president obama prepares to address the nation sec president obama prepares to address the nation's security in a speech this afternoon, while for the first time the government acknowledges it killed four american citizens in drone strikes. >> i'm sorry women have to witness this today, but in our land, our women have to see it. act of terror. a brutal attack is carried out in broad daylight and officials say there are signs it was motivated by radical islam. and going home. victims of the deadly tornado in moore, oklahoma, are allowed to return for the first time since the storm while the process of cleaning up and rebuilding begins. >> you go block by block, house by house picking the stuff up. captioning funded by cbs stuff up. this is

this is the "cbs morning news" for thursday, may 23rd, 2013. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well, today president obama is expected to outline a new counter-terrorism policy in a major national security speech. the speech is also expected to outline plans for the guantanamo bay prison. as a prelude, the administration acknowledged for the first time that its controversial drone strikes killed four u.s. citizens. major garrett has our report. >> reporter: in advance of president obama's much anticipated speech on drone strikes, his evolving terrorism strategy, and the future of the military prison in guantanamo bay, cuba, the justice department admitted for the very first time four americans have been killed in u.s. drone strikes. eric holder, the attorney general, told congress only one american, anwar al awlaki, a well known prop pagaganda istpr

intentionally killed by drone strikes, the three others were described as collateral damage. drone strikes are less frequent now since 2010 since president obama is turning away from this particular tool in his were on terrorism. in his speech president obama will also acknowledge he'll accelerate transfer of inmates at the guantanamo bay facility where a hunter strike is now being conducted by a hundred of those detain yeahs, a third of them being fed by medical tubes. there have only been five transfers from guantanamo bay since 2010. of the 166 inmates there now, 86 have been cleared for eventual transfer. major garrett, cbs news, the white house. british government officials say yesterday's brutal attack outside a military barracks was likely an act of terrorism. motivated by radical islam. two suspects are in custody this morning. late yesterday a right wing group that opposes the spread of islam clashed with british speech. one of the suspects called the

attack an eye for an eye. lucy mcdonald reports. >> reporter: british police tried to control a chaotic scene on monday after two men attacked another man near military barracks. it's what police are calling a possible terror attack. this man with a bloody knife in his hand. >> i apologize women have to witness this today. you people will never be safe. >> reporter: british media reports say the victim was a soldier. witnesses say the attacker said an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth because british soldiers are killing muslims every day. >> two men who we believe from earlier reports believed to be carrying weapons were shot by police. britain's prime minister calls the violent incident truly shocking. >> we're looking into the full facts of the case, but there are strong indications it's a terrorist incident. >> reporter: the attack happened

near an elementary school near the royal military barracks where some olympic events were held last summer. >> it's really, really shocking and traumatizing and shocking. >> reporter: government leaders have called for emergency leaders to deal with a possible terror attack. the prime minister promised britain would not buckle in the face of fear. in london, lucy mcdonald, for cbs news. this morning it's not clear how a man killed yesterday in florida is connected to boston marathon bombing suspect tamerlan tsarnaev. the suspect, a chechen national like tsarnaev, was being questioned by authorities when he was shot and killed. they're looking into a possible connection between the two men and a triple murder back in 2011. bob orr has details. >> reporter: the shooting happened inside this orlando apartment complex. as an fbi agent and massachusetts states detective were questioning ibrahim

todashev about his friendship with accused boston marathon bomber tamerlan tsarnaev. law enforcement officials say the two once trained together at a boston area gym but evidence also shows a criminal connection involving a grisry murd grisly 2010 in massachusetts. three men, including one who trained at the same gym, were found with their throats cut. their bodies had been cut with marijuana and thousands of dollars in cash. no one has been charged. but sources say during questioning,ed ed ttodashev imd himself and tamerlan tsarnaev in the killings. as they pushed him toward a confession, he snapped. law enforcement officials say the 27-year-old mixed martial art spider made a move that threatened investigators. they shot and killed todashev. the fbi became interested in todashev after phone records connecting him to tsarnaev. over several weeks they kept

tabs on todashev and questioned him a handful of times. the fbi found nothing, though, connecting todashev to the boston attacks. todashev who had lived in the u.s. for the past several years was arrested two weeks ago on an aggravated battery charge. now they want to find out if he had any connection to anything worse, including radical extremists overseas. bob orr, cbs news, washington. >> reporter: the irn term revenue service supervisors who agents targeted certain groups says she did nothing wrong but has nothing more to say. lois lerner invoked the fifth amendment before a congressional hearing, but she may be recalled and she may be given immunity if she agrees to testify. nancy cordes reports. >> i have not broken any laws. i have not violated any irs rules or regulations, and i have not provided false information to this or any other

congressional committee. >> reporter: lerner is the irs director who ordered agents to stop the scrutiny of tea party groups, but she never mentioned the infraction to lawmakers, nor, it appears, to her superiors. in a conference call with reporters, she said she stayed quiet because it never came up. lawmakers say they asked her repeatedly about rumors of targeting in hearings and meetings last year. >> miss lerner, would you be willing to answer questions specifically related to statements made under oath before this committee? >> i decline to answer that question for the reasons i've already given. >> reporter: after lerner pled the fifth, she was allowed to leave. >> the witness and counsel are dismissed. >> reporter: over the objection of republican trey gouty. >> she just testified. she waived her privilege. you don't get to tell your side

of the story and not be subject to cross-examination. she ought to stand here and answer our questions. >> reporter: after some reflection, the chairman darrell issa agreed and said he would bring lerner back soon to try to get her to answer some of those questions. nancy cordes, cbs news, capitol hill. well, today the national council of the boy scouts decides on whether to allow openly gay scouts. they demonstrated outside the headquarters in dallas. about 1,400 members of the scouts' national council will cast ballots. scout president wayne perry says the resolution should be approved. well, coming up on the "morning news," tallying the tornado damage. we will go live to moore, oklahoma, as residents take on the tremendous task of rebuilding their lives. this is the "cbs morning news." rebuilding their lives. this is the "cbs morning news." it's the smaller powerful sheet. one select-a-size sheet of bounty is 50% more absorbent than a full size sheet

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oklahoma officials say all 24 victims from this week's killer tornado have been identified. ten are children. recovery efforts in the hard hit oklahoma city suburb of moore are under way. the twister tore through 13,000 homes, several schools, and a hospital. president obama plans to visit the area sunday. bigad shaban is in moore now. good morning, bigad. >> reporter: anne-marie, good morning to you. twisted metal still line many of the streets here, and while the death toll isn't expected to rise, the sense of loss is tremendous. of the 24 victims, the oldest was 70 years old. the youngest, just 4 months. kyle davis was one of ten children killed in the monster tornado. he died at the elementary school

along with others. he was nicknamed the wall because of the way he played soccer. 4-year-old karina and her infant sister cindy died in their home when the twig every tore apart. their mother was helpless to save them. in all the tornado claimed 24 lives. the first funerals for the victims will begin stored. >> we cried together, we will continue to kriercry, but we wi heal too. >> reporter: many of them got their first look wednesday of what the tornado left behind. an estimated 13,000 homes are now damaged or completely destroyed. >> i wouldn't have been able to pick out anything here. >> you were thinking, you know, you look around like your house is supposed to be there and it's not. >> yeah. >> you know, this is supposed to be here and it's not. everything has just turned to rubble. >> reporter: they say they're ready to build but he's looking to come on.

>> to come out on this porch and not be this house, it would not be the same. >> to come out of this house and look out wouldn't be the same. >> how do you eat an elephant? one bite at a time. that's literally what you do, go block by block, house by house picking the stuff up. >> reporter: the officials estimate it cost as much as $2 billion worth of damage. and while the city manager believes the cleanup effort could take months, anne-marie, he estimated it could be another five years before life here in moore, oklahoma, is back to normal. >> bigad shaban in moore, oklahoma. thank you very much, bigad. well, neither of the oklahoma schools destroyed by the tornado has safe rooms or shelters. there's no law in oklahoma requiring it. yesterday the governor acknowledged a state fund to accept donations for construction of safe rooms. statewide, only about 100 schools have them. they are expensive, topping a

million dollars, and usually & built in new schools, leaving older schofacilities defenseles. >> there's not a safe enough place for kids with an ef-5 tornado, 200-mile-an-hour winds. everything above ground is going to be taken off. >> reporter: now, straight ahead, your thursday morning weather. and in "money watch," why it pays to be a ceo these days. why it pays to be a kceo these days.

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here's a look at today owes forecast in some cities around here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. new york and miami, expect thunderstorms. chicago, morning rain. dallas, partly sunny. and los angeles, morning clouds, a high of 74. and time now for a check of the national forecast. another round of severe weather in the southern plains today with large hail and damaging winds. northwest texas and western oklahoma face the brunt of the storm. expect showers and thunderstorms across much of the northeast and along the southern atlantic coast. well, the long memorial day weekend is fast approaching, and that means millions of americans will be headed to the highways. aaa predicts more than 31 million people will drive 50 miles or more, and they'll be paying more to fill up their cars. pump prices recently reversed a downward trend, rising 7 cents this past week to climb to a nationwide average of 3$3.66 a

gallon. on the "cbs moneywatch" now, fed chairman ben bernanke rattles the markets and a pay raise for america's ceos. ashley morrison is here in new york with that and more. good morning, ashley. >> good morning to you, anne-marie. well, a mixed message from the federal reserve over its aggressive stimulus program created confusion among investors. yesterday morning fed chair ben bernanke told congress it's too soon to wind down its program of buying bounds to ease long-term borrowing costs. but in the afternoon notes from the meeting revealed that some fed policy makers want to scale it back as early as june. bernanke's comments along with china's weakness sent it down. tok tokyo's nikkei plummeted 7%, while hong kong's hang seng lost more than 2%. the uncertainty with the fed program put stocks on a roller-coaster ride. the dow tumbled 80 poibltss while the nasdaq lost nearly 39

points. jcpenney is struggling to keep its company afloat. the company secured a $2.25 billion loan. the beleaguered retailer is fighting to win back customers after a plan to turn around the company backfired. and this shouldn't come as much of a surprise. the paychecks of ceos for large american companies are bigger than ever. compensation rose by 6.5% in 2012, boosting average earnings to nearly $10 million a year. surprisingly, women actually earn more though, $11 million compared to $9.5 million for men. cbs's leslie moonves topped the chart as the best compensated ceo. he made more than $60 million last year, though it is down 12% from 2011. the only thing i'm the ceo of is my house, and i don't get paid anything for that. >> same here. ashley morrison in new york. thank you very much, ashley.

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here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. washington, d.c., heavy thunderstorms. atlanta, mostly sunny though. thunderstorms in st. louis as well. partly sunny in denver. seattle, thunderstorms. in sports if game one is any indication, the nba's eastern conference finals is shaping up to be a classic series. indiana trailing miami by three points when paul george hits a long three-pointer to tie it up with less than a second to play. in overtime, the pacers holding a one-point lead with just two seconds to play, but that was enough time for lebron james.

he takes the inbound pass and goes to the rim for the game-winning basket. the heat win, 103-102. and a fan at wednesday's giants/nationals game making the highlight reel. watch as he reaches out to make a one-handed catch of a foul ball while he's holding a baby. on the field, washington's bryce harper hits his 12th home over the year to help the nationals to a 2-1 win. and a japanese mountain climber is now the oldest person to climb mt. everest. 80-year-old yuichiro miura reached the summit today. it is his third time climbing the world's tallest eak, but his record may be short-lived. an 81-year-old climber from nepal is preparing for his ascent next week. and a day after pledging to donate a million dollars to relief efforts in moore, oklahoma, kevin durant paid a visit to the tornado-ravaged town.

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san francisco's great highway became covered in sand dunes. high winds howling up to 30 miles an hour pushed sand onto the oceanfront roadway. some dunes piled up to three feet high. of course, the highway had to be closed. an oceanfront in new jersey is marking a milestone. belmar reopened its boardwalk for the first time since superstorm sandy hit and just in time for the memorial day weekend. christine sloan of our new york station wcbs-tv reports. >> reporter: governor chris christie and the mayor of belmar cutting a ribbon to open brand-new boardwalk less than seven months after hurricane sandy ripped through this jersey shore town, tearing apart the boardwalk and leaving behind piles of debris.

>> look how far we've come. okay. that whole time -- >> reporter: carol brandy who was interviewed by cbs 2 news as she evacuated during sandy and the hundreds that came to the beach today for the big celebration including students have come a long way. >> i live in belmar and i survived hurricane sandy, so i'm so excite thad the boardwalk's open. >> reporter: this was the first shore town the republican governor visited after the storm's wrath. he and the mayor, a democrat, promised each other they would do all they could to have this boardwalk complete by memorial day weekend. >> the biggest reason that i want to come and open these boardwalk is because i want new jersey and the region and the country to know that new jersey has come back. >> we had a tremendous amount of water in town. you know, it took us over six days to get the water out. we had pieces of boardwalk pushed in six city blocks that had to get removed.

>> reporter: some of the debris, jake's crab shack, a building completely demolished during the storm. he's back in a rented trailer. >> the community has all come together to make this real, you know, come to life. it's amazing. >> that was wcbs-tv's christine sloan reporting. now coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," a preview of president obama's major speech on national security today. we'll get details from the white house. plus, the decline in gold prices. we'll speak with mellody hobson. and the ceo of delta air lines, richard anderson, will be in the studio. that's the "cbs morning news" for this thursday. thanks for watching. we want to leave you with a tribute to carol king at the white house. king was presented with the gershwin prize for the most popular song, the first woman to receive that honor.

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mallicoat. >> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald. hi, everyone. good morning. man, it feels like a friday. you know? >> it does. >> after nine innings of baseball, it just does. may 23. i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm michelle griego. time is just about 4:30.

the ball dudes. >> nine innings. we had ten innings. it went to extra innings yesterday. >> did you have funnel. it was a great time. >> did you have fun? >> it was a great time. we'll talk about that coming up. right now temperatures in the 40s and 50s. windy in spots. we'll talk more about that coming up. >> they just issued -- chp just issued a wind advisory for the dumbarton bridge. so heads up there. otherwise, over at the bay bridge, we have some overnight roadwork still out there in lanes. we'll show you more coming up. british prime minister david cameron confirmed this morning there are strong indications that a gruesome attack in london was terrorism. yesterday two attackers used butcher knives, machete and meat cleaver to kill soldiers. the two suspects waited for the police who shot and wounded them. the attack prompted a meeting this morning of the british government's emergency committee. two british officials say