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One man who received a reply. We begin with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. A rescue operation under way, really difficult conditions. Theyve had to go there on skis, some of the roads impassable. Up to 30 people are missing. A devastating avalanche buries an italian hotel. A series of earthquakes . Central italy triggered the avalanche. In tehran, a highrise building collapsed on Live Television. 30 firefighters were killed. You enter this white house with the lowest Approval Ratings of any person who has assumed the presidency. I have to tell you. The polls werent always right during the election so im a little skeptical going into inauguration. More than five dozen democrats are going to boycott the nomination. All i know is im going to be there. So is michelle. In houston, president george h. W. Bush was admitted to the intensive care unit. His wife was also hospitalized. Massive flooding swept through houston wreaking havoc on several roadways. I was scared, the water kept rising and rising. The door of baseballs hall of fame is swinging open for three of the games greats. Thank you very much. Make some noise. Tinseltown came out for the 43rd peoples choice awards. If you dont get an award, youll be given one of these adorable babies. The biggest shock at the australian open, djokovic has been knocked out by a wildcard. You are still an ambassador to the u. S. , are people asking you questions like whats up with that guy . Now and then. Ill take that. On cbs this morning. President obama has a final press conference today, maybe the final press conference today. In my core, i think well be okay. We have to fight for it, work for it and not take it for granted. I know you will help us do that. Thank you very much, press corps. Good luck. Good luck. See yeah, wouldnt want to be ya. Welcome to cbs this morning. An allout rescue effort is going on right now in italy to reach at least 30 people at a fourstar ski resort. An avalanche buried their hotel under mounds of snow. Some people trapped inside are sending Text Messages with desperate pleas for help. This is unfolding in a mountainous region northeast of rome thats been hit hard by deadly earthquakes. Allen pizzey is tracking the rescue effort from rome. Reporter good morning. The avalanche came in a series of earthquakes and after shocks felt as far away as here in rome. The epicenter was in mountains covered by days of heavy snowfall. The alarm was raised by two survivors who alpine teams on skis managed to reach the hotel after 4 00 in the morning local time. The massive cascading hotel slammed into the hotel in darkness and all but buried the building. The first report from rescuers was many dead. Inside the hotel they found a scene of utter destruction. The weight of the snow appeared to have collapsed the roof down onto the ground floor. Heavy snow hampered ambulances trying to reach the scene which is deep in a region popular with tourists. Even plows struggled to get through. A cell phone Text Exchange believed to be from someone inside the buried building included a message saying, be calm, tomorrow youll come down. Another one received by rescue workers simply said help, we are dying of the cold. The area is part of the region hit by a series of four strong earthquakes on wednesday, the biggest of which was 5. 7 on the richter scale. Multiple aftershocks followed, but its not clear if they are what triggered the avalanche. A major quake last august killed nearly 300 people and ruined buildings in Historic Towns and ham mets. This time atrocious weather added to a disaster one local esident described as apocalyptic. The hotel was built to be earthquakeproof, but there is no protection from avalanches. Allen pizzey in rome thank you. A building collapsed in seconds on Live Television in iran this morning. State tv says 30 firefighters were killed. The building was home to a shopping central in central tehran. Most people had evacuated but firefighters were inside trying to put out the fire. We have breaking news from libya where american b2 bombers attacked isis Training Camps overnight near the city of sirte which was liberated from isis last month. The stealth bombers flew nonstop from their base in missouri to carry out those attacks. In just over 24 hours, donald trump will be sworn in as our 45th president. He made an unexpected visit last few blocks from the white house. Surprise hotel guests captured this video. The president elect left his press pool behind. Major garrett is in washington where the Trump Transition Team is rejecting reports of iraqi transfer of power. Major, good morning. Reporter good morning. As a rule, inauguration planning at this stage is at its most chaotic and stressful. That is true for a trump team using i dont thinker, less experienced staffers than the obama, clinton and bush teams before it. A number of House Democrats boycotting the inauguration is up to 61, around a third of the House Democratic caucus. In washington last night the president elect attended two dinners including one for his cabinet nominees. At best only three of those nominees could be confirmed by the inauguration, secretaries of defense, Homeland Security and the head of the cia. Even with a republican senate, mr. Trump is on pace for one of the slowest confirmation timelines in modern u. S. History. Under the same circumstances, incoming president obama in 2009 and bush in 2001 each had seven cabinet nominees confirmed on inauguration day. This is a swamp cabinet full of bankers and billionaires. Reporter republicans blame the slow pace on Senate Democrats who have threatened to hold up floor votes on nominees unless theyre given more time to scrutinize potential conflicts of interest. Its no surprise republicans are trying to rush through these hearings. They dont want people to know the true views of their nomin nominees. Reporter of particular concern for democrats and even some republicans, nominee for secretary of state Rex Tillerson who developed a friendly relationship with russian president Vladimir Putin as ceo of exxonmobil. Im very concerned about someone who took a friendship award from Vladimir Putin who is a butcher. Reporter aside from a fiveminute phone call last month, tillerson has not spoken to or met with current secretary of state john kerry. Theres been min cal contact between state and mr. Trumps transition team. Im very proud of everybody, the cabinet members reporter amid the cabinet scramble, the president elect tweeted a photo of himself at his florida home pre portdly writing his inaugural address. In it mr. Trump appears to be holding a sharpie and photo pad. Hes been working off drafts of the speech, not writing it from scratch. That speech will try to give meaning to make care ka great again. Lofty rhetoric will take a back seat to simple nonpartisan action promising action and setting a populist anti washington tone. This morning treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin and Energy Secretary rick perry are if latest picks being questioned in the cabinet. Scott pruitt and tom price were grilled yesterday. Sources tell cbs news the president elect has filled his last cabinet vacancy. Hell name former georgia governor sonny perdue to be secretary of agriculture. Nancy cordes is at the west front of the capitol where the inauguration will take place tomorrow. Good morning. Reporter good morning. By the end of today 15 of mr. Thumbs nominees will have gone before the senate. The fight right now is over just how many of them will be confirmed after he is sworn in here on the west front of the capitol tomorrow. Democrats say they have ethics concerns about a handful of these nominees including one who testified yesterday. It really begs credulaty sir when you say you didnt know you got a discount on this. Reporter Senate Democrats hammered georgia congressman tom price over a stock deal wednesday. You made the decision to purchase that stock, not a broker. Yes or no . That was a decision i made, yes. Reporter he purchased strok in a drug company at a special price while helping form legislation to speed drug approvals. You were notified of this trade on april 4th, 2016. Did you take additional actions after that date to advance your plan to help the company that you now own stock . Im offended by the insinuation. Reporter if confirmed, price would oversee any replacement to obamacare. You may have an insurance card, it may have a wonderful name of an Insurance Company on there, but you dont have any care because you cant afford the deductible. Reporter down the hall youre the attorney general. Obviousl you have stood up and said you will do everything you can to stop future earthquakes as a result of fracking. Senator, ive acknowledged that im concerned. Acknowledged youre concerned. Reporter democrats were also throwing punches at scott pruitt, oklahomas attorney general. If thats the kind of epa administrator you will be, youre not going to get my vote. Reporter they argued his longtime ties to Energy Companies will prevent him from carrying out the core mission of the Environmental Protection agen agency. Pruitt said thats not the case. This paradigm we live within today that if youre pro energy youre anti environment is something i think is a false narrative. Reporter mr. Trumps pick for u. S. Ambassador to the united nations, South Carolina governor nikki haley testified yesterday. She described nato as vital the same week that mr. Trump called it obsolete. That has led some european diplomats to say they are unclear about the position of the incoming administration. Thanks, nancy. Vice president elect mike pence thanked president obama this morningnd a said the transition is on track. He spoke a short time ago at a news briefing in washington. We talked to pence yesterday about the transition and the expectations for him and president elect trump. As you know, you enter this white house and this city with the lowest Approval Ratings of any person who has assumed the presidency. What kind of challenge is that, and at the same time, how important is it to double the efforts to reunite. I think the American People are going to see a president inaugurated this friday who is going to keep the promise he made on election night, to be president of all of the people of this country. The polls werent always right during the election year, so i am sceptical about the polls going into this. The president will advance the kind of policies that, to borrow his policy, will make America Great again. Youve been asked this, im sure. The tweets, necessary . Distracting . Does he have to tilt at every windmill that criticizes him . I think one of the really refreshing things about the president elect is that he speaks his mind. Sometimes he does that from a podium. Sometimes he does that in an interview. But does it get in the way of his message on the economy, on Foreign Policy . I really dont believe it does. Youre okay with that . I will tell you some of the treatment that hes gotten and we frankly continue to get by some in the media is frustrating, and his ability to literally reach tens of millions of people with his view of a particular issue or particular news i think is a value to the administration. I expect him to continue to use that. Youll see a President Donald Trump who will use that in a way to give the agenda to the American People and bring real change to wad and restore our place in the economy and the world. Pence also said the president elect is confident in the team he chose to lead the Intelligence Community that mr. Trump has repeatedly criticized. Regarding his own role, the Vice President elect says im just here to serve. President obama is gearing up for his last full day as commanderinchief. He held his first News Conference yesterday, his first in 2009 as president was three weeks after he was sworn in. Nearly eight years later he took questions in the white house for the very last time. The president says he will not remain silent if what he called americas core values are threatened. Margaret brennan was there in the room yesterday. Good morning. Reporter good morning. President obama said hes looking forward to a break from public life, but he rattled off a list of issues that he said would prompt him to protest, specifically if donald trump deported immigrant children covered by the socalled dream act. The notion that we would arbitrarily or because of politics punish those kids when they didnt do anything wrong themselves, i think would be something that would merit me speaking out. Reporter the president said he would speak out on actions limiting dissent, press or voting rights. The outgoing commanderinchief warned that lifting sanctions off russia could be dangerous, saying that he, too, had tried to work with moscow. But relations soured in 2012 after Vladimir Putin returned to power with a flurry of anti american rhetoric. He warned mr. Trump not to let putin get away with seizing territory in ukraine. What i said to the russians is, as soon as you stop doing that, the sanctions will be removed. I think it would probably best serve not only american interests but also the interests of preserving International Norms if we made sure we dont confuse why these sanctions have been imposed with a whole set of other issues. Reporter surround yourself with strong advisers, mr. Obama urged, and think twice before taking the provocative action of moving the u. S. Embassy to the disputed city of jerusalem. President obama shared what he told his own daughters about trumps election vow to erase their fathers legacy. They were disappointed. Weve tried to teach them hope and that the only thing that is the end of the world is the end of the world. Reporter the outgoing president tried to leave on an up note. In my core, i think were going to be okay. Reporter the president urged the press to be skeptics and to keep the public informed. Notable parting words from an administration that itself has criminally prosecuted officials for leaking information to journalists. Thank you very much, margaret. Love the closing line there, at my core, i think were all going to be okay. I think thats a powerful message to send at this time. At his core hes optimistic. Yes, always is. Cbs news will bring you allday coverage of the president elects nomination tomorrow at cbs this morning. Well be live from washington, d. C. Former president george h. W. Bush is resting comfortably in a houston hospital this morning. The 92yearold is stable in the intensive care unit. A family Spokesman Says hes been battling pneumonia. His wife, 91yearold barbara bush is also in the hospital as a precaution, not in incentive care. Omar villafranca is outside Methodist Hospital where the 41st president is being treated. How is he doing . Reporter good morning. This is president bushs sixth day in the hospital. He was quietly admitted on saturday. A family Spokesman Says his wife of 72 years, barbara, was also admitted to the hospital on wednesday after not feeling well for several days. Hes stable now and resting comfortably in the icu. Hes going to stay there for observation. Reporter president bush is recovering from whats described as an acute respiratory problem stemming from pneumonia. Doctors intubated the 41st president on wednesday for a procedure to protect and clear his airway. Theres not a lot of money to be made betting against george bush. Reporter mcgrath says the 92yearold is a fighter. Its a serious situation. Hes 92, has pneumonia, hes in the icu. Again, you dont bet against george bush. Reporter the former president hasnt let his age slow him down. He jumped out of an airplane for his 90th birthday. But this is the fourth hospital stay in five years. He is suffering from a disease similar to parkinsons that has limited his mobility. President bush sent president elect trump apologizing that he and his wife wouldnt be able to attend. My doctor said if i sit outside in january, it likely will put me six feet under. Same for barbara, before wishing the president elect well. Mr. Trump responded with a tweet of support and thanked the president for the wonderful letter. President bill clinton also sent his regards to his predecessor and mrs. Bush, signing the post, love 42. During his final press conference wednesday, president obama expressed gratitude. They have been a constant source of friendship and support. We want to send our prayers and our love to them. Reporter members of the president s staff and his son neal are by his bedside. Another one of his son, george w. Bush, still plans to attend the inauguration tomorrow. Thanks. 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Right now crews are keeping an eye on a possible rockslide in san francisco. Oshaughnessy boulevard is closed between portola and malta drives. In oakland, crews are trying to figure out how to remove this massive tree. It uprooted from a sidewalk and is in the middle of a crosswalk. Oakland fire tweeted these pictures. Currently the intersection of 15th and Martin Luther king, jr. Way is closed. Stay with us, traffic and weather in just a moment. ,,,, good morning. Its 7 27. Lets take a look at your wet bay area roads. Starting with the bay bridge toll plaza, if you are heading into downtown san francisco, expect about a 25minute commute there. Obviously those metering lights are on. That traffic is backed up into the maze now. If you are traveling into the peninsula from hayward to foster city, we see a lot of brake lights here so expect slow conditions there. Almost a 35minute drive in. Also in orinda westbound 24 before wilder road theres a stalled car out there blocking the left lane causing some slowdowns on 24 and also 680. And if you are taking mass transit this morning, thats a good idea. Delays on trains 521 and 523 for capitol corridor. Rain and scattered showers and thunderstorms on hidef doppler this morning. This is the lingering shower behind the storm that moved through yesterday. Well continue to see these showers throughout the day today ahead of another system that moves in tonight and a third on sunday. High temperatures today in the mid to upper 50s. Next storm moves in overnight tonight for tomorrow and then lingering showers saturday with a third storm on sunday. That one looks to be the strongest of the next two. ,,,, company stock. Find out how some businesses could profit from mr. Trumps tweets. Time to show you some of this mornings headline. The Washington Post reports the scientists declared last year the hottest year on record. 2016 was the third year in a row of recordbreaking heat. Average surface temperatures last year were. 07 higher. Three government lawsuits were filed against navient yesterday. They handle 300 billion in loans. Every customer could be affected. Navient is accused of serious mistakes in collection and driving up loan repayment costs. The company has denied all wrongdoing. In a lawsuit he says apple failed to Deploy Technology that would disable drivers phones. A similar suit has been filed by the parents of a girl who was killed by a driver who was using face time. Apple was asked to comment but did not. The wall street journal reports on more airlines charging basic economy stairs. America is following delta and united. Theyre rolling out a cheaper fare next month. Fewer amenities, no overhead bins, and various seating. Its in an effort to compete with different carriers. Novak djokovic lost the second round of five sets to denis is stow min. Hes from uzbekistan. He was trying to win it seven times dhouchls that happen . He must feel hop. 117. After being so brilliant. Hes had a tough time. Wow. Were learning more and more about how an unverified report of russian blackmail attempts against president elect trump reached officials. It was compiled by former british spy Christopher Steele who went into hire. He shared the information with ambassador wood. He found it credible enough to present it to john mccain last november at a security conference. Charlie dagata spoke with wood. Charlie, good morning. Reporter good morning. Mi6 headquarters, home to britains secret Intelligence Services where a man behind a trump dossier learned his craft. Christopher steele is now in hiding but the former ambassador to moscow knows him well and said the practice of sexual entrapment in russia is rife. Sir andrew wood says he can readily vouch for Christopher Steele because hes known the exspy for years and as britains former diplomat in moscow hes seen politicians and businessman targeted. Theyre expressly told to avoid sexual entrapment. Is it the same for british diplomats . Well, yes, of course. Youre cautioned specifically about russia. Well, certainly. Reporter because he says nowhere else are honey traps and blackmail part of the spying playbook as it is in russia. No question about it. No question. No question whatsoever. Its one of those things that one supposes everybody knows. Reporter everybody like president elect donald trump here himself here at the Miss Universe pageant in moscow. He said he routinely warned his own staff of being aware of hubby its a complete fabrication. Wood told us he doesnt know if the allegations are true but somebody like donald trump would certainly be a potential target. Hes in a position of possible inference in the United States. No one knew, i suppose, that he was going to become president then. Why not give it a go and stick it away for possible use later. Because thats what russians do. Yes. Reporter the russians may be looking for Christopher Steele, too, but hes gone to ground after telling one of his neighbors to look after his cat. But what we do know is hes not under the protection of the British Secret service Intelligence Services. Gayle . I learned something new. Honey trap. Something to look out for. And steele has cats. Wouldnt you love to talk to mr. Steele . Yes. Open invitation. The socalled tweet never chief is what some are calling him now. Followers should expect more posts. He has 20 million followers making social media a social tool. How his twitter attacks on businesses create unprecedent inferences. Good morning, gayle. Its no secret. Just Ask Companies like boeing, ford, toyota, or macys. All it takes are 140 characters for him to move markets in a big way. Ive been quite active, i guess you could say, in an economic way for the company. The president elect was busy tweeting at big business. Earlier this month trump targeted general motars for chevy made chevy cruzes. Gm stock dropped 1 . The company said most cruze models are made in ohio. When he tweeted that the prices were out of control. They vowed to lower costs. Were going to get those costs way down and get the plane to be even better. Reporter hits to both Stock Companies were better. This is an entirely new level of it. Because trumps twitter feet can instantly hurt or help a company, she said branlsd need to be ready for everything its about thinking through the motions how would we react if trump tweeted a positive thing to us a negative thing. Reporter a popular app called trigger notifies them if trump tweets about a company they invested in. Hes tweeting about specific companies calling them out on twitter and thats having massive effects in the stockmarket. Reporter the companys app tracks major Financial News and events or triggers to help investors. Tumblr recently became their most popular feature. Weve seen cap losses in the billions of dollar. One single tweet can affect billions. Reporter klaassen says some Companies May profit. Do you think were going to see the tables turn where companies go after trump in the hopes of baiting themselves into a twitter war and raising their public profile. Do you know the adage all publicity is good publicity . Im sure theyre thinking of that. If youre on trumps radar, theres a good chance youre going to be on a lot of other peoples radar very soon. While the majority took hits some companies have seen boosts including Fiat Chrysler which saw an uptick after a favorable tweet from the president elect. Experts say the lasting effects of mr. Trumps tweets on the economy and big business are yet to be seen. Its so interesting the things that make some people cringe are what people who support him really like. Why would he stop . Its the trifecta of the power of social media and mr. Trump. It demands attention. Indeed it does. Thank you, alex. Good to see you guys. Nasa plan as mission to an asteroid that may contain minerals. Ahead, how it could prepare the way for potential mining expeditions in the future. And we invite you to sub excite to our cbs this morning podcast. You get news of the day, interviews, and podcast originals. I saw gayle tapg one yesterday. I was. Original. Find them all. Very original. Find them all on apples ipod apps. Well be right back. I have asthma. One of many pieces in my life. So when my asthma symptoms kept coming back on my longterm control medicine. I talked to my doctor and found a missing piece in my asthma treatment with breo. Oncedaily breo prevents asthma symptoms. 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The Missions Leader at Arizona State estimates the iron alone today on the market would be worked 10,000 quad rillion dollars. Thats a 1 followed by 19 zeros. Is there a plan to take advantage of all the metal on an asteroid like this . Were going to learn about planetary formation but were not going to try to bring any of this material back and use it for industry. Reporter nasa already launched a separate mission last september with plans to return to earth with a sample and a private Company Called planetary resources is working to develop a satellite geared toward potentially lucrative asteroid explor racing. Do you expect that people would want to go mine that some day . Well, you know, lets go explore it first and lets see what its made of and then we can let people decide what they want to do with it. Reporter once the Psyche Mission launches in 2023, it will take seven years to get to its out of this world destination. For cbs this morning carter er evans, los angeles. 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Later today in San Rafael City Council members will hold a Public Meeting to discuss smart rail system projects. Smart plans to build two train stations and a railway through the city. Stay with us, traffic and weather in just a moment. ,,,, good morning, its 7 57. Lets take a look at an update for closure at the schellville sonoma area. Highway 12 between 121 at wathmaugh and 121 between 12 and 8th street east closed due to storms from last week but now chp and caltrans are staying it should go opening up around noon. They hope to open it. So well keep you posted. Heres a live look at the Golden Gate Bridge from marin county into san francisco. Youre moving smoothly across the span there. But do expect 30minute or more from the maze to downtown across the bay bridge. And the same story here across the san mateo bridge from hayward to foster city. Julie . Thank you, roqui. We are tracking scattered showers and thunderstorms on hi def Doppler Radar this morning. Well likely see continued showers throughout the day today off and on so keep that umbrella handy. Highs today in the mid to upper 50s. These showers linger ahead of the storm approaching tonight into tomorrow morning. This is storm number 2 moving in for friday. Expect rain and wind. Lingering showers on saturday a third storm stronger and similar to what we saw yesterday moves in on sunday. Lingering showers monday and then drying by midweek. ,,,, good morning to the viewers in the west. Welcome back. There is dickerson from the National Mall. The mood and expectations for president elect trump. First, todays eye opener at 8 00. Reporter the avalanche came in a wake of series of earthquakes and aftershocks. The epicenter in mountains covered by heavy snowfall. 35 were killed. That speech will give meaning to the campaign slogan, make America Great again, with an emphasis on economic insecurity. By the end of today, 15 of trumps nominees will have gone before the senate, and the fight is just over how many will be confirmed after he is sworn in here. There was an inspiring moment on the first nonwhite male president expressed the believe hes not the last. Who knows who were going to have. I suspect well have a whole bunch of mixed up president s at some point that nobody really knows what to call them. Thats fine. We wanted to bid a fond farewell to the obamas. They have started to move out of the white house this week moving into an eightbedroom home in washington, d. C. The obamasmented a place with room inside for the girls and plenty of room out back for joe biden to run around. Im charlie rose with gayle king and rescuers are trying desperately to reach at least 30 people in a fourstar ski resort buried by an avalanche. They are trapped in the hotel, sending messages from inside pleading to be rescued. The hotel was built to be earthquake proof but had no production against avalanches. That region east of rome was hit by a series of earthquakes yesterday and received around three feet of snow in the past week. Alpine teams on skis managed to reach the hotel at 4 00 this morning. Thats local time. One message sent to workers from someone believed to be inside the buried building said, help, we are dying of the cold. In more than 24 hours, donald trump will be the 45th president of the United States. The president elect escaped the press pool in washington last night to visit his hotel near the white house and banned reporters from seeing or hearing remarks at two inaugural events. Instead, he tweeted photos of the dinner honoring mike pence. Hes at trump tower this morning returning to d. C. Later this morning to lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns. Hell stay overnight at blare house, the Vice President s guest house and its traditional for president elects to stay there the night before the inauguration. Paul ryan called russia a, quote, global menace. A different tone than president elect trump took towards russia and president putin. Yesterday, speaker ryan told us hes not sure what mr. Trumps Long Term Plan is for dealing with russia. Youre having conversations with him. I mean, wouldnt you want to say tell me what your Long Term Strategy is i think carrot stick diploma diplomacy . Transactional. Negotiating, first offer, but not the final position . I think its served him extremely well and worked very well, and hes made a difference already before getting in office on this, so i think thats nontraditional. Im going out on a limb here, but i think its going to be an unconventional presidency. Thats a a big limb. Yeah, so, but on russia, i think they are an actor you believe he does . I believe he does. I say he believes they are, especially now that he has to be confronted hes prepared to, as he said, reduce sanctions if, in fact, they do something we know not what. I cant speak to what that is. All id say is he knows they are up to no good. He knows they tried to meddle in the elections. He knows they do not share our interests. Also asked to speak about replacement for the Affordable Care act and believes theyll have a plan together in the next couple of weeks. Seemed to have a sense of humor in tact. Oh, a big packer fan, wisconsin, we spoke for 60 minutes there. Interesting. You had mike pence yesterday, josh earnest, and pence, and here in new york. At my table here over across the street. The interesting thing is he talk about regulations. Were hearing that trump, in terms of regulations having to do with securities industry, regulations dealing with the environment will be a principle target for the administration from the getgo. What republicans and conservatives want and burdensome regulations. Ahead of tax reform. Hundreds of thousands of people go to the Nations Capital tomorrow for the Donald Trumps inauguration. A cbs news poll shows 60 believe hell bring change to washington, but 61 believe hell divide the country. We covered 13 inaugurations starting in 1965, and bob is at the National Mall with face the nation moderator, john dickerson, great to have you this morning, great to see you. Morning. John, cbs news reports donald trump is on track for one of the slowest confirmation timelines in modern history. Reports about a National Security team that has coordinated. What are you hearing . Well, talking to a democratic last night, a democratic senator, the senator said theyre going to confirm as much on the National Security team as possible because they want some people in there to balance out some of Donald Trumps exciting views, particularly on countries like russia. I think hes likely to get that team in place, and then the others, you know, itll depend. The speed of the team coming into place is one thing, but the really interesting question is the distance between donald trump and what he says publicly and then what these cabinet heads are going to do and believe and actually put into place when they get into their jobs, and that is the more important question here at the dawn of the trump administration. Bob, for example, suppose the defense minister in russia or china wants to speak to the man running americas military this week. Who does he talk to . Well, thats the question. Thats why there is so much anxiety in the Foreign Policy community, Foreign Policy establishment as is. I spent a lot of time with a lot of Foreign Policy types this week, and, to them, that is the thing that worries them the most, and that is no one really knows what to expect. They are very disturbed by all this tweeting thats going on, for example, for fear that someone in another capital, be that north korea, might misinterpret what is said. They dont know whether to take that seriously or not. They dont know who at this point actually speaks for the president. This is a very unusual transition that were going through here, and lets not forget, a big part of the reason for that is this took everyone by surprise. A lot of people were pleased with what happened. A lot of people were not pleased with what happened, but most people were surprised by the outcome of this election including the people closest to trump. Im told that the day before the election, they were giving themselves a 20 chance of winning. Wow. Well, he made it clear, bob, hes not going to give up tweeting. Im wondering how this compares to the mood and expectations of past inaugurations that youve covered and that youve attended. Well, theres a drinking game among the younger people in our Washington Bureau that how long will it take old bob to say, ive never seen anything like this in my life, so, okay, guys. Drink up. I must have said it a hundred times. Saying that now . Its very, very different. So, the interesting question, seems to me, john, we dont know how much of this is going to be a continuing part of the trump administration. This question of where the president stands and where his cabinet officials tweeting, using social media, and violating what have been norms of the past. Yeah. Well, the changing of norms is one of the key and important questions of the trump administration, and the twitter is can be used as a distraction. It is, i think, what will end up or what is likely to happen is theres a lot on a president s plate, or there should be anyway, and creating distractions will become ever more burdensome as the administration goes on. Theres not enough hours in the day just to deal with the things in prompt of a president , let alone distractions being created, and so my guess is that and president obama said this yesterday in his press conference reality will start to impinge, and once its pointed out to the president , the new president that this is causing issues for secretaries of state and defense, that might limit the kind of tweeting that goes on. Bob, may may i add one thing to that . You know at the end of the Republican Convention this summer, i said one of the few things that actually did come true. I said, what weve learned from this convention is that donald trump is going to run in the general election as donald trump, and thats exactly what he did. He did not change anything. I think at least in the beginning of the administration, were going to see the same trump that we came to know in the primaries, in the general election. I think thats the donald trump thatll be taking the office. Its been working for him, bob. One of the things, too, in the past when george w. Bush handed things over to president obama, he said the next president zephyrs my silence. Yesterday, we saw president obama in the White House Briefing room draw different red lines saying there would be issues that would cause him to come back and speak on that issue. Obamas going to be less than two miles away living in washington. This is going to be very different than what weve seen. Extremely different. And i think the president will take a little time off in the beginning, but weve not heard the last of barack obama. I think youre going to hear him speak out on issues when he thinks he needs to do that. Yeah. Not only that, the Democratic Partys got to start rebuilding and looking ahead. I think the Democratic Party is in total tatters right now. Right. I think if you were to try to sit down and make a list as to who do we think now is the nominee for the democrats in four years, i dont think anybody knows the answer to that, john. No, they dont. The more barack obama speaks, the less stage there is for a new person to step up, which hes aware of. Secondarily, he knows and democrats know it would be a gift to President Trump to have president obama at the side. What donald trump needs is an opponent and an enemy, and barack obama turning it into an old fight gets all the partisans on trumps side behind him rooting against barack obama, so i think that president obama will be very careful, actually, about when he weighs in. I agree with that, john. I think he wants to remain silent for a while. He told friends he wants to be quiet for a while. Talked about being silent for a year, said that interesting remark. Lots to be continued. Never boring, never dull. We are busy too. From the beginning of the campaign. Bob, john, good to see you both. Cbs news brings all day coverage of the inauguration tomorrow morning here on cbs this morning. We are headed down to washington today. Yeah. What time are we on from . Yeah. From 7 00 a. M. To 1 00 p. M. Or whenever. Donald trump all day. Donald trump takes the oath of office, movers working at the white house, and what Michelle Obama said about leaving a team in the white house wants to make sure that all americans are he a team in the white house to make sure electronic messages share the pulse of the nation. Yeah. They got a big job over there. Youre watching cbs this morning well be right back. We will be right back. That there. Thats a big job. Youre watching cbs this morning. Well be right back. 4 i used to run, i loved it but a bad injury led to chronic pain. Prescription opioids helped with the pain. But left me constipated. Fiber, laxatives, still constipated. Finally, i let it out, told my doctor. That was my movantik moment. 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Throughout history when the president gets sworn in, a massive makeover takes place. Its transformed in hours. About 100 decorators will redecorate the home. Chip reid is outside with how this chaos will work. Good morning. Reporter good morning. This move has been planned for months but it will be executed with military precision in a matter of hours. By the time the trumps arrive c president. Reporter as the nation focuses on the transition of power outside the capitol building, a whirlwind of activity is taking place as the staffers make the home for them. They literally move your stuff out in one day. You are living there and suddenly its not all out on the side lawn. They pack it up. Its about five hours of organized chaos at the white house. Kate anderson brauer covers transitions inside her book. Resident staffers moves mattresses and headboards and putting framed photographs on dressers and making sure the house is absolutely perfect for the new family. Reporter and while the trumps will have reign to decorate the private residence, the oval office will remain true. Dwight eisenhower put in a putting greene on the south lawn. President bush 41 put in a horseshoe pit. Barack obama made the tennis court a basketball court. Theres certain tweaks you can do. The history of the white house will not change. Ill miss it. I mean i miss this magnificent house that weve had a chance to live in, the staff that work here. Reporter its a similar feeling for Michelle Obama who wednesday posted to instagram her final walk through the white house. I find myself choking up because we have raised our kids in the white house. Weve had so many amazing experiences. Were going to be walking away from all that. The obamas wont be going far. Theyll be renting a house less than two miles from here while sacha finishes high school and school is also affecting the moving plans of melania trump. 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But you can take mass transit. Bart is on time. Ace is on time. Muni is on time. Julie . Thanks, roqui. Were still tracking rain and some thunderstorms on hidef doppler this morning. Outside right now, scattered showers and that remains the story throughout the day. We are seeing showers right now heading to the peninsula and in through the sacramento valley. Temperatures in the mid to upper 50s today. The big story is storm system number 2 and 3. After scattered showers today, storm system number 2 moves in overnight into friday. And then we see lingering showers on saturday. Storm number 3 moves in saturday night into sunday. And this one looks to be a strong one similar to what we saw yesterday. So we are anticipating the possibility of some flood and high wind advisories on sunday. Lingering showers on into monday. And then we do look to start drying out for tuesday and wednesday of next week. ,,,,, after the hit hamilton, prices soared. 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Guess what . 2018 will be 56 years since john lennon and mccartney first started writing songs together. Wow. 56 years. Wow. The Los Angeles Times reports on the priciest house for sale in the United States. It is a newly built mega mansion in bel air. The list price, 250 million. It has 12 bedrooms and a helicopter on the roof. Theres a bowling alley, a candy room, two wine cellars. It includes a fleet of cars. Its for billionaires who may want to move in redhome. It looks like there was a tv in the pool. Pretty awesome. All right, the wall street journal report as what gives money its distinctive smell. A german perfumer says he thinks hes found the perfect blend. It has over 100 chemicals and leather from being in wallets and change. The Tv Streaming Service netflix added 7 million members in 2006. Net new mexico was 67 million. Netflix ended 2016 with nearly 94 million subscribers worldwide. And the Cincinnati Enquirer says an unusual monkey was the first creature born this year at the city zoo. Babies of the threatened species are snow white with little pink faces. Scientists say that makes it easy for mothers to see them in dense african rainforests. The monkey will turn black and white. Thats bananas. Tomorrow well witness the inauguration of our 45th president. Were launching a new series this morning called we the people. We go beyond the pomp and circumstance of the swearing in to examine americas hopes and fears for the trump presidency. We traveled across the country and spoke with four people with different political backgrounds and beliefs. Here they are in their own words. My name is steven. Im steven. Im a special Education Teacher and i teach instructors, ohio, and i voted for Hillary Clinton. Small town, blue collar, weve always been a democratic stronghold. I dont understand why so many people in this community would vote for him. It just felt like a joke, like this was the best pick from the republican party, a man with no political experience who is abrasi abrasive, brash, mocks people that arent like him. Trumps won the presidency. In a lot of ways, i feel like i cant express what i really feel. I cant express like that im grateful or i cant express those things because suddenly im the bigot. I really want to see people have the opportunities. I grew up in a christian home. My daud whos a general contractor taught me the value of hard work. Ive begun my own business with heavy equipment. Im excited for whats to come with the new by and new economy. And we will make America Great. I voted for donald trump because i believe that he represents the best options for creating an ecosystem where my children can prosper. I felt that Hillary Clinton was kind of presenting a picture and some of nair active there was capitalism was bad. And i believe wall street can never ever be allowed to wreck main street again. The market is boning and i believe a lot of that is because of Donald Trumps presence there. I dont deny that donald trump used the art of rhetoric, the art of influence with words, and the art of tickling peoples emotions. I dont deny that. But how he governs is a whole different thing. Theyre screaming we want the wall, we want the wall, build the wall. Were going to build the wall, dont worry about it. When donald trump says those things, one, its not president ial, two, its not what this nation is about. I was born in mexico and i emigrated to the u. S. When we us 5 years old. I remember crossing, running, all of a sudden being in a whole new world. I felt like any typical american kid. Im the first attorney to be allowed to practice in the great state of new york being im documented. I think that everybody should have the opportunity to work hard and make something of themselves, but thats what it takes. It takes hard work and america is not built on free handouts. When i was 20, i had to have brain surgery. I was told i had a year to live. Thus ive habed to have, you know, Specialized Health care and im going into starting my own business. Im responsible for my own insurance. I really hope that donald trump will work on the obamacare problem. My moms on obamacare. Obviously hes going to repeal it and shes going to lose her Health Care Insurance and he says hes going to replace it immediately after. I dont understand how the United States can vote for a man whose rhetoric is so hateful. Look at my africanamerican over here. Look at him. Are you the greatest . I dont believe hes racist, no. I can say sometimes hes not the best cultural communicator in the world. The reason i do the dop work is to bring ideas. I receive lots of backlash in my support for trump. Im going to bring your jobs back to america. I think that if donald trump does increase the number of jobs that are available in america, that this would be a great boon to the selfesteem of our country. Anyone who has entered the United States illegally is subject to deportation. One of the fears i do have is i could be subject to deportation any day. My family, many of them, are residents or u. S. Citizens. We have a broken immigration system that is going to separate families, american families. You cant trust him with a cell phone. How are we going trust him with Nuclear Launch codes. A lot of people are like, hes going to hit the red button. And my response to that is, you know what . Hes not because hes surrounded by a great team. Working together we will begin the urgent task of rebuilding our nation. My biggest hope is that the American People will reflect on what makes us great, which is our immigrant background, our diversity, and our strength to your come challenges. I hope that he works closely with democrats and republicans on bipartisan ways to further the country. Do i agree with everything he does . No. Did i vote for him . No. But i live in america. Im an american. Of course, i want him to succeed. Because if he succeeds, our country succeeds. We will follow up with holy, steve, leo, and caesar, to see how their perspective changes on Donald Trumps presidency. The white house receives around 10 million messages every year from funny to critical. Ahead we hear,,,,,,,,,,,,, this is amazing. 20 is i mean 17, i get it. 18, sure. 19, i can see that. But 20 is outrageous. This is this is really something that means more to me Ellen Degeneres made history at the peoples choice award. She was a threetime winner bringing it to 20. Thats the most of any person in the awards history. 20 years is a long time in television. Congratulations to you, ellen. The United States Postal Service handles billions of mail each year. Millions wind up at the most recognizable address. 1600 pennsylvania avenue in washington, d. C. Tony dokoupil is here to show us what happens to all of those letters after they arrive at the white house. Tony, good morning. Good morning. The inside story at washington is always full of intrigue but for his entire presidency president obama has asked his staff to bring him a daily dose of the outside story, the thoughts, the feelings, and the ideas of the rest of america. That i do it by reading something that a lot of people think gets thrown away, letters to the president. I get a lot of letters if there the constituents. I get about 40 thousand every day. I dont read all 40,000. Somebody does. Reporter for the past eight years one of those somebodies has been fiona reaves. I read on the elven lope, alert, cutest baby photo inside. Reporter as director of president ial correspondence, she runs the team that looks at every single letter, email, and message sent to the white house, about 10 million a year. All those people who selfidentify as little ol me, this is sort of their entry point. Reporter but in the first week president obama asked for something other president s have not. To read some of the letters every night. He asked for ten that were representative and he was clear about the point it shouldnt be ten fan letters. Reporter reed herself reading 200 to 400 a night herself before giving the president ten for his briefing book. Thats not easy to do. The content of the letters is often searing and personal. Yeah. It can be emotionally draining. People are often reaching out to the president as a last resort. In this tradition, feelings matter more. Reporter its powerful because of what it conveys about your voice or what youve been through. Weve received letters from veterans who are writing that could be stream of consciousness but that makes it so much more powerful. Reporter ore the years some of the letters have been sweet. She set up a vegetable garden and she sent me a picture. Reporter others have been funny. One was im retired, ive got some advise for you. You know, ride your bike a lot, spend time with your wife, draw. And then it said dont be afraid to day drink. I just thought that was pretty good. Reporter but many are critical. Sometimes the letters say you are an idiot and the worst president ever. Do you ever feel like hes had a bad few days and he needs uplifting letters . We do feel like when we give a bunch of tough stuff in them particularly if its a friday we throw in a tenth letter that we sometimes refer to as a chaser like a kid letter. A chaser to make the hard stuff go down easier. Mmhmm, yeah. Reporter president obama not only reads his letters, he often responds. Dear stefan, thank you so much for your letter. Were so proud of you. Keep up the good work. Reporter hes a graduate student in Public Policy at Oxford University in england. In high school he wrote the president a letter thanking him for being an inspiration. The president s reply inspired him even more. Even though the letter was short in a number of words, probably the most profound words that have ever been addressed to me before. Reporter reed says shes seen an uptick in praise for the president as more say goodbye. Ill always regard you as my president because you were the president who believed in me. Reporter later today shell select the final ten letters president obama will read in office. What do you hope the president walks away with . I hope that he and the country walk away with all of these people continuing to feel engaged and like their government here, that they can help change their government. Think theys what he leaves with the government. I hope he walks away feeling pretty good about that. Reporter its too late to send a letter to president obama but the white house will be accepting email throughout the day. Who knows. If you get in early, you might be in the hands of the president this evening. I might have missed it. How many does he respond to . About half. Every night hes in the white house he writes ten, he writes margin notes and fiona writes them up and they get a reply. Is there a number of how many hes received . Its millions of the course of the presidency. The way the people approached this president , it reminds me of a story. When fdr died, she fell over on the street and a reporter walked up to him and said, did you know the president . He said, no, but he knew me. How are they going to now about. Theyre going to be archived. Thank you. An extra special gift to a fan on her special night. Ahead,,, lie ,,,,,,,,, you can call the rockets james harden player of the game last night and not just because he scored 38 points. He took the game ball after houston got the ball, signed it, and gave it to a rockets fan who was celebrated her 100th birthday. He talked about it later and said he was blessed to meet her. That james harden is having a great year. Hes a good guy. Tomorrow well bring you all day ,,,,,,, area. Re keeping its 8 55. Im kenny choi. The next round of storms is causing problems across the bay area. Right now, crews are keeping an eye on a possible rockslide in san francisco. Oshaughnessy boulevard is closed between portola and malta drive. Several bay area schools are now finishing up walkins to protest president elect Donald Trumps policy proposals. Ahead of his swearingin tomorrow. Many teachers say that Public School access is key regardless of student immigration status. And los gatos based netflix is riding a wave of good news. Shares have surged since the Video Company announced that it added more than 7 million subscribers last quarter. Netflix says 5 million more subscribers could be added this quarter. Well have traffic and weather in just a moment. ,,, take one. Directv now. Stream all your entertainment anywhere anytime can we lose the all. Theres no cbs and we dont have a ton of sports. Anywhere, any. Lets lose the anywhere, anytime too. You cant download onthego, theres no dvr, yada yada yada. Stream some stuff somewhere sometimes you totally nailed that buddy. Simple. Dont let directv now limit your entertainment. Only xfinity gives you more to stream to any screen. Good morning. Happy thursday. Its almost friday. So this traffic that youre about to be this is well worth it. Its 8 57. Lets check the bay bridge toll plaza into downtown san francisco. About 22 minutes between the maze and downtown. And if you are traveling across the span of the san mateo bridge, expect a slow one between 880 and 101. Thats hayward to foster city. Okay. Moving over now to pleasanton, southbound 680 after 580 theres a twocar crash out there blocking the left lane so expect delays here. And bart is always a good idea. Ace train 7 is delayed 10 minutes and muni is on time. Ill send it to you. All right, roqui. Thank you. We are tracking thunderstorms and scattered showers on hidef doppler. We actually have a thunderstorm over the south bay. Lets go ahead and zoom in. It looks like it might be over the santa cruz mountains. Yes, just north of Portola Valley northwest of los altos, west of palo alto. But we have a significant cell right now just over palo alto heavy rain there. Expect scattered showers and thunderstorms throughout the day temperatures in the 50s. Next storm moves in tonight. And then a break on saturday. Third storm sunday. Heavy rain and high winds. Lingering showers monday. Drying out midweek. ,,,, wayne imitating chewbacca you got the car holy cow wayne you got the big deal you won, now dance ooh cat grays over there jamming the tunes. Vamos al aruba lets play smash for cash. Go big or go home jonathan its time for lets make a deal. Now heres tvs big dealer, wayne brady cheers and applause wayne hey, whats up, america . Welcome to lets make a deal, im wayne brady. Thanks for tuning in. Who wants to make a deal . cheers and applause you, come with me. Everybody else, have a seat. Hey, hello, hello, hello. How are you . Hi wayne hi, nice to meet you. And you are mckenzie. Mckenzie, yeah. Wayne mckenzie, what do you do . I run a nanny agency