♪ good morning to our viewers in the west. it's wednesday, march 21st, 2018. welcome to "cbs this morning." the suspect in a series of bombings in austin, texas is dead, after blowing himself up in a confrontation with police overnight. we're at the scene with how this morning's dramatic events unfolded. nearly 70 million people on the east coast are getting slammed by the fourth nor'easter in less than three weeks. intense wind gusts and wet, heavy snow are expected to cause widespread power outages. a new lawsuit by a former playboy model who claims she had an affair with president trump. karen mcdougal alleges she was duped into signing an agreement to silence her.

her lawyer will be in studio 57. and new concern that some popular prescription painkillers could raise your risk of heart attack or stroke. we'll talk to tarre cardiologis narula. first, this morning's "eye opener." >> the suspect detonated a bomb. the suspect is deceased. >> the search for a serial bomber comes to a dramatic end. >> a big sigh of relief in austin, texas and surrounding area. >> winter-weary folks in the east getting bashed with another nor'easter. >> a wintry mess from kentucky stretching across the atlantic. >> i had a call here with president putin and congratulated him on the victory. >> we're not sending the right

message about putin. >> it's like congratulating saddam hussein when he won 97% of the vote. >> truly our parents' worst fear. >> melania trump pushing back against critics of her campaign against cyber bullying. >> it will not stop me. >> all that. >> people are remembering an internet i cok icon. >> a keyboard cat has died. >> all that matters. >> michael cohen is going to collect every single penny of that money. >> where is he? no, where is this guy? >> on "cbs this morning." >> the ftc now investigating facebook for its data sharing scandal. >> lawmakers demanding mark zuckerberg testify. >> zuckerberg released a powerful denial, saying --

[ wolf howling ] ♪ welcome to "cbs this morning." norah o'donnell is off, so bianna golodryga is with us. as you wake up in the west, breaking news on the deadly serial bombings in texas. police say the suspected bomber is dead after blowing himself up inside his vehicle with a showdown with police this morning. the dramatic events ended nearly three weeks of terror in the texas capital. >> the confrontation happened during a pursuit on i-35 in round rock, that's north of austin. the blast went off as s.w.a.t. team members were closing in. one officer was hurt in the explosion. other officer fired at the suspect. >> the first of five bombings happened on march 2nd. yesterday, a package exploded at a fedex facility about an hour from austin. a sixth unexploded package was

found at another fedex facility. police warned more bombs could still be found. omar villafranca is in round rock, texas. omar, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. cbs news is able to confirm that the dead suspect is 23-year-old mark anthony conditt. officers started to get a tip about the possible suspect. that led them to this red roof inn in round rock, north of austin. officers spotted his car in the parking lot. and that's when they moved in, because he started driving away. they were able to confront him. that's when the bomb in his car blew up. >> this is the culmination of three very long weeks for our community. >> reporter: the suspected austin serial bomber's reign of terror all came to an end early this morning. >> as members of the austin police department s.w.a.t. team approached the vehicle, the suspect detonated a bomb inside

the vehicle. >> reporter: our cbs affiliate in austin obtained these surveillance photos. it's believed he dropped off two suspicious packages at a south austin fedex office. earlier tuesday, investigators found those packages containing explosive at two separate fedex facilities near austin and san antonio. one package detonated. it was addressed to a home in austin. one person was hospitalized. the other package was recovered intact. tuesday evening, a massive police force responded to another reported explosion. >> we're going to be attempting to move people away from the building. >> reporter: but it turns out to be a false alarm. an employee at a goodwill store was burned by a flare as he sorted through a box of donations. the bombings left the city on edge. all the bombings, except the latest at the fedex facility, were within austin city limits. 39-year-old anthony house was killed in the march 2nd bombing. 17-year-old draylen mason was

killed on march 12th when a package bomb exploded in his kitchen. >> for the families in our community who lost loved ones or who had loved ones seriously hurt in these incidents, our heart remains with you. >> reporter: police are saying the threat here is not over, and they're warning people to please remain vigilant. >> so omar, the suspect is dead, and as you just said, police are concerned. what are they worried about now? >> reporter: well, at this point they don't know if this person was working alone. so they don't know if there's another suspect they need to be looking for. the other thing is they don't know where this person was in the last 24 hours. so they're not sure if he went to other package delivery places, other fedex offices and put those pom into the system. they don't know if those bombs are floating out there. they're being very vigilant, telling people, if you see a suspicious package that you weren't expecting, call us and let us know. the schertz facility just south

of here are still investigating to see if there's any more suspicious devices in there. >> okay, i understand that. during the investigation they never released any details about the packaging. how come? >> reporter: well, they wanted to keep that close to the vest to kind of protect the integrity of the investigation. but also they didn't want the bomber to change his methods. as we saw, the methods were changing. it was first package bombs that they were delivering, then trip wire, then it turned into mailing them through fedex. that's a big issue that they're dealing with. but they also wanted to protect some of the people's names on there. they knew who they were, they just wanted to make sure those people were going to be okay. >> omar villafranca for us, thanks so much, omar. the federal government offices and schools are closed as yet another powerful nor'easter bears down on tens of millions of people. heavy snow and powerful winds slammed into maryland and pennsylvania overnight. wind gusts of up to 35 miles per hour could cause widespread power outages. winter storm alerts stretch from

north carolina to massachusetts. more than 68 million people are affected. demarco morgan is in hagerstown, maryland. did good morning. >> reporter: good morning. there's a problem for power crews. the heavy and wet stuff may fall on the tree limbs, causing them to snap and fall on top of the power lines. and they are still cleaning up from last week's mess. snowfall in maryland has caused hundreds of crashes, including this suv that plowed into a tree. and the school bus that swerved off a rural road. robert elliott was shoveling the sidewalks outside his maryland home before the next blast of snow. what do you have to say to people who are from here, who are living on the east coast, but they've had it with the snowstorms? >> i say hang in there. we're almost through it. >> reporter: for millions in the northeast, the second day of spring feels a lot like the

height of winter. >> i don't think we can handle another nor'easter. >> reporter: it's the fourth nor'easter in less than three weeks. >> it's trying, it's cold, it's a lot of work. it's testing our patience. >> reporter: more than 250,000 customers lost power in new england during the last storm. and with more wet and heavy snow piling up, the fear is that outages may be widespread again. today, parts of new york could see up to a foot of snow falling one to three inches per hour. new york mayor bill de blasio. >> this is a storm that is going to start slow but pick up very quickly. if you don't need to be off the roads tomorrow, stay off the roads. >> reporter: take a look at the snow behind me. look at this picnic table, we pretty much cleared the entire thing but you can still see chunks of snow still up here as we try and clear it out. this is the fourth nor'easter, setting spring records. and it's not over with until

thursday. so it's a lot more to come. and people here say they are prepared for the next big thing. >> thanks. this is certainly not sitting on a bench weather. thanks a lot. the nor'easter is already disrupting travel plans this morning. amtrak canceled 80 trains and modified some routes on the east coast. more than 3,700 flights have been canceled and 500 others delayed. call the airlines if you're going. this is the worst march for cancellations in five years. don dahler is in new jersey, don, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. this tells the story, dozens of canceled flights at the united terminal which is normally bustling this time of day. as you can see, it's practically empty. if you're planning on coming or going to the east coast today by plane, train, or automobile, you need to rethink those plans. with the heavy snow that's expected to come down, crews will undoubtedly have trouble

clearing runways and de-icing planes. most airlines preemptively canceled airlines to and from hubs. delta, american, southwest, united, jetblue, and alaska airlines are waiving fees to change trips. airlines hope these proactive measures will get travelers back in the air as soon as possible. officials are also urging people to stay off the roads. they're only going to get worse as the day goes by. and in fact here in new jersey, commercial travel on many of the major highways has been banned. >> don, thanks. lonnie quinn, chief weather caster at our new york city station wcbs is tracking the storm. lonnie, i say enough already. good morning to you. >> i'm sure a lot of people echo that sentiment. here is the picture of that storm in the northeastern portion of the u.s. we've got snow calling from kentucky to connecticut.

let's take a peek out west. heavy rain around ventura county, santa barbara county. there's more to come. this river of water in the air just dumps onshore. there's mountain snows around the sierra. santa barbara could end up being the bullseye for the rain. it will clear out by late thursday, maybe early friday morning. but santa barbara could pick up eight inches of rain. that's in a very short period of time. maybe some smaller totals around los angeles, projections are around two inches. five inches for san luis obispo. that rain overnight could come down at an inch an hour. it only takes rain coming down at a half inch an hour to cause mudslides. that's why this is at the top of everyone's mind, the possibility for mudslides and big problems in santa barbara county and ventura county as well. that's the situation from the east coast to the west coast. again, the fourth nor'easter of march on the east coast today and rain in the west coast,

john. >> thanks, lonnie. a former playboy model says president trump's allies conspired to keep her alleged extramarital affair with him out of the public eye. karen mcdougal filed a lawsuit yesterday claiming she was duped into signing an agreement that bought her silence. she is one of at least three women who recently filed lawsuits involving the president. another is adult film star stormy daniels. yesterday her attorney said daniels took a polygraph test about her alleged affair with mr. trump. paula reid shows us why mcdougal wants her 2016 contract thrown out. paula, good morning. >> good morning. mcdougal made that agreement with the parent company of "national inquirer," run by david pecker, a close friend of president trump's. the practice is called catch and kill, buying a story and then killing it. mcdougal claims she had an

affair with donald trump between 2006 and 2007. three months before the election she sold the rights to her story to american media incorporated for $150,000, knowing it would not be published. mcdougal says ami reneged on other parts of their deal. she says they lied and manipulated her. she says her own lawyer at the time colluded with mr. trump's personal attorney michael cohen to buy her silence. "new york times" media columnist jim rutenberg first reported on her lawsuit. >> she feels as if she was walked into an agreement that takes away her rights to tell her story under fraudulent circumstances. >> but in a statement, ami says they followed through on their agreement with her. she say she has been free to talk about her relationship with president trump since 2016. the white house dismissed claims

of infidelities. >> he's denied all those allegations. >> including those from stephanie clifford, known as stormy daniels. she's trying to nullify her nondisclosure agreement. on tuesday she released this photo of her taking a lie detector test in 2011. the polygraph examiner found a more than 99% probability she told the truth about having unprotected sex with mr. trump in 2006 b. >> these deals were meant to silence them and they are certainly not silenced. >> a spokesman for ami says they complied with the agreement. a defamation lawsuit was allowed to go forward from summer zervos who alleges a nonconsensual contact with mr. trump, something his attorney denies.

>> we'll hear from karen mcdougal's lawyer ahead on why she's suing now. we've learned president trump was advised not to congratulate russian president vladimir putin on winning his country's election. mr. trump did so anyway. their phone call yesterday did not include other issues like russian meddling, recent u.s. sanctions, and the suspected poisoning of a former russian spy and his daughter. chip reid is at the white house. chip, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the state department is standing by a report that says the russian election restricted fundamental freedoms. the president's call to putin comes as the white house is considering a plan to expel russian diplomats after the poisoning of a former russian spy in the uk. president trump spoke with the russian president tuesday and offered him well-wishes on getting reelected to a fourth term and six more years. >> i had a call with president

putin, and congratulated him on the victory. >> reporter: but cbs news has learned mr. trump's advisers warned him explicitly not to congratulate putin. most international observers consider it a rigged election. >> calling him wouldn't have been high on my list. >> reporter: mitch mcconnell criticized the call. arizona republican john mccain said an american president doesn't lead the free world by congratulating dictators on winning sham elections. >> the russian government was looking for vulnerabilities in our election system. >> reporter: on the same day, the senate intelligence committee recommended ways to improve election security. white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders says the president did not raise the issue of election interference. >> i don't believe it came up on this specific call. >> reporter: nor did he mention the poisoning of a spy in britain. >> i don't believe that was

discussed. >> it is clear to me we're not sending the right message to putin. >> reporter: south carolina republican lindsey graham said the omissions were disappointing. >> every time you talk to putin and give him a pass, that emboldens him. >> reporter: president trump is not the only world leader to congratulate putin. the head of the european union also congratulated him and made no mention of the uk poisoning. the president said he and putin will meet in the not too distant future. but the white house says no date is set. >> chip, thanks. it's rare for a president to disregard his aides so thoroughly as he did. what it leads to is a bad workplace environment, which is why you now see this leaking coming from the president's own team. >> what does that say, they're leaking and it's coming so quickly about something that's so private. >> you get frustrated as a staffer and if you feel like your president isn't listening to you, you go talk to somebody who will listen, which is a ready reporter. that's why you get these constant stories of infighting.

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negotiators planning a meeting between president trump and kim jong-un. they called them constructive. today south korea's president said the three-way talks were possible including his country. yesterday for the very first time north korea publicly acknowledged the negotiations and called them, quote, a dialogue peace offensive. and the federal reserve today is expected to raise interest rates to their highest level in a decade. new chairman jerome powell presided over his first meeting this week. this afternoon he'll issue the feds' new policy statement. the fed says it plans to raise interest rates three times this year. aye amid a strong economy. and a new study finds packing on the pounds can rob you of your taste buds. researchers at cornell university say obese mice had a 25% reduction in taste buds. the findings support the theory obese people taste flavors less intensely. the research suggest s

people make up for lost taste for higher calorie foods which tend to be more flavorful. a new lawsuit filed by former "playboy" model karen mcdougal claim that people close to president trump colluded with her lawyer to keep her silent. mcdougal accepted $150,000 from american media incorporated, the parent company of several tabloid publications. she sold her story and in return expected chances to write and model. >> now ami said that mcdougal has been freed of press inquiries about her relationship with president trump since 2016. they say the suggestion that ami silenced her is complete without merit. the white house says president trump denies this affair. attorney michael cohen did not answer our request for comment. peter strauss is karen mcdougal's current lawyer. i'm assuming you're ready to answer all the questions. >> i'm ready. >> first of all, peter, what did

she think she was signing and why did she sign it? >> american media ink not only owned "national enquirer" but six fitness magazines. she thought she was signing a legitimate writing and modeling contract. to be clear she knew they were buying her story and she knew that the "national even requirer" was not going to publish it. but she had no idea she wasn't going to be able to respond to press inquiries. ami takes the position she can and we're thrilled, but the reality is their private position is very different and for over a year, they've made her terrified. >> how so? >> so after "the new yorker" ronan farrow story came out, any disclosures will lead to breach of contract and will lead to significant monetary damages. we all know what that means. you get sued for $20 million. >> if they're saying she can

talk now, doesn't that mean everything is taken care of. >> this week in the news but they have a right in perpetuity. >> but they say they have a right of the journalism with ami. >> i'm talking about silencing her. >> this specific story. >> about anything having to do with her prior relationship with donald trump. at this moment they're letting her tomorrow speak, but there's a lot of future moments. >> i'm trying to figure out what is her truth. wasn't this is a consensual relationship? >> it was consensual and an important relationship for her. i don't want to speak for her, but she had a relationship with him for ten months. >> does she regret having an affair with a married man? >> absolutely. >> at the time her lawyer was coordinating with michael cohen, colluding. is there any evidence of that? >> there's plenty of evidence. in the first instance, we know he represented stormy daniels and another woman in direct hush

deals. karen had no idea she was representing them, that those deals were happening. recently "the new york times" reported that in karen's deal itself, the day it was signed, he e-mailed michael cohen and he got on the phone and said the deal is done. that's remarkable because the deal happened in one day. she was close to having a deal with abc where she was for no money going to go and tell her story. and her lawyer brought her back to ami and in a day said we got to get this signed, a contract that she didn't understand. >> and keith issued a statement, quote, he fulfilled his obligations and zealously advocated for ms. mcdougal to accomplish her stated goals at that time. what's your response to his statement? >> i response is it's an interesting perspective that i think no one admitted to any bar

would share. he's certainly entitled to his opinion. >> why is it important for her to tell her story then and now if not to just hurt the president? >> let me be clear. karen is a republican. she voted for the president. she holds no ill will. one of the reasons she's taken a while to come forward, that was her concern. if ever there was a case that was not motivated by naked politics, it's this one. she did not publicity. >> peter, peter, how can you say she doesn't want publicity? i'm not trying to be cute here. she's suing, saying i had an affair with the president, wanting to tell my story. i'm thinking what would change after she tells her story and then you say she doesn't want publicity. >> here's how i say that. the proof is in the pudding. what i'm telling you is she's going to do this interview and tell her truth and then you're not going to see her again. that's what someone does who doesn't want to be held.

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the firm cambridge analytica says the information was later used to help donald trump's presidential campaign. john blackstone is at headquarters where an emergency meeting was held yesterday. john, two high-profile people were notably absent from that meeting, however. >> reporter: we learned that mark zuckerberg will speak with% the focus of rebuilding trust. facebook said it was deceived by the data firm cambridge analytica, that the entire company is outraged and now focused rebuilding trust. tuesday's meeting was reportedly largely focused on steps facebook is now planning to take to make sure its data can no longer be misused. neither facebook founder mark zuckerberg or coo sheryl sandberg attended tuesday's emergency meeting. even as law makers from uk to

capitol hill demanded answers. >> it's very serious with what facebook has done and it violates policy. >> if the industry won't solve these kinds of problems themselves, it will have to solve them with legislation. >> reporter: zuckerberg has yet to comment on the growing scandal over the company's involvement with the british data firm cambridge analytica. this new undercover video by britain's channel 4 reveals cambridge analytica's ceo alexander nix bragging how his company helped donald trump win the presidential election. >> have you met mr. trump? >> many times. >> you have? >> all the data, all the analytics, television campaign. >> knicks was suspended tuesday. cambridge analytica was said to have taken information from 50 million facebook users through a

third party who was not authorized to sell the information. cambridge analytica has denied any wrongdoing. facebook asked cambridge analytica to delete the data in 2015 but is now under fire for not verifying they did so. in a statement facebook said we are committed to vigorously enforcing our policies to protect people's information and will take whatever steps are required to see this happens. law professor robin feldman. >> i think this will be under scrutiny and how they continue to operate. >> this isn't the first time facebook has been under scrutiny. just last year, zuckerberg was forced to defend facebook amid accusations the platform was infiltrated by russian accounts. >> i care deeply about the democratic process and protecting its integrity. >> reporter: the federal trade commission is looking at whether facebook violated the agreement.

is this a threat to facebook? >> the question is what using will think. at the end of the day, will users put up with it or will they vote with their feet and move somewhere else. >> reporter: we may already be getting the answer. the #deletefacebook has been trending this week and meanwhile attorneys general in new york and massachusetts have announced a joint investigation to get to the bottom of what happened here. >> i don't know black stone, thanks. >> you know, cambridge analytica ceo is boasting every he's done. for the trump campaign. you can imagine somebody taking credit. in talking with rnc election, they said they're so obsessed with data from cambridge analytica. >> now are they saying we didn't use any of that data from cambridge analytica. >> they're saying they didn't use -- >> and bannon was an executive with cambridge analytica before

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good morning to our viewers in the west. it's wednesday, march 21st, 2018. welcome back to "cbs this morning." we've got new details about the deadly confrontation overnight between police and suspected serial bomber in texas. how investigators zeroed in on the suspect and what we're now learning about him. ⌞>> our series a more perfect union shows us the healing power of music for wounded warriors. today's "eye opener" at 8:00. breaking news, on the deadly serial bombings in texas. police say the suspected bomber is dead. >> officers confronted him and the confrontation happened right behind me and that is when a bomb blew up in his car. the snow is expected to pick up throughout the day. the problems for many of the

power crews still cleaning up from last week's storm. if you live on the east coast and thinking about traveling by plane, train, automobile, you need to rethink those plans. the i-95 corridor we're most concerned about outside of washington, d.c., to outside of philadelphia, to new york city area. karen mcdougal made that agreement with the publisher of the national enquier. the tabloid known for catch and kill, pays for a negative story in order to bury it. >> how can you say she doesn't want publicity. >> she's going to do the interview, tell her truth and you will not see her again. >> arizona congresswoman martha mcsally is taking heat after she was caught complimenting her own facebook video. i should mention if you look at some of the carpool karaoke videos on our youtube page you might notice a bunch of positive comments from a user called sweet baby jane 78. i have no idea who that is. i don't. it's a coincidence.

>> i'm gayle king with john dickerson, bianna golodryga is here because norah o'donnell is off. always good to have you here. >> good morning. >> we begin in austin where police say the suspect behind a series of bombings in texas is dead. officers confronted the man overnight during a pursuit north of austin. police say he died when he set off a device in his car just as the s.w.a.t. team was closing in. the blast injured one officer. >> the suspect is tied to at least five other explosions this month. four in austin and one near san antonio. two people were killed in those attacks. a sixth unexploded package was found at a fedex facility in austin. >> omar villa franco in texas where the suspect died. what do we know about the suspect and how is he caught? >> a short while ago we learned the name of the suspect. sources tell cbs news his name is mark anthony conditt. he was 23 years old. in the last 24 to 36 hours,

police say they got a lot of tips from people and used that information to find the suspect and a vehicle description. that led them to the red roof inn in round rock. while police were waiting for tactical vehicles to arrive the suspect began to drive away and when s.w.a.t. officers began to move in police say the bomb in his vehicle blew up, killing him. investigators say they don't know if he was working alone or where he was before this confrontation happened this morning. and they're not sure if he went to other fedex stores or other places he could have mailed packages with bombs inside. they're telling people to remain on high alert. >> we don't know where this suspect has spent his last 24 hours, and therefore, we still need to remain vigilant to ensure that no other packages or devices have been left through the community. as we go through the day today, we want the community to remain vigilant. >> reporter: at this point police believe the suspect is responsible for all the bombings

based on some of the debris that was left over from all the explosions that detonated, but at this point, they do not have a motive. >> all right. omar, that investigation still continues. thank you very much. the west coast is bracing for what could be its most powerful storm of the year. oh, no. heavy rain is expected to fall in southern california today and tomorrow. some places could get up to 8 inches bringing a threat of mudslides back. 30,000 people were told to evacuate santa barbara county where the storm will hit the hardest. in the east, people are dealing with their fourth nor'easter in less than three weeks. heavy snow has been falling in maryland and the nation's capital. suburbs in philadelphia, and new york may get more than a half of foot of snow. the senate intelligence committee is holding a hearing right now about the ongoing threat to u.s. elections. the committee released its first report on russian interference in the 2016 election yesterday. it suggests that states need more resources.

the report urges the government to, quote, clearly communicate that an attack on our election infrastructure is a hostile act. before the hearing, we spoke to oklahoma republican senator james lankford. >> let me start with this, it is a hostile act. the cia director, outgoing director say russia is continuing to inter fear and expects them to interfere in the next election. given that and the hostile act notion, what's your view of the president's congratulatory phone call to putin yesterday? >> well, let me take on a couple things there. one is i would assume russia would continue to press in and nations like north korea and iran or domestic activist groups that want to stir a problem to follow the example that russia laid down. so they did it this time and it could be done and i expect other copycats and folks to engage. i expect we would be more diligent to help communicate that tour states. last time we communicated that

to the states it came out as a bulletin from the fbi saying watch out for these ip addresses they may be a problem but didn't state what was happening or the seriousness of it. that's a big issue. as far as president trump calling president putin to congratulate him, president obama did the same thing when president putin won last time. russia has not been our friend for a very long time. that's consistent. i would hope the president every time he talks to putin would bring up things like arms race issues, he would bring up human rights issues and bring up election security. >> president obama did congratulate but also reportedly told president putin to knock it off when it came to interfering with the elections. wonder if you can tell the states to be more vigilant but why not take it to the head end, if u.s. intelligence officials believe the russians are behind this, a message communicated from the president to the president of russia would seem to be a very effective way to say knock it off? >> i totally agree. the treasury department has now

put sanctions down on russian companies and on russian individuals. when mueller did the indictments about a month ago these russian individuals that clearly were trying to do through social media meddling in our elections the white house responded by putting sanctions on those individuals and starting that process. the department of homeland security, a year ago, started the process of trying to be able to engage on election security. we'll hear that today in the testimony and ask the question in public what we have asked in private for a year, what are we doing to actually help protect our elections in the future and hear the progress of what they've done providing greater access and security clearances to individuals, getting clear lines of communication, both directions between states an department of homeland security to be able to cut this off in the future? >> senator, if the president did ignore his advisors' explicit warnings not to congratulate vladimir putin during their phone call are you concerned he will not heed that i warnings and advice when they speak to kim jong-un. >> the meeting with kim jong-un

is exceptionally important and should be well skiptsed and done by our state department and white house to engage. there are a lot of issues not only americans that are currently held captive in north korea, the nuclear issues with nuclear that are clear that are threatening the entire region, but an extremely important meeting and a meeting that's historic in many ways that hasn't happened in decades and decades. so it needs to be right and it needs to be clear because we face a very real threat. >> we haven't seen much pushback on this "washington post" story that the did not listen to his advisors when they said do not congratulate vladimir putin. does that concern you? >> it doesn't, quite frankly. any president can do what the president chooses to do. go back as far as president reagan was advised multiple times not to say mr. gorbachev tear down this wall and advised and multiple advisors don't say that word and it's one of the most famous lines. presidents say what they choose to say but need to understand they carry the weight of the entire united states so i hope

every president is careful in what they say including this one. >> well, before we run out of time, stephen colbert had a little fun at your expense, you and your colleagues yesterday. i'm sure you have seen the video. we want to play it and hear your reaction to it. >> i had a call with president pu putin and congratulated him on his electoral victory. >> today a bipartisan group of senators gave a press conference about our response to russian cyber attacks and they were asked about that call. >> election integrity here, can you comment on the idea that the president today called vladimir putin to congratulate him on winning his election? smoke bomb!

>> oh. all right. they've gone. >> senator, hope you've got your sense of humor this morning. >> i do. >> did that -- did the question throw you or did you guys just decide we're not going to answer it? >> what did you think about ta colbert bit? >> none of us had heard that the president had called and had congratulated putt son, obviously, we had all been in intelligence hearings that morning and had not heard that. stephen colbert is correct if i had a smoke bomb i would have used it. at that point just to slip out. we were all caught off guard thinking i don't know what to say. as you can tell from the video it's a bipartisan group all staring at it thinking i have no response at this time. >> it with youas a unison no re >> your thoughts on the data mining scandal, is the senate intelligence committee going to want to hear from facebook executives or steve bannon or jared kushner who said they have worked for and used cambridge

analytica? >> yes. we have in the past and we will it continue to do that. cambridge analytica has been on our radar for a very long time, but this also brings um a big issue you have followed and many folks have followed the issue of the data mining from facebook for a long time. a decade in the process. multiple campaigns back to the obama campaign, senate campaigns, other campaigns and quite frankly every marketer across the country have been able to get access to all of this personal data for individuals and when people push accept, i'm going to accept the privacy standards they assume their things are private and finding out all that data has been sold and sold for years. there are multiple issues here both on americans' privacy for their information, on campaigns how they function, and on particularly the presidential campaign as well. >> senator langford, thank you so much for joining us and for being a good sport about laughing at yourself. thank you. >> i can take it. thanks. >> thank you. you can. you can take it. the prescription versions of trusted painkillers putting your risk of an irregular heart beat

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painkillers. the research is reported in the british journal of clinical pharmacology. it looks at prescription nonsteroid anti-inflammatory drugs. prescription strength ibuprofen and naprozen. doctors call them nsaids. people taking the pain relievers had an 18% higher risk of irregular heart beat. studies linked over the counter nsaids to a bigger chance of heart attacks and strokes. dr. tara narula is a cardiologist at north well health and joins us at the table to discuss. is this as scary as it sounds? a lot of us take it. >> it's important for information. things as you mentioned like ibuprofen, naprozen, celebrex we use for arthritis, headache, muscle, joint pain, but in this study what researchers did is looked at about 50,000 middle aged taiwanese individuals and they looked to see if there was an increased of atrial fibrillation, irregular heart rhythm and they did find an

association. afib means the top chambers of the heart beat chaotically that can increase your risk of stroke and heart failure. it is behind this, they're unsure. the thinking is that possibly it changes blood flow to the kidneys, causes imbalances in potassium, stretches the top heart and can trigger. >> this study was conducted in men and women? >> it was, yes. a general population in taiwan. >> what is the take away from people taking aspirin. should they be concerned? >> aspirin is in the class of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories. we know about aspen for use in the setting of cardiovascular disease, at those doses, 81 milligrams, still an increased risk of bleeding. when you're talking about using aspirin for pain an anti-inflammatory, much higher doses like 650 milligrams to 8,000 milligrams ap those doses you are increasing your risk of

hearing loss, gastrointestinal bleeding and kidney failure and significant side effects. >> that's over the counter aspirin you were talking about then. >> yes. we need to be clear about over-the-counter drugs and this nsaid class. they have a warning label that says they can increase the risk of heart attack and stroke. we know that as a class, this is -- >> most people don't read the labels. >> read your labels. >> however the fda says that if you use the over-the-counter nsaids as indicated which means for less than ten days for pain, low dose short time, it's generally safe. the problem is, a lot of americans don't read the labels and they don't use them that way. they take their naprozen every day from the pill in their medicine cabinet for years. may take higher doses. it's important to read the lablts. i want to be clear this study was prescription, not over-the-count over-the-counter nsaids. >> the consumer health products association the study only looked at prescription medicines and did not include over-the-counter medicines used

in smaller doses for shorter durations. >> right. that's exactly what we're saying. in 2015 the fda required prescription makers to change their labeling to say they can cause heart attack and stroke, risk increases the longer you take them and the higher the dose. the risk can happen in the first few weeks and requested over the counter manufacturers change their labels. this is a class effect that's why it's important to know about it. >> all right. >> read your labels and talk to your doctor. thanks dr. tara narula. a thousand people asked to name the top women in the tech world. their answers may surprise you and disappoint you. you're watching "cbs this morning." world. their answers may disappoint and surprise you. you're watching "cbs this morning."

facebook is battling to deal with the fallout from the data mining scandal this morning. the founder and chief of the website is in our toyota greenroom. why she says we may be at a tipping point when it comes to

protecting personal information. your local news is coming up next. facebook is under fire for giving up the personal information of 50 million users to cambridge analytica. good morning, it's 8:25. i'm michelle griego. facebook is under fire for giving up the personal information of 50 million users to cambridge analytica. the company then used the information to pinpoint political ads in favor of donald trump in the 2016 election. the u.s. federal trade commission is investigating. oakland and san francisco say the oil industry will wipe out parts of their cities by the turn of the century! they are now suing "big oil" for billions in damages arguing that oil production has heated the planet and caused rising sea levels. stay with us, traffic and weather in just a moment. for a fraction of what you'd pay elsewhere. step one: get to ross.

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i like that song. we back to "cbs this morning." right now it's time to show you some of this morning's headlines from around the globe. "usa today" reports san francisco has become the largest u.s. city to ban fur sales. the city's supervisors voted unanimously for the move yesterday. the ban applies to clothing and accessories featuring real fur that includes coats, key chains, and gloves. it takes effect january 1st. bmw headquarters was searched by investigators looking for suspected emissions fraud. police searched the car offices in munich.

they're suspected of illegal emission control software capable of manipulating tests for exhaust. they say they're cooperating with that probe. the "washington post" reports that walmart is adding fedex offices to 500 of its stores in the next two years. customers will be able to ship packages, drop off returns, and pick up deliveries. walmart tested stores in 46 of its locations. the report found that many customers shopped at walmart after visiting the fedex store. and "wall street journal" reports that scrunchies, the scourge of the '80s are back. urban outfitters saw 17% growth. they appeared on a runway in no, fashion week back in september and supreme court justice ruth bader gingrich said she made a decision long ago to keep her

scrunchies. the best are from zurich. john, you a daughter, so you know what a scrunchy is. >> i know what they are, but i don't think my daughter engages. >> check out the ones from switzerland. and fst company looks at female tech leaders. 8.3% said they could could. 4.3% actually could. there's backlash over the political data scandal. ceo mark zuckerberg will speak in the next 24 hours about rebuilding trust. in a statement a spokesperson said mark, sharyeryl, and their

teams are working around the clock. they launched a joint investigation on how a british firm got ahold of 50 million users' information. they want others to appear on capitol hill. jessica lessen is the found ore and chief of the website. good morning. >> good morning. >> what you do make of facebook's reaction here. another thing the company said was the entire company was outraged. we were deceived. is that genuine outrage or are we shocked there's gambling in casablanca? >> i think facebook was surprised by the revelations that cambridge analytica still had this data, but that response is clearly insufficient end. users don't want to hear that facebook was surprised. they want to know what they're doing. we need to hear from mark and

cherl and i'm sort of wondering why we're waiting. >> yeah. why haven't we heard from them? >> it's a very, very complicated people and tech people like to think about the technical nuances, but i think -- i'm sure we will hear something as you guys said. this is a big moment. this is a crisis unlike one they have faced. >> it is a crisis. do you say, listen, we want to get all the facts before we come out and talk to our people? do you want to get krited for that. >> there are some things you can say. when you stick a lawyer in front of your employees, it seems odd to me. >> there ooh is a hashtag trending that says delete facebook. what do you think they need to do to win back the confidence? >> they need to prove they plugged a lot of the likiness of this data. this is a brave new challenge facing the internet. they're not alone in having to

deal with it. but i think until users really believe that they can use facebook without their data getting in the hands of people who shouldn't have it. they're going to face a lot of pressure from users and from wreck laters. >> what about advertisers? at what point are they going to worry about advertisers pulling back? >> advertisers are concerned. they're concerned about the trust that facebook, google have with their users. over the last year we've seen some very prominent ones say they're pulling back in some ways some of this will make it worse, i think, for facebook. >> the reason users are skeptical, they're not sure their heart is in it. they say using data user's for profit. which is it? >> somewhere in the middle? i mean i think the high level of the business model is absolutely around, you know, using user's

data to sell advertising. this incident was a case of abuse. its was a case where they releasinged data and they had it. that's still facebook's problem. >> we've been teegz all morning. >> i believe that's true. i think that, you know, the internet and these services are using data in such aggressive ways we have to be really careful as consumers, and i think we'll see from this and what i mean by the tipping point is i think things will change. and what i think is going to happen is tech companies are going to close themselves off a bit. ily are still ways they're using advertisers and facebook. i don't think all of that will go away. but what facebook is now turning away on all is closing some of those loopholes because they have to. >> all eyes and ears will be on mark zuckerberg and what he has to say. thank you so much. >> thank you. musicians are helping

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music can do to bring ut together rather than divide us. this morning they're two americans who seem to have nothing in common, but thanks to a powerful experience at a songwriting retreat, they're now long-life friends and collaborators. they spoke with jan crawford and jan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we know some of the struggles our returning war veterans go through battling devastating effects of ptsd. there are a lot of therapy programs but only a few use professional musicians to achieve dramatic results. one group is actually turning wounded warriors into songwriters. that is saving lives, one four-minute song at a time. >> three, four -- >> reporter: backstage as nashville's grand ole opry is always a night to remember.

>> josh, you come in here. ♪ >> reporter: for this retired army sergeant, it's a nice he never thought he'd see. >> i get to be up there and watch. >> reporter: his long road to country music hallowed halls started in december 2003 when he was finishing up his tour of duty in iraq. >> my last night in country. a roadside bomb went off right next to a truck. >> reporter: he suffered a brain injury and spinal cord injury, but back at home, the psychological injuries became far worse. >> i just felt like a burden. it was like i walked in the room and it sucked the life out of that room. everyone got caught in it. >> reporter: and you thought everyone would be better off without you. >> reporter: you attempted suicide? >> yeah.

i knew when i was going to do it again. >> reporter: did you have a specific date or what was that date? >> november 7th. >> reporter: why was that? >> that's the day my friend was killed. >> reporter: that friend, army private first class thomas faulk died in a car accident a few years before the bombing. the two met in basic training and were like brothers. his two lifelines. the love of harmonica and his wife lisa, who enrolled him in a music program for veterans. darden smith and mary judd co-founded songwriting with soldiers. they bring together vets and professional musicians at a retreat like this one in northern virginia. ♪ don't you know it ain't free >> it's not songwriting for or about soldiers but with soldiers nap is the key. >> reporter: the vets share their experience and feelings. the musician craft it into a song.

the vets share experiences and musicians help craft them into a song. >> the song is gigantic. so powerful and they have it forever and they see other people hear their song. and they see that other people are singing or laughing. they feel like they're song is actually serving other people. ♪ for the night >> reporter: at his first retreat in 2015, he connected with mary gauchee. >> i looked out the window as veterans started to arrive and saw josh and lisa and i just see the pain. i'm looking out my window, and my first thought was, he's mine. i have to write with that guy. >> reporter: what do you see that made you think i want to write -- >> the suffering. almost like a red-hot fireball was inside of him and i knew the song could take that red-hot fi

and we could toss it out into the group and it would not only take some of the -- infection out of him, but it would give courage to the group and be useful for other people. >> reporter: your pain is like medicine for other people. >> i think so. >> reporter: and you never thought of it like that? >> no. not at all. whatever it is. if it can help one other person, it's worth it. ♪ but it's not up to me >> reporter: the newly formed duo talked until the songs became clear. >> there was one preeminent thing that really was bringing him to his knees. that was the one of the death of his best friend. >> i think the first line is kind of where you earned my trust. trying to get the story. i don't know. looking back, what comes to mind? ah, who the hell knows? she's good. you wrote down that first line. ♪ looking back now who the hell knows ♪ >> it's that easy?

[ laughter ] that's what i thought. this is kind of cool. ♪ but it's not up to me who dies and who carries on ♪ >> if the music's right it acts like a magnet and pulls that story. >> all of that stuff i was so afraid to let out just poured out. >> reporter: in poured in to the song still on the rise. now one of 11 of the new albums all co-written by songwriting with soldiers vets. and that album brings them here to the stage of the grand ole opry. >> this is retired army sergeant joshua. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ who the hell knows where the soul of a dead soldier goes ♪ ♪ my guardian angel, maybe it's

you ♪ me and my guardian angel are still on the rise ♪ >> the power of songwriting with soldier s to me is nearer to th fact that josh is with us. it's the proof right there that it works, because it's civilian and military communities changing. ♪ >> reporter: i mean, on the surface, you two could not be more different. >> i know! >> reporter: so what does that say? >> that we need to get the hell away from the surface. >> so now when i think about my friend i think about playing the opry with mary and about that smile and my new family. [ applause ] >> they're standing up tonight!

>> reporter: now, it's obvious to anyone who participates in these retreats that it works miracles for the veterans, but now two major academic institutions are preparing to launch scientific studies on the power of music to help heal traumatic brain injuries, and as for josh, he is still a part of songwriting with soldiers but now as a volunteer. gayle? >> oh, jan. i believe. i believe. i'm so glad josh is with us. what beautiful music he's leaving us with and he and mary together, so nice. thank you, jan. >> what a story. >> hopefully he'll celebrate life november 7th going forward. >> yes,ier. cheering him on always. i want that album, too. you can hear more of cbs "this morning" on our podcast on itunes and apple's podcast app, and about returning to puerto rico. who went there six months after hurricane maria. you're watching cbs "this

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city in contra costa county to open its doors for new cannabis manufacuring. only 9 permits will be issued. good morning, it's 8:55. i'm michelle griego. pittsburg has become the first city in contra costa county to open its doors for new cannabis manufacturing. only nine permits will be issued. however, the change does not allow medical or recreational dispensaries or deliveries to operate in the city. a community group is urging anyone in sonoma county affected by last year's wildfires to take a survey. the group, so oco rises, wants to help decision-makers as the planning and rebuilding continues. more rain is expected in the bay area off and on through the rest of the week. in the sierra, a winter storm warning will be in effect from

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good morning. we are tracking an accident that's right at the berkeley curve so right in the maze. it's if you are heading eastbound as you approach powell. and you can see that we have some tow trucks as well as other emergency crews on the scene. a couple of cars involved in the crash. it's not blocking lanes.

but it's over on the left shoulder on the center divide and plenty of folks are slowing down as they were making that transition along that ramp. so just a heads up if you are heading in that direction, they should have that cleared here shortly. your right along the eastshore freeway -- ride along the eastshore freeway is 37 minutes from 4 over to the maze. and then you have an additional 23 minutes into san francisco. it's been a tough day out on the roads. most likely due to all of the rain. let's check in with neda on the forecast. >> we have had some periods of pretty strong rain and it's now still coming down across a lot of the santa cruz mountains. in fact that just picked up moments ago about 30 minutes or so ago. it's starting to get a little stronger through that location. then across the north bay santa rosa, healdsburg, napa, it's not wanting to stop. so you're going to continue to see scattered downpours today. temperatures in the mid- to upper 50s right now. so not bad. visibility is impacted. rain through saturday. dry on sunday.

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