Candidate. This is what its like to be on the floor of the United States senate. The gop battles on the debate stage. Who is talking . Im talking right now. Im talking. Cruz support. He campaigned promising to lead would you please get to me . Sorry, you havent. We punched the russians in the nose. If im elected we will build a wall that works and ill get donald trump to pay for it. A 737 off the runway in nashville and eight people taken to the hospital. Next thing we are getting off the road. Students back in class on l. A. Today after a terror attack that shut down the entire district. The fbi has said its not a credible threat. A powerful storm is spreading wintry conditions across the country. Parts of the colorado saw as many as two feet of snow. Nearly 500 flights cancelled. Where are you headed . Costa reek ko. Are you still headed there . No. Fight inside to iraqs leaders. A water crisis led to a state of emergency in flint, michigan. Hundreds of people in the town could have lead poisoning. All that. They are up to their antics again with nifty moves. Look at that i love it all that matters. This gem comes courtesy of the cbs affiliate in rochester, minnesota. That is the robber that just went by, according to the banks employee. So i got to go here and call 911. Ill talk to you later. That is how season three starts. I dont do that. Yes, you do. I will dedicate my performance to you. I will say to the memory of Harrison Ford. What do you mean the memory of Harrison Ford . No one should ever forget [ bleep ] here. Announcer this portion of cbs this morning sponsored by toyota. Lets go places welcome to cbs this morning. Terrorism and National Security dominated the final Republican Debate of 2015. It was a hardfought two hours. Big name president ial candidates criticized and occasionally mocked each other. Marco rubio took several shots at ted cruz last night and jeb bush was aggressive toward donald trump and the frontrunner gave it right back. Major garrett is at the site of last nights debate. Good morning. Reporter good morning. The debate was an instant time capsule. A prime time event in which the terrorism overshadowed every other topic. They clashed over the views but in the end offered an anxious nation a promise and one could be distilled into one word or phrase. We will keep america safe. Safe. Safe. Safe. Safe. Your safety and security is safe with me. We are talking about security. Reporter the competition to be tougher on National Security never ended and jeb bush, running in low single digits, forced his way back into the conversation by repeatedly challenging donald trump. This is a tough business. Oh, i know, youre a tough guy, jeb. And we need to have a leader that is tough. Youre real tough, jeb. You will never get there. Im at 42 and youre at 3 so, so far, im doing better. Doesnt matter. Ted cruz and marco rubio he crashed. Ted accused rubio for a path for citizenship. Does the ted cruz ruleout ever realize that people in this country senator cruz . I never supported legalization and do not intend to. Reporter Chris Christie said his experience as a post9 11 u. S. Attorney general. This is what its like to be on the floor of the u. S. Senate. I mean, endless debates about how many angels on the head of a pin from people who have never had to make a consequential decision in an executive position. After the debate rand paul told us trumps calls to shut down part of the internet to force isis propaganda and target the families of terrorists were, quote, radical and ridiculous. I think when people discover he wants to get rid of the First Amendment to the constitution they might scratch their head and say, oh, my god. We asked trump what he valid more. Security or the bill of rights . I have always come down on the side of security. To me, its the most important. Even if it means doing something to encroach on the bill of rights . I hate it. I hate the concept of it. We are dealing with very bad dudes. Trump ended months of speculation about a thirdparty candidacy if he doesnt win the gop nomination. I am totally committed to the republican party. I feel very honored to be the frontrunner. Reporter trump senior advisers told us trump had always been clear with them and had been for weeks he would run as a republican. Not consider a thirdparty race. Trump made the announcement tonight after reviewing polling data nationally and sees a clear path to the nomination. Thanks, major. Only on cbs this morning, new jersey governor Chris Christie is with us from las vegas. Governor, good morning. Good morning. With donald trump and senator cruz gaining ground, is it essential now for republicans in the center to come together and coalesce around one candidate as soon as possible . No. Listen. I think what you need to do is continue to make your case to the American People and our republican primary voters about the safety and security of our country and who is best prepared, who is the most tested and is most ready to protect the United States of america and its citizens and i thought we made it clear last night that my experience as federal prosecutor and United States attorney general and governor of new jersey makes me the best prepared to do that. Last night, governor, did you make a conscious decision not to engage with donald trump . A couple of dustups between jeb bush and donald trump and can you say im going to let this play out and stay above the fray . What was your thinking when this was going on . The most important thing is to remember that our hardwaadve was watching last night in Hillary Clinton. Its not for our country to get in the minor dustups that these guys get into and talking about the little petty things they discuss among each other. My idea is keep the eye on the ball and make sure we get the best person to prosecute the case against Hillary Clinton in the fall and i believe im that person. Governor, thank you again for getting up so early with us from las vegas. I know it was a late night for you. I want to ask you about one of the things you have gocketadvoc for a nofly zone in syria. You would shoot down that russian plane. What is the rules of engagement . Very clear, if they go into our nofly zone after we have warned them to stay out, then they would be shot down. The fact is we need to have some clarity coming from the oval office and not, you know, 16 pages of rules of engagement that a pilot has to flip through before they make a decision on what with to do. You fly an american war plane, they have very clear rules of engage the and it would be made clear to russia what those rules were and if they decided to violate them, that is what a nofly zone means, dont fly and if they fly there their plane would get shot down. You indicated that that would indicate world war iii. Like senator paul they dont realize we are already in world war iii. I said this in a town hall last week. A new world war and this is one where radical islamists are trying to destroy our way of life. If he doesnt understand we are already in that war its just another example of why he is so unfit to be president of the United States. But if russia is our ally against isis, could we be shooting down their planes . Because we are not engaged in world war iii with them. Youre assuming that russia is our ally in i think the secretary of state that makes it absolutely certain im right if the secretary of state thinks that. The fact russia has been dealing our lunch money the entire time from the obama admintration from Hillary Clintons reset button to going into crimea and ukraine and propping up their puppet, assad. Russia is in syria along with iran to prop up assad. Governor, how would you get rid of assad . Listen. I think that is something that has got to be the product of talks between our nato allies with us and our arab allies and coalition. But not russia . Listen, charlie, i know that youre obsessed with russia this morning and im just simply not. I dont think russia has earned the right. No, governor, youre the one talking about shooting down their planes. You asked about a nofly zone and that is the definition of a nofly zone. If that offends folks in the u. N. Crowd im sorry but America Needs to assert itself again and playing the weak hand this president has played with this country we have Russian Troops in crimea and create what has that created charlie, they are aligning with the oniaranians to create n iranian empire. Thank you for getting up with us this morning, governor christie. Appreciate it. John dickerson is in washington and he was at the debate as well. He joins us this morning. Hello, john dickerson. Hello, gayle. How are you . Im really good. You said last nights debate was about flexing muscles. In your opinion was there a clear winner last night . Well, if its a strength contest and it pretty much was between all of the republican candidates, with the exception of senator paul, then that benefits donald trump. He is running on strength and promoting strength and the voters have shown they think he is the strongest of the candidates. The debate took place basically on his turf. If that is the case it was a good night for donald trump. Youre saying it might have changed something and added strength to donald trump, if it changed anything . Yeah. I dont think it really changed anything. He is at the top of the polls. People are looking to him for strength. That is what he has been running on. So i think it only it only helped him. He has disappeared a little bit in some of these debates which might have been a problem for him as voters started to think about the candidates as commander in chief. But this debate, of all of them, again, took place on his turf so it was good for him. Jeb bush was the only one who appeared to take donald trump on. Did that work for him, do you think . I think it worked for jeb bush but only in a limited way. So it helped his fortunes, but, you know, for the mainstream republicans who are looking for a single candidate to get behind, they have got to pick between christie and bush and rubio and kasich and would like that choice but it didnt win as jeb bush does a a little bit better, it keeps him alive so the nontrump, noncruz candidates are still still too many of them for the mainstream republicans. It probably wont win until after new hampshire, will it . Well, thats right. Therefore, it could be too late. If the other candidate has a big head of steam by that time. What is the most important dynamic of this race right now, john . Well, i think there are two big dynamics to watch. One is trump cruz. They return to their armistice last night and friendly to one another and both realizing they are looking for the same kind of voters. Donald trump really pulling back because he has gotten some grief for going after ted cruz. The other dynamic is the split vote on the nontrumpcruz camp and keeps getting split. The better the moderate or mainstream candidates do the harder it is to finally coalesce around one. Them. John dickerson in washington, thank you. Defense secretary ash carter is in iraq for an unannounced visit. He arrived in baghdad this morning. He there is talk to u. S. Commanders and iraqi leaders about the fight with isis. The defense secretary will explore new options to defeat the terror organizations. Carter is expected to discuss a plan to deploy a new american Commando Force and attack helicopters who battle isis. The faa is looking into how a Southwest Airlines plane rolled off a taxiway and into a ditch. This happened last night at Nashville International airport. The boeing slid off a taxiway as it approached a gate. 133 passengers and five crew on board and eight people taken to the hospital and one passenger had a problem with the landing gear shortly before the jet abruptly stopped. You could definitely feel we were going along and something happened to the wheel that caused the plane to bounce up and down vigorously until we eventually veered off the road. They escaped the aircraft and most of the injuries were described as bumps and bruises. Hundreds of thousands of students will return to class this morning in los angeles. A Terror Threat led local leaders to close all Public Schools yesterday in the nations second largest district. The fbi has determined it was not credible. Ben tracy is at the Los Angeles High School where critics are saying they overreacted. Reporter this high school and more than 1,000 like it have been searched and nothing suspicious has been found and the doors will reopen to student today. Despite knowing this was not a credible threat, officials here in los angeles say they made the right call. We believe that our schools are safe. Reporter l. A. s Public School system is back in business, but city officials are defending the decision to shut down more than 1,000 schools on tuesday. If you knew what the superintendent and the school board knew at 5 30 this morning when the decision had to be made, would you have sent your child to school . All l. A. S. D. Schools have been shut down today. Reporter the decision to shut down schools impacted more than 64 0,000 students. The threat came via email. The writer claimed he was part of a cell of 32 comrades threatening to use nerve agents and explosive devices and assault rifles. I dont think it was an overreaction because i think everybody would have been really scared going back to school like knowing we had a thread. Reporter new york city received a similar email threat and kept its schools open. Police commissioner bill bratton was critical of the decision in los angeles. I think it was a significant overreaction. It is very easy, in hindsight, to criticize a decision based on the results that the decider could never have known. Reporter with the recent terrorist attack in nearby san bernardino, california, mayor Eric Garcetti said the citys nerves are raw. I think everybody, including our superintendent would probably rather be criticized for overreacting and nothing happening than vice versa. Reporter shutting down the schools was, obviously, a major inconvenience for students and parents, but the students and parents we talked to actually said they thought that officials made the right call. They would rather be safe than sorry. Law enforcement officials are trying to track down the person or persons who sent the emails that started all of this. Indeed. Ben, thank you very much. This morning Global Financial markets are bracing for the First Federal reserve rate hike in nearly a decade. It is a big day. And the fed is expected to lift shortterm Interest Rates to a range of between a quarter and a half percent. The central bank projects a series of increases over the next three years to more than 3 in 2008. Jill schlesinger is here. What is the impact to our economy . The good news if youre a saver and suffering for so long with low Interest Rates on your savings, checking and cds you will see the rates creep up so great news for savers. Borrower, the news is not a good. Youre going to see increased costs for credit cards, auto loans and any shortterm loan like an adjustable rate mortgage. Theoretically longer term Interest Rates heading higher and borrowers not so good. The key issue in the economy is growth. Will it help growth or not . The fed has kept rates this low for this long to propel growth. The idea of a rising Interest Rate is usually something that might impede growth. That is the worry. Or impede inflation . Right. Right now we are growing at about 2. 25 annualized the last few years but the fed thinks after seven years of rates at zero its time for the patient, the u. S. Economy, to come out of the emergency room and walk out of the hospital on its own. No more help. Yes, i dont need the chair, thank you very much. Exactly. When you sat down, jill, you said this is like the super bowl in the stanley cup for me today you were so excited. Why is this happening now and how can you get others as excited as you . I dont think i can so let me start with that. I think the reason why its exciting for me is the clear sign that the Recovery Process is sort of at the end. We are now entering a normal economy. Not great for everyone. People still out of work but not lose onning hundreds of thousands of jobs every month and not seeing the economy strength. Its time no normize policy and im excited for today. I can tell thank you, jill. You look nice too. Thanks. Thank you very much. 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We will not talk about a ton of rain but enough to slow you down, and meanwhile today, it is still quiet, above average but trending toward seasonal conditions this weekend, meisha. Plus some joy while we have it. Thanks katie. Good morning. Happy wednesday. We have an accident clearing out of the way, even dot moving our cameras but pulled out to the shoulder. Schuylkill westbound at conshohocken curve we have police activity. Be careful. Ninetyfive south at cottman looking good. Really good there. Youre moving slow but we can expect an area very slow moving blue route headlights moving in the southbound direction at baltimore pike, slow 16 on the schuylkill. Thirtyfive on i95, 32 on the vine and 19 on the blue route, erika, over to you. Next update 7 55. Coming up on cbs this morning battle will for babys life, surrogate mother caring for trip let is refusing to abort a fetus. Im erika von tiehl just 24 hours ago, this bank what . Robber. Oh, thats the robber. This is live tv, folks that is the robber who just went by according to the bank employee. So i got to go here and call 911. Ill talk to later. That is adam reporting for our affiliate in minnesota. A bank robbery happened and an employee just said, hey, that guy robbed the Bank Officers picked up the suspect a short time later after adam called the police. Adam, is a good american. A great american. Forget live tv i got to call 911 and they caught the guy. What a way to be alert and available. And a decider. You go, adam. Welcome back to cbs this morning. Coming up in this half hour a Michigan City is under a state of emergency because of lead in its water supply. Traces of the metal made many children sick and ahead the cause saving measures that backfired. Can a popular shampoo make your hair fall out . We will show you what some people experienced after using the product. Time to show you this mornings headlines. The Washington Post reports on congressional leaders reaching a tax and spending deal to keep the government funded through next year. It would delay or suspend some taxes for the Affordable Care act, lift the ban on exporting crude oil from the United States and extend Health Benefits in compensation for 9 11 First Responders and victims. More time to sign up online under the Affordable Care act. The deadline was supposed to be last night but the Obama Administration is now giving people an additional 48 hours to enroll for 2016 coverage. This means customers will now have until 11 59 p. M. Pacific time tomorrow to sign up. Officials say the extension comes amid high demand on healthca healthcare. Gov. Chipotle follows an e. Coli outbreak and norovirus. Their move could keep local small farms out of its supply chain if they cant meet requirements. Detroit news reports on ford starting tests on selfdriving cars on the streets next year. The ford was first to test a driverless car at a new michigan facility. Google has been testing an Autonomous Car in california since 2009. Usa today reports on customers very upset about long delays on holiday card offers from snapfish. Angrsocial media posts complain of waits up to a month which means the cards may not go out in time. The online Photo Service blames Unprecedented Demand and promises delayed orders will get free expedited shipping. Nothing like getting a Christmas Card in january. Charlie had a nice card. The three kids wearing christmas colors. Did you not see it . Im just reacting because i didnt get a Christmas Card im not talking about charlie wearing it but i didnt get one i intentionally left you off the list this year and i wanted you to know, gayle. Maybe you didnt check your mail last night like charlie did. Norah, im no longer speaking to you speaking of charlie rose, please continue. I did see the card. All kidding aside, the card is very cute. Did you get my present . No, i didnt. This morning, the city of flint, michigan, is in a state of emergency. High levels of lead were found in its tap water. This week, fema sent more than 7,000 gallons of bottled water for the citys residents. Adriana diaz is there live this morning. Good morning. Reporter good morning. When officials tapped into the flint river here for the citys Drinking Water the strong chemicals needed to clean the water corroded the pipes and contaminating the water with lead. By the time the city switched back to its original water source, families here said the damage was already done. When i hear my son get up at night and cry because his bones hurt and there is nothing i can give him, there is nothing i can do for him to take away his pain, i feel completely helpless. Reporter for nearly five months, ma lielissa mays and he family drank the water from their tap unaware there was lead in it. May said she noticed a change in her three children. Convulsions and skin lesions and hair loss. The fact of the matter i handed them the glass of the water. Reporter last may, mays and other clint residents filed a class action lawsuit. In court papers they accuse state and local officials of not properly monitoring or sampling the splint river water and delaying and notifying the public of serious safety and health risks. They went on to call the citys deliberately false denials about the safety of the water deadly and arrogant. They continually said the water is safe to drink. Reporter the citys water problem started in the spring of 2014 when flint moved its water supply from a source in detroit to the flint river. The switch was supposed to save the city about 15 million a year, but the lead levels detected in flints children under the age of 5 nearly doubled. According to a study by a local medical center. In october, city officials declared unfiltered water unsafe to drink. Shortly after, flint had to switch back to the original detroit water supply. Damage from lead is irreve irreversible. Reporter the new mayor said when we made the switch to the flint water we damaged the pipes. We already have old infrastructure but no Corrosion Control in place. Reporter the World Health Organization delays any lead in the body unsafe and particularly toxic to Young Children and it may cause mental disabilities and behavioral difficulties. With irreversible neurological effect. Do you feel helpless in this situation . I can make the nightmares go away and the spiders go away but i cant fix this and i cant make this go away. Reporter mayor weaver says fixing the citys water system could cost 1 billion. She hopes declaring a state of emergency will unlock state and federal funding but its ultimately not her call. The cashstrapped state and the federal government have to approve her request. Thank you, adriana. This morning, a surrogate mother carrying triplets is refusing a request to the biological parents to abort one of the babies. Britt me appeared to be a surrogate for a couples two federalized embryos but one split and produced triplets and twin boys and a girl. The biological parents are asking her to abort the fetus and she is refusing and 17 weeks into her pregnancy in california. Cbs news legal expert Rikki Klieman joins us at the table to discuss. I think this is really tough, because the babies are not hers, but it is her body. What are the surge gats legal rights here . What youre dealing with here you have to remember this is commercial is your gsurrogacy. Youre saying there is a contract . You know im going to say there is a contract. Not only is there a contract, there is a contract and when youre dealing with california in particular which is known as a surrogacs friendly state, that they mandate that both sides must have legal representation that is separate. So each side should know what is going on. They mandate its notarized and to make people understand the formality and the seriousness of what they are signing. What you have here is a terribly emotional issue and really emotional. The heart of it, can the parents force the surrogate to have an abortion . In essence yes but let me finish it. They cant arrest her or bring her to the table to have an borings. Ultimately psychologically and monetarily, they can, because what happens under the contract is they can stop paying, this is ramone deal, this is 30,000 for this young woman, and they could sue her for damages for raising a child. Isnt there a provision about this in the contract . Yes, there is. And that is where, in this case, it gets a little sticky p. M. There is a provision in this contract, as in many contracts, what you can do is for medical reasons. Right. That the intended parents ask to abort. Now here, the parents say that doctors have told them that in the event of multiple births like three that they didnt expect that you could expect developmental disabilities. The surrogate says, look, my doctors say there is nothing wrong, but we dont know that ultimately there is nothing wrong. She thinks she will adopt the unwanted fetus and murkying up the water . What happens is you have a motion against business. How is this going to turn out, do you think . I think if the surrogate carrier really wants to keep this child, she ought to get her lawyers to go into court and try to get an injunction. If that doesnt happen, you have a mess on your hands financially. Rikki klieman, thank you very much. Does a shampoo and conditioner used by millions productive hair loss . That is ahead. If youre heading out the door, set your dvr so you can watch cbs this morning any time. You dont want to miss Kennedy Center honoree cicely tyson. One of the most inspiring people i have ever known. 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A wen Company Spokesman told cbs this morning, the products are safe, saying in a statement, there is no Scientific Evidence whatsoever to support any claim that our hair Care Products caused anyone to lose their hair. Manano splans to sue as well and she wants the products recalled. There shouldnt be other people to have to go through this for something to be done before bit. Reporter one is fighting back and wen is fighting back and saying most of their customers are satisfied with the products and there are many reasons for hair loss unrelated to their products. Now, those two class action lawsuits are now in mediation. Cbs this morning reached out to many of wen celebrity endorsers but we didnt get any responses back. The question is there something in there that would make hair loss for maybe not no everybody, but for certain people . Are the people sensitive . Pardon me. 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We start off with a few clouds but expect to see some sun and we are off to a warm start. We have been holding in the lower 50s for quite a few hours. We expect to rebound a lit built here mid 50s expectation, come tommy will give it nine to 11 00 a. M. And once the rain arrives it will be a pretty soggy thursday, meisha. Okay, thanks. Good morning. Happy wednesday. We are looking at a live, shot from chopper three, yikes, route one southbound ez pass lane it looks like, it is a trucker not in the good situation blocking two lanes, of that ez pass lane. The that is route one southbound ez pass lane of the toll plaza right past trenton northville bridge. Blocking some of that. Again, two lanes are blocked, right now, oh, i feel bad for him. Not good. I will be back in a little bit. Meisha, thank you. Next update 8 25. Coming up this morning from sore throat to sniffles and sneezing and you will catch more than a billion cold every year so why is the common cold so common . coffee being poured into a cup. save your coffee from the artificial stuff. Switch to truvia. Great tasting, zerocalorie sweetness from the stevia leaf. It is wednesday, december 16th, 2015. Welcome back to cbs this morning. More real new ahead, including the republican candidates fighting over National Security. We look at the key moments from last nights debate with gop chairman reins priebus. First, heres a look at todays eye opener at 8 00. You dont realize we are already in world war iii. Another example why he is unfit to be president. If its a strength contest and pretty much was, then that benefits donald trump. He is running on strength. I know he youre trying to build up your energy, jeb, but its not working. Defense secretary ash carter is in iraq for an unannounced visit. He arrived in baghdad this morning. The faa is looking into how a Southwest Airlines plane rolled into a dichl. You just wonder what happened . Did we hit somebody . This high school and more than 1,000 like it have now been searched and nothing suspicious has been found and that is why these doors back there will reopen to students today. The fed thinks its time for the patient, the u. S. Economy, to come out of the emergency room and walk out of that hospital on its own. Charlie showed up wearing my Christmas Card this morning. Very nice card showing the three kids. Really . Did you see him wearing it earlier . No. Im just reacting i didnt get a Christmas Card. Maybe you didnt check your mail last night like charlie did. Norah, im no longer speaking to you. Speaking of charlie rose, please continue. Announcer this portion of cbs this morning sponsored by progressive. Im in the middle of a war. No. This is the part we sing we are family. Go ahead. Its love all around. Im charlie rose with gayle king and norah odonnell. A bundle of love. Candidates came out swinging in the final Republican Debate of 2015. They met on stage last night in las vegas. The questions of toughness and resolve dominated the evening. Sharp words were thrown around like world war iii candidates. We are not talking about religion. We are talking about security. If we are going to ban all muslims, how are we going to get them to be part after coalition to destroy isis . He is a chaos candidate and he would be achaos president. He has failed in his campaign. Its a total disaster. Nobody cares. Would you carpet bomb iraq, the isis capital, raqqa, where there are a lot of civilianses . Yes or no. You would carpet bomb where isis not a city but the location of the troops. He is also supported, by the way, a budget that is called a containment budget and a budget that could would radically reduce the amount of money we spend on our military. You cant carpet bomb isis if you dont have planes and bombs to attack them with. Marco has continued these attacks and knows they are not true. The middle east has been in turmoil for thousands of years. For us to think that we are going to go in there and fix that with a couple of little bombs and a few little decorations is relatively foolish. The middle east is totally destabilized, a total and complete mess. I wish we had the 4 trillion or 5 trillion and i wish it was spent here in the United States. Im amazed to hear from that a republican president ial candidate. For the russian we need to punch them in the nose. I would talk to Vladimir Putin a lot and say to him, listen, mr. President , nofly zone in syria. We would shut them down if they think this is the president is the same one we have in the oval office right now. I think if youre in favor of world war iii you have your candidate. I think a candidate who wants world war iii somebody might shut down a bridge because they dont like their friends. Are you open to closing parts of the internet . I sure as hell dont want to let people that want to kill us and kill our nation use our internet. Yes, i am. Is donald trump a serious candidate . The reason i ask this is if youre going to close the internet, realize america what that entails. That entails getting rid of the First Amendment. If you are going to kill the families of terrorists, realize that there is something called the geneva convention. So they could kill us, but we cant kill them . With us now from las vegas is reins priebus, the chairman of the Republican National committee. Thank you for having me on. We see donald trump is the National Leader in the leading caucus and primary contests. Are you i highly doubt it. I think most likely we will have a presumptive nominee by mid april. End of march but probably mid april. You know, its because the way the primary rules are set. Its pretty difficult to get to a contested convention, but certainly if that happened, we will be prepared but its highly unlikely. Was there a dinner where you discussed this with a lot of other republicans about how to deal with such a convention . Not really. I mean, the idea that ill call a meeting at a public restaurant in washington, d. C. , to discuss the idea of engineering a brokered convention, which you cant really do, it either happens or it doesnt, is ridiculous. So this is a routine dinner that we do every month and im a part of it, and in 20 minutes in the twohour meeting, people were asking questions about primary rules which would bore all of your viewers to tears if i got into some of it. But really, its a bunch of nothing is what it is. I beg to differ. Primary rules as you know matter a great deal. You happen to change a lot of them for the 2012 elections and many people argue that barack obama is president of the United States than Hillary Clinton because he understood the primary rules a lot better than her. Because of what . Because of primary rules and how to win in different primaries. Um. Youre saying Hillary Clinton lost because of their primary rules . What im just saying you just said primary rules are not very important but they are clearly very important. Oh, of course yes. Of course, they are really important but people asking questions about how does the winner take all primary work and what happens on super tuesday and how many delegates are awarded on march 1st, those are innocent questions that norm people ask. Got you. Its not a meeting to discuss how we are going to overthrow the whole process and take over a convention. That is absurd and i know youre doing the right thing by asking the questions. Im not opposed to that. Its that particular narrative is just ridiculous. May i just ask one question . Is there with some of the comments that came after donald trump made his comment about banning muslims come coming into the country temporarily, is there a serious discussion amongst people in the party youre chairman of who believe he would be disastrous for the party and, therefore, they must do something to stop him from winning the nomination . How seous is that conversation . Not with me. Im sure im sure other campaigns are going to figure out how to win the praer bimary. But that is their job and 13 candidates up there and trying to figure out how to be the nominee of our party. Clearly, we have a frontrunner but i think even donald trump would tell you its early and nobody is taking anything for granted right now. Without talking about the timetable, are there things that come out of his mouth, mr. Priebus, that sometimes youre sitting there with your mouth open shaking your head and saying, boy, i wish he hadnt said that. Not particularly. You know what . Ive been through this as well. Four years ago was the same thing. I remember im not just saying this to skirt the question. Im just telling you four years ago i was in the same place and people saying we are going to have a contested convention and then it was herman cain and Newt Gingrich and mitt romney. Ive been through this. My job is to make sure we have got a much better and far more confident National Party when it comes to the ground game, the data operation, the turnout, the registration. I mean, a lot of boring mechanics, but really at the heart of what a confident National Committee needs to be and that is my job and that is what im focused on. After the 2012 election, you called for the most comprehensive postelection review in the history of any National Party. You did an autopsy of why your party lost and i went back to find the findings. It does not matter what we say about education and jobs and economy if the hispanics dont think we should be here they would close their ears to the policy. Is that still a concern of yours today . Well, sure, but part of our problem, as a party, was because of the way congressional districts are aligned and stay senate and state assembly districts. If youre not in in a daily basis in black and hispanic communities kroog the country showing up isnt going to solve the problem. What you saw at the beginning of 2014 was where we almost won the hispanic vote in kromt and got 28 of the black vote in ohio and it was a combination of yes, being good on the issues but also saturating communities with republicans that are offering a different vision, better jobs, choice on education, and that kind of message works. That is what im talking about. People can write all of the books in the world about messaging and how to do a better job but if you dont actually have a conduit in the community delivering that message, its not going to change. And so that is really what that report was all about. Thank you very much, reince priebus. Thank you, sir, very much. You bet. One of the candidates was hurt a lot when he wasnt saying anything during last nights game. I think marco gets it completely wrong. Prime minister netanyahu. We do need our defense capability. Senator cruz . Come in and take advantage of that situation. This, i agree with marco. You know . This president is not trusted. Well, if you might imagine, all that coughing kicked up a physician on twitter and viewers called it distractive and a running count of the coughs. West wing actor rob lowe tweeted the following. He wasnt buying but it was ben carson making most of the noise. According to his campaign his Communications Director told cbs this morning that carson was not sick, just working through his cough. The cough is almost gone. Did you notice the coughing . I actually didnt. I didnt either. I didnt notice it either. Maybe when with you isolate it that way it stands out but i really didnt. Rob lowe did. Did you know a sneeze can blast 26 feet . Dr. Holly phillips is in our toyota green room announcer this portion of cbs this morning sponsored by progressive. Kennedy Center Honoree act res cicely tyson opens up to us ahead. Her marriage and her surprising answers to story of the tumultuous relationship. That is ahead on cbs this morning. Tion, there had to be people willing to fight for it, to take on the worlds greatest challenges, whatever they might be. So, the u. S. Army masters not only tactics and strategy, but also physics and chemistry. We make battle plans and create breakthroughs in medicine, science and engineering. Our next mission could be anything. So we prepare for everything. You cant breathed. Through your nose. Suddenly, youre a mouthbreather. Well, just put on a breathe right strip which instantly opens your nose up to 38 more than Cold Medicine alone. Shut your mouth and say goodnight mouthbreathers. Breathe right i am your father. This week at toysrus get 30 off this kylo ren, xwing and the lengendary yoda. Toysrus. Awwwesome withof my moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. Ordinary objects often seemed. Intimidating. Doing something simple. Meant enduring a lot of pain. If ra is changing your view of everyday things orencia may help. Orencia works differently by targeting a source of ra early in the inflammation process. For many, orencia provides longterm relief of ra symptoms. Its helped new ra patients and those not helped enough by other treatments. Do not take orencia with another biologic medicine for ra due to an increased risk of serious infection. 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One is through respiratory droplets through the air. Really interesting video showing what they call a high propulsion after sneeze cloud. You can see from one person sneezing. Holly, that is just gross is that coming from someones mouth . That is a sneeze coming out of their nose. That is gross. It projects 26 feet and can fill a room within minutes. Even though that is gross, the main way we get colts saints through the air but from touching things on surfaces and then touching our face. You touch your eyes, nose and mouth and that is what introduces a cold into your system. Ow many times an hour do you think people touch their face, dr. Phillips . Summaries show people touch their faces minimum 16 times an hour. We dont know what we are doing it. Right. The common cold is hardy. If you bring it up to your nose and mouth and latches on immediately and within 15 minutes its in your system. One of the ways its overlooked for prevent a cold is sleep. Research finds people who sleep i know im talking to not the biggest sleepers here. But sleeping just five or six hours a night increases your chance of getting a cold by four times. Compared with people who sleep seven hours or more. So seven is the critical number. Try and get it and youll fight off colds. That will help everybody else. Thank you, holly. So nice of you. I know what i want for christmas. Dont practice what i preach but that is the science. Thank you very much, dr. Holly phillips. You might be getting ready to see the new star wars sequel. A dozen movies are getting a new force of their own and that is next. We will explain next. Announcer this portion of cbs this morning sponsored by alkaseltzer plus. Day, cold, and flu. Rush liquid fast relief to your tough cold symptoms. Fast, powerful liquid gels from alka seltzer plus with ingredients like roasted hazelnuts and cocoa, theres a whole lot of happy in every jar of nutella. Spread the happy. Im chris bosh. 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On the list also is called 1894 short called the sneeze. Tom edison produced it. Freddie washington is one of the short musical features to feature musicians. From 1920 the mark of youll get this. We see why this made the list. This is the shawshank redemption. Of the deep friendship between inmates. Love that movie. From cons to cops. L. A. Confidence. It also good morning, im erika von tiehl. Philadelphia police are investigating a double shooting in frankford, police say an suv carrying one of the shooting victims crashed outside aria frankford hospital. Victim inside was shot in the back and head. The the second victim ran the two hospital after she was shot in the leg. Police believe that the shoot ago long the 4900 block of darrah a street was drugrelated. Lets check with katie for your forecast and kind of an average wednesday, right. Definitely mild for sure. We will keep those temperatures above average for rest of the the day, still substantially so too. We are talking ten to 12 degrees above seasonal average for highs today. We will go outside not as bright and sunny as wed like but it is dry. We will have cloud cover. We are expect to go keep the the sun around and on storm scan three you are finding a thin rail of clouds high up here. You will not deal with visibility problems, that is good news. Meanwhile we will head for it the in this forecast, temperatures above average tomorrow but tomorrow is soggy day of this outlook as our next more potent storm front crosses and that will live up to its name. We are back to much more seasonal conditions this weekend, it will feel chilly given the warmth, meisha. But, flipflops today umbrella tomorrow. Thanks, katie. This is video, when semi was blocking two ez pass lanes of the toll place route one southbound right past Trenton Morrisville bridge and you can see, yikes, that will not be easy to clean out. Blocking again two of those lanes there moving on, under the the schuylkill westbound this is schuylkill westbound at University Avenue where we have an accident, moments ago we were looking at a backup cam why at grays ferry and it vice slow moving in that area because of that accident. The this is an accident i95 southbound off ramp to columbus boulevard for those in that area still busy, erika over to you. Your next update 8 55. Coming up on cbs this morning google as top search of the year what the search reveals about our save yartificial stuff. He switch to truvia. Great tasting, zerocalorie sweetness from the stevia leaf. At clorox 2 weve turned removing stains into a science. Now pretreat with clorox 2 watch stains disappear right before your eyes. Remove 4 times more stains than detergent alone. Nice baby. The giant panda cub faced the media for the first time just minutes ago at the national zoo in washington. The little guy tried to climb a rock in fronts of cameras. He hasnt mastered walking just yet, but zoo Officials Say give him time. He will soon start to scale the trees. His hearing is improving and he was born in august and he tops the scale at 17 1 2 pounds. Visitors to the national zoo will be able to see bei bie at the panda house in january. I cant wait to go. I think he is very cute. Welcome back to cbs this morning. Coming up in this half hour, want to know what people are really curious about on google in 2016 including sports stars and singers and actor . Daniel is here with that. Youre on camera hi there now a frontrunner in president ial race, who is left behind. Kennedy Center Honoree cicely tyson, a Ground Breaking actress, talks to us about some of her most famous moments on stage and screen and how she inspires a new generation of artists is ahead. Time to show you some of the mornings headlines from around the globe. Seattle times reports on online retailer amazon is looking at reviews by activists pushing their social and political agendas and one case dozen of theorists taeckattacked a book. Some of the malicious reviews were removed. Star wars opens on friday. J. J. Abrams had the three films in mind when he embarked on this new undertaking. You new chris lick, who is also a big cheese on air, he went to see it. He gives it good reviews too. Didnt you, chris . Two thumbs up. Two thumbs up. I want to see it too. Our cbs station in minnesota reports a mom sank a prize winning halfcourt shot. Angela ramie tossed the basketball but it fell short and she appeared to give up hope but the ball bounced up and dropped through the basket it ran her a 50 reduction if for her daughter next year in school. Tuition can top out to more than 10,000 a year there. A list show cases the years top trending events and here is a list. Number five, ronda rousey. Number four, Caitlin Jenner and number three is american sniper and number two is Jurassic World and number one is lambar odom. What does it tell us lamar odom is number one . Probably not a household name before the tragic events in october. They maybe heard something and they want to be a part of the conversation and get some context and they were curious and find out what was going on with him. So we really saw that spike at that point in time. Not like we were wondering what happened to him but when we lost him it became interesting to people. These are spiking, trending searches. Its not search volumes. Is this because of his relationship true . You could say because he is tied to the kardashians and people might have known him from his nba playing days. We saw an amazing amount of interest out of those tragic events. Your list are so diverse. How does the list come together . A whole team of data curators. Im the tip of the iceberg of the people who work on this. You look at the trillion of qury qu curries. A lot of information here that people can find. There is a difference between most searched and trending . Yeah, exactly. Really, we are talking about is those big spikes, you know, something happens and you want to hear about it and even with paris, we know charlcharlie he attacks and what happened in november. People want to know what is going on. Some of the topics including Ashley Madison . It illustrates people want to know about a topic. What is ebola and isis and what is 0 divided by z. That is the number one . Well, this is something people were seeing on social media and it was tied to siri, appeals voice rendition. People were trying to figure out what it was all about. Politicians . Perhaps not surprising that donald trump is on the list. Some relative unknowns. Most searched or trending or for what . Trending. Bernie sanders and ben carson relatively unknown before this political circle but Hillary Clinton is not on that list. What does that mean . I think it says people knew a good bit about her beforehand and maybe she didnt have a big moment in the spotlight and people turned to search for her perhaps on the benghazi hearings but she is maybe more known than the other candidates. What are the top trending dog questions . I hear youre a dog fan, charlie. They are a myth of practical and people just being curious. Everything from why does a dog wag its tail to how do you crate train your puppy or anything else somebody wants to figure out and videos online to help people figure this out. As a former dog owner youre always struggling with some of these issues. How do you keep a puppy from eating poop . Putting salt on it . Im not an expert on that. I can help with you toddlers these days. Its a problem for some dogs. Exactly. Thank you, daniel, for coming. Cicely tyson is about to turn 91 but while she is still a force in acting, one person stood in her way early on her mother. She couldnt understand why i was leaving this good, good job to go do this foolishness. Oh, she was very upset and she told me, i couldnt live there. She kicked you out of the house . Oh, yeah. She said you cant live here and do that. Kicked out of the house for two years. Our conversation with the Kennedy Center honoree is next. First, its time to check your local weather. My kcup® filter is back. Now you can make anything, even a piece of home. The single servemakeallyourfavorites exactlyhowyoulikeit machine. Keurig hot. Your favorites. Your way. You may not even think about that lights up your world. But we do. Were exxonmobil. And the cleanerburning natural gas we produce generates more of our electricity than ever before. Helping dramatically reduce americas emissions. Because turning on the lights, isnt as simple as just flipping a switch. Energy lives here. Cicely tyson got kicked out of her home by her mother after announcing she was pursuing a career in modeling and acting and tyson refused to give up and carved out a nearly six decade career that is now celebrated with a Kennedy Center honor. Thank you very much. We met up with cicely tyson to talk about her body of work and some of her other passions in owner Old Neighborhood of harlem. I say no and then i go home and think about it. Reporter you say no to everything . I say no to everything because i always want to make sure when with i say yes, i know what im getting myself into. Reporter for nearly 60 years, cicely tyson has been particularly about the roles that she played. Oh, dont make no kind of a stance. Big old locks like that wont sit next to a colored child . Reporter what is your criteria what you accept these days . What is your process . Either my skin tingles or myer stomach churns. Its something that i feel nauseated about. I know that i cant possibly do that. If i cant keep still, i get it when im walking around, i get the feeling, i know thats it. Did you say gold . Reporter tyson made her movie debut in 1956. Black and white film called pair of gold. And we will have kids. We will have all of the kids we want. That launched a huge Award Winning career. For most people when you say cicely tyson, i remember roots. Give him a very good Life Reporter i remember jane pittman. What stands out is that walk, cicely tyson. What does that role mean to you . Well, when im working, i just tell everybody, i dont care what you see. Please dont tell me about it. If its good, im not going to be able to do anything about it. If its bad, im not because i work so organically, okay . So the next day, when i came on the set, i knew something had happened, and i simply said, please dont tell me, i dont want to know. What they were feeling from having watched it. When it was all over and people were talking about the walk, i said what walk . Reporter that walk led to two emmy awards in 1974 including outstanding lead actress in a drama. She was the first black woman to win in that category. When you live longer than your house and your family, youve lived too long. Reporter almost 40 years later, tysons tony award came for best actress in oip tthe to bountsyful. She starred. I love vanessa williams. She said this about you. She did not miss one performance ever. She is 90 years old. There is no excuse to not show up when cicely tyson can show up every day i have never missed a performance. Never. I mean, it just never occurs to me to miss a performance. I mean, its a job i have. Right . Reporter do you think about aging . Do i think about . Reporter uhhuh. No reporter you dont . No why . Age is a number, okay . We have the greatest gift that we could possibly ever have, okay . And its just okay . Reporter yes. And if you take care of it, it will serve you well. Ive never been a person who drank, who smoked, who did drugs, never. Reporter ever . Never. Because i love life. Reporter its a life that she has always kept private. That includes her relationship with jazz great miles davis. He put her on the cover of his 1957 album. The two married in 1981 but divorced less than seven years later and surrounded by stories of infidelity and violence. You were like the brad pitt and Angelina Jolie of your day. The beyonce and jayz of your day. I dont ever talk about it. But i will say this i cherish every single moment that i had with him. Reporter they say it was tumultuous, that it was difficult. What do they know . Reporter what do they know, oh, yeah. They are assuming it was because of the kind of reputation that they perceived was this man. You know . Reporter the reputation wasnt good . The alcoholism, the drugs, the women. Yes, all of that kind of stuff. But thats not the man i knew. I told you men take things they have been taking things from women since the beginning of time reporter tysons reputation as a pioneer for black actresses has given her a perspective on genuine and race. Im going to my ladder. Reporter your ladder . What does that mean . You know what a ladder is, right . Reporter i do know what a ladder is. White man, black man, white woman, black woman. We are the rungs and we are holding on to the last rung. And those, they are being trampled on by all of those, and still we hold on. Thats our strength. Thats the reason we survive, because we will not let go of that rung reporter wow. I get that. I could cry. I know. Because its true. Reporter i get it. Because its absolutely true. Reporter its that kind of perseverance that a school was named after her. They got to see her where she is starring in the gin games with james early ray. What does it mean to have a school in your name and have those students come . I cannot tell you i cannot tell you what it meant to me, to look out into that audience and see those little black faces, so hap happy, to full of love. Reporter ania, who is 16, says cicely tyson means happiness to me. I dont think it gets any better than that, cicely tyson. I know that. I know that. Thats my mission for life. I got a huge girl crush when that was over. I said could i have your number and email . I want to stay in touch with you. Ive ghiadmired her for so longd respected her. I said what does this honor mean to you . It means im being called a dame and i like being a dame. She said, i have more work to do. Ive known you pretty well and ive never seen you cry. I got a little choky. It was a very emotional connection i felt with her because i knew exactly what she was saying. Many women do. Talking about the ladder . Yes. She said you know what a ladder is but when she broke it down that way. You think about things in your own life. She has not only had such aan impressive career, but her inspiration in terms of her p perseveran perseverance, a strength about her. And not to think about age. 91. Yeah. Saying im going to do this as long as i can. You can see siscicely tyson andl of the winners of the Kennedy Center honors on cbs december 29 gayle, that was an amazing piece. Thank you very much. That does it for us. Be sure to tun into the cbs evening ne coffee being poured into a cup. save your coffee from the artificial stuff. Switch to truvia. Great tasting, zerocalorie sweetness from the stevia leaf. Good morning, im erika von tiehl. Jury begins deliberation is today in the felony salt trial of the catherine in the not, the 259 yearold ace accused of attacki a gay couple in center city last year. Prosecutors say that knott shouted slurs, and punched one of the victims. The yesterday she testified that she tried to intervene and never punched or inn salted them. Right now lets get your forecast with katie and hopefully a nice day what do you think. We have cloud to get you started out there but temperatures are still above average. We will stay that way another day. It the is cooler by comparison. To what we saw yesterday. Eventually we have more wet weather on the move. For now as we take you out to storm scan you will fine virtually nothing other than high clouds out there and we will see those, get more sun as the the day progresses but tomorrow is when we obviously have a much more significant chance to see wet weather moving in courtesy of the the next cold front. The it is i guarantee, guys we are looking at rain by tomorrow but there may be a lingering shower friday. That is a lower chance at this point. As far as timing i think we will get through the morning tomorrow without a hitch. It is a window of nine to 11 00 when rain over spreads the area and then it is out of here and temperatures will drop off from this point by week even, meisha. We will take it. We dont have a choice, we will take it. Thank you. Sunshine and rain, it is coming. We have an accident, involving an injury with septa bus. Torresdale avenue closed between devereaux and bener. Use an alternate in this area such as ditman street. Just for a point of reference this is by henry lawton elementary school. For those around this area just know torresdale avenue is completely closed right now. We have an accident semi blocking two ez pass lanes of the toll plaza route one southbound past Trenton Morrisville bridge make note because two ez pass lanes were blocked. Overall though things are looking busy quieting down a bit. Erika, back over to you. Join us for Eyewitness News at noon on cbs3. Im erika von tiehl. Good morning. When i was sidelined with blood clots in my lung,h. It was serious. 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