People in the state. Well begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. When asked by a senator whether hed had contact with the russians in any way,ha spe, or form, he said no, period. So obviously that turns it to be not accurate. Jeff sessions failed to disclose contacts with the Russian Ambassador. Democrats are intensifying their request for Jeff Sessions to recuse himself or step down. If there is something down and it goes up the chain of investigation,is it ar cle to me that Jeff Sessions, who is my dear friend, cannot make this decision about tr ump. The dow broke another record. Make it rain, dow. 21,000. The president th of e amycade announced that the two accountants responsible for the mixup will never work on the oscars again. It happened suddenly. Youou cld hear it. Parts of the southwest are cleaning a wild scene throughout the streets of california. A suspect leading police on an hourlong chase. Hes not going anywhere. 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Attorney Jeff Sessions is under new operation to withdraw from an investigation into the russian interference with the 2016 election. The department has confirmed he spoke with the u. S. Am bass tore last year while he was an adviser to the Trump Campaign. Sessions did not reveal those conversations at the confirmation hearings even though he was asked about them. And now some are calling for the attorney general to House Minority leader nancy pelosi said this. Jeff sessions lied under oath and is not fit to serve. Jeff pegues has covered the russian hacking story from the beginning. Good morning. Good morning. Jeff sessions is in charge of the fbis investigation into whether trump representatives coordinated with the russians during the campaign. These new revelations are turning up the heat on him to at least step aside. Attorney general Jeff Sessions, who was a trump representative during the campaign, has repeatedly resisted calls to recuse himself from the investigations into russian meddling in the election. The trugth, the whole truth. Under oath during his confirmation hearings sessions did not disclose he met with the russian representative twice. If theres anyone who communicated with the russian governent during the course of this senator frank, im not aware of any of those activities. Ive been called a sur fwat a time or two and i did not have communications with the russians and u im unable to comment on it. But in september sessions met in his office he met with Russian Ambassador sergei kiss lee yak. And in july he saw kisliac in another meeting. In a statement overnight the attorney general said i never met with any russian officials to discuss issues of the campaign. I have no idea what this allegation is false. The senator had over 25 conversations with foreign ambassadors. It is not Senate Committee to meet with ambassadors. They say sessions failure to come clean during the confirmation is disqualifying. It sounds like he did not tell the truth and a lie is a lie is a lie, period. And so in some kind of way, weve got to come to grips with that. Former National Security adviser mike flynn was fired last month after he misled the Vice President about his meeting with the Russian Ambassador. Anthony . Jeff pegues. Thanks, jeff. The Trump Administration strongly denies any cushions with russia but there are new signs it is preparing for a political fight on the issue. Margaret brennan is at the white house with new information. Margaret, good morning. Good morning. Well, white house lawyers told President Trumps aides this week to preserve emails and other materials that are relevant to ongoing probes into russian contacts with Trump Campaign associates. Official responded to this report, downplaying the significance of the order, telling me the white house is simply taking proactive steps here, calling the accusations, quote, false and politically motivated attacks. Now, these instructions come as the Senate Intelligence committee, which is conducting its own investigation, asked all agencies the keep all materials of contacts between trump aides and officials. Trump has repeatedly said he is not aware of any contacts between russia and his team but cbs news has confirmed that fbi counterintelligence is investigating. Norah . Margaret, thank you so much. Republicans in congress are still work on their plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care act. On tuesday President Trump spelled out some new details including tax credits to help americans buy insurance. Nancy cordes is on capitol hill where the president s ideas are calling for a feud gop. Good morning. Good morning. The Republican Leaders have gun trying to sell this plan to their gop members which is a challenging task because theyre still missing some key figures and details. Theyre hashing all of this out behind closed doors as they try to tamp down a rebellion from their own right flank. Senators who were briefed on the new Health Care Plan last night were instructed not to say much about whats in it. The details wont matter, but its in many ways a promising start. Heres what we do know. A draft of the plan leaked last week replaces obamacares low income tax credit and subsidies with more tax credits that goes to everyone. Its determined that a 40yearold making 20,000 a year would see his or her tax credit drop from an average of 4,100 under obamacare to under 3,000 under the new plan. They would get less whereas, younger people and wealthier people would be better off. Like the obamacare plan it would make the tax credits refundable. Which means the americans will get the money even if they pay little or no taxes but some on the right say its handout and theyre saying no. Its fundamentally a new entitlement. In the closed door gop meetings theyre arguing it would result in millions of people losing the ability to afford insurance and republicans getting the blame. Its not going to be perfect, but this is our one chance to keep our promise to our supporters to whom we made the promise that wed repeal and replace obamacare. Another big Sticking Point is what to to about obamacares huge expansion of medicaid which now includes 1100 people. Some say its a vital safety net. Others say its too enormous and needs to be scaled back. Thats a very important point, nancy. Thank you. Dan senor was a Senior Adviser in the 2001 campaign and he joins us now. Good morning, dan. Good morning, norah. A spokesperson told us last year that sessions had conversations with 25 different foreign ambassadors in his job as a senator then on the Armed Services committee. Why does this conversation with the russians, ambassador matte . It matter because there continues to be this question about conversations, alleged correlation as it is alleged between the Trump Campaign and the russian government. Youre right. Any senator who did not serve, in any given year he w these were typically pro forma meetings, not a lot of substance discussed, kind of box checking. I think the Trump Administration has to get to the bottom of how theyre going to explain explain all this conversation. I do not think its as big a deal as others do, but as it relates to attorney general Jeff Sessions, to lie o congress, you have to willfully know youre actually Misleading Congress and the material has to be extremely relevant to the focus of any kind of an investigation. Many this case i actually think then senator sessions had no idea that meeting with one ambassador over the other was materially significant. It appears that theres no way for him to have known this was in the context his meeting was in the context of questions swirling around any kind of an investigation about the campaign and connections to the vernment. Cases coing from the right on this. Richard pain er said its a goo way to go to jail. I mean how does the Trump Administration respond to this situation with sessions at this point . I think youve got to break these packages into two difference tracks. One package is should he resign. Based on what i know so far, it looks ludicrous that he should resign. Democrats calling fitter it really overreaching. The other question thats going to be the substance of debate on whether he should recuse himself. He may be under pressure from that and i think some republicans as you point out whats the threshold for that, tan . Its quite ambiguous, it really is. Its whether or not they believe they can raise serious doubts about his ability to oversee an investigative body that will be dealing with these allegations of and let me make one other quick point here. One of the challenges here is theres complete opacity about who all of these representatives were from the russian government who were operating on behalf of or under putin. There was always confusion of who was with the Trump Campaign. Who was actually speaking to whom is something we toejts know yet. More to come. Dan senor, thanks so much. Good to be here. In the next half hour well talk with anthony fox about the trillion dollar plan. Its part of the series issues that matter. The dow is trading this morning at about 21,000 for the first time. You can hear it there. Traders cheered the recordhigh yesterday at the closing bell. The dow jump third degree 03 points to close at 21,115. Other indices also set records. Investors are optimistic about promised by President Trump and possible improvements in the economy. Recovery efforts are under way this morning after deadly storms swept across the nations midsection. Drone video shows the devastation in one illinois community. The violent weather is blamed for at least five deaths. At least 27 tornados were reported from the south to the midwest. More than 100 homes have been destroyed. Mark strassmanns in chattanooga, tennessee, where the storms left a trail of damage. Mark, good morning. Reporter good morning. On streets like this, the storm that barreled through here was quick but crushing. This tree felt on top of the house behind me right into the living room. The good news is the woman inside was not hurt at all, but parts of Tennessee Valley face quite the cleanup. The storm stretched hundreds of miles, whipping through the south and parts of the east coast. Hail slammed alabama. Heavy rains flooded ohio. Strong winds blew the roof off this car dealership in North Carolina and toppled trees in tennessee, crushing this mobile home and injuring a young boy inside. Parts of the midwest are still cleaning up after the storm system roared through the area tuesday night. More than 100 homes in perryville, missouri, were damaged with many destroyed. The twister that hit this community was on the ground for up to 15 miles. From above, you can see the scope of the damage in ottawa, illinois, about 80 miles outside of chicago. In the small nearby village of naplate, dozens of homes were also damaged, some leveled. The windows are busted out. Theres debris everywhere in the house. The only room that didnt get touched luckily by the grace of god was my room and my daughters room. The rest of them are sorry. Reporter tornados that swept through these communities packed winds of up to 155 miles an fallen tree limb. More than a dozen others were injured. God bless you. Im so sorry. Reporter illinois governor bruce ronner toured the damage on wednesday. This could have been much, much worse. Now we want to make sure we help the Community Recover quickly. Were going to have state resources here to help with the cleanup. Reporter and recovery will come slowly. That side of the street has power. This side of the street is still dark. The white house is talking to state and local officials about getting help to all the people who need it. They need a lot of help. Mark, thank you so much. The vatican faces new scandal. A Founding Member who set up a foundation has now quit. She accuses the vatican of stonewalling efforts set up by pope francis. Seth doane is outside vatican city on how the harsh city reporter good morning. This is a very public blow to the vatican on a sensitive issue. At the core, a woman who is a victim of Church Sex Abuse who says theres a cultural resistance to change here at the vatican. It was better for me to come out and speak about it. These men, they dliev on sithri silence and cover it up. She was sexually abused by a priest as a teenager and set up a foundation. We spoke with her this morning at her home in dublin, ireland. To find that this group of men in this lever of the church do not see Child Protection as a priority, do not get it in 2017, its just unacceptable. Reporter in her resignation effort she wrote she believes the pope is sincere in his efforts but some members of vatican curia or the church is mott. You look around you for those with advice. Reporter monsignor anthony figure ray toe is an nbc consultant. Its very, very serious, perhaps more than any other organization in the world. The church has taken this on board. Reporter boston card nan sean omalley who heads the Commission Said in a statement we will certainly listen carefully to all that maria wishes to share with us about all of her concerns. The only other victim of sexual abuse on the panel was peter saunders, critical of it and forced out last year. Recently the pope has been criticized for being too lenient on at least one pedophile priest. Instead of defrocking him he was removed from Public Ministry and se prayer. Questions remain. Seth doane in rome. Thank you. A big catch in california leads to a big criminal investigation. Ahead, why this cell phone video will help determine why men will pay thousands of dollars for ivanka trumps husband has a white house job but she may have more clout. Ahead, how the president s daughter is working to shape and soften the president s message. Youre watching cbs this morning. Announcer this portion of cbs this mogrnin sponsored by fast signs. More than fast, more than signs. Befi was active. Gia, i was energetic. Then the chronic, widespread pain drained my energy. My doctor said moving more helps ease fibromyalgia pain. He also prescribed lyrica. 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The Washington Post says the white house has proposed deep budget cuts to the Environmental Protection agency. A plan reportedly calls for cutting staff by 20 . 38 programs would be eliminated along with funding for Climate Change initiatives. More than 2 2 billion would be cut from the epas annual budget. The half brother of the countrys leader probably died of Heart Failure despite malaysias findings that he was killed by a nerve ajejts. Kim jongnam was killed at a north korean airport. The wife of a gunman who attacked the pulse nightclub could soon be released from jail. The judge asset her bail at 500,000. Prosecutors accused the husband and having extremist views. Well, the judge says that theres not enough evidence to hold her. 49 people died in the shooting rampage. The wall street journal reports that snap, the parjt company of snapchat has a market value of nearly 24 billion after the pricing of its initial public offerings. Snap shares fetched 17 each. Thats higher than expected. Theyll start trading today. Snap is the biggest tech ipo sinceally baba raised 25 billion in 2014. President trumps speech to congress had significant input from at least one influential adviser inside his family. Ivanka trump and her husband white house adviser Jared Kushner traveled to capitol hill with the president on tuesday night. They listened while he apparently read over his speech in the car and with ivanka trump watching from the first ladys box, the president talked about policies his oldest daughter has house. Good morning. Good morning. They say President Trumps softer inclusive tone came from the heart but some of those proposals were shaped by his daughter ivanka and soninlaw Jared Kushner. The president didnt mention his daughter by name. Ivanka trumps influence was hard to miss. My administration wants to work with members of both parties to make child care accessible. In emphasizing issues Like Health Care tax credits and womens health, he embraced positions his daughter has long fought for. He will focus on making Child Health Care affordable and accessible for all. In a conversation on sunday Kellyanne Conway said shes the voice of the speech. Been able to capture the cultural vie kieft of what people are feeling. To be able to channel that in a way thats uplifting and aspirational is exciting. The president has routinely had his daughter by his side. She helped facilitate a new partnership with canada to promote women and entrepreneurs. Ivanka isery much involved in this and i very much appreciate your being involved in it. Ivanka also accompanied her father to pay respects to fallen navy s. E. A. L. Ryan owens. Ryan laid down his life for his friends and his kun. She coveted owens widow during her fathers most emotional address. And last week when some say the President Trump was slow to respond to threats ivanka tweeted this, calling for protection of houses of worship. On tuesday her father started his speech with a message of tolerant. Were a country that stands united in condemning hate and evil in all of its very ugly forums. Now, ivanka trump has no formal role in the white house but she often participates in eventses to help promote her fathers agenda and they think shes uniquely positioned to help reach across the aisle to democrats. Norah . All right, jan. Theres no doubt shes got an influential role inside the white house. A lot of people like to hear what she has to say and like to see her out there. And we spoke with Kellyanne Conway at the white house and at home with her family. Youll see the full interview on cbs sunday morning. A man has been freed from the detention center. One was released yesterday on 3,000 bond. Immigration ajejtss took him his detention led to an outcry from resident and elected officials in West Frankfort. Anna werner is in West Frankfort and she spoke with hernandez just hours after his release in an interview youll only see here on cbs this morning. Anna, good morning. Reporter good morning. You know, about 8,000 people live near in West Frankfort. Judging by the response to this, many know this man. They say hes an important member of the community. The question is will he be allowed to stay. The community the West Frankfort raised money to bring their friend home in style to his family. After nearly three weeks in detention. How are you doing . Pretty good. Reporter hes an undocumented immigrant they claim as one of their own. Won Carlos Fernandez first i need to be thankful. Why . Because of all the support. His friend. Weve known carlos for more than ten years. Hes one in a million. If you were going to model someone off of your own children or yourself, hes that type of person. Reporter hernandez has lived in Southern Illinois for nearly 20 years. On february 9th, immigration officers arrested him at his home. They were looking for someone else, but found he was here illegally. Did you ask him why . For my previous record. Reporter in a statement i. C. E. Pointed to hernandez as two convictions for dui in 2007. Hes now sober. But under the previous administration, experts say those misdemeanor offenses likely would not have gotten him picked up. And people here, many of whom came to greet him last night at the restaurant he managed wrote letters of support. The mayor, police festivals, and people hes fundraisers and donations. This is a person that i would put right there on that pedestal. Everyone should be looking at him going, you know, i need to be more like carlos. Reporter under Trump Administration directives, experts say hes also now the type of person who may be deported. When mr. Trump talked about deporting more people, who did you think he was going to deport . Well, i mean obviously it was murderers, rapists, you know, and people like that. Thats obviously not carlos. Reporter hernandez himself says he doesnt blame the president. Hes protecting the country. Ive got three kids and a wife. Theyre american citizens. I do believe its the right thing. Hes protecting my family. Hes protecting your family, even tee spite what happened to you. But that has nothing to do with him. I dont believe he focused on me. Im not a target. I dont feel that way. For now as we said, hes out for legal status works i way through the immigration system. His lawyer told us that hes hoping that carlos has a good chance because his wife is a u. S. Citizen as are his kids, of course. Anthony. Very nice to see community support, anna. Thank you. 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Cell phone video captured the moment a group of fishermen landed their big catch, reeling in what appears to be a juvenile great white shark. The crowd cheers as the group yanks the fish objective the pier. California fish and wildlife officials now are trying to determine whether the act was criminal. Great whites are protected under state and federal laws and fishermen who catch one are required to release it immediately or face fines of up to 10,000. When we see video like that, thats kind of disturbing. Reporter chris lowe is a shark researchers at california state long beach. He said while its not clear whether the fishermen trying to catch a great white, their fishing gear suggests they wanted a big prize. Things with big jaws and big teeth would be able to bite through most fishermens lines but theyre not going to be able to cut through that. Reporter theyre seeing a jump in shark sightings over the past few years. Just leak that fishermen dragged a great white shark back into the ocean after unknowingly captured it. In 2014 a swimmer was bitten by a great white fighting to escape from a fishing line captured at a pier just up the coast. What were doing is changing regulations. We can still have people fishing, but maybe they should. Be fishing for big things off piers. Reporter well, that cell phone video ends with the shark on the pier, but the men who shot that video said the fishermen threw it back in the water, but it really that gaffing hook caught the shark in the gills. So our experts say its likely he died from the injuries. Norah . It didnt look severe on the tape that we saw. Carter, tharpg you so much. Your internet provider. Why regulations was delay and what you can do to protect yourself. Up next, oprahs answer to a question thats fueling speculat announcer pthisortion of cbs this morning sponsored by walgreens, at the corner of happy and healthy. Wear that shade. Throw shade. 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Theres more real news ahead including our issues that matter series. This morning its americas infrastructure. Former secretary anthony fox is here with his ideas. New information is turning up the heat on the nations officer to at least step aside. Why does this conversation with this ambassador matter . I do not think its as big a deal as ores do. I dont think he had any idea meeting with one ambassador over the other was significant. Republican leaders have begun tryio ng tsell this plan as they try to tamp down a rebellion from their own plan. Officials say that President Trumps softer tone came from the heart but that some of those proposals were shaped by his advisers like daughter ivanka and soninlaw Jared Kushner. It recommend seemed like donald trump was giving his first address to congress. Its getting good reviews. Theyre calling it surprisingly president ial. Its something that the president behaviors like a president. Extra extra. President goes rogue, 60 minutes without trashing anyone. Im gayle king with norah oh dodge and Anthony Mason. James corden cracks me up. The buzz in the someone walked up to him and said, charlie, youre up and about. He said, yes, where else would i be. Everyone was fwlads to see him. He looks fantastic. Thats fantastic. Hes talking about coming back soon. We like that. Attorney general Jeff Sessions with allegations that he held conversations with a Russian Ambassador are false. When asked how to handle a investigation between possible ties with Campaign Officials and the russian government. If there is any evidence that anyone affiliated with the Trump Campaign kmun indicated with the russian government in course of this campaign, what will you do . Well, senator franken, im not aware of any of those activities. I have been called a surrogate a time or two in that campaign, and i did not have campaigns with the russians, and im unable to comment on it. He spoke to russias u. S. Ambassador twice last year. The Justice Department said that type of meeting was routine for Senate Armed Service committee members. Senator sessions met with 25 current and former ambassadors in 2016. Several Top Democrats are calling for sessions to resign or at least with draw from the fbi investigation in Russian Campaign meddling. Sessions responded a short time ago. Well, i have not met with any russians at any time to discuss any political campaign, and those remarks are unbelievable to me and are false and i dont have anything else to say about that. Ive sean that whenever its appropriately recuse myself, theres no doubt about that. And a white house official said this morning that partisan democrats are driving these allegations. We continue our issues that matter series this morning with a closer look at a critical topic President Trump highlighted during to continuation, americas crumb bling infrastructure. The American Society of Civil Engineers gives the countrys infrastructure a d plus. I got one or two of those. Mom doesnt like those. Bridges and roads receive nod better than a cplus. On tuesday President Trump anoujsed his plans to help improve those grades. The launch of our national rebuilding,ly be asking congress to produce legislation that produce as 1 trillion investment in infrastructure of the United States financed through both public and private capital, creating millions of new jobs. Anthony fox was the secretary of transportation under president obama. Before that as the mayor of charlotte, south carolina, he helped improve the citys infrastructure. Good morning. Good morning. Welcome to the table. The grade we saw was a dplus. Before that it was its going up a little bit. At anthony points out, according to his mom, a d is never good. Whats happening to this country . If you think about buying a house and you pay the mortgage on the house, we basically didnt put in enough money to cover the maintenance for the house, so the roof starts leaking and over time it gets worse and worse and thats basic le what happened. The gas tax revenues that were used to build the highway system have started to decline ands not enough money to cover the backlog. Why didnt we put in enough money to build the house . The last time the gas tax was increased was back in the 1990s. It was an increase of 18. 4 cents. Thats no longer worth what it was worth back in the early 1990s. Thats part of the problem that and drivers dont like seeing their gas price increased. The president is calling for 1 trillion. Is that enough . I listened closely. By the way, i think its a good thing for the prent problem that needs to be addressed. I also to think, however, that when you read the fine print, what hes talking about is basically a set of tax credits that generate about 107 billion in tax credits ha he believes will produce 1 trillion in tax credit. I happen to believe some projects will get done under that kind of thing but probably not the things thats grinding the traffic in the country. Where should those infrastructure dollars be spent first . Is it roads . Bridges . Highways . I think the money needs to be spend where the clogs are the greatest. Where the congestion is the most. We need to be more data driven in how we to that. A lot of times we spread it like Peanut Butter across the country. If we see an improvement, it provides more Political Support. Dont spread the go directly go where the problems are and start to build around them. I wonder i keep thinking about we get to talk to so many smart important people in government like yourself and, you know, one of the things they say, it takes some crisis in order to propel the government to act. Its going to have to take some bridge collapsing before congress decides to move forward on this. You know, the unfortunate thing weve had bridge collapses. We had one in minneapolis. And in bridgeport, connecticut. We have crises. Congress did pass a fiveyear transportation bill back in 2015. It continues the historic underinvesting of our infrastructure, but its going take leadership from the white house. Hes got congress behind him hopefully to get something done. You mention this public and private partnership aspect of this which is the real contention it seems to me in congress here. Whats the difference between a publicly funded bill and one that has private tax credits in it . Were talking the difference between a funded project of a traditional sense or one that spins off capital that can be used to pay back the private sector money. The public, by the way, has a lot to say about this. When you talk about it at the federal leveling you have to remember the federal government doesnt fund projects. You have governors and mayors on the front lines getting Political Support for fitness. President trump said his plan would create millions of jobs. Some say it would create jobs but theyre not sustainable. It would only be in the short term. What to you make of that . To you think thats the case . If you make it, its the right investment. It generates immediate jobs and construction but provides a catalyst for additional jobs. If its a plant coming in or what have you. A lot of decisions are made at the local or state level and you many order to get the second or third order benefits. I think it makes a lot of sense. Theres bipartisan support for reinvesting in the infrastructure. Absolutely. You have to pay for it. Secretary fox, thanks very much for joining us shoo thank you. Good to see you. President trumps predecessors are making headlines. Former president george w. Bush warned what can happen when the u. S. Takes lead on big issues. Vacuums can be present, that vacuum is generally filled with people, you know, who dont share the same ideology or the same sense of human rights and Human Dignity and free dom that we do, and, you know, theres an isolationist tendency in our country, and i would argue thats dangerous to our National Security and doesnt befit the character of the country. The former president also said t through divisive times before and hes optimistic about the future. Meanwhile barack obama may be done resting after his eight years in office according on to politico. Hes said to be ready to roll. Holder is leading that movement and said mr. Obama will be more visible a part of the effort. There was a video the other day leading starbucks to cheers and applause. Bell see. He seems to be enjoying life after the white house so far. New rules designed to protect your privacy on the internet are delayed by the government. Internet providers want to sell the california start uphas said it has found a dramatically cut waste by making fruits and vegetables last longer. With this product you can extend shelf life up to five times and how it can fight Global Hunger. Youre watching cbs this morning. Bounty is more absorbent,mom per roll so the roll can last 50 longer than the leading ordinary brand. I have the worst cold i better take something. Dayquil liquid gels dont treat your runny nose. Seriously . Alkaseltzer plus cold and cough liquid gels fights your worst cold symptoms plus your runny nose. Oh, what a relief it is. 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They know everything i browse with on the internet. What the fcc has done in previous regulations say if the broad band companies are going to sell information, theyre going to sell health information, information about your kids, they need to ask you. That was going to go into effect today. That was strong privacy protection. The new fcc says, nah. Why, nick, why . Well, their argument would be we need consistent privacy regulations across the network. We should not regulate at t, verizon, and comcast differently from google and facebook. And they can sell your information. They can. They have weak privacy regulations regulations gorged by the fcc. Some may say why dont we have strong regulations everywhere instead of getting rid of the one place theyre wrong, the other reason is the fc has worked very closely with the telecom companies. They have seen it not as the people but the broadband company. It appears as though that may be the problem with the new fcc. Do you think people realize how invasive the information do you think they know how invasive the companies are in getting our information and why should we care about the information that they get . Thats interesting. I think people have no idea the depth of the information these companies have. They have everything and our whole lives are online. If something feels wrong in our bodies, we type it in to google. The companies have that. The second part of the question, are bad things going to happen if they have it . Well, weve had weak privacy regulations for a long time and the sky hasnt fallen. Nothing terribly been done to me. There is an argument made that its more or less okay. Why do they want the information . They want to sell it. If they know ive been looking for headaches and they know ive just bought a plane ticket or bus tikts to providence, theyre going to try to sell me an ad. Ive been searching for jumpsuits lately and now i get things. They come to you. They just show up. Should i be concerned about this . I think you should be concerned. I thought we finally made a good step to protect peoples privacy. I think fundamentally, the information what you type and to online is your information and if a Company Wants to sell it, they should ask you for it and they should pay you for it. Yes. That is what would have happened had these regulations gone into effect. The Broadband Companies would say, well give you a few extra dollars if you let us sell your privacy information and you could have agreed or not agreed. Now weve gotten rid of the best steps. Heres the statement. The fcc handles internet. They say we believe the best way to protect is through a comprehensive and consistent framework. Sure. Yes, i would like a comprehensive and consistent strong framework. Were heading toward a comprehensive and consistent weak framework. Always nice to have you here. The casino tycoon steve wynn is in the green room. 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The Washington Post report as new lego set will celebrate the women of nasa. It honors the womens contributions to the space agency. It will include sally ride, the First American woman in space and the mathematician. The final design is still under development but i say good for you, legos. I love it. Thats a good idea. I love it too. The wall street journal reports American Airlines will make boarding a plane more simple. It divides passengers into ten clearly defined groups based upon the kanld of ticket they buy. First class will board first and those in economy who dont have storage will board next. Beauty and the beast. The director gastons side kick la few will explore his sexuality in a small but significant thumb blot. Lay pew is just realizing he has these feelings. After all these years. Steve wynn is best known for revitalizing the Las Vegas Strip in the 80s and 90s. He now has the highest rated report in the world. It brought in nearly 4. 5 billion with a b in net revenue last year. Now wynn has taken on a new role as the republican chair of the finance committee. Mr. Wynn joins us at the table. I thought we were going to explore our sexuality. Im prepared. Congratulationsle. When people think about you, they think of you and success and think of you and mr. Trump. Back in the day he call you a scumbag and you said hes all hat and no cattle. Did you decide to to put that all aside . That was a long time ago back when dogs could talk and both of us are too old to have enemies. How did you come together . I watched donald trump risk everything in his personal life to go on this journey, and the most incredible, incredible chain of events that led to us having unified government and a president with the courage, with the courage, the unshakeable courage to do the right thing by i think most of Us Democratic republicans needed to fix things in america very badly. Look, the only chance for anybodys life to be improved is the demand for labor. You did not support him in the primaries. What i did, what i did candidly. When the debate concerned china and things like that and was rather unfocused in general, im in business in china, i have Great Respect for the government there. And i have 20,000 employees or more there. And i wanted to stay out of the line of fire until a discussion about the peoples republic of china was more focused. And basically as a businessman i didnt want to i didnt want to get confused in my in my Public Opinion when donald was campaigning. And theres quite a bit of difference between, as you can see, the president has taken a china. Being the candidate and now being president. Yes. And during those days, you can imagine if youre a businessman, youd tend to tray and protect your employees whether it was in china or the United States. So you are such a successful casino magnet, and now youre going to be finance chairman. What have you learned about are rnc finances . I tell you what i wish. I wish they never called me a nag net. Why . I dont know. Something about it. Id like to be known as a guy who designs a building and is close to his employee. The rating, incidentally, wasnt about money. It was about quality and service. But enough about the company. Look. There are a lot of us that believe it was sort of the dark winter for the past eight years in terms of the private sector and job creation. And the truth. A lot of people who want to have the courage ande improve their own lives, and when people get out and try to start a business or improve their own lives, they take their neighbors with them. Well, once again, its springtime in america and things are going to grow. This country has always been an ocean of opportunity. Now i think we can get people to believe, come on in, the waters fine. Why are you so convinced of that growth . What do you see . Because i know what stops it, and i know what was going on for eight years. And when i say i know what was going on for eight years, im unequivocal. Im on cbs morning news, and i want you to know without a doubt is this relamted to regulation . Absolutely. Hundreds a week. If we had the time in these quick segments to review some of the ridiculous foolishness that was done from washington agencies always had a chance to everybody wants to show they did need more people so they can get promoted. If the judiciary automatically stamps whatever the executive branch and the agency weve got 465 agencies, 2,650,000 employees, if the courts just stamped the agencies, weve only got two branchs of government, the executive and the legislature. You need the courts and you need to get rid of these regulations so that people have the confidence to go and try. Listen. Its all about attitude. If you think you can, you will. If you think you cant, you wont. In either case, youre probably right. You think it cycles business. And this administration has turned the attitude of america into a cando attitude. That is the most significant thing. Im 75 years old now. I didnt think this was possible. Are you surprised, steve, that donald trump isn him . Listen. Ive watched this campaign as you did, gayle, and who the hell knew what was going to happen next. It was a stunning and confusing at times campaign. What we have now, and i think its clear, the trump i know and the trump you know privately is the guy who was on television in front of congress the other night. Whos the other guy. Who was the other guy . Somebody who was in a battle in probably the most ruthless environmental of all, the campaign. You even been on the receiving end of that. When he did that, what did you think . It was business. It was business. It was business, sure. And then you go to dinner. You know, really and truly, we mustnt pay all that much attention to certain things. Lets talk about what we do. Now hes president , steve. Thats right. And so lets take a l decisions. Rex tillerson . Oh, boy. Ran over 100,000 employees in 100 countries. Theres an old thing about how did jesus walk on water . He knew where the rocks were. Rex tillerson knows where the rocks are. Jim mattis ran the marine corps, a great maeritocracy where you can get fire and get promoted. Heres a great intellectual. One of my Board Directors was chief of naval operations, jeh johnson. Jeh knows james mattis. He said, steve, james is one of the most respectable intellectuals, greatest soldiers ive ever met. Boy, is trump lucky to have him. Are you worried about people taking your phone calls . You think my friends wont take my calls . You know, gayle, you might be right about that. Raising money isnt so much the core of what im doing as reminding everybody, young people and old people, that this is a chance to preserve and protect the things in america that have made America Great in the first place. Weve been in a little bit of a rut, an emotional rut, and we need to break out and know that everything is in reach again. And i think its going to happen. Weve been worrying about robots and losing jobs. What we for get so often is the innate drive of American People to make a better life for themselves is almost unstoppable. Look. I have lousy eyesight as you guys know, but im never afraid to grab someones hand and tell them to take me where i want to go. And you know something . When we get there, Everybody Loves being along for the trip. Thats a sort of a metaphor for everybody that wants to make a better lfo anyway, norah . Thank you, steve. Were out of time because we just have two short hours on this program, but thank you so much. Life in a short six. Were so glad youre here. Thank you so much. Youre welcome. Great to have you here. A scientific breakthrough could help shriveled produce out of your refrigerator. These two bunches of grapes are the same age. 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Once you pick it, theres a timer going off. Reporter caviar limes are prized by restaurants and bars. The shipping and distribution is difficult. Thats where appeeel sciences teemed up with them. We use food to preserve food. That simple. That simple. Reporter they start with frozen grapeskins. They extract certain food molecules and mix them up. The powder called edipeal. When it dries it leaves thin barrier on the produce. It slows down the rate that water gets out of the produce. By doing that we can naturally preser average piece of fruit last with your product on it . Each kind of produce has different characteristics. We think it extends it from anywhere from twice as life to five times the life of a piece of produce. Youre basically monitoring how this lemon is dying over time . Exactly. Reporter by day fever the untreated strawberries on top rot but the treated ones on the bottom are still good to eat. Its fda approved and the thin layer left behind is edible and tasteless. It would replace the wax thats often used on produce. Youre going to have people saying this is franken food. I dont want something sprayed on my food because this is pesticide. How to you get over that hurdlesome. The way we to it is be open with people. Were taking stuff youre eating already inner bite of your produce and were just on the outside. Reporter the Company Hopes their product will help with Global Hunger in places without access to refrigeration. It could also reduce food waste. Here in the u. S. , 24 of produce is tossed out before it reaches the grocery store. Another 28 is thrown out at home. But food waste experts say no one technology is going to solve a problem this big. Fundamentally this product is driven by habits around food so we cant technology our way out of that. I think it needs to be paired with really careful shopping. Appeal has raised 40 million from investors. Right now they work with seshl growers and are in talks with produce brands. It remains to be seen whether the cost would be passed along to consumers. Apeel is buying him valuable im super happy to see the results. Reporter for cbs this morning, ben tracy, santa barbara, california. I think thats a good idea. I wonder if they can keep that banana from going brown thats sitting inside my purse. Once it goes brown, it doesnt look good. Thanks for sharing these details. Have you guys tried the cash yar lime . No. This is a real gamechanger. It will be. Absolutely. More ahead. Youre watching cbs this morning. Well be right back. Prodders, shuckersers, and sniffers, [ inhales ] all giant produce is triple checked. Farm, crate, and store. Were focusing on fresh. So you dont have to guess. Its been good show. Two hours flies by when youre having fun. I tune in for cs evening news good morning. Its still windy out there. Wind advisory in place until 10 00 in the morning. Winds could be as high as 50 to 55 Miles Per Hour. Winds are at 30 to 40 right now. They will die down this afternoon. But itll still be breezy. 15 to 20 Miles Per Hour winds this afternoon. 48 degrees. Temperatures wont change much today. In fact, itll feel into the near 40 range throughout the afternoon. I definitely noticed that wind this morning over memorial bridge. You can feel it out there. Be careful on your drive to work. A new accident on route 29, northbound lanes when you hit string fellow road. Jammed on 29. 270 through the urbana area, an accident. And im seeing delays in your southbound lanes as well. Down by route 1, northbound when you hit russell road, we still have a shoulder thats blocked. Lets check in with megan mooney see where she is coming up for great day washington, hey megan. We may not remember those years when we were learning to read ourselves but we know it was one of the most important life skills. So this morning, for the 20th anniversary of the National Education association, learning to read day, were celebrating here in southeast at an elementary school. On march 2nd its dr. Seuss birthday. Stay with us. Great day washington starts right after this short break. We have an we have a birthday today, the beloved author dr. Seuss, and were celebrating with the rest of the country at read across america at a local dc elementary school. The time is now to get your house on the market. Well tell you why with our real deal and realestate team. Its thursday march 2nd and this my friends is great day washington. [ cheering and au closer toward the weekend. Good morning. Im chris leery. And im marquette shepherd. Were your hosts for great day washington. I live for the weekend. We get up so early here on this morning show. I dont know. Wake up washington they get up early. They get up yesterday for today. Were here. You know whats causing fire works more than us getting excited about the weekend . The big bang theory. Thats like tvs number one show. Im sure some of you at home watch it. The five original cast members are taking a voluntary pay cut so that their costars can earn as much as they do. Now, the original five will include jim parsons and kaylee, theyre making 1 million per episode. Dc maryland and virginia, thats a lot of money. Yes, but the two stars who joined the cast later, they make episode. Now, the cast is currently in the midst of contract negotiations for the shows 11th and 12th season and theyre standing in solidarity. Thats interesting. I dont know how to figure that out. Thats a real discrepancy. But its so funny. They make a Million Dollars an episode. 26million. Thats not where theyre going to hit their money. When you see that on syndication, they get hundreds of zillions, i dont know. Im not an accountant. The friends cast, they were credited with first doing that standing together. But i think you can dont get any ideas out there if youre making like regular people money. I think you can only do that once youve reached a certain level of success, big bang theory, number one comedy, friends, run away hit. And it was after five or six years of pay discrepancy that they said wait a minute, this is effecting