captioning funded by cbs good morning. it is wednesday, september 6th, 2017. welcome to "cbs this morning." the strongest atlantic ocean hurricane on record slams the caribbean with 185-mile-per-hour winds. we're in puerto rico where irma will hit in a few hours. mandatory evacuations are under way in the florida keys. we'll talk with fema about this immediately after harvey. >> president trump will end the daca program if congress does not amend it. protests break out coast to coast as nearly a million people are left in legal limbo.

show is teaching history to kids across america. they spent the summer learning to the beats of hamiltohamilton but we begin this morning with a look at today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> reporter: irma is just about smacking at us in another coastal area. >> hurricane irma steamrolls through the atlantic. >> it's a really frightening looking satellite right now. >> the damage could be catastrophic. it's hard to survive a hurricane that strong. >> the program known as daca is -- >> he began his campaign by attacking immigrants. >> i have a love for these pe.ople fuhopelly congress can do it properly. >> north korea threatens to launch another missile. >> this is a threat to the

>> red sox allegedly stole signs using an apple watch. >> dange rouswildfires are scorching the u.s. one massive blaze in oregon has jumped acrose s thmbcoluia river. >> all that -- >> this handcuffed woman in texas pulled a houdini act, managiong t escape a cop car. >> a fantastic match. venus williams off to the semifinals. >> -- and all that matters. >> after a break, congress back in session. >> the nice thing, almost indistinguish dodge not going back to work. >> -- on "cbs this morning." >> they have released a statement defending the stephen king movie. they say the scary portrayal of a clown is a real slap in a face followed by a pie in the face and a squirt bottle in the face and shot out of

>> announcer: this morning's "eye opener" presented by toyota. let's go places. welcome to "cbs this morning." charlie rose is on assignment, so jeff glor is with us. >> good to be here. busy morning. >> norah o'donnell is back at the table. welcome back after your stellar job covering hurricane duty. >> thank you. now another hurricane is smashing tiny islands in the caribbean with 190-mile-per-hour winds. the category 5 storm made its first landfall overnight on the island of barbuda. a government message from nearby antigua ended with the words "may god protect us all." >> it's the largest hurricane ever measured outside of the area. thos

than a foot of rain and storm surges up to 20 feet high. >> our correspondents are in the caribbean and florida where irma is expected by sunday. we begin with tony dokoupil in san juan, puerto rico, which is bracing for landfall in just a few hours. tony, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. that wall of clouds behind me is the first sign of irma here in puerto rico. the winds are already starting to pick up. and later today within hours, the eye of the storm is expected to be 50 miles off of this coast, battering the capital of puerto rico hotels are bordering their operations. this hotel is using plywoods and sand bags, anything to keep the water out. and the governor warns this storm couldmore dangerous than hurricane harvey. irma slammed overnight bringing powerful winds and coastal flooding. pr

state of emergency in puerto rico and forecasters say they haven't seen a storm the size of irma in 1928 when the hurricane killed 3,000 people. this time the government has opened 3,000shell shelters. the big concern as the rain starts to fall here is toppled power lines and buildings. the head of the power line company warns when irma comes here, dark spots could exist on the island for between a week and six months, norah. >> wow. that's difficult. thank you so much. hurricane irma is expected to hit this weekend. hurricane wilma was back in 2005 and killed 23 people. irma is threatening all of the state including the low-lying florida keys. those islands could be swamped by a catastrophic storm

manuel bojorquez is in key largo where thousands of people will soon be leaving. manuel, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. a mandatory evacuation in the keys went into effect just minutes ago. complicating matters here as you see that bridge right there, that is highway 1 and it's the only way on or off the islands. >> for the florida keys, if you were going to create the worst-case scenario, that's what we're now looking at. >> as hurricane irma set it sights on south florida, officials are sounding the alarm. >> we're telling people, you must evacuate. you cannot stay on the island with a category 5 hurricane coming at you. >> reporter: many are listening, boarding up their homes and businesses, filling up their gas tanks, and getting out of town. >> do not wait to sit a

prepare. get prepared now. >> storm surge and big winds are the big concern right now. >> reporter: storm winds are what's key right now. the surge during hurricane irma has the potential to be more than 9 feet high. >> we're looking at wave heights that could put the ocean over the islands. >> reporter: she lives in the keys and is evacuating for the first time in 51 years. >> i've been for george, andrew, wilma, but i'm not staying for irma. no, it's not happening. >> reporter: key west international airport will close torn. all flights have been canceled until further notice. anyone riding out the storms, officials say you're going to be on your own because no storm shelters will be open anywhere in monroe county. >> that means don't mess with

thank you very much, manuel. a new projection shows all of the areas including jaj and north carolina will see tropical force winds. mark strassmann is in miami beach right on the atlantic coast with the latest there. mark, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this is shaping up as one of those once in a generation storms what could be the most powerful hurricane to hit miami since the devastating hurricane of andrew 25 years ago. many store shelves have been picked over. there's been a stampede of food, wood, water, and plywood. city officials have also warned people to leave buildings near the two dozen construction cranes around the city of miami. those cranes are designed to withstand winds of 1 4r5 miles an hour before they could

collapse. the winds are expected to be stronger than that. the city has installed extra pumps and generators. these are areas that regularly flood. and, of course, this could be an epic storm surge here. the mayor says generators and pumps will not work during a hurricane. all in all, it's shaping up and governor rick scott has called up all members of the national guard to report to work on friday. jiff? >> thanks very much. hurricane hunter planes are flying into hurricane irma's center to get the latest data. cheech mert lonnie quinn of our affiliate wcbs has more. >> what's changed, the pressure has droppedle it's a perfectly formed system. take a look at there. while you were sleeping it made landfall. the big charchl no t

the east. the talk is it an east coast of florida storm or west coast. it doesn't make a difference. look at this. i've superimposed the storm. it basically fits inside. it's an enormous beast, 400x400 miles wide. take a look. this is the latest from the physicianal hurricane center. holding on as it goes through the islands. sometime, we think maybe saturday, it starts to mack that turn to the north and possibly going over the keys. again, it as going to affect both coasts. let's take a look. this is the european mod. everyone loves it. take a look at how this progresses. it looks like it wants to go over the florida keys inland around the orange area around the miami beach coast and the winds show

bottom. let's go back to you. >> how frightening. how enormous. brock long will join us. ahead, whether the agency's funds are spread thin in the wake of hurricane harvey. >> donald trump's plan for daca puts new pressure on congress. the president tweeted congress now has six months to legalize ta ka, something the obama administration was unable to do. if they can't, i will revisit this issue, exclamation point. it triggered issue eed protestst to coast. former president obama who created daca after congress failed to produce a bill called president trump's decision wrong, defeating, and cruel. >> he says he has a, quote, t

undocumented immigrants brought here by their parents, but it is congress's job to figure out what to do with them. some republican leaders agree. they say they want to find a resolution, but when it comes to immigration, congress does not have a great track record. >> i have a love for these people and now hopefully congress will be able to help them and do it properly. >> the president's move put illegal immigrants in immediate limbo. student lisa poliko said she wouldn't be in college without daca. >> it's given me opportunities and accompany my dreams and keep going toward them. >> i have a hard time seeing what my future will look like. >> reporter: jamie is a daca student. i am sad. i to

students, and my community. >> we're now in a countdown. that republican lindsey graham said the best solution is for kochk to pass the d.r.e.a.m. act so that stunls could apply for legal status or be able to go to college or be in the military. >> you should want them to stay. they're great kids. >> it's going to incentivize more people to bring their kids illegally. how do you solve the problem? >> one, it's a real problem. it throws the dids back into the darkness. you shouldn't want to take these kids and ruin their lives and that's what you would be doing. >> the president said if congress can't find a solution to the issue, he will

the issue. that's why he imposed a six-month deadline. >> the president met yesterday at the white house with the so called bit 6 group of congressional leaders and officials. they discussed the upcoming agenda including tax reform. margaret brennan is at the white house. good morning. >> good morning. it's really unclear what that's going to look like. congress will have to decide whether they can deliver on promised tax cuts to both big top earners and middle class family. s. if he 'giej to do this, you have to bring democrats. white house officials say she is the first democrat to join his tax reform push. the white house is targeting

states like north dakota and missouri before that in order to sell the tax package because mr. trump won those states in 2016 and the sitting senators are there facing tough battles next year. white house officials do concede they're likely to deliver on a promised tax reform cut. after the failure to repeal and replace obamacare, all of this has gotten much more difficult. white house officials, norah, say the president will be eng e engaged on a weekly basis. republican senator tom cotton from arkansas joins us now from capitol hill. senator, good morning. >> good morning. >> i want to talk about daca and i know, of course, you have a bull to address that. are you willing to gran those 800,000 children legal status and, first, are you willing to achieve at

>> first off, president obama's order was illegal. that said, president trump is trying to deal with the situation in the most orderly way upon. he can't defend that order in court. i've talked to him and said i'm happy to try to force some kind of compromise. if we're going to give legal status to these young people in their 20s and 30s whoa are here through no fault of their own, it's going to cause consequences, it's going to open up a knew problem. it's going to encourage ores to bring their children across the border. it would address the first problem and even hansed even forcement issues is the second one. it solves the problem right in front of us. >> do you have any

that president trump supports your bill or the senate majority leader supports your bill? >> president trump and i along with my co-sponsor had an event last month at the white house. he signed the statement rescreened i rescreeneding his plan. my effort is to help solve the problem in front of us. congress has tried to pass a big sweeping imgralgs bill three times in the last 11 years. it's failed every time. it's time we've taken a different incremental swap. >> it's hard to look at daca recipie recipients. they're terrified. they really are in legal limbo. so how confident are you that this time congress can get this dunoing what's at stake?

specific problem in front of us, i pleechb we can. >> they wanted to tie up 6,000 to 8,000. >> senator, that takes us right back to where we started. the republicans blame the democrats. the democrats blame the republicans. have there been real heart to heart conversations? >> actually there's plenty of blame to go around with both parties and failures over the last three years. ewe really can't dispute as a lom cal madder, that it is is going to encourage more um grags. so we should have a open and commonsense discussion about that and try to solve those general

and say employment verification so ploers aren't hiring illegal immigrantslet those are details we can go over. if we focus on that, not everything under the sun. >> senator tom cotton. thank you very much for your time, thap ju. south korea said it will handle more launchers. four new thaad launchers will join two all right in position. it results in anger from china. in washington president trump's national security team will brief congress on the crisis. a man accused of killing his wife after he said he had two much cough syrup, that's right, he said it in a 9

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popped into center, charging on him. he's not going to get it. the red sox have won it in 19. 3-2, the final score. it's finally order. >> i'll say. this baseball game could be called the boston marathon. a 19th inning win lifted them over the redbirds, 3-2. you heard that. the sox scores 2 in the bottom of the ninth. it reminds me of little league baseball. i was like, somebody win this damn game. >> i was looking in the stadium

the green monster. there were some. >> oh, my turn. welcome back. >> you're trying to extend the game any further. >> i'm not going to speak for a 20th inning. >> welcome back to "cbs this morning." charlie is on assignment. jeff glor is here and norah's back. we're glad about that. the red sox are now entangled in a scandal involving new technology and one of their oldest rivals. according to the no, the sox admitted to using an apple watch to spy on the yankees and others visiting fenway. >> or in this case not. it sent trainers in the dug outdetails on opposing team's hand signals. the hand signals told trainers what pitch to expect. the trainers relayed the message to players in the dugout who signaled the runner on second base. the runner told the batter what pitch was

rookie rafael batters was one possibly tipped off. players are allowed to use their eyes to steal hand signals but it's against the rules to use technology, even binoculars. >> hmm. controversy. all right. right now it's time to show you some of this morning's headlines. "the oregonian" reports the eagle creek fire has jumped the columbian river and spread to washington state. look at this. time lapsed video shows this fire. it has burned 20,000 acres. 15-year-old boy from vancouver is believed to have started the fire. a teenawitness said she thought heard teenagers giggling as they threw firecrackers. senator john mccain was

spotted in the halls yesterday. he's understood going treatment for brain cancer as you know. he completed his first round 2 1/2 weeks ago. he plans to manage the florida bay. >> he looks good too. politico reports the trial of menendez starts today. he's accused of did political things in exchange for funds. he's the first sitting senator to stand trial for bribery in 40 years. and the pittsburgh "post-gazette" reports on the pittsburgh international airport to be the first report to ease 9/11 security. they can go all the way to the gate. they still have to get tickets. >> you're going have more

passengers in the tsa security check lane, more passengers millings about the airport, more passengers to deal with for the airport staff. >> such an interestings story on so many issues so families can say good-bye and welcome those coming in but busier airports. nontravelers are getting the same security treatment as those flying. >> i was hoping they had separate lines. more than 00 fema staefrs are deployed in the packet of hurricane irma as it moves toward the u.s. this morning. the storm is expected to reach the u.s. by sunday. fema is still helping those from hurricane harvey. the agency found hotel rooms for more than 53,000 people last week. fema administrator brock long is with us from fema headquarters.

you. i'm so sorry under these circumstances. this is a question. how prepared are you feeling, what are you concerned about as you sit here this morning? >> well, you know, my confidence is high. you know, we have a -- despite everything that's going on, this is what we test and train for. we have catastrophic plans. obviously after irma, yes. right now we're actually operating out of a caribbean office. we have a caribbean office, a office specifically located in puerto rico. we have staff in the virgin islands as well as we deploy management teams, life safety teams in the state of florida. i think our staffing levels are coming up. we have over 700 people right now prepositioned to be ashl to support our partners. >> there are reports the disaster relief fund is down to its last $1 mill and

can you confirm that? what's the status of your resources? >> so the president, the department of homeland security duke, we've all been working together to directly inform the congress. so congress knows what they need to do to be able to give us the enduring authority to push forward. there's great lines of communication. >> are you out of money right now? >> no, we're not. we're not going to let money get in the way of saving lives either. >> administrator, i think one of the biggest concerns is how much development there's been in florida and miami since andrew cl was so devastating in 1992. we talked about all these cranes that are up, that are only designed to deal with 145-mile-an-hour winds. how concerned are you about all the construction that's going on right now and stuff that can't be taken down before irma comes through? >> you know, i can't speak to the number of krachbs or the

obviously there's a lot of construction taking place. hopefully a lot of the structures built after 2001 were at least built to a category 3, you know, win stand within the state. i know there's been a lot of controversy over that building code law passed but hopefully a lot of the new construction that was complete is at least designed to withstand winds up to a cat 3. >> i know you said you're prepared and it's job you like to do, but i'm sure you don't like to do it back to back. are there any lessons that you learned from harvey that will help you deal better with irma? >> yes, we do. we make exhaustive efforts, not tonal understand what we did right and what we could do better but we work with local partners. a lot of people have no idea how complex and busy this agency is and part of my

explain. you messaged the wildfires going on. we're actively engaged in the wildfires, many of the wildfires around the country. we're actually reassessing our staffing levels. we've been in 25 states helping support other disasters before all of this began. so we're strong reassess our staffing patterns in other states and how we mobilize. we're ready to perform the life-saving issues from irma. >> this morning where are you most worried about in florida? >> well, obviously, you know, i've never put a lot of confidence in a five-day forecast. what i mean by that is it's no disrespect to our partners down at the national hurricane center. with very some of the best meteorologists in the globe down there. but a five-day forecast is hard to depict. i think everybody needs to be monitoring this up the gulf and the east coast and watg

very carefully to see what change has happened. i never look at one singular forecast. i look at the past three to recognize trends and what the system is doing to make better decisions. >> that's really good advice because as you know, brock, it changes on a dime. >> it can. >> really good point. >> brock long, thank you very much. >> thank you. a bizarre 911 call reveals new details about the man accused of killing his wife after he says he took too much cough medicine. ahead, how he appeared to confess to her killing when he callo ed trtrepo her death. and ohio governor john kasich on the president's decision to rescind daca, why he believes it provides a bipartisan opportunity. you're watching "cbs this morning." fothere's a seriousy boomers virus out there that's been almost forgotten. it's hepatitis c. one in 30 boomers has hep c, yet most don't even know it.

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a north carolina man charged with killing his wife after he says he took too much cough medicine remains in jail.

matthew feltz appeared before a judge for the first time yesterday. he's charged with first-degree murder in the death of his wife lauren feltz. jericka duncan with what happ happened when he called first responders. >> now he could face the death penalty if convicted of her murder. feltz appears to have confessed to the crime during a 911 call. ma you phelps kept his head down as he entered a rally courtroom tuesday charged with stabbing his wife lauren to death. >> do you think she's beyond help? >> i don't know. i'm too scared to get close to her. >> reporter: the 28-year-old called for help in the middle of the night but they altered the voice as required by state law. >> i had a dream, i turn on the lights and she's dead on the

floor. >> how? how? >> caller: >> i have blood all over me and there's a bloody knife on the bed and i think i did it. >> reporter: phelps said he took too much cough medicine. >> i took cough medicine. i know it can help you feel good. sometimes i can't sleep at night. >> we've been using this cough and cold medicine for 50-plus years. this is not a reaction i've ever heard of in an incident like this. >> in a statement bayer said patient safety is our top priority. there's no evidence that core seeden causes violent behavior. lauren helps youth in church. she celebrated her six-month anniversary writing on

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it's wednesday, september 6th, 2017. welcome back to "cbs this morning." the most powerful storm ever measured in the open atlantic has slammed with 185-mile-an-hour winds. it's strong. we're on the ground where hurricane irma will strike later today. and ohio's governor john kasich will talk about whol wil lose. it's smashing tiny islands in the caribbean. ev the most powerle hurricane meer asured. >> the winds are already starting to pick up and within hours the eye of

>> it reminds me of little leelg baseball when kirby and will were paying and it went into extra innings. somebody win this damn game. i don't care who wins. >> venus williams and -- >> oh, my god. what is that thing? oh, my god. that looked like a

>> we can tell sloane does not like bugs. i'm with you. i'm gayle king with norah. jeff is with us. charlie is on assignment. the category 5 storm made landfall. it's the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the open atlantic. this is what it looks like from the international space station. irma is packing winding of up to 185 miles per hour. >> irma is still days from the u.s. mainland but people in the keys have been told to evacuate now. president trump has declared emergencies in florida, the u.s. virgin islands and puerto rico. irma is expected to hit those islands today before marching on this weekend. tony dokoupil is in puerto rico where it's expected to be severe. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the wind is picking up by the

skirt the coast behind me and pummel the capital of puerto rico. it's already battened down and boarded up. the city is expected to catch some of the storm surge. the residents here in puerto rico as irma moves through the caribbean are preparing for a storm, the likes of which they haven't seen since 1928. overnight irma slammed into islands east of here. winds ripped apart buildings and tore down trees. the heavy rains flooded streets an that's a preview of what we could see in puerto rico here tomorrow. the island's governor is warning that a lot of infrastructure may not be able to withstand irma's force. the damage could be catastrophic and one of the biggest concerns is puerto rico's power grid. the island experienced an island-wide outage recently. some areas could expect to lose power for a week and others for four to six months. norah? >>

tony dokoupil reporting in puerto rico. thank you so much. chap is challenging congress to replace daca after he ended the obama-era program that protected young undocumented immigrants from deportation. the president tweeted last night congress has six months to come up with something or he will revisit the issue. h has a great love for daca immigrants. if it's not fixed, deportation would not begin immediately but people with new applications would not be accept. those with applications to expire have some time to re. daca protection will expire for everyone in march 2020. republican ohio governor and former presidential candidate john kasich recently voiced support for a legal path to

undocumented illegal immigrants. governor, good to see you. thanks for joining us shoo thank you. good to be with you. >> do you support president trump's decision to put daca in the hands of congress? >> look. can you imagine we're taking kids who came here that had nothing do with the fact they were brought here. they've become a very significant part of our society. in fact, as we know, they have been in houston. one person has been providing aid to the people that are in houston. one of the daca kids actually lost his life trying to help people. and now we put them in jeopardy. imagine if you were one of them. if you were one of these young people striving to be a part of america and to make something of yourself and all of a sudden somebody tells you one day you may be deported to a country you know nothing about. we want them in america. now congress has six months. it should take six hours to

the way i think they need to do it is to get reasonable republicans and democrats from the middle and build out a solution to this. and what's the solution? the simple fact is they ought to be able to stay here, have permanent resident status, stay and continue to contribute and take this cloud from over their heads. you know what's so amazing to me about this -- yeah, go ahead. >> let me just say this. senator tom cotton was on last half hour. once again there's finger pointing. both sides are pointing fingers at each other. you've laid out get people in the mid. do you think there's agreement on both sides to figure this out? you say it could take six hours. >> this is a simple zsh this is a simple moral issue. we don't want to take these young people who are part of our inauguration and just threaten them or ship them out of our country. they're contributors. what do you do? you get reasonable people. not the people on the extrem.

extremes. people in the middle and build it out. it's the same thing they need to do with health care. >> where are those people? where are they? >> they exist. i'm going to be down there meeting with a group called the problem solver is caucus on health care. they're like commonsense normal thinking americans. they actually exist. they ought to just stand up and tell the extremes to just either contribute, be constructive, or go away. i mean think about this. this is the united states of america and we're putting kids, young people who are contributors in jeopardy. this is not the america that we all love. this is a melting pot. by the way, if the d.r.e.a.m.ers want to go somewhere and live, come to ohio. we want all the immigrants to come to ohio because we know how much they contribute to america. i wouldn't be in america if it wasn't for immigration. who

president of croatia. you never know. >> governor, speaking of middle ground, how much room do you think there is for a candidate in 2020? >> very, very difficult for an independent. if you had a michael bloomberg that's willing to spend $10 billion, there's a possibility. but, look. the political landscape is changing every second before our eyes. we don't know what the future brings. the public is fed up. i'm here with a bunch of people doing this shot. i said, what do you like about washington that. >> they say the restaurants. it opens the door for a more dramatic change. >> governor, are you going to run with john hickenlooper? >> you know, they can't pronounce a name and they can't put kasich and hickenlooper on a bumper sticker. that just won't work. >> governor, the president tweeted yesterday he will revisit daca if congress can't

next six months. what do you milwaukee of this? >> i have no idea. i don't know. here's what i know. if i were president, boy uld have told those states, let's go to court. let's get it on. you're intent of shipping kids out of here. these states that wanted to sue, i would have say, already, sue me. by the way, i'm going to expose you for what you are because you're putting kids at risk. i think it's outrageous for states do this. frankly if i were president, boy uld tell the attorney general, put on your best suit, get your suitcase ready, we're marching into court and in the meantime i would say let's do it. it should take six hours, not six months. >> almost every person in congress voted against the d.r.e.a.m. act in 2010 which would have given them it. now president is asking them, what, to reverse themselves and vote for this? >> norah, this might be the great opportunity literally.

i've made laws, i run the state of ohio. if you build this thing and get reasonable republicans and democrats at a table and say this is what we're going to do, we're not going to talk about border walls, we're not going to talk about comprehensive plans, just save the kids and make sure they stay in merge. that's it. take a piece. if you get that done, then you can move to the broader agenda. but at this point in time, this is a crisis for people who are now living on the edge of their seats saying, what am i supposed to do? are they going to ship me out of the country that i've come to love and participate in? so yes. i'm going to be down there with hickenlooper. they need to stand up, norah. there are too many members of congress who are afraid of leaders. although paul ryan said he wanted to fix this. go fix it. get it

leave. >> yeah. governor, thank you so much. as we keep hearing kasich and hickenlooper, you say they don't fit on a bumper sticker rngs we heard you say it again. >> he needs more passion. >> appreciate your time. a discussion on end-of-life care. the author

the songings and dances of the broadway "hamilton" have found their way into summer classrooms. nancy cordes found one of the places it happened. >> how did you spend your sum? kids went back learning acting, dance, and history all through the hit mooufrl "hamilton." coming

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the doctor helped transform the conversation about aging and being mortal, medicine and what matters in the end. his book was

times" bestseller list for 85 weeks. is now number one in paperback. he's a professor and surgeon at brickham and women's hospital. so good to see you. >> glad to be here. >> we were discussing this before the show. no matter when the subject comes up, it always prompts a big discussion. how do you think a conversation about end of life has changed since this book came out? >> i think the thing that has changed is this isn't about death panels or giving up. this is what are you fighting for. people turn out to have priorities in their lives. besides just living longer, we need to ask people what their priorities are, especially when they have a serious illness or frailty. if we don't have, our care and what we do to people isn't aligned with what matters both to them. but when you do ask, it's extraordinary and people are just -- just now they're starting to

>> words matter like what? how i want to die, when i'm going to die, even though i don't have a say over it. it got me to thinking, what is the best way to have your life end. you said it's more about the quality, not the quantity of the life. >> here's the important thing in this book. it seems really scary, right? how to have a good death. that's not the goal. the goal is a good life all the way to the very end. >> what should you be asking? >> what's your understanding with where are you with your health. what are you willing to go through and not go through for the sake of more time. what's the minimum kwal the of life you'd find acceptable. what are your fear about what's ahead for your health. i read a man's answer where he said if i can watch football on television and eat chocolate ice cream, that will be good enough fo.

to do that. >> i'll go through that. that's the best lilling will. then you start asking, will that be good enough for your gayle, jeff, norah, and the conversation starts. >> i like how you framed it. in medical school it's about saving lives, but we don't talk about the demise of life. how important is that from a financial perspective in terms of medical care but a moral perspective? >> i think what definitely starts the conversation on a public stage is we spend a quarter of all medicare dollars top last quarter of life and the evidence is it's often increasing suffering rather than improving life, but the real moral question is getting to that focus on how do you want to live? what really matters to you? and we don't ask that question. i tell the story of a medical director in a nursing home who fought a

to have pets in the nursing home. there was a fight with the staff, there was a fight with the director, there was a fight with the regulators who say, it's not safe. life is bigger than safety and sur vierchl, but it's about do i havelove, which the pets bring and responsibility and something to care for. they had lower drug use and lived longer. >> when you say people fight to the bitter end up till the dockers say there's nothing more to do. that isn't a good way to look at it. there's always something a doctor can do but at what cost. >> yeah. the real question is do you fight or do you want to give up. what are you fighting for. i tell the story my father a surgeon had a brain tumor. the question was what are you fighting for. for him it was to be at the done irtable with family and friends and enjoy that experience for a

could guard around the fact that if he lost that, that's when just make sure he's not in pain. >> here's a reason of why you want children, chances of avoiding a nursing home, especially if you have daughters. >> thank you, doctor. >> thank you. >> a very important discussion. all right. ahead, a new michael jackson mashup track being released by his estate this morning. that's why i'm using nicorette. only nicorette gum has patented dual-coated technology for great taste, plus intense craving relief. every great why needs a great how. ♪ is more than one thing. with floral fusion oil it's soft skin and fine fragrance. discover more than one thing with caress. soft skin, fine fragrance. caress. it can seem like triggers pop up everywhere. luckily there's powerful, 24-hour, non-drowsy claritin.

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welcome, welcome back. charlie is on assignment and jeff glor is at the table, so we're in good hands. there's a new michael jackson mashup track just released by his estate. ♪ >> that is "blood on the dance floor." if you're a michael jackson fan, you already know that. that's part of the shazam act. it's part of a c

jackson will lease on september 29th. it includes popular songs such as "torture," "dirty diana," and "thriller." there will be a new one-hour animated special. it airs right here on cbs. >> that's cool. >> we get a first look. as kids head back to school, the popular musical "broadway "is helping kids with history. ahead, hamill kids who are picking up history as well as sock and dance. verizon wants to build a juggernaut. it needs your information first. you must give access to the web brougs history, app usage and data. in return they can get krited for concert ticketov

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in three sets. she faces fellow american sloane stephens who's 13 years younger. >> norah, that's going to be good. >> i know. when is that? >> i think it's tomorrow. >> that's going to be a good match. we'll find out. and "usa today" reports on hillary clinton's contention that bernie sanders pave the way for donald trump. in her excerpts in her new book she talks about impugning her character. she said bernie sanders made it harder paving the way for trump's crooked hillary campaign. the united states attorney general is calling for a diplomatic resolution to the north korean crisis. it's the subject of our ongoing "issues that matter." >> the u.s. wants stricter

sanctions on kim jong-un's regime as his nation possibly prepares for a new missile test. former defense saerk ash carton worked on national issues. he was involved in military planning during the 1994 crisis over north korea's nuclear program. he's now director of the bell for center at the harvard kennedy school. he joins us this morning. ash carter, this is your territory, so we're interested in hearing what you have to sa. >> thank you. >> massive military response. sounds very scary, sounds very intense. what type of threat would warrant that type of response? what does that mean when you hear that? >> we've been prepare and continue to prepare for decades for north korean aggression. it's important that we protect our people as well as our friends and all lies

i think at this juncture, what i would advise is a strategy of coercive diplomacy. people talk about is it diplomacy or military action. in this case what you need is a mix in which you require north korea to take steps progressively to reduce the threat, or you take steps progressively to military and economic sanctions to apply pressure to them. if down the road they continue to make the wrong choice and this road does in fact lead to military conflict, we have had the time, first of all better to prepare our forces even than the considerable preparation that they have now, also to ready our allies, japan and south korea, and also to sideline japan. and those are necessary preparations for effective military action. but i think at this juncture, it's

the mix of the military and diplomatic path to take. >> you say make the wrong choice. what do we need to see? some say firing these test missiles is a very disconcerting thing that they're all disconcerting. it's been going on for quite some time. i think what we need them to do is halt understood ground nuclear testing, halt ballistic missiles. at each step of the way, they can either take that step back from this brink or toward the brink. in either case, we will be prepared either to relax pressure on them or to increase pressure on them. as you say, down the road after -- if they continue to make bad choices, military action may be necessary.

i think secretary mattis is pointing to our necessity to do that, but after coercive diplomacy plays out in this way, we're better prepared if that eventuality plays out which we know it well may. >> and they talk about in the way the diplomacy may be needed. the president are is having a phone call this morning with the chinese president xi jinping. is it time for the chinese to cut off the oil supply to the north? >> absolutely. it would be china's best strategic interest in the long run to essentially strangle north korea importantly through energy to get them to stop doing something which could lead to a war on china's border. we will win that war, but it is a very, very unpleasant war for us but also for china, however, as you sark i've been observing this for decades

the chinese have consistently disappointed. so i think we also need to prepare ourselves and prepare our friends and allies. and if the chinese sidelined themselves, then that's unfortunate for them, unfortunate for us, but we will be prepare to protect our people and our allies. >> secretary, how did we get here in the first place? i know priefbsly some feel the obama administration was too restrained on noerng. would you agree with that ass s assessme assessment? >> well, this has been going on for decades. it's been going on for multiple administrations. since the chinese first tested nuclear weapons since 2006. they were launching ballistic missiles since the 1990s. >> do you think there should have been more done urn the bush

years later the obama administration? >> i certainly think we had some limited success in the 1990s. this was mentioned earlier. this was something of political diplomacy. step-by-step pressure or relaxation of pressure depending on if north korea took the right direction. i still think that's the right way to go. it's a mixture of diplomacy and military. and as i said, if the north korean s continue to make bad choices, it will lead to a greater chance of military action. that may be necessary. that may be discussed. sanctions, you mentioned important. also providing advanced systems to our all lies, south korea and japan, because t

inevitable part of military alks. they threaten them and they're right there and they're our friends and allies, and so there are ways through this process that we can both give a try to the possibility of diplomacy succeeding but also position ourselves progressishly in a strengthened posture if and when military action is required, which it may well be. >> ashton carter, thanks for joining us. the songs of hit musical "hamilton" are catchy from even to students to cbs correspondents. ♪ how does a rag team -- everyone give it up. >> we all know that. nancy cordes explores the

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kids to see what they learned. nancy, your singing was very good. we were enjoying that. >> you don't have to say that, jeff. i appreciate it. i do enjoy it pt it's become a family pastime and here at the portrait gallery, if this portrait looks familiar to you, it's because it's the one on the $10 bill, but for most kids they wouldn't have had much interest this this man or time period until the music hamilton gave them a soundtrack and a story that brought the nation's founding to life. two years in and it's firing up the kids in places like kansas city, laguna beach, and chicago

where the musical has kids singeing and dassing their way back into time. many of them have never seen the show, but they still know every world. ♪ we met the middle schoolers at imagination stage in bethesda, maryland, where kids were clamoring for a spot on "hamilton's" dance camp. >> i saw that and said, mom, i want to be in that camp. >> on a scale of one to ten, how obsessed would you say you are. >> 11. >> i would say 11 but more like 11 1/2. >> i have to agree with him. 11. >> i got my dad into it. hi started learning the history of alexander hamilton, so we discuss it together. >> reporter: that passion makes teac

sometimes a passion for dance instructor ashlee mckinnon. >> they start singing the next song and i say, guys, we're not there. >> reporter: it's all music to the ears of lynn well manuel lin-manuel miranda. >> what's interesting is we've got 20,000 students coming to listen and one of the things that's part of the curriculum when they come to the show is they're creating performance pieces based on other histories. >> incredible. incredible. >> miranda started a program called eduham in new york. ♪ >> bringing an intensive

curriculum to kids all over the country as "hamilton" continues its u.s. tour. >> i think it's presented us with an opportunity we must not lose. >> historian jim basker oversees eduham. >> with the help of hamilton, our students are finding it the most wonderful rare to dive into. >> the only thing i knew about alexander hamilton is he was on the back of a $10 bill. >> a lot of people thought he was president. >> yeah, but he wasn't. >> i had a street teacher. i was like, wait, don't they mention that in the song? common sense by thomas payne. ♪

we found hamilton-themed camp programs in at least a dozen states and many of them told us they're planning to expand their offerings next summer to meet public demand as -- based on personal experience. gayle, i can tell you that the love these kids have including the cordes kids has increased over time and we haven't even seen it. >> your kids are really, really cute, nancy. that's what's so amazing. even though the kids haven't seen the play tla love the music and this makes them want to go. nicely done, nancy cordes and the cordes kids. you're watching

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well, good morning, and welcome to "great day washington." >> i love seeing that open. that's one of the things we've done so far. >> i know. we change it every couple of days. so you gotta watch at the beginning of the show to see what we're doing next. and today what a lot of us are doing is getting ready for the first day of school

in prince george's county. that's today. now, there's also prince george in london. he's 4-year-old and his first day of pre-k is also today, and prince william and kate who just announced they're expecting their third child, they're going to do a joint dropoff to mark the royal occasion. he grew up so fast, by the way. and speaking of the royals, prince harry's girlfriend, megan markel is on the cover of vanity fair's october issue, and she says the two are, quote, in love. i don't know what the queen has to say about that, but kristin, i don't know, do you think there could be another royal wedding on the horizon? >> you never know. it's kind of the first time she's really opened up about it. they've kind of kept it secret, even everybody has known they've been together. i watched the show "suit" that she's on. she's one of the stars on "suit," and i hadn't started watching it until this season and i'm thinking, wait, that woman looks familiar. i put two and two together. >> she wo't

to say harry and i are in love without the queen's approval. >> yes. you need the approval of the royal family. >> the iron purse. she has always dpsh she always has her purse. >> from the queen across the pond to the queen here in the states, queen bee herself, beyonce turned 36 years old. 18 of her friends and family, including first lady michelle obama, right there, took photos and this picture is from the grammy-winning video for beyonce's song "formation." it was kelly roll and michelle williams, even beyonce's daughter, blue ivy. they all got together and did these photos. i love the first lady in that. you wouldn't even know it was her. >> now, i could tell that was blue ivy. >> that's blue ivy. >> that's the cutiest one right there. >> beyonce, of course, is from houston, and she's set to join stars like george clooney, reese witherspoon and oprah in an hourlong telethon on septem12