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so ditch the car altogether. >> walk or bike. >> critical mass is tonight. >> that's right. see you monday. good morning. potential bin laden bombshell. awe in report reveals a possible link between the al qaeda leader and pakistan's intelligence agency raising fresh new questions how about how he was able to hide so long. evacuations continue in north dakota as minot prepares for its worse flooding ever. more water racing toward the already soaked city. we will get the latest from the disaster zone. back to boston. a judge orderses bulger to return to boston to face murder charges. new details on bulger's life of crime and the 16-year search "early" this friday morning, june 24th, 2011.
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captioning funded by cbs happy friday, everyone. we made it. >> we did! >> i'm jeff glor. >> i'm rebecca jarvis. erica and chris are off there morning. good to see you. >> good to see you. talks on raising the government's debt ceiling a new snag here. on thursday, the republicans gave up on the negotiations led by the vapt saying they can't accept a democratic demand to close tax loopholes. we will speak with bob schieffer about the deadlock and what is at stake, obviously, high stakes and why congress has had so much trouble getting things done here. new evidence of possible ties between osama bin laden and pakistan's government. that evidence reportedly comes from a cell phone used by bin laden's favorite courier that u.s. troops found after killing the al qaeda leader. cbs news correspondent wyatt andrews is in london this
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morning with the latest on this. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jeff. this report in this morning's "the new york times" says the phone numbers called by bin laden's courier proved he was in frequent cell phone contact with a well-known pakistan al qaeda front group called harakat ul ma gentleman mujahedeen. >> was bin laden call to the harakat group do they explain how bin laden operated for so many years perhaps under protection in the military city of abbott a bad? the report thab confirmed but a pakistani official tells cbs news no link between harakat and pakistan's intelligence any more. the harakat group composed of islamic militants has had a long alignance with the pakistani government and formed in the
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1980s as one of the mujahadin groups. in the current war on terror the pakistani tells cbs news harakat militants turned on pakistan and seen as an enemy. still, the study of the courier's cell phone which was captured in the raid that killed bin laden is key to the potential between the pakistan and the united states. how about bin laden hide in plain sight without the protection of the government? >> good question that hasn't been answered. wyatt, thank you very much. joining us from washington is cbs news national security analyst juan zurate. good to see you. >> good morning. >> you've had a chance to look at this stuff. how significant is it? >> it presents additional questions as to whether or not pakistan and in particular its intelligence services was using this group harakat as a front to help bin laden and support him as he stayed in abbottabad.
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no smoking gun here and not surprising links between al qaeda and this pakistan-based group. those are links that are long-standing, in fact, have grown the last few years. an important story but i don't think the last bit of the story tying bin laden to the pakistani intelligence services. >> potentially, more information coming out from what was covered at that compound, juan. maybe we can talk more as wyatt talked about, the relationship between the u.s. and pakistani which has been strained to say the very least. does this require another fence-mending visit from the secretary of state over in pakistan? >> well, this will clearly add to the deep mistrust intention between the countries and it also signals, jeff, that this issue isn't going to go away. this is a festering issue that bin laden raid, the killing in the heart of pakistan. it's not going to go away any time soon and the more questions that are added to this, the deeper the tension will grow between the u.s. and pakistan. >> in the meantime, before you leave here, one other thing we thought was significant when we saw it here this morning.
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that is osama bin laden was looking to change al qaeda's name? why is that? >> well, if that report is true, it would be significant, because al qaeda's brand had been tarnished the last few years. it describes the fact that al qaeda and osama bin laden worried about acted al qaeda's image that had been hurt the last few years. it would mean their image was hurt and they were worried about it. >> juan, thanks for your time. >> thanks, jeff. officials say flooding in minot, north dakota, will be worse than they originally thought. it's expected to be the worst in the city's history and jamie yuccas of wcco-tv is in minot with the latest. >> reporter: good morning. water levels stalled overnight but necessarily a good thing. let me show you why. you can see over my right shoulder the two rivers meeting
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right there. you can see the raging water of the river meeting that other body of water. that is where a dike broke and is now flooding neighborhoods. what began as a trickle is now a waterfall. >> it started approximately about 1:00, about like that. and over the period of the last 12 to 24 hours, it's turned into this. >> reporter: a huge 50-foot chunk of this dike was swept away by the rapidly rising mouse river. the homes that had been built to protected were soon flooded. as floodwaters crept over roadways and into neighborhood officials accelerated water releases from upstream dam and could raise the water three feet higher than early projections on welcome news to residents already on edge. >> i don't know how much more a person can take. i just don't know what to think any more. >> reporter: around minot, work crews strengthen levees and raise dikes to protect the city's sewer and water systems.
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with peak water levels expected this weekend, official are asking some residents to leave voluntarily. 10,000 have already been evacuated. >> i guess it's not something you can prepare for or anything but it's the unknown is the scariest. you don't know what you're going back to. >> it's a feeling of displacement and you just don't have any normalcy in your life. we're off better than some because we got our stuff out. >> reporter: traffic jams are prompting officials to urge people to stay off the road. >> please do not travel in the city unless absolutely necessary. this is a very serious situation and vitings vital to our community's flood-fighting effort. >> reporter: this situation is going to get a lot worse. right now, you're taking a look at an orange house. you can see the water level halfway up the garage door. now if you see those little windows up on the top of the house, water levels could reach
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that stage when this river crests and that is expected to happen now between saturday and sunday. that date keeps getting pushed up. originally, it was tuesday. now that water level is going to be cresting saturday or sunday. it could last five to seven days. >> jamie yuccas, thanks so much. we be following that story as it develops over the weekend. here is jeff. we are learning fascinating details about the arrest of notorious mob boss whitey bulger and how he lived during 16 years in hiding. cbs news justice corporate bob orr is in washington with the latest on this. bob, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jeff. whitey bulger had been one of the most elusive fugitives ever hunted by the fbi. now he is in a california jail and preparing to return to boston where he is accuseded of running a ruthless irish mob. for 16 years, whitey bulger was the invisible man. a fugitive on the run. but late yesterday, bulger surface inside a los angeles
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courtroom. the ruthless and almost mythical mobster, america's most wanted man, was finally taken down by the fbi after a tip led agents to a santa monica apartment building. >> using a ruche agents and other task force members lured bulger out of his apartment and placed under arrest without incident. >> reporter: buller head of the boston's irish mob will face trial charged with 19 murders and extortion and drug dealing and money laundering. the break came this week one day after the fbi unveiled a new ad asking people if they had seen bulger or his longtime girlfriend katherine greig. within 24 hours of the ad airing on afternoon television the fbi received specific information that bulger and greeg were living in the apartment building. >> if he is guilty of all the things that everybody says he has done, then i'm really glad he is off my block right now. >> reporter: the two taken into custody and the fibula says
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about 30 guns and $800,000 in cash were confiscated. back in bulger's old south boston neighborhood, locals were stunned. >> i never thought they would get him. i thought he was going to be gone forever. >> reporter: meanwhile, family members of some of bulger's alleged murder victims were elated to see him brought to justice. >> what little time he has left on this planet, i would hope that every day would be as painful as those eight hours he put my brother through. >> reporter: it seems that bulger spent most of the past 16 years living quietly in santa monica, paying catch each month for his $1,100 rent. sources say he did travel occasionally to the caribbean and went to london to get money but in the end he was an aging mobster trying to hide in plain sight in suburban l.a. >> bob orr in washington, thanks. joining us now is colonel tom foley, retired head of the massachusetts state police. tom, you spent 21 years of your life working on the whitey
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bulger case. we just saw bostonian in bob's piece there say they thought he was going to be gone forever. did you think whitey was going to be gone forever? >> no. we always try to be optimistic on it, jeff, we would eventually be able to catch him making a mistake out there. unfortunately, it took 16 years for that to happen. we wish it would have happened a lot sooner than this. but this day has finally come and give us an opportunity to hold him accountable what he has done own the years. >> i know one of your great frustrations was the fbi. why is that? >> this case has been a struggle from the very beginning, jeff. and, you know, they were running rampant through boston in the '70s, '80s and the early '90s and they were the most vicious and dangerous organized crime group operating even more dangerous than the kastranos there, tra in the boston area. it was time to be held. >> caller:able out there. numerous agencies in the boston
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area including the state police and dea made attempts to bring him to justice and, you know, they were thwarted time and time again until eventually it became clear that they were operating as fbi informants. >> were there specific instances with when you saw the fbi look the other way when it came to potentially capturing whitey? >> yeah, numerous times throughout the years they did look the other way and actually they assisted in giving him information that would help him avert detection. in particular, the indictments against bulger in 1995, where we were separating the individuals and setting up teams for their arrests, the fbi specifically was given bulger to take into custody. we were assured that they would. and, in fact, he was never seen again the night we made our arrests. >> yeah. you're talking about john consequentl connelly who worked in the fbi
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in boston and whitey bulger was his informant and connolly protected him and now connolly is in prison. how would you describe whitey bulger as a criminal? >> he was a professional. this wasn't something that he just suddenly decided to do. it was a lifestyle for him. he prepared for the fugitive status that went on for 16 years. he reached "fortune" magazine and had money deposited over the country. he had i.d.s ready to go in case he was ever taken -- indicted and, actually, he put that plan into effect. he had his girlfriend with him, he had plenty of money with him, cash. he was able to live his life effectively. >> at this stage, do you and your colleagues, are you feeling yesterday and today a sense of closure? >> well, it's closure is a tough thing to put on it, jeff, because i don't think the
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families of the victims can ever get closure out of this. maybe there's a little bit of relief there. certainly i know the families are looking for revenge and i can understand that feeling. you know, for us, you know, this was our job that we had to do. we feel like we did that job effectively and, now, this is a good opportunity to at least make him accountable for some of the acts that he did over his lifetime of crime. >> colonel tom foley, thanks for your time. >> thank you very much, jeff. now we turn to betty nguyen at the news desk with a check of today's other headlines. >> good morning. two suspects are in custody for allegedly plotting to attack a military center? seattle. apparently inspired by the massacre at ft. hood. abu khalid ab dull latif and walli mujahidh planned attack
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with machine guns and grenades and arrested wednesday night after a third person they recruited for the plot went to police. president obama's campaign coffers are millions richer this morning thanks to a series of fund-raisers here in new york last night. mr. obama appeared with whoopi goldberg on broadway and spoke to a gay and lesbian group. he didn't specifically endorse same-sex marriage but said gay couples deserve the same legal rights as everyone. >> why i ordered federal agencies to extend the same benefits to straight couples and gay couples. where we will keep fighting until the law no longer -- >> marriage? >> marriage, marriage! >> i heard you guys. >> in all, last night, the president raised about $4 million. first lady michelle obama moved on this morning. yesterday in south africa she joined bishop desmond tutu with push-ups with children at a soccer club.
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not too bad. here is a look at the weather with marysol castro. >> happy friday to the first lady. she's got some serious guns. love her. good morning, everyone, at home. severe weather ripped through the northeast yesterday. take a look at th
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going to stay nice and dry around the bay area, we do have a couple of clouds right now. that's just some patchy fog, and that's going to break up nicely. that means mostly sunny skies as we head into toward the afternoon hours. inside the bay, 60s and 70s. next couple of days throughout the weekend looking good. maybe a little cooler tomorrow, before warming up on sunday and monday. clouds rolling in next tuesday. so much. that is your latest weather. good morning. >> good morning. thank you. we appreciate it. coming up, still ahead this morning, we are going to head to capitol hill where budget cutting talks, they have stalled. republicans are telling almost coaxing the president, it is time to step in. and we will tell you why a mexican prosecutor's family paid a stiff price when our government allowed drug cartels to buy all of the guns they wanted. you're watching "the early show" on cbs.
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coming up here, congressional republicans walk out of budget-cutting talks, leaving a deal to raise the government's debt limits in limbo. >> gop leaders say the democrats want tax hikes that they're not going to allow to pass, and it is time for president obama to tell congress what he wants. now, the democrats say that this deadlock is putting the entire economy in serious jeopardy. we're going to hear from both sides and ask bob schieffer why congress can't seem to get anything done these days. they've had a while to do it, since january. they've gotten very little done at this point. we're going to talk about it right here on the "early show" on cbs. >> announcer: this portion of the "early show" sponsored by at&t. rethink possible. athing intelligence that's helping people rethink how they live. in here, the planned combination
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some protesters spent the night outside san jose city hall. they want to be sure good morning 7:25 is your time, let's get you caught up with headlines. some protesters spent the night outside san jose's city hall. they're upset about the mayor's budget plan. naacp in san francisco claims racial bias by u.s. airways and by police in arresting desean marman. he was arrested for wearing baggy paints. a woman wearing a bikini has been allowed to fly several
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times. cal lost 8-1 yesterday, that eliminated them from the college word series, they lost twice to virginia, the top seed. cal finished the season tied for fifth in the season. big year for those guys. remember, the team actually got chopped. they were not even supposed to play next year, but they had a good run. we've got traffic and your weather coming up after this. ,,,,,,,,,,,,
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good morning, let's go right out to our map for the south bay. approaching stevens creek, blocking one lane. 280 looks okay, coming out of downtown san jose. towards cooper tino and bay bridge, a busy week at the bay bridge, but right now it is friday light all the way into san francisco. that is your traffic. here's your forecast. you're weather is looking good, a lot of sunshine showing up inland now. still patchy fog over the bay. it's going to break up though. as it does, we're going see mostly sunny skies like this. numbers running up in the 70s. 60s and 70s around the bay. some sunshine in between.
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the weekend looking good. just low clouds and fog, giving way it to mostly sunny skies. looking cool on saturday, warming up on sunday. ,,,,,,,,
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we are going to tell you what is holding things up, also what the implications may be for getting this deal done in the future. >> first, betty nguyen is over at the news desk with a check of the headlines. >> good morning. floodwaters specked to crest in my not, north dakota, over the weekend. water from the mouse river has broken through levees. city officials expect record high floods to swamp the city. some 10,000 people have evacuated. there is new evidence of a possible link between osama bin laden and the pakistan government. a cell phone recovered during the raid on bin laden's compound had contacts to a militant group that bin laden used for support.
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as the battle over raising the nation's debt limit rages on, republicans try a new strategy on thursday. walking out of the negotiations led by vice president joe biden and cbs news congressional correspondent nancy cordes is on capitol hill with the latest. good morning, nancy. >> reporter: good morning, rebecca. yeah, this move came as a complete surprise to democrats. the two republicans in these talks said both sides had reached an impasse and they were taking a break. house majority leader eric cantor was the first to announce he was pulling out, followed quickly by arizona senator john kyl. the democrats continue to insist that any deal must include tax increases cantor said in a statement, there is not support in the house for a tax increase. >> people are playing with fire. >> reporter: congressman chris von hollen and the other democratic struggled. >> i'm disappointed. appears they are giving up. >> reporter: the two sides
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trying to come up with a debt cutting package worth $2.5 trillion which is what republicans want in exchange for raising the nation's debt limit in time for a second august deadline. >> one thing that would take a fragile economy and break it would be for the united states to default on its obligations. >> reporter: negotiators hr saying for werks that the talks led by vice president biden were going well and that they had managed to cobble together about a trillion dollars in spending cuts, but democrats were also proposing slashing tax breaks for oil and gas companies. for companies that shipped jobs overseas, and for wealthy americans. that is where republicans balked. >> these conversations could continue if they take the tax hikes out of the conversation. >> reporter: so now speaker boehner says he is waiting to hear from the president about what he wants to do next. and many believe that this move was designed to force the president off the sidelines and into the middle of these talks
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so that he ends up sharing responsibility for what will inevitably be some very painful cuts. >> nancy cordes on capitol hill, thank you. joining us now is cbs news chief washington correspondent and host of "face the nation," bob schieffer. great to have you with us morning. boehner has said very publicly that he is not letting this default happen, that in the event of a default, we would face international financicatas. how much is this stalling a plan here? >> this may not be posturing. this may be another example of dysfunctional state that the congress now findsityself in. i mean, stop and think about it. congress has been in session since january and it is yet to do anything. we have the country very divided right now. that is being reflected in the
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congress. and, basically, what has happened here, the democrats do not want to be on record as cutting deeply into social programs and entitlements. republicans, on the other hand, want nothing to do with anything that can be branded a tax hike. we are not talking about raising taxes in the conventional sense. you're talking about eliminating subsidies for some big businesses, things like subsidies to the oil companies, subsidies to ethanol producers. and that republicans are saying if you eliminate those subsidies that is, in effect, a tax increase. bottom line here is we are back to square one and square one could be ground zero here because if the country somehow has to default on its financial obligations, if we can't find a way to increase the debt ceiling here, which is what republicans say they wented vote for that unless they can get some kind of a budget deal for deep cuts, it
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could set the world into a recession right now. we are in very dangerous territory right now. >> yeah. wall street has acknowledged that as well. bob, what do you think is the next step in all of this? what are we watching for to get a sense and take the temperature of where this thing heads? >> well, i think the president is going to have to be more heavily involved. that's what the republicans are saying. perhaps there can be some kind of a meeting between the president and john boehner. kind of the ironic thing here is republicans were saying yesterday they want to get the president more heavily involved. democrats on capitol hill were saying they were afraid that they would be cut out of the process if the president does get involved. so even there, you have disagreements among democrats, just as you have on the republican side, disagreements there. tom colburn, you were there last week when we were talking at the economic summit. you heard tom colburn, the
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conservative city from oklahoma saying, look, the real problem here is that nobody in either party is willing to step up to the plate and do what needs to be done because they are worried if they do, they won't get elected in the next election and that is what this is all about. somehow, they have got to find the political courage to get this done and, right now, i don't see it. >> bob schieffer, thank you. you can see bob's interview with congresswoman michele bachmann on "face the nation" this sunday morning on cbs. thanks, bob. coming up next, another murder tied to operation fast and furious where the government allowed guns to be sold to mexican drug cartels. this is "the early show" on cbs. 8
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washington. >> reporter: this is an extraordinary development. the murder is that of the brother of a high ranking mexican state official tortured and killed by drug cartel narco terrorist. mario rodriguez kidnapped in october and shown here handcuffed and surrounded by hooded captors in mexico last fall, making a forced statement on video. rodriguez was the brother of attorney general for the mexican state of chihuahua and his body found a month later. cbs news confirmed that two assault rifles were among weapons found at the shoot-out with suspects. rifles from atf's controversial fast and furious operation. the case in which agents say they let thousands of guns be sold to suspected traffickers from mexican drug cartels. cbs news has learned that the day before last week's congressional hearing, u.s. officials privately informed mexico's attorney general about the link to the killing. two assault rifles were also found at the murder scene of
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border patrol agent brian terry last december and others in the stash of suspected drug cartel members who shot at a mexican government helicopter in recent weeks. all weapons believed to be sold on atf's watch in the plan to let them walk on the streets and lead them to the big fish in the drug cartels. the lead atf agent in that controversial case was mcallister in last week's hearing, the agent said she ignored their concerns. >> eyewitness special agents dodds and special agent mcallister prepared to attend the funeral of a slain agent or fer after he or she was killed one of those purchased firearms. >> reporter: yesterday, atf awarded mcallister the national atf life-saving award. nobody from atf would tell us exactly what that award is for. later today, a bipartisan team from congress will fly to mexico as the next phase of their
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investigation moves south of the border. >> a former whistle-blower at atf got his termination papers yesterday? >> reporter: i wouldn't say he a is current whistle-blower. he started a site that is largely responsible for exposing the gun walking cases and yesterday the atf started the termination case for him in lack of tenor in an unrelated case. >> sharyl attkisson, thank you for the latest from washington. up next when you take a look at a dinosaur's temperature. this is "the early show" on cbs. w" on cbs. ♪ [ female announcer ] now, just pop, click, switch your lids whenever you like! choose from over 20+ colors and designs. the new dell inspiron r series laptops with switchable lids, powered by the 2nd generation intel® core™ processor family:
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whitaker reports. >> reporter: dinosaurs have fascinated us since the first fossil was identified almost 200 years ago. >> when i was a child, i was very in to dinosaurs. >> reporter: robert eagle turned his fascination into a lifelong passion. now a cal tech scientist, he was part of the team that made this awesome discovery. >> we know that they weren't cold like modern crocodiles and alligators. they did have warm body temperatures. >> reporter: around 100 degrees, like modern mammals. warm bodies mean they probably were agile and quick, which means even spielberg got it just about right. >> it's 160 million years old. >> reporter: the proof was found in shavings from ancient dinosaurs, isotopes, hydrogen and oxygen clumped together in cold environments, but not as much when it's warm. in the dinosaur teeth they
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studied, the cal tech team found little clumping of isotopes, scientific proof that teeth developed inside warm bodies. so, this was like a high-tech thermometer? >> exactly. we know that the bodies were warm, but we don't know why they were warm. >> reporter: was it because of warm blood coursing through their veins like mammals or because their huge bodies retained the heat from the sweltering prehistoric environment? this dinosaur lover has more research to do. bill whitaker, cbs news, pasadena. >> that's cool stuff, right? >> it's very cool, and it's amazing what technology, looking backwards in time, what the technologies of today can tell us about that. >> and how much more we'll find out, probably, in the few years to come here. >> as we move forward. maybe it will even create some jobs. >> there you go. >> we'll be right back. this is the "early show" on cbs. vo: meet erika. she hasn't shopped for a new pc because...
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mountain view- based google is now the focus of several antitrust investigations. competitors accuse the internet search 7:55 time for news headlines from cbs 5. mountain based google is now the focus of several antitrust investigations. the attorneys generals of ohio and new york are looking into the matter and the federal trade comission is conducting a similar probe. there is a deadline in vallejo for supporters of the 4th of july show. the fundraising efforts are short of the goal. if the complete amount isn't raised by noon, this year's pyrotechnics will not be happening. parking should be much easier starting today. at ma netta international airport in san jose, two now
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lots will open. the parking situation had been a source of frustration, during the airport's massive renovation project, but no more. we'll get a check on your traffic and weather coming right up on this friday morning. ,,,,,,,,,,,,
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good morning, we're going to start you off in the east
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bay. northbound 880 before high street, we have an accident involving five cars. it was just cleared on the right shoulder. traffic is still pretty sluggish from at least 98th avenue. bay bridge, traffic has been so light this morning, they went and turned the metering lights off. so it's a great ride into san francisco right now. the same thing across the san mateo bridge. it looks great. patchy fog outside, but that is already starting to break up. mostly sunny skies, i think for a good part of the bay area this afternoon again. those temperatures very comfortable. 70s and 80s inland on the warm side there. a lot of 60s and 70s around the bay. 50s and 60s toward the coastline. the weekend is looking good. just low fog burning back
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toward the coastline. as we head into the afternoon, maybe ale little cooler by saturday. it looks like by sunday, we start warm those temperatures up again. ,,
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you're looking at mob boss whitey bulger. a judge ordered him to return to massachusetts to face murder and racket ooeing charges. officials say he might be in court in boston as early as this afternoon. that is after 16 years on the run. welcome back to the "early show" everyone. i'm rebecca jarvis along with jeff glor. >> this bulger story one you can talk about for days. >> it's been going on for so many years. >> detail after detail, they finally caught him. joining us this morning is actually a former mbster who knows firsthand just how dangerous whitey bulger is.
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he was part of the drug operation for bulger's infamous winter hill gang. he served ten years in prison on cocaine trafficking charges. he wrote a memoir called "rat bastards:the life and times of boston's most notable irish mobster." good morning to you. >> good morning. >> are you surprised whitey was caught? >> i am very surprised, to be honest with you. >> why? >> well, the only way that he would come back would be of natural death. >> john, we talked about this a little bid yesterday. i think a lot of people -- despite all the despicable crimes that he's charged w i think a lot of people are still fascinated by the fact that whitey still seemed to inspire this loyalty, from you for a time, from many others, certainly from his girlfriend katherine craig for years who stood by him.
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why is that? >> he had a unique character about himself and, you know, he was very manmanipulative. >> what did he say to you. >> he manipulated me in ways such as -- one minute -- it was kind of almost law enforcement when they play good guy, bad guy, when they're trying to interrogate a suspect. so you have one guy on one side being the good guy to you, then the other guy the bad guy. so now you want to, most of the times, you want to lean to the good side. he was both ways himself. he acted in that manner. >> he would build you up and take you back down. >> he built you up and take you back down, correct. >> he's known for 19 murders, extortion, laundering. but you say he's guilty of a lot more than he's even charged with.
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>> he had a reign before i was even born. his reputation has, you know, it goes back a long way. and he's done a lot of serious, serious things. there's 19 bodies that he has here is just, i'd say, icing on the cake. >> john, you felt like towards the end of his reign, obviously, bulger ratted on you. you say you never ratted on them. >> that's correct. >> and it's your belief that bulger, he's a mobster, clearly, but some people portray him as this principled stand-up guy. >> absolutely not. the guy is an evil man. he's done tons and tons of evil, not only to innocent victims but he's also never honored the code that he preached all those years to myself and to others involved.
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and he was a fraud in that sense. he lied, completely lied through his whole entire reign of being in the mob. you know -- >> yeah. john, i can only imagine what you'd say to him when he makes his way back to boston, but my sense is that you probably won't get a chance to see him. he's going straight to lockup. john shea joining us from boston this morning. thank you very much for your time. >> thank you so much and good morning to you. >> good morning to you as well. thanks, john. as we said, we can talk about this stuff forever. >> they've made movies about this stuff. >> they have made movies about this stuff, but the perception or the idea of who he may have been i think are a little different than what some people might think and putting him up here as a hero -- not a hero, but somebody who is fascinating and interesting, he may be that. >> you don't want to overshine what he did. >> the nasty things he did and
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he ruined a lot of families. >> we want to turn to betty nguyen with another look at this morning's hl hls. >> yes, indeed, fascinating. good morning to you. a possible link between osama bin laden and the pakistani government. a cell phone recovered in last month's raid on bin laden's compound had contacts to a militant group. the militant group is also a longtime asset of pakistan's intelligence service. "the new york times" reports that bin laden had used them as part of his support network. two american-born muslims are facing charges in a terror plot in seattle. abu khalid abdullah teef and walli mujahadin were arrested. authorities say the two men planned to attack and they were inspired by the shootings at fort hood, texas. >> they chose somewhere that they knew the military would be, but others were always put at risk as well. and the seriously and the
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weapons that they intended to use both machine guns and hand grenades showed the seriousness of this deadly potential attack. >> the suspects could face life in prison if convicted. for resident of minot, north dakota, there's not much more to do but hope and wait for the best. our reporter from wcco is there this morning. >> if you look over my left shoulder, you can see those dikes literally eroding away before our eyes. you can see the raging river on the upper part of your screen, on the lower part of your screen is where it's flooding neighborhoods. so far this morning we've seen things like coolers, playground equipment, other things out of people's garages that are coming downriver. let's show you some video from those neighborhoods where those pieces of equipment are likely coming from, people's belongings ending up in the river this
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morning. there's new crest predictions out today. it's now going to crest saturday into sunday. that's revised from tuesday. the river now just two feet away from its record high back in 1881. it will likely crest six feet higher than the old record and ten feet higher than it is right now. the governor's office says sandbags are now being moved from bismarck where they had flooding to here in minot. the national guard also stepping up efforts to make sure that people are out of the neighborhoods and not going back in. they're also making sure that pedestrians are off the bridge that i'm standing on right now. they don't want any people on the bridge or any vehicles besides emergency equipment and that construction equipment. the reason they're doing that, the construction equipment is bringing dirt to and from where they're building up those second levees and also those dikes. that's where they're trying to protect and get an extra layer around so that there's less flooding into some of these homes and indianas and streets. >> we'll be watching very closely.
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as cbs news correspondent cynthia bowers reports. cynthia bowers reports. ñtrñi ordinary doctor's office anywhere in america. >> i know this thing hurts, so -- >> reporter: doctors and nurses shepherd a steady stream of patients through exams and tests and x-rays. >> how did you hurt your back? >> reporter: but looks are deceiving, because this place is anything but ordinary. >> all the health center is is an idea about how to recorrect people to this idea of connecting faith and health. >> reporter: for 24 years, the church health center has been caring for and caring about the most needy in one of america's poorest cities. providing the best medicine money can buy for whatever the pa÷duk%(p' pay. in most cases, about $5 a visit, less if that's too much. >> show me right where it hurts. >> reporter: it's the brainchild of dr. scott morris, who heard the call to heal after he completed seminary and medical school. he moved to memphis because he
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heard it was poor. where better, he figured, to build a place of hope and healing? >> the christian call to discipleship is to do three things -- to preach, to teach and to heal. you know, we got the preach and the teach down. we don't get to take a pass on the healing part. >> reporter: the church health center plan is to care for folks who fall through the cracks, people who earn too much to qualify for medicaidt/ or medice but who can't afford insurance. folks like landscape artist nancy evans, who helped build the center's garden and then found herself in need of life-saving surgery. >> the doctor told me the first time i met her, she said you are my patient from the church health center. you owe me nothing but a thank-you. >> reporter: with just $14 million raised annually through mostly small donations, the center is able to provide care to a staggering 55,000 patients. the key is doctors' willingness to volunteer time and talent. >> i would argue, the best
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not a solution for the monumental health care problems in america. we're not. you know, we don't even claim to be. we're a solution for how the faith community should be involved in health care. if there were other church health centers in every city out there doing the same thing, we wouldn't necessarily solve the problem of the uninsured, but we would make a pretty big impact. >> reporter: like they already of so many here. cynthia bowers, cbs news, memphis, tennessee. >> and dr. morris says despite the success in memphis, there won't be any church health franchises. he says every community has to find what works for itself and when it comes to helping people who need it the very most. all right, coming up next, when you say woody allen, you probably think of new york city, not paris, but we'll tell you why his new film set in that french capital could be his biggest hit ever. this is the "early show" on cbs. >> announcer: cbs "health watch"
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woody allen started making movies in the 1960s. his films have picked up 20 academy award nominations and 3 oscars. but in recent years, he hasn't sold that many tickets or satisfied all of his fans. but today, all of a sudden, woody allen has his biggest hit in 25 years, a movie called "midnight in paris." ♪ >> because this is unbelievable! there's no city like this in the world. >> it's sunny, it's warm. it's about paris when it's most beautiful. it's something that people are just drawn to because they want to be entertained. >> i always say that i was born too late./çñ >> it is very much a woody allen movie, from you know, the main character played by owen wilson, who's sort of the chronic complainer in the woody allen mode. >> your father defends the right wing of the republican party,
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and i happen to think you almost got to be like a demented lunatic. >> owen wilson, this is woody allen's own admission, owen wilson was a departure from woody allen in casting. he was a surfer guy with blond hair and woody was wondering how he would fit as the lead in the movie, but he does a great job because he can be slightly neurotic without making people uncomfortable. >> you know how i think better in the shower and i÷oç get the positive ions going in there. >> bringing a lot of people back into the fold who have been fans of woody allen who are consoling themselves watching the dvd of "hannah and her sisters" or "crimes and misdemeanors" over and over again, waiting for the fun, satisfying woody allen picture to come out. >> reporter: in four decades of film making, allen has made more than 40 films, covering a broad spectrum from slapstick comedies like "sleeper" and "love and death." >> i've got a perfect feel for clothes. i'm a 28 dwarf. >> reporter: to a film many call the modern standard for romantic
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comedy, "annie hall." >> i don't -- oh, x know. i wasn't -- >> i probably watched "annie hall" once a year. it never gets old. or "purple rose of cairo," you look at these 40 movies, there's a pretty good proportion of them that people are still going to be watching, you know, 20, 30, 40, 50 years from now. >> reporter: but not all are classics. allen has also had his fair share of critical and commercial failures. >> "whatever works," "you, me, a tall, dark stranger." the ones that bother me the most are the ones from the past decade where it's just likes phoning in the same old stuff over and over again. >> reporter: in the last decade, he's received praise for "matchpoint" and "vicky cristina barcelona." yet, like most movies, they
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failed to create big box numbers. "hannah and her sisters," his highest grossing film, made just $40 million. now "midnight in paris" is striking a chord with audiences, on track to become his most successful movie ever. >> "midnight in paris" is coming out during the summer movie season, which is filled, especially this year, with superheroes and huge special effects, and it's really smart counterp3ramming. >> you're interesting, too, in a lost way. >> lost? >> every element in it just works together in this lovely, almost effortless way that i guess woody's figured out how to do it. >> and he keeps churning them out year after year. woody allen's already filming his next movie in rome this summer. the stars are penelope cruz, alec baldwin, and woody allen himself. >> if you're in one of his movies, you always get to travel to a great location to shoot. >> we should do it. >> let's do it. let's get on that.
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prices are likely by the fourth of july weekend. that's because the u-s and other nati lion good morning, 8:25 is your time. let's get you caught up on some of the headlines. lower gas prices by the 4th of july weekend. that's good news. it's all because the u.s. and other nations are releasing 60 million barrels from the emergency stocks. the decision is aimed at balancing oil supplies and helping struggling economies. google is now the target of several antitrust investigations. the federal trade comission is looking into. the attorney generals of california, ohio, and new york have started their own investigations as well. san francisco has a big
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weekend, preparing for large crowds as the 41st annual gay pride weekend is set. talking about weather and a little traffic when we come back. ,,,,,,,,,,
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good morning, you know, traffic looks great across the bay area. this is a great time to be
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heading into san francisco. really, delay free right now. traffic is so light they turned the metering lights completely off. a quick trip up the incline. a good day to stick to mass transit though. we do have the critical mass bike ride and a giants game going on later this evening. in oakland, one accident near high street. still sluggish in the northbound lanes of 880. that is your traffic. for your forecast, here's more. we're talking weekend. and we're excited about that. it is looking like a good one. we've got fog toward the coastline now, but that is already starting to break up outside the bay. let's plan on 70s and 80s, mostly sunny in the valleys.
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60s and 70s, sunshine inside the bay. a little cooler saturday. warming up on sunday. ,,,,,,,,
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we've been talking about dinosaurs this morning, things of the past. >> yeah. >> well, there's some other -- >> woody allen, not a dinosaur. >> okay. but we've also been talking about questions. things that you no longer do. when was the last time that you dropped off a roll of film to be developed? >> i have no idea. i have no idea. i have a friend who refuses to
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move off film, though. also doesn't have a microwave. no cell phone either. >> my family grew up without a microwave, but they do have cell phones now. it's probably a long time since most of you have dropped off film because digital cameras now make up 90% of the cameras out there. we'll show you how photography is really changing and threatening to make film negative and dark rooms a thing of the past. welcome back to the "early show." i'm rebecca jarvis and jeff glor. >> it may sound like sacrilege, but hollywood is releasing a remake of rebecca jarvis' favorite movie of all time. "footloose." the trail ser out already. fans are not happy with this new version. we'll look at hollywood's history of remaking classic films. sometimes it works, but oftentimes it doesn't. we'll have a lot more coming up. but first at 8:30, the latest
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state battle over same-sex marriage is going on right here in new york city. michelle miller reports, president obama stepped into that debate at a high profile new york city fund-raiser just last night. >> i believe that gay couples deserve the same legal rights as any other couple in this country. >> reporter: most of president obama's words were met with applause from this packed room of 600 well-heeled gay and lesbian campaign donors, but midspeech -- members of the audience -- >> i heard you guys. >> reporter: protested what obama different offer, an endorsement of same-sex marriage. >> traditionally, marriage has been decided by the states. and right now, i understand there's a little debate going on here in new york. >> reporter: obama's speech coincidentally came at the same time state lawmakers in albany are deciding the same-sex marriage bill. if it passes, new york will be
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the sixth and largest state in the nation to legalize gay marriage. the president openly supports civil unions for gay couples, not gay marriage, a position the white house describes as evolving. some at this fund-raiser say it's not evolving fast enough. >> i wish that he would just be a lot more convincing and supportive. >> he doesn't want to alienate moderates who are not really comfortable with the president taking that strong a stand on gay marriage. i'm not sure he personally believes it. he's never indicated that he has. >> reporter: gay rights activists say for a president elected on a platform of inclusion denying any group of equal rights should make him more uncomfortable. >> for him to come here and not to mention anything about the battle that we're going through and not coming out and promoting major equality is unacceptable. >> reporter: but with elections looming it is highly unlikely his position on same-sex
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marriage will change any time soon. michelle miller, cbs news, new york. joining us is jacob bernstein, who covers the gay marriage debate as a senior reporter for "newsweek" and the daily beast. good morning. >> good morning to you. >> i want to talk real quickly about new york and why new york state may be so significant here. interesting or not that same-sex marriage was first passed in massachusetts in may of '04. it is now 2011. given how liberal new york is, is that surprising? >> i would say that yes and no. but i would say that perhaps new york is not as liberal as we like to think. let's remember, we have a -- we currently have a republican-controlled senate in the state. the city has gotten less liberal over the last 20 years. we've not had a democratic mayor in new york in over 20 years. now we've had republican mayors who support gay rights. but upstate, it's a very different thing than it is in new york city. and even in places like the bronx and staten island.
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there's real opposition to this. so it's certainly disappointing to gay rights activists that it's taken this long. but there is an explanation for it, i think. >> let's talk more about the president. michelle indicated his position may not evolve much more before the election. that's the word the president has used. his position is evolving. what do we expect before next november? >> well, perhaps not much. i mean, this is still a president who has done more for gay rights than, you know, much more than the one before him. you know, he's struck down the defense of marriage act, repealed don't ask, don't tell. he's signed major hate crimes, anti-hate crimes legislation. so he's done a large amount and he supports everything but calling it marriage. you know, he said that gay couples should have -- >> should have all the same legal rights just civil unions instead of marriage. fund-raiser last night, 3500 a
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head. a clearly important group. >> and he does need their enthusiasm. there is on one hand this argument well, the gays have nowhere to go. and that's probably true. i don't think you'd find any real argument that, you know, gay people would be better off with mitt romney. but he does need enthusiasm going into 2012. he is not of the same financial advantage that he had in 2008. you still have a nasty recession and a nasty job market and no president has won re-election with unemployment being as high as it is since fdr. there are various reasons why obama can win again. but it's -- you know, he needs enthusiasm both from his base and the center. >> he needs enthusiasm and he needs the money. jacob bernstein, from the daily beast and "newsweek." thanks for joining us this morning.
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>> thank you. >> one more check of news now. betty nguyen is over at the newsdesk. >> good morning, everybody. the european union this morning promised more money to help greece avoid bankruptcy. but the ministers meeting in brussels today say the greek government must implement new austerity measures by next week. the opposition party opposes the spending cuts and tax hikes. if greece doesn't get the new fund, the government will run out of money within days. this morning worldwide oil prices may keep dropping now that the u.s. is using some of its emergency reserves. 30 million barrels of oil is being released into the market. the move could bring down gas prices 15 cents or more. oil companies shares fell after the announcement. there are evacuations in the southwest. oklahoma ahead of a wildfire. the large grass fire destroyed at least four homes and burned more than 5,000 acres, but there are no reports of injuries.
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scott pelley has a preview of cbs evening news. >> good morning. if you think manufacturing is dead in this country, we'll show you how one company is making progress creating jobs in the middle of the rust belt. that story's tonight on the "cbs evening news."
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thanks so much. that's your latest weather. now over the jeff. >> thank you very much. this morning the sense ow bureau is reporting an historic change in the u.s. population. for the first time minorities make up a majority of the youngest americans. cbs news correspondent john blackstone reports. >> reporter: across the country
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these days, a playground can be a study in diversity. newly released census figures show among children under the age of 2, minorities now outnumber whites. the generation that 4-month-old is growing up in is creating an america that looks more like her. >> african-american, filipino, scandinavian and welsh. >> reporter: in other words, she's american. >> yes, absolutely. >> reporter: it's a nation that they believe will be more interesting for her 19-month-old son cooper. >> the diversity and the different cultures. it makes it a rich experience. >> reporter: as these children under the age of 2 grow up, racial and ethnic minorities will become the majority in the united states. >> we have to wrap our heads around the fact that not every family is going to be coming from the same cultural space, the same background, the same history. >> reporter: 12 states and the district of columbia already have more minority citizens
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under the age of 5 than whites. double the number of states a decade ago. analysts expect seven more states to reflect that changing demographic in the next decade. while there's plenty of diversity in america's playgrounds, there's not so much in retirement communities. 80% of americans over the age of 65 are white. >> we're not living in the world of ozzie and harriet. and going forward, even less so. >> you certainly don't act like brothers. >> reporter: back in the days of black and white, america could be seen as mostly white. no more. >> no longer a minority. we'll have to come up with some new termterminology. >> reporter: the modern family of the 2050s will look a lot different than the nuclear family of the 1950s. john blackstone, cbs news, san francisco. 41 minute past the hour now. here's rebecca. >> jeff, thank you. digital cameras arrived just 20 years ago. today they're everywhere from our phones to our computers even in our cars.
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that means cameras that use actual film are quickly becoming obsolete. great to have you with us, seth. >> good morning, rebecca. an entire generation has grown up never having had its picture taken by a film camera. film hearkens back to a time when people were careful with every click. when photographers were considered master craftsmen. ansel adams was just 14 when he used a kodak brownie to take his first picture back in 1916 in yosemite park. >> this is one of ansel's famous prints. >> reporter: adams brought his film here at the family owned adolph gasser's in san francisco. >> the greats took a lot of time to learn how to do it right. >> reporter: amateur photographers have been pointing and shooting since 1888. film cameras have given us some of the most enduring images of the 20th century. >> always use dependable kodak film, the film in the familiar
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yellow box. >> reporter: but analysts speculate that this analog or film-based photographer will largely disappear from the u.s. market within the next decade. >> most of the digital cameras now is 90% of the market, 10% is film. and the 10% that's filmed is used cameras. >> reporter: ten years ago, americans took 26 billion photographs with film cameras. they'll take just 1.4 billion this year, compare that to the number of digital images that will be captured this year, 80 billion. >> we estimate this year there's 36 million digital cameras being sold. on top of that, 2 million camera phones and smart phones that have a digital camera. >> i hate to say this, but everyone is a photographer nowadays. they keep taking, shooting and shooting and chances are, yes, there is going to be a good photograph there, but they're not really thinking. >> reporter: bobby baker burrows sure knows a good photograph when she sees one. >> this is iconic.
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>> reporter: she's been at the photo department at "life" for the past 45 years. >> when he shot that, he didn't realize how significant it was at the time. he thought black against white, that will make a good picture. then he forgot about it. i know photographers who actually went back through their negatives and found some very significant moments that had been tossed. and if they'd had a digital camera at the time, it would have been gone forever. >> reporter: and deleted? >> absolutely. >> reporter: it is not just the photographs or the film that's being eliminated. >> what's this? >> we're in our color dark room and there's a collar enlarger. >> reporter: is there a point where we won't really see machines like this any more? >> it will become more and more rare. >> reporter: museums universities. >> universities. >> reporter: parsons design school in new york city is downsizing its dark rooms to accommodate for more digital technologies. do you run up against purists
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here at the photography school who say absolutely not. >> of course. >> reporter: but what do you say? >> language is always evolving and this is just another step in its evolution. >> reporter: by a show of hands who thinks that film is a thing of the past. none of you. >> no. >> reporter: just like the die hards who prefer their parents' vinyl records to mp-3 downloads, this next generation of photographers aren't ready to hand over their beloved clunkers just yet. >> 330 automatic land camera. a lot of times the only camera i bring on vacation. >> reporter: do they think you're vacationing back in the '70s? >> it turns a lot of heads. >> mine's also a medium format film camera. >> this is a nikon s-3. it's been my camera for as long as i've been shooting, which has been a long time. >> reporter: what's satisfying about you hearing that click advancing the film? >> stopping time. >> reporter: stops time is one
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thing. but stopping technology? >> well, i think there will be a day when somebody opens a drawer and looks in it and says, what is this? do you know what this is? and somebody else will pull it out and put their fingers on it and say, i don't know. i think they called them negatives. >> now, film-issue cameras have seen their sales call to 280,000 in the last two years. those parsons students told us they love those distinctive sounds that their old film issue cameras made. the film media has bore ode some of those to make the picture taking experience seem more authentic. think of that sound on your i-phone camera. look at this one of the most instant gratification cameras that produced a photograph without professional film developing. we found this last night when we were editing, actually.
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>> you did. >> but remember waiting for your film to be developed. >> even with the polaroid having to shake it and wonder when the picture would show up, now there is that instant gratification, it changes us. >> imagine looking at this and thinking, wow, what technological advancement in development. >> or just wondering, does it go in the garbage can? >> exactly. one of the things that bobby burrows said, we're getting used to more saturated and vibrant colors. even the pictures we're seeing are changing. >> thanks so much for being with us. coming up next, some "footloose" fans say the upcoming remake has all the wrong moves. hollywoo,, ♪ let's go out to the dmv
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this summer, hollywood once again is hoping to lure fans with old movies in new packages, remakes of blockbusters from the past are coming to a theater near you. but as cbs news correspondent
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bill whitaker reports, fans say at least one of them is way more than six degrees from kevin bacon's classic original. >> reporter: it's based on one of the most iconic dance movies of the 1980s. so, why is this film getting scathing reviews before it even hits the theaters? maybe because it isn't really new, rather, a remake of the 1984 hit "footloose." ♪ footloose >> reporter: an early trailer has been given the thumbs down online with comments like "looks like garbage!" "omg, this is how you ruin good things." "boo! there is only one footloose!" >> the negativity that people are showing toward the trailer for "footloose" doesn't surprise me because that was a beloved movie. it defined a generation of movie-goers. >> reporter: ticket sales are down this year, and hollywood is banking on brand names to turn
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things around. that means another stab at "conan the barbarian." "superman" is relaunching a new version of the 1978 blockbuster. even the beatles "yellow submarine" is getting a reboot. but what sounds like a surefire hit can be a costly misfire. an encore of "psycho" turned off critics and moviegoers, now all but forgotten by fans of the classic predecessor. building a better monster could not save the remake of "godzilla" from a barrage of attacks. >> a little bit too much like, hey, look at us, we're playing with all these high-tech tools, and it didn't tell a good story. >> reporter: comedian russell brand's "arthur" was far from the unrepenting alcoholic of the first film, but audiences weren't amused. >> he was going to aa, he was trying to be better. he wasn't always sloshed. but guess what? it wasn't as funny because of it. >> it's hard trying to redo great movies. i think they should just leave them alone.
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>> maybe they're running out of ideas, but i still think there's a lot of creative people out there. they just have to dig down deep and get it. >> reporter: but hollywood has hit pay dirt by dusting off fan favorites. the john wayne classic "true grit" -- >> texas brush popper! >> you texas brush popper. >> reporter: -- back in the saddle with jeff bridges earned ten oscar nominations. "charlie and the chocolate factory" topped the box office with johnny depp in the role. the king is calm. there have been three "king kong" films, the last one a blockbuster 72 years after the first. >> we have a story it worked before, and gosh darn it, it can work again. >> reporter: critical acclaim and box office cash. no wonder hollywood keeps going back for more. bill whitaker, cbs news, hollywood. >> i mean, i guess the question is, if the first movie was good -- >> yes. >> -- and really was iconic, why do you want to compete with it?
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>> ruin it. why ruin a good thing? >> you almost set yourself up for failure, right? >> absolutely. focus on the ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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the san francisco n- double-a c-p is protesting the treatment of a black man arrested after wearing saggy pants on happy friday, 8:55. your cbs headlines. the san francisco naacp is protesting the treatment of a black man arrested after wearing saggy pants on a u.s. airways plane. the group claims racial profiling by the airline, since it allowed a white man to fly wearing very little clothing. two new lots are opening with 15 more parking spaces close to terminal b. it had been a growing frustration to a lot of people due to the renovation project.
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stinson beach will reopen today, as long as there are no more shark sightings. a coast guard helicopter spotted a great white shark off the coast, traffic and weather coming right up. ,,,,,,
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good morning, everybody looks great, off to a great start for our morning commute. looks great heading into san francisco. we do have critical mass going on. there is also an evening giants game, they take on the indians at 7:15. 880 through oakland not too bad either. crowded, but moving better than we usually see at this time of morning. westbound 237, a little sluggish. that is your traffic through this weekend. a great weekend weather wise. patchy fog over san francisco. still it looks like mostly sunny skies as we head toward the afternoon, and comfortable temperatures. 60s and 70s inside the bay, on the coastline, you will see sea
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breeze. that will continue into the weekend. it looks like cooling off tomorrow. warming up again on sunday. ,,,,,,

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