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Its going to hold 1,700 songs and can easily be hacked by north korea. Announcer this mornings eye opener presented by toyota. Lets go places. Welcome to cbs this morning. As you wake up in the west a deadly terror attack has france under its highest state of alert. Three gunmen on the loose after attacking a paris magazine with a history of satirical attacks. The target was Charlie Hebdo. Elaine cobb is at the scene in paris where an intense manhunt is under way. Elaine elaine, good morning. Reporter the french minister says they have beefed up security. Police and military placed at sensitive sensitive sites. They say they will do everything to catch the men who carried out the attack this morning. It was shortly after 11 00 a. M. When two armed and masked men walked into the entrance lobby of the headquarters of Charlie Hebdo and opened fire. One eyewitness said they asked for some people by name which scared them. Police believe this may have been a very organized attack because these also left rapidly in a getaway car. Police have now launched a manhunt for three armed men. Beyond what youve already said, what more can you tell us about what police know and where the manhunt stands . For the moment, the manhunt is under way. Theyre asking anyone who has seen anything to help. Several people in the area, in fact, took videos from their windows. In one we see two gunman getting out of a car. They walk up to an injured policeman and shoot him at point blank range before getting into their car and speeding off. Now, Charlie Hebdo was already under Police Protection because this magazine had published caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad angering many muslims and had been threatens many times and was firebombed once. Elaine thank you. Bob orr is in washington. Hes talking with u. S. Officials about this attack. Bob, good morning. What are your sources telling you . Good morning. U. S. Authorities are in close contact with their counterparts in france. Theyre primarily waiting details. Right now we know just the basics. The french officials have told the u. S. Authorities that three gunmen apparently were involved. The question is were they working with others. More importantly, what inspired them who they were working for. Theres no doubt, this was a terrorist attack. It appears to have as a motive revenge for these satirical cartoons against the Prophet Muhammad and other islamic figures. We can presume this was a terrorist attack carried out by someone sympathetic to isis or perhaps al qaeda. This is not something thats new in france. Theres an indigenous population there of radicals and a fair number of foreign fighters who have gone to syria and iraq. The question now, where did these gunmen come from and is there anything else in the pipeline, any plot that is still ongoing. A massive amount of intelligence sharing at this time. Does the United States plan to do anything to assist the french . Well the u. S. Charlie, has offered all resources, if the french need help. But the french have a very robust intelligence apparatus. And a good counterterrorism operation. Theyll be close coordination. The key is we have to identify the gunman. Once the gunman are identified then i think the u. S. Can provide great assistance in pulling the threads to find out who they might be connected to and how deep this plot might run and to where. Bob thanks. Shortly after the attack, we spoke on the telephone with former cia Deputy Director mike morrell. Good morning, charlie. What can you say about the sources and what we know so far . Charlie, this is the worst terrorist attack in europe since the attacks in london in july of 2005. We havent lost this many people since that attack. The motive here is absolutely clear, trying to shut down a Media Organization that lampooned the Prophet Muhammad. No doubt in my mind this is terrorism. What we have to figure out here is the perpetrators and whether they were selfradicalized or whether they were individuals who fought in syria and iraq and came back or whether they were actually directed by isis or by al qaeda. Theres a lot to figure out here, but this is clearly a terrorist attack and one of the worst weve seen in a long time. President hollande is having an emergency Cabinet Meeting this afternoon in paris. What can the government do . What are the options for it . The two most important things, charlie, are, number one, to find the perpetrators, and number two is to kind of buckle down and increase your defenses. Because one of the things that happens in these situations are copycat attacks. And you need to worry about copycat attacks not only in france but the rest of the world and i would even say in the broader world, to include the United States. Thats something people are going to have to worry about in the next several days. Mike morell, thank you for joining us. As we mentioned, president obama is offering to help france track down the attacks. Say, i strongly condemn the horrific shooting at the offices of Charlie Hebdo magazine in paris. France is americas oldest ally. France and the great city of paris where this outrageous attack took play offer the world a timeless example that will endure well beyond the hateful vision of these killers. Coming up were going to take you back to paris for updates on this breaking story. Here in the United States california is seeing record warm temperatures. But thats a very different story across much of the country. 38 states face windchill warnings today. In minneapolis, it feels like 38 below. Ashley, good morning. Good morn, and good morning to viewers in the west. Right now its a blistering minus 8 degrees and with windchills being outside for any amount of time can feel downright brutal. Several districts here in minnesota have canceled classes today. But here in st. Paul school will continue as planned. Piling snow coupled with bonechilling cold, ice over roads tuesday causing hundreds of accidents. An invasion of arctic air could send temperatures plummeting to 25 degrees below in parts of the midwest. Checking the forecast to see when its going to get back to zero. Reporter it prompted city officials in chicago to close schools wednesday. On tuesday one school lost heat when the furnace broke, but the kids were kept in class. Why would you put a child in school for six hours with a coat and hat on all day and expect them to function. Reporter virginias Largest School system said they made a mistake when they decided not to cancel classes on tuesday. Parents complained about the dangerous commute that led to multiple bus accidents. In iowa the deep freeze may have played a role in this water main break. Something this significant, well be lucky if were done in day, just to get the water back on. Reporter while many are hunkering down others brave the outdoors. Born and raised here in the snowbelt. So, you know, ive got to get out. Im not going to sit inside until march or april. Reporter with this cold front expected to last the rest the week theres no shortage of advice. You can wear summer clothes in the winter, but you will get so cold. Reporter those expecting to get relief from this cold weather will have to wait longer. Tomorrows high is expected to be only 13 degrees with more snow on the way. All right ashley thank you. A major breakthrough this morning in finding out what happened to the lost air asia plane. Search teams found the planes tail section and that could contain the black boxes for the doomed flight. In washington with the significance of this find. Jeff, good morning. Reporter good morning. This is a key milestone into the mystery surrounding air asia flight 8501. With the tail now located investigators are hoping that the black boxes will be recovered as well and with them answers about what happened in the final moments of that flight. Just miles from where aair asia flight 8501 lost contact with ground controllers, the tax section was located in the murky waters of the java sea. It was spotted by divers after being picked up by the sonar scan. These grainy pictures show an upside down a. Painted on a piece of metal. Another photo shows mechanical wiring and wreckage. And another shows lettering on outside of the plane that matches the planes registration number. This was confirmed by the Indonesia Rescue Agency earlier this morning. There is clearly visible tail section with words written on it, he said. Its been 11 days since the airbus a320 was traveling from the indonesian city of surabaya to singapore. When it crashed into the ocean with 162 people on board. Its not clear what caused the crash, but just before losing contact, the pilot requested a climb to a higher altitude due to bad weather. His request was denied due to heavy air traffic. Until now, bad weather and powerful currents have hindered recovery efforts. 30 bodies have since been recovered, found among smaller pieces of wreckage. But for investigators, the planes tail section is their most important discovery. It means the black boxes and the critical information they contain are now within their reach. Those black boxes were key. Youll see all the engine instruments. Youll see all the parameters. That, kind of synched up with the voice recorder, will give us a Crystal Clear picture of what exactly happened. Reporter once the black box is recovered, the transportation board says it will take control of it. The agency says it recently acquired a black box reader. Prior to this crash, indonesian investigators would have handed the job over to the french. Charlie. Jeff, thanks. The dow is higher this morning in early trading. Stocks are rallying after yesterdays decline when the dow dropped 130 points. Traders are keeping their eye on several factors that contributed to this weeks decline. Cbs Business AnalystJill Schlesinger joins us. Good morning. Good morning. Whats going on . I think there is a big fear Global Growth is slowing down. Theres also some concern about europe, about a greek election coming up. Theres a candidate whos a frontrunner, who has talked about actually leaving the eurozone, so thats made people very nervous. And of course weve had oil down by 12 in three days. Imagine that a substantial decline in oil prices spooking investors a bit. Nobody i know is complaining about lower gas prices. Is there ever a downside to that . I think theres a fear when you look at falling oil. Is it falling because of Something Else. Is it the canary in the coal mine . Is demand slowing because of that slowdown . Demand has picked up. U. S. Production stronger than it has been in a long time. As a result i think the idea of oil going down netnet is positive for the economy but it could have spillover effects in other financial markets. What about the bond markets . Bond markets been the beneficiary. If this has not been an advertisement for diversification, i dont know what it is. U. S. Bonds are soaring as people are seeking safety. Thats a good reminder for all of us. Not having all your money in the stock market really pays off when things get dicey. How long do they think these factors will continue . I think probably in the near term its going to keep speaking people. Because things in europe really have been shaky. Until we get through that greek election, i think investors remain on alert. Again, no reaction to this. Please dont start moving around your retirement acts. Stay with your game plan. That will serve you well. All right jill thank you. And congress is back to work this morning with democrats and republicans and democrats squaring off over the keystone xl pipeline. He thanked nancy pelosi with a hug and a big kiss there it is. Nancy cordes is in washington. Nancy, good morning. Good morning. Now that they control both houses, their strategy including this bill as you mentioned, which is a key part of that. It is senate bill 1 but it could run into a big road block in the white house. Within hours of their swearingin, lawmakers in the 114th congress youre now members of the 114th congress. Reporter were already drawing the battle line. There they go again, more tax increases. Bigger government, the democrat party. Reporter the first fight in the house was over rules to govern the chamber. To those who wonder what would be the top priority of this republicancontrolled congress, what would they do on day one . Now we know. Its deception. Reporter still, the senates new majority leader republican Mitch Mcconnell struck an optimistic tone. Were anxious to get to work here. Reporter as did president obama. I think well have a productive 2015. Reporter even as he said that, the White House Press secretary was vowing the president would veto not just the Keystone Pipeline bill but an obamacare bill changing the definition of fulltime work from 30 hours a week to 40 hours. Republicans say the current threshold is prompting large employers to cut workers hours so they dont have to ensure them. A school in my state is tracking the hours of substitute teachers and making sure they dont teach more than 29 hours a week. Well that hurts those substitute teachers because now theyre getting smaller paychecks and it also hurts the students. Reporter republican Susan Collins maine and indiana democrat joe donnelly are the bills cosponsors. Many democrats feel that this is just the first step in republicans trying to chip away at obamacare. Were trying to make it better, that its more flexible, that it works better for american families. That if youre a mom or dad working 27 hours and used to be working 37 hours now, this is a chance to get more money in that paycheck again. The white house argues that this bill would only lead employers to cut thousands of workers hours from just above 40 hours a week to just below it to avoid insuring them and this is why the white house says it would veto that bll. Gayle, its not clear that republicans have the votes right now to override that veto. All right, nancy, got it, thanks. Federal agents are looking for a motive after a gunman killed a person at the Veterans Affairs clinic. It happened yesterday at fort bliss in el paso. The clinic is near the William Beaumont army medical center. The gunman also died there. The officers went on lockdown. The victims identity not released. The va faced criticism last year for long waiting times in its health care system. Texas was hit by at least nine earthquakes in the past 24 hours. Most rocked the dallas suburb of irving. The first one reached a magnitude 3. 5. That one happened yesterday afternoon. Others continued into early this morning. You can see things shaking inside this home. So far there are no reports of serious damage or injuries. All right. Its 7 19. Ahead on cbs this morning, a teenager ordered to have Cancer Treatment that she calls poison. The state of connecticut. Right. Superseded and took her, is now forcing her to receive chemo . Yes, without me standing by her side. This is not right. Ahead, more on the terrorist attack in paris. Well bring you the very latest on this story after gunmen stormed the office of a paris newspaper and killed at least 12 people. The news is back in the morning right here on cbs this morning. Stay tuned for your local news. 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