captioning funded by cbs captioning funded by cbs it's friday, january 8th, 2016. this is the "cbs morning news." two men suspected of having ties to overseas terror groups are under arrest. one of them, a refuge who came to the united states from syria. president obama puts a target on the nra. at a town hall meeting, the president accuses the gun lobby group of distorting his position

will the markets end a volatile week on an upswing? wall street breathing a sigh of relief this morning after chinese stocks rally overnight. and she might be the biggest pop star in the world, but stealing the show the next time she takes the stage. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. two men arrested on terrorism related charges are expected to make their first court appearances today. one was picked up in california and the other in texas. both are refuges from the middle east and there may be a connection. brian webb is here in new york with the details. good morning, brian. >> reporter: good morning. federal prosecutors say there is no indication that either suspect was planning an attack in the u.s. but the arrest drew immediate

refuge policy. court documents reveal the 23-year-old sacramento suspect communicated over social media with an unnamed individual living in texas back in 2013. in one exchange, the two allegedly discussed training and fighting overseas. the texas person, identified as individual i, writes, i need to learn from your weapon expertise. the sacramento suspect responds, if you arrive and i am still there, i will train you. a criminal complaint unsealed thursday accuses the sacramento man of traveling to syria from the u.s. and back again after fighting alongside a terror organization, then lying to investigators about it. authorities say the iraqi citizen originally came to the u.s. as a refuge in 2012. >> this is an individual who was committed to going back home and -- as an iraqi to fight what he perceives were corrupt and regimes.

officials accuse the houston suspect of providing material support to isis. the 24-year-old texas man entered the u.s. as an iraqi refuge in 2009 and was granted 2011. the charges are reignited a over admitting syrian refuges into the u.s. >> we should not be allowing isis terrorists to come back to america with u.s. passports murder innocent men and women in this country. >> reporter: both suspects are scheduled to appear in federal court today. in a statement, texas governor greg abbott called on the president to halt the resettlement of refuges in the u.s. until there is an effective vetting process to ensure americans' safety. >> brian webb in new york, thanks a lot, brian. today in silicon valley, the obama administration is asking for the tech's industry from stopping terrorists from online

representatives from apple, google, facebook, microsoft and expected to meet with federal officials. encryption to hide their communication. overseas now. the syrian government says it will allow humanitarian aid into are starving to death. the situation is desperate for some 40,000 residents of madaya. victims of the syrian civil war. the last food delivery was in october. they are surrounded by government troops and numerous reports that people have died of malnutrition. president obama is putting the gun lobby in his sights. at a televised town hall meeting, he accuses the national rifle association of stoking conspiracy conspiracy theories that the government is set to taking away guns.

shooting, gun sales spike. and part of the reason is is that the nra has convinced many of its members that somebody is going to come grab your guns. >> reporter: a fired up president obama lit int the nra thursday night, accusing the group of igniting its members by distorting his interpretation of the second amendment. >> the conversation has to be based on facts and truth and what we are actually proposing. not some, you know, imaginary fiction in which obama is trying to take away your guns. >> reporter: the gun lobby group declined an invitation to attend the town hall meeting and, instead, calling it a public relations spectacle. but the president was challenged including taya kyle, the wife of american sniper chris kyle and a rape survivor. administration see that the restrictions you're putting to make it harder for me to own a gun or harder for me to take

actually just making my kids and i less safe? >> reporter: the meeting comes two days after the president took executive action to expand gun control measures and that has put gun control near the top of the agenda on the presidential campaign. >> i will get rid of gun-free zones on schools. you have to. and on military bases, my first day, it gets signed, okay? my first day. there is no more gun-free zone. >> the first thing i intend to do is rescind every single illegal and unconstitutional executive action taken by this president. >> meanwhile, president obama wrote in a "the new york times" op-ed that he will not support or campaign for any political candidate who doesn't support what he calls common sense gun reform. well, the trump campaign vetted people trying to attend a rally in vermont. trump claims more than 20,000

spots at last night's event in with burlington. they were asked if they supported trump. only those who said yes were allowed in. but in spite of the campaign's best efforts, trump was interrupted eight times by protesters. coming up on "cbs this morning," major garrett talks with ted cruz about taking on donald trump as they look ahead to iowa. this morning, the chinese stock market regained some of the ground it lost during yesterday's free-fall. the shanghai composite finished the day 2% higher. new circuit breaker regulations that shut down trading yesterday were suspended. jill wagner is at the new york stock exchange. jill, good morning. >> good morning. fears about the chinese economy and dropping oil prices that triggered another big sell-off here on wall street. the dow plunged 392 points and s&p lost 47 and off to its worst four-day start of the year ever. the nasdaq dropped 146 points or 3% of its value. the nasdaq has fallen for six straight dates.

including december 31st, the dow has lost 1,036 points or nearly 6%. the price of oil dropped to a 12-year low. this morning, though, u.s. crude is trading at 33 dollars a barrel. today, traders will be watching what happens with the december jobs report. the first measure of how the u.s. economy fared for all of last year. analysts expects 210,000 more jobs were created in december and that the unemployment rate time this seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell below 5% since 2007. anne-marie? stock exchange, jill, you will be back a little later with our business headlines. well, now to the weather, which has been as volatile as the stock market. another el nino-triggered storm is headed toward the west coast, while more flooding is forecast for mississippi and the ohio valleys. yesterday, powerful waves battered the california coast near san francisco.

roll in got drenched! to the south in san diego, this driver drove his 200,000 dollar lamborghini into high water. the engine never stalled. i guess that's what you pay for. the flood threat continues along the mississippi river. in vicksburg, the river is expected to crest over 50 feet and more rain will continue there tonight. a local sheriff is trying to end the armed occupation of a federal wildlife refuge in southeastern oregon. harney county sheriff david ward met with ammon bundy, the leader of the armed protesters. ward asked bundy to end the but he refused. they plan to talk again today. coming up on the morning news, controversial comments. the governor of maine faces criticism for racially charged claims about drug traffickers. and, later, hundreds of thousands of time warner customers may have had their information hacked.

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breaking news from overnight. a philadelphia police officer is expected to survive after being shot multiple times. police say he was ambushed as he sat in his patrol car. a gunman walked up and fired 13 shots. the officer was hit several times in the arm, but returned fire. the suspect ran off, but was quickly arrested by other officers. ferocious wildfires are burning out of control in western australia. three people are missing and nearly a hundred homes are destroyed. four firefighters are injured. lightning strikes sparked the fires. maine's governor is under fire for racially charged comments. and the mother of the affluenza teen is back in texas. those are some of the headlines on the morning newsstand. the dallas morning news reports the mother of the so-called affluenza teen will appear today before a texas judge. tonya couch is behind bars in ft. worth after arriving thursday from los angeles.

last week where her son ethan is in custody. he is accused of violating probation he is serving for killing four people in a 2013 drunk driving crash. the "portland press herald" reports on controversial comments by maine's governor. >> these are the guys named these type of guys come from connecticut and new york. they come up here and sell their heroin and then they go back home. incidentally, they impregnate a young white girl before they leave. >> reporter: paul lepage made those remarks on wednesday. the communications director defended the remarks saying lepage wasn't speaking about race but the emotional toll that drugs have on children. "people" reports on what caused the death of singer natalie cole who passed away last week.

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listeria released an update on its enhanced cleaning efforts. they suspect listeria may still be present but none of its ice cream or other products have tested positive. blue bell recalled all of its ice cream in april of last year and closed its plants. they have since reopened and production resumed. time warner says it was hacked. the e-mail addresses and passwords about 320,000 time warner customers may have been compromised. the fbi informed time warner about the hack, but time warner says there is no evidence that the systems that operate e-mail accounts have been breached. a menu change at chick-fil-a. bye-bye, coleslaw. hello, kale. the fast food chain is replacing coleslaw with kale salad. it has maple vinaigrette dressing and topped with almonds and pecans. chick-fil-a say this was a

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