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to face challenges with russia and china. but we begin this morning with today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> there's still belief we can get o the bomb of this. if not, everyone suspects a coverup. >> president trump tells fbi director you're fired. >> this is what leaders do. they take decisive action based upon the information they're given. that's what president trump did today. >> he's full of criticismf ohis handling of hillary clinton e-mails. >> there was clearly a loss of confidence in director comey. >> i forgot my badge. >> former president barack obama made his first overseas appearance after leaving office. >> they always blame the

i always tell people you get the politicians they deserve. >> they're looking at how to safeguard an area around a nuclear site after a mysterious tunnel collapse. violent landing after it landed at the air base. >> a tlltha -- >> put 'em up. >> a family dog playing a very dangerous game of tag with a bear. go get him. >> they win in overtime. >> and all that matters -- >> president trump fired fbi director james comey. fired him. >> i mean if he's gone, who's going to investigate the russian ties -- ohhhh. >> -- on "cbs this morning." >> remember two years ago how we all made jokes that if donald trump ever became president, he'd say, you're fired, you're

ah-ha-ha-ha. they have a good time. >> announcer: this morning's "eye opener" is presented by toyota. let's go places. welcome to "cbs this morning." president trump's decision to fire fbi director james comey stunned washington and is sending shock waves through the agency. president trump sent a letter to comey's office late yesterday dismissing him. he told the director, quote, it is essential that we find new leadership. >> james comey was in los angeles. he was actually speaking to fbi agents when he learned of his dismissal. the white house said the attorney jgeneral and the deput both recommended that he be fired from the hillary clinton e-mail investigation. >> critics ask what it could mean with regard to the investigat

election meddling. margaret brennan is at the white house with the ouster. good morning. >> good morning. the president has the power to dismiss the fbi director for any reason and yesterday he found one. director james comey learn of his fate by television reports. he cut short his los angeles visit after learning of his sudden firing. official notice was delivered via e-mail and a letter hand delivered to fbi director writing, quote, you are hooesh terminated and removed from office effective immediately. the president also referred to the ongoing fbi investigation into whether members of his campaign colluded with russia. quote, while i greatly appreciate you informing me on three separate o

i'm not under investigation, e nevertheless concur with the department of justice that you are not able to effectively lead the bureau. white house deputy spokesperson sandra per sons insists the firing was not related. >> any investigation that was taking place would continue to take place. >> she said the just tigs department lost faith in the fbi director due to his handling of the hillary clinton e-mails. >> tell me what you would do. would you speak or would you conceal. >> in a 2 1/2-page argument yesterday, he wrote, the fbi's reputation has suffered substantial damage and almost everyone agrees the director made serious mistakes. >> no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case. >> he faulted comey and said that the case should be closed without prosecution and he quoted comey's characterization why he reopened

11 days before the election but during that time then senator jeff sessions and then candidate trump praised comey. >> fbi director comey did the right thing. whelp he found new evidence, he had no choice. >> and it took guts for director comey to make the move that he made. >> shortly after his election, mr. trump told "60 minutes" he was not sure whether comey would serve the rest of his 6 1/2-year term. >> are you going to ask for his resignation? >> i think i would rather not comment on that. i have not made up my mind. i respect him a lot. i respect the fbi a lot. >> two months later the president warmly embraced him and announced he would stay on. the white house staff was here well into the night and we're told the search for comey's replacement has begun. charlie, the only event on the president's public schedule is a closed door meeting with russia's top

lavrov. he's the highest ranking visitor to make a visit to the white house. jeff pegation is here with the reaction inside the fbi and the events that led to comey's firing. good morning. >> good morning. comey's firing stunned officials at the fbi, but looking back there were several signs of a rift. on several occasions comey defied president trump on the russian investigation. >> you're stuck with me for about another 6 1/2 years. >> james comey's dismissal sent shom waves. everyone is stunned. this will do damage to the fbi that will take years to recover from. one recently retired said anyone under 50 is working on their resume. comey's firing is raising questions about what's next into the counterintelligence investigation between the campaign

though the investigation began last july, comey first publicly acknowledged it in march. >> this will also include whether there were any crimes that were committed. >> he said he had no evidence that there was an investigation during the obama administration. attorney general jeff sessions' recommendation comes afterward. >> i should have slowed down and said i did meet one russian official. >> in recent weeks federal prosecutors have issued grand jury appeals to security advisers of michael flynn. flynn is one of trump's campaign representatives that is under scrutiny by the fbi. >> i think it's important to call out what the russians were trying to do with our election. >> last wednesday comey said

investigations, he had no regrets. >> the only thing i may regret is when i answered the call to be recruited by the fbi when i was living happily in connecticut. >> just last week on capitol hill comey said clinton aide huma abedin shareholder hundreds of e-mails with her husband anthony weiner. he said it was not accurate and it was far smaller. comey was fired later on in the day. the deputy andrew mccabe is now in charge. >> in fact, it was like a dozen e-mails, right? >> exactly, exactly. >> any word on who will replace comey? >> no. we know mccabe will take over. >> how long will that last? >> we'll have to see. >> is the fbi divided? >> in a way, it is. part of itas

clinton e-mail investigation. but still comey was widely respected for the most part. >> jeff, thank you. some congressional democrats compared president trump to richard nixon who ordered the firing of the watergate scandal's independent. schumer said he told the president he was making a big mistake. trump responded saying, quote, i no longer have any confidence in james comey and acted so indignant. nancy cordes has more. nancy? >> arizona's john mccain renude his call for an independent congressional commission to look into russia but democrats without question are going much farther than that. they're saying the only thing that will work is a special prosecutor. some of them describing it as a constitutional crisis. >> it was brazen, one of the

a president, compromising an investigation. >> democrats savaged the president's decision calling it nixon yan, mind-boggling, and a cover up. >> if there was every a need for a special prosecutor, there is now. >> chuck schumer called it systematically firing those who crossed them. >> they fired sally yates, pa reek and now james comey, the very man leading the investigation. this does not seem to be a coincidence that some republicans were saying the same too. one said, i just can't do it. other republicans like lindsey graham said the fbi needs a fresh start after comey got tangled up in the 2016 campgn

forward both at the fbi and in the senate intelligence committee in a bipartisan way. >> and yet the republican chair of the senate intelligence committee said comey's dismissal further confuses an already difficult gchlgts comey was scheduled to testify tomorrow. >> is he still going to attend? >> i doubt that he'll attend on thursday, but it's still my strong desire to have now former director comey come and testify before the committee. >> that's senator mark warner. he's the top democrat. he and chairman burr met with comey as recently as monday, and by all accounts comey has been very accessful on this russia investigation, which is a big part of the reason that democrats are so sorry to see him go even though they believe, charlie, that his handling of the clinton investigation contributed to her loss. >> thanks, nancy. c n

townsend iswas homeland securit adviser for president bush. good morning. >> good morning. >> the question is was this firing because of how comey handled the e-mails with secretary clinton or does it have to do with a connection between the trump team and russians? >> it's clear that he's served two republican and two democrats. it's quite clear from his memo that this goes back to the clinton e-mail. i think the thing that raises the russian investigation is the timing of it. would we have asked the question if the president dismissed him on day one? i think from their point of view, they gave him time to right the ship, that, the fbi that was in turmoil and after the e-mail

inclui concluded, and he haunt done that. >> i heard it described as a grotesque abuse of power. is it that, or were there grounds for dismissal in your opinion? >> the language that's being used is very inflammatory. grotesque use of power, nixonian. it's staffed by career men and women who have devoted decades. by the way, gayle, the very same investigators investigating the russian claims yesterday are investigating today subpoentoda. subpoenas are going out. i do think under the justice department guidelines how you handle investigations, he violated those. many of the men and women in the fbi were dismayed at comey's handling v

political process during the presidential election. rose rosenstein's memo citing disagreeing with his handling of it. the state is wrong. there are consequences, and jim comey is suffering. have to tell you i've known him for 30 years. he's smart, honest, ethical, and it's unfortunate to see him go. >> the current director, mccabe, how long do you expect him to say? >> the problem is he, too, is caught up through his wife in democratic politics and that would be quite temporary. >> that would be a better way to learn it than on the news. president trump just posted a new tweet saying this. the democrats have said some of the worst things about james comey including the fact that he should be fired, and now they

john dickerson joins us from washington. john, what can you tell us about what you're hearing in washington in response to the president's tweet today? >> the tweet is the president is seeing this through a political lens and there will be a lot of back-and-forth between republicans on this. the important thing to focus on this decision is it takes place in a much bigger context. there are people working at this. this is a decision that's not just about politics. this is a decision they have to look at and say are the reasons of this being put forward and the timing and the way it was handled, why did all of that happen? is it for all of the reasons stated in the letter about comey's dismiss alg or is there something else happening there. and that sense of doubt and getting rid of that doubt is crucial if if the fbi is going to go forward. the president is making a

political case but there are reel ramifications of the fbi and other things that are up in the air and a sense of turmoil. >> john, will this focus more on the russian investigation? >> well, yes, of course, because that's still ongoing. the president, remember, has called the investigation into whether the russians were involved in the investigation wlit was a witch hunt. usually it's we look forward to this investigation, we'll doering we can to help. the president has said the fbi and the two in congress are in a which huntd. one other is the white house is saying the president took decisive action. remember what happened monday. there was a conversation about why the president took so long to fire his national security adviser michael flynn, 18 days after he lied about his contact

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it was kind of obvious that james comey was getting fired. take a look at how sean spicer answered when a reporter asked if president trump had confidence in comey. >> does president trump have confidence in james comey? >> i have no reason to believe -- i have no -- >> so that's a no. spicer then added, if you speak to him, can you ask him if he has confidence in me? >> it's an interesting take. a lot of people feel that way, james corden. >> that's interesting that some of the white house reporting is that the whole communication shop was out of the loop on this. they didn't know about the letter or the firing, so

were caught flatfooted in trying the defend the president's decision, which raises the question about the urgency. >> which could explain why sean spicer answered the way he did. welcome back to "cbs this morning." james comey, apparently like everybody else, found out he was fired from news reports on tv. he was being questioned when a tv in the background viewed it. >> he laughed and called it a funny prank. his staff scurried around and then he was called into an office where he was told he indeed had been fired. comey had not heard from the white house at that point. here's look at this morning's headlines. "the philadelphia inquirer" said the amtrak engineer will not face any charges. brandon bostian said he did not remember why the train was speeding. prosecutors can't say h

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eastern washington for more than four decades. john blackstone is outside the site which is nearly half the site of rhode island. john, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the motto on the sign here at hanford where safety comes first will be put to the test today when crews try to determine what caused the ground above this tunnel to collapse. no radioactive contamination has been detected so far, but experts say this incident highlights the deteriorating condition of this troubled nuclear facility. >> respond to purex tunnel for possible collapse of the tunnel. >> reporter: nearly 5,000 workers took cover tuesday morning after a 20x20 foot area of soil collapsed over a tunnel used to store contaminated radioactive materials at hanford. james lopez's girlfriend works at the site. >> it's pretty scary. they put her in a room that cuts off ventilation so

air can't get in. >> reporter: old railcars used to transport plutonium and uranium are now stored in wood and concrete tunnels covered by about eight feet of soil. >> dirt collapsed into the tunnel. nobody's involved. no people involved. >> reporter: destry henderson updated the people on facebook. >> all of the waste from the manhattan project which tested and built the atomic bomb during world war ii is buried there. the facility has been closed for nearly 30 years, but 9,000 people now work at the site on a massive cleanup effort. >> some of this nuclear waste is so hot that if you were to walk by it, you would conceivably get a lethal dose of radiation. >> reporter: scientist michio kaku said it

4 million years and more than a billion dollars before it would be made safe. >> it's a series of disasters waiting to happen. a major earthquake, a major fire at the site with all of these toxic, much of them flammable liquids could cause a disaster beyond our imagination. >> reporter: fixing damaged tunnel could be difficult. they're looking at options to create a barrier between the contaminated equipment underground and the air outside, but they have to look carefully so they don't wide than hole any further. gayle? >> thank you, john. there's new video out this morning and it shows another violent confrontation on plane. cell phone video captured two passengers punching each other out on a southwest airlines flight right after it landed in california. kris van cleave is in washington with the latest in a series of violent incidents involving air travel. kris, good morning. >> good morning. this time the fight broke out as passengers were gng

flight 2530 from dallas. one passenger was arrested. another suffered minor injuries. this seems to be the latest in a daily string of altercations and flat out fisticuffs. this video captured by a passenger on board a southwest flight shows how anger turned into violence. it happened shortly after landi landing at burbank in los angeles. she ends up getting caught in the melee. one of the passengers was eventually arrested. michael krause was on the flight. >> never had a problem with them. they did an absolutely wonderful job. they're not all bad. >> there's no explanation for it. >> you do not have my permission to videotape. cancel the reservation. >> over the weekend a man trying to c a

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18 penn state fraternity members charged in the death of a student pledge are free on bail. eight beta theta pi members went to court yesterday. the death of timothy pizza due to hazing has cast a harsh light on rituals in fraternities.

good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the fraternity brothers didn't have much to say as they rushed in and out of the courthouse yesterday. while inside the courtroom the judge explained to them the charges they're facing, asked them if they had any questions, and then set bail. >> reporter: any regrets about what happened that night? >> anything you'd like to say? >> reporter: while none of the defendants spoke, one of the attorneys did. >> it's a very, very troubling and sad case. we take it very seriously. >> they charged a total of 18 penn state university students with crimes ranging from hazing to aggravated assault. >> the whole thing is disturbing, frankly. it's the failure to get help when he's in danger and the self-serving evidence in the transcript. >> reporter: according to the grand jury transcript he died from a hazing ritual that ined

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ignored his claims. they said a judge has already dismissed this case but another claim has been filed. >> hopefully they stop this before somebody else loses their lives to a three-letter organization. >> reporter: the university suspended kappa delta rho until 2018 and the national fraternity expelled nearly three dozen of the penn state members -- penn state university members here. as for the fraternity brothers involved in the tim piazza case, well, they're expected back here in court next week for a preliminary hearing. gayle? >> i can't stop thinking about the piazza family. so disturbing and heartbreaking. jerickury reyrekre jericka duncan, i think you very much. and stephen colbertnd

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good morning. it's wednesday, may 10th, 2017. welcome back to "cbs this morning." donald trump criticized and praised director james comey before he fired him. this morning reaction from the rank-and-file agents. but first here's today's "eye opater" 8:00. >> the president has the power to dismiss the fbi director for any reason and yesterday he found one. >> the dismissal stunned officials at the fbi, but looking back, there were some very public signs of a rift. >> it's created quite a bit of alarm on capitol hill. the democrats say the only thing that will work now is a special prosecutor. >> what are the grounds for dismissal here?

guidelines on how you handle investigations, he violated those. >> the focus is it takes place in a much bigger context. it's a decision that's not just about politics. >> reporter: the mottoe her "where safety comes first" will be put to a test where crews determine what caused the ground above the tunnel to collapse. >> this seems like a daily string of altercations and flat out fisticuffses. >> yesterday a brawl broke out at a florida airport after spirit airlines canceled several fights. a giant brawl broke out. the airport police fired cinnabons into the crowd to calm them down.% >> i'm charlie rose with gayle king and norah o'donnell. president trump is defending his decision to fire fbi director james comey. the president tweet

morning, comey will be replaced by someone who will do a far better job bringing back the spirit and prestige of the fbi. attorney general jeff sessions agree that james comey should be fired over the hillary clinton e-mail investigation. the white house said it had nothing to do with the fbi probe between the possible collusion between the campaign and russia. president trump meets with russia's top spokesperson later this morning. >> what timing. in an official effort he referred to an ongoing fbi probe in determining whether the f russians colluded with the election, now, the whiou

insisted it with u comey's handling of the investigation that was with rahrd to hillary clinton's e-mail that cause them to lose faith. in a let ter rod rosenstein sai the case should be closed without prosecution. comey reopened it days before the election. action that trump praised at that time. >> i really disagreed with him. i really was not his fan, but i'll tell you what. what he did, he brought back his reputation. he's got to hang tough because there's a lot of people who want him to do the wrong thing. what he did was the right thing. >> now the white house said the search for comey's replacement begins immediately. >> margaret, thank you. we're getting reaction to comey's firing from inside the fbi. jeff pegues is here with what agents are saying. good morning. >> good morning. officials say comey lost the confidence of rank and file-employees and became a distraction over his

the clinton e-mail investigation. they say they praised the decision. but a number of current and former fbi agents from offices across the country expressed shock over comey's firing. one special agent told cbs news that the vast majority of the bureau was in favor of the director. the fbi agents association which represents over 13,000 agents around the world said a change in fbi leadership of this magnitude must be handled carefully. there are questions going forward about how long acting director andrew mccabe will be in charge. his actions are being scrutinized as part of a doj internal investigation over his wife taking money from a hillary clinton donor. there's also concern that it could alter the investigation. over the wee

issued subpoenas to associates of former national security director michael flynn. he tweeted this morning, when thinking calm down, they'll be thanking me, democrats and even some republicans like john mccain have called for an independent investigation. >> other republicans were more muted. senator marco rubio said the fbi will continue to function. senate minority leader chuck schumer asked the democrats to meet this morning to decide a response. he wants a special prosecutor for the russian election probe. >> this investigation must be run as far away as possible from this white house and as far away as possible as anyone president trump has pointed. >> other democrats

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once more we play our dangerous game, a game of chess against our old diversity, the american navy. >> that voice belongs to actor sean connery, "the hunt for red october." it highlighted the supremacy between the u.s. and the soviet union. russia has announced plans to build a submarine larger than its typhoon class. the united states is also deploying a new generation of subs, the virginia class. the u.s. navy commissioned its first u.s. submarine in the 1950s and don is standing on it in oreggroton, connecticut. good morning. >> reporter: good in

this is the first nuclear powered anything. this ship was so ahead of its time that there are parts of this ship that are still classified. now, it's a museum. you can come visit and tour it but you can't tour the classified areas. she's mer next to a navy base as you mentioned. you might remember back in february there was a russian spy ship lurking off the coast. what were they looking for? perhaps they wanted to get a glimpse at the most efficient and advanced submarine squadron in the world, and we got to take a tour. don't let the dolphins in this promotional video distract you. the nation's newest, fastest, and quietest sub ma ran is anything but playful. they can launch tomahawk cruise missiles, deploy a team of navy s.e.a.l.s beneath the surface and is among the most lethal defense systems at sea. >> they've come a long way since world war ii. >> they

>> reporter: he leads a group. >> the ocean is becoming more and more a critical element of our national security and our ability to influence adversaries and ensure that our vital interests are protected throughout the world. >> reporter: and international waters are getting crowded. here's a russian sub getting a royal navy escort through the english channel last week. >> is the focus shifting somewhat? >> the focus is being more emphasized on controlling the world's oceans. 70% of the globe is ocean. over 80% of the world's commerce flows across that ocean. >> reporter: the u.s. navy now has 69 commissioned submarine. 13 of them are virginia class subs but that number will eventually double. two are being built each year at a cost of $2 billion apiece. >> do you think that's money well spent for the american public? >>bs

not only is it a price we need to pay, it's a price we are and the capabiliability that those bring is remarkable. >> reporter: they're also incredibly efficient. >> we're able to make our own water. we make our own oxygen. we have sustained fuel source in the nuclear reactor. we're entering into the control room. >> commander dan reese of the "uss new mexico" showed us submarine. >> the days of john wayne and the periscope are gone. it's been replaced by this joystick. >> the view can now be shared with everyone on board. >> during major events -- for instance during our home coming we were sending imagery so they could see the families on the coastline as we came up the river. >> nice.

>> reporter: back on base trainers train with simulators and landlocked control rooms. gagned this tower with 80,000 s llonof water, future submariners practice the worst-case scenario. the last time one went down was in 2000. he's when the russia navy kursk died after training exercise. many believed it would cripple the resolve at sea. but the in submarine, the kazan, launched this march. still, no country carries the international influence of the united states navy. >> the united states through its submarine force has gained and maintained a strong under-sea advantage. >> reporter: $2 billion is a lot of money. but the reason it's not a

more is the way they're constructed. they're built in modular sengzs which is combining. they're the only sub that has fly-by, wire technology which means computers and electronics control the sub ma wreens. that means they can put it in cruise control. more than a billion facebook users post information about themselves but not all of it is true. ahead, why people are compelled to lie about their real lives. say it isn't so. >> it's so, norah. it's so. >> plus, undoing the damage -- that you mean the bio, they would lie about? >> that i lie about everything. plus the damages of hateful messages written on the bot. ahead in our series "a more perfect union," how tattoo artists are coming together to give people a second chance with their skin. you're watching "cbs this morning."

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we don't our series "a more perfect union" to show us how what unites as as america divides us. this morning we look at body ink. more than 50 million americans mave one tattoo.

memory or a loved one. tony dokoupil has a story of second chances when a tattoo's meaning is something the owner would rather forget. tony, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. whether in prison or in a gang, a tattoo at the moment may seem like a great idea but long after the people move on in their hearts, tattoos make it impossible to move on with their lives. one tattoo parlor has volunteered to help. randy sturgil knows a lot about getting tattoos. the 28-year-old has them all over his body. most he got while serving eight years in prison for armed robbery, but today isn't about new ink. it's about becoming a new man. >> give me your hand. >> basically that's nazi death. >> is that what it is? >> why did you get it? >> it sounds really

know. >> if you've made a mistake and you're past that in your life, we're going to help you out. >> one day each wok the shop owners cover up racist and gang-related tattoos for free. >> we had someone come in here that had tattoos on their face of a gang that they were in in prison. >> we referred him to get laser treatment and on the way home i said to dave, you know, we could probably help a lot of people, dave, you know, cover up these gang katus so they could get jobs, re-enter society, and not have stigma attached to them. >> reporter: typically a coverup can run anywhere from $100 to a few more than a thousand dollars. in january they made their offer to the whole world. >> we posted it on facebook that we were going to help people, thinking we were going to help people in our community and i see the numbers. they're going up to the thousands and thousands and thousands. and the messages starting po

pouring in. >> it's the other ones we're going to start working on. >> is that -- >> it's exactly what you think it is. southern pride with a noose and confederate flag inside. >> reporter: the couple launched a websi website. the goal is to have other parlors help across the country. >> sometimes i read the e-mails and think i can't believe they have that much hate inside of them. >> how do you know it's not inside of them. >> i'd like to think i'm a pretty good judge of character. i definitely know she is. you can see it if they're changed. >> how do you feel? >> good. >> the cut lips say they use the social media. if they sense the client isn't genuinely ready to change,

>> what do you say to somebody who thinks you can cover up the hateful image but you can't change the man? >> there comes a time in everybody's life where you change, whether you're dead or alive. >> has that time come for you? >> yeah, yeah. it's definitely come. >> the guy that walked in with the tattoos on his face -- >> i wish i knew his name. he had tears in his eye and it shook me up shah it tears you up still. why does it affect you so much? >> i think it's important that everybody gets a second chance. >> that's pretty much covered up. bottom line is no more nazi death skull. we're done. >> thanks. >> for tattoos that are too prominent, the cut lips are hoping to use the money on a gofundme page.

with the face tattoo. if you're watching, come back in, they've got the money for it. >> i love that the cut lips are doing it to get rid of hateful messages. >> very, very few. 50 million americans have tattoos. fewer than 100,000 per year get them removed. so apparently most people feel they made the right decision. >> gayle, are you keeping yours? >> norah, are you keeping your tramp stamp? >> i'm going to keep it. my mother is screaming at the tell vilevision right now. >> she hasn't seen it.

the republicans are still catching heat for their health care reform and it's making some of them touchy. rob bloom stormed out on monday. if that wasn't awkward enough, he was in a classroom full of children at the time. take a look. >> would you still take donations from a republican? >> i'm done. >> we haven't even -- -- we haven't even started. >> this is ridiculous. >> we haven't -- >> you're going to sit here and -- >> we asked you why you wanted to do the interview. that was it. >> i love that kid. at the end, that kid thought he was going to be stuck in that interview for hour

he's like, we're leave? this is better than a snow day. >> i'm pretty sure all the kids are sitting there going what's happening here. that man appears to be mad. i wonder if they understood the conversation. >> he was an iowa republican who was doing a health care forum and walked out of that interview in kind of a contentious hearing. >> i know who he was. i think the children were like, what is happening. >> yeah. >> welcome back to "cbs this morning." time to see what's happening many the green room. there's miss patti. hi, miss patti, sitting next to mr. stephen david vits. patti, when's the last time you lied? >> four weeks ago. >> she's honest. she's always honest. >> we'll find out later what that was. l

>> right now it's time to show you some of this morning's headlines. "fortunemagazine" reports that apple is the first company worth more than 800 billion dollars. it happened when apple shares yesterday rose more than 3% in midday trading before retreating. one analyst estimates apple will soon be worth $1 trillion. >> wow. the "washington post" reports the u.s. census director suddenly resigned. john thompson is his name. he served as director since 2013. he worked for the bureau for 20 years before that. he will leave next month. his departure comes as his departure faces shortages before the 2020 count. congress approved almost $1.5 billion for the bureau. that's about 10% below what was requested. in a proposed budget, another $1.5 billion was earmarked but experts say that falls far below

risks were found in nearly one third of drugs after they were approved. in the decade after 2010 there were safety issues in 71 of 22 dr 2 drugs backed. >> they declined for a sixth consecutive month. the numbers of people arrested inside this country who are prevented from re-entering fell to 6,07 from april. that's down nearly a thousand from the month before. the decline comes as the frum p administration continues plans to ramp up efforts to stop illegal immigration. >> and "business insider" says regulators reportedly worn two dozen celebrities about their sponsored instagram posts. the stashes were told they must be up front with their fans when disclosing sponsored posts

boost a brand. i think that that's a good rule. you think a celeb is just endorsing something because they like it. they could also like it because they're getting paid for it. you can decide. in facebook posts, people leave behind a large footprint. 2.5 quintillion bytes are jen rated on fb each day. to put that in perspective it's a 2 and 5 with 17 zeros behind it. status scientists and new yorkxop-ed contribute or seth stephens-davidowitz has more. good morning. >> good morning. you call it the most collected data on a yc

>> people lie about just about anybody but they tend o be honest about google. in the little white box they feel comfortbling telling things they wouldn't tell anybody else. i watched it for five years. >> what do you mean? the thinks people search for? >> yes. you can see what they really think, what they really want, what they really desire, things that they might not tell to anybody else that anxiety levels? >> that's one thing i have studied a lot. over a and over i'm surprised about what i learn. if you ask me where anxiety is highest in the united states, i would have said, new york city, right, woody allen, urban intellectuals. he's the stereotype. but that's not true at all. it's highest in rural areas, in places with lower levels of education. a lot of our

we think about the world is dead wrong. >> talk about dead wrong, i still find this hard to believe. people search for porn more than the weather. that surprises me. does that surprise you, charlie? i'm not trying to put you on the spot or be cute, but i was very surprised. >> they told me it's a family show. >> they search and certain times. >> they'll ask about the son about their genes but the daughter,they're overweight. >> we lie to ourselves a lot too. so a lot of parents think that they athlete their sons and daughters equally, but if you see everybody's anonymous google searches, you see that parents tend to be more excited. >> who's using this data? in other words who's interested in it and who's using it?

many years. >> other than you, seth that there are definitely marketers are interested in tata and hots of others as well. >> you also looked at how husbands were portrayed on social media versus the searches about them on social media. what did you find? >> it's interesting how you compare because social media, in some sense, we're the biggest liars because we want to impress their friends. whereas google, we're alone, honest, you don't need to impress anybody. if you look at the top social media posts, my husband is, my husband is my best friend, amazing, the greatest, so cute. everybody wants to say they have a great marriage and if you look on google, when people google about their husband, it's also amazing. that checks out. that what are they searching?

i don't get it. >> a jerk, annoying. >> the top one is cheating. you say we're all data scientists. you open with a story about your grandmother who's 88. she said you need a nice girl, not too pretty, very smart. you said grandma is drawing from her own experience but google is more reliable. >> big data can be scary to a lot of people. they don't know what it means, but it's actually very natural and the thing that people have always been doing. but now much more larger. >> did you find a girl yet? i'm just wondering? >> no. i still -- i wanted to end the book with me finding love, but it didn't materialize. >> okaylet you still have time. >> looking for love. you talk about how men and women are attracted to each other, what they do. like if i'm attracted to a man, allegedly my pitch goes up, charlie. >> your pitch goes

>> it shows you're attracting to me. >> and that little laugh too. that's his little happy -- >> if he laughs at my jokes. right. see? >> it's amazing. >> thank you, seth. >> does it make you uncomfortable sitting at the table with so much tension. >> and the body parts that men search for mosting i'll leave that to your imagination. >> their feet? >> something like that. legendary patti labelle is in the toyota green room. she'll explain why she was so

look at that. back in the day. that is the iconic patti labelle with "marmalade." she won two grammy awards an shot up the charts with hits like "if you asked me to" and "new attitude." now the queen of rock and soul is stepping out of that icon to

take on, wait for it, jazz. ♪ there's nothing like the jazz in you ♪ ♪ you groom me with so much delight your lovely eyes light up the night ♪ >> her new jazz album is called "bell hommage" and patti labelle is at the table to discuss this. i hear you were very reluctant to do this and it was your ex-husband who is a gentleman who convinced you. >> who is a gentleman. we were married for 30 years when we were married and divorced for around 14. he lives around the corner from me and we're buddies. we do talk a lot. he used to manage my career. he said, i think it's time for you to do a jazz project. i said,

>> i had never done it before. you don't want to do something that you might mess up and people say, why did you do that. i fought it for a while. it took two years to say yes. >> you've been called godmother of soul. >> guess i'm full of everything, soul, you know, jazz, gospel, whatever. you just take chances in life sometimes when you say you can't do something. it's like saying "dancing with the stars." i said never. they asked me many times and i said no. then i went out on stage and i'm happy i didn't i'm happy about this jazz album. >> you sound like you but you don't sound like you. if that makes sense. >> you know why? because i was subdued. you know patti labelle with the big endings, i felt this was the way it should have been. >> you were friends with nina mo

mineful she taught me things. i learned a lot from her musically also. and she's just a lady who wanted me to always remain a lady. there was a time that we were at carnegie hall for the sting concert. they brought me glass of wine in a plastic cup and she said, darling, no, you ask for crystals. "wild as the wind," "hell," and -- another song. >> "there i go, there i go." >> he's james moody. and i did "don't explain." >> what was the hardest song? >> i love the titles. one is called "i can cook" and "i can bring joy to a hungry boy." >> oh, yeah. the

record. they're so corny and cute. thank you, darling. >> patti, when do you have time to cook in. >> every day. >> do you? >> every day. i have my pots and pans on the road. i can cook. when you don't want room service -- you know how sometimes it's a little shady. >> that sounds a little ghetto fabulous that you bringing your pots and pans. >> i've been ghetto fabulous for about 52 years on the road. >> you have been on the road. >> i don't always like those kibbles and bits. you saute your spinnage. >> when do you do it? >> in the suites. rooms work too. you don't have to have a suite to cook. you know, put those pots and pans in any room. cook, and then the hotel sends security up and they say, miss l

e said, i'm cooking, do you want some? >> "peel me as a grape, crush me like ice, boil me like a crab." >> i love that song "peel me as a grape, pop me like a cork" and every once in a while i like wine. >> what was the lie you told four weeks ago? >> it was my baby granddaughter gia. she said, grandma, what were you doing? >> i was on a plane. she likes when i'm cooking. she said what are you cooking. i said broccoli and pasta. she said, mmm, can i have some. so i wasn't cooking. that was my lie. >> your new book is about desserts. what would you make for charlie? >> he's a southern

>> i love that. pecan pie, i love that. >> do you like red velvet? >> oh, yeah. >> do you like sticky buns? >> oh, sure. >> so you love sweets. >> oh, sure. >> anything you like, i can cook. >> he likes fried chicken too. >> are you serious? >> i'll have you over tonight if you want to make fried chicken. >> i'll do it whenever you want because i can do that. >> do you two want to be alone? >> charlie likes women of color, i'm just saying. >> oh, so you like some chocolate. you some chocolate cake. >> if you go there, i won't -- >> thank you so much. >> this is great. thank you all. >> patti labelle, what a pleasure. >> you can hear more on

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rocking the red. there's a good reason. welcome and good morning. my name is chris leary. i'm markette shepperd. after a sobering start to the show, let's talk about things in our town in addition to sports. old school is back because the walkman cassette players, remember those from the 1980s? they are now selling for hundreds and thousands of dollars on ebay. if you have one, you might want to put it up for sale thanks to the resurgence due to the guardians of the galaxy movie franchise. it came out on friday, breaking records at the box office and the main character, chris pratt, sports a walk and in the film. that same version, the vintage cassette player is listed for $600, $700 and in one case -- i looked it up myself -- $1100 on ebay! the original version came out in 1979 and reed

$200. if you are not part of the fans, guardians of the galaxy movie is doing so great. i just ran a web story on wusa9.com. check it out to find out what the hype is about and if you still have a cassette player, you might want to see how much it is worth. >> you call it old-school and i call it school. that was in my day. i forget how much i paid for mine. of course i had a walkman. >> i did, too! my sister called me and we always talk about silly things my mother does. she was at a liquidation sale and bought walkmans five years ago and we thought, what would she do with that? >> retire! >> the joke is on me because she can probably make $5000. >> that is awesome. >> a rich mother works. sports, tonight is the biggest night