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snen snend. good morning to viewers in the west. friday, may 3, 2013. welcome to "cbs this morning." thing goes from bad to worse on the fire lines in california. >> the boston bombing was planned for independence day. former fbi insider john miller has new details on what dzhokhar tsavraev is telling investigators. what is making people in china have a good laugh? would you believe u.s.it's the white house correspondent's dinner. >> but we begin with this morning's eye open her, your world in 90 seconds. >> we just pray everything will be okay. >> wildfires explode in southern california. >> crews working overtime trying
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to contain a series of blazes on multiple front. >> oh! >> big explosion. >> 10,000 acres, officials are estimating, have burned. flames only 10% contained. >> all residents leave. >> forcing evacuations, closing part of the pacific coast highway. >> we didn't think we would have to do this so we're scrambling. >> a historic may snowstorm is sweeping across the midwest after it dumped snow from texas to minnesota. >> new developments now on the boston bombing investigation. >> dzhokhar tsavraev told the fbi that he and his brother the attack at a july 4th event in boston. >> the bombs made at tamerlan's apartment were ready so they moved up the date. >> tamerlan's body claimed by his family. demanding an independence autopsy. and a texas man dead after firing at houston's biggest airport. over lower manhattan, spire hoisted to the roof of 1 world
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trade. tallest tower in the western hemisphere. >> warren buffett has joined twitter. tweeting warren is in the house. >> all that -- >> oh my. >> and he's down. >> i might ruin my hair. >> no, paris, come on. >> is this like a fantasy of yours? >> and all that matters. >> memorial for country legend george jones. thousands came out in a fitting place, the grand ole opry. >> god made only one like him, but aren't we glad he did. >> and pope emeritus moves to his new residence. >> won't he be ticked when he sy sees that pope francis took down his metallica posters. >> this morning's eye opener
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presented by prushldential. >> wildfire battles continue east of los angeles. a fire in banning destroyed two homes. >> new concern along the coast. flames burned a ten-mile path. an entire university is closed today. carter evans in point magoo, california. good morning. >> good morning, charlie and norah. welcome to viewers in the west. overnight, the fire moved west along pacific coast highway right now. this area under a mandatory evacuation. the fire has burned 10,000 acres, and so far, it's 10% contained. fires continued into the night after a day that saw temperatures hitting a record 97 degrees in camarillo, wind gusts up to 50 miles an hour it felt like the peak of the summer fire season and it's only the middle of spring. as manies 2,000 residents forced to evacuate.
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>> they are afraid it's going to jump that mountain to this back hill and if it does then we're -- it could catch the fire. >> rv starting to catch fire. >> reporter: flames engulfed a number of recreational vehicles and agricultural buildings next to a strawberry farm. that fire led to a hazardous materials warning. officials barred anyone from going near the facility for fear that pesticides fertilizer or diesel fuel could be part of the fiery mix. buildings up in flames east of camarillo. why are we seeing fires so early? >> a big part is the dryness. not enough moisture whether it be snow pack, whether it be rainfall. >> reporter: in fact officials say california's snow pack is just 17% of normal. so scenes like these, firefighters working into the night to put out hotspots and worried residents watching and
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waiting to see if a wall of flames will turn their home to ashes, are expected to continue for months to come. it's the high winds that push this fire to the ocean, but now we're getting a bit of ocean breeze blowing back on the fire. it's that cool moist air. that's helping the flames lay down today. charlie and norah. >> carter thank you. the midwest getting hit by an unusual may storm. winter weather advisories posted from minnesota to arkansas. freeze warnings extend into the southwest. the storm dumped 18 inches of snow in some parts of minnesota. at least three cities had their heaviest may snowfall ever. school has to cancel classes. >> jeff is tracking the cold front. it's may what's going on? >> this is unprecedented. we do not ever see this kind of weather. right now, still heavy snow in
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parts of kansas city all the way north to iowa and minnesota. let's show you first of all, april. april was the fifth snowiest in terms of snow cover across the united states. we got that from rutgers university global snow lab. with this snowfall we've seen all-time records. dodge city minnesota. 15 inches. shattering the all time record for the states which previously was set back in 1890 and eau claire, wisconsin, 8.7 inches of snow. the previous record shattered. kansas city, snowing, des moines, snowing. not just snow also the cold. take a look at temperatures 30 in amarillo this morning. we've seen hundreds of record lows over the past couple of days. the good news is we'll see that snow wind down as it mixes with rain. during this afternoon. unsettled probably through tomorrow morning. norah, charlie. >> jeff, thank you. the body of tamerlan
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tsavraev has been claimed. a protest outside the funeral home where his body was taken. the funeral home's director says remains have been moved elsewhere. word this morning of a chilling confession allegedly made by the brother. sfwlok dzhokhar tsavraev. elaine quijano is in boston. >> reporter: good morning. new details about the first interviews, dzhokhar tsavraev did with investigators, the weekend after his arrest april 19th. it turns out the boston marathon bombings were not the original plan. a u.s. official confirms that dzhokhar tsavraev told investigators the plot was originally scheduled for the 4th of july celebration. the brothers decided to push up the date to patriots day in massachusetts. april 15th. officials say dzhokhar said the bombs were made at the cambridge home of his older brother tamerlan, who dzhokhar said brought him into the plot only a
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couple of months before. he gave varying accounts during the entire viewinterviews and the information was subject to investigation. news much the july 4th plot has prompted police to focus more intently on the security for the huge holiday celebration. officers from boston plan to head to new york city for more training on handling high-profile events. >> we're heading to new york city to learn about the times square plan that they put in place on new year's eve. a high risk event. we will see how they run that event. >> reporter: as the investigation moves forward, cbs news has learned the dna and fingerprints on bomb fragments found at the scene do not match those of tamerlan tsavraev's widow, katherine russell. late thursday a funeral home picked up the body of tamerlan tsavraev from the medical examiner's office on behalf of his family. a spokesman for the massachusetts executive office of public safety would not say which family members authorized
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the release. the funeral home is responsible for filing the death certificate, which includes the official cause of death, at boston city hall. that filing could take place as early as today. charlie and norah. >> thank you. with us now, john miller former assistant fbi director. >> good morning. >> where does the investigation stand with katherine russell? >> she cooperated in the beginning with the fbi, answering questions and so on we would note the other day, they showed up at her family's place where she is staying in rhode island with a court order to take dna samples, hair samples, so on to compare with what they found on the bomb. from that point on what -- what's being put out is she's no longer cooperating. what we're actually seeing is lawyers doing their job, which is she retained council andcounsel and she was becoming a target of the investigation. if you want anything not that
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we're not cooperating, bring it to us and we'll send you back an answer. >> the big headline, the dna from her did not match the dna on the pressure cooker. >> nor did the fingerprints. >> it could be a store clerk, one of the victims of the bombings, they mayer in er innever know. >> a phone call between katherine russell and tamerlan hours after the photo was leased. >> they want to know what was the nature of the call? did they say they were going on the run, did she give her instructions to assist with any escape? no known tape of that call so really the account they will get of that since tamerlan is dead is hers. >> what is it about her that's puzzling to the fbi? >> it boils down to a classic question, charlie. it will be what did she know when did she know it thing.
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they want to know from her, here is a woman who dated tamerlan converted to islam after they were married, who lived in the same apartment, not a big apartment, where bombs were being constructed and pressure cookers bought two or three at a time. is it possible that all of this was going on concealed from you, or did you know it the whole time? >> okay. do investigators believe her insistence that she knew nothing of the attack. >> i think they are very skeptical of it, but skeptical isn't proof. i think that's why lawyers are slowing that down. in texas, chaos at houston's largest airport. a man opened fire inside at the terminal. he died at the scene as anna warner reports. police trying to figure out why the man started shooting. >> reporter: houston police say caramel marcus moore, armed and suicidal when he entered george bush continental airport.
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in terminal b but outside the security checkpoint when witnesses say he took out a pistol and fired one shot at the ceiling. >> it happened right here in the airport. real crazy. >> reporter: as people scattered or ducked for cover, officials say a homeland security special agent heard the shots and ran toward the gunman. >> confronted the suspect, gave that suspect verbal commands to drop the weapon. the suspect turned toward the special agent, special agent fearing for his safety and all the passengers in the terminal. discharged his weapon at the same time it appears that the suspect may have shot himself. >> reporter: he died at the scene. but officials say they don't know whose bullet killed him. >> the cause of death will be determined by autopsy. >> reporter: sources tell cbs news that a suitcase nearby contained an ar-15 assault with a fully loaded magazine and additional ammunition in the
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car. they found a handwritten note indicating he wanted to kill himself. moore also left cryptic messages on facebook including one posted just before the shooting. that read 45 minutes and 59 seconds in god's shadow and time stops. it remains unclear if moore intended to carry out a mass killing or a case of suicide by cop. investigators are searching for clues at moore's home in beaumont. where neighbors expressed surprise. >> this guy was so quiet and to hear that something like this came out of him, it's shocking. beyond belief. >> reporter: for cbs this morning, anna warner houston. >> president obama is on the second day of his trip to mexico. later today, he heads to costa rica. on thursday he held a joint news conference with mexico's newly elected president. domestic issues dominated that press conference. major garrett traveling with the president in mexico city.
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good morning. >> reporter: good morning, norah and charlie, good morning to viewers out west. president obama wanted to come to mexico city. talk about drug wars gun running border security hassle. president obama's brief stop in mexico city was hijacked by a series of domestic and international issues. in washington defense secretary chuck hagel confirmed the administration is now seriously considering lethal weapons to syrian rebels. mr. obama ignored previous recommendations to arm rebels and still sounds hesitant. >> we want to make sure we look before we leap and what we're doing is actually helpful to the situation as opposed to making it more deadly or more complex. >> reporter: the president wanted to sound optimistic about immigration reform. mexico's economy grew to 3.9% quick last year reducing border
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crossings into the u.s. still, half the undocumented workers in america are from mexico. >> we're a nation of immigrants. >> reporter: marco rubio said an immigration reform bill he helped draft is in trouble, because it's too soft on border security. >> the part we still have to do some work on is this board every stuff. it won't pass the house and will struggle to pass the senate if it doesn't deal with that issue. >> reporter: mr. obama supports the current border security measures. we have seen a deficit reduction agenda stall. eager for a victory. mr. obama pressed for action. >> what i'm not going to do is go along with something where we're looking for an excuse not to do it as opposed to a way to do it. >> reporter: the president also said he's going to continue to work to win the gun control argument in the united states senate, even though many lawmakers summoned the
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president's own party, believe that issued is dead for the foreseeable future. mr. obama said he's nothing if not persistent. >> given that he said this is just round one, what happens next? >> reporter: vice president biden will reengage the issue in the senate at least as it concerns background checks president obama will work this issue well and continue to work. the white house believes there is polling data that for some of the senators that voted against the background check amendment the first time they can change their minds, that is something the white house is trying to do. >> senator manchin wants to do something, struggling to find a way to come back. >> absolutely. you see families putting pressure on the democratic senators. that's why the white house remains hopeful? >> reporter: the big question the white house has to answer does it use the same background check language and apply more political pressure and hope it can win, or does it change the language to attract senators
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that disliked the first time. they hope it will work to their advantage in 2014 and that's a fact that the white house must consider as it looks to legislation and the underlying politics. norah and charlie. >> major garrett, thanks. unemployment hitting a four-year low. the jobless rate went down to 7.5%. employers added 165,000 jobs last month. and hiring in february and march was stronger than first thought. that news comes despite higher taxes and massive government spending cuts. >> new york workers, putting the finishing touches on the one world trade center tower. the final two segments of a spire lifted to the top of the building yesterday. installed in a few weeks it will raise it to a symbolic height. 1,776 feet. it will become the tallest building in the western hemisphere. the tower will open next year. time to show you this morning's headlines from around
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the globe. the wall street journal says the pentagon is recon forming the most powerful bomb. to destroy iran's heavily fortified nuclear site. the enrichment complex is buried deep inside a mountain. >> the guardian says pope francis welcomed his predecessor back to the vatican. benedict will live in a renovated convent. >> "usa today" says full body machines at airports passed all radiation tests. critics claimed the scanners exposed people to high levels of radiation, the machines replaced by new scanners by next month. "the new york times" looks at the devastation of american honeybee colony. no one single cause. pesticides, poor nutrition and a lack of genetic diversity. the pollen means tens of
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billions for agriculture every year. the first solar-powered plane begins a cross-country flight today. it lifts off from california and has a wing span of a 747 and travels about 43 miles an hour. said to reach washington, d.c. by all right. thanks, norah. yeah, we got to watch that live this morning on kpix 5. a lot of sunshine out there right now. it's looking like another hot one in spots inland. but we are going to see some cooler temperatures by the afternoon especially along the coastline. numbers there cool, 49 degrees in pacifica. 60 in san jose. 59 in vallejo. this afternoon, 80s, low 90s inland. 70s into san francisco. but 60s toward the coastline with some cooler air. looks like much cooler sunday with more clouds too. >> announcer: this national weather report sponsored by kay jewelers. every kiss begins with kay.
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for the first time a woman is now among the fbi's most wanted terrorists. former fbi director john miller shows us why investigators think they're closer to a capture. it's one f the most high-profile murder cases in years. we'll check in with the jodi arias trial which is about to go to the jury. and the white house correspondents' dinner draws laughs far beyond washington. >> we enjoy a good piece of humor and a smile.
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health care law goes into full effect nexextt y year b but s some sma >> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald good morning, everyone. 7:26 on a friday. i'm frank mallicoat. get you updated on some bay area headlines now. san jose firefighters worked all night to keep a recycling plant fire from flaring back up. the fire on east alma avenue is now under investigation. a solar-powered plane left moffett field this morning with plans to fly across the country. it's headed to phoenix for the first leg of the journey and goes 35 miles per hour. golden state warriors in the next round of the play-offs against san antonio spurs. they beat the nuggets 92-88, four games to two.
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good morning. let's go to the nimitz. 880 in oakland, southbound past that 16th embarcadero exit. there is a stall reportedly blocking one lane. so we are seeing some backups now coming through downtown oakland. but once you got past all there everything is looking good near the oakland coliseum. westbound highway 4 it's been a slow spot through antioch all morning long. we are beginning to see some brake lights toward willow pass in concord. that's traffic. here's lawrence. >> starting out sunny-side up here on friday and hot in spots although not as hot as yesterday. in san jose, mostly clear, a little hazy out there now, 60 degrees in san jose. 55 in livermore. and a cool 49 in pacifica. this afternoon in the 80s and low 9/11 inland. 60s at the coast. cooler and cloudy on the weekend.
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federal authorities have arrested three accomplices of alleged boston bomber dzhokhar tsavraev. the three suspects aware that the feds were seeking their friend for bombing the marathon, raced to his apartment and urgently decided to watch a movie. although during interrogation they did not specify which one. but if it was john carter they could be arrested for possession of a bomb. >> welcome back to "cbs this morning." coming up in this half hour, prosecutors in the jodi arias murder trial say she has lied from day one. the case about to go to the jury. "48 hours" meyer took us
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inside. and probably not the intended audience. can political comedy improve international relations? some small business owners are worried about obama care. they fear what it means to their bottom line. jan crawford, good morning. >> the new health care law barrelling down the tracks fully implemented by january 1st which is causing all kinds of concern and anxiety with small business owner who's say they don't understand how this works or how they are going to pay for it. robin wagner's bakery is known throughout los angeles for artisan bread. but the small business owner is worried about the company's future. >> employees are asking how will this affect me? how do i need to budget myself?
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>> reporter: because rocken wagner employs more than 50 employees, he has to offer health insurance or pay a fine of $250 per employee. he says his annual costs would total around $300,000. but what's even worse, he says he can't make any decisions, because the federal government is giving no guidance. >> what are the rates? who are the carriers? who is covered, who is not? >> reporter: president obama downplayed concern this week. >> any time are you implementing something big, there is going to be people who are nervous, anxious, about will it get done? until it's actually done. >> reporter: but it's not just business owners sounding the alarm. democratic senator max baucus who helped right the massive health care bill recently confronted the president's top adviser in charge of
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implementing the law. >> i see huge train wreck coming down, and you and i discussed this many times, i don't see any results yet. >> reporter: and senate majority leader harry reid had this to say when a caller asked him about it on a radio show. >> what do you think of max baucus calling it a train wreck? >> max said unless we implement this properly it will be a train wreck, and i agree with him. >> reporter: reid says they need more money to help develop detailed plans to help businesses. the public appears equally as confused. a new poll shows 42% of americans don't realize the president's health care law is on the books. nearly 6-10 uninsured don't know how it will impact them. people want answers, just like business owner hans rockenwagner. >> give us the pertinent information so we can educate ourselves on what we need to do. >> reporter: now republicans say they predicted this all
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along and the last thing the government needs to do is show more money at this law. they are continuing to argue it should be repealed. charlie and norah, with democrats controlling the senate, that is not going to happen. a woman is now on the most-wanted terrorist list. her name is joanne chessimard. we have john miller back us with, a former fbi assistant director. >> good morning. >> who is she? >> joanne chesimard was the soul of the black liberation army. in the early '70s, they were an offshoot group that conducted planned assassinations of police officers in new york los angeles, atlanta, san francisco, and joanne chesimard is one of the leaders of the group, ended up in a shoot-out on the new jersey turnpike killing a new jersey state trooper named
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warner barker. that was the catalyst for doubling the reward to $2 million and putting her on the most wanted list. 40 years ago. >> they know where she, they think she's in cuba. >> in an incredibly daring escape she was broke out of prison in 1979 and then smuggled to mexico she got into cuba been there ever since. a feature at one of the universities teaching political issues. she is a little bit underground after someone faxed a wanted poster to her. >> how do they get her? >> regime change can happen quickly and you have to have a plan. charlie, cuba is full of u.s. fungtives. willy morales, bombmaker for the
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faln live there. robert besco. morena, the armored car robbery from the '80s is there. 70 u.s. fugitives there. she might be top of the heap but getting her, this is the other secret. she and others with false papers provided by the government, have traveled to mexico venezuela, and as she and other fugitives leave the country there is another opportunity there if somebody is in the know. $2 million is $2 million. the jodi arias murder trial has gripped the nation with tales of sex, lies and murder. arias charged with killing her boyfriend. her lawyers will present closing arguments today. "48 hours" maureen maher has been covering the saisacase and we see why she never quit trying to
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hide the truth. >> stabbing him over and over again and even after slashing his throat from ear to ear and even after taking a gun and shooting him in the face she will not let him rest in peace. >> reporter: the prosecution didn't hold back in closing arguments on thursday calling jodi arias a manipulative liar who deserves to pay for murdering her ex-boyfriend in cold blood. >> it's clear from the relationship there was a stalking behavior from the very beginning. >> reporter: arias is accused of shooting travis alexander and stabbing him 27 times in a fit of jealousy at his arizona home in 2008. at first, the 32-year-old told police she was nowhere near the house, but investigators found a camera loaded with intimate snapshots, putting her at the crime scene, that's when she told "48 hours" it was actually a home invasion gone terribly wrong. >> i heard a really loud pop,
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and the next thing i remember i was lying next to the bathtub and travis was screaming. >> reporter: four years later, her story changed again with arias' attorney telling jurors her client did kill alexander, in self-defense. >> travis left jodi no other option, but to defend herself. >> reporter: the "48 hours" interview became such a critical part of the case it was played during the trial. but what also captured everyone's attention was arias' words on the stand. >> how about when you cut his throat. were you crying then? >> i don't know. >> reporter: she spent a marathon 18 days testifying. and when given the unusual chance to ask questions, the jury submitted over 200. the drama has attracted nationwide attention. a made-for-tv movie is in the works. and the hln network which has covered the trial extensively,
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says it's seen a double-digit boost in ratings. if convicted, arias could face the death penalty. >> maureen is with us now. what has the judge instructed the jury? >> they have the choice of first degree second degree manslaughter and of course not guilty. the only two possibly on the table are first and second. but it's very likely going to be first. the question is the death penalty. >> why is there so much fascination with the story? it's long running, people even compare it to the o.j. simpson trial? >> i think because there are dozens and dozens of photos of the victim and jodi. jodi was on the stand for 18 days. what is missing in all of this charlie and norah, are the psychological layers. question can consider what's on cable news and the chatter, but it will come down to the relationship between these two people and whether they buy into the psychological layers that
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on. here is the story. >> reporter: this is -- >> this looks a lot like twitter. you follow different people. >> yeah. it has a link to other websites are chinese youtube. >> reporter: though twitter and facebook are both blocked here half a million chinese watched this week's white house correspondent correspondent's dinner through weibo. we met 2 3 2-year-old robert fan, shen shen song and allison sun. >> did you watch the white house correspondent's dinner this week? >> of course. it's really popular here. >> reporter: why? >> president obama, he's a comedy star. >> reporter: a comedy star. president obama is a comedy star? >> >> reporter: the hip-hop.
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>> second term baby. >> so new, so fresh. >> i think michelle's hair really funny. really goofy. >> reporter: alison sun says it was an enjoyable way to practice her english. robert says poking fun at one's self shows confidence. >> i look in the mirror and i'm not the strapping young muslim socialst i used to be. >> reporter: do you see this kin of humor used by leaders in china? >> not so often. i would really like to see them be more open minded and to make more fun of themselves. >> reporter: why? >> because a sense of humor i think is -- u.s. ait's a pillar of free society. a good and safe way to cut the tension between the governments and the community. >> reporter: shen shen song says
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had you more humor makes politicians accessuble. compare the leaders in the united states to the leaders in china. >> please don't compare. >> reporter: why don't you want to compare leaderleaders? >> very sensitive. >> reporter: it may be sensitive for now, but this generation is peering into another world and seeing a piece of themselves. >> a sense of humor, a smile, and every people in the world enjoy a go aheadod piece of humor and a smiled. >> reporter: for "cbs this we have some changes going on here, too, as well. we are going to see more of a sea breeze in the bay area today to cool down the temperatures at least near the coastline and just inside the bay. it will take some time to cool
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solar-powered plane is now on the first leg of its first-ever cross- >> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald. good morning, i'm michelle griego. an innovative solar-powered plane is now on the first leg of its first cross-country trip. the solar impulse left moffett field this morning for phoenix. it flies at an average speed of just 35 miles an hour so it will take about 19 hours to get there. by comparison a typical passenger plane goes from san jose to phoenix in about two hours. this journey will eventually end in new york. nba play-offs now the warriors have advanced to round 2 after a home win against the denver nuggets last night. final score, 92-88. the warriors won the series four games to two. and stanley cup play-offs, sharks at vancouver this evening. san jose leads one game to none.
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good morning. all of a sudden we have a decent sized backup over at the bay bridge and because of a stalled truck near the "s" curve. i'm not seeing it in our traffic camera but they are working clear it. so it's caused a bigger backup behind the pay gates than we have seen all morning. it's jammed up toward the foot of the maze. busier drive times, 580, 680 and the eastshore freeway. that's traffic. here's lawrence. >> plenty of sunshine outside right now all the way to the coastline. but we have some changes coming our way as we are going to see more of a sea breeze kicking in. it will be hot in the valleys. right now 50s and 60s across the bay area. this afternoon, still some 90s inland. but 60s at the coastline line. much cooler over the weekend with a few more clouds. slight chance of a few sprinkles on sunday into monday. [ female announcer ] safeway presents
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good morning to you. it's 8:00 in the west. welcome back to "cbs this morning." a wildfire threatens 2,000 homes on the california coast. this fire traveled ten miles in just one day. we'll go to the scene. tomorrow's kentucky derby could be historic. we'll hear from the man trying to be the first black jockey in a century to win it all. plus the growing interest in boutique booze. see how a new generation of whiskey makers is changing the liquor industry. but first, here's a look at today's "eye opener at 8." >> this area is under a mandatory evacuation. the fire has burned 10,000 acres. >> the new concern is along the coast. flames burned a ten-mile pass to the pacific ocean.
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an entire university is closed today. >> this is unprecedented. we're seeing heavy snow in parts of kansas city all the way north to iowa and minnesota. sources say it turns out the boston marathon bombings were not the original plan. >> so where does this investigation stand with katherine russell? >> i think they're very skeptical about her. again, skeptical isn't proof. why so much fascination with this story? >> really it's going to come down to the relationship between two people and whether the jury buys into the psychological layers that existed between them. this is barrelling down the tracks. it's going to be fully implemented by january 1st, and that is causing all kinds of concern and anxiety, especially with those small business owners. who are the carriers? who's covered? who's not? did you watch the white house correspondents dinner this week? >> yes. it is really really popular here. domino's now has a live webcam that shows pizzas being made. those of you who ever wanted to
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spend time online watching other people make pizzas, maybe that's why she left you. i'm charlie rose with gayle king and norah o'donnell. southern california is facing dangerous wildfires much earlier in the year than usual. the biggest trouble this morning is along the pacific coast. >> that's right. a fast-moving fire is burning north of los angeles. and thousands of people have been forced out of the area. carter he haveevans is in point magoo, california. >> reporter: good morning. as the sun rises here in the west, you can see some of the devastation left behind in this fire. overnight the fire moved west toward the pacific ocean. this area is under mandatory evacuations right now. the fire has forced thousands from their homes. this is day three of a fire season that usually does not begin until july. wind gusts of up to 50 miles per hour and record temperatures highs in the 90s fueled the flames.
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flames that damaged many homes and engulfed vehicles. it also caused explosions at an agricultural facility next to a strawberry farm. pesticides burning inside one of those buildings caused a hazardous materials situation. firefighters had to keep their distance from those flames for their own safety. there are only minor injuries for a few firefighters to report. actually, one fire captain along pacific coast highway here told me that the cool ocean breeze blowing back on the flames is actually helping out here causing this fire to lay down. charlie, gayle and norah? >> thank you, arter ercarter evans. sources say dzhokhar tsarnaev has told investigators he and his brothers wanted to sell off the bombs july 4th. officials say the plans were finished sooner so the brothers moved up the attack to patriots' day. >> investigators also tell our john miller that female dna found on bomb remnants did not belong to tamerlan's widow.
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his family has now claimed his body. he died two weeks ago in a police shootout. we may learn how he died later funeral home files a death certificate. president obama travels to costa rica for a summit meeting. he met yesterday with mexico's new president and the subjects included trafficking across the border. president obama said he will ask congress again to approve new gun laws. >> the last time we had major gun legislation, it took six, seven, eight tries to get passed. things happen somewhat slowly in washington. but this is just the first round. >> with us now, chief washington correspondent and host of "face the nation," bob schieffer. good morning. >> good morning, charlie. >> let's begin with gun control. what's realistic? what's possible? >> well, i think the white house now thinks that it might be possible with a little, few changes in this background check thing to actually get this bill
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passed, but it's going to take a tremendous push by the president, both in public but more importantly behind the scenes. they have got to find a senator that voted against this a republican who is willing to now vote for it. and whether they can do that i think a lot of that depends on what happens out in the country. you're seeing a lot of the victims of the newtown tragedy now showing up at town hall meetings. it's going to take pressure from out in the country on these senators to get them to do what they were unable to do before. but i think there's still a wisp of a chance but it's going to take a lot of work on record and behind the scenes especially. >> bob, there's a lot on the president's agenda including implementing obamacare. and you saw jan crawford report early on our show about how many businesses are asking questions about how is this going to work? do you think this is the next big story? how does the white house handle it? >> i think it is going to be a
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big story, and it is far from resolved. i don't think there's any question that the administration has done an absolutely atrocious job of trying to explain what is in this bill. i, for one, believe it is a mistake to pass legislation that does not go into effect immediately. i mean, you know they passed this law literally years ago, but only now is it going into effect, and people still don't know what is involved here. so they've got a lot of work to do. you heard max baucus the chairman of the finance committee, saying we could have a train wreck here and somebody has got to start explaining this thing to people before it goes into effect. >> bob, i wanted to shift gears and talk about george jones. i know you and many of nashville's biggest music stars paid tribute to him yesterday. you said beautiful things like god made one just like him, glad that he did. what made george jones one of your favorites? >> well i'll tell you, he was a
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unique personality. he was also a unique talent. somebody said yesterday that george jones was the only singer that could make the word "church" into a five-syllable word. there's brad paisley. he could do things with his voice that other people just couldn't do. music is the thing that so often gets through -- helps us get through difficult times. and george jones had made so many mistakes in his life but finally at the end with the help of his wonderful wife nancy, got it all together. but you come to a hard patch in your life. you didn't know how you were going to get through it. when you heard george sing you knew that he knew just how you felt. and that made it a little bit easier. and he really had a tremendous impact on our culture. >> schieffer, that's why we love you. beyond journalism. anybody who can paint and sing has a special place here. so what's your favorite george
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jones song? then i'll tell you what mine is. >> oh well you have -- for me there's no question it's "he stopped loving her today." >> that's mine too. >> exactly. the great song. this guy that loved a woman until they hung that funeral wreath on his door and then they carried her away. bobby braddock's a good friend of mine and curley putnam wrote that song. it is the best country song of all time. >> one of the world's greatest romantics, charlie rose and bob schieffer, great to have both of you. thanks so much. this sunday bob talks with congressman mike rogers darrell issa. also the changing face of sports with billy yie jean king martina navratilova. one of the favorites in tomorrow's kentucky debbie is goldencents. his jockey is kevin kriger. and kevin believes they are going to win. and if they do they will make history because kevin is black, and no black jockey has won in more than 100 years.
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but he says that should not be important. >> reporter: do you know what's at stake here? >> of course i do. it's going to be the first time an african-american has won the kentucky derby since 1902. in my eyes and in my mind it's not about that. it's about me winning the derby. it's aboutut the trainers and the owners and the country accepting me as a kentucky derby rider and looking beyond the complexion of my skin. >> very well said. >> america's changing. >> that's right. because we talked the other day about the first woman, and now we have kevin krigger. i don't know who to root for. i just don't know. >> i suspect i know.
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don't book your summer vacation just yet. we'll show you "travel "travel & leisure's" list of the coolest new hotels. there's good news. you actually may be able to afford a few of them. it's always nice when that happens. and "all that mattered" in 1997, man versus super computer. the competition that made history. do you remember who won? the answer is next. you're watching "cbs this morning."
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he met his match. >> kasparov after the move c-4, has resigned. >> the rematch has been called the most spectacular chess event in history. deep blue became the first computer program to defeat a world chess champion in a full match. >> either of you play chess? >> i do. go ahead. >> who wants to be? >> beaten by a computer. >> nobody. >> yeah, nobody. >> i just met this young kid from norway who bob simon profiled on "60 minutes," an extraordinary young guy. great presence and personality. and kasparov is his friend and teacher. up next a chef who jumps off a cliff after his wife disappears. we'll show you what led to that moment. that's next on "cbs this morning." >> a cliff. >> are you afraid, norah? >> announcer: this portion of this portion of "cbs this morning" sponsored by preen.
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the wife of a celebrated chef and restaurant owner disappeared. richard richard schlesinger has more. good morning. >> good morning. after dawn viens disappeared. everyone questioning it except her husband. his dekneel of her whereabouts essentially took him right to the edge. >> i always thought he was the best chef. i never tasted any food that was that good. >> david viens was the chef of
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this small but popular restaurant in california. his wife dawn was the hostess. everyone who knew her including - viens'daughter jacky questions what happen snad when you introduced yourself as sergeant garcia from the l.a. county sheriff's department homicide division. how did he react? >> he immediately turned white. >> he was around pressure by the police and press and soon he ended up confessing everything to his new girlfriend. >> he said it was an accident. she's not coming back. i said what? >> he said i'm sorry. i think i'm going to kill myself. >> with that he raced to his car with kathy running after him. kathy was in for the ride of her life. >> i remember coming up on this
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curve. that's where i said i don't want to die. >> i immediately pulled out behind them. as we approached he made an abrupt left turn into the parking lot. >> viens jumped out of the car and ran toward the cliffs over the pacific ocean. >> the raining is about this high and we both jumped over. i'm holding onto his hand and i said, please don't do this. i yelled to the cops. >> i said stop just talk with us. >> he actually got to the point where he's swaying. >> at that point he kissed his girlfriend. >> and he shoved me and took off like this ant weekend -- swoosh went right over. the cop said who was that guy. >> and i said oh my god, you don't even know who he is. >> i have no idea. >> i said that's david viens.
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he just told me he killed his wife. >> but the david viens story was far from over. not long after that leap police would start hearing an almost incredible story about what happened to dawn. >> in my time of doing this for a living i never heard anything like this. >> neither had we. >> wow, what a dramatic story, the way you told it richard. >> it got your attention. >> it did. >> what happened. >> normally in a story when a guy jumps off the cliff, that's the end of a story but he survives and tells the story about what happened afterward that will keep you up at night. >> that is a very good tease. >> glad you like it. >> you can see richard's report "over the edge" on 48 hours tomorrow night at 10:00. rising spirits, the. boog business of craft
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> >> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald good morning, it's 8:25. i'm michelle griego with your kpix 5 news headlines. the search continues for 15- year-old madeline landgill of danville. she is considered at risk. she was last seen yesterday evening. she is about 5'5", about 130 pounds, and has reddish brown hair and brown eyes. people in santa cruz county and san lorenzo valley are warned to be on the lookout for assault and burglary suspect dimitri storm. he is wanted in a rash of crimes in santa cruz, monterey and sonoma counties. people should not approach storm. he is considered armed and dangerous. a solar-powered plane left moffett field early this morning with plans to fly across the country. it's heading to phoenix for the
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first leg at 35 miles an hour. the plane's builders say the journey is intended to boost worldwide support for clean energy technologies. stay with us, traffic and weather coming right up. the only thing we'd ever grown together was a record collection. no. there was that fuzzy stuff on the gouda. [ both ] ugh! when it came to our plants... we were so confused. how much is too much water? too little? until we got miracle-gro moisture control. it does what basic soils don't by absorbing more water so it's there when plants need it. yeah, they're bigger and more beautiful. guaranteed. in pots. in the ground. in a ukulele.
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are you kidding me? that was my idea. with the right soil... everyone grows with miracle-gro. southbound 101, a while ago about a half hour ago there was an accident approaching freitas parkway. some brake lights from novato just there right around the highway 37 exit. let's go outside show you a live look at the nimitz.
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880 in oakland beginning to slow down. we have your usual brake lights pasting the coliseum towards downtown. southbound 880 much improved heading towards hayward. and the bay bridge we have that one earlier stall so stalled trucks approaching the "s" curve. it's backed up to the overcrossing. lawrence has the forecast. >> the sun is coming up on this friday looking very nice outside right now. sparkling waters out over the bay and looking good all the way to the coastline. we have clear skies. high pressure still overhead but showing signs of weakening. temperatures now though almost mid-60s into san jose. 66 in fremont. 66 degrees in fairfield. this afternoon, it will be hot in some of the valleys again in the upper 80s and low 90s. plenty of 80s inside the bay and mid-70s into san francisco cooler at the coast with more of a breeze. clouds on sunday with chance of rain.
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♪ what's the name of this what's the name of this song? "eye of the tiger." >> yeah, why we playing that song this morning? i feel out of place. >> do you feel like growling? >> that's a weird song to choose this morning. >> what will you be singing? >> "eye of the tiger." >> "eye of the tiger." that's dead on for you, missy. welcome back to "cbs this morning." coming up in this half hour emelie sande is here. she is not your typical pop star. she just broke a record set by the beatles. plus big liquor companies are facing sobering competition. small distilleries are all over the country.
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jeff glor shows us why changes in the law are leading to a spirited battle. that's ahead. right now it's time to show you the headlines. "the wall street journal" looks at perks offered by chinese factories. there are more jobs than workers. companies are turning to unconventional ideas. one factory has a singing contest much like "american idol." others offer speed dating and karaoke rooms. "the omaha world herald" says warren buffett has started tweeting. he sent his first tweet yesterday. it reads "warren is in the house." >> i love that. >> this morning he has nearly 270,000 followers. and "usa today" looks at tomorrow's fight between floyd may mayweather jr. and robert guerrero. mayweather's father, former champ, that would be floyd sr., will be in his corner. and guerrero's father will be in his son's corner. the pay-per-view fight airs on showtime which is a division of cbs. if you're thinking about your summer vacation, you might want to check out some of the
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cool hotels on "travel & "travel & leisure" magazine's new "it" list. we'll go through the top picks in just a sec. first terrell brown takes us inside a brooklyn hotel steeped in old-school cool. >> reporter: williamsburg is one of brooklyn's oldest industrial areas. and now home to one of its coolest hotels. the wyatt. >> it started about six years ago. it had to do with beer and the back of a napkin and the idea that brooklyn didn't have a hotel that really represented brooklyn. >> reporter: peter lawrence took on the project of converting a 1901 factory into a modern-day hotspot that preserves the building's past life. >> we left everything we could. all the columns, all the beams inside the rooms you have the existing feeling that's been there for 100 years and the timber was probably 100 years old when they put it in. >> reporter: the 72 guest rooms also incorporate the original
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materials. while giving visitors a taste of new brooklyn. >> like all the rooms in the hotel, we tried to incorporate some of the great talent that's in our neighborhood and in our community. so the wallpaper's done by a graphic designer named dan who's in our neighborhood. we have a really well-stocked mini bar filled with all sorts of interesting locally produced treats. >> reporter: if you go upstairs in this loft suite, you'll end up here on the terrace. and one of the reasons this hotel is so popular is this. an unobstructed view of new york city. another draw is the hotel's restaurant. created by lawrence's business partner, andrew tarla. >> some hotel restaurants are really just for the hotel guests. and it feels like you're in a bit of a bubble sometimes. you know we want you to feel like you're part of brooklyn's story. >> reporter: and lawrence is convinced that brooklyn's story will keep growing. >> i would obviously love people
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to come and visit now, but we're going to be here for a while. and we have more and more interesting neighbors moving in around us. i think it's only going to get better. >> reporter: for cbs this morning," terrell brown, brooklyn. let's look at some of the other hotels that made the "travel & leisure" "it" list. with us now, the magazine's deputy editor. welcome. >> thank you. good to be here. >> how do you choose these? >> it's a tough job. we send editors and writers out around the globe to check out hundreds and hundreds of properties. and then we distill it to a very competitive list. this year we chose 61 properties that we think are really groundbreaking and really define the various categories that they're in. everything from city as you saw with the weiss, to rustic to beach. there's some amazing properties on the list. >> there's an obvious question here which is any correlation between those that get chosen and those that advertise. >> absolutely not. it really is church and state. and our editors and writers
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always go anonymously to check out all of the properties. >> let's talk about charleston's zero george. it made the best city hotel list. why? >> this -- charleston is really known for its antique-filled bed and breakfasts and this is a departure. it is truly the first contemporary property in charleston, but it also mixes in history which is one thing we've seen with a lot of the hotels on the list set in historic buildings as you saw with the weiss but also bringing in modern elements. this is set through a number of buildings. they also have amazing cooking classes. you can learn how to make low-country food. there are beautiful gardens with azaleas and palmetto trees. it's really wonderful little getaway. >> when you think of great hotels, a lot of people don't think let's go to arkansas. but here we are in bentonville, arkansas. >> bentonville, which as we all know, is the home of walmart. and alex walton who is the $21 billion heir to the walmart throne has really been working to transform it into a cultural
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destination. >> this is a design category. >> this is in the design category. so one of the properties that has opened is called the 21c. it's like a living art museum. it has amazing installations. when you walk in there is this two-story tree that has basketball hoops for branches. it's really wild. you go into the gym, there are batman sculptures above the treadmills. >> beautiful. what about aspen hotel jerome. that made the list for best renovation. >> best renovation. this used to be back in the 19th century a boarding house for silver miners. they say that ghosts still inhabit the property. hunter s. thompson used to go there in the '. 0s. '70s. auberge has transformed it into this modern version of the old west. they've got steamer trunk dressers, cowhide rugs. it's got this great luxurious feel but also a feel for the past. >> nicely done laura. i'm impressed you could do that with not a note. where are your notes?
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>> it's all right here. >> charlie, where are you going to take gayle and i on that list? >> i love the jerome hotel. so we'll go to aspen. >> okay. thanks. >> st. lucia, charles. i like warm weather. nice. >> oh, you'll love skiing. >> i'm not turning down a trip. laura, thank you for coming. go to cbsthismorning.com for all the 61 hotels that made the list. americans are raising a glass to their spirits. sales of whiskey shot up 30% over the past decade. and now some laws from the days of prohibition have been repealed, making it easier for craft distillers to make their mark. jeff glor shows us why that's leading to a potent blend of new competition. >> reporter: inside this stair warehouse in fairfield, new jersey brandt brow is busy making rum and history. the first distillery in new jersey to get a license since the end of prohibition. >> yes. we're going back to creating a
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better product from the beginning. >> reporter: in early america, rum was an unmistakable companion for our founding fathers before whiskey really took over in the 1800s. and back then much of the liquor was made in small batches. today that craft spirit is back and in high demand. >> booming. the stuff is flying off the shelves. the distyilleryies are opening left and right. >> reporter: clay writes for "the new york times" and just finished a book on whiskey. he says the rise of craft spirits today is not unlike the explosion of craft beer 10 or 15 years ago with one very important difference. >> the thing with beer is you can make a beer. you can -- at home and after a couple weeks you know whether it's good or not. if you're making an aged whiskey, you're talking a couple years before you even know whether you did it right let alone whether it's good enough
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to sell. >> reporter: that's the challenge. he says the traditional liquor brands with time on their side still make a very high-quality product. competition is stiff. still, the craft sector has more than doubled in just the past two years. from 90 operations in 2010 to 180 in 2012. are you able to keep up with demand right now? >> unfortunately, we're not. >> reporter: derek bell who runs the five-year-old corsair distillery in nashville made a name for himself with catchy labels and unusually distinct spirits. whiskey made from quinoa absinthe in red, moonshine that is pumpkin spice. >> i think we have shaken up the industry quite a bit. for a long time all the products coming out of the bigger boys were very self-similar and very much the same. all of a sudden they're changing quite a bit, too. i think that's definitely attributable from the craft distillers because we're taking
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a lot more risks. we're creating much different, very unusual spirits. >> reporter: a scotch fan will love this. >> reporter: the new variety of liquors has brought a renewed interest to specialty spirit bars. and we join risen for a tasting at new york's flatiron room. it smells very rich. which has more than 700 different whiskeys. many of them craft. >> it's not bad. i think it's a pretty good craft bourbon. i think there's a little too much burn. >> reporter: risen says some new brands will fail. but most have the right markets and the right mindset to succeed. >> they come to it with a passion. and even if they're not -- even if they don't necessarily have the skills they have something driving them, and they develop the skills. but it's that drive that gets them there. we're making a hops whiskey. >> reporter: the big boys are they scared? >> they better be. >> reporter: craft distillers like bell and brow have already sold more liquor than they've made. >> this is what our label's
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going to look like. >> reporter: both betting big money on small craft brands. for "cbs this morning," jeff glor, nashville, tennessee. >> another alternative for those of you who imbibe. a 26-year-old just beat a record set by the beatles nearly 50 years ago. emelie sande is here. there she is. we'll talk about her unlikely road to stardom.
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is poised to become the song of the summer. emeli sande joins us this morning. and all morning we've been singing "next to me." ♪ ooh ooh ♪ your job before you leave this table, is to get charlie rose to sing. >> not a chance. >> before you leave, you've got a couple minutes. but congratulations to you. >> thank you. >> you broke the beatles' record. you got the news and you thought what? >> wow. i mean last year when we released the album, if anyone told me i'd here speaking about breaking that record i wouldn't have believed them. it's so incredible. so surreal. >> everybody's singing your praises, elton john bono adele. which your real name is adele and you changed it because of adele. >> yeah. i really wanted to start my own way, and i think having the same name as adele especially how massive she became wasn't a good idea. >> there's so many fascinating things about you. you're so talented and we love your music. and you studied clinical
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neuroscience. i mean, that's not usually the route to pop star. right? >> yeah. i mean education was such a big thing in our family. and my parents definitely encouraged music but education and i love medicine. so if i wasn't doing this i'd be a doctor somewhere in scotland. so i feel like this is a world away from that. >> what intrigues me is you're a songwriter. >> yes. >> and maybe first a songwriter. >> yes absolutely. >> what inspires you? >> what inspires me? you know people. people in life. and i always want to stay very connected to how people are feeling out there. and so i can try and put it in words in some way. >> you always knew you would be in the end singing your own songs? >> yes. that's what i wanted to do. i think writing something will be forever, but i definitely knew at some point i wanted to be the artist and i knew i had to deliver the lyrics. >> you said you grew up a shy kid. you were a mixed-race family. you always felt different. but now you feel that that's a good thing. your dad's from where and your mom is from where? >> my dad is from zambia and my
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mom is from england. yeah, when i was a kid, i felt very different. i didn't appreciate how different being a kid can be. at that point i think that's really why i connected with music. >> she's also, guys a newlywed. you married your boyfriend -- i hate saying boyfriend for grown-ups, but the guy you were dating for seven years. >> yes. >> you all got married in new york last september. >> we got married in montenegro actually. people thought it was -- >> i'm sorry. it says that you got married. >> yes. >> last september. and i'm wondering how the two of you are handling this because you're huge in england. and you're blowing up in the united states. have you all had the conversation about what your success could do to the relationship? he's a marine biologist. >> yes. >> how you're going to handle it. have you had that conversation? >> we haven't. he's very supportive thankfully. we're both very ambitious, and that's one reason why we really connect. so when he's going off to you
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know, to look at the fish and i'm off on tour we just make sure that we can really schedule time. >> alicia keys gave you great advice. >> yes. that's what she told me. maybe a year ago i worked with her. it was incredible. her best piece of advice was schedule your personal life. make sure you make time for it. >> very important. >> thrilled to have you here. >> thank you. >> thank you. thanks for having me. >> charlie. ♪ next to me ♪ ♪ ooh ooh ♪ >> "a" for effort. >> "a" for creativity. emeli sande, thank you. we'll look back on "the week that was." you're welcome, charlie.
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. i'm thinking from george jones to emeli sande in one program. not bad. >> not bad at all. >> it's been great week. >> it has been a great week. a lot of great stories. but the week is over. that does it for us. let's take a look back at the week that was. have a great weekend. i'm a 34-year-old nba center, i'm black, and i'm gay. jason collins made history with his first-person article in "sports illustrated" on monday. it is considered the third rail of professional sports. >> i think it's at the platform for people to realize, hey, you can be you. >> what do they think? he's going to be flirting in the locker room? get over yourself. >> mark sanford who's running for his old congressional seat. >> how do you convince voters
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when they go into the voting booth not to focus on your marital exam? >> now you're running. >> i was running. i was just running as fast as i can. the three men behind bars are not charged in the attack. >> law enforcement takes the notion of obstructing justice and interfereing with law enforcement very seriously. >> it's like i have to admit i'm not the strapping young muslim socialist i used to be. >> and it's one of the hottest tickets in washington, the white house correspondents' dinner. we were all there together. >> what kind of feedback has it been getting down in washington. >> some of the best feed baek came from sarah palin, oddly enough. she said those d.c.ass clowns throw themselves ♪ tell me why baby why baby why baby ♪ >> i didn't know whether to rock
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you to my bosom or shake you and say what the hell's wrong with you. >> i'll take either. this shirt hasn't been wash order cleaned in about 150 wears. >> would you want to wear a shirt for 150 years? >> no. >> what are you wearing? >> ralph lauren. >> me too. >> seriously? 100 days? >> how often are extremely happy couples having sex? >> about three or four times a week. >> are you extremely happy, mrs. tracy? >> mrs. tracy says i speak chinese. >> can we just address the elephant in the room? >> i wanted to be a backup dancer for janice jackson. >> did you know i kissed him on the air once? >> was it as good for you, markey? it was. >> if you didn't watch "cbs this
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>> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald it's 8:56. i'm michelle griego with your kpix 5 news headlines. san jose firefighters worked all night to keep a fire at a recycling plant from flaring back up. the plant on east alma avenue caught fire about 6:00 last night and burned-out of control for almost four hours. the cause is still under investigation. a solar-powered plane left moffett field early this morning with plans to fly across the country. it's heading to phoenix for the first leg at 35 miles an hour. the plane's builders say the journey is intended to boost worldwide support for clean energy technology. the golden state warriors advance to the next round of the play-offs against san antonio. steph curry and andrew bogut came up big in last night's win
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over denver. final score, 92-88. the warriors won the series four games to two. now here's lawrence with the forecast. >> all right, michelle. a lot of sunshine around the bay area all the way to the coastline again, looking good. but we'll notice some changes as we head toward the afternoon. still going to be hot in some of the valleys as we look toward mount diablo. you will see some 90s there. but that ridge is breaking down. that means a sea breeze is kicking in and the temperatures will start to cool down near the coastline first and then just inside the bay. this weekend big changes much cooler weather expected. low 90s in some of the valley, 80s inside the bay, 70s into san francisco and 60s at the coast. the next couple of days more clouds on the way, much cooler weather. and even a slight chance of some sprinkles by sunday. we're going to check out your "timesaver traffic" coming up next.
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join us at projectluna.com good morning. if you are heading out of san francisco towards the golden gate bridge, we are just getting word of a stalled big rig on doyle drive. so traffic is beginning to stack up on to marina boulevard and lombard. once you get on the golden gate bridge, as you can see, it is picture-perfec towards marin county. wait time down to 15 minutes towards the pay gates at the bay bridge toll plaza. the metering lights have been on but we had a stall on the upper deck that kind of backed things up later in the morning commute. to our other live traffic cameras now westbound 237, pretty sluggish for the silicon valley ride out of milpitas to sunnyvale. but things are improving through the altamont pass and livermore.
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wayne: one more time! you've got the big deal of the day. who wants to make a deal? jonathan: a trip to fiji! - oh my god! amazing! jonathan: it's time for “let's make a deal.” now here's tv's big dealer wayne brady. wayne: hello, america, welcome to “let's make a deal.” i'm your host, wayne brady. let's get down to it. let's make a deal. who wants to make a deal? with the sombrero. yeah, come on, come on. come on, come on over here. - ooh, ooh, ooh. thank you, thank you! wayne: what's your name? - my name's tanya. wayne: nice to meet you, tanya. and what do you do? - nice to meet you, wayne. wayne: and what do you do? - i'm a librarian.
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