>> port-au-prince. >> on top of the world. cbs news remembers legendary correspondent bob simon. >> a gifted writer from the most dangerous places on erts. >> during coverage of the war bob and others were captured. >> i thank god that the four of us are alive. >> republicans and democrats do not see eye to eye. >> isil is on the defensive, and isil is going to lose. >> a deal has been reached according to president putin to put an end to the fighting in eastern ukraine. >> three winningic tkets in powerball. the lucky winners will collect $564 million. >> chasing dallas and when the driver plowed into two veeshicl people dragged the suspect out of the car. >> seeing my mom take down the guy. >> the fatal shooting of three muslim stew dentss in chapel hill, north carolina. >> places that are buried could see another half foot of snow. >> all that. >> tiger woods. >> you need to do some soul searching. >> -- and all that matters. >> i heard the guy takes it over hands it over to his guy, deflates it, and then he says hey, look at this ball. we it's got no air in it. >> we're going to bring you in to testify. >> i'm ready. >> -- on "cbs this morning." >> one were. is it odd that you moved the -- >> yes, i would say it is. i've said all along that jon is a racist. >> announcer: this morning's "eye opener" is presented by toyota. let's go places. captioning funded by cbs welcome to "cbs this morning." norah o'donnell is off and jeff glor is with us. cbs news as you know lost one of its brightest correspondents. bob simon died last night in car crash in new york city. he was driven in a limousine that was driven into the bare yore. he was 73 years old. >> bob simon was a giant of broadcast journalism and a dear friend in the cbs news family. and, jeff fager said he escaped more difficult situations. he was a reporter's reporter. he was driven by natural curiosity that took him all over the world, covering every kind of story imaginable. >> bob simon spent 47 years at cbs news. he received dozens of awards for reporting and got the respect from his colleagues. bob simon cut a striking figure. his assignments, thousands of them, took him to far-flung corners of the earth but it all began in vietnam. >> we're going to pick up an american. all we know about him is he's at fire base andrews and he's been hit by shrapnel. >> a war simon covered for much of the 1970s. he was on one of the last american helicopters out of saigon. >> the president's tough statement was not taken at face value in jerusalem. >> reporter: simon was named chief middle east correspondent in 1987 reporting on conflict for over 20 years. he witnessed anwar sadat's first visit ruse lum, covered the assassination. and during intifada they captured the brutal beating of two palestinian teens with a telephoto lens. >> this seemed cold, deliberate, methodical methodical. it went on for 40 minutes. >> reporter: simon covered the opening days of the gulf war in 1991. but he ended up being part of the story when iraqi forces captured him and his three-man crew. for 40 days they were imprisoned, beaten starved, and threatened with death. he spoke about it with ed bradley. >> has this changed you? >> yeah. >> how? >> i don't know. too early to tell. >> anyone who watched simon's work on "60 minutes" and " 60 minutes ii" knew of his story teleing and his grace with words. >> before long his mom's house became a makeshift conservatory. he was the dean. every room every corridor no matter how small or dark or stifling was teeming with sound. >> reporter: he helped us understand the language of elephants. >> reporter: these fearsome noises are actually elephants greeting one another. glad to see you. come a little closer. >> reporter: and took us back to the nuclear calamity at fukushima. >> reporter: the disaster has seemed to have stopped time. the clock shows 2:46 the moment the earthquake hit and the damage to shops and homes looks like it could have happened yesterday. >> reporter: he showed us the world through the eyes of sudan's lost boys. >> reporter: when they saw their villages burning, they started running. streams of boys became rivers. hundreds became thousands until an exodus of biblical proportions was under way. >> reporter: and made us comprehend the massive enormity. >> reporter: this is where the bodies are stored 1,800. more missing but all this earth could handle. >> reporter: through it all simon, the winner of 27 emmys, had a voice unlike anyone else. at the time of his death, he was working with his daughter tanya, a "6 00 minutes" producer about a search for a cure of ee bow last. he was survived by his wife francois and a son. he was 73 years old. >> what you see there is what a report 'eers life can be. how you can use the tools of your intelligence, your heart, and a pen, and camera to take us to the front lines and remind us of what a human being could be because he could touch us with elephants and symphonies and also life and death. >> he certainly had a sense of humor. i didn't know him. we were leaving at the same time. i asked if he wanted a ride. he said, sure. he said kid i liked that he called me kid, i watch you in the morning and like what i see. when you think about foreign correspondent, dashing good looks, way with words and fearless, chris licht said he was one of the first to embrace this program. the said if charlie ever leaves, i'm available. but charlie never leaves. i was touched that he was so welcoming. >> he substituted for me on pbs. >> whenever i saw him around the building i'd say it's bob simon and i just tried to soak up everything that he said or everything that he could share. >> tell us the story of your family where you're telling them at dinner. >> i was telling them -- my wife was pregnant. i was giving my parents the story about a month and a half ago. i had big news and they kept tugging me at my arm saying it's bob simon, it's bob simon. he was sitting right next to us at the table. all they wanted to do was meet bob simon. i introduced them and it was a lovely moment. >> to this day we honor bob and think about his family. we'll share more memories of bob simon in the next hour. his longtime colleague and "60 minutes" news anchor scott pelley will speak about bob. that's ahead on "cbs this morning." the draft resolution follows more than 2,300 air strikes on isis targets in iraq and syria. the proposed legislation already has critics from both parties. nancy cordes is on capitol hill where the debate could last for months. nancy, good morning. >> good morning. you know for a long time there were many members including some leaders who didn't think the president needed this authorization. after all, as you pointed out, the u.s. has been striking from the air. but over the past months it has been clear the fight against isis is going to be a long one, it's going to be costly, and it requires congress to sign off. >> our collision is on the offensive. isil is on the defensive and isil is going to lose. >> president obama consulted with leaders in both parties that crafts operations against isis for three years and allows for the use of ground troops in limited circumstances. >> for example, if we had actionable intelligence about a gathering of isil leaders and our partners didn't have the capacity to get them. i would be prepared to order our special forces to take action because i will not allow these terrorists to have it. >> still, some democrats worry that leaving the door open to even limited ground operations could put troops in harm's way. >> they could put troops in syria for 18 months and claim this is not enduring because i set a time limit on their deployment. >> theit was argued that they could be be. >> republican paul gosar represents the district that's home to the aid worker kayla muellers who death was confirmed this week aftheer s was held by isis for a year and a half. he and others say they want more details before they authorize force. >> i have to feel he's got to resolve that when we're putting our men and women in harm's way, we mean what we say and we're not going to dillydally around. you don't go into war without a strategy. >> the administration will lay out that strategy in a series that will now be held on this resolution and there will be a lost debate over it. that's really the point charlie. it requires the administration and congress to talk far more about how this fight against isis is going to play out in the months and years ahead. >> nancy, thanks. a cease-fire is set to start this weekend in eastern ukraine. all night talks in belarus led to an agreement. russian president vladimir putin said negotiators with them was difficult. ukraine's president denies that. rebel forces continue their attacks as peace talks began on wednesday. this morning another storm threatens to dump more snow on an already buried new england. a new 43-foot yacht was no match. it got jammed in the snow banks on the street on its way to the boat show. we're not even halfway through the month. meteorologist danielle niles of our boston station wbz is tracking a new arctic blast. danielle, how does it look? good morning to you. >> gayle, it looks bitterly cold. we could be the snowiest in february in boston. in. it's an arctic front. it's going to move in from west to east. a coating of an inch will be possible through today and not. not a big weather marek. we could be as we move into the weekend. the teens, below zero in the midwest by saturday and that shifts all the way back down. 40s for highs in florida by sunday. with that cold coming a storm as well. energy digging out of the great lakes develops. a widespread 6 to 12 inches of snow with locally over a foot saturday to sunday. jeff, back to you. >> danielle thank you very much. this morning investigators have not ruled out a hate crime. the three muslim victims were all related. now the fbi has joined in the investigation. vicente arenas has more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. police are still trying to figure out exactly what happened here, but they theorize it was a dispute over a parking space like this. they're reserved and numbered but there's still a lot of questions that took place with the shoot behind me a shooting that has left many in chapel hill mourning. thousands gathered to remember the three victims, deah barakat, his wife yusor abu salha and her sister ray zan abu salha. >> this man was his classmate at the dentistry program. police say the suspect, 46-year-old craig stephen hicks shot the victims over a dispute over a parking space. police received multiple 911 calls about gunshots at the complex. >> i don't know where they came from but i heard kids screaming. >> reporter: there they discovered three bodies. all hadder and understand graduate honors agreements from nc state. yusor and razanbarakat had just been married. suzanne barakat is his sister. >> i will never be able to make sense of this horrendous tragedy. we ask that the authorities investigation the heinous murders. >> reporter: hicks' facebook page talks about hate crimes in general. he is an ordained minister and likes firearms. >> i can't say but it was related to a long standing parking dispute. >> reporter: his wife has now filed for divorce and tonight family and friends plan to hold another vigil. charlie? >> vicente, thank you. the captain of the cap seitzed cruise ship "costa concordia" faced 16 years in prison. hoe was charged with the manslaughter of 32 passengers and the crew. the captain abandoned the ship with hundreds of people still on board. schettino could and can appeal the verdict. this morning three winners will share more than half a million dollars in the powerball jackpot. they matched all six numbers. the $564 million prize is the fifth largest payout in u.s. history. manuel bojorquez is in princeton, texas, where one of the winning tickets was sold. good morning. >> good morning. they were prijted on a powerball ticket sold at this convenience store behind me one of three winning tickets after last night's drawing. >> do you have tonight's winning ticket? it's time to find out. >> reporter: for powerball players, this is the moment they had been waiting for. >> 25 gets us started. followed by 11. 54 rounded by 13 and i'll round it out for you with the number 39. the winning powerball number is 19. >> reporter: this is the first powerball jackpot in puerto rico, second in texas and fourth in north carolina. people across the country have been snatching up tickets, all of them hoping to beat the odds. >> the point is if you don't have a powerball ticket you can't win it so i have to have one. >> somebody has to win and maybe it will be me. >> it's been two years. in may 2013 84-year-old gloria mckenzie won the $590 million prize. this time around ticket holders were hoping they'd have the same luck. >> i could buy my island for my wife. she wants an island so i'd get her a little island. >> so far none of wednesday's winners have come forward, so they sacheck your tickets and if you're disappointed you didn't win, the next draws is on saturday. but right now that's only for a $40 million prize. gayle? >> not so bad. that much money, i'm glad it's being shared. i wish we were sharing it but m i'glad they're sharing it. ahead, a woman sues the police after she said they >> announcer: this national weather report sponsored by kay jewelers. every kiss begins with kay. ahead on "cbs this morning," a chilling text message from the real-life american sniper. what the text said about the man who would end up killing him. >> the news is back in the morning right here on thk. 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>> no. >> i heard that the guy intercepts the pass and he takes the ball over hands it to his guy, he deflates it and then he says, hey, look at this ball it's got no air in it. is that what happened? >> we're going to bring you in to testify when we get the investigation next month. >> i'm ready. swear me in. i'm ready to go. >> he laughed. >> you said it first. i was thinking the exact same thing. that was fun to watch. welcome back to "cbs this morning." coming up this half hour, she huseder cell phone to livestream a man placed under arrest and that's when they took the phone right out of her hands. we'll look at over cases where cell phone video highlighted apparent police aggression. plus, the family of an american family. they have to decide whether the suspect lives or dies. only on "cbs this morning" two sisters share that agonizing decision with anna werner. that story ahead. time to show you this morning's headlines from around the post. the "washington post" says the stage is set for the first veto showdown between congress and president obama. the house passed a bill yesterday to construct the keystone xl pipeline. it would carry supplies from can to to ports and refineries on the gulf coast. the senate and house do not appear to have enough votes to override a presidential veto. the "los angeles times" says a partial shutdown will occur. they do not want to give dockworkers holiday overtime pay. it's the latest step in a long-running labor dispute. it has delayed shipments from asia and has also hurt businesses that rely on parts from china and other countries. embattled governor johnis asked to step down. the "associated press" reports he did reach a decision to quit but then changed his mind. busy"business insider" said they will not honor cheap tickets. they snapped up first class fares from london to new york for $74. sound too good to be true that is because it's $5,000 off the normal cost. they blame it on a software glitch. some tried but failed on united's danish website. and "the new york times" says woods is going to take a leave of absence. he said he needs a lot of work on his game and he will not return until it's fixed. he said the leave is not related to last year's surgery. the 39-year-old vows to be playing again very soon. testimony begins today in the american sniper testimony. there was an eerie e-mail between kyle and hitz friend chad littlefield before they were shot. mark strassmann is at the courthouse in stephenville texas. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. no one disputes that eddie ray routh is troubled or that he killed two texas men. the issue is whether he knew right from wrong. roughly three hours after eddie ray routh met chris kyle for the first time he gunned down the decorated navy s.e.a.l. routh shot child and his friend chad littlefield at the gun range. on the drive there, kyle was already wary of routh. >> he was on his cell phone and he texted chad littlefield sitting right next to him, this dude is straight up nuts. >> reporter: routh has been diagnosed with ptsd schizophrenia, and paranoia. >> when he took their lives, he was in the grips of a psychosis. >> reporter: an insanity defense is a tough sell especially to a texas jury. professor paul applebaum is an expert in law, ethics and psychiatry. >> the standard that they apply in texas relyies on whether he knew what he did was wrong. >> they say it's no excuse. >> even go on that he may or may not have. >> taylor kyle the sniper's widow agrees. she testified her dead husband wanted to help routh because the sniper, quote, thought he was doing the right thing. the mother of chad littlefield, the other man routh killed, also took the stand. for her it was a painful day. first day of the trial would have been his 38th birthday. gayle? >> thank you very much mark. a woman says the police snatched her phone. they took her phone after she livestreamed the man's arrest. it happened two years ago but it shows the history. the relationship between police and citizen's cell phones. >> reporter: the cell phone has become a powerful tool across the country. cell phone users are becoming digital watchdogs. witnessing the choke hold death of a man. the beating of a woman by a highway patrol officer. >> this video was shot by carey medina in 2013. she was riding a portland bus but got off when she noticed a young man being arrested by two police officers. >> when the bus came to a stop i heard, ooh, that must have hurt and that's when i saw and saw the young man with his face down in the street and the officers on top of him. >> reporter: medina calls hess a citizen journalist and was broadcasting these images live from her webphone to the arrest for four minutes when one of the ceoffirs turned tohe r. >> i don't need a s&p to search your phone. >> it didn't get scary until he decided to grab the phone from my hand. >> medina and the aclu filed a salute against the officer and the transit agency saying her first amendment free speech rights and fourth unreasonable search and seizeure. >> they reminded them that videotaping by the public is part of police work today. >> think it's important for the public to understand that when they're on public property and filming incidents that are occurring out in the public that they have the absolute right to do that. >> for "cbs this morning"," ben tracy, los angeles. >> it's going to happen a lot. >> it's a good thing. it will hold people available. >> have phone ready. a family has to decide if the accused murderer of a loved one is to be executed. >> was there a moment of revenge? 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( ♪ ) grown in america. picked and packed at the peak of ripeness. with no artificial ingredients. del monte. bursting with life. it is thursday february 12th 2015. welcome back to "cbs this morning." there's more news ahead including bob simon's extraordinary life in journalism. his friend and colleague scott pelley shares his favorite memory of the cbs news legend. but first here's your "eye opener" at 8:00. >> how you can use your own tools, intelligence and heart, reto mind us what the human spirit can be. >> every time i saw bob simon, i just tried to soak up everyt. hing >> it has become increasingly clear that the fight against isis is going to be a long one and it requires cossngre. e>> wld cou be challenging records as we head into the weekend. with that cold comes a storm as well. >> they're still trying to figure out what happened here but they theorize it was a dispute over a parking space like this one. >> no one disputes that eddie ray routh, f arorme marine, is troubled or he killed two texas men. the issue is whether he knew right from wrong. >> it didn't get scary until he decided to grab the phone from my hand and twist my arm and hold it there. >> reporter: winning numbers were sold behind me. >> all you need is a dollar and a dream, especially if your dream is to lose a dollar. >> announcer: today's "eye opener" at 8:00 is presented by nationwide insurance. >> i'm charlie rose with gayle king and jeff glor. norah o'donnell is. off. this morning we're remembering bob simon. he covered stories for nearly half a century. he survived many close calls including 40 days in an iraqi prison. but last night bob died in car accident in new york city. "60 minutes" producer jeff fager said quote it's a terrible loss to all of us at cbs news. bob is a reporter's reporter. there is no one else like him. bob's awards include 247 emmys, four peabody awards and one dupont/aluminum dupont/ dupont/columbia ward. >> what was going through your mind as you were stabbing israeli women. >> i believe you have to defend yourself by any means, any way. >> do you feel guilty? >> i feel guilty because a human being was kill and i want a reason. >> that's a good reason to feel guilty. >> they want to make sure when peace talks break down israel does not seen the blame. there's a big war going on in vietnam and the people know all about it. >> this is where the bodies are stored, more than 1,800 of them. a small fraction of those missing but more than any morgue on earth can handle. >> we're to the north pole. we've traveled to remote places before but never on an ice breaker. if a lion king is the king of the jungle then the polar bar is the king of the ice. he's on top of the food chain here on top of the world. >> they say he's only a babe. >> he doesn't seem terribly aggressive. he seems like you could handle it. >> that's why i like shakespeare and paul knew man. >> have you always talked so fast? >> yes. i was horrified by it and i said to my wife this is unbearable how i talk. >> it's unbearable for me. >> the beep 'eerser's going off. >> no no. >> are you sure? >> yes. >> i don't like a beeper in chernobyl. i don't like that sound. the small gathering is only the beginning. it's so momentous that historians may one day view it as a landmark in the decline of the british empire. the beatles are breaking up. >> reporter: when a violin string broke in those early days they used whatever they had to fix it. >> you took the wire from a sfwhiek bike yes. >> break of a bicycle and turned it into the string of a violin. >> yes. >> and made music. >> yes. ♪ >> so for now all i'll say is it hasn't been easy. it's been a long and difficult 40 days and 40 nights. but the point is that as you can see we've lost a little weight we've age add little but we're fine. this is a story that could have ended another way, but it's had a happy ending. >> cbs news evening managing editor and anchor of the "cbs evening news" scott pelley joins us now. he and bob simon were "60 minutes" colleagues for more than a decade. good morning. you are a good reporter and you've known a lot of reporters. what sets this man apart? >> what can you add? it was a master class in journalism right there. master class in storytelling just what we saw. bob simon in his own words. he was a great writer a man of enormous courage. someone asked me earlier today, well, where did the courage come from. bob had a sharp intolerance for injustice and he had equal opportunity rage for every injustice committed in every corner of this earth. i'll never forget an interview he did with an israeli general, for example. he looked up at the general and said you're one of the greatest generals israel has ever produced. and he smiled and nodded and he said so why are you killing children. there was a bob simon punch, a roundhouse punch that he could knock anybody out with, and it was in the form of a question. >> it seems so ironic and so unfair, scott, that he cheated death so much and he died on a west side highway in a car crash. >> yes, but at the age of 73 and having been from the arctic circle and the antarctic circle and everywhere in between, what an amazing life. what an amazing life. and lived to see his grandson grow to the age of 3, which was the joy he -- my wife once asked him, what's it like to be a grand dad. he said there is one perfect child. it was wonderful. i have to tell you a quick anecdote, if i may. when i was a young no nothing correspondent here at cbs in the 1980s saddam invaded kuwait and bon was sent as the lead correspondent to cover the gulf war and i was sent to be his under study. >> what does that mean? >> i was the two guy. i was there to watch bob simon work. he had famously covered vietnam and now i had the opportunity to spend a year with him and i learned how to become a war correspondent from bob simon. and we had a plan that if there was ever an air raid where our cbs bureau was, wi would all muster and everyone would be accounted for and we'd all go to the bomb shelter. one night the air missiles were going off, scud missiles explosions everywhere. everyone musters in the bureau. we can't find bob. there was no bob. i found him he was on the roof. he was on the roof on the phone with cbs radio describing the explosions as they landed. and in that moment i said to myself, got it. that's what a war correspondent does. >> he was in the action. he shows courage as you said last night. >> absolutely. >> what ease amazing about him. it's true with him and ed bradley. they did these great -- stories and interviews having to do with the news and the cutting edge but they may well be remembered for those. bob with all those stories about music. >> showing the congo. he was a great lover of opera, great lover of music, great love irof the human spirit. and when the human spirit overcame those injustices that we were describing that's what bob loved to see. hemingwayesque really. epic stories of human struggle. i think he threw himself into these situations because he could write great things about epic events. >> he set a very high bar. >> could watch you all morning. >> thank you scott. >> bob continues the >> announcer: this morning's "eye opener" at 8:00 is sponsored by nationwide. it is not kboung to be easy filling jon stewart's shoes. >> we love you, jon. >> nah. what is this fluid? 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>> not a bit, jon. as a matter of fact. >> who came out on top last night? >> well, jon, in my analysis and what my colleagues are saying is gore won, but bush won. >> how did it change the game? >> it changed the game in that he sort of did what no one thought was possible in that he made politics entertaining. >> dalton ross is an entertainment editor with "entertainment weekly." >> hi always said he was a comic but it was comic show, wasn't it? >> it would horrify him to hear me say this but he became a trusted journalist of news. >> he brought a lot of clarity, accountability for other people that wouldn't otherwise have the accountability but hi did it in such a way that allowed people to laugh about it. >> he keeps me sane. after watching everything crazy that happens in politics these days, i think it's nice to see someone like him put everything in perspective and talk real about it because otherwise i think i would go crazy. >> reporter: it made it influential with politicians. former president clinton tweetward will i getmy news each night. john earnest discussed stewart's departure at wednesday's briefing. >> as somebody i would certainly call myself a fan and occasionalvi octimf jon stewart, we'll certainly be sad to see him go. >> reporter: he's wanted to change the political dialogue. appear on cnn's "crossfire" in 2004 he called the show's left and right-wing hosts partisan hacks for contributing to a national screening. >> i have made it a point to come on the show because i mentioned this show as being bad. >> a cnn executive would cite stewart's criticism as one reason why the show was canceled a few months later. stewart likes to say he deals in fake news but there was nothing fake about his broadcast after 9/11. >> the view from my apartment was the world trade center. but you know what the view is now? the statue of liberty. >> for his response to the choking death of eric garner by a wheesite policeman last year. i bet people wonder how much of a society we live in at all. >> comedy shows rarely shape our culture. jon stewart's have for more than 16 years. the median age of his audience is 36 years which is about 20 years younger than the network audience. that shows you how much they like him. >> everybody liked him, even his victims. when we come back, why it's good to be common. ahead, our conversation with the oscar nominee who shows how he finds inspiration. >> it's common right here right here i'm brainstorming. what am i brainstorming about "cbs this morning." you now how we do. welcome back to "cbs this morning." our conversation with common mon. his name you could say, is a contra drikz. his road to the oscars and what he's looking for in a woman. >> pray tell. how they're using supermodel gisele bundchen. and the new ad campaign. that story's ahead. >> time to show you some of this morning's headline. amy pascal is breaking her silence after she announced she's stepped down from sony pictures. a cyber attack led to a massive leak of e-mails and an embarrassing one. she said things about hollywood star and president obama that were embarrassing. she spoke wednesday at the world and women's conference in san francisco. >> there was this horrible moment where i realized there was absolutely nothing at all that i could do about whether i'd hurt people betrayed people, whether i said things that i didn't mean. i couldn't protect anyone, not their feelings not what they thought of me. >> pascal said the most important thing she learned is to say exactly what you think directly to the people all time. the "alaska dispatch" news says the iditarod is moving for the second time in its history. organizers of the dogsled race blame the lack of snow for the course change. instead of its kickoff in willow alaska it will begin farther north in the fairbanks. >> a montana state lawmaker says yoga pants and speedos should be illegal. they introduce add bill to expand the state's indecent exposure law. under his law a person convicted three times could be sentenced up to five years in jail for wearing yoga pants and speedos. >> i think he needs to get out more. that's what i'm thinking. >> we're not going to start doing that here. >> no. common is still making huge plans. he credits his mom for inspiring the name but his talents proven to be anything but common. it seems like you are everywhere. oscars grammys, golde super bowl commercials, cable tv shows, tow 15 seems to be starting off as a really good year for you, common. >> yes it's a beautiful year. in 2014 i made up my mind i wanted to planned seeds that woman come into fruition and i put that in my prayers and thoughts. >> what were those? >> discovering what my purpose is and living in that purpose. i'm an artist that wants to help improve the world. i can do that through acting through writing sounds. [ rapping ] >> you're going to be performing on the oscars. please tell me what that's going to be like? >> it's one of my greatest moments, dreams i never thought of as a kid when i was watching the oscars, that i would be a part of it. i'm like in my head what did i do to get here? >> how did you get here talent t-a-l-e-n-t. but you're there because of the song "glory" from the hit movie "selma." the song that you and john legend created. ava duvernay called you and said what? >> she said, you need to make a song like "we are the world." i said that's quincy jones, cindy lawyeryndi lauper. you want john and i to do "we are the world." but i knew what she wanted. >> so you called john legend and he says -- >> he said we've just got to make it majestic. yeah that's right. this southbound dr. king and the people of the civil right ss music. it's got to be magic. >> what do you define your style and what you do? >> because i talk about social awareness in my songs. i talk about love i talk about god. i talk about issues that i see going on. initially i was like why are they boxing me in but then i started to look at the legacy of conscious artist wls it be bob marley or bob dylan and i thought, yes, i'm conscious, i'm aware, embracing the title now. >> i remember when you were common sense back in terrellhe early '90s. the legal reasons it was changed to common and i'm wondering where that name came from, common sense. >> it was a phrase my mother would always say. use common sense. use common sense. >> my mom always says that too. >> that was her phrase. it just sat with me and i really do feel i represent everyday people, the common folk and now it rides well. >> your latest song "nobody's smiling," what did you want to tell them? >> i'm from chicago. i was describing the situation that is happening in chicago and in many inner cities around america. ♪ my whole life i had to worry about eating ♪ >> let's talk about your movie career. you've been in movies with angelina jolie, denzel washington, stephenven carell. >> i want to talk with your boss right now. >> is acting a triple pax or yours. ? do you see yourself an actor? >> i truly am an actor. i've loved theater since i was a kid. it was as a music i want to do something else. >> i want to go back to you as a little kid. did you have a tool belt and you were walking around with hammer and nails because not only do you do the things you do you're hosting a cable show about furniture. >> it's all about making furniture that can stand the test of time. >> they asked me would you be interested in hosting a show about furniture. i'd like how do i fit in and then i saw the set and there was furniture. >> do you think you're cool common? >> yeah. >> currently you're single true in. >> yes, i'm sing. >> what are the qualities that the perfect woman has to have for you? >> she has to have -- >> does she wear purple? >> yes. >> i'm kidding. what is it? >> someone who's good-hearted treating people well and treats herself well that has some sense of spiritality. i i like a strong woman but at the same token i'm going to say, i'm going to leave this situation, let's go. >> you have a teenage daughter. how old is she? >> 17. >> what are you teaching her about men? >> i'm really teaching her more about herself by saying love and respect yourself and all others will respect you, meaning the men that you deal with and your friends. you want even your female friends to respect you. so i teach her to respekts herself and love herself. >> what's your next chapter? what's left on your bucket list? >> one of the thing i'm inspired to do is a play on broadway. >> broadway. >> yes. i need that for myself. i feel like whenever i get to that broadway role to be able to live in a role like that to live for that period of time it's going to be for a purpose. >> let's end with this. i've seen you free-style. is there anything you can do a free-style about "cbs this morning"? >> all right. it's common right here, right here i'm brainstorming. what am i brainstorming about "cbs this morning." you know how we do. me and you we just jell. shout-out to charlie and, of course microgirl gayle. you know how it is. we came down. common sense. i came to follow. i'm from chi kago. everybody out there keep nop stopping. it's "cbs this morning" so yowl keep watching. >> i love that. >> very good common. >> you can say, would you rap about anything and he's that good. he wants to go to broadway. i think he could do it. you talked to him, charlie. >> i did. but just tell me this your reference to your purple dress. >> i was kidding. >> is he your kind of guy? >> he is my kind of guy, but i'm still available. >> the company under armour is now the sports brand of the u.s. kevin clank is in the toyota green room with a first look this morning at a new star-studded ad campaign. there it is. as a small business owner you wouldn't deliver just half of what you have to offer to your customers. so why are you settling for half-fast internet? 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"usa today" did an article on you called kevin cojones. is that a compliment? >> yes. >> charlie says it was. >> yes. we even been a gutsy company, i think, and you have to play that way. it's so hard. when you're a small company, you have to bet that way. you've got to be lucky. we've got one of those. baltimore and 16 offices around the world. we feel like we're just getting start and much more to come. >> what's the book of will about? >> it's a campaign with jammy fox. who wants to wake up and go exercise. >> nobody. >> nobody. but you want the results. so having and finding the will to do it. so everything is -- look. we're the overachieving brand, the ujds dog brand, no one thought we could do it. no one gave us the chance to be in this position. wre an we take that with great responsibility. great product, great story. >> can you beat nike? >> i think that it's never about us. i think the same question the way i answer the question is what concerns you the most today is the same answer i had 18 years ago when the company started. i worry about ourselves. i woe about getting other our skis. we talk about humble and hungry is one of the phrases we use, the name of our cafeteria. >> the humble and hungry cafeteria. we want more but what we've tot recognize is you're as capable of building it up. >> they say kevin works hard plays hard, and knows what he's doing. you got in a kerfuffle recently and the phrase it's the dumbest company. if you were to say it over, what would you say? >> we're in a competitive industry and we fight these other ones over and over and we're focused on what we're doing, where we're going. and then you compete with people that they're makes decisions. >> if you have big kahunas, where have you failed? where have you made the wrong debt? >> last time we were talking about speed skating suits. the thing about a brand is you kls always control the message. what you can do is stick to your principles. it's one of the things that's built and dropped in buckets. that's what a brand is. there's a little kid out there who doesn't think they're good enough. that day they got something special. it's not just a nice targeting campaign that but it's lit ragly the literally that. >> you did well in college. >> prescriptions. >> thank you. >> you're watching " as i said we're sad here at the cbs news but even heard gayle and scott and jeff report what makes a reporter best. the courage to go to the front lines and have a human spirit and what makes that kind of spirit come alive. tune in tonight for more heon t (mom) when our little girl was born we got a subaru. it's where she said her first word. 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