good morning. it is friday, december 19th, 2014. welcome to "cbs this morning." president obama considers how to strike back against north korea for the sony hack attack. a blistering report on the secret service, the agency says they need new leadership and the white house need as new fence. >> cheaper plane tickets. you save money but the airlines want to shut it down. but we begin this morning with today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> they did carry out destructive activity with malicious intent. we view it as a legitimate national security matter.

>> the u.s. government is expected to blame north korea and blame them. >> george clooney tried to get other companies to sign a petition in support of sony. >> another strategy from australia. eight children have been murdered. australia's prime minister calls it heartbreaking. >> a panel of experts says the secret service needs new leadership. stephen colbert signing off from "the colbert report." >> i guess i'll be gone forever. >> we'll always be there for the american people. >> yeah, but aren't you canadian? >> boston marathon bombing suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev. >> two men were seen near the fire. >> all that -- >> jacksonville is going to take it. >> mark gets the sack worth

$600,000. show me the money. >> -- and all that matters -- >> president obama leaves the door open for cuban president raul castro. >> it's christmastime. there's a real hole in the theater schedule. >> do you think to yourself more cheese for me or what do you think? >> i'll say this. my movie is very korean-friendly. >> announcer: this morning's "eye opener" is presented by toyota. let's go places. captioning funded by cbs welcome to "cbs this morning." president obama this morning is weighing options for retaliation after the sony hack attack. north korea's considered to be the main culprit. >> the obama administration calls the cyber attack a serious national security matter. sony lost tens of millions of

dollars after pulling the movie "the interview." major garrett is at the white house with how the hackers caused so much damage. good morning. >> good morning. they obtained information maintained or probably stolen from a sony administration's administrationer. the method and scope of this computer hacking. president obama was briefed on all of this yesterday and will take questions about the likely u.s. response at his end-of-the-year press conference later today. sources tell cbs news the sophisticated cyber attack occurred in north korea and flew through a vast array in other countries in an attempt to hide its origin. senior officials say iran is another suspect although others may have been involved. >> the activity that we're seeing here is destructive with clear malicious intent. >> reporter: in addition to finding the source of the biggest shot fired so far in a

cyber war on his watch, president obama has been reviewing retaliatory options. top officials say they would be proportional but not necessarily noticeable. >> we believe that, you know, destruct i destructive activity merits an appropriate response. i would acknowledge an appropriate response is not something that's always obvious. >> you want us to kill the leader of north korea? >> yes. >> whaaat? >> "the interview," a slapstick farce in a plot to kill north korean leader kim jong-un. senator john mccain called the cyber attack a wakeup call. >> it's remarkable they can have that capability and if they're able to disrupt a film, you can imagine what they're doing or attempting to do to our national

defense capabilities. >> reporter: hollywood faulted sony for failing to stand. >> at this point no more capitulation. no more cancellation of scripts. >> reporter: state department officials at sony's request reviewed the script of "the interview" and watched a rough cut of the movie and offered no objections to the portrayal of kim junk un. at no time officials say that the state department officials dictate changes to the script. norah? >> all right, major. thank you so much. we're going to bring you the president's news conference. it is scheduled for 1:30 eastern, 12:30 central and we'll have live coverage on cbsn on cbsnews.com. hollywood is sounding off. more stars from tv and film are slamming the studio's movie. elaine quijano is here with how

many are concerned with the chilling effect that that could have. good morning. >> good morning. in tinseltown the reaction is mixed. some are voicing their concerns over whether this will set a precedent in hollywood over freedom of expression and personal liberty while sony said it had no other options. the billboards for sony's "the interview" are gone but the outcry to pull the film is just beginning. >> when you really start to thing about it, the ramifications of this, wow. >> as an artist in this industry i feel awful that any kind of creative expression has been shut down. >> i'm so disappointed. i wanted to see the movie. i think this is the wrong thing to do. >> that's it? so kim jong-un gets to decide what movies we make? >> reporter: the film was slated

to debut in thousands of theaters nation wide on christmas day but that changed after five major movie chains canceled their screening. in an apparent show of defiance select theaters announced they would replace the world with "team america world police," another film that depicts the plug. according to paramount pictures, those films were pulled on thursday. she said in the end studios are making calculated decisions with their investments. >> they're not trying to be creators for free speech. what they're trying to do is make money for their shareholders. >> reporter: actor george clooney took aim at hollywood's elite for protecting their own instead of standing by sony. he had been work behind the scenes for a week circulating a petition against giving in to

the hackers' demands. no one would sign. neither of the stars of the movie, seth rogan or james franco have commented on social media since the film's release was canceled. charlie? >> thanks. a scathing report this morning says the u.s. secret service is starved for leadership. an independent panel says the agency says it needs to make immediate changes to the white house fence. bill plante is on the white house lawn with concerns about protecting the president. bill, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it's been a very, very rough patch over the past couple of years for the secret service. there have been charges of misconduct and security lapses like the jumper who made it over the fence and into the white house last fall. that 7 1/2-foot fence on the white house grounds is all too easy to scale. the report recommends replacing it as soon as possible, for our

five feet higher and curved at the top. a suspect with made it all the way over the fence and into the white house before being apprehended. >> i openly acknowledge that a failure of this magnitude, especially in light of other recent incidents requires immediate action and longer term reform. >> reporter: but, say the panelists, the problems exposed by recent events go deeper than a new fence can fix. what the secret service really needs says this service report is new leadership because it's too insular and needs to strengthen the culture of the accountability. the rachk and file and very senior members do not have confidence that discipline is imposed in a fair and consistent manner. the panel recommends that the next director be someone from the outside but with a law enforcement or military background. both the uniformed division that

protects the white house grounds and the agents who protent the president and top officials are short-staffed. the report calls for 200 more uniformed officers and 85 agents plus increasing job training, which has fallen below acceptable levels. they made other recommendations about operations which are classified and they suggested candidates to take over as new director. with don't know their names but that report is expected soon. the report notes some of these suggestions were noted years ago and not acted on. homeland secretary says this time it must be different. sources tell cbs news three isis leaders were killed in iraq. one was a high-ranking official in a terror group. attacks over the past month also killed the head of isis

operations in iraq and a mid-level commander in the northern city of mosul. this morning many u.s. businesses are making plans to get into cuba. they're hoping for a big boost in trade after that historic decision to restore diplomatic relations between the two countries. add ya adrianna diaz is there. good morning. >> good morning. an unbridled fence of optimism has unleashed on the streets of havana where the streets look nr promising than others. for business owners like her, the gravity of raul castro's speech is starting to set in. it's such a huge step, she said. for cuba, it will be very good.

be a business depending on cuban dollar she hopes they will visit cuban shores once travel restrictions are listed. we started off with room for 25. now we can seat 50 and maybe in a few years we'll seat 100. it's not just cuban entrepreneurs that are optimistic. major american companies including mastercard, cisco, marriott, pepsi, and major league baseball have all shown interest in doing business in cuba. it's a country virtually frozeen in time since the u.s. embargo was imposed in 1960. >> it has hurt the average cuban on the streets. >> reporter: this man remembers cuba before the embargo. we're really grateful to the u.s. government, he say, to president obama and president raul for improving relations.

she senses a sense of relief. it might lead to more clothes. >> more clothes, more food. much cheaper. for those who have become accustomed to life under the embargo, this week's news provided hope for the future. >> it's a new beginning because the u.s. is such a close neighbor, so powerful, so wealthy, so large, and this provides cuba with an opportuni opportunity. >> there have been more than 50 years of cold war tension. it won't happen overnight. for now the embargo remains in place. take comfort knowing that change is finally within their grasp. charlie? >> thanks. investors are hopes for more gains this morning after a big turnaround in the market this week. the dow jones is approaching

18,000. the index, three days before the big drop jumped yesterday. c b cbs analyst jill schlesinger is here. good morning. >> good morning. >> what's bhienlds this? >> i think it's a janet yellen rally. they say they're not likely to increase the interest rates any time soon. it looks like somewhere in the middle of next year and that was a greats relief to investors who were worried they were going to pull it forward into the first quarter. we're also seeing a little bit of calm around the oil market. janet yellen said something important in her press conference. it's transitory meaning it's going to be okay, relax about it. yesterday morning vladimir putin actually helped markets -- i can't believe i'm saying this -- because he said the russian government would intervene and

help prop up the currency. that together gave us a fabulous two-day rally. >> boy. we heard him talking about bears that this is affecting the stock market here. so what's your suggestion for investsments now? >> i think it's hard. it's hard to figure out how to get back in. i would say if you can, develop some sort of game plan and force yourself to get back on track. now, here's the thing. if you're a long-term investor, these gyrations, who cares. you're in it for the long term. you don't worry about it. it is part of being an investor. >> it's interesting what it's doing to states across the country. there's talk about a recession in texas. >> this is interesting. oil prices have plunged. i think a lot of people have predicted it would drop. but it's two factors. a slowdown in places like japan, china, europe. but it's the production side that's huge and if some of them,

it could hurt big oil producing states like texas and dakota. they came out and said if oil prices stay at these levels, oil prices could drop by 12% in texas for homes and what's really important about this, i don't want to be -- look at the dark side of this because overall, oil is good for consumers. it's not good if you live in texas or dakota. >> thank you, jill. good to see you. this morning one of the late-night original characters, that would be stephen colbert, is gone. he ended a nine-year run last night with a final truthy ps with some very famous friends. one of them is at the table. it's not you, jim. he'll take over the theatre next year. vladimir duthiers is outside the studio. vlad, good morning.

>> reporter: good morning. when stephen colbert takes over the "late show" for david letterman, he won't be here. for his last show colbert did not disappoint. a fixture of comedy central for nearly a decade. comedian stephen colbert signed off for the final time on thursday night. >> if this is your first time tuning in to the "colbert report," i have some terrible news. this, in fact, is your last time tuning in to the "colbert report." >> reporter: after over 1,400 episodes, six emmy awards and wide critical acclaims he strayed true until the very end. >> i know that this is an emotional night for a lot of you, so i want to start the show tonight with something a little more upbeat. syria. ♪ we'll meet again

>> reporter: the night featured a musical number by colbert along with a number of guests president bill clinton. colbert's comedy central run began in 1997 when as a correspondent of "the daily show," he cree yakted a fictional character he created so well. >> i say it's time to just say no to pagan rituals that lead our youngsters thwart the pit of damnation, and anyone else who feels otherwise, the minion of the dark lords. >> reporter: but colbert will shed that character when he takes over for david letterman who plans to step down next year. >> obviously i'm thrilled to be taking over. >> i'm thrilled as well. >> reporter: it may have lacked the emotional good-bye that many expected but it featured many of the sar came that his fans have grown to love. >> and if all we achieved over

the last nine years was to come into your home each night and help make your difficult day a little bit better, man, what a waste. >> reporter: david letterman will be leaving behind a number of traditions that began late in the '90s rngs and one of those traditions will end tonight. we'll bridge you that story in the next hour. >> all right, vlad. thanks so much. how was it? >> it was a wonderful party. a tribute to him because everyone wanted to be there knowing it with us going to be one helluva good-bye. everyone from kissinger to franco. >> i like it. it's 7:19.

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>> good morning, aim ukee washington, it is time for that friday forecast with fehlinger. >> oh, at least i can offer pretty quiet weather news initially, but this will be one of the half and half type forecasts where eventually things starting to downhill. of course big holiday coming up in under a week. so let's take you there, storm scan3, empty, essentially, you have got a veil of cloud cover for sure out there. but we don't have any wet weather in the forecast today, tomorrow, sunday, so all of those final holiday err around that you have on the to do list here can get off here without any casino of issues. you're not going to need the umbrella middle township high school with clouds, find them around here through the course of the weaken, but do stay dry, showers make their arrival as early as monday afternoon and heaviest rain comes on christmas eve.

vittoria? >> thank you so much, katie. good morning, everyone, unfortunately rush hour, and we have an accident on top of rush hour. >> right, blocking left-hand lane, really just reaking half okay on already volume, volume as well on 95, 12 your average there, 25 on the schuylkill. good news no delays for mass transit. ukee? >> vet tore crashes thank youment next update at 7:55, up next on cbs this morning, hidden deals on airline ticket. live look outside the cbs-3 and cw studio. "joy of sharing" gift drop off is underway. just drop off a gift,t, unopened, unwrapped, to our studios, we're at 16th and hamilton, here

i can't wait to see "the interview." do you think it will come out? do you think it will? >> it will come out. >> it has to, right? >> it will come out. go look on 125th street right now. >> he still has the best line in the "eye opener" when he said my "top five" movie, which is now in theaters, is very korean-friendly. and charlie rose is in it. that's a reason to go. welcome back to "cbs this morning." coming up this half hour, a new high end danger. smash and grab tactics. one man on a mission to help you find low airfares. how airlines are trying to ground him. that's ahead.

"usa today" finds police across the country have stopped pursuing accused felons because they fled their state. police told the fbi they stopped chasing nearly 79,000 accused fugitives in the last year and a half. they're wanted for serious offenses including sexual assault and burglary. they don't want to spend the time or money to get them back. 21-year-old dzhokhar tar nef tsarnaev appeared in cord yet. jury selection is scheduled to begin january 5th. the "washington post" says major threats threaten billions of phone callers. it allows hackers to listen to your phone calls or intercept your text messages. a network designed in the 1980s is said to be riddled with

vulnerabilities. a decision will let dreamers apply for licenses startingmond. the judge ordered the state of arizona to stop denying rights to dreamers who have a right to work. the federal communications division dismissed a petition claiming that the washington redskins name is obscene. many consider it a racial slur and want the name to be changed. they say it did not meet the definition of profane language. and the "denver post" on colorado's legalization of marijuana. they have asked the supreme rt court to strike down the law as unconstitutional. they say marijuana is overflowing into other states. businesses in the windy city this morning face a blowing threat blowing through their

doors. robbers are using a tactic called crash and grab. their target, chicago ice upstate dig strict, the magnificent mile. dean reynolds in in chicago with the video. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. as you're about to see, crash and grab burglaries are not terribly sophisticated. they involve blunt force and a big pay off. they certainly give new meaning to the term "breaking and entering." as these surveillance videos show, all you need to pull off a smash and grab is a stolen car and the determination to drive-through stoor fronts and brick walls to get what you want. the heists have taken place at louis vuitton and other places. teams of thieves basically grab anything they can get their

hands on before stealing away? >> right. some retailers have lost in excess of $100,000. >> reporter: about a dozen high end as well as low end establishment have been hit during that holiday season. >> it's tough to catch them. they don't spent a lot of tims s they're disguised with a mask over their face and you can't identify them. >> reporter: tania trish is with the illinois retail research association. >> good old-fashioned crime and theft is still around. people are trying to be more creative, more brazen, taking lot more risk to gain more. >> it doesn't mat irif they're located on the mag nif sand mule or elsewhere. they're taking precautions to

make sure their employees are safe. >> reporter: so far there have been only two arrests and while there haven't been any injuries. as long as the thieves are using a car as a well, law enforcement believes it's only a matter of time before someone is seriously hurt or killed. >> nobody seems to care. >> and that you can't trace that car back very easily to the suspects. >> it's only a matter of time. they're going to get caught. dean, we thank you. police in langs this morning are looking for whoever's behind that deadly arson attack. the developer of the would-be apartments is no stranger to controversy. danielle nottingham tells us of the painstaking clues as investigators piece together why this happened. >> downtown l.a. on fire. >> reporter: the multi-story fire that tore through the da

vinci apartment complex last week is now thought to be an arson after sifting through 55,000 square feet of debris. they determine the fire was intentionally set. the structure was destroyed in a matter of hours causing over $30 million in damage. it quickly engulfed the complex. >> upon leaving their quarters which is literally across the street, this structure was heavily involved in fie. that's unusual to have that much fire all at the same time. >> reporter: investigators are now trying to track down two potential witnesses. one was caught on camera close to the scene, the over trying to

climb. his downtown l.a. projects have been a source of controversy. palmer who's already built 19 housings con flexes and has another the worjs has been critical. others have praised him. still no suspects have been announced in the da vinci fire. for "cbs this morning," danielle nottingham, los angeles. and coming up, as many as 200,000 people a day are turning toward buying cheaper airline tickets. plus, find out how reese witherspoon relaunched her career after she felt her brain was like scrambled eggs. a preview with the oscar-winning actress. that's ahead. you're watching "cbs this morning."

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>> yeah. i get to see him on cbs in the fall. >> me too. airfares seem to keep on climbing but a 23-year-old computer whiz found ways to save you hundreds. with the click of the mouse skiplag helps you find flights. >> reporter: with a little more than a mattress on the floor, his tiny apartment serves at skiplagged's sight. >> how did you come up with the name? >> i didn't come up with it. my little sister did. i had a horrible name. >> what was it? >> i can't. >> come on. >> i was making cupcakes at the time and i called it like

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if they catch you on it that is correct i say they'll freeze your frequent flyer miles, might not let you book tickets, it's pretty threatening. >> in a federal lawsuit last month, united one of the largist airlines and orbitz which made almost $700 million in profits last year say he's intentionally and maliciously use ed it to ma a profit. orbitz calls that disingenuous. united told "cbs this morning" that it's regarding the vast majority of customers. >> you're not getting anything out of this. >> i'm not getting anything out of it. it's from my private funds. >> those funds are running low so he's asking for donations to help him get through the unfriendly skies ahead.

for "cbs this morning," michelle miller, new york. >> people are always going to find a way to work the system. >> yep. i thank you. i really do. maybe it will be a signal to the airlines, lower your price as little bit to get us where we need to go. >> i've done this before. >> you have? >> yeah. >> this is the first time i'm hearing of it. it seems so genius. >> they're going to freeze your frequent miles, charlie. >> sure they will. but, you know -- >> did you do it to save money? >> the airlines told me to do it. >> i think it's very smart. charlie rose has done it too so i'm thinking i'm going to be looking next time i fly. coming up, a christmas treat for star wars fans who still have to wait a year for episode number 7. we'll show you a

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on select new volkswagen models. >> good morning, i'm erika von tiehl. we want to get right over to kate which your forecast, definately a day for the gloves. >> absolutely, yes. you know having been outside several times already, yes, take the advice, it is definately a chilly start feels like wintertime, feels like christmas, staying dry despite the cloud cover still out there. we expect to at least see some sunshine here today, but the chill is here, and will stick around here through the course of the weekend essentially carbon copy images the next few days, my friends. partly sunny, seasonable chill tonight. tonight drop down to 29 degrees, still few clouds, and you know you'll see basically the same stormy unfold saturday, sunday, little sun along the way low 40's by monday afternoon at the earliest, rain starts to move in, looks like it hangs

on through christmas eve, vittoria. >> thank you, rudolph will be working little harder. rush hour, delays, 95, so on, so for the, but traveling henderson road at the schuylkill, you will notice disable truck and it is blocking the right hand lane. so traveling in this area, you will get little caught up. sixteen your average on the schuylkill itself, 12 on 95, 26 on 476, and if you are traveling south coatesville, be minds full of this closure. >> our next updates at 8:25, next on cbs this morning, easy ways to get into the christmas spirit. first though here's what's coming up. a live l look at the parking lot outside the s

it is friday, december 19th, 2014. welcome back to "cbs this morning." there's more real news ahead including grocery shopping one swipe at a time. how one online grocer is trying to stay ahead with one rival with much deeper pockets but first here's today's "eye opener" at 8:00. >> investigators suspect that hackers may have gained access through information obtained from a sony systems administrator. >> some stars are voicing their concerns over whether this decision looks at dangerous precedent with major consequences. >> it's been a very rough patch for the secret service. there's been charges of misconduct. >> they look forward to one day

doing business and an unbridled sense of optimism has unleashed on the streets of havana. >> he's helped boost markets. i can't believe i'm saying this. >> for his last show, colbert did not disappoint. >> it was great tribute to him knowing that everyone wanted to be there knowing it was going to be one helluva good-bye. >> using their car as a weapon, law enforcement feels it's only matter of time before someone gets hurt. >> howdy you come up with the name for the site? >> i actually didn't come up with it. it was my little sister. >> do you like my note? i got one from guillermo too. the note in the box said 100% polyester and 200% amazing. >> kucharly. >> i'm charlie rose with gayle king and norah o'donnell. pressure is growing on the obama administration this morning to retaliate for the sony hack

attack. sources say federal investigators say north korea is behind the massive cyber breach. the administration calls it a national security issue. the breach cost sony tens of millions of dollars after it pulled the controversial movie the interview. >> george clooney is one of the supporters. he said he tried toll circulate a petition arguing against the cancellation of "the interview." he said no other stars would sign it out of fear for their own security. new developments. for the first time james holmes' parents are commenting on the murder charges that could bring the death penalty for their son. holmes is accused of kill 1g 2 people. in a statement they say he's not a monster but a human being who's mentally ill. robert and arlene say we have spent every moment for two years thinking about those who are injured and families and friends of the diseased who were killed in that theater shooting. we wish it never happened. their statement continues we love our son, have always loved him and do not want him to be

executed. we also decry a need for a trial. it requires everyone to live those horrible moments in time causing additional trauma. flowing lava on hawaii's big island could hit a shopping center by christmas. the threatened marketplace including a gas station where workers have drained off all the fuel. lava from the kilauea volcano has been threatening for weeks. the local school has been closed because of that threat. on sunday's "60 minutes" we'll have an interview with reese witherspoon. she won an oscar for "walk the line." she played june carter cash, her own marriage would end and she's face professional struggles. >> she did well enough at stanford and then went to hollywood. there she transitioned from child actor to movie star and by

23 she was married to ryan felifill lee philippe and had three children. she was at the heigpeak of her career. >> hollywood says here's an oscar. big moment? big moment. >> yeah. >> what follows? >> that was a tough year that followed. >> what's tough? >> i got divorced the next year and i spent, you know, a few years just trying to feel better. you know, you can't really be very creative when you feel like >> you felt like you failed in your personal life. >> yeah. and career-wise, i wasn't doing what i was passionate about. i wasn't really working. audiences weren't responding to

what i was putting out there. >> there's a story in "people" magazine. >> oh, lord. >> and there were people who were no longer box office magic. >> yeah. i was one of them. i thought i was reading a profile on an actor and they said, you know, people who were washed up. it included me, tom hangs, mel gibson, and i remember feeling like, okay, that really hurt my feelings, really hurt my feelings. >> this is the story of a woman who felt all of that and then created her own production company and has made two movies, "gone girl" which she's not in and "wild," which has been nominated for a golden globe and it's a good story. >> she's the opposite of washed up. isn't she just a doll, a delightful person. >> lives in nashville and l.a. sunday night on "60 minutes" find out how witherspoon turned

her life around by starting a production company. that's on sunday on cbs. ahead, you say you're having trouble getting into the christmas spirit? doesn't seem like you're alone. we have expert tips for shaking off that holidaze and why doing something awesome could be one solution for you, but first at test test

tonight david letterman asks barracks please come home. darlene love talks about how that one classic song revived her career. that's ahead on "cbs this morning."

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everyone looks so happy, they're having a good time, they're in love. >> they have perfect lives. >> i took a pause when manson has a partner and i don't. >> that's a big problem for me. >> on facebook and instagram, they're perfect. >> everyone's perfect, their children are, they don't burn the turkey. nobody's putting up their real life up there. nobody was saying i was in bed all day with a cold. >> you're saying there are some things that can help you recapture the joy. first, cognitive reframe. what is that? >> changing the way you think about what's happening to you over the holiday season. we look at the tv ads and the catalogs and everybody ease perfect frmg everybody's getting a giant suv with a big bow on it. it's not true. you remind yourself, you know, you remember i remember when i had good holidays, bad ones, this is an okay one. you remind yourself it's not

perfect. >> you change your routine. i think about others. >> think about others. which is a huge way. >> the one i love, do something awesome. >> this is really interesting. there's a lot of research that shows when you do something awesome, you can look at the mountains, take a walk by the beach, go to a symphony, but when you do something larmer than life and really beautiful, it helps you be more social, more em pa thick. >> what would be something that falls under that do something awesome? >> listen to great music, go look at the sunset. >> do something for others, really. it really does make a difference. >> it makes a huge difference. even just reaching out to everybody. i reached out to a friend who i didn't -- i did not expect him to be having a terrible thanksgiving and he was and i felt good for saying come with me, let's go. it made me feel better. >> wow. great advice. >> thank you, elizabeth. happy holidays to you.

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. giant retailers like walmart and amazon see groceries as their next frontier in e-commerce but only on "cbs this morning" vinita nair takes us inside an online grocery service showing up at front doors for more than a decade. she's crowd side our front door at the broadcast center. vinita, hello.

>> we ordered these growries from freshdirect last night and were able to schedule a delivery during the show. guys, ill i'm about to bring you some breakfast. >> let's do it. let's deliver some groceries. >> it's 6:00 in the morning and freshdirect drivers raymond and jonathan are making their way to new york city's west side. all the groceries they're delivering were ordered by customers online. everything from paper towels and cases of bottled water to sushi grade seafood and homemade pastries. >> it's very >> it's all produced here. ceo jason ackerman co-founded the business 12 years ago. >> when you first came up with the idea, did you say?

even my wife said, you know i'm notice going to be buying this because i want to pick out my own food. a lot of people said we couldn't accomplish this. >> and now? >> well -- >> he had an idea what an online business should be. rather than deliver groceries for a supermarket he built freshdirect independently sourcing food directly from farms. >> that's kind of what we're shooting for. >> reporter: cofounder david mcinerney still visits each vendor, and he still leads a team that tastes more than 600 fruits and vegetables. >> they cut them open, taste them and rate them. >> it's a rating system that helps customers buy produce sight unseen. nationwide groceries are a $700 billion industry but online sales make up less than 4%. brad stone, a senior writer for

"bloomberg businessweek" says the move online is the next frontier. >> i think over the next decade the grocery delivery market really starts to mirror the e-commerce market. we see -- it starts small but we see an increasing percentage of these transactions happening online. >> reporter: it's why retailers like amazon and walmart are breaking in. along the west coast, green amazon fresh trucks have been making deliveries for seven years. they're now popping up along the east coast including brooklyn and philadelphia. amazon charges an annual subscription free to deliver groceries. walmart has customers can describe up to key of courses and get their groceries. customers in california and colorado can have a selection of items delivered to their door with walmart to go. freshdirect also charges a

premium, around $6 to $8 per delivery. but for working parents, the added cost is worth it. >> we've done the calculations a couple of times and it really is not that big of a difference but it's a huge cost savings in terms of the time we spend for a convenience. >> how do you guys manage to keep that balance between cheaper food that people can access but also covering your heavy overhead? >> the model we developed was about eliminating every inefficiency that exists. if you go to the grocery store, everything is precut and laid out because when you go there you want to have a sense there is a bounty of food. we only cut it when you order it. it's made to order and less waste. >> reporter: it's only available in five states along the east coast. ackerman said the company would love to expand but not at the expense of quality. that's why they're constantly monitoring online reviews, even

ones from their toughest critics. >> my wife still says she buys the service because she loves the service, not because she's my wife. she's very satisfied, so i know we're doing something right. >> in a city like manhattan they tell us parking tickets are something they have to factor in. in the first year they amassed $600,000 in parking ticketet. it's much less now. we made sure they had a nice spot. i brought you guys some breakfast. >> look. it's revolutionized. to be able to order online and choose time, it is a bit pricier than going to the store but it's helpful. >> i think it's helpful. >> are you married to the owner too? >> he said hids wife uses it because she likes it. clearly norah does too. >> to be told you can't do something in business and you're forging ahead. >> again and again.

homeland request forging to >> happening right now, our "joy of sharing" toy drop off is underway. looking liver at parking lot, and that box of toys starting to empty out now at 1555 hamilton street here in philadelphia, we want to load up that truck, that's in the background, and with presents for deserving children and families in our area, so please, come on by, say hello, all do you have do bring unwrapped toy to our studios once again, we are at 1555 hamilton street, just drive on up, we'll take it out of your car, gave you a hug, we'll be here all day. >> for that drive over to the studio, here's kate. >> i looking drive, not too much to worry about in terms every sunday glare either.

cloud cover issue, but at least dry outside. we do expect it to stay that way through the next few days actually. storm scan3, shows, of course, on the satelite coverage here, most of us still shroud in the clouds, expect some sunshine, definitely evident out in the live neighborhood network. 37 degrees out at whitt fields he will henry school, but dry and we don't expect weather until monday afternoon, next potential for wet werth. looks like it would be just rain, heavier rain, by christmas eve. >> good morning, everyone, traveling on the southbound side of route one, approaching the area of state road, we are dealing with the renmant of earlier vehicle fire. so, emergency teams worked diligently to extinguish this vehicle fire, which they've done that, and originally the road was entirely closed. they have reopened at least the right-hand lane, to allow traffic to get on by. but if this is where you're traveling right now, do give yourself more time, still active scene. also, we still have rush hour on 202, 422 and the schuylkill

expressway. >> let's do it again at 8: five, a up next this morning, oscar winning actress reese whitherspoon. another live look outside our cbs-3 and cw studios, "joy of sharing" campaign

welcome back to "cbs this morning." coming up this half hour, rupert friend from "homeland" is in our toyota green room. there he is. he's part of the hearttop stopping cia drama. first we'll have a preview of "sunday morning." will he give anything up? >> no. >> don't tell me, don't tell me. a holiday tradition we all love. darlene love gives her final performance on the "late show" and it's explained how that tradition came to be. that's ahead. this morning it's time to show you some of the headlines from around the world.

the wa"the wall street journal" china is allowing expectant dads to experience what it's like to give child birth. most don't make it past 5. nurses say a new mom's pain level is around 12 and the men can't take it. >> i'm not surprised about this. >> thank god you got in the boy line? >> my husband says the same thing. >> it can really hurt but we keep doing it again and again. >> but i do think a woman's pain level is much higher because of that. >> i get it. i get it. "business insider" looks at reaction to the big housecleaning this week. the social media deleted thousands of accounts. oprah lost 100,000. what? bra voros andy cohen tweeted i lost 20,000 in the instagram

purge. only real people, please. >> i didn't look to see how many followers but i wonder what that means. >> i don't understand. they delete people? >> you're the queen of instagram. >> i don't know that little bit. aisle get back to you, miss o'donnell. "the new york times" reports they've found a new super planet. it's about 2 1/2 times of earth circling a star smaller than our sun. it is not liveable to humans but it has a neighbor who's habitable, so science will keep searching. the russian ruble are in crisis but one journalist told putin her aunt's friend wants to know if he had time for a love life since his divorce. well, who doesn't want that on the horse with that look. putin smirked and said hello and

said, quote, everything is fine in that department. he says he loves and is loved and that everything is in order so don't worry about mr. putin. he says, i'm all good. >> we want him happy, don't we? >> yes, we really do. >> he's not angry. >> he's not angry. sunday night is the fourth season finally of the award-winning hit series "homeland." more than 2 million tune in each week. he plays opposite peter quinn and he is going to join us here at the table. first on "cbs this morning," a sneak preview of this year's big finish. take a look. that no, i'm serious. i'm out. moved on. >> to what? >> you care? >> not really. >> mm. >> i just care about you showing up tomorrow. >> i can't do it. >> do you want me to take a new guy on this? >> got to learn sometime.

>> peter. my estimation, we're 20% less likely to pull this off without you. 20% more likely to lose guys. >> i'm sorry. >> rupert friend. good morning. >> good morning. >> you found a lot of fans of the show here at this table. >> what gave it away? the drooling? hi, rupert, hi, rupert, hi, rupert. >> so many people -- i watched the first couple of seasons. i have not caught up on this season. everyone says it's the best season to date. >> we've fahad a lot of that, which is great. everybody wanted this season to be something of a reboot. i think killing your lead actor is a pretty brave and potentially scary thing to do for writers. >> i still haven't come to grips with brodie's death to be honest. >> he hasn't either. >> i keep thinking he's going to

come back, you know? >> yeah. it was just a fake rope. >> i know. tell us how you sequi see quinn >> i think when you've lived a life that dark and started to question it, you're oddly perhaps more uniquely placed to sit in some kind of judgment over the actions of what everyone else is doing, particularly in this particular example of a world of drone strikes. >> and how does he see her? >> meaning carrie. >> carrie, yeah. >> i always think those two, they're like something you shouldn't want but you do. i mean name your foodstuff, your poison. it's that. >> is it true that you were only supposed to be in one or two episodes and you got on the screen and they went, whoa? is that true?

>> the whoa part i'm not going to explore. but, no. i was supposed to do one scene and then it was relocated to north carolina and you don't know what you're doing. then i eventually found out you're going to kill brodie and then i wasn't and now i'm back. >> had you been watching the show before you got one? >> it's the only show i watched. >> do you watch it now? >> no. i stopped when i came on. >> why, rupert? >> i can't think of anything i'd like to do is watch myself on television or shows. it's not appealing to me. >> it's such a complex drama in so many ways but also with the parallels of what's happening in the world. do you struggle with that at all? >> no. i think it's occasionally incredibly coincidental that will echo things that are playing out. i don't think it's in any way reflective of them.

it just seems to be coincidental that it's happening. >> does amy watch it? >> no. i think she would find it as weird as i would. >> amy is your lovely fiancee who's in the green room. congratulations to you both. >> thank you. >> would she say you're as romantic as the roles you've played? "pride & prejudice" and "young victoria." >> i would just say one of them died at 40. >> he kills the bad guy. >> he does kill the bad guy and i definitely would do that. >> had you even shot a gun before you were on the show much less assembled a pipe bomb? >> no. so many things have been new. i had broken into a few houses. >> and what do you attribute the strength of this program to? i mean clearly the acting is great. is it the plot line? >> i think it starts with the

great writing. for me what's interesting about the writers is they deliberately paint themselves into corners, so they will kill the lead, bring two people together and rent them asunder. i think they want that. >> and they're great protag niftss too. >> that's true. >> you and carrie are alone with no backup leading to the finale on sunday. he's not going to given us anything. i'm not going to even ask you. i can't wait to see. i just want you to survive. and her too. >> thank you. >> you're welcome, rupert. >> you can catch it sunday on show time, a division of cbs. coming up, a surprising story behind a hollywood music tradition. >> reporter: david letterman says christmas does not begin until darlene love sings "baby, bring krimm home."

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david letterman does not retire from the "late show" till may but tonight he hosts one more holiday tradition. music legend darlene love sings "baby, krimm, please come home."

right here at the ed sullivan theater right here in new york city. >> reporter: over the past 28 years on "the late show with david letterman," one voice has ushered in the holiday season. ♪ >> reporter: tonight, darlene love will take this stage for a final time. >> the energy when you walk in that building to do this show? ♪ >> that kind of energy is there all the time. i have no idea what they're going to do this year. >> you don't know. >> i know what i'm going to look like, but that's about it. >> fabulous as always. it was that something special letterman spotted in the '80s when love performed in a new york city club. >> he said, are you still doing that show downtown?

yes, yes. that song that that girl sings in that show is faef snook she was killing it every night and he was blown away and he asked her to come on his show. >> the best thing about the holidays, a visit from our next guest. >> reporter: love thought it would be a one-time deal but kept getting invited back again and again. >> after about five or six years of doing that on the show, they started calling me the christmas queen because everybody loved that phil spector christmas album. >> reporter: over the years she's performed with everyone from an air force chorus to a flying saxophonist. >> your voice hasn't changed. >> that's paul shaffer. he's such a genius. in the 28 years i've been doing the show, we've changed keys maybe four times. them you see the hairstyle. jesus, keep me beautiful. >> one thing we learned it

doesn't matter what we do because she's going to come out and just wail. >> you know, i haven't been this excited in so long. i think i got about three hours' sleep last night. >> just like the good songs, just like the holidays, even the best things sometimes have to come to a close. how are you going to be feeling? >> i'm trying not to think about it. i want to feel great but i can't sing and cry. when the song ends is when i'm going to get very emotional because it is the last time that we're doing that song after 28 years. that's unheard of. >> reporter: the "late show" is keeping the details of tonight's performance under wraps but darlene did send us this picture of her gearing up backstage. norah? >> wow, vlad. what great story. how fabulous. 28 years. >> yes. vlad, i love how you told it. we could see all the different wayings she sung it. and what a great tradition.

>> what great tradition indeed. up next, the most unforgettable moments of the week. you're watching "cbs this morning."

well, it's the holidays, but something else is coming up. >> what? >> your birthday. gayle king is turning 60 years old. >> i wanted to keep it a secret. ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ happy birthday to you >> that's so nice. ♪ happy birthday to you, gayle happy birthday to you ♪ love you. >> that does it for us. >> thank you. whose idea was that? that's so nice.

>> you can watch news any time on cbsn on cbsnews.com. happy birthday, gayle. >> thank you, charlie. >> as we leave you, take a look at the week that was. >> bye. >> cut loose the shackles of the past to reach for a better future. >> they're waking up to a new reality now that the sweeping changes have finally been announced. >> president obama said it was time to end an experiment in diplomating isolation that dates back to theize hawer administration. >> let's not lose the illusion. i think having diplomat eric relations we can produce positive change. >> alan gross's first words were "i'm free." >> it's the best hanukkah. >> after sony pulled "the interview." >> that's unprecedented. >> it had to have happened of a long period of time. >> you saw five hostages fleeing the building. then we heard several loud

explosions. >> do you think an attack like this is likely in the united states. >> it's not a question of if. it's a question of in. >> turbulence rocked a plane for 45 minutes. >> the worst i've ever seen. >> a horrific attack by taliban on the school. >> they say revenge is the motive. >> asking are you ready for the next president bush? >> he's going to find a lot of supporters. ♪ >> i'm not insulting you. >> oh, god, mom. >> i'm your mother. >> i lovejoy woodhouse. she's a good mama. >> i practice a lot.

>> how many hours a day? >> about ten. >> all right, missy. >> everybody go ahhh. the duke and the duchess of cambridge released three new pictures of prince george. >> eating hot peppers can boost the alfajor moan in the male body. >> that's why you're always sucking on that jalapeno. >> yoga is not as easy as it looks. >> i tried it three times. the bending, the twisting, the breathing, i thought it was great. >> no one says, hey, tom cruise, don't forget your whiteness. >> cbs now, cbsn. do you know how to read the prompter? >> i do. >> oh, charlie, it's a good year. >> all that -- >> he said something about dragging me and taking the pretty out of me. >> -- and all that matters -- >> and i actually thanked him. i had not been called pretty since i was about 8 years old.

>> -- on "cbs this morning." >> i want you to know if i could

>> good morning, i'm ukee washington, here is your opportunity to make a child's holiday so bright by donating a toy to our "joy of sharing" campaign. live look outside our cbs-3 and "cw philly" studios. our "joy of sharing" gift drop off is underway. just brighten a child's life with a gift, unopened, unwrapped, to our studios, we're here at 16th and hamilton, we'll be here until 8:00 tonight taking your donations, just drive by, drop it off, we'll definitely be glad to put it in that truck. let's get your forecast, here's kate. >> i already seeing quite a bit of activity downstairs, which is so great to see. and again, we've got quiet weather for now out there, too. so, no excuses out there, my friend. we take a look at storm scan3, really just have some clouds out there. i do expect that you'll going

to see little bit of sunshine along the way, temperatures back to the low 40's, seasonable chill overall. do still have to bundle up. the standards every mid to late december after all. partly cloudy, cold tonight, we drop to 29 degrees, and looking forward in the forecast, it is almost carbon copy outlook here for saturday, sunday, with tranquil weather just some clouds overhead. by monday afternoon at the earliest, we start to see our next rounds of rain showers moving in, still showers tuesday, but the rain yes, sir day, actually, look to be christmas eve. vittoria, over to you. >> thank you so much, katie. good morning, everyone, we still have rush hour delays, sprinkled all over the map. ninety-five, the schuylkill, the vine, little on 476, not much. i would said heaviest delay right now, still, 95. southbound slow, as the area of the northeast all the way down through to the vine street expressway, if you are traveling on the schuylkill, average is 11 miles per hour, doesn't matter which side of the road you're traveling on, eastbound, westbound, seeing delays, also delays on the eastbound side of the turnpike out of the area of willow grove. headed down toward mid-county.

also traveling around willow grove, we still have closures on easton road fit watertown and park avenue water main break and gas main break so york road your best alternate. ukee. >> vittoria thank you, that's eyewitness fuse for right now. we hope you can join us talk philly on cbs-3 noon at noon. great day every

good morning, i'm erika von tiehl. very special day here at cbs-3, i'm right outside our studios for "joy of sharing" campaign. end inviting to you come down, help make the holiday specials for child here in our area. join now by dan dan steve he zone, and do you want to say hi sweety? help unload the toys. so, please, start unloading those great toys. dan, why did you want to be a part of "joy of sharing" this year? >> first, thank you for having us here, the sweeties and the sugarhouse family, something we like it do each and every year, great job to all of our neighbors, community, and really great to see a smile on children's face. i have two children of my own. and it is really precious to see, you know, the kids when they receive these gifts, get into that christmas and holiday spirit. it is really something nice to see. >> we are so greatful to have