know, frank and michelle will be back tomorrow. thanks for watching. cbs news is next. lebanon good morning to our viewers in the west. it is monday july 28th 2014. welcome to "cbs this morning." the fragile peace in gaza sh overnight, lus our interview with the leader of hamas. why he compares the group's violence to the american revolution revolution. a deadly lightning strike hits more than a dozen people on a california beach. millions face the threat of more severe weather today. and spider-man is caught in a web of trouble after punching a cop. but we begin this morning with a look at today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> these storms are going to continue to fire. very dangerous situation. >> summer storms pound half the country. >> a tornado damaging as many as

30 homes in tennessee. >> a 20-year-old california man was killed after being struck lie lightning. 13 others injured. >> firefighters in northern california are battling a fire that destroyed at least 13 homes. >> the united nations calling for an immediate and unconditional cease-fire in gaza. >> death tolls continue to mount on both sides. >> it's one thing to say you want to co-exist with the jews. it's another thing to co-exist with the state of israel. >> the single engine plane crashed on the beach killing a man. >> an american aid worker has contracted the deadly ebola virus in west africa. >> the virus was caught early enough to be treated. >> i was just trying to correct you. that's my job, to correct you if you mess up. >> newly released audio captured a heated exchange at the atlanta airport. >> we'll taxi out there when you tell us to. i don't like your attitude. >> settle down captain happy. >> an agreement has been reached between house and senate negotiators to work to try to fix the veterans affairs health

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welcome to "cbs this morning." it's good to be back. it's a big news day and there's a lot to talk about. >> i'm looking forward to hearing more about your interview. >> we begin with this, new attacks in the middle east. israel launched three air strikes this morning. they follow a single hamas missile attack. in a moment we'll hear from the leader of hamas. he'll tell me why those strikes will continue. and overnight the united nations issued new calls for an immediate end to the fighting. don dahler is in tel aviv where previous cease-fires have failed. don, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. for 16 hours over the weekend, gaza and israel were quiet. there were no civilians being shelled, there were no rockets in the skies of tel aviv but then the war started up again and the international community has had enough. >> the security council -- >> reporter: late last night, the u.n. security council called for an immediate, unconditional cease-fire. hamas and israel were unmoved. >> they should have adopted a

resolution a long time ago to condemn this aggression. >> if it's going to be quiet in israel, it's going to be quiet in gaza. that's as simple as it gets. >> reporter: sunday it took all of ten minutes after the fragile cease-fire expired at 8:00 a.m. for hamas to send rockets into israel. when hamas rejected an israeli offer to extend the truce 24 hours, the idea applied to fighting as well. israel ignored a similar cease-fire offer from hamas hours later. and after 20 days of death and destruction with over 1,000 lives lost, a third of those children the world is pleading with both parties to stop. president obama called israeli prime minister netanyahu and urged him to find a way to end the war. during his weekly address, pope francis, his voice cracking said i ask you with all my heart, stop, please.

earlier today it was relatively quiet in gaza. a few palestinians were out in the streets and in the stores preparing for the feast that marks the end of ramadan. while the idf engineers continue to destroy every tunnel they can find in gaza and israel. these tunnels the idf says are used for smuggling arms explosives and militants. yesterday the idf released a video it says proves it had nothing to do with the 16 deaths in a u.n.-operated school thursday. the video, which is undated, purportedly shows a single mortar shell landing in an empty courtyard. that contradicts dozens of eyewitness accounts. there are even some israelis who question the veracity of that video. there was a peace demonstration in tel aviv last night of a few thousand people but they are in the minority. polls show that most israelis want this war to continue until hamas is severely crippled. charlie. >> don, thanks.

an interview from my pbs program, i sat down with khalided meshaal and asked him about hamas using palestinian deaths to sway world opinion against israel. this is former president bill clinton. quote, hamas was perfectly well aware of what would happen if they started raining rockets on israel. they fired 1,000 of them and they have a strategy designed to force israel to kill their own civilians so the rest of the world will condemn them. that's president clinton, not an israeli. a man who worked hard to create peace between palestinians and israelis. >> translator: with all due respect to mr. clinton, unfortunately the world doesn't want to blame the israelis. why do you call for security for israel and why don't you call

for lifting the siege and stopping the occupation of the palestinians? why do you give the right to live for the palestinians as the other nations. this is an occupation of the world. >> let me ask you this, do you believe that you can solve this by violence? do you believe that you can solve this with a military power? is this going to end because one side is militarily going to defeat the other? >> translator: in our culture, arabs and muslims, we have a prophet saying that said the prophet had two choices and he followed the easiest choice. that means we ought to follow the easiest path the better path. as a palestinian, i want to be liberalized, i want a state, i want to live without occupation. you in america, the american revolution was it peaceful? did you not kick the british out?

the nations, if they have the peaceful window to reach peace, then they better because we which like to kill our sons and daughters. but if we don't have the peace, then it is legitimate so the world has two choices. they need to help us peacefully reach the state or we will expel this occupation from our land. >> so unless the world will take the israelis out of the west bank and gaza you will expel them militarily? that's your objective? you believe you can do that? >> translator: i do believe this as i see you now. it is a conviction. why, because time and time in the history of nations says that peoples have the upper hand over the occupation so i have the

will. i can die because of israel. i cannot live under the occupation. the occupation is the worst thing that you can ever imagine so every single palestinian can die for the next generations to live in peace and freedom. >> some also ask why are you here and not in gaza that if in fact you are the voice of hamas that you should be in gaza with the people of gaza. that's the place for you. >> translator: yes this is a very reasonable question. i'm from west bank i was expelled and millions were compelled to live outside their own country. it is not for me to be there but the occupation does not allow me to do so. you have hundreds of thousands of palestinians in america and they long to go back to palestine.

palestinians long for their home country. that's why we insist on it for me and others to return. >> this is fascinating. what did he say it will take hamas to do to agree to a cease-fire. >> end the siege. and siege means the blockade by egypt, it means having a port and being able to engage with the outside world. we'll have more of that interview in our next hour. benjamin netanyahu repeated the charge that hamas wants the people of gaza to be killed. >> hamas is responsible for these civilian deaths. hamas is sacrificing its own people kwiek willfully, deliberately cynically and horribly. they're using their people as human shields. we asked the civilians to leave, they asked them to stay. >> netanyahu told bob sheifert that weakening and discrediting

hamas will give israel the chance for a better future. 13 people were hit by lightning, one died at venice beach in southern california on sunday. teri okita is there with the frantic effort to save the victims. teri, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, and good morning to our viewers here in the west. thousands of people were enjoying a day at the beach in the surf here in venice. witnesses say one minute the sky was clear and blue. the next the deadly weather system moved in without warning, killing a 20-year-old man. >> all of a sudden just a sonic boom. >> reporter: witnesses say the severe weather happened in an instant along the busiest stretch of venice beach. >> all of a sudden we heard this crackle. i looked up and there was this giant bolt of lightning just shooting across the sky. >> it was gigantic. and then a really loud thunder clap. >> reporter: this victim taken from the water -- >> it looks like they're looking, they're searching. >> reporter: while a frantic

search from the air and a scramble to safety on land played out sunday afternoon. >> we were in the water i don't think we'd be here. >> reporter: peasthese paddle borders were still on the sand. >> we got zapped. there was heat on the head and a bit of pressure on the head and eyes blurry a little bit. >> reporter: people said the electricity rippled across the soft sand. >> people that were sitting in the sand on the beach felt the electricity come through the sand. so like dozens of people felt this. >> they were coming off of the beach about how they felt like they got zapped like somebody hit them with a taser or something. >> reorter: mike came with family and he explained how he jumped into action. >> i told a couple other guys to grab a leg and arm and we picked him up. >> reporter: lifeguards performed cpr on the spot. in redondo beach, a community ten miles south of here you can see the power of the storm. the side of this home is singed. this car was set on fire by the lightning. on nearby catalina island one

man was injured, hit by lightning on a golf course. that lightning actually ignited a brush fire in the area. and in downtown los angeles, in the grips of a historic drought, they saw record rainfall on sunday from this storm. >> teri thanks. in northern tennessee, cleanup is under way this morning after a possible tornado. it was part of a severe outbreak sunday. the storm tore through at least seven counties at least ten homes were destroyed. police went door to door to find victims, but so far no reports of injuries. a wildfire in northern california is threatening more than 500 homes this morning. the sand fire has burned six square miles north of plymouth since friday. 13 homes are gone. as mojgan sherkat of kovr shows us, it's an uphill battle for firefighters. >> reporter: this view from the

air shows why firefighters are struggling. the steep, rugged foothills of the sierra nevada combined with 100-degree heat strong winds and drought dry brush. in spite of establishing this fire break perimeter on the ground and hitting their targets from the air, 1900 firefighters have been unable to bring this wildfire under control. >> during the day, we have up canyon winds as the heat is rising. during the night we have down canyon winds so the fire actually changes direction. >> investigators believe the spark from a single vehicle ignited the so-called sand fire. it tripled in size in its first 24 hours. the fire has destroyed at least 13 homes and dozens of structures and more than 1,000 residents were evacuated over the weekend. >> the sheriff came to the door and said you have to evacuate now. >> reporter: 150 miles south, the normally pristine yosemite valley, an iconic image of half dome are barely visible through a thick cloud of smoke.

hot shot crews are battling a wildfire that has burned thousands of acres and forced the evacuation of multiple campsites on national park grounds. >> my truck is pointed out the driveway. >> reporter: back at the sand fire residents know if the fire spreads, they'll need to be ready to leave. >> you grab your family that's the most important thing. that's what i told my wife. i have a 2-month-old baby at home and a 3-year-old so my whole thought is my family. >> reporter: for cbs this morning, mojgan sherkat, el dorado county california. this morning congressional leaders have a deal to address massive problems with veterans health care. the compromised bill took more than six weeks to work out. nancy cordes is on capitol hill with the details that will be announced today. nancy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it is looking like a rare bipartisan victory. cbs news has learned that the most significant change for veterans in this new bill will be that anyone who has been waiting more than a month for treatment at a va facility or who lives more than 40 miles

away from a va facility will now be able to seek treatment from a private physician and have it covered by the va. this legislation grants the va about $10 billion in emergency funds, mostly to cover that new cost. it does a few other things to try to cut into this months-long backlog at va facilities around the country. for example, it grants additional funding for 27 new va facilities mostly community clinics, and it provides the va with funding to hire additional doctors, nurses and support staff. and finally, it does a few different things to try to change the culture at the va notably giving va managers more authority to fire employees who act improperly. senator bernie sanders and jeff miller, a republican worked through the weekend to craft this deal. they will announce the deal in a press conference at 10:30 p.m. pacific and aides tell us they think this compromised bill

could pass both houses of congress by the end of the week. >> nancy thank you so much. now to malaysia flight 17. new evidence this morning a missile brought it down. flight data recorders indicate the jet was hit by fragmentings from that missile. a ukrainian government spokesman said it led to an explosive decompression. dutch and australian police tried to reach the crash site and they were turned back. heavy fighting is reported between government troops and pro-russian rebels. libya is asking for help this morning to prevent a huge environmental disaster. a giant oil facility near the country's main airport is burning. officials warn the flames could spread to natural gas tanks nearby. the government says fighting between rival militia groups started the fire. the state department evacuated american diplomats from libya over the weekend. madeline albright said the world is a mess. two americans working in africa to stop the spread of a deadly virus are fighting it themselves this morning. the ebola outbreak is the

deadliest in history, killing 700 people this year. our chief medical correspondent shows us why this virus is so deadly. this is frightening. >> yeah, it is. good morning norah. 100 health care workers in three african countryies have been infected with ebola and half of them died. it is one of the world's most contagious, deadly diseases and there is no specific treatment or vaccine. 33-year-old dr. kent brantley of ft. worth, texas, was working in liberia for samaritans purse, an aid organization. on saturday the group says the father of two tested positive for the life-threatening ebola virus. yesterday nancy wrightbol, a mother of two from charlotte, north carolina also tested positive while working in liberia. both are listed in stable condition and are receiving intensive supportive care at a hospital in monrovia. >> they have fevers they have body aches and pains.

they are not out of the woods yet. >> reporter: medical personnel wear special protective suits made from woven plastic fiber. in stifling heat the suits can only be worn for 30 minutes at a time. but even with precautions, workers are still susceptible to infections. on saturday, a liberian doctor died after contracting ebola at the nation's biggest hospital. the current outbreak is called the largest ever recorded. until last week it had been confined to liberia, guinea and sierra leone killing nearly 700 people. on friday the virus spread to a fourth african country. a man ill with the virus traveled on a commercial flight from liberia to nigeria and died. nigeria is now screening all flights. >> ebola is a virus of an unknown source. 70% of the people who acquire this infection ultimately die. >> dr. brantley's family who had been living with him in liberia are now back in the u.s. and do

not show signs of the illness. it's 7:19. clouds back into the skies and caught patchy fog along the coastline just inside the bays. a little bit going on today. muggy conditions if into the afternoon. and there's a slight chance of an isolated thunderstorm. looks like that's going to stick around for another day. and we will start to clear out the sky, 90s in the valley, and 70s and 80s inside the bay and 60s toward the beaches. next couple day, clouds and start to clear out on wednesday and thursday. and cooler next weekend. this national weather report sponsored by toyota. let's go places.

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opened a third lane of the altamont pass it is 7:26. good morning to you. the chp has opened a third lane of the pass after a big rig crash. officials estimate the scene could be cleared around 8:00 or 9:00 a.m. and there's calls for a criminal investigation into the construction problems with the new bay bridge span. the state senator says people need to be held accountable. a hearing is set for a week from tomorrow. also closing arguments begin today in the court battle between donald sterling and his wife. he says he might boycott games if sterling remains part of the organization. is and we will have traffic and weather many a minute.

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after a explosion and live wires down in the freeway. they were able to open most of the southbound lanes but northbound 85 remains closed. approaching homestead and you can see traffic detouring around thes in and. and it's delayed in the area. and still seeing extensive delays westbound 580 approaching north greenville. it's likely going to take an hour to re-open the road. one lane remains closed and traffic is heavy. that's the latest traffic. all right. and we are looking at the monsoon clouds coming back into the bay area. be careful outside today. therest a slight chance of an isolated thunderstorm. a little hazy outside. and in the valley. humid throughout the day today. the temperatures this afternoon maybe some 90s inland. and 60s and along the coast. and monsoon continues tomorrow. and cooling down next weekend.

this is a much different story from the lightning story we brought you a few minutes ago. they said hey, let's shoot a selfie. they didn't expect a photo bomb from mother nature. everyone is okay. they got it all on tape. welcome back to "cbs this morning." "the new york times" calls for the legalization of marijuana. we take a closer look at the accusation. the war on pot and americans in using the drug. plus he is anything but your friendly neighborhood spider-man. this superhero is charged with attacking a police officer in the middle of a new york tourism magnet. looks like times square right? the latest trouble for people dressing up as heroes and then acting like zeros.

that's ahead. >> what a line. time to show you some of this morning's headlines from around the globe. a "new york times" analysis finds the number of tv political ads for congressional races in this election cycle is up 70% from the 2010 election. there are concerns that the saturation of negative spots paid for by outside interests may cause voters to tune out before election day. >> britain's "telegraph" says they're looking at a makeover for a make change and different look after this year's two aviation disasters and a review is under way to look at different routes. the "new york post" says more than 2,500 emergency workers and others who responded to the 9/11 attacks at ground zero have cancer. this list includes firefighters police, emts construction workers, and others. scientists say the workers get

cancer at a significantly higher rate than the rest of the population. >> the gas prices are the highest. you'll pay more in hawaii. that's followed by moments before the plane made an emergency landing sunday on the gulf coast of florida, this 46-year-old and his daughter from georgia were enjoying a day on the beach. the single engine plane struck and killed the 36-year-old

father and critically injured 9-year-old oceana. >> the dad looked in very bad condition. they were performing cpr on him. he had blood on his face. not something you expect to happen on a beach with your family. >> reporter: the plane unable to land by a nearby municipal airport forced to land because of mechanical problems. the pilot and his passenger were not hurt. >> he tried to land on the beach. unfortunately there was a family walking along the beach that were injured by the crash. the father is deceased. >> reporter: the child was airlifted to a hospital in st. petersburg in critical condition. another family member who was walking along the beach and witnessed the crash was not hit by the plane but was treated for card yacht related condition. >> what i suspect is the motor went out and they couldn't hear it coming, they ran out of fuel and just hit him. >> the national transportation safety board is investigating

the cause of the crash and will be working with the faa to determine the timeline of events leading up to the fatal accident. gayle? >> all right. vicente. nice to have you in the studio. the story is so sad. i can't get over the story. when you ooher at the beach you worry about sun burns, currents, sharks. the last thing you worry about is a plane. 46 and 9-year-old daughter. thank you, vicente. this morning "the new york times" is getting heat for saying it should be okay for you do get high. what? after the voters gave the okay the times editorial board now wants the rest of the country to have the same opportunity. jan crawford is in washington with the reasoning and the response. jan, this story getting a lot of conversation. good morning. >> well, good morning, gayle. it really is. at times it's just confronting it head on not only with that editorial but with art calls all week and an online discussion this afternoon saying it's time for the federal government to let states decide.

the times stated this position with the head line "repeal prohibition again," an american flag with stars changing to marijuana leaves. >> it's true we've never endorsed legalization of drugs before. >> reporter: david firestone is a member of the tiechls editorial board. i don't see it as any different as having a couple of glasses of wine with dinner or a martini. if you want to make that choice as an adult, you should be allowed to make it. >> reporter: the editorial argues that the war on pot is actually worse for america than using pot saying the social cost of marijuana laws are vast and the result is racist noting that enforcement falls disproportionately on young black men. urging congress to repeal the marijuana ban is talking about health effects saying it's far less dangerous than alcohol. it may seem like far edge j stuff but reflects a sharp shift

in public opinion. in the early 1990s then candidate bill clinton famously said -- >> i didn't like it and didn't inhale. >> most people then 78% opposed legalization. but now only 42% oppose it. in recent years, 37 states plus the district of columbia have talked about it. the real change started in colorado where voters approved the sale of marijuana for recreational use but there have been problems. legalization has been linked to at least two deaths as well as incidents of children accidentally ingesting marijuana-laced food and staunch critics like kevin saab bot, founder of the group smart approaches to marijuana callcalling for legalization of marijuana are wrong. >> it counters all the major medical associations that have

looked at this and it wouldn't be good for america. do we really want to encourage a stoned society. >> now there were efforts in the 1970s to legalize marijuana but it never went anywhere. and it's likely that congress is not going to act here. but it said it wanted to start a conversation, hoping for a change in years to come. norah? >> all right, jan. thank you. >> certainly start add conversation. >> it has indeed. >> that's a good thing. >> the states are passing laws. that's a democracy in ac tourists at one of the world's most famous destinations. ben tracy is in the heart of new york city. >> reporter: spider-man is supposed to be spinning a web, but this weekend he was throwing a punch at the cops. we'll show you what

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spider-man is sitting in a new york city jail this morning. here's why. he's charged with punching a police officer in the face. unlike the spierdman in the movie, he works for tips in times square. ben tracy is there where they're calling for a crackdown on overly costumed characters. >> reporter: they call this the crossroads but it used to be known as the corners of drug dealers and porn shops. that's gone. it's cleaned up. they have these nice planters on the roadway. if you come down you'll going to have to run into cartoon

characters and pose for a picture if you pay the price. >> reporter: he's taking his powers a little too seriously. this is youtube of the webbed crew sayser throwing punches at the police officer. of courseing he wasn't the only character in the crowd. mini mouse, mickey mouse, and elmo looked on in horror as police wrestled 25-year-old junior bishop to the ground. on saturday officers saw the brooklyn man allegedly refusing a $1 tip from a woman. he thought he deserved more for wearing tights in public and demanded 5s 10s and 20s. sometimes these unsavory characters need to be reigned in edbe reined in.

>> a few weeks ago a girl was out here. strawberry shortcake took a picture and when the family chose not to give a larger tip, strawberry shortcake ripped off her head and refused. >> reporter: others were accused of groping women. a cookie monster alecedly shoved a 2-year-old boy and an elmo became notorious for his anti-semiteic rants. nothing funny about that. costumed characters also work along the strip. two patriotic captain americas got into a fight. >> they're actually asking for $20 tips. >> reporter: tourists in times square say they don't have time for this kind of behavior. this young girl was pulled out of her stroller by costumed characters wanting to pose for

photos. >> they seem like they try to jump in and grab you and kick of take pictures with them. >> reporter: bishop has been charged with assaulting a police officer, resisting arrest, criminal mischief, and disorderly conduct. it. bill? i heard there's problems in los angeles too. >> i live in los angeles. i was holding a 3-year-old posing with mini mouse and while we're taking a picture, she says in my ear that's five bucks and it was not in her nicemy minnie mouse voice. >> what it says is tip is appreciated. no one just says give me money. they say a tip is always welcome

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good morning to our viewers in the west. it is monday july 28th, 2014. welcome back to "cbs this morning." more real news ahead, including boomer roomies, two women who hate that name but love sharing an apartment. they're not alone. first a look at today's eye opener at 8:00. >> will you expel them militarily? that's your objective? you believe you can do that? >> for 6 hours over the weekend, gaza and israel were quiet. but then the war started up again. >> deadly weather system moved in without warning, killing a 20-year-old man. >> all of a sudden a sonic boom! >> wildfire in northern california is threatening more than 500 homes this morning, has

burned six square miles since friday. >> leaders have a deal to address massive problems at veterans health care. >> looking like a rare bipartisan victory. >> the pilot made distress calls after it lost power and dropped on the beach in venice florida, yesterday afternoon. >> the problem is confronting it head on saying it's time for the federal government to let states decide. spiderman is supposed to be spinning a web. this weekend he was throwing a punch at the cops. nypd arrested at least four other characters. >> strawberry shortcake ripped off her head and started cursing at the family. >> a family decided, let's shoot a selfie didn't plan on a loud photo bomb from nature. >> announcer: today's eye opener is presented by comfort inn. >> i'm charlie rose with gayle sxwing norah o'donnell. storms pounded the california

coast. a 20-year-old man was killed on the beach sunday. about a dozen others are recovering from injuries this morning. >> fast-moving storm came out of nowhere. in venice beach, which could face more severe weather today. terry, good morning. >> good morning. the 15-minute thunderstorm that struck here at venice beach yesterday where there were thousands of people all around. it's extremely rare. the west coast has the lowest incident rate of lightning strikes in the nation. chances of being hit in southern california, one in 7.5 million. yet one 20-year-old man lost his life yesterday and another remains in critical condition at a nearby hospital after being struck by lightning in the water right here behind me. meteorologists say a high pressure system brought hot and moist air from the gulf of mexico causing atmospheric conditions to ripen for lightning strikes. in all, the l.a. fire department treated 13 beach go erers, eight

went to local hospitals. and the national weather service says the chance for thunderstorms in the region will continue through wednesday. >> all right. terry, thank you. a possible tornado wiped out ten homes in tennessee. officers searched through debris in speedwell last night to make sure everyone got out. the county sheriff and his wife raise raced to their basement when the storms hit. when they emerged, they found their house flattened. no reports of injuries though. more rough weather is expected in the east today. new israeli air attack ss. three targets after hamas militants launched a rocket over the border. don dahler is in tel aviv where there is new pressure to end the fighting. don, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, yes. there was a smattering of hamas rockets and israeli air strikes in response to that. it's been much quieter today than we've seen over the past three weeks.

but the international community is demanding an end to the violence. last night united nations, in a very rare midnight meeting, called for an unconditional immediate cease fire. president obama got on the phone with prime minister net anyahu to ask for him to end this war and pope francis, in his weekly address, begged for both parties to just stop please. ten minutes after the cease fire ended yesterday, hamas rockets were in the air again and israel again had air strikes in gaza. now the fighting did reach a lull last night. just so much that some palestinians at least were able to venture out on to the streets of gaza to start preparing for the festival of eve, which marks the end of ramadan. israeli soldiers were still busy, finding and destroying as many of those tunnels as they could. charlie? >> don, thanks. this weekend, i sat down with the leader of hamas and asked khaled meshaal what it will take for his people to live in peace

with israel. >> when israel practically commits itself from gaza completely and the west bank and if we have the return is there, then we will reach peace. >> you believe in the co-existence of peoples and therefore you believe in the co-existence of palestinians and israelis in the middle east? >> translator: without occupation. >> without occupation you can coexist? >> translator: i'm ready to coexist with the jews with the christians and arabs and nonarabs and those who agree with my ideas and those who disagree with them. however, i do not coexist with the occupiers, with the settlers and those who -- >> it's one thing to say you want to coexist with the jews

it's another thing that you want to coexist with the state of israel. do you want to coexist with the state of israel? do you want to recognize israel as a jewish state? >> translator: no. i said i do not want to live with a state of occupiers. i do coexist with -- >> i'massuming they are no longer occupiers, at that point do you want to coexist and recognize their right to exist and they would recognize your right to exist? >> translator: when we have a palestinian state, then the palestinian state will decide on its policies. but you cannot actually ask me about the future. i answered you. but the palestinian people can have their say when they have their own state. and in that situation they can decide policies vis-a-vis

others. >> this situation is so intractable, which is a great question, the failure to recognize each party's right to exist. >> i thought you had him, too. oh, a breakthrough. when you asked the very simple question, he went no. it sort of made the hair stand up on the back of my neck. one step forward and two steps back. why is he there, charlie? is he calling the shots from that location? >> he said he can't go back into gaza because he was in damascus first, then he went to cairo. he says he can't get back. i don't know whether that's true or not. >> there was a moment in the interview where he said thank you and he went you're welcome. i thought oh, he does speak english. >> many leaders, even though they speak english don't want to answer in english because they fear they may make a mistake. the interview will air tonight on my pbs program. mid term elections are less

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negative or even neutral online comments, some even threaten to sue you. not warned couples to read contracts very carefully. >> you sign up on a website. there's that whole long thing even when you get your apple phone and quickly hit i agree, scan through it hit i agree. in this case you need to read the fine print. >> you can use this only if you're going to say something nice. if you hate the long security lines at the airport, you can do something about it this morning. online contest. it wants to see your ideas for the best way to move travelers through the checkpoints. the government says it's looking for out-of-the-box thinking to speed up the line. top prize $5,000. others could earn $2,500. you've got until august 15th to apply. i'm going to hold my tongue on this one because -- >> do you have some ideas? >> i just think people need to pay attention. sometimes you get up to a line and people are like am i

supposed to take off my shoes, my belt? the guy has been yelling at you for the past 20 minutes, take the liquid out of your purse. >> they should know by now. >> somebody will come up with an idea. >> for the first time since 1971 six inductees in the hall of fame manager joe torre, sluggers frank thomas and manager tony larussa were all inducted yesterday. it was the big hurt frank thomas who grabbed everyone's heart with an emotional thank you to his late father. >> without you, i know 100% i wouldn't be here in cooperstown today. [ applause ] >> thanks for pushing me and always preaching to me you can be someone special if you really work at it. i took that to heart, pops. look at us today.

>> i love it when they remember their parents. thomas ended his nearly 18-minute speech by thanking more than 100 teammates by name. >> i love his tribute to his dad. if you're sitting in the audience, i know the 100 people appreciate it but when he got to 75 it's like 25 more to go. >> talking in the new york press about the great joe torre in all of this, he forgot to talk about steinbrenner. >> very touching. an american family

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represent. now older americans are doing it. they're known as boomer roomies. vinita nair looks at how it's changed two women's lives. >> reporter: 67-year-old dina wilcox and 68-year-old anne free 67-year-old are roommates. there's one term they can't stand. >> boomer roomies. >> do you like the term? >> no. >> reporter: the two who finish each other's sentences share a place. just a few years ago they barely knew each other. dina lived alone. having downsides from a big house in the suburbs to a two-bedroom apartment in new york. she met anne at a learning

center shchl e center. she was divorced. she heard dina talking about battling breast cancer and could no longer afford to live on her own. she asked her to move? >> she started running down the block. >> i said this isn't going to work. i'm going to have to sell everything i have and move into one room with a closet. then i came back and said i would be foolish not to move in. >> reporter: they're part of a agreeing number of americans sharing apartments and houses. linda hoffman president of the new york foundation is sort of a situation where built in friendships can occur. >> these ladies not only share

rent and household chores they also share a message. they start add blog called senior flatmates.com with the hope that other seniors can benefit. >> i think we feel closer to each other than we do to a lot of other people in our lives. >> it adds a richness i cannot describe. someone will be here to talk to and share stuff with and to go out for a glass of wine with. >> reporter: can turnt lease is one year. >> yes. >> is this a lifelong situation? >> the plan that we're making now for when the lease ends is that we're going to look for another parent together if we don't stay here. we make it up as we go along. >> it is open-ended it's just life. >> but life is open-ended. >> right. >> the meeting went well. >> reporter: both ladies say they would love to meet a man and get married once again, but until that happens they have each other. for "cbs this morning," vinita nair harlem. >> friendship is so important. >> oh, man. it is. i love that story, you know?

>> you two maybe thinking about opened a third lane of the altamont pass after a big rig crash.. of 8:25. good morning. time for news headlines. the chp has opened a third lane of the pass after a big rig crash. officials estimate the scene could be cleared by around 8:00 or 9:00 a.m. and there are calls for a criminal investigation into the construction problems into the new bay bridge span. the state senator says people need to be held accountable. a hearing is set for a week from tomorrow. and closing arguments begin today in the court battle between donald sterling and his wife. the clipper's star chris paul says he might boycott games if sterling remanes part of the organization. and traffic and weather for you in just a minute.

good morning. we are crossing our fingers just another half hour to go before they re-open the one final lane that's been closed since 2:00 this morning. there's a look at some of the bananas, westbound 580. hoping to have all lanes open by 9:00. and the back-ups extends up to

i-5. so very heavy delays and here is a live look. the toll plaza, this can be improved substantially. and it's back to the overcrossing ands the bridge, we got a late morning back-up on westbound 92. remains heavy. and over the high-rise. that's your latest drive to work. some low clouds and fog sneaking on shore right now. and starting to break up a little bit. but above, some of the clouds starting to move onshore. that means could be a very interesting day ahead. and it will be muggy today. some of the clouds sweeping across the bay area. and looks like a slight chance of isolated thunderstorms. temperatures today still going to be warm inside the bay. and you will find 70s and 80s. 85 in redwood city. and 76 in oakland and 90s for the valleys. and the coastline, patchy fog and temperatures in the 60s and low 70s. next couple day, slight chance of thunderstorms and then clearing out skies for the rest of the week.

welcome back to "cbs this morning." coming up in this half hour, backstage at the grand ole opry. jan crawford with a rare look at the venue where the country's biggest names are welcomed like family. >> love him, cash. plus nearly 40 years after he resigned we're still learning new things about richard nixon. douglas brinkley is in our toyota green room and he joins us with his new book about the private side. >> fascinating material. right now it's time to show you some of this morning's headlines. "the wall street journal" tells us a story about dollar stores and a lot of dollar. discount chain dollar tree is

buying family dollar stores for about $8.5 billion. the combined company will have 13,000 stores in the u.s. and canada. that's nearly three times as many as walmart. "usa today" -- did you want to say something? "usa today" finds that the fist bumps are less germy than handshakes. maybe that's why president obama is a big fan. handshakes transmit ten times more germs than fist bumps. some are lobbying fist bumps as the only way. lebron james is returning to his roots. the nba star will take number 23 when he returns to the cleveland camp leer this season. he posted the news on instagram with the message, i'm coming home. 23 is the number he wore for seven years with the team. james wore number 6 when he played for the miami heat. >> okay wonder woman fans. "the huffington post" with a

first look of what wonderwoman will wear. she's taking on the role. the costume was unveil at the san diego comic-con on sadr. the film opens and coming out in 2016. i'm still a fan of the real wonderwoman, linda carter. >> she looks pretty good though. >> she lives in washington doesn't she? >> yeah. >> linda carter looks great, but the new wonderwoman, whatever she's called looks pretty good. >> indeed. >> i like the boots. "the daily news" reports that aretha franklin is singing a very dif rude and nasty. after a brief exchange she left without her food. i would not tackle with aretha franklin. not a good move. not a good move.

and you know that too, charlie. >> exactly. and the boston herald reports that a yankees fan lent ahand to a red sox reporter. he lost his 2006 championship ring during a trip to new york. after giving him a hard time, he returned the ring. as a reward he was invited to the red sox/yankee finale at fenway park. >> he'll get to see derek jeter. that's nice. this year marked four decades since the grand oil on proi created a permanent home for some of the unky tress greatest names. it can have a surprisingly powerful effect on the performers who then make history. jan crawford threw on her boots to go behind the scenes. this is a good story for a southern girl. >> if you didn't grow up in the south as i did, you wouldn't know that much about the grand

ol' opry even if you like country music but it is a big deal, not only to those of us who grew up in the southeast but to those country music superstars. it is a tradition unlike anything else. ♪ joline joline joline joline ♪ >> reporter: for country music icons, this stage is sacred ground. from patsy klein to elvis to the man in black, the grand ol' one onpry is home to many naples. it's where blake shelton and miranda lamb bert stand in the background not performing as head looirns but as members of the family.

pete fisher general manager. >> i often hear on this side of the stage, man, i never get nor vus before i perform. only here. >> reporter: why would that be? >> it means something to them. they car about it. when you perform on the on rarks you're rewriting a page in history. >> reporter: that's how connie smith felt 40 years ago. she was one of the first to sing at the new opry house. ♪ take me home ♪ >> reporter: just a little bit more nervousness there. >> becoming part of that legacy is considered the crowning achieve mnlts of the performer's career. >> keith urban organization ryu now a member of the grand ol' opry. >> i was asked by management to come out and ask you if you would like to be their next

member. oopz >> reporter: there now are 65 members and when you walk back stage you can feel and hear the appreciation for what came before. we caught him and his old medicine show in a jam session that drew in country legend ricky scaggs. >> what they're doing is carrying on the tradition of the old music. >> reporter: that music was and kornlts to be the soundtrack of people's lives. >> the opry has been a place where we can all come all us common folks and hear our stories put to song. >> reporter: it's also a place where a single performance can launch a career. josh turner was a complete unknown when he first took the stage and got two standing

ovations i walked offstage thinking this is the most incredible night of plief. from that point on it just kind of established what kind of an artist i was. >> reporter: and some have performed to try to salvage a career like president richard nixon. he appeared at the height of the watergate scandal in 1974. that was the year the opry left the mother church the old ryman auditorium, but it brought along the spirit and foundation a circle of wood from the old floor. >> what bitter way to feel the energy of the past and stand on the wood that those legends stood on. >> reporter: a part of country music history that 40 years later keeps its modern house connected to its past. that's how today's stars like those of yesterday seem to like it. ♪ it will all be all right ♪

at the grand ole opry tonight ♪ ♪ coming back home ♪ >> now, if you have any doubt about how important the opry is just take a look at this. our own bob schieffer and charles osgood both have made the pilgrimage to nashville to perform on that stage, so rich in history and tradition, you just want to be there to be a part of it. norah? >> what great piece. >> i love that they care so much they get nervous. that's nice. >> bob schieffer looking good in those jeans and that cowboy hat. >> i was thinking about jan crawford. those were some serious boots you had on missy. those were nice. those were nice looking. >> we've got to get you in a cowboy hat charlie. >> all right. >> i want to see you in one. i've got one at home. aisle bring it in. >> okay. >> all right. what we were talking about?

sorry, i lost my train of thought. >> the grand ole opry. richl ard nixon's presidency ended because of watergate, but he did a lot before that scandal forced him to resign. a new look at the nixon

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next week marks the 40th vs. of richard nixon's res ig nachlgs we'll show you how he changed history by recording himself. >> reporter: in jul secret recording system. >> play it tough. that's the way they play it. >> reporter: the tape suggested a criminal conspiracy that reached the president. in august of 1974 as impeachment loomed nixon resigned in disgrace. now 40 years later, these same

recordings are redefining nixon's legacy. >> from 1971 to 1973 nixon's tape recorder captured 3,700 hours of conversations at the white house and camp david. in their new book "the nixon tapes," douglas brinkley and luke brick ter revealed why many of these discussions for the first time revealed discussions for the first time. cbs's historian douglas brinkley. good morning. this is a big book. >> the transcripts piled up a mile high. we tried to whittle them down. what mattered in a hi tore cal view and to tell his personality. >> tell us the most important revelation you've seen and heard. >> one big revelation is he was ready to quit during the vietnam war. he was sick of it. it already destroyed johnson.

he blamed it on kennedy and johnson. he said, if i have to quit, aisle quit i'll quit. it shows how micro managing he is. every day he gives orders to the pentagon and never feels his military guys are carrying anything out. >> listen to this tape about vietnam. here it is. >> we should have finished it -- flushed it down the drain three years ago, blamed jorns and kennedy. ken dwi got us in, johnson kept us in. i could have blamed them and been the national hero. and it wouldn't have been too bad. >> what do you hear there? >> little brown people and nobody would care if they get castrated, minionllions of them.

americans aren't paying attention to foreign policy. he constantly thinks americans are asleep at the wheel and he can do what he wants do. this is a real list. it's stick it to them and bomb them. it's quite diabolical when you start really listening to some of these transcripts. the talk in our white house that's going on about other people in the world. >> you see policy making in real time. that's what's fascinating to me. and also very few people knew they were being reported including people of his own cabinet. including henry kissinger. i was fascinated by one of those exchanges with henry kissinger. >> you write in the book that nixon had concerns about kiss

kissinger because he's jewish but he didn't know he was being recorded. how did he feel? >> not good. in a clip like that he's saying i don't care what happens to the soviet jews. i'll tell you what. jimmy carter cared about them. >> he got in trouble with it. >> he got in trouble with it too. >> go ahead. >> there are times when nixon and kissinger are quite brilliant. you can watch their strategy with china, remaking the word. but the tapes do damage in just their callousness in the way nixon and kiss in jer play off of each other. it's dysfunctional. kissinger is much better with gerald ford, a leader who has a moral compass. kissinger mixed with nixon doesn't come out well in transcripts when they're talkings together. >> there are talks of nixon and kennedy. he was obsessed in ways with the kennedys. let's listen to this.

>> mythology. >> he was very jealous about john f. kennedy because kennedy learned how to manipulate the media properly and got across that message of profiles and courage. that's what nixon said he wanted i want the american people to know i have guts that i could have pulled out of vietnam and been a hero like eisenhower pulled out of korea, but i didn't. i stuck to my guns. >> why didn't he get rid of the tapes? >> big question. most smart people thought he should have burned them. >> that was advice to him. >> almost by every single person smart. that was his golden nest egg. he grew up dirt poor in

california. he thought this was how he was going to write his memoirs. he thought he had a lot of history. he thought it was his legal defense if people attacked him, he had legal transcripts. >> and you've edited them down. congratulations, douglas brinkley. we should point out the book is coming out tomorrow. there's another book the nixon tapes on watergate.

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♪ brown mexico's presiden it's 8:55. good morning. time for some news headlines. governor jerry brown plans to meet with mexico's president to discuss the growing immigration crisis. today's meeting is a late addition to the agenda. the four day visit was originally set up to discuss trade and the environment. an overturned big rig made for a nightmare morning commute. the truck was carrying boxes of bananas when it crashed near greenville road. no one was injured. a large wildfire in the sierra foot hills is now half contain. the fire has burned almost 4000- acres. cal fire says at least 10 homes have been destroyed. now here is lawrence with our weather. >> we have to watch out for the

thunderstorms. not only here but around the state again. could touch off some fires. out the door, we have low clouds and fog. that will be breaking up throughout the day. some humid conditions outside as the monsoonal clouds continue to roll up into california and the bay area to bring with it a slight chance of thunderstorms. today, temperatures will be on the warm side. 70s and 80s inside the bay. getting hot in some of the valleys. about 94 degrees in concord. 95 in fairfield. in the 60s and low 70s. next couple of days, the monsoonal clouds going to stick around. muggy conditions too. we'll start to clear out your skies and cool down the temperatures as we head toward the weekend. we'll check out your traffic when we come back. for over 60,000 california foster children, having necessary school supplies can mean the difference between success and failure.

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the problems continue in livermore. chp is saying it could be closer to 10:00 this morning before they're able to reopen that one left lane. the problem is westbound 508. that overturned big rig carrying a load of bananas. that's some of the debris in the roadway still. look at the backups. they're extensive. jammed solid back to i-5. straight through the livermore valley. it's going to take you two plus hours. here's a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. the delays are improving. slight ones right now. san mateo bridge, we're seeing a few slowdowns as well.

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