>> axelrod: tonight, more ndouble in tornado alley. tsnew round of twisters hits oklahoma, this time with severe storms that kill at least nine. anna werner is there. the greatest loss ever for the houston fire department. he'll have the latest on the deadly fire in texas. saying goodbye to jean stapleton, who made edith bunker one of the most memorable characters in the history of television >> ♪ those were the days. ( applause ) >> axelrod: and the big stink. bill whitaker tells us why these folks are holding their noses on one of america's most scenic stretches of shoreline. >> the smell was so overpowering ring we had guests get up and leave. d captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news."

>> axelrod: good evening. .'m jim axelrod. we begin tonight with more dlolent and deadly weather along the plains and in the midwest. the national weather system still doesn't know exactly how many tornadoes touched down issoeen oklahoma and missouri last night, but look at the scene in st. charles, missouri, near st. louis, after a twister came through there. a line of powerful, slow-moving thunderstorms followed the tornadoes, causing severe flash flooding and sending rescue crews scrambling. once again, oklahoma got hit hardest. the storms killed at least nine sople and injured more than 100 in the oklahoma city area. add anna werner reports, the bad weather blew in during rush hour trapping people in their cars on >> that's on the ground, dude. on the ground. >> reporter: for the second time in less than two weeks, storm chasers followed large tornadoes that resulted in lives lost and property damaged.

on a main interstate highway near oklahoma city, tractor trailers flipped. several people who were out driving in their cars were killed, including a woman and her baby. the storms took down many power lines, and there were widespread outages. heavy rains turned fields and roads into lakes and streams. but the brunt of the storm struck rural oklahoma, where some homes and businesses suffered extensive damage. in rural el reno, a livestock auction barn in business for over two decades took a direct hit. at its restaurant, waitress tracy szymanski saw three tornadoes approaching. she and six other employees ran to hide in a closet beneath these stairs. >> that's when i knew we were-- we had to go. and we all took off and got in that closet and-- prayed. >> reporter: what did you think was going to happen? >> i thought we were going to die. i thought we were going to get sucked out and die, and they'd find us somewhere in the pasture.

i don't want to ever go through another one like this, ever. >> all the women, mainly to the front. >> reporter: restaurant cook shelton bryan and two other men shielded tracy and three other women with their bodies as the winds ripped the steel building apart. afterward, the seven were trapped inside the building until bryan forced open collapsed metal doors. >> i just kind of got under it. >> reporter: fellow employees call him a hero. >> it was close. it was definitely close. it was a close one. yeah, i'm glad to be here. he reporter: the vast majority of the fatalities came from this rural area outside of oklahoma city. jim, the tornadoes proved deadly note even though this area is not densely populated, like tore is, where that ef5 tornado came through on may 20 and did so much destruction. >> axelrod: so, anna, were the people of moore impacted by these latest twisters?

>> reporter: they avoided a direct hit by the tornadoes, which was so fortunate, but, for residents trying to recover, some of them had to deal with thooding and more high winds, a lot of rain. the thunderstorms were really bad last night. >> axelrod: anna, thank you. we turn next to meteorologist jeff berardelli at our miami station, wfor. jeff, it seems to be an intense period lately in terms of oes.adoes. any kind of uncommon or even wecord-setting pace we're on? >> this past week has been txceptionally active and the reason why is we've had basically a stalled jet stream right across the plain state and ve ohio heal, and that's been causing a lot of severe weather. in fact, take a look at this 60aphic. just this week alone, we've had 115 reports of tornadoes, about d0 reports of wind damage, and about 700 reports of large hail. but take a look at this. we started off extraordinarily slow with only 18 tornadoes during the month of march.

irmal is 80, and that is only 25% of normal. so, although it has been very active this past week, it hirtainly hasn't been an active y haon, at least starting out. s axelrod: okay, still a lot of ofngerous weather out there. who needs to be concerned about what's in this country over the next 24 hours? >> the storm system is finally middle east to the southeast and toward the east. the main threat during the day lomorrow looks to be across the northeast. there may be an isolated tornado, but the biggest threat appears to be gusty winds. and also hail. wi we pull out this picture, it is going to be absolutely gorgeous across the great lakes and also the ohio valley, so things are looking better certainly as we head into llmorrow. >> axelrod: jeff berardelli, ceank you very much. >> you're welcome. h. axelrod: today is the first day of hurricane season, which runs until november 3. a.o.a.a., the federal agency hich handles forecasting, predicts this season to be a very active one.

and just in time, n.o.a.a. has as cance plans to furlough 12,000 workers as part of the sequester. the politico web site reported today the agency has been granted the financial flexibility to keep everybody on the job. yevestigators in houston are looking into a motel fire yesterday afternoon that became the deadliest in the history of the houston fire department. four firefighters are dead, 14 more injured. andrew horansky of our houston onation, khou, has more. >> reporter: a procession of four ambulances carried the bodies of the fallen ofrefighters through the streets li houston as first responders lined up to pay their respects. houston mayor annise parker: >> there is nothing we can do tat will heal the hurt that we all feel. >> reporter: the four firefighters came from two stations. captain matthew renaud and robert beebe were 12-year yearrans of the department.

robert garner served two tours in afghanistan before becoming a firefighter in 2010. rookie anne sullivan had just graduated from the academy in april. the five-alarm fire broke out in ntrestaurant attached to the tuthwest inn around noon tsterday. it raced into the motel housing 45 residents. christina bryant was one of upm. >> i had a horrible panic attack and called my friend freaking out and everything, and then i packed up all my stuff and just... i booked it. >> reporter: more than 100 firefighters fought the fire in 90-degree heat, with high humidity and strong winds. >> the building was-- much more fire in it than we originally thought. bu reporter: houston fire chief terry garrison said firefighters entered the building looking for anyone who might still be in there when the roof collapsed, trapping them inside. >> they were in the highest oount of risk possible because we thought we had some civilians in the structure.

they were risking their lives to save our community. >> reporter: three of the dead were found in the rubble after the fire was extinguished. the four firefighters died at a nearby hospital. 14 firefighters were taken to the hospital. one of them is still in critical condition. tonight, several agencies remain at the scene, including the fire department's arson unit and the aderal bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms. cm? >> axelrod: andrew horansky of our houston station, khou, thank you. in turkey, police say more than t0 protesters were arrested erday in some 90 separate demonstrations across the country. rted started as outrage over rens to replace a park in istanbul's taksim square has become a flash point of anger over the policies of the prime minister. >> reporter: today, tens of thousands of people poured into the heart of istanbul. the crowds have clashed

violently with the police for to days. proe protests started with the unpopular plan to build a new shopping mall. the anger has quickly spread to other cities, laying bare much deeper tensions that have simmered in turkey for years. protesters' target is the country's democratically elected rime minister erdogan. eis critics accuse him of behaving like a dictator, and they worry that mr. erdogan, who is an islamist, wants to impose his own conservative values on ve vrs. last week, his government brought in new laws restricting the sale of alcohol, a move that's infuriated less-religious turks. the police tried to break up the demonstrations with tear gas and water cannon. eondreds of people were injured in scuffles. the prime minister admitted today that the tear gas was heavy handed, and, in istanbul

hee police were treated, allowing the protests to continue. but mr. erdogan has made it clear that he has no intention of changing his policies. holly williams, cbs news, istanbul, turkey. >> axelrod: police in london 8-arged 28-year-old michael mebolajo with murder. he's the second suspect in the killing of british soldier lee rigby last month. adebolajo was the man seen with a clever and blood on his hands right after the attack, claiming revenge for attacks on muslims around the world. on the streets of london today, tilice separated anti-islamic protesters from rival demonstrators with an antiracist message. jean stapleton has died, the s tress who played one of the most memorable characters in television history. >> ♪ songs that made the hit parade. ♪ >> axelrod: it's been 42 years since jean stapleton let loose

that piercing shriek of a singing voice, introducing us to edith bunker and the series, "all in the family," that changed tv with its honest look at the complexities of a changing american culture. >> oh, no. ( laughter ) >> axelrod: stapleton's warm- hearted, long-suffering edith was married to carol o'connor's bigoted archie, who lived with their daughter and son-in-law and seemed to confront each week a challenge to their traditional worldview. race, gender, religion-- they all seemed to shake up archie's world, with edith often on the receiving end. >> edith, i told you that ain't it. >> my sister used to faint at spiders in the bathtub. >> axelrod: born jean murray, new york in 1923, stapleton had a long career on stage before "all in the family," appearing in hit broadway musicals such as "damn yankees." >> she worries so about chafing, she changes diapers every five

minutes. >> axelrod: and many commercials. but none of her success prepared her for the kind of fame "all in the family" would bring her, along with three emmies and two golden globes. ab i got so excited i jumped off the examining table. ( laughter ) and i broke my ankle. ( laughter ) >> axelrod: jean stapleton, who whde edith bunker a part of all of our families, was 90. erter, remembering the colleagues we lost four decades ago in cambodia. your tax dollars at work: the i.r.s. dance video that cost $1,600 to produce. erd wind power advocates float their latest proposal. those stories when the "cbs evening news" continues. it starts with something little. a request for information. a simple donation. things anyone can do.

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>> axelrod: as we head into another season of air conditioning bills, there's an alternative source of energy sagking up speed: harnessing wind power. terrell brown shows us one pilot program which is off the ground and out to sea. >> reporter: with a christening on the penobscot river, volturnus was launched, the nation's first floating turbine, intended to make electricity from the ocean's wind. ed tb dagher developed the technology at the university of >>ine. >> within 50 miles of our coast in the u.s., we have the equivalent of enough energy to power the u.s. four times over. >> reporter: this turbine is just a prototype. the final version would be eight times larger, nearly as tall as she washington monument, with each blade longer than the wingspan of a 737. the plan is to put 150 of them far out at sea where winds are stronger and more consistent than on land. >> in the gulf of maine, the

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for cbs news. >> the green berets lodged here have only a few more days of waiting. >> axelrod: correspondent george syvertsen, producer jerry miller, cameraman remnik leckhi, and tomaharu ishii. sound man kojiro sakai. and sam leng, a cambodian interpreter and driver. in another car, a crew from nbc, welles hangen, sound man roger colne, and cameraman yoshiniko waku. >> a jeep use bide cbs news man george syvertsen-- >> axelrod: a jeep carrying four from cbs was hit by a rocket-powered genade and all were killed. the other five were captured by the khmer rouge and beaten to death. recently, a group of friends and colleagues of those killed went back to the scene to dedicate a memorial. longtime cbs cameraman kurt hoefle, expected to work with george syvertsen that day was leckhi was assigned instead. >> this for me is very emotional because my friends were killed here in the war, so i was very close to them.

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california environmental laws which essentially has wrapped this problem up in governmental red tape. with locals gagging and business owners howling, george howard started a petition to get something, anything done. so far, every proposal from hosing to shoveling has been blocked. >> we are not short of regulations here. >> and must say that many of them, particularly the environmental ones, make sense. but they shouldn't be an obstacle and so inflexible. >> reporter: to complicate things further this is national parkland. the federal government also has a say. local lawyer mark evans has been trying to find a solution, a biodegradable solution to wash it away. >> we would have to get a national pollution discharge elimination system permitted. and in the normal course that would take two to three years they tell us because of a backlog of applications. >> reporter: for now, says council woman sherri lightner, la jolla is stuck with the

stifng. >> this is like a perfect storm. it's a protected area, very, very highly protected, very regulated, and very smelly. >> reporter: la jolla is hoping for a solution by summer when hot weather heat up the droppings and drops a worse stinkbomb at the height of tourist season. bill whitaker, cbs news, la jolla, california. >> axelrod: actually, they took the first step toward a solution just this week hiring a company to clean the cliffs using some acceptably environmentally friendly products. and that's the cbs evening news for tonight. later on cbs, two editions of "48 hours." for now, i'm jim axelrod in new york. for all of us here at cbs news, thanks for joining us. and good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org

california firefighters are dealing with that challengi ion tonight. flames burning out of control plus hot, dry conditions. how a southern california firefighter -- the southern california firefighters are dealing with that challenging combination tonight. >> you can feel helpless in a situation like this. >> they call it an unfair change in policy. what some renters are being charged for that used to be free and who is getting involved to help. in danger of being shut down, what could replace this historic movie theater? kpix 5 news is next. ,, ,,,,,,

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