good morning. it is wednesday, january 14th 2015. welcome to "cbs this morning." breaking right now, a problem in space. an pneumonia leak forces astronauts to evacuate part of the international space station. a new al qaeda video claims responsibility for the paris massacre and a defiant "charlie hebdo" returns to newsstands. and now kurt busch says his ex-girlfriend is a trained assassin. huh? >> but we begin this morning with today's "eye opener" in 90

seconds. al qaeda claims responsibility for the paris attack. >> the controversial new edition of "charlie hebdo" magazine is now on newsstands. >> long lines across the country. >> crews from the international space station have been evacuated from the american substance becauf se oaka le of harmful substances. >> in ohio a bartender arrested for threatening the speaker of th e house, john bayer. >> police say hoyt wanted to put something in boehner's drink or shoot him because he's responsible for ebola. >> will we stand here in one year -- by the way, i'll be standing here in one year. s >>cary moments on a delta flight out of l.a. forced to make an emergency landing. >> we're having a little trouble with controlling the airplane. >> see that? that's a hippo.wh o knew they were that fast.

>> let's watch one hockey player angrily skating off the ice. >> -- and all that matters -- >> leashless in seattle. this dog rides the bus all by himself. >> it sounds cute until you find out he has four duis. >> so now the obama girls are faced with the tough choice every teen must eventually make. listen to beyonce or mike huckabee. >> announcer: this morning's "eye opener" presented by toyota. let's go places. captioning funded by cbs welcome to "cbs this morning." we're just getting word of an emergency aboard the international space station. cbs news confirms that a pneumonia leak forced two american astronauts and an

italian colleague to evacuate their corridors this morning. the space agency says the situation is now under control. >> the astronauts moved out of the american part of the station. they're now taking space on the other opposite side with three russian astro naughts. prosecute irs say 54 people have been. across france people lined up this morning to buy copies of "charlie hebdo's" new edition. elizabeth palmer is outside the headquarters in paris. elizabeth, good morning. >> good morning, as you can see behind me the mound of flowers oust side the offices have conned to grow. there are hundreds of bouquets and also pens which is the new

symbol of defense of freedom of expression. people are still coming to pay their respects and to read the notes of condolences. of course it's impossible to verify the truth of the claims in it, but we do know that it has come from al qaeda's official media arm. in it one of the leaders of ail die in peninsula said his organization chose the magazine as the charge for the attack and plan and paid for it. new video shows once again the cold determination of the kouachi brothers as they come face-to-face with a police car during their getaway after the killings. they opened up on the police who retreat and the kouachis brazenly drive away. security forces are now reviewing their operations over the three days of shootings and

hostage takings, both at the printing plant outside paris and in the suburban kosher supermarket. the investigation is wide ranging. police are looking for six accomplices suspected to be members of the cell to who helped with the attack. the man seen on security camera video with boumeddiene and any this man had with the kouachi brothers. overnight the first bundles of this week's "charlie hebdo" with the controversial cover were shipped to news stands across the country but they sold like hotcakes and by mid morning there were none left though they have promised there will be a second wave tomorrow. one of the hard-working men was

at the newsstand by 7:00. they're rationed to one copy. gayle? >> all right, elizabeth thank you. a cbs news poll out this morning shows 57% of americans think another u.s. terror attack is very likely in the next few months. worries are rising after the paris massacre and after isis murdered two americans and three british workers captured in syria. bob, good morning. what is the significance of this claim, do you think? >> this is think because it's a full-throated plan by al qaeda in peninsula. this erases all doubting about who's behind the attack. what al qaeda says in the tape, look, this was our idea, we paid for it we trained these guys, we even picked the target. this is significance because aq

aww p in ap in the past has tried with the underwear bomber in 2009 and the printer cartridges. this is a much lower sophistication attack and had deadly results. it might indicate a change in thinking. maybe they're lowering their aspirations just a little bit to settle for what is possible because even though this was not the big grand attack as they always hoped for, it was devastating in their point of view. >> one of the highest are warning this is quote/unquote, an act of war. how are authorities monitoring that? >> i think they're worried and they should be because the tape this morning, the leader that speaks on the tape makes it

clear aqap is monitoring what's happening around the world, around france. there's a reference on the tape of looking at the leaders who came together. they said look the suffering is not over. it might be in washington or new york but there are overt threats here. all the intelligence services and law enforcement agencies across the country have to raise their guard. they have to be more aggressive. they'll push buttons that will make people uncomfortable to figure out where the next threat will come from. >> thanks very much. they honored three officers killed in the terror attacks. >> something this big and this horrific and international is symbolic and also meaningful. >> deputy police chief michael downing is from nypd.

police from europe came to new york in recent weeks for the funeral of two murdered nypd officers. this morning islamic militants are launching new and deadly attacks in nigeria. it's part of boco haram's violent rampage across that country. their goal is to create an islamic state in africa. debra patt as is there. good morning. >> it's trying to seize the town in the north. now, it is hard to imagine it could get any worse but it has with the u carry out their bloody deeds. two separate attacks over the weekend left more than 20 dead, both took place in crowded marketplaces, both used child suicide bombers. one little girl no more than 10

years old. the first real insight into this trend came when a 13-year-old girl refused to detonate a suicide pack. the girl was arrested by police and told them her father had girn her to boco haram probably for financial game. she said she would go to paradise and t kill her when she resisted being strapped. children are in ready supply in boca ha ran camps and sources tell us they could be the ultimate sources killed. all abducted children taken as the spoils of war. there has been global condemnation. >> the use of a child to detonate a bomb is not only morally repugnant but is egregious under the law.

>> reporter: they sabowy bocao haram will not get away with this but despite they continue relentlessly. in a run-up to the pole next valentine's day, it's expect thad the bloodshed will only increase, gayle. >> thank you very much debra. an ohio bartender is arrested for plotting to kill speaker john boehner. court documents showed he wanted to shoot or poison the speaker in the cincinnati suburb. chip reid is in washington with that story. chip, good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning. for more than five years michael robert hoyt allegedly served drinks to house speaker john boehner near a country club in cincinnati but after being fired

from his job, hoyt who has a history of psychiatric illness said boehner was to blame. he was charged with threatened to murder house speaker john boehner to interfere with his congressional duties. >> the honorable john boehner. mr. speaker. >> reporter: hoyt, a former bartender at this country club in westchester, ohio, was fired from his job last october. a week later hoyt called police and told them about his plans to seek revenge on boehner, a member of the country club and one of hoyt's regular customers. hoyt believes boehner played a role in his firing. in documents obtained by "cbs this morning," hoyt told police he had a loaded handgun and he was going to shoot boehner and take off, adding he was going to kill him because he was mean to him at the country club and responsible for ebola.

hoyt wrote he could have poisoned his wine while serving him. in response to the charges boehner's spokesperson issued a statement saying speaker boehner is aware of this situation and sincerely thanks the fbi, capital police and local authorities in ohio for their efforts. hoyt voluntarily entered a psychiatric ward at a local hospital for observation after telling them he was told by jesus christ. norah? >> chip, what a strange story. thank you so much. this morning the republican presidential race is heating up. no one is an official candidate next but more than a half dozen big names are starting to get organized. nancy nancy cordon is in washington. >> in this case the lead card is jeb bush.

as soon as he started taking concrete steps toward the race for president, everyone jumped on the gas. >> america's leadership of the world is called into question because of a pattern of indecision andinconsistency. >> reporter: later he formed a pact. at the same time aides to scott walker said he had a campaign manager picked out and ready to go. rand paul said the same. florida's mark rubio has gob on a media blitz. >> i'm confident we can put together a campaign that will make us confident. >> reporter: two-time runner mitt 60

despite telling others in september -- >> i'm not running but i'm helping someone who is. >> reporter: christie heads to south carolina today. george just wrapped all two-day trip to new hampshire. we'll be back soon, he tweeted. paul had this to say about romney yesterday. >> i think he had some chance and there's time for fresh blood. >> marco rubio was one of jeb bush's mentors. >> is it harder? >> it is harder. we share friends. >> you share a lot of donors. >> but i have a lot of donors that are unique to me. >> the leaders like all the jockeying. they say it's proof the republican field is deep and energized. >> i admire them all fir their ambition, the more the merrier.

>> the one who's lay loi is the presumptive dem kraelkt nominee hillary clinton. we heard that john podesta will likely lead the white house in the coming months and join clinton's team in a senior role if she decides to run. >> nancy, thanks. >> this morning we're seeing new images from the wreckage of airasia flight 8501. these perfects show parts of the fuselage and wing. crews hope to bring the wreckage to the surface. they expect to find more bodies ofuo 162 victims. >> crude oil now sits below $46 a barrel. that comes close to a six-year low. the knack ak ar if gas they could see prices fall below

$2 a gallon by next week. >> it's been a long time we've seen prices that low. you won't need gas for some cars making headlines at the international auto show. tesla is one showing off the cars but the company's stock dipped as much as 18% yesterday after announcing poor sales in china. dean reynolds is in detroit where tesla's founder is sparking the conversation. >> ladies and gentlemen, introducing the chevy bolt easy concept. >> reporter: the all-electric chevy bolt is only a concept car but general motors also promises to send it out. but at a time when the price at the pump is plunging, is there much of an incentive to bialek

trick. elon musk said the price of gasoline at any one time is irrelevant. the trend is toward electric and he said it's a good time hitz competitors are following suit. >> i don't see it as a competitor's threat. >> brian cooley is editor at large for cnet. >> he cannot move the american car buying company to be i don't the -- making concept cars wultd o the help of inmys. there were those test models that burt into flames. along with production delays and a price tag of over $70,000 for its model "s." this year tesla sold only 3,000 of them but by 2020 muss la

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thank you for joining us. 7:26. we're in extended snow coverage. >> the snow that's fallen prompted many school delays and closures running at the bottom of the screen and they are always on the wusa 9news app. >> we want to take you live to check on the conditions with nikki, where are you now? >> we are in la platta in charles county, along 301. you mentioned school closings. charles county schools are out today. we've been driving along 301 all morning. i think the snow has stopped. i don't want to jinx it but it looks like the snow has stopped. taking a look at the actual road on 301, traffic is moving just fine but there is a bit of

snow actually on the road. the side of the road you can see there is quite a bit of snow. not really a lot in the grass. not a lot of accumulation, no need for plows to come true here. cars are making their way along 301 just fine. parking lots though were a different story. we were in a gas station parking lot a few minutes ago. it was covered. we saw a car pull out and kind of spin out of a parking lot a half hour ago so be careful of the slick spots. as always ramps, overpasses, anytime you make a turn, just because it looks like the road is clear, like it is right now, it can still be slick in those spots. so be careful as you head out this morning. be sure to give snow plows as much room as you can, and delay your commute if at all possible, especially since schools are out today. we'll keep you updated here from charles county but for now it's looking pretty good. snow has stopped for right now. we'll keep an eye on it and

keep you updated on conditions as they progress. back to you. >> and erica is here. has the system moved out? >> a little bit more snow but primary accumulation is done. we'll see a few light snowshowers for the rest of the morning, and as you move further north and west, further away from this system, the accumulation is going to be slim to none. we're pretty much done with accumulation in the beltway. winter weather advisory is still in effect until noon. what could happen with this system, it's really tough to tell whether this is going to happen or not, is that the snow that is falling now, the center of low pressure is to the south of that snow, and as it continues to move off to the east we could draw in some more moisture from the atlantic ocean which then would help to enhance and you have the snowfall that we already have. as we zoom in here to st. mary's county and southern calvert county, this is the primary area that's still seeing any accumulating

snowfall. current temperature is down to 23 in leesburg, manassis and frederick. temperatures are so cold, and road temperatures are just so cold, that the snow isn't even melting when some of the salt pellets are hitting it. you need to douse things with the de-icing agentings to get all that snow to melt. it's still going to be slick. as mike mentioned when we were off the air, the snow plows aren't able to clear this snow away because the accumulations were so light. so you can just expect flurries as you head into western loudon, northern montgomery county. one to two inches in southern prince william, also most of culpeper county and all of southern maryland in that one to two inch category. in the first alert seven-day

forecast we'll clear things out, dry it out, and great weather returns for the weekend. high temperatures near 50 degrees. it's time for time saver traffic with beverly. that's the pole and wires down blocking eisenhower avenue. get to the metro via van dooren. past edsel, landmark, more volume past the pentagon and 14th street bridge on dry pavement there. beltway south of town and branch avenue, 305/5 corridor, a crash at ort cut road, a number of accidents in st. mary's county and checking the beltway headed north of town getting into silver spring more volume west of college park into silver spring with all

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that was made clear today. >> reporter: the bizarre testimony included that driscoll's profession took her on missions around the globe. he recounted an instance where she left in camouflage and returned wearing a coat over a gown splattered with blud. >> i'm glade the truth has been told. >> do you have confidence? >> we'll wait and see what he decides. >> reporter: this video shows driscoll in military fatigues. she's president of the armed forces foundation a nonprofit that promotes the wellness of veterans and their families and ceo of frontline defense systems, a washington-based defense contractor. if it sounds like a movie script, well driscoll says it is. according to a report from the "associated press," driscoll dismissed bush's account and said i find it interesting that some of the outlandish claims

come from a fictional movie skrimt i've worked on for eight years. >> i think the parties need to get this finished, absolutely. everyone wants to know what's going to happen. >> a ruling could be weeks away. the attorney of the delaware office is handling the criminal investigation of driscoll's assault allegations some of far no charges have been filed. >> one of them ain't telling the truth. what's so interesting is it's not just app assassin. it's trained asass p. it's so bizarre. >> it is bizarre. >> what does it have to do with the assault allegations? >> interesting question. a florida teenager helped save the life of a police officer who was biking him at the time. officer franklin folks leaned back and collapsed to the floor. 17-year-old jamal rutledge still

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along the way just to allow their shredded fingers to heal. their only equipment is the rope to catch them when they fall and they have taken some falls. jorgenson fell 11 times in seven days getting past one of the most difficult sections. they sleep in hangling tents. food water, and even the occasional beer are delivered by other fully equipped climbers. with videos and photos posted to social media, they have let the world watch while they hang on by their finger tips hi above yosemite valley. >> this is a view i'll always remember. >> reporter: below tourists photographers, and other climbers are following their progress. a world-class climber has been watching in awe. >> their fingers must hurt toes must hurt, shoes must be getting

blown out. >> reporter: he knows the demanding conditions well on the dawn wall. >> the smallest hold might be three credit cards glued together. to a nonclimber if you looked aet the wall it would look like a blank wall. >> because it's so steep, so sheer. >> yeah. 90 degrees with no hold on it. >> reporter: caldwell and jorgenson have been planning this for years. caldwell's wife becca has been tracking it. >> there's always a slight chance something crazy could happen but tommy's so seasoned and he functions amazing up there. better than on ground half the time. >> reporter: while, it it's not over yet, they've passed the most difficult sections. they're expecting to reach the top sometime this afternoon. >> i want to know how they're

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ups worker who lost her job because she could no longer lift packages. we're shown a case in asheville north carolina, who said her career was derailed during pregnancy. >> jamie coal, a north carolina mother of three had a high-risk pregnancy last year. she was told to stop lifting patients at a nursing home where she worked. >> he can't want me lifting in the last trimester because it could have put me into preterm labor. anything could have happened. >> reporter: she asked for lighter duties at work. instead she claims her employer the brian center for health near asheville stopped giving her shifts. >> you said you were surprised by the way you were treated and hurt. >> really bad. i have two other kids at home. i have a mortgage car, bills. it took a lot away from our

family. the kids don't deserve that. >> reporter: it garon tees pregnant employees the same rights as other employees with short-term disabilities. between 1997 and 20011, pregnancy related discrimination complaints with the u.s. equal opportunity commission or eeoc jumped 43%. >> she shouldn't have been forced to choose between following her doctor's orders and coming to work. >> reporter: ariella mcdull is an attorney with the american civil liberties union. >> when women are pushed out during their pregnancies, it sets them back on an income gap, put them into financial insecurity. one of them is north carolina where ja where jamie cole lives and works. >> that's because it's enough says the employee attorney. >> since the pregnancy

discrimination act really adequately provides protection and does it aggressively, even north carolina doesn't come in and seize that she still requires protection. >> reporter: in a statement the brian center told us our goal is to meet our employees' employment needs. we believe we have done so in miss cole's case however, we continue to review our policies, procedures, and practices as the law changes. she's seeking back wages and compensation. >> why was it worth it to you to fight for other women? >> because of my little girl and i have nieces. they don't have to go through that. >> reporter: for "cbs this morning" mark strassmann asheville, north carolina. >> is it wrong to say i'm on

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good morning. it's 7:57. we're in extended snow coverage. >> the snow that's fallen prompted many school systems to delay or close very early. they are running at the bottom of your screen and they are on the wusa 9news mobile app. >> we want to head out first to one of the first places to close schools. >> let's do weather first. >> okay. >> and find out exactly when the snow will end. we have a warmup in store as well. >> we can look forward to milder temperatures and lots of sunshine as we head towards the weekend. right now, the good news that we have for you is that this system has kind of underperformed for most of us. most of the moisture stayed further to the east and southeast, so all our snowfall totals we were predicting for you over the past 24 hours or so, we got in those predicted

snowfall totals, on the low end of the range which obviously makes it easier for you to clean up and get out the door. you can see on doppler 9000 a 3- hour loop the system is pulling away, still snowing steadily and heavily in the delmarva peninsula and portions of southern maryland. we predicted this would be the area that would receive the highest snowfall totals, and that is definitely playing out here in st. mary's county, southern calvert and charles counties as well. you can see throughout temperatures are well enough to support the snowfall, 23 at andrews, 23 frederick, leesburg and manassas. a 12-hour loop shows the snow skirting to the south, the rain staying well to the south of us, this was an all-snow event,

a few small reports of some sleet pellets early in the morning, but overall it's been a snowfall event and this is what we're ending up with, one to two inches in southern portions of prince george's county and points south of that, just a trace to an inch in the beltway and a few flurries as you get further north. so things have played out pretty comfortably for us. we're going to see maybe a few more flurries through the rest or snowshowers through about noon and then just tapering off to flurries as we head into the afternoon and early evening hours. but because of the difficulty for the commute, wednesday remains yellow alert day, and thursday will see more sunshine coming back, temperatures starting to get milder but still below average for this time of year with a high of 39 on thursday. then friday looks pretty nice with a high of 40 degrees. we'll see a lot of sunshine too, and in the first alert 7 day forecast, beautiful by comparison's sake to what we have out there now, as we head

into the weekend. high temperatures near 50 degrees. we will see a chance for some rainshowers on sunday but other than that we have a dry stretch and milder temperatures moving in as we head through the next several days. >> so one of the first places to close schools concerned about the weather was prince william county, one of many on the list. >> and we have more on conditions. >> school officials jumped so early to cancel schools, the roads really have been clear, in regards to traffic. traffic has been very light, and that's a good thing because crews have done a really great job here in dale city, treating the roads. we're at the intersection of gideon at smoketown road. take a look. pavement looking really great. you can see the salt brine, the salt mixture. the only trouble spot, i'm going to walk over here to the parking lot to demonstrate the

untreated surfaces, perhaps that's why we saw the the schools. we have these untreated surfaces, and even though this is a very light coating of snow, certainly we know just a little bit is enough to cause some problems and slick spots, when you see the tire track and cars that have perhaps driven through. those could easily ice over, with colder temperatures, and so these untreated surfaces may have developed a problem for a lot of folks, if they were traveling out. so really a good move by prince william county schools to cancel classes for the day, let kids stay home, let them clear up the parking lots and sidewalks and let them gear up for a safe start of school tomorrow. now, again, the roads looking really great out here. we have been out here for several hours at this point, and we have seen lots of crews come by and really treat these

roads. again, the posted speed limit for ideal conditions, today not ideal. so crews are advising drivers to take it slow, cut their typical speed limit by half, and drive slowly so they can get safely to their destinations. that's your latest look here in prince william county, back to you in the studio. >> thank you. >> not an incredible amount of accidents. everybody beware. beverly? >> northbound 395 headed past the beltway remains jammed, past edsel road, duke street trying to make your way to the merge with the lanes from four to three. not far from there eisenhower avenue dealing with the closure, eisenhower is shut down just east of van dorn street. an accident this morning took out a utility pole and wires, close to the metro. you can still get to eisenhower

metro via van dorn street and metro record. the light volume we haven't seen many significant delays there. check out the beltway trying to make your way north of route 4, you see the snow on the shoulders and out of southern maryland we saw more snow accumulations, that's where they had more problems with accidents, nothing shutting anything down right now. 270, that was not only dry but a ghost town now headed into germantown, gettysburg, rockville, montgomery county schools did delay and other regions did so we'll find a delayed rush hour. points south, 95 of note, accident down at kings dominion detouring traffic, southbound 95 near the 98-mile marker before you get to richmond. back to you. >> thank you. we'll keep those delays and closings at the bottom of the screen and you can get them anytime by downloading our free wusa 9

efforts. experts see this all as a dangerous escalation as they compete over claims at who's better at attacking the west. charlie? >> thanks. this morning the american section of the international space station was evacuated and is shut down for now. they reacted to a reading of a small pneumonia leak early this morning. two americans and an italian put on masks and moved to the russian side of the station. officials say all six crew members including russians are safe. nasa is working to confirm whether a leak actually happened. they say the astronauts responded to a pressure increase in the station's cooling system. a utah boy is safe this morning after a terrified car theft. the 3-year-old was waiting inside his mother's car yesterday when somebody hopped in and drove away. bigad shaban shows how quick-thinking police eventually

found the boy and returned him to his family. >> reporter: when eelizabeth barrios walked out of this day care in utah yesterday, she watched her car speeding way with her 3-year-old still in side. >> there's a 2012 car with a baby in the back seat. >> a million thoughts were running through my head. i don't know what they wanted who they were where they're going to leave him, what they're going to do to him. >> reporter: she called 911 inside the day care center and told police her cell phone was in the car. responding officers quickly thought of a plan. >> one of two things could potentially happened. the 3-year-old possibly could answer it be savvy enough to answer it or the suspect himself could answer the phone. >> reporter: aden answered his mom's phone. the suspect had ditched the car leaving the boy alone. >> we're trying to figure out if he can give us any direction or anything at all to find him. >> if she's fill got contact with the 3-year-old can she tell

him to start honking ted him to honk the horn continuously hoping the officers can here him. >> i told him to stay calm. >> it took police a few minutes to locate the car a few blocks from the day care center. aden was still inside unharmed. >> it felt so good knowing he was safe and knowing what he did. >> reporter: ogden police are the suspect. as for aden and his bravery, he was awarded honorary junior police officer for the day. for "cbs this morning," bigad shaban los angeles. >> police officer aden. that he had that he wasn't so traumatized to answer the phone. >> and get out of his car seat and start honking the horn. that's a lot for a 3-year-old. >> 3-year-olds know a lot. i don't have one but they. >> they say they know jeefrg ahead on "cbs this morning," new fears the disneyland measles outbreak could spread across the country. plus the

>> we're drying out for a lot of areas through the district, accumulations will be over. we have a couple more flurries through fredericksburg that won't add up to much. we're seeing accumulation in southern st. mary's county and over to the other side of the bay, through east maryland. temperatures in the 20s. whatever you see on your grassy

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in our "morning rounds," chronic pain. one government report says it's a real life problem for 100 million americans or more. figures show 5 million to 8 million of them need powerful narcotics to fight the pain and the cost 5 -- $635 billion.

good morning. let's talk about this. chronic pain is a real issue. >> that's quite a staggering number. you have to say what is chronic pain. >> exactly. >> when you break your arm, that's what we call acute pain and whelp the bone heals and the pain continues that's when it's chronic pain. classically when pain lasts three or six months 100 million people, 25 million of which it's moderate or severe or pretty dramatically affectings their quality of life. >> what causes it? >> it causes anything from an accident to back pain to a head yan to a particular disease you have. lots of different causes. but we lump all of them together as chronic pain when it lasts past a standard period of time. >> and so what about the possible consequences of too much medication for chronic pain? >> well, you know at one point you don't want people to suffer but in general we're giving a lot of narcotics. i think what this report from the government showed is that

there aren't a lot of standard path ways. they don't tell you how much to give, when to go up a dose, down a dose, doctors are doing it without a lot of training. narcotics as we all know have a lot of side effects. 17,000 deaths a few years ago from narcotics and over 100,000 admissions. so while they can help pain in a short run, there aren't real study showing they weren't past three or six months. the studies haven't been done so we're kind of flying blind in the medical world. >> that's what would be disserving doctor, r. agus that you're tagging all this medication and spending all this money. what do you do? >> there's the first mainstream movie talking about somebody with chronic pain and that's called " eded eded "kate" with jennifer aniston and they had a study

that came out from har flan nation also involves areas where there is chronic pain. it gives us real hope. i think the real message here is we need to pay attention as a country. this is costing over $600 billion to our country, so we've got to put resources to research, do long-term studies and figure out a new way here because we are all suffering. >> i know. as the nha says this isilent and it's exploded to other types of treatments. it's very real. >> i'm with you. we need new ideas and a new war. >> a great plug for "kate." she was great in it and it shows you how devastating it can be. thank you very much dr. agus. coming up amazon.com with more than just packages. why woody allen -- yep, woody allen has just signed on. that's next.

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>> yes. i mean -- >> so you're a lesbian. >> well -- >> we got married before gay was fashionable. >> i want to see this show. this series is called "transparent." the show was honored on sunday with two golden globes and now amazon has hired woody allen to write and direct his first tv series. but can amazon's prime video service complete with netflix, cable, and the broadcast networks? good morning you do nick. >> good morning. how are you? >> you are? >> we are, coming up. >> we're not going to talk about that today. 2015 getting off to a good start for amazon. >> yes it's getting off to a good start. amazon had a terrible 2014. they launch the fire phone, which was terrible.

their last quarter they lost $437 million for n't make up for that. >> no. think you'd rather have the $437 million. >> but the news of the day is signing up woody allen which is on the front page of "usa today." why is this so popular and why is amazon getting into this business? >> we think of amazon for books. >> clothing. i order everything off amazon. >> you have to become a member of amazon prime which is their $100 a year subscription service. what they found is when customers become members of amazon prime they buy everything because of the shipping. >> that's it for your me. >> then when you're an amazon prime member you're going to buy posters, books everything so that's how they're going to make their money. >> and they are getting a lot more content that they're streaming. >> right. >> they've gone full out for

this. >> that's one of the reasons they lost so much and this is another reason why this is good news. investors were upset, what's all this dumping money into video and will you really get it back? we'll look at the economics once we get more data. >> but, nick isn't tv really changing? i was at the golden globes the other day. a lot of us watched it on tv. and so it's brand-new ball game how we get and watch tv. >> it's a brand-new ball game and it's going to become brand-new every year. every level is changing. so the way we make it is just watching. we don't watch it just on the tv. we watch it on all different kinds of screens. so the market is totally opening up. >> at the end of 24014 we saw hbo and cbs announce streaming programs. >> that's another trend. the big companies that have had a lot of success are now saying,

okay, this is opening up let's gets a mump market shares on that. so everybody going into streaming. >> the interesting point about woody allen, how much attention has it drawn simply because it's woody allen. whether he makes interesting material or not, there's a whole lot of attention about amazon this morning. >> there's tons. there's a lead story on "usa today," woody allen saying i don't know what i'm going to make, but it's definitely getting a lot of attention for that and it will drive people to subscribe to prime. "transparent?" i want to want that. and woody allen. >> when they make a good show you're going to buy it. netflix because of "house of cards." ahead, 36 questions that could lead

good morning. 8:25. we're still in our extended snow coverage. >> the snow that's fallen this morning has prompted many school delays and closings, running at the bottom of your screen, and they are also on the wusa 9news mobile app. >> most of the concerns are to the south of the district. let's check in with scott broom driving through southern maryland in his mobile newsroom. scott, good morning. >> reporter: well, i'm in waldorf, charles county, where schools are closed today. there's not a lot of snow on the ground as you can see outside the window but there is enough. i said earlier it looks like powdered sugar on a doughnut, and on untreated surfaces like this parking lot that's just enough at 25 degrees so when the tires go over it, it turns into a thin veneer of ice so untreated surfaces can be really slick. i'm about to take a turn here on 301 south, which is a major commuter route where conditions

will then change dramatically, as you can see me pulling out on the road, the shoulder snow covered but in the travel lanes it's been treated with salt. there's not a lot of traffic because schools are out, and that means once you get yourself to a main road this morning, if you're a commuter, you are going to get there today as you move north from here in charles county into prince george's county, and towards the metro area, the roads are more clear than even this. roadways are in good condition, on the major roadways, but the side streets, the sidewalks, the approaches to schools in particular, any surface that has not been treated can be very slick this morning, despite the fact we're only measuring the snow in millimeters. reporting live in charles county, route 301 in waldorf, scott broom, wusa 9. >> this is more of an underperformer? >> we nailed where it would be

in southern maryland, they got an inch and a half in parts in st. mary's county and almost an inch in culpeper. >> we got the timing down pat. >> it's good to underpredict sometimes but we did see a lot verified. we didn't see as much as the district. to the south we have flight flurries in fredericksburg, not accumulating to much, but a little bit more to the north. the highest totals in charles county, where scott was, st. mary's county still having snow and sleet, an inch and a half, good accumulation through southern parts of prince george's county as well. that's going to linger on through st. mary's county, through parts of east maryland, that's going to linger for another couple hours before it gets out of the way and the rest of us see better conditions improve on the

roadways. 27degrees for d.c. 21 gaithersburg. anything on the grass is going to stay for a while. we're not going to warm up until tomorrow. we'll see 39 degrees for tomorrow. more sunshine. more sunshine friday even, and the weekend we'll be abnormally warm and a little bit of precipitation headed your way sunday night. let's go to beverly with traffic. we're tracking out the ride for folks on the beltway, between oxon hill and andrews, that volume has been ligh any snow we've seen really sticking to the shoulders on and off ramps, secondary roads in the areas, but the roadway, the pavement itself through lanes remains wet. southern maryland a couple new accidents, southbound side of route 4, prince frederick, traffic squeezing by the crash on the shoulder and police are responding route 4 north of the route 2 split at lower marlboro road for a serious crash. eisenhower avenue blocked near the metro. use van dorn to metro road, an accident took out a utility pole this morning. eisenhower avenue east of van

dorn between there and clairmont not available for you. 395 for the 14th street bridge, delays out of edsel, the landmark, slow go north of the pentagon battery channel drive across the 14th street bridge has been volume-free there. eastbound lanes of 66 headed east through you'll find the delays just between 123 and vienna metro really, payson to manassas and centreville is light into falls church. back to you. >> we'll keep the delays and closings running at the bottom of the screen. get them anytime by downloading our free wusa 9news app to help you on the

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mid-december. of those infected half were not vaccinated. >> around the world we've seen a big outbreak of measles. on the other hand we know certain couantries have seen immunizations drop. >> here in the u.s. measles infections have skyrocketed. more than 600 cases were reported last year, the highest number since 2000. the virus is highly contagious and can take up to 12 days to show up. symptoms include cough, fever, and a the resurgence of this disease once believed to be eliminated has doctors concerned. >> getting everyone vaccinated is so important because trying to contain these infections can really be difficult. there's a lot of information out there that can be confusing or contradictory and if people don't get immunized as a result, it's a problem. >> reporter: last year parents

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children from. >> reporter: for "cbs this morning" carter evans, los angeles. is it possible to love with somebody just by asking 36 questions? >> one question. >> do share. one of the most popular article this morning on "the new york times" network poses that idea. arthur aaron who brought together pairs of strangers they were told to ask each other a series of increasingly personal questions. he found that afterward the pair felt greater closeness than strangers who engage in small talk. sari cooper joins us. hi sari. >> hi. >> three different people sent me this article. i don't know if they're worried about me or -- >> including norah. >> norah's looking out for me. the questions were fascinating to me. what were they trying to accomplish with questions looking for love? >> the original study had the three sets of questions and each

set got more and more personal as it went on. the original question was, you know, what do you have in common with another person. that's something that, you know is fairly easy to answer doesn't take a lot of guts or courage to expose but i do think they're trying to get people to become more vulnerable. >> i think this is fascinating, but the idea is can you create intimacy with someone by a series of questions. what is that sort of interpersonal closeness. let's look. if you could change anything about the way you were raised, what would it be. why do you think that would bring people closer together? >> when they talking about childhood, the spouse starts to lean in and feel warmer. even with stranges when you talk about childhood you're talking in the eyes of being a child

because it warms people to you. it's like somebody looking at a picture of yourself when you were a kid and going, oh, you were so cute. suddenly you're drawing someone in closer and it shoes reflection. what would you change, what wouldn't you change. >> it seems to me the most important thing is vulnerability. >> correct. that's what it's all about. >> because there are a lot of basic questions, where are you from. i call it gee graph cake dating. where did you go to school, what do you like all those kinds of things. kind of boring. i like question number 30. when did you last cry in front of another person by yourself. cry in front of another person and by yourself. what do you think you learn about a person from that answer and what fi if don't like the answers? >> the first part is a very american question. in other cultures people cry more openly. in america it's very personal. >> people always cry. >> that's true. not in a therapy session -- even in a therapy session, you're

allowed to cry here. what i think it says is what are you crying about when you tell someone, you know i cried here, you know with my girlfriend, it tells you who's close to you and it also tells you how often they cry. you know it's been like six months since i cried. >> it's really an interesting exercise. the other thing is they talk about what they admire in them that that's great way to do things. also at the end of the piece, they say partners should look into each other's eyes without speaking for four minutes. >> that's a long time. >> have you done it? >> i have done it because it's an exercise that you have to do when you become a certified sex therapist actually. >> what are we looking for when we look into each other's eyes? >> it become as tradition of tanzra and it's gazing they call it. it almost feels like a trance.

you calm down. time starts to move a little slower and you actually -- eyes are the windows to your soul. you start to see someone for who they are and they see you. so it's a very vulnerable experience. i think that's what the writer was getting at in the article. >> are you calming down right now? getting a little slower? i took off my windows so you could see the windows of my soul. >> i need another glance. >> thank you, sari cooper. let me put them on so i can see. >> she wasn't looking at her soul. >> don't hate, charlie. don't hate. you can see the full list of 36 questions from psychologist arthur aaron and the instructions for the exercise go to

>> we're tracking flurries sliding to the north, not much as far as accumulation, the most is from st. mary's county, an inch and a half, snow and sleet mixed in is going to continue for another couple hours. temperatures are below freezing. we're not going to make it above freezing for a lot of areas. 23 lee

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>> reporter: if that's true dean koontz is the henry ford of books. he's written over 100 books from sci-fi to horror books. >> how do you do this? how do you crank out so many books >> i'm a fussbudget too, so when i write a novel, i don't move from page 1 to page 2 until i've written 30 drafts. i have to polish it and then i move on. this comes from doubt which comes from my child hod. >> we'll get to that in a moment. he's mourning a loss. he's just released odd. a fry cook who sees dead people. the books have sold 20 million copies. >> you tweeted writing the last odd thomas is like turning my back on an old dead friend.

file like swine. this is tough for you. >> it is. i often feel like swine. it's my nature. yeah, he came to me in the most amazing way. i was working on another book and into my head came t line my name is odd thomas. >> reporter: he grew up in pennsylvania. he calls his mother florence a saint, his father a sinner who tried to stab him. >> my dad hat 44 jobs in 34 years. he was a violent alcoholic. >> i don't want to turn this into therapy but your own father tried to kill you. >> mm-hmm. >> what did that kill you? >> i ended up putting it in a novel. we're merciless writers. we use everything. >> do you have happy memories of him or is it all negative? >> it's a terrible thing to say about your own father. i have no happy memories. i literally cannot think of one.

>> was that childhood something to overcome or did that become the motivation to be who you are today? >> ben, it's both. i have said sometimes i would not have had my career if not for my father because that's where all the creativity comes from. when i write about sociopaths, i'm writing from the trenches. >> reporter: those experiences have helped kountze sell more than 450 million copies of his books. one was a number one seller making him the richest author in life. he has a home above california's coast. >> this is not bad. he share this with his wife of 48 years, ger ta. they first met at a neighborhood birthday party in 19489. they now have a home theater bigger than the homes they grew

up in. they named it after the movie house in their pennsylvania town. the doors that lead outside to the real world, a reminder of the fantasy that is now their reality. >> we both grew up so poor and we wanted to create a place that was perfect for us and i think we didn't know where to stop. so we just kept going. >> kind of like his writing which he does for about ten hours each day. he still uses this two-decade-old computer. your name is very big on the book. >> and he's aware that the size of his name on the books is now much larger than the book's title but he didn't consider himself a celebrity author. he's just a guy who lives down the street who knows how to tell a story. >> writing talent is a gift. it's nothing i ever earned. the only thing i can earn is the craftsmanship with which i do it, but i can take pride in the nagt i can do it because it's

something i could do. >> he's got his trusty old computer. >> i got chills when he said he doesn't have one happy memory of his dad. it shows how he's turned that into something. i wanted to know is he married. he's been married and for a long time. that made me feel better. >> something in the previous segment says something about the interior of people's lives. >> you're watching "cbs this morning." we'll have surprises when we come back.

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>> 8:55. >> it's a yellow alert day, the snow has prompted many school delays and closings, they are on the bottom of the screen and our mobile news app. >> allison, when are things going to be done for the day? >> a lot of areas north and west are done the day. we've seen a couple of those advisories go away. the national weather service shaved them off. areas to the south are still seeing light snow. let's take a look at the advisories as they stand until 12:00 down 95, a band to stafford along 95, those areas stretching to culpeper we'll see those advisories stick and of course through st. mary's and through calvert county and far southeast maryland we're seeing accumulations total and freezing rain. here is the last band traveling to the north near quantico, you'll see this through stafford and dale city, as you travel over to charles county the light snow continues as well, even heavier amounts as

you head into southern parts of st. mary's county into southern parts of calvert county. notice the pink, the freezing rain, it's going to continue for a while. temperatures are cold. anything that falls, it will stick and is going to stay until tomorrow. we don't get above freezing until tomorrow afternoon. as you head farther south, temperatures will warm up a little bit. we run into the sleet and freezing rain until this low pressure system finally gets out of our way. we're starting to clear out for gaithersburg, frederick, westminster, cloudy skies and cold day for the rest of the afternoon. 21 hagerstown, 25 culpeper, 25 annapolis. lots of places north of the district will stay below freezing. areas south will get above freezing but not much. snowshowers will continue, sleet possible as well. much better looking for thursday and friday with some sunshine. let's go to beverly with traffic. >> around the region we've got lighter volume, because of

cancellations and school closings, capitol beltway wet pavement, in some cases dry that didn't say much precipitation. still volume delays along 395, to the 14th street bridge, better in landmark. some traffic getting by on eisenhower east of van dorn, the scene of the accident with the utility pole. a crash closes southbound lanes of route 4 at lower marlboro road. as far as the inbound lanes, the volume is light. the wilson bridge in good shape. outer loop delays into silver spring have been brief. back to you. we're driving along military road. we've not seen any snow on the roads here so far. earlier this morning we were in charles county.

we were in prince george's county. we saw a lot more snow on the roads there. but on our trip here, we made our way from charles county down here to d.c. within the past hour, and it was a very smooth trip. we didn't have any issues, no slick spots. and as you can see right now, everything is moving along just fine here. however, i want you to take a look to the right side. you can see in the grass still some snow over there. so this is what your drive to work this morning is going to look like if you're about to head out the door. the roads are just fine. no snow falling, just so far, but be careful because you don't see the snow on the road doesn't mean there aren't slick spots, especially on overpasses or as you're turning or on roads, but from charles county as we left charles county about an hour ago, we noticed just a dusting on the roads, as scott broom put it, it was like a powdered doughnut, not really much to write home about. on the way back here, a really easy trip. it's all clear so far. we'll send it back to you in

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