Buried the northeast, stranding thousands of straflers. Winter storm warnings, advisory advisories traders would come on and say i have no reason to sell. Guess what, the situation has changed. Regarding the death of philip see more hoffman, preliminary results could be released as soon as today. Found in his manhattan apartment with 70 packets, some which have tested positive for heroin. Quadruple murderer who escaped from a michigan prison is over. Michael David Elliott recaptured in indiana. Governor christie is sticking to his story that he had no prior knowledge of the bridge scandal. Did i have any knowledge of it beforehand . The answer is the same, unequivocally, no. Children 4 and 6 found unconscious in one of the pools on the nor weenlgen brenorweiga. The 4yearold died. Weve got to show everybody exactly what you did. Who is the star here . And they win and all that matters. A store owner 7 million. If the seahawks won, anyone who bought 6,000 worth of furniture would get a complete refund. No stroke from the stress. Thank you, jay leno. Ill do my best to make you proud every single night. Its jay lenos last week and also the wintstart of the winte olympics, two event that is happen every four years. Announcer todays eye opener brought to you by. Lets go places. Welcome to cbs this morning. Good morning, norah. Good morning to you, charlie. We begin again with the weather. Many of you are waking up to a chilly morning in the west. About half the country faces more snow, sleet and freezing rain. This storm could affect 100 million americans in two dozen states over the next 36 hours. That includes much of the northeast, which is still digging out from yesterdays snow storm. Parts of pennsylvania received nearly a foot of snow. Travel is disrupted across the country. Airlines scrapped 2,000 flights yesterday. This morning, more than 500 flights are already canceled. Meteorologist megan glaros of our chicago station, wbbm, looks at the weather. Storms starting in oklahoma, kansas, missouri, spreading to the north and east, impacting st. Louis and chicago, columbus. And moving on off to the east coast, likely meaning a snow storm for hardhit new york, that picked up 8 of snow in a new daily record yesterday. More snow on tap there. We are talking about a storm system impacting 29 states and over 100 Million People. Tons of advisories, watches and warnings for Winter Weather are posted across the central and northeastern part of the country. What we see accumulationwise is as much as six to 12 inches from kansas all the way through illinois, indiana and on off to the east coast. We may see a bit of a rain snow mix and Ice Accumulation down to the south. The west today, southern california, topping out in the mid 60s. Charlie, norah . Governor Chris Christie remains defiant this morning. He says the United States attorney in new jersey sent a subpoena to his office. The procesecutor wants informatn related to the George Washington bridge traffic jam candle. Elaine quijano is here with us and with christies new interview. Elaine, good morning. Good morning to you, charlie and norah. It also marked the first time governor christie directly addressed allegations raise this had weekend by a former ally, that the governor was aware of the lane closures as they were happening. Chris christie said his office would turn over material presented by federal prosecutors. Well comply, cooperate with the u. S. Attorneys inquiry into this. Well comply with any of the documents that theyve requested that are appropriate to turn over as quickly as we uncover them. Reporter christie also said he may have read reports of the gridlock in ft. Lee in september but dismissed them as routine. Theres traffic every day at the George Washington bridge, at the lincoln tunnel, the holland tunnel. I hear those reports on the radio. We all hear about them. Thats not something that rises to the gubernat rochlt. Ial level. Reporter he suggested on friday that christie was not being truthful about what he knew about the bridge scandal. Whats going on now with all this other stuff is just a game of gotcha. You know, when did i first learn about this or that . Well, the fact of the matter is, ive been very clear about this. Before these lanes were closed, i knew nothing about it. I didnt plan it. I didnt authorize it. I didnt approve it. I knew nothing about it. Reporter shortly before the interview, bridget anne kelly, the aide who allegedly ordered the closures asserted her fifth amendment right against self incrimination and refused to produce documents requested by state investigators, joining longtime christie adviser bill stepien who, too, was resisting a subpoena issued to him. Both were fired by christie last month. There may be more firings once an internal investigation completed. I cant wait for them to be finished so i can get the full story here. Governor christie said he wants that investigation completed as quickly as possible but did not give a specific timeframe. Meanwhile the new jersey legislative Committee Investigating the lane closures says it has begun receiving documents from the 20 subpoenas the committee has issued. Charlie and norah . Elaine, thank you. Now to whats being called one of the largest criminal investigations in army history. A Senate Hearing is just getting under way, focusing on alleged fraud in National Guard recruiting. Hundreds of soldiers are under investigation as nancy cordes reports from capitol hill, theyre accused of taking kickbacks. Reporter both enlisted and officers may have played a role in this fraud. And what senators are going to be asking at this hour is how the military could have conceived of a program that was so ripe for abuse in the first place. The fraud started in the army National Guard, in a Program Designed to boost recruitment when the guard was stretched thin and deployed to two wars in 2005. The guard created what it called the recruiting assistance program, offering guard members a bonus of up to 7,500 for every friend they convinced to enlist. It was so badly designed that, frankly, it wouldnt take a lot to figure out that fraud was going to be easy. Reporter missouri senator Claire Mccaskill said official recruiters not eligible for the finders fee would get another member of the guard to officially take credit of the recruitment in exchange for the kickback. The scam was uncovered by an army audit in 2011 that said 1,200 recruiters and more than 2,000. Theres an estimate that the fraud might be as high as 30 million. Reporter one guardsman alone alleg allegedly had 200,000. And now there are 500 criminal investigations taking place across the country. Including in colorado where Christopher Thomas clark is accused of receiving 30,000 to recruit individuals he never met. Luke peelgran made 55,0 55,000 when somebody has an opportunity to commit crimes, especially those individuals working for the federal government. The program was shut down in 2012 but not before it spawned in the army and army reserves. 19 guard members have pled guilty so far in this growing scandal. Norah and charlie . Thanks, nancy. Cruise ship tragedy is under investigation this morning off the coast of North Carolina. Two Young Children on a Norwegian Cruise Line were pulled from a pool unconscious. One died. The other is hospitalized. Manuel bojorquez is at port canaveral, florida, where the ship makes its first stop today. Good morning. Reporter good morning, charlie and norah. The ship is scheduled to arrive here in just about two hours. The boy who survived was air lifted to a hospital. Witnesses say there was no lifeguard on duty on board the norwegian breakaway. This is the second drowning in less than six months on board a major cruise line and it may reignite the debate over whether companies should be required to have a lifeguard on board. Witnesses reported hearing a commotion followed by screams around 11 00 am monday as two young boys were pulled from the pool. They were drowning. There was water in their lungs. Reporter seth terpstrop was on the pool deck. Cpr was begun. They were being resuscitated and water was coming out of their nose and mouths and i couldnt really bear to watch. Reporter by the time the coast guard arrived, the younger boy had been pronounced dead. The older child was air lifted to a hospital in North Carolina and is reportedly in stable condition. In a statement, Norwegian Cruise Line said they were saddened by the tragedy. They went on to say emts responded immediately and quickly administered cpr to both children. But with no lifeguards, some passengers were frustrated by the lack of safety measures. To not have someone on duty doesnt make any sense. Reporter in october 2013, disney became the first and only major Cruise Line Company to employ lifeguards at their pools. The move came six months after an incident on one of their ships, when a 4yearold boy nearly drowned. And just weeks before disneys decision, a 6yearold died after drowning on a carnival cruise. It comes down to money do cruise ships want to invest the money for a Security Force or lifeguard, comprehensive lifeguard service. Reporter cbs news travel editor Peter Greenberg believes it is worth the price. You have a Floating City at sea with six or seven different pools and no lifeguards on duty. People swim at their own risk. Well, look what just happened. Reporter after docking here, the ship is expected to continue on its route, which includes two more stops before returning to port in new york on sunday. Charlie and norah . Manny bojorquez, thank you. The dow is up this morning after openi ining to a new low the year. Dow industrials lost 326 points to close at 15,373. The index is down more than 7 in the past five weeks. Cbs news contributor melody hobson. Good morning. Good morning, charlie. Whats the reason behind the slide . Investors have been spooked by macroEconomic Data. At the same time that the fed is pulling back on its bond buying program. That has them very concerned that this wont be a clean handoff. Yesterdays culprit was a number that came out from the institute for supply management, which gives a measured economic activity. It was a second month in a row that that number was down. And it was basically in line with what weve seen in may of 2013. Additionally, the forwardlooking new order index dropped 13 points, which is the biggest onemonth drop since 1980. So, that has people reeling. Do you think this means were headed for a correction . I would not be surprised if were headed for a correction. I mean, markets do not go straight up. We know that. We had a blowout year last year. So, it wouldnt be surprising, one, if people took profits. Two, the Economic Data has been uneven which is, again, not surprising. And corrections are not necessarily a bad thing. They allow a buying opportunity. They allow some of the frothiness to go out of the market. As i said before, markets do not go straight up. Reviewing the Federal Reserve one more time, a sense of the impact if the tapering continues. Okay. So if the tapering continues, what the fed is telling us and we should hear this loud and clear is that the economy is stabilizing and growing. So its actually a very good economic sign. What i find interesting is that people are so concerned about the tapering. Lets talk about the contrast. What if they stop the tapering and went back in . You think we have volatility now . The market would go crazy because the fed would be telling us things arent good. And the market likes predictability and stability and doesnt like surprises. The market does not like uncertainty. Thats for sure. All right. Melody, good to see you. Thank you so much. Microsoft confirmed changing of the guard, ceo. He replaces the retiring steve baumer. And bill gate sincere stepping down as chairman to become a Technology Adviser for the company. Senate Committee Hearing on the massive credit and debit card breech is getting under way right now. Executives from target and Neiman Marcus will testify. They warned yesterday that the problem is built into americas financial system. Some critics call president obama the most liberal president in history. Bill oreilly of fox news asked about that in an interview last night but the president pointed to one of his gop predecessors. The truth of the matter is when you look at some of my policies in a lot of ways Richard Nixon was more liberal than i was, started the epa. You know, started a whole lot of the regulatory state that has helped make our air and water clean. Thats interesting. Nixon, thats interesting. Well i thought you were going to say fdr. Fdr, johnson. But i tend not to think about these things in terms of liberal and democrat or liberal and conservative. At any given time the question is, what does the country need right now . The president meets today with house democrats. Some of them believe he should be more progressive on issues like trade, energy and the minimum wage. An escaped killer is back in custody this morning, but the governor of michigan is promising an exhaustive rear view into how he got out. Michael david elliot broke out of a facility in ionia, michigan. How the 150mile long manhunt finally ended in indiana. Reporter convicted murderer was captured monday at laporte, indiana. We were able to pull him out from the vehicle and took him to the ground and, um, cuff him up. Reporter the 40yearold suspect escape friday a michigan prison sunday night. Police say he used his bare hands to climb through two fences. Its not every day that a convicted killer escapes prison and makes his or her way to smalltown u. S. A. Reporter reportedly car jacked a red jeep shortly after his escape on sunday, kidnapping the driver. 911. Im being held im hostage to an escaped convict. Reporter police say the woman was able to use her hidden cell phone to call 911 when they stopped for gas in elkhart, india indiana. Is that him . Yes. Hes knocking on the bathroom door saying lets go. I dont want you to talk. Okay . Because i dont want him to hear you talking. Stay on in the bathroom. Okay . Reporter he was able to flee before police arrived. Were going to continue to move this way. Reporter police searched door to door. Schools were locked down and residents were advised to stay indoors after the jeep was discovered abandoned in this parking lot in shipshewana, indiana. He will be shipped back to michigan to face these new charges on top of the life sentences he is already serving. Terrell brown, new york. Four members of a family are dead this morning after their small plane crashed near a ymca outside nashville. Authorities say the Gulfstream Flight from Central Kansas missed its first landing try last night. It was about to make a second attempt. No one on the ground was hurt. Time to show this mornings headlines from around the globe. National journal says lawmakers and their aides took nearly 1,900 free trips last year. That is the biggest number since new rule vbs put in place since the Jack Abramoff scandal. The cost of travel . Nearly 6 million. Times of london looks at whats being called a tidal wave of cancer. Cases will surge by 70 over the next two decades. It calls for a shift in Research Toward prevention. The New York Times says afghan President Hamid karzai had a secret contact with the taliban. Karzai still refusing to sign a longterm security deal with washington. The wall street journal says a Pilot Shortage arrived ahead of schedule. The reasons, mandatory retirement, tougher training to become a pilot and new rules requiring more rest between flights. Forcing cutbacks in flights. Cbs sports says deelts defense deciphered Peyton Mannings calls. He is known for shouting and making gestures before the snap. Seattle quarterback Richard Sherman yes, Richard Sherman, said the seahawks figured out what that meant, forcing some high clouds now streaming across our skies, maybe not too long and were talking about a little rain. But for today, just some high clouds moving through. And a mixture of some sunshine outside. The temperatures are going to stay cool though. Highs only in the low 50s out towards the coastline and mid to upper 50s inside the bay and also the valleys. Looking out over the next couple of days we thicken up the clouds tomorrow afternoon with a chance of rain. Showers expected on thursday. Dry on friday. We could see some more rain over the weekend. Announcer this National Weather report sponsored by kay jewelers. Every kiss begins with kay. This morning, police are hunting for Philip Seymour hoffmans drug dealer. Ahead how the announcer this portion of cbs this morning sponsored by toyota. Lets go places. [ male announcer ] the allnew Toyota Highlander has every amenity. Booooriiiing ah, ah, ah. 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