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ws this morning. rebel your next low -- remember your next local update is good morning to our viewers in the west. it is monday june 8, 2015. welcome to "cbs this morning." a massive manhunt is on right now for two convicted killers. new details on their daring prison break. chaos overnight outside a concert featuring big-name artists artists. police fired tear gas. the women kick off the world cup campaign. we begin with a look at today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> these are very dangerous individuals. make no efforts to apprehend them. report any suspicious activity. >> the manhunt to find two
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escaped murderers. >> two convicted killers used power tools to crack the wall. >> kept you awake with all that cutting? >> strong thunderstorms moving across the great lakes and into the northeast. >> it will make landfall as a weak tropical storm. >> the red river in louisiana is expected to hit a 70-year high. >> it's just been a constant battle. >> president obama and the prime minister of iraq meeting, a possible snub right before that meeting that was awkward. >> the united express commuter jet went off the runway as it was landing in buffalo, new york. >> chaos erupted outside the hot 97 concert. >> the way they treat us is like animals. >> a police officer pushing a girl to the ground then appears to point his gun at other teens. >> the officer involved has been placed on administrative leave. >> in florida, screams filled a beach when an 11-year-old boy was attacked by a shark. he was airlifted to a children's
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hospital in orlando. >> the nba finals are tired. an inspiring win from the cavaliers. >> what did it take from you tonight? >> everything. >> oh, you get nominated. the true measure of a man is not to be nominated and still show up to read a list of names of those who are nominated. >> and all that matters. >> it's been an honor to be part of your inaugural show. >> voters on the fence think you're too unpredictable. >> if the election were a week from today, i'd be really nervous about that guy. the fact that it's eight months from today, i've got plenty of time to convince i'm not risky at all. >> on cbs this morning. >> one shot, for a bmw i-3. one shot does he get it? yes! yes! whoa, unbelievable! >> this morning's "eye opener" is presented by toyota. let's go places. welcome to "cbs this
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morning." gayle king is off. jeff glor of our digital network cbsn is here. a massive manhunt for two convicted killers who escaped from upstate new york. the search stretches from the united states into canada. >> police say the elaborate plot took days to execute. the escapees used power tools to cut through brick and steel walls. dan dahler is at the correctional facility. >> reporter: good morning. the fugitives, both convicted murderers are considered very dangerous. governor cuomoes calling this a crisis situation for the state and offering a $100,000 reward for information leading to the apprehension of these men. >> we're leaving no stone unturned. they could be literally anywhere, but they will be found and apprehended. >> reporter: the search for richard matt and david sweat has
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expanded beyond new york into surrounding states and canada. it includes hundreds of officers in the air and on the ground. >> you're all set, thank you. >> reporter: the pair were serving lengthy sentences for murder. sweat for killing a broom county sheriff's deputy and matte for murdering and dismembering his former boss in 1997. sometime before 5:30 a.m. saturday, investigators say the two escaped their adjoining cells through holes thank you cut using power tools. they climbed onto a catwalk and made their way through a steam pipe, weaving through tunnels. they left behind a note with a racist drawing and the words "have a nice day." the two emerged from a manhole three blocks away from the 150-year-old prison. new york governor andrew cuomo toured the escape route and said it was like a plot from a movie. >> you look at the precision of the operation, it was truly extraordinary, unusual and almost impossible to duplicate. >> reporter: ron hosko is former
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assistant director of the fbi's criminal investigative division. he thinks the two suspects must have had help. >> they have the time to try to corrupt a guard or multiple guards. they have the time to look for the tools that might facilitate their escape. and quite clearly these two have taken advantage of that. >> reporter: now the big question, of course is where did these men get the tools. the investigators haven't recovered them yet, so they're actually interviewing a lot of the contractors who were doing some work here at the prison over the past couple of weeks. jeff. >> thank you very much. several people are under arrest after a new jersey concert turned into chaos. police used tear gas to control a crowd outside the summer jam hip-hop concert at metlife stadium. many people tried entering the venue illegally. elaine quijano is at the stadium in new jersey where a state trooper was hurt. elaine, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. summer jam is an annual event put on by a new york radio
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station, hot 97. well, last night, though the concert was marred by violence and fights with police. the scene outside this sold-out hip-hop concert quickly descendinged into chaos last night, as police in riot gear clashed with a massive crowd outside of new jersey's metlife stadium. angry fans launched bottles at police. state troopers were seen using tear gas and pepper spray to try to break up the crowd. >> very scary. i've never seen anything like this and have been coming for years. >> reporter: police say the trouble started when people without tickets tried to illegally enter the concert by climbing fences and force their way past security. police blocked off all the entrances and told everyone even those with tickets, to leave the stadium. witnesses say the situation escalated, quickly turning violent after that as fans grew angry when they were denied entry into the concert. >> people have been standing out
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here over three and a half hours just trying to get into a concert that they paid their money for and they wouldn't let us in. the way they treat us is like animals. >> reporter: police activated piercing alarms from armored vehicles to try to disperse the crowd and called in additional officers for help. several people were arrested during the melee as frightened concert goers stuck outside the event were left helpless. >> it's pretty ridiculous because you had your bad apples you had your people acting up but at the same time that shouldn't ban everybody else that paid a lot of money to get in. >> reporter: now for those who came to see names like kendrick lamar and chris brown, hot 97 said ticketed fans who were not allowed in the stadium will get their money back. a plant in southern pennsylvania is on fire right now. video shows explosions at the plant about 100 miles west of philadelphia. there is no word of any injuries. people nearby are being asked to stay inside but firefighters
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say the smoke is not toxic. this morning the red river in louisiana is threatening dozens of homes. flood waters from oklahoma and texas forced the river to swell. the water level reached a point not seen in decades. adria goens is in bowsier city louisiana, right across the river from shreveport. >> reporter: good morning. the water behind me has not reached this high since 1945 when it crafted at 38 feet. the river will peek at 37 feet. that is seven feet above flood stage. 24-hour sandbag stations have been set up and officials are urging people here to pick them up day or night to protect their homes from the rising water. the flooding is swallowing dozens of houses turning them into islands and submerging them up to their roofs. louisiana's national guard worked late into the night filling sandbags. the white satchels serving as a line of defense against the
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overflowing river. >> this is a circle drive. >> reporter: for steve prater the devastation is personal. >> the glass is beginning to break from the pressure of the water. >> reporter: he's trying to save his home from two feet of water that's already crept in surrounding and destroying his family's belongings. >> it's just devastating. >> reporter: on sunday a man and his dog were evacuated by boat. and black hawk helicopters were used to deliver a pair of water pumps to a water treatment plant that's been isolated by the flooding. lieutenant carroll hamilton can't believe just how high this river is. >> wow. one word wow. >> reporter: the waters are supposed to stay at 37 feet for the next few days. they aren't expected to dip below the flood stage until the end of the month. what's making things a little bit more difficult is the forecast is predicting some rain for later this week. >> adria, thank you very much. millions of americans from
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kentucky to pennsylvania face the threat of severe weather. hail hammered parts of colorado and south dakota last night. danielle niles of our boston station wbz shows us how that storm is now headed east. danielle, good morning. >> good morning, everybody. another active day of severe weather with 28 million americans in this area in yellow under the greatest risk for severe storms. tennessee valley stretching into the northeast. any storms that do develop have the potential to become severe. we're talking about torrential downpours, damaging wind gusts in these clusters of storms and even tornados possible as well. on the west coast we are heating up. san francisco and monterey bay region under a heat advice re. take it easy and stay hydrated during the day today. >> thank you. extreme weather may have caused a plane's rough landing in buffalo, new york overnight. you can see it is still on the grass this morning after skidding off the paved section of the runway. it happened at buffalo niagara international airport.
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kris van cleave is in washington with what happened. kris, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. 72 people were on board the canada air regional jet trying to make their way to buffalo, but a rough landing left the plane well off the runway with passengers unsure of just what happened. emergency crews helped 69 passengers and 3 crew members off a united airlines flight at buffalo niagara international airport after it skidded off the runway late sunday night. >> by the time we stopped, it was all in the middle of grass. there was no runway to be scene. >> reporter: united flight 3796 from washington dulles was on approach to land just after 11:00, but high winds kept the pilot from descending. >> i think we are going to have to break off and try this one more time. >> reporter: passengers say the regional jet circled the runway at least three times. >> and then the plane was kind of like bumpy going down. i just assumed we weren't clear for landing. >> looks okay so far. >> runway 32. >> but the plane skids across
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the slick pavement coming to rest in a grassy area about 300 feet off the runway. >> channel 3796 turn left. >> we went off the runway. >> i'm sorry, again. >> we went off the landing. >> roger you're off the runway? >> yeah. >> looking out both windows, it was pretty clear we weren't on a runway. >> reporter: there were no injuries. united airlines said the pilots did encounter high winds and challengering weather. the area where the plane came to rest is a buffer zone for situations like this. this morning the faa says it is investigating the incident. charlie. >> thanks, kris. president obama is wrapping up a meeting with top allies this morning. the president is talking with reporters right now. issues at the g-7 summit include the future of western sanctions against russia. major garrett is there. major, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. russian president vladimir putin used to attend these summits. now he's disinvited but still
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casts a menacing shadow. there are other headaches as well. the simmering debt crisis in greece and the so far inconclusive allied fight against isis. it's all enough to make a u.s. president reach for a beer. the hills were alive with the sound of music as president obama and german chancellor angela merkel picnicked on pretzels sausage and beer. cheerful crowds in bavarian garb greeted the president who apologized for his formal summit attire. >> i have to admit that i forgot to bring my lederhosen but i'm going to see if i can buy some while i'm here. >> reporter: the president said he wished he could have spent more time eating and drinking and it's no wonder. the surmt ammit agenda is far less savory. with no chance of increasing sanctions against russia for its military incursion in ukraine, the best hope is for leaders here to maintain existing sanctions due to expire next month.
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on this the president won the backing of re-elected british prime minister david cameron. >> we think that there can be a peaceful diplomatic resolution to this problem, but it's going to require that europe, the united states and the transatlantic allies across the world stay vigil. >> reporter: but with cameron supporting a 2017 referendum on britain's future and the european union, merkel is the key to the russian sanctions debate. she's also vital to intensifying u.s. efforts to protect global financial markets and the euro from a default on greek debt. before the summit thousands of protesters clashed with police in a designated protest zone 11 miles away. hundreds walked the edge of the summit grounds sunday and peacefully decried corporate economic dominance and income inequality. the president just wrapped up a meeting with iraqi prime minister. the strains in that relationship were all too visible. earlier after the g-7 photo, he
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tried to steal a moment of the president's time but mr. obama was so engaged in conversation he never turned around leaving the iraqi prime minister and his translator to walk away in visible frustration. an awkward moment amid careful summit choreography. >> major garrett in austria. major thank you very much. president obama talked about the growing refugee crisis in north africa. ships rescued 6,000 people over the weekend that join 95,000 others who tried to reach europe by sea this year. holly williams is in libya where many of those dangerous journeys begin. holly, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. libya is in a state of civil war. as this country has descended into chaos and lawlessness, it's become fertile ground for human smugglers. hell on earth, this stinking
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squalid libyan prison is it. this is where migrants who are caught trying to get to europe are locked up for months on end, waiting to be deported. packed 50 to a room they're infested with lice and sometimes beaten by the libyan guards. many here paid human smugglers to get them across the mediterranean sea, but instead they were picked up by the libyan coast guard. >> i want to go to europe because i want to help my family and relatives. >> reporter: at just 22 his crime was to dream of finding a job in europe to support his six brothers and sisters at home. if you could make a better life for yourself in gambia would you still go to europe? >> no i would give the money to my family. >> reporter: but these desperate men come from some of the poorest countries in the world,
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and the promise of something better is driving tens of thousands like them to risk their lives. last year more than 3,000 migrants drowned trying to make the crossing. yet nearly all the men here told us that when they're released it's a gamble they'll take again. >> i would like to be in europe tomorrow morning. yeah. if we can. and we will. >> reporter: politicians in europe blame the human smugglers for the flood of migrants. but here in libya it's very clear that the deeper causes are poverty and extreme inequality. >> thanks holly williams in libya. a woman hit by a broken bat at fenway park remains in serious condition this morning at a boston hospital. 44-year-old tanya carpenter was struck in the head by a shattered bat that flew into the stands. the bat broke on a swing by brent lawrie. carpenter was sitting between
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home plate and the third base dugout. she is expected to survive. friends created a go fund me page to help pay for expenses. what a terrible tragedy. >> so scary. >> hope she's okay. this morning the nba finals have evened up. >> curry, knocked away stolen by thompson and the nba finals are tied at one game apiece. >> lebron james shows raw emotion as his cleveland cavaliers claimed an overtime victory in game two last night. they beat the golden state warriors 95-93. james finished with 39 points 16 rebounds and 11 assists. mvp stephen curry struggled with 19 points for the warriors. it was the second straight overtime game. game three is tomorrow in cleveland. >> this is quite a match. >> with 60% of the starting lineup out, if he's able to somehow carry them -- >> and they put the hurt on stephen curry. they really did. >> they shut him down.
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>> shut him down, exactly. >> fun to watch. fun home is celebrating a big night at the tony wards. the show about a lesbian and her closeted gay father won five tonys, including best musical. actress helen mirren won her first tony for portraying queen elizabeth ii. in the audience she won an oscar in 2006. our jamie wax spoke to helen after her win and we'll show you her reaction at 8:00. a police officer is accused of a racially charged takedown at a pool party. ahead this disturbing video that shows an officer throwing a teenage girl to the ground and then pulling out a gun.
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the u.s. takes the field today at the world c good morning, it is 7:26. i'm michelle griego. apple is expected to announce its own streaming music service today. at the company's annual worldwide developers' conference in san francisco. also expected, new features for iphones, ipads, and its mac operating system. the warriors head to cleveland today with the nba finals all tied up at one game apiece. the cavaliers beat the warriors 95-93 in overtime. game three is tomorrow night at the q in cleveland. coming up in the next half hour, of "cbs this morning," a texas police officer is suspended from regular duties after he pulled a gun on a group of teenagers at a pool party and wrestled a girl to
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we're looking at delays this morning leaving san francisco heading towards the peninsula and an accident just cleared from lanes south 101 at grand avenue. slow from sierra point to 280 southbound instead as your alternate. and heading for the sunol grade. very heavy traffic backed up from 580. currently in the 50s and 60s as you headen out the door, in the 60s in san jose. heat advisory in effect for all inland areas today as numbers top off 104 in brentwood and 100 throughout the trivalley and mid 70s in san francisco. a chance of th
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you thought it was a squirrel that flew. the moose running down the street. the moose seems shaken but got up and ran away. >> did you say it looks like a halfback? >> a halfback against a running bam. >> i never knew a moose that could jump that high. >> that's incredible. coming up in this half hour police are accused. a girl who shot some of the disturbing video tells us what led to these takedowns. >> plus, distractions for team usa as it begins its run in the
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women's world cup. new details emerge in the alleged domestic violence case around hope solo. that i that's ahead. they say for the first time since fifa corruption indictment qatar may be stripped of the posting rights. the independent chair of fifa's audit and finance committee told the paper it could be moved if bribery is proven. the prime minister of turkey losing the race. he wanted to ed toed to win to rewrite the constitution. for the first time he'll have to have a coalition government. that means a change in turkey.
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a 10-year-old boy is recovering from two severe shark bites. the boy was playing in waist-high water in cocoa beach yesterday. a bull shark bit his right calf. a lifeguard pulled himmen from the water and bandaged his leg. the boy was flown by helicopter to an orlando hospital for further treatments. the "washington post" votes on a huge obstruction. the time allowed for one section was correctly written as 20 minutes in the man yool for test supervisors but the student book said 25 minutes. the board says it understands the critical nature of this error and is working to ensure the validity of the scores. the "washington post" says "sesame street" is as educational as going to preschool. it leaves children more likely to stay at the appropriate grade level for their auj and that is particularly apronounced among boys african-americans, and
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children who grow up in disadvantaged areas. >> i'm a big fan of "sesame street." this morning a texas accomplice was seen throwing a 14-year-old girl to the ground. this video has been viewed more than 2 1/2 million times. a partygoers are black. we have blurred the faces of the minors in this video that you are about to see. this is the part of the video that has caused the most outrage online. a young girl clad only in a
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bikini dragged to the ground by a mckinney accomplish and when other police officers tried to interview, the officer pulls out his gun. the 13-year-old was there. >> i felt lie he was getting ready to actually hurt someone. >> reporter: the young girl on the ground begs for help. but the officer forces her down again. this video shot by bakari shows the officer dragging the girl across the grass. >> whoo are you dragging her? >> reporter: the girl was trying to tell the officer she was doing nothing wrong. >> they were trying to make us leave but if we ran, they chased after us. if we stayed they'd arrest us. >> stay on the ground. get your asses down on the ground. >> reporter: earlier the saush could be seen chasing boys and cursing them. >> don't make me chase you [ bleep ] because you want to screw around out here.
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>> reporter: kari says he was only chasing my north teens. >> they did nothing to caucasians. >> reporter: the officer's conduct is now under investigation. >> any time you confront a large group of people it's a dynamic situation and tensions can rise very quickly. >> reporter: the officers were summoned after the party's teen age host and an adult woman at the pool. there were also complaints some of the teens didn't have permission to be there. >> i wouldn't want that to be my daughter, no doubt about that, but at that point when you've got other people running around he's probably trying to get the situation done just like anybody else wood. >> bakari says she lives nearby and has a pool pass. so do many of her friends. >> they're acting like we're criminals. we were just there for a pool party. >> reporter: in total 12 officers responded to the scene. all of the detained teenagers were released to their parents.
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the police chief said there were no injuries but we did notice one boy who appears to have a blady mouth y bloody mouth in the blurred video. >> wow. the focus of the proo game news conference with team usa's star goalie hope solo. that followed new details on the domestic violence charge she faced a year ago. jericka duncan is in arrested. it's a looming controversy that team usa just can't seem to outrun. coach jill ellis tried to assure reporters that her team is solely focused the game and not hope solo. >> and she's been a fantastic
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player and teammate so, no, none of that has resonated with us and i'm sure many of the players aren't aware of it. >> reporter: just hours earlier espn spoke about her record last year. espn reported an intoxicated solo insulted officers, called one of them a 14-year-old boy, and remarked that her neck las was worth more than he made in a year. >> i'm concerned about how the team responds knowing that this news is out there. >> no. i mean our team we have each other's backs. bile honest. i think it was something that was a long time ago. we eastern certainly put it to bed r wheel bed. >> reporter: while solo's charges were dismissed she still
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faces questions. team usa will take on australia it's first game in a difficult first round. >> it's an extremely difficult team for the u.s. a lot of athleticism. they're still sort of a young team. they have some experience though. >> reporter: on sunday the team practiced on turf. it's the first time an artificial turf has been used at the world cup for men or for women. >> we'll now sold out for the next game. jeff? >> jericka duncan in winnipeg. thank you. a safari guide recovers after his heart attack after details emerge from his efforts to save an american woman.
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this is the scene before a lion attack. katherine chappelle died last week. the guard repeatedly punched the lion in the head before it tried to retreat. this will not be his last competition. >> the 37-year-old wait is ore. american pharoah is finally it. american pharoah has watch anytime. we'll be right back. singin', we're singin' ♪ ♪ i found a happy place ♪ ♪ a rather happy place
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history to win the triple crown. michelle miller is here with what's next for the horse racing hero. michelle good morning. >> good morning. american pharoah has now won seven of his eight lifetime races netting over $4 million along the way, but now that he's a triple crown champion the colt's biggest payday won't likely be on the racetrack. the last leg of the triple crown took less than 2 1/2 minutes. >> american pharoah has opened up a two-length lead. >> american pharoah joined an elite group on saturday with one of the rarest feats in all of sports. winning the belmont stakes with the sixth fastest time in history and ending a superstar. >> the 37-year wait is over. american pharoah is finally the one. american pharoah has won the triple crown! >> it was hall of fame trainer
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bob baffert's fourth attempt at the triple crown and he credited the win to an incredible thoroughbred. >> i've never had a horse like that. i've never seen a horse run like that. >> and according to 'tis his owner ahmed zayat, american pharoah may not be done racing. it's a decision that carries considerable financial risk. zayat has already sold american pharoah's breeding rights at some estimated $20 million. now as a tripl breed 1g 50 mare as year at 100, to $200,000 this is an extraordinary number. >> some estimate american pharoah could be worth $50 w that
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brilliance again maybe it takes a little bit of the glimmer off. you've got to strike when the iron is hot. >> reporter: zayat wants to show case him as a triple crown winner by racing him to the end of the year. >> we're not thinking at all about value or money or anything like that. when the horse is ready, we're not going to be scared of running him. this is about the fans and this belongs to history. >> reporter: the upcoming races could include monmouth and others in new york. he deals with mobster energy and wields up what's believed to be nearly a million dollars. >> michelle, i see you kept your boots on. >> i did. you like those? >> yes.
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firefighters were planning to stop the fire were upset about the drone? >> we don't know if it was the homeowner or not or who was operating. my observation is it won't be the home own jeer all right. the republican presidential field is already in double digits. governor chris christie is close to deciding whether he'll join the race. john dickerson is in studio 57 with more ahead. on "cbs this morning." americans. we're living longer than ever. as we age, certain nutrients... ...become especially important. from the makers of one a day fifty-plus.
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good morning. it's 7:56. i'm michelle griego. get ready for some big traffic disruptions this summer. b.a.r.t. says it's planning to shut down service between the east bay and san francisco on labor day weekend as well as the first weekend of august. today a heat advisory is in effect for much of the bay area. and by this afternoon, inland temperatures could be dangerous some spots could hit the triple digits. ahead on "cbs this morning," broadway's biggest night, the wipes, the losers and the highlights from the tony awards. stay with us, traffic and weather in jus
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southbound 680 approaching al costa, the street -- three car accident off to the shoulder and traffic slow from that point approaching the grade. very heavy delays there also been a long morning for 580 leaving the altamont pass. and if you're heading for the bay bridge toll plaza, expect delays of 47 minute drive time westbound between the carquinez bridge and the macarthur maze in oakland. bay bridge toll plaza backed pretty much the foot of the maze -- up from the foot of the maze and south 101 leaving the golden gate bridge but still looking okay approaching the toll plaza. here's roberta. i love that picture, you can see that fog underneath the golden gate bridge. we have another view for you. this time it's a birdseye vie and you can just see how squashed that deck of low clouds and patchy fog is at this hour. livermore you're up to 71 degrees at this very early hour. san jose is at 66. we do have did you see that very quickly there? a heat advisory in effect for our inland areas away from the bay today as we top out of in the triple digits. -- off in the triple digits. 70s beaches and 80s around the bay today. hottest day of workweek will
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good morning to our viewers in the west. monday, june 8, 2015. welcome back to "cbs this morning." more real news ahead, including rising number of cancer survivors. first a look at today's "eye opener" at 8:00. the fugitives are considered to be very dangerous. the question is where did these men get the tools? >> we don't yet have a complete strategy because it requires commitments on part of the iraqis as well. >> the president wrapped up a meeing with prime minister al abatty. the strains in the relationship were visible early. an annual event. the concert mars by violence and police. >> the water has not reached
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this high since 1945 when it crested at 38 feet. >> libya, the country distended into lawlessness, it's fertile ground for human smugglers. >> on your face! >> i felt like he was getting ready to hurt someone. >> 12 officers responded to the scene. >> 37-year wait is over! >> sponsorships worth $1 million. >> i see you kept your boots on. >> i did. >> incredible. >> like those in. >> they put the hurt on stephen curry, they did. >> you grew up in cleveland. how will the city of cleveland react if the cavaliers win this? >> we're go to set the damn city on fire. >> the "eye opener" at 8:00 is presented by subway. >> i'm charlie rose with nora o'donnell and jeff glor gayle king is off. two escaped murders in northern
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new york could be anywhere according to state police. intense search for david wet and richard matt is in its third day. >> the men used power tools to cut their way out of a security prison near the canadian border. governor andrew cuomo followed the escape route and offered $130 now reward for their capture. >> chris christie is not ready to announce if he's ready for president. he explained his process on sunday's "face the nation." >> i go through all of the different factors that i need to consider, when i'm done i check did off, move to the factor. the factor is do i want to do it? do i want do it? in my heart, is this something i absolutely want to do? if i check that box, then you'll hear me say i'm going to announce for president. i don't, you'll hear me say i won't. >> christie will make that decision later this month. john dickerson with us following
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his debut as host of "face the nation." >> good morning. >> congratulations on your debut. >> good morning. >> congrates. >> hi. >> hey all- >> we're all congratulating you. chris christie, how is he positioning himself to get this nomination if he decides to run? >> i mean, he's one of the people, he's going to run, of course. he's waiting to clear up his business in new jersey first with his legislature. but he's positioning himself as a truth-teller he likes to talk about himself, as in new hampshire we've seen the script before mccain did in 2000 a lot of town halls, connect with voters, almost voter by voter to build up a base. he's not going to do a lot of campaigning in iowa. he'll try, but new hampshire's the place for him. he's going to have to create something to build up his candidacy. >> were you surprised by his answer on marijuana, wanting to over turn legislation. >> he said if i'm president, federal laws on pause will be
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reinstated and people will be busted ford marijuana. we were at a drug treatment center, he was there to say this is an illness and the war on drugs has failed. some people who say the war on drugs has failed say stop trying to criminalize the stuff, deal with it as a disease and spend the money treating it that way. for him theres and a tension in his two answers. >> scott walker, talk about him, if we could. he does seem to be john riding high now. big article on him above the fold in "the times" how well he's doing especially iowa. riding high literally. why is walker doing so well in iowa? >> he's regional that's good. but regional hasn't helped with pim like governor tim pawlenty of minnesota. he's from nearby wisconsin. he's a governor republicans are in a governor mood. he has accomplishments as governor. he can talk about what he did with the union. and also he's an evangelical,
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that works with conservatives in that state. he kind of as they say in the horrible cliche of politics checks a lot of boxes in iowa. and he's got a good team there. he's spent some time there. >> is he the front-runner so far? >> he's the front-runner in iowa. certainly in the top tier of candidates, sort of nationally. but the question is, how does he go from iowa to new hampshire? in new hampshire he's going to run into jeb bush chris christie, and they're building strongholds this. >> hillary clinton has a big speech on saturday. >> i think her campaign is trying to shift into policy mode. is there an over arching message or a quick shot and that matters because people are looking for that overarching idea behind her campaign. >> on economic issues? >> economic issues, college, affordability, women's issues. >> thanks john. john continues coverage of the 2016 campaign sunday mornings on "face the nation" right here on cbs. republican presidential kand lindsey graham is reaching out
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to caitlin jenner. the south carolina senator told cnn he supports traditional values but that doesn't exclude transgender people like the former champion. >> if caitlin jenner wants to be safe and have a prosperous economy, vote for me. but i'm running to be president of the united states. if caitlin jenner wants to be a republican, she's welcome in my party. >> the former bruce jenner unveiled her i didn't last week. police are investigating a video showing a child driving an suv down the street. >> there's a kid driving that car right there. you're going to get someone killed, man. >> this video uploaded to youtube friday. you can see an adult passenger to the child. >> according to new images kensington alpalace released the
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first official photo of charlotte, born in may. she look as letter in the arms of george who is almost 2. their mother duchess of cambridge, took the pictures. released on social media with the #welcometo thefamily. we expect to see charlotte next in july. >> george is my second favorite royal. >> she's good with the camera too. >> does seem like a cool dude. >> i like george. geography could influence when you overcome cancer. dr. david
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more speakers obese, sedentary and more poverty. put them together you're going to live -- the answer is higher. all of a sudden they come together and the death rate of cancer is very different from other states. and 0 so what we need to do is be aware of that and act on that. tobacco is still being used in many states at a very high level and that's got to stop. >> where are we with respect to all of these new therapies that have somehow shown some success for some people in terms of least delaying the ultimate end? >> so the big cancer meetings in chicago a week ago and two major trends came out of them one is what we call targeted therapies identifying on switch in cancer and taking a pill that turns it off and that buys time and they work and dozen of treatments on the market. the second is immunotherapy, remarkable new kind of treatment
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that takes the break off of the immune system so you can take cancer. fda approved in skin cancer. we saw data in head and neck cancer, lung cancer, liver cancer, colon cancer and it buys time. when it works, it's dramatic. >> how often? >> that's the problem. these molecular targeted therapies work in 20% to 30% of patients and buy time which is fantastic and much better than we were several years ago but 70% to 80% of patients it doesn't work in. in those patients they're just staring at an end that is not good. we need to change how we're dealing with the war on cancer. we've made this much progress. we need a lot more and that has to happen. >> how much time does it buy? how much does it cost? >> that's the key question. it buys the molecular targeted therapy buys weeks to months. the costs are tremendous. make a new drug to treat cancer
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you charge whatever you want. these drugs cost $100,000 $150,000 a year and it's not sustainable. that's an issue we need to take head on. when you make a drug you keep charging more. we need to bring in value and we need to say you have a monopoly you can't charge whenever you want but you need to be incentivized to create drugs. need to put the two in line so we can all benefit and get new drugs. >> we've reach an inflection point, things are moving very fast. >> it's literally overnight. we used to have five six new drugs a year for all diseases. how it's dozens. so technology's caused that progress, curve, to go like this. 0 we feed to respond by appropriate pricing. we need to respond by learning how to use them retraining medical students with new technologies. and at the same time giving hope to patients that we can make an impact on these horrible
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i got seven emmy nominations. >> whoo, whoo whoo. you got nominated. ooh. ooh, nominated. like that's a big deal. let me tell you something. the true measure of a man is not to be nominated and still show up to read the list of names of those who are nominated. >> larry david and jason alexander taking the lack of nominations in stride. the best carried away trophies at the 69th awards. jamie wax was at the ceremonies. he's here with the night's biggest. good morning. >> good morning, jeff. before the night was over the awards ceremony managed to create a few new stars as well. ♪ >> the evening's first
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performance of "something rotten" set the tone for the night. the tony awards would be a celebration of the musical. tony winners turned first time tony host kristin chenoweth and him with quit wit to keep the performances moving along. >> i said "fun home." >> but an intimate moment from "fun home" changed the evening. >> "fun home." >> "fun home." >> the best musical winner became the best standout of the season. they also made history becoming first all-female writing team to take home a tony. >> if you love clairation.
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>> the show took home five awards. >> another show "the curious incident of the dog in the night-time" and alex sharp who made his broadway debut playing an odd man on the autism spectrum. >> this year i picked up my diploma, graduating from julliard, so to be holding this is insane. >> "the audience" won. helen mirren won an oscar in 2007 playing the same character. >> i'm only here because she's still here. i'm an ee liz alizabethelizabethan. she's been here my whole life. she's so opaque. >> more royalty reigned with "the king and i" while its lead
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actress kellie o'hara won after being nominated six times. >> i'll be back. maybe not here but on the theater stage. i'm going to do the worm. >> the first-time tony winner helen mirren said she's now in pursuit of a grammy and she's looking at books on tape. we wish her well. unbelievable. >> great laid. the marijuana business could grow to as much as $11 billion in four years. ahead how the biggest names in entertainment are turning their passion for pot into profit. that's after your local news.
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good morning, it's 8:25. time for some news headlines, with water rates running higher in the drought, landlords are passing on the cost to tenants. one problem? many renters share a water meter with everyone in their building. firefighters are working to contain a brush fire that prompted evacuations in mariposa county. people had to get out of nearly 30 homes yesterday in a rural area west of yosemite national park. ahead on "cbs this morning," apple's next big thing. a look at what you'll soon see on your i-device. stay with us, traffic
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good morning everyone, i'm liza batallones. if you're heading for the bay bridge toll plaza, set aside extra time. it's still delayed with the metering lights on traffic still backed up from the foot of the macarthur maze approaching oakland. meanwhile the rest of the commute has been holding steady. no major problems to report to you still for the golden gate drive. southbound traffic leaving well heading into san francisco. at the san mateo bridge we may have a new accident or stalled car, very heavy traffic for that westbound direction. leaving the toll flat section approaching the high-rise. mass transit wise we're in good
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shape. no b.a.r.t. delays all morning long, still on schedule with no problems through the ferries, caltrain or the altamonte commuter express robert that. in you can see a little bit of fog squashed deck underneath the golden gate bridge. it's wiping away very quickly now. temperatures were all the way up to 71 degrees in livermore at this hour. 66 in san jose. we have a heat advisory it's in effect today for our inland areas as our highs top off in the 90s and triple digits for the first time this year. 72 in pacifica to 100 degrees in fairfield. 101 in pleasanton. 104 degrees in the brentwood and discovery bay areas, tomorrow it will be cooler inland and all due to an area of low pressure that could produce some thunderstorms around the bay area. all the way into monterey bay. dry skies on wednesday and through sunday. make it a great day.
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i'm trying to be a responsible citizen citizen. i drink and don't drive. this revealed revealing outfits and suggestive dance moves. she disturbed public order and tarnished women's honor and respect. reports on a teenager's 57-mile walk with his brother on his back. 57 miles. hunter grandy carried his 8-year-old brother braden in a harness and walk. the walked are intended to raise awareness about cerebral palsy. thisern mog apple is set to reveal a new streaming service. the company hopes to change how we buy and listen to music as it
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takes aim at sponsors like spod fie. good morning. >> good morning. >> what do we expect from apple with respect to music streaming and other thing sfs. >> we're looking for app toll take advantage of the $3 bill music streaming. we saw a 10% decline in album sales last year. apple needs to get ahead of them. they're going to be going after spotify, something like $10 a month where you can go online pick any album you want to and listen to an album. you'll be buying them you'll be paying an access fee. >> app sl not going have any free service. >> right. there may be a free trial. but probably not a free service. instead they'll be focusing on itunes. you don't get to pick the album.
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>> do you think they'll give spotify a run for their money? >> think they will. they're already on the phone. you can look into your itunes playlist and give recommendations which gives them a leg up on spotify. >> what about the apple watch? >> we'll see new developments, nothing major. but we should be seeing better application and performance. some of the fees for that will be set today. >> what about apping tv. >> we were expecting a major refresher. you can download apps much like your tablet but ultimately we're hearing it may be pushed back. >> what about a new ios operating system. >> the ios operating your iphone and ipad. it geesd news. there should be some more predictive behavior that comes out of it too.
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right now it will tell you when you should leave to make your appointment, we're looking for folks. >> it's so funny. >> a little smarter, a little scary. >> when to be on set exactly. >> exactly. >> the smartphone market is huge and growing and apple wants to get into that as well. >> they have a service called home -- it's basically attempting to tie all the smart home devices. there are smart light bulbs and that kind of think but we zpijtd to see more dem straegss. >> can you imagine if we could turn on and off lights here in our studio here. >> or including
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some celebrity backers. gigi stone woods is embracing it. she's at the office of marley natural, a brand-new inspired by bob marley. good morning. >> good morning. here at the brand-new headquarters in new york city they're developing new pot items. the marley family just one example of those trying to capitalize. >> take the powder take a little bit of glitter. >> reporter: melissa etheridge never fit the rock star image. >> your friends say being a rock star was wasted on you. >> i know. it's true. i saw alcohol. i saw what it did. i just -- i was too excited about music to let that ruin it. so all those -- the drug days and the '80s and '90s i really let that go by without ever
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getting involved in it. >> reporter: but in 2004 etheridge was diagnosed with breast cancer. she said marijuana saved her life. >> it helped with the psychological effects of being on chemo and trying to understand what's happening to you. >> reporter: she became an unlikely spokesperson for marijuana legalization and today she's an even more unlikely entrepreneur. she's created an alcohol marijuana infused wipe. mixing alcohol and pot can increase the negative effects sometimes even leading to death. but equity rid said the cannabis in her wine is not dafrmgs in moderation. it's code pressed, never heated. >> it doesn't make you high. >> it doesn't make you high as you and i would know it. if you're looking to get high i
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would say no. this cannabis wine is not for you. >> reporter: etheridge didn't need to be a connoisseur to get in on the plan but it certainly helped others to get in on the business like rapper snoop dogg who's investing millions of dollars into pot and bob marley's family has their own brand of bud. so does singer willie nelson. and tommy chung, who's the pay tree ar patriarch of pot. >> including smoke swipe which he says can help remove the odor. >> everyone else has change. e was the same. i haven't changed for 50 years. the rest of the world kind of
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caught up with me. ♪ cover up just makes the sweet a little bitter ♪ >> do you sense that the sigma of mann is changing? >> once people see that it's not the crazy gateway drug that's going to lead me down the path then it will go away. >> etheridge's wine is currently only available to medical marijuana patients in california where pot is legal for medicinal purpose bus she has a business growth. >> like any good california wine i'd like for it to be available in restaurants. i'd like to see it be available to the general public wherever you buy your fine wines. >> one investment group estimates it could grow to $11 billion over the next four years but if the federal government steps in that could all go up in smoke. >> gigi thank you so much. the hit tv series "under the
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yes. >> the celebration is great. this guy won a bmw by hitting half court shot. steph curry had a rough night. jason valdez who's a warrior fan hit this shot at half time, game two of the nba finals. >> that's awesome. >> you ought to say how well steph did had something to do with the defense. >> no doubt about it. >> i read in the paper it was his lowest shooting average. >> two for 15. >> said he won a bmw, didn't i? i'm being reminded from the control room. it's a bmw. it's returning for a third season. the show based on stephen king's 2009 novel, a town suddenly cut off from the rest of the world by an enormous transparent dome. "under the dome" was a number one program with more than 11 million viewers. >> and award-winning marg hello
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enberger, a therapist who helps the town with the aftermath of the dome. >> if ridding yourself of your father is the best thing you ever have, why are you having to sell his house. >> lady why do you even care? >> because like it or not, you belong here. you're part of this town. you're part of a community that need use right now. >> i can never be part of this town, my father made sure of that. you know why i left? because everyone around here thinks i'm just like him. >> then maybe it's time you stop running away and show them that you're not. >> marg helgenberger joins us at the table. good morning. >> good morning. >> tell us about your character. how does she relate to the dome? >> it's complicated question because the series -- the first two episodes that air back to back -- some of it is alternate
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reality which is where i'm introduced but the third episode, we're still under the dome. so how i relate? i'm there to help everybody out. i'm hoping to make this a collective or kinship as my character refers to it by going along to get along and people kind of need to leave their individuality behind which doesn't go well with everyone in the community. >> it's said that the executive producer created this character with you in mind. >> yes. it was very flattering. >> something about you made him create the character. >> i've known neal behr. i don't know. he felt i had what it took to play this role and it's very complex, very juicy part and i'm having a part with it actually. >> juicy because you're channeling mrs. robinson a little bit? >> yeah. at times i am yes. >> ooh, i look that.
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that's a good tees. >> that's an interesting show. the original book was one book. it was extended because it was doing so well. so you're entering this three seasons in. >> right. my character does not appear in the book. so how i figure into the community is i make sort of a big splash. i come -- enter in a mack truck. >> there it is. >> there's the alternate sort of reality there. everybody loves you and knows you from "csi." you're going rush -- i know you left a year ago but you're going to return for the big season finale. >> series finale. they're doing a two f h hour mother. i'm coming bajd and wayne petersonpeter is coming back and danny cannon is going to be directing as well and, of course everyone else with the show is coming back. >> what can you tell us about
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it? >> i wish i could tell you honestly other than i haven't heard a peep. >> was it nice to reunite with everybody. >> will it be nice? we're going shoot it in the end of july. that cast was, you know magic. we really all loved each other and had so much fun on the set. a lot of great memories. >> you just started taking improv classes. >> oh god. >> this is interesting because you started doing this after "csi" but before "under the dome?" >> yes. i graduated from level three actually. >> congratulations. >> there's levels of improv class? >> well, yeah. there's level 6. no honestly i did it because i had free time and i have a great respect and admiration for comic actors and sketch comedians and so on. it was sort of in my
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neighborhood. it made it kind of easy. it's been a lot of fun. i'm hopes to go back because my team has advanced and i have to be grouped up with whole other team. >> everyone i talk to says they learn so much from those classes both as an actor and as a -- >> well, yeah because it's truly all about the process and getting out of your head and, you know this yes -- where everyone say as statement about you. >> you're a jerk. well that's because instead of saying i'm not a jerk. so it's kind of a positive role that keeps being -- >> well we're exciting for you. marg hello enberger thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> we should mention you can see the two-hour premiere of "under the dome" right here on cbs. the rare treasure hiding in plain sight and why the
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a wisconsin couple got a big surprise about their modest home. it was designed by frank lloyd wright. roger and pat bought the house in 1993. they were told a student of wright designed it but a scholar dug up the original blueprint and says the home's value could jump by 40%. that's a nice sign. >> that does it for us. be sure to tune in to the "cbs
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wayne: yes, whoo! jonathan: it's a motorcycle! - yeah! wayne: is it real? tiffany is a matadora. jonathan: it's a trip to switzerland! wayne: emmy winner cat gray. jonathan: it's diamond earrings. wayne: she did it. - i'm going to take curtain number three! jonathan: it's time for "let's make a deal". now here's tv's big dealer wayne brady! wayne: welcome to "let's make a deal". i'm wayne brady, thank you so much for tuning in. who wants to make a deal? (cheers and applause) swat. always respect law enforcement. hey, pamela, everybody else have a seat. - hi, wayne. wayne: look at you, swat. i've never seen swat like-- oh, oh. i might hit you with my baton. oh, i'm resistin
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