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worse in the midwest. five infants who attended day care facility are diagnosed with the highly contagious disease. pineapple punch, the west coast face as direct hit from the pineapple express. a huge rainmaking storm system ready to delve flash floods and mudslides. >> pop warner football under fire. the mother of a former player files a wrongful death suit claims his suicide can be traced back to his playing days as a child. and which foods should you fridge. the items in the refrigerator that probably should. be there. >> i think we just assume that everything will do better in the refrigerator, but that's not really true. captioning funded by cbs
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this is the "cbs morning news" for friday february 5th 2015. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. this morning a powerful storm sometimes known as the pineapple express is taking aim at the northwest with flood-producing rains and strong winds. flood and wind warnings and advisories are posted from washington all the way down to california. wind gusts could reach 65 miles an hour. the storm is expected to ratchet up this morning and last through the weekend. storm preparations are under way in northern california which could see up to ten inches of rain before it's all over. hillsides are a potential danger for mudslides. meteorologist paul dea know of our san francisco station kpix is tracking the dangerous
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weather. >> most of the pineapples grow in hawaii and that's exactly where it comes from. sometimes it slams into the west coast and one of those times is right now. for the remainder of today right into the weekend, we will see heavy rainfall from seattle to santa barbara. some rain fafl may be in double digits. the problem is for the snow pack the moisture is so warm it's going to be falling as rain, even as high as 10,000 feet. on the other side of the country, it is all about the cold. the coldest morning of the year is today. windchills syracuse new york, 15 degrees below zero this morning and boston down to 16 degrees below zero. so on one coast we have the flooding. on the other coast we have the cold. well t measles outbreak is spreading. five children are the latest to come down with the disease.
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about ten others have been exposed to the highly contagious virus. danielle nottingham reports. >> reporter: this week health officials say they've only seen ten cases in the last five years. >> this is a highly contagious disease. there's likely to be more cases so we shouldn't be surprised of that. most of them are in california, and many of the cases are linked to disney theme parks there. the five infants diagnosed with measles in illinois are all under the age of 1, too young to receive the vaccine. every unvaccinated child and employee from the day carry center is supposed to stay home for at least the next three weeks but even that might not be enough to stop the measles. >> we will do everything we can to identify if there is a point source of this. we'll try to do our best in identifying that but at some
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point the cat's out of the bag. >> as every study has shown, this is probably the fastest spreading disease ever and odds are it's going to spread all over palestine and who knows where else. >> reporter: the patients from this day care center are being treated at home. danielle nottingham cbs news. well last year more than 10 million americans were affected by health care data breaches. cyber attacks targeting medical data can produce ream ofrs personal information and the hack attack against the health insurance provider anthem has millions. >> reporter: anthem is one of the nation's largest health insurers insurers. the company discovered last week they hacked as many as 80 million records. it's the biggest known hack since last year's attack on community health systems which
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affected 4.5 million patients. william luke says he has been one of them. >> it's been a very trying and upsetting time. >> reporter: lou said since the hack thieves have used his identity to rack up $40,000 in credit card charges. >> there was a period of time every couple of days a credit card had to be changed because they figured out my password. >> reporter: dr. robert wa is with the national credit society yags. >> there is no 1-800-i lost my health record and you can turn off all the information in the health record. >> reporter: 42 businesses were hacked last year up this year. they'll pay more because they contain enough personal information to create a complete false identity. >> we're now in the hackers'
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cross harris. >> reporter: his data centers protect about 2 million records. >> organized crime and those who monetize medical information are attacking hospitals and doctors' offices. >> reporter: lute now deals with it every day, scanning hiss financial statements for signs of fraud. millions of anthem customers are now waiting to hear whether they, too, are vulnerable. kris van cleave, cbs news new york. we're learning new details about the commuter train crash in new york city that claimed six lives. the train engineer saw the suv on the track hit the emergency brake, and sounded the horn. he said he saw flashing lights at the crossing and backed up. he assumed the suv driver would do the same but she didn't. >> the suv driver exited her car and walked to the gate. she touched the gate but not as
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to move it. the witness did not communicate with the accident driver. the accident driver then entered her vehicle and sat there for a moment and he described it as if she had enough time to put on her seatbelt. >> well the suv was inside the crossing gates for 30 seconds before the collision. aviation officials in taiwan say both engines on the airliner that crashed in taiwan lost power. the transasia airways flight crashed shorely after takeoff hitting a roadway before plunging into a river wednesday. there were 58 people on board. 35 were killed. one engine lost power 30 seconds after takeoff. it's up clear why the engines failed. and as early as today, president obama could ask congress for new authority to use military force against islamic state militants. meanwhile jordan is hitting isis with, quote, everything that we
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have. susan mcginnis is in washington. susan, good morning. >> anne-marie, good morning. jordan continues to strike back against isis. dozens of fighter jets pounding their locations in iraq now, in addition to syria. here in washington the president is ready to make his next move. the question is will congress comply. jordan hit isis with intense and punishing air strikes in retaliation for the murder of pilot muath al kaseasbeh. jordan's foreign minister says it's only the beginning. >> it's not just about increasing it. it's with everything that we have. >> reporter: the u.s. military provided backup like reconnaissance and refueling for the 20 jordanian f-16 fighter jets that took part in the mission. as jordan retaliates, president obama plans to seek congressional approval for a new
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resolution authorizing the u.s. to use force. >> we have to push back from somebody trying to distort religion. >> john boehner says the president has to first make it to the american people. >> the important part is for us to get the vote to actually pass what -- an authorization. this is not going to be an easy lift. >> the presidentdy not ask for congressional approval last year when the current campaign against isis began. getting it now would send a signal that the u.s. is committed to ultimately destroying the terror group. nancy pelosi says a three-year time frame is being discussed in congress but that there's no agreement so far on geographic areas or what kinds of force might be used. anne-marie? >> susan mcginnis in washington. thank you, susan.
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well coming up on the "morning news," football lawsuit. the pop warner organization is sued over the death of a young player. and later -- >> okay let's stop whining, okay? it's hard to understand you. >> an emergency operator's insensitive response to a distressed caller causes outrage. this is the "cbs morning news."
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the nasdaq added 21 points and the nasdaq finished 28 points higher. drugmaker pfizer the world's second larjtest drugmaker in revenue plans to pay about $15 billion. like other drug companies pfizer is trying to generate more sales as its big money makers go generic. three months after an embarrassing cyber attack crippled sony pictures. amy pascal is stepping down. pascal plans to launch a new production company focusing on movies, tv and theater. she came under fire for racist remarks. she speculated on president obama's choice of movies. it came to light in leaked e-mails. >> and, anne-marie the original burger king has been sold to a new owner. this burger king opened almost 06 years ago in me tune
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forecast in some cities around the country. refrigerating foods can help them last longer but some do better outside of the cold. some vegetables and fruits lose their health properties and some go bad faster. marlie hall shows you what you should put in the fridge and what you should keep out. >> reporter: chef rachel ruben makes a living teaching people how to cook. >> i think we just assume everything will do better in the refrigerator, but that's not really true. >> reporter: ruben says cold can keep many fruits and vegetables from going bad but they won't taste as good. >> they will loose nutrients and
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flavor in the refrigerator. >> tomatoes lose their texture and potatoes can get gritty. she believes apples onions, avocado, and citrus do better at room temperature. >> so only should it be going bad do you put it in the refrigerator. >> bananas should never be put there. >> they'll get black faster. berries can also be kept on the counter but should be eaten quickly. >> i would caution against overbuying berries because they will go bad. >> bread can dry out in the fridge but nuts actually do better in the cold because they contain oil that can go bad over time. >> if you have a large quantity of nuts that you know you're not going to use within a certain period of time i would definitely keep nuts in the refrigerator. >> rue been says storing food properly will make sure you get the best quality.
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here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. a mother is suing the pop warner football organization claiming her son's suicide resulted from brain injuries he sustained as a youth football player. joseph chernach was 25 years old when he killed himself. his mother claims he suffered from the degenerative brain disease known as cte that he suffered from concussions while
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playing pop warner football. she says she wants to sea-tacle football stopped for young children. pop warner hasn't commented on the lawsuit. and tiger woods just can't seem to shake the injury bug. he withdrew from the farmers insurance open after 11 holes. he said he had a hard time keeping his lower body activated. since his back surgery last march, he's finished only one tournament. it looks like lebron james and the cavs have turned things around. they beat the clippers 105-94. the cavs 12 -- this is rather the cavs' 12th straight win and they're one shy of tying a franchise record. performers are getting ready for grammy weekend. ♪ >> that's iggy azalea and jennifer hudson rehearsing thursday in california. they'll perform "trouble" during saturday night's clive davis
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this fall popp francis will become the first pope to address a joint meeting of congress. meantime in his general weekly audience the pope said it's okay to spank your children to discipline them as long as their dignity is maintained. his remarks were about the role of fathers in the family. for much of his life robert barren used his special skills to make people look like someone else. now he's using those same skills to make people look like themselves again. julianna goldman report. >> wow. >> voila. >> that is so cool. >> reporter: to the naked eye it's nearly impossible to tell what this 12-year-old has so
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excited. for the first time he looks in the mirror and sees himself with a right ear. >> it's going to go like that. >> it's going to look awesome. even i can't tell. >> reporter: that's the ultimate success for robert barren the man who designed his prosthetic. his designs are fit for spies. literally in his previous life he was an understood cover agent creating diseases for the cia. >> i tinted silicone to look like skin. that was my forte. >> reporter: for 15 years he crafted silicone mass for operatives working incognito around the world. >> agents depended on that realism because if that disguise attracted attention in a negative way, then their lives were in jeopardy. >> it's the stuff movies are made of. >> that's right. yeah. >> reporter: but in 1983 he went undercover to a biomedical
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sculpture conference to learn some new tricks of the trade. it was a mission that changed his life. >> i saw the disfigments, people without a nose without eyes without ears. i said bob, if you can put people in hiding you can bring these people out of hiding. >> reporter: nine years later he retired and today works out of his ashburn, virginia studio where he sees patients from around the world rebuilding eyes, and ears and lives. >> so what's in here? >> well, this is my brag box. >> reporter: it's what he shows new patients on their first visit. >> this is a full face mask that i made for a burn survivor. he gave me a photograph of what he used to look like. >> barren says he treasures his 24 years with the cia because it led him to eric. >> that's all i need to see is when a patient walks out of that door, they have that jen wine smile on their face. >> thank you.
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>> reporter: a smile from ear to ear. julianna goldman, cbs news ashburn, virginia. well, coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," charlie goes one on one with new england patriots' owner robert kraft on winning the super bowl title. and we sit down with grammy nominated singer ed sheeran. that's the "cbs morning news" for this friday. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com
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dump truck accident of lanes of i495 to shut down. looking live at the scene, at this traffic tie-up. i495 is bypass for the country's busiest interstate. >> justin finch has just arrived in wilmington near the scene of the crash justin, good morning. >> off the 495 shoulder near 12th street. you can see behind us the accident is beginning here. on the four # 95 at 12th street. what we have here is a dump truck, separated on one side, the truck on another there was one driver involved in this crash here, and we are told he is injured, extent of his injuries not known this morning. however, the impact of the crash forced the truck to

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