Brought two strangers together, helping one find a lifesaving kidney. Its part of our series a more Perfect Union. We begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. Its a rotten no good way to run your government. I want no part of it. Of course were not going to ballpark. Not going to vote for 30 day continuing resolution. Congress hurdles towards a Government Shutdown. The democrats want to shut down to get off the subject of the tax cut. This is like a bowl of doggy doo, put a cherry on top and call it a chocolate sundae. This is nothing. A california parents accused of imprisoning and torturing their 13 children entered not guilty pleas. This is depraved conduct. Police in phoenix say they have linked a suspect to at least nine murders committed in a threeweek killing spree. To solve nine homicides in a pir yod of three weeks is outstanding. A deadly storm blasts europe. Blew that guy right down the street. It is windy. Tanker truck loaded with gasoline exploded near salt lake city. Were just grateful nobodys been hurt or injured. All that. A car slamming into another crash scene in michigan. Fortunately no one was hurt. And all that matters. We can keep it like this, were going to win a lot of elections. President trump prepares to celebrate his first year in office. Its the economy, stupid. Did you ever hear that one . Its the economy. On cbs this morning. We stopped some children out on the street and we asked them how is the president doing and their answers went exactly like this. Can you do an impression of him . Its going to be great. Whats one nice thing you can say about donald trump . He has kind of cool hair i think. Can you do an impression of the president for us . Youre fired this mornings eye opener is presented by toyota, lets go places. Welcome to cbs this morning. John dickerson with Norah Odonnell and gayle king. Happy friday to you both. As you wake up in the west, the senate has less than 15 hours to avoid a Government Shutdown. As talks come down to the wire. The house voted last night to fund the government for another four weeks. But Senate Democrats dont want that deal. Theyre actually holding out for an extension of the daca program, protecting young immigrants brought in illegally as children. Nancy cordes is on capitol hill. Nancy, good morning. Whats the prognosis . At this point, norah, it is a highstakes game of who blinks first with government funding held in the balance. Democrats say that gop stalling on the socalled dreamers has left them with no choice. But republicans accuse them of holding the entire government hostage over one issue. Motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. Reporter in a preview of whats to come, all but six House Democrats voted against the funding bill. The only people standing in the way of keeping the government open are Senate Democrats. Whether there is a Government Shutdown or not is now entirely up to them. Reporter those Senate Democrats say they have more than enough votes to kill the bill unless republicans cut a quick deal on daca. We lurch from week to week, day to day, month to month. This resolution kicks the can down the road and gives us no reason to believe that it will be any different. Reporter the senates republican leader warned democrats will bear the blame if the government runs out of money for the First Time Since 2013. Theyre prepared to shut down the government. Over the issue of illegal immigration. Reporter mcconnell admitted the president s shifting positions are hampering daca talks. Were interested in what his views are and those have not been made fully apparent yet. Reporter the chaos has left nearly 700,000 Daca Recipients in legal limbo. And now the governments ability to function is in limbo, too. How does this end . There are millions of government workers who are pretty anxious right now. And they should be. And the whole country should be. And that is why it is absolutely imperative that the republicans now do what they have not done. 80 of the American People support dreamers. Lets negotiate. Lets get an agreement. Reporter democrats and some republicans are now pushing for a measure that would fund the government just for a few days, to give the the two sides time to hammer out an agreement on daca. But it is hard to see, gayle, how that would make that much difference, since that issue has been sitting in congress lap since last fall. Boy, got a lot of worried people this morning. Thank you very much, nancy. If the government does shut down at midnight, members of congress will still be paid. But hundreds of thousands of socalled nonessential Government Employees will go on unpaid leave. National parks and museums will be unstaffed and forced to close. Unemployment benefits and some be delayed because most commerce and Labor Department staff will be side lined. The last touchdown in 2013 last 16 days and reportedly cost the u. S. 24 billion in lost economic activity. Socalled essential services would continue. That includes the toss, fbi, border patrol, coast guard and military. If you receive social security, medicare or medicaid, those benefits will be still paid. And the u. S. Postal service and fema will also stay in operation. President trump, who tweeted this morning, shut down coming, question mark, says hes trying to avoid a shutdown but democrats want to see one. The president spoke in a western pennsylvania factory after one of his tweets threatened his partys negotiations to keep the government running. Major garrett is with us now. Good morning, major. Good morning. Lets be honest. The Government Shutdown on the oneyear anniversary of President Trumps inauguration not exactly an advertisement for high functioning republican control of washington. So the white house and republicans on capitol hill need to stick together and blame democrats for this particular impasse. The president s twitter habits, well, yesterday, that made it a bit of a challenge. Well see what happens. Reporter inside a pennsylvania equipment factory thursday, roughly 250 miles away from the shutdown drama, President Trump attacked democrats for obstruction. I really believe the democrats want to shut down to get off the subject of the tax cut because theyve worked so well. Reporter hours earlier, twitter comments from the selfdescribed deal maker threatened to throw negotiations into a tailspin. Mr. Trump argued an extension of the Childrens HealthInsurance Program known as chip would only be part of a longterm solution. House republicans ignored that take and included the program in their shortterm bill. The president s Budget Priorities are heavily focused on defense spending and border security. Bothappealing to his base supporters. The white house insisted the keystone state was not a Campaign Stop but it sure felt like one. A real friend and spectacular man, rick saccone. Reporter mr. Trump endorsed the republican candidate in the special house election. However, he could not resist a trumpesque jab at the scene unfolding on capitol hill. Its nasty in washington, but step by step by step, just keep going, right. Going. It is a nasty place. Reporter well, the president is discovering the hard bargains that must come with bipartisanship in these polarized times. Hes not the first president to learn that lesson. But mr. Trump promised how he alone could cut the biggest and best deals. With time running out, the president will need a better strategy then. Well see what happens. All right, major, thank you. Cbs news contributor ed okeefe is a congressional reporter for the washington post. Hes on capitol hill. Ed, youre just about as plugged in as anybody there. Tell us whats going to happen. Well, as the president said, its pretty nasty, norah. It looks as if the senate will around midday today try to settle this. Well either plunge into a shutdown or they may come up with some kind of 11th hour deal that keeps the government open just a few more days in an attempt to sort out all these issues. But republicans have said no. We dont want to do that. The offers on the table. You either vote for it or you dont. If youre a democrat who votes against this, were going to make you pay for it. Paul ryan said the only people standing in the way of of this are the democrats. So the blame game is certainly under way. Who will be to blame if the government does shut down . Gayle, if you ask folks around here, youre right, republicans will say democrats. Democrats will say republicans. Some people who work at the white house say its all of congress. Everyones going to shoulder the blame here a little bit. Remember, the issue in the senate is that while republicans control the place narrowly, they require getting democratic votes in order to hit a 60 vote threshold to avoid these procedural blocks that can happen to these kind of bills and democrats have been saying if you want our votes, sure, well fund the government, but there are some priorities that we have that we want to address. The big one of course is the fate of these immigrant dreamers. This has been on the table since september when the president started the clock on the Program Ending in march, and they say why not do it now when aftero everyones got to vote on a bill they are ultimately going to support. They used to scream at republicans who would hold up funding measure, the way democrats are now trying to do this with daca. Are democrats unified in this strategy, to use this moment for leverage on daca . No, you will see a handful of democrats today vote with republicans to keep the government open. How many, we dont exactly know. But all of them are running for reelection this year in states that donald trump won by double digits in 2016. They know theyre going home to face voters who lean republican and who want to see democrats working with republicans. So theyll stick with the republicans in this case. But others, most of the democrats, will vote against this. All right, ed okeefe, always good to see you, thank you very much. The number of flu deaths this season is more than double what it was at the same time last year. 8yearold sainab is one of the latest victims of this outbreak. The cdc says at least 759 people have died from the flu virus since october 7th. Last year, there were 322 flu deaths at the same time. The virus has been killing morgue than 100 people a week since middecember. Dr. Tara narula is here at the table. So troubling when you put the numbers in perspective. Good morning to you, gayle. The cdc says the rate for hospitalizations for the flu has doubled. Health officials are trying to spread the warning that the virus does not discriminate as the season continues to worsen. From the time the whole thing started, from the time we knew anything was wrong, the time he was gone was less than an hour and a half. Reporter thats how fast steve and theresa say their son tyler died nep say the 8yearold collapsed at home just a day after being diagnosed with the flu. Flipped him over on his back and his lips were blue. So we called 911 instantly. Reporter tyler who was also diagnosed with autism and a speech disorder called apraxia, suffered Heart Failure and couldnt be resuscitated. He was our only child and he was the light of our world. Reporter the flu kills thousands of people of all ages every year. Seeing widespread flu throughout all 50 states. Reporter dr. Lisa maragakis, senior director of infection at john hopkins, says some people need to be especially careful. The higher risk group, the very young, those over 65 years old and people with underlying medical conditions should seek medical care and get the antiviral medications. Reporter flu complications can include an infection in the lungs like pneumonia. From there, patients can develop sepsis, a life threatening complication that can cause Blood Pressure to drop, organs to figure and even death. The exact cause of tylers death is being examined but his mother never believed it could be from the flu. I thought we would get over it and be back to school by friday. I just never imagined him not here anymore. Reporter federal Health Officials anticipate this years flu season will continue for at least 10 to 12 more weeks. Besides getting a flu shot, the best way to prevent the spread of the virus is to wash your hands. Thank you, really sad to hear. The sentencing of former usa gymnastics dr. Larry nassar will take place next week. About 70 victims have addressed the court so far. More than 100 women signed up to speak. Minutes ago in the courtroom, 2012 Olympic Team Gold medalist jordan weaver denounced nassar and officials from usa gymnastics. Our bodies were all hanging by a thread when we were in london. Who is the doctor usga sent to help us stay healthy . The doctor that was our abuser. The doctor that is a child molester. Dr. Jon lapook spoke with four of nassars victims. Hes in lansing michigan with that part of the story. Reporter larry nassar is already serving 60 years in prison for other charges and faces at least 25 more years after pleading guilty to sexual abuse. The disgraced former doctor claims his health is suffering from listening to dozens of women at his sentencing hearing. That complaint did not sit well with the judge. I have to say, this isnt worth the paper its written on. Reporter judge Rosemarie Aquilina received nassars complaint in a sixpage letter. In it, he said, now, a fourday sentencing media circus. She said if i pass out, shell have the emts revive me and then prop me up in the witness box. At the end, like cart that the carthartic. The judge did not hold back. You spent thousands of hours perpetrating criminal Sexual Conduct on minors. Spending four or five days listening to them is significantly minor considering the hours of pleasure you had at their expense ruineding their lives. Reporter among the survivors who spoke thursday, jamie dantzscher. All you look forward to now is rotting in prison for the rest of your life. Reporter olympic Gold Medalist michaela maroneys written statement was read in court. He abused my trust. He abused my body. And he left scars on my psyche that may never go away. So many brave women got up there and said you can know my name now. Reporter Lindsey Lemke and Tiffany Thomas lopez gave impact statements this week. Larissa boies and sterling riethman are still waiting for their turn. We now have the control. He couldnt handle it. Reporter the survivors said they felt empowered hearing each others statements in court but clearly theres still a lot of healing left to do. Usa gymnastics is abandoning the National TeamTraining Center at the Karolyi Ranch in texas. Several of his victims called for that move because they had been abused there. Jon, thanks. Police in phoenix say theyve identified a suspected serial killer responsible for a string of murders. 35yearold Cleophus Cooksey jr. Was already in custody. Hes accused of killing nine people during a threeweek period late last year. Carter evans is in phoenix with how Technology Helped solve the case. Carter, good morning. Reporter good morning. Cooksey spent 16 years in prison for manslaughter and armed robbery. And hed only been free about 18 months when he was arrested again. This time, it was for the murder of his mother and stepfather. While he was in custody, police were able to link him to seven other killings. We can sleep a little better tonight knowing that this killer is caught. Reporter anthia wint says the first time she heard the name Cleophus Cooksey jr. Was thursday morning when police told her he was responsible for her sons murder. He was shot twice on december 13th. Chloe ridore is his younger sister. My brother was an innocent bystander and, you know, its sad that it was him. Reporter cooksey seen in this Youtube Video rapping about murder is accused of killing seven men and two women in the phoenix area from november 27th to december 17th. All died from gunshot wounds. Phoenix Police Credit advanced Ballistic Technology with helping link cookseys to the murders. Phoenix is one of five cities that joined a National Program allowing agencies to rapidly share, analyze and process evidence from different crime scenes. We solved nine homicides in three weeks. I think thats astounding for any police department. Reporter Jonathan Howard is with the Phoenix Police department. Do you think you might link this suspect to other crimes . I think there is a possibility. In fact, im going to say i think theres a probability that there are additional homicides out there involving the same suspect. Reporter anthia wint says while thursdays arrest gives her closure, it still doesnt bring her son back. He has the will for life. I cannot imagine that hes not here anymore. Each and every days very hard. Reporter police say theyre still trying to determine cookseys relationship to all the victims and his motivation for the killings. We reached out to his lawyer but have not heard back. Right now, hes being held on 5 million bond. All right, thank you very much, carter. There are concerns this morning that tom brady may not be able to play in sundays afc championship game. Are you okay, norah . Im okay. I know, hes strong. Ahead, how an injury to the prosecutors reveal chilling new details of alleged abuse suffered by 13 siblings in california. Ahead, how a couple is accused of shackling children in chains for long peri