Tsunami that swept through a popular indonesian island. Reaction from around the country after a High School Wrestler is forced to cut off his hair just before a match. He went viral with something that he didnt want to go viral for. Quijano are smart toys spying on children . How parents are banning hightech gifts this Holiday Season. Quijano good evening. Im Elaine Quijano. Just days before the end of the year developments are unfolding at a rapid pace in washington. President trump forced out secretary of Defense James Mattis today, two months earlier than planned. The abrupt exit comes four days after the general resigned in protest over the president s decision to pull all u. S. Troops out of syria. National security official stepped down for same reason. Its all happening against the backdrop of a partial Government Shutdownhiou last into the new year. We begin our coverage tonight with our Major Garrett in washington. Reporter President Trump on twitter confirmed another Holiday Season hairtrigger decision firing defense secretary james mattis nearly two months ahead of his announced resignation date. The president s tweet didnt even mention mattis, saying only Deputy Defense secretary Patrick Shanahan will take over as acting defense secretary on new years day. Mister trump did say shanahan will be great even though the former boeing executive possesses none of mattis fourstar military experience or bipartisan approval as a National Security strategist. Mattis resigned thursday, and in coordination announced a february departure date. Two month transition was necessary to necessary to guarantee the departments interests are properly articulated and protected, temperature memo at the pentagon consistent with the turmoil triggered by the partial Government Shutdown, now sure to last past christmas and possibly into early 2019 this is what washington looks like when you have a president who refuses to sort of go along to get along. Reporter budgets director mick mulvaney, due to become white house chief of staff january 2nd, said roughly 400,000 furloughed federal workers will receive their last paycheck of the year on friday but after that its very possible that the shutdown will be on the 28th and into the new congress. Porter Congress Queens january 3rd, a new democratic majority will rule the house, reducing white house leverage in the shutdowncentered dispute over the president s 5 billion demand for a steel slat barrier on the southern border, of the kind he recently showed on twitter. This is a madeup fight so the president can look like hes fighting. Reporter Senate ForeignRelations Committee chairman bob corker said the president could have had billions more for Border Security but would not tie it to providing a path to citizenship for children who came to america with their undocumented parents, the socalled dreamers. This is something that is unnecessary. Its a spectacle and, candidly, its juvenile. Reporter Senate Democrats originally offered 1. 6 billion for Border Security but cut it to 1. 3 billion as the shutdown, which the president said a week ago he would proudly own, dawned. He says its an issue of Border Security. I think we know better. Its an issues of his own political insecurity. Reporter thats a reference to President Trumps reversal midweek last week from accepting a shortterm spending bill to keep the government open through early february, one that did not includer wall nshtrdrightcriticm d the prid en hunkered down here, instead of his florida golf club, for a shutdown christmas with no immediate end in sight. Elaine. Quijano thank you, major. As we mentioned at the top of the broadcast, President Trumps sudden decision to withdraw u. S. Troops from syria is having a Ripple Effect on the future of American Foreign policy. Defense secretary jim mattis quit in protest thursday, then issued a stunning letter referencing disagreements with the commander in chief. Then on friday, the administrations top diplomat in the fight to defeat isis brett mcgurk submitted his resignation. Margaret brennan, moderator of face the nation, has been covering all of this and joins is now. So, margaret, jim mattis is now being ordered out of his post. What happens next . Well, this is going to be hugely consequential, because one of the things that defense secretary mattis was doing was trying to figure out how to execute the president s orders to draw down troops. So pulling out of syria and afghanistan will be hugely influenced by now the deputy who is stepping into that role, someone who came from the Business World named Patrick Shanahan. But i would argue more broadly, this puts a lot more power in terms of policy in the hands of the secretary of state. And so, how this is managed and how this is managed through with our allies really matters, and that was sort of the basis of what secretary mattis laid out as his grounds for resignation in the first place. Though, he said he was going to be leaving in february, the president now saying youre out now. You cant quit. Im firing you. Quijano well, envoy brett mcgurk was supposed to leave his job in february. President trump tweeted last night mcgurk, who i do not know. How should we understand this statement by a president who is more than 700 days into his term . Brett mcgurk is washingtons leader of the antiisis coalition. He has been the person knitting together the more than 70 countries who have been united with the United States to fight isis. So, hes a president ial envoy. While the president may not actually know who he is, he claims, that actually underscores that perhaps the president wasnt involved in the details. If this isnt someone he knew and didnt care about, well, he seemed to care enough to tweet that it didnt matter to him, which only drew more attention to the story that this diplomat who was hired by the bush administration, i should point out, was resigning in principle because of his syria policy, the second high level u. S. Official to do so in the past week. Quijano alright, margaret brennan, margaret thank you. Overseas, a desperate search for survivors is underway in indonesia after a massive tsunami that killed at least 220 people. Officials say more than 800 were injured, with dozens more missing. The powerful waves destroyed hundreds of homes and buildings. It struck two of indonesias more populous islands. Barry petersen has the latest. Reporter the music from the rock band seventeen was full blast. It was 9 27 at night when death came from the ocean without warning. Lead singer ifan was sucked out to sea but clawed his way back and made this emotional video. Four band members were killed, he said, and his wife was missing. Please, he begged, come home. Rescuers dug by hand in frantic searches to find survivors. The resort areas with their beaches and clubs are popular for tourists especially over the christmas holiday. We were all set up for the holiday, said rani, a beach vendor. Now its all destroyed. What i am going to do, she asked, how will we rebuild . Indonesian authorities blamed this volcano in the same area as the infamous krakatoa that erupted more than century ago. Experts say there may have been a massive landslide. But it takes an earthquake to trigger tsunami alerts, so there was no warning this one was coming. Dr simon boxall is a british oceanographer. There was very little that could have been done in this case. And it is just a tragic fact of nature. Reporter rescuers continue their hunt, but amid such widespread devastation, it is hard to have much hope for finding anymore survivors. Barry petersen, cbs news, london. Quijano a High School Wrestler in new jersey was forced to make a quick decision cut off his dreadlocks or forfeit the match. Meg oliver takes a look at what happened next. Reporter High School WrestlerAndrew Johnson stood silently as his dreadlocks were cut seconds before his match in new jersey last week. Referee alan maloney apparently ordered him to chop his hair or forfeit. Johnson chose the cut. The rules state if an athletes hair is longer than their ears it must be contained. The cell phone video viewed more than 14 million times sparked a firestorm of criticism on social media. I know as a young black man how much my hair meant to me. This is incredible reporter Jordan Burroughs is an olympic Gold Medalist in wrestling. He grew up in new jersey and had competed in matches where maloney was a referee. He believes the ref abused his power. Just be a human being. Understand, bro, listen, you cant do this to a young dude. Its a struggle for him. Alan, you gotta be stopped, man, you gotta face consequences and rightfully so. Reporter in 2016 maloney was investigated for hurling a racial epithet at a black official. The case was later dropped. The new jersey state interscholatic atheltic assocation released a statement saying that they are working to determine the exact nature of the incident and whether an infraction occurred, and is recommending that the referee in question not be assigned to any event until this matter has been reviewed. After making such a personal sacrifice johnsons unwavering focus was on display, winning in overtime and showing true sportsmanship to the very end. Well before a wrestling match begins a skin and nail check is required of every athlete to prevent violations. Johnson apparently passed that stage but wasnt told there was a problem until he was about to step onto the mat. Elaine, he was given 90 seconds to make that decision. Quijano wow a lot of people saw this decision. Meg oliver, thank you. This Holiday Season why some parents are banning techtoys as gifts. Quijano this Holiday Season it turns out its not just santa who knows whos been naughty or nice. Thats because a lot of the hightech gadgets parents give as holiday presents can actually track, monitor and record their children. Mireya villarreal has the story. Reporter the eute family is starting a new techfree christmas tradition. I do know a lot of parents who give their kids those things, and thats their choice. But for us, we dont care to put our kids out there like that. Reporter emily eute and her husband worry about the private data that is being collected on apps made for kids. I think people need to sit down and think about where this data is going. Whos keeping track of me. Reporter federal law requires a parents permission to track and collect data from anyone 13 and younger. But a complaint recently filed with the federal trade commission alleges that some apps in the Google Play Store dont give direct notice to parents or obtain parental permission. In dealing with google do you or do you not collect identifiers like name, age, and address . Reporter pressure is mounting against tech and socialmedia giants like google, facebook and twitter to reveal how information is being sold to third parties. Googles Ceo Sundar Pichai defended the companys practices to congress. We definitely are very careful and minimize the data we need to provide the service back to our user. We were really surprised that it appears that a majority of the apps that we tested seemed to be in violation of for one reason or another. Reporter Serge Egelman is the director for the International ComputerScience Institute he found that nearly 20,000 apps were in violation of ftc laws. Some of his research is now being used as evidence. But he admits theres no simple fix. I honestly dont think there is anything that parents or consumers in general can really do about this br cause they have no way of knowing when this is do about this because they have no way of knowing when this is even happening. Reporter thats why emily and her family are opting for simple and classic gifts under the tree this year. They have crossed the line that we just can searchsog witha being taken. We dont need other people meddling in our business all the time. Reporter the ftc has not opened an investigation, but in the past they have penalized google for exploiting children through purchases made without parental consent. Ee lane, google did acknowledge this latest complaint and says theyll continue to work hard to remove any content that is inappropriately aimed at children. Quijano is thanks, mireya. Up next an underground explosion and the search for a plumber lost in a maze of tunnels. Quijano First Responders went on a frantic search after an explosion in a tunnel near the San Francisco international airport. Officials say two plumbers were working when a Carbon Dioxide canister blew up. One passed out and the other managed to escape. At first a rescue crew couldnt find the missing plumber. Then found him a couple hours later looking for a way out. Both were taken to the hospital. The cause is under investigation. In england, officials are offering a more than 75,000 reward, be on suspects who used drones, first appeared wednesday, forcing the airport to close, and stranding thousands of pafntion, there have been no sightings since friday, the airport is operating normally. A spacex rocket lit up the sky off cape canaveral, florida. The falcon 9 is carrying the most powerful gps satellite ever built for the air force. Its being dubbed as vespucci named after the 15th century italian explorer. The air force says this next Generation System is 3 times more accurate than previous versions. Still ahead how the First Mission to the moon gave us a new perspective of earth. Quijano last week marked a milestone in the space program. 50 years ago, apollo 8 roared into space. It took humans as far away from earth as theyd ever been to the moon and back. Chip reid talked to one of the astronauts on board. Reporter in 1968 spaceflight was in its infancy. And was a thing of wonder. Oh, theres the rumble in our building. Reporter Walter Cronkite anchored cbs News Coverage from the Kennedy Space center. What a beautiful flight man, perhaps on the way to the moon. Reporter in some ways does apollo 8 feel to you like it happened yesterday . In some respects yes. Its never gone away from me. Reporter we met one of the astronauts, jim lovell, at the national air and space museum in washington. Sometimes i look back and say, you know, how did we ever do ter the first humans to leave earths orbit, circumnavigating the moon 10 times. The mission was planned in just four months. As the u. S. Raced to beat the russians to the moon. Nasas flight director believed they only had a 50 chance of coming home safely. Some of the odds of trying to be successful in that mission are overwhelming, and perhaps at that time we didnt even understand what the odds were. Reporter the mission may be best remembered for this photoearthrise our planet as seen from the moon. And for a live Christmas Eve broadcast, the most watched tv program ever at the time. God bless all of you on the good earth. Reporter the museum houses several items from the flight. What is this piece of equipment here . This is the gyro system. This keeps the spacecraft aligned with the stars. We havmore information inoted e our phones today than this. But for its time, this was really state of the art. Reporter lovell also flew on illfated apollo 13, which had to abort plans to land on the moon after an explosion in an oxygen tank. But he says apollo 8 may be more momentous. 1968 was a very bad year. The vietnam war was going on, there was assassinations of prominent people, and student uprisings, and finally we brought back something that the americans could be proud of. Reporter fifty years later that pride still remains. Chip reid, cbs news, washington. Quijano when we return a basketball coach who inspires in a universal language passion. Quijano we end tonight with a mississippi basketball coach who gives new meaning to handson leadership. Heres jamie yuccas. Reporter the bulldogs are like any other High School Basketball team. Except for one thing this is the Mississippi School for the deaf. We talked to the team through sign language and interpreters. How do you dribble and sign . If youre dribbling you might have to use one hand or use the other hand i guess. No wung communicates quite like the schools coach. ù sekoe white. At a recent game against nearby jackson prep a fan tweeted this video of the coach imploring the team to play better defense, and signing. ù. Whos house . The players sign back emphatically our house . What was your reaction to the video . You know first my reaction, i thought, whats the big deal . Because i do it every day. But then you know, when i stepped back i started to realize that maybe it is a big deal for the whole community. You think youre an inspiring coach . Yes, i try as much as possible to inspire my players, because i used to be like them. Reporter coach white grew up being bullied as the only deaf player on his High School Basketball team in lexington kentucky, but persevered playing overseas and in the deaf olympics. Basketball really saved my life. Basketball is the story of my life. Why . Because i lived in