good morning. it's friday, february 28, 2014. welcome to "cbs this morning." we'll take you to the biggest places facing the biggest threat. >> the ousted president is about to emerge from hiding as mystery gun menl occupy two airports. from the bible to the big screen, the divine strategy to spread the word about the new film "son of god." but we begin this morning with today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds.

>> the rain is coming down and this is just the beginning, folks. >> emergency evacuations in southern california. >> i'm scared. i'm scared. >> communities near los angeles bracing for mud slides. >> you can't come back up. >> t allwahat ters i causing dangerous conditions on the r d road. meanwhile a blast of cold airmen as being the midwest. >> real dangerous. you can't walk up the street. >> they're taking control of the airport. >> viktor yanukovych is going to hold a press conference to day. >> moscow sent its fighter jets along the border. >> are you scared of russia? >> yes. a li,ttle yes. >> they're angry about their benefits on capitol hill. republicans in the senate say the democratic bill was too expensive. >> nuclear workers at a waste dump are under tests. >> they are -- they are, you

know, taken care of. >> eric holder is rngesti at his home this morning after a med car scare taken to the hospital after experiencing faintness and a shortness of breath. >> death mess with girl scouts and their cookies. it was a tough lesson for a thief. >> vice president and president obama in a video to support the first lady's "let's move" campaign. >> did you see that? we've gottet a fight going . on >> lebron after the broken nose is wearing a protective masks. >> and all that matters. >> "cbs this morning" anchor charlie rose is the north carolinian of the year. >> it is the people thatw kno you best that you want to honor you the most. >> on "cbs this morning." >> two-thirds of americans haven't seen any of the films nominated for best picture, but not from lack of interest. it's just that most americans can no longer fit into the movie

theater seats. >> announcer: this morning's "eye opener" is presented by toyota. let's go places. captioning funded by cbs welcome to "cbs this morning." charlie rose and gayle king are off, so anthony mason and i are holding down the fort. >> hey, there. congratulations on charlie winning north carolinian of the year. >> great honor indeed. we'll see more of that later in the show. we're going to begin with the weather because more than 1 million americans face severe weather threat this weekend. for much of the country, that means a new round of extreme cold. it feels like it's below zero this morning from montana all the way to new england. >> a strong storm is taking aim at the west this morning. more heavy rain is raising the risk of flooding and a ten-mile stretch on the pacific coast highway near los angeles is closed because of the potential

for a mud slide. ben has more where hundreds of people are already under a threat. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anthony and norah. they're hoping all of these concrete barriers will move the water and mud coming off the hillsides down this street away from the home. they've put 1.6 mile of these throughout town and have given out 30 thousand bags preparing for up to f inches of rain. the wet weather began moving over southern california tonight ready to unleash the heaviest rain they've seen in three years. it's the second time in days the area is getting hit. slick roads made for dangerous driving conditions wednesday night but this latest storm is expected to pack more of a punch, dumping up to an inch of rain. thursday officials evacuated a thousand homes amid fears of

flooding and mud slides. both areas have been scorched. >> all this area will become massive debris and dirt flows. >> you've got a recently burned hillside here with limited vegetation and a steep slope. it's a recipe for what experts say is great deal of damage. >> reporter: the goal, funneling water and mud down the street and away from homes. homeowners also work to build their own last line of defense. >> reporter: this homeowner put up some plastic on his hillside hoping to prevent some slides. >> we're prepared as we can be. i hope it's good enough. >> reporter: before the rain started falling, many packed up and heeded warnings. >> we'll probably decide to go, but for right now, we're staying and assessing how the storm's going to be. >> reporter: you know, when we

have wildfires around here, there are people w stay behind trying to protect their home, but police say when it comes to floods and mud slides, there's nothing you can do to stop it, so you might as well play it safe and leave. anthony and norah? >> good advice. ben tracy, thanks. it's too cold to be raining in chicago this morning. the windchill there is around 6 below zero. this arctic blast stretches from the northern rockies to the east coast. elaine quijano is in detroit, one of the cities haefrtd hit by the weather. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, anthony and norah. right now the temperature here in the motor city is minus 1 degree and to the north and part of michigan's upper peninsula, temperatures this morning dipped to minus 30 degrees. now, around here, sections of the detroit river have frozen over and residents are struggling to deal with the punishing conditions. the midwest is experiencing its most extreme winter in decades. >> it's like hitting you in

every direction. >> reporter: record-setting snow with subzero temperatures have struck the area hard with detroit topping the national weather service misery index. it has been a brutal winter. 88% of the great lakes are frozen over, the largest cover in 20 years. and temperatures have turned deadly. at least 21 people have frozen to death in minnesota, including a 6-year-old girl who was discovered outside her home thursday. police are investigating her death. in indiana wind-blown snow caused interior whiteout condition, leading to a massive pileup in ft. wayne involving at least 15 vehicles. detroit has now felt subzero temperatures for more than 100 days the winter. restless locals are finding a way to brave the outdoors. >> if you stand still for any matter of time you're going to suffer hypothermia or frostbite. you have to stand near a fire like this and move around.

you'll stay nice and warm. >> reporter: detroit schools are closed today because of the bitter cold and a thaw is still days away. temperatures are not expected to get above freezing until next wednesday. anthony, norah? >> thank you. this is so big we brought megan glaros back from wbbm. good morning. >> good morning. as we go into the weekend, the first of which is the bitter cold still in place around the midwest, the plains, and even the east coast. we're talking about windchill potential in much of the northern tier of 25 to 35 below low, record low temperatures will once again be challenged. we've got windchill advisories from montana all the way on off to the east coast as far north as maine. this is the second part of the problem. another storm system targeting the west will bring los angeles the most rainfall they have seen in any 24-hour period since

about 2011. they're going to see as much as more than 2 inches of rain there. as the storm progresses eastward, it runs into the cold air, then creating the possibility of snow essentially from idaho all the way on off to the east coast. the southern extent of which could potentially be a risk for ice accumulation. we're not talking about a paltry amount of snow with this. we're talking about anywhere from 6 to 12 inches of snow in a swath essentially from the plains all the way on off to the east coast including maybe chicago, new york city, philadelphia, pittsburgh, all under the gun for a possible high accumulation. anthony and norah? >> guess my plan to put the snow shovel away after march 1st isn't going to work. megan glaros, thanks very much. the unusual weather may explain storm clouds for the economy. fed chair janet yellen is ke keeping an eye on the slowdown of job growth. she thinks the coldplayed a role

but she isn't sure how much. and ukraine's ousted president plans to speak in public after hiding for a week. they will send viktor yanukovych home to face trial. meanwhile mystery gunmen stormed two airports in crimea this morning and that is raising concerns that russia could be playing its hand. clarissa ward is in kiev where they're asking the u.n. to get involved. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it is very tense on the ground in crimea where they have taken over the main military airport and a key airport. russia says its men have nothing do with these airport takeovers but ukrainian minister is calling this a military invasion.

outside, gunmen in military fatigues patrol. it's not known who these men are, but they are believed to be members of a pro-russian militia. so far flights are still operating normally. the men said they were just there to prevent violence. we're here to ensure general order, one of the gunmen said. we don't want radicals coming on planes from kiev. 60% of crimea's residents are ethnically russian. many here see the new ukrainian leadership as illegitimate, raising the prospect of a pro russian separatist rebellion. today they began massive military exercises on ukraine's border with some 150,000 troops involved. dimitri with the carnegie institute in moscow explains russia's decision. >> we mean business. we do not want to take over

countries, but we will stand up to defend our interests. >> tensions have been further inflamed by the news that russia has helped viktor yanukovych who was wanted in ukraine on charges of mass murder in his role for the killings of 850 protesters last week. people here like 20-year-old student tania are appalled he will not face justice. >> i want people to kill him because he e's not human. he's a monster. >> he's a monster. >> yes. >> we're now waiting for that press conference from yanukovych. he's choosing to hold it not in the capital of moscow but in a city 50 miles from ukraine's border. that, of course, is only going to ratchet up tensions even further. anthony, norah? >> very fragile situation there. clarissa ward. thank you. if you have achoices.

i got high without thinking about the harm it could do. i didn't always take school as seriously as i should have. i made excuses. sometimes i sold myself short. >> now the president says his family and teachers never gave up on him. several foundations are pledging $200 million to help with this new program. general motors is racing to fix more than 1.5 million faulty ignition switches this morning. the automaker issues another apology thursday for its failure to act earlier saying, quote, we deeply regret the events that led to the recall and this investigation. the defect is linked to 31 crashes and 13 deaths. federal regulators now face criticism over how they've handled the investigation. senator ed markey wants changes to the way problems are reported. >> i think the way general motors withheld critical information but nhtsa should have been more aggressive and they should have been more

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river below. every day 180,000 cars and trucks use this 17-mile stretch of interstate 95 in philadelphia. we shouldn't be hearing that sound. >> we should not be hearing that sound. that sound means. >> reporter: decay. >> decay. this is a structure that ultimately needs to be replaced. >> reporter: the department of transportation says it needs nearly a billion dollars to repair, 90% of it from the government. sep ta, is city's massive transit system is having its own problem. this 91-year-old bridge can literally be chipped away with a hammer. should it be falling away so easily? >> no. no. it's not a good situation and like i said, the water's moving through the structure. >> reporter: as the infrastructure starts to break down, federal funding is starting to fall behind. anthony fox. >> it's a "termite in the basement" proble decided to run

an even tire story paced on cherry picking ads. they say you're cherry picking. >> in a lot of situations they didn't even know the ads that were on its own site. so for facebook and lots of other online companies they want to automate because automation makes things more cheaper and profitable to thej. when it comes to teenagers, they may not have the control they should. >> that raises the obvious question. when you have atz many ads coming into the system and as many users, how do you make a system that's foolproof? >> you don't. facebook has some human intervention into some of these ads, but perhaps the standard of care should be higher for those kids who are 13 to 17 years old. does facebook want that to happen or not? i think that's the question to ask. >> what can people do to

this morning a powerful new weather satellite is in orbit. it will give meteorologists like megan glaros a powerful tool for predicting extreme weather. megan, good morning. >> cause for celebration, anthony and norah, because every tool in our arsenal is a good thing, you know. it is an imperfect science but there's much we still don't know about precipitation itself, clouds, storm systems that form in the sky. soon, however, we should finally get some answers. the high-tech satellite was blasted into orbit without much fanfare even though lit soon help meteorologists around the world forecast big storms. the $1.2 billion global precipitation measurement core observatory is a joint mission between nasa and its japanese counterpart. >> the hubble space telescope and the mars curiosity rover, a high spacecraft like that can get all the attention but this mission is aringly much more way with quickbooks.

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on "face the nation" this sunday on cbs. this morning first lady michelle obama is getting some help on her "let's move campaign." >> president, are you ready to move? >> absolutely. let's move. >> they jog through the halls of the white house, even heading outside. they do appear a bit winded when they re-enter the oval office. >> you're hard to keep up with. >> after a good workout, you've got to drink up. otherwise you'll be in trouble with jill and michelle. >> let her know i trank up. >> same time next week? >> same time next week. >> look at them hamming it up for the cameras. >> do you think they do that every week? >> no. i know they have lunch every week but they do work out. good for them. sunday is oscar night in los good for them. sunday is oscar night in los angeles and studios have beenish

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to beat. that's ahead. >> welcome to the show. >> thanks.& i got through that. >> it's friday. it's friday. right now it's time 20 show you this morning headlines from around the globe. the "new york post" says deliberations continue in the kerry kennedy case. the jury is deciding whether the daughter of robert f. kennedy drove while knowingly impaired after taking prescription sleeping pills. "usa today" says stethoscopre germs. a new study shows they have more bacteria than a doctor's palms. researchers say stethoscope's cleaning should be standard practice. britain's "telegraph" says babies born by c-section are more likely to be obese or overweight. the study finds the risk is 26% higher. researchers believe newborns miss out on an important bacteria by not going through the birth canal. to people who aren't super ays

religious. >> his name is jesus. >> reporter: no matter how well it does at the box office, pastor rick warren does not expect hollywood to embrace "son of god." >> it will be a miracle of biblical porportions if the academy awards a bible-based movie an academy award. >> because? >> there's just a natural an tip pathieu to bible-based stories. >> but those seeing it this weekend are hoping to make hollywood believe. cbs this morn, john blackstone in hollywood. it's going to be very interesting to see how that film does. >> i imagine if people like pastor rick warrency saying go to the movies instead of church, wow. while "son of god" debuts in movies, other means can win big gold. fan dan go's dave kar $72,000, i quit my job right now

and i work for you. >> the woman that i've been see, samantha, i didn't tell you, but she -- she -- >> sit possible to not use my name when you write this story? why don't you just call me nancy. >> dad? dad that. >> leave me alone. >> ain't been since. >> huh? >> what do i do? what do i do? >> and those are the scenes from the nine films competing for best picture on sunday night's academy awards. some experts say this year's oscar race is closer than ever. among them, dave karger host of the online show fandango's front-runner. good morning. >> good morning to you. >> what a fantastic show. is it the closest race? >> i've been covering it." >> "wolf of wall street."

>> yeah. >>ywhere he's thumping his chest. and he's been on the hbo show "true detective." it's helped him. >> what about best director? >> that one i think is pretty easy to predict. i think no matter what happens with best director, "gravity's" alfonso cuaron is going to win. >> why? >> i think you could also see a split this year because the oscar voters love the degree of difficulty of what cuaron was able to pull off. he pulled off something faef snook dave karger, thank you. great to see you. >> great to see you too. >> ahead, the best moments of the week. we're going to take you to colorado where a town auper

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