new arrests in the boston marathon bombing investigation. the fbi says three friends of alleged bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev disposed of evidence for the suspects. ranked wildfires in southern and northern california. hundreds of firefighters worked throughout the night to keep the fires in check. >> i'm going to come over and hug you one more time. and a face transplant recipient meets the daughter of the woman who gave her a new beginning. captioning funded by cbs captioning funded by cbs this is the "cbs morning news" for thursday, may 2nd, 2013. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green.

well, three men are being held without bail this morning accused of trying to protect one of the boston marathon bombing suspects. the three are college friends of accused bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev. they are not charged with any direct involvement in the take, but they do face obstruction charges for allegedly trying to cover up for their friend by concealing evidence. susan mcginnis has the details. >> three 19-year-olds appeared before a federal judge on wednesday accused of trying to cover up evidence from the boston marathon bombing for their friend dzhokhar tsarnaev. authorities say azamat tazhayakov and dias kadyrbayev tried to destroy evidence for tsarnaev. the third is accused of lying investigators when asked about it.

his mother appeared to be upset as she left the courthouse. federal authorities say the three men didn't connect tsarnaev to the marathon bombings until fbi officials released photos of the suspects to the public. prosecutors says kadyrbayev texted tsarnaev that he looked like one of the suspects. tsarnaev responded lol, short for laughing out loud, and said you'd better not text me. then he said this. i'm about to leave. if you need something in my room, tack it. kadyrbayev told investigators then he knew then he would never see zocodzhokhar alive. they took empty shells, a jar of vaseline which is commonly used in making homemade bombs, and a do zor cordzhokhar's laptop and dud

them in a dudumpster. >> mr. kadyrbayev told the fbi about it. he didn't know that they were part of a bombing or of interest. >> susan mcginnis, cbs news, washington. and we're learned now russian agents were watching russian native, older brother, tamerlan tsarnaev. he spent six months in dagestan last year. he suddenly disappeared after a canadian were killed by the police. the russian and canadian had social networking ties. they were investigating whether tamerlan tsarnaev was trained or indoctrinated by militants in dagestan. the fbi is looking for three people who may have information on the deadly attack on the u.s. mission in benghazi, libya. the three individuals were photographed on the ground of the mission when it was attacked on september 11th of last year. their pictures are posted on the fbi website. four americans including the u.s. ambassador, were killed in that attack. and this morning firefighters are battling to control wind-driven wildfires burning in southern and northern california. two fires are borning north of

san francisco, but the largest and for now the most dangerous are burned 40 square miles about 40 miles east of los angeles in banning. it's destroyed at least one home and forced the evacuation of about 200 others. stacy butler of our los angeles station kcbs reports. >> i thank the lord i wasn't in the home. >> reporter: 53-year-old joe keener had just finished eating in the home he grew up in when the police ordered him out with his dog duke. he got down the hill. he didn't get smoke. >> i had a lot of smoke. >> reporter: he turned his car around and waited with fire crews as flames went toward his home. a neighbor snapped this photo. >> they said, looks like you're going to lose your house. i said, well, nothing i can do. i've about got duke. >> reporter: nothing could prepare him for what he saw. >> it's gone. >> reporter: his moe mother's

home was in ashes. >> i'm going to probably cry when the evening hits when i get off in a corner. for the public, you have to carry on. you have to sit and realize this is tragedy, yes, but you've got friends, you've got neighbors. >> reporter: moments later just down the hill -- panic set in. >> yeah, i'm still a little shaky. >> reporter: -- as neighbors gathered up their belongings as flames came toward their home. >> i've never been this close. it's just frightening. >> reporter: as the winds die down, this fire is slowing down. the battalion chief has confirmed all evacuation orders have been lifted but the winds are expected to surface again at 3:00 in the morning. all crews will remain on scene through the night. for this homeowner, he and his dog will spend the night with friends. in banning, stacy butler, for cbs news. in northern california, a fire in sonoma county is about 50% contained the morning after burning about 125 acres. another fire in nappa county is

fully contained after burning 75 acres. no buildings were damaged and no injuries are reported. now to the debate over immigration reform. there were mayday marches in support of reform yesterday across the country. demonstrators at an anti-capital protest in seattle clashed with police. 18 people were arrested. protesters threw rocks and bottles at police and police used flash bang grenades and pepper spray. demonstrators also took to the streets of downtown los angeles. the rally snarled traffic and forced city buses to change their routes. historically mayday, may 1st, began as day for labor rights. recently it's morphed into a day for immigration reform. there was also a rally in portland, oregon. oregon's governor signed a bill authorized driver's licences for people who are in the state illegally. >> all oregonians can take a driver's exam, can get a

license, can get car insurance, and can drive safely to and from work and from school. >> demonstrators also gathered at the colorado state capital. the colorado governor just signed a bill allowing students living in the state illegally to pay instate tuition at public colleges. north korea has sentenced a u.s. citizen to hard labor for unspecified crimes against the government. kenneth bay is from the seattle area. he was traveling with a small group in north korea when he was arrested six months ago. there were already tense relations between the u.s. and north korea. and the department of homeland security is investigating a possible case of human trafficking at a saudi arabia compound. homeland security received information that two women were

possibly being held against their hill at the come bound in mclean, virginia, the two women were removed from that compound and according to one source, they say they were from the philippines and brought to work as household staff, but they say they never had any time off and were not allowed to leave the compound. coming up on the "morning news," the battle over the morning after pill. the obama administration fights to put age limits on the emergency contraceptive. and in the moneywatch, frontier airlines rolls out a sky-high fee for carry-on bags. this is the "cbs morning news."

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plane clipped the tail of a a scandinavian airlines plane clipped the tail of a united airlines express jet at newark liberty airport in new jersey last night. both were taxiing for takeoff at the time. there were no reported injuries. united jet was towed back to the jet. the scandinavian airline plane taxied back to the terminals. the passengers were placed on other flights. >> and the justice department is

appealing a ruling to making a pill for women and girls of any age. the appeal reaffirms obama administration's position that younger girls should not have access to the pills. last month the judge ruled that age limits should be lifted for plan b step-one morning after pill. on tuesday the fda lowered the age to 15 from the current age of 17. on the "cbs moneywatch" now, a warning from the fed on federal spending cuts, and the best college major if you want a job after you graduate. ashley morrison is here in new york with that and more. good morning, ashley. >> and good morning to you, anne-marie. well, the federal reserve says it will continue its aggressive efforts to stimulate the economy. after a two-day policy meeting on wednesday the fed said it will keep short-term interest at record lows at least until the nation's unemployment falls. the central bank also warns federal spending cuts and tax increases that began this year are slowing the economy. asian stocks were lower on weak manufacturing news from china. tokyo's nikkei lost more than half a percent while hong kong's

hang seng dropped a quarter percent. wall street's stocks fell sharply on signs of weak u.s. economic growth and another round of disappointing corporate revenue results. the dow lost 138 points at wednesday's close. the nasdaq was down 29 points. >> the labor department says the jobless rate is down sharply in many u.s. cities. unemployment rates fell almost 90% last month in most of the largest metro areas, but the declines are likely due to large numbers of people who have stopped looking for work. the labor department only counts people as unemployed if they are looking for work. well, one day after it went high tech, hailing a taxi here in new york is back to being an arm-raising affair, at least for now. a court on wednesday stopped a year-long test for passengers to get a cabbie using an app on their smartphone. car service owners sued saying the prearranged fares app was unfair to them.

the case goes back to court later on this month. a new survey suggests business and technical majors may have the most opportunity in finding work after they graduate college. careerbuilder, the nation's largest online job search says the most demanding occupations for recent grads are registered nurse, sales representative, and accountant. the survey also found that 27% of employers would consider increasing starting salaries. and here's another reason to travel light if you're flying. starting this summer, frontier airlines will charge passengers up to $100 for a carry-on bag. the price will be $25 if it's paid in advance. frontier also will charge $2 for coffee, tea, juice, or soda. passengers will be allowed to keep the whole can of soda. very generous. >> a whole can, ashley. i guess that's what's considered a perk nowadays when you're flying. >> i guess so. >> ashley morrison here in new york. thanks a lot, ashley. well, straight ahead, your

thursday morning weather, plus the chicago cubs are playing hard ball. why the team is threatening to leave wrigley field behind. why the team is threatening to leave wrigley field behind. [ female announcer ] moms will love edible arrangements new mother's day bouquet! heart-shaped pineapple, chocolate dipped strawberries and it's on sale now. celebrate early with free delivery on may 8th and 9th. order today. stop in, call or visit ediblearrangements.com. ♪ edible arrangements ediblearrangements.com. i like it - i just... you can't change color like we do. valspar has the love your color guarantee. if i don't love it, i get another color free. i'm thinking more this. yowza! valspar signature, look for it only at lowe's.

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fall across the central plains to northern wisconsin. showers and thunderstorms will stretch from texas to southern florida. the northeast will be mainly dry and pleasant, and much of the west will be dry as well. in sports now, the chicago cubs are threatening to leave wrigley field if the team is blocked from making upgrades to the historic stadium. the cubs want to add a video screen in the outfield bleachers. the team says that would help it sell advertising, which would help pay for a half billion dollars in other renovations to wrigley. >> if we don't have the ability to generate revenue in our own outfield, then we'll have to take a look at moving, no question. >> but nearby clubs that offer roof deck bleachers say the proposed screen will block their view of the field, and those businesses share 17% of their revenue with the cubs. now, the cubs were in action at wrigley field last night. chicago starter scott feldman

turned in a shining performance under the lights. he hits an rbi double in the second inning and strikes out 12 padres batters for a complete victory, 6-2. two nba teams had a chance to advance in the playoffs wednesday but they couldn't get the job done. oklahoma city can't stand a barrage of three-pointers by the houston rockets. hardin hits one. the rockets still lead the series, 3-2. the new york knicks also failed to knock out boston, the celtics winning game 5, 92-86. and the indiana pacers gained an edge over lan ta, winning 3-2. three more nhl series round games got under way last night. the new york islanders had their postseason appearance in six years spoiled by the penguins. pittsburgh threw this to a 5-0 victory in game one.

in first round action san jose wins on the road to vancouver and boston beats toronto, 3-1 and boston beats toronto, 4-1. when we return now, starting over. a victim of a bra tall attack speaks out for the first time about her face transplant and moving on after tragedy. a maybe. and you may have chronic migraine. go to mychronicmigraine.com to find a headache specialist. and don't live a maybe life. recently, jcpenney changed. some changes you liked. and some you didn't. but what matters with mistakes is what we learn.

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here's a look at here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. washington, mostly sunny, but atlanta and st. louis, it will be soggy. a chance of showers in atlanta, thunderstorms in st. louis. denver, sunny and partly sunny in seattle. chris kelly, one half of the rap duo kris kross has died. ♪ their most memorable song was

the 1992 hit "dump." kelly was known as mac daddy. he died wednesday in atlanta. an autopsy is scheduled for today. chris kelly was 34 years old. well, a woman faces years of recovery after undergoing a complicated face transplant earlier this year, but on wednesday she spoke publicly for the first time. as teresa garcia reports, the patient says she is ready to move on with her life. >> reporter: carmen tarleton greeted the cameras on the arm the doctors who gave her a new face. 30 nurses and doctors took part in the 15-hour transplant operation in february. >> i've received this wonderful gift and this chapter in my life. >> reporter: the 44-year-old mother of two was severely disfigured in 2007 when her ex-husband doused her with industrial-strength lye at her home in vermont. >> i'm going to come over and hug you one more time.

>> reporter: her daughter who gave her her new face was at wednesday's news conference. her daughter gave tarleton a hug and said she looks beautiful. wright says fate brought tarleton and her mother together again. >> i get to feel my mother's skin again, i get to see my mother's freckles, and through you, i get to see my mother live on. >> reporter: tarleton is legally blind. she says it's relieved her of her horrible neck pain that she's had for six years. >> today i'm fine. i'm good. >> reporter: tarleton says she's now in a better place and feels good, better than she ever imagined. >> i want others to know that they need not give up angeling themselves when tragedy strikes. >> reporter: she says if you want to move forward, you have to forgive.

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in afghanistan the spring offensive against troops is under way. they continue to win villages over the enemy stronghold in the south and elizabeth palmer looks how female soldiers are playing a key role. >> reporter: gorac base in southern afghanistan is so remote, supplies arrive air express and have to be manhandled by storage at special stations here. but at this bastion of elite male fighting power, surprise. there are women soldiers, and their brothers in arms cast a critical eye on their competence

major wendy cory told us. >> they'll take a step back to see if you're confident, see if you can handle the mission. >> reporter: the mission is general soldiering and to get to know afghan women who aren't allowed contact with men outside their families. in this role sergeant eva reza is a combat soldier with an added dimension. do the women tell you things that -- that your male colleagues wouldn't get from the men they're in combat with? >> they do tell us things. they do report taliban activity. they do report ied activity. >> reporter: this woman tells her she has just reports two ieds bombs on the base specifically for women and children, but the most dangerous work the female soldiers do is at night. on special operations strike force raids to capture taliban fighters. on this video given to us by the military, you can see them reassuring afghan women and

children. major wendy cory. >> taking them to a mosque or someplace else that's away from the situation allows the strike force to accomplish the mission. >> reporter: a study done for the military found that there is less violence when women soldiers join the race. >> you've got to put yourself in like that almost motherly role or sisterly role, softly talking to them and explaining the situation and hoping that it works. come on in. >> reporter: they may be members of hard core fighting units, but many tasks are gender-specific. you don't feel like you're treated as just girls? >> no, not at all. >> reporter: doing girlie things? >> no, not at all. we go out there, we go on patrol, we pull our weight, get the mission done just as they do. >> reporter: with the advantage of being able to connect with 50% of the population which until now has been off limits to american soldiers. elizabeth palmer, cbs news,

gorac, afghan scan. well, coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," the latest on the boston marathon bombing investigation. we'll hear from jack ford on how the legal case is shaping up. plus, retired pope benedict returns to the vatican today. we'll get the latest from vatican city. and we'll talk with the first american to summit mt. everest 50 years ago. that's the "cbs morning news" for this thursday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com çó

>> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald good morning. it's thursday, may 2. good to have you with us. i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm michelle griego. time now is just about 4:30. it's going to be a scorcher today. the first heat advisory of the

year. >> let's get over to meteorologist lawrence karnow, tracking the occurrence conditions in the weather center. >> temperatures today the hottest of the week. a heat advisory is up for much of the bay area. in fact, we are going to see many of these temperatures soaring up to the 90s inland. you can see that heat advisory not continuing right toward the coastline but you get the idea, temperatures hotter than we have seen for the better part of the year. not triple digits but definitely 90s a possibility out there by the afternoon and many 80s inside the bay so make sure you check on the kids, pets and elderly. it's going to be unseasonably hot. outside now, a little cool at the coastline. we have some 50s there but some 50s in some of the bay areas and also the valleys. looks like as we head in toward the afternoon though the average temperature is usually in the 60s and also the 70s for this time of year. looks like we are going to be well above that checking in at about 92 degrees in livermore, should be about 90 in san jose.