. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com captioning funded by cbs it's wednesday, february 1st, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." so was that a surprise? was it? >> the president makes his pick, tapping a conservative judge for the supreme court. neil gorsuch heads to the court this morning while democrats gear up for battle. >> i only hope democrats and republicans can come together for once for the good of the country. and speaker of the house paul ryan backs mr. trump's travel ban but stops short of full support. >> regrettably the rollout was confusing.

good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm ann ma marie green. well, he will begin travel with-to-meet with the lawmakers who must confirm him. gorsuch is the youngest supreme court nominee in 25 years. currently the judge on the u.s. court of piles in denver, gorsuch has solid credentials much like antonin scalia who he would replace. he has an ivy league education. president trump personally called gorsuch to inform him he was the choice and introduced him last night. craig boswell has our report. >> today i'm keeping another promise to the american people by nominating judge neil

gorsuch. >> reporter: president trump introduced his nominee to the supreme court in a televisedss newscast. >> he has tremendous skills and tremendous discipline. >> reporter: he's known as a solid conservative and law grad. he cited with religious employers opposed to the obama care mandate. his book argued against assisted suicide as the taking of life. >> i pledge that i'll do all my powers fit to obey the constitutional laws of this country. >> reporter: the court has been functioning with only eight justices since scalia's passing last february. they're vowing to block this nominee. some democrats chose not to attend the prime-time announcement. >> i don't want to be standing there in a crowd when they pull

back the curtain and say here's your nominee. let's do this in an orderly fashion. >> reporter: leading experts say he could have lasting impact. >> he's 49 years old and we're going have a justice as indicated tonight whose decisions are going to lead generations. >> reporter: a small group of protesters protested outside the high court the beginning of what will be a long and contentious fight. craig boswell, cbs news, the supreme court. well, it didn't take long for senate democrats to react to the gore such nomination. senator minority leader chuck schumer promised to fight tooth and nail and there's a growing chance they'll filibuster the choice. >> john, it does look like there's a fight coming up. >> there is going to be a fight brewing because democrats have to show a couple of things.

one, that they're going to pay back the republicans in the senate who delayed barack obama's pick of merrick garland. secondly, democrats are in a mood out in the country. they're in a mood to fight president trump. and so they want to see the senate democrats fight on those grounds. the challenge for senate democrats is with a candidate or nominee who has such sterling credentials, can they find a reason other than the fact that they don't like donald trump because after a while they're going need that and not just want to be totally obstructionist because the situation is different now than it was for barack obama at the end of his second term. ahead on "cbs this morning," more on the gorsuch nomination. we'll talk with layer david boies who has argued before the supreme court. speaker of the house paul ryan defended the president.

he acknowledged he didn't learn about the details until the president signed the order. nancy cordes reports. >> reporter: in his first public comments house speaker paul ryan faulted the travel ban's launch but not the substance. >> so what is happening is something that we support. >> reporter: you have a lot of military experts, military experts warning that this is going to serve as a recruiting tool for isis. >> the rhetoric around this could be used as a recruiting tool and i think that's dangerous. >> reporter: it's more than just rhetoric, according to state department officials they have warned the timing of this has given isis a lifeline. you could not have ginn our adversaries better propaganda material. ryan argued it's a risk worth taking. >> there's an issue with terrorists trying to infiltrate our refugee population. >> reporter: but they haven't because our vetting is so stringent. >> there is nothing wrong with taking a pause and making sure

we have the proper vetting standards in place. >> reporter: emboldened by protests, democrats are taking a harder line on a series of trump decisions. they walked out on confirmation votes for the nominees to head health and human services and the treasury department. ohio democrat jerry brown. >> we have great concern that senator hatch is asking us to vote on two nominees today who have out and out lied to our committee. >> reporter: orrin hatch was left to preside over an empty hearing room. >> i'm tired of this crap. i mean my gosh there's no excuse for it. >> reporter: later they accused the white house of income tell tense leading to chaos. the leaders shot back it's the democrats because they can't get over their election loss. nancy cordes, cbs news, capitol hill. the senate judiciary committee is scheduled to meet today to take up the nomination

of senator jeff sessions for attorney general. yesterday democrats delayed a vote on sessions by speaking for extended periods. trump's pick for education, betsy devos was nominated. and the full senate easily confirmed elaine chao as transportation secretary. they ordered the army corps of engineers to complete the dakota popline. the standing rock sioux tribe says it will challenge the decision. four days after taking office, president trump signed an executive order telling the army to reconsider the impact study. the pipeline would bring oil from north dakota to illinois. and law enforcement officials in houston say they are ready to handle any protests leading up to sunday's super

bowl. sunday's game has been declared a tier 1 national security event. thousands of law enforcement officers are on hand. there are bomb-sniffing dogs and concrete barriers that have been set up. more than 47 federal agencies are involved. >> they said people who work together will win. that's exactly what we're doing nchl addition to the houston police department, the nfl, the fbi, we have over 41 federal agencies and departments including 25 dhs agencies supporting this event. 75,000 people are expected to attend the game. sportscaster brent musburger signed off for the last time last night. >> thanks so much to you for sharing your time with me. what great memories we've had over the last almost 50 years. >> he wrapped up his long distinguished career in rupp

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with the prius, it's standard on every car. >> nice thing about the prius prime is you can get top safety pick safety performance without having to choose any options. >> all-electric tesla model s caused some concerns in a front crash test. >> the dummy moved too far forward into the airbag and his head hit the air bag. >> it's upgrading its soft wafrmt bmw's i 3 fell short because of the short headrests. >> one of the risks is injury that people commonly refer to as whiplash and we're trying to make sure the seats and headrests can prevent those kinds of injuries. >> reporter: nhtsa says tesla is aware of the problems and are fixing them. they have yet to find any safety-related problems. they can be just as safe as any other vehicle on the road.

roxana saberi for cbs news, new york. two broadcasting legends will join forces this wall. oprah winly will appear on "60 minutes" as a special co-host. gayle king is thrilled that her friend will be part of the neckwork. >> i'm so excited. she is equally decided. she said she doesn't miss the day-to-day of the show but she misses with story-telling and being able to meet and interact with people. to me this is the perfect marriage. >> "60 minutes" executive producer jeff behreng said there is only one oprah winfrey. she is a remarkable and talented woman that makes her a perfect fit for "60 minutes." it's in its 49th season and remains the top rated news show. coming up, falcons' owner

arthur blarng. i'm anne-marie green. this is the "cbs morning news."

. americans are living longer and in many cases stronger. omar villafranca met one woman who's leading the way to longevity. >> reporter: six day as week 5:30 in the morning you'll find this 75-year-old swimming a total of 120 laps at this houston aquatic center. she admits when she first started swimming she felt like a fish out of water. >> it was horrible. i quit in the middle of the first lap. >> you couldn't even make a lap in the pool. >> no. i was swimming with my head out of the water so my hair wouldn't get wet. >> reporter: in her 40s she was considering obese tipping the scale at 250 pounds. she was ashamed when she

couldn't fit on a small boat on a family vacation and decided to do something about her health. sauer changed her diet and started exercising. it wasn't easy but she managed to lose 100 pounds in less than a year. >> you know what was funny? i had been so large i forgot and didn't believe you could actually get a waist back. >> she's competed in eight olympic games in an olympic style games. she was 58 when she found her passion. >> i can't believe i could be an athlete and win a medal at 58 years old. >> reporter: now at 75, sauer has won more than 50 medals. >> michael phelps, never heard of him. >> what does she have? nine? >> reporter: she's also active outside of the poochlt twice a week she tutors kids at a local

church and three day as week she teaches history to her grandchildren via skype. julie green is amazed how sauer has defined the living stronger. >> i'm so in awe with the motivation that's behind her. >> reporter: she's now training for the games in alabama. how long will you keep swimming? >> it will have to be taken aroy friday me. i'm not going to give it up. >> reporter: and not giving up means going for gold even in her golden years. omar villafranca, cbs news, houston. >> pretty inspirational. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," an inside look at police body cameras. jeff pegues spends the afternoon with washington's metropolitan police department. plus, bargain basic economy airfares and the fight for overhead space. why some lawmakers want to keep your overhead bin free of charge. and a fresh start for two men imprisoned for murders they

did not commit. >> so how did you essentially free yourself? >> studying. it was refusing to accept our decision from judges that were wrong, and just went back every time and said, judge, you were wrong. >> that's the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

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