i feel that it was all god's plan, and for me to second guess it, or judge it, i'm not a racist, and i'm not a murderer. >> george zimmerman makes a public defense >> offering an apology to the parents of trayvon martin. but he still claims it was his life in jeopardy. >> he said you're going to die tonight, [ bleep ]. and that's when i -- i didn't have any more time. i'm sorry that they buried their child. and i pray for them daily. the fighting has intensified further across the syrian capital of damascus. >> syrian rebels strike at the heart of the regime. >> a bomb killed three top officials, including bashir al assad's brother-in-law. >> the violence there has only gotten worse. this is a situation that is rapidly spinning out of control. israel pointing a finger at iran for a bus bombing that killed at least seven israeli tourists in bulgaria. >> the bomber was carrying an

american passport as well as a fake driver's license from michigan. >> 80 mile an hour winds over parts of the northwest. storms knocked out power to thousands. in boston, a weather report was rudely interrupted by the weather. >> i don't know if you can hear me or see me at home. david hasselhoff apparently being sold in droves across stores in new england. that is a great white shark a mere 15 feet from a diver. all that -- >> oh! >> does not make the play. >> and all that matters. >> i didn't have a falling out with justice roberts. >> no words exchanged? >> no. on "cbs this morning." >> when was the last time you got -- >> just thinking about coming on this show.

welcome to "cbs this morning." nearly five months after shooting and killing trayvon martin, george zimmerman is telling his side of the story. >> last night in his first in depth television interview, he defended himself but also apologized to martin's parents. jeff glor is following the story. good morning. >> zimmerman appeareda ease but also at times conflicted saying he had no regrets but also that he was sorry. >> i just think it's a tragic situation. and i hope it's the most difficult thing that i'll ever go through in my life. >> reporter: during the interview with fox news' sean hannity, george zimmerman described the moment he came face-to-face with trayvon martin and fatally pulled the trigger. >> he said you're going to die tonight, [ bleep ]. and took one hand off of my mouth. and i felt it going down my chest towards my belt, my holster. and that's when i -- i didn't have any more time. >> reporter: sitting next to his

lawyer, zimmerman appeared calm as he denied ever pursuing martin. >> i was going in the same direction as him. to keep an eye on him so that i could tell the police where he was going. >> reporter: the 28-year-old insisted self-defense was his only motivation. >> i'm not a racist. and i'm not a murderer. >> reporter: when asked about regrets, zimmerman said he had none. >> i feel that it was all god's plan. and for me to second guess it or judge it -- >> reporter: but later, he appeared to backtrack, looking directly into the camera to clarify himself. >> but i do wish that there was something, anything, i could have done that wouldn't have put me in the position where i had to take his life. >> reporter: zimmerman's lawyer, mark o'marra, says there were no ground rules for the one-hour interview. though he did jump in when a question came up about whether zimmerman and his wife lied to the court about their finances. as for trayvon martin's parents, zimmerman had this message.

>> i am sorry that they buried their child. i can't imagine what it must feel like. and i pray for them daily. >> zimmerman remains out on $1 million bail. phis attorney says his trial could be more than a year away. >> all right, jeff. thanks. earlier we asked trayvon martin's parents for their reaction to zimmerman's remarks that the incident was part of god's plan. >> i really don't know what god george zimmerman is worshipping because there's no way that the god that i serve had in his plans for george zimmerman to murder my son. >> sabrina, we also heard mr. zimmerman say that he prays for your family daily. he said i'm really sorry that they buried their child. i can't imagine what it must feel like. i pray for them daily. how does that make you feel? >> that makes me feel still sad

because i just don't believe what he says. and it hurts a great deal. >> you don't think his apology is sincere? >> no, i do not. and i have a hard time accepting it, because he also said that he doesn't regret anything that he did that night. and i don't think god would have him in his plan to murder an innocent child. >> cbs news legal analyst jack ford is here. good morning. >> good morning, charlie. >> does this help or hurt george zimmerman? >> i think in the big picture here, knowing what they are trying to do, because remember most times the defense in a criminal case is to the prosecution, go ahead, you see if you can prove it. here they are saying we've got a defense. a defense of self-defense, which means they have got to come forward and prove some things. so understanding that that's the picture here, which is very different from most trials, i think what they wanted to do is get his story out. get his side of the story, get the message out there. i'm sure some people are watching saying, oh, that's nonsense. he's lying. i'm sure some people are watching and saying, you know,

that sounds reasonable to me under the circumstances. >> so as a former prosecutor and trial attorney, when you heard george zimmerman say god's plan, what did you say to yourself? >> as a prosecutor, i was scribbling and taking notes. one of the things that you probably have to do as an interviewer here, you should probably give the miranda warnings. anything you say can and will be used against you. because that statement is just like a statement he gave to police. prosecutors could pick out portions of that during the course of the trial and play it. and i'm sure you would see in some fashion that god's plan popping out during the course of the trial. >> and as you were there taking notes like a former prosecutor, did you see certain things that zimmerman said that could be held against him in the future? >> i think a couple of things are at play here, norah. there are some things that he said that prosecutors will say, his is different from what you said before. and that's classic cross-examination. when you want to do when you're cross-examine someone is say that they said something different than before, because that shows they are making it up as they go.

if i'm the defense attorney, i'm happy now that his whole story is out there through his own words. where he talked about being fearful for his life. remember, the key is here. was it reasonable under the circumstances? if it was reasonable in his mind under the circumstances, then a self-defense defense can fly here. >> he didn't seem to have much emotion in his voice, even when he said the he prayed for the parents daily. >> you're setting this up for potential jurors down the road. but the defense might be saying, the more often he does this, the better he's getting at it. so it's sort of a dry run, a rehearsal a little bit. abo but if i'm his lawyer, if you feel some emotion, don't hold back. the united nations council is scheduled to vote on another syrian peace plan this morning one day after a rebel bomb killed three top government officials.

>> the white house says that president bashir al assad is losing control of his country. clarissa ward reports from the turkish-syrian border. >> reporter: we're hearing reports of fresh fighting inside damascus five days into what rebel fighters are calling operation damascus volcano. speculation is still rampant as to the whereabouts of president bashir al sad. he hasn't been seen publicly for two weeks since he did an interview with german television and he made no statement after yesterday's bombing. opposition members are saying he is in the alawite heartland of latakia. however, this seems unlikely given that his security apparatus is in damascus, and obviously moving to la tacka would be construed almost as conceding damascus or backing away from the fight. one thing is of course certain. president assad now finds himself in a very uncomfortable

position. he no longer knows who in fact he can still trust. and of course the free syrian army is touting yesterday's attacks as a major triumph. they are saying that it is the beginning of the end for the assad regime. but up until this point, we still don't know exactly who carried out the attacks, and those rebel forces still face some serious challenges. the regime is still far stronger militarily, and the free syrian army is not yet really a cohesive fighting coordinated force. for "cbs this morning," i'm clarissa ward in tackia, turkey. thyesterday israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu blamed iran for an attack that happened in the black sea resort city about 250 miles east of the capital. seven people were killed, including five israeli citizens, and at least 30 others were injured. surveillance video released today shows the suspected bomber. john miller has some background and tells us what he knows. good morning.

>> good morning. so new developments today. we see the video of the bomber. we are told by the interior ministers, people that he was carrying a michigan driver's license. fbi people on the scene from the legal attache in that country have looked at that and preliminary look makes it appear that that's a counterfeit. but you still have a situation here where israel is pointing the finger very strongly at iran. >> so what should we be worried about at this moment? >> well, i think a couple of things. number one, this is in a spate of attempted attacks but this one was carried out successfully. so what is the potential israeli response, and will it be swift? another angle of course is what is going on in iran as they are being held responsible for this at least in the public discussion. yesterday you have to consider that they would be following these developments. but also what happened in syria. this is a key client state or partner state of theirs.

you saw events that could actually topple that regime. so within the power structure in iran, they have to be very nervous at this point. >> is there any suggestion that there could be more of these attacks that iran would want to carry out, more of these sort of terrorist bombings? >> i think the strongest suggestions, because if you go backwards in recent events, you saw a possible attempt in july 3 and july 7 in other countries. so this seems to be kind of a shotgun approach where they have a few plans out there, and this is the first to succeed. >> john, thank you so much. later in the hour, john miller will have a report on the continuing shadow war between ran and israel, including an interview with an iranian double agent who supplied information to the cia. this morning for much of the country there's finally relief from the heat wave, but it took dramatic weather to make the temperatures finally drop. torrential storms stretching from boston to washington, d.c.,

and new york to chicago, dumps heavy rain and hail on city streets and knocked down suburban trees and power lines. stunning images of the storm over manhattan went viral. former new york giants linebacker dehani jones captured this from the window of his delta flight. in ohio, storms knocked out electricity for 70,000 people. >> a lot of lightning unfortunately. >> and as wbz weather man in boston became part of his own weather report as lightning struck the station, blacking out the studio lights, but his report continues. >> that's why you're probably seeing a little black on your tv. you might be able to hear me right now. i'm not sure of that. but we don't have any lights in here. power has been knocked out. now to the race for the white house. the latest cbs news/"wall street journal" poll shows mitt romney and president obama running neck and neck. 47% of registered voters say they have a favorite candidate back romney, while 46% support the president.

a statistical tie. meanwhile, both candidates are sparring over the latest political ads. frank luntz is a republican strategist and pollster. we're pleased to have him back. >> it's getting ugly out there. i was in ohio, and you can't even talk about the race. people are already polarized. you can't swing a dead cat in ohio and not see a political ad. it's as though it was october, and we are still only in july. >> so what's your sense of what ads are having an impact, and what are not? >> well, three keys here. number one, you have to trick people into watching it because they don't like politics. number two, you have to tell them something that they have never heard before. and number three, there has to be a call to action. and most of these ads, even though they are going to spend $2 billion in what represents 2% of america, think about it. it would be better to buy people a steak dinner than to try to convince them on television. most of them are not working. >> ok. so the president's team is trying to define mitt romney. >> correct. >> and it's not working? >> it is working to some degree.

even though your polls show romney with the one-point lead, it really doesn't matter. and i don't want to undermine the polling you have here. but in reality, it's not the nationwide polling that matters. it's what's happening in florida, ohio, nevada, and colorado. and i'm waiting for someone to focus just on those states. >> well, some have shown that obama is ahead in those swing states and that gives obama team some confidence that the ads are working. what do you think about karl rove's group, that will now spend some $9 million on ads refuting these bain attacks? doesn't that suggest that they are worried? >> it definitely suggests they are worried, and they should be worried. there's an ad of a gentleman who works in indiana who describes building the stage that was used to fire him and everyone in his company. and it was a company that mitt romney's bain had purchased. my god. when i showed that ad to people, they were silent at the end. and i'm asking them, what do you

think? what's your reaction? they couldn't speak it was so powerful. by the same token, we have shown them ads of the money that was spent in the stimulus package that went to china and europe. and it's the same kind of reaction from people. how could barack obama spend my hard-earned tax dollars to foreign countries? so you've got this anger that's going back and forth with people. no one is giving you a reason to vote for them. it's 98% negative. >> but typically in a campaign, are giving those people a reason to vote for you at this stage in the campaign? it's largely about defining your opponent, as charlie said. then you have everybody tuned out for a couple of weeks in august. and everybody sends their kids to school and start contrasting visions for the future. >> but it used to be the opposite. they would define themselves positively first and then go negative. i don't believe they are ever going to come back to the positive. it's only going to be negative. and here is the problem. for 80% of america, they are not experiencing a political campaign. for you all, the average person watching right now does not realize these ads. does not see them. they live in california, texas.

illinois. >> i think that's one of the common misconceptions. you're talking about nine battle ground states and about 4 million voters who are really the swing voters who both of the campaigns are trying to influence. >> yes. >> that's a tiny amount of people. >> so that means that for the rest of america, they don't see the campaign. those who do they see it morning, noon, and night, and at a certain point they get so frustrated with it because it's all negative. >> as a republican strategist, do you believe that mitt romney has defended himself well here? or that he should be -- >> no, i don't. i don't. because anyone who knew bain, and i was a student and professor, bain is one of the most respected companies for what it does. you wanted to work for bain because you knew the success. and yet no one realizes that now because all they see are the failures of bain. they haven't seen the successes of bain. >> there was another incident that happened in which a person in an audience described the president as a monster, and mitt

romney said, no, you know, i understand why you're angry, that's not the thing to say. does that matter in terms of a perception of him? >> it matters in terms of we want our candidates to be civil to each other. but we also want them to tell us. we want to know what's inside them. mitt romney has a significant advantage in that he's perceived as a problem solver. barack obama has a significant advantage in that he's seen as understanding people. so who are we going to vote for, the problem solver who doesn't get people as much or the guy who gets people who can't solve the problems? that's why you're at a dead heat right now. and that's why we'll stay in a dead heat throughout the whole election. >> franklin, thank you for joining us. >> pleasure. time for headlines from around the globe. remember the prostitution scandal during president obama's trip to columbia last april? the military has sanctioned 10 service members allegedly involved. three of the men plan to fight the action through a formal court-martial proceeding. apple has been ordered to

take out ads saying that samsung did not copy the ipad. a british judge said that the samsung device was not as, quote, cool as the ipad. but it was of course very similar. the "wall street journal" is reporting that the united states postal service is on the verge of defaulting on a $5.5 billion payment due august 1, and postal office officials are asking congress for help. this could be the post office's first-ever default. but it will not affect service. the money is for the health benefits of future retirees. and the remains of the woman who inspired the mona lisa have been unearthed. according to england's "daily mail," after a year of dpig

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get instant acc >> this is a cbs 5 eyewitness news morning update. >> it is 7:26 a.m., time for headlines. ileana lopez goes back before the san fransisco ethics commission this afternoon. she testified yesterday that her husband, suspended sherrif ross mirkarimi, never threaten her. but she was worried about losing custody of her son if there was a divorce. the warnings have been up for three days, san jose officials expected to start removing homeless encampments from kelley park. two dozen people have been living in the park and neighbors have complained about break-ins and suspicious fires. stay with us, traffic and weather in just a moment.

>> good morning, slow and go conditions continue at the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights back up almost to the maze. also busy off of the east shore freeway. golden gate bridge seem extra volume as well. no major delays but it is a misty morning so you may see slick surfaces. thbe careful. you may see some slight delays as you approach the scene of this accident. north about 101 for palo alto, and 880, not a bad ride in both directions >> morning fog out there, in fact we have delays on arrival at sfo. an hour in 15 minutes. here's a live look from dublin. to mr. is mainly in the '50s with low 60s. 57 in fremont, and mid 50's and sandra fell. by this afternoon we warm up to 60s around the bay and low '80s

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you should not believe what you read about the court in the newspapers because the information has either been made up or given to the newspapers by somebody who was violating a confidence which means that person is not reliable. >> so you've had no falling out with justice roberts sm. >> i'm not going to talk about -- no, i haven't had a falling out justice roberts. >> no words exchanged, slamming of doors? >> no. >> nothing like that? >> nothing like that. >> best buddies? >> my best buddy on the court is ruth bader ginsburg. has always been. >> yeah. you disagree with her about everything i'm told. >> just about everything. [ laughter ] >> classic. supreme court justice antonin

scalia in a rare tv interview with piers morgan denying he's feuding with john roberts denying -- john mccain denounced them wednesday some sinister accusations. he was referring to michele bachmann and four other conservative members of congress that people with ties to muslim extremists have infill terd the government. >> huma aberdeen is -- nancy cordes has the story on capitol hill. good morning. >> good morning, norah, the state department as you may have imagine, has responded calling michele bachmann's accusations vicious and disgusting lice. ed rollins said she's being extreme and dishonest. >> these attacks have no logic, no basis and no merit and they

need to stop. >> it's rare for a senator to publicly rebuke members of his own party. but that's just what arizona's john mccain did yesterday. after five house republicans questioned whether one of secretary clinton's top aides has ties to terrorism. >> when anyone, not least a member of congress, launches specious and degrading attacks on the basis of nothing more than fear of who they are and ignorance of what they stand for, it defames the spirit of our nation and we all grow poorer because of it. >> minnesota's michele bachmann and four others sent letters to top intelligence and security officials last week warning that the muslim brotherhood, global religious islamic movement whose members have been leaked to terrorist groups in the past may have infiltrated the top levels of u.s. government. they pointed the finger first at huma abedin who is deputy chief

of staff to secretary clinton and has been one of her closest aides for nearly two decades. abedin, who was born in the u.s. and is a pakistani descent, has been described by both clintons as a daughter. but bachmann and the others wrote, huma abedin has three family members, her late father, her mother and her brother, connected to muslim brotherhood operatives and/or organizations. >> our country has gone through a mccarthy period. >> minnesota's keith ellison, the nation's first muslim congressman, said the letters reminded him of the 1950s witch hunt for communists in the government. he called bachmann's evidence misleading and fake. >> it's like a bizarre game of six degrees of separation. she mentions that her father, who has been dead for two decades, knew a guy who knew a guy who was connected to the muslim brotherhood in some unspecified way. >> abedin is a 37-year-old new mother who graced the pages of vogue in the past.

she is married to former new york congressman anthony weiner who is jewish and a fierce defender of israel. >> weiner resigned in disgrace last year after his provocative texts to female supporters were made public. in this week's people magazine, the two said they have worked hard to repair their marriage. i'm proud to be married to him, abedin said. this isn't the first time that bachmann has let her suspicions outpace the facts. last year she suggested falsely that hpv vaccines might cause mental retardation and in 2009 she urged the media to look into the loyalties of her congressional colleagues. >> are they pro america or anti-america. i think people would love to see an expose like that. >> we asked all five house members for an interview about their letters. none of them agreed. but in a statement bachmann said she is not backing down saying she would "not be silent as this

administration apieces our enemies and claiming she wants a full investigation into the muslim brotherhood." nancy, that's her motivation. what is her evidence that she cites? >> well, she and the others claim that about half a dozen members of the obama administration either have ties to the muslim brotherhood or may be part of the muslim brotherhood. they also claim that secretary of state hillary clinton brought a top ranking member of the muslim brotherhood into the united states. the problem is that a lot of their evidence either has been discredited or is very controversial. you don't see any members of the republican party and certainly not republican leadership backing them up on this one. >> and john mccain on the floor of the senate denouncing. >> absolutely. >> nancy, thank you very much. that terrorist attack wednesday in bulgaria, john miller is here to look at the escalation of the stealth war and what it can mean for america and its interests. tomorrow, republican congressman paul ryan on the

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attack they've said. >> been speaking to former cia officials as well as an iranian official. john, good morning. >> good morning. what we saw yesterday in bulgaria is part of the escalating tensions between iran, israel and the west. but you're about to hear from a former iranian agent from that country's feared iranian revolutionary guard corps. a man who has been on the inside. he tells us that this surrogate warfare carried out in the shadows by both sides has been going on for more than a year. >> it began with the targeted killing of iranian scientists working on that country's nuclear program. then a computer virus was covertly deployed against nuclear sites. the virus, designed to make the sites self-destruct. iran publicly accused the united states, great britain and israel of being behind the plots. now, it appears iran is striking back. >> they're looking at this thing, saying we've got to

respond. aggression has been taken against us, that's the first factor. the second factor is they're hearing the drum beats of war. >> that drumbeat is the continued discussion over if or when israel might launch air strikes against more than a dozen underground suspected iranian nuclear sites. but iran has not backed away. since the killing of the last iranian scientist, iran has been linked to a series of plots. the bomb attached to the car driven by the wife of an israeli diplomat in india. a plan to use local organized crime hit men in a sniper attack against u.s. and israeli targets. israeli tar gets in georgia, a plot using a mexican drug cartel to kill the saudi ambassador in a crowded restaurant in washington, d.c. and just days ago, in kenya, a suspected plot to attack a synagogue in nairobi and israeli-owned hotels in mum bass a.

the two suspected iranian agents captured in kenya on july 3rd are believed to be members of the elite revolutionary guard force. this man, reza khalili was once a member of that group himself. for years, he said, also a double agent supplying information to the cia. we agreed to conceal his face for this interview. he says these attacks are iran's k major interests of america countries and in america. allegedly by iran against iraeli targets, some analysts wonder why israel would keep provoking the very attack they're trying to avoid they

say. >> the mind-set of this organization that is iranian intelligence service and this government, it's not a western mind-set. we see stability as a goal. they see instability and revolution as a goal. >> reza khalili the former iranian agent says in the event of an air stiek, iran is prepared to up the ante target folders for terrorist strikes in the middle east, europe, south america, even the united states. >> how do they pick the targets? >> i think we've seen something

interesting in that regard, charlie. if you look at those plots at the beginning of this arc, you see israeli official targeted, plot failed. half you can seed. israeli attack succeeds. they're targeting israeli terrorists around the world. i think they've done a shift to softer targets. >> john miller, thank you. good to see imagine having a nuclear bomb go

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gayle has a look at what's coming up in our next hour. hello. >> hello, charlie. hey norah o'donnell. 55 years ago today, five men took part in an unprecedented experiment. they agreed to stand in the nevada desert as a nuclear missile was detonated overhead. we'll hear from someone who was there and find out why they did it. we're going to hollywood for emmy nominations. find out if your favorite tv

show will be 57. you're watching >> this is a cbs 5 eyewitness news morning update. >> good morning everyone is 7:56 a.m.. this is eviction day for some homeless people at san jose kelley park. two dozen people have been living in a portion of the park on coyote creek. there has been suspicious fires there in recent weeks and people that live by have to complain about break-ins at their homes on monday police and city workers told homeless they had 72 hours to clear out. the wife of suspended sherrif ross mirkarimi will go before an ethics commission this afternoon. she testified yesterday that her husband ross mirkarimi never threatened her.

but she is worried about losing custody of her son in case there is a divorce. weather and traffic in a moment.

>> good morning from a traffic center, north and 101, an accident is blocking planes also delays, a live look at conditions on 237. as to connect to 880 traffic slow and go through that area, 880 throat and not a bad ride looking northbound and southbound. westlawn 580 slow and go. here's elizabeth with a look at your forecast. >> is still overcast we're seeing more clearing, here is a live look over the san francisco skyline, the images out the door have not changed much in the last half-hour. still in mid 50's and sandra fell. 57 in oakland and 60 degrees in san jose.

by this afternoon we will see a lot of sixties around the bay. ladies and some of the inland areas. so we will warm up slightly by tomorrow, were still by the weekend and 90s by saturday and sunday. ,,,,,,,,

a rare look inside nelson mandela's compound in south africa. he celebrated his 94th birthday yesterday as did most of south africa. 12 million south african children sang happy birthday to children sang happy birthday to the former president and anti- apartheid leader. that is good. welcome back to "cbs this morning." i'm gayle king. erica hill is off today. i'm charlie rose along with norah o'donnell. spencer west reached the summit of mount kilimanjaro last month and we'll speak with him about that in a moment. but first, the story of what makes this accomplishment so unique from "cbs evening news" anchor scott pelley who met up with west while he was still in africa.

>> the first half of the climb, there were lots of times there's like, i don't know if i'm going to make this. this is actually -- if we're going to finish it. >> spencer west finished on top in june. at nearly 20,000 feet, the kilimanjaro volcano is the world's tallest standalone mountain. west is as full of adventure as any man we've met. take a step back. you see that the climber has no legs. >> my family and i were told by the doctors that i would never set out by myself. i would never walk by myself and i probably wouldn't be a functioning member of society. >> they didn't know what the possibilities could be? >> exactly. exactly. >> a genetic defect at birth made his legs useless.

the doctors amputated at the hip. but that didn't break his spirit nor his stride. >> there must have been times you thought about giving it up. >> absolutely. but as we got towards the top,

west is. >> you know, it actually started with my parents. if we're going to talk about who i nm particular. my parents are credible. they raised me, number one, to not ever see myself as different. but to also focus on what i could do instead of focusing on what i can't do. i was told i would never be a functioning member of society. we refused to believe that. we set out to profit world that we can start by redefining what is possible for me. >> somebody says let's climb a mountain and you say okay. >> a little more than that. >> you are different. did you feel different when you were growing up? did you feel like the other kids? >> it's interesting. in the beginning i didn't. my friends treated meust >> in the beginning i didn't. my friends and family treated me like everybody else.

i never thought i was different until i went out in public. then when i went in public, people want to know where are your legs, what happened? i was like, i'm missing something here i guess i am different. >> you tell this amazing story about when you were in africa and you met a young girl. what did she say to you? >> yeah. we sat in the grass and these kids in kenya wanted to know who i was and everything about me. literally, where am i from, where are my legs, am i from the united states? after i shared my story, a girl said to me, she didn't know that losing legs happened to white people too. that changed the course of my life. i didn't realize that there was value to my story until she said that to me. i thought, i've been missing something. if i can inspire this girl to recognize that we all have challenges regardless of where i come from, what more can i do. >> part of this you did as part of free the children. >> i'm an ambassador for free

the children which is a mott for profit based out of canada. that was the volunteer trip i went on. this incredible community that helped me find my passion in the power of my story, i went back to kenya last summer to lead a volunteer trip and saw the effects of one of the worst droughts in over 60 years. this community that helped me find my passion now needed my help. so that was the sort of catalyst behind the climb and why we wanted to do it. to go towards the drought and help these incredible people by raising $750,000 for clean water. >> spencer, i am so fascinated by you. really, i was in the green room. i'm a little smitten. you have this larger than life personality. most people have never met anybody that looks like you, sounds like you, can do what you could. they make a lot of assumptions, a lot of questions. what is it that you want us to know about you? you know, i want to know how you function. how does your body function. how do you live day-to-day. >> yeah. i'm just missing my legs. they're amputated just below my pelvis.

what i want people to realize from me is a couple things. number one, yes, i don't have any legs. that's the obvious thing. we can talk about that. the second piece is that doesn't just define who i am. who defines me is my name, what i do for my job. whjob. what am i interested in. all of those things define who i am. not just i don't have any legs. we can talk about that. i would rather be known for the work that i do and who i am as a person other than just spencer west with no legs. >> here's who you are. a man who climbs mountains. >> we were trying to figure out, should we get the ramp. you go i can do it. i can do it. >> faster on my hands. >> nothing you can't do. it's really an honor to meet you. >> likewise. >> sparkling.

. now this sounds lik i this sounds like it can't be true. but 55 years ago today, five men voluntarily, voluntarily stood underneath the test explosion of a nuclear bomb. why did they do that? that story when "cbs this morning" continues. that? that story when "cbs this morning" continues. [ male announcer ] it isn't just your mammogram. it's your teenager's first varsity game. it isn't just your annual exam. it's your daughter's wedding. did you know with your health insurance

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. it was on this day in 1957 that the u.s. conducted one it was on this date in 1957 that the u.s. conducted one of the most important tests of the atomic age. a nuclear tip missile was fired and detonated in the skies over nevada. >> what was happening on the ground at that moment seems beyond comprehension today. bill plante is at the national archives in college park, maryland with that story. hello, bill. >> good morning, gayle. would you believe that 55 years ago this morning, five guys voluntarily stood in the nevada desert while a nuclear weapon exploded 18,000 feet over their heads. it was the only test of that kind. it was all captured on film,

which is now held here at the national archives. here's the story. >> minus one. >> a little after sunrise five officers of the u.s. air defense command wearing only their summer uniforms took their position next to a sign reading ground zero, population 5. they counted down the seconds. >> 8, 7, 6, 5 -- >> as two air force f-89 jets swooped overhead, one fired a nuclear tip air to air missile about 1/8 of the size of the one over hiroshima. there was a blinding flash as the weapon detonated. >> a very bright light. fireball as red that's floating above us there. >> 13 seconds later, the sound of the blast wave. >> it's directly above our heads. >> this is a huge fireball.

>> there was a sixth man there that day, george yoshitacky. a civilian cameraman working with the air force. he wasn't told the test was directly overhead until he arrived. >> i remembered i had a baseball cap. i thought i better wear that just in case. >> afterward he found out that the film he was making was to be government propaganda. >> it was a publicity stunt to show the american public how safe it was during the atomic bomb and if there was a war and there was bombs going off that it was safe for the general public. >> by the late '50s. americans were fearful of nuclear attack. >> duck and cover. this family knows what to do. >> duck and cover drills laughable today were thought then to provide some shelter. and back then, the u.s. didn't yet have intercontinental ballistic missiles. if soviet bombers attacked, the

missile fired in that test was america's only defense. >> that was basically to show that life can go on as normal with these nuclear air to air rockets exploding in the sky. >> pete kuran is a filmmaker who has done documentaries on nuclear testing. he researched this footage with the human subjects and stitched it together. he wasn't surprised at what he found. >> they wanted to show that this was no big deal and they did everything they could to say this is no big deal. >> the five human guinea pigs didn't think so either. >> my only regrets, this is colonel bruce, that everybody couldn't have been here at ground zero with us. >> it was a wonderful thrill. >> we all had a good time. they were very happy that they went out. in fact, one guy passed out cigars. they were all smoking and slapping each other and shaking hands that they survived.

>> well, don't you wish you could have been there? they measured radiation at the time and said it was negligible on the ground and george, the cameraman filmed other testing then. he's still going strong at 83. he did tell us at the time, he thought that was just another job. didn't give it too much thought. then again, he said, i was young. >> bill plante reporting live. i love your question just now when you said don't you wish you could have been there? i'm sitting here going no, i don't. do you wish you could have been there, bill plante? >> no i don't think so. the officers did live fairly long lives. but everyone who was there did have cancer at some point. you can't connect it. only one is still alive. he's 88. >> bill plante, always good to see you. actor jeff daniels just entered the building face to face with our newsroom. he's sitting in the green room.

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two titans of the written word are with us this morning. david is one of them. a pulitzer prize winning author of the legendary author of politics, culture, fiction and humor. >> i don't know what that means. he couldn't even get through it. >> comedian andy wore wits. he has a new home at the new yorker online humor channel. the two titans. >> i like it. i like it. i happen to believe, andy that humor is a sign of intelligence. i'm thinking you must be a straight a students.

you seem to find humor in everything. >> i think that's overrated. i have so many collaborators that don't get credit like michele bachmann. she's really a starter kit. i just kind of -- >> do you send thank you notes for being there. >> i should choose the gift that keeps on giving. you had that thing this morning where she says hillary is linked to this terrorist group called the democratic party. it's a shocking thing. >> but it comes from all sides of the political equation, doesn't it? >> absolutement. >> you get up in the morning and see that, thank you. >> they do my job for me. david you have said about andy, if there's something absurd, you can -- >> what's amazing about andy and the reason he's so, to be honest, web friendly is that he can see something that's on the evening news or the morning news and react to it comically like nobody else. he's out of the blocks faster. >> a lot of this is a new yorker going back to his roots?

>> we've never stopped running. >> humor, andy appeared in print. >> in a sense, the fact that it began with a large dose of humor. >> it was known as the comic weekly. >> comic weekly before the big profiles and the serious fiction and the reporting all around the world. the dna in the magazine is comic. andy is in that groove. the website wants to react to the news in a way that doesn't wait a week, two weeks or a month. we can be at one point a magazine that writes about a world series. it's a lit errie masterpiece. you want to react to michele bachmann's latest -- mccarthyism, instantaneous. >> doesn't the news -- is it more so that it lends itself to humor. >> it's always been this way. i did an anthology a couple years ago where i collected the

50 funniest american writers. mark twain and others were doing the same stuff i'm doing. everyone says fake news is the jon stewart and -- this has been going on forever. the news is funny. as you guys know. >> it never stops being funny. jon stewart -- >> jon stewart was asked all the time when george bush leaves, aren't you going to have a deficit of material? that never happened. >> no. >> you have something to say about sarah palin an the convention. >> yeah. this is a personal cause. i hate it when people get out there and discuss their personal causes, which is not the new yorker's. let me say there is this business where republicans are not going to invite sarah palin to the convention. speaking as a comedian, i think that's unforgivable. i think we comedians lost so many people in the last year from donald trump to herman cain, rick perry. i wanted to raise some money. i'd like to give her a party a

million dollars to invite sarah palin to the convention. >> andy, you have had the last word. the good news for us, is jeff daniels is alive and well in the green room.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

>> good morning, 8:25 a.m., did you call up with bay area headlines. san jose city officials are expected to remove about two dozen homeless people from kelley park. neighbors have complained about recent break-ins and some suspicious fires there as well. and this afternoon at ileana lopez will testify for a second day before the san fransisco ethics commission. lopez said yesterday that her husband suspended sherrif ross mirkarimi, never threaten her. however she is worried about losing custody of the child in their divorce. and some of hollywood's

brightest stars were up early for the prime time emmy nominations. madmen, and american horror story grabbed 17 nominations each. the british soap opera downtown abbey also earned 16 nominations. we have your weather and traffic coming up after the break.

>> good morning, traffic is improving at the bay bridge toll plaza and here's a live look at conditions. definitely much better story as you work your way through there. slow on the incline into san fransisco. card is dealing with the leas, if you're headed into san fransisco about a 10 minute residual delay due to legal problems but it is on the mend and south 280 blocking lands, were down 280 and was down 237 slow through milpitas with an accident northbound 101. >> we are here partly to mostly cloudy skies throughout the door, some clearing along the coast south of half moon bay and a better view of the golden gate bridge in the distance. upper 50's and low 60s. 56 degrees in oakland. by this afternoon we will warm things up to the '60s around the bay, at low '80s in the inland areas, we are in the middle of a warming trend, warmer still by

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jeff daniels approves. he says good music. welcome back to "cbs this morning." we've been watching jeff daniels in memorable roles for three decades, like "dumb and dumber," "terms of endearment" and god of

carnage. >> he takes on the role of an anchor man with personal demons. >> your father, he was an abusive alcoholic. >> i didn't say that. >> but he was, right? >> you got that in the 40 minutes that i've been sitting here that seemed like a week and a half? can i have a prescription now? >> he hit you? >> come on. >> he hit you, right? >> how many times did you see goodwill hunting? >> he hit you, yes. he hit your mother. >> yes. >> you have a brother, two sisters. he hit them, right? >> look, he didn't hit anybody once i was old enough to hit him back. >> jeff daniels, welcome. >> yeah. little violence. >> you're kind of comfortable doing this, sitting at a table now -- >> there's this move. [ laughter ] >> what else you got? >> hello. >> there's this move to here and then up. >> you got it down. >> got about three or four

moves. >> who is will mcavoy? >> he is an anchor person for acn, a fictional cable news network. he's got issues. he's brilliant at what he does, he's good at getting to the truth of the matter with any kind of guest. however, personally, he's a mess. it has to do a lot with mckenzie mchale his executive producer played by emily mortimer who we used to have a relationship way back when, she broke my heart. i love her to death but hate her. >> it's like call me, don't call me. >> who is boss? >> she's the boss much to my chagrin. >> i read that before this part came along, you were actually thinking about giving up acting, true? you are so great in this role? >> thank you. i'm tired of it and bored of it. you play squid and the whale. it's about a dysfunctional father. that's what you get offered. except it's five scenes and

you're in a movie with some 28-year-old who is making $10 million and can't find his mark. i'm going, i don't need to be doing this anymore. aaron sorkin and hbo come along and you're going i should still -- >> the script and the dialog, jeff, with the rat-a-tat-tat delivery. you describe it as an intellectual car chase. is it hard to do? it sounds improvised. >> not a word of it. the beauty of aaron sorkin, you memorize every single word and don't ad lib. that's not a negative. actors all -- you go to star school and there is a star school. >> okay. >> some people have graduated couple laud from star school and they can write. you have sorkin sitting there saying memorize my words. theater people know -- it's very good. >> that's great.

>> it's not. >> if you have seen the show. i know. very good. >> you know, it's a fabulous drama. it includes a love story and all the tension. so it's a great drama. there's a message behind this. i think it's sort of fascinating. i went back since i watched many of the episodes pulled the monologue where you make this change and sort of the broadcast. you say, we'll be deciding what goes on our air and how it's presented to you based on the simple truth that nothing is more important to democracy nan a well-informed electorate. you've said, you are admittedly a ratings who anchor and sticking out more tougher stories. >> right. >> what's the message? >> or getting you the information you need. >> isn't there a message that you and aaron sorkin are trying to deliver? >> i think there are many. specific to that is that i don't think we're informed anymore as

a country. i think we have the attention span of a gnat. >> we do. >> with cell phones and twitter. that's all fun and great and a great time to be alive. we don't need to know as much as we know. especially in a presidential election. when there's more candidates going on than actual stances on issues it seems. i think the american electorate ould work a little harder at getting informed. that includes hearing truly listening to the other side. the left or the right. aaron, one of the things he's trying do is go, start paying attention. >> one of the things norah is pointing out, on the one hand, aaron has a political philosophy, a take on the world. that's reflected here, which is his take. at the same time, the argument that is expressed, you need the truth in order to make a decision about democracy. >> uh-huh. >> are we seeing aaron's truth?

>> to some people, yes. to some people, less. it could be argued that there's more disinformation from the extreme of one side than maybe from the other. here's what i know, charlie. is that whoever said it might have been chris matthews. but it's true. aaron, i think, says the same thing. you govern in the middle. that's where you govern. that's where democracy seems to live. at least to me. i'm just an actor on a fictional television show. what do i know? when tip o'neil and ronald reagan sat in the white with a bottle of scotch and worked it out, that's days are gone. also in the series, aaron keeps saying we're trying to present to you and right now it's beating up on the tea party, but why not? we're looking at trying to find the best two competing arguments and then throwing them in front of the electorate. that's what he's -- where he's headed. >> now that you know how this business works, you know we're

live. we have to get it right on

>> in north hollywood, california. >> good morning. i'm bruce rosenblum, chairman and ceo of the academy of television arts and sciences. welcome to the 64th prime time emmy awards nominations announcement. this is truly a golden age of television and this morning we're honored to unveil those who are in the opinions of our members, at the top of their crafts. joining me for the presentation this morning is the star of scandal, ms. carrie washington. [ applause ] and the host of abc's hit jimmy kimmel live, mr. jimmy kimmel. [ applause ] carrie, jimmy, thank you so much for being here this morning. >> this is a sex dream, isn't it?

[ laughter ] >> wow. >> they roused me out of bed in the middle of the. >>. >> clearly. >> this could be just as good as noon, really. [ laughter ] >> jimmy, who are you wearing? >> this is from the husky baby collection. thank you for asking. would you like to begin? ladies first. >> i shall. the nominations in the drama series category are, boardwalk empire, breaking bad, downton abby, game of thrones, homeland, and mad men. >> finally. the nominees for lead actress in a drama series are. kathy bates, harry's law, glenn close, damages, claire danes, homeland, michelle dockery, downton abey.

julianna margulies, the good wife and elizabeth moss, madmen. >> for a lead actor in a drama series, the nominees are. hugh bonneville, downtonabbey. >> steve beau semi-. bryan cranston, breaking bad, michael sea hall, dexter. johnham, madmen and damian lewis, homeland. sniefrnlt f >> for outstanding miniseries or movies, the nominees are, american horror story, game change, hat fields and mccoys. hemingway and gel horn. luther. and sherlock, a scandal in bell grave i can't masterpiece. the nominees for lead actress in a miniseries for

movie are: connie britain, american horror story. ashley judd, missing. nicole kid man, hemingway and gelhorn. julian moore, game change and emma thompson, the song of lunch, masterpiece, just masterpiece. the nominees for lead actor in a miniseries or movie are: kevin costner, hatfields and mccoys. benedict couple ber batch, sherlock, a scandal in bell graphia, master spees pease. luther. woody harrelson, game change. five o clive owen and bill paxton, hatfields and mccoys. the nominees for outstanding host for a reality or reality competition program are: tom bergeron, "dancing with the

stars." cat deely, so you think you can dance. phil coe began, the amazing race. ryan seacrest, "american idol." and betty white, betty white's off their rockers. [ applause ] >> only old people get up this early i guess. here are this year's nominees for reality competition program. the amazing race, "dancing with the stars," project runway. so you think you can dance. top chef. and the voice. the nominees for variety series are. the colbert report. the daily show with jon stewart. jimmy kimmel live.

[ applause ] late night with jimmy fallon. real time with bill maher. and saturday night live. >> should i give a speech now or what? how does this work? that could have been very uncomfortable. that's exciting. nominees for lead actress in a comedy series are. zoe desh nell, new girl. lena dunham, girls. edie falco, nurse jackie. tina fey, 30 rock. julia lieu dreyfuss, veep. mike and molly. amy poehler, parks and recreation. >> the nominees for lead actor in a comedy series are. alec baldwin, 30 rock. don cheadle, house of lies. louie see kay, louie. john cryer, "two and a half

men." larry david, curb your enthusiasm and jim parsons, the big bang theory. all right. now we're going to complete theemia announcements by bringing back bruce rosenblum to. here he is, bruce. >> thanks, jimmy and carrie. the nominations in the comedy series category are. the big bang theory, curb your enthusiasm, girls, modern family, 30 rock, and veep. carrie, jimmy, thank you so much for your participation in morning. >> you're we september 23rd. we're here with ken tucker editor-at-large of entertainment weekly magazine. there they are. what do you think? >> i think it's a good morning to be a member of the down ton

abbey household and girls, lena dunham the creator of that show, freshman year. it's a big year for them. >> what surprises you most? >> the fact that betty white replaced jeff probst in the best host for a reality show category. i think that's pretty surprising. >> did you see, ken, everybody cheered when they said betty white. she seems to be a crowd favorite. it wouldn't be a nomination if betty white didn't get a mom nation in some category. >> there were certain predictable things in the sense that breaking bad and madmen nominated. a lot of the nominations. but this hugh bonneville for down ton abbey, michelle dock y dockery. also the fact that sherlock on pbs. it's really the biggest year pbs has had in a long, long time. it's a renewed life for them. >> when you tallied up, 81 for hbo, i think and the

gelhorn were terrific. cbs this very,ot get nominated. >> kevin costner. this is what i think is interesting. you see big screen movie actors now nominated for tv. >> yes. >> you've also hit upon the other real good story about the emmy nomination, which is that hatfields and mccoys is a miniseries that came out of nowhere. the history channel picked it up. it was supposed to be a feature film that was brought to tv. kevin costner and his production company said do you want to air this? they said yeah, okay. they were shocked the morning after what a huge ratings it >> wasn't it the number one cable-rated movie? >> yes, exactly.

it's really both a testament to costner's savvy and to just the american public now for finding shows like this. it's really good. >> now, i did just notice in best actress, i think it was, there were like seven nominations as opposed to five. how many? does that mean there were so many good actresses. >> in a certain sense yes. the a cad mid chaed the rules in the actor and actress categories. there are seven nominations. the other nomination which was significant was julia louie dreyfuss for veep. >> first time show. from seinfeld. coming into the first season of veep. it could have gone either way. >> they need to have jimmy kimmel do the announcements all the time. he's a lot of fun. >> everybody should be in pajamas. >> you can suggest all the good thank you ken tucker. you're watching "cbs this morning." ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

>> picking up on what we saw, the emmy nominations. do you watch much television? >> i dvr a lot. i'm pulling for breaking bad. >> that does it for us.

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>> >> this is a cbs 5 eyewitness news morning update. >> good morning everyone, time to get you caught up with bay area headlines. we start this afternoon with ileana lopez who will testify for a second day before the san fransisco ethics commission. she said yesterday that her husband, suspended sherrif ross mirkarimi, never threaten her. it is up to santa clara this return to decide whether to file charges in the death of a three- year-old boy from gilroy, the son of a san jose police officer who was fatally shot in the family home july 5th. police are ready to send their recommendation on possible

charges now to the district attorney. the effort to bring a future winter olympic games to lake tahoe getting a big boost, an exploratory committee has recruited new members including gold medalist kristi yamaguchi and johnny moseley. the olympic committee recently decided not to bid for the 2022 winter games, now pushing the target back to 2026. how about a look at your forecast? elizabeth is here to tell us what is going on the >> still a great day going on, here's a look at not hill where you can see the low clouds. we're seeing peaks of clearing as we have blue skies over the bay. right now temperatures mainly in the '50s, 56 in oakland and 58 in fremont and by this afternoon we warm up to mid-60's around the bay and low '80s in some of the inland areas. 80 in concord. in the middle of a warming trend, warmer by tomorrow and then we will see areas of hot weather by the weekend. a check of time saver traffic coming up next.

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>> and starting off with a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza getting a little bit better out there with me during lights still on. an accident off the east shore freeway. possibly blocking two lanes and that may slow you down. elsewhere we are dealing with more delays. pittsburgh a point line into san fransisco about a 15 minute delay. no trouble for a san muni or

caltrans or ferries. an accident now cleared out of a eastbound 880 and as you work your way to under 37, a little bit under this morning but not as bad as what was earlier. have a great day. have a great day. ,,,,,,

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