New jersey, he was like a little chd, christie. Disturbing video of a massive gas leak. Its causing evacuations for thousands of residents. They got to do something about it. Rock n roll icon Lemmy Kilmister zooid died. He started out as a road di for jimmy hendrix. Stuck inside, a local fire chief was able pull him to safety. All that. Anotherer hoverboard going up in flames. This time, it was a part of a display, still in its box. The broncos are in the playoffs what a way to lose footbtbl game. And all that matters. Jeb bush says, nobody wants his autograph anymore. They want to take a selfie. The selfie is now the 11th amendment of the bill of rights. It is a requirement that you take one and i do it with great joy in my heart. Leylanders had a Guinness World record by playing the Worlds Largest game of cornhole. Yeah this morninins eye opener is brought to you by toyota. Letgo place. And welcome to cbs this morning. Charlie rose, Norah Odonnell and gayle king are off. Much of the east is waking up to a wintry blast of rain, snow and ice. Its the same storm systete that hammered areas, hundreds of miles away, sparking flooding and tornadoes in the south and midwest t. Line of heavy rain reaches as far south as floridid this storm has already buried some areas in snow. New mexico and oklahoma saw whiteout blizzard conditions. The systems reached new york. Slick roads in buffalo. Our minnesota station shows us the conditions in plymouth just outside minneapolis. Ashley, good morninin reporter good morning, the city is under a snow emergency bracing for a storm expected to hit with a onetwo punch. The first punch has brought threeandahalf inches of snow so far,hile cities farther south are just getting rain. Swollen rivers flooded dozens of homes in branson, missouri. Pelple have voluntarily evacuated along a l lks approaching its highest ever flood stage. The Mississippi River could crest at historic levels. The governor says they have declared a state of emergency. Are you in a scenario no one here has ever been in. If that river hits the targets it is right now that, i higher than the Mississippi River has ever been. St. Louis is under a floodod warning with seven inches of citys wettest year on record. These men spent mony sandbagging, shoring up homes and businesses west of st. Louis near the river, which is expected to crest. 20 feet above flood stage. High water made this stretch of interstate 70 impassablele freezing rain and strong winds and power lines were twisting and cracking. Nearly everything coated in ice. Strongnginds blew over this gas station canopy in southeastern wisconsin. Striking a car and narrowly missing the people who pulled in to refuel. And along the shores of chicagos icy lake michigan, high waves made for a pretty picture, but it was not inviting. Minnesota department of transportation crews are outut in full force. Theyre using around 800 plows and people are working 12hour shifts, to keep up. Anthony. The Winter Weather could ruin travel plans for thousands of people today. So far this morning, more than 600 flights have been cancelled. More than 225 are delayed. Adriana diaz is at chicagoo oore international airport, where travelers are looking for new ways to get that their destination. Good morning. Reporter anthony, as can you see, it is a zoo here at terminal three. Normally the securitylines stop just where you see that black barrier. I dont know if you have see through the people. It is extending the length of a footballield and wraps around to the other end of the terminal. Many p pple on this line are stranded here, were stranded overnight, because their flights were canceled yesterday. There have already bee more than 200 fligh cancelled here today t. Severe weather is a major f ftor in the t tvel chaos. More than 1,300 flights were cancelled here yesterday. Nearly 300 were delayed. Passengers were stranded. Work their travel plans here at the second nation busiest airport. Half the flights were delayed. In texas at airports across the state, there were backlogs of flights because of the weekend storm. More than 1,200 flights were canceled and nearly 600 were delayed at airports in dallas, boston, and houston, causing a Ripple Effect in air travel across the nation. But if you can believe it, there is some good news. Almost all of the Major Airlines are waving rebooking fees for travelers traveling within the path of the storm system. Anthony. A little bit of good news. Thanks. The stm is deliverg snow and ice this morning to parts of the northeast. Chief weather caster lonnie quinn of our new york station wcbs shows us the impacts across the nation. Good morning. Good morning to you, anthony, every single weather story you showed us, everyne of them related to the same weather system. Different colors. Because you got sleek, ice, rain, snow. The question is, where does it go from here . Thths a current picture. You take a look at the computer modem. The low pressure responsible for this system will make a push to the east. Basically, off to the east it goes, it drags the moisture with it. Is it rain . Is it snow . I will show you how it plays out. You get to the green mountain, thats where you find the biggest, six to 12 inches. Maybe more as you get into maine, albany new york, you are in that darker slot. Darker portions into the hudson valley, one to three inches. So is it the biggest snowstorm ever . No, certainly one of the biggest for the northeast. We have Winter Weather advisories in the northeast. We have them in effect for portio of the midwest. Look at these swatchs, little lashs of green. These are river flood warnings. Whats interesting, you look at them all. Theyre all over the place from Just Outside Chicago down to this is a picture thatou see typically in the springtime, were catching it right now, were getting ready to finish out the year. Abnormal weather `icture. It will be a snowy one well into the nortrtast today. Back to you. Hard to know to put on your rain coat, your winter gear, weeks. Thth were found on monday in Puerto Vallarta. We have what is next for the pair. Omar, good morning. Reporter good morning. For the socalled affluenza teen and his mother is now over. But the question of why they were running . Thats just debting started. Ethan and tawnya couch, mother and son, are now in the hands of mexican authorities after the pair was apprehended in Puerto Vallarta on the Pacific Coast of mexico. This new image, released by mexican official, shows 18yearold couch with an altered appearance, his blond hair now a dark brown. Ethan couch now sought by the u. S. Marshals service. Reporter earlier this month the two disappeared after coup missed a meeting with his probation officer. Ethan couch made headlines two years ago, when he alluded jail time afterilling fourr people in a drunk driving crash. During trial, a psychologist testified on behalf of couch saying the teen suffered from affluenza, suggesting his parents wealth left him without officials believe the pair may have fled because of this video. It appeared to show couch at a party where a drinking game was played. This could have violated his probation. Even though hes 18, couchs case is moved over to adult court. He will face sentencing in front of a juvenile judge. It can only go to juvene detention. Antony. Omar, thanks. Clevevand officials are appealing for calm today after a grand jury decided not to duty two Police Officers in the kiing of a 12yearold boy in a play grounz. Prosecutors say a video showed tamir rice pulling out a pellet gun just before last years shooting. There were protests as far away as new york city. More a likely today. Demarco momoan, the county Prosecutor Says a series of mistakes led to his death. Marco, good morning. Good morning. First, lets tak a look at this memorial behind me. That contntues to grow since yesterday, dozens of people stopping by to contribute items to the boy who lost his life in this park. You are right, prosecutors say mimiakes were made, pointing to a Police Radio Dispatcher who spoke with the officers on the day of the shooting, who they say did not relay iortant information. They say the officer or dispatcher never told the officers that tamir rice might be underage or that the gun that he was carrying could be fake. President test protesters watched, hours after they announced the grand jurys decision. Given this perfect storm of human error, the state, miscommunication by all involved that day the evidence did not indicate criminal conduct by police. Reporter enhanced under Surveillance Video from the shooting shows loehmann and within seconds, loehmann opens fire. Prosecutor say they show him pulling out the pellet gun to give it to police or to show the officers it was not real. But there was no way for the officers to know that. They saw the events rapidly unfolding in front of them. On monday, rices family says mcginty was abusing and manipulating the grand jury process and hired socalled expert witnesses to try to exonerate the officers. I just wish they would quit using my grandson in vain and do the right thing. Indict them Police Officers. Reporter rices grandmother callllthe decision heart breaking. This is a 12yearold kids life that was taken and they letting everyb dy know its okay for the Police Officers to do whatever they want to do. There were two officers and mr. Mcginty. Theyre going to have to live county Officials Say that all police off both the rice family and the officers involved. Thank you. President ttial candidates are back on the stump this morning after a christmas break. And this time donald trump has a new target. This one is not named clinton. The gop front runner rallied with supporters if New Hampshire last night after the states largesesnewspaper compared him to the bully biff in back to the future major has trumpss fiery response. Major, im bracing for it. Reporter good morning, donald trump had harsh words for the papers endorsed candidate, new jersey governorp chris christie, after threatening on a republican charge into bill clintons sordid sexual history, trump apparently felt his online threatwent far enough. At least for now. I believe in hitting back. Done you think so . Reporter donald trump hit hard as New Hampshires leader. You have a dishonest knew its also a failing newspaper. Its going down the bers. Also lashing out at the papers publisher. His names joe mcquaid. Nah. Hes a low life. Im telling you. Reporter mcgrade use his papers monday to c cl traump crude blowhard, reminiscent of biff tanon in the back to the future trilogy. I want to say one thing, good bless america. Reporter since starting the battle over sexism with hillary clinton, trump tip toed around the word that stirred the pot in the first place. Can i say theword . Reporter trump accused bill clinton of unnamed acts of abuse towards women and warned that allegations of his past infitelt were fair game in his wifes campaign. Hillary clintons camp called trumps words degrading and that outrage immediately morphed into a fundraising appeal. We cant make donald trump stop talking, said a campaign email, but we can make sure he never, ever becomes president. Trumps online attacks were enough to force several gop rivals into his corner. Every past president nt is fair game t. F ft that one of them happens to be married to a president ial candidate doesnt change that. I dont think its hillarys fault she is married to a man thatoes this, but it is a question about what kind of laws we should have and how youou should treat women in the pork place. Hillary Clintons Campaign announced bill clinton will be on the campaign on his wifes behalf on monday. After hearing this, trump was reminding his follower, when bill campaigned for hillary in 2008, according to trump, he mar, thanks. A man who flew a drone over president t amas motorcade in hawaii will not be charged t. Motorcade did not stop or slow down. The aircraft was brought down after secret Service Agents approachededts owner. They say he was completely unaware the president would be in the area. Iraqs Prime Minister is reported to be in the city of ramadi this morning. This follows days of fighting, where Iraqi Government troops drove isis militants out. Ramadi is a key proishl capital located west of baghdad. Elizabetm palmer is in london tracking the n nest development. Good morning. Reporter good morning. The final ush to take ramadi follows weeks of preparation as iraqi troops patiently surrounded the town and cut off all the supply lines. Finally the symbol of victory. For the First Time Since may, iraqs flag was hoisted over all week, Iraq Special Forces have led the fight to retake ramadi. They won, thanks to better equipment and more than 600 airstrikes b b Coalition Planes on isis targets. But the iraqis also won because they have been learning on the job. In ferocious battles earlier thth year, they managed to push isis out. In ramadi, they did it without major help from irregular shiite militias. For ese soldiers, that was a big moral boost. Cbs news, National Security analyst. Theyre better trained and enabled in part through the u. S. D koes partnership. But also, they have greater will and capacity. They are clearly fighting with more strategic intent and capability. Reporter the battle to retake ramadi important though whats coming in 2016. On national television, iraqs Prime Minister warned, we are coming to Liberate Mosul next and deal isis a fatal blow. First, though the government will have to repair the damage and restore services if ramadi to lure residents back and keep them loyal so isis stays on the run. And the iraqi army is warning that operations in ramadi arent entirely over yet. There are still pocketet of isis fighters and at least one suburb and the city is heavily bobby trapped. Margaret. Thank you. Major new developments in the search for a methane grass leak that forced thousands o families from their neighborhoods. Ahead, well tell you why those months to return to their theyre bumping into things and people. Weel look at the spike in injuries from Storm Tracker 2000ed walking and how technology is outpacing our the news is back in the morning right here on cbs this morning. 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Quilted northern works so well people can forget their bathroom experience. But sir froggy can never forget. T. Whats worse, he thinks. That my arms can never relax anybody who struggles with their weight and im at the head of that class, knows that its not just about the weight; its about something bigger. Youve been fighghng with then wrong tools; youve been looking in the wrong direction. So every time i tried and failed, and every time i tried again has brought me to this most powerful moment. A countries music singer goes missing on a hunting trip when a tornado rips through. Ahead the latest on the search. George lucas and why he a fire chief risked h h life toto rescue a man trapped inside a car after it crashed head on into a utility pole. York, pennsyovania chief nate tracy ran to the carar as flames surged from its back end monday. Tracy leaned into the car, pulled the man out, dragged him to safety as you can see just as help arrived. The man suffered head injuries and smoke inhalation, but he is expected to be okay. What an amazing event that was. Welcome back to cbs this morning. Residents of a Southern California neighborhood could be out of their home for months. Harmful gas has been leaking into the community and making people sick. Why it took so long to fix a well. A pioneer of heavy metalusic died. Lemmy kilmister, well show you how his lifestyle influenced the songs he wrote. Thats ahead. The new york t tes says p pice in belgium have arrested two people suspected of planning new years eve terrorist attacks t. Suspects wereetained after searches on sunday and monday. Prosecutors say the twoped to attack several targets in brussels. Police found uniforms and isis propaganda but no weapons or explosives. The alleged plot is not related to last months terrorist attacks in paris. The well journal reports on an agreement between south korea these were korean women used as sex slaves by japanese soldiers in world war ii. Japans Prime Minister apologized. And they visited foreign comfort women. N. Japan will pay 8 million to support the victims. It could reenforce their ties and help them to confront china. The search for Country Music craig strictland set to resume today. Strictland and a friend chase moreland went on a hunting trip. Morelands body was found sterday after police found their capsized boat. Severe Winter Weather hit the area over the weekend. The Houston Chronicle reports a hoverboard that forced police to evacuatee a h hston area shopping mall. Witnesses say the board was still in its box, but it caught on fire inside a kiosksk at the with smoke t. Fire was extinguished. The mall quickly reopened. Ogleles tracking more privacy experts. They are tracking childrens data in self targeted ads. More than half laptops or tablets bought by u. S. Pubc scscols for dradz k through 12 were chrome books. They run on google software. Google says it is committed to keeping students Information Private and secure. A Southern California gas company says i i has pinpointed the location of a noxious gas leak in los angeles. The fumes captured by an infrared camira forced thousands of peoeoe from their homeses in the neighborhood. The company says it could be months before the leak is plugged. We see the toll on families. Reporter an underground well in the hills of porter ranch is this infrared camera shows methane gas billowing into the air. It was shot by the Environmental Defence fund. A law firm representing several homeowners filing suits against Southern Californias Gas Utility Company shared these images. Ou could smell the gas ininde the house with the windows closed. And when you walked outside, it just smacked you in the face. Reporter Robin Shapiro moved her familyy into herer parents home after she claimed the gas made them sick. I was getting headaches that were lasting days and days, migrainelike headaches. Then my son stataed getting bloody noses and respiratory issues for both of my children. The leak started in october. So far, more than 6500 families haveiled for help. But the gas Company Admits there is a backlog and only 2,200 have been relocated. Students at two schools will classes a back in session next week. Once the leak is stopped, well be able to evaluate what caused the leak and we will be able to evaluate how much natural gas escaped as a result of the incident. Reporter the state agency that monitors air quality estimates nearly 70,000 pounds of gas is relelsed every hour, but health Officials Say methane doesnt pose longterm health risks. Music producer says the leak is affecting hihi healtlt and his business. I cant work in here. I cant breathe in here sometimes. When that wind blows off that hymn, comes down that fireplace, i cant work. Reporter to fix the leak, the gas company drilled relief well nearby, using magnetic technology, workers have located the leaking well some 4,000 feet below ground. They have to drill another 4,000 feet where theyllll intersect the faulty well, t tn fill it with a solution that cant come soon enough for homeowners like Robin Shapiro. We feel like this is never going to ends. We have nobody to thank but the gas company. And we want them to shut it down. For cbs this morning. Quarter ranch, california. 70,000 pounds of gas. What a way the spends your holiday, not knowing when it will end. All right, the rock music world is mourning one of the personalities. Lemmy kilmister turned 70 on Christmas Eve and had just been diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer a. Longg list of remarkers are offering tributes including billy idom, myles kennedy, lead singer of the brand altar bridge calls lemmy a rebel poet until the end. We are motorhead. We play rock n roll. [ music playing ] vocals and signature style, the british rocker embodied the soul of heavy metal, influencing generations of performers. [ music playing ] reporter lemmy formed motorhead in ththid70s, the banned produced music with a hard gutteral sound. The ace of spade. Reporter in 1980, the ace of spades cracked the charts. With his heavy drinking and wild antic, lemmys lifestylele peared to live up to the lyrics in the songs he wrote im coming home. Reporter he penned hits for mama and comomg home for ozzie osbourne. Oz bourne tweeted. I lost one of my best friends, a warrior and a legend. Fans salem my will b remembered i did it right. Thats about as much as i can say. Thats the biggest thing you can get. Youuid it right. Lemmys fan base expressed their shock and sadness on motor shheads facebook fans. They said play lemmys music loud, have a drink or two, share the life this wonderful man celebrated so vibrantly himself. He would want exactly that. A ral surprise i think. He was only diagnosed a couple days ago. People were shocked about this. A atudents distracted d walking has s yrocketed. Well show you the risk of a nation wide problem that could be much worse than Hospital Data suggests. Thats ahead on cbs this morning. If you are headed off to, who, set your dvr so you can watchch cbs this morning any time. You dont want to miss the walked away from directing at. The risk of distracted walking is getting new attention this morning after an iiana mans deadly fall. Witnesses say the 33yearold was looking at a device when he plunged off a cliff. Research on how distction are leading to a rising football of injuries each year. Chris, good morning. Good morning. Part of the danger here is where you are looking. When your head is down, looking at your phone, you have a limited range of vision. So youay not see opticals particularly like it is here in washington. Take our producer here signs another obstacle. Its resulting in injury, in some case, even deaths. They bieve this man tookk took a fatal fall onto the rock below. He juan watching where he was walking. Looking more dn on the device. People distracted by devices like this woman seen on mall security cameras. Focused on her phone, walking straight into a mound u fountain or this man talking into a phone and going right off a train platform. In a recent study, 78 of americans said Storm Tracker 2000ed walking is a serious issue. Another study y und people using tear phone while walking veered off course 61 of the time. Overshot their target 13 more than when they were not Storm Tracker 2000edy theirir device. Reporter a lot of people admit they dont do it. Its getting worse as we have more and more features on these devices we carry around with us that can distract us. Reporter while the number of e. R. Visits doubled between 2005 believes the probl is actually much bigger. Do you think the combination of texting and walk sack good safe combo . , just like driving and texting, bikikg and texting. Reporter researchers at ohio state found millennials are the most likely to be injured. Nearly 80 stemm from falls, half at home. We found kelly davis working on her phone as she walked to lunch. Kelly, have you ever had a moment where you walked into something or fell . Absolutely, i walked into a light post. Reporter that had to hurt. For the first time, the natiol Safety Council is adding distracted walking to i i lists of unintentional l ath and injuries. That list comes out every year the bottom line here, really, is look up and look both ways when yourewalking, not down at your phone, anthony. Chris, thanks. We all do it. 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The city is under a snow emergency, bracing for a storm expected to hit with a 12 punch. It is a zoo here. Factor in the travel chaos. All the different colors, youve got sleet, ice, rain, sn. The question is where does it go om here. The search for the socalled affluenza teen and his mother is over. The question of why they were runnino is just g tting started. Boston police say mistakes wereremade, point to a p pice radio dispatcher who they say did not relay important information. The push to take ramadi, troops had surrounded the town and cut off t t isis supply lines. Donald trump did have harsh words for the papers endorsed candidate, new jersey governor chris christie. Part of the danger here is where youre looking. When your head is down looking at your phone, you have a very limited range of vision so you may not see obstacles until youre right up close. We are under way a the military bowl. Henderson from the 1, across the 20, sidesteps, one man to beat. The 40, the 30, 99 yards im Anthony Mason with margaret brennan. Charlie, gayle and norah are off. Parts of the northeast are experiencing the first tastef winter as a deadly storm system slowly moves toward the atlantic. The storms have already sparked other weather events, including flash flooding. Swollen rivers flooded dozenen of homes in branson, missouri. The Mississippi River could crest at historic levels. And in new mexico, highways turned icy and treacherous. Much of the state saw b bzzard conditions and high water in illinois made a stretch of interstate 70 impassable. Freezing rain and strong winds caused power lines to twist and crack. lets bng back lonnie quinn, chief weather caster at wcbs. Good morning again. If you take a look at what the storm is doing right now, you still see all the colors out there. The blue shows you where the particularly hazardous and that is a big swath of icing and the green is a lot of rain. Now, where the storm is going to go from this point forward, the tow pressure responsible for all this isoing to push off to the east and takak the moisture with it. This has been a funk of a season as far as snowfall for the northeast. Take a look at the numbers. Now, these numbers in pink is where we should be. Bubuington, vermonon should have 21. 3 inches. So far this year 2. 1. Boston should have 9. 1, they have had 0. This is your story, buffalo should have almost three feet of snow, 33. 1 inches. So far they have had officially an inch. Who gets the big snow with this articular event as we finish this dayill be the areas well north, like the white mountains, the Green Mountains into the state of maine. 6 to 12 inches or even more. Look at what the temperatures do. When you get to the afternoon, new york city, youre 52 degrees. Thats why this is wet, its not white. If you look across the country, yoyoll find a 26degree High Temperature in kansas city. Falls, comes in with a balmy warm temperature of 1 degrees. Out West Portland to seattle, 40 degrees, 53 in San Francisco, 61 in l. A. So all in all i would sum up this day by saying its a flipflop from what weve seen this year. Far its all been about the west coast and the storms. Today the west coast is calm and the east coast gets some action. This is the biggest storm weve had. Its not enormous but has proven to be problematic with the icing and youll get snow well to the north. Margaret, over to you. Thank you. People affected by the storms have begun the painful process of assessing what was lost. Tornados damaged or desoyed more thann1400 homes. Places in texas were the hardest hit. David begnaud is in garland as survivors share how they escaped the deadly twisters. Good morning. Reporter margaret, good morning. The couple that lived at this home in garland was at a Party Saturday night when the tornado rolled through. Across the city of garland, some 600 homesnd businesses have either been damaged or leveled. In the city of garland, eight people died and all of them died in their vehicles. And that happened just a half mile from here. E largest of the nine tornados that tore through northeast texas was more than five football fields wide. For 13 miles it barrelled through the cities of garland and rowlett,t, destroying homes, businesses and killing eight of the 11 people that died in the dallas area. Petra ruiz was a 27yearold mother of four. She was on her way home when the tornado tossed her vehicle off interstate 30. Oh, i see it its crossing the highway right there. Reporter ruiz and several others died when their cars went airborne. Before the tornado hit she made one last phone call to her husband. He rushed to find her. She started screaming. She screamed and screamed. Her phone went blank. She had a pulse. But she was gone. Reporter are we standing on the roof . No. This is actually the bathroom. Reporter the home of the roach family is demolished. They say they hid in aloset as the tornado hit and could feel the house literally lift off the ground. The lights flickered and it st went pitch black. We got downnto the closet like literally within seconds of this thing hitting us. Reporter in less than 20 seconds, the home collapsed on top of them. Neighbors heard their screams for help but it took nearly an hour to pull them from under the debris. This is the closet we were in. It rained a little more, this was up a little more, but we were actually they dug us out. Reporter despite the fact that the home collapsed on top of them, anthony, the roaches, mom, dad and the two daughters, had minor injuries. Thanks, david. The severeeather is causing new travel headaches. Yesterday created long lines at airports. Some travelers are turning to Startup Companies for help. Optis away and flier offer customers a way to hold specific flights up to three weeks for a small charge. Customers can lock in lower rates and avoid change fees. Cherise jonesss a travel reporter. Good morning. Good morning. This is a staggering number. The airlines made nearly 3 billion last year on these change fees which everybody hates. How do these businesses help travelers avoid them . Basically they put a hold on a flight for you for a specified amount of time for a very small fee. You can go ahead and book the flight if you want it. If you dont want it, youre juju out of that fee instead o o paying hundreds of dollars to the airline to change your flight that you committed to before you knew what your travel plans were going to be. What sll of a fee . It ranges fromom2 to 50 depending on the itinerary. 200 or 300 to change at the last minute. Some airlines are even offering the service . Uniteirlines lets you hold a flight for three days or seven days for 7 or 9 and american up to 24 hours for free. So if the airlines are also getting in on it, thats a sign theyre also making money off of this. Does this overall actually in anway save you the cost of a tickck . Or is thiss helping to inflate prices by creating an Options Market . Its not inflating prices. The good thing about these middle men is you have a lot of different options. So if you want toook at one carrier for one itinerary, another carrier for another, thats two different fees, close to 15. T if you have to pay a change fee plus the difference in the fares, thats a fortune for a lot of people. So you uhink its worth it. I think it can be. Pay, your partner youre traveling with may have to change their plans. You may want a little flexibility to give you some comfort to lock in that low fare when you find it. Is this betetr than f fght insurance . Flight insurance is a little different. Thats if theres a problem, if theres a calamity, if you need help getting back, if theres a disaster where you are and you have to get back home so this is a different thing. Its insurance on the front end that if you change your mind, that youre not going to be out hundreds of dollars because the airline hits you with that big price tag. If these companies are actually holding seats for potential travelers, does this in any way make the system any more gummed up . Theyre not really holding it. Its kind of a callation theyre making. Theyre looking at the universe of seats and what each s st costs and making a calculation that they can guarantee this flight in this window of time at this price. Now if that flight goes away, theyll find a similar itinerary and if the fare g gs up, theyll give you the difference. Interesting idea. Its getting more and more complicated to travel. Thank you. Thankyou. George lucas transformed the way we watch movieses he brought starr wars to the big screen and created a movie empire. Charlie rose talks to lucas about howhe director wants to but big legal battles captivated the country in 2015, from new assault allegations against a popular comedian to the kentucky clerk who went to jail for her beliefs. Rikki klieman is in our toyota green room to take a look back. Morning. Everyone needs a bff. Even your smile. Colgate optic White Toothpaste goeseyond surface stains to whiten over 3 shades. In fact, it whitens more than the leading express whitening strip. Its your smile bff. Dad im on it. Culligan man dude. Dont do it yourself. Dad no . Culligan m no. Anncr leave it to the experts. With a culligan wholehouse watesoftening system, you get better water, and service you can actuallylycount on. We reported earlier on major new developments in the tamir rice case. A grand jury decided not to bring criminal charges against cleveland p pice officers involved in his shooting death. That case is just the latest in a year filled with big legal we have a look back and the cases to watch for in 2016. Good morning. Good morning. There are these calls for calm in cleveland in the wake of the grand jury decision. Were you surprised . Ultimately, i dont think i surprised be i the decision, because the material that went into the grand jurur as its become public as a story is very different than what we see in chicago with Jason Van Dyke. In tamir rice, one thing we do know from the report is s ere was an enhanced video and that enhanced video supposedly showed this boy who had a pellet gun, having that gun in his hand at the time the police arrived. It was a case of complete miscommunication, misunderstanding and by the way, lack of training, which brings me to chicago because the case of the area in chicago, that is ending 15 an beginning 16 is why is his case so different . Again, a video. But what sus this video show, lt shows they have areport, thats a slslht way of saying it if they talked about thisay from the police, one Police Officer shoot him 16 times. This is the case you are watching most closely this coming year . I think jason van d de is a case we must watch closely this year. It is, if you go to 2014 and ferguson, what happens with Jason Van Dyke in chicago is not just Jason Van Dyke. It creates a whole political atmosphere we must be aware of not only in chicago but nationwide, ultimately the Lessons Learned is traiaing, training, training. Officers and make them able to slow down both with peoplpl who present because their demeanor is enhanced by drugs, also people emotionally disturbed. These are emotional fraught cases. S. Correct. In the d. C. Area wherere live, we are very focused on whats happening in baltimore with freddie gray. I think freddie gray has to be the case they will become most involved withthor cbs this morning by virtual of six trials coming up here. The first trial as we know, william porter, the end of 2015. He is fouou nothing, not acquitted. Not convicted. A hung jury, a big loss for the prosecution at that point. So where are they going next . We begin 2016 with the driver of the car caesar goodson. When have you officer goodson. Charged with murder not manslaughter, its not a reckless endangerment. Even though there are lesser included offenses. It is murder. He is the driver of the van where freddie gray dies. What were going to find out in that caseis, firir of all, can the government prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt and second of all, which perhaps is first, is can you get a fair trial in baltimore after thehe hung jury in the porter case the first of the freddie gray. These are going one after other after another for months. I want to get to one other case, there have been a prominent case, bill cosby is suing somef his accusers. What do you make of that . Well, bill cosby was not going to sit idly by. Its all about defamation. His lawyers say you defamed me, okay, im defameing you. Were going too do thiss rounds its an aggressive defense. It will be a big case in the 16. Interesting year ahead, thank you so much. From high drama tovery day routine, the extraordinary photos that show the story of our world. Next the results of national. On average, it takes three hundred americans working for a solid year, to make as much money as one top ceo. Its called the wage gap. Those at the top and letting corporations write their own rules. Hillary clinton will work to close the wage gap. Equal pay for women to raise incomes for families, a higher minimum wage, lower taxes for the middle class. She gets the job done for us. Only on cbs this morning, we are revealing the winners of National Geographics 2015 p pto contest. The grand prize winner shows a tornado touching down in colorado. Amazing. Australian photographer mes smart called the picture simply dirt. He captured the dramatic image while chasing storms in the west. National geographic divided the contest into three concern is place, people a a nature. A binghamton new york man won the people photo with a young man and his bicycle in a uganda slum. A pick showing a marsh damaged by radioactive waste. Some of the honorable mentions include photos from iran, indonesia, taiain and lithuania. The grand prize winner takes traffic seminar. Can you see all the pictures at cbs this morning. Com. A great shot National Geographic brings out the best stuff. Indeed. Ahead, how an american ent tren newer in china is helping im its eight25 on this monday morning. Your top ststies are coming up in just a moment. But right now lets take a look at whats that Winter Weather made is making it difficult for drivers out on the road this morning. Morning. And even though most schools are still closed for holiday break, there are still many closures and cancellations on our website thth morning. For an up to the minute list, which does include cities in eastern iowa that are under snow emergencies look for the tab on the left side of our website at cbs 2 iowa dot com. The Winneshiek CountySheriffs Office provided cbs 2 news with a sual reminder of how bad driving conditions can get. The Department Released this dash cam video showing drivers spinning out along highway 150 near the ni cc dairy barn. Youll notice when its icy, even large vehicles with better traction are no match for the conditions. Law enforcement all across the state are urging everyone to take it easy if you absolutely must venture out this morning. Traveling to chicago on a burlington trailways bus. The driver lost control and hit a construction sign. Sign. The victim was identified as 21yearold cole underwood, originally from des moines. A gofund me page has been started in her honor, raising money to establish a Scholarship Fund in her me at the university of iowa. Four other papaengers were injured in the crash and were taken to the hospital. A gps system in the bus says it was traveling 49 Miles Per Hour in a 5 mileper hour zone. The driver ld police he was trtrng to avoid a pick up truck that moved into the bus lane. The Winter Weather isnt stopping president ial hopefuls. Hopefuls. New jersey governor chris ristie is making a uple stops in the corridor today. First, hell hold a meet and greet at iowa citys hamburg inn at 1130. Then, later tonight hell make his way to the fieldhouse in cedar rapids for a town hall meeting. Doors open at fourthirty. The event starts at fifithirty. Thats a quick look at your Tuesday Morning news. Get more iowa dot com have a great day. Welcome back to cbs this morning. Coming up p this half hour, a a new approach for Chinese People who want english nicknamed. Meet the Young American avoiding choices like ghost. You dont want that name make the . I kind of liked it. Before Star Wars Episode 7 became a global phenomenon, charlie rose traveled to conversation with the series creator george lucas. How they created an entire galaxy on the silver screen. Time to show y y the headline the San Francisco chronicle reports on a crackdown on sidewalk graffiti that promotes Justin Biebers few album purpose. Its a part of a gorilla marketing campaign. The attorney said he will groat pursue all available penalties for those responsible. The label has not commented. Time reports on a fafabook post circulating this month. It says, in part, Mark Zuckerberg is giving away 45 billion of facebook stock, what you may not have heard is he plans to give 10 away to people leak you and me. All you have to do is copy it no a post immediately. Facebook confirms, zuckerberg has no such plans. And the san diego unionhe had been feuding over contract negotiations, you think he should be able to see his daughter dance. You would think. You would sometimes ask what is in a name . In shanghai china, its a Business Opportunity for an entrepreneur, how an expa turned it into a service for young Chinese People. Reporter g gd morning the lesson those lost in translation moments is calling for chinese to take an english nickname. Sometimes those nicknames are unusual. I work with a girl hayes, haze. My chinese teacher is named on the streets of shanghai, we t cheng and longjing, their names. El en. And your name . Is jean. Reporter jo hung goes by g. Why do youave an english name . Everyone has one at work he told us. But many nicknames do not exactly translate well to native english speakers. We met a girir named king and at star bucks a government and a right as in mr. Right. A lot of internadional restaurants around. Reporter amerin lindsey jurn gen was introduced to this phenomenon when she moved from washington, d. C. To shanghai and started meeting people. Their names were boat, 11, apple. Ththe were normal ones like edison eddie for short. Reporter what did you think of all these names . At firs i was sort of confused, curious, why is this reporter in all of this, she saw an opportunity an launched a website to help chinese fin an english name. We have the name the origin. The target audience is 18 to about 30. Its people that are kind of getting a little more serious about tear job of stgd abroad. Users can take a quiz where for 45 get a 30 minute one on one consultation. Jurnrnenex plains the meaning of names and chinese often want one uncommon and similar to their chinese name. I like when Chinese People say i dot have an english name. Ly stick with my chinesename. But were in china. Yeah,tomily. So on our website, you never say they have to have an english name. Its very much a resource for people actively already looking for a english name. Almost all of my friends have an english fame. 28yearold, formerly known as 11. The number of her favoriti soccer player. Reporter when you told people my name is 11, what did they say . Thats my trouble. They always say, seven, seven11 is a famouou c cedian star in china. They go where is 7. Caution another 7eleven joke . Right. After workiki with jurnagen, 11 became kira. Its not that common. It sounds smart. Tier kira knightley. Some names just dont work. You run into a name 1 or yellow and you have a name scarlet, violet, so i totally understand why its confusing. Reporter there is a learning this juice store manager was formerly known as ding, his new name courtesy of jurnigen took some pctice for his father. Evan. Thats what your dad said . He couldnt pronounce it when you told him . Now this goes both ways, in japan, they have a hard time pronounceiei the th in my name. Here in china the ministry of Foreign Affairs has given me a chinese name, doan, it means much kindness. For cbs this morning, seth doane in shanghai. I apt chinese nininame. Thats by a want. What an amazing business modem. The force awakens is blasting to new heights at the box office, charlilirose asks star wars biggest moments in hollywood and zblomplts star wars the force awakens continues to Shatter Box Office records, the seventh passed a billion dollars in ticket sales faster thananny movie in history. Its been almost four decades since the first star wars hit theaters, changing hollywood forever, legendary creator george lucas spans a career 45 years now, his impact gave him cinematic honors. Charlie rose met with him at his skywalker ranch in california he talks about what it means to be a director. A director is somebody whos got a fetish with making the world the way he want it to be. Saturdrd of nars cystic. Thats you . All directors. Theyre not all different. All directors are vaguely like emmoreerer whichemmorers, emperors. He can do it with less money and say i will create a world w`ere people can fly. Reporter george l las didnt he constructed an entire galaxy. [ music playing ] on its surface the star wars series, is a scifi space odyssey with odd creatures and epic spacece battles. But its genius lies in the simple story beneath all of that. Timeless elements like family. I am your fatherer is there a stronger . No. And the fight between good and evil. As its creator lucasas been callededne of the most innovative film makers in history. In his heart, he considers himself a storyteller. Didnt you intend to in the beginning create really three movies when you started . And thth you decide only to take yeah, i took the first affect. Then the first a t didnt really work. Then i said, okay, i have to take the ending of the third film, put it on the first film. Its what you do, you have a bunch of stuff on your desk while you are creating. Let me stick that in here. I wasnt worried that much about the sequels. I was actually making it. I have make this the best film some when i moved onto th other once, ben kenobi is dead, i killed him. How am i going to fix that . And what do i do . I blew the deficit star. Thats what the ending is. But part of it was simply when i got down to some of the other movies, i was able to create an environment in a world that wasnt possible when i i started the firsrs one, so to me getting yoda to do a sword fight, which couldnt dit. Because he was a muppet. Reporter lucas became a pioneer in the world of special effects. Its dead ahead. Reporter his work forever anged the way films are made. And he changed how they sound, too. 1 0000 2 00, 3 00, 4 00 rock . His movie american graffiti lucas opted out of a composer and nar rated the entire story with popular songs. Thats the clearest inpoint for a teenager is the music. Half of what a teenager is, is music. Yeah. Ththother half is trouble. Or raging hormones or whoever we describe it. At the same time, thats what the movie is about. Cars and music and rageing hormones . I should have called it that. Weweere looking for title, you the studioped to call it another slow night in mo deficito. With you cars, musicnd raging hormones would have been much better. It could have been a hit. Reporter the low budget film was one of the most commercially successful films of its time. Before he was 40, lucas went on to make the first three star wars and indiana jos, raiders of the lost arc. And then, he walked away. I mean, i gave up directing in order to become a dad. You know, for 15 years. I j jt ran a company and was an innovator. But it was not doing what i really like to do which is actually make movies. Reporter thas because you wanted to be a dad . Because, yeah, and i never, it was one of those things you dont expect it to happen. But once i was a dad, it was reporter lucas adopted his first daughter with his wife marsha in 1981. After they divorced, he adopted two more children and raised them as a single dad. Everybody says the following things, you are so in 2013, he married Mellody Hobson an executive investor and cbs contributor. We found out we are exactly the same. Reporter together they have a twoyearold daughter. Its a miracle. Ths how i see it. It shouldnt have happened. Somehow it did. Reporter here in skywalker ranch in San Francisco, george is once again able to concentrate on being a father. Three years ago, he sold his Company Lucas films to disney for 4 billion. Who are you . No one. Reporter let me just talk about the force awakens. Well, its, you know, i made the decision to sell the company star wars. I made that decision because i looked at the future, i looked at the process, i was going to get married, i wanted to build a museum, i was married. I wanted to make experiment am films. So my li was going on a different track. So that started that ball rolling. And so, in the end, when i sold it, they hired j. J. To come in. Reporter are you at peace with this . Yeah. Reporter as much as you can be . Look, i said, im fine. Fortunate i am old enough to have been through this stuff before. Im sure it will do a nag 95 sent mag sen 95 sents oo magnificent business. George lucas, hes a path reporter at the awards, his good friend steven spielberger, plained the george legacy best. George lucas movies changed life forever. Hes insane, he makes three movies every year, stephen, when are you going to retire . He said, im not going to retire. My ultimate dream is to die on the set and keel over in the middle of shooting. I said, gee, my ambition is to die in bed watching one of your movies on television. Reporter but that doesnt mean hes slowing down any time soon. Because you have worn all these hats, though, film maker, director, storyteller, writer, technological innovator, what do you want the first line of your obituary to say . I was a great dad. Or i tried. Its so interesting when somebody that successful walks monumental that theyve created. Fascinating. And to have such vision, to be able to see through all these different, you know, creations. I will never forget the night i walked out of the first star wars film. Like in on air, amazing. You can see george lucas and all the winners at the Kennedy Center honors tonight at 9 00, 8 00 central here on cbs. A fire fighter goes to a classroom with more than safety on his minds. See the surprise he had waiting for this Kindergarten Teacher next on dad im on it. Culligan man dude. Dont do it yourself. Dad no . Culligan man no. Anncr leave it to the experts. With a culligan wholehouse water softening system, on average, it takes three hundred americans working for a solid year, to make as much money as one top ceo. Its called the wage gap. And the republicans will make it worse by lowering taxes for those at the top and letting corporations write their own rules. Hillary clinton will work to close the wage gap. Equal pay for women to raise incomes for families, a higher minimum wage, lower taxes for the middle class. She gets the job done for us. You get better water, and service you can actually count on. Dad hey, culligan man. Culligan man hey dad this is great culligan man i know. Anncr leave it to the experts. With a culligan wholehouse water softening system, you get better water, and service you can actually a proposal. New York City Fire leiutenant david royal gave a safety lesson to a kindergarten class last week. He asked the kids, if the teacher, to put on his fire gear. And then he asked her to marry him. Together two years. She said yes. Her students screamed out. Going on. Tonight for im its eight55 on this christmas morning. Your top stories are coming up in just a moment. But right now lets take a look at whats justin has your cbs 2 weather first forecast that Winter Weather made is making it difficult for drivers out on the road this morning. Morning. And even though most schools are still closed for holiday break, there are still cancellations on our website this morning. For an up to the minute list, which does include cities in eastern iowa that are under snow emergencies look for the tab on the left side of our website at cbs 2 iowa dot com. Many iowa hawkeye fans are escaping the winter weater, to see the hawks play in the rose bowl this friday. All day long, flights are leaving the eastern iowa airport, heading toward sunny california. If you have a flight later today, airport officials tell us to get there early. A former tower guard at the anamosa state prison has been sentenced to 17months in prison for being a drug user in possession of a firearm. Firearm. Federal authorities announced charges against ethan darrow and three other former guards in october. Darrow pleaded guilty admitting he was a regular user of marijuana and cocaine in 2014. Former officer Garrett Barton is also awaiting sentencing on federal charges of extortion and being a drug user in possession of a firearm. Thats a quick look at your Tuesday Morning news. 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