retaliation. >> new jersey governor chris christie faces a firestorm. >> top aides accused of ordering days of traffic gridlock on the country's busiest bridge. >> you released e-mails. >> governor chris christie released a statement. people will be held responsible for their actions. >> clearly, somebody is getting thrown under the bus. fortunately for them the bus isn't moving it's stuck in terrible traffic. >> explosive materials have been found near sochi. dennis rodman is apologizing about comments he made about an american being held in north korea, a day after he serenaded kim jong-un for his birthday. ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ some relief this morning as the deadly deep freeze backs off. >> if you say your tongue is frozen to a pole don't worry, you should be free by sunday. navy helicopter crashed off the coast of virginia. two crew members died. a royal birthday katherine, the dutchess is 32 today. people's choice for favorite movie actress is -- oh thank god, this would have been such an awkward ride home my wife sandra bullock. a pair of aces heading to cooperstown. the white house is in full damage control mode, reacting to highly critical remarks from former defense secretary robert gates. >> read any good books lately anybody? on "cbs this morning." >> the lane closures were meant to make life hell as payback for the mayor of fort lee, new jersey, for not endorsing chris christie in the election. presented by toyota, let's go places. welcome to "cbs this morning," gayle king is off. >> good morning. i'm looking forward to today's show. >> an exploding scandal in new jersey is threatening the political future of a likely presidential candidate. new evidence suggests chris christie's inner circle encouraged an effort to strongly restrict access to the world's busiest bridge. >> the democratic mayor of the city caught in the middle believes the closure was political payback. good morning. >> good morning to you. governor christie had repeatedly said no one in his administration was involved in the decision to shut down three crucial access lanes to the george washington bridge in september, but the messages many sent from personal accounts clearly contradict that. last august bridget anne kelly, chris christie's department chief of staff, sent an e-mail to david wildstein, a christie appointee, in charge of the bridge. she wrote, "time for some traffic problems in fort lee." wildstein responded, "got it." about a month later, drivers going through fort lee suddenly found the four lanes dwindled to just one. over four days the ensuing gridlock led children to be late for the first week of school and hindered emergency response vehicles. mark sokolich mayor of fort lee, says it was all in retribution for his refusal to endorse christie's re-election bid. >> to learn people were put in harm's way because of something i didn't do i cannot begin to tell you how troubling that is to me. >> in december christie denied his administration was involved. >> i've made it very clear to everybody on my senior staff that if anyone had any knowledge about this they needed to come forward to me and tell me about it, and they've all ensured me they don't. >> but on wednesday, christie who was not directly implicated in the correspondence said he had been misled saying "this completely inappropriate and unsanctioned conduct was made without my knowledge. i will not tolerate it because the people of new jersey deserve better." in text and e-mail messages sokolich was written as the idiot, even though he was croatian, a name officials seem to revel in the misery they caused. is it wrong i'm smiling, texted wrong? i feel badly about the kids. i guess, responded of another. they are the children of buono voters, an apparent reference to barbara buono, who christie defeated. >> this is an abuse of authority and needs to be fulled vetted. >> in december with the so-called bridgegate scandal going, david wildstein and his boss, also a christie appointee, resigned from the port authority, which is controlled by democrats has subpoenaed wildstein to testify about the texts and e-mails, but they have prompted criticisms from both sides of the aisle. norah and charlie? >> thank you. john dickerson is with us good morning. >> good morning, charlie. >> so what will governor christie do if he wants to avoid the political damage that this might cause? >> well cbs has learned that later today governor christie will give a press conference. you know yesterday he put out a statement and said he was outraged and shocked and he'd been misled but it kind of stopped there, and in some reporting i've been doing, what they were trying to do in christie's office was find out exactly what the facts were and get those put together and in the press conference today, he'll address all of that and what he'll do about it. >> what do you think they'll worry about the most some e-mail somewhere that will link him either that he knew or should have known? >> yes, and i think the first thing they've got to do is make sure there is no connection to him. he said he knew nothing about it, and so i think at the press conference what he's going to do is try to basically do what the political technical term likely to see probably firings. you're likely to see a kind of buck stops here moment from him, taking responsibility for this. basically, doing -- answering all those questions, how could this have happened how could he not know about it, what's going to happen to the people that caused this delay, and that's what i expect in this press conference later today. >> as you know his image is a no-nonsense guy. if he doesn't do that do you think there will be some controversy? >> right. well, that's the open territory for him here which is that we're used to seeing politicians kind of come out and mumble and sort of say that they take responsibility, but never really take responsibility for it. chris christie has styled himself as a truth teller a person who faces tough realities, and so having filed himself as that and basically if he's going to run for president, that's the theme he will strike that means today in this press conference, he's got to basically embrace that image, which means really sort of facing this head on, and even though he didn't know about it nevertheless, taking responsibility for it because that's, you know, when he's advised other politicians, including president obama when he was talking about president obama's health care plan, he said he should just go out and apologize and get in front of it so you would expect that from the governor himself today. >> apology, okay john dickerson, thank you. and the obama administration is pushing back against its former defense secretary robert gates. his new memoir questions president obama's leadership and commitment to the war in afghanistan. also criticized congress vice president biden, and other top officials. jan crawford is in washington. good morning. >> good morning, norah, charlie, and those of you in the west. i think in his book he's toughest on joe biden, saying he hasn't made the right call on foreign policy in the past 40 years. so yesterday, the white house was playing defense, and it made a point of showing some strong support for the vice president. for the first, the white house allowed photographers, it was one of five meetings that included the vice president. >> read any good books lately anybody? >> in a briefing white house spokesman jay carney tried to dismiss gates's criticism and showed the show of support coincidence. >> he has been an excellent counselor and adviser to the president for the past five years. >> carney then read excerpts from gates's nearly 600-page book that were favorable to the president. >> i believe the president was right. i believe the president cared deeply about the truth and their family. i never doubted obama's support for the troops. >> in his book gates writes biden was wrong on nearly every foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades. he describes one meeting where he agreed to the vice president and was, therefore, rethinking my position. gates also questioned president obama's sincerity in supporting the war in afghanistan, writing, "given the president's campaign rhetoric about afghanistan, i think i, our commanders and our troops, had expected more commitment to the cause and more passion for it from him." with the recent violence in iraq and continued instability in afghanistan, gates's criticism opened up a new line of attack for republicans. >> i have deep concerns about the way this president has conducted foreign policy and in many respects i think he's undermined america's position in the world. >> now either republicans criticizing hillary clinton, who according to gates, had made a key foreign policy decision based on politics and as you know, of course, biden and clinton, both potential 2016 democratic candidates so i think this is criticism we'll be hearing more of again. >> 2016 is in the news ann crawford thank you. and secretary gates talked on "sunday morning" that's this weekend here on cbs. temperatures are finally rising for nearly 200 million americans who faced a deep freeze this week. the polar vortex that turned the northwest, south, and east into a icebox is retreating. extreme cold is blamed for 21 deaths. our minneapolis station wcco is watching the weather. >> reporter: good morning to you, norah and charlie and viewers in the west. we are excited here in the twin cities because right now our temperature is at just 1 degree above zero and we are expected to top out around 20 degrees later today. now that's balmy, really compared to the life-threatening temperatures we saw over the past week where we experienced wind chills up to 60 below. it was so cold yesterday that water pipes in a university building burst. last night marked the 11th consecutive night with below-zero temperatures and students were welcomed back to school after most classes were cancelled throughout the state earlier in the week because of the cold. it was the first time schools were closed on consecutive days since 1994. now, we should see some relief in the coming days. temperatures across the region should approach and eclipse the freezing mark this weekend. a welcome relief for people in this region who have been battling the arctic air for a few weeks. charlie, norah? the search continues for a missing sailer. the chopper went into the ocean yesterday about 20 miles off virginia beach. the aircraft was based in norfolk. the accident happened one day after a u.s. air force helicopter crashed in england, killing all four airmen aboard. david martin reports on this newest military tragedy. >> reporter: rescue crews were overhead 30 minutes after the helicopter went down in the cold atlantic. ten minutes later, rescuers hoisted aboard the first two crew members, and 13 minutes after that two more. >> they were found close to the wreckage floating in the water. >> reporter: a fifth crew member was nowhere in sight. coast guard ships began a search for the missing while the four survivors were flown to the hospital, but one died and another in critical condition could not be saved. they all were wearing dry suits meant to prevent them from the cold water. >> antiexposure suit designed to keep water away from the pilots. it has seals on it and, again, designed to keep water away from the body. >> reporter: the helicopter mh-53 sea dragon was conducting routine training off the coast. the distress call came moments before it went down. the last fatal crash of an mh-53 occurred a year and a half ago, that crash in which two crew members died was blamed on pilot error. two other mh-53s went down in the summer of 2012 both due to engine problems. in each case the $50 million helicopter was destroyed. the investigation into this latest crash, which will include an examination of whatever wreckage can be recovered, is just beginning. for cbs this morning, this is david martin at the pentagon. a suicide bomb has killed at least 21 people in iraq this morning. the attack in baghdad injured dozens of others. recruits were calling from a call to join the fight against al qaeda-linked militants. melissa palmer is in baghdad. good morning. >> reporter: this attack charlie, is typical of the kinds of attacks that have been going on day after day and week after week here in baghdad and iraq. terrifying people who were just trying to get on with their normal lives, and now the violence in anbar province and fallujah has made this even worse. the situation right now is confused. there has been fighting since the new year and it has been a stream of scared residents fleeing to more stable areas, but it's simply not clear how many al qaeda extremists are in anbar, or whether they still actually control either neighborhoods or single buildings. there have been clashes reported today, but they are between the iraqi military and local tribesmen. there is a religious dimension to this fight. most of the tribes are shia and sunni muslim. the tribes posted video of themselves attacking an iraqi military convoy on the outskirts of fallujah and one tribal leader has made a very public threat. he warned the army not to enter fallujah or the tribes would come to baghdad, and he said the tribes themselves would get rid of any remaining al qaeda-linked extremists. as an iraqi politician told me one of the members of parliament right here in baghdad, he said my greatest fear now is civil war. charlie, norah? >> elizabeth, thank you. and an apology from former nba star dennis rodman this morning as he wraps up his controversial trip to north korea. a report rodman is backtracking about his comments of an american being held prisoner in the country. >> in a statement issued through a publicist, rodman apologized for his outburst on cnn. >> i don't give a [ bleep ] what you think. >> claiming he was overwhelmed with stress about some of his teammates leaving north korea under pressure from family and business associates. rodman's message read in part "my dreams of basketball diplomacy was quickly falling apart. i was upset. i had been drinking. it's not an excuse, it's just the truth. at this point, i should know better than to make political statements. i'm truly sorry." ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ >> the former nba all-star's apology came a day after he sang happy birthday to north korean leader kim jong-un. rodman's friendship with the leader has been heavily scrutinized by family members of north korean captive kenneth bae, the american missionary sentenced to 15 years hard labor for allegedly plotting against a government during part of rodman's bizarre appearance on cnn, the hall of famer implied that bae got what he deserved. >> do you understand what he did? >> what did he do? >> bae's family has not commented on rodman's apology, but his sister expressed concern how rodman's trip might influence bae's chances of being released, saying he's playing games with my brother's life. there is no diplomacy, only games, and at my brother's expense. for "cbs this morning," beijing. time to show you this morning's headlines, "the washington post" said president obama's close to a decision on reforming the nsa surveillance program, likely stripping access to americans' phone records. 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[son] all right,she has no idea. [man] no one told her,right? [son]hi! [mom screams] [mom]oh my god! [mom]oh my god! [people clap and cheer] all right. our hi-def doppler radar scanning your skies. we have a cold front diving into the bay area right now. reports of some fog outside. you can see some of that into pleasanton area right now. so be very careful traveling out there and it could be slick in your neighborhood as we have seen some drizzle as well too. right now not much in the way of rain. i think as we get to the afternoon, skies are going to part a little bit. temperatures in the 50s and the 60s. dry and warmer for tomorrow. then a chance of showers on saturday. much warmer as we look toward next week. "the price is right" drew carey, so funny. today one of the contestants got a little too excited when she won. >> how much are paddleboards? >> okay. >> $2,000. congratulations. >> oh, oh. >> i didn't know the paddle board came with a free trip. >> welcome back. welcome back to "cbs this morning." coming up colorado knows from a carolinamarijuana ban to a boon. how some are getting their hands on the state legalized drug. and a possible break in the fight frisk? >> well first mayor de blasio didn't campaign against stop and frisk. he campaigned to reform it. he and i believed there was too much of it being used in the city, and it was creating great alienation particularly in many of the minority communities. so the reformation of it, if you will, is to ensure that it's being done legally and reaffectfully and we have an inspector general and possibly a monitor so we'll have to work with them to ensure that in fact those measures are met. >> so will you end stop and frisk? >> not at all. it's like you trying to conduct what you do without asking a question. that's what police do. the crime numbers are staying pretty level, so we're not seeing a dramatic increase as some had predicted. no stop and frisk hasn't been stopped. we'll try to do a better job of supervising. >> what specifically will you train? >> a couple of things. better training as to what is reasonable suspicion. when can you, in fact reasonably stop somebody. you have to suspect that they're about to commit a crime. >> so many african-americans, black people thing they're suspected more often than others. >> that's correct. but unfortunately the reality is more of the poorer cities, the rates of crime are higher so there's much more police activity than you would have say, in the streets of manhattan. that's just the reality of the city. but to deal with this you have tone sure that the officers at all times are doing it the correct way. and there's a strong belief both within the department and the communities that that was not happening. >> many people do believe it was one of the reasons that mayor de blasio was elected early on. he made it a big campaign issue. >> right. >> why did you hire john miller? >> because he's the best. there are two issues facing new york city all the time. dealing with crime and disorder traditional. and because we're the most likely terrorist target in the world, there are concerns about terrorism. john created for me when we worked together in the lapd that city's counterterrorism operation right after 9/11. he did a phenomenal job to the extent that l.a.'s operation is the best in the country. unfortunately almost as many officers in that department. he's best known for his journalist credentials. he's the best in terms of dealing with this issue in terms of counterterrorism intelligence, but most importantly for me collaboration. the difference for me is you have to work together. in new york it does not work as well as it should. >> collaborations between the police department and fbi. >> look at all the hats he wore. fbi, dni. >> a lot of people say he doesn't have the same skills as other people who have had this skills. >> i'm not sure if people are saying that. that was one art cal in one newspaper and it was. and there was one woman walking down the street. >> who was that woman? have you tracked her down yet? >> strangely inspectors picked her up and treated her to a power point and then dropped her off around my home. if you find her today, she says very nice things. i'm kidding. not really charlie. stay with me. >> i know you're kidding. >> there was one story in the "daily news" that said the qualifications between you and your predecessor, the gap, was staggering, that your predecessor has four decades -- >> you can look at resumes. i have certain value on paper or you can look at deeds. what "the new york times" did when they wrote the same story is they talked to those who i worked with as a senior national intelligence officer in washington and what you got was a very different story there about the effectiveness of those operations. so outside of saying you know, okay i'm human, it hurt my feelings there's no there there. >> and one of the things why we loved having you here is you had contacts across the spectrum of law enforcement. let's turn to the aspect of i assume, his responsibilities. it's the surveillance of muslim groups. that also has been a source of criticism of the nypd under commissioner kelly. >> what we'll be doing is taking an in-depth look at what's been done. what's been happened that's not been publicly disclosed sometimes for appropriate reasons so that my comfort level is satisfied along with john's that what we are doing is appropriate to the threats, what we are doing is sensitive to the conditions in new york relative to its muslim community. so we're in the process of that. john really, just started two days agosome. >> three days ago. >> >> three days ago. really we're just beginning that process. >> can can i ask you because new york is america's largest city because of 9/11 new york's a target and you see some of the target threats the that are out there. i know you've been on the job for just three days but talk about the cooperation with the nsa. how much of the intelligence that the nsa collects gets filtered to you and through the new york police department? >> on some level we don't know and that's because the nsa collects intelligence that goes to the rest of the intelligence community. so the nsa wouldn't have give any intelligence to the nypt. it would give intelligence and finished analysis and sometimes raw intelligence to the fbi who wows pass it on to the nypd. it's rarer that you drill back to the sources and methods unless you need to know where it came from. >> are there serious threats to the city and from? >> all threats to the city are serious until they're resolved. one of the things i was talking with my team the other day about is when you're in the threat mode in the mid of it 99% of the time you wash it out, but in the middle of it there's no difference between how you work that threat. if it turns out to be nothing, when it turns out to be a real threat, a lot of that is figuring out where did this come to we no, and so on. >> are you in your heart a journalist of an official? >> i would recast that and say journalist or intelligence officer. it's understanding a problem well enough to do something about i. that means collecting the facts, analyzing them down to what do they mean, what's the powe dhaenl effect and what's the potential response. the work of the intelligence officers and reporters is extraordinarily similar. you become a briefer. you tell your boss, here's the bottom line, these are the powe then chal responses. that's kind of what you all do. >> indeed. would you have taken this job if you knew you couldn't convince him to join you? >> i would not have quite frankly. >> i would have urged him to do it anyway. >> but you wouldn't have would you? >> i would not have, no. >> thank you for joining us. >> good luck. >> thanks for having us. can i come back? >> 7:30. >> commissioner bill bratton and commissioner john miller. thanks to both of you. up next turning green. we're the first to sell legal [ male announcer ] even ragu users a. chose prego traditional over ragu traditional. prego?! but i buy ragu. 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>> i would not have quite frankly. >> and colorado goes to a ban to a boom and now marijuana is too popular. >> we are being watched around the world. >> and then the controversial trip to north korea. >> i know kim jong-un is a fan of torture, but, come on that's -- >> today's eye-opener at 8:00 is presented by -- y allergan allergan. i am charlie rose with norah o'donnell. gayle king is off. and then christie faces a roadblock this morning. >> and it may be the reason drivers faced four days of chaos trying to get to the world's busiest bridge. alaine is here. >> good morning. the governor will have exsphraeuping to do in a press conference he is holding this hour after denying he or anybody in his admin stpraeugs were involved in the decision to close the bridge. >> i made it very clear to everybody on my senior staff that if anybody had any knowledge about this, they needed to come forward and tell me about it and they all assured me they don't. >> despite the warning from the governor, nobody came forward and now messages from last august surfaced that showed christie's chief of staff sent an e-mail to the appointment, the agency in charge of the bridge. the e-mail suggest the traffic problem was caused on purpose. she wrote time for traffic problems in ft. lee, and wildstein standresponded, got it. and then the four-lanes normally used to access the bridge had went down to one. after hour days the ensuing gridlock led children to be late for the first day of school and hindered emergency response vehicles. christie did respond by saying the completely and inappropriate unsanctioned conduct was without my knowledge. christie was not implicated in any of the correspondence. and then his own political problems. we spoke with radel in his first interview since treatment. >> how do you feel? >> i would like to say i feel great, but the reality is i have a lot of work to do. >> he met and apologized for his actions, after being swept up in a drug sting last october, the congresman made a public pledge to clean up his act and went into rehab for 28 days. >> why not resign or put this on hold? >> you learn in the support system that i have been able to put together that you don't do radical changes in life blow up your life you deal with life and that's what i am doing. >> thank you so much. >> the congressman said he is trying to move forward by focusing on his family and newfound sobriety. >> are you at all embarrassed? >> yeah this is embarrassing. i have dragged my family through a lot. >> the question remains whether apologizes and promises will be enough for the voters in his south florida district. he is up for election in november and is facing several potential primary challengers, and has not decided if he will run. >> it's the last thing i my mind. >> he is thinking about how to best serve his constituents in taking things one day at a time. nearly 200 million americans suffered through extreme cold because of the polar vortex. the cold air is letting up but is causing problems on the other side of the north pole. a phenomenal called the black swell is bringing surfs across the atlantic. >> surfs up. not normally a news headline but it is this week. the weather systems battering north america did not go away they plowed off into western europe. >> the surf has been up in some places, and in ireland the weather has not only brought big waves but big wave riders. >> this is one of the biggest storms ever. i am just happy to be here and hope to come out in one piece. >> is it dangerous? >> totally. got three life jackets on. >> in surfer's speech they call it the black swell. this is what it looks like up close. >> big, gnarly just as dangerous as it gets. >> another wave-chasing american. >> i can't describe it. it's the best feeling in the world. sometimes when you get the barrel of your life out here it's hard to sleep for the next couple nights you are just running on adrenaline just off the feeling, you know. >> times you are just running. this crowd stood watching bravely for a while until the big one hit. wave watching may be the new sport. on the spanish coast a family of three was swept off these cliffs, and only one of them was rescued, and meteorologists say there is more coming and another storm system will hit over the next few days. >> the storm systems are creating a persistent flow over the atlantic and it piles the waves up and makes for dangerous conditions. >> you don't need a weather man to know which way the wind blows, and those on the atlantic coast are warning people to be careful. >> a new study this morning says a first of its kind therapy could help millions with sleep apnea. a top medicine doctor will show us how it works. that's on cbs this morning. orks on "cbs this morning." >> announcer: this morning's "eye opener" at 8:00 is >> announcer: this morning's "eye opener" at 8:00 is brought to you by allergan. reduces headache days for adults with chronic migraine 15 or more headache days a month each lasting 4 hours or more. it's proven to actually prevent headache days. and it's injected by a doctor once every 3 months. the effects of botox® (onabotulinumtoxina) may spread hours to weeks after injection causing serious symptoms. alert your doctor right away as difficulty swallowing speaking, breathing, eye problems, or muscle weakness can be a sign of a life-threatening condition. side effects may include allergic reactions neck and injection site pain fatigue, and headache. don't take botox® if you have a skin infection. tell your doctor about your medical history muscle or nerve conditions and medications, including botulinum toxins as these may increase the risk of serious side effects. the dose of botox® is not the same as other botulinum toxins. put the odds on your side. visit botoxchronicmigraine.com and talk to a headache specialist. 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>> it came out of my church. i have a ministry at my church called prosperity partners. my pastor was talk about fasting. by week two i was thinking i need a steak. i was thifr thinking what if i could do the same thing with people's money, shut down on the unhealthy stuff and focus on the finances. they make a resolution but they can't keep them because they don't have a plan. i wanted to develop something to do. a woman got out of $100,000 in debt and marriages are savinged. >> the problem with credit cards you don't sense the danger. >> that's right. the studies show when you use plastic, debit or credit you spend more than cash. you swipe it and you're not thinking. you swipe it and year not thinking and this fast shuts it all down. you'd be amazed -- my best friend did it. she said i started thinking about my money for the first time. i had a couple who the wife was a stay-at-home mom and she didn't want to handle the finances because she wasn't earning the money. then they started talking and they stopped fighting. >> one of the important things you bring up is being debt-free. that's not totally possible because people carry loans on their house and have student doan. why do you think it's important to get as close to being debt-free as you can? >> because when you're a borrower, you're a slave to your lender. >> credit card rates are a lot higher than your mortgage. >> we call it the monkey on our back. we want the monkey off our back. it gives you choices. i tell people not to take student loan debt and credit cards. you can live in retirement better if you don't have a mortgage and that's what this fast does. i'm so excited about it and i'm starting a nationwide fast on january 13th monday. so i'm asking everybody to join me to really change your financial life. i'm telling you. the things that could happen. i'm so excited because it's just -- i love to see people debt-free. >> thank you michelle. great to see you. and the 21-day financialinci alarm blaze at a warehouse s morning, . the i'm cate caugiran live in san jose where firefighters have made significant progress on what was a massive wildfire. take a look. you can tell by the white smoke that's coming into the air, so we're understanding now they are getting a bit more control over it. this fire has been burning for almost three hours. san jose fire had to call for outside resources to help. we have seen trucks from santa clara and sunnyvale here on scene. firefighters say this is a defensive fight, meaning they are trying to put it out in the outside with several ladders in the air. we heard loud explosions earlier. we know that part of the roof collapsed spreading these flames. neighbors in the area were told to "shelter in place." there's also a school nearby, rocketship discovery prep, that's students have sent home. there will be no class for them today. also, this caused a traffic mess in this area because several roads have been closed and for more on that we have elizabeth wenger. >> thanks. earlier smoke even flames were visible from 101. so that's really taking the brunt of this traffic mess right now. northbound specifically backed up now beyond the blossom hill exit, you can see it on our sensors, east julian north 28th, those city streets are also shut down. for a while we were telling folks, hey, use the guadalupe parkway that's looking good but right now that's seeing big delays, as well. out to marin county, want to note southbound 101 at lucas valley road there was an accident now cleared to the shoulder. but we're still seeing major delays from novato and the san mateo bridge is just a little sluggish right now out of hayward. looks damp out there, as well. we have a check of your forecast after this break. anncr: at jennie-o we heard of a place in iowa where every thursday people ride 10 miles for tacos. we thought we'd show up and surprise them with a better kind of taco made with jennie-o ground turkey cooked thoroughly to 165. i feed my kids turkey tacos over regular tacos any day. i think they are light and they are just fresh tasting. yeah. when i eat well, i feel well. anncr: it's time for a better taco. the tacos tonight were pretty much perfect. make the switch. look for jennie-o ground turkey in a store near you. a cold front rolling through town not much in the way of rain but we have seen drizzle outside. and some fog out there, as well. so be careful out on the roadways. you have some of the fog extended over the city of san francisco over the financial district. hi-def doppler radar def has been watching your skies, unfortunately, haven't seen any raindrops just some of the drizzle showing up outside. could see that more throughout the morning hours. then this afternoon skies part. the temperatures will stay cool. clouds at the coast. 50s there. 50s and low 60s inside the bay, maybe as high as 62 in livermore, and about 60 in san jose. tomorrow, return to some dry warmer weather, showers on saturday. then temperatures start to warm up high pressure building in maybe some 70s next week. just yesterday i was talking to this lovely african-american single and she told me she was single working 80 hours a week to get by and looks forward to coming home every single night and looks forward to watching me. her name is oprah winfrey, and i think i am doing something write. >> ellen degeneres, favorite tv daytime host. cbs's "big bang theory" won best comedy and "gravity's" sandra bullock was a big-time winner. also doing well justin timberlake. he took home three awards including favorite album, and he went to celebrate, apparently atta at taco bell. coming up this half hour on "cbs this morning," one high-tech company is making headlines. see how the site is redefining online sensations. plus you'll meet the man behind a history collection like no other. how tens of thousands across the country are sharing some of their personal stories. that's ahead. right now it's time to show you this morning's helines. 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>> we're seeing the change. it used to be just editors and producers got to decide you know, what the agenda was in the media. now everyone on facebook does too and twitter does too. so upworthy is helping people lift up important topics to their friends. >> you mean we're not the deciders anymore? >> well not entirely. everybody gets to do that now. >> how you do measure the impact? >> well, we, you know try to generate awareness around really important topics and so what we're looking to do in a broad scale is make sure folks are tuning in to stuff like economic inequality or global health not just, you know kim and kanye. >> what were some of the most successful videos last year? >> you know we saw -- the top video was sort of not everyone's idea of what a viral content looks like. it was a 20-minute video about a kid's struggle with cancer. what i loved about that video was it wasn't just that people watched it or they shared it they also contributed to the cancer charity to solve that problem. that's what our community is about. >> what was the lesson from that? >> people care. passion drives sharing and there's a really large audience much larger than a lot of people think for meaningful success. >> people will watch it. >> there's this idea in journalism and news media sometimes there's the entertaining content and the important stuff and the important stuff is like brussel sprouts and you have to force people to eat it. our feeling is why does it have to be that way? can't you make it delicious and compelling and fun to learn about these important topics. >> you said something really interesting. there's a hunger out there for meaningful content. >> and i think people underestimate how interested they are. >> how do people learn about it? how do you sort of that organic process go where they find the video and it gets on your website? how does it work? >> we actually have people scanning the web all the time for the very very best stuff. there's been a lot of talk. what makes upworthy work is we find really great pieces of content that stir up passion that are about something meaningful and people want to share. >> what's the talk about your headlines? >> well, you know we have a kind of curiosity and do same style. we try to be fun we try to be a little mysterious and get people interested in actually checking out this content. >> where will this site be in three years in. >> our hope is we can go deep sbeer some of these content areas like climate change and global health and also frankly build a business so we can actually do this on a massive scale. >> so you can monetize. >> so we can monetize but ultimately so we can draw massive amounts of attention to contents that matter the most. >> my mom always says if you capture someone's heart, you capture their mind. >> story-telling captures so much and that's what we try to bring people too. >> we believe that too. thanks very much. the story of your life could live on forever. we'll sh [ female announcer ] shop at safeway now through january 14th for a smart return to school box tops offer! buy ten participating box tops items in a single visit and earn sixty bonus box tops! that's six dollars for your school! plus, shop at safeway to collect double box tops on specially-marked packages. learn more at twowaystoearn.com. here's what's new at safeway from general mills! start the day off right with these delicious big g cereals! or try yoplait greek yogurt! power up with nature valley and fiber one snacks! and enjoy tasty progresso heart healthy soups. find these and other great general mills products at safeway today! 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[ambient crying and laughter] ten years ago one man started encouraging people to talk. he wanted to preserve a piece of our lives, and today the program story korns iscorps is known to the biggest world collector. elaine quijano has more. good morning to you. >> good morning. story corps works to share the lives of regular people. the concept, bring two people together to speak, to record them. the simple idea has documented more than 50,000 stories of american life and stored them for generations to come. >> this is my heart right here i tell you. i have always had a problem trying to discuss personal things. >> dane holmes brought his father jonas to the store corps booth in no, to leave a story for the family. deane dann dane is on the board of directors. >> he's like, ooh, you touched on something let me redirect it. whatever it is he'll find a way out of it. i knew if i put him in this room, you know there's something about knowing the seriousness of it the ceremony of the place. >> reporter: for 40 minutes they sat alongside a facilitator and began their recording. no cameras allowed. they spoke in ways they never had. >> you decided to mary a white woman in 1966 or '67. what were you thinking? >> well, i guess i've been one that never looked at color. was colorblind. >> they left with a cop of their recording and one will be sent to the library of congress in washington, d.c. another to the smithsonian national museum of culture. it will make up the story corps archives. >> what happened on that day is tattooed on your soul. there's no way to forget that. i wish to god i kid. >> did i turn out to be the son you wanted when i was born? did i meet your expectations. >> i'm not anxious about whether there's a heaven or whether there's music or clouds or whatever. i'm more anxious about the end of life journey. i want it to be quiet, contemplative, and calm. >> being listened to reminds people that they matter and won't be forgotten. >> reporter: story corps -- >> you tell them how much you love them and listen to them and by using that opportunity to tell them what they mean to you and that happens every day over and over and over again in story corps booths. >> what has happened to the human voice. >> with the blessing of each participants they've created animated shorts that air on pbs. >> do you have any regrets? >> no, why should i regret? >> and with a partnership through nr the intimate conversations are heard by millions each week. one story of love and loss has grown to become one of the country's most iconic recordings. >> you represent a 34-letter word. i said that word is love. said if we're going anywhere we're going down the aisle because i'm too tired, too sick too sore to do other thing and she turned around and said of course, i'll mary you. >> reporter: they were among the first story corps participants. >> we were just being ourselves. we looked each other in the eye. he said should we talk about how we first met and i said why not. let's go for it, and we did. >> reporter: when danny became ill, the pair decided to do another recording. >> when danny got sick whose decision was it to talk about it? >> both. >> why? >> because he wanted to leave something for people to understand that if you die you leave a little something of yourself behind. you shouldn't cry. you be happy because you've had your time together and we've had our time together. >> in that final interview danny spoke about the love letters he wrote for annie each day. >> i could write on and on about her. she lights up my life each morning when she has me put both hand on her shoulder to support me. she lights up my life when she asks would you like more ice cream or would you like water. they're not romantic things to say but they light up my heart. >> reporter: after danny passed away people started writing annie. >> it was a way for uls not to let go but to keep a history of what happened between the two of us and now because theof story corps it is a history. >> story corps has boots in atlanta, chicago, and san francisco along with a mobile booth that goes around the country. it's created ten different initiatives that helps that stories will be told. >> i always tell people go record your parents for your children and for their grandchildren. just have a conversation about their life. >> yeah. because i think what this really is about ultimately is sort of reminding people of how powerful human connections are. you know we don't have an opportunity to talk where literally the outside world is shut out, so the conversations that take place are real. >> what a beautiful love story. the reflections that it causes people do that they wouldn't normally sit and do. >> that's right. >> how did you come across the story? >> our producer rachel cohen, both of us are fans but she did really, all of the heavy lifting on this. she brought this story to me and i said know what that is because i actually had to believe it from my podcast playlist because on my commute in i was crying on the train. i'm very familiar with story corps and i will add it back to my playlist. as you can see, it's such an emotional powerful thing and it's really quite beautiful. >> elaine thank you. and you can learn more about story corps and listen to any of the recordings like elaine does all the time, but you can find them on c"cbs this morning"cbsthismorning.com as well. tomorrow we'll talk with roger and scherr manns. that's tomorrow on "cbs this morning. female announcer: he needs a firmer tempur-pedic... she wants a softer tempur-pedic... they both get what they need with the new tempur-choice at sleep train the first tempur-pedic with multi-zone comfort control, featuring customizable shoulder, back and leg support on each side. plus, get four years interest free financing. try the revolutionary new tempur-choice today! it's the perfect choice... ...for both of us! ♪ sleep train ♪ ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ safeway presents real big deals of the week. or how to get great deals the easy way. you do enough flying around. that's why we give you real big club card deals. this week, honey nut cheerios are just $1.88. that's a sweet deal. brew up a great cup for less. starbucks is just $6.99. and lean cuisine entrees are just 2 dollars each. real big deals this week and every week. only at safeway. ingredients for life. too, so bravo. i think that dress is so breath takingly gorgeous and i thought i can't wait to meet you until i can order one, asap. >> we love gayle. that's gayle making it work on tonight's "project runway." too bad gayle is not here to celebrate our two- before you settle for another ordinary mattress, isn't it time you discovered the sleep number bed? 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