washington waits. the obama administration promises a military response against syria but will ask congress to authorize the use of military force. >> i think this is not just a great decision. i think it's the right decision. a popular new york city music festival is called off after the deaths of two audience members are linked to drug use. and even though summer is just ending, doctors are warning about flu season and recommend parents get their kids vaccinated early this year. this is the "cbs morning news" for monday, september 2nd, 2013. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. one week from today, congress returns to consider a military strike against syria. the president says he's ready to launch a strike, but he wants

lawmakers to back him. congressional leaders were briefed yesterday, and more briefings are on tap for today. but it appears many members are skeptical. and the case for military action will be a tough sell. some think the use of force resolution proposed by the administration is just too broad. jericka duncan begins our coverage. >> reporter: the obama administration is trying to convince skeptical lawmakers the u.s. military needs to strike targets in syria. >> the credibility of the united states is on the line here, and i believe the congress will do the right thing. >> reporter: national security officials briefed more than 100 members of congress sunday about the chemical weapons attack in syria. secretary of state john kerry says the u.s. has confirmed sarin gas was used to kill more than 1,400 people. >> we are now getting a stronger case each day, and i think that makes even more compelling that the congress of the united states be counted with the president in this effort. >> reporter: while many in

congress say they believe the syrian government was behind the attack, they say that doesn't mean the u.s. military should get involved. >> i feel terrible about the chemical weapons that have been used. however, we know that chemical weapons have been used in other instances and we did not take military action. >> reporter: still, some believe the united states needs to send a message. >> if you allow a dictator to gas his own people, which is a war crime, you send a terrible message all across the world to every thug, every despot, every dictator can just commit war crimes of impunity and there's no price to pay. >> reporter: the president has invited john mccain to the white house today hoping to get his help in selling the idea on capitol hill. jericka duncan, cbs news, new york. despite the delay of military action, syrians are apprehensive over the possibility of a u.s.-led strike. elizabeth palmer has more from the syrian capital of damascus. >> reporter: so far the most direct public reaction to president obama's statement has

come not from the very top of the syrian government, but from more junior ministers. the deputy foreign minister said that obama's comments showed both hesitation and confusion. if he was relieved that u.s. military strikes are off, at least for now, president bashar al assad didn't say so. in fact, he didn't speak to the syrian people at all. in this brief appearance on television greeting a visiting iranian delegation. later, a statement from his office said a u.s. threat will not change syria's principles or stop its fight against terrorism. that's the regime's term for the armed opposition. across the political spectrum, they were universally relieved their beloved city was intact, untouched by american strikes that many were expecting last night. not everyone here supports the assad government, but neither do they want any foreign

intervention in this civil war. >> we are ready to give all our blood for our country. >> reporter: president obama addressed not only americans but syrians, too. his speech was broadcast live here. and it's left people stressed and uncertain. so, syrians are still worried? >> yeah, of course. syrians are still worried, of course. >> i think people worry about the strike. there is a fear in their eyes. >> reporter: meanwhile, syrian government troops have continued to bombard opposition fighters across the country in a war that has turned into a bloody stalemate. syria's main opposition group, the syrian national coalition, has urged congress to back president obama's decision to strike syria militarily. but they've gone a step further. they've asked for arms from the american government, arms they say they were promised months ago and haven't arrived.

without them, they say they won't be able to turn the tide of fighting against syria's military, and that, in turn, could plunge the whole region into a much bigger war. elizabeth palmer, cbs news, damascus. in eastern afghanistan, a u.s. military base was attacked this morning. there were multiple explosions at the base near the border with pakistan. the taliban says it is responsible. after the explosions, taliban fighters exchanged gunfire with u.s. troops. an important supply route has been closed, but no casualties have been reported. egyptian prosecutors have ordered that ousted president mohamed morsi stand trial on charges he ordered the killing of political opponents. morsi was removed from office by the military on july 3rd. he'll be tried in a criminal court for allegedly inciting his followers to kill at least ten people outside the presidential palace. no trial date has been set. former south african

president nelson mandela spent the night at his johannesburg home after being released from the hospital. he was released yesterday but remains on life support in critical condition. mandela had been hospitalized in pretoria on june 8th for a recurring lung infection. debora patta is in johannesburg with more. good morning, debora. >> reporter: some of nelson mandela's family say they are delighted he is back home but in fact, the news is a lot more grim. nelson mandela's return home does not indicate any change in his condition. he remains critically ill, unable to breathe on his own, and on a number of life supporting machines. and, in fact, our sources tell us that at least two dozen oxygen tanks were brought to his home here in harten in preparation for a potential home hospitalization. and that is really the keyword here. his home is being turned into a virtual 24-hour intensive care unit where he receives exactly the same care that he was receiving at his pretoria

hospital. his wife has wanted her husband to return home for some time now, but doctors believe that he might not survive the some 30-mile trip back to johannesburg, that it was just too risky, and a plan to whisk him away had to be aborted for that reason. but eventually, yesterday, they took the risk. nelson mandela spent his first night here in harten and our sources tell us the move should really be seen as an opportunity for him to spend his final days in the comfort and privacy of his own home. however long that may be. anne-marie? >> debora patta, thank you. a wildfire burning in and around yosemite is now the fourth largest in california history and still growing. now the rim fire has burned 351 square miles. that's an area larger than san francisco, oakland and san jose combined. 111 structures have been destroyed. it's now 45% contained.

david frost was a satirist, a game show host, but will best be remembered as a master interviewer. frost died saturday night at the age of 74. during his career, frost interviewed many of the world's most powerful, famous and notorious people, but as edward lawrence reports, it's one series of talks that made his name. >> reporter: david frost received worldwide fame for his historic series of interviews with president richard nixon. he's best known for getting the former president to admit wrongdoing in the watergate scandal. >> i let down my friends. i let down the country. >> reporter: in 1977, three years after resigning, nixon refused to talk with anyone. frost offered him $600,000 and a cut of the profits. nixon said yes. cbs news correspondent anthony mason talked with frost in 2008 about that interview. >> do you think he picked you to

do this interview in any way because you were an outsider? >> i think it helped, yes. >> reporter: the historic interaction between the two became the basis for a play and later the film "frost/nixon." frost rose to fame with the bbc and usually wore his trademark red sox. >> did you ever believe that stuff about him having weapons of mass destruction. >> reporter: he made headlines questioning u.s. presidents and british prime minister. beyond politics, frost even went one on one with celebrities. >> listen, david, when i meet this man, if you think the world was surprised when nixon resigned, wait until i whip foreman's behind. >> reporter: knighted in 1993, the late princess diana was godmother to the youngest of his three sons. frost died suddenly from a heart attack after giving a speech on the "queen elizabeth" cruise ship saturday night. he was 74 years old. edward lawrence for cbs news, los angeles.

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the deaths happened on friday and saturday, the first two days of the electric zoo. the medical examiner says more testing is needed after autopsy results were inconclusive. and the jersey shore may have survived hurricane sandy, but as the summer winds down, it turns out it wasn't a great time to do business. as terrell brown shows us, many shop owners are hoping for a better season next year. >> reporter: at the spicy canteen restaurant, labor day weekend is normally one of their busiest. but owner wayne simarelli said unusually wet weather and delayed repairs made for a difficult summer. his business is down 15%. >> what were you expecting? >> i was expecting to be significantly off, and i'm off. 15% doesn't sound like a lot, but it is quite a bit. >> reporter: he spent all of the off-season repairing the restaurant after superstorm sandy flooded it and caused $1.3 million in damage. >> when the storm hit, we didn't

even know if we would open this summer of 2013, you know, because we were wiped out. the boardwalk was eliminated. it was pretty overwhelming. >> reporter: near his restaurant is where the jetstar roller coaster washed into the ocean. the casino pier where it once stood is reopened but still the amusement park's numbers are down at least 25%. in a $25 million ad campaign, governor chris christie has touted the state's progress since the storm. >> we're stronger than the storm. >> reporter: and said that 97% of the beaches are open. just because the beaches are open doesn't mean that people came. on a normal labor day weekend, this beach would be packed, but this season, sales are down 28%. >> you get a false sense that we're coming back a little quicker than we are. so i think that -- i think we're going to be nervous about next year. >> reporter: for now, he's just hoping another storm won't hit the jersey shore. there's still three months left in hurricane season. terrell brown, cbs news, seaside heights, new jersey.

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national forecast. a cold front dips into the northeast and south bringing showers and thunderstorms. in the midwest, the cold front gradually leaves the region and there will be some lingering showers and storms in the ohio valley. in sports now, at the u.s. open, a fourth round grudge match between the two top american women. defending champ serena williams faced 20-year-old sloan stevens, one of the few players to beat williams this season, but it wasn't even close. williams dominated, 6-4, 6-1. in the men's draw, defending champ andy murray struggled in the third round against 47th ranked meyer. murray wins, though, in four sets. in football, good news for patriots fans. number 87 is back in pads. rob gronkowski practiced for the first time since having back surgery in june. the star tight end has had four operations this year. three on his left forearm and one on his back. he is not expected to play in

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good morning. it's monday, september 2-nd. i'm fran here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. washington, d.c., partly sunny today with a high of 92. thunderstorms in atlanta. mostly sunny in st. louis. and sun in denver. showers in seattle. winter is still several months away, but some doctors are already telling their patients to get a flu shot.

especially children and the elderly. as marley hall tells us, this year's vaccine has more strains than ever before. >> you like getting a flu shot? >> no. >> reporter: billy may not like it, but he's getting a flu shot this year, and so is his brother. >> the flu is a nasty virus, and it's even worse for kids and older people. >> reporter: new recommendations from the american academy of pediatrics say children ages 6 months or older should get a flu shot every year as soon as it's available. >> people should not wait until december or january or february to get the vaccine. they should be calling their doctor's offices now. >> reporter: dr. henry burnstein authored this year's report and says it's important to be protected before the flu starts circulating. this year, for the first time, there's a flu vaccine that protects against four strains of the virus instead of just three. >> there is no preference for one vaccine over the other. both of them are felt to be

equally effective. >> reporter: doctors say it's also critical for people in vulnerable groups to get vaccinated. 7-year-old billy has downs syndrome so he's at increased risk for complications from the flu. >> his respiratory muscles aren't as strong as others. he's in a population that really needs to be vaccinated. >> reporter: the whole family will be vaccinated as soon as their pediatrician gets the flu shot. marley hall for cbs news, new hyde park, new york. it's a scientific breakthrough worthy of star trek. researchers at the university of washington believe they are the first to achieve brain to brain interaction between two humans. a sort of mind meld, if you will. one scientist was able to control the finger of another researcher on the other side of campus. they say the next step is to have more of a two-way conversation between two brains. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," the latest on the push for military action in syria. i'm anne-marie green.

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powerful images of the civil war were captured in an early type of photography known as tin type. now that photography is back on the modern front lines. mark straussman takes a look. >> reporter: 150 years later, the civil war comes alive in tin type photographs like these. the blue and the gray. they died together on battlefields like antietam. photographers with primitive cameras and horse-drawn dark rooms followed both armies right on to the battlefield. >> this is a collection of tintypes. they are all civil war era. >> reporter: michael rose is an historian with the atlanta history center. he says civil war tintypes make us feel closer to that conflict. >> you can really look at these people and see what they were as individuals. >> reporter: these images were taken on lookout mountain right after the battle of chattanooga.

one of the most photographed places of the war was right here on point lookout. the civil war was the last time tintype photography was used on the battlefield. until now. ed drew is an aerial gunner with the california air national guard and a student at the san francisco art institute. he brought an antique tintype camera on his recent tour in afghanistan to photograph his air combat unit. >> we are the guys who fly into the most dangerous locations to save people's lives. there was one aspect in particular i really wanted, and that was for them to kind of bare their soul in the camera. and for it to be shown on the actual plate. >> reporter: in tintype photography, the image goes directly on to the metal plate inserted into the camera. chemicals have to develop the negative while the plate is still wet or the image is ruined. drew's tintypes were constant challenges. the chemicals, the long exposure

that required soldiers to pose motionless for up to ten seconds. afghanistan added dust, wind and combat. >> i'd have guys like sitting posed, and it took me like ten minutes to pose them and focus them, and then suddenly, i got to go. sorry. i got to go. >> reporter: in that moment, they were combat air men. but drew hoped the timelessness of tintypes would show they were people first. >> and they are in a war. and some of them are scared. some of them are not. some of them are friends. some of them are not. but they're still people. and i really wanted that humanity, that human side to come out in those photos. >> reporter: tintype images, old and new, remind us that the face of war hasn't changed. mark straussman, cbs news, atlanta. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," the push for military action in syria. we'll get the latest from the white house and capitol hill.

plus, did life begin on mars? we'll hear from an astronomer about a new theory on where we came from. and anthony mason sits down with legendary music producer nile rogers. that's the "cbs morning news" for this monday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day.

this is kpix 5 news. good morning everyone. happy labor day. it's monday september 2nd. >> it is a holiday and we're here at work. we're all here together. >> it's a holiday for some.

>> we didn't get the memo. >> there were cars out there. folks, around the bay area, lots of clouds and very, very muggy. it's 68 degrees now in concord. there is a slight chance we could see showers. >> very difficult sleeping weather last night. mass transit is on a holiday schedule today on a typical sunday schedule. we have a pretty bad crash in san jose. >> i was going to say you will have a quiet day but i guess not. >> right now the round the clock job of getting new bay bridge span opening is happening. in a little more than 21 hours we'll see our first morning commute. ryan is in oakland this morning with the finishing