striking isis. the united states begins laying the groundwork for possible attacks on the islamic extremist group inside syria's borders. i don't know how long the vindication for peace. i don't know how long the journey of peace. but i know how this story's going to end. >> demand for justice and calls for peace at the funeral of michael brown whose death sparked days of protest in a st. louis suburb. >> michael brown's blood is crying from the ground. crying for vengeance. crying for justice. detecting danger, renewed calls for an early earthquake warning system in the wake of the strongest quake to strike northern california in 25 years. and remembering robin.

a heartfelt tribute at the emmys from one of robin williams' closest hollywood friends. >> it's very hard to talk about him in the past because he was so present in all of our lives. >> this is the "cbs morning news" for tuesday, august 26th, >> this is the "cbs morning news" for tuesday, august 26th, 2014. captioning funded by cbs good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. the united states is preparing to expand its fight against isis militants. it's reported this morning that the u.s. has begun reconnaissance flights over syria. president obama approved the operations that may lead the way for air strikes in syria. the president has not approved military action against isis yet and the syrian government is warning that air strikes without permission from damascus would be considered an act of aggression. susan mcginnis is in washington. susan, good morning. >> anne-marie, good morning. the president so far has

resisted any more u.s. involvement in syria militarily, but his reluctance may be evaporating now that isis militants murdered james foley and have threatened to kill more u.s. citizens. >> reporter: u.s. officials tell the associated press president obama approved and the pentagon has begun surveillance flights over syria. the flights are meant to gather reliable intelligence as the pentagon drafts military actions to help disrupt isis operations. the u.s. has launched air strikes against isis forces in iraq to protect personnel, quell humanitarian crisis there. and retake territory isis has seized. the president met monday with secretary of defense chuck hagel and other advisers to discuss military options in syria, including air strikes. white house press secretary josh earnest said monday the president believes the terror group is a threat to the united

states. >> isil has already demonstrated in rather violent fashion their willingness to perpetrate terrible acts against american citizens. >> reporter: plans for military action in syria come as u.s. together as isis had worked to kill james foley. the top pentagon officials have said the only way to fully eliminate the threat from isis militants is to go after them in syria as well, anne-marie. >> all right, susan mcginnis in washington, thank you, susan. israel is further escalating its attacks on the gaza strip. early this morning, two gaza city high-rise buildings were attacked one building collapsed, the other was severely damaged. both buildings were evacuated after receiving warnings about the coming attacks. since saturday, israel has leveled or severely damaged five towers and shopping complexes. and now to the weather and two hurricanes to report on.

first in the atlanta, hurricane cristobal. at least five people were killed as cristobal moved through the caribbean. the storm is about 650 miles southwest of bermuda this morning with sustained winds of 75 miles per hour. the storm is expected to move away from the bahamas today and head northeast. but it's not expected to pose a threat to the u.s. coast. and in the pacific, hurricane marie weakened to a category 3 storm with sustained winds of 150 miles per hour. marie is causing heavy surf along mexico's pacific coast and may do the same in southern california. the storm is located about 500 southwest of baja california and is moving away from land. in northern california, napa county officials estimate damage from the earthquake could reach $1 billion. but officials say despite significant damage, recovery efforts are moving quickly.

the worst damage was in downtown napa where 150 homes and businesses are designated as unsafe to occupy. sunday's quake has renewed calls for an early warning system. carter evans has more on that. >> earthquake hit and it fell all right around the gap. >> reporter: sunday's earthquake woke up lee norland. a few seconds' warning would have been welcomed. >> i'm racing around the bed and the bed shifting right toward me and we met. as you can see. >> reporter: that's how you got the shiner? >> that's how i got the shiner. >> reporter: but a you early warning system at uc berkeley did detect the quake. what can you do in ten seconds? >> in ten seconds you can move away from things falling on you and stuff like that. if you're having surgery, you would like that eye surgeon to pull that scalpel back. >> reporter: richard allen leads the team that developed the technology. on sunday, it sounded the alarm. >> earthquake, earthquake. >> reporter: the system

contained 300 size ma graphs. the seismic wave that follows travels at the speed of sound but the system's sensors can sent an alert at the speed of light. a similar system is already used in japan and mexico. 40 to 60 seconds of warning could provide enough time to ground elevators or slow down trains. the berkeley team says$80 million is required to add more sensors and develop an alert to instantly warn people on their cell phones. >> this is a real source of frustration for us. nobody is getting it and that's because we don't have the necessary investment. >> reporter: tests for the early warning system are already under way with san francisco's rapid transit. it has the ability to automatically slow down trains during an earthquake. the signals went out on sunday, but it happened at the time when the trains weren't running. carter evans, cbs news, napa, california. it was quiet overnight in ferguson, missouri, where residents respected the wishes of michael brown's family.

they had asked for a day of peace as they buried their son. brown, a black teenager, was killed by a white police officer. thousands attended his funeral yesterday and as vladimir duthiers reports there was a call for change. >> reporter: 4500 people were in the church for service, it was part memorial, part call for action. reverend al sharpton gave the eulogy. >> michael brown must be remembered for more than disturbances. he must be remembered for this is when they started changing what was going on. >> reporter: but brown's uncle charles ewing wants more. >> michael brown's blood is crying from the ground. crying for vengeance. crying for justice. >> reporter: brown was shot six times by darren wilson, a white police officer who stopped him

and a friend for walking in the middle of the street. brown was unarmed, but police say the 18-year-old hit the officer and tried to take his gun. three witnesses say brown was surrendering. >> no community in america would tolerate an 18-year-old boy laying in the street 4 1/2 hours. and we're not going to tolerate it either. whatever happened to value this boy's life must be answered by somebody. >> when you look at your two sons and you see what happened to michael brown, are you afraid for them? >> absolutely. absolutely. >> reporter: we met casey smith and her son damian outside the church. she doesn't know the brown family but feels the connection. >> once he's 16, 17 years old, being an african-american male, running around, playing doing what african-americans, teenagers are supposed to do, will he be mistaken for a thug? >> reporter: more than $250,000

has been donated to the brown family but a fund for officer wilson has raised at least $300,000. there were some demonstrators this weekend, offering him support. michael brown was laid to rest at st. peter's cemetery not far from where he went to high school. officer darren wilson hasn't publicly spoken about the incident. the grand jury reviewing the case meets against on wednesday. vladimir duthiers, st. louis, missouri. coming up on the "morning news," cabin fight. we'll tell you how a gadget could get passengers kicked off a plane. and bees stop the action at the u.s. open. this is the "cbs morning news." from capital one. d redeem earnings toward part or even all of a new chevrolet, buick, gmc or cadillac - with no limits. so every time you use it, you're not just shopping for goods.

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,,,,,, as investigations continue into the shooting death of missouri teenager michael brown, a young man in denver is recalling his own experience with police violence. alex landau said his parents never had the talk with him on how to deal with police. manuel bojorquez has his story. >> i can see the metal, i can see the officer's hand gripping the back strap and that's when i expected to be shot. >> reporter: alex landau recalls the night vividly. when a traffic stop ended with an officer's gun at his head. what's it like to be back here. >> you know, it's really emotional. >> reporter: police found marijuana on his passenger who was white and began searching the car. landau said when asked if he had

a warrant, three white officers, one of whom was a female, started beating him. were you doing something to threaten them? were you fighting back? >> no, actually, i was pinned into a position where i couldn't move. i heard an officer shout out he's reaching for his gun. he's reaching for his gun. all i thought was no, i'm not reaching for anything. >> reporter: did you expect to die? >> i expected to die that evening. >> reporter: the beating require 45 stitches and left him with a traumatic brain injury. >> i was beat down here from a police radio. >> reporter: landau says the only thing worse than the beating hearing the screams of his mother patsy hathaway when she saw him. >> i still cry. i still get -- i get angry out of nowhere. people don't understand. a beating like this traumatizes a family for years. >> reporter: hathaway and her now ex-husband adopted alex and his sister maya when they were babies. as a white raising a black son,

she never had the talk with him. the talk many black parents have about encounters with police. >> i was terribly uneducated about all of this. and i learned the very, very hard way when they almost killed him. the problem was racism. >> reporter: none of the officers was prosecuted or disciplined in the landau case. however, landau did receive $800,000 from the city of denver. two of the officers were later fired about lying about other beat. this one captured on videotape. hathaway quit her job as a teacher to join her son's fight about racial profiling. and excessive force. >> i never intended to spend this part of my life studying police brutality but that's what happened. >> reporter: it's a new conversation for this family, but with ferguson missouri, fresh on many minds, it's one millions of mothers an sons have every day. manuel bojorquez, cbs news, denver. coming up after your local

news on "cbs this morning," for more possible plans for air strikes against isis in syria. david martin has the latest from the pentagon. and more and more charging additional fees. and they're making billions of dollars. peter greenberg tell us how to avoid paying them. and norah sits down with tennis champ serena williams. that's it for "cbs morning news." i'm anne-marie green. have a great day.

and i'm frank mallicoat. good morning, everyone. it's tuesday, august 26. i'm michelle griego. >> hi, everyone. i'm frank mallicoat. good morning. it is almost 4:30. liz and lawrence are here to talk about a little traffic and

weather. >> yes. and the weather is going to improve these next few days. we are back to summer heat at least in the valleys. it will still be cool out toward the coastline but high pressure building in overhead going to see some mid-90s in the next couple of days. we'll talk about that coming up. >> and a lot of overnight roadwork out the door north of the golden gate bridge, may be doing lane changes, more roadwork into oakland both directions of 880. we'll tell you all about it full report coming up. >> all right. thank you, elizabeth. inspectors are going back out today to make sure buildings in napa are safe. kpix 5's joe vazquez reports they have already put red tags on 70 homes and businesses too dangerous to enter. >> i'm devastated. i can't believe this happened. >> reporter: bradley lived on 4th street for six years but is now getting evicted by the earthquake. he was in texas but raced back. >> from what i understand from the neighbor that -- from some of the