>> jeff: tonight boardwalk crash. >> there were people flying everywhere. it looked like something out of a movie. >> glor: as police arrest a suspect, carter evans has new details and images of this stunning scene in venice beach, california. more intelligence emerges on the threat that has closed 22 diplomatic posts overseas. jeff pegues reports. iran swears in its new president. is that a good sign for nuclear talks? elizabeth palmer is in tehran. and american original, the small town home of the greatest sport you've never heard of. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." evening, i'm jeff glor with

the western edition of it is hard to look at and even harder to explain. why did a driver plow into a crowd of people in venice beach, california. tonight one person is dead, 11 are hurt. police arrested the dprifer driver today as more video of the scene emerged. a warning, the surveillance video you are about to see shows just how violent this crash was. here's carter evans. >> reporter: to those who saw it say there was little doubt, they say this was not an accident. >> he started weaving to hit people on purpose. >> reporter: john was vacationing on the venice beach boardwalk when he heard a crash. >> he took out a tent, three people, knocked one up on the hood, now he's going to stop. but he gunned it again and he hit people on the other side, on the left side of the promenade. >> reporter: for more than 100 yards the wounded lay as firefighters rushed to treat them. minutes earlier surveillance video captured the driver, 38 year old nathan campbell

parking, calmly walking down the street then getting back in the car and accelerating. witnesses say campbell made a sharp left on to the pedestrian- only boardwalk striking people as he continued to swerve left and right. >> there were people flying everywhere. it looked like something out of a movie. >> i saw him. he was looking for blood. >> reporter: authorities say campbell drove several miles through venice and neighboring santa monica before turning himself in. he's been booked for murder with bail set at $1 million. if one moment could capture what happened, the horror of it all, this is it. was he aiming for people? >> it looked like it to me. i don't know what his motives were but it looked like. he took out innocent people. he didn't even know these people there was no reason for him to do that. what is the rational behind that? people moved out of the way, and he drove to hit them. >> reporter: the woman who died has been identified as 32-year- old alice groupioni from italy. her family told italian media she was married just two weeks ago and was here in california for her honeymoon.

one person remains in critical continue, jeff. >> jeff: carter, thank you. the state department says tonight that 19 embassies and consulates will now be closed through next saturday including some that were not closed today. the department says it's acting out of an abundance of caution. jeff pegues has more details on the terror plot that prompted the closings, intelligence sources say a plot that is imminent. >> reporter: in yemen large concrete barricades blocked the road lead together shuttered u.s. embassy one of 22 consulates and embassies closed down in a rare move. house homeland security committee chairman michael mccaul says the u.s. government is on high alert. >> this is probably one of the most specific and credible threats i've seen perhaps since 9/11.

a this is why everybody is tacking this so seriously. >> reporter: the intercepts indicate an operation could be under way and may be in the final stages. source it will cbs news the threat appears to be imminent. but there are key piece of information missing with no specifics on time or target location. and that is why broad measures are being taken. in addition to embassy and consulate closures there is a global travel advisory it warns u.s. citizens of the potential for terrorists to attack public transportation and other tourist infrastructure such as restaurants and hotels. republican congressman peter king says an attack would most likely happen in the middle east but there are no guarantees. >> basically it could be europe, it could be the united states, it could be a series of combined attacks. >> multiple attacks would echo the twin bombings of the u.s. embassies in kenya, tanzania 15 years ago this week. more than 200 people died and 4,000 were injured. the president is receiving regular briefings and there have been high level security

meetings at the white house that include the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff martin dempsey. >> there is a significant threat stream and we're reacting to it. >> reporter: cbs news sources say the threat level is the most serious since 2006. even if there is no actual attack carried out in the days ahead, the threat will continue into the future until there is clarity. jeff? >> jeff: jeff pegues, thank you. joining us now is philip mudd former deputy director of the counter-terrorist center of the cia mr. mudd, good evening. americans who are currently i wanted to ask you, should americans who are currently traveling overseas or who are about to travel overseas, should they be concerned tonight? >> sure, i think they should be concerned. but if i were them i wouldn't stop their travel plans. there are a couple things i would think about. the first is i would probably limit my time in american embassy. the second is i would think about commercial establishments like fast food places that are identified with america. and remembering some attacks in places like southeast asia years ago i would probably think about going to places like discos, nightclubs that are associated with american culture.

but i wouldn't change my travel plans significantly. >> glor: what can the united states do to head off these threats in your estimation. >> there's only one thing america can do about this. americans when they think about terrorism think about plots. plots against embassies, plots against airlines. the counter terrorism business is about people. the only way to stop plots is to stop people what america can do is to find the operatives who are responsible for this and capture them or kill them. those are the only ways to stop plots. if you stop plots without stopping people, you don't succeed. >> jeff: philip mudd, thank you very much. >> sure, thank you. >> jeff: senators john mccain and lindsay graham arrive in egypt tomorrow trying to broker a settlement between supporters of ousted president morsi and the military backed government. clarissa ward is in cairo tonight. clarissa what is the latest there? >> reporter: well, jeff, we just returned from one of those protest camps where the number of demonstrators appears to be growing, not shrinking. and while we were there we saw police helicopters swoop in low over the crowds, dropping

leaflets on to the people below, urging them to leave the camps and saying that they would be guaranteed a safe exit if they did so quickly. >> glor: clarissa, i think one question a lot of people are asking is how long can all of this go on for? >> well, that's the million dollar question, jeff. the leaflets didn't give a time line as to when the protestors have to leave by but the government has said that the window for dialogue and reconciliation is closing quickly. and certainly those u.s.-backed diplomatic efforts do not appear to be bearing any fruit. >> glor: clarissa ward in cairo, thank you. the new president of iran hasan rouhani was sworn into office in tehran today. elizabeth palm certificate in tehran with more on the man and his message for the u.s. >> reporter: with this fanfare iran turned a political page. dr. hasan rouhani took the oath of office promising dialogue and prudence, a far cry from the provocative style of his predecessor mahmoud ahmadinejad.

rouhani, a cleric who studied law in britain is a moderate reformer. he was the surprise win of the presidential lex back in june when he captured a significant shave of the youth vote. as hasan rouhani begins this new term as president of iran, he enjoys enormous popular support. iranians expect great things from him. but it's far from clear if he's going to be able to deliver. his main challenge is the economy. iranians are having a hard time making ends meet as international sanctions brought on by iran's nuclear program slowly choke off the country's oil revenues. on the campaign trail rouhani called for an end to extremism and a turn toward moderation. the u.s. and other western countries hope that is with a

signal that he would seek compromise at the next round of nuclear negotiations which are expected to resume this fall. but today rouhani ended his address with a warning. aimed in large measure at the united states. he said it's not the language of sanctions that's going to work, it's the language of respect. hasan rouhani really does look as if he wants to improve iran's international relations and make a fresh start at nuclear negotiations. but his first fight is going to be against hard-liners inside his own government. you have to remember that the president doesn't have the last word here. the supreme leader does. ali cha maini who is not only deeply conservative but deeply suspicious of the west and especially the united states. >> glor: elizabeth palmer in tehran. thank you. crews in oregon mount hood ri covered the body of a missing snowboard they are morning. rescuers had been using chainsaws and hand tools in their search for 25-year-old

colin backowski buried yesterday when an ice tunnel collapsed. it now appears almost certain the penalty for baseball alex rodriguez will come tomorrow but will also likely be in the line- up for the new york yankees in chicago. here is don dahler. >> i can't wait to see my teammates. i feel like i can help us win. >> after a final minor league rehab game alex rodriguez was optimistic saying he's rejoining the yankees who are playing on the road tomorrow. >> reporter: but also tomorrow major league baseball is expected to announce his season- ending suspension for using performance-enhancing drugs and obstructing the investigation. under baseball's collective bargaining agreement, a-rod could play while fighting a suspension if the yankees want him to. >> danny knobler is with cbssports.com.

>> if he appeals could he play. >> under the rules that could happen. now whether that will happen, i done know. and i don't know that anyone outside the commissioner's office really knows that yet. >> reporter: an arbitrator would have 25 days to rule. and the evidence against rodriguez would be made public it if the suspension ultimately stands he will lose around 34 million dollars in salary. "new york daily news" baseball columnist bill madden says if rodriguez is sidelined until 2015, don't expect to see him in pinstripes again. >> this is a guy who would then be 40 years old, having had two hip surgeries. so it's highly unlikely that he could ever even think about playing again. >> reporter: the talk of the lifetime ban for rodriguez has quieted down. major league baseball wants a- rod and other players to accept their personment without appeal and put all of this behind them, jeff. >> don dahler, thank you. later it was called the game of the century. a hundred years ago. the town that is keeping it alive today. closing arguments due tomorrow in the trial of accused mob boss whitey bulger. and the surviving arizona hot shot speaks out about his fallen comrades. those stories when the "cbs evening news" continues.

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>> glor: closing arguments begin tomorrow in the trial of accused mob boss whitey bulger. with a jury in boston likely to get the case on tuesday. bulger declined too take the stand in his own defense. and that has left a bitter taste in many mouths. here's terrell brown. >> reporter: whitey bulger once one of the most powerful gangsters in south boston told a judge friday that staying silent was not his idea. i feel that i've been choked off from having an opportunity to give an adequate defense, he said. as far as i'm concerned i didn't get a fair trial. this is a sham.

after 16 year manhunt bulger's decision not to testify was a crushing disappointment for victims' families who wanted prosecutors to grill him on the stand. >> he's the biggest coward to ever walk the streets of the city of boston. >> reporter: over the course of the trial 72 witnesses testified. their stories resembling a script from a hollywood movie there were gruesome accounts of killings including a brought ago one about victim deborah davis, the girlfriend of his right hand man stephen flemmi. fearing davis knew too much about his relationship with the fbi bulger wanted her dead. and flemmi told a courtroom how bulger killed her himself. he grabbed her by the throat and strangled her, flemmi said. he was holding her, strangling her all the way down to the basement. flemmi told jurors bulger often took naps after murdering people. maybe he was physically exhausted from it, i don't know. maybe he would get high on it. prosecuters charged bulger with racketeering, extortion and 19 murders. whatever the outcome, he's likely to spend the rest of his life in prison. terrell brown, cbs news, new

york. >> glor: for more on this trial we're joined by rikki klieman a former prosecutor from massachusetts and cbs news legal analyst. rikki, you were in the security room when he learned bum we are-- bulger was not going to testify, your reaction is what? >> shock, disappointment, surprise, maybe to a point of saying i was devastated? >> glor: why? >> because he had something to tell us. he is the only person who could give us the people in the government who were corrupt. what state cops, boston cops, fbi agents, perhaps all the way up to the fbi in washington now we may never know. >> reporter: now we don't here that, what do we hear, closing argues coming this up week. >> closing arguments coming up on monday this will last all day. the jury will go home. tuesday morning the juror will get charged by the court. the instructions to the jury. and then they will go out and deliberate. deliberations, of course, are

reading tea leaves. but i would think this will come back relatively quickly within a day or two. >> reporter: if he is convicted what happens then, and you >> well, he will be convicted expect he will be? >> well, he will be convicted because his lawyers admitted as far back as opening statements to many counts in the indictment involving drug trafficking, money laundering, extortion. they did not admit to the murders. and he is going to stay in prison. he may face two death penalty charges in different states. >> reporter: the appeals process kicks in at that point. what happens? >> the appeals process here is very, very important. and that is because mr. bulger wanted to raise an immunity defense. he says an assistant united states attorney made a promise to him that he would be immunized for all of his crimes in exchange for whitey bulger protecting his life from a contract put out on the prosecutor by the italian mob. >> glor: so much more to come here, rikki, always good to see you. >> thank you. >> up next the most decorated swim never world championships history. she is american, and she's only 18. [ male announcer ] a bachelor's degree from devry university

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brendon mcdonough spoke at a fund-raiser in phoenix this weekend. the 100,000 dollars raised will go to the families of the 19 granite mountain hot shots who died june 30th fighting a fire near yarnell. >> the money put forward is not going go to waste there are a lot of children there are unborn children. it's going to help a lot. we can't bring them back but we can remember them in an amazing way. >> for the second time in a week police in the french riviera are investigating a july heist. police say robbers in a town near nice stole more than $50,000 from jewelry in two saves inside guest rooms at a luxury hotel. last week an armed robber stole $136 million in gems from a hot nell cannes. an american swimmer made off with a record haul today at the world championships in barcelona. 18-year-old missy franklin swam her way to a record 6th gold, the final gold coming in 4900 meter medley. the previous record at the worlds was five golds set by an american in 1978.

and equaled by an australian in 2007. and tiger woods is a step closer to becoming the winnest east golfer in pga world history. he won the bridgestone invitational this afternoon for his 79th pga tour victory. woods is now three wins behind all time winner sam snead. the final major starts thursday, the pga championship. still ahead, once billed as the game of the century still alive in western new york.

>> glor: finally tonight you likely never heard of a game called roak. even less likely you are familiar with a town in northern new york called angelica. but together they created something magical, keeping the unique american tradition alive against the odds. >> every small town should have something like this just because it's good for the community. >> when you get to angelica it doesn't take long to find them playing, including michael burke. >> angelica has, we've got an

amazing history. and we've got this game that we love to get people involved with. >> it looks a bit like lawn croquet but it's not. jim first played as a boy in the 1950s. >> the rules are not written written down any place. i wrote up some back when we started the tournaments in the lake 60s, early 70s. can't even find those but we kind of know what we're doing. david hagstrom plays too. >> it's played with a short handled mallet, rather than your typical longer handled croquet mallet and the balls are a little bit different. >> glor: day and night, the people of angelica have been on this oval clay court for as long as anyone can remember. it was once billed as the game of the century, an olympic sport in 1904. but now angelica believes it's the only place left in the country still playing organized tournaments. >> i can remember as a kid almost every night you would have people up here playing because that was their entertainment. now it's not so much that way.

now we play to keep it going. >> glor: this weekend angelica hosted its annual competition. michael burke lost in the semi- finals. though he is still teaching his 11-year-old son ethan for the sport that never became the next big thing, the next generation isn't too far away. >> like other places, the crack of the bat. here it's the crack of the ball, and it's great it sounds like summertime to me. >> glor: angelica, new york that is the "cbs evening news" tonight. later on cbs "60 minutes." a reminder, first thing tomorrow on cbs this morning, a live interview with oprah whinfrey. jeff glor, cbs news in new york. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org

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knapp in oakland, where the are signs of movement from sides in the bart negotiati don. good evening. let's get right to kpix-5 don knapp where there are signs of move the in the b.a.r.t negotiation. >> reporter: they are still working, working hard. we are told there is a lot of work to do and not much time to do it. if there was a sign of progress it was perhaps that news conference that