the army. thousands of national guardsmen accused of ripping off the government for tens of millions of dollars. plus, jerry seinfeld on a reunion. the super bowl video. and the truth about hating newman. >> but we begin this morning with a look at today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> the farmers almanac said it's going to be the worst winter in 14 years. i think they're right on the money. >>in a le of storms marches across the country. >> one buries the northeast. >> winter storm warnings, invited southeasts over two dozen states. wall street had another miserable day. dow plunged 300 points. >> tokyo's nikkei plummeted. >> when traders said i have no reason to sell, guess what, the situation has changed. >> regarding the death of philip seymour hoffman. thautopsyep rorts have been

released. >> all rightes tting positive. >> a quadruple murderer who escaped from a prison is over. michael david elliot captured. >> governor christie is saying he had no knowledge of the bridge scandal. >> did i have any knowledge of it befondreha? thde an the answer is unequivocally, no. >> two children found unconscious on a norwegian cruise. the 4-year-old died. >> i like you anyway. >>ll a that -- >> portugal. >> we've got to show everybody exactly what you did. who's the star here? [ buzzer ] >> oh, happy, joy. >> and "all that mattered" -- >> a store owner out $7 million if the seashawk won. anyone who bought $6,000 worth of furniture would get a

complete refund. >> on "this morning" -- >> thank you, jay leno, i will do my best to make you proud every single night. >> it's jay leno's last week and as the beginning of the winter olympics. two events that happen every four years [ laughter ] >> announcer: this morning's "eye opener" is presented by toyota. let's go places. toyota. let's go places. ♪ captioning funded by cbs welcome to "cbs this morning." and good morning, norah. >> good morning to you, charlie. >> we begin again with the weather. a new and powerful winter storm is building in the plains. it is bringing snow, sleet and freezing rain. this storm could affect 100 million americans in two dozen states over the next 36 hours. that includes much of the northeast which is still digging out from yesterday's snowstorm. >> parts of pennsylvania got nearly a foot of snow. travel is disrupted across the country. airlines scrapped 2,000 flights yesterday. this morning, about 500 flights

are already canceled. meteorologist megan glaros of our chicago station wbbm said the worst of today's weather is in the midwest. >> charlie and norah, we're talking about a major winter storm that will impact more than half of the country. and it starts this morning. in fact, parts of oklahoma, kansas, texas, back in the rockies start in the system. but it pushes to the north and east impacting st. louis, chicago, parts of ohio. moving into pennsylvania and eventually the northeast. that happens overnight tonight into your wednesday. an area hit hard yesterday with snow gets more. just 24 hours later. and a winter storm watches, warnings, advisory, all in effect from the rockies all the way off to the east coast. more than 24 states impacted. that's over 100 million people. we're talking about as much as a foot of snow possible anywhere from kansas, all the way through to parts of new york state. vermont, new hampshire and maine. we will see lower accumulations in big cities like chicago, down into cincinnati, and into new york city.

but still travel difficulties in that area as well. and some ice possible from oklahoma into the ohio river valley. charlie, norah. governor chris christie remains defiant this morning. he says the united states attorney in new jersey sent a subpoena to his office. the prosecutor wants information related to the george washington bridge traffic jam scandal. elaine quijano is here with us and with christie's new interview. >> good morning to you, charlie and norah. the interview marks the first time that governor christie directly addressed allegations laid this weekend by a former ally but the governor is aware of the lane closures that paralyzed as they happened. in his monthly radio program, chris christie said his office would turn over material presented by federal prosecutors. >> we'll comply, cooperate with the u.s. attorney's inquiry into this. and comply with any documents they requested that are appropriate to turn over as quickly as we uncover them.

>> reporter: christie said he may have read reports of the gridlock in for thee in september but he dismissed them as routine. >> there's traffic every day at the george washington bridge, at the lincoln tunnel at the holland tunnel. i hear the reports on the radio. we all hear about them. that's not something that rises to the gubernatorial level. >> reporter: the governor was responding to accusations from former port authority official david wildstein who oversaw the lane closures. he suggested on friday that christie was not being truthful about what he knew about the bridge scandal. >> what's going on now with all this other stuff is just a game of gotcha. you know, when did i first learn about this or that. well, the fact of the matter is i've been very clear about this. before these lanes were closed, i knew nothing about it. i didn't plan it. i didn't authorize it. i didn't approve it. i knew nothing about it. >> reporter: shortly before the interview bridget anne kelly the former christie aide who alleged ordered the closures asserted her fifth amendment right against self-incrimination and

refused to produce documents requested by state investigators. she joins longtime christie adviser bill stepien another figure in the scandal who said, he, too, was resisting a subpoena issued to them. both were fired by christie last month. on monday night, christie said there could be even more firings once an internal investigation is completed. >> i can't wait for them to be finished so i can get the full story here. >> governor christie said he wants that internal investigation completed as quickly as possible but did not give a specific time frame. meanwhile, the new jersey legislative committee investigating the lane closures says it has begun receiving documents from the 20 subpoenas the committee has issued. charlie and norah. >> elaine, thank you. >> now what is being called one of the largest criminal investigations in army history. the senate will hearing testimony. hundreds of soldiers are under investigation as nancy cordes reports from capitol hill, they're accused of taking advantage of bonuses and

kickbacks. nancy, good morning. >> good morning to you, norah. all in all, thousands of national guard member, both enlisted and officers, may have played a role in this fraud. what senators are going to want to know today is how the military could have conceived of a fram that was so ripe for abuse in the first place. >> reporter: the fraud started in the army national guard a program designed to boost in recruitment. the guard created what it called the recruiting assistance program offering guards members a bonus up to $7500 for every friend they enlisted. >> it was so badly designed that frankly it wouldn't take a lot that fraud was going to be easy. >> reporter: missouri senator claire mccaskill said official recruiters not eligible for the finder's fee could get another member of the guard to officially take credit for the

recruitment in exchange for a kickback. the scam was discovered from an army audit that determined 1200 recruiters and 2,000 additional guards members had received potentially fraudulent payments. >> we're talk about tens of millions of dollars. in fact, an estimate that the fraud might be as high as $30 million. >> reporter: one guardsman alone allegedly amassed $275,000. and now there are more than 500 criminal investigations taking place across the country. including in colorado where christopher thomas clark is accused of receiving nearly $30,000 to recruit individuals he never met. luke peelgran made $25,000. and jeremy jerome wilson, $43,000. >> i think any taxpayer would be concerned with that. where our tax dollars go to crimes and someone has an opportunity to commit crimes, especially individuals who work for the federal government. >> the program was shut down in 2012. but not before it spawned

similar programs in the army itself and the army reserves. so far at least 19 guard members have pled guilty in this growing scandal, norah and charlie. >> thanks, nancy. a cruise ship tragedy is under investigation. it happened off the coast of north carolina. two young children on a norwegian cruise line were pulled from a pool unconscious. one died and the other is helicoptered. manuel bojorquez is at cape canaveral. good morning. >> good morning, the ship is scheduled to arrive here in a few hours. the boy who survived was airlifted to a hospital. witnesses say there was no life guard on duty the norwegian breakaway. this is the sixth drowning in recent months on a major cruise line and it may reignite the debate over whether companies should be required to have life guards on board. >> reporter: witnesses reported

hearing a commotion followed by screams around 11:00 a.m. monday as two young boys were pulled from the pool. >> they were drowning, and there was water in their lungs. >> reporter: zach terpstra was on the pool deck. passengers began cpr and emergency teams reportedly arrived within five minutes. >> they were being rhesuesuscit and water was coming through their nose. i couldn't bear to watch. >> reporter: the older child was reported dead. in a statement, norwegian cruise line said they were saddened by the tragedy. they went on to say emts responded immediately and quickly administered cpr to both children. but with no life guards some passengers were frustrated by the lack of safety measures. >> to not have someone on duty doesn't make any sense. >> reporter: in october 2013

disney became the first and and only major cruise line company to employ life guards at their pools. the move came six months after an incident on one of their ships when a 4-year-old boy nearly drowned. and just weeks before disney's decision a 6-year-old died after drowning on a carnival cruise. >> it's following money and to invest the money for a comprehensive life guard service. >> reporter: cbs news travel editor peter greenberg believes it is worth the price. >> you have a floating city at sea with maybe six or seven different pools and no life guards on duty. people swim at their own risk. well, look at what just happened. >> after docking here, the ship is expected to continue on its route which includes two more stops before returning to port in new york on sunday. charlie and norah. >> manuel bojorquez, thank you. wall street opens up this morning with stocks at a new low

for the year. monday was the market's worst day in seven months. the dow jones industrials lost 326 points. the index is down 7% in the past five weeks. cbs news news contributor and analyst mellody hobson is in chicago. good morning. >> good morning, charlie. >> so what's the reason behind the slide? >> so investors right now have been spooked by macro economic data at the same time that the fed is pulling back on its bond-buying program. that has them very concerned that this won't be a clean handoff. yesterday's culprit was a number that came out for the institute for supply management that gives a measure of economic activity. it was a second month in a row that that number was down. and it was basically in line with what we've seen in may of 2013. additionally, the new looking index dropped 14 point which is say biggest one-month drop since

1980 so that has people reeling. >> so do you think this means we're head for a krecorrection. >> i would not be surprised if we're not headed for a correction. markets don't go straight up. we had a blowout year. it wouldn't be surprised for people to profit, one. and two, the economic data, and corrections are not necessarily a bad thing. they allow a buying opportunity. they allow some of the frothiness to go out of the market. as i said before markets do not go straight up. >> we're due in the federal reserve, of the combagimpact if tapering continues? >> okay. so if the tapering continues what the fed is telling us, and we should hear this loud and clear, is that the economy is stabilizing and growing so it's actually a very good economic sign. what i find interesting if people are so concerned about the tapering, let's talk about the contrast. what if they stopped the

tapering and went back in? you think we have volatility now. the market would go crazy because the fed is telling us things aren't good. >> the market likes predictability and the market does not like surprises? >> the market does not uncertainty, that is for sure. executives from target and neiman marcus will anticipate on capitol hill. they'll testify about the recent security breaches. hackers stole credit and debit card information from tens of millions of customers. congress is looking at how to strengthen security. but experts told lawmakers that the problem is built into america's financial system. >> target was at fault, neiman marcus was at fault. but they're not completely at fault. they're askeded to accept cards that are inherently dangerous. >> one possible solution, an encrypted micro chip but banks are reluctant to switch because it costs billions of dollars. some critics call president

obama the most liberal president in history. bill o'reilly of fox asked about that. >> the truth of the matter is, when you look at some of my policies, in a lot of ways, richard nixon was more liberal than i was. started the epa, you know. you know, started a whole lot of the regulatory state that makes up our air and water clean. >> that's interesting, nixon. that's interesting. i thought you were going to say fdr. >> well, fdr, johnson. but i tend not to think of these things in terms of liberal and conservative. because at any given time, the question is what does the country need right now. >> the president meets today with house democrats. some of them believe he should be more progress tiive about tr, energy and minimum wage. the governor of michigan is promising an exhaustive review of how michael david elliot got

out. after he broke out of a correctional institute, terrell brown looks at how the 150-mile long manhunt finally ended in indiana. >> reporter: officers captured michael david elliot on monday in laporte, indiana. >> an officer and myself were able to pull him out from the vehicle. and cuffed him up. >> reporter: the 40-year-old suspect escaped from a michigan prison sunday night. police say he used his bare hands to climb through two fences. >> it's not every day that a convicted killer escapes prison and makes their way to smalltown, usa. >> reporter: elliot reportedly escaped kidnapping a driver. >> 911. >> i'm being held i'm hostage to an escaped convict from ionia,

correctional facility. >> is that him? >> yes. >> he's knocking on the bathroom door saying let's go. i don't want you to talk, i don't want you to hear him talking. stay in the bathroom, okay. >> reporter: elliot was able to flee before police arrived leading to the dramatic manhunt. >> we're going to continue to move this way. >> reporter: police searched door to door. schools were locked down and residents were advised to stay indoors after the jeep was found abandoned in this parking lot. elliot will face new charges on top of the multiple life sentences he's already serving. for "cbs this morning," terrell brown, new york. time to show you headlines from around the globe. the national journal said congress and their agents took 19,000 trips last year. >> 1900. >> 1900.

thank you for that correction. since the new rules were put in place, jack abramoff scandal. and nearly $6 million. the times of london is looked at what's being called a tidal wave of cancer. the world health organization says cases will surge by 70% over the next two decades. it calls for a shift in research. "the yoes" say karzai had secret contacts with the taliban. karzai is still refusing to sign a long-term security deal with washington. "the wall street journal" said pilot shortage arrived ahead of schedule, more rules call for rest between flights the shortage is hitting regional airlines the hardest. and cbs sports said seattle's defense deciphered peyton manning's defense during the super bowl.

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>> impressive. welcome back to "cbs this morning," coming up in this half hour -- the next big breakthrough in auto safety. cars talking to each other. the technology that could save crashes. the government says it could save thousands of lives. we'll look at the systems and ohio soon it will be in your new car. plus, a make or break moment for russian president vladimir putin, his country's first olympics since the boycott of the games more than 30 years ago. market phillips is in sochi with putin being putin, that's ahead. and autopsy reports for actor philip seymour hoffman may be available later this week. police are searching phone records looking for hoffman's drug dealer. as vinita nair reports hoffman may be the latest victim of an ominous trend. >> reporter: police said they found more than 70 bags that tested positive for heroin in a manhattan apartment philip

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anti-comedy. >> didn't you say you originally conceived of this show to be watched on the phone. >> yeah, i wanted to make a show for the phone. >> i'm wondering if you were going to do some creative project wow, bring it to network tv? >> it just seems smaller to me. network tv seems smaller than the internet. why would i put a show on a big heavy rectangle in your house when i can put it in your pocket. i'd much rather put it in your pocket. l pple about the show, i go, it's in your pocket right now. you know, that's a fun thing to say. [ laughter ] >> it's like a magazinic ae ma act or something. >> i like what he said, color doesn't matter, he just likes you if you're funny. >> and the reason he didn't like newman is because it was funny. >> no testing of the waters. we got it

>> su says she hopes the book will shine a light on the struggles with traumatic drain injuries. and wants everybody to be patient and understanding. and she told me that it's important for loved ones to know the person they're getting back may not be the person they once knew. >> is there any possibility she could regain her memory? >> well, it's been 20 years, so she hasn't gotten those memories back. she's relearned it all. she had to relearn what love meant. what it meant to feel the love of her husband and children. >> there had been to me many layers to them. especially their relationship together. >> it's such a complicated in the story. in the book, they talk about jim feeling distant from her. feeling like she was a child and not a wife. he steps out of the marriage and finds intimacy elsewhere. it's an honest memoir. really important. >> but they're getting through it. thank you, lee. tomorrow on "cbs this morning," a group of american monks turns to an