♪ it's beginning to look a lot like christmas ♪ captioning funded by cbs good morning. it's thursday, december 28th, 2017. welcome to "cbs this morning." tens of millions of americans bundle up with frigid temperatures setting records. it's 30 below zero in some areas with windchill advisories across much of the country. we're in erie, pennsylvania, where more snow is on the way. thousands of homeowners across the country are lining up to pay next year's property taxes early. we'll look at whether it's profitable to pay ahead. why some retailers are complaining about the rules they have to follow.

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opener" presented by toyota. let's go places. and good morning, everyone. welcome to "cbs this morning." i'm bianna golodryga with dana jacobson and vladimir duthiers of our streaming network cbsn. norah o'donnell and gayle king are off. threatening cold is sweeping across the northern half of the country. wind advisories are in effect for the east. >> temperatures are plunging to the single digits in pittsburgh. at least one person is dead in chicago. international falls hit a record 30 degrees below yesterday. >> this shows the clouds behind the massive snowfall they've also seen. demarco morgan is in erie, pennsylvania, where even more snow is piling up on the five feet that has fallen since christmas eve. demarco, we can barely see you there.

i can barely see myself. we're actually walking through a car lot for the first time, which is located directly across the street from the hospital here, the local hospital. it appears that this area hasn't been touched since sunday's storm first made impact. listen to this, guys. we're already averaging 100 inches of snow for the year. that's average. we're now at 102 inches of snow for the month of december alone. crazy. for thousand os people pummeled with snow in erie, pennsylvania, there's no rest for the weary. >> mostly worked 60 hours straight. this is probably the tenth time we saw this place. we keep plowing. it's nonstop. >> reporter: where the plows are failing, children and neighbors have stepped in. >> go. >> reporter: when this car got stuck in a snow ba

back on the road. >> they looked like they needed help and we thought, why not. >> reporter: these sisters are trying to make the best of it. >> we haven't had a winter like this since we were little kids. it feels good to be playing out here again. >> reporter: in new york a winter storm warning is in effect. >> we really got hit this year. >> reporter: firefighters in lorain used shovels to get a woman out trapped by a six-foot snowfall. much of the united states is getting blasted with bone-chilling cold. a bridge became partially stuck because of frigid temperatures and this is the grand haven river in michigan. and minnehaha falls turned into an ice cave. >> it feels like your skin is going to be on fire. it hurts after a little wh

is that the local airport is back open. so that's a good sign we're making progress and headed in the right direction p but guess what? we could get up to seven more inches of snow before it's all said and done. and these lights are so bright, guys. i've been looking at everything except the camera. i think i'm looking at the right spot. >> you are looking at the right spot. and, demarco, maybe it's the mother in me. get inside. it's bone-chilling cold out there. danielle niles of our boston station w bbm has our weather. what's it like. >> 13 in boston, 24 in atlantic city, 16 in youngstown. 8 in syracuse. this is without the wind factored in. this is just a start. another blast is going to dive south.

20 to 30 degrees below normal and that may be on the conservative side. from the northeast to the northern plains, 13 to 30 below zero. it's going to feel like 3 below 0 on new year's day. much of the country, single-digit temperatures without the wind. 28 in little rock. only in single digits in the northeast. it's going to be below the freezing mark. vlad, back to you. >> danielle, thank you very much. bianna, i'm worried about you as a friend doing that midnight run. >> don't know that i am. isis is responsible for a string of explosions in kabul. at least 41 people were killed and 84 were wounded. the

agency and cultural center. they set off a bach outside and then stormed inside. students were attending a conference. they call it a horrific indiscriminate attack. president trump made his first public appearance for the holidays. >> the country is a big, big beautiful ship that we're turning around. we have signed more legislation than anyone. we broke the record of harry truman. we have the all-time record of stopping ridiculous recordations and we're very proud of that. >> the evidence shows the president went a wilittle too f with one assertion. chip reid is traveling with him. good morning. >> good morning. that is not the first time he's claimed to have signed more

truman. he had signed 90. but it's hundreds fewer than president kennedy in the same amount of time and not half as many as the more than 200 bills signed by bill clinton and george h.w. bush. the stock market has improved during his presidency but he can't use that quote, he turned the big, big beautiful ship around by himself. he'll need congress. they'll need to start strat. ing for 2018. bianna? >> chip, thank you. many homeowners are lining up this week to pay their property taxes early. the irs says some 2018 taxes paid before december 31 can be deducted on this year's

jan crawford is at the government center in fairfax, virginia, outside washington with more. jan, good morning. >> good morning. here in virginia, about 40% of taxpayers took state and local deductions in 2015. on average it was about $1,300 more than what the upcoming new limit will allow. so here and across the country, taxpayers tried to pay a little jump start on their taxes by paying them a little bit early. from illinois to new york -- >> i can do some of it now, but i really wish i didn't have to. >> -- and massachusetts. >> can i do it with a credit card? >> you're all set. >> reporter: taxpayers lined up by the thousands to prepay their property taxes. >> you can see we're not the only ones who think this is probably a good deal. >> they braved long lines wednesday in fairfax county, virginia, hoping to deducthe

>> our accountant said if you can afford it, pay them. we can afford it, so we're paying them. >> the crowds lining up is ten times what the suburban office in d.c. normally sees. >> i have been here 25 years and i have never seen a turnout for this type of event. so it's unprecedent. >> in 2015 more than 44 million tax returns nationwide took advantage of the state and local tax deduction. and in 19 states in the district of columbia, the average deduction was over next year's $10,000 cap. >> it will certainly have an impact on millions. >> but the irs has now clafr feed that the property taxes that have not been assessed are not deductible in 2017. how the agency enforces that is uncertain. >> it's kind of a take the deduction and hope that you may not get

do, you have to be prepared for the ramifications. >> that warning yesterday from the irs could mean that some homeowners who go ahead and pay all of their 2018 property taxes could face a challenge. the irs says they're going to challenge and disallow any deductions if the home wasn't assessed this year. vlad? >> thank you very much. republican roy moore is suing to stop alabama from certifying that he lost this month's senate race. he claims there is enough evidence of potential fraud to change the deduction. moore challenged jones. he passed a lie detector test proving allegations of sexual misconduct are false. he said in a statement this is not a democratic or republican issue azams a matter of integri should matter to everyone. police in georgia are

who is potentially dangerous. he used a metal rod to break through his jail yesterday. he fled through a security fence and took a van and fled to his home state of north carolina. police found the van there and used blood hound s and helicopters to find him. he's supposed to start a five-year sentence today. nippon airways turns their plane around when they found an american who was not supposed to be on board. the tsa said he had another s similar ticket for another flight. it's raised a lot of questions. >> a.n.a. says

regulatory mandate. but one aviation expert said the u-turn was not necessary and may have put flyers at a greater risk. >> when they called this morning, they said they were going to put us on the 10:00 p.m. flight tonight. >> reporter: the decision to turn the plane around caused flyers a one-day delay. the plane to tokyo turned around about four hours into the trip after the crew discovered an unauthorized passenger in what was supposed to be a vacant seat. according to the tsa the passenger was ticketed for a different flight. he was traveling with his brother who had an a.n.a. flight. both were departing at the same time. >> thank you so much for taking me on this awesome

babe. >> reporter: chrissy teigen and her husband, music legend john were on the plane. >> i don't see why they went all the way back to los angeles. >> reporter: this pilot said the plane should have landed at the nearest airport and solve the problem as soon as possible. >> to spend four hours back to langs with a guy who you don't know what's going on, that's not the way golet it messed a bunch of things up and didn't hurt anybody, but it could have. >> a.n.a. apologized on twitter. they welcome ongoing feedback to work how to make this right. the fbi said they have not charged the unauthorized passenger. >> some of that came

chrissy teigen. >> absolutely. the largest wildfire in california history is about 90% contained this morning. the massive thomas fire has been raging through northwest los angeles for nearly a month. it's blamed over more than 2,800 acres. more than a thousand home have been destroyed. the cause is under investigation. >> reporter: the power is on at disneyland after sections of the park went dark during one of its busiest weeks of the year. a transformer hit the theme park south of los angeles. jamie yuccas talked to some of the guests who had their trips cut short by the outage. >> reporter: the power failure made the fun at disneyland grind to a halt yesterday. >> reporter: there were a lot of crying children and unhappy guests. you can't get on rides, you can't buy things in stores. they had little reservations to get made over lime

>> the magic of disney fades a little bit when the power is out throughout half the park. >> reporter: about a dozens rides were affected. some came in from georgia for rose bowl-themed events. in texas, this girl and her friend said they did not have a good time. >> we were praying that it wouldn't hit us right when we were on top of the ferris wheel. >> reporter: guests took to social media to vent their frustration. disneyland said they escorted the guests off the rides after the outage. an issue with a transformer resulted in loss of power in toontown and fantasyland. we sincerely apologize to all of our fans. the taylors from

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erie, pennsylvania, got 57.1 inches of snow in just over a day. that's about how much erie receives in january and february combined and they broke every previous multi-record going back nearly 125 years. erie got more snow this week than chicago and boston each get all year long. just put that into perspective. secretary of state rex tillerson is trying to find ways to work with russia. that's after calling the relationship poor. he spoke with minister sergei lavrov earlier this week. he says the american military presence in the region has worsened tensions. and former miss america winners are being asked to help choose

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they have to be divided in 10 millimeter doses. that's just the beginning. soon anyone over the age of 21 can buy marijuana legally in california. that is, if they can find a place allowed to sell it. some local governments are banning pot shops all together while some are working to get licensed. >> this is a process, not an event. >> reporter: l.a. won't begin accepting license applications until january 3rd, and it could take weeks before stores are properly licensed to sell recreation at marijuana. >> we do not want to necessarily disrupt this market but we do need to regulate this shop. >> reporter: they face challenges in becoming recreational sellers. >> you've about had to create new packages. >> we did. our packages is completely changing so it is not see-through. >> reporter:

packaging is just one of the new rules. >> what is this? >> proposed regulations by the state of california. >> these are the rules you've got to follow. >> these are the rules we're following. >> reporter: regulation is set for restaurants and other places as well. law enforcement wants you to know the dangers as well. >> did you know smoking marijuana while driving can get you a dui? >> for california, the stakes are also high, with the population here approaching 40 million people, this could become a $7 billion industry. vlad? >> all right. carter evans for us with

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a lawsuitsuit alleges it's a pyd scheme. >> earlier this year lularoe founders sat down to defend themselves against various allegations and spoke out about their clothing business, can they claim has been a runaway success since they started it about five years ago. >> we have a multi-billion-dollar business. it was not built by tricking people into giving us their money. >> to hear the lularoe co-founders tell it, their family is a family run business. >> we have a clothesing line that people love. they lovitz comfort, versatility, they love the fashion. >> that clothing line began with her handmaid creations and grew to become a business they say has had over two billion dollars in sales

networks sellers or consultants. >> i often say lularoe works for you, you don't work for lularoe. that means you get to decide on your time and what works best for you. >> it is insane. you will be able to have a full-time income. and it's life-changing. >> reporter: online some consultants say they've made good money. >> we've done a little bit over $200,000 in sales for this last year. >> you get the product, put it before people and you sell it and you have money. and that's the simpleness of the business. >> reporter: lularoe's approach, what's called myty-level marketing. retailers buy in with a minimum purchase and lularoe pace $5,000 and they sell it with markup. they recruit others to join their team and make bonuses off

stories like the consultant they introduced us to in california. she started three years ago when there were just 700 sellers nationwide and now has more than 11,000 members in her facebook group. >> i love lularoe. i wear it every single day. >> she says her profits are upward, 3 grand a month. >> for me i focus on what's important for my family and our business. >> and you've brn able to pay your mortgage with this. >> yes. >> it all sounded good to chicago area stay-at-home mom susan counsel who said a recruiter told her -- >> it's minimum. you'll have lots of time to do whatever you want with your family. >> reporter: so counsel said she invested around $11,000, but despite working more than full-time hours could mtd make it work and in november said she was still over $4,000 in debt. >> i feel like i fd

family. i put my family into debt to do something that ended up not being what they preach. >> reporter: and she's not the only one complaining. a recently filed lawsuit seeking a billion dollars claims tens of thousands of other consultants never made a profit because lularoe, they allege, is a pyramid scheme that only profited a few and only made payments to consultants based on how much product those consultants and recruits purchased on a regular basis. >> what it is is an uneducated opinion. they haven't looked at who we are. because we sell product through to a consumer and it's hialeah desirable product. that is not a pyramid scheme. >> shouldn't they think it's easy? >> no. i think it's easy. that's me. for me in my background in my life experience, i do not say it's easy for everyone. >> here's the thing. some consultants say they were told it's easy. >>ha

it's not the truth. >> reporter: they did say more than half of lularoe sellers make $1,000 or more a month, a small group at the top pulls in $500,000 or more per year in e bonuses made off the sellers below them. and douglas brooks who has sued other multi-marketing companies says -- >> for the vast majority of people who get into a company like this, they're going to be lucky if they break even. >> these women are out there saying, look, it's a con, a scam, a pyramid scheme, don't do it. what do you think is happening to those retailers? >> i will tell you that we have been incredibly disruptive in the marketplace and i don't think that those are all entirely organic complaints. >> you think somebody's putting them up to it. >> my personal belief is that, yes. >> well, stidham wouldn't say

have been trying to generate complaints against the company but he thinks they're targeting lularoe retailers to try to cope their success. another said he doesn't think it's a pyramid scheme but that doesn't mean it's a good business opportunity for everyone. some companies are seeing tremendous success. some are continuing complain. they're having a tough time getting a refund and lularoe says they're making profits. on facebook there are similar patterns we saw all canal of months ago. some say they bought in, can't get out, can't get their stuff sold. definitely more than one side to this picture. >> a lot of it seems like it's based on work ethic too. >> some of the ones who work nonstop do really well and then there are people who say i was working nonstop and i still couldn't get work. so i think many of these people are working hard, but what does it take to become successful in any business? one of the things t

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vortex here. >> early in january he'll be meeting with paul ryan and mitch mcconnell to start strategizing for 2018. >> here and across the country taxpayers tried to get a little jump start on their taxes by paying them a bit early. >> republican roy moore is suing to stop alabama from certifying he lost this month's senate race. >> they say there is no mandatory regulation that forced its plane to turn around but one aviation expert says it may have put flyers at a greater risk. >> darth vader has nothing on this grandma. once grandma started playing, she just couldn't stop. the force i

grandma. >> addictive. good morning, everyone. i'm bianna golodryga with dana jacobson and vladimir duthiers from our streaming network cbsn. norah and gayle are off this week. millions of americans are facing dangerous colds as an arctic blast pummels the northern half of the country. temperatures are 15 degrees below normal in cities like chicago and boston. >> it froze waterfalls in minneapolis and sioux falls, south dakota. meteorologist danielle niles of our bauf station wbz joins us to show how cold it will get. danielle, good morning. >> good morning to you. bone-chilling. the current windchill right now is 35 below zero in messina, new york. this is just a start. forecast high temperatures will be the coldest on record across much of the northeast. youngstown to 8, syracuse to 13 in boston. 2 in

city. all breaking record colds. that's without the wind factored in. the jet stream diving south. a piece of the polar vortex diving for a record cold start. temperatures 20 to 40 degrees below normal in spots. that may be a little bit on the conservative side. the feels like forecast for the ball drop at midnight, 3 below in new york, 178 below in boston. the core of the windchill values from northern new england stretching back to the midwest and northern planes, first of the new year, single digits from teens to minneapolis and topeka. 26 in d.c. 70% of the country will be below freezing as we kick off the day of 2018. >> thank you. residents of erie, pennsylvania, are bracing for yet another blast of winter. the national weather service issued a storm watch for tomorrow morning. the forecast could dump up to 12 more inches by saturday. erie is already covered in about 65 inches ofno

this week. local leaders say plow crews are work 1g 2-hour shifts to try and clear the streets. president trump meantime will meet other republican leaders in january to discuss their 2018 agenda. the president focused on his 2017 accomplishments when he visited a florida firehouse yesterday. he highlighted the benefits of rising stock prices. >> when the stockmarket goes up, it affects everyone. not just the rich. it affects everybody. because people own stocks whether it's in 401(k)s or otherwise. >> the president also touted the gop tax law, calling it, quote, the legislation of all legislations. that new law has many americans rushing to prepay next year's property taxes. homeowners lined up at local tax offices the take advantage of a deduction before it changes. starting january 1st, state and local tax deductions are capped at $10,000. the irs saysha

homeowners who prepay their property taxes can avoid this limit. it will depend, though, on when their property is assessed. >> cbs news business analyst jill schlesinger is here with whether it's advantageous to pay your taxes. great to see you. we'll get to the stockmarket in just a second, but what should people be considering when they're deciding whether or not they should prepay their taxes? >> i think the first thing is pull last year's tax returns out so you have a reference and the big question will be will i be an itemizer or claim the nearly double standard deduction. $12,000 as an individual, $24,000 as a couple. if you're going to be an itemizer next year, more than $24,000 level, then you look and say, okay, now am i actually looking at those deductions totally more than $10,000 total. again, it's state and local income tax as wells

now, that doesn't leave a ton of people, but there is some high tax states where you might fall into that. if that's all the case and you want to say, hey, let me prepay that, remember that, number one, prepaying it may thrust you into this alternative minimum tax scenario where you might not actually see the benefit. number two, yesterday the irs released a new warning saying that property tax had better have been assessed and billed to prepay. lots of caveats. if your accountant is still in town, give him or her a call. it is so confusing honestly. i was trying to walk my mother's boyfriend through this. i said, have you done this, have you done this? and he was on his way to the tax line and i said, by the way, this might not work. >> is there any time left to file this year given that there are only two days left in the year? >> there's two days. you could. t,

that tax bill. it has to have been assessed and billed. otherwise the irs says they're not going to count it. i think a lot of people i've spoken to say, look, if you're going to itemize next year and you're going to have a whole bunch of itemized deductions, you might as well try for this and see what happens because it won't happen next year. >> the changes that we're seeing in the tax year, how is that affecting the house market? >> we're starting to see murmurs that we will start to see a big pullback in prices maybe by as much as 10% in some of these high-tax states. said, often when we have tax changes, over time the effect is minimized and we don't see that big pullback lasting for a long time. look. what's going to be more important is will there be jobs, is the economy growing, and by the way, how's that stockmarket doing? >> let's talk about the stockmarket. 2017 was a tremendous year. they remind the

it has been strong over the last several years, but what are you looking at going forward? >> i think there were three things that propelled the market this year. we had global growth. it was sin kronistic. everything happened at once. things were good around the globe. corporations made a lot of money. corporate profitability was up and interest rates remained low. that was the drive of the market this year. i will say the tax bill help and the loosening of regulations in certain industries. all of this comes into 2018 and it looks like we sort of have had the winds at our backs for the stockmarket. but that said, things can change really quickly and i would never want someone to bet everything on the stockmarket. we still want you to be diversified investors and be really smart. >> isn't it a bit disingenuous for the president to say most americans are benefiting from the stockmarket

own stock. >> more than half, by the way. the ownership of stocks, directly owner ship of stocks, stock mutual fund, even pension plan, 54% of americans own that. that leaves a lot of people who don't own it. by the way, that starts to really help people understand why the middle-class people who maybe had to blow out of their retirement accounts during the recession or maybe had a reduction in income are still feeling the pain of the great recession and also feeling the pain of the last 20 years where wages have essentially remained stagnant once you account for inflation. it is fair to say the stockmarket's gone up a lot. it's also fair to say a good portion of americans have not participated. >> jill schlesinger, great advice all across the board. thank you. >> thank you. speaking oup stock, apple stock is up this year. so are profits. that means ceo tim cob got a big pay raze. mis income jumped to $12.8

cook also received apple stock. so this year's total payout is reportedly worth about $102 million. apple says that sales increased due to strong demand for new products and growth from its service businesses. a new dna scan helps parents see the future of their infants' health. tony dokoupil looks at the controversial test. >> reporter: if you can scan your baby's dna, how much would you really want to know about their future health. families here at brigham's women's hospital are struggling with that. it could change medicine and parenting forever. that story coming

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genetic counselors in boston are offering parents a controversial glimpse into their future's health. it's part of a new study that could lead to gene scans of all newborns. by law infants get blood tests for about 30 specific illnesses. brigham and women's hospital screens for about 1,800 conditions. tony dokoupil joins us. good morning. >> good morning. by testing babies long before they show symptoms, doctors hope to start treatment early that could save lives and prevent suffering but it also raises questions of privacy and discrimination. that's a major reason why most families are saying no thanks. the day aft

cora was born -- >> is it daddy? good job. >> reporter: -- they got an unexpected visit from a genetic counselor. >> i was in a full recovery mode as i don't care about anything, i'm just trying to keep our baby alive and recover myself. >> reporter: the visitor offered a free dna scan for cora, a scan that the stetsons learned could reveal deviations in their daughter's genetic code. >> was just trying to make it through the day and that was something that was definitely a little shocking. >> reporter: baby cora is now one of the first healthy kids in america to have her genome searched for hidden problems. doctors found a partial condition. >> she would have still been considered normal. nobody would have identified her as deceased.

>> reporter: he's co-director of the baby seed project which enrolled cora and is now recruiting hundreds of other families. >> you could potentially save a child's life? >> absolutely. >> but dr. green is also warning families about the risk including breaches of privacy and genetic discrimination. >> we can't predict what kind of discrimination is occurring. we can't predict whether there's some sort of privacy breaches as information gets out and is used against your child as some future scenario. most importantly we can't predict the condition's accurate. >> reporter: many turn out to be harmle harmless. even if not, most of the conditions they're looking for still has no cure. >> what makes you comfortable telling people about illnesses they can't treat? >> i would have to say i'm not 100% comfortable with it. what we're really try dog in this study is ask the question

how beneficial or harmful is it to go down this road. >> baby cora is beating her condition, thanks to a daily vitamin mixed into some yogurt. >> i feel like super mom. >> so you're talking extended family members? >> yes, yes. >> reporter: and yet nine out of ten families approached by dr. green and his team have declined the testing. >> people are distrustful of information gathering. they're hearing about all these break-ins and hacks and i believe a lot of people are turns down the possibility of the information at this time because they don't trust the future. >> reporter: before long it's believed most americans will feel like the step sons eventually. >> i think more knowledge is power. i thit's more scary to play the guessing game. >> and now you want to get your son tested as well? >> i would love to do that.

of a 25 million dollar effort funded by the national institute of health. the genetic data will be collected in a lab and they do cob sent having it uploaded to a federal database for future research. the results are expected in the next couple of years and will help doctors and lawmakers to use this technology responsibly. that's the future here. >> the dilemmas are still breaches of privacy and genetic d discriminati discrimination. >> at what point are you coaxing it into position. >> it's personal for these families. you're right. it's the future. i document know how you close pandora's box at this moment. >> this is it. it's coming. up next, how the iconic ball at the most famous new year's celebration is ready for the big

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the sparkly ball in time square that will ring in the new year is ready for its moment to shine. crews decorated it yesterday. this year's theme ball is "the gift of serenity." >> serenity now. >> it weighs nearly 12,000 pounds. it's covered in more than 2,600 crystals and 30 thousand l.e.d. lights. the ball can produce more than 16 million colors and billions of patterns including one that looks like butterflies. >> fantastic. there's something very "star wars" about it. we have "star wars" on the mind. will 2018 by the year that flights from connecticut to london are cheaper than flights

from connecticut to chicago, let's say. peter greenberg, travel editor,

erie can't catch a break, but it's at least beautiful. we're thinking of you all especially this morning. >> it looks like a snow ball. what is that called? >> snow globe. >> hopefully they get some relief from the pain. welcome back to "cbs this morning." right now it's time to show you some of this morning's headlines. "the boston globe" reports that exercise is key for older people with mild cognitive impairment. the american academy of neurology suggests exercising twice a week can improve memory and thinking. new guidelines recommend as much as 150 minutes of cardiovascular ex

and "the hill" says the fcc has approved the first wireless charging device. the company transmitted radio frequencies that lets users charge their electronics up to three feet away. they mate sure it met standards. more americans are planning to travel overseas next year. international travel bookings jumped 44% in early 2018. despite the expected rides, americans are more frustrated by air travel. the airlines say they've avoid third degree 2 million plane trips last year because of rising fees, flight changes, crowds, and long lines. cbs travel editor peter greenberg is here with what you need to know about traveling in the new year. peter, good morning. >> good to see you. >> they're adding different routes in the u.s. and you say that may change things. >> oh, yeah.

disrupter airlines. 2018 even more so. norwegian already flies to 14 u.s. cities and they're going to add this year to madrid, milan, amsterdam. think about this. they're flying to airports that are underserved and they're doing it at fares you can't believe. new york to ireland for $65 and los angeles to london for $75. but they're just one of the disrupter airlines. we're seeing airlines come in to puerto rico, volares. and the december resulter airline is now saying they're going to hawaii this year. they're claiming this right now. airfares are going to come down across the board. >> do the disrupters change? >> they do. that's the southwest effect. every time they come into a market, airfares drop substantially. >> that's good for consumers. according to one survey, 60%

americans say they've seen airline fees increase in the last year. >> they even knocket only seen them, they've felt them. >> any relief for 2018? >> no. home of the pressure, land of the sea. welcome to america. we're talking about airline fees going even higher this year. not just in terms of the airline tickets. on some of the flights the tickets are $750. so get ready for that. and it's going to get worse because that's where they get most of their revenue. the airlines are making more money from their ancillary fees than they're making from operating airlines. >> let me ask you about cuba that's become a popular destination for people. fly or take a boat? >> they're rescinding some of the obama rules. they thought you can't go to cuba. oh, yes, they can. all the u.s. says there are 80 hotels owned by the military that you can't stay at it. cruise lines are adding more cruises to cuba right now.

the hotel market. what's that impact been? >> it's interesting. a year of rapid explosion in the hotel business. marriott right now, right this minld, is opening one new hotel every 14 hours. >> wow. >> i can't even do the math on that. >> wow. >> airbnb owns 60% of the total rooms in the world and that's only getting bigger. what's truly happening, do you want to stay at a cookie-cutter hotel or stay in an experience. they're in the experience, not the hotel business. >> and you're predicting more americans will be features cruises. >> 16 new cruises coming online. every ship jard is operating at 100% capacity. the capacity means discounts coming this year. >> they say, get me some where warm fast. peter, thank you. >> you've got it. >> happy new year. can ice cream ever be healthy?

one brand is attracting ice cream lovers with more promise. halo top, one of the best inventions of the year. over the summer it became the best selling ice cream in the country beating big names like ben & jerry's and hagan dash. the first scoop shop opened last month and more are planned. jamie yuccas went there to learn more about his recipe for success. >> reporter: for justin wolferton this is better than being a kid in a candy store. he was inside an l.a. mall previewing his company's first soft serve favorites. >> this is surreal. >> reporter: surreal because wolferton a few years ago was a litigator at an l.a. law firm and hating his career. >> everyone is going to think it's like

grish am and you get there and it's paperwork the height of your torso. you decide you're going to jump off a cliff and take a risk. >> reporter: prompted by a pop-up add, wolferton bought this $20 machine in 2011. his homemade con kukz with all natural grenltss sparked an idea. >> it was an eureka idea. it tastes really good. no sugar, all natural protein. i thought, hey, here is my escape from law. >> you really thought in that moment? >> yeah. >> reporter: at the time wolferton owed nearly $350,000 in student loans. he found a partner, doug boulton, another disgruntled lawyer willing to go deep in debt to make ice cream. it hit stores in 2012, but it didn't sell. >> how did you sleep at night? >> i slept restlessly.

top, there were dark days in our early years, it still beat practicing law. >> reporter: they targeted social media sending points to youtube users, but the key selling point came about calories. an entire pint has as many as a single serving of other ice creams. >> i don't know how they do it. 280 for this entire pint. >> reporter: it in spierd a cult-like following. sales rocketed. 17 million pienlts. under the lid it reads, stop when you hit the bottom. and guilt-free zone, keep digging. others say it's not good for binge eating. >> that's something we're trying to control. >> the bottom line

is meant to tickle certain receptors to make it impop to say, there's a bite. i'm going to put it back in. >> reporter: but it was wolferton's own problem that got him to create a problem with stevie. >> you just turn white. you look like a zombie and you're shaking and you're sweating. my roller coaster is a little more severe than most people. >> reporter: the company is pushing to keep up with demand, chunk out about 650,000 pints a day. despite the large-scale operation, they don't own the facto factory, preferring to rent. wolferton works mainly from home. near his chief line-up officer molly bear. but staying small is helping him think bink. >> >> i don't see why halo top can't be global like others. it can be the number one selling ice cream in the

>> is that your dream? >> it is my dream. >> a dream for him and a best bite of reality for ice cream lovers. >> i like how creamy it is. >> reporter: who never want just one taste. for "cbs this morning," jamie yucc yuccas, los angeles. >> you have never tried it. >> you have to try it. >> it appears to be guilt-free almost? it looks delicious. >> it's cool they have the calories printed right on label there. you can see people in the supermarket i'll saying this is 250, done. >> salted caramel. salted caramel. ahead we introduce you to a 22-year-old college student with an unusual living arrangement. >> when you got into college, did you ever think you'd be living in a retirement community? >> no, i did not. it was not something that i thought was even possible. >> reporter: in our ongoing series

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we met up with a college student who has a unique college experience. gabby clutter is like any other senior vocal performance major at drake university in des moines, iowa. except for when she leaves campus and heads home. when you got into college, did you ever think you'd be living in a retirement community? >> no, i did not. it was not something that i thought was even possible. >> reporter: yes, gabby clutter's senior year housing is actually a senior living community. >> are you going to zip line? >> no. >> reporter: deerfield, about 15 minutes from drake. >> it was an idea that we had as far as having a healthy living community. >> reporter: the executive director said they launched the artists and residents program two years ago. a student from drake is selected, given a free apartment

the senior community. >> where did the idea to come from to have somebody in college living at a retirement community? >> well, we're not the pioneer for doing this. this has been done at other communities in the united states and in other countries. but it's something we felt passionate about doing here at deerfield. >> what's it been like having gabby here? >> it's been just amazing. >> reporter: 89-year-old resident was one o the first to welcome gabby to her new home. >> what was it about gabby to be the right person to be here? >> to give up her college life and come live at the retirement community. we give her room and board, a washer and dryer, and a parking place inside. what more could you ask for. >> especially in iowa winters. that is big, i know that. >> that's big. that's big. >> it seems like you have this amazing opportunity to get a bunch of grandparents in your life. >> yes, yes.

started -- i started dating someone and i told him about it. and they said, he needs to come here for your dinner because us grandmas need to approve. it's really nice. >> i understand it was a requirement that she bring her boyfriend. >> oh, yes. definitely. i don't know what we would have said if we didn't like him. >> i'm sure you would have told her. >> yeah, probably. probably. >> the piecely be singing -- >> besides socialize, the only cost for gabby's room and board is a couple of recitals a month. an activity she said has given her more confidence as a performer. both gabby and the residents say the greatest benefit of the program is the chance to learn from another generation. >> it's such a cool experience not only for the residents but for

and they see how special it is and how important it is to connect to people outside of your little bubble. >> what has been so nice about having some younger people here? >> the interaction. and just seeing the youth, you know. we hear so many awful things about young people and now we see the best things. >> like what? >> how interested they are in us. and that was a surprise to me. >> that was so great. >> i think so often young people stereotype anyone that may be over 50. but you get um into people who are 80 and older, mid-70s. i this i they think we're all in wheelchairs and not interested in anything and they find out a whole different aspect. >> and why is that important? >> not to be

and i think maybe respect for older people. i think that's very important. >> do you think you've gotten more from this program or put in more to this program? >> i think it's pretty equal. >> gabby is the second student to be part of deerfield's artists and residents program. gladys said perhaps next they'll have a male resident or someone who plays an instrument as well. it's really interesting. they stayed in touch with the first resident and they said the person has stayed in their life. >> i love this story. when she said getting insights from a young person and they can also see what we're all about. >> she has grandchildren but it's different when she's with her grandchildren and the conversations they have. >> like a girlfriend. >> it is. >> it's

it teaches people not to be afraid of aging. i'm sure she has a boyfriend, but i'm sure there are many options. >> such a beautiful story. thank you. >> thank you. you can hear more of "cbs this morning" on our podcast. on our itunes and apple podcasts. today we talk with startup jonathan and the need for more women in silicon valley and his new book. working with women can lead to more products. i can attest to that.

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and i'm getting full just thinking about it. we've had so many amazing food guests, recipes, and all-around fun chefs. and speaking of a fun chef, spike mendelsohn hung out in the kitchen with andi hauser one day. and they whipped up some amazing chicken from the chickery. [music] oh, yeah, the beauty of live tv-i love it, i love it! all right, so we're talking the chickery. yes. and you guys are open till 3:00 a.m., which is pretty amazing. i mean, i go to bed at nine. thursday, friday, saturdays-yes. okay, good. so on your way to the show, you can drop by and get a chicken sandwich. just about-that's about right. so talk to me about the chickery. obviously, the focus is chicken. but it seems like you guys are doing it really right. yeah, we're located in dupont. we also have a store in toronto. and we're opening up internationally everywhere-we're franchising. you know, i like to chat about this concept-the chicky chicken.

there was nobody that kind of narrowed in on the chicken sandwich. right. so we came out with this amazing eight chicken sandwiches. i love it. based off the brady bunch picture, the chicky bunch. so we hashtag every sandwich, so every sandwich has a hashtag. uh-huh. but it's all about having fun with the chicken. so we do rotisserie chicken, we do fried chicken, we do pounded out, we do chicken fingers. we do a rotisserie fry, and we call that rfc. what? we roast it and then fry it. it's really good. look, chicken is one of those things-i mean, just about at any point of the day, it seems like a great idea. it's always a great idea. and it's kind of comfort food too. it is comfort food. and i grew up on roast chicken in montreal all the time, and i loved it. so this is one of the sandwiches that we make. we try to use all the chicken that we have. so with some of the chicken, we pick the chicken and make a chicken salad. totally, yes, oh my gosh, my mom does that. this one is called the chickah roll-hashtag chickahroll. the chickah roll, super cute. so it's got a little bit of tomatoes,