They can win prizes called the python challenge. Were poking and hoping. All that and it is good and the Atlanta Falcons will play in the nfc championship game. What a catch vereen has his third touchdown. Ravens will be coming in to take on the patriots for the afc championship. And all that matters. He described you, your words, not mine, as his words. As one tough bitch. Yeah. On cbs this morning. Meryl streep is not here tonight. She has the flu. And i hear shes amazing in it. Welcome to cbs this morning. New figures show the United States flu outbreak has reached a point of epidemic. New york is the latest state to declare a Public Health emergency. Thats right. The cdc reports this morning that 47 states now have widespread flu outbreaks. The only states that dont are california, mississippi, and hawaii. Elaine quijano is at st. Lukes Roosevelt Hospital in new york city. Elaine, good morning. Reporter good morning. As youre waking up in the west there is good news in california. The number of flu cases there have been minimal. Here in new york state, some 20,000 cases have been reported so far with more than five times as many as last year. The nationwide reach of this years flu epidemic can be blamed on its early start. The earlier the flu season starts, the worse it becomes because it usually rolls through all the holiday madness, and that involves a lot of people. So the spread is like a chain lever. Its exponential. Reporter of 135 million doses of flu vaccine manufactured this season 128 million have been administered. As word spreads about the severity of this years outbreak, the lines for those remaining doses are long. I couldnt get one because they said i was too young. Reporter 20 children have died from influenza nationwide. In new York Governor Andrew Cuomo declared a Public Health emergency, allowing pharmacists to administer the vaccine to children as young as 6 months old. There has always been the recommendation to vaccinate children 6 months and older. Its just that now pharmacies may be able to dispense the vaccine. The decision was made because there is an epidemic and children are very vulnerable. Reporter the germ is easy to spread. Dr. Len horovitz says all it takes is a sneeze. If someone sneezes within six feet of this desk and the virus lasts for up to two days. I can touch it. Its okay to touch it. But i must wash my hands before i touch my face or i can introduce the germs into my body and get the flu. Reporter and any Public Service can hold remains of the bug. I never thought about the gas pump. I would imagine its pretty dirty. Reporter after the governors announcement, officials in new york say some pharmacies and Health Services ran out of the vaccine. In california there is no flu vaccine shortage, and officials are telling people to get vaccinated. As Congress Returns to work today, theres signs that lawmakers and the president are not finding much Common Ground on gun control. Major garrett is at the white house. Major, good morning. Reporter good morning, norah and charlie. The white house has Just Announced president obama will hold what the white house describes as the last press conference of his first term in just over an hour in the east room here at the white house. Many issues face the president , but hes going to focus in his opening remarks on the debt ceiling. Of course, also gun control and the chuck hagel for defense secretary nomination might come up. After a week of white house gun violence meetings, its not clear if the president will seek to reinstate a ban on assault style rifles. Even if he does opposition is hardening. Do you think an assault weapons ban can pass the congress . No. Do you think it should . No. Reporter West Virginia democrat joe manchin, who sounded open to new gun control measures immediately after the newtown massacre now wants a slow moving washington commission. If you just want gun bans youre wrong. What do we need . We need a comprehensive approach. Reporter with sales of firearms that Congress Might ban now sky rocketing, a Top Senate Democrat called for a voluntary moratorium. If we continue to see nearly 80,000 gun sales each month in states all over the country, its going to be counterproductive to whatever solution we will implement. Reporter the New York Legislature sped towards passage of a tough new assault weapons ban. A move more states may copy as similar efforts stall in congress. Thank you, mr. President. Reporter another uphill fight, the hagel nomination. Democrats still question hagels support for israel and earlier opposition to unilateral sanctions against iran. I am not comfortable yet. I want to ask him questions about those two issues. Reporter and a new issue. Hagels reputation as a hot head. There are numbers of staffers who are coming forth now just talking about the way he has dealt with them. I have certainly questions about a lot of things. Reporter hagel did receive support from defense and diplomatic heavyweight colin powell. This is a gentleman who knows all of these issues in depth. He is a fellow who speaks his mind. He sometimes gets in trouble with those who think he should not speak his mind, but he says what he believes, and he sticks with it. Reporter after the president s News Conference, hell sit down for lunch here at the white house with Vice President biden, where the two will discuss the gun violence recommendations the Vice President will formally present to the president tomorrow. After that meeting, the Vice President will meet separately with House Democrats to discuss gun violence and the politics surrounding the white house push. Major garrett, thanks. This morning at 8 15 pacific time, president obama will hold the final News Conference of his first term. Cbs will bring it to you live. With us now, one of the newest senators angus king of maine. Senator, welcome to the broadcast. Good to see u thank you. Good morning. What do you think the confirmation of chuck hagel depends on . I think it depends on vincing the number of members of the senate particularly senator schumer, that hes got a balanced approach to the middle east, that he has the right temperament, the right background. I think i start with the premise that hes the president s nominee for the president s cabinet. I have a different standard. I think the president theres a presumption that the president should be able to appoint his own people. Judges are a little different because thats lifetime tenure. That continues into a different presidency. But i think its going to depend a lot on conversations that chuck that chuck hagel has over the next couple of weeks. Im reserving judgment myself. Im on the Armed Services committee and will hear the nomination. Im going to have some questions. I will probably be meeting with him later this week, and i want to understand where hes coming from. But hes a solid guy with a lot of strong support, and the other thing i want to listen to is from people who have worked with him over the years, other ambassadors, people like colin powell. Lets turn now to the issue of gun control legislation. As you know, Vice President biden is going to be delivering his recommendations to the president tomorrow. Do you think anything gets passed out of congress in the end . I think something probably will. Its a little hard to tell now. Im not even sure whether its very interesting that Vice President biden last week when he was sort of giving a preview, did not mention an assault weapons ban. Now, it may be in the recommendations ultimately. But i would you support mandatory background checks . I think mandatory background checks and also stronger penalties for people that lie on background checks. I think we have to broaden the we have to do something about the socalled gun show loophole where people dont have to do background checks. Broader background checks, its really got to be a comprehensive policy i think. But the biggest issue, to me is size of the magazines. Thats sort of the Common Thread that connects a lot of these massacres. The assault weapons ban is a tough one because its hard to define what an assault weapon is, and if were just defining it by what it looks like that doesnt do much for me. Im much more interested in the functionality and whether thats really a different weapon than my buddys semiautomatic hunting rifle. Maine has what kind of gun control laws and do they work . They do work but i think its part of the culture. Maine is one of the highest gun owning states in the country with one of the lowest gun crimes because we have a long history of hunting and firearm use and care and training and all of those kinds of things. For example, if you go hunting in maine you cant have more than a five bullet magazine in your rifle. Ive talked to some friends in the Gun Community in maine. They call that the fair chase rule. Can i ask you just quickly too about the debt ceiling . Were approaching that. We heard from the Obama Administration they have no backup plan if congress does not raise the debt ceiling, and the head of the House Republican conference Kathy Mcmorris rogers says i think its possible we should shut down the government to make sure the president understands were serious. What do you think of that kind of talk . Thats a terrible statement to make. Shutting down government is different. Now, weve got to be clear here. Theres shutting down government in a budget fight. Thats one thing. Thats okay you can argue about that. The debt ceiling however is messing around with the full faith and credit of the United States. It would be bad for the economy when we played that game of russian roulette back in august of 2011. You could see the economy decline. You could see job creation going away. Im with Newt Gingrich on this one. Newt gingrich had taken a strong position that we should not use, that the republicans should not use the debt ceiling as leverage in this cutting spending. Lets use the continuing resolution. Lets use the sequester, but dont use the debt ceiling. Thats a bad idea. President said he wont negotiate on the debt ceiling. I think hes right on that. Senator, thank you. Good to see you. Thank you. Nice to see you all. And we spoke to Supreme CourtJustice Sonia sotomayor. She spoke with scott pelley about her new york city home and reputation as a tough corporate lawyer. You write in your book that one day one of the associates one of your colleagues was on the telephone, and he described you, your words, not mine as one tough his words. As one tough bitch. Yeah. And when you heard that, you thought what . What in the world is wrong with me . I was a pretty tough negotiator and hard to push around and i dont think they were used to my kind of toughness then. Is his description in any way unfair . Probably not. Shes been called a lot of things, but she told us more than madam justice, she prefers another title. Its sonia from the bronx. What does it mean to be sonia from the bronx . Hi. It means to be a part of this particular community. How are you . A vibrant, loving giving community. Its something very special. And Justice Sotomayors new memoir, my beloved world goes on sale tomorrow. It will be published in english and spanish. Charlie, its a very revealing biography. She just sounds good when she talks about herself. She puts that into a book, it will be good. Very good. Sonia from the bronx. Argo and Les Miserables won the top award at Golden Globes but also the oscars are still a wide open race. As John Blackstone reports, hollywoods first big awards show of the year balanced surprises and humor. Meryl streep is not here tonight. She has the flu. And i hear shes amazing in it. Reporter the Golden Globes have a reputation as the most partylike show of hollywoods awards season. Where else can presenters like kristin wiig and will ferrell act as though they have no idea what theyre doing. Jennifer lawrence oh my gosh. Love jennifer lawrence. J. Law. And the stars be happy about it . My like seventh grade teacher started calling me j. Law. To hear will ferrell say it was pretty incredible. Dinner with the adequate beverages. Its a help. Absolutely. It takes the edge off. More than any other awards show, the Golden Globes here at the Beverly Hilton hotel has a reputation for memorable moments. This show was no different. Oh, my god. Reporter from a nearly speechless adele winning for best song for the James Bond Film skyfall. To bill clinton coming on stage to present a clip from the film lincoln. It seemed like everyone in the audience was surprised. What an exciting special guest. That was Hillary Clintons husband. Reporter did the folks at the Lincoln Table know . A couple of them. I didnt know when though. It still was amazing because, even knowing it it still was amazing. Im just going to put it out there, right . Loud and proud right . Reporter in the most emotional speech of the night, jodie foster alluded to her sexuality, saying she came out years ago to friends and family but made a plea for privacy. If you had been a public figure from the time that you were a toddler, if you had to fight for a life that felt real and honest and normal against all odds then maybe then you too might value privacy above all else. Jodie fosters speech was mind blowingly beautiful. Reporter backstage the nights winners said they understood fosters desire for privacy. Because our job is to transform and to play all different kinds of characters i believe its my job to try to stay as private as possible. So i really connected to that part of her speech. Argo. Reporter in the case of argo, winning is the best revenge. Not only did the film win best drama but ben affleck won for best director after being passed over in the Oscar Nominations. Affleck didnt seem too upset. To frame it as being about like the nomination i didnt get, like i also didnt get the acting nomination. Notice no one was saying i got snubbed there. Reporter for cbs this morning, John Blackstone, beverly hills. Thats pretty good. You know who was really good were the hosts . Tina fey. Knocked it out of the park. Knocked it out of the park women power. Everybody wants them now to host the show. Very very funny. Huge fans of both of them. It is time to show you this mornings headlines from around the globe. Britains guardian says French Forces are attacking muslim extremists in northern mali. France launched its first attacks on friday. French fighter jets pounded rebel camps again this morning. Newtown, connecticut residents are discussing the fate of sandy hook elementary school, where a month ago today a gunman killed 20 students and 6 staff members. In a meeting yesterday, some residents said they wanted the school demolished. Others said the school should be renovated by saves. Q the boston globe said m. I. T. Is examining aaron swarts, who committed suicide on sunday. He was scheduled to go on trial with charges of hacking documents through m. I. T. s computer network. And the wall street journal says the Obama Administration is planning to push for a comprehensive overhaul of immigration laws that would include a path to citizenship for 11 million undocumented immigrants. The president is expected to tout Immigration Reform in his state of the Union Address which is scheduled for next month. The Sacramento Bee says many workers were surprised to see higher payroll taxes in the first paycheck of the year. It shrank take home earnings bys by 2 or more. A temporary cut in Social Security and medicare taxes expired as part of the fiscal cliff compromise. And sunny california has turned into shivering california. Frost and freezing temperatures are blanketing the state for the fourth night in a row. So far, Citrus Growers say they protected their crops using water and heaters. No significant crop damage is reported. Overnight temperatures in los angeles over the weekend were in the 30s and in the 20s near San Francisco. Thats why everybody was cold. And we were thats why i love the weather. Its always strange. And it is very cold out there right now. In fact, chilly temperatures in the bay area in the 20s and the 30s. Were currently under a freeze warning at this time. Nice and clear. That cold air setting overhead freeze warnings up in many of the valleys. Temperatures these numbers in the 20s and 30s. By the afternoon, highs only expected to be in the 40s and 50s. Announcer this National Weather report by Green Mountain coffee. Brew a better day. The l. A. Coroners office is releasing a new report on natalie woods death, saying it may not have been an accident. This morning former lapd insider john miller has exclusive details that could change everything. And Lance Armstrong