>> tonight a second stunner for the nba. the owner of the atlanta hawks says he will sell the team after receiving a racist e-mail. mark strassman is in atlanta. julianna goldman has details. friends and family say good-bye to joan rivers inside a manhattan temple as bagpipes play new york, new york, outside. and in the middle of a historic drought, terri okita says many are homeowners in the west coast are turning to brown lawns. >> this is captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news."

>> good evening everyone i'm jeff glor. less than a month the sale of the l.a. clippers closed after former owner donald sterling made racist statements on tape. atlanta hawks owner bruce levinson, announced he is leaving with more on the e-mail and the reaction, here is mark strassman in atlanta. >> in august of 2012, atlanta hawks co-owner bruce levinson remarked, my theory is that the black crowd scared away the whites and there was not enough affluent white fans to build a significant base. i've told our executives i want some white cheerleaders. shots towlt contests is black. i've even bitched that the kiss

cam is too black. he reported it to the n bmpta two months ago and before the league even finished its investigation, announced he will sell the team. nba commissioner adam silver said in a statement the views he expressed are entirely unsbl. acceptable. -- unacceptable. i commend mr. levinson, ken berger covers the nba. >> it is a business, it is not an old boy's club not a fraternity. it is a business, a $5 billion business. and if you're going to aspire to be a global brand to be important and respected around the world your conduct and the conduct of those who are involved in your business has to measure up to that. >>reporter: the nba forced donald sterling to sell the l.a. clippers last month. he was are making comments the

his arthe -- >> zero tolerance for what he said just zero tolerance. nothing more. those were racist bigoted remarks that we can't tolerate. >> donald sterling sold his team, los angeles clippers to microsoft ceo steve ballmer for $2 billion. the hawks are worth a fraction of that. estimated the team could sell for about $425 million. >> mark strassman in atlanta thank you very much. the warehouse says president obama will speak to the nation on tuesday or wednesday and will detail his strategy. julianna goldman reports hit new targets. >> as the u.s. continues to hit i.s.i.s. targets in iraq this

time near baghdad, key dam, president obama said he will expand his are offense against i.s.i.s. and that he'll lay our a game plan in a speech on wednesday. >> mainly i just want the american people to understand the nature of the threat and how we're going to deal with it and have confidence how we'll be able to deal with it. >>reporter: that strategy will not include boots on the ground. it will involve more air strikes as well as an international coalition to empower the rakes, kurds and moderate syrians battling i.s.i.s. >> this is not the equivalent of the iraq war. this is similar to the kinds of counterterrorism campaigns that we have been engaging in consistently over the last five, six, seven years. grr the president said owners. >>reporter: the president said he did not need congressional approvability but wants further

bolt parties on tuesday. today, republican congressman peter king told nbc the president shouldn't wait for lawmakers to give an up or down vote. >> it's probably better for him to get congressional support which i would vote for but i don't think he needs it. >> senator marco rubio said today on face the nation a that the president's conflicting statements on i.s.i.s. have damaged his reputation. >> i believe this is committing presidential malpractice in his policy. marks the eve of the september 11t 11th attacks, whih launched a decade of wars, wars that president obama promised to bring to a close. >> julianna, thank you. delaying executive action on immigration reform, president obama told nbc the move is

prudent not political. >> a lot of americans started thinking we got this immigration crisis on our hands. and what i want to do is when i take executive action i want to make sure that it's sustainable. >> for more now on the president's immigration reform decision, joined by cbs news anthony salvanto. anthony, how big an issue is immigration in the mid terms? >> it has the potential to be very big jeff. this year's hottest senate races have democrats defending seats across a lot of conservative territory. they have incumbents in arkansas, louisiana, and any policies policy towards immigration that strikes conservative voters as amnesty could put those incumbents more on the defensive than they already are. >> it's a tricky issue for republicans. explain. >> for a long time the republicans have wanted to win back more of the hispanic vote.

seven of 10 in the last cycle. the short term calculus here is the senate map for mid terms doesn't run through a lot of states with a lot of hispanic voters. >> anthony salvanto, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> friday night's rolling thunderstorms in michigan. the forecast is clear there for now, that is not true everywhere. for more on that we're joined by eric fisher, chief meteorologist at our station wbz. eric. >> heavy downpours because of tropical storm norbert. weakening over cooler waters but lighting up the radar already. storms across arizona, nevada and down to california, reports of flooding already. this will be an issue through night with another round coming in on monday. tropical moisture leading to numerous thunderstorms, widespread flash flood threat because of that very heavy

rainfall, dangerous travel as well. heading through tonight, things coming down into the morning and tomorrow yet another round across the southwest, very careful keeping an eye on changing conditions very heavy rainfall, will head towards tuesday, big blast of cooler air coming down from canada strong front moving across the country this week, by friday bringing the cool shot across much of the states. northern plains, 40s and 50s, down across the plains and into the midwest, jeff feeling lot more like fail out there. eric fisher thank you very much. ifers jfer was once -- joan rivers was once asked what she wanted written on her tombstone, her reply, "i had a great time." here is vladimir duthier. >> as bag pipers played,

celebrities added a bit of hollywood on manhattan today. lined the streets straining to get a glimpse of the stars. the comedian once joked that she wanted her final sendoff to be a huge celebrity affair. marilyn bobrin is a member of the celebrity family. >> it was a lot of laughter which joan would have loved. hugh jackman sang,. >> amy rosenblum was a former producer. >> can we talk here? >> the 81-year-old died on thursday after she suffered cardiac arrest during a routine procedure at this new york outpatient clinic. an additional autopsy is going to be taken to determine the

cause of death. >> known for her caustic and self deprecating brand of humor, the comedian once gave ronald miller some good advice. >> don't give anything up. if they do give them the finger. >> rivers only daughter melissa, katie haywood-gray left a bouquet of flowers. >> she never left anyone out of her jokes. everybody could relate to them. i think people kind of resonate wednesday that. >> joan rivers wrote in her book that when it came to her funeral, she wanted meryl streep crying in three different languages. today at the temple emanu-el

streep wasn't in attendance but shock jock howard stern delivered a eulogy, and it couldn't be repeated. >> thank you very much. being california gardens going brown. when the cbs news continues.

sphwhrs as californians struggle with one of the worst droughts in history, the landscape is changing. green is out. brown is in. here is terri okita. >> california's historic dry spell is actually good for business. >> i get phone calls from almost everyone, get wanting to take

out their lawns. >> pro formas at all levels gardeners, homeowners, nurnsary people. >> cora herself has traded, thirsty lawns in her yard. having a garden with no grass. >> if you have a spray irrigation in your front yard, that spray head puts out about the same amount of water as a shower head in your bathroom. so when you turn on your sprinklers you have a football team showering on your front lawn. >> paul moser, is getting ready for a yard full of cactus and other drought-tolerant vegetation. >> californians can't pour water on lawns anymore. it's not responsible. >> it used to be who has the luscious lawn on the street. is that a thing of the past now? >> it should be. this is not going to go away. it's the new normal. >>reporter: at california state

capital, the new normal is a par muched lawn. -- parched lawn. >> you don't have to make a statement by having a brown lawn. that's not the statement to make. >>reporter: what is, she says, is cultivating a bit of creativity and leaving the lawn behind. terri okita, cbs news, los angeles. >> food prices are going up. why are buyers being pinched? we have some answers next.

>>glor: recently kraft which has grocery products in are 98%

of american households announced it was raiding its price he of products, not just kraft, overall prices of popular household food products have been on the rise since spring and 59% of americans reported spending more on groceries. joe slesenger, what's going on? >> here's what's happening. drought in various parts of the world, agricultural diseases even fertility problems with chickens. all of this conspiring to increase prices across the board. >> also it cost more to leave the house now. >> it sure does. our favorites like mcdonald's and chipotle we're seeing higher price. mcdonald's dollar menu and

more, starbucks increased the price a nickel and 20 cents on drinks. it is costing more to eat out. >> are americans changing the way they spend? >> well, according to a recent survey, 40% of people said they are spending more on the core items dr. in their lives, driven by food prices, gas price he pharmaceutical prices, by the way as a result, they're spending 1% less on discretionary items, are not good for the family. prices at the pumps are down and we're hoping that that's going to see people spend money elsewhere in the country. >> jill, thank you, serena williams dominated caroline wozniaki. 18th grand slam tennis title. still ahead, a tribute for the

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>> i got a chance to be the shortstop of the new york yankees. and there's only one of those. and i also felt as though that my job was to try to provide joy and entertainment for you guys. but it can't compare to what you've brought me. so for that, thank you very much. [applause] >> that was derek jeter, surrounded by teammates at new

york yankee stadium as it was declared derek jeter day. he is wrapping up his 20th year in new york. hypohobbyist sweeping the feet in notingham shier. a new exhibit at the september 11th museum, items on display include a shirt worn by the navy seal, during the raid on osama bin laden. a dog that saved lives is getting lifesaving surgery thanks to strangers. kay sniffed out explosives in iraq and afghanistan. but he needed help to fix his heart. 9400 dollars was raised, kay is

expected to be just find. up next, inside the empire of the butcher king.

>>glor: more than a decade after it began, the gourmet burger boom is still going strong. pat lafrita, the country's most famous butcher, we find lafrita is busier than ever. >> the warehouse is two miles out of manhattan. it's where pat lafrita has carved out the fort nox of fill let. >> there's enough beef in here to need the city for two weeks. >> beginning with his great grandfather in 1922, it almost ended in 1992.

when lafrita's father insisted his son do anything else. >> i was the generation that was supposed to jump out of this business. i wasn't supposed to work these hours. i wasn't supposed to be in 35° temperatures. >> lafrita worked on wall street for a few years, selling cheap stocks. he despised it. he ditched the boiler room to get back in a locker. danny meyers shake shack empire, along with elite restaurants throughout new york city and around the country. the best of that meat comes from here. >> this is your library. >> yes. this is my library. everything is stacked on me purposely. >> we were privy to a demonstration. >> when i pull some of the outer fat off and that's when you need the knife skills. you have to get in here and take as little meat off as possible. >> there are no more butchers.

often restaurants ask me pat, where can i find butchers? i'm opening up a restaurant and i need someone who can prep the meat. i tell them, we don't find butchers, we create them. >> is this an art form? >> it is an art form. our butchers carve steaks with passion all night long. >>reporter: what lafrita creates are top secret concoctions for his customers, the black label burger. >> there's a place on every menu for a burger. that's not going to change. it's going to be on our menus for eternity in my eyes. >> tremendous. that's unreal. >> that is the cbs evening news tonight. later on, crbz 6

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