weather for the holidays. >> sure, why not. thanks for watching kpix 5 news this morning. your next local update is at 7:26. >> and cbs this morning is coming up next. have a great day everyone. good morning to our viewers in the west. it's thursday, december 20, 2018. welcome to "cbs this morning." as tens of millions of people hit the road for christmas a winter storm could threaten travel with dangerous conditions. what you need to know ahead of what could be the biggest holiday travel rush america has ever seen. facebook is being sued for the first time by a government agency in the u.s. over privacy concerns. why washington d.c.'s attorney general claims the social media giant misled customers about the use of their personal data. only on "cbs this morning" we take you onboard the "uss harry s. truman" for the aircraft carrier's home coming

after a historic mission. sailors reunite with loved ones and talk about spending months at sea without them. plus, the one and only cher is now a kennedy center honoree and she talks to us about singing with sonny bono, winning an oscar and why she's not the same as the cher we see in public. we begin with a look at today's eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. they're coming back now. we won, and that's the way we want it, and that's the way they want it. the president invokes fallen soldiers to justify the troop withdrawal. >> that video is disturbing. to point to the sky and say that want this. flooding rain could cause delays across the east coast. the soaking rain event through saturday morning. thousands of passengers stranded after drone sightings shut down london's gatwick airport. >> it's ludicrous. >> a spending bill made its way

through the senate, but does not allow for the border wall. >> do you think we'll get a better deal when nancy policy is speaker. washington's attorney general is suing facebook overuse of users' personal information. former president obama dropped in at the children's hospital in washington. >> getting a santa claus we've never seen. this will be the last story i ever do. >> don't believe you. >> what's the name of the story? >> here we go again. >> it's real this time. stop laughing. >> okay. okay. that's funny. okay. here we go again. on "cbs this morning". >> a canadian mining company say they have unearthed the largest diamond ever discovered in north america. it's a 552 carat yellow diamond that's roughly the size of a chicken egg. a diamond the size of a chicken egg. we actually have a photo of the bird who laid it. here he is here.

this morning's "eye opener" is presented by toyota. let's go places. ♪ ♪ actually, i don't know any woman who would turn down a diamond the size of a chicken egg. >> yes, i wouldn't know how to mount it, gayle, because would you wear it on your head on a miner's hat? >> you don't have to mount it, john. give it to her and let her decide. >> cut and clarity are important, i am told. >> that is true. >> elton john is behind it. >> welcome to "cbs this morning." >> that was a joke he put in, not me. as you wake up in the west there say powerful storm that threatens travel plans for 76 million of us. heavy rain is expected to cause flooding in the southeast, and it will affect the northeast by tomorrow. >> aaa is expecting that

112.5 million americans will travel by air, road and train by the end of the year. it could take longer to get to major u.s. cities. david is on the new york washington bridge. good morning. >> reporter: we are sitting in rush hour traffic at ten miles per hour on what is according to aaa the worst travel season. roughly 102 million people will be packing the roadways this season, that's more than one-third of all americans and the highest number reported since aaa started keeping track of that stuff in 2001. more than 6.5 million people will be flying across the nation this year. that's a 15-year high. aaa says the increase in holiday road travelers is due to two things. there is an increase in disposable income and also the national price average for

gasoline has dropped quite significantly. in fact, get a look at these numbers. the national average price of gasoline is down 53 cents over the last two months and it's expected to drop to $2.35 per gallon by christmas day. with these gas prices, if you go to the right gas station and that is important here, you could save between $10 and $20 every time you tank up your vehicle. if you're planning to hit the road, yes, it's the worst day to travel, but aaa says the best time to do the traveling is 3:30 in the afternoon, and it will not be traveling this holiday season, but wishing the best to you and yours. john? >> thank you, david. wind and rain could cause delays at airports. we'll start our breathing exercises now. along the east coast today and tomorrow, on chief weather caster lonnie quinn of our sister station wcbs tv. >> good morning. you're traveling saturday and

that will be the toughest of the next three. >> thank you, lonnie. >> i'm trying to work with you, john. >> right now the situation that we have is the storm is center around the panhandle of florida. so as this thing moves to the east-northeast it will go right uts up to the big northeast cities and tampa and orlando and also miami under severe risk and it continues to track by the northeast later this afternoon into the evening hours from south carolina into north carolina and that's where the greatest chance of severe weather. into the friday morning hours it's anywhere from washington, d.c., up to new york city with tough weather, the type that cause delays and friday evening and it's boston that's dealing with it, but it's not just the heavy rain. take a look at this. you have winds out there and focus on the yellow and orange color. those are wind gusts anywhere from 40 to possibly 50 miles per hour and what does that tell you? it tells you you will get delays and bumpy rides out there. the toughest travel today, charlotte, miami, atlanta. the toughest travel tomorrow,

washington, philadelphia, newark and boston. it will be rougher for you folks traveling side are saturday, but it's a tough weekend of travel. >> pack your patience. >> that's what you've got to do. flights out of the second busiest airport was closed after drones were spotteded in area. cancellations at gatwick airport. that includes 4,000 stuck at airports unable to depart or arrive and 6,000 passengers who were on flights that were diverted. roxanna saberi is at gatwick. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. police are still hunting for the drone operators as this airport deals with a major disruption. as you mentioned, this is the country's second busiest airport and was expecting a record number of passengers to come here over christmas. just today 760 flights at gatwick airport have been canceled or delayed and some of those flights are headed to big american airports like los angeles or new york.

airport officials said the shut down started at 9:00 last night after two drones were spotted flying over the airfield. the runway reopened six hours later and closed again after 45 minutes following another sighting of drones. the airport's chief operating officer say it's, quote, a deliberate act and they can't shoot down the drone because of the danger of stray bullets. firing drones is punishable up to five years in prison. police do not think this incident is terror-related, but we do know that terror groups have threatened to use drones as weapons in the past. aviation and security officials have long feared that happening at airports around the world. >> i worry about it, too. thank you, roxanna saberi from london's airport. congress has threatened for a partial shutdown tomorrow. they pay the bills until february 8th. the senate approved the measure late last night without adding the money that president trump

demanded for border security. nancy cordes is on capitol hill. nancy, it sounds like they're playing the game of kick the can again. here's the question. will the president still sign that legislation if it reaches his desk? >> republican lawmakers hope so. in fact, they think the president is going to sign this bill before tomorrow night's deadline even though it doesn't contain the wall funding he is asking for, it doesn't contain anything for the president's promised border wall. just last week he said, remember, he would be proud to shut down the government if he didn't get $5 billion to fulfill his signature campaign promise, but democrats balked that $1 billion in wall funding and republicans, this can't pass a funding bill without those democratic votes. they've come up with a compromise that is as you noted, gayle, a temporary fix. it keeps the the government funded until february 8th and

the new year. most importantly what this bill does is prevent a shutdown of a quarter of the government tomorrow night which would leave, gayle, 400,000 federal employees furloughed right before christmas. >> nobody wants that to happen. >> what does this mean for the president's border wall. the wall which he said during the campaign mexico was going to pay for it. it turned into a campaign chant. >> he insists he's not giving up and that he will find the money within the federal government. on twitter, he wrote, in fact, one way or the other we will win on the wall and he has been asking cabinet secretaries if they have any funds that can be redirected and some trump supporters are taking things into their own hands and an iraq war veteran started a go fund me page a few days ago to raise money for the wall. he's raised another half a million just this morning. he's up to 3.5 million.

somehow he'll find a way to get that money to the federal treasury. >> i heard him say if every trump voter paid $80 they could pay for it. we'll see. nancy cordes, thank you very much. we should not be surprised by his decision to withdraw some 2,000 u.s. troops from syria. the president claims they have defeated isis and other countries need to step up, but his announcement yesterday was condemned by many of his republican supporters. david martin was at the pentagon where officials are making plans for the withdrawal. good morning. >> good morning, the president's decision is drawing criticism from members of his own party and from within his administration. one senior administration official calls it a catastrophic disaster, but one voice of approval came from a russian foreign minister spokesman who said it creates real prospects for a political solution to syria's civil war. >> we have won against isis.

we've beaten them and we've beaten them badly. >> even as president trump declared victory, he faced friendly fire from fellow republicans who say he's retreating. >> the colossal, in my mind, is a mistake, a greater ror. >> it has caught everyone off guard and we'll pay for it here. >> even lund see graham, a supporter of president trump, called it a mistake. >> this is an obama-like move. >> reporter: candidate donald trump had criticized obama for his 2011 decision to pull u.s. troops out of iraq which some say paved the way for the rise of isis. >> isis is honoring president obama. he is the founder of isis. >> the territory isis once held in syria, the so-called caliphate has been reduced to just a few pockets, but the fighting remains fierce with special operations forces calling in hundreds of strikes last week on isis positions.

senior administration officials admit it would take a couple more months to clear the last pockets and warned that would not be the end of it. >> it is safe to say americans will stay trained and equipped in order to provide stability. >> the only statement that counted was one the president made last spring. >> i want to get out. i want to bring our troops back home. i want to start rebuilding our nation. >> defense officials say they will try to have all u.s. troops out of syria within 30 days and that air and artillery strikes will be used to cover their withdrawal. after that, it will be up to other countries with troops on the ground to carry on the fight. >> one country picking up that mantle is russia. thank you. russian president vladimir putin is welcoming the plan to remove u.s. troops from syria. holding his famously long end of year news conference in moscow

this morning. he's taking questions from hundreds of russian and foreign journalists. our charlie daga'agata is there. >> reporter: on the topic of u.s. troop withdrawal from syria, the president called the american presence there illegitimate in the first place. >> translator: as for defeating isis, i do generally agree with the president of the united stat states. we've achieved some major advances when it comes to defeating the terrorists and struck major blows with terrorists in syria. whether do we need the presence of the american military, i guess, we do not need that presence. the presence of your troops is illegitima illegitimate, so if you've made

this decision, it's the right decision. >> president putin warned about the rise in the threat of the nuclear war saying if the united states puts intermediate missiles in europe, russia will be forced to take countermeasures. john? >> charlie d'agata in moscow, thank you, charlie. an actress who said she was fired from the hit cbs show "bull" after accusing the star of harassment is speaking out for the first time. writing in the "boston globe," liza said michael weatherly cbs retaliated against me for simply asking me to do my job without harassment. settled for $9.5 million. here with why the actress is telling her story now. >> new details on the "boston globe" article. eliza declined to talk to "the new york times" because she wanted to honor the confidential

settlement agreement. after michael tried to deny, deflect and spin what happened to her, she decided to come forward. >> i'm certainly here for you. >> are you? >> after eliza dushku she was hired on the hit cbs show "bull," they made her a series regular with an option up to six seasons. >> we've got a problem. >> what's that? >> but dushku would appear for just three episodes after she claimed the show's star michael weatherly had her fired. on a column in "the boston globe," subjected her to daily undeniably demeaning conduct that included going out of his way to humiliate her, constant name calling and a remark about her having a threesome. >> you have no idea how much trouble you're in. >> you ready? >> after weeks of allegedly enduring weatherly's harassment, dushku decided to confront him but within 48 hours, she claims,

show runner glen gordon wrote her off "bull". >> all those people are going to listen to my arguments? >> that is the idea. >> dushku settled with the network earlier this year for $9.5 million, roughly what she would have made as a series regular but she said that was only after it was revealed some of weatherly's harassment was captured on cbs's own videotape recordings. >> i actually do believe that this is an idea worth fighting for. >> dushku was now also pushing back criticism she had a, quote, humor deficit, something weatherly had complained about. i did not overreact. i took a job and because i did not want to be harassed, i was fired. show runner glen gordon declined our request for comment but told "the new york times" the decision to end dushku's run had nothing to do with her experiences on set. michael told "the new york times" when dushku confronted

him, he was mortified, apologized and denied pushing for her removal. cbs declined to comment but last week said in a statement, we remain committed to a culture by a safe inclusive and respectful workplace, our work is far from done. that's a true statement. a lot of work to be done here at this network. >> thank you. a yemeni mother is now by her dying son's side in california after a yearlong battle to sidestep the trump administration's travel ban. seamus was greeted by dozens of supporters in san francisco. the travel ban prevented her from flying to the u.s. but tuesday, she was granted a visa to come see her son abdullah who suffers from a degenerative brain disorder. the father, usa citizen who lives in california, brought him to the u.s. in october for his treatment. >> this is a difficult time for our family, but we are blessed to be together. i ask you to respect our privacy

as we go through with our son again. >> the mother's visa will reportedly allow her to remain in the u.s. with her husband and begin a path toward american citizenship. ahead, promising new research shows how it may be possible to turn back time on cognitive decline in older americans. but good thursday morning to you. a dense fog advisory in effect for the santa clara valley and the san francisco shoreline until 8:00 a.m. due to the thick fog out there. visibility a quarter mile and less. we are looking at dry, cloudy conditions for the day. a weak cold front pushes in for showers for the north bay this evening and for the rest of the bay area late tonight into early friday morning. a stronger system for christmas eve and christmas day.

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anyone that needs it. >> he's done that before but can you imagine you're a little kid in the bed and president obama walked in and you're like, ah. i feel better already. i feel good. that was very nice. very nice. >> welcome back to "cbs this morning." here are three things you should know this morning. minutes away, the new york judge allowed a sexual assault case against disgraced media mogul harvey weinstein to continue. his lawyers had asked the judge to dismiss the indictment claiming misconduct by investigators has turned the case into chaos. weinstein is charged with committing sex crimes against two different women. he denies all allegations of non-consensual sex. duke university researchers suggest that regular exercise can reverse cognitive decline in older adults. people without dementia who had a hard time remembering things. people who walked or cycled for 35 minutes three times a week and eight a low-sodium high fiber diet scored higher on thinking tests after six months.

the study's author said the improvements are equal to reverse nearly nine years of aging. hit the treadmills, people, but more is needed. >> exercise is the best medicine. >> for everything, it seems. two astronauts and a russian cosmonaut return after six months on the international space station. they landed in kazakhstan. the trio including dr. serena who finished first space mission. new cancer treatments while on the iss. fellow nasa astronaut ann mclean joined her, the first time in history that the only two u.s. astronauts on a mission were women. >> oh. for the first time, a government agency in the u.s. is suing facebook over its alleged failure to protect users personal information. the attorney general of washington, dc started investigating facebook earlier this year. the probe began after the company allowed the political

consulting firm cambridge analytica to obtain user data. nicholas thompson shows us the potential risks for facebook. good morning. >> good morning. comes one day after a scathing "new york times" report and facebook shared data with 150 corporate partners. faibls on t facebook has been on for months now as they protect privacy. >> i think this lawsuit will accelerate a change. >> in a lawsuit filed wednesday, district of columbia attorney general carl racine, it misrepresented the extent to which it accessed data. >> users in many cases had no idea how their personal and user information was being utilized. >> in a statement, facebook says we're reviewing the complaint and look forward to continuing our discussions with attorneys

general in dc and elsewhere. >> it was my mistake. and i'm sorry. >> since the cambridge analytica scandal, facebook faced growing criticism for privacy missteps. last week, the company admitted nearly 7 million users photos may have been exposed to third party apps. and on tuesday, "the new york times" reported the company gave many tech companies far greater access to user data than previously had been disclosed. some including netflix and spotify, were allowed to read, write and delete user's private messages through servers they built but only available when accessed apps using a facebook log-in. quote, no third party was reading your private messages or writing messages the your friends without your permission. >> i just can't kind of tolerate the lack of respect of me as a user we see from facebook. >> mccormick is marking ten year

anniversary with facebook by breaking up with the social media platform for good. one of many cutting back. a survey in january found 74% of facebook users said they logged on daily, but by june, 42% reported they were taking a break of a few weeks or more. 26% said they deleted the app from their phones. >> we trust that a company is going to protect our privacy, protect our data and i think we've seen from facebook in the last few years they're just not doing that. >> facebook's stock dropped more than 7% yesterday. according to the attorney general, his office had discussions with a number of other states they're interested in protecting personal information. >> it seems like it just keeps heating up for faibcebook. facebook said users gave their permission to share this data. is that true? >> users gave their permission. they logged in to the places, to the corporate partners but i don't think users quite

understood entirely how their data was being shared. >> can facebook protect our privacy and still grow their business or is the business model and sharing this dataer revocably bound together? >> for most of their lifetime, they prioritized growth and utility and not privacy and that is coming back to bite them. >> this comes at a damning time with the senate report saying they weren't as forthcoming as many investigators hoped they would be. >> and so many people are manipulating facebook to undermine democracy. >> and continue to do so. absolutely. >> nick, thank you. great to have you. virtual reality is making a leap from the game room to the showroom. tony dokoupil shows how they train employees for worst case scenarios. >> reporter: verizon wants thousands of front line employees to be ready if the unthinkable happens. ahead, we'll take you inside their training and show you how virtual reality could help save

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difficult or even impossible to imagine or was until now. >> oh my gosh. >> 9-1-1, 9-1-1. >> put the phone down. >> two gunman strike as the store opens. >> take me to the inventory. >> one employee hostage. >> let's go. >> and going straight for the safe. >> there's nothing in here. how do i get into the bottom part? >> it was only a simulation, but as we learned firsthand, the training site, the fear was all too real. >> turn around. >> holy. >> virtual reality takes your brain elsewhere. so i'm standing here in a classroom and my brain thinks i'm on a factory floor on an airplane tarmac in a verizon store, so it's basically like visualization on steroids. >> reporter: derek belch is the founder of striver, building virtual reality for football team and now a growing number of

sales companies. let them feel the holiday rush. jet blue technicians can inspect an airplane before takeoff and this year, verizon plans to send 15,000 front line workers through a program aimed to put everyone at the wrong end of a gun. when people come to work for verizon, i imagine the potential for armed robbery is not something they're considering. why remind them of it? >> because it's a reality. it's a reality. we can't ignore it. >> reporter: michael mason is chief security officer at verizon. while they see fewer than 50 armed robberies a year, just one is enough to make the training worth it. >> i wouldn't call it a minor problem. any time you get a gun stuck in your face or knife stuck in your face, that's a serious problem. >> do you think this training has the potential to save a life down the road? >> if nothing else, then an employee understands what he or she should be looking at in the bad guy when they're in and if that helps identify a bad guy and take them off the street, it means they can't repeat that activity. >> the training features three

virtual reality experiences. an armed robbery at store opening, at closing and a smash and grab job during store hours. >> whoa, hey. >> throughout the ordeal, employees answer questions about what to do in realtime. >> i'm coming for you. >> and then discuss it as a group. how has your impression changed? >> to keep calm, so the customers stay calm. >> he manages a verizon store in virginia. >> it was emotional. it was traumatic in a lot of ways. it was raw. it was like awakening of what more i could be doing in my role in what happens day-to-day back to my team. >> reporter: verizon security chief said the fwogoal is not t protect the inventory but the people but why talk publicly about the training? it's to send a message to the bad guys, if you come for the phones or the gadgets, the people in stores like this one

are going to be prepared. nora? >> that message is being sent. good one, tony, thank you so much. this morning's other headlines. a stunning discovery that he unknowingly in exchanging letters with a former president for years.

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threats from the korean peninsula and neighboring areas. washington did not immediately respond to the statement. "the wall street journal" report catholic diocese withheld priest's names accused of sexual abuse. catholic diocese in illinois received allegations of sexual abuse against 690 priests. only 185 were publicly identified as credibly accused. the attorney general says that church did not conduct a thorough investigation and failed to notify authorities. the arch diocese of chicago said it's difficult to tell what finding specifically applied to it as opposed to other diocese in the state. the archbishop of chicago said the church needs to strengthen its accountability. this is proof once again that church needs reform. >> in a very big way. "time" reports, the population growing at the slowest rate since 1937 in the

middle of the greatest depression. the nation's populations grew by just 0.6% between july 2017 and july 1st, 2018. that's due to a high number of deaths and low nurl mber of bir. research showing children who live with cats and dogs when infants are less likely to develop allergies. the more pets, the better. just put them in a litter. the study in the journal looked at more than 1200 children and one-third in households with no pets reported allergies. not a single with five or more pets had allergies. >> all the kids that are saying, mom, dad, could we have a dog or cat? they need to get this study. >> the dog or cat before they can even speak. >> the households with five or more have different issues, right? >> that is true. "the washington post"

reports former president george h.w. bush secretly exchanged letters with a filipino boy for a decade. such a great story. because of safety concerns, the former president used a pseudonym, g. walker, when he became pen pals with the 7-year-old timothy in 2002. he sponsored some of the boy's education and his meals. timothy was stunned when he learned the identity of his pen pal upon graduation. now, that is an honorable. >> i know. coming up, cher, right? cher is coming up. had a number one hit song in every decade. we'll be right back. she's had a number one hit song in every decade. we'll be right back.

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i'm in product development at comcast. we're working to make things simple, easy and awesome. . good morning to our viewers in the west. it's thursday, december 20, 2018, welcome back to cbs "this morning." our senior global affairs contributor ian bremer is in studio 57. what he thinks will happen in syria after president trump's unexpected decision to pull out u.s. troops. . in our coming home series, we were with the crew of an aircraft carrier when thousands of sailors returned to their families after months at sea. but first, here's today's eye opener at 8:00. a powerful storm threatens christmas travel plans. heavy rains and strong winds are expected to cause delays.

>> we are sitting in rush hour traffic on what is according to aaa the worst travel day of the holiday season. >> we have winds to focus on this yellow and orange color. those are wind gusts anywhere from 40 to possibly 50 miles per hour. >> police are still hunting for the drone operators, 760 flights through gatwick airport have been canceled or delays. lawmakers say they think the president will sign this bill even though it doesn't contain the wall funding. the president's decision is drawing criticism from members of his own party and within his administration. >> it dramatically flips it. this is an obama-like move. eliza dushku says she declined to to talk to the "new york times" because she wanted to honor the terms of her settlement agreement forever 21 wearing a "black panther" model- sweater. >> forever 21 says we celebrate all superheroes with many different models and ethnicities

and apologize if the photo was offensive. then they put up this new photo. pped hisnapped his fingers and made the white guy disappear. a looks like a lonely sweater. r.t sure there was a solution. >> i think it's okay for you tote people to wear wakanda nation sweatshirts. it's a good movie that everybody veryyed black or white. or whl signed off on. >> it please. >> i haven't got my christmas present. >> wakanda nation for you. >> the sweater is in the mail. >> gosh, guys. chrood morning everyone. wite almost there, i'm bianna golodryga with gayle king and nnell, andnnell. democrats and republicans are condemning president trump's abrupt decision to withdraw all u.s. ground troops from syria the president tweeted it's time tor other nations to fight isisment pentagon officials and the state department are

scrambling to get democrats out of war-torn syria safely. week tsenior u.s. official said last week that isis holds 1% of ole story.ory it's once held but the pentagon estimates there are hters0 isis fighters in syria. the president declared victory on twitter against the advice of his top national security advisers. chairmans ago the chairman of 20e joint chiefs of staff said only 20% of local forces have been trained to fight against isis. to bremmer is president of ituationgroup good morning. so there's the situation with isis then russia with iran in sy leria. let me start with the second piece. what happens if the u.s. is out f syria? what kind of vacuum does that wheate? >> not very much, to be honest oesh you. >>sad has won. president obama said assad must one,obama's gone, assad is still there. it's embarrassing to admit that assad has won but five million

prian refugees and 500,000 dead syrians already know that so the fact that we're cutting and unning, it doesn't as if the united statesed that leverage on he ground. they were willing to commit because syria mattered. for united states it did not and for someone like president trump, he waited for two two yea years. >> why not say the military has why do y job, it has virtually eliminated the caliphate but the he stayt to stay is to make sure it doesn't grow back. what a what r our national security interests. >> the average american hasn't ad a good answer for that they

ton't like we're fighting the wars on the back of the poorest, ba the least privilege, they come peopled we don't take care of them. so as many people that complained that trump hasn't tr isited troops in war zones, how ut it not having war zones. >> but i wasn't look for the ,olitical answer. i'm asking what is our national nati security interest in syria? syria? is this a gift to president putin that trump has given putin? >> i would argue the gift came from obama, frankly, it was when the united states said yes we'll get rid of this guy, chemical gu weapon is a red line and we y putin we it. areainly putin welcomes the act americans are leaving and there are many leaders around manworld, include manager in st to s. who would say even if thatin america's interest to eave, if it's leverage you can use against the russians and the iranians and the turks you shouldn't just give it to them.

>> so are you saying it's not a it decision but maybe the way it was executed wasn't the way to do it? i trump is very capable of doing intelligent things in very stupid ways and this is one of tony examples of that. you don't want to do it by was yo tweet, you don't want the allies al in syre fighting on the ground in syria or supporting us with enly fins to suddenly find out uringere's a decision that we didn't hear about in the g20. >> but the decision igts you're yo saying no big deal? >> at the margins would it be better if americans were more engaged in fight withing terrorism around the world? sure? but there are so many other things we could be doing with that money and frankly the at, repuamerican, democrat, republican, indifferent, the aver angrage american isn't getting a lot of bang for buck out of being on the ground in syria and

i don't think you'll hear that from many experts but i think it's a reality. >> >> stunning that the joint chiefs of staff was left about the dark. >> unfortunate.

♪ we have much more news ahead. 5,000 sailers deployedn . we have much more news ahead 5, 000 sailors deployed on a month-long mission that took them to the arctic circle just returned home.

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♪ our series "coming home" . our series "coming home" follows our nation's service members as they return home from deployment. the uss "harry s. truman" an aircraft carrier, carries more than 5,000 sailors. it was the first carrier deployed as part of the trump administration's so-called dynamic force employment strategy. it involves warships sailing in unpredictable patterns to confuse potential enemies. the truman was the first carrier

in decades to monitor russia from the arctic circle. because of that availability, families were kept at home for much of the deployment. cbs "this morning" co-host dana jacobson boarded the trueman days before its return in the story you'll see only on cbs "this morning." she followed the sailors as they reunited with family members. >> good morning. a lot of people haven't been on an aircraft carrier so for those who haven't been, the best way to describe it, a small floating city. for the ship we went on, the "truman" that meant a city of over 5,000 sailors with all of their loved ones waiting for them back home. [ cheers and applause ] it's a once in a lifetime view as the massive navy carrier the uss "hairy s. truman" pulls into port. the thousands of sailors streaming off the boat haven't seen their families in months. their history-making mission was a strategic success but it was

at times unsettling for the sailors and their family. >> daddy! >> reporter: we flew out to meet the sailors for their final days on board. from the flight deck, the size of four football fields, to the cramped hallways -- >> no one really knows what it's like to be on a ship. >> reporter: these young men and women in uniform were reflecting on their journey. what's the hardest thing about being at sea and being away from families? >> i'd probably say missing my first child's birth. >> reporter: for culinary specialist devin dias, his mission has been one of sacrifice. his wife, taylor, went into labor in october. i called my wife i was like baby, are you all right? everything good? she was like just having a baby. i was very fortunate to be on the phone with her during the birth so every screen, growl, push, i got to hear.

what changed my perspective is i heard him when he first came out. i it brought tears to my eyes. >> reporter: navy paralegal on her first deployment is worried about her children, too. >> i've been out of the loop for three months. >> has it been harder on any one of the three? >> my youngest, she's four. she has, like, these night terrors where she's calling out for me but i'm not there. >> reporter: faith's husband has been a solo parent to their three kids while working in a barbershop in norfolk. >> it's been crazy. it's been hard. they miss their mom more than anything, the feminine energy she brings into the house. >> reporter: the 24/7 nature of the ship keeps the sailors busy, leaving less time to think about those they left behind. and the navy provides some comforts of home. >> i got a good hair cut so i feel good about myself today. >> reporter: from a barbershop to a library, even a starbucks. but there are some things they can't provide.

this technician and his fiance got engaged over the phone while they were apart. >> connie is the love of my life. i don't know where i would be without her. >> reporter: but he never officially popped the question with ring in hand. >> we were pulling into portugal earlier than we expected and my parents somehow found a flight out to portugal and i told them as long as you're coming, you might as well bring the ring with you. >> are you excited to meet your dad? >> reporter: while anxious families at home wait for the last few days of deployment to pass. on the ship they there's still work to be done -- like getting the carrier's air wing off. we are one of the last helicopters taking off from the uss "truman" that's why we can't use our normal camera equipment. the planes are gone. now that the helicopters are gone, all that's left is for the sailors to arrive home. and that comes tomorrow. the family reunions and the overwhelming emotions that come with them begin here. >> wesley!

come here! >> daddy! >> come on, buddy! >> reporter: back on board -- >> i'm a little nervous, i guess. >> nervous, anxious, excited. >> really nervous. >> reporter: the final days turn to hours. then to minutes. as the sailors line up for the traditional manning of the rails and naval station norfolk comes into view, home is finally within their grasp. >> oh, my goodness, i'm about to crime. i see my babies. >> reporter: on the peeier, anticipation is building. >> my mom sees me! >> reporter: after months apart, those final minutes are agonizing for everyone, especially for a new dad like devon about to meet his son for the first time. >> thank you. how's it feel?

you want to give me a kiss? >> levon jackson doesn't try to contain his excitement. the two of you are together? now what? >> we'll go get the kids. >> reporter: faith's children didn't know mom was coming home. her deployment now over. >> hey, guys! hey! hey, baby. i missed you! hey, baby! i miss you. >> you all right? you can cry. you all right? >> i missed you. >> i missed you, too. >> hey! hey! >> reporter: back on the pier, sailors step back on land, ready to swap navy life for home life

and for one young couple -- >> this is so nerve-wracking, i don't know what to do. >> a chance to start there. >> do it! [ cheers and applause ] >> will you marry me? >> of course! [ applause ] i love you. >> i love you more. e details, right? the technicality of the ring. connie and mike set to get married new year's eve. it breaks me every time. it's so amazing to see the reunions of these families. seven months out at sea. >> of course is a better answer than yes. and i always love, i love you, i love you more. >> all their stories. >> how about can i have a kiss, too? >> there were so many stories, too. >> someone reminded me this morning who has dealt a lot with deployment, there's this moment of reunion we're so grateful for they're home safe and then

there's the re-adjustment when they are home. it's important that families fall into a routine when a member is gone. then someone comes new back into the routine. we have to keep them in our thoughts and prayers for the months that follow because the reunification is difficult. >> i talked with all of them how difficult it would be stepping into this life that their loved ones had without them. exactly what you're saying. they try to work with them on the ship about some of the things. devon took a new parenting class, learned how to diaper. it is an adjustment. >> makes all the more and it is an adjustment. >> they choose to serve. >> exactly it. the ultimate sacrifice. >> thank you. >> pulling on the heartstrings. what a beautiful story. >> thank you. >> you can see more insights from the sailors including a mom who discussed raising her daughter while being deployed on our website cbsthismorning.com. we'll be right back. get some tissues. ♪

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busy as you york your way out of marin county we're seeing some foggy conditions there as well. here's mary. and we are tracking that dense fog. there's a dense fog advisory still in effect. it's actually been extended until 10:00 a.m. for the san francisco bay shoreline and the santa clara valley due to visibility. so let's show you the location still dealing with that thick fog. san jose a 10th of a mile. a half mile right now at mountain view. a quarter mile in livermore. a mile and a skwart at sfo. a mile and a half and oakland a mile for concord. tracking a weak front and that will bring showers first with the north bay into the evening. late tonight into early friday morning. for most of the day dry and cloudy. again, few showers for the north bay this evening into tomorrow morning. dry for the rest of your friday into saturday and for sunday. a stronger storm system rolls in

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♪ thank you for being a friend ♪ ♪ ♪ thank you for being a friend former president george h.w. bush dog is back in his original home. >> the 2-year-old labrador for joining the former president. you can see sully was greeted by fans and honored at a ceremony. guess what they gave him? a bone. a bone to commemorate his months of service to our former

president george h.w. bush. now he's going to begin a new assignment in february and he'll be working with wounded vets at walter reed military medical center. >> sully looks very bored by the whole thing. he's still standing there with that bone. >> i was going to say modest is the most appropriate word. >> he has a twitter handle, as well. >> he had a perfect pose for that photograph. >> he's so cute, come on. >> very well behaved. >> welcome back to "cbs this morning." right now it's time to show you some of this morning's headlines. "the new york times" says e-cigarette maker jewel may get a deal with altria. the maker of marlboro is close to investing their 13 billion for a 35% stake in juul. it would give access to shelf space and convenience stores and marketing strategies. jerome adams issued a rare advisory. he called for aggressive steps against what he called an

epidemic in e-cigarette use among teenagers. "the washington post" reports williams sonoma is suing amazon over alleged knockoffs and strikingly similar products. amazon is accused of copying designs of williams sonoma's west elm furniture for its own furniture line. sometimes they're sold at lower prices. williams sonoma is asking for $2 million per counterfeit item. amazon declined to comment on the lawsuit. and the seattle times reports on the new study that suggests american adults are not getting any taller, but they are getting fatter. the cdc says the average american today is about 30 pounds heavier than in the early 1960s. the average height of men today 5'9" is about a tenth of an inch shorter than a decade ago. the average height of women has

stayed about the same. >> in other news, short-term interest rates are higher this morning meaning many americans face increased borrowing costs. the fed hiked rates yesterday by a quarter-point cut to a range of 2.25% to 2.5%. that's the fourth rise this year and the highest level since 2008. the dow closed down almost 352 points after the announcement. it was the lowest close of the year. cbs news business analyst jill schlesinger is here with how that rate rise affects you. good morning. >> good morning. >> so "the new york times" breaks it down great this morning because it says it makes a difference whether you're a saver or a spender. if you're a saver that has money in the bank and you get higher interest you're doing well. if you're a spender that has $10,000 on a credit card payment, how does this affect them? >> borrowers are most significantly impacted with credit card rates, by the way, are on average 17%, maybe more. so for an average credit card borrower that might mean a few

extra dollars every month, but if you've got a huge balance outstanding it could be a big difference. other things impacted. new auto loans. so you go out and get a new car, you might see a higher price, maybe over 5%. adjustable rate mortgages, you might see a higher price there and for your home equity lines of credit, those start adjusting pretty quickly in 30 to 60 days so people could start paying more for the money they borrowed. >> because the fed has said they'll keep raising rates and the economy is strong and they're worried about inflation and there might be more. so you've got a long-term plan. it's not just reacting. >> oh, absolutely. so if you are looking at an average credit card balance, you know you have to pay it down. here's your incentive. 2.25 points next year. it's not written in stone, put that on your new year's financial resolution and we'll do that next year, but i want

you to make it clear that it will impact you. as you said, bianna, for savers, it's fantastic. if you're a saver, all of these rate increases, nine over the last three years have finally gotten those interest rates up on checking, savings. i looked at cd rate, two-year cd rates now finally poking over 3%. great news especially if you're a retiree. >> isn't it a yin and yang because the stock market will go down? >> this is actually a very interesting thing because the vast majority of investors, economists and analysts did expect that quarter-point increase yesterday. so why did the market sell off? the big reason is that during his press conference chairman powell really didn't make people feel better. he said, yeah. we'll probably do two next year and we're on it and it almost seemed like automatic and investors were very concerned because they felt if you're on some automatic program that's not good for stocks. >> it's also rare that you have the president stepping in and

giving his views on the fed's decisions as well. maybe that's confusing investors. >> look, i think that the president doing that, it's not really impacting powell and in some respects it may be putting his back up against the wall. fed officials are really not usually guided by politics although, look, they've got to report to congress twice a year so it is important. >> all right, jill. thank you. always good to have you here. thank you. cher is opening up about her iconic career and her famous marriages. ahead, we'll take you to cher's california home for a candid conversation with the kennedy center honoree. can't wait to hear more from good thursday morning to you. it is a foggy start to the day. as we head through the rest of our morning, we are going to see that fog burn off but dry and cloudy conditions across the bay area. seasonal daytime highs. tracking a weak cold front that will bring showers for the north bay first this evening and scattered showers for the rest of the bay

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lifetime contribution with an oscar, emmy and one, two, three golden globes. she's got plenty of hardware to show for her career that spans more than 50 years now. to this day, few artists embody superstardom like cher. we went to her beautiful california home, we invited ourselves, to discuss her remarkable life and accomplishments. >> so good to see you. >> thank you. >> overlooking the pacific coast in malibu there are is the place cher has called home for the past 20 years. >> you get to look at this every day. >> i do. >> wow. but the iconic performer says there's a distinction between who she is here. ♪ do you believe in love after love ♪ >> and who she is on stage ♪ ♪ i can feel >> i don't know how you do what you do, look the way you do, wear the clothes you do, behave the yea you do and say i'm shy.

i find that hard to believe. >> because when i'm working i'm a different person. i don't like going up to strangers. i don't like going into restaurants. ♪ i remember >> but when i'm working, i'm just another person. i'm this person who gets to be free. >> yeah. >> well, cher on stage has no boundaries. when i go on stage i have to go from my height to like 15 feet tall. ♪ baby i found the world >> cher grew up in el centro, california. ♪ i'll always love you >> she says her mother, georgia holt, is 1 of her strongest influences. did you always like to sing? >> yes, always. my mom sang. my mother sounds just like me, or i sound just like my mom. >> but you don't like your voice, which surprised me. you are cher. >> i am cher. >> and you don't like your voice. >> well, it's not my favorite

thing. but there are a few songs that i done that i really like. ♪ but i'm going to stand by ground ♪ >> you haven't seen the last of me. ♪ this is a song for the lonely ♪ >> song for the lonely. >> are you over if i could turn back time? do people walk up on the street and do that? >> yes. because everybody thinks they could do it and nobody does it. ♪ if i could turn back time >> and nobody has had a number one song on the charts for six consecutive decades except cher. ♪ i'd take back all the words that have hurt you ♪ >> the 1960s would mark the start of her professional career. she still remembers meeting the man who would change the course of her life. ♪ the grocery stores >> someone said there's sonny. and i turned around to look at him and i swear to god it was

like maria at the dance. everyone just disappeared. and there was sonny. >> you felt an instant attraction to him? >> i don't know what it was. >> i don't know, maria at the dance, that was instant attraction. >> yeah. but it was something i'd never felt before. >> cher left home when she was only 16 and was staying at a friend arizona hou friend's house when sonny offered her a place to live. >> he said i don't find you particularly attractive and i very twin beds. >> when did you realize you had something special together in terms of your mizic. >> i didn't realize it. >> what do you mean. >> sonny realized it. he wrote me a poem and said you're a butterfly that deserves to be seen by all. >> he seemed to think we are going to make whatever this is, we're going to make it work. >> right. and he'd been trying for a long time himself and had given up. and when he met me, he said this is the key.

>> mayor flrrying in 1964, theye a duo. the two were known not only for catchi catchy lyrics, but those witnessy punch lines. despite the success of the comedy hour, they divorced in 1975 pay the little over two decades later, sonny bono died in a tragic skiing accident. >> don't pay any attention this is probably going to happen from time to time. and i also know that he is someplace loving this. >> when you do the eulogy, you said it was one of the most important things you've done. >> it was the most difficult, and i didn't want to do it. >> because you had been divorced many years by then. >> it didn't make any difference. if sonny walked in here right now i would call him short and he would say something to me and people would be laughing. nobody would understand our connection because we didn't. >> life would bring a number of

changes, including a second marriage to gregg allman of the allman brothers band. and in her career, cher would take on a new craft starring in films like silkwood. mask, and then winning an oscar for her performance in moonstruck. >> i'm in love with you. >> snap out of it. >> when you won the oscar, there seemed to be such genuine affection for you in the room when your name was called. >> when i got up i was so nervous and i didn't have anything planned. >> uh, i want to really -- i want to really say something. >> because i didn't really think i was going to win. >> you said many times that you've been laughed at your whole life. >> yeah. >> you said that. >> what do you mean by that? >> well, because my career has been such a strange thing, you know. it had huge ups and downs. i went from, you know, academy

award to infomercial. >> it feels dry. >> well, it is dry. >> so people didn't take you seriously? >> well, no. >> did that hurt your feelings? >> yeah, but i just kept going. ♪ melody ♪ you're my oldest friend >> how old do you feel? >> i don't know. >> you don't? >> i feel older than 40. >> okay. >> sometimes i feel really young, and sometimes i feel -- i don't know if i feel 72 because i'm not quite sure what that is. and my mom says if you don't pay any attention to age, age won't pay any attention to you. and i always go mom that's bull [ bleep ] okay. >> she makes every age look good. continuing to giffin credible performances, known for a repeated string of farewell tours. cher claims her upcoming u.s. tour, the first in five years, will be her last. >> this will be the last tour i ever do. >> don't believe you. >> no, no, i promise you.

>> you said that before. >> no, but now this is the time where you just don't come back because it's going to take every ounce of energy to do it. >> the name of the tour. >> here we go again, which is -- i've said it before but it's real this time. and stop laughing because it is. >> okay, okay, that's funny. i know we couldn't keep a straight face. this year cher released another project. it's a cover album called dancing queen. it's her 26th studio album. she says she worked really hard at it, she's very proud of it had the per mom still alive, 92 years old. she said her mom is of course one of her billingest influences on her still today. >> gayle, i have seen you do many interviews. that might be one of my favorites. >> i like her so much because she's such a blunt talker and if she doesn't want to talk about it she goes i don't want to talk about it. >> and you push back. >> but she's very brutally honest and candid about what she does. >> but you asked good questions.

>> i like her a lot. a lot. >> i went to see the latest mama mia movie and what's great about it is to see new generations get to know and love her music and her voice. >> she said singing fernando was hard for her but she really enjoyed doing this album. those of us who love cher will be there again. >> is she going to tour again, gayle? >> yes. >> is she? >> my prediction, yes, she is. >> i'm going to join you on that too. >> we can go and wear the o outfits, guys. >> you can see that honored by kennedy center next wednesday, december 26bling. airs at 8:00,

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foggy conditions out there which means limited visibility on most of our bay area bridges. right in your top left looking a little bit better than usual. golden gate bridge getting a little sluggish out of marin county and the bottom part busy across the span. all right. we do have some busy conditions along 880 right now.

southbound near paseo grande. motorcycle accident. it was a quick traffic alert. your travel times slow along the nimmets freeway. 34 minutes as you work your way from highway 4 toward the maze and about an hour to go from san jose to sfo. here's mary. a dense fog advisory has been extended until 10:00 a.m. due to the low visibility down to 1/4 to even lower than that for that fog. let's show you the visibility out there. a half mile for san jose. zero right now in livermore and a half mile for oakland. the fog should burn off later on in the morning and early in the afternoon. dry and cloudy. a weak cold front will bring showers for the north bay this evening. scattered showers for the rest of us late tonight into early tomorrow morning.

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