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World. The team who forged new paths on the icy peaks offant arkans ant. Severe weather disrupts travel from coast to coast. It does not look to be letting up any time soon with a wintry setup looking to produce snow in parts of the south and northeast. Quite a scare, but no serious harm when a flight slid off the taxi way in boston. President trump is spending the Christmas Holiday with family and friends. He tweeted that hes getting back to work today. Alexei navalny being stopped from running for presidency. There is a bright spot this Holiday Season. Sales are way up and theres no sign of it letting up. This is literally the best season since before the recession. Christmas just is not the same in puerto rico after Hurricane Maria. Across the island. A train slams into an empty car in new york. The person in that car was able to get out in time. All that no christmas break for crews battling the thomas fire in california. Why did you volunteer to be here on christmas. So other people didnt have to. And all that matters what are one or two biggest moments for you if that hadnt happened that day you wouldnt be here. Well, being born raises to the top. On cbs this morning. They say this happened before. The defense scoring on the last play of the game. Derek barn et, Merry Christmas in philadelphia. The Philadelphia Eagles have clinched homefield advantage. This mornings eye opener is presented by toyota. Lets go places. Welcome to cbs the day after christmas. Did you have a nice holiday . I did indeed. Too many cookies. You can never have too many on christmas. Thats the rule. The more presents the merrier. Good morning, everyone. Im bianna golodryga. Norah odonnell and gayle king are off hopefully somewhere in much warmer weather. Americans are ed haiheading homr more than a foot of snow fell in parts of the country. Tens of millions of people from the rockies to maine are waking up to temperatures 10 to 20 degrees below normal. Lake effect snow will blast the great lakes through tomorrow. Seattle had snow on Christmas Day for first time in five years. Authorities there say one woman died from a snow related crash and christmas blizzard warnings were issued across new england. Demarco morgan is at the airport where travelers dont want the weather to interfere with their trips home. Reporter good morning to you. Things are running smoothly here at newark, but at airports across the country nearly 9,000 flights have been delayed and 300 have been cancelled. I really wasnt wishing for it, but we got it. Whether they wanted it or not, people from washington to maine woke up to a White Christmas. I was, you know, happy with no snow and no shoveling. Reporter in new england snow fell in some areas at a rate of up to 5 inches per hour. Heavy snow combined with strong wind gusts led to about 20,000 Power Outages in massachusetts. The rapid snowfall caused dangerous conditions on the road. Pretty much whiteout conditions. Reporter and in the sky. At bostons Logan Airport one flight skidded off the runway while landing monday night and earlier in the day blizzard conditions shut down the airport and caused 240 delays. Bitter cold enveloped much of the midwest. Minnesota as 35 degrees below zero. Washington and oregon saw one to two inches of snow. Slick roads led to dozens of crashes and delays. I dont want to drive anymore, but im stuck in the middle so i cant go anywhere. Reporter parts of new york and Northern Michigan did get up to 5 inches of snow before the week is up and then that weather system will headout southeast bringing it with a mix of sleet, snow, ice and rain. Thank you. Stay warm. President trump says it is time to get back to work after spending Christmas Day with his family. The white house says the first family spent the day opening presents at his florida resort. Chip reid is in West Palm Beach with the president s to do list. Good morning. Reporter well, good morning. The president is already tweeting this morning mplts. He says because the obamacare individual mandate was eliminated by the predicting democrats and republicans will come together time to get back to work. My fellow americans the president and first lady posted a christmas message on twitter but spent the rest of the day out of public view with family at their maralago estate. Later he tweeted its back to work to make America Great again. This was President Trump before leaving for florida. I eel be working very hard. We have many things to talk about including north korea and a lot of things happening in the middle east. Reporter that includes confronting the International Backlash that followed the decision to move the u. S. Embassy in israel to jerusalem. Jerusalem is israels capital. Reporter that decision drew broad condemnation at the United Nations last week. On sunday guatemala announced their embassy would also move to palestinian leaders. Israeli Prime Minister netanyahu predicted many other nations will do the same. But 2018 wont be just a year of Foreign Policy hurdles. The president also faces domestic challenges including the possibility of a partial Government Shutdown if congress does not act by january 19th. The white house would also like to pursue welfare reform. And a bipartisan infrastructure package. Its the easiest. People want it, republicans and democrats. Reporter despite all the talk of the president getting back to work there is nothing on his schedule today and when we asked the white house who hell be meeting with or talking to over the phone, they would only tell us quote, we will keep you all posted over the next several days. Thank you. The founders of vice media are apologizing after a report that the company paid tens of thousands of dollars Sexual Harassment or defamation claims. A New York Times investigation details a Boys Club Culture at vice. More than two dozen women said they saw or experienced sexual misconduct. Tony, good morning. Good morning. The allegations aimed at vice employees from the top down including its current president. The accusers told the times improper behavior ranged from unwanted kissing and groping to 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 worlds most dangerous places. But according to the New York Times the organization run by vice cofounder shane smith andsa roosh alvi fostered a culture of inappropriate behavior including Sexual Harassment and misconduct. Kayla ruble worked as writer at vice. Several ways to get ahead whether it was dating your boss, sleeping with your boss. Reporter in a settlement last year the times said Vice President Andrew Creighton was accused of firing a staffer who rejected an intimate relationship with him. He said he had been intimate with the employee but was not involved if her termination. Ruble said work often spilled over into parties and if you didnt attend it could mean missed opportunities for advancement. Theres a lot of alcohol and things go downhill really fast. Reporter because vice told edgy and provocative stories, sometimes they required employees to sign an agreement saying it was not an nontraditional work place. Vice insists it was simply to protect content. In 2015 smith appeared on the late show with stephen colbert. Everybo because were hot and were new media. Were new media, not old media and we have the demo that everybody wants. It never felt as if a lot of the men were warry that they could get in trouble for their actions. Reporter in a statement the vice founders apologized to employees. They said in part, we have failed as a company to create a safe and Inclusive Work place where everyone especially women can feel respected and thrive. Vice says it has instituted a number of reform measures including a clarification of its consensual relationship policies and sensitivity training for management. Thank you very much. Shoppers are getting their second wind after a record settin season. Some forecasts expect today to be the fourth busiest shopping day of 2017. As much as 30 of this years retail sales are made during the Holiday Season. Early estimates shoppers spent a record 598 billion. That is up 33 billion with a b from last year. Online shopping surged 18. 1 . Business and the economy for usa today. Good morning. Good morning. Can these record numbers tell us anything about how consumers will spend next year . I think so. I mean, i think people are feeling a lot more confident about the economy. I mean, wages are up a little bit. Unemployment is very low. Weve got a tax bill thats coming down the pike and so this is any indication people are feeling a lot more encouraged. Theyre not worried so much about being buried in debt and retailers have gotten very smart about rolling out lots of december counts and sales and thats a prime motivator as well. This season was really hot and i think next year could be good as well. What are some of the best selling gifts this Holiday Season . Home improvement materials of all things were really hot sellers. The insta pot which is like a all in one. I actually got one of those for christmas. Hes cooking tonight. And obviously toys were a big seller. The fingerling, its a little palm sized monkey that you can touch and make it move. A palmed size monkey. Yeah, its called a fingerling. Its a doorable and people really love that. Electronics are always a hot seller. So pretty much every category did well, but those were some of the hottest sellers. You mention flying off the shelves and the one thing they had was this extra saturday going into christmas. How much did supersaturday or how did supersaturday compare to black friday. Reporter the last two years its been the biggest shopping day of the year. This year it was a little bit less than black friday, but you still had about 126 Million People, you know, procrastinators who headed out to buy something. Myself included. Nothing wrong with that. The Retail Industry as well. We know that more than half of americans did their shopping online. How did this affect the brick and mortar stores, specifically against amazon . Brick and mortar stores, amazon gets a lot of online sales but a lot of these have a different retail as well. Its going into the same pot and it all feeds the bottom line so theyre happy either way. Can we read anything based on online sales around holidays for online sales just in general going into next year . Yeah, theyre really surging, i mean, up 18 . Cyber monday was the Biggest Online shopping day in history with more than 6 billion in sales so thats really accelerating but most sales still happen at an actual store so theyre not going to be going out of business at any time soon. Weve been talking about very cold weather for a large portion of the country. Does that impact people Shopping Behavior . I mean, malls tend to be warm. You can go out and get your winter clothing people like the social atmosphere of going out and shopping and so i dont think the cold weather will be an impediment unless the roads are really bad and then eventually it will get better and theyll get back out. What about gift cards . The National Retail federation says 28 billion was spent on gift cards. Thats usually what i give to a lot of people. Have at it. Get what you want. Theyre incredibly popular because you can do what you want with it. You have to make sure you read the fine print so it doesnt expire. Most dont. But you want to check because some retailers have gone out of business. If you have a Sports Authority card youre out of luck. So you want to be able to get out there and use it or lose it. A good indicator on Consumer Confidence which has been record highs as of late. Theyre feeling a lot better. You know, think think things are looking up and theyve got jobs and theyre spending. Thank you so much coming in. And dinner. Cooking tonight. A lot of work hell be doing these last few days. No christmas break for wildfire crews in southern california. The thomas fire is now the largest in state history. It began on december 4th and spread through much of ventura and Santa Barbara counties. The fire has burned more than 280,000 acres. It is now 86 contained. Jamie yuccas is in ventura talking to some of the firefighters. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Well, working on christmas is stuff, but its not the only holiday these firefighters will be on the job. New years is expected to be on the front line of this fire with flames not likely to be put out until the first week in january. It is not how nearly 1,600 firefighters expected to spend the holiday. Woke up on a cold, hard cement floor surrounded by snoring men. Not how i thought id wake up on a Christmas Morning ever. Miles away from her home in central utah. This is an opportunity that doesnt come very often so im glad to be here. Reporter since december 4th, the thomas fire has destroyed over 1,000 homes and buildings. At least one firefighter died. And for others, weeks on the line have taken a toll. Why did you volunteer to be here on christmas . Reporter . So that other people didnt have to. Reporter hot shot firefighter j. P. Blair didnt have to be here. So youre here for christmas and new years. Yeah. Reporter severe Drought Conditions have made things worse this season. He says this area hasnt seen any measurable rain since february. Everythings been a record during this fire. Reporter what does that indicate to you . It indicates to me that were in a year round fire season and we arent seeing any relief from the rain. Scott has spent or fighting fires from oregon to here in california. Spending time with other firefighters and seeing a surprise visitor was a welcomed escape. Ive been working in the woods seven years. I never got to meet you. Reporter like most here, hed rather be with his family including grandson sterling but at least he can tell him one day, he met santa. Its nice. They know that most of us want to be home with our families and theyre doing the best they can, you know, and it means a lot to all of us. Reporter firefighters typically work 14 days before they get a break and many of them here on the west coast have been working since june with the abnormally dry conditions. Here at this fire wind conditions are supposed to be better the next couple of days so theyre hoping the effort gets wrapped up a little sooner than first thought. Thank you doesnt seem to be enough for those firefighters. Thank you. This was the first christmas in puerto rico since Hurricane Maria devastated the island. Local engineers e half of the 3. 3 Million People are still without electricity. Power is not expected to be fully restored until may according to the army corps of engineers but families worked to keep the Christmas Spirit alive. We spoke to the soto family still living in a shelter after being displaced by the storm. Its christmas and its a tough day for me and my family. Were struggling, but thank god we are okay. We are alive. Well, he says he hopes next week will be their laes st in t shelter. We also spoke with leslie who flew from texas to puerto rico to surprise her parents. They celebrated with a game of dominos saying the situation does not power down how festive Puerto Ricans are. Our thoughts are still with them. So long after these hurricanes and theyre still suffering. Well, its tourist season i irma is still causing trouble three months later. Ahead, Business Owners describe the struggle to survive after hundreds of millions of dollars in storm damage. A government investigation shows tainted foods dont always get pulled right shelves. Ahead, how flaws in the fdas recall process can put consumers at risk of serious illness or death. Youre watching cbs this morning. Male vo when that hurricane hit, the entire Community Came together as a whole. It was such an overwhelming response to help others. No one thought that they were going to do this before it happened and everyone just did it. I think thats the way that human nature should be looked at. Ill stand by you. Ill stand by you. Wont let nobody hurt you. Ill stand by you. 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Bitcoin started last week at nearly 20,000 but the price fell to nearly 11,000 by friday morning. Hours later bitcoin rallied back to more than 14,000. Only on cbs this morning we have the results from an investigation of how the food and Drug Administration protects the public with food recalls. Government investigators looked at 30 voluntary food recalls reported to the fda between october 2012 and may 2015. They found the recall process did not always ensure the safety of the nations food supply. Anna werner spoke to one of the investigators. Good morning. Good morning. You might assume that if a food could make you sick or even kill you it would be pulled immediately from store shelves. But investigators from the department of health and Human Services office of Inspector General found that hasnt always been the case. They say if recalls dont happen consumers can be put in situation where peoples lives are at risk, i dont know how lightly you could take that. Reporter investigator and his team reviewed 30 voluntary recalls out of 1,500 overseen by the fda in a two and a half year period and found deficiencies. Among them, that the fda could not always ensure that firms initiated food recalls promptly. Something neder says could be a critical failure. 23 of the 30 recalls were class i. It can cause a serious medical condition or potentially death. In a salmonella outbreak, investigators found it took 165 days from the date the problem product was identified to the date of the firms voluntary recall. There were 14 illnesses in 11 states. During a listeria outbreak later that same year linked to cheese products, auditors detne to complete. At least nine people became ill including an infant who died and two pregnant women lost their fetus fetuses. The Company Owner later pled guilty to a felony. We have to prepare for the worst Case Scenario and thats why its important for fda to drive the boat and always put themselves in a position where they can use their authorities and enforce these recalls when necessary. Reporter in another case a class 1 recall of an adulterated dietary supplement, when the fda and the firm disagreed over whether the product was lawful, investigators found the firm did not recall the product until 303 days after receiving a warning letter from fda. Three places for that one recall. That stuff was still on the shelf when they went out there 303 days later. That meant people could have been buying it up to that 303 days. So this product potentially jeopardized lives and they left it on shelves for close to a reporter the Inspector Generals office first issued an alert on their findings in 2016. The fda responded by putting a special team in place to handle challenging high risk recalls. But for this report, fda also said the 30 cases selected were extreme outliars and claimed in the highest risk recalls recall initiation took place in less than three days. In a statement to cbs news fda commissioner said the agency has worked quickly to put in place measure to address the proposals the oig outlined and though he said a lot has changed since then, i know that much work remains to be done if were going to provide the highest assurance of safety. Nedder says lives depends on it. Every day that a recall is not initiated, every single day that goes by, a person could potentially get seriously ill or die from eating the Officials Say they know will are some things to work on here. In that statement the commissioner said the agency is going to announce some new measures this coming year, not only in regard to the recall process itself, but ways to get more information out to the public more quickly and one quick example for example for parents, a lot of parents can relate to this is, what if allergens sneak into a food . Allergens like nuts. The question is, how do you get that word out to the public more quickly so youre not just analyzing what the danger is or taking a look and seeing where its coming from. Hey, you need to get the word out so parents know, hey, watch out for that product. Three days is too long. Its these recalls are voluntary, done by the companies. Theyre voluntary sort of in cooperation with the fda. Theyll have phone conversations with the company. The company typically any good Company Wants to get a product off the shelf because its going to hurt them and their reputation and of course i think most of them, they dont want to hurt people. Make that process work . How long has it been that company a has been talking about recalling a product . Its important reporting. Great reporting. Thank you. More than half of all the jobs in the florida keys depend on tourism, but so far this year, tourists are hard to find. Ahead, the ongoing impact of Hurricane Irma three months after it devastated the island. And we invite you to subscribe to our cbs this morning pod cast. Youll get the news of the day, and pod cast originals. Find them all on apples pod cast app. Youre watching cbs this morning. Feel the power of theraflu expressmax. New power. To fight back theraflus powerful new formula to defeat 7 cold and flu symptoms. Fast. So you can play on. Theraflu expressmax. R. I want ycome on mom t easy. Go slow. 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Despite all the talk of the president getting back to work there is nothing on his schedule today and when we asked the white house who hell be meeting they would only tell us quote, we will keep you all posted over the next several days. The allegations aimed at vice employees including its current president range from unwanted kissing to propositions for sex. What are some of the best selling gifts this Holiday Season . Home improvement materials are really hot sellers. The instapot which is like a steamer and a pressure cooker. I actually got one of those for christmas. This was the first christmas in puerto rico since hurricane marie where a devastated the island. Local engineers estimate roughly half of puerto ricos 3. 3 Million People are still without electricity. To the endzone, reaches it in. You see what the steelers have done throughout the season with their touchdown celebrations . How about a snowball fight oh, hes taking him out. Pretty good arm right there. They were having some fun on christmas. Its so great to see the that you used to say the no fun league, its fun again. And were having fun this early morning. Right . Of course we are. Happy post christmas. Norah and gayle are off enjoying some well deserved time off. A White Christmas is turning into travel misery for millions of americans this morning. Snow covered the ground from portland to oregon to portland, maine, yesterday. Forecasters said a blizzard could bring 50mileperhour wind gusts and up to 10 inches of snow in parts of new ienglan. Parts of the great lakes saw record breaking snowfall and more is on the way. Some have minus double digit windchills. Officials say they can cause frostbite in as little as ten minutes. Demarco morgan is at Newark International airport with the travel impact. Reporter good morning to you. Dozens of flights have been delayed and many of them cancelled causing travel headaches. For so many people acroshe airport things appear to be moving smoothly but its a different story for so many other people in parts of the country. A blizzard warning was issued for parts of maine and new hampshire. Forecasters say this storm could make travel dangerous to impossible and warn frigid temperatures are on the way. At bostons Logan Airport one flight skidded off the runway while landing last night. Hours earlier dangerous conditions shut down the airport delaying 240 flights. Nearly 3 feet of snow pounded the area of pennsylvania and thats an alltime daily snow record and made roads virtually impassable. Whiteout conditions expected in the Great Lakes Region as snow continues to fall. The National Weather service says these conditions will continue through wednesday and thats bad news for many travelers who are just trying to get home after the holidays. All right. I guess the news is be safe out there. Take it slow. President trump says hes back to business after celebrating christmas at his florida resort. First Lady Melania Trump tweeted a selfie during the guamfamily gathering. The white house says the agenda includes partnering with congress on the federal budget along with infrastructure and international security. A spokesman said mr. Trump would like to host an official state visit early in the new year. Hes the first president since the 1920s to end his first year in Office Without a state dinner for a visiting leader. Palestinian leaders are blasting guatemalas plan to move its embassy to jerusalem. Guatemala is the first one trito follow the trump example. The u. S. Mission to the u. N. Announced on sunday negotiated a cut of 285 million to the u. N. Budget. U. N. Spending. And in a statement u. N. Ambassador said quote, we will no longer let the generosity of the American People be taken advantage of. She said the budget cut is a big step in the right direction. United Airlines Says it has apologized to a customer who accused the airline of giving her first class ticket to a congresswoman. She tweeted out saying united gave her seat to the congresswoman without her consent or knowledge. United says they upgraded the congresswoman after the other passenger cancelled her flight. The passenger denies she cancelled her ticket. Jackson lee said she did nothing wrong but if it is perceived that i had anything to do with this, i am kind enough to simply say sorry. Mariah carey is getting a Second Chance to countdown to midnight on tv. Carey will take the stage again. This year on new years eve in weekend and wrote, take two. You guys remember last year . You remember it didnt go so well. Take a look. I cant hear, but ill just go through the motions. Okay . All right. So some technical problems led to carey to talking over the prerecorded music. She and the Production Company blamed each other, but she is now set to try again on sunday night. Everyone deserves a Second Chance. And we love mariah. All i want for christmas yesterday was mariah carey. Perfect song. Get back on the horse. She can do it. The best mountain climbers are always looking for their next challenge. Only on cbs this morning an elite group enduring the pain of subfreezing temperatures many of the holiday buys came from the tech world. Thats a Nintendo Switch. Why that game console made history in 2007. Plus, the tech gifts you might want to get for next year. Youre watching cbs this morning. With a great selection of our armost popular models. Like the adventurous rav4, well equipped corolla, sporty new 2018 camry and more. And that means huge year end savings for a very short time. Right now during toyotathon. Get great year end savings on a huge selection of our most popular models. Offer ends january second. For great deals on other toyotas visit toyota. Com toyota lets go places. You wof your daily routine, so why treat your mouth any differently . 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Those whove had a drug or alcohol problem may be more likely to misuse lyrica. With less pain, i can do more with my family. Talk to your doctor today. See if lyrica can help. The National Retail federation expects Holiday Shopping to bring around 7 billion this year. According to one survey, 68 of americans plan to give tech items as gifts. Digital voice assistants like the amazon echo or google home were some of this years top sellers and the Nintendo Switch sold more than 10 Million Units after the launch. Dan, great to have you here. We saw some of the products in the green room. We did. Talk about the best but lets start with the lackluster headline from apple, their iphone xs are not selling like they were expected to. I think we might have hit a natural price ceiling, what people feel comfortable paying for a phone. 1,000, even though the previous phones if you added accessories et cetera, that could get up higher and higher. I think people expected this phone would be hard to get. They were pretty easy to find but maybe people got scared off. The 1,000. Thats a little high. Its just too high. So one thing youre a big fan of is this high end speaker that has alexa built into it. Yeah, everybody likes the amazon echo, but the speaker built into it is not great for music even though its such a great device for streaming music from amazon, from spotify. Sonos one has alexa built in. A lot of companies are adding alexa so you dont have to goat the amazon hardware. This thing sounds really good for 200. Its one of the things people at the scene at offices are always grabbing and needing to borrow yeah. Virtual reality, something i had a chance to try last year and if you havent its absolutely amazing and now prices are dropping. You really need to try it and experience it. You can tell somebody about it but until you see it thats how theyre going to sell them by getting people to see them and by lowering the prices, you know, the main ones started at like 600 plus accessories. Now its down to 400. The play station vr, they dropped it down to 200 this Holiday Season and it works with the play station 4 console you already have so youre really seeing the prices come down. Its been interesting to see more people get into this because its such an experience but you cant see it on tv or a screen. And all t familiar because my husband should be sitting with you. Hes a tech gadget freak as well and he has told me about this amazon key which allows amazon to unlock your product and leave it if your home. How does that work . Were always talking about getting products delivered. Amazon is starting to offer an option, you have them install a smart lock and other hard work and they can give delivery people access to your house to bring your packages in and then leave. Obviously a lot of people are uncomfortable with this concept, but its an interesting way to extend that smart Home Experience from just having lets say a smart lock or a smart camera and actually bringing the store into the process. You and i and almost all americans are video game nerds. Lets talk about the Nintendo Switch, a very hot product as well as pressure cookers. I got the pressure cooker, didnt get the switch, but it is one of the fastest selling consoles in nintendo history. It is. Wife. Im not sure what it does. I think we have enough video games. The switch really surprised me pleasantly. It sounded very overly complex. The tablet that you could play on, little controllers that pop off from the sides but its that rare come by nax bination of had software and people love it because it brought back that family style play together. You can split the screen and play a racing game with your family members. I play with my son all the time. He plays with his friends so i think its that social utility more than the actual games and the tech stuff that made this a hit. Video games bringing people together. How many times did we say amazon in this segment . They either make the stuff or they sell the stuff or they deliver the stuff. Taking over the world. Thank you. A master organizer is helping to declutter the world one skeptic at a time. Ahead, the woman leading an a join you find joy in your bel g belongin belongings. Youre watching cbs this morning. Hen people take action against housing discrimination . My coworker was pressured by her landlord to pay her rent with sexual favors. My neighbor was told she needs to get rid of her dog, even though hes an assistance animal. Housing discrimination is illegal. If you think youve been a victim, report it to hud. Like we did. Narrator they all reported discrimination and were able to secure their fair housing rights under the law. Fair housing is your right. Use it. Fstriking women of every age,e has color and culture. E killer. Heart disease claims one woman every minute. Killing more women than men, and more women than all cancers combined. I dont know about you, but i intend to stay alive. Fight the ladykiller. Get heart checked. Dont just thank me or focus on my past, and remind me what ive done for my country. Instead, lets talk about my future, the work i have yet to do, the work my time in the service prepared me for. My Mission Today is to impact technology, science, finance, and beyond. We are veterans. Were veterans. My wish was a clubhouse, but we call it the wish house. People visit National Parks from all over the world. Food tastes better when you dont have to cook it. He was just supposed to be my dog. I dont know why. vo were proud that, on behalf of our owners, the subaru share the love event will have donated over one hundred fifteen Million Dollars in just ten years. On select models. Plus well donate 250 to charity. Feel like i know what im working with. Whether an item stays or goes, depends on one question. Does it spark joy . It does spark joy. This one, no. Items that do not are thanked for their service. This does not spark joy. It feels like its purpose has been fulfilled. Gratitude is central to t method. And then given away. So dont stack it up. Store them next to each other. The simple revealing process is the brain child of New York Times best selling author marie condo. Its like oragami for clothes. Yes. Her first book has sold 6. 8 million copies in over 40 countries. The guide to parring down, less clutter means more room for the things that bring joy to your life. What is it that makes you reevaluate your own life. Translator the process of cleaning is to bring a fresh eye to each and everything you own. Why did it buy this . Does it make me happy now . You have a conversation with yourself via your stuff. By cleaning you can do a status check. The petite japanese woman is now leading a worldwide movement. To bring her method to homes across the globe. Each consultant runs an independent business but bapaysn annual feel to the company. Her method has its skeptics. One of the early clients was one of them. The idea of going through your sock drawer and finding truths about your soul seemed a little farfetched. Sweater, dress shoes but months after completing his own cleanout, wilser decided to pare down his belongs to a couple of suitcases so he could travel the world. We caught up with him days before he left. No joy, no joy, no joy. I got to my hiking boots. Yeah, i really enjoy hiking. The decision to do a more dramatic till months later but i do think it subconsciously in a subtle way helps clarify or even suggest some values. Cbs, new york. Speaking for all people in a new york city apartment, we could use this. The problem is being able to separate yourself from something. You might find joy in later. Whatever joy it may bring me, i think would just be diminished by the stress id get from worrying about missing something. I think a lot of americans are like that. They say well, no, i really like this. No, i really like that. I might want it later. I might want to use it later. I attempted to do it and the photo on my instagram, he still has 300 black tshirts. Well, my husband text me and he said we should hire this woman clean it out. Get rid of some shoes that way. Climbing a mountain is hard enough. Imagine scaling a wall of rock and ice in antarctica. See why these thrill seekers are forging new paths at the end of the world. Your local n what if more of the came from Renewable Resources . What if the electric grid could detect, fix and even prevent Power Outages . What if our grid were less vulnerable and more secure . What if all these what ifs became a reality . Well, they are. At dominion energy, were completely transforming our power grid and the way we think of energy. To move from what if to whats next. Dominion energy. A beautiful start to the day. Welcome back. Time to show you some of the mornings headlines. The wall street journal says President Trump spent nearly one third of his first year in office at trump owned properties. He spent nearly 40 days at his golf club in new jersey. He spent another 40 days in maralago in palm beach florida where he is now spending the holidays. People who study ethics say the visits can highlight a conflict of interest. Hollywood is mourning the death of heather she is of course best known for playing the child in the sound of music. She was 15 when that movie came out. She continued to act and was also married to tv star robert urich. She died sunday in canad after recently learning she had brain cancer. She was 68. And Sports Illustrated has an open letter from Larry Fitzgerald of the cardinals to senator john mccain. Fitzgerald says the two have become friends since hes been playing for the cardinals. He said christmas is a perfect time to remember mccains sacrifices for our country and his bravery as a vietnam war pow. Fitzgerald wrote, today, my friend again finds himself in a battle. This time its with cancer. I pray he lives another 20 years and his legacy will outlive us all. Antarctica might not be the first place to look for an adventure. Thousands of cer world focus on famous peaks. But only a handful have tried to climb the isolated and frozen granite walls at the bottom of the world. Only on cbs this morning were introducing you to the north Face Climbing Team that took on the chilling challenge to summit six mountains in antarctica. Were going to antarctica, oh, yeah. When this massive cargo plane lifted up from cape town, south africa, it was carrying 1,700 pounds of extreme cold weather gear and six of the best rock climbers and mountaineers in the world. We made it on to the continent. Reporter their destination almost six hours flight due south, a rugged and remote region of antarctica. Theres kind of an elliptical ring of mountains and theres six peaks with walls between 2 and reporter those walls which very few people have ever seen, much less scaled are irresistible. The fact that its always below freezing makes its a challenge for wall climbers. The remoteness, the cliff face and the temperature, any one of them can get us, but all three together, you always have to manage that risk on a daytoday basis. Reporter yosemite search and rescue vet came up for the idea for the allstar antarctica adventure. If you go out into the center of that continent, you find one of the most impressive ranges of granite in the world. I look at it as a frozen yosemite. Each of those formations is at least if not bigger than el cap. It brings them to this really wild and severe environment. Yosemite and its sheer grant monster el capitan is the most expeditions like this and no one has conquered el capitan like alex. This past june he achieved the holy grail of rock climbing, a ropeless solo free climb up its 3,000 foot face. His biggest challenge in antarcti antarctica, temperatures hovering right around freezing and below. My lips arent too chapped. Life is good here in antarctica. When you first touch cold rock your fingers will get numb but after the initial numbing blood rushes back to your fingers. It really hurts when the blood rushes back into your fingertips. You want to scream and it makes you feel sick. Reporter jimmy chins long career has acclimated him to the cold. This is my happy place. Reporter but that happens when you accomplish feats like he did in 2006 when he skied off the summit of mount everest. It might seem all downhill from everest to antarctica, but for chin, non possible without el capitan. You have to be really comfortable on el cap in order to go down and think about climbing, because you drop the temperature from 70 degrees to negative 20 and you put it in someplace thats totally inaccessible and remote. The stakes become quite a bit higher. Reporter the stakes for anna and her climbing partner are even higher. Theyre the only women on this expedition, which is the sort of journey that typically is all male. They hope the trip helps them move the sport forward. I would like to get more women in the sport of doing this kind of stuff. Theres still the stigma that the mountains are made for men. Ive had people say these things to me before. And what its done to me is its just made me want to try harder. Anna and savannah are every bit as capable as the dudes on our team. Everybody should go to or six. Those stunning images come from the documentary film crew which captured every moment of this incredible expedition and in the new year they will join us here at the table on cbs this morning with more footage and stories from their alpine adventures at the bottom of the world. I love seeing the skies that we were the everest guys that wrp following. Congratulating them and saying reach these goals. Like a family. I love seeing the women too. Its so inspirational. I feel so inadequate. Ill stay here at the table. I feel inadequate but ill stay right here. Coming up, ll cool j says you can learn a lot from clothing. One of my biggest lessons was like being a little kid trying to get a turtle neck over my big head. Its like, when you got a big head and youre a little kid and you got that turtle neck, and id be going crazy. Trying to get a turtle neck over your head can teach you a lot about life. What do you learn . I learned that you got to be patient. I love him. Ahead, how the Kennedy Center honoree got started in hip hop and what he says is the hardest part about acti it all starts with a wish. The final days of wish list are here. Hurry in and sign and drive off in a new lincoln with zero down and a complimentary first months payment. Just became whatever whayoure about to dout to do after you get coffee. Nothing comes before coffee. Thats why were introducing a new line of cafequality espresso drinks from mccafe. Get a small peppermint mocha for just two dollars. That is rapper bust a rhymes paying tribute to ll cool j this month performing mama said knock you out at the Kennedy Center honors. Ll cool j is the first rapper ever to be chosen for the prestigious award. The two time grammy winner tells Anthony Mason that his place in this ceremony is proof that dreams dont have deadlines. He was one of raps first solo stars. When a kid from queens named James Todd Smith found his alter ego, ll cool j, he found his ticket out. What did you hear in hip hop and rap . When you grow up in the inner city, you feel like nobody cares about you. You feel like you feel invisible. So the first time i heard these young black men rapping on these records, saying these rhymes they sounded powerful. They sounded powerful and in them sounding powerful it made me feel powerful. His grandfather bought him a dj system and as a teenager he started making tapes. You were 16 when you sent a tape . I sent a tape to rick ruben at his dormitory in nyu. Auditions are over today. Next week maybe we can work something out. Ruben was launching deaf jam records. Yeah, five University Place was the address. You remember it. Yeah. Was that the phone number too . Yeah. I would call him. Ricky, get the tape yet . Nope. But when ruben finally heard it he invited the young happener to recor rapper to record. And he had to decide on a stage name. I talked to rick and i was like, im thinking ladies love cool james. How about we just make it ll . I was like, yeah, ll marks the spot. In 1985, i need a beat. Was the first release. It sold 100,000 copies. Radio, ll cool js first album would sell a million. His stage shows also electrifying. Hip hop suddenly had a heart throb, but rap also had its trap. I think that so many people fall in love with themselves overnight, you know. Were you tempted to fall in love with yourself at any point . I think i had there were times in my life when i was probably i was never yeah. The more i think about it, yeah, absolutely, i think i went crazy. And he heard about it one night from his audience. I was just celebrating so i had mink on and rope chains and, you know, and i got booed. What did you make of the boos in the moment . Oh, it hurt. It hurt. But it also inspired and motivated me. In 1990 he bounced back with mama said knock you out. Some people call that a comeback album. You said dont call it a comeback. Yeah. Because i i didnt go anywhere. On his way to ten platinum recor records, he grew interested in acting. But something held him back. It was a period where i was like, well, i cant really act because i dont like taking my hat off so i decided not to act for about ten years because i didnt want to take my hat off. You didnt. I promise you. I said i dont want to do it, i dont want to take my hat off. Its ridiculous. You cant write it. So what made you reconsider . It for a minute . Im taking it off. The actress who we worked with in the series in the house put the pressure on. And you said what . I said i dont want to do it. I dont want to do it. I dont want to do it. I cant do it. And then she said, you know, you got to do it. I said, youre right. Somebodys been busy in here. He spent nine seasons now on the cbs series ncis los angeles, playing agent sam hannah. For you, whats the hardest part about acting . When you have to really go to some dark places and really tap into some pain in order to bring something to life. One of the darkest places for ll, a childhood shooting in which his father wounded his mother and grandfather. You were four. Yeah, but i remember it vividly. You do . I canee how much of it did you see . I saw the aftermath. I heard the things happen, shots go off and then i heard i went and saw the aftermath. I saw all the blood and i went to the linen closet and got a bunch of towels and walked around the other way. His mother recovered and his parents separated, but his mom allowed his dad back into their sons life. Thats a really huge gesture. Thats thats some next level stuff. Ive never really asked her why she did that. Why she did that. But he came to his on conclusions. Sometimes people make mistakes and they need a little mercy. There have been a lot of challenges for ll cool j who will turn 50 in january. So when y Kennedy Center when you end up at the Kennedy Center, you realize, you know, what man, that was really an guest all odds story. And you realize how lucky and blessed you are. Thats why i tell you, its amazing. Ladies love cool james. I mean, the idea his lyrics are so powerful, you know, putting suckers in fear, but when you meet him hes like the nicest guy. Hes such a gentleman. The infectious smile. He does not age and you know, i was lucky enough to be there that night and of course all of the honorees got a round of applause, standing ovation, but there was something about when his name was mentioned and hes the first rap artist to be honored there, there was an extra special love given to him. So much authenticity from him and its like opening up this artistic world and saying this is a part of us too and we need to start honoring that as well. Hes got a great head, i dont know what hes worried about. Rocking his peers. Congratulations ll cool j. You can see the kennedy honors tonight at 9 00, 8 00 central right here on cbs. And well be right back. Youre watching cbs this morning. What a fun morning. Its been great. We get to do it all week. Andt hope everyone at home stays warm too. That does it for us. Be sure to tune i just became whatever whayoure about to dout to do after you get coffee. Nothing comes before coffee. Thats why were introducing a new line of cafequality espresso drinks from mccafe. Get a small peppermint mocha for just two dollars. [music] welcome to great day washington. Im andi hauser. And im Markette Sheppard and im kristen birsetharris. We hope everybody enjoyed a wonderful christmas. Absolutely. Yeah, it came and went very quickly, didnt it . Thats right. But today, i want to take you at home around town to some of my Favorite Places that ive visited this year. Well, one of my Favorite Places that you visited was when you went to dog tag bakery. My husband goes there all the time, and he loves to bring cookies home to me and my son. Oh, it sounds delicious. T, and of course i met a couple of great veterans along the way. Check it out. Yeah, well, i have a sweet tooth, thats for sure. And its more than satisfied at this incredible bakery. Were here in georgetown at dog tag bakery. And ill tell you what. You guys make it deliciously simple to support our veterans. This is meghan ogilvie, ceo of dog tag. Tell us a little bit about the mission here. So were much more than just a bakery. What we do here is we actually run a Fellowship Program for five months where we recruit veterans with serviceconnected disabilities, military spouses, and caregivers. And we create a fellowship where they learn handson training in a bakery that becomes exponential learning in really understanding the entrepreneurial mindset within a small business. And thats what it is about it is not just that theyre learning baking skills, but this is a living classroom. This is where folks learn things that they can apply outside their military life. Our goal is not to create bakers and baristas, but to allow our fellows to come into our program, understand what the entrepreneurial mindset looks like, and then be able to start defining what success means to them. And i see right nowit looks like theyre prepping. Is thisare you guys this busy every day because this has been absolutely bustling since we walked in the door at about 7 45 a. M. This morning. We are. We really pride ourselves in being part of the community here. So how we kind of talk about it is that if you want to support your local military families, spouses, and caregivers, you come to dog tag, buy a cookie, come and have lunch, cater with us. Then youre actually supporting our program which, again, everyone here thats in red shirts back herepart of our program. And then the money goes directly back into the program, pays for the courses through georgetown, pays for the guest speakers that come in, and really allow our fellows to have five months of a really full program that they can then move forward in their life. Were really teaching a man and woman how to fish. How to fish. Or bake, but fish is good. Right, well, i see my new friend danica over there. So im going to run over and chat with her real quick