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>> axelrod: tonight, nelson mandela in the hospital once again, and the government says it is serious. we will have the latest from south africa on the condition of this international hero in the fight against racism. police say the gunman in santa monica fired more than 70 rounds inside a college library during his rampage. carter evans is tracking the investigation. a mother's plea to get her 11- year-old the transplant he needs... >> if javier does not receive a transplant, he will die. >> axelrod: ...with a story of public policy and personal pain. and the london underground overhauled. we are not talking about the subway. charlie d'agata shows us who is launching businesses in some highly unlikely spots. >> it is really needs to be done. captioning sponsored by cbs
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>> this is the cbs evening news. >> axelrod: good evening. i'm jim axelrod. nelson mandela is back in the hospital tonight battling a recurring lung infection. we are told his condition is serious but stable, the most dire description the government spokesman has used to far. the former president of south africa and hero to millions around the world for his fight against apartheid is 94 years old. mandela is particularly vulnerable to problems with his lungs since contracting tuberculosis during the 27 years he was imprisoned by the south africa government. debra patta joins us now from pretoria. >> reporter: jim, nelson mandela has been battling this infection for a couple of days now, but it was in the early hours of this morning that his condition deteriorated significantly. so much so that doctors rushed
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him to this hospital here in pretoria. and that has been the pattern nelson mandela over the past few months with those health scares becoming a lot more frequent. nelson mandela has been hospitalized four times in the past six months, but for the first time the presidential spokesman said his condition is being described as serious. >> yes, when the doctors say it is serious, they mean it. previously, they haven't used that. they expressed concern. >> reporter: his condition has stabilized into a hospital; doctors say he can now breathe on his own. mandela has battled a recurring lung infection for 25 years, ever since he contracted tuberculosis in prison. in his autobiography, he wrote that back in 1988 he was taken from prison to the hospital eere doctors drew more than eight cups of fluid from his lung. the lead physician noted the damp conditions in his prison cell "had helped to cause my
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illness." just over a month ago, a frail mandela was last seen in public during a visit by south africa president jacob zuma. here you can still see the imprint of an oxygen tube on his cheek which had been removed earlier. mandela's worsening condition caused his wife to cancel a speaking engagement today in london. now, because of his advanced age, officials say that it will take a lot longer to recover from these infections. a presidential spokesman told me that we all want nelson mandela to live forever, but we have to accept that he is human and adjust our expectations accordingly. jim? >> axelrod: debra patta in south africa, thank you. dr. john lapook joins us now as we have been reporting the fourth hospitalization for nelson mandela in the last six months. what does that suggest to you about his condition? >> jim, it is not a good arc, right, these increasing hospitalizations. clearly, they want to keep him
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at home, but he is 94 years old. and you have to ask yourself... of course, i don't know a lot of information here, but i ask myself, why would they bring him into the hospital? and it could be that he has fluid in his lungs. we know he has had that in the past. they want to take out with a needle or perhaps with very aggressive medical treatment that they are really not sure what is going to happen with that treatment and want to keep him under observation, maybe do cat-scans or chest x-rays or other testing. remember, when you are this old, 94 years old, your whole body is really not what it used to be. and your heart... we don't know what his heart status is or what his kidney status is. but, as you treat his lungs, that can affect other parts of his body. >> axelrod: so, we don't want to speculate specifically on nelson mandela, but do 94-year-olds in this kind of general condition make full recoveries? >> i don't think we are really talking about a full recovery, but i certainly have treated many, many people who are 94 and above. i have treated people who are 100 that come in pneumonia and fluid in the lungs, and they have gone home and done okay.
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but ultimately what we are seeing is a pattern of increasing hospitalizations. clearly, he has underlying lung damage, and you have these infections and you really never totally get over the infections; it is a matter of trying to make them well enough there is enough oxygen in his body so he can go home and have quality of home. >> axelrod: so managing the infection, exactly. john, thanks so much. we are learning more about the man who shot and killed four people in santa monica, california, yesterday and left another gravely wounded before police shot and killed him. the rampage unfolded in minutes yesterday, and, as carter evans reports, police are tracing a trail of carnage to determine what sparked it. >> reporter: what prompted friday's rampage in santa monica is still unclear, but today there was ample evidence of what the gunman had on him. >> he was armed with a 223 automatic rifle similar to an ar-15. he was in possession of multiple loaded magazines, a handgun and
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the upper receiver for an automatic rifle. >> reporter: santa monica police chief jacqueline seabrook was tight-lipped about the investigation, not releasing the name of the shooter or most of the victims. the attack began just before noon at this house. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: the gunman killed two family members then set the home on fire. next, he shot at one passing motorist and carjacked another. she was forced to drive as he fired randomly and repeatedly. dozens of rounds struck this city bus, injuring several passengers. the gunman ordered the carjack victim to keep driving. >> told her he would kill her, and she was obviously terrified. >> reporter: about eight blocks away, just outside santa monica college, he fired at this ford explorer, which then crashed into a wall. the driver died. his passenger was gravely wounded. then, a gun battle with police on campus. he killed a woman outside the library, and then police describe a potential nightmare. >> the suspect entered the library. he attempted to kill several
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library patrons who were hiding in a safe room. it's miraculous that those individuals were not physically injured. >> reporter: police say the gunman fired 70 shots inside the library before he was shot dead by authorities. there were nine crime scenes in all, hundreds of bullet holes, people still in shock. do you believe that this was premeditated? >> well, i would presume that any time someone puts on a vest of some sort, comes out with a bag full of loaded magazines, carjacks folks, goes to a college, kills more people and has to be neutralized at the hands of the police, i would say that that is premeditated. >> reporter: the delay of releasing the suspect's name is because police want to notify his mother first, and she is out of the country. but jim, they did reveal that today would have been the shooter's 24th birthday. >> axelrod: carter, thank you. sean benschop has turned himself into police in philadelphia. he is the crane operator who is demolishing a building wednesday
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when it collapsed on to a thrift shop. six people were killed. police say benschop was high on marijuana while working and will be charged in connection with the deaths. national intelligence director james clapper is denouncing what he calls "reckless disclosures of classified information about u.s. intelligence gathering and cyber security." the leaks are all but certain to lead to a criminal investigation. chip reid has more from palm springs, california, where president obama has been meeting with the president of china. >> reporter: at a summit notable for its informality, president obama and chinese president xi jinping focused on a personal relationship to work cooperatively on a range of contentious issues. at the top of the u.s. agenda: cyber security, with president obama raising concerns about extensive chinese hacking of u.s. computer systems. >> which is why i believe we can work together on this, rather than at cross purposes. >> reporter: but working
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together could be difficult following a series of leaks this week to the british newspaper "the guardian" about u.s. cyber capabilities. friday, the paper reported on a secret directive by president obama to draw up an overseas target list for cyber attacks. while the existence of the directive was widely reported last year, someone has now leaked the actual document to "the guardian." a white house spokeswoman downplayed the significance of "the guardian" report, stating that the directive will enable more effective planning, development and use of our capabilities in the cyber world and noting the program began in 2004. earlier this week, someone also leaked documents to "the guardian" detailing u.s. government programs to monitor phone calls of millions of americans and internet communications of people overseas. the president defended the programs as necessary to thwart terrorist and cyber attacks
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against the u.s. and said the infringement of privacy is modest. >> nobody is listening to your telephone calls. >> reporter: next week, the justice department is expected to begin looking into the possibility of criminal charges in the leak investigation. and, ironically, jim, this comes just two weeks after the president said he worries that leak investigations could chill the kind of investigative journalism necessary to hold government accountable. >> axelrod: chip, thank you very much. national security advisor tom donelan says, during the summit, president obama told president xi of the specific types of hacking that concern the u.s., donelan says she agreed to look seriously at the issues obama raised. cyber security isn't the only concern the u.s. has about china. as wyatt andrews tells us, the pentagon is growing increasingly worried about relying on military components made in china. >> reporter: the hellfire missile launched from helicopters, jets or predator drones has been a critical weapon in the war on terror, but
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the propellant that fires the missile must be imported from china. it is not the only area where the pentagon depends on imports; the glass in u.s.-made night- vision goggles requires a soft, white-colored metal called lanthanum, 90% of which comes from china. >> we need to onshore our critical supply change. >> reporter: john adams is the author of this new report, which lists 14 categories where the military relies on imported minerals or technologies. some of those supplies, adam says, could be stopped during a conflict. >> we need to make sure that our most advanced, our most critical weapon systems don't depend upon our strategic competitor to supply those components to us. >> reporter: a pentagon spokesman tells cbs news by e- mail the military has a process "to determine where u.s. source components are necessary for security reasons.
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but where they are not," the statement says, "the u.s. taxpayer effects cost procurement from foreign companies." but the pentagon has grown concerned over chinese imports. during a diplomatic clash between china and japan over a disputed island chain, china stopped exports of rare minerals that japan needed for manufacturing. cbs news national security analyst juan zarate: >> we have already seen glimmers of countries like china deciding to use the supply chain and its economic muscle for diplomatic and geopolitical purposes. >> reporter: pentagon officials says they have already addressed two of the areas identified in that report. officials have ordered the pentagon to purchase more domestically produced minerals for use in night goggles, and they have invested in a new supplier to make propellant for the hellfire missile. jim? >> axelrod: wyatt andrews in washington, thank you. two u.s. service members and an
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american civilian are dead in afghanistan, killed by afghan soldier they were training. this latest insider attack took place at an afghan national army base in southeastern afghanistan. the gunman was killed. the commander of u.s. army forces in japan has been suspended for allegedly mishandling the report of a sexual assault. major general michael harrison is accused of failing to properly investigate the alleged attack. last month, jeffrey krusinski, the officer in charge of preventing sexual abuse in the air force, was charged with sexual battery. now his replacement has been named: a female two-star general, margaret woodward. later, a real estate renaissance in the london underground. jason collins front and center at boston's gay pride parade. and a mother's appeal for her son in a matter of life or death. those stories when the "cbs evening news" continues. continues.
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>> axelrod: in philadelphia, two terminally ill children have until this friday to receive the lung transplants that could say their lives. that is when a judge's order is set to expire, and their chances of receiving donor organs could be dramatically reduced. magalie laguerre-wilkinson reports on the family's fight. >> if javier does not receive a transplant, he will die. >> reporter: today millie mart in other words, martinez pleaded for her son who desperately needs a lung transplant. he has cystic fibrosis the same disease that killed his brother two years ago. >> it is the end of his life at 11 and i feel that is not fair because of a policy, it shouldn't be that way. >> reporter: national organ donor policy gives top priority for lung trance plants to people 12 and older, javier is one of two children of the philadelphia children's hospital waiting for a lung transplant.
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the other is ten-year-old sarah murnaghan. >> as a mother and grandmother i can't imagine anything more agonizing. >> health secretary kathleen sebelius has a power to wave the 12 and older rule but has not. >> this week congress pressed her on the case. >> why would we do it? why do we do so much bull crap around this place when we have a chance to save someone's live. >> there are 40 people in the highest acuity list waiting for a lung. >> thursday a federal judge issued an order making sarah an >> thursday a federal judge issued an order making sarah an exception to the rule. that decision prompted javier's mother to contact sarah's attorney stephen harvey. he now represents both families and wants an exception for javier too. >> we are not asking to jump to the front of the line, we just ask in this case it be based on the severity of his condition. >> reporter: javier is one of 70 children nationwide waiting for a lung transplant. >> this is no reporting what he is going through and how he feels every day, his shortness of breath, i don't know what he
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is going through but he does. >> javier has been hospitalized for two months, the organ procurement and transplantation network, the group that oversees transplants is meeting monday to consider changes in its 12 and older policy. >> jim. >> axelrod: magalie, thank you. next, a royal wedding, sweden celebrates as a princess says i do to a bank presentence report new york. >> to a banker from new york.
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>> axelrod: the mayor of newark, new jersey, long thought to have his eye on bigger things, and now says he does. democrat cory booker wants to become new jersey's next u.s. senator. booker announced his campaign today to finish the term of frank lautenberg, who died monday, in a special election will be held in october. the first active professional athlete to come out headlined the march for gay pride in boston today. professional basketball player jason collins wore a shirt with the words "be true" and walked with his college roommate, massachusetts congressman joe kennedy, iii. the 12-year n.b.a. veteran came out in april. serena williams won the french open, her first win in 11 years, her 16th grand slam title of her career.
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she beat maria sharapova 6-4, 6- 4. and there was a royal wedding in stockholm today. princess madeleine, the youngest of the swedish king's three children, is married to a commoner named christopher o'neill. he was born in britain but also holds u.s. citizenship and is a banker in new york. the princess is fourth in line to the swedish thrown. still ahead, fine dining in the men's room.
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>> axelrod: we close tonight with a look a at some of londons newest coffee shops and also some of london's oldest bathrooms. charlie d'agata shows us an underground movement that is sending cafe culture straight to the toilet. >> reporter: restaurant owner pete tomlinson will be the first to admit he had to scrub a few toilets to get to where he is today. he and a business partner were sitting at this pub chatting about opening a coffee shop, but where? the answer was right in front of them. an abandoned underground men's room, why not? two years and about $150,000 later, they opened this below ground cafe, the attendant as in bathroom attendant, when you came up with this idea people must have thought you are crazy. >> yeah. >> some people did, some people didn't. >> reporter: the bathroom was built in victorian times in 1890
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and kept as many original features as he could, including the urinals. >> we are sitting where men used to relieve themselves. >> yeah. >> are people put off by thad. >> i think you always get the odd person that is disturbed by that, but again that's why we have, this is really exciting and nice. >> reporter: in addition to gourmet coffee tomlinson serves upper crust food, smoked cheddar cheese and heirloom tomatoes. >> london property prices have gone sky high aboveground, meaning people have been looking below ground for new opportunities. this former bathroom recently sold for almost a million dollars, that is before the investment needed to turn it into an ice cream parlor. one creative architect turned this abandoned bathroom into her own hip and trendy, if perhaps a little cozy subterranean apartment. >> for hannah crick and jacinta faul popped down to the
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attendant on a coffee break, the cafe just kind of works. >> i didn't expect it to be so bright in here. it is really lovely. nicely done. >> it is not so obviously a toilet. >> it may not be everybody's cup of tea or coffee but it is busy enough to consider expanding his underground empire, he is pretty confident his quirky investment won't mean watching money go down the drain. >> axelrod: that is the cbs news for tonight. later two editions of 48 hours, for now i am jim axelrod for cbs, from 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
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