news and of course, this this morning. from thehe broadcast center in w york city. captioning funded by cbs it's thursday, march 22nd, 2018. this is the "cbs morning news." our responsibility now is to make sure that this doesn't happen again. >> facebook's ceo mark zuckerberg says he's sorry, breaking his silence about a massive data breach. coast-to-coast weather problems, heavy rain, and flooding in the west, and big snow in the east from a nasty nor'easter. and video confession. the texas bomber is dead, but he left behind a treasure trove of

evidence. what we're learning about him. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. speaking out for the first time since a political data firm improperly obtained information on 50 million users, facebook ceo mark zuckerberg apologized for a major breach of trust. in an interview on cnn, mark zuckerberg said one of facebook's jobs is to protect users. >> this was a major breach of trust, and i'm really sorry that this happened. we're doing a set of things to restrict the amount of access that developers can get going forward. >> zuckerberg says that he would testify before congress but only if it is the right thing to do and seemed to favor more regulation for internet companies. vladimir duthiers has more. >> reporter: in his statement, facebook ceo mark zuckerberg acknowledged we have a responsibility to protect your data, and if we can't, then we

don't deserve to serve you, adding that facebook made mistakes. there's more to do, and we need to step up and do it. zuckerberg vowed to help users protect their information. in the next month we will show everyone a tool at the top of your news feed with the apps you've used and an easy way to revoke the apps' permission to use your data. it's been more than a day since news broke that cambridge analytica passed on user data to the trump campaign. the reaction has been swift. facebook has been named in a proposed class anxious lawsuit accusing it of negligence. it's lost nearly $50 billion in market value and a movement to encourage users to delete their accounts called #deletefacebook has gotten lots of attention. >> if i wanted to delete or deactivate my account, what can i do? >> you can go over here and

delete your account, which is a full wipeout. >> reporter: dan ackerman is a senior editor at cnet. he says it's not so simple. >> it takes time to do that. you're permanently deleting all of your information, and you won't be able to recover it. >> reporter: 68% americans are on facebook and half check their pages several time as day. >> for those who want to delete their pictures from facebook. there's a whole ecosystem. our entire lives are wrapped up in facebook. >> yeah. you may lose access to thinks like support groups or alumni groups and schools you went to. in some cases if you're not on facebook, it's almost like you're a ghost. . >> ahead on "cbs this morning," nicholas thompson, cbs news contributor and editor at "wired" talks about it. this morning the east and west coast of the united states are getting hit with powerful early spring storms. bring dangerous unrelenting

weather that for some areas will come through the day. hena doba is here in new york. hena, good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. here on the east coast, it looks and feels a lot more like midwinter than spring. before the nor'easter three weeks ago made its way up the east coast. the storm left power outages, heavy wet snow, and travel delays. the storm moved into southern new england overnight and will not end until late this afternoon. boston can get up to 9 inches. schools there are closed today. >> it's horrible. not fun at all. i've been here hours upon hours right now. >> reporter: the storm dumped more than a foot of snow in some places in the northeast. the storm began yesterday morning. by last night, 7 inches fell in new york city and central park. the storm pulled down trees and power lines. about 85,000 customers from west virginia to new jersey are without electricity. amtrak is running a modified schedule today.

more than 4,000 flights were canceled yesterday, over 600 so far today. >> half of my group is on the runway, half of them need flights. it's just crazy at the moment. >> reporter: on the other side of the country, heavy rain is producing a problem. 10 inches of rain is expected in the coastal region. the bulk of the storm began moving in last night. flash flood warnings are in effect until tomorrow morning. 30,000 people remain under evacuation orders for the third time since january. mud and rock slides are of particular concern in areas burned by recent wildfires. and the national weather says the west coast storms, the most threatening part is today. there folks could be looking at nine hours of moderate to heavy rain. anne-marie. >> hena doba in new york. thank you so much, hena. in a lengthy and detailed cell phone video, the texas serial bomber detailed his attacks. he detailed the differences in

the bombs that he built. mark anthony conditt was killed as he detonated a bomb when confronted by police. nikki battiste is in austin. nikki, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. austin police says in a 25-minute cell phone recording mark anthony conditt goes into great detail about the differences in the bombs he built. but they also say he does not give a motive. we may never know why the 23-year-old went on a deadly bomb rampage. austin police say 23-year-old mark conditt, the suspected austin bomber, led them to what amounts to a full confession. after killing himself during a pursuit, officers found his cell pho phone. on it, a 25-minute recording detailing what he had done. >> on this recording, the suspect describes the six bombs that he constructed with a level of specificity that he identified the differences among those six bombs. >> reporter: police say conditt also spoke of a seventh

explosive, the one he used on himself. investigators believe all the devices he described have been accounted for. officers raided his home in nearby pflugerville and found more bomb-making materials. explosive experts from the fbi and atf have been working to safely remove and dispose of homemade explosives. >> reporter: as to the question of why, investigators say the unemployed 23-year-old did not mention anything about terrorism or hate. >> it is the outcry of a very challenged young man talking about challenges in his personal life that led him to this point. >> reporter: police say conditt's ultimate mistake was dropping off a package at a fedex store. authorities say it was there where they identified him wearing a disguise and his truck on surveillance cameras. conditt's family released a statement saying they are in shock and that they had no idea

of the darkness he was in. a former friend of conditt describes him as someone who was intimidating to talk to and who was a deep thinker. anne-marie? >> nikki battiste in austin. thank you very much, nikki. dash cam video shows officers shooting to death an unarmed black man. >> show me your hands. gun, gun, gun. >> responding to reports of a man breaking into cars sunday, police chased stephon clark into what turned out to be his grandparents' backyard. when he appears to turn toward police, they start shooting, firing 23 shots. 23-year-old clark had no gun. he was carrying a cell phone. the officers are on paid administrative leave. arizona police released video from the deadly crash involving a self-driving uber suv in a phoenix suburb. a woman is seen walking from a darkened area onto the street just before the suv hits her sunday. the crash is the first fatality accident involved an autonomous vehicle.

the human backup driver is seen looking down until seconds before the crash and then looked startled. after the crash, uber suspended all road testing of its self-driving vehicles. >> congressional leaders hope to start voting today on a $1.3 trillion bill. they have until tomorrow night to avoid a government shutdown. a stopgap measure may be needed to keep the government open. in a tweet the president complained about funding democratic giveaways. it includes $700 billion for defense spending, $61 billion more than last year, 5$591 billion for programs, more than $1.5 billion for president trump to begin building a border wall with mexico. not in the bill, protections for young immigrant dreamers and no money for increased security the president wanted.

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our top stories this morning, speaking for the first time since a data firm improperly obtained information from 50 million facebook users, ceo mark zuckerberg apologized for a major breach of trust. during an interview on cnn, zuckerberg said if facebook can't protect users' data, it doesn't deserve the opportunity to serve people. a nor'easter that hammered the atlantic coast with heavy snow and wind is moving into new england. it is the fourth big storm in three weeks. some areas got over a foot of snow. in southern california, the bruntd of a storm that threatens flash floods and mudslides today

has led to 3,000 people being evacuated. marc anthony conditt was killed wednesday after he detonated a bomb as police moved in. authorities say in a 25-minute cell phone video, conditt talked of the differences in the bombs he built. there is a move to get rid of plastic drinking straws. many end up in the environmental or ocean. laura podesta has more. >> reporter: at a restaurant in brooklyn, something is missing. you won't find any plastic straws. these colorful straws are made out of thick durable paper. owner todd enany says he banned plastic ones for environmental reasons. >> from time to time, people do want that plastic straw. again, once we tell them the why behind it, i think they change their mind a bit. >> reporter: 5 million plastic straws are used in the u.s. every day, according to the national park service. environmental services say they often end up in landfills or the

ocean. >> i suck. >> reporter: celebrities have joined a campaign called strawless ocean to push consumers to stop using them. >> i will stop sucking. ♪ we will all stop sucking >> if you do. >> reporter: not only are some businesses getting rid of them, so are several cities. in seattle, a ban of plastic straws and utensils goes into effect in july. malibu, california, is making a similar move in june, but not everyone is happy about it. this eatery owner says alternatives like disposable wooden utensils are more expensive. >> we have to raise the prices now. we don't want to have to, but we have to. >> reporter: sundries will pay 6 cents more for paper than plastic. jessica beck says it's worth it and doesn't notice a difference. >> i actually don't notice a difference. >> reporter: paper straw makers

say paper straws will last about two hours in a drink before they start to disintegrate. coming up on "cbs this morning," your child may soon need an extra mumps vaccine. dr. david agus explains what may be behind recent outbreaks on college campuses. >> and paleontologists are digging up dozens of prehistoric bones at a subway construction project in los angeles. we'll show you how they're providing a window into the ice age. that's the "cbs morning news" for this thursday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

i'm michelle griego. and i'm kenny choi. good morning, everyone. it is thursday, march 22nd. you're looking at san jose and look at those raindrops on the

camera. looks like a kaleidoscope. >> yeah. >> i'm michelle griego. >> good morning. i'm kenny choi. time now is about 4:30. it's the return of march madness and the return of rain. >> the rain is coming down. the snow will come down strong as well eventually across the sierra. here's the view of "salesforce tower." you can see those raindrops trying to mess with our camera lens. we'll have moderate to heavy rain, then this afternoon thunderstorms. we'll have gusty conditions out there. we are seeing lines of strong precipitation. we'll zoom into some of the spots coming up. right now we are tracking the usual crowds developing out