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shooting suspect james holmes will face trial for july's deadly attack. holmes is due to be arraigned today, but his lawyers are likely to ask for a delay. following a three-day hearing a judge ruled late last night the prosecutors have presented enough evidence to proceed with the case. holmes faces 166 felony counts on charges he killed 12 people and wounded 70 others. he remains held without bail. the ruling comes as washington searches for ways to curb gun violence. vice president biden's task force plan to present recommendations to the president next week. they include a ban on assault weapons, limits on high-capacity ammunition magazines, and universal background checks for gun buyers. the recommendations are based on a week's worth of meetings of advocates on both sides of the issue including a sit-down with the nra on thursday. susan mcginnis is in washington. susan, good morning to you. >> good morning, terrell. white house officials did not
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expect they would win over the representatives yesterday but the powerful lobbying group left that meeting determined to stand in the way of any new gun control measures. the meeting lasted more than an hour and a half, and afterward the nra released a statement saying it was disappointed with how little this meeting had to do with keeping our children safe and how much it had do with an agenda to attack the second amendment. nra president david keene was not in the meeting but called the proceeding one-sided. >> prior to the meeting they made a number of statements from the white house that they hadn't made up their mind, but after the meeting the vice president made it clear in terms of firearms they had made up their minds. >> reporter: the nra fought every item on the agenda and proposed to oppose every one. at a separate meeting with hunting and wild lyre groups the vice president said there is still room to find common ground. >> even if what we do is only save one life, it makes sense, and think we can do a great deal
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with it in any way imposing on or impinging on the rights of the second amendment that the second amendment guarantees. >> and the task force meets today with representatives of the video game industry. the panel is supposed to present its findings to the president on tuesday, and we've learned that relatives of the victims of the sandy hook school shooting are going to be consulting before the president makes any decisions. terrell. >> susan mcginnis on a friday morning. susan, thank you so much. more details this morning on another school shooting, this one in california. authorities say a 16-year-old high school student targeted other students who bullied him. the boy allegedly walked into taft union high school yesterday carrying a shotgun that belonged to his brother and opening fire. edward lawrence is in taft, california, with more. edward, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, terrell. students before this incident say that the gunman never seemed like a violent person. police say in this case an
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unarmed teacher is the one credited with saving lives. police swarmed taft union high school following reports of shots fired inside a classroom. >> i thought, this can't be real. i was in shock. >> reporter: students say a 16-year-old stay tuned walked in carried a shotgun and opened fire. >> after he walked in, he pumped the rifle, lifted right away and shot. >> reporter: casey missoni said she tried to help one of her classmates who was critically shot. >> the guy who got shot, i was holding him and i had blood on my sweatshirt. >> reporter: the local suspect told the police he planned the shooting the night before. >> our 16-year-old student/suspect had felt like he had been bullied for some time by a couple of students. >> reporter: and they say the gunman and the victim had a history. >> the student that is in critical condition we believe is one intended target of the suspect. >> reporter: authorities say things could have been much
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worse if it weren't for the heroic actions of one high school teacher. >> if you talked to the students, they probably all thoroughly enjoy his class. >> reporter: ryan heiber was in the classroom and talked the shooter and convinced him to put the gun down. >> i think at one point he said he didn't want to shoot the teacher. >> reporter: he said he was still in shock what happened at the school. please say they're investigating reports that the student actually made a hit list last year. terrell. >> edward lawrence in california. thank you so much. to the rapidly spreading flu virus. it's at epidemic proportions now in some parts of new york including boston. the surging cases have strained hospitals and emergencies rooms and the vaccine supply. the virus is widespread in at least 41 states and is blamed for 20 deaths nationwide. randall pinkston has the report. >> reporter: janet von bromm doesn't usually get the flu
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shot, but this year she changed her mind. >> i hear it takes two weeks for it to go into effect, so maybe i'm not catch it in the next two weeks and it will offer me protection. >> reporter: many new yorkers have the same idea, lining up for a vaccine in what's become an early and bad flu season. the flu is already widespread in 45 states and is blamed for the deaths of at least 20 children so far. the nationwide outbreak is causing a huge demand for fu shots. in just a few hours this manhattan drugstore gave three dozen shots. >> it's still good to protect yourself now because the flu can strike at any time. i mean it comes to you at times - without any symptoms and the next thing you know you're bed-ridden, you're sick, and you're probably thinking to yourself, i wish i got my flu shot. >> reporter: but the makers of the vaccine are running out of both. >> i came here. >> reporter: hospitals are also being stretched to their limits. dr. paul biddinger of massachusetts general says people who don't need emergency care are flooding hospitals.
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>> if you're having shortness of breath, if you have some underlying illness that's being made much more severe, come into the hospital. many other people can safely be managed at home, again, taking fluids, drinking as much as they can of clear liquids, ibuprofen, and tylenol. >> reporter: patients who got here are glad they got here before the vaccine ran out and the flu set in. randall pinkston, cbs news, new york. president obama meets afghan president hamid karzai this morning at the white house. the role with the u.s. and afghanistan will likely be the agenda. last night he met with secretary of state hillary clinton. earlier he met with defense secretary leon panetta. panetta says the coalition has advanced to the last chapter of the war and that he and karzai made very good progress on key issues. reaction to jack lew's nomination to be the next
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secretary treasurer is predictably falling along party lines. most agree lew will be confirmed by the senate. president obama officially nominated him yesterday. he's currently chief of staff. he said he trust lew's friendship and values his judgment. we'll take a quick break on a friday morning. coming up on the "morning news," life follows art. a snake on a plane clings to a wing on a frigid two-hour flight. we'll find out if there's a hollywood ending when we come back on the "morning news."
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guinea not inside a qantas airplane but by riding on the wing. take a look at this. startled passengers took these pictures. the python is seen battling fear winds. qantas said there was no threat to the safety of the aircraft. the snake unfortunately was found dead on arrival. is anybody thinking of a line from a movie? samuel jackson? i won't say it. i'm thinking it though. a nuclear-powered u.s. navy submarine struck a fishing vessel on thursday. there was no reported injury. the fishing boat maintained its speed and course, offering no indication of a collision. "cbs moneywatch" time now on a friday. american express announces big job cuts and 2013 could be the year of lower gas prices. ashley morrison is feeling better. she's back with us this morning. good morning. >> it's good to be back. touch and go, but i did make it through. good morning. american express will cut as many as 5,400 jobs mostly from its travel business. the company says business is down sharply as increasing
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numbers of its customers switched to internet travel sites to book travel and hotel res reservations. the fourth quarter results are expected to cause american skples nearly $400 million. asian stocks were mostly lower on a jump of china's december inflation data. hong kong's hang seng lost half a percent while hit a 23-month high. wall street stocks ended higher. the dow jones industrial average was up 80 points on thursday. the nasdaq also gained 15 points. gasoline prices are expected to fall this year. the energy department estimates the average price of a gallon of regular will fall 5% nationwide to $3.44. that's the biggest drop in four years. forecasters say ample supplies and weak demand will keep prices down, barring refinery problems or a rise in middle east tensions. two congressional panels have released new evidence that contradicts earlier statements
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by walmart about when senior executives knew of bribery allegations tied to its operation in mexico. walmart is accused of paying off mexican officials to speed up building permits. u.s. law forbids american companies from bribing foreign officials. walmart said the e-mails are consistent with its prior statement. and years of rising college tuitions and higher enrollment may be over, but it's because fewer people are enrolling. an annual survey of about 300 colleges and universities by moody's investor service suggests the economic downturn has forced some students to skip or delay going to college. another factor, budget negotiations in congress could lead to less student aid, and that's certainly not good news. >> no, no. i bet college kids are like, look, enough is enough. >> right. >> right yeah. ashley morrison here in new york.
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dallas, 72, and mostly sunny in l.a. 57 degrees. let's check your national forecast. a huge storm will bring blizzard conditions from the intermountain west to the northern plains. that same storm system will bring heavy rain from st. louis to the ohio valley. the central plains will be dry but windy. scattered showers will extend. but the northeast will be wet with freezing rain in some places. the son of former nfl star junior seau says he's not surprised that his father suffered from a degenerative brain disease linked to repeated blows to the head. he killed himself last may, two years after he retired. yesterday the national institute of health said seau's brain had abnormalities consistent with the disease known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy or cte. >> individuals that have been found to have cte in the past in some cases have exhibited
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behaviors such as impulsivity, irritability aggression memory loss, and suicidal thoughts. >> seau is the fifth former nfl player to commit suicide who was later found to have cte. in baseball a change in the drug testing griemtd between the managers and the players' association. beginning next season, players will be tested for human growth hormones throughout the regular season. last year players were tested for hgh during spring training. >> to the nba now. some last-minute heroics sunk the heat in miami. lebron james snapped his 54 streak of 24 games. fourth quarter, under a minute to go. a three-pointer to put the trail blazers ahead. portland held on to beat miami. 92-90 is the final. and an upsetting college hoops. singler scored 14 points. it was arizona's first loss of the season. the ducks now winners of 17
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straight home games including 11 this season. oregon beat arizona, 70-66. when we come back, sleep drug dangers. important new recommendations for women who use the popular sleeping pill ambien. i have never encountered such a burning sensation... until i had the shingles. it was like a red rash. like somebody had set a bag of hot charcoal on my neck. i had no idea it came from chickenpox. it's something you never want to encounter.
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for more of the inside story visit shinglesinfo.com some parts of the bay area are under a freeze warning right now. and shelters are filling up. how long this chill is expected to stick around. one day after the school shooting in central california: the gunman's possible motive. and the teacher, hailed as a hero. and the world's most advanced passenger plane, touching down for the first time in the bay area this morning. one thing that's already here: its shaky reputation. join us for cbs 5 eyewitness news this morning... beginning at 4:30. good morning. it's friday
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here's a look at the weather in some cities around the country. washington, rain, 52. atlanta, 67. partly sunny in st. louis, 66. showers in denver, 32. occasional showers in seattle, 36 degrees. a 19-year-old abduction mystery has been solved. richard landers was 5 years old when his paternal grandparents fled from their indiana home during a custody issue in 1994. police recently traced landers to his home in minnesota through his social security number. landers now 24 and married is expecting his first child.
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authorities declined to say whether the grandparents will be charged. federal health officials want the manufacturers of sleeping pill medications to cut the dosage of the drugs. the request follows hundreds of reports with driver-related problems connected with the chemicals in sleeping pills. teresa garcia reports. >> reporter: people who tame ambien or sleeping pills will soon be ingesting lower doses. the food and drug administration is ordering drug companies to cut the dosage in half for women. the move is based on new research that shows the higher dose can cause morning ging drowsiness, which can lead to car accidents. >> at 7:00 or so in the morning there are still leftover chemicals that leave you drowsy. >> reporter: robert kennedy's daughter was in an accident last year. she hit a trailer. she had a chemical that ambien has.
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the fda is also recommending lowering the doses for men, but it won't be mandatory. millions of americans take ambien and other drugs to treat their insomnia. it helps them fall asleep faster. it causes drowsiness because it triggers different brain chemicals that contribute to thinks in the brain. >> reporter: the makers of ambien released a statement saying individuals taking zolpidem should always talk to their doctor about the most appropriate dose. and these medicines should not be used if these individuals are not able to get the recommended seven to eight hours of sleep. the fda says patients should continue taking their currently prescribed dose until they can talk to their doctor. teresa garcia, cbs news, denver, colorado. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," an update on the early flu season. i'm terrell brown. this is the "cbs morning news." he early flu season. i'm terrell brown. this is the "cbs morning news."
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a fire near christchurch, new zealand, is under control this morning. it broke out yesterday afternoon and quickly spread burning more than 370 acres. hot dry winds fanned the flames. it took helicopters anand and more than 20 fire crews to put out the fire. hundreds of thousands of homes were destroyed or damaged by superstorm sandy. in new jersey a community hit hard by the storm is rallying around their famous boardwalk. as elaine quijano reports, the return of the boardwalk is key to the survival of the city. >> reporter: jimmy camaras has opened his restaurant jimmy's place in a jersey shore town of belmar every morning since hurricane sandy hit ten weeks ago. did you think about walking away? >> i sure did. i really did. i was thinking about closing up shop, taking my losses, and moving on, but something told me to stay.
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>> we're here to help you out. >> god bless you. >> reporter: for three weeks he gave away food for free. with power out and much of the town under water, his restaurant, powered by a generator, was the only place to get a hot meal. >> it was scary. it was scary and nerve-racking to say the least, but i think i fed off the people i was feeding. i kind of fed off of them because they were so appreciative. i got strength from them, you know, to hang n. >> reporter: camaras weathered through and now jimmy's place is one of three places open near the belmar shore. the town is working hard to help camaras and other business owners to get back on track. step one is rebuilding the boardwalk. matt doherty is the mayor. >> we have tourists completely dependent on coming to belmar in the summer. without the boardwalk, the
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beach, we wouldn't have the tourists or the beach and it would be devastating to the middle-class families. >> it's like anything else. when you lose something, you miss it and you want it back and you want it in most cases, better than it was. i think that's the thing to show that, you know, to show some resilience, that you can't be beat. you know, you can't beat it. you can't beat us. >> reporter: camaras has his eye on memorial day weekend, the official start of the summer tourist season. the mayor has promised the town's boardwalk will be back by then. camaras is betting that his customers will be too. >> there's a lot on the line. and, you know if i go down i go down, but i go down fighting. >> reporter: sounds very jersey to me. >> yeah, it's jersey. jersey strong. >> reporter: elaine quijano, cbs news, belmar, new jersey. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," an update on the obama administration's task force to curb gun violence. we'll get the latest from the
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white house. plus, we'll go to italy to mark the one-year anniversary to mark the "costa concordia" disaster. and more on the guidelines for the popular sleeping pill ambien. that is the news for this friday morning. as always, i appreciate you watching. i'm terrell in new york. take care, everybody. have a great weekend. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com
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lucky. it's cold. it was a little chilly this morning. we are not seeing 20s yet. that could change. but the freeze warning and frost advisories around the bay still in effect until 8 a.m. so we'll let you know how low it will go overnight plus the weekend forecast coming up. >> if you need time to warm up your car, traffic light on the bay bridge this morning. just lots of construction. i'll tell you where in just a couple of minutes. >> i saw the twinkling lights on the bay bridge this morning. >> it was a beautiful sight. >> they were starting to test the lights out. >> didn't see a thing. >> thank you. it is 4:30 now. the world's most advanced airplane boeing 787 dreamliner has been grounded with problems and this morning, the faa has issued a comprehensive review of that plane. let's go to cbs 5 reporter anne makovec, who is live at mineta san jose airport where the dreamliner is expected to land today. >> reporter: it's goin
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