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israel and hamas agree to stop fighting for three days beginning this morning. negotiations on a long-term deal are expected to begin in cairo. u.s. health officials warn americans to stay away from west african countries hit by the ebola outbreak and at least one infected patient is headed to america. and market selloff. worries about weak corporate earnings send u.s. stocks into a tailspin, their worst one-day drop since february. captioning funded by cbs this is the "cbs morning news" for friday, august 1st, 2014. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. just hours after a cease-fire
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anne-marie, again, we do have early reports it is possible within the first hour the cease-fire is over. >> all right. susan mcginnny is in in washington. thank you very much, susan. barry petersen is in gaza. >> reporter: there was a lot of fight overnight, both sides trying to get in their last licks. the cease-fire took effect 8:00 a.m. local time. now people are taking advantage. they're going into the streets. they want to shop. they badly need supply. that sounds good but the fact is supplies are dwindling. food like lamb, beef, eggs, vegetables, these all came from farms to the north and to the
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east of gaza in the gaza strip and these are all areas where the israelis have been operating. farm animals who couldn't get water and weren't tended have died. vegetables have rotted. prices are going up. shortages are showing up. it's going to be hard for people to find something just to put on their table at a price they can afford. and when they get around their table tonight, there's going to be no power. the israelis hit the main power plant, knocked out the fuel tanks and one of the four tur bines. as best they can, they'll be out today trying to find a way to stock up because with four cease-fires that failed four times, they're not sure when the shoot willing start again. barry petersen, cbs news, gaza. well, now, to the deadly ebola outbreak in west africa. two americans infected with the virus might be brought back to the u.s. one is expected to be flown to emory university hospital in atlanta and treated in a high security ward.
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chief medical correspondent jon lapook updates their condition. >> reporter: the two americans hospitalized in liberia with ebola last weekend are reported to be in worse condition. writebol is now taking an experimental serum. there's only enough for one patient and dr. brantley asked that it be given to writebol. he received a blood transfusion from a boy. the hope is the blood contains some protective factor. during a prayer service in south carolina, writebol's husband david who was in the hospital with his wife kaulted the crowd to thank the well-wishers. >> i want to be a bit cautious but she was sitting up, talking with us, she's able to move about. she's drinking lots of fluids which is good for her. that's her main job these days. >> the cdc alert is direct at u.s. residents with nonessential
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travel battling the outbreak. there are quarantined check points staffed with health officers decided if a sick person can enter the country. infection out disease experts believes the u.s. has the resources to control the spread of the virus if it should come here. dr. steven monroe is with the cdc. >> we're very comfortable if a patient were identified here in the u.s. that the normal kinds of barrier precautions would be in place would prevent spread even though the person was confirmed to be a case of ebola. >> emory university announced it's preparing for a special containment unit in the coming days. >> that was dr. jon lapook reporting. on the "cbs moneywatch" now, a setback for wisconsin unions, and a new player in the cell phone wars. wendy gillette is at the new york stock exchange with that and more. good morning, wendy. >> good morning, anne-marie.
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here on wall street investors are waiting for the report on july unploichlt yesterday the marketed had their worst one-day drop since february. invests were worried about weak corporate earnings and the approaching end of the federal reserve's massive bond buying program. the dow plunged 317 points erasing all of the gains for the year. the nasdaq dropped 93 points. many traders say the market rally was just getting tired and some are hoping that today's jobs report is not too positive so the fed won't raise interest rates. the runoff on wall street affected the asian market. japan's nikkei dropped just over a half a percent while china's hang seng dropped about a point. the wisconsin supreme couou upheld the conontroversial law ending collective bargaining for most public workers in the ststate. the courtt ruling means state worker u unions can only bargai for base wage increases and requires for health and pension costs. >> a surprising new offer to buy
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team mobil from a french company. illiad said they'll pay for t-mobile. that's much less than sprint offered. anne-marie, this could set up a bidding war with sprint. >> it could be very interesting. honestly all i care about is will it bring my cell phone bill down. >> no, probably not. >> thanks a lot, wendy. well, rebellion and turmoil on capitol hill. bills to deal with the flood of immigrant children at the southern u.s. border came crashing down in the house and senate. correspondent nancy cordes explains why congress won't find any common ground soon. >> reporter: house republicans had to pull their border bill from the floor because they didn't have enough votes from their party. senate democrats don't have enough votes for their bill either, so now both sides are regrouping even as speaker boehner warns the president not to try to use his own power to reform the immigration system.
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why should. the president act on his own if this is the best that congress can do? >> well, where's the president's proposal? the president says give me $3.7 billion, but don't do anything to dras the real problem on the border. just throw more money at it. i think that's totally irresponsible. >> reporter: even if the two sides do manage to pass their own bills, thebills, different and no one is planning to stick around to try to meld them into one final bill some of all of this is really for show and helps explain why this session of congress is on track to produce the fewest number of substantive bills in at least 20 years. >> that was nancy cordes reporting. lawmakers begin their five-week summer recess today. and a tropical storm watch is in effect this morning for puerto rico and the u.s. virgin islands. tropical storm bertha is the second named storm of the atlantic hurricane season and it's moved toward the northwest
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caribbean. it's expected to impact many islands in the area over the next two days. the storm is packing winds of 45 miles per hour. bertha is expected to pass near barbados this afternoon. and forecasts call for up to 5 inches of rain. coming up on the "morning news" now, something the cia rarely does, apologiz they got caught. agency did and how they got caught. is that brushing alone isn't surprising enough to keep it clean. fortunately, you've got listerine®. unlike brushing which misses 75% of your mouth, listerine® cleans virtually your entire mouth. so what are you waiting for? it's time to take your mouth to a whole new level of health. listerine®...power to your mouth™. also try listerine® pocketpaks. to kill bad breath germs on the go. rarely does, apologize.
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images of devastation in taiwan this morning. this is the aftermath of a series of underground gas explosions that killed 25 people. that includes four firefighters responding to the scene. another 267 people were hurt. it happened in taiwan's second largest city. the explosions launched pieces of concrete and cars into the air. and the senate last night approved more than $16 billion to spur reforms at the struggling veterans affairs department.
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the money will help ease the long waiting lists at v.a. hospitals and allow some veterans to seek private doctors. the law also allows the v.a. secretary to fire poor performing employees. the president is expected to sign the bill. some lawmakers are calling for cia director john brennan to step down this morning. brennan apologized to lawmakers after his agency snooped on senate computers. an internal report shows employees searched files and e-mails from the senate intelligence committee. bob orr has reaction from washington. >> reporter: it's the spies versus the senate. in january the cia accused intelligence committee staffers of improperly accessing classified files. while investigating the cia's interrogations of al qaeda prisoners. senators fired back accusing the cia of spying of investigators, something cia director john
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brennan flatly denied. >> as far as cia hacking into senate computers, nothing could be further from the truth. we would document that. i mean that's -- that's just beyond, you know, the scope of reason. >> reporter: but the cia's own inspector general determined that the agency did spy on senate investigators. ig findings released today revealed five agency employees improperly accessed committee files and reviewed some of the ilunga-mbengas from committee staff members. in addition to an apology brennan ordered a broader internal review. on capitol hill senate chair dianne feinstein said in a statement these are positive first steps. this ig report corrects the record. all of this is preliminary to the main event. the commit tice rerortz on the interrogation itself is expected to be released in the next week. ite expected to be highly critical of the cia's actions after 9/11. bob orr, cbs news, washington. straight ahead in sports,
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lester to oakland along with outfielder jonny gomes. pitcher john lackey was shipped to st. louis. short stop stephen drew went to the yankees. and reliever andrew miller to baltimore. boston is in last place in the a.l. east. of the 25 players on last year's world championship roster, only 14 are still with the organization. and tampa bay traded ace david price to detroit as part of a deal. he joins max scherzer and justin verlander in the tiger rotation. that gives detroit the last three american league cy young winners. baltimore ravens' running back ray rice says his actions were inexcusable and something he'll have to live with for the rest of his life. rice spoke yesterday for the first time since he was suspended two games by the nfl following a domestic violence incident. rice was arrested on assault charges last february after he allegedly struck his then fiancee.
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>> i made the biggest mistake of my life. me. she can do no wrong. she's an angel. >> rice avoided trial by being accepted into a counseling program for first-time offenders. when we return, making sure there's not another malaysia flight 17. what the faa is doing to keep the skies safe. there's not another malaysia flight 17. what the faa is doing to keep the skies safe. nature valley crunchy granola bars give you energy from 1/3 of your daily whole grains, so 1/3 of this commercial is dedicated to what you could do with all that energy. energy for making new ocean friends. this one goes out to all you know who you are... you've become deaf to the sound of your own sniffling. your purse is starting to look more like a tissue box...
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,,,, here's a looks at today's here's a looks at today's forecast in some cities around the country. here's another look at this morning's top stories. a three-day cease-fire in the middle east apparently lasted about an hour. a palestinian leader says israeli tanks opened fire this morning killing four people. israeli officials say they are looking into the incident.
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and a u.s. travel warning is in place for three west african countries battling the deadly ebola virus. two americans infected with the disease could be on their way home. one will go to an atlanta hospital to be treated in an isolation unit. new restrictions imposed on u.s. airliners flying over iraq. the federal aviation administration doesn't want another malaysian flight 17. the agency is ordering airlines to not fly at or below 30,000 feet. it's also banning u.s. carriers from flying in or out of two iraqi airports. and international investigators in ukraine are headed back to the crash site of flight 17 today. they got their first look yesterday but left after only an hour. violent fighting prevented previous attempts to get to the wreckage. officials say up to 80 bodies are still at the crash site. flight 17 was shot down two weeks ago, killing 298 people. and one man is fighting for
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his life this morning after a workplace shooting in chicago. police say a demoted executive pulled a gun after entering a 17th floor office inside a chicago high-rise office building. he was meeting with his company's ceo about the corporation's downsizing. >> he was demoted, i believe, on friday based on what we have so far for a one-on-one with the ceo. during that one-on-one, he produced a firearm, there was apparently a struggle over the firearm. the ceo was struck twice. he's in grave condition. >> police say the gunman took his own life. and people forced from their homes because of a california wildfire can go back this morning. the fire near yosemite national park forced the evacuation of about 50 homes for several days. now firefighters say the blaze is 58% contained. it stretches over six square miles. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," keeping the u.s. safe from the deadly ebola outbreak. i'm anne-marie green.
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a special center to house women and children who've crossed the border from central america opens today. it's near san antonio, texas, and is only the third place in the u.s. that takes women and children. manuel bojorquez went to el salvador and found a place that's trying to give kids a future. >> reporter: there are almost ten murders on the streets of el salvador every day. gangs have made survival daily battle. but amidst the violence, this is an oasis, a youth center, shelter from the brutal world outside the gates. >> it exists on a string and a prayer. >> reporter: katherine works for catholic relief services which runs the center. >> we're giving them hope and a new opportunity within and
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amidst all of the problems that are going on here. >> reporter: you live in fear. you don't go outside. this 18-year-old who asked not to be identified says this is the only place he feels safe. he's lost three siblings to gang violence. his brother was killed three weeks ago. he told us a gang member recently showed him his gun and told him he's next. his hope is that instead he'll take these skills and find a job that others have through this organization. a job, he says, can be a ticket out of neighborhoods that haven't seen this much bloodshed since the country's 12-year civil war. >> i worked here during the war. this is much harder. >> reporter: this is tougher than the war? >> during the war you kind of knew what you were dealing with. this is so diffused, so dispersed. it morphs and changes constantly. >> reporter: powerful gangs have merged with cartels moving drugs
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north. corruption reaches into the ranks of police, government, even schools. but el salvador's child protection agency director does not believe violence is driving out all those who have fled. she says most want to reunite with family in the u.s. some people might say these are excuses that are being offered up for the fact that the government has not really done much to prevent the growth of these gangs. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: is the solution to say the government failed, she countered? what we should say is what we're going to do to fix it. we need to attack our economic problems and invest in our communities. an investment desperately needed by those trying to escape these unforgiving streets. manuel bojorquez, cbs news, san salvador, el salvador. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," the latest on the deadly ebola
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outbreak and what's being done to make sure it does not spread to the u.s. plus, a live report from gaza on whether the cease-fire between israel and hamas has already ended. and gayle king chats with rock icon mick jagger about the legendary godfather of soul, james brown. that is the "cbs morning news" for this friday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great weekend. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com
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>> here we are, everybody. hi, i'm frank mallicoat. it is friday. that's a bleed evt for all of us. lawrence karnow is here. >> so glad it's friday! going to see a lot of sunshine around the bay area today, hazy in spots. we'll talk about that and the weekend forecast coming up. >> it's all good for bay area roads. "kcbs traffic" starting off with no billing delays big delays at the bay bridge toll plaza, no accidents reported. >> thank you. a california multimillionaire ditches everything and becomes homeless for a week in 100-degree fresno. joe vazquez reports, neel kashkari, the republican candidate for governor. >> jerry brown calls it the california comeback. so i want to see what it looks like. >> reporter: he said he took a bus to fresno with only
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