may. last night, they posted a video on youtube. it was the first time they have spoken about their ordeal in public. first and foremost, i want everyone to know how happy i am to be home with my family and friends it's been unbelievable. i want to thank everyone who has helped me and my family throughout this entire ordeal. everyone who has been there and supportive has been a blessing for the outpouring of kindness. i'm getting stronger each day and i hold my privacy immensely. >> thank you, everyone, for your love, support and donations which helped me build a brand-new life. i just want everyone to know i'm doing just fine. >> ariel castro has pleaded not guilty to charges that he kidnapped the three women. now, a severe thunderstorm dumped record rain on toronto, can, on monday.

flash floods cut power to about 300 residents and shut down the city's subway system. about 1400 passengers were stranded when a commuter train filled with water. emergency crews used rescue boats to rescue them. the city got almost four inches of rain and that beats the record of an inch and a half set in 2008. also in canada, the death toll from that devastates train wreck has ridge. 15 people were killed, 40 more missing. investigators have declared the accident site a crime scene and scott pelley spoke with global tv's mike armstrong about what happened. >> there was a fire up the track about an hour, hour and a half before it came here.

that fire was extinguished. the fire company told it was a secure situation. they left thinking everything was okay. >> and what you can tell us about the cleanup? >> it's an ecoological disaster as well. there are ten communities that have been told to be careful about their drinking water. this river for a while basically dead. >> many of the 1500 residents forced to evacuate get to return home today. and investigators are looking into the crash of that asiana airlines 777 in san francisco. they may get a better grip on what happened when they interview pilots today. melanie woodrow is near the crash site. melanie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. ntsb's chairman had said the interviews were supposed to take place yesterday. but ntsb investigators decided to wait for their korean counterparts to arrive to conduct the interviews today. three days later, we still have

not heard from the pilot at the controls when flight 214 crashed. the focus into the investigation of the crash of asiana flight 214 shifts to the cockpit today. all four pilots will be interviewed to investigate what they were doing in the homes leading up to the crash. >> we're going to get a lot more details about their activities. about their work, about their training. about who was the pilot flying. who was the pilot in command in the cockpit at the time of the accident. >> reporter: preliminary investments show the plane was flying too low and about 40 miles per hour slower than needed for landing. >> it's hard for a professional aviator to understand why they could get so low and so slow before they got to the runway. >> reporter: another investigation is under way. this one to determine if one of the crash victims died outside the plane after it came to a stop. this video shows the moment immediately following the crash. you can see the emergency chutes

deploy as the first survives escape the wreckage. >> they're running out. >> reporter: passengers were running in all directions as emergency vehicles began to arrive. officials believe it's possible that one of the fire trucks may have hit a 16-year-old chinese girl and killed her. >> as you can imagine it's a very dynamic environment dealing with the rescue and trying to rescue 300 victims. >> reporter: autopsies on the two victims are still pending. it could be several weeks before we know what caused the 16-year-old's death. the crash itself, the fire truck or both. reporting live in san francisco, melanie woodrow, anne-marie, back to you. >> melanie, thank you. tropical storm chantal is on the move. it's expected to hit the lesser antilles today. winds are at 50 miles per hour. cbs meteorologist david bernard takes a look at where the storm

is headed. >> i think we should begin looking at the computer models for chantal. that will give us an idea where it's heading in the next 24 hours. the next stop will be haiti and the dominican republic. that will be on wednesday. now, if the storm survives moving over the big portion of those islands, perhaps even cuba, near saturday, the storm could be south florida or further east over the bahamas, we have two sets of models indicating that. it's too soon to say which one will be correct. in the meantime, chantal has been fighting dry air out ahead of it. it seems to be fighting that off. the next storm outside the mountains of dominican republic and haiti, and it looks like the forecast track will go right through that favorable region. i'm david bernard, cbs news, miami. president obama is

reportedly considering a option in afghanistan. "the new york times" said mr. obama is frustrated with afghan president hamid karzai and may speed up withdrawal of forces of all troops after 2014. earlier i spoke to cbs only like mike lyons, and he said if the pull outhappens it will have negative consequences. >> nato troops there as well they'll likely pull out as well. there will be no infrastructure military there to support the afghan force or the afghan government. what they'll lose is intelligence collection that processing, anything over the horizon intelligence we've been giving them right now. what's changed on the ground, i don't know, if this is a reaction from individual leaders to change the strategy this is pretty significant to go from 7,000 troops to zero.

>> "the new york times" also says no decision has been made on the withdrawal. and egypt's interim government is calling for new parliament in the coup. clarissa ward has more now from cairo. >> reporter: according to the supporters of ousted president morsi, soldiers opened fire on them outside the barracks where they believe morsi's being held. as the sun rose, the clashes continue. this video appears to show a soldier firing down on protesters from a nearby rooftop. at a local hospital we met this doctor who was with the protesters at the barracks. he told us he was shot twice. >> i saw people killed around me. a saw them shoot in my leg and my hand. i saw them hoot to kill >> reporter: and you're sure it was the military?

>> yes. >> reporter: but the military gave a different version of accounts. they said it had fired only when it came under attack of what it called a terrorist group. state government showed a video. >> lies, lies, lies. very offensive of lies. the police officers and the military officers and people do what i can call a war crime. >> reporter: the mass shooting has only inflamed intense standoff between the muslim brotherhood and the military. the group urged its supporters to rise up against the army. and egypt's top clerics warned of civil war. interim presidentdly mansour has ordered order. but each feels the other is

manipulating the facts for their own political gain. country singer randy travis is in a texas hospital in critical condition. ♪ amazing grace how sweet the sound ♪ >> he was taken to the hospital on sunday. the singer's publicist says the 54-year-old has a heart condition caused by a virus. it weakens the heart and could lead to heart failure. and more testimony from defense witnesses in the george zimmerman trial. on monday, the judge ruled that zimmerman's lawyers could present evidence that trayvon martin had marijuana in his system when he died. also on monday, martin's father took the stand. he seemed to contradict earlier testimony that he denied it was his son's voice dreaming for help on a 911 call. coming up on "morning news,"

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for a body in motion. an amazing sight at the washington monument, the decorative blue/gray trim surrounding the monument is now being lighted up to match the stone work. the lights were switched on last night. monument has been under repair since an east coast earthquake in 2011. on the "cbs moneywatch" the shrinking deficit and warren buffett makes a big donation in charity. ashley morrison is here in new york. good morning, ashley. >> reporter: and good morning to you, anne-marie. asian markets bounced back, slight concern over china's efforts to reform credit. hong kong's hang seng earned 2%. wall street with financial tightened wells fargo and chase the dow rose 88 points while the nasdaq added five points.

the deficit is down according to a new white house projection. the federal government is spending $759 billion more than it is taking in this year. that's down more than $200 billion from earlier predictions. the improvement is credited to the automatic spending cuts triggered by the financial cliff and increasing revenue from an improving economy. consumers are whipping out their credit cards more often. sending consumer borrowing surging. credit card use has soared to its highest level since fall of 2010. americans increased borrowing in may at the fastest rate in a year. experts say a jump in borrowing means people are feeling more confident in the economy. the land line is going away of the telegraph and a lot sooner than we think. an industry trade group predicts by the end of this year just 25% of homes will have a land line as people switch to cell phones

and internet services. at&t wants to turn off its copper network by the end of the decade, as copper wires become too expensive to replace. and warren buffett is shoring up the finances of some of his favorite charities to the tune of $2.6 billion. the investor is handing over about $2 billion worth of this stock in his company to the bill and melinda gates foundation. the rest gets divvied up between buffett's own foundation and those of his three children. you know, i've got a foundation if he wants to throw money into that. >> ashley morrison here in new york, thank you, ashley. straight ahead, your tuesday morning weather. and in sports, a spectacular catch turns out to be the biggest play of the game in milwaukee. >> announcer: "moneywatch" sponsored by vagisil wash with odor block. the confident clean. h odor block. the confident clean. when we made our commitment to the gulf, bp had two big goals:

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the desert southwest temperatures reaching 110 degrees. and in sports, the tampa bay rays won again moving to a season best ten games over .500. yunel escobar and ben zobrist homered during the three-run seventh inning as the rays beat minnesota 7-4. it was tampa's ninth win in the last ten games. in baltimore, a rematch of last year's wildcard day. ian kinsler hit a sixth inning bases-loaded double. and the rangers went on to score six runs to beat the orioles 8-5. the move makes texas 15 games over .500. in the national league, it was a mayer that ron in miami, finally in the 14th inning, justin upton with a 1-1 tie. relievers retired 24 consecutive marlins. atlanta beat miami 7-1. and in milwaukee, a great catch for the brewers.

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here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. washington, d.c., thunderstorms today. atlanta, thunderstorms as well. same thing for st. louis. denver, evening thunderstorms. seattle will be sunny with a high of 83. ♪ here's a look at today's top stories. the three women who were held captive in cleveland are speaking out for the first time. they were rescued in may and say they're getting their lives back together. and they thanked everyone for

their privacy. and flash flooding in toronto after record rain on monday. about 1,400 passengers had to be rescued from a flooded commuter train. the 10-year-old pennsylvania girl whose parents sued to win her a lung transplant has developed pneumonia. sarah murnaghan underwent two lung transplants this after the court ordered national rules be set aside in order to get the girl who suffers from cystic fibrosis donated adult lungs. her mother says that sarah is in stable condition. and the wife of secretary of state john kerry is in the hospital this morning. but she's getting better. doctors upgraded teresa heinz kerry to fair condition from critical on monday. a person close to the family says the 74-year-old heir to the heinz ketchup fortune showed symptoms similar to a seizure. and heightened concerns out of mexico city. more tremors were reported

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the war in afghanistan is winding down, but american servicemen and women are still fighting and dying there. four were killed last month. among them amber alt. elaine quijano has her story. >> it's the phone call no one wants to hear. >> reporter: charles alt was in afghanistan works as a civilian contractor were he got the call about his daughter 24-year-old army specialist amber alt, she was stationed in afghanistan, too, just a coming hours away from him. >> they took me to the mortuary, i viewed the body. and i didn't want to believe what i saw. >> reporter: what did they tell you about how she was killed? >> they told me she was killed from a rocket attack.

they told me she didn't suffer at all, which was a big relief. >> reporter: specialist alt had worked as a mechanic at bagram air base. >> she told me a couple times that it's scary out there. but she also said that she knew what her job was. and she had to do her job to the best of her ability. >> reporter: her father accompanied her home. >> it felt like the longest flight of my life. but i am thankful that i was over there to be able to escort her home, to bring my little girl home. >> reporter: charles alt was with her when she was brought to dover air force base in delaware. a week later, she was home in colleen, texas, where family and friends mourned her. it was june 28th, the day amber alt would have turned 22. >> we commend the almighty god for sister amber marie alt.

>> reporter: the next day she was buried with full military honors. four family members received flags, her husband, father, mother and stepmother, each one was presented on behalf of a grateful nation. ♪ >> she always wanted to help. always. >> reporter: what is it you want them to know about your daughter? >> that she was willing to give everything. i want her to be their hero as well as mine. >> reporter: charles alt hopes his daughter's death serves as a reminder. that even as the war in afghanistan winds down, american troops continue to make the ultimate sacrifice. elaine quijano, cbs news, colleen, texas. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," the latest on the investigation into the asiana plane crash in san francisco.

plus the manhunt for osama bin laden. john miller looks at the opportunities missed by pakistani authorities. and movie mogul harvey weinstein stops by studio 57 to talk about the fight over his new film "the butler." that's it for "cbs morning news." thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. ,,,,