With scientists to find out why a massive sheet of ice is about to break off. But we begin todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. What were looking at is approximy atela 30foot wall of water that would be coming out of the lake. Reporter thousands flee over a possible california dam breach. Over 100,000 people have been ordered to evacuate downstream from the oroville dam. Its going be another whopper. Its g gointo be a travel nightmare thanks to this powerful system. Look at it all wrapped up. The u. S. , japan, and south korea have called for an emergency meeting. Another trump adviser is facing new scrutiny. Youve evidence. Im prepared to go on the air any time, anywhere, and repeat it and say the president is correct. 100 a scare in germany when passengers and staff suddenly got sick. Hundreds were evacuated and flights canceled. A pilot lost her crew and the plane wasun groded by united airlines. All that a woman lost control of her car as it went into the pond. Were told shes expected to be okay. Over his head and right into the opponents basket. Oh, my gosh. I have never seen that. And all that matters. Hi t ts ishe grammys, people. Hi, gayle. On cbs this morning. No two ways about it. You move my soul every single day and you have done so for 17 years. I adore you and i want you to be my mom j, all right . Announcer this mornings eye opener presented by toyota. Lets go places. Welcome to cbs this morning. That was quite a show. It sure was. Really good tv. I want to let you know charlie is off. Hes recovering from surgery to replace a heart valve. I can tell you hes doing very well and looking forward to returning to work soon. I heard from reliable sources not only is he doing well but hes flirting with staff. Thats a good sign. Charlie rose is ready to go. So in the meantime well be flirting with you, anthony mason, while hes still recovering. Thats the best sign you can have. We want to begin this morning with california. Nearly 200,000 people are under Evacuation Orders this morning. A spillway at the nations tallest dam is in favor of failing and releasing floodwaters into towns below. Water could be seen rushing ore the spillway at the oroville dam. Its being used for the first time in 50 years. Thats because the main spillway was damaged by erosion during increment heavy rain. Helicopters will now try to drop rocks into the gaping hole to plug it. It the massive evacuation affects 188,000 people in oroville south of sacramento. John, good morning. Reporter good morning. Right now. Right now theyre working hard to lower the lake lengvel by abt 50 feet. Theyre doing that as you see meters of water a second hoping it will hold up while they hold back. They confirmed what officials feared. Water over the dams emergency spillway for the First Time Since it was constructed over 50 years ago. The situation has been stressful, its complex and rapidly changing. Located at the beginning of californias feathered river, the 770 foot high oroville dam is the tallest in the nation. Last week they noticed a 200footlong gash in the spillway. They are worried it could eventually breach the reservoir. But the backup spillway meant to hold 200,000 cubic feet of water showed signs of weakening. This caused an evacuation of cities located nearby including oroville and yuba city. Lets just hope get to that. But i have somewhere to go close by if i need to. Reporter by sunday evening the water had stopped pouring over the emergency spillway, but hundreds of vehicles clogged area roads on their way out. I just got a text message and alert saying get out as fast as you can, and theres fire trucks going up and down our street saying evacuate. Its like a ghost town. Its like walking out, no move, and everyones gun. Reporter the crisis should come as little to no surprise to california officials. They filed a motion to reinforce the spillway warning it could cause Severe Damage to downstream environments. How long until youll be able to say all is clear . Thats a good question. I cant really answer that question until we get this there and get muddy. Reporter for every 100,000 cubic feet of water being hecht out of Lake Oroville, more is flowing luckily things are leveling off giving Emergency Managers time to get it down before weather changes and its allowed to fill back up again. Thank you, john. The two biggest named at last nights Grammy Awards were adele and beyonce and voters put them in alphabetical order. She took home five trophies including awards for album, record, and song of the year. Adele is the first artist ever to achieve that triple play twice but she told the world that beyonce should have beaten her for the album of the year award. That emotional moment followed a series of other surprises. Kevin frazier is from the e. T. Set in los angeles. Good morning. Good morning. The grammys were built as battle between two biggest stars, and beyonce. While adele was the biggest winner, it was bee aigners performance and later beyonces performance a. Reporter she said hello. It all started when i wrote hello misery. Im sure you can imagine the mood i was in. Reporter she later stopped the show. She wasnt happy with her performance when she paid tribute to george michael. Can i please start this again . I cant mess this up for him. Im sorry. The academy said it wasnt aware of any technical decision but supported adeles decision to stop and get it right. Reporter the nights other tribute was a troublefree celebration as bruno mars honored prince. But perhaps the most anticipated performance of the night belonged to beyonce, visibly pregnant with twins she delivered a pair of hits from her groundbreaking album lemonade. Show me your stars reporter there were political messages delivered from the stage. Katy perrys new song chai chained to the rhythm references breaking down walls and new places while she wore an arm band deck lating independence. James corden mentioned it in his rap song. I just want to thank president agent orange for perpetuating all of the evil that youve been perpetuating throughout the United States. Reporter still the focus was on the unifying power of music. After this grammy she split her grammy in two. The lemonade album was just so monumental, beyonce. What beautiful moment. The academy also honored the lot david bowie in a wonderful way. Well have more in the next hour. Reporter wow, kevin, thank you so much. Adele showed us something. If its not right, start over. She nailed it. The right choice. And, boy, she did nail it. And even when youre winning, begracious. Thats right. Sources tell cbs news that the job of one of President Trumps top ranking aides is in Michael Flynn is in trouble for not telling the whole story about contacting russias government during the transition and embarrassing the Vice President. The president faced a Foreign Policy test over the weekend while he and japans Prime Minister were in florida. They both spoke out after north korea launched a test missile in the sea of japan. Margaret brennan is at the white house. Good morning. Good morning. Theyre viegz michaels contacts with russian officials to determine if he violated the law. White house Officials Say he will still be by the president s side in meetings with key foreign leaders this week. Its not for me to answer hypotheticals. It wouldnt be responsible. Its a sensitive matter. Reporter in a series of sunday tv appearances white house policy adviser Stephen Miller declined to defend the National Security i dont have anything one way or the other to add to the conversation. Reporter flynns job is in jeopardy following reports he received officials. The president himself seemed caught off guard by the revelations on friday. I dont know about it. I havent seen it. What report is that . Reporter flynns contacts with russia before the inauguration were intercepted by intelligence agencies and theyre being compared to flynns claims that they were general diplomacy. I talked to general flynn about that conversation. Reporter Vice President mike pence who repeated flynns misleading account is particularly aggravated. They did not discuss anything having to do with the United States decision to expel diplomats. Reporter white house offis this after north korea fired a missile late saturday. In a statement to officials that night, japans Prime Minister called the launch absolutely intolerable. The president did not condemn north korea. Only reaffirmed his commitment to japan. The United States of america stands behind japan, its great ally, 100 . Thank you. Now t president meets later today with canadas Prime Minister and the two have beened a odd over mr. Trumps immigration ban which is on hold due to questions about its legality. We do know that the white house may issue an executive order on tuesday to try to avoid complicating that meeting while it also considers taking that fight to court, gayle. Thank you very much. The Trump Administration is applauding a new round of arrests aimed at immigrants. Its not clear if this is an escalation in enforcement actions. The latest crackdown apparently started last wednesday, and thats two weeks after President Trump signed an order making it a criminal offense. He said this, the crackdown on illegal criminals is merely the keeping of my campaign promise. Law enforcement officials noted some of the raids were planned before President Trump took office. A powerful winter storm is taking aim at the northeast this morning. Blizzard conditions an more than a foot of snow are expected in parts of new england. The Severe Weather is making roads treacherous. People are being told not to drive. Some places could see up to two feet of snow. This is the second major storm in less than a week to hit the region. Don dahler is in portland, maine, where snow is already piling up. Don, good morning. Reporter it really has. Good morning. Much snow is coming down and the worst is yet to come. The winds are so high its an effort on the part of snowplow operators. As soon as they get the streets cleared, the snow is back on again. For them and first responders, its going to be a long day. A major noreaster slammed into Northern New York and new england on sunday just days after storms blasted towns and cities across the northeast. Wind gusts of more than 50 miles an hour and as much as two feet of snow have been forecast throughout the region. Blizzardlike conditions and slick roads caused essentially accidents and drivers to slide off the highway. A woman was rescued from a frozen pond in new jersey after her car jumped the curb and crashed through the ice. John mckeown jumped in to save her i asked if anyone else was in the car. She said no. Reporter a truck jackknifed on the interstate. Highway workers have been working to keep on top of the storm. Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker urged drivers to take caution. Dont crowd the plows. Allow the personnel and equipment to do the work theyre doing to keep the roads clear. Reporter outside boston a 60yearold man was killed as a plow was backed up in a hospital parking lot. Emergency responders rushed to help people on board a private plane that skidded off the runway. No one was injured. The Hazardous Conditions canceled hundreds of flights into and out of major northeast airports. In fact, all flights in and out of the airport have been canceled since last night. They wont resume until 8 00 p. M. Eastern tonight because thats when the bulk of this storm is expected to move off the coast. Norah. All right. Don, thank you. Theyre in the snow. The cdc shows the flu is widespread in 43 straights. Parts of the south, west, and east coast have been hit hard. At least 20 children have died from the virus since late 2016. Our dr. Tara narula is with us. Good morning. Good morning. Even though were seeing an increase, according to the cdc, this looks like its going to be a relatively average flu sn. A lot of it depends on the strain. This season its age 3, 10, and 2. As you mentioned 20 children have died which is more than at the same time last year but we wont know the total numbers until the end of flu season. In prior years it was anywhere between 80 and 150. What do we effectiveness of this years vaccine. Typically its 40 to 60 . 40 to 60 , exactly. But we think its a pretty good match, meaning the viruses in the vaccine are the same as the circulating virus. Less than half of the americans get it. The people who havent gotten it, is it too late for them . No, its not. You can still get the vaccine now. It runs between october and march, sometimes as late as machlt better to get it sooner than later because it takes two weeks for your body to build up antibodies and have a strong immune reaction. Its recommended for anyone over six months. Its best for those who are vulnerable, children, and elderly. How do you prevent it . Wash surfaces because it can remain on surfaces. There are no antibiotics but theres tamiflu which can be prescribed by your doctor if you do develop the flu. Ford explorer drives claim their vehicles are making them sick. I had a nauseous feeling like i had a headache. Scientists are cracking open agent ice to unlock the secrets of ant arc ta. Smell that air. Its air before humans messed up the atmosphere. 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But youre caught up in your permanent emotions and all the love im giving goes unnoticed oh, beyonce, dont fall. I was getting worried. That was cool. They dont call her queen b for nothing. Coming up in this half hour, even though shes preg narngsd she still has to come up with something very dramatic to do. It was absolutely dramatic. It was celestial. I have a feeling theyre going to do something on saturday night live. Drivers in Ford Explorers claim the exhaust is making them sick. One man said it caused him to pass out in the drivers seat and it nearly killed him. Plus, a huge iceberg the size of delaware is getting close to breaking away from antarctica. See how scientists are trying to understand melting glaciers and the risk of the rest of the planet. And Mark Phillips is not on that part of the iceberg thats about to break off. Thats good news. Yes. Time to show you some of this mornings headlines. Uusa today is reporting a recruiting drive. They plan to recruit 6,000 additional soldiers over the next six months. They plan to spend 300 million in bonuses and advertising. The wall street journal says Verizon Wireless will start selling unlimited data plans starting today. If youre a customer, you might want to Pay Attention to this one. This is a big company. It will now cost 80. With four smartphones its 180. Theyve been chipping away at verizons customer growth. A search for a fishing boat has only turned up things. They began searching the bearing sea on saturday when the emergency beacon was alerted. A planeas about to take off from austin on saturday when the pilot came on board in street clothes. The woman then got on the intercom an