captioning funded by cbs good morning to our viewers in the west. it is friday, april 4th, 2014. welcome to "cbs this morning." severe weather bears down on millions. the storm system already spawning tornadoes, flooding, and wild hail. the mystery behind the ft. hood shooting anna werner and bob orr with what may have set off the deadly rampage. no joke. david letterman is signing off. it's true. the legacy of a television pioneer and his conversation with charlie about retirement. but we begin this morning with a look at today's "eye-opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> if you can hear me, you see me, get inside the house. get away from windows. get under something sturdy. >> yeah, you can see the rotation. >> violent storms tear across

the country. >> millions in its path. >> the system stretches from louisiana to the great lakes. >> tornadoes, damaging wind, hail, flooding. >> i don't know what to do! i've never been in a storm! >> investigators still trying to determine why army specialist ivan lopez went on a shooting rampage at ft. hood. >> there may have been a verbal altercation, and there's a strong possibility that that, in fact, immediately preceded the shooting. >> the underwater search for flight 370 has begun using the navy's pinger locator to try to find the black boxes. >> paul and i will be wrapping things up and taking a hike. thank you! thanks, everybody. >> it is the end of a late-night era. >> david letterman says he will retire next year. >> the longest running host in late-night tv history. >> what this means now is that paul and i can be married. >> michael schumacher, his agents have said there are, quote, now moments of consciousness after three months in a coma. >> video has been released of

what's believed to be part of a meteorite narrowly missing a skydiver. >> oh, that? >> diving into the stands adam did not come up with it. >> give me a little shove. he reached over into my territory, if anything. >> the terrifying accident led to a terrifying moment when a car crashed into a drugstore, missing an 80-year-old by inches. >> and all that matters. dan coates finds himself in a rather embarrassing situation. >> i got a note saying i'm at the wrong hearing. i'll try to find out where i'm supposed to be. >> on "cbs this morning." >> a lot of weepers back there. >> i myself was on the verge. >> no. >> please try to hold it together. >> it was only because i had planned to announce my retirement. >> oh. darn. what a night that would have been. >> i know. >> this morning's "eye-opener" is presented by toyota. let's go places.

welcome to "cbs this morning." good morning, norah. >> good morning to you, charlie. >> we begin with the violent storms slashing across a broad part of the country. this morning, 35 million americans are in the system's path. >> vicente arenas is in st. louis. >> reporter: good morning to our viewers in the west. many of the homes in this neighborhood were damaged by the tornado that tore through here with winds up to 100 miles an hour. cleanup crews are expected here to remove some of the debris and repair homes damaged by the storm. lightning struck above the st. louis arch last night. [ thunder clap ] after tornadoes -- >> you can see the rotation! >> reporter: floods -- and hail tore through the country's midsecond. the twister touched down outside of st. louis, downed trees, crushed cars and left neighborhoods in shambles. in eastern missouri, flooding forced several rescues.

by dark, the severe weather had stretched as far south as the dallas suburbs. a tornado hit farmersville texas, forcing emergency crews to respond. hail and heavy rain pounded the area. >> i don't know what to do! i've never been in a storm like this! [ crying ] i'm not from here. >> reporter: more lightning struck outside the at&t stadium, home to this weekend's final four championship in north texas. a hailstorm knocked out windshields. nearby, chris ishmael took shelter in an auto shop to escape a violent hailstorm. >> the hail was coming into the building, and it was circling in the building. i've never seen anything like this before. >> reporter: the national weather service has warned that flash floods will continue throughout parts of the midwest this morning. there are watches still in effect for parts of indiana, illinois kentucky, and right here in missouri this morning. people in this neighborhood have a lot of work to do getting their lives back together again. >> vicente, thanks.

the spring storm is bringing snowfall to minnesota. at least half a foot is piled up in minneapolis and st. paul. chief meteorologist eric fisher of wbz is tracking the rough weather. eric, good morning. >> well, good morning to you. certainly a storm that is creating a big amount of reports across the country. we've had over 250 severe weather reports from this throughout the day yesterday and overnight. the second busiest day for severe weather we've seen in this young severe weather season. the line we're watching this morning. a lot of lightning moving through the deep south. a line of tornado watches and severe thunderstorm watches along that particular line. now, as we track this farther eastward today, it will start to lose some of that energy. so still some damaging wind gusts still an isolated tornado threat from southern ohio reaching down toward mobile, alabama. but an overall picture it won't be quite as active as what we saw during the day yesterday. and that's good news. then, we go to the snowy side of all this. we've seen a tremendous amount of snow across minnesota, wisconsin, and that will continue to move eastward into northern michigan as we head toward tonight and, norah,

believe it or not, duluth minnesota, sitting here on the 4th of april, three feet of snow on the ground. >> oh, my goodness. it's april, everybody. we're ready for spring eric. thank you. and now, we turn to some serious news this morning. three people wounded in the shooting at ft. hood texas, remain in serious condition at a nearby hospital. we are starting to learn the names of the soldiers who died in wednesday's attack. the motive is still a mystery. the gunman's family and friends say they had no idea that he was capable of the assault. anna werner is at ft. hood where they're focusing on the shooter's mental health. anna, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you and to our viewers in the west. investigators are piecing together what may have led specialist ivan lopez to open fire here at ft. hood, killing three people and wounding others. specialist ivan lopez served four months in iraq but never saw direct combat. he self-reported a traumatic brain injury, and in recent months, he had sought treatment

for depression anxiety, and sleep disturbance. do you feel like you're any closer to understanding why he did these killings? >> we have very strong evidence that he had a medical history that indicates unstable psychiatric or psychological condition. we believe that to be a fundamental underlying cause of it. >> reporter: while terrorism is not being ruled out, no direct link to any extremist organization has been found. but officials are looking into whether a verbal altercation may have instigated the attack. >> there's a strong possibility that that, in fact immediately preceded the shooting. >> reporter: all of the victims were military personnel. authorities have not named the three killed but friends and relatives of sergeant timothy owens confirmed he is among the dead. owens' mother told cbs news that her son was trying to calm lopez down before he was shot five times at close range. of the 16 injured, all are

expected to survive, though at least three are facing critical injuries. >> specifically, they have some injuries to the neck. we have a potential spine injury, and we also have an abdominal injury. [ sirens ] >> reporter: for a community that has been hit by two mass shootings in less than five years, the road to recovery will be about more than just physical wounds. >> many of them have come back and had combat experience so you're imagining they're getting into a safe place and seeing family, and now having this kind of violence brought about at their homes. so the likelihood that somebody would have a difficult emotional response to that is high. >> reporter: there are some heroic stories emerging from this event now. the commander spoke of an army chaplain who managed to shield some soldiers with his own body and then broke windows so they could escape. >> anna thanks. bob orr in washington where he's talking to his sources about the

gunman. bob, good morning. beyond anna's reporting, what are we learning about the shooter's motive? >> reporter: well, good morning. investigators now are trying to determine perhaps if lopez may have had some kind of grudge against the army or superiors. some of his friends have told investigators that he was upset about the military's refusal to grant him personal leave. so now, investigators are asking that question of his family and associates. anna mentioned, also the reported altercation with another soldier just before the shooting. and that might have been sort of a final straw, if you will that prompted him then to react in a deadly manner. we do know, as it's been reported, that lopez was being treated for anxiety and depression, and military officials have already said on the record that his mental state was likely a contributing cause. norah? >> yes, and is there any indication that the shooting was premeditated? >> reporter: well, you know, there are some clear signs pointing that direction. there's some evidence as they like to say of preplanning. lopez bought the gun used in the attack on march the 1st.

now, that was just over a month ago. at the time, he told some of his associates that he needed that gun to replace one that had been stolen from him. he smuggled the weapon onto the base, but here's the thing. he was obviously prepared for something pretty big, because we're told he was carrying enough ammunition to fire dozens of rounds and, in fact sources are still counting, but they say more than 40 shots may have been fired on wednesday. so this does not, in that case like a spontaneous crime of passion. >> and he bought the gun from the same store? >> reporter: yeah he bought the gun from the same store. guns galore, charlie. nidal hasan used it to purchase his weapon in his attack in 2009. that may or may not be important. we're told that is a gun shop that's really next to the base at ft. hood and it's a shop favored by soldiers who are looking for a weapon. so while that's interesting, that may turn out just to be a coincidence, and not something that's really important to understanding what happened here. >> all right, bob, thank you so much. and the people of

afghanistan are preparing for tomorrow's historic presidential election, but a deadly attack this morning on two western journalists threatens to disrupt the voting. charlie d'agata is in the capital of kabul about 150 miles northwest of where the killings happened. charlie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the journalists, both women, are familiar faces and colleagues to those of us who cover this egion, and we got word of the shooting this morning. the associated press has confirmed that veteran photographer ehas been shot .mornin kathy gannon a canadian shotgunshot wounds to the upper body. she is said to be in stable condition. they were covering this election story east of here. they were in a convoy when a man in a police uniform approached their vehicle and opened fire. they were supposed to be under the protection of afghan security forces, as we all here. here in kabul, we've never seen such a high security presence out on the streets.

there are checkpoints everywhere, you look despite the ring of steel, the taliban have been able to launch a couple of attacks in the past couple of weeks, hitting the ministry of information -- excuse me, the ministry of the interior, and election offices here. having said that, there has been a very high voter registration turnout leading people to believe there might be a high voter turnout tomorrow. of course, everybody's just bracing for what may come. charlie? >> charlie, thank you. the effort to find flight 370 turned to the depths of the indian ocean this morning. a ship with sophisticated underwater gear is in the search zone, along with a submarine. crews are focused on the sea floor where investigators believe the plane went down after leaving its flight path 27 days ago. holly williams is in perth, australia, with the new deep-sea focus. >> reporter: good morning. the underwater hunt for flight 370's black boxes began today in seas 1,000 miles off australia's west coast. they're using high-tech u.s. navy equipment to search for the missing plane's flight

recorders. but they're running out of time because the beacons on the black boxes may only have four days of battery life left. investigators have used the last piece of satellite data from the missing plane to narrow the area where they think the boeing 777 went down. >> the area of highest probability as to where the aircraft might have entered the water is the area where the underwater search will commence. and it's on the basis of data that only arrived very recently. it's the best data that is available. >> reporter: today, they're searching a 150-mile track using a state-of-the-art towed pinger locator operated by a u.s. navy team and british submarine. moving at just 3 miles an hour the pinger locator can detect the electronic signals or pings, emitted by the black boxes' beacons at depths up to 20,000 feet. but because it works so slowly,

it's only effective in a small area. they'd hoped to narrow the search zone by finding wreckage on the surface, but nearly a month after the plane disappeared, that still hasn't happened. instead, they've now tried to predict where the wreckage might have sunk. we spoke with the man in charge of the u.s. navy team earlier this week. how likely is it that you're actually going to find the flight recorders? >> if we don't find surface debris, it's extremely unlikely. if we find surface debris it will depend upon the number of items we find, the spread of the items that we find and how well those oceanographers are able to backward project the starting location. >> reporter: if the black boxes can be located, they may finally solve the mystery of what happened on board flight 370. but it is far from certain that they'll ever be found. >> holly, thank you. now to the announcement that is surprising the comedy world this morning.

david letterman revealed last night he will retire from "the late show" on cbs next year. jeff glor is here with reaction from fans and late-night colleagues. jeff, good morning. >> reporter: norah good morning to you. letterman has been a late-night host for more than three decades now, longer than anyone else in american television history. >> it's been great. you've been great. the network has been great. but i'm retiring. >> this is -- really? >> yep. >> this is -- this is -- you actually did this? >> yes, i did. >> wow. >> what this means now is that paul and i can be married. [ laughter ] ♪ >> thank you! thanks, everybody. >> reporter: the announcement was the latest sea change in late-night tv, and two months after jimmy fallon took over for "tonight show" host jay leno. >> you have the two giants of that generation now exiting the arena. and the guys who are coming in after them are a new generation. i mean jimmy fallon is young

enough to be letterman's kid. >> reporter: letterman got his start as a weatherman before launching "late night" in 1982. he was widely considered johnny carson's heir apparent but when the network picked leno letterman jumped to cbs and started "the late show." >> ladies and gentlemen, tonight's top ten. please, i'm begging you, don't get your hopes up too high about this show. >> reporter: david letterman often trailed in the ratings, but he did not in influence, shaping the next generation of comics. >> i wanted to be david letterman. all my friends wanted to be david letterman. ironically, the only person who didn't want to be david letterman is david letterman. >> if it wasn't for david letterman, this show wouldn't exist. if it wasn't for david letterman, i wouldn't be here. >> reporter: on twitter, ellen degeneres said television won't be the same without you. president obama's account posted a photo of the two. and jimmy fallon called him one of the true innovators in tv history. >> letterman will be remembered

as a ground breaker, as a guy who changed television as an iconic figure in american culture. >> apparently, you just announced your retirement. >> yes i'm being told that that happened moments ago. >> yes. >> reporter: cbs has not indicated who letterman's replacement will be but the president and ceo says his greatness will always be remembered. in a letter to moonves, the mayor of l.a. is lobbying to have the show moved to l.a. which lost the "tonight show" earlier this year. guys? >> all of the comics looked up to him most of all. >> absolutely. >> we still have a year yet. >> this is very true. >> jeff, thank you. charlie spoke with dave letterman in 2012 about the challenge of leaving the "late show." we'll show you part of that conversation, including why he feels so lucky to be on television. that's ahead here on "cbs this morning." new government figures this morning show the job market is bouncing back. the labor department says employers in this country added

192,000 positions in march. the unemployment rate stayed the same at 6.7%. officials say 500,000 americans started looking for work last month. most of them were able to find jobs. it is time to show you some of the morning's headlines. "the san francisco chronicle" says the ceo of mozilla resigned. he faced growing criticism from employees and users over supporting a same-sex marriage ban in california in 2008. he stepped down after only 11 days in charge. the "washington post" offers a warning to car buyers up to a third of vehicles recalled for safety defects are never repaired. that's according to carfax which compiles car histories. last year 3.5 million recalled cars and light trucks were offered for sale online to unsuspecting buyers. >> "the new york times" says neth lab stopped selling his smoke and carbon monoxide detector. there's a feature that allows

people to temporary disable the alarm by waving their hand in front of the device. google recently bought them for $3 billion. the "los angeles times" says the justice department is investigating high-frequency stock trading. on sunday "60 minutes" looked at charges that traders are rigging the market, using information they get before competitors. attorney general eric holder told congress today that he wants to know if the practice violates insider trading laws. and the "wall street journal" looks at the ncaa's ban on serving alcohol. some basketball fans are unhappy they can't drink beer at the final four this weekend. connecticut faces florida saturday followed by wisconsin versus kentucky. the championship game is monday night right here on cbs. it's 7:19. ahead on "cbs this morning," baseball versus a baby. the growing controversy after a mets player took ime off f we are starting out with some showers around the bay area this morning. looks like the bulk will come through this morning. by the afternoon, turning to

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a suspicious fire damaged an good friday, everyone. it's 7:26. i'm frank mallicoat. get you updated on some headlines on this friday. here's what's happening. developing news out of oakland. a suspicious fire damaged an administrative office of children's hospital. it started around 2:30 a.m. it was out in a half hour. no one was inside the building at the time. no one was injured. major league baseball says there were some security problems at dodger stadium the day giants fan bryan stow was beaten there three years ago. the report mentions security cameras were outdated, stow's family since filed a lawsuit. the funeral for a marine killed by a suspected drunk driver is later today. andrew silver was riding a motorcycle when a suspect killed him last week. the drive is under arrest. traffic and weather coming up.

and we are looking at some rainfall around the bay area. if you are just getting going, a lot of clouds storm system rolling in overnight bringing rain toward ocean beach breaking up a little now. scattered showers continuing, looks like that is going to be on and off but tapering off into the afternoon. temperatures today should be in the 50s and the 60s. looks like about 65 degrees in san jose. 62 in san rafael. 57 degrees in pacifica. next few days lots of sunshine and warmer weather expected for the weekend. outside the nimitz freeway is a mess right now. northbound 880 they finally cleared that accident approaching the 980 interchange. look what it's done to the morning commute. it's slow even beyond the oakland coliseum all the way out past your downtown oakland exits. san mateo bridge sluggish out of hayward.

take a look at what v take a look at what slidvladimir puten is doing now that he's a single man. >> coming in april, 25 beautiful women try their chance at love but only one will get to marry the man of her dreeps. >> oh, he's hot! >> he's powerful. he's charismatic. he's the bachelor, only on abc. >> where do we go sign up for that? >> yeah. >> no, thanks. >> we will look back at my conversation with david letterman about his retirement in a moment. also coming up in this half hour, he lost his daughter in the fukushima disaster but there is one thing he cannot accept, leaving her behind. "60 minutes" shows the lengths a father is going to in a ghosttown of radiation. >> wow. plus, sports talk radio comments explode into a national

controversy. did a major league baseball player deserve to take time off the diamond for the birth of his son? the new questions about paternity leave and pro sports. that's ahead. david letterman surprised everyone last night with the news he will give up "the late show" next year. dave gave us an interview in 2012 when he received a kennedy center honor. we talked about the idea of retirement, the late-night landscape of comedy and the man who inspired him the most johnny carson. >> i have a feeling you'll be working a lot outside of the comedy star. i hope you come back for us. >> yes, thank you. >> carson meant what to you? >> for a person in that situation, he meant everything. i mean, it wasn't like it is now. the door to being a stand-up comedy or television success was "the tonight show," the curtains through which passed to be on "the tonight show." and he meant everything to me.

he meant everything to everybody else who was out there doing stand-up. >> the most powerful influence on your life do you think? first, for that reason. >> yeah. >> and second the gold standard? >> yes, the most powerful influence certainly professionally. >> he walked away from it. could you walk away from it? >> yeah, yeah. >> you think so? >> yeah, i think -- i think you would always -- oh, i know johnny missed it because, like six months after he retired, somebody had a big party for him in new york, and he'd won some sort of an award. and people got up and did material, and johnny who had not been on television for six months or a year bang bang bang bang right down -- like he had not missed a beat, stuff out of the newspaper, bang, bang, bang. and at some point during that, he says -- he said i'm so glad this is going well. i sure do miss it. so i know he missed it. and i know i would miss it. but i'd find other things to do. >> but 30-plus years of doing something you love.

>> right. >> that's a nice way to go. >> well it is. when you know what you want to do, and then you find a way to do it, and then you continue to do it for as long as you want, that's great good luck. it's still just fun. i mean all it is is just showing off. you bring in a bunch of people who really don't want to be here and will watch me show off. >> and talking to some of your friends and hope they'll be entertained. >> well, we've been very lucky with people who come to see us. >> what johnny carson meant to you, you mean to jimmy kimmel and others. do you have any sense of that? i mean do you appreciate that? >> well jimmy kimmel is a case -- he's been very nice to me. he's a nice kid and been very gracious to me. and to the point where it's made me self-conscious. and i start thinking about what this is and the comparison that he had made that are you to me what carson was to you. >> right. >> and the difference is all i really have is tenure.

i've put in my time. >> oh, it's more than that david. >> i don't know -- >> no i'm not one to argue about this because i don't understand comedy but at the same time, you know, it's self-evident that after you, people looked at these shows differently, and, therefore, fallon kimmel -- >> well i believe that may be true -- >> more than tenure though. there was something about the -- about the electricity of whatever it was. >> i think it was the vision of the people that i had around me more than me. >> yeah. >> i mean, we all knew that the charge was to be a different show. and in the beginning, i will admit that i thought i had all the answers for television and i -- you had that attitude -- >> watch out, world, i'm coming. >> exactly. or if you could wait a little longer, we'll take care of television. >> yeah, we'll do it. we know the answer. we have the secret. >> you realize you don't know the answers. >> the thought is not there every night. >> so i don't know if i can rightly -- you know, i was in the room. i'll give you that. i was in the room.

>> boy he was in the room. >> yeah. >> yes. >> he really was. >> i'm glad he's giving us a year to get used to it. >> i agree. >> i think everybody i talked to about it said good for him to make the decision on his own terms. better you're there. and people say, is he still on the air? you don't want to stay too late to the party. nobody is ready for him to leave, so he's giving us a year. >> i agree. >> we sat down with one of his favorite guests regis philbin. the conversation ahead on "cbs this morning." this morning, an extraordinary look at fukushima, japan, more than three years since the deadly earthquake tsunami, and nuclear disaster. radiation levels in the area are still dangerous. local residents keep searching for the remains of family and friends. this sunday on "60 minutes," bob simon learns about one man's dedication to finding a lost loved one. >> reporter: nouri lived with his wife and parents.

the tsunami killed his wife and youngest daughter a bright and cheerful 7-year-old. this is what their home looked like before march 11th, 2011. this is what's left today. foundations and scraps of memories that he keeps in a small box by what was once the front door. >> translator: this is a shoe she was wearing that day, which was found in a heap of rubble six months after the disaster. >> reporter: because of radiation, kimura can only visit his former home ten times a year and stay only five hours. in february, his allotted day came in the middle of a blizzard. on each visit, kimura brings flowers to a small shrine he built to honor his family. they were among the 111 people who died that day. the remains of 110 have been recovered. the only one still missing is

norio kimura's daughter, yuna. ten times a year, he goes back home to search for her. on saturday, you were digging again. it was snowing, it was freezing. why? >> translator: to find una, of course. and, also if i stop searching or gathering her things i will lose the connection with her. to be honest the reason why i can live my life every day is because i have to find her and her things. i need to do this to keep my sanity. >> wow. >> that says it all, a father's love. it's very heartbreaking to see the little shoe. anybody who has children knows a little shoe means so much. that's hard. >> the search for his daughter. >> did he say he has to do this to keep his sanity? >> to keep the connection to her, without it, i lose a connection to her. >> incredible.

we should note you can see bob simon's full report this sunday night on "60 minutes," and listen to this. you'll also see him walk through ghosttowns around the scene of the disaster. some incredible images we've not seen before. that's at 7:00, 6:00 central right here on cbs. in chicago, an airport security worker is being praised this morning for his heroism as a train platform. eddie palacios jumped in front of an oncoming subway wednesday to help a woman who fell onto the tracks. the incident was captured on smartphone video. palacios said he thought the train's conductor was bound to spot him and hit the brakes. >> as soon as she fell i jumped on top, just to make sure she was -- >> my goodness. >> he was able to stop the train. not too many people jump onto tracks for a stranger you don't know. >> and the confidence that the conductor will see you.

>> right. he had on the bright orange jacket. all right. baseball players are used to critics on sports talk radio, but not like this. we'll talk about the fiery comments leading to a battle over the family league for those in the big leagues. have you heard about this? well, we'll talk about it, and that's next on "cbs this morning."

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this is newly released time lapsed video of the stadium in the bronx. it closed in 2008. it held nearly 57,000 people. demolition began in march 2009 and finished in may 2010. in its place, a park was built, the current yankee stadium

stands across the street. >> that's great video. sports personality boomer esiason is apologizing to one of the mets this morning. but his colleague, mike frances a is standing by his remarks. vanita nair has the story. >> reporter: it started on wednesday when he devoted 20 minutes of the radio show to the ten-day leave. yesterday, he responded to his critics, standing by all his comments, including those to first-time dad daniel murphy. sports radio's mike franc emsa says his comments about maternity leave have been taken out of context. >> i was really speaking to someone who has a job like major league player like murphy, or someone like me. you have a unique job. and you have the wherewithal to maybe afford care that people may not, stuff like that, and

then you get back to work. >> reporter: on thursday mets player daniel murphy was back at work, playing second base in a home game against the nationals. he took two of the three days allowed after his wife gave birth. >> i think having had her husband there, having me there was a great support system for her, and you know, put in the same situation, i would gladly do it again. >> reporter: social media exploded with support for murphy. one man tweeting as a new dad, this story is infuriating. the comments from frances a are beyond stupid and sexist. why does murphy have to defend his paternity leave? the insinuation you should be anything but a family man first is disgusting. murphy isn't alone. three other baseball players have taken paternity leave this season, permitted under a collective bargaining agreement signed threes ago. in 2012 boston red sox player pedroia fled the field during the seventh inning after

learning his wife was in labor. when murphy missed the two games of the season for the birth of his son, it inspired a heated response from new york sports radio hosts. >> i would say c-section before the season starts i need to be at opening day. >> reporter: he went so far as to attack any man who takes the full federal leave. >> but why would you have to take ten days off? what are you doing? you didn't have the baby. >> reporter: it's kind of -- somewhat of a typical old-school kind of reaction. >> reporter: professor scott behson specializes in family balance. what does this say about the society we live in now? >> increasingly a recognition it's not a working woman's issue, not even working man's issue. it's a family issue. it's an imployemployee issue. >> reporter: the mets are standing by the decision. he missed only one game last season. >> there's nothing wrong with it. you know, i missed two games. it's not like he's missed ten. you know, when you start

attacking dan murphy's credibility, you need to look in the mirror a little bit. >> reporter: this morning on his program, boomer esiason apologized to daniel murphy and his wife saying quote, their whole life was exposed and it shouldn't have been. esiason called his c-section comment insensitive, saying he wasn't telling women what to do with their bodies saying he was truly sorry. >> can somebody tell them it's 2014, number one? and if the mets don't have any problem with it why does anybody else? >> this is an important debate because people have opinions, and it sparks an important conversation about the future. and as more and more women are in the workplace, we know, men have to have -- do have a greater share of responsibilities at home. and companies need to respond by giving them the time to learn those responsibilities early on. it's not easy changing a diaper. >> but every father i know who's been at the birth of his child remembers that as one of the great days of his life. >> indeed. >> absolutely. murphy we are starting out with some showers around the bay area this morning.

looks like the bulk will come through this morning. by the afternoon, turning to more scattered showers. out the door into san jose, mostly cloudy skies. still some rain there. looks like by the afternoon that begins to taper off a little sunshine in between the clouds. a hi-def doppler radar showing you that rainfall moving through this morning. then in the afternoon, partly cloudy, 50s and some 60s. this weekend dry, much warmer temperatures saturday and sunday through the beginning of flex week. the white house says creating a social network for cuba was a good idea one democratic senator says it makes no sense. the story behind the secret twitter ahead on "cbs this morning." this portion of "cbs this morning" sponsored by toyota. let's go places. ah, ah, ah. hit it, guys! ♪ ♪ ♪ it's got a bin for your chickens ♪ ♪ a computer from the future ♪ ♪ and some giant freaky room for eight ♪ ooh, yeah! ♪ but it ain't got no room for boring ♪ i'm spacing out on all this

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your realtime captioner is linda macdonald. it's 7:56. i'm michelle griego. newly promoted ceo and cofounder of mozilla stepped down from his position at the company. he was ceo for only 11 days and resigned after backlash over his stance against same-sex marriage. the army specialist that killed three fellow soldiers at fort hood may have been struggling with the death of his mother and grandmother. officials say right before the shooting, 34-year-old ivan lopez may have had an argument with another soldier. oakland will be graduating its 168th police recruiting class today. 47 new officers will be joining the force the largest class in hit. the new recruits are much-

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good morning. we have been closely monitoring twitter checking out the latest tweets about the very wet morning commute. westbound 580 in livermore that accident approaching north greenville now out of lanes cleared unfortunately still really stacked up through the altamont pass. here you can see the slick roadways heading towards the bay bridge toll plaza. extra slow. the metering lights have been on now for a couple of hours. and northbound 880 continues to be a crawl after an earlier accident approaching the macarthur maze. that is your "kcbs traffic." here's lawrence. all right. a lot of clouds out there this morning. a storm system kind of spiraling off the coastline. it's spinning up some showers this morning. so be prepared for that. we have seen a lot of that early on today. i think the bulk of it comes through this morning. you see some of that on our hi- def doppler radar right now. sliding east and south bay. but there's more off the coastline still more to come just more widely scattered into the afternoon.

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♪ good morning. it is friday, april 4th, 2014. welcome back to cbs "this morning." more real news ahead including the dangerous weather moving east. but first here's a look at our eye-opener at 8:00. >> winds of up to 100 miles per hour. >> tornado watches. second busiest day for severe weather. >> investigators are piecing together what led specialist ivan lopez to open fire. >> some said he was upset about the military's refusal to grant

him personal leave. >> the underwater search for the black boxes begins today with high-tech navy systems. >> it's been great, you've been great, the network is great, but i'm retiring. >> david letterman has been a host for three decades now, longer than anyone else in american television history. >> in the beginning i will admit i thought i had all the answers to television. you had that attitude. >> sports talk radio comments explode. did a major league baseball player deserve to take time off the diamond for his son? >> put in the same situation, i'd gladly do it again. >> nobody is ready for him to leave just yet. so he's giving us a year. like that. >> you actually did this in. >> yes, i did. >> do i have a minute to call my accountant? >> announcer: this morning's "eye opener" at 8:00 is presented by panera bread. i'm charlie rose with gayle king and norah o'donnell. a dangerous line of storms, one

a thousand miles long stretches across the eastern united states this morning. tens of millions of people are in its path. watches and warnings are posted from texas all the way to maine. minnesota is dealing with an april snowstorm with more than half a foot already falling on the twin cities. forecasters say the snow totals could set local records there. happy spring, minnesota. people are cleaning after a tornado struck texas and missouri. one town northeast of dallas reports four injuries from a suspected twister. the tornadoes hit on the 40th anniversary of a giant tornado outbreak that killed more than 300 people. >> this morning the commander of fort hood says specialist ivan lopez's mental health was unstable. investigators are still trying to determine why he opened fire wednesday killing three fellow soldiers. david martin is at the pentagon where officials want to know how lopez wasn't seen as a threat. david, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the army screens every soldier

before, during, and after their combat tours. but it still has not figured out how to tell a troubled soldier who needs help from a dangerous one who must be stopped. >> clearly we may have missed something yesterday. we need to work very hard to understand what that might have been and if we can learn a lesson and improve the process, that's what we want to do. >> army secretary john mchugh told congress the ft. hood shooter, specialist ivan lopez, had been seen by a psychiatrist just last month and judged not to be a threat to himself or anyone else. reviews of last year's navy yard shooting found that aaron alexis held a secret security clearance despite severe mental problems. two weeks ago when defense secretary hagel released the findings, his words were eerily prophetic. >> the reviews identified troubling. gaps in dod's ability to

protect, detect and respond where someone working for us decides to inflict harm on this institution and its people. >> after nadal had a sass killed 13 people in 2009, there were reforms to close the cracks hasan had fallen through, including increased screening and more mental health professionals. retired general pete chiarelli was the number two man in the army at the time. in a 2012 interview with "60 minutes" he said the indicators are often hard to detect. >> is it post-traumatic stress personality disorder? that's not always clear. >> reporter: and says the commander at fort hood there's no practicalable way to prevent an angry soldier from sneaking a gun on to the base. >> we have a population of well over 100,000 here.

it would not be realistic to do a pat-down search on every employee at ft. hood on a daily basis. >> the sheer numbers almost always guarantee mistakes. according to pentagon figures, there are 9,500 mental health workers in the military and last year they had 10.5 million visits from patients. norah? >> david, thank you. this sunday on "face the nation" bob schieffer interviews the chairman of the house, homeland security committee, republican michael mccaul of texas. that right here on sunday morning on cbs. we could learn more next week about a secret like twitter communications network set up by the u.s. government in cuba. the agency's head will testify before congress on tuesday. the "associated press" reports that the network was designed to spark a political uprising in that communist nation. margaret brennan is tracking the development at the state department and she joins us with the latest. margaret, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. cuba call this a subversive plan to try to destabilize the country but the u.s. state department says this was just a development program to help the

cuban people. either way, a hidden social network helped thousands evade government sensors. the revelation that the u.s. created a social network hidden from the cuban government took the u.s. senator who oversees u.s. funding by surprise. >> if i had known, i would have said, are you out of your mind? >> reporter: the program was called zun zuneo. it functions like a bare bones twitter. it allows users to exchange information by text message. at its peak, around 40,000 cubans used it. they didn't know that it was run by the u.s. agency for international development of usaid, normally a humanitarian organization. it paid contractors to collect cubans' personal cell phone data and send them text messages. those texts were to inspire dissent to bring down castro's department. according to documents obtained by the associated press.

the state department claimed the content was innocent, solely weather and sports update. >> we did not supply political content. we did not drive the political content. we just -- our sole purpose was to open the space so they could supply their own political content or talk about anything else. >> reporter: funding for the program just over $1 million was routed through overseas bank accounts or funding in order to keep it under the radar. the state department say it was legal. but senator patrick leahy said he was not and called the program dangerously misguided. >> we've had every administration since dwight eisenhower who says we'll try one more thing and get rid of those castros. it hasn't worked for 60 years. it won't work. >> reporter: zun zuneo didn't work and it was halted in 2012.

one of them led to arrest of usaid contractor alan gross. he's in ill health and is serving 15-year prison sentence in a cuban jail. >> fascinating. margaret, thank you so much. this morning the woman who used to run the state department hillary clinton remains uncommitted on a possible run to the white house but she raised some eyebrows last night. she spoke last night along with imf chief christine lagarde. one of the highlights their reaction when the moderator suggested lagarde would lead the european union and clinton could become president of the united states. >> it needs new leadership. christine lagarde can be the change. president of the european commission which would be very interesting if you're president. >> it was interesting to see the reaction about women ruling the

world, two of them. >> it was a great moment to see two powerhouse women is always very exciting but i always wait to see how they answer the 2016 president question. >> i find it fascinating every day to see two powerhouse, women. >> thank you, charlie. >> i was fascinated listening to hillary clinton to lay out the rationale for a presidential campaign last night which is the need to stress compromise talking with people you disagree with. and number two, fact-based and evidence-based decision-making which in this era of hyperpartisanship is an argument that she weaves into a potential presidential run. >> people are waiting for her to lay out a narrative of what she would do if she was president. >> she has a new book coming out.

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he says he understands why david letterman is retiring. >> there comes a time when you just don't feel like doing it. i know what he was feeling. i was feeling it too. it's like, gee, i don't feel it anymore. >> that was regis. he tells us about his favorite moments with dave ahead on cbs "this morning." >> announcer: this morning's "eye opener" at 8:00 is sponsored by panera bread. find your panera favorite at panera.com. bread. find your panera favorite at pairpa nair.com.

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>> ready two? fans, friends, and the competition are all praising david letterman this morning. he plans to retire sometime next year. letterman's most frequent guest regis philbin tells us it's hard to imagine television without him. >> i tell you, when a guy like david letterman hangs around for all these years and you see him every night, you're going to miss him a lot, just like johnny carson. >> let's get this going here. >> you get accustomed to them. they become part of your life, to tell you the truth. i've got one to show you right

here. i had some makeup done across the street -- >> i can help you. >> and here i am. i played shrek on our show, but i did this live on his show, and, of course, i don't think he liked it. >> it's regis philbin. >> it's not regis. it's shrek. >> i just like the way he handles certain people. >> joaquin phoenix. and you were terrific in the film. i really enjoyed your work. >> thank you. >> said to myself, oh, boy, that would drive me crazy, but the guy doesn't answer you. he doesn't talk back to you. i mean you feel like you want to kill yourself or kill him. but not dave. he played right alongside for them. [ laughter ] >> what can you tell us about your days with the unabomber?

[ laughter ] >> there comes a time when you just don't feel like doing it. i know what he was feeling. what i was feeling too. it's like gee, i don't feel it any more. i don't want to work this hard. it's getting beyond my time. you make the move, you make the announcement, and one day it comes along, good-bye. >> i'm leaving the show, i'm not retiring from show business. >> right. that's right. so my concern as i said to you, once johnny carson left his show, we just never saw the man again and you're telling me now that, in fact, we will be seeing you again. >> no, i didn't say that, dave. [ laughter ] >> will you at least come on my show? >> once in a while, but not too often, dave, really. [ laughter ] >> i'm going to miss him terribly. i think he's one of the all-time best there is. >> he will be missed.

harry, i'm going to spend more time with the family and har ray allegedly said what part of the family. >> his son inherited his father's sense of humor. that's fantastic. >> i'm very happy for him. >> i am too. all right. she's singing her way into the hearts of children everywhere. on sunday morning tracy speaks with her. she grows from "frozen" to being on fire no matter how you say her name. that's next on "cbs this morning." my dental hygienist, she's awesome. when i go in there, i want to be awesome too. so i've totally gone pro with crest pro-health. go pro with crest pro-health. the first time i tried crest pro-health it felt different, i mean it felt clean. crest pro-health protects all these areas

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the disney film requests frozen" is the biggest. the song performed by idina menzel. >> i'm going to be singing it all day long. you remember john travolta had a bit of a trouble saying her name at the oscars. she's more than ready to "let it go." she's got a new show on broadway and she tells cbs correspondent

tracy smith why she feels nothing but gratitude for the gaff. here . please welcome the wickedly talented dadel dazene. i thought, did i hear that wrong? >> for a split second i felt sorry for myself like oh and then i quickly said get your ego out of this. you're at the oscars who the hell cares. it's my song. you know how to sing it. >> is it strange that screwing up your name basically has kind of in a way made you a household name? yeah. it's not even my real spelling. that's not've p my real name.

may real name is mentzel and everyone is saying mendst el or whatever so when i was coming out with my stage persona or spelling i thought it's a brilliant idea. i'll take the "t" out and then they say menzel. they never do. they still say menzel. one time i was introduced as elaney menendez from "the whiz." it's not the first time. we should let john off the hook a little bit. he just missed the mark by a lot that day, that's all. >> but you say in way it was a blessing. i mean it really -- people -- nobody's going to forget your name now. >> nobody's going to forget my name. that's right. >> that's right. adena, you're right. let john travolta off the hook. you can see more of tracy's intervie with idina

your realtime captioner is linda macdonald. it's 8:25. time for some news headlines. developing news in oakland. a suspicious fire damaged an administrative office of children's hospital. it started about 2:30 this morning and out within half hour. no one was in the building at the time. and no one was hurt. major league baseball says there were security problems at dodger stadium the day giants fan bryan stow was beaten three years ago. the report mentioned security cameras were outdated. the family filed a lawsuit. the funeral for a marine killed by a suspect drunk driver is today. lance corporal andrew silva was riding a motorcycle when the suspect ran him over in fremont last week. that driver is now under arrest. stay with us. traffic and weather in just a moment.

good morning. wet weather good for some things. not driving in it, though. look at outside. and the red sensors continually popping up around the bay area. there is another accident just reported this doesn't sound like a good one. san leandro northbound 238 at the 880 interchange. traffic is very slow on northbound 238 even on westbound 580 through the castro valley y. if your commute takes you near the nimitz in oakland you're going to be stuck in the backup. there was a one earlier

accident approaching the 980 interchange. ever since then, we have seen big delays from 238. drive time more than a half hour. again, sf muni warning you to be extra careful and reduce speeds and you will have no problem reducing speeds, unfortunately, at the bay bridge toll plaza. the metering lights remain on. that is traffic. here's lawrence. >> we are seeing some rain around the bay area this morning and continuing to see showers popping up outside so if you are headed out the door grab the umbrella. looking toward san jose a lot of raindrops on the lens there and we continue to see those showers rotating on through although looks like it's beginning to taper off a little bit. showers and some downpours still into fremont near hayward into san jose. we have more rain there and more to come. looks like it will stay unsettled but becoming more widely scattered toward the middle of the day and the afternoon. temperatures will be cool and plan on 50s near the coastline. 60s inside the bay in the valleys. but this weekend get ready high pressure building in. some temperatures near sunday getting close to 80 degrees in the afternoon probably going to see 80s on monday.

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♪ welcome back to "cbs this morning." coming up in this half hour, fighting back against parents who will not let their kids get vaccinated. "time" magazine's jeffrey kluger is in our toyota green room. he is slamming those parents and a few celebrities in a new piece calling them spoiled. plus a pair of college friends now top the country charts. the men of florida georgia line tell jamie wax why they sing every song like it's their last. that's next. >> time to show you this morning's headlines. >> the houston chronicle says a judge will decide whether general motors should tell people to stop driving cars

until they are fixed. gm argues there's no risk if recall instructions are followed. "the wall street journal" says the sales of everyday bake six like toothpaste pasta and household cleaners are flat. that continues a three-year trend. manufacturers are resorting to big discounts because of change in habits. for example, people are less cereal and we're drinking less soda and razor blades are down because men are growing out their beards. >> how unusual. >> "the new york times" says bryan cranston is writing a memoir. the actor plans to include lessons he learned in playing walter white on "breaking bad." he recalls the secrets and lies he lived with during the show's five seasons. he's currently on broadway but told us what he needs most now is a break. >> "breaking bad" being all that it was, where is your ambition after this. what is it that bryan cranston wants to do or needs to do? >> rest. i do. >> do you really? >> i need to rest.

yeah. i go pretty hard at it. it's a very physically demanding thing. it's an emotionally demanding thing. i love putting it all out there. but i think i just want to relax for a while and just let it rest and see what happens next. >> cranston's book will be published by scrivener, a division of simon & schuster of cbs. >> a member of congress got confused where he was on wednesday. indiana senator dan coates was questioning a witness when a staff member slipped him a piece of paper. >> personnel, et cetera. >> under secretary comb, i just wanted to -- >> i just got a note saying i'm at the wrong hearing. >> oh, okay. >> well, the witness admitted

he had been confused about the senator's question. the room erupted in laughter. just to be fair to him who's a great american it happens at a lot of hearings that go on at capitol hill. >> it's good they can laugh about it. >> it's good he can laugh about it. it was awkward. and "usa today" says a chicago cubs player took the field in the wrong uniform on thursday. junior lake wore a gray jersey that said chicago instead of cubs like the other players. teammates pointed it out. he jogged off to make the switch. >> we all make mistakes. >> health officials are warning about measles and mumps this morning. the disease of once thought to be wiped out in this country but is making kids sick again. since january there have already been more than 100 confirmed cases of measles. in an average year, the numbers are usually about 60. a month's outbreak is under way in places like california, ohio and new york. jeffrey kluger is with "time" magazine. he wrote a scathing open letter to parents with the dangers of not vaccinating their children. jeffrey, good morning. wow. >> good morning. >> tell us how you really feel.

but i mean, it's interesting. you say parents who are not giving their vaccines are not only misinformed, they're spoiled. >> well, that's right. this whole generation of parents has grown up behind the protective burns built by vaccine developers. if you've never seen polio, if you've never seen whooping cough, you can afford to be glib about the dangers. one person i read quoted a doctor, said, well this is a very healthy community so we don't really need to vaccinate here. well, it's healthy because people have gotten vaccinated. it's like tearing down your levees because the community is dry. it's the levees keeping them dry. >> jeffery you came out with guns ablazing. you say, you want pure nature, okay, die young. and people looked at that and said, wow, why did you want to be so strong? why do you feel so passionately about this? >> well, the idea that vaccines are messing with nature misinterprets the entire point of medicine. medicine is designed to mess with nature. every disease that ever existed. every infection that tries to

take over a body and kill it is nature and bacteria doing what it does. medicine's sole job, its mission has been to step in the path of bad nature and put good nature in its place and that's what vaccines do. >> for those people who speak against vaccine what is their motive? why do they do it? >> it's a question. i think it appeals to some of the darker conspiratorial processes of our brain. it speaks to the part of us that it doesn't want to feel like there's larger forces manipulating us, big pharma. big medicine. people talk about a bought off media supporting vaccines. >> in jenna mccarthy's case, she has a child who has autism. >> there's a lot o -- there's a lot of questions as to whether that child has autism. >> she's been very outspoken and very convinced this caused this. >> sunrise could have caused it too. that also happened the day before he developed his autism symptoms. autism rates are going up, there's no question about that

but the rates are going up because we're more alert to what the symptoms are, because we're broadening the category of what counts as anautism spectrum disorder, which is good. it gathers in a lot of kids who need help but it ain't the vaccines. >> this is very fascinating. now these measles and mumps outbreaks you believe are directly related to this. and the places that there are the outbreaks, what does that tell us? >> well, i think it tells us again it goes back to the idea of parents being spoiled. >> and those places are new york -- >> new york and columbus, ohio. institutions, it began in -- >> -- orange county, california. >> that's right. ohio state university a very educated community. in new york, the biggest outbreak is in new york city's 245 private schools where they're below the 95% rate they need for herd immunity.

>> is that why you used the phrase "spoiled?" >> spoiled because we're pampered and believe that the diseases and outbreaks of crippled children are a thing of the past. >> you didn't mince your words. you are getting a lot of people talking, starting the conversation. good to see you. >> good to see you. ahead, florida georgia lines has hit nearly 70 million downloads. it's on the radio all the time. love it. we look at the duo in the drive's seat and their big night this weekend. and tomorrow on "cbs this morning: saturday," spinning the wheel in las vegas like never before. take a ride on the world's tallest ferris wheel.

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♪ florida georgia line, have you heard of them? i bet you have. they're rocking the country world and scoring hits all along the way. the band could go home with four academy of country music awards this sunday night, including album of the year and single of the year. "cbs this morning" contributor jamie wax sat down with the guys in nashville. jamie, good morning. >> good morning, gayle. as far back as elvis and his studio session, artists are combining country with other genres like blues, rocks, pop, gospel and rock and roll. now two southern boys are taking southern music way beyond the florida georgia line.

♪ where their songs cruising to the top of multiple charts the guys of florida georgia line are enjoying the ride. when you were sort of dreaming together as college students at belmont university, did you ever think in your wildest dreams you'd be where you are now? >> i don't think so, man. i mean, maybe in some form or fashion but definitely not this quick and defiitely not at this magnitude. >> florida native brian kelly and georgia native tyler hubbard met at college in nashville. before long they were writing and playing together, a match made in solo cup heaven. >> it's gone from zero to 60 in no time. it's actually pretty mind-blowing. >> they took us back to one of the places fgl first reported. nashville. >> it brings memories back.

it still smells the same. beer and country music. >> in just two years the duo has gone from reporting in venues like this to venues like this. selling out arenas all over the world. is the basic approach to a live show whether it's 350 people or 74,000 people the same for you guys? >> i think it's exactly the same. >> yeah, man. we used to come out here on this little stage and give it all we got, 110% and try to throw the biggest party this place has ever seen. that's what we do. we still try to do that, whether it's an amphitheater or an arena. we go out there and sing every song like it's our last and give it all we've got. >> what they've got is four number one singles all their album "here's to the good times." ♪ their biggest hit raced to number one with help from someone who knows a thing or two about country songs. rapper nelly. "cruise" is the biggest digital

country single of all time with close to 7 million downloads. fgl's fusion of country and rap has set them apart starting a new sub genre that "new york" magazine calls bro country. >> when you guys met back in belmont were you listening to hip-hop and country separately and thinking wow this would being a great together? >> and rock and christian and everything. as you can tell our music is pretty heavily rock influenced, pretty heavily hip-hop. we try to make the music we love and stay creative and stay fresh. >> country radio can be very, very specific about what they want to play. is there any concern about getting your stuff played when you decide to mix all these genres? >> man, you know what? not really. we try not to overthink anything too much. whatever that sound is, that's what it is. ♪ when you turn on the radio it sounds like florida georgia line, not anybody else.

it's never about creating a new sound or whatever just literally we want to make music we love. >> intentional or not, florida georgia line is breaking country music boundaries, but in the end the guys agree they're sticking to their roots. >> if you were going to be defined by someone as a certain type of artist at heart, would it be country artists? >> absolutely. >> yeah. >> 100%. >> why is that important to you? >> it's who we are. it's how we were raised. we really connect emotionally and personally to country music. you know, we might like to dance or to hip-hop or party to rock and roll, but when it comes down to it, our life is country. >> i think everybody just needs to turn the music up and enjoy it. >> and on sunday night florida georgia line will be hosting fan jam, a fans-only live concert

event part of the acm awards in las vegas. >> man, you know what? they're good. >> they are good. you can't get the music out of your head. >> i always wondering where they got the name. one's from florida, one from georgia. i love the collaboration with nelly. i've been meaning to put it on my ipod. >> you're not the only one. >> you're looking rather stylish. >> what's going on here? >> layers. >> look at that. fancy. >> you found that out. >> you're elevating the fashion here. >> is that right? >> yes. >> i'll accept that. thanks. >> we should tell everybody you can watch the academy of country music awards sunday night at 8:00, 7:00 central right here on cbs. and from country that rocks to the original rocker "kiss" front man paul stanley faces the music. he reveals the highs and lows of life in one of the world's best known bands. that's monday. and up next, the most unforgettable moments of the week. you're watching "cbs this morning." nday. up next the most

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your realtime captioner is linda macdonald. it's 8:55. time for some news headlines. newly promoted ceo and cofounder of mozilla stepped down after only 11 days on the job resigning after backlash over his stance against same- sex marriage. oakland will be graduating its 168th police recruiting class today. 47 new officers will be joining the force the largest class in the city's history. the new recruits are much- needed. opd has struggled with dwindling numbers for years. late night host david letterman retiring after 21 years. he made the announcement last night. he will sign off next year. someone just as funny, lawrence. >> well, yeah, but not as rich. that's the problem. around the bay area, we have some clearing skies over san francisco but don't be

fooled. still a chance of more scattered showers outside. and in fact the bulk of the rain so far has come through early on but as we head throughout the day, it looks like some unsettled weather continuing. you see all the rainfall through moving on our hi-def doppler radar. scattered showers into the afternoon. temperatures will be cooler today. grab a sweater out the door. 50s coastside, low to mid-60s inside the bay and the valleys. the weekend we go the other way. high pressure starts to build in. those temperatures really warming up dry weather on saturday and sunday, and by sunday, some of those temperatures getting near 80 degrees in the afternoon. offshore winds on monday and tuesday looks like the weather even nicer near the coastline some of those temperatures near 70 degrees. we're going to check out your "kcbs traffic" coming up. plus, free delivery! save more green during mattress discounters red tag sale through sunday. ♪ mattress discounters ♪

good morning. starting out in danville, there was an accident for a while all lanes blocked. so we have an improvement just the middle lane is blocked no serious injuries. unfortunately there are delays. we are talking about northbound 680 approaching el cerro exit. you can see traffic is backed up even beyond crow canyon right now. but again, just one middle lane is blocked. they were able to get several other lanes reopened in just the last 10 minutes. also, bart delays still ongoing on the pittsburg-bay point line if you are heading into sfo. all other mass transit on time. happy friday!

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