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I dont think the Intelligence Community gets the credit it is due for what is doing day in and day out to keep the nigs secure. The Intelligence Community set to brief donald trump on russian hacking. We have clear evidence over and over that there are people in the Intelligence Committee who have been politically redesigning what they say. Taxpayers may end up paying for Donald Trumps border wall. His Transition Team is considering asking congress to approve the funds. He will probably find a way of wiggling out of this. He said he was going to jail Hillary Clinton. Theres my car. Winter storms are burying parts of the east and west. Those roads will stay treacherous well into the weekend. Hit the gas. In chicago, hate crime charges were filed against four young suspects accused of kidnapping and beating a disabled man. We dont benefit from pretending racism doesnt exist. The fact that these things are surfaced means we can some them. Hey hem in parts of mexico following a 20 spike in gas prices. A skier survive near deadly accident at a colorado ski resort thanks to fastacting heroes. All that, 100 years old, he jumped out of a plane. Wonderful. And all that matters. Good evening my fellow americans. You remember my anger translator luther, the country has voted for a new president. Trump how did this happen man . Dont you understand this is how the hunger games starts. On cbs this morning. Im sure youre aware Inauguration Day is fast approaching. Details are starting to come out regarding the guest list. It was announced this week bill and Hillary Clinton will be attending the trump ichb august ration. Or at least thats what the russian hacker who read her email says. Toyota, lets go places. Welcome to cbs this mornin morning. President elect donald trump will meet facetoface with leaders of intelligence agencies he has challenged for weeks. The directors of the cia, fbi and nsa plus the director of National Intelligence will brief mr. Trump on election related hacki hacking. The president elect has refused to accept their conclusion that russia launched those cyberattacks. Director of National Intelligence told the Senate Arms Services committee that a new investigation makes him even more convinced of russias role. In a statement, clapper and other officials called russia a fullscope cyber actor that poses a major threat to the u. S. Nancy cordes is on national hill. Good morning. Good morning. Lawmakers from both sides will watch closely today to see if mr. Trumps views on rush kra change after that highprofile briefing. Already on capitol hill clapper made it clear he does not appreciate some of mr. Trumps comments about the Intelligence Community, indicating they are already possibly hurting agents morale and reputation. I think theres a difference between skepticism and disparagement. Reporter pressed by lawmakers, the nations top intelligence official weighed in on the president elects claims, that u. S. Intelligence on russia is off base. The russians have a long history of interfering in elections, theirs and other peoples. Reporter clapper says theres no doubt russians were behind the cyber intrusions that roiled the Democratic National committee and the Clinton Campaign. The meddling, he says, didnt stop there. Classical propaganda, disinformation, fake news. Does that continue . Yes. Reporter earlier this week, mr. Trump promoted claims from wikileaks founder Julian Assange that the russians did not give him the info. Yesterday mr. Trump tweeted he doesnt agree with assange. I simply state what he states. It is for the people, he said. No matter whether youre republican or a democrat, there should be howls. Reporter lawmakers from both sides see assange as an enemy of the u. S. Director clapper, how would you describe mr. Assange . I dont think those in the Intelligence Committee have a whole lot of respect for him. Reporter also testifying, director of the nsa Michael Rogers who says mr. Trumps dismissal of the claims could be lower agency morale. Without that confidence, i dont want a situation where someone decides to walk. I dont think thats a good place for us to be. Reporter several senators argued the u. S. Needs to retaliate against russia now. Our nation has no policy and thus no strategy for cyber deterrence. I think what obama did was throw a pebble. Im ready to throw a rock. Reporter earlier this week mr. Trump signaled he might be looking to radically revamp the office of the director of National Intelligence. Yesterday cbs news confirmed he has chosen someone to lead the dni. It is former indiana senator dan coates, longtime senator who served, gayle, on the Intelligence Committee. Thank you very much, nancy. Todays briefing is based on an Intelligence Report prepared for president obama. Officials believe that this leaves no doubt that russia interfered with the president ial election. Jeff beg gas has details on what mr. Trump is expected to hear today. Good morning. Good morning. U. S. Intelligence officials are heading into this afternoons meeting at trump tower united in their belief that the russians med ld in the u. S. Election. A senior Law Enforcement officials tells cbs news simply, russia did this. The question is whether mr. Trump will believe that assessment. U. S. Officials tell cbs news the briefing will stretch back years. Investigators believe Russian Hackers have conducted waves of cyberattacks for about a decade. The briefing will include intercepts between russian officials congratulating each other after Donald Trumps win, allegedly showing the russians were pleased with the outcome of their plan. The report will also show u. S. Intelligence agencies have identified the actors or gobetweens who delivered stolen democratic emails to wikileaks and its founder Julian Assange. Over the last several months mr. Trump has questioned whether the russians were involved, and the credibility of u. S. Intelligence agencies. I just want them to be sure because its a pretty serious charge and i want them to be sure. If you look at the weapons of mass destruction, that was a disaster, and they were wrong. Reporter the criticism is causing a strain in his relationship with the Intelligence Community. We are part of the executive branch that the president will need to rely on. Reporter on thursday cia director john brennan explained how he addressed concerns within his agency about mr. Trumps perceived skepticism. Its the time for cia officers really to strut their stuff, to be able to dmon straight just how good we are, how capable we are, the expertise we have. Reporter also former cia director James Woolsey announced he was no longer a Senior Adviser to the trump Transition Team. He was taken aback by trump considering revamping the countrys intelligence. He down played his role in the Transition Team. I didnt feel i was being misrepresented, but i was not really called upon to go to meetings or participate in work on the transition. One angle that may come up in todays intelligence briefing, whether the russians goal was to explicitly help donald trump. Intelligence sources say proving any motive beyond a reasonable doubt will be difficult. Whether this changes mr. Trumps feelings will be easier to gauge. Obama believes tensions will be reduced when mr. Trump receives his own briefings from his own team. Vice President Joe Biden said its, quote, absolutely mindless, for a president not to have confidence in his intelligence agencies. The idea that you know more than the Intelligence Community knows, its a little like saying, i know more about physics than my professor. I didnt read the book, i just know i know more. With us now, Kellyanne Conway, counselor to president elect trump and his former campaign manager. Good morning. Here you have mr. Clapper saying theres a difference between skepticism or disparagement. Is the president elect questioning the credibility of the intelligence agencies and is that going to lead to a strained relationship and hurt morale . The question people want to know in the end is what the president elect trying to do. Charlie, president elect trump has Great Respect for the Intelligence Community. Were happy the top intelligence officials will be at trump tower to give their own briefing to the president elect. Whats disappointing is having leaks in the media before we actually have a report on the alleged hacking. Its been very confounding to us and certainly to the president elect why this report, if it wasnt prepared until yesterday, why operatives were expelled, why punishment preceded actual conclusions. I would remind us all what happened in yesterdays hearing. Clapper and rogers also admitted this country is way behind the secure f when it comes to Cyber Security. They also made clear that, and we saw an fbi report yesterday to cnn that the fbi asked the dnc to take a look at its server and they were rebuffed. The dnc refused to do that. So thats why they were hacked. One thing i want to say, lets not confuse the two things, the respect for the Intelligence Community and the intelligence and Security Team the president elect assembled for his administration is solid and he works with them daily. Secondly, lets hear whats in the briefing today. Let the president elect see the information. But the president himself just received the report this week. Does his intelligence officials believe that the russians did not hack . Does his intelligence officials believe that . Those advising him, do they believe the russians are not behind the hacking . I have not been in those briefings. The fact of the matter is very simple, we do not want any Foreign Government to interfere in this country and Cyber Security is a very serious issue to this administration. At the same time lets wait until the president elect receives the briefing of the material. He didnt wait to receive the briefing before he expressed doubt about the conclusions. Part of that is because, as you know, maybe not on this tv set, people want a lot of america to see, to believe that russian hacking influenced the election results. Vladimir putin did not discourage Hillary Clinton from competing in wisconsin and michigan. Its unfair and it is unproven and it will be unproven, that what russia did or did not do affected the election results. Lets ask ourselves a very simple question. Why would russia want donald trump to win the presidency here . Donald trump has promised to modernize our nuclear capability. He wants to increase the Defense Budget and he wants more oil and gas exploration. Why would russia want hes said favorable things about Vladimir Putin and also favored what Julian Assange has said. That didnt come from leaks, that came from Donald Trumps tweet. I dont think hes putting one above the other. I think hes saying lets look at all the information together. Thats why we had hearings yesterday on capitol hill. Thats why president obama himself is just receiving this information. I think when people go back to president obamas legacy, theyre not going to look at it as i was a tough guy against Vladimir Putin because i expelled 35 russians operatives in the waning days. Why didnt obama said to president putin, quote, knock it off. Why did donald trump speak out before he got the report on twitter . What hes saying is he cant agree with the rush to judgment thats occurring in the press. This isnt a rush to judgment in the press. This is, in fact, the testimony of intelligence officials to congress yesterday, not a rush by the press. Youre absolutely right. I agree with you. It happened yesterday. Why last week did the president expel these operatives. Why for weeks have the clintons being grasping at anything they can to explain her disastrous loss . Whats necessary to believe that what the intelligence officials believe that the rukss have been hacking, thats a very Serious National Security concern for intelligence people advising the president. Let me repeat. President elect trump and his administration are against any foreign interference from any government. If they find evidence of that, what will they do . Well see. He gets the briefing today. I dont want to do what others have done, which is presuppose a result and a conclusion and then the action. But respect him in this way, hell get the information. Then hell take action. Can i ask you a quick question . I understand now that the president elect is asking congress and taxpayers to pay for the wall, not mexico. Is he going back on a Campaign Promise . No. What we understand is nothings has changed from our perspective. Congress is taking it on themselves to explore different options to pay for the all. Obviously we respect federalism. If congress is trying to find different ways to fund this project that is a top priority of president trump, they should do that. States from carolina to the more than 40 states under winter related advisories or warnings. A state of emergency is declared in alabama and georgia where several inches of snow are expected. If parts of the Sierra Nevada its been snowing nonstop since tuesday. Californias Mammoth Mountain is under up to seven feet of new snow. New yorks snowbelt off lake ontario saw whiteout conditions with more than two feet falling in the area. Katie alexander is outside Buffalo Elementary School where 17 students spent most of the night. Good morning. Reporter good morning. The School District sent out a message last night saying it was only expecting three to six inches and thats why it didnt cancel classes. You can see a lot more than that pounded this area, leaving some students stranded here until just a few hours ago. The lakeeffect snow brought the Great Lakes Region to a grinding halt yesterday as more than two feet fell on parts of western new york. Theres my car. Reporter the storm buried vehicles and left people unable to drive through unplowed streets. Welcome to buffalo. Reporter some were stuck for more than five hours trying to get home. Well, i started at 4 00, but ive got a guy who is going to go ahead of me and help plow me through. Reporter dozens of students stuck in Elementary School for hours after classes end. In orchard park the students finally road out on a school bus about midnight. In west seneca, buses stopped running, forcing parents to come pick up their kids. At allen dale elementary, 17 students stayed until early this morning. Its buffalo weather. Its unpredictable. As long as my kids safety is first at hand, thats all that matters. Reporter several schools in this area are closed today, including all the schools in the west seneca central School District. More snow is expected in the coming days. Thank you very much, katie. The family of a mandatory toured in chicago during a live facebook stream is now speaking out about his ordeal. Relatives say the victim is doing as well as can be expected and they are asking for privacy. Investigators believe that four people attacked him partly because of his race and partly because of his mental disability. Dean reynolds is at chicagos courthouse where the suspects face charges including hate crimes and aggravated kidnapping. Dean, good morning. Reporter good morning. The four suspects will be here at the cook county courthouse later today for a bond hearing. One of them was actually a sometime friend of the victim. Now a word of warning. What youre about to see could be difficult to watch. In a new video of the assault, the young man is forced to drink out of a toilet. The victim who is white is also seen being kicked, choked and cut. All of it streamed live on facebook. The suspects are sisters brittany and taneshia covington and their friends jordan hill and tesfaye cooper. According to police, they were actually texting the victims parents during his roughly fivehour ordeal suggesting a possible extortion attempt. The victims brotherinlaw, david boyd. Trying to stick together as a family. Just happy hes home. Reporter the victims parents reported him missing monday when he failed to return from a sleepover with jordan hill, his former school mate. Police say the victim traveled willingly with hill to chicago, ending up at the sisters apartment on tuesday. The victim tells us he got into a play fight with jordan and itsing lated from there. Two female offenders you can see on video, you can see theyre Smoking Cigars which we presume to be blunts. They then getting a vaeted at him. Thats when they tie him up. He finally escaped when the women left to confront a downstairs neighbor who was threatening to call the police. Now, all four suspects have given statements to investigators admitting their roles in the tormenting and beating of their victim whose relatives say they are overwhelmed by the attention and greatly appreciate all of the support theyve received. Theyve certainly got a lot of support. Thank you very much. Its gratifying to see how everybody is responding to this. The fact that it could be streamed on facebook live, thats very disturbing, the way they were laughing it and caccing about it. It bothers anyone with a heart. Despicable and disgusting. Thank you again, dean. The parents of a journalist killed by isis give their first tv interview. Ahead in a preview of sundays 60 minutes, how they were seaworld is shutting down the killer whale show in san diego this weekend. Why critics say the park makeover doesnt go far enough. Youre watching cbs this farning. Enough. Youre watching cbs this morning. Announcer this portion of cbs this morning sponsored by the announcer this portion of cbs this morning sponsored by the makers of excedrin extra strength. Wow. Wow. That was fast. Orks oymptoms, now moments lost to migraines are moments gained with excedrin. [heartbeat] you have dinner on the table at 6 00 every night. Hey guys, im home of course no one said it had to be cooked. Campbells one dish recipes, designed around one pan and your schedule. 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In morgan hill, folks at the thousand trails rv resort are being told to evacuate today. The facility is prone to flooding because the nearby uvas reservoir is full. Its in the clear when cleanup will be finished after a sewage leak at the San Francisco district attorneys office. The problem forced about 30 employees to work in temporary spaces this week. And it all began tuesday when stingy water started leaking on furniture, files and people. N the next halfhour of cbs this morning, how seaworld is phasing out some animal shows and rebranding itself. Stay with us, traffic and weather in just a moment. ,,, giving people options based on their budget is pretty edgy. Kind of like this look. Im calling it the name your price tool phase. Whatever. Good morning. Happy friday. Its 7 28. Lets enjoy our smooth commute this morning before that rain comes in starting with the bay bridge toll plaza, the maze to downtown will take about 22 minutes. We have some delays there due to two crashes that were blocking lanes both cleared off the roadways but if you are heading into the peninsula heres a live look at your commute looking pretty good. That will be a quick drive 15 minutes between hayward and foster city. And the Altamont Pass still slow from earlier problems. Ill send it to you, roberta. Thanks, roqui. Right now were noticing the increasing clouds and those are all associated with the storm that will be rolling into the bay area from our live hidef Doppler Radar. No rain yet. It is frigid outside 28 degrees santa rosa. Upper 20s in napa and fairfield. Freezing in livermore, fremont and san jose. Redwood city you, too have some frost on the windshield. We have a freeze warning in effect until 9 00 this morning. Later today, temperatures in the 40s and 50s. A stormy weekend, the heaviest rain on sunday. Its not likely to go away on its own. So lets do something about it. Premarin vaginal cream can help. 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Town country just named you one of the top bachelors of 2017. Yes. Thats inexplicable to me. Are you sexier in the town or the country, charlie . Country. Country boy. Country boy. Thats great. Thats a preview of charlies conversation airing with late show host stephen colbert. Between his perch on cbs this morning and late night talk show pbs, this broadcasting legend is one of americas most be loved intellectuals. Natural habitat, new yorks best restaurants. He dines out most nights. Were not surprised. Is that what you call fake news. Definitely not fake news. I guess town country doesnt know about the upcoming wedding. Charlie rose doesnt know about it either. I think thats very cool. Im just disappointed. I know oprah is going to be maid of honor. You will be in the wedding. Part of the wedding party. Thats great, bachelor. Welcome back to cbs this morning. Coming up in this half hour youre in trouble now. Seaworld saik is retiring the iconic killer whale show. Find out what visitors will experience and why critics say the changes dont go far enough. Plus the parents of an american journalist killed by isis give their first tv interview. Stephen sotloffs family opens up about a message from his captors. Lesley stahl is here with a preview. Time to show you this mornings headlines. The Washington Post reports on a hearing over alleged hazing and abuse by marine drill instructors. The allegations involve the recruit center at paris island, south carolina. Recruits testified yesterday that instructors drank on the job and ordered them to do illegal cal thetices in a dekrep id building nicknamed the dunn general. The hill reports on how planned parenthood would lose funding as part of the push to repeep obamacare. Paul ryan says republicans would strip planned parenthood of hundreds of millions in federal funding, all part of a bill to repeal the Affordable Care act. Planned parenthood receives funding for nonabortion Health Services and contraception services. The last jobs report from the Obama Administration came out. Employers in the u. S. Added 156,000 jobs in december, thats in line for the numbers of all of 2016. The Unemployment Rate rose a tiny fraction to 4. 7 . Experts say more people are trying to get job in the improving economy. Usa today says Stanley Black and decker might be wary of Donald Trumps border tax threat. The tool maker said it would bring some manufacturing jobs back to the United States. The announcement came yesterday when it reached a deal to buy the craftsman brand in sears for 90 million. Stanley also said it would build a 35 million factory in the United States. The parents of a journalist killed by isis are speaking out about their sons death in their very first tv interview. Stephen sotloff was the second american killed by the extremist group. He was kidnapped in august 2013 shortly after entering syria. His family spoke to lesley stahl for this sundays 60 minutes. They discussed the last time they spoke to him in the frustration with the u. S. Governments no ransom policy. I am stephen joel sotloff. Im sure you know exactly who i am by now and why im appearing before you. Stephen joel sotloff was beheaded by isis. His execution on september 2nd, 2014, was seen around the world on a video. Did you ever watch it . I have viewed stephens body with his head on his chest. I had to see that because i needed to be sure that that was him. Reporter stephen was born and raised in miami, attended college in israel and became a freelance journalist reporting from war zones where information was scarce. Like yemen, benghazi, libya and syria, where he went in the summer of 2013. Just before he crossed into aleppo, he called his dad. He contacted me and told me not to worry, but if i dont hear from him within four days, that i should get in touch with one of his colleagues. Thats ominous. Reporter he didnt hear from his son, not just for four days, it was four excruciating months. Then finally they got a ransom letter with demands for the government to free all the muslims in u. S. Custody. Then theres a last option. 100 Million Euros will secure liss release. 137 million. What was your reaction . The reaction is how the hell are we going to get this money together. Reporter they thought the u. S. Government would help them. They were bewildered and infuriated when they say they met a stonewall. The u. S. Policy forbidding the paying of ransom. Lesley stahl is with us and joins us at the table. So chilling to hear the parents say they saw his body with his head on top of his body. It cant imagine what that must be like for the parents. It was even horrible to have to ask them. What was the reaction when they found out the u. S. Would not pay for the ransom. Anger naturally. They were told that, if they did raise money, they could be prosecuted, and anyone who gave them money could be prosecuted. They felt they were threatened. They went out to try and raise the money themselves, but, one, they were afraid the government would come after them. Two, how are they going to raise that much money. How has the policy been changed . The government now has a policy of not prosecuting, and they coordinate more with the families, but they still do not pay ran dom as a government. Do most governments pay ransom . A lot of the european the United Kingdom doesnt, but most european governments do. What was so horrible in this situation is that stephen was in a room with all the other western hostages, and watched the others be set free because their governments paid and paid very little. In one case i have a cheat sheet here, i think it was spain only paid 7 million. They were able to negotiate it way down. Then the americans just sat there and watched. Does israel pay ransom . That i dont know. Explain, i think, because the u. S. Has been clear about this, about not paying ran some. And the reason is because they believe, our government believes it would encourage them to take more hostages. Thats the theory. Also that it would Fund Terrorists to bomb and so forth. So theres two parts to the reason. Theres a new study that says that it says terrorists take westerners as targets of opportunity. They dont know if theyre american, dont know if theyre spanish, they dont know if their governments pay ransom or not. So the study says that it refutes this theory, that if you pay ransom, youre fueling the taking of more. Are they totally convinced if the ransom had been paid, that stephen would have been freed . Yes. They believe that, because they watch what happened to the europeans. Thats tough. Very tough. Its chilling and its powerful. These families now, by giving interviews are working to change this policy because they believe it so fervently. Thank you very much, leslie. You can see the full report on sunday on 60 minutes including the assistant to the president for counterterrorism who says some white house officials feel they failed the families of hostages. The controversial killer whale show at seaworld in california will stop this weekend. Even in the rain, the show must go on here at seaworld. But not for much longer, at least not like this. The longrunning orca show is about to come to a close, but the whales arent going anywhere. Find out what seaworld has planned for them coming up on cbs this morning. We invite you to subscribe to our cbs this morning podcast. Get the news of the day, extended interviews and what, gayle . The podcast originals. Find them on itunes and apples podcast app. Well be right back. Befi was active. Gia, i was energetic. Then the chronic, widespread pain drained my energy. 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Reporter brian morrow is Vice President of theme park design. What are we not going to see . The fountains, the style of music, the theatrics from our trainers. Thats all moving away. Reporter but the orcas are staying. This summer seaworld will unveil what it calls a new more natural encounter with a rocky coastline and giant digital screen. The overhaul comes after years of backlash by Animal Rights activists followed by plummeting ticket sales. Outrage grew ploeg the 2013 film black fish. This is a multibillion Dollar Corporation that makes its money through the exploitation of orcas. Is this move by seaworld partly in response to that criticism . Yes. We have to change based on what the guests say they want. Reporter the director says the new show is designed to make the audience feel better, not the animals. The trainers arent safe, the whales arent happy. Theyre still just doing manic circles around a concrete swimming pool. Beautiful. Reporter Lindy Donohue has been a trainer at seaworld for more than 17 years. We have this relationship with these whales and we really, really want to educate people about these animals. Reporter critics are saying this is not a complete change, this is just a facelift. Is it in the same theater it was before . Yes, its in the same space. But the experience and the subject matter and the behaviors and the things youll see the whales doing, thats all changing. Reporter seaworld is also planning on building new rides and attractions. But the company says it remains committed to safely connecting visitors with animals including its 11 killer whales ranging in age from 2 to 52. Theyre not going anywhere. Theyre going to be here for decades to come. Reporter san diego is the first park to begin this transition to the new orca presentation, as they call it. Tilikum lived in orlando, and that park along with san antonio will move to the new format by 2019. Interesting, carter. 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Trumps views on russia change after that highprofile briefing. U. S. Intelligence officials are heading into this, united in their belief that russians meddled in the u. S. Election. He didnt wait to receive the briefing before he expressed doubt about the conclusion. People want a lot of america to believe that russian hacking influenced the election results. Vladimir putin did not discourage Hillary Clinton from competing in wisconsin. The four suspects will appear at the cook county courthouse for a bond hearing. One of them was a sometimes friend of the victim. School districts only expecting about 3 to 6. Thats why they didnt cancel classes. But you can see a lot more than that pound this had area. Former American Idol runnerup bo bice says he was called white boy at popeyes. One of the three young ladies behind the corner says hes alreay got his, that white boy over there. Thats shocking. Thats the only appropriate time to call someone white boy is when you are instructing them to play that funky music. Hey im charlie rose with gayle king and Norah Odonnell. President elect donald trump will receive his first full classified briefing today on Cyber Attacks during the 2016 election. The leaders of cia, fbi, dnis office and nsa are all expected to brief the president elect. For weeks, mr. Trump has openly questioned and mocked the Intelligence Communitys conclusion that russia is behind the hacking. The director of National Intelligence, james clapper, testified about the Cyber Attacks on capitol hill yesterday. Clapper has served both republican and democratic administrations. When asked about russias role in the hacking he said, quote, our assessment now is even more resolute. I dont think that weve ever encountered a more aggressive or direct campaign to interfere with our election process than weve seen in this case. This was a multifaceted campaign. So the hacking was only one part of it, and it also entailed, you know, classical propaganda, disinformation, fake news. Who actually is the benefactor of someone who is about to become commander in chief, trashing the Intelligence Community . I think there is an important distinction here between healthy skepticism, which policy makers to include policy maker number one should always have for intelligence. But i think theres a difference between skepticism and disparagement. President obama was asked about the tension between the president elect and the Intelligence Community. He said this. My hope is that when the president elect receives his own briefings and sees how professional and effective these agencies are that some of those current tensions will be reduced. The president was briefed on the hacking report yesterday. Sources tell cbs news the briefing report the president elect receives today will go back years. Investigators believe russian hacking units have conducted waves of Cyber Attacks for about a decade. The briefing will include intercepts, showing russian officials congratulating themselves after Donald Trumps win, happy that their plan had worked so well. U. S. Officials believe the motive was to hurt Hillary Clintons campaign and mr. Trumps win was an added bonus. President elect Kellyanne Conway told us russia did not affect the election. Its unfair and unproven and it will be unproven that what russia did or did not do affected the election results. Lets ask ourselves a very simple question. Why would russia want donald trump to win the presidency here . Donald trump has promised to modernize our nuclear capability. He wants to increase the Defense Budget and he wants more oil and gas exploration. Why would russia want any of that . David sanger, National Security correspondent for the new york times, is here. Good morning. Good morning, norah. Russia tried to interfere with the election, but to kellyannes point, did they influence the outcome of the election and tip it in Donald Trumps favor . I dont think anybody has shown any evidence that that has happened. One of the interesting things that is going on with the Trump Campaign right now or the trump transition is that they are confusing the fact set of whether the russians came in, what they did with the outcome. Right. And they could easily be in a position, i think and maybe after todays briefing, but maybe not of saying okay, the russians were part of a group that came in, but it still didnt affect the outcome. I think so far theyve conflated those two. Thats the reason i asked that question in that way. The Clinton Campaign spent mormonny georgia and arizona than they spent in wisconsin and michigan. Thats right. If the russians had stayed out, you could have exactly the same result. But that doesnt necessarily mean that the russians didnt try. What do we know about the evidence that the Intelligence Community is going to present to donald trump . This is an unprecedented meeting today. It is and whats interesting is the drama has been added by the fact that the president elect has said from the beginning that he doesnt believe that the russians were involved. And i thought it was interesting that through all of the three of the intel officials who testified yesterday had a pretty solid wall of saying the evidence is fairly clear. I think youll see three different layers. I think youll see the forensic evidence of where this came from. He will probably hear about intercepts, including some of those. He will probably hear about implants, which are what the nsa puts inside the networks of Foreign Countries so that they can see the datea. And if that data has shown up in russia, that would tell you that the russians had to get it somehow. What does this say about how donald trump will work with the Intelligence Community Going Forward . Hes already questioning their capabilities and abilities. Its an interesting question, gayle. I think there are two fundamental things. One, many people in the Intel Community right now feel that their own integrity has been questioned and thats not a great way to start. The second is they wonder whether or not president elect trump wants to hear the fact base first and wants to come to conclusion or whether he has come to a set of conclusions and wants to hear facts that fit them . In fact, they suggested that cia has become politicized, some people around trump have said that. If theres a critique of the Intelligence Community that comes out of this experience, i dont think its that they rush to any conclusions. Its that they move too slowly. We know that the first evidence that theyve gone to the dnc came in the fall of 2015, and yet no one acted on this until april or thereabouts, while the dnc ignored some warnings. And the president said that he didnt hear about anything until early summer. Why is the president elect. The president elect so reluctant to accept what the intelligence agencies are saying . Simply because he hasnt seen it . I assume theyve given him some earlier version. I dont know that for a fact. It may be simply this issue that he believes this is an effort to question the legitimacy of his election. And that certainly is what you hear from the people around him. And i think the question is, can they separate him today from that conclusion and the facts . You know what . It may not have simply been the russians that got in. The dnc was so wide open you can imagine other groups as well. What do you make of reports that the russians were celebrating Donald Trumps victory and Kellyanne Conway telling us today, why would the russians want him to win . For one thing, the russians had a think about Hillary Clinton, going back to their thinking that she messed around in their 2011 elections. The second is its not clear to us from the reporting we did for a piece we were talking about a few weeks ago, whether these intercepts of celebration were celebration that their operation had won or celebration that Hillary Clinton had lost. And those are two different things. Beyond Hillary Clinton, we do know Vladimir Putin has said the relationship is really bad with the United States and it has to do with the Obama Administration, not some future. Right. And maybe mr. Trump believes that this report is getting in the way of his effort to rebuild that relationship. Really interesting. I have a feeling david sanger will be back. Yes. Youre a good talker. Yes, you are. Gives a lot of good information. Thank you. Thank you. Great to be here. Sunday face the nation, former acting cia director mike morell. And mitch mcconnell, Reince Priebus and senator cory booker. A lot going on. Good lineup. Very good lineup. Two major storm systems are taking aim at much of the country. One will bring heavy snow and flooding to the west. The other, snow and freezing temperatures to the southeast. More than 40 states are under winterrelated advisories or warnings. Buffalo, new york, area is being hit with a new blast of lakeeffect snow. Drivers were stuck for hours there. Some students were stranded at their Elementary Schools when their buses got stuck. Thats never good. In parts of the sierra, nevada, its been snowing nonstop since tuesday. Its friday today. Mammoth mountain is under seven feet of new snow. It is friday. As we say, fryyay. Spacewalk under way right now. Its going to go down in the history books. Were, a convicted killer claims hes innocent but faces powerful pushback in his attempt to be freed. Im tracy smith. When is enough punishment enough . Two sisters fight to keep their stepfather in prison, convicted of killing their mother more than 20 years ago. Hes up for parole. The dramatic confrontation, coming up on cbs this morning. Coming up on cbs this morning. Thats me. Then out of nowhere. Crying. Third time that day. I wasnt even sad. First the stroke, now this. So we asked my doctor. He told us about pseudobulbar affect, or pba. Its frequent, uncontrollable crying or laughing that doesnt match how you feel. It can happen with certain neurologic conditions like stroke, dementia, or ms. He prescribed nuedexta, the only fdaapproved treatment for pba. Tell your doctor about medicines you take. Some cant be taken with nuedexta. Nuedexta is not for people with certain heart conditions. Serious side effects may occur. Lifethreatening allergic reactions to quinidine can happen. 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The man who killed their mother when they were children is now up for parole, but they want him to stay in prison. On tomorrows 48 hours tracy smith shows how the two sisters are fighting for justice nearly two decades after their mothers death. I got a nice bite on my fishing pole. I thought i had a fish. When it came to the surface, all i saw was a long black tail and it scared the bejesus out of me. That shocking catch changed everything in the lives of tippy and jeanette in 1992. Pulled from the water in the weighted duffel bag was the body of their mother. When her body was found, it was instant we knew that he did it. He was their stepfather dennis ott, a 41yearold coast guard chief petty officer who had a rocky relationship with their mom. There was one fight. I remember being behind a door. Was frozen in fear. I felt like such a coward. Reporter the sheriff was the leave lede detective on the case back in 1992. She filed a restraining order saying she was afraid of him. That was two days before she went missing. That was a regular flag. There were red flags popping up all over the place. The other was concrete found in the couples backyard which was similar to the concrete found with his wifes body. He was arrested and charged with murder. At trial he was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole. It felt good to know that 12 other people believed us. They knew what we knew, that he did it. But now almost 25 years later, tippy and jeanette will once again come facetoface with their mothers convicted killer at his parole hearing. My mother didnt get a second chance. Why should he. Dennis ott has always maintained his innocence and that could be a Sticking Point at his hearing. While inmates dont have to show remorse to show parole, it might help. Ott spoke with us by phone from salah knows state prison in california. You know what, dennis . It almost seems like it would be easier for certainly jeanette and tippy and certain will i for you if you just admitted it. Its not at that i havent thought about it, but thats not true. I didnt kill her. Im not going to say i did. He deserves to rot and die in prison, plain and simple. He took everything from us, and i want to take everything away from him now. Tracy smith joins us now from los angeles. E. Cy, good morning to you. Your story focuses on what happened after the trial. Why do that . Thats right. So often as you know, 48 hours ends with sentencing but clearly thats not the case for those involved in the case, especially if theres a possibility for parole. The sisters told us they feel like theyre serving a life sentence because they have to relive their mothers murder every time theres a hearing and now theres a hearing about every two years for them. As soon is that recover from one, that i have to prepare for another. What are the chances hell be set free . Theyre actually pretty good. Hes been what they call a model prisoner and hes over 60 years old. Thank you. Getting up early in los angeles, we appreciate that. You can watch tracys full report called cri crime punishment on 48 hours. It airs at 10 00, 9 00 central on cbs. George washington in his farewell address more than 200 years ago. Ahead how those lessons are still relevant today as president obama prepares to give his goodbye speech next week. Youre watching cbs this morning. Do you know how your laxative works . You might be surprised. Stimulant laxatives. Make your body go by forcefully stimulating the nerves in your colon. Miralax is different. It works with the water in your body to hydrate and soften. Unblocking your system naturally. Miralax. Nuits earned in every wash. Earned overnight. And reearned every day. Tide. Americas number one detergent. Our blogs are buzzing about the designer smile. By colgate optic white high impact white toothpaste. 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The friday morning commute has halted for bart riders because of a disabled train at the west oakland bart station. Hundreds of people are crammed on the platform there. In fact, the entire bart system is reporting systemwide delays this morning. Roqui will have more details in just a few minutes. Preparations are under way for all that weekend rain in morgan hill. Folks at the thousand trails rv resort are being told to evacuate today. The facility is prone to flooding because the nearby uvas reservoir is full. N the next halfhour of cbs this morning, president George Washingtons 1796 farewell address and his warnings that ring true today. Stay with us, traffic and weather in just a moment. ,,,,, happy friday its 8 27. Weather bart says use another form of transportation, there is a major problem when bart says that. Lets talk about this major delay here. It started from the west oakland station. Theres a disabled train blocking the tracks there and now, theres a major delay systemwide currently no trains are getting into San Francisco from the east bay. Bart says they are working on it. But otherwise, like they suggest, use an alternate form of transportation. Heres a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. So i guess when bart shuts down like this it is good to have light traffic, right . There we go. Not light traffic heading into the peninsula, thats looking better. To you, roberta. Yes, here we go. Its live hidef Doppler Radar. Not a raindrop in sight right now. We have been noticing increasing clouds though and temperatures check them out its still very cold. 26 degrees in santa rosa. 32 livermore. 32 san jose. Fremont, redwood city, same. Upper 30s around the immediate seashore. 29 degrees in vallejo. We still have that freeze warning. Its in effect for the next 30 minutes. But i have to tell you, i wouldnt be surprised if its extended. Its just still in the 20s and low 30s. Todays high temperatures, about 49 to 53, 54 degrees. A gentle wind 10 to 15. Rain arrives tonight overnight. Periods of rain on saturday. Heavy rain and flooding sunday. ,,,, if youve seen hamilton, you get goosebumps right now. Lin manual and Chris Jackson sang one last time at the George Washington center. Washingtons influential farewell address. I remember hamilton advising him. Yes, yes. Welcome back to cbs this morning. President obama is getting ready to deliver his goodbye to the country next week. Ahead, the daily beast editor in chief is in our green room with his new book. Hello, jon. Hello. Exploring his new impact, impact of washington speech and why president obama may issue a warning. Also in our green room, tony award winner cynthia areno. Washington post reports on the study showing cancer death rate dropping in the United States. Research finds it fell 25 in 2014 since its peak in 1991. That is the equivalent of 2 million fewer deaths. The drop is attributed to reductions in smoking and improvements in Early Detection and treatment. The death rate is 40 higher for men than women. That is because some cancers are more common in men partly because of their higher rates of smoking and alcohol consumption. Wall street journal says the yacht that made waves in caddy shack may have finally surfaced. The real owner wants 125,000 for it. One says the 60footer is junk partly because of mold. Never good in a boat. Others have claimed to own the caddy shack yacht but the boat makers ceo says this is the real deal. Got that going for me, which is nice. What is that . Its a line from caddy shack. Okay, okay. See, the crew knows. Right . The crew knows. As long as the crew got t thats good. Gayle gets nothing and youll like it. Is that from caddy shack . Yeah. What else have you got, norah . Memorized it. Caddy shack. Its a classic. Its a classic. All right. Old donnie. Sorry. Norah is now entertaining the crew. Yeah. All right. In our next installment of other movies that Norah Odonnell knows. President obama cited George Washingtons farewell address in announcing his own goodbye speech. The first president published his remarks in a philadelphia newspaper in 1796. His warnings of a parting friend cautioned americans of a wiles of foreign influence. It is a message repeated in the senate every year. The name of american which belongs to you in your National Capacity must always exhaust pride of patriotism. More than any appalachian derived from local discriminations with slight shades of difference, you have the same religion manners, habits and political principles. You have in a common cause fought and triumphed together, the independence and liberty you possess are the work of joint counsels and joint efforts of common dangers, sufferings and successes. Editor in chief john avalon addresses that in his new book washingtons farewell, Founding Fathers warning, published by simon and shuster, a division of cbs. Thank you for coming. Great to be here, guys. Start that tradition by what washington said, a sense of warning to the country . Absolutely. Farewell tradition was set by washington but theres a deeper tradition, the parting warnings from a friend where president s say, look, im leaving the stage but here is what you need to know. In washingtons case, here are the forces that have destroyed democratic republics before us. Its a warning the president generally encapsulates . Absolutely. And eisenhower famously encapsulates that. Open letter to the american people. Based on the lessons from history in his own life he detailed forces that had destroyed democratic republics before, hyper partisanship, excessive death, foreign wars, foreign influence in our politics, forces we still deal with today. Its remarkably precedented document. Any guess on what obama might say . I wouldnt be surprised if he does include a warning, given the storm clouds on the horizon. Its so interesting. Its in the newspaper 6,088 words, the most important speech you never read because he never delivered it. But still is relevant today on both sides of the aisle people are quoting it. Absolutely. Thats one of the fascinating things. This was the most fails speech in american history, more reprinted than the declaration of independence for the first 150 years of our republic. Johnson quoted it on the importance of education, the fact that we need an enlightened citizenry in Self Government situation. Ronald reagan always talked about the importance of religion and morality to a selfgoverning people. Its a document that can unify the nation, provide a sense of Common Ground and common purpose and god knows we need that right now. What was the influence of Alexander Hamilton . Shout out to linmanuel miranda. He wrote many of the words. First draft was written by james madison. The second draft, really deep draft was written by Alexander Hamilton. George washington got the band back together, band of brothers who did the federalist papers but the ideas were all washington. The words may have been hamiltonss in many, but not all cases. The ideas were washingtons. Madison actually changed their mind because of the influence of washington. They did. Jefferson and madison were at war with washington for much of his term. The end of washingtons second term, he was brittle and thin skinned, frustrated by attacks in the press. He was. And hamilton and jefferson were at war in warring papers at the time. When jefferson became president all of a sudden he became a washingtonian. He came up with the lines of entang maniment many associate with the speech. Often peoples perspectives change and washingtons core warning to the nation, the principles he set out remain relevant today and tend to be adopted by people once they reach the presidency. You include the speech, all 6,088 words in the book. John, congrat. And washington farewell goes on sale tuesday. Actress Cynthia Erivo won a tony a were told to live large, but with Princess Cruises your most extraordinary moments happen when you feel small. When youre completely outnumbered, overshadowed, and outshined. So what if you dared to explore this great big beautiful pond. What if you dared to feel small. Celebrate our princess anniversary sale with Award Winning itineraries. 7 day fares from 799. Visit your travel agent or princess. Com. Princess cruises. Come back new. Do you have chills . Thats british actor and singer Cynthia Erivo, who performed impossible dream at the washington kennedy honors and blew the roof off the place. Fans know her for her role in the color purple the musical. Erivo won the tony award for best leading actress for her role. She and the cast are nominated for a grammy award this year. Were so happy and excited that Cynthia Erivo joins us at the table. You got the magenta and black memo. Congrats to you, cynthia. Thank you. Its your final performance. It is. And your birthday. It is. Full circle. I love this, that your performance and the color purple have been described as, quote, force of nature, incomparable and a triumph. Thank you. What has the role meant to you . To be honest, i always say that this role has change mied lif my life really. I didnt know there was so much gifting in it, whether it be discovering what kind of actress i could be or discovering the depths i could find on stage or just having doors open that i didnt think would be open to me. Its been a wonderful experience to be able to play this crash g character in this role on broadway for the first time. Not only that, the producer of the show, scott sanders, said when you decided you were going to be leaving he said there was no point in continuing the play because you were that good. Many consider her a victim but you see her as a survivor . Yeah, i do. How so . Because on the outside, when you see what shes going through, you automatically assume that she is, you know, weak under whats happening. But actually throughout the whole thing, shes doing the thing that she needs to do in order to survive and live. She never really gives up. She keeps going because she knows theres something to keep going for. She doesnt know whats happened to her sister. She wants to keep the hope alive shes okay so she will do everything she needs to in order to keep that love alive i think she works hard and tirelessly, to be honest. Shes the ultimate survivor. 2015 been a big year. Yes, an amazing year. Ran a marathon. Ran a marathon. Sang for president obama. Yes. Twice. Twice. And did a little bond number, too. Yes, yes. Tell us about the decision to go blond. Such an unusual decision for women of color. You know what i mean. I know what you mean i was always a honey blond i wanted to get to a different color i took the plunge when i met joanna cole, working at cosmo. She, herself, platinum blond. She saw my hair and it was like a honey. She said you should just go blond, go platinum. I thought i will. Its the new year, its a new, you know, experience. Im going to try it. And for some reason, it worked. Do you feel different . With blond hair . Or do people respond differently . They say blonds have more fun. I think people respond slightly differently. I think because its so adventurous to do Something Like this, you automatically, i guess, warm to people. Everybody who has seen you loves that performance. Cynthia, we have Something Special for you. We do. We have someone who has a special message for you. Friend of our show. Cynthia, you have been what is the word . Transcendent on this show. You took what was an extraordinary play and you transcended the moment. And i stand in amazement at what you have been able to do for this musical, for her words, for this art form. And i know that Amazing Things are going to be happening in your life after this. And i just have a heart filled with gratitude to you for what youve brought to the stage with celi. Thank you so much. How did that make you feel . Yeah. I know. You know how oprah feels about you, cynthia. You know that. Yeah. Transcendent. Yeah. But yet you have a whole new chapter coming. Yeah. You have a whole new chapter. This is good. Yeah. Tell me about the tears. Why . Its just a really wonderful thing to hear from someone who you admire so much, that youve done a good job. She feels the same. Somebody who,,,,,,,,, i just want to take a moment to say thank you starting with the people at this table for wishing me a happy birthday. We now want to take a look back at all that matters this week. Have a great weekend. Ten, nine, eight, seven crazy people. A selfie video showing the alleged gunman filming in istanbul is really all the country has to go on. Fell back into this mobile home. Four people were killed. I could see trees in my living room. This whole chamber might feel the same but you can feel the winds of change. I intend to keep this place running at full speed. The plan is to urge democrats to fight the good fight. Well fight him tooth and nail when he attempts to repeal. Why would russia want donald trump to win the presidency . Were still being kept about 100 feet from the home. There are eight people stuck in the house and one is not waking up. A disturbing assault that was livestreamed on facebook. What would make individuals treat someone like that. Mariah carey has her work cut out for her. We cant hear, but i was wanting to charge my phone but i found an outlet. It said m. Carey. No matter where you are, its nice to come home. Speaker paul ryan looked confused when a congressmans son attempted to dab. He grounded his son. But the dab is really like this, you know. But he was you know. Do we have any script . Look at the cram. Tell them what you think. Oh, im sorry. Thats what you do. Frank luntz, new year, new beard. For norah, i wore a plain boring jacket. I dont want boring. I just want matching. I love it. Youre absolutely right look how little you were back then. You see those ears. I know. They have served you well, dev patel. 42. 5 pounds. This is what i learned in the book. I thought i learned every everything about your life. I didnt know you did this. You stood in the mirror and looket at your naked body. By myself. I know. But we do have video. Come on out, rita moreno, with the cake. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you happy birthday to you happy birthday charlie rose hey, youre too cooperative. Watch the hands. He knows what hes doing. If he puts his hands under here, stop him, okay . Happy birthday to you thank you. Thank you, rita. ,,,,,,,, in the mist of morning rush hour right now a major delay for riders. Good morning, its 8 55. Im michelle griego. Were following breaking news out of oakland in the middle of morning rush hour, a major delay for bart riders. This is a live look. The cause of the delay is a disabled train at the west oakland bart station. We have just learned that trains are starting to move now from the east bay to San Francisco again. You can still see people lingering on the platform. But we do know that the entire bart system is still reporting delays. If youre heading out, be sure to plan ahead. This just in. Oakland firefighters are working to put out this house fire right now. This is happening near baker and market streets. This video from chopper 5 shows smoke coming from the roof of the onestory house. No injuries have been reported. And streets in the area are closed off. And heres roberta with the forecast. Thanks, michelle. Lets get to it we are on storm watch here at kpix 5. Todays the day to get outside and just get it done before the storm arrives later tonight. Live hidef Doppler Radar not picking up any kind of rain but we have been noticing increasing clouds and, boy, thick cold. Were now up to 31 in santa rosa dipping down to 27 degrees earlier this morning. Still freezing in fremont, livermore, andrews. Freeze warnings still in effect for the next several minutes including redwood city. 50s and 40s with increasing clouds. Rain tonight, rain showers and wind on saturday but the heaviest rain overnight saturday night through your sunday with a potential of flooding here in the bay area. Roqui with traffic coming up. ,,,,, it is 8 58. Happy friday from bart. Major delays systemwide and well tell you about the traffic. Bay bridge toll plaza those metering lights are back on. The maze to downtown will take about 18 minutes and then expect very slow commute in both directions on the nimitz freeway. West oakland station here, this is where the problem originated. It was a stalled train out there. Its back in service and trains are moving. Wayne hey, baby momma got some money oh laughing jonathan its a trip to Miami Tiffany come on, guys wayne you won a car cheering jonathan ohoh wayne whoo lets get that big deal, baby whoo jonathan its time for lets make a deal. Now heres tvs big dealer, wayne brady wayne welcome to lets make a deal, america. This is wayne brady. I make deals with these people. Who wants to make a deal . Jessica, the nerd, come on, jessica. Everybody else, have a seat for me. Hey, jessica, how are you doing . Good, how are you . Wayne where are you from, nerd . Oklahoma. Wayne nerds rule, up top. Down low. Wayne now what do you do back in oklahoma