captioning funded by cbs good morning. it's friday, december 15th, 2017. welcome to "cbs this morning." president trump's sweeping tax plan faces a new obstacle. senator marco rubio says he'll vote know if the bill is not changed. republicans on the fcc vote for sweeping changes to the internet. why the move could be costly for consumers. a texas mom is jailed for medically mistreating her 8-year-old son. authorities say he had over 300 doctor visits and 13 operations apparently for no reason. and nasa discovering a

system that looks a lot like ours. see hour artificial intelligence from google gave astronomers a breakthrough. but we begin this morning with today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. senator rubio will be there. we're doing very well on the tax front. we have tremendous support, tremendous spirit. >> dissension within the ranks threatens the tax reform. >> he won't vote unless the child tax reform credit is made more generous. >> president trump spoke with russian leader vladimir putin. >> they talked about the crisis over north korea's nuclear program. >> the new york city police department is investigating allegations of rape against music mogul russell wilson. he denies the accusations. >> it's like trying to drink

battling the thomas fire flames northwest of los angeles. >> tragic and devastating day. >> all that -- >> in florida, a man riding a jet ski was worn into the water. an off-duty sheriff's deputy was nearby. >> i got you, bro. >> he's in for the touchdown. >> -- and all that matters -- >> the fcc did something absolutely despicable. they voted to put an end to net neutrality. >> if you're watching this show online right now, i just want to remind you -- >> -- on "cbs this morning." >> on tuesday, very unexpectedly my wife julia gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. my wife will probably kill me, but i'd love to show you a picture of us with our little girl. there we are. here we are. i can't believe it. >> announcer: this morning's "eye opener" presented by yo

>> james corden has joked. that was brad and angelina. they did have a little baby girl. >> they've been confused sometimes for sure. >> all the time. welcome to "cbs this morning." i'm gayle king along with "face the nation's" john dickerson who's been with us all week, and, of course, bianna golodryga. norah o'donnell is on assignment. we begin with this. the republicans have promised to finish the tax reform by christmas. the clock is ticking and they've reached a stumbling block. that means the gop has not nailed down enough votes to pass the overhaul. >> rubio has said he'll vote no if that credit isn't increased. lee is officially undecided. president trump and other gop leaders say they can work out the problem. >> but there are other problems

including the hecht of two key republicans. nancy cordes is on capitol hill with the latest obstacles to tackle tax reform. good morning. >> good morning. the republicans are planning to unveil the text of their bill actually today so people can read it before they hope what will be a vote as early as monday. but in the meantime, they've run into several significant problems with no easy solutions. >> i think that senator rubio will be there. >> republican leaders are scrambling after florida's marco rubio and utah's mike lee issued an ultimatum. they're demanding that the refundable child tax credit be increased by more than $100. an earlier bill would have doubled it. >> unless they can find way to add to the $1,100 figure, i won't support the bill. >> tennessee's bob corker could also be a no. he's worried about what the bill will do to the debt. and then there are the two republican senators who are ailing and have missed

week. arizona's john mccain and mississippi's mike cochran. mike pence is skipping a trip to jerusalem in case he's needed to break a tie. there could also be an issue with senate rules. the plan can't cost more than $1.5 trillion, but this version appears to be even more expensive than the left. democrats argue that the bill is a giveaway to big businesses that are already thriving. it permanently slashes the corporate tax rate and does not close many corporate loopholes as republicans initially promised. >> it's a monumental con job. >> the individual cut rates are set for sun set after 2025. they're now considering moving that date up to save money. >> this is being rushed to judgment, and the american people by substantial numbers believe this bill is not good for them. >> these republican challenges

do not get any easier if they buy themselves some time. in a couple of weeks, they are going to lose a senate seat due to that democratic win in the alabama senate race. and so, gayle, they are really working to figure out what they can do right now. >> yeah. they're scrambling. thank you very much, nancy. john, do you think republican senators can really vote against the bill, or is this all for show? >> corker of tennessee already voted against the version, so he's probably where he's going to be. marco rubio is a little bit -- he's getting a little bit of negotiation out of this. i'm surprised more senators don't do this. yo get a lot of gift baskets when you're the person. what they're in the sense doing is focusing on the last mile of legislation on this notion that basically a lot of the benefits of this tax package either goes to the wealthy or the corporations. why not a little bit for the working poor? it kind of

last moment here an argument democrats have been making about the bill. >> when it actually comes to the bill, what do you think they'll do? >> i don't predict, gayle, especially in this political climate but there's timing as nancy suggest, which means i think we'll have a little burst of excitement at the end. >> and the president is putting a lot of pressure on them too. >> he sure is. we'll see if he's a salesman. this weekend on "face the nation" john will speak with senator james lankford. >> last week the president said the bureau's reputation is, quote, in tatters over its handling of recent investigations. julianna goldman is at the white house. julianna, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. with most presidents speaking to the

course. this is actually president trump's first visit to the fbi. his last visit was canceled after he fired former fbi director james comey who was very popular at the bureau. he called comey a liar and a leaker. today's circumstances perhaps just as fraught considering the ongoing investigation that's reached top white house aides and remember president trump said the fbi's reputation was the worst in history. this is after they found text mojs disparaging candidate trump from a cia agent. it was said there is no finer institution, so, bianna, we will have to see whether president trump echoes those sentiments later today during his speech. >>

president trump meantime called russia's president yesterday to say thank you. they spoke after vladimir putin's year-end session with the reporters where the white house said he acknowledged america's strong economic performance. elizabeth palmer attended the conference. she's outside the kremlin in mom cow with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. not only did he mention the financial markets, he gave credit to president trump. president putin had nothing good to say about america, but he did praise donald trump. he dismissed the russian allegations of meddling in the american election as just the work of people opposed to donald trump who wanted to undermine his legitimacy, which is, by the way, exactly the explanation used by the white house. this lining up with president trump and criticizing america is a very good way for president

putin who still sees the u.s. as an enemy of exacerbating the turmoil and divide in american politics. gayle? >> elizabeth palmer reporting from moscow. thank you. bianna? some states are considering lawsuits after the fcc ruled on net neutrality. the new chairman said those renovations were blocking innovation. the appeal could hurt content providers like google, facebook, twitter, and netflix. they say the fight isn't over. the federal communications commission moved forward in a 3-2 vote. outside, protesters and lawmakers gathered, threatened to overthrow the ruling. >> we are out here in the cold to turn the heat up on the federal communications commission! >> it is time for us to restore internet freedom. >> reporter: the

>> we should have a level playing field. >> those against the measure say they will charge consumers for high-speed internet and those who can't afford it will be left with poor connection. on wednesday critics of chairman pai launched attacks. he appeared in this video which many saw as moxing their concerns. >> he doesn't seem to care. he has refused to cooperate. he sort of laughed that off. >> new york attorney general eric schneiderman said he'll sue the fcc claiming the process of voting was not sound because it was wrought with millions of fake comments. >> this is not what the american people deserve and this is not something the courts are going to put up with. >>

listen to public attention. this appeal won't go into effect for a few months, so consumers won't be seeing the changes today. the fcc is trying to ease some concerns saying if they do raise your rates, they have to disclose that. of course, they can do it in the fine print that nobody actually reads. >> nobody reads fine print or very few do. >> we should start. >> you're right. the new york police department is investigating sexual allegations against music mogul russell simmons. one woman said he held her down while she kicked and screamed. a spokesman said, quote, russell will fully support and will continue with the police inquiry. he denies the accusation

accusations of assault from three women. one says the actor exposed himself in a new york hotel room when she was 16. two others in the article said hoffman sexually assaulted them in the 1980s. his attorney calls them defamatory falsehoods. a dallas mother is in jail this morning accused of faking her 8-year-old son's multiple illnesses. christopher bowen had more than 300 doctor visits and endured more than 13 major surgeries. his mother is now charged with injury to a child. omar sri a frvillafranca has mo >> doctors at this hospital blew the whistle and child protective services found that the child had a feeding

oxygen, was taking seizure medication and he might not have needed any of it. >> more than 300 doctor visits, 13 surgeries. >> yes. >> christopher bowen's father said he has been trying to get custody of his son for the past three years, but christopher's mother kayleen bowen wright claimed her son was on his deathbed each time they were in court. >> as soon as she would get on the stand each and every time she would basically start crying saying he was in a coma. >> reporter: a local news story covered a report in which there was a fund-raiser to help him. in the past two years at least two other fund-raisers were ran online. >> did you worry she might kill him? >> i figured one time that might be the end cause. >> reporter: child protective

bowen wright put her son through medical tests and surgeries. but they began to suspect christopher wasn't really sick last month. they called cps. an affidavit believe bowen wright may suffer from a mental illness where a caregiver fakes or creates symptoms for sympathy or attention. >> those are certainly elements of cases. >> these investigations are very rare. they don't come up very often. >> the 8-year-old and siblings are in foster care. his son now appears to be healthy. >> i'm so sorry that i wasn't able to be there to stop the harm that's been done unto you. >> we have

haven't heard back. we heard they do go doctor shopping so they can avoid being caugh. as for ryan, he'll be in court next week hoping to get custody of his son. >> omar, thanks. nasa is celebrating this morning after a groundbreaking artificial intelligence helped to discover a new planet. they used advance learning technology by google to find this thousands of years away called kepler 90-i. good morning. >> good morning. nasa researchers have known about this faraway solar system for some time, but it's the discovery of how it was made that has the scientific community very optimistic. in the never-ending search for

scientists have uncovered the only other eight planets they know of that circles the sun. with help from google and their software, scientists analyze thousands of data points from this nasa planting space telescope on kepler. >> having all this information coming from kepler for scientists is like trying to drink from a fire hose. >> reporter: astronomer derrick pitts. >> the google system has been able to search through that pile of information much faster than humans have been able to dig through it. if you think about the analogy of the number of stars in the galaxy to the number of sands on a beach, it's as if we've been asked to search all

grains on the earth and search for the red ones. >> reporter: unlike earth -- >> the temperature on the surface of this planet is about 800 degrees fahrenheit, which is far too hot for the possible development of life as we know it. it's about 25 hundred light years away. that means even traveling at the speed of light, it would take us 2,500 years just to get there. >> yeah. current rocket technology can't quite, you know, move in that direction. and it would take us millions of years just to reach kepler 90-i. the new planet orbits the star about every two years, which i wouldn't have a problem with. what about you? >> i'm staying right here. >> you're saying there's a chance. >> you know, there are other possibilities of hiding planets in that system. yone

>> 800 degrees. that's a lot of sunscreen. >> i didn't know you were a science geek. thanks very much. one of the largest compa companies, did they get off easy in an opioid case? >> this is the biggest case in the history of the drug enforcement administration. >> ahead, we'll hear from a former dea insider in a free

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that's going to be bittersweet for "star wars" fans to see her that way. my prediction is it's going to be number one this week. what do you think? >> my husband's probably in that line. >> that guy stole my darth malcolm stum. democratic senator ron wyden said the final tax bill will not allow churches to endorse political candidates. they're working to reconcile the house and senate bill. they had called for doing away with the johnson amendment. it would ban those from participating a campaign. an investigation is under way after a cal firefighter battling the massive thomas fire died. 32-year-old cory iverson died

second child. the fire conditions are expected to last through the weekend. thomas fire covers 379 square miles northwest of los angeles. it's the fourth largest fire in california's history. >> such a sad story. today is free shipping day. it's when many retailers waive shipping costs on all orders big and smachlt more than 900 retailers are par it paticipatis year. >> this morning we have a followup from "60 minutes" and the "washington post" on the crisis where opioids kill people every day. this new investigation focused on the biggest opioid case the d.a. ever pursued against a drug company.

spoke for the first time to "60 minutes." he said the settlement against the drug company mckissen is too lenient. >> this is the best case we've ever had in the history of the drug enforcement agency. how do we not go out there in the height of the epidemic when people are dying everywhere. doesn't somebody have to be held accountable? >> reporter: holding mckesson accountable means going after the largest company in the world. they earn almost $200 billion a year in revenue, about the same as exxonmobil. since the 1990s they've made billions. before he retired in august, schiller had supervised investio

trafficking and money laundering cases, but he considered the case against mckesson to be the single most important investigation of his lifetime. >> what did they do that was wrong? >> the issue with mckes son is they were providing millions and millions and millions of pills to countless pharmacies throughout the united states and they did not maintain any sort of due diligence. this wasn't just happening in california. it was happening in detroit michigan and new york city. it was a national problem and nobody wanted to deal with it. >> we're now join ed by them. your first report, guys, was jaw-dropping for a lot of people who were not aware and what you revealed for the very first time. now you're back talking about the dea and mckesson. what is the accusation? >> the dea requires that drug distributors like mckesson report what they calus

orders. these are orders that are unusually large or of unusual frequency, and back in 2008 mckesson paid a -- more than $13 million in a settlement because the dea said they were sending huge numbers of suspicious orders around the country. shortly after they signed that settlement, dea investigators saw mckesson doing pretty much the same thing, sending thousands and thousands and thousands of suspicious orders around the country. and they said that since this was the second time that they found the company doing it, they wanted to come down hard on them. they wanted to use them as an example to the rest of the industry. they wanted to come down hard, but the attorneys in washington, the dea attorneys in washington, they were a little more lenient, and that's what our story is about. >> lenny, why were they more lenient? where was the gap between the

>> if you watch cop shows, you know the investigators are always aggressive and the attorneys are always a little more cautious. the attorneys have to evaluate, what can we prove? what can we win in court? there's a very large divide between those two in this case. what we didn't realize is how big the gap was, how egregious conduct of mckesson was and why the investigators thought it was worth so much larger punishment. >> was it about motivation from mckesson? it could have been sloppy behavior and not intent. is that what intent was? >> intent is always hard to prove in court. that's always a stumbling block. what investigators said and you'll see on sunday, they had intent. the lawyers disagree. >> it sounds like some of the politicians were doobed by this

west virginia, a state that has a huge opioid crisis. >> that's what we found. we went down to washington and were talking to senators there and were saying for the law that we did first piece about, the dea sort of tied their hands when it came to going after these companies. the lawmakers -- it was only a three-page law. many of them said they didn't know what was in it. >> what was mckesson's response to your investigation? >> we tried to get someone from mckesson to talk to us on cam a camera, and they declined. but we spoke to the lead attorney many times through the course of this, and he basically told us that the company and the dea lawyers all agreed that it was fruitless to look back and go back over alleged wrongdoings, that what the

look forward. and going forward, the company said that it would no longer behave like this. and the dea now has independent monitor in place to watch the company and make sure that they behave. >> all right. bill whitaker and lenni bernstein, thank you so much. you can see the whole edition in the "washington post" and right here on cbs. airports have metal detectors, but how do you stop suicide bombers? up next, the technology that's working coast to coast. you're watching "cbs this morning."

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new tsa screening technology is being tested day before a record-breaking holiday travel season. the scanning system is designed to spot hidden explosives and

monday in the botched terrorist attack in new york. it's being tried all around the country including in washington, d.c. kris van cleave is inside washington's union station right now. kris, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. whether it's an airport, subway station or traffic hub like here at union station, you have a common problem. what do you do where the public gathers. you can use police and bomb-sniffing dogs, but this will help. this bomb goes off in a crowded tunnel. it's the kind of suicide bomber attack that this system is trying to stop, using scanners to identify people terning the transit system for dense items hidden under their clothing like an exploding vest.

red, we know we've identified someone who needs more of a closer look at. we can quickly isolate them and move to the area. if there is a threat, we can contain that much easier. >> reporter: they're currently using it whether four of the major commuter lines connect. more than 80,000 passengers move through here each day. the scanners are designed to operate in the background, scanning people real time without using radiation. >> there's no silver bullet, no technical silver bullet to protect all acts of terrorism, but clearly as a layer of defense, it can play a role and make it harder for the bad guys. >> they hope it can lead to better detection be it at a train station or afrmt this is being

washington, d.c. the goal is to eventually be able to scan people as they pass by. >> what you want is a scanner where people keep walking. >> they keep walking. they don't even notice they're being screened while they're doing it. >> the tsa says amtrak used the screener here during the business thanksgiving travel holiday season. we know new jersey has also tried out the scanners. more testing will be needed. >> kris van cleave, thanks. ahead, look at this morning's other headlines including a new york woman who reportedly

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it's happy friday to you on this 15th of december, 2017. welcome back to "cbs this morning." ahead, bob woodward of the "washington post" looks aet the tax overhaul and other issues affecting president trump. and dr. david agus is here in studio 57 today with some of the new therapies that could make us healthier next year. we all want that. but first here's today's "eye opener" at 8:00. republican leaders made a promise to finish the tax reform by christmas and the plan's just hit a major stumbling block. >> it does not get any easier if they buy themselves some time.

they're going to lose a senate seat. >> i'm surprised more senators don't do this. you get a lot of gift baskets, you get what you want when you're the person. >> this is president trump's first visit to the fbi. he canceled the first visit after firing former fbi director james comey. >> they're facing lawsuits after they removed net neutrality rules on internet providers. there are other possibilities of hiding planets in that system. you never know. they just found this one. >> 800 degrees. that's a lot of sunscreen you have to block out. >> have you ever done this before? >> all the time. >> look at this. a little sidewinder. oh, man. you got the money.

so how long has he been practicing that shot? >> it was a money shot. >> it looked like he was hauling a medicine ball out of that pocket. >> nicely done. i'm gayle king with john dickerson and bianna golodryga. gop senator marco rubio says he cannot vote for this because the child tax credit is too small. >> republicans can only afford to lose two votes in the snachlt marco rubio and mike lee who was undecided want the child tax credit increased. >> senators agreed to more but it was cut back in negotiations with house republicans. nancy cordes is on capitol hill. nancy, good morning. >> good morning. at the same time the republicans are now trying to make that tax credit more generous, they've got other lawmakers saying this bill is already too expensiv

instance, he voted once before and could vote no again because he believes there's going to be a very heavy load on the debt if this bill gets passed. then there are two other republican senators. john mccain and mississippi's thad cochran who are ill and have missed votes all week. a spokesman for cochran said he's available for votes as needed, but mccain who's battling brain cancer in the hospital, no one knows when he might return. they can only afford to lose two gop votes. in january, that margin drops to an even slimmer 51-49 votes, which amplifies the pressure on them to get this done quickly. in fact, vice president mike pence was slated to visit jerusalem next week. he has now delayed that trip, gayle, so he can be here to cast a tie-breaking vote if ne

yesterday and last night reporting that paul ryan thinking about retiring after 2018. what are you hearing about that rumor and his future on capitol hill? >> he says he's not going anywhere any time soon, but like any leader, he will probably take stock after the 2018 midterm elections, if his party is still in control of the house, what is his relationship like with the very conservative freedom caucus. he sometimes tangles with those members. what is his relationship like with president trump? right now it's pretty good. in fact the president told ryan yesterday that if these reports are true, he'll be very unhappy, but we're told that ryan assured the president that he isn't going anywhere. >> and if he's unhappy, would you know it, if president trump was unhappy? would you know? >> we might get a tweet or two. >> if you're unhappy and you know it, go to twitter. nancy, thanks. bob woodward associate editor of the "washon

watergate scandal. that's woodward on the right in this photo. bob, good morning. >> good morning. >> when you look at this last-minute negotiation over the tax bill, does it look familiar to legislation you receive before? the last-minute negotiation? >> well, this is exactly the way not to do tax reform. i remember in the '70s when i started reporting, lawyers said the tax code was about that big on the shelf. it's now this big. you can't go at it in this way. it would make so much sense for everyone to just say let's wait till after christmas. let's let people see what this is. it's an important issue. it affects everyone. but, you know, we're in the era of impatience and speed and

like something might happen. we'll see. >> well, you know, talk about waiting till after christmas, bob, the democrats are saying they want to delay the vote until after senator doug jones -- senator-elect doug jones is seated in january. do you see any chance of that happening? >> that's unlikely. there's a momentum to this. president trump has made it very clear he doesn't want to end the year without some success, some accomplishment, but let's -- you know, this is -- if you go back to the beginning of the obama presidency when they rammed through obamacare and really have been paying for it since because i remember talking last year with trump about this when he was a candidate that all successful politics is coalition building. you've got to include some on the other side.

i know that. but we're not seeing it practiced by both sides. too bad. >> bob, let me move on to the russian investigation especially about trump's advisers having to tiptoe around the russia issue any time it comes up. there are some who think he's trying to discredit bob mueller and some are trying to discredit bob mueller in the hopes of one day firing him. what is the likelihood of that happening? >> the future is veiled on this. obviously there's tension. if trump is correct, he thinks there's no collusion and nothing here, he should welcome a full investigation. that "post" story shows he does not agree with the overwhelming conclusion of the intelligence community. so, again, this is something we're going to have to wait and see about. but, y

emotional culture we're living in, wait and see. it's let's do it, let's have a fight. let's have a political skirmish. >> bob, you have covered a lot of national security systems within different administrations. you know about the coordination that's required, the dance steps that are required to make good policy. with that knowledge, assess that reporting about what is done in the national security apparatus around the president with respect to russia and what that means for just making good decisions. >> well, you know, that's kind of a side issue. i'm doing a book on trump for next year and trying to look at the big picture and some of the components. the good news is in the first year of the trump administration, we have not had a major escalation of a war or a new war. and as you get into the weeds on this where i have some time to do that, t

and serious debate on lots of these issues like the middle east, how to deal with china, north korea. so it's not all bad news. but this tension on russia needs to be settled. >> all right. bob woodward, thanks. sunday on "face the nation," we'll talk with senators james lankford and bernie sand ders. we'll see you sunday. >> you've got long week, john. the man never takes a break. well, 2018 could be a year of big health breakthroughs from editing dna to cures diseases with vaccines. dr. david agus who also doesn't take a break

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even if it doesn't prevent the flu, it will tamp it down. >> you're talking about better vaccines in 2018. we always like to get a good shot. what are you bringing to the table? >> there are two major advances in the vaccine. there's one i had this week, which is a shingles vaccine. a third of us are going to get shingles. it's a reactivation of chicken pox. >> i don't know what it is. >> it's a reactivation of chicken pox. >> it comes on hard. >> it comes on hard. hits a third of us. 200,000 cases a year. the old vaccine is okay but this is recommended for everybody 50 and older. it's a pain in my arm but it's going to prevent me from getting it in the future. this notion of going in once a year and getting a shot for the flu hopefully is the old. hopefully we can target the

those are in clinical trials and very exciting. >> the universal is you do it once? >> a booster a decade down the road but it won't be a yearly shot. >> we've been hearing the promise of gene therapy for many years. is 2018 the year where it's going to come into fruition? >> it's wild. we have this gene crispr. now we're going to see across-the-board diseases edited with this dna. a spell checker. imagine in the future a child not being born again with a genetic disease. >> but as we know from spell-checker, sometimes auto correct can say something you don't mean. with crispr, who is monitoring how they -- so they don't go too far in editing jeans. >> do you want to talk about something that happened with auto corrector? you really hit an important part. i'm not sure who regulates

somebody's going to go to canada to get it done. we need real leadership here. what if someone wants to make their child bigger or smarter or blonder or whatever they want to do. they conceivably can do. this is an area like spider-man says, with great power comes great responsibility. >> a lot of ethical questions surely. what are your biggest concerns? >> that's it. that's the biggest concern. who's in charge. you need leadership. and right now in the health space, which is almost a third of our economy, we don't have real leadership. we did -- mayor bloomberg was a great health leader for the city of new york. we haven't had a great one yet. >> i almost didn't recognize you. you didn't have on your traditional black sweater. i heard people fell down on the dance floor when you walked in the door not wearing black. >> this was new fourea

and it makes me a little uncomfortable that i'm doing it. >> does it make you uncomfortable? >> yes, yes. >> he's a new man with the shingles vaccine. >> i'm going to get you a green sweater, purple. >> dr. david agus, thanks. >> yellow. lock your computer and demand money. ahead, the digital threats you should watch out for in 2018. you're watching "cbs this morning."

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threat of 2018, greg clark with symantec. great to have you with us. that was quite frightening when you recall the list of attacks this year. >> i tell you. there's never a dull day in cyber security. it's a fascinating case. aisle tell you. working at symantec is an honor and sometimes the things i see, we should get movie rights. >> a lot of them are distracting, disturbing, and impact, when you look at the wanna cry one, that affects hospitals. >> i would say extortion, ransom, and things like that are here to stay. we've seen hackers investing in tools for other hackers to build ransom wear, extortion ware that can be used.

really fast. when you see that, it's a crisis we have to be careful with. i'll tell you what, the extortions and rectang s and ra to stay. twhanlt to make money. >> what should we do as individuals to protect ourselves? i think people think about companies. individuals need to worry too. >> i think the cyber defense problems split into two areas like you mentioned, gayle, which is there's a corporate side, a government side that has to have extreme care, which we'll talk about that, and there's the consumer side where all normal citizens need to take responsibility for some things, take care of our digital safety. cyber safety. and there are simple things we should do? >> like? >> always get a multi-factor identification. more than just a username password. many institutions will call back and say, hey, greg, is this you. i think that's important.

your identity in cyber space is an extremely important thing. and what this means is this isn't just about credit cards. they can get a driver's license. apply for a mortgage in your kid's name, make a fraudulent health care claim. so they steal identity information to manufacture. >> how do we know it's happening, greg. what do you do? >> you make one call to life lock and you get a call back that says, hey, are you making this call in is sacramento right now and you say, no, that's not me, that causes a bunch of things to happen to take care of your identity. these are important things. the responsibility of the identity of yourself, your family, your loved ones is extremely important. we call this digital safety. we think it is kind of a new category that consumers need to step up to. >> some people know to be careful when they're at a keyboard, but what about wn

they've got a virtual tv or personal assistant who's always listening? >> any time you have a piece of internet-enabled consumer electroni electronics, that means it wants to get on your wi-fi and talk to your iphone, android, you can control it there. it can be a toy, a camera, a doorbell. these things have all got computers in them and they can have vulnerabilities. over time criminals can understand what the vulnerabilities are and they can put them in your home consumer electronics. the internet had a problem last year that stopped a bunch of services like netflix. it was executed by consumer electronics that had that software in it. >> what should you do? >> you should put in some technology that helps clean up all of the neighborhood around known bad inside those house -- inside your

we recently launched a pruchlkt it's a wi-fi router. wait does is watches all consumer electronics. it knows what good is and what good is. when it finds it, it will take it offline. we think the consumer should take responsibility for the network inside your house. it is a place of criminal activity and there are technologies that can help clean it up, and we think that this will become more and more of a problem. we recently launched the product in the telemetry -- the information we get about what's happening inside the house is, you know, fascinating. there are a lot of devices. a lot of it is compromised. >> like you said big problems for consumers, company, and gorn

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octopus. these are sardines. >> almost. it's mackerel. >> octopus, no, thank you. that's nationally acclaimed chef rene redzepi. it reopens next month, but cbs's mo rocco didn't have go to denmark for the recipe. the chef's wife nadine is now being heralded for her cooking at home. >> reporter: if you're going to forage in someone's garden -- >> you can taste this. this is called ground elder. >> reporter: make it the garden of a world-class chef. >> there may be a bit of soil in it, but that's okay. >> reporter: rene redzepi put

norway on track. it made headlines in the world with ingredients like live ants locally grown and it topped the list of restaurants four times. but at the home he shares with his wife nadine and three daughters, the chef is rarely in the kitchen. >> and you cook together at home? >> i mean we could, but i like -- no, we could, but -- >> she thinks i'm messy. >> a little bit. >> the couple met at noma before the restaurant became famous. >> we actually met on the elevator going up to the changing room. there was an awkward silence. and nadine said, so how long have you worked here. and i thought that was perfect. >> in your role at the restaurant at first was -- >> waiting tables. but i liked being there so much.

lots of shifts. i ended up -- >> -- marrying. >> she cooked for him. >> it was our first date, you know. >> did you have any idea how much that would resonate with him? >> no. >> okay. it was meant to be, right? >> that's it. >> it was. >> that was it. >> do you want to get a chopping board? >> she's run this kitchen ever since. >> just don't break the egg yolk. >> during our visit she showed us how to make wild mushroom porridge with eggs. she has her first cookbook. >> if there are any bugs on

>> no bugs on the menu here. >> the cookbook also includes her husband's family dinner favorite. roast chicken. >> is it tender? >> yes, so tender. but nadine, she stuffs it. if it's not stuffed, it cooks the breast from within and that's when you get dry chicken. >> many of nadine's dishes are inspired by the family's travels. her mother's chicken with indian bread, middle eastern beef with lentils and japanese gyoza. >> i think it's acting like a sponge every time you go there. >> reporter: variety is essential with three smaller mouths to need. >> you want to make them happy. every night at the dinner table, willou

of all, right? and the ones that matter most. >> well, you know, kids are amazing, but they're also -- can we say pain in the ass? >> absolutely. >> one week they want white food only like pastas and bread, you know. next week they love raw things, right? they eat raw broccoli. >> yep. >> so this is an array of things we have. >> reporter: with noma set to reopen in a new location, the restaurant's test kitchen moved into a building in the family's backyard. >> i thought that was a walrus. >> reporter: a proximity that's beneficial for both rene a

nadine redzepi. >> what would your cooking be like if you never met nadine? >> if i wouldn't have met nadine, i don't think it would have at all been what it is. >> look at these. >> yeah, the potatoes. oh, man. >> reporter: for "cbs this morning," i'm mo rocca at the redzepi res zeidence in copenha. >> i love it. they're so cute. and i love that top chefs have picky kids. >> what parent thinks their kids are a pain in the butt? anybody? who doesn't. with food comes love, gayle. we invite you to subscribe to cbs podcasts. find them all on

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