it just looks different -- it's a different dance. woman: you see me have an off day. it doesn't take away from who i am. man: a symptom may cause you not to be able to do that anymore, and at one point, i was able to do any of those. woman: get out, exercise every day. man: since i've been cycling, it's definitely helped my walking. man: i make a lot of changes in my life and just adapt to it. woman: i'm going to acknowledge its presence, i'm not going to discount it, but at the same time, i'm going to try my best to not let it stop me. woman: it's a fantastic opportunity to be working together with a common goal of curing ms, and sharing is the key. one thing that makes our day when we're on the field is watching lauren get up to bat. our daughter loves baseball. and we tried to get her on some teams, and there were some coaches that would include her but she just never felt right about it. hitting the ball and then making the other kids wait, just wasn't her idea of what baseball was. we thought she would just have to settle for being a fan; until rotary stepped in. and they built this special field.

they took an idea of just letting the kids play baseball and made it fit these kids, rather than trying to make the kids fit the field. lauren forgets about what she can't do, because they've given her the opportunity to do something that we never thought possible. when these kids get to play ball, their heart is there they're so excited and they just get to feel like regular kids. on the phone i heard her telling her grandmother that she was the luckiest kid in the world. hundreds of thousands remain without power after suffering through a cold bleak christmas. bad weather and a surge in online shopping leave a crush of christmas packages that never made it to their destination. and get ready to shop.

anxious retailers launch post-christmas mega sales. captioning funded by cbs this is the "cbs morning news" for this thursday morning, december 26, 2013. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. thousands of customers remain in the dark. utility crews work on power lines damaged in the ice storm but some face round of winter weather today. some are calling for 2 to 3 inches of snow and strong winds. as bigad shaban reports it didn't dim christmas for some families. >> reporter: it was a cold christmas for 00 dresses of thousands in the northeast and the midwest. 8-year-old cheyenne decatur wasn't sure if her family would

find her since she and her fami family spent the holiday at a shelter. >> i think my mom put a note under the tree at our house. he put two presents and came out here. >> the decatur home in central michigan has been without electricity since an ice storm hit last weekend. temperatures are in the teens in portland, maine, where crews are working around the clock to restore power. >> i'd much rather be home with my family and kids. my kids are in a warm home playing play station and xbox and these kids are just trying to stay warm. >> reporter: trees are coated with ice and officials are worried wind gusts could take down more branches. >> we kind of have given up on christmas. it's now survival mode. >> reporter: parts are facing another wintry round. forecasters expect more snow overnig overnight. well, christmas will come at least a day late for some families who relied on ups and

fedex for their presents. the shippers experienced delivery delays and could not make the holiday deadline. susan mcginnis is in washington. good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. this is happening across the country. santa arriving a day late, in some cases two days late as ups and fedex scramble to play catchup. they're calling in extra drivers and renting u-haul trucks to deliver presents that didn't make it in time for christmas i picked out harry potter stuff for my youngest. >> reporter: she had nothing under her tree. i was really excited. i couldn't wait to see her face and it didn't happen. so i was disappointed. >> ups and fedex say bad weather and extra last-minute online shopping were to blame.

ups said the volume of air packages in our system skreetded the capacity of our network. some angry customers complained on the ups page and others took to twitter with the hash tag ups failed. many took the delays to stride. in boston gary expressed sympathy. >> i saw ups and fed express drivers out there at 10:00 at night. >> some online retailers and amazon.com are offering gift cards f cards for items that didn't arrive on time. >> they're also blaming shorter holiday season and people waiting till the last minute. >> it certainly is tough. susan mcginnis in washington. millions of americans rushed to sign up for health insurance in the final days before the obama care deadline that. is creating a new concern this morning about the start of coverage on january 1st.

wyatt andrews reports. >> there's the policy number and then a member i.d. >> reporter: the administration predicted people would shop for insurance at the last minute and that's what happened in state after state. in washington state of the 65,000 people who bought private insurance through obama care so far, 20,000 enrolled last weekend. in kentucky, enrollments rose by 5,000 in the last week. connecticut enrolled 6,700 on monday alone. and in california, an unprecedented 100,000 customers have signed up since friday. peter lee is the executive director of cupboard california. >> we think in four days we had over 400,000 people enrolled. it shows that people are not only getting message but they're spreading the message. they're telling friends and family members which i think is going to carry into january, february, and march. >> the last-minute spike in

enrollments now puts pressure on insurance companies to now put 00 pressure on 00 dresses of thousands in a short time. karen said she thought she enrolled last week but has no confirmation from her sneerns plan. she's concerned she won't have proof of insurance when her coverage is sus posed to begin next week. >> you're worried about what, exactly? >> what if a need comes up? what if january 2nd i have an injury and i have go to the hospital? they're going ask for insurance verification and i don't have anything to give them. will i be denied coverage? will i be denied access? >> this surge of late signups is good for patients who finally have insurance but it's certain that some of the first few weeks of obamacare will be confusing. some will not get their cards on-time and others will think they have insurance but have

fallen through the cracks. >> on the "cbs moneywatch" now, post-christmas bargain hunting and new fallout in the target credit card breach. marlie hall is at the new york stock exchange with that and more. good morning, marlie. >> good morning, anne-marie. retailers aren't ready to call the holiday shopping season over just yet. retailers from amazon to old navy are launching aftersales. they're hoping to lure people back into the stores to make up for the sales slump this season. some brick and mortar stores open up at 5:00 a.m. while some etailers kicked off. the shanghai composite lost more than 1%. tokyo's nikkei added 1%. hong kong's hang seng is closed for the holiday. the markets here reopen this morning after traders took christmas off and called it

quits early on tuesday. an unexpectedly large increase in orders for manufactured goods pushed stocks higher. on christmas eve the dow ended the shortened day up nearly 63 points. the nasdaq finished 6.50 ahead. the numbers of debit and credit card numbers from target could be more damaging than they thought. the hackers also got away with the pins needed to withdraw cash from victims' bank accounts. targets said no unencrypted pins were compromised. mcdonald's shut down its internal employee web page. that's after a tip recommended by workers recommended they avoid eating their own view. it shows a graphic of burg, fries and soda and a caption that reads unhealthy choice. the page recommended to

mcdonald's employees a salad and water as a healthy alternative. and for a place nicknamed the sunshine state, floridians don't care much for the sun or at least the real thing. a study by the university of miami found more indoor tanning businesses in florida than mcdonald's. only bank atms out numbered tanning beds in florida. >> unbelievable. marlie hall at the new york stock exchange. overseas now, the military-lead government. the decision follows a suicide bomb attack on tuesday that killed 16 people. ousted president mohamed morsi is a member of that group. and president obama spent part of his christmas thanking troops. the president and the first lady took a break from their hawaii vacation to visit a marine base. hundreds of troops from various military branches heard from mr.

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a los angeles driver is recovering this morning after being rescued from a burning car on christmas day. the 72-year-old man was hospitalized with moderate injuries. an lapd bomb squad officer on his way to work and two other drivers stopped and helped pulled the man to safety. the officer suffered first-degree burns in the rescue. and a ship trapped in ice off the antarctica could get help later today. it's part ship part vessel operated by the new zealand ship company. they're trapped in a remote area of antarctica but the ship has power and plenty of foochltd

several ice breakers are en route to help. the centers for disease report widespread flu outbreaks in four state. in texas it turned deadly. fewer than half of americans get vaccinated but as anna werner reports it's not too late to protect yourself. 30-year-old euless, texas, dustin wright came down with the flu days before thanksgiving. his wife ashley said a few days later the husband and father was struggling to breathe so she rushed him to the emergency room. doctors told her he had the h1n1, swine flu. on december 5th he died. >> you don't think it would happen to you. we're always worried about our son getting a flu shot. we didn't worry about us. you don't hear of it or thing of it happening to you. >> reporter: five people died in texas all from swine flu.

this year's vaccine can prevent swine flu and several other flu strains if people get vaccinated. last year according to the cdc only 45 americans got the flu shot. dr. christopher perkins is the medical director for dallas county health and human services. >> so a lot of people don't react until they hear news of people die. >> when things are quiet, people tend to let their guard down. but when there's bells and whistles going on and people are hospitalized and some succumb to death that gets people's attention. >> neither dustin wright nor his wife had a flu shot. >> what do you want people to know and think about? >> that things like this happen in their own backyard. you don't think it will, but it does. >> reporter: experts say peak flu season is february, so there is still time to get a shot that could save your life. anna werner, cbs news, dallas.

well, straight ahead, your thursday morning weather. and in sports, dwyane wade and lebron james take it to the lakers in an off-the-glass fast break alley-oop. progresso. i just served my mother-in-law your chicken noodle soup but she loved it so much... i told her it was homemade. everyone tells a little white lie now and then. but now she wants my recipe [ clears his throat ] [ softly ] she's right behind me isn't she? [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. [ clears his throat ] [ softly ] she's right behind me isn't she? using stilts to take down the lights? not good. going to the kmart winter sales event? good. get up to 60% off winter apparel, and shop your way members get 10% back in points. kmart. get in. get more. ♪ no need to chuck, donate or burn them ♪ ♪ just pack them in our flat rate box ♪ ♪ we'll come to your door and return them ♪ ♪ gifts you bought but never gave away ♪ ♪ or said you liked but thought were cheesy ♪ ♪ you don't even need to leave your house ♪ ♪ we'll come and take them, easy-peasy ♪

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time now for a check of the national forecast. another 2 to 4 inches of snow is forecast for eastern maine. the rest of the mid-atlantic will be cloudy with chilly temperatures. it will be frigid in the upper midwest, in great lakes with highs only reaching the teens. most of the south will be dry and seasonably cool, and it will be mostly quiet weather-wise out west, except for the santa ana winds out across southern california. in sports now, three of the nba's top five teams were in action yesterday. we begin in san antonio where dwight howard had a double-double and james hardin scored 28 points as the houston rockets beat the spurs 111-98. the rockets sought 52% from the field as they beat san antonio for the second time in two tries this season. in los angeles kobe bryant spent christmas on the bench with a fractured knee watching as miami's chris bosh, dwyane

wa wade, and lebron james combined for 60 points. it was miami's sixth straight win, pulling the heat to within one game of first place in the eastern conference. in objection they crushed new york knicks. the thunder are now tied with portland for the lead in the western conference. and serena williams is the "associated press" female athlete of the year. it is the third time williams has won the award. she went 78-4 this year, including a 34-match winning streak. williams won 11 titles, including the u.s. and french open. when we return, another look at this morning's top stories, and virtual surgery. a look at how google glass is helping out in some operating rooms.

here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. sunshine all around in

washington, d.c., a high of 45. atlanta, 53. and sunny in st. louis and denver, but some early fog in seattle today. here's another look at this morning's top stories. hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses remain without power from the upper midwest into new england and canada. the weekend ice storm that knocked out electricity is also blamed for 27 deaths. and ups is bringing in extra workers to help with deliveries id didn't make in time for christmas. both ups and fedex blame weather and overloaded systems for delays. google glass is providing a new view in the operating room. for one surgeon, the glasses give him a second pair of hands. mark strassmann reports. >> reporter: at the university of alabama birmingham orthopedic surgeon brent ponce prepared for

surgery. google camera is streaming live video to another surgeon 150 miles away in atlanta. for dr. phani dantuluri, he was able to watch. a ghostly hand was superimposed. it appeared in ponce's google glass display. >> reporter: when you first put them on, what was it like sniet was a little bit of a light bulb experience. we not only had to say right here, right here. go faster from here to here. >> reporter: on this day ponce and dantuluri were testing the google glass paired with vipaar that allows users to interact with the picture. it may be another year before the combined technology goes

mainstream. ponce is the only doctor testing it in surgery. >> with this technology, if i'm struggling, another surgeon is able to say, hey, get yours head in the game, let's do this, let's do this. we walk through it together. it turns into a safety net. >> it becomes a collaboration. >> without question. >> vipaar plans to skbanld more before this time next year. well, coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," grammy award-winning musician carlos santana. i'm anne-marie green. this is the "cbs morning news." using stilts to take down the lights? not good. going to the kmart winter sales event? good. get up to 60% off winter apparel, and shop your way members get 10% back in points. kmart. get in. get more. you may be muddling through allergies.

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. good morning. welcome to wusa9. today is thursday, december 26, 2013. i'm jessica doyle. we all want to say happy holidays to everyone. if you are up this early, we appreciate you spending your morning with us. monika samtani has timesaver traffic. >> did you have a nice christmas? >> it was wonderful. hope yours was great as well. >> we have the pleasure of olga breeze in this morning. >> bright and early. a little bit of a shock to my system being in the early seat. but the caffeine is pumping and i'm alert. >> cheers. >> we had a few clouds when we started the overnight but right now we've cleared out and that means a couple of things.

the winds have been a little bit brink. the clearing skies mean our temperatures are dropping. we're going to keep things calm for today's forecast but take a look at the day planner. it's going to stay on the chilly side. early morning temperatures basically sitting in the 20s right now. we'll hit the 30s by the 9:00 hour. could see a passing cloud or two in the morning but look at the sunshine that's going to filter in through most of the day. by the time we get to afternoon, things are looking pretty good. clearing skies and temperatures making it to about the lower to middle 40s. that 44, 45 a little bit closer to the city center. then tonight we clear it out again keeping it calm and definitely making for a very chilly night. getting started this morning, if you're going to be heading out, bundle up. by the afternoon we'll sit in the 40s but at least the forecast is staying in the green. it does look like we'll be having a calm stretch for the next couple of days. if you use public

transportation, metro is on a normal schedule today. marc, penn and brunswick lines are on an s schedule and vre is on an s schedule as well. it's a normal work day otherwise so hovs are in effect. there is a water main break closing michigan avenue eastbound between franklin street and irving street so keep that in mind as well. michigan avenue eastbound is shut down in that stretch with a water main break from overnight. let's go over to a picture of the bw parkway and route 50. boat are in good shape right through cheverly. no problems here into the northeast corridor. let's take you over to a live picture and 270 is nice and quiet early this morning. i expect it will be lighter than normal throughout this morning's rush hour coming in from germantown. we're going to go back over to the maps and head out west. no problems coming in or out of the airport right now on the dulles toll road. 66 is in good shape in from gainesville and a live look outside. this time northbound i-95 looking good in springfield.

light volumes on to 395 and the 14th street bridge. back to you, jess. >> thank you, monika. record online sales this holiday season and rough winter weather were too much for some delivery companies. susan mcginnis reports ups and fed ex are playing catchup after some presents didn't make it under some christmas trees this year. they're blaming bad weather and overwhelming demand. >> reporter: ups and fed ex are calling in extra drivers and even renting u haul trucks to hit the road today to deliver presents that didn't make it in time for christmas. >> i picked out harry potter stuff for my youngest. >> reporter: vicky had nothing under her tree in wichita, kansas yesterday. >> i was really excited. i couldn't wait to see her face. and it didn't happen. i was disappointed. >> reporter: ups and fed ex