This Morning from CBS News, Feb. 23, 2015
Severe weather
Millions of Americans are in the path of extreme weather. A system containing sleet, snow and freezing rain is threatening states from California to North Carolina. This comes as Tennessee is in a state of emergency after another deadly ice storm hit the state Friday. In the last week, there have been 22 weather-related deaths in the state, nine of them due to hypothermia. CBS News correspondents Anna Werner and Vicente Arenas report on another blast of arctic air heading for most of the country.
New phase
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said he is "confident" there will be enhanced security at the Mall of America in Minneapolis after al-Shabaab, a terror group linked to al Qaeda, released an online video over the weekend that appears to call for attacks on that mall and at least two other popular international shopping locations. In an interview on CBS News' "Face the Nation" yesterday, Johnson said the video message "reflects the new phase in the global terrorist threat."
Funding standoff
Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, said on CBS News' "Face the Nation" he believes a recent court decision blocking President Obama's executive actions on immigration will provide the "exit sign" Congress needs to solve a deep-seated dispute over funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). In less than a week, DHS will run out of money unless Congress can agree on a spending bill for the agency that President Obama accepts.
ISIS bound?
Scotland Yard is heading the search for three London schoolgirls who disappeared last week. It's been almost a week since they boarded a plane for Turkey and, as CBS News correspondent Elizabeth Palmer reports, their families are clinging to a slim hope that they haven't yet crossed the border into Syria. The family of the youngest girl decided to go public over the weekend with an appeal they can only hope the girls will see.
On the edge
Almost four out of 10 Americans are living on the edge of financial ruin, given rainy-day funds that either match or are lower than their credit card debt. About 24 percent have more credit card debt than emergency savings, while another 13 percent have neither credit card debt nor emergency savings.
Oral immunotherapy
Every three minutes in the U.S., someone visits an emergency room with a potentially life-threatening allergic reaction to food. One experimental treatment, called "oral immunotherapy," is confronting allergy dangers head-on, and it's part of a clinical trial at Stanford University led by immunologist and researcher Dr. Kari Nadeau. CBS News contributor Dr. Holly Phillips explores this promising treatment that some are calling a cure.
Nuts
About three million Americans are allergic to nuts, and most of them are allergic to peanuts. But, CBS News correspondent Don Dahler reports, relief may be on the way. A new study says the allergy patch Viaskin is showing promise.
Veterans Vision Project
For anyone curious about the lives of veterans once they return home, the Veteran Vision Project photo collection is a revelation. CBS News correspondent Wyatt Andrews observes no one is speaking in a still photo, but they're still sending signals -- and in this collection, photographer Devin Mitchell has asked dozens of veterans to send us messages or tell stories about themselves while posing in front of a mirror.
Chronic condition
New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Mary Bassett has worked in public health for more than 30 years. She helped lead the city's response to the Ebola scare last fall, and over her career has tackled a range of hot-button issues: the AIDS epidemic, access to maternal care, universal pre-K, cigarette regulations, sugary soda and trans-fat bans, and calorie counts at restaurants, to name a few. But she says there's one chronic condition most people in the field aren't even discussing: racism.
Bob Simon remembered
"60 Minutes" remembers and celebrates the life and extraordinary career of our friend and colleague Bob Simon. He spent 47 years covering the world for CBS News and "60 Minutes," surviving dozens of wars and other calamities. He died 11 days ago in a New York City traffic accident not far from the studio. The irony would not have been lost on Bob. Irony was one of his favorite journalistic devices. He was a brilliant combination of sophistication and street smarts who liked to tell people he was just a Jewish kid from the Bronx. He didn't tell you that he was also Phi Beta Kappa, and had been a Fulbright scholar, or that he came to become television's quintessential foreign correspondent.
Dorothy's slippers
CBS News correspondent Ben Tracy reports for "Sunday Morning" that Dorothy's sparkling slippers are perhaps the most unforgettable footwear in movie history. Yet the only place they called home after the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz" wrapped was a dingy storage room on the MGM studio lot. "The studios looked at this stuff like junk," said James Comisar, one of the foremost collectors of Hollywood's history. His archive fills a massive warehouse in Los Angeles -- his treasures, once considered studio trash.
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