taking a close look at a cruise ship that had been battered by a powerful atlantic storm. royal caribbean's anthem of the seas docked in nnk last night. some of the 4,500 passengers parted the ship and several said they didn't think they would make it and now there are calls for a federal investigation. don is dockside. good morning. >> reporter: a florida senator is questioning the decision to even set sail last weekend when the ship's captain knew there was a storm brewing out at sea. last night, when the ship returned to port here, many passengers admitted they are still shaken by their experience. after a nightmare at sea, passengers of the anthem of the seas cruise ship are back on solid ground, sharing tales of a dream caribbean vacation gone wrong wrong. >> the wind was coming through the doors. we thought it was going to break the glass. we slept on the sofa because we didn't think we was going to

>> reporter: the 2,000-ton liner set sails for the bahamas last weekend but got caught in a major winter storm in the atlanta and the vest was battered by 30-foot waves and hurricane force winds. >> i was on the deck and could see the water coming up to our balcony balcony. >> reporter: dennis mars was on the cruise with his family and they spent lockdown while the captain navigated out of the storm. >> my family was pretty distraught. my mom was okay. they opened up the minibar. that was good for her. >> reporter: royal caribbean officials are viewing the storm policies to ensure something like this never happens again. >> it should never happen. we have to do better. we can't ask our guests who are coming to us for a dream vacation to experience those kind of conditions. >> reporter: some the ship heads out on its next voyage this weekend.

they are being given full refunds. and also a certificate for 50% off their next cruise. >> that will not help the gentleman who said he'll never go on a cruise again. that is a good effort. don champion, thanks a lot. most of the presidential candidates are hunting for votes in south carolina this morning. more than 700,000 people could cast a ballot in the gop primary nine days from now. for some candidates, the vote will make or brekak their campaign. as mark albert reports. >> reporter: donald trump said south carolina is next on his nomination. >> if we win here, after winning so big in new hampshire, all of give it up. we are going to run the table again. that, i can tell you. >> reporter: carly fiorina and chris christie dropped out on

finishes in new hampshire. christie posted a message on facebook saying the following. senator ted cruz won the iowa caucus, but came in third in new hampshire. he says he can still win the presidential nomination. >> one of the most important conclusions coming out of these first two states is that the only candidate who can beat donald trump is me. >> reporter: ohio governor john kasich finished second in new hampshire. >> everybody had counted me out and then, all of a sudden, i like rise up and, okay, so then next week, they will count me out again. >> reporter: he now becomes the leading candidate in the establishment crowd to take on trump and cruz. but that means he is a target on his back from the other mainstream hopefuls. >> i'm a big kasich fan, but i think i'm a better candidate to take on hillary clinton. >> reporter: senator marco rubio is hoping to fix what went wrong after his fifth place finish in the granite state. mark albert for cbs news, the white house. the south carolina

february 27th and it includes a large percentage of black primary voters. yesterday, bernie sanders court the black vote with a meeting with reverend al sharpton in harlem. sharpton did not endorse sanders but said hillary clinton has to earn black votes. starting next week, clinton will campaign with a black woman who has found hanged while in police custody in texas. sanders told scott pelley yesterday he'll appeal to black voters the same way he appeals to all americans. pelley also asked sanders about his tax plan. >> my tax plan is that at a time of massive wealth and inequality, the top 1% owes almost as much wealth as the bottom 90%, yes, we will ask the wealthiest people in this country and the largest corporations to start paying

now coming up on the "cbs this morning," we will talk with cbs news political director and anchor of "face the nation" john dickerson who will moderate saturday night's gop presidential debate from south carolina here on cbs. the last four occupiers of that national wildlife refuge in oregon say they will turn themselves in this morning. the fbi surrounded the refuge late yesterday. an armed group seizes the refuge january 2nd. last night, the remaining occupiers communicated with the fbi and a nevada lawmaker acting as an enter intermediary. >> we have agreed to meet you and reverend graham in the morning, probably 8:00, and we are going to turn ourselves in. we are not surrendering, we are just turning ourselves in. >> no! >> the nevada legislator tried to keep the occupier calm. she is expected there this morning to negotiate a peaceful resolution.

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shanghai koscomposite are closed. s&p slipped less than a point but the nasdaq did gain 14. fed chair janet yellen wraps up two days of testimony before congress today. she expressed confidence in the economy's continued growth but warned weakness in the global economy, tackle china and falling financial markets, could slow the fed's plan to raise interest rates. sears holdings, a corporate parent of sears and kmart stores are speeding up plans to close 50 stores nationwide. most are kmart and they are expected to close the next few months. the electronic automaker tesla says it lost $320 million in the fourth quarter. so that is more than double the same quarter a year ago in tesla's 11th straight quarterly loss. but tesla stock rose 9% in after-hours trading.

its lower priced model 3 sedan remains on schedule. youtube unveiled its first round of original programming to be seen on youtube red. members pay a month subscription for the monthly program and it skips ads and comes with a streaming music service. it includes a feature length movie starring littlesy sing and cutie pie and two other movies. a survey from netflix on sharing and relationships. netflix questioned 18 to 39-year-olds. 1% said sharing netflix account with their partners was a very relationship. more than half say they bond with their partners over netflix and nearly a third, 27%, show compatibility was important in a relationship. the couple that binge watches tv together, stays together. >> on the flip side, suddenly

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you travel coach yourself and you always travel in the middle seat. why is that? is that penance for something? why travel in the middle seat, sir? >> because we couldn't get the aisle or the damn window. that is why. >> senator bernie sanders on "the late show" with stephen colbert colbert. the secret eating boiled peanuts and washing it down with a cold beer. as love begins to fill the air in these days leading up to valentine's day, here is a romantic story that is 70 years in the making. as mark strassmann reports, a man and woman separated by war who rediscovered each other on opposite sides of the world. >> reporter: what does this photo mean to you? >> it means a lot to me. and if she looks at me like that now, i don't know what it would do to me! >> reporter: norwood is now 93,

in 1944, the 21-year-old g.i., stationed outside london, met a british 17-year-old named joyce durant. >> i knew she was the girl that i wanted to marry. >> reporter: the war couldn't wait. he headed to normandy and d-day. >> i said i'll see you later and never did. >> reporter: communication broke down. they married other people. thomas, now a widower, always remembered the girl who got away. >> i had placed her on a pedestal, untouched, pure, and unobtainable, because in my mind, that is really what she was. >> yes, i'm here! >> reporter: last year, out of the blue, joyce's son tracked him down on the internet. and for the first time in more than 70 years, the two talked to each other again via skype. >> i still dream of you. >> you do?

>> oh, my! >> reporter: joyce morris, now 88 and divorced, lives in australia. >> the only one big problem is i can't take you in my arms and give you a squeeze! >> oh! >> reporter: problem solved. thomas landed in adolaid, australia. >> give me a squeeze. >> to find somebody who loves you, you love them, would rather be special, wouldn't it? >> reporter: americans and brits have always had a special relationship. mark strassmann, cbs news, norfolk, virginia. >> what a sweet story. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," we will have the first look on inside the tsa's new training facility for airport screeners. plus, hunting pythons. the sometimes dangerous effort to rid florida's everglades from this invasive species of snake. and michelle miller sits down

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breaking down what you can expect when you step outside this morning. this broadcast sponsored by subaru south boulevard and subaru concord. wbtv on your side. wbtv news starts right now. >> christine: welcome to wbtv news this morning i'm christine sperow. we have school closes and delays to tell you about thursday morning. alleghany county schools on two-hour delay, ashe county schools are delayed three hours today. and avery, mitchell and watauga county schools are closed this thursday morning. let's get you over to meteorologist al conklin who is giving you an early look at first alert weather. we anticipated the closings this morning. >> al: because of the wind, cold and snow on the ground. the winds are howling in the mountains, we have dangerous wind chills. heart of the cold air up over the great lakes but moving southward, this is another very chilly day. we couldn't get out of the 30s yesterday in charlotte, this morning down in the teens and