Actual Science Behind giving the best possible gifts. All that and much more on cbs this morning saturday, december 21st, 2013. Captioning funded by cbs and welcome to the weekend. We also have some very distinguished guests for you here in studio 57 this morning, including holiday music from one of new orleans very best the one and only Aaron Neville sings in our holiday session. And he became one of the most honored and accomplished chefs. And on this holiday weekend, well have christmas. Christmas abbott is her full name. After working in iraq during the war, shes become a worldclass weight lifter and is now nascars first female pit crew member. But our lead story this morning, major Weather Threat to an estimated 94 million travelers. A huge storm system is making itself felt in the Northern Midwest and its headed east and south. And for the millions of americans traveling this weekend before christmas, the bad weather means headaches whether youre driving or flying. For the latest on all of this heres meteorologist eric fisher of our cbs station, wbbs in boston. Really just for general life the storm as it stands right now, plenty of lightning, heavy rain. Theres been a lot of overnight lightning in oklahoma. Power outages there. Problems with traveling. Its not just the wintry side wrks, but this. A line of developments of storms. Tornados a threat. Overnight the snow showers get going from chicago back to eastern kansas and tomorrow afternoon still watching storms moving to places like charlotte and atlanta. They too, could reach severe limits. Biggest threat is for today though. Especially in red. The Storm Prediction Center put out a moderate risk meaning we could be looking at damaging tornados, wind gusts especially in the Lower Mississippi valley Ice Accumulation with this one from chicago down through oklahoma city. Plus in new england, there could be a major ice storm that could bring out Power Outages and on top of that snow. A lot of mess for this first weekend of winter. Anthony and vinita . Travel was smooth for president obama and his family who are in hawaii this morning for the start of their twoweek holiday vacation. At a News Conference yesterday mr. Obama tried to put a bow on what was an often difficult and bumpy road. Jeff pegues is at the white house and has more. Good morning, jeff r good morning, anthony. As this News Conference began, it didnt take long for the president to pinpoint his biggest regret. In his final News Conference of the year the president called the disastrous rollout of his Signature HealthCare Initiative a source of great frustration. Since im in charge obviously we screwed it up. Reporter and his standing among americans suffered. According to the latest gallup poll the president s Approval Rating sits at 40 with the majority 52 . Mr. Obama says over the holiday break he plans to review the Intelligence Report delivered this week. It called for tighter restraints and greater transparency. The president could order changes to the way the nsa gathers data. The analysis that ive been doing throughout has always been you know periodically looking at what were doing and asking ourselves are we doing this in the right way, are we making sure that were keeping the American People safe number one, are we also being true to our Civil Liberties and our privacy and our values. Reporter when questioned about amnesty or negotiating a plea bargain, the president has left the door open. This has done unnecessary damage to u. S. Intelligence capabilities and u. S. Diplomacy. But i will leave it up to the courts and the attorney general to weigh in publicly on the specifics of mr. Snowdens case. Reporter the president mentioned other regrets during that News Conference including the bitter byipartisanship. The nsa and u. S. Intelligence gathering at home and abroad will be a key topic tomorrow morning on face the nogs. Bob schieffers guests will include the cia actor director michael morell. And now to obamacare. It still isnt acting as smoothly as they wanted it to do. Monday is the deadline for signing up. For many the only real option appears to be a new regulation who, despite mr. Obamas promises can sell. Thats why theyre up in arms. Reporter its an attempt to solve the problem of millions of people like kathy wagner people who lost individual insurance policies despite the president s promise that everyone could keep their plan. She supported his plan but feels let down by the president. Its not what we hoped for. Its not what we were told. Reporter the new regulation let people with canceled insurance apply for whats called mandated insurance. You can get fit your insurance was canceled and you believe others are unaffordable. It will allow buyers to purchase low premium catastrophic insurance that wasnt available to them before. Robert who represents most of the Nations Health insurers says thousands needed to finance the system can simply escape the mandate. If the mandate starts going away or its effectiveness is taken away that undermines the fundamental nature of the law. Reporter the president downplayed the risk. He believes it will help more consumers buy insurance. This is essentially an additiona additional net in case folks might have slipped through the cracks. This is the second time the administration has relaxed the rules governing the individual mandate. Politically this has revived the republican argument to delay the mandate to everyone for one year. For cbs this morning saturday, wyatt andrews, washington. Now, to london where investigators are working to determine what caused a creeling to collapse at a centuryold theater on thursday night. More than 80 people were injured by falling chunks of plaster and were now hearing there were signs of trouble beforehand. Charlie dagata is in london with more on that. Charlie. Good morning, anthony and vinita. Streets were packed. Nobody said they were worried about the london theaters after the collapse but it appears it had others worried long ago. City officials wasted no time assuring the public that their theaters are safe, somehow managing to inspect all 52 theaters in london. You have to remember the majority of these buildings are exceedingly old, they go back to victorian times. Reporter exceedingly old like the 100yearold Apollo Theater where the ceiling of plaster and wooden beams fell down dragging a portion of it with it. This father and daughter first thought it was special effects. All of a sudden chunks of rubble started falling on us. We thought it was the balcony and we thought people were going to fall. It wasnt great experience. We were worried about somebody being seriously injured. Its a miracle no one was killed. Reporter people reported seeing water dripping from the ceiling before it gave way. A torrential thunderstorm dumped five days of rain in just one hour. City inspectors inspected the roof and found it intact and found the ceiling up to date. However, Andrew Lloyd Webber wanted it torn down because it was in such poor condition. The producers have canceled their show through january 4th. Thats only two weeks from today if that says anything about the dense in the buildings safety. Scotland yard ruling out criminal involvement, meaning the investigation of what brought the house down will be handled by the city council. Thank you, charlie. Now a repair is being done on the International Space station. This is outside the or bitting lab where two american astronauts are beginning their work. Its the first of three spacewalks to fix a failed cooling system earlier this month. Bill harwood is at the Kennedy Space center. Good morning to you, bill. Reporter good morning. Im fascinate wed have live footage out of nasa. It seems slow going what theyre doing when you look at this but its intense work what theyre doing. Reporter it is. When you think about it theyre stepping out into a vacuum. You say it looks slow it does. Theyre moving at 5 miles per second, more than 17 miles an hour. Its always intense with a spacewalk. That i have to get this cooling system prepared so theres extra pressure on top of all that but im sure theyre excited nonetheless. They say its always fun to go outside. Bill, lets talk about what they have to do here to if iks this cooling system. And how long is it going to take them . They booked these spacewalks for 6 1 2 hours. They can duo longer if necessary. They think theyll need two spacewalks, maybe three. The problem involves an ammonia pump module. It weighs about 17 pound,700 pounds. Its about the size of a refrigerateor refrigerator. Its going take them a couple of spacewalks. They did this back in 2010 a similar failure. Ran into problems get it replaced. It could take a while, and if it does anthony, its a Christmas Day spacewalk to wrap this up. It was this pat summer when an tlaunl astronaut almost drowned from fluid inside his own helmet. What are they doing this time around . Its interesting. A European Space astronaut really got into serious trouble. It really did fill with water. He would have had trouble breathing but he finally got back to the air lock and all was well. They think it was a contaminationing in internal filters that allows water inside the suit to cool the suit and it floated outside to the helmet. Mike is wearing that same suit. They replaced the same hardware. Theyre convinced everything is going to be okay but just in case theyve got some wateran sore absorbant plans. They could reach down and grab that tube and breathe while they made their way back to the air lock. They dont think theyll have any problems like that but theyre prepared just in case. Bill harwood at the internasa facility. Thank you. The documentary inspired eight musical acts to cancel performances at the park. Carter evans has more on the story. Reporter on friday seaworld launched a counterattack against the documentary, black fish, which shows it. In an open letter seaworld says inaccurate reports recently have generated questions about seaworld and the animals in our care. The theme park faced growing pressure. They had bands back out including martina mcbride, barenaked ladies and Willie Nelson citing controversy for their cancellations. It raises serious questions about keeping whales in captivity for entertainment. In its letter seaworld tried to address some of its kra teak by saying it does not capture whales in the wild does not capture whales from its children. A specialist says the reaction shows the controversy is not going away any time soon. This is something that we really thought you know as a company you thought would pass, youre going to let it pass. Putting an ad like this across the nagsz in major publications is going to get things to start up. In spite of all this seaworld says its not hurting its bottom line. Its on track to hit 1. 5 billion in sales a year awe new record. Carter evans, cbs news los angeles. A memorial takes place this morning. On this date in 1988 a bomb tore through pan am flight 103 as it flew over scotland on its way to new york. 270 on the plane and ground were killed. Peter greenberg went back to lockerbie and also Syracuse University which lost students on its flight. Peter, good morning. Good morning. For all these years the town of lockerbie, scotland and Syracuse University, have focused their efforts on remembering and honoring the lives of all 270 people lost in what remains the largest and longest running Murder Investigation in modern europe. At Syracuse University, a Memorial Wall stands before the oldest building on campus rebuilt this year to commemorate the anniversary of the rebombing of flight 103 which killed 35 of its students. This tape player, radio, and sweater were on the flight. He showed us how the university has created more besides just monuments. That was when the Memorial Service was head. For anyone looking to know the victims of the disaster. We made a commitment at Syracuse University that we would never forget the 35 students that were lost and as long as the university assistants, we would continue to remember them and we even done that. Reporter on december 21st 1988, pan am flight 103 was flying from london to new york when a bomb in the front cargo hold exploded at 31 thou feet. The syracuse students were among the 271 People Killed including tress accidents on the ground at lockerbie. The sky opened up all at once. Reporter Marjorie Mcqueen shares images of the story at the towns visit center. Her husband, a doctor who spent days pronouncing the deathings ohm people they discovered. The local hospital was on standby and they had very little to do. That was a sadness, too. Reporter the wings loaded with jet fuel fell here. The houses theyve all been rebuilt. Except for one small patch referred a modest memorial. Jormg stobs was lockerbie Senior Police inspector and one of the First Responders on the scene. Now 79 and retired, hes committed to keeping the memory of lockerbie alive. Reporter how has lockerbie changed . The thing is there is a lot of older people who survive and moved away or have gone, and the Younger Generation although they wont forget it they dont know a lot about it. And you thing they should. Exactly. Why . Because i think its something that should never be for godden. Reporter to help keep lockerbie in its youth, a scholarship has been established for two. They launched an ambitious project, to record the oral histories of many of those who witnessed the biggest act of terrorism in modern europe i told my wife to inform the police to let them know something happened. I think communication was a big problem. We took great care because we realized these were people. It gave a number of people an opportunity to speak that never had that chance before. Reporter and it was part of their emotional jury toy to heal. It was heartwarming and heartbreaking at times. It was certainly cathartic. Now we have an available record for researchers who want know what happens when a terrible event affect as Community Like this. It was an emotional journey for me as well. We were both there at the same time 25 years ago. You were working for abc. I was working for cbs. The thing i most remember is they had taken all of the luggage scattered all over the hills. They put everything through a washing ma cheern. Cleaned it folded it and put everything back to give to the families. Whats amazing to me is the plane blew up at over 31,000 fee. That means the recording were flown out 25 years later. Riveting even all these years later. Thank you so much. You got it. Minnesota star tribune says target is offering its customers a 10 discount this weekend following the giant breach that may have compromised 40 million customers. Target is also offering one year of free credit monitoring for those customers. Freeman was shot in front of his wife. The alleged car jackers drove off with his suv. Washington post says family of levinson have met. Hes been missing in iran for four years. His familiaritily is working to get himself released. The navy times says two were fired. The women were forced to carry plastic bags filled with human waefts for punishment. Harry potter fans are getting a prequel. J. K. Rowling is collaborating with a play. Now you need to tell us what which thalter. Christmas in the Catholic Church got under way as pope francis delivered a key address. He stressed the importance of maintaining professionalism in the work of the church. Hes making changes. Hes expected to name several cardinals next month. Its about 22 after the hour. Now heres a look at the weather for your weekend. Coming up deep inside the nfl. The author of a new book spent an entire season with the team. What he got was unprecedented access on and off the field. And later before you head to the mall this weekend, hunting for your the perfect gift . We will explain how to use the Scientific Method to help. Youre watching cbs this morning saturday. Coming up 100 years of crossword puzzles. Did you send a message to me in the New York Times crossword puzzle . Well, i had a little help from this guy. New york times crossword editor and master constructor i actually wrote that crossword. I edited it. Now, get back to crosswording. Yes, sir. Meryl regal is going to be with us. Brain busters. Well be right back. This is cbs this morning saturday. The idea of airing grievances might not be so farfetched. With us Jennifer Wallace and john tierney. Hes a columnist for the New York Times. Welcome to you both. Jennifer, lets start with you. You and your husband have been doing this for ten years. Whose idea was this i bet it was yours and how did you get started . Youre right. We were newlyweds, and i wasnt used to living with a male roommate. He was dropping socks on the floor and they kept piling up. I turned to him and said honey, if you dont start picking up your socks, this is going to come up on your yearend review and i thought, this would. Be a bad idea. Do you wait until the end of the year and spring it on him in the yearend review . No. I believe in daily feedback. These do not take the place of important conversations every day. And do the reviews change behavior . They do except for the socks. I was thinking this morning 00honey honey, sorry i was walking out looking at the socks and thought i have do a quarterly rev