he will return to new york tonight. >> quijano: kris van cleave in washington. thanks. severe weather caused major problems in california this weekend. at least two people were killed in a massive pileup on a foggy stretch of interstate five near bakersfield north of los angeles snow forced interstate five to close in both directions on new year's eve. in mckinney, texas, near dallas, three people were killed saturday when two small planes collided in mid air. officials say the pilots were flying under so called visual flight rules and were not in contact with air-traffic control when they crashed. >> a prosession in chicago saturday as hundreds marched carrying for each person killed there in 2016. it was one of 9 bloodiest years ever in chicago. 762 homicides and more than 3500 shootings. tonight on "60 minutes" bill whitaker reports as gun violence spiked in chicago this year, police activity drof dropped. >> we lost another beloved actor william chris tofer best known as father mulcahy in the tv series mash. >> the whole thing is francis john patrick mulcahy. >> qui

kris van cleve is following this. kris? >> reporter: jeff, customs says there's in signs of any sinister activity here, but this outage couldn't have come at a worse time. >> it was like a line of 1,000 people or more, and it was absolutely despicable. >> reporter: it was a nightmare for international flyers with lines lasting for hours. miami's airport was particularly hard hit. the outage came right as 30 or so flights were arriving. officers had to manually check each passenger before they could be cleared. flyers who have global entry and are used to speeding through customs in minutes, well, last night it took hours. hundreds missed their connecting flights. now customs says the outage appears to be due the a software update that was installed last week. that update caused the system to crash. but, jeff, at this point everything appears to be running normally. >> glor: kris, there were a couple other unnerving airline events over the past couple days. >> >> reporter: absolutely. take a lack at this video. southwest fli

trump expressed skepticism about computers and reports of russian hacking and as kris van cleave reportshe has inside information he'll share this week. >> reporter: a plane carrying russian diplomats expelled by washington took off from dulles airport early sunday morning. donald trump talked about russians interfering with cyber attacks. >> i want them to be sure because it's pretty serious and hacking can be hard to detect. it could be somebody else. >> reporter: trump alluding he had insider information about the hacking. >> i know things others don't know. you'll find out on tuesday or wednesday. >> if he's going to have any credibility as president he needs to stop talking this way. >> reporter: adam smif schiff is the ranking delegate on the intelligence committee. >> none of us have any questions about this. the only one who does, apparently, is donald trump. >> reporter: this comes as burlington electric announced malware linked to russian hackers was found on one of its computers. still trump promised improving relations. >> hopefully we're going have many relationships with co

kris van cleave tells us that the air bag defects were known for years. >>> reporter: the departmentof justice alleges the cover-up began more than 16 years ago. the three takata executives knew test results showed they are air sending shrapnal into criefers o drivers and passengers. the defect has prompted the largest safety recall in u.s. history. >> the risk that they allowed to happen is really reprehensible. >> reporter: barbara macade of quaid said they put profits ahead of safety. >> they routinely discussed in email messages the need to falsify reports to its customers. they referred in their emails to this process as "xxing the data." >> reporter: in february of 2005, one executive e-mailed the others saying they had no choice but to manipulate the data. another wrote in june of that year, they needed to "cross the bridge together." in addition, takata has agreed to plead guilty to felony wire fraud and pay $1 billion in penalties. >> not talk to me when i try to talk to her anymore. it's really hard. >> reporter: paige hay's grandmother, patricia mincy, was paralyzed after

we have two reports from the national mall, starting with kris van cleave. >> the people united willfeated! >> reporter: they came from across the country, pouring off buses, clogging the roads, and cramming the subway-- 275,000 riders by late morning, compared to 193,000 for yesterday's inauguration. what do you think the message that's being sent today is? y, that we will not tolerate racism, bigotry, xenophobia, sexism. >> reporter: they're here, they said, because they see the election of donald trump as a threat to women's rights. the city was preparing for about 200,000 marchers. by early this morning, the city's estimate had more than doubled to at least a half a million. >> we are totally overwhelmed. it's awesome. we had no idea that it was going to look like this. >> reporter: they flooded streets blocks away from the main stage and its dozens of speakers, including madonna. >> good did not win this election. but good will win in the end. >> reporter: singer alicia keys: ♪ these girls are on fire >> reporter: activist gloria steinem: >> this is an outpouring of energy and t

kris van cleave, thank you. in another major story tonight, u.s. intelligence has concluded that russian president vladimir putin ordered his military to help donald trump win the election. today, the director of national intelligence took the unusual step of releasing an unclassified version of an investigation that details computer hack, propaganda, and fake news articles. president-elect trump was briefed on the classified report today, but he concluded that the hacking of sensitive democratic party files had no effect on the election. homeland security correspondent jeff pegues is following this. >> reporter: the 25-page report states directly that russian president vladimir putin ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the u.s. presidential election. it started as a grudge against hillary clinton. putin blamed the former secretary of state for inciting maz protests in russia against against his government in 2011. payback was information warfare that was multifaceted. it included twitter campaigns, propaganda, and fake news. and the hac

here's kris van cleave. >> reporter: it was overheating incidents like these that prompted a worldwideecall and months-long investigation by 700 samsung engineers. 200,000 plus devices and more than 30,000 lithium-ion batteries were tested. samsung found a design defect, incorrect battery placement in the upper right hand side caused the first wave of problems. then some replacement devices had a manufacturing error, an abnormal well that led to internal short circuits. dan ackerman from cnet. >> two different defects from two different batteries from two different suppliers, and you end up with the same problem in both case, which is what is so unbelievable about this case. >> reporter: in the u.s., samsung received 47 reports of burns, 37 of property damage and in all 96 reports of overheating batteries. the vast majority of chargeable devices are powered by lithium- ion batteries, known for their high output and low cost. are these batteries safe? >> they are safe conceptually, but we're asking them to do more than ever in more tightly restrained an designed products. you're pushing

kris van cleave, thanks very much. cbs news has learned that the japanese company takata is negotiating a billion-dollar settlement over its handling of the air bag ruptures. the company is also expected to plead guilty to fraud. takata's air bag inflators can explode, shooting metal through the car. 11 deaths and 180 injuries have been reported in the u.s. as many as 69 million air bags have been recalled. it's the largest safety recall in u.s. history. sources tell cbs news that f.b.i. director james comey personally briefed president-elect trump last friday about scandalous tales about mr. trump that were never proven and were nonetheless attached to an official u.s. intelligence report. makehas been looking into this. >> reporter: cbs news has confirmed that christopher steele, seen in this photo, produced the memo containing unsubstantiated claims that russia had compromising personal and financial information about president-elect donald trump. steele is a former british intelligence officer who works for orbis b

kris van cleave, cbs news, detroit. >>> it is 4:57.dreds are evacuated after the russian river overflows. and today, it can only get worse as the river is expected to crest higher than expected. >> reporter: and right now the soggy weather causing major issues on state road 84 in san mateo county. i'm sandra osborne live there. we'll tell you about some downtown power lines and a recently cleared mudslide from overnight. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, and i'm kenny choi. le ather and traffi >>> good morning. it's wednesday, january 11. i'm michelle griego. >> good morning, i'm kenny choi. let's head outside take a look at the conditions. live look at the pyramid in san francisco. more rain on the way. >> yes. you have been sick. you have been in bed the last couple of days. but you have been watching the storm coverage. >> watching the rain come down. there's a huge tree in the backyard. and i have just been watching the leaves sway back and forth. it didn't come down. >>> last night it sounded like a train going through. >> i woke up at 11:30 p.m. it

kris van cleave talked to one woman about how one bad decision oranged her life forever. >> reporter:must be a moment that you think about all the time. >> constantly. >> reporter: christine alexander knows the pain a drunk driver can cause because she was one. when you got in the car that night, did you know how intoxicated you were? >> no. >> reporter: did you think you should have been driving? >> i didn't think that i was that intoxicated. i-- i thought i was fine to drive. >> reporter: that night in 2004, she had a blood alcohol ivvel twice the legal limit. driving home from a bar, she crashed into her boyfriend, richard hale's, motorcycle. he died. she went to jail. in 2015, 10,265 people died in alcohol-impaired crashes, an arcrease of nearly 300 from the year before. 2016 could be even deadlier. >> if you're drinking, don't drive. >> reporter: national highway traffic safety administrator, mark rosekind. i we're seeing these increases that we have not seen in 50 years. it's tragic. t reporter: why do you think the drunk driving numbers are going up? >> that's one we are still

kris van cleave is following this. kris? >> reporter: jeff, customs says there's no signs of any sinister activity here, but this outage couldn't have come at a worse time. >> it was like a line of 1,000 people or more, and it was absolutely despicable. >> reporter: it was a nightmare for international flyers with lines lasting for hours. miami's airport was particularly hard hit. the outage came right as 30 or so flights were arriving. officers had to manually check each passenger before they could be cleared. flyers who have global entry and are used to speeding through customs in minutes, well, last night it took hours. hundreds missed their connecting flights. appears to be due to a software update that was installed last week. that update caused the system to crash. but, jeff, at this point everything appears to be running normally. >> kris, there were a couple other unnerving airline events over the past couple days. >> reporter: absolutely. take a look at this video. southwest flight 3556 flying from san antonio to or

here's kris van cleave. >> reporter: it was overheating incidents like these that prompted a worldwidel and months-long investigation by 700 samsung engineers. 200,000 plus devices and more than 30,000 lithium-ion batteries were tested. samsung found a design defect, incorrect battery placement in the upper right corner caused the first wave of problems. then some replacement devices had a manufacturing error, an abnormal weld that led to internal short circuits. dan ackerman from cnet. >> two different defects from two different batteries from two different suppliers, and you end up with the same problem in both cases, which is what seemed so unbelievable about this case. >> reporter: in the u.s., samsung received 13 reports of burns, 37 reports of property damage, and in all, 96 reports of overheating batteries. the vast majority of chargeable devices are powered by lithium- ion batteries, known for their high output and low cost. are these batteries safe? or are we packing too much power into a small thing? >> they are safe conceptually, but we're asking them to do more than ever in

he will return to new york tonight. >> kris van cleave in washington. thank you. >>> severe weather cause made your problem in california this weekend. at least two people were killed in a massive pileup on a foggy stretch of interstate 5, near bakersfield. north of los angeles, snow forced interstate 5 to close in both directions on new year's eve. >>> in mckinney, texas, near dallas, three people were killed saturday when two small planes collided in midair. officials say the pilots were flying under so-called visual flight rules and were not in contact with air traffic control when they crashed. >>> there was a grim procession in chicago, saturday as hundred marched carrying craws for each person killed there in 2016. it was one of the bloodiest years ever in chicago. 762 homicides. more than 3,500 shootings. tonight on "60 minutes" bill whitaker reports as gun violence spiked in chicago this year, police activity dropped. >> weep lost another beloved actor, william christopher, best known as father mulkahey in "m.a.s.h. ". >> francis john patrick --

today, they did not fill that area. >> pelley: kris van cleave on the mall tonight.ear-old president wasted no time getting to work today. here's margaret brennan. >> the time for empty talk is over. now arrives the hour of action. >> reporter: within hours of being sworn in, the new president got down to business with congressional leaders, >> known as bowk around instructing federal agencies and departments to freeze regulations. >> from this day forward, a new vision will govern our land. >> now president trump will try to turn his vision into policy. that requires getting congress to approve the rest of his cabinet, now that retired generals james mattis and john kelly has been confirmed as the president also plans to announce his nominee to the supreme court within two weeks. there's been a vacancy on the bench since the death of antonin scalia almost a year ago. and next week, mexican officials will come to washington to begin talks about renegotiating the north american free trade agreement and building a border wall. mr. trump may also decide to relocate the

kris van cleave has spoken with? >> well, i don't know if it's good o r d,ewmp who has talked directly with donald trump on a regular basis. >> do you have any concerns about a trump presidency? >> you know, look. any time there's a transition, there's a lot of unknown, but i'm really encouraged big border tax. >> i think nobody wants to are cities of tomorrow and how that will change ford into a carmaker and company, a mix of smart mobility, electric and smart cars, ridesharing ridesharing. >> you're laying going h especially when it comes to snacking. new. with the laughing cow's nine flavorful varieties of creamy cheese, there's no end to what you can discover. >>> i love this story. look at this video. this little guy might be the newest recruit for the queen's gar. the little boy dressed as a ardsman for his 4th birthday last week. one of the guards spotted the little guy saluting and came back out and took a picture. take the guard broke nts fill your cart with giant's nature's promise brand. orga

as kris van cleave reports, some don't want to give up their phones. >> chris thompson is holding ong, despite 2 million recalled and banned on aircraft. >> i am very attached to it. been the best known i ever had. >> reporter: despite a defect that caused the smart phone's lithium battery to everheat in some cases worst into flames, resulting in at least 13 reports of burns and 47 reports of property damage. >> a lot of us feel that -- there were -- not enough incidences out of how many phones were actually out there. for it to be a serious problem. i mean it's less than a 1% chance. >> samsung says more than 93% of the note 7s under recall have been turned in. more than 100,000 are still out that's why the company worked with wireless carriers on the update effectively rendering the phone useless. thompson and note 7 fans are coming together on line sharing ways to avoice the update so they can keep using the device. >> as you know, this year, was a challenging year for samsung. >> the recall has cost samsung billions. its focus now is putting the note 7 debacle in the past. samsun

here's our transportation correspondent kris van cleave. >> reporter: the cheating allegedly spans threeears and includes more than 100,000 vehicles. the environmental protection agency says diesel engine jeep grand cherokee and ram 1500 pickups for model years 2014, '15, and '16, have hidden software that lets them emit illegal levels of greenhouse gases. chrysler today and said failing to disclose the software amounts to a clear and "serious violation of the clean air act," and could "result in harmful pollution in the air we breathe." >> why these are there, what they do, and why they have to be designed the way they are. >> reporter: david clegen is with the california air resources board, which issued a similar warning to the automaker today. >> they did not disclose them to the regulatory agencies that were certifying the vehicles. and the second is, when these things are activated, they do put out more emissions than the law allows. >> reporter: the diesel vehicles are still safe to drive, but the allegations are similar to those leveled at volkswagen. yesterday, the german automa

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kris van cleave sat down with bill ford, executive chairman and great grandson of henry ford at the northrican international auto show in detroit. >> reporter: as executive chairman of ford motor company, bill ford is among the few who talked directly with president-elect donald trump on a regular basis. do you have any concerns about a trump presidency? >> any time there's a transition, there's a lot of unknowns. but i'm encouraged by the dialogue we've had. >> reporter: last week ford scrapped plans for a new factory in mexico to invest in an existing michigan plant. general motors and toyota took a beating from trump who threatened make in the usa or pay big border tax. do you have concerns about that or do you think that's just blustery talk? >> well, we'll see. i think nobody wants to start a trade war. when i went to see him this summer, i said we've been in mexico for over 100 years, long before nafta. all the way back to my great grandfather. part of his belief is we should build and sell around the world. >> reporter: this morning, ford and mark fields will lay out >> from ouren

>> kris van cleave, thank you. >>> the deep south is drying out and cleaning up after severe storms, including tornadoes that swept through several states yesterday. at least five people were killed. omar villafranca is following this. >> reporter: residents in southeast alabama woke up in the path of the storm's destruction. in rehobeth, four people were killed when powerful winds sent this 50-foot tree crashing into a mobile home. next door, j.p. kelley spent the morning corralling his cows. the storm raked across his family farm, destroying a 50- year-old barn. >> it's the worst wind that i have been through. >> reporter: he rode out the storm with his wife, huddled in an interior room of his home. >> the tornado sirens went off probably 30 seconds ahead of it. >> reporter: is that all the time you had? >> i think so because it built so fast. >> reporter: in jackson, alabama, blinding rain flooded the streets while the high winds ripped the roofs off of homes and left thousands without power. even animals at the alabama gulf coast zoo had to duck for cover after the storm shredded

kris van cleave is outside of washington, d.c. in virginia., good morning. >> reporter: good morning, here's an example, in virginia, if you're 18 and in the front seat, you have to wear your seat belt. but police can't pull you over if you're not buckled up. new research says tougher laws would save lives as regulators are trying to explain a surge in tla traffic deaths. >> our lives have been shattered. >> reporter: jim's wife and daughter were struck head on by a 24-year-old mother who had her young daughter in the car. police believe she was texting. all four died in the crash. sheaffer says he will never forget telling his young son the news. >> sitting him down and having to explain to him that his mother and sister were gone and they died was probably the hardest thing i've ever had to do in my life. >> reporter: texas state law only bans drives under 18 from texting. an all driver texting ban is under 15 safety laws the new report says every station has. the measures range from primary enforcement of seat belts to graduated driver's li

kris van cleave has more on why some people don't want to give up the phone.orning. >> reporter: good morning. they say the vast majority of cell phone users have already turned in their phones and those who haven't may find them a lot harder to use after today's so-called kill update starts going out. they're reminding the batteries can fail and catch fire. chris thompson is holding on tight to his samsung note 7 despite nearly 2 million of the devices being recalled in the u.s. and banned on aircraft. >> i'm very attached to it. it's been the best phone i've ever had. >> reporter: that's despite a defect that has caused the battery to your heat and in some cases burst into flames resulting in at least sp burns and 17 reports of property damage. >> a lot of us feel that there were not enough incidents out of how many phones were actually out there for it to be a serious problem. i mean it's less than a 1% chance. >> reporter: samsung says more than 93% of the sam sungs recalled have been turned in. over 100,000 are still out there. that's why they're working

kris van cleave is down there among them. kris?> reporter: it took a while to get the people down in here, but now the general admission folks are filling -- they expected about 800,000 poem to fill the mall. if you look around, you can see it's starting to look like a sea of people that you would traditionally see during an inauguration. for the most part, these are donald trump supporters, but not exclusively. we have seen some protesters, some people with anti trump signs. for the most part people are getting along and it is a sell bra tore environment down here. music is playing and people are waiting for the show to get started. >> kris van cleave, thank you very much. it's a matter of history that there were three united states presidents who boycotted the inauguration of their successor. john adams refused to see thomas jefferson ascend to the presidency. his son, john quincy adams didn't want to see andrew jackson elevated to the presidency. and then andrew johnson refused to watch u.s. grant take the oath. nancy cordes has

thank you very much, kris van cleave.l face some early challenges starting on day one. andrew carter is a fo tell us anything about how the andy card is a former chief of staff for president bush. can you tell us how he's doing? >> he ee's rallied, doing well, he's out of icu. >> out of intensive care. >> oufrt intensive care. and barbara bush is 1000% better. >> that's good. >> they're celebrating today. >> did he in >> yes. he would like to come. although he was funny in saying the doctors don't like him out in cold weather, otherwise he would be circumstance feet under. >> even now his humor is intact. there are reports reince priebus told people mid level aides do not address donald trump without going through him first. does that make sense to you? >> it does. it should not be that strict. i'd like to know before, during, and after. i used to say to any commissioned officer, if you need to see the president, go see the president. if you want to see the president, you'd better not go. if it's a real need, go see the p

kris van cleave is in the white house with the latest. good morning. >> good morning. the hidden software was founder in vehicles. they're 2014, 2015, 2016 jeep grand cherokee and the pickups with a 350 diesel. it could result in harmful pollution in the air we breathe. the nigh trite oxygen can release issues. this as volkswagen pleaded guilty to three felony counts. that scandal prompt epa to do more enhanced vehicle the ceo angrily denied the charges saying anybody who tries to compare us to them is smoking illegal material. they face large fines. that will depend how often the software is active. that investigation is on going. >> thank you very much, kris. >>> gtsers are looking into the cause of a baltimore fire that killed six children. it engulfed this wood frame home early yesterday. a mother and her nine children were trapped inside. the woman worked for congressman elijah cummings who delivered the tragic news. >> one of my employees, katy malone, who has been with my office for 11 years experienced a fire and sadly six of her nine children perished. it's a

kris van cleave has spoken with the grandson of ford. he is at the auto show in detroit.morning. >> reporter: good morning. this is the first day the doors have opened at the preview on the detroit auto show. there are a lot of people focusing on the future. we talked with bill ford about what's next for his company and the president-elect who has been critical of both ford and the campaign trail on the media. is that good for business? >> well, i don't know if it's good or bad, but it's the reality we are in. i actually feel like i have a very good relationship with him. you know, he's very different as you might expect one on one than over twitter. >> reporter: as executive chairman of ford motor company, bill ford is among the few who has talked directly with donald trump on a regular basis. >> do you have any concerns about a trump presidency? >> you know, look. any time there's a transition, there's a lot of unknown, but i'm really encouraged by the dialogue. >> reporter: last week ford scrapped plans to move to mexico and instead build in michigan and add several hu

kris van cleave is at reagan international airport with delta's response. , good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the computers came back on and that ground stop was lifted around midnight. but the airline this morning says it will cause residual headaches for flyers this morning as about 100 flights have been canceled for today. the outage strongly impacted several of the airline's major hubs, grounding hundreds of flights during the more than five-hour-long outage. new york's jfk airport reported air france and virgin atlantic also experienced delays. this is the second time in six months delta has been affected. in august, a power outage caused more than 2,000 flights to be canceled over three days. in a statement the airline ceo apologized to flyers saying the disruption is not acceptable to the delta family who prides itself on reliability and customer service. delta issued a travel waiver for people flying yesterday or today. to put this in perspective, in the month of november, the last month we have government staff, delta canceled no flights for