>> join us each weekday morning captioning funded by cbs good morning. it's thursday, march 1st, 2018. welcome to "cbs this morning." big changes at the white house. the president's longest serving aide, hope hicks, joins more than 20 other white house officials who have stepped down. it comes a day after she admitted to members of congress she told white lies on the president's behalf. president trump tells republicans during a live television event they're afraid of the nra and we have to act against gun violence. and cbs cameras follow four activists who are moving for change after the florida shooting. a man who posed as a

rideshare driver. see what uber and lyft are doing to protect customers and how to help yourself stay safe. plus we go inside the lab where researchers believe they're close to developing a vaccine that could stop the flu forever. but we begin this morning with a look at today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. this looks to me like more evidence of a white house in disarray. >> the white house loses its fourth communications director. >> hope hicks turning in her resignation the day after she testified in a marathon session before the house intelligence committee. >> in a meeting with a group of bipartisan lawmakers the president seemed to embrace laws regarding guns. >> the stuntss at stoneman douglas high in florida back for another half day of class today. >> this school will never be normal again. >> major retailers are making changes to their firearms

policy. >> walmart will no longer sell guns to anybody under 21. >> making people wait doesn't solve psycho cease. a georgia high school teacher faces four charges of felony. >> the beast from the east heading to europe. it's brutal. >> all that -- >> gave a show for two spectators. >> that was awesome. >> i hope they weren't wearing their sunday best. >> -- and all that matters -- >> this is you and hope hicks. she told white house investigators she sometimes tell white lies regarding president trump. >> -- on "cbs this morning." >> here's a picture of her leaving the proceedings. she double look bothered at all. that look on her face says maybe i lied or maybe it's maybelline.

>> announcer: this morning's "eye opener" presented by toyota. let's go places. that picture did look like it could be an ad for something. >> professional side eye. >> that's right. welcome to "cbs this morning." norah o'donnell is on assignment for "60 minutes" so we're happy to say alex wagner is joining us at the table. good to have you. >> good to be here, gayle. >> there's an opening at the white house. president trump faces a new round of staff turmoil after his longest serving aide announced she'll be leaving her job in the next few weeks. the white house director's resignation occurred one day after she testified regarding russian meddling. >> she started working for the president before he ran for office. hicks is also dloes his daughter ivanka and son-in-law jared

kushner. >> sources tell cbs news her exit is seen as a win for chief of staff john kelly. margaret brennan is at the white house. margaret, good morning. >> good morning. this was tough news for hope hicks to break to the staff yesterday after being right by donald trump's side for three years now, but the white house said she had been planning to depart for months and that she wants to take a job outside of government. >> get up here, hope. hope hicks, the legendary hope hicks. >> hope hicks took an unlikely path to power, starting off in fashion before joining the trump businesses and now is in direct line of the president of the united states. on tuesday cement nine hours testifying before the house intelligence committee which is investigating russian interference in the 2016 election. during her testimony she said that she never lied about russia but her role did require her to tell white lies.

reporting of the remark missed the president but did not play a role in her exit. special investigators and special counsel robert mueller are probing hicks' role in a misleading statement on behalf of donald trump jr. regarding a june 2016 meeting at trump tower. news of rob porter also became public. porter resigned after it was disclosed his fbi background check revealed there had been domestic abuse allegations. hicks helped craft his resignation when news broke. john kelly's tightening of reins took a toll on hicks who has stuck by president putin since the inauguration. >> i said, what do you know about politics. she said absolutely nothing. she knew nothing. and she was there the first day and she was fantastic.

>> thank you, donald trump. >> their relationship is close. she was one of the first people the president informed of his intent to run for office. in a statement yesterday the president said, quote, i will miss having her by my side and i am sure that we will work together again in the future. now the current deputy head of communications is the leading candidate to replace hope hicks, but no date for her own departure or selection of her replacement has officially been made, john. >> that's right. no one will have the kind of close relationship with president trump that hope had. margaret, this is being talked about fas a win for the chief o staff at the white house. why is this the course? >> according to my colleague major garrett, the win as you say, she's so close to ivanka trump and son-in-law jared kushner and because of that familial relationship, it's been

hard for them to fall in line with that overall restructuring that chief of staff john kelly has put in place. are they staff members? are they family members? the line is blurred by definition. also it's in the wake of rob porter -- the scandal about his departure and it puts chief of staff john kelly in a place looking like he was defending him, something he then had to later moderate, given that the allegations do appear to be credible. >> and just quickly, there have been a lot of departures from the white house. this is another one. >> you're right. there have been about two dozen. some of this is just simply burnout at the end of the first year of an administration. that's typical. some of it has to do with other reasons, but in those cases like rob porter, those scandals, those self-inflicted issues have become, frankly, a distraction for the president's agenda. >> margaret, thanks. president trump is now publicly demanding stricter gun control in break with the nra

and fellow republicans. the president met with lawmakers at the white house yesterday and told them he'd even support by passing due process to take guns from the mentally ill. paula reid is at the white house with the surprising remarks from the president. paula, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the central theme of the president's agenda was a background check. he brought that up a number of times. he said no matter what action is action, he wants to quickly end the nonsense of mass shootings. >> we have to act. we can't wait and play games and nothing gets done. >> reporter: president trump stunned lawmakers on both sides of the aisle wednesday with his overarching demands on gun control. after vice president mike pence suggested court procedures if removing guns from dangerous people, trump caught him and many people in the room off

guard by seeming to dismiss due process. >> i want to take the guns early. i understand what you're saying but take the guns first. go through due process yet. >> reporter: president trump also suggests waiting until 21 to get a weapon. >> i'm curious what you did in your bill. >> we didn't address it, mr. president. >> you know why? you're frade of the nra. >> my observation is the vast majority of 18-, 19-, and 20--year-olds who have a shotgun or rifle are not a threat to anyone. >> reporter: he's willing to act without their support. >> they have great pow over you people. they have less pow e over me. >> reporter: the president did stop short of demanding a ban on assault weapons. >> i think it's just as likely the white house personnel will

be up here in the next few days doing the bidding but the president certainly committed himself to thinks that if he puts his full weight behind it can get done. >> the nra is calling the president's proposal bad policy, but the president says if a bill reaches his desk, he will sign it. although some critics note he was equally bullish on daca and nothing was ever passed. alex? >> paula, the president tweeted again about his attorney general calling jeff sessions disgraceful for asking them to look into the fisa process. >> reporter: since the attorney general recused himself the president has publicly criticized the attorney general and the department. this dynamic has become something that special counsel roberts mueller is looking into as part of his inquiry into the obstruction of justice but yesterday the attorney general really surprised a lot of us.

he pushed back with a public statement sort of suggesting the president was ignorant of the investigative process and said he will continue to serve as attorney general with dignity and honor. >> thanks, paula. >> there are reports he calls attorney general mr. magoo behind the scenes. that's got to be tough. >> it's not normal to have passive aggressive competing statements. they have phones. they can call each other. >> it's unprecedent as many things are. >> that's a word we use a lot. this morning students return to marjory stoneman douglas high school for a second day of modified classes. about 95% were back on campus yesterday, two weeks after that horrible deadly shooting. they were accompanied by more than 200 police officers, about 150 grief counselors, and 40 therapy dogs. adriana diaz is in parkland, florida, with what the stunts faced. adriana, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the school day started yesterday

with the pledge of allegiance and then a 17-second moment of science to honor the victims. one student said the principal came over the p.a. system and said we are eagles strong. today we reclaim the nest. stoneman douglas students walked out of the red gates wednesday, marking the end of a difficult first day back. hours earlier 15-year-old freshman isabella van derlaat and her parents prepared for the emotional day ahead and made the five-minute drive to school. >> when do you think things will go back to normal for you? >> what's normal? i don't know what that is anymore. >> reporter: the armed policemen reminded her of what it looks like two weeks ago. while some stunts gave officers high five, others felt uneasy by the tightened security. >> everywhere you look there's a police officer or service dog and it's just uncomfortable.

>> to help comfort stunts, 150 counselors and more than 40 therapy dogs were on hand we followed isabella's mother as she picked her up from school. >> it was goochld we laughed again. >> reporter: her classmate martin duke died in the shooting. >> the teacher moved around the desk but still seeing his empty desk really hurt. >> i'm emotional every second of the day. >> reporter: andrew pollack who lost his daughter meadow was at the school wednesday. he said the students returning offered relief. >> she knew what she wanted. she was a very powerful strong woman. no one should go through what she should have gone through. we need to make it so when a kid goes to school, they're safe. >> you're a man on a mission. >> that's what happens when they murder your kid. there's nothing that can stop me right now. >> reporter: 15 students and four teachers have asked about

transferring. the students return to a full schedule next week. teachers say they're not worried about academics. they're letting the stunts talk and play games to help them heal. gayle? >> thank you very much. up next we'll take you inside the never again movement. ahead how the tragedy is turning for a move management for change across the country. classes are canceled at a georgia high school after a teacher fired a gun inside his classroom. jesse randall davidson is charged with discharging a weapon and making terrorist threats. >> good morning. dalton's high school principal described davidson as an excellent teacher who was fit to be at work, but during yesterday's incident he said davidson was behaving strangely before he fired his handgun.

around 11:30 wednesday morning jesse davidson reportedly locked h door to his social studies classroom and wouldn't let anyone in. >> he slammed the door before i could open it and said don't come in here, i have a gun. >> reporter: principal steve bartoo said he was making noises. the bullet went through a classroom window. nobody was hit, but a stunt twisted her ankle running away. schoo police say the school official dissuaded him. >> he made it safe as quick as he did. >> reporter: police reports obtained by "cbs this morning" show thad in 2016 davidson went to police to confess to having someone killed. he also said he was on several different medications for depression and was thinking about hurting himself. police could not verify his

claims and sent him to a hospital. and last year davidson went missing at school but he was later found wandering about a mile away. >> i was scared, very scared. >> reporter: anne-marie jacobs' daughter sent her these messages saying an armed teacher was freaking out yelling. she still agrees with president trump that teachers should carry firearms to stop school shootings. >> in return there should be background checks and evaluations for the teachers to see if they're stable, you know. >> police and school officials praised teachers for quickly getting those students out of arm's way. although classes at dalton high school have been canceled. counselors and social workers will be on hand for any student who needs them. a lot of kids shaken up. >> understandably. thank you, jericka.

the rebel-held area of eastern ghouta near damascus faces continued bombardment. aid groups are standing by to help injured evacuees, but so far those victims have stayed away. seth doane is inside eastern ghouta. he's the only correspondent there. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this is one of four humanitarian corridors set up to allow civilians and rebel-held besieged ghouta which is in that direction to come here into government-held territory. you can see there are ambulances lined up here. there are also buses to help evacuate people. but this is day number three, and as you can see, these humanitarian corridors, this one here, is empty. and both sides are blaming the other. the government is saying that rebels inside eastern ghouta have held hostage some civilians

there and also that the revels are bombing, tar getting these humanitarian crossings. the rebels on the other hand are accusing the government of making it difficult for them to cross. they say they worry activists inside worry that they will be arrested once they make it here. it is impossible for us to cross into eastern ghouta, so we reached out to one doctor by telephone to ask him what it was like working there. what is most difficult for you? >> everything is most difficult. i don't have anything. i cannot evacuate the patient to icu due to the continuous hitting and air strikes. >> reporter: he told us that his hospital has been bombed and since then he has been performing, doing surgeries underground. we asked him why he stays. >> i want freedom in my home. i don't want to go out.

go out, go where? it's my home. >> reporter: meanwhile aide agencies are lined up on the government-held side. they're ready to go. but these humanitarian pauses are simply not long enough to be effective. alex? >> seth doane in syria with incredible reporting. thanks, sekts. police say a man posed as a ridesharing d

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placed bans. david is a former agent who works with the gifford's law center to prevent gun violence. where do you think the tipping point is? >> i think it's the minute these kids started speaking out and they're absolutely frustrated that their parents, adults, and country hasn't taken care of them. >> walmart's and dick's has joined others in standing against the nra. but it's still not hard. >> people get a lot of pleasure out of shooting these things and they have an excellent self-defense value. >> reporter: he works for a gun shop in warrenton, virginia, and he's seen an increase in demand for assault-style rifles. >> whenever they feel like the opportunity to buy those might go away, it's like, i'd better get in and do it now before it's gone very another gun store manager told us his store has seen a three-fold increase in sales of weapons in the last

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a rideshare driver. he's facing charges of rape and sodomy by use of force. >> she was preoccupied, thought she was getting in a vehicle that was picking her up. he took advantage of the situation and assaulted her. >> reporter: predators are taking advantage because victims are looking for regular cars, not well marked taxi cabs. tracey breeden says their app has several safeguards to help passengers. >> we have the license plate and the make and model of the vehicle as well as a picture of the driver. >> reporter: breeden said another key step is asking the right question as you approach the car. >> hi. can you tell me who you're here for? >> hi. i'm here for trac tracey. >> reporter: they're also installing uber beacon. it's an opportunity to match the color that appears on the app with the color in the car.

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people are being as we speak being vaccinated with this vaccine, and that is the first step in getting it approved. >> how long do you think before we see phase two or phase three? >> i think it should be faster than ten years. >> reporter: ten years may seem like a long time, but it takes understands why the flu is unique compared to other viruses like measles or mumps. >> the virus is changing constantly, which is why we have to get a new vaccine every year, but there are parts of the virus which are staying constant. >> reporter: think of the influenza virus as coated with little mushrooms each with a head and a stem. the current vaccines only target the head but that's the part that easily changes or mutates into different strains making vaccines challenging. the stems are relatively the same. therein lies the holy grail. target the unchanging part. >> this is an idea that was

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>> unfortunately it is worse than what we have seen over the last ten years almost. clearly this is more motivation and we really want to try to find a vaccine which eliminates thisdy cease. >> this severe flu vaccine has lent urgency to a one-and-done shot. while the national institutes of health is funding mt. sinai work, some believe we could see a new flu vaccine within less than five years. >> i like in the piece when you said ten years seems like a long time. yes, it does. when you put it in perspective, not so long. >> science moves at a slow pace, but with funding i hope it gets there quicker. coming up next, a look at this morning's other headlines including the latest tragedy. why their're

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ask your hep c specialist about harvoni. welcome back to "cbs this morning." here's look at some of this morning's headlines from around the globe. "the new york times" says jared kushner's businesses got large loans after white house meetings. kushner, as you know, is president trump's son-in-law and senior advise. last year he met multiple times in the white house with leaders of the private equity firms apollo and citigroup. later that year apolo reportedly lent $184 million to kushner companies and citigroup reportedly lent kushner's company $3/25 million. a spokesman for kushner's lawyers tell cbs news kushner has no role in the kushner companies since joining the government and has taken no part in any business, loans, or

projects with or for the companies after that time. a "usa today" report says a lion killed a woman at a refuge in south africa run by a man known as the lion whisperer. in a facebook post kevin richardson said he took three lions out for a walk when one got away and killed a 22-year-old woman on tuesday. the woman was not a guest at the camp. richardson said, quote, i am devastate and my heart goeses out to this women's family. fortune wonders why china talks about winnie the pooh and the letter "n." some things were blocked by sensors. the letter "n" is used in chinese math problems to represent unknown mathematical values. they use the letter to krit

characterize. the president is currently limited to a two five-year term. images of winnie the pooh were also blocked. crickets poked fun and said he looked like the cartoon bear. >> when you put them side by side, you kind of see a resemblance. >> eeyore was worried about this. >> president trump says we can't wait and play games on gun control. more after the break. $100, $200, and even $400. for skin that looks younger than it should. fact check this ad in good housekeeping. olay regenerist. ageless. now try olay hydrating eye. hydrates better than the #1 prestige eye cream. alright, i brought in high protein to help get us moving. ...and help you feel more strength and energy in just two weeks!

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watches, winter storm watches for poconos specifically and coastal flood advisories at the shore points. we are going to see a lot of differing impacts around the region as a whole and thankfully this storm system does make an exit by week end, meisha. >> good to know, thanks very much. looking outside we are still looking busy outside on the roadways we can see volume here schuylkill eastbound before montgomery is really, really, slow right now give yourself extra time, same story 422 headlights in the eastbound direction before trooper heavy volume here as well, jim, back over to you. next update 8:25. coming up on cbs this morning arizona senator jeff flakies calling for action on gun violence, i'm jim donovan, make it a great

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it's thursday, march 1st, 2018. welcome back to "cbs this morning." ahead, a look at marjory stoneman douglas high school students, starting a movement regarding guns. and reba mcentire will be here. but first here's today's "eye opener" at 8:00. president trump faces new turmoil after his longest serving staff member reveals she will leave. >> hope hicks is leaving after being right by donald trump's side for three years. >> the central theme of the president's agenda was strengthening background checks. he brought that up a dozen times in the meeting with lawmakers.

>> it started with 17 seconds of say lens honoring the victims. the principal came over the p.a. address system and said we are eagles strong. it's time to reclaim the nest. walmart says in light of recent events it's also going to remove any items from its website that resembles assault-style rifles including airsoft rifles and toys. >> china banned the letter "n" from their internet. or china is now called chia. that's a weird one. i don't even understand that one. that's a true story. i'm john dickerson with gayle kings and alex wagner. norah is on assignment for "60 minutes." president trump, man who demands loyalty is losing his longest serving and perhaps most trusted

hope hicks is resigning as communications director to pursue opportunitiesnt. o she announced her decision to leave one day after testifyin h intelligence committee, which is investigating interference into the last election. >> sources say hicks telling white lies for president trump but never aboutsays. hicks is one of 20 staffers to leave the whhoshe's the fourth communications director to depart. sources tells hicks was nder growing stress. hearing on school safety after substantial changes to fal meet carried on live tv, the favors comprehensive approach to gun control. more narrow ledge lachlgs he dismissed opposition to laws and even called for police to take guns away from

considered dangerous. >> take the guns first. go through due process second. >> we didn't address this, mr. president. >> you know why? you're afraid of the nra. they have great power over you people. they have less pow over me. >> the president said he will sign the bill if congress passes one and made it clear he's open to compromise. >> that would be great. dianne, if you could add what you have also into the bill. can you do that? joe, can you do that? can you add -- >> the president tweeted the morning that the meeting produced many ideas, some good about and some not so good. he also wrote after many years the bill should emerge. >> it was amazing to see dianne feinstein lifelong advocate for banning of weapons. >> it was interesting.

they may have pow over you guys. they don't have pow over me. that's very interesting. to talk to about that. p th spoke for the first time since kid's death because it happened and we didn't do an it. so now that's it. i'm not -- i'm the guy thatgt o >> you say this responsibility is on your shoulders. just one >> but the coun try'sople are listening. i see it. it's starting to change momentu people in america are just coming together, you know, as people, as humans to just protect what party is what. it needs to be about our kids.

buries a kid that was murdered at the school. that's what i want to be known for. there's nothing you can't do when somebody murders your kid. i'll go through fire, stop bullets. there's nothing i can't do right now. >> he wants to see security at every school and suggests having parent volunteers. >> arizona senator jeff flake also wants congress to take action. the republicans are proposing laws to prevented bump stocks and prevented individuals on the no fly list from buys guns. they raid propose raising the age to 21 to buy assault weapon. senator flake is was. thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me on. >> i want to speak more generally about the president. r think it's time that a president stepped up. is he now

is he going step up and what would that look like? >> i hope does. his leadership here is really critical if it's going to get through the hse a similar meeti immigration that i was at and w tuesday but by thursday a lot of ited back. i hope this time and i think there's a better chance the lly get out front on this. there are a couple of items we >> what does leadership look like? i want and d to pass? does it mean getting on the phone and calling bltter, to ge on the phone and say, i'm going to sign this desk. co on his side blicans in and they don't have to worry about activist groups or the or grassroots organizations that may think ditlmely iortant for the president to lead here. >> what did you make of the meeting yesterday? i saw the president use a lot of

words that they were astonished. i saw an interview where you said, i don't know if we got a tuesday trump or wednesday trump. >> it was remarkable for him to say, hey, put this as part of the bill. why don't you have this as part of the bill. most of it was his statement on due process. anything we have introduced in the congress respects due process. you've got to do that. it was a bit astonishing to hear the language there and people around the table were shaking their heads, but you can chalk that up to he misspoke. let's move ahead. ily was a lot of excitement afterward that he might actually lead on this and we need that. >> senator, the president also said the nra has great power over you people. you're endorsed by the nra in 2012. you accepted campaign donations from them. what is it going take to break the spell between certain members of congress and the national rifle association? >> like most of my colleagues, i

sometimes support the nra, sometimes i don't. i've always supported, no fly, no buy. the nra has been adamantly opposed to that. i think they still are. but now having the president say i'm okay with these things will mean a lot to colleagues. >> it will break the spell. >> for me i'm not running for re-election, freed from those concerns. but i have to say in the past i've supported a lot of measures the nra has not supported. >> now that you're not running for re-election, do you feel freer to speak up against the president in ways you did not before? >> you bet. you're freed of political considerations. that's one of the things that lead me to make the decision. digit want to go for this last year, you know, beholden to, one, the time involved, the fund-raising and everything else. i thought it was important that somebody stand up. i'm very concerned about the direction of the administration

on a direction of issuings and i thought somebody should stand up. >> letz me ask you this question about raising the age to 21. of the 156 mass shootings only 18 of them were committed by people under the age of 18 and they were smaller than the assault weapons you're trying to limit. that seems like a small portion of the number you're trying to correct there. >> the stocks have only been used once but it was an s. if you do the no fly, no taken another segment. there are a number of t w you do them all, you'll make a difference. >> let me ask you aboeric one of the things people would like is more of a st like a hea. is that something you w >> yes. i would. think there are things that can make decisions. oo

undo a lot to allow that to happen. >> and i think they can a fasci answer about, yeah, fee mempore. i heard republicans in office now who say what we'rehey're no speaking up even when they disagree with the president. why don't people who disagree feel that they cannot stand up and speak up against him. that one, it's the pure volume of it. if you ask, the president would say what do you make of the president's tweets. it gets tire some. a lot of it isn't that they're afraid to speak out. it's that they want to spend their time on other things and you could go day after day just responding to the president or the latest whatever it is coming out of the white house. >> senator, we would be remiss if we didn't ask you about daca and the state of 700 young men and women waiting on it. can you tell us? >> we tried. we had a good week of debate.

it went nowhere. we have sort of a deadline coming up, march 5th, but the courts have ruled these kids can't be restricted from renewing. so without a real deadline, it ooh goengs to be tough to move forward. >> no pressure. >> i've introduced legislation with heidi heitkamp who says we'll have an extension of daca in exchange for three year of the president's budget request on the border. so i think it's a reasonable trade. i hope that the white house will take that up and at least we'll get three years' extension and more certainty for these kids. i think, frankly, right now, it's probably the best we can do. >> but you are heading up to new hampshire for an event that's described as meeting with business leaders with a chance to meet with major party presidential candidates. >> hmm. who could that be? >> i got an invitation, i accepted it. >> nobody goes to new hampshire

just for politics. >> you can always say i can't go, i have a head cure in peru. you don't have to accept every invitation. >> senator jeff flake, leaving the senate but not american politics. thanks for your time. >> thank you. they're teenagers on the front lines of a political revolution. ahead, we take you behind the scenes with the stoneman

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aas high school students is at the center of a team led is morning we go inside the making of a move management for safer schools. camas began foll david emma gonzalez and doors. they're organizing march for our lives d

lawmakers to pass meaningful reforms. wednesday. >> a roller coaster of emotions as teacherers and >> we heard more ts is not a drill. >> in case i died, i wanted to die doing what i love most which is informing people and telling stories. >> if all our government and president can do is send thoughtings and prayers, then it's time for victims to be the change that we see. >> we didn't start the rally. there were people showing up and then all of a sudden it turned into rally and that was cool. >> we're going to be the last ones. >> the reason we're going to be the last one is this is the first time we're making a political difference. >> my advise to you is stay on message and keep following your passion. >> we're not trying to take away

the guns of people who are hunting. that's something we definitely need to clarify. >> i've been calling every number i can find and all of them don't answer. >> why don't we call them now. >> yes. >> your call has been forwarded -- >> the situation now demands drastic action. >> can everybody hear me? >> the big story tonight continues to be the inspiring activism of children. >> senator rubio, can you tell me right now you will not accept a single donation from the nra? >> you guys are being watched by the entire nation. >> i don't have a good angle. >> you guys need to make sure you stay strong and you keep the message. >> not one more, not one more. >> this is your movement and your time. >> to see us listed as these heroes of these bastians of change, it's scary because we

are teenagers. we are children. we're not here to be patted on the back. we're doing it so that our lawmakers will make a change. >> florida lawmakers struck down a motion to consider a bill proposing a ban on assault rifles. >> those people should know that they need to enjoy their political position of power right now because they're not going to have it for much longer. >> there's no reason we have to have this many guns. >> as for what we have in the future -- >> we have the march of our lives, march 24th, which is going to be amazing. all the parents are going to be bringing their kids. all the parents are going to be bringing their kids. we've kind of been doing this ourselves and we've kind of been, you know, winning. >> we'll continue following the students and other members of the movement here on "cbs this morning" and you can see more of these behind-the-scenes moments on "cbs evening news" with jeff glor. it's amazing what these kids have done. they've almost single-handledly

staid on it. >> they have to stay on it. the forces are still all in play. >> tenacity. >> they're dealing with it while they're dealing with trauma. at night i saw where they're still haunted by it and they're still trying to sort that out for themselves, too, which makes it more amazing what they're doing. march 24th is going to be a very special big day. >> all right. you're watching "cbs this morning." and we will be right back.

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nominees for the country music good morning, i'm rahel solomon a man is fighting for his life after a shooting in the frankford section of philadelphia police were called to the 1500 block of ru ann street just before 10:00 lam found in the parking lot of the used car dealership with the gunshot wound to the face. the victim was also holding a gun in his hand. so far police made no arrest. lets send it over to katie for a check of the forecast. we are talking about this storm coming. >> at this point we are looking ahead and waiting for things to happen, right, rahel things are quiet. we have light wind and just even a sliver of sun trying to peak through. that will not last. includeds will continue to thicken but outside live neighborhood network and every where else we will have quiet weather initially. once the storm gets here take a look find your region thinks what you are primarily dealing

without of this. mainly rain and very strong, wind for the city but a brief burst of snow on the tail end of the storm into tomorrow night. i don't anticipate much accumulation in the city. so primarily rain, wind are issues here, off to the south that is certainly the case. storm itself is still, moving away in the weekend so we still have clouds, wind to contend with but we will start to dry out this weekend, meisha. >> we saw a lot of volume in many different places, one of which is i-95 southbound. bumper to bumper conditions here as well. still this accident, it is still out here as well. take a look at this, davis ville road closed for an extended period of time. we have a down pole in this area that income out power so peco will be out there restoring that for you. harding road, you have to use an alternate second street pike is your best bet there. and construction later on on i-95 will slow you down, rahel , back over to you. next update 8:55. ahead this morning three time

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i'm reba mcentire and this is the good tiemgs theater at knox bury farms. we're here to celebrate the biggest year. >> you know, all through the century, writers and performers have been planting the seeds of country music. >> this is country's party of the year. >> the many looks of the gorgeous and talented reba mcentire. she has hosted the academy of country music awards 14 times since the late 1980s and has had a different look every year. we love it. the three-time grammy winner has sold more than 356 albums worldwide and has a record 36 hit singles. thank you very much. we're so excited to announce

reba mcentire returning to host this year's 53rd academy of country music awards which airs only on cbs and only on "cbs this morning" reba is here at the table to reveal the nominees for the biggest award categories. reba, good morning. >> good morning. >> you should know this. john and i, when we say reba's coming, what do they say? >> they say yay, reba. we have about 17 different stations who want to say hello to you. you've got a lot of fans. >> that's nice to hear. >> and they say they love you. because you're hear, i wore my special reba mcentire boots. >> i see that. >> reba has her own boot line. you look cute when you wear reba mcentire boots. >> the nominees are brothers osborne, danon sharks florida georgia line, low cash, tim mcgraw, and faith hill. >> now it's their first

nomination as a duo. how do you think they feel? >> i think it's great. >> can i ask you a question about duos? doing a duet? what's a trick? how do you find it out? >> how do you fienlds the people? first you have to find out if they're available or not. you start calling and e-mailing and texting and saying would you please come sing with me and then it narrows it down to who can be there. you've got to find the song, agreeing on the song and find the time when both of you are in the studio. it's not fun to do a duo when you're not both there singing. >> do you have a dream partner? >> bette midler. >> okay. next category. >> okay. vocal group of the year. right? >> that right. >> lady antebellum, lanco, little big town, midland, and old dominion. >> all right. any picks there in that category? i know you know these people. >> oh, my gosh.

that's so hard. >> kind of like picking your favorite child. >> yeah, exactly. i love them all. bet of luck to all of you. >> up next, male vocalist of the year. >> my boyfriend's here. jason ail deerngs thomas rhett, chris stapleton, keith urban, and chris young. >> wow, keith urban, 11th nomination, jason aldean, eight nomination. >> possible partners for future duo. >> dwlou have next? >> the next one is entertainer of the year. >> and the nominees are jason aldean, garth brooks, luke bryant, chris ur bann, and. >> oak. we've got one more category, you have it? female vocalist of the year, kel i have sal reny. i like her. miranda ram better, love her too. maren morris.

love her. carey underwood. love her. last one, you, reba mcentire. >> whoo. oh, my gosh. thank you so much. >> is there anything you want to say? >> everybody who voted for me and my mama. >> this is your 16th nomination for female vocalist of the year. >> no kidding. did not know that. >> i would imagine nominations like this never get old. >> oh, no. i remember my very first. >> what do you remember about it? >> 1981. question were out in l.a. and i got to go to disneyland for the first time while we were out in l.a. and i was very excited. i thought, oh, my gosh. this is finally it. i didn't win. >> do you remember winning? >> it was -- it was three years later in '94 when i won. >> i know. but here we are in 2018. so in addition to being a talented musician and artist, you were also the first female colonel for kentucky fried chicken also known now as kfc.

there you are in your colonel gear. >> did that require military training. >> how did that happen? >> they call and asked would you be interested, my manager. he said they want you to be the first female colonel. i said, oh, that's so fun dwr. we had a blast with it. you can't take it seriously. >> you look amazing. >> thank you. i always loved -- >> did you like kfc? >> yeah. >> did you eat more of it to get in character? >> that's what i said. i vo to. >> do you get a lifetime supply? >> i should. i'm working on it. >> tell us about your songs. have you had it with your whole life? "i'll fly away" as haas been with us. >> i wanted to do a gospel album. my little sister suzie does the gospel music in our family and i didn't want to get over in her lane. when i said, suzie, what do you

think? they want me to do it and she said, oh, absolutely. you have my blessing. i was going to do five old songs and five new songs. i got carried away. i have 15 songs. i said you pick out the ones you want. they said we can't do that. i said, why. they like them all. >> what did they say? >> they said do five more and we'll do a duo cd one with old songs, one with new songs. >> are you going to do the next one? >> i'm begging them that rubber arm. >> this is the part where i'm going to perform. >> right here in this slot. right here, right now. congrats. we really appreciate you coming in. >> thank you. congratulations to all the nominees. >> congratulations, nominees. all good choices. >> thanks. >> all good choices. >> you can watch the academy of country music awards sunday

right here, 8:00 p.m. central where, reba? >> right here on cbs. >> we meet fundraisers among "national geographic's" adventurers of the year. >> that's when i knew christina was the girl with me. not many are going to stick it out with that animal. >> you see you facing the jaws of the beast. >> she's letting you know this is her territory and if you're going to be here, you have to play by their rules. >> how they ble

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right now it's time to show you some of this morning's headlines. we're bringing them to you a little later than usual we wanted to give more time to miss reba mcentire. we love her, don't we. >> we do. >> a lot of fun. "new york" magazine says some publicists reportedly do not want celebrities talking to ryan seacrest on the oscars red carpet this sunday. he denies allegations. seacrest is due to host e! network's oscar show this weekend. we should say there has been an investigation and he was cleared in that investigation. >> we should say that. the "los angeles times" reports on two surgeons accused

in a scheme involving 1-800-get-thin lap band surgery. a 37-count indictment accused a doctor of falsifying records and defrauding patients and insurers out of $250 . they were arrested yesterday. if convicted they face decades in prison. >> your first clue, 1-800-get-thin may be a clue you don't want to do that. >> give your bank account number right away. >> the "washington post" reports on a supermarket in amsterdan that has one aisle with more than 750 grocery items and no plastic wrapping. some of the packaging may look plastic but it's actually a biofilm that will break down in a home composter. the store opened yesterday. all 70 f its stores in the netherlands will have a

plastics-free aisle. way to go. a drunk man accidentally took a 1,600 uber to new jersey. he was so tired. he fell asleep and woke up an hour from new jersey. >> i said, that's crazy. why did you agree to take me from new jersey to west virginia. >> he had no choice but to pay the fair. when you type in uber and type home which is what he typed because he lives in two places. they had the west virginia address -- new jersey address from west virginia. >> he said, that's what it said. >> he did have kind of an out-of-body experience there. that's crazy. that's crazy. >> who would every do such a thing. okay. only on "cbs this morning" "national geographic" magazine is revealing its adventures of

the year. they're embodying the adventure in groundbreaking ways. two of them did so as a couple. they're photographers. they met in the cafeteria of "national geographic's" headquarters. their dramatic images of the natural world have won millions of social media followers, turning them into conservation superstars. carter evans met with the nomadic couple in a rare moment when they were home together in british colombia, canada. >> this is one of the places you dived? >> oh, yeah. paul taught me how to cold dive in this water right here. >> it's beautiful. >> all of these riches right in your backyard. >> yeah. >> if this is paul and christine's backyard, their front yard is the rhett of the planet. >> i think this year we've been home less than two months, but because we work together, home is wherever we are. >> i think there's a song about that.

♪ home is where i'm supposed to be pick me up and turn me around ♪ >> reporter: from pole to pole and everyplace in between they use their cameras to give everything a face whether human or otherwise. >> it's art, science, and conservation. it's got to be beautiful, teach you something, and it's got to care. >> reporter: those three elements came together in hear. rehn. ing fashion this past december when the couple released this video of a starving polar bar on social media. they photographed it on an arctic expedition and it was viewed more than 30 times on "national geographic's" platforms. >> you keep reminding people that polar bars are ultimately going to disappear but at some point you have to slap people in the face and say this is what's happening. >> everybody that saw that video and photographs, we recognize and fear we're facing about

climate change in this animal and that's probably why it galvanized the attention. >> reporter: along with the serious intent that drives their work,ing their work is filled with inspiring encounters. >> it's one of my favorite things to do, swim with leopard seals. i flew with christina last year. she jumped in the water. i knew that's the girl with me. not many are going to stick it out with that animal. >> you see you facing the jaws of this beast. >> she's just letting you know this is her territory and if you want to be here, you have to play by her rules. >> she kept bringing you penguins? >> realizing i couldn't catch a live pen give, she was brigging me tired ones that i'm a useful animal. >> she's trying to feed you penguins. >> and take care ofmy. >> christina and paul take care of each other in the field but they also complement each other. while paul specializes in

wildlife at the frozen ends of earth, christina captures the lives of the indigenous people all over the world. >> they've been watching the same world and sea ice we've known and they know things scientists don't know. >> they come away with more than just image. they see each expedition as an opportunity to learn something new as they did on a recent trip to the remote parts of hawaii. >> you see these poll kneeian suchers across the beach. they looked out. they said we never realized we were poor until somebody from the mainland came over and told us. >> reporter: for paul and christina, that makes their life richer. >> it's failing 98% of the time, being miserable, being patient, believing in the process and changing that story and that makes it rewarding. >> and you have to love the adventure of it. >> love and adventure. this couple has plenty of both. for "cbs this morning," carter

evans, vancouver island, british columbia. >> amazing, amazing, amazing. for more details on the six honorees go to the website and paul and christina will be talking over our instagram story at "cbs this morning" and sharing more pictures of their adventures across the globe. what a marriage. >> you see one of those pictures and instantly your world gets enormous. suddenly you're not in your little room or your car, you're in this gargantuan world. >> a place of wonder, mystery, and sadness. that polar bear. >> i remember that. it just shows what love does. they're such a well matched couple. you can see that they like working together, playing together, and loving together. that's wonderful. >> and she passed the leopard seal test, which is always important. >> yeah. >> that's why i'm single. i can't pass the leopard seal test. >> we'll bring you some wounded penguins. ahead, new video -- it's

from me to you, gayle. a new video with a fight to save a chimpanzee. how the chimp quickly made friends on his ride home. you can hear more on our apple's ipodcast. we talk with the author and learn why unmarried

baby chimpanzee played co-pilot during his own rescue mission. he helped save him from poachers in the congo this week. the two bonded. he's being treated for intestinal parasites. they say he's playing and laughing. he'll be able to visit him in

his new home.

good morning, i'm jim donovan. updating our breaking news from this morning a house fire in burlington county is now under control, it took fire fighter almost three hours to contain the huge flames from this home on hickory street in delanco, two people have been taken to the hospital but their extent of their injuries isn't known right now, investigators getting started for their search for the cause lets turn to kate for the forecast. >> forecast going downhill with time here, as at least current situation weather is very quiet, virtually no sun glare, we have cloud that have built in. but obviously we have a lot of activity, just off to the west and south and that rain over spread our area later today. with that come a lot of different alerts, high wind watch goes into effect tomorrow morning for entire region, flood watch from philadelphia on north east,

winter storm watch, specific to the poconos where we will get a good upward of half foot of snow and coastal flood advice rid for for some south jersey and delaware. this is primarily a rain and strong wind event for most of us, but even in the city this could end up as a very brief burst of snow, don't expect that to accumulate much, again , rain, win are biggest leg ace think storm will leave behind for most of us and in the weekend as skies, try to clear, we will still have residual breeze, most noticeable on saturday, meisha bring on monday already. >> yes. >> thanks, katie. still looking busy. we have an accident here loath me back out of the way might have just clear. might have just d schuylkill eastbound at 26th to alleviate that tension, still very busy, left lane compromise there plus construction 95 between broad street and walt whitman bridge northbound will be closing 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., southbound 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. these will slow you down and by the way that accident in southampton, new jersey still

out there davisville is closed , jim. >> thanks, jim. >> that is "eyewitness news" for now join us for "eyewitness news" at noon i'm jim

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