Limitations was due to run out. If convicted, cosby, who is 78 years old, could face five to 10 years in pririn and a 25,000 fine. Tonight, hes free on 1 million bail. Jericka duncan reports from suburban philadelphia. Mr. Cosby, do you want to say anything . Reporter this afternoon, attorneys for Comedian Bill Cosby walked him into this small courthouse in elkins park, pennsylvania, to hear the criminal Sexual Assault charges against him. His accuser is andrea constand, a former Temple University employee who first told police about the alleged incident over decade ago. Constand says in the winter of 2004, she went to cosbys house for careerdvice. Cosby offered, and she took, three blue pills and wine to relax. In the criminal complaint released today, she told police within a half hour, she difficulty speaking. Her legs felt ruery, like jelly, andndhe had no sense of time. She says though she was unable to move or speak, she felt cosby fondle her breasts and vagina, and woke up about 4 00 the next rning, still in his s me. Prosecutor kevin steele the victim came to consider mr. Cosby her mentor and her friend. Today, after examination of all the evidence, we are able to seek justice on behalf of the victim. Reporter when cosby was questioned by police back in 05, he admitted the two had sexual contact but said he had given constand the allergy pill benadryl and that the contact was consensual. Athe time, the District Attorney annnnnced no criminal charges, citing lack of evidence. But investigators reopened her casehis past summer after a judge unsealed portions of constand filed in 2005, in which cosby admitted giving drugs to women. Constands attorney asked cosby, when you got the quaaludes, was it in your mind that you were going to use these quaaludes for young women you wanted to have sex with . Cosby replied, yes. He later said he misunderstood the question. The civivisuit was settled in 2006 for an undisclosed amount of money. In the past year, more than 50 men have accused cos of Sexual Assault, many of whom posed for this cover story in new york magazines july edition. Victoria valentiono is one of the accusers. Well, we were absolutely elated, vindicated, validated, and juju elated. I cant i cant find a better word for it. Mr. Cosby, did you drug that woman . Reporter 78yearold cosby was able to leave jail after bail and giving up his pasort. Cosbsbdidnt have anythingngo say when he left this courthouse, but later this evening, his attorneys released a statement that reads in part jim, cosby is expected to appear back in court for preliminary hearing on january 14. 4. Jericka, thank you. Cosbys arraignment comes at the beginning of the criminal judicial process, not the end. But the idea of cosby charged with a sex crime would h he been unfathomable a generation ago when he outpolled ronald reagan, billy graham, and pope johnaul ii as americas most trusted and admired man. More than 30 Million People tuned in each week to watch the cosby show in 1986. Why, sir . The first africanamerican y, in 1965. How much . Hey, hey, hey the creator of the beloved kid show fat albert. Im going to sing a song for you if youre in there, you sur e terrific. The pitch man who was madison avenue magic. You mean it was. And a man who at one time held more than 50 honorary degrees. Bibi cosby is now centerertage as the subject of a Great American fall from grace. Bill cosby never seemed like he was playing a character. He was this, you know, great husband. He was this wonderful l mily man. Renee graham is a contributing opinion writer for the boston globe. He was a fingerwagging moralist criticizing comedians who used profanity or young black men whose pants were too low. And you have thihiman who seems to represent this way to live and how to be a good citizen of the world, and meanwhile, you now have all these allegations, and on top of the allegations, you now have a charge of Sexual Assault. And you think that makes this this historic . I think it does. Everyone knew bill cosby. And i think generally, everyone had a really positive opinion of bill cosos. So when yoyohave someone who is that high, the fall is going to be, you know, that much more devastating. Now, of those 50 or so schools that gave cosby honorary degrees,s,t least a dozen haveve since e scinded them. There is breaking news tonight in calgary, canada. An air canada jet made an Emergency Landing afr severe turbulence caused at least 20 juries on board. Fire Officials Say some passengers were taken off the plane by stretcher and taken to hospitals. The jet was bound from china to toronto when the problem occurred. Will be righghback. Almost sixty million americans are affected by mentml illness. With three simple wowos. My name is chris noth and i will listen. From maine to maui, thousands of High School Students across the country are getting in on the action by volunteering in their communities. Chris young action tetes of High School Students are joining volunteers of america and Major League Baseball players to help train and inspire the next generation of volunteers. Carlos pea its easy to start an action team at your school so you, too, can get in on the action. If you were a hippie in the 60s, you need to know. Its the dawning of the age of aquarius. Yeah, and Something Else thats cool. What . Osteoporosis is preventable. All osteos preventable . Right on if you dig your bones, protect them. Another major story developing tonight, the historic flooding in the midwest. Rivers are still rising in missouri and illinois. At least 21 peopleleave been killed there. Homes have been evacuated. The National Guard called out. And the rivers are expected to crest near st. Louis tomorrow or friday. Anna werner is in fenton, missouri, tonight. Anna . Reporter good evening, jim. And this is what many neighborhoods in the st. Louis metro area look like tonight. Some are even getting out the boats to use for transportation. Floodwaters here are rising more than one inch per hour, and residents are desperately trying to save their homes or simply escape. The e erling estates subdivision in arnold, south of st. Louis, sits in the spot where the overflowing meramec and Mississippi Rivers meet. As of this afternoon, halflf joining hundreds of others submerged in the st. Louis area. And volunteers filled and stacked sandbags trying to save the rest. Thanks. Reporter resident carla bryant helped organize the effort. There are homes, these are my neighbors. Weve done everything we can, and we still cant beat it. Reporter december rainin swelled rivers around st. Louis and pushed water into nearby communities. The water was so higin this neighborhood, rescuers had to pluck a man and his dog off a rooftoto dozens of others were also rescued from stranded vehicles. Officials issued evacuation orders for several communities, including valley park and west alton, on the banks of the mississippi, north of st. Louis. In branson, the army corps of engineers opened the spillways at Table Rock Dam in an effortrt to ease flooding along the white river. Waste Water Treatment plants with little success. There was simply too much water. Is plant in fenton, ssouri, had to be closed, and that meant untreated sewage was flowing into local streams and into the meramec. Thats the same river overflowing into carla bryants neighborhood. Tomorrows another day. New years is at the end of the week, so 2016s got to be better. Reporter right now, the Meramec River is expected to rise another foot and a half to a record 47 feet. That crest is expected to occur some time tomorrow afternoon, jim. Anna, thank you very much. There were long lines again today at the nations airpts. Bad weather delayed more than 5,500 flights. More than 370 were canceled all together. Today, a mexican judge granted ethan coach, the affluenza kid, a threeday delay in his deportation. His mother was sent back to texas. Couch and his mother were arrested in mexico on monday after he skipped a probation weeks on the run. Couch killed four people in 2013 while drunk driving, avoiding jail with the defense that his wealthy parents hadnt taught him right from wrong. After a series of Deadly Police shootings, today, chicago mayor rahm emanuel said officers should only use guns as a last option. Adriana diaz reports the m mor is revamping police training. Reporter rahm emanuel stepped before the cameras as a mayor under a spotlight, with a Police Department in crisis. Ultimately, what we are doing is injecting some humanity into the work of our Police Department and the Police Officers. Reporter the mayor called the new policies a dramatic shift in police practices. Hehes doubling the number of tasers for officers to 1,400. Increasing desk duty for Police Involved in shootings from three days to 30. And focusing on deescalation training to reduce the numbebeof policeinvolved shootings. Tensions boiled over last month video showing officer Jason Van Dyke killing 17yearold Laquan Mcdonald in october 2014. Protesters have taken to the streets, demanding the mayor resign. Andy shaw, who heads the better government association, says thats not likely to happen. Hes trying to save his reputation and his legacy, and hes also trying to save a city in crisis. Reporter one made worse by this weekends Fatal Shooting of 55yearold bettie jones. She was accidentally shot as officers opened fire on 19year old Quintonio Legrier during a domestic disturbance call. What about the taser . Taser him down. Dont start shooting people, innocent people reporter thats a problem the mayor hopes todays announcement will solve. Theres a difference between whether someone can use a gun and when they should use a gun. Ananwe as a city must trtrn for that difference. Reporter on average, one person per week is shot by jim, this month, the Justice Department steppededn to ininstigate patterns in n e Police Departments use of force. Their initial report should be out in a yeyr. Adriana diaz covering for us tonight in chicago. Thank you. Four secret Service Agents were seriously h ht in a headon collision in New Hampshire last night. The driver of the other car was killed. The agents had been assigned to a Hillary Clinton campaign event. In the president ial campaign today, the republican front runner kept on firing at the top democrat and her husband. Heres major garrett. Reporter at a rally in south rolina, donald trump said hes ready for a woman president , just n n Hillary Clinton. I love, love, love having a woman president. Cant be her. Shes horrible. Reporter accused by clinton of using sexist rhetoric, trump agaiaibrought up former president bill clintons marital infidelities. And she wants to accuse me of things, and the husbands one of the great abusers of the world . Give me a break. Give me a break. [ applause ] reporters aboard his elegant private jet tuesday. Try not to crash the woodwork if possible. Reporter to announce he would start spending 2 million a week on tv ads. Were going to o talking about a lot of things, including the border, including trade, including isis and security for the country. Reporter with a little over a month before the first voting begins, reblicans hoping to be the mainstream alternative to trumumhave turned on each other. The superpac supporting jeb bush attacked marco rubio for missing senate votes to campaign and fundraise. Politics first. Thats the rubio way. R rorter chris christiti joined in, saying rubio should have flown to washington to vote against the recently passed budget bill. The vote happened and thats my observation, and its its hardly an attack. If marcoco that thinskinned, he doesnt belong in this business. Reporter rubio said his fellow candidates are getting increasingly desperate. Chris christie is a funny guy but hes never in new jersey. Hes gone half the time. Reportete a recent cspan votes than any senator running for president. And jim, bush pulled all tv ads in iowa and south carolina, and sent most of his National Staff to those early vototg states to help save his flagging campaign. Major garrett, thank you very much. In new york city today, a final salute for a fallen hero. Thousands of Police Officers and u. S. Service members lined the streets near st. Patricks cathedral for air force National Guardsman and nypd detective joseph lemm. He and five others were killed last week in a bombing near Bagram Airbase in afghanistan. Lemms fouryearold son wore his fathers hat and saluted his dad. Californias drought has killed millions of trees. Weve got the hightech pictures to prove it. And why so many seals and sea lions are in distress. Right back. Some undeniable good news from the recent storms in the western u. U. The snow pack in the Sierra Nevada mountains is significantly above the average for this time of year. But thats not enough to reverse the damagefrom californias historic drought. Asasen tracy reports, a a staggering n nber of californias trees are dying. Reporter this hightech flying laboratory has been soaring over california, measuring the impact of four theres a lot of red on this screen. Which is a sign that were over an area thats in trouble. Reporter scientist greg asner says his team has made a startling discovery 888 Million Trees in californias forests have seen measurable water loss since the drought began. Yoyore basically saying g e drought has impacted nearly one billion trees in california. Thats correct. Reporter they can be this precise because their plane is equipped with stateoftheart lasers that scanned 15 acres of forest everyryecond. Its like having xray vision that produces these firstof theirkind 3d images of the health of every single tree in thforest. The red areas on this map show severely droughtstressed trees. Blue areas are healthier. Your equipment reads how much moisture is in each individual tree . Yeah. The measurement is focused on how much water is s the foliage itself. Its like getting a blood test. Its really one of the key indicators of the health of a reporter the u. S. Forest service says more than 29 Million Trees have already died. Asners team has determined that 58 million more are on the brink. These severely stressed trees, are they passed the point of n return or are they recoverable . We dont know wheheer a stressed tree is going to absolutely succumb and be gone or if its going to bounce back over time. Reporter the hope that el ninofueled storms will bring chneeded rain. In the meantime, these new maps will help the Forest Service know which areas are most vulnerable and wildfire officials know where the greatest risks are. Ben acy, cbs news, sacramento. The white house is sharing thats coming up. The north pole is famous for extreme temperatures, but not these nd of extremes. 34 degrees today in north pole new york, and 41 in north pole, even at the real north pole it was 33 degrees. That is 50egrees above normal and the first time its been above freezing in december in 13 years. Of el nino have chased away the fish that seals and sea lions rely on for food. At least 4,200 starving sea lions have washed ashore this year and the situation is expected to get worse this winter as Ocean Temperatures rise. Today, the whi house released the gallery of president obamas yeye in pictures. Among the chief photographers favorite shots, this snuggle with the first lady. The fatherdaughter chat where malia tells dad hes got something on hisisace. E selfie two brothers will never forget. A bride and groom greeting an unexpected guest at their wedding. And the one where jerrseinfeld came knocking. Two kids may have figured d t the best way to honor Americas Service members. Thats next. Woman what does it feel like when a woman is having a heart attack . Severe shortness of breath. Unexplained nausea. Cold sweats. Theres an unusual tiredness and fatigue. Theres unfamiliar dizziness or lightheadedness. Unusual pain in your back, neck, jaw, one or both arms, even your upper stomach, ararsigns youre having a heart atatck. Dont make excuses. Make the call to 911 immediately. Learn more at womenshealth. Gov heartattack. While i was on a combat patrol in baqubah, iraq, a rockckpropelled grenade took my arm off at the shoulder. I was discharged from the army, and ive been working with the Wounded Warrior project since 2007. Warriors, you dont have to be severely wounded be with the Wounded Warrior prprect. We do have a lot of guys that have posttraumatic stress disorder. Being able to share your story, i guess it kind of helps you wrap your nd around what did happen over there. My name is norbie, and yes, i do suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder, we end tonight with a salute to a pair of determined young ladies. Chip reid tells us theyve been saluting american heroes and theieifamilies for years. Reporter 10 years ago, rachel okun, then 10, and her sister, kelsi, who was eight, told their parents they had a big idea. They wanted to say thank you to the troops i iiraq and afghanistan by offering scholarships to their spouses and children. With some parental assistance, the precocious girls created their own charity called t. H. A. N. K. S. Usa, and soonhey were online asking for money. In 2009, when cbs news paid a raised a stunning 5 million. Ive been able to see that really any person can make a difference, and what you give out to the world you get back 10 times, you know, fold. Reporter now, rachelle is in college, kelsi is S High School senior, and t. H. A. N. K. S. Usa is still going strong. How much money have you raised so far . We just cleared the 10 million mark. Reporter 10 million. Yeah. Reporter yes, 10. 3 million from an idea that began in a dinner table conversation. The money isisaised through individual and corporate donations, golf and tennis tournaments, and an annual treasure hunt. So far, t. H. A. N. K. S. Usa has given military family members more than 3,400 scholarships of 3,000 each. What do you think about that organization . I love it. Reporter with the help of t. H. A. N. K. S. Usa, lly estep will soon get her bachelors degree and then plans to get a masters in social work. In 2005. From my experience, i want to flip that into something positive and give back to the military and b bthere for other families that lose a loved one, son or daughter, husband, you know, wife. Reporter its a story of ging back that began 10 years ago with two young girls. You can change the world. One heart at a time. Reporter and a message thats as true today as it was then. Chip reid, cbs n ws, mclean, virginia. And thatat the overnight news for this thursday. For some of you, the news continues. For others, check back with us later for the morning news and cbs this morning. From the Broadcast Center in new captioning f fded by cbs captioning funded by cbs its thursday, december 31st, 201515 this is the cbs morning news. Bill cosby released on a Million Dollars bail after he is charged in a decadeold sex ime. Cosbys attorneys say he will be exonerated. Floodwaters overrun communities in missouri, the mississippi has spilled over nine federal levees in the st. Louis area alone and forecasters say the dire conditions are likely to get worse. And a rough ride for some air canada passengers. 21 were injured when their flight from shanghai to toronto hit severe turbulence. Good morning f fm the studio headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Comedian bill cosby is free on bail this morning. Ththonce renowned tv dad was formally charged on wednesday with Sexual Assault. Dozens of women have come forward this year accusing the entertainer of assault. His lawyers expect cosby to be fully exoxorated. Kenneth craig reports. Reporter bill cosby made no comment and leaned on his lawyers as he was arrested in elkins park, pennsylvania. The comedian is free on 1 million bail charged with aggravat and Sexual Assault. T. Cosby y accused of drugging and sexually assaulting a former Temple University employee andrea constata nearly 12 years ago. Paralyzed, unable to move. Reporter the decision to charge cosby comes just days before the statute of limitationwould have run out. Prosecutors said evidence from a 2005 unsealed over the summer. In it, cosby admitted to giving women drugs. More than 50 women have come forward accusing cosby of Sexual Assault, including victoria valenenno. Well, we were absolutely elated. Vindicated vindicated, validated. Reporter cosby was ordered to surrender his passport. When a judge said good luck to you, sir, cosby shshted back, thank you. His lawyers released a statement saying, make no mistake, we intend to mount a vigorous defense against this unjnstified charge and we expect that mr. Cosby will be exonerated. This will l the fulfillment of a Campaign Promise as something opposed to something just in. We are 122ears after an alleged assault. Faces five to ten years in prison and a 25eds 25,000 fine. Kenneth craig, elkins park, pennsylvania. Coming up on cbs this morning, we will speak with bill cosbys attornemonique presley. Parts of the midwest are swamped in deadly floodwaters. Water is still rising and threatening to break levees. Flooding is blamed for at least 20 deaths. Marlie hall has more. R rorter rising floodwaters rushed over homes and roads and businesses in missouri on wednesday. Firefighters rescued one man trapped on top of his pickup truck. If we could say anything over and over and over, it would be dont drive into water. Reporter at least a half dozen houses were lostut in st. Louis where the merrimack and Mississippi Rivers meet. Karla bryant organiziz residents to save as many homes as possible. These are my neighbors. We have done everything we can reporter in valley park, volunteers tried to protect this business, which is only a block away from a levee. The levee behind us was only like a foot to go and then just going to be some flooding. Repepter sandbags are ofofn no match for raging rivers. Forecasters say floodwaters are rising more than one inch per hour isome communities. Nearly 20 levees along the Mississippi River and its tributaries could fail. Mandatory evacuation orders are in place for numerous communities, but some residents would rather stay. Tomorrow is another day. New years at the enenof the week, so 2016 has to be better. Reporter the mississippi is climbing and expected to reach almost 15 feet above flood stste. Marlie hall, cbs news, valley park, missouri. The mother of the socalled affluenza teenager arrived in los angeles overnight. Ethan couch is still detained in portation. Authorities believe couch and his mother fled to avoid facing the teens possible probation violation. It comes as no surprise to law enforcement. I expect no less. They will fight every step of the way. I know they are not suddenly turnqng over a new leaf and say lets go back toexas and face the music. Thats not how they have lived. Couch received ten years of probation for a deadly drunken driving crash. Attorneys argued his privileged upbringing spurred poor decision making. The man who allegedly susulied the guns used in the San Bernardino massacre now faces conspiracy charges. A grand jury excited indicted Enrique Marquez yesterday. He lied about buying the assault rifles and planning prior attacks that were never executed. Marquez cooperated are authorities in the days after the shooting. Terrifying moments for it made an Emergency Landing on wednesday after experiencing severe turbulence. Nearly two d den people went to the hospital. Chris martinez has reaction from passengers. Reporter injured passengers were rushed out of Calgary International airpororon stretchers on wednesday. Air canada flight 88 from shanghai to toronto experienced heavy turbulence sending 21 passengers to the hospital, inuding three children. Honestly, we thought we were dying. Like you s s in the movies wherere they all go up to the ceiling, okay . Everything went to the ceiling that wasnt anchored. We started flying like you were in mid air and i fell back down. It was just like you in the roller coaster. Screaming. Reporter the plane was diverted to calgary where emgency crews were waiting at the gate. Paradics say some of the injuries were neck and backrelated. We dont have none of the patients are lifethreatening in any manner. Reporter passengers say the pilot did the best he could, a lesson to be learned to all of you put your seat belts on even when its sunshine. Reporter air canada says a full investigation is under way. Chris martinez, cbs news. Chicago police will have access to more tasers in an effort to cut down o o officerinvolved shootings. That was part of a sweeping policy change announced yesterday by embattled mayor rahm emanuel. He is also implementing deescalation training. Security is tight around the world this morning as many plan to celebrate the new yeaea new york city y lice will carefully screen people today who want to watch the ball drop in times square. About 6,000 officers will cover the event. Soldiers are deployed throughout paris to keep people safe after last months terror attack. Around 60,000 police and troops are deployed across france for a new years celebrations. Tensions are high in turkey detonate suicide bombs tonight. Belgiums capital cancelled new years eve fireworks amid fears of an attack. No grand prize Winning Tickets sold for last nights powerball drawawg. The next drawing is saturday. Coming up on the morning news. A ban on a popular beauty product. We will tell you why the president made microbeads this is the cbs morning news. New worries over the impact of el nino. And a beauty staple is outlawed. Those are some of the headlines on the morning newsstand. The atlanan journalconstitution says president obama has signed a law banning plastic microbeads from shampoo, toothpaste and facial wash. An estimated 800 trillion n ads are flushed down the drain every day. Water treatment filters and they end up in the water supply. The ban goes into effect in july. The Washington Post says the driver who was killed after he crashed into another car carrying secret Service Agents in New Hampshire on tuesday had an extensive criminal history. He was identified as bruce danforth. The four secret Service Agents suffered serious injuries. The bbc reports the powerful el nino weatatr phenomenon this year and next is expected to be as bad as the one in 1998. El nino is linked to floods and storms around the world, as well as unusual temperarares. The north popo, for example, was 40 degrees above normal yesterday. On the cbs moneywatch now. The most loved cars on the road and big lift for Weight Watchers. Wendy gillette is with that and more in new york. The u. S. Territory governor said on wednesday, bondholders will receive the 329 million they are owed, but that payment will come from lowergrade bonds. General Obligation Bonds are nsidered the safest investment bonds. Puerto rico has racked up billions in bond debt that it says it cannot pay. Wall street stocks ended lower on yet another drop in oil prices. The dow lost 117 points on dnesday. The s p 500 index wawaoff 15. The nasdaq fell 42 points. The u. S. Is reportedly preparing new sanctions over irans Ballistic Missile program. Wall street journal says the potential sanctions can be imposed under julys landmark nuclear agreement. International companies and individuals suspected of involvement inhe Ballistic Missile program would be targeted. Oprah winfreys new tv commercial for Weight Watchers has given the companys stock price another boost. The commercialegan airing on sharar jumped 19 . Weight watchers stock has more winfrey bought a 10 stake in the company. Most satisfying cars were the tesla model s. The chevy corvette and the porch caman. The nissan juke least favorable cars and the nissan pathfinder. I think my true love when it comes to4car is my first car. Reliant kkr. She had a lot of m mes on her but t e got the job done. I like my mustang convertible that sounds like a nice car. Much better than my reliant thank you, Wendy Gillette in new york. Coming up. Turning up the heat. President ial candidates step up their attack as we enter the new first vote. Hey buddy, lets get these yquil liquid gels anango. But t ese liquid gels are e w. Mucinex fast max. Its the same difference. These are multisymptom. Well so are these. This o is max strength and fights mucus. That one doesnt. Uh. Think fast you dropped something. Oh. Ill put it back on the shelf. New from mucinex fast max. The only cold bnd flu liquid gel and fights mucus. Start the relief. Ditch the misery. Lets end this. Heres a look at todays forecast in some cities around the country. Republican president ial candidate jeb b sh is shifting his Campaign Strategy as we approach the iowa caucuses. He is cancelling tv ads and boost is his staff on the grouou. Memewhile, the talk on the campaign trail is getting tougher. Mark albert is at the white house. Before the first votes, candidates are doing what they can to separate themselvesrom the pack and that means turning on each other. I think as we get down the stretch here, some of them get a little desperate and nasty in their attacks. Reporter marco rubio was the focus of attacks from Chris Christie and jeb bush. The super pact supporting bush released this ad, attacking rubios voting record in congress. Rubio h h missed Important National securitithearings and missed more total votes than any other senator. Reporter and christie went after the senators in the race. Marco rubio and ted cruz and rand paul who come from the senate, all who have never had anxecutive job in their lives. Reporter one person escapingng most of the attatas is frontrunner donald trump. He is bashing Hillary Clinton. Madam president , can you imagine . Oh believe me, women, if its got to be a woman, which im all in favor of someday, it shouldnt reporter in sosoh carolina wednesday, trump, once again, implied clinton is a hypocrite for claiming he is degrading to women, considering president bill clintons past affairs. She wants to accuse me of things and her husbabd is one of the greatest abusers of the world . Give me a break. Eporter trump says s he wins the nomination, he will win the female vote and beat clinton in november. Mark albert, c news, the white house. In sports now. The golden state warriors,s, without steph curry were routed by dallas. Curry missed his first game of the season with a lower leg bruise. Whe mavericks j. J. Barea led dallas with 23 points. Dallas blew out the warriors 11491. It was golden states second loss of the season. In what was likely his last game in boston, kobe bryant had 15 points and 11 rebounds toto lead the lakers to a 112104 win over the celtics. Bryant notched his first doubledouble of his final season. In the final minute, the boston crowd chanted his name. Tate scored 18 points and seventh ranked North Carolina remain unbeaean alltime against clclson at chapel hill. The tar heels beat the tigers 8069. Carolina improved to 580 against clemson at home. And who are the best athletes of all time . Well, according to a just released harris poll, Michael Jordan tops the list. No surprise there. Jordan also ranked as the greatest basketball player also. Following jordan were babe ruth, boxing great muhammad ali, and serena williams, and denver quarterback peyton manning. Still to come, goodbye to the penny. Will tell you why a California Store says using the one cent coioijust doesnt make sense. No, no, no, no, people are both soft and strong. Yey whicicis why our products are too. Jaja didnt like restrtrtions. Not in life. And not when it came to watching her calories. Why settle on taste . Jane thought. Thats why jane loves light fit greek nonfat yogurt. Bursting with riri creamy awesomeness and 12 grams of protein. All for 80 calories. No settling here. What else does jane love . That you could win a fitbit flex from light fit. Learn more on specially marked packs. Light fit. Heres a look at todays the country. Here is another look at this mornings top stories. Comedian bill cosby is formally charged with Sexual Assault. He was arraigned yesterday in a pennsylvania courtroom for a case ding back nearly 12 years. His attorneys s pect cosby to be exonerated. Rivers in the midwest could crest today and trigger more flooding. The Mississippi River, near st. Louis, could climb about 15 feet above flood stage. Mandatory evacuation orders are in place. Nearly two dozen people have died in flooding incidents. The new year will bring change and, perhaps, a lack of itito a fullerton, calififnia, convenience store. The Mission Market will stop using pennies. A sign tells customers all transactions will be rounded to the nearest nickel. We are a a consumers. We know how annoying pennies are. They waste time. We throw them on the trash and put thememn our piggy bank nevev to be seen anonoer. Price tags in the store will not change. A supply of penny wi be kept on hand just in case. The largest container ship to dock in north america arrived in oaklandcalifornia, from china. The Benjamin Franklin js 1,300 feet long and 20 stories high it can carry 18,0 containers. Out onethird more than the next lararst ship. The 4h project was pretty easy for dakota rogers in texas. He had to raise a chicken. And he did he sure did. It kept on eating and eating until it weighed about 24 pounds. Most chickens are about 12 pounds. They have named the chicken big mac. Pretty good name. Coming u0 after your local news on cbs this rning, tips for stitiing to your new me of the biggest stories of the past year included the popes visitito the u. S. And the attack in San Bernardino. Jamie yuccas has a look back. Reporter the december attack on a Holiday Party in San Bernardino, california, was the countrys wowot mass shooting since sandy hook elementary school. 14 people were killed when a radicalized husband and wife team opened fire. This was an act of terrorism. Reporter r ther Mass Shootings took place at a lafayette, louisiana Movie Theater. A Colorado Springs planned parenthood clinic and a Historic Black Church in charlest, south carolina. The suspect in the church shshting posed with confederate flags and triggering a backlash that led to the flags removal from statehouse grounds. Police involved deaths of africannerican men sparked outrage across the country. In north charleston, south in the back. In baltimore, freddie gray die of spinal injuries in a police van after being taken into police custody. In chicago, newly released video of Laquan Mcdonalds 2014 death tohed off Community Protests and charges of murder against Police Officers. Racial incidents sparked protests on several college campuses, including the university of missouri where the president resignedfter the Football Team refused to play. Boston marathohobomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and aurora, colorado Movie Theater james holmes were both found guilty. Holmes received a life sentence. Tsarnaev got the death penalty. Supreme court legalized samesex marriage and prompting celebration and nuptials nationwide. Kentucky county Clerk Kim Davis spent five days in jail after refusing to issue licenses because of her religious beliefs. Manhunt. T. Police shot and killed one convict and captured the other. The freighter ship el faro and its 33person crew sank off the bahamas during a hurricane. 18 people died and 200 hurt when a speeding train derailed. Californias governor declared a state of emergency as the record droughghgot worse. D boston had the most snow ever. More than 110 inches. Pope francis captivated americans on his first trip to the states, visiting washington, d. C. , new york, and philadelphia. The nfl suspended super bowl mvp tom brady over deflategate, but a judge later reversed the penalty. Triple crown and american pharaoh n the triple c cwn. The first horse to do it in 37 years. Coming up after your local news on cbs this morning, legal analysis of the bill cosby case. Tips for success when it comes to sticking to thoho new years rerelution. We will have a preview of some of hollywoods biggest movies in 2016. That is the cbs morning news for this thursday. Thanks for watching. Im annemarie green