That got his hands on the cookie jar. I hate to say it. They looked like a couple of con artists. Brady said he didnt. Who did . Who did . Who did . The drama continues. Braid ya and Bill Belichick both say they didnt let the air out of a football. I have no knowledge of anything. Im very comfortable saying that. Nobody did it as far as i know. A powerful storm making its way to the east coast. Saudi Arabias King Abdullah passed away yesterday. His half brother has already been declared saudi arabias new king. President obama will not meet with Benjamin Netanyahu when he comes to washington next month. Meanwhile the republicans insist they will not raise taxes on the wealthiest americans. The president wants to increase taxes because he wants to increase washington spending. Ill take that as a dead. Dead. Real dead. He met with mitt romney. The fisherman was swept off that boat. The crews literally saving their lives. All that auburn and Womens Basketball and its a fight. And all that matters. Pleased to meet you. President obama sat down with three interviews three youtube stars. I have green lipsticks, one for your first wife. Do you know something i dont . On cbs this morning. I do go suit. I do it on peoples Choice Awards and stuff. Why not this . This is not an honor. Announcer this mornings eye opener presented by toyota. Lets go places. Captioning funded by cbs welcome to cbs this morning. Charlie rose is on overseas on assignment well check in with him later. Right now jeff glor is with us. Jeff, good morning. Good to be back. Leaders of the new England Patriots they dont nigh why the balls were underinflated. Tom brady said he didnt alter the ball in any way and coach belichick says he has nothing do with the balls. But theres a lot of skepticism. Anna werner is in foxborough, massachusetts massachusetts, with more. Reporter on monday tom brady kind of laughed off accusations of wrongdoing but yesterday during questioning he was much more somber. Ive always played within the rules. I would never do anything to break the rules. Reporter tom brady said he had nothing do with 11 underdeflated balls reportedly used during sundays game. Are you comfortable within yourself that nobody on sunday on the patriots side did anything wrong . I have no knowledge of anything. I have no knowledge of any are you comfortable that nobody did anything wrong . Yeah im very comfortable saying that. Reporter brady says he likes his footballs inflated 12. 5 pounds per squareinch, the minimum, and he picks his balls out before the game. I dont want anyone touching them, rubbing them, putting any air in taking any air out. To me those balls are perfect and for me thats what i expect when i show up on the field. Reporter brady claims he didnt notice anything different in the second half when the referees put in ball that were inflated to the proper levels. Former quarterback mark brunell was dubious. I dont believe theres an equipment manager in the nfl on his own initiative would deflate a ball without a starting quarterbacks approval. I just didnt believe what tom brady had to say. Reporter before bradys press Conference Former cowboys troy aikman told dallas Radio Station its obvious tom brady had something to do with this. For the balls to have been deflated, that doesnt happen unless the quarterback wants it to happen. Reporter but warren moon a former quarterback, i thinks bradys telling the truth. Reporter Bill Belichick said prior to this week he didnt even know about the specifics of selecting game balls. In my entire coaching career i have never talked to any player, staff member about footballs air pressure. Reporter now brady told us as of yesterday at that point the nfl had not contacted him about its investigation. He also said that he knows a lot of people are going to be skeptical of him. He said, well theyre entitled to their opinions. He said hes focused on beating the seahawks in super bowl xlix. Gayle . Theres lots of opinions out there today. Everyones got one. A columnist wrote i am neither enraged or surprised by any issues. Im more or less numb. Good morning, mr. Numb. This is the thing. A lot of people looked at the News Conference with both the coach and the quarterback saying finally were going to get some answers, were going to get some answers and they both went, i dont know nothing about nothing. Where do you go from there . Theres so much. First of all a couple of things. If they didnt know anything they could have been like ray rice, we dont know. Theres no accountability. This comes from the top all the way from the owner to the coach to the quarterback. And the other thing is we keep looking at you say top like bob kraft top . The commissioner. From the commissioner to the owners to the coach. This whole idea of deniability, nobody knows, we didnt get to the bottom we didnt see, we dont know. Until something embarrassing comes out and theyre embarrass embarrassed the fact is what are they doing now . What goodell is doing now, how can we make it look like were doing something withouting are doing anything . How can we do something and not really do anything . Its probably going to be if theres anything done okay were going to give you a fine okay a Million Dollar fine and two draft picks and let it go at that. I mean as opposed to were going to suspend were going to suspend belichick for the game you know i mean some real serious punishment. On the subject of at least looking like youre going to do something, whether its a meaningful conversation or not how is it possible from four days removed at the beginning of this controversy, nobody talked to tom brady about what happened or may have happened . It gets back to they didnt want to know this stuff, just like they didnt want to know about ray rice. They dont want to know this stuff. Its incredible. Youre doing an investigation and youre not talking to the main protagonist. But what i think is genius about this we would be talking about going to the super bowl asset seahawks and how great a comeback Russell Wilson is. Its now as if seattle never played that game. So now new england comes into the super bowl with this sort of momentum, and not that again, new england planned it, but they just keep winning. They just they you know, the bad the bad guys never really get punished. But is it a good momentum when so many think you might have been a cheater, cheater pumpkin eater . There are going to be Record Numbers at the super bowl watching the super bowl. Its not going to make a moral accident at all. Sports and controversy go hand in hand and they sure help the ratings. Absolutely. Bill rhoden thank you so much. This morning new england is bracing for what may be the biggest storm of the season. Its a mix of icy snow and rain in parts of the south. Parts of texas saw about 3 inches of rain. Wind snapped trees and power lines. Meteorologist Danielle Niles of wbz shows us our next target. Good morning. Good morning, jeff and everybody. Were tracking it across the southeast right now. Torrential rains. Aside from how much energy and moisture this has, its going to work northern to the eastern seaboard. It will spread boo southern new england. You notice away from the coastline its snow heavy rain and a change over as cold air wraps in around the back side of the storm. I wouldnt be surprised to see localized amounts in the Florida Panhandle and southern georgia through the afternoon and evening. Snowfall amounts, its not a blockbuster storm but there will be treacherous travel with a swath of 3 to 6 inches with locally higher amounts and isolated outages with the wet pasty nature of the snow. Gayle, back to you. Thank you danielle. The Measles Outbreak at disneyland continues to spread. Its grown to 75 confirmed cases in six states. At least 54 has been traced back to the resort. At least six were not vaccinated. More than 30 babies are quarantined in their homes this morning. This is how serious this is. They may have been exposed to a child with measles at an oakland hospital. Dr. Anthony fauci is with us. He joins us from bethesda maryland. Good morning. Good morning. 5015 years ago measles was gone. How serious is this . First of all its one of the most highly effective vaccines we have against any virus or microbe, and it is safe number one. Number two measles is one of the top two most contagious infectious viruses that we know of. So you have a highly infect use virus and you have an extraordinarily effective vaccine and the idea of not vaccinating your children and putting them at risk for what can be a serious disease, measles is not an insignificant disease and there can be some serious complications from it. So it really is a shame that children are not allowed to get vaccinated by their parents. That is too bad. Complications like what dr. Fauci, and why would people be resistant since its so safe and really can do the job its intended to do . The complications can be as irrelevant as diarrhea to pneumonia and even some deaths. Prior to the vaccinations in this country we had about 5,000 cases with many serious complications and 500 deaths. Now, the idea of not vaccinating a child is the misperception that the risk of the vaccine is high and therefore you dont want to expose your child to the risk of the vaccine. Thats not good for your child and thats not good for the community either. So its really its unfortunate that that is going on, that people have that misperception about vaccines. Researchers have found that these vaccines live in clusters and in one particular case in california where a parent can fill out an exempt form and a doctor can sign off. Are we making it too easy . You know i dont know if i could comment on that except to say that you do see clusters in community. Of course, people resonate with each other and they talk with each other and they temd to group together people of the same frame of mind and reinforce what they know even though what theyre doing is really something that is not based on any Scientific Evidence at all. In fact, all of the Scientific Data that weve collected over a long period of time from multiple organizations indicate that the measles vaccine is safe and all of these connections to thinks like autism and things like that are just not true. All right. Dr. Anthony fauci, thank you very much for your time this morning. Two japanese men held by isis face a new threat this morning. Militants posted an online warning along with a clock and say the countdown has begun to kill the hostages. The message comes as a deadline for a 200 million ransom passed this morning. The mother of one of the captors made an emotional appeal for her sons life. She said hes not an enemy of isis and begs his release. The government of that u. S. Ally collapsed. President hadi and his Prime Minister and the cabinet all stepped down yesterday. Hadi supported u. S. In its fight against al qaeda in yemen. Theres new concern about the future of the middle east after the death of saudi Arabias King Abdullah. Theyre promising no major policy changes. President obama said in a statement the closeness and strength of the partnership between our two countries is part of King Abdullahs legacy. May god grant him peace. Margaret brennan is at the state department on how abdullahs death might affect the state department. Good morning. Good morning. King abdullah will be laid to rest in an unmarked spot. While he will be remembered as an absolute ruler, he was always a cautious reformer. Abdullah abdullah, the sixth king of saudi arabia, died on thursday. State tv announced his passing. Soon after, thousands gathered at one of the kingdoms holy sites to mourn his loss. Abdullah spent almost a decade on the throne as ruler of the Worlds Largest oil exporter custodian of the two hostiest sites in islam and an extremely close alliance with the united states. A relationship that was strained but soon repaired after the 9 11 terror attacks after it was unveiled that 15 of the 19 were saudi arabia citizens. Hes known for his handsoff policy in syria but he did send saudi pilots to fight isis alongside the u. S. Even amid turmoil, expect a smooth transition. The family wants to ensure stability. Theyre going to be concerned with first and foremost is consolidating the continuity of the state. Abdullahs half brother sal salman will assume the role of the kingdom. Among those things he granted women the ability to vote in local elections and opened up some job and education abilities. He did fall short of a promise to allow them to drive. But regardless of who runs this kingdom, its oil for security that links u. S. And saudi arabia. Jeff . Margaret bran anennan, thanks. Jeff gordon said this season will be his last as a fulltime driver. Elaine quijano has more. Jeff gordon said he knew this year would be his last but that did not make the decision any easier. The 43yearold said he cried when he told his children yesterday and got emotional again when he broke the news to his team before telling the world. For more than two decades jeff gordon has been the man behind the wheel of number 24 racking up 92 career victories including four championships, but now the nascar superstar who ranks third in alltime race wins says its time to hit the brakes. This is certainly something ive been thinking about for years. I always said i wanted to step away on my own terms if possible. A cleancut california native, the 43yearold helped transform racing beyond its southern roots, elevating nascar to a national obsession. Jeff gordon became the poster boy for nascar and as nascar grew, he fit the image of what nascar wanted to do. He was not only popular but was polarizing and marketable to the even tire country. Marketable on and off the track, hosting saturday night live and serving as a popular pitchman. Gordons announcement comes after one of his best seasons in years. Jeff gordon may have a flat tire. Reporter one that also saw him knocked out of contention for the championship following a collision with driver Brad Keselowski that led to an allout one. A number of factors contributed to his decision including a recurring back condition. The back pain played a role. Reporter still he stopped short of calling it a retirement. Retirement means sitting in a rocking chair and sitting on the front porch. Thats not me. I plan on working. Im going actually have to go get a real job now. Reporter gordon intends to remain involved with Hendrick Motorsports of which hes an equity owner. For now he beginning his 20th season. Elaine thanks so much. Ahead, prns andrew publicly address s al a Little Known Company makes a big super bowl bet. 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