new atrocities. reports of a new massacre in syria killed dozens with many of the dead said to be women and children. roaring back. stocks on wall street surged. the dow gained 286 points, the biggest jump this year. across the on or about. appear a massive fishing dock washes ashore in oregon. this is "cbs morning news" for thursday, june 7, 2012. good morning. good to be with you. i'm terrell brown. this morning there are reports of another massacre in syria. the exact circumstances remain unclear. opposition forces say this unconfirmed video posted on social media says a small town

in the central tone of hama, local activists group says 78 people were killed from shelling yesterday. a british human rights group puts the number at 24. the government blames terrorists. today the u.n. takes up the syrian crisis. elizabeth palmer joins us from syria. what do we know about the latest massacre? >> reporter: well, i should say it's an alleged massacre because there is no proof yet of what happened. there isn't even any verified body count. the opposition group, the syrian national council, says more than 70 people were killed in a village near the city of hama, and they say in a pattern similar to the massacre at houla, government troops shelled the village and then government-sponsored militia came in and killed people with guns and knives, including 42 women and children. the syrian government has completely denied responsibility. it says that its soldiers came

into the village and found the bodies already dead and burned in an abandoned building. community is still talking about possible solutions. what's the plan? >> reporter: kofi annan will be at the united nations today to try and convince the world, but it's worth while carrying on his with his peace plan so far, because it's been widely ignored from the very beginning. there's also talk floating around of trying to convene a larger panel, if you like, consulting group, of influential nations, perhaps even including russia and iran, to try and talk about a plan that would see president assad eased from power in some sort of a peaceful transition that would preserve stability. but at the moment, it sound like very loose and hopeful talk. >> elizabeth palmer in syria this morning, thank you.

defense secretary leon panetta is in afghanistan. he arrived this morning as afghan president announced 18 people killed in a nato air strike yesterday were civilians. panetta plans to meet with u.s. commanders to take stock of the war and discuss troop draw down. to politics. president obama is in the midst of a two-day west coast fund-raising trip but despite the bitter defeat in the recall election in wisconsin, the president is also trying to raise supporters' spirit. susan mcginnis, good morning. >> reporter: it hasn't been the best week or so for the obama campaign when wisconsin's governor won the recall election, that led to other bad news and there could be more coming. president obama is betting a speech about the economy later today in las vegas will help his re-election campaign.

he got positive news yesterday from wall street. the dow soared nearly 287 points, its best finish this year. >> thank you so much, everybody. everybody have a safe -- you're going to make me blush. >> reporter: the president held several fund-raisers in california wednesday, including a befrl hills gala for gay and lesbian activists, where he pledged his ongoing support. >> i could not be prouder with the work we've done for lbg community. >> reporter: the president and democrats are trying to maintain momentum, including setbacks with dismal numbers and a loss in the president's recall election. mitt romney says the election is a positive sign for conservatives and proof the race will be tight. >> i think the president's out of ideas. i think he's out of excuses. i want to make sure in november of 2012 he's out of office. and i'd take his place. >> reporter: the two-day fund-raising tours by romney and president obama are expected to raise millions for both candidates.

more question marks for the president. the supreme court is going to decide soon on his health care overhaul and also on obama's challenge to arizona's tough immigration law. terrell? >> susan mcginnis in washington, thank you. former florida governor jeb bush says he probably should have run for president this year, but wasn't sure he'd be a successful candidate. in an interview with "cbs this morning's" charlie rose, bush says says he wouldn't rule out a run in the future but said he would not be mitt romney's running mate. >> i'm not going to do it and i'm not going to be asked. doesn't mean i don't have a voice. doesn't mean i don't want to enthusiastically support mitt romney. i intend to do that. i'm doing that. but i'm not going to be a candidate with him. >> you can see the rest of the interview later on "cbs this morning." "cbs moneywatch" on a thursday. new hints from the fed and hackers swipe passwords from two popular websites. ashley morrison in new york. good morning. >> after wall street's best showing of the year, possible

action on europe's debt crisis lifted overseas market. nikkei climbed more than 1% for the third straight day of game and the hang seng gained more than 3%. the stock surges have been fueled by a speech given by federal reserve official. fed chair ben bernanke will testify before a congressional committee today. on wednesday the fed released its beige book which showed the economy grew moderately in most regions of country this spring. that report does not use any hard numbers but relies on anecdotal evidence. the labor department releases weekly unemployment report this morning and investors are hoping for better news. last week's report showed the number of people seeking jobless benefits hit a five-week high and followed by a dismal monthly jobs report that showed the unemployment rate kicked up to 8.2% in may. we're learning more about how the nasdaq is planning to compensate early investors in facebook.

the stock exchange will pay out $40 million to investment firms that lost money on the day of the ipo. computer glitches at nasdaq delayed the opening and technical issues prevented some investors from buying or selling the stock throughout the day. a federal regulator says jpmorgan's multibillion loss could have been contained. currency comptroller told senate banking panel that if the so-called volcker rule would have been in place, it would have been caught sooner. it takes effect in july but banks don't have to follow all of its provisions for two more years. and linkedin and eharmony have been hacked. linkedin says some passwords were among 6 million distributed online. eharmony says a small amount of 20 million of its users have also had their accounts compromised. probably some personal information there you don't want compromised. >> of all accounts to compromise. of all websites.

>> yeah. >> ashley morrison here in new york, thank you so much. police search the home of the man charged with killing etan patz 30 years ago. they say the search of hernandez's home is part of the ongoing investigation. patz then 6 years old disappeared as he walked to school in 1969. hernandez says he killed patz and left his body in the trash. there is no evidence. hernandez's wife says her husband suffers from mental illness. and calls the concession unreliable. a jury has been seated in the jerry sandusky child abuse case. opening statement are scheduled to be begin. jerry sandusky, who's charged with molesting ten young boys. seven women and five men will decide sandusky's fate. most have ties to the university. coming up, chronicling the life of ray bradbury. we remember the science fiction writer of beloved classics. [ whimpers ]

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a line of severe thunderstorms brought tornadoes to eastern colorado last night and into this morning. weather service says as many as half a dozen funnel clouds were seen but no serious damages reported. heavy rain and hail pounded the denver area and lightning krablg crackled over the city as the storm system passed. a large piece of debris that washed up on the oregon coast came from last year's tsunami in japan. it's a 70-foot concrete dock that came ashore southwest of portland. japanese officials say a metal plate identifies it as belonging to a fishing village in northern japan 5,000 miles away. ray bradbury, a handful of authors who popularized science fiction has died. his wide ranging humanistic view set him apart. we have more on the man who called himself an idea writer.

>> reporter: ray bradbury was one of the most popular writers of the 20th century. >> thank god i was sent into the world to be enthused about dozens of things. >> reporter: he helped bring science fiction with books like "fahrenheit 451" and "the martian chronicles" and wrote for tv series, like "twilight zone." his works often mixed futuristic science with warnings about its danger. "fahrenheit 451" tells of an anti-intellectual future where books are burned. he said he didn't want to predict the future, he wanted to prevent it through his writings and ideas. >> i get out of bed as fast as i can, get to the typewriter and trap them before they disappear. you must never talk about writing. you must do it. >> reporter: despite his republic taking as a fighterist, bradbury often scoffed at technology. he called the internet a scam and said video games were a waste of time for men with nothing else to do.

bradbury received a star on hollywood's walk of fame and a national medal of the arts from president bush. he even had an asteroid named for him. his passion for writing and literature began as a boy. in his younger years he visited the library three times a week. >> when i published my first books when i was 27, i came back here to this library and gave copies of my first books to the librarians here. >> reporter: he went on to publish many more. over 20 novels and 600 short stories. cbs news, los angeles. bradbury supported man space exploration but disliked flying. and despite living in southern california for half a century, never learned how to drive. ray bradbury died tuesday in los angeles. he was 91. or french fondue tex-mex fro-yo tapas puck chinese takeout taco truck free range chicken pancake stack baked alaska 5% cash back.

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afternoon thunderstorms, 75 in new york. thunderstorms in miami, 88. sunshine, 72 in chicago. thunderstorms in dallas, 84. sunny in los angeles, 80 degrees. let's check your national forecast. much of the nation will have scattered showers and thunderstorms, some severe, including the northeast from western new england to pennsylvania, texas, oklahoma and the gulf coast, all the way to south florida, the northern and central plains from western minnesota and dakotas to nebraska and eastern colorado, the pacific northwest and the northern rockies. that felt like everywhere.

in sports, san antonio in game six of the western conference finals. thunder's russell westbrook with flying one-handed jam but spurs left by 15 in the half and kevin durant hit a three-pointer to put the thunder in front and they never looked back. late in the fourth, kendrick perkins going to slam one home. the thunder with a 107-99 victory to win the west and a hot at the nba title. stanley cup finals. new jersey at los angeles. leading the series 3-0 the kings wanted a sweep. scoreless until the third period. and the devils struck first. patrik elias knocking in a rebound. kings tied it. and new jersey scored with a wrist shot and devils added an empty net goal to win 3-0. to baseball now. mariners at angels. seattle with a lead in the second inning on the sharply hit double down the left field line in the third kendry morales hit a homer to put the angels up by

two. mariners retook the lead and suzuki's solo homer in the eighth sealed it, an 8-6 win. gregor blanco hit a solo homer in right to give san francisco a 4-2 lead in the fifth. in the sixth, blanco hit a playable grounder. the padres allowed two more runs to score. the giants went on to win 6-5. at the french open rafael that dam and maria sharipapova advance to semifinals. yesterday nadal faces ferrer tomorrow. sharapova easily beat 23rd seed kanepi and plays kvitova today. when we return, a look at top stories and a concern over ct scan. dren who undergo the test.

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,,,, here's a look at the forecast in some cities. d.c., thunderstorms, 79. partly sunny in atlanta, 83. sunny, 83 in st. louis. afternoon thunderstorms in denver, 83. and rain in seattle, 60 degrees. top stories on a thursday. another wave of violence is reported in syria. local activist group claims militias killed dozens of people in central syria. today the u.n. takes up the increasingly bloody revolt against the assad government. and president obama wraps up a west coast fund-raising trip yesterday. last night he told gay and

lesbian groups he would roll back. the ct scan, an x-ray procedure has become a common diagnostic tool but there's new evidence unnecessary exposure to such radiation even under a doctor's supervision can have serious, long-term health consequences especially for children. dick brennan has that story. >> reporter: the bundis family has three active boys. >> kid play, fall and hurt themselves. >> reporter: like any parents, ashley knows some bumps and bruises will require a trip to the doctor or even a ct scan, but a new study shows the scans could affect their health in the future. research in the journal of lancet finds radiation exposure from two to three ct scans of the head during childhood can triple the risk of developing brain cancer. >> they also found the risk from five to ten ct scans of the head tripled the risk of leukemia. >> reporter: the study looked at 180,000 children who had ct scans between 1985 and 2002. and researchers note newer scanners expose kids to less

radiation than the machines used on these patients. researchers say it only increases the chances of cancer slightly. one additional ct scan for every 30,000 patients. and one additional leukemia case for every 10,000 patients. while the study shows a small cancer risk, experts say radiation doses from c.a.t. scans should be kept as low as possible and only done when absolutely necessary. >> there's a small but real risk of cancer from these ct scans that needs to be weighed against the benefits of ct scans. >> reporter: the fda advises parents to question their doctor about whether a scan is needed. >> if i thought it was important and we couldn't assess the situation and figure out what was wrong, yes, i'm going to put my children through that medical testing. >> reporter: if a test is a must do, the fda suggests asking if a radiation-free alternative is available. dick brennan, cbs news, new york coming after your local news on "cbs this morning," a new book on the shadowy hacking

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a record leap for russian daredevil who set a record for highest base jump from 21,000 feet when he took the plunge from a summit in the himalayas last month. took him six days to climb up and 90 seconds to come down. all that for a minute and a half? hitting speeds of 124 miles an hour. rosoff has made jumps into an active volcano from a peak in the antarctic. crazy. from london, another aerial view you don't see every day. this is what it looks like from the cockpits of win taj world war ii airplanes. the breathtaking flights were part of the finale of diamond jubilee celebration. the shuttle "enterprise" is

home in new york city now. a barge took it and the prototype shuttle was lowered into the intrepid sea and air museum. movie goers interested in space travel may want to check out "premethuis." >> come in! >> is that you? >> reporter: premethus is a spaceship flying a star-filled cast. >> we get to sit in part of the film set. how cool that? >> reporter: charlize therron plays the ruthless executive in charge of the mission. >> i liked playing someone incredibly broken and at the same time was never going to

show that. >> reporter: swedish actor noomi rapace jumped to international fame in the original "girl with the dragon tattoo." here she plays a scientist determined to find answers and a bathroom after being in space suit for hours. >> have to find those moments carefully. >> i was like, okay, when can i drink water? >> everybody back on the ship now. >> reporter: the sci-fi thriller is in 3d, giving viewers no way out from that action. >> you're forced to be in that space suit. you're forced to be in that world. >> reporter: i was on the edge of my seat a bit. i had to close my eyes a few times. >> that's good. that's great. >> reporter: director ridley scott says that's what he wanted, to make "prometheus" real and unstoppable. cbs news, london. >> opens tomorrow in theaters

nationwide. it's rated "r". coming up on "cbs this morning," president obama's current fund-raising blitz we get insight from ed rendell. a new movie "rock of ages" stops by studio 57. all that and more on "cbs this morning." that's the "cbs morning news" for thursday. appreciate you watching. thank you so much. i'm terrell brown. have a great day. ,,,,

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