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of tornadoes. a wild scene through the streets of california. a suspect leading police on an hours' long chase. >> he's not going anywhere. >> a great white shark caught off the huntington beach pier part of an investigation. >> 8-year-old noah young becoming an internet sensation for his moves on the ice. >> he hits it. >> a play that goes down in northwestern history. >> and all that matters. >> have you ever thought you could actually run for president and actually be elected. >> i thought, oh, gee, i don't have the experience, i don't know enough. and now i'm thinking, oh. >> on "cbs this morning." >> think about how easy it would be for her to win over the audience at the debates. she'd be like, that's a very good point, president trump. but on the other hand if you look under your seats, you get a free car, you get a free car, you get a free car. >> this morning's "you opener" is presented by toyota. let's go places. welcome to "cbs this morning." more proof that everybody loves oprah. >> and people love cars, too. >> very much. >> people love cars, too. >> especially free ones. >> especially free cars. >> good morning. charlie rose is off and recovering. anthony mason is here with us. >> hello again. >> great to have you. attorney general jeff sessions is under new pressure to withdraw from an investigation into russian interference with the 2016 election. the justice department confirms that sessions spoke with russia's u.s. ambassador twice last year while he was a u.s. senator and an adviser to the trump campaign. sessions did not reveal those conversations at his confirmation hearing even though he was asked about them. >> and now some congressional democrats are calling for the attorney general to resign. house minority leader nancy pelosi said this: jeff sessions lied under oath and is not fit to serve. jeff pegues is covered the story from the beginning. good morning. >> good morning. as the nation's top law enforcement officer, jeff sessions is in charge of the fbi's investigation into whether trump representatives coordinated with the russians during the campaign. these new revelations are turning up the heat on him to at least step aside. >> well, i have not met with any russians at any time to discuss any political campaign, and those remarks are unbelievable to me and are false, and i don't have any else to say about that. >> reporter: attorney general jeff session whose was a trump representative during the campaign has repeatedly resisted calls to recuse himself from the investigation into russian meddling in the election. >> the truth, the whole truth -- >> reporter: under oath during his confirmation hearings, sessions did not disclose that he met with the russian ambassador twice. >> if there is any evidence that anyone affiliated with the trump campaign communicated with the russian government in the course of this campaign, what will you do? >> senator franken, i'm not aware of any of those activities. i have been called a surrogate at a time or two in that campaign, and i did not have communications with the russians, and i'm unable to comment on it. >> but in september, sessions met in his office with russian ambassador sergei kislyak just as federal investigators were planning to blame russia for campaign cyberattacks. in july sessions saw kislyak at an event during the republican national convention. a spokesperson at the department of justice noticed as a member of the armed services committee last year, the senator had over 25 conversations with foreign ambassadors. it is not uncommon for members of that senate committee to meet with ambassadors. the democrats say sessions' failure to come clean during his confirmation is disqualifying. >> it sounds like he did not tell the truth. and a lie is a lie is a lie, period. and so some kind of way we've got to come to grips with that. >> reporter: former national security adviser mike flynn was fired last month after he misled the vice president about his contacts with the russian ambassador. a white house official says calls for sessions to recuse himself are just a partisan attack from democrats. >> jeff pegues, thanks. the trump administration strongly denies any campaign connections with russia, but there are new signs it's preparing for a political fight on the issue. margaret brennan is at the white house with new information. margaret, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. white house lawyers told president trump's aides this week to preserve e-mails and other materials relevant to on going probes into russian contacts with trump associates. a senior administration official down played the significance of the order telling me that the white house is simply taking proactive steps and called the accusations, quote, false and politically motivated attacks. these instructions come as the senate intelligence committee also asked all u.s. agencies to keep all materials between trump aides and russian officials. president trump has said he has no knowledge of contacts between russia and his team. but cbs news has confirmed that fbi counterintelligence is investigating. >> all right, margaret, thank you so much. republicans in congress are still working on their plan to repeal and replace the affordable care act. in a speech tuesday president trump spelled out a series of tax credit to help americans buy insurance. nancy cordes is on capitol hill where the president's comments are causing a feud inside the gop. nancy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. republican leaders have begun trying to sell this plan to their gop members which is a challenging task because they're still missing key figures and details. they're hashing all this out behind closed doors as they try to tramp down a rebellion from their own right flank. senators who were briefed on the new health care plan last night were instructed not to say much about what's in it. >> the details will matter. it's in many ways a promising start. >> reporter: here is what we do know. a draft of the plan replaces obamacare's low income tax credits and subsidies with more modest tax credits that go to everywhere. an analysis from the kaiser family foundation found that a 40-year-old making $20,000 a year would see his tax credit drop from an average of $4100 under obamacare to $3,000 under the gop plan. >> lower income people and people older would get less help whereas younger people and wealthier people would be better off. >> reporter: like obamacare, the republican plan would make those tax credits refundable meaning low income americans get the money even if they pay little or no taxes. some on the right say that's a handout and they're threatening to vote no. >> i think it's going to prove to be a bridge too far for a lot of people. >> reporter: in those closed door meetings gop leaders are arguing that any other approach would result in millions of people losing the ability to afford insurance, and republicans getting the blame. >> it's not going to be perfect, but this is our one chance to keep our promise to our supporters to whom we made the promise that we'd repeal and replace obamacare. >> reporter: another big sticking point is what to do about obamacare's huge expansion of medicaid which now covers 11 million more people than it did before. some republicans say that is a vital safety net that needs to be retained. others say it's too expensive and needs to be scaled back. norah, if they can't find consensus on this, the entire bill could be in trouble. >> very important point nancy. thank you so much. dan senior was a senior adviser to the romney campaign in 2012. he joins us from washington. good morning, dan. >> good morning, norah. >> a spokesperson for the department of justice says sessions last year had conversations with 25 different foreign ambassadors in his job as a senator on the armed services committee. why does this conversation with the russian ambassador matter? >> well, it matters because there continues to be this web of questions about connections, conversations, potential coordination as it is alleged between the trump campaign and the russian government. you're right. any u.s. senator -- i worked for a u.s. senator who didn't serve on the armed services committee and didn't serve on the foreign relations committee and in any year he was meeting with tens of ambassadors. these are typical pro forma meetings, not a lot of substance discussed. just kind of box checking. i think that the trump administration has to get to the bottom of how they're going to explain all this communication between the trump campaign and the russian government during the course of the campaign. i do not think it's as big a deal as others do. but as it relates to attorney general sessions, to lie to congress, you have to willfully know that you are actually misleading congress, and the material you're discussing has to be material, has to be extremely relevant to the focus of any kind of investigation. in this case i actually think then senator sessions had no idea that meeting with one ambassador over another was materially significant. it appears that he just -- there's no way for him to have known this was in the context, his meeting was in the context of questions swirling about around any kind of investigation about the campaign's connections to the government. >> dan, there's pressure even in some cases coming from the right on this. richard painter, the former white house ethics lawyer for bush said misleading the senate and sworn testimony is a good way to go to jail. how does the trump administration respond to this situation with sessions at this point? >> i think you've got to break this into -- packages into two different tracks. one track is should he resign? based on what i know so far, it looks ludicrous he should resign. i think democrats calling for resignation is overreaching. the other question which i think is going to become the focus of a serious debate is whether or not he should recuse himself from anything related to an investigation about russia. he may be under pressure from that. i think some republicans -- >> what's the threshold for that, dan? >> it's quite ambiguous. it really is. it's whether or not they believe they can raise serious doubts about his ability to oversee an investigative body that will be dealing with these allegations by the campaign's ties to russia. let me make one other quick point here. one of the challenges here is there's complete opacity about who all these representatives were from the russian government apparently operating on behalf of putin or associates of putin. you all covered the trump campaign. there's confusion over who the representatives were of the trump campaign. who was actually speaking to whom is something we don't know yet. >> dan senor, thanks so much. in our next half hour we'll talk to anthony fox about president trump's trillion dollar infrastructure program, part of our series "issues that matter." the dow jones industrial average opened above 21,000 for the nirs time this morning. but the blue-chip average lost ground just after the opening bell. here is a live look at trading going on right this minute t. dow gained 303 points to close at 21,115. investigators are very optimistic about the improving economy and business friendly policies promised by president trump. recovery efforts are under way this morning after deadly storms swept across the nation's midsection. drone video shows the devastation in one illinois community. the violent weather is blamed for at least five deaths. at least 27 tornadoes were reported from the south to the midwest. more than 100 homes have been destroyed. mark strassmann is in chattanooga, tennessee, where the storms left a trail of damage. mark, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. on streets like this the storm system that barreled through here was quick but crushing. that tree fell on top of that house, right into the living room. here is the good news, the woman who was home wasn't hurt at all. up and down the tennessee valley, they face quite a cleanup. >> reporter: the storm stretched hundreds of miles whipping through the south and parts of the east coast. hail slammed alabama, heavy rains flooded parts of ohio. strong winds blew the roof off this car dealership in north carolina and toppled trees in tennessee crushing this mobile home and injuring a young boy inside. parts of the midwest are still cleaning up after the storm system roared throughhe area tuesday night. more than 100 homes in perryville, missouri, were damaged with many destroyed. community was on the ground for up to 15 miles. from above, you can see the scope of the damage in ottawa, illinois, about 80 miles outside of chicago. in the small nearby village, dozens of hopes were also damaged, some leveled. >> all the windows are busted % out, there's debris everywhere in the house. the only room that didn't get touched, by the grace of god, my room and my daughter's room. the rest of them are -- sorry. >> reporter: tornadoes packed winds of 155 miles an hour. one person was killed by a fallen tree limb, more than a dozen others were injured. illinois governor bruce runner toured the devastation on wednesday. >> this could have been much, much worse. now we tke sure we help the community recover quickly. we'll have the state resources here to help with the cleanup. >> reporter: recovery will come slowly. that side of the street has power. this side of the street is still dark. the white house is talking to state and local officials about getting help to everyone who needs it. >> they need a lot of help. mark, thank you so much. the vatican faces new fallout this morning over the clergy sex abuse scandal. a founding member of a commission set up three years ago to protect minors from abuse in the catholic church has now quit. she accuses the vatican of stonewalling. seth doane is in rome outside vatican city with how the controversy is putting a harsh light on church insiders. >> reporter: this is a very public blow to the vatican. at the core, a woman who was a victim of church sex abuse who says there's a cultural resistance to change at the vatic vatican. >> it was better for me to come out and speak about it. these men, they thrive on silence and coverup. >> reporter: mary collins who was sexually abused by a priest as a teenager tired of what she called constant setbacks in her work on a panel set up by pope francis to protect minors from sex abuse. we spoke with her this morning at her home in dublin, ireland. >> to find there's still a group of men in this level in the church who do not see child protection as a priority, that do not get it in 2017 is just unacceptable. >> reporter: in her resignation letter, collins wrote she believes the pope is sincere in is efforts, but the resistance by some members of the vat ka curia has been shameful. >> sometimes i think the pope does make mistakes, he's badly advised. you're dependent in that position on advice from those around you. >> reporter: monsignor anthony fig raid dough is a cbs consulant. >> they'll hear the catholic church is still not serious about dealing with this issue of sex abuse. >> very, very serious. perhaps more than any other organization in the world, the catholic church has taken this on board. >> reporter: boston cardinal sean o'malley who heads the commission said in a statement, we will certainly listen carefully to all that mary wishes to share with us about her concerns. the only other sex abuse victim on the panel, peter saunders was critical of it and forced out last year. recently the pope has been criticized for being too lenient on at least one pedophile priest. instead of defrocking him, he was removed from public ministry and, norah, sentenced to a lifetime of prayer. >> questions remain. seth doane in roam, thank you. a big catch in california leads to a 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"the wall street journal" reports that snap, the parjt company of snapchat has a market value of nearly $24 billion after the pricing of its initial public offerings. snap shares fetched $17 each. that's higher than expected. they'll start trading today. snap is the biggest tech ipo sinceally baba raised $25 billion in 2014. president trump's speech to congress had significant input from at least one influential adviser inside his family. ivanka trump and her husband white house adviser jared kushner traveled to capitol hill with the president on tuesday night. they listened while he apparently read over his speech in the car and with ivanka trump watching from the first lady's box, the president talked about policies his oldest daughter has champion. jan crawford is at the white house. good morning. >> good morning. they say president trump's softer inclusive tone came from the heart but some of those proposals were shaped by his daughter ivanka and son-in-law jared kushner. the president didn't mention his daughter by name. ivanka trump's influence was hard to miss. >> my administration wants to work with members of both parties to make child care accessible. >> in emphasizing issues like health care tax credits and women's health, he embraced positions his daughter has long fought for. >> he will focus on making child health care affordable and accessible for all. >> in a conversation on sunday kellyanne conway said she's the voice of the speech. >> she for many, many years has been able to capture the cultural vie kieft of what people are feeling. to be able to channel that in a way that's uplifting and aspirational is exciting. >> the president has routinely had his daughter by his side. she helped facilitate a new partnership with canada to promote women and entrepreneurs. >> ivanka is very much involved in this and i very much appreciate your being involved in it. >> ivanka also accompanied her father to pay respects to fallen navy s.e.a.l. ryan owens. >> ryan laid down his life for his friends and his kun. >> she coveted owens' widow during her father's most emotional address. and last week when some say the president trump was slow to respond to threats ivanka tweeted this, calling for protection of houses of worship. on tuesday her father started his speech with a message of tolerant. >> we're a country that stands united in condemning hate and evil in all of its very ugly forums. >> now, ivanka trump has no formal role in the white house but she often participates in eventses to help promote her father's agenda and they think she's uniquely positioned to help reach across the aisle to democrats. norah? >> all right, jan. there's no doubt she's got an influential role inside the white house. >> a lot of people like to hear what she has to say and like to see her out there. >> and we spoke with kellyanne conway at the white house and at home with her family. you'll see the full interview on "cbs sunday morning". a man has been freed from the detention center. one was released yesterday on $3,000 bond. immigration ajejtss took him into custody last month. his detention led to an outcry from resident and elected officials in west frankfort. anna werner is he's an important member of the community. the question is will he be allowed to stay. the community the west frankfort raised money to bring their friend home in style to his family. after nearly three weeks in detention. >> how are you doing? >> pretty good. >> reporter: he's an undocumented immigrant they claim as one of their own. won carlos fernandez pe chenco. >> first i need to be thankful. >> why? >> because of all the support. >> his friend. >> we've known carlos for more than ten years. >> he's one in a million. if you were going to model someone off of your own children or yourself, he's that type of person. >> reporter: hernandez has lived in southern illinois for nearly 20 years. on february 9th, immigration officers arrested him at his home. they were looking for someone else, but found he was here illegally. >> did you ask him why? 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>> i do not think it's as big a deal as others do. >> i think then senator sessions had no idea meeting with one ambassador or another was materially significant. >> the intelligence committee asked agencies to keep all materials regarding contact between trump aids and russian officials. >> they are beginning to sell the plan as they try to tamp down rebellion from their own right flank. >> president trump's softer tone came from the heart, but some of the proposals were shaped by his advisers like daughter ivanka and son-in-law. >> it really seemed like a different donald trump giving an address to congress. it's getting good reviews. the washington post called it surprisingly presidential. >> it's an article that the president behaved like a president! extra, extra! president goes whole 60 minutes without trashing anyone! world in shock! >> i'm gayle king. charlie's off, but i have news to report, he was honored last night. i was there. the buzz in the room was, look how good he looks. charlie, you're up and about, and he goes, well, yes, where else would i be? everybody's glad to see him, looks fantastic. here's talking about coming back soon. we like that. attorney general jeff sessions says allegations he hid from ambassador is false, and the trump adviser was asked how he'd handle an investigation between the russian government and campaign officials. >> if there is any evidence that anyone affiliated with the trump campaign communicated with the russian government in the course of this campaign, what will you do? >> senator franken, i'm not aware of any of those activities. i've been called a surrogate a time or two in that campaign, and i did not have communications with the russians, and i'm unable to comment on it. >> sessions did not mention he spoke to russia's u.s. ambassador twice last year. the justice department said that meeting was routine for the senate armed committee members. he met with 25 ambassadors in 2016. several top democrats want sessions to resign or rescue himself from the fbi investigation of russia's campaign meddling. some republicans are joining the call, and sessions responded this morning. >> i have not met with any russians at any time to discuss any political campaign, and those remarks are unbelievable to me, and are false. i don't have anything else to say about that. i said whenever it's appropriate, i'll rescue myself, no doubt about that. >> white house official said partisan democrats are driving the allegations. we continue issues that matter series this morning with a closer look at a critical topic president trump highlighted during his address to congress. america's crumbling infrastructure. the american society of civil engineers gives the country's infrastructure a d-plus grade in its most recent report card. i got one or two of those. mom doesn't like those. >> nope. >> bridges, roads, and public transportation systems received no better than a c-plus. >> president trump had a plan to improve those grades. >> launch our national rebuilding, i'll be asking congress to approve legislation that produces a $1 trillion investment in infrastructure of the united states, financed through both public and private capital, creating millions of new jobs. >> anthony was the secretary of transportation under president obama, and before that, mayor of charlotte, north carolina, improved the transportation system and airports. secretary foxx, good morning. welcome to the table. the grade in 2013 was a d-plus, and before that, a d in 2009. it's gone up a little bit. anthony's mom points out, a d-plus is never good. how do we get to that point? what's happening in this country? >> think about buying a house. you pay the mortgage on the house, we basically didn't put in enough money to cover the maintenance of the house. the roof starts leaking. over time, it's getting worse and worse. that's what happened. the gas tax revenues used to build the highway system started to decline, and there's not enough money to cover all the backlog. >> why didn't we put in the money to prepare the house? we build other things and not fix existing things. >> the last time the gas tax was increased was in the 1990s, increase of 18.4 cents. that's no longer worth what it was worth back in the early 1990s, and, again, that's part of the problem. >> drivers don't like seeing gas tax increase. the president called for a trillion dollars. is that enough? will that do the job? >> i listened closely to the president's words, and, by the way, i think it is a good thing for the president of the united states to say this is a problem that needs to be addressed. >> uh-huh. >> i also do think, however, that when you read the fine print, what he's talking about is basically a set of tax credits that generate about $137 billion in tax credits that he believes will produce a trillion dollars of investment. i happen to think it's probably the case that some projects will get done under that kind of thing, but probably not all the projects generating the teeth grinding traffic in the country. >> where should those infrastructure dollars be spent first? is it roads? bridges? highways? >> i think the money needs to be spent on where the clogs are the greatest, where the traffic and congestion is the most. we have to be more data driven in how we do that. a lot of times we spread money in transportation like peanut butter across the country, but the reality is if we declog the system and people actually see improvement, it generates more political support for greater investments down the road. >> don't spread evenly, go directly to certain places where it's most needed. >> go where the problems are. start to build around them. >> president trump also -- >> i keep thinking about we get to talk to so many smart important people in government like yourself, and, you know, one of the things, it takes a crisis in order to propel the government to act. when is there going -- is it going to have to take a bridge collapsing before congress decides to move forward on this? >> well, you know, the unfortunate thing is we have had bridge collapses. in minneapolis. >> in connecticut years ago. >> in connecticut. we've had the crisis. congress did pass a five-year surface transportation bill back in 2015. it continues, the historic under investment of frinfrastructure, but it takes leadership from the white house. congress is behind him, hopefully, to get it done. >> you mentioned the public-private partnership aspect of this, real contention to me in congress here. what's the difference between a publicly funded bill and one that has private tax credits? >> we are talking the difference between a funded project in a traditional sense or project that spends off capital that can be used to pay back the private sector money. the public, by the way, i think has a lot to say about this. when you talk about it at the federal level, you have to remember the federal government doesn't really build projects. the federal government funds projects at the state and local level. >> right. >> you have governors and mayors on the front lines getting political support for private financing. >> president trump said his plan would create millions of jobs, and people say, it creates jobs, but they are not sustainable. it would only be short term. what do you think of that? is that the case? >> well, look, i think when you make an infrastructure investment, if it's right, it generates immediate jobs in the construction, but it also provides a catalyst for additional jobs if it's a plant that's coming in or what have you, so a lot of those decisions are made at the local and state level, and you need smart investments in transportation in order to get those second and thirds order benefits. >> i think it makes sense. there's bipartisan support for reinvesting in our infrastructure, right? >> absolutely. >> just how to pay for it. >> nobody wants collapsing bridges on either side. >> secretary foxx, thank you. >> good seeing you. >> president trump's two predecessors make headlines. george w. bush yesterday warned what can happen when the u.s. fails to take the lead on big international issues. >> vacuums can be created when u.s. presence recedes, and that vacuum is generally filled with people who don't share the same ideology or the same sense of human rights and human dignity and freedom that we do, and, you know, there's an isolationist tendency in this country, and i argue that's dangerous to our national security and doesn't befit the character of the country. >> the former president also said that the country has will be through divisive times before and is optimistic about the future. barack obama may be done resting after eight years in office according to "politico." the former president is, quote, ready to roll on a democratic party effort to improve its chances in local and state races. holder is leading that movement and said mr. obama, quote, will be a more visible part of the effort. >> the other day, there was a video of him leaving starbucks, cheers and applause. we'll see, seems to be enjoying life after the white house so far. new rules designed to protect your privacy on the internet are delayed by government regulators, and whether consumers can still protect themselves from internet service providers who want to sell your personal information, but,,,,, a california startup says it a california startup found a way to cut waste by making fruits and vegetables last longer. ahead, the organic product said to extend shelf life by up to five times. isn't that interesting? 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what do they have? >> they have everything. at&t, verizon, comcast, they know what sites you're on. because you're connecting with your cell phone, they know exactly where you are. they know what room i'm in. they know everything i browse in the green room. they know everything i browse with on the internet. what the fcc has done in previous regulations say if the broad band companies are going to sell information, they're going to sell health information, information about your kids, they need to ask you. that was going to go into effect today. that was strong privacy protection. the new fcc says, nah. >> why, nick, why? >> well, their argument would be we need consistent privacy regulations across the network. we should not regulate at&t, verizon, and comcast differently from google and facebook. >> and they can sell your information. >> they can. they have weak privacy regulations governed by the ftc. they have to have strong regulations gorged by the fcc. some may say why don't we have strong regulations everywhere instead of getting rid of the one place they're wrong, the other reason is the fc has worked very closely with the telecom companies. they have seen it not as the people but the broadband company. it appears as though that may be the problem with the new fcc. >> do you think people realize how invasive the information -- do you think they know how invasive the companies are in getting our information and why should we care about the information that they get? >> that's interesting. i think people have no idea the depth of the information these companies have. they have everything and our whole lives are online. if something feels wrong in our bodies, we type it in to google. the companies have that. the second part of the question, are bad things going toap if they have it? well, we've had weak privacy regulations for a long time and the sky hasn't fallen. nothing terribly invasive has been done to me. there is an argument made that it's more or less okay. >> why do they want the information? >> they want to sell it. if they know i've been looking for headaches and they know i've just bought a plane ticket or bus tikts to providence, they'r >> i've been searching for jumpsuits lately and now i get things. >> they come to you. >> they just show up. >> should i be concerned about this? >> i think you should be concerned. i thought we finally made a good step to protect people's privacy. i think fundamentally, the information what you type and to online is your information and if a company wants to sell it, they should ask you for it and they should pay you for it. >> yes. >> that is what would have happened had these regulations gone into effect. the broadband companies would say, we'll give you a few extra dollars if you let us sell your privacy information and you could have agreed or not agreed. now we've gotten rid of one of the best steps. >> here's the statement. the fcc handles internet. they say we believe the best way to protect is through a comprehensive and consistent framework. >> sure. yes, i would like a comprehensive and consistent strong framework. we're heading toward a comprehensive and consistent weak framework. >> always nice to have you here. the casino tycoon steve wynn is in the green room. he shows how he shared voting to fund-raising. how did that half. first a surprise ups employees delivered to a co-worker who walked miles to get to work. this is a good one. you're watching "cbs this morning." we'll be right back. the abuse. the mistreatment. the humiliation. it's time to treat them better. introducing tide pods plus downy. treat all your clothes better with tide pods plus downy. if it's gotta be clean, it's gotta be tide. don't ever let anyone tell you you can't change. that is what life is. change. it's not some magic trick. it's your will. your thoughts become your words become your actions become your reality. change is your destiny. now go chase it. only abreva can heal it in as few as two and a half days when used at the first sign. it penetrates deep and starts to work immediately to block the virus and protect healthy cells.. don't tough it out, knock it out, fast. abreva. meeting to discuss how it will pay for a modernization project - with federal money no longer a good morning, it's 8:25. i'm kenny choi. today, caltrain holds a board meeting to discuss how it will pay for a modernization project with federal money no longer a safe bet. the funding was pulled at the urging of california's republican congressional delegation. officials are investigating the cause of a fire that broke out at the south san francisco apartment complex on olive avenue yesterday. the blaze displaced 14 people. stick around; we'll have traffic and w eather in just a moment. ,, imagine if the things you bought every day earned you miles to get to the places you really want to go. with the united mileageplus explorer card, you'll get a free checked bag, 2 united club passes... priority boarding... and 50,000 bonus miles. everything you need an unfgettable vacation. the united mileageplus explorer card. imagine where it will take you. - gr"wow" means you savehome of50% or more.gs. there are three stages of wow: denial... - is this price right? 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"the new york times" reports scientists may have discovered the world's oldest fossils. they were found in ancient rocks in northern quebec. the bacteria looks like tiny tombs. scientists say those bacteria may have lived more than 4 billion years ago. wild african elephants sleep just two hours a night on average. skrierch activities tracked two elephants in botswana using active watches, similar to devices used by humans. they were attached to their trunks. when their truongs don't move, the elephants are asleep. no animal sleeps less than an elephant. >> maybe i'm an elephant. the "washington post" report as new lego set will celebrate the women of nasa. it honors the women's contributions to the space agency. it will include sally ride, the first american woman in space and the mathematician. the final design is still under development but i say good for you, legos. i love it. >> that's a buy. first class will board first and those in economy who don't havel but significant thumb blot. lay pew is just realizing he has these feelings. >> after all these years. steve wynn is best known for revitalizing the las vegas strip in the '80s and '90s. he now has the highest rated report in the world. it brought in nearly $4.5 billion with a "b" in net revenue last year. now wynn has taken on a new role as the republican chair of the finance committee. mr. wynn joins us at the table. >> i thought we were going to explore our sexuality. >> are you confused, mr. wynn? >> i'm prepared. >> congratulationsle. when people think about you, they think of you and success and think of you and mr. trump. back in the day he call you a scumbag and you said he's all hat and no cattle. did you decide to to put that all aside? >> that was a long time ago back when dogs could talk and both of us are too old to have enemies. >> how did you come together? >> i watched donald trump risk everything in his personal life to go on this journey, and the most incredible, incredible chain of events that led to us having unified government and a president with the courage, with the courage, the unshakeable courage to do the right thing by i think most of us privately democratic republicans needed to fix things in america very badly. look, the only chance for anybody's life to be improved is the demand for labor. >> you did not support him in the primaries. >> what i did, what i did candidly. when the debate concerned china and things like that and was rather unfocused in general, i'm in business in china, i have great respect for the government there. and i have 20,000 employees or more there. and i wanted to stay out of the line of fire until a discussion about the people's republic of china was more focused. and basically as a businessman i didn't want to -- i didn't want to get confused in my -- in my public opinion when donald was campaigning. and there's quite a bit of difference between, as you can see, the president has taken a rather clear view about one china. >> being the candidate and now being president. >> yes. and during those days, you can imagine if you're a businessman, you'd tend to tray and protect your employees whether it was in china or the united states. >> so you are such a successful casino magnet, and now you're going to be finance chairman. what have you learned about are rnc finances? >> i tell you what i wish. i wish they never called me a nag net. >> why? >> i don't know. something about it. i'd like to be known as a guy who designs a building and is close to his employee. the rating, incidentally, wasn't about money. it was about quality and service. but enough about the company. look. there are a lot of us that believe it was sort of the dark winter for the past eight years in terms of the private sector and job creation. and the truth. a lot of people who want to have the courage and have the gumption to get out and try and improve their own lives, and when people get out and try to start a business or improve their own lives, they take their neighbors with them. well, once again, it's springtime in america and things are going to grow. this country has always been an ocean of opportunity. now i think we can get people to believe, come on in, the water's fine. >> why are you so convinced of that growth? what do you see? >> because i know what stops it, and i know what was going on for eight years. and when i say i know what was going on for eight years, i'm unequivocal. i'm on "cbs morning news," and i want you to know without a doubt -- >> is this relamted to regulation? >> absolutely. hundreds a week. if we had the time in these quick segments to review some of the ridiculous foolishness that was done from washington -- agencies always had a chance to everybody wants to show they did a good job regulating a jd they need more people so they can get promoted. if the judiciary automatically stamps whatever the executive branch and the agency -- we've got 465 agencies, 2,650,000 employees, if the courts just stamped the agencies, we've only got two branchs of government, the executive and the legislature. you need the courts and you need to get rid of these regulations so that people have the confidence to go and try. listen. it's all about attitude. if you think you can, you will. if you think you can't, you won't. in either case, you're probably right. >> you think it cycles business. >> and this administration has turned the attitude of america into a can-do attitude. that is the most significant thing. i'm 75 years old now. i didn't think this was possible. >> are you surprised, steve, that donald trump is in the white house as someone who knows him? >> listen. i've watched this campaign as you did, gayle, and who the hell knew what was going to happen next. it was a stunning and confusing at times campaign. what we have now, and i think it's clear, the trump i know and the trump you know privately is the guy who was on television in front of congress the other night. >> who's the other guy. >> who was the other guy? >> somebody who was in a battle in probably the most ruthless environmental of all, the campaign. >> you even been on the receiving end of that. when he did that, what did you think? >> it was business. >> it was business. >> it was business, sure. and then you go to dinner. you know, really and truly, we mustn't pay all that much attention to certain things. let's talk about what we do. >> now he's president, steve. >> that's right. and so let's take a look at the decisions. rex tillerson? oh, boy. ran over 100,000 employees in 100 countries. there's an old thing about how did jesus walk on water? he knew where the rocks were. rex tillerson knows where the rocks are. jim mattis ran the marine corps, a great maeritocracy where you can get fire and get promoted. here's a great intellectual. one of my board directors was chief of naval operations, jeh johnson. jeh knows james mattis. he said, steve, james is one of the most respectable intellectuals, greatest soldiers i've ever met. boy, is trump lucky to have him. >> are you worried about people taking your phone calls? >> you think my friends won't take my calls? you know, gayle, you might be right about that. raising money isn't so much the core of what i'm doing as reminding everybody, young people and old people, that this is a chance to preserve and protect the things in america that have made america great in the first place. we've been in a little bit of a rut, an emotional rut, and we need to break out and know that everything is in reach again. and i think it's going to happen. we've been worrying about robots and losing jobs. what we for get so often is the innate drive of american people to make a better life for themselves is almost unstoppable. look. i have lousy eyesight as you guys know, but i'm never afraid to grab someone's hand and tell them to take me where i want to go. and you know something? when we get there, everybody loves being along for the trip. that's a sort of a metaphor for everybody that wants to make a better life for themselves. what is the role of government anyway, norah? >> thank you, steve. we're out of time because we just have two short hours on this program, but thank you so much. >> life in a short six. >> we're so glad you're here. thank you so much. >> you're welcome. >> great to have you here. a scientific breakthrough could help shriveled produce out of your refrigerator. these two bunches of grapes are the same age. these you can toss out. these you can still eat. we're going to introduce you to a new product that can keep you, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, food," we're exploring the way food is produced, sourced, and distributed. today we look at how brown bananas at breakfast could be a thing of the past. a southern california startup called apeal says its products can extend the lifes of fruits and vegetables for up to five times. scientists show us how it works. ben tracy shows us how it's being touted as the biggest revelation since refrigeration. >> reporter: it's not just the views that grab your attention but the rare produce on the trees including these aptly named caviar limes. >> once you pick it, there's a timer going off. >> reporter: caviar limes are prized by restaurants and bars. the shipping and distribution is difficult. that's where appeeel sciences teemed up with them. >> we use food to preserve food. >> that simple. >> that simple. >> reporter: they start with frozen grapeskins. they extract certain food molecules and mix them up. the powder called edipeal. >> when it dries it leaves thin barrier on the produce. it slows down the rate that water gets out of the produce. by doing that we can naturally preserve the shelf life. >> how much longer does the average piece of fruit last with your product on it? >> each kind of produce has different characteristics. we think it extends it from anywhere from twice as life to five times the life of a piece of produce. >> you're basically monitoring how this lemon is dying over time? >> exactly. >> reporter: by day fever the untreated strawberries on top rot but the treated ones on the bottom are still good to eat. it's fda approved and the thin layer left behind is edible and tasteless. it would replace the wax that's often used on produce. >> you're going to have people saying this is franken food. i don't want something sprayed on my food because this is pesticide. how to you get over that hurdlesome. >> the way we to it is be open with people. we're taking stuff you're eating already inner bite of your produce and we're just reapplying exactly where it is on the produce, we're putting it on the outside. >> reporter: the company hopes their product will help with global hunger in places without access to refrigeration. it could also reduce food waste. here in the u.s., 24% of produce is tossed out before it reaches the grocery store. another 28% is thrown out at home. but food waste experts say no one technology is going to solve a problem this big. >> fundamentally this product is driven by habits around food so we can't technology our way out of that. i think it needs to be paired with really careful shopping. >> appeal has raised $40 million from investors. right now they work with seshl growers and are in talks with produce brands. it remains to be seen whether the cost would be passed along to consumers. apeel is buying him valuable time. >> i'm super happy to see the results. >> reporter: for "cbs this morning," ben tracy, santa barbara, california. >> i think that's a good idea. i wonder if they can keep that banana from going brown that's sitting inside my purse. >> once it goes brown, it doesn't look good. >> thanks for sharing these details. >> have you guys tried the cash yar lime? >> no. >> this is a real game-changer. >> it will be. absolutely. more ahead. >> you're watching "cbs this morning." we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, it's been good show. >> two hours flies by when you're having fun. >> i think so. tune in for cs evening news, year-old "robert ruiz" and 24-year- old "aaron vallejo" as the suspects they believe killed a well-liked little league coach. good morning, it's 8:55. i'm kenny choi. san jose police have identified 32-year-old robert ruiz and 24- year-old aaron vallejo as the suspects they believe killed a well liked little league coach. frank navarro was fatally shot this weekend while working security at tres gringos club. san francisco's pier 70 will now stay open for 90 more days thanks to an agreement approved by the port commission. but the shipyard could close since its new owners have filed a lawsuit claiming that they were misled about the site's condition. and officials are holding a public information session tonight for people in part of contra costa county that's been cut off by a mudslide. they are set to discuss repairs and how emergency responders will reach morgan territory road in a crisis. stick around; we'll have traffic and weather in just a moment. ,,,,,,,,,,,, good morning. it's 8:57. happy pre-friday as roberta will call it. let's take a look at a traffic alert in fremont. this is northbound 880 before auto mall parkway. it's a four-car crash blocking the left lane causing some slowdowns there. you're driving at just 23 miles per hour. and then also in the area, crews will be clearing an overturned dump truck on that auto mall parkway on the ramp to northbound 880 so avoid that, as well. moving over to more slow traffic in the bay area, the south bay 101, 280 and 87 northbound are all in the red. that means slow throughout the south bay. ive yourself extra time to get through there. if you are traveling into downtown san francisco the maze to downtown will take you about 25 minutes. here's a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. okay. let's talk mass transit. san francisco station still has a 10-minute delay on trains into the peninsula. ace 5 is 15 minutes late. good morning let's head outdoors. blue skies as we clear out towards the transamerica pyramid. time right now at 8:58. temperatures are in the 30s and 40s. san jose just up to 50 degrees. today's high temperatures will be warmer than yesterday from 60 at rockaway beach to 68 degrees in napa. 66 degrees in san jose. the winds will be slight later today out of the north and northwest 10 to 15 miles per hour. so today's the warmest day of the week and warmest of several to come. increasing cloud cover on friday. rain begins early 9, 10:00 in santa rosa on saturday, light showers saturday through sunday morning they dry sunday afternoon ,,,,,, wayne: yeah! jonathan: it's a new bedroom! tiffany: $15,000! wayne: we're gonna play 0 to 80. - (screaming) wayne: you ready to make a deal? - absolutely! jonathan: it's a new hot tub! faster, wow! - give me that box! jonathan: it's time for "let's make a deal." now here's tv's big dealer, wayne brady! wayne: hey, america. welcome to "let's make a deal". i'm wayne brady. thanks for tuning in. who wants to make a deal? let's see, let's see, let's see. the train. or the tractor, tractor? come on, tractor. everybody else, have a seat. everybody else have a seat. come on over here, suzanne. hi. i'm suzanne. - so where are you from?

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