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cbs news has confirmed that steve bannon, the president's former chief strategist is cooperating with the special counsel. robert mueller is investigating russian meddling in the 2016 election. and whether anyone in the trump campaign was involved. fbi agents visited bannon at his house last week. a former cia officer is under arrest tonight accused of mishandling classified information. jeff pegues tells us the suspect may be key to solving a mystery that troubled the agency for years. as early as 2010, officials at cia head quarters in langley, virginia were concerned about a mole.

cia contacts and informants in china were killed or imprisoned and investigators wanted to know why. now, sources say, former cia case officer, jerry li may have been leaking information to the chinese. li worked at the spy agency from 1994 to 2007 and was involved in cases in china. according to papers, fbi agents discovered that he had handwritten notes containing the true names and phone numbers of assets, covert cia employees, and cia facilities. fbi agents found the documents when they searched two hotel rooms, li stayed in during a trip to the united states. he was then interviewed five times, but for unknown reasons, he was not arrested and returned to hong kong. li, a naturalized u.s. citizen served in the army before his time at the cia. >> 55,000 here. >> recently worked at christy's auction house in hong kong. on monday, he flew to jfk airport in new york, where he

was arrested. >> the way you caught aimes, hanson, catch them in the act of sharing classified information. >> former cia assistant director, michael morel compared the li case to, aldrich aims and robert hanson. >> if the reporting is true with the regard to loss of chinese assets and if reporting is accurate with regard to mr. li's role in that, and if that was intentional on his part this is the equivalent of it. >> li was not charged with espionage but accused of illegally retaining classified information. if convicted of the charges heap maces up to ten years in prison. off to night we were unable to reach a lawyer for li. jeff. >> jeff, thank you very much. on the senate floor, jeff flake, condemned what he called president trump's shameful and repulsive attacks on some in the media. flake said when a figure in power calls news that doesn't suit him, fake news, someone else, should be under suspicion.

>> 2017 was a year which saw the truth, objective, empirical, evidence based truth more battered and abused thaen any time in the history of our powerful figuren our government. no politician will ever get us, what it is not. any one who presumes to try to attack or manipulate the press for his own purposes, should be made to realize his mistake and to be held to account. >> flake says 201 should be the year in which the truth takes a stand against power. the first year of the trump administration has brought a sea change to the environmental protection agency. administrator, steered the agency's priorities away from issues such as climate change. major garrett sat down with pruett today. >> we spent the past year trying to achieve regulatory certainty, regulatory clarity.

was expected. they could invest. environment. >> is the philosophy to protect the environment or business? >> neither. our focus should be on >> by that he means rolling back regulations, to develop all and natural gas. pruett points to obama era clean coal fired power plants in hopes of boosting renewable sources. move based in part on a lauf suit filed by pruett when he was oklahoma attorney general. >> clean power plan was an example, this administration, w the development of electricity. generation of electric choosing renewables at expense of what, natural resources that we have. >> coal. awe off across the spectrum.tur. >> this agency shouldn't be in the business saying we will sou over others.

he set new goalsem from walter supplies. >> eradicate lead from our drinking water set a goal in ten >> some wonder if people you placed in leadership positions in heart. head of the science advisory board. the data that lowering ozone will produce a health benefit. do you agree >> no, ozone is something that most definitely have to regulate. ve important thing we reg late. >> others who wonder about those from industry in leadership why shufd the american public be comfortable with some one coming from industry and into this agency. >> i've don't, buy the paradigm, we choose industry over environment, or environment over industry the old way of thinking. i will fell you if we have

companies, industry, citizens, who violate the law, we will prosecute them. we should start from the premise all people are that way. or all industry is that way. >> scott pruett talking with major garrett. >> the evening news feed. the dow soared 300 points to close above 26,000. for the first time of. the jump from 25 k just took eight trading sessions. >> and the navy says it intends to prosecute five officers including the commanders of two of destroyers involved in separate deadly collisions in the pacific last year. the charges could include negligent homicide. 17 u.s. sailors were killed in the two accidents. who hasn't thought of them self from time off to time as a real piece of art. >> you are finding out that you look like mona lisa, everyone is fine. ♪ ♪ surfing is the only life, the only way for me now surf ♪ >> a beach boy has a new reason to be true to his school. ♪

♪ >> north korea is taking its show on the road. sending state sponsored cheering squad to the olympics.

i'm never gonna be able i'll take a with this cold. on our daughter's birthday? moms don't take sick days... the nighttime, sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, you may have noticed classic selfie going through artistic renaissance. the app of the moment matches a look-alike from a famous painting. but as dean reynolds reports this is raising privacy concerns. >> make a pose! >> reporter: who hasn't thought of them self from time to time as a real piece of art.

and now, thanks to google's month-old feature on arts and culture app our humble selfies can be matched to what the app says is a double. probably hanging on a museum wall somewhere. yet in illinois and texas, you can't use that selfie feature, because the google removed it. and it won't really say why. but it appears it was avoiding a conflict with both states, that have tough laws on biometric identification. using faces, fingers or eyes to identify someone. >> those are things you can't change. >> the law firm sued tech companies for biometric usage and says the law requires google and those other tech companies, to explain how the data is being collected. what its being used for. and to obtain consent from the users. >> you can't replace your face like you could with a credit card. so once you have given the information to a company, you are at risk of what, what they may do with that, where it may go from there.

>> google says it doesn't use yourselfy for anything else. and only keeps it for the time it takes to search for matches. over the last few days, the company says, more than 30 million selfies have been uploaded using its app, about 450,000 an hour. >> guess i will use my imagination. >> of chicago artist, julia getler thinks the app is great if she could use it. >> i started scrolling through, looking for it. >> it is nowhere. >> nowhere. >> she thinks the security concerns about the app are overblown. >> a great idea to spark interest in people and make art

accessible. >> now not all of the matches are exact. while the network anchorman can savor resemblance. a correspondent who obtained his match, is paired with this, 18th century venetian artist. oh, well. love the earrings. dean reynolds, cbs news, chicago. huge credit to dean for actually showing that on when we come back, here and gone in a flash. i don't have my keys. (on intercom) all hands. we are looking for the captain's keys again. they are on a silver carabiner. oh, this is bad. as long as people misplace their keys, you can count on geico saving folks money. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. okay - let's try this. it says you apply the blue one to me. here? no... make every day valentine's day with k-y yours and mine. two sensations. one great way to discover new feelings together.

former senator bob dole awarded the nation's highest civilian honor, congressional gold medal. the president, vice president, leaders of congress praised dole. now 94 years old for his heroism

during world war ii. and his years of service on capitol hill. nasa confirms it was a meteor streaked through the sky over michigan last night. it was seen through out the upper midwest and canada. most likely it was a piece of asteroid that broke up 20 miles above the earth. causing a shower of rocks, as small as an ounce. the meteor registered as a magnitude 2 earthquake. 58 years after graduating, beach boy brian wilson returned to california's hawthorne high this week to boost his grade. wilson flunked a music class assignment when submitted a tune you might recognize. ♪ now surf, surf, with me >> the song surfing would bkt group any first single. current principal invited wilson back and turned the f into an a. up next for a few days, cheers will silence the drum beat of war.

>> north an south korea are enemies, in the olympics they plan to march together at opening ceremonies. form a joint women's hockey team

as well. as ben tracy reports there will be an invasion of cheerleaders. >> reporter: north korea know house the few on a show. elaborately choreographed spectacles like this one in the capital are designed to impress the leader, kim jong-un. now, north korea is taking its show on the road. sending its state sponsored cheering squad to the olympics. the 230-person squad has been called kim jong-un's army of beauties. the young women are chosen for their loyally to the regime and their look. they must pass a tough audition to land one of the coveted spots. a member of the squad in 2005, later became kim jong-un's wife. the cheerleaders are part of north korea's olympic charm ee -- offensive. being negotiated, in two years.

coaching the detente will jump-start sluggish ticket sales for the games hurt by fears of war. ♪ ♪ these figure skaters are the only two north korean athletes who have actually qualified for the games. so the cheerleaders will dwarf the number of competitors. it ill include 140 person orchestra, no word if it will play in front of propaganda videos often depicting north korea's weapons of war. ben tracy, cbs news, beijing. that is the "overnight news" for this thursday. for some, 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 jericka duncan. the arctic cold that stretches from montana down into the heart of dixie, continues to prove deadly. icy roads have caused car wrecks, flights canceled. school and government offices are closed. and in some places, there is no end in sight to the frigid weather. kris van cleave reports from chilly north carolina. >> got to go! >> reporter: from texas to the carolinas there are major travel problem as cross the south. and hundreds of crashes as people try to navigate the treacherous roads. one county has taken the step of

issuing a mandatory curfew for tonight so people will stay off the road. >> don't think i recommend coming out. >> in louisiana where a state of emergency was declared today an 8-month-old baby is dead and woman left in critical condition after their vehicle slid off the road into a canal. >> if we can, use this as a lesson or, reminder to, to stay out of the weather today. stay home, with your children. >> this storm system brought the houston area some of the coldest temperatures seen in decades. the harris county sheriff's office reported almost 600 crashes in the last 24 hours. with one fatality due off to ice.

traffic conditions were so bad on this houston highway, some drivers actually started turning around looking for the closest exit. in charlotte, north carolina where 4 inches of snow fell. the infection is why spread in every state. except hawaii. school districts have been closed down. omar v echtillafranca is in dal. >> cough. fever. >> for the past few days, 13-year-old morrow has been coughing running a fever. two sisters at home have the flu. so his mother, laura garza brought him to children's health

in dallas. >> last year they didn't get sick on me or nothing like that. just this year, i guess, it was their time. guessing to get the flu. >> cdc says flu related hospitalizations nationwide nearly doubled last week. the doctor says this its one of the worst outbreaks he has seen firsthand. >> we are seeing a lot of children with cough, runny nose, high fevers. they get that muscle ache, chills. and just really feel miserable. >> reporter: all schools in bonham texas clovesed until next week. after 244 students called in sick a cross the border, clagss at all of the schools in hugo, oklahoma were shut down. 168 students there have the flu. cala buchanan. try to protect them as much as you can. can't help it. >> the flu has killed at least 20 children this season. in western new york, 10-year-old nico malozzi traveling with his hockey team diagnosed with the flu. the little boy died on his way back home. the doctor says people should protect themselves. >> the more you are in close quarters with somebody when it is dry, cold air, the more likely you are to catch the flu. >> the children's health system

charged with retaining clagsificlag classified information. specifically the names and phone numbers of undercover agents and sources. jeff pegues reports. as early as 2010, officials at cia head quarters in langley, virginia were concerned about a mole. cia contacts and informants in china were killed or imprisoned and investigators wanted to know why. now, sources say, former cia case officer, jerry li may have been leaking information to the chinese. li worked at the spy agency from 1994 to 2007 and was involved in cases in china. according to papers, fbi agents discovered that he had handwritten notes containing the true names and phone numbers of assets, covert cia employees, and cia facilities. fbi agents found the documents

when they searched two hotel rooms, li stayed in during a trip to the united states. he was then interviewed five times, but for unknown easons, he was not arrested and returned to hong kong. li, a naturalized u.s. citizen served in the army before his time at the cia. >> 55,000 here. >> recently worked at christy's auction house in hong kong. on monday, he flew to jfk airport in new york, where he was arrested. >> the way you caught aimes, hanson, catch them in the act of sharing classified information. >> former cia assistant director, michael morel compared the li case to, aldrich aims and robert hanson. >> if the reporting is true with the regard to loss of chinese assets and if reporting is accurate with regard to mr. li's role in that, and if that was intentional on his part this is the equivalent of it.

they're still getting medical tests. they're described as severely malnourished in staebl cble condition. a 17-year-old girl escaped through a window. and david begnaud has the latest. how did i not see something with 13 living in the neighborhood? six of the 13 kids are minors. as young as 2 years old. 7 of them are adults. the oldest its 29. police say the children were thin and malnourished. living in squalid conditions. >> the long term needs of these kids are going to be -- the

psychological and psychiatric need, due to the prolonged periods of, of starvation. and maltreatment. >> di td the deputies find children chained to a bed? >> there were three individuals, that were, that were chained to some furniture inside the residence. >> reporter: the turpins bought the home in fort worth, texas 18 years ago before losing tight foreclosure. photos, show a home with stained carpets and walls. the buyer says there were scratches on the back of the doors. the family later moved off to hill county, texas. i thought it was like a religious compound. they were, home schooled the kids kept them away. >> social workers will seek court authorization to provide oversight and care not just for minor children but adults as well. so isolated from family members, louise turpin's aunt had not seen them in years. >> i hope they prosecute, fullest extent of the law. even if she is my niece. them kids don't deserve it. this is the cbs "overnight

news." president trump's relentless attacks on the media and what he calls fake news are coming under fire by two members of his own

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president trump's relentless attacks on the media and what he calls fake news are coming under fire by two members of his own party. senator john mccain called the president's criticism hypocritical. jeff flake took to the senate floor to compare, mr. trump to dictator joseph stalin. >> 2017 a year that saw the truth, objective evidence based truth more abused than any time. at the hand of the most powerful figure in our government. a year that saw the white house enshrine alternative facts into the american lexicon. as justification for what use to be simply called, old-fashioned falsehoods. it was a year in which an

unrelenting, daily assault on the constitutionally protected free speech launched by the white house. assault as unprecedented as unwarranted. the enemy of the people was how the president of the united states called the free press in 2017. mr. president, it is the testament to the condition of our democracy that our own president uses words infamously spoken by joseph stalin, to describe his enemies. it bears noting that so fraught with mall ills was the phrase enemy of the people that even nikita khrushchev forebade its use, telling the communist party the phrase introduced by stalin for the purpose of, annihilating such individuals unquote. who disagreed with the supreme leader. this alone should be the source of great shame for us in this

body. especially for those of us in the president's party. for they're shamable repulsive statements. and, of course the president has the it precisely backward. despotism is then me of the people. the free press is the despot's enemy which makes the free press the guardian of democracy. when a figure in power reflexively calls any press that doesn't suit him, fake news, it is that person who should be the figure of suspicion. not the press. i dare say that anyone who had the privilege and awesome responsibility to serve in this chamber know that these reflexive slurs of fake news are dubious at best. those of us who travel overseas, especially to war zones, and other troubled areas, all around the globe, encounter members of u.s. based media, who risk their lives, and some times lose their

lives, reporting on the truth. to dismiss their work as fake news is an affront to their commitment and their sacrifice. according to the international federation of journalists, 80 journalists were killed in 2017. a new report from the committee to protect journalists, documents that the number imprisoned reached 262,a new record. this total include, 21 reporters, who are being held on false news charges. mr. president, so powerful its the presidency that the damage done by the sustained attack on, attack on the truth will not be confined to this president's time in office. here in america, we do not pay to the powerful. in fact we question the powerful most ardently, to do so is our birth right and requirement of our citizenship. and so, we know well that no matter how powerful, no president will ever have dominion over objective reality. no politician will ever tell us what the truth is, and what it is not.

and, any one who presume to try to attack or manipulate the press for his own purposes, should be made to realize, his mistake. and to be held to account. that is our job here. that is just as madison, ould h. of course, major difference between politicians and free press, free press corrects itself when it made a mistake. politicians don't. no longer can we compound the attacks on truth with our silent acquiescence. no longer turn a blind eye or deaf ear to those assaults on our institutions. and mr. president, an american president who cannot take criticism. who is standly deflect. distort. distract. who find some one else to blame is charting a very dangerous

path. and a congress that fails to act as a check on the president, add to that danger. now woe are told via twitter, today the president plans to announce his choice for most corrupt and dishonest media awards. beggar's belief that an american president would engage in such a spectacle. but here we are. and so, 201 must be the year in which the truth takes a stand against power that would weaken it. in this effort, the choice is quite simple. and in this effort, the truth need as many allies as possible. together, my colleagues, we are powerful. together we have it within us to turn back these attacks to right these wrongs, repair this damage. restore reverence for our institutions and prevent further moral vandalism. together, united in the purpose to do our jobs under the constitution, without regard to party or party loyalty, let us resolve to be allies of the

truth. and not partners in its destruction. it is not my purpose here, to inventory all of the unofficial untruths of the past year. but a brief survey is in order. some untruths are trivial. such as, a bizarre contention regarding the crowd size at last year's inaugural. some untruths are not trivial. such as seminole untruth of the president's political career, the repeated conspiracy about the birth place of president obama. also not trivial are the equally fantasy as but rigged elections and massive voter fraud.d. which as are destructive as they are inaccurate. to the effort to undermine confidence in the federal courts. federal law enforcement. the intelligence community. and the free press.

to perhaps the most vexing untruth of all. the supposed hoax at the heart of special counsel robert mueller's russia investigation. to be very clear to call the russian matter a hoax as the president has done stow many times is a falsehood. we know the attacks orchestrated by the rush government during the election were real. they constitute a grave threat to american sovereignty and to tower national security. it is in the interest of every american to get to the bottom of this matter. wherever the investigation lead. ignoring or denying the truth about hostile russian, intentions towards the united states, leaves us vulnerable to future attacks. we are told by our intelligence agencies that these attacks are ongoing. yet, it is reasonably been reported that there has not been a single cabinet level meeting regarding russian interference. and how to defend america against these attacks.

not one. what might seem like a casual, routine untruth, so casual and routine that it is now become the white noise of washington. is in fact a serious lapse in the defense of our country. mr. president, let us be clear. the impulses underlying the dissemination of untruths are not benign. they have the effect of eroding trust in our vital institutions. and conditioning the public to no longer trust them the destructive effect on democracy can not be overstated. >> arizona republican senator, jeff flake. the cbs "overnight news" will be right back.

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♪ ♪ >> the cold snap from the canadian border to the florida everglades is proving deadly for sea turtles. chilly water in the gulf of mexico puts the endangered turtles into a comatose state that can kill them. thankfully conservationists are working to help. the story from the institute in panama beach. >> call this sea turtle, central. each tub is new home for turtles that were rescued from the bays

of the florida panhandle. on a normal year, you see on average, 30 turtles. in the waters of saint joe bay, an urgent rescue mission is under way. >> they get lethargic, can't move. >> scientists and law enforcement join forces to scoop of sea turtles in the water. stunned by the cold. fighting for their lives. these endangered sea turtles go into a comatose state when walter temperatures drop below 50 degrees. so with the help of volunteers, rescue, loaded them in crates and pickup trucks. and took them to the next home.

>> this is where you bring them? >> it is. one of the holding tanks we have for the animals. and director of the institute. the team took in 850 cold stunned sea turtles since first week of january. >> you got a heads up. it was almost trim the number you expected. >> by the third we had 200. and by friday, saturday, sunday, we were over 800, it happened quickly. >> that's a lot of turtles. how do you get it together? it is a lot. it can be overwhelming. large amount of support all over the united states. >> the turtles are brought back to life where they're monitored by julie cabin. >> check their flippers. feel for any swellings. or abnormalities. that might indicate broken bones. >> why is it important to save these guys? >> we're dealing with, endangered and, threatened species. if we are not involved with the rescue effort. population.

>> already the odds are against them. >> it is. >> odds are also stacked against many other animals, battling the cold, in the south this winter. >> manatees. >> like the florida manatee. considered a threatened species, huddled together in canals and springs to stay warm. >> they don't like cold either . just like the rest of us. in north carolina, alligators, trapped in frozen ponds were spotted poking their noses through the ice. >> this is this morning waking up. >> residents in south florida, woke up to this sight. frozen iguanas, falling from trees laying unconscious on the ground. >> of seeing a number of organism that are experiencing stress, and illness and mortality from, from, what i would say is more of an extreme weather event. >> katherine phillips with u.s. fish and wildlife service. >> these efforts to rehabilitate and recover them, continue to help us move forward, to be able to ensure that these organisms are around for future generations. so that, that our grandchildren's grandchildren will be able to experience these, these on earth. >> this winter could bring even more cold snaps. and that would be a particular challenge for, rescue and rehab centers like this.

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for years, car makers and high tech companies working to perfect the driverless car. general motors is taking things one step further. gm plans to remove the steering wheel and pedals from its automated vehicles, so you won't even have the option of driving it yourself. kris van cleave now with some of the obstacles the company faces. gm hopes to start testing. and the department of transformation this week announced the process of for creating rules for vehicles without a steering wheel. the idea of getting rid of the steering wheel has drivers wanting to pump the brakes. and something is missing from this car. and a sneak peek of what the future may look like. a smart driving smart car

without a steering wheel or brake pedal. general motors says it is ready to start building now. >> buzz worthy. >> ed low from motor trend. and the gas pedal. the brakes, the steering wheel. it does really make the prospect of autonomous driving all the more real. >> to get the self driving car on the road, gm announced it filed petition with the national highway traffic safety administration, asking the government to wave federal standards pertaining to human driven cars. self driving cars and even this, self flying, rolocopter were big players at the electronics show. the car maker sees car of the future as mobile line uj. bit of a movie theater on wheels. a survey out this morning by advocates for highway and auto safety. thought americans may not be

quite ready to let go of the wheel. advocates president, kathy chase. >> we frankly were surprised with how concerned the american public is. 64% express concerns about sharing the road with driverless cars. 75% are not comfortable. and what do you think it is about the concern, reticence people have about the steering wheel going away. >> the entire history of the car. taking away such an essential component of a car is a seismic shift. >> assuming gm can get the approval from the federal government, the company believes, seven states will allow it to test the cars with no steering wheel. gm plans to work with states that have laws on the books like you have to have one hand on the wheel if there is no wheel. you probably don't need that law. >> i'm old school. i like the wheel. that's the "overnight news" for thursday. for some the news continues. for others check back with us later for the morning news and of course, cbs this morning. from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm jericka duncan.

captioning funded by cbs it's thursday, january 18th, 2018. this is the "cbs morning news." lawmakers have less than 24 hours to pass a spending bill and prevent a government shutdown. the key sticking point, immigration. icy weather sweeps through the south leaving close to a dozen people dead and paralyzing communities. and flu outbreak. >> you just don't think that a healthy 40-year-old woman is going to die from the flu. >> influenza claims another life and the flu epidemican