news and "cbs this morning." from the broadcast center in new captioning funded by cbs it's monday, december 21st, 2015. this is the "cbs morning news." panic on the strip. a driver runs down pedestrians in front of some of las vegas busiest casinoses injuringe inginge inging people and killing one. new poll. senator ted cruz is found to be leading in iowa but the presidential candidates from both parties are still taking swings at donald trump.

comedian steve harvey botches the critical moment of the miss universe pageant by crowning the wrong winner. >> miss universe 2015 is colombia! miss universe 2015 is philippines. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. at least one person was killed and dozens injured when a woman drove her car onto a sidewalk in las vegas. the victims were walking on a busy stretch of the vegas strip. the driver is being held by police who say the crash was not intentional. our las vegas station klax has our report. >> reporter: part of the same las vegas strip was blocked off

piecing together what led a female driver in her 20s to mow down at least 37 pedestrians near the paris casino sunday night. >> we have determined this is an intentional act. that means that our lvmpd homicide section will be handling the investigation. >> reporter: wilts weretnesses were less in shock when a toddler was in the back seat. >> it didn't look like she was trying to stop the car. >> reporter: this is one of several people who tried to stop the vehicle as it drove on the sidewalk, possibly three times. >> i was running down the middle of the street and there was two other guys running with me. we were yelling, like, move, get out of the way, stop! then three guys that were trying to punch out the window. >> reporter: authorities also plan to look for surveillance video in the area. they are also questioning the driver to see if alcohol or drugs played a factor. >> we have a drug recognition, officers that will check to see if the driver of that vehicle

or alcohol, and we also would either take, you know, blood or breath in regards to see if they were intoxicated. >> reporter: officials say several people remain hospitalized. the driver of the car, along with the toddler, were not hurt. cbs news, las vegas, nevada. a bail hearing is scheduled today for enrique marquez who faces federal charges in the san bernardino shooting. marquez allegedly bought the assault rifles used in the attack that left 14 people dead. he was a childhood friend and neighbor of gunman syed farook attacks that were never carried out. the isis terrorists in paris used encrypted apps and allowed them to keep their plot secret. the interview with cook was before the paris attack but cook says his position remains the same. >> here is the situation. on your smartphone today, on

help information, there is financial information, there are intimate conversations with your family or your coworkers and secrets and you should have the ability to protect it. and the only way we know how to do that is to encrypt it. why is that? it's because if there is a way to get in, then somebody will find a way in. you know, there have been people back door. but the reality is if you put a back door in, that back door is for everybody, for good guys and bad guys. >> you can see the rest of charlie rose's interview with tim cook on cbsnews.com. for politics for the republicans. donald trump remains the national front-runner, but ted cruz is gaining ground in iowa and changing his tone. 40% of likely republican caucus voters in a new cbs news battleground tracking poll say they support cruz.

supporters away from ben carson and he is doing better with evangelicals. don championship is here in new york with more on that. >> reporter: good morning. it isn't that donald trump is losing ground. the numbers are changing because ted cruz is picking up support. today, cruz is in the middle of a 12-city swing that will take him through the south. >> feeling well. having a wonderful sunday in alabama. >> reporter: as he climbs up the polls, ted cruz has taken a page out of donald trump's playbook. an aggressive sharp tone and an effort to stir up supporters. here's what he had to say about president obama's take on foreign policy, specifically his trip to paris for the global warming summit. >> what kind of numb skull thinks that the suv in your driveway is a bigger threat to our security than a bunch of lunatics who want to kill us? >> reporter: in iowa and new hampshire, more than 60% of

and security are their biggest concerns. yesterday, trump reiterated his call to ban muslims from entering the country. >> the problem is a very serious problem. you have a radicalization of people, they happen to be islamic. >> reporter: fell republican marco rubio blasted trump. >> he came up with something spectacular and outrageous so that people would respond to it and he could recapture the headlines. it's not a serious proposal. >> reporter: trump's comments have not hurt hip p.m. a vast of voters in new hampshire and iowa are glad somebody said them, during during. recruiter. they are going to people, showing videos of donald trump insulting islam and muslims. >> reporter: trump says clinton has no basis for her claim. >> it's just another hillary lie. she lies like crazy about

>> reporter: now trump still leads the republican field in carolina. as does hillary clinton on the democratic side. while bernie sanders holds a big lead in new hampshire. >> don champion here in new york, thank you, don. coming up on "cbs this morning," we will be joined by two presidential candidates, senator bernie sanders and we will discuss his performance in saturday's democratic debate. and major garrett goes one-on-one with new jersey governor chris christie. during saturday's democratic debate, hillary clinton was late coming back after the break and the moderator began reading a question before she returned. >> sorry. >> apparently, the men's room was a lot closer to the stage than the ladies room. the pacific northwest begins christmas week bracing for new wet weather. a series of storms will bring heavy rain, wind and more than a foot of snow to the mountains.

forcing residents out of two oregon city apartment complexes. portland is on track for its wettest december on record. spokane, washington, is under a winter storm warning as snowfall blankets that area. meteorologist eric fisher of our boston station wbz has the holiday week forecast. >> reporter: white christmas, the west is where you want to be. it is essentially a lock but in the east, about a zero percent chance and this is the reason why. a big surge of warmth again moving its way eastbound and culminating on christmas eve. what is warm in late december is 60s and 70s and even 80s on the eastern seaboard. boston near 70 degrees and new york over 70 and d.c. nearing 80 degrees. in fact, dozens of heat records could be set this week. heat records! a fender bender at burbank bob hope airport in southern california. two southwest jets bumped wing tips yesterday. one plane was backing out of its gate when it nicked the wing of a parked jet.

both planes were pulled from service for inspection. coming up on the "morning news." a devastating landslide. dozens are missing after a pile of earth slams into dozens of buildings in southern china. later, a terrifying bear attack. >> a gentleman in the cave with a bear. he has been injured by a bear. >> we will tell you how a boy scouts leader survived his encounter with a bear. this is the "cbs morning news." grandma is so happy to be here for your very first christmas. i hear you're quite the expert

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colombia! >> miss colombia was crowned the winner in sunday's miss universe pageant in las vegas. she wiped away celebratory tears and waves her country's flag. the miss universe sash is draped across her chest and the crown is placed on her had he, but her celebration is short-lived. moments later, host steve harvey takes the stage and tells the audience there has been a very big mistake. >> i have to apologize. the first runner-up is colombia. >> the audience and the contestants are stunned. no one more than the real winner miss philippines. harvey explained that he had read the card wrong. >> horrible mistake, but the

you right here. the first runner-up is columbia. it is my mistake. >> miss philippines still appears to be stunned as she returned to center stage. the crown is taken from miss columbia and placed on her head. steve harvey certainly has that. well, it looks like it might take more than a miracle to beat the carolina panthers this imprerp the undefeated panthers holding 35-7 lead over the new york giants on sunday and for a while, it looked like it would be a medal end miracle as new york scores four touchdowns in the second half. but giants leave too much time on the clock and panthers make a field goal with no time left. the giants star receiver odell beckham jr. could face fines and a possible suspension. he was flagged for three

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the university of kansas took ugly holiday sweaters to a whole new record setting level. jayhawks fans wore their christmas worst to the men's college basketball game yesterday and that set a new guinness world record of 3,732 sweaters worn all at once. the old record was shy of 2,300. a skier injured at a major crash at this week's world cup of downhill ski racing but a new system is credited for saving him from injury. contessa brewer reports.

>> reporter: austrian olympic champ came racing down the mountain and flipped and flew and crashed hard. the crowd held its collective breath as the skier struggled to get his. and he did. in part, because he was wearing a radical new vest with air bags. it's the first time they have ever deployed in a world cup race. >> it's not as big of an air bag in your car. >> reporter: canadian olympic medalist jan houdek helped test the new wearable air bag. >> it's bulkier and bigger than we normally would wear, that being said, it's easy to maneuver in it j when a skier abruptly changes positions, sensors in the vest distinguish between an intentional jump and off-balance close call, or an imminent fall. the international ski federation recorded 726 injuries over the last eight seasons of alpine competition.

head, neck, and shoulders. it only recently approved the air bag vest by italian maker convinced, worried more about speed than safety. >> it's tough to implement a new thing, even if it is for safety in a sport where hundreds of seconds are on the line. >> reporter: jan and his canadian teammates as well as a few strainaustrians are early adopters. northface makes them for snowboarders in case of avalanche. mayer's fall landed him in a helicopter and then in the hospital and, surely, grateful for an air bag that ski officials are certain saved him from more serious injury. contessa brewer, cbs news, new york. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," we will show you a new company that saves you a trip to the gas

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