. >>> and tony dokoupil looks at three different states and crunches the numbers. that's the "cbs morning news" for this friday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

tony dokoupil reports the military has been looking. >> a whole fleet of them.gosh. >> you are watching just one of the many ufo encounters investigated by the department of defense. >> look at that thing. >> the unidentified flying object about the size of a school bus, attracted the attention of former intelligence officer, luis alazando. >> not a drone. not something that, we can ease say oh that is an airplane. >> for years, elizando ran a $22 million pentagon effort aimed at the physics of sightings like this one. >> russian, chinese, little green men from mars, or neighbor's dog. i really don't care. my focus is, what is it, and how does it work. >> he refused to discuss the number of cases he investigated. he did work with robert bigalow, a tycoon who told 60 minutes that alien life is real. >> i am absolutely convinced that's all there its to it. >> do you believe that ufos have come to earth? >> there has been and is an existing presence. et presence. >> from 1947 to 1969, an air force program investigated more than 12,000 ufo sightings. 700 of which ar

tony dokoupil, cbs news, new york. >>> in a new interview president trump tells "the new york times" he doesn't know how long the special investigation into the russian meddling will last. during an interview he said he thinks bob mueller will be fair and everybody knows there was no collusion with his campaign. the president said he thought a prolonged investigation makes the country look back. on other issues mr. trump said he hopes democrats will work with him on health care, immigration, and infrastructure. chip reid has more on that. >> reporter: fixinging the nation's deteriorating infrastructure appears to be on the president's plans for next year. in fact, it's not that simple. many republicans want to spend one-fifth of that, $200 billion. democrats say it will never work. reaching a compromise in an election year when the two sides are that far apart will not be easy. also high on both parties' agen agendas, finding a way to allow 800,000 so-called d.r.e.a.m.ers, immigrants brought here as children will march. >> they're americans in every single important way except one, t

tony dokoupil has the details. >> it's a real opportunity for us to get out and be part of the national reporter: lieutenant general jay silverio says the academy will restructure and expand its sexual assault plan with better qualified staff and greater prevention. >> i internld nd to be relentled holidaying them accountable, but i also desperately want to help all of the victims in any way that i can. >> reporter: his remarks to the colorado springs "gazette" newspaper came nearly a week after denying to cbs news that the academy had a problem with retaliation against survivors of sexual assault. last mojts the academy released a scathing investigation accusing former director teresa beasley of a lack of competency that jeopardized victim care. but beasley says she's been made a scapegoat for standing up to leadership. >> is the air force academy supportive of those who report sexual assault? >> i would have to say absolutely not. >> reporter: in a two-part report on "cbs this morning," co-host norah o'donnell heard from more than a dozen current and former cadets who said they report

demarco. >> of tony dokoupil reporting. tony. thank you. >> let's get latest forecast from meteorologist rob ellis at our chicago affiliate, wbbm. good evening. >> good evening. the big weathermaker the one that rolled through chicago and all that its heading east. it is going to impact unfortunately new england. for christmas day. here is better news though, it is going to be heavy rain right along the coast from new york up to boston although eventually see snow wrapping around. but this is going to add snow to the ground. for those that are traveling. unfortunately on christmas day. one to three, just inland of new york. however the totals go up quickly for new england with 6 to 12, foot of snow or more for locations. unfortunate leave the lake-effect snow bands are going to have to deal with that. loits cases have picked up, one, three, four inches of snow in the midwest. it begs the question, who gets the white christmas? well some of the locations you kind of expect. we have the snow on the ground in chicago. but all way ov

demarco. >> morgan: all right, tony dokoupil reporting, thank you. let's get the latest forecast from meteorologist rob ellis at our chicago affiliate wbbm, rob, good evening. >> reporter: good evening. the big weather maker is the one that rolled through chicago today and now all of that will be heading east it is going to impact unfortunately new england for christmas day. here's better news though, it's going to be heavy rain right along the coast from new york up to boston although eventually we will see some snow wrapping around. this will add some snow to the ground for those that are traveling. and unfortunately on christmas day. one to three just inland of new york, however those totals go up pretty quickly for new england with six to 12 up to a foot of snow or more for some locations and unfortunately the lake effect snow bands will have to deal with that. other lotion locations have already picked up one to three, as much as four inches of snow in the midwest. so it begs the question, who et goes the white christmas? well, some of the locat

don. >> dahler: tony dokoupil. thank you. the latest forecast let's go to meteorologist robb ellis of our chicago affiliate wbbm. robb, so, how long can we expect this cold snap to last? >> yeah, it's really the duration of this event that's so impressive north just how cold the air is. an arctic air mass moving in and another one back behind that. this is going to continue at least into the end of this coming week. so we are definitely ringing in 2018 with even colder air that's going to move in. it may be seven days from now before milder air finally moves in and the temperatures get back closer to average. and even then, those numbers may not be above freezing for many locations in the northern part of the country. don. >> dahler: well, what areas of the are getting the worst of it, especially on new year's eve? >> yeah, it's definitely those locations that are kind of used to the cold, but even these values are still pretty impressive, locations like the northern plains, the midwest, the east coast. we're talking about hi

tony dokoupil reports the military has been looking. >> there's a whole fleet of them.. >> my gosh. >> reporter: you're watching just one of the many u.f.o. encounters investigated by the department of defense. >> look at that thing. >> reporter: the unidentified flying object, about the size of a school bus, attracted the attention of former intelligence officer luis elizondo. >> it's not a drone. it's not something that we can easily say, oh, that's an airplane. >> reporter: for years elizondo ran a $22 million pentagon effort aimed at understanding the physics of sightings like this one. >> frankly, if it's russian, chinese, little green men from mars or your neighbor's dog, really don't care. my focus is what is it, and how does it w >> reporter: elizondo refused to discuss the number of cases he investigated, but he did work with robert bigelow, a las vegas aerospace tycoon who recently told "60 minutes" that alien life is real. >> i'm absolutely convinced. that's all there is to it. >> reporter: do you also believe u.f.o.s have come to earth? >> there has and is a

tony dokoupil has more. >> reporter: america's roads and runways runnette over this weekend and not in a good way as millions of holiday travelers gave each other gridlock for christmas. yesterday traffic at los angeles international airport was bumper to bumper. today things were moving a little better. across the coast at newark international airport in new jersey, there was a controlled chaos. >> i figured everybody would be in for the holidays but i guess this is a huge travel day. >> we left a lot more time to travel because we thought it would take a long time to get here and were told to get here earlier than normal. >> reporter: nationwide more than 60 flights were cancelled and over 1900 delayed. many of them in snowy chicago according to flight aware, and those numbers were expected to increase. >> and without a doubt the travel for the year-end holiday has a lot to do w

. >>> and tony dokoupil looks at three different states and crunches the numbers.rning news" for this friday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com it says you apply the blue one ok, letto me. this. here? no. have a little fun together, or a lot. k-y yours and mine. two sensations that work together, so you can play together. >> headed for the holidays, one of the busiest days of the year a look at the early morning lines. >>> warming up and then rain. chelsey ingram chances for rain and then snow for christmas. >> philadelphia tourists looking to take a carriage ride around the city why one company is forced to turn over its horses. good morning, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon. katie and meisha are both off. let's get a look at weather can with chelsey ingram, and checking at that time with pat gallen. >> how about you guys? >> yes, absolutely, the last day of work for a lot of peoplement dry outside right

tony dokoupil is following this. >> it's a real opportunity for us to get out and be part of the nationalnversation. >> reporter: lieutenant general jay silveria, superintendent of the u.s. air force academy in colorado springs, says the academy will restructure and expand its sexual assault prevention and response office with an emphasis on better qualified staff and greater prevention. >> i intend to be relentless in pursing the perpetrators of these horrible crimes and holding them accountable. but i also desperately want to help all the victims in any way i can. >> reporter: his remarks to the colorado springs gazette newspaper came nearly a week after denying to cbs news that the academy had a problem with retaliation against survivors of sexual assault. last month, the academy released a scathing investigation into its sexual assault prevention and response office, accusing former director teresa beasely of a "lack of competency that jeopardized victim care." but beasely says she's been made a scapegoat for standing up to leadership. >> is the air force academy supportive of those w

tony dokoupil is there. >> reporter: three days before the ball drops in times square, security is new police commissioner james o'neill. >> we take away are our preparations this. people will be safe. and they should feel safe too. >> reporter: to protect about a million revellers in a city still shaken by a botched pipe bombing this month and a deadly vehicle attack on halloween, the nypd is promising stepped up patrols, k-9 teams and heavy weapons squads. the old barriers are back too, along with sand trucks to guard against a vehicle attack. but the nypd is putting a new focus on aerial security with spotters on buildings. and for the first time officers in hotels up and down the avenue to react in the event of a sniper-style attack. three months after las vegas suffered the deadliest mass shooting in modern u.s. history, the city's new year's eve party has been designated a sear 1 security threat by the department of homeland security. of a designation typically reserved for political conventions and the super bowl. law enforcement is taking no chances, adding snipers and twice as

tony dokoupil looks at three families from three different states and crunches the numbers.morning news" for this friday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com 'm michelle gri >>> a live look from oakland international airport. it's going to be a busy travel day. it is friday, december 22. i'm kenny choi. >> i'm michelle griego. >> good morning, jaclyn. >> and elizabeth! >> it's been a year since i filled in. >> oh, wow! >> cameo appearances here and there. >> i know. it's fun when you just do it every once in a while. [ laughter ] >>> cooler temperatures this morning. out the door we're seeing a lot of areas below freezing especially in some of your inland valleys and east and north bay valleys. santa rosa 29. 26 in fairfield. it's going to feel warmer along the coast. 42 degrees. but we have a freeze warning in effect especially away from the coast. overnight temperatures in the mid-20s to mid-30s. we are going to talk a lot more about that holiday forecast and the weekend forecast coming up. >>> the roads are qu

tony dokoupil begins our coverage. >> america's roads and run ways, runneth over this weekend and noty as millions of

we begin with tony dokoupil. >> reporter: three days before the ball drops in times square, security is already building up. new york police commissioner james o'neill: >> the takeaway from our preparation this is-- people will be safe and they should feel safe, too. >> reporter: to protect about a million revelers in a city still shaken by a botched pipe bombing this month and a deadly vehicle attack on halloween, the n.y.p.d. is promising stepped up patrols, canine teams, and heavy weapons squads. the old barriers are back, too, along with sand trucks to guard against a vehicle attack. but the n.y.p.d. is putting a new focus on aerial security with spots, or buildings, and for the first time, officers in hotels up and down the avenue to react in the event of a sniper-style attack. three months after las vegas suffered the deadliest mass shooting in modern u.s. history, the city's new year's eve party has been designated a sear 1 security threat by the department of homeland security, a designation typically reserved for political conventions and the super bowl. law enforcement is t

tony dokoupil shows us two ufo encounters captured on camera. good morning. >> good morning.nown pentagon program had a budget of about $22 million according to the intelligence officer who used to run it. most of the sightings were by u.s. military personnel who have been reporting ufo sightings for decades. this is one of the incidents the pentagon secretive group of ufo hunters investigated. >> there's a whole fleet of them. >> my gosh. >>reporter: this appeared off the coast of california in 2004 and baffled two navy pilots. >> it's not a drone. it's not something that we can easily say, oh, that's an airplane. >> reporter: luis elizondo ran the advanced aviation threat identification program at the defense department. he believed the way the school bus object moved defied the law of physics. former nevada senator harry reid championed the ufo program and some of funding reportedly went to one of his donors, robert bigelow, founder of bigelow aerospace. the las vegas tycoon spoke with "60 minutes" in may. >> do you imagine in our space travels we'll encounter other forms

i'm tony dokoupil.bama head to the polls in a few hours in a special senate election that will have an impact on president trump's agenda. a tightening race between roy moore and democrat doug jones. president trump supporting moore who has repeatedly denied allegations. republicans currently hold a slim two-seat majority in the senate. alabama has not sent a democrat to the senate in 25 years. manuel bojorquez is in montgomery. >> reporter: roy moore holds a slight edge over doug jones. most say the raoo close to call. with the election 24 hours away, campaigns are focusing on one thing. turnout. >> when you think you can't knock on another door. knock or one more door. >> reporter: with hours until voters head to the polls in alabama, volunteers for doug jones are scrambling to rally support. do you think anyone is undecided? >> president trump stepped up support for roy moore. >> so get out and vote for roy moore. >> roy is a conservative who helped me steer this country back on track. >> reporter: r

and tony dokoupil has the story. >> the allegations aimed at vice employees top down including currente times improper behavior ranged from unwanted kissing to groping and propositions for sex. >> from north korea, to syria, and iraq. vice news made a name for itself by gaining extraordinary access to some of the world's most dangerous places. but according to "the new york times," the organization run by vice co-founder shane smith and fostered a culture of inappropriate behavior in clueding sexual harassment and misconduct. and she worked as a news writer at vice from 2014 to 2016. >> sort of felt like a few way to get ahead. whether it was dating your boss. sleeping with your boss. >> in $135,000 settlement last year, the time says the vice president was accused of firing a staffer who rejected intimate relationship with him. he said he had been occasionally intimate with the employee, a close friend not involved in the termination. he apoll joyed for the situation. he says work often spilled over into parties. if you've didn't attend it could mean missed opportunities for advanceme

i'm tony dokoupil.ebrations marking the holiday are taking place across the world this morning. at the vatican, pope francis delivered the traditional christmas day message from the central balcony overlooking st. peter's square. [ speaking in foreign language ] the pope called for a negotiated two-state solution to end the israeli-palestinian conflict. and he said there should be a peaceful coexistence with internationally recognized borders. his comments come after president trump stoked regional tensions when he recognized jerusalem as israel's capital. >>> millions of americans are waking up to a white christmas, but storms are making it tough to get around from coast to coast. snow in seattle caused stuck cars, and near white-out conditions in pennsylvania. up to a foot of snow could fall in new england, and that's caused delays at airports, including bangor, maine. >>> president trump is celebrating christmas at his mar-a-lago resort in florida this morning. last night, the president and first lad

tony dokoupil joins us. good morning. >> good morning.ymptoms, 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

tony dokoupil has the story from portland. >> this is the tallest wood building in the united states. >> right now that is. >> right now. >> wow. hard to tell from the outside, but inside, portland developer, eric wily walked us through the milestone in wood construction. nearly finished eight story condominium. with million dollar apartments and picturesque screws. >> these beams is in fact holding the building up. >> correct. >> the building known as carbon 12 is part of a boom in wood construction including major projects in minneapolis, vancouver and london. >> but a fire science professor at john jay college thinks wood could fuel an inferno, firefighters can't fight like the deadly fire in london which climbed the building a aluminum cladding. >> you think some new wood high rises could go up in flames the y it did in london? >> yes, once over 10, 15 sfoer. no way to put watt r on it. unstoppable basically. >> an of the projects we are looking at primarily wood based. >> well, there are wood models. >> none of the>> architect, wh the world's tallest building in dubai worries mor

here is tony dokoupil. >> forbes ranks barry sherman as 12th richest man in canada with net worth ofwas also generous giving away more than $50 million to charity. because his company made cheap generic drugs, sherman had plenty of rivals. toronto homicide detectives are leading the investigation into the deaths of barry and hon neap sherman. a police spokesman calls their deaths suspicious after initially saying they found no signs of forced entry, and were not searching for suspects. >> until we know exactly how they died, we treat it as suspicious. then once, that, that, wujs determination its made by the pathologist and coroner, then weep move forward from there. >> the global and mail said the couple was found hanging from the railing of their basement pool and that investigators theorized the 75-year-old billionaire killed his wife and then took his own life. the family criticized unnamed police sources saying in a statement, our parents shared an enthusiasm for life and toeltly inconsistent with the rumors regrettably circulated in the media. >> we are in your corner. >> sherm

tony dokoupil in new york. thanks, tony. stay warm. more on the weather, let's go to mary kay clas from our chicago station wbbm tv. good morning. >> good morning. so cold. dangerously cold. a windchill warning from billings to bismarck to omaha. the feels-like 30 to 50 below and then a windchill advisory from wichita to st. louis and chicago and into the twin cities. actual highs, wow, are we going to struggle. 16 below zero for a high in fargo, four below in billings. the core of the cold air continues to move into the region on the bitter winds. we have pulling through the eastern great lakes and that coulden jat lake enhanced snow. so future-cast through this morning, west side of the whichg and about an inch to two or three in some areas of the snow belt areas. but what we want to look at for new year's eve, a chance for snow showers here. cold air is what everybody is going to be talking about. and perhaps some glazing over the roadways from dallas to atlanta. when the ball drops in time square, feeling like five below zero. alex

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from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm tony dokoupil. this is the cbs morning news.n alabama. in a special election that has the eyes of the nation both the democratic and republican candidates are calling on some big name help. >> judge moore is a good man. good -- judge moore is a righteous man. >> it's unbelievable that this guy is still in the race when people in your own party say they won't vote for you or support you, that's a dead giveaway. >> new yorkers show their resilience after an isis inspired attack. less tn

here its tony dokoupil. >> almost seven acres here. >> most alcoholics can tell you the exact momenthilt rock bottom. former airline captain hit his at 30,000 feet. march 8, 1990 he was at the controls, fargo to minneapolis. 58 people aboard. after a night of heavy drinking on a layover he was drunk. >> i think, 14 rum and cokes for me. >> 14? >> 14 rum and cokes. >> depending upon the testimony you listen to, goes up to 1, 19, i don't know. >> one of the pilots allegedly had 19 rum and coke drinks the night before. his blood alcohol content that morning was at least, .13%. too drunk to drive, and more than triple the limit for flying. >> do you have any doubts about getting on the plane? >> no. i mean, i would fly the airplane if i thought i was going to die. >> the plane landed safely. but the crew was arrested and became the first commercial airline pilots convicted of flying while intoxicated. >> the pilot -- and all of american commercial aviation, damaged the profession like i did. that was, that hurt. >> this is not -- >> that a girl. >> the career was a long shot from day one