President in 2020. Okay. Plus, new high tech gadgets for your head, your wrist and even your fingernails. Well take you to the Worlds LargestConsumer Electronics show where the robots are taking over. We begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. What a mess. You have car accidents, massive flooding and 101 completely shut down. Heavy rains force evacuationings in california. First major rain storm of the year. Threatening to unleash mudslides in areas devastated by wildfires. North and south korea facetoface. The first highlevel talks in more than two years began overnight. They have made some agreement. So suddenly it seems positive at this point. The Trump Administration ending whats called temporary protected status for nearly a quarter Million People from el salvador. At the white house today, a Bipartisan Group of lawmakers will meet with President Trump to find a way forward on daca. The president was with a Friendly Group of farmers as he touted the effects of his policies. Oh, are you happy you voted for me. You are so lucky that i gave you that privilege. New yorks Kennedy Airport is still experiencing delays and cancellations due to rough weather and infrastructure issues. All that the british journalist reminded of the warning never work with animals. Ow. And all that matters. Everybody is still buzzing about Oprah Winfreys incredible speech. People were immediately calling that speech president ial. At this point, wouldnt president be a demotion for oprah . I feel like it would. On cbs this morning. Fired to the end zone. Touchdown alabama wins the crimson tide will not be denied true freshman, the true freshman. Alabama breaks georgia hearts. Nick saban back on the summit with his sixth national championship. This mornings eye opener is presented by toyota. Lets go places. That was quite the game. Nick saban said, guys, that was the happiest day of his life. I think its a happy day for us on our sixth anniversary. We turn six today. Im gayle king. Im norah odonnell. Im jeff glor. Welcome back. There are no balloons or marching band but i felt very welcome when i came into the building. Security guy just goes, hey, gayle. Happy new year. Happy new year. I know, but when we have so much to catch up on. Theres a lot to discuss, isnt there . I know. I feel like theres a new day on the horizon. I think its a new day on the horizon in a lot of places. We begin with this as you wake up in the west. The breaking news in Southern California where rescues are under way in the wake of flooding rains and mudslides. Heavy downpours right now are swamping areas recently burned by wildfires. Dramatic video captures a huge fireball when a gas line erupted in flames following a transformer explosion in monteci montecito. Flood watches, posted across the state. Flash flood warnings in effect for parts of Santa Barbara counties. Areas affected by last months historic thomas fire. Carter evans is there with the unfolding emergency. Carter, good morning. Reporter good morning. This is one of several roads cut off by a mud and debris flow here. Its about a foot deep. Theres no chance any car can get through this. The problem is, this debris flow goes right across the busy 101 freeway at rush hour. You see some cars parked there. They have been parked there for hours. The question now is when are they going to get that reopened. Along with the other four freeways that are closed. In some places, the mud and debris is up to three feet deep. The first storm of 2018 is leading to flash flood watches across Southern California. Mudslide conditions are so dangerous officials ordered mandatory evacuations of burn areas even before the rain began. Its always worrisome. Mud is definitely something you have no control over. Reporter some, whose homes survived the thomas fire, now face the threat of not just water and mud but debris left behind in the fires aftermath. All those fires that already burned all the way down, thats all toxic too. Reporter because Southern Californias burn area is so vast, the danger of mudslides spreads from Santa Barbara to duarte, an expanse of about 100 miles. When we have the potential for widespread debris flow that could impact the same community and the same neighborhoods that were impacted by wildfire, we do have to be aware and prepare to evacuate a lot of residents in a short amount of time. Reporter its only been raining heavily for let me try that again. Raining off and on for the last couple of hours, sometimes quite heavily. It is expected to come up all day. As the sun comes up, theyll start assessing the damage and brace for more rain. Carter, thank you. The first direct talks between north and south korea in more than two years appear to be paying off. North korea diplomats walked across the border overnight to meet their counterparts from the south in the demilitarized zone. They quickly announced that north korea will send athletes to the Winter Olympics, opening one month from today in south korea. Officials say theyre also laying the groundwork for possible talks on north Koreas NuclearWeapons Program. Ben tracy is in seoul, south korea, about 30 miles south of the dmz, where the talks lasted much of the day. Ben, good morning. Reporter good morning. These two sides talked for more than three hour, which is a fairly stunning turn of events when you think the south is trying to engage the north for months. Kim jonguns regime did not seem interested. Now theyre making progress except on the Biggest Issue of all. This scene seemed unthinkable just weeks ago. Five men from the south, five from the north, shaking hands. Dire warnings of war replaced with diplomatic warmth. The North Koreans said they are serious and sincere, offering what they called invaluable results. They could afford the optimism because the conversation was not about kim jonguns Nuclear Program. Instead, focusing mainly on north koreas attendance at next months Winter Olympics. The north quickly offered to send a highlevel delegation, including athletes, a cheering squad and performing arts groups. The south asked the two countries march together at the opening and closing ceremonies and resume reunions of families separated during the korean war. North korea coming to the winter games is a big win for south korean president moon jaein who has called them the peace olympics. In and of itself, the olympics is not going to solve anything. Reporter john delury is an expert on korean affairs. He says kim jongun may feel confident enough in his Weapons Program to now engage in diplomacy. Do you see these talks going beyond the olympics to something more substantial . This is a very fragile process but im seeing a lot of political will in pyongyang and here in seoul that the two sides want to make this a very different year, that theyre serious about dialogue, and that really theyre talking about more than the Winter Olympics but they have to take this step by step. Reporter the two sides have agreed to reopen a long dormant military hot line. Were also told the south koreans want further talks. They want to talk about north Koreas Nuclear weapons. Were told the north didnt really respond to that but that he this wewas listening careful. Thank you so much. President trump greeted College Football fans in atlanta before last nights title game. His appearance on the field for the National Anthem followed weeks of the president criticizing the nfl for allowing pregame protests. Earlier in nashville, he touted his recent tax reform victory. Margaret brennan is at the white house. Margaret, good morning. Wow, look at the fog out there. Where are the werewolves . Reporter exactly. Well, good morning to you, norah. The president certainly would like to clear the air here in washington. He spent yesterday deep in trump country. And in tennessee, he gave his first policy speech in more than three weeks. Hes trying to put to rest some of those damaging comments made by officials in a recent book about him. O say can you see reporter whether it was singing the National Anthem at the College Football championship game in georgia. I like you, too. I like you, too, tennessee. Reporter or basking in the warmth of an adoring crowd of Tennessee Farmers hours earlier. Oh, are you happy you voted for me. You are so lucky that i gave you that privilege. Reporter President Trump enjoyed a brief respite from the continuing firestorm over Michael Wolffs fire and fury. The intensely critical book on the Trump White House has soured relations between the president and his former chief strategist steve bannon. In the book, already a bestseller, bannon called donald trump jr. s 2016 meeting with russians treasonous. Said ivanka trump was dumb as a brick. And accused her husband Jared Kushner of financial crimes. White house spokesman hogan gidley told reporters on air force one the attacks on the first family were repugnant and grotesque. I dont think theres a way back at this point. Reporter the trump attorney had tried to force fire and fury publisher henry holt to stop the release of the book last week. The ceo of mack milan, holts parent company, released a memo to staff, calling the move flagrantly understa flagrantly unconstitutional. The people in the white house are like everybody else in the country. Whats going to happen here . Reporter author Michael Wolff told cbs this morning that some members of President Trumps inner circle are so concerned about the president s mental acukucuity that they quen whether to take extraordinary measures to remove him from office, a claim that white house officials flatly deny. Now, here at the white house, President Trump will host a Bipartisan Group of senators today to discuss Immigration Reform and its going to be an uphill battle. He is asking for any kind of immigration deal to include funding for that border wall with mexico. And, gayle, the price tag right now is 18 billion. Wow, thank you, margaret. Norahs right it does look like a movie set. There is somebody with a yellow vest walking behind you. He looks safe. Thank you very much. The Trump Administration says its time to end special protection for about 200,000 immigrants for el salvador. Many will face deportation if they do not leave the u. S. By september of next year. They were given temporary status after a deadly 2001 earthquake in that Central American country. The department of Homeland Security says life in el salvador has improved and, quote, the original conditions no longer exist. At the same time, the state Department Warns u. S. Citizens to consider the risk of travel because el salvador has one of the highest homicide levels in the world. Speculation is growing this morning that Oprah Winfrey may challenge the president in 2020. After her rousing speech at sundays Golden Globes. She is still making headlines across the country this morning. Ivanka trump praised the 60 minutes special contributor on twitter, calling her address empowering. Norah and i have several questions for gayle about all of this. Well get to that in just a moment. First, jan crawford looks at how both democrats and republicans are weighing in. Jan, good morning. Good morning, jeff. Winfreys longtime partner Stedman Graham started all this when he told the l. A. Times on sunday that she would absolutely run, but ultimately it was up to the people. Since then, people on both sides of the aisle have weighed in. I, for one, would love to hear that the state of the union is strooong reporter from latenight television. Give a lot of stuff away. You get Health Insurance you get Health Insurance reporter to washington. I think shes a real leader and i think her voice is powerful. Reporter even across party lines. Id like to sit down with her and help her if i could. You want to run, you ought to run. Reporter Oprah Winfreys speech at sunday nights Golden Globes kicked off a whirlwind of speculation. A new day is on the horizon reporter its not the first time her name has been linked to president ial politics. Oprah, i love oprah, oprah would always be my first choice. Reporter nearly 20 years ago, it was donald trump who floated the idea of oprah as vp. I tell you, shes really a great woman. Shes a terrific woman. Reporter and he praised her as recently as 2015. Shes great. Shes talented. Shes a friend of mine. Shes a good person. Reporter but on monday, the idea of winfrey as an opponent had a white house spokesperson saying simply we welcome the challenge. Some fellow republicans agreed. I think no one commands the kind of attention that oprah commands. Reporter bill burton worked for then senator obama when winfreys endorsement helped propel him to the 2008 democratic nomination. Im here to tell you, iowa, he is the one. She is going to have to build a campaign. Shes going to have to take on what will likely be a large diversion talented field of democratic candidates. Reporter winfrey has said trumps election may have changed the equation. I thought, oh, gee, i dont have the experience. I dont know enough. I dont know. Now im thinking, oh. Reporter a few months later on cbs this morning she appeared to shut the door. You can be safe with that. There will be no running for office of any kind for me. Reporter now, that interview back in october was just one of many times that winfrey has insisted that she has no interest in running for president. In fact, gayle has even said she would bet her firstborn child that oprah would never run. So, gayle. Stop talking, jan. Just stop it, jan. My first born daughter, as you know, favorite daughter kirby, she went, hey, mom, dont do it. It is a very interesting conversation. First and second born children . Yes, yes. I thought thats what it was. Thats right. What about what stedman said . I do think thats interesting because stedman says that he thought the reporter said to him would she make a good president and he said absolutely, she would. Thats how he interpreted the question. Because this is the thing. Stedman would never so cavalierly say absolutely she would do it. Its up to the people. He would never do that. I got emails from people yesterday. I got emails from people yesterday that said is stedman being strategic or supportive. He is nothing but supportive. He would never just throw it out there like that. What were you going to say . Im going to ask you the same tough question i ask guests on the show. In fact, stead man did say, she would absolutely do it, its up to the people. Thats what he said. He did say it is up to the people. But im telling you, his interpretation of the question was he thought the reporter was saying would she be a good president. Okay, is she considering it . No, i absolutely dont think her position has changed. I dont. You know, i was up talking to her very late last night. I do think this, though, guys. I do think shes intrigued by the idea. I do think that. I also know that after years of watching the oprah show you always have the right to change your mind. I dont think at this point shes actually considering it. But listen there are people who said they want to be her campaign manager, who want to quit their jobs and campaign for her. She loves this country. And would like to be of service in some way. But i dont think that she is actively for the record, that is i dont think shes actively considering it at this time. Thats a change we heard from october its not a change from her. Its a change from me. Fair enough. So let me ask you, who wrote the speech . Listen, oprah crafted that speech. She knew how she wanted to start. This was the thing for her. She knew exactly what she wanted to say and she knew how she wanted to say it. She crafted the speech. She talked to an editor at the magazine. And the two of them came up with it. But oprah put down exactly what she wanted to say. Those were all her words. You know, listen, she writes her what i know for sure column every week, every month in the magazine. Shes a very good writer. We all know shes a very good talker. And so i think that it was a home run on many levels. I thought being in that room, i will say this, being in that room was electrifying. It was the right person giving the right speech at the right time. She wanted that moment to be more than women wearing black dresses of solidarity. She really did want to speak to young girls around the country. She really did want to say enough already. I think she delivered on all that. In a very eloquent way. Will she run for president . I think its a very intriguing idea. Myself. If someone were to potentially run for president what do you think their time line might be . I dont know, jeff, im just looking at this. Yes, she can, noprah. I dont think theres such a thing as a time line. Im not trying to be cute here or be mysterious. But i do think its a very intriguing thing. That she had never considered. People said, owe, yeh, yeah, she that speech as a launching pad. Thats not true. She worked on it. She practiced it. I was a practice ought yeaudien member. I knew the speech was going