the defense is scheduled to the defense is scheduled to make its closi the defense is scheduled to make its closing arguments in the george zimmerman murder trial today. stocks soar to record highs after ben bernanke said the fed will support the economy for the foreseeable future. and dna links the man who once claimed he was the boston strangler to one of the victims. captioning funded by cbs this is the this is the "cbs morning news" for friday, july 12th, 2013. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well, the murder trial of former sanford, florida, neighborhood watch volunteer george zimmerman is expected to take a diseasive turn today. the defense is set to make closing arguments, and then the jury could begin deliberations.

marl marlie hall is in sanford. good morning, marlie. six jurors will decide if george zimmerman is guilty of second-degree murder, manslaughter, or not guilty at all. george zimmerman's fate will be handed over to the jury today. the jurors, all women, will have to decide whether or not the neighborhood watch volunteer committed a crime the night he shot 17-year-old trayvon martin. >> this is outrageous. >> reporter: despite defense objection, judge deborah nelson ruled the jury could consider manslaughter charges instead of just second-degree murder. >> they have to prove ill will, malice, hatred, something along that line to get to that level. so the manslaughter is a killing without justification. >> reporter: prosecutors say zimmerman did have malice and hatred for martin. >> pardon my language. he was one of those [ bleep ] that get away.

pardon milan garage. he was one of those [ bleep ] punks. >> reporter: but in closing arguments this morning the defense is expected to claim murder and manslaughter charges don't apply because zimmerman shot him to save his own life. a verdict could come down as early as this evening. and police in sanford are on standby in case there's a violent reaction to the decision. >> we want people to be vocal but not violent. >> reporter: miami's police director met with church leaders yesterday in the event the jury's decision sparks outrage. raise your voice. >> and not your hands. >> reporter: here in sanford, the sheriff's department has been running tv ads calling for peace after the verdict. if convicted zimmerman could face life in prison for second-degree murder and up to 30 years for mansaughter. anne-marie? >> marlie hall in sanford,

florida. thank you, marlie. on "cbs moneywatch" gas prices are set to spark. ashley morrison is here in new york with more. good morning, ashley. >> good morning, anne-marie. asian markets were mixed ahead of china's data. there was a seven-week heil while hong kong he's hang seng lost nearly 1%. investors liked what fed chair ben bernanke had to say. it would continue to dump billions into the economy and keep interest rates low for the foreseeable future. that lead to a record-breaking day on wall street. the dow soared 169 points to a record 15,460 points. the nasdaq jumped 7. according to the apr the 30-year fixed rate is 4.51%. that's up from 3.35% from just two months ago. the hieks is blamed on the fear the fed would slow its stimulus program. prices at the gas pump that are already creeping up are

expected to skyrocket in just two weeks. "usa today" records increasing costs for oil and falling u.s. supplies could lead to a 15-cent price surge or worse within the next two weeks. the national average for a gallon is already up 4 cents from this time last week. it's now at $3.52 a gallon. a shakeup for microsoft as it tries to survive in a computer world. the shift from tablets to other mobile devices has hurt microsoft particularly of its flagship windows. the company says the restructuring is aimed at enabling it to respond faster to the market with new services and devices. >> well, it's just about as rare in washington as a democrat and republican fighting common ground. the federal government ended june in the black. the $116.5 billion surplus is the biggest in five years. about half of the surplus is from dividend payments. fannie mae and freddie mac made to the government. taxpayers took it over at the

height of the financial crisis and they're now repaying the debt. so that's some good news there. >> it is indeed. good news on a friday. ashley morrison here in new york. thank you, ashley. the food and drug administration is proposed new limits on acceptable amounts of arsenic found in apple juice. studies have shown very low levels con tang ar ssenic. the new limit will be 10 parts per billion down from 23 parts per billion and that's the same level for arsenic found in drinking water. and the republicans have approved a scaled back massive farm bill, but without funding for food stamps. the measure passed 216 to 208 on thursday. they're expected to make deep cuts to the $80 billion a years. spending on food stamps. democrats are opposed to any such cuts. federal air safety investigators have found no evidence of mechanical problems that may have led to the crash

landing of asiana air flight 214 last saturday in san francisco. their focus now is squarely on the pilots. bigad shaban reports. >> reporter: the pilots of asiana airlines flight 214 told federal investigators they were using auto throttle during their descent saturday. just seconds before the plane clipped the seawall, one of the pilots noticed it was not keeping the 777 at the right speed, but the nts by says the flight data recorder or fdr shows nothing out of the ordinary. >> there's no anomalous behavior of the auto pilot, of the flight director, and of the throttles based on the fdr review to date. >> reporter: investigators also had more on the statements by one of the pilots, that he was blinded by a flash of light about 30 seconds before the crash. he said it could have simply been a reflection of the sun. >> the pilot that saw the light

stated that he did not believe it affected his vision, and he was able to see the cockpit instruments. >> reporter: the runway where the plane crashed has been cleared of debris and has been turned back over to the sfrarchs international airport. passengers can be heard escaping the wreckage calling 911 trying to get help for others. >> there is a woman out here on the street, on the runway, who is pretty much burned very severely on the head, and we don't know what to do. she's severely burned. she will probably die if we don't get help. >> reporter: the investigation into the crash could take 12 to 18 months. bigad shaban, cbs news, san francisco. investigators have found new dna evidence linking a man to a killing spree that terrorized boston almost a century ago. the suspect albert de salvo was never convicted as the boston strangler.

instead he was sentenced to prison for other crimes. teresa garcia report. >> reporter: boston police announced a break thursday in the decades-old case of the boston strangler. albert de salvo died in prison in 1973 after confessing to the murders that terrorized the city of boston. 11 women raped and strangled to death between 1962 and 1964. >> that confession has been the subject of skepticism and controversy from almost the moment it was given. >> reporter: de salvo's confession was thrown out of court and he was never charged with the murders. he was stabbed to death in prison. now police say dna evidence will allow them to formally charge de salvo with the murder of the final victim, 19-year-old mary sullivan. last call, more sophisticated tests were taken of de salvo's

body. >> it's surpassed every hope and of investigators assigned to the case. >> reporter: investigators obtained a water bottle from his nephew that contained the dna they needed. the judge signed off on a plan to exhume de salvo's body to confirm the results. >> it's taken 49 years for the police to legitimately say they got their man and they'll probably be able to say that very soon. >> reporter: police expect to exhume de salvo's body sometime this week. teresa garcia, cbs news. fugitive nsa leaker edward snowden meets with a human rights group today. the meeting with amnesty international is expected to take place at the moscow airport where snow done has been holed up for nearly three weeks now. russian news agency interfax reports that snowden wants to make a public statement. snowden claims he is facing an unlawful campaign by u.s. officials.

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our nation's first our nation's first commander in chief is finally getting his own presidential library. george washington's estate is spending $105 million for the addition to his home in mt. vernon, virginia. it's due to open in september. and the senate passed a wide ranging immigration reform bill two weeks ago, but the house appears to be no closer to reaching an agreement. in fact, speaker john boehner says he's happy to take his time if it means getting it right. nancy cordes reports. >> reporter: house speaker john boehner sought to silence the doubters saying house republicans are too divided on

immigration to pass anything. >> the vast majority of our members believe we do have to wrestle with this problem. >> reporter: but the members are also leery of the massive reform bill that was passed two weeks ago. instead they want tony trow deuce a series of smaller bills starting with policies most popular with republicans. republican raul labrador. >> we want to have security first, border security first and then do something with the lool status here and the senate sits backward. >> reporter: democrats feel they'll never get around to it. and while national gop leaders say that's key to winning back hispanic voters, most house republicans don't feel that electoral pressure in part because of redistricting. on average hispanics make up just 10% of the voting age population in republican house districts compared to 21% in democratic districts. republican tom cotton, arkansas

district is just 4% hispanics. how important is immigration reform to your constituents? >> it's important but i wouldn't say it's high priority. they're more concerned about obama care and administration's refusal to enforce that law. they're worried about spending. they're worried about the debt. >> reporter: in fact, many house republicans are less concerned about losing hispanic votes they they are of the fury they could face on the right. that gives you a sense of just how tricky this is going to be and it's going to take many months. nancy cordes, bs news, capitol hill. well, egypt is bracing for what could be more political clashes today. thousands of supporters of ousted president mohamed morsi rallied in cairo last night. the u.s. is criticizing the egyptian military and the interim government for arresting members of morsi's muslim brotherhood party. congress is expecte to discuss soon whether to continue sending more than $1 billion in aid to egypt. and for the first time ever,

ireland's par lament voted to legalize abortion in exceptional circumstances. the bill was passed through this morning permitting doctors to abort an unborn babe if a mother's life is at risk. critics worry the bill will eventually lead to more liberal laws in a predominantly catholic nation. straight ahead, your friday morning weather. and in sports, derek jeter makes his debut, but may be headed back to the bench. and i've been pretty well banged up but the worst pain i've experienced was when i had shingles. when i went to the clinic, the nurse told me that it was a result of having had chickenpox. i wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.

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here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. new york, thunderstorms. same for miami. chicago will be mostly sunny though. dallas, mostly sunny as well. los angeles, morning clouds with a high of 82. and time now for a check of the national forecast. you're waking up to another day of thunderstorms along the east coast with the remnants of what was tropical storm chantal arriving in north carolina. expect widespread showers and thunderstorms in the southern plains and gulf coast. much of the midwest and the pacific northwest south through california stays dry. in sports now, yankees' shortstop derek jeter is back. the question is for how long. jeter returned to the yankees' lineup for the first time in nine months and eeked out a an infield single in his first at-bat. jeter had been sidelined with a broken ankle but he left the game with a tight thymusle.

the results of an mri are expected today. still the yanks beat kansas city, 8-4. boston drove in the go-ahead run as the red sox rallied from a four-run deficit to beat the mariners, 8-7. the a.l. east leading sox are now 25 games over .500. in the national lead the braves led the cincinnati reds. the all-star freddie freeman went three for four. and the chicago cubs shut out the st. louis cardinals, 3-1. edward jackson and four relievers combined for the four-hit shutout. the cubs have won ten of their last 15 games. >> when we return, another look at this morning's top stories and a tiny hero. we will see how a quick-thinking 5-year-old tried to save her mother's life. quick-thinking 5-year-old tried to save her mother's life. bacon?! gotta get that bacon! bacon?! bacooon! smokey bacon, meaty bacon, tasty bacon!

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forecast in some cities around the country. washington, d.c., thunderstorms. same goes for atlanta. but, st. louis will be mostly sunny today. denver, afternoon thunderstorms. seattle, mostly sunny with a high of 72. and here's another look at our top stories. the defense is expected to make closing arguments today in the murder trial of former neighborhood watch volunteer george zimmerman in florida. jury deliberations could begin as early as today. and stocks soar on wall street. thursday after federal reserve federal chairman ben bernanke said the fed will keep its easy money policy, quote, for the foreseeable future. a new jersey girl knew what to do when her mom had an emergency. 5-year-old chloe olson's mother was choking on a potato chip thursday.

she decided to call 911. she did that thinking it was her dad. >> hello? >> yes. >> hello. >> daddy, mommy's choking. >> she's choking? >> yeah. she can't talk right now. >> okay. she can't talk? >> no. >> okay. can you open the front door and i'll get help over to you. >> okay. >> open the front door. >> love you. bye. >> how cute is that. firefighters arrived just minutes later. fortunately chloe's mom managed to free the potato chip herself. and the secretary of state john kerry's wife is improving. she's now in a rehab facility in doctors upgraded teresa heinz kerry's condition from fair to good. the 74-year-old suffered a seizure in nantucket over the weekend. and san diego mayor bob filner is apologizing amid sexual harassment allegations. in a statement yesterday filner said he had failed to respect women who worked for him. he did not detail his actions.

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recent economic recent economic reports show china's economy is slowing down, and that is bad news for college graduates who are trying to find work. seth doane spoke with some of them in beijing. >> reporter: this 21-year-old thought finding a job would be the toughest thing about moving to beijing. he was wrong. this is your room? >> yes. >> wow. it's tight. his f $00 monthly salary left him $160 a month for rent, not enough to afford a window. you cannot tell if it's day or night, he told us. the kitchen stove and shower are broken. i hand wash. there's no air conditioning. i only have a fan. his roommate couldn't stand the heat and moved out. despite having a college degree,

wages are low. at this beijing job fair, graduates know the odds. only 35% have found work. these apartments, ant colonies, are illegal. so we took a hidden camera to see one with 20 beds and one bathroom. another unit we saw slept 30. ant tribes refers to a group of people who come to big cities from small towns and strive for their dream she told us. we live in cheap and shabby places and have a hectic life. this 23-year-old journalism graduate is another member of the ant tribe. she works at a magazine making $400 a month, no more than a supermarket cashier. she dreamt of living in a three-bedroom apartment with friends. instead she has three friends in one bedroom. is this what you would imagine a

life of a college graduate? it was not until i entered society that i realized real life was completely different, she told us. as the economy slows, her dream of finding a high-paying job seems well out of reach. sometimes i want to leave. then i push myself to persist. maybe i will get closer to my dreams one day. but the value of her college education is hard to measure. in china, a delivery person can make twice as much as someone with a degree. seth doane, cbs news, beijing. well, coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," we'll go live to sanford, florida, for an update on the george zimmerman trial and get analysis from jack ford. plus, new revelations from leaker edward snowden. john miller has details, and we'll show you how some people

are paying for high medical bills through so-called crowd funding. that's the "cbs morning news" for this friday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

>> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald oh, yeah. good morning, everybody! july the 12th. what day is it? >> it is friday!! >> yay! i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm michelle griego. time now 4:30. >> he said observations yeah!

>> friday! >> oh, yeah! >> we are excited today. looks like a great day ahead weather-wise. temperatures in the 50s. some patchy fog outside. by the afternoon, should be a great day. we will have more on that and the weekend forecast coming up. >> and we have barely a car coming toward the san francisco this morning across the golden gate bridge. we'll have the latest drive times plus a check of mass transit if you want to kickback on this friday morning coming up. >> thank you. 4:30 is the time now. sfo crews are working around the clock to clean up the wreckage of asiana flight 214. airport managers hope to have runway 28 left open by the weekend. on sunday ntsb will cut up and store the remainder of the plane's fuselage in a secure location in the bay area. feds will save pieces to be taken to washington, d.c. for further analysis. investigators say the engines and the automatic flight controls were all working normally before saturday's crash. the pilot told them that he