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egrooother cass. you know what? my place is a lot cleaner now. stop cleaning. start swiffering. this week the 116th congress got to work despite the government shutdown. one new member has unique perspective. lauren underwood spoke from the house floor for the first time yesterday. she is a former federal employee that was furloughed during a shutdown in 2013. at 32, underwood is the youngest black woman ever elected to congress. in tonight's eye on america, ed okeefe follows her as the idealistic freshman meets the real world of congress. >> good morning, it's lauren.
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it's about 6:45 a.m. on friday. today's the last day for orientation. >> one of lauren underwood's first orders of business, selecting an office. >> i am here at room lottery selection. you can hear all the noise in the room. it's pretty incredible. >> mrs. underwood. >> getting a space large enough for her staff is a total game of chance. all 85 new members literally draw numbers out of the box. the lower the number, the better the office. >> mrs. underwood drew number 70. >> we got number 70. >> so do you even bother looking? >> oh, no, of course. we want to see. >> new members always come into washington convinced they can change the place. and underwood is no stranger to these halls. >> i can envision myself here. >> she was a congressional intern just 13 years ago. and she is a former obama
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administration official who helped implemented the affordable care act. >> good luck. >> thank you. >> as a registered nurse and someone with a pre-existing condition, health care, the topic at the top of most voter's minds is also on hers. >> what is your short-term go s goals. >> health care is the number one issue driven around affordability and we need to show the american people that we're serious about fixing the health care system. i didn't come to be a back bencher. get two years to have an impact and fight for families. that's what i'm hoping to do here in congress. >> the sheer number of new, young, mostly female lawmakers is injecting a new level of energy and intensity into washington. i am in a car rushing late to the capitol. we have to pick up our voting
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card and special member pin and get lined up so that we can be on the floor of the house for the new convening. >> when our new members take the oath, our congress will be refreshed and our democracy will be strengthened by their optimism, idealism and patriotism. >> but the hope and optimism of the new fresh men that usually don't have much sway is tempered by reality. >> i am proud to shutdown the government for border security. it's up to the democrats. so it's really -- the democrat shutdown. >> it is the role of the congress, it is the role of the president to keep government functioning. president trump has shutdown this government. >> wkihrgh the basement of the capitol, she told us about being a furloughed federal employee. back in 2014 she was forced to stay home for three weeks without pay. >> you know what a lot of people are going through. >> i absolutely know and i know how unacceptable it is. this is the nuclear option. >> it only fires you up more. >> yeah, i'm mad.
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are you kidding? it's ridiculous. minutes after being sworn in, underwood took time to greet supporters in her new office. she isn't letting the harsh realities of washington get to her. at least not yet. >> the day of business as usual in this congress is done and the opportunity when the people elect a 32-year-old woman to congress and we notice things that people assume have been handled or not. we're here for business and i'm really ready to get started. >> cbs news, capital hill. >> the latest in our eye on america series. america series. coming up next, major cell
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there were calls on capitol hill today for the investigation into sales of cell phone data. they're selling users location data to bounty hunters and others. a report from website motherboard revealed t-mobile and other cell providers sold data to third parties resulting in unauthorized information sharing ultimately allowing a bounty hunter to track a reporter's phone location. >> this is outrageous. i didn't sign up for this when i signed up for wire lesser viles and i bet you neither did you. >> she wants to investigate how cell phone companies sell your
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location. >> they're selling that to companies called location ag aggregators that are selling it to shady middlemen who for a few hundred dollars will sell to anyone your location within a few hundred meters. that's a problem. >> location data is now so precise, this is a dream for spies and stalkers and predators. >> senator ron wyden of oregon is proposing legislation to better protect personal information. >> what we were told in 2018 was that they would stop selling location data and now we're seeing evidence that it is still happening. and it's a pattern. they do it. they get caught. they apologize. it's wash, rinse, and repeat. >> sprint tells cbs news it's investigation determined some companies it sold to were not
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>> between now and sunday a winter storm is expected to drop snow along the rockies to the east coast. areas farther south are expecting a coating of ice. a government study finds the u.s. fertility rate has dropped for the 7th straight year and the population could decline without immigration. the annual rate of births is now 16% below what's needed to keep the population stable. a milwaukee bus driver is being hailed as a hero. ireena evich spotted a baby boy wandering on a freeway overpass. he was less than a year old and scared. she raced to the boy and took him on to the bus before police
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arrived and returned him to his father. evich was honored today. up next, he's working without pay and now strangers are offering to help the federal prison officer we profiled last night. finally tonight americans coming through when washington doesn't. >> first off, i can't pay my mortgage. >> since our story last night about john siciliano, the
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federal prison officer in new jersey that says he's about to misa mortgage payment, several strangers offered to help. as the government shutdown continues, hearts are opening up. at this apartment complex in oklahoma city, as many as 100 federal workers won't have to worry about rent or utilities for as long as the shutdown lasts. at java joe's cafe, free breakfast is being served for coast guard workers. and in the shadow of the nation's capitol, one rest rantd -- restaurant is flipping free burgers for anyone on the government payroll including elected officials. they're hoping free food might help end a costly stalemate. >> they can sit down over a nice burger and hammer this out and put these people back to work. >> that's it for the news.
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for some of you the news continues. from the broadcast center, i'm jeff glor. this is the cbs overnight news. >> hi, everyone and welcome to the overnight news. president trump made a high profile trip to the southwest border to stomp for his long promised wall that would seal off the united states from mexico. democrats in congress refused to give him the money he wants. in the meantime the partial government shutdown is about to become the longest in u.s. history. major garrett is with the president. >> president trump surveyed the u.s.-mexico border near mcallen and the people that protect it. part of his campaign is overrun by migrants, drugs, and human
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trafficking. >> we're going to get this straightened out. hopefully they'll come to their senses. >> the president frustrated by democratic opposition to wall funding said he is seriously considering declaring a national emergency and seizing unspent pentagon construction funds. >> i have the absolute right to declare a national emergency. the lawyers have so advised me. i'm not prepared to do that yet, but if i have to, i will. >> presidents have declared national emergencies nearly 60 times since 1976. president bush invoked one after 9/11 and president obama declared an emergency in response to a flu outbreak. mr. trump would use it to free up billions in unallocated construction money. but such a move would draw a legal challenge and some senate republicans cautioned mr. trump not to side step congress. >> i don't want to see a declaration of national emergency. i think that's an action that would be taken in the most extreme circumstances.
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>> the president today also backtracked on his famous campaign pledge that mexico would pay for the wall. >> i never meant they're going to write out a check. i said they're going to pay for it. they are. they are paying for it with the incredible deal we made called the united states-mexico, and canada -- >> during the campaign he said he would tax money sent back to mexico. his campaign website also said mexico could pay through a one time payment of 5 to $10 billion. there was also rhetoric like this. >> so a lot of politicians said you can't get mexico to pay for the wall. i said it's going to be so easy. >> on capitol hill today there was no sign of compromise. house speaker nancy pelosi described yesterday's meeting at the white house where she says the president slammed his hand on the table and stormed out as a premeditated farce. >> not only was the president unpresidential, surprise,
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surprise, yesterday, in his behavior, i think the meeting was a set up so he could walk out, but i'll say just that. >> the partial government shutdown is now threatening the nation's food supply. the fda has no money to inspect food and the fbi isn't funded either. agents aren't getting paid and the shutdown is effecting every bureau operation including undercover investigations. nearly 13,000 fbi agents will not get a paycheck tomorrow and the fbi agents association told the white house and congress today that without it agents face financial insecurity that could lead some to find other work. on going fbi investigations have also been hampered by the shutdown. a lack of personnel at the fbi's lab at quantico could lead to backlogs on critical cases. >> it's only going to get worsei asso morale
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right now? >> people are nervous. they're upset. and they're is the next paycheck going to come in. >> there's similar concerns within other federal law enforcement agencies like the dea and atf. sources tell cbs news that morale is horrible. commanders are having to weigh financial constraints before approving certain sensitive undercover operations. >> the old adage crime doesn't pay and neither does the federal government. that's not right. >> despite the shutdown the 116th congress is open for business. the house now has the most female members in history. ed okeefe spent the day with lauren underwood of illinois. >> good morning, it's lauren. it's about 6:45 a.m. on friday. today is the last day for orientation. >> one of lauren underwood's first orders of business, selecting an office. >> i am herem lottery
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selection and you can hear all the noise in the room. it's pretty incredible. >> mrs. underwood. >> getting a space large enough for her new staff is a total game of chance. all 85 new members literally draw numbers out of a box. the lower the number, the better the office. > mrs. underwood drew number 70. >> we got number 70. >> so do you even bother looking? >> oh, no, of course. we want to see. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> new members always come into washington convinced they can change the place. and underwood is no stranger to these halls. >> this is very stately. i can envision myself here. >> she was a congressional intern just 13 years o. >> this was like the intern desk. >> and she's a former obama administration official who helped implemented the affordable care act. as a registered nurse and someone with a pre-existing condition, health care, the topic at the top of most voters
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minds, is also on hers. >> so it's very clear health care is the number one issue in this election, driven primarily around affordability and i think that we need to quickly show the american people that we're serious about fixing the health care system. didn't come to be a back bencher. i get two years to have an impact. >> the sheer number of new, young, mostly female lawmakers is injecting a new level of energy and intensity into washington. >> i am in a car on my way, rushing late to the capitol. we have to pick up our voting cards, our special member pins and get basically lined up so that we can be on the floor of the house for the new convening. >> when our new members take the oath, our congress will be refreshed and our democracy will be strengthened by their optimism, idealism and patriotism. >> but the hope and optimism of these new fresh men that usually
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don't have much sway is tempered by reality. >> i am proud to shutdown the government for border security. it's up to the democrats. so it's really the democrat shutdown. >> it's the role of the congress and the role of the president to keep government functioning. >> she told us about being a furloughed employee. she was forced to stay home for three weeks without pay. >> so you know what a lot of people are going through. >> i absolutely know, and i know how unacceptable it is. >> minutes after being sworn in, underwood took time to greet supporters in her new office. she isn't letting the harsh realities of washington get to her, at least not yet. >> the day of business as usual in this congress is done. people of the 14th elect a e 32-year-old woman to congress and we notice things that people assume have been handled or not.
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this is the cbs overnight news. >> congress is looking for ways to limit how silicon valley uses your personal information. one piece of legislation called the consumer data protection act would force app makers for a new option. they're accused of marketing the locations of tens of millions of users without their knowledge. >> it's about 33 degrees out here and that is something that i know because millions of others, i checked a weather app. if you did the same, here's the thing. according to the city attorney of los angeles, you may have given up your privacy in the process. not only your location when you check the app but your precise travels and comings and goings
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all day long. >> the weather channel app is the world's most popular of its kind, but at the moment it's noy attorney who is suing the weather company, makers of the apps, alleging it tracks users locations throughout the day and night, even when users are not actively using it. that information is sold to third party companies that want to target potential customers. ibm says the charges are without merit and in a statement to cbs news, the company said it's always been transparent with use of location data. but ibm is just one of several mayor tech companies accused of collecting, sharing and profiting off of data and customer locations. t-mobile is among the latest. they will not tolerate any misuse of their customer's data. >> i'll do everything in my power. >> democratic senator of oregon says big tech companies can't be trusted to regulate themselves.
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>> they do it. they get caught. they apologize, and it's kind of wash, rinse, and repeat. >> do you feel you have been lied to by the companies? >> what we were told was that they would stop selling location data to the shady data brokers. these middlemen, and now we're seeing evidence that it is still happening. >> which is why he says it's time for lawmakers to get tough. >> your bill would do what? >> radical transparency. the consumer would know who has their data and how it's being used. two, the consumer would be able to control their data. so we have a do not track feature. they can opt out -- >> or pay. >> or pay. >> finally, there have to be serious consequences. >> those consequences could include steep fines and up to 20
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years in prison for top executives. >> we're never going to see real changes unless we have a law i >> personally, i don't think i have a problem with it unless there getting to a point where they're really invading my privacy. >> why should americans be worried about this data collection? >> it is a prescription for a national security and personal safety nightmare. >> we should point out that the weather channel app is not directly associated with the weather channel on table tv. as for senator ron wyden, this is actually a national security issue. secret service agents, fbi agents leaves them and all of us vulnerable. >> members of the u.s. coast guard will not see a paycheck today. they are part of the department of homeland security effected by the partial government shutdown. a website posted some advice for
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those feeling the pinch such as have a garage sale, baby sit, or tutor students. janet spoke with three coast guard wives about what lies ahead. >> what kind of changes are you making to account for the fact that you may not be getting a paycheck? >> our budget is extremely tight. we have bought only the necessities when we went grocery shopping and trying to, you know, look at the sales and see what's on sale. >> are you cooking? or are you changing how you utilize -- >> we have been having struggle meals. >> what's a struggle meal? >> you take whatever's in the fringe or the pantry and throw it in the casserole and that's a meal. >> no target run? >> no target run. can't even shop in the little dollar section that everybody gets hungn. ard in situation to be n thats
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respected and treated the way that they should be as far as funding goes. >> you feel like because they're not getting paid and the other branches of the military are that they're -- >> they're absolutely being overlooked. >> we're pawns. they're just playing with us. >> we have discussed, should i get a second job, but unfortunately i can't because he can't be in daycare with his health issues. so for us it's that one paycheck no matter what, knowing that at any given moment he could -- he could have open heart surgery. so how are we going to pay for the gas to get us to the medical center if that happens for him? so a paycheck shouldn't be what we're worrying about when he should be my focus. >> is it hard to sit here and talkht monsi. >> it's embarrassing. >> yeah. >> it's a lot of different
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emotions at one time. on top of everything we personally have going on at home, we've had a rough couple of days. so build the wall, don't build the wall, but pay our husbands. >> a surfer in southern california says he can wait to get back in the water despite nearly surviving an attack by a great white shark. >> i never really thought about this happening. >> nick believes this surfboard likely saved his life when a 15 foot great white shark came up beneath him as he paddled toward a wave. >> i just felt this tremendous pressure around my ankles and my legs. i was like, wow, okay, this is new. he came up and nicked this whole part of my ankle. >> he quickly worked one of his free but n bore shark's tooth ripped this hole in one of his booties. >> i was able to get a couple of kicks in on its head and it let me go. >> his friends quickly
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him to the hospital. he said he felt lucky. no major arteries were damaged. >> normally, most of our shark bites on people occur in the fall. so to have an innocent in january is a little unusual. >> in fact, out of the 103 california shark attacks in the last 93 years, only three have happened in the month of january. compared with 22 in october. white sharks are staying in the area longer because of warmer waters there. >> it's their world. you're basically trespassing in their world and it's definitely a traumatic experience, but i spend so much time in the ocean and it's such a big part of my life, i don't think i'm going t
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>> the island of puerto rico is all a buzz for tonight's opening of hamilton. lin manuel miranda is taking the musical to the island of his forefathers. it's a limited run. ♪ >> when lin manuel miranda took the stage in 2015, he made theater history.
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he soon left hamilton behind for a flurry of other projects which included writing songs for the animated 2016 film ar nod. he was honored with a star on the hollywood walk of fame. ♪ >> but for three weeks in january, he is going to take a step back, resuming his role in hamilton not to change history but in hopes of changing lives. nearly 15 months ago, hurricane maria ravaged the island of puerto rico. by some estimates, nearly 3,000 people died. the storm lead to the largest power outage in u.s. history. not long after the storm, miranda returned to the island where his parents were born and where he spent summers as a young boy. >> my grandfather built the house around the porch. >> we were with him as he toured
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what remained of his gra grandparent's home. >> i'm jumping back in. >> it was during that visit that he announced to us that he would be reprising the role that made him a star. the 24 performances are part of a fund-raising effort that miranda is leaving. proceeds from the shows will go to supporting arts on the island. >> where better we thought to sit down and check in with him than on the stage where the now 38-year-old miranda first performed hamilton on broadway. >> so you're doing a musical about a guy that grew up in the caribbean and left because of a hurricane and now you're going to take this hamilton show to the caribbean. >> it's too full circle. hamilton was supposed to go back. they said here's money for a scholarship. go become a doctor and then come
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back. he never came back. >> he got busy. >> he got a little busy with the revolution. >> what is the best that bringing hamilton to the island can do for puerto rico? >> our goal is to basically raise money for arts on the islands so that the arts can recover as other sectors of puerto rican life recover. and every wednesday matinee is all $10. >> the rehearsal started not long ago. in the cast, rick, he grew up a few miles from the san juan stage where he will now perform along side miranda. >> our first puerto rican king. what a better place to do it. >> he plays britain's king george iii. >> i have been auditions for two years. >> there's going to be a guy
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that grew up on the island in the show. >> mind blowing, without a doubt. >> you're like the one they're rooting for. >> i'm going to be like this. m ld kno ine. un rest of the hamilton cast, miranda has very little time to get ready. >> i only have a week or a week and a half. i also have this movie, mar mary poppins returns. >> he plays jack in the remake of the classic film. that boy from the big apple that won a pulitzer, a grammy, and multiple tony awards says he is more than ready for his encore that will happen in front of an audience where he's already a favorite son. >> it made me emotional to talk about i knew that if hamilton would get to go to puerto rico in anyway, shape, or form, i'd want to experience that in
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101 & broadway in the old gokart racer building. we end this half hour with the inspiring story of a high school basketball coach. his team looks to him for guy dance, inspiration a much more. thech basketball e team usin
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language and interrupters. >> how do you dribble and sign? if you're dribbling, you might have to use one hand or you just have to hold the ball and use the other hand, i guess. >> no one communicates quite like the school's coach. >> watch, watch, watch, both sides, watch. >> at a recent game, a fan tweeted this video of the coach rallying his team signing, who's house? the players sign back, our house. >> what was your reaction to the video? >> first my reaction, i thought, you know, what's the big deal? that's what i do every day. but then when i stepped back, i started to realize that maybe it is a big deal for the whole comm you y'r inspiring as coach? >> yeah. i try as much as possible to inspire my players because i used to be like them. >> coach white grew up being bullied as the only deaf player on his high school basketball team in lexington, kentucky but
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persevered playing overseas and in the deaf olympics. >> basketball really saved my life. basketball is the story of my life. >> why. >> because i lived in a tough area in kentucky and if not for basketball i might have been dead, in jail, i would have never gotten this job. i'd never be a coach. >> it's something he has passed on to his players. >> does your coach inspire you? >> yeah. >> never give up. >> never give up. >> a universal lesson worth celebrating. cbs news jackson, mississippi. >> for some of you the news continues and for others check back with us later for the morning news and of course cbs this morning. from the broadcast center in new york
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captioning funded by cbs it's friday, january 11th, 2019, and this is the "cbs morning news." found alive. a wisconsin girl who vanished nearly three months ago after her parents were murdered has been located. where she reappeared. the shutdown showdown. what president trump is threatening to do to get his border wall. and the president's former fixer, michael cohen, agrees to testify before congress and tell all. ♪ good morningm

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