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it. >> reporter: this area of the pacific northwest is becoming a hotspot for both children suffering from measles and parents who do not want to vaccinate their children. abigail eckhart is one of them. she's refusing to vaccinate her youngest because she says middle child suffered severe reactions after being vaccinated. >> if you could go back, would you not vaccinate him?

>> yes, 100%. >> reporter: she blames the shots, even though the centers for disease control insists the vaccine is safe. >> do you think the cdc is lying to parents about there are no issues, there are no problems? >> i think they're not really doing the studies like they should be. >> reporter: the virus is spread through the air and lingers for hours. if one sick child coughs in a room and leaves, another unvaccinated person has a 90% chance of catching the illness. parents with infected children are being told to avoid public places, even doctors' offices. governor jay inslee has declared a state of emergency. >> we're asking people actually to be diagnosed in their homes, not actually to go to the doctor's office because that can infect people in the office. >> reporter: washington is one of 18 states that allows parents to decide not to vaccinate their children, due to moral, personal or other beliefs. >> is there anything that would change your mind and you would

go vaccinate your kids tomorrow? >> no, i don't think so. i mean, i think that we pretty much made up our mind about our kids and the way we are raising them. you know, and that's our right as parents. >> reporter: thousands have been exposed. when those sick with the measles have shown up to public places like here where the portland trail blazers play. public health experts we spoke to say there is no science to back up claims made by anti-vaccination groups and some describe these outbreaks as self-inflicted wounds on communities where they pop up. washington has introduced legislation that would no longer allow a personal exemption, but, jeff, that's in the early stages. >> pretty extraordinary to hear that interview. jamie yuccas, thank you very much. chicago police and the fbi say they've opened a hate crime investigation tonight after jussie smollett, star of the tv drama "empire" said he was attacked early today. smollett says two men shouting

racial and homphobic slurs hit him in the face and poured bleach on him before yapping a noose around his neck. civil rights groups including the naacp and glaad denounced the attack and offered their support. police continue to scan surveillance video but no charges have been filed. coming up, the mother of a u.s. navy veteran jailed in iran tells us why she fears for his health.

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>> him recurring cancer back. i'm worried about his asthma. >> reporter: she says the navy veteran was on his third trip to iran last july. though he had a wife in the u.s., he was visiting a girlfriend he met online when he disappeared. >> i knew he wasn't dead. i felt that in my heart, but i didn't think he was okay. >> reporter: nearly five months later she learned he was in this prison in the northeastern iranian city of mashhad. >> you haven't gotten any phone calls from him? >> no. >> reporter: an iranian judicial official said last week white is being sued by a private plaintiff, referring to a complaint by a citizen, not the government. the officials did not rule out possible security-related charges. iran has incarcerated other americans on charges of espionage, which they have denied. >> he's not a spy? >> no, he's not a spy. >> repter: w wants the r releas. secretary of state mike pompeo told cbs news "face the nation" the u.s. is using every tool in

its arsenal to free americans detained all over the world. >> i think my son's life is worth a lot. it's worth a lot to me. >> if you could tell michael anything right now, what would it be? >> i'd tell him i love him and i'm praying for him. that's what i'd tell him. you know, and to stay strong. please stay strong. >> and roxana, you bring unique perspective to this story. you were imprisoned in iran for more than three months in 2009. can you talk a little bit about what white might be experiencing tonight? >> reporter: well, there is a pattern. typically you're first put in solitary confinement without any phone calls or access to an attorney. you undergo intenseyoand you fe your family is worried about you yet there is nothing you can do about it. jeff? roano ch for hear that. that story tonight from phoenix. still ahead here tonight, a bug in apple's software meant private facetime conversations were not private.

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♪ just once can we find a way to finally make it right ♪ "just once" was just the beginning. he had two number one singles, "baby come to me" and "i don't have the heart." he also co-wrote the michael jackson hit "tyt" and appeared in the "we are the world" video. ingram is 66 years old. apple has disabled its group facetime because of a software bug that let's callers eavesdrop on someone else's conversations. a 14-year-old says he discovered that bug more than a week ago. his mother says they tried to alert apple. word eventually spread on social media and now that feature is turned off. up next here tonight, the two men who will make history on the super bowl sidelines.

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we end the broadcast here tonight with three cheers for two pioneers. here's mark strassmann. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: super bowl week is always the nfl's big rah-rah moment. this year the league's rooting for something new. >> oh, god, we're going to super bowl. >> reporter: quinton and

napoleon made history when they became cheerleaders for the los angeles rams, the first men ever. >> what made you think it's time for the guys to step up? >> the whole world, especially the world of entertainment is in a place of being open, and if you can do the job, why not? >> reporter: nfl cheerleaders were once seen as sideline sex symbols and sometimes jeered as barbies with pom poms. rams cheerleaders were once known as the embraceable yous. but in today's nfl, cheerleaders are often professional dancers. 300 people competed to cheer for the rams last year. two of them were men. >> we're going to be here, we need to make a statement, not just stand up in the shadows and get intimidated. >> reporter: jen and emily were flord. >> there was a bit of shock at first, but then you realize it's nothing new and if the talent is there, which it was, then they deserve to be on this team. >> just to see them dance, go

across the floor i was like, wow, these guys are extremely talented. >> reporter: most fans have cheered them on. some have pushed back. >> what do you do in those moments? >> we have a job to do. you can't let anything affect you. >> anytime someone says super bowl, all of your faces light up. >> this smile hasn't left since we landed. >> reporter: with every sideline jump this historic sunday, the nfl takes a leap forward. mark strassmann, cbs news, atlanta. >> and you can see quinton, napoleon and of course the game itself this sunday right here on cbs. that is the overnight news for this wednesday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for the morning news and "cbs this morning." from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm jeff glor.

this is the cbs overnight news. >> welcome to the overnight news. i'm michelle miller. the coldest weather in a generation has descended on the upper midwest and is working its way east. the polar wore text as it's called is dragging arctic air down into the united states. how cold, you ask, how about wind chills of 50 below zero. in that weather you can get frostbite in seconds and hypothermia just trying to shovel snow. schools and if government as are closed and travel is treacherous. there is black ice on the highways and thousands of flights have either been cancelled or delayed. don dahler begins our coverage. >> reporter: from above, the polar vortex looks peaceful and pretty. on the ground, not so much. people in the dakotas and

northern minnesota saw wind chills plummet to minus 50. that's colder than the top of mount everest. and the life-threatening system is just getting started. over the next few days, the vortex will expand over the united states, as areas of low pressure and cold air near the north pole move south into the northern hemisphere, bringing some of the coldest weather in a generation. >> hey, you need gloves. >> reporter: in minneapolis, police spent the day handing out gloves in subzero temperatures. in chicago, which could see record-breaking lows, city busses are being called into service as homeless shelters. and emergency officials are urging people to stay indoors to protect their health and to avoid accidents like this in grand rapids, michigan. one concern here is ice on airplanes. and train tracks. they're using flames to keep them from freezing. cab driver lawyers ashia has never seen anything like it. >> the weather is so bad and i don't know what i'm going to do tomorrow. >> reporter: but he doesn't plan

on going outside, for good reason. >> wind chill is more than just a catchy weatherman term. the wind blows away the insulating layer of warm air created by our own bodies so wind chill is an attempt to explain what the cold air feels like on our skin. >> reporter: matt wilkes is hugering down and in search of a few space heaters at home depot. >> how has this affected your family? >> daycare's closed. >> you're going to have to make up some games. >> a lot of force. a lot of forts. >> reporter: i'm standing in front of one of the warming centers that has been opened up around the city. this device can tell me the temperature and the wind speed, the combination of which says, yes, the windy city is officially the wind chill city. negative 15 and the deep freeze hasn't even hit yet. >> how cold will it be near you? megan glaros has the overnight

news forecast. >> reporter: listen, i can actually tell you we felt the arctic cold front come through. the winds picked up. the temperature dropped. it's only 2 degrees here right now and temperatures just go down from this respond. an expansive area of advisories and warnings in effect from montana all the way through to new york. bitter wind chills. we're talking about wind chims to minus 48 in chicago by tomorrow morning. up around minneapolis, in the minus 40 degrees range as well. and even farther south, epic cold will be in place to start the day tomorrow. the high temperature in minneapolis coming in at minus 14. we're expecting the same in chicago, and if that happens we will hit a brand-new record cold high temperature, and that's not just for the day, that's for all time in chicagoland since records got started. that was back in the 1800s. we are looking potentially in outlying areas like this one for

wind chills to drop as low as minus 50 to minus 60 tomorrow morning. in other news this morning, the leaders of america's intelligence agencies delivered their worldwide threat assessment to congress and it runs directly counter to president trump's foreign policy agenda. they maintain the islamic state is not defeated in syria, north korea will never give up its nuclear weapons and iran remains in full compliance with the nuclear treaty that president trump tried to cancel. nancy cordes reports. >> we have won against isis. we've beaten them. >> reporter: that was president trump just last month. >> i call this hearing to order. >> reporter: but today his handpicked intelligence team said he's wrong. >> isis will continue to be a threat to the united states. >> they still command thousands of fighters in iraq and syria. >> reporter: and it wasn't just isis. cia director gina haspel and director of national intelligence dan coats contradicted the president's view on almost every major

global hotspot. >> the iran deal is defective at its core. >> at the moment, technically they're in compliance. >> reporter: take north korea, which president trump insists is no longer a nuclear threat. >> that problem is largely solved. >> reporter: his advisers today said the opposite. >> we currently assess that north korea will seek to retain its wmd capabilities. >> reporter: notably at this hearing on worldwide threats, they barely even mentioned illegal immigration, which mr. trump insists is the greatest threat of all. >> and thousands more lives will be lost if we don't act right now. >> reporter: republican leaders downplayed the discrepancies. >> does it trouble you that the president appears to be so out of step with his own advisers when it comes to foreign th >> in't ry flow the testimony, so i don't have any observation. >> reporter: but leader mcconnell himself broke with mr. trump today, urging him not to

withdraw from syria, even if troops have retaken most isis territory. >> we've seen the downsides of telling the enemy they can just wait us out. we'll be gone on a date certain. >> reporter: the intelligence officials also warned today that russia and china are more aligned than they have been since the 1950s and that their global influence is increasing. at the same time, they said, u.s. allies are pulling away from us in response to america's new approach to security and trade. police in chicago have opened a hate crime investigation involving an actor on the tv show "empire." he claims he was attacked by a couple of guys who put a noose around his neck. the cbs overnight news will be right back.

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this is the "cbs overnight news." an outbreak of measles in washington state has spurred the governor to declare a public health emergency. nearly three dozen cases are reported in clark county alone. jamie yuccas has the story from a walmart store in vancouver, washington. it's one of more than 50 places confirmed as a public exposure location. >> reporter: it's places like this walmart, schools, churches and grocery stores where people may have been exposed. measles has an infection rate of 90% for anyone exposed and not immunized with no visible symptoms for weeks. this is what the measles looks like. it's not just uncomfortable, it can be deadly. studies show almost 30% of children younger than 5 who get

the measles will have to be hospitalized. parents are concerned, like mother of three, miranda smith. >> it's their lives on the line, honestly, if they're not vaccinated and something like this happens, what am i going to do to save them? >> reporter: the 35 confirmed cases in washington state propertied governor jay inslee to declare a state of emergency. >> this can be a serious disease and you need to get on top of this quickly to prevent significant thread. >> reporter: 18 states including washington allow parents to decide not to vaccinate their children due to moral, personal or other beliefs. there were nearly 50 measles cases recorded last year in 26 states and the district of columbia. the second greatest number since the disease was eliminated in the year 2000. new york state is facing its worst outbreak in decades with more than 200 cases. >> it's very hard to change people's minds, especially when you're talking about the health of their children. >> reporter: this woman is a nurse practitioner in new york

working to combat misinformation that claims vaccines cause cancer, diabetes and autism. all disproven by the cdc. she says this anti-vaccination pamphlet has been distributed throughout brooklyn's ultra orthodox jewish community where 62 children have contracted the disease. >> i think that percentage is higher in the orthodox communities due to all the propaganda and fear tactics. there are so many pieces of misinformation, some outright lies, that when put all together reveal a very terrifying picture of vaccination. >> reporter: the virus is spread through the air and lingers. if one sick child coughs in a room and leaves, another unvaccinated person can still be exposed hours later. officials now worry the virus will spread to other large metropolitan areas. >> what types of things are you doing to contain it? >> we're having our children stay home for a number of days. we're asking people actually to be diagnosed in their homes, not actually to go to the doctor's

office because that can infect people in the office. >> reporter: now, if children get the measles vaccine, they're 95% protected. washington state has introduced legislation to remove the personal vaccination exemption, but

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just four days away. 66-year-old bill belichick is going for his sixth championship in nine super bowl appearances as head coach of the patriots. the rams' head coach sean mcvay is half belichick's age. he's coaching his first nfl title game and is the youngest head coach to make it to the super bowl. dana jacobson sat down with two former super bowl coaches and their wives to learn what belichick and mcvay are facing between now and sunday. she's got the story from mercedes-benz stadium in atlanta. >> super bowl week is chaotic. >> stressful. >> chaotic and stressful does not sound like something you want to be a part of. >> reporter: philadelphia eagles head coach doug pederson and his wife jeannie won a super bowl just last year in minneapolis. >> what is it about that week that makes it so crazy, i guess? >> for me it was about the logistics. i worry about some of the strangt things. are the elevators going to work. are players going to be late for

meetings? . you really want the comforts of home. >> reporter: the pedersons have been to three super bowls, including doug's time as a player. the same number as ron rivera and his wife stephanie, a former basketball coach. >> how much did you worry about ron during the week? >> worrying about him was just make sure, gosh, let it only be football stuff, you know? try to manage all the non-football stuff because he's a good football coach. >> reporter: both couples say it's important to carve out family time amid the media obligations, practice and game preps. >> the eagles basically rented out the mall of america, the theme park, and for me to just kind of relax and unwind and ride the roller coasters with my boys and family was pretty special. >> i thought we could have this nice, intimate family event. it probably went from 25 people to 100. >> yeah. >> being able to share that with them was tremendous. probably the hardest thing was

my brother mickey wasn't there. i'm sorry. he wasn't there. >> reporter: mickey rivera died from pancreatic cancer just before the panthers' super bowl season. but no matter what is happening off the field, come sunday there is a game to be played. >> you wake up game day morning. what goes through your mind? >> you're anxious. it's a night game so you're up, you're early, you're ready to go and you have to sit there and wait and wait and wait. >> i'm so nervous. people always say, why are you nervous? he's not playing the game. but, i mean, he's husband, he's dad, he's everything, you know? so you want him to do well. >> was there a feeling once the game was about to start, like thank god, finally? >> the timeline leading up to kickoff, there is so much extra time -- >> there is a game sometime tonight, right? >> demands by the media and demands by the events, tho really do impact you. >> reporter: amid the pregame chaos, the riveras lost a ritual they'd followed for nearly 30

years. >> i would always sign language her that i love you. >> yeah, i'd say i love you back. >> and this was a little different because she wasn't on the field and then i didn't get a chance to locate her -- >> it messed with our mojo. >> reporter: and the denver broncos -- >> reporter: whether it was mojo or the denver defense, the panthers came up short and stephanie suddenly had to play cheerleader to a family in mourning. >> they treat it like a death. you can't treat it that way. don't let this define us. we had a great season and, you know, you've got to pick everybody up. >> she was great because she knew i was low. she's the one that pepped me back up. >> so during the game, who do you guys think had the harder job, ron or stephanie? >> oh, i think she did. knowing she coached at one time, she likes the control and she has no control. >> it's stressful to watch the game. i can't give him any advice at that minority so i have to keep it all in. >> what was it like for you once that game started? >> a bundle of nerves. >> did she have the harder job

during the super bowl or you? >> oh, she did. >> he definitely had the harder time. it wasn't until the clock showed 00:00 that we could say the game is over, we won. >> you're hugging players and coaches. my mind is racing. where's jeannie? where's my son? my mom? >> did either of you have a moment where you just were able to stand there and take it all in? >> standing on that podium with him and he was holding the trophy and my kids were with me, it was just the greatest memory. >> best advice you could give a coach or a player's wife going to the super bowl this week would be what? >> take it all in. enjoy every moment of it. you deserve it. just have fun. have fun. >> and part of that fun will be the atlanta music scene. more now from our very own dana jacobson. ♪ ♪ hey, it's lil jon.

>> what up, y'all, i go by the name of jermaine dupree. i'm the mayor, frank sinatra of this city. >> what's going on, kids. >> it's mis-shanika. >> hey, i'm michael render. >> i'm monica. >> professionally known as killer make. >> artist, mom, born and bred and atlanta. straight from the south side, y'all. >> i'd like to welcome you -- ♪ turn down for what >> to the alt. yeah! >> welcome to atlanta. ♪ welcome to atlanta where the players play ♪ >> southern hospitality in atlanta is amazing because people actually say stuff like hello, good morning, how are you doings? how is your mom and dad? we very much are a small town, you know, masquerading as a big city. >> we talk about the culture, we talk about thehe part that i think makes atlanta most special is the food. you're not born and raised in atlanta and not been to the beautiful. >> there's a lot of

opportunities in atlanta, so our city is really growing at a fast rate. >> it's a place where you can afford to have a house, raise a family and at the same time pursue your entrepreneurial dreams. it really is to me wakanda. ♪ walk it like i talk it >> from the way that we dress, the way that we speak -- it's all reflected in the music. ♪ walk it like i talk it ♪ take my shoes and walk a smile, something that you can't do ♪ >> we don't try to be like anybody else. we do our own thing and people copy us. our culture and our swag, everybody wants to just eat it up. >> like pots of gumbo, everybody's putting their own flavor and mix into it. >> one of the things that people don't acknowledge is that atlanta was the underdog. ♪ so i creep, yeah >> they definitely would, you know, kind of tease us and laugh

at the way we talked and our slang. >> atlanta was looked at as a place that rap was not supposed to come from. ♪ jump, jump >> rap stars weren't supposed to come from atlanta. nobody saw this coming. >> lil jon. >> lil jon, usher, outcast. >> when outcast came out and they were wearing atlanta braves jerseys, atlanta braves jackets, atlanta hats, it gave us an identity. >> atl, georgia. what do we do for you? >> outcast specifically, i can have my own flavor and swagger about doing it and it will be accepted the same way because they're one of the first ones that came with their own type of style. it felt new, it felt fresh. >> lil jon started screaming all over these records and the world started to know atlanta for

bei being krunk. >> when "the proposal movie" came out and they were singing "get low" sandra bullock was singing the words to "get low" with betty white, that made be say wow. >> i believe what makes atlanta special is the fact that the majority of us really just want to see each other win. the relationship runs far deeper than the music, and i think that's what keeps the culture really, really special. when people come here, they can feel the love. >> that's why atlanta's on top right now as far as music and a few other things, just the sense of community and the sense of like brotherhood. >> it's a different energy from any other place in the world. everywhere emulates our swag and our culture. and you'll see why once you come here and experience atlanta. ♪ oop, there it is >> coverage of the super bowl liii including the pregame events begins sunday t 6:00

on sunday, super bowl viewers will be watching more than the game. the commercials have also become must-see tv. one toyota ad features a very special athlete, tony harris, a former homecoming queen now playing college football. >> i first developed an interest in football when i was between 4 and 6 years old. people around me, they weren't too fond of me playing football. they said that i could get hurt a lot easier playing with guys. what motivates me most to play is people telling me that i can't. i love to prove people wrong. i was kicked off a team when i was young because i was a girl. once i got older and into high school, it was hard, but i tried to pave my way through no matter what anybody said. it's my dream and i'm going to protect it at all costs.

playing football at the college level makes me feel very proud of what i'm doing. it's 80% mental and only 20% physical so you have to have a different mentality to play the game of football. >> family on three. one, two, three. >> family! >> a message i would like to send to younger girls is keep your dream alive. nothing's impossible. >> toni harris. they said she was too small. >> when toyota contacted me about the super bowl ad, i was literally in the locker room getting ready to get dressed and i heard my phone ding, and i saw that they wanted to shoot a super bowl commercial. >> i've never been a big fan of assumptions. >> i wanted to be the first female nfl player. being a role model, it's an honor but it's also a privilege because not every day everybody can stand up and be a role model for other people. it's kind of hard. it's a lot of pressure, but i'm just paving the way for the next little girl that is going to come along and be a role model as well. >> she's quite an inspiration.

if you want to see the ad, here it is. ♪ ♪ >> they've said a lot of things about toni harris. they said she was too small. they said she was too slow. too weak. they said she'd never get to the next level. never inspire a new generation. never get a football scholarship. yeah, people have made a lot of assumptions about toni. >> but i've never been a big fan of assumptions. >> and neither have we. >> an amazing young lady. that is the overnight news for this wednesday. from the cbs broadcast center ght herere in w york city, i'm michelle miller.

captioning funded by cbs it's wednesday, january 30th, 2019. this is the "cbs this morning." hunker down, a deadly arctic blast is sending millions in the midwest inside as schools and offices close. avoiding another shutdown, lawmakers meet today in search of middle ground. and it's part of the super bowl run-up that you may not have ever seen, but you've probably heard. ♪