>> > good morning. it is thursday february 5th 2015. welcome to "cbs this morning." overnight hackers strike one of the nation's largest health insurers, and up to 80 million people may be affected. investigators of a deadly train crash focus why a mother drove her suv onto the tracks. you'll hear from a survivor who helped passengers escape. >> and we'll take you backstage with grammy nominee grant church. see what it takes to get this show on the road. begin this morning with today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> the fbi is itinvesnggati a

massive breach at anthem inc. >> cyberhi teves target the second largest health insurer. >> over 80,000 were compromised. that makes this the largest in corporate history. >> the reason for why the suv was stopped on the tracks. >> the train car and suh were v were removed from the tracks. >> a newlyev realed pentagon report reveals russian president vladimir putin mayfe sufr from asperger's. >> windchills well below zero from the twin cities surging over to the east coast. >> he said it's every parent's responsibility to vaccinate their children. bush also spoke about his father. y >> misdad the greatest dad in the world and if anyone disaee disagrees disagrees,ll we' go outside.

>> a shooting. two people were wounded. >> rob gronkowski. >> all that -- >> the 2015 "sports illustrated" swimsuit edition is making a plash. it will feature a plus ad. >> a buffalo man saves the life of man who was having an accident. >> the ambulance couldn't get through the snow. >> he saved your life. >> yes, he did. i'll do anything for him. >> on "cbs this morning." >> former olympian bruce jenner is reportedly transitioning into a woman. >> if they don't call that show trancejen transjenner, i quit. >> announcer: this morning's "eye opener" presented by toyota. let's go places. welcome to "cbs this morning." one of america's largest health insurers anthem confirmed a massive data breach.

reports say hackers may have stolen up to 80 million records. no credit card or critical information is in danger but social security number birthdays andbirthday birthdays, and addresses may have been compromised. >> jill schlesinger is here to look at the impact of what may be one of the largest hacks in history. jill, good morning. >> good morning. >> how bad is the breach? >> this is pretty big. this will rank in the top three. we had two breaches in ex-peerian and ebay in 2013. but this is bigger than home depot. i want to emphasize no bank or credit card information was stolen. medical information does not appear to have been stolen. i think that's important to remember. >> so the worst thing is? >> i think the worst thing is

not knowing. the best thing is the company found it themselves last week. they disclosed it within one week. there were instances where weeks and weeks had passed before they disclosed it to the public so i think anthem is on the cusp of something new here, we've got to to get in front of this. we can't afford to let weeks go by. >> anything customers can do? >> they've set up a separate website, website. the ftc has a phenomenal website, ftc.gov with very specific steps you should take if you think your information has been come proes miezpromisecompromised. again, ftc.gov. >> it's scary. another cyber attack. >> we have to get used to it. it's going to be the cost for every single company.

we have to spend more on cyber security. regulators say they're going have a task force on it. >> even anthem's president was hacked. >> misery loves company. commuter trains are running where a collision killed six people in new york city. the train and the suv have now been pulled from the scene. they want to know how the mother driving the suv got onto those tracks. don dahler is at the crash scene in valhalla. that's about 30 miles north of new york city. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. federal investigators will be looking at the electronics that monitor the train as well as the suv that garnered its path. they're going to be looking at the signals that are flashing behind me as well the crossing gate. crews have been on the scene now in the aftermath of a split

decision made by a 49-year-old mother of three. the intense heat of the collision and fire caused the mercedes suv to melt and bond itself to the front of the commuter train. on wednesday it took hours for crews to separate the team. as darkness fell a locomotive towed the train away from the crash site. >> the big question everybody wants to know is why was this vehicle in the cross road. >> robert sumwald said the train pushed the car 1,000 feet down the tracks pulling up 400 feet of the third rail which powers the train. >> the entire interior of the first railcar was burned out. the initial indications are the fire was fueled by gasoline from the suv. >> mike wofford helped dozens of

survivors take place inside his business. >> we were bringing people 30 to 40 at a time to keep from freezing. a lot of people were jumping out the doors and windows without their coats on. >> reporter: investigators say the train full of 600 commuters plowed into the suv at 60 miles an hour. >> there was a lot of screaming and sudden dust everywhere. >> reporter: ryan kelly said he was asleep but the impact jolted him away. >> i'm lucky i only broke my hand and hurt my shoulder. >> reporter: among the victims, 49-year-old ellen brody was behind the wheel of the suv. the five others include 65-year-old walter liedke 60-year-old eric vandercar, robert dirks, jonah doll and

aditya aditya tomar. investigateors say ellen brody may have been the only victim. >> some were able to help others who were trapped or shaken up. vinita nair spoke with one who was described as a hero. >> good morning. james wallace has been making the commute regularly for years. he was sitting in the second car tuesday when he said he felt the jerk. >> people started panicking, were starting to run back toward the back of the second car. there was a tremendous amount of billowing smoke coming through at that point. we could see shapes moving around in the smoke so we wanted very much to get in there to help people. >> wallace, a former ambulance corps member searched throughout

the train calling for passengers. >> i wanted to get to a woman who was panicked. i said you have to stay calm. >> what did she say. >> sometimes you see panic. she had that in her eyes. >> reporter: it took a team of them to open the emergency door. >> we started to smell gasoline fumes and the fire was getting quite a lot larger. i started thinking this is not the place we want to be. we've got go. we have to go now. >> reporter: wallace helped set up a makeshift triage for the injured. >> i wanted to help people if they were injured, so i went up to the cemetery and found a couple people there, a broken leg and a woman with broken ribs and we were able to hang on until ems arrived. >> reporter: after the train's impact with the suv, wallace said he and fellow passengers tried to break through to the first car where other people were trapped but he said they were unable to reach them. >> vinita thanks. this crash is making other

railroads think about their safety measures. these types of accidents happen several times day. we'll look at risks that millions of commuters face. that's ahead. and this morning we're hearing the final moments of the comments in the cockpit of a plane. transasia clipped a bridge before plunging into the river. overnight officials leased audio from the cockpit and the tower from just before the accident. >> this is the deadly accident in just over six months. this morning al qaeda's branch in yemen confirm a leader was killed in a drone atachlkt he was one of their latest figures. he threatened new attacks against the west. the terror group said he was one

of four people killed in saturday's drone strike. >> jordan is vowing retaliation against isis this morning after the funeral of a pilot burned alive by the militants. they promise a harsh war. charlie d'agata is in ahman with emotional comments from the family. >> good morning. the family visited the king this morning where fighter jets flew over that pilot'swn. we heard them here in ahman. it's seen as a show of strength underlining the fact that jordan's fight against isis is personal. there's no body to bury of the murdered jordanian pilot but his family held a funeral for him last night. his father said isis militants were infidels terrorists who know no humanity. the international community must destroy them. jordan's king abdullah met with

the family this morning. they're part of an influential tribe the king has depended on for their backing. he's vowed there would be a relentless response to the killing. the government's spokesman said stepped up air strikes were just the beginning. >> this is a true evil an eminent threat to the security of the country, and therefore we we need to defeat it. >> reporter: the pilot's capture in december prompted the united arab emirates to halt its participation in air strikes until the u.s. could come up with better contingency plans for downed pilots and a growing number of jordanians felt that way too. it was said the gruesome video silenced the critics. >> many were shocked from the level of brutality. many were shocked by seeing their jordanian pilot being

burned in this way, and i think it mate them fire back. >> reporter: it backfired because even those who never wanted to square off against isis say it's time for jordan to exact revenge. sources that we've spoken to says the ideas of sending in ground troops is under discussion but it's more likely to be small teams special forces going after specific isis targets rather than a full-scale invasion. norah? >> charlie, thank you so much. isis continues to gain ground this morning despite air attacks. it's been focused around one city kobani. holly joins us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we went to a section of the front line in syria where isis is just four miles away and the

kurdish fighters there told us they have not seen a single air strike. it's where kids in battle don't cry for us say these soldiers. we're fighting for freedom. they've volunteered with the kurdish militia. farmers, housewives and shopkeepers determined to keep isis off their land and armed withed on secondhand guns bought off the free market. >> we want freedom and we don't want to be afraid raising our kids in future and having a normal life. >> reporter: this 22-year-old quit her job as an elementary teacher to become a sniper. >> when i came here, at first i was scared but i thought, you know what should be done and you know why you're here. i need to protect myself and my friends and my people and my country. >> reporter: just west of here

in the city of kobani the u.s. and kurdish forces declared victory over isis last week, but it took more than 700 u.s. led air strikes and the fighting cost hundreds of kurdish lives. three months of shelling has already destroyed the village that once stood here but now that isis has been forced to retreat from kobani, the commanders here are worried the extremists will launch a full-scale offensive against this front line. if they do this patrol leader worries even these determined soldiers won't be able to hold them back. we need the international community to help protect us from these terrorists he told us. any kind of help would be good. but the u.s. and some of its coalition partners are reluctant to get more deeply involved in syria because doing so means

intervening in the country's complicated civil war and may end up helping the syrian regime. gayle? >> thank you holly. secretary of state john kerry is in ukraine as the u.s. considered supplying armed weapons to the country's forces there. u.s. has ginn nonlethal mill tai supplies but has not sent weapons to help the fight. russian-backed rebels though separatists have been gaining ground in eastern ukraine. on wednesday the president told ashton carter told congress he was in favor of arming the ukrainian military. cbs news received a pentagon report. it says president vladimir putin may have autism. david martin is at the pentagon. good morning. >> good morning. this report is from 2008 and is

based entirely analysis of public videos from putin back when he became president of russian in 2000. it states, quote, pure tin's neurological development was significantly interrupted during infancy and it suggests that putin's mother suffered a stroke while he was still in her womb and that resulted in an insult to his brain which has affected everything from the way he thinks to the way he moves the right side of his body. and the result according to this study is a russian leader with limited social skills who is driven by quote, an extreme attention to detail and excessive control. his primary form of compensation for this disorder is extreme control and this is reflected in his decision style and how he goerns. putin's hard-wired personal style is unlikely to change.

we need to point out this is not based on brain scans or scientific data but this was produced by the office of net assessment which is a well respected organization within the pentagon which reports directly to the secretary of defense. we do not know if either presidents bush or obama read this report before meeting with putin. gayle? >> david, thank you very much. some schools are dainch russly vulnerable to measles. that's according to a "usa today" report. the report says 1 in seven schools are vulnerable. vaccination rates are below 90%. there are now 11445 cases in 14 states and it's traced back to disney land. patriots fans lined the streets wednesday for a pray pennsylvania raid of the nfl

super bowl champions. tom brady brought hitzs 5-year-old son. how cute is that. the parade was postponed 24 hours so boston could plow after monday's snowstorm. congratulations once again. >> they seemed to have a great time. you know was having great time, grorng. he is a party. >> he is a party. it's 7:19.

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look at this little girl. she happened upon a broken ticket machine at chuck e. cheese and couldn't resist. she went on for five minutes and nobody stopped her. i hope she took all those tickets and bought herself a big old prize. good for her. >> she's going i like chuck e. cheese. she's having a grade time. welcome back to "cbs this morning." coming up in this half hour jury trial begins today. legal analyst rikki klieman is in our toyota green room. she will weigh in on whether the hit movie will impact the trial. plus the dangers of an exploding manhole. this is a growing concern after the recent snowstorms. a look into the science how those explosions happen and how

to stay safe. that's ahead. time to show you some of this morning's headlines. residents of lee's hometown of monroeville, alabama say the decision to public the see quiet "to kill a mockingbird" was made by her attorney. janet sawyer who own as local cafe knows they ee being greedy. she adds the 88-year-old author had a stroke several years ago and is not in a condition to make informed decisions. "the new york times" say there are new claims. there they claim it shows saudi arabia was a main financer of the september 11th attacks. moussaao moussaoui said they funded it. this has to do with part 4 of the 9/11 commission report and 28 pages from that report that

to this day remain classified. >> by two administrations. >> by two administrations. there are many lawmakers who have called for its release. even the saudi government would support it being released. >> and former senate graham has been urging it for a long time. tom wheeler wants to put broad band internet providers such as comcast and verizon wireless under a stricter regulatory regime. they should be run like a public utility. they would be panned from blocking content or web sfbss that would pay extra. time says that your tweets will soon start showing up on google. sometime in the first half of this year. twitter users' 140-character tweets will appear more prominently on google searches. it gives access to twitter's firehouse.

this morning a texas murder trial is under a hollywood spotlight. jury selection is beginning for a man accused of killing navy s.e.a.l. chris kyle. he's the subject of the movie "american sniper." the defender's lawyer say the box office success could make a trial difficult. mark strassmann has more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. eddie ray rolf is charged with murdering kyle and a friend of his at a nearby shooting range but rolf's defense team is worried it has tamted the jury pool. in "american sniper" chris kyle is portrayed as a conflicted hero killed by another veteran he tried to help. that man is 27-year-old eddie

ray routh. routh and his sister made the call to 9/11 two years ago, the day kyle and his friend littlefield were killed. >> he came by here. he said he killed two guys. he's all crazy. >> i was recently diagnosed with ptsd. >> post-traumatic stress disorder. >> the likely defense strategy would be post-traumatic stress disorder caused this person to act in a way that he temporarily was insane. >> my only regrets are the guys i couldn't save. that's what keeps me up at night. >> reporter: chris kyle was a hero in texas long before "american sniper." they declared this day as chris kyle day. >> chris kyle as you know is a legend. they've asked for a change of

venue in this case a request so far the judge has denied. but given his new iconic hollywood image some wonder if there's anywhere in america with jurors wouldn't wonder about him kyle's widow says she plans to be in court every day. >> thank you. let's bring in cbs news legal analyst rick can klemanclee rikki klieman. >> she said bradley cooper brought it so to life it brought husband. easterlily. >> anyone who sees this movie feels enormous sympathy about chris kyle. he's an american hero by any stretch of the imagination. so it would be one thing to move for a change of venue period or a delay, but now with the add vechblt of the movie and it's a

blockbuster, you can't even keep the book on the shelf. >> what about the oscar coming up with the movie out, best move, i mean -- actor. i mean in the midst of a trial. >> one of the problems here norah, is exactly that. if you're not going to change the venue, why not have a delay and that's certainly what the defense would say is why can't we wait until the award season is over. >> what about the other argument. this trial has been delayed for so long anyway. what about justice. >> justice delayed is justice denied and it's a true statement. the prosecutor and the court have said enough is enough. it's two years. it's time to get started. the question really is this. when does a motion for a change of venue really work? we're going to find out in the next two days. can they get 12 people in the box who can say they can be fair and impartial jurors. if they can, no change of venue,

no delay. >> wow. >> they'll find out quickly whether they can do that. >> they're going to find out really quickly if they start the trial next week. olympian champion bruce jenner are transitioning from male to female. in a report to "associated press" his mother said this. when he told me, it was a shock. she added it takes a lot of courage to do what he's doing. it's reportedly being documented on a tv series for e.t. network. john blackstone talks about how this comes after months of rumors of him changing his appear. ance >> reporter: long before anyone was keeping up with the kardashians, bruce jenner was already a household name as one of the most famous athletes. he won gold in the decathlon, breaking a world record in one of the world's grueling tempts

of fachlt he was on the wheaties box and sports ill straight. now he's a regular on the tabloid front pages thanks to his famous family and his new look. >> how do you go from the world's greatest athlete to a transgender person? that's a big change. >> so you look at him and know what's going on. >> her. >> her. >> former bob tour famous for tracking o.j. simpson is now zoey tur. she joined inside edition. she knows what it's like to transition from male to female in the public eye. >> it's apparent you know. this is not a secret. it's not a secret in my community. bruce jenner is transitioning. e >> wseem to be doing better

and both of us happier with some distance. >> reporter: jenner himself has not commented but multiple reports say he plans to open up about his transformation. stepdaughter kim kardashian told "entertainment tonight" the family supports him no matter what. >> i think bruce should tell his story his way. >> is he going through something? >> i think he'll share whenever the time is right. >> for good or ill however kim kardashian does retooth this issue is going to have a big effect o think about it. >> reporter: katy wrote the recent time study. >> the fact bruce jenner comes from a place of being an athlete and something we associate with traditionally being very masculine and male it makes it hard to stereotype what a transgender person is supposed to be like.

>> reporter: for those who are skeptical that this is a publicity stunt, tur says it's highly doubtful. >> you don't do this unless you're transgender. it's impossible to fake this. >> reporter: for "cbs this morning," john blackstone los angeles. you come into a much better appreciation of transgender. >> and it will help other people understand what's happening. i think kim said it best. let him tell his story when he's ready. >> agreed. >> i'll be watching. i'll be watching. >> ahead, you walk or drive over them without even thinking. how manhole covers could explode after a snowstorm. the dangerous threat many areas face this morning. you're watching "cbs this morning."

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explosion threatens the noit's one possible side effect of treating roads covered in snow and ice. crews have responded to at least 200 to 300 fires last week alone. anna werner is on a street where two fires broke out in two days. anna, good morning. >> reporter: good morning p the manhole covers can weigh as much as00 pounds. on monday the explosion inside this manhole was so powerful it blue the cover off and injured a man walking his dog. another force the evacuation of several parent buildings. this car was consumed tuesday morning by a manhole fire beneath it. wherever there are manholes explosions can happen and winter weather is often to blame. al monroe who supervises repair crews for electrical company con edison says the icy roads are

ball. >> mentally you're just prepared with what to expect. >> reporter: >> like you're going into battle. >> like you're going into battle. >> reporter: when the ice melts it runs into the manhole. if any of the cables are bothen or there's faulty insulation the salt can come into contact causing a spark that can ignite trapped gases. >> you often see in these situations flames shooting out of the hole. this spokesman said five years ago the utility installed venting covers to allow trapped gas to escape but it's not a permanent solution. aren't you always says look we can do more? >> we're always looking. >> reporter: roger anderson says growing neighborhoods means more cables underground which amps up the danger. >> any stuff you put in

increases the risk. >> overstuffing a suitcase means the seams are more likely to pop. >> right. >> reporter: it's not just the salt that gets down into these manholes. the hot weather can too. the heat can overtax the electrical underground systems causing fires or again triggering explosions. gayle? >> thank you. a barber says he can straighten out boys who break the rules by giving them a

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good morning. it's thursday, february 5th, 2015. welcome back to "cbs this morning." more news ahead. the danger of trains hitting cars. we're going to look at ways to protect railroads to make them safer and driver smarter. but first here's a look at today's "eye opener" at 8:00. >> this is going to be the cost of every company doing business. >> investigators will look at the monitors that guide the train. >> what did she say? >> sometimes you see fear and panic. i could see that in her. >> sending in ground troops is under discussion but it's more likely they'll go after specific isisge tarts. >> forced to retreat from kobani. the commanders here worry that the extremists will launch a

full-scale offensive. >> this report states quote, putin's neurological development was significantly interrupted in infancy. >> this is not a secret. it's not a secret in my community. bruce jenner has transitioned. >> the covers on these manholes can weigh as much as 300 pounds. this explosion was so powerful it blew the cover off. >> let's sea you ees's say you have a chance to play in the super bowl or be there for the boivgt your baby. which one do you do? >> is it my first child? >> announcer: today's "eye opener" at 8:00 is presented by nationwide insurance. >> i'm charlie rose with gayle king and nor o'donnell. the investigation of a deadly commuter err err train crash is focusing on the woman of the suv.

49-year-old ellen brody had a husband and three children. >> investigators want to figure out why she was caught between the two crossing gates. and they say everyone may have sur advised if the electrified rail did not pierce the first car of the train. >> jeff pegues is riding a washington, d.c. commuter train in northwest virginia. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. each and every day americans rely on commuter rail systems just like this one to get them to work and back home safely. an average 5 million tons of rail is moved across the railway each and every day. yesterday was another wakeup call for them nationwide. it happened last october when a freight train plowed into a truck stuck on the tracks. >> oh, my god. tell me he got out. >> reporter: and in north carolina one month later. every three hours in this

country a person or vehicle is hit by a train and it's not just freight trains. outside of chicago last month a car swerved in front of a commuter train. just yesterday a car collided. another car involved in fender bender was pushed into an poncoming train. >> i didn't see the car coming from behind me. i felt the impact of it. i was in shock. >> reporter: in 2014 there were 2,068 railway incidents. 87% of fatalities occur as a result of driver's actions and poor judgment. in florida a woman narrowly escaped disaster when she jumped from a car that was right in the pant of a train. bad as it is it is getting better. the number of collisions have actually dropped by 85% since

197 1978. >> they don't happen that often. when they do the results are catastrophic. >> reporter: he said that sometimes drivers don't have much time to react. >> a second or two from the time the gate -- the bells and the lights begin to the time the gate starts to go into the down position. >> reporter: the federal railroad administration credits improvement such as flashing lights and gates for decreased collisions above ground but accidents happen underground as well. in january hundreds of washington, d.c. passengers were trapped inside a smoke-filled metro train for one hour, and just last week in boston, passengers kicked out train windows when an mbta car filled with smoke. passengers encountered similar evacuation chaos after the collision in new york on tuesday. >> we've seen in the past problems with emergency doors or not enough emergency windows. >> reporter: former national

transportation chairman deborah hersman says officials need to look at better ways to educate riders. >> we've got to make sure we take the knowledge we learn from these crashes, collisions fires, and applying them. >> reporter: infrastructure improvements could lead to a decrease in collisions buchl for right now they're focused on their evacuation procedures. they want to make sure the passengers know what to do when something goes wrong. >> jeff, thanks. this morning the navy is celebrating the firefighter of the future. the machine is called sapphire. the robot weighs 143 pounds and stands about 6 feet tall. it's described as have a supe range of emotion. right now it's a prototype. the navy hopes one day it will be able to examine ships. it walks on uneven surfaces and rotates with laser walking through dead smoke.

>> how cool is that. this morning the federal government is taking steps to protect a long-time star performer at an atlanta aquarium. the decision comes after years of protests from manl rights groups. vicente arenas is there. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the ruling doesn't go into effect for another 90 days. meantime lolita is staying put. meantime animal rights activists will prove that the endangered species act is being violated. for more than 40 years lolita has been the main attraction at the miami seaquarium spending most of her life being held el legally. now animal rights groups hope she'll have a chance at retirement. on wednesday federal officials

added lolita to a small group of wild orcas already on the endangered list. >> this is her first shot of freedom. she's been held to what is to her the equivalent of a bathtub longer than any other orca in captivity. >> performing two shows a day, seven days a week she lives in an 80 x 60 pool. they wasn't her in an tirch marine pen off the pacific. they want her reintroduced if fit to other orcas. >> we want to see her released to her home sanctuary, potentially released back to her wild. >> reporter: but the government's ruling does not require them to move her so curator says she'll stay put. >> she'd die without question. she's not prepared to be released. >> reporter: he says the

7,000-pound whale is better off in the environmental she's called home for much of her life. >> she's got a trained staff that takes care of her day in and day out and now this group wants to take her and has an experiment with her. why aren't we focusing in on the wild population. >> reporter: the seaquarium fears she could end up like kayco who spent most of his life in captivity and started in "free willy" but died after being released into the wild. they noted concerns about being freed about disease transmissions and the inadequacy to find food. still they want what's best even if it means a lengthy legal battle. federal officials say they're nowhere near deciding what should happen to lolita next. they first have to conduct a scientific review to decide what's best for her and other orcas in the wild. gayle? >> vicente, thank you. this morning "sports illustrated" is showing off its

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the rising cost of higher education may leave you wondering if college is worth the money. over the past four years the price went up 225%. that's at public universities and 146% at private institutions. dean reynolds shows us how one man is out to prove parents and kids can get their money's worth thanks to a smartphone app. >> reporter: if you're shelling out something north of $50,000 a year for college it would be nice to know your children are at least showing up for class. or if a student is benefiting from a state-sponsored scholarship, taxpayers may draw comfort knowing it's money well spent. >> abu. he's not here. >> reporter: studies show 2 million students who enter college every year close to 45% will not graduate even in six years largely because of low

classroom attendance. >> we've been able to identify how much tuition costs are wasted on classes that are paid for but not attended. that's $31 billion a year. >> reporter: jeff worley ceo of an indianapolis-based company called core principle thinks he has an answer. it's called class 120. an app for your smartphone that allows students or parents or a designated third party know when class has been cut. >> we'll know on a location of a pinging system that's developed to see whether they and their smartphone is in class at the appointed time for the class. >> reporter: worley believes the app's time has come and has mapped out 2,000 campuses so far. one thing, though. students have to upload class schedules on their phones or the app won't work. >> we think that's a reasonable conversation for a mom and dad

to have with that son or daughter saying we're all for you having great time. we just want to have one thing. you agree to go to class. >> does your app tell the parents where the student is other than class? >> no no. >> what about in the dorm? >> we don't tell them that they're sleeping in or that they're in another state or anything. >> reporter: but on the butler university campus, the notion of trace resistance. >> if my parents don't trust me enough to go to class, then they shouldn't be paying for my college education. >> reporter: and yet focus groups of failed students keep telling worley one thing about skipping class. >> no one noticed. and by the time someone did, their semester's blown up and in many cases their whole college life is blown up. >> there are a lot of people that don't show up. >> reporter: caleb is a sophomore at columbia college in chicago who tested out the smartphone app for the company.

he told us the reminder makes him buckle down. >> you feel better about yourself. you don't feel like a bum, you know for lying around and doing nothing. >> reporter: and with so much money at stake now, flurnging out can really cost you. for "cbs this morning," dean reynolds, indianapolis. >> i like that. >> all right boys and girls. >> i love it, i love it. >> don't you think as a parent the least you can do is go to >> i agree. 80% of life is just showing up. >> that's right. >> yeah. >> but some classes are not that great. >> so you're saying it's not worth my time i'm not going. >> you know what i'm saying j. coming up next eric church's concert tour. >> everything above our heads to the ground will go with us. >> 100,000 pounds of stuff. that's a lot of stuff. >> 100,000 pounds of raw p

welcome back to "cbs this morning." coming up this half hour one of country music's hottest names hitting the stage with a small army. mark strassmann goes behind the scenes with eric chur. see how his nearly $20 million operation keeps music on the move. plus a truck stop that offers more than gas and snacks. see how one veteran doctor is taking his services on the road. that's ahead. new york"new york daily news" has an update on a story. david axelrod, a strategist for president obama claimed romney who implied the president only won by turning out a black vote. now a top aid for romney said that's absurd. jackson said he was there for the call and denies romney ever made those comments. he told cbs news i hope this lie is the work of david axelrod and

not the pretty. that's ridiculous. i'm very disappointed they would make that up. variety says go prowill launch a channel on roku. now, gopro distributes on youtube and xbox. wrecker machines were seen taking down the ramps of the historic stadium yesterday. they dropped plans to implode the stadium after protests by local residents. >> britain's "daily mail" has a way for you to be faithful. look at their hands. those whose ring fingers and index fingers were the same length are more likely to be faithful and those with longer ring fingers would be likely to cheat. a longer ring finger apparently indicates a higher level of

testosterone. say it for me. >> testosterone. >> that. that's a hormone linked to your sex drive. i think my ring finger is pretty good. hold your hands up charlie rose. all right. nfl.com reports that richard sherman of the seattle seahawks has a new baby. the defensiveback's new son was born 2-5 and coincidentally 25 is his jersey number. he said my son does know how to make an entrance. 2-5-15, is it a coincidence or is he just that clever. either way i'm ecstatic and congratulations to him. they were worryied he was going to come. >> there was a whole big controversy, should he go for the baby or super bowl. i'm sure his wife -- girlfriend would understand. we didn't have to worry about that. when cbs brings you the grammys sunday night you're

going to see country rocker eric church taking a break from his na nominations. 70% of an artist's income depend depends on live shows. he's been touring since september. mark strassmann got a rare look at the involvement in an arena road show. >> reporter: it's 11:00 p.m. in fresno, california, and 8,500 people are about to leave church. country star eric church. seconds after he steps off stage, a show of a different sort kicks into high gear. in just two hours this entire production, 170 tons of equipment, will get ripped out of here and put on the road 220 miles to the staples center in los angeles. >> let's get it out. >> reporter: sam coates is the stage manager. >> my job is to provide the order to the chaos. >> reporter: that means herding

more than 100 crew members as they disassemble everything and remove it off the arena floor. 890 feet overhead rigors do a high-wire act detaching all the lighting. >> everything above our heads will go with us. >> 100,000 pounds of stuff. >> 100,000 pounds of raw pure city. >> reporter: the stage is broken down in pieces and along with every amp, coiled cable, and barricade, rolled into one of 14 big trucks. >> all right. come on back straight back. >> reporter: they call this the truck circus but it's no place for crown clowns. it's serious business maneuver maneuvering 75,000 pound semis inches away from each other.

they have to get everything stacked inside the same way every night. >> all right. let's get ready to roll. let's get down to l.a. >> a short day for us is 18 hours. >> reporter: the only time tour manager todd bunch has to himself is a few hours each night rolling between cities on one of 12 buses. >> this is a very large-scale production. >> so elaborate, complicated, and expensive. >> yes yes. very expensive. just rolling down the road in 14 trucks and 12 buses, the fuel cost alone is amazing. >> just to pull up to the door of staples center what's it cost? >> oh my gosh. at least a quarter of a mill. >> reporter: according to church's management company, this tour will run nine months and cost $19 million. the stage alone is $3 million or $100,000 a week. trucks and buses, $3.9 million.

lighting, video, and audio, $2.5 million. it's almost $2 million more to pay the crew. bunch says they're worth every penny. >> we have the best, hardest working, coolest laid back crew. >> reporter: at 3:00 a.m. most of that crew is still going strong over on crew force 1, the party bus. >> this is what we do. we rock on every day and we rock on every night. >> reporter: by 7:00 a.m. the caravan hits downtown los angeles. 26 oversized vehicles weaving through rush hour traffic on their way to the staples center. >> we're big today. >> reporter: the crew gets right to work lead by lead rigger grant stoner. >> the grammys have come in and hung a bunch of stuff. so i have a whole grammy system that's hung up in the air, in

the way. >> nothing's changed until think change my mind for me. >> reporter: setting up the show takes six hours. three times longer than it took to tear down. the lighting grid goes up. the stage rolls underneath. barricades and chairs fall into place, all in time for 3:00 p.m. sound czech. ♪ >> those guys are my fakmily, and they would have my back in any situation and i would have theirs. >> reporter: it's a loyalty born out of nine months of living together on the road. most of the team has been with church since he was playing small back proads clubs. we look around and see all these trucks. >> it's embarrassing. it's just a number of trucks a bunch of trucks a number of stuff. >> you wanted this tour to go big. >> i thought it was my moment. >> you have to tour to make money. >> yeah. >> so you've got to nail this. >> yeah. i don't think we ever have any

of the other success without it. >> reporter: showtime is 9:00 p.m. >> all right. here we go. >> reporter: as 15,000 fans wait inside the staples center church makes his way to the stage. more than 2,000 man hours of work all lead to this moment. but first a ritual right before stepping into the spotlight. a group shot of jack daniels, a toast to all the work that brought them here. >> they busted their ass, you know, since 7:00 a.m. and they've been out there doing what they do, and i feel like when i walk out there, i get to, for them, spike the ball. ♪ ♪ here we go ♪ all you got to do is pourut a drink in my hand ♪ ♪

>> reporter: that celebration is intense but short-lived. two sweat-soaked hours after it begins it's all other, and it's time to pakt all up and get back on the road again. for "cbs this morning," mark strassmann, los angeles. >> i'm putting eric church on my ipod and breaking news from patty. >> no, no, no. what you really want to do is hang out with to tour's director. >> i want do that too, charlie. patty gave us a great story. air church was performing in utah. the band and the crew got sick. they all got sick. he still got on stachlkt performed with four spotlights and a guitar and said i'm coming back in may and giving you the whole concert again. what a nice guy. thank you, patty. somebody should get a shot of patty. anybody. patty goes it's okay. thanks. >> patty goes no. >> she's very nice.

you can catch the 57th annual grammy awards on sunday right here on cbs. tomorrow, one of the other big grammy nominees ed sheeran. he shows anthony mason what makes him a one man tour

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a decorated veteran recently received another honor. country doctor of the year. vicente arenas is in racine virginia, and he shows how he turned a truck stop into place to treat patients. >> reporter: when you're in racine racine, virginia doctors are hard to come by. the nearest hospital is 40 miles away. not good for cheryl neighbors stuck in this country town 3,000 miles from home and having trouble breathing. >> i feel a little bit of a weisz right wheeze right now. >> you're not on anything. >> i'm on simba court.

>> reporter: she passed through many times but hadn't seen his clinic until now. turns out she needed dr. marsh as much as he needed her. >> let's listen here, sweet pea. yeah, let's listen to you. >> reporter: his country practice was struggling and needed new patients. not an easy task in a town of 200. so when a friend suggested he set up a clinic at a local truck stop, dr. rob marsh no stranger to risk, took a chance. >> what was that one moment when you said, this might be a good idea. >> when i drove over here with him in the evening and i saw how many trucks were park here. >> reporter: more than 700 truck drivers shop in the shenandoah truck towner night, plus there's high-speed internet along the driveway. many drivers pay in cash all a good recipe for business. >> do people ever give you a funny look when you tell them

you're a doctor at a truck stop? >> the local people. but that's not what i want it to be. i want the drivers to know this is a fly by night hey, you'll be a different person when you come in. hey, i'm established. i've been here for 20 years. i'll be here for another 20 years. >> a bless for neighbors who was able to park her truck outside his clinic. >> i do have a blood problem and high blood pressure which needs to be monitor. i have a truck, 80,000 pounds of rolling death. what happens if i haven't seen a doctor. >> reporter: now they're helping to keep him open. he's rare. >> money's not everything that drives us, at least for me. >> reporter: dr. marsh also makes house calls in the community where he was raised. this 92-year-old grandmother is

miles from his office. so is josh smith who suffered a brain injury in a car crash. >> that's healed up really nice. >> reporter: traumatic injuries are not new for dr. marsh who was an army doctor with the famed delta force. during a tour in somalia he was treating soldiers during the battle of both deshoe made famous by the 2001 movie "black hawk hawk down." a mortar shot nearby nearly killed him. people praised him. >> do you think this saved your life and now you're helping them? >> in some ways yeah there's a giveback. i get a positive feel when i take care of people. that smile on a child's face or the handshake from a truck driver, thank you, doc, that means a lot. >> reporter: dr. marsh's clinic is no longer gasping for air, and neither is cheryl neighbors who just an hour later was back in her truck heading down the road.

for "cbs this morning," vicente i aransas, racine, virginia. >> what a good man. >> i like dr. marsh. >> cheryl put it in perspective. i'm driving 80,000 pounds of rolling death. a 12-year-old boy did his report on his favorite rock star. we'll tell you what gene simmons is saying next about him on "cbs this morning."

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hard to argue with that. he did a social study project about simmons with help from the rock star's personal assistant. >> my family they all love kiss, and they were telling me how he's awesome, a big entrepreneur. >> so this week hunter won a prize and a shout-out from simmons on facebook. hunter said he'll take his project to the county fair in west virginia and when he goes guess ges who he's going to dress up like gene simmons of kiss. he likes it. gene simmons says he has quite a life. they have a lot to discuss. >> i think school projects are important. yes? what do you think, charlie? >> i still like eric church. let's go back to that for a minute. charlie, you made a good point.

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