captioning funded by cbs good morning. it's thursday, december 14th, 2017. welcome to "cbs this morning." they say they have the deal the biggest in three decades. will it fulfill the president's promise of a giant tax cut before christmas. omarosa was escorted out of the white house. >> sal elma hay eck write

>> and what they're doing to help change the workplace. >> and the author of "why we sleep" is in studio 57, looking at new research on how sleep impacts our memory. >> it sure does. but we begin this morning with today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> we want to give you, the american people a giant tax cut for christmas. and when i say giant, i mean giant. >> republicans on the verge of tax reform. >> this is bigger than the reagan tax reform which is the year i got my driver's license. >> there's only bit of good news, the longer they take on it, the worse it gets. >> the battle race is on. in this race, we have not received the final count. >> roy moore still has not conceded in the alabama senate race. >> do the right thing, roy. it's time that we heal. >> a kentucky man

life. >> tavis smiley responds to pbs. >> snow and frigid conditions from michigan into new york. >> all that -- >> dreams of joy from a 16-year-old granted early admission to harvard. >> -- and all that matters. >> your son beau had the same cancer that my father was diagnosed with. >> the thing that i found was -- and beau insisted on and your dad's going to insist on -- is you've got to maintain hope. >> -- on "cbs this morning." omarosa is fired from the white house. >> general kelly was called up. he came over and told the secret service to get her out of there. >> whaaaat? >> whaaaat? that's awesome. is there any chance there's footage of that. >> this morning's "eye opener" is presented by toyota. let's go places.

he's kind of dead on about that. the trauuth, the truth, the tru, tell me more. >> sometimes you can't make it up. >> hey, good morning. welcome to "cbs this morning." everybody, a lot going on today. i'm norah o'donnell with gayle king and "face the nation" john dickerson. the republicans are ready to end the year with a big gift for president trump. they reached a tax reform compromise yesterday that would cut taxes by over $1.4 trillion over the decade. >> they want to keep their promise to send a final bill to the white house by christmas. democrats say the new version is even more slanted toward the wealthy. >> it preserves most deductions for medical expenses, student loan interests, and state and local taxes. nancy cordes is on capitol hill with the numbers from the house

nancy, good morning. >> good morning. house and senate says they've reached an agreement that in principle combines these two bills. all that's due left, they say, is to put that bill into legislative language. they insist they're still on track to pass this bill in the house and senate next monday and tuesday, enabling the president to keep a promise he repeated yesterday. >> we want to give you the american people a giant tax cut for christmas. >> the president celebrated his party's quick work, melding two very different tax plans. the combined bill would eliminate obamacare's health insurance mandate, double the standard for individuals and married couples, and allow taxpayers to deduct a combined $10,000 from state and local income taxes and property taxes and

individual rate. >> only the top 1% will benefit from that change. >> democrats argue the biggest benefits still go to the wealthy and to corporations, which would see their tax rates drop from 35% to as low as 21%. >> republicans say what they learned from the alabama race is that they need to get things done to show the american peopl% that they can govern. >> when they say they need to get something done, it's as if you have a sick patient. and instead of curing them, you chop off their right arm and say you're going to get something done. >> that's regular order. with all due respect, that's regular order. >> senator, you're out of order. >> but in a contentious bipartisan plan, they say under the plan nearly everyone will pay less, at least in the short term. >> it reduces tax rates for all americans in all walks of life. >> and they said an overhaul of this magnitude is long

to make a few tweaks around the edges, to make a few changes. we were called here today to make sure that our tax code is fixed forever. >> congressional sources tell cbs news that they expect to get a final analysis from the joint committee on taxation, a bipartisan congressional group, by friday looking at the costs and benefits of their new and apparently final plan. they also say, gayle, that they have been chicking in with their potential holdouts throughout this process, and they believe they're going to stick with them. >> all right, nancy. the discussion will continue on that. thank you very much. the senate democratic leader says there should be no vote on the tax bill until democrat doug jones is seated in the senate. doug, as you know defeated roy moore in a special alabama election by 1.5% of the vote on tuesday night, but state officials are still counting some of

is refusing to concede. manuel bojorquez has more on possible options. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. unless doug jones' final margin of victory is within less than half a percentage point, the state will not launch an automatic recount. so far moore refuses to surrender. >> we're indeed in the struggle to preserve our republic, our civilization, and our religion, and to set free a suffering humanity. and the battle rages on. >> reporter: in the nearly five-minute video statement released overnight, republican roy moore refused to concede to the alabama special election after being defeated by democrat doug jones. jones said senators from both parties and even president trump called to congratulate him. >> he invited me over to the white house to visit as soon as

i i get up there. >> reporter: alabama secretary of state and governor have until january 3rd. >> this has been a very close race. we're awaiting certification by the secretary of state. >> reporter: steve flowers is the leading political analyst. >> roy moore says it's not over yet. does he have a case for a recount? >> under alabama law he doesn't. if he wants a recount, he'll have to pay for it, which will cost around $1 million, which he probably doesn't have. >> i would say do the right thing, roy. it's time that we heal. it's time that we get together. >> reporter: it's not the first time roy moore has refused to admit to defeat. he refused to follow the court order to remove the monument of the ten commandments from the courthouse. he was removed from office both times. john? >> manuel, thanks. senator john

hospitalized this morning at walter reed medical center outside washington, d.c. "the arizona republic" is under treatment for brain cancer. jan crawford is on capitol hill. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. he said he's suffering from normal side effects and he's looking forward to get back to work as soon as possible. on wednesday his daughter was comforted by former vice president joe biden who lost his son to the disease. >> your son had the same cancer my dad was diagnosed with. i'm sorry. i think about beau almost every day. >> and if anybody can make it, your dad -- her dad is one of my best friends. >> reporter: drawing on personal experience joe biden offered words of encourage manhattan to john mcc

beau insisted on, your dad's going to insist on, is you've got to maintain hope. there's hope. you have to have hope. i swear, guys, we are going to beat this damn disease, we really are. >> reporter: senator john mccain later tweeted his appreciation, calling biden a source of strength for my own family. >> the didn't has been unable or unwilling to change. >> reporter: one week ago mccain was in place as the chairman but the 81-year-old has not voted this week and has missed five role calls. he's battling cancer. he's talking about the diagnosis that's being treated with chemotherapy and radiation. >> i said, i understand we're going to do what we can, get the best doctors

the best we can. >> now biden said he's encouraged by new treatment options for geoblastoma which he said is as bad as it gets. . they're injecting viruses into the cancer, getting closer and closer, feging out how to crush these kinds of tumors. >> thank you. we wish him a speedy recovery. >> it was such an emotional moment the way joe got out of his chair to go sit next to megan and comfort her was a beautiful thing to see on television. >> agreed. the white house is without one of its high-profile communications officials this morning. reality star turned white house aide omarosa manigault newman abruptly left her post. last night president trump tweeted, thank you,

your work. i wish you the best. what do we know? >> it was made by john kelly. he makes all the decisions. although omarosa had a big title and her paycheck was equal to the big title, her duties were hard to define. she sort of indulged in the amenities and conveniences of the white house. that aggravated john kelly and those who worked around her. kelly told omarosa early willer this week her time at the white house was over, she could stay until january 20th and be allowed to say she resigned. she resigned to pursue other opportunities. her time was done. omarosa tried to appeal, kelly rejected it. she appealed tom the president's daughter. then she tried a different tack. she went into the residence. that tripped alarms

then kelly ordered her escorted off of the property. secret service denies its agents were involved in that maneuver but they did deactivate her white house pass. john kelly is imposed with the duties of maintaining a tight focus on the president's agenda and the president's political future. so now omarosa joins a rather lengthy list of somewhat controversial and highly public officials out of the white house. steve bannon. sebastien gorcyca, and john, who can forget anthony the mooch scaramucci. >> it's amazing. you could fit them all on a bus. thanks so much, major. >> there's so many details. i forgot there is that alarm if

residen residence, that triggers that special alarm. >> it sounds like a different reality show, not one you associate with the white house. it's not a good look to the kids of today. >> the chief of staff's job is to take the reality show and replace it with reality, which is the top difficult straightforward business of running a white house and all of these people who are part of the original group who came in are now being escorted out. i've never seen anything like it. a kentucky state lawmaker accused of molesting a teenager is dead. police say 57-year-old dan johnson shot himself yesterday on a bridge not far from his home in louisville. a day earlier he denied molesting a teenager in 2013. mark strassmann, good morn. >> reporter: good morning. a preacher, he was elected last november. since these allegations surfaced, leaders from b

resign. now police will investigate why he apparently took his own life. police found dan johnson just outside his car wednesday night with a single gunshot wound to the head. >> someone saw a post on social media and alerted the law enforcement. >> reporter: in a facebook post about two hours before his death johnson wrote, the accusations are false. ptsd is a sickness that will take my life. i cannot handle it any longer. on monday a reporter published an article alleging that in 2013 johnson molested a 17-year-old girl from his church at a new year's eve party. johnson allegedly slid his hand up her shirt and bra and groped her and forced his hand down her bands. >> he denied the account on tuesday and refused to resign. >> this allegation from this young lady, this young girl, has

there are people who have had abuse, but at the same time i think there are people who have take than now and misused that for political stones and political rocks. >> reporter: johnson was elected to the state legislature in 2016 under an umbrella of scrutiny. in 1985 he was indicted in an insurance fraud scheme after he admitted to paying people to torch his own car. >> it's a place where people get together -- >> reporter: he was reportedly cited three times for selling alcohol from his church without a like core license. and three months before his election, johnson posted a picture on facebook of the obamas as monkeys. he called it not racism but satire. last night matt bevin tweete

his autopsy is scheduled for later today. gayle? >> thank you, mark. a mavis deal to combine two of the world's biggest entertainment giants was announced moments ago. the walt disney company is buying a large portion 20th century fox. the deal was announced this morning by disney's ceo, bob iger. the cost, about $252 billion. jill schlesinger is here with what that could mean for hollywood. this is a big, big deal. some people have one perception of disney, another for fox. what is in it for disney? >> absolutely. what disney will get is the ownership of the fox tv studio, the fox movie including the amazing brand. also gets an interest in it and gets the

channel, but as you said very important here, fox will retain the news network, fox news channel, fox business news, potentially folding it in under the news corps "wall street journal." >> what does it mean for fox news and fox corps? >> they're going to be fine. what this deal is about is about creating a ton of content. we look back ten years ago. the big content creators didn't have a netflix, didn't have amazon. now apple, youtube, everyone is getting into the game. whoever has the most content regardless of how it goes out, whether it's on stream or broadcast, those are the companies that are going to survive. >> last month we saw the justice didn't try to block the at&t time warner deal. what about this deal? >> again, if you use the exact same philosophy, which is we don't like overlapping businesses or one company controlling too much, so the justice didn't could come in and say we'll let you do

of it, not all of it. we'll have to see. this is going to be very interesting because we're going to see more and more of these combinations. this is how big content providers are going to actually exist in the future. they'll control more and more stuff. how it goes out is less important. bob iger just recently said, we're going to stream it, but this is about content. >> what does it mean for hollywood? >> hollywood is going to have so many outlets that people who are constant providers are going to be very happy about it overall. >> thank you so much. amazon echo and google home can listen to what you say even when they are not awake.

hollywood start salma hay yek said years of abuse by harvey weinstein went way beyond sexual harassment. >> she said he even threatened her life when she said no to his advances. >> you're watching "cbs this morning."

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welcome back to "cbs this morning." here are three things we think you should know this morning. you could start seeing less money if the republicans pass through a sweeping tax plan this month. now, that's according to the irs. in his speech yesterday president trump said a family of four earning $75,000 a year will see a tax cut of more than $2,000. if you get weekly paychecks, that amounts to an extra $38 a week. today is the fifth anniversary of the sandy hook elementary school in connecticut. in 2012 adam lanza killed 20 children and six adults at

himself. a cbs news poll found that half of american gun owners say it's something we have to sep in a free society. 67% of nongun owners say mass shootings can be prevented. and a russian spacecraft landed safely. it hurtled into air. randy bresnik was onboard along with a russian cosmonaut. salma hayek is the latest to accuse harvey weinstein of sexual harassment. the headline is "harvey weinstein is my monster too." she claims that he made numerous unwanted advances, forced her to film a nude

threatened to kill her. bianna golodryga joins us at the table with hayek's account and new accusations made from other famous men. >> you know, reading this piece is like a punch to the gut, the words coming from salma hayek. the movie "freida" won her oscar nods. what she said is that what started out as a chance to fulfill a lifelong dream turned into a nightmare she kept secret until now. she said she was thrilled when harvey weinstein agreed to distribute it. but in a "new york times" op-ed, hayek revealed for years he was my monster. the actress said she said no to weinstein's requests for massages, showers, and sex, but her refusals drew weinstein's rage. during one outburst he threatened, i will kill you, don't think i

threatened to shut down production unless she agreed to do a fully nude sex scene with another woman. i had to say yes, she writes, causing her to have a nervous breakdown the day the scene was shot. in a phone interview with cbs news, julie taymor described the turmoil during production. >> harvey was constantly undermining confidence for salma. it goes beyond sexual harassment. >> reporter: norm times helped break the weinstein story. >> for the women who were victims of harvey weinstein, the behavior varied in severity, but the overall pattern, we hear again and again and again. >> weinstein wasn't the only famous man to face accusations thursday. >> pbs overreacted and they lost a sloppy investigation. >> reporter: pbs suspended the show after they say

multiple credible allegations. smiley responded in a facebook video e. >> i never groped, inappropriately exposed myself or inproposely treated a female. >> he tweeted, he's part of the problem. spurlock said he sexually harassed his former assistant and had sexual relations with a women in college who accused him of rape. >> in salma hayek's case, harvey weinstein denies all accusations. weinstein also disputes hayek's claims that he did not support the film "freida" and tried to tank it. it's so disturbing when you think of it, that unwanted sex scene. it also involved ashley judd. she, too, hat her harvey weinstein "me too" mome

this morning music mogul russell simmons is strongly denying accusations that he r e raped women three decades ago. all three women say their music careers were derailed or ruined. he says he categorically rejects the allegations. he calls them forgive louis and hurtful. at least 12 women now accuse him of sexual misconduct. good morning. >> good morning. >> i know you call simmons a powerful industry gatekeep never this article. is that one of the reasons these women have come forward now? >> absolutely. he was a powerful figure then and he's a powerful figure now. he's somebody who could make or break careers. he touched a lot of industries. he had a very wide sway. i think for these women coming forward took a lot of courage and a lot of time thinking about at

they warranted to say it. >> on the record accusing him of rape. >> absolutely. many of the accounts took place years ago and they've been living with this pain. >> did he have around him this apparatus that harvey weinstein had, knew this happened, took care of him in this kind of behavior? >> i think there were whispers in the industry. but many of these things happened in his apartment. he took care to make sure he was alone in these moments. he often told people he was inviting them for a party and when they showed up, there was nobody else there. he had his own method for making sure people stayed quiet. >> russell simmons denied the allegations in the paper, but he says this. the presumption of innocence until proven guilty should not replace guilty by accusation. how do you decide which allegations to print

the subjects of the stories. we tell them what the allegations are in great detail. he did give us a statement. his lawyer also denied some of the accusations. i will say he admitted to one account of sexual harassment, a woman who worked with him at def jam. he admitted he behaved inappropriately there. for us, we're very careful about how we report them. we always talk to people to confirm the accounts, the women, the victims of this behavior might have told their friends, their therapies, you know, their partners. and so we're able to kind of confirm this information, you know, as much as possible. it's very important for us to vet this stuff. >> his career has flourished. what's happened to their careers? >> i think that's one of the most heartbreaking parts to this story. you see where step by step experiences leak th s like

undermine women. >> melena ryzik, thank you very much. we also wanted to talk to men about the way forward. >> the big guys are going to fall down, and the rest of us are going to stand here picking up the pieces to trying to figure out how we make progress. this is the beginning of it. we're seeing the monuments fall right now. >> we're going to hear from five accomplished leaders in different industries. digital assistants sold by amazon and google may start recording more conversations than you realize. ahead, how companies might use your personal information in the future. and we invite you to listen to our cbs news podcasts. find them all on itunes and apple's ipodcast app. you're watching "cbs thi

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digital assistants sold by amazon and google are listening possibly even when you think that are not. a consumer watchdog organization studied patent filings for both companies. it says alexa and rival google home can start recording more information than you realize. jamie yuccas explains how they might use that data that they use in the future. >> what's the weather tomorrow? >> reporter: elizabeth has been relying on her amazon echo ever since she got one as a christmas gift last year. >> did you have any concerns when you first got it? >> i actually never really thought about it. >> reporter: google and amazon, the leading companies that make these devices only record your voice when you activate them with so-called "wake" words. those recordings are then transmitted back to amazon and quogle servers where the

answered. while that's how they work now, some are worried how they may work in the future. >> they're there to tck you and trail you. >> reporter: a consumer watchdog group studied the application. >> what these patents describe is that they're always watching, they're always listening. >> reporter: one amazon patent shows the company could instruct the echo device listen to trigger words like vacation destinati destination. it can then transcribe that conversation and try to sell the user of the device a related project. >> i think it's concerning that they would be able to have access to my private life. >> reporter: a spokesperson for amazon tells "cbs this morning," we do not use customers' voice recordings for targeted tiegz. patents take multiple years to receive and do not necessarily

processes and services. google says consumer watchdog claims are unfounded. but the claims do point out how little some consumers know about the gadgets in their homes. >> it almost feels a little like big brotherish. do you guys have one of those? >> we do. we talk to it all the time. it doesn't always respond. sometimes it responds when you're not talking to it too. >> are you worried now? >> i'm constantly worried, gayle. but it's nice when you're alone to have something to talk to because i'm a bit of a shut-in. >> i find that hard to believe. i find that hard to believe. >> but it is interesting to think about. that they could be recording you even when you don't think that that i are. be aware when you have one in your house. that's all. >> especially if you have one in your bedroom. >> be careful. up next a look at this morning's headlines including

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good morning. it's thursday, december 14th, 2017. you're watching "cbs this morning." ahead a decision that could dramatically change how you use the memory. new research shows how your memory can take a hit if you don't get enough sleep. the author is here with a new remedy. first your "eye opener" at 8:00. they reached a compromise yesterday. >> all that's left to do is put that combined bill into legislative language. >> unless doug jones' final

a percentage point, the state will not launch a recount. senator mccain's office says he's suffering from normal side effects and he's looking forward to getting back to work as soon as possible. >> omarosa indulged in the amenities and conveniences of the white house that aggravated john kelly. >> what's in it for disney? >> what disney will get is the ownership of the fox tv studios, movie studios including the amazing brand. fox will retain the news network. >> it came out that george clooney gave 14 of his best friends $1 million each. yeah, you know who's pissed right now? george cluooney's 15th best friend. i'm done. and this is one guy. what the hell happened? >> i think a lot of people are

clooney's best friend. what a nice thing for him to do, a closest friend, have a dinner and give him a million dollars because he gave them help way back when. >> i send a text message. they were moved. >> i send a card. >> hand-written? >> i'm gayle king with norah o'donnell and john dickerson. we are really very good friends. republicans are working to get the tax bill passed before christmas. they settled the differences between their bills in principle yesterday. >> the combined bill aims to cut taxes by $1.4 trillion over ten years. it would lower the tax rate from 39.6% to 37%. the corporate tax rate would fall from 35% to 21% next year. it would also eliminate the obamacare requirement for everyone to have health care benefits. >> cutting the gop

president trump said yesterday it's crucial to vote on tacks before that happens. republicans plan to send the bill to the president's desk after a vote early next week. >> a evoke is scheduled in washington on a government rule change that could affect how you use your favorite websites. they rule on net neutrality from playing favorites and charging more for faster access. julianna goldman is outside the fcc in washington with a evoke likely to take place today. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. a survey found that over 87% of americans support net neutrality rules. protesters have been gathering ahead of the vote. some want a delay, some want congress to intervene. no matter, they say their fight is not over. net neutrality has long been a hot button issue, but with its repeal all but

supporters like melissa mand others are arguing that the freedom of the internet is at state. it prevents internet service providers like at&t and providers from charging differently and charging more money to reach customers. >> online you can say what you want. >> josh shapiro wants to keep the rules in place. >> without it, companies can decide what content you're going to get at a certain speed. >> he and 17 other attorneys general have asked the fcc to delay the vote in part because they say the comment period was hijacked by millions of fake submissions using names of people. >> they stole the voice of american democracy, and i'm not going to stand for that. >>

president trump says the criticism is overblown. >> democracy? really. >> reporter: since he announced the plan last month he and his wife have received threatening calls. >> it's the exact opposite of authoritarianism. >> reporter: pai says it allows the government to monitor the internet and stifles stimulation. there are five commissioners who will all be meeting today, and all three republicans support repealing these rules. john? >> jewel a julianna, thanks. the post says it has created a, quote, situati

personal insecurities of the president and his refusal to accept what even many in his administration regard as objective reality have impaired the government's response to a national security threat. the paper says the report is based on interviews with more than 50 current and former u.s. officials. "washington post" national security post correspondent greg miller is one of its authors, and he joins us from washington. greg, good morning. how exactly is the president's insecurities affecting our national security? >> it's in two ways, right? one way is there isn't discussion -- discussion of this irv isn't allowed at a presidential level. officials are scared or worried about bringing up information, new intelligence about russia that might upset him. in that way it happens. then there is sort of active authentics that the administration has done. it has tried to

few penalties that president obama imposed before he left office. if you recall one of the measures was to seize two russian compounds in the united states in punishment for the election interference. the trump administrate spent months exploring ways to return those before it was forced to abandon the plan. >> the u.s. intelligence was clear, that russia tried to interfere with elections. yet as you detail, there does not appear to be any administration effort to try and roll back those efforts in the future, correct? >> that's right. as we've reported, this administration has created a special commission to investigate widely discredited claims of voter fraud, but there's no such panel to look at election interference from abrown including by russia. you just can cite

administration has tried to deny the reality. >> why do you think it's so hard for the president of the united states to accept the findings of the u.n. intelligence committee -- community. >> in interviews with white house officials for this story, you'll see the quotes in the story, they'll tell you face-to-face that it is personal, that he views this as an afrofront as what he sees as historic win. it's very personal. that's why -- what makes this so strange is a president's personal insecurities are affecting how the government responds to a threat. >> you said you wrote at one point the president wants to think his charisma has a lot to do with his win and that it's allegedly structured to avoid upsetting him. so how does that work? ru a lot of material among

written portion of the briefing, which many people we've talked to say he doesn't pay very close attention to. they'll avoid raising it orally with him or talk around it or put it at the end of the briefing after they get through other subjects. it's one of many examples of ways that they try to work around this super sensitive issue with the president. >> greg miller, thanks so much. new research uncovers the link between memory decline and sleep as we get older. ahead, we'll talk about

in our morning rounds, the study out today high lights the impacts of sleep on our memory. brain waves become unsynchronized. because of that ta brain fails to hit the save button to keep new memories while we sleep. it points to a new treatment for boosting brain power among the elderly. >> this could help the estimated 6 million americans with alzheimer's or mild cognitive impairment. matthew walker co-authored the new study. he's the author of the book "why we sleep." it's published by scrivener,

simon & schuster. what did you discover about the link between sleep and your memory? >> what we found is in young healthy adults the deep sleep wavelengths are perfectly synchronized in time and that sin ckoconizatio christian iizas you. as you get older, it's mistimed. it's like a drummer one beat off the rhythm. so you can't cement the memories into your brain, so you end up forgetting the next morning rather than remembering. >> matthew, what age are we talking about here? >> your definition of aging, yeah. >> let's be clear. it's a progressive decline. here in this city we were looking a people 65 and older, and that's where we saw a marked change in that sin conny of brain rhythms. but we know it starts into

>> why does it decline? >> well, part of the reason is the deep sleep generating portion above your eyes in the brain starts to deteriorate. we lose brain cells as we get older and as you lose the brain cells you can't generate the same depth and quality of sleep, nor can you synchronize them. >> anything to get the drummer back on time to get the synchronicity back? >> that's exactly what we're hoping to do. we're trying to develop new brain stimulation technology to see if we can resynchronize them like a metro known, to resynchronize them and give back some deep sleep quality to older adults and salvage aspects of learning and memory. >> last time you were here, you said all adults are to get eight hours a night. these are the results. you say short sleep

night. norah is up first. she's slept an average of 6 hours and 15 minutes. jo john, 6 hours and 4 minutes, and i average 4 hours. >> oh, goodness. >> i know. rock me like a baby. >> i'm so worried about you. >> this is very interesting stuff. you're talking about your life and your health. for the life of me, i don't know anybody that works a shift -- i know i need to do better, but what can we do? i'm not just talking about me. >> we get up at 4:00 in the morning, sometimes 3:30. >> it's desperately difficult. we need to prioritize sleep. we know if you're getting 7 hours of sleep or less, you're at a significantly higher risk of developing alzheimer's disease. you're going to be at

higher challenge of developing cancer if you get six hours or less. also a 210 increased risk of getting a heart attack or stroke in their lifetime. >> do you think there's a stigma associated with sleep in some way? >> i do. i think sleep has an image problem. i think we chastise people who get sufficient sleep. we think of them as slothful and lazy. it has to change. it has to change at the government level. when's the last time they had a public health campaign regarding sleep. we have them for drowsy driving, alcohol. >> you think it's necessary. >> i think it's necessary in all developed snagss and no one is doing it we need that movement. >> it's so interesting because as a mother of three kids i can see when they have one or two hours less of sleep how it completely affts

behavior, so i've been very strict to try to get them to bed at the same time every night because it's so ratt radically working. >> what you're gifting them is probably the greatest life insurance policy you could ever imagine. but we forgo that with ourselves. >> very important. >> very important information. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you very much. >> matthew walker. "why we sleep" is on sale wherever you buy your books. >> philadelphia eagles player is donating his entire season's salary, why? to help children. ahead, chris long tells us what fuels his desire to give back. thank you, chris long. you're watching "cbs this morning morning.". >> announcer: cbs morning rounds brought to you by fitbit,

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right now it's time to show you some of the morning headlines from around the globe. "atlanta" reports fracking may harm infants' health. for mothers living within a half mile of a frac well, researchers found a 25% increase in the probability of low birth wait and a decline in an index of infant health. others say this study was flawed. a"usa today" says aaa projects over 100 million travelers for the holiday. they expect a 3.1% increase in travel from the same period last year. 97.4 million people will travel in cars. 6.4 million are expected to fly. and

buses, and cruise ships. and britain's "guardian" reports on the growth of wine glasses. they're 17 times higher. they compare those to glasses within 300 years old. the sharpest increase came in the last two decades. the study found bigger glasses actually cause us to drink more. >> okay. careful. harvard college accepts one of every 20 people who apply. when you beat the odds, you're entitled to celebrate, especially if you're 16. we'll introduce you to one of those after the break. you're watching "cbs this morning."

the "me too" movement is winning the support of powerful men looking to change the workplace. >> it's about power. >> it is. >> once men realize that that power -- it's okay to have powerful women around them, then we'll see change. >> how it starts, it starts with

there, okay? that's the conversation we should be having. >> our panel after your local news.

that is so cool. that harvard sweater is going to come in handy for ahim. he checked his admission status online. he used his brother's laptop for good luck and other celebrations. >> wait, wait. back up. >> that is alex little earning a little ticket to stanford just last week. he

they hugged. ayrton's major will be applied math. that is awesome. >> #happiness. that's a great feeling when you get into the college you want to get into. congrats. welcome back to "cbs this morning." you recently learned from women on panel about sexual harassment. >> while we have victims and survivors coming forward and saying me too, we need men to come forward and say, did that. we need men to step forward and see themselves in these stories and where are the men at this roundtable that can come and contribute their voices as well. >> well, that was team vogue editor in chief elaine welteroth. a group of five very accomplished men took up the epidemic of sexual confrontation with alex

>> they had a lot of interesting things to say. good morning, guys. they're in positions to empower women. the group included writer, director and producer judd apatow, leland melvin, mark herzlich, ken friedman, and others. as you watch thesesto stories unfold, there's a new story. i'm sure for a lot of men there's fear, right? where are you guys as this all unfolds. judd. >> it's certainly a tidal waive that's happening, but i look at it that isn't it amazing that so many people have felt the need to be silent for so long.

environmental be that right now as a result of the internet and as a result of just, you know, a confluence of events, people feel safe speaking up. >> just this week, ken friedman, mario batali go down and yet kitchens are places where this behavior has gone unchecked for decades. >> mm-hmm. >> so what's the answer here, tom? >> and you're right. it has been going on for decades. the answer is -- i think we're seeing thence. with there's a cultural shift right before our eyes and that's where the struggle is. until we take it a step further to say what do we do to make sure those women are not only safe but economically there are structures in place that can thrive. >> men are grouped together from a very young age. whether it's athletic teams or in locker rooms or fraternities where you're among

collective group of men, there becomes a vernacular that is negative toward women and there becomes an expectation of other men to place ideology on conquering women. >> and, leland, that brings to the floor the question of sort of masculinity and how young men are indoctrik trictrine eighted young age. >> i'm a "me too." older kids said, hey, we're going have fun with this young little boy. i talk about it in my book because i talk about how can help kids get over it. so many who are abused end up abusers themselves or alcoholics, especially if they don't get help. >> did you ask yourself those questions about how could i have let this happen to me? >> oh, i did. yeah. i blamed myself. i should. have gone over there, i should have fought, i should have done something differently. i think that's

that builds in us that causes a cancer in you that if you don't get it out or have a vehicle to talk to. >> we talk about a lot of this aggression in the context of victims and one of the reasons we wanted to have men talk about this is really men are part of the solution and yet so much of it is among and for women. what is that about? >> i don't think men are the solution. i really don't think so. it think there needs to be a shift in thinking of like treating women as the weaker sex, that they need to be protected somehow. i'm very fortunate to be surrounded by extremely strong women in my life who don't put up with any of this kind of stuff. so, you know, i think a man's role becomes a lot about listening. let me listen to women. not just white women. women of color. trance women. all women across. >> judd, you are surrounded by women at home. >> mm-hmm. >> what has it been like to be in your house at this

emotions about it. i feel a lot of sorrow for my daughters to face a world that is often dangerous and for a very long time, you know, we talk about how do you stay safe and also expecting young men, boys to be respectful. what do you want from relationships? what do you want from these interactions? you want to be treated well. if people don't treat you well, they should not be in your world in any way. >> and i think that too often men, especially when they're around women, what they're concerned about is being humiliated around women, and that's where a lot of this starts. so trying to teach them that a girl in your class is strong and smart and that's okay, that shouldn't humiliate you. you don't have to be better than everybody. >> when you talk about a woman's perspective, mark, your wife is

silent about it for a very long time. what did she teach you about the issue? >> my wife had domestic violence in her house when she was younger, and she really didn't share it for many years until she, you know, felt comfortable around a man for the first time, which was with me. it was interesting. at that time in my life i was diagnosed with bone cancer and i was going through radiation and chemotherapy, my future was looking pretty bad, and when she felt comfortable enough to tell me about the violence that had occurred to her, it was interesting how all those things didn't matter anymore. it didn't matter how i looked or how i felt, i felt more like a man in that moment because i was creating a safe environment for another human. >> what should happen to the men who have been accused of sexual predation and

should you be allowed to have your career back? >> i'm least interested in what is going to happen to the men. what i'm interested in is how are we going to empower women? how are we going to change the situation? >> the louis c.k.'s of the world are not going to give a reaction. what about the chef working at some third rate hotel in nebraska somewhere who sexually harasses and gets outed. he'll just move to another town where no one knows his face and he'll get nool another job. >> so the conversation is about who has power. harvey weinstein is writing theks to people and because he's still making a lot of money, the powerful people are just saying, this is too much of a pain in the ass for me to be the person to shut it down. >> it's a culture change, a movement. the civil rights movement didn't end when we

rights act. it's still continuing. i think this is culturally present right now and something we're focused on right now, but this is going to take generations to actually fix. >> we spent nearly an hour talking with these men and could have easily talked for an hour before. all of them were passionate about this issue and felt a duty to be engaged on the sexual harassment, but also a real urgency to move the conversation forward. it was incredibly enlightening. >> i love what judd apatow said. it does seem like a tsunami of allegations. he said how sad it is that so many women in so many women in so many areas felt the need to be silent for so long. >> thousands and thousands of women. but we are seeing a reckoning and seismic shift in how we see gender and power around the world. >> i would like to see how we move on to healing and reconciliatin. is there room for second

do you overcome it? and how do you move on from here, both men and women. >> and what happens to careers after that. >> and the lessons learned from the next generation coming up. >> ideas of american masculinity are really at the core of all this. >> thank you, alex. >> happy to do it. a simple act put the spotlight on an unassuming nfl star. >> you're standing, but you had your hand on your teammate's shoulder to what? >> i like to stand because it signifies what i hope america will be. >> ahead on a more perfect union james brown talks

our ongoing series "a more perfect union" aims to show what unites us as americans is far greater than what divides us. this morning james brown introduces us to an unassuming nfl star who avoids the limelight. pputting his heart, soul, life, and money into helping children here and abroad. j.b., good morning. >> good morning. chris long is in his tenth season and is curly

philadelphia eagles. but in a simple gesture of putting his hand on a teammate's shoulder malcolm jenkins earlier this season, he took a step into the spotlight that long has always avoided. >> to me my little gesture had everything to do with what i thought was right. >> you were standing, but you had your hand on your teammate's shoulder. >> right. >> to signify what? >> i like to stand because it's something to signify what i hope america could be. i certainly empathize with the former protests. to me it's not about the knee. it's what you do in your community and walking the walk. >> chris long does walk the walk. >> collision long comes in with a great play. >> after his small gesture, he made a big one by donating the last ten-game salary checks of his $1 million salary to education charities i

the three nfl cities where he played in his decade-long career. >> where did you get the issuing to be involved in charitable endeavors. >> for me, j.b., it was having two great parents as you know. my mother mass been instrumental and my dad who played 13 years in the nfllet he grew up with a lot less than i had, and he gave me what he didn't have through football. so i feel like it's my responsibility with this platform to give back. >> chris is the oldest of three sons of hall of famer howie long and his wife diane. the longs raise their boys in charlottesville, virginia. >> the long family for 20 years have been wonderful. it's not just howie and diane. it's kyle, it's chris, it's young howie. so we're very thankful for the whole family. >> reporter: james pierce is t

ceo of the boys and girls club of central virginia. chris and his wife megan have continued the tradition, giving money but also time. >> chris said to me, i'd really like dom by and spend some time with the kids, so i'm counting on 15 or 20 minutes. 2 1/2 hours later, you know, this picture was taken. >> reporter: last august white nationalists held a march that ended in tragedy right here in downtown charlottesville. for chris long it feels him to do even more in his hometown and even more. >> when you see it firsthand, you know, it was very real. i mean they were literally in our home. i don't think it's representative of charlottesville. >> chris and megan met at the university of virginia. he starred in football, she in lacrosse. they plan to raise their son whalen in charlottesville. >> it wakeu

these things anyway. it heightens your sense of anger and you think, we've got to fix some things. >> one thing about chris long, he's always had that hustle. >> reporter: with that in mind long used first of his six checks for boys and girls to attend his own prep field. that's right. he's playing for free this season. his high school coach john blake is not surprised. >> he's always been one that's going to stand up for what he feels is right. he's also going to stand up for the little guy. i think he's a big believer in actions speak louder than words and his actions are taking it to the next level. >> i just think we've been lucky, and i want to give people the opportunities i have. now being parents we talk about this all the time, i couldn't imagine our son whalen not havingering he's going to have. you know, you meet a kid and now that we're parents, i feel like you're going to see your

his mom and dad that he wanted to make a difference in his life, and, boy, has he. in addition to his education initiatives here in america, his charity called water boys has raise $1.6 billion to build 29 solar powered plants for water. >> just the message he's sending to his own son. >> yeah, absolutely. that's a lot to donate your salary. >> and also his time and -- you know, he's not just writing a check. he's living it, walking it. >> two hours later he was there. we thank you again, james brown. you're watching "cbs this morning." we'll be right back.

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nobody has ever done that. >> that's coming up on december 22. so i want to ask you guys what you think. former star if you don't know at home parted ways with her long time friend and boss president donald trump yesterday but there's speculation swirling over whether she went willingly or was forced out of her position. and the white house. now white house officials say her departure will not be effective until january 20. she joined about a year ago when trump was first sworn into office. well there are tweets and white house reporters who say they saw secret service escorting her out of the building and that her id tag which grants her entrance into the white house is deactivated. so what do you guys think? >> definitely something to think about. cut the card