind of a stand-in for what the best version of ourselves would say. and so i think that, you know, the more that we can speak to millennials, the more they'll buy them. >> reporter: it might also surprise you that millennials are not only buying cards at a record pace, even in this digital age, 80% of millennials are keeping these cards as keepsakes. john? >> i like that. >> meg, thanks. i'm expecting a card from my millennial friends. i had the yankees legend derek jeter tells jeff glor what he thinks about his former team now that he's ceo of the miami marlins. and we invite you to subscribe to our "cbs this morning" podcast. you'll get all the news and podcast originals. find them on apple's podcast app. you're watching "cbs this morning." ching cbc "this morning." there's only one place where you can get...

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former new york yankees star derek jeter retired three years ago, but now he's the manager of the miami marlins. he spoke with jeff glor about the transition from athlete to executive in his first tv interview since taking the job. he's a preview. >> reporter: you still a yankee fan? >> i am. just not playing for them. this is an organization where i owe everything to. and you know, i have a great with the steinbrenner family. yeah, it will be strange when we play the yankees because there hasn't been a day in my life that i've rooted against them. >> reporter: you will this year?

>> you have to root for your own team. >> on tonight's "evening news," jeter talks about the challenges of running a team for the first time. and tomorrow on "cbs this morning," he shares the joy he's found in fatherhood after retiring from a 20-year career playing baseball. >> yeah. he and his wife hannah had a baby girl, bell alast year. he said it totally changed his life. as we know -- >> what's more challenging, owning a baseball team, being a ceo, or being a father? >> we understand why he will always be a yankee except on the day you play miami. we get that. derek will always be a new york yankee to a lot of people. that does it for us. we'll see you tomorrow on "cbs this morning." be sure to watch jeff tonight. >> take it easy. ♪

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good morning. a rollover accident along east on highway four approaching bailey road. definitely slowing things down in the eastbound direction. seeing delays build in the westbound direction. we are seeing the usual slowdowns. 25 minutes over to 680. emergency crews are still heading out to the scene of this accident in the eastbound direction. so do expect delays heading

into that area. over a long six lady, bit sluggish as you make your way in the southbound direction toward highway 24 at walnut creek. 14 minutes down to highway 24. east shore freeway remains in the red. 35 minutes from highway four, to the maze. still in the red. 33 minutes heading into san francisco. let's get a check of the forecast with neda. looking at clear conditions around the bay. also windy. flags are blowing. and debris flowing around. wind as high as 40 miles an hour in some areas. a gorgeous view of the golden gate bridge at this hour. temperatures right now or in the 40s and 50s. we have bumped up in concord to 53. 49, santa rosa. san jose today, a south wind at six miles an hour. most of the area has an east, northeast wind. strong along the high elevations. not going to see much cloud coverage today.

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