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disaster. >> burn their way into the vessel. >> racing to find survivors in a capsized cruise ship. >> passengers many elderly tourists trapped inside the hull and heard yelling for help. >> five flights named in bomb threat is this morning. the threats have been determined to be not credible. >> head of the transportation security administration, reassigned after an internal investigation. >> tsa screeners failing 95% of tests to see if mock explosives could be smuggled on to planes. showdown expected in the senate over the government's surveillance of americans. >> the court has said it's illegal, yet president obama continues to collect records. across the northeast, washington, d.c. got soaked. >> winds brought down this tree on top of a bus. as soon as the "vanity fair" cover comes out, i'm free. >> the transition is complete. >> bruce jenner is now caitlyn jenner. >> spelling indicate will with a "c," instead of a "k" a slap in the face to the kardashians.

>> cuts and bruises after trapped beneath a car. a group of good samaritans came together to lift the car off the child. thieves smashing jewelry cases, two men ran, but of course later caught. >> california, the driver he had been trying to launch the boat. >> buddy, get out of the car. >> all that matters. >> you tell us if you think this is a big mistake. ♪ if i went walking♪ >> i do have other attributes better than that. >> i almost feel like you should say, vote for me or i'll put out another album. >> on "cbs this morning." >> looked amazing. >> stunning. >> oh my god, you go girl! >> caitlyn, the first woman from that family to appear on a magazine cover fully clothed. that has never happened. >> this morning's "eye opener" presented by toyota, let's go places. welcome to "cbs this morning." as you wake up in the west we're following breaking news.

rescuers are banging on the hull of a capsized cruise ship in china, after hearing survivors crying out inside. hundreds of people were aboard and nearly all of them are missing. >> the ship sank on the yangtze river over 24 hours ago in a severe storm. mark phillips is in london with new information. good morning. >> reporter: >> a chinese cruise ship loaded with senior citizens and by the sound of it some grandchildren. disaster struck yesterday evening, and suddenly. there were more than 450 people on board the eastern star many of them chinese retirees on the yangtze river cruise. rescuers trying to fine survivors trapped onboard. the ship capsized and partially sank in what the captain, who survived and is being quoted on state media said was a cyclone, or tornado. early reports grim a handful of people saved, including this

65-year-old woman. according to reports the ship was not overloaded and had sufficient life jackets on board. there are also reports of young children, some as young as 3, having been on board as well. the boat apparently went down with within minutes and extreme weather continued to hamper search and rescue efforts. family members gathered outside a travel agency for the cruise in shanghai seeking new information, but only a sign with a number to call. i'm angry, said this man. i have no idea if a relative is dead or alive. frustration obvious as well at the local government headquarters, where family members of the missing wanted answers they weren't getting. the ship's captain and chief engineer who also survived, have been detained by police. their story, so far, the ship went down so quickly, there wasn't time for a distress call. news of the disaster was only made known when a handful of survivors managed to swim ashore

and raise the alarm. >> mark phillips in london thanks. the head of the transportation security administration is out, and the agency's overhauling airport screening procedures. the changes coming after agents repeatedly failed to discover fake weapons and bombs in a security sting. the findings that forced this shakeup. >> reporter: we'll see how the west coast airports fared in this report. won't officially be released until august but already leading to changes. it is a revealing report about the tsa that one former high-ranking official called disturbing. in an announcement monday night, homeland security secretary jeh johnson ordered several corrective measures for the tsa, including revising screening procedures re-evaluating screening equipment, and increasing random testing in u.s. airports. he's also shake up the management naming mark hatfield to lead the agency for now. in april, president obama

nominated u.s. coast guard vice admiral peter nefender to be the neck permanent administrator but that appointment is awaiting contirmation from the senate. a former white house counterterrorism official. >> we've got to be right 100% of the time. the adversary only right once. >> reporter: a report from the inspector general, undercover investigators posing as passengers able to smuggle dangerous items 95% of the time they went through airport security. the so-called red teams, whose job to uncover vulnerabilities, smuggled mock explosives weapons, potential bomb components through checkpoints. >> we've got to continue to invest money, effort resources and the thinking power, because ultimately no matter how good a mousetrap is you're dealing with a new adversary. >> reporter: secretary johnson directed tsa to look into new technologies that may have prevented these security gaps

uncovered by so-called red teams. last year alone, roughly 50,000 tsa agents screened more than 600 million passengers. nora? >> the senate is back in session right now, expected to vote shortly to reinstate anti-terror programs that expired sunday night. the national security agency would once again be able to search and collect bulk phone records. but as nancy cord es reports from capitol hill, the question is how long it would last. >> reporter: the vote would take the controversial collection of phone records out of the hands of the national security agency and house those records within the phone companies themselves. but there's still a lot of debate how this would work how investigators could access the data quickly if tracking a terrorist. >> time to get the job done. >> reporter: senate leaders are moving quickly, trying to get past embarrassment of missing the sunday night deadline. as soon as today, they'll vote

on a bill that passed the house overwhelmingly three weeks ago, usa freedom act, gives nsa six months to shift phone records to the phone companies. >> i want to see the transition period is extended from 6 to 12 months. >> reporter: richard burr bushing for amendments, setting up with a possible clash with leaders. >> i want assurance that we'll be able to access that database successfully 12 months seems like it should be sufficient. >> reporter: the program remains in limbo. its legal authorization expired that means investigators can't initiate new records of database that was secretly creative after 9/11 exposeded by snowden. >> to be left alone. >> reporter: while rand paul may be the program's most vocal critic, many lawmakers on the right and and left saying storing dates and times of phone

calls violates private of law-abiding citizens. senator angus king of maine. >> the current administration or the prior administration may have no inclination to misuse that data, we have no idea what may come in future. >> reporter: it looks like the senate does have the votes to pass the freedom act, but if they amend it the way that senator burr and others want to the house will either have to pass that version or find some kind of compromise. so far, gayle, house leaders haven't indicated they're interested in a compromise. >> thank you, nancy. cbs news/"new york times" poll too much cash in politics. 84% of the people polled say money has too much influinnocence political campaigns now. 46% believe that the system needs a complete rebuild while 39% want to see fundamental changes in the current campaign structure. in 2012 outside groups raised roughly $1 billion for candidates. some watchdog organizations

believe the total could rise to $4 billion in 2016. secretary of state john kerry's back in boston this morning, where he will undergo surgery for his broken leg. a surgeon accompanied kerry on a military plane from geneva. the flight touched down monday at logan airport. kerry taken to massachusetts general hospital. the 71-year-old broke his leg sunday in a bike accident in france. the brother of an american journalist being held in iran is testifying on capitol hill this morning. he is calling for the release of his brother, "the washington post" reporter jason. the california native is in prison facing espionage charges. he has both american and iranian citizenship. elizabeth palmer is in tehran where she spoke to his lawyer and has new information this morning. good morning. >> reporter: jason's case has been shrouded in mystery and murk from the beginning. his lawyer said he will get a

second court appearance this coming monday. even this tiny concrete piece of information counts as a major development. for more than ten months, jason has been a prisoner in tehran's jail. until last summer he was living with his wife just a couple of miles west of that jail in a neighborhood of high-rise apartments and middle class families. he was working as "the washington post"'s correspondent and his articles explored a country that has long been closed to most americans. one of his last pieces described baseball in iran. >> you like it? >> reporter: he loved iranian cuisine and made a cameo appearance on cnn's food the show "parts unknown" with anthony bourdain. one night last summer security men raided his apartment. it wasn't until last week that he finally got his day in court, a closed trial, controlled by hard-liners. the case is so secretive and

sensitive, that his lawyer would only speak to us by phone to say her client is innocent. how confident are you that jason will get a fair trial and a fair verdict? it would be illegal for me to comment any further, she said. but conservative media here are commenting plenty. even before a verdict, they're calling him a spy who sold information to the u.s. and deserves to be locked up. jason's mother is here in tehran, and i spoke with her just a little while ago. she saw him this morning and he told her that one of the things that's keeping him going is limited access to sports coverage on television and following his beloved basketball team the oakland-based golden state warriors. >> wow. he's got a lot to feel good about. glad he could see his mother. thank you, elizabeth palmer. police will not say whether they have identified more suspects in the quadruple murder

of a prominent washington, d.c., family and housekeeper. mourners filled pews yesterday to remember three members of the savopoulos family. wyatt andrews outside st. sophia greek orthodox cathedral. >> reporter: good morning. this is where they said good-bye to 3 of the 4 victims three members of the highly respected savopoulos family who were all held captive, stabbed, and then murdered in a crime that lasted for 19 hours. one by one, three caskets slowly ascended the steps of the saint sophia greek orthodox cathedral. inside the bodies of savvas and same amy and his son phillip, dying from thermal and sharp blunt injuries. >> so sad. not much to say. it's heartbreaking, tragic.

>> reporter: mourners said the service focused on the family's love of community and commitment to charity. two of the mourners watching the caskets were the couple's teenage daughters, katarina and abigail, both away at school during the crime. >> terrible tragedy. just -- i feel so sorry for the girls. >> reporter: police have not commented on the investigation since the arrest 12 days ago of 34-year-old daron wint and they've not said if they've identified the additional suspects called the others in court documents who police allege must have assisted win in holding family captive. police base the arrest on wint on skin cell dna on a crust of pizza delivered to the crime scene. expert says the science makes the dna match to wint a 1 in 1 thousand trial connection. >> in your dna is found on an object, it may not be the handle of the hammer that beat somebody

to death, or the knife, if your dna found someplace, you were there. >> reporter: the fourth victim of this brutal murder was the family's four-year housekeeper, vera. her body was taken home to her native el salvador where she was buried last week. >> traveling east today be prepared for delays maryland to massachusetts are facing more torrential rain this morning. drivers in new jersey are dealing with roads covered in water, nearly a foot deep in places, and overflowing river turned a newark street into a sea of fish. some people tried to catch them and put them back. washington, d.c., was hit especially hard. a pedestrian tunnel beneath the capitol building submerged in several inches of water. the torrential rain made its way to boston. drivers navigated through waterlogged highways. tracking the storm, danielle good morning. >> good morning.

flash flood watches posted for northeast new jersey through massachusetts today. i wouldn't be surprised if some of these expire early as the rain wraps up from west to east here through the afternoon. as you see in the hour by hour showers in the mid-atlantic through the evening, and then downpours fire up from virginia through the carolinas this evening and tonight. west coast, fairly quiet, though. temperatures around 60 in seattle with clouds and showers. upper 60s from san francisco back down to l.a. later this afternoon, near 100 in phoenix. the world is getting to know caitlyn jenner she made her debut yesterday on the cover of "vanity fair." michelle miller shows us how the transition marks a public milestone for the community. >> good morning. the cover, shot by famed celebrity photographer annie leibovitz presented caitlyn jenner as a classic 50s pinup model. advocates hope by sharing her story, jenner will help win greater acceptance for

transgender people. >> reporter: with the words "call me caitlyn" the world finally saw the woman jenner struggled to hide for decades, and now that she's out, 65-year-old says she couldn't be happier. >> as soon as the "vanity fair" cover comes out, i'm free. >> reporter: annie leibovitz photographed jenner in her malibu home over two days. jenner spent hundreds of hours with friday night lights author buzz bissinger he wrote the cover story. jenner confided that she had a panic attack after a ten-hour surgery in march to feminize her face what happen did i just do? what did i just do to myself, she said? a counselor helped her overcome doubts and now has love and support of her children. within the first hour social media exploded with more than 10,000 tweets per minute including this one from white house senior adviser valerie

square rit jarrett, a powerful example to so many. >> is this ace seminole moment. >> absolutely. transagainer families are watch, hoping thisly bring increased visibility. >> reporter: jenner's recent claim to fame as patriarch of the kardashian clan. once the world's greatest athlete. >> what a day for bruce jenner! >> reporter: olympic champion on the wheaties box. >> i was probably at the games because i was running away from a lot of things. i don't want to diminish that accomplishment. >> reporter: as caitlyn, sparking kitchen table conversations about transgender issues. >> bruce always had to tell a lie, always living that lie, every day he always had a secret from morning till night. caitlyn doesn't have any

secrets. >> reporter: proving she is st. louis a winner. caitlyn jenner amassed 1 million followers on twitter in about 4 hours yesterday breaking the record set by president obama. she will receive the arthur ashe courage award at the es spis in july. nora? >> thank you so muff. ahead, buzz bissinger will join us in studio 57. we'll look at jner's response to her critics and the most remarkable moments of her long journey. of course, the author of that "vanity fair" piece and spent hundreds of hours with caitlyn. >> it's most remarkable story of his career. interested to talk to him. did visitors to an african wildlife park put themselves in danger? what park officials are saying after a lion

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your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. and good tuesday morning, everyone. it's 7:26. i'm frank mallicoat. here's what's happening right now. the faa will be out in livermore today after last night's deadly plane crash near the city. some live pictures of that crash scene and the fire that happened after. pilot reported some control problems during the descent into the livermore municipal airport. police in martinez looking for two men who robbed a subway restaurant at gunpoint yesterday. surveillance video the incident here. police say the suspects then ran out drove off in a silver four-door honda. >> straight ahead on "cbs this morning," harvesting hurricanes. forecasters predict fewer storms this hurricane season. so scientists are creating their own. what category 5 storm conditions look like in a lab. that and more coming up shortly. we

good morning. liza battalones here. expect delays leaving san francisco bound for the peninsula an accident south 101 approaching third avenue. take a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. it's still crowded at the pay gates from the foot of the maze with the metering lights on and if you are heading for the san mateo bridge, another slow commute for the westbound direction. just leaving the toll plaza. here's julie. well, we are starting out with gray skies but later today we will see sunshine and highs near seasonal norms. here's a look at those high temperatures today. 55 pacifica. 60 in san jose. 56 in fairfield. 60 vallejo. 49 in santa rosa. those are your current temperatures not your highs. those would be chilly highs! here are your high

♪ >> bye-bye. >> whoo! >> oh no. oh, oh oh my gosh! >> see it took a terrible turn and started out for this paraglider in switzerland. quickly turned into disaster. his chute collapses and he falls to the earth. we're here to tell you that he had survived the crash but has several fractures and a concussion. it was so pretty when he started but he's all right. coming up in this hour a lion mauls an american tourist in a south african lion park.

ahead, the critical mistake that led to this deadly tragedy. plus the swimming pool industry may be drying up. more people are removing pools. why the state says they're unfairly branded as water wasters. it's time to show the headlines from around the globe. the "usa today" says the pentagon is investigating new cases of mishandling anthrax defense officials say possibly live samples went to three separate labs in canada. our david martin reports the cdc is conducting tests in this country. labs in 12 states and the district of columbia received the potentially deadly bacteria. a maryland facility confirmed it received live anthrax. the shipments also went to south korea and australia. the los angeles times said an american journalist is free from captivity in yemen. rebels released casey coombs

after mediation with aman. several other americans are still being held by the rebels. japanese air bag maker takata will tell congress it will phase out one fair bag inflater. the executive will testify that the company will stop making air bags linked to six deaths. defective air bags have led to the recall of nearly 34 million vehicles in the united states. "the washington post" says the u.s. supreme court threw out the conviction of a pennsylvania man who wrote violent facebook posts. they contain references to killing his wife and violence against co-workers. the court says it is not enough that an ordinary person would find these rants threatening. and the "the new york times" says federal authorities and the president of fifa made $10 million in bank transactions. the alleged payments are key in the bradley case against fifa

officials. this morning a south african wildlife park is investigating the death of an american would mauled by a lion. the attack took place at the lion park near johannesburg where tourists from around the world, come to informed of her death. this incident follows two other attacks at the same park over the past six months. >> reporter: the warnings appear, keep windows closed at all times. but it was a warning ignored by the visiting american and her guide as they drove through camp two and were approached by a white lioness. scott simpson is the assistant operations manager. >> she got slowly towards the car and the lady was taking pictures of it. the lion then sort of lunged at the car, and it bit the lady

through the window. >> reporter: the tour guide driving this white suv tried to save the woman, raising the alarm. >> our staff immediately rushed over to chase the lion away. and the gentleman that was driving, he sustained some injuries to his arms trying to get the lion out as well. >> reporter: emergency crews arrived soon after the attack but the woman died of her injuries. the lion park is part of a multimillion-dollar south african tourist industry. visitors drive their own vehicles through large enclosures where lions roam freely but enclosure to avoid any future contact with humans. norah. >> debora patta in durban south

africa thank you. >> another warning, follow the warnings there. in california new water restrictions are in in effect. the governor wants to cut water use state's $5 billion pool industry are fighting back over what they call is say mischaracterization that swimming pools are water wasters. >> this was the 1950s american dream. >> reporter: barrie fisher built a swimming pool at the backyard of her home when her son was young. as he grew up the pool sad sat

idle. >> was the drought the final straw that convinced you to get rid of it? >> yes. we were to the point of having to replace all of the equipment. replaster the pool and with the drought, i'd almost feel guilty. >> reporter: so she hired steve espenschied whose companies fill-ins and demolishes pools. >> we sell maybe one pool in a year in the last 20 years then eventually got to two pools a week for the past year and a half two years. >> reporter: there are over 1 million residential pools in california. each takes 15,000 gallons of water. that's 15 trillion gallons state wide. but a handful of areas have recently passed bans on construction of new swimming pooling as well as the draining and refilling of existing ones. >> we basically feel we're being

targeted. that's a big water thing. swimming pools, typically use significantly less water. >> reporter: according to a study cited by the california pool and spa association the average swimming pool and surrounding deck require about a third of the amount of water as a lawn of the same size. but some water conservation experts question these numbers and whether pools are a luxury californians can do without. barrie fisher said she'll miss her swi

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♪ this morning, the atlantic hurricane season enters day two. forecasters predict fewer storms this year but they also warn a quiet season can produce a devastating hurricane. mark strassmann is in miami where researchers are creating their own storms in a state-of-the-art lab. it could end up saving lives. mark good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this tank gives scientists and the rest of us a view no one has ever had before. what a hurricane's power looks like at water level as it storms ashore. in just two minute scientists here can take calm waters and

turn them into a monster hurricane. the wind is gradually getting stronger and stronger as it's coming up here. and it's ramping up to a category 5. probably about a category 3 right now. this 75-foot long tank is the first simulator in the world capable of creating a category 5 hurricane over water. brian house is the director of the university of miami's new laboratory at the rosensteele school of marine academy of science. what was it like when you cranked it up the first time. >> it was stunning. >> reporter: nearly 30,000 gallons of seawater fill this had tank. house using a computer program and a 1700 horsepower fan with wind speed up to 157 miles per hour. >> this tank is the largest wind wave facility in the world. we can generate an extreme

category 5. >> reporter: house and his team want to understand why some hurricanes make landfall and fizzle out. while others become catastrophes. >> the heat of the ocean that powers the hurricane, we know that gasoline drives a car, but if you didn't know how much you're pouring into the engine you wouldn't know how fast it's going to go. >> reporter: but this is going to help teach you is how the gasoline gets into the engine of the hurricane? >> exactly. >> reporter: their focus is storm surge. rising waters historically cause nine out of ten hurricane-related deaths. during hurricane katrina in 2005, storm surge killed 1500 people. dr. rick knabb has high hopes for the lab. >> it's very rewarding as scientists continue to look at the atmosphere mostly via computer screens to feel right live laboratory. >> reporter: for year

forecasters at the center have relied on computer models to predict a storm's course. hurricane hunters have flown into storms and dropped probes to gauge its intensity. >> research like this in the laboratory is one of the critical pieces we need to perhaps lead to more accurate forecasts and warning. >> reporter: do you who ride out a storm to evacuate the next time a big one comes along. >> all right mark i know you're safe but it made me

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your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. good morning, it's 7:56. i'm michelle griego. five people escaped a house fire in monte sereno this morning but their cat still missing. flames scorched the home's second floor, the roof collapsed. two days before the warriors and cleveland cavaliers face off in game one of the nba finals. this afternoon in oakland the oracle arena will be transformed with banners and decoration. a brand-new $4 million fire station in santa rosa may have to undergo major renovations before it can open and that's because the building is not fully handicapped-accessible. stay with us.

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bay bridge toll plaza. fortunately, we haven't had any accidents or stalled cars on the bridge just heavy at the pay gates. expect delays from the foot of the maze approaching the metering lights. san mateo bridge, still sluggish westbound as you leave the toll plaza in stretches approaching midspan. and if you are heading for the altamont pass, it's taken a while for this commute to loosen up. still very crowded west 580 from the 205 interchange approaching the 680 commute. 680 is slow heading down the sunol grade. that's a look at "kcbs traffic." here's julie. >> thank you, liza. well, we are looking at gray skies this morning making way to plenty of sunshine pretty much bay area wide later on today. high temperatures warming up to near average for this time of the year upper 50s to low 60s along the coast. low 70s by the bay. redwood city 71. 70 mountain view. 82 fairfield, 83 napa today. more of the same tomorrow. we start to cool and increased cloud cover thursday even a slight chance of showers by

♪ ♪ good morning to our viewers in the west. it is tuesday, june 2, 2015. welcome back to "cbs this morning." more real news ahead, including a conversation with country singing music star martina mcbride. but first a look at our eye opener at 8. >> the story is the ship went down so quickly, there wasn't time for a distress call. >> they looked into new technology that may have prevented the security gaps. >> it will take the collection of phone records out of the

hands of the nsa. >> his lawyer said he will get a second court appearance. >> advocates hope that by sharing her story, jenner will help to win greater acceptance for transgender people. >> flash flood watches posted for northeast new jersey into massachusetts today. west coast fairly quiet, though. >> here in california representatives of the $5 billion pool industry here in the saturday are fighting back but b what they call a mischaracterization, that swimming pools are water wasters. >> the hurricane has grown louder, more powerful a raging category 5. notice the surge. >> taco bell said it will now get rid of all artificial ingredients in its food. >> i'm charlie rose with gayle

king norah o'donnell and jeff glor. >> rescuers are battling time to rescue people that went down on a cruise ship. >> caitlyn jenner is this morning receiving world wide support. vanity fair's cover revealed the olympic champion wants the world to "call me caitlyn." annie liebovitz captured the look of her new life. >> she wrote "i'm so happy after such a long struggle to be living anyway true self. welcome to the world, caitlyn.

>> welcome. >> thank you. >> so who is caitlyn? >> she's open she's alive, she's free. bruce jenner was never free. always afraid of being discovered, not living his soul not living his identity that he really had from birth, certainly from the age he was 10. caitlyn is alive. >> is she nervous about the criticism, buzz because so many people still don't understand it, still don't get it wondering how, why, when. is she nervous? >> i think she's nervous. she's nervous in the sense that there are going to be haters. there are going to be people who never, ever convert, who are

going to wallow in their ignorance. all of the kids have been incredibly supportive and the outpouring of social media saying right on girl go get 'em, go live your life. >> it's a beautiful cover, buzz and it's a beautifully written story. you say it's the most remarkable story you've worked on in 38 years. how did it come together in. >> i thought about that a lot before i said that. i saw the last of bruce for two months. literally seeing a man over here and overnight a woman. look, this is a freaky story. this is a weird story. we can all be as p.c. as we want. this doesn't happen all the time. the juxtaposition of those two identity, you have to get used to it. i screw up the pronouns all the time, he she, she, he.

i know it's sensitive and important. >> it's complicated because bruce jenner, the olympian on the wheaties box, was as popular as the marlborough man. >> i remember those '76 olympics. he became the savior of this country. you had the cold war, aftershock of watergate. bruce johnson erenner, i hated him, he was perfect. he told my i wore my hair that long because it's the only way i could feel like a woman. >> i like in your article you said genitalia does not determine your gender. sexual preference and gender identity have nothing to do with each other. >> nothing. that's been studied. i know the transgendered community is trying to get that across. it's separate from your sexual preference. he was born a woman. he had the height.

he was born in the 50s. what do you do? rene richards was a great pioneer in tennis in the 70s. but this is bruce jenner. >> how does she see her future? >> i think right now she's very excited. she's doing a docu series for another network for e! that could be great or a complete spectacle. there's concern among some of the kids that you have a possibility to have a legacy along the lines of muhammad ali. >> and the kids are not participating in the show. >> that's right. it was a hard decision for them. the jenner kids are trying to reconnect with their father after a long long absence. he was -- she was desperate to have them do the show and at their own risk of financial gain and exposure they say no we are not going to do it we don't want to participate in something we are concerned will be a

spectacle because it's done by the same company as "keeping up with the kardashians." >> she trusted you, buzz. >> she does. will you not meet someone who is more open who is more honest almost brutally honest. there were timesism ism said bruce, shut up i don't want to know this. >> it's going to be a teachable lesson for a lot of this. >> i hope so. >> country singer martina mcbride is speaking out about how she feels about being compared to a tomato.

>> ahead a tale of sex, lies and gunfire. >> a texas millionaire murdered in cold blood. his wife about to take a plea saying she was responsible for his death.

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wants the station to limit the songs by women. yesterday we showed you why he believed the research is on his side. >> in a deep irony, it's the demand of female listeners who aren't thinking about it they're just responding to that flow of song after song that they get on the radio. and if that mix has more females in it they turn off quicker. >> hill compares the ideal play list to a salad, calling keith urban and luke brian the lettuce and stars like martina mcbride the tomatoes. martina, good morning to you. let's get the tomato point of view. when you heard you were referred to as a tomato in a salad, what in the world did you think? >> well, i just think it's

dismissive to be honest to say that females don't like hearing other females on the radio. obviously there have been females that have will a lot of success with songs that other females listen to and connect with. >> do you think the numbers bare out what he's saying? >> some of the biggest songs of all time have been with female artists. i just feel that comments like that become a self-fulfilling prophecy because then you have record companies that don't invest in female artists, or sign females as much because they think they're not going to get a return on their investment on female artists on the radios and songwriters who don't write songs for female artists as well because they're not on the radio. it becomes self-fulfilling

prophecy when you make a statement like that. >> well i'm glad you're here. i like listening to female artists artists. do you think some the male artists feel that way as well? >> it's interesting, it's been pretty quiet. >> why do you think that is? >> i don't know. there's a lot the stake. radio is powerful. i can't speak for why the support hasn't been there so far. it's a relatively new thing. it on came out about a week ago. when i posted on facebook really i didn't set out to be the spokesperson for this. i was just -- i read the statement and thought, huh, i wonder if people know that this is kind of what goes on behind the scene, that this is the formula for programming country radio, and clearly they did not know it and passionately disagree with it. >> but martina, your husband has been supporting you.

he put on the tomato lover t-shirt. miranda lambert joined you on twitter. her husband has not joined you. does that disappoint you? do you think he should? >> i don't want to say that people should or should not. it's really a personal choice. >> what do you think should come ot of this? >> i think an awareness. i think a lot of fans of country radio were not aware that they were being represented in this way to say that females only like to hear males and don't like to hear other females sing songs. i feel like country music is about relatability. as a female myself i love to hear females sing songs that i can relate to that speak about my life that make me feel that they understand what i'm going through. and so that's what the beauty of country music has always been to me is relatability. >> martina, thank you. >> thank you.

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edition of "48 hours" correspondent peter van sant reports new developments in the case of a wealthy texas wife and murder arrested for murder. a dramatic reversal that blew this case against her wide open. here's a preview. >> greg treated me like a queen. before him i had no means. >> oh my god -- >> michelle williams told police an intruder broke into their home. her husband, greg a brilliant and wealthy computer engineer shot dead in the bedroom. >> i could see it was male in dark stuff dark clothing. >> reporter: after hours of interrogation, michelle williams changes her version of what happened. greg had committed suicide she reveals. >> she actually said oh my god, greg shot himself. i better make this look like a crime scene so michaela won't think that her dad shot himself.

when she's talking she's usually lying. and i'm her sister. >> reporter: investigators were buying either of michelle's stories. they would learn about her squandering greg's money and about greg's life insurance. >> she was all about the money, the lifestyle. >> reporter: michelle was the killer. prosecutors were sure of it but with no fingerprints no dna, it was a tough case to prove. they offered michelle a plea deal forcing her to accept responsibility for greg's death. and some prison time. >> i think the plea deal to be able to get back to my daughter. >> reporter: michelle accepted the plea but just before the deal was to be finalized, she did an interview with "48 hours." did you murder your husband greg? >> no, i did not. >> every time i watch a client in an interview, i start to think, oh man, we're really screwed. >> reporter: because michelle was now denying responsibility

for greg's death, the judge hauls her into court and withdrawals the plea. >> lady justice may very well be blind, but she's never deaf nor stupid. >> reporter: michelle williams is facing life in prison. her own son testifying against her. >> go to a pay phone and call 911 and leave an anonymous tip. >> the state is going to release video of the show "48 hours." >> reporter: who shot greg? >> i have my assumption. >> we used the "48 hours" tape to show that she had changed her story but she added not only an additional intruder, i think i know who the intruder is. >> 48 hours strikes again. >> why didn't she change it?

>> michelle is out there. she's confident. she's certain anytime there's a man in front of her, she were convince her of her story. right in the middle of nowhere, she just goes you know i've been wanting to say this for a year. it isn't what i told the authority, it was an intruder. he didn't commit suicide. and we're off to the races. there's more to the story, in the special, you will have learned that michelle williams may have killed earlier. a similar circumstance in which she had killed the best friend of her husband, and staged that like a suicide. >> good lord. >> what did you do to her to get her to open up that way? >> we just had a nice comfy interview. you guys know what that's like when you connect with someone, they get comfortable. i kept pressing her on the facts, but she changed her story. >> you can watch peter's full report it's called "temptation in texas" tuesday, tonight on

good morning, it's 8:25. california's latest monthly report on water use will be released today. regulations assigning water agencies mandatory conservation targets as much as 36% took effect this week. police in martinez are looking for two men who robbed a subway restaurant at gunpoint. this is surveillance video of the incident. police say the suspects then ran out and drove off in a silver four-door honda. ahead on "cbs this morning," persistent problems for women in the workplace that's preventing women from getting a promotion. what new research reveals. stay with us. traffic and weather in j we showed these kids some items from a nearby store, whoa! but they didn't know they were all tobacco products. ooh this is cool.

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good morning. liza battalones. slow at the bay bridge toll plaza where the metering lights are on and traffic is backed up to about west grand avenue. heading for the rest of the commute, the san mateo bridge is looking much better and no longer slow in that westbound direction leaving the toll plaza. there is an accident approaching delaware. you can see it's been a very slow commute for the peninsula with delays in both directions of 101. westbound traffic at the san

mateo bridge going to be heavy just in pockets as you head across the span to the peninsula. heading for the golden gate bridge the fog has lifted and traffic is looking good getting into san francisco. that's a look at your "kcbs traffic." now to julie. >> yeah, you know, we still have a pretty clear view of some fog here from the pyramid looking towards the golden gate. you can't even see the golden gate because the fog is so thick along the coast. as we head throughout the day, even though the coast is going to see some sunshine today. temperatures warming up near average for this time of the year. 58 pacifica, 70 mountain view, 82 fairfield, 79 santa rosa. extended forecast shows more of the same tomorrow starting with morning clouds making way for sunshine in the afternoon. increasing cloud cover however begins thursday by the end of the weekend flirting with a chance of showers. and then it looks like we'll be warming next week.

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sustained by food from farms within 100 miles of the home. they say there are profound social and environmental benefits to eating locally. i would like to do that. >> me, too. the hollywood reporter says get ready for a new "fifty shades of gray" novel. the romance books were made into a movie. the new book is called "grey" it's written from christian's point of view. the book will be published this coming june. and the chicago journal says happy hour will be back in illinois. drink specials have been banned since 1989. state lawmakers passed a bill to allow up to four hours a day and up to 15 hours a week but they have to be advertised in advance. balances a job with family life can hold back women hoping to climb the corporate ladder. a new study reported by "the new

york times" blames a culture of overwork hurting women's chances for success. researchers found the demands for longer work hours affects both genders but for women who are often the primary caregivers at home the burden is greater. so they turn to their company's flex time for help they say are career setbacks. harvard professor robin eli co-authored the study. robin, good morning. >> good morning. >> what led you to conduct the study? >> well we were actually invited by the firm to help them understand why they were having difficulty advancing women into their partnership. and so they thought it may have something to do with their culture. ways that they were inadvertently blocking women. so they asked us to come in and study the culture which we did. one of the things that we found was that when we asked people what do you think is the reason for women's advancement, most people gave some version of the

work/family that you just did. what the prior demand 24/7 availability, and that women, but not men, are unable to meet that demand. and that's why they're not advancing. >> what did you find? >> well what we found was something a little different from that. first of all, we found that men were as likely as women to be suffering from the working family. and we also found that people were -- some people working a lot of hours, but they weren't necessarily necessarily productive hours. that's why we call it a culture of overwork. there were a lot in the firm and i don't think this is an unusual firm for example, to be available 24/7 for a clients. to produce an absolutely perfect work product when the client doesn't need perfection. >> what did the firm do with the results that you discovered? >> well they had a hard time

taking it in. they thought maybe we hadn't talked to the right people. maybe we hadn't collected enough data. and they really had a hard time hearing it. and i think that's that's really just further evidence of how deeply rooted the belief is that we need to work these hours in order to be productive. and that women are the ones and not men who are unable to meet that demand. they were really looking to us for a solution that would address the women problem, that would really address something that was specifically up for women. and we said, no actually the issue seems to be much broader. it seems to be an issue of overwork. and you that really need to change the way you work. be more efficient. recognize that men are also having these struggles. and -- >> why do you think the focus is on productivity? if you talk to a lot of moms

they say they'll get feedback when they try for promotions well, you're not here as long and you usually leave a certain hour because you're a mom. moms react that way of i thought i was judged on my productivity and the way i'm doing my job. why does that bias them? >> well i think there's still a strong belief that face time is important. that if you look like you're working and available 24/7 that you are a really committed worker. that you're devoted to work. >> well how does that change that? it doesn't seem like there's a solution here. >> the question is flex time whatever you define as flex time? >> the flex time in the study said it hurts women, they ask for flex time and they get judged even broader, right? >> well the problem with flex time, it is primarily women who use flex time. men deal with the problem differently. they either suffer in silence or

they do these work arounds. another one found by my colleague erin reed some of the most productive men, the highest rated men, in terms of the performers were not necessarily available 24/7 that they were flying under the radar. >> that's interesting. >> the bottom line here you got to look at the way we work? >> absolutely. >> bethank you very much. summer is a few weeks away. sharyn alfonsi goes inside the business of trophy trips. here's the preview. >> you guys are coming up the hill, right? or not? >> probably not. >> reporter: on the pacific coast highway north of san francisco, i'm giving my best to keep up with tom hale. >> we'll get you going after

lunch. then you'll know what a hill is. >> all right. >> reporter: hill is the founder and owner of back roads which bills itself as the world's number one active travel company. this northern california bike trip is just one of more than 200 they offer in 45 countries. >> are you going to hike today? >> going to hike. >> reporter: they take people hiking in the rockies and rafting in costa rica but biking is their really bread and butter and was since hale started it in 1979. at first hale was the only employee, leading trips, picking bikes and counting every penny. >> i've always said i made 35 cents an hour for the first seven years. might have made 50 cents an hour. ate a lot of left over peanut butter from trips. >> reporter: back roads will bring in more than $100 million

this year and he's the sole owner. in offices in berkeley california staffers do trips for 30,000 people. >> when in march are you looking to go? >> reporter: the company's logistic space in salt lake city may be the world's largest bike shop with thousands of bicycles and mountains of supplies are waiting to be shipped to more than 400 back roads trip leaders around the world. >> sharyn alfonsi joins us now. first of all, are you getting one of these desks that we can bike underneath and still work? >> you, too, right? >> yeah. >> how do people just run up and other families to a certain extent, you have all of these great pictures on facebook and instagram, everybody wants to top those? >> i think everybody wants amazing pictures on top of the mount, on the river with their family. but i think there are also baby boomers guiding us a little bit. because they've got a little extra time. they've got money in their

pockets, the kids are free and they're looking at each other, what are we going to do now? let's think big. you can only go to the beach and chill out so many times. i mean, i could more. >> just talking about sort of being vital and being healthy and participating? >> absolutely. >> it's the whole idea of what did you do on your vacation everyone has a great story. not just i sat around and read a book. it's a kind of one-upmanship. >> it's fun. >> you can watch it tomorrow night on "60 minutes sports" on showtime, a division of cbs. >> i sit back with a drink. that's my story. legendary novel lift judy blume is in

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event" is blum's first adult novel. it's set in new jersey. good morning. >> good morning. >> why are you going back to adult novels? >> because an idea came out of the blue and struck me in the head and i was like oh my god, i have this book. >> what was the idea? >> well someone on stage, another writer rachel christianer, was talking about a book telling her story about a life in the '60s. it was the '50s. it was a story i have to tell. all of these years it's been rurried inside. >> in the '50s you're from elizabeth, new jersey. there have been three real plane crashes. so you go to the plane crashes and you develop the characters all around the plane crashes? >> i doiddid. and i went back and did five months of research. it was an incredible experience.

>> you said it took you five years to write this? >> i know i was so slow. in my defense, i did take three years off to make a movie, but that's not a good thing to do in the middle of writing a book. >> you said to me when you write fiction, you don't read other fiction because you get scared and intimidated by other writers. >> this is true. >> why? >> because if i read a book that's really really good the voices go off in my head saying you don't know what you're doing, you're not any good. then, you know i can't do it. so, i learned that the hard way. >> you have to focus? >> i have to focus. yeah and stay with -- i have to live with my character, not someone else's characters. and then when i'm not writing fiction, then i have a really good time. >> judy you're so influential in my life. your books. me and my girl friends we all read them "are you there, god? it's me margaret."

i remember singing the tune ♪ we must we must we must increase ♪ when you see them trying to ban your book in classrooms what do you think about that? >> well it was one angry parent who didn't want her child to read the book because she didn't want any children to read the book. it's crazy. that kind of fear is contagious. so it's not just you know the extreme religious rite where this it's now way over to the left. you don't know. there's no such thing as a safe book. >> what led you to tackle those subjects that are teenage angst subjects. >> you talked about sex, you talked about getting your period. you talked about boys. people are like i don't want to talk about that as an adolescent. >> really, i was reading for

preadolescents. for the tweens up to age 12. that's what i was interested in. and i remember so well what it was like to be that age. i just bowed when i started to write. i didn't know what i was doing when i started to write. i'm going to be honest. i didn't write about menstruation or masturbation. i was writing abe aout a kid. about a kid at a certain age. >> it was said about you she is not just revered. she's a revolutionary. >> good we don't think about that at home. as my husband said i'm tired of the goodess. >> what charlie was saying i've seen people literally moved to tears. >> i can't wrap my brain around

it, but what i feel at that moment is you know grateful. incredibly grateful to my readers. and i cry with them because it's very emotional. and i always say to them look the reason you're feeling this way is that i represent your childhood. i bring back your childhood. and it's very touching. >> that's a really nice way. thank you for bringing back my childhood. judy blume, what a pleasure to meet you. "in the unlikely event" goes on sale today. the spirit of walter cronkite moves on with the treasure of our family. you may have heard. this is "cbs this morning."

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well we are delighted this morning to share some news about charlie. he is the 2015 recipient of the walter cronkite award for excellence in journalist from the cronkite school of arizona state university. cronkite personally presented the award for the first 25 years. the dean said monday quote, for the past 40 years, charlie rose has asked the tough questions that impact people around the world. we are thrilled to honor him. charlie will accept the award in october. congratulations. >> thank you. quickly, the fact that it's named after walter means a lot to me. a lot of people they could have chosen. there are men who love journalism more than i do. >> the word excellence really does do charlie justice. congratulations. >> we should get out of here.

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good morning. delays now in san francisco getting towards the golden gate bridge. there is an accident on the span. a two-car accident in the northbound direction. this is right at the golden gate bridge. two cars blocking the left lane. and you can see that slow traffic now again, this is in the northbound direction counter-commute blocking the left-hand lane. heading for the rest of the bay area, the bay bridge commute is starting to thin out. now only slow from about the 880 overcrossing. the altamont pass is going to be sluggish for you from about grand line in patches all the way towards the dublin interchange. bart is on time, no delays for the ferries, caltrain or the "ace" train all morning long. have a great day, everybody. my new summer meal's got eight pieces of chicken,

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